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Definitions of proud
superl. - Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense 2
superl. - Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous. 2
superl. - Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country. 2
superl. - Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious. 2
superl. - Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals. 2
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Frankenstein's Fix: Organic Liquid Causes Organ Failure
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An unfortunate dose of liquid brings this organ to its knees, but Brian is here to save the day.
You may be familiar with the Hammond B-3 organ -- it was a fixture in rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s. You may not be as familiar with the Hammond A-100, which is a console version of this classic organ.
My mom has an early 1960s manufactured Hammond A-100 that was not working. She moved into a smaller house with no room for this spinet style organ, so we loaded it into the back of a truck (it's heavy!) and took it to our house. It sat untouched for almost three years, until I had a large chunk of time to take a look inside and diagnose the problem. This chunk of time came along in summer of 2004 -- the organ was about 40 years old at the time.
We also had an old Wurlitzer organ I had repaired previously, and it was full of vacuum tubes, maybe 35 or 40, many for oscillators. When I opened the Hammond I was surprised to find only about a dozen tubes in an internal power amp and a big, long, heavy box suspended inside the organ enclosure.
Simply as a matter of principle, I first replaced all the tubes in the amplifier and in the preamp of the built-in mechanical reverb. Afterward, the organ did in fact make tones, only not when the vibrato function was enabled. Before we get too deep into this story, some background on the Hammond "tone wheel" organs is needed.
I've seen these organs described as "over-engineered," but my own description is "masterpiece." This machine is one of the most amazing electromechanical consumer products I've ever seen. The basic tones are generated by what's known as a tonewheel that starts with a synchronous electric motor whose rotational speed is set by the frequency of its AC power source, in this case, 60Hz. A shaft extends from the motor on one side, all the way across the width of the organ's internal cavity. A set of tone wheels are mounted on this shaft, which are not fully round, but instead, toothed wheels. As the shaft rotates, the teeth extend to almost touch a magnetic bar placed at the edge of the wheel. This whole motor and shaft assembly is mounted in that big, long, heavy, spring suspension shock isolated metal box.
The magnets have a coil around their ends, and as a wheel's teeth pass by a magnet, they modulate the magnetic field, which in turn generates a current in the coil. The frequency of the AC current is set by the rotational speed of the wheel and the number of teeth on it. As an analogy, consider it as a guitar pickup that, instead of a vibrating steel string nearby, you have a rotating toothed wheel. The AC current of one or more of the 48 tone wheels is summed into an amplifier to make the organ sound, depending on which keys are pressed. Each key has a fundamental and eight harmonics.
The standard signal path was working, it was the vibrato that was broken. I bought a copy of the service manual from Manual Manor and studied the schematic. There is also a service manual web page that discusses the operation of the vibrato. It describes a series of delays, via a cascade of low pass filters, that feeds into a rotating capacitive pickup.
There is a cylindrical chamber driven from the same synchronous motor that drives the tone wheels, only on the other side of the shaft coupler. It connects taps from the delay line, in forward and reverse, to the amplifier's summing point by coupling them through a commutator inside the chamber via rotating air gap capacitors created by meshing parallel plates on a rotor with fixed plates in the chamber. After locating the signal path in and out of the assembly, an oscilloscope showed the signal out was shunted to ground when the vibrato was engaged.
In other words, there are a set of static parallel plates through which a set of moving plates pass. The phase delayed signals are coupled into one of several sets of plates that create capacitors. The phase delayed signals are summed back into the primary tone to create a true frequency modulated vibrato (vs. tremolo which is amplitude modulation).
After a thorough examination of the disassembled contraption and more measurements, I figured out that 40 years of wicked (both wik-ed and wikd) oil had crystallized into a low impedance carbon coating inside the rotation chamber. Out it the garage, a long session with a spray can of Gumout and some rags eliminated the short circuit. Another four or five hours of careful reassembly, including re-stringing cotton thread through some tiny crevices, and IT'S ALIIIIIVVVVVE!!
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SEATTLE — Austin Seferian-Jenkins' lack of oxygen told him how far the offense had advanced.
The star tight end missed roughly a week of practice after breaking his pinkie Aug. 12 in practice. When he returned and began working with the No. 1 offense again, he found out the fast-pace offense as he knew it was redefined.
"First day I really couldn't hang with it," Seferian-Jenkins said. "When I got back from my injury, I was like, whoa, the speed has increased three or four times from when I left."
And yet, from quarterback to coach, the Huskies claim they can go faster.
After experimenting in the spring with an up-tempo offense, one that has befuddled its defense in recent years, Washington went ahead with its full implementation in the fall.
The first game went about as well as they could have hoped. After stagnating last season, the offense, even without a suspended Seferian-Jenkins, appeared to receive a jolt. It gained 592 yards, tying for the 10th-most in school history.
Washington ran 85 plays against Boise State, well above its average of 69.5 from last season.
Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian has pointed to several reasons why he thought this was the year to implement the up-tempo offense. The main reason is personnel. He had thought about it in the past, even discussing some of the finer points with Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin in 2011, when Sumlin was the head coach at Houston. Sumlin's Aggies were the only team to beat national champion Alabama last season.
Communication is paramount and one of the things that went well in the first game. The offensive calls have been truncated. Quarterback Keith Price no longer wears a two-paged wrist band full of plays. Sarkisian, for the most part, was satisfied with the offensive substitutions.
He has three points of emphasis in order to make Washington go even faster on offense:
n Do a better job of handing the ball directly to the umpire as opposed to a side judge. That will allow the ball to be placed sooner and the Huskies to snap the ball faster, preferably within eight seconds of the play clock starting.
n Get the offensive line set faster.
n Third, substituting with a "sense of urgency." Sarkisian wants players sprinting on and off the field.
Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez is considered a pioneer of the no-huddle, shotgun spread approach to offense. The Wildcats flew past Washington last year, winning 52-17.
Rodriguez has put the system in place at multiple stops during his coaching career, including Tulane and Clemson, where he was offensive coordinator, and later as head coach at West Virginia.
"It's new for the guys, not just for your offense, but for your defense, your managers, your trainers, everybody has to be in tune with that," Rodriguez said. "(My) staff obviously has been together for a long time so it's easy for them, but sometimes we forget it's not normal. At least it wasn't normal for most kids to go fast.
"You grow up in Pop Warner and high school huddling up and taking their time, when you're going at a completely different tempo than they're used to, it takes a while to get used to that."
Sarkisian said he's seen more high schools install up-tempo systems. For most, it's still an adjustment.
That's the case at Oregon which may be the fastest-moving team in college football. Loaded with speed at quarterback, running back and wide receiver, the second-ranked Ducks scored 21 points in the first 10:32 last Saturday against Virginia.
"Our (young) skill guys that are learning how to play without the ball or they finish a play downfield in high school and they're adjusting their helmet, adjusting their facemask or adjusting their gloves, they need to run back to the line of scrimmage and get set, see a signal," Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich said. "We teach that just like we teach blocking and tackling. For us, that's a fundamental."
Oregon can become so efficient and fast, it often overwhelms opponents. Helfrich said they don't determine if the offense is going fast enough based on the time of a snap. The Ducks just know when warp speed is achieved.
"I think when you're in rhythm and everybody is playing with confidence or playing fast, you kind of just feel it," Helfrich said.
That's the pace the Huskies want to get to. Their next chance comes Saturday in Chicago.


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Nintendo's Year of Luigi celebrations — which are lasting into 2014 — will finally end on March 18.
Designer Shigeru Miyamoto took to the Miiverse online community to share the news. "Almost a year has passed since I announced the Year of Luigi, marking the 30th anniversary of Luigi's debut," he wrote. "Thanks to everyone's kind support, we were able to release many Luigi games over the course of the year. I hope everyone continues to cheer for the green brother!
"However, all good things must come to an end, and the Year of Luigi will conclude on March 18."
In the past year, Nintendo has released Luigi-centric titles such as Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, New Super Luigi U, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, and Dr. Luigi. The cap on the festivities, which officially began on Feb. 14 last year, will also mean the end of the Miiverse Year of Luigi community and its Developers' Room.
