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Police, community and calender briefs for May 17, 2013 are featured.
Women stole from Walmart, police say
Two women accused of leaving a discount store without paying for more than $700 worth of items were arrested Wednesday by sheriff's deputies.
According to reports, a loss prevention officer at Walmart at 17961 S. U.S. 441 told officials that he and another employee saw the women place items in shopping carts and leave without paying. He said the women had two children with them.
Detective Bobby Levay found the women, Emily Lacole Gilbert and Bluffet Ochia Sappleton, at the intersection of Southeast 176th Place and Southeast 112th Court Road in Summerfield. With them were a 9-year-old girl and a 1-year-old boy.
The women face several charges, including contributing to the delinquency of a minor, grand theft and petit theft.
Man accused of firing shots over loud music
A 72-year-old Salt Springs man who admitted firing shots into the ground because his neighbor's son was playing music too loudly was charged Wednesday with aggravated assault.
A man told Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Elizabeth Hart that his son was getting ready to drive to church and loud music was coming from his vehicle when Stanley A. Kaniewski came outside, shouted obscenities and threatened to kill him if he didn't turn down the music. The man said he heard a gunshot and went outside, and Kaniewski ordered him to tell his son to lower the volume on the radio and threatened to kill him. Kaniewski fired two more shots and pointed the gun, described as a .22 caliber handgun, at the man, according to reports.
Hearing the shots, neighbors congregated outside and saw Kaniewski yelling and cursing, reports note.
The incident occurred in the 24900 block of Northeast 133rd Street.
Hart and Deputy Jeffrey L. Peebles went to Kaniewski's residence, where he told them he fired the weapon because he was angry about the boy playing his music too loudly.
Deputy Gary Skinner went into the home and found the handgun on a table, with three spent casings.
Kaniewski was arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail.
Furniture collection event set for Saturday
The South Forest recycling center will hold a furniture collection event starting at 7 a.m. Saturday at 15840 SE 183 Ave. Road, Umatilla.
Sofas, couches, beds, mattresses, box springs, bureaus, benches, chairs, lamps, end tables and other items will be accepted. For more information, visit www.marioncountyfl.org/SolidWaste/SpecialPrograms_FurnitureCollection.aspx or call 671-8465.
Sign up for Belleview football, cheerleading
The Belleview Panthers will hold football and cheerleader sign ups from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Moose Lodge, 1135 S. U.S. 441, Belleview. Sign-ups also will be held June 1.
For more information, call 267-7975 for football or 789-4213 for cheerleading.
Book sales and more set for this weekend
Friday and Saturday
Friends of Belleview Public Library book sale, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Friends Book Nook, 6007 SE Earp Road, Belleview. (438-2500 or 245-2767)
Craft bazaar and chicken dinner, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Ocklawaha River Valley Civic Club, Inc., 23125 NE 160th Ave. Road, Fort McCoy. (546-3576)
Flea market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 7525 S. U.S. 41, Dunnellon. (489-3166)
Flea market and pancake breakfast, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Wall Rives Post 58, 10730 U.S. 41, Dunnellon. $3-$5. (489-4453)
Book sale to benefit the Animal Charity Food Bank, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Winn-Dixie, 8445 SW State Road 200, Ocala. (291-1962)
Yard sale benefitting Feisty Acres Cat Rescue, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Ocala Square Animal Clinic, 3631 NE Eighth Place, Ocala. (427-6237)
Ocala 200 Lions Club yard sale, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Friendship Center, 8445 SW State Road 200, Ocala. (861-2730)
Volunteers sought to fix Cross Fla. Greenway
The Cross Florida Greenway Equestrians Inc. nonprofit organization helps blaze and maintain the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway trails. The group will meet at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Ross Prairie Trail Head, 10660 SW State Road 200, Dunnellon, for a work day.
Volunteers will learn about equestrian trails and various disciplines of equestrian riding. Students can earn community service hours.
For more information, call Michelle Shearer at 817-0180.
Florida DEP stargazing event set for Saturday
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Park Service will celebrate National Kids to Parks Day on Saturday.
Many parks have organized special events appropriate for children and families, including a stargazing event at 7:30 p.m. at Silver River State Park, 1425 NE 58th Ave., Ocala. The Ocala Astronomy Club will be on hand with telescopes and to share information.
For more information, visit www.floridastateparks.org/silverriver/.
Coast Guard to host Boating safety event
National Safe Boating Week is Saturday through May 24. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 15-3 in Ocala will sponsor an assembly of safety agencies at the Carney Island Park Boat Ramp, including Marion County Fire Rescue, Marion County Sherriff's Lake Watch and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Flotilla 15-3 will provide free vessel safety checks and recreational boating safety information.
For more information, call Charles Truthan at 266-0460.
Registration now open for youth basketball
The Frank DeLuca Marion County YMCA is accepting registration through June 1 for the youth basketball program for students in third through 10th grade.
The season starts June 15. Practice is one night per week and games are on Fridays or Saturdays. The cost is $65 for members, $110 for non-members.
To register, visit the facility at 3200 SE 17th St., Ocala. For more information, visit www.quickscores.com/marionymca.
CF now offering course in digital marketing
Digital marketing courses will be offered at the College of Central Florida in partnership with the CF Institute, Ocoos and Re-view Business Strategies.
Digital Marketing, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Monday-July 17, 3001 SW College Road. Product, pricing, market segmentation and more. The fee is $200 and includes three months of access to Internet platform.
Advanced Digital Marketing, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, July 22-Sept. 18, Ocala campus. Content marketing, social media, analytics, data mining and market research. The fee is $250 and includes three months of access to platform.
For more information, call 873-5804, visit CFItraining.cf.edu, or email email@example.com.
