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CU Student Emmanuel Tyler Receives Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
June 5, 2013
Cheyney University junior and Keystone Honors Academy scholar, Emmanuel Tyler, has received a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
Cheyney University junior and Keystone Honors Academy scholar, Emmanuel Tyler, has received a $4,500 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship which will help him participate in a study abroad program this fall. The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. This congressionally funded program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and is administered by the Institute of International Education through its office in Houston, TX.
Tyler is currently studying abroad this summer through the PASSHE Honors Program, sponsored by the Keystone Academy. The program offers a multicultural and interdisciplinary experience through a number of cities in Western Europe including London, Salzburg, Vienna, Venice and Rome. The program focus is the rich musical and media heritage of the region along with various acoustical and communication features of Europe's most famous venues.
Tyler plans to study in Spain next semester through the School for International Training based in VT. He will participate in its Language, Community and Social Change program in Granada, Spain which combines intensive language study with coursework on Spain's society and community service. Students are completely immersed in a Spanish-speaking environment and have the opportunity to rapidly improve their Spanish by living with host families while examining the political, social, and cultural forces shaping contemporary Spain. The program's seminar explores Spanish society and the social changes that the country has undergone in the context of its turbulent history, growing diversity, integration within the European Union, and recent economic challenges. Lecturers are drawn from the University of Granada, government agencies, local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and experts from the community. Most classes, including language instruction, are held at SIT's partner institution, CELEI (Centro de Lenguas y Educación Intercultural).
He became interested in languages and international travel while completing his General Education foreign language requirement by studying Spanish with Dr. Patricia Montenegro. His interest in the language motivated him to move beyond the two semester requirement to Spanish III where his love of learning and progress in the language so impressed his instructor, that he was encouraged to declare a minor in Spanish. Through the Office of International Programs, he We
Tyler was given the opportunity to study at the Spanish School of Middlebury College. He was offered a scholarship to spend seven weeks at the School's intensive immersion program at Mills College in California in the summer of 2012, where he spoke nothing but Spanish and participated in a variety of cultural activities and earned nine credits in the process.
Participating in the activities of Cheyney's Students of All Nations organization and United Nations Association increased his desire to understand other cultures, to travel and to eventually work in international affairs. He chose Political Science as a major, and sought opportunities to study abroad through the Office of International Programs. At the Study Abroad Fair held in April during the University's International Festival, Tyler met with representatives from the School for International Training and applied for programs in both Spain and Chile. Before engaging in his semester-long trip to Spain, Emmanuel will spend two weeks this summer participating in the PASSHE Honors program study abroad experience in England and Austria.
Director of International Programs and professor of French and Spanish, Dr. Norma George, says "I am delighted to see students take a language requirement and turn it into a passion. I hope that Emmanuel's success would encourage other Cheyney University students to study abroad and to aspire to become fluent in a language. It is truly one of the most enriching and life altering experiences."


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1. The music group that Bella falls asleep listening to has been revealed by Stephenie to be Linkin Park. What do you think of Linkin Park, and about Phil's taste in music since he gave Bella the CD?
I like some of their stuff. But whilst I was reading it I never imagined it to be anything like Linkin Park xD Phil's music taste seemed okay to me.
2. In Bella's nightmare, did you think Bella was in danger, if so from whom?
I had no idea xD I didn't think she was in danger from Jacob, or Edward.
3. Were you at all nervous when Bella decided to take a walk in the woods alone?
Yes, slightly, Jacob's stories scared me xD but I never expected her to get hurt.
4. Did you think Edward was watching Bella as she fell asleep reading Jane Austen?
Yes, completely. : )
5. Did your impressions of Renee and Charlie change at all this chapter?
Not really, my opinions had more or less stayed the same. : )

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Dear MySQL users, MySQL Enterprise Backup v3.10.0, a new version of the online MySQL backup tool, is now available for download from the My Oracle Support (MOS) website as our latest GA release. This release will be available on eDelivery (OSDC) after the next upload cycle. MySQL Enterprise Backup is a commercial extension. A brief summary of the changes in MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB) version 3.10.0 is given below. Changes in MySQL Enterprise Backup 3.10.0 (2014-03-10) Functionality Added or Changed * When using the --skip-unused-pages option for backup operations, MySQL Enterprise Backup now displays, besides the number of pages of data skipped, the total amount of memory saved by using the option. (Bug #15915315) * In order to enhance security for backed up data, MySQL Enterprise Backup now provides encryption function for single-file backups. See Section 7.3, "Encryption for Backups" and Section 5.1.14, "Encryption Options" for details. * The compression feature of MySQL Enterprise Backup has been enhanced by the addition of two compression algorithms: the LZ4 method (the default for MySQL Enterprise Backup 3.10 and after) and the LZMA method. Because the LZ4 algorithm, though faster, produces larger files than the ZLIB algorithm used in MySQL Enterprise Backup 3.9 and earlier, users of MySQL Enterprise Backup 3.10 will find an increase in the size of the compressed files if they use the default values for the compression options. * Backups created with the --use-tts option can now be restored in a single step using the copy-back-and-apply-log subcommand. * When the apply-log or apply-incremental-backup operation was performed repeatedly on a backup without using the --force option, an error message was thrown. From MySQL Enterprise Backup release 3.10.0 onward, the same action just causes a message to be returned, saying the operation has already been performed. * MySQL Enterprise Backup can now validate data integrity of a backup directory as well as a backup image file. The validation function in 3.10 has also become more robust, as it tries to verify the checksum value of every data page. * MySQL Enterprise Backup 3.10 introduces two new options for partial backup: --include-tables and --exclude-tables. The new options are intended for replacing the older options of --include, --databases, --databases-list-file, and --only-innodb-with-frm, which will be deprecated in the near future. Bugs Fixed * mysqlbackup could not read the value of innodb_data_file_path from the server when it was more than 1024-character long. It was because mysqlbackup could not read the value from the configuration files and relied on the SHOW VARIABLES command (which reads no more than 1024 characters) to access the parameter. With this fix, innodb_data_file_path can now be read from the configuration files. (Bug #18038409) * A backup taken with both the --use-tts=with-full-locking and --skip-unused-pages options could not be restored. This was because with --use-tts=with-full-locking used, the apply-log operation was always skipped (the command did nothing to the backup), while the expansion of the unused pages was part of the apply-log operation. This fix separates the expansion from the apply-log operation, so that the backup can be restored. (Bug #17764917) * When a database was initialized with --innodb-file-per-table=0 and had a fixed-size system tablespace, all non-InnoDB files backed up had zero size. 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SNOW HILL – South Point will retain estate zoning and the area around the headwaters of Herring Creek will be designated agriculture and resource protection in the draft rezoning, if the County Commissioners accept recommendations made by staff and endorsed by the Worcester County Planning Commission.
The estate zoning, designated E-1, will most likely stay throughout the South Point neighborhood at the request of several residents who testified against what they saw as upzoning of the area to residential in the draft comprehensive rezoning.
Estate zoning has been a long-running contentious issue in Worcester County, with opponents of the extra large residential lots saying they use up too much land, increase costs for services and are located mostly in ecologically sensitive areas along county waterways.
The County Commissioners decided last September to add no more estate zoning through the comprehensive rezoning, but to delay the elimination of that zone until the next comprehensive planning review process.
"A political decision was made," said Planning Commission member Carolyn Cummins.
Under the draft rezoning, many areas of South Point were changed to a more intense residential use.
Residents, said Ed Tudor, Director of Development Review and Permitting, do not understand the reality on the ground, which includes numerous parcels already platted for more intense residential.
Some of the demand for the retention of the estate zoning possibly stems from confusion among the public who believed that changed zoning would only be proposed in areas designated for future growth, said Cummins. The county has to do a better job of explaining, she added.
"Don't say we didn't try to make it consistent with the comprehensive plan," said Tudor.
Deputy Director of Development Review and Permitting Phylls Wimbrow said the public needs to keep in mind that estate zoning also allowed agricultural uses, such as hog or chicken farms, not just residences.
"I think people are just afraid there's going to be a whole lot of development," said Planning Commission member Jeanne Lynch.
Construction on those residential areas would be restricted by onsite septic requirements and the critical area, said Wimbrow.
"We understand that, but there are a whole lot of people who don't," Lynch said.
An area including the headwaters of Herring Creek, in the vicinity of Holly Grove Road and Sinepuxent Road, slated for A-2, an agricultural commercial zone, was recommended by staff and the planning commission for a different designation, with forested non-tidal wetland areas west of Holly Grove Road, as a Resource Protection District.
The remainder of the A-2 zoning proposed for that area, under the recommendation of staff and the planning commission, would be put into A-1, pure agriculture, instead.
Water quality requirements should be referenced throughout the document, staff and commission members agreed.
Allowing a change from agriculture to commercial on property across from Stephen Decatur Middle School, as shown in the comprehensive plan, would be a mistake, said Lynch.
"I think that's a bad place for commercial," said Lynch.
"I think it's controversial enough it ought to have to go through the rezoning process," said Cummins.
No comprehensive commercial rezoning should be allowed on Route 589 until the road is dualized and can handle the traffic, staff suggested and the planning commission concurred.
Comments asking that conservation subdivision design be required do not need a change, said staff.
"It has been reported many times it's voluntary and that's not the case," said Tudor.
Staff and the planning commission held firm in retaining the option of a sixth building lot allowed per parcel in A-1 if the landowner clusters the lots away from the road frontage, reducing the look of sprawl.
The ability to transfer subdivision rights onto one parcel in the A-2 and E-1 zones, when up to four contiguous parcels of land is owned by one person, also remained the same.
Tudor and Wimbrow ridiculed concerns over potential 20-lot subdivisions, reporting that they had researched the matter after the public hearing on the comprehensive rezoning on June 2 and found only four sets of contiguous parcels where 20 lots would be possible. One of those areas is the closed Berlin landfill owned by the county.
People might be worried about that regulation being used as a jumping off point to allow more building in the next rezoning in several years, said Cummins.
"They need to trust that neither the staff nor the planning commission intends that," Wimbrow said.
Wimbrow, daughter and wife of farmers, added, "I'm about fed up with people expecting owners of agricultural land to provide open space for the rest of the county and not compensate them for it."
Requiring "perc" tests on "sending" parcels, which are the parcels the development rights would be transferred from, is too expensive for the landowner and would discourage clustering because of that, staff said.
Some citizens wanted to make sure that development rights actually existed on the "sending" parcels. If the land does not "perc," septic systems cannot be installed on that land, and development rights essentially do not exist. Speakers said without "perc" tests, landowners transferring development rights from one commonly-owned contiguous parcel to another could end up with more developed units than they are entitled to.
"The logic on that defies me," said Wimbrow.
Transfer development rights, as suggested by several speakers at the public hearing, will not be part of the comprehensive rezoning, staff and planning commission agreed. "They don't work in other areas," said Cummins.
The protest against A-2 zoning proposed east of Berlin to Mary Road garnered no support at the work session.
Tudor said he did not see the alleged deleterious effects. Lynch said she thought the area should be designated A-1. A-2 has all the old commercial uses of A-1, plus the ability to develop two types of subdivisions, said Wimbrow.
Staff scoffed at comments criticizing the development of the draft comprehensive rezoning without input from citizens. The rezoning would never have gotten done that way, Tudor said.
Theoretically, that's a good idea, if the public could be educated enough, said Planning Commission member Brooks Clayville.
"Laws are too complex and are too far reaching to be written by the inexperienced," said Wimbrow.
Citizens commenting on the process seemed to be focusing on the concepts in the rezoning, not the legal aspects.
At times throughout the discussion on June 25, both Tudor and Wimbrow seemed upset over and disturbed by critical comments on the draft rezoning. Several times the staffers said the public did not understand what they were talking about.
Wimbrow singled out the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP), saying that MDP is not well versed in zoning and does not live in the real world.
Planning commission recommendations on changes to the draft rezoning must be approved by the County Commissioners, who are likely to consider the recommended changes sometime this summer.


