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Learning on the job, Butler cleared to begin throwing
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com
DENVER -- Rockies right-handed pitcher Eddie Butler's time on the disabled list has turned out to be an educational period.
Since taking some medical advice to slow down his throwing program, Butler hasn't thrown, but he has been doing strengthening exercises -- some of them he had not done during his quick rise to the Majors. He'll be cleared to throw again Monday.
"They've been punishing me with exercise," said Butler, laughing. "No, they're just running me through all the strengthening for the chest, back, scaps and all that shoulder stuff.
"I was doing a good number of them, but not all the stuff I'm doing now. So there's definitely some extra stuff that I haven't done before."
Butler, who made a meteoric rise to the Majors after being drafted 46th overall in 2012, experienced unexpected soreness in his right rotator cuff after his Major League debut on June 6, when he gave up six runs in 5 2/3 innings in a loss to the Dodgers.
Butler seemed to be on the way back quickly. He threw at 140 feet and even threw off the slope of the mound last Monday at Dodger Stadium. But at the behest of his agent, Butler received a second opinion from Dodgers physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who found the same weaknesses the Rockies' doctors saw. After a consultation, the Rockies and Butler agreed to back off from throwing to address the muscle weaknesses.
Rockies head athletic trainer Keith Dugger said the pain served as a warning signal that Butler had not learned all he needed about between-starts maintenance during his quick Minor League time. Butler is less than two seasons from throwing once a week in college, as opposed to every five days as a professional. Because of his success in the Minors, he didn't diversify his between-starts routine and that eventually caught up to him.
"This is what his maintenance should be," Dugger said. "He was just young and didn't know. Sometimes good things happen when a guy goes on the shelf for a while. They learn that the routine they got away with when they were amateurs or early professionals doesn't work when you get up here, so you have to help educate them.
"It's not just when you're hurt. It's a preventative measure. It's the same as brushing your teeth every day. That's what you teach, how to get a routine."
Dickerson's stumble derails Rox's ninth-inning rally
DENVER -- Corey Dickerson slid into third with a bottom-of-the-ninth leadoff triple for the Rockies against Francisco Rodriguez Sunday afternoon, then saw the ball squirt away from Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez.
Home plate invited him.
"I should've have walked in," Dickerson said, wistfully.
Maybe if he'd walked, he'd have made it. Instead, Dickerson's mind said "run," but his tired legs didn't respond. After falling in the basepath between third and home, Dickerson was tagged for a key out in the Rockies' 6-5 loss to the Brewers.
The crazy play went against the Rockies the way it seems most plays, even the sedate ones, have gone during their six-game losing streak.
Dickerson's triple -- and stumble -- occurred with the Rockies down two runs. The following hitter, Wilin Rosario, homered to left field with one out. However, Rodriguez struck out Ryan Wheeler and forced a Charlie Culberson grounder to end the game. For Dickerson, regret was pointless.
"My legs completely gave out," Dickerson said. "I couldn't feel them, and I fell down. I was caught after that.
"Any other time, I would have done the same thing, hustled the same way. It was an easy run."
It was a strangely fitting end to Dickerson's memorable individual series against the Brewers. He had delivered three hits in each of the first two games, with a homer in each. But he couldn't celebrate a victory.
This time, Dickerson came to the plate 0-for-4, but drove Rodriguez's first pitch of the inning to right field. That's where the good fortune began to end. The ball hit the high part of the right-field wall. Slightly left, and Dickerson would have had a home run.
The ball caromed over the head of Brewers right fielder Elian Herrera and rolled hard toward the infield. Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez, thinking the play was going to be at third rather than at second, ran around the ball. He picked it up later, but had momentum toward third when he made the throw.
"We actually had a play if he made a good throw to third base, but it was tailing away," Ramirez said.
The ball ended up bouncing against the screen in front of the Brewers' dugout. There it turned out, a Brewers misfortune worked against Dickerson.
Had Rodriguez backed up third, Dickerson would've stayed put. But Rodriguez slightly turned his left ankle on the pitch and couldn't make it over to be a factor. Dickerson started for home, then hesitated and fell. Rodriguez became traffic cop, directing Ramirez to throw to catcher Jonathan Lucroy for the easy out.
Of course, the play stood out even more when Rosario homered on a 1-0 fastball against Rodriguez, who was visited by the trainer on the field after the Dickerson play.
"I guess when you're good things go good," said Ramirez. "If [Dickerson] doesn't fall, Rosario hits that home run to tie it up. We'll take it any way we can."
But Rosario wasn't playing the "what-if" game.
"He's not going to throw me fastballs," Rosairo said. "Everybody knows that.
"There were a lot of crazy things in that game."
Dickerson sat in the dugout with his head in a towel once the game ended. Then he went in for time in a cold tub to begin reviving his legs to try again Monday.
"It just worked out how it was going to work out," Dickerson said. "We're going through a little rough patch. But we'll snap out of it."
Rockies call up reinvented Scahill from Triple-A
DENVER -- The Rockies called up right-hander Rob Scahill from Triple-A Colorado Springs and activated him for Sunday afternoon's game against the Brewers.
Technically, Scahill replaces right-hander Chris Martin, who was sent down to Colorado Springs on Saturday. Righty reliever Wilton Lopez joined the team Saturday, but the Rockies never officially activated him, meaning the club played Saturday's game with 24 players. On Sunday, they sent Lopez back to Colorado Springs and activated Scahill, who joined the team with two days' rest after throwing 36 pitches in an outing on Thursday.
Scahill, 27, is 1-0 with a 4.29 ERA in 29 Major League appearances covering 42 innings. A starter for much of his Minor League career, Scahill converted to the bullpen last year. This season at Colorado Springs, Scahill is 1-1 with a 3.93 ERA in 24 games, with extended appearances lately.
The Rockies should be getting a more versatile pitcher than they've seen the last couple of years. As he converted to relief, the Rockies asked Scahill to limit his pitch mix. Now they're letting him expand.
"I was working on fastball command, secondary command, continuing to work on my changeup, and they let me throw my curveball again, so I got that back," Scahill said. "I'm able to attack people with a four-pitch mix out of the bullpen.
"I always thought the curveball was an OK pitch for me but they wanted me, the last year and a half, to focus on my changeup and my cutter. Lately they've let me throw the curveball again."
In another pending transaction, catcher Michael McKenry was on the active roster Sunday, but he'll be placed on bereavement leave Monday for a family situation. Catcher Jackson Williams, a Giants supplemental first-round pick in 2007 who has hit .262 this season at Colorado Springs, will join the Rockies for the three-game set with the Cardinals starting Monday.
Anderson, Chatwood ready to toss live BP
DENVER -- Rockies left-hander Brett Anderson, who suffered a broken left index finger on April 12, and righty Tyler Chatwood, who suffered a right flexor tendon strain April 29, will face hitters for the first time since their injuries on Monday in a live bullpen session at Coors Field.
Both are quick workers and innings eaters that, the Rockies hope, will help the pitching staff by taking pressure off the bullpen.
Rockies head athletic trainer Keith Dugger said lefty Boone Logan, who began throwing bullpen sessions late last week, will need some form of rehab assignment before being activated.
