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Nachito Herrera Receives Highest Honor From the American Immigration Council
Published on Thu, Mar 22, 2012
Twin Cities jazz pianist and Cuban immigrant Nachito Herrera has been named one of three recipients of the 2012 American Heritage Award, the highest honor granted by the American Immigration Council. The award will be presented at the American Immigration Lawyers Association Convention in Nashville on June 15th. Few musicians have received this honor--the last was Carlos Santana.
Over the past decade, Nachito Herrera has burrowed his way into the hearts of Twin Cities' jazz fans with his monster technique, bottomless energy, and infectious enthusiasm for his homeland and its eclectic rhythms. Even fans of trad and polka now tap their Sorrel boots to montuno and clavé. Nearly monthly, Nachito spreads his artful fire across the stage at the Dakota Jazz Club in downtown Minneapolis, where he has presented sets of tunes ranging from Rachmaninoff to Ellington to Earth, Wind and Fire to Disney and more.
How did this phenomenon of rhumba, son, and bolero end up in the American northland? The shores of Cuba sit only 90 miles from the US mainland, yet it is unlikely that Nachito ever expected to relocate to the American Midwest! As a child prodigy, he studied classical music in Havana with Cuban masters Rubén González, Jorge Gomez Labraña, and Frank Fernández, performing Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 with the Havana Symphony at age 12. Nachito went on to serve as music director for several bands before leading Cubanismo! His travels to the US caught the eye of potential sponsors, including the Dakota's Lowell Pickett, and with some wrangling with state department redtape, this amazing musician found himself in Minnesota. Soon Puro Cubano was born and in high demand throughout the Twin Cities, even landing a gig at the famed Birdland in New York City. Live at the Dakota, Nachito's American debut recording, prompted City Pages' critic Britt Robson to note that "the fact that a magnificent, south-of-the-border pianist like Herrera purposefully transplanted himself to our frozen tundra was the best local music news of 2002. And Live at the Dakota is proof of that fact."
In 2004, Herrera joined forces with a group of master Afro-Cuban musicians currently working throughout the U.S. but who converged at least monthly for a "Cuban All-Stars" gig at the Dakota, resulting in the 2005 release of Bembé en mi Casa (FM Music). Bembé reinforced the accolades that had swirled around him since his arrival, proclaiming Herrera, in the words of critic Tom Surowicz, "hotter than the burning tip of a contraband Cuban cigar… stronger than a straight shot of Havana rum….and tastier than a big platter of black beans, rice, sweet plantains and ropa vieja." In 2006, Nachito toured the Midwest, led two bands at the Hot Summer Jazz Festival, and released Live at the Dakota 2. In 2007 he was named Best Jazz Artist by the readers of City Pages. In 2009 he toured nationally with the famed Afro-Cuban All-Stars led by Juan De Marcos, including a night at Minnesota Orchestra Hall, followed by an international solo tour. He has appeared at the Gilmore Piano Festival and at Joe's Pub in New York, and to date has received four Minnesota Music Awards. In fall 2012, he will tour throughout the U.S. with the Havana Symphony. As pianist, arranger and producer, Nachito has over 40 recordings to his credit. He also presents master classes and teaches as a member of the piano faculty of the MacPhail Center for Music.
The American Heritage Award is presented to individual immigrants for their outstanding accomplishments and positive contributions to the United States. Past American Heritage Award honorees include former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John Shalikashvili, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Daniel Tsui, and musician Carlos Santana. Established in 1987, the American Immigration Council is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to educate citizens about the contributions of immigrants, stand up for sensible and humane immigration policies, and work to achieve justice and fairness for immigrants under the law.
Jazz Police joins the Twin Cities jazz community in congratulating Nachito Herrera on this outstanding achievement.
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Walking on SUN-SHINE
By Marco Milo-Oracle on Nov 13, 2007
Today is my first year @Sun!
I can sharply remember the good old college days (and nights!!!) spent in front of VT100 terminals: compiling (...hmmm, to be sincere: mostly debugging!!! ) my first C programs, with K&R as Bible, and dreaming to be a "System Manager", dreaming to join SUN. And what's happened?
Well, a lot of interesting things: I've become that System Manager and maybe I've even moved some steps forward ("if" and "how far", you will decide ). But not exactly all that I was dreaming of became true, you know, it's Life Joys and sorrows in-between are all steps of the same path. While, all of a sudden...
November, 13th 2006: hired by SUN! \*GREAT\*!!!
The thing is that I'm so very happy because of this great opportunity that was given to me.
I'm not making a balance, it would be clearly in favor of SUN.
It was not simple, because of the challenging activities.
It was not trivial, sometimes I felt discouraged.
It was not even easy, since I did not disliked my previous jobs.
But then what makes those "things" such a great experience? I like thinking it was all up to the wonderful people with whom I exchanged experiences, ideas, thoughts, built relationships.
Working with them "under the SUN", I always felt ready to take harder challenges, to dare something more... I felt like I'll never walk alone.
So, thank you very much, to every colleague/people I met.

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any suggestions for new techniques please.
It can still be a part of a wider link building strategy, but avoid the low PR ones, find niche directories if you can, submit manually, and don't submit if a reciprocal link is required. As in all things, it is quality rather than quantity that is important.
As far as I am aware there is nothing new that has come along to replace directories, but there are already many other ways of building links.


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Constitution Class Starships
The purpose of this article is to explore the number of Constitution class starships in existence during the TOS era, identify as many of them as possible by name, and list the episodes in which they appear or are mentioned. It will investigate both canon and non-canon sources. As usual, any corrections or additions should be emailed via the button below.
The Making of Star Trek
The book 'The Making of Star Trek' by Stephen E. Whitfield contains considerable detail about the original series. The author had access to the production crew and included several passages describing aspects of Star Trek technology and Starfleet. It includes the following direct quotation from Gene Roddenberry :
'In addition to the twelve starships, there are lesser classes of vessels, capable of operating over much more limited distances.'
Note that the book refers to 'twelve starships', not 'twelve Constitution Class starships'. During TOS 'starship' was a description that applied only to what we would later come to be the Constitution class. Even the dedication plaque of the USS Enterprise supports this idea :
Episode Evidence
Canon support for the idea of twelve Constitution class Starships in the fleet comes in the episode 'Tomorrow is Yesterday'. The Enterprise is thrown through time and space after an encounter with a 'black star'. The ship finds itself in Earth's atmosphere in the year 1969. Disabled and struggling to make orbit, they are intercepted by a USAF fighter. When the ship's tractor beam destroys the aircraft, they beam the pilot aboard. When the pilot, Captain Christopher, compliments Kirk on the advanced nature of the Enterprise Kirk smiles proudly and declares :
|Kirk :
|"There are only a dozen like her in the fleet."
|Kirk :
|"Ensign Garrovick is a ship command decision. You're straying out of your field Doctor."
|McCoy :
|"Am I? I was speaking of Lieutenant James T. Kirk, of the Starship Farragut."
|Kirk :
|"We were assigned to the same ship some years later. I relieved him on watch once. I found a circuit open to the atomic matter piles once that should have been closed. Another five minutes, it could have blown up the ship."
|Computer :
|"Ship nomenclature - specify."
|Kirk :
|"United Starship Republic, number 1371."
|Spock :
|"Captain... the Intrepid... it just died. With four hundred Vulcans aboard - all dead."
The Original Series Technical Manual
Another book written with the co-operation and support of Gene Roddenberry was the Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph. Gene would later have something of a falling out with Mr. Joseph, and moved Trek in a direction that over-ruled much of the information in the book. But the Tech Manual remains a window into Gene's thinking during the period immediately after the original series.
The book describes the Constitution class ships as 'Class I heavy cruisers' and as 'Mark IX class' ships. It claims that there were four production runs of these ships :
|The following ships of the MK-IX class were authorized by the original articles of federation of stardate 0965:
The following ships of the MK-IXA class were authorized by the star fleet appropriation of stardate 3220:
The following replacements for the constitution class were authorized by star fleet appropriation of stardate 4444:
The following ships of the MK-IXB class were authorized by the star fleet appropriation of stardate 5930:
*class ship. **lost in the line of duty. All names preceded with 'U.S.S'.
