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Senior Scott Criss will completed his Nebraska career in 2013. Criss has provided depth on the offensive line throughout his Husker career. An Omaha native, Criss began his college career at Wyoming before transferring to Nebraska.
Criss is one of 19 Husker seniors participating in the bowl game as a graduate, after picking up his degree in construction management earlier this month. He was one of 30 Huskers to earn Academic All-Big Ten honors.
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Criss saw action in Nebraska's victory over South Dakota State.
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Criss transferred before the season and sat out because of NCAA transfer rules.
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Criss redshirted as a freshman at Wyoming in 2009, before transferring to Nebraska as a walk-on prior to the 2010 season.
At Creighton Prep High School, Criss helped lead the Junior Jays to an 11-1 record and a state semifinal appearance in 2008. An all-state selection as a defensive lineman, Criss tallied 37 tackles, three sacks and one interception during his senior season, while also playing on the offensive line for head coach Tom Jaworski. In 2007, Criss earned honorable-mention all-metro honors.
In addition to football, Criss also participated in basketball and track and field at Creighton Prep.
Criss was born on Dec. 28, 1990, and is the son of Steve and Sue Criss. He is majoring in construction management. Criss claimed spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall semester of 2012 and the spring semesters of 2012 and 2013. He also was named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2010 fall semester. Criss has volunteered his time with Husker Heroes and team hospital visits.


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TUNIS, Tunisia - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton blasted Russia and China as "despicable" for opposing U.N. Security Council action on Syria, and more than 60 nations began planning a civilian peacekeeping mission to deploy after the Damascus regime halts a brutal crackdown on the opposition.
President Barack Obama said Washington will keep pressuring Syrian President Bashar Assad to stop the "slaughter" of civilians, saying it was imperative that the world unite in condemning the Syrian military onslaught.
"It is time to stop the killing of Syrian citizens by their own government," Mr. Obama said after a conference by a group of nations known as the Friends of Syria concluded in Tunisia.
The move by the group is aimed at jolting Assad and his allies into accepting demands for a democratic transition, even as they are still unwilling to commit to military intervention to end the nearly year-old bloodshed.
While the conference in Tunisia offered nothing other than the threat of increasing isolation and sanctions to compel compliance from Assad, Clinton went on to predict a military coup inside Syria of the kind that ended the old regimes in Egypt and Tunisia.
"We saw this happen in other settings last year, I think it is going to happen in Syria," she told reporters at the end of the meeting. "We also know from many sources that there are people around Assad who are beginning to hedge their bets they didn't sign up to slaughter people."
Clinton said the Syrian regime will have "more blood on its hands" if it doesn't immediately comply with cease-fire demands.
Assad allies Russia and China, which have blocked previous U.N. action on Syria and are eager to head off any repeat of the kind of foreign intervention that happened in Libya, gave no sign they would agree to peacekeepers. Their actions prompted a particularly strong reaction from Clinton.
"It's quite distressing to see two permanent members of the Security Council using their veto while people are being murdered women, children, brave young men houses are being destroyed," she said. "It is just despicable and I ask whose side are they on? They are clearly not on the side of the Syrian people."
4 killed in renewed shelling of Syrian city
Syria humanitarian crisis spirals out of control
"Friends of Syria" to call for U.N. peacekeepers
In New York on Friday, U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said the secretary-general's office had no immediate response to a call for a peacekeeping mission.
The conference, meeting for the first time as a unified bloc, called on Assad to end the violence immediately and allow humanitarian aid into areas hit by his regime's crackdown. The group pledged to boost relief shipments and set up supply depots along Syria's borders, but it was unclear how it would be distributed without government approval.
The friends, led by the U.S. and European and Arab nations, also vowed to step up ties with the Syrian National Council, an opposition umbrella group. They took a tentative step toward recognition by declaring the council to be "a legitimate representative" of the Syrian people, a possible precursor to calling it "the legitimate representative."
Despite the show of unity, which diplomats said they hoped would impress upon Assad that the end of his family's four-decade autocratic rule is inevitable and at hand, there were signs of division. Some nations argued for arming Assad's foes, while others called for the creation of protected humanitarian corridors to deliver aid.
Neither idea was included in the conference's final document, which instead focused on steps nations should take to tighten the noose on the regime, including boycotting Syrian oil, imposing travel and financial sanctions on Assad's inner circle, and working with the opposition to prepare for a post-Assad Syria, including lucrative commercial deals. It also welcomed the appointment of former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to be a joint U.N.-Arab League special envoy for Syria.
On the sanctions front, France said the European Union would on Monday freeze assets of Syria's national bank held in EU jurisdictions while Clinton vowed that already tough U.S. penalties would be strengthened.
Highlighting the divisions, though, Saudi Arabia called publicly for weapons and ammunition to be sent to the opposition, including the Free Syrian Army, a Turkey-based outfit made up largely of Assad regime defectors.
"I think it's an excellent idea," Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal told reporters as he prepared to meet Clinton on the margins of the conference. Asked why, he replied: "Because they have to defend themselves."
Saudis: Arming Syria rebels an "excellent idea"
Clinton demurred on the question. But on Thursday in London, she said the opposition would eventually find arms from some suppliers if Assad keeps up the relentless assault.
The Obama administration initially opposed arming the opposition but has recently opened the door to the possibility by saying that while a political solution is preferable, other measures may be needed if the onslaught doesn't end.
The Syrian National Council, for its part, said it would be grateful for help in any area.
"We welcome any assistance you might offer, or means to protect our brothers and sisters who are struggling to end the rule of tyranny," council president Burhan Ghalioun told the conference. He laid out the council's goal of a free, democratic Syria free of the "rule of a Mafia family" in which the rights of all would be respected.
Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani, who has been a driving force to unite Arab opinion against the Syrian regime, directly called on Assad to step down. And, together with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, he called for the creation of humanitarian corridors to get aid to embattled citizens.
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, the host of the conference who only recently assumed power after his country became the first in the Arab Spring to topple its longtime leader last year, called for an Arab peacekeeping force to ensure stability during an eventual transition.
"We have to respond to the demand of the majority of the Syrian people to get rid of a corrupt, persecuting regime," he said. "We have to stop the bloodshed, but this cannot be through military intervention."
The Friends group recognized this call by giving a green light to U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to start drawing up plans for such a joint Arab League-U.N. peacekeeping operation that would be comprised of civilian police officers. Ban is expected to begin recruiting possible contributors to the mission and preparing its mandate.
Such an operation would not be a military intervention but would still require authorization from the U.N. Security Council, where it will likely face opposition from veto-wielding members China and Russia, neither of which attended the Tunis conference, and Iran. Russia and Iran are Syria's two biggest military suppliers.
As the conference began, about 200 pro-Assad demonstrators tried to storm the hotel. The protest forced Clinton to be diverted briefly to her hotel.
The protesters, waving Syrian and Tunisian flags, tussled with police and carried signs criticizing Clinton and President Barack Obama. They were driven out of the parking lot by police after about 15 minutes.

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Sidney pushes past, into the entrance. "Paul, what is this about? I heard something like 'murder'? I don't see how--"
The overhead light suddenly flickers and wanes, and she cuts herself off, glancing up and frowning.
After a moment to compose herself, she returns to badgering him, though much calmer. "I really don't see how this is a good idea."
