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Wiring Diagram for Blue Sea Add A Battery (Switch + ACR Combo)
This post is to document how to properly wire a three battery system in conjunction with a Blue Sea Add A Battery combo (http://bluesea.com/category/2/productline/overview/329) and a ProSport20 Dual Bank onboard battery charger (http://www.pmariner.com/productFeatu...oductNum=42020). Hopefully, this will give someone the confidence to do the install themselves. I thought it would be helpful to show the wiring diagram in three stages as it can get pretty confusing. This is the set up I have which I ran the past two summers without a hitch. I wil post some pics of my install later this week when I finish my current rewiring project.
So below is step 1, which is wiring the switch and the batteries. Note that stereo batteries 1 and 2 are wired together (in parallel) so they act like one, big 12 volt battery. Also note that the 4 pole Dual Circuit Plus Switch is very different that the three pole Perko switch that is commonly installed on our boats. The Dual Circuit Plus is like two separate switches in one housing and does not have a common post like the Perko does.
The idea is to wire all the stereo related stuff to the stereo battery bank via one side of the switch, and the starter and the helm buss to the starting battery via the other side of the switch. When the switch is in the ON position, both sides of the switch are closed, and are separate. In the OFF position, both sides of the switch are open so everything is dead. In the COMBINE position, both sides of the switch are closed and connected together so both batteries are feeding all the electrical loads.
Note that I show suggested wire sizes but I do not show any fuses but they must be installed as specified by the equipment manufacturers.
Step 2 is shown below, in which the Blue Sea ACR is added. Note that a jumper is added between the neg post of stereo battery 1 and the neg post of the starting battery.
The ACR automates the switching process so that you just set it to ON and forget it. When the ACR senses that either battery is receiving a charge from the alternator (in this case, the starting battery), the relay closes so that the charging current is also sent to the stereo battery bank. It does this once it senses 13.0 Volts for more than 2 minutes. So essentially, the relay closes two minutes after the engine is started. Once the engine is off and you are cranking your stereo, once the ACR senses that the batteries combined voltage has fallen below 12.75 Volts for 30 seconds, the relay opens, isolating the batteries. So now your stereo is only draining the stereo bank and you won't accidentally drain your starting battery.
Note that the ACR will not close if either battery bank is less than 10.8 volts. Doing so would cause the batteries to equalize, which means you now have two discharged batteries instead of one.
Step 3 is shown below, which shows the addition of the onboard dual bank smart charger. The ProSport20 is a 20A dual bank smart charger and can send up to 20A to the bank that needs it most. However, since the ACR will detect the charge and it's relay will close, both banks will receive the charging voltage equally and in essence, defeats the purpose of the smart charger. So it's important that a 100A resettable circuit breaker is installed between the ACR and each battery so that the breaker can be opened during onboard charging operation to disable the ACR.
Sorry if this is too much information. I think it will help once you see the pics of my actual install.
2006 Mobius LSV
Holy crap, Al! That is fantastic, but I'm sure glad I'm looking at this in the morning with a cup of coffee vs in the evening with a few beers!
David at Earmark,
I know you have done tons of these installs so could you please do us a favor and (1) review my wiring diagram and let us know if you see any errors and (2) let us know if there is a different way to wire this up that would result in operational improvements, and what those improvements are.
Thanks in advance.
2006 Mobius LSV
Al, bad question on my part but what does it do? blue sea stuffHey, Its Moomba time
Its all about the dash - enjoy the dash, as that is your time between the dates
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Please see step 2 in my original post above but in simple terms, the ACR automatically isolates the starting and stereo batteries when the engine is not running so that if you are playing your stereo, it is only draining the stereo battery. And when you start up the engine, its only using the starting battery. After your engine has been running for about two minutes, the ACR will combine both batteries so that both batteries are getting charged by the alternator. So all you have to do is set the switch to ON and forget it.
Without an ACR, you have to do this manually by switching the Perko switch to battery 2 when the engine is off, to 1 when you are getting ready to start the engine, and to Both after the engine is running. If you forget to switch it to 2 and you are hanging out at party cove for an extended period of time cranking your stereo, you could drain both batteries and not be able to start the engine.
Hope that helps.
2006 Mobius LSV
Pertaining to the Blue Sea equipment, you have it wired the way that the manufacturer suggests. This is a complex category. Our approach to this category uses different equipment (same switch but different voltage sensing relay) and our scheme will change according to the boat type (whether the stereo is dependent on the helm buss for touch screen controls or can be wired totally independent), the amount of current draw from the audio equipment and the amount of reserve time for the stereo batteries. One of the largest problems with ACR/VSRs is they don't combine after a long period at rest with a large stereo so the stereo bank isn't brought on line with the alternator as expected. Not a problem if you are going straight home but a definite concern if its a long weekend with no AC access. So we have schemes to confront the problems of systems becoming too large and exceeding the functional limits for which the ACR/VSRs were originally intended. This category should not be generalized with a one scheme fits all approach.
Contact me via email so I can learn more about what equipment you have or will have, your total battery reserves and how you will use the system and boat most weekends. At that time I can make some suggestions that will be specific to only your sysyem. Give me a little time as its crazy this time of year.
Earmark Marine
05-03-2011, 02:37 PM #8Hey, Its Moomba time
Its all about the dash - enjoy the dash, as that is your time between the dates
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life is about finding the balance between being a responsible adult and staying young at heart
Thanks for the reply and I will e-mail you about my specific system. In regards to the above statement, the product literature says that the ACR will not combine if one of the battery banks is showing less than 10.8V in order to protect the other bank. Is this what you are referring to? So as long as I don't deplete the stereo bank below 10.8V, the ACR should combine two minutes after it senses charging voltage (above 13.0V), again, per the literature. Does it not work like this in the real world?
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Here are pictures of lap sized quilts with blocks made from this swap, Dresden Plate Poinsettia and Snowflake swap.
The Poinsettia quilt is hung up in the living room for the Christmas season. DH really likes it as does one of my adult DDs that stopped by today.
The snowflake quilt was gifted to my 15 year old daughter who came to live with us at the age of 11 yrs. She really liked the snowflake blocks. What is interesting is that we do not have snow here and half of her life she lived on a tropical island. She is always cold! These are snowflakes she can enjoy and that keep her warm. She loves the quilt and has been using it since she received it last night.
The fabrics used to complete the quilt are pretty old but I really liked the snowman print I used on the back of the snowflake quilt.
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One more to check off. It's a community service quilt for my guild. We take them to local hospitals for the children's wards. It started from leftover squares but then I found the center to be too small and boring. So I added the mitered stripe from my stash and really like the way it ended. It's about 35" square. Used the back turned forward for the binding (something I just learned in the Craftsy "Finishing" class) and used a serpentine stitch to do the quilting.
This is so pretty, as are all the quilts everyone have made. I haven't visited this board in a while.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to delay kicking about 72,000 off of Medicaid would actually save the state about $23 million because of the plan's other component - delaying expanding coverage to poor childless adults, according to an analysis.
The Legislature's budget committee is slated to take up the proposal on Monday for the three-month delay. The Assembly is scheduled to vote on it in a special session called by Walker on Wednesday, with the Senate taking it up later in the month.
An analysis of the proposal by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau released Tuesday, along with the bill itself, details the estimated savings.
Walker earlier this month called the special session to delay a major portion of his health care initiative passed into law as part of the state budget. Current law calls for ending BadgerCare Plus Medicaid coverage for anyone earning more than 100 percent of poverty starting in January, down from the 200 percent cut-off currently.