Some aspects of the chart work well with canon - the NCC numbers for the Enterprise, Constellation and Republic all match the canonically established numbers. Other aspects are more problematic - the list identifies the USS Yorktown as a Constitution class ship, and claims that the first production was of 14 ships rather than twelve. One way around this problem is to suggest that the Constitutions were still being built during the time of TOS. We know that the Enterprise was in service at least as early as 2254, since this is the date of the original pilot episode 'The Cage'. Kirk's line that there were twelve starships in the fleet comes in the year 2267, while the mention of the USS Yorktown comes on the following year. So we could assume that Kirk was correct that there were twelve ships in the fleet as of 2267, and that the USS Yorktown, Kongo and Valiant entered service afterwards.
Another problem is that the USS Defiant is missing from the list completely. I can see no way to reconcile this with the canonical presence of the Defiant in 'The Tholian Web'.
If we take the twelve ships already established as Constitutions and add the Yorktown, Kongo and Valiant then we arrive at a total initial production run of fifteen, rather than the fourteen suggested above.
The second and fourth production runs are actually listed as being variants of the Constitutions - Mark IXA and IXB rather than simple Mark IX. Each has a class ship named, the USS Bonhomme Richard and the USS Achernar. The intent seems to be that these two batches are also 'Type I cruisers' with broadly similar capabilities to the Constitution class ships, but that there are differences between them. Just how different they may be is not specified.
|USS Enterprise
|Existence canon. Survived TOS.
|Throughout TOS
|USS Constellation
|Existence canon. Wrecked by the Doomsday Machine; destroyed by Kirk.
|'The Doomsday Machine'
|USS Defiant
|Existence canon. Lost in interphase space.
|'The Tholian Web'
|USS Excalibur
|Existence canon. Badly damaged by M-5; entire crew killed.
|'The Ultimate Computer'
|USS Hood
|Existence canon. Survived TOS.
|'The Ultimate Computer'
|USS Lexington
|Existence canon. Damaged by M-5; remained operational.
|'The Ultimate Computer'
|USS Potemkin
|Existence canon. Survived TOS.
|'The Ultimate Computer'
|USS Exeter
|Existence canon. Crew killed, ship intact.
|'The Omega Glory'
|USS Farragut
|Canonically identified as a Starship.
|USS Republic
|Canonically identified as a Starship.
|'Court Martial'
|USS Intrepid
|Crew of 400 indicates that this vessel may be a Starship.
|'The Immunity Syndrome'
|USS Yorktown
|TOS TM. Existence of ship is canon, but not Starship status - though Roddenberry quote concerning E-A formerly being Yorktown could indicate that it was a Starship.
Would have entered service in late 2267 or early 2268.
|USS Constitution
|TOS TM; existence implied by class name.
|USS Valiant
|TOS TM only. Would have entered service after late 2267.
|USS Kongo
|TOS TM only. Would have entered service after late 2267.
Of the fifteen potential Constitution class vessels, the first eight listed above are positively identified by onscreen sightings. Two more, the Farragut and Republic, are almost certainly Constitutions. The USS Constitution is also almost certain to exist. The Intrepid is a strong possibility, while the timeline would allow the Yorktown to be considered a Constitution class if we assume a continual building program during TOS. The Valiant and Kongo are rather weak candidates for Constitution status, but again could have been built after Kirk's 'twelve like her in the fleet' comment.
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|Green text = Backstage source
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|White text = DITL speculation
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Artin's Algebra pages 155 & 156 list the types of symmetry of a plane figure as:
- Reflective
- Rotational
- Translational
- Glide
He then goes on to say "Figures such as wallpaper patterns may have two talk about other figures having combinations of independent" symmetries. EDIT: He says "... having combinations of independent translational symmetries". See Joriki's answer.
Why doesn't glide symmetry count as having two independent (reflection + translation) symmetries? If we're going to count combinations, why not have rotation + translation etc. as their own types too?


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USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
One of the most decorated U.S. Navy cruisers during World War II in the Pacific, the heavy cruiser Minneapolis (CA-36) was awarded 16 battle stars for actions ranging from the Gilbert and Marshall Islands raid early in 1942 to the assault on Okinawa in April 1945. The most dangerous moment for the ship came on 30 November 1942 during the Solomon Islands campaign at the Battle of Tassafaronga, where she sank one Japanese transport and helped sink another. At 2327, near Savo Island, Japanese surface combatants struck the ship with two torpedoes. One torpedo cost the cruiser nearly 80 feet of her bow and caused fires that were quickly extinguished. The second hit below the armor belt, buckling the hull and damaging the engineering spaces. The extent of the damage took ten pages to list in the ship's official damage report. Not the least of the Minneapolis 's problems had been the loss of six of her eight boilers and most of the auxiliary machinery in the flooded fire rooms.
Damage control allowed the hurt Minneapolis to limp at 3 knots into Sasapi Harbor, Tulagi, where she was moored to palm trees and tree stumps and camouflaged with foliage. On 5 December, the cruiser was further damaged by a forward gas explosion. Urgent repairs permitted her to leave Tulagi on 12 December for further work. The Minneapolis began her voyage home for final repairs on 7 January 1943 but soon experienced problems that delayed her departure until 10 February, when, in the company of other damaged warships, the cruiser began a 9.5-knot voyage to Pearl Harbor. Arriving at Pearl on 2 March, she then continued on to Mare Island Navy Yard, California, where her hull was rebuilt and the contents of three of her four boiler rooms were replaced by late August. The largely rebuilt Minneapolis departed the West Coast early in September, bound again for the combat zone.
The photo shows the unique camouflage applied at Mare Island; designed to make her look less like a target to Japanese submarines, the paint scheme featured large false, rectangular "windows" painted around the pilothouse portholes; out-of-scale life rafts painted on her sides; and dark paintwork to make her forecastle look as though it terminated abreast the bridge. The ship was deactivated in May 1946 after a dozen years of service and was sold for scrap in 1959.


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MINGO JUNCTION - Village Council on Tuesday discussed sending out layoff notices to all village employees, called for a public hearing on possibly turning off streetlights and changed some water policies that will affect residents with a swimming pool.
Village Clerk John Angelica suggested sending out layoff notices to all village employees effective Dec. 29. He said such a move is pre-emptive to save the village about $30,000 in vacation time that will have to be paid to the employees if they work after Jan. 1.
The village is facing a budget shortfall come 2013 because of declining income tax associated with the shutdown of the RG Steel plant.
Council will hold a meeting with the Mingo Junction Safety Forces and the Communication Workers of America at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, followed by a finance committee meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Council earlier this month determined there may only be about $208,000 in the general fund next year for employee wages.
Councilman John Bracone said council hasn't even looked at the garbage fund or other departments outside the general fund.
"We don't know how many we can keep," he said.
The village has to give the employees a 14-day layoff notice.
Councilman John Fabian said he wants the meeting with both unions to see if the workers have any suggestions on how to make cutbacks.
"We should at least give them the opportunity," Fabian said.
Council later could inform a village worker he or she won't be laid off.
Council announced the regularly scheduled meeting for Dec. 25 has been canceled, but the finance committee will keep meeting.
Angelica said the village has to pay unemployment benefits and six months of hospitalization for laid-off police and fire department members and three months for the other village workers.
Council prior to the regular meeting on Tuesday held a session with a representative of the state auditor's office, who explained the process of municipalities in Ohio being placed under fiscal watch, caution or emergency by the state auditor's office.
The village is expected to finish the year with a positive balance. Municipalities ending the year with a deficit going into the following year can be placed under the fiscal watch or caution. The mayor or clerk can request the state auditor's office come in an review the village's books to see if any of the determinations of fiscal watch, caution or emergency should be implemented.