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When I hear Lover Mine - I think of how possessive all of the Brothers are - MINE they always say. Well, JM never really felt like he belonged anywhere - he always felt off - first as a young boy - not knowing he was a vampire (pre-trans), then as a member of the group - he felt distanced because of his past. He has trouble with intimacy... I see the title as a reflection of his finding is soul mate - finally finding himself and what is his in the world. He's discoved what is his and his alone.


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Former Senator Howard throws out first pitch
By Bill Ladson, Adam Berry and Mike Fiammetta / MLB.com
Howard took the Nationals Park mound for the honor one day after another Washington baseball legend, former Nats manager Frank Robinson, did the same. At 6-foot-7, Howard was known as "Hondo" or "The Capital Punisher" throughout his 16-year playing career, which included seven years as an outfielder and first baseman for the Washington Senators, from 1965-71. The four-time American League All Star was also named the NL's Rookie of the Year Award winner in 1960, and his 237 home runs while playing for the Senators are still the most hit by one player for a Washington-based team. Howard led baseball in home runs twice (44 in both 1968 and '70) and RBIs once (126 in 1970).
Howard began his career in 1958 with the Dodgers, for whom he played until being traded to the Senators prior to the 1965 season. After the Senators became the Texas Rangers after the 1971 season, the Columbus, Ohio, native spent most of 1972 season with the Rangers before his contract was sold to the Tigers in late August.
Howard retired after the 1973 season, finishing his career with a .273/.352/.499 slash line, 382 home runs and 1,119 RBIs. In 1981, he managed the Padres to a 41-69 record in a strike-shortened season. Howard also took over as manager of the Mets for the last 116 games of the 1983 season, going 52-64 in that span.
DeRosa fires up Nats with pregame speech
WASHINGTON -- Mark DeRosa has read Teddy Roosevelt's famous "The Man in the Arena" speech plenty of times before big games -- quietly, to himself. As the Nationals milled about their clubhouse before Thursday's win-or-go-home Game 4, however, DeRosa decided to share it with his teammates, albeit perhaps a slightly more colorful version.
"Epic," closer Drew Storen said of the veteran's pregame pep talk. "The stuff movies are made of."
DeRosa took to the karaoke machine situated between his and Michael Morse's lockers, as he often does before games, and read Roosevelt's entire speech. He planned on being "a little less funny and a little more serious" than usual, but he spiced it up enough to get several Nationals running into the clubhouse to hear it.
"They won't listen to me if I don't throw a few jokes in there," laughed DeRosa, who isn't on Washington's playoff roster but has still found a way to contribute as a mentor. "I've got to give something, right? I feel like if they're going to keep me around and keep me here, there's a reason for it."
DeRosa concluded his speech in a typically light-hearted manner, saying, "You know who spoke these words? Teddy. Effin'. Roosevelt." As humorous as it may have been, first baseman Adam LaRoche said it absolutely motivated the Nationals before their 2-1 win, if only because of the respect his teammates have for DeRosa, one of the few in that clubhouse to have played on such a big stage.
"He's a great leader," catcher Kurt Suzuki added. "What a great guy to have here, and a great guy to turn to in a situation like this."
So, the question had to be asked: Will DeRosa grab hold of the microphone before Game 5 on Friday night and read Roosevelt's words once again?
"I don't think so," he said. "If we don't realize what's at stake tomorrow..."
Zimmermann available in relief in Game 4
WASHINGTON -- Nationals manager Davey Johnson was not planning to let Game 4 of the National League Division Series get out of hand, and he said that right-hander Jordan Zimmermann was available out of the bullpen for the game against the Cardinals if starter Ross Detwiler had problems on the mound.
Johnson ruled out left-hander Gio Gonzalez pitching in relief. Gonzalez will pitch Friday, if a Game 5 is necessary. The Cardinals entered Game 4 up in the series, 2-1.
The last time Zimmermann pitched was Monday in Game 2 in a 12-4 loss. He lasted three innings, allowing five runs on seven hits. He threw 63 pitches, 40 strikes.
"Yes, Jordan Zimmermann didn't throw but 60-something pitches in his last outing, so this will be his throw day and he will be available out of the 'pen," Johnson said prior to Thursday's game.
Said Zimmermann about the Game 4 assignment: "[The club's relievers] were all pretty excited when I told them the news before, so we'll see. Hopefully Det goes seven [innings] and I don't get into this game. It would be the best for everything."
On the offensive side, Johnson decided not to change the lineup even though the team came into Game 4 hiting .240 in the series.
"Well, you know, when you face veteran pitchers, I think young hitters are learning that they don't give in and sometimes you have to make adjustments to center the ball," Johnson said. "Every pitch has a purpose from a veteran pitcher. Every pitch. You go away a couple times to come in. You come in hard to go soft away. Especially with a veteran pitcher, you're not going to get your pitch, so you have to sometimes look in the areas and go the other way, and that's how you hit, period."
Nats having trouble with bottom of Cards' order
WASHINGTON -- Everyone knew the Cardinals' potent offense would make life difficult for the Nationals' power pitching staff this series, but even the Nats will admit to being surprised by how tough the bottom of St. Louis' lineup has proven to be.
The middle-infield duo of Daniel Descalso and Pete Kozma, the seven- and eight-hole hitters, stepped up in big spots over the past two games, creating a lineup that is essentially without a weak spot. And in two losses, that's proven to be too much for Washington's pitchers to handle.
"You can't beat having eight guys in that lineup ... who were putting tough at-bats together. There's no room to breathe," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "It's been pretty well-rounded, and we hopefully just keep that going."
Nationals manager Davey Johnson joked that Descalso, who hit .227 in the regular season, has looked like Rod Carew "with power" in this series. The second baseman has three hits with a homer, three RBIs and three runs scored in Games 2 and 3. Kozma, a career .236 hitter in the Minors, broke open Wednesday's game with a three-run homer in the second, clobbering a first-pitch fastball from Edwin Jackson.
Johnson noted that both Descalso and Kozma are capable fastball hitters, and they've been able to take advantage of the way Washington has been grooving fastballs inside and over the middle of the plate all series.
"You can get by if you keep the ball on one side of the plate, at times, when there's not a lot of good hitters in the lineup," Johnson said. "You have to use all your weapons when you face a good club. You get to this time of year, and all the clubs are good -- balanced offense, good defense and pitching -- and you have to make adjustments to be successful. That's the name of the game. There's no softies out there at this time of year."
That's why, to keep the Nationals' season alive, Game 4 starter Ross Detwiler was going to have to keep the Cardinals off-balance and shut down surprisingly effective hitters like Descalso and Kozma.
"They were aggressive when they needed to be, especially the bottom of their lineup. That's what's been killing us most of the time," said Gio Gonzalez, who started Game 1 and will start Game 5 if the Nationals win on Thursday. "That's the adjustment we have to make. We have to attack these guys as much as possible. They're not going to let you walk all over them."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. Mike Fiammetta 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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ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Susan Sarandon will serve as host of a "Downton Abbey" re-cap special to air before the U.K. costume drama's fourth U.S. season premiere, PBS announced.
"Return to Downton Abbey," featuring highlights from the beloved show's first three seasons, is to air Dec. 1. The program includes a mix of behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with creators and cast members, and video clips of favorite moments.
Season 4 is to premiere in the United States Jan. 5. It is currently airing in the United Kingdom.
"We invite viewers to dive back into the Roaring Twenties as excitement for the new season continues to grow," Beth Hoppe, chief programming executive and general manager of general audience programming for PBS, said in a statement Thursday. "This special shines a light on the most compelling aspects of 'Downton Abbey' and previews the intriguing things to come."
"Downton Abbey" follows the wealthy Crawley family and those who serve them at their country estate.


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The 234-182 vote was unusually partisan. Homeland security programs traditionally have enjoyed widespread support, but the Obama administration issued a veto threat against the bill in a protest over unrelated budget cuts proposed by Republicans in excess of last summer's budget and debt deal.
Republican conservatives lost a battle this spring with top members of the Appropriations panel over $5 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster money for hurricane, flood and tornado victims added to the budget as called for in the budget deal.
The measure is the fourth of the 12 annual agency spending bills to pass the House this year. The Senate has yet to begin debate on the measures but may turn to the homeland security bill later this summer.
Republicans engineered increases in border and immigration enforcement efforts but hit the often-unpopular Transportation Security Administration with a slight decrease. Overall, though, the bill generally tracks President Barack Obama's request.
The measure also increases spending for grants popular with state and local governments for first responders like fire and police departments.
The bill also denies Obama's request to increase TSA security fees added to the cost of airline tickets. Last month, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved increasing the fee on a nonstop round-trip flight from $5 to $10. Fees on a one-way, nonstop ticket would increase from $2.50 to $5. Passengers who change planes to reach their destinations would continue to pay $5 each way.
The Senate move was tried last year but failed and is sure to fail again in an election year.


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News & Events
For the Media
Clarkson University's Dana Barry is Visiting Professor & Keynote Speaker in China
[A photograph for media use is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/barry-china-2011.jpg .]
Dana M. Barry, senior technical writer and editor at Clarkson University's Center for Advanced Materials Processing, served as a visiting professor and keynote speaker in China in September.
She delivered the keynote address at the International Collaboration Celebration in Xiamen, China, where she summarized her published work in a talk titled Highlights: Promoting Science, Engineering, and Creative Education at the International Level.
About 1,500 attendees, including news media representatives from various countries, foreign academicians and scientists, and ambassadors of non-governmental organizations to the United Nations from the United States, Canada, Germany, Slovenia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and parts of China, attended the event.
Barry's keynote address was followed by Ansted University's convocation and the Ansted Social Responsibility International Award and Corporate Social Responsibility Certification Ambassadorship Program. Barry serves as a professor and scientific board president for Ansted University, which is led by Professor Roger Haw.
At the same event, the World Thinkers' Panel on the Sustainable Future of Humankind, which promotes world peace through social responsibility, declared its mission for the first time. Barry is one of the founding members of the panel.
During her stay in China, Barry also presented a paper, titled Protect our Air Which Is Essential for Human Life, at the First International Conference for Protect the Earth and Ocean at the Xiamen Ocean Vocational College.
Barry said that she expressed her sincere and greatest thanks to Haw, Ambassador Dato Ang and the organizing committees for their work, which resulted in the successful China events.
Barry has many professional publications, honors, and awards to her name. She recently won her 16th consecutive APEX Award for Publication Excellence and has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of Marquis Who's Who in the World.
She has permanent teacher certification in science and chemistry and five graduate degrees, one of which is a Ph.D. in engineering from Osaka University in Japan. In addition, she is an officer of the northern New York section of the American Chemical Society and has served as a visiting professor in Malaysia, Japan, and England.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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It's time to "upgrade" to WinXP, since support for Win2KPro is running out. But I can't get ZoneAlarmSecuritySuite - ANY version - to install in Windows XP. Install always hangs at zquarantine.dll. Such a mis-install is a total disaster without a prompt system restore, (which I always did) no matter what the software is.
I made the mistake of first installing Avast antivirus with a basic ZoneAlarm free firewall, for better update speed. Avast's fast auto-update once conflicted with Windows Update, crashing system - with lost clusters. (I did a prompt restore.)
I have used several registry cleaners to remove virtually every trace of Avast and other uninstalled programs from my system and registry. I even use one registry cleaner program which, though it can be dangerous if misused, it can delete "no permission to delete" legacy registry entries. (Even "RegAssassin" fails.) But I dare not edit the registry in the local machine-system-control set-control-session manager-app compatibility-start menu-bit buckets branch, which contain long binary values which include traces of the otherwise thoroughly cleansed Avast anti-virus and other uninstalled software. Yet, when I run XP's Security Center, XP still somehow detects the presence of Avast.
From the other posts I see here, it looks as if I have no choice but to cold-reinstall Windows XP. Perhaps a critical file got corrupted with those lost clusters, System Restore notwithstanding. I'm consoled somewhat to see here that ZoneLabs Security Suite is usable on Apple OS computers.


