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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech softball team hosts Belmont this weekend for a three-game series. The series presents a perfect opportunity for Tech to honor its Golden Eagle Legends as it marks the first time the Purple and Gold will play Belmont as an Ohio Valley Conference opponent. Game one is slated to begin Saturday at 1 p.m.
Tech (16-18, 5-4) welcomes the Belmont Bruins from just down the road for a conference series. The Bruins have compiled a 12-23/2-11 OVC record. The Golden Eagles are prepared to bounce back from a 12-3 loss to #3/5 Tennessee.
Returning to conference play, the Purple and Gold will look to expand their winning ways after garnering a 3-1 conference outing last weekend. Tech's bats have highlighted the Golden Eagles play, with a stout lineup lead by Melody Christian. The senior leads a group of three Golden Eagles currently batting .300 or better, but Christian has collected a team-high 43 hits and 26 runs.
Against conference opponents, underclassmen Cortney Fry and Olivia Bennett have really come alive. Fry has connected for a second-best eight hits but Bennett has been the silent weapon with a .533 conference slugging percentage thanks in part to a walk-off three-run dinger by the sophomore against SEMO.
Tech's pitching staff has also collected a few key wins, marking their conference ERA at 2.05. In her last two outings, senior Claudia Harke has had highlight victories for the Golden Eagles. Harke only gave up five hits in OVC action last weekend, holding UT Martin to a .087 batting average. The right-hander collected two shutouts, downing UT Martin 3-0 and SEMO 4-0. Harke's shutouts were her second and third complete game shutouts of her career. Against UT Martin, Harke collected four strikeouts, three of them called, followed by a five strikeout performance against SEMO, both career highs.
All-Time Series
Tech vs.
Belmont: Tech leads the series 24-3, The Golden Eagles played Belmont for the first time since 2010 last season, but despite the small distance between the two institutions, the match-up was played in Chattanooga at the Frost Classic. The Bruins took the contest 6-5.
Quick Hits
- Tech is 16-18 overall this season after dropping a 12-3 decision against #3/5 Tennessee in Knoxville.
- As a team, Tech is hitting .268, posting 140 runs scored, 116 RBI and a .339 on-base percentage through 34 games.
- The Golden Eagle pitching staff combines for a 2.05 conference ERA allowing 17 earned runs in 58.0 innings pitched in the OVC.
- Senior Melody Christian opened the season on a tear, connecting for at least one hit in each of her first 11 games of the season.
- Cortney Fry extended a streak of her own at ETSU, connecting for at least one hit in four straight games, including two hits in each of her last two outings at Eastern Kentucky.
- Three players have scored 15+ runs for the Golden Eagles, including Christian, with a team-high 26 runs and is the team's stolen bases leader.
- Christian is fourth in the OVC with 14 stolen bases on 17 attempts.
- Freshman Madison Taylor has a .329 batting average, collecting a multiple career-firsts during the opening weekend, including her three hits, four putouts, and 2 RBI.
- Five Golden Eagles have recorded triples, including newcomer Chelsea Burgess.
- Five Golden Eagles have hit home runs [Bennett (2), Eldridge (2), Hooper (2), Sakamoto (2), B. Spalding (2), C. Spalding (2), Gibbs, Taylor].
- Ketchum was named adidas® Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 11). Ketchum gave up just two hits in 10 innings of work.
- In a trip to the sunshine state, Tech ended the Under Armour Showcase 3-2, with key wins over Maine, LIU Brooklyn and Providence.
- Tech finished the Purple and Gold Challenge 0-1, losing its only contest to IPFW, 8-0.
- Tech posted a 2-2 record at the KSU Classic. The Golden Eagles opened the tournament sweeping its first two games with wins over Liberty (8 innings) and Mercer.
- The Golden Eagles finished the Eagle Round Robin hosted by Georgia Southern with a 2-2 record. The weekend was highlighted by a 3-1 victory over Akron as sophomore Taylor Ketchum threw a one-hitter Feb. 10.
- First year head coach Bonnie Bynum picked up her first win at Tennessee Tech after the team downed St. John's, 4-3 on Feb. 9. The Golden Eagles defeated St. John's thanks to a walk-off single by senior Chanelle Spalding, marking the first win against the Red Storm in program history and the first victory of the 2013 season.


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TOWN OF ULSTER — Christmas tree bandits stole 60 evergreens from a Boy Scouts of America display Thanksgiving morning, a Scout official said.
Ray Braun, executive director of the Scouts' Rip Van Winkle Council, said he received a call at about 1:30 a.m. that the trees had been pilfered from the parking lot of the Burlington Coat Factory on Route 9W in the Town of Ulster.
"My stomach just hollowed up," said Braun.
Braun said it looked like the Grinches used a chain to pull down the wooden corral where the trees were being kept. Damage was also done to a nearby 26-foot trailer where Scouts go to keep warm.
With the property destruction and repair costs, Braun said there was more than $3,000 worth of damage.
Since the thefts, Braun said many people have been stopping by the site to console the Scouts, who still have about 800 trees left to sell. Money from the sales is slated to go toward the Scouts' Camp Tri-Mount, near Tannersville in Greene County.
Braun said the Scouts would love to get their trees back, adding that he also felt bad for whomever took them. "I'm sad for whoever was desperate enough to do it," Braun said.
Town of Ulster police have beefed up their evening drive-throughs of the area and are investigating the theft, according to Braun.
The boys were sad, but – like good Scouts – they were determined to move on after the incident, he said.
The theft was also a sign that more folks need to adhere to the Scouting way of life, Braun said.
"To me, it's a good wake-up call that we need Scouting more than ever," he said.
Christmas trees stolen from Boy Scouts
TOWN OF ULSTER — Christmas tree bandits stole 60 evergreens from a Boy Scouts of America display Thanksgiving morning, a Scout official said.

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In today's short-but-sweet installment of Read Up on Kotaku, commenter RevRain wonders why developers spend days filling their games with tomes of ancient lore without putting nearly as much effort into delivering a pleasant reading experience.