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The band fun. have the #1 single in the country right now, but how much do you know about them?
fun. was formed by Arizona native Nate Ruess, of indie rock band The Format, after they disbanded in 2008. Following the split Nate packed up and met up with touring pals Andrew Dost of Anathallo and Jack Antonoff of Steel Train in New Jersey and immediately started recording with them. Since then, fun. has offered up two albums (Aim and Ignite in 2009 and their latest, Some Nights, in February 2012), have performed sold out shows supporting fellow pop/rock groups such as Jack's Mannequin and Paramore and are slated to perform at the Bonnaroo 2012 music festival in Manchester, TN — on top of an already hectic schedule.
The band is best known for their 2012 hit single "We Are Young" featuring Janelle Monae. It's success can be traced back to the Glee performance of "We Are Young."
The catchy track has hit the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and Digital Songs charts. Interestingly enough, that's the first time in over ten years that a rock band has made a Billboard debut at #1 on the Hot 100 since Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" was released in 2001, as well as becoming the first rock song to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart since Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" in 2008.
fun.'s latest full-length album, Some Nights, is available now via Fueled By Ramen Records and can be streamed in full on their website.
And get ready, the band is about to release a brand new single. Singer Nate Ruess recently told MTV "The song's going to be 'Some Nights,' which, for us, is the song we always dreamed would be a single and never thought it would happen." Nate continued, "We're talking about videos right now. The video's going to be amazing, and we haven't even decided on anything yet. … But just from the early stuff we've discussed, it's going to be phenomenal."
Upcoming fun. Tour Dates:
Mar 21 | Dallas, TX | House Of Blues
Mar 23 | Tucson, AZ | Rialto Theatre
Mar 24 | Pomona, CA | Glass House
Mar 28 | San Francisco, CA | The Independent
Mar 29 | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill
Mar 31 | Salt Lake City, UT | In The Venue
Apr 03 | Fort Collins, CO | Aggie Theatre
Apr 05 | Denver, CO | Ogden Theatre
Apr 06 | Boulder, CO | Fox Theatre
Apr 09 | Iowa City, IA | Blue Moose Tap House
Apr 10 | Omaha, NE | Slowdown
Apr 11 | Madison, WI | Majestic Theatre
Apr 13 | Minneapolis, MN | Varsity Theatre
Apr 14 | Chicago, IL | The Vic Theatre
Apr 15 | Detroit, MI | Saint Andrews Hall
Apr 18 | Grand Rapids, MI | The Intersection
Apr 19 | Columbus, OH | Newport Music Hall
Apr 20 | Rochester, NY | Water Street Music Hall
Apr 21 | Boston, MA | House of Blues
Apr 25 | Toronto, ON | Mod Club
Apr 27 | Clifton Park, NY | Northern Lights
Apr 28 | Philadelphia, PA | Theatre of Living Arts
Apr 28 | Columbia, MD | Merriweather Post Pavilion
May 03 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club
May 04 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club
May 05 | Charlottesville, VA | Jefferson Theater
May 29 | Portland, OR | Roseland Theater
May 31 | Mesa, AZ | Mesa Arts Center
Jun 01 | Mesa, AZ | Mesa Arts Center
Jun 05 | Flagstaff, AZ | Orpheum Theater
Jun 09 | St. Louis, MO | The Pageant
Jun 11 | Covington, KY | Madison Theater
Jun 13 | Indianapolis, IN | Deluxe at Old National Centre
Jun 14 | Cleveland, OH | House Of Blues
Jun 15 | Pittsburgh, PA | Mr. Small's Theatre
Jun 16 | New York, NY | Terminal 5
Jun 17 | New York, NY | Terminal 5
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1. Why is Edward now willing to change Bella into a vampire (provided she marries him) after being dead set against it for so long?
Because, i think he thinks that if she marries him that would prove that she really does love so therefore wouldn't regret the change later. *shrugs*
2. Why is it still so important to him that she marry him before he changes her? Is there more to this than a strategy to delay her?
I don't think it has anything to do with delaying her, maybe a little bit, but maybe he just really wants to marry her.
3. Why is Bella so panicked at the thought of marrying Edward? Is there more to her reaction than she is saying? Does she actually understand her own reasons completely?
That's the way she was raised, to cringe at the thought of marriage especially at such a young age.
4. After the epiphanies of NM, how could Edward still imagine being immortal was more important to Bella than her love for him?
Because edward who could never read bella's mind couldn't see how deep her love for him truly was.
5. Edward says that changing Bella is the most selfish thing he will ever do. Why is he nevertheless prepared to do it? Is this morally weak of him?
We're all entitled to one selfish deed aren't we.


text: Looking for the best ideas here. So please show what you do and how you do it. You know the kind. They are not enclosed. The bikes are on rails or in shoes on a platform or bed and so forth. I want to see how you guys mount stuff like gas cans, canopies, gear, ice chests, tool boxes, spares and so forth. If you trailer your bikes and all your gear for a day or three of riding then that's what I think will be useful. Even you Harbor Freighters! I'm all I looked but didn't see this exact thread anywhere. Here's why I ask. A couple of decades ago I converted my Longrun Standup Jetski trailer to a dirt bike trailer. And I have used it up. The time is past for it to be disassembled, blasted and powerdercoated, reassembled [it has seen some real abuse so I am removing all the dirt bike stuff and using it for jetskis again (750 X-2 and a Superjet)]. That leaves me without a dirt bike trailer for short trips. So I found another standup jetski trailer to convert. Why Standup Jetski trailers? The track is about the same as a car so taking them far offroad is usually easy-especially on deeper jeep trails-handy here in our So Cal deserts when towed behind 4WDs. There is zero demand for them so they are cheap. They are usually stouter and longer than dirt bike trailers for some reason. Zieman is a local steel builder here in So Cal who has made some great HD trailers over the decades. Many, like the one I just bought, are over-engineered from, I assume, left over steel from more HD applications. My original conversion was because I was fresh out of college and I had to make do with what I had: a Honda Civic, a Kawi 750 X-2, a KDX200, my wife's RM80, and a Longrun Standup Jetski trailer. Now I intend to use this Zieman as an inbetween for trips I go on but my wife and kids do not and I will be towing it with my wife's 4Runner. Bigger trips with everyone and all the bikes require the dually. Did I mention the standup jetski trailers are zero-demand cheap? Currently I am making a list of what I want the trailer to carry and then will add some bracing, bit larger offroad tires/wheels, add some lights, and map out how to arrange it on a aluminum deck I will fab up (err, pay someone else to) and install. Here are some photos of my new trailer or here's what a couple hundred dollars buys. Very little rust, tires good, Bearing Buddies, nice spare in the lock box, and this thing is built 2x as good (much better axle too) as my Longrun and must be 2x as heavy too. Tracks arow straight too. Longish tongue makes for easier offroad and backing.


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Prof. Howard Brooks Offers Tips on Viewing International Space Station
October 15, 2013
"The International Space Station has been visible to the naked eye for several nights in a row and will continue to be for another 10 evenings this month, as it cruises across the Wabash Valley night sky about 300 miles overhead," reports the Terre Haute Tribune-Star. Arthur Foulkes writes, "Between now and Oct. 25, each night will provide opportunities for a short glimpses -- usually lasting just a minute or two -- of the orbiting laboratory. Because it is visible only when reflecting sunlight, the station can be seen either shortly before sunrise or within a couple of hours after sunset."
The story quotes Howard Brooks, Paul B. Kissinger Professor of Physics and Astronomy at DePauw University. "It's pretty fun to watch," he tells the newspaper. "It'll look bright like an airplane, but you won't see the red and green flashing lights beside it … and you won't hear anything."
Foulkes adds, "Brooks, who has worked extensively with NASA, watched the space station pass overhead last week. 'Friday night's [viewing] was beautiful,' he said."
Access the piece, which includes tips on viewing the space station tonight, at the Tribune-Star's website.
Dr. Brooks is chair of the physics and astronomy department. Learn more in this previous summary.
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The Russellville High School and Junior High School bands will begin their preschool band rehearsals on Aug. 6. The high school band will meet in the mornings from 8-11:30 a.m. in the high school band room. The junior high band will meet in the afternoons from 2-4:30 p.m. in the junior high school band room. Students with previous band experience who are new to the area are welcome to come join. For more information, call Dewayne Dove at 968-3153.
Author book signing
Author Brandy Nacole will conduct a book signing from 3-7 p.m. Saturday at Hasting Ent. Brandy Nacole is the author of "The Shadow World" series and "The Spiritual Discard" series. For more information, visit www.brandynacolesbooks.com.