Yori says nothing to Paul but stays in the back of the group, waiting to be taken inside or told what is happening.
Sam nodded at Paul and reached a hand out to shake as he walked in. "Shame about the situation. Always loved this building and its history."
Given a proper invitation, the House's threshold proves no problem for Ben as he steps inside. "I'm afraid that details were a tad light, what can you tell us about your... situation?"
Paul snorted, moving deeper into the house. "Given what you all know, what some of you are, do you really think I'd want to say anything other than in person. I'd call the police, but well, this isn't really their area of expertise."
The inside of the house is fairly spartan. A few books on the shelves, the walls whitewashed, and a few spare pieces of furniture is all that marks the house. Still, there is a certain heaviness in the air that caused everyone to pause, especially Sidney and Benjamin. The threshold was weak, as it had been many years since anyone had actually used the building as a home, but it felt as if emotion had been buried deep in the walls.
"The body is up in the garret." He pointed up the stairs. "Through the master bedroom and up the narrow stair case. Sorry if any of you are claustrophobic. I'd rather you see the body first before you ask your questions."
Yori nods and heads to the stairs, looking around the rooms as he passes, checking for any thing that looks to have been damaged recently, say by being knocked over or something like that.
Yori stops at the stairs and offers to let Syndey go first but heads up himself first if she indicates he may. Yori pays close attention for anything indicating a struggle or an accident before entering the bedroom, and does the same in the bedroom before entering the garret.
Sidney grumbles under her breath at Paul at the excuse.
As he finishes, she darts up the stairs, through the bedroom, and after barely acknowledging Yori, up the last set of stairs and into garret, leaving the more methodical and perceptive Yori behind.
Shrugging, Ben heads up the stairs, though not quite as enthusiastically as Sidney. Much like Yori, his eyes are flicking about as he looks for anything out of the ordinary.
Sam laughed internally as he watched both Ben and Yori in investigation mode. He knew these guys had a bit of training in such things, at least based on his previous interactions, but he was pretty sure he had them both beat, put together even. He took his time and kept a close eye on nearly everything. He listened to the way the floorboards creaked, kept track of the way dust had settled, and looked for scuff marks or smudges on things like the bannisters and stair treads. He was fairly sure he wouldn't find a whole lot of oddities among those observations, or, indeed, much evidence of anything until he made his way upstairs. He figured anything that mundane would probably be evidence of something the police would get involved in, and the way Paul was acting, he figured it must be something a bit less obvious. Still, he didn't slouch on the observations, just in case.
The staircase up to the second floor is spacious enough for a 19th century house, and none of the gathered individuals notice anything untoward. The staircase up to the garret though... well, it wasn't designed with even the average sized 19th century person, let alone a full grown man from the 21st century.
Yori ends up having to squeeze through, and is probably thankful that he wasn't trying to navigate the stairs in any kind of haste.
The first thing everyone notices is the smell. The overpowering, gut twisting smell. It smells of a charnel house, as there is blood everywhere and bits of meat stuck to the plaster of the walls and the ceiling. What had been, you think, a person, is n the middle of the floor, butchered beyond recognition. A glance cannot tell you whether it was male or female or how old.
The second thing of note is that, despite the summer swelter and the decided lack of air conditioning, is that the temperature in the garret is chilly enough to raise goosebumps.
Crudely painted on the floor in drying blood is a G.
Paul follows the rest of you up the stairs, a handkerchief over his mouth and nose. "Now do you see why I called you? Why I didn't want to say too much before you saw it?"
A pause. "Well I guess I'm somewhat relieved."
Sidney crouches down, next to the body, staring at it. The situation had rapidly tripped over into 'weird shit' territory, and a sense of detachment was now taking the place of what would normally be shock and disgust.
"Hey Benjamin. Dare you to open your sight." She glances at Ben, grins, then walks away to a relatively clean corner of the room, looking through her bag and beginning the process of working a spell.
Yori stands back, letting Ben, Sidney and Sam look over the scene. Yori is a little shocked with himself, as he looks over the scene he is more curious then disgusted over the scene. Yori looks more at the body, trying to decern what could have caused that much blood over the room.
Ben glares at Sidney before returning his attention to the gruesome scene before him. "Paul, do you have any idea who this could be? I can't imagine that many folks had access to this part of the house." He glances back at Sidney and smirks as he watches her pull the various components from her bag and begin her spellcasting.
"Oh, I know exactly who it is," he replied. "Or at least I have a reasonable good idea. Sara Dodson was a grad student at UMBC, and she came here quite a bit. I think she was working on her MFA in English, and she liked the vibe that the attic gave off. It was a bit outside of protocol, but I let her come up here. In retrospect, not the best idea. She was the niece of a good friend, though. I was downstairs, and didn't hear a thing. No one came in or out of the house, and the only reason I knew anything was wrong was when I came up here to tell her I was heading home and not to forget to lock up."
"Well, if I didn't know better, I'd say it was impossible that you didn't hear it. Looks almost like she exploded."
Sam was doing a remarkable job of keeping down his lunch, but only because of sheer effort and his uncanny ability to pretend he wasn't really seeing this.
"Okay, easy question first, and ones I'm sure I probably know the answer to. First - she have any companions, or ever come here with anyone that you know? Second - what kind of things did she do up here? Third - is it usually this damn cold in this room?"
"My first inclination is towards some sort of powerful thaumaturgical effect, as Paul here has said that she was alone. As for the chill, the first thing that springs to mind is the Winter Court. Perhaps she crossed the wrong Fae?"
Ben falls silent as he continues to examine the body, now looking for the telltale signs of magic in an attempt to figure out what sort of spell might have caused this.
Paul shrugged at Sam. "Not sure what to tell you. I let her up here, and she was alive and alone. When I came up to check on her, she was like this. She never came here with anyone. If you want, I have the number for her aunt downstairs. She might be able to tell you more.
He then turned to Ben. "I wouldn't know anything about that," he said. "Still, it could be the Good Folk. I'd be careful jumping to conclusions at the moment though, otherwise you are only going to see what you want to see."
"Anyway, I don't see any reason for me to stay up here. I'll be downstairs if you need me."
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"Wait a sec. She came here 'quite a bit,' meaning how often? A couple times a week, daily, at the same time every day, when she could, or what?"
Sidney looks at Paul. "I'm working out a spell. There's this one I managed before. If she had a specific pattern of activity, I can try to get a vibe for what she usually did and what happened differently this time."
Ben waves a hand in a slightly dismissive manner. "Yes yes, it's simply a thought is all." Glancing at Sydney, he smirks slightly "Why Marcia, I'm surprised! You know a spell that does more than simply blowing something up?"
Sam set about looking at the gore, doing his best to keep his stomach contents from making an even bigger mess.
OOC - a whole bunch of skill checks. Investigation (Examination) -- 4 (ouch!) = -1 0 -1 1 + 5, Lore (Mystic Perception) -- 5 = 0 1 1 -1 + 4, Scholarship (Answers: Is there a history of similar types of deaths, and if so, what do I know about them) -- 5 = -1 1 1 0 + 4, Burglary (Casing) -- 3 = 0 -1 0 1 + 3
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Ignoring Ben, Sidney kneels down, sprinkling copper dust in a circle and sealing it.
From her bag, she pulls out an old 60's Polaroid camera. It's been modified somehow, with thin copper wiring strung all over the outside. She then pulls out a sheaf of parchment paper, sliding it in to the bottom of the camera, and finally sets the thing down on the ground, sitting beside it in the circle.
