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Reviews for RPM Durango DESC410R Front Arm Set (Black) [RPM73892]
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Cameron Bellamy
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Wednesday, Mar 13 2013 (about 3 years ago)
RPM Durango DESC410R Front Arm Set (Black)
I was unimpressed with these RPM arms. First off, they require some "roto-tooling" to fit properly. Otherwise, the arms are too lare on both the inner and outer sides, causing the arm to not move freely at all. After getting them installed, I was happy for a while, but after I had my first decent crash, I inspected my truck only to find that the arms did not break, HOWEVER, the plastic is so soft and "stretchy," my inner hinge pin broke inside the arm, and twisted in such a fashion that it permanently deformed the hole in which the inner hing pin runs through, ruining the arm. So although the arm itself did not break, it still allowed the hinge pin to break inside of it, and with the plastic deforming the way it did, the arm is useless anyway, and cannot be re-used (as the inner hinge pin will have no support in the are in which it deformed, and will easily break again). So, I did not break one of these arms, but the first moderate crash, that wasnt a simple corner roll-over, resulted in an internal hinge pin breaking, and the arms being unuseable. Stick with the regular durango arms.... OR Durango could fix this ENTIRE PROBLEM by using beefier inner hinge pins, and more plasic around the inner arms!!!!! I don't know how they didnt see this MAJOR problem, and fix it on one of their latest versions of the DESC410... Just my two cents...


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A flurry of e-mails hit earlier this month as the market was melting down. One missive captured the fear: "400 points and falling like a stone!!! What the hell am I supposed to do now?!?!?!"
Other like-minded messages blasted their way in, sent by people whose hair seemingly had been set ablaze by the market. They wrote everyone they could think of, they Twittered, they tried to make sense of what was happening. The Dow Jones industrial average was in the middle of a sudden and sharp drop of 1,000 points, before recapturing about 650 points before the close. In one harrowing stretch, the Dow lost 481 points in just six minutes, but regained 502 points just 10 minutes later.
If you watched every minute of the action, you were wrung out and exhausted. If you happened to be out of the office, away from the television or without any sort of instant link to the news, you were blissfully ignorant.
As one mutual fund manager told me by e-mail: "It was really an ordinary day, no one was expecting anything, we weren't glued to the screens all day. Then, I went to the men's room. The market hiccupped. I came back. It was too late to do anything. Looking back, I made a good decision ... I needed the men's room. I didn't need to trade the portfolio."
Combine too much information with too little confidence and you have a recipe for knee-jerk reactions. In the middle of the market's meltdown, as each succeeding number made your jaw drop a bit lower, even the calmest of investors had to feel their stomach tighten a bit.
Never mind that during even the worst implosions in market history, one bad day has never made the difference between an investor reaching their retirement goals and being forced to work a few extra years.
It has been almost 25 years since Black Monday in October 1987, for example, and any 40-year-old then is not staring at retirement age now and blaming any financial shortfalls on being stuck in the market that one day. The issues of the last decade, when the overall market suffered a long loss, may have forced a change in plans, but it's the long trend, not any daily gyrations, that's mattered.
When a day's worth of wild action has investors ready to jump out of their office windows, the one thing investors should most closely look at is their own reaction to what was happening.
"We don't know for sure what is going to happen over the next year or two — let alone the next decade — except that we can bet there will be some wild swings, that days like last week will become more common, even if they happen for different reasons," said John Nofsinger, a Washington State University professor who studies investor behavior.
"Our emotions are going to be affected by where our attention is," he said. "And if our attention is on the minute things — the moment-by-moment or day-by-day — we will have a lot of swings. If our attention is on the big picture, we can breathe normally while the wild swings are going on."
Clearly, there are investors who play the market moment-by moment. Their trading strategies have taught them not to take an ill-timed bathroom break, and they protect themselves using stops and other safeguards to lock in profits or limit losses. They have made managing their money something close to an occupation.
And they were not the ones freaking out during the market implosion.
There are also average investors who consider the Dow a proxy for their portfolio, and they are standing way too close to the action, assuming that every move is meaningful on the long-term scale.
Experts in behavioral finance note many investors move to this kind of position as they age, as their financial recovery time shrinks and as they look out at the future and fear that maybe they will be the person whose retirement is put on hold because of one bad day.
"These are people who don't really know how or why they invested," said Donald MacGregor of MacGregor-Bates, a Eugene, Ore., firm that researches judgment and decision-making. "They know they need to invest, that investing is a good thing to do and ... that it should allow them to grow their money a lot faster than if they do not invest, but they're swamped by short-term information they don't understand."
From an individual standpoint, you don't want to sit around and wait for those changes to happen, you want to be able to watch the market and be positioned in a way that you don't feel pressure to act just because the market is moving."
Charles Jaffe is a columnist for Marketwatch.com.

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All Articles Tagged "lyrics"
What Was That? Singers & Rappers We Can Never Understand In Songs
Whether they're rapping too fast or singing too low, we can never understand what these entertainers are saying once they get behind the mic. We still love them, of course, but we'd just like to know what exactly they're saying on a track every once in a while .
Sooo You're Not Jealous Of Beyonce? Kelly Rowland Says 'Dirty Laundry' Lyric Has Been Misunderstood
This morning, Kelly Rowland dropped by "Good Morning America" to discuss her new album "Talk a Good Game," and among other things, lay the misconceptions about her song "Dirty Laundry" to rest. Though not much of the song was left up to interpretation, listeners did have to read between the lines a bit to figure out who the abusive boyfriend was that Kelly referenced in the lyrics. But when it comes to the line, "While my sister was on stage, I was enraged," the former Destiny's Child singer says we've got it all wrong. She told ABC's Lara Spencer:
"That line is so often misunderstood and I know how it could be. The crazy thing about that song is, I was going through my own personal battle. So when [Beyoncé's] doing her thing, I'm over here thinking, 'What am I going to do next? What do I wanna do with my life?' I'm going through this relationship, smiling for people in public, going through so much pain and thinking about what I wanted for myself and I just wanted more. The song turned into something so positive for me and I am so happy that it did."
So I guess that means we got it wrong and she's not jealous of Bey?
Either way, the real exciting news is that while at GMA, Kelly revealed a snippet of the video for "Dirty Laundry" and it looks like it's going to be good. Check out the video of her interview and music video preview below. What do you think?
Why Old TLC Lifts My Spirits, DMX Gets Me Amped And Mary J Blige Gets Me All In My Feelings: The Affect Music Has On Us
"Waterfall" by TLC takes me back to the summer of '95, when I was an incorrigible 7-year-old, and would dress up in a tank top, over-sized overalls, and would use my older sister's red lipstick to draw a line beneath my left eye. And, "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead takes me back to dancing in the car with my mother and sister when paused at red lights. Music not only has the ability to transport a listener to another time and place, but it has the ability to make or break a person's mood, causing them to be more pleasant or irritable, depending on what's played.