RHDC seeking commissioners
The city of Russellville is creating a list of interested individuals to serve on the Russellville Historic District Commission (RHDC). Created by the City Council in 2008, RHDC reviews and approves applications for new construction or alterations to existing buildings in the Downtown Historic District. RHDC is also responsible for identifying and designating local landmarks and buildings, as well as advising the mayor and city council on historic preservation matters.
The RHDC consists of seven commissioners who are appointed to three-year terms by the mayor, with the city planner acting as support staff. When necessary, RHDC meetings are held at City Hall the first Thursday of the month, with a minimum of four meetings per year. For more information about serving on the Russellville Historic District Commission, please visit City Planner David Harris at City Hall, 203 South Commerce Avenue, (479) 968-2098)0, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: CA04-250 DIVISION: 55 THOMAS R. HAHN, Plaintiff, vs. The unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees or creditors or persons claiming by, through or under Nellie E. Perry, aka Nellie Alice Perry, deceased. Defendant(s). NOTICE OF ACTION To Defendants, the unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees or creditors or persons claiming by, through or under Nellie E. Perry, aka Nellie Alice Perry, deceased, Last Known Address: UNKNOWN Present Address: UNKNOWN YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a suit to Quiet Title to real Property as set more particularly set forth in the Agreement for Deed in Official Records Book 245, Page 821 of the public records of St. Johns County, Florida has been filed against you in the above entitled cause and that you are required to file your answer with the Clerk of this Court and to serve a copy thereof upon Dale A. Beardsley, Esquire, whose address is 4595 Lexing ton Avenue, #100, Jacksonville, Florida, 32210, on or before the 23 day of April, 2004. If you fail to do so, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. W 1/2 of Lot 10, Block A, Dumas Tract, according to the Official Map of the City of St. Augustine on file in office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, St. Johns County, Florida. Parcel ID #206580 000. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court this 18th day of March, 2004. CHERYL STRICKLAND As Clerk of the Court AMY B. MULLIGAN As Deputy Clerk L668-4 Mar 23, 30, Apr 6, 13, 2004
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Hi folks,
I am new to this forum. Am 25 years old, I am working in the computer-area for about 9 years now (if you count my aprenticeship) but never got the hang of programming myself.
Sure, I had the basics about C and Java2 and stuff, but never really got over that.
So I thought I'd start with programming anew, and found this site.
When I try to compile the first Program of the first lesson:
I get a strange error.Code:#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { cout<<"HEY, you, I'm alive! Oh, and Hello World!\n"; cin.get(); }
This is what I do:
- type the above with nano on the command-line (am on MacOSX now, but I did this with Linux too to confirm the error)
- save it as hello.cpp
- exit nano
- execute "gcc hello.cpp" or "gcc hello.cpp -o hello"
- I get the following:
What seems to be the problem??Code:bash-3.2$ gcc hello.cpp Undefined symbols: "___gxx_personality_v0", referenced from: ___gxx_personality_v0$non_lazy_ptr in cciNlgWN.o "std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >::get()", referenced from: _main in cciNlgWN.o "std::ios_base::Init::~Init()", referenced from: ___tcf_0 in cciNlgWN.o "std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::operator<< <std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*)", referenced from: _main in cciNlgWN.o "std::ios_base::Init::Init()", referenced from: __static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)in cciNlgWN.o "std::cin", referenced from: __ZSt3cin$non_lazy_ptr in cciNlgWN.o "std::cout", referenced from: __ZSt4cout$non_lazy_ptr in cciNlgWN.o ld: symbol(s) not found collect2: ld returned 1 exit status bash-3.2$
I simply have no clue whatsoever!
Thx for any help, will be apreciated!


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Pleading Guilty to Embezzlement, Former Credit Union Manager Faces 30 Years in Federal Prison
Patricia Piscioneri, a former credit union manager, may face up to 30 years in federal prison, after pleading guilty to embezzling $156,571 from the former Adams Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union in Adams, Mass.
Piscioneri, 67, pleaded guilty to a 30-count indictment Jan. 17 before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Ponsor in Boston.
From December 2001 to May 2005, Piscioneri embezzled credit union funds by creating fraudulent loan accounts in the names of credit union members and deposited that money into her own accounts, her husband's accounts, or other family members' accounts, according to federal prosecutors.
She also used the embezzled funds to pay off previously obtained fraudulent loans. In an attempt to avoid detection, Piscioneri created fraudulent loan documentation, such as loan applications and promissory notes, and forged signatures on the fraudulent loan documentation.
Additionally, Piscioneri created false entries in the AMEFCU accounting system and advanced the payment due dates of the fraudulent loans, federal prosecutors said.
Sentencing is scheduled for April 25. In addition to imprisonment, Piscioneri may be fined up to $1 million.


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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi House passed a bill Wednesday that would allow school boards to arm teachers with concealed weapons.
House Bill 958 would let boards create policies authorizing employees, including cafeteria workers and janitors, carry concealed weapons on campus. A previous version of the bill limited the number of employees with weapons at each school, but the bill passed provides no limit.
Republican Rep. Bubba Carpenter of Burnsville told The Associated Press he expects fewer than 10 school districts to arm employees.
Democratic Rep. David Myers of McComb spoke against the bill, saying it would put a "huge burden" on those carrying weapons.
The bill was held for more possible debate before it goes to the Senate.
The House rejected an amendment to require psychological evaluations of those carrying the weapons.


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It may surprise some members of the Algonquin baseball team that there was a time before Neil Burke was the Tomahawks' coach. For the 15- and 16-year old underclassmen, Burke was already a decade into his tenure when they were born, a lifetime ago just a little over half his time in the position. As Burke heads into his 26th season working the Algonquin dugout, he stills uses the lessons from when he was on the other side of the coach-player relationship.
It may surprise some members of the Algonquin baseball team that there was a time before Neil Burke was the Tomahawks' coach.
For the 15- and 16-year old underclassmen, Burke was already a decade into his tenure when they were born, a lifetime ago just a little over half his time in the position.
As Burke heads into his 26th season working the Algonquin dugout, he stills uses the lessons from when he was on the other side of the coach-player relationship.
"I was more of a hustler, hard worker," Burke said from his office before Wednesday's practice. "Maybe once in a while I'd get down on myself as a player. I learned to get over that as a player, move on from it."
That ability to stay even-keeled and composed is a mainstay of his coaching. Burke never yells during games, and is renowned around the Algonquin program for having the same steady demeanor, never one to spout off after an error or a strikeout.
The SS Burke keeps on running through hurricanes and calm seas.
"We never get on our kids for physical mistakes," Burke said. "I think it's important for me to maintain my own composure, and I think that's important for them to maintain their own composure."
On the field, the belief is a composed player is a better player.
Senior captain Matt Doyle is a starting pitcher for the Tomahawks. Burke's visits to the mound are often a free trip to the therapist's couch.
"He won't lose his temper," Doyle said. "He just lets us do our job and won't intervene too much. He's also that voice of reason, which helps us out. His mound visits are usually pretty helpful. He usually has some constructive criticism."
Burke mostly leaves the emotional side of the game to long-time assistant Mike Mocerino, who's also the Northborough Legion manager. Once in a while in practice, though, Burke will raise his voice.
"Sometimes you sense a team getting a little bit lazy," Burke said, "and that's when I'll let them have it."
Burke is quiet away from the diamond too. No matter how many wins the Tomahawks had the year before or how stacked the team is, athletic director Fran Whitten says he gets the same response before every season.
"The only story I would tell is he's just so modest and humble," Whitten said. "He says the same things every year: 'We'll go for 10 wins, we're going to have OK pitching and try to get some hits.' We joke about it every year because every year he has a great product."
Burke's poise paid off big-time last season. Coming off a 7-13 season in 2011 that was their first non-playoff year since 1992, the Tomahawks were 6-7 in mid-May and trailing big in a game against Fitchburg.
They rallied back for a 14-8 win, won three of their last six to sneak into the playoffs as the last seed, then went all the way to the Division 1 state final.
It was the fourth time Burke reached the championship game. He won it in 2006, a memorable upset of a stacked St. John's Prep team, and nearly went back-to-back in 2007 before falling to Lincoln-Sudbury. Algonquin also reached the final in 1998.
