text: Items 49 to 95 of 95 total View 12 / 24 / 48 Previous 1 / 2 Cheap, reliable and works By Kyle on 1/2/2013 Kyle would recommend this product to a friend Way cheaper than competition but does not show in its quality. Works great so far and does what it needs to do..top off. unreliable for me also By 241wrasse on 1/2/2013 241wrasse wouldn't recommend this product to a friend Low cost is nice, but in this case you get what you pay for, & I'd rather pay a little more for an important function. Went on vacation for a week, thank God I had a tank sitter - he found the sump water level dangerously low 3 days into my vacation, with the return pump spouting tons of bubbles into the display tank. Good thing the return pump didn't run dry - would've fried it. Could've gone the opposite way, with the ATO pump running until it overflowed the sump! Randomly it'll quit working - pump light is on but pump not engaged, confirmed the pump is fully functional. ATO box has to be powered off & back on, usually it'll reset back to normal the first time it's power-cycled. Update-Bad Buy By Ron on 12/28/2012 Ron wouldn't recommend this product to a friend This is an update to my review below. Initially was having problems with it automatically timing out randomly when it would turn the aqualifter on. Was leaving for vaction for three weeks and had no time to get a replacement. Worked around it by having the reefkeeper turn it off an reset it every 45 minutes. I've been monitoring it by cam while I'm on vacation. 10 days in, I wake up this morning and log in and one of my water alarms is going off. It has failed now in the on position. Every 45 minutes when the reefkeeper rests it, it's kicking on for the max of 14 before it times out. Can't tell if my floor is flooded yet and had to make an emergency call to a friend that's been checking on the tank to head over and unplug the damn thing. Total junk, thanks JBJ. If you are using this, I highly recommend you don't rely on it to go on vacation. Simple and Effective By Joseph on 12/27/2012 Joseph would recommend this product to a friend Easy setup and works great with 1/2 hose and MJ1200. Dont forget to get a pump when buying this. After research I decided not to go with the aqualifter pump due to head pressure and friction loss in tiny tubing.. Get a better pump and this unit and your set. Best buy By Joseph on 12/22/2012 Joseph would recommend this product to a friend Another great JBJ product, couldn't be easier than this. Works great, a must have for anyone using a sump. Does exactly what I wanted By Chad on 12/15/2012 Chad would recommend this product to a friend This ATO does exactly what you expect it to do. JBJ gives you a few options on how you would set it up, and although I am not an expert I think they include every applicable way to work an ATO. I have one sensor in the third chamber of my sump and the other in a bucket full of fresh RO/DI water. When the water level in the sump gets low, it fills it. If the sensor in the bucket gets triggered it stops pumping water, which saves the pump. I paired this with a Marineland Maxi-jet 400. UNRELIABLE FOR ME By Ron on 12/8/2012 Ron wouldn't recommend this product to a friend I just got the JBJ ATO and it's doing the same thing others have reported on various forums. Randomly, sometimes as much as once an hour, the controller turns on but with in a few seconds goes into time out mode shutting the pump off. I have it set to the max, which lets it run for about 13 1/2 minutes when it's working the way it's suppose to. Some have said the aqualifter may not be drawing enough power, like the reefkeeper problem with Koralia pumps on the solid state relays. I plugged a lamp in, in addition to the aqualifter with no change. So I'm not blaming the aqualifter at this point. Power draw doesn't seem to be the problem. I believe it's a problem with the electronics of the ATO itself. I found a work around on the internet of putting a timer on the ATO using my reefkeeper. Once an hour the reefkeeper turns the ATO off and back on resetting it. This works fine, but my confidence in the ATO isn't that great since I have to manipulate it to work. If the timeout becomes frequent enough, eventually it won't keep up, and worried it will end up having some other failure. Wishing I would have went with the Tunze now, which I'll probably do, and end up almost $300 into an ATO vs $200 if I had bought the Tunze from the beginning. I love BRS, but looking at the return policy for the first time, it states warranty issues must go through the manufacturer, vs. being able to return a defective product directly to BRS. I'd like to swap it for a Tunze, rather than trying to get it fixed or replaced. So that was a disappointment also. Buy yourself a different ATO. Many limitations, one fatal flaw for me By David on 12/2/2012 David wouldn't recommend this product to a friend Don't be fooled by two float switches - they don't work as you'd expect. Instead of redundancy - 1 "high" switch as a backup in case the "low" switch fails or is blocked - it's just 1 switch for minimum water level and 1 switch for maximum water level (Mode B). Or 1 switch in the ATO reservoir to protect the pump from running dry (Mode A). Anyone serious about safe ATO wants redundant switches in the sump/tank. Now I have to decide if I want the Tunze or DIY with my controller. More minor concerns are the mounting brackets for the float switches. They don't fit over the rim of my tank very well and the height setting is adjustable in only large increments. The float switch "guards" don't look like they'd keep anything out - any small to medium size snail could get in there and block the float's motion. All together a disaster waiting to happen. SIMPLE LOW COST OPTION FOR ATO. SIMPLY WORKS. By Kevin on 12/2/2012 Kevin would recommend this product to a friend I've ordered two now, one about a year ago for my main tank and now this for my pico. ATO units don't need to be complicated. They just need to do three things: -Transfer water from a reservoir to your sump/tank. -Not overflow your sump/tank. -Shutoff when reservoir is empty to prevent pump failure. This product does all three, but does not come with a pump so I'd recommend the aqualifter. Reliable By brian on 11/30/2012 brian would recommend this product to a friend Feels a little cheap but runs like a champ. I've had one for over a year with no hiccups and just ordered another one for a frag tank. Bad product failed after 2 months By Martin on 11/23/2012 Martin wouldn't recommend this product to a friend I really regret this buy.....got it for a friend tank....My 2 Tank are on an Osmolator....never had issue....But the JBJ failed to restart after a power outage....no more light nothing ! Don't waste your money By APO on 11/15/2012 APO wouldn't recommend this product to a friend Had this unit and really liked it at first. It seemed to work fine just as advertised. 6 months in the controller has stopped working and emptied my reserve almost causing a major disaster. I figured this was just a stuck float or something but it was not, unit no longer works. Save your money and buy the bigger dosing pump with a timer or even better allow a controller to do it for you. Update By Jeromi on 11/11/2012 Jeromi wouldn't recommend this product to a friend Ok, so I wrote a less than glowing review of the JBJ auto-top off. I managed to do a web search and found that you have to take the unit apart to change the setting for the fail safe. Mine was set as low as it could get and my aqualifter just couldn't keep up. Once I took the unit apart and set it for the 14 minute setting, it's worked with no problem. bad design. annoying By Jeromi on 11/11/2012 Jeromi wouldn't recommend this product to a friend This thing does not turn my aqualifter on. It doesn't matter how I have it set up. I've heard that the aqualifter doesn't draw enough power for the JBJ to even pick up on, but I find that hard to believe. I want to use the Aqualifter because I want a slow top off, but, so far it's been worthless. I have to manually push the float switch down for it to pump any water. This is becoming more of a pain than it's worth. I was better off manually adding water every day. works great By j on 10/3/2012 j would recommend this product to a friend This works great for ATO. It meshes well with the aqualifter EXELLENT PRODUCT FOR A GREAT PRICE By Richard on 9/13/2012 Richard would recommend this product to a friend I have had this unit on my 57 gallon tank for 1 month and love it! Easy to set up. However, I wilsh they had a manget option for the sump float switch as the suction cups don't work that well. Long story short, I made my own. In short, I highly recommend this product. In fact, I am buying a second one right now!! good product By Matthew on 9/9/2012 Matthew would recommend this product to a friend i got the auto top off about 5 months and it just makes everything so much easier to have a high mantiance hobby Good Product By Matthew on 9/4/2012 Matthew would recommend this product to a friend I have had this controller on a few tanks for the last 3 years and it has performed well. Be sure to take the safety time limit (3 min max I believe) into account when selecting the pump. You want to be able to run less than that amount for normal top-offs but less that what would cause a flood. Easy to use By Vincent on 9/1/2012 Vincent would recommend this product to a friend A very quick to set up and run ATO. Everything is tucked away out of sight in the sump area and the unit comes with more than enough hanging options for the floats. Good product. Works as expected By Nicholas on 8/7/2012 Nicholas would recommend this product to a friend This product does exactly what I needed. There's not much else to say. I haven't been using it for long so I can't speak to the longevity and final value, but it was easy to set up and works great so far. Affordable