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We'll confess to having checked out last night before Alex Rios' futile ninth inning homer last night (because we needed to maintain peace on the homefront), but the Blue Jays' offensive performance in last night's 4-3 loss to Baltimore was a tad sleepy.
Mind you, the Orioles didn't roll over and let the Jays scratch their belly in the same way that the Rangers did all weekend, and with only friends and family on hand at faux-retro Camden Yards, one can understand how they might have slipped off into a slumber.
Oh, Gibby: It's probably not worth busting out the Fire Gibbons tag just yet, but his decision in the eighth to stick with Matt Stairs against the left-handed Jamie Walker while Alex Rios sat on the bench was a little...um...perplexing.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Blue Jays go do-do against the O's
4 comments:
- Navin Vaswani said...
why, OH WHY, can't we hit rookie pitching? so frustrating.
- April 15, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- Chris said...
Maybe Gibbons was saving Rios for the 9th inning, when he knew Sherrill was going to be coming in.
- April 15, 2008 at 5:18 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
If Gibbers has that sort of supernatural foresight, then we hope he starts to use it more often.
- April 15, 2008 at 8:12 PM
- Darren Priest said...
According to Pat Tabler and the other guy in last night's broadcast, Rios was on the bench for punitive reasons.
- April 16, 2008 at 10:09 AM
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Successful people are not lucky.
They simply follow a different 'guidebook' of habits, traits, and principles which Mr. & Mrs. Average do not either choose to or know about. Chances are, they are living far too much of their lives awash in the conventional wisdom, advertising/PR, and/or mass media entertainment sources to have dug far enough below the surface to hit the gold veins that would transform their lives from the inside-out.
However, let it be said that its never too late to grow into these! I'm living proof, as it took me several decades post graduation from traditional schooling to have struck the gold. And, now that I have, the veins continue to appear: all over the place! There is no shortage of world class information to make these veins produce additional gold; in fact, there's so much that quite some time ago, I made it a large part of my life's purpose to spread & share what I've learned with as many humble, honeable, & hungry people that I am able to build relationships with.
And, with the above mission in mind, here are ten to study, learn from, and live each & every day:
[1] Have a Focus & a Purpose in Life.
+ Focus like a laser, and not like a flashlight.
+ Know your "Why" – this is imperative!
+ Define your purpose. Mr. Orrin Woodward thought so much of this, he used it as foundational Resolution 1 in his landmark book, 'Resolved' (!)
+ Keep in mind that purpose, legacy, and destiny are Level 3/highest of the high/ motivators. Once you find yours, your life will feel far more complete and fulfilling.
[2] Always strive for Excellence
+ Self explanatory, yes? However, one would be surprised, mildly, or perhaps more so, to find how many aren't. Mediocrity and same-ness are prevalent in mainstream culture. "Home to work", "home to work" … is the mentality. And, when not working, you may find these same folks who are not living up to their potential holding their favorite sports teams to a super high standard.
+ Be the example. You're the project. Not someone else – unless you are living intentionally for excellence in all areas of your life, you cannot in good stead point out others' perceived imperfections or attempt to correct them.
+ Rise above the crowd. The crowd has fallen prey to a little known (yet becoming more clear) factor called 'Sturgeon's Law' – One has to read NYT Best Seller, 'LeaderShift' to be educated in depth on this law, however, in short form, it means that the crowd, defined as the 90%, will be average at best.
[3] Always leave people better off than before you met them.
+ Every interaction you have with someone else can be scoreboard'ed on a scale of 1-5. Keep yours at 4 or 5 always.
+ Study books like 'The Great Connection', 'Personality Plus', 'The Five Love Languages', & 'Positive Personality Profiles'
+ Be an encourager & a cheerleader. The world has too many discouragers, cynics, unhealthy skeptics, & correctors.
[4] Take Responsibility
+ Look in the mirror. You are always the final responsible party. If you have/own a 'victim card', toss it in the trash, never to be played again.
+ Sometimes, taking responsibility means you accept fault when something is out of your control. However, leadership entails such high levels of ownership of situations, people/followers, and the resulting circumstances.
[5] Always take on new challenges.
+ Living in one's familiar zone won't result in the success that is earned by those who are in the pool and moving against the current. The current will be given new life by those who stretch and grow in all areas. A challenge is an open opportunity; don't pull down a shade over it.
+ The mindset of a winner and a climber is that of someone who takes things on with ambition and determination. Create the new reality by tapping into your vision. Overcome the goliaths and achieve the private/personal, public, and leadership victories that are yours for the taking.
[6] Produce, regardless of the situation you're in
+ Excuses are useless. Don't ever make them. Find reasons to produce something remarkable.
+ Never whine. Never complain. Never make excuses. Wooden's set of three's is just as applicable today, a few years after his passing at age 99, as it was when he was growing up.
