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Saturday, November 24, 2012
OSU Healing Picture If Al Borges Ran the MZone
33 comments:
- phil said...
That game was ALL on the coaches. Terrible play calling. Who dressed RichRod up as Brady Hoke and let him in to coach the game??
(And they honored Tressel for beating Michigan all those years? As I recall, all those games were voided because of cheating)
- November 24, 2012 5:51 PM
- John said...
Can't we all just get along? A real healing pick for M and tOSU fans alike. Buck fans need this too come bowl season.
- November 24, 2012 6:52 PM
- Nate said...
Wrong on two points. Only one win was vacated, the rest stand. Also, they had Tressel out to honor the 10th anniversary of the 2002 national title, had nothing to do with wins over UM.
- November 24, 2012 8:05 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
i have to say that the tsio crowd's reaction to the tressel being there is probably the best example of the differences between the two fan bases. i can't fathom it- the guy who lied, cheated, and got them put on probation (and banned from a bowl this year) not only is invited back, but gets carried around on the shoulders of his former players to wild enthusiastic cheers from the crowd? can you imagine steve fisher being invied to come back w/ the '89 NC team? no, neither can i. but here in cowtown they think it's just terrific.
anyway, the outcome was disappointing, but overall, the season went about as well can be expected. and next year looks a lot brighter than it did a few weeks go.
- November 24, 2012 8:20 PM
- Ramona said...
ROTFL! thank you for this healing picture. It does not make me feel better about the game, but it does make me feel better about myself. And the much needed laugh was an added bonus!
- November 24, 2012 8:39 PM
- Ramona said...
So, then, about the second half. Is it really cause for despair or did OSU adjust to us the way they have to their opponents all season? It kills me that we may have handed them the game but then there is a reason they are undefeated. I'm trying to focus on the positive and look forward to all the returning talent we get next year.
- November 24, 2012 8:53 PM
- Dennis said...
I wonder if there is a bit of Apples and Oranges with your comparison? I give you I am not thrilled with Tressel's deception, but the punishments did not negate the MNC. He did not cost the guys carrying him around their perfect season.
Yes, it cost this team from being considered, and who knows, that might be a blessing this year because we are a fortunate 12-0.
And personally I think Tressel should have declined the invitation to appear during the game, but clearly that is not the opinion many in the Horseshoe share with me.
Ramona, not sure what happened in the second half. Other than the obvious that we finally decided that if Denard was in at QB they were no threat to pass. Not sure why they went away from both Gardner and Robinson together. And why they kept trying to run it up the middle. Hats off to your defense which kept it close when you guys turned into a turnover machine.
I was disappointed we didn't put up more points with a short field. Credit to your D for that. Hyde seems to have caught that spooning motion from Denard.
- November 24, 2012 10:08 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
The 89 NC banner is still there. The Fab 5 appearance banners were vacated. Also, the NCAA eventually exonorerated fisher of any personal wrong doing. So yeah, it is apples and oranges. Tressel is a convicted liar and cheat; fisher was just head coach while somebody else cheated.
I still don't get it.
- November 24, 2012 10:51 PM
- Dennis said...
My mistake, SiC, I thought it cost you the NC. We're just nicer, more forgiving folk. Or morally bankrupt and win at all costs.
- November 24, 2012 11:56 PM
- Ex said...
I am glad you UofM guys can find something to focus on other than the SCOREBOARD.
- November 24, 2012 11:57 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
Well, we do have that bowl game to prepare for...
- November 25, 2012 12:14 AM
- Yost said...
Dennis, congrats on the win. I'll save the bitching - and there is a lot to come - for later.
Phil, agree.
R, thanks.
SiC, must agree that "honoring" Vesty is crazy. If Chris Webber ever comes back at halftime, I will boo. Loudly.
Ex, troll elsewhere.
- November 25, 2012 2:14 AM
- wingedhelmet said...
Nobody asked me but, from my vantage point we had the ball with a chance to win the game in the last 4 minutes. Last year we finally won albeit against an unusually weak Ohio.
Did I love the O game plan? Nope. I did notice that it seemed from the beginning as if the stage was perhaps a little too big for DG today. Take a look at the time he had to throw and I am guessing you will be surprised how our O line was dominated while trying to pass protect.
DR was never a great passer, add in an injury layoff and as much as he says he could throw, I am not buying that he could have thrown effectively.
It doesn't really matter if you buy into my viewpoint. I really only *know* that having the ball with a chance to win with 4 minutes to go is preferable to losing 42 - 7, 21 - 10 at home with players and coaches fighting amongst each other on the sidelines, and 37 - 7.
I will also be okay with taking the same kids that managed to produce the 110th defense in the country and coaching them up so that they produced a top ten defense.
As for the fire Borges/Hoke is stupid crowd - wow. Just wow. He was brilliant at Iowa? Well there is a reason that Borges' offensive plan looked great at Iowa. It was against the Hawkeye defense.
Hoke can't win on the road? Well heck what's tough about 1 loss #2 Alabama, #1 undefeated ND and #4* 12 - 0 (*self iduced, NCAA imposed postseason ban)Ohio and 10 -2 #17 Nebraska? After all those road loss teams are only a combined 45 - 3.
The last time I heard so much complaining about a Michigan coach the collective cacophony rose to the level that a coach that was 19 -8 against top 10 competion, was one of the winningest coaches in college football and a hall of famer was driven to retire. I guess I don't need to remind anyone how his replacement worked out. Oh. Wait. Maybe. I. Do.
It is simple we turned the ball over 3 times and went 3 and out after recovering the ball in their territory.
I am sick of seeing Michigan lose to Ohio, I am tired of not being able to celebrate a BIG championship, but I love watching Michigan being competitive every week. I love that we have a coach at Michigan that is proud to be here and proud to run a quality program.
- November 25, 2012 6:57 AM
- Every1nosme said...
Couldn't agree with wingedhelmet more. The play callinhg in the secohnd half was uncreative to say the least but let's not lose sighnt of the bigger picture. This was a defence that couldn't stop anyone the last few years but did a great job in the second half of keeping them in the game. The offense will get better as borges brings in players to run his system with and I am sure that the o line will be addressed in the offseason. I want to win the big game just as much as anyone but I am not going to get too upset about losing a close game tha even with all the mistakes we made we still had a chance to win with 4 min left.
- November 25, 2012 9:08 AM
- Yost said...
Don't misinterpret my disappoint expressed as humor as a call to fire anyone, especially Hoke. I think he's a great coach and the perfect fit for Michigan.
However, if players can get criticized for their mistakes, so too can coaches. And I think Borges' play calling in the 2nd half left much to be desired. And I think Hoke going for it on 4 & 2 1/2 at our 48 to start the second half - and wasting a TO - was a big mistake.
But big picture, I think we're heading in the right direction with a great staff.
- November 25, 2012 2:29 PM
- wingedhelmet said...
Oh man, these losses kill me. I knew as soon as I posted there was a chance it might look/sound *personal*.
