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[rl]Rivals.com will host three Five-Star Academy events this weekend, including two stops in the Midwest. All three events are expected to attract some of the top players in the country, including five-star defensive tackle William Campbell.
Campbell will headline Sunday's Five-Star Academy in East Lansing at Michigan State University. He'll be joined by many of the top players in Michigan and a few top players from Northwestern Ohio.
Campbell, the top-ranked player in Michigan from Detroit Cass Tech, is already committed to Michigan, but other schools haven't given up their pursuit to land him. He has numerous national offers and will be one of the most heavily targeted players in the nation during the spring evaluation process.
Michigan State has gotten off to a great start in-state this season and almost all of the Spartans' commitments will be on hand for the event.
This includes stud running backs Edwin Baker of Oak Park and Larry Caper of Battle Creek. Linebacker Chris Norman of Detroit Renaissance is also slated to be there. All three are expected to be highly ranked in the Rivals250 when it's released next week. Receiver Donald Spencer of Ypsilanti is also a Spartan commitment that's expected at the event.
Other elite Michigan players will be there, too.
Top players like James Jackson from Grand Ledge, Teric Jones from Cass Tech, Shamari Benton from Brother Rice, Zac Matthias from Hemlock, Cameron Gordon of Inkster, Mike Schaaf of Arthur Hill, Jeremy Gainer of Clarenceville and Reid Fragel of Grosse Point South highlight a group of around 100 players expected to be at Michigan State on Sunday.
Rivals.com hits Illinois
Tim O'Halloran of EdgyTim.com will host his annual Rivals.com event Saturday at Naperville North High School, one of two events on Saturday. O'Halloran has hosted the Five-Star Academy events for more than eight years now and it always attracts the top players in Illinois.
Last season it attracted more than 250 of the top players from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and elsewhere in the Midwest. It'll be the same story again Saturday as household names in Illinois like Chris Watt, Patrick Ward, Jon Budmayr, Michael Schofield, Leon Hill, Michael Buchanan, Lendell Buckner, John Brewer and others will be there.
One player that Rivals.com is really excited to eyeball on Saturday is Schofield. The 6-foot-6, 270-pounder is about to explode nationally as his film is one of the finest in the state. He could be the next big thing in Illinois.
Best of the Carolinas
The Rivals.com Five-Star Academy tour also stops in the Charlotte area at Butler High School in Matthews, N.C., this Saturday with plenty of top talent from North Carolina and South Carolina expected to be on hand. Gastonia (N.C.) Ashbrook wide receiver Jheranie Boyd headlines a deep group that will be at the event.
Boyd, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound wideout who emerged as a potential top 50 national prospect after his film made the rounds, has a great combination of size and speed and is just starting to receive big offers. Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina, NC State and Wake Forest are among those who have already tendered offers with many more to come.
A couple of Charlotte locals will also highlight the event. Charlotte (N.C.) Independence defensive back DeVonte Holloman and Matthews (N.C.) Butler linebacker Hawatha Bell are both expected to be on hand to represent their home state. Holloman, a 6-foot-2, 205-pound safety, has early offers from Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, North Carolina, NC State, Tennessee, Clemson and others. Bell, who stands 6 feet 1 and 225 pounds, favors offers from South Carolina and Virginia Tech and also boasts offers from NC State, North Carolina and Miami.
Norwood (N.C.) South Stanly cornerback Terry Shankle, who is 6 feet and 170 pounds, will also be on hand. He has early offers from Alabama, North Carolina, NC State, South Carolina, Tennessee and others. Durham (N.C.) Hillside running back Desmond Scott, with offers from Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, NC State and many others, might also make an appearance.
Others from North Carolina expected to attend with offers include Raleigh (N.C.) Leesville Road wide receiver Zach Greene (NC State), Durham (N.C.) Southern Durham wideout Kendrick Wiggins (East Carolina), Charlotte (N.C.) Charlotte Catholic tight end Tucker Windle, Charlotte (N.C.) Mallard Creek corner Josh Hunter and others.
The state of South Carolina will be represented as well, led by Greenwood, S.C. teammates Sam Montgomery and D.J. Swearinger. Montgomery is a 6-foot-4, 220-pound defensive end with offers from nearly everyone in the Southeast while Swearinger is a 6-foot-0, 188-pound safety with two early offers from Illinois and Vanderbilt.
Florence (S.C.) West Florence defensive end Malliciah Goodman, a 6-foot-4, 242-pounder who is already committed to Clemson, is also expected to attend as well as his teammate, defensive end Sydney Sarmiento.
Even the state of Georgia will be represented as McDonough (Ga.) Henry County wide receiver Jamal Patterson is expected to be on hand as well. Patterson has offers from Florida, Alabama, Clemson, North Carolina, South Carolina and others.


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Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated December 28, 1876.
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Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated December 28, 1876., Original located at the University of Vermont's Special Collections in the George Perkins Marsh Collection, filed by date., http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/sfbgpm761228 (accessed January 22, 2018)
Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated December 28, 1876.
Transcribed by : John Thomas, Ralph H. Orth and Ellen Thomson
TEI mark-up by : James P. Tranowski andEllen Thomson
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International Exhibition, 1876. Board on Behalf of U.S. Executive Department, national Museum: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, Dec 28, 1876
Dear Mr. Marsh:
I find in re-arranging my papers a package of wood cuts that I obtained for you nearly two years ago & which I supposed had gone forward long since. They are intended to illustrate the possibility of engraving complicated pictures on wood from photographs printed upon the surface from negatives. The photographs in question were taken by Maj. Powell on his expedition and the stereoscopic negatives were printed direct on the blocks.
I now send them after the long delay knowing your interest in everything connected with this branch of art.
We got back from the -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- Centennial about two weeks ago, after a residence there of several (7) months. My particular object in staying so long was to secure as much as possible of the exhibits of foreign commissioners. I was fortunate in that, as I obtained nearly everything of an animal, mineral & vegetable character belonging to the various governments & have an accumulation in the Government Building at Philadelphia that is appalling to look upon. What we shall ever do with it all I do not know as I estimate the entire amount at about 30 or 40 carloads.
We are trying to get Congress to give us a building of about 300 feet square to accommodate the collection. Whether successfully or not is yet to be ascertained.
With love from everybody, Believe me
Sincerely yoursSpencer F BairdHon. Geo. P. Marsh. U.S. Minister. Rome.
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Donations save 18th annual Ypsilanti pre-Thanksgiving dinner
Joseph Tobianski I AnnArbor.com
An outpouring of support and donations from the local community will allow the 18th Ypsilanti annual pre-Thansgiving dinner to go on as scheduled Thursday.
A lack of funds threatened the annual Behavior Workshop pre-Thanksgiving dinner, organizer Tyrone Bridges said.
Bridges, who is a community activist and director of the Behavior Workshop, said after an initial AnnArbor.com article ran about the dinner being in danger, he received several inquiries from individuals interested in helping.
"I'm overjoyed about that," he said. "That's phenomenal. This is the most support we've ever had for this dinner."
Bridges said Ypsilanti Public Schools which owns the Perry Child Development Center, where the dinner is usually held, used to waive all of the administrative fees, but no longer does.
