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It was the tax shelter turned disaster turned catalog of some of the best (and most diverse) music to come out during the 1960s and 70s. It was Apple Records. Here are the Top 10 Acts to Record for Apple Records (not counting the Beatles gone solo).
10. The[lastfm link_type="artist_info"] Sundown Playboys[/lastfm]
Formed by Lionel Cormier in 1945, Apple released the single, "Saturday Night Special," on Apple 1852 in November 1972.
9. The [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Modern Jazz Quartet[/lastfm]
Two albums by the legendary MJQ came out on Apple in 1969: Under the Jasmine Tree and Space.
8. The [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Black Dyke Mills Band[/lastfm]
Before they worked with [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Peter Gabriel[/lastfm], they released a single of the Beatles' "Thingumybob" (backed with "Yellow Submarine") in 1968.
7. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Mary Hopkin[/lastfm]
One of Apple's more prodigious artists, Hopkin released 13 singles on the label, including her best known, "Those Were the Days."
6. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Hot Chocolate[/lastfm]
Well before "You Sexy Thing," they sang of peace. Actually, they sang Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" in 1969.
5. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Ronnie Spector[/lastfm]
"Try Some, Buy Some" was a George tune that Ronnie released in 1971, under the production of mad scientist Phil Spector. George borrowed it back in '73 for Living in the Material World.
4. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Billy Preston[/lastfm]
Honorary Beatle and organist extraordinaire, Preston released five singles and two albums on Apple after he appeared on "Get Back."
3. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Doris Troy[/lastfm]
R&B Founding Mother, backup singer to the stars and Apple artist Doris Troy released a divine self-titled album on the label in September 1970.
2. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Badfinger[/lastfm]
Eight singles and four albums — much of which included Sir Paul in one way or another — Badfinger were among Apple's higher profile acts.
1. The [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Beatles[/lastfm]
You've probably heard of them.
Honorable Mention: Frank Sinatra, who recorded a single sided message to Maureen Starkey that wasn't planned for release. Pressings are now highly valuable, master tapes having been destroyed.


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Discussion in 'Odds & Ends' started by jaggy, Jul 3, 2012.
Age 86, sad day.
Did He pass away in Mt. Airy?http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjcnrd/462255224/
I liked Andy. They sure put him in the ground quick, though...hope he was really dead. :shock:
That was sad to hear. The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock are two of my favorite TV shows. I loved those honest, old-fashioned, but still very clever characters he played. Rest in peace.
I grew up as a near-contemporary of the Opie character and looked up to the sheriff of Mayberry almost as if he were my real Dad. I will sorely miss him. RIP!
That old show is still one of the best things on TV some 50 years hence. Great characters. (Barney Fife, Floyd the Barber, Aunt Bea, Goober, Gomer, Opie, Ernest T. Bass, et al.) Well written, simple plot lines that were generally rather funny without being vulgar or crass.
The ratings The AG Show drew (often 30MM+) were huge as a percentage of the US population which in 1960-68 was far less than now. Pre-cable and satellite TV, there were only 3 national networks and most markets only had 1 to 5 stations, that was it.
AG sort of stumbled into show business and was a huge star in the 1950's and 1960's; a very talented man who had a best selling comedy record in the 1950's, starred in a Broadway show (No Time for Sargeants) starred in a feature film (A Face in The Crowd) and then went into TV to star in two long running series.
He did a commercial for obamacare last year and he looked quite old but he was 86? at the time so no wonder. I wonder how much they paid him to do those ads? And now they can't use them anymore because he is dead. Yet another government miscue; basing an ad campaign on an 86 year old man.
Goober (Jim Lindsay) died a month or two ago.
From the same era, Don Grady, the "kid" who played the oldest son (Robbie) on My Three Sons died last week at 68!
Time marches on.
No. He lived on Roanoke Island & that is where he died. I loved The Andy Griffith. Show & also grew up as a contemporary of Opie on the show. Good trivia fact is that the Andy Griffith show was the first ever spin-off show. It was a spin-off of the Danny Thomas show.
Wow, that is sad to hear. I always love it when I occasionally stumble upon a re-run of the Andy Griffith Show on TV Land every now and then. Even in black and white, it is much more entertaining than 99.99% of what is on TV now.
Otis is more my role model
His memory lives on, http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...27841271.50850.188325894565641&type=3&theater
Did it spin from "Make Room for Daddy"? I was watching ME-TV yesterday and they aired several shows in a row featuring Andy as a guest star...the "Make Room..." episode featured Danny and family being stopped by Sheriff Taylor in Mayberry for running a stop sign. Could this be the origin?
That tribute on ME was unique...one episode was a "Mod Squad" rerun with Andy as the guest star in a far-from-comedic role. The only laughs I got were from the 60's styles in hair, clothes and cars. Peggy Lipton sure was a hottie!
Yep. That was the pilot for the Andy Griffith show. It was really a multi-generation TV dynasty, with Gomer Pyle & Mayberry RFD then spinning off from Andy Griffith.
Well...you can be sure holly wood will pump out a movie in the next year or two.
agree. it was way ahead of its time.
weird Griffith did so few films.
Sad to hear it, but to be honest AG was in the "I thought he died a long time ago" category, ie he was well outside of the public eye.
Heard this trivia on the ESPN Mike & Mike show:
Jerry Seinfeld was a huge fan of the Andy Griffith show. Ever notice on 'Seinfeld' that all the characters greeted each other by saying 'hey ....' - Jerry's homage to Andy.
They also whistled along with the theme song AND played a version that Andy sang with words to it. Never knew that existed.
Freaking Otis!
Otis Who!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlC1PbY6EoU&feature=fvwrel
This made me LOVeryL!
Indeed, a great show. As for "Robbie" on My Three Sons, I believe he originally was the middle son (Steve, Robbie & Chip) and later assumed the oldest son role when Steve had left and they added Ernie, the runt with the coke-bottle glasses ---> when William Demerest as grouchy "Uncle Charlie" replaced William Frawley (of "I Love Lucy" fame) who originally played the role of "Bub."
Ronaldo, great Otis jumping rope clip:
"Ya ain't gonna string me up jus' for a little drinkin', that ain't right ......... slow it down and let me in or I'll go out and get some GIN!"
My parents had some 33 1/3 record albums of his stand up routines. There was one titled "What it was, was Football". I can remember it was hysterical for the time. Probably very tame by today's comedy standards.
I guess this really dates me but I have that album lol. It's still funny - with the "pig skin" - you have to picture Andy really drawling that out.
He was also in a movie called "Onionhead" - sort of a No Time for Sergeants but in the Coast Guard. It was not as broadly comical and had a romantic subplot. It didn't do well critically but I thought Andy Griffith's performance, which was more low-key, was pretty good.
We are aware. :smile: I had forgotten about Frawley (Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy). The show was originally on ABC for a few years and then switched to CBS. The original oldest son (would have to look up his name) was also on a Disney? kids show in the 50's (Spin and Marty?) Edit: His name is Tim Considine.
Hard to believe Chip and Ernie are probably 60+ now. They are frozen in time by that show.
Yes. He was Spin. On My Three Sons he played the oldest brother Mike.