Also, righty reliever Rafael Betancourt, coming back from Tommy John surgery last September, will face hitters for a second time in a live bullpen session on Tuesday. Betancourt, under a Minor League contract, has said he'd like to be pitching at Rookie-level Grand Junction by July 1 and work his way back to the Majors before the end of the season.
Bergman to have MRI on ailing hand Monday
DENVER -- Rockies right-hander Christian Bergman, hit on the base of his left hand/wrist area by a line drive in a loss to the Brewers on Friday, will undergo an MRI Monday to determine if he can make his next scheduled start Wednesday against the Cardinals.
Bergman threw a normal bullpen session on Sunday, but he couldn't take return throws from the catcher because he still couldn't close his catching hand.
In three starts, Bergman is 0-2 with a 7.20 ERA after being called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs. He struggled in his start against the Brewers, giving up three home runs and seven total runs on nine hits in three innings.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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The SEC has not had a good couple of seasons, culminating in only three teams -- Florida, Mississippi and Missouri -- making it into the NCAA tournament. While there has been some success at the top of the league, with Kentucky winning the 2012 national championship and Florida having made three consecutive Elite Eights, there has been a significant dropoff behind those two annual powers (with even Kentucky falling into the NIT last season, in part because of Nerlens Noel's knee injury). The lack of NCAA bids prompted the league to engage former NCAA tournament honcho Greg Shaheen to assist on nonconference scheduling practices. On paper, the quality of the league this season doesn't look like it will be a ton better, though.
Game Changer
Kentucky bringing in the best recruiting class in college hoops history has been a major national talking point from the moment the buzzer sounded on the Wildcats' humbling first-round NIT loss at Robert Morris in March. Even missing out on Andrew Wiggins, the Cats signed five of the nation's top nine players, according to ESPN's final rankings. When you include guys coming back from last season's team, it's possible Kentucky could have as many as seven first-round picks in the 2014 draft. The potential level of talent is extraordinary, but like every season at Kentucky, it will be a process of grooming a bunch of freshmen to acclimate to the college game and be willing to put the team before personal glory. The 2012 national champs wouldn't have reached their apex without big contributions from non-freshmen, either, so the chemistry experiment will be worth watching in Lexington. It's one of the most fascinating stories in years, though.
Player to Watch
Kentucky's Julius Randle would be the consensus projected No. 1 overall in practically every season but this one, and many folks wouldn't be shocked if there's an eventual debate next spring about him vs. Andrew Wiggins. Even in Kentucky's loaded freshman class, Randle is a level above the rest of the prospects. That's how much promise the athletic 6-foot-9 power forward has.
If you want to look elsewhere, freshman point guard Kasey Hill could be a huge key to the Gators' potential upside, and the Marshall Henderson situation at Mississippi will bear continued watching, both in terms of whether he gets back on the floor for the Rebels and how he handles it if he does. Also, if Tennessee's Jeronne Maymon is fully back from injury, he and Jarnell Stokes will create problems for the rest of the conference.
Current Favorite
Right now, it has to be Kentucky even though I'm very bullish on Florida's prospects for this season and it wouldn't shock me if the Gators managed at least a share of the conference crown.
Presumed Challenger(s)
Florida is the only team with a realistic chance of finishing ahead of Kentucky over 18 league games. The Gators' frontcourt, when everyone (hopefully) is available come January, will be very deep and physical. If they can get good enough point guard play from Scottie Wilbekin and/or Hill and guys like Michael Frazier step up and knock down some perimeter shots, a fourth straight Elite Eight (or better) is certainly within reach. This is a good Florida team that could be really good come NCAA tournament time, and the Gators can't possibly be as poor in (relatively) close games as they were last season.
Potential Darkhorse(s)
I'm not sure anyone really qualifies in terms of winning the league, but Tennessee should be the third-best team in the conference. If one-year Memphis transfer Antonio Barton or a freshman option steps up as a capable floor leader, this is a clear NCAA tournament team with upside. After that? Take your pick. A lot of people are talking up LSU as the team that will make the leap this season. The Tigers have a nice nucleus back in Johnny O'Bryant, Anthony Hickey and Andre Stringer, and bring in a heralded big man prospect in Jarell Martin. Can Alabama put a run together? Missouri? The middle of the league is populated by teams that have some decent parts coming back but also have multiple holes to fill. Someone will emerge as "SEC Team No. 4," but it's hard to say who.
Three Big Questions
1) Can we kill the 40-0 talk for Kentucky?
Mostly a fabricated national media talking point, it's still a silly conversation to have. Going 40-0 in the men's game is virtually impossible, especially when you consider the adjustment period needed for some freshmen, the number of "losable" games Kentucky will play this season, and the absurd spotlight that will be on the program the deeper it goes into the season without a loss. There's nothing wrong with having lofty goals, and if that helps Kentucky become the best team it can be, great, but the concept is so outlandish that it's almost unfair to discuss it. If they make it to 19-0 heading into a road stretch in league play, we can start discussing the chances. UK very well could be favored in every game this season, but that's a long ways from saying they should win them all.
2) Will the national champ come from the SEC?
This is a more reasonable question. With both Kentucky and Florida, the SEC will have two of the eight or 10 best teams in the country entering March. The NCAA tournament isn't the fairest device in the world, but more often than not, the eventual national champ is one of the small handful of the best teams entering the tournament. It's not farfetched to think that both the Cats and Gators will be top-2 seeds in the eventual bracket. If you had to pick a conference to provide the eventual national champion, how many would you take over the SEC? There's the ACC (Syracuse, Duke, North Carolina), Big Ten (Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State, etc) or Big 12 (Kansas, Oklahoma State). It's hard to take the American Athletic (Louisville) or Pac-12 (Arizona and ??) when the SEC gives you Florida, too.
3) How many NCAA bids for the league?


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Organizing the new show at Amazing Things Arts Center, Michael Moran and his staff made two smart moves: for the first time in seven years, they decided to devote a single exhibition to photography and then selected Lynne Damianos as its sole juror.
Organizing the new show at Amazing Things Arts Center, Michael Moran and his staff made two smart moves: for the first time in seven years, they decided to devote a single exhibition to photography and then selected Lynne Damianos as its sole juror.
The second of consecutive shows featuring fine arts, the 7th annual Photography Show fills the entire second-floor gallery with a satisfying, often surprising, selection of exciting, lovely and occasionally subversive images.
Surveying the galleries now filled with photos, Executive Director Michael Moran said, "It's a refreshing show. It's fun to see. There's both beautiful and provocative work.''
"This is the first time we separated paintings from photos in our annual fine arts exhibit and I think it's worked to each group's advantage,'' he said. "I think painters and photographers are most comfortable showing their work next to artists who work in the same media.''
An award-winning photographer, Damianos displayed eclectic tastes selecting an engaging mix of documentary, fine arts, portraits, landscapes and mixed media images, mostly by area artists.
A commercial photographer specializing in architecture and interiors and products and people for business, she viewed about 120 actual photos that had been brought to the downtown arts center before selecting 79 for the show.
She said the absence of a "specific criteria'' for the exhibit made "selecting some and rejecting other more challenging.'' But she added that the open-ended format allowed her to choose the strongest works in several different styles.