and Exceptional ATO By Jason on 7/14/2012 Jason would recommend this product to a friend Purchased for my SPS dominated 40 Breeder. Works well out of box, and very easily assembled. Mounting brackets are a bit of an issue dealing with, but I ended up fabricating my own for my needs. Great unit By David on 7/2/2012 David would recommend this product to a friend I got this unit two weeks ago, and it has worked great. No more filling up the tank every day. Great product By Jeff on 6/30/2012 Jeff would recommend this product to a friend As expected a great product at a great price Great Purchase By Jeff on 6/30/2012 Jeff would recommend this product to a friend I wish I didn't wait so long to buy this ATO. This is a great product at a great price. For some reason I thought it came with a pump which it did not; no fault of the product, I should have read the description more thoroughly well worth the money By David on 6/7/2012 David would recommend this product to a friend I have three reef tanks each needing top offs daily of up to 1.5 gallons. This has relieved me of much daily work. It is accurate and dependable. An inexpensive pump works like a charm, and keeps the specific gravity constant. Two caveats though. Make sure the outflow is above the tank water level to avoid reverse siphoning, and remove snails from the sump. Twice a tank flooded because a snail interfered with the sump sensor. perfect for reducing daily maintance By Robert on 5/29/2012 Robert would recommend this product to a friend great item to have install in your tank/sump. removes the daily maintance to top off your tank manually. especally on a small biocube :P JBJ A.T.O. - Automatic Auto Top Off System Water Level Controller By onlylight36 on 5/22/2012 onlylight36 would recommend this product to a friend man I like this little item, it keeps my tank topped off , so I don't have to worry about my water levels dropping off to much. Recommend for any tank. By Shawn on 5/20/2012 Shawn would recommend this product to a friend This ATO is great for the money. I used it connected to a MJ 1200 and 5 gal reservoir and never had any issues. Make sure your hose from the reservoir to the tank is out of the water or it will back siphon. Definitely recommend. Great! By Jason on 4/26/2012 Jason would recommend this product to a friend I've had many tanks over the years and this is my first ATO and wow I cant imagine ever having another tank without one again. Easy to setup and use well worth the money Great! Well worth the money!! By david on 3/26/2012 david would recommend this product to a friend I bought this ATO just about 10 months ago so i could go on vacation and it performed perfectly. to this day its still running strong keeping my water at the correct level Perfect! By Deborah on 3/15/2012 Deborah would recommend this product to a friend This is an amazing product, comes with many different mounting heights and has an auto shut off for when your top off water runs out so that your pump does not stay on and burn itself out. Note: this does not include a pump so you will need to get one, but buy it and be happy that your tank will have more stability and you wont have to do manual top offs near as much! Works great & very reliable By Eric on 3/14/2012 Eric would recommend this product to a friend We have had one of these systems running our ATO for the last 2 years. With the exception of occasional cleaning of the float switched it works maintenance free. We now have three of them on our three tanks. Great value for a solid ATO system. sweet By rafael on 2/17/2012 rafael would recommend this product to a friend i started to use this ato system and i absolutly love it! Overall good performance By lilredwuck on 2/13/2012 lilredwuck would recommend this product to a friend I use this with a Tom's Aqua lifter, and a 5 gallon bucket from Home Depot. Works perfectly except when I mess with things like adjusting the skimmer. Safety timer turns it off even though it isn't done filling. Haven't had any problems besides that. Have usually caught it when it happens. pretty good By sqasnatch on 1/28/2012 sqasnatch would recommend this product to a friend should come with a on off switch for water changes nice system By William on 12/28/2011 William would recommend this product to a friend this auto top off system works like a charm!!! A good Product By joe on 11/25/2011 joe would recommend this product to a friend It does exactly what it says, refills the top off. However it is very hard for me to adjust the time the contoller lets the pump stay on. I would recommend this for anyone who wants an inexpensive top off controller. Simple and does the job By Nathan on 9/27/2011 Nathan would recommend this product to a friend Does what it says, no complaints here. Don't forget you need a pump thou. great product By Bryan on 8/11/2011 Bryan would recommend this product to a friend Product works like stated customer service from JBJ is good. I think that some people just dont follow directions well, or fail to check website for fixes on buzzer and fail safe shut off timer. Recommend!! By Alex on 8/11/2011 Alex would recommend this product to a friend I would def recommend this to everyone. 3 Months and Sensor Broken By PK on 7/31/2011 PK wouldn't recommend this product to a friend It worked well for the time being but one of the sensors broke. It flooded my tank. Good thing it had a timer off. crap By boo-v on 7/6/2011 boo-v wouldn't recommend this product to a friend Hate this thing, it turns on when it wants to and almost always adds too much water to my system, I should have kept my money and went with a gravity ATO Easy to use By Steven on 5/17/2011 Steven would recommend this product to a friend I would def recommend this to everyone. this system is so easy to use I had it set up in less than 4 min. Works very well By Chris on 4/28/2011 Chris would recommend this product to a friend This little unit is a trooper, I have a constant water level in my BIoCube 29 now. This means my skimmer in chamber 2 can work 24/7 now. Very pleased with this product so far. Works great By Ethan on 12/23/2010 Ethan would recommend this product to a friend works great easy to setup pretty much plug and play. Only thing you need is a pump which i used a aqua lifter pump for 16 bucks. Solid and very affordable ATO sollution By Fred on 9/29/2010 Fred would recommend this product to a friend This is the easiest to use ATO that i have ever used and BRS has made the unit very affordable to purchase and its very reliable. I have read complaints of people using this ATO .. but they were old versions. The Manufacture has stamped out the bugs as I personally have not seen any issues thus far from this product and I run two on different systems. A must for sucess with a reef tank. By MandM on 7/24/2010 MandM would recommend this product to a friend Automating the top-off process made a huge difference in my tank. In the summer I evaporate up to 3g per day. Daily manual top-offs were messy and if I missed a day, the salinitiy got too high to allow a complete top-off, I had to add slowly. Keeping a constant level made for a much happier tank and tank-keeper. Write Your Own Review You're reviewing: JBJ A.T.O. Water Level Controller *How do you rate this product? *Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes No *Nickname *Summary of Your Review *Review Submit Review


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- Ex-EPISD superintendent Lorenzo García moved to halfway house
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- NY Times: Sentence cut for ex-EPISD Superintendent Lorenzo García in test scandal
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- Beto O'Rourke: Keep ex-EPISD superintendent jailed
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- EPISD: Former superintendent's prison sentence reduced
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- Former EPISD superintendent Lorenzo García to serve 3 1/2-year sentence at Pennsylvania prison
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- Jailed ex-EPISD superintendent Lorenzo García moved to Oklahoma City
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- Former EPISD superintendent Lorenzo García's prison assignment uncertain
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- Former EPISD Superintendent Lorenzo García gets 42 months, offers no apologies for scandal
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- New EPISD monitor Fred Liner experienced in aiding districts in crisis
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- Elected EPISD trustees take office
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- Coronado High's Morales named master principal, given oversight of Bowie High
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- Former EPISD chief Garcia pays $22,000 in restitution
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- Prison officials: ex-EPISD superintendent's sentence will not be reinstated
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- TEA seeks to punish 11 in EPISD cheating scheme
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- EPISD whistleblower Pat Scott recognized in Washington
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- TEA official who oversaw botched EPISD investigations resigns
Former El Paso Independent School District Superintendent Lorenzo García is expected to be sentenced today in federal court for his participation in a cheating scheme that is still the object of an FBI investigation.
García is to be sentenced on two counts of conspiracy to commit mail fraud by Senior U.S. District Judge David Briones at 11 a.m.
One charge stems from García directing six unindicted co-conspirators and others to fraudulently inflate student test scores so struggling schools would appear to meet federal accountability standards, which are based on 10th-grade state standardized exams.
