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DOWNEY — A gunman killed three people and injured two – including a 13-year-old boy – Wednesday in two separate attacks on a family at its Downey business and nearby residence.
Witnesses and neighbors described a chaotic scene shortly after hearing gunfire about 11 a.m., including seeing a young boy screaming for help in the street. Other witnesses reported seeing a woman bleeding from her head, sitting on the sidewalk.
All of the victims are believed to be related, but the relationship is unknown, according to police.
The gunman, who police said they don't believe had any ties to or was known by the family, was still at large Wednesday evening and was considered armed and dangerous, police said.
The first shooting occurred inside a business owned by one of the victims, United States Fire Protection, 8722 Cleta St., near Lakewood and Firestone boulevards. Three people were shot there, including a man and a woman who died from their wounds, police said.
A second shooting occurred shortly after the first at a duplex, located nearby at 8518 and 8520 Cleta St., where an adult woman was killed and another person was wounded, police said.
"We do not believe this was a random attack," said Lt. Dean Milligan of the Downey Police Department at a 4 p.m. press conference. "There was some specific reason (for the attack), but we don't know what it is at this point. … I would hate to speculate on that."
Milligan said there was "some sort of verbal exchange" at both locations before shots were fired.
The first 911 call came in at 11:12 a.m. from the business and police arrived there within three minutes, Milligan said. Then the second 911 call was received at 11:17 a.m. from the residence, made by the boy after he had been shot in the arm, Milligan said.
Jimenez, 36, who has lived a few houses down from the residence for eight years, said she didn't hear any gunshots, but heard screaming.
"I didn't know what was going on, but a few minutes after I heard screaming, there were police everywhere," she said. "This is crazy, this is my hometown, my street. … I'm terrified."
Sources told the Press-Telegram that the suspect kidnapped two of the victims at the business and took them to the residence in the family's vehicle, after which two more family members were shot. Milligan confirmed police were investigating this as a likely scenario.
Milligan said the 13-year-old and another child, either 4 or 5 years old, had been kept home from school Wednesday. However, only the teenager was home during the shooting, he said.
Neighbors of the residence said the owner of U.S. Fire Protection lives there, though they didn't give his name. He was out of town, but his wife is the business's secretary, neighbors said.
The family-owned-and-operated business, which neighbors said has eight to 10 employees, is across the street from the Coca Cola Downey Production and Sales Center in an industrial and warehouse area. The business sells and services fire extinguishers.
The two survivors of the shooting, the 13-year-old boy and a female, were in critical condition but expected to survive, police said. They were transported to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.
Police said the suspect fled in the family's 2010 Black Chevy Camaro, which was registered to one of the victims, officials said. The license plate number is 6 LEA010.
The suspect was described by one of the victims as a black man who is 6 feet tall, about 230 pounds and 30 years old, police said. He is armed and should be considered dangerous, officials said.
According to the DataQuick property records database, a man named Antonio Salinas is linked to the trust that owns the business, and he is listed as the owner of the home where the second shooting occurred.
Salinas is listed as a resident at 8520 Cleta St., along with Susana Perez, according to 411.com.
The phone directory website lists Cesar S. Garcia as a resident at 8518 Cleta St.
Police wouldn't release the victims' identities, but said all have Hispanic surnames.
The roughly 3,500-square-foot home, which has two units, is listed for sale at just under $500,000. Multiple loans have been taken out on the property, with a notice of default issued in 2011 and a second issued this year. The business is also listed as a "property in distress" by DataQuick.
Gustavo Hernandez, who lives around the corner from the residence, said he had considered buying the home and walked through it last month. He described the property as crowded and run-down and said the asking price was too high for such a "dangerous community."
"When I moved here in 1991, it was a great community that was safe," Hernandez said. "This (shooting) is a calling for us to move. It's getting more and more dangerous with more and more shootings."
Julio Fernando, who lives down the street from U.S. Fire Protection, said he was shocked by the shooting.
"They are a friendly, family-owned business who did great work and were a great part of the community," Fernando said.
Jimenez said the family seemed very close and was always having gatherings at the home.
"The boys are always playing outside over there," she said. "They are a tight-knit happy family. This is tragic."
Staff Writers Pamela Hale-Burns, Tracy Manzer, Karen Robes Meeks and Phil Zonkel contributed to this report.

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|Researchers report that they've found a strain of bacteria that can swap arsenic for the element phosphorus in its metabolism -- even incorporating arsenic into its DNA. Writing this week in the journal Science, the scientists describe the bacteria harvested from the highly saline, arsenic-containing waters of Moro Lake, California. In lab experiments the researchers were able to culture the bacteria in growth media, swapping phosphorus-containing salts for ones containing arsenic. Over time, the bacteria incorporated arsenic compounds into their cellular makeup, even in nucleic acids and proteins. We'll talk about the find, and what it might mean for the search for life elsewhere in the universe.


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The Marion Reservoir WRAPS project will receive a $417,214 reservoir improvement multi-year grant from Kansas State Workgroup, which will help to offset last year's funding shortfall.
"We were just one of only a few who received the full amount that they asked for," WRAPS coordinator Peggy Blackman, told Marion County Commissioners. "That's because we go give them actual data, not just computer-generated data but actual data, and they could see what was going on."
The first installment of $142,500 is expected to arrive in July, with the following installment of $144,738 to arrive in 2014 and $129,976 in 2015.
Blackman said the commission deserved a big pat on the back for allowing the water-quality monitoring research, since that is what convinced the Kansas State Workgroup to give the WRAPS program the funds.
The WRAPS project has been monitoring water-quality data since 2007, with the help of Dr. Barnes who has been working non-stop on keeping the data up to data – to the extent of working outside his contracted period. Commisioner Dan Holub questioned the Barnes' credibility, and asked the commission to weigh their options before releasing this year's budgetary funds.
Blackman reminded the commission that Barnes still would need to be compensated for work conducted in 2012.
"That's just not right," Holub said.
The commission members agreed that they didn't see any official paperwork indicating that the man was getting paid for services rendered in the same budgetary year.
Blackman said she would email the commission members the invoices, proving that she was providing the correct information.
"I want to up front with you, gentlemen," she said. "I don't have a hidden agenda."
Earlier this year, the commission put the $20,000 allocated for this year's research on hold — not knowing that it was for work done in the previous year — while they tried to figure out if they wanted to have Barnes conduct the research again this year. Meanwhile, Blackman said she tried to explain budgetary restraints to the scientist, but he continued to gather data anyway.
Commissioners agreed to table the issue until they could decide if the monitoring was necessary — and requested that Barnes stop gathering reservoir data at this time.