I spent way too much time out of Fort Schembechler yesterday listening to nostalgic lamentations of a return to a more - let me see if I can delicately phrase this - Grobanesque time.
4th and 3 without a stud downhill runner, when failure flips the field at best and allows the opponent momentum and a scoring chance at worst; agreed very bad call.
As for Borges calls, I am a "take what they give you" guy, so I think we needed some duck and chuck 6 and 7 yd TE and slot throws. Without them or something like them Ohio got to tee off and play downhill all 2nd half.
Hey look I never meant to question where you are on Hoke etc; I agree that coaches are and should be subject to earned criticism and I think yesterday Hoke earned some. I just chose to use a familiar forum to make a point to a larger audience.
Based on your history and heck with a name like Yost I never wonder about your level of support.
Sorry if it sounded like I was calling you out. That was unintended. Now for the guy wishing for a Josh Groban sing along - him I am calling out.
- November 25, 2012 3:20 PM
- Dennis said...
Your Blog, bitch when and how you want.
The thing is while we didn't capitalize on your mistakes and kept it closer; had you not made those mistakes, you could very well have had a comfortable lead.
I was happy to see over at MGOBLOG that most reported having a good experience during their trip down here, with the exception of the final score of the game. I even saw one post where the Michigan fan was depressed we weren't nasty to him. Though, as I am sure Phil or SiC would point out, if I didn't, that might not have been the case had the scored been flipped.
- November 25, 2012 5:41 PM
- ted bundy said...
Lou Holtz said it best, "There are some coaches that just know how to win and it usually shows up in the third season when you can tell if the players have bought into the system."
I'd hold out any judgement of Hoke until that time which is coming soon but in the case of Brian Kelly who was central to the above disscussion with Holtz it was obvious for anyone following his career at Central Michigan then Cincy, the man's intensity was a force headed to that elite group of college coaches in todays game. If you want to win the big games in college football you have to find that type of coach or forget it. Michigan has a great collection of coaches, time will tell soon if it can jell and propel them to the next level.
You can be certain ND had their eye on Kelly before UM, even if Kelly was coaching under their noses. Meyer was once coaching under OSU's noses too, they just got lucky stumbling into landing Meyer, it was more like Urban wanting the job than OSU seeking him out. OSU had a history of choosing poor coaches (Tressel was in over his head and it finally caught up with him). Hoke probably just lost againt the worst Buckeye team he'll ever face with Meyer there now, a worry all Wolverine fans know.
- November 25, 2012 5:52 PM
- Ramona said...
Son tried to explain to me why we could end up playing Bama or Georgia in a bowl game, but I'm sure not getting it.
- November 25, 2012 6:12 PM
- Tom C said...
Was in Atlanta today, wearing my Michigan shirt.
Only thing I heard was Go Blue!
Stopped in at Toomers corner to see the trees on the way home.
It's a game people!
We'll get em next year!
Go Blue!
- November 25, 2012 7:50 PM
- Dennis said...
Let me see if I have any better luck.
Under the current rules no conference can have more than two teams in BCS games including the MNC game. Right now the winner of Alabama vs Georgia will play ND in the MNC game. The loser will likely drop a bit in the BCS standings. There is also a rule in place that if a team is #4 or higher and they are not a conference champion, they have to be taken by a BCS bowl, so most likely Florida, who is already 4 wil either move up to 3 or not move down. They will get the other SEC BCS slot and since the Sugar lost the SEC champ, they will pick first and take Florida.
Over to the B1G/PAC12 for a moment. If Nebraska wins they go to the Rose to play the winner of UCLA vs. Stanford. Oregon, curently #5 may end up as #4 and would also be an Automatic pick by a BCS bowl game. If Wisconsin wins, Nebraska won't get an at large bid because after the conference champions, there are only 3 slots available. Oregon and Florida have to be taken so there is only one slot. You have to take a team in the BCS top 14 and Nebraska would likely fall out of the top 14 and whoeve has the last pick will probably take Oklahoma.
So we are done with the BCS portion, now we get to the non-BCS bowls.
From the SEC, the loser of Georgia vs Alabama is likely the first pick for non-BCS games. The SEC has tie-ins by Division for some bowl games, but the bowls can select outside the Division. However the first non-BCS SEC tie in bowl is the Capitol One which can pick whoever it wants from the SEC.
Now from the B1G side, the Capitol One rule is CAPITAL ONE BOWL
1. May select any eligible team after Rose Bowl Game/BCS except a team that has two fewer wins or two more losses (in all games) than another eligible team. So if Wisconsin wins the B1G CCG, then Nebraska goes to Captiol One because they have two more wins than Michigan. If Nebraska wins, the Capitol One could pick from NW or Michigan. As I understand the 2 win/2 loss rule, Wisconsin would not qualify. remember, it is not the second best team that goes to the bowl, it is the bowl that gets to pick second (as long as the teams meet that 2 win/loss rule.)
Any clearer?
- November 26, 2012 10:09 AM
- Ramona said...
- November 26, 2012 9:03 PM
- James said...
Ted Bundy, I'm not so sure this is really going to be Meyer's worst team at Ohio. He didn't recruit all that well (relatively speaking) at Florida and his last team there was mediocre. Time will tell what happens in Columbus.
- November 26, 2012 9:56 PM
- Dennis said...
Fire away with questions. I'm more than happy to try to help. I was going to post what don't you understand, but I was afraid you would take the wrong tone from that. It is a bit convoluted.
- November 26, 2012 11:02 PM
- Ramona said...
No, your post was an excellent recap, Dennis. There are no more questions really to be answered excepting of the truly esoteric variety. UM or N'western? What? And against a strong SEC team? Wha? My confusion really stems from forever being stuck in the days when it was MI or OSU to win the big 10 and get to the Rose Bowl to play a Pac 10 team.
- November 27, 2012 9:01 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
Ted & James both hit on a topic that hasn't been considered enough (IMO). Saturday's game may not be reflective of either coaches' future. very few players on either team were recruited by either coach. i'm not sure you can say either teams' performance- Saturday or over the whole season- is indicative of what either coach will be doing in another 2 years.
which raises a question- which coaching job this season is more impressive? Meyer, coming in & taking over a roster which is made up of Tressel's recruits (3 top 5 ranked classes & 1 top 20) and winning 12 games against their schedule? or Hoke coming in and winning 19 games in the last 2 seasons w/ R2's recruits (which consisted of players from 1 top 10 ranked class, 2 classes ranked in the teens, and one ranked in the 20s)?
in their own way, both performances are impressive, but not necessarily indicative of the future. i think we're still several years away from seeing the final results.
- November 27, 2012 9:51 AM
- Dennis said...
If I was a bowl official I would be living the easy life, living off swag and working like three days a year.
Sorry, got off topic, if i was a bowl official and my choices were Northwestern and Michigan I woul dpick Michigan. You travel much better. Yeah it was a bit of a down year but as countless folks have point out your losses are to three of the best teams in the country and Nebraska who is no slouch and the main you lost that was due to injury and poor planning on your coaching staff. The only way I would hesitate about taking Michigan is if I knew the SEC team was going to be Alabama. If the game had been close and/or your seasons comparable, I might go for the rematch, but as it stands, I don't know how it would draw. Not sure NW would be better, though.