Sometimes music can define my mood exactly. I can indulge in Dancehall when I'm feeling fun, listen to rock when I'm feeling ambitious, and then listen to hip-hop when I'm feeling chill. And, sometimes, I could happily sulk and listen to country, encouraging my emotions to come out and stewing in my own melancholy. Music can easily amplify any of my emotions, but it can also be a game changer. I don't know how many times I've been sobbing on a park bench when a car has rolled by, blasting a song like "Maria, Maria," and my mood immediately lightened up; or how many times I've been enjoying hanging out with friends, and a song like "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" appears next on the queue and I go to a dark place. Music is powerful, and it is transformative, which is why it can effortlessly alter a person's state of mind, bring someone to the brink of happiness, queue up memories, or move an individual to the point of tears.
There have been countless psychological studies that support what my mind, emotions and body have been telling me for the last 25 years, and that is that music can fundamentally uplift you or anchor you. The expressive qualities of music–the lyricism, the tempo, the mode, the volume, the melody, the rhythm, and the performance–all have a way of influencing the listener. The proof has also been seen throughout history with hymns in churches, negro spirituals in fields, symphonies in the park, and situations where vocals during ceremonies were produced to elicit positive responses or elevate the emotional state.
Music is unique in its ability to lure, inspire, resonate, command, communicate and manipulate. There are sums of people who are more devoted to their music than they are to their religions. Individuals congregate, and are moved in mass by the sound of a piano, drum and a guitar. Music's responsibility is a great one, it isn't here to simply entertain us, nor is it here to permit us to be deaf to the world as we roam the streets listening to our iPods, but to connect us. That connection is the relationship that is found between a musician and their audience, engrossing listeners and bonding them through common experience. Listening to Mary J. Blige sing a ballad about heartbreak folds us into her disposition. Music offers a sense of unstipulated inclusion, and it promises the listener that there is at least one other person, the musician, who shares their sentiment, their loss, their joy, and their mood.
Tags:connection, emotion, lyrics, mood, music, performance
It's Like A Jungle Sometimes…Rappers Who've Been Caught In Lyric Controversies
Where in the world are the Grandmaster Flashes of today? You know the rappers who told a story that many folk could relate to. Nowadays hip has hopped its way into the bowels of shame. No, I'm not talking the Talib Kweli's of the world either, I'm talking mainstream rappers whose controversial rhymes are landing them in hot waters, mainly because of heavily misogynistic-laced lyrics. Some have offered apologies to the public, while others would rather snub their nose at us than muster up an "I'm sorry." It truly is a jungle out there for some of these rappers, and it makes one wonder if they'll keep from going under. Ah-huh-huh, huh, huh.
Tags:celebrity apologies, controversy, freestyle, lyrics, misogynists, rap, rappers
Reebok Silent on Rick Ross: Can Brands Keep Artists On Their Best Behavior?
Misogynist rap lyrics are nothing new. But last week Rick Ross discovered the suggestion that he spike a woman's champagne before having sex with her without her knowledge was a step too far. After radio stations banned his song, the rapper took to airwaves to plead his case.
The rapper's apology wasn't enough for some. (It was pretty terrible.) Protest group UltraViolet delivered 72,000-plus signatures to Reebok's flagship store demanding they back away from their endorsement deal with Ross. The brand, who Ross name-dropped just a few beats before the lyrics in question, has remained silent on the issue. But, should brands be called in to play the role of morality police, making sure the artists who make their products cool stay on their best behavior?
Rewarding & Punishing Bad Behavior
Brands have distanced themselves from artists for bad behavior or questionable values before. T.I. lost his deal with Axe body spray after going to jail for violating probation in 2010. Chris Brown was dropped from Doublemint after his infamous Grammy night brawl with Rihanna. Pepsi cut ties with Madonna and later Ludacris when they didn't agree with the images portrayed in their music.
When brands align themselves with artists like Rick Ross, they know what they're getting themselves into. Ross made himself rich masquerading as a drug lord with murderous tendencies. Ross' lyrics are horrible, but Reebok would come off a little hypocritical asking their "gangster" spokesperson to tone it down. ("We like you coke dangerous, but not date rape dangerous.")
Companies, especially juggernauts like Reebok, don't choose brand ambassadors haphazardly. They strategically choose public personas whose images are in line with their brand, and the lifestyle they want to sell.
Why Do Good Brands Like Bad Boys?
Cortez Bryant, co-founder of management firm handling Lil Wayne, a rapper who has also come under scrutiny for his lyrics, says that companies are willing to take a risk on artists who capture the attention of their target demographics, even when their track record is questionable. "You know, in the previous years we've had hard times, but people 'get it' for [his] brand," he said of Wayne's partnership with Mountain Dew. "It just seemed like where they were going with their brand, which is all about diversity and crossing barriers, is the same place we want to go."
Would companies like Reebok dropping artists like Rick Ross make other artists rethink their lyrical content? Maybe. Hitting a person in their wallet is usually an effective way to get them to change their ways. But, at the end of the day, it isn't Reebok's job to change Ross.
Supplying The Demand
If Ross is selling a lifestyle the Reebok consumer wants to attain, the brand has a successful partnership. Unless their alliance with the rapper impacts their relationships with their other customers, say active women, the brand has no reason to walk away from him. Let's be real. Ross' controversy, like countless other rap lyric scandals will most likely fade from the news cycle, his fan base unbothered. If Reebok did drop his contract, he'd just find another brand to align with.
Brands can't be relied on to influence artists. The more effective approach for those looking to curtail offensive messages against women may be to look at why personas like Ross and the lifestyle of drug-fueled chauvinistic fantasies he promotes are so attractive to some consumers. After all, brands and enterprising artists like Ross will always and only align themselves with what sells.
C. Cleveland covers professional development topics and entrepreneurial rebels who blaze their own career paths. She explores these stories and more on The Red Read, Twitter (@CleveInTheCity) and Facebook (/MyReadIsRed).
Tags:brand, controversy, endorsement, lyrics, rap, Reebok, rick ross, scandal, spokesperson
So What You Popped A Molly?! The 10 Most Annoying Phrases In Songs
We all have a song or two that we just can't stand. Sometimes the radio plays a jam one time too often. Sometimes the beat isn't exactly on point. And sometimes, the lyrics are the problem. It may not be the whole song we're over, but there are choruses and phrases we're just sick of or that make no amount of sense at all. Check out our list of 10 rap phrases that we don't want to hear anymore.
"Popped a Molly"
Rap music may need an intervention. Apparently, Molly is the new hot drug in the street. Rappers spit about it so much, white people get on the Internet and Google "who is Molly?" They know Molly as MDMA and they've been losing their minds on the designer drug since the late eighties.
Rappers like Juicy J talk about popping a Molly in almost every song. And all I want to know is can we move on and talk about something different? 'Cause ya'll sound like a broken record. No? Well get back at us when ya'll are done getting high.
You Ain't Gots Ta Lie Craig: Keri Hilson Claims She Doesn't Have Beef With Baddie Bey Or Any Other Female Artist
Remember over a year ago — yeah we're still holding on to it — when Keri Hilson was doing an interview with Juicy magazine on the red carpet at the Soul Train Awards and the mag asked her to hold up an issue with Beyonce on the cover and she said, "No, I can't do that. I'm sorry"? Well, that little move was just icing on the cake that was already supposedly baking between the two who were said to have major beef as a result of some lyrics Miss Keri Baby penned back in 2009. Word was she took shots not only at Bey, but also Ciara, with lyrics like:
"Your vision cloudy if you think that you da best/You can dance/she can sing/but need to move it to the left… She need to go have some babies/she need to sit down she fake/them other chicks ain't even worth talkin' bout"
"Go head tell these folks how long I been writing your songs/I been putting you on/check the credits hoe!…If you want me you can find me in Decatur hoe."