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This is a modififed version of printf with a lot of nice little escape sequences, including +fb to add blue to the foreground :-)
It also lets you move the cursor around, and each object of it has a different coordinate. In other words, cout will output like normal, but each apoutput can have a different place it outputs from!
You can even move the cursor via escape sequences!


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I can't wait to see Sex Drive. Well mostly just for the Twilight Trailer before it but I also do love Seth Green so I am sure that I will enjoy it.
My dumb butt went to see Quarantine, just for the Twilight Trailer. If I wasnt with other people I would have just left. I spent, literally, most of the 1&1/2 with my hands over my eyes. WAY to scary for me


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Who cares?
I care, yuh friggin bastid!
And notice the running game suddenly opened back up.
ANd then....... 4 yard run loss
Another Slauson pull, another busted play.
good play call
20-17 in overtime Jags in Overtime...... You heard it here first
OT coming
3rd & 8, need a 1st down. Run play for 2.
Why did he not coffin corner that
Harris just killed Henne
Oh oh the prevent us from winning defense
Not sure of that stats .. But this might be Harris best game this season been all over the field today .
Another chapter in Same Old Jets history is always possible


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OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, two issues slipped through the Police Commission level and found their way onto the City Council's agenda and were quickly tabled, the council mulled its options on what to do with a few more taxi medallions and the town wants a downtown property owner to start a cleanup effort.
2 Issues Tabled By Council For Further Discussion
Councilman Jim Hall wasn't sure how two items ended up on the council's Tuesday work session agenda, and when they came up, he motioned to send them back to the police commission for further discussion.
The first ordinance that was tabled involved a measure that would allow the police department to enter a property or business when the establishment is closed and prosecute potential trespassers on the property.
"The property owner would have to volunteer or allow the police department to go onto their property when they are closed, because under Maryland law, you can only prosecute trespassing if your property is posted as such," said City Solicitor Guy Ayres. "This would merely help businesses in the late night to early morning hours when no one is there and allow the police department to take action."
Apparently, the proposed idea or ordinance was unanimously opposed by the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association (OCHMRA), which thought that the ordinance was too intrusive on the rights of the business owners in the resort.
"I think that there might have been a miscommunication about all that this ordinance would allow the police department to do, but I just think that at this time the HMRA thought it wasn't the best idea," Councilwoman Mary Knight.
Councilman Joe Hall, whose family owns Hall's Restaurant in midtown Ocean City, said that he would like for the ordinance to come back to the table as soon as possible for at least an "up or down vote."
"I can see the benefit in this," said Hall. "We have problems with trespassing in the late nights on my property, and I don't see how it's a bad idea to allow police to have the power to catch someone who is having a party or doing bad things on your property when you aren't there."
The other measure that was tabled would have required hotels to make guests present a photo identification card or face up to a $1,000 fine.
As expected, the OCHMRA was also adamantly opposed to the idea, citing the intrusive nature to business practices and noted that many businesses already have that requirement in place.
Both issues are expected to go back to the police commission level for further discussion.
More Returned Taxi Medallions?
A handful of taxi medallions are expected to be seized by the town in upcoming days as extensions for getting cars on the road as required by the town's new ordinance have not been met, said Assistant to the City Manager Kathy Mathias.
As a result, Councilman Jim Hall pitched the idea to the council on Tuesday, perhaps in the name of added revenue, to quickly turn over and re-sell the medallions to the local market prior to the summer season getting underway.
"I know we said that we were going to sit on them for awhile, but I don't see the good in that right now when we are trying to find every dollar that we can," said Hall. "I think if we sell them when the demand is there, the beauty of this whole thing is that we get $500 per year in renewal fees so why hold on to it? It's the gift that keeps on giving."
Councilman Lloyd Martin, on the other hand, said that the council should hold off on putting the medallions back on the street, as part of a verbal agreement with the taxi industry.
"We made a promise to them and I think we need to stick to it," said Martin. "We need to find a level that works with the medallion system and if some of these are getting sent back, maybe it's a case of the market setting itself. I think we should wait."
Still, Hall feels that the town shouldn't pass up any chance for additional revenue, but also noted that it's a prime opportunity for someone to get into the cab business.
"Let's consider at the very least, getting them out on the streets and help get someone who wants to get into business, into business," said Hall.
OC Wants Cement Plant Lot Cleaned Up
Councilman Jim Hall petitioned that the town get involved with the condition of a downtown property that he says has become an eyesore and just so happens to be one of the first properties that people see when they come over the Route 50 Bridge.
"I really want someone to look into contacting the Croppers and ask them to clean up the cement plant on 1st Street," said Hall. "It's a mess down there. The garage door is halfway up, there's stuff everywhere and the weeds are getting out of control."
Town officials assured Hall that the town is working with the property owners to improve the aesthetics of the site.


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Giants vs. Dodgers preview: Giants have numbers on their side
Orange Friday. Freaky Freaky. Beat LA.
Those are the thoughts that will be on most Giants fans' minds as the Giants open against the new (but necessarily improved) Dodgers Friday at AT&T Park.
And as always, it's a big series. Both teams enter the series coming off back-to-back losses. In fact, the last three times the Giants have lost, the Dodgers have failed to gain ground, keeping the Giants' lead in the NL West locked in at 4.5 games for the past week.
Clearly, there will be movement in the standings this weekend.
If the Dodgers sweep (and the last three series between the rivals have been sweeps), the Giants' lead will be down to 1.5 games with a magic number to clinch the NL West holding at 21.
If the Dodgers win 2 of 3, the Giants' lead will be 3.5 games with a magic number of 19.
If the Giants win 2 of 3, the Giants' lead will be 5.5 games with a magic number of 17.
And if the Giants sweep (now there's a pleasant thought), their lead would be 7.5 games with a magic number of 15.
So the Giants' primary objection this weekend should be clear — don't get swept.
That's because the numbers tell us that time and the schedule are on the Giants' side.
Friday's game marks the first of a nine-game road trip for the Dodgers against all three NL division leaders: the Giants, Nationals and Reds. After the Dodgers get home from that trip, they get a four-game series at home against the wild card-contending Cardinals.
Meanwhile, the Giants will play 10 games against the Rockies, Diamondbacks and Rockies (seven games against the last-place Rockies).
Here's another way to look at it:
The Giants have 25 games left — all but six against teams currently with a losing record (the three this weekend with LA and the last three in LA). If the Giants go 13-12, they will clinch the NL West if the Dodgers go 16-8 or worse. That's a .667 winning percentage in 24 games in which 16 are against teams with winning records.
Here's a look at the three games this week:
Friday, 7:15 p.m. MLB Network
Josh Beckett vs. Tim Lincecum
It's a matchup of two one-time aces who have struggled this season. Lincecum is 8-14 with 5.21 ERA. But since the All-Star break, he's been better — 5-4 with 3.26 ERA. Beckett is 6-12 with 5.03 ERA. As much as Giants fans were hoping Beckett's move to the NL wouldn't help his situation, early indications are that they have. He is 1-1 with 2.93 ERA in 12.1 innings with the Dodgers.
Saturday, 1:10 p.m. FOX
Chris Capuano vs. Matt Cain
If there's a game in this three-game set that Giants fans are most confident of, it's this one with Cain on the mound. Cain is 13-5 with 2.98 ERA. Cain has hit some bumps in the second half of the season, including his five-run-in-five-IP outing against the Cubs last Sunday. But before that, he had gone at least 7 innings and allowed no more than two runs in each of his previous four starts. And he has thrown quality starts in each of his past four home starts. Capuano (11-10, 3.63 ERA) had all-star caliber numbers in the first half of the season, but then they started to taper off. Capuano has gone 2-6 with a 4.78 ERA since the break
Sunday, 5:05 p.m., ESPN
Clayton Kershaw vs. Barry Zito
The Dodgers, realizing how important this series is, will skip Joe Blanton's turn in the rotation to utilitze Thursday's day off to throw Kershaw on his normal rest. The Giants will throw Barry Zito. In his tenure with the Giants, manager Bruce Bochy has NEVER liked to monkey with his rotation, and we can't remember a time when he did skip someone who wasn't hurt. Of course, the alternative would be to move Zito back one day, and move up Ryan Vogelsong, pitching him on normal rest. But Vogelsong hasn't been exactly sharp recently. Still, most Giants fans would be more comfortable with Vogelsong on the mound than Zito. But Zito has surprised us before. His last five quality starts have come against playoff contenders. In his seven other starts, five came against non-contenders (if you want to count the Diamondbacks as non-contenders, and we do).