A lot of games require you to read lots of text be it in a form of a mystic tome of ancient lore, or an e-journal of the victim of thrilling crime… Yet why are so many games unfriendly to the reading experience itself? I mean such tiny letters in a black/white/gold contrast or whatever. I'm usually sitting 3-4 meters afar from the screen so the text is readable but not comfortable.
That's why I usually skip reading parts in games.
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James Fitzpatrick leans back in a huge black office chair with wheels and points at a projection on a screen in the front of the classroom, not far from the Soccer Barbie dolls and a clock featuring the portrait of French writer Voltaire.
"Here is the question," he says in a deep, booming, intense voice. "Is postimpressionism a movement of art or artists?" ("Artists," of course, is the answer he elicits from a student.)
Fitz, as he is called by everyone, has been teaching for decades, the last 10 years at Catonsville High School. During National Teacher Appreciation Week, a teacher who is beloved by students is on a roll in his Advanced Placement European History class.
Giving his class a last-minute review on hundreds of years of art history to help them get through the big three-hour test scheduled on Friday, Fitz paces, spins in his chair and pretends to paint. His arms wave wildly through the air as he "throws" paint on canvas, imitating Jackson Pollock, or presses the point of his finger to a blackboard like a pointillist.
He is alternatively cracking jokes and dead serious, a mood that changes on a dime. His smart, quick students banter back and forth with him so quickly that there's no time for a mind to wander or grow weary.
When Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" appears on the screen, he says: "It hurts to say this, but it speaks to us." "Ah," the class laughs. "We are so proud of you!" a student erupts from the back of the classroom, teasing Fitz for expressing emotion about the painting.
His class revels in his irreverence, which is akin to their own 18-year-old sensibility.
"He's sassy," says Christina Bassler.
"It's like going to a class where the teacher is a rational and emotive therapist," says Barrett Law.
In the back of the classroom sit two huge cookie jars, one for pretzels and another for animal crackers. The always-hungry teenagers take a handful on impulse, without asking.
In the middle of class, a girl wanders in from the hall and steals a cookie from the jar. "He's not even your teacher," a student chides her. "But I am so hungry!" she says, running out.
Fitz is unfazed.
Students in this class are such good learners, he says, that he can allow a bit of side conversation at times. When they know the most important material is in front of them, the class is completely silent; no squeaking desks, even. "They know when important things are happening," he says.
The slightly balding, slightly paunchy teacher with large metal-frame glasses loves Catonsville High School. He graduated from there, sent his children there and still lives in the community. "Once a Comet, always a Comet," he says. "The high school serves as an anchor for the community. It has a small-town feel to it. Even though we are just outside the city, we are a bit of an enclave."
He had been a business major when he entered college because "it seemed like making money was a good idea." But it was quickly clear that that would not work for him, so he decided to teach English or social studies. He decided on social studies, he says, because "I hate fiction."
But Baltimore County wouldn't hire him after he graduated from college, so he took a job teaching social studies in Frederick County and commuted for 21 years from Catonsville.
The job at Catonsville High happened through a chance discussion with a teacher there when his children were in school.
"The kids are engaged, they don't sign up for a course without wanting to know more. You can see the interest level that they have in the subject matter," he says. He has taught all levels, he says, but he tailors his approach to the class.
Students in the European history class say his psychology class is taught differently. They love both classes, though. They say he teaches them to think and challenges them in a way no other teacher will. "He will directly challenge you. He will tell you: 'No, you are wrong,'" says Drake Lentz.
They say they like the way he gives them respect, the way they can have a highly intellectual discussion with him, the way he will alter a due date when something else is due in one of their other AP classes. They even like the way he sometimes scares them with his loud voice. His intensity, they say, makes them remember the material.
He's also the girls soccer coach — hence the Barbie dolls.
Like many teachers, Fitz believes that too often these days, teachers are told to use a cookbook approach with classes. Anyone can follow a cookbook recipe, he says, but it doesn't make them a chef.
There's little left to do in this class filled with 19 seniors in the middle of May. The college decisions have been made, the AP test results will not determine their future, graduation is just a few weeks away.
But they are still engaged and happy to spend 80 minutes in his class at the end of the day.
Students say they will work hard on the test, not for themselves, but for Fitz. They would never want to disappoint him with a poor score.
"Fitz is a teacher you will remember for the rest of your life," says Amanda Tracy, who will be starting college in the fall.
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Dell is introducing new research on smart buildings and will join Intel to discuss its findings at the Intelligent Buildings Conference (IBcon) in Las Vegas today. Enabling building automation is a key element of Dell's strategy of supporting customers around the world and across various industries in realizing their vision for the Internet of Things (IoT). Dell and Intel are helping architects and organizations imagine the next generation of integrated, open-architected, IP-centric, connected, high-performance, sustainable, energy-efficient, operationally efficient, and intelligent buildings.
"This roadmap and productization for the smart buildings market segment is just the beginning of Dell's service offerings. Look for more to come on IoT and building automation in the future."
At IBcon today, during the Internet of Things and the Impact to Commercial & Corporate Real Estate session, Intel representatives will discuss the IoT technology trends that will materially impact how system integrators manage and deliver services in the future. During this session, Intel, with the support of Dell, will describe how devices will become Internet connected and how highly automated systems will replace analog to lead to more efficient, engaging, and profitable real estate.
"This new way of thinking about architecture – overlaying an IT network, connecting all traditionally unconnected equipment, and analyzing and controlling business processes without human intervention – will lead to much better managed assets, which translates to happier occupants and improved finances," said Glenn Wintrich, innovation leader, CTO office, Dell. "This roadmap and productization for the smart buildings market segment is just the beginning of Dell's service offerings. Look for more to come on IoT and building automation in the future."
"Dell's strategy for creating the framework for the enterprise architecture of smart buildings aligns well with Intel's vision of the Internet of Things," said Eric Free, vice president, Smart Homes and Buildings, Internet of Things Group, Intel. "Intel® Gateway Solutions enable smart buildings from existing equipment, which along with edge analytics capabilities, can be harnessed to save energy, save money, save resources, save valuable time and potentially save lives."
