text: Worried about sports injuries? Don't sweat it. Think of avoiding injury as just another part of playing by the rules — only this rulebook is the one that keeps you from getting hurt. That's because the best way to deal with sports injuries is to prevent them. Prevention includes knowing the rules of the game you're playing, using the proper equipment, and playing it safe. But you've practiced with your team, played it safe on the field, and still sustained an injury. Don't worry, it's not the end of the world — just the beginning of a healing process. Read on to find out what this process is and how you can deal with a sports injury. What Are Sports Injuries? Sports injuries are injuries that typically occur while participating in organized sports, competitions, training sessions, or organized fitness activities. These injuries may occur in teens for a variety of reasons, including improper training, lack of appropriate footwear or safety equipment, and rapid growth during puberty. There are two general types. The first type is called an acute traumatic injury. Acute traumatic injuries usually involve a single blow from a single application of force — like getting a cross-body block in football. Acute traumatic injuries include the following: * a fracture — a crack, break, or shattering of a bone * a bruise, known medically as a contusion — caused by a direct blow, which may cause swelling and bleeding in muscles and other body tissues * a strain — a stretch or tear of a muscle or tendon, the tough and narrow end of a muscle that connects it to a bone * a sprain — a stretch or tear of a ligament, the tissue that supports and strengthens joints by connecting bones and cartilage * an abrasion — a scrape * a laceration — a cut in the skin that is usually deep enough to require stitches The second type of sports injury is called an overuse or chronic injury. Chronic injuries are those that happen over a period of time. Chronic injuries are usually the result of repetitive training, such as running, overhand throwing, or serving a ball in tennis. These include: * stress fractures — tiny cracks in the bone's surface often caused by repetitive overloading (such as in the feet of a basketball player who is continuously jumping on the court) * tendinitis — inflammation of the tendon caused by repetitive stretching * epiphysitis or apophysitis — growth plate overload injuries such as Osgood-Schlatter disease Often overuse injuries seem less important than acute injuries. You may be tempted to ignore that aching in your wrist or that soreness in your knees, but always remember that just because an injury isn't dramatic doesn't mean it's unimportant or will go away on its own. If left untreated, a chronic injury will probably get worse over time. Sports Injuries on Your Body You may think of your back or your arms and legs as the only places where you could get hurt while playing, but you can get a sports injury anywhere on your body, including your face, neck, head, back, sex organs, hands, and feet. Head and Neck Injuries Head injuries include concussions, contusions, fractures, and hematomas. A concussion is a violent jarring or shock to the head that causes a temporary jolt to the brain. If severe enough, or recurrent, concussions can cause brain damage but fortunately this is not common in teens. A hematoma is a bleeding or pooling of blood between the tissue layers covering the brain or inside the brain. All of these injuries can be caused by impact to the head from a fall, forceful shaking of the head, a blow to the head, or whiplash. Whiplash is an injury to the neck caused by an abrupt jerking motion of the head. Always wear helmets for contact sports and when doing activities like biking and in-line skating to prevent head injuries. Neck injuries are among the most dangerous. You can hurt your neck through a sudden traumatic injury in sports like mountain climbing, skydiving, horseback riding, gymnastics, diving, rugby, judo, or boxing. Neck injuries include strains, fractures, contusions, and sprains. Another very common sports-related neck injury is a stinger or burner from stretched nerves in the neck. Most neck injuries are caused by impact to the head or neck sustained during a fall or a blow. Your neck can also be injured a little at a time. Too much strain on your neck can cause increasing pain, sometimes only on one side of your neck. Sometimes you may feel only a slight pain when you move a certain way. If the injury is severe and there is a chance that the neck might be injured, it's very important to keep the injured person still with the head held straight while someone calls for emergency medical help. If the person is lying on the ground, do not try to move him or her. Never try to move someone who may have a neck injury — a mishandled neck fracture could lead to permanent paralysis or even death. How do these injuries happen? Serious head and neck injuries occur most often in athletes who participate in contact sports (like football or rugby) or sports with the potential for falling accidents, such as horseback riding. Back Injuries Back injuries include sprains, fractures, contusions, stress fractures, and strains and are caused by twists or overexertion of back muscles during bending or lifting movements. These injuries can occur in contact sports like football and ice hockey or in weight lifting, figure skating, gymnastics, dancing, baseball, and basketball. Sex Organs When it comes to injuries to the sex organs, guys usually suffer more trauma than girls because the penis and testicles are outside the body and lack natural protection during contact sports. Guys should always wear athletic supporters, or in some sports a cup, to protect the genitals from serious injury. Injuries to the uterus or ovaries are rare, but breast injuries are common complaints among teen girls. As the breasts develop, they can often be sore, and a blow from a softball or a jab from an elbow, for example, can be painful. Girls should wear supportive sports bras while playing sports or exercising. Hand and Wrist Injuries Hand, finger, and wrist injuries include fractures, dislocations, and sprains and often occur in contact sports such as football, lacrosse, and hockey. Hand injuries can result from a fall that forces the hand or fingers backward, a forceful impact to the hands, or a direct blow. Foot Injuries Foot injuries can include ligament strains, stress fractures, heel bruises, and swollen growth plates. Because your feet support all of your weight and must absorb a lot of force over and over again, they can be particularly susceptible to injury. Another reason some teens may suffer foot injuries is because of differences in their feet. For example, some people have flat feet or high arches. These differences don't mean that sports should be avoided, but it does mean that precautions, such as a special shoe insert, may be needed. Taking Care of Sports Injuries If your pain progressively increases with activity (what sports medicine doctors call an "upward crescendo") and causes swelling, limping, or loss of range of motion, you need to see a doctor as soon as possible. What kinds of pain should you be on the lookout for? Any injury that results in swelling, numbness, intense pain or tenderness, stiffness, or loss of flexibility should be taken seriously. You should also know the difference between soreness and chronic pain. Soreness is temporary, but chronic pain continues over a greater length of time. For example, it's not always necessary to see a doctor right away if your shoulder is sore, but you should schedule an appointment if the pain is worsening at any time or if it persists for a week or more. You should also see a doctor if your pain progresses from happening only after playing to happening during sports or if you notice it when you wake up or are doing daily activities. The most important thing to do when you suspect you are injured is to stop doing whatever sport has caused the injury right away and go see a doctor. For more severe or complicated injuries, it may be best to see a doctor who specializes in sports medicine. The doctor will examine your injury and use diagnostic tools such as X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine the extent of your injury. MRI allows doctors to see soft tissues more clearly than X-rays or CT scans do. Once the doctor knows the full extent of your injury, he or she usually will start with conservative treatment techniques such as rest and ice to help decrease swelling. Pain relief and anti-inflammatory medicines such as ibuprofen (like Advil or Motrin) may be prescribed. Splints, casts, and surgery also may be needed, depending on the injury. One of three things will happen next. Your doctor may: 1. recommend that you not play while you heal 2. that you play and use a protective device (a knee brace or wrist guard, for example) 3. that you undergo rehabilitation (physical therapy) Sports medicine doctors won't let you play if you are at risk for getting another injury or aggravating an injury you are recovering from. Getting Back in the Game If your doctor has asked you to stop playing, your #1 question is probably "When can I play sports again?" This depends on your specific injury, so make sure you discuss this with your doctor. There are things you can do while injured to stay fit without making your injury worse — but make sure you check with your doctor first. These activities are known as cross training, and they include using stationary cycles, swimming, water therapy, and rowing machines. Your rehabilitation program will also help you stay fit as you recover. Rehabilitation, or rehab, is the process that gets you back in shape and ready for action again. Rehab may be part of your treatment program and can include exercise, manual therapy from a physical therapist (a specialist who is trained to help you recover from a sports injury), and technology such as ultrasound. Ultrasound equipment is used to heat the injured area. This heat relieves pain, promotes healing, and increases your range of motion. Playing Safe What can you do to protect yourself from getting hurt again? Use protective gear — such as helmets for contact sports like football — that is appropriate to the specific sport. When you return to play, you might need some new protective gear, including modified shoes (such as those with inserts or arch supports or those designed for use in a particular sport), tapings (tape used to wrap a knee, for example, to provide extra support), knee and elbow braces, and mouth guards. These devices help support and protect your body part from strains, direct blows, and possible reinjury. To help prevent reinjury, be sure to warm up adequately before practice and games. Remember to take it slow when you first get back into your sport and gradually build back up to your preinjury level. Also, know your limits. If the previously injured part (or any body part) begins to hurt, stop immediately and rest. Don't delay in seeking medical attention if the pain persists. It's your body's way of telling you something is not right. So, play, but play safe. Try to learn from your experience and do the things that can help you avoid getting hurt again. 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While tNYRP has given away over 1,000 trees at various TD Bank locations in the past, they handed out a record-breaking 350 trees at the new store in Maspeth over the weekend, the second largest of its kind by the organization.