"The games that stick out the most were playing at Fenway Park in the state final game in '98," Burke said. "That was a really neat experience. Then to win the state championship, and to be there two years in a row, those were just two really unbelievable games that we played. We beat St. John's Prep 6-5, then we lost to Lincoln-Sudbury 3-2. Two great games, and the game last year where we beat St. John's (Shrewsbury) 2-1, those are the games that stand out."
Burke was inducted into the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame two years ago. In his 25 years, he has a 345-205 record with 10 league titles and five CMass crowns.
"I think that we kind of have a tradition of being a baseball school, in great part thanks to him," Whitten said. "Plus when you have a program as successful as his, you draw kids to that program. He just finds a way to make his team better. Last year's team was 10-10 and they ended up in the state final.
"He finds a way to get the most out of his players. He just has a knack for doing the right things in a game."
This season won't be easy. The Tomahawks lost seven senior starters off last year's team. Burke says the junior class is talented, but development will be needed.
It's just another chapter in a soft-spoken career that's lasted a quarter of a century.
"Certainly," Burke said, "25 years has gone by quick."
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DAY 4: BART strike continues to have less impact in Pleasanton with fewer commuters as Independence Day nears
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 2, 2013 at 8:30 am
I read that the average compensation package for BART workers is $175,000/year. Additionally, they get 10-12 weeks of vacation per year and they work 37.5 hours/week (anything over that is paid overtime). A high percentage of these workers are not that highly educated, and as we all know, have significant attitude problems.
That they make that kind of compensation is outrageous, and them striking for 24% increases in compensation is beyond outrageous. I encourage all of you to contact your BART director and urge them not to cave in at all to BART employee demands; and to strongly considering firing any and all BART workers that stay out on strike.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 2, 2013 at 8:49 am
Rememeber the air traffic controllers who went on strike in the 80's? Ronald Reagan gave them an ultimatum...settle or be replaced. They chose poorly.
One can only hope that some leader in this day and age would have the same cajones, but sadly we have too many emasculated politicians in the Bay Area.
Fire the BART employees now...how hard can they be to replace? Or, keep up the strike and suffer the consequences of 400,000 riders voting out the pansies in office now.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 2, 2013 at 8:58 am
Wishing the BART workers everything for which they ask. Skilled mechanics making low 60s and having to supplement with overtime while situated in the Bay Area is beyond belief. And no social security. Oh, and what about that 10% raise BART management just gave itself? Whew! The stank is too much. It's unfortunate there are bootlicker scabs out there who are against workers' interests. But, hey, the Republican Party is filled with uneducated bootlickers who consistently vote against their own interests.
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 2, 2013 at 9:18 am
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
Mike, it's a pity that these poor uneducated BART workers can't find gainful employment elsewhere. With their skill level they should be able to find jobs elsewhere making what they think they are worth. Why should they have to put up with a 6 figure salary and benefits, when they could make more with another employer with deep pockets? BART management should help these wrench jockies by firing them all now, so they can start their search for better pay and benefits in the private sector. Good luck to them......
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 2, 2013 at 9:48 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Mike, Do you feel this way for everyone who lives in the Bay Area that makes less than $60K?
And how does this statement:
"Mooney and other union officials have apologized to the roughly 400,000 riders who rely on BART daily and said they hoped to resolve the labor dispute as quickly as possible."
balance with this one:
"'We've sweetened the deal by $6 million, we doubled our wage proposal, and they came down half a percent - that's where we are right now,' BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said Sunday."
Can you please post where you see the 10% raise to management? A quick search did not produce that information.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 2, 2013 at 10:06 am
I don't know why you think the above statements need commentary. This strike involves skilled dedicated employees who haven't gotten a raise in five years, and for some over eight years. And they gave BACK money over that time. They are now attempting to maximize their interests, with the system operating at a surplus now should be able to accommodate. For years these workers were assured they'd get a raise when things got better. Instead, they've been offered what amounts to a pay decrease.
I read about 10% managerial raise in Mother Jones. Is anyone surprised by that?
Mr. Duhsease, you're too filled with hate to warrant my entering into a dialogue with you. Convince us you're getting therapy, then maybe I'll consider your remarks.
a resident of Livermore
on Jul 2, 2013 at 10:35 am
People strike for various reasons. What's most important is that all Americans have a legal right to express their opinions.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 2, 2013 at 11:17 am
If you look at Web Link that links over to the public employee salary database
You see that an average BART train operator:
Salary is ~$62K
Overtime is $32K
Vacation payout is $7K
Kinda seems like a lot for what they do.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 2, 2013 at 11:23 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
My concern would be the apparent lack of bargaining in good faith--say you want to settle quickly and move only an inch toward that end.
Here is the Mother Jones article. No mention of 10% raises for management. Web Link
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 2, 2013 at 2:23 pm
The gub'mint continues to demonstrate that it has no business in the transportation business. BART is too costly for the value it provides. CalTrans can't even build a half-bridge without 3x cost increases, unsafe materials. High speed rail is high speed fail. If only the gub'mint would get into the air travel business [Portion removed due to disrespectful comment or offensive language]
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 2, 2013 at 5:22 pm
Mikie lies, embellishes ( that's putting it mildly) mother jones stories and generally acts like we've come to expect from a thieving union hack. He conveniently leaves out the fact that 'workers' only put in 37 hours a week, which is why they are able to claim so much overtime. Little omissions like that are an indication that no union shill like Mikie will bargain in good faith.
a resident of Del Prado
on Jul 3, 2013 at 6:41 am
I can't wait until these mopes are replaced by a machine.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 3, 2013 at 7:01 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Here is a perspective from CATO, "Labor Unions Against the Public Interest": Web Link
It includes references to similar issues at D.C.'s Metro. "Metro's collective bargaining agreement requires him to promote bus drivers to train operators and station managers. In fact, his spokesman said, mediocre bus drivers may get promoted more quickly because 'we need to get you from behind the wheel.' And if someone does a great job as station manager, 'I can't recognize that financially,' Sarles said." I wonder if this is true for BART.
If you look at all that has been said here and in this article, the average salary is $71,000, plus $11,000 in overtime, plus nearly $51,000 in benefits (medical and pension). It certainly feels like a fair wage.
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 3, 2013 at 7:26 am
Regardless of the outcome for this strike, lets hope that steps are taken to make any future strikes illegal. Many major cities already have in place laws that make strikes by transit workers illegal. New York has such a law in place. A strike is illegal under the provisions of an addition to New York State Civil Service Law called the Public Employees Fair Employment Act, more commonly called the Taylor Law. It prohibits municipal workers from striking and provides alternative means for dispute resolution. The law provides for criminal penalties including imprisonment of union officials, and fines against the union and individual striking workers. Such a law here would put an end to such unrealistic demands by a union out of control.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 3, 2013 at 7:32 am
Thanks for your little ideological hit piece, Kathleen. Never ceases to amaze me how the CATO folks get twisted out of shape by a big bad 'monopolized union' going on strike every 16 years -- as in the case at hand, as BART workers have realized no wage increases over past five years while cost of living in Bay Area has gone up over 19%.
Fact is, a substantial majority of both unions voted democratically to authorize strike action. Unlike your hero large corporations that exercise their monopoly power and are positioned (after eliminating competitors) to take a substantial loss, if need be, the BART workers have no such surplus. These are workers whose wages are well below what is required for a family to live in the Bay Area. They are losing their daily earnings each day, which no doubt represents a substantial loss for them and their families. This is not the action of a conscienceless monopoly, but rather is a democratic expression of workers hard-pressed to make do in today's economy.
They are also asking for increases in worker and public safety, something the media has been reticent to address.
Management salary increases over the years? Originally reported as a recent 10k bump (as reported in Mother Jones), the story has been revised and now excludes that info. Why? I don't know. Management, however, has been pretty close-fisted with info as the strike has materialized.
As reported in SEIU newsletter, average BART worker's annual pension is slightly above 21k per year, and this without social security. Have at it big, bad, greedy people! Robbing us taxpayers. It's a crime!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 3, 2013 at 7:57 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
MIke, CATO is one perspective. There are many, many others and you are welcome to cite them. As for Mother Jones, how about a link. First you said 10%, now it's 10k and you think MJ took it down--why would they do that?