RODEO: Southern Junior Rodeo Association finals, 5 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m.. Saturday, Southeastern Livestock Pavilion, 2220 NE Jacksonville Road, Ocala. Free. (www.sjra-rodeo.com/)
ON STAGE: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Insomniac Theatre, 1 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. $12. (897-0477 or www.insomniactheatre.com)
LIBRARY ORIENTATION: For students in grades K-12, 10:30 a.m. Friday, Freedom Public Library, 5870 SW 95th St., Ocala. (438-2580)
MASONS: Greater Ocala Masonic Hi-Twelve Club 665, 11 a.m. Friday, Ocala Elks Club, 702 NE 25th Ave., Ocala. (854-9612)
LINE DANCING: Beginner and intermediate for adults and teens, 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Forest Community Center, 777 S. County Road 314A, Ocklawaha. (438-2840)
EQUINE EVENT: Driving schooling, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Florida Horse Park, 11008 S. County Road 475, Ocala. (307-6699 or www.flhorsepark.com/)
LEAGUE: La Leche League of Marion County, 11 a.m. Saturday, Marion County Public Library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. (216-1435)
ROCK CONCERT: Featuring Old Skool, to benefit NAMI Marion County, 7 p.m. Saturday, Ocala Hilton, 3600 SW 36 Ave., Ocala. $35-$45. Music, dancing exhibition, auctions and more. (368-2405 or NAMIOcala.org)
5-K RACE: Race Against Child Abuse, 8 a.m. Saturday, Baseline Greenway Trailhead, 4255 SE 58 Ave Ocala, to benefit Kimberly's Center for Child Protection. $20 for 5-K, $5 for kids fun run. (www.kimberlyscenter.org/)
RIB SALE: Boy Scout Troop 100 rib sale and car wash, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Bradshaw State Farm Insurance, 1306 S. Pine Ave., Ocala. (208-8414)
CLUB EVENT: The Scandinavian Club of Marion County, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Ocala Hilton, 3600 SW 36th Ave., Ocala. $16, reservations required. (687-1580 or 861-1235)
BENEFIT DINNER: For Forest Animal Rescue, 1 p.m. Saturday, Cactus Jacks, 23740 NE County Road 314, Salt Springs, includes music, food, raffles and more. (forestanimalrescue.org or 685-2244)
WOMEN'S WORKSHOP: GFWC Woman's Club of Ocala hosts a GFWC Florida District 5 Spring Workshop, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Ocala Elks Club, 702 NE 25th Ave., Ocala. Reservations requested. (629-7397)
ALUM LUNCHEON: Gainesville-Ocala Alum Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta Alum luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Gainesville Country Club, 7300 SW 35th Way, Gainesville. (817-6984)
RELAY FOR LIFE: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sunrise Elementary School, 375 Marion Oaks Course, Marion Oaks. (307-0584)
SPANISH CONCERT: The Souls Belong to Christ, 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Citizens' Circle, 151 SE Watula Ave., Ocala, with preaching and music. Free. (454-3214)
GRAND OPENING: 8 a.m. Saturday, Dollar General, 5191 W. State Road 40, Ocala. (www.dollargeneral.com)
HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS: Tribute to Bob Seger, 7 p.m. Saturday, Circle Square Cultural Center, 8395 SW 80th St., Ocala. $17-19. (854-3670 or www.csculturalcenter.com)
PREAKNESS DAY: 3 p.m. Saturday, South Marion-Villages Elks Lodge 2730, 7655 E. County Road 25, Belleview. (245-3535)
TRAUMA AWARENESS: Ocala Health Trauma Awareness Day, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Ocala Regional Medical Center, 1431 SW First Ave., Ocala, includes, exhibits, demonstrations, screenings and more. (www.ocalahealthsystem.com)
ANTI BULLY RALLY/BOXING: A free anti-bully rally begins at noon and an amateur boxing challenge begins at 6 p.m. Saturday, UF/IFAS Marion County Extension Service Auditorium, 2322 NE Jacksonville Road, Ocala. Tickets for boxing event are $5-$25. (318-8491 or 875-5271)
To submit information for this list, send an e-mail to email@example.com or visit www.ocala.com, scroll down and click on EVENTS CALENDAR on the right.


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A car theft crimewave in Tring has forced police to warn motorists to be extra vigilant in locking their cars at night.
In the last three weeks, several items – including money, sat navs and a wi-fi hub – have been stolen from cars in the town, and the crooks appear to be most active after midnight.
Police are now urging drivers to double check their car security as in some cases the thieves have been able to get in by simply opening the car door after absent-minded motorists failed to lock their vehicle.
Sgt Peter Huffer, who heads the Tring police team, said: "We have had in excess of eight crimes over the last three weeks. An investigation is ongoing, but we'd like to remind residents to secure and lock their cars and remove all items of value on display.
"If possible, open and empty the glove box to show the thief there is nothing worth taking. If you do hear anything suspicious, call 999 to report it."
Det Insp Justine Jenkins from the local crime unit in Dacorum, said: "This type of crime and amount of crime is very unusual in Tring, which is why we're doing all we can to prevent it by increasing our patrols in the area, conducting thorough investigations to identify suspects and asking the public to help us by reporting suspicious activity."
If you have any information to aid the police investigation, call the local crime unit on 101.
However, if you believe a crime is in progress, you should always call 999.

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text: So for many years now ive collected few models or collectibles from Star Trek, I had a total of two and one isn't on display. Now in one fell swoop I get a 1994 Playmates TOS enterprise, a STIII BoP, and a DS9 runabout in one Christmas!! I also got myself a Tron light cycle and Halo Warthog...wtf is going on? RAMA


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Greek Government Bonds
Loeb picked up a position in Greek government bonds in the third quarter as he earned a 35% return on average capital investing in European credit in the second and third quarters of 2012. He attributed his success in the troubled area to two tenants of his investing rules.
First, he looks for credit situations where his expectations are not extremely high, but not as low as the market either. He has used this perspective to make money not only in Europe, but in his subprime mortgage-backed security positions, Chesapeake (NYSE:CHK) performing credit trade, and others throughout his fund's history.
Second, he seeks to deeply understand the situations he invests in, even better than other market participants. In the case of Europe, he and his team spent 12 to 18 months and significant resources to grasp fully the mechanics of the sovereign debt crisis, with the assistance of other academic, political and economic advisors.
After all of the effort, he called Greece "the most stubborn and opaque piece of the European puzzle." Yet he believed the market was overreacting to the possibility of a Greek default.
Loeb describes the steps leading up to the decision to invest in the country in his third quarter letter:
"In order to fully evaluate the potential remaining upside in the GGB Strip, we sent our well-traveled European credit analyst to Athens. Our meetings convinced us that Greek officials strongly believe that the painful Troika program implementation is a far superior option to leaving the Euro. On that trip we also discovered several "green shoots" emerging in the Greek fiscal position which also appear to be widely ignored by the broader market. Greece has demonstrated impressive spending controls, with its 2012 budget largely on track despite a significant shortfall in receipts due to worse than anticipated economic conditions. While Greece is still grossly overleveraged at 170% debt to GDP and the Strip price appears to anticipate another restructuring which will subordinate private creditors, we believe another PSI is highly unlikely given the Strip's air tight documentation, governed by UK law, which explicitly ranks it pari passu with the debt held by the Troika. Even in the event there was a large scale restructuring where both private and official creditors took haircuts of 15% to 25%, it is likely the Strip would still appreciate significantly from 20 as exit yields of 10% to 12% would be reasonable given the country's reduced leverage as a result of any restructuring.
A clear commitment to keeping Greece inside the EU, combined with resolute program compliance, some amount of Official Sector Involvement ("OSI") and a bottoming out in the Greek economy should move the Strip from trading at assumed recovery levels to bonds priced on a yield basis."
Loeb must have disposed of a large amount of Greek government bonds recently, as they appeared in his top positions listed in November and are not among his top five in December.
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO)
Loeb has planted 23% of his portfolio into largest position Yahoo since opening the position in the third quarter of 2011 when shares traded for about $14 each on average. After moving sideways for most of 2012, the stock began moving up in September, eventually gaining 26% over the past year. It trades for $19.86 on Friday, with a P/E of 6.03, P/B of 1.5 and P/S of 4.6.
YHOO data by GuruFocus.com
Loeb and Third Point representatives joined the Yahoo board in May. Since then, Yahoo was able to reach an agreement for privately held Chinese Internet company Alibaba to repurchase half of Yahoo's position in it, settle a patent lawsuit against Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and replace the CEO after finding embellishments in his resume.