[7] Have a strong work ethic
+ You're entitled to nothing except life, liberty (freedom), and the pursuit of happiness. Natural laws, as so brilliantly espoused by Patrick Henry in his 7 Resolves { 1765 } , are the governing 'rules of the road' for true leaders.
+ Laws that encourage anything remotely resembling entitlement are those which successful people repel. Earn your stripes by what you do to make yourself better, and then, thereafter, to go out and serve others.
[8] Invest in yourself.
+ The monies one earns should be paid to 'You, Inc." first ahead of anything else. No one can take away wisdom, knowledge, and learned truth(s) from you unlike they can a house, a car, electronics, or sports gear.
+ The poor have big TV's; the wealthy have big libraries. A generalization? Sure. Are there exceptions? Sure. However, for the clear majority of cases, this holds true. Study spending & investment trends to find out.
[9] Persevere.
+ Jack Canfield & Colonel Sanders come to mind – both were extremely successful. Yet, each man found rejection after rejection until someone said 'yes'
+ Adversity quotient is incredibly valuable; in the aforementioned book, 'Resolved', it ranks as number 12. What is your IQ x EQ x WQ = AQ ?
+ Failure is simply an event, and not an individual. Failure is a huge part of success. Be sure you know how to reframe & how to learn from each setback.
[10] Ability to prioritize.
+ Stephen R. Covey taught this crucial success principle the best in his Habit 3.
+ Have you drawn out your entire life and segmented into 'priorities', 'obligations', and 'urgencies'? Or, at least, done this by the day, week, month, quarter, or year?
+ Priorities should align with your mission(s), purpose, and your dreams. They will get you from "A" to "B" fastest of all, while your obligations and the urgencies will act as anchors.
Hope this post, like all others, has added value to you. Comment if you've been especially impacted – always welcome feedback at all times.
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… Thank you to Mr. Alex Nickerson for inspiring this content! Having met him once in person & seen him another time, his credibility in putting forth this kind of content is clearly reflected in the successes he has realized thus far in his life.


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Maryland State Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash in the New Windsor area of Carroll County late Monday night that killed a 6-year-old girl.
Police were called to New Windsor Road (Route 31) and Wakefield Valley Road around 11 p.m. Monday, where they found a Jeep that had hit a utility pole.
Investigators said Rise Berger, 39, of Union Bridge, was heading east on Route 31 in her Jeep when she lost control for unknown reasons, slid out of control on the wet roadway and hit the pole.
Berger's daughter, Marissa Carter, 6, was in a child safety seat in the rear passenger side of the vehicle but died from severe head trauma. Investigators said the child safety seat wasn't installed properly.
Berger was taken to Carroll Hospital Center for observation but refused medical treatment.
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I was just wondering if anyone could help me with the following question: How a window in the WIN32 API could be related to OO concepts.
If you think that a window is not OO, that doesnt matter. I just need ideas how it can compare with OO. This is for a possible exam question that could occur.
However, I have only been only been able to come up with the following relations shown below. If anyone could extend any of these that would be great, or provide any details that you think I have missed.
Class - A window exposes properties and methods that can be set and retrieved by the programmer. E.g. the name of the window (lpszClassName) and the icon associated with the window (hIcon). Could be viewed as a class, however the properties are all public by default. Has WM_CREATE and WM_DESTROY messages, which could be viewed as very basic constructor and deconstructor calls.
Inheritance - It is possible to inherit characteristics of other windows, but I am not sure as to how this takes place. Is this managed through the hWndParent parameter when you create the window?
Polymorphism - In order for the window to respond to messages, the user must provide a basic message pump using a call-back method. As the implementation is not fixed, this could be related to polymorphism.
Events - Windows messages could be contrasted to events that are exposed by components or objects.
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How old is the concept of individualism? It is argued that this concept is actually a pretty recent phenomenon, as most identities throughout history have been tribal. I would say that it makes sense in so much as lone survival in the past would have been extremely difficult, so most people have lived in communities and therefore had communal identities.
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Please accept my congratulations on your work in creating the WORLD HARMONY INTERFAITH WEEK, hosted by the UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Tuesday February 7, 2012.
What an articulate and inspiring sharing for us of the religious sector of society to be part of.
I received so much inspiration from the words and accounts of the many many amazing speakers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for giving me the honor of being involved as a participant. Thank you for including our Sikh faith group and inviting Bhai Mohinder Singh ji as an articulate speaker (aside: the British are so articulate and well educated and I would love to learn to speak their language).
The Children's' theatre group was such a hit - and they are being taught values too! Fantastic.
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That HTC is touting the stylus for its Flyer tablet as a wonderful feature is risible on its own—outside of those with very specific uses, nobody should ever need a stylus in 2011. But the price is insane.
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They celebrated their first lead and their first big inning, and capped it off with win No. 1 of the new season. The night had more meaning because it was Mike Redmond's first victory as a big league manager.
Greg Dobbs homered and drove in two runs, while Alex Sanabia threw six scoreless innings in the Marlins' 7-5 win over the Mets in front of 24,935 at Citi Field.