That move is estimated to result in 72,000 people losing their coverage. Another part of Walker's plan called for ending a waiting list for BadgerCare coverage to childless adults below the federal poverty line starting in January. That is expected to add 83,000 people to the program.
The federal poverty level is $11,490 for an individual, $15,510 for a couple and $23,550 for a family of four.
Walker's plan relied on the 72,000 losing Medicaid coverage instead purchasing subsidized insurance through the online marketplaces, or exchanges, created under the federal health care overhaul law.
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Given that, Walker agreed to delay kicking people out of Medicaid from January to April. To pay for keeping those people on the state-funded Medicaid program, Walker also delayed expanding the childless adult program to add 83,000 people.
Health advocacy groups and Democrats have been calling on Walker to reconsider that delay, saying it leaves childless adults with no ability to sign up for health care coverage for three months.
"The governor and Legislature need to stand up and provide coverage for these people," said Bobby Peterson, executive director of ABC for Health, a public-interest law firm in Madison that helps connect families around the state with health care. "These are our most vulnerable, low income family members, neighbors, and friends. And they were waiting. They were told there was going to be coverage."
Democratic state Rep. Jon Richards, a member of the budget committee, also renewed his call for Walker to reverse himself and agree to take money from the federal government to cover Medicaid recipients up to 138 percent of poverty.
"I do think this is an opportunity for the governor and Legislature to put ideology aside and accept the expansion of Medicaid," Richards said. "The best and most comprehensive way to deal with the waiting list is to take the expansion money."
Walker's spokeswoman Jocelyn Webster defended the governor's plan, noting that everyone living in poverty will be covered under Medicaid for the first time in Wisconsin.
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Yesterday the Justice Department handed down $12.5 million worth of fines and penalties, but that only lengthened the long line of trouble likely awaiting the world's largest lawn and garden chemical company.
At least a dozen, perhaps more civil lawsuits are in the works against Scotts Miracle Gro as a result of its February 2012 admission that it knowingly tainted bird seed with pesticides that are toxic to birds and otherwise mis-led pesticide regulators in the sales and labeling of more than 100 products. A class-action lawsuit is being readied and lawyers are aggressively seeking consumers who purchased an estimated 73 million tainted bags of Scotts birdseed between November of 2005 and March of 2008. Even though Scotts was warned by members of its own staff that the seed was tainted with pesticides, the company knowingly sold the products under several brand names, including "Morning Song," "Country Pride," "Scotts Songbird Selections" and "Scotts Wild Bird Food."
"Scotts failed to disclose that its bird seed contained pesticides that were known to be highly toxic to birds," states the class-action lawsuit. "Instead, defendant knowingly sold millions of units of its defective and toxic bird feed products, knowing the products would be widely used to feed birds at purchasers' homes, in back yards and in wild and natural environments across the United States. Due to defendant's concealment of material information regarding its use of toxic chemicals in its products, defendant's products were not appropriate for their intended and marketed use as bird feed, and were not worth the purchase price paid by plaintiffs and the class. As a result of defendant's criminal enterprise, thousands of American consumers and other purchasers across the country did not receive the benefit of their bargain and were damaged."
The class-action suit, according to reports, seeks more than $5 million in compensatory and treble damages for claims that fall under the law that covers mafia-like activity and other ongoing criminal organizations (RICO) and alleges violations of consumer fraud and unfair trade practices laws in several states. The case was brought forward by Douglas Dowd and Alex Lumaghi of Dowd Dowd and John Driscoll in St. Louis, Missouri.
The story of the $12.5 million fine, carried on several major news outlets, lit the blogosphere afire Friday night and into this morning.
"Scumbags!" stated one observer. "No fine is big enough," said another. "For 70 million units sold? Fair fine? How much do their top dogs make?" asked yet another.
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In posting its acknowledgement of the largest pesticide-related fines in American history on its web site, Scotts Miracle Gro's release said the company "neither admits nor denies the allegations" related to the mislabeling of products. The CEO Jim Hagedorn continues to insist that one long-time employee — Sheila Kendrick — bore all the responsibility for the five-year ruse.
"No one else in the company knew about the illegal activities of one of our associates," said Hagedorn, who has not offered an explanation as to a possible motive of a woman who was, by many accounts, much beloved by her co-workers.
In an open letter posted on the company's web site late yesterday, Hagedorn also stated that coating the bird seed with pesticides to avoid infestation from insects "is a standard practice in the wild bird food industry" and Scotts issued reports that the tainted seed came as the result of "three rogue employees."
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Metrolinx President and CEO Bruce McCuaig signaled the agency's intent earlier this week in a letter to Toronto's city manager, according to local media. The position removes Metrolinx from the ongoing (and sometimes shifting) dispute involving Toronto's City Council, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), and Ontario province.
There are two options: Ontario Transportation Minister Glen Murray has signaled support for a subway extension to replace the existing line's operations, roughly comparable to Vancouver's SkyTrain technology; subway construction is also supported by Mayor Ford. Light rail transit is preferred by many on the City Council and had been TTC's earlier choice. The dispute has often been acrimonious.
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Unless another deal is in the works involving Crawford, Q, Frye and Mo for KG and Jaric, I can't understand WTF Isiah is thinking!!!
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what isiah is thinking is we have mass stock in talented players to trade away...there are a few trades rumored only a few being correct.
denver will prolly send us Earl Watson if we give them JC
minny will also send us Marco Jaric for Q
isiah said he is done dealing...well until offseason and offseason that looks very productive. im trying to get word on whats going on...
but a trade with Minny (from what i hear) still seems very possible. stay tuned..but also dont get sad if we dont make anymore...
i was thrown a curveball this AM with the news of this trade. so i just need to time to get everything on track. ill report it here first of course.
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
Don't by into the media hype, about who we need and don't need. Ballin is about playin with grit, guts and to your strenghts. Look at the top teams in the league. They're great defending teams with perhaps one denfense beast (Bowen, B. Wallace). I mean, who can't post up or ankle-break Rip/Tayshaun/Parker/Manu/Billups. Duncan and Sheed gets posterized frequently. Individully none of those guys are better than what we have on the knicks in their respective roles. Look at the AllStar game. The elite teams have chemistry, which make the sum much greater than the individual players. We got massive talent on NYK. We just need chemistry and one defensive beast and it doesn't matter what position that person would play at. Franchise is a good move. You can't pick chemistry out of stats.
dont expect any big moves to be made by the knicks. dont expect any small ones either. they are going to let Frye develop and start the rest of the season @ PF (unless something big comes up) and will remain that way until/unless we get KG..
there are a few trades on the table nothing worth getting overhyped about. just trying to pick a piece up here or there. two trades to look out for though are ones for SF. Darius Miles (although unlikely) and Al Harrington who the Knicks organization adores & Atlanta needs to get something for.
i wouldnt be surprised to see JC or Q along with a pick or such go down to Hotlanta for AL before deadline...ill keep ya updated though
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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Amaris, Sep 16, 2010.
^^ I just hope you don't really mean "ignore it" when you say "handle it".
Mr Awe
All I ever wanted from the time I graduated was the things I mentioned in my "What Do You Want?" thread...Financial Security(Career), A House Of My Own, Get Married & Have Children and everyone I knew from high school and family members my age...all of this came to them with ease over the past 14 years and has eluded me...if I hit 35 and I am still where I am now and not on the way to obtaining what I desire...I am done...I can't see living like this any more.
You've got to move past this, J. You're not where you want to be in life, and other people seemingly are. And the time has gone by way faster than you ever expected.