Lol at the Otis clip, now Im craving Bombay Sapphire
Ah yes, it was 'Mike' who was the oldest son - thx for the correction ('Steve' was dad).
And, there was the kinda hot Tina Cole with whom Robbie hit on the sploogie trifecta and ended up with "My Three Kids" herself.
I wonder whether they'll whistle at his funeral.
That's right! I forgot about the triplets. I think the show only lasted a season or two after that.
The burial was done in a quick fashion, almost as though he was Jewish or Islamic. The whistling will have to be done at a memorial service, which I would be interested to see any available media coverage. Doubt that will happen though...he was a very private person in his final years. RIP, you were a treasure, AndyBen!
She is about 70 now. Geez!
UPN remade this show in the 90s
1960's TV icons are dropping like flies. Ernest Borgnine died today at 95.
He starred in McHale's Navy for several years (with Tim Conway and the late Joe Flynn.)
Yeah, that show was a sitcom training ground. Gavin McLeod was in it & so was another guy (whose name escapes me) who went on to be a character actor in a bunch of TV sitcoms.
Borgnine was really much better as a dramatic actor, I thought, but McHale's Navy was fun to watch, mostly for the physical comedy.
Yes, he won Best Actor for "Marty", well before "McHale's Navy". That role and his award was the subject of the planned wrong answer in the movie "Quiz Show", reenacting the payola scandal on 50's TV game shows.
He'll be missed. The guy was such a great television actor. I loved The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock.
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Which two characters would you guys fuse together in order to get a greater ninja. (MADARA AND HASHI ARE NOT ALLOWED to be fused togethere and they are not allowed to be used in any fusion combo!
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Senate legislation touted as a compromise between Chicagoans weary of street violence and gun owners eager to legally carry concealed weapons elsewhere appears more restrictive than promised, according to a copy obtained by The Associated Press. It will be redrafted before it's even filed, a spokeswoman said Monday.
Sen. Kwame Raoul, a Chicago Democrat, had said the plan was a permissive concealed carry program. But the language indicates that Illinois State Police could deny permits to anyone unable to show they faced a violent threat or did not have a "proper reason" for carrying one -- hallmarks of gun-permit laws in states with more restrictive rules.
Raoul's idea was to provide better control over permits for carrying concealed weapons in Chicago and Cook County with a review by local police. Raoul said last week that outside of Chicago, the concealed carry law would require review only by the state police. Raoul described his proposal as "shall issue," a less-restrictive means of screening permit applicants.
To gun-rights advocates, "shall issue" means an applicant gets a permit if he or she passes a background check and gets the requisite training. Raoul's initial legislation, however, is closer to a "may issue" law in that it would require an applicant to provide state police with "a proper reason for carrying a firearm" and prove that he or she "is a responsible person of good moral character" whose permit would be "consistent with public safety."
An explanation of "proper reason" would include descriptions of threats or injuries, police reports, order of protection or no-contact orders, according to the legislation.
"That's exactly what 'may issue' is," said Rep. Brandon Phelps, a Democrat from Harrisburg who is the House point person on concealed carry and a "shall issue" proponent.
"In New York, you have to prove to them that you have a reason to have a concealed carry permit. ... We just think that if you pass the background check, and you meet all the qualifications with the training, you should be able to get a concealed carry permit, no matter who you are," Phelps said.
Raoul was not immediately available for comment. Rikeesha Phelon, spokeswoman for Senate Democrats, said the proposal "is being modified to address concerns and issues made by our caucus last week."
Sen. Tim Bivins, a Dixon Republican who spent 20 years as Lee County sheriff, had worked with Raoul on the Senate plan but said last week after seeing the language that some Republicans were concerned about it -- including the interpretation that it was a "may issue" plan. He did not return a phone call Monday.
Phelps' proposed "shall issue" measure failed in the House 10 days ago, getting 64 of the 71 needed votes. He said later he might have lost some votes to Democrats who were waiting to see Raoul's Senate version.
Phelps is fine-tuning his bill and said he will call it again for a vote.
Contact AP Political Writer John O'Connor at https://www.twitter.com/apoconnor


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Let your crafters-in-training in on the Valentine's Day festivities.
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Make Valentine's Day cards out of paint strips—in seconds. Jodi Kahn, author of Simply Sublime Gifts, turned us on to this sweet idea for repurposing free color swatches: Press inked stamps onto the strips to form phrases like XOX (similar stamps, from $4.50 each; black ink pad, $4.95; paper-source.com) and let dry for five minutes. Kahn's trick for ensuring that the ink adheres? Coat each paint strip with aerosol hair spray before stamping.
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Give yarn an opportunity to bloom. Crafter Lauren De Bellis came up with this genius way to keep vases stocked with fresh flowers—even in winter. The key to creating these allium-like blossoms: pom-pom makers in three different sizes ($6.50- $7.50 per two pack; clover-usa.com).
Wrap yarn around the tool's arms, then follow the package instructions to make your own buds. Add a dab of hot glue to the end of a thin twig and insert into each pom-pom's center. Hold in place until the glue dries (about 10 seconds) and arrange.
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Boulder Mountains (ID) > Ryan Peak > Climber's Log
Ryan Peak Climber's Log
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|Smoky day
Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2017
|My dogs and I made it car to summit in 3 hours, but we travel faster than most. The smoke unfortunately limited the visibility to a few miles or so. I'll be back for the neighboring 11ers and hopefully will get to see the views then.
|Posted Aug 3, 2017 7:50 pm
|Super Dave
|Standard Route
Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2016
|Nice climb on a beautiful fall day. Th standard south ridge route from West Pass had some loose rock, but not as bad as I'd expected. Fantastic views from the summit. Trip Report
|Posted Oct 16, 2016 11:03 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2014
|Saw 4 goats on the way up. Took a slightly different approach and avoided the scree slog on the way up, then had fun scree skiing down on the West facing slope.
|Posted Sep 20, 2014 11:30 pm
|Nice Hike
Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2001
|I logged my summits on a spreadsheet but a few I never logged the date. I have "summer 2001" down for this, so admittedly have guessed the rest. Started out sunny, but clouded over as we neared the saddle. It didn't look threatening so we continued on. Climbed with a girlfriend from Hailey.
|Posted Aug 13, 2011 2:43 pm
Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2008
|Was more intrigued by rock towers on surrounding ridges, but good high peak.
|Posted May 10, 2011 11:36 pm
|skunk ape
|South Ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
|Nice hike up.
|Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:31 pm
|Fun hike
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2004
|Pretty uneventful albeit long hike.
|Posted Jul 19, 2006 12:14 am
|Route Climbed: South Ridge
|Great hike except for hiking up the scree section (2 steps up, slide 1 down). Amazing views from the summit, unfortunately I had the worst case of altitude sickness I've ever had and wasn't too happy at the time. After dropping a couple hundred feet, I felt better and had a really fun time jumping down the scree.
|Posted Mar 6, 2006 9:20 pm
|Scrambling Man
|West Pass: July of 2004
|Made the climb with my wife and our dog. Beautiful day. Long, but scenic approach. Good view of Boulders.