Blackman plans to have a public meeting, detailing all of the changes that have been made in the Marion Reservoir.
Higher water rates ahead
Marion, Hillsboro and Peabody residents can expect to see higher water rates this year, said Blackman. Budget restrictions are causing taxes to rise.
Equal funds for school districts
Commissioners unanimously voted to provide area school districts with equal funding for after-prom parties.
Fishing contest on horizon
Officers from the Kansas Department of Wildlife will be coming to Marion in May to stun and ID the fish. One specimen will be selected and tagged. Steve Hudson, superintendent of Park and Lake, suggested a new year-long fishing contest where locals would pay to catch one of the identified fish. The commission liked the idea, but would like Hudson to think about the specific contest rules before making a decision.
New refuse trailer
Commissioners agreed to purchase a Steco steel walking floor refuse trailer for $55,527.54, which will be delivered to the county at no additional cost.
County to get new printer
Commissioners agreed to spend $1,697 for a Lexmark MS810 DN printer, with a $229 three-year warranty. This printer will be used to print county checks.


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Customer tells of issue with mail-order prescriptions
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Dick McLinden of Marion was shocked when he went to pay for his monthly prescriptions in January and found his bill to be more than $100. Previously the co-pay for his wife's and his 10 prescriptions was around $20 after signing up for a Medicare Part D plan in July. That was, until Jan. 1 when his policy no longer accepted Marion Health Mart as a local preferred prescription provider.
McLinden said Health Mart owner Marlin Buchholz was just as shocked as he was to see the increased charges.
"My co-pay was so low that I never thought anything of it before," McLinden said. "I could call in a prescription 24/7 and if the store was open the next day 99 out of 100 times I could pick them up the next morning. Marlin was fantastic to work with."
In January, McLinden noticed an increased co-pay charge on the tickets he would receive with his prescriptions.
"I had a charge account and our prescriptions had to be refilled at so many different times that I would just pay for them all at the end of the month," he said. "I noticed the huge co-pay and assumed that since my other Medicare plans have a deductible that the Part D plan must too and that's where I ran into trouble."
When McLinden's January bill was significantly higher than normal, he did some research on his policy.
"I got a mailer from Medicare explaining the changes to my Part D policy," he said. "I found out that it wasn't a policy with a deductible."
McLinden returned to Health Mart to figure out why his prescriptions were so high. After a half hour teleconference between McLinden, Buchholz, and Medicare, it was discovered that Health Mart pharmacies were removed from the preferred list of providers, with the status only remaining with major nationwide chain pharmacies such as Wal-Mart and Walgreens.
"Marlin didn't even know the pharmacy had been removed from our policy or removed from preferred status," McLinden said. "I called a Medicare policy agent and discussed what it would cost to not pay any insurance.
"The cost would about balance out between the costs of our prescriptions and the policy premium, but if we needed any more medication due to illness or something, we would be sunk."
McLinden said Buchholz remained very helpful by helping them enroll with a mail order service, to save the drive to Newton or McPherson.
"That turned into a disaster," McLinden said. "It took 30 days for them to send the prescriptions and we would have ran out of pills before they could be filled, but again Marlin was very helpful and helped me get pills so I had enough without missing a day."
Buchholz bent over backward to help him get the medication he needed even after being jerked around by the insurance company, McLinden said.
"Marlin did everything he possibly could and I could not thank him enough," McLinden said. "I hate that he's losing money over this."
Buchholz said he and his staff work hard before and during Medicare enrollment time to educate customers on plans that will allow them to use local pharmacies and he has hope the preferred clause will be removed from Part D plans in the near future.
A bill, H.R. 4160, was proposed and set to be voted on by Congress two weeks ago. It would have eliminated the preferred/non-preferred clause.
"It was presented and it looked like senators were going to vote in favor of it, but at the last minute, no vote was called," Buchholz said.
Buchholz said he has sent letters and spoken to state and federal representatives about the importance of eliminating the preferred statutes. He has also gotten a lot of response from customers about the issue now that it has become more public.
Eric Diggers, owner of Greenhaw Pharmacy of Hillsboro, said he would be surprised if the bill was brought back for a vote.
"I think there are some big money behind the other side," he said. "I think that will be hard to overcome."
Diggers also believes that senators were given false information about the bill.
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While the bill's lifespan might be at an end, Diggers said the fight to eliminate the preferred status and make the system equal for big and small pharmacies alike is not over, and he will continue to put pressure on state and federal representatives as well as informing his customers.
Sarah Little, a spokesperson for Sen. Pat Roberts' office, said he would not vote in favor of a bill to eliminate the preferred status because it would cause millions of Part D beneficiaries to lose their plans, but did not elaborate further.


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The Clippers activated Vinny Rottino today and placed pitcher Toru Murata on the 7-day disabled list with a strained groin.
The Cleveland Indians claimed Rottino, 32,off waivers from the New York Mets on Wednesday. His addition gives Columbus manager Mike Sarbaugh one of the most versatile players that he has had in three seasons with the Clippers.
"He plays all three out field positions, first, third and catch," Sarbaugh said. "He caught 40 games at triple-A last year. It's nice to have."
Rottino is playing right field and batting sixth in tonight's 7:05 game against Norfolk in Huntington Park.
Muratajoined the Clippers yesterday from double-A Akron andstarted the game against the Norfolk Tides. He leftwith two outs in the fourth inning after throwingone pitch to Scott Thomas.
After the game, which began with a 100-degree reading on the thermometer, Sarbaugh said thatMurata's problem was thought to be leg cramps. The cramps turned into a groin strain today.
His absence won't be felt in the rotation. The Clippers began working with a six-man rotation after the Indians claimed Chris Schwinden off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays two weeks ago. The Tribe designated Schwinden for assignment to make 40-man roster room for Rottino. He was claimed today by the New York Yankees.
Rottino has split this season with the Mets and Buffalo Bisons. He batted .182 in 18 games for New York. He has played seven seasons at the triple-A level and has a .294 average at this level with 41 home runs and 237 RBI. He is in the lineup for the 7:05 p.m. game with the Tides.


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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DC Capital Partners, LLC ("DC Capital"), a private investment firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., today sent a letter to the Board of Directors of Michael Baker Corporation ("Michael Baker") (NYSE MKT: BKR), an engineering, design, planning and construction services company, and amended its 13D in Michael Baker accordingly.
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Members of the Board of Directors
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Dear Mr. Shaw and Members of the Board of Directors:
Thank you for your leadership to date.