The search engine company has been led by former Google executive Marissa Mayer since July 16, 2012. In its first quarterly financial report under her leadership, it increased revenue 2% year over year to $1.089 billion, excluding acquisition costs. GAAP revenue declined 1% to $1.202 billion. GAAP net earnings declined to $298 million, from $3.16 billion a year previously.
Yahoo in the third quarter closed the first stage of selling its stake in Alibaba back to the company. As a result, it received $7.6 billion in pre-tax proceeds, $6.3 billion in cash and $800 million in preferred in shares and $550 million for a license agreement. Yahoo will return $3.65 billion in after-tax proceeds, or 85% of the net cash proceeds, to shareholders.
The company's cash position in the third quarter improved to $9.4 billion from $2.5 billion at year-end 2011.
Loeb has allocated 15.2% if his portfolio into second-largest holding AIG. He started the position in the second quarter with 2.25 million shares for $31 each on average, then added 21.25 million shares for $33 each on average the next quarter.
In a sudden turn of events, AIG went from Loeb's "top loser" in November, to his third "top winner" in December. The massive insurance corporation's stock price has increased almost 52% over the past year. It trades for $36.32 on Friday, near a one-year high, with a P/E of 1.9, P/B of 0.6 and P/S of 0.8.
AIG data by GuruFocus.com
Loeb had the opportunity to purchase shares of AIG, the world's largest insurance organization, in March at what he believes was a discount to intrinsic value due to the U.S. Treasury's "forced" (or "non-economically-motivated) selling of its stake in the company. Second, he believed that AIG's buybacks from the Treasury created substantial capital return that offered downside protection. Third, the government reducing its stake increased its index weighting, which he believed would force index-sensitive investors to buy more shares.
He then began to view the investment as a "post-reorg equity newly emerged, with all of the attendant upside," and bought more shares in the Treasury's second and third quarter offerings.
He commented on his short- and long-term expectations for the company in his third quarter letter:
In the near term, we believe AIG's continued portfolio optimization should free up additional excess capital that, subject to regulatory approval, likely can be returned to shareholders. In December, AIG's lockup in its listed, non-core Asian life insurance business, AIA, will expire, allowing the company to monetize its unencumbered 13.7% interest worth some USD $6.1 billion at recent market valuations. Further, we believe the sale, spin, or listing of ILFC, AIG's aircraft lessor subsidiary, will not only generate $5+ billion in excess capital but also simplify the group's structure, reducing cost of capital.
Longer term, we believe the company's operational turnaround will help AIG realize its intrinsic value, as Chartis, AIG's property and casualty arm, improves its return on equity to the targeted 10 – 12% by 2015. To achieve this ROE target, Chartis's management, led by the talented Peter Hancock, is emphasizing international and shorter tail consumer property lines, while investing in new policy administration and back office systems. We believe this ROE target is achievable, and view the early evidence as promising: a ~300 bps year-over-year improvement in Chartis' Q2'12 ex-cat loss ratio to 65.2% and a ~100 bps year-over-year increase in consumer share of premiums to 39% in Q2. We are further encouraged that Chartis' turnaround has the wind at its back with the mid to high single digit pricing growth in the property and casualty insurance industry.
After owning 92% of the company about two years ago, the U.S. government finished selling its remaining AIG shares about a week ago.
For the third quarter, the company reported net income of $1.9 billion, compared to a net loss of $4 billion the same time in 2011. Revenue rose to $14.99 billion from $14.74 billion the same time last year, and book value jumped to $62.83 per share from $21.95 per share the same time last year.
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Just because you use computers to make and sell your products, you should not treat customers as if they are just the last part of the supply chain. It shows a lack of respect.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, UK — You are paralyzed in the consumer electronics area of a shop, wondering if it was the XC2137 or the XC2238 you had decided you wanted. Triumphantly you break free of the paralysis and decide it was the XC2137 -- only to be dismayed when the sales assistant asks if you would like the A, B, or C version, but they have only got the C version in stock. We have all been there.
At this point, most people get up-sold to the C version or even a completely different model or maker with which they are sometimes happy and sometimes not. What they should probably do is walk away until the vendor in question mends its ways.
Any search for an LCD TV on the Internet will show that this is no exaggeration. In some cases the only numbers that change in the nine-digit string that marks out different televisions are the numbers that denote screen size; for instance the Samsung UE55F8500 and the UE46F8500. Now, electronic engineers and electronics-savvy buyers can probably work that out and make sure they are not getting something too large, but not every punter understands product codes or how screen sizes are measured on the diagonal and so on.
Nonetheless, this isn't too horrific -- if you know what you're looking for -- but then they go and throw in a UE32F6400 and UE39F5500 to confuse the situation. Why have the numbers at the end now changed and what do they signify?
It would be remiss of me not mention the ultimate lover of complicated product names, Nokia.
Some phones like the 5110 and 3310 have achieved lasting fame in Generation Y [ed. note: not with me], but a quick glimpse through the 12 versions of the Lumia phone leaves me none the wiser on which phone might be best for me or even how I start deciding.
It all becomes a bit of product code lottery, but what is clear is that such companies care more about their SKU naming conventions than their customers. SKU is, of course, short for stock-keeping unit, and it seems that many consumer electronics brands want to make customers think like warehouse logistics computers.
If you want your brand to mean something to potential customers, then your product names need to reflect what matters to them, not what is convenient to you. If a company must insist on offering every possible derivative of a product because it believes customers must have almost infinite choice or they will go elsewhere, then at least give your non-technical customers a fighting chance at working out where their needs fall in the product spectrum.
There are some markets that get this right. Some car companies do an excellent job at helping you decide, a couple even using numbers as part of that process. BMW has its 1 through 7 series increasing in price. Audi has the same. Nissan goes for names that reflect its cars' uses: Pixo, Micra, Note, Juke, Qashqai, X-Trail, and Pathfinder, with Leaf as "green" electric car. There are extra options on top of those conventions but for a £20,000 to £30,000 machine (US$30,000 to $45,000), and you can pay more, a little bit of additional research is OK. Internally, Nissan cars probably do have names like the F30a/b/c, but the company respects its customers and the sales process enough to hide that from them and make their lives easier.
I would like to give these companies the benefit of the doubt and say that these ridiculous names have come from an ever expanding range of products, but you only have to look at the sectors where they offer a single product to see this isn't true. I can promise you that a better name for the Sony HMZ-T2 would be Sony 3D Immerse or even just Sony Glass.
There are some consumer companies that do a great job, like Google's phone and tablet range (Nexus 4/7/10), and Apple's Mac computer lineup is pretty simple. But they are few and far between in a sea of numbers, letters, and surprise sub-options just waiting to lose a company a sale at the last minute.
— Simon Barker is chief technology officer of Radfan, based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
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The panel this week reprimanded Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, who has agreed to pay $11,000 in fines over allegations that he misspent money from his campaign account. He has resisted calls to resign.
Graham Sloan, the executive director of the ethics panel, said in a story published by the Southwest Times Record on Friday he didn't recall seeing Darr at any of the sessions, which are conducted around the state, but that he didn't know if Darr sent a delegate.
"To my knowledge, Mr. Darr never came to any of those sessions," Sloan said.
Attendance at a campaign finance seminar is not mandatory. Sloan said the sessions are offered five or six times every campaign season.