Councilman Michael Herrick, who heads the council streetlight committee, said a public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Building to get input on what residents want to do about shutting off 579 streetlights to save money.
The village spends about $50,000 a year on streetlights.
Herrick said there are three proposals for residents to consider. One is turning off all the lights; second, keep about 100 streetlights on at intersections; or third, impose a $4 a month fee to residents to keep all the streetlights on.
Council also approved changes in policies and charges concerning water.
Councilman Jack Brettell, who heads the water and sewer committee, said the village will do away with only charging residents for water for filling up swimming pools in the spring. Residents now will be charged for both water and sewerage costs.
Brettell said council it trying to raise funds in other areas so as to not increase water and sewer rates.
The village also will be inspecting water meters inside and outside homes at random throughout the next year. Residents have the obligation to make arrangements to let a village worker inside the home to inspect the water meter. Brettell said residents will be criminally charged if the meter has been tampered with or altered in any way.
Council also approved increasing the fee for turning water back on after it has been disconnected. The fee will increase to $100 during normal business hours and $150 for after hours.
Councilman Chuck Dickey said the Retired Senior Volunteer Program has expressed an interest in taking over the operations of the senior center. He said RSVP will be responsible for all operations, including the lunch and transportation programs, but council may be asked to make improvements to the senior center building.
"They are more than interested in running the center," said Mayor Ron DiCarlo.
Also, council agreed to place an issue on the May 7 primary election ballot for electric aggregation for residents and business, similar to a program approved by Toronto residents in November 2011.
John Ney, an energy consultant with World Energy, told council that municipalities can form aggregated buying groups to purchase electric generation on behalf of residents. If approved, Ney will negotiate the rates for residents and business.
Ney said residents and businesses can opt out of the program if approved by voters and enter into their own agreement with an electric service provider.
He said AEP will continue to be responsible for the delivery of power to homes and businesses and will continue to read meters and maintain poles and wires and restore power after an outage.
Council also approved the following resolutions:
Commending Louis Kakasick and the Mingo Junction Knights of Columbus for organizing a food and clothing drive for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Commending Mingo Social Services and Sophie Schoolcraft, director, for work in proving holiday food basket for residents.
Commending Frank Vostatek, Mingo Pharmacy owner, for his donation to the senior center.
Congratulating Sharon Kirtdoll, founder and director of the Urban Mission Ministries Neighborhood Community Development Center, on her retirement.
Commending the high school football teams at Indian Creek and Catholic Central for making the state playoffs.


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ZANESVILLE - Dover pitcher Nick Lung gave Steubenville few, if any, chances in Thursday's Division II, Region 7 semifinal. The 6-foot left-hander gave up just three hits, walked three and struck out four in the Tornadoes' 7-1 win over Big Red at Gant Memorial Stadium in Zanesville.
The quality, complete game start was nothing new for the senior. According to Dover coach David DiDonato, it wasn't even Lung's best outing.
"I've seen him sharper," DiDonato said. "There's been times when he hasn't walked anybody. He's a great kid and a good pitcher."
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LONE RUN — Big Red's Kai McClurg slides in to score as Dover's Nick Lung tries to make a play. The Tornadoes topped Steubenville 7-1 in a Division II semifinal at Gant Memorial Stadium in Zanesville. — Matthew Peaslee
DiDonato had the choice of throwing Lung or sophomore Keaton Lahmers. The pair split starts throughout the season, but the veteran manager opted for Lung's experience and correlation with the Steubenville lineup.
"We knew Steubenville was a good team with those five lefty hitters, that's why Nick was so important," DiDonato said. "We needed that lefty in there and Nick was the guy. He's been pitching well.
"The match up was favorable to us."
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Dover 7, Steubenville 1
Dover 212 020 0 7 10 0
Steubenville 010 000 0 1 3 3
DOVER: Lung (WP 4K, 3BB) and Bowman. Contini S; Abel S, D, 2RBI; Monroe S, RBI; Snyder S; Hall S, D, 2RBI; Grasselli 2S; Bowman S.
STEUBENVILLE: Corsi (LP 1K, 3BB), Ferguson (5, 1K, 0BB) and McClurg. Pierro S; McClurg S; Petrides S.
The loss ends Big Red's season with a record of 23-5, while snapping a 13-game winning streak.
"The kids battled all year," said Steubenville coach Fred Heatherington. "We have nothing to be ashamed about. We played sophomores and juniors and had a great group of seniors. We had a great year, we just didn't get where we wanted to get - only four teams do."
Dover (22-8) surged in the top of the first inning and maintained a lead for the remainder. Big Red starting pitcher Justin Corsi walked the game's first batter, Cory Contini, and allowed him to advance to third on a pair of wild pitches while throwing to Justin Crone. Corsi walked Crone before Kyle Abel drove in the first run on a hard single up the middle.
Two batters later, Derek Monroe brought in Crone on a sacrifice fly to left field.
Corsi threw 32 pitches in the first inning, alone. The senior had one strikeout and three walks. He was charged with six of the seven Dover runs.
Abel added an RBI double in the second inning to put the Tornadoes up, 3-0.
"The key of the game was the first two innings," Heatherington said. "Mentally, we gave up too many opportunities. It's just too tough to battle back in a game like that. We booted the ball in the field and didn't throw strikes early in the game. It all just snowballed from there."
Bryan Pierro singled to right field to lead off the bottom of the first inning, followed by a walk to Dimitrios Collaros. They were stranded, though, as the next three batters were retired.
Big Red responded in the bottom of the second with its only run. Kai McClurg led off with a single. He advanced two bases on a throwing error after Kasey Peterson flied out to centerfield. He scored on a wild pitch as Lucas Herrington walked.
Steubenville was sent down in order in the third and fourth innings. Niko Petrides wouldn't record its next hit until the sixth inning. Big Red did put the ball in play, mostly as weak pop flies or ground balls in the infield. Lung threw 17 first-pitch strikes.
"He kept us off-balance," Heatherington said.
Dover added two runs in both the third and fifth innings. Corsi was lifted for Devin Ferguson with two outs in the fifth. Ferguson, a sophomore, allowed three hits, no walks and no runs as he finished off the game.
"He came in, threw strikes and kept us in the game," Heatherington said. "Devin gave us a chance to get back in it. We just couldn't get the key hit with guys on base."
Mason Graselli ripped a pair of singles, while Abel and Ashton Hall each had a single, double and two RBIs for Dover.
The Tornadoes will face Bloom-Carroll in today's regional final. The Bulldogs beat Jackon, 12-0, to advance to their fourth-straight regional final.
Bloom-Carroll played in last year's Division III state title game. It lost to Wheelersburg, 5-4. Dover, coincidentally, also ended Big Red's basketball season with a 54-52 overtime win in the Division II district championship game at Ohio Univesity Eastern.


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The Wage Curve casts doubt on some of the most important ideas in macroeconomics, labor economics, and regional economics. According to macroeconomic orthodoxy, there is a relationship between unemployment and the rate of change of wages. According to orthodoxy in labor economics and regional economics, an area's wage is positively related to the amount of joblessness in the area. The Wage Curve suggests that both these beliefs are incorrect.
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I need your help. I'm going to write philological commentary on Cicero's speech in XeLaTeX, but I don't know how to make a combination of text and commentary (look below for examples). Is it possible to do?
Below are two pages from another commentary (Caesaris Commentarii de bello Gallico). You can see the main idea.


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Archive for the 'storage' tag
Microsoft to change SkyDrive name after losing trademark dispute with BSkyB
Remember a while ago when Microsoft lost a trademark dispute over its naming of the Metro UI? Well, call it Deja Vu, but they've done it again. The company's popular cloud storage platform, SkyDrive, will see its name being changed in the near future after losing a trademark dispute with British Sky Broadcasting over the SkyDrive name.