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Pilot Credit Closed
This pilot credit is closed, however, a similar credit is available for use through the innovation catalog.
To further support the design, construction, and eventual operation of a project that meets the owner project requirements related to energy, water, indoor environmental quality and durability.
Develop monitoring-based procedures and measurement points to be included in the Commissioning Plan. Address the following:
- Roles and responsibilities
- Measurement requirements: meters, points, metering systems, data access
- List of points to be trended with associated frequency and duration for trending
- Limits of acceptable values for tracked points and metered values. Where appropriate, the acceptable values can be determined by predictive algorithms in order to dynamically compare ideal values with actual values
- Review elements that will be used to evaluate and identify performance of monitored points and associated systems, including but not limited to:
- Conflict between systems
- Out of sequence operation of systems components
- Energy and water usage profiles
- An action plan for correction of operational issues and deficiencies
- Identification of operational errors and recommended training to help ensure errors are not duplicated
- Repairs needed to maintain performance
- Frequency of analyses in the first year of occupancy; analyses must occur at least quarterly
General Pilot Documentation Requirements
- Participate in the LEEDuser pilot credit forum
- Complete the feedback survey:
Credit Specific:
- Confirm that the commissioning report contains the following:
- List of systems that are metered, along with meter information and points that are monitored.
- List of points trended with associated intervals and duration for trending
- Limits of acceptable values for tracked points and metered values
- List of issues identified regarding performance of monitoring points and associated systems, as well as corrective actions taken
- In the executive summary:
- In addition to the items provided in the executive summary for EA Prerequisite 1: Fundamental Commissioning of Building Energy Systems, provide a summary of the items that are called out to be included in the commissioning report above.
Note: With the submission of this pilot credit, include the commissioning report summary that was provided for EA Prerequisite 1: Fundamental Commissioning of Building Energy Systems in upload EAp1-1.
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Talk:World Archives Project: California, Biographical Index Cards, 1890-1950
Feel free to add to or edit information in this discussion tab as necessary. Please take time to become familiar with the General Keying Standards and be sure to read all instructions on the main project page. (Please note that in case of a discrepancy, project level instructions always trump general keying standards.)
Extra Keying Helps
Common Keying Errors Found by Reviewers
1. When using Consecutive Index Card Form 3, be sure to key the word "Back"
2. Please key both city and state in location fields
3. Watch for death information added by hand at bottom of card
Questions and Answers
If you have a keying question that is not answered on the project page or in any of the information above, click "EDIT" and ask it here. (If you click on Rich Editor you won't have to worry about formatting your entry.) Then click "WATCH" at the top right on this page and you will be notified via email when an update has been made.
NAMES AND ALIASES QUESTION: The card says Bell, Jessie N, see Wallace, jessie N (Mrs. Dell Wallace). Do I key all 3 names on 3 separate lines, or only use the first one?
Answer:. The directions in the Field Help say to try to create the most complete name...it looks like that would be Mrs Jesse N Bell Wallace -- efficiencypro 7/27/11
FORM 3 QUESTION: Feeling stupid, but how do I tell the front from the back on these continuation cards?
A: The front is usually a Biographical Card 1. You would have to see the card prior to know whether it is a Card Back or not. If you can't tell if it is the back or front leave the Card Side field empty.
Here is an example. Annafechter 13:11, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


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The victim's advocate who filed the complaint, Victoria Balfour, said she is making the March 6 letter from the state bar public despite the sender's admonition that the correspondence and the information it contains must remain confidential.
"I did it out of service to the public," she told the Almanac, adding that she believes she isn't violating any laws in releasing it.
Ms. Balfour's complaint stemmed in large part from Ms. McKowan's handling of the prosecution of Dr. William Ayres, a child psychiatrist accused of molesting boys who were his patients. Dr. Ayres was arrested in 2007 and tried in San Mateo County Superior Court; the case, prosecuted by Ms. McKowan, ended in a mistrial in 2009.
In her complaint, Ms. Balfour accused the prosecutor of a range of unethical and inappropriate behavior, including lying about her contact with potential witnesses who could have successfully challenged Dr. Ayres' defense that, rather than molesting his patients, he was performing appropriate physical examinations.
She also cited examples in her communications with the state bar investigator of other incidents of alleged misconduct involving two other cases of sexual molestation Ms. McKowan handled for the DA's office, including bullying the families of victims and lying about a victim's willingness to testify.
Ms. McKowan did not return phone calls from the Almanac seeking comment for this story.
The letter from the state bar cited violation of the Business and Professions Code Section 6106 as cause for the sanction. That section addresses "the commission of any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption."
The letter did not specify which of the accusations in Ms. Balfour's complaint were supported in the investigation, and which, if any, were found to have no merit.
According to a report from the state bar, the agency's disciplinary actions for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct or the State Bar Act range from disbarment for the most serious offenses to warning letters for lesser offenses. A "private or public reproval" is a mid-level sanction, and can be imposed "for misconduct not warranting a suspension or disbarment," and as "part of a stipulation and settlement before the filing of disciplinary charges," according to the report.
County DA Steve Wagstaffe told the Almanac that he was aware the state bar was investigating a complaint against Ms. McKowan, and his office "looked into the matter" on its own.
"We took appropriate action" as a result of the DA office's investigation, which was concluded last year, but he is legally precluded from saying what the action was, he said. "We don't wait to see what the state bar decides" when there is a complaint against a prosecutor, he added.
Ms. McKowan is still working for the DA's office, he said, and continues as the prosecutor in charge of retrying Dr. Ayres, whose case was to begin last week but has been postponed while his attorney seeks a change in venue.
Mr. Wagstaffe said Ms. McKowan was the right choice to prosecute the case because she is already familiar with the "massive amounts of documents" already generated by the previous trial and numerous court hearings over the years.
Ms. Balfour continues to challenge the DA office's handling of complaints against Ms. McKowan, and noted that she turned to the state bar to investigate the prosecutor after Ms. Balfour and victims' families were "stonewalled" in 2010 when they complained to Mr. Wagstaffe's office.
She said her concerns were primarily with victims of abuse and how they are able to seek justice in San Mateo County's court system. "This isn't about punishing a prosecutor," Ms. Balfour said. "It's about victims' rights."
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A week after releasing a new Rivals150 list for the class of 2008, Rivals.com is proud to unveil an expanded ranking for the class of 2009.
There is a new name at the top, and the class boasts a good balance of players at each position.
Sidney takes No. 1 spot
The biggest change in the rankings comes at the top. Renardo Sidney reclaimed the No. 1 ranking in the class of 2009 with his stellar play in the spring, taking the spot from Alabama forward DeMarcus Cousins.
Sidney, a Mississippi native, moved to Los Angeles last summer and got his body into shape. The 6-foot-9 forward has a do-everything approach to the game. His versatility, upside and skill set are hard to match nationally - regardless of class.
"Renardo Sidney has really taken his game to another level in the past year," Rivals.com national basketball recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer said. "Last summer, he was good - but not great. Since then he has really toned up his body and refined his skills.
"Maybe most impressive was the competitive edge that he played with at the Real Deal on the Hill in Fayetteville, Ark. He led his team to the championship game of the tournament."
Xavier Henry, a dynamic scoring guard from Oklahoma City, Okla., was dominant on the offensive end of the floor this spring. The No. 2 prospect in the class solidified himself as one of the best pure scorers in the country.
"I don't think there is any question that Xavier Henry is the most impressive perimeter prospect in the 2009 class," Meyer said. "At 6-foot-6 he is capable of playing the two to the four, and is filling out into a strong athlete. Xavier has all the skills and has the length and scoring moves to one day put up big numbers at the highest level."
Cousins checks in at No. 3, while point guard Dexter Strickland moves up a spot and Atlanta area big man Derrick Favors rounds out the top five.
Depth at the top prevails
Unlike the class of 2008, there isn't a positional theme atop the rankings. The class of 2009 has balance. Of the 20 five-star players in the class, six are wings, five are power forwards and five are shooting guards. The centers and point guards only tally a pair of prospects each.
Also changing with this new set of rankings is the number of five-star players. Generally, the basketball rankings boast 25 players that are tabbed five-stars. However, this current set of rankings only includes 20 five-stars in the 2009 class. Meyer said the players will need to earn five-star status with their play.
"We have realized for a while that it didn't make sense to have an arbitrary number of five-stars," Meyer said. "From now on we are going to use a fluid cutoff number between five-stars and four-stars."
The 2009 rankings only consist of 40 players heading into the summer, but expect that number to expand as Rivals.com has a chance to evaluate the class even further.
With a full summer slate ahead, the rankings for the class of 2009 will certainly fluctuate and are far from being complete. Expect several changes and some new names to pop onto the list over time.