Swept in their first three games at Washington, the Marlins had something to rejoice about after their series opener in New York.
To honor Redmond's first win, team owner Jeffrey Loria, along with president David Samson, president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest and others in the front office toasted Redmond. They popped three bottles of Moet & Chandon champagne in the manager's office.
"It was pretty cool, obviously," Redmond said. "I knew it wasn't going to be easy, and it sure wasn't. I was happy with the way we went out and swung the bats."
Miami built a six-run lead on an uncomfortable, chilly, windy 57-degree night where seemingly nothing was ordinary.
"It was crazy from pitch one, in terms of conditions, for the whole game," said Justin Ruggiano, who had two hits, two RBIs and two stolen bases. "I mean, that wind was swirling. Eyeballs were getting dry. Balls were flying. I know there weren't many home runs tonight, but the balls were carrying, and then on certain ones, they would die.
After building a six-run lead in the top of the seventh, the Mets mounted a comeback, starting with a three-run homer from Daniel Murphy in the bottom of the inning. New York tacked on two more runs in the ninth off closer Steve Cishek, who entered in a non-save situation.
That's the nature of these guys in this clubhouse," Mets starter Jeremy Hefner said. "We're a resilient bunch, and we're not ever going to give up. I was just hoping to keep them close, and eventually we did come back. We just ran out of outs."
Cishek closed the game by getting pinch-hitter Justin Turner to tap a ground ball to first base.
As the Marlins players were exiting the field, Redmond's wife, Michele, and sons, Ryan and Michael, offered their congratulations on the field.
"We didn't do a great job late in the game shutting them down," Redmond said. "But there are no easy wins in the big leagues. For my first one, I'll remember that for the rest of my life."
In anticipation of his first win, Redmond had a bottle of champagne in his office for all three games at Washington. But when the team was swept, Redmond left the bottle in the visiting managers office.
"I had a bottle in the office in Washington, and I just left it there," Redmond said. "It's too much pressure."
Juan Pierre was a teammate of Redmond on Miami's 2003 World Series title team. The veteran outfielder said it was a relief to get that first victory.
"People were saying around here, 'Relax, it's OK,'" Pierre said. "But nobody was relaxed. Everybody wanted to get that first win, especially for him. It is something I'll always remember. It's my first teammate I've seen manage. I think it was a good feeling all the way around."
The Marlins are celebrating their 20th anniversary this season, as their first game ever was played on April 5, 1993, a day they beat the Dodgers in Miami. Exactly 20 years after the franchise's first win, the Marlins picked up their first victory of 2013.
Dobbs' home run to open the second inning off Mets' starter Hefner gave the Marlins their first lead of the year.
Limited to one run in three games against the Nationals, the Marlins' offense came to life. Still, it took a while. In the seventh inning they batted around, scoring five runs, with four runs (one earned) charged to reliever Greg Burke.
Donovan Solano reached on an error by Ruben Tejada to open the inning, and the Marlins capitalized. Placido Polanco had a two-run single. Dobbs added a sacrifice fly, while Rob Brantly and Ruggiano each had RBI doubles to make the score 6-0.
The Marlins' first multi-run inning came in their 34th inning of the season.
"The bats finally came out a little bit tonight," Ruggiano said. "Cool weather aside, it was nice to get that first win, and we look forward to the next one."
The Marlins needed the six-run cushion, considering Murphy's homer off Chad Qualls in the seventh and the Mets' rally in the ninth. In the eighth, the Mets loaded the bases on Miami reliever A.J. Ramos, but Murphy grounded to second for the final out to end the threat.
Sanabia was added to the rotation on Sunday, the day before the season started. The 24-year-old right-hander was called up from Triple-A due to injuries to Henderson Alvarez and Nathan Eovaldi.
Sanabia last pitched in the big leagues in 2011, and this was his first win since Sept. 22, 2010, also against the Mets.
"To get that first 'W' is awesome," Sanabia said. "To get it for Red, it's amazing. You can't image what he's feeling -- his first win as a big league manager. It has to be awesome."


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On the East Coast, the beach season may be coming to a close, but there's still nothing like enjoying the ocean breeze on a beautiful fall day. Greenport, NY on Long Island is a popular summer destination for people looking for boating and fishing, to enjoy fresh seafood and happy hours along the docks, and where there's plenty of delicious homemade ice cream to go around for blocks! Also, it's an easy place to get to, whether by car or train from NYC, or by ferry from Connecticut and Southern Long Island.
But in the fall, a trail of pumpkins, hayrides, and vineyards, is what leads you into this off-season boating town, where locals are still inviting visitors to enjoy the sights and scenes of Greenport. Here's our list of some of the best stops in town:
Wine & dine at Claudio's Clam Bar
This dockside venue is home to locals and visitors alike. Ride right up with your boat or walk up from the ferry, train, or neighboring streets. There's always local live music, great drinks, and delicious food. What we recommend: the lobster roll, mahi mahi reuben, and any of the chowders. Finally, top it all off with a margarita or bloody.