As a significant individual shareholder of Michael Baker Corporation ("Michael Baker" or the "Company"), I appreciate your attempts to enhance value through the recent short term actions to repurchase the Company's stock and institute a dividend; however, I believe they are insufficient. The Company's long term growth strategy has resulted, and I believe will continue to result, in a significant undervaluation of the stock. Specifically, over the past five years, the Company has engaged in an acquisition strategy, including over $100 million in invested capital since 2010, which has not provided any significant value creation to shareholders. Over the same period, Michael Baker's stock price declined over 40%.
I did appreciate your facilitating our recent meeting with management, although I was surprised and somewhat alarmed by the abrupt departure of the President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Mallory, as he led our discussions.
As you know, DC Capital Partners, LLC has a controlling interest in Gladiator HoldCo, LLC and its subsidiary, KS International, LLC ("KSI"), a provider of mission critical operational support to government agencies. I have been reviewing growth strategies for KSI, and given Michael Baker's current position, it is my belief that a combination of KSI and Michael Baker is the best course of action.
We propose to have KSI purchase the Company in an all cash transaction at $24.25 per share outstanding. That price represents a 26% premium over the stock's thirty day trailing average closing price on December 18, 2012. We are in discussions with investment banks and other financial institutions and expect to have fully executed, underwritten financing commitments in the near future.
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Last post, we shared that Ithaca was voted the number one college town in America for 2012. This post will share more great acknowledgements Ithaca has received for the city's lovely natural surroundings. With spring right around the corner, we hope you will schedule a trip to the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York soon!
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Outside Magazine named Ithaca as one of the best river towns in America in 2012. Ithaca isn't your classic river town, since its situated on the shores of the 40-mile-long, 400-foot-deep Cayuga Lake. But the lake is fed by nine creeks, which create hundreds of waterfalls and geologically stunning gorges along the city and nearby our bed and breakfast in Trumansburg.
There's also readily accessible kiteboarding, fishing, cliff jumping, road cycling, backpacking, and cross-country skiing in our area. This year there are plans for a Black Diamond bicycle trail to open between Ithaca and Taughannock Falls park, 10 miles outside of town.


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If you get a nasty bug bite or sunburn while you're out and about this summer, a quick fix might be in your picnic basket. Plenty of common foods and spices double as fast home remedies.
In Frugal Foodie's family, sunburn relief never came out of a bottle — you cut a leaf from the potted aloe plant and used that. A teaspoon of honey was the first line of defense against a sore throat, and vinegar took the "ouch" out of big bites and jellyfish stings.
While a home remedy can translate to cash saved on antibacterial ointment and over-the-counter medications, it shouldn't replace or go against advice you get from your doctor. Think of these more as your first line of defense than a miracle cure, and definitely talk to a health professional about side effects and alternatives before counting on them for more than occasional use.
(For more non-meal ways to use foods, check out our columns on household and beauty uses.)
Bee pollen
- Dissolve some in juice or lemonade as needed to alleviate hay fever and pollen-related allergies, says naturopath Elizabeth Yarnell. (You can usually find bee pollen in health food stores.) Start with a pinch or two to make sure your allergies can tolerate the pollen, and work up to a full teaspoon.
- Place some of the powdered pepper on small cuts to stop bleeding, says clinical nutritionist Stephan Dorlandt.
- To ease a toothache, place a clove between the cheek and gum next to the painful tooth, says Charlotte Tenney, an integrative health and clinical herbalist. "Saliva will soften it and it will begin to bath the area with juices that will numb the pain and reduce the swelling," she says.
- Sucking on a whole clove can also be used to treat a sore throat, Tenney says.
Coconut water
- Drink some to curb diarrhea, Yarnell says.
- Add to a bath to relieve itchy skin, Dorlandt says.
Cranberry juice
- Drink some to relieve a urinary tract infection, Yarnell says. Be sure to look for 100 percent cranberry juice instead of blends. Drink daily to prevent infection.
- To ease a sore throat, take a half-teaspoon to a full teaspoon of crushed garlic with a drop of milk or water to coat your throat, says Gurpareet Bains, the author of "Indian Superfood." This remedy is best used right before bed, and after you've brushed your teeth.
- Allison Clement of Corvallis, Oregon treats stomachaches by grating some fresh ginger into a hot water for tea.
- If you get seasick, carsick or another type of motion sickness, ginger can help reduce nausea and vomiting, says Jennifer Jensen, the editor of FitandFabLiving.com. Ideally, start taking some in pill or powder format at least 12 hours before your trip. But if motion sickness catches you by surprise, even ginger candy eaten then may help.
- Take a teaspoon or so neat as a cough suppressant, Bains says.
- Sprinkle a little ground turmeric on cleaned wounds before adding a bandage, Bains says. The spice acts as an antibacterial, and is often found in Indian bandages.
- Dab a little on to insect bites to take reduce itch and redness, says health and wellness coach Rebecca Cagle.
- Spray a 50-50 mix of vinegar and water on sunburned areas to cool them, Cagle says.
- Apply some plain, unsweetened yogurt topically to treat a yeast infection, Yarnell says.
- Used in a face mask, yogurt can alleviate sunburn and reduce acne.
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An English major and history minor at Lawrence University back in my college days, I today relish both genealogy and family history as well as writing about discoveries. The Fourth of July this year provided an intriguing new insight on my paternal Bradley family.
July 4th seemed to be an appropriate time to again Google my patriot ancestor Aaron Bradley of Litchfield, Connecticut, who enlisted twice as a teenager during the Revolutionary War. The Web continually gains new content so doing a web search on ancestors' names and locations can provide new details for your family history. Remarkably, the discoveries I made were about his daughters and their educations.
Aaron Bradley was born 27 August 1762, the son of Leaming Bradley and Anna Parsons. His second great-grandfather was Stephen Bradley who arrived in New Haven, Connecticut, from Yorkshire, England, in the mid-1640s with his mother Elizabeth Bradley and siblings Ellen, Joshua, Daniel and Nathan Bradley. Stephen settled in Guilford and married Hannah Smith; they had seven children and this Bradley family lived in Guilford for several generations. Aaron, however, was born in Middletown on the Connecticut River, where his father had moved by the 1750s. At that time, Middletown was Connecticut's largest and most prosperous town and a port city comparable to Boston and New York.
Apparently seeking new opportunities, Leaming and Anna moved in the late 1760s to Litchfield, the county seat of Litchfield County and the leading community of northwestern Connecticut. This was a prosperous period for Litchfield, followed abruptly by the Revolutionary War. Here during 1777-1778, Aaron enlisted twice for military service, first serving in the Artificers Shop where weapons were made and repaired. During his second enlistment, he was a guard for the munitions stored in Litchfield as well as for prisoners held there.