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So what happened there? A sequence of three controversial events stacked up to cause much of the Toyota Park crowd to boo referee Ismail Elfath and crew as they went into the interval.
The First:
With the teams locked at 1-1, Patrick Nyarko broke through the New England backline and was thought to have won a penalty just as the clock hit 44:00 after contact with Revolution defender Jose Goncalves at the top of the box.
Elfath waved play on much to the chagrin of players and fans alike but okay, no big deal...
The Second:
Maybe its conjecture but the play seemed to throw Elfath off his game.
He likely would have signaled the amount of stoppage time or communicated via radio headset to fourth official Silviu Petrescu right after that play but with some jeers raining down and the signal to play on, perhaps he forgot? Perhaps the communication wasn't received on the sidelilne?
Either way the amount of stoppage time was never put up on the board by Petrescu and as a result, never announced in-stadium. It did however make its way into the broadcast though how, I'm still trying to deduce as no official number was ever given.
In the end, we probably won't know why it didn't happen as Elfath was asked via pool reporter post-game why the fourth official didn't raise the board to signal stoppage time.
The somewhat avoidant response was, "The priority of the fourth official is to keep order in the technical area."
Which seems to suggest Petrescu was too busy dealing with both team's coaching staffs to raise the board during any point of what ended up being three additional minutes of stoppage time. Without directly answering the question though, Elfath continues to leave the incident open for interpretation.
If it's safe for me to put my editorial hat on: The Pool Reporter system is a definite step forward for the league and Professional Referees Organization but its only as good as the referees being honest enough to answer the question being asked.
Though there's nothing specific about the raising of the stoppage time signal in the Laws of the Game, the signal is something universally expected at the international and professional level.
Even if there was chaos for three minutes in the technical area (which would be an overstatement), the job of the fourth official is also to inform the players, coaches and those in attendance what that number is.
That didn't occur unfortunately.
The Third:
With no stoppage time signaled, you could make a case that the half should have ended right when the clock struck 45:00. It didn't, and in fact saw New England score their second go-ahead goal of the night when Saer Sene received a pass from Dimitry Imbongo and finished past Johnson to make it 2-1.
Should the goal have stood? Upon further review, absolutely not...
Off the goal kick in which Bobby Shuttleworth found Imbongo, the Congolese forward was aided by the use of his hand to settle the ball before spraying towards goal and laying off for Sene.
There's the old adage that you should play to hear the whistle but looking back on the series of events, it seems the teams should have gone into halftime locked 1-1.
Where do we go from here?
There's no sour grapes as the Fire overcame the controversy to take a 3-2 win in dramatic fashion at home over New England. The victory sees the team into a playoff position for the first time this season, something unthinkable following the side's 2-7-1 start to the season.
Just as good, the last two games between these two clubs seem to show a revival in the once heated rivalry between the sides.
On to the next one at Columbus.