Take a sip of the Greenport Harbor Brewing Company
Beer is a-brewing at this former neighborhood firehouse on Carpenter Street. And whether you come knowing you're drinking the #2 Lager all afternoon or want to try the best of them, this is the place for any and all beer drinkers, beginners and experts alike. What we recommend: Take the tour--for $8, you receive a GHBC souvenir glass and a taste of all 8 beers on tap. The crowd favorites from this past weekend: #2, Black Duck Porter, and the Summer & Pumpkin Ales.
Don't leave without a ride on the Antique Carousel
Built in 1920, this vintage carousel on Front Street in Mitchell Park is fun for people of all ages. For just $2, take a ride on this Greenport staple until 10PM on off-season weekends and holidays, weather permitting.


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There are terrible people of all persuasions, but Stalin didn't do what he did to prove there was no god. No atheist has ever used "there is no god" as a battle cry, or a reason to invade others.
I suspect Stalin was more anti church than anti religion, simply because there was no seperation between church and state. One was very much like the other, which is still prevalent in many places today.
Sorry, but Stalin was NOT an atheist! Stalin was baptised into the Catholic Church when young, and used religion whenever he could to promote his agenda. There are many Hitler quotes such as this one: "... I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Creator. By fighting off the Jews, I am doing the Lord's work." There is much on this subject on infidels.org:
I agree with the Gaytheist. The key here is, "harm done in atheism's name." Sure, atheists are capable of doing the same harm as anyone, and conversely, are also capable of doing as much good as a theist, but when atheists do harm, is it for the cause of atheism?
When athiests do harm it's because they are crazy and need mental help and we accept that they are wrong. When religious people do harm it's because they are crazy as well but because the delusion is something that is accepted by a wide number of people... so is the harm.
I am not a history major but...
I can't believe there was ever a case where some megalomaniac wanted to kill whomever stood in his way on his path to spreading Atheism.
And no people were ever rallied around the cause of Atheism to invade and kill millions of others.
However I do believe that ALL of Histories butchers were faithless in the way they used religion as a tool to get people to follow them and kill the bad guys.
Religion's biggest problem is how it is exploited by people for all kinds of selfish gains.
any religion should be about getting people to be good people PERIOD!!
but they have ALL been bastardized by "users" who see them as convenient means of getting the masses to "behave" and/or rally to some BS cause and march off to kill the infidels...
And religions by their very nature make otherwise good people intolerant of those who don't see things the same.
I could rant-ble on here for a while, but the many problems I see with religion will take me off topic farther than I already am...
to me a "good" Atheist is someone who does the right thing because they know that it is so.
but a "good" ________ (insert religious identity here) is someone who is basically following what others tell him/her how they should interpret the will of their deity, and this has been VERY counterproductive to any ones definition of what is right religious or not.
I am puzzled by your declaration that religion should be used to get people to be good. The problem with "good" is that it is defined differently from person to person. How do you define "good"? In Nazi Germany, killing Jews was considered "good". Even if we could agree on a definition of "good", I cannot agree that it is ever proper to use religion to control the thinking and behavior of a population. I firmly believe that children should be taught to reason and think critically for themselves so that they can make their own choices intelligently as adults.
I am also going to have to disagree that religion's biggest problem is it's exploitation of it's followers. That's a problem definitely, but no larger a problem than the fact that it brow beats people into abandoning reason in favor of faith. How faster to hamstring a democracy than to cripple the population's ability to make rational decisions in favor of blindly voting for whatever is declared favorable to their god's way of doing things?
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Singer Chris Brown could be close to a plea deal with D.C. prosecutors over a 2013 assault charge.
Court records show the R&B star was scheduled for a status hearing related to a plea in D.C. Superior Court Friday, but was unable to attend. That hearing has now been rescheduled for Tuesday morning.
And new court records indicate Brown and prosecutors have a plea agreement in the works.
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A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office declined to comment, except to confirm that a status hearing is scheduled for next week.
Brown's attorney also did not respond to requests for comment.
Brown and his bodyguard were charged with assaulting a fan outside the W Hotel last year. A judge found the bodyguard guilty, but he is appealing that conviction.
Brown had been close to a plea deal several weeks ago, but rejected the deal and instead requested a trial. That trial was scheduled to begin Sept. 8.
Brown's past appearances at the D.C. courthouse have been marred by large crowds trying to get autographs and aggressive U.S. marshals who closed down the sidewalks around the courthouse to allow Brown to come and go.


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Families of the victims of last month's shooting attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown have been invited to the White House today to see President Barack Obama outline an effort aimed at reducing gun violence.
Obama's ideas include bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines -- but he would need congressional approval for that. He's also taking steps on his own, including efforts to boost availability of mental health services.
He might also order the Justice Department to crack down on people who lie on gun-sale background checks.