|Posted Feb 14, 2006 8:43 pm
|Route Climbed: south ridge Date Climbed: August 22 2005
|This is an interesting mountain to climb. The approach is long and steep and you do not get a view of the summit for almost the entire climb. The views, especially once you reach West Pass, are stunning. You see steep faces (Kent), sweeping views (West Pass), distant peaks (Glassford) in virtually every direction you look. The drawback to any climb in the Boulders is, of course, the looseness of the rock. Scrambling on this scree is unpleasant. Descending, on the other hand, can be a blast.
|Posted Jan 3, 2006 12:27 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July/03
|One of my first mountains climbed, so it will always be a little special to me :-)
|Posted Mar 16, 2005 11:15 pm
|Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: August 4, 2001
|Very nice hike to West Pass. From the pass it is a scree slog to the south ridge, but then a fun scramble from there.
|Posted Mar 16, 2005 9:52 pm


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Astros hand out Minor League awards
By Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com
In addition to Altuve and Buchanan, the Astros also named Charley Taylor, pitching coach of the Astros Gulf Coast League affiliate, the Player Development Man of the Year; and Luis Martinez, manager and coordinator of the Astros Dominican Summer League, the International Man of the Year.
All four will be recognized at a special pregame ceremony at Minute Maid Park on Saturday, Sept. 24, prior to a game against the Rockies. In addition, Altuve and Buchanan will be made available for a free autograph session from 4:45-5:15 p.m CT on the main concourse at Minute Maid Park.
"Jose has been a real bright spot for us this year. His promotions from High [Class] A to Double-A to the big leagues in one season is a huge accomplishment on his part. Like Jose, Jake has also handled some accelerated challenges extremely well, and we're paying close attention to his progress. Charley Taylor is a hero to all of us. He's endured some tremendous challenges, but never gave up on his enthusiasm and his passion for the game," Astros general manager Ed Wade said in a press release. "As we've continued to emphasize our Latin American presence, Luis and his staff at our academy in the Dominican Republic have done a very solid job in preparing our young Latin players for the challenges that they will face in the United States and on their way to the big leagues."
It's been quite a season for Altuve, 21. He hit a combined .389 with 10 homers and 59 RBIs in 87 games with Class A Lancaster and Double-A Corpus Christi. He was promoted to the big league club July 19 and hit .278 (52-for-187) with nine doubles, two homers and 12 RBIs in his first 48 games. He also led all qualifying Minor Leaguers with his .389 average this season and started at second base for the World Team in the 2011 All-Star Futures Game.
Buchanan, 21, posted a 5-10 record with a 3.80 ERA in 26 starts between the Class A and Double-A levels. He finished his season ranking second in the league in WHIP (1.21), fifth in ERA (3.91) and tossed one of only three shutouts in the California League this season.
Buchanan is also the first Lancaster pitcher to start at least 20 games with the club and end the season with an ERA below 4.00 since Brandon Webb did so in 2001.
Taylor, who is completing his 30th season as a coach in organization's player development system, also oversees the Astros' pitching rehab program at the club's Spring Training site in Kissimmee, Fla.
Martinez served as a key member of the field staff during the club's move from their previous facility in San Pedro de Macoris, to their new Latin American home in Guerra, Santo Domingo, D.R. Instrumental in the day-to-day activities at the complex, Martinez also coordinates workouts, schedules games, and helps evaluate amateur athletes.
Jesse Sanchez is a national reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @JesseSanchezMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Buffalo City Council discussed and then approved a recommendation from Mayor Randy Dyess for the One-Percent Committee to allocate no more than $600,000 from city funds to the various entities requesting funding from the city and county through one-percent funds.
Dyess said in 2009 sales tax revenues were up significantly from where they are now, and the city funded nearly $800,000 in one-percent funds for each of the last two fiscal years. Tax revenues from the one-percent are up six percent for this year over last, he said, but still down significantly from the 2009 levels and even more than in 2007 when the city allocated more than $1 million in one-percent funding.
Dyess explains more about one-percent funding.
His recommendation to the council was to suggest to the One-Percent Committee that they allocate no more than $600,000 in FY 2014 and $500,000 in FY 2015.
The committee will take both the city's and the county's recommendations and fund as many requests from the Chamber of Commerce, YMCA and other similar entities as they can. The committee's recommendations will come back to the city and county for the budget sessions later this spring.


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Cal Henderson sighting at 330 Ritch
Stubblicious Flickr developer Cal Henderson and his "fake wife," Pownce community liaison Ariel Waldman, were sharing a precious booth with their entourage at yet another overpacked Seesmic party. Here, Waldman tries to chat with Laughing Squid founder Scott Beale over the din. Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis and Twitter cofounder Evan Williams, probably fed up with the crowds, have ditched 330 Ritch for the Plista party at Fluid.


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What is the thing in life that you want the absolute most? How
many times do we ask ourselves this? I figured it was time for
another philosophical exploration here on the blog.
Whether you're still in the planning stages, full on into your
training experience or career, or a supporter of someone who is
training for a career in medicine, motivation and goals will always
be a big part of the training experience. It's so easy to get
disillusioned by what it is that we're doing. It feels so endless.
I can't say how many times I've had friends, family, or significant
others comment to me that I work too hard and have no time for
rest, relaxation, or even them. Sometimes it's a lonely and
miserable existence to be in medical school. And now that we're all
depressed... Motivation is so important--especially now as my
countdown is in full swing and I'm starting to think about what
comes AFTER school.
I have to give a shout-out to my classmate Julia, who honestly
keeps me sane (or less borderline insane) a lot of the time. This
weekend we're planning a "vision board" exercise to plan for what
comes after we're finished with school. If you're not familiar with
the concept of vision boarding, it's pretty simple, and a lot like
arts and crafts in kindergarten--but with purpose.
Get a cheap piece of poster board, some old magazines, some glue
sticks or tape, and some scissors. If it inspires you, grab a
bottle of your favorite beverage and a clear spot on the floor and
spend some time thinking and planning about what you want--either
short term, long term, or just what you want out of Life. There are
no absolutes. I've seen people with vision boards of houses,
careers, decorating ideas, healthy living, etc.
I'm looking forward to this exercise. It's been about five years
since I've done one of these. Maybe some of my goals were a little
bit different; maybe some were the same. Nothing has to be set in
stone. As we grow, our goals and desires change. I know one thing
that will definitely be right in the middle of that vision board. I
want to be happy.
Happiness means something different to everyone. Maybe for you
it means a house and a family, a thriving practice, a fancy car, a
big garden. For me, it means fulfillment--and laughter. I guess I
see a lot of the other things as extraneous. They might be nice,
but it's not something that I need to live. But being happy--that's
like breathing. When it feels like the world is crashing in, when
there are too many tests and I'm being pulled a million important
directions, when all I want to do (but can't) is not what I'm
supposed to be doing, or when there's some kind of crisis (for me
or someone I care about), I have to have a sense of humor. I have
to be able to laugh, because I'd much rather laugh, than cry.