The scheme involved school district employees changing grades from passing to failing to keep some students in ninth grade, holding Mexican transfer students in ninth grade regardless of their transcripts and implementing credit-recovery programs so intentionally retained students could catch up to their appropriate grade and graduate on time.
García received $54,000 in bonuses that were stipulated in his contract if the district did well on state and federal accountability standards.
The other charge was unrelated to the cheating.
García also admitted in June to helping his mistress get a $450,000 sole-source district contract.
Under his plea agreement, García would serve 3åyears in prison and pay $180,000 in restitution to the school district.
Last week, former state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, who accused the district of "disappearing" students to meet accountability standards, filed a court brief urging Briones to impose a harsher sentence than the one reached in the plea agreement.
As details about the crimes came to light, scrutiny increased on top EPISD administrators and school board members, whom state and local officials criticized for failing to act against wrongdoing in a district where two former trustees and an ex-associate superintendent had pleaded guilty to federal charges in a separate public-corruption case.
The Texas Education Agen cy on Aug. 13 punished the district with several sanctions, including lowering its accreditation status to probation, assigning a monitor to report findings to the state and directing the district to hire companies to oversee testing and to identify the structural defects that allowed the cheating to occur.
"The actions of the EPISD reflect not only an utter disregard for the needs of students served by the district but also a willingness to cast aside basic principles that form the foundation of our systems of instruction and accountability," TEA Chief Deputy Commissioner Richard Todd Webster wrote in an August letter addressed to school board President Isela Castañon-Williams and then-EPISD interim Superintendent Terri Jordan.
"These grave circumstances are compounded by the structural and organizational defects within the district that allowed this type of misconduct to flourish," Webster wrote.
Soon after García's guilty pleas, a diverse group of business and political leaders called for the school board to undertake more accountability and establish a plan for rebuilding the district.
Several officials -- including Texas Transportation Commission Chairman Ted Hough ton, County Judge Veronica Escobar and some City Council representatives -- echoed calls for the five most senior trustees to resign.
Trustees insisted that there was no way they could have known about García's scheme, despite concerns expressed by several people, including Shapleigh, about efforts to cheat accountability measures at the expense of students.
The school board also cited in its defense the fact that the Texas Education Agency in October 2010 cleared the district of allegations of wrongdoing brought up by Shapleigh that the district was "disappearing" students.
A May 2011 internal audit showed evidence that the transcripts for 77 students at Bowie High School in South El Paso had been tampered with, which included illegal grade changes and unexplained promotions of ninth-graders to the 11th grade.
The board allowed García to have direct oversight of the internal auditor regarding the district's investigative and reporting activities into allegations of wrongdoing at Bowie High, Castañon-Williams said in June.
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I called in at the local Co-Op on my way home tonight, picked up some reduced stir fry and grapes and went to pay. The shopping infront of mine was a huge tub of ice cream, bananas, nutella, flour, eggs and milk. I was actually drooling with envy
I did however manage to leave without drooling on the conveyer belt or following the chap whose shopping it was home, lol
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Summer's End in New England
The garden may be winding down, but there's still lots of color to be seen before the first frost . . .
Back Yard Flower Close-ups Garden Lawn Medium (1,000 - 5,000 sq ft.) Patio
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If my garden looked anything like this, I'd never leave. So beautifully planted. Only trouble is you've set the bar so high.
Wow, that's an amazing way to finish up the season. You have perfect plant spacing. My garden looks overgrown and too crowded late in the season.
Your gardens and yard are looking fantastic. The hill is filling in and I like the fountain grasss. Not many gardeners use 'Boltonia'...very pretty.
Beautiful assortment of plantings and great use of space!
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(Updated with additional countries) Movie support has been added to iTunes in the Cloud in three more regions. The UK, Canada, and Columbia now have access to the feature, which ensures that movies bought on one device are automatically available for download elsewhere. Previously the countries could only use the option for music, apps, books, and music videos.


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Sako chambered in 270 WSM.
Ruger No.1 270 cal.
Remington 700 in 270 wsm with 140grn Nosler Accubond.
Winchester model 70 in 300 Win Mag, shooting 180 gr power points, love it
Remington 700 in 300 RUM, 180 gr nosler accubonds. It kills everything I pull the trigger on.
For running around in the steep stuff - a 700 mountain rifle in .30-06. In more moderate terrain I like my .270 700 BDL. If it's going to be really flat I tend to be more fond of my M77 in .25-06.
Browning X-bolt .270 w/ 130 gr BTSP. I'd like to start loading my own when I buy a house with a garage. I will prob get a custom trigger this year. It's topped with a Ziess Conquest 20X scope with target turrets. Successfully shot it out to 450 yards with some misses at 525 yds.
I am surprised that no one claimed a .30-378...
same as musket man. pre 64 mod 70 270. one hell of a gun. countless of downed games
T/C Encore in 7mm-08 with Hornady SST.
My son's Ruger In 7x57 is also one of my favorites, this thing is the most accurate gun i have ever shot, used to be my dads and he handed it down to my son.
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Licking County Sheriff's Office deputies closed a section of Wayne Avenue off of Ohio 79 in Newark Township after several plastic bottles thrown at a home exploded Saturday.
According to Sgt. Misty Van Balen, of the Licking County Sheriff's Office, the resident of the home, 338 Wayne Ave., said two bottles exploded on impact and another went off shortly thereafter. The call came in at 10:15 p.m.
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Beyond earthworms, most people probably haven't given much thought to soil.
But "Symphony of the Soil," a new film from Deborah Koons Garcia, encourages a closer look. The movie, which dives into the life in our soil and why it all matters, will be screened at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville.
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From left, Green Bay Packers offensive linemen Don Barclay, Josh Sitton, Evan Dietrich-Smith, T.J. Lang and Marshall Newhouse take a break during the NFC wild-card playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on Saturday. They had a nice game against the Vikings, but the San Francisco 49ers should be a tougher test. H. Marc Larson/Press-Gazette Media
One thing the Green Bay Packers almost never do with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback is lose games. They dont win every time, but they dont give games away.
So when backup quarterback Joe Webb, on Minnesotas 13th play from scrimmage, with his arms hogtied by linebacker Erik Walden, threw one of the dumbest passes of all time to avoid a sack a pop fly with interception written all over it there was little doubt the Packers were going to prevail against the Vikings in their wild-card playoff.
Lets face it, a team quarterbacked by Rodgers would beat a team quarterbacked by Webb not only 10 out of 10 times, but maybe 100 out of 100.
But there still were several positive signs for the Packers that had little to do with Webbs dreadful pocket presence, cluelessness when it came to reading coverage and inability to hit the broadside of a barn.
The offensive line
The game was all but settled when the Packers took a 24-3 lead. Thus, their final numbers maybe didnt look good. But up to that point, with 9:25 left in the third quarter, they had controlled the clock for 21 of 35 minutes and had gained 314 of their 326 yards.
Maybe the line benefited some from the field conditions and the temperature, and maybe from Jared Allens injured shoulder.
But the pass blocking was extremely good, and the drive where that really jumped out was the last one of the first half when the Packers covered 59 yards on three pass plays and scored with 38 seconds remaining. Those were obvious passing situations, and the pocket was perfect on the first two. The third was a rollout.
Marshall Newhouse has had solid back-to-back games against Allen. Allen had one sack Saturday night a coverage sack. At this point, Newhouse appears to have cleaned up some of his technique issues and is playing at a serviceable level, which is usually good enough. Probably 90 percent of the offensive linemen in the league fall into that category.
Evan Dietrich-Smith isnt dominant, but he appears to be good enough, too. John Kuhns 3-yard touchdown run was a classic trap play where linemen down blocked and T.J. Lang pulled. Dietrich-Smith didnt blow his guy off the ball, but he turned his hips and shielded him from the play.
That was reminiscent of Scott Wells. Wells was undersized, but effective. Had Fred Evans, the defensive tackle, penetrated against Dietrich-Smith, that blows up the play. Thats why the centers block is the key to its success.
