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I wasn't really planning on doing a trip report from this flight, mainly because I sat next to my boss and didn't want to freak him out with me taking pictures and video of the flight and also writing down details and registrations like I usually do. I'm sure you understand. He, as well as most with whom I work, know that I'm an airline geek, but they don't know quite to what extent (except those who read my trip reports here!). So this is definitely different from my standard report. I think my Canada ones had like 70 pictures total. This will have 6 pictures and 2 videos. The takeoff video is definitely worth watching.
Anyhoo, for work I went to SJU for 24 hours, arriving Tuesday March 11th at 3:00pm and returning Wednesday March 12th at 4:20pm. You'll see some pictures and a very good takeoff video, if I may boast, but all the pictures and video are at the bottom of the report, because they are from the return flight.
AA 2058 DFW-SJU 757-200 N639AA no winglets Seat 3F. J 100% Y 90%
9:35am-3:00pm scheduled. Was exactly on time. Flight time 3hrs 59mins.
As I was walking into Terminal D on this very foggy morning, I coincidentally ran into my boss and another person who was going on this trip. I thought it strange because I had gotten an automated call on my cell phone an hour earlier that we had a gate change from D16 to C17. I was going to Terminal D to hang out in my favorite place..the DFW Club and also grab some breakfast snacks and a bottle of water to take with me in case I got coach. I was on company business, which puts me confirmed in coach, but high priority for an upgrade to business class (it's not actually first class on flights to the Caribbean), but I wasn't sure as there were only about 3-4 seats left and I was #2 on the list.
I met up with my boss (a VP) and decided it would have been rude to leave him and a coworker to go to my club. That all worked out because he invited us to the Admiral's Club, which is a rare treat for me. We went to the Terminal C one, which I guess is older, but still nice and rather large. It wasn't crowded. I had coffee and didn't see much in the way of breakfast snacks available, so coffee is all I had while we were in there. A few minutes after we had sat down the 4th person we were traveling with called us asking where we were. She said they had called my name and the coworker I was with. We told her to tell the agent we would be there in a few minutes.
A few minutes later we made our way to C17 where our 757 was waiting. We were lucky it had arrived the previous night, because there was very heavy fog, and I don't know about AA, but Eagle had already diverted 31 flights that were bound for DFW!! Fortunately for me, and only for me, as it was unfortunate for the others, these diversions opened up some seats on the flight (since the people weren't going to be in DFW on time) and I got a business class seat as a consequence of the weather. Once seated, we were offered mimosas or orange juice. I was impressed with that, as I only expect those on international flights.
We pushed out and taxied briskly for 17R. The Rolls Royce engines buzzed to life and we had a longish takeoff roll for a 757, I guess due to the load of probably 5 hours worth of fuel and a rather full flight, and then we climbed into the air with a vigorous angle. The fog was so low that we were instantly above it. I noticed that the buildings of downtown Fort Worth were visable above the fog. Some antenna towers were visable above the fog as well. It was rather strange!
We climbed up to our cruising altitude of 35,000 and turned toward my hometown of Shreveport. We flew just south of SHV before turning toward New Orleans, but I couldn't see Shreveport due to the clouds. At about Shreveport, 25 minutes into the flight, the breakfast service began. The choice was a cheese omelet or pancakes. I took the omelet. I didn't want to be sticky for the rest of the flight! It was accompanied by potatoes, and we were also offered the choice of a bagel or biscuit, both warmed. I took the biscuit, but turned down a second one later. After breakfast I had some black coffee in the big plastic mug.
Even though they don't look very modern or nice, the 757 first class seats are comfortable. I flew in one of those from SNN to BOS once and was comfortable, just as I was DFW SJU. Obviously these were the brown leather seats, as the TWA ones are long gone now. Two weeks ago I spotted N727TW in LAS with DL colors and winglets.
The entertainment was 90 minutes of CBS Eye On American and then a movie that I didn't watch, so I don't remember what it was, and then more CBS Eye On American. I read some newpapers and then a book the whole way, not watching the TV, but listening to classical music on my Bose QC2 headsets while I read.
We entered the Gulf at the Mississippi Delta and turned toward Sarasota, Florida. An hour later, as we approached the Florida coast, the Gulf turned Emerald Green. About 45 minutes after SRQ we flew between FLL and MIA and entered the Atlantic. From that point, we were constantly in sight of some type of island for virtually the entire remaining two hours to SJU. First it was The Bahamas, with islands so small that most were uninhabited. Some were simply sand flats, and some places had the water so shallow that you could see patterns in the sand just beneath the surface. Then at some point The Bahamas stop and the Turks and Caicos islands begin. Sorry but my geography is rather weak here, so I speak mostly from ignorance, but my experience was that there was always at least one island to look at.
Finally those islands came to an end after a long time, but then way off to my right I could distinguish a big island starting with a large beach surround it. That was the island of Hispanola, staring with Haiti, and it remained in sight something like 50-100 miles south of us, and could see it until we were east of the Dominican Republic. But as it faded away behind us and to the right, the island of Puerto Rico came into view up ahead. Not long after we began to approach Puerto Rico, the throttles were pulled back and we began our descent into San Juan. As we were descending, the flight attendant announced the connecting gate information, and it was amazing! All flights were on American Eagle, and they were all very nice places to visit! Punta Cana, St Thomas, St Martin, Tortola, Aruba, Bonaire, Grenada, Barbados, and I could go on. I was thinking...ok I'll take any of them.
We landed on runway 10, with gusty winds. The approach was exciting because we come in at an angle. I would estimate it to be 120 degrees if the runway is 100 degrees. Then we turn just shortly before touching down, which was exciting. This is done, I assume, to keep noise over the water rather than over the big city of San Juan.
The line of trees that I hadn't seen in over 10 years was to our left while the AA/AE terminal was to our right as we rolled out and turned off. The biggest surprise? The Iron Maiden 757 was parked next to the Eagle hangar! I didn't write down the registration, but it was G-O(XXX). We parked at gate 19 and we were met by some familiar faces, and then I went to work.
I stayed at the Courtyard by Marriott, which is just behind the row of trees next to the runway. In fact the hotel can be seen from the terminal building. I really liked the hotel, because it had it all. A Casino (where I won $20), three restaurants, one of which was on the beach, a huge swimming pool area, a nice beach, and then the big stuff. Airplane noise! A deafening roar every 15 minutes or so as an AA A300 lands or someting cool like Iberia or Martinair. Then the buzz of an ATR or a Cape Air!
From my balcony, I had a restricted view of the beach, a rather undesirable view of some condominiums in a tower that were in disrepair, but while looking at the beach I could hear planes and even actually smell jet fuel. What else can a person want. Well...the hotel also gave $25 in casino match play and a coupon for a free rum cocktail.
The next day I worked in some offices at the airport until it was time to go to the gates. The terminal is functional, with nice view of palm trees and the airport, but there is not much in the way of restaurants or shopping, other than duty free shopping. They allow everyone into the duty free shops and rum is allowed to be purchased if you are flying to the US, but nothing else. The fast food restaurants were located outside of security, which I thought was strange. I had lunch at a grill inside security where I had an "Island Mango Chicken Wrap" which was pretty good. They gave a generous airline employee discount too.
Return flight:
AA1269 SJU DFW 757 Registration (I still don't have it yet, but will post a comment on what it was when I figure it out)
Business 100%
Coach 85%
My seat 11A with an empty middle seat on my row.