Dell is taking its IoT focus a step further by collaborating with others in the industry (including Intel) to help architects and IT organizations capitalize on these transformative technology approaches for smart buildings and the Internet of Things. In a Dell white paper made available today, Dell outlines its recommendations for organizations interested in the smart building trend:
1. Define Organization's As-Is and To-Be state: Take stock in the current systems and subsystems in a centralized list. Use a Maturity Matrix as an engagement method to assess where the organization is, and how to get to where it wants to be. Focus first on the business outcome or user experience that the organization wants to create.
2. Technology and Project Timeline: Outline the desired outcome, time requirements, and standard building blocks required to achieve your desired business case objectives and end result. This fosters discussions that determine business relevance and return on investment (ROI).
3. Open Reference Architecture: Utilize a non-proprietary, open reference architecture system that takes into account the existing infrastructure, as well as the types of connected systems the organization wants to create.
4. Industrialization: Architect an industrial environment and provide a Software Development Kit (SDK) for the architecture, so teams can develop software across disparate systems. A great reference point to develop an SDK is to break the systems up along the lines of automation and analyze the data.


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Fetch with Fido and picnics in the park.
D-I-Y in the B-A-Y.
Leisure strollers and baby strollers.
Cramped. Crowded. Dingy. Delightful.
Centrally located cultural institutions.
A cozy nook in a corner cafe.
Cafes and shopping by day, bar-hopping by night.
Newly arrived restaurants to make your stomach growl.
Downtown, everyone's waiting for you.
Tranquility in the middle of everything.
Excels at simple living.
Sleek suits and rapidly revolving doors.
A neighborhood worth licking the stamp for.
Epic greenspace. Organic treasures.
If only the Grateful Dead were still alive…
Organic lattes and afternoon craft markets.
Kickin' back in the Inner Sunset.
Cool like the kid in the back of the class.
Fashionable with a front-row view of the bay.
Bartenders and mixologists.
Sunshine in San Francisco's fringes.
High class, high on the hill.
The setting for a modern romantic comedy.
Book clubs and strip clubs.
An in(timate) crowd in the Outer Sunset.
The height of suburban solace in central SF.
Family picnics and family-run pharmacies.
An expansive outlook from Potrero's perch.
SF's neighborhood next to a fairy-tale forest.
Beach town feel in the big city.
The view will take your breath away if the hills don't do it first.
Entrepreneurs and misfits. So much in SoMa.
More like South Beach, Miami than South Beach, SF.
Did you get the memo? Telegraph Hill is the tops!
It's complicated in the city center.
A rainbow worthy neighborhood.
Double the viewing pleasure.
A local feel in the outskirts of town.
If speakeasies still made a ruckus…


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Today's random single from the collection is "Moko Dialo" by the Rail Band. This is on the RCAM label (Rail Culture Malienne), catalog number 014573. The 7″es were pressed in France, but the sleeves were printed in Mali. Both sides are explosive mandingo funk, but especially the B-side, "Tamadiara" – a real classic. There is a second single with a similar cover with two great (but not quite as great) songs, RCAM 024573.
The back of the picture sleeve informs you that you can catch the Rail Band performing at the Buffet Hôtel de la Gare in Bamako, the capital of Mali, at 7:30 PM every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Now, sadly, Mali is in civil war.
See a Rail Band discography here. And for more detail, read the excellent article on the band in Wax Poetics issue 39 (cover featured either Fela or Tony Allen).


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text: Bol has been arrested three times over the last five years by the government in Juba [Gregg Carlstrom/Al Jazeera] Juba, South Sudan — The newly formed government in Juba, South Sudan, has promised its citizens a vibrant democracy; ask Nhial Bol, and he will tell you it is something closer to a dictatorship. Bol is the editor of The Citizen, the largest newspaper in South Sudan, which opened its offices in Juba in 2006. Its motto is "Fighting corruption and dictatorship," a slogan painted on the delivery trucks parked outside its warehouse-like offices on the outskirts of Juba. The young paper seems to have already lived up to its mandate: It has published a number of muckraking stories about the South Sudanese government, leading to several high-level resignations - and ongoing embarrassment at various ministries. "These are the two biggest problems in South Sudan," Bol said, referring to his paper's slogan. "The high level of corruption will lead to insecurity one day in South Sudan." The new government in Juba has promised it will respect freedom of the press. "Journalists will be free to go anywhere, take photos of anything, interview anyone," the information minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, said last week. But South Sudanese journalists, such as Bol, say the government - particularly the security services - often fail to live up to that promise. Bol has been arrested three times for his reporting in South Sudan; several journalists at his newspaper say they have been detained or beaten by the army and police. Even the newspaper's vendors - who work all day on the capital's hot, dusty streets for a few dollars' pay - have been beaten when the paper runs stories critical of the government. "There is a culture of war in our country," Bol said. "When they were in the bush, a commander of an area was the judge, the police, the pastor … everything that was collected, it was given to him. Still there is this mindset from the bush." 'No capacity of dictatorship' The government's failure to respect press freedoms is in some ways representative of its broader problems -namely the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's (SPLM) failure to transition from rebel army to civilian government. One vendor confirmed that security forces sometimes harass the people selling newspapers Despite the promises about press freedom, the government has not passed a media law protecting those rights. Journalists complain that their access to interviews and information, and their ability to do their jobs, depends entirely on their personal connections, not on institutionalised regulations. The country's massive security forces often impose their own ad hoc rules - harassing and arresting local journalists on a whim. Even in the run-up to Saturday's independence ceremony, several South Sudanese journalists - including Ater Garang, a reporter for The Citizen - complained that the government was unfairly refusing to issue them press credentials. Bol was arrested in 2007 for a story about wasteful spending at the finance ministry, which purchased 153 cars for government officials. The price tag was $60m - a staggering $400,000 per vehicle. But Bol was released ten hours later, because other journalists staged a protest, and because the government could not figure out what to charge him with. "They have the tendency of dictatorship but no capacity