But you're still young. I think when we start getting up around thirty we think omg, I'm getting old, life is passing me by, I haven't accomplished what I thought I would. But really there's plenty of time to make more out of life.
I feel like an idiot sometimes because I'm going back for a bachelors at 27, surrounded by skinny little girls wearing the latest fashions, going to college events, dating, with their futures wide open before them. But fuck that. The nice thing about getting older is that you know what you want and you're more capable of obtaining it.
You've got to get a more positive attitude, man. No one's life goes exactly as planned, but we take those detours and they become a part of us. You have so much time ahead of you, but it's only worth something if you actually do something with it.
I try to keep heart and remember the line from the Desiderata that says, "If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. "
Sometimes in practice it becomes difficult.
Yeah, that's exactly how I feel about it.
I agree with what you're saying and I know you're right (you should be used to me saying this ). I think my stint of unemployment (going on 27 months now) has really brought my optimism down to a dull finish. A job would give me something to shoot for, a way back to moving forward instead of standing still.
I'd much rather be the optimist I was than the pessimist that sits at the edge of my awareness.
It's been 12 years since I graduated high school. It's sometimes difficult for me to fathom how that much time could have possibly passed. I still have very fond memories of my senior year of high school and my freshman year of college. Those were the "good times" that I think about every once in a while. I had a really nice circle of friends, few cares in the world, and a lot of fun. Every once in a while, I yearn to return to those days. To have all of those people around me once again. The good news is that I am still friends with many of those people, though we are now more spread out and may not see one another that often. But we've all grown up. We've got jobs and responsibilities and the "real world". Some have started families. All I want is to get everyone together again and just hang out and have a good time, but that'll never happen because of conflicting schedules, busy lives or geographical barriers. It sucks but it's just the way it is.
That's not the only thing to focus on. Also note that time IS rapidly passing by, faster than you expect. Make changes now that you want. Making changes later in life, while possible, only seems to get harder and harder.
The more important parts to focus on are your goals and the time available.
One day there won't be plenty of time. I suggest you start making changes that you want now.
Mr Awe
Seriously, great attitude Kestra! I think that is perfect and kudos to you! There's nothing more powerful than a person who knows what they want and how they can get it. The great thing is that you've already positioned yourself for this change, you're doing it. Much better than sitting around moping about it while time goes by.
Wow, you're inspiring me to want to go back college, skinny girls and all, even though I don't need another degree!
Mr Awe
Yeah I would go to college for some skinny girls!
After getting some sleep, I do feel a bit better today. I put on a little Oasis - "What's the Story, Morning Glory?" and felt better, too. I wish I could control some of these plummets in my mood. I do work to maintain a positive attitude, but sometimes it all just crumbles away, and then I feel terrible.
it might be the year in itself. 2010. Anyone born in the mid-80s or earlier has spent a good amount of their life thinking of the year 2000 as the moment when the future gets started. Here it is, ten years after the "beginning" of the "future." The future is in the past, but it feels like the present. It can be disorienting.
That makes a lot of sense, too.
If things are the same in 2015...
Then you push onward. Every day is a new day to start fresh.
See what I mean? Then again, I might just be a case of "Physician heal thyself".
Okay, see, that's the stuff I cannot do, or I wind up a sniffly mess at 2 AM. Me+late 90s music=wayyyyyy too much introspection for anyone's good.
I can definitely see what a constant drag that would be on your self-esteem and motivation. But if you're standing still in that regard, why not try to move forward in other areas? It won't solve the unemployment issue, but you could build your self-confidence through other areas of improvement.
Heh, thanks. It's been a big boost to my self-esteem in an unexpected way. I feel intelligent and capable in ways I didn't before. I think sometimes it's about a combination of things, doing something when you're ready to and not when you're forced to.
I have added a constant undercurrent of anxiety about getting into graduate school, but I try to tell myself I'll deal with that when the time comes.
I prefer the line from National Lampoon's Deteriorata: "Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself, and heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys."
None of this is necessarily bad. The fact that you're searching for a job that interests you is a good thing instead of just starting one and sticking with it forever even if you hate it. A lot of people do that. Ditto with getting married.
Aye, I know. I'm generally ok with it, on a day-to-day basis, I'm relatively happy with things. I have fantastic friends (two of whom, I live with), an amazing family (parents and sister), and I love how much freedom I have in my life. I just have occasional days where I wonder where the time went, as it does sometimes feel like the last 10 years just vanished into the ether, with not a great deal of accomplishments to show for it.
Not to worry, though. Every day is another opportunity.
I feel really old reading this thread.
Gran xx
To me, this sounds like you're just trying to control the symptoms rather than trying to find the cure. Kestra's idea of moving forward in other areas is a great one. Keep trying to find a job, but try to move forward in other areas.
Back in my academic days, I've did some research into the predictors of graduate level academic success for a large scholarship program (I was helping to redesign their selection criteria). The biggest predictors were not the typical academic measures like the GRE, but basically any measure of persistence and perserverance. These personality traits translate to academic success much better than academic measures!
And, from all appearances, you've got large amounts of these traits!! So, I wouldn't be worried. Stay dedicated and passionate about what you're doing and you'll be just fine.
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Carleton College will present "All(most) Alone," an eclectic concert composed for the trombone, on Sunday, Jan. 20 at 3 p.m. Led by Ronald Rodman, professor of music and director of the Carleton Symphony Band, the performance will pieces for solo trombone with "non-human" accompaniment by instruments such as sympathetically-tuned percussion and electronic sounds. The concert takes place in the atrium of the Weitz Center for Creativity and is free and open to the public.
"All(most) Alone" will feature compositions by J. S. Bach as well as modern composers Curtis Olsen, Kevin James and John Cage (a minimalist composer known for his 1952 composition "4'33''", which consists entirely of silence). The works will be performed solo and with the backing of Carleton and Northfield trombonists. The concert will also feature the world premiere of Rodman's piece "Trombone Ghosts," a "musical collage" for solo trombone and sampled electronic sounds.
Rodman focuses his studies on music theory and the analysis of music in electronic media. He is a contributor to several prestigious journals, a consultant to the College Board on Advanced Placement exams in music theory and the author of Tuning In: American Narrative Television Music (Oxford University Press, 2010). Rodman received his Ph.D. in music theory from Indiana University in 1992.
For more information about this event, including disability accommodations, contact the Carleton College Department of Music at (507) 222-4347. The Weitz Center for Creativity is located at 320 North Third Street in Northfield.


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This North Carolina band led by brothers Seth and Scott Avett follows up their 2009 breakthrough album I And Love And You with another beautifully crafted set of mostly dark folk-pop. With Rick Rubin again producing, The Carpenter's sound is a gorgeous blend of acoustic and electric guitars, prominent piano and cello and occasional banjo and other instrumentation accompanying their increasingly smooth lead vocals and harmonies, wistful lyrics and strong melodies. 9/7/2012 - Don Yates
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Newcombe speaks well of Mays, rivalry
Dodgers great says nobody better than Giants legend
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- The Giants-Dodgers rivalry is steeped in history, and few people alive understand that history better than Don Newcombe. Because Newcombe lived it. Newcombe's a special advisor to Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, but true baseball fans know him better as the imposing right-hander who compiled a 149-90 record from 1949-60, mostly with Brooklyn before the franchise moved to Los Angeles. Hours before Los Angeles' home opener Monday, Newcombe recalled the matchless days of the late 1940s and 1950s when the Giants-Dodgers rivalry deepened. Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers in 1947, integrating baseball, and Willie Mays became a Giant in 1951, forcing everyone to raise his game. But nobody, said Newcombe, could reach Mays' level. "Over the years, when I'm asked who's the greatest baseball player I've ever seen, I say without hesitation, Willie Mays," said Newcombe, 82. "The man could do everything not only well, but extra well. He was great with a capital 'G.'" Asked how he pitched to Mays, Newcombe replied, "Very carefully." Mays, he said, was categorized as a "Bible hitter," in the parlance of the era. "That's what we called him from the dugout," Newcombe said. "He wouldn't let anything go by that was in the strike zone. 'Thou shalt not pass.'" Newcombe said that the Dodgers often tried to neutralize Mays' skill by throwing at him. Of course, that was the case with a lot of batter-pitcher confrontations when the teams met. "We had a very real rivalry -- on the field," Newcombe said, noting that throwing knockdown pitches was common. But, he added, "nobody ever charged the mound. The umpires never warned you. That's the way it was at that time in baseball." Off the field, relatively few blacks populated Major League rosters. So after those fierce Giants-Dodgers games, Newcombe and other African-American players, such as Robinson, Mays, Monte Irvin, Hank Thompson and Roy Campanella, would congregate.