After the war, Aaron Bradley opened a blacksmith shop and other businesses, and married Lorrain Abernethy, daughter of Dr. William Abernethy of nearby Harwinton. They had two sons, Horace and Leaming, and two daughters, Mary Ann Bradley and Maria Tallmadge Bradley. Aaron was a local selectman for 9 years, 1803-1812, according to "Sketches & chronicles of the town of Litchfield, CT, historical, biographical & statistical," published in 1859. He represented Litchfield in the Connecticut Assemby in the October 1806, May 1808 and May 1810 sessions.
What turned up in the new Google search? Aaron and Lorrain Bradley sent their daughters to Sarah Pierce's Litchfield Female Academy, one of the first and most important educational institutions for women in the early United States. The Litchfield Historical Society provided these profiles about the two Bradley students:
>> Mary Ann Bradley, the oldest daughter, is believed to have attended the academy in 1806. She married Henry Wadsworth and they sent two of their children, Mary Ann Wadsworth and Charles Wadsworth, to the academy in the 1825-1828 period.
>> Maria Talmadge Bradley attended the academy in 1819. She later married William Coe.
The Litchfield Female Academy was not simply a finishing school for girls. It combined an academic curriculum including English, history, geography, writing and arithmetic with the ornamental arts such as embroidery. Among the students were Catharine Beecher, who later founded other educational institutions for women, and her sister Harriet Beecher, after marriage known as Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
My family believed in the importance of education, my parents and sister attended the University of Wisconsin, and I was most fortunate to have an excellent liberal arts education at Lawrence. This discovery that my Bradley ancestors provided their daughters with the best possible education of their era pleases me greatly. A grateful thank you to the Litchfield Historical Society for creating the online Litchfield Ledger with its wealth of information on the students of both the Litchfield Female Academy and the Litchfield Law School. It allowed me to make a remarkable discovery on the Fourth of July.
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James and Louise Evans of Rockwood will be honored in singing and celebration on April 21 for their more than 56 years of service to Greiver's Chapel Baptist Church in the Ozone community.
Their son, Dudley Evans, has planned the special occasion to start at 6 p.m. in the church.
The Evans Family, an area gospel group consisting of Dudley Evans and his children, will host the singing. Special guest performances are planned by Johnny Hamilton, the Dave Raby Trio, James Brown Randy Kinkannon from Etowah and a special surprise group from Dayton.
Roane State Community College is exhibiting its annual Student Art Show in the O'Brien Art Gallery through April 26 on the main campus in Roane County.
The open reception and awards ceremony will be at noon April 26 in the art gallery. Last year, nearly $3,000 in prizes and scholarships were awarded.
This annual event is open to all Roane State student artists and is an opportunity for students to hone their skills and gain exhibition experience.
• Harriman First Presbyterian Church will have a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to noon at the church at 601 Clinton St.
• Kingston First Baptist Church will have Girls Night Out beginning at 7 in the church at 215 N. Kentucky St. The night of fun, faith and fellowship will include artist and speaker ilonka. Tickets are available at gnolive.com and at the church prior to and on the night of the event. Call 376-6041 for details.
Roane Community Seventh-day Adventist Church had its homecoming on April 7 in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the official opening and dedication of its worship center.
The center, at 336 Patton Lane adjacent to Roane State Community College, was opened on April 6, 2002.
Former pastors George Sharpe and Rob Clayton participated in the homecoming service, during which the church gave thanks to the living Christ for all that He has provided for them.
Three Nails Artist Management will host a spring bash at Roane County Park Saturday, April 14.
"This thing has taken off like a rollercoaster," said Donnie Manis, who is funding the event.
"Basically this is a kick-off to something that will probably grow."
The free spring bash will include food; music from the management's bands Stutterbox, Common Clay Worship, Affliction Asylum and Encounter Eternal; and preaching from Greg Carlyle of Potter's House Fellowship.
Kingston First Baptist Church is hosting a community event on April 14 designed specifically for women.
Girls Night Out — a nation-wide program filled with fun, faith and fellowship — welcomes women from all backgrounds to share in God's love by engaging them with humor and inspiring them with hope.
The evening brings women together to celebrate who God created them to be.
Christians in Roane County are again picking up the cross this weekend in their third annual Crusaders for Christ trek from Rockwood to Kingston.
Participants carrying the cross this year will meet at 9 a.m. April 7 at Paradise Baptist Church, Rockwood, and make the 14.1-mile trek to Kingston First Baptist Church at 215 N. Kentucky St.
"We sent out packets to the faith-based community and asked for their participation," said Tony Ruff, student pastor at Potter's House in Kingston.
St. Anthony's Anglican Church, Crab Orchard, celebrated its first anniversary as a mission church on Passion Sunday, March 25th.
Twenty-four people attended the Holy Eucharist service led by Father Ernie Pinto. A ham dinner, complete with a large decorated cake marking the occasion, followed.
In addition to the normal set of parishioners, including many from Roane County, St. Anthony's welcomed visitors from area churches as well as visitors from Holy Cross Anglican Church in Farragut.
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Our immune system is the most dynamic body component in determining our state of health or disease. It will be the basis, I believe, of future breakthroughs in medicine. There is a great deal of evidence from current and past research demonstrating life's effects on human immune function and our immune system's influences upon our health. These investigations provide a continuous flood of knowledge about the sensitive balance and many levels involved in our wellness. Psychoneuroimmunology, which provides a bridge between psychology and the nervous and immune systems, now plays an essential role in medicine.
Our immune system constantly interacts with our internal environment, protects us from our external environment, and provides the inherent knowledge to sense the difference between friend and foe. For many reasons, including genetics and individuality, some of us may be overactive or too underactive in our defenses, and this can create a great variety of health problems, such as allergies, infections, and cancer.
There are many components to our immune system—organs, bone marrow, cells, antibodies, chemicals, and the nutrients that help nourish and generate them. Most of these cells and tissue constituents are part of what is called in medicine the reticuloendothelial system, which plays a "defensive role in inflammation and immunity" (Dorland's Medical Dictionary) and in the formation and destruction of blood cells. Our immune system protects us from viruses, bacteria, yeasts and fungi, foreign proteins, and cancer cells. It provides two kinds of protection: Innate (inborn) nonspecific immunity and specific learned or acquired immunity. Specific immunity depends on "humoral" (antibodies and chemicals carried in the blood) and cellular (white blood cells) responses, which can be immediate or delayed.