A court has ruled in favour of BSkyB over a trademark dispute with Microsoft over the Redmond giant's use of the SkyDrive name for their popular cloud storage platform. Microsoft has been granted an undisclosed period of time after which they will have to change the SkyDrive name to something else in order to not infringe on BSkyB's trademark. The internet has gone in a new naming frenzy with a popular name on The Verge being 'BallmerDrive' which obviously takes a stab at Microsoft's CEO, but more likely suggestions include Bing Drive and XBox Drive, but of course in the end it will be up to Redmond's top brass to make the final call.
It remains to be seen what the new name will be as well as how smooth a transition it will be from SkyDrive. Of course there is going to be a few confused souls running around. Sadly, Microsoft has no immediate plans to appeal the judgement, so change is imminent.


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Health & Baby
Caring for Your Baby's Teeth
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It can take two years before all of the infant teeth have made their way through your baby's gums. The process as each tooth emerges is called "teething." It can be a trying time for you and your baby.
Teething is uncomfortable. That's why your baby cries and fusses in the days or weeks before each baby tooth pops up. Babies can display other teething symptoms, too, including:
- drooling
- swollen gums
- slightly higher than normal temperature
Here are a few tips to relieve your baby's teething pain:
Teething rings. Let your baby chew on a clean, cool teething ring or cold washcloth. Just avoid giving your child anything that is small enough to choke on. Also avoid a teething ring with liquid inside that could break open.
Gum rubbing. Rub your baby's gums with a clean finger.
Pain relief. Topical pain relievers are rubbed on the gums. Those that contain benzocaine should not be used for teething. The FDA warns that such products can cause dangerous, potentially life-threatening side effects. Give your baby Tylenol (acetaminophen) occasionally to relieve pain -- but ask your pediatrician first. Never give your child aspirin. It has been linked with a rare but serious condition called Reye's syndrome in children.
If your baby is unusually irritable or inconsolable, call your pediatrician.
Preventing Cavities
In addition to caring for baby teeth, you need to protect them. To prevent cavities, only fill your baby's bottle with:
- formula
- breast milk
- water
Avoid giving your child fruit juices, sodas, and other sugary drinks. Sweet drinks -- even milk -- can settle on the teeth. This can lead to baby tooth decay -- also known as "baby bottle tooth decay." Bacteria feed on the sugar from sweet drinks and produce acid, which attacks baby's teeth.
If you have to send your baby to bed or naps with a bottle or sippy cup, fill it with water only. Also avoid putting anything sweet -- such as sugar or honey -- on your baby's pacifier.
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By Karl Younkman
When Rick and Shar Twyman decided to commit to the city of Wellington and bring their Heat baseball franchise here for the 2013 season they perhaps decided that they needed a mascot to go with the golden- flame mane, teeth-baring baseball logo that announces the Heat.
In any event, they went out and got themselves a golden retriever puppy dog. "We basically got him the day after we committed to Wellington," says Shar. "We found him up in the Kansas City area. We named him Slyder which you know is a baseball name for a pitch. Spelled different of course."
Spelling aside, the baseball pedigree has taken hold with Slyder. "When he sees Rick getting ready to go to practice or the game he waits by the door and happily whines until we go to the truck," said Shar.
Once at the ballpark Slyder starts to look for his uniform. Jane Cole of Farmers Insurance has chosen to let Slyder do the heavy lifting of her sponsorship on his uniform and with the amount of barking that the pooch does during the games it's clear that Farmers is getting plenty of advertising for it's buck.
"He's a talker," says Shar. "And he does like to chase the baseballs. We have to bring the leash with us for when he does start to run. He'll be out on the field."
Slyder is a fine watchdog too as anyone who has walked a bit too close to the Twyman's parked truck can attest to. But the dog is loveable and the Heat fans love to see him running the stands.
The Heat players have taken to Slyder also. 'Slyder Duty' has been discussed in another article in these pages and the players can certainly find worse ways to occupy an evening than dogsitting Slyder during a road game.
Shar thinks that Slyder does have a few favorites among the players. "When Robby Romero comes over Slyder will go jump on him and cuddle with him," Shar offers.
Any particular reason why Slyder likes the Heat closer so much? "I think it's because Robby's signature pitch is his slider," says Shar, not altogether in jest.
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[OPEN-660] Android Password Field superfocus persistance
Sencha Touch version tested:
- 1.0.1
- only default ext-all.css
- custom css (include details)
Platform tested against:
- Android 2.1
- The password field on android persists after the field has been blurred.
Test Case:
See this URL : https://ifinancials.com
Steps to reproduce the problem:
- create an app with a card layout
- Create a form card with a password field
- open the app with an android 2.1 device
- focus on the password field
- tap outside of the password field
- change the card
The result that was expected:
- At least on the card change the field should be hidden
The result that occurs instead:
- the android superfocus overlay persisted on card change
Screenshot or Video:
Debugging already done:
- none
Possible fix:
- perhaps force a blur? for focus on a hidden field? somehow get the focus off the field to remove android's superfocus
17 Jan 2011 3:14 PM #2
Has anyone found a workaround for this bug? I tried setting focus to another field and bluring the field before a messagebox is opened but neither seem to work.
25 Jan 2011 4:23 PM #3
I have a similar problem with this. I hope that this issue be resolved as soon as possible.
1 Mar 2011 1:45 PM #4
The best thing you can do is blur the field manually when you submit or tap a button
Last edited by iamcam; 1 Mar 2011 at 3:31 PM. Reason: Additional clarification
8 Mar 2011 11:24 AM #5
I have this same problem, but it happens on a regular text input, and only on the HTC Desire / Incredible running Android 2.1 / 2.2 right now. Other devices it appears to be working.
Has a solution or work around been figured out? I have tried everything I can think of even down to hiding the form or destroying it before card switch, to forcing the blur with Sencha and regular javascript. Nothing works.
I'm using the latest build from the repository, 1.0.3.
This one is driving me crazy!
8 Mar 2011 11:53 AM #6
The problem is that Android takes over drawing the form field on focus. I've tried controlling it, but it's completely outside the DOM.
8 Mar 2011 12:16 PM #7
The strange thing for me is, if I remove the cardswitch flow, and interrupt the the form submit with a return false; on the "beforesubmit" event, the keyboard will hide and the text field will blur.
I'm running a few tests right now, but I wonder if this has to do with the card switch triggering before the text field blurs (even though I call .blur() on the text field beforesubmit). This could be working in conjunction with Android taking over the text field drawling. Did you figure out how to give control back to the DOM?
8 Mar 2011 12:28 PM #8
Sure, it only goes away when the card containing the field goes out of view. One of our apps uses a dual login format to handle legacy accounts (one using a username, id, and password, the other just being an email + password) that users can swipe left/right on a carousel to select. If focus is on form A, but the user swipes over to form B, the Form A field will remain focused until another form field is selected or the card containing the carousel is changed out via setActiveItem(). Similar thing happens on search fields docked above an Ext.List. On, AND, one of my forms displays the field in the wrong spot if I put a docked toolbar on the screen: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...xt-field-focus
9 Mar 2011 1:02 PM #9
i have the same problem, for fixed this, i use myform.reset().disable() and i enable the form when is needed.
10 Mar 2011 5:21 PM #10
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I'm having a problem with get_iplayer (an app that is available through default repositories - ie you can get it with command sudo apt-get install get-iplayer. Can I post a support question in the forums?
I don't see why you'd need to ask to ask a question... Ubuntu Forums tries to help with program-specific issues sometimes, as well as general Ubuntu issues.
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We are in fact discussing this at the moment.
One of us will be along again in due course.
Sorry for the late reply
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Not a very imaginative name, I know, but this is an easy and very tasty dish.
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Indian Potatoes and Peas
Not a very imaginative name, I know, but this is an easy and very tasty dish.
12 comments:
- Alexis said...
If you wanted to be fancy you could call it its Indian name, Aloo Mattar. :) But I like the sound of Potatoes and Peas together.
- April 20, 2008 at 12:05 AM
- Lisa (Show Me Vegan) said...
Garam masala is one of my favorite seasonings right now, since I can't put cilantro and chipotle in every dish. Looks delicious.
- April 20, 2008 at 6:09 AM
- carrie said...