I completely agree. And that was a knock on Tressel, that he won his MNC with Cooper's players. That is often the case here, we had several other coaches win MNCs in their second year here. Woody was a bit slow, he took four years but had inherited a bit of a mess.
I think the next couple Games could be interesting, especially if Gardner gets the redshirt and Braxton doesn't leave early. Especially your next visit down here. Sr. QB, with Hoke's guys on the line with a couple years experience. You hopefully will have a running back to help share the load. Sr. QB on our side with the skill guys Meyer wants that are sophmores and some juniors, since some are Tressel/Fickell guys.
- November 27, 2012 1:01 PM
- Dennis said...
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- November 27, 2012 1:20 PM
- Dennis said...
If that whole QB thing doesn't work out for Shane Morris, he may be gunning for your gig next.
- November 27, 2012 1:22 PM
- Andy said...
When I go to Mzone... the first thing I see this hideous vision of Justin Boren's girlfriend cheating on him with an Iowa lineman.
This causes me to close my eyes. EXCEPT... when I close my eyes I see Zach Boren crushing Vincent Smith. I can't win...
For the love of GOD! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remove this as the top story.
- November 28, 2012 5:43 PM
- Yost said...
Totally understand, Andy. Unfortunately, my creativity is about as bankrupt as an Al Borges second half offense.
Quick, somebody find some Tosu fans in trouble with the law.
- November 28, 2012 9:47 PM
- Ramona said...
That can't be difficult Yost..
Other than Dennis, who is inexplicably highly evolved and civilized, are there many OSU fans NOT in trouble with the law? Remember the pic of Casey Anthony in the OSU jersey?
- November 28, 2012 10:22 PM
- Dennis said...
I worked closely for 4 years with a guy who grew up in Ann Arbor while living in DC. I also worked with other B1G alums, though not as closely as John.
John is the one who showed me the old MZone after I kept sharing old OZone stuff like the Opposing QB club, etc. It wasn't until the talk about tinkering with The Game that I started posting regularly. That and I was looking for dining recommendations when in Ann Arbor for meets.
I have seriously said this elsewhere, I think leaving Central Ohio for 8 years, and moving outside of the B1G footprint did help my growth as a fan and make me more accepting of other B1G fans than some of my Buckeye Bretheren. I was also exposed to the SEC concept of conference unity.
- November 30, 2012 1:29 PM


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In announcing that he was going over to the dark side,
Of course, Boren has already contributed to that his first two years at Michigan helping Michigan lose both those contests to the Bucks.
College football historians claim the move is unprecedented, saying this is the first time since World War II that they can recall a high-profile player
The move is even more amazing considering Boren's father Mike played for legendary Michigan coach Bo Schembechler. Visitors to Schembechler's gravesite noted a small shift in the earth when the transfer announcement was made.
Under Big Ten rules,
Not surprisingly, the most excited person about the transfer outside the state of Ohio was Detroit Free Press writer Drew Sharp. Sources tell the MZone he wept, wet himself then ran fully erect to his computer in order to hurriedly write his 1,684th column trashing the University of Michigan, former coach Lloyd Carr, the city of Ann Arbor and anything blue.

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So if you guys have stuck around here for a while, you probably had gotten very used to the old look of the blog. It was here for a loooong time.
Over three years long. Shameful, I know. Every time I looked at my blog it didn't make me happy. It just didn't feel like me, you know? So I wanted to create a new look that was a lot more simplified and easier to navigate.
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...I. Have. No. Idea.
All previous posts and everything you love is still here. Mostly just the look and a few functionality thingies have changed.
I feel like I've redecorated a room in my home. I've de-cluttered and I LOVE it.
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In the past, I've definitely mixed it up a bit and have done posts on those sorts of things, but not as frequently as makeup-related posts. I've for sure had my out-of-the-box moments in the past. I mean who could forget my chronicles of Waylon's 1st Birthday?
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1. Shockingly, the world didn't end. Again. But that didn't stop a lot of people from going into panic. I mean, hey, who would listen to someone like the brilliant astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson insisting the world would be okay when you can misinterpret the calendar system of an ancient people that believed if you looked through a mirror that monsters could pull you through to the Otherworld?
But worry not, doomsayers, because just like last year was supposedly the end of the world thanks to misinterpreted Biblical calculations (Harold Camping), and this year was the end of the world thanks to a misinterpreted calendar (Mayans), next year will no doubt bring another arbitrary doomsday spawning from a ridiculously non-credible source. Who will it be? The Illuminati? The Westboro Baptists? Cryogenically frozen Space Hitler thawed out from the surface of the moon and sent back in time to kill us all? Stay tuned!
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Thankfully, neither bill passed, because it's amazing what happens when us lazy people of the Internet rally together for something we truly care about. You hear that, Kony 2012?
3. While a handful of Americans were foolishly being distracted by the goings-on of the U.S. Presidential election, the rest of the world was transfixed on the emergence of 2012's real star: Honey Boo Boo. Move out of the way Michelle Obama, because obesity is not only here to stay... it's freakin' fabulous.
Yes, the world likes to say that they're laughing at her, not with her, but this fat, smelly little walking heart-attack makes $50,000 an episode. Meanwhile, I didn't even make $50,000 all year. So who's truly laughing last?
4. In August, NASA sent a Rover up to explore Mars. He's sent us back some great photographs, but as someone who doesn't know a whole lot about science, I still cannot understand how a Mars Rover took all those pictures without an opposable thumb.
6. The zombie apocalypse became a huge deal, with many people creating their own plans for the rise of the undead. As for us, we combined #5 and #6, because if zombies emerged we'd have Chris Brown on our side in a heartbeat. We're safe because he won't hit a man, but the zombies sure aren't; who else is going to bash all those girl zombies?
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So needless to say... not a lot happened this year. Extremely uneventful. But maybe next year will be more exciting, eh? Either way, both of us wish you a very Happy New Year, and we hope that 2013 brings you as much drunken fun as it will surely bring us.
What was your favorite memory of 2012?
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Malaysia's first oil well was drilled here in 1910, and petroleum has continued to drive the city's economy and development ever since. The Sarawak Shell Berhad and Petronas Carigali are headquartered here. As a result, Miri has a cosmopolitan whiff as it hosts expatriates from all over the world. These expats work in many of the multinational oil and gas giants that are headquartered in Miri.
Visitors stop for transit here to change planes heading onward to Gunung Mulu National Park or the famous Kelabit Highlands.
Miri boasts a diversified population, which consists of Chinese, Malay, Iban, Bidayuh, Melanau, Kelabit, Lun Bawang and many other ethnic groups. International students from a foreign university campus based here and expatriates from international corporations add much spice to Miri as well.
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Get in
By plane
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Get out
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[Original] The new Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer publisher Square Enix teased earlier this week has arrived by way of the Square Enix Germany and its YouTube Channel, offering a computer-generated glimpse into the shooter prequel. BOOM video 5249 Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream.