Late, Dietrich-Smith and Lang had some problems with Evans in the run game and Newhouse got beat for a sack by Christian Ballard. But that was garbage time. If Saturdays game against San Francisco is close in the fourth quarter and Justin Smith is playing alongside Aldon Smith, that will be a much truer test for the left side of the line.
RB DuJuan Harris
Up to this game, there was some question whether Harris could catch the ball out of the backfield. Then he dropped his first opportunity. But, thereafter, he showed he could catch screen passes, check-downs, swing passes anything thrown at him. Now, the next question is: How will he do on blitz pickup? He hasnt seen a lot of that and, no doubt, thats partly why Kuhn replaces him in some passing situations.
Clearly, the Packers would rather have the ball in Harris hands than Kuhns or Ryan Grants. At 5-foot-8, for Harris to be wheres he at, starting for a playoff team, he has to have good vision. And you saw that on his 9-yard touchdown run. He took a step right, saw that Newhouse had caved down Allen on the backside and exploded back through the crease.
For comparison sake, just before that with 1:44 remaining in the first quarter, Grant ran left, found the hole was plugged and was dropped for a loss. But the backside of the line, from right tackle Don Barclay on down, had collapsed the Vikings line of scrimmage.
It was great blocking with a huge cutback lane. The problem was Grant doesnt have enough in the tank to take advantage of those cutbacks. Plus, Grant didnt even appear to see the hole.
The receiving corps
The Vikings played nickel minus a linebacker for most of the game and rushed just four. Whats more, one of the two remaining linebackers, Erin Henderson, either lined up 6 yards deep or bailed out at the snap to cover the low hole under the safeties in a two-deep zone. That left the short middle wide open. As a result, the Packers backs were targeted 10 times.
But as much as the Vikings were trying to take away the big play, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb combined for 12 catches for 170 yards, a 14.2 average. As expected, the Vikings didnt have enough good cover people to handle the Packers three- and four- wide receiver sets.
DB Charles Woodson
Woodson made his presence known immediately. On the Vikings first series, they advanced from their 32 to the Packers 13 where they faced second-and-5. Adrian Peterson had rushed for 33 yards on just five carries and even a 3- or 4-yard gain at that point might have led to a touchdown.
The Vikings lined up in the kind of bunch formation to the right that they had run out of so successfully in the previous two games. An NBC graphic Saturday night showed Peterson had averaged 16.4 yards against the Packers when he ran or bounced plays wide right. But Woodson crawled up to the line of scrimmage, knifed through and dropped Peterson for a 2-yard loss.
Especially in the first half, Woodson would come up to linebacker depth, and the Packers would be essentially playing a 3-5 front. And much of the time, he was across from a tight end or a wingback to that side, formations that had exploited Tramon Williams shortcomings as a tackler.
The outside linebacker play was better than it was at the Metrodome. They stayed home longer waiting for Peterson to cross the line of scrimmage before closing down to the ball. That made it tougher for Peterson to cut back and get around the corner.
But a bigger part was having Woodson taking on blockers, throwing his body around and making tackles. For example, with 3:17 to go in the first half, Peterson gained 6 yards from the Vikings 12. Walden set the point and forced Peterson inside. Then Woodson, at linebacker depth, forced Peterson to stay to the inside, which, in turn, allowed Woodson and A.J. Hawk to combine for the tackle.
Last week, Walden might have crashed down and given Peterson the outside. Then with only Williams to beat to the sideline, Peterson might have been on his way to an 88-yard touchdown.
Former Press-Gazette sports editor Cliff Christl and former football coach and player Eric Baranczyk offer their analysis of Green Bay Packers games each week.


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Just Seine ... Why bother with the TSA and rude French cabbies when you can motor northwest of Detroit and be in Paris, with its very own Eiffel Tower, in just four hours?
Oui! Paris, Mich., is just south of Reed City and north of Big Rapids. Surely you know Reed City just east of Nirvana.
When I covered Michigan for the Free Press some 30-plus years ago, I was taken by the place names of towns and villages I saw. I used to drive through Paris a lot en route to the Kmart in Big Rapids.
Alaska, California, Delaware and Wyoming all in Michigan. Athens, Boston, Frankfort and Hamburg all legit hamlets in our state.
And dare we neglect Holland, Waterloo or Phoenix. Many times I went west from Atlanta through Vienna to reach Johannesburg.
I still tool through Moscow on U.S. 12. And while there is a Rome Center, but no just Rome in Michigan, there is a Romulus and Remus and Pompeii.
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The improving economy means manufacturers are busy and need to get their products out to customers.
That means shipping goods out by truck, which translates to steady demand for both regional delivery as well as cross-country drivers. The state projects between 2,000 and 3,000 positions will be available annually in Wisconsin through 2020.
The outlook suggests that (trucking companies) are looking aggressively to fill the needs they have, said Jeff Sachse, a labor market analyst for the state Department of Workforce Development.
He said for the next several years, truck driving will be among the fastest growing job sectors in the state.
Numbers from Fox Valley Technical Colleges truck driving program in Grand Chute suggests graduates have little trouble finding work. In 2012, about 94 percent of FVTCs 173 trucking program graduates found a job within six months of graduation.
Rob Behnke, chair of FVTCs truck driving program, said the college annually graduates between 200 and 215 drivers, who will have a commercial drivers license after completing the program, which can take up to 18 weeks. FVTC, Waukesha County Technical College and Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire are the only three schools in the Wisconsin Technical College System that offer a truck driving program.
Todays long-haul truck drivers on average are in their mid-50s to early 60s, Behnke said. Retirements during the next five years means demand for drivers only will increase.
Opportunity is out there, especially for the entry-level driver, he said.
Sachse said truck drivers only are one facet of a complex national logistics network. Demand also exists for warehousing and inventory specialists who can track cargo and ensure it arrives at its destination.
Logistics in general is an area of strong demand because of the variety of jobs in that sector, he said.
Dispatchers to coordinate shipments and people skilled in supply chain management are among the assorted jobs showing steady long-term growth, Sachse said.
Because Wisconsin is not a main distribution hub, but is home to many goods producers, those companies depend on the trucking industry to ship products, he said.
This has benefited Ashwaubenon-based Schneider National, one of the nations largest trucking companies.
Manufacturing growth has a two to one impact on the trucking industry, said Mike Hinz, vice president of driver recruiting at Schneider. When the country is going through a manufacturing recovery, it means demand increases for raw materials and getting those finished products from the plants to distribution centers.
Hinz said drivers in general should have little trouble finding work today. However, finding people to consider jobs in the industry can prove challenging.
The National Association of Publicly Funded Truck Driving Schools reported people seeking training has dropped. The association said its members in 2005 were training about 18,000 students annually but by 2012 that number fell 22 percent to 14,000.
Behnke, who is president of the association, which represents about 130 schools nationally, said some prospective students find the working hours and the possibility of being away from home for extended periods a deterrent.
Hinz said Schneider partners with FVTC to recruit and train drivers. It also has relations with the military who works with service men and women seeking employment after completing a tour.
We have to take multiple angles to find drivers but we want to make sure were out there telling people trucking is a viable career option, Hinz said.
The Department of Labor said the average national annual salary for a truck driver in 2011 was $54,154. In Wisconsin, the average annual wage was $41,276.
Behnke said FVTC trucking program graduates, who get entry-level work, may earn close to $40,000 annually. Hinz said entry-level drivers at Schneider may earn between $39,000 and $42,000 annually.
Many students in FVTCs truck driving program are people seeking second careers, those in their early to mid-40s. Behnke said.
Hinz said someone new to the industry but with a good work history is an attractive employee to Schneider.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Detroit Tigers enter the 2013 season
as defending American League champions and anything less than another trip to
the World Series would have to be considered a huge letdown in the Motor City.
The Tigers entered the 2012 campaign as huge favorites to win an American
League Central title. While it may not have been easy, as the team sat below
.500 for most of the first half of the season, and never actually clinched a
division title until the final week of the regular season.
Detroit then outlasted the Oakland Athletics in the ALDS before sweeping the
New York Yankees in the ALCS. But that offense that carried the Tigers for
much of the second half of the year and through the first two rounds of the
playoffs disappeared in the World Series, as they were swept by the San
Francisco Giants in four games.