"We go to the four corners of the state," Sloan told the newspaper. "We'll be going to Fayetteville and Jonesboro and Dumas and Hope and places like that. We've done that every election cycle."
Darr is from northwestern Arkansas. He did not respond to requests for comment.
The former pizza shop owner who was elected lieutenant governor in 2010 has acknowledged using campaign money to make about $31,500 in personal purchases. He said he mistakenly believed he could recover personal loans that way.
Darr also attributed problems with his campaign finance reports to faulty record-keeping.
Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe, all five Republican members of Arkansas' congressional delegation and state Rep. Andy Mayberry, R-Hensley, a candidate for lieutenant governor, have called on Darr to resign. Darr is a Republican.


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Hello and welcome to the local history blog of the New City Library. This is my first blog on our new web page and as introduction; I am Sally Pellegrini overseer of a special collection of local history materials called the Rockland Room. You will see reference to the collection name when searching our catalog or when visiting the library. It is my job to manage more than 4,500 print materials, 15 drawers of vertical files, a large collection of local family names and genealogy, the Budke collection, online genealogy subscription services and maps. This collection has information focusing on Rockland County but also has materials on counties following the Hudson River starting with New York City and neighboring counties in northern New Jersey. I am also proud that we are in partnership with the Genealogy Society of Rockland County. This group stores their files in the room and meets the 4th Thursday of the month in the library.[email protected].
The Rockland Room collection is open to researchers during library hours. To reach me, call 845-634-4997 ext 139 or
Each month I will feature one piece of a unique collection of miniature historic houses or sites created by graphic artist John Rossi of Congers. Mr. Rossi, after retirement, began to draw historical houses of Congers that existed or remain standing today. He used pen and ink and then applied the design to a piece of free standing wood. It is his contribution to the community to maintain its past. This passion began eight years ago. Today, he has created more than 400 miniatures from Rockland and Orange County sites.
I will supply the information I have and invite the reader to add his knowledge to enhance the history.
The first miniature is the site of the first New City Library. The time is April 1936; the place is New City, New York. An article in the local Rockland County Journal News invited all who were "interested in books" and wished to serve on a library committee to attend a meeting held at the New City Elementary School. It further related that under a plan devised to extend library service to rural communities, the Library Extension Division of the State Education Department would pay a person to care for the library under the direction of a local committee. Also, professional advice would be available with $100 of state aid and matching committee funds.
Thus the New City Library Association was started. The five committee members were: Mrs. C.J. Feeley, Mrs. H.G. Herrlien, Mrs. J.B. Karrell, Mrs. F. Noyes and Mrs. T.W. Youmans. Mrs. Youmans was the first president and it was decided to name this new venture the New City Free Library, as it remains today.
For the next sixteen years, the library remained in the building shown here. On Friday, June 19, 1936, the first public program offered was a tea with music. Mary Mowbray Clarke was guest speaker. Ms. Clarke was well-known for her design of the famed Dutch Gardens in New City.
Other "firsts" include the first donated book, North to the Orient by Anne Morrow Lindbergh; the first tag sale raised $44 from the school's students and the largest donation of $250 that came from Archer Huntington.
Additional reading may be found in "The History of the New City Library" prepared by Patricia True and located in the Rockland Room.
Now…. Anyone reading this have comments? Did anyone attend this elementary school? Did your parents attend? Any interesting memories? Names are not necessary unless you want someone to respond.
That's it for now. I hope you will visit my blog again!


text: As I saw the LA Farmers classic coming up, I remembered Gulbis won the 2011 title beating JMDP(?) and Fish on the way, and at the time thinking this would be a resurgence for him. Of course, it didn't turn out that way, which is disappointing as I admire the shot making and talent. The guy's a headcase and the partying has been well documented, e.g. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...you-cant-think-only-about-tennis-2269657.html, although as a guy I can understand about this myself. But I wonder: all said and done, with all that talent, Gulbis must want to be a top player, a contender at events? Is it possible for him to continue his current ways and still have a Djoker 2011 like moment where it all falls into place? Or can he not rein in the chic chasing - just a case of "marching to the tune of a different drummer" and he can't have a Fed/Nadal ethic?


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As you probably know already, Paul Kurtz is gone.
The Center for Inquiry marks with great sadness the passing of Paul Kurtz, founder and longtime chair of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, the Council for Secular Humanism, and the Center for Inquiry, who died at the age of 86. A philosopher, activist, and author, Kurtz was for a half-century among the most significant and impactful figures in the humanist and skeptic movements.
"Impactful"…ah well, I won't do a fogeyism about it. Anyway yes, he was.
Kurtz's legacy includes the above organizations, the creation of the skeptics' magazine Skeptical Inquirer, the secular humanist magazine Free Inquiry, independent publisher Prometheus Books, and a library of books and scholarly articles that will continue to inform discussions of morality, ethics, reason, and religion for generations to come.
I knew him a little. I was at CFI Amherst for almost three weeks in 2007; I did a talk and hung out. PK was a fan of B&W at the time, and he was pleasant to me. He took a bunch of us to lunch one day and invited me to go in his car. We talked about B&W and he said (very flatteringly, so perhaps not truthfully) that he'd had thoughts of setting up a skeptical inquiry website but then decided it would just duplicate B&W so why bother.
Free Inquiry has been one of my favorite magazines for years and years, with Skeptical Inquirer close behind it. I have a lot of Prometheus books on my shelves. I'm not the only one.
I'm grateful for all of it. I'm not the only one.


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Onsite Coverage: It's Academic, Professor Says, Innovation Needs Controls
CHICAGO — An academic who has studied the near bankruptcy and recovery of Lego used that company's experience to urge credit unions to be careful about how they use innovation.
David Robertson is professor of practice at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and author of a forthcoming book "Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry."
He spoke Tuesday to credit union industry executives gathered or the CO-OP Financial Services THINK 13 conference, held at Chicago's Swissotel from April 29 to May
Robertson detailed how the company steadily grew from 1932 until early in the 21st century when it almost went bankrupt under the weight of what amounted to undisciplined innovation.
Essentially, Lego had adopted many of the attitudes and innovative practices that academics and consultants said companies should use, but had done so in such an unrestrained way that innovation had almost caused the death of the company.
"What Lego learned is that all innovation is not necessarily profitable innovation," Robertson said. Out of the 11 products the company had innovated and launched since it began to self-consciously drive innovation, only three of those had been profitable, he said, and of those two were only profitable in some years.
In a question-and-answer period afterward, Robertson said innovators need to be aware of their identity and to innovate to advance that identity, not to abandon that identity. "There needs to be an awareness of what they are and what they are not," Robertson observed.
Other lessons Lego learned involved limiting the immediate scope of innovations. Innovative teams should not be turned loose on an entire company, Robertson explained, but actually work best when targeted on specific projects.
"From a time of unlimited innovation," Robertson said, "Lego moved to a situation where teams were asked to create their best police station, their best fire truck."