YUM!! I'm just going to have to start copying my weeks worth of menus from yours. Everything you make sounds and looks amazing. Better yet, can you just come cook for me???
- April 20, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- Vegan_Noodle said...
It certainly looks delicious... and easy is always a bonus!
- April 21, 2008 at 10:33 AM
- Christine said...
Mmm, looks good. I just picked up some garam masala and now have a perfect excuse to use it!
- April 21, 2008 at 6:34 PM
- David said...
1/4 cup of coriander? Wow that's a lot....now do you mean whole coriander seeds that you chop up a little, or ground coriander? Thanks, it looks great!
- April 22, 2008 at 11:19 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
Chopped fresh coriander, or cilantro. Yes, 1/4 cup of ground corander would be pretty intense!
- April 22, 2008 at 11:51 AM
- David said...
Good thing I asked! :-) I always thought the herb itself was called Cilantro, and the seeds were called coriander. That explains it, thanks! Can't wait to try this.
- April 22, 2008 at 2:52 PM
- SaraJane said...
Yum! That's one of my favorite Indian dishes. :D
- April 25, 2008 at 3:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
My husband made this the other night. The spices are fabulous. It's a great dish. The only trouble we had was our potatoes didn't cook for a long time. We used baby gold yukons because we like them better than russets. Still very delicious.
- April 26, 2008 at 10:44 AM
- Christine said...
I made this tonight - mine turned out a little more watery than yours looked, but it was still good! It had a fair amount of heat, and mine had a somewhat mild flavor. And there was a LOT leftover for lunches!
I also threw in a sweet potato I had lying around that was begging to be used - it was an interesting flavor combination that worked out pretty well. I paired it with some brown rice and it filled me up very quickly.
Next time I might try adding some tofu! Thanks!
- April 28, 2008 at 9:51 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
You can cook this with or without a lid to make the sauce thicker or thinner as you see fit. The ideal situation is to simmer this for a while, letting the potatoes slowly cook and the sauce thicken.
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Treating lice, banishing stigma
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"The scary thing is that no one ever thinks their kids will come home with head lice until they have them," said Watertown parent Beverly Beverly, who battled the bugs a few years ago in her home. "The myth is that dirty people get them, but they don't."
An infestation of head lice on a child has been a taboo subject among families for years, but education and changes in school policies have made the pediculosis problem emerge in the forefront of many conversations among parents. Acquiring head lice may still have a social stigma, but the blood-sucking creatures do not pick and choose victims based on wealth, hygiene or even age.
"The problem is that there is a social stigma, whether you want to admit it or not," said Liz Solovay, co-founder of the Lice Treatment Center with pediatrician Dr. Elin Cohen. The national company, with a main office in Monroe, specializes in removing lice from heads and homes. "But lice like all types of hair."
According to the Centers for Disease Control, an estimated 6 million to 12 million lice infestations occur each year in the United States among children ages 3 to 11. Solovay said summer is always a busy season for lice transmission, since children are often at overnight camps, or sharing sports equipment, or just generally hanging out with friends more frequently. Her company has more than 100 camps under contract to control the problem.
Lice Treatment Center also has contracts with schools, often through parent organizations that hire the group to educate and do periodic head checks.
Today, head checks are not a common practice; the days of lining up at the nurse's office door are gone, as organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics do not deem it necessary because of misdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control state that head lice infestation is not a life-threatening condition and should not treated as such.
Also, the social stigma and privacy laws have contributed to not allowing lice to become a reason to keep someone away from the classroom.
Lice policies vary from school district to school district. In Waterbury, there is no lice policy and the district office refers lice questions to the Health Department.
In Cheshire Public Schools, the state guidelines are followed, said head nurse Barbara Ruddy.
"The policy reads that lice are just a nuisance, and really we cannot check a student unless a parent calls up and asks for us to check the student, or a student comes in and they are scratching up a storm," Ruddy said. "The nurse does not check the entire classroom any more."
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For families who encounter head lice among their own brood, the problem may not be life-threatening, but it can be costly and time-consuming to treat.
"It is not disease-causing, and there's not a potential secondary issue," said Wendy Cegelka, a registered nurse at Pediatric Associates of Connecticut in Waterbury. "It's just discomfort, itchiness of scalp, and does not evolve into anything threatening. The biggest concern is the social stigma and the embarrassment."
Lice can survive for up to 48 hours without a host, said Lice Treatment Center's Solovay, which is why it is important to clean things in contact with the infected person. The need to spend time going through heads and cleaning a house, clothes and bedding can cause a great deal of stress.
"I have five children — I'm a mother first," Solovay said. "I empathize with everyone who calls. And this is something that reaches all ends of the socio-economic spectrum."
And lice becomes an emotional issue for families.
"I freaked out," said Beverly, the Watertown parent. "I went totally nuts. I washed everything in the house, sprayed down all the furniture. ... Stripped beds, sheets, everything. Went through and washed any clothes that may have come into contact with my kids' heads. Bagged stuffed animals, got ride of their foam kiddie chairs, bought new pillows. ... I was totally freaked out by it."
In addition to the need to clean the house, parents must choose a treatment for their children. There are many over-the-counter products in drugstores, pediatricians can prescribe stronger medications containing pesticides or parents can attempt natural-based cures. Most schools give out guidelines when a child is discovered with a case of lice, but it's up to the family to choose how to treat the condition.
Many experts also note lice have become resistant to certain medicines, making the condition harder to treat, Cegelka said. At Pediatric Associates, parents are given advice on which products to use, since "some we find are not as effective as they used to be," she said.
Whatever one chooses, the key is staying on top of the situation for a significant period of time. A child with head lice often has live bugs as well as eggs, or nits, in their hair. Some medications kill the live lice, but the eggs may hatch up to two weeks later, which means reapplication of medication and head checks must continue, even if no new activity is found.
Combing the hair with a very fine, specialized comb and picking out the nits is also necessary to rid the hair of lice. The combing process can take a long time, as hair needs to be sectioned and inspected carefully to find the teeny tiny eggs which cling to the hair shaft and often blend in with the hue of hair.
The first line of defense with lice is knowing your child has come in contact with it. If you discover a case of lice, it is helpful to other parents to inform them if their child has come in contact, whether at an activity or at school.
It is not required by law to inform a school, but it helps, said Beverly, since parents can then check their children and catch out outbreak early before the pesky critters lay a significant number of eggs.
"I always inform the schools," Beverly said. "But not all parents do."
Solovay said informing others your child is suffering is a worthy gesture to other parents.
"Definitely, at the very minimum, alert your school nurse so they can alert parents if necessary," Solovay said.
In Watertown, parents pushed for a change in the lice policy via the school district's Parent Advisory Council. Originally, parents would not know head lice were found on a classmate. The new policy states that when a child in a classroom is known to be afflicted, a letter is mailed home to classmates' parents and guardians to watch for signs of lice among their children. The child with head lice is not named in the letter.
"Communication is very important for the success of our students. ... We were pleased to provide our school community with another form of communication, a parent/guardian letter, to help keep the lines of communication open for the betterment and well-being of all children," said Watertown Superintendent Gail Gilmore.
Catching a problem early makes a difference, Cegelka said.
"If they can nip it in the bud then it doesn't spread as much," Cegelka said. "It is an annoying problem, and it involves the whole environment, the cleaning of everything."
Beverly has bought several prevention products to stop a future outbreak. Her elementary school children get a prevention spray on their locks every morning before school, and she regularly inspects their hair, especially when she hears about an outbreak in town through word-of-mouth or on social media sites like Facebook.
And don't think that frequent hair-washing will keep the critters at bay.
"Lice love clean heads," Cegelka said. "And they tend to like strawberry-blonde redheads because they blend right in."
Myth: Lice jump, fly and hop from people, animals or the environment onto your head.
Fact: Human lice are only transmitted between people and never come from animals. Head lice can only crawl (not fly) from human head to head. Transmission of head lice from inanimate objects is very uncommon.