4:20pm-8:45pm. Departed on time. Arrived 15 mins early at D29 at DFW.
Flight time 4hrs 57mins!
This time I got coach, so I had to see what the real world is like. One of my friends at the airport hooked me up by giving me seat 11A. The row is permanently blocked for airport control, but she took care of me. It was a very good seat just in front of the engine, and due to its blocked state, the middle seat remained empty.
Here we are as we pushed out. See all the AA tails!
And here we are getting a wave off to taxi to runway 10.
ATR72s to all the exciting island destinations. I really changed my mind on this trip about my strategy for my trip to Maho Beach at SXM, which I still haven't taken. Rather than doing a 757 from MIA, I'm going to connect at SJU if all things are equal. AA runs a 757 SJU-SXM in addition to all the ATRs on that route anyway. This is still and unplanned trip, but I'll do it at some point.
There was no traffic of note, and we taxied out and were number one for takeoff when it was our turn. Here's the video:
After we turned to the northwest, we flew over a very large Carnival Cruise Ship, also headed northwest:
I barely got a few moments to see the Dominican Republic, but we were too far north to see Haiti. Then we entered the Turks and Caicos islands and followed by The Bahamas. Much like the way to SJU, we were in sight of islands nearly the whole way. It got partly cloudy near Florida, so I was surprised when the captain mentioned all the sudden that we were making landfall in Florida and MIA was visible off the left side. I looked down and had a clear view of the airport. I was so stunned and unprepared that I didn't take a picture, but had a great view!
Later we saw SRQ and entered the Gulf of Mexico as the sun got lower in the sky. At this point I was actually watching the mainscreen movie, which was a psychological drama about a kid who thought he was from Mars. I like movies and books about psychology, so it was interesting, though they tried to force some emotions at the end, typical of Hollywood, but what do you do?
As far as food...well, this was a domestic flight and I was in coach, so I was prepared with my protein bars. I had forgotten to buy a bottle of water back at the airport until it was time to board, and then I looked and there were only duty free shops within a reasonable walking distance, so I walked on the plane dehydrated. I remembered they used to sell bottles of water onboard, but it looks like that was discontinued. Instead there's now a monthly "bottled beverage of the month" AA is trying out to see how they sell. Each month will have a different one. This month it was Lipton Citrus Green Tea, which I had actually previously become acquainted with in my private stock back home, so I decided I would have one. I'm not sure how popular they are as there only appeared to be one on the cart, but the flight attendant began with the first row of coach and I was on the third row, so my choice remained available. I bought the green tea $3 plus a bag of trail mix $3 and handed the flight attendant my AA employees credit union debit card, kind of wondering if he might recognize it and hook me up with a deal. He mouthed the words to me, "Do you work for AA" I responded that I did. He handed me back my card and said, here's your raise! The funny thing was that I was in 11A. A person I didn't know was in 11C. But in 11D and 11F were coworkers, and they paid in cash--and didn't get a "raise." I think I have tried that a time or two before and maybe lucked out once by a flight attendant not charging me.
Well the sun was getting lower as we approached, or at least I thought we should be approaching, the Mississippi Delta. Indeed we were, because I shortly made out the Southwest and the Southeast entrances to the Mississippi River. Want to see?
That's the Southwest entrance.
From that point, being a VFR-only pilot (never getting my instrument rating) and since there was not one cloud in the sky the whole way to DFW, I knew where we were most of the time. As we neared my home area, I easily made out some landmarks. I saw highway 171 running Shreveport to Lake Charles somewhere south of Zwolle (pronouced Zuh-Wa-Lee) rhymes with tamale, and is home of the Zwolle Tamale.
But then I saw two major lakes just past the Zwolle/Many, Louisiana area. I was thinking that most people just saw two lakes. I recognized one as the Toledo Bend Reservoir, which signifies the Texas state line. The other was the Sam Rayburn Reservoir. They were created when two of the three most powerful men in US government came from Texas, and they joked that if they remained in office much longer, the entire state would be underwater. Sam Rayburn was the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and he was in office (#3 in power, just beneath the Vice President) while Lyndon Johnson, from Texas, was a Senator, then VP, then President. These lakes are their legacy, or I suppose part of it.
OK I'll dismiss with Texas history for now. After we passed the north-south Toledo Bend, I noticed the cities of Nacogdoches and Lufkin, and highway 59, which will one day be the last Interstate to be constructed in the United States, Interstate 69, which now stops in Indianapolis, but will go all the way to Mexico via Memphis, Shreveport, Houston, and Laredo. To the south I could make out the Beaumont and Houston areas, but they were way off in the distance.
And shortly we approached DFW and began our descent. I should have mentioned that somewhere about 90 minutes before landing there was a second beverage service, where I had coffee.
The crew seemed fine, though a bit geriatric up front if I can be so bold. Both flights were staffed with 5 flight attendants rather than the regular 4 on normal domestic flights. In both cases, there were usually 2 flight attendants working business class and 3 in the back. They weren't rude or anything.
The 757 is not AA's most comfortable plane as it doesn't have headrests and has noticably less legroom in coach than the very generous S80 and rather generous 738. Having an empty middle seat really helped. I recenlty flew on a 757 LAS-DFW with a large man in the middle seat. I'm not so small myself, so that was a bit uncomfortable. This flight, however was very comfortable, and for me, very interesting because of the unusual amount of sightseeing that I did.
As we approached DFW, I saw that we flew over the airport from southwest to northeast and crossed over to the west side. We landed on 18R, which meant we had about a 3 minute taxi-in to gate D29 in the new terminal. Here's the landing video:
It's a night landing, so the video didn't come out so well.
I suppose that wraps up my very long text trip report!
Thanks for reading, if you made it all the way through!
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Rainfall measured over the last two days in the Harrisburg area has shattered previous records for this time of year, according to the National Weather Service.
Friday's rainfall in Harrisburg was measured at 4.41 inches as of 5 p.m. That crushed the previous high for Oct. 11, which was 1.47 inches.
The prior record was set 108 years ago in 1905, according to Kevin Fitzgerald, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Thursday's rainfall — measured at 4.02 inches — also easily surpassed the all-time record for Oct. 10. The previous high was 1.5 inches and was also set more than a century ago in 1894.
The rainfall measurements were taken at Harrisburg International Airport. The recorded rainfall Friday also should rise from the 5 p.m. total because of continuing rain.

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I wanted to like Tap 42, really I did. I drove by the place over the summer, made a mental note to check it out as soon as it opened, and then was delightfully optimistic when they started following me on Twitter. They boasted beer, burgers, and bourbon – music to my ears. I was certain that I was going to love this place.
And so I stopped by for a quick bite a couple weeks ago, eager to try the Florida Rock Shrimp Mac and Cheese, the Ropa Braised Beef Tacos, and of course, the Tap 42 Burger.
Oh, and the drinks – quite an impressive list, especially for an avid craft beer drinker such as myself. Unfortunately, the drinks menu also provided the framework for the first of many problems we encountered that night. Or, as Connor and I now call it, The Most Awkward Date Ever.
As you recently discovered, Connor and I love bourbon. However, neither of us (especially me), are all that knowledgeable about bourbon, although we are eager to learn. So when we were handed a menu that consisted of a simple list of fifty types of bourbon, we were excited to try something new. However, without descriptions, prices, or any information whatsoever to distinguish the different bourbons, we were clueless and decided it would be in our best interest to ask the server for a recommendation.