The thymus-derived lymphocytes (T lymphocytes or, simply, T cells) run the cellular defense and the delayed immune reactions. T cells, specifically T-helper lymphocytes, guide the B cells to produce antibodies (each cell produces only one specific antibody), a process that takes a three-to-five or more days induction period, often the time of infection by new viruses. Reexposure to the same virus will create a more rapid antibody response. This is our important immune memory and there are "memory B cells" that circulate in the blood to respond to subsequent infections. The T-helper cells stimulate immune activity, especially B cell activity, whereas the T-suppressor cells slow down certain functions such as antibody formation, usually after a problem has been handled. Another important cell which is neither a T or B cell or a phagocyte is the NK (natural killer) cell. The T lymphocytes also send messages to (and receive messages from) the macrophages and other phagocytes to "attack" virus-infected cells and foreign organisms, either by engulfing or marking them. Other T cells can also be cytotoxic to virus-infected cells.
All of these important T lymphocytes originate in the bone marrow and mature in the thymus gland, the "king" of the immune system. B lymphocytes also originate in the bone marrow and may mature there, in the spleen, lymph nodes, and elsewhere; they are programmed to become the antibody factories or the plasma cells, which are formed from B cells and also produce the specific antibodies.
To explain the entire immune anatomy and interrelationships would take a book or two, but I feel that few other relevant and explanatory notes are important here. The skin and mucous membranes, including the cilia (tiny hairs) lining these membranes and the mucus itself, are all first lines of nonspecific, physical defense by providing a physical barrier against invasion. The lymphatic system is really the secondary circulatory system that removes foreign cells and proteins, which it eventually dumps into the blood to be broken down and eliminated. The lymphatic system itself has no pump, and thus relies on muscle activity and exercise for the lymph to circulate. That is one reason why I believe that physical stagnation increases the chance of infections, and conversely, exercise improves resistance. Lymph nodes are storage sites for cells along the lymphatic system. There are hundreds of these nodes throughout the body. When infection is present, these nodes can commonly be felt in the area closest to the infection. Predominant lymph nodes are in the neck, groin, or axillary regions. The tonsils, adenoids, the appendix, and Peyer's patches along the small intestine are other important lymphoid tissues. The thymus, bone marrow, and spleen are all sites for immune cell maturation. The liver is also important to immune function, because it helps to detoxify many substances in the body that could be taxing to the immune system.
The phagocytic white blood cells are important in immune surveillance first as the frontline defense patrolling the body. They engulf foreign substances and microorganisms and then can kill or dissolve them by their chemicals. The neutrophils and macrophages work through oxidative destruction. The NK cells kill by secreting a phospholipase enzyme, which dissolves the lipid protection of cells containing viruses or other germs. The NK cells may also release a series of chemicals called interleukins, such as interleukin 2 (IL2), which act as mediators in T lymphocyte functions and proliferation as well as other possible functions. Zinc may help in the production and function of NK cells as well as T and B cells. Besides the basic T and B cells, and the helper and suppressor T cells, and helper-suppressor ratio, special IL2 receptor positive cells and Ta1 positive cells, which are actively dividing T cells, can be measured by specialized T cell or immune system blood studies to reveal the status of current immune functions. Leukotrienes and prostaglandins (E2 series) are other chemicals that are implicated in inflammatory and allergic reactions. More of these are produced when the diet is high in arachidonic acid, found mainly in saturated animal fats.
The complement system releases chemicals in the serum that can lyse, or break apart, antibody-coated cells and microorganisms. Lysozymes and enzymes in tears and saliva can also lyse certain microorganisms. Interferon is an antiviral substance produced by T lymphocytes and macrophages. Iron-binding protein in phagocytic cells also plays a role in protecting against certain infections.
As with other body systems, immune balance is the key. A number of important factors in life influence immune health; unfortunately, there are many more factors that suppress it than enhance it. The basic aging process usually reduces our immune competence. Allergies and infections may do this also, though initially these may stimulate immune activity. Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, all standard Western cancer treatments, as well as some antibiotic therapy, can weaken immune function, which is not ideal for healing or prevention of cancer in the future. Stress responses, such as that caused by business activity or travel, can lower immunity, as can all varieties of intense emotional and psychological experience. Low self-esteem, emotional extremes, or loss of a loved one may reduce lymphocyte and NK cell numbers and function. Many drugs and chemicals, from steroids (and possibly steroidlike agents, such as excess vitamin D or progesterone) and other anti-inflammatory agents to sugar, alcohol, and marijuana, can be immune suppressors. The external environment can also be detrimental to the normal functioning of the immune system. Photochemical smog, industrial chemicals, pesticides, and certain antibiotic residues in meats as well as a high-fat diet may tax the immune system further. Even excess intake of the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from vegetable oils may increase free-radical formation and affect immunity. Nutritionally, low protein intake and vitamin A and zinc deficiencies are most relevant to immune suppression; a deficiency of essential fatty acids and other essential nutrients, such as pyrodoxine, pantothenic acid, and selenium, may also contribute.


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Honors & Awards
» 2014 Rimington Trophy Watch List
» 2014 Campbell Trophy Watch List
» Academic All-Big Ten (2012, 2013, 2014)
» Eight-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
» Brook Berringer Citizenship Team (2014)
» Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014)
» Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (2011)
Center Mark Pelini held down the middle of the Nebraska offensive line throughout the 2014 season, starting the first 11 games. Pelini suffered a season-ending ankle injury early on Senior Day against Minnesota.
Pelini and his offensive line teammates were a key part of a Nebraska offense that ranked among the top 20 units nationally in scoring and rushing offense. The group up front powered senior running back Ameer Abdullah's record-setting season, as he became NU's all-time leader in all-purpose yards, while ranking second in career rushing yards. The line also helped Nebraska rank among the top offenses in the Big Ten in protecting the quarterback.
Pelini continued to be a standout on the academic side, earning Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third straight season. A double major in history and mathematics, Pelini picked up his degree in December.
2014 (Senior)
Pelini started the first 11 games of the season at center and was a key part of an offensive line that powered several record-setting performances. The Nebraska offense opened the season with a Big Ten modern-era record of 784 yards of total offense, including 498 rushing yards. The line pounded the defenses of both Miami and Illinois as the Huskers rushed for 343 and 458 yards, respectively, and Ameer Abdullah topped 200 yards in both contests.
The line paved the way for Abdullah's fourth 200-yard rushing game of the season against Rutgers.
2013 (Junior)
Pelini played in all 13 games at center, including starts against Michigan State and Penn State. He played behind senior Cole Pensick most of the season, before Pelini's role increased greatly in the second half of the season with numerous injuries to Husker offensive linemen.
His play helped running back Ameer Abdullah post 1,690 rushing yards, the most by a Husker since 1997. The line also solidified an offense that featured three starting quarterbacks.
Pelini played in seven games, including three non-league games and the final four contests. He took over in the first quarter at Iowa when Justin Jackson was injured, then split time at center with Pensick in the Big Ten title game and saw action against Georgia in the Capital One Bowl.