In advance of today's event, the National Rifle Association has released an online video calling Obama an "elitist hypocrite" for having armed secret Service agents protect his daughters at school while not committing to installing armed guards in all schools.
There's a new Associated Press-GfK poll that indicates nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of the shootings in Connecticut. Majorities of those surveyed favor a nationwide bank on military-style, rapid-fire weapons, and limits on gun violence depicted in video games, movies and TV shows.


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Hugh Culverhouse Jr. has filed a new lawsuit contending that county commissioners unfairly refused to meet with his staff privately over rezoning requests.
One of Southwest Florida's largest developers is suing Sarasota County over its efforts to limit developers' private contacts with commissioners as they consider land-use proposals.
Palmer Ranch developer Hugh Culverhouse Jr. has filed a new lawsuit contending that county commissioners' refusal to meet with his staff privately so they can glean information to hone their rezoning requests — a practice that is generally out of public view — is unfair and a violation of his civil rights.
"As a normal practice, landowners, contract-purchasers, and their consultants meet with county commissioners prior to filing applications for rezoning in order to gauge the commissioners' inclinations and predilections toward certain rezoning goals," Culverhouse's attorney argued in the suit.
The county denied the claims in a response filed this week.
But the assertion buttressed fears expressed by community groups that developers have held too much sway over county leaders. Big developers have widespread access and opportunities to influence county commissioners out of public view, before most people in the community even know a proposal has been put forth, said Dan Lobeck, the head of a group called Control Growth Now.
Lobeck said it is clear, through another Culverhouse lawsuit, that developers communicate with commissioners through private email accounts and in face-to-face conversations outside public meetings to discuss business that should be in the open.
Culverhouse said his staff and associates were allowed to meet with commissioners before April. But he contends that the commissioners have unfairly excluded him and singled him out for unequal treatment compared with other major developers in the region, such as Henry Rodriguez and the Benderson Development Co.
Culverhouse is suing those developers in a separate civil proceeding over the failure of a plan the three had to create and economic energy zone to promote environmentally friendly construction and jobs.
That plan failed to get off the ground and Culverhouse has blamed the other two and the county for its demise.
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Culverhouse, an attorney based in Miami, refused comment on his latest suit and referred all questions to his lawyer, S. William Moore.
The lawsuit came less than two months after commissioners refused to meet with Culverhouse's staff as requested. On April 11, County Attorney Stephen E. DeMarsh warned commissioners against one-on-one meetings with landowners whose proposals must come before commissioners in a "quasi-judicial" proceeding.
In such cases, the commissioners are similar to a panel of judges, weighing evidence presented in a public hearing.
DeMarsh wrote in a memo that he has long advised that commissioners avoid all communication outside public meetings — known as ex-parte communications — in such cases, even before a rezoning application has been filed, to avoid the appearance of impropriety that could taint decisions.
Meetings with potential rezoning applicants were common during his tenure on the board from 2000 to 2012, said former commissioner Jon Thaxton, a Republican. Thaxton said they were legal, but questioned whether they were advisable for county commissioners. He said there were instances in which the meetings made him uncomfortable.
"They started off innocently enough," Thaxton said of the practice.
But over time, applicants became more aggressive in probing him for indications about how he might vote on a specific rezoning idea, which he said would have been inappropriate. In some cases, Thaxton said developers left meetings with commissioners and filed land use applications the same day.
Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson, also a Republican, said DeMarsh's memo only reasserted what has always been the commission's policy against exposing the board to undue influence.
"This was nothing designed against Mr. Culverhouse," Patterson said.
Patterson said the problem with outside meetings comes when landowners are essentially seeking information to help write rezoning applications that are about to be filed.
This is not the first time Culverhouse has claimed his civil rights were violated.
Last year, he compared himself to civil rights icon Rosa Parks when he filed another lawsuit against the county contending officials unfairly applied land use codes differently on his plans compared with those of other developers.
"By God, I'll spend my millions — which are more than Sarasota County has — to be treated equally," Culverhouse told the Herald-Tribune last year. "By God, I have the same rights as Rosa Parks. I'm sick of being discriminated against."
Culverhouse dropped that lawsuit a month after it was filed. His new lawsuit, filed last month in a federal court in Tampa, asserts he has been the victim of some of the same discrimination tactics, as well as alleging that commissioners canceled meetings with his staff while allowing others such access.
Culverhouse allegations
In the county's response to the latest lawsuit — filed with the U.S. District Court in Tampa — DeMarsh said Culverhouse was attempting to lobby commissioners on a rezoning before it was formally filed.
"Lobbying individual commissioners about upcoming quasi-judicial matters creates a presumption of improper prejudice against other participants," the county's response stated.