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There does not appear to be a way to stop Zone Alarm Security Suite 7's tray icon showing network traffic. If there is, I would like to know it. If not, I would like to see an enhancement to allow it as an option.
As Zone Alarm's Help says about the icon's behaviour, "This does not imply that you have a security problem, or that the network traffic is dangerous". Indeed. So why not make it optional? I find it mild distracting. Often, it is the only thing moving on my screen. It is natural for the eye to be drawn towards moving objects. This dates back to when it was a matter of survival. The reaction of our ancestors to moving objects would have been something like: "Could it hurt me? Or is it good to eat?". That is why animated advertisements on web pages can be so annoying.
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Two A's prospects will play in Futures Game
Carter, Weeks to represent U.S. during All-Star weekend
By Mychael Urban / MLB.com
Both 21 years old, they claimed spots in the starting rotation in their first trip to big league Spring Training.
Also at camp with the big boys for the first time this spring were second baseman Jemile Weeks and first baseman Chris Carter, who were announced Thursday as Oakland's representatives in this year's showcase.
The 11th annual XM All-Star Futures Game, pitting the best Minor League prospects from the United States against the best from the rest of the World, will be held at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on All-Star Sunday, July 12, at 11 a.m. PT. MLB.com will provide complete coverage before, during and after the game, which can be seen live on ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD and followed live on Gameday.
Weeks, 22, was selected by the A's in the first round (12th overall) of last June's First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Miami. He batted .297 with a .422 on-base percentage in 19 games with Low-A Kane County last season before suffering a season-ending hip injury the forced him to stay behind for extra work at extended Spring Training this year.
Assigned to High-A Stockton once cleared to play, Weeks was batting .395 with six homers, 19 RBIs and a .489 OBP in 19 games for the Ports through Wednesday.
Also 22, Carter was a 15th-round pick of the White Sox in 2005, traded to the D-backs on Dec. 3, 2007, then flipped to the A's 11 days later as part of the deal that sent Dan Haren to Arizona.
A 6-foot-4 slugger, Carter was named Oakland's 2008 Organizational Player of the Year after batting .259 with 39 home runs and 104 RBIs in 137 games for Stockton. Only one player in the Minors hit more homers than Carter, who led all Minor Leaguers with 75 extra-base hits and 288 total bases.
Assigned to Double-A Midland to start the season, Carter was batting .295 with 10 homers, 23 doubles, 49 RBIs, a .400 OBP and a Texas League-high 57 runs in 70 games through Tuesday for the RockHounds.
Weeks and Carter will suit up for the U.S. Team in St. Louis; Weeks is from Florida and Carter is from Nevada.
Mychael Urban is a national writer for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Duffy's first rehab start goes well with Double-A
KANSAS CITY -- A follow-up report on left-hander Danny Duffy's first Minor League rehabilitation start in his return from June Tommy John surgery was positive on Monday.
Duffy threw three shutout innings for Double-A Northwest Arkansas, and the report was that his fastball had good life, his location was decent and he competed well. He gave up two hits and two walks with four strikeouts, throwing 63 pitches.
"He threw good, got a little tired in the third inning, which is normal, but threw the ball very well," manager Ned Yost said. "Everybody was happy."
With Moose banged up, Yost relies on veterans
KANSAS CITY -- Mike Moustakas was hurting Monday, and that fit right in with manager Ned Yost's idea to do something a bit different with the Royals' lineup against the Cardinals.
"I wanted to get as many veterans as I can in there today to get us through this thing," Yost said.
Yost revealed Moustakas is about 75 percent with an injured quad -- playable as a pinch-hitter, but still in need of healing. He was out of the starting lineup for the second straight day for Monday's opener against St. Louis.
"He slid at home face-first in Houston and banged it," Yost said. "Then, when we came home, he got hit in the thigh in the exact same spot [Saturday], and it started to tighten up. Then, when he hit the double, he slid into second and banged it again. And those three instances, all in the same spot, kind of tightened it up.
"The problem with a quad contusion is it does get tight, and that could lead to a strain. He was much better yesterday, and there's no sense in pushing it."
So Yost had 39-year-old Miguel Tejada at third base instead of Moustakas, and also had veteran Jeff Francoeur back in right field and Elliot Johnson at second base.
After losing 16 of the previous 20 games, Yost was looking for a breakthrough against the team with the best record in the Majors.
"Today I woke up and I'm thinking, 'OK, I'm going with as many veterans as I can in the lineup today,'" Yost said. "They know how to get through stuff. I'm looking for energy, life, veteran experience, and let's see if we can punch out of this thing. Try something, man, nothing's working. Switching the lineup ain't going to work. Switch the players and see what happens."
The Royals will face left-hander Tyler Lyons on Tuesday night, and Yost said Moustakas will likely sit another day. Moose is in a 3-for-44 slide since hitting home runs in three consecutive games from May 8-10.
After playing four games against the Cardinals this week, the Royals travel to face the Rangers, who have the best record in the American League.
"This is not a good week for us. We're playing two really tough teams," Yost said. "But you've got to find some way to battle through it. Just plugging away, try different things."
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. Kathleen Gier 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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River Valley United Way will celebrate their 45th anniversary and 2014 Campaign Kickoff with an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at their newly expanded offices at 310 North Boston Place Suite 3 in Russellville. Visitors can enjoy food and drinks as well as reminisce about 45 years of community impact in the River Valley.
For more information contact River Valley United Way at 479-968-5089.
Fundraisor for Devon Essman
A Danville family is planning a week of frenzied fundraising that began Monday, Sept. 9, in an effort to enable 22 year-old cancer patient Devon Essman's parents, Bo and Teresa Essman, to accompany and stay with him in St. Louis, where he will travel from UAMS on Sept. 15.
Help Devon out by purchasing one of his t-shirts for $15 or making a donation at his fair booth at the Yell County Fair this week, and come eat some catfish at his fish fry after the parade this Friday at the pavilion at Danville City Park. The cost is $6 for catfish, fries, coleslaw, hushpuppies, dessert and a drink."
Everyone can send their well-wishes to Devon on a Facebook page set up in his honor and will also have additional information about how you can purchase a t-shirt.
Huffman family reunion
The family of Elza and Bitha Goates Huffman will gather at Price Grove Church, near Scottsville, for a family reunion. The reunion will be held Saturday and a potluck will begin at noon. Family and friends are welcome to attend. For more information call 331-4182.
2013 Russellville Christmas Parade
The 2013 Russellville Christmas Parade has been set for Thursday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. The theme will be "Songs of Christmas." Parade entry forms are available at the Recreation & Parks Department office at 1000 East Parkway, Russellville or online at www.russellvillearkansas.org. All parade participants must submit an entry form. The deadline to enter is Dec. 2 at noon. Due to time constraints, entries will not be accepted past this time. For more information call the Recreation & Parks Department at (479) 968-1272.