As good as the Tigers were a year ago, they may be even better this season
with the additions of outfielder Torii Hunter and the return of Victor
Martinez, who missed all of last season with an ACL injury.
Of course, the Tigers are led by Triple Crown winner and reigning AL MVP
Miguel Cabrera, who had a season for the ages in 2012, leading the league with
a .330 average, 44 home runs and 139 RBI. His partner in crime, Prince
Fielder, enjoyed his first year in Motown, as he hit .313 with 30 home runs
and 108 RBI.
While Cabrera and Fielder hold down the fort from the offensive side, it
doesn't get much better on the mound than Justin Verlander, who followed up
his MVP and Cy Young seasons with another typical great year in 2012.
As 2013 gets underway, manager Jim Leyland guides a club that is better on
paper than his championship team was a year ago. And there are some rumors
that this may be the 68-year-old Leyland's last at the helm.
Is there a better way to end a career than with a championship?
Below we take a capsule look at the 2013 edition of the Tigers, with a
personnel evaluation and prognosis included therein:
2012 FINISH (88-74) - First Place (AL Central)
KEY OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Torii Hunter (OF)
KEY OFFSEASON SUBTRACTIONS: Gerald Laird (C), Delmon Young (OF), Jose Valverde
(RHP), Daniel Schlereth (LHP), Ryan Raburn (2B/OF)
PROJECTED LINEUP: Austin Jackson (CF); Torii Hunter (RF); Miguel Cabrera (3B);
Prince Fielder (1B); Victor Martinez (DH); Andy Dirks (LF); Jhonny Peralta
(SS); Alex Avila (C); Omar Infante (2B)
PROJECTED ROTATION: Justin Verlander (RHP); Max Scherzer (RHP); Doug Fister
(RHP); Anibal Sanchez (RHP); Rick Porcello (RHP)
PROJECTED CLOSER: Bruce Rondon (RHP)
MANAGER: Jim Leyland
The Tigers already had one of the more potent lineups in the American League.
It figures to be even better this season with the addition of Torii Hunter and
the return of Victor Martinez.
Essentially Hunter will replace light-hitting Brennan Boesch, while Martinez
will re-claim the designated hitter spot that was occupied by Delmon Young,
who reached base a miserable 29-percent of the time.
Just having those two, along with tremendous speedy leadoff man Austin
Jackson, should create more run opportunities for Miguel Cabrera and Prince
Speaking of Cabrera, there really is no reason to think he won't replicate his
average from last year and the lineup additions should net him close to his
RBI total from a year ago. If he's able to match his home run production, he
may very well repeat as a Triple Crown winner. Even still, a big offensive
season is expected regardless if he leads the league in those categories.
It's not all rainbows and sunshine in Tigers land. The team is going to be one
of the best in baseball, but they still are trying to find a closer.
Righty Jose Valverde was replaced in the playoffs last season and was not re-
signed this winter. Lefty Phil Coke got some opportunities last postseason and
seemed to do an admirable job, but still manager Jim Leyland has not given him
the job. In fact, he's almost gone out of his way not to name him his closer.
In a perfect world rookie Bruce Rondon would have wowed everyone with a
tremendous spring and would have been given the job. However, the highly
touted prospect struggled at the outset, leaving the Tigers back at square
one. But, he showed flashes of being a capable closer recently and appears he
will be the guy to head north.
However, if those struggles return, look for Detroit to use a closer-by-
committee and as much as everyone may not like it, Coke will likely get the
bulk of the opportunities. But, Leyland still feels more comfortable with him
as a left-handed setup man along with righty Joaquin Benoit.
The more likely scenario is that the Tigers deal Rick Porcello for an
established closer. The only problem is that Porcello has looked really good
this spring and the Tigers may not want to part with him.
Speaking of that starting pitching ...
When Felix Hernandez inked his $135 million extension, the contract focus
shifted to Justin Verlander, whose $80 million deal expires at the end of the
2014 campaign.
Some are speculating that he could wind up being the first pitcher to top the
$200 million mark. And rightfully so. The former AL Cy Young and MVP had
another marvelous season for the Tigers in 2012, as went 17-8 with a 2.64 ERA
and an MLB-high 239 strikeouts, earning his fourth consecutive All-Star
selection, to go along with a second-place finish in the AL Cy Young race.
Quite simply he's the best the game has to offer at the moment. And as good as
the lineup is, this team isn't going anywhere without their now 30-year-old
right-handed horse.
But, it's not just Verlander, though.
Tigers' starters in general last season combined to go 63-51 last season, with
a 3.76 ERA. The group posted the second-best ERA in the AL last year, and tied
for second in the league with the least losses suffered, just one worse than
the New York Yankees.
Righties Max Scherzer, Anibal Sanchez and Doug Fister all slot in behind the
great Verlander, while the fifth spot figures to go to either lefty Drew Smyly
or Porcello, if he's still there.
X-FACTOR: ALEX AVILA: One of the few disappointments for the 2012 Tigers was
the regression of catcher Alex Avila. After a career year in 2011 that saw
Avila hit .295 with 19 home runs and 82 RBI, the backstop managed to hit at
just a .243 clip last season and saw his power numbers drop to nine home runs
with a 48 RBI. His struggles led to less playing time and not helping things
was the fact that Gerald Laird shined, while Avila sat. But Laird is gone.
There is no more confusion as to who the starting catcher is. Avila is as good
a defensive catcher as there is in the league, but he needs to be better at
the plate, specifically he needs to cut down on his strikeouts. Leyland has
told him he needs to swing more. If he takes his manager's advice and he gets
back to where he was two years ago offensively, the Tigers are going to be
even more dangerous than people think.
The sky is the limit for the defending American League champions. Anything
less than an AL Central title would be a huge disappointment, especially when
you consider the return of Martinez and the acquisition of Hunter. The Tigers
are good. There are not many teams in the league who not only have an MVP
candidate, but a Cy Young frontrunner as well. How often can you say that a
player has a legit shot to repeat as a Triple Crown winner?
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By Grant Bissell
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (KSDK) - So often after a big snow storm we hear of people having heart attacks and strokes because shoveling all that snow off your driveway can take a real toll on your body and land you in the hospital.
With wet heavy snow like this it doesn't take long to overwork yourself.
NewsChannel 5's Grant Bissell had the Rock Community Fire Protection District monitor his vital signs as he shoveled snow Monday, and his heart rate skyrocketed.
"So right now your heart rate is about, this is your heart rate here. It's been bouncing around 65-70," said Paramedic Tyler McBroom.
An average heart rate is anywhere between 60 and 80 beats per minute, depending on your age. But once you start working hard, like shoveling snow, that rate can jump quickly.
Bissell shoveled for three minutes and then had the paramedics check him again.
"Your heart rate is up. You were at about 70. Now you're bouncing around at 90-95," said McBroom.
He was then checked after five minutes of shoveling.
"Right now you're actually tachycardic. That's when your heart rate is over 100 bmp. It's at about 120ish," said McBroom.
McBroom says that's still in the normal range for someone Bissell's age who's exercising. But it's when he shoveled for seven minutes straight that his heart rate more than doubled from the resting rate of 70 to 150 beats per minute. It's at that level where people may get into trouble.
"There's definitely an increase of chest pain calls, cardiac calls and stroke calls because a lot of times people want to clear their driveways but they're not in shape for that," said Harder. "Many times people will just dismiss these chest pains as just overworking. But never dismiss that. Immediately call 911. That's what we're there for."
Harder says the elderly and people who have already had a heart attack are at a greater risk of running into trouble because their hearts just can't maintain that high work load.
If you're in a situation like that and need help, you may just be best to throw the neighbor kid a few bucks and have him do it for you.


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UNDATED -- 2 Wants to Know has been telling you about the problems at Academy Eye Associates for months. People called 2 Wants to Know and Call for Action because they paid for glasses and contacts and then waited for weeks or even months without hearing anything back. No glasses. No money. So far, we've helped get $2,000 refunded to Academy Eye patients. But there are more complaints out there.