That was our first mistake. Not only did the server fail to even point us in the right direction (or at least turn us over to someone who could!), he was rude and dismissive, sarcastically retorting that some are more expensive than others (um, thank you, Captain Obvious?) and that he could just bring us a price list. Well, okay, but that's not really what we were looking for. On one hand, a price list could help determine the diferences in quality, but we were looking to enjoy the experience and try something new. Instead, we were a little offended, and just chickened out and ordered two whiskey sours.
We then decided that we were in the mood for some good old-fashioned burgers, so we both ordered the Tap 42, medium, with sweet potato fries subbed for regular fries (they give this option on the burger menu). The server nodded, then immediately turned around and went to the next table, as Connor was trying to hand him our menus. Connor then waited for him to be done with the other table, so he could tactfully get his attention and hand him the menus (it should be noted that we were seated at a hightop, and the menus were huge and covered almost the entire table, so it was more than a little awkward to hang on to them). The server then spun around, looked at me, asked me to remind him again what we ordered (um, what?), then spun around again, leaving Connor still holding the menus. We finally got the attention of another server, who seemed confused but thankfully took our menus away.
At this point, I was more than a little disappointed, but Connor took my hand and cheerfully reminded me that we were out to have a good time and enjoy a fun date, something we hadn't done in close to a month. Unfortunately, the terrible service didn't end there.
Now I am the first to admit that I'm particular, and I expect good service at a restaurant, but I can overlook a lot of things. For example, I won't hold it against a server for forgetting to refill my water, neglecting to take away finished glasses, or even if a mistake is made when placing my order. Shit happens, and that's fine. What I absolutely cannot excuse is rudeness and condescension when mistakes do occur.
As you may have already figured out, our order got screwed up. About 10-15 minutes after we placed our order (during which we drooled over every plate that passed by us, because really, the food looked and smelled amazing!), the kitchen delivered a single burger to me.
Yes, you read that right. I got my burger and sweet potato fries, Connor was ignored and brought nothing. In fact, when I mentioned to the very nice gentleman that we had each ordered a burger, he looked confused, apologized, and said he would check on that right away as the kitchen only had one order come through. Awkward and disappointing, but fine.
A few minutes later (during which Connor and I argued back and forth, me insisting I would wait for him to get his food before eating mine, him insisting that I eat it before it gets cold, me finally compromising by putting my fries in the middle of the table and commanding him to eat some while I ate my burger), our server walked by and asked if we needed anything. I told him Connor was still waiting on his burger, and the server rolled his eyes and, obviously annoyed, told me it would be out in a few minutes in a "whatever" kind of way.
Really dude? You screw up my order, I do nothing more than merely ask for my boyfriend's food, and you have the audacity to roll your eyes at me? It was obvious from the beginning that he didn't exactly pride himself on delivering good service, but when you have to ask me to remind you of our order because of your own incompetence, and then screw up said order, that's on you.
At this point, I felt deflated, and Connor still didn't have his food. Like I said, if he made a mistake, that's fine. The place is new, there are some kinks to work out, I get that. We wouldn't have cared if the server had simply apologized and said he'd take care of it. Instead, the server was insulting and dismissive. He later came back and blamed the kitchen, which I found even more annoying, not to mention immature.
Given the circumstances, we were just happy to finally get our food (although I had finished mine long before Connor got his), but to be frank, my burger was barely medium rare and I couldn't finish it because it was so raw inside. Also, Connor's sweet potato fries were missing the special (and delicious!) cinnamon sauce that comes with them. Connor was extremely annoyed already, and wasn't going to request the sauce, but as the sweet potato fries were the only highlight of the meal, I insisted he needed it. Of course, the server responded with another eye roll, which is apparently his trademark response. I think I would have fallen off my stool otherwise.
One last thing that kind of irked us – the server actually did comp Connor his whiskey sour (not the burger), but never told us. In fact, he made us wait over 10 minutes before taking Connor's credit card to pay (during which time he walked back and forth and around our table and again, ignored us repeatedly), and we didn't realize he took off a drink until we looked over the check again out of sheer boredom. On one hand, it was nice that he actually did something for us, but on the other hand, it was weird that he never mentioned it to us. To be honest, I would have preferred an apology to a free drink.
Here's the deal. The burger was good, but not great. Honestly, it may very well be great (albeit nothing unique), but the disappointment of the evening overshadowed the food. I didn't even get to take pictures for you, even though I went there with the intent of writing a rave review, because the whole thing was so frustrating. The sweet potato fries and cinnamon sauce are unbelievably good, however, and I did get a picture of Connor enjoying those.
All in all, I think the place has a lot of promise. The location is great (right near downtown Fort Lauderdale), the decor is beautiful (gorgeous wood everywhere), and the food was good, although there really isn't much to distinguish the menu from the other local burger joints and gastropubs. The drink menu is awesome, however, and although my whiskey sour was only mediocre, I got to try a new Left Hand beer (my favorite brewery!), the Left Hand Week Sauce Coffee Porter. More awesomeness, despite the fact that the server tried to take it away from me when it was still half full, and when there were several finished glasses still on the table.
It's also worth mentioning that the place was only half full, but it was LOUD. I don't have very good hearing (that's what happens when your dad is a rock star and you grow up in recording studios!), but I could clearly hear conversations on the other side of the room. It was so loud that Connor and I had to yell to hear each other, which only added to the awkwardness of the whole ordeal. There is a really nice outdoor patio that would be preferable if you don't want too much noise, especially in the winter months when the weather is comfortable.
In the end, we decided that we'll probably go back to Tap 42, but just for the drinks. I think we'd have more fun grabbing a beer during happy hour (and some sweet potato fries!), and maybe a bartender will be able to turn us on to a new bourbon or two.


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Donald Byrne is best known for losing The Game of the Century in the 1956 Rosenwald tournament to Bobby Fischer. This is great because it ensures him a type of immortality. It's also not so great since Donald Byrne was one of the great chess personalities, a superb ambassador to chess. Remembering him just for that game is like remembering Ronald Reagan just for one movie, Babe Ruth for pitching for the Red Sox in the World Series, or Stephen Tyler as an American Idol judge .
IM Donald Byrne, brother of GM Robert Byrne [PS: Ironic, later this same week Robert passed away], was easily of GM strength - he won the US Open in 1953, and around that time was the second highest rated player in the US behind Samuel Reshevsky. In the 1954 radio match USA vs. USSR, D. Byrne defeated one of the top Soviet GMs, Yuri Averbach, 3-1 in their individual match. Unfortunately due to illness and lack of opportunity, Donald never got the GM title, but there was no doubt he deserved it. Even later when he was ill and unable to play as much, he was still rated in the Top 10 players in the US.
Professor Byrne (or "Coach" as we often called him) seemed to know all the top players and personalities in the chess world, whether they were behind the iron curtain or not. He was a close friend of Bobby Fischer's (when Fischer was young). Once, when he finished a story about yet another grandmaster friend, I said to him,
"Coach, you seem to be on good terms with everyone in the chess world. Is that true?"
Donald thought for a second and then, with that ever-present wry smile of his, chuckled:
"Yes, that is everyone except Reshevsky. But then, no one likes Reshevsky!"