Bridges said the district charged $135 to use the gymnasium, $75 to use the kitchen and $84 for a food service worker. Bridges said the district required him to get liability insurance as well.
Due to the donations, which ranged from $25 to $300, the entire dinner and insurance is now covered. Altogether, including what was owed to the school and food, Bridges said the event costs close to $1,000.
Bridges said he is still getting emails and phone calls from local residents, organizations and business owners.
"The majority of emails from people were saying this is an excellent thing you're doing and I'm still receiving those types of contacts," he said. "We were able to add a couple extra food items and buy some tablecloths."
President and CEO of the Washtenaw Federal Credit Union Greg Gurka said they also would be helping out. He said the credit union had been discussing what group it could assist this Thanksgiving, and after Gurka read the article about the dinner, "things fell into place."
"We were not able to cover all the expenses, but did donate $300 to help the dinner move forward," Gurka said. "The credit union is locally-owned, governed and staffed by members of this community. We feel it is important to assist the residents of the community we serve. It ties back to the old credit union philosophy of "people helping people."
Although this year's dinner will take place, Bridges said unless a sponsor is found next year, this dinner could be the last.
"It's a sad thing and it's going to be a hard thing to tell them unless a sponsor picks it up and the school be more willing to be flexible, next year we might not have it," he said.
Despite this, Bridges said right now his focus is on this year's dinner, which has the capacity to feed up to 300 people.
"When people come, they feel good when they leave," he said. "That's what the spirit of the dinner is for, it makes people feel good. We're going to make sure they get the best dinner they've ever had."
The event is from 4:45 to 7:45 p.m. on Thursday at the Perry School Gymnasium, located at 633 Harriet St.
Katrease Stafford covers Ypsilanti for AnnArbor.com.Reach her at email@example.com or 734-623-2548 and follow her on twitter.
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Wed, Nov 14, 2012 : 11:37 p.m.
Hope the bank and other donors will get a complete accounting of the money spent after the event. It would help insure any future donations are spent where they were pledged.
Wed, Nov 14, 2012 : 2:39 p.m.
Ron, you should be in charge. I tried to explain to Harry the finances involved. For the Public to fund private charities, that money should come from individual or corporate donations, NOT taxes! Once you start funding charities with Public funds, where do you draw the line? I think most all of us agree that we pay enough (if not too much) taxes. If we had to include ALL charities as a part of the Public budget, it would add to the taxes that would have to be collected to pay for them. I am all for the dinner and the charitble organizations and personally support many, however, it is not right that taxpayers would be forced to pay to support them.
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 : 9:06 p.m.
I can't get over the fact that the school system has done this. I could have been their way of donating but no, they need their greedy hands filled with money from people who are trying to help the poor and give them a great meal. And then being charged for a kitchen person to be there also? WHY? Are they afraid nobody knows how to cook? Maybe they should have asked all the employees if anybody wanted to volunteer their time for this wonderful event. I live in the Ypsi school district and my taxes go to the school system and I say waive all the fees, it's not costing you anything for them using your facilities. All that money you have in your account comes from the tax payers of the district and I for one think it was a cold hearted move for them to get charged for this facility. Mr. Bridges, I for one would like to say THANK YOU for doing this. I bet this dinner will happen again next year for sure. I may just have to start looking around the local area and for the perfect place to hold it. I just feel bad that I couldn't do more for this dinner but seeing how the school district is so tight with their money, one night of use would not hurt them one bit. Hats off to you Mr. Bridges, you have my prayers for a very Happy Holiday Season. I bet if one of the employees of the school district needed the facilities for something, it wouldn't cost them a shiny penny at all. Just sad sad sad. As the saying goes, what goes around comes around. I have seen it and delt with it before. I say next school board meeting, everybody jam the room so full and tell them just what we think of how they did this and ask them why? Its not for the money for sure. SO why charge when it's the taxpayers paying the bills that get used in that building. And A2.com, sorry about the rant but seeing a story like this really disturbs me quite a bit. Great story for sure and a wake up call to hopefully a few kind hearted people to start planning for next years dinner.
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 : 6:04 p.m.
I wonder why some of the local churches didn't volunteer there space and kitchen? Ypilanti has a $38,000,000 operating budget. I dont see why they wouldn't wave $300. It s like taking a .0078 of one penny out of my pocket on pay day. $300 is .0000078 of 1% of their budget.
Wed, Nov 14, 2012 : 2:31 p.m.
Just because a unit of government has a large total dollar amount, that doesn't mean they are flush......... $300 here, $300 there and pretty soon you're in a big deficit (Like Fed Gov't????). Harry i suggeest you run for City Council if you feel strongly enough about having the taxpayers fund charities.........
Katrease Stafford
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 : 6:34 p.m.
Harry, Organizer Tyrone Bridges said he did look at other places, but the problem was these locations did not have commercial kitchens, which is needed to cook the large volume of food they'll have. I think moving forward though, if he can continue to do the dinner, he'll probably continue to look at all of the possible options in terms of location.


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The 18th Party Congress formally closed on Wednesday after appointing the members of its Central Committee and Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.
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My problem is pretty simple? Recently I bought a laptop (Windows Vista 32-bit) with McAfee and once the free period expired I uninstalled this and downloaded Avast anti-virus (free) and ZoneAlarm v9.1.007.002. Everything seemed to be OK, until I discovered that when ZoneAlarm is ON and Windows Firewall is OFF, the "Network Discovery" and "File Sharing" will automatically stay ON and the only way to disable these is to have Windows Firewall ON (along with ZA or on its own). I use my laptop a lot in public places and prefer not to be shown on the local networks which is obviously happening because the Discovery is ON. Last night I disabled the UPnP service and the SSDP service. This morning when I logged onto my machine both the Firewalls were OFF and I started ZA first but still the Network Discovery and File Sharing where on so I had to again switch on Windows Firewall. Admittedly I am no expert on this area regarding Firewalls etc and would be very grateful for any ideas/help.
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I was reading days ago that Avalokiteshvara/Guanyin and some schoolars said that Guanyin is an incorporation of Hinduism into Buddhism.
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Some have suggested that Avalokiteśvara, along with many other supernatural beings in Buddhism, was a borrowing or absorption by Mahayana Buddhism of one or more Hindu deities, in particular Shiva or Vishnu (though the reason for this suggestion is because of the current name of the bodhisattva: Avalokit*E*svara, not the original one: Avalokit*A*svara.)
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New father Morton working hard on comeback trail
By Tom Singer / MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- Charlie Morton is on a detailed, meticulous two-lane rehab road, making his way back from Tommy John surgery 11 months ago and a more recent case of shoulder discomfort.
Morton does his work diligently. He doesn't look for, nor wants to accept, any excuse to skip a scheduled routine. It just so happened that wife Cindy's medical team scheduled a C-section delivery for Thursday, the same day Morton was due to pitch a bullpen session at PNC Park.
Morton sought out manager Clint Hurdle on Wednesday -- to reassure him he'd be taking that turn.
"I need to stay on schedule," Morton told Hurdle.
"But isn't your wife having the C-section?" Hurdle asked.
"I think I'll be able to get here to throw the 'pen. I'll make it," Morton said.