Sounds pretty specific, right? Well not if you're Keri Hilson and looking to do damage control. Recently Hip Hollywood caught up with the singer at a Gillette event in LA and when they asked her what's up with all the beefin' she said this:
"I don't have a beef with any female artist. I think its just interesting that we live in such a gullible world. Anything that's written, anything that is posted, and a picture that is interpreted one way, is truth. It's like Bible now. You can Photoshop something, put it out and everyone believes it. I'm human and it is hurtful. It's not okay to make up something about someone in their personal lives especially. Professionally, fine. Scrutinize me all you want, I know I can't please everyone. But, personally let's just leave it alone, it's going too far."
I wonder if what's hurt is her career, as many speculated Keri's super quick rise to fame and equally rapid demise was a result of her being blackballed by the powers that Bey, if you know what I mean. It also could've been that way over the top "Way You Love Me" music video. Then again, maybe she's just happy going back behind the scenes to pen those songs she's talking about. Just hope whoever buys them credits her this time around, lest they end up in another lyric.
Do you think Keri Hilson's backtracking on her shade throwing or is her supposed beef all fabricated?
Tags:Baddie Bey, beef, beyonce, Ciara, hip hollywood, juicy magazine, Keri Hilson, lyrics
Rapper Plies Releases Tribute Song & Video: "We Are Trayvon"
For the most part, I haven't been a big fan of rapper Plies's music. A majority of the time I can't understand what he's saying, but a lot of the time, I just think his lyrics are a bit too explicit for my tastes ("Bust It Baby, Pt.2" for example), so when I heard he did a tribute video for Trayvon Martin, I was a little skeptical about what I would hear and see. But after watching and actually listening to the lyrics, I think he did an awesome job, and I have to applaud him for being one the first artists to do a recording (and video) about the slain teenager. In the video the rapper says he was especially touched by the young man's death, probably because of the senselessness of it, and the fact that they're both Florida natives. Throughout, we see images of young people being judged for their looks and their hoodies, but doing nothing but holding Skittles and ice tea. And I like the fact that he was able to get young black men and women as well as young white men and women to participate. Plus, the track isn't bad at all, and proceeds from it are going to the Trayvon Martin Foundation. Love the hoodies, actually love the lyrics, and love the message.
Check it out for yourself and tell us what you think of the rapper's efforts.
So what do you think?
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Say It's So: Is Jay Z Really Giving Up the B Word?
There's a letter floating around online that's said to be a poem Jay Z wrote to his darling daughter Blue Ivy. In it, Jay has supposedly vowed to never use the B word again out of love and respect for his little girl, but something seems a little suspect about this. Here are the lines:
Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich,
I didn't think hard about using the word B—-
I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it
now with my daughter in this world
I curse those that give it.
I never realized while on the fast track
that I'd give riddance to the word Itchbay, to leave her innocence in tact.
No man will degrade her, or call her out her name
the women won't despise her and call her the same.
I know it's gonna miss me
cuz we been together like Nike Airs and crisp tees
when we all used to hang out front
singing 99 problems but a lady ain't one.
Excuse me miss, can I be your mister
cuz I can tell the difference from a little girl and a sister,
She never grew up, her father left her alone
I promise not to talk like we used to
until Kingdom Come.
I'm so focused on your future,
The degradation has passed
I wish you wealth, health, and insight
forever young you may pass.
Blue Ivy Carter, my angel.
If this letter is in fact true, great! Someone of Jay Z's rap caliber standing up against the use of a derogatory term to describe women is monumental, but the question is why now? I mean, we know why now—obviously, Blue Ivy—but why now after you just referred to your wife of nearly four years as a B— on your last album (and countless others), plus you have a mama and sisters. It's kind of messed up none of these women in his life were important enough to make him hang up the word.
Hopefully this letter is the real deal, and just like Jay ushered in button-ups back in 2008, his lyrical examples will encourage more men to put down the B word and pick up their parenting skills. But so far, the jury is still out on whether this is a commitment he really vowed to make. And I already know what you're thinking, hopefully the N word will be next.
Do you think it's likely Jay Z would really give up the B word in his lyrics? If it's true, what do you think about the fact that his daughter is the only reason he decided to?
Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.
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Amber Rose Breaks Down, Says Kanye Bullied Her
If the rumors that Kanye put a gag order on Amber Rose after they broke up are true, it must have had a one-year expiration date. Kanye is all she seems to talk about these days—and from her recent interview on MTV, it looks like she's been holding a lot in.
Sway asked Amber how Wiz Kalifah feels about her speaking about her ex so much (I was wondering about that too), and she said he doesn't mind because he knows she would never go back to that—that being Kanye. Then Amber begins crying as she talks about Kanye's fans throwing things at her in the street and the rapper bullying her through his music.
It's not unimaginable to see Kanye bullying Amber, but after a little search, the only direct negative reference to Amber that anyone talks about is a verse on "Stronger." He changed the line:
"I'd do anything for a blonde dyke, and she'd do anything for the limelight" to "I did anything for a blonde dyke and she did anything for the limelight."
I can see how that would make Amber upset, considering the gold digger rumors that were already following her while the two were together, but I'm just not sure that qualifies as bullying or why she's still so upset over it. Many speculate Runaway was about Amber, but in that song he admits he did wrong in the relationship with lines like:
See, I could have me a good girl / And still be addicted to them hood rats / And I just blame everything on you / At least you know that's what I'm good at.
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In his final days, his body weakened by cancer but his mind still strong, George O'Connor remembered the war and the children.
Adriana Rauh, founder of the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, was at his bedside, ready to answer a question that had gnawed at O'Connor for years.
Two days later, on May 14, O'Connor died at 88 at his home in northwest Huntsville.
He'd had an eventful life in the military. He'd been a Buffalo Soldier and received a Purple Heart.
O'Connor spent much of the war in Italy, learning the language, among other things. But he'd never been able to understand what the children said to him during the liberation of Florence.
He figured Rauh would know and why they had said it over and over to other children.
She'd lived in Florence during World War II, when the Germans destroyed the city's bridges and ordered the townspeople to stay in their homes for weeks.
In Italian, O'Connor repeated the phrase. Rauh gave the translation.
"He doesn't give me anything."
The children, she explained, were hungry after the Germans' lengthy occupation of the city.
"They were asking for food,'' Rauh recalled telling O'Connor.
Among O'Connor's feats was capturing a Nazi spy dressed as a priest in February 1945. An autograph in a Bible had been the tip-off.
The spy wore a wide-brim black hat, a long, black robe and a white clerical collar, as O'Connor recalled in a November 2009 story in The Times.
In the spy's backpack was a Bible autographed by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science religion.