"We had a lot of fun," Newcombe said.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department's Fall Adult Flag Football League is getting ready for its 11th season with games set to begin on Monday at Northside Park.
The league formed several years ago as an informal collection of teams representing local businesses gathered each Monday evening in the fall. Eleven years ago, it became an officially sanctioned program of the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department and has developed into one of the department's most popular programs.
Teams compete in a seven-on-seven screen flag football format with games played in 25-minute halves. The rules have been adapted somewhat to ensure the games have the feel of traditional backyard football games. Typically, three games are played each Monday night at Northside Park in Ocean City prior to the NFL's "Monday Night Football" and the games are usually over in time for the participants to get to their favorite watering holes by kick-off.
While the rules are set up to limit physical contact somewhat, the league has produced its share of bitter rivalries over the years with a handful of local restaurants and bars vying for bragging rights. Last year, the Schell Brothers' East Side Mafia captured its fourth consecutive league title, beating Buxy's Salty Dog, 26-6, in the championship game.
The games are set to begin on Monday and run roughly through the first week of December. Most of the season is played at Northside Park with late-season games moved to the park at 4th Street after the Winterfest of Lights displays are erected. For more information, contact the OC Rec Department at (410) 250-0125.


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Jobs and the economy have been big topics this election season. Candidates are looking for ways to woo young voters. So we wondered how young people are faring in this economy. Are there economic opportunities for all the passionate young creatives who move to the Portland area? OPB's Amanda Peacher visited with 20-somethings to see how they're making ends meet doing what they love.
Mara Reynolds's hands are caked in dirt, and that's just how she likes it. They remind her of her mother, a florist.
"I always remember thinking I want hands that do things ... and now I do I guess," she says.
Reynolds is attacking a patch of weeds here at the Seedlot Community Garden. At the entrance, there's a hand-made sign that reads, "The Gardener Is In." Last year, this plot of land in Southeast Portland was a vacant lot. Reynolds asked the landlord about creating a community garden.
"I complimented him on the small garden that was growing next to the apartment in the lot, and I said, 'Well, it would be great to have the whole thing be a garden I'd be happy to deal with that if you're looking for someone.'"
The landlord is letting her use the lot until the real estate market picks up. Now, Reynolds uses the land to teach kids and adults about growing all kinds of vegetables and fruit.
Like many young people who flock to Portland, Reynolds has figured out how to work at what she loves. The Seedlot is a volunteer project for now, but Reynolds is also a part-time teacher at another garden in town. As you might expect, she doesn't have much work in the winter, so she mends and sews clothing on the side. It's piecemeal, but it works.
"I have very modest needs," Reynolds says. "I keep my life very simple, and grow as much of my food as I can, and I fix everything that I can."
Reynolds is not alone in this lifestyle. We heard from young people who get by doing all kinds of interesting things -- making recycled jewelry, sewing bike bags or performing in a circus.
Portland's official unemployment rate hovers at about 8 percent. Researchers at Portland State University say the city has one of the highest rates of part-time employment among 50 top metro areas. The percentage of people who are self-employed is one of the highest in the nation.
"You put all that together and what you see is a job market here for young college graduates that is consistently challenging," says Greg Schrock, professor of urban studies and planning at PSU. He's been studying what he calls the "Portandia hypothesis, " after the TV show that called the city the place "where young people go to retire."
Do young people find work here after coming to live out their dreams? And do they stay in the metro area long term?
"There's relatively little evidence that people are leaving," Schrock says. "For whatever reason, however they're doing it, people are not voting with their feet to move to some other place that may be a more robust job market."
He says that that might be in part because it's less expensive to live in Portland than, say, San Francisco.
Chris Hackett is a 29-year-old freelancer. He says finances are always tight, but one way he keeps expenses low is by being strategic about housing.
"You look for something that's just kind of slummy," he says. "It's not quite a slum house but it's like really shoddy repairs but it keeps the rent cheap."
Hackett finds occasional animation, design and IT work on video projects and TV commercials. When he moved to Portland six years ago, he applied to hundreds of jobs.
"I ended up working for a hydraulic parts distributor, and that was just kind of horrible … and then I met a guy, I hadn't met any nerds in Portland ... and I met a guy."
Was he looking for nerds?
"Not necessarily," Hackett says. "But you know each other when you see each other."
It turns out this nerd friend was an IT worker who was moving away, and Hackett was able to pick up some jobs that he left behind. Gradually Hackett has scraped together more work.
"Here in Portland, you know it's small town, so it's tough to break in. I've thought about leaving before, when times are tough, but I've never been able to actually leave, because I think I'm just in love with the area.
PSU's Schrock says that Hackett's sentiments align with migration data for Portland. Schrock thinks that the young people who stick it out in Portland are an asset that the city should capitalize on.
"As a region we haven't really figured out what to do with these folks. Traditional economic development strategies of trying to attract companies -- it isn't necessarily working."
But in the meantime, the young creatives in Portland seem to be figuring out not only how to get by, but how to do what they love most.
Back at the Seedlot Community Garden, Reynolds picks a ripe raspberry and pops it into her mouth. "I really want to make it possible for kids to grow up growing their own food and knowing what work that means."
Sources for this story came to us through OPB's Public Insight Network. Share your story at www.opb.org/publicinsight/


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Club confident in team's makeup, adding Garza
By T.R. Sullivan and Master Tesfatsion / MLB.com
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers didn't acquire a bat before Wednesday's non-waiver Trade Deadline, which is just fine for the players in the clubhouse. Coming off a 14-run performance Tuesday, the players feel there's enough talent on the team to start producing consistently at the plate.
"I think we have a good team, and I think we got to play up to our potential," A.J. Pierzynski said. "If we can do that, I think we'll be fine."
The Rangers won their last two games before the Deadline on walk-off home runs against the Angels. Although the club didn't make a splash Wednesday, it did acquire Matt Garza last Monday, which some players felt give Texas one of the best pitching staffs in the Majors.
"I'm sure they did the best they could," David Murphy said. "We gave up plenty of prospects for Matt Garza, so I'm sure they didn't want to give up everyone. In the end, we have a great offense, we just have to perform like we're capable of. Maybe they're showing they have confidence in what we have."
The Rangers haven't received consistent production from Murphy, Mitch Moreland and Elvis Andrus this season. Moreland snapped an 0-for-23 slump Tuesday with a single in the eighth. He was 3-of-40 since the All-Star break entering Wednesday's game. Murphy hit 10-of-37 in his past 13 games, raising his batting average to .223.