of dictatorship," Bol said with a laugh. "They don't know how to wrongly implicate someone into a crime. They don't have the experience." The story eventually led to the sacking of the finance minister and two undersecretaries. Dhieu William, a reporter who has worked at The Citizen for two years, said he has almost "given up" trying to take photographs because of harassment from police and soldiers. "Sometimes you take pictures and you are manhandled by security," William said. "They [the government] always say you have a free press, but that's not what their agents do." When The Citizen ran a story last year criticising the president's cabinet as ineffective; it included a statement from Lam Akol, the head of the SPLM for Democratic Change (SPLM-DC), the president's main political rival. Security forces responded by rounding up vendors who were selling that issue of the paper - more than a half-dozen of them, Bol said - and beating them. One vendor outside the paper's offices, who would give his name only as John, confirmed that security forces have attacked vendors, and said they are also often forced to move away from government offices or security checkpoints. Economic troubles It is not just the editorial side of running a newspaper that is challenging in South Sudan. The Citizen buys its own printing equipment rather than relying on international donations The Citizen employs nearly four dozen people, though only half are full-time employees. Most of the full-time journalists are in Juba; Bol relies on stringers to cover South Sudan's outlying states. He spends roughly $35,000 per month on salaries and at least $2,300 per day on printing costs – this for a newspaper with a readership of just 5,000 and a newsstand price of two Sudanese pounds ($0.66). All of The Citizen's readers live in and around Juba. Outside the capital, few people earn regular wages, so newspapers find few regular customers; poor infrastructure also means it can take as long as three days to ship a newspaper to remote states like Northern Bahr el-Ghazal. Newsprint, imported from Uganda, costs $1,300 per tonne, plus import taxes, which will continue to apply until South Sudan is fully integrated into the East African Community. The costs would be much lower - $800 per tonne - if Bol could import in bulk from South Africa, but that requires a minimum purchase of 50 tonnes, an up-front investment The Citizen is unable to make on its current budget. Finding employees is another problem: There are no journalism schools in South Sudan, and few trained journalists. Bol said he trained a few southern journalists when he worked in Khartoum before 2006, but most of them have moved into other careers. "The UN took them, and some went into the government," he said. "So many of our reporters [now] are students at the university, and are not that good yet." Despite the challenges, Bol is planning to expand in the near future, hiring more journalists and possibly launching either a radio or television station. A broadcasting licence from the government already hangs on the wall in his office. And his journalists, while new to the business, seem an enthusiastic bunch. The newsroom was quiet on Monday morning: two journalists were racing out the door to cover the official swearing-in of the new government, and the rest of the staff was out reporting. "People's lives here are at such a low level," William said, explaining why he works as a journalist despite the challenges. "The services have not reached down to the villages. Some people die in their houses because they cannot reach medical care. There are no roads, no ambulances, medical facilities are not near them … I want to hear about these abuses and tell these stories." SOURCE: Al Jazeera Politics South Africa Sudan Uganda


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The Austin College football team led a defensive battle 7-0 at halftime, but East Texas Baptist scored 17 points in a span of 10:28 between the third and fourth quarters on their way to handing the 'Roos a 17-7 loss on Saturday afternoon at Jerry Apple Stadium. The 'Roos are now 0-2 overall this year.
Neither team was able to get much going offensively in the first half, with the Tigers throwing two first half interceptions with a long drive of 50 yards while the 'Roos had a long drive of 40 yards, but it was Austin College that managed to get on the scoreboard first when Austin Rainer, making his first collegiate start at quarterback, found Madison Ross for an 18 yard touchdown strike on with 1:16 left in the first half. It was the first career reception for Ross, putting the 'Roos up a touchdown heading into halftime.
The defensive struggle continued coming out of halftime, as ETBU saw its first two second half drives end in a punt and a turnover on downs, respectively, while the 'Roos punted on four straight possessions before fumbling once and throwing a pair of picks in their seven second half possessions.
It was not until the Tigers got their third possession of the second half that they were able to muster any real offense, going 62 yards in 10 plays culminating in a five yard touchdown pass from Seth Hubbard to Kwame' Spikes to square things at 7-7 with 3:28 left in the third quarter.
East Texas Baptist struck again early in the fourth quarter as Toi Glover broke off a 27 yard run into the endzone to cap off an eight play, 71 yard drive that gave the Tigers their first lead of the day at 14-7 with 14:12 left on the clock. The Tigers would tack on a 23 yard field goal on their next possession to extend their lead to 17-7 with eight minutes to play.
Austin College threatened on the ensuing possession when Rainer went deep to PJ Fuller for a 55 yard completion, and after Sean Sweeney had carried the ball down to the seven the ball popped loose and ETBU pounced on it with 6:46 left to play, virtually ending any comeback bid for the 'Roos.
Rainer completed 4-of-18 passes for 88 yards with a touchdown and two picks and Sweeney gained 84 yards on 19 carries to lead the 'Roos offensively. Nathan Packard made 12 stops to lead the 'Roos on defense, while Tre Stewart had nine tackles including 2.0 for loss and De'Andre Holmes made eight tackles with 2.0 for loss. Scott Loy and Colter Headrick each picked off a pass.
Hubbard finished the game completing 23-of-31 passes for 268 yards and Glover finished the day with 97 yards on 20 carries, while Spikes hauled in 10 passes for 113 yards to lead the Tigers on offense. Jordan Hayes made 11 tackles and Collin Bieschke added nine stops and picked off a pass to lead ETBU on defense.
Austin College heads out on the road next week when they travel to Waxahachie to take on Southwestern Assemblies of God University with kickoff time set for 7:00 p.m.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr has questioned whether boxing is Manny Pacquiao's top priority after his Las Vegas knockout on Saturday.
Mayweather also offered Pacquiao his best wishes for a speedy return to form after a brutal right from Juan Manuel Marquez settled the fourth instalment of their rivalry in the sixth round.
But mixed with his words of comfort were signs that the long talked about 'superfight' between the pair would never be a reality, with Mayweather adding that the Filipino had traded off his name.
The American is famed for his intense training prior to a fight and believes that Pacquiao cannot commit as much of his life to the sport as he does.