She begins to pour energy into it, slowly, faint bolts of electricity sparking within the bounds of the copper circle like a plasma lamp.
After a minute or so, the sparking seems to fold in to her, sucked into the camera. She smiles, then picks it up and breaks the circle, relasing some remaining static electricity.
[Uh still not sure how all this works. First Conviction, then Discipline (Lore?)? The spell is going to temporarily infuse the camera with a weaker version of the Sight, so she can get indirect information on what happened. Channeling, to get an Examination effect? Conviction 5 + -1 , Discipline or Lore 3 + 1 , figure I'll have to make a few more so second Conviction 1 , second and third Discipline/Lore -2 2 ]
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Turmeric is the most healing root for the body. It comes from the root of a plant which is grown mainly in India but it has been used in many countries for thousands of years as a healing food. It is known to be beneficial to the inner organs, the spine and the joints. It is purifying to the blood and promotes general good health. It also has external healing properties and can be used in masks and baths for the skin.
It keeps a person beautiful. When used internally, it should be cooked rather than raw, so that the body can more easily assimilate its healing powers. It is an essential nutrient for women over the age of 28.
Golden Milk is especially beneficial for stiff joints and provides a source of lubrication for the entire system. It includes both essential oils and turmeric, both vital ingredients to help women keep their flexibility and vitality.
1/8 teaspoon turmeric
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8 ounces milk
2 tablespoons raw almond oil
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Simmer turmeric in water until it forms a nice paste. Suggested cooking time is 8 minutes, you can add more water as necessary. Meanwhile, bring milk to a boil with the almond oil. As soon as it boils, remove from heat. Combine the two mixtures using a blender if desired. Add honey to taste. The cardamom may be cooked with the turmeric for added flavor.
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A ten-year study of alcohol consumption in Central Australia has found that stopping the sale of low-cost products is the most effective way to reduce abuse.
The longitudinal study, conducted between 2000 and 2010 by the National Drug Research Institute, was discussed at a seminar at Alice Springs today.
Conducted by the National Drug Research Institute, the study examined health and policing data.
Its lead author, Professor Denis Gray, says evidence shows banning low-cost alcohol significantly reduced per capita consumption.
"The big drop that occurred in 2006 was associated with a ban on table wines in casks of more than two litres and a ban on fortified wine in containers of more than one litre," he said.
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Ramin Jahanbegloo, an Associate Professor and York-Noor Visiting Chair in Islamic Studies at York University in Toronto, will speak on Democracy and Nonviolence in Iran. Prof. Jahanbegloo has been a researcher at the French Institute for Iranian Studies and a fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He is also a member of the advisory board of PEN Canada.
Jahanbegloo won the Peace Prize from the United Nations Association in Spain (2009) for his extensive academic works in promoting dialogue between cultures and his advocacy for non-violence. Among his 20 books in English, French and Persian are Beyond Violence (Har-Anand 2008), India Analysed (Oxford University Press 2009), Talking Politics (Oxford University Press 2010), Civil Society and Democracy in Iran (Lexington Press, 2011) and The Gandhian Moment (Harvard University Press).
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Harlem Shane Scarbro was born at 3:22 p.m. May 4 in Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville.
He weighed 4 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 18 1/2 inches long.
He is the son of Hannah Davis and Shane Scarbro of Harriman.
Grandparents are Dorothy Guy of Rockwood, and Jean Scarbro of Harriman.
Great-grandparents are Betty Steele and Josephine Duncan.
Josiah Hayden Kieth Miller turned 11 years old on June 9.
He celebrated on June 5 with a Laser Tag party with 30 friends and a Pokemon party.
He is the son of Holly Culleton and Ben Miller.
Grandparents are Len and Gina Jackson of Harriman, Pastor Randy and Vicki Miller of Iowa, and Chuck and Billie Beach of Oliver Springs.
Josiah has a brother and best buddy, Zackary.
V. David McKinney of Rockwood celebrated his 90th birthday recently with five generations of his family.
The family includes, front row from left, daughters Pat Belcher and Shirley Anderson; and back row, Louise and David McKinney, grandson David Belcher, great-granddaughter Brittany Belcher holding great-great-grandson Braylon, great-granddaughter Kayla Belcher holding great-great-grandson Blaine, and granddaughter Trisha Hastner.
Babies born at Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, to Roane County parents:
May 8 — Brandy and Matthew Hunter, Oliver Springs. A girl, Ivory Rosemarie, 9 pounds, 1 ounce. Grandparents: Peggy Silvey; James Silvey; Teresa Jenkins, Randall Campbell; Victoria Toomey.
May 9 —Aubrey Bentz, Kingston. A girl, Autum Gracelynn, 9 pounds, 0 ounces. Grandparents: Teresa Davis; Michael Bentz.
Babies born at Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, to Roane County parents:
Dec. 6 — Kayla Melhorn, Oliver Springs. A boy, Skylar Brady, 8 pounds, 0 ounces. Grandparents: Reneha Melhorn and the late Henry Melhorn.
Jan. 4 — Malori Lemons, Rockwood. A girl, Palmer, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Sibling: Rylee. Grandparents: Debbie Lemons; Chuck Lemons.
Babies born at Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, to Roane County parents:
Oct. 28 — Kayla and Christopher Pierce, Kingston. A girl, Alisa Louise Lynette, 7 pounds, 1 ounce. Sibling: Brennan. Grandparents: Lena Honeycutt; David Malosh; Wayne Honeycutt; Jeannie Pierce; Rodney Pierce.
Nov. 1 — Kelly Meredith and Michael Burton, Oliver Springs. A boy, Ke'son Alexander, 6 pounds, 0 ounces. Siblings: Madison and Lacy. Grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ward; the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burton.
Shayla Joy Barber and Chancey Randall Miller are happy to announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
The couple will be married June 7, 2014, at First Baptist Church in Rockwood. A reception will follow at Club Grande at Grande Vista Bay.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Shannon Barber and Larry Frost, both of Rockwood. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Barber of Rockwood.
Wesley Colyer and Michelle Hreha Colyer of Kingston announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Heather Anne Colyer, to Zachary Zeigler.
He is the son of Terry and Marge Thompson and Tom Zeigler of Kingston.
The ceremony will be on June 14 at Scott-Ellis Pavilion in Kingston.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late William and Mary Colyer, and Maria Hreha of Kingston and the late Stephen Hreha.
She is a 2009 graduate of Midway High School and is a current student at Roane State Community College.
Edna Lawson's family celebrated five generations with the birth of Lawson's great-great-grandson, Wyatt Poore.
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Cedar Eugene Jarnigan was born at 8:40 p.m. April 25 in Physicians Regional Medical Center, Knoxville.
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He is the son of Parker Jarnigan and Daniele Jaques of Oak Ridge.
Grandparents are Tina Zornes Lefever of Leaburg, Ore., Rusty Jaques of Springfield Ore., Pal and Sara Jarnigan of Oak Ridge, and Steve and Jeanette Hensley of Kingston.
Great-grandparents are Hoyle and Mildred Dake of Kingston, and Julia Lowe of Oliver Springs.