"We've got to get Murphy and Moreland and some other guys going," manager Ron Washington said. "We've got to hold this together, which I know we're capable of doing."
Andrus has hit the ball well since the break. He entered Wednesday's action with the longest active hitting streak in the Majors at 12.
"We got plenty of good players," Andrus said. "It's always good when you get some help, and I think we did in Matt Garza. We got a good team, good hitters. I think we're one of the best, or the best, pitching in the league right now. That's what you're looking for."
Tepesch playing catch, says elbow improving
ARLINGTON -- Right-hander Nick Tepesch hasn't progressed from playing catch, but he said he's feeling better. He threw from 90 feet Wednesday and said he's been playing catch "on and off" since he went on the 15-day disabled list July 7 with right elbow inflammation.
"I won't know until I get on a mound, but it's definitely feeling better," Tepesch said.
He's still unsure when he'll throw off a mound. The 24-year-old right-hander has thrown 252 1/3 innings over the past two seasons with the Rangers and in the Minor Leagues.
"Anytime you're on the disabled list, you want to get better quick, and get back out there as soon as possible, but you got to listen to your body," Tepesch said. "It's just one of those things where you got to give it time."
Tepesch, who has missed 21 games since the injury, is 4-6 with a 4.85 ERA in 16 starts for the Rangers this season. Since he went on the disabled list, the club has acquired Matt Garza and sent Colby Lewis and Matt Harrison on medical rehabilitation assignments.
Soria unshaken after first difficult outing with Rangers
ARLINGTON -- Joakim Soria had his first rough outing for the Rangers since being activated off the disabled list on July 7. Soria had thrown six consecutive scoreless outings before giving up three runs in the seventh inning on Tuesday night against the Angels.
Soria, who is coming back from Tommy John surgery, retired the first two hitters then allowed a single to Mike Trout. He followed that up by walking Mark Trumbo and Howie Kendrick.
"It's part of the game," Soria said. "I think I made really good pitches. They were close, but I looked at the video and they were balls. But I don't know how they didn't swing at them."
Josh Hamilton then came up with the bases loaded and manager Ron Washington brought in left-hander Robbie Ross. Hamilton ended up hitting a three-run double and all the runs were charged to Soria. Washington said it's to be expected that Soria will have an occasional rough outing.
"It's understandable coming off surgery," Washington said. "There will be days when he looks awesome and days when he'll be close. Last night he made pitches that were close that he didn't get and the inning got away."
Worth noting
• Geovany Soto remained in the lineup Wednesday for a third straight game at catcher. Rangers manager Ron Washington said he wanted to keep Soto in due to his hot bat. He wasn't concerned that Soto caught 10 innings Tuesday night against the Angels.
"He could lose the weight," Washington said.
• Derek Holland said first-base umpire Jerry Layne wouldn't talk to him when he asked for an explanation on the balk call in the fourth inning Tuesday. Holland said he didn't say anything offensive, especially due to Layne's quick ejection of Angels manager Mike Scioscia in the second for arguing a call.
• The D-backs will now send Zeke Spruill to the mound Thursday instead of Randall Delgado. Yu Darvish will still pitch for the Rangers in the makeup game of a May 29 contest that was postponed due to field conditions. It will be just the second one-game makeup date in Rangers Ballpark history.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. Master Tesfatsion is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Three Winners And Three Losers In Today's Filibuster Deal … The Huffington Post reports that Senate Leaders Harry Reid (D-NV) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reached a deal today to support minor — and in some cases, temporary — changes to the Senate Rules, rather than push through …
Discussion: Heritage Action for America and Prairie Weather
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Filibuster Reform Ends With A Whimper: How It Fell Apart — For true believers, filibuster reform was about making it painful, if not impossible, for a Senate minority to obstruct governance by the majority. But it didn't come anywhere near that, leaving reformers deeply disappointed.
Discussion: Politico, msnbc.com, Truthdig, Main Street and The Daily Dish
Manu Raju / Politico: Why Reid defused the nuclear option
The Hardball / msnbc.com: Let Me Start: Can You Rig It? — President Romney?
Seth D. Michaels / Main Street: After Disappointing Filibuster Compromise, Effort to Fix the Senate Must Continue
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: The Amazing Awfulness Of Harry Reid, Ctd
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Senate approves modest filibuster changes
Senate approves modest filibuster changes
Discussion: New York Times
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times: Bipartisan Filibuster Deal Is Reached in the Senate
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Harry Reid: "I'm not personally, at this stage, ready to get rid of the 60-vote threshold"
Harry Reid: "I'm not personally, at this stage, ready to get rid of the 60-vote threshold"
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Scott Lemieux / American Prospect: What Killed Filibuster Reform?
David Waldman / Daily Kos: Takeaways from the filibuster fight
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: Why Harry Reid Is, And Is Not, An Idiot For Failing To Reform Filibuster
Joseph A. Palermo / The Huffington Post: Flaccid Filibuster Reform Throws a Wet Blanket on 'Audacity'
David Weigel / Slate: Harkin: Filibuster Deal Ensures That Obama's Priorities "Will Not Get Very Far"
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine: Senators Decide Senate Is Mostly Awesome As Is
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times: Modest filibuster changes taking shape in Senate
Justin Green / david-frum: Filibuster Reform Fails Again
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG: Colbert's 'Alpha Dogs of the Week': Virginia GOP for State Senate's Shameless Redistricting Coup
Andrew Stiles / National Review: Filibuster Deal Likely to Pass, Despite Opposition
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Open thread: Feinstein assault-weapons ban stage show
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online: How Senate Graybeards Killed Real Filibuster Reform
Jason Sattler / The National Memo: Senate Leaders Agree To Weak Filibuster Reforms
Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: Filibuster reform fail - Updated
Matt Vespa / The PJ Tatler: So, How About Harry Reid's Filibuster Reform
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard: Senate Dems, GOP Cut Deal on Filibuster
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: McConnell And Reid Reach Filibuster Deal
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Reid and McConnell Reach Filibuster Deal: Far Less Than Many Democrats Sought
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com: Harry Reid Forced to Back Down on Killing Senate Filibuster
Manu Raju / Politico: Reid, McConnell reach Senate filibuster deal
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones: Filibuster Reform Stumbles to the Finish Line
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times: Bipartisan Filibuster Deal Is Taking Shape in the Senate
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate leaders reach deal modifying filibuster rules, keep 60-vote hurdle
Senate leaders reach deal modifying filibuster rules, keep 60-vote hurdle
Discussion: The Week, Post Politics, The New Republic, National Review, PostPartisan, The Plum Line, The Fix, Hot Air and Firedoglake
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics: Senate filibuster deal disappoints reformers
Timothy Noah / The New Republic: Filibuster Reform Squelched
Jonathan Bernstein / PostPartisan: The Reid reform package
Chris Cillizza / The Fix: Why filibuster reform didn't happen
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: McConnell, Reid agree on rules reform package
Jon Walker / Firedoglake: Senate Democrats Really Don't Want to Govern
Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick: Solving the Immigration Puzzle — Some want illegals to return to their native countries and 'wait in line' like everyone else. There is no line. — The nation's capital is awash with ideas about how to fix America's immigration policy.
Katie Glueck / Politico: Jeb Bush: Immigration fix 'overdue'
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: The Morning Plum: What's next for filibuster reformers?
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics: Jeb Bush: Immigration reform opposition 'shortsighted and self-defeating'
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: Morning Bits
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Jiltin' Joe? Obama does '60 minutes' with Hillary — At the end of a week filled with talk about Joe Biden's presidential prospects, Barack Obama will sit down for a television interview with ... Hillary Clinton. — The joint interview Friday afternoon is set to air Sunday on CBS's "60 Minutes."