This week, like many other weeks, we have exams and projects to
work on. I'm coming to the end of the quarter for the master's
program at UWS and through midterms here at NUHS. Distractions
abound. Fatigue sets in. And thankfully, I have some pretty awesome
people (thank you Julia, Grey and Forest, and many others) to
remind me to find my motivation, keep my sense of humor, and keep
For those of you needing a "feel good" moment, for those
starting to feel that fatigue set in, for those that are maybe
feeling a little bit lonely in their journey--this video is for
you. I hope it lifts you up and gives you a great big smile this
week, like it did me.
Have a great week everybody!!!! Laugh. Be Happy.
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Argyle, focused on revenge, rolls to run-rule victory
ARGYLE — The Argyle Eagles had a statement to make Friday night, and they delivered it loud and clear.
"Everyone was sparked up because it was senior night," Eagles designated hitter Jerid Byer said, "and we wanted to show everybody we were ready to play."
A 10-0 win over the Frisco Lone Star team that last month handed Argyle its only District 10-3A loss did the job.
Eagles pitcher Drew Gooch allowed only one hit and struck out nine in five innings of a game that was called after 4 1/2 innings because of the 10-run rule.
Argyle's offense collected seven hits in four at-bats, including a 2-for-2 performance by catcher Dillon Harp, and took advantage of five Lone Star errors to score three unearned runs in a game that lasted about an hour.
"We have some guys who are heating up right now," Argyle coach Ricky Griffin said. "And all of our seniors had a good night."
The Eagles (23-3, 5-1 district) started five seniors — Harp, Byer, Landon Rogers, Davis Coglan and Seth Jones — and each contributed a hit and at least one run scored.
What a difference from March 26, when the same two pitchers — Gooch and the Rangers' Tyler Levan — squared off in Frisco. Lone Star won that one 2-1 in eight innings.
"Our kid threw a real good game the first game and we hung around and got lucky at the end," Lone Star coach Joey Franke said. "[The Eagles] remembered that and they were ready to play tonight."
Argyle exploded for four first-inning runs and added two runs in each subsequent frame.
"The last time, we didn't really show up to play," Coglan said.
"We'd been kind of cruising and we really weren't focused," Byer added. "That was the last game we lost, so it was good to focus up, come back and get some revenge."
Gooch touched off the Argyle offense with a one-out walk in the first. Courtesy runner Tanner Boyzuick went to second on Rogers' single and scored on a throwing error. Harp plated Rogers with a single and scored on a wild pitch.
Byer made it 4-0 when he singled home Jones, who had walked and stolen second.
In the bottom of the second, Gooch tripled and scored Brandon Boyzuick, who had walked, and Rogers sent Gooch home with a suicide squeeze bunt.
After Jones doubled to left-center and Byer reached on a dropped fly ball, Cutter McDonald and Brandon Boyzuick had back-to-back sacrifice flyouts to make it 8-0 after three innings.
Harp and Coglan picked up one-out singles off Lone Star reliever Jordan Ruby in the fourth, and both scored on a double error by the Rangers — a throwaway at first followed by a throwaway at third.
Ben Collins produced Lone Star's only hit of the night with one out in the first inning. Gooch retired 14 of the next 16 batters he faced, with two runners reaching base on errors.
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WP — Drew Gooch. LP — Tyler Levan. 3B — Drew Gooch, Argyle. 2B — Seth Jones, Argyle.


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On a weight basis, carbon is 19th in order of elemental abundance in the crust of the Earth, and there are estimated to be 3.5 times as many carbon atoms as silicon atoms in the universe. Only hydrogen, helium, oxygen, neon, and nitrogen are atomically more abundant in the cosmos than carbon. Carbon is the cosmic product of the "burning" of helium in which three helium nuclei, atomic number 4, fuse to produce a carbon nucleus, atomic number 12.
In the crust of the Earth, elemental carbon is a minor component; however, carbon compounds (i.e., carbonates of magnesium and calcium) form common minerals (e.g., magnesite, dolomite, marble, or limestone). Coral and the shells of oysters and clams are primarily calcium carbonate. Carbon is widely distributed as coal and in the organic compounds that constitute petroleum, natural gas, and all plant and animal tissue. A natural sequence of chemical reactions called the carbon cycle—involving conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide to carbohydrates by photosynthesis in plants, the consumption of these carbohydrates by animals and oxidation of them through metabolism to produce carbon dioxide and other products, and the return of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere—is one of the most important of all biological processes.
Carbon as an element was discovered by the first person to handle charcoal from fire; thus, together with sulfur, iron, tin, lead, copper, mercury, silver, and gold, carbon was one of the small group of elements well known in the ancient world. Modern carbon chemistry dates from the development of coals, petroleum, and natural gas as fuels and from the elucidation of synthetic organic chemistry, both substantially developed since the 1800s.
Elemental carbon exists in several forms, each of which has its own physical characteristics. Two of its well-defined forms, diamond and graphite, are crystalline in structure, but they differ in physical properties because the arrangements of the atoms in their structures are dissimilar. A third form, called fullerene, consists of a variety of molecules composed entirely of carbon. Yet another form, known as carbon black, is amorphous in structure and includes charcoal, lampblack, coal, and coke, although X-ray examination has revealed that these substances do possess a low degree of crystallinity. Diamond and graphite occur naturally on Earth, and they also can be produced synthetically; they are chemically inert but do combine with oxygen at high temperatures, just as amorphous carbon does. Fullerene was serendipitously discovered in 1985 as a synthetic product in the course of laboratory experiments to simulate the chemistry in the atmosphere of giant stars. They were later found to occur naturally in tiny amounts on Earth and in meteorites.
The word carbon probably derives from the Latin carbo, meaning variously "coal," "charcoal," "ember." The term diamond, a corruption of the Greek word adamas, "the invincible," aptly describes the permanence of this crystallized form of carbon, just as graphite, the name for the other crystal form of carbon, derived from the Greek verb graphein, "to write," reflects its property of leaving a dark mark when rubbed on a surface. Before the discovery in 1779 that graphite when burned in air forms carbon dioxide, graphite was confused with both the metal lead and a superficially similar substance, the mineral molybdenite.
Pure diamond is the hardest naturally occurring substance known and is a poor conductor of electricity. Graphite, on the other hand, is a soft, slippery solid that is a good conductor of both heat and electricity. Because of their beauty, diamonds are valued as jewels and, because of their hardness, as abrasives for cutting, grinding, and drillingCarbon as diamond is the most expensive and brilliant of all the natural gemstones and also the hardest of abrasives. Graphite is used as a lubricant, in paint, ; in microcrystalline and nearly amorphous form, it is used as a black pigment, an adsorbent, a fuel, a filler for rubber, and, mixed with clay, as the "lead" of pencils; because . Because it conducts electricity but does not melt, graphite also is used for electrodes in electric furnaces and dry cells as well as for making crucibles in which metals are melted. Molecules of fullerene take the form of spheroidal closed cages containing various numbers of carbon atoms and long, hollow cylinders (the latter being known as nanotubes). They show promise in a range of applications, including high-tensile-strength materials, unique electronic and energy-storage devices, and safe encapsulation of flammable gases such as hydrogen. Elemental carbon is nontoxic.