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They are just a pair of red piercing eyes, one with a scar, glowing with an angry glare.
They could be the eyes of the El Paso Desert Gators minor league baseball team. Or they could be the eyes of the El Paso Sun Dogs, maybe even a Chihuahua — if it is rabid. Perhaps too primal to be a Buckaroo and if the eyes belong to an Aardvark, then it's the toughest one to ever escape from Africa.
But then again, who knows?
Only a select few within the walls of El Paso's new Triple-A baseball team know. And they are not letting out any more hints. At least not today.
One thing is for sure, the striking eyes do belong to one of those five mascot options for the minor league team. The options: Sun Dogs, Desert Gators, Chihuahuas, Aardvarks and Buckaroos.
"Eyes have life, eyes are expressive and we are trying to express excitement to the fans," said Brad Taylor, MountainStar Sports General Manager. "We want people's imaginations to be running wild."
There is no set announcement date, but team officials said the name will be "coming soon," and El Pasoans will be excited by the team name.
The buzz around the eyes got started on Sunday when the eyes popped up on the website ElPasoTripleA.com, and two billboards sprung up off Interstate-10, at Executive Center and Lomaland, on Monday morning.
Alan Ledford, president of El Paso's MountainStar Sports, said the eyes were a "fun" way to start the revealing process.
"The objective with all the process around the team name and logo is to continue to create a sense of fun," Ledford said. "This is a natural extension of that process."
Team officials said they want fans to use their imaginations and some residents are already taking their guesses.
"My guess is it is going to be the Desert Gators and the reason why is because the eyes are really spread out and it has space for a long nose," said Carlos Chavez, 20.
"I also think it's a gator because he has a scar here on the left eye."
Kipp Grey, owner of Kipp's Cheesesteaks agrees with Chavez and thinks Desert Gators is the name. Grey talked about the eyes to every customer who walked in the door.
"If I had to take an educated guess at it I would say, and maybe it is just wishful thinking, I'm thinking it is the Desert Gators," Grey said. "That would put some homage to the gators we used to have a San Jacinto Park, plus just the width of the nose leads me to guess that."
Joe Romero's first thought was that the eyes look like what he imagines a Sun Dog's eyes would be like.
"It's some sort of animal judging by the eyes," he said. "And it has to be something that is in the desert."
Kristina Perez, 20, likes the idea of a dog as the mascot, but just not a Chihuahua so other teams can't say "their bark is worse than their bite."
"Hopefully it's a Sun Dog, because it has room for a snout. I hope it's not Chihuahua, so that leaves Sun Dog as my guess."
Sundogs.com does have a message that reads "Welcome to the future home of sundogs.com."
Maria Chavez, 34, does not care what the name is, as long as the mascot is "strong," and "manly."
"So far it has that tough factor in the eyes," Maria Chavez said. "It looks scary and intimidating."
But can it be too fierce?
At first Lucile Arronte, 31, thought the eyes had something to do with Halloween because they are not human.
"But I don't like it that much," Arronte said. "I think I like the name the Sun Dogs, but I don't like the eyes. I think they look too mad."
Ledford hopes El Pasoans continue to talk about the eyes.
"We love to hear that people are having a good time trying to guess the name," Ledford said. "The eyes tend to put a smiles on faces. Whether they like the names or not, people find themselves enjoying the conversation and speculation."
"They're coming," but it is still a mystery as to who "they" are.
"People should stay awake and pay attention because fun things are coming," Taylor said.
"I'm dying for everyone to see the fun things that I've already seen."
Aaron Bracamontes may be reached at 915-546-6156.


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Running sccs2rcs in a directory with an SCCS subdirectory will convert all the SCCS files to corresponding RCS master files in a new RCS directory; the SCCS data itself is accessed read-only. It will complain and terminate if any of the SCCS files are checked out, or if the RCS directory already exists and is non-empty. If the directory contains snapshot auxiliary data produced by Emacs VC mode for tagging, that will be used too.
deheader analyzes C and C++ files to determine which header inclusions can be removed while still allowing them to compile. This may result in substantial improvements in compilation time, especially on large C++ projects. It also sometimes exposes dependencies and cohesions of which developers were unaware.
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Phish will play twelve dates the second half of February 2003, including a Valentine's Day tour opener in Los Angeles and two-night runs in Las Vegas and Cincinnatti.
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Bucks-Raptors Preview
After a terrible start, the Toronto Raptors seem to be turning their season around.
They'll try to notch their third three-game win streak of the season on Sunday in a matchup against a Milwaukee Bucks team they've struggled against recently.
The Raptors (14-22) started the season 4-19 but Friday's 99-78 rout of visiting Charlotte was their 10th win in 13 games. The turnaround began two games after they lost starting forward Andrea Bargnani (16.0 points per game) indefinitely to a torn elbow ligament in a Dec. 10 loss at Portland.
Without Bargnani, Toronto has seemingly discovered better offensive balance. Four others are averaging 10.3 ppg or more, with DeMar DeRozan leading the way at 17.8. Seven different players have been the Raptors' top scorer at least once over the last 13 games. Alan Anderson filled that role with 16 off the bench in Friday's victory while three others scored at least 12.
Toronto is averaging 99.0 points over its last 13 games compared to 95.2 in its first 23 contests. The Raptors also are averaging 5.3 more assists in those 13 games.
"Everybody was looking for the open guy," said Jose Calderon, who had 15 points and six assists. "Sharing is fun when you do that. It was great to see everybody scoring and moving the ball."
An improved defense has also contributed to the team's recent success. The Raptors have allowed 90.2 ppg during their 10-3 surge after previously giving up 102.6. They're 8-0 when holding opponents below 90, which has happened five times during that span.
Toronto will likely need to continue that strong defense as it attempts to end a four-game home losing streak to Milwaukee and win for only the third time in the last 14 meetings overall.
The Bucks (18-17) suffered their first loss in three games under interim coach Jim Boylan, 103-87 to Detroit on Friday. Boylan took over after Scott Skiles and Milwaukee mutually agreed to part ways on Monday.
Playing their third game in four nights, the Bucks were outscored 33-11 in the third quarter. They shot 39.6 percent from the field and a season-worst 1 of 16 (6.3 percent) from 3-point range.
"It seemed like our legs got a little heavy in the third quarter," Boylan said. "Pretty evident by the fact that we missed a lot of open, good looks that we had throughout the game."
At least one thing has remained consistent for Milwaukee: Larry Sanders' defense. Sanders has blocked at least one shot in 22 straight games and leads the NBA at 3.3 per contest.
Toronto got rookie Terrence Ross back on Friday after he missed the previous game with a sore left ankle. Meanwhile, Amir Johnson continues to play through an ankle injury. Averaging 8.6 ppg this season, Johnson has scored 13 or more in four of his last five.
"He brings it every night," coach Dwane Casey said. "Most guys with an ankle like his would be out for two or three months. He's a warrior. He's the heart and soul of our team."