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At the recent public hearing about water sprinklers we were told "safety" and "fire deaths" were the issue, but when rebuttals were made we were told by some planning commission members it was about insuring growth in the outlying areas... which is it?
Updating the law to only require the newest homes over 1,000 foot away to have sprinklers most likely would not have changed the fire deaths in Tennessee.
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GREENVILLE, Ky. (8/30/13) – Three Muhlenberg North Middle School football coaches have resigned after concerns arose about an incident on the players' bus after a game Tuesday night.
According to Muhlenberg County Schools Interim Superintendent Sonny Fentress, no students were touched and the incident revolved around the coaches using poor choices of words.
"Everyone makes mistakes," said Fentress. "The coaches used bad language in front of the students and we can't have that around our students."
Fentress said the coaches, which he would not name without an open records request from SurfKY News, met with Muhlenberg North Middle School Principal Steve Sparks Thursday and tendered their resignations from the MNMS football program.
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Archer Zenobia Pitts, 9, takes aim at her target at Wasting Arrows, Reno's new and only public indoor archery range. The archery range, located on 8975 Double Diamond, is open noon to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends.
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Wasting Arrows, Reno's newest addition to the archery scene, gives enthusiasts a place to let the arrows fly indoors.
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The tuna possilippo on a handmade table with a photograph of original owner Molly Barresi from the 1960s. Sarah Wagner bought the restaurant in 2005.
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Commissioner Bud Selig is prepared to levy a lifetime suspension on New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, while suspending about eight others before the weekend, two people with knowledge of the negotiations told USA TODAY Sports.
The people were unauthorized to speak publicly because no announcement is expected until Thursday or Friday.
Rodriguez, according to his attorney, David Cornwell, will appeal any suspension, regardless of the severity. The other players are expected to receive 50-game bans, and most are considering accepting the discipline without appealing, ...


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Helen Whigham of Alamogordo was elected president and Marty Mills of Cloudcroft is the new first vice-president. They succeed Robert Kirkpatrick and Kenn Parker, who both chose to not run for re-election.
"Robert and Kenn did a really good job and got a lot of people involved," said Connie Klofonda, former longtime president. "They put a lot of time and effort into our Earth Day booth, and into setting up the planter on the patio outside the exhibit hall."
The Master Gardener Association has more than 70 members.
Whigham said she'd like to use the association's resources to reach out and help people who do not have gardens, like getting potted plants to people who are living in mobile homes or who don't have gardening areas.
She also wants more workshops, like the one coming up on pruning, this year's workshop on bonsai and last year's workshop on grafting.
"The bonsai was very hands-on, very informational," Whigham said.
"I'm going to ask our members what they'd like to learn and what field trips they'd be interested in," she added.
"I'd like to see us actually make pots, hypertufa, which is cement and peat moss, I have the recipe. They're nice for succulents. We could make some and sell them at our booth at Earth Day, or possibly make them available to people who don't have a place to grow plants."
Mills said one of her goals is to have our meetings be more educational, not just business.
"We have so many talented, awesome people, helping us.
Also re-elected as vice-presidents were Lois Glahn, membership; Klofonda, communications; and Bev Eckman-Onyskow, public relations. Sharron Longshore was re-elected as secretary and Bob Skaar as treasurer. Master Gardener classes: A 12-week series of classes leading to certification as a master gardener is tentatively scheduled to start in September. Tuition is $80, which includes a CD and printouts of the lectures. Applications are available at the Otero County Extension Office at the fairgrounds.
Applications are also available at www.oteromastergardeners.com
In addition to the classes, graduates are required to contribute 30 communityservice hours annually to retain certification. Pruning: January and February are the ideal times to prune woody perennials in our high-desert climate.
The basic pruning tools for ground-level plants are hand shears and lopper shears. Remember to clean them before you use them, and clean them between plants, so you won't spread a problem. Safety goggles are a smart addition to your gardening attire, to prevent getting stray chips and dust in your eyes. Whigham suggested using Clorox wipes to clean your pruners.
For trees, add a pruning saw for woody limbs six inches or less in diameter and a chainsaw for thicker limbs. Here's a caution: if you don't feel comfortable pruning trees, or don't know the proper techniques, hire a professional to do it.
Dr. Curtis W. Smith, former New Mexico State University Extension Horticulture specialist, wrote the guide "Tree Pruning Techniques," which is available online at www.oteromastergardeners.com. Click on "Trees & Shrubs," then follow the link to "Tree Pruning Techniques."
In his guide, Smith cautioned, "You may need the assistance of a tree care professional. Home owners can safely handle most pruning of a young tree, but pruning high, heavy limbs of mature trees using sharp cutting tools can be very dangerous. If power lines, heights or valuable property are involved below or near the tree call a professional."
Generally, prune back obviously dead wood on woody perennials like roses and small trees, and prune crossed branches to open up the center to get air circulation. Glahn recommended that you do not stand under a tree being trimmed. More pre-spring gardening: It's two months until the official start of spring, so remember to continue watering your woody perennials because they need water even in the winter.
The best way to water is at the drip-line, an imaginary line from the farthest reach of the plant to the ground.
Roots grow to water, so if you water at the base of the plant, the roots will grow toward the water. This means a large plant, like a tree, could eventually topple over for lack of support.
I like to stick a hose nozzle on medium-fine spray into the ground at the drip line, and set a timer for 30 minutes, then move it to the next plant. I do this with several rose bushes, my apple tree, my ornamental plum and my Mexican palm tree. We're in a extreme drought cycle, so water those woody perennials twice a month if the weather stays warm, unless there is measurable precipitation. Farmers' market: The Alamogordo Farmers' Market, the only year-around farmers' market in this area, is open at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays at the Otero County Fairgrounds, until it sells out. During winter months, it's usually held in a room behind the Otero County Extension office depending on the weather.
Produce offerings generally include alfalfa and other sprouts, beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, collard greens, lettuce, onions, picnic tomatoes, pok choy (Chinese cabbage) and Swiss chard.
In addition, other farmers market vendors usually have arts and crafts, baked goods, eggs, jams, and jewelry. Calendar: The annual First National Bank Home and Garden Show is scheduled for Saturday, April 13, at the New Mexico State University-Alamogordo Tays Center.
The New Mexico Native Plant Society-Otero Chapter will hold its annual plant sale from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Rose Garden across from the Alamogordo Public Library.
President Helgi Osterreich of Tularosa, who is also a master gardener, suggests you mark your calendars and "get there early because it's very popular and plants sell out fast."
Plan ahead: Earth Day will be Saturday, April 27, at the Alameda Park Zoo.


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Former Disney star Lee Thompson Young was found dead of suicide.
The actor, who headlined The Famous Jett Jackson and most recently appeared as Detective Barry Frost on TNT's Rizzoli & Isles, was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Monday morning. He was 29.
The actor's manager, Jonathan Baruch, confirms that Young took his own life.
Young broke out as a high school football star in 2004's Friday Night Lights movie.
He also appeared in TV's The Guardian, South Beach, Scrubs and Smallville.
Los Angeles police say actor Lee Thompson Young was found dead Monday morning.
Officer Sally Madera told the Associated Press that police were sent to the home to check on him after Young failed to show up for filming Monday morning.


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Google Reader axed, seven more services given the boot
updated 08:20 pm EDT, Wed March 13, 2013
Move part of Google's continuing 'spring cleaning' program
Google, in its annual "spring cleaning" effort, has revealed the impending closure of eight services. Programs and offerings affected over the next few months are the GUI builder for Apps Script, depreciation of the CalDAV API, discontinuation of the Google Building Maker, cessation of Google Cloud Connect, support termination for the Google Voice app for BlackBerry, cancellation of the Search API for Shopping, and no more updates provided for the Snapseed Desktop for Macintosh. Most notably, the widely-used RSS app Google Reader is being retired on July 1 as well.
Google admits the Google Reader product has a "loyal following" on the blog noting the service closures. The search engine recommends that "users and developers interested in RSS alternatives can export their data, including their subscriptions, with Google Takeout over the course of the next four months." Users have taken to the web to react to the discontinuation with harsh criticism of the company.