At 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Morton was on the phone to Hurdle in the Pirates' clubhouse.
"I don't think I'll make it," he said.
"What?" Hurdle said, with mock anger. "You said you'll be here at 11. We're all waiting on you."
Charles Alfred Morton V was born Thursday morning, a healthy 9 pounds, 14 ounces and 21 inches. It's the couple's first child.
Morton threw his bullpen Friday morning in PNC Park.
"They said he looked like he hadn't had a whole lot of sleep the last day and a half," Hurdle said, grinning.
Morton will make his next rehab start on Sunday, for Triple-A Indianapolis in Buffalo. He is slated to go six innings or 90 pitches. If he stays on schedule, he will make one more rehab start on May 31, then join the Bucs.
Bucs' Class A affiliate combines for 24 K's in game
MILWAUKEE -- Even in this year of the whiff in the Majors, there was plenty of opportunity on Thursday night to focus the spotlight on West Virginia, the Pirates' Class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League.
The Power came up with 24 reasons: one for each strikeout its four pitchers combined for in a 12-inning, 3-2 victory over Lakewood. The team total was the second-highest in the league's history, going back to 1960.
The Bucs love props going out to their organization, at any level.
"They're getting some national attention. That's good. It's fun to watch from afar," said manager Clint Hurdle.
The first five innings and first 12 strikeouts belonged to Tyler Glasnow, a 19-year-old right-hander from Southern California who tops the SAL with his .122 opponents' batting average.
"He's a young man finding his way, learning and continuing to develop," Hurdle said of the 6-foot-7 righty, the Pirates' fifth-round pick in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft. "We like him. He's one of the many on the pitching side who has gotten out of the blocks very clean."
Picking up Glasnow were Josh Smith (four K's in three innings), Jason Creasy (six in 2 2/3) and Thomas Harlan (two in 1 1/3).
Glasnow is a product of Hart High School, the alma mater of, among others, the Royals' James Shields, Indians prospect Trevor Bauer and Pirates icon Bob Walk.
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• 23-10: The Pirates' record in games decided by three runs or fewer, entering Friday's action, the best in the Majors.
• "He's in a very good place, compared to where he was in the past. It's experience and maturity, good judgment. He's a unique talent." -- Hurdle on Andrew McCutchen, whose strikeouts are dramatically down (21 in 172 at-bats entering Friday) at a time they are soaring all over the Majors.
Worth noting
• Starling Marte reached base at least twice in each of the Pirates' first 47 games, the most ever for the team's leadoff batter (records date back to 1916), and tying him with Paul Waner's 1928 pace for the most for any Pittsburgh player regardless of batting-order position.
• Jeff Karstens (shoulder discomfort) is with the Indians in Buffalo, but does not yet have a scheduled pitching day.
• Infielder Chase d'Arnaud (thumb ligament) has been reassigned to Indianapolis on the last lap of his own rehab.
• James McDonald breezed through his bullpen session Friday afternoon in Miller Park, and has been scheduled to make his first rehab start on Monday, for Double-A Altoona.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SNOW HILL – A federal
bond program will reduce interest payments on the Mystic Harbor wastewater
treatment plant funding by 35 percent, at least as long as the program
Enterprise fund
controller Jennifer Savage told the Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday that
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is supplying loan and grant
funding for the Mystic Harbor sewage plant replacement, approached the county
last month and offered a chance to issue Build America bonds to finance the
plant work.
The Build America bond
program is part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Build America bonds are
taxable, which generally means that the interest rate will go up as compared to
a tax-exempt bond.
The program offers a
35-percent tax credit for the Build America bonds to offset higher interest
However, Worcester
County would not see an increase in interest rates on the 40-year term of the
Mystic Harbor loans, Savage said.
"USDA does not plan on
changing the terms of our agreement with them," said Savage.
The county is looking at
a reduction in interest, effectively, from 2.625 percent to about 1.7 percent,
under the Build America initiative.
Staff consulted with the
county bond counsel "at length" on the federal bond program.
"It seems it's to our
benefit to take advantage of this program," said Savage.
How long the Build
America program will last is unknown, however.
There's a good chance
the tax credit program will not continue for the entire 40-year term of the
USDA loan, said Savage.
The county would get the
rebate as long as the Build America program continues, Commissioner Virgil
Shockley said.
The bonds must be issued
by the end of the year to take advantage of the bond program. Normally, USDA
would close on the financing with the county after the money has been spent,
which requires interim financing for the project.
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County to take advantage of this program, the USDA will close this fall, Savage
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If the five previous Fast and Furious films can be used as a gauge for what's down the road, Fast & Furious 6 will be crashing the Super Bowl with muscle cars, mini skirts and, undoubtably, catch phrases. The debut trailer for the popular franchise's latest will air during halftime and Tyrese Gibson promises a game changer.
"The fans for the first time will get a real sense of the magnitude of this movie," Tyrese told Radio.com. "It's the biggest one we did so far, [it's]crazy. It's the proudest one we did so far. The success of Fast Five created a different pressure we've never felt because it [Five] was the most successful."
The fifth of the franchise collected $86 million at the box office during the opening weekend in 2011.
Fans are already getting suped-up for the trailer which is set to debut during the Super Bowl (February 3). Tyrese isn't the only cast member helping to build anticipation.
"Just watched our FAST & FURIOUS 6 Super Bowl commercial," tweeted Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. "Holy Sh*t. We took it next level. #TheBeastKnownAsHOBBS"
Fast & Furious 6 features the return of cast members The Rock, Vin Diesel. Paul Walker, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster. Fans can bet there will be a grand plan and colorful car chases. But this time, tracker Luke Hobbs (Johnson) will work along with heist master Dom (Diesel) in order to stop a crew of mercenary killers.
Tyrese promises the new turns will be a hit for fans.
"We have some surprises up our sleeve toward the end of the movie," he said. "It's going to be the biggest cliff hanger you've seen in your life. It is going to change the franchise."
The popular Fast and Furious franchise kicked off with in 1995 with The Fast and the Furious. Tyrese was introdiuced to the series on the sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious, which hit theaters in 2003.
The Justin Lin-directed Fast & Furious 6 will hit theaters May 24, 2013. –Erik Parker, Radio.com


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Apparently, the Airedales still had that on their mind Friday night when they came from behind to tie Russellville, then sophomore Seth Linker kicked a 17-yard field goal in the final seconds to beat the Cyclones 17-14.
Russellville (2-1) regained the lead after a 76-yard screen pass from Mitch Mullen to Co-Chese Temple-Laws resulted in a touchdown. Jose Crisostomo's point-after kick gave the Cyclones a 14-7 lead with 9:18 to go in the fourth quarter.
Alma's next drive was killed when quarterback Gabe Jensen was tackled hard, and the fumble was recovered by Russellville's Hunter Standridge at the Airedale 27. But the Cyclones couldn't capitalize on the game's lone turnover.
Alma (2-1), led by a hobbled Jensen, got the Airedales down to the Russellville 30. Then he threw to Malachi White, who hit the sideline and raced 52 yards for the tying touchdown. Linker's PAT made it 14-14 with 5:09 left in the game.