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TOP TEAMSPickerington Central OHIO DIVISION
This division is loaded, but one first must look at a Pickerington Central team (26-2, 13-1) returning two starters off its state championship team. Coach Jerry Francis won�t let the Tigers rest on their laurels. Despite the loss of three starters, several youngsters will push for playing time. Gahanna (16-7, 8-6), Newark (19-5, 11-3) and defending district champion Reynoldsburg (14-10, 7-7) also have high-caliber teams. Gahanna, which is 98-21 the past five seasons, might have its most diverse collection of talent. Newark has two talented guards in brothers Jalen (10 points) and Jordan Dartis (11 points). Jordan is one of the top sophomore prospects in Ohio. Pickerington North (12-10, 7-7) can defeat anyone on any given night.Upper Arlington, Dublin Coffman CENTRAL DIVISION
Upper Arlington (16-6, 12-2) and Coffman (13-9, 9-5) have ruled the roost in the Central for the past several seasons, and even with the addition of district champion Olentangy Liberty (21-3, 12-2) to the division, have the most firepower returning. The Golden Bears feature a nice backcourt in 6-foot junior Danny Hummer (8.5 points) and 6-2 junior Kevin Vannatta (13.5 points, 7.5 rebounds) and a system that features perimeter shooters. Coffman�s top returner is 6-5 junior forward Jason Hall (9.7 points, 7.1 rebounds). Thomas Worthington (11-10, 9-5), with four-year player Will Hill (12.7 points, 4.3 assists), and Hilliard Davidson (13-10, 7-7) are solid programs. Don�t rule out Westland (10-11, 8-6) as a sleeper.Westerville North CARDINAL DIVISION
The return of Davidson-bound guard Jack Gibbs, a 5-11 senior, from a season-ending injury boosts the chances of North (18-5, 11-3), which has a superb backcourt and scoring potential. Gibbs is rated as the No. 2 point guard in Ohio by TripleDoubleProspects.com. Senior guards Jaylen Benton (12.8 points, 4.5 assists) and Adrian Cook (12.7 points, 4.6 assists) also can score. Westerville South (18-5, 11-3) always has the athletes, aggressive mindset and coaching to contend. Senior forward Marcus Ball (14.3 points, 8.5 rebounds) is a steadying influence and polished multiple threat for the Wildcats. Dublin Scioto (11-11, 6-8) returns a core of experienced players. Worthington Kilbourne has one of the best big men in the area in 6-7 senior center Tyler Stern-Tucker (12 points, 7 rebounds), who has signed with Findlay.New Albany, Delaware CAPITAL DIVISION
The open-post system used by New Albany (12-9, 10-4) is difficult for opponents to grasp. American recruit Jalen Rhea (6-2, sr.) is rated as one of the top shooting guards in Ohio. He averaged 14.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists last season. Because of a spate of injuries, point guard Mike Wells was forced to carry Delaware (10-11, 7-7) last season. A talented but youthful supporting cast should push the Pacers to the top of the heap. The return of senior guard Seth Clark (14 points) buoys the hopes of Olentangy (11-11, 6-8) contending in its new division.
TOP PLAYERSJae�Sean Tate PICKERINGTON CENTRAL
A four-star recruit who committed to Ohio State last week, this 6-5 junior swingman played a key role in leading Central to the Division I title in March. He is a terrific offensive rebounder and knows how to get the ball in the basket. He averaged 12.2 points and 7.0 rebounds last season and picked up his production during the postseason. Francis will ask him to further develop his guard skills.Aaron Jackson GAHANNA
A 6-6 senior swingman who can play every position, Jackson � who averaged 15.2 points and 5.2 rebounds last season � has signed with Akron.Wendell Davis REYNOLDSBURG
Davis, a versatile 6-4 senior guard-forward who has signed with Ashland, led the Raiders to an unexpected Division I district championship last season. He averaged 16 points and nine rebounds.Mike Wells DELAWARE
An exciting 5-7 senior point guard who made third-team all-Ohio in Division I, Wells is an adept scorer (25.1 points) and distributor (5.2 assists) who is being wooed by a handful of Division I programs.
� Scott Davis is the new coach at Reynoldsburg. Davis, a former Pickerington star, spent the past four seasons at Beechcroft.
� Pickerington North standout Jake Butt, a 6-6 senior, will play only the first six games before graduating early and enrolling at Michigan, where he will play football next season. One of his future Wolverines teammates, 6-6 Taco Charlton of Pickerington Central, also will enroll early and will not play basketball.
� Entering his 48th year in coaching and 30th at Thomas Worthington, Bob Miller is 545-303. He is the winningest coach in the Central District and 20th in state history.
� Javon Bess, a 6-5 junior who played on Pickerington Central�s state championship, has transferred back to his native Gahanna, where he will give the Lions a huge boost. He is rated as a three-star recruit by MaxPreps.com.
� Taking over as first-year coach at Olentangy Orange is Anthony Calo, son of longtime Westerville South coach Ed Calo.
� Brandon Bapst of Grove City, a 6-5 senior guard-forward has signed to play at Malone.
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9-5-09 PNC Park
I hadn't been to a game since last Thursday, a span of 9 days had passed since I snagged my last baseball.
After missing Friday's game, I was back in action today.
Batting practice was just beginning when I entered at 4:30, so there were no Easter Eggs to be found. However, there was a ball laying on the warning track near the bullpen.
As I started to set up my glove trick, a Pirates batter lofted a fly ball at my section. My glove was off of my hand. I dropped my glove to the ground. I realized the ball would fall short, so I hopped over a bleacher to get into a better position. The ball bounced on the warning track, hit the fence separating the bleachers from the bullpen, and caromed right to me. I caught the ball with my bare hands on the bounce. It was ball #1.
I then turned my attention back to the ball on the warning track. I had lost my rubber band when I was running into the bleachers (it fell off of my glove) and was working with a replacement rubber band that I didn't have a feel for. Every rubber band is different and needs adjusted appropriately. After two readjustments, I reeled up the ball. However, as I was bringing it in, the glove hit to wall and the ball fell out. Great. Now the ball was partially under neath some padding and I would have to work more to get the ball. As I was making my second attempt, I was surrounded by groundskeepers.
I ended up finally getting the ball in the right spot so I could reel it in. It was ball #2. The groundskeepers thought the trick was really cool and asked a few questions about how it was done.
I got ball #3 tossed to me by Matt Capps.
Game: 6 balls (3 hit, 2 thrown, 1 device)
Season: 343 balls (181 hit, 101 thrown, 61 device)
Games: 70 games (7 of which didn't have BP)
Average: 4.90 balls per game
Career: 509 balls
Streak: 85 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
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NHL Labor Talks To Resume Thursday
NEW YORK -- If time spent at the bargaining table indicates progress, the NHL and the locked-out players' association finally could be on their way to making a deal to get hockey back on the ice.
A second straight day of marathon negotiations took place Wednesday, when the two sides spent more than five hours hammering away at the most contentious issues separating them. Coupled with the more than seven hours they spent negotiating on Tuesday, owners and players have been together about 13 hours and are ready to get back to it on Thursday.
Neither side tipped its hand about what was discussed or if the talks were successful, and the location of the meetings is still being kept secret.
"The National Hockey League's negotiating committee met with representatives of the National Hockey League Players' Association for approximately 5½ hours," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement Wednesday night. "We do not intend to comment on the substance or subject matter of today's negotiations."
NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr also said very little after the sides wrapped up the latest round of talks.