O'Connor was 23 at the time, a member of the 92 Infantry Division. In 1943, the 92nd was sent to Italy, and O'Connor served there until the final weeks of the war.
He was in Tuscany when he saw the man disguised as a priest. O'Connor was patrolling a restricted area around the 442nd Infantry Regiment, a unit of Japanese Americans from Hawaii, Guam and California.
The man dressed as a priest told O'Connor that he was going to church. O'Connor asked the man for identification, and the man reached into his backpack and showed O'Connor the Bible with Eddy's signature.
It was the tip-off that the man was not Catholic. Because O'Connor had listened to his mother's conversations, he knew about Eddy.
The 442nd had recently joined the 92nd Infantry. The unit's transfer from France to Italy was supposed to be a secret.
"The 442nd was a powerful, highly trained outfit,'' O'Connor recalled in the 2009 interview. "The Germans were going to wipe them out. Without firing a shot, I saved the 442nd.''
After the war, he returned to Brooklyn, N.Y., and married Rachel, his wife of 64 years. They had six children, including a daughter who lives in Huntsville.
For many years, he operated his own electric-motor repair shop in Brooklyn.
"He wanted to be independent,'' Rachel said. "He was tired of taking orders from the Army.''
About 15 years ago, George and Rachel moved to Huntsville to be closer to family. Just more than a year after moving here in spring 1998, O'Connor was presented his Purple Heart for wounds received while building a pontoon bridge in Italy.
Through his work with the local Purple Heart chapter, he met Rauh and Don Powers, a past state and local Purple Heart commander. Powers considered O'Connor "a volunteer extraordinaire'' for his work on Purple Heart programs.
Remembering his days in Florence, Rauh believed he was something more - something that was among the reasons he'll be buried July 15 in Arlington National Cemetery.
"He was a father and a husband,'' she said. "But to us, he was a liberator.''


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Steve Swell: Still in Movement; tHiS nOw!
Swell has helped to define a number of strong groups, from Joey Baron's Barondown to William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra and various projects led by (and with) Jemeel Moondoc. And while he's been leading and recording ensembles since Observations (released by CIMP in 1996), two new discs show that he can guide a group beyond just meetin' and blowin'.
Steve Swell's New York BrassWoodTrio
Still in Movement
The BrassWoodTrio is a strong group that puts Swell in the position of being the sole horn. His intonation shines here as he leads bassist Tom Abbs and percussionist Geoff Mann through nine original compositions (two credited to the group, the rest his own). It's a strong, straightforward disc with the rhythm section laying down fast, nimble settings for him to play against. Like Craig Harris, Swell gets that he has to play. The secret's not all in the slide, and Swell has the articulation to carry frontline melodies without relying solely on the unique quality of his horn.
The name of the group defines them, but there's a few minutes when they step outside their moniker and become something even more exciting. In the opening section of "Dance of the Stratonauts" they become simply the BrassTrio, with Abbs switching to tuba and Mann picking up cornet. It's a nice, somber, and all-too-short passage. While Abbs' big horn shows up throughout the disc, Mann the reluctant multi- instrumentalist (he's also played mandolin and trumpet, as well as various unusual pieces of percussion – here he also plays glockenspiel) keeps his horn docked for most of the set. He's a great drummer, but this hint of another direction for the group should be explored more.
Steve Swell's Unified Theory of Sound
tHiS nOw!
Swell's Unified Theory of Sound is a larger group, pitting him more as a composer and arranger than purely a player. Three long tracks, all penned by Swell, are performed by a sextet including Moondoc on alto saxophone, Matt Lavelle on trumpet, Cooper-Moore on piano, drummer Kevin Norton and Wilber Morris on bass. It's a strong band Swell's pulled together; Norton's a great drummer and no opportunity to hear Moondoc or Cooper-Moore should be missed. And the presence of Morris, who died in August 2002 (just nine months before this session was recorded live at Roulette) makes this recording all the more important. But the pieces tend to ramble and roam. They have a definite feel of Swell's tenure with Parker, but the heads aren't as memorable as, nor are they as strong as on the trio date. Swell's real talent still lies in his instrument, but he is, and will be, capable of more.
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The St. Tammany Parish School Board will spend almost $800,000 on six construction projects at five schools in the coming months, including work to remove mold at a second school in Mandeville.
The board gave the projects a preliminary OK at its monthly business affairs and administrative committee meeting last week in Covington. Final approval likely will come at Thursday's regular board meeting in Slidell.
Almost half of the money being spent is going toward the remediation and renovation of modular wings at Tchefuncte Middle School in Mandeville.
The work needed is similar to the job completed two months ago at Pontchartrain Elementary School, which sits next door to Tchefuncte, to clean up mold and for the replacement of insulation, ceiling and flooring tiles, light fixtures and "unsound" plywood floors, according to Assistant Superintendent of Administration Bill Brady.
Although "there are legal issues" being worked out that could be modified before final approval, O.R. Dixon Construction, Inc., of Madisonville, came in with the low bid of $337,100 for the renovation. Envirocare, Inc., of Folsom had the low bid of $61,500 to do the remediation.
"We're doing these projects out of an abundance of caution," said Brady.
The school system has had numerous mold tests done and has been assured that the modular buildings are safe for children to attend class until the cleanup is finished.
The other projects include:
-- Reroofing of the fifth-grade wing at Abney Elementary in Slidell by Ibos Roofing Company of Covington for $94,242.
-- Reroofing of the 200 wing at Abita Middle School by Fischer's Inc., of New Orleans for $126,700.
-- Site and entry modifications at Folsom Elementary by Advanced Quality Construction of Mandeville for $64,500.
-- Paving of the entry drive and loop at Little Oak Middle in Slidell by Dennis Glass Construction of Folsom for $115,373.
"It's getting toward the summer time, and that's when we try to do most of our projects, so that we don't interrupt the instructional process," Brady said. "It gives us an opportunity that if we get the bids out now, they can get all their supplies and hit the ground running on the first day the kids are gone.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. House today passed a resolution congratulating Auburn quarterback Cam Newton on winning the 2010 Heisman Trophy, but just like the Heisman voting itself, there appeared to be some protest votes.
The vote was 378-15. Another 18 members voted "present," and 22 members did not vote.
Although no members went to the floor to speak against the resolution, it was an unusually large number of people to vote "no" or "present" on a congratulatory resolution. For example, the vote immediately following congratulating a winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom was 407-0.
U.S. Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, and Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, spoke in support of the resolution, which was cosponsored by the entire Alabama delegation and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who represents the part of Georgia where Newton grew up.
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Ferentz: We might…maybe not. It wasn't a showcase for sure. We have been showing plans now for a while. Jeff Tarpinian was teasing Brian last fall. He said they were showing me plans when I was coming out. Do the math on that one. At least now I think the train is coming down the track.
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Ferentz: I couldn't speak to that. Probably Ohio State, I am just guessing. We saw a school like UConn three years ago and they have outstanding facilities. Kansas had some really nice things and nice features there. The bottom line is that we face some inherent disadvantages in recruiting, be it location and population. One thing i learned here in the 80's is if we are not out in front of things, it will be tough. Bernie Wyatt had a gift in those days. We were doing Hawkeye football calendars and posters and no one else was doing that. It gave us exposure and helped in recruiting, to get your name out there. You go out east and see those things up on the walls. Now they have been outlawed since then. But Bernie understood the value in getting out in front of things.