"Looking at photos, I typically gravitate to form. So my main criteria was which works displayed beautiful or striking forms and also made a statement,'' said Damianos, who works out of the Bancroft Building in Framingham. "I chose works that struck me, as a professional photographer and viewer, as images worth hanging.''
Elizabeth Ferguson, of East Boston, took first place for her dramatic photo, "Glacier Trekking Perito Moreno,'' which depicts nine climbers in the Argentine mountain dwarfed by jagged crusts of snow against a darkening sky.
Yet, the second prize winner Evelyn Melancon straddles realism and abstraction in her gorgeous "Sunlit Spider Web, Lower Antelope Canyon'' by juxtaposing the delicate woven filaments of a spider web against the wall of sun-baked red rock.
Third prize winner Fred Casselman used digital technology to transform a stone gatehouse on Farm Pond into a psychedelic temple in "Vermillion and Gold.''
A Framingham resident, he explained he created the "almost otherworldly appearance'' of an ordinary building through a technique called High Dynamic Range Imaging, in which he took multiple exposures of the same scene including some photos that were over- and under-exposed. By digitally combining the multiple exposures into a single image, he was able to include both "darks and lights'' and shadows that wouldn't ordinarily be visible in a single image.
The exhibition's rules allowed photographers to submit up to three images. While the judging was "blind'' and photographers' names were covered whenever feasible, Damianos selected all three works by several photographers which allows visitors to get a broader sense of their artistic styles.
Ferguson is showing two other strong but different photos, a lovely image of mist-shrouded vegetation in the Andres and a rusty, old pickup in the Great Smokey Mountains of Tennessee.
A seasoned artist who often shoots in black and white, Art Donahue is showing three evocative photos of Bay State forests that look so ancient a viewer might expect to see Natty Bumppo hunting deer in the early dawn.
Ed Friedman, who often photographs in black and white, is also showing a trio of city scenes including "58 Winter Street'' which took an honorable mention.
In that poignant shot, which the Arlington resident described as a "street grab,'' a stooped and elderly woman walks slowly down a Boston street leaning on a walker as a young Yuppie couple move by in a blur of motion.
The first photos visitors will likely see upon entering the gallery will be Ron Blake's trio of vivid images of flowers and berries, which combine anatomical precision and sheer impressionistic beauty.
While there are several images of beautiful New England landscapes, such as Rich Philben's haunted forest "The Road Goes On Forever'' and Linda Panzera's "Mount Katahdin,'' several participants display sly humor in their photos.
A seal dozes on a near empty beach, resting its bewhiskered head in the only available shadow in Ann Newberry's "A Sunny Day, A Quiet Beach, A Nap … Paradise.' A sun-baked woman in curlers relaxes on a lawn chair, reading a newspaper in S. Kate Herz' ironic photo, "Florida.''
In close-ups of aching beauty, Marian Sonnenfeld's "Mosaic Darner'' and Julie L'Heureux's "Nautilus,'' capture wonders of nature in stunning detail.
Moran predicted visitors would be "blown away'' by the variety and high quality of the photographs in the exhibit.
"We decided to turn the photographers loose by giving them their own show,'' he said. "Look around. They proved us right.''
WHERE: Amazing Things Arts Center, 160 Hollis St., Framingham
WHEN; Through Sept. 16
INFO: 508-405-2787, www.amazingthings.org


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ORLANDO, Fla. - A 19 year female college student from Texas, in Central Florida for spring break, was cited for careless driving after she slid into two Florida Highway Patrol cars.
It happened Friday at the Turkey Lake Service Plaza on Florida's Turnpike.
Trooper John Muniz, with the Highway Patrol, says the driver was heading Northbound on the service plaza access road, but thought she was in the merge lane to reenter the turnpike. Trooper Muniz says the driver was going between 45 and 50 miles per hour when she failed to navigate a turn. She lost control, slid through the grass into the Highway Patrol parking lot and hit two unmanned patrol cars.
Both patrol cars were heavily damaged and the SUV also had heavy front end damage.
No Highway Patrol members were hurt. The driver and passenger of the SUV were also unhurt.
Trooper Muniz says there was no evidence of alcohol. Both the driver and her passenger were wearing seat belts.
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Red Canyon > Climber's Log
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|Beautiful Canyon on the Way to Bryce
|One of the signature natural settings of the American West. Iconic landscape.
|Posted Apr 18, 2017 3:28 am
|Red Canyon
|I've been to this canyon several times, mostly when we lived in Utah.
|Posted Nov 4, 2015 2:49 pm
|We stopped by on our way to Bryce
Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2009
|The rock formations and colours are stunning.
|Posted Feb 12, 2013 9:52 am
|Stu Brandel
|Saddle Soar
Date Climbed: May 17, 2002
|A good friend treated me to an all day horseback trip through several Red Canyon areas after a week of hiking. This was not your family trail ride. It was intense and thrilling and a great way to see this area.
|Posted Dec 17, 2010 6:20 pm
|Cool spot
Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2008
|Enjoyed the trail from Coyote Hollow to Thunder Mountain and then did Losee Canyon to Casto Canyon the next day. Beautiful area.
|Posted Jun 15, 2008 4:39 pm
|Many times...
Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2008
|And will many times in the future. :)
|Posted Jan 5, 2008 12:41 am
|Treat for the eyes!!!
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 1974
|I've been here just a few times. The first time was in 1974.
The colours seemed to be brighter the second time around.
A great way to go is Bryce, then continue to Grosvenor Arch
and down the Cottonwood Canyon Road. 4X4 like a land rover
is recommended, as the weather can change in summer.
|Posted Dec 17, 2007 10:00 pm
|Red Canyon
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2007
|My first time. Stunning.
|Posted Sep 10, 2007 9:56 am
|arches trail
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2005
|have done a couple of the shorter hikes in red canyon, usually on the way to or from bryce, kodachrome, or places beyond in grand staircase/ escalante. one of my favorites in the arches trail- really short but something like 20 arches in a mile. there's a geocache along the way as well. i've grabbed a few in the area.
|Posted Mar 5, 2007 7:26 pm
|Beautiful place
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2002
|Stopped by here for what was going to be 2-3 hours that stretched into an all day adventure. Extremely beautiful place that gives Bryce a run for its money in terms of colour.
|Posted Feb 26, 2007 7:38 pm
|Red Canyon
|I've been here many times. I usually stay at the campground before visiting Bryce and Escalante. I've done the longer trails of the Cassidy and Rich loop and the Casto and Losee trails. I've also done many of the short hikes.
|Posted Feb 13, 2007 6:07 pm
|great place!
Date Climbed: Feb 12, 2000
|I've camped here and hiked many of the trails here including Pink Ledges and Birds Eye Trails. The color of the rock is so stunning!
|Posted Feb 13, 2007 1:19 am
|Unexpected treasure
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2006
|This place blew me away as I had to stop time and again to take in some of the amazing formations. I particularly enjoyed the two tunnels that were carved out of the red rock and the way parking is provided along side the road so you can stop and not have your car out into traffic. I'm sorry I hurried a bit to get to Bryce as I would like to have spent more time exploring this neat area. Next time....
|Posted Feb 12, 2007 4:03 am
|Red Canyon
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2005
|Hiked some of the trails and enjoyed the views.
|Posted Feb 12, 2007 2:33 am


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OK, I have this new system and on some advice I went ahead and got windows 8. After two weeks of fighting with 8 I have come to the conclusion I hate it. Is it possible to replace windows 8 with windows 7 without having to wipe the drive and start all over? I have spent the last two weeks down loading software and updates and really would like to avoid having to do all that again.