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Reuters
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama, Clinton to appear in joint '60 Minutes' interview — The president and Clinton, who is expected to leave the State Department within days, will tape the interview Friday at the White House with "60 Minutes" anchor Steve Kroft. It will be the president's first dual interview with anyone other than First Lady Michelle Obama.
John Kerry: Mr. Climate
John Kerry: Mr. Climate
Discussion: The Maddow Blog, NewsBusters blogs and Hot Air
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: He's not a scientist, man
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters blogs: Politico: Kerry Appointment Shows Obama Seeks To 'Save The World' With Climate-Change Deals
Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Full text: Bobby Jindal's dynamite speech to the Republican National Committee in Charlotte … Below is the text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's full speech to the Republican National Committee in Charlotte, N.C. delivered Thursday night. — Thank you all for having me here tonight.
Discussion: Hot Air
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Jindal: We need to stop being the stupid party
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Haley Barbour: 'Stupid' comments hurt GOP — Former Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour said on Friday that "stupid" and "offensive" comments made by one candidate can have a negative affect on others in the same political party. — "The comments they made were stupid comments …
Discussion: CNN
Gregory Wallace / CNN: Jindal urges GOP to stop being 'stupid'
James Hohmann / Politico:
Bobby Jindal: GOP a 'populist party'
Bobby Jindal: GOP a 'populist party'
Discussion: CNN and Business Insider
Washington Post:
Republicans in Virginia, other states seeking electoral college changes — Republicans in Virginia and a handful of other battleground states are pushing for far-reaching changes to the electoral college in an attempt to counter recent success by Democrats.
Discussion: First Read, Washington Examiner and ThinkProgress
Ian Millhiser / Center for American Progress …:
Grand Theft Election
Grand Theft Election
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball: Republican Electoral College Plan Would Undermine Democracy
Zachary Roth / msnbc.com: The GOP's new strategy: Rig the game
Walter Hickey / Business Insider: Republicans Are Getting Slammed For Their Plan To Rig The Electoral College
Tina Moore / NY Daily News:
Is Hillary seeing double? Daily News analysis points out the Secretary of State may suffer from vision impairments following a concussion and blood clot near her brain — A close inspection of Hillary Clinton's glasses worn during her Wednesday testimony on Benghazi shows an adhesive Fresnel prism …
Discussion: Pat Dollard and New York Magazine
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
New York Post Goes After Hillary Clinton With Blatantly Sexist Cover
New York Post Goes After Hillary Clinton With Blatantly Sexist Cover
Discussion: Mediaite, Hullabaloo, Talking Points Memo and The Maddow Blog
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: John McCain Blasts Hillary Clinton's 'Adoring' Media For Ignoring 'Cover Up' In Benghazi
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: Ron Johnson, still struggling
Jgalloway / Political Insider:
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss to announce retirement — U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will announce this morning that he's dropping plans to run for a third term in 2014, a decision certain to set off an avalanche of Republican candidates who will seek to replace him.
Discussion: Ballot Box, Taegan Goddard's …, Business Insider and National Review
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box: Report: Sen. Saxby Chambliss to retire
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: REPORT: Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss Will Retire In 2014
Jim Geraghty / National Review: Chambliss Not Running for Reelection
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
My God, Could This Be True? — Much like with Mitt Romney, it seems that Benjamin Netanyahu had no idea of the electoral drubbing headed his way, despite the fact that independent pollsters very much did see it coming. Yes, you guessed it: Netanyahu's pollsters were apparently skewing his poll data.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Mistermix / Balloon Juice: Bibi Unskewed
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Deficit Hawks Down — President Obama's second Inaugural Address offered a lot for progressives to like. There was the spirited defense of gay rights; there was the equally spirited defense of the role of government, and, in particular, of the safety net provided by Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Fox News:
Tancredo vows to smoke pot, in promo for film about Colorado's successful legalization effort — FILE: Nov. 12, 2007: Former presidential candidate and Congressman Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., at a press conference at the Marriot Hotel in Des Moines, Iowa.REUTERS — Tokin' Tom Tancredo? Not exactly.
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Michael Roberts / The Latest Word: Video: Amendment 64 supporter Tom Tancredo promises filmmaker he'll smoke pot
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: First Tancredo; Why Not Obama? — The far-right former congressman …
Justin Sink / The Hill: Former Rep. Tom Tancredo loses bet, will smoke pot
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics: Tom Tancredo promises to smoke pot
John Cole / Balloon Juice: Plug It, Unplug It, Don't Strain
Mike Riggs / Hit & Run: Tom Tancredo Lost a Bet, So Now He Has to Get High
Talking Points Memo:
Tom Tancredo To Smoke Pot
Tom Tancredo To Smoke Pot
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama Brings Pollster Into White House — A staff reshuffle as the campaign comes in from the cold. — Source: whitehouse.gov — President Barack Obama is bringing his campaign pollster into White House, according to an official, part of a broader migration of political staff into government …
David Sherfinski / Washington Times:
Feinstein: Reinstate assault weapons ban — Proposal stricter than original, faces opposition — Sen. Dianne Feinstein rolled out sweeping legislation that would ban more than 150 types of military-style semiautomatic rifles on Thursday, kicking off the congressional debate …
Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Huffington Post, nation.foxnews.com and Pat Dollard
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Feinstein Gun Control Bill to Exempt Government Officials
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post: Dianne Feinstein Introduces Assault Weapons Ban, Urges Public To Help It Pass
Chuck Biscuits / Pat Dollard: Regime Members Exempt From Feinstein Gun Control Law
Katie Glueck / Reuters:
Allen West rips call for women in combat — Former Rep. Allen West on Thursday slammed a new Pentagon policy allowing women to serve in combat roles. — "Women in combat billets? Another misconceived lib vision of fairness and equality," tweeted the Republican from Florida who served in the military for more than 20 years.
Discussion: UrbanGrounds, Reuters, Hullabaloo, Mediaite, The Maddow Blog, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and Politico
Robbie Cooper / UrbanGrounds: Women in Combat? Sure. They're Already Doing it. Women in Infantry Units? Uh, No. Bad Idea.
Chris Good / Reuters: Women in Combat Stoke Twitter Debate
Digby / Hullabaloo: QOTD: General Jerry Boykin
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Allen West Blasts 'Misconceived' Policy On Women In Combat: Could Lead To 'Demise' Of Military
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: How not to respond to a breakthrough for equality
David Martosko / The Daily Caller: Allen West: Putting women in combat a 'misconceived' liberal policy
Reid J. Epstein / Politico: No culture war over women in combat
Greg Myre / National Security:
Women In Combat: 5 Key Questions
Women In Combat: 5 Key Questions
Discussion: AMERICAblog, ThinkProgress, Hit & Run, Guardian and FRC
Ronald Bailey / Hit & Run: Two Cheers for Lifting the Ban on Women in Combat
Exiting Timothy Geithner talks fiscal future — Republicans have effectively ceded the debt ceiling as a political weapon, opening what could be a more productive and less economically dangerous period of fiscal debate, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in an exit interview with POLITICO.