"The NHLPA and the NHL met to discuss many of the key issues," Fehr wrote in his statement. "We look forward to resuming talks (Thursday)."
Those issues include revenue sharing between teams and the "make-whole" provision, which involves the payment of player contracts that are already in effect. The lockout will be entering its 54th day Thursday, and there is still much to be done to work out the differences to reach a deal that will allow the already delayed and shortened season to begin.
Thursday will mark the fourth time in six days that face-to-face negotiations have taken place after the sides both rejected proposals on Oct. 18.
Along with a handful of team owners, eight players attended Wednesday's talks, five fewer than Tuesday. Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and others left New York to try to avoid the impending snowstorm that hit the area, the union said.
There already was common ground before negotiations began Tuesday. The players' union adhered to the league's request to keep the meeting location a secret. With no outside distractions, the sides talked from afternoon until night. Then they did it again on Wednesday
Once they broke for the day, neither side gave any hint of what was discussed or if progress was made, but both pointed to the next round of talks. Steve Fehr met with Daly on Saturday, and neither provided many details of what was discussed, but both agreed that the meeting was productive.
Time is becoming a bigger factor every day a deal isn't reached. The lockout, which went into effect Sept. 16 after the previous collective bargaining agreement expired, has already forced the cancellation of 327 regular-season games -- including the New Year's Day outdoor Winter Classic in Michigan.
Whether any of the games that have been called off through Nov. 30 can be rescheduled if an agreement is made soon hasn't been determined. But the NHL already has said that a full 82-game season won't be played.
Back in October, the players' association responded to an NHL offer with three of its own, but all of those were quickly dismissed by the league -- leading to nearly three weeks without face-to-face discussions. Daly and Steve Fehr kept in regular contact by phone and agreed to meet last weekend.
Both sides have made proposals that included a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenues.
The NHL has moved toward the players' side in the contentious issue of the "make-whole" provision and whose share of the economic pie that money will come from. But work remains to get an agreement done.
Other core economic issues -- mainly the split of hockey-related revenue -- along with contract lengths, arbitration and free agency also will need to be agreed upon before a deal can be reached.
The players' association accepted a salary cap in the previous CBA, which wasn't reached until after the entire 2004-05 season was canceled because of a lockout. The union doesn't want to absorb the majority of concessions this time after the NHL had record revenue that exceeded $3 billion last season.
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Spring is here in PA!
In Pennsylvania and across the country, records are being set for warmth. It was 77 degrees in Milwaukee today. 81 in Chicago. I checked my phone, it was 73 degrees outside. I asked Amy if she wanted to go hit, she said 'Of course!' We went to a local little league park for 11-12 year olds. Its three fields in one giant space, so there's really no fences to gauge distance or power, but I just wanted to get some swings in.
I was stuck using my new bat, which I hate.
It's BBCore so it acts like a wooden bat rather than my old illegal 34 inch 30 ounce bat that balls flew off of like golf balls. That bat, if you remember, met its death in December of 2011 when it broke while facing minor league pitcher Matt Barnes.
I had brought 17 balls with me to the park, and was focusing on making solid contact.
For the most part, I started terribly. I kept yanking grounders into foul territory.
I guess I could blame the winter months for the rust. Possibly the gym. The bat felt like a wiffle ball bat, so I was out in front of a lot of my self-tosses.
Things came together in my last six swings or so as I started to find my home run swing.
I had one bomb that rolled up the hill behind left field – it was my last hit of round 1.
I had enough energy for another round, but I wanted to make things more interesting, so I headed to right field and hit towards the third base dugout to give myself a fence/target.
I'd say it was only about 275′, so it wasn't too hard to hit some homers.
I had never tried hitting in this area of the field before, but it was fun.
I like putting on a show for Olivia and Amy.
Here's a couple more pics and then we'll wrap this up:
Amy's favorite pic:
My farthest hit:
Check out the 10 day forecast for Pittsburgh:
Who needs spring training when we have Florida weather here now!
What's everyone doing to enjoy this nation wide warmth?
On another note, I organized all of my Reds Season Tickets on my lunch break:
And Pirates tickets.
I tear them all out, put each game in its own envelope and sort them by date and venue.
This helps since I do a lot of exchanges.
Can you believe Opening Day is only 22 days away? And you have until Sunday to win this CC Sabathia shirt!


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This is about me and my hobbies. I will post everything here in regards to my hobbies, everything from weight lifting to video games. I also post things such as reviews (movies, TV shows, etc.) as well as rants about things that are just pissing me off. *Author's note: Unless otherwise specified, photos/videos posted here are not of me or anyone I know, and were obtained from the internet.
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Pool Nation made its Steam debut on October 18th, completing its 3-pronged attack by releasing on Xbox, Playstation and PC, and the PC version even has an extra trick up its sleeve... but unfortunately, it's still up there. Once it's done being developed, the Box of Tricks will be a free update that lets players use the Steam Workshop to construct their own trick shots for other players to enjoy. But for the time being, the Steam version of Pool Nation is largely similar to its console counterparts.
Pool Nation is one of the most polished indie games of 2013- the animations are shiny and smooth, the gameplay is responsive and the physics are realistic. You won't find yourself screaming at this game for bouncing your balls in the wrong direction, or glitching out and dropping your cue ball through the table. With eleven game modes including tournaments, online play, and single-player endurance mode; as well as a slew of collectables to unlock, Pool Nation has no shortage of goodies to keep gameplay fresh.
There are four venues to play pool in, each with three versions- a bright daytime, a somber sunset, and a neon-soaked nightlife version. Before each match you get long, sweeping, Forza-like shots of the pool halls, showing off the chic modernist furniture and high vaulted ceilings before skipping to the table where all the action happens. Visually, the gameplay is exactly what you'd expect from a pool sim- a floating cue taking aim at a cue ball, with halos pointing out exactly where the ball your aiming at will roll. What's interesting about Pool Nation though, is that there is no traditional difficulty settings. Instead of making the AI better, the difficulty is completely up to the player by adjusting their aim assistance. Novice players can have the computer point out pretty much the entire path of their shot, experienced players can reign it in to a mere hint, and the hardcore vets can turn the assistance completely off for a more realistic experience. Putting the difficulty in the hands of the player is a great design choice, it makes the game feel custom-tailored to the player- letting newcomers feel at home without dumbing it down for them or blandly explaining how the game is played. The control scheme is fairly in-depth so it's a little intimidating at first, but thankfully there's a quick-reference button and in-depth tutorials on how to play the game and pull off advanced skill shots and combos. I'll be honest, when I'm actually playing pool, I'm flying by the seat of my pants and relying on luck more than my skill or coordination. Thankfully, in Pool Nation, patience and strategy are the keys to sweeping the table.
The default controls for the PC version is obviously the mouse and keyboard, but you'll want to use a controller if you have one. This game just feels more at home on a controller than with a mouse and keyboard- it's not unplayable by any stretch of the imagination, but it's markedly less intuitive and often over-sensitive. Once you get used to juggling left and right mouse for the different types of aiming, and toggling the O and / keys to switch your view and reset your shot it's not as bad; but once you get your hands on a controller, you won't want to go back.