Boylan would surely like to get more out of leading scorer Monta Ellis (18.9), who has averaged 13.3 points on 17-of-45 shooting since the coaching change.


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This is a great tool for curators!
"With a Web full of stuff, discovery is a hard problem. Search engines were the first tools on the scene, but their rankings still have a hard time identifying relevance the same way a human user would."
Digging For Content
Thoora was founded in 2008, and it originally launched as a real-time news aggregator, which we covered back in 2009. But this new iteration is about much more than scanning the news.
This is a toolkit for users to explore and research topics, and it learns more about them as its users sort out what matters to them. It is a social tool - users can share topics, and the Thoora site features highlights - but the purpose of the tool is to turn up the most relevant content on the topic, no matter how deeply it's buried in the Web.
"We like to say that we're at the intersection of aggregation, curation and search," says Carrie Shaw, head of product at Thoora. As far as users are concerned, that's a good description, but the real value of Thoora comes from the learning algorithms at work behind the scenes. As users create topics, discover content and clean up the results, the Thoora engine gets better at recommendations.
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text: 19 Shaw's in Vt. under new owner By Gayle Hanson Correspondent | March 26,2013 Rutland Herald Central Vermont grocery shoppers will be seeing changes now that the 19 Shaw's stores in the state have changed hands, said local management. Private investors led by Cerberus Capital Management closed a $3.3 billion deal Friday to purchase a group of national grocery chains from their former parent company, Supervalu Inc. The deal, which was in the works since January, involved several thousand grocery stores across the country, including the Star Markets on the East Coast and the West Coast giant Albertsons. The acquisition will result in a different kind of experience for local shoppers, according to local management. "We're already lowering prices quite significantly," said Shaw's Montpelier Manager George Murphy. "We're excited about the changes that are going to be coming." Customers can expect to see a banner touting the change hanging from the store any day now. In Poultney, however, Shaw's Manager Butch LaChappelle said the store has yet to see any changes. "It's only been three days," he said. "So I really don't have any idea what they're up to. But I'm sure they're going to let me know." In the nationwide supermarket business, time-honored grocery chains face challenges from discounters like Wal-Mart that have gotten into the butter and eggs business with a vengeance, as well as from high-end suppliers like Whole Foods. "I can't tell you too much about what we're going to be doing in the near future from a purely competitive standpoint," said Steve Sylven, a spokesman at Shaw's headquarters in Bridgewater, Mass. "The retail business is a service industry, and what we are trying to do is create an atmosphere that makes customers want to shop our stores as well as to differentiate ourselves from a fresh standpoint." Shaw's, like many other food chains, has weathered a few rough years since the economic downturn in 2007. The company, which serves five of the New England states, pulled out of Connecticut in 2010. Less than six months ago Supervalu Inc. laid of 700 retail workers at its Shaw's and Star Market stores in Massachusetts. Sylven said there are no immediate plans for any store closings or layoffs in Vermont. The chain also has stores in Berlin, Randolph, Stowe, Waitsfield and Waterbury. "It's hard to speculate about the future right now. But there are no immediate closures planned, and we're committed to maintaining a positive environment," he said. A spokesman for a competitor, Maine-based Hannaford, said the chain, which has 15 stores throughout Vermont, didn't plan to change the way it does business in the wake of the Shaw's sale. "We're going to just keep delivering the services that our customers have come to rely on," said Eric Blom. Cerberus Capital Management will oversee its investment in Shaw's and the other supermarket brands acquired in the deal through a holding company under the Albertsons moniker. Among the leadership team at the $20 billion investment giant is former Vice President Dan Quayle, who is chairman of the company's global investments. The company hit the headlines in December after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut when, under pressure from investors, it divested itself of its holdings in the Freedom Group, the American firearms holding company that owns brands including Remington Arms and Bushmaster.


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- "More than eighty years had passed since Carlisle had found Esme, and yet he still looked at her with those incredulous eyes of first love. It would always be that way for them."
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Carlisle Cullen and Esme Anne Platt Evenson Cullen are one of the secondary couples in the Twilight Saga. They are vegetarian vampires and the most prominent members of the Olympic coven, as they act like the ideal parent figures towards the other members of the coven. Their Life and Death counterparts are Carine Cullen and Earnest Cullen.
In the movies, Carlisle is portrayed by Peter Facinelli and Esme by Elizabeth Reaser. In addition, they are also portrayed by James Physick and Sara Akay in the segment Masque. Carlisle is also portrayed by Justin Rose in the segment Turncoats.
Carlisle Cullen
Carlisle Cullen was the son of an Anglican pastor in the late 1600s in London, England. His father was responsible for leading hunts for beings of evil, such as witches, werewolves and vampires. When he became too old to continue them, he put his son in charge of the hunts. Although originally Carlisle was a disappointment, he eventually discovered a coven of true vampires living in the sewers. During a chase with them, Carlisle was bitten and changed into a vampire. To avoid slaughter, he hid in a potato cellar during the transformation. He was repulsed by himself and attempted to kill himself many times, but instead hid deep in the woods, away from humans as he could not justify the fact that he could murder an innocent person. But when a herd of deer passed by him, he attacked without remorse and discovered that he could survive on animals.
Carlisle was able to perfect his blood lust over the course of two centuries and began to study medicine, soon becoming a brilliant doctor. He traveled to Italy where he met the Volturi, who attempted to reunite him with his real food source. He refused and instead went to the New World - America. He first met Esme in 1911 in Ohio, when she was 16 years old and had fallen off a tree. Because the local doctor was away, Carlisle filled in and treated her leg. Esme deeply affected Carlisle that time and he never forgot about her. However, he moved on shortly after.
He began to work night shifts in Chicago, during the time of the Spanish influenza, in 1918. There he met Elizabeth Masen who demanded that he do everything he could to save her son, Edward. Carlisle did so and curbed his loneliness by turning Edward.
Esme Cullen
Esme Anne Platt Evenson was born in 1895, in Ohio, Columbia. She first met Carlisle when she was 16; she had broken her leg from falling off a tree and he treated her, because the local doctor was away that day. She never forgot about him and was forever in love with him. She dreamed of becoming a teacher, but her parents persuaded her instead to marry a man named Charles Evenson. However, the man turned out to be abusive and tormented her greatly until he was drafted for war, which greatly pleased Esme until he returned. When she discovered she was pregnant, she ran away from him and decided to fully dedicate her life to raising her child, but unfortunately, he died of lung fever shortly after birth. All hopes lost, Esme tried to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff but when she was mistakenly brought to the hospital morgue, her heart was still beating. She wasn't sure if she was in heaven or hell when she painfully woke up and saw Carlisle in front of her, the man of her dreams.
Carlisle and Esme first met in 1911, when Esme broke her leg falling off a tree. The encounter impacted each other greatly and they never forgot about each other after Carlisle moved on.