"We are helping to advance the goals of NYRP to plant these one million trees by two years," explained a TD Bank representative at the event, saying the partnership has sped up the original goal set for 2017.
NYRP member Chris Vanterpool helped children and their families in and out of the TD Mobile Forest biodiesel-powered truck that was parked in the new bank parking lot at the event.
"People can get a little chance to go in the forest in TD branches this spring, and inside there are representative trees from New York's forests," Vanterpool said of the green efficient big rig.
With their support for the tree giveaway, Vanterpool added that events like this are mostly intended to bring some excitement to the community.
"This is to show people and get them excited about trees," Vanterpool said. "The message here is sustainability and environmental stewardship."

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Surprise October Snowstorm (October 4, 1987)The earliest measurable snowfall at Albany, where 6.5" inches fell, with as much as 20" reported in parts of the Catskills. The storm wreaked havoc on the area because it was a heavy, extremely wet snow, which fell on fully leaved trees. Numerous branches and trees were felled...taking down power lines with them, blocking roads and damaging houses. Albany was described as "looking like a war zone." Hundreds of thousands of people were without power...some for up to two weeks. It was the most snow that ever fell during the month of October in Albany.
Same thing happened a couple years ago in buffalo only they got hit with a couple feet of snow. That was around Oct. 4th and lasted till after opening day of bow season (Oct.15th) because I had to go up and work restoring power instead of sitting in my tree stand putting an arrow through the pump station of a buck.
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Natural stone is a collective name for an array of different types of stone, found and quarried throughout the world. The appearance and the characteristics of natural stone are determined by the manner in which the stone was formed; by rivers, volcanoes, tectonic folding.
Each natural stone is unique, because no two places on earth have precisely the same geological composition or experience precisely the same geological forces. This means that natural stone of the same type can also differ widely.
Natural stone is most commonly divided into several large groups, with granite, marble, limestone, travertine, basalt, slate and onyx considered the most important but with the likes of sandstone and soapstone being also as important.


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The Viqua PRO 10 offers outstanding UV disinfection performance for commercial applications. Rated for flow rates up to 10 gpm (38 lpm) at 40 mJ/cm².
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Feb 5, 2013 – Pastor Paul Adefarasin's Wife Ifeanyi's Tribute Letter To Him "I Love You Deeply, I Love You Forever"
The wife of Pastor Paul Adefarasin of House on the rock, Pastor Mrs Ifeanyi Adefarasin recently shares an emotional tribute letter to honour her husband for his 50th birthday anniversary that took place in Lagos few weeks ago . naijagists.com
In the tribute letter, here is what Ifeanyi wrote to her hubby:
My dearest Adeolu (Paul),
It has taken some time for me to distill my thoughts and pen my tribute to Pastor Paul Adefarasin – the man I know. Though words are insufficient to capture the breadth of my thoughts, I'll try to give you the essence as I write about someone who is many things to me; as my best friend, my big brother, my boyfriend, my lover, my mentor, my coach, my greatest encourager, my husband, my pastor, my boss, my everything…after my Saviour Jesus Christ.
Where do I begin? I can barely recall my life without you, as for a greater part of my adult life, you have been such a strong and positive influence, instructing, directing, moulding and shaping me into the woman I am evolving into.
From our very first encounter, your passion for the things of God endeared you to me. In today's parlance, 'what's not to like?' – listening to a tall and handsome, cultured and eloquent, courteous, six foot three inches hunk of a man with an inimitable baritone, small wonder I am married to you today.
Over the years, I've watched you evolve from a husband to a father, from a pastor to an apostle, from giving pastoral care to parishioners to counseling kings, from penning sermon notes to becoming an author, from gathering a handful for fellowship, to erecting a worthy cathedral for thousands to worship and commune with the Lord. You are really a multifaceted man.
Your commitment to the family and the sacrifices you make to ensure that you spend time with the children and I, regardless of cost or personal inconvenience challenges me to do the same. The perception with which you correct and direct us all inspires me, while the patience with which you bring understanding to difficult matters is worthy of emulation. During the course of 18 years together, not once have I had cause to fault your leadership and direction over the family as a prophet, priest, and provider. Again and again,
I have learnt from your actions that being there when it really matters is not an option, it's essential. The ways in which you express love to us all, elicits our love to you.
You are indeed a terrific husband. I thank God for the desire you had almost two decades ago to spend your life with me. I recall with a warm heart, you writing in the sand, 'will you marry me?' as we walked the Lighthouse Beach. I pray our marriage will be engraved in the indelible 'sands of time' as we together fulfill purpose.
Thank you for being the loving, caring person you are. Thank you for being the selfless person you are. Thank you for being the trail blazer you are. Thank you for how you relate with the youths, including our 'first generation' children. Thank you for being the great husband and father you are.
As you celebrate this milestone birthday, I pray God's very best for you as you embark on yet another season of fulfilling God's mandate to the nation.
I love you deeply
Love you forever
Ifeanyi Adeife
Eyah my head dey swell….. I wan cry……..
Hmmm see love at work.
An obvious confirmation of Proverbs 18:22: "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD."


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Month: February 2016
Enhanced Risk of Severe Storms Tue:
February 1, 2016 - USA Weather - by 28storms.com - No Comments
The Storm Prediction Center has issued an "Enhanced Risk" of severe storms tomorrow across a large swath of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky. The dominant storm mode will likely be a squall line, but a few isolated tornadoes directly ahead of, and within the line are possible. Several reports of […]Read More


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Creative Spotlight: Paul Kercal on Adobe Touch Apps
For some time now, Paul Kercal (@Kercal) has been sharing his Adobe Ideas creations with us. Whether they have been doodles from a bus ride or sketchnotes from interesting events he has attended, we're always excited to see what he will send us next. So, to pay tribute to this devoted Adobe Touch Apps fan, we decided to feature his work as our next Twitter background.