"In the sport of boxing, you have to really dedicate yourself to your craft," Mayweather told Fight Hype. "You have to really, really dedicate yourself to your craft. I think he's got so many different things on the outside that he worries about.
"But it was a good thing that he was able to come into the sport, you know, piggyback off my name, and get a bunch of endorsement deals and make a good living. That's a great thing.
"Pacquiao's focus should be trying to take a vacation, get his mind right, and get a few tune-up fights so he can bounce back."
Mayweather is undefeated in his 43 career fights but reached out to Pacquiao, who has now lost five of his 61 career bouts, because of the nature of his defeat at the MGM Grand.
"There's a difference in the ways you can get knocked out," he said. "See, when a guy gets knocked out and he can get up, they sit him on his stool, they rub his back, he goes home and ices himself, he goes to the hospital and gets checked out and he's okay, that's one thing.
"But when you've got to wake a guy up with smelling salt and he's got a concussion and he's got to go to the hospital overnight, that's crucial. I mean, that's close to death. Hopefully he's okay.
"My prayers go out to the Pacquiao family. I know he loves the sport of boxing, so hopefully he can bounce back."


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In his 2013 end-of-year report, Gov. Andrew Cuomo touts the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act as �one of the toughest and most comprehensive gun control measures in the nation,� and says its purpose is to �reduce violence and protect all New Yorkers.�
"The numbers are indisputable,� said Cuomo spokesperson Melissa DeRosa. �The SAFE Act has enabled the state to better protect New Yorkers."
But 300 miles northwest of the Big Apple, the most vocal upstate New yorkers do not agree.
In Ontario, Monroe, Wayne and Yates counties, recreational shooters, gun dealers, and collectors engage in vigilant protest of what they call a flagrant violation of their Second Amendment rights. �Repeal the SAFE Act� yard signs dot the countryside.
Meanwhile, locally-owned gun manufacturers have packed up and relocated to other states, while other state manufacturers have threatened to do so. And county clerk�s and sheriff�s offices say they are still digging out from an avalanche of SAFE Act-generated paperwork.
The legislation, passed by the State Senate on Jan. 14, 2013, and the State Assembly on Jan. 15, was signed into law half an hour later by Cuomo.
Written in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the legislation triggered a year of impassioned debate and active protest between supporters and opposition.
Despite the pushback, Cuomo has no plans to repeal the measure, which he considers one of his legislative highlights.
�The SAFE Act stops criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from buying guns,� says the governor�s report, �by requiring universal background checks on gun purchases, increasing penalties for illegal gun use and strengthening the state�s ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.�
SAFE Act advocates like Leah Gunn Barrett, executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence (NYAGV), believe Cuomo is headed in the right direction.
�We know that strong gun laws work,� said Barrett. �New York's strong gun safety laws are a big reason why our state has the fourth lowest gun death rate in the nation, despite being one of the most populous states and hosting 80 million visitors per year.�
Strong federal gun laws are also needed to further protect New Yorkers, Barrett said, adding that in 2012, 68 percent of traced crime guns in New York state originated from out of state � mostly from states with weak gun laws. In New York City, she said, it was 90 percent.
�Universal background checks like those in the NY SAFE Act, and making gun trafficking a felony, would go some way towards reducing the trafficking of illegal guns into New York's communities and would protect our citizens from gun violence,� Barrett said.
She also argued that the NY SAFE Act �closes the private sale loophole� by requiring criminal background checks on all gun and ammunition sales, even between private individuals.
�This will protect New Yorkers by keeping guns and ammunition out of the hands of convicted felons, domestic abusers and potentially dangerous mental health patients and it toughens criminal penalties on those who use illegal guns,� Barrett said, adding that from 1994 to 2009, the federal background check system has kept nearly two million criminals and other dangerous people from buying guns.
In January 2013, the SAFE Act redefined an assault weapon so that many popular AR-15s and several other rifles, pistols and shotguns can no longer be sold legally in New York. By April 15, 2014, an estimated one million residents who bought one previously will be required by law to register it.
But according to Ontario County Clerk Matthew Hoose, there had only been about 2,500 assault weapons registered by 2,000 individuals statewide as of the end of September 2013. Hoose said the unofficial number had been shared during a conference call briefing of the SAFE Act Implementation Task Force in October 2013. Further numbers have not been made available since that time, he said.
Impact on law enforcement
Local law enforcement agencies charged with screening pistol permit applicants have endured an extended spike in activity in 2013.
�The largest impact is the increased workload from the enormous number of pistol permit applications that have been filed since the SAFE Act went into effect,� said Ontario County Sheriff Philip Povero. �We�ve always done them, but the amount of work has increased � it�s quite a burden.�
Applications for licensing, first filed with the county clerk, come to the sheriff�s office for a detailed background investigation, which includes local and state fingerprint checks, and mental health background check. Povero said upwards of 200 to 250 are �in process� at any given time.
Unfortunately, tighter legislation in New York will likely impact law-abiding citizens more than it will the criminals it targets, said Povero.
�People with criminal intent historically obtain weapons illegally from all parts of the country,� Povero said.
One less tangible consequence of the legislation has Povero particularly concerned. The SAFE Act, he said, poses the potential for people without criminal backgrounds to develop a distrust of police.
�There are law-abiding citizens who believe that because of the law, that law enforcement officers will be coming to the door to take their weapons,� said Povero. �And this is not the case.�
On the upside, Povero applauded the SAFE Act�s effort to enhance the protection of first responders, particularly police and firefighters.
�Anything we can do to protect our first responders, that doesn�t infringe on the legal rights of ordinary citizens, is a good thing,� he said.
Mainly, Povero said he and other law enforcement officers would welcome the chance to be part of a working solution.
�We�ve tried to extend the olive branch to the governor,� said Povero. �If we could just talk about this together, we�re really trying to say � could you take some of this into consideration?�
Keeping the books
Ontario County Clerk Hoose said there has been no rush on the part of gun owners to register assault firearms with State Police. In fact, there have been no such registration cards picked up from his office since January 2013.