After the Cyclones were stopped on their next possession, Alma still had time and some hope. Jensen completed passes to White for 15 yards, then a 37-yard gain to Adam Wilbanks for a first down at the RHS 19 with a minute to go.
Gage Battles took the reverse inside the 10, then Jensen threw to Lance Wheeler, who stepped out of bounds at the 1. But Russellville held the Airedales out of the end zone and forced 4th-and-goal inside the 1.
After a time out, the sophomore lined up and hit his best kick of the night through the uprights with four seconds remaining. Alma got off its best kickoff of the night, and the Cyclones returned it to their 35 as time expired.
Both teams traded possessions in a scoreless first quarter. The Cyclones didn't allow the Airedales beyond the 50, despite the fact Alma had the football for nearly 13 minutes on offense.
The Airedales looked to finally be in scoring position four minutes into the second quarter. Gage Jensen connected on a 48-yard bomb to Lance Wheeler down to the RHS 3.
But Alma was hit with an illegal motion penalty that negated the play. Two plays earlier, the Airedales were hit with an illegal participation penalty for 15 yards. They ended up with 41 yards in penalties at halftime.
The Cyclones also had their penalty woes (40 yards in first half), but finally looked like they were on a mission to cross the goal line with three minutes to go in the second quarter.
Cody Jones directed Russellville's no-huddle offense to the Alma 22, then a pass into the end zone was tipped and fell incomplete.
E.J. Carpenter rushed for 10 yards, then Jones threw a couple of passes to Jalen Curtis, who got to the 2. Kentrell Scott did the rest on his first carry since he was injured in the Morrilton season opener. Jose Crisostomo's point-after kick gave the Cyclones a 7-0 lead with :21 remaining in the first half.
RHS got inside the red zone on its second possession of the third quarter, thanks to Carpenter's 32-yard gain to the Alma 14. But the Cyclones eventually missed a 30-yard field goal attempt.
The Airedales started at their 20 and tied the score thanks to a couple of fourth-down conversions during an 80-yard, 11-play drive. Alex Elam caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Jensen, then Seth Linker's PAT made it 7-7 with 4:25 to go in the third quarter.
Russellville looked as if it would be forced to punt out of the end zone, but the Cyclones got a first down after a personal foul against the Airedales. Mitch Mullen's pass to Chase Bicanovsky was short of the first down, but an Alma player was flagged for a late hit on the opposite side of the field after the play was over.
That's all the new life RHS needed. Mullen connected with Co-Chese Temple-Laws, who scampered 76 yards down the sideline for the touchdown.
The Cyclones will begin 7A/6A-Central Conference play at Cyclone Stadium next week when they host the Conway Wampus Cats. The Airedales will begin 5A-West Conference play at Clarksville.


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This may be of help to anyone with a Sony HX853 TV
My Sony 46HX853 2D Settings For General TV Viewing, Blu-ray & 3D Done After 1hr Warm Up Time
On the home button
Scene select: Cinema
ECO settings
Power Saving: Off
Scene Select Sync: Off
Light Sensor: Off
Idle TV Standby: Off
PC Power Management: Off
Target Inputs: Common
Picture mode: Cinema 1
Backlight: 2 or 3 (dependant on room lighting)
Contrast: 90
Brightness: 50
Colour: 50
Hue: 0
Colour Temperature: Warm 2
Sharpness: 50
Noise Reduction: off
MPEG Noise Reduction: off
Dot Noise Reduction: off
Reality Creation: Off
Video Area Detection: Off
Resolution: Min
Noise Filtering: Min
Smooth Gradation: Off
Motionflow: Clear or Clear Plus for General TV Viewing & OFF For Blu-ray
Film Mode: AUTO1 or OFF
Advanced Settings
Black Corrector: Off
Adv. Contrast Enhancer: Off
Gamma: -1
LED Dynamic Control: Low
Auto Light Limiter: Off
Clear White: Off
Live Colour: Off
White Balance: RGB Gain / Bias -5 0 -2 -1 0 0
Detail Enhancer: Off
Edge Enhancer: Off
Skin Naturaliser: Off
i/p Conversion Preference: Quality
3D Settings
All Settings stay the same except the following Change
On the home button
Contrast: 98
Motionflow: Off
Film Mode: Auto 2
Advanced Settings
White Balance: RGB Gain / Bias -2 -6 0 0 0 0
Display>3D Settings
3D Depth Adjustment: 0
3D Glasses Brightness: Low
I hasten to add that these settings relate to my tv, all panels are not created equal, but it may be a good point to start from when calibrating your HX853.
Regards ...


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WOODS, WINGS, WATER: Burning marsh burning up airwaves
Oct. 27, 2013 at 5:27 a.m.
Friday afternoon, I received a weather alert on my phone advising thick smoke from wildfires in Jefferson County.
I thought, no big deal, somebody is probably burning marsh with duck season quickly approaching.
When I sat down to bang out a column this week, I turned on the tube and saw the lead story on every Houston television news outlet about the "massive" wildfires on the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge.
I chuckled.
Let's go live to Harry Hyperbole on the scene of the blaze.
"There is smoke everywhere. Five thousand acres of marsh have been damaged, and refuge officials say they may not have the fire under control until tomorrow."
While on-site reporters sensationalized the magnitude of the flames and smoke with live aerial shots of a burning marsh, waterfowl hunters were smiling, knowing a burning marsh means better hunting.
Wildlife managers have been burning marshes for years - it's actually taught in the curriculum at the college level for most wildlife management degrees. And, this burn did not ignite from carelessness; rather, whether the refuge admits it or not, it was meant to be a controlled burn, and the wind kicked up, shot up flames and sent smoke to heavily populated areas.
One reporter said they were fighting the fire with boats because they couldn't get fire trucks in a marshy area.
"It's burning out of control!"
It's a quagmire of moist mud and water, people.
The ponds, bayous, sloughs, beaches and Intracoastal Waterway surrounding McFaddin controls the burn.
Maybe the media assumed the fire was out of control because most decisions the federal government (the Department of the Interior oversees U.S. Fish and Wildlife) have made recently have been out of control.
The truth is no one was fighting the fire - they were letting it burn, just like it was intended. Sure, it might have swelled a bit when the east, northeast wind kicked up, appearing as if it was out of control. It will be tough to get the real story from Fish and Wildlife concerning who and how the fire started. A look from those aerial photos show separate burns throughout the marsh, giving rise to the notion it didn't start in one spot and spread.
All hunters who frequent marshes know what really happened.
The real story will be how many snow geese hit those fresh green sprouts that will emerge from the burn in a few weeks. I remember walking in to McFaddin from the High Island beach in a fog so thick you could barely see the end of your nose. I also remember the pile of snow geese that perished in that marsh that day.
Waterfowl and waterfowl hunters are the winners here.
Guess what? Expect to see more marsh fires.
Those Cajuns on the other side of the Sabine River will be lighting up their marshes soon because their waterfowl season opens a couple of weeks later than ours.
If you see a puff of smoke coming from a certain piece of marsh near Matagorda, it is probably me with torch in hand.
Now, if you intend to burn large acreage, I encourage you to call emergency management officials in your county to alert them of your actions so they don't come running when someone calls about a "fire burning out of control."
To all those in a panic - get off the concrete once in a while.