Myth: If you have head lice you must have poor hygiene.
Fact: Lice are opportunistic bugs, surviving only on human blood; they are not affected by cleanliness or dirtiness in their need to survive. Lice like clean and healthy scalps; experts believe dirty hair is slippery, therefore making it harder for nits (eggs) to stick.
Myth: You have to have an itchy head to have lice.
Fact: You can have lice up to 4 to 6 weeks before you begin itching your scalp and 50 percent of infested people have no symptoms at all. In ongoing infestations habituation can occur and itching decreases. Lice bites and nits are commonly found behind the ears, crown of head and nape of neck.
Myth: Visually looking through the hair is the best way to identify active head lice infestations.
Fact: Using a professional grade nit comb to identify an infestation is more accurate in identifying active infestations than through a visual inspection. Lice scurry very quickly away from movement and light making them very difficult to spot in a visual inspection. Without using a nit comb to screen a large group of children, smaller infestations (a couple bugs that have recently crossed over) will be impossible to diagnose in a couple of minutes.
Source: Gonne Asser, "Minnesota Lice Lady," www.mnlicelady.com
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By crisco on Saturday, April 26, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 106,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Reliable, fun, good gas mileage"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I am happy to say that this is year 14 with my truck, and it is STILL going strong! I haven't had any major issues with it, but it is just time for something new and I am also ready for an automatic! I hope my new car is just as reliable and fun to drive and I will have it as long as I've had this one! They don't even make these anymore, so I don't know why I'm writing a review! I guess if someone comes across one as a second car, 1st car for a teen, or whatever, you have my word that it is reliable! I will include a picture! It is the red truck in the background!"
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By Spring Texan on Sunday, July 22, 2012
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 122,000overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "good value, nice compact truck"
Cons: "definitely basic"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 8
"Yes it's basic but it's been just fine. Good value for money. Bought it new, good transportation. The interior design is pleasing and I love the way the radio stays on for 20 minutes after you turn off the key until you open the door. The side mirrors that retract either way if you run into something on the side are also neat. That's about it for features, there aren't many, but it's a thoroughly satisfactory and economical vehicle. Plan to drive it for maybe four more years (which would make it 2016) though I suspect it will go for more."
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I own this car - My approximate mileage is 175,000overall rating 8 of 10rating details
Pros: "good gas mileage, cheap parts"
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Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"A great little truck I have driven it across the country 7 times. I have never had to replace any of the major components of the motor not ever a water pump. I have kept up with the maintenance and the truck has been great."
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"I understand these trucks are so basic that I'm pretty sure electric start was an option, but here it is. I had a 96 hombre about 6 years ago and loved it. I bought that one with 86,000 miles on it and sold it when it had 165,000 miles on it. The only thing major I had to do to it was the clutch. My 2000 is another story. I bought it in somewhat rough condition fixed up some of those issues and it has been nickel and diming me to death ever since. The A/C went out about 4 months ago which is definitely no bueno in the desert. I took it into a brake place and they told me that the master cylinder for the brakes was leaking through. The key got stuck in the ignition and had to be dismantled. That's all within the last 4 months. Here is a list of the other stuff that I have had to replace in the last 2 years. Clutch, Control Arm, U joints, ball joint, spark plugs, spark plug wires, radiator, alternator, spare tire winch, brake light relay, shocks, slave cylinder"
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By wish it was an s10 on Sunday, January 23, 2011
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"I bought this vehicle from an auction, for $2600. Air condition was dead(leaky compressor, not a big deal to change) Pitman arm was shot like all the GM light trucks had. $26.00 vaccuum switch on transfer case caused $400 in damage as the front differential tried to lock in at 70 mph on a MI highway towing a sailboat. Power steering pump leaks like a siv. But other then that the vehicle has never let me down. I'm a firefighter and the vehicle has always started in the real cold weather. 4x4 always engages when I want it to. The only major beef I have with this truck is the small gas tank approx 18 gallons. When you get 16 mpg you have a range less then 300 miles. Turn radius is surprisingly large for a vehicle its size. It is also nice every part I need can come from an s10 and usually the parts are cheaper. This is nice becasue I have yet to see another truck like mine on the road or in a junkyard. The tilt seat handles have snapped off before I got them and there is no way to replace them which is kinda annoying. Other then those flaws I would recommend this truck to someone if an s10 wasn't available."
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WEIRTON - St. Marys coach Mark Barnhart went into Saturday night's game with Madonna at the Dube Dome with a plan to apply full court pressure and his team executed to near perfection as the Blue Devils spoiled the Blue Don's home opener 71-55.
The out of sync play of the Blue Dons, especially in the first half could be attributed to six of the players not having their basketball legs because they played for the state football championship just two weeks ago as well as the St. Marys defense.
Madonna never led in the game. However, Blue Don interim coach, Mike Hagg, made some adjustments at halftime that paid off with a Blue Don run that got them within three points of the Blue Devils with two minutes gone in the fourth quarter. But the Blue Devils fought off the rally hitting some key field goals and making 7 of 9 foul shots down the stretch to pull away.
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UP FOR TWO — Madonna's Nate Guio goes up for two points during the second quarter of Saturday's 71-55 home-opening loss to St. Marys, which finished as the West Virginia Class A runner-up last season.
"What we were hoping to establish was the full court defense," said Barnhart, whose team was winning its second game in as many starts. "We know they are big and if we're stuck in a half court defense with them we would have some mountains to climb.
"We were hoping that with the full court defense we could push the ball opportunistically. We thought if that happened it might help to equalize it a little bit. And in all honesty and fairness to them, some of their kids have only been at this for two weeks. We were hoping we could force the tempo and make it hard for them because we knew they'd make it hard for us around the bucket."
The strategy paid off.
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St. Marys 71, Madonna 55
St. Marys 11 24 19 17 - 71
Madonna 8 17 20 10 - 55
ST. MARYS: Cosper 5 11-13 21, Hupp 2 2-2 8, Bayless 4 2-5 10, Bills 1 0-0 2, Moore 2 0-0 4, Whitehair 5 0-0 11, Brode 2 0-0 5, Lancaster 2 6-7 10. Totals: 23 21-27 71. Three-pointers: Hupp (2), Whitehair and Brode 1 each; Rebounds: 28 (Whitehair, 12); Turnovers 11.
MADONNA: Guio 6 0-0 12, Jeter 3 0-0 6, Ewusiak 2 0-0 4, Retton 1 0-0 2, Bowser 7 0-2 15, Shereve 2 0-0 6, Carnes 2 0-4 4, Stakias 0 2-2 2, Marin 2 0-1 4. Totals: 25 2-9 55. Three-pointers: Shreve (2), Bowser (1); Rebounds: 30 (Carnes, 9); Turnovers 13.
Even though Madonna outgunned St. Marys from the floor sinking 25 field goals to 23, the Blue Devils were solid at the foul line making 21 of 27 compared to just two of nine for the Blue Dons. And despite the size disadvantage, the Blue Devils only lost the battle of the boards by two, 30-28.
"Several times we got their lead down to the five or seven point area, but we had mental breakdowns on defense," said Mike Hagg, who is filling in for suspended head coach George Vargo. "We also kind of wore down since we don't have our basketball legs about us yet.
"Our guys played hard and gave everything they had and did everything we asked them to do. You look at the scoreboard and see it was a 16-point game, but it wasn't that way because late in the game we had to shoot some threes to try to get back and we had to foul. Unfortunately, they made those foul shots going down the stretch, which is to their credit.
"At this point in the season, we have young guards and we're looking for chemistry. We're looking for pieces of the puzzle that will make things flow more easily. When that's not there, our offense is out of sync."
After leading by 10 at the half, 35-25, the Blue Devils expanded the lead to 14 at 54-40 late in the third period, but a three from Levi Shreve and a layup by Marquis Jeter pulled the Blue Dons back inside of double digits at 54-45 going into the fourth quarter.