But pistol permit holders are another story � they�ve been flocking to the clerk�s office to file �opt out� forms, which keep permit holder information from being made public.
�The �opt out� forms came out Feb. 15, and by Feb. 28 we had taken in 917 forms,� Hoose said. In the early weeks his office received about 100 opt out forms a day, and had lines out the door. Those numbers continued through mid-May, and have now tapered off into single digits.
Hoose said pistol owners are opting out of the public registry because they fear �unwarranted harassment upon disclosure.�
Opt out forms aside, there�s been an uptick in pistol permit applications in general, Hoose said, even from people who may choose not to own a weapon at this time. Some may fear, he speculated, that the option may not be open to them in the future in New York State.
In any case, said Hoose, the workload has mushroomed. Hoose said prior to the SAFE Act, one full-time employee would devote one-third of her time to processing pistol permits. Now, between pistol permits and opt-out forms, the job has tripled in size and now requires three employees.
Another two- to three-month increase in workload is ahead when recertification of pistol permits begins, Hoose said. Under the SAFE Act, permits will have to be renewed every five years, with everyone statewide recertifying by January 2018.
�We�re anticipating a great deal of questions,� said Hoose. �Even though the State Police are going to be administer this, we are the front line for questions and concerns.�
NYAGV�s Leah Barrett said the five-year recertification cycle will give law enforcement the ability to spot criminal activity that would prohibit a license holder from continuing to own a firearm, citing the 2009 mass shooting in Binghamton as an example.
�The shooter had a lifetime firearms permit, therefore law enforcement did not learn of violent behavior that he had engaged in that would have disqualified him from having the permit,� she said.
For Hoose, the privacy of permit holders should be a greater priority. If he could change anything about the SAFE Act, it would be to allow pistol permit holders to keep their personal information from becoming public without having to submit a special request. And he�d like to see the same rules apply to both the County Clerk�s office and the New York State Police.
�I don�t feel its right for information to be confidential at one level of government and public at another level,� said Hoose. �If the State Police are exempt from releasing this information, the county should be exempt as well.�
Hoose said public servants have had a rough ride in 2013, in part because they haven�t been adequately equipped to answer the public�s SAFE Act questions.
�It�s been frustrating, to say the least,� said Hoose. �Of my 62 colleagues throughout the state, I�m probably one of the most knowledgeable simply because I�ve been on the task force for the implementation of the SAFE Act. I try to keep as informed as possible � I imagine it�s very frustrating to be out there without information and still try to answer the public�s questions.�
Recreational shooters
Farmington resident Jim Kinsman, a certified instructor for basic pistol, home firearms safety and personal defense, said the legislation was neither well thought out nor well worded.
�The biggest thing is the mass confusion it�s caused among gun owners and retailers,� said Kinsman. �So many unnecessary regulations are very frustrating to recreational shooters.�
For example, Kinsman said, to avoid registering their AR15 rifles, some people are switching out the thumbhole or adjustable stock to a fixed stock, �and suddenly it�s not an assault rifle.�
�There are ways to make certain guns New York State compliant so they don�t have to be registered,� said Kinsman, �but that doesn�t change the function of the firearm.�
Further, he said, criminals aren�t going to abide by the law.
Kinsman said SAFE Act opponents are doing the right thing to keep pushing for repeal or changes.
�Just keeping it out there in the forefront is important,� said Kinsman. �It shows the ongoing discontent. �We hope it does some good.�
Canandaigua resident David Hudson is a recreational shooter and a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation hunter safety instructor. Like many, he�s frustrated by new laws that are passed by politicians who �have no real knowledge of firearms.�
�Banning a gun because it looks menacing is not a legitimate reason,� said Hudson. �Semi-automatic hunting pistols, rifles and shotguns have been around for over 100 years. Many fire the same ammo, at the same rate of fire, as the ones being banned.�
Hudson was also frustrated with bans on Internet sales of ammunition, which though more affordable, will no longer be legal for individual customers after Jan. 15. The pending legal paperwork will discourage many from buying in New York, he said, so many will drive to Pennsylvania to buy in bulk.
In a perfect world, Hudson would like to see Cuomo hit the reset button on the SAFE Act and start over. This time �with input from the law-abiding folks in New York, not the way he did this � by bypassing the normal three days of public input.�
Kinsman said the answer to increased public safety is not more legislation.
�There are plenty of laws already on the books,� he said, �If they were better enforced, that would negate the need for the SAFE Act.�
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About the SAFE Act
The New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013, commonly known as the NY SAFE Act, was passed by the New York State Legislature on January 15, 2013, and was signed into law by Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo on the same day. The legislation was written in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
� It bans the possession of any high-capacity magazines regardless of when they were made or sold. The maximum capacity for all magazines is 10 rounds.
� It requires ammunition dealers to do background checks similar to those for gun buyers, effective Jan. 15, 2014. Dealers are required to report all sales, including amounts, to the state.
� It requires background checks for all gun sales, including by private sellers.
� It requires that stolen guns be reported within 24 hours.
� It broadens definition of an assault weapon. The sale or transfer of assault weapons is banned within the state, although sales out of state are permitted. Possession of assault weapons are allowed only if they were possessed at the time that the law was passed, and must be registered with the state within one year.
� It bans the Internet sale of assault weapons.
� It requires the creation of a registry of assault weapons, which began on April 15, 2013, and must be completed before April 15, 2014.
� It requires that guns are safely stored away from any household member who has been convicted of a felony or domestic violence crime, has been involuntarily committed, or is currently under an order of protection.
� It requires designated mental health professionals who believe a mental health patient made a credible threat of harming others to report the threat.
� It increases sentences for gun crimes, including upgrading the offense for taking a gun on school property from a misdemeanor to a felony.
� It increases penalties for shooting first responders (Webster provision) to life in prison without parole.
� It limits the state records law to protect handgun owners from being identified publicly.
� It requires pistol permit holders or owners of registered assault weapons to have them renewed at least every five years.