The single player tournament mode is a series of traditional 8 and 9-ball games broken up by bonus matches where you play one of the more exotic modes to unlock ball sets, pool cues or table decals. Each tournament match you win also unlocks the character you were playing against. The characters amount to little more than pictures that fill space next to your scorebox, but I have to admit I prefer that to having someone lurk behind the table while you line up your shots. Each character also comes with a short bio that adds a bit of humor to the game, like Vlad Molotov who's vaguely reminiscent of Roy Munson from Kingpin. Although some of the bios don't really make sense- like Fronk L'emur, the guy who thinks he's a lemur.
If you get bored of standard tournament play, there's several other game types with alternative objectives like clearing the table the fastest, potting higher-point balls than your opponent, or potting a ball in all six pockets. The non-traditional game modes are just as solid as the standard tournament play, and they show you that Pool Nation has more to offer than most pool games. The endurance mode was definitely my favorite, since it's basically a mash-up of Tetris and billiards. The objective is to pot balls as fast as possible to prevent the table from overflowing, and every minute the balls change color and are added at a faster pace. When the table is reaching its capacity you get this 'low life' warning sound until you either clear enough balls or succumb to the onslaught. The only slump to the game is that there isn't much of a online presence yet. But there are a few new additions to the online multiplayer. In addition to a few basic things like in-game text chat; after you create a match and wait for other players, you can mess around the table in free play rather than just staring at your screen waiting for someone to come along.
The only real complaint I have about Pool Nation is how inconsistent the AI can be. I had one match where I didn't even have a turn after breaking because the computer sank every single shot. And when I did a rematch, the computer missed more than half of their shots while I kept potting ball after ball. More often than not the matches are fairly close, but every once in a while you get those fluke games that make you wonder if the AI is broken
When the computer is really 'on', a single shot can cost you the entire match. I like high-stakes games, but I was still grateful for the Flashback mechanic that essentially gives you two mulligans per match. The beauty of the Flashback is that while it can save an entire match, you don't have to use it if you think it's a cheap cop-out. In fact, you're often rewarded with Challenge Stars for not using them- which unlock bonus levels that award you new decals and ball sets.
Pool Nation is a beautiful game that plays great and has a long shelf life. Because it puts so much in the hands of the player, it hits a really nice balance between accessibility and challenge. Hopefully once the Box of Tricks is released, there'll be more interest in the online play so finding matches is faster and easier. Or at the very least make for some good Little Big Planet-style Rube Goldberg levels.
Pool Nation is a beautiful game that plays great and has a long shelf life. Because it puts so much in the hands of the player, it hits a really nice balance between accessibility and challenge. Hopefully once the Box of Tricks is released, there'll be more interest in the online play so finding matches is faster and easier. Or at the very least make for some good Little Big Planet-style Rube Goldberg levels
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I've spent an embarrassing percentage of my life planted in front of a screen. I'm pretty sure I know the layout of Planet Zebes better than my own home town, and most of my social life in high school revolved around Halo 2 and Super Smash Brothers. When I wasn't on a console I was playing every ROM I could get my mitts on.
These days I spend most of my time with games made by small studios, because they tend to make what I'm interested in playing. I love developers that experiment with new mechanics, write challenging and immersive narratives, and realize that a game's aesthetics are more than it's graphics. So long story short-you'll see a lot of posts from me about Kickstarter campaigns and Early Access debuts.
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Every mother. Every time.
A pregnant mother of three drove her minivan into the ocean at Daytona Beach yesterday. She was reportedly incoherent when questioned by police and is undergoing a mental health evaluation at a local hospital. She is believed to be suffering from psychosis.
Every mother. Every time.
A mother in Chicago is being held on $1 million dollar bail today after she tried to kill herself and her 8 month old son by causing head on collisions with other vehicles, not once, but twice.
Every mother. Every time.
Out of ignorance I used to judge mothers who committed such acts. But during my second pregnancy, I started experiencing symptoms of antenatal depression and had fleeting thoughts of suicide. After I gave birth, I spent the first year of my son's life crippled with anxiety, despair, and found myself planning suicide 2 months before his first birthday. I wanted to be free of what my mind had fallen prey to. I wanted relief from the intense mood swings, frenzied OCD, and graphic intrusive thoughts that flashed in my mind unwarranted and unwelcomed. (Full disclosure: Driving my car into a body of water or into oncoming traffic? I've had those thoughts. Learn more about intrusive thoughts here)
Thankfully I found hope and help after a google search led me to Postpartum Progress, and I read about the full scope of perinatal mood disorders and their symptoms in "plain mama English." I sought and began treatment; my diagnosis eventually changed to rapid cycling bipolar 2, OCD, and anxiety, and when it did, I began a medication regiment that included a mood stabilizer instead of just an antidepressant.
I don't judge anymore. Instead I recognize and question if these mothers recieved adequate help and support. I wonder if they felt safe enough to reveal their struggles or if the stigma surrounding mental illness in motherhood choked them into silent suffering. I wonder if their obstectricians were taking them seriously if they disclosed struggling with the mood swings hormone fluctuations during and after pregnancy trigger. I wonder if their obsetricians and children's pediatricians screened them for depression and anxiety during pregnancy and beyond the 6 week postpartum check up. I wonder if they were told that depression and anxiety during and after pregnancy can manifest as rage, obsessive thought patterns and behaviors, and if they were made aware of the symptoms of postpartum psychosis, and told what to do if they began to hear voices or have delusions. I wonder if anyone told them that having an intrusive thought doesn't make them a bad mother, and doesn't mean they will harm themselves or their child.
I wonder.
I wonder what it will take for the medical community and our society to take maternal mental health seriously. I wonder when we'll give just as much care to women's minds as we do their bodies during and after pregnancy. I wonder how many more women and their children have to die because we aren't making a mother's mental health our priority when we care for and treat them.
Every mother. Every time.
What will it take for every obsetrician, every pediatrician, every insurance company to screen mother's during pregnancy and their infant's first year? Suicide is THE leading cause of death among women in their first year after childbirth, yet we stop screening for PPD, PPA, and postpartum psychosis after 6 weeks-if we screen at all. At least 50% of the 1 in 7 women who suffer from a PMAD go untreated, whether it's due to lack of screening, or access to support and mental healthcare.
What will it take to screen and care for every mother, every time? What will it take to offer our mothers and their babies treatment and hope?
There is hope. Women don't have to listen to the siren call of despair. Treatment makes recovery possible. We don't have to leave women to suffer silently on their own, trapped in their minds, unable to free themselves. But too often, we do. Women are being missed and overlooked.
Every mother. Every time. We must screen. We must be louder than stigma's voice. We must enoucrage our mothers to seek treatment.
If you believe universal mental health screening for pregnant and new mothers should be mandatory, please consider signing this White House petition. If you or someone you know is currently suffering, please know you are not alone. You are not a bad mother. There is hope and there is help. You can find information and resources at Postpartum Progress, and you can find a community of support on Twitter through the #PPDChat hashtag, and Postpartum Progress' private support forum.
To read some more about my experience with PPD & Bipolar Disorder during pregnancy, you can type "ppd" in the search box here to find some older posts, and you can read guest posts I've written here and here.


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Do you recall NowPlaying? The dataengine/widget pair for Plasma that tells you what your media player is currently playing, and allows you to control it?
Well, now it supports MPRIS2. What does this mean for you?
Well, probably not much right now. Juk doesn't support MPRIS2 (although I intend to change that for 4.9/5.0), Amarok worked before (although it should use marginally less power with MPRIS2 rather than the old MPRIS interface), VLC doesn't support MPRIS2 (yet; version 1.2 will). A handful of other players support MPRIS2, though, including the Raven Music Server.