The blog post does mention other Google services that supplant the discontinued ones in most cases. The CalDAV API has been replaced for most developers by the Google Calendar API. Google Building Maker has had most of its functionality replaced by the Google Map Maker. Google Drive is a cross-platform replacement for the Windows-only Google Cloud Connect. No specific replacements have been named for Google Reader, the Search API for Shopping, the Macintosh Snapseed Desktop, or the GUI Builder for Apps Script.


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- Rangers Awards Show is tonight at the Arlington Convention Center. If you are thinking about going and looking for details, click here.
- Rangers Fan Fest begins tomorrow night. Click here for the schedule of events and details around who is going to be there for autographs/photographs and when. Jasen and I will be there on Friday night and we'll be posting updates to the site, Twitter and Facebook detailing our conquests and adventures.
- Last night, Dirk did what we have come to expect him to do. Unbelievable. I don't think I'm taking it for granted, but I'm in no hurry to find out.
- A source has told Bill Ladson of MLB.com, that there is a 99% chance that Nationals don't sign free agent Prince Fielder. Do I dare suggest that the evil Scott Boras is not going to get what he is demanding this time? I still feel that the Rangers could be a player here, and this sentiment is starting to gain more steam with some of the baseball media. Last night on the MLB network's Hot Stove, 3 of 3 analysts/former players felt that Prince would end up signing a contract of less than 5 years in length.
- Randy Galloway did a good article around the key that trust plays in what the Rangers are accomplishing and working towards. I think Randy hit this one right on the head – as much as it pains me to agree with him or give him any praise whatsoever.
- Richard Durrett wrote a short piece around the impression that Yu Darvish has made on both Ron Washington and Colby Lewis. Nothing new related to getting Darvish signed at this point. 6 days until the deadline. It's natural to start feeling a little anxious about this whole situation, but I'm confident the Rangers and Darvish will get a deal done. The more video I watch/articles I read/people I talk to, I'm truly excited about Yu's likely presence on this pitching staff. As a guy who was originally on the fence back in November, I've been fully converted.


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Brownie Alpine Biscotti Recipe
- 1 package fudge brownie mix (13-inch x 9-inch size)
- 3/4 cup ground almonds
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg plus 3 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds, optional
- 3 ounces white baking chocolate, optional
- In a large bowl, combine the brownie mix, ground almonds, flour and baking powder. In a small bowl, whisk egg, egg whites and extract. Add to brownie mixture; stir until combined.
- Divide dough into thirds. On a greased baking sheet, shape each portion into a 7x3-1/2-in. rectangle. Bake at 350° for 24 minutes. Remove from the oven; cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes.
- Transfer to a cutting board; cut diagonally with a serrated knife into 3/4-in. slices. Place cut side down on greased baking sheets. Bake 12-14 minutes longer or until firm.
- Cool on wire racks. If desired, sprinkle with sliced almonds and drizzle with chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is completely set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.
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2009: Saw action in 15 games as a freshman. Played an important role in EWU's 3-0 rout of Eastern Oregon, as she took three shots and registered her first career assist after a flick to Whitney Brannan, who buried the shot from 17 yards out. Also tallied shots against UC-Davis, South Dakota, Portland State and Montana.
High School: A native of Lake Stevens, Wash., von der Hofen played her high school soccer at Archbishop Murphy High School. There, she helped the Wildcats to four consecutive top-three finishes at the 2A state tournament and helped the school to its first state title in 2006, earning Most Valuable Player accolades in that title contest. She also earned first team Associated Press all-state accolades and was named the Cascade Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2007.
Personal: Daughter of Marcus von der Hofen. Pursuing a degree in nursing.


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The way we think about current events now
So your day starts, and you're on your social networking site of choice, reading short bursts of language about unimaginable suffering or malfeasance in places where you've never been, or places that you know well. Someone links to something. Say, for example, this: US Nuke Plants Ranked By Quake Risk. You click on it, and are horrified to see that the people you love best in the world live within a 150-mile radius of the three nuclear plants ranked to be at highest risk. You look at the list over and over again, gripping your coffee cup a little tighter and keeping half an eye on the tab that's still open to your social networking site of choice, because you're hoping that someone you know will say something that will distract you from what you're looking at, perhaps with photos of kittens? You look again at the tables, thinking there must be some mistake. You live in the Northeast, for pity's sake. This is not the San Andreas. But there it is, anyway. There you are -- you and everyone you love.
You read again, more carefully. The article ranks nuclear plants by their "risk of suffering core damage in an earthquake." Number 2, with a risk of 1 in 14,493, is in your state. You've been to that town; you suppose most everyone around here has. Your children go to that town on field trips. The nuclear power plant is not on their agenda when they go. You didn't even know the plant was there until last week, but since then you've read somewhere that the plant shares a design with the nuclear plants in Fukushima. You put that information together with the earthquake risk list, and have a sudden, dizzying sense that not very much separates you from the people you've been reading about, that your possibilities now are not so very different from what theirs must have looked like two weeks (a lifetime) ago. Who knows what happens next? You imagine any combination of natural disasters washing over the shores of that town, and you picture the roads you'd be taking to flee the catastrophes that followed.
Before you get too involved in your useless catastrophizing, you pull yourself together long enough to remind yourself sternly that you don't know enough to judge whether or not this article is meaningful or even accurate. Lord knows it's been a long time since you took it for granted that anything you read or saw in any media was accurate. And then there's the issue of the accuracy of your own memory. Pilgrim shares the same design as Fukushima? Are you sure? Where did you read that? You can't remember, though it was only a day or two ago -- but you read so many things, click, click -- how can you possibly remember? But it doesn't matter: you Google, and are relieved to see that someone has already updated the plant's Wikipedia page with the same information, so you know that you are remembering what you read accurately, even if you can't for the life of you remember where you read it.
Well, you think. Now that the design similarity is known, someone must be asking the hard questions, right? You click on another Googled link, this one to a local television station's written report. "The disaster in Japan is raising safety concerns at home. Officials at the nuclear plant in Plymouth and other emergency responders are now taking a closer look at their own safety measures," you read. You feel reassured. Until you read further. "Plymouth isn't on a fault line and tsunamis aren't a concern. Still, the plant is built to withstand a 6.0 earthquake and a total power blackout."
6.0 earthquake? Your brain is a whirl of barely remembered information, but it is not for nothing that you own a copy of this book. Googling confirms what you think you might remember once reading: The Great Earthquake of 1755. Was that more than a 6.0? You would like an answer on this point, but of course anyone who tries to give you a definitive answer is only guessing. You know better than to trust Wikipedia when it tells you the 1755 earthquake was a 6.0-6.3, but your comforting skepticism takes a severe hit when you see that the estimate is sourced to an article published by the Massachusetts Historical Society, authored by the director of the Weston Observatory. Which is the chief seismic monitoring station in New England.
You've drained your coffee by now, and there are 37 unread updates on your social networking site of choice. But there's nothing you need to respond to immediately, and the child who's home with the flu is reading quietly in the other room. You Google the Weston Observatory in the hopes of finding something there that will make you stop hyperventilating quietly into your empty coffee cup. Well, here's a nice map of seismic activity in New England from 1975-2010. You note with some relief that the few green squares marking earthquakes of greater than 5.0 in magnitude are all at some distance from the Pilgrim nuclear station.
But there's still that nagging worry, because how many times have you read recently about regions that are "at risk" for severe earthquakes because they are overdue for one by X hundreds of years? 1755 isn't a long time ago, geologically speaking. Are we so sure that we're not also overdue for something? You contemplate reaching for an old geology textbook, or doing some more Googling. But you're tired, and you read this piece after the Bar Harbor earthquake, so you already know that the short answer would be, "We don't really know."
You think also of the articles you've been seeing linked around (like here) that climate change and melting glaciers may lead to more severe earthquakes. Journalists are writing those climate change/earthquake articles, and you know better than to assume that something on a non-specialist site with a couple of quotes from some scientist somewhere is worth losing sleep over. But you wish you could find something, somewhere, that would help you decide how much credence to give the theory.