In our exchanges with Paul on Twitter, we were able to learn how our Touch App has changed his creative process and workflow for the better. Read what he had to say by checking out the full Q&A below.
Are you working on an Adobe Touch Apps project that you would like to share with us? Get in touch with us on Twitter, Facebook, or in the comments below!
Creative Layer: When were you first introduced to Adobe Touch Apps?
Paul Kercal: The introduction to Adobe Ideas came at the hands of another talented mobile digital artist, the marvelous Mr. Stefan Marjoram (@stefanmarjoram). We met at a conference I had organized on behalf of my college. Since then I've followed all apps with more interest, the variety of tools available on tablet devices is staggering.
What was the very first creation you made with Touch Apps?
It's difficult to point to the first picture as, with any new app, I'll create three of four pictures quickly to get to grips with the UI and canvas. The first thing I remember creating is this image, which introduced me to a lovely way of working I hadn't used before, zooming in, drawing a face and zooming out to add another, then another until I ran out of zoom. It was either the second or third piece I worked on as the UI to Ideas became familiar and natural very quickly indeed.
How much of a difference has direct touch input made to your creations?
Touch input has made the world of difference to the way I create imagery. My primary tools had been pencils, inks and desktop computers but these have faded a significant amount from my daily efforts. Now it's all about the glass screen and the speed at which my fingers can dance on it.
When I'm doing youth work or working in schools, I often talk about the difference between a tablet and a piece of paper. A piece of paper is wonderful and I certainly don't want to see traditional art ever disappear, but a tablet will allow you to undo, expand and edit in ways that traditional art cannot achieve and, most importantly, it's all about the speed, the flow and the lack of resistance you are confronted with. With all forms of traditional art, you are faced with pushing something against something else: a chisel collides with stone, a pencil is scraped against what is basically softened sandpaper. Clay is pushed and pulled, canvas strains against a frame. A mobile device? When speaking to children I often say the screen is like the surface of a very still pond. All you have to do is touch it to coax a variety of beautiful pixels, swimming and dancing around your gestures like koi carp. It's a very poetic process.
How have the Adobe Touch Apps changed your creative workflow?
Speed…glorious speed. Between a computer and the image is a mouse. Maybe a screen mimicking tablet and pen, rarely a distance than you can reach across. With a phone or a tablet, the brain and the screen you are accessing is a hand clap away. With a slight slice of computer power you can create artwork as good as the largest of drab boxes, just quicker. I love it.
Of the different Touch Apps, which one is instrumental to your creative process and why?
I LOVE Adobe Ideas and find it's the first app I reach for in everything from meetings to life drawing sessions. It is an app that truly feels written for the glass screen and makes me happy in the second between icon and loaded app and happier when I get into the drawing process.
Touch Apps gives you the freedom to create anytime, anywhere. Where is your favorite place to create?
It's an honorable tie between the number 34 bus between Guildford and Camberley and the Chin Chin Labs ice cream parlor in central London. I can happily create artwork in either venue, but only one offers me ice cream as a reward for my doodling.
Take a look at some additional projects that Paul has created by visiting his Adobe Ideas dedicated Flickr album and blog, The Librarian's Tangents.


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As we celebrate 100 years of Wrigley Field history, Cubs fans are invited to join the "Party of the Century," a season dedicated to the storied past of this great ballpark. The 2014 season will honor 10 decades of Wrigley Field history with 10 unique decade-themed, throwback homestands complete with special guests, events, food, promotions and more.
Explore the rich history of one of America's most iconic ballparks with a walk down Michigan Avenue. See all 50 sets of authentic ballpark seats below, each uniquely and artistically designed by community groups, artists and celebrity fans of the Friendly Confines to commemorate some of the greatest moments of Wrigley Field's first century. All seats will be up for auction with proceeds benefiting Cubs Charities and the community groups that designed them.


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It never occurred to me to have a place to wash my harvest in the garden until I began selling vegetables. Until then, I would bring everything into the kitchen to clean, since I would be preparing it for our table or to preserve it. In 1992 I began selling produce, primarily lettuce, to two local restaurants. It was time to set up a place to wash it outside.
We happened to have a bathtub sitting in the backyard, having replaced it when we remodeled the bathroom. I put it on cement blocks so the top was a workable height. A screen that I made of 2×4's and ½" hardware cloth fit over the top. Now I could lay things on that screen and hose them off, with the water being caught in the tub and draining into the bucket I put under the drain hole. This water would be returned to the garden. I would line up multiple buckets and keep changing them out as they filled.
I built a bench out of scrap wood to hold 5-gallon buckets and harvest trays. That and a drinking-water-safe hose was my set-up. When I sold leaf lettuce by the head, packed in boxes, I would hold each head by the bottom and dip it upside down in first one bucket of water, then another. Doing that allowed any dirt or slugs that were in there to fall out. The buckets were food-safe and kept as clean as if I were using them in my kitchen. I put the lettuce heads on the screen over the tub and hosed them off again. They drained there before I packed them into cardboard boxes to take directly to the restaurants. When I had the CSA and later sold at the farmers markets, I sold bagged lettuce. I used three 5-gallon buckets and put only the trimmed leaves in. By the time they had been through three buckets, the leaves were clean and I put them directly into a salad spinner to get out excess water. I bought a 5-gallon salad spinner like the one I saw in the restaurants. That used spinner cost me $100 at a restaurant supply dealer, half of what I saw a new one for at the time in Johnny's catalog. It made my job easier.
I had acquired some plastic trays that bakeries use to deliver bread to stores. I would pick my harvest into them and take it to the washing station. With things like tomatoes and peppers, I would just set the tray on top of the screen and hose off the produce, turning it with my hand as needed. Then I would take the trays to the porch and set them on the porch swing or arms of the rocking chairs to drain. It was shady on the porch, a good place to sort the produce. A piece of hardware cloth with ¼" spaces was put in the bottom of the tray if it was used for green beans or cherry tomatoes, to keep those things from falling through the holes. The produce was on its way to the customers in a short time or using the porch would have become a problem with the family coming and going.
Washing produce with a hose is wet work. A heavy duty vinyl apron from Nasco and heavy rubber gloves protected me from getting waterlogged and from the chill in the spring and fall. In the summer, an occasional splash from the rinse water was a welcome cool-off. The Nasco catalog said the apron was the kind used in dairies. I used that apron for the whole ten years I sold vegetables.
I've come to believe that a washing station in your garden is a good thing to have even if you are only growing for your family. It certainly saves a mess in the kitchen. You may not do all your washing there, but you can certainly do the messiest stuff there. If you are selling vegetables and you use your kitchen for washing, you are putting more stress on you and your family than is necessary, not to mention the mess.
That old tub that I used as the base of my operation eventually had to be hauled off to the dump. Installed in an add-on bathroom by a former owner who did things on the cheap, it was plastic and covered with styrofoam. Although I wasn't selling vegetables anymore, I had gotten used to having a washing station and wanted to put together another one. Sometime over the years, I had found a stainless steel free-standing sink at a yard sale. Two years ago I put it in the garden and plumbed it to a hose (drinking- water-safe) from a pipe sticking out the back. That gave me running water without holding a hose! I could still collect the water from the sink in buckets. One of the greatest things about a garden washing station is being able to use the wash water to water the garden. These days, I'm not washing loads of lettuce, but I am washing and cutting produce for the solar dryers. Some of my best days are when I can pick, wash, and cut the produce and load it in the drying trays, right in the garden. I feel the fresh air and hear the birds singing. The produce never comes in the house until I take it off the dryer trays and put it in the jars. I suppose I could do that in the garden, also, and clean the trays in the garden sink.