A field goal by James Carnes sandwiched between two from Wil Bowser to open the fourth narrowed the lead to three points at 54-51, but the Blue Devils quickly seized control again with two straight field goals by Jordan Whitehair and a free throw from Andrew Cosper.
Cosper burned the net for a game high 21 points including 11 of 13 from the foul line. The senior took control of the game in the final five minutes controlling the basketball in the offensive zone and making 7 of 8 free throws.
"Cosper stepped up big. He was never out," said Barnhart. "And I'll tell you another thing, he worked very hard during the off season for both football and basketball for moments like this."
Cosper was a member of the Blue Devil football team that lost to the Blue Dons in the football quarterfinals.
The Blue Devils had three other players in double figures. Whitehair checked in with a double-double scoring 11 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Austin Bayless and sophomore center, Connor Lancaster, each scored 10 points.
Bowser and Nate Guio were the only two Blue Dons in double figures with 15 and 12 points respectively.
Madonna travels to Shadyside for its next game on Tuesday while St. Marys will have its home opener next Tuesday against Tyler Consolidated.


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Kasich: Stay away from Obamacare
September 29, 2013
To the editor: As a resident of Ohio, taxpayer, voter and Gov....
Obama carried Ohio in the election. As recently stated by our President- (yours and mine)republicans are not afraid that Obama care will fail, you are afraid it will work.
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Ha! Nothing YOUR president does works. Obamacare is a joke!!
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Again, unless you are not a U.S. citizen he is "our President" who carried the state of Ohio in re-election. Your narrowmindedness is shining through. Do not fear change.
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Yost...Spoken like a true minion. Follow whatever you hear on fox with identical talking points. Are you sweating that your check will not be processed or any other GOVERNMENT benefit? YOU SHOULD BE BOTHERED THAT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ONLY WORKS 139 DAYS IN YEAR ($174,000), THEY MADE A DEAL FOR EXEMPTION TO THEIR HEALTH CARE AND THE NO LOADS WILL GET THEIR PAYCHECK WHEN OTHER EMPLOYEES WILL NOT. There is a time and place to debate ACA I will echo the following:
Obama carried Ohio in the election. As recently stated by our President- (yours and mine)republicans are not afraid that Obama care will fail, you are afraid it will work. MEDICARE STARTED OUT THIS WAY AND I THINK YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT DO YOU?
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LINDALEA - What country are you from? Like it or not, he is YOUR president as well and every decision he makes, like it or not effects you like everyone else.
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valleyman, your command of the english language is priceless! maybe you should get hooked on phonics instead of listening to the EIB network all day. You may even be able to form your own opinion! The term "libtard" is offensive! to anyone who may have a child, relative, friend, or neighbor who has a real mental handicap! In case you hadn't noticed the 1950's called and wants you back!! Call me what you like but be more considerate of people with real handicaps.
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First the rightname is The Affordable HealthCare Act not Obamacare that is moronic to even allow the use. How many of the people opposing the act have ever read the act! I live in Canada and the healthcare system is WORKING and it is WORKING in France. Quit listening to people who have gouged the healthcare system out of money for years. The guy that comes to the Doctors office in the suit and tie gives kickbacks to the Doctors for over prescribing medicine so he can get his free trips to anywhere and monitary kickbacks for his over prescribing antics. I gues I would not want that windfall to stop because of the affordable healthcare act! The lobbyist, Campaign Funding, and a plethra of other illegal acts in healthcare! What is your Health Care Premium from the nice healthcare providers you are trying to let steal from you by raising the cost of healthcare and preexisting condition clause! I love socialized medicine and my Health is FINE! I just present my card and thats it!
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During a recent trip to the Pacific Northwest I visited the Columbia River Gorge Interpretive Center in Stevenson, Washington. Housed in an ultra-modern glass and concrete building, the museum contains excellent exhibits on the nature and history of the area. But what really grabbed me about the place was the heavy equipment sitting out back and the early gas-powered saws tucked under a staircase inside. I referred to the outdoor storage areas as a boneyard because most of the equipment there will never run again. Some of it will find its way into exhibits at this or some other museum, and a few may be scavenged for parts. The rest will remain out back, unlabeled and un-curated, but not unloved—as long as people who are into machines show up to look at them. If you are ever anywhere near Stevenson, WA (on the Columbia River just upstream from the Bonneville Dam) it's worth stopping in at the museum.
A donkey engine is a "portable" winch (usually steam-powered) loggers used to drag and lift logs. There would have been heavy wooden skids bolted to the I-beams on the bottom of this one, and after being hauled into the forest the engine could use its own cable and winch to drag itself to different locations. First used in shipping and mining, donkey engines were adapted to logging in the early 1880s. If you're a fan of the History Channel show, Ax Men, then you've seen the Rygaard Crew use a yarder to drag or carry logs uphill along an elevated cable. A yarder is the modern equivalent of a donkey engine.
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This 1951 Caterpillar D8 was converted to a yarder. A stayed tower (spar) would have extended up from the machine and been connected by cable to a tree or stump some distance away. Felled logs would have been connected to a carriage on the cable and then winched up to the yarder and loaded onto a truck for transport.
Bill Lyons logging donated this machine to the museum.
Stationary engines, like this one from Le Roi, were used to power generators, pumps, and even small saw mills. The engine was bolted to skids and hauled to where it needed to be. At that point the machine to be powered was connected by belt to a flywheel or pulley on the back of the engine. This engine was manufactured in Milwaukee and is missing a radiator and perhaps a housing. Le Roi started making engines in 1913 and was in business until the late 1950s.
The 1930's era gas-powered compressor in this photo was made by Schramm Inc., a century-old Pennsylvania company that is still in existence. In the old days Schramm made compressors; it now specializes in truck- and trailer-mounted drilling equipment for wells, geothermal, and energy exploration. The compressor shown here would have originally been up off the ground on iron wheels; the piece sticking out the front is the hand crank for starting the engine.
This was produced by the Power Machinery Company of Vancouver, BC and was first sold in 1949. Of course chainsaws have been around for longer than that. The first portable gas-powered model was built by Festo (the original owner of Festool) in 1925.
What you want to look at here are the two wooden frames with fuel tanks and motors attached; the one in front is labeled RM Wade & Company. These are drag saws, which came after the hand-operated cross-cut saw but before the chainsaw. They consist of a two-stroke engine attached to a cross-cut saw blade. The one in back has a blade on it; the one in front does not. The blade on a drag saw could be oriented to fell standing trees or cut downed trees into shorter pieces. It's a clever design, and as hard as it must have been to haul these things into the forest, it had to have been much easier than sawing by hand. To see one in action, search for "drag saw" on YouTube or click the link to this video.
This truck is built like a... Well, you know.
We're talking heavy-duty here; the wheels have solid rubber tires and are turned by a heavy chain-drive coming off the rear differential. The truck still runs and has a top speed of 17 mph.
An unusual feature of the truck's design is the aluminum alloy radiator—which is behind the engine instead of in front of it.
This TA series McCormick-Deering tractor was built by International Harvester in the early 1930s. The cab is shaped like one from an old locomotive.
This is old but I can't tell when it is from – maybe the 1930s or 40s. At some point the owner bolted a perforated steel plate over the radiator to protect it from damage. Many of the machines at the museum were similarly equipped, which suggests how hard logging could be on equipment.
This WWII era half-track was modified for logging and looks to have been used very hard. The piece angling off the back is an A-frame, which was used for lifting. It's hard to see in the photo but a cable runs through a sheave (pulley) on the A-frame and connects to a winch on the vehicle.
Here's another stationary engine; this one is from Aliss-Chalmers. As you can see from the corrugated metal "roof" on top of the engine, the owners didn't baby this thing.
The tractor-style seat, stock radiator cover, and lack of protection over the operator suggest this machine was used for farming rather than logging.
During it's working life it's unlikely this stationary engine would have been idle long enough for a bird to build a nest on it. Things are different, now that the engine is out in the boneyard.
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I am totally smitten with a new color: Persimmon. Yes, it's different – but different can be really fun! It all started with one tray that I found on clearance at Target for less than $10. I loved the shape of it and was even digging the color.