By now you've got so many browser tabs open that you can't even see the one still open to the social networking site. You think longingly of more coffee, and also of someone with the time and focus and expertise to pull all of this together in such a way that you can understand it and feel reassured by your understanding, if not by your relative risk. You hum quietly to yourself, noting that there is simply no way that "John McPhee" has enough syllables to replace "Joe DiMaggio" in a song, even if you are turning your lonely eyes to him.
Twenty-six open tabs. You'll close them all soon; you'll bring the coffee cup to the sink, check on the sick child, start some laundry. What does it matter if you understand anything, anyway? You remember reading this and thinking, "The BP disaster didn't change the way anything got done. What happens in Fukushima won't change the way anything gets done here, either." Earthquakes, tsunamis. Things fall apart, and government exists chiefly to ensure that someone makes a profit from the entropy. You think about Category 5 hurricanes, and about how Republicans won't even allow that climate change exists, let alone entertain ideas about how to mitigate or plan for its likely scenarios. You think of the photo that made you close yesterday's tabs, the one of the Japanese woman weeping, clutching a hand sticking out of rubble -- weeping while she holds her dead mother's hand. You wonder how fast you could run, carrying a sick child who weighs half as much as you do. Not faster than water can flow. Not faster than the earth can shake. Not faster than radiation can fall. You close all the tabs now. It is late; it is suddenly very late. And nothing you know or see or read is going to make any difference at all.


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Organize Sewing Supplies
Create a clutter-free work space by storing your scissors, rulers, thread, and other notions with one of these stylish organization ideas.
Multi-Use Storage [1]
A large desk organizer can fit smaller cutting mats and acrylic rulers and templates. Smaller items, such as scissors, marking tools, and embellishments can fit in the separaters.
From the Baking Aisle [3]
Cookie jars are the perfect size for storing spools of thread, buttons, ribbons, and more. Clear jars and printed labels let you easily see what's inside each jar. If you want a more uniform look, buy painted jars in a color that match your decor.
On-the-Go Storage [5]
Make a simple storage container out of a toolbox to take your must-have supplies on a vacation or retreat. Separate notions and other supplies into the compartments in the tray and hide fabric and scissors in the larger space underneath.
Stick Them Up [7]
Command™ Hooks are perfect for putting storage where you need it. Place them above a work space to hang rulers, acrylic templates, and scissors close by. Or hang them from the side of a table or cabinet for storage that doesn't take up extra space.
Display Your Pearls [9]
Pearl cottons are pretty! Display them in a bowl on your sewing table for easy access and a cute display. A wood bowl, like in this picture, gives a homey and warm look. Choose a bowl to match your decor.
Ruler Storage [11]
Keep track of smaller templates and specialty rulers with a large D-ring binder and zippered see-through pockets.
Spice Up Your Storage [13]
A spice rack with empty spice jars can help organize buttons by color or size. Not only is it a convenient way to store small embellishemtns, but it looks pretty on your sewing table!
Pretty Pincushion Display [15]
Display a collection of pincushions within reach on this pretty pedestal. Keep yours on a counter for fun decor, or hide it in a cabinet to keep your work space neat.
Stack Them Up [17]
Stackable plastic storage holds hard-to-store supplies. Try using one container for your basting supplies, one for extra needles and pins, and one for specialty threads. Stack them as high as you need! Add sticker letters to the outside so you know what each container is for.
Magnetic Storage [19]
A bank of 7-inch-deep cabinets allows for creative storage ideas, including this magnetic memo board. To make your own, cut a piece of galvanized metal to fit your space, then screw it to the cabinet back. For a pretty finish, cover the metal piece with wallpaper.
Less-Mess Dispensers [21]
Unwind yarn or ribbon with ease by stashing the rolls in an empty sugar dispenser and threading the ends through the hole in the lid.
Vintage Drawer Storage [23]
Decorate boring drawers with pieces of punchy wallpaper. Stash buttons, ribbons, and other notions in vintage candy dishes for easy-to-rifle-through storage.
Serve Up Storage [25]
Small ceramic dishes can store thread and buttons for your current project (or just the supplies that won't fit in your drawers). Arranging them on a matching serving tray makes them both transportable and stylish.
Pegboard Storage [27]
Keep supplies out of the way by employing vertical storage. Pegboards on a wall easily hold anything that can hang, such as these thread balls. Scissors and ribbon also hang perfectly from pegs.
Use Vintage Pieces [29]
Store buttons, pins, and other small quilting supplies in decorative containers, such as antique muffin tins.
Pop of Red [31]
Use pegboard and small buckets as functional decor. Eliminate clutter by stashing marking tools, thread, and other small quilting notions in cute painted, wooden, or metal containers.
Embellishment Storage [33]
For visible storage, line up jars housing small embellishments and notions such as buttons in a spice rack.
Stashing Notions [35]
Use a flatware divider to store often-used items next to your sewing machine. They'll always be in reach, but won't roll off the table.
Test It Out [37]
Test tubes hold buttons in an unexpected display.
Clever Ribbon Storage [39]
Fill straw dispensers with towers of ribbon spools and watch them rise to the occasion. Not only are unruly ribbons kept in check, but they're also visible. To get the spools inside, remove the top of a dispenser insert and slide ribbons onto the rod.
Glass Notion Storage [41]
Choose candy dishes and glass vases to hold buttons, ribbon, and fun embellishments in style. Organize by color and group them for a pretty tabletop display.
Flea Market Style [43]
Corral crafts supplies in a three-tiered stand made from vintage tins.
In-Progress Project Storage [46]
Corral supplies for a current project in an old lunch tray. Each section of the tray can hold a variety of notions, from pins to thread, for easy-to-see (and transport) storage.
Arrange by Use [48]
Label and stack boxes of notions you rarely use on top shelves, keeping items that you use often at arm's reach.
Pretty Ribbon Storage [50]
Sort ribbons or buttons in glass candy jars to add delightful color and texture to an open shelf or tabletop.
Smart Use of Space [52]
Fashion a pullout ironing board or use a tabletop ironing board for light pressing tasks. Smaller ironing boards take up less space when they're not in use.
Get Creative [54]
Store ribbon on a vintage wire rack. Scour vintage shops and flea markets to find other creative ways to display ribbon, trims, and fabric.
Secured Suitcase [56]
An old suitcase can hold a variety of small quilting supplies. Look for a suitcase with small pockets (or create you own) on each side to keep supplies in place.
Small-Scale Storage [58]
Organize rickrack, thread, and other small quilting supplies in small plastic bins from a hardware or craft store. Many organizers that are for tools or other hardware items can easily accommodate sewing supplies.
Clever Details [60]
Hit the hardware store for useful storage containers. The small drawers meant for nails make great receptacles for embroidery thread. Create labels for the small drawers.
Coordinated Colors [62]
Organize buttons by color and store them in transparent, matching containers. Hide the jars in a pullout drawer to minimize clutter.


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Clark County Humane Society Pet of the Week 'Calleigh'
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I am such a pretty little kitty, according to all who see me. I'm Calleigh, a 7-pound, Calico stray, spayed, vaccinated and ready to be loved.
If I'm not exactly what you're looking for, I'll bet one of the others here will be just right. If you think you could provide a good home for me or any of the other pets here, go to the website and check out the pictures and descriptions. Most of the cats cost $30 (some only $10) to adopt. Most of the dogs cost only $60. You may apply to adopt online or in person at the shelter. There are 30 cats or kittens and 28 dogs or puppies here now. Surely we will have one that would be just right for you.
We have professional grooming services for dogs available at the shelter. Call 715 207-9276 for an appointment or more information.
If you've not been to a shelter because you felt it would be a sad, dreary, dead-end place, you really need to stop in at CCHS. This shelter is a bright, clean and happy place where the pets are well-cared for and loved while they wait for their new homes. CCHS is proud to be a no-kill shelter. We'd be glad to give you a tour of the building and show you the pets available for adoption, too. We know you will be very happy with what you'll see here. You'll probably want to join us and be part of this life-saving organization.
Don't forget the vaccination/micro-chipping clinic from noon to 2 p.m. May 4 at the Clark County Fairgrounds.