Also from THINK 13:
- Virtual Teller Idea Wins THINK Prize 13
- The Great Change Debate
- THINK 13 on Wednesday: Slide Show
- Starring on Google+
- Mayor Booker Keynotes on Change
- Innovation That Maintains Identity
- THINK 13 on Tuesday: Slide Show
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State Assemblyman Ronald Dancer, an Ocean County Republican, introduced the legislation for the "Snookiville" Law, which would let towns license and regulate the filming of reality television shows and impose conditions including requiring TV crews to pay for additional police officers needed to assure public safety.
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a resident of Danville
on Sep 4, 2013 at 6:33 pm
Too bad. He could have had a promising Hollywood career playing Charlie Sheen's brother.
a resident of Danville
on Sep 5, 2013 at 7:52 am
Danville isn't as precious as their people think! This story doesn't surprize me. Danville is a town who is full of lies & secrets. No wonder teens r running away or killing themselves cuz they're not that purfect 4 that town or their parents or teachers. I'm so glad i moved away from that crappy town!
a resident of Alamo
on Sep 5, 2013 at 8:47 am
Karma, you are right in what you say...Their problem is that most if not all the new comers have an ultra-ego and a very big chip on their shoulder. And worst of all they pass it on to their brats.
I truly believe it is most of the new comers...the old established folks of Danville are sane and intelligent. But the others are a different story.
By the way, the worst ultra-ego's are members of the town council.
Thanks for listening... Julia Pardini from Alamo
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He got by, for too long, with a little help from his friends:
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It's quite an imbroglio!
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a resident of Danville
on Sep 5, 2013 at 11:23 am
Pretty good, Bea! You have a talent for writing alternative lyrics. (It's not easy to get the phrasing and syllable counts right, when doing this sort of thing.)
a resident of Danville
on Sep 5, 2013 at 1:47 pm
@Julia - I agree completely! I am so tired of all of these people with a chip on their collective shoulders spewing their venom on this forum! Those types that belittle and ridicule, and point fingers endlessly. They sign their posts with ridiculous things like "thanks for listening..." Hey - wait a minute....!
a resident of San Ramon
on Sep 6, 2013 at 12:27 am
Nothing wrong with bumping your gums a little to shake things up.
a resident of Danville
on Sep 6, 2013 at 7:04 am
You are right all us "new comers" should be just like you,paranoid, angry and bitter. It is us "new comers" that seem to find fault with any change that happens and of course that town council full of commies is determined to ruin the town they live in. That's why they are on the council, to turn Danville into a Mad Max utopia.
It is amazing that you can turn an article about a bad cop into another rant about how Danville is heading into ruin and it is the fault of the residents.
Thanks for listening
a resident of Danville
on Sep 6, 2013 at 7:53 am
It is unfortunate -- bad decisions have ramifications. Doing something illegal is to result in some sort of punishment by the law. That being said then why is it that people who live and work here illegally don't have the same consequence? It seems illegal should mean illegal, not "we need health inustance and government assistance". The law for a cop should be the same law for others.
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on Sep 6, 2013 at 1:03 pm
Danvillites: heed this warning -- do NOT jaywalk when Danville Hartz is around! He keeps a 10-Bob note up his nose.
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Poor Kevin Dillon. He's not having as lousy an autumn as Eddie Cibrian (whose Playboy Club was first to go AND who injured his foot on set when it was caught in a 200 lb steel door AND whose house was recently targeted in a drunk driving crash). Yet, Dillon's brand new show How to Be a Gentleman got the axe but quick – just one week into the viewing. Did you see it? People loved him on HBO – but is he now back to being just that guy from Entourage – or worse, Matt Dillion's younger brother? Actually, he'll be more than fine. There are always shows that need cute, wisecracking dimwits. Look at Matt LeBlanc.
The CW reality show H8R was also cancelled. Now, even though these shows have gone the way of the buffalo, all is not necessarily lost. Because nowadays there are plenty of other outlets for them – which'll be the focus of today's poll. In my opinion one brand new CW show that shouldn't be cancelled is Sarah Michelle Gellar's Ringer. Which is aces in the Silly But Oh So Watchable category. Much like Revenge. Both are scary, sudsy over-the-top dramas that rely upon mistaken (and deliberately mistaken) identities and "unknown" killers with "deadly" missions. Both are way too much fun to watch.
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It wasn't until 30 Rock came along that I started to feel comfy without a laugh track. Now I can watch (and love) Glee, Modern Family and old Arrested Developments and witness the sheer genius of laughter-free comedy. But it took a while. The reason I bring this up is that there's a brand new show – 2 Broke Girls – that I find very smart and funny. However, it's kind of being hindered by its own laugh track. The show is funny all right, but the laughter feels almost forced, almost punched – which detracts from the great lines (and droll delivery by both actresses, who are terrific). Not sure what that means – it could be that 2 Broke Girls might be getting less funny. Nah. Isn't it easier and less hope-dashing just to blame the audience?
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On Friday a federal judge ruled that a 2010 law banning Mexican American studies in Tuscon, Arizona, is constitutional.
Federal Judge Wallace Tashima of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appealsdetermined that the plaintiffs failed to prove that the law was too broad or violated student first amendment rights. Only one part of the law was struck down - a clause that prohibited courses "designed primarily for peoples of a particular ethnic group."
Judge Tashima warned that the law did border on discrimination by saying, "This single-minded focus on terminating the MAS (Mexican-American Studies) program, along with Horne's decision not to issue findings against other ethnic studies programs, is at least suggestive of discriminatory intent." But he continued, "Although some aspects of the record may be viewed to spark suspicion that the Latino population has been improperly targeted, on the whole, the evidence indicates that Defendants targeted the MAS program, not Latino students, teachers or community members who participated in the program."
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Apple will likely be left on its lonesome supporting WebKit
For a long while now WebKit (derived from KHTML) has been marching towards being the dominant rendering engine of the web. Competing against Microsoft Corp.'s (
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Apple appears unlikely to make the switch. It's unclear whether BlackBerry will.
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Chromium uses a different
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The change won't happen overnight, but the jump means that the engine behind Chrome (Blink) and WebKit will gradually drift apart.
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Alex Russell, another Google Chrome engineer, reemphasizes this point, predicting that coverage on Blink will be full of "tripe we're about to sell each other as 'news.'" He writes that the two major drivers of the switch were development time and processing speed. He
Why couldn't those cycle-time-improving changes happen inside WebKit? After all, much work has happened in the past 4 years (often by Googlers) to improve the directness of WebKit work: EWS bots, better code review flow, improved scripts and tools for managing checkins, the commit queue itself. The results have been impressive and have enabled huge growth and adoption by porters. WebKit now supports multiple multi-process architecture designs, something like a half-dozen network stack plug-ins, and similar diversity at every point where the engine calls back to outside systems for low-level implementation (GPU, network, storage, databases, fonts…you name it). The community is now committed to enabling porters, and due to WebKit's low-ish level of abstraction each new port raises the tax paid by every other port.
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Content API boundary
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In other words, aside from the process model, another place where Apple and Google's objectives differ is platform support. Google supports many platforms -- Apple supports only one. Google wants to go back to the drawing board and better encapsulate the platform implementations to prevent them from slowing the overall engine.
Google is leaving Apple on its lonesome to develop WebKit. [Image Source: Google]
But as much as Mr. Russell emphasizes practical necessities, there is one implication that's at least an interesting coincidence, to say the least: Google branching away from the core WebKit is a major blow to Apple.