Each of the amorphous forms of carbon has its own specific character; hence, each has its own particular applications. All are products of oxidation and other forms of decomposition of organic compounds. Coal and coke, for example, are used extensively as fuels; charcoal is used as an absorptive and filtering agent and as a fuel and in the manufacture of gunpowder. (Coals are elemental carbon mixed with varying amounts of carbon compounds; coke and charcoal are nearly pure carbon.) In addition to its uses in making inks, carbon paper, typewriter ribbons, and paints, carbon black also is added to the rubber used in tires to improve its wearing qualities. Bone black, or animal charcoal, can adsorb gases and colouring matter from many other materials; a major use is in decolourizing raw sugar.
Carbon, either elemental or combined, is usually determined quantitatively by conversion to carbon dioxide gas, which can then be absorbed by other chemicals to give either a weighable product or a solution with acidic properties that can be titrated.
Until 1955, all diamonds were obtained from natural deposits, most significant in southern Africa but occurring also in Brazil, Venezuela, British Guiana (now Republic of Guyana), and Siberia. The single known source in the United States, in Arkansas, has no commercial importance, nor is India, once historically a source of fine diamonds, a significant present-day supplier. The primary source of diamonds is a soft, bluish-coloured peridotic rock called kimberlite (after the famous deposit at Kimberley, South Africa), found in volcanic structures called pipes; but many diamonds occur in alluvial deposits presumably resulting from the weathering of primary sources. Isolated finds around the world in regions where no sources are indicated have not been uncommon. Natural deposits are worked by crushing, by gravity and flotation separations, and by removal of diamonds by their adherence to a layer of grease on a suitable table. The following products result: (1) diamond proper—distorted cubic-crystalline, gem-quality stones varying from colourless to red, pink, blue, green, and yellow; (2) bort—minute, dark crystals of abrasive but not gem quality; (3) ballas—randomly oriented crystals of abrasive quality; (4) macles—triangular, pillow-shaped crystals that are industrially useful; and (5) carbonado—mixed diamond–graphite crystallites containing other impurities.
The successful laboratory conversion of graphite to diamond was made in 1955. The procedure involved the simultaneous use of extremely high pressure and temperature with iron as a solvent or catalyst. Subsequently, chromium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, and tantalum were substituted for iron. Synthetic diamonds are now manufactured in several countries and are being used increasingly in place of natural materials as industrial abrasives.
Graphite occurs naturally in many areas, the deposits of major importance being in South Korea, Austria, China, Mexico, Madagascar, Germany, Sri Lanka, and Russia. Both surface- and deep-mining techniques are used, followed by flotation, but the major portion of commercial graphite is produced by heating petroleum coke in an electric furnace. A better crystallized form, known as pyrolytic graphite, is obtained from the decomposition of low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons by heat. Graphite fibres of considerable tensile strength are obtained by carbonizing natural and synthetic organic fibres.
Amorphous carbon products are obtained by heating coal (to give coke), natural gas (to give blacks), or carbonaceous material of vegetable or animal origin, such as wood or bone (to give charcoal), at elevated temperatures in the presence of insufficient oxygen to allow combustion. The volatile by-products are recovered and used separately.
When an element exists in more than one crystalline form, those forms are called allotropes; the two most common allotropes of carbon are diamond and graphite. The crystal structure of diamond is an infinite three-dimensional array of carbon atoms, each of which forms a structure in which each of the bonds makes equal angles with its neighbours. If the ends of the bonds are connected, the structure is that of a tetrahedron, a three-sided pyramid of four faces (including the base). Every carbon atom is covalently bonded at the four corners of the tetrahedron to four other carbon atoms. The distance between carbon atoms along the bond is 1.54 × 10−8 centimetre, and this is called the single-bond length. The space lattice of the diamond can be visualized as carbon atoms in puckered hexagonal (six-sided) rings that lie roughly in one plane, the natural cleavage plane of the crystal; and these sheets of hexagonal, puckered rings are stacked in such a way that the atoms in every fourth layer lie in the same position as those in the first layer. The layer arrangement sequence is thus ABCABCA. . . . Such a crystal structure can be destroyed only by the rupture of many strong bonds: thus the extreme hardness, high sublimation temperature, the presumed extremely high melting point (extrapolated from known behaviour), and reduced chemical reactivity and insulating properties are all reasonable consequences of the crystal structure. Because of both the sense and the direction of the tetrahedral axis, four spatial orientations of carbon atoms exist, leading to two tetrahedral and two octahedral (eight-faced) forms of diamond.
The crystal structure of graphite amounts to a parallel stacking of layers of carbon atoms. Within each layer the carbon atoms lie in fused hexagonal rings that extend infinitely in two dimensions. The stacking pattern of the layers is ABABA . . . ; that is, each layer separates two identically oriented layers. Within each layer the carbon–carbon bond distance is 1.42 × 10−8 centimetre, which is intermediate between the single bond and double (1.33 × 10−8 centimetre) bond distances. All carbon–carbon bonds within a layer are the same (an observation that is interpreted in terms of complete π-bonding). The interlayer distance (3.37 × 10−8 centimetre) is sufficiently large to preclude localized bonding between the layers; the bonding between layers is probably by van der Waals interaction (i.e., the result of attraction between electrons of one carbon atom and the nuclei of neighbouring atoms). Ready cleavage, as compared with diamond, and electrical conductivity are consequences of the crystal structure of graphite. Other related properties are softness and lubricity (smoothness, slipperiness). A less common form of graphite, which occurs in nature, is based upon an ABCABCA . . . stacking, in which every fourth layer is the same. The amorphous varieties of carbon are based upon microcrystalline forms of graphite.
The greater degree of compactness in the diamond structure as compared with graphite suggests that by the application of sufficient pressure on graphite it should be converted to diamond. At room temperature and atmospheric pressure, diamond is actually less stable than graphite. The rate of conversion of diamond to graphite is so slow, however, that a diamond persists in its crystal form indefinitely. As temperature rises, the rate of conversion to graphite increases substantially, and at high temperatures it becomes (thermodynamically) favourable if the pressure is sufficiently high. At the same time, however, the rate of conversion decreases as the (thermodynamic) favourability increases. Thus, graphite does not yield diamond when heated under high pressure, and it appears that direct deformation of the graphite structure to the diamond structure in the solid state is not feasible. The occurrence of diamonds in iron–magnesium silicates in the volcanic structures called pipes and in iron–nickel and iron sulfide phases in meteorites suggests that they were formed by dissolution of carbon in those compounds and subsequent crystallization from them in the molten state at temperatures and pressures favourable to diamond stability. The successful synthesis of diamond is based upon this principle.
The crystal structure of graphite is of a kind that permits the formation of many compounds, called lamellar or intercalation compounds, by penetration of molecules or ions. Graphitic oxide and graphitic fluoride are nonconducting lamellar substances not obtained in true molecular forms that can be reproduced, but their formulas do approximate, respectively, the compositions of carbon dioxide and carbon monofluoride.
Carbon has two stable isotopes, carbon-12 (which makes up 98.89 percent of natural carbon) and carbon-13 (1.11 percent); five 12 radioactive isotopes are known, of which the longest-lived is carbon-14, which has a half-life of 5,730 ± 40 years.