The Byrne family has been kind enough to include me in their thoughts of Donald. Before she passed away a couple of years ago, Madge Byrne, Donald's widow, gave me a copy of her scrapbook of Donald's career, a momento I very much appreciate. The reasons I am involved include:
The Penn State Chess Club has just revived the Donald Byrne Memorial Chess Tournament and I had been asked to be the honored speaker. This past weekend wife Shelly and I loaded dogs Brynn and Abbie into the car for the 3-hour drive to Penn State (It turned out to be a tough weekend for Brynn, but that's a story for a dog site!).
After the second round, Penn State Chess Team Captain James Bischoff introduced Donald's son Eli Byrne, who is a Professor of Game Theory for the Penn State Math Department. Eli talked about his father's career and how much he still meant to the family, these many years after Professor Byrne's early passing in 1976 due to a long-term illness. Eli then introduced me.
I primarily limited my 50-minute talk to anecdotes and stories. This seemed appropriate since Donald Byrne had a million stories, so I told some of his and some of mine. Donald Byrne always laughed til he was red telling these stories; I wasn't quite able to duplicate that! Some of these, like the Byrne Brothers and the Hustler I had written for Chess.com; another Chess.com story about Fischer's trip to the Olympiad I did not have time to relate.
I told a couple of stories about The Game of the Century. One was how, after Fischer's combination, Donald canvassed the other players to see if they thought he should honor Fischer's great play by letting the young man checkmate him. They approved, of course - at that point young Bobby was not yet Bobby Fischer - as Byrne pointed out. The other story involved Byrne moving his queen's bishop to the wrong square in the opening. He was contemplating what he should do about it, when he had a strong urge to go to the bathroom(!) So he quickly picked up the bishop, put it on another square, and left the board. As he said, at that point how did he know it was going to become The Game of the Century?
It was a great honor to be there.
The one time I met Bobby Fischer's and Donald Byrne's coach, John Collins, I told him about my affection for Coach Byrne. Upon hearing this, Collins, who was quite elderly and frail and no longer able to speak, understood fully about his long-passed pupil, and pulled my hand over his heart in a show of great empathy. It was unforgettable. Thanks to Byrne and Collins, I am am able to proudly tell others, "My coach's coach was Bobby Fischer's coach."
As for the event itself, TD Joshua Anderson filed the following report:
"This past weekend 36 participants took part in the Donald Byrne Memorial. This event gave away over $1300 in prizes over three different sections. In the top section, National Master Peter Minear and Expert Matt O'Brien won first place scoring 4 our of 5. In the Under 1600 section, newcomer Denis Aslangil and 13 year old Andrew Yang shared first place with a score of 4.5 out of 5, drawing each other. The Under 1200 section was a round robin, won in a clean sweep by Lehigh newcomer Alan Ng, 5- 0. The top team was Lehigh University. The players were able to not only be involved in a fine memorial event, but they also were able to listen to talks given by Eli Byrne, Donald Byrne's son, and Dan Heisman, one of Donald Byrne's students. Plans are already being made for next year's event, so keep an eye out for it!"
Here is another picture of Donald (circa 1967), with my friend Lester Shelton watching him analyze with a third player, whom I am guessing is the blind Dr. Slater:
Hi, its nice to know more here about the 'coach' - Donald Byrne. Wish to re-post this to many a sports lovers here - on sportspanacea dott comm
So the pre-bathroom bishop move was 11. Bg5? The one that lost tempo and eventually the game...
very nice
I enjoyed the tournament very much and the stories by Dan Heisman and Eli Byrne were very popular with the players and a lot of them were quite humorous. Donald Byrne seemed to have been a most rare and kind person and demonstrated excellent skill in scoring very well against elite players on the few occasions he played them.
I expect more players will attend next year now that the PSU chess club better understands what they have to do to advertise and run a tournament. However an attendance of over 40 players for the first tournament run by PSU in 7 years with limited advance notice (could not even find the flyer on their club website without extraordinary sleuthing skills), was promising.
Thanks to James and PSU for hosting a very pleasant tournament and to the players for conducting themselves exceptionally well on and off the board!
Here are two key games of mine from rounds 3 and 4, of this 5 round tournament. All my games were very interesting and complicated. Unnecessarily complicated, sure, with a little more patience, I could do better, but I had fun and gained a lot of knowledge from the experience.
U said no one liked Reshevsky, any particular reason why?
I like these kind of stories about the figures in chess history. Nice article
wow. very nice and touching story
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If you had suggested, back in April, that a Nationals starter might throw six scoreless frames of four-hit ball in Miami in September, nobody would be surprised. If you called that starter out by name, and that name was Tanner Roark, the response would have been largely uniform.
But Roark, who has been one of the brightest spots on the Nationals staff since making his Major League debut on August 7, did exactly that Saturday night. In his first Major League start he worked ahead in the count and got quick outs, just as he had done in his nine previous outings out of the bullpen. When it was all said and done, he had lowered his ERA over his first 28.2 innings as a National to a head-turning 0.94.
When asked if Roark's performance had earned him another turn in the rotation, Davey Johnson was quick to reply with one of his classic quips.
"He'll make his next start," said the Nats skipper. "I'm not that stupid."
Roark's dominance has been even more noticeable due to his ability to pitch ahead of batters and stay in the strike zone, leading to quick innings. On Saturday night, he needed just 71 pitches for his six frames, or 11.83 per inning pitched.
"Since he's come up, everything he's done has been impressive," said Ryan Zimmerman, the offensive star of the contest, who homered in his first two at-bats and also turned in a couple defensive gems.
As for Roark himself, he carried the same quietly confident demeanor he has shown ever since entering the Nationals clubhouse back in August. And while even he has taken pause at how well the results have turned out, he's just rolling with the punches.
"Yeah, I'm a little surprised," he admitted of the early returns of his Major League career. "But I don't want to change anything … Just keep attacking, going after guys. Make them swing."
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Ryan Zimmerman blasted a pair of home runs Saturday night, marking his second multi-homer game this season and the 12th of his career. Both of his multi-home run games in 2013 have come on the road, the other being a three-homer affair in Baltimore on May 29. Interestingly, 15 of Zimmerman's 19 home runs this season (78.9%) have come away from Nationals Park, compared to 76 of his 153 career homers prior to this year (49.7%).
Jayson Werth collected three hits last night – his ninth three-hit performance this season – raising his batting average to .321 for the year. That currently ranks fifth in the National League, trailing only Andrew McCutchen (.322), Yadier Molina (.323), Michael Cuddyer (.328), and Chris Johnson (.332).
Denard Span extended his hit streak to a career-high 18 games with a first-inning single and finished his night 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Span has batted at a .411 (30-for-73) clip over the streak, raising his batting average from .258 to .279. The outfielder's 18-game streak is the longest active streak in MLB and the longest by a National this season.


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===Story=== Journey into lush jungle foliage, up fog-bathed mountains, under flaming desert sands, back in time. How would it feel to be the first one, to be a bold explorer, to make a one-of-a-kind discovery? Return to the golden age of exploration as five men set out into the world to make their names. This exciting five-episode Discovery Channel series will take you to South Africa, the Gobi Desert, the Andes Mountains, Egypt's Valley of the Kings, and the islands of Crete and Santorini to discover the missing link in human evolution, the bones of new dinosaur species, the lost city of the Inca, the undisturbed tomb of King Tutankhamun, and the lost civilization of the Minoans. ''Searching for Lost Worlds'' captures the excitement, heartbreak, persistence, and most of all the glory these historic discoverers experienced as they followed their dreams. The stories are told chronologically with interviews, exquisite and extremely rare archival footage, astonishing photographs, and dramatic reenactments that make the experiences of these sometimes eccentric men come to life again. These videos will enthrall anyone who has dreamed of making an important discovery or of travelling to exotic destinations. They are entertaining and easy to follow without skimping on details or shying away from controversies. Don't miss this opportunity to see remarkable 1920's film footage of Mongolia, panoramic views of remote Incan cities and graceful, vividly-colored Minoan frescoes. ''--Tara Chace''
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Anne Kornow of Dexter, just east of Jackson, recently won $10,000 as the grand prize winner in a "Bundts Across America" baking contest sponsored by Nordic Ware, creator of the Bundt pan.