For some time now Apple could rely on Google to make WebKit as fast and reliable as possible. Apple, thus, effectively gained a better Safari for Macs and i-devices thanks, in part, to Google's labors. Now it will have to go it alone.
Google may say the move is mere practicality -- and it certain does offer a strong justification in support of that claim. But the branch is yet one more instance of how Google and Apple --
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Hacktivist guild Anonymous has taken to Twitter to ask followers for tips on who the group should attack next.
Still reeling over the arrest of Megaupload mogul Kim Dotcom, Anonymous posted the following tweet:
After several people suggested the group throws punches at social network sites, it responded:
"Lulz at people saying we would take down Twitter, FaceBook,and YouTube… Why would Anon take down how we send our messages?"
Anonymous has vowed to keep the recent flurry of attacks a regular occurrence until Dotcom is released.
"Support TBP, Torrents, Magnets, Megaupload and its alternatives. Support file-sharing. Legal or not. It is our right," tweets Sabu, a well-known Anonymous hacker.
The war goes on. ®
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Cyst puts Lyon behind schedule
Reliever's throwing program impacted; Vallejo to miss season
By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
Minor League infielder Jose Vallejo, who was acquired by Houston from the Texas Rangers last year in the Ivan Rodriguez trade and is on the 40-man roster, will likely miss the entire 2010 season after severing tendons on the ring finger and little finger of his right hand. He will undergo surgery Wednesday in Houston.
The surgery will be performed by Dr. Thomas Melhoff at Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston.
"It's not a minor surgery, and right now the best-case scenario is he would potentially be able to play at some point before the end of the season," Wade said.
Wade said the injury occurred during a cooking accident around Christmas in the Dominican Republic when Vallejo was roasting a pig. Wade said the 23-year-old stabbed the pig with a knife, but he hit bone and cut himself when his hand slid down the knife.
The Astros weren't made aware of the injury until more than a week later.
"We should have been made aware at the time it occurred," Wade said. "He and his agent [Steve Schneider] opted not to let us know at that time. He opted to have it taken care of in the Dominican Republic and didn't let us know. We weren't as front-loaded into the process as we'd like to be. It's unfortunate and we feel badly for the kid."
Vallejo hit .350 in seven games at Triple-A Round Rock after coming over from the Rangers last year and batted .250 for the season with two homers and 38 RBIs between Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Oklahoma City of the Rangers' organization and Round Rock. He batted .275 in the Arizona Fall League.
"We liked what we saw from him here and in the Arizona Fall League," Wade said. "My last day out there [in Arizona], [manager] Brad Mills and I made a point of going out to the clubhouse after the game and telling him we liked the way he went about his business."
Wade said Vallejo's injury won't have any immediate impact on the 40-man roster.
"We have a [Minor League] mini-camp running simultaneously with the opening of big league camp, and if we need an extra infielder we can reach over and utilize a player in Minor League camp," Wade said.
Lyon, who signed a three-year, $15 million deal in December, had a cyst aspirated about two weeks ago, Wade said. The Astros detected a small cyst in the initial MRI before signing Lyon, and his agent called Wade last month and told him Lyon was feeling some discomfort. The Astros flew Lyon in to see team medical director Dr. David Lintner shortly after.
"The follow-up MRI showed it had grown to the size of 1 1/2 grapes," Wade said. "They aspirated the fluid out of it and Brandon went home and began his regular throwing program."
The cyst had been pressing on a nerve and causing temporary weakness, but Wade said Lyon has been throwing without discomfort since the cyst was drained two weeks ago.
Lyon will report to Spring Training as scheduled with pitchers and catchers next week, but because of the birth of his child and the time spent in Houston treating the injury, Wade said the right-hander will be about 10 days behind in his throwing program.
"It shouldn't be an appreciable amount of time," Wade said.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Gone are the failed shoots due to condensation or rampant dropouts from conventional videotape. I've been shooting tape for 20 years. I've worked with 3/4", VHS, VHS-C, SVHS, 3/4 SP, S-VHS-C, 8 mm, Hi8, Betacam, Betacam SP, DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO-50, and HDV. I can count on one hand the times condensation interfered with my tape system. In most cases, the cause was operator error—bringing the camcorder out from an air-conditioned location to a hot, humid environment. As for rampant dropouts, I use new stock for shoots so I've never had this problem except for one desert-dry shoot with Hi8 before we learned to change the tape in a film camera bag and tape the door shut to keep out the Alaska backcountry silt. Not your average shoot.
Gone are the need for long capture sessions and the $25,000 to $30,000 hardware that go with them. Real-time used to be something we looked forward to achieving as we waited for computers to catch up. But now, if we can't capture hours of video in mere minutes, or directly access it on the media in which it was captured, the medium is too slow. Are we that impatient? If we are, why didn't Sony's Edit Station and Panasonic's NewsByte, which were both capable of 4x real-time in the late 1990s, really take off? Panasonic's still-unavailable AJ-SPD850 P2 edit deck, announced at NAB 2005, and promoted on Panasonic's P2 section of their website, is listed at $15,000. Sony's PDW-F70 XDCAM HD deck is $15,200 on the street. Compare this to two HD tape decks: there's JVC's HDV deck at $2,900, and Sony's HDV deck with a nice-sized LCD monitor built in at $3,800. It seems that new HDV tape formats are much cheaper than solid-state and disk-based decks.
Gone, too, is the limited shelf life of traditional Mylar. Limited compared to what? How do you archive P2, or any video acquired on hard drive or flash media? Back it up onto tape? Maybe you archive it onto optical media. I have a whole zippered case of 20 properly stored DVD-R discs. On these discs are TV shows (two per disc) I transferred years ago from tape. I recorded these at 1X in Panasonic's professional DVD-R deck. Today, I am lucky if I can watch an entire show all the way through without playback grinding to a halt. It glitches, freezes, and eventually, the player just gives up. What does this say about home-burned optical media as a true archival medium?
Maybe we archive onto hard drive. But now consider how much computer technologies have changed over the last ten years. I remember using Syquest and Bernoulli drives. Then there was the Zip 100, Zip 250, and Jazz drives. Anyone regularly use any of these magnetic formats any more? How about parallel drives? SCSI? SCSI Fast or Wide? And what about our IDE drives? The latest computers are already rendering these obsolete with SATA connections.
What is the shelf life of a sitting hard drive? We know the MTBF of working, spinning disks, but what about after sitting idle for five years? Will Windows Vista 2, have another support cutoff and render these drives obsolete? What is the shelf life of videotape Mylar? Ask companies that specialize in playing back videos from the dawn of videotape. Tapes from 40 years ago can still be played back. In a few years we'll see how DVDs and hard disks compare.
Panasonic's HVX200 is capable of recording to P2 in 81 different HD and SD modes from 12fps to 60fps, and exhibits a range of capabilities in multiple resolutions that are only possible via a tapeless recording medium. Actually, tape can record whatever is put to it. There are savvy people out there writing apps like Filestreamer, which allows you to write any kind of data from your computer onto a standard DV tape. Back up Word files onto MiniDV. There's nothing stopping camcorder manufacturers from making a camcorder that records data to tape. Yes, it happens to be a DV-sized tape, but just as easily it can be DV or DVCAM at 25Mbps, HDV 1080i at 25Mbps, HDV 720p30 at 19Mbps, or HDV 720p24 at 19 Mbps. There's nothing stopping manufacturers from putting whatever they want onto a tape.