My first set-up was on the east side of the garden with morning shade from a nearby maple tree. I was usually done washing in the morning by 10:30am and didn't begin harvest in the evening until 6:30 pm, when the sun began to be softened by the trees on the other side of the garden. If I used that space during the heat of the day, it was to quickly rinse tomatoes, peppers, or beans before bringing them to the porch. To provide some protection from the sun in my new space, we recently built a structure out of bamboo. This thing may not last long, although I'm hoping to get at least a year out of it. We had bamboo we had to clear out, so we thought we'd have some fun. It will help us decide how we want a permanent structure when we get around to it. The permanent one will most likely have a tin roof.
In 2001 we visited the gardens at the University of California-Santa Cruz and found this washing station. Having it against a building makes it easier to add a roof. A wall provides a place to hang things, such as colanders, and maybe shelf space. I know of one market gardener who had added a roofed, room-sized area behind her garage for washing and packing. It was open on three sides and it had a door into the garage where she stored the produce in refrigerators. If you are selling produce, be sure to plan a space for sorting and packing and for the packing materials. Taking over the family porch for that, although convenient, is not always the best thing to do.
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Montoya wins IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) Juan Pablo Montoya felt at home among a throng of his Colombian countrymen and fans in a very unique celebration spot. He detoured from the traditional Victory Lane party straight to the one thrown in his honor in the Pocono Raceway grandstands.
The fans bounced, danced, cheered and unfurled flags for the Colombian driver who wouldn't make them wait long this season to celebrate a victory. Montoya zipped toward the checkered flag to the sight of hundreds of Colombian fans waving the flag and cheering him on. His win in the IndyCar race Sunday at Pocono Raceway was the highlight of a triumphant return to open-wheel racing after seven years in NASCAR.
Up ahead, a serious run at the IndyCar championship.
''I think people know I'm coming,'' Montoya said.
Montoya saved his deepest gratitude for car owner Roger Penske. Penske's faith in bringing the talented and tempestuous Montoya aboard was rewarded.
''I knew it was going to take a little bit of time,'' Montoya said, ''but having the opportunity to run for Roger, it's unbelievable. I've worked really hard physically and mentally to get here, and I feel in a really good place right now. I'm really happy.
Montoya won for the first time in the CART/IndyCar Series since 2000 and had his first major victory since he won a road-course race at Watkins Glen in NASCAR in 2010.
Helio Castroneves was second to make it a 1-2 finish Sunday for Team Penske. With double points awarded in the 500-mile races, Castroneves moved into a tie for the points lead with Penske teammate Will Power.
Carlos Munoz, Ryan Briscoe and Scott Dixon completed the top five.
Montoya, who won from the pole, took the lead for good when Tony Kanaan was forced to pit for fuel with four laps left. Montoya took it from there and continued to stamp himself a player in the championship hunt. He moved to fourth in the standings.
''As soon as we signed him, I knew he would be an asset for us, and a headache,'' Castroneves said.
Montoya damaged his front wing when he connected with Power on a pass for the lead on the 167th lap. Power's penalty troubles continued at Pocono when he blocked Castroneves on the 171st lap and had to serve a drive through penalty, effectively ending his shot at victory.
''You tell them, `Let's keep each other on the track,''' Penske said. ''But that was a little tight right there.''
After only two top 10s in his first seven starts, Montoya reeled off a third, second and seventh in his past three. Now, he has the win needed to erase any lingering doubts that has move back to open wheel was the right one.
Here are 5 things to know from the IndyCar race at Pocono:
POWER PENALTY: Power's latest penalty cost him a shot at racing for the win - and his spot alone atop the points standings. Even worse, his ill-timed block almost derailed a podium finish for Penske teammate Castroneves. Power was hit with a blocking penalty on Castroneves late in the race and his drive through penalty cost him a shot at racing for the win. He finished 10th. Power said he tried to let Castroneves go and had no intention of blocking him. He unleashed a profanity over the radio toward IndyCar and was told to cool down by Penske president Tim Cindric. ''That's not doing us any good now, is it? Get your head on straight and go,'' he said. Power has been smacked with a rash of penalties this season that have cost him strong runs at the checkered flag. He was annoyed when he had to watch the replay after the race for NBC Sports. ''It was another penalty and other drive through and another really good opportunity lost,'' Power said. ''Time after time it happens to me and no penalty.''
NEWGARDEN RUN: Josef Newgarden said this weekend he'd have to grade his season an F. On Sunday, that stood for fantastic. Newgarden started last after an accident in practice, then stormed his way to the front and led seven laps at the end of the race. He finished a solid eighth for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing. He surrendered the lead when he no choice but to make one final pit stop for fuel on Lap 194. ''It was a big strategy race,'' Newgarden said. ''Considering nobody did much passing today and because it was more of a track position, fuel mileage and strategy race, I thought we did a really good job of keeping up and making the moves when we needed to. That helped get us into the top 10.''
HAWKSWORTH OUT: Jack Hawksworth missed the IndyCar race Sunday at Pocono because of a heart contusion. Hawksworth was injured Saturday in an accident during the second practice session. He was evaluated and released from the infield care center. Hawksworth stayed overnight for observation at a hospital and was released Sunday. Hawksworth will be re-evaluated by the IndyCar medical team Tuesday before being cleared to drive next week at Iowa Speedway.
KANAAN CAN'T: Tony Kanaan dominated most of the race and led 78 laps. Montoya, who won from the pole, took the lead for good when Kanaan was forced to pit for fuel with four laps left. ''It's obviously frustrating to dominate a race like that and not win,'' Kanaan said. ''We just missed going the full 500-mile distance by a few laps and it's heartbreaking when those things happen. But that is racing, as they say, and we will focus on Iowa now and put it behind us.''
SPEED RACER: The average speed of 202.402 mph was the fastest 500-mile race in IndyCar history. The 200-lap race was caution-free for the first 158 laps until Graham Rahal spun to bring out the yellow. The 158 consecutive laps of green flag racing to open a race was the longest stretch for a 500-mile race in IndyCar history.


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Letting Toddlers Play With Knives
This great talk from Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, is a good watch for anyone raising kids in today's overprotective society.
It really resonated with me. (Spoiler warning: Watch the video before reading the rest of this post. If the link below is broken, watch here)
Of the 6 things he encourages us to let our kids do, my parents -my father in particular - encouraged *all* of them.
- Play with Fire: I was allowed and even encouraged to do so, including building my own rockets. He didn't even intervene in my making my own gunpowder until one of my rockets actually worked and almost knocked my neighbor off his roof when an ill-timed flight coincided with his choice of days to re-shingle.
- Own a pocket knife: My dad gave me both a folding pocket knife as well as a sheathed deer-bone handle boyscout knife that had been his when he was a kid. As Gever says, it was a universal tool. We whittled, carved, disected bugs, skinned squirrels (sorry peta people), peeled bark, made conkers, and a thousand other things with them.
- Throw a spear: I did. When we lived in South Africa i got one. Dad also bought me a bow (not a little plastic one - a fiberglass one that could put an arrow a good inch into a maple), a slingshot, and a pellet gun.