Not long after changing Edward, in 1921, Carlisle met Esme again, though their re-encounter was far less than pleasant. He was called to her deathbed after a failed suicide attempt impacted by the loss of her child. Recognizing her as the young woman he once treated and distraught by her tragedy, he turned her into a vampire to save her life. To his surprise, she wasn't upset with the news when he told her what he had done. In fact, she was happy to see Carlisle again - the man she'd always been fond of. She changed her surname to Cullen after they fell in love and got married.
Carlisle and Esme continued to extend their family by turning several others such as Rosalie, a young women who had been beaten and raped, and who Carlisle hoped could have been a mate for Edward, but instead fell in love with Emmett, after she found him mauled by a bear in Tennessee, and Alice and Jasper, a mated pair who wanted nothing more than to be part of the family.
Esme's passionate love to those around her was brought into her new life, and this was shown through her ability to adopt every one of the Cullens into the family: Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice and Jasper. She has a special place for Edward in her heart as he was the first of her "children". She had never regretted her existence as a vampire like any of the other Cullens (excluding Rosalie) as she can spend eternity with the man of her dreams: Carlisle.
In Twilight, Carlisle and Esme play a fairly minor role. Carlisle treats Bella after the car crash which Edward saves her from. When she asks Charlie about the Cullens, he mentions that "that a lot of the nurses have trouble keeping their eyes on their work", even though he is married.
When Bella finally comes to the Cullens' home, after she falls in love with Edward and finding out about the Cullens being vampires, both Esme and Carlisle are happy for their son, the only one in their family who had not found love. Esme, with her warm and kind nature, instantly welcomes Bella into their life and somewhat 'adopts' her as a third daughter.
When James, Victoria and Laurent come to Forks, and all but Laurent want to hunt Bella, Esme and Rosalie lead Victoria away while Carlisle helps Emmett and Edward with James. After Bella is attacked by the tracker, Carlisle helps treat her broken leg and head wounds.
Midnight Sun
In Midnight Sun, Edward explains that Carlisle's love for Esme hasn't faded after 80 years, and he is sure that he will continue to love her this way and vice versa. This is due to vampires' feelings, personality traits and likes are frozen as their physical appearances, which makes love from a vampire permanent.
New Moon
In New Moon, Esme and Carlisle are both present at Bella's party. Carlisle is the only one to contain his blood lust when Jasper tries to attack Bella and Edward pushes her out of the way, making her cut her arm open and needing stitches.
Carlisle and the rest of the Cullens travel to Ithaca after Edward leaves Bella. Esme goes to work restoring an early 1700's house while Carlisle works at the Cayuga Medical Center and teaches at Cornell University.
When Alice gets her vision of Bella committing suicide, Carlisle and Esme are away hunting at the time. They supposedly hear about the incident from Rosalie, because they are present at the airport to meet Alice, Bella and Edward. Both express deep concern for Bella.
They both vote 'Yes' for Bella to become a vampire. Esme tells Bella, "I already think of you as a daughter", before hugging her. Carlisle gives a more-drawn out explanation of why he votes 'Yes' and agrees to turn Bella after graduation.
In Eclipse, Carlisle and Esme play slightly larger roles. Carlisle takes charge when the family and Bella discover that it is newborn vampires causing trouble in Seattle. When Edward mentions that they may be targeting them, Esme is initially reluctant to believe it, suggesting that the Denali coven might be the target instead, though they are too far away. Carlisle quickly organizes a plan with the local werewolves and Jasper, to prepare to fight them.
During the fight, neither Esme nor Carlisle sustain any injuries, and Carlisle spares the young vampire Bree's life with Esme's agreement in exchange for her surrender. But in the end, they are forced to watch her die when Jane orders for her to be executed.
In the movie, Esme and Carlisle fight the newborns side by side as partners.
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
At the end of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Carlisle and Esme find a defenseless newborn named Bree Tanner at the end of the battle. Feeling pity for her, Carlisle spares the young vampire's life with Esme's agreement. Though Jasper disagrees with the idea, they manage to talk him into it and deal with the Volturi's advances.
They both defend Bree while the Volturi interrogate her, but are unsuccessful in persuading them to spare her, and, in the end, are forced to witness her destruction.
Breaking Dawn
In Breaking Dawn, Carlisle and Esme are both present at Bella and Edward's wedding. When Bella finds out she is pregnant while on her honeymoon, Carlisle is originally not supportive of Bella's decision to keep her baby, but because of Esme's decision to protect Bella and her unborn child, Carlisle no longer insists on abortion. Neither of them are present for the birth, as they are out hunting, but it appears they make it back in time for Carlisle to assist with Bella's transformation. In the first movie, Carlisle and Esme work together with their family to defend their newborn granddaughter from the Uley pack until Jacob emerges to stop the fight, telling Sam Uley that he has imprinted on the baby, thus the pack is forbidden to touch her.
Both Esme and Carlisle assist with tracking down witnesses to stand up for Renesmee, after the Volturi plan to destroy her and the Cullens after mistakenly hearing she is an immortal child from Irina. Carlisle attempts to talk to Aro and convince him that Nessie is not an immortal, but it is only after Alice brings back Nahuel, another vampire-human hybrid, that the Volturi retreat.
Carlisle and Esme, along with the rest of the family, return to their normal lives after the confrontation.


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The political wrangling continues in Washington as Republicans and Democrats try to get their priorities enacted even as several key deadlines fast approach.
Overnight, as The Associated Press reports, Republicans in the House "unveiled a massive $1 trillion-plus year-end spending package despite a plea from the White House for additional talks over a handful of provisions opposed by President Barack Obama."
The wire service adds that:
"The measure unveiled late Wednesday curbs agency budgets but drops many policy provisions sought by GOP conservatives. But it contains language to roll back Obama administration policies that had loosened restrictions on the rights of Cuban immigrants to send money to relatives in Cuba or travel back to the island to visit them. Earlier this year, the White House promised a veto over the proposals. ...
"The spending measure had been held up by Senate Democrats seeking leverage in talks on extending payroll tax cuts and unemployment insurance — two pillars of Obama's jobs agenda.
"But Democratic leverage to stall the massive spending measure seems limited, since it raises the threat of a government shutdown [this weekend]."
The Washington Post sounds an ominous note: "Negotiations over how to extend a payroll tax holiday for 160 million Americans and avoid a government shutdown this weekend ground to a halt Wednesday after a standoff in the Senate over how to proceed."
Politico says that "waiting until past midnight and with little notice, the House Appropriations Committee early Thursday released details of a $1 trillion plus spending package that had been largely resolved with Senate Democrats but is now at risk of unraveling in a government shutdown fight driven by 2012 politics and a debate over tax cuts."


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@Mail Groupware combines the ability to share address books, calendar items, and tasks among groups of users with optional permission levels. It provides a complete Web- based groupware system for users within your organization and provides an Outlook 2003/2000 to Web synchronization utility for Contacts and Calendar data.
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks. It allows you to collaborate with multiple people on one document at the same time. It is tightly integrated with the AbiCollab.net Web service, which lets you store documents online, allows easy document sharing with your friends, and performs format conversions on the fly.