Culverhouse alleged several cases in which he says his rights have been violated over the years:
nDuring negotiations for the Energy Economic Zone to create the "green" development project in 2011, Benderson and Rodriguez privately influenced county leaders against Culverhouse.
nIn 2003, the county rejected a rezoning of some Palmer Ranch land until a market study could be conducted, a condition Culverhouse says was not applied to other developers. The County Commission reversed that decision in July 2003.
nIn 2001, the county proposed a land use plan that would have designated significant land in Palmer Ranch as a greenway and prevented it from further development. Culverhouse's land was targeted more than other owners' land.
Culverhouse's suit follows his recent success on a claim against the federal government for allowing part of his property to become a park. Culverhouse was awarded $3.2 million in an eminent domain case last month, nearly a decade after a public agency called the Surface Transportation Board seized a sliver of his Palmer Ranch property to build the Legacy Trail on an abandoned rail line.
A federal judge in that case found Culverhouse's 50-foot-wide slice of vacant land, bordering nearly a mile of the trail, was worth $1.3 million, and awarded him damages for lost road access and property devaluation for his remaining 360 acres there.
Moore said Culverhouse is not seeking legal confrontation with the county but has been provoked.
"He doesn't want to do this," Moore said.


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28 October 2009
The famous characters of Quino (Argentina), Schulz (USA) and some of the best Spanish cartoon artists (Forges, Ramón, Mingote, Jiménez) celebrate IYA2009. Mafalda, Charlie Brown, Manolito, Hipo, Popo... wonder about the great mysteries of the Universe in a series of cartoons donated by their creators. They share in this way their talent to communicate Astronomy during this special year.
The cartoons, together with other related Astronomy material, are shown in a special travelling
exhibit which has just been inaugurated on October 25th in the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos (Tenerife, Spain), the promoter of this special initiative. This is one of the Spanish emblematic IYA2009 national projects.
Most of the material belonging to the exhibit (including 11 out of all 12 cartoons) is available in the Spanish IYA2009 portal web. Two interviews with Forges and Ramón can also be found there. More information: http://www.astronomia2009.es/Noticias_AIA-IYA2009/Ya_esta_aqui:_Astronomia_en_Vinetas.html
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February 25, 2013
First Wednesday date moved for March
The next meeting of "First Wednesdays" will actually be on a Tuesday next month! The monthly town hall meeting and Staff Employee of the Month presentation with President Harrison will be held on Tuesday, March 5 at 8:15 a.m. in the Conference Center Ballroom (WD fourth floor). All employees are invited to attend.
Columbus State Day: Help us showcase what we do!
Recently in UPdate we told you about our exciting plans for Columbus State's 50th Anniversary. One of our key events will be Columbus State Day, when we invite the community to come see what we do best—educate! But first we need your help.
Mark your calendars now—Columbus State Day will be held on October 12, 2013. Set against a festival backdrop, visitors of all ages will have opportunities to participate in demonstrations, workshops, experiments, classes, and other fun activities that highlight our knowledge and expertise across the college.
For example, did you know that your tires essentially have an expiration date? On Columbus State Day, visitors can learn how to become a "Tire Whisperer" with the Automotive Technology department. Meanwhile, over in Biological and Physical Sciences, children can visit the Moovin' and Groovin' Dance Party to learn how their muscles help them move. And much, much more…
Here's where you come in. We want to involve the entire college community in making sure this is the best day it can be, and that means we need your help brainstorming ways to showcase all of the great things we offer here at Columbus State. If you could attend an event like this, what would draw you in and get you excited? What areas on campus would you like to visit? What would you love to learn?
Would you like to see the Criminal Justice Department offer a fingerprint-lifting demonstration? Have Business Programs give you a primer on what it takes to own your own business? Learn how to use psychological techniques to win an argument from the Psychology Department? We want to hear your ideas at http://ow.ly/hEwiN. If you'd like to be a presenter that day, that would also be great! The form will let you send us a proposal for a presentation.
Need a reminder of all the great departments we have? Visit our list of departmental home pages: http://www.cscc.edu/academics/departments/.
OATYC conference calls for proposals
The Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges (OATYC) has announced a call for proposals for its annual conference on October 11, 2013 at Stark State College. The theme for the conference is "Navigating the Pathways for Student Success." Proposals are due by Friday, April 5, 2013. Appropriate proposals meeting this theme might address the following:
Integration of students' majors into non-major coursework (contextualization)
Acceleration of the progress of developmental students
Ideas for student support services
Facilitation of helping students help themselves
Service learning for student success
Connection of advising and academic areas
Improvement of placement testing utilization
Emphasis on "real world" skills in classes and programs
Integration of technology into student success models
Learn more about the conference at http://oatyc.org/. For questions on submissions contact Jen Smith, Assistant Professor of English at Stark State College, or call (330)494-6170 ext. 4861.
Brother's Keeper panel discusses minority issues
Columbus State and the M.A.N. Initiative Program hosted college and community members to share stories, concerns and wisdom about issues impacting minority males at the 5th Annual Brothers' Keeper Panel February 19. From left are Erin Upchurch, Diverse Strategies; Steve Francis, Honda of America Mfg.; Joel Nelson, Web developer in ITDL; and Beau Foshee. Not shown is panelist Marty Maliwesky, Dean of Enrollment Services.