The main thing, though, is that support for MPRIS2 is increasing in media players, partly because of Ubuntu's adoption of it as the mechanism for its sound menu to talk to media players. Spotify now supports MPRIS2, for example. And now the Now Playing widget can support them.
MPRIS2 has many advantages over the original MPRIS specification, not least of which is not having to query the media player every second for up-to-date position information. As a result, the nowplaying dataengine will prefer the MPRIS2 interface to the MPRIS interface for a media player that offers both.
The only quirk to be aware of is that Amarok's MPRIS2 support isn't quite right in the 2.4.x series, and this will affect a couple of features of the Now Playing widget (seeking and enabling/disabling of the next/previous buttons); this shouldn't be an issue though, as these problems are fixed for Amarok 2.5, which will be released before KDE Plasma Workspace 4.8.


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Miele Compact C2 Topaz Vacuum
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- Summary
The Miele Compact C2 Topaz offers powerful cleaning in a lightweight, easy-to-maneuver, quiet-performing canister design. Two included brushes handle all your flooring surfaces: The electrically driven power brush features a floating head and swivel neck for effective carpet cleaning, while the low-profile parquet brush excels at cleaning smooth floors.
- Recommended for smooth surfaces, low- to medium-pile carpets and area rugs.
- Power-driven rotary brush thoroughly removes hair and dander from carpets.
- Double-jointed floor brush designed for smooth surfaces has a low profile for getting under appliances and furniture.
- Rotary-dial control adjusts six suction settings for smooth floors, carpets, area rugs, drapes, upholstery and silence mode.
- For optimal maneuverability, the carpet brush, hose and telescoping wand connect directly to the canister.
- Super AirClean filter system keeps ambient air fresh.
- One-touch cord retractor – press it once and the cord retracts.
- Attachments clip onto the hose for easy storage.
- Additional dust bags and replacement filters are sold separately.
- Replace the Super AirClean and Pre-motor filter every time you open a new box of dustbags.
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- Upholstery nozzle.
- Crevice tool.
- Dusting brush.
- 1 Miele AirClean Type F/J/M dust bag.
- Miele Super AirClean filter.
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- 23 1/4" x 14 3/4" x 12 3/4".
- 21' cord; 33' operating radius.
- 3' telescoping wand.
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- For best performance, replace the Miele AirClean Type F/J/M dust bag after 1 1/2 hours of continuous use or when full.
- Replace the Super AirClean and Pre-motor filter every time you open a new box of dustbags.
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- Use with the Miele Active HEPA AirClean Filter, SFHA50.
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[Update/addition: Friday, May 9: In putting this piece together, I neglected to include a city child soldier case which ranks among the worst, if not the worst, Winnipeg's ever seen: The case of JJT, who was 15 when he and another Indian Posse member shot up a house party on Alexander Avenue in March 2008. Three were killed and three severely injured. There was no motive to the crimes, other than the older IP member, Colton Patchinose, was angry at being ejected from the party just before the shooting. He went to fetch JJT and the two shot up the place with handguns. "My son was taken from me at an early age," JJT's dad told court, referencing the street gang influence on his son at his sentencing. JJT recieved a life term. You can, and should, read more about his background here. But I conclude this brief update with Justice Colleen Suche's comment on her decision to sentence him as an adult:
"It is a chilling but frank reality that J.J.T. is but one of an entire generation of children being recruited as child soldiers in the small armies we know as street gangs, which are constantly at war - with each other, and with society.")
Sirak Okbazion, 14. Clarky Stevenson, 15, Paris Bruce. 16.
Hearing the names of these three teens should give each and every Winnipegger pause.
They weren't just teenagers involved in street gangs.
They also represent, respectfully, a decade-long grim lineage of 'child soldiers' who were influenced or preyed upon by older gang members to do their dirty work.
These kids are also dead today.
And it's not right. It reflects a failure of our society that they died so young and so violently.
Beyond that, you can draw a kind of map (and in fact, I have) tracing the lineage of street gang-related mayhem that resulted as spillover from the separate killings of these three city teens.
Action prompts reaction: It's not just a law of physics. It's also part of the street gang ethos. You hit us. We hit you.
I'll give you a very brief breakdown.
Sirak's homicide was committed when he was 14 in 2004 by the West Broadway-area B-Side gang in response to one of their members being shot at.
It spawned far more than just greater violent conflict between Sirak's newly-founded gang, the Mad Cowz and the B-Siders. (Both factions are still with us today, just noting).
Sirak's death led to internal strife within the Mad Cowz, which saw the creation of the African Mafia in protest of how Sirak's death was (or was not) avenged. That strife led directly to multiple shootings, firebombings and other violent mayhem.
Worse yet, it directly influenced the death of innocent Phil Haiart, who was gunned down by AM members Corey Spence (15 at the time) and Jeff Cansanay as he simply crossed a West End street.
Cansanay, the triggerman goaded by Spence to 'shoot, shoot,' was aiming at two Mad Cowz members, but missed.
The resulting fallout from Haiart's murder became a kind of chromosome in Winnipeg's DNA.
How the political and police response shook out to the 17-year-old's death is part of our essential makeup as a city.
From Haiart, we caught a close-up glimpse of an awful truth: Kids are being used by gangs, and kids, by virtue of their ages, are unpredictable. Maybe I could be next, people wondered.
Stevenson's stabbing in 2011 in the North End has likely caused more bad blood between entrenched street gangs - he was an Indian Posse associate - than one might believe.
Well liked by many and known for being ferociously fearless, sources tell me Stevenson was on track to taking a place in the IP's gang hierarchy.
So, when it just so happened he wound up stabbed to death, allegedly by suspects linked to the MOB gang, violence spilled over between the two groups in waves, and to some degree continues to this day.
Soon after, innocent David Michael Vincett, was shot by James Sinclair - just 14 - on Boyd Avenue.
"I did it pretty much because of what happened to my friend," Sinclair told police.
Sinclair's friend? Clarky Stevenson.
Sinclair was an IP associate who mistook Vincett for a member of the MOB on a darkened street, chasing after him with a .357 Magnum and gunning him down with a single shot to the head.
While one teen, Steven Johnston, was acquitted earlier this year of stabbing Stevenson to death (but wound up back in custody soon after for a triple-stabbing), another faces trial for second-degree murder.
Today, we finally learned the sad fate that befell Paris Bruce, 16.
Bruce, aligned with the Mob Squad - a splinter faction of the MOB - was led into a plot hatched by an older gang member to take over an Indian Posse crack house.
Just weeks before Bruce was beaten to death by IP members, the gang superior, Joshua Jeffs, who got Bruce mixed up in the plot that would claim his life, was viciously attacked by four teen IP members with a hatchet and machete for being part of a group that attacked their Boyd Avenue hangout by surprise.
Jeffs, according to prosecutors, also enlisted another teen and an 11-year-old boy to try and take over the Redwood Avenue crack shack.
Bruce, maybe not comprehending fully what he was getting himself into, tried to run when IP guys caught on to what the Mob Squad was trying to do. He wound up beaten and stabbed to death.
It's no mistake that the Crown used the words "young soldiers" to describe Bruce, the other teen and the 11-year-old and their position within their gang.