Q: You guys have had a lot of press conferences this spring. Is that due to new hires or a changing in thought?
Ferentz: In part that and in part just trying to be a little more…trying to help things out. My ears do work, believe it or not. Every now and then ideas penetrate. I am not saying we are meeting in the middle, but we will try to hear things. I have had some correspondence back and I have appreciated that…people appreciate it. I am not against it. In season, I can't make any guarantees is my only concern is our guys doing their jobs at that point. you have no idea how much is on their plates, especially with recruiting. We will try to continue things in the summer.
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Ferentz: I doubt that. Don't get your hopes up. And you would be let down if you were let in. "Jeesh, I have to come here and watch this." It's not that good.
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Ferentz: Like the topic of us being a little more accessible, I am open to some things like that too. We may consider moving forward.
Q: What is it about Riley not wanting to go to New York for draft, his makeup?
Ferentz: Two things. He does have a grandfather who is up there in age and is frail right now, so that is as important to anything. That aside, it's not Riley's nature. He would be more comfortable in Green Bay than New York, if he had a choice of where he wanted to go but you don't. Wherever he goes he will line up and practice hard and learn..do all the things that a good pro will do, not unlike Marshal Yanda. He is cut from that same cloth. Riley would rather be fishing or doing things like that than being in Manhattan hanging out with whoever. He is not about attention. He has never done anything to try to gain attention but he has because he has performed well. He has been easy to coach and we appreciate what he has done.
Q: Do you know anything about Zusevics health and if that will hurt him in the draft?
Ferentz: as far as I know, Broderick had a similar thing last June. He made it back. Zus would miss the minicamps, the three day things. When it comes time in August, he should be ready to go. I think all three of those guys; Riley has a lot of value…we had some visitors last week and were watching clips from last year. I thought Gettis and Zusevics played really well. Gettis might be a sleeper in this whole thing. Some people are worried about his size; he just blocks people. Zus will be fine. I will be shocked if he doesn't get drafted
Q: Do you take pride in having players go in the late rounds or is it better to not get picked late?
Ferentz: Sometimes you are better off not being a free agent if you have a choice. But really, once you get there…sometimes free agents make more than 7th rounders. It's about getting to a place where there is a fit. If they want 340-pound lineman, don't take any of our guys. Although Riley has crept up there a bit. Our guys fit for a lot of people.
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The Baldwin County Historic Development Commission will take over the operation of the Swift-Coles Historic Home in 2014.
The Baldwin County Department of Archives and History operates the 16-room mansion, and the Baldwin County Highway Department maintains the grounds.
Archives and History can no longer handle operating the house because of other responsibilities it has, said John Jackson, director of Archives and History.
The Historic Development Commission also will assume the responsibility of taking care the home's grounds next year.
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Should women have to cover up when they breastfeed in public?
August 4, 2014 - Andrea Johnson
Should women be required to cover up with a blanket or a shawl when they breastfeed their babies in public?
Andrea Scannell, a Logan, Utah woman, is apparently kicking up a fuss because the principal of her son's school sent out a letter asking breastfeeding mothers to be more discreet. The woman attends a public lunch program run over the summer at her son's middle school and breastfeeds her daughter in the lunchroom.
The principal wrote that his office had received complaints from multiple people about women breastfeeding during the lunch program and suggested that Scannell and other breastfeeding mothers either cover up with a small blanket or ask the lunchroom staff for assistance in finding a private area in the school where they can breastfeed. He said parents have different views of public breastfeeding and he would personally not want his own child exposed to it without having a chance to discuss it with him first.
Scannell is outraged by the letter and says she is being bullied and that it is completely legal to breastfeed in all 50 states. She also has told media that she is always covered when she breastfeeds, though she doesn't say with what. Some of her supporters even organized a protest last month where they all came to the school and breastfed their babies during the lunch program.
I don't have strong personal feelings one way or another about this issue, though I think it would be in better taste for breastfeeding women to be both modest and discreet if they are breastfeeding in public. It shouldn't be too hard to use a light blanket or a shawl when they are breastfeeding, especially in an area with a lot of other people. I didn't think the letter the principal wrote was at all rude or bullying. He was asking Scannell and other breastfeeding mothers to be more considerate and she responded by being even more inconsiderate.
What do you think women should do if they are breastfeeding in a public space?
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Aug-13-14 8:40 PM
Guys will be guys, Jack & Free.
Aug-13-14 2:55 PM
I think JackAaah would be amused to see the 'Women of Wal*Mart that frequently is posted on cyberspace. Good for a laugh at times but it goes beyond No shirts, No shoes...No service.
I still have a stiff neck from the time I was on a beach in the Riviera.
Aug-13-14 12:39 PM
Chalk it up to cultural expectations. I don't think Americans are ready for topless women to go about freely in public.
Aug-09-14 3:11 PM
"This issue wouldn't even have come up had some of the women breastfeeding would have had consideration for other people's varied feelings on the subject (my opinion)."
This didn't sound right...trying again:
This issue wouldn't even have come up had some of the women breastfeeding had consideration for other people's varied feelings on the subject (my opinion).
Aug-09-14 3:09 PM
I did cover up when I nursed my babies. It was more "modest" and "discreet."
As some people are uncomfortable with a woman exposing her breasts, even to use them as God intended, I covered to make sure they didn't have a reason to be uncomfortable. I used a larger receiving blanket when the babies were smaller. As they grew, I used a smaller quilt until they were weaned.
To me, this is a matter of being polite. I have friends that would not always cover, and they would get "looks." Sorry, but in our country, it's just the way it is.
This issue wouldn't even have come up had some of the women breastfeeding would have had consideration for other people's varied feelings on the subject (my opinion).
Aug-08-14 4:17 PM
I don't have kids, which may be why I don't understand why it has become a "thing." Years ago I did interview some women who were very into the whole natural childbirth, anti-circumcision, homebirth, anti-vaccination, attachment parenting movement. Not that there's anything wrong with some of that, but I get the impression that this is the sort of woman who is apt to be outspoken on the topic. This Andrea Scannell's website would tend to bear that out.
Aug-06-14 1:51 PM
For some reason, this breastfeeding thing has become a thing. And I don't understand why.
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Glendale purchase an opportunity too good to pass up | Guest editorial
By JUSTIN BURNETT,
Editor of South Whidbey Record
A single person has the power to change the future for us all. About a week ago, that person was Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson.
The Oak Harbor Republican reconsidered her earlier position and, in a surprise move, agreed to approve a partnership between the county and the Whidbey Camano Land Trust to purchase beachfront property in Glendale.
Glendale is located on South Whidbey.
Island County isn't pitching any money into the deal, but will hold a recreation easement on the land.
The decision is not an outright victory, as the property still must be purchased, but combined with the vote of Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson, the project now has a chance.
Buying public land is controversial, especially these days.
Some argue that government must slow its feverish land purchasing and focus efforts and resources on maintaining what it already owns.