For the contest, Kornow used a Holiday Tree Bundt Pan, part of Nordic Ware's platinum holiday bakeware collection. It is made of heavy-cast aluminum and retails for $35.
Besides taste, the judges liked it because, "This looks like a perfect snow-covered forest, from layers of white and chocolate cake mimicking the coloring of a mountainside to the dusting of powdered sugar 'snow.' "
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Use pastry brush to thoroughly coat all parts of pan with shortening. Sprinkle flour evenly over shortening; invert pan and shake out excess.
Cream shortening and sugar in large mixing bowl until thoroughly blended. Separate eggs and reserve yolks. Add whites to shortening mixture and beat 2 minutes, until light and fluffy. Beat in white chocolate pudding mix, peppermint extract and sour cream or yogurt (mixture may look curdled).
Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Slowly beat in half the flour mixture, then 3/4 cup milk, then the last of the flour mixture, scraping bowl after each addition. Increase speed and beat until thoroughly combined, 2 to 3 minutes.
Remove 2 cups batter and stir into it the white chocolate chips or chunks. Dollop white chocolate batter into Bundt pan. Do not try to make smooth and even. Keep it unevenly distributed in peaks and on sides. Push gently up against sides.
To remaining batter in bowl add reserved yolks, cocoa, fudge pudding mix and 1/4 cup milk; beat until completely combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
Layer chocolate batter over top of white batter, pushing gently up against sides. Gently tap the filled pan on the counter a few times to remove air bubbles and pockets.
Place pan on baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees 50 to 60 minutes or until wooden skewer (not metal) inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
Cool in pan 10 minutes, shake pan from side to side and, if needed, use a plastic knife to carefully loosen the cake from center and sides if stuck. Invert onto cooling rack. When completely cooled, dust tops with powdered sugar. Place on platter and arrange mint springs or plastic holly sprigs and crushed peppermint candies around edge of platter at bottom of cake.
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William R. Rider 1920-2013
CANFIELD – William R. "Bob" Rider, 92, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at home.
He was born Oct. 10, 1920, in Jane Lew, W.Va., the eldest son of Ethel I. and Pete M. Rider. Bob was raised in Rivesville, W.Va., and after being married he moved to Fairmont, W.Va.
He was a graduate of West Fairmont High School. Bob then received a bachelor's of science in education from Fairmont State College, where he was president of Tau Beta Iota fraternity. He then earned a master's in education from West Virginia University.
Bob taught at Mannington, Mononagah and East Fairmont High Schools in West Virginia from 1946 until moving to Niles in 1955, where he taught social studies at Warren G. Harding High School in Warren and then taught history, civics and geography at East Junior High. While teaching there, he won the Freedom Foundation George Washington Honor Medal Award. Bob retired in 1985.
He served his country during World War II from 1942 to 1945 as a member of the U.S. Navy, where he became a first-class petty officer and an aviation metalsmith.
Bob was a member of Prince of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was also a member of the State of Ohio Retired Teachers Association. Bob loved to cook. He liked to hunt and fish with longtime friends and also enjoyed gardening, woodworking and bird watching. Bob was a lifelong learner and teacher, and he especially loved spending time with family that he was so proud of.
Bob's wife, the former Frances F. Squires, whom he married Jan. 30, 1943, died Dec. 8, 1973. His second wife, the former Florence Rochow, whom he married March 22, 1975, died Oct. 14, 2009.
Bob is survived by his daughters, Sharon A. (George) Remias of Austintown and Janet S. (Dana) Slick of Niles; his brothers and sister, Irving of Morgantown, W.Va., Elizabeth Waddell of Bridgeport, W.Va., Dr. Ernest of Charlotte, N.C., and Daniel of Fairmont, W.Va.; and his grandchildren, Tammi (Tim) Hartshorn, and their children, Lindsey and Nicholas, George R. (Andrea) Remias, and their children, Eleanor and Julia, Dr. Eric (Dr. Angela) Slick, and their children, Ethan, Brandon, Cameron and Isabella, and Chad (Chantal) Slick.
Besides his wives, Bob was preceded in death by his sister, Juanita Riley.
Friends may call from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at Prince of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Poland, where there will be services at 11 a.m. Friday.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the American Heart Association, 840 Southwestern Run, Poland, OH 44514, or to the American Cancer Society, 525 N. Broad St., Canfield, OH 44406.
Arrangements are by the Lane Family Funeral Homes, Canfield Chapel. Family and friends may view this obituary and send condolences at www.lanefuneralhomes. com.
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My dog was diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma. She also has a history of mast cell tumor grade II. She is a 13 year old mixed shepherd. Her tail was amputated, because the tumor was on the base. She also had 4 superficial tumors removed. They all came back as Multicentric Subcutaneous Hemangiosarcoma. The tail mass came back as mast cell tumor, but the biopsy showed to be HSA. What protocols should I consider?


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EUCLID, Ohio -- Registration is currently available for the inaugural Euclid Pet Pals Golf Outing at Briardale Greens Golf Course, 24131 Briardale Ave. The event takes place Friday, Aug. 16, though registration closes Tuesday, July 30.
Registration is $85 per person. Golfers can register individually or as a foursome. Hole sponsorships are available for $75. The registration and sponsorship form is available at the Pet Pals website. All proceeds from the event benefit the Euclid Animal Shelter.
The event begins with a hot dog lunch and player check in at noon. Golfers hit the links at 1 p.m. The tournament features a shotgun start and follows a scramble format. Participants will also enjoy beer at the turn, raffles, gift bags and a full dinner with chicken and ribs. The day also features several skills contests for men and women with a competitive streak. The outing takes place rain or shine.
Briardale Greens won the "best putting greens" category in a 2012 Plain Dealer poll of 2,100 area golfers.
Euclid Pet Pals formed in 2003 as a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization. All funds generated by the group benefit the city-owned Euclid Animal Shelter, 25100 Lakeland Blvd. Pet Pals volunteers not only organize fundraisers, but also clean cages, care for animals, publish a newsletter and maintain lists of adoptable animals on Petfinder and Adopt a Pet.
Sharon Jensen has volunteered with Pet Pals for eight years. She notes with pride that "visitors often comment on how clean our shelter is."
Pet Pals hosts three other fundraisers each year, including "Bark-B-Que" in May, a car wash in July and the "4 Paws Clam Jam" in October.


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"Now he knew that Moretti was going to fake Las Meninas, Gilligan was in with a chance. Moretti never faked a painting from photographs. He always studied the original. So, if he moved fast, Gilligan reckoned he might just catch Moretti inspecting this one. He was in the air by 10 a.m."
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In Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, you are former agent Sam Fisher. You go on an unwanted journey to stop a massive attack on the United States and above all, reap vengeance upon the black-ops military group, Third Echelon, for the murders of his daughter and best friend.