The Texas coast is a wild place.
Bink Grimes is a freelance writer, photographer, author and licensed captain (email@example.com).


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Clinton faces off against her Libya critics
DEFENDING her legacy and perhaps protecting her future, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced congressional committees over the killing of the US ambassador to Libya, with a performance that was at times fraught, at times angry, but always commanding.
The nation's chief diplomat - strongly rumoured to harbour presidential ambitions - has been targeted by Republican critics since the raid on the US consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, Chris Stevens.
It has been alleged Mrs Clinton sought to cover up the assault as a response to an anti-Islamic film rather than the terrorist attack it later proved to be, in order to reassure voters during last year's presidential election that al-Qaeda had been largely defeated; and that her state department failed to properly protect its diplomats. Some had even accused her of faking her recent illness to avoid testifying to the committees.
In a statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee questioning began on Wednesday morning, Mrs Clinton declared remorse over the deaths and assumed full responsibility for them, struggling not to cry as she described standing by the President as their coffins were repatriated.
At first the questions were determinedly respectful, with even Republican senators prefacing questions by commenting on Mrs Clinton's remarkable term as Secretary of State.
''As a doctor, I will tell you, I have seen you work yourself to exhaustion, not for your own benefit but for the benefit of the people of this country, and the country is grateful,'' said Senator John Barrasso to Mrs Clinton, who will hand over to John Kerry for the Obama administration's second term.
But Mrs Clinton allowed her anger to show during questioning from Senator Ron Johnson, who asked why she or her staff had not immediately called survivors to ask whether a protest had preceded the assault. Mrs Clinton replied that she did not want to interfere with the FBI investigation.
Senator Johnson suggested this was an excuse and the two spoke over one another with raised voices until he retreated under her anger.
''With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans,'' she said. ''Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference, at this point, does it make?
''It is, from my perspective, less important today looking backward as to why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice,'' she said.
Senator Johnson withdrew.
Senator John McCain accused the State Department under Mrs Clinton of failing to provide Libya with the support needed to train its own forces, and said an attack of the sort that killed the Americans should have been foreseen. She disagreed.
Senator Rand Paul, the son of the Republican candidate Ron Paul, who is rumoured to have ambitions to take over his father's political machine for the 2016 race, took Mrs Clinton to task. ''I'm glad you're accepting responsibility. I think that ultimately with your leaving, you accept the culpability for the worst tragedy since 9/11, and I really mean that. Had I been president at the time … I would have relieved you of your post. I think it's inexcusable,'' he said.
During his lengthy question, Mrs Clinton variously cupped her chin in her hand, smiled or shuffled papers, occasionally glancing his way over her glasses. When he finished she remained unruffled and replied: ''I believe in taking responsibility, and I have done so.''
Later in the day, Mrs Clinton addressed the House committee, which began by rejecting an independent review that found fault for the attack lay at assistant secretary level. It is not clear if the incident will blemish what is regarded in Washington as an otherwise highly successful term in the role, although a recent Washington Post poll found her favourability at 67 per cent - a career high - and roughly double the popularity of congressional Republicans.
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· June 13, 2006 · $9.99 · 978-0-553-37593-0 (0-553-37593-8)
Q. Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood takes Bridget, Carmen, Lena, and Tibby through their final summer together before they leave for different colleges. Did writing about this challenging, eye-opening time in the girls' lives remind you of preparing to leave home for your freshman year? What were some of your expectations for your first year at college?A. I remember thinking it was a huge deal to go to college. I just knew that my life would never be the same again–that leaving home would effectively divide my life into two parts. And it did. I remember packing my trunk and feeling nostalgic in an almost preemptive way. But then, I've always been susceptible to a malady I call over-dread, where you imagine and fear something so exhaustively that the real event, when it arrives, seems relatively easy in comparison. A few of my characters suffer from that same malady, I think.In leaving home, I relished the opportunity to change everything about myself I ever disliked (quite a list). And yet I also wanted to take my whole self with me. That same incompatibility continues to dog me, as it happens.Back then, I remember feeling as Carmen does a few times–if you take yourself out of your context of family and hometown and friends, who exactly do you have left?Q. "Last time they had started at the end. This time they started at the beginning. You couldn't erase the past. You couldn't even change it. But sometimes life offered you the opportunity to put it right" (p. 325). Why did you give Bridget the challenge of Eric all over again, especially in this crucial summer before she leaves her home for a new experience?A. Bridget is so gifted and so strong, and yet she's the most fragile of the characters in the Sisterhood. I have yearned to put stable ground under her feet. That process really started in The Second Summer, when she developed her relationship with Greta.A lot of readers asked me to bring Eric back, and at first I didn't want to. There is the kind of love that takes and the kind that gives, and you don't usually find both with the same person. But then I thought about it more and I realized that he offered this great opportunity for her to shore up her past, to demonstrate to herself that she's grown, that she can be different. The first summer with Eric, she tries to captivate him with this false idea of herself. She ends up feeling frail and used. But it's not fair to say that Eric used her, precisely. More painful is Bee's knowledge that she used herself.In this third book, Bridget presents herself honestly to Eric, both in strength and in weakness. She has to really fight with herself to keep honest, but she does. At the end of the summer, she knows he loves her for who she actually is. On a deep level she knows that's the kind of love that sustains.Q. Tibby, Carmen, and Bridget find love in Girls in Pants. Lena is the only one of the four left without a romantic relationship. But Lena was the one who originally had the most trouble believing in love, and letting herself fall for Kostos. Why did you choose to leave her out of a new experience in love?A. Love-wise, poor Lena has been through the wringer. Because I am supposedly the ruler of their world, I mostly try to arrange love to happen for them when it is right and good. And I think Lena has a way to go before she's ready to try it again. She's been too much defined by the people she loves, too much at the margins of her own life. I think she needs to take herself seriously, to take more of a stand for herself, which is largely what she's up to in this third summer.Q. Throughout Girls in Pants, the girls seem hesitant about how their relationships with friends and family will change when they're apart for the year. How did your relationships change when you left home for your first year of college?A. Inevitably, relationships do change. I've held on to some good friends, and a few others have gradually slipped away (I from them or they from me– it is always hard to say). Relationships in close proximity seem to roll along with a certain organic momentum. Relationships at a distance require a bit more prodding. They are more likely to slow and stop, and you need to be ready to restart them. I'm not so great at that.It's funny. I've always idealized great relationships as a meeting of minds and souls, but as I get older I realize how much it matters that you get to gossip over donuts.Q. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, your debut novel, became a major motion picture, bringing even more acclaim to your already successful series. How did it feel watching your story unfold on the big screen?A. It was thrilling and also strange. Watching the movie, I felt connected to it, but I also felt like it was something apart from me and the work I do. It's fascinating to have a lot of creative minds lend their gifts to a project like that. It gave me insight into the story and characters. It allowed me to see it in different ways.Writing is solitary, of course. Sometimes you feel like your ideas echo around in your brain, and you wonder if they relate to anything real or meaningful in the world. The quality of the movie, the hard work it represented from the director and the actors and many others, made me feel like I had played a role in something both real and meaningful.Q. Would you eventually like to see Second Summer, Girls in Pants, and Sisterhood #4 made into movies? Do you think about how a director would interpret your story while you're writing Sisterhood #4?A. I had such a good experience watching the adaptation of the first book that I would happily look forward to more. I trust that a movie can absolutely do justice (and more) to a book. At the same time, my books and characters have lives apart from movies. They will go on, unimpeded, whether or not they ever get filmed again. As a writer, I think in terms of books. I leave movies to the experts.Q. The fourth Sisterhood book is the last you're planning to write about these characters for now. Are you ambivalent about leaving them? Do you wonder how their lives will turn out, if their dreams will be realized? Would you want to revisit the girls of the Sisterhood as adults at some point?A. I am terribly ambivalent about leaving them. I love thinking about them and writing about them. I love seeing what they will do next.At the same time, I think it is good for any literary enterprise to have a shape. The shape of this one–beginning, expanding, and ending–is four books. I wouldn't feel like a real storyteller if I just left it open-ended, following these characters somewhat aimlessly into the future. Granted, life does tend to amble aimlessly. But my business thus far is fiction.That said, I do intend, at some point, to figure out what happens to these young women. I am too invested in their futures not to care. I think I would like to march ten or twenty years into their lives and see what's happened. Maybe there will be a novel in that. Maybe not. I sort of hope there will be.Q. How has your success influenced your writing, or has it? Has the success of Traveling Pants, Second Summer, and Girls in Pants influenced how you're approaching Sisterhood #4?A. I love the fact that my books have connected with a lot of people. That is the luckiest and nicest thing, and I appreciate it all the time. If I forget to appreciate it, even briefly, I give myself a little kick to start again. That lovely feeling of connection has made subsequent books harder to start (the pressure) but somehow easier to finish (I imagine a lot of company along the way).But success is a term I don't completely absorb. I have this odd idea that success will mean that brownies won't make you fat and fashion will become natural to you and that jars of spaghetti sauce will open for you without your having to shout for your husband. I think it should mean you don't doubt and falter and do incredibly stupid things. In that sense, I have not achieved it.Q. What types of projects would you like to work on in the future? Do you worry about being able to please all your Sisterhood fans with the next book you write?A. There are so many other things I want to write. One of them is a freestanding novel–a sort of love triangle with lots of romance and tragedy. I've been thinking a lot about that one recently. I can't wait to start it. And, yes, it is hard to move beyond the characters of the Sisterhood. 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WASHINGTON (AP) — Only a few species of mammals are monogamous, and now two scientific teams think they've figured out why they got that way. But their answers aren't exactly romantic.
One team looked just at primates, the animal group that includes apes and monkeys. The researchers said the exclusive pairing of a male and a female evolved as a way to let fathers defend their young against being killed by other males.
The other scientific team got a different answer after examining about 2,000 species of mammals. They concluded that monogamy arose in mammals because when females were spread out geographically, males had trouble guarding them against competitors unless they stuck close by.
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LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Eight percent of all teenagers indulge in cutting, burning and other self-harm behaviors but most grow out of it, a study in a British medical journal said.
The study by British and Australian researchers, published Thursday in the Lancet, suggests the practice of self-harm usually vanishes in late adolescence, often without any mental-health treatment, the Los Angeles Times reported.
But that doesn't mean parents should ignore the behavior, the authors said.
Many youths who indulge in self-harm have underlying mental-health problems such as depression or anxiety that can persist into adulthood, they said.
Youths who practiced self-harm at any time were 3.7 times more likely to have depression or anxiety even though less than 1 percent continue exhibit the behavior past age 29, the study found.
While it may be reassuring to parents to know self-harm often is a temporary behavior, the authors said, they should look closely at their children's overall mental health.
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Tim Tebow will present new Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan with his first big player-related decision. Tebow appears to be available via trade because the Denver Broncos are close to signing Peyton Manning.
Khan previously told a radio station that he would have drafted Tebow. He also often says he wants the team be successful on and off the field. Trading for Tebow would certainly accomplish the latter and arguably could contribute to the former. Based on Khan's go-get-it attitude in the rest of his business life, it would be surprising if Jacksonville did not at least inquire about Denver's asking price.
Tebow on the block: Is Jacksonville a good fit for former Broncos starter?
Khan released a statement about the issue on Monday: "We won't comment on players who aren't members of the Jaguars organization. But I would like to wish Peyton Manning the very best in the AFC West."
Tebow is one of the most popular athletes in the country. He played high school football near Jacksonville and was a Heisman trophy winner and two-time national champion at the University of Florida. His presence in Jacksonville would undoubtedly energize the Jaguars fan base, something that has been high on Khan's priority list since he bought the team from Wayne Weaver late last season. Regardless of whether acquiring Tebow is a good football move, it would generate massive interest.
Classic American story: Jaguars owner Khan's journey to the top
"You want to win on the field," Khan told Sporting News 10 days ago in an interview about his plans for the team. "But you're probably not going to do it every time. But I think off the field, being part of the community, you can win every day."
He wasn't talking about Tebow. But getting him would be a big win for the Jaguars.
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I believe the new rotation is scheduled:
--> 2013 West
--> 2014 Midwest
--> 2015 Mountains
--> 2016 East
... ... repeat ... ...
It's also important to note that sometimes, unexpected things happen and regions might get shuffled due to ... *SURPRISE!* ... complications.
But generally speaking, the rally site selection committee makes every effort to stick to this schedule.
Sue Rihn #43753
BMW MOA Ambassador
Sometimes it's the bend in the road that makes life worth the ride.
Does California have any prospective sites? I know Oregon is nice, but CA has some great riding as well! Thinking of Paso Robles, Monterey, etc.
Salem Oregon is a great choice but a little too soon since the Redmond rally in 2010. I did a little calculating and have attached a list of the last 10 rallies plus the proposed rally in Salem Oregon.
2005 Charleston, West Virginia
2004 Spokane Washington
2005 Lima, Ohio
2006 Burlington, Vermont
2007 West Bend, Wisconsin
2008 Gillette, Wyoming
2009 Jefferson City, North Carolina
2010 Redmond, Oregon
2011 Bloomington, Pennsylvannia
2012 Sedalia, Missouri
2013 Salem, Oregon
Central east=4
Central west=1
As you can see we are missing an opportunity to have the National in a beautiful part of the country. Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah, all have great places to ride and see. Sure we can ride there on the way to Salem but it would be better to have the rally in this region. Good for their economy and our riding.
I missed Durango and Missoula which I regret and have been hoping that the rally would go back there. We must also remember that these little rallies need to be profitable so it is a fine balance but we need to have the rallies in the Central West region too.
Keep the shiny side up and ride safe!
BMWMotorcycles, fun when they're running...
My other bike is a BMW.
Jack Hawley MOA and RA #224, KE9UW ("Chuck")
When I retire I can attend just about any rally I want to. Whether I choose the national rally will depend on what's going on, if there are family or friends close to the rally site, the weather, etc.
My fleet: 2015 R1200GS, 2017 Toyota Prius Prime (plug-in hybrid)
2009 was in Johnson City,TN not Jefferson City,NC
The thing about traveling is, you never want it to end and you can't wait to get home.