Here is a San Jose Mercury News article: Web Link
"Union leaders have said they were willing to budge on the issues of pensions and health care benefits but it's unclear how far they're willing to go. Currently, BART workers don't pay toward their pensions and give $92 a month toward their medical benefits, regardless of the number of dependents. Including pay and benefits, the average cost for BART for each employee was $116,309 last year, up from $110,017 in 2010."
In the meantime, I'm trying to find something to verify the annual pension you claim.
a resident of Country Fair
on Jul 3, 2013 at 8:08 am
While they are at it, I think they should call it BAT from here on out. I see nothing "Rapid" about it - trains, employees or management.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 3, 2013 at 8:32 am
I keep hearing the unions say "They are also asking for increases in worker and public safety" but there are never any specifics on this. Sounds like a red herring to take the focus off their already high salaries.So Mike, since you are the spokesperson for the BART union, tell us what safety issues the union is demanding and not being met by management. I do not imagine the job of a train operator is all that hazardous.
One of the downsides of a union is everybody is lumped together. While there might be parts of the union that could justify a raise, you have other parts that are currently over-compensated. They all get raises or nobody does. I have not heard of anybody in the public thinking that train operators are underpaid. So if you are in the union, and not a train operator, thank the train operators for the 'they are overpaid' feeling from the public. Perhaps if some groups voted to leave the union you might be compensated more.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 3, 2013 at 8:54 am
Promote them all into management. No union needed! Reduce their salaries to what they're worth ($20/hr.). They also need to pay for health premiums and retirement. Problem solved!! Instead of paying union wages, upgrade the system, automate the trains. Allot less costly than paying outrageous salaries and safer!!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 3, 2013 at 10:31 am
Or outsource all of those jobs. BART should go out to competitive bid to companies who provide this type of service. Five year contract. At the end of five years, that same company and others can bid again for the job. The local bus system does that and they never have to deal with unions or pay pensions, etc. The only way the taxpayers will get a fair deal is by a public bid. The current monopoly and no competitive bid ensures the taxpayers lose.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 3, 2013 at 1:24 pm
There will never be money for needed 'structure' repairs or 'safety', precisely because of the blood sucking union members. To think that New Yorkers are smarter than Californians, and actually made it illegal for public service-type employees to strike!
Of course Ca legislators are literally 'owned' by unions. Those legislators are without souls or consideration for us, the people. Please remember those legislators at election time. And I will also remember any voters who support those 'sellouts'. The unions, legislators, and stupid voters who keep them in Sacto, are all in collusion against 'the people'.
A Governor could end this strike today, AND permanently. But Jerry Brown is THE reason all these thieves have the power they have. Stupid voters put this PUBLIC union CREATOR, back in office. He would be the best and most appropriate person to declare them all illegal. I doubt he has the spine to do this single most important fix for all Californians. He should FIX this mess HE created.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 3, 2013 at 11:17 pm
Apparently, my comments to make public service strikes illegal, and our governor needing to 'step up' provided some food for thought. Good.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jul 4, 2013 at 10:31 am
Just to keep things in perspective...I am a Captain flying 90 passenger regional jets, who's safety I am ultimately responsible for. After 13 years, I make less than BART workers. I have no pension. My health insurance cost me approximately $400 per month for really lousy coverage.
What is the most ironic fact is that I am a member of a union that is governed by the Railway Labor Act. This prevents us from striking when our contract expires, which it did three years ago. I have not had a raise in many years.
Just saying, be careful when you talk about what is "fair".
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 4, 2013 at 12:09 pm
The perspective you offer is a grim one, Jim. It speaks to how America's workers are increasingly being exploited by owners and management with very little concern for workers or the public they serve or whose products they produce. We know of airline pilots flying half-asleep because they've had to supplement their pilot's income with part-time work at Wal-Mart or White Castle. Your words remind us of how dangerous are the 'friendly skies' when we entrust our lives to pilots. I do hope you support the BART employees; I'd hate to think you'd want to insist they should work under the kinds of conditions your bosses have placed you.
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 4, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Mike, please provide the link for the claim that "they've had to supplement their pilot's income with part-time work at Wal-Mart or White Castle".
Thank you.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 4, 2013 at 4:35 pm
Web Link
"But he knows that those starting out at regional carriers often struggle to survive on the low wages. "A lot of pilots have ... part-time jobs when they get home," he says, "and everybody sort of hangs on and hopes things get better."
Web Link
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 4, 2013 at 5:57 pm
John, thanks for the article; I note that it is 3 years old and with no mention on "part-time work at Wal-Mart or White Castle" as you had stated. As long as you are selectively quoting from the article, here's another quote from the same article.
"The most senior captain, flying the largest jet at a major airline, earns on average nearly $180,000 a year. Pilots starting out at a regional carrier may earn as little as $21,000 annually, but by the time they become a senior captain, piloting the largest aircraft, they can earn more than $95,000 a year.
And this was written three years ago.
But thanks anyway!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 4, 2013 at 9:06 pm
Dave, bart workers seem unable to put things in proper perspective. They think they are all CEO callable, and rocket scientists. In fact, most of them are actually unemployable most anyplace else.
For them to even be in discussions with airplane pilots is out of their league.
Thank you Kathleen for the link, the 'unions' most certainly are 'Against the PUBLIC Interest' !!! We are such fools to sit here allowing ourselves to sit here as the PUBLIC unions EXTORT every last drop of our life's blood. Why do we tolerate being held hostage by them. The Jerry Brown should act like a governor and protect 'the people'.
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text: Score: 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 7-6 (1) (44 games) Agassi was the top seed, Becker #3. Becker had 22 aces (three on second serve) and 10 double-faults. Agassi had 4 aces and 6 df's. Becker's aces by set: 4, 4, 7, 7 Agassi's aces by set: 3, 1, 0, 0 Agassi did not serve an ace after the second game of the second set, no doubt because he needed to get his first serve in. Becker was taking Agassi's second serve and charging, even early in the match. By 2-3 in the third he'd won 11 of 17 approaches that way (per NBC stats). Becker made 49 clean winners: 11 FH, 6 BH, 14 FHV, 10 BHV, 8 smashes. Agassi made 49 clean winners: 23 FH, 18 BH, 6 FHV, 0 BHV, and 2 smashes. Becker's winners by set: 8, 15, 5, 21 Agassi's winners by set: 9, 12, 9, 19 Agassi's two volley winners in the second set were unconventional: both were hit from behind the service line; one was a lob over Becker's head, the other a swinging forehand volley. His next volley winner was also a swinging forehand. He didn't have a conventional volley winner until the fourth set. Of course, the majority of the volleys he hit were conventional; but to put them away, at least before the fourth set, he needed to swing at the ball. And he never managed a backhand volley winner of any kind. Agassi's winners at the net were similar to his count in his Davis Cup match with Becker six years earlier, in which I counted 7 volley winners from him. By contrast, I saw him hit over 20 volley winners in his 1988 loss to Wilander on red clay at Roland Garros. In the '95 match, Becker got more winners from volleys/smashes than he did from ground strokes (32 to 17). Becker made two winning BH returns of Agassi's second serve, and two FH returns of Agassi's first serve. None were passes, but he did make three passing shots (including two lobs). Agassi made 14 service return winners (half of them off Becker's first serve); thirteen were passes. He made 15 other passing shots, not including his volley lob winner: 8 BH's (one lob) and 7 FH's. In the early and middle stages of the match, Becker was staying back on some second serves, and at least once on a first serve. The fourth set was hard-fought, with both men holding serve throughout, fighting through long games and many break points (Agassi was 0-6, Becker 0-7). And there were 40 winners between them, a new high in the matches that I've looked at, exceeding the 39 that Becker and Agassi themselves hit in the third set of their Davis Cup match.


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Cliff Bleszinski addresses the differences between Lawbreakers and Overwatch
While Lawbreakers may look like it plays similarly to Overwatch, but director Cliff Bleszinksi would rather that people focus on the differences.
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Here's 22 minutes of Lawbreakers gameplay
We've only had a brief glimpse of Lawbreakers so far, but one YouTube user has strung together numerous clips into a 22 minute showcase.