Game type: Stealth shooter.
Maker: Ubisoft.
Platforms: Reviewed on Xbox 360. Also available for PC.
Hits: Splinter Cell: Conviction redefines the stealth action genre as gamers know it by making combat and the "sneaking" fast, visceral and smooth. Comparison between the "speed" of Conviction and previous Splinter Cell games is similar to comparing a tortoise to a cheetah. Yet with this speed comes a control layout that, even when in the toughest of scenarios makes the player feel in control of the actions taking place on screen.
Along with the action comes the new feature that makes the action in Conviction unique: mark-and-execute. In this mode, the player is able to "mark" particular enemies and then "execute" them with the push of a button which sends Sam into a Jason Bourne-like flurry of gunfire that takes out every marked enemy in a split second. This is a very interesting and strangely appropriate addition that really helps bring out the "action" in stealth action.
The story stands out with brow raising twists, a compelling plot, and the superb voice of Michael Ironside.
Misses: Conviction's main flaw is the over-complicated stages where the player must balance stealth with action, such as when Sam must take out a room full of enemies. You will die over and over until you grasp the proper strategy for handling the baddies. These can be outright frustrating and mentally exhausting.
Content Rating: Mature.
Recommendation: This game is a good choice for fans of Splinter Cell, stealth or action gamers, or anyone interested in movies "Taken" and "The Bourne Conspiracy." Due to the way in which the story is told, one doesn't really have to have a great understanding of the Splinter Cell universe. This tale of revenge is a good choice for a gamer or a thriller movie buff.
Grade: A
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Whatever you think of Scott Ritter, the former United Nations weapons inspector who says the White House plans to attack Iran, Ritter is not alone in that message. Seymour Hersh - the famed investigative writer with deep military sources - says basically the same thing in this week's New Yorker.
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IOWA FALLS - In its most complete performance of the season, the Iowa Central men's basketball team stunned sixth-ranked (NJCAA Div. II) Ellsworth by a 95-82 final on Saturday.
After trailing by double figures early in the game, the Tritons (13-8 overall, 3-2 in the ICCAC) outscored the Panthers 86-63 the rest of the way.
"It was probably the best 40 minutes of basketball we've played in the last three years," said ICCC head coach Dennis Pilcher. "Our margin for error is not that big, so we knew we'd have to come over (to Iowa Falls) and play great. We took care of the ball, knocked down shots and did a good job on the boards. It was just a tremendous team effort."
Dylan Travis paced Iowa Central with 30 points. Jesse Jones (21), Javonte Young (15) and Winston Yergler (11) were next in line offensively for the Tritons.
"I think our guys really showed the potential they have," Pilcher said. "(The Panthers) are a lot more talented than us, but we played hard and smart. Dylan hit about a 40- or 50-footer at the half, which really gave us some momentum. We came out in the second half then and never really let them get back into the game."
Iowa Central actually built a 15-point advantage in the second half. Ellsworth (14-4, 2-2) never got closer than six down the stretch.
Winners of four straight games, the Tritons visit No. 16 Des Moines Area (16-4, 3-2) on Wednesday. Tip is set for 7:30 p.m. in Boone. The Bears dropped a 78-65 decision Saturday at Iowa Lakes.


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Mount Si narrowly misses state title
The Mount Si boys' golf team came within one stroke of winning the 3A state title at the state tournament held last Monday and Tuesday in Yakima.
Mount Si had three golfers compete both days, and their scores were excellent.
Sean Armstrong had a two-day total of 149, which left him five over par. His 72 on the first day was one of only nine scores at even or under par on the par-72 Apple Tree Golf Course. He finished the tournament in ninth place.
Brandon Proudfoot carded a two-day total of 153, as did his teammate, Derrek Lee.
Lakeside School of Seattle was the only team that placed better than Mount Si at the tournament, finishing with a team score of 77.5 to the Wildcats' 79.5.
Armstrong had mixed feelings about his rounds of golf in Yakima.
"Well, [the] first day I played OK. I had a bad front nine and I came back strong. Then the second day I didn't play as good," he said.
His teammates shared similar feelings.
"The first day I did pretty good, but the second day the wind was blowing and it was a little bit harder and [I] didn't shoot quite as good," Proudfoot said.
Lee was more critical of his play, saying, "I didn't play very well. It was fun but it could've been better."
Seniors Lee and Proudfoot both have playing at the collegiate level in mind. Proudfoot will attend Scottsdale Community College in Arizona, where he plans to play golf.
Lee plans to stay home and try out for the University of Washington men's golf team, which had a Valley native play for the team recently: Derek Berg, a Cedarcrest High School graduate.
Armstrong, though, has bigger goals. He wants to "play for money" on the PGA tour, adding that his favorite golfer is Sergio Garcia.
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June 17th, 2014
'Riders Rewind – June 16
Miss the last RoughRiders game? Catch up on the action or relive the highlights with 'Riders Rewind, a daily capsule of yesterday's big moments. Listen to previous editions of 'Riders Rewind here.
Frisco ends the first half on a two-game losing streak and with its second shutout in past six days courtesy of a 3-0 defeat at the paws of the Midland RockHounds. Click here to read the full game recap.
The RoughRiders' offense is officially in a slump. Its two hits on Monday set a season low, and they have just seven hits through the first two games of the series. With the exception of two big innings in the Corpus Christi series, the 'Riders have scored in six of the past 54 innings.
Slumps are far from uncommon, as any baseball fan knows, especially at this juncture in the season. Fans have been spoiled by a RoughRiders unit that has generated hits and runs at a consistent clip since a sleepy first week of the season.
At this point, it's important not to mistake the downturn in run production with "coasting." Jason Wood and his staff are too competitive and care too much about winning to allow this team to mentally check itself out of the second half, postseason berth already in hand. On the other hand, Wood & co. also understand the season is a marathon, not a sprint, and the ability to maintain over the long haul is more important than implementing anything radical to jolt the offense in the short term. They will get back on track.
Star of the Game: RF Teodoro Martinez – 1/3, 2B
The baseball flu has yet to inflict Teo, who doubled in his third straight game last night. He tallied the only extra-base hit and was one of only two runners to reach scoring position for the RoughRiders. Over his last ten games, "Cafe" bats .361, which isn't too far removed from his season average of .314 through 39 games.
In case you missed it:
-The opponent has scored first in all six games of the road trip thus far.
-Midland's Anthony Aliotti has given the 'Riders fits through the first two games of the series. The left-handed hitter posted a .179 through the ten games prior to Frisco's arrival, but has since gone 5-for-7 with three runs, a home run, two doubles, two RBI, one walk and two strikeouts.
-Gallo watch: 0-for-1, 2BB, K; Gallo has drawn four walks in the series.
-RHP Kyle Lotzkar landed on the disabled list with a strained left quad. The 'Riders currently have a season-high four players on the DL, three of whom are pitchers (Rodebaugh, Kela).
-Lotzkar to the DL opens up room for lefty reliever Will Lamb, a 2011 second round draft choice out of Clemson. Lamb is the rare southpaw who can touch the mid-90s with his fastball. Tall and willowy at 6-foot-6 180 pounds, Lamb arrived in Midland late yesterday afternoon and joined the team in the dugout with the game already in progress. He becomes the eighth player sent up from Advanced-A Myrtle Beach this season.