I don't really like Windows 7 but XP will not support my 32GB of memory so I guess 7 is where I want to go.


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Discussion in 'Ride Reports - Day Trippin'' started by iDave, Dec 31, 2012.
Enjoy your storytelling.
I need to know where I PayPal my 29.95 to for my book. You written it yet? Cos Dave, you, whether you admit it or not, are an author. Having read the "Long Way" books....I know you've got Boorman and MacGregor beat...
Hello !!!!!
Another back to the basics ride report from iDave....while I have been traveling solo like Dave for some time now, I was never able to interact with people around me like he does...and that is the habit that I need to change.
Because when I see you "flow" in occasional conversations with people around I feel like I am missing that ease of living.
With Dave its not a ride report...no sir...its I have been riding and check out how life can be great if you have a different perspective..
Had a coffee while I was reading.......nice morning .....
A little while ago, on a whim, I decided to check the Day trippin section for the first time in weeks. I was thinking it had been a while since the last I Dave report and just maybe there would be a new one. I really didn't expect to find one this time of year and was pleasantly surprised to see there actually was one. Glad to see you are back and I'll be following along.
Really Dave,
I'm as serious as a heart attack about this, next time your out Arizona way, you need to stop in, the door is always open,coffee is on, bed is made, shower is hot & my better half is a damn good cook.
I'm 2 hrs from the Grand Canyon & 1.5hrs from Phoenix, You'll find a bike lift, tools & space for Loveshack, Right smack dab in the middle of 4 national forest & an Apache reservation.
My corner of the world is a few miles from the annual Overland Expo in May so I'll look for you & Jullie next time your out & about.
We'll talk about you book and real bad about C-Stain
Not many things take me away from a "Top Gear" episode, but an "iDave" report,.
How the hell have I missed this? I'm in... as usual.
It's fookin cold up here, I need more Florida tales to thaw the mind. Great writing, now put the damn cigar out and ride somewhere. . .
of this. Well, better late than never. Welcome back Dave. Looking forward to riding along. I'm in!
Great story Dave!!
I had to get caught up. Great read as usual and the story of "Loosy" had me bustin a gut and took me back to a similar encounter at a truck stop about 15-16 years ago. Good stuff Dave. This is like reading a good novel that you just can't put down. Please continue.
Great Read!!
Dave, I don't know anybody who has the ability/luck/skill of having memorable encounters like you. It's got to be worth some kind of radio story. We'll do it next time we meet.
See you on the highway.
Dave, everytime I read your reports I am a better person for it. Thank you. You're truly one of the greats of ADV.
Couldn't have said it better JJ!
Great to meet you today Dave! We will get a chance to shoot the shit someday!
I'm in for another ride!!! This is great. Keep up the travels. Gives me something to do in the winter.
Same here Dave, even though it was just a hello across the room it was good to see you today. I hope you can make it to Laurel Fork or the campout at our place this year.
Dave, I'm a little late in discovering this ride report tonight. It's great to see another one from you. I wish I had known of your arrival in Florida--my significant other and I are living just a few miles from that Florida welcome station, just south of the Georgia border. If you come this way again, open invite.
Wishing you safe travels and looking forward to more posts !


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Fall means colorful leaves, apple cider and cooler temperatures. It also means winter's on its way, so now is the time to winterize your home.
Improve your home's comfort and energy efficiency with a home energy audit. Making energy efficiency upgrades identified in a home energy audit can save 5 to 30 percent on your monthly energy bill, according to Energy.gov.
If you would rather perform your own walk-through, this checklist can help you prepare your home for colder weather:
• Clean those gutters. Remove leaves and debris, then flush your gutters with water. This will help prevent clogged drains and reduce the potential formation of ice dams, which can cause excess water to get backed up and seep back into the house.
• Clean your window and patio door screens and put them into storage.
• Install storm doors. Storm doors help insulate your home against drafts and strong winds.
• Clean the tracks of patio doors and windows. Use a dry paintbrush to loosen dirt and debris and then vacuum to remove.
• Wash windows.
• Touch up exterior paint where needed.
•Schedule a furnace check-up by a professional to prepare it for the season. Also check to see if the filter needs changing.
• Add insulation. The amount of money you'll end up saving in heating costs is likely well worth the investment of adding additional insulation to the attic.
• Check with your utility company to see if they offer rebates for energy efficient home improvements including replacing windows or adding insulation.
• Clean and repair air ducts.
• Wrap pipes. Freezing temperatures can cause pipes to freeze and burst. To help prevent this, insulate pipes with a pre-molded, foam rubber sleeve, available at most local home improvement or hardware stores.
• Reverse fans. Adjust your ceiling fan to rotate clockwise to push rising warm air down.
• Check for leaks and drafts. Stand next to window and door openings to feel if cool air is blowing through. Leaky windows or drafty doors may need to be replaced. If you find a small leak around a window, seal it from the outside with weather-resistant caulk. Also apply weather stripping to exterior doors as needed.
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Online Application for Indian Visas
March 24, 2011
The High Commission of India wishes to inform that the process for applying for visas to visit India will go online with effect from March 25, 2011. Henceforth, applicants will be required to apply online at www.indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa. The new system is aimed at providing user friendly visa services through the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVS Global) in Colombo, Kandy and Jaffna and directly at the Consulate General of India, Hambantota. The new procedure will enable visa applicants to apply online from the comfort of homes, office, cyber cafes, etc.
Having filled in the application online, the applicant will be required to download the filled-in application, affix two photographs (2.5x 2.5 inches in white background), sign the application and submit the same to the Indian Visa Application Centres in Colombo, Kandy, Jaffna and at the Consulate General of India in Hambantota along with the passport, supporting documents and requisite fees.
For further information, please visit www.hcicolombo.org.
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FTTP (Fiber To The Premises) systems have been
envisioned for years, but high
installation costs have discouraged many companies from bringing
FTTP to the market. The only nationwide Internet Service Provider
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Glen Corso, one of the founding executives at NMI Holdings Inc., has resigned as executive vice president and general counsel of the de novo private mortgage insurer.
Corso will leave the Emeryville, Calif., company on Feb. 28 "in order to pursue other opportunities," according to an 8-K filing. NMI has no other comments about the resignation, except for what is already in the one-paragraph filing, a spokeswoman says.
He was one of the former PMI Group executives, along with Bradley Shuster (now chairman, president and CEO), who started NMI in August 2012.
Corso served as group senior vice president of public policy for PMI's mortgage insurance subsidiary from 2006 to 2008. Prior to joining NMI, he co-founded and served as managing director for Mortgage Banking Initiatives Inc., a public policy group with a client base of independent mortgage banking companies from 2009 to 2012. Corso was also involved with the Warehouse Lending Project after he left PMI.