- Deconstruct appliances: I was always allowed to take apart any device that was going in the trash or was otherwise non-functional. I was given full access to dad's shop including all power tools from as early as I can remember. I beleive at around 9 or 10 I recall being told to "be extra careful" with the electric jigsaw.
- Break the DMCA: We didn't have it. But dad DID encourage questioning authority and WHY systems were structured the way they were (including the law).
- Drive a car: I got to sit on dad's lap and drive the car. I also was allowed to build or acquire a fair number of two or four-wheeled contraptions that had internal combustion engines, even though I was too young to legally drive them.
Anyhow. My wife and I have had numerous conversations about 'risky' activities, that usually go along the lines of "what age is it ok for him/her to be doing this/that?", and I often feel that we as a society are far too protective of our kids, and that this may be doing it's own kind of harm. This talk really helped crystalize that sentiment for me.
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China's set to rule the skies of air travel
- China%27s growth as an air travel market has been remarkable
- U.S. remains world%27s largest market for air travel%2C but China is gaining
- Beijing Capital International set to become the world%27s busiest airport
When it comes to flying, China has arrived.
Beijing Capital International is poised to become the world's busiest airport by the end of this year, toppling Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson, which has held that title since 1998.
Beijing's perch atop the airport rankings means more than bragging rights. It's a sign of China's remarkably rapid ascent in the world of air travel. China will be the epicenter of an unprecedented global demand for new pilots. And over the next decade, one of every five commercial jets built by U.S. aerospace giant Boeing will be heading to China.
"China is at the forefront of the aviation industry," says Perry Flint, a spokesman for the trade group International Air Transport Association (IATA). "It is already the second-largest air travel market, with more than 300 million passengers, and it is among the fastest growing."
Among nations, the U.S. remains the world's largest market for air travel, with more than 806 million fliers taking to the skies in 2011, the most recent year available, according to the IATA.
But China is gaining. Industry analysts expect it to eclipse the U.S. in little more than two decades. And U.S. airlines, which have been adding service across the globe to take advantage of skyrocketing demand for international travel, are setting their sights on China as a source of growth and profit.
"Long-haul routes into China are very important to airlines, both in terms of profitability right now as well as planting their foot for the long term," says Will Horton, a senior analyst with the CAPA Centre for Aviation.
Beijing's Capital International Airport is already neck and neck with Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson. Next month, its more than 4 million seats on scheduled departing flights will come within a whisker of the number of seats on flights taking off from Atlanta, according to OAG, which provides aviation information and analytical services.
By the end of this year, OAG expects Beijing to pass Atlanta, and become the world's busiest airport.
"I think there'll be a little bit of a battle over the next few months between Atlanta and Beijing as they fight it out," says Rob Shaw, OAG's director of analytics.
"But eventually," he says, "Atlanta will sit steady while Beijing continues its growth," enabling Beijing to grab and retain the No. 1 spot.
Others see the change at the top of the rankings coming further down the road.
"We think it'll be 2016," says Angela Gittens, director general, Airports Council International, which represents commercial airports and operators across the globe.
The number of passengers served by Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson has continued to grow, though at a slower rate than Beijing, she says.
"Atlanta has been holding its own so it's taking longer for Beijing to catch up than we thought maybe five years ago."
Growing middle class
One fact is indisputable: China's growth as an air travel market has been remarkable.
By 2011, in a decade's time, Beijing rose from the world's 34th busiest airport to No. 2, Gittens says.
As recently as 1995, Beijing's Capital International Airport served 15 million fliers, while Atlanta had a little more than 57 million passengers. But by 2011, the number of fliers using the Beijing hub had soared to 78.7 million, compared with Atlanta's 92.4 million, she says.
A global market forecast from European plane maker Airbus predicts that China's domestic passenger traffic will surge past the U.S. in 2031. And IATA, looking at currently estimated growth trends, predicts China will top the U.S. as the world's largest international market seven years later, in 2038.
China isn't the only nation experiencing a dramatic rise in air travel.
Demand is growing in parts of Africa, Latin America and throughout Asia, particularly in India and Indonesia. The Asia-Pacific area, which includes Australia and New Zealand, is now the largest air travel market in the world, the IATA says.
"It's not that the U.S. is shrinking," Gittens says. "But you have other countries and their aviation sectors going from zero to 60."
Like the emerging economies in many of those other nations, the story of China's growing dominance in the air is rooted in what's happening on the ground.
China's economy is now the second biggest in the world, and amid its population of over 1.3 billion is a growing middle class who want to travel.
"Beijing has a population of some 20 million people," says Gittens, noting that a country's GDP and per-capita income are the biggest drivers of air travel. "Think of even a small portion of 20 million coming into the middle class and (multiply) that for all of China."
While China is expected to have one of the fastest growth rates in international passengers over the next few years, the most significant growth is likely to be inside China.
"Because the population of China is so large, I think you're going to see for many years to come huge increases on the domestic side," Gittens says.
Critical to that equation is development of a low-cost airline sector in China, similar to that in the U.S, where Southwest and other airlines played a key role in making flying more affordable.
"That changed the availability of air travel to the masses in the U.S.," says Shaw of OAG. "I expect to see a similar explosion happen in China."
When that happens, he says, depends on when China's air-traffic control system is updated and the political environment allows low-cost carriers to grow and thrive.
A booming domestic air market in China will also boost international travel, says Brian Znotins, a United Airlines vice-president.
"As more and more people have access to air travel in China, and use it more and more, that will bleed into more travel around the world," he says. "So I think all carriers that fly to China will see some benefit and growth as a result."
A huge deal for U.S. airlines
United and other U.S. carriers are increasing service to China, and forging relationships with the nation's airlines to tap into the growing demand within the country as well as the increasing interest by premium-paying business travelers and vacationers to visit there.
United has 56 flights a week to China, and says that based on frequency, it has nearly twice the level of service to China as its next closest U.S. competitor.
It began flying its most recent Chinese route, between Los Angeles and Shanghai, in 2011. And its membership in an airline alliance that includes Air China enables it to use Air China's Beijing hub to connect passengers to flights going to cities across China.
Delta says that its alliance partners, China Southern and China Eastern, are that nation's largest domestic carriers. "China is probably the most important international market for us in terms of growth," says Andy Renner, director of Delta's Pacific network.
Delta's flights between Detroit and Shanghai, which will increase to four round trips a day this summer, have been important to corporate customers such as General Motors, Renner says.
But, he says, "There's an increasingly affluent customer base in China that's going to have more disposable income, and they want to come visit the U.S."
American, meanwhile, offers three daily round trips to China, between Chicago and Beijing, Chicago and Shanghai and Los Angeles and Shanghai, and is part of an airline alliance that includes Cathay Pacific.
In March of last year, American began a code-sharing arrangement with Beijing-based Hainan Airlines, which helps streamline connections and allows members of American's loyalty program to earn miles on mutual, code-sharing flights, among other benefits.
Horton of the CAPA Centre for Aviation says that foreign airlines have been hindered in increasing flights to China by limited landing slots.
But China has been working at a fever pitch to build airports. Between 2008 and 2012, there were 24 commercial airports built in the country, by the Airport Council International's count.
OAG's Shaw says the Chinese government recently announced details on a new airport to be built near the community of Daxing, a roughly 30-minute train ride from Beijing. Opening date for the airport, which could have up to six runways, is expected to be 2017, and it could handle up to 75 million airline seats by 2025.