Also, new this week, we will begin to incorporate the previous day's pregame interview into "'Riders Rewind." These interviews are typically posted every Sunday in "'Riders on the Record," but for the sake of immediacy, we want to present them to you a bit sooner in the week. Enjoy a two-for-one special today:
Jason Wood and Alex Vispoli look back on the season's first half in this Father's Day edition of "Sunday with the Skipper:"
RHP Jon Edwards overcame a rocky start to the season and has not allowed a run in his last seven outings. He discusses how he navigated through the rough patch and emerged a better player and person. Jon also pitched at nearby Keller High School, which has produced multiple professional baseball athletes in recent years:
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About this recipe: This chicken pasta recipe is quick and easy to make and there won't be many leftovers. I took it to uni with me once and all of my friends couldn't resist! I think this dish is still open to variation and I usually don't measure the quantities... So I will do my best but feel free to play around with it! I prefer to use a fat dry egg fettucine. Fresh pastas don't seem to cook as well and sometimes go slimy.
This recipe is great! We all love it. I made a slight modification with the white-sauce part: have done it in a separate small pot as there are not enough space in the pan. Also add a bit of salt & pepper. Just something worth mentioning: this recipe can feed an army - very large quantities. Anyway - will go to my favourites to repeat in the future. - 02 Mar 2014
I made this recipe as its says, I just substituted spinach for basil as I didn't have any spinach. I always make tomato based dishes (watching the waist line!!) However, I am pregnant (and craving cheese.....) at the moment and using the opportunity to try out new recipes (Oh no there goes the waist line!!) It was absolutely delicious and my husband, who has just got in from a 10k run is in love with this recipe Thanks Tammay !! - 20 Jun 2013


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PCOS Machines Testing Resulted to Counting Errors of Votes
In nearly six (6) days, the long-awaited May 2010 Philippine National and Local election will happen. The anticipation is very high and two of the top most reasons I believe are: (1) there will be a new set of politicians, hopefully, better ones, who will rule this country; and (2) the automation (which in truth is only partial automation because we still don't get to vote via the computer) will be put to test, is it worth the people's money or not?
What really worries me and many others is the fact that the delivered Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines which were tested for actual use malfunctioned. The precincts board of election inspectors or BEI conducted mock elections and they compared the printed the result of the counting from the PCOS machine and the result of their their manual count. The outcome was a total dismay.
The result of the count for the national election was consistent with the tallied votes from the manual count. The machine malfunctioned when counting the votes for the local election, the manual tallies and the printed result from the PCOS machines delivered different results.


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There were several big names in SEC basketball this past season be it Kentucky's Nerlen's Noel, Ole Miss shooting guard Marshall Henderson or exciting Missouri point guard Phil Pressey.
But none of those guys were named conference Player of the Year.
That award went to Georgia's Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
The efficient 6-foot-5 shooting guard averaged 18.5 points per game, second-best in the league, while shooting 43 percent from the field and 37 percent from 3-point range. Tuesday, he declared his plans to forego his final two years of college and leave Athens for good, announcing his plans to hire an agent and enter the 2013 NBA Draft.
"I want to thank the University of Georgia for all it has done for me," Caldwell-Pope said in a statement released by the school. "I want to thank my coaches, teammates and fans for the love and support."
Caldwell-Pope joins a class of shooting guards which also includes potential top pick Kansas freshman Ben McLemore and Lehigh combo guard C.J. McCollum, among others. Pope isn't expected to go in the lottery, the first 13 picks which comes along with a guaranteed contract, but is seen as a mid-first round pick.
He averaged 13.2 points per game as a freshman out of Greenville, Ga.
This past season, he improved in nearly every statistical category, including free-throw percentage and rebounds per game.
He scored 32 points in his final game in a Bulldogs' uniform, a 68-63 loss to LSU in the SEC tournament, going 9-for-20 from the field, 6-for-15 from 3. He scored in double-figures in each of Georgia's 32 games.
"It's been a pleasure to coach Kentavious and to see him grow as both a player and a person," Fox said. "I wish him nothing but success as he pursues his dreams. He will always be a part of the Georgia family."
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PALMER - A Three Rivers man and Monson woman will be arraigned on Nov. 2 on a charge of reckless endangerment of a child in Palmer District Court after a 12-year-old Monson boy was accidentally lit on fire and police said they failed to get him treatment.
Monson Police Chief Stephen Kozloski Jr. said the 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy were playing with a lighter and aerosol can when the accident happened at 372 Main St. in Monson in the early morning hours of Sept. 18. The younger boy had put nail polish remover on his shirt, which ignited, Kozloski said.
Kozloski said instead of calling for an ambulance for the burned boy, Brittany A. Boynton, 18, who lives at the address, and Robert G. Faulkner, 23, of 2014 Overlook Drive, Three Rivers, threw a towel on him and then dropped him off at home.
He said the boy's chest, neck and facial area were burned and he ended up being hospitalized at Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer. He was then transferred to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for second-degree burns, according to the court file.
The incident was reported just before 2:30 a.m. by the victim's parents, he said.


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Anonomous, Dec 20th, 2005 @ 9:45pm
No Subject GivenI was a victim of something similar. A malware installed a torrent on my computer and used it to download viruses and spyware. I had to reformat my computer to get rid of it all, and it still lags.
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Sean Feeney, Dec 20th, 2005 @ 9:56pm
Re: No Subject GivenPoor hardware is still poor hardware after a re-format.
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Landon, Dec 20th, 2005 @ 11:03pm
No Subject GivenHahhaa. I love it. I now have an out to download stuff, and get away with it. It would have been a little nice though if someone would have done this, I dunno... say 4 or 5 years ago...
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RefriedBeaner aka Ozzy1644, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 1:43am
Re: No Subject GivenHahah, I was going to say that too. How the F is your comp going to lag after u do a fresh install? Sorry dude but ur a tarded. And if you are getting malware and spyware installed on your computer from using BT(BitTorrent), then BT is not for you. Also how stupid can you be not to see that your bandwidth was being hogged by something else. And if you knew that it was there how hard was it to unplug ur cat5 out of you NIC DUH!!!!!!!
BTW yes PC users have excuse for dl'n ilegal stuff, alas us *ix users where viruses don't exist for uss. Haha
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AngloAfro, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 1:46am
old idea, new data....I had a trojan do something similar about 6 years back, it published a directory on my computer and started replicating a warez site on my hard drive. It was actually kind of convenient at the time because it gave me a modest collection of music and porn, but after it consumed all the free space on my hd, I decided to remove it.
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acb, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 2:30am
Automated extortionI was wondering a while ago how long until some clever organised criminals start running automated extortion campaigns. It would work by sending out malware containing encrypted child pornography or something similarly illegal. The program would inform the victim that the "evidence" has been surreptitiously concealed around their hard disk (and burned media and such) over the past N months and that, unless a payment is made (to an anonymous e-cash account in Russia or Somalia or somewhere hard to prosecute), a remote server will send details to the police/their nosy neighbours. Or possibly start spamming their address book with snuff movies or whatever.
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Radioactive Halo, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 2:43am
Here a reason:Come up with a list of, say, your 25 fav movies.
Make 25 versions of said virus, (1 Movie each, or if you are really enterprising, 2,5 or maybe 10 diff movies per virius). Drop them on 25 computers and let their bandwidth soak it up at a slower speed in hopes they don't notice (And what AOL user would?). Then Dl them from the client to your machine. Really, how many putertards notice the upload bandwidth do anything at all let alone cap out?