The notation used for the nucleus of atoms places the atomic mass as a presuperscript to the symbol of the element and the atomic number as a presubscript; thus, the isotope carbon-12 is symbolized 126C. Of the stable nuclides, the isotope carbon-13 is of particular interest in that its nuclear spin imparts response in a device called a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, which is useful when investigating the molecular structures of covalently bonded compounds containing carbon. This isotope is also useful as a label in compounds that are to be analyzed by mass spectrometry, another device that is used extensively to identify atoms and molecules. Of the unstable nuclides, only carbon-14 is of sufficiently long half-life to be important. It is formed by the interaction of neutrons, produced by cosmic radiation, with nitrogen (N) in the atmosphere in a reaction that may be written as follows (neutron is symbolized as 10n, the nitrogen atom as 147N, and a hydrogen nucleus, or proton, as 11H):
The carbon-14 atoms from this reaction are converted to carbon dioxide by reaction with atmospheric oxygen and mixed and uniformly distributed with the carbon dioxide containing stable carbon-12. Living organisms use atmospheric carbon dioxide, whether with stable or radioactive carbon, through processes of photosynthesis and respiration, and thus their systems contain the constant ratio of carbon-12 to carbon-14 that exists in the atmosphere.
Death of an organism terminates this equilibration process; no fresh carbon dioxide is added to the dead substance. The carbon-14 present in the dead substance decays in accordance with its 5,730-year (± 40 years) half-life, while the carbon-12 remains what it was at death. Measurement of the carbon-14 activity at a given time thus allows calculation of the time elapsed after the death of the organism. Measurement of the carbon-14 activity in a cypress beam in the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Snefru, for example, established the date of the tomb as c. 2600 BC. Many items of archaeological significance have been dated similarly.
The nuclides carbon-12 and carbon-13 are of importance in the carbon cycle of energy creation in certain stars. The cycle can be summarized in terms of nuclear equations, the separate steps being:
Summation of the equations allows the fusion process to be written as a reaction among four atoms of hydrogen to yield one atom of helium (He), two positrons (0+1e), and energy:
this equation does not show that the process uses up and regenerates the carbon-12. In a sense, carbon acts as a catalyst for this mode of converting mass to energy.
More than 1,000,000 carbon compounds have been described in chemical literature, and chemists synthesize many new ones each year. Much of the diversity and complexity of organic forms is due to the capacity of carbon atoms for bonding with each other in various chain and ring structures and three-dimensional conformations, as well as for linking with other atoms. Indeed, carbon's compounds are so numerous, complex, and important that their study constitutes a specialized field of chemistry called organic chemistry, which derives its name from the fact that in the 19th century most of the then-known carbon compounds were considered to have originated in living organisms. (See chemical compound.)
All organic compounds, such as proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, contain carbon, and all plant and animal cells consist of carbon compounds and their polymers. (Polymers are macromolecules consisting of many simple molecules bonded together in specific ways.) With hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and a few other elements, carbon forms compounds that make up about 18 percent of all the matter in living things. The processes by which organisms consume carbon and return it to their surroundings constitute the carbon cycle (q.v.).
Carbon is present as carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere in amounts of about 0.03 percent by volume, and it is dissolved in all natural waters. Carbon occurs in the crust of the Earth in the form of carbonates in such rocks as marble, limestone, and chalk and in hydrocarbons—the principal constituents of coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Carbonate minerals are important sources of various metals, such as sodium, magnesium, calcium, copper, and lead.
At ordinary temperatures, carbon is very unreactive—it is difficult to oxidize—and it does not react with acids or alkalies. At high temperatures it combines with sulfur vapour to form carbon disulfide, with silicon and certain metals to form carbides, and with oxygen to form oxides, of which the most important are carbon monoxide, CO, and carbon dioxide, CO2. Because at high temperatures carbon combines readily with oxygen that is present in compounds with metals, large quantities of coke (an inexpensive form of carbon) are used in metallurgical processes to reduce (remove oxygen from) metal oxide ores, such as those of iron and zinc.
For a detailed discussion on the organic compounds of carbon, see organic compound. Many of the industrially important carbon compounds (both organic and inorganic) are treated in separate entriesA type of chemical reaction in which one substance (an oxidizing agent) accepts electrons from another substance (a reducing agent) and is thereby reduced (while the reducing agent is oxidized) is frequently observed with carbon and its compounds. Although carbon is usually a reducing agent, under acidic conditions elemental carbon is a moderately strong oxidizing agent. The large energy of the carbon–carbon bond makes activation energy requirements for the reaction so high that direct reduction of carbon—e.g., to methane (formula CH4)—is impractical. Reduction of carbon monoxide to elemental carbon and oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide are both feasible but impractical in solution. Under alkaline conditions, only the oxidation of formate ion (HCO2−) to carbonate ion (CO32−) is a reasonable process.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is both more readily absorbed and more firmly bound to the hemoglobin of the blood than is oxygen and is thus, even in small concentrations, a dangerous asphyxiant. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an asphyxiant of significance only in relatively large concentrations; in small concentrations, it stimulates breathing. Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and its derivatives (cyanogen compounds, cyanides) are all very toxic as protoplasmic poisons through the inhibition of tissue oxidation. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) and other chlorinated hydrocarbons damage the nervous system. Among organic compounds the most toxic are derivatives that contain the halogen elements (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine), sulfur, selenium, tellurium, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, lead, and mercury. Most organometallic compounds are toxic, while oxygen-containing derivatives of the hydrocarbons are usually less toxic.


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A live audio webcast of the call will be available on Ryland's Web site at www.ryland.com. To access the webcast, go to the Investors section and click on the "Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call" link under the "Events and Presentations" heading. A replay of the webcast will be archived on Ryland's site.
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The official Pokemon website has been updated this morning, revealing the names of the two legendary Pokemon revealed in the trailer for Pokemon X and Pokemon Y. The blue one is named Xerneas (ZURR-nee-us) while the red one is named Yveltal (ee-VELL-tall). These names are confirmed for international languages as well.
As if it weren't already obvious before this reveal, the names help confirm that Xerneas is most likely the legendary Pokemon for Pokemon X, while Yveltal is most likely the legendary Pokemon for Pokemon Y.


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Danzo's features are stereotypically of Uchiha resemblance with the dark hair n' all.
Well maybe danzos sharingan is just that-his own sharingan, and he damaged it and lost the other one, and simply has a glass eye or transplanted a standard eye from any nobody, and the sharingan he has isn't actually transplanted at all but his own.
Maybe that was the deal he made with orochimaru also, as danzo was well in with orochimaru.
Maybe orochimaru was allowed to experiment on sharingan in exchange for a cure to his damaged eye.
I just think it's a massive assumption to assume the sharingan he has is transplanted.
It is rather well known Uchihas planned a coup, it is quite feasible itachi wasnt the first uchiha spy and that danzo is an Uchiha, just likes konoha and wants to save it


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Deranged Fan Takes Selfie After Cyclist Collapses at Finish Line
You usually only hear about cycling when the Tour de France is going on or Lance Armstrong is doing something drug-related (which is pretty much never, since he finally admitted to doping).