In the overall room, it was just one little bit of the space as a whole. It wasn't like the room was screaming "I'm aqua and orange!"
Then a few more pieces came in. My stepdaughter, Jamie, made me a beautiful frame (and put Brady's photo in it), and Mr. SCC surprised me with an Anthro vase {swoon!}
Another Target clearance find, an orangey flower pot, was added in because: A) I loved the pie crust kinda edge; B) I needed something to hold my new coasters; and C) a $3 something that makes you happy is always worth it (always – even if it's just a cup of coffee.)
My latest addition is a blanket from Home Goods. Cynthia Rowley makes pretty stuff, doesn't she? I'd been visiting it every week for a couple of months, petting the softness of it and thinking… "I really love this." Then my other self would say "You don't need another blanket." The lovely one won. {Am I the only one who fights with herself over buying a $20 blanket?!?}
Look at those ruffles. Sigh.
The moral of this story is if you decide to add a new color, don't second guess yourself – just do it. Buy something small, and when you get it home and love it, add something else. Don't go to the store and buy 18 things all in one trip. I don't even buy them all from one store. Here, there, and everywhere, I say!
And, while we're talking about gathering…. when you're keeping an eye out for new things to bring in, look for different textures. In this instance, I added in wood, ceramic & fabric – and each one brings something unique to the party.


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Some ETs follow a positional number system, with the same base as the number of fingers on their hand. The following inscription is all the evidence we have: $$(\Box @)+(\Box @) = \Box\bigstar\Box $$ Find the number of fingers.
Attempt: $(xy)_b + (xy)_b = (xzx)_b$ Can be written as $2y+2bx=x+bz+b^2 x$ so I need to solve for $b$ the equation $b^2x+bz-2bx+x-y=0$ with $b\geq 2$ and $0\leq x,y,z<b $.


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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Vitality, Greatness, and Success in Life and Trading
The first common element in my observations is something that, for lack of a better word, might be called "vitality". Vitality has several components:
1) A high energy level; people with a high level of vitality spend a relatively high proportion of their time actively doing things in a purposeful manner, even when those things are relaxing and recreational.
2) An active mind; people with a high level of vitality spend a good deal of their time encountering new ideas, new people, new places, and new experiences.
3) High psychological well-being; people with a high level of vitality experience positive moods more frequently than negative ones.
4) Productivity; people with a high level of vitality accomplish a great deal. They are not just active, but active toward directed ends.
The vast majority of the very successful traders I've encountered have unusually high levels of vitality. Not only do they spend more time reading about markets, researching markets, and thinking about markets than their less accomplished peers; they also are more active and productive in their personal lives. They participate in community activities, travel, spend time with their kids--it is if they are plugged into a different, higher voltage circuit than others.
"How do you have time for it all?" is a common question these high-vitality traders encounter. And yet it's not an issue of time: it's a function of how time is utilized. Low vitality people spend a great deal of vegetative time that is neither productive nor rejuvenating; it's as if they're running on spent batteries. High vitality people often have very good work/life balance because they are actively doing things that enhance life and work.
We are all familiar with the distinction between active and passive learners. An active learner is one who reads the chapter in the textbook before going to the lecture. She comes to the lecture with questions and ideas already percolating. A passive learner simply copies notes on the board from the lecturer and then reviews the chapter before the test--perhaps never generating meaningful questions or ideas.
Or how about the difference between truly religious people who attend a service and those that are not religious? The religious person meditates on the meanings of the prayers and uses the time to actively connect to a higher spiritual power. The non-religious person simply repeats the prayers and never seeks or makes a connection. Who feels vitalized and who feels bored during the service?
High vitality people attack life the way that the active student attacks learning; the way that a devout monk approaches prayer: with interest and intent. The secret to their vitality is that they engage in effortful activities in a manner which gives energy, rather than drains it. This enables them to persist where others drain their batteries.
Think of how you review your trading performance (and how often you review). Think of how you review markets and factors that influence markets. Are you digging into yourself and digging into markets, like the active learner? Or are you going through the motions like the bored person at church?
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- brian said...
That was very insightful and a topic upon which I have reflected for some time. I think vitality won't make you profitable, but a lack of it will ensure you fail.
Vitality must permeate all aspects of your life and trading if you are going to unlock your potential. For example, trading coaches babble on about how discipline is central to successful trading, but they almost never discuss what lays at the core of good discipline. It is acceptance of discipline in how you live your life. If one is unable to control one's weight, how can he ever expect to control himself and exercise discipline while trading? If you cannot keep from flying off the handle while driving, how can you maintain a level head while trading? What you call vitality is the energy and the drive to apply yourself to your goals in all aspects of your life. Vitality is what MAKES you a trader rather than someone who just trades.
I would only add one caveat to your excellent post. It is OK to be human. Energy, drive, and creativity run in cycles. Keep the faith and don't sweat the bottom of the cycle when you can't bear to look at another chart. Walk away, play fetch with the dog, or read a nice book on something vacuous. Doing so always brings my mind back to the markets and gives me back my enthusiasm. Our goal is to be profitable traders, not perfect ones.
Brian F.
El Paso, Texas
- Glen said...
Great post, ties right into a book I am currently reading, "The power of Full Engagement".
- Michelle B said...
Vitality is when you act like you are alive.
I am told by many, oh, I can't trade because trading does not interest me. And I counter back, and you think that trading interests me that is why I do it, like how you watch football because you enjoy it?
I trade the way I cook, the way I garden, the way I have conversations, the way I exercise, the way I make pottery, the way I sew, the way I write, the way I do watercolors, the way I learn new stuff, the way I have relationships--with curiosity and with focus on building upon my knowledge base. All those activities are different from each other, yet all are opportunities for me to apply some basic principles of fulfillment, growth, and learning.
Some people have a contrived, artificial way of interacting with stimulus. Stimulus gives you an opportunity to apply what you know, to re-evaluate what you know, and to learn new angles. For many, stimulus is something that must feel good right away, something that keeps them awake.
I always bristled at job titles and when I found an administrative job at a small local history museum, I was told that I would do many things, like quilt-making, calligraphy, washing out the toilet, balancing the budget, data processing, being an liaison with the public and the county, receptionist, gift shop attendant, book editor, newsletter writer, etc. And I said, bring it on, please. Best 'real' job that I ever had.
But there was a common principle that tied all those diverse activities together: it was the openness to apply myself, using my knowledge base and my interest in learning to grow and be happier. It is the perspective of seeing how I can fit into the big world, not how the world can fit into my tiny palm.
- DreamJOBZ said...
Dear Brett, G'day
Wonderful post.
"The secret to their vitality is that they engage in effortful activities in a manner which gives energy, rather than drains it."
Here I would like to add perspective of Effortful Vs Effortless. I know you meant the same what I am trying to deliver here.
One good example, I can give about EFFORTLESS is,
Let us says, someone is very thirsty, drinking water doesn't require much effort, once the thirst is over. Then we need effort to drink more water. For us, to be a successful trader, first one need to be 'Entrepreneur' before trying to be a trader. He needs to see themselves as "Me Inc". He could be working somewhere, but his responsibility on his life is so strong & passionate that he owns his task/job.
And to be an entrepreneur/ a responsible person, it all starts from a dream. Dream creates thirst. Only knowledge/innovation can quench his/her thirst.
I would like to share my another thought about Dreaming and Undreaming. LOL, there ain't word like that in the dictionary. How can I explain?
Let us see I will do my best, I when I see next opportunity to post. Live Awesome,
Raj, DreamJOBZ
- madi said...
And yet, another good forum.
Yes, so often I shy from the word "greatness" when it applies to me, as if greatness is the antitheses of humility. I read this and say to myself, " Why not? Why not, me? What would happen if I put on this greatness suit and wore it for a few days, like it was mine? ...like I deserved it, like I bought it, and own it?"
Thanks, Brett, for instigating this idea. I'm putting on this fancy suit right now! OOH! ...more later...