Christopher Brunetti, senior vice president and deputy general counsel, will be the acting general counsel at NMI while the company searches for Corso's replacement.


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It can be demonstrated that the assertion that 600 or 800 or 9007 men of Banu Qurayza were put to death in cold blood can not be true; that it is a later invention; and that it has its source in Jewish traditions. Indeed the source of the details in earlier Jewish history can be pointed out with surprising accuracy.
So much for the sources: they were neither uninterested nor trustworthy; and the report was very late in time. Now for the story. The reasons for rejecting the story are the following:
(i) As already stated above, the reference to the story in the Qur'an is extremely brief, and there is no indication whatever of the killing of a large number. In a battle context the reference is to those who were actually fighting. The Qur'an is the only authority which the historian would accept without hesitation or doubt. It is a contemporary text, and, for the most cogent reasons, what we have is the authentic version.
(ii) The rule in Islam is to punish only those who were responsible for the sedition.
(iii) To kill such a large number is diametrically opposed to the Islamic sense of justice and to the basic principles laid down in the Qur'an - particularly the verse. "No soul shall bear another's burden."22 It is obvious in the story that the leaders were numbered and were well known. They were named.
(iv) It it also against the Qur'anic rule regarding prisoners of war, which is: either they are to be granted their freedom or else they are to be allowed to be ransomed.23
(v) It is unlikely that the Banu Qurayza should be slaughtered when the other Jewish groups who surrendered before Banu Qurayza and after them were treated leniently and allowed to go. Indeed Abu 'Ubayd b. Sallam relates in his Kitab al-amwal24 that when Khaybar felt to the Muslims there were among the residents a particular family or clan who had distinguished themselves by execesive unseemly abuse of the Prophet. Yet in that hour the Prophet addressed them in words which are no more than a rebuke: "Sons of Abu al-Huqayq (he said to them) I have known the extent of your hostility to God and to His apostle, yet that does not prevent me from treating you as I treated your brethren." That was after the surrender of Banu Qurayza.
(vi) If indeed so many hundreds of people had actually been put to death in the market-place, and trenches were dug for the operation, it is very strange that there should be no trace whatever of all that - no sign or word to point to the place, and no reference to a visible mark.25
(vii) Had this slaughter actually happened, jurists would have adopted it as a precedent. In fact exactly the opposite has been the case. The attitude of jurists, and their rulings, have been more according to the Qur'anic rule in the verse, "No soul shall bear another's burden."
Indeed, Abu 'Ubayd b. Sallam relates a very significant incident in his book Kifab al-amwal,26 which, it must be noted, is a book of jurisprudence, of law, not a sira or a biography. He tells us that in the time of the Imam al-Awza'i27 there was a case of trouble among a group of the People of the Book in the Lebanon when 'Abdullab b. 'All was regional governor. He put down the sedition and ordered the community in question to be moved elsewhere. Al-Awza'i in his capacity as the leading jurist immediately objected. His argument was that the incident was not the result of the cormmunity's unanimous agreement. "At far as I know (he argued) it is not a rule of God that God should punish the many for the fault of the few but punish the few for the fault of the many."
Now, had the Imam al-Awza'i accepted the story of the slaughter of Banu Qurayza, he would have treated it as a precedent, and would not have come out with an argument against Authority, represented in 'Abdullah b. 'Ali. Al-Awza'i, it should be remembered, was a younger contemporary of Ibn Ishaq.
(viii) In the story of Qurayza a few specific persons were named as having been put to death, some of whom were described as particularly active in their hostility. It is the reasonable conclusion that those were the ones who led the sedition and who were consequently punished - not the whole tribe.
(ix) The details given in the story clearly and of necessity imply inside knowledge, i.e. from among the Jews themselves. Such are the details of their consultation when they were besieged, the harangue of Ka'b b. Asad as their leader; and the suggestion that they should kill their women and children and then make a last desperate attack against the Muslims.
(x) Just as the descendants of Qurayza would want to glorify their ancestors, so did the descendants of the Madanese connected with the event. One notices that that part of the story which concerned the judgement of Sa'd b. Mu'adh against Qurayza, was transmitted from one of his direct descendants. According to this part the Prophet said to Mu'adh: "You have pronounced God's judgement upon them [as inspired] through Seven Veils."28
Now it is well known that for the purposes of glorifying their ancestors or white washing those who were inimical to Islam at the beginning, many stories were invented by later generations and a vast amount of verse was forged, much of which was transmitted by Ibn Ishaq. The story and the statement concerning Sa'd are one such detail.
(xi) Other details are difficult to accept. How could so many hundreds of persons he incarcerated in the house belonging to a woman of Banu al-Najjar?29
(xii) The history of the Jewish tribes after the establishment of Islam is not really clear at all. The idea that they all departed on the spot seems to be in need of revision, as can be seen on examining the sources. For example, in his Jamharat al-ansab,30 Ibn Hazm occasionally refers to Jews still living in Medina. In two places al-Waqidi31 mentions Jews who were still in Medina when the Prophet prepared to march against Khaybar - i.e. after the supposed liquidation of all three tribes, including Qurayza. In one case ten Madanese Jews actually joined the Prophet in an excursion to Khaybar, and in the other the Jews who had made their peace with him in Medina were extremely worried when he prepared to attack Khaybar. Al-Waqadi explains that they tried to prevent the departure of any Muslim who owed them money.
Indeed Ibn Kathir32 takes the trouble to point out that 'Umar expelled only those Jews of Khaybar who had not made a peace agreement with the Prophet. Ibn Kathir then proceeds to explain that at a much later date, i.e. after the year 300 A.H., the Jews of Khaybar claimed that they had in their possession a document allegedly given them by the Prophet which exempted them from poll-tax. He said that some scholars were taken in by this document so that they ruled that the Jews of Khaybar should be exempted. However, that was a forged letter and had been refuted in detail. It quoted persons who were already dead, it used technical terms which came into being at a later time, it claimed that Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan witnessed it, when in fact he had not even been converted to Islam at that time, and so on.
So then the real source of this unacceptable story of slaughter was the descendants of the Jews of Medina, from whom Ibn Ishaq took these "odd tales". For doing so Ibn Ishaq was severely criticized by other scholars and historians and was called by Malik an impostor.
The sources of the story are, therefore, extremely doubtful and the details are diametrically opposed to the spirit of Islam and the rules of the Qur'an to make the story credible. Credible authority is lacking, and circumstantial evidence does not support it. This means that the story is more than doubtful.
However, the story, in my view, has its origins in earlier events. Is can be shown that it reproduces similar stories which survived from the account of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans, which ended in the destruction of the temple in the year AD. 73, the night of the Jewish zealots and sicarii to the rock fortress of Masada, and the final liquidation of the besieged. Stories of their experience were naturally transmitted by Jewish survivors who fled south. Indeed one of the more plausible theories of the origin of the Jews of Medina is that they came after the Jewish wars. This was the theory preferred by the late Professor Guillaume.33
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Peace be on you my brother, keep up your research and search for truth.....
i have a different opinion on the matter.....
i do not go into wether it happened or not but go into other details....yes agreeing completely with you that it was unislamic.....but i see that-
1 - prophet treated the other 2 jewish tribes earlier with utter leniency.