However, cycling is in the news now, thanks mostly to the the seemingly never-ending selfie trend.
A fan has apologized for taking a selfie with cyclist Marcel Kittel when Kittel collapsed after crossing the finish line during a stage at the Giro d'Italia race in Dublin last weekend.
David McCarthy posted the photo on Instagram, along with the caption, "Kittel collapsed after the line today so instead of giving him a hand up I took a selfie."
McCarthy took a lot of heat for his actions and the photo in question can no longer be found on Instagram, although some other people have posted it:
After the backlash he received, McCarthy apologized with the always popular iPhone letter:
I know @davidmccarthy12 he is a nice kid. He has just send me this post to tweet. @marcelkittel pic.twitter.com/SYhpeHhsZw
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Word has it that Kittel accepted the apology. If only McCarthy could've been there to see the expression on his face and snap an ill-timed photo.


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I have a few of these over the last couple of months, any ideas what this is?
Hi Jessica,
I can't tell what the pale fine-grained mineral is (comprising most of the rock), but I suspect it is mica, probably mainly the white variety - muscovite.
The larger dark grains are almost certainly garnets (the variety called almandine).
So, based on your photos, I would call the rock a garnet mica schist (I cannot see much schistosity, but that may just be the photo).
One might argue that because of the fine grain-size of the mica, it is a phyllite instead of a schist. However, phyllite is a low-grade metamorphic rock, and the garnets indicate a higher grade. So, I'm sticking with schist For general reference, though, note that metamorphic rocks can go through multiple metamorphic cycles, prograde and retrograde, so the formation of metamorphic minerals can be complicated. It is a bit like cooking food, letting it cool, cooking it again, etc. several times.
If you Google 'garnet schist' or 'garnet mica schist' you'll find lots of piccies. Here's one, which happens to show the crystal faces on the garnets nicely - http://www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com/jhbnyc/mineralmuseum/picshow.php?id=19112
That's what I call a link Mike!
I wish all the specimens that we find on the Holderness were as good as the one's shown in the link.


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The U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s (MPC) compliance to reduce air pollution from all six of the company's refineries as part of a settlement over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, reports The Wall Street Journal.
The company will invest in new pollution control technology for combustion devices, known as flares, to reduce the volume of waste gases. Marathon's headquarters in Findlay, Ohio will also pay a civil penalty of $460,000.
Marathon installed control technology that, between 2008 and 2011 alone, reduced volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by 4,720 tons and eliminated approximately 110 tons of hazardous air pollutants from the surrounding environment. Moving ahead, the new requirements would reduce pollution levels even further.
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MENA — The Dardanelle Sand Lizards dominated throughout the game and left Mena with a 55-37 win over the Bearcats in 4A-4 Conference play Friday.
"This was a great team win tonight," head coach Russell Sturdivant said. "The last two games had been tough ones, but we bounced back and played with great intensity tonight."
Dardanelle (10-7, 3-3 4A-4 Conference) raced to a 17-9 lead after the first quarter and led 29-18 at the half. The Sand Lizards poured it on in the third quarter and held a 51-26 lead entering the fourth.
Trent Latham led Dardanelle with 11 points and six rebounds.
"Trent did an excellent job getting us out of the gates," Sturdivant. "After the first part of the first quarter, we were very good defensively tonight."
Mark Gathright added 10 points, while Alec Pyburn had eight points and six rebounds. Austin Steen had four steals.
Maliki McGee led the Bearcats with 10 points.
The Sand Lizards will face the defending Class 4A state champion Clarksville Panthers on the road Tuesday.
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MENA — The Dardanelle Lady Sand Lizards scored early and often Friday as they beat up on Mena 45-27 on the road in 4A-4 Conference play.
"We came out with a lot more aggressiveness and intensity tonight at the beginning of the game than we did Tuesday night," head coach Kenny McCoy said. "We continue to make improvement in a lot of areas."
The Lady Sand Lizards (12-5, 3-2 4A-4 Conference) jumped out to a 15-8 lead and built that to a 17-point margin (29-12) at halftime. Dardanelle led 39-20 after the third quarter and stopped any thought of a comeback in the final period.
"We were able to play a lot of kids, and all of those players need some playing time," McCoy said. "They work hard every day in practice, too. I was pleased with our effort and we will continue to work on improving."
AlleaBelle Gongola led the Lady Sand Lizards with 13 points and four rebounds. Mallory Brown and Amy Cunningham added six points each, and Breanna Hauff hauled in four rebounds.
Dardanelle travels to Clarksville on Tuesday for a 5:30 p.m. game against the Lady Panthers.
Mena JG 44, Dardanelle 15
DARDANELLE — The Junior Lady Sand Lizards struggled to find an offensive rhythum Thursday and lost 44-15 to Mena at home.
"We struggled to score tonight," head coach Mary Buford said. "Mena did a good job of pressuring us and getting it inside to their post players. We came out and played hard in the third quarter and did what we were supposed to, we just needed to do it the whole game."
The Junior Lady Bearcats jumped out to a 16-6 lead after the first quarter and led 28-10 at halftime. Dardanelle (5-13, 2-1 4A-4 Conference) trailed 32-14 after the third, and Mena held on for the win.
Tia Gadberry and Danielle Lorenz led the Junior Lady Sand Lizards with four points each. Macy and Madison Brotherton each had 10 for the Junior Lady Bearcats.
Dardanelle will host Clarksville on Monday.
Waldron 66, Pottsville 56
POTTSVILLE — The Apaches kept it close through three quarters, but the Waldron Bulldogs pulled away in the fourth quarter Friday for a 66-56 win on Colors Day in 4A-4 Conference play at George Jones Gymnasium.
"Waldron was the better team down the strech tonight," Apaches head coach Shane Thurman said. "They made better decisions and were tougher with the ball. We will learn from our mistakes, and work to become a better team."
Pottsville (14-4, 4-2 4A-4 Conference) trailed 12-8 after the first and 25-23 at halftime. The Apaches cut the lead to 38-37 after the third, but Waldron held on for the conference road win.
Michael Perry led Pottsville with 18 points, while Corey McCown added 10.
David Brown had 23 points to lead the Bulldogs. Ryan Harrison added 22 and Hunter Ball had 10.
The Apaches will host Dover on Tuesday.
Pottsville SG 56, Waldron 31
POTTSVILLE — The Lady Apaches dominated on Colors Day and beat Waldron 56-31 in 4A-4 Conference play at George Jones Gymnasium.
Pottsville (14-4, 5-0 4A-4 Conference) was led by Hannah Howard who finished with 21 points, five rebounds and four steals. Briana Beaton added eight points and three steals. Ashley Benham pulled down seven rebounds. Callie Cox had seven points, Jessie Van Es chipped in six and Jenna Goodwin finished with four points and four steals.
The Lady Apaches will host Dover on Tuesday.


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Progress Rail will repower the four-axle, GP-type locomotives with Caterpillar 3516C-HD engines rated at 2,995 bhp and equipped with exhaust aftertreatment technology verified by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to achieve the equivalent of U.S. EPA Tier 4 line-haul emissions levels.