AfterLogic WebMail Lite PHP is a Webmail script with a modern AJAX interface. It supports IMAP accounts, SMTP, and SSL (including Gmail). Users can check and send mail and use an address book. It provides a slick skin, a three-pane view, non-English language support, UTF-8 support, IMAP folders, and viewing and composing HTML mail. A MySQL backend is supported, with Web-based administration and installation and cPanel/Plesk/DirectAdmin integration.
Alexandria is a GNOME application to help manage a book collection. It retrieves book information (including cover pictures) from several online libraries, allows you to search for a book (either by EAN/ISBN, title, authors, or keyword), can import and export data into ONIX, Tellico, and EAN/ISBN-list formats, generates Web pages from your libraries, allows marking your books as loaned, saves data using the YAML format, features an HIG-compliant user interface, shows books in different views that can be filtered or sorted, and handles book rating and notes.
Ampache is a Web-based audio file manager. It allows you to view, edit, and play your audio files via the Web. It has support for playlists, artist and album views, album art, random play, playback via HTTP with on-the-fly transcoding and downsampling, vote based playback, playback via MPD and Icecast, an integrated Flash player, and per-user themes and song play tracking. You can also link multiple Ampache servers together using XML-RPC. Ampache supports gettext translations and has full translations into many languages.
A tool that displays information about BOINC projects.
A Web service to edit an XML configuration file.


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6.5 million older people need assistance with daily activities. #AssistedLiving https://t.co/N3V8jX7oO0
78% of people who leave #AssistedLiving need more care. #NursingHome https://t.co/AMl32Xd5LW
Myth: There's no privacy in a #NursingHome https://t.co/AMl32Xd5LW
#AssistedLiving isn't a one size fits all type of care. The level of care can vary. https://t.co/N3V8jX7oO0
Fact: #AssistedLiving is NOT synonymous with #NursingHomes https://t.co/N3V8jX7oO0
Senior Living Communities
As older adults enter their golden years, many develop certain needs which can't be addressed through standard living arrangements. Some seniors need help around the house with cooking, cleaning and yard work, while others may require constant medical attention from nurses or physical therapists. Other seniors may be extremely independent but yearn to be around others their own ages. Some people aren't phased by getting old; for others, the experience can be disconcerting or overwhelming.Senior housing provides comfort, relief and assistance to meet the needs of the aging population. Older Americans have various senior housing options to choose from. Some senior living facilities provide constant monitoring and regimented activities, while other types provide housing communities for active, able-bodied seniors. Older adults who are considering senior living should speak with their doctors to help weigh their options.
Senior Apartments:
Senior apartments are for independent, able-bodied seniors who want nothing more than to live with others in their age groups. Many senior apartment complexes are similar to standard apartment buildings. However, these complexes meet federal housing guidelines that allow them to prohibit younger people from moving in. Most senior apartment buildings set minimum age requirements of either 55 or 62 years old. The majority of senior apartments rent at just below standard market rates. Luxury apartments are available for wealthy seniors, and low-income senior apartments are available for older adults who would struggle to pay average rental rates.
Independent Living:
Independent living communities -- also known as retirement communities or active living communities -- are designed for seniors who are mostly independent but could use some occasional help. Residents of independent living communities live in houses, cottages or apartment settings, and they enjoy social events such as game nights, shopping trips and exercise classes. Some retirement communities have walking trails, tennis courts and other facilities for maintaining physical fitness. These communities allow able-bodied seniors to continue living their independent lifestyles while still having access to healthcare or caregiver assistance.
Assisted Living:
Older adults who need an increasing amount of help in their daily lives are candidates for assisted living communities. Residents of these communities live in apartment-style units, but their buildings usually contain communal dining rooms, living areas and activities rooms. Assisted living communities employ housekeeping staffs, caregivers, cooks and healthcare professionals who can help residents with numerous daily tasks. Like independent living communities, assisted living communities also provide a wide variety of social and leisure activities.
Nursing Homes:
Nursing homes are the most intensive form of senior housing. These apartment-style communities are for seniors who need around-the-clock monitoring and continued medical attention. Nursing homes employ caregivers, nurses and therapists to address the many needs of their residents. Some nursing homes provide special facilities for residents with dementia, memory loss and permanent or developmental disabilities. There are also nursing homes for residents who are battling serious ailments such as heart disease or cancer.


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IHSA Completes Investigation of Class 2A Boys Basketball Title Game, Announces Sanctions
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has completed its investigation into the 2013 IHSA Class 2A Boys Basketball State Championship game between Harrisburg High School and Seton Academy and has announced sanctions resulting from that investigation.
"This was an ugly and embarrassing incident," said IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman. "Harrisburg High School, Seton Academy and the contest officials all share in the blame for the outcome. We also recognize that the IHSA needs to be more proactive in dealing with on-court behavior and conveying the expectations for appropriate conduct to the players, coaches and officials participating in our events."
During the investigation, the IHSA was unable to corroborate allegations made by Seton Academy that members of the Harrisburg team used racial slurs during the championship game.
"We certainly don't dispute what the players from Seton Academy reported they heard," said Hickman. "However, after discussions with those on and closest to the action on the floor, we were unable to substantiate those claims. Harrisburg admits that an inappropriate comment was made by one of its players, but that it was not of a racial nature, and it was punished with a technical foul at the time it occurred."
The following penalties have been announced as a result of the investigation:
HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL SANCTIONS-Harrisburg High School head basketball coach Randy Smithpeters may have no involvement (team contact, coaching, attending games) with Harrisburg or any other IHSA member school during postseason State Series basketball contests (Regionals, Sectionals, Super-Sectionals, State Finals) in 2013-14, unless he first successfully completes the NFHS Teaching and Modeling Behavior training program.-Coach Smithpeters has been placed on probation for the 2013-14 school year.
SETON ACADEMY SANCTIONS-In addition to the sanctions implemented by the school, Seton Academy head basketball coach Brandon Thomas may have no involvement (team contact, coaching, attending games) at Seton Academy or any other IHSA member school during postseason State Series basketball contests (Regionals, Sectionals, Super-Sectionals, State Finals) in 2013-14 and 2014-15.-Coach Thomas has been placed on probation for the 2013-14 school year.
CONTEST OFFICIALS SANCTIONS-The contest officials have been reprimanded for failure to enforce the bench conduct rule during the championship game.
Coach Thomas' suspension comes as a result of incidents that occurred at halftime and in the post-game awards ceremony, when the coach bypassed offers of congratulations from the IHSA Board of Directors and the Governor of Illinois. He then threw his medal to an assistant coach and exited the court, where he engaged in a verbal altercation with a fan and had to be restrained from entering the stands by security and police.
"Coach Thomas delivered an obscenity laced tirade in the presence of student-athletes in the tunnel following the first half," said Hickman. "The tournament staff then attempted to bring the coaches and administrators together to change the climate of the game. Coach Thomas initially refused to participate and when he eventually appeared, his demeanor made it clear that he would not be a conduit for positive change. There is no place for that type of behavior in high school athletics and no outcome of a high school sporting event warrants it."