Dance institute returns to campus for performance
If you attended Columbus State Community College's MLK Celebration last month, you are well aware of the electrifying performance by Thiossane West African Dance Institute. Don't miss their return performance, Wednesday, February 27, at 6:30 p.m. in Nestor Hall East Lounge. The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, email@example.com or call ext. 2426
Change to OSCHE presentation March 1
All Columbus State employees are invited to attend the Ohio Staff Council of Higher Education (OSCHE) Winter Meeting Friday, March 1, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. in WD Room 409 to hear David Cannon, Ohio's Vice Chancellor of Finance, speak about recent changes to college and university budgets. There will be a Q&A period following the presentation. The presentation will be live streamed as well, and archived with closed captioning. To view the live stream, go to http://www.livestream.com/columbusstate . You will be prompted to enter a password to enter the site. The password is cougars.
Board authorizes sale of golf course to KIPP Central Ohio
As announced last week, the Columbus State Board of Trustees has authorized the potential sale of Bridgeview Golf Course and Driving Range to KIPP Central Ohio, a charter school organization that advances K-12 educational opportunities with a primary focus on college readiness.
The 123.5-acre Bridgeview site at 2727 and 2738 Agler Road was donated to Columbus State through a trust agreement in 2000. The college has operated Bridgeview as a public golf course and driving range and has offered golf and other classes at the site.
"The changing financial landscape of higher education compels us to focus our resources on our core mission of helping students achieve their goals and addressing the region's workforce needs," said President Harrison. "This arrangement will help children and families, will bolster the surrounding community, and will enable us to better align our resources with our priorities."
KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a national network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools with a track record of preparing students in under-served communities for success in college and in life. There are currently 125 KIPP schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia serving more than 39,000 students.
"We are thrilled about the opportunity to serve more children in Columbus and provide an educational experience that will ensure more young people in our community make it to and through college. We look forward to working with the community to collectively build a better tomorrow for our children and families through expanded partnerships, services, and educational offerings," said Hannah Powell, Executive Director of KIPP Central Ohio. Columbus State will continue to operate the golf course and driving range until further notice.
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is Feb. 25-28
Counseling Services, Student Engagement and Leadership (SEaL), the Psychology Department and the Ohio Psychological Association will join forces this week to offer "OPERATION B-You-tiful" on campus. Here is the schedule:
Monday, February 25
"Someday Melissa" documentary screening
View a movie about an eating disorder, loss and hope. Melissa was only 19 when she died after a five-year struggle with an eating disorder. The movie will be followed by a panel discussion about these disorders. 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Franklin Hall Room 104
Tuesday, February 26
Body Image Information Table
Join SEaL and Counseling Services to learn more about developing a positive body image. Pick up helpful resources and literature on self-esteem, self-worth, and having a positive view of your body. Students can also make buttons and participate in other small art projects that encourage and promote a healthy body image. 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in Nestor Hall center lobby
Fairy Goodmother Dress Donation and Fashion Show
Bring like-new prom and party dresses to Nestor Hall and donate them to a good cause! Fairy Goodmothers is an organization devoted to providing formal gowns, shoes and accessories to high school girls from low income families that cannot afford to purchase these items on their own. SEaL will host a fashion show on the "runway" of Nestor Hall's West Lounge. 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in Nestor Hall West Lounge
Wednesday, February 27
Eating Disorders Screenings
Talk with a professional about your eating habits to see if you might exhibit signs of an eating disorder such as anorexia, bulimia, or compulsive overeating. 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in Nestor Hall West Lounge
Counseling Services Resource Table
Join representatives from Counseling Services and receive a variety of materials on identifying, coping, and recovery from eating disorders. 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in Nestor Hall West Lounge
Overeaters Anonymous Stories and Panel Discussion
Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating that addresses physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Guests from the program will talk about what their life was like before they joined Overeaters Anonymous, why they sought help, and what their life is like now that they are recovering. 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the Library Studio
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Eating Disorders Information Seminar
Join Tasha Castor, LPC from Kovacs Counseling in a discussion on how to recognize eating disorders, how to respond to someone who may be in need of professional help for an eating disorder, and where to go for help. 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Nestor Hall 228
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Screencasting in the Classroom and Beyond
Learn about the ease of creating a screencast and how it can be used to capture essential classroom presentations or tutorials that package more substance than a PowerPoint into student-friendly online video that can extend the reach of your teaching and instruction.
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Apple officially appoints new CFO Luca Maestri as Peter Oppenheimer transitions out
05/30/2014, 11:05 pm
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, Apple announced it officially appointed Luca Maestri as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on May 29. Maestri succeeds longtime finance chief Peter Oppenheimer.