The merits of that argument are clear, especially since county government has been so strapped for cash that it has begged other public agencies or organizations to take over some of its park lands.
But that doesn't mean special opportunities should be passed over, and Glendale qualifies as a special opportunity. This tiny community was once a boomtown, a crossroad of loggers and fishermen.
The historic Glendale hotel still stands sentry over a property that served as an access — albiet privately owned — to the water.
The two properties for sale also have assets that make them especially appealing. One has a boat launch and the other a long dock.
Overwater construction isn't cheap or easy to permit and is increasingly difficult to find.
Some argue that there are better beaches to purchase, ones not so isolated from the island's population centers and transportation arteries.
But issues of access or overwater facilities aside, this is simply beachfront property and that alone makes it worthy of consideration. Whidbey is an island. There is only so much land. Growth won't stop. Everyone wants a view.
In other words, every beach is precious.
This is not a new argument. Beach access is just as important now, as it was 50 years ago, and 50 years from now island residents who can't afford the half million dollar price tag for shoreline property will look back and thank the leaders of today for their foresight.
* Justin Burnett is editor for the South Whidbey Record.
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The report said Township Finance Officer Jennifer McIver discovered Thursday afternoon that the funds were missing from the account at Cape Bank. The funds were take via computer in increments of less than $10,000.
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Wildfires don't start big.
The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' Bureau of Forestry reminds residents that the recent warmer temperatures and lack of rainfall has increased the risk for potential wildfires in Pennsylvania's forests.
Some 98 percent of the wildfires in Pennsylvania are a direct result of people, and those unintended wildfires require the time and effort from local emergency responders who also have to respond to structure fires and traffic accidents.
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Headquarters at the Allegheny National Forest warn residents about the potential for forest fires with warmer temperatures and lack of rainfall over the next week.
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Volunteer firefighters from Youngsville, Garland and Starbrick responded to a brush fire approximately 1.8 miles up Mead Run Road last Wednesday afternoon. After the initial call, requests for more manpower, a tanker truck and brush truck from Starbrick went out. Above, firefighters from Garland finish extinguishing some burning logs. The fire started when a local resident lost control of burning trash in a barrel, according to one of the firefighters.
"The warm, dry weather is great for cleaning up around the yard, gardening and other outdoor activities, but the Bureau of Forestry would ask that all residents use extra care while working or recreating outdoors," Cecile Stelter, district manager of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, said. "Burning trash in your burn barrel, an unattended campfire, burning that large brush pile, or a spark from a vehicle or a piece of equipment are all potential starting points for brush or woods fires. Individuals who start a wildfire, regardless of whether it began intentionally or unintentionally, can be charged for the extinguishing costs of that fire."
Local emergency responders have been to two fires that impacted three acres in the last seven days. Stelter said there have been 38 fires impacting 444 acres across the state.
The largest fire this spring impacted 352 acres south of Emporium in the Wykoff Run area and until there is a measurable amount of precipitation these "fires have the potential of rekindling even in somebody's burn barrel," Stelter said.
The DCNR wildfire prevention tips include keeping a 10-foot area around burn piles or burn barrels free from combustible materials to keep fires where they belong; when using a burn barrel make sure to have a lid made for the top with holes, no larger than a quarter inch to prevent the spread of the fire; keep debris piles small, less than four feet to help better maintain control of the fire; stay with the fire when burning debris, don't leave it until it is out cold; have a hose, bucket of water, and a shovel and rake on site near the fire; don't burn on days when it is sunny, dry and especially windy; and be aware of local burning bans that may be in place before starting a fire


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"Why is Twitter trending Aids?" read a twitter status just a few minutes ago.
"Why are some some twitter status red?" read another.
The answer is simple, the Twitter world cares about World Aids Day.
I like how social media informs people. Twitter played a huge role in getting information out to the world during the #Iranianelections. Some have argued that the we cant fully vet all the status updates because they weren't "journalistic" or from "reliable resources" – whatever THAT means.
I am fully embracing of how people seem to "care" online via their status'. Sharing links on HIV/Aids stories, sharing locations as to where people can get tested, Retweeting things they think others may find useful. The Red Campaign has made a deal w/ Twitter in which using #red on a tweet causes the color to change to a dark red. They are also encouraging people to change their profile pictures on Facebook to show solidarity towards the fight to help the Aids epidemic in Africa.
Can we measure the results? Maybe on the inside Facebook can see how many people change their profile pictures, or Twitter can add up how many people turn their status' red… but how can we measure the social impact? Will Nike see more sales because they are also joining the movement with their "Lace Up Saves Lives" campaign in which shoe lace profits help the cause?
I've always been curious about corporations that like to do social responsibility work. The Facebook application has a video that states that it only costs 40cents a day to help someone obtain the medication they need to live with HIV in Africa. 40 cents a day.
This past weekend, I interviewed a young man living with AIDS, he told me his medication cost him $3,000 a month. Another young woman who I interviewed said she used her student loan money at the age of 19 to pay for her brothers Aids medication. He didnt have health insurance, and died before she returned for her sophomore year.
While Twitter, Facebook, and corporations try to do do good and just things, I cant help but think that our reality is much more than just a Twitter status. I cant help but feel that we need to do more to educate the American public that Aids is not an "Africa" disease.
I wonder when we will see news stories about people living with HIV and Aids here in the United States, and how its considered a "pre-existing condition" in which people can't get access to healthcare.
Which really, makes me question the status of news pundits, tv programing or print stories that seem to want to call Obama's healthcare reform a failure, rather than really tackle the issue.
I look at countries like Brazil and Thailand who have already broken pharmaceutical patents to distribute cheap and affordable HIV and Aids medication to their people, while, we, the Americans, want to feel good about our giving and awareness with brand names.
Sigh. Sometimes I think we really are doomed for being so ignorant.
#red #hcr #Aids


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The Pirates have named Francisco Liriano their starting pitcher for Opening Day.
Manager Clint Hurdle made the announcement Tuesday at the team's spring training facility in Bradenton, Fla.
Liriano, 30, was named National League Comeback Player of the Year in 2013 -- his first season with the Bucs.
After missing the first month of last season, he went 16-8 with a 3.02 ERA in 26 games. His 16 wins were a career high.
The Pirates open the season March 31 against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park.


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Makes 12 to 16 servings
24 Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts
One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
One 14.5-ounce can fruit cocktail, with juice
2 eggs, beaten
One 9-ounce box (1 1/2 cups) raisins
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons white rum
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13-by-9-inch glass dish with vegetable oil cooking spray.
In a very large bowl, tear or cut the doughnuts into 1-inch cubes. In another bowl, combine the condensed milk, fruit cocktail, eggs, raisins, salt and cinnamon. Allow the doughnuts to soak for 15 minutes. Pour the doughnut mixture into the prepared dish and press down with the back of a spoon to remove any air pockets.
Bake the pudding for 1 hour, until the center is firm.
To make the butter rum sauce: Melt the butter in a 1-quart saucepan over low heat. Slowly stir in the sugar. Add the rum. Remove from the heat and stir well. Serve the warm sauce with the warm pudding.