Nexon CFO argues against intrusive monetisation in free to play games
Nexon free to play games might be big news in Asia, with smash hits like Maplestory, but their free to play offerings like Combat Arms and Vindictus have had a harder time gaining traction in the west. The company's Chief Financial Officer Owen Mahoney argues that free to play attitudes in the west have held […]
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex MMOFPS releasing 2014
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex was announced a while back by developer NEOPLE. Publisher Nexon has now confirmed that the MMOFPS is due to launch in the first half of 2014.
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EA and Nexon are reportedly working together on the distribution of EA's FIFA Online game in Asia, according to "three people with knowledge of the matter," speaking with Bloomberg. The report states EA is considering using Nexon's servers in the region to run the sports game. Rumors last week pegged the South Korean company as […]
EA shares up after rumored Nexon takeover
EA shares are up after a South Korean newspaper rumored this morning Nexon has made a bid for EA. Shares spiked $1.22, or 8.1%, to $16.23 after a 52-week low. Nexon, which has offices in Japan, are the makers of free-to-play MMOs such as MapleStory and Combat arms. The firm's market cap sits around $8.1 […]
Nexon receives $1.2 billion in Japanese IPO
Nexon went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange this week, and managed to rake in a staggering 1.2 billion USD in its IPO. Driven largely by the strength of Maple Story, which is said to be one of the most popular games in the world, Nexon boasted the largest IPO of the year on the […]
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Fourth IHP+ Country Health Teams Meeting
Sustaining and accelerating change, getting results
Place: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: 11–14 December 2012
The International Health Partnership (IHP+) aims to improve progress towards the health Millennium Development Goals, by putting agreed principles on aid effectiveness into practice. IHP+ mobilizes national governments, development agencies, civil society and others to support a single, country-led national health strategy in a well-coordinated way.
This fourth IHP+ Country Health Teams Meeting will agree ways in which the Partnership can further accelerate aid and development effectiveness in health.
The meeting will:
- analyze the latest results of approaches to increase alignment behind one national health plan, to increase alignment with country systems and to improve accountability;
- achieve a better shared understanding of obstacles and incentives for partners to change ways of working, including enhancing south-south co-operation for health development effectiveness;
- agree on future IHP+ approaches to strengthen mutual accountability for commitments and results.


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ST. LOUIS -- Moore, Okla., is about 500 miles from Busch Stadium. It is situated about 4,500 miles from Manchester and 4,600 miles from London.
Thursday, it became considerably closer to all of those places, when a supposed throw-away postseason friendly morphed into an impromptu charity match.
With Chelsea and Manchester City playing the first of two friendlies in the United States Thursday night, the come-from-behind 4-3 Man City victory took on a greater deal of importance than originally had been anticipated. The teams, along with the St. Louis Cardinals and event organizer Relevent Sports, each pledged to donate a dollar from every ticket sold, combining to give $135,000 to the Cardinals Care for Oklahoma Relief set up by the host Cardinals.
Teams and fans held a moment of silence prior to the game, and players donned black arm bands to pay tribute to the dozens killed, hundreds injured and thousands displaced from the tornado the struck the Oklahoma town on Monday. Outside the stadium gates, local law enforcement and firefighters collected more donations for Oklahoma Children's disaster relief.
On the field, both teams gathered to stand behind a banner that read "Together in support of Oklahoma" and had a team crest on each side. The global connection and response between major clubs overseas and tragic events in the United States is more pronounced than ever before, a sentiment that those who live thousands of miles and an ocean away can appreciate.
"Always we have a big responsibility," Chelsea striker Fernando Torres said. "We know everyone is watching us and is aware about what we are doing. The details we have for everything that happened in Oklahoma, I feel really sorry for everything. It's so sad. Even the small contribution, I think one dollar for every ticket, is going to help the families and everyone over there, so we only wanted to show respect."
Premier League teams paid tribute to the Boston Marathon bombing victims in the direct aftermath of the April tragedy by honoring them with moments of silence and wearing armbands, and for the second time in as many months, the support from overseas shone thorough.
"Whatever we can do we will do to help," Manchester City defender Micah Richards said. "The Premier League and the global recognition that the Premier League has, for us to support such a cause like that is amazing. There are tragedies all over the world, and the more that can be recognized, the better for the cause. The boys just wanted to go out there and enjoy it and show our support, and we did that today."
To both teams' credit, they put on an entertaining, open show, just four days after their respective Premier League campaigns closed and officially came up short of expectations and with new managerial hirings looming in the near future. Petr Cech's heroics in goal over the first 60 minutes stymied the threatening Sergio Aguero. Juan Mata was lively in a free-roaming role and helped set up a pair of goals.
Chelsea substitute goalkeeper Jamal Blackman, just 19, served up two goals in his first three minutes on the field before redeeming himself with a few highlight-reel saves. Fan favorite Edin Dzeko (St. Louis boasts a large Bosnian population) tallied his second goal of the night to pull City level, and Richards scored in stoppage time to seal the wild victory.
"In terms of the football and the entertainment for the people, it was fantastic to see so many people coming to the stadium to watch the game, and I think they had a pretty interesting evening," Cech said.
They say that these end-of-season friendlies mean nothing. Try telling that to the 10,259 that showed up for a Chelsea training session Wednesday night and the 48,263 who came out for Thursday's match. And more importantly, to the people of Moore, who came to the forefront of minds both here and abroad during the most trying of times.


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Transverse Ranges > San Gabriel Mountains > Round Top > Climber's Log
Round Top Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Monte Cristo Loop Clockwise
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2016
|3rd peak of the loop, no summit register up top...just a barren round top. Oh, so that's how it got its name!
|Posted Sep 10, 2016 5:51 pm
|Partial Loop
Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2016
|Did Rabbit, Granite and Round Top on a very hot day. Very nice loop but with direct sun on the entire route I ran low on water and decided to leave Iron # 3 for another day.
|Posted Jun 27, 2016 12:55 am
|Standard Loop
Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2016
|Monte Cristo Peak, Iron #3, Round Top, Granite, Rabbit. The loop is probably easier this way than the opposite direction.
|Posted Apr 21, 2016 10:06 pm
|four peak day
Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2016
|rabbit, granite, round top, iron
|Posted Apr 13, 2016 3:05 pm
|4 peak day
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2008
|Bagged Round Top, Granite, Gleason and Pacifico today. Nice day!
|Posted Jul 10, 2009 1:17 pm
|Monte Cristo Loop
Date Climbed: Jan 10, 2009
|extremely windy day
|Posted Jan 26, 2009 9:58 pm
|Drive up
Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2008
|Part of a 7 peak HPS day.
|Posted Nov 10, 2008 4:31 pm
|Little 4
Date Climbed: Mar 1, 2008
|Part of a Little 4 loop with Bill Simpson's HPS group.
|Posted May 6, 2008 4:19 pm
|Monte Cristo Loop
Date Climbed: Apr 4, 2007
|I did the Monte Cristo loop with an HPS group.
|Posted Apr 24, 2008 4:19 pm
|4 Peak Loop
Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2006
|The third of 4 peaks. Rabbit, Granite, Round Top and Iron #3. Windy day, but beautiful.
|Posted Nov 25, 2007 9:16 pm
|Loop trail
Date Climbed: Dec 2, 2006
|Nice day with a crisp breeze -- solo with Coco, my dog. Hardest part of the hike was actually Rabbit as I waited to find a place to climb off the road that Coco could do. Picked the west slope with the thickest brush I've ever been through (including George Creek) -- cost us about 25 minutes of bushwacking time. The rest of the hike was reasonable.
|Posted Oct 12, 2007 11:06 pm
|David Rosenberg
|2x The Loop
|Little hard to find sign-in can, but its there, under a tree.
|Posted Sep 23, 2007 5:47 pm
|Matthew Holliman
|The Loop
Date Climbed: Mar 26, 2005
|What Bob said. This was actually pretty enjoyable in the dark, even with the inadvertent bushwhacking en route to the last peak.
|Posted Jul 10, 2007 11:04 pm
|Bob Burd
|The Loop
Date Climbed: Mar 26, 2005
|Did the 4-peak loop after doing 9 other peaks in the area earlier that day with Matthew. City lights from the ridgeline at night were kinda nice. Trip Report
|Posted Jun 14, 2007 11:29 pm
|Augie Medina
|The Loop
Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2006
|Did the loop including Rabbit Peak, Granite and Iron #3. About 11 miles with 4,000 feet of gain so a good workout if you go at a brisk pace.
|Posted Jun 14, 2007 4:52 pm
|Great views!