How much does a good hard drive cost? About $1/GB? We're not even going to think about P2 media costs here. HDV tape is currently about 23¢/GB. It's far easier and cheaper to shelve 50 events a year on tape than on any other media.
I know pros who still don't trust digital media archivability at all. They'll shoot digital and edit nonlinear, but master to Betacam SP, because with analog you can still recover image and sound despite improper storage practices and damage. With digital, it either works or it doesn't. Imagine a hard drive where just the header bits on the drive get corrupted. Or the "end of file" is written on a bad sector and now those files don't work anymore. A few bad bits can render everything into the digital abyss of nonusability. On HDV tape, that's a dropout that will, at its worst, last a few frames. With solid-state or disk-based systems, data errors can end up causing much worse problems than visual dropouts.
While the geek inside us lusts after whiz-bang gear, the responsible person must look at everything required to make it work. However tempting tapeless storage may seem, tape offers almost all the same features—plus archivability—for considerably lower cost, and looks to have a lot of life in it yet.


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|ISS002-E-9737 (12 August 2001) --- View of the Space Shuttle Discovery as it approaches the International Space Station (ISS) during the STS-105 mission. Aboard Discovery are the members of the Expedition Three crew - Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., mission commander, and cosmonauts Vladimir N. Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineers - who will be replacing the Expedition Two crew that has been living on the ISS for the past five months. Visible in the payload bay of Discovery are the Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Leonardo, which stores various supplies and experiments to be transferred into the ISS; and the Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC), which carries the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS) and two Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) containers. This image was taken with a digital still camera.
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Wood begins rehab assignment; Sano raking
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- Right-handed reliever Tim Wood, who is on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 24 with a right rotator cuff strain, began a rehab assignment with Class A Advanced Fort Myers on Tuesday.
"Wood threw an inning for the Miracle and will probably pitch tomorrow or the next day," Twins general manager Terry Ryan said.
Wood picked up the victory in the Miracle's 7-4 win that saw Fort Myers improve to 12-0 so far this season.
Third baseman Miguel Sano, ranked as the No. 12 overall prospect and as the Twins' No. 1 prospect, according to MLB.com, hit a grand slam in the seventh inning. Sano, 19, is off to a hot start this season, hitting .413 with four homers, four doubles and 12 RBIs in 12 games.
Twins place Mastroianni on DL, recall Arcia
MINNEAPOLIS -- Outfielder Darin Mastroianni, who was a late scratch from the lineup in the Twins' 8-6 victory over the Angels on Tuesday night, was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a stress reaction in his left ankle after the game.
With Mastroianni going on the DL, outfielder Oswaldo Arcia was recalled from Triple-A Rochester just a day after being optioned to Triple-A after Monday's win over the Angels.
Mastroianni originally injured his ankle late in Spring Training, when he fouled a ball off of it, but re-aggravated the injury early this season. He did it again on Monday, when he tried to plant his foot while coming to a stop in the outfield, according to Twins manager Ron Gardenhire.
"They're going to put him in a walking shoe to keep him off his foot for a while here," Gardenhire said.
Arcia, ranked by MLB.com as the No. 92 overall prospect and No. 5 in the Twins' organization, went 1-for-3 in his big league debut on Monday but was optioned after the game, when Wilkin Ramirez was reinstated from the paternity list.
"He's coming back, and we're going to ad-lib with our outfield situation," Gardenhire said. "We'll play him whenever we can and get him in as many games as we can."
Hit by pickoff throw, Ramirez exits with back contusion
MINNEAPOLIS -- Left fielder Wilkin Ramirez, who was officially reinstated from the paternity list before Tuesday's 8-6 win over the Angels, left the game early with a back contusion. He's considered day to day.
Ramirez singled with two outs in the fifth inning against Angels reliever Jerome Williams but was hit on the back on a pickoff throw from Williams while diving back into first base.
"Ramirez is OK," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He had a stinger. It got him right in the spine, and it tingled right through his brain, so we got him off the field. But he's OK."
Ramirez left the game for Eduardo Escobar, who replaced him as a pinch-runner and eventually scored on a two-run single from Brian Dozier, which had given the Twins a 7-4 lead. Ramirez also had a sacrifice fly in the third.
Escobar took over in left field to mark just the second time in his career the utility infielder played in the outfield. Darin Mastroianni (sore left ankle) and Josh Willingham (flu-like symptoms) were both unavailable to replace Ramirez.
Gardenhire shakes up Twins' starting lineup
MINNEAPOLIS -- After a slow start to the season as the club's leadoff hitter, rookie center fielder Aaron Hicks moved down to the No. 8 spot in the lineup against the Angels on Tuesday.
Hicks entered Tuesday's game hitting .047 (2-for-43), with 20 strikeouts and four walks in 11 games. With Hicks not in the leadoff spot, Darin Mastroianni was set to take over and start in left field but was a late scratch from the lineup with a sore left ankle.
Instead, second baseman Brian Dozier made his first career start in the leadoff spot, and Wilkin Ramirez moved from designated hitter to left field. Hicks, who was initially penciled in at the No. 7 spot, slid to No. 8, with Ryan Doumit joining the lineup as DH and batting fifth.
"We're just moving it around and mixing it up a little bit," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We'll see if [Hicks] can put some swings out there and take all thought process out of it and just go up there and take a whack."
Third baseman Trevor Plouffe moved up in the lineup with left-hander Jason Vargas on the mound for the Angels. Plouffe, who has a career .271/.339/.528 line against lefties, hit cleanup for the first time in his career.
"We've seen when he gets that backspin going he can get as hot as anyone, and he did that last night, when he put one in the seats," Gardenhire said. "He's been swinging good lately."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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University offers range of summer learning opportunities
The academic year has concluded, but an important season of learning and research at Princeton is just starting. Teachers and students from the New Jersey region and beyond will be on campus for a wide range of summer programs, which are led by University faculty, students and staff and are designed to develop participants' skills and expose them to cutting-edge research.
From high school students who will report and write newspaper articles to biology teachers who will learn how to perform DNA fingerprinting in their classes, the program participants come away with knowledge, technical resources and mentoring relationships that help them carry their work further in their own studies and classrooms.
More details about the programs are available in a news release.
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- Disqualification (DQ) - Undergraduate and graduate students are disqualified when, after being on probation, they earn a term gpa of less than 2.0 (undergraduates) or 3.0 (graduate students).
- Late Drops - The process of dropping a course after the published "last day to drop without a W" date each semester.
- Probation - An undergraduate student is placed on academic probation if the SJSU cumulative grade point average falls below a "C" average (2.0). A graduate student is placed on academic probation if the SJSU cumulative grade point average falls below a "B" average (3.0).
- Remediation - Students are required to take remedial English and Math courses if they do not score high enough on the ELM and/or EPT, the Math and English placement tests, to place into college level Math and English.