Wanted: Pilots
To ferry all those who want to fly, China will need pilots. A forecast last year from Boeing predicts that over the next 20 years, China will need 71,300 pilots, the most of any country within the Asia-Pacific region.
"They're actively recruiting," says Kit Darby, an aviation consultant who runs a career-information service for pilots. "And we expect that recruitment to grow as long as they're growing."
The country is offering perks and is easing requirements to entice candidates.
But China is having some difficulty, Darby says, adding that U.S. pilots may have a harder time adjusting to life in China than some other parts of the world.
"When you don't have an existing English or U.S. colony of expatriates available, it becomes more difficult to bring your family," Darby says. "It's not for everyone."
Along with pilots, China will need thousands of new planes.
Boeing estimates it will need 5,260 new aircraft over the next 20 years, with most of them catering to new demand rather than replacing old planes.
"They're on a path clearly to overtake the U.S. as Boeing's largest aviation market," says Shephard Hill, president of Boeing International.
In addition to importing planes, China is developing its own. It's in the early stages of building a plane, the C919, that would be akin to Boeing's 737 workhorse jet or the similar Airbus A320.
Just as China is starting to rival the U.S. in air traffic, it could some day compete with Boeing, the world's biggest aerospace company. "The inevitability of that is clear to us," Hill says. "And we understand it and we'll be ready for it."
Contributing: Barbara Hansen


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- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 5 tablespoons apricot preserves
- 1/4 cup red miso
- 1/4 cup Champagne vinegar
- 2 teaspoons finely grated orange peel
- 1 large garlic clove, chopped
- 2 pork tenderloins (1 pound each)
- 1/2 cup low-salt chicken broth
Recipe Preparation
Preheat oven to 425°F. Coat large rimmed baking sheet with oil spray. Combine preserves, miso, vinegar, orange peel, and garlic in small pot over medium heat. Cook until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Reserve.
Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Place on prepared baking sheet, tucking thin end under to ensure even cooking. Brush with 2 tablespoons apricot glaze; roast 12 to 15 minutes. Turn pork over with tongs and brush with 3 more tablespoons glaze. Continue to roast until instant-read thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 150°F, 8 to 10 minutes longer.
Transfer pork to cutting board, tent with foil, and let rest 10 minutes. Meanwhile, add chicken broth to remaining apricot glaze. Bring to simmer and cook until reduced to 2/3 cup sauce, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Slice pork crosswise into 1/2- to 3/4- inch-thick slices and arrange on platter. Spoon sauce over and serve.


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Colleges Embrace #IoT … Door by Door
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A dormitory door at Villanova is unlocked with an app. "If you had asked me four years ago
if my smartphone would have been able to open a door, I would have told you no,"
says a university official. "Technology is changing, and it's changing fast." – Chronicle of Higher Ed
Mark Makela for The Chronicle
Kathy Gallagher, director of university card systems at Villanova University, was out to dinner one rainy autumn night in 2012 when she received a telephone call from a priest on the staff of the Roman Catholic university. He had gone out to his car to retrieve something only to find himself locked out of a corridor leading to his dormitory room. Campus security was not immediately available.
Instead of prematurely abandoning her meal, Ms. Gallagher pulled out her iPad and opened the door remotely, thanks to a newly tested online system for building access. The next day, she visited the priest's office to tutor him in a feature that gives employees and students access to given doors using their mobile devices.
Two years later, says Ms. Gallagher, "he loves it. He says to me, 'Kathy, one thing I always have with me is my cellphone.' "
The changes under way at Villanova—it is now installing the online system in all of its residence halls in a multiyear approach—are emblematic of a technology-fueled shift in how colleges are investing in building access and security.
Spurred by a desire to better control who is moving in and out of campus facilities, colleges are adopting sophisticated online access systems at a steady clip. The systems, which support arrays of hard-wired and wireless locks, are being applied to interior doors, such as those in residence halls and labs, in addition to exterior doors. In some places they are being installed in concert with other security features, like video surveillance technology. The migration is such that traditional keys on college campuses could soon become as quaint as typewriters.
Companies competing in the market include the Cbord Group, Heartland Campus Solutions, and Salto Systems.
Online building-access systems deliver a certain "wow" factor. They allow administrators to monitor and control individual doors using a dedicated workstation or browser-based interface. User-friendly features include doors that can be unlocked by contactless "tap" cards and mobile devices.
Read Winkelman, vice president of sales at Cbord, says about 75 colleges and universities use at least one company product controlling access via a mobile device. "It is definitely accelerating," he says.
The new access systems are also streamlining labor-intensive campus operations, including moving students between dorm rooms and accommodating temporary guests. "You are not handing out keys to summer-conference people who are here for just a few days and they lose the keys," says Matthew Frericks, senior director for auxiliary planning and facilities at Miami University of Ohio, which put an online system into three dozen residence halls in 2011. "It is just like a hotel. At the end of their stay, that card is deactivated."
Northeastern University was using traditional metal keys for about half its dorm rooms, with an offline access system—using swipe cards that communicate only with designated locks—for the rest three years ago, when officials there began looking into alternatives. This summer the university will install about 2,400 online locks in its residential facilities, in addition to 4,000 locks installed last year.
The new system allows students to unlock their doors with either cards or mobile devices. Students who do not own smartphones can still unlock their doors by texting "unlock mydoor" to a designated number.
"We do have about 1,000 students who have downloaded the app, and we would like to see that double or triple," says Marina Macomber, assistant vice president for student and administrative services. "We think it is definitely meeting students where they are at in terms of using their smartphones for as much as they possibly can."
Northeastern's online system eliminates the hassle and the risk involved in issuing and collecting traditional room keys, Ms. Macomber says. And it eliminates the liability of a master key, the loss of which can require the rekeying of scores of doors. Resident advisers now can request temporary access in order to let a student into his or her room. A student moving to a new room can be granted temporary access to both the old and the new one.
Similarly, maintenance workers can be granted temporary access to complete work. A student is notified in real time by text message or email that someone will be entering the dorm room.
The cost of online systems varies widely, depending on scale and existing infrastructure. Installing hard-wired locks can run as much as $5,000 per door, according to security consultants. In some cases, existing doors can't support wireless locks and have to be replaced.
Other Challenges
Some of the wireless locks can be unsightly, making them less appealing to institutions with historic buildings or distinct architecture, says Jeffrey Kernohan, a regional manager at Guidepost Solutions, a company that consults on campus security.
And the batteries for wireless locks have to be monitored and replaced, with heavily trafficked doors requiring the most attention.
Still, controlling access to specific facilities is a high priority. Online systems provide an extra layer of accountability at a time when campus safety is making national headlines.
Eliminating traditional locks means students no longer keep doors open by engaging deadbolts or other means, college officials say. Alarms and alerts are triggered if a door is ajar. Officials at Miami say dorm-room thefts have been "virtually nonexistent" since the locks were installed. Online systems also create a record of every entry and exit, data that can be used in the case of an emergency.
"If you know who is going into a dorm room and you have an emergency egress, you can print out a report and say these are all the people who were in our dorm, and we want to check them all in when they come out to their muster points," says Mr. Kernohan.
Data generated by the new systems are treated like any other sensitive student and employee information, officials say. The information is accessible to just a few designated people and only for very specific purposes.
The technology used to control building access on campuses could move well beyond standard, credential-based systems. Mr. Kernohan says he sees some institutions with big-budget athletics departments investing in biometric systems, which use fingerprints or handprints to grant access to athletics facilities. Such systems are already widely used by professional sports franchises, he says.