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Starcraft 2: Wings of liberty has been in development for 7 years and as a result the game is pretty much a waxed diamond in polish. Every little nuisance from the original from the ctrl group limit to, frankly retarded, worker micro (remember the shift click minerals at the start of a match?) has been ironed out. Path finding has been improved and because of a very lengthy beta there doesn't seem to be a single superflous unit, ability or building in the game. Heck even shortcuts have been optimized (noticed the probe shortcut has moved from the P to E so your left hand can reach it more easily?).
The graphics also look terrific, the glistening and constantly moving zerg buildings look genuinely disgusting. All this is put on a basis that will be very familiar to every Starcraft player. So all in all it's everything you could ask of a sequel to a the national sport of Sout-Korea.
Yet, because of this polish I'd like to address something that's been bothering about RTS games. Despite the beautiful graphics, you can clearly distinguish buildings and units as "tiles" in the game. When Marines are trained they pop up out of nowhere from the barracks (which doesn't even look like it has a door). A massive unit like the thor just pops up out of the factory, which is as large as the unit itself. Ever since I played the original command and conquer I've dreamed of procedural damage on buildings in RTS's. Even in a game as polished as starcraft the units attack a "Tile" and the tile is basically a little animation playing depending on the damage level.
Perhaps, exactly because starcraft 2 is so polished, it bugged me. Just imagine how cool it would be if the barracks would receive regular droppods with new "recruits", when trained a door would open and the marines would pop out. How about scv's that physically drill mineral bits from the harvest patch? It would even make sense gameplay wise as you can see exactly how much minerals there are left. Or maybe kill animations. Imagine zealots cutting a marine in half or grabbing a zergling and stabbing it in the guts when their life ran out. Of course it would have to be timed so it would not affect the gameplay.
These are just small details that would've made sc2 perfect. I think of any company, BLIZZARD has the talent and time achieve this.
That said I'm still logging in to battle.net as soon as I get back from work. But hey, it wouldn't be me if I couldn't nitpick over even the most polished games.
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Halloween 1957, or "Tterrace and the Haunted Door Lock." Must be a dry run, since it's still daylight outside. My sister did the pumpkin decoration with an early felt-tip marker, and took this 2-1/4 square transparency. I'm 11. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Jordan Piano Co. window, Halloween display." So you say you're having a Halloween party without a Victrola? Let us help before it's too late. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
New York, November 1911. "Scramble for pennies -- Thanksgiving." Before Halloween came into its own as a holiday in this country, there was "Thanksgiving masking," where kids would dress up and go door to door for apples, or "scramble for pennies." George Grantham Bain Collection glass negative. View full size.


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These sheep weren't yet ready to part with their wool.
At a sheep shearing demonstration in Clark today, three animals briefly broke loose, with one making its way down a nearby residential street before it was apprehended with the help of police, according to Lisa Jennings, a volunteer at the Dr. William Robinson Plantation Museum where the event was held.
Jennings said one of the sheep found a hole in the corner of the fence and two others followed. Two were quickly nabbed, she said, while one sheep "actually went for a little run."
The sheep "didn't want a haircut today," she said.
Jennings said Scott McCabe, the museum's director, and local police wrangled the sheep back to safety.
"We assisted in getting the sheep and that was the end of it," said Clark Police Lt. Patrick Grady.
Grady said they found the sheep on Wendell Place and returned the animal "unharmed, perfectly fine, back where he belongs."


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TAMPA, Fla. — In a bit of a hurry to get to Dunedin, where the Yankees will face Toronto at 1:05 p.m., but figured a quick update on Michael Pineda would be worth it.
Pineda threw a simulated game Sunday morning. He said his next step would likely be a bullpen session in a couple of days before finally making his spring debut.
Pineda is in the mix with several other Yankees pitchers for the No. 5 rotation spot. Each pitcher that's likely in the competition has already started a game — Adam Warren, David Phelps and Vidal Nuno, a lefty who will make his second start today.
Pineda said he felt good. He broke one hitter's bat.
Manager Joe Girardi said he's seen a big difference from the Pineda the Yankees got when they traded catcher Jesus Montero for him in 2012.
Back then, Girardi said, Pineda's stuff lacked pop. Now he looks more like that pitcher that made the 2011 All-Star game, Girardi said.
"I think it's a little early to compare," the manager said. "Power pitchers take a little bit longer. But I can tell you his stuff is a lot closer than it was when we got him that spring a couple of years ago. It just seems to be coming out of his hand easier."
Actually, Girardi said, the Yankees were a "little concerned" when Pineda wasn't packing the same heat as he did in 2011. Their worries were justified as Pineda ended up needing shoulder surgery that has kept him off a big-league mound since.
Girardi said he wasn't sure how hard Pineda was throwing, but that his fastball velocity could increase this spring.
Scott Sizemore faced Pineda in Sunday's simulated game. Sizemore also faced him in 2011.
Pineda's size and arm angle is tough on righties because it looks like the ball is being released behind the hitter, Sizemore said.
"It makes it hard to open up and really stay through the ball," he said.
Sizemore also said Pineda's fastballs vary on how he releases them.
"Sometimes he cuts it, sometimes it sinks," Sizemore said.


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Daniel L Drane
Affiliation: University of Washington
Country: USA
Research Grants
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- Demographic characteristics and normative observations for derived-trail making test indicesDaniel L Drane
Department of Neurology, Regional Epilepsy Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98104 2499, USA
Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychol Behav Neurol 15:39-43. 2002..The purpose of the present study was to examine the relations of two derived-TMT indices with age, education, and gender and to establish normative data...
- Category-specific recognition and naming deficits following resection of a right anterior temporal lobe tumor in a patient with atypical language lateralizationDaniel L Drane
Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Cortex 45:630-40. 2009..As various object categories appear to have different neuroanatomical representations in the TLs, we discuss the possible benefits of sampling a wider array of objects during cortical stimulation mapping of language...
- Cognitive impairment is not equal in patients with epileptic and psychogenic nonepileptic seizuresDaniel L Drane
Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Epilepsia 47:1879-86. 2006..We reexamined neurocognitive function in patients with ESs and PNES by using symptom validity testing to control for variability in effort...
- Structured cueing on a semantic fluency task differentiates patients with temporal versus frontal lobe seizure onsetDaniel L Drane
Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
Epilepsy Behav 9:339-44. 2006....
- Healthy older adult performance on a modified version of the Cognistat (NCSE): demographic issues and preliminary normative dataDaniel L Drane
Department of Neurology, Regional Epilepsy Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:133-44. 2003..Current results indicate that the Cognistat is sensitive to normal aging and promises greater sensitivity to the impact of age than the commonly employed Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)...
- Famous face identification in temporal lobe epilepsy: support for a multimodal integration model of semantic memoryDaniel L Drane
Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Cortex 49:1648-67. 2013..These findings challenge several assumptions underlying amodal models of semantic memory, and provide support for the integrated multimodal theories of semantic memory and a distributed representation of concepts...
- Cortical stimulation mapping and Wada results demonstrate a normal variant of right hemisphere language organizationDaniel L Drane
Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Epilepsia 53:1790-8. 2012..Furthermore, these data confirm the Wada test findings of atypical dominance...