I answer to Roy, Chief, or Sarg.
04 R-1150-RT current bike. 94 R-1100-RS74,383, Sold, 78 R-80/7, K.I.A by a D.U.I
Nothing on their web/forum about this.... wonder why this info is made mention of
on our rally forum anyhow; sure to confuse someone. Will they be able to top
this years poor timing ( Father's day weekend) in Colorado; with maybe....
a Mother's Day conflict!
The RA board is pleased to announce the site of the 2013 rally. It will be held June 20-23, 2013 at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC.
To everyone who asked "when are we going back to Biltmore?", the answer is next year.
Great site, great riding and some surprises are in store for 2013. If you've never been to the Biltmore Estate this will be a great time to go.
Ride whatever makes you smile! Every bike has it's own issues, problems and annoyances...
'You can say what you want about the South, but I almost never hear of anyone wanting to retire to the North.


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Cal Water addresses complaints on high water rates
OROVILLE, Calif. - Cal Water in Oroville is speaking out after complaints from folks in Butte County that their rates are too high. Neighbors on Montgomery Street in Oroville put signs in their front yard, saying they can't afford to keep their lawns green because of the spike in water prices.
Cal Water is saying that's not true. Cal Water says the average water bill in Oroville is around $54, but when we talked to one of the neighbors on Montgomery Street two weeks ago, they say their bill was double that amount. "Now we pay $31 just to have a water meter, that is before they even turn on a drop of water every month," said Celia Hierschman Hierschman told us two weeks ago her water bill was way too high. In fact, she told us "it was $98 in September." "In August, just to water my front plants and have general use of my water, if I wanted to water my lawn that shot up to $250," said Hierschman. Hierschman reached out and showed us the colorful signs she and her neighbors have put in their front yards, generally saying Cal Water rates are too high. "The water rates have gone up. In fact, water rates have gone up in California so we are no exception to that," said Cal Water Oroville District Manager, Toni Ruggle. Ruggle said the water rates have gone up 54% in the past decade but it's because of new state regulations and equipment that has to be updated. "Water rates have gone up because we need to deliver safe and reliable drinking water for our customers," said Ruggle. Ruggle saw our story when it aired on Oct. 2, and told us Monday, the average bill for a Cal Water customer is not nearly as high as Hierschman's bill. "For an average water bill in Oroville, our customers pay around $54 a month in service," said Ruggle. According to Cal Water, it would take nearly 27,000 gallons of water to get the bill over a $100. "Well it's not accurate, you need to look at my bill which is 22,000 gallons," said Hierschman. Cal Water said if you're having trouble with your bill you can visit their website or stop by your local office to find out how you can save money. "I'm going to keep fighting until I see my rates go down," said Hierschman.


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Steve Jobs is keen to bring wireless syncing to iPods this year, and carbon fiber may be the key.
Following the news that Apple has just hired a leading carbon fiber expert, we can reveal that the company has been testing Wi-Fi syncing in iPods for the past two years.
Getting large libraries of music and movies to synchronize wirelessly over WiFi hasn't been easy, according to a source close to the company who asked to remain anonymous. But Steve Jobs himself sees it as key to updating the aging devices, which are becoming increasingly obsolete in the iPhone/iPad era.
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NO one played defense why???
We became the Bucks 9th win .... We played to lose this game why???
A game we couldve won without a 40 minute JRsmith, and 38 minute Melo being the major decision-makers in the game.
JR dont give any of our bench-players energy to win.
We need to ceate a 20 minute bench lineup that dont include JR.smith. Make JR are starter.
Put JR in the starter lineup with Tyson/K-Mart/Melo/Felton .. let Shump/Prig/THJ/MWP/Tyler/and Amare, gell a 20 minute all bench lineup.


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Antonio Cassano and Antonio Conte bicker over morality while the Cagliari President plays on, as Susy Campanale sums up the week's silliest statements.
"I wanted to play Ave Maria on the guitar with violin in the middle of the pitch to mark the inauguration of the stadium."
Cagliari President Massimo Cellino reveals why the authorities won't open the Is Arenas – the public must be protected
"Antonio Conte said I'm all talk? I'm not the one who is suspended for failing to report match-fixing... If Conte starts talking to me about morality then it's the end of the world."
Antonio Cassano doesn't so much stir up a hornet's nest as kick it repeatedly with steel-capped boots
"I never used the term 'morality,' despite the fact I have it in spades."
Conte's morality surplus makes up for the lack of modesty
"As for Cassano, we speak the same language, that of the streets, the way you earn respect in front of your house."
He's just Strama from the block
"Do I miss the bench? My wife has constructed one at home for me! I watch television on it…"
Conte keeps it real by spending most of his time standing up and shouting at The X-Factor
"We must play like a team that knows what it wants."
To get rid of its Coach, Massimiliano Allegri?
"Sometimes we have to play badly and try to get a result anyway."
Allegri is veering from 'sometimes' into 'always'
"Of course nobody is going to be happy with losing the derby, but it's not as if they are going to become supporters of Lazio or any other club."
Roma fans don't want to switch clubs – they just wish Zdenek Zeman would
"Zeman is a legend in Italy."
Vladimir Petkovic didn't necessarily mean that in a good way
"Edinson Cavani is a great player, but he cannot win a game by himself."
Coach Juande Ramos might've changed his mind after the Matador scored four past Dnipro
"I often joke with Mario Balotelli that perhaps I'm the only person who can manage him, but maybe because we don't spend that much time together."
Cesare Prandelli admits timing is everything
"We are invaded by the enthusiasm of the fans."
Vincenzo Montella thinks Fiorentina supporters are getting a bit too up close and personal
"They wouldn't even recognise me if I showed up. Who? Perini?..."
Mattia Perin is more famous than he realises – he is now that goalkeeper who conceded six in one game
"When I was nine I had to choose between table tennis and football because the lessons for both fell on a Saturday. Then the 2002 World Cup arrived and Ronaldo bewitched me. That's when I left table tennis for football. But I'm still quite handy with a bat…"
Now he's at Juventus, Paul Pogba is also on the right side of the table
"I never got on with Rafa Benitez. He even made me remove from my locker the photographs of my happiest moments with Jose Mourinho and Marcello Lippi."
The Spaniard knew Marco Materazzi was thinking about other Coaches that whole season...
"Balotelli had a row with Mancini, but that was not enough to suggest a divorce from City. It was like a normal tiff between husband and wife."
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So some hit the pot in that posture! Just a few hours before ol'e Nick was having
one at Rita's tea hut in the "roll position"... stuffed tidy & tight! He reported that
"lobsta-roll" was among the better he's had before feasting on Rita's pie....
coconut I believe! Man goes through some seafood.
three bowl john... two time salty veteran; not enough yet!
"breathing is easy... living takes effort"
Bob Weber
Larry's River, Nova Scotia, CANADA
Wish I could have done the whole trip, yet 'twas a wonderful time with no regrets beyond the damn knee -- and now the knee has been stuffed with cortisone 3 days ago and it helps a lot!
One thing I did notice on the ride from Larry's River to Monastery this year was that the group stayed together much better than other years -- pretty damn good for a dozen bikes. And I love riding sweep because you really get to crank it.