Others say they expect such technology to be used only sparingly. What is clear, they agree, is that the days of the traditional lock and key are done.
"If you had asked me four years ago if my smartphone would have been able to open a door, I would have told you no," says Villanova's Ms. Gallagher. "Technology is changing, and it's changing fast. If you ask me, Five years from now, what we are going to be doing?, I wouldn't be able to tell you."


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"I was very pleased with our No. 2 offense - particularly our offensive line," said ETSU head coach Paul Hamilton. "That's been an area of concern for us from the standpoint of depth on the offensive line, but they showed me something today out there blocking our first-team defense.
"Everything else went pretty much like we expected with our defense controlling the game a lot, but we did some things on the offensive side of the ball that I think we can build on before next year."
While the Blue squad's defensive unit held the Gold to just two first downs in the first half, redshirt freshman quarterback Carl Meadows (Cummings, Ga.) completed his first three passes of the game and helped the Blue squad march 63 yards on 12 plays on their first possession to take the early lead at 3-0 on a 28-yard field goal by junior Jon Godfrey (Johnson City).
Meadows, who Hamilton said will be the team's No. 1 quarterback coming out of spring practice, finished the day completing 8-of-15 passes for 66 yards and no interceptions. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound graduate of North Forsyth High School said he thinks the offense is on the right track.
"Going in as a redshirt freshman and learning a new offense can be tough, but I think we're starting to click now," Meadows said. "Spring practice is just one phase of working towards the regular season, but I think right now we're 10 times better on offense - especially the offensive line - than we were last year. We're coming together."
The Blue squad increased their lead in the second quarter after a 52-yard punt by senior Aaron Bass (Clinton) pinned the Gold at their own 10-yard line. Three plays later, senior defensive tackle Travis Williams (Bristol) sacked walk-on freshman quarterback Justin Price (LaFollette, Tenn.) for a safety to make it 5-0 with 13:24 left in the half.
That play highlighted the defensive effort for both the Blue and Gold squads. However, redshirt freshman linebacker Mike Cullen (Roswell, Ga.), junior defensive back Michael Mabe (Richlands, Va.), sophomore defensive back Primus Glover (Springfield, Ga.), and sophomore defensive end Tony Haynes (Franklin) all had solid games. Cullen finished with a team-high nine tackles for the Blue, while Mabe and Glover had seven tackles apiece and Haynes added three sacks to lead the way for the Gold.
"I thought the defensive unit on both sides did a great job today," Williams said. "We've really improved as a unit. We worked really hard to keep them (the Gold squad) out of the end zone, but give credit where it's due, they put together a great drive there."
Indeed, after the Blue increased its lead to 8-0 in the third quarter on a Godfrey field goal that measured 39 yards, the Gold was bolstered by some surprising play from Price. Going 59-yards in 14 plays, Price completed 6-of-7 passes for 31 yards, including a 6-yard scoring toss to senior tight end Randy Grubb (Pulaski, Va.). The two-point conversion pass intended for Grubb fell incomplete and the Gold trailed 8-6 with a quarter of play remaining.
For the game, Price finished 13-of-20 for 76 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Grubb caught five passes for 28 yards. Their efforts caught Hamilton's attention.
"I thought Randy Grubb and the two Price kids really played well," said Hamilton, referring to Justin Price's brother, Matt, who also had four catches for 35 yards in the game. "I think those guys showed us some things."
In the fourth quarter, the Gold had one last shot to take the lead after redshirt freshman quarterback Scott Butler (Kingsport) had his pass intercepted by Glover. However, with just over two minutes remaining on the game clock, the Blue defensive unit held the Gold to four-and-out to preserve the win.
For the Blue, senior tailback Gaven Varner (Summerville, S.C.) was the leading rusher with 47 yards on 10 carries, while sophomore tight end Justin Cruze (Knoxville) was the team's top receiver with 34 yards on two catches. Also for the Blue, junior Scott Brumett (Pioneer) played both ways, catching a pass for 14 yards from the tight end position and picking up three tackles from his normal linebacking slot.
For the Gold, sophomore Andre Brooks (Greenville, S.C.) picked up a squad-best 21 yards on five carries, while Matt Price led all receivers with his four catches for 35 yards. Along with Justin Price at quarterback, Butler finished the game 5-of-10 for 47 yards and an interception.
ETSU will return to action in early August for preseason workouts, and the Bucs will open their 2003 regular season on Thursday, Aug. 28, when they travel to face Eastern Michigan. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Blue - 8-6
First Quarter
BLUE - FG Godfrey 28
Second Quarter
BLUE - Williams sack of Price for Safety
Third Quarter
BLUE - FG Godfrey 39
Fourth Quarter
GOLD - Grubb 6 pass from J.Price (pass failed)
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Rushing - Gold: Brooks 5-21, J.Price 7-18, Colburn 1-2, Gosman 4-(-4); Blue: Varner 10-47, Smiley 9-23, Johnson 4-(-4).
Passing - Gold: J.Price 13-20-0 76, Butler 5-10-1 47; Blue: Meadows 8-15-0 66.
Receiving - Gold: M.Price 4-35, Grubb 5-28, Salmons 2-16, Scurry 1-6, Smiley 1-(-3), Gosman 1-(-2); Blue: Cruze 2-34, Nuckolls 3-29, Johnson 2-16, Brumett 1-14, Spearman 2-12, Matthews 1-8, Varner 1-(-1).


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Instagram and Your Legal Rights
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The REAL danger in Instagram's new Terms of Use: forced arbitration
Perhaps you've read about the controversy over new "Terms of Use" from the photo-sharing service Instagram, which now is owned by Facebook. Under the terms, if you use Instagram it is free to sell your photos, your likeness and pretty much anything else it knows about you to advertisers – without any further consent on your part, and without compensating you. And if, by some chance, you're under 18, Instagram assumes that when you click "accept," at least one parent has read over the terms and agreed to them on your behalf.
The ensuing furor prompted Instagram to issue a statement saying, in effect, well, yes, that's what we said, but it's not what we meant. The company then withdrew that particular language.
But, as a Reuters story points out, that's not even the scariest part of the new Terms of Use.
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EXCEPT IF YOU OPT-OUT AND EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DISPUTES DESCRIBED IN THE ARBITRATION SECTION BELOW, YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND INSTAGRAM WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION. [Caps and boldface in original].
Once the new terms take effect, existing users will have only 30 days to opt out. New users will have only 30 days after they join. And if you want to opt out, you'll have to have to do it by snail mail. The only other choice: Cancel your Instagram account. But, according to lawyers who are suing Instagram, if you do that, you lose all rights to photos you've already uploaded.
If these terms take effect as planned on Jan. 16, Instagram will be the latest in a long line of companies to block your fundamental right to justice by forcing you into a system where the deck is stacked against you at every turn. And if Instagram can get away with it now, will Instagram's parent company, Facebook, try it next?
As we said in our 2011 report, Arbitration Activism, the arbitration system gives corporations "a free pass to break the law." In keeping with its never-ending deference to corporate special interests, the right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court effectively rewrote federal law, issuing decision after decision helping big business make the most of that free pass.
For starters, facing off against a corporation in arbitration is like playing a baseball game in which the other team hires, fires – and pays – the umpires. So it's no wonder a study of top arbitrators for one major arbitration firm found that they rule for big business 93.8 percent of the time. In addition:
- Filing fees often are higher in arbitration; that can discourage individuals from suing, particularly over relatively small dollar amounts.