2 - shabas went to prophet seeeking that he should show similar mercy to them, he said that he will leave the matter to them and infact left the matter to the head of aws tribe, whose men were seeking mercy for them as prophet had shown mercy on earlier 2 occassions with the 2 other jewish tribes.
3 - they approached their chief who was injured that prophet has left the matter to the tribe to deal with them mercifully.
4 - the chief on reaching the spot asked everyone to swear that they will accept "HIS" order, and made even prophet swear that he will also accept his judgement.....prophet swore he would.
5 - to the shock of the sahabas who saught mercy their chief dictated the punishment that comes was given......{so it was not prophets decision but the decision of the chief of aws tribe, which was against the sunnah of the prophet in the way he dealt with the earlier tribes, and also against the wish of the tribesmen who were also sahabas}......so it was not islamic.
6 - now prophet said "your judgement is like the judgement of God from above the seven heavens"....people take it to be a compliment.....well, it was a harsh criticissm.....prophet was not praising "HIS" judgement but criticising it, that your judgement is not like the judgement of Allah from the first heaven when he is most merciful, but your judgement is that you do not care,, your judgement is not like mine was.
7 - prophet could not overturn it by breaking his swear, as it comes in Quran that prophet could not even help muslims if he was in a sworn treaty with non-muslims who were persecuting muslims!!
so agreeing with you it is unislamic, just see it from this point of view too and things might make sense to you.....we are nothing in front of sahabas but we have to accept the truth that at times they did not behave the way prophet did, otherwise caliphs wouldnt have been killed, and sahabas wouldnt have faught war after war between themselves.
the case of banu quraizah, can not be accepted as our shariah as it was not the order of prophet, we have to follow the order of the prophet which is what he did on earlier two occassions.
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I haven't read much about this episode before but both views strike me as well-argued and quite plausible. Thanks to both of you.
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A state task force is searching for a new site to construct a facility to replace one in Little Rock that state officials closed because of deteriorating conditions. The new development is expected to cost $20 million and create 200 medical and support staff positions.
Earlier this year, Russellville was selected as one of four finalists for a site, but that initial round of proposals was thrown out and a new request for proposals issued with updated guidelines and requirements.
At Thursday's City Council meeting, Russellville Mayor Bill Eaton announced the city's submission of two sites for the proposed home.
In conjunction with Arkansas Tech University, two proposed sites near Reasoner Lane were submitted on Nov. 22, Eaton said. One is just off Reasonear Lane and would include the creation of an access road, while the other site would include property directly adjacent to the road.
The city has pledged $850,000 in site improvements for either location. Eaton also noted technological assets and expertise provided by ATU, the patriotic atmosphere of the area, accredited health care programs in the area and the desirability of the site as benefits Russellville offers.
"Our proposal, I believe, will be extremely difficult to turn down," Eaton said. "... I think it will be an awesome site."
Eaton said a great deal of effort went into putting together the site proposals, and commended Ret. Maj. Gen. Bill Harmon for his efforts in the process as well as Jeff Pipkin, president of the Russellville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Arkansas Valley Alliance for Economic Development.
Russellville isn't the only area city to put in a proposal, however.
Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce CEO Travis Stephens said a site on Poplar Street in Clarksville was submitted to the VA for consideration as well.
Stephens said the land is privately owned, though the city has made an offer on the 20-acre site contingent upon it being selected by the VA for the proposed veterans home.
Additional incentives could be added to the city's proposal, Stephens said, though he said they haven't yet been added because they were not asked for in the original request for information.
It is unclear when a decision will be made about the site selection process.
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Two armed men tried to rob a line of PS3 campers hours before launch. According to police reports, two gunmen in Putnam, Connecticut, confronted 15 to 20 people outside of a Wal-Mart shortly after 3 a.m. and demanded money.
The robbers must have figured out that anyone in line for a PlayStation 3 would have the $500 to $600 to pay for the machine. While most would pay for the machine using plastic, there had to be a few with just cold, hard cash.
The two gunmen fled the scene after shooting a 21-year-old Massachusetts man in the chest and shoulder. The victim was immediately taken to the hospital, with no word yet of his current condition. Read the full story here.
While last night wasn't one without incident, as there was another shooting (but with BB pellets) and a man who ran into a pole (story), but this one takes the cake.


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FBI email probe uncovers CIA director's affair with biographer
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Published Saturday, November 10, 2012 7:13AM EST
Last Updated Saturday, November 10, 2012 5:48PM EST
An FBI probe into unauthorized access to the David Petraeus' email account led investigators to discover an extramarital affair, reported to be with his biographer Paula Broadwell. Petraeus resigned Friday, bringing his career in public service -- which included leading U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and a rumoured future run for president – to an abrupt end.
In a statement, Petraeus told his staffers he was guilty of "extremely poor judgement" for engaging in the affair. "Such behaviour is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours."
Petraeus told his fellow CIA employees that he treasured his work with them and "I will always regret the circumstances that brought that work with you to an end."
Mistress is Petraeus' biographer: U.S. officials
Speaking anonymously, U.S. officials who are familiar with the situation said Petraeus carried on the affair with a reserve Army officer, Paula Broadwell, who also acted as his biographer.
The biography co-authored by Vernon Loeb, "All In: The Education of general David Petraeus," was published in January.
In the preface of the book, Broadwell said she first met Petraeus' in the spring of 2006. Broadwell was studying at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and Petraeus' was visiting the university to discuss his experiences in Iraq. Broadwell was invited to meet with him because of her military background.
Broadwell spent time with the U.S. intelligence community, U.S. Special Operations Command and FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces. During her more than 15 years of military service, she was recalled to active duty on three separate occasions to work on counterterrorism issues after the Sept. 11 attacks.
After introducing herself to Petraeus, he gave her his card and offered to connect her with others working on similar issues that related to her research studies at Harvard. The two kept in contact as Broadwell said she took full advantage of his open-door policy to seek insight.
The two met up in 2008 when Broadwell was working on her PhD in public policy and using a case study of Petraeus' leadership. Petraeus' invited her to run along the Potomac River with his team while he was in Washington. After Petraeus was put in charge in Afghanistan in 2010, Broadwell expanded this research to become an authorized biography.
In a January interview with The Daily Show, Broadwell described frequent runs she took with the General, while she was embedded in Afghanistan.
"This is a typical mechanism he uses to get to know young people, he's done it throughout his life. So it was an opportunity for me to interview him on a run," she said. "And I thought I'd test him, but he was going to test me and it ended up being a kind of test for both of us since we both ran pretty quickly. But that was the foundation of our relationship."
In another report, Broadwell's husband is suspected of writing into the New York Times' Ethicist advice column asking for advice concerning his unnamed wife who is having "an affair with a government executive."
In the letter, the author writes that the executive's roles "is to manage a project whose progress is seen worldwide as a demonstration of American leadership. (This might seem hyperbolic, but it is not an exaggeration.)"
It later continues: "He is engaged in work that I am passionate about and is absolutely the right person for the job. I strongly feel that exposing the affair will create a major distraction that would adversely impact the success of an important effort.
"Should I acknowledge this affair and finally force closure?"