2011 (Redshirt Freshman)
Pelini provided depth at center in 2011, but did not see game action.
2010 (Redshirt)
A walk-on, Pelini redshirted in his first season at Nebraska in 2010.
Before Nebraska (Cardinal Mooney HS)
Pelini was a standout at Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio. His play on the offensive line helped Mooney to a perfect 15-0 record and a Divsion III Ohio state title in 2009.
Mark is the son of Vince and Diane Pelini, and he was born on Aug. 27, 1991. Pelini has been named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll each of the past eight semesters. Pelini was also named to both the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team and Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2014 for his community outreach work. Pelini has volunteered his time with School is Cool Week, Husker Heroes, Husker Hotline, Super Hero Day, NFL Fuel Up to Play 60, and local school and hospital outreach activities.
Pelini's Career Statistics
» Games Played - 30 (7 in 2012; 12 in 2013; 11 in 2014)
» Games Started - 13 (2 in 2013; 11 in 2014)


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Internet Access on Shipsby Paul Motter, CruiseMates Editor | January 30, 2008
This article is for people familiar with Internet technology. For the regular person's guide to using shipboard Internet, go here: Tips for Internet Use on Your Cruise
A lot of demographic pundits would call me a road warrior. I often do business in places other than my office, and I must spend a significant amount of my "vacation" time working. Like many road warriors, I put in a full day of work every weekday and often work weekends.
Because I work in the cruise industry, any cruise I take is as much work as pleasure. And because I must work on ships, the better the onboard Internet connection, the more pleasurable my cruise becomes.
One of the first things I ask about any ship is what kind of Internet access it has. For me, it must have wireless service, because I need to do a lot more than check email -- I use applications like Secure Shell and HTML editors all the time. I upload video to my web site from ships, and I write newsletters that require me to research Web sites.
The State of Cruise Ship Internet Access Today's cruise ship Internet access is slow and expensive. I always buy the biggest package the ship has available almost as soon as I board. I have been on ships where the Internet was so bad I would literally wait 30 minutes just for my email to download. That is unacceptable, but an average ship's Internet connection still requires about 10 minutes to retrieve just one day's email. (I get a LOT of email).
To find out why cruise ship Internet access is so dismal, I spoke to the IT manager for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Scott McCarthy. Like most lines, Regent uses the company MTN Technologies for Internet access at sea.
MTN leases, sells, installs and manages the equipment ships need to communicate with the outside world -- whether by phone or Internet. In fact, phone and Internet are nearly the same now that telephone technology has given itself over to the digital domain. All Internet and phone traffic can simply be referred to as telecommunications data, or just "data."
Almost all cruise ship data uses the C-band -- the spectrum of microwave frequencies that communicates with high-orbit telecommunications satellites -- usually used for raw television feeds. Antennas usually need to be 8 to 12 feet.
A Short Lesson in Telecom Say you took a picture, cut it up like a jigsaw puzzle, numbered each piece, and mailed it to a friend. That is how telecom data works. Computers can take anything -- pictures, email, even your voice -- and cut it up into tiny jigsaw puzzle pieces. They are called "packets," made up of bits and numbered with a binary (two character) system.
Think of Morse code, which only used dots and dashes -- just two characters, but it could create enough combinations to represent the entire alphabet. It was enough to invent the telegraph. That is what packets are -- a string of bits using a binary code to represent more complicated sets of data.
Internet Connectivity Speed How many bits can you transmit and receive per second? In your house, if you use a dial-up modem, you receive about 50,000 bits per second. Pretty slow, which is why most of us have DSL or cable modems these days. Those connections can send you several million bits per second. These days, that is what is required for what most of us consider a decent Internet connection.
On a ship, every computer is connected to a single point where all the data is converted to bits that are beamed up to the satellites. This is the service MTN offers to cruise ships.
This includes the computers in the ship's cyber-cafe. It also includes all the antennas the ship installed to offer wireless connectivity, so you can use your laptop in various areas of the ship.
In addition, most ships these days send a tremendous amount of data to the mainland from the crew, mostly for company operations like credit card charges or double-checking reservations or passenger status.
All data on the ship goes to a single device called an "uplink," which is connected to the satellite dish on top of the ship and communicates with the satellites. There are currently four of these high-orbit satellites in space, and every ship has to locate one and lock into them with an uninterrupted signal to send and receive packets. This is obviously tricky.
It is also expensive. The average cruise ship uses a satellite connection that works at 128,000 bits per second (128k baud). This is just twice as fast as a home dial-up modem -- and this is for the entire ship. Some ships double or quadruple this by adding more uplinks, but it isn't just a matter of hardware; they also have to pay for the portion of each satellite's bandwidth capacity they use. The cost to the cruise ship for this connection is about $10,000 a month.
This is where MTN comes in again -- the company buys that satellite bandwidth in bulk and re-sells it to the cruise lines.
They also need to manage earth stations for the satellite downlink. These stations receive the traffic from the ship and connect it to the Internet. For Regent, for example, they use an earth station in New Jersey, and a backup in Florida. Weather and other issues could interrupt service.
There are systems on every ship to manage what is sent to the satellite. According to Scott, passengers using the Internet on Regent Seven Seas always get priority over crew. In addition, some types of data require more and better-managed bandwidth than other types. Sending an email is easy, but downloading audio or video involves a tremendous amount of data.
Scott says of Regent, "Unlike other cruise lines, we offer our Internet service on a no-profit basis. We don't attempt to make money from it." Regent is a luxury line, and fares are much higher than average, but there are far fewer expenses once you get onboard. Mainstream cruise lines do make a profit on their Internet access -- or try to. Regent does charge for Internet access, but not as much as other cruise lines.
The Future of Shipboard Internet Access Regent just introduced a new Internet access technology called Riverbed that makes it much faster for the user.
It is a box inserted in front of the uplink to the satellite on the ship. Riverbed examines incoming data, analyzes it, and compresses it, like using vacuum-seal bags to pack your suitcase. Data compression is too complicated to go into, but it is a well-known practice that has been making the Internet faster for years. Riverbed's specialty is in interfacing with C-band equipment. The equipment is leased from MTN and is not cheap, but it makes the ship's Internet connection faster and more cost effective. Each of the earth stations also needs Riverbed to decode the data.
If you are on a Regent Seven Seas ship, you will notice when you go online that each page will appear much faster, your email will download much faster, and sending a picture or other large file will take far less time.
Scott said most lines use their "always on" Internet connections to constantly synchronize operational data between the ship and the mainland. In the old days, ships had internal networks and everything was managed locally, with reports sent to the mainland at the end of each cruise. These days, a cruise line can know exactly how much beer is being sold on a ship at any given time just by looking at the data. They can pre-book shore excursions or spa appointments and share the data with the ship in real time.