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007
|Great views of the front range. Especially liked the view of Strawberry Peak.
|Posted Jun 13, 2007 10:07 pm


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CBC (Clustering by Committee) is both a clustering algorithm and a resulting knowledge collection created by Patrick Pantel and Dekang Lin at the University of Alberta. The algorithm is a general-purpose partitioning clustering algorithm. The authors have used it more specifically for automatically clustering documents and for automatically inducing concepts and word senses.
The CBC knowledge collection consists of concepts, which are clustered instances like the three shown below along with a template of typical grammatical contexts (lexical co-occurrence vectors) extracted from a textual corpora:
- (A) multiple sclerosis, diabetes, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's, rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, asthma, cancer, hypertension, lupus, high blood pressure, arthritis, emphysema, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, leukemia, hemophilia, Alzheimer, myeloma, glaucoma, schizophrenia, ...
- (B) Mike Richter, Tommy Salo, John Vanbiesbrouck, Curtis Joseph, Chris Osgood, Steve Shields, Tom Barrasso, Guy Hebert, Arturs Irbe, Byron Dafoe, Patrick Roy, Bill Ranford, Ed Belfour, Grant Fuhr, Dominik Hasek, Martin Brodeur, Mike Vernon, Ron Tugnutt, Sean Burke, Zach Thornton, Jocelyn Thibault, Kevin Hartman, Felix Potvin, ...
- (C) pink, red, turquoise, blue, purple, green, yellow, beige, orange, taupe, white, lavender, fuchsia, brown, gray, black, mauve, royal blue, violet, chartreuse, teal, gold, burgundy, lilac, crimson, garnet, coral, grey, silver, olive green, cobalt blue, scarlet, tan, amber, ...
Using sets of representative elements, called committees, CBC discovers concept signatures that unambiguously describe the members of a possible concept (e.g. diseases, hockey goalies, and colors). Concept signatures are templates of grammatical relations that apply to most of the instances of the concept (lexical co-occurrence vectors). The algorithm initially discovers committees that are well scattered in the similarity space. It then proceeds by assigning words to their most similar committees, each of which represents a final cluster. After assigning a word to a committee, CBC removes their overlapping features (syntactical co-occurrences) from the word before assigning it to another committee. This allows CBC to discover the less frequent senses of a word and to avoid discovering duplicate senses.
On the task of recovering the concepts and word senses in WordNet, CBC achieved 61% precision and 51% recall. CBC outputs a flat list of concepts (i.e., there is no hierarchical information).
Acquiring the Resource
Both an implementation of the CBC algorithm and the CBC knowledge collection is available for research purposes by contacting its authors.
Please refer to either of the following publications when using this resource:
- Patrick Pantel. 2003. Clustering by Committee. Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta.
- Patrick Pantel and Dekang Lin. 2002. Discovering Word Senses from Text. In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD-02). pp. 613-619. Edmonton, Canada.
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Q. The Riverside (91) Freeway between the Santa Ana (I-5) and Orange (57) freeways is a night-time nightmare. Lane markings are faint and the lane reflectors are hardly visible. Not safe, and scary as heck! Does Caltrans have any plans to repaint the lines or put in new reflectors?
– Susan Petrella, Fullerton
A. Talk about scary. This week I will be touristing in Romania, ending up in Brasov, Transylvania on Halloween to visit Dracula's Castle. I'm wearing a stout turtle neck sweater when I step off the train and never taking it off until I fly home (hopefully, not under my own power as a bat).
Fortunately, Caltrans has some promising news regarding the 91.
"There is currently a pavement-rehabilitation project on the 91 between the Los Angeles County line and Lakeview Avenue," says Caltrans spokeswoman Gloria Roberts. "Lane markings will be refreshed once the slabs that have been identified for replacement are completed."
Q. The road workers on Yorba Linda Boulevard must have been half-asleep when they striped the left-turn pocket onto La Palma Avenue. It swerves out, then back in like a wave. What gives?
– Dan Fortier, Sr., Anaheim
A. Actually, the workers were fully awake, according to Doug Park, the principal transportation planner for Anaheim.
"We were getting a lot of complaints about people cutting each other off at the beginning of the left-turn lanes," Park says.
"Around the spot where the double-yellow line is wavy, the left-turn lane was about 15 feet wide – too narrow for two lanes but too wide for a single lane. But some motorists were trying to squeeze in anyway and were crossing into on-coming traffic.
"To discourage that, we added the 'wave' to narrow the lane and to make sure vehicles enter the turn lanes in single file. It seemed to have done the trick as we stopped getting complaints."
Q. Why are the curbs along Van Buren Street in Yorba Linda being re-done? These curbs were made handicapped-accessible several years ago, and now they're being torn up all over again? It seems like a real waste of tax dollars.
– Gloria Bogdan, Yorba Linda
A. "The ongoing street-pavement rehabilitation project triggered the California state requirement to upgrade the handicap ramps," says Mark Stowell, the public works director for Yorba Linda.
"The ramps installed along Van Buren several years ago met the standards at that time. However, current standards require that the ramps have a mat of truncated domes within the ramp surface. The ramps must also meet very strict slope restrictions."
Dr. David Rizzo is a podiatrist who doubles as Dr. Roadmap, answering transportation questions specifically for our north Orange County readers. To ask the good doctor a transportation question, contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Monday, March 31, 2014 - 7:05 am
Graham Hall, Russell Hall
Visiting artist Daniel Grabois will present a horn master class. Grabois is Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music. The former Chair of the Department of Contemporary Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, he is the hornist in the Meridian Arts Ensemble, a sextet of brass and percussion soon to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary. With Meridian, he has performed over fifty world premieres, released ten CD's, received two ASCAP/CMA Adventuresome Programming Awards, and toured worldwide, in addition to recording or performing with rock legends Duran Duran and Natalie Merchant and performing the music of Frank Zappa for the composer himself. This event is free and open to the public.


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Hi everyone.
Could someone please identify theis spider for me? It was found in my sisters garden and unfortunately she was bitten on several occasions by it's kin, which made her quite ill. Very severe swelling to leg where bite occured. Also sadly one of her dogs died of poisoning and we need to know if this could be related? My sister caught one of them (see pic) for me to photograph and the spider laid eggs (also see pic).
Cheers all
It's a Steatoda, grossa I think
I would say so too judging from that pic.


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Lansing, Mich. April 2012 – The Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) will be presenting a resource fair in Detroit on Saturday, April 14, 2012, to assist clients and former clients who have had their cash assistance (Family Independence Program, or FIP) benefits close out due to time limits.
The fair will take place at the Detroit Rescue Mission, 3606 E. Forest, Detroit, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
A number of key agencies will be on hand to personally help and counsel those who are looking for information, including:
- Michigan Department of Human Services
- Detroit Rescue Mission
- United Way
- Michigan Works!
- DTE Energy
- Consumers Energy
- Focus: Hope
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Adult Well Being Agency
- Gleaners Community Food Bank
- Michigan State Housing Development Authority
These agencies and their representatives will be able to offer advice and/or assistance for a wide variety of needs, including temporary housing, educational resources, energy assistance, employment and training, and more.
There are many options and opportunities available for clients and their families. Individuals whose FIP cases closed out for reaching time limits — or who are about to transition out of cash assistance due to time limits — are encouraged to attend this important resource fair and get their questions answered.
For more information on the Department of Human Services, please visit www.michigan.gov/dhs


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Call stands after Salvy picked off first base
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
KANSAS CITY -- All-Star Salvador Perez was picked off at first base in the fourth inning on Friday night, and he remained out.
Perez led off with a single and, after two outs, was caught leaning off first by Tigers pitcher Anibal Sanchez, who threw to Miguel Cabrera. The Royals issued a challenge, but after a video review, umpire Vic Carapazza's call stood.
"I think I was safe," Perez said. "He tagged me on the arm after my hand was on the base."