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But even if voters overturn this plan in a November referendum, the land is unlikely to remain dormant. From the city's perspective, should the referendum succeed and the zone change be reversed, the election could be a Pyrrhic victory for the residents. Effectively, it would leave the door open for a project that could bring greater traffic problems than what's being proposed by the nonprofit developer.
Existing zoning rules entitle the property owner to build 34 homes on the 2.4 acre site, currently occupied by a few homes and an orchard. The number could go up, however, if the developer were to offer some of these homes at below-market rates. According to city planner Tim Wong, project manager for the Maybell proposal, a developer would be allowed to increase density by 35 percent if 10 percent of the development is devoted to housing for residents at the "very low" income level or if 20 percent is built for those earning a "low" income. If a developer were to take advantage of this "density bonus," which is encoded in state law, the number of homes allowed at the site would increase to 46, Wong said at the council's June 13 meeting.
This alternative was a major consideration in the council's deeply controversial decision to approve the zone change. Even though the Maybell project would lead to greater density at the site, council members agreed that the changes to traffic would be hardly noticeable owing to the expectation that seniors drive far less frequently, if at all. The predicted traffic would be less than that of a development that is compliant with the original residential zoning.
"We know there would be 34 (homes) if not done by this applicant. Frankly, it could be closer to 46, by right, and there's nothing we can do to stop that from being built," Councilman Marc Berman said June 13.
Berman, who analyzed the traffic in the area over a series of visits to the site, brought up this factor in supporting the senior-housing plan. Even under a conservative estimate that uses methodology from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, traffic resulting from the Housing Corporation would be equivalent to about 31 new homes, Berman said. And when seniors drive, he noted, it's usually in off-peak hours.
Senior Assistant City Attorney Cara Silver confirmed that the city would not be able to prevent a developer from getting the density bonus, which is guaranteed by state law.
"The city cannot force a developer to build a lesser project if (the developer) is requesting something that is permitted by (legal) right," Silver told the council June 13.
An analysis by Hexagon Transportation Consultants had determined that the project would result in 16 new car trips during the morning peak-commute hour and 21 new trips during the late-afternoon peak.
Residents around the project site have disputed these findings and argued consistently that their neighborhood is already a traffic mess, thanks in part to the recent reconfiguration of lanes on Arastradero Road. At recent hearings, some showed videos and photos of Maybell Avenue during peak hours, with traffic badly congested and cars sharing roads with herds of bicyclists heading to and from schools. Though residents had other concerns about the project as well, including the compatibility of new houses with the existing neighborhood, traffic was at the center of the debate.
"With all the congestion City Council and staff have already created, it is irresponsible to increase zoning," Barron Park resident Lydia Kou told the council June 10.
Officials for the Housing Corporations have disputed residents' warnings about future traffic problems. Jessica de Wit, project manager with the Housing Corporation, noted that the vast majority of the tenants in the organization's existing properties throughout town don't work, and many don't drive. In Arastradero Park Apartments, which are next to the Maybell site, 89 percent of the senior tenants don't work, she said, and 55 percent do not drive. If a development of 34 homes were built, it would produce "38 to 52 percent more peak-hour traffic than the proposed project," de Wit said.
Prior to the council's vote approving the Maybell rezoning on June 28, Councilman Larry Klein said the planned-community zone would "afford more protection to the neighborhood than the existing zoning would."
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Not hearing a lot out of the Mayors office about this. Have they given any legitimate rationale for continuing?
I imagine it's about the money, but I can't believe it's only about the money.
I am becoming increasingly more agitated over the marathon going forward this weekend. With people still missing, millions without power in every boro that the marathon goes through, its down right disrespectful and an awful misallocation of resources to have the marathon continuing as planned.
Figure out a way to reschedule, cancel it, move it....I don't really care, but its not appropriate to have it less than a week after this catastrophe with a huge number of people in the NY Metro area still suffering. How can there be any generator used for marathon preparations when people in Staten Island literally have no food to eat? How can there be 100s of police assigned to marathon detail when there are fist fights at practically every gas station in the area?
The more I think about, the angrier I get. JMO.
Not hearing a lot out of the Mayors office about this. Have they given any legitimate rationale for continuing?
I imagine it's about the money, but I can't believe it's only about the money.
To have the Verazzano Bridge closed for this nonsense when they could be bringing supplies to people who desparately need them (or simply allowing beleagured SIers to visit family/friends) is obscene.
Screw the NYC Marathon
Four hundred and one miles. That's how much running I've completed since June 16, 2012. Since June 16th I've spent 75 hours in running gear. That's a little over three days of nothing but jogging. The goal of all this work was to run in the New York City Marathon on November 4th. Orange wave #4. Corral 65. Bib number 65195. And now I say to hell with it.
I found out I won the lottery for the marathon while I was in the Galapagos Islands. I was escaping the equator's humid weather, laying down on my hotel bed in a towel when a new email came in on my iPhone. I was in. I couldn't believe they chose me. Although looking back I think it had something to do with me registering two years in a row and getting denied. This being the third year in a row, they had to let me run. It was some sort of arcane rule that I believe they're doing away with after this year. Happiness/fear set in quickly. I realized immediately that I needed to get to work and train for this marathon better than my last two. Yeah, I ran in two other marathons: NYC in 2010 and Italy in 2011. I am now addicted.
I decided to buy the training program that the NY Road Runners provide on their website. It's a pretty great program. They email you every single day at 2am with how many miles you're to do today, a coaches tip and what pace you should maintain on your run. I followed this regimen for 75 hours and 401 miles over 16 weeks. Every single day I woke up and checked my email and read my mission for the day. After my workout I would log my workout on their website. Every single day since June 16th I did this. I cherished the off days and truth be told where there was a Flex day (a day where the option was to run or take the day off), you bet your ass I took that day off. I'm not a skinny man. I have flat feet and tree trunks for calves, but I make damn sure to get off my ass and do my workout for the day. I ran 20 miles in one go, not once but twice during my training. My big toe nail is black and blue and a good friend who is a nurse says I will surely lose that during the marathon. It was a sacrifice I was happy to make, until today.