In the future, Internet access will get faster and cheaper. In a way, it is a miracle they can offer it at all, and they are already squeezing everything they can into what limited bandwidth they have available. But within a few years, ships should be able to access the more numerous and less expensive low-orbit telecom satellites. This will be a big leap forward. And like all technology, the more people use it the cheaper it gets. Most cruise lines will likely adopt systems like Riverbed soon.
For people like me, who cannot travel without Internet connectivity, this will make a tremendous difference in my ability to take any cruise. On Regent Seven Seas, the advantages for people like me are already there.


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Long after designers release a product design for manufacturing, the 3D CAD models that define the product are used as references by many downstream operations. For example manufacturing, suppliers, and business partners often utilize the 3D models when putting together assembly instructions, parts catalogs, installation and maintenance manuals and many other types of technical documents.
However, utilizing your 3D CAD models in technical documents and publications has often been a painstaking process. It can require the CAD models to be converted to different 2D or 3D formats for use by technical documentation software, and then further work to manually create the callouts and exploded views that are often required for the final documents. And managing changes to the original CAD files and the associated converted files can take significant time too. This tedious work saps valuable time from your design team. An earlier blog post "Move towards digital maunfacturing - use your 3D CAD models to create excellent technical documents" looked at some of the challenges around communicating your designs to downstream users and the positive impact that using 3D digital models can have in this area.
Knowing the business benefits that manufacturers could achieve if their designers could focus on their primary task of creating innovative, high performance products, Solid Edge has teamed with QuadriSpace to cut through the hassle and slash the time spent creating and updating technical documentation.
The Pages3D solution from QuadriSpace automatically consumes 3D Solid Edge models so they can be used within printed or interactive technical documents that are published as paper, PDF, or HTML files. Publisher3D, a technical illustration program from QuadriSpace, easily creates exploded views, step-by-step assembly instructions, parts lists, raster-and-vector illustrations, and other documentation based on the original Solid Edge part and assembly models.
Pages3D enables 3D models to be used in the creation of parts catalogs and work instruction packets
"With Pages3D, our customers create complete multi-page documents with interactive 3D content," says Brian Roberts, QuadriSpace president and founder. "Creating illustrated parts lists, online or PDF catalogs, and step-by-step instructions are common uses of the software. "
"Customers open a 3D model directly in a technical document format that can then be printed in manuals, and published with embedded 3D content to interactive documents. For instance, clicking on a 3D picture can bring up an explanation or other useful content," Roberts continues. "So you can click on a part in a parts list and the 3D model for this part will be displayed, and this can include text bubbles or exploded views."
"Those interactive illustrations and exploded views are created with Publisher3D or Pages3D, through which engineers import their Solid Edge 3D CAD models, orient the models, take snapshots, set up the viewpoints, and add tables when required", Roberts adds.
A wizard, included with the unique smart template technology, automatically generates a step-by-step process from an exploded view. "The wizard helps create a package of 3D instructions for assembling products —first align this part, then bolt on this one—and each of these steps can be illustrated with a 3D animation and descriptive text as desired," Roberts says.
"The software automatically pulls features from the 3D CAD information so you don't have to manually recreate that data," he says, "for example, the Solid Edge exporter includes support for the hierarchical assembly and sub-assembly structure, metadata, exploded views, assembly configurations and more".
When an engineer changes the original Solid Edge CAD file and imports the new version into Pages3D, changes are automatically updated while maintaining the original markups, call outs, and other illustrations. This is a huge time saver and ensures that design changes are correctly incorporated into technical documentation.
Share3D is a cloud solution for delivering 3D-enabled HTML5 documentation created with Pages3D or Publisher3D
Another important piece of the QuadriSpace solution is Share3D. Share3D is designed to provide industry standard HTML delivery for seamless web viewing of interactive 3D documents. Documents delivered in this way are viewable with modern browsers on PC, Mac, iOS and Android devices without the need for plugins. This format is more universally viewable than 3D PDF which does not, at this time, support 3D with its mobile versions of Adobe Reader. When a document is published in this way, the 3D remains interactive and is viewable immediately on all common devices and browsers Share3D is available as a cloud version (hosted securely on Amazon servers), or as an on premise solution and adds tremendous capabilities for Solid Edge users who have been manually creating these types of technical documents or are looking for a way to add more interactivity to their delivered documents.
From my perspective QuadriSpace software solutions appear to match up well with Solid Edge with affordable licenses and an easy-to-use interface with a short learning curve. What is your experience of using Quadrispace or other technical documentation software with Solid Edge?
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UPDATE (2/11/2011): YES, Papa John's is making the heart-shape pizzas again this year.
And there it is. Papa John's is once again offering its heart-shaped Valentine's Day pizza. When Slice ordered it online earlier this afternoon it was part of a special: $14.99 for a one-topping, thin-crust heart-shaped pizza and a Cinnapie (prices may vary in your area). Note that the heart-shaped pizza is only available with PJ's thin crust.
Papa John's Heart-Shaped Valentine's Pizza with Pepperoni
I asked Robyn Lee here in the office what my one topping should be. "What most says 'Valentine's' to you, Robyn?"
"Uh, I don't know. Maybe whatever the person you're buying it for likes most?"
Good answer.
Although, really, guys, I'm going to give you some advice: It doesn't matter what you order on this pizza. Even if it is your girlfriend's favorite topping(s), she's not going to forgive you for calling in a delivery pizza for V-Day.
Conversely, though, this strategy might work like a charm for ladies trying to impress men, dudes, or boys. For that, pepperoni is probably a safe option. Plus, it makes the pizza look red. Which is like a heart. A big, giant greasy heart that's two ticks away from a coronary bypass.
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As I said, this particular online deal came with a Cinnapie, which is one of Papa John's dessert pizzas. It's basically a big hunk of baked dough with cinnamon and icing on it. And you know what? It's pretty good. Bad good. But good. I wasn't even going to mention it, but Ed Levine tried a few bites of it and loved it. In a bad-food-is-good way. It's not too thin, not too thick, and it has just the right amount of icing on it. You're not going to get sugar goo all over yourself—maybe just enough that you'll have to lick your fingers clean.
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Time does fly, and happy birthday SQL Lunch UK.
It has been a year since the first SQLLunch UK, and over the year there have been 21 Lunchs with a total of 537 attendees. OK, some of those will be the same people but in 'conference speak' each registration counts, but in any case i'm delighted by the success and looking forward to repeating this over the coming year. The first few presented some interesting technical challenges, those have been licked and now with the scaling out to Cardiff we have a few more but nothing that is insurmountable.