Hmmm... I have work to do ;)
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z0idberg, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 4:39am
Re: Here a reason:Thats one possibility.
That would pretty much guarantee you dont get a visit from the MPAA lawyers. Only the infected users with the infected PCs are downloading it from the P2P network.
Another possibility would be these are being installed by some arm of the MPAA themselves providing them with targets to aim lawsuits at to make an example of a few more people.
Ordinarily I would say there is no way they would be that underhanded, but 6 months ago I would have said the same thing if someone told me Sony were installing rootkits through their audio CDs....
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Oliver Wendell Jones, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 4:52am
Re: No Subject GivenSorry dude but ur a tarded.
Based on your spelling and grammar, one could say much the same about you.
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sharp, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 6:03am
Re: No Subject Givenbeaner has no idea what he's doing
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dafourthhorseman, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 6:20am
still not sharingjust because a virus downloads a torrent program to your computer and mysteriously begins to download movies without your consent still doesnt mean you are allowing them to be uploaded. It also doesnt mean that just because it is on your machine that you are sharing it either. So then what is the real issue, downloading or sharing?
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madmyk, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 6:26am
everybody should do it...sounds like a good way to bankrupt the movie and record industry. If everybody had this virus on thier computer they could download movies and music to thier computer without a care, because when thier computers are inspected the virus would be found and they could blame it. There wouldn't be a single case which the RIAA or MPAA could win because it would all look like an ACCIDENT.
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Michael, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 6:29am
Re: Here a reason:z0idberg,
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
Sony isn't evil. Granted, someone somewhere in there knew what was going on, but I'd guarantee that the executive decision makers were too technically ignorant to understand the real impact. It's just a case of stupidity.
As for the rest of your conspiracy theory... good luck with that.
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Max, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 7:10am
Here's an Idea!Maybe someone should do that to the MPAA computers! Then they could sue themselves!
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Landon, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 10:34am
No Subject GivenI think im just going to put one of those old fashioned sub7 trojans on my computer if I were to ever get caught... remember sub7?
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ME, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 11:57am
sub7hahaha yeah that was great fuck around with back in the day!
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thatguy, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 12:53pm
Re: everybody should do it...EXACTLY. That's the thing hackers are getting at. Virus writers aren't all bad. Remember, if enough people get this installed, then people won't be held responsible for the movies/music they download and the MPAA/RIAA won't be able to sue anymore. Therefore they'll finally change their business model.
Even if you don't have the virus on your computer, you would be able to make the claim that you reformatted your HD to get rid of the virus/other problems. People reformat all the time. So even if they do have an ISP log of you downloading a movie and try to sue you 6 months later for it, you can claim to have reformatted after getting the virus and removed the movie in the process. Any decent lawyer could win this case. This is the future of these lawsuits once people start to figure it out.
The people who write these viruses are saviors. People just don't realize it yet.
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RefriedBeaner aka Ozzy1644, Dec 21st, 2005 @ 1:17pm
Re: No Subject GivenI meant to say ur a tard. WTF nobody can make an error? That is how famous words like pr0n came about. But anyways, I still say that doing a fresh install should've fixed everything.
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John, May 8th, 2006 @ 6:01amI had exactly this same idea only I envisioned it as a plugin that you could get for azureus that would randomly select a torrent to partially DL and seed (upload more than DL) that you could activate when you had bandwidth to spare because you don't know what was DL'd/UL'd you could simply claim you thought it was limited to innocent noninfringing torrents or weren't sure how it worked or you could claim simply that you are active as a proxy to annonymize bit torrent data and simply claim that as legitimate. (again you wouldn't need to know)
Though there are a number of ways that this could be defeated by the MPAA there are just as many ways it could be improved so the MPAA couldn't defeate it.
I believe that in either form (virus or anonymizer/seeder) it is the best answer to making bt safe enough for general use while not slowing it down or requiring a special network like i2p, actually as stated it could be made to increase DL speed for others on the torrentrs you seed.
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klick81, Aug 11th, 2006 @ 9:51pmya know.. this virus excuse ain't gonna hold up for long. if it's your computer that had the virus, it is your responsibility to maintain that computer and keep it virus/malware free. just as an example, if you're going 60mph down the highway and all the sudden your car throws a rod cuz you havent changed the oil in a year and you lose control and smash into a car full of people and they die... you killed 'em. the courts will find you guilty and you will pay the price. same thing. just because you didnt have control of your computer due to not maintaining your antivirus/etc doesnt mean you shouldnt have and arent responsible for the damages.
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Bob, Dec 28th, 2006 @ 5:15am
Re:There is a major difference between you car, which you are legally bound to maintain and operate with in the set laws and a computer which you sign absolutly no legal binding agreement on use or maintainance. I'm not disagreeing with your point, nessicarly, just your reasoning.
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The message couldn't be more clear: People who went to Friday's Empire Brewfest in Clinton Square are unhappy.
In comments at syracuse.com and in emails to The Post-Standard they ticked off the things that ticked them off:
It took up to an hour after the doors opened to get IDs checked and get in. The lines for beer were too long, and it wasn't always clear which beers were being poured. The samples were too small. The folks pouring the beers knew nothing about the products, and people attending beer festivals typically like to meet brewers and learn about the beer.
Worst of all, the beer started to run out early, some say by 7:30 or 8 p.m. for an event that was supposed to last from 5:30 to 10 p.m.
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View T.J. Sheehan Distributing and Great Brewer's statement "To attendees of the Empire Brewfest" in the New Times.
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"I attended this year's Empire Brew Fest after my boyfriend excitedly bragged about how much fun he has had there in the past. We went with very high hopes, and were severely let down. In the article, Tom Tarry mentions that it was a problem with lack of taps that caused the draught, but I know this to be untrue. When we first arrived, the second table we saw had already run dry. We noticed that the girl behind this table was standing next to 2 empty cases of beer. She told us that she was told to only bring that much. 2 cases for 2,000 people; you do the math! My boyfriend also immediatley noticed that there were far less vendors and options than last year.
As time passed, with no sign of a buzz in sight due to the long lines and extremely tiny poors, we inquired with another vendor. I asked this gentlemen if he as well, was going to run out of beer soon, since it seemed liked every pour station was falling one-by-one like flies. He told me that I already knew the answer to that question, and that soon, the entire place was going to be dry! Considering that it was only 8:00 and the event was supposed to run until 10:00, I was appauled.
I definitely did not come close to tasting $40 worth of beer. I feel especially sorry for those who did not purchase their tickets in advance; they paid $50 for hardly any beer.Also, there were 2 tents that required an additional $10 fee for entry. One of which ran completely out of beer half-way through the allotted time. Very glad we did not pay extra for that!
When I emerged from my one-and-only bathroom break (generally I would have to go every drink ;P ), I found my boyfriend speaking with a YNN news reporter. He and 2 other gentlemen were telling her how awful the event and turned out. She replied to tell us that she was not "being paid" to write a negative story. It was supposed to be a "feel good" story. Since there were now hardly any beers available and the lines were so incredibly long, my boyfriend and I decided to leave early and visit a bar where we could actually get the beer that we paid for. On the way out, we stopped a group of 5-10 people from coming in by letting them know that they were wasting their money! We informed them that they, as well, would be better off spending their $50 at a bar. The were shocked since they had driven up from Pennsylvania, but believed us and turned around to leave.
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