The Harrisburg sanctions come as a result of the actions by Coach Smithpeters, especially during the first half of the contest.
"Coach Smithpeters crossed the line early in the game with his actions toward the game officials," said Hickman. "He should have been issued a technical foul during the first half for his blatant violation of coach's box rule. His behavior set a negative tone for the players and fans and contributed to a hostile environment that only grew worse during the first half."
Hickman also addressed the first quarter technical foul on the Harrisburg player. "The Harrisburg player had to be restrained by teammates initially and it was clear that the player was still emotionally charged after the technical foul, yet he remained in the contest. I don't know if I have ever seen that before in a high school basketball game. In my mind, the inaction by the coach contributed to the negative environment of the game."
While the coaches and players are fully responsible for their actions, the IHSA also recognizes that the game officials should have exhibited more control early in the contest.
"Officiating is a tough job and a state championship is a big stage," said Hickman. "We understand the officials' train of the thought is to try and let the teams play, but all these factors came together and things boiled over in the first half before they were able to rein the game in."
The investigation of the 2013 IHSA Class 2A Boys Basketball State Championship is complete and no further action will be taken.
"It is important to state that in a contest shrouded in negativity, there were positives that were overlooked that can be taken away," said Hickman. "First and foremost were the actions of Seton Academy senior Kamal Shasi, who despite the disappointment of game's outcome, was instrumental in gathering his teammates to line up for the postgame handshake, in some cases, physically pulling dejected teammates off the bench to participate. A moment of poor judgment that led to a player's ejection should not overshadow the fact that Seton Academy's players displayed great sportsmanship during the state final games."


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Work can begin as early as Jan. 28, with final completion set for Oct. 28, 2016.
The project has two key parts: Building a bridge for train traffic over Klumac Road and an underpass for motor vehicle traffic on Klumac Road at the railroad crossing and
realigning 0.6 miles of Klumac Road from N.C. 150 (Main Street) to just south of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Crews will shift the road over roughly a block to accommodate the bridge/underpass construction.
NCDOT data show about 4,300 vehicles drive over the Klumac Road railroad crossing each day and about 40 trains pass the crossing daily. By separating the vehicles from the trains, the project will reduce the potential for accidents, while helping traffic flow more efficiently through the area.
This project is part of the Piedmont Improvement Program (PIP), a series of rail projects that will improve safety and mobility on the corridor between Raleigh and Charlotte. PIP projects are primarily funded by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and will be completed by Sept. 30, 2017.
Additionally, weather permitting, NCDOT will temporarily close two railroad crossings on Arendell Street in Morehead City beginning Tue., Jan 22, to allow Norfolk Southern to install new crossing panels.
The railroad crossing on Arendell Street at 23rd Street will be closed until Jan. 24 and the crossing on Arendell Street at 8th Street will be closed until Jan. 25.


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Fulworx is a REST framework that uses simple annotations of XWork "Action" implementations to expose restful interfaces. Similar to Struts, Fulworx sits as a controller on top of Restlet. Each action is attached as a resource using Restlets. Standard resources are represented by default as XML (or JSON) using JAXB, but any representation may be specified. Actions may be used in other frameworks such as Struts and Webwork, since they're just XWork implementations.
Tranche is file storage and dissemination software. Designed and built with scientists and researchers in mind, Tranche can handle very large data sets, is secure and scalable, and all data sets are citable in scientific journals. Features include a fully decentralized architecture, support for very large files, very long-term file persistence/preservation, file immutability/integrity, provenance, encryption, licensing, versioning, and citability.
Java distributed framework is a framework for distributed grid and / or volunteer computing. It's divided into a server and client library. You can create new or implement it into existing applications in no time; you don't need knowledge about network connections, sockets, etc. The Framework does almost everything automatically. It provides secure automatic client <-> server communications, unique IDs, automatic resending of jobs to new clients if needed, user stats, and much more. The client framework supports the detection of the computer's user state (idling, away, online, etc.). It also offers many other useful features and helpers for developing a distributed client application.
SpiderDB is a lightweight database schema crawler library developed using Java. It is a simple library that can be used to Crawler the underlying schema of a database and return POJO objects, which makes it very easy to use. This library takes care of all the differences among the various database management systems, and makes application code free from the DBMS differences.You keep using same POJOs even if you change the underlying DBMS.
The J2DGAMEFRAMEWORK provides the necessary classes to implement a simple 2D game in a window enviroment using Java Swing libraries. This framework also provides a Sprite Collision Manager and a simple GUI template. By using this framework, the developers only concern is how to implement classes, and not the 2D World, the collisions, etc. It uses the Observer Design Pattern. It has double-buffered rendering, simple use of collisions, and user-transparent multi-threading for collision classes. You can move sprites like a vector with speed and angle, and simply save and load your game.
A flexible and manageable operating system for PCs, notebooks, and thin clients.
A time synchronization daemon which keeps your system time accurate.


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Wednesday, May 23Today's Hours:
Friday, April 21, 20179:30am - 11:00amOaklyn - Meeting Room
**Weather permitting, 4C Play & Learn will be meeting at Iglehart-North Woods Park on 4/21/17. In the case of rain, 4C Play & Learn will meet at Oaklyn**Play time activities, arts & crafts, and stories & music for children ages 0-5 and their caregivers.These activities are especially geared to those taking care of grandchildren, nieces and nephews, or friends' children -- but all parents and their pre-schoolers are invited.4C is providing the educational toys and staff. EVPL is providing space and access to books, dvds, and cds. Goals include meeting other adults who care for children and giving caretakers take-home activities and materials to extend the fun at home.


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HDPE Plastic Slant Handle F-Style Containers with Caps
This white F-Style bottle is made with durable HDPE plastic and features a slanted handle make handling easy. The rectangular shape saves space on the shelf and offers a sturdy base for a variety of applications. These tough and versatile containers can hold motor oils, lawn and garden products and more.
Caps Included
White cap is ribbed, making it easy to grip and open — even with wet hands. Cap includes a three-ply co-extruded liner consisting of foamed and solid LDPE (F217). Foam core is between two pieces of solid clear LDPE. Liner protects from odor transmission.
Is HDPE right for me?
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) is a plastic material that is economical, impact resistant, and provides a good moisture barrier. HDPE is best known for its naturally translucent appearance and flexibility. It is compatible with a wide range of products including acid concentrates and some caustics, but is not compatible with solvents. The addition of color will make HDPE opaque, but not glossy. HDPE offers good protection at below freezing temperatures, but must not be used with products filled at over 180°F or products requiring a hermetic seal.
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- Containers engineered to prevent leaks and unplanned evacuation of contents. Must be used with cap provided to ensure leakproof performance.
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- Product is 100% recyclable.
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- Packaging engineered & rigorously tested to meet government standards for the shipment of regulated substances. Consult 49 CFR for proper use & labelling.
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- Product provides protection from damaging ultraviolet rays and the decaying effects it can have on sensitive materials.


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