Salty Fog Rally 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 And DRAT! Missed the last one in 2015!
-Tom (KA1TOX)
I picture that little inscribed bowl sitting on a 2x4 stud shelf in the barn on the hill.
Probably in your music studio Bob; high up gathering dust till 2014, likely my next
visit to scenic Larry's River. At least the bowl would be in the good company of a
fine music collection; hey... toss beer caps in it until then! And Tom; its entirely
possible we moved along so well after the blessing of the bikes, at least from 2011,
because Dara wasn't on the pillion punch'in me and yell'in "hey slow down its wet"!!
That was really just salty fog.... this year was 30 hours straight of wet! Your knee
would not have enjoyed that 1st half of the Cabot this year! Get well Tom, will see
you again & will enjoy your pictures till then.
Ya, it was a bit wet this year but still lots of grins. And the food! That's a thread in itself. - Bob
Bob Weber
Larry's River, Nova Scotia, CANADA
Salty Fog Rally 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 And DRAT! Missed the last one in 2015!
-Tom (KA1TOX)
Looks like a great time. I hope I get to come up and spend time with you guys again next or sometime!
Has anybody heard from Nick or Harry?
Salty Fog Rally 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 And DRAT! Missed the last one in 2015!
-Tom (KA1TOX)
Hi Tom,
we did OK, considering the punch that this storm packed. Lost power for about 5 hours on Monday evening.
Harry lives by the shore area and that is where most of the devastation occurred, in Jersey.
One of our mutual friends posted the following on another forum: "I just got off the phone with Harry Costello, Minor Damage and his 2 sons who live in the area are ok as well, devastation every where in the area."
Harry may chime in. I don't know if his area has had the electrical power restored yet.
Laura and Dwight were without power for approx. 36 hours, but they are OK.
Thanks for asking,
Thanks for the report, Nick. We mostly dodged this one in Massachusetts.
Salty Fog Rally 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 And DRAT! Missed the last one in 2015!
-Tom (KA1TOX)
Its been one month since the last Salty comment... and... now its not!
Hope all are doing well, and excited about the impending Santa flight.
o'le 3 bowl check'in in... and I've been good .. wife says its not easy for me
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Bob Weber
Larry's River, Nova Scotia, CANADA
First thanks for thinking about me during the storm. I and my family were very Lucky with only the minor inconvenience of having no electricity for a week and a bunch of broken tree branches in the yards. The shore area is still a mess with thousands without their homes and many businesses gone. I know a few guys who's bikes went underwater.
BTW: I have three sons and they all have sons - very important for an Irishman
Now the main reason I came on here. While going through stuff I found this:
Someone this year asked for the recipe for oatcakes.
.3 Cups Flour
.3 Cups Rolled Oats
.1 Cup Lard or Margarine
.1 Cup White Sugar
.1 tsp. Salt
.1 tsp. Baking Soda
.3/4 Cup Cold Water
Mix Ingredients together
Roll out on a floured board and cut into desired shapes
Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
Enjoy with a good cup of Cape Breton tea.
One has to wonder if the 400 degrees is Fahrenheit or Celsius.
A few years ago an unfortunate situation that ended in a minor explosion in the oven resulted in me being denied the use of any of the appliances in the kitchen, so I don't know how this recipe works.
Dunking an oatcake into a cup of strong tea sure sounds like a really good idea.
Next year I'm planning on doing the Guzzi National in Lavagne, Ontario and then heading to Salty Fog. I'm almost positive that Nick and the Blakes (Laura and Dwight) have similar plans.
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Harry Costello...nowadays I got me two good wheels
And I seek refuge in aluminum and steel
It takes me out there for just a little while
And the years fall away with every mile


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When Haynes was hired to cast the Native American roles in New Moon, she immediately became the center of attention of fans eager to speak their minds.
"It was crazy, especially in the early days," Haynes tells Celebuzz.
"In the first four weeks after the announcement that my office was casting these roles we stopped counting emails after 20,000," she tells Celebuzz. "I am not exaggerating."
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text: On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 11:36:46PM -0400, Alan Grimes wrote: > > VI IS HARDER TO USE THAN ED!!!! Actually, I always found ed rather intuitive, although nowhere near as powerful as, say, Wylbur. :-) > The E doesn't stand for Editor it stands for Easy! You know, I have to agree with you, I really liked E. My favorite version of it, though, was the one they did for Presentation Manager in OS/2. It did one of the coolest things I've ever seen an editor do. When you searched for a text string, rather than simply moving the cursor to the found text, it would scrawl a blue oval around it, as if a human editor had marked it with a pen. I never had to squint to figure out where it found the text. I keep hoping that they'll port that to Linux. There was actually another editor -- this one a Unix editor -- called "e". It was written by the Rand corporation around the same time as MH, although it achieved nothing like MH's success. E was function-key based, and you could have a line devoted to giving you hints about which keys were bound to which functions. One of the coolest things about this e (AKA "The Rand Editor", or by version number, the last version being e19) was that you could select out rectangular blocks of text, in much the same way as you might be able to select a block out of the middle of a picture in a graphic editor like the Gimp or Photo-paint. In fact, you could have it draw ascii boarders around such blocks, e.g. +-------+ | | | stuff | | | +-------+ Doing a lot of this is one thing that is horrendously difficult in vi, but utterly trivial in e. Recently, through about an hour of late-night, boredom-induced web searching, I found that there is in fact someone still maintaining e. You can find the source code and some binaries at http://home.cern.ch/perrioll/Rand_Editor Thanks, Fabian! --Bob _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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TURLOCK, Calif. (AP) — Stanislaus County authorities are investigating the theft of 26 calves from a dairy farm near Turlock.
Sheriff's officials say 16 of the calves vanished from the farm in Hilmar, Calif. on Monday between 2:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. The others were stolen two weeks ago.
Thieves on Monday also walked off with 20 bales of hay from a neighboring farm.
The missing livestock are month-old female Jersey calves that weigh around 80 pounds and are valued at $1,000 each.
Farm managers say cattle at the farm are tracked with microchips, but calves are marked with plastic tags only.


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Ask Amy Poehler a Question. She'll Answer It and Make You Love Her More. [VIDEO]
Recently, one of our favorite women of comedy – goddess of one liners Amy Poehler – kicked major hosting butt with Tina Fey on the Golden Globes. Alas, it was only one night of goodness, but at least we have 'Parks & Recreation' to keep us warm on these long cold winter nights.
The good news is you don't have to turn on the TV to see her on the regular — you can just check out The Smart Girls Channel on YouTube.
In Amy's online show – aptly named 'Ask Amy' – viewers submit questions to Poehler and she answers them in her cute, witty and rather insightful way. And this week's episode, the first of 2013, has Amy tackling the age-old conundrum of how to focus more on the positive things people say about you and less on the negative.
Most of us really struggle with this, and it's probably not an unfamiliar topic to Poehler herself who, after a long career in show biz, has likely heard her fair share of nasty remarks (we're guessing from humor-challenged people who are bad on the inside where it can't be changed). But her poignant response indicates she's got a pretty good handle on the situation.
When she isn't the wife we'd switch teams for, she's like the big sister full of wit and wisdom we never had — but always wanted.