I'm a native New Yorker. I spent my first 22 years in Staten Island and the last eleven in Brooklyn. I love this town. I've seen the horror show of 9/11, the 2004 black out, and the 2007 Mets season end with Carlos Beltran watching a curve go by him. I know pain. I know suffering. This storm is right up there. People are without power all over New York. My mother in Staten Island was unreachable for most of the day yesterday, and I didn't know if she was dead or alive. My employer is having me work from home because there is no power at the office. I don't work for a Fortune 500 company. I work for a small mom and pop shop in Manhattan, and they need the power to get online. They need it to survive or they will go bankrupt and I will need a new job. That's real. The worst part? That **** is nothing compared to the people whose lives have been lost or homes have been burned down or blown away. It's dark out there. It dark and scary and I honestly think this is worse than 9/11.
Now, I know there are thousands of runners who have trained all year for this event. They've come from all over the globe to get to NY and go to Staten Island and wait for the sun to come up and the marathon to start. Lots of money and sweat has been spent in preparation for November 4th, 2012. I know because I am one of the people that spent money and sweat. "Well you didn't travel from Kenya to run in the marathon," you could say. That's fair, but the New York Road Runners had ample notice about this hurricane. They had a whole week to evaluate the situation. When they saw that people were staying in hotels because they have no home to go back to they should have stepped on the breaks there and then.
Furthermore, I don't want to have streets cleared along the marathon route unless every street has been cleared of downed trees and power lines. I don't want to be handed a free cup of Gatorade unless every single family in Rockaway has the same luxury. I don't want people cheering me on when nurses who saved thousands of lives did so in complete darkness. I don't want to reach that finish line before the city I love and live in crosses that finish line and cleans up after this natural disaster. I love the NYC Marathon. It changed my life. 75 hours and 401 miles later; I say to hell with it. Just postpone the damn thing.
A horrificly misguided and wrongheaded decision.
On a sorta-related note (i.e. wrongheaded decisions), I've heard reports of out-of-state electrical and line workers being turned away from helping in NY and NJ......because they're non-Union.
/facepalm, palm, palm.
Bloomberg is a complete buffoon. But no worries, he'll be out of there after another 6 or 7 terms.
just think about random tits. Gets me through some tough times.
After Post cover today, there will be MAJOR problems if they run this race...thinking widespread riots
I see everyone's point, be it can't be postponed. It's an international event, runners are here from all over the world. The Bridges aren't closed to emergency vehicles and the police are barely needed anyway -- most of the work is done by volunteers. Bad optics, no doubt, but there won't be any harm. We are not New Orleans. Period.
Also, parenthetically, police are, by far, the least important of the city services right now as they have no role in power restoration, moving debris or moving supplies. They are needed to control traffic, but on a Sunday that is hardly a problem.
Because the focus is not on the most important task at hand.
Now you have storm victims competing with marathon for hotel rooms.
Actually we won't get to hear that because we have no power!
I hope everyone feels great when they run away from Staten Island to start the race, leaving behind a borough devastated.
Wanna run a Marathon?
I'll give you a 26.2 mile route. Wherever you live or come from, I'll work one out for you, ok? Or better yet, check out google maps and knock yourself out.
Wanna volunteer?
I know handing out cups of water to people from all over the world is oh so noble, but how about you volunteer by distributing food to hungry New Yorkers?
I know a lot of people will be pissed off abut the marathon, but people in NY are always pissed off and I simply don't believe that it will have any real effect on the recovery efforts. Believe me, I'd like to go home too, but NY is a big enough place to run a marathon without messing up assistance to other places.


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Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine made history Thursday as he delivered what was called the first speech completely in Spanish by a candidate at an organized campaign rally during a presidential election, NBC News reported.
"Latinos will have a very important voice in this election and the option is crystal clear," the senator from Virginia said in Spanish to a crowd of roughly 360 people gathered at the Phoenix rally, which was punctuated by a mariachi band and signs like "Bienvenidos a Arizona."
"By 2050, communities of color will constitute the majority of our population. So of course Latinos will help shape the future of America because you folks are the future of the United States," he said.


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Raider Nation Petition
I am done… I can no longer be a fan of the Raiders…this is pathetic game after game I watch only to get angry and disappointed. There is talent I don't care what anyone says…but there are also morons. Morons that play on the team, morons that run the team, morons in the scouting department. There is nothing to be optimistic for as long as this organization keeps the same staff. No, I am not a bandwagon fan I have stuck through the autumn winds of disappointment since 1995. No I do not share in the glory days of Tatum, Long, or any other great player. My glory days are the three years we were worth a shit at all Garner, C. Woodson, Brown, Romo, and Gannon. But even in those years there were losses to the Ravens in the AFC Championship, Patriots in the AFC Divisional Championship, and the Bucs in the Superbowl that is it (an embarrassing loss to boot). Bottom ten: VI Winning Seasons: III Three years of mediocrity: 8-8 Wow, I can't believe that fans still exist with those numbers. Call me what you want but I refuse to watch a game, buy a ticket, pay for a jersey(be paid to wear a jersey), or mention anything positive on the Raiders until drastic measures are taken in the scouting and owner offices. The Raiders need to get rid of the cancer that is the scouting department and whoever lets these penalties go unpunished. The effort on tackling is putrid and the only reason high profile players come here is to get a big undeserved payday. As I watch arm tackles broken with ease from the opposing offense, the wide receivers have hands of granite. The Raiders need a role model in the locker room someone to offer guidance. A coach that instills discipline, and will not let DUI's and spraying hoes in the club go untouched. If it were me you would not have had the chance to want to retire Javon your ass would have been looking for a new team. But good ole Al loves the high profile players. I guarantee if Michael Irvin or Deion Sanders came out of retirement he would try and sign them. I am almost positive if the lions had us on their schedule, they would get a win this season. I will cheer, and be a happy Raider fan when the nation is heard and something changes. The optimism year after year needs to turn into results not shortcomings and excuses. I am going to catch heat from this from Raider fans but I am realistic and not living in the fantasy world of high dollar free agents and the fastest man in the draft. The Raiders lack discipline…and a proven leader….and an owner…and a GM…and some scouts…and a coach…and some players with the will to win…and the swagger…some tackling…some hands…an o-line….shit a d-line…
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