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1.8 Three Point Makes
4.3 Three Point Attempts
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Were paying a guy 4 million dollars who has no impact on the game whatsoever. His value comes in the form of 3pt makes and hes only giving us about 2 of those a game and that number gets even smaller in the postseason. Im just not sure why we need to keep a guy on the bench who can only do one thing; and that one thing can be mitigated by just staying in front of him. Game 2 was a perfect example of how his value is nullified too easily to justify his salary. Sometime in the 3rd quarter with a double digit lead, Woodson decides to play Novak. This quickly leads to a Celtics 6-0 run and Novak is immediately replaced. Keep in mind that the shots were made by Crawford, who was being loosely guarded by NOVAK!
I just dont see why the FO cant put Novak on the trading block and see what offers we get. I mean we dont need his two 3s per game to be good. Hell, hes really only effective against the crappy teams anyway. Id be just fine replacing him with a 35% 3 point shooter and tough defender with slashing ability. Hes also the reason why JR Smith will want at least 6-7 mil as a base salary next season. Im sure we can deal with a team loaded with PGs SF or PFs.
For those of you who adore Novak, I employ you to think about our real needs. A stand still sometimes knock down shooter isnt one of them. Sure, in a Dantoni system hes fine but this version of the Knicks have gone back to their roots and are defensive minded. The Celtics dont even use Courtney Lee. Id trade Novak for him in a second!


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Lowe hopes opener sets off rebound
Righty confident offseason work will lead to renaissance
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
"This is the best that I've thrown in a long time," Lowe said before Monday morning's workout at ESPN's Wide World of Sports complex. "Is that going to translate into success? I hope. I think I have given myself a far better chance to have success this year than I have in years past."
When the Braves announced Sunday that Lowe will start their Opening Day matinee against the Cubs on April 5 at Turner Field, they distanced themselves from the trade talks that surrounded the right-hander just two months ago and provided a vote of confidence to this 36-year-old hurler, who struggled at the end of last year's 15-win season.
But instead of accepting the belief that the Braves are -- in his words -- "just throwing me a bone," Lowe understands this Opening Day assignment is also a product of the fact that the club is attempting to manage the workloads that Tim Hudson, Tommy Hanson and Jair Jurrjens will experience throughout the season.
"At the end of the day, none of us went in there and lobbied or anything," Lowe said in reference to the Opening Day assignment. "They made a decision that is best for everybody. I think our situation is unique because we have so many good pitchers."
While planning for the makeup of their rotation, the Braves opted to take advantage of the fact that the schedule offers them the chance to provide Hudson an extra day of rest before each of his first three starts of the regular season. The 34-year-old Hudson made seven September starts after returning from Tommy John surgery last year and has said numerous times that he has regained all of his arm strength.
But Hudson still appreciates the makeup of these rotation plans, which have been set with the mindset that Jurrjens and Hanson would get more opportunities to pitch with an extra day of rest during the middle portion of the season.
While the 24-year-old Jurrjens has compiled 403 1/3 innings in his first two Major League seasons, the 23-year-old Hanson combined for 197 innings with Triple-A Gwinnett and Atlanta last year.
"Tommy and J.J. have put together a workload that they're probably not used to yet," Hudson said. "I think it's smarter to take it easier on them during the second half of the year this year and allow some of the old guys to pick up some of that workload."
Jurrjens, who has battled some slight right shoulder discomfort during the early days of camp, is scheduled to make his season debut on April 7 against the Cubs. Hanson will start the following day in the series finale, and Hudson will be on the mound when the Braves open a three-game series in San Francisco on April 9.
"I feel awesome," Hudson said. "It's going to be pretty cool pitching later in the rotation. I'm used to squaring off against some guys that I don't feel like I can give up many runs against."
While Hudson will seemingly be spared a matchup against two-time National League Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, Lowe's Opening Day assignment will likely pit him against Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano. In the process, he'll attempt to prove to be just as successful as he was last year, when he limited the then-defending champion Phillies to just two hits in eight innings and led the Braves to a season-opening victory.
This will be Lowe's fifth Opening Day start in the past six seasons. During the three Opening Day assignments he had with the Dodgers, he was 0-3 with an 8.44 ERA.
"I don't go into this game any different than the previous four years," Lowe said. "Clearly, pitching at home makes it a little more exciting. Confidence-wise, it's going to be the same as any other year or any other start."
While this will be just one of the 34 or 35 starts the always-durable Lowe plans to make this year, it will also be the beginning of a journey that he hopes has a more satisfying conclusion than last year's. On the way to matching Javier Vazquez's team-high 15 victories, Lowe posted a 5.59 ERA in his final 21 starts and a 6.65 ERA in his final nine starts.
During the offseason, Lowe dealt with the fact that the Braves attempted to trade him less than one year after he had signed a four-year, $60 million contract. But more importantly, he diligently worked to fix the mechanical flaws that haunted him down the stretch.
Over the past two weeks, Lowe has been encouraged by the fact that his teammates and coaches have confirmed his belief that the righty's offseason work allowed him to improve the quality of his pitches and once again find consistent location with those pitches.
"It's encouraging that the people that catch you or the coaches that have come up and said, 'I definitely see a noticeable difference,'" Lowe said. "It's not that you're looking for praise. You're just looking for confirmation that what you did has worked."
Instead of focusing on the Opening Day assignment, Lowe will spend the next month allowing opposing hitters the chance to confirm that he will be able to realize the fruits of his offseason labor. Thus, for now, he's placing his focus on his Grapefruit League season debut, which will come Friday against the Nationals.
"You can't start looking a month down the line, thinking, 'I'm already going to pitch on Opening Day' and kind of coast through Spring Training," Lowe said. "That's the last thing that you want to do. You want to go into the season with good momentum."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The smartphone world is buzzing with rumors of new smartphones from Palm and Apple. The iPhone is one of the most popular smartphones on the market and has helped AT&T win new customers to its mobile network.
Palm is looking to grab some of the iPhone's thunder with its new Pre smartphone which will be a Sprint exclusive handset for the first six months of its availability. Palm officially confirmed that the launch date for the Pre is set for June 6. Supplies of the device are expected to be slim for launch day due to the high demand expected.
Verizon Wireless has announced that after the Sprint exclusive period is over, it will also be offering its customers the Pre. The announcement that the Pre would hit the much larger and more poplar Verizon Wireless network sent shares in Palm up 8.8% in trading reports Reuters.
Verizon isn't specific on when it will be offering the Pre and only says that it will be in the next six months or so. In addition to the Pre, Verizon is also getting a second-generation Blackberry Storm handset and talking about new phones form Motorola running the Android OS.
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said, "Over the next six months or so you will see devices like Palm Pre and a second generation Storm. You can expect to see us launch a steady stream of new devices from multiple vendors."
Word of the Pre coming to other networks after the shorter exclusive period that Sprint won is good news to many consumers and analysts. Reuters notes that analysts were worried that Palm was limiting the success of Pre by making the handset a Sprint exclusive. Sprint is hemorrhaging customers at a significant rate and has significantly less customers than Verizon and AT&T Wireless.
UBS analyst Maynard Um told Reuters that he expects to see other phones from Palm that run the Pre operating system. AT&T's CEO has also expressed interest in selling the Pre, but runs different network technology than Sprint.