Dick Kaegel 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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|Mtron MOBI 3500 SLC SSD MSD-SATA3535-064
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Storage
|Written by Olin Coles
|Monday, 05 January 2009
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Windows XP Startup
After several SSD product reviews in which I recorded Windows XP startup time data, I have repeatedly omitted my results from the article for lack of enough comparison data. In all honesty, I cannot make this an interesting subject. Most of you reading this article have already watched the video of a Windows computer starting up in mere seconds when it used a Solid State Drive, so it wouldn't be very exciting to show this again. Instead, I have recorded the length of time it took for my Dell Inspiron 6400 notebook computer to startup with each drive. Here are the specifications on the notebook:
This "test" is going to be useful to laptop computer users only, primarily because I did not test the desktop hard drives. The only hard drive included was the high-performance 7200 RPM Hitachi Travelstar 7K100, which recorded a 28-second load time from the moment I pressed the power button to the moment the Windows Login screen was displayed.
The primary purpose of this test was to demonstrate that a Solid State Drive could in fact cut the Windows load time in half, but there are other factors to consider. It's important to note that this particular Dell notebook consumes almost 11 seconds on the POST routine and BIOS pre-loading prior to actually loading Windows, so it's not realistic to think that my results would match another system identically.
Disk Hardware
In the next section, I begin to summarize my final thoughts on the Mtron MOBI 3500 series as well as Solid State Drives in general. Please continue on to see what I think of SSD technology.


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so anyone else find it weird that we can fap to the porno and then read all the comments from other guys who fapped to the porno before you and then comment on the video after said fapping? its like a bathroom stall in a remote gas station just slightly classier
does anyone know about other vids of this perfect brunette???
that brunette is practically perfect...A-M-A-Z-I-N-G set of tits, and a nice round ass with small waist, to boot. id stab my best friend in the neck for a piece of that.
I was thinking the same thing those tits stand up on there own damm perfect
Good for you sloppymess
in the beginning the girl enjoys the sex because the blonde licks her pussy at the same time. i don't like it when guys only fuck to satisfy themselves. they need to pay more attention to their girl, cause thrusting isn't in itself that exciting. it's getting there and getting wet that makes things better...
I LOVE how her ass jiggles so smoothly when he taps!! just like my girl
the brunette on is sooooooooo sexyyyyyyy
the Best Vid Evere
the blond is an angel !!!
The brunette is absolutely fucking gorgeous
Increible!! Que envidia me da este tipo, por favor! En toda mi vida solo hice el amor con mi novia-esposa y realmente cuando veo esto mis convicciones se tambalean.
Porn fills me with regret yet drains me of my manly fluids.
Kasey Chase and Jennifer White .?
God damn... wich one is cuter?
Yeah fuck those sluts man!
This clip has everything. I love it!!!
it's kinda weird (and gay) knowing that thousands of other guys around the world are jerking their shit watching this video like one big fucking circle jerk. that's internet porn for you i suppose. still a hot video though
she's so fucking hot with those socks. i gotta buy my gf a pair. i'm gonna cum inside her pussy and then cum inside her socks while she wears them. so much sperm so little time :D
This is awesum
She z allready been fckt in the ass it isnt her first time
a sneaky wank before bed was well worth it from this vid
WoW...They didnt waste notta one drop...lmmfao
The Brunette is so gorgeous leaving her socks on while getting fucked! The guy should be awarded a medal of honour for lasting even that long... with these two bunnies I would have cum in 15 seconds!
Holy shit that was great just 3 minutes but :P Hot Hot Hot
Dig the socks.
You want to blow me
That blonde turns me on! She makes my motor run. :-)
i don fined that sexy? i dont know why
Brunette is perfectly shaped. Guy def knows how to get himself off.
Wish I was there x
I would leave with the brunette on a jet plane..
"you should just kiss each other, like natural lube" #pornlogic
I love pussy and cock so sharing a guy is my favourite type of sex
Hi.what are your favorite positions
a loro piace più lo sperma che leccano e succhiano o il tocco delicato delle lorol ingue
they are Kasey Chase and Jennifer White ...
i`m ready to fuck anyone want big shot
really nice
The guy looks like Sein from The Walking Dead.
Mmmm nice hot video ! I love cumswaps !
my fave position, underneath in a 69 with my gf while shes getting a big hard fat cock in her pussy and im licking her clit and his cock balls and asshole, damn i wsant some cock ;p xx
They are both perfect! Wish to see more from them e.e
i love watching his dick ram her pussy. fucking turns me on. personally i would love to eat the blondes pussy while getting fucked if i were the brunette.
I'm not sure, but I think this is the blonde chick (but with darker hair). She's better looking than the brunette. http://www.youporn.com/watch/556810/put-your-fat-cock-in-my-mouth/?from=vbwn Enjoy ;)
love it
Best threesome ever.
they are here too!!!! " Sweet slut with rainbow socks gets fuck"
u da man. thants my man!
Brunettes for me are always hotter - yes my mother was one once!
she does look like her
I want that ass in my mouth!!!
i love the cute blonde girl :D
Ha! There were 69 comments! Now there's 70...
i just came up my gf's pussy after we have been watching hot porn for hours. then we made love . hot intense passion. when i came it felt incredible, this porn helps !
The blonde is HOT!!! If i were him, i would fuck the blonde first xD
Fucking hell, they are both shit hot.
geiler fick
was für 2 geile fickstücke
I wish I were the man in this video... Both girls are Gorgeous. Awesome!
Nice, amatourish, but nice, still, the ending became a bit scummy.....
Never left a comment before, but THIS is perfect!! I want more of you!!! :D
@Late Knight A-fucking-greed
Is this real? Even if staged, very hot.
Hot hot.
watch the whole thing on xvid - best threesome i've ever seen - no wonder he can't last...
buena toma...jessica, quisiera saber quien es jessica
Fucking hot!!
fichissimo bello il numero
Brunette is Jennifer White. Blonde is Kasey Chase. The whole video is uploaded on xvideos
dat ass
Sophie and Vanessa the REALLY names
Really good, but would have preferred a longer video
That was just dreams cumming true...
The girls were alsome! The guy sucked!!!!!!
out of this world !!! I haven't seen nothing like this
oh my god!
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Meet Maker Studios' Top Five YouTube Channels
YouTube thinks it can make a big play for TV ad budgets this year. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Company just spent $500 million on a company, Maker Studios, that from the outside seems to be just a collection of no-name YouTube channels.
If you're having trouble making sense of that, you might be, well, 'older.' The truth is that companies like Maker have strung together collections of YouTube channels with major followings–particularly among Millennials and even younger demographics. Some of these channels draw audiences that rival those of big TV networks.
Often they are centered around a particular personality, someone who's talents are uniquely suited to YouTube. And fans of these artist come back again and again, as they often subscribe to their favorite YouTube channels.
Look at Pewdiepie–who boasts of a staggering 25 million subscribers. Or the comedian/gamer Toby Turner, who boasts of three YouTube channels with 6 million, 5 million and 1 million subscribers respectively.
Sure, YouTube is global. But even if half of the audiences for these channels are from the U.S., they're programmers that marketers can't ignore.
Here's a snapshot of Maker Studios' top five channels on YouTube, according to the data firm OpenSlate:
1) PewDiePie: Open Slate score: 871. Engagement 9.8, Consistency 8.2, Influence 9.6.
Monthly Views on YouTube: 265,816,890, subscribers: 25,439,576
2)TobyGames: OpenSlate score 855, Engagement 9.6 , Consistency 8.1, Influence 9.7
Monthly views: 38,071,830, subscribers: 6,467,534
3) BlueXephos: OpenSlate score: 835. Engagement 9.6, Consistency 8.1, Influence 9.6.
Monthly views: 52,222,260, subscribers: 6,839,175
4) TobyTurner: OpenSlate score: 762. Engagement 8.5, Consistency 7.8, Influence 9.6
Monthly Views 3,233,790, subscribers: 1,969,083
5) Canalparafernalha: OpenSlate score: 760 Engagement 9.1, Consistency 8.4, Influence 9.3
Monthly Views: 22,541,490, subscribers: 5,064,290
Notes: The YouTube analytics firm OpenSlate put together a list of the top five YouTube channels that are part of Maker's talent pool (the company works with 55,000 creators). OpenSlate is basing its ranking on the number of views these creators have generated on YouTube, how consistently they deliver an audience, how often people share and comment on these videos. The company rolls all that data up into a "SlateScore" while also ranking each channel on a scale of one to 10 for Engagement, Consistency and Influence.