The SAFE Act: one year later
In his 2013 end-of-year report, Gov. Andrew Cuomo touts the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act as �one of the toughest and most comprehensive gun control measures in the nation,� and says its purpose is to �reduce violence and protect all New Yorkers.�


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Lead the Way to a Great Reception Wedding General Party Tips
You've probably read and heard a thousand tidbits of advise about countless different aspects of your wedding and reception. The one thing you probably haven't read anything about is how you should act at your own reception. As the Bride and Groom, your guests will follow your lead. They are there to celebrate your wedding and most will be watching to see where you are and what you are doing through the course of the evening. My advise? Be active! Be front and center where your guests can see you. Plan on leading the dance floor. Be the life of your own party and encourage everyone to celebrate with you rather than be observers.Be on Time! A typical wedding reception lasts six hours. This time will go by very quickly, so dont waste it by being late. Lets look at it from a financial perspective. Let's say youre paying $75 per plate for 150 guests. If you are just 15 minutes late, youve just wasted $650! (Besides the food (and your guests) will be overcooked!) and thats time youll never get back.Don't Leave the Room! A common mistake. When the Bride and/or the groom go out on the deck, into the lobby or hang out at the bar, the party suffers. Instead, try to get those guests to join the real party thats going on inside on the dance floor! Never stand near the room exit door. That is an unspoken invitation for your guests to leave!Get Photos out of the Way Early! Try to discourage your photographer or videographer from having you leave the room for photos. Wherever possible, get them out of the way early, before dancing begins. So you can be part of YOUR party.
Submitted by Jack Brown DJ / Entertainment of Highland, MI
How to Build a Playlist for your Wedding Wedding How To / Instructional
How important is it that your guests are out on the dance floor having a good time? Will the songs that you choose make them want to dance? This can be a challenge for many brides and grooms. Remember – it's your wedding day, but the DJ is there to entertain everybody!If you made a smart move in hiring a professional DJ that has entertained at hundreds of receptions over the years, he or she can quickly determine the types of songs will bring guests out to the dance floor and create a memorable, high-energy event. Some couples like to pick three or four dozen songs they want played at their reception. At a typical six-hour reception, however, there will be only three to four hours of open dancing, which may only allow for 50 songs. While your DJ may allow you to pick as many songs as you want, it's best to only pick 10 to 12 songs that interest you the most. There will likely be requests made by your guests, which should be played, assuming they're danceable. The remainder will be chosen by your DJ based on what's working (and what's not). Often times, professional DJs don't have the next song selected until shortly before the current song is ending, as reading the crowd can be an art form that takes time to evaluate. It's even more challenging to pick music days or even months in advance if you truly want your guests to have a good time.If you do pick a lot of tunes, mark a dozen as "must plays" and consider letting your DJ know that he or she does not have to play all the rest if the songs are not drawing people out to the floor. Keep in mind that you will likely spend less time out on the dance floor than you anticipate, as your guests will want to spend time congratulating you!
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How to Choose and Work With a Professional DJ All Events How To / Instructional
The food and the entertainment are the two most talked about details of almost any special event. Here are some tips for finding the right DJ: 1. Start by asking friends and relatives if they know of any great DJs. A good recommendation from someone you trust is important. If you can't find one this way, start looking online or through the yellow pages under "disc jockeys."2. Ask each DJ if they're available on your date and location. Ask them to send you background information, a contract, playlists, information sheets, testimonials, references, etc.3.Ask them how much they cost, what's included and what's not included (setup, teardown, dinner music, consulting, etc.) Question a company that is very low in cost – there's a good chance you will be putting the success of your event at risk in order to save a few bucks. If the company you are looking at is in the high end, ask them to justify their cost. You might find you are compensating for their large sound or lighting system that you have no desire to use, or you might find that there are added services that are well worth the extra cost.4. If you've never met the DJ or haven't heard any great testimonials from friends or family, then schedule a meeting or go see them in action. Be wary of DJ videos and brochures promising the greatest DJ. Instead, get first-hand testimony from someone you trust or go meet the DJ. Make sure they can provide the type of entertainment you desire. If you're having a specific style of event (wedding reception, swing dance, beach party, etc.) make sure they are well qualified. Ask them how many other events they've done similar to yours.5. Is the DJ you're meeting the DJ that will actually entertain at your special event? Most DJ companies with more than a few employees can't say for sure who your DJ will be until a month or a few weeks ahead of time. Keep this in mind when shopping. Be sure that the DJ you hire knows what you're looking for and is responsible and professional.6. Once you feel you found an established disc jockey in your price range, with the music selection you like, make your final selection based on personality. Some disc jockeys like to steal the show. These DJs are always on the microphone and like to be very visible. The other end of the spectrum is the DJ with a lack of any personality who does nothing except play the music. Other companies are well balanced. Usually you can get a feel for style simply by talking to the disc jockey over the phone.And here's how to hire and work with your DJ:7. Make certain the DJ has a written contract and that everything you expect of them is in writing. If they refuse or give you nothing but a bunch of verbal claims, find another DJ immediately. Review the contract line by line. Ask questions if you're unsure about something. Sign and return the contract with the deposit. Be sure you understand the cancellation policy.8. Decide on the start and end time for music. What time will the first guests arrive? Make sure the DJ is completely setup by this time, even if you don't want music played until later.9. Four to six weeks before the special event, complete and return the playlist and information sheet along with a map to the location and any other necessary information. Make sure the DJ understands exactly what is to happen and when, including specialty dances or important announcements. If you've requested any special music that the DJ doesn't have, be sure you provide it the day of your event. Make sure the DJ's attire will be appropriate. Go over the pronunciation of all names to be announced, even if they seem common. Tell the DJ if they'll have to use stairs, elevators, long hallways to unload.10. One week before the event, confirm the setup time, music start and end time and balance owed with your DJ. 11. During your event, consult your DJ immediately if something is not going as you discussed or if you change your mind about anything. If the volume is not right or they're playing the wrong songs, let them know.12.Enjoy your event!
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Dallas woman guilty in stepson's dehydration death
DALLAS A Dallas woman was convicted Friday in the dehydration death of her 10-year-old stepson who was denied water for days during record-high temperatures in North Texas.