CIA deputy director Morell to replace Petraeus
The FBI became aware of the relationship between Petraeus and Broadwell after monitoring Petraeus' emails, following an alert that Broadwell may have accessed his personal account, said two U.S. officials.
Broadwell did not respond to voicemail or email messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers joined the president in praising Petraeus. In a statement, Obama said Petraeus had provided "extraordinary service to the United States for decades" and had given a lifetime of service that "made our country safer and stronger."
CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell will step into Petraeus' role and serve as acting director, said Obama. Morell was the key CIA aide in the George W. Bush administration during the 9-11 terror attacks.
"I am completely confident that the CIA will continue to thrive and carry out its essential mission," said Obama.
Petraeus' resignation comes at a particularly sensitive time. The administration and the CIA have been criticized for intelligence lapses prior to the Benghazi embassy attack that killed four on Sept. 11, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
The issue surfaced during the presidential campaign, which Obama won last Tuesday.
The CIA came under scrutiny for providing the White House with talking points that led them to say the attack in Benghazi was a result of a protest over an anti-Islam film, not a militant terror attack.
It has since become clear that the CIA was aware the attack was separate from the film protests plaguing other areas of the Muslim world.
Petraeus was scheduled to testify on the Benghazi attacks at congressional briefings next week. Now, Morell is expected to testify in his place.
Extramarital affair considered a security breach
The 60-year-old Petraeus met his wife Holly while he was a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. She was the daughter of the academy's superintendent. The two have been married for 37 years and have two children together.
Though Obama made no reference to the reason why Petraeus was resigning, he offered his thought and prayers to the general and his wife.
The president praised Holly Petraeus, saying she had "done so much to help military families through her own work. I wish them the very best at this difficult time."
Holly Petraeus joined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to help set up an office dedicated to aiding service members with financial issues.
White House officials said they were first notified about the affair on Wednesday, just one day after Obama won the election. The president was informed of the affair Thursday morning.
Engaging in an extramarital affair is considered a serious breach of security and a counterintelligence threat for the director of the CIA.
If a foreign government learned of the affair, Petraeus or Broadwell could have been blackmailed. Conduct such as extramarital affairs are considered possible grounds for court martialling according to military justice.
Failure to resign after engaging in an affair could also create the perception that such behaviour is acceptable.
FBI spokesman Paul Bresson did not comment on the manner in which the bureau had discovered the affair.
Petraeus, who became the CIA director in September 2011, was known as an astute thinker and tough competitor. In a recent Newsweek article by Broadwell, his management style was praised.
In the article, Broadwell outlines Petraeus' "rules for living." The fifth rule was listed as "we all make mistakes. The key is to recognize them, to learn from them, and to take off the rear view mirrors – drive on and avoid making them again."
Petraeus' career remembered
Since announcing his resignation, many other U.S. officials joined the president in praising the retired general.
Director of national intelligence James Clappers said Petraeus' departure was "the loss of one of our nation's most respected public servants. From his long, illustrious Army career to his leadership at the helm of CIA, Dave has redefined what it means to serve and sacrifice for one's country."
Before becoming head of the CIA, Petraeus was credited with turning around the U.S. war in Iraq.
"His inspirational leadership and his genius were directly responsible -- after years of failure -- for the success of the surge in Iraq," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Friday.
In February 2007, Petraeus was sent to Iraq to address sectarian violence which had reached a peak. He managed an influx of 30,000 U.S. troops and moved troops out of big bases and placed them throughout Baghdad, so they could work more closely with Iraqi forces.
His work is credited for paving the way for the eventual U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
In June 2010, Obama asked Petraeus to take over in Afghanistan. While in Kabul, Petraeus pushed for more U.S. troops and helped boost the effort to train Afghan soldiers and police.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she regretted Petraeus' resignation but praised his replacement Morell.
"I wish President Obama had not accepted this resignation, but I understand and respect the decision," said Feinstein.
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A suspicious package intercepted at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport led to a stunning discovery, prosecutors say — two Eagan homes filled with bright lights, watering systems and a total of nearly 1,000 marijuana plants.
Three men have been charged in the pot-growing operation, which Dakota County Drug Task Force agents described as "impressive" in scope and sophistication.
An attorney for one of the defendants said he plans to challenge the constitutionality of the search that led to the bust.
According to the criminal charges, the Eagan homes belonged to Quang Khai Thai, 32, and Huy Vu Le, 29. Both were charged Sept. 27 in Dakota County District Court with third-degree drug sale felonies.
Huy Le also was charged with a fifth-degree sale felony.
Hoang Vu Le, 42, also of Eagan, was in Huy Le's home during the bust and also is charged with third- and fifth-degree drug sales.
According to the charges:
Airport police first contacted the Dakota County Drug Task Force in July after drug-sniffing dogs took interest in a package bound for a nail salon in Eagan.
Inside were 30 "starter marijuana plants," each 3 to 4 inches tall and wrapped in wet paper towels.
A drug task force agent delivered the package to the salon and watched Thai, who owns the business, collect it.
Thai then handed the package to another man, who drove to an Eagan home linked to Thai and now owned by Huy Le. There, the man appeared to drop off the package.
On Sept. 26, drug task force agents raided the home, discovering "a sophisticated hydroponic marijuana growing operation," the complaint said — including log notes, watering pipes, grow lights, extensive electrical modifications to supply power and a ventilation system to carry away the heat.
The home appeared to have been remodeled specifically to accommodate the operation, the complaint said.
Agents recovered a total of 388 marijuana plants from the home, according to the complaint.
Huy Le and Hoang Le were arrested in the home, and Thai was arrested outside when he arrived shortly after the raid began.
On the same day, the drug task force raided Thai's residence, finding a similar operation and seizing another 583 plants.
"The entire house seemed to be set up for the sole purpose of cultivating marijuana," the complaint said — down to an illegal tap of the power line to keep the electricity needed for the operation off the meter.
In all, 971 plants were seized between the two homes. It's hard to put a value on them because they were in various stages of growth, said Sgt. Dan Bianconi of the drug task force, but they appeared to be high-quality.
Each plant eventually could yield about 4 ounces to a pound of marijuana, Bianconi said. Based on those figures, the operation could have produced at least 240 pounds of the drug at the low end — and could have shattered the county's record bust with a larger yield.
The drug task force is investigating the two homes as part of the same growing operation, he said. Based on the extensive infrastructure, he believes they were in business for at least a year.
"There was a great deal of effort put into developing this," Bianconi said. "It was set up like a business."
The investigation is ongoing. Bianconi said the growing operation wasn't on the drug task force's radar before the package turned up at the airport.
Rob Shane, Huy Le's attorney, said that he still hadn't seen the prosecution's evidence but that he plans to challenge the search and move to get the more serious drug sale charge dropped.
"We believe there are problems with the probable cause for the search warrant," Shane said.
Thai's attorney, Lauri Traub, said she also hadn't seen the details of the case.
Hoang Le does not yet have an attorney on record.
Huy Le is free on $50,000 bail. Hoang Le is out on $15,000 bail, and Thai was released without bail.
Neither Huy Le nor Hoang Le have criminal records in Minnesota. Thai has a few traffic violations.
The first hearing in the case in Dakota County District Court, for Hoang Le, is scheduled for Oct. 14.