- Category-specific naming and recognition deficits in temporal lobe epilepsy surgical patientsDaniel L Drane
Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States UW Regional Epilepsy Center, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Neuropsychologia 46:1242-55. 2008....
- Lorazepam effects on Word Memory Test performance: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trialDavid W Loring
Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Clin Neuropsychol 25:799-811. 2011....
- Development of a partial Balint's syndrome in a congenitally deaf patient presenting as pseudo-aphasiaDaniel L Drane
Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Wesley Woods Health Center, 1841 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
Clin Neuropsychol 23:715-28. 2009..g., the need for a non-standardized approach, a lack of normative data for such special populations), while pointing out the substantial contributions that can be made by going beyond the standard neuropsychological test batteries...
- Language reorganization in aphasics: an electrical stimulation mapping investigationTimothy H Lucas
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Neurosurgery 63:487-97; discussion 497. 2008..The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether clinical speech deficits after brain injury are associated with functional speech reorganization...
- Is there a clustering effect on electroencephalographic seizure localization?Wonsuk Kim
Department of Neurology and Regional Epilepsy Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Epilepsy Res 108:684-91. 2014..In conclusion, seizures have the same localizing value whether occurring in a cluster over a few hours or sporadically over a few days. This could potentially lead to shorter monitoring times. ..
Research Grants2
- Category-Specific Naming and Recognition in EpilepsyDaniel Drane; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..


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Mr. Ken Paff
Teamsters for a Democratic Union
P.O. Box 10128
Detroit, MI 48210
Dear Mr. Paff:
This is in response to a letter that was originally requested by the National Office of the Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU). We were asked to forward our response to you. TDU inquired whether a plan administrator is required under section 104(b)(4) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), to furnish a participant with a copy of the contract between an employee benefit plan and a third party administrator (TPA).
Section 104(b)(4) of ERISA provides that "[t]he administrator shall, upon written request of any participant or beneficiary, furnish a copy of the latest updated summary plan description, plan description, and the latest annual report, any terminal report, the bargaining agreement, trust agreement, contract, or other instruments under which the plan is established or operated." Although section 104(b)(4) includes the term "contract" in its specific delineation of documents required to be furnished, it is the Department of Labor's view that this term does not necessarily encompass all contracts between a plan and third parties who render services to the plan. The terms "bargaining agreement," "trust agreement," "contract," and "instruments" in section 104(b)(4) are all modified by the phrase "under which the plan is established or operated." Accordingly, only TPA contracts, or provisions thereof, that establish, amend or constitute part of an employee benefit plan or that otherwise are instruments under which the plan is established or operated are subject to mandatory disclosure under section 104(b)(4).1 For example, if a TPA contract, or any part of the contract, establishes or amends the plan in question, establishes a claims procedure, specifies procedures, formulas, methodologies, or schedules to be applied in determining or calculating a participant's or beneficiary's benefit entitlement, or does any of the other things described in sections 402(b) and 402(c) of ERISA, it would have to be furnished in accordance with the terms of section 104(b)(4).2
The plan "administrator," as defined in ERISA section 3(16)(A), is responsible for making the determination as to whether a document is a "contract" or "instrument" under section 104(b)(4) in response to a written request by a participant or beneficiary.3 The administrator's determination is reviewable by a U.S. District Court pursuant to section 502 of ERISA.
We also note that section 404(a)(1)(D) of ERISA requires a fiduciary to discharge his duties in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the plan insofar as they are consistent with the provisions of Title I of ERISA. Therefore, in addition to the above section 104(b)(4) obligations, if such a plan document or instrument, consistent with the other provisions of Title I, requires the furnishing or disclosure of information to a participant or beneficiary on request, the administrator would be required to grant such a request.
This letter constitutes an advisory opinion under ERISA Procedure 76-1. Accordingly, this letter is issued subject to the provisions of that procedure, including section 10 thereof, relating to the effect of advisory opinions.
John J. Canary
Chief, Division of Reporting and Disclosure
Office of Regulations and Interpretations
- The same conclusion would apply under ERISA section 104(b)(2) which provides that a plan participant has a right to examine copies of the plan description, the latest annual report and the "bargaining agreement, trust agreement, contract, or other instruments under which the plan was established or is operated . . . . "
- The Department concluded in Advisory Opinions 82-21A, 82-33A, and 87-10A that minutes of trustees' meetings that establish a claims procedure or do any of the things described in section 402(b) and 402(c) of ERISA would have to be furnished in accordance with section 104(b)(4) as "other instruments under which the plan is established or operated." We also stated in Advisory Opinion 96-14A that any document or instrument that specifies procedures, formulas, methodologies, or schedules to be applied in determining or calculating a participant's or beneficiary's benefit entitlement under an employee benefit plan would constitute "instruments under which the plan is established or operated."
- Persons who hold the position of "administrator" as defined in section 3(16)(A) are, by the very nature of their position, considered fiduciaries. See 29 CFR 2509.75-8 (Question and Answer D-3).


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The Detroit Tigers might be relying on Miguel Cabrera to hit the ball a long way for the foreseeable future.
Cabrera was the lone offensive bright spot Friday night in a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. The Tigers managed just five hits in the game off Zack Greinke and the Angels bullpen. Just two of those hits were for extra bases.
Cabrera had both of the extra-base hits -- a double and a solo home run -- despite playing on a pair of bad ankles.
The right ankle is obviously limiting Cabrera the most. It forced him from the game in the second inning Thursday. Cabrera appeared to be laboring around the bases even during his home run trot in the Friday and seemed to be bothered by the ankle even when he made his way back and forth from the dugout to the batter's box.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland used the word "concerned" when discussing Cabrera, though Leyland seems more worried about the time frame for Cabrera to return to third base than he does about how it affects him offensively.
"I don't know," Leyland said. "I'm concerned about it. After watching tonight, obviously he looked good at the plate and very comfortable. But moving around, you would have to say there was some question, so we'll just have to wait and see."
Cabrera's teammates are impressed with what he can do with the bat, whether he is healthy or battling an injury.
"It should just add to the lore of Miguel Cabrera," Alex Avila said. "He's unbelievable even when he's not 100 percent. You can tell he's hurting. Two hits, a double and a homer, off Zack Greinke -- that just adds to his legacy."
Still, there has to be some concern about the injury and how it might react positively to treatment and negatively to activity in the next few days. The Tigers need Cabrera's bat in the lineup. That much is certain.
But would a day or two off aid in his recovery and speed up his return to third base? Or do they just keep using him as the designated hitter to keep his bat in the lineup?
"You could see that he's hurting," Leyland said. "You could see that. … Right now, I'd say it's very questionable that he could play third (Saturday night). But that's right now. After early treatment (Saturday), who knows."
With the Tigers scuffling a bit offensively -- they have averaged about 3.5 runs over the past two weeks -- and the team in a crowded playoff race that isn't likely to clear up anytime soon, the Tigers need Cabrera in the lineup.
If he can keep performing like he did Friday, he will be there.
"It looks like it's going to be one of those (where it affects) mobility," Avila said. "The good thing is, when he's hitting, he doesn't have to move very much side to side.
"But if he hits them that far, he can just jog."
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