Discussion: Political Capital
Mark Silva / Political Capital: Geithner: Republicans Cede Debt Lever
Dustin Weaver / The Hill:
Senators not in 'millionaires' club' would be hurt by lost paychecks — The Senate is often called the "millionaires' club," but some of its members would feel the pain if a blown budget deadline costs them their paychecks. — Provisions in the "No Budget, No Pay" debt ceiling bill …
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
UN opens probe into US armed drone strikes — The United Nations has begun an investigation into the use of armed aerial drone strikes by the United States and others to see if those attacks violate international human-rights laws. — The investigation will be led by Ben Emmerson …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Rahm Emanuel presses banks on guns — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, moving to take a lead role in the gun control debate, is turning up the pressure on banks that do business with firearms manufacturers. — Emanuel is sending letters to two major financial institutions, TD Bank and Bank of America …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Release: Gross Domestic Product: Preliminary Estimate, Q4 2012 — GDP was estimated to have decreased by 0.3% in Q4 2012 compared with Q3 2012. — Output of the production industries was estimated to have decreased by 1.8% in Q4 2012 compared with Q3 2012, following an increase of 0.7% between Q2 2012 and Q3 2012.
Josephine Moulds / Guardian: UK GDP shrank by 0.3% in fourth quarter
Fraser Nelson / Spectator: Worst recovery in history: British GDP shrinks by 0.3 per cent
Philip Aldrick / Telegraph: UK heads for triple dip as GDP contracts 0.3pc
J. Bradford DeLong / Brad DeLong:
The Theorists of the Moocher Class: Veronique de Rugy and Paul Ryan — Now politicians like Paul Ryan who used to say things like: … are saying, instead: … How long will it be before the likes of Veronique de Rugy stop denouncing Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance …
Discussion: Economist's View and The Baseline Scenario
Phillip Inman / Guardian:
Britain heading for triple-dip recession as GDP shrinks 0.3% in fourth quarter — UK economy not expected to regain peak level for another two years - marking slowest recovery in a century — Britain could be on course for its third recession in four years after the economy shrank 0.3% in the last three months of 2012.
Discussion: The Maddow Blog


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There was the two-point conversion pass in overtime that fell incomplete at Virginia last October, ending a 21-20 defeat. The 49-42 double-overtime loss to Utah State seven weeks later. Neither was as crushing as the last-gasp heartbreakers at Colorado State and Fresno State—one on a kick at the gun, the other on a touchdown in the final seconds—in 2010, when Idaho closed the season one win short of bowl eligibility.
Those failures to finish eat at Robb Akey these days. They are salt in the wounds created by major college football's abandonment of the Vandals, who along with New Mexico State are all that's left of the WAC's football future.
Which is to say, no future at all.
"To not get the opportunity to join another conference, to not get invited, yeah, it hurts," Akey, five seasons into his first and only head coaching job, told Sporting News this week.
"Being a successful Division I football coach is exactly what I want. It's hard to do if you don't have a conference. Does that keep me awake at night? Unfortunately, it does."
Akey's boss, Idaho athletic director Rob Spear, isn't getting much sleep these days, either. "I think about this 24 hours a day, seven days a week," Spear told SN.
This age of conference expansion and realignment and the overall restructuring of the BCS is at least somewhat exciting and at least somewhat scary to all the schools involved, even the most powerful. Unless you're Idaho or New Mexico State, in which case it's simply demoralizing and, yes, terrifying.
Outside the walls of a new BCS and, potentially, a separate-but-safe FBS, are Vandals and Aggies—real people—whose coaching, playing and administrative careers are in jeopardy.
Two weeks ago in Moscow, Idaho, where New Mexico State coach DeWayne Walker's daughter Kendra competed for the Aggies in the WAC track and field championships, the coaches and their wives sat around the Akeys' dinner table and let their mutual worries and frustrations flow.
"We really vented that night," Akey said.
Emotionally, it did all of them some good. Not that it solved anything.
What assurances can possibly be given to recruits and their families about the years to come? How can either head coach look his assistants in the eye and tell them to stay and fight the good fight? Should Akey or Walker stick around himself and go down—sub-FBS—with the ship?
"It would be a step backward," said Akey, who's under contract through 2014, "and something I'd have to look at."
For the time being, this is Akey's message to his team:
"Let it piss you off a little bit. Let it put a big ol' chip on your shoulders. Let's play so well that we make the world fall in love with the University of Idaho Vandals. We've got the opportunity to be the last WAC champions. You look at that gravestone and we have the chance to have our names on there forever."
It's a strong, passionate message. It definitely isn't a hollow message.
Yet, it's a sad one, too. It's a desperate one. That's the intersection where Idaho football finds itself.
"Anybody who'll give us a home, we'd like that to happen," Akey said.
Spear is holding out hope that the true BCS power conferences—which he counts as four ("Are they squeezing out the ACC and the Big East?")—will force all other FBS schools to work together on a survival plan, and that Idaho will have a voice in that discussion. Spear envisions a landscape in 2014 in which the BCS conferences have broken off from the rest of college football's bowls subdivision: "You'll have the BCS conferences, then the FBS, then the FCS."
"The No. 1 thing most important to the University of Idaho is to protect our FBS status," Spear said. "There are still a lot of moving parts going on. This is far from over. We just need to keep ourselves at the table."
Akey struggles to accept that a program that reached eight victories and won the Humanitarian Bowl in 2009 can't be accommodated—as so many former WAC mates have been—by the Mountain West. It's not that he doesn't realize there aren't many TV sets in his neck of the woods. Or that Idaho's Kibbie Dome has the lowest capacity (16,000) of any FBS stadium. Or that Moscow is a pain in the neck to get to.
But he's been taking those same challenges head-on for five years.
"My desire is we'd be in the Mountain West," the coach said, "and it would be an easy thing to do. Three-quarters of it is the WAC that we were all a part of. We've proven we can compete with those people, proven we can go win a bowl game."
Regarding the future, though, he has no proof to offer his players and coaches, or recruits and alumni.
"Where are you all going to end up? Where's going to be your new home? That's what they all ask me," Akey said. "I don't have the answer.
"We're the unwanted stepkids right now."
Akey doesn't use that analogy lightly. He was born in Colorado with a different name in 1966, to a mother who chose not to keep him. After more than a year in foster care, Akey was adopted.
"Unwanted. I've been that way before, when I was a baby," he said. "Things worked out pretty well. I have a great set of parents. I had a good home, and, hopefully, we will, too."


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We produce driveshafts according to spec from a certain customer. They have many different specs for the driveshafts, requiring a lot of different lengths. According to the length requested, we cut 20 feet long 10inch thick steel bars into the appropriate lengths, but sometimes we end up with too much of the steel bars that go to waste. Which is costly in the long run.
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Brian Head Peak Climber's Log
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|C Wenker
|Day hike
|South ridge; summer 2000 or 2001.
|Posted Jan 25, 2010 5:16 pm
|5 peak trip
Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2007
|Stopped in on our 5 highpoint trip bagging Brian Head, Andy Nelson, Bluebell Knoll, Fish Lake Hightop and Monument Peak.
|Posted Sep 5, 2009 5:04 pm
|Just right
Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2007
|Went up with the kids while visiting the area, pictures at http://www.willhiteweb.com/utah/county_highpoint/brian_head_137.htm
|Posted Jul 9, 2009 4:14 am
|Still snow on road...
Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2009
|There are still a few snow drifts that will limit any vehicles... but it's a short stroll to the top, anyway.
|Posted Jun 7, 2009 6:27 pm
|Almost embarrassing
Date Climbed: Nov 17, 2008
|Solo. My good sport wife accompanied me on the drive from SLC to a nearly snowless ski resort. After driving to the lower parking area about 1 mile below the summit, I drove back down the gravel road outlined by skiffs of lingering crystal snow so that I could at least get a 4-mile r/t hike out of the deal. In spite of the bright sunshine the wind was more indicative of the season. Next time I might wait until there is more snow and snowshoe from the base of the resort. #2 5-19-12 This time from the base of the resort on leftover snow. Crampons for upper 500'. Zero snow on top. Die Wanderung war fabelhaft aus bestimmtem Grund, von dem ich spaeter reden werde.
|Posted Nov 19, 2008 12:01 am
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2008
|Stopped by on our way to Delano.
|Posted Aug 12, 2008 10:29 pm
|Summit Road
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 1990
|Stayed the night in my sister's condo in Brian Head. On the way home to Colorado we drove to the top. The views were expansive.
|Posted Jul 30, 2008 10:04 am
|Family Vacation
|I'm pretty sure we drove the whole way, but the view was fantastic! So was the wind!
|Posted Apr 18, 2008 2:49 pm
|Old Years Hike
Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2005
|Snowshoe trip on a cold snowy windy day from Dean's condo at Brian Head
|Posted Mar 19, 2008 1:02 pm
|Brian Head
Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2007
|Got on a 5 highpoint trip bagging Brian Head, Andy Nelson, Bluebell Knoll, Fish Lake Hightop and Monument Peak.
|Posted Oct 14, 2007 10:56 pm
|Too easy
Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007
|At least bike up...still way to easy. Nice views, but I feel like a sucker. Little creak peak over by painguitch is in this range as well and has far better views and is better hike. No trail but it is fairly open. So if your in the area it is worthwhile.
|Posted Jul 6, 2007 8:48 pm
|A great success
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2007
|I made it. I sent the multiple boulder problems on the sides of the hut.
|Posted Jun 30, 2007 4:51 am
|June Snowstorm
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2007
|Climbed from the base of Brian Head Peak road in a couple inches of slippery spring snow and howling wind. I wasn't expecting the storm when I came down to southern Utah so I wasn't dressed as warmly as I would've liked. Great views from the top but too cold to enjoy for very long.
|Posted Jun 7, 2007 1:03 am
|Bike Race
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2003
|We visited this one while a bike race was going on around us.
|Posted Mar 9, 2007 10:20 pm
|Windy on the summit
Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2007
|Summited Brian Head today. My 1st ever ascent in the snow and cold. Great views and very windy on top.
|Posted Jan 29, 2007 1:00 am
|Wonderful country
Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2003
|I couldn't bring myself to drive all the way, so I parked and walked the last 400 feet or so. The Markagunt Plateau is always a nice change of pace from the surrounding deserts.
|Posted Dec 11, 2006 10:10 pm
|Short hike
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2001
|I parked short and cross-country'd it to the top. Repeated again with my wife in July 2007, driving to the top.
|Posted Sep 12, 2006 10:49 pm
|Way too easy!
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006
|I drove to the top. I really enjoyed the view north to the Tushars and southeast towards Escalante.
|Posted Sep 4, 2006 11:31 pm
|walked up the road
Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2004
|We drove to within two thirds of a mile from the top and parked where a snow drift was still blocking the road. My son Lance (age 15), Skyler Sudweeks (15) and my daughter Tori (8) hiked with me to the top. On the way down, I had them hike south off the peak and I picked them up where their route intersected the dirt road. A year later I was up here again with my Dad (70) on July 27, 2005. No snow that time so we drove all the way up. Sidney Peaks (11,060) is another nice peak hike just 2.25 miles to the northeast of Brian Head. I led a hike up that one with a bunch of Boy Scouts and their leaders (17 people total) on June 11, 2003.
|Posted May 25, 2006 7:33 am
|Great area
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2000
|We had a family reunion at the Brianhead lodge and simply walked up to the summit of this easy peak. Nearby Cedar Breaks Nat'l Monument really makes this a great area and worth a visit.
Did it again on Aug 16th, 2006, with my son who had not visited the top nor experienced the view. That oversight was corrected on our trip to get the county highpoints of Kane and Washington counties.
|Posted May 14, 2006 3:33 pm


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The Browns adjusted their Tuesday practice schedule so they can pay their respects to the late Garrett Reid.
The 29-year-old son of Eagles coach Andy Reid was found dead in a Lehigh dorm room Sunday morning in Bethlehem, Pa. Autopsy results are still pending, according to Lehigh police.
After attending funeral services Tuesday, the Browns' contingent of coaches and front-office executives will be back on the practice field at 2 p.m. in Berea.
"It's hard to even to think about what Andy and (wife) Tammy and the family is going through, losing a child," Browns coach Pat Shurmur said. "I can't even imagine. It's got to be tough. As a father, it's got to be tough. For those of us who knew Garrett, it's even tougher."
Shurmur coached under Reid for 10 seasons in Philadelphia. He was the Eagles' tight ends and offensive line coach from 1999 to 2001 and their quarterbacks coach from 2002-08.
Locked-out refs
NFL referees are being locked out by the league. Replacement refs will be in Berea on Monday, Tuesday and for "Family Night" at Cleveland Browns Stadium at 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
"It's training camp for them," Shurmur said. "Their presence was good. They are working on their mechanics. We had them call the fouls and not mark them off. It was good for them to be out there.
"I trust whoever is officiating the game, they'll do a fantastic job."
Odds and ends
A couple things jumped out in the first depth chart released by the Browns this season.
-- Defensive tackle John Hughes is on the first team and will replace the injured Phil Taylor. Scott Paxson has received most of the first-team reps in practice.
-- Evan Moore is No. 4 on the depth chart at tight end.
-- Second-round pick Mitchell Schwartz is scheduled to start at right tackle against the Lions.
Quick slants
-- Defensive end Marcus Benard was banged up, but walked off the practice field on his own Monday. The Browns didn't update his status.
-- Rookie wide receiver Travis Benjamin dropped a long pass in practice on Monday, but he's caught the eye of the coaches.
"He's doing a good job of aggressively attacking the football," Shurmur said. "He does a good job of catching in traffic."


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This is a question that should be rephrased to: what can I do with a Liberal Arts Social Science or Humanities Major. In this regard, ENVS is no different from HIST, ENGL, or POLS. The answer is you can do anything, but more specifically, government, non-profit, and graduate school are traditional ENVS career paths. However, there are others and within these, there are literally thousands of options, especially when you consider the international, national, state, regional, county, and municipal levels.
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In a virtual must-win, the 49ers beat Jacksonville 20-to-3 improving to 5-6 before two key games in the following two weeks against division foes.
49ers quarterback Alex Smith played an inspired game executing several gutsy calls by Offensive Coordinator Jimmy Raye. Smith threw for two first half touchdowns, the first a misdirection play that saw Vernon Davis alone in the end zone for his ninth score of the year (tying a 49ers record for TDs by a tight end in a single season). The second came with under a minute left in the half as Smith bought enough time on a roll out for Frank Gore to tip-toe the right side of the end zone for a four yard score.
The Jaguars Josh Scobee got three points on the board for Jacksonville as time expired in the first half with a 32-yard field goal. The Jaguars started the third quarter with a quick drive into 49ers territory and looked poised to score before Manny Lawson sacked Jags quarterback David Garrard forcing a fumble recovered by Justin Smith at the Niners' 27.
The following drive resulted in a 27-yard Joe Nedney field goal, his second of the day, extending the lead to 20-3 (a 46-yarder in the first quarter opened the scoring). Defensive coordinator Greg Manusky's blitz packages harassed Garrard all day, but a fourth down Jaguars fumble forced by Parys Haralson on the first play of the fourth quarter helped seal the win.
San Francisco plays at Seattle next Sunday and then returns to Candlestick eight days later for a key match-up with division leading Arizona in a Monday night game.