To 'celebrate' this occasion it is only fitting that Patrick LeBlanc (b|t) will be presenting a session for us on the 26th of Feb. Full details will be on SQL Server FAQ soon, so hope to see you in either London or Cardiff.
A massive thank-you to the Attendees for coming along twice a month for a pint and SQL knowledge and an even bigger one to all of the speakers many of who have stayed up late (12:30am in New Zealand ) or up early (4:30am in Seattle) , your efforts are very much appreciated.
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My new PC has been getting bluescreens ever since I built it half a year ago.
The most common bluescreen: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA, pointing to VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT and memory_corruption.
Components of interest:
CPU: i7 920
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Mobo: Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Running Win7 64bit.
Additionally, I've been getting a stream of NTFS event 55 errors in eventvwr. By a stream, I mean an event every 3-5 seconds for as long as the computer is turned on. This causes chkdsk to run at every boot: it will however not find anything. Running chkntfs in a command prompt however does return that the drive is "dirty".
The bluescreen dumps viewed in windbg point to corrupted memory, I've ran memtest which completed several tests without finding any errors whatsoever. I updated my motherboard/storage controller, so that can't be the issue either. I'm leaning towards either a failing power source or defective motherboard. Even then, I'm still suspicious towards the memory as the bluescreens still happen with the pagefile turned off, ruling out outright HDD failure.


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Pros: Has good hands and nice body control. Knows how to use his body to make the catch in traffic. Does a good job on the jump balls and attacks the ball in the air. Tracks ball well, can make the deep catch, and has some deceptive deep speed. Will be tough to jam because of his size.
Cons: Will body catch at times. Not explosive off the line and doesn't have the speed to outrun NFL corners. Lacks quickness and burst and struggles to get separation. Uses his hands, arms, and a lot of nudges and push-offs to create the necessary space to get open.
Overview: Decker is your classic possession receiver that is a big target that usually comes down with the ball making him reliable. His size will be an asset on many teams and he'll tend to win most battles against smaller corners. The problem is his lack of quickness and he really doesn't separate well from college corners, so you know he won't do much better in the pros.
NFL Forecast: It's easy to compare Decker with Brian Finneran. They have similar size, build, and playing styles. And I think that's about what type of player you'd be looking for in Decker. I think Decker would be best coming off the bench and will be one of those guys that can move the chains because he's reliable weapon on third down. But he's not going to be a playmaker, and unless he builds a strong rapport with his quarterback (which is a definite possibility) he's not going to be a go-to threat. So while I'd say his NFL career compares favorably with Finneran in his prime, I don't think he'll be that much more effective than Michael Jenkins is as a starter. I'm just not sure that a player of Michael Irvin's mold (who has to push off a lot to get open) can thrive in today's NFL.
ATL Forecast: Decker would be a nice player to replace Finneran on the roster. He has size and if he can contribute on special teams, then he can add immediate depth to the Falcons roster. In time, he could supplant Jenkins as the starter on the outside, but he probably wouldn't be much of an upgrade, although he might be a bit more consistent catching those wide open passes in the endzone that Jenks has a tendency to drop. At best, he could be a more reliable No. 2 option, but no more capable of making defenses pay. And at worst, he'd be a good option off the bench on third downs and in the redzone. Either way, Decker would be a valuable contributor to the Falcons, just probably not an impact player.
Value: For a team looking for a big possession wideout, Decker wouldn't be a reach in the latter part of round two. But he's probably best served to be picked in the third round since he has limited upside as a starter.
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Dance of the Day… Let's compare Helio and Kristi!
Ah, Memories!!! One thing that I've noticed while watching older seasons of DWTS, is how much the JUDGES have changed! Or, NOT! They seem like the same people we see now on the judging panel, only….. Not as much! It's like as the season passed, they've all become stronger versions of themselves, so that they can have the spotlight on them…. (Heidi's Note: I'm still working on the series discussing the Judges and their "growth" or "devolution", depending on your perspective, and Season 7 will be posted soon. Season 5 and Season 6 were posted during the last hiatus, if you want to catch up.)
We've been taking the time, and revisiting our twelve DWTS Champions on their first week of their Seasons. These were our first impressions that we had of them, and we're comparing them, two at a time. Once we get through all 12 seasons, I've got a couple ideas rolling around inside my head. First, we saw Season 1's Kelly Monaco and Season 2's Drew Lachey, and you can see that post here. Next, we saw Season 3's Emmitt Smith and Season 4's Apolo Anton Ohno, and you can see that post here.
Onward we move and today we get to revisit our first impressions of Season 5's Helio Castroneves, and Season 6's Kristy Yamaguchi.
Helio's professional partner for Season 5 was Julianne Hough, who had also won the previous season with Apolo Anton Ohno. He was the third athlete in a row to win DWTS, following Emmitt and Apolo. He's the only race car driver that's competed on DWTS, and had won the Indianapolis 500 twice at the time he competed. Since then, he's added another Indy 500 win!
Kristy's professional partner for Season 6 was Mark Ballas. She is an Olympic Gold Medalist in Women's Figure Skating, and was one of those contestants where I was sure couldn't be the age she said she was, she had to be younger. Yet, grow up she did, with a wonderful Professional Hockey player-husband, and the sweetest little kids….
HELIO CASTRONEVES AND JULIANNE HOUGH Season 5 Week 1. They danced a foxtrot to the TV Theme to Bewitched. This is the season where Samantha Harris took a few weeks off at the beginning of the season to bring her first daughter into the world, Drew Lachey took over guest host duties during her (way too brief) maternity leave.
KRISTI YAMAGUCHI AND MARK BALLAS Season 6 Week 1. I must apologize, because I've been misspelling her name, and I'm too lazy to go back and correct them all… Normally, misspelling names really bothers me. They danced a foxtrot, and the song isn't in the info… (Heidi's Note: Michael Buble's "The More I See You" according to Wiki)


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After moving from Italy to New York in the 1980s, photographer Piero Ribelli watched as America became more and more politically divided. So he embarked on a journey meant to remind people of what they have in common, and wound up photographing 50 families who actually live at 50 Main Street—one in each state.
Ribelli traveled more than 31,000 on planes and drove another 16,000 miles by car to meet the people he photographed, becoming "a vagabond in the Woody Guthrie and Jack Kerouac tradition, as the introduction to 50 Main Street: The Face of America says.
The resulting collecting of photographs and stories, while incredibly diverse, truly fulfills its mission, in Ribelli's own words: "to remind the reader how much we share in our human experience as Americans, rather than dwell in the differences."
Ribelli has been kind enough to share some photos from the book with us, but the stories are worth a read. The book is available on Amazon; see his website for more.