Despite how ugly the tactic is, it should be more than patently obvious by now that older gang members are well-aware of the benefits of using younger guys to do the dirty work.
To them, the 'kids' are expendable - and, let there be no doubt, in great supply - even if they're dying off or being sent packing to jail for a time as a result of their involvement in the gang underworld.
I'll repeat: The fact that any kid winds up in a gang is a signifier to us that something is wrong with our society.
Whether they wind up there because of poverty, addictions, for protection or for a sense of belonging, seeing our youth wind up being used by criminal factions they way they are should be nothing short of alarming to us.
But recruitment continues, relatively unabated, and has done so in Winnipeg for a long time now.
I've only presented here three examples of slain "child soldiers."
There are many, many more examples I could call upon that I've seen in recent years.
What's to be done about it, I can't offer a solution other than to say every child needs a baseline of normality in their lives in order to have a chance at success over the long-term.
What I am sure of — and it should be pretty clear by now if you've gotten this far — is that "child soldiers," "young soldiers," or whatever you want to call them, are a blight not just on the gangs they're enlisted in, but on us as a society as a whole.
We should be shocked and outraged by the brutal, violent deaths of people in our city who have barely lived.
I get the sense we're generally just resigned to the fact that this happens to some of our youth. And it's wrong.
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When vibrations (in the form of longitudinal pressure waves) in the sonic or acoustic range reach the ear — whether transmitted through air, liquid, or solid — the person receiving those vibration hears sound. If the sound is unpleasant — because it lacks agreeable musical quality or is too loud — it becomes noise. Excessive noise can be mentally and physically dangerous for workers. For both mandated and marketing reasons, much work has been done on reducing noise in the workplace over the past decade. Sound-producing components, such as pumps, are tested for noise generation and their ratings are published as part of their basic specification.
Yet, if you walk through any large automotive plant, you'll probably pass some hydraulic power units that have sound-deadening enclosures built around them. The presence of a sound enclosure often indicates that the power unit did not operate at the sound rating shown in the manufacturer's catalog for the pump. In other words, the catalog sound rating for the pump is usually much lower than the sound rating for the completed hydraulic power unit. Something happens during assembly of the power unit to metamorphose a relatively quiet pump into an unacceptably noisy power unit.
It's generally understood that pump pressure and pump size have about an equal effect on the hydraulic noise that a pump will generate. In addition, pump speed has about 300% greater affect on noise than either pressure or size. (This is the reason some pump manufacturers recommend lower-speed electric motors.) And fixed-displacement pumps are usually quieter than variable-displacement models. But all of these factors are noted in the pump catalog. Something else — not mentioned in the catalog — is contributing to the increase in noise level.
The problem is that any slight noise generated by the pump is amplified throughout the structure of the hydraulic equipment. Lab tests show that pump noise levels are increased by 2 to 3 dBA just by adding 12 ft of outlet and return lines. These lines do not generate noise - instead they radiate noise when they respond to pulsations or vibrations generated by the pump. Long hydraulic lines, whether pipe, tube, or hose, also frequently provide the primary path for propagating pulsations from the pump to components — such as the large flat metal surfaces the typically are part of hydraulic reservoirs — that react to them and radiate even higher noise levels. These phenomena help to explain why many pumps have a low noise rating, but when they are installed on a power unit, the assembly's noise rating is much higher.
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In any hydraulic system, the pump is the main source of pulsations and vibrations. While pump manufacturers have made noise reduction a design goal, every pump still produces some ripple - the pump manufacturers' term for pulsations. Ripple produces the line vibrations which cause additional noise. System designers cannot change how much ripple the pump produces, so they must find ways to control the propagation of that ripple out through the rest of the system.
One of the first areas that should be reviewed when attempting to reduce power-unit noise is the hydraulic conductors. Somewhat surprisingly, one factor that can contribute much to the noise level is improper use of hydraulic hose. Recent research at a large pump manufacturer showed that they could take an average of 5 dB(A) out of a standard power unit merely by changing the configuration of the hydraulic hose. Frequently, a 90° curved hose is used when a horizontal line has to be connected to a vertical line, and 180° hose curves also are quite common. Experiments show that both of these configurations actually increase system noise level. The solution: don't bend hydraulic hose; instead, substitute bent metal tubing. Only use hose in a relatively straight line.
It is well known that introducing a compressible medium such as nitrogen into the relatively incompressible medium of hydraulic fluid will help reduce pulsations. The challenge is to get the fluid to interact with the nitrogen so the nitrogen compresses and the fluid merely loses its pulsation.
Over the years, nitrogen-charged accumulators have been installed in many hydraulic circuits to absorb pulsations. At first, accumulators were used as appendage devices — teed off the hydraulic line. The designer hoped that the pulsations would wander into the accumulator. However, experience showed that the majority of the pulsations bypassed the line leading to the accumulator. Different designs then evolved in which the full flow was diverted into the accumulator. Correctly sizing this type of accumulator is complicated and the circuit that directs flow into the accumulator is very expensive. Also, pressure drop through these accumulators may be unacceptably high.
Another method of using compliant nitrogen to deal with noise-causing pulsations is to mount an in-line nitrogen-charged noise suppressor right at the outlet of the pump. (This suppressor is described in detail in the box at right.) This design is more efficient than a large conventional accumulator because the fluid flow-path to the bladder is short and unrestricted, and the fluid contacts a much greater bladder area.
To reduce noise in a power unit:
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* organize the fluid conductors to minimize pulsation transmission; avoid long, unsupported conductor runs
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* install suppressors with compliant nitrogen-charged bladders if the power unit still does not meet the noise specification.
In-line noise suppressor
The suppressor consists of three concentric, cylindrical metal noise baffles or diffusers inside a nitrogen-charged tubular rubber bladder. The inner baffle has ½-in. diameter holes cut into it; the second layer is a coil spring that helps support the thin outer baffle; and the outer baffle is perforated by more than 4,000 1/32-in. diameter holes. (These holes are small enough that the surrounding bladder cannot extrude into them.)
Pulsations enter the suppressor and then pass through the three baffles — a total radial distance of only ¼ in. — and strike the bladder,which typically is charged at 50 to 60% of the hydraulic-system operating pressure. The bladder deflects each time it is hit by a pulsation, and this slight deflection absorbs and reduces noise — and as a bonus, any shock waves. The bladder's large area, its ability to oscillate at high frequency, and short travel distance combine to absorb pulsations with frequencies above 600 Hz.
The size of the suppressor is determined simply by the size of the hydraulic line in which it will be installed. Models are available for pipe and tube sizes from 3/8 to 3 in., with NPT pipe, SAE tube, and split-flange port connections. Sizing older-style, accumulator-type hydraulic pulsation dampeners was a long and complicated process. With this design, the size of the line becomes the size of the suppressor.
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One pump manufacturer built 60 double-pump power units for an automotive plant. The completed power units registered a noise level of 82 dBA, but the plant's noise specification was 80 dBA. The manufacturer decided that the least expensive solution was to install in-line noise suppressors directly at the outlet of the pumps. The suppressors brought the noise level down to 78 dBA), and the cost was considerably less than building noise enclosures around the power units.
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A New York judge has temporarily banned Lifetime from showing "Romeo Killer: The Christopher Porco Story." It was scheduled to debut Saturday night and repeat on Sunday, showing the story about an upstate New York man imprisoned for the grisly crime.
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