The locomotives, set to operate in the railroad's namesake California region, will be equipped with a combination Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC)/Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) emissions aftertreatment system to significantly reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide and particulate matter, Progres Rail said. Thanks to advanced Caterpillar DOC and SCR technologies, these locomotives are the cleanest diesel locomotives in their class as verified by the California Air Resources Board.
"This project demonstrates the value and benefits that can be offered to customers by the entire range of Caterpillar's businesses. By leveraging Caterpillar, Progress Rail, and subsidiary Electro-Motive Diesel's advanced engine technologies, we were able to develop the first 3,000 horsepower, diesel-electric locomotive to achieve Tier 4 emissions levels," said Billy Ainsworth, president and CEO of Progress Rail.
In order to bring this project to fruition, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District provided 85 percent in funding incentives as part of the Carl Moyer Program, for a total grant award of $7.1 million.
"We are thrilled that the San Joaquin Valley Railroad and RailAmerica have chosen Progress Rail to upgrade its fleet with these locomotives, which have undergone thousands of hours of durability and reliability testing to ensure they meet the most stringent of emission standards," Ainsworth said. "Compared to existing locomotives that already meet the California standards for Ultra Low Emissions Locomotives (ULEL), the new PR30B locomotive reduces NOx emissions by over 60 percent and particulate matter emissions by over 70%, making them the cleanest locomotives operating in the state."
Compared to the former San Joaquin fleet, each new locomotive will be able to operate approximately 20 days while producing the same emissions in that time period as one of the former locomotives would have generated in a single day of operation. "The San Joaquin Valley has some of the worst air quality in the nation, and incentivizing innovative technology, such as these locomotives, into the valley is a key strategy in improving our air quality," stated Seyed Sadredin, executive director and APCO of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.
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As anyone who has a 2 or 3 year old toddler can attest, little ones can get hooked on videos like nobody's business. I'm talking, watching the same YouTube video of an Australian chef making playdough from scratch at least a hundred times and never tiring of it. Or wanting to see the same home video from a certain birthday party or family trip for the zillionth time, and always acting as though it's the first time they're laying eyes on the footage. My little 2 1/2 year old daughter is no exception. In fact, the super specific reference to the Australian chef applies to her. She is obsessed – and the video is comprised of nothing more than a closeup of the chef's hands at work, and his voice-over, yet she is still riveted by it. Especially the part where he adds the food coloring to the balls of dough. (It's actually pretty cool!) She is also addicted to a home video of a dance performance we went to see back in March that, to this day, she requests to watch every single morning as soon as she wakes up, without fail. And calls out to me before each of her favorite parts to make sure I don't miss them. It's actually quite adorable. And this morning, after our little dance session (she requires that we also dance while we watch) I began to think about her seemingly undying love for certain pieces of content. And then it struck me. This is not a toddler thing. This is just a thing. We all do it – it may seem like a silly kid thing because of all the whining that's often associated to the request ("Mommy, can I pleeeeaaaaaassse watch it again??") or by the subject matter of the content (maybe you and I wouldn't necessarily get hooked on the commercial for the Playdough Magic Swirl Ice Cream Shoppe) but besides that, we are all guilty of the same behavior. I know it sounds odd, but hear me out.
How many times have you been channel surfing, stumbled upon one of your favorite movies and couldn't get yourself to change the channel even though you've seen said movie at least ten times before? Or, how many times have we all watched the classic "Ouch Charlie" video on YouTube? (I myself have seen it at least 30 times, and enjoy it immensely every single time). And don't even get me started on music and TV – I mean, it goes without saying that our favorite songs are the ones we listen to endlessly on our iDevices / Androids / Spotify / etc. We may listen to others in between, but we do always come back to our favorites. And how about our favorite radio stations, spinning the same playlist of about twenty songs until we have no choice but to get hooked on what the industry is pushing as the latest hits? And TV? Fuggeddaboutit. Don't tell me you haven't seen episodes of your favorite sitcom more times than you can count. Need I say more?
So, now that I've established we are all toddlers at heart, here are some of my can't-change-the-channel-no-matter-what movies.
1. It will be no shock to my colleagues, but Remember the Titans is my biggest weakness. I cannot, I mean cannot not watch that film anytime, anywhere. Denzel Washington at his best, and the uplifting story of these young athletes learning how to rise above the racial divide in a desegregated high school in the early 70s is truly inspirational. If you haven't seen it, add it to your list and you will not be disappointed.
2. Terms of Endearment: Unfortunately, Debra Winger's character Emma does, in fact, die every time. Yet, I still cannot look away, and have never gotten through without balling like a school girl. And I genuinely enjoy every minute – it's one of the finest movies I've ever seen. The relationship between Aurora (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter, coupled with Emma's inexplicable love for Flap (Jeff Daniels), the pathetic husband/son-in-law; and the added twist of the carefree drunken neighbor Garrett (Jack Nicholson) is some of the best on-screen family dynamics I have ever seen, especially as things unfold in the wake of the family tragedy. And don't get me started on the kids. The scene in the hospital when Emma is saying goodbye to them?? Or at the end when Aurora is sitting on the bench in the backyard at the funeral and gestures for the baby girl to come sit closer to her, even closer, then closer? I can't even… Just go grab a box of tissues and watch this film. Again.
3. Though it may seem so, I'm not all about the tearjerkers. I do also love a good comedy just like the next person. Which is why third on my list is the always hilarious Wedding Crashers. I don't think I need to say much about this comedic gem. It simply never disappoints. I can watch that opening montage of crashed weddings on an infinite loop and never tire of it. And what's not to love about the courtship between Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson amidst the otherwise off-the-wall antics of the rest of her cooky family? Always entertaining and never abandoned once discovered on my cable guide.
I could go on, but I think you get the point. And I'm sure you've been nodding along, coming up with your own lists of favorites as you've been reading. So go ahead and share some of them in the comments below, and then voice your choice in today's featured poll and tell us which of these current chart toppers in heavy radio rotation do you most enjoy listening to?
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I have toshiba 4080XCDT running redhat 6.1 with kernel 2.2.6 and pcmcia-cs version 3.1.14.
I also have this pesky flash card which is not recognized. The same card is recognized on a different laptop with same version of pcmcia-cs as a 20Mb series 2+ card (although it says 16Mb on the card).
The card also is recognized by windows 98 on the same laptop as MTD-A089 (???).
This is a 5v card, however on Toshiba cardctl config says:
Socket 0: Vcc 5.0V Vpp1 0.0V Vpp2 0.0V interface type is "memory and I/O" irq 5 [exclusive] [level] function 0: config base 0x0400 option 0x60 status 0x00 copy 0x00 io 0x0300-0x031f [auto] Socket 1: Vcc 3.3V Vpp1 3.3V Vpp2 3.3V memory 0x1000-0x1fff @ 0x000e1000 [16bit]
Where the card is in socket 1.
I have tried many things: booting with the card, booting from windows into linux, inserting the card after boot, but nothing helps. I suspect the problem is that it gets the voltage wrong. Any way to force it to 5v?
Thanks for any help!
Re: Question: Intel Flash series 2+ card not recognized on Toshiba 4080XCDT