Jurors deliberated more than two hours before finding Tina Marie Alberson, 44, guilty of reckless injury to a child, a second-degree felony, in the July 2011 death of Jonathan James. Alberson faces up to life in prison because of a previous felony conviction.
Testimony in the punishment phase of her trial began Friday afternoon, but jurors went home after deliberating for about an hour without reaching a decision about her sentence. The jury will resume deliberations Tuesday.
Police thought Jonathan's death was heat-related until the medical examiner's report.
Alberson had testified in her own defense. She told jurors she limited Jonathan's water intake only a few times as punishment for misbehaving, and that she saw him drinking water when he wasn't in "time-out." She said she saw no sign that he was in medical distress.
The boy's fraternal twin brother, now 12, testified that Jonathan repeatedly asked for water and even pretended to use the bathroom in order to sneak a drink from the faucet before their stepmother ordered him out. Joseph James told jurors he was concerned for his brother's health but was too afraid of Alberson to do anything.
After her stepson died, Alberson was charged with injury to a child with serious bodily injury, a first-degree felony in which someone knowingly or recklessly causes harm that creates a substantial risk of death. It carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
The lesser charge for which she was convicted carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence, but jurors can sentence Alberson to a maximum of life in prison because she previously was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, hitting someone with her van in 1998.
During the sentencing phase, the twins' maternal grandmother, Sue Shotwell, testified that the boys didn't want to go to Alberson's house and that Jonathan couldn't understand why he was always in trouble with his stepmother.
Prosecutors said Alberson should spend the rest of her life behind bars, but defense attorneys asked jurors for the minimum sentence, five years.
The boy's father, Michael Ray James, 43, is set for trial next month.


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Harvard Researchers Use Cell Phones for Tracking Malaria
(BOSTON) -- There's a new weapon in the war against malaria -- the cell phone.
Harvard researchers found they could track the spread of malaria in Kenya using phone calls and text messages from 15 million mobile phones.
"Before mobile phones, we had proxies for human travel, like road networks, census data and small-scale GPS studies," said study author Caroline Buckee, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. "But now that mobile phones have spread throughout the world, we can start using these massive amounts of data to quantify human movements on a larger scale and couple this data with knowledge of infection risk."
Buckee and colleagues used mobile phone records from June 2008 and June 2009 to track the timing and origin of calls and texts among 15 million Kenyan mobile phone subscribers. They then compared the volume of subscribers in a particular region to that region's known malaria prevalence. By studying networks of human and parasite movement, the team could then determine primary sources of malaria and who was most likely to become infected.
The results, published Thursday in the journal Science, suggest that malaria transmission within Kenya is dominated by travel from Lake Victoria on the country's western edge to the more central capital city of Nairobi. And human carriers of the malaria parasite, who may not show symptoms, far outpace the flying limits of mosquitoes in endemic regions.
"How travelers acquire malaria elsewhere and bring it home has been mostly surmised from expert knowledge and judgment," said Dr. William Schaffner, professor and chairman of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University. "Here we've used this unrelated cell phone technology."
With 89 percent of the estimated 1 million annual malaria deaths occurring in Africa, the Harvard findings may help researchers better understand how human travel patterns can spread disease and potentially lead to improved public health efforts to curb the mosquito-borne infection.
"I think it is so neat and extraordinarily imaginative," said Schaffner. "It has me bouncing up and down in my chair with excitement."
Buckee anticipates that mobile technology could change approaches to malaria control. Long-employed anti-malaria strategies, such as the use of insecticides, bed nets, medications and mosquito-habitat removal, could be augmented by warning texts sent to travelers en route to and from malaria hot spots.
"I suspect that some people will get antsy about big brother following you," Schaffner said, alluding to the privacy concerns that accompany mobile technology. "I'm more excited about the possibilities to prevent serious disease."
Buckee said efforts to eradicate malaria in sub-Saharan countries, including Kenya, has been challenged by tight budgets.
"They can't screen and treat everyone," she said. "[Mobile phones] could be really powerful tools for targeting resources with very practical applications."
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It's a universally acknowledged truth that nobody likes packing. Can't we just be sunning ourselves on the beach already? The list writing, the moving almost identical sandals (yes we can tell the difference) between the 'definite' and the 'maybe' piles… it's not quite as glamorous as those enviable travel flat lays make it seem. Then there's the task of fitting our inevitable new purchases, into our already overflowing bags for the trip home. It's enough to erode all the good 'resting-up' we've been doing.
No need to have a breakdown before you've even got on the plane – just get wise and follow our guide.
Yep. We told you it wasn't all pina colada-filled holiday snaps. But jokes aside, being organised is the best way to make sure you don't overpack. Envisioning what your holiday will entail is sure to help you work out what you need wardrobe-wise. Write up an itinerary for your trip so you know roughly what you'll be doing on each day – whether it be long beach days or mornings spent brunching around the hottest spots in the city. That way you can pack specific outfits for each day or event, staving off the wild need to add the tenth bikini into the mix.
Once that's done, check the weather at your destination. No one needs a sunhat in gale-force winds. Apps like PackPoint make this even easier – just answer a few questions about your trip and it creates a custom packing list just for you.
If the weather allows, dresses should be top of your list. Whether it's a denim shift, a tailored shirt dress or a midi in a colour-pop hue, they can be dressed up and down for any occasion. Plus, it's a whole outfit in one item of clothing. If that's not a space-saving miracle we don't know what is.
Nobody wants to spend 20 minutes fishing around in the depths of their case looking for that one pair of tailored shorts they knew they'd packed somewhere. Queue packing cubes – these babies are about to become your new best friends. Packing cubes help keep similar items together and fit snugly into your case like a 3D puzzle. Not only do they keep things neat and tidy, making the traveller's task of living out of a case much more bearable but they help maximise on space, which is what we're going for here.
Compression bags are perfect for bulky clothing like ski jackets or beach towels and for keeping your laundry separate. Compressing your clothing into a zip-lock bag will create huge amounts of extra space and if packed carefully, reduce wrinkles when you get to your destination. Result.