- Rules of discovery are fashioned by the arbitration firms and, yes, by the big businesses that hire them.
- It's almost impossible to appeal.
- Proceedings are secret; they don't even have to produce a transcript. As we note in Arbitration Activism "corporations can prevent negative publicity, keep their wrongdoing secret, and avoid emboldening other customers and workers from bringing legal action."
- Perhaps most serious, arbitration clauses, like the one from Instagram, prohibit class-action suits - like the one that's just been filed against Instagram over the new Terms of Use. When millions of people are cheated out of relatively small amounts per person, each can't go through a cumbersome arbitration process to get her or his money back. The only hope for justice – and the only real deterrent to fraud – is a class-action. But the Supreme Court has upheld the prerogative of big business to deny consumers that right.
And it's not just consumer issues. Arbitration, and with it the ban on class-actions, is spreading to employment contracts, threatening to make it nearly impossible for workers to sue over race, sex or age discrimination.
The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2011 would bar forced arbitration in most civil rights, consumer, and employment discrimination cases. The bill never got out of committee. We hope members of the new Congress will try again.
In the meantime, if you use Instagram, be sure to write out that opt-out letter and mail it to Instagram, LLC ATTN: Arbitration Opt-out 1601 Willow Rd. Menlo Park, CA 94025.


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He suddenly felt as if a hot wire had torn through his chest. It hurt to breathe.
Jonathan Annicks wasn't sure he'd been shot. It was after midnight when he'd dashed outside his family's house to retrieve a phone charger from the car. Now, slumped over in anguish, he frantically punched his brother's number into his phone.
"You might have to take me to the hospital," he gasped. "Come outside, please!"
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A hooded stranger had jumped from a van, fired seven shots, then sped away. Incredibly, only one struck Jonathan. The 9 mm bullet plowed into his left shoulder, punctured both lungs, fractured his spine and lodged in his right side of his rib cage under his arm.
At 18, Jonathan's life was about to take a cruel detour.
It was early April and there already were signs that 2016 was going to be a very violent year in Chicago. By fall, the city's homicide rate approached 600. Shootings exceeded 3,000. Gangs and guns — on average, police seized an illegal weapon every 61 minutes — are the major culprits.
More than 70 percent of those killed here this year were on a special police list of people with criminal records of gang histories. But there are others who've been caught up in the mayhem: victims of robbery, mistaken identity, stray bullets or gang crossfire. Some incidents are particularly heinous, others inspirational.
Jonathan Annicks' story is both, a life transformed, but not defined, by a single bullet. His injury had devastating consequences. He's now paralyzed from the mid-chest down. The bullet missed his heart by an inch, severely bruising his spinal cord. Over the past six months, his journey has been marked by resilience, change and a determination to look ahead.
"I couldn't stress about why I had been shot," he says. "It wasn't worth it to stay sad because then I would just be making my life harder and I realized that very quickly. ... There was no point in sulking over something I couldn't change."
Jonathan was shot on April 10 in Little Village, a neighborhood about 20 minutes from downtown. The community, which has a large Mexican population, is home to cozy taquerias, panaderias (bakeries) — but also gangs. Jonathan's home is on a boulevard that's a dividing line for opposing Latino gangs, police say, and he may have been mistaken for a rival gang member.
Jonathan says it's pointless to think about the shooter. "If I lived with spite every day, then I don't think I would be able to function properly," he says. "I'd be very miserable if I were worrying about what he's doing or where he is."
Instead, he's focused on rebuilding his strength and learning new ways to get out of bed, shower and dress. He also had to get accustomed to a catheter. It took time, too, to overcome the "why me" feeling and the sense of guilt that he was putting new pressure on his family.
"People had to shape their lives in order to accommodate me," he says, "but after I realized they were there because they loved me ... I didn't have anything to worry about."
His mother, Herlinda, has been a steady source of comfort since she told her son in the emergency room: "Whatever the outcome is, you're still here. You are who you are. We'll be fine. We'll deal with it."
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She's been his cheerleader and champion, juggling her job as a trust bank administrator with taking Jonathan to the doctor and physical therapy, cutting through insurance red tape, helping him each morning — and admonishing him when she thought he was being lazy or selfish.
His brothers, Josh, 17, and Jacob, 14, have pitched in, too. Josh has helped Jonathan in the shower, carried him up and down the stairs and chauffeured him to therapy.
But its Jonathan himself, says his father, Mike, who has been the main source of strength for his family. "He was as positive through the whole thing," he says, "like everything's going to be OK."
Jonathan says he knows his family is watching him closely.
"If I crumble, then I feel like everything around me would, too," he says. "... I'm just living my life as I would normally and that's keeping everyone around me sane."
The transition hasn't been easy.
Jonathan has endured blood clots and spasms in his legs. He also can't do many of his favorite things. He was a track and cross-country runner at Payton College Prep, one of the city's most prestigious high schools, before graduating in June. He also was an avid bicyclist and a sharp-elbowed competitor in floor hockey.
He hopes to get involved in wheelchair sports, but says one thing that annoys him is when people ask what he misses the most. "Do I miss running or do I miss riding my bike? Of course," he says. "Why would you ask me that?"
Aside from that, Jonathan says, being in a wheelchair hasn't changed his personality. He' remains the easygoing kid with a quick grin who likes iced coffee, the Blackhawks and video games. And he has a consistent message: "I'm still the same person. I just can't use my legs."
Jonathan's limited mobility now poses the biggest obstacles at home. The family has decided to stay in its Little Village home but faces the enormous expense of converting it to make it wheelchair accessible and having a ramp or lift built outdoors so Jonathan can get in and out by himself. Someone now carries him or takes him down the six outdoor steps in his chair. A separate fund has been set up to defray his medical costs.
In September, Jonathan began college at DePaul University. His mother escorts him to school and back. "It's like I'm in kindergarten again," he says with good-natured frustration.
He's getting therapy at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. And he's preparing to get his driver's license for his Ford Fusion, outfitted with hand controls.
He longs to be on his own.
"I want to be able to get up when I want to, get to school when I have to, go out to eat when I want to ... then go home," he says. "I just want my independence back."
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When the lineup for the second annual Made In America Festival was announced months ago, the roster noticeably lacked an appearance from Jay Z, an artist who played a vital role in the festivals debut last year and also served as headliner.
Although Beyonce and rockers Nine Inch Nails are currently touted as the headliners for this year's Made In America Festival, a cameo from Jay Z is in fact a possibility.
According to Budweiser brand manager Mike Thompson, he isn't counting out a surprise appearance from the Magna Carta Holy Grail rapper.
"You never know. I'm sure he'll be here to support his wife and who knows, maybe he'll treat us all to a cameo appearance during one of the performances," said Thompson, while speaking exclusively with Billboard.com. "It would be cool to see him up there with Trent Reznor, similar to what he did with Pearl Jam last year. Those types of collaborations are always really fun."
In addition to headlining performances from Beyonce and Nine Inch Nails, the Budweiser-sponsored event will also include performances from a number of Hip Hop acts including Drake, Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and West Coast rap quartet Black Hippy.
In preparation for the festival, all four members of Black Hippy (Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy Q, and Jay Rock), appear in the newly-released On The Road Budweiser Made In America documentary.
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