Marino Eccher can be reached at 651-228-5421. Follow him at twitter.com/marinoeccher.


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BERKELEY -- A day removed from the California football team's first scrimmage of the year, head coach Jeff Tedford had his Bears run a helmets-only practice in the early morning at Witter Rugby Field, giving the players a chance to recover a bit from the pounding of a session that included over 100 plays.
"Today was a big mental day," Tedford said. "We got some good work today, because we hit pretty hard yesterday, ran over 100 plays yesterday, so today was a mental day, this morning was. This afternoon, we'll put some pads back on and crank it up again."
Click Here to view this Link.One player who was conspicuously absent, though, was junior transfer running back C.J. AndersonClick Here to view this Link., who had to leave the field due to illness. Anderson was one of the stars of the scrimmage, tallying 101 yards on 10 carries, including a 44-yard touchdown scamper and a one-yard score.
"He did a nice job," Tedford said. "He made a couple really nice runs, kept his balance, had a long touchdown run. He did a nice job. He's getting in shape."
After viewing the whole tape of the scrimmage, Tedford was able to provide some analysis of the practice.
"Some of the young defensive linemen are doing real well," Tedford said. "There's a lot of things that happened good, but the main thing is that some of the young defensive linemen are playing real well."
On the other side of the ball, Cal seems to have the top offensive line unit in place, with Mitchell Schwartz entrenched at left tackle, Matt Summers-Gavin on the right, Brian Schwenke at left guard, Justin Cheadle at right guard and Dominic Galas at center. The next group - including injured junior Tyler Rigsbee -- is still in flux.
"That's still being evaluated," Tedford said. "We need to get Rigsbee back. Tyler Rigsbee, we need to get him back in there and get him playing, because he has the most experience and things, so he needs to get back in the rotation and then, from there, it's figuring who the other guys are."
Rigsbee, Tedford said, at this point, would be the back-up at both tackle spots.
After practice, the top three centers - Galas, Mark Brazinski and Chris Adcock worked closely with Tedford and offensive line coach/offensive coordinator Jim Michalczik on shotgun snaps, which look to be crucial given the mobility of junior starting quarterback Zach Maynard.
"We were just practicing," Tedford said, flatly. "It wasn't an issue today. We were just getting in extra work."
Tedford also got a good look at freshman running back Brendan Bigelow and sophomore Dasarte Yarnway. In drill work Thursday, Bigelow continued to show increased speed. He looked smooth and effortless in warm-up passing drills and has very sure hands.
"They did OK," Tedford said. "Bigelow is still learning. He's got a lot to learn, but he's looking better, physically. He's getting more comfortable. Dasarte did some good things, but still needs to ... I think he's still a little limited because of his knee, but he did some good things [Wednesday] and some things he can improve with, as well. That's still in the evaluation process on who the third and fourth backs are going to be."
During the scrimmage, freshman wide receiver Maurice Harris -- who has shown some sticky hands throughout camp and may even crack the rotation this year as a big, possession receiver - "tweaked" his knee, and was seen at practice on crutches sporting a knee brace.
"He's fine, he just has a bone bruise," Tedford said. "It's rehab. He's still got an injury, but it's a bone bruise. Nothing surgical or anything like that. It's a bone bruise. It needs to heal."
Harris will likely miss several days of practice.
The scrimmage also gave Tedford the chance to get to see some of the depth at inside linebacker. He said that behind starters Mychal Kendricks and D.J. Holt, the next two would be Robert Mullins -- who had five tackles on Wednesday -- and Steven Fanua.
Freshman defensive end Todd Barr wore a protective boot and a red jersey on Thursday, after spraining his ankle. Tailback Darren Ervin was also out.
"He's got a pulled muscle in his quad, so we don't know," Tedford said. "We have to wait and see."
Tedford said that in this afternoon's shells session, he wants to see more improvement.
"The same things we always want to see: focus on the details of what we're doing, execution, effort, all the things that you look for in every single practice," Tedford said. "When you put the pads on or you go in shells, you're really looking to get those things done."
Camp Notes
-- Sophomore wide receiver Keenan Allen showed quick feet in footwork drills this morning.
-- Freshman wide out Kaelin Clay made progress with his surgically-repaired knee, riding the stationary bike. Tight end Spencer Ladner was also riding a bike, and is close to returning after offseason knee surgery.
-- Starting tight end Anthony Miller and sophomore H-back Spencer Hagan showed off some good hands in early drills.
-- Sophomore quarterback Allan Bridgford had a lot of zip on his passes in the early part of practice.
-- Freshman safety Avery Walls and starting cornerback Steve Williams had some of the best vertical leaps in interception drills.
-- Freshman Brennan Scarlett may wind up as a defensive end, but he was working out with linebackers during early-practice drills.


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If you look at "menu>>settings>>workspace settings>>margins" and set them all to zero, I think this will allow windows to cover the panel.
I checked on the margin settings and they were already at zero.
I would point out the problem (truly minor!): when a new browser window opens, it often has the close button hidden under a panel, and closure requires either dragging the window or using a right-button menu selection. Also, sliding a window about the desktop always places the window beneath the panels (except for the taskbar, where the window movement is blocked).
My experience has been that "always above" and "always below" are both options for panels as well as windows. If such a setting is not currently possible in xfce, then it would seem like a useful addition.
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A New Platform for App Developers: Ford
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Ford Motor Co. is offering $50,000 in prizes to spur app developers to devise a better digital tool for measuring fuel economy, following criticism of the real-world mileage performance of some Ford hybrid cars.
"We're seeing an arms race for leadership in fuel economy," Jim Farley, Ford's executive vice president for global marketing, said Wednesday at a breakfast to kick off the New York auto show.
Mr. Farley said manufacturers' competing claims of fuel economy leadership are confusing customers.
"I think some companies will be rewarded if they can tell the real world fuel economy in another way," he said. "You have to do more than just say you are best in class."
Mr.Farley said Ford will open up the data architecture of its vehicles to allow app developers to build digital tools to help consumers measure – and share – their "personal fuel economy," Mr. Farley said.
Ford and rival General Motors Co. said earlier this year they will offer app developers access to the data architecture of their cars to allow them to create digital tools for in-vehicle use. Previously, auto makers were reluctant to open up the software architecture of their vehicles for security and competitive reasons.
Ford's prize offering comes after the company has taken hits from customers and critics, notably Consumer Reports magazine, because of the variability of the real-world mileage performance of some of its hybrid models, including the C-Max hybrid and the Ford Fusion hybrid. Both models are rated by the government at 47 miles per gallon, based on the results of standardized tests.
On the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's fueleconomy.gov website, respondents have reported averaging 38.5 mpg and 39.1 mpg in the C-Max and Fusion hybrids, respectively.
The EPA is looking into the way the mileage for hybrid vehicles is calculated, following complaints about the wide gap between the official mileage ratings and the real-world driving performance of some hybrid vehicles.
Hyundai Motor Co. last year reduced the mileage claims for several of its models after the EPA determined the company had done fuel economy testing improperly, producing inflated results.
Ford's app challenge could offer a way for the company to promote alternatives to the official EPA mileage ratings, without running afoul of regulators.
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