Tim Cook: Angela Ahrendts to join Apple next week, thanks outgoing CFO Peter Oppenheimer
04/23/2014, 07:04 pm
During Apple's quarterly earnings conference call, chief executive Tim Cook said he looked forward to welcoming Angela Ahrendts as the company's new retail and online leader next week, while offering public thanks to outgoing chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer.
Notes of interest from Apple's Q2 2014 conference call
04/23/2014, 05:04 pm
Apple surprised the market on Wednesday by not only beating expectations for its second fiscal quarter of 2014, but also announcing a 7-for-1 stock split, increased share buybacks, and a a higher quarterly dividend. Following the announcements, executives from the company participated in a conference call with analysts and the media, and notes of interest follow.
Wall Street not surprised by Apple CFO's retirement, expecting smooth transition
03/04/2014, 11:03 am
The announcement that Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer will retire later this year, making way for Luca Maestri to take over the position, was not surprising to investors on Wall Street, who generally responded with confidence on Tuesday.
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer to retire at end of September
03/04/2014, 08:03 am
Peter Oppenheimer, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Apple, will retire from the company at the end of September, after spending 18 years with the Mac maker, it was announced on Tuesday.
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer joins board of directors at Goldman Sachs
03/03/2014, 09:03 am
Banking firm Goldman Sachs announced on Monday that Peter Oppenheimer, who serves as chief financial officer of Apple, has joined its company's board of 13 directors effective immediately.
Notes of interest from Apple's Q4 2013 conference call
10/28/2013, 05:10 pm
Apple again beat Wall Street expectations when it posted its fourth-quarter results on Monday, thanks to sales of 33.8 million iPhones during the September frame. Following the company's earnings release, Apple executives took part in a conference call to discuss the quarter, and notes of interest follow.
Miniature model offers detailed look at Apple's 'spaceship' Campus 2
10/11/2013, 03:10 pm
Apple's proposed new corporate campus in Cupertino, Calif., has been laid out in three dimensions, with a new miniature rendering commissioned by the company to show off the facilities.
Icahn reveals discussion with Apple CEO Tim Cook got 'a little testy'
10/01/2013, 02:10 pm
While he initially described dinner with Tim Cook as "cordial," Icahn later revealed in an interview that his talks with Apple's CEO about the use of the company's cash reserves were "a little testy" at times.
Notes of interest from Apple's Q3 2013 conference call
07/23/2013, 05:07 pm
With continued iPhone growth and a particularly strong performance from its iTunes and services businesses, Apple posted a slight increase in revenues in the June quarter, though lower margins led to a 20 percent slide in profit. Following the company's earnings release, Apple executives took part in a conference call to discuss the quarter, and notes of interest follow.
Apple remains 'very optimistic' about upcoming products as analysts cut targets
03/06/2013, 03:03 pm
A number of analysts reduced their price targets for Apple on Wednesday, though one who just met with the company's executives said those officials are "very optimistic" about the product pipeline and market position.
Morgan Stanley expects 6% dividend, cheaper 'iPhone mini' after meeting with Apple CFO
02/22/2013, 08:02 am
Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty recently met with Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer, and came away with the impression that Apple will likely increase cash return to shareholders, and potentially release a lower priced iPhone to maintain growth.
Notes of interest from Apple's Q1 2013 conference call
01/23/2013, 05:01 pm
Apple on Wednesday reported record sales of its iPhone and iPad lineups, along with record revenue, but sagging Mac sales and unmet Wall Street expectations dinged the company. Following its earnings report, the company held a conference call with investors and members of the media, and notes of interest follow.
Apple Q1 2013 earnings preview: The pressure is on
01/21/2013, 09:01 am
Apple this Wednesday is expected to report record iPhone and iPad sales from the 2012 holiday season. But as investors are uncertain about the company's future, all eyes will be on CEO Tim Cook to ease those concerns.
Apple executives net $150M selling vested stock units granted in 2008
03/28/2012, 01:03 am
After a batch of restricted stock-based compensation vested last Saturday, three of Apple's executives sold off the shares, netting roughly $150 million after taxes.
Apple Stores rake in $6.1 billion in record quarter
01/25/2012, 03:01 am
Apple's retail outlets set new records in Q1 2012 and brought in an unprecedented $6.1 billion in revenue, which translates to a prodigious 59% increase over results from the same time a year ago.
Apple CFO says Google spent 'a lot of money' on Motorola
08/17/2011, 03:08 pm
In a recent conference call with investors, Apple's chief financial officer was unsurprisingly tight-lipped, but did admit he thinks Google spent "a lot of money" to acquire Motorola.
Apple execs, officers donate over $3 million to charity for the holidays
12/31/2010, 10:12 am
A handful of Apple executives and officers recently combined to donate more than $3 million worth of company shares to charitable causes.


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During 2009-10 the ABS is conducting its Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES).
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As a design team drew up plans for replacement steam generators at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 2005 and 2006, leading researchers were warning of a new threat to the safety of internal tubes coursing with radioactive water.
The findings, published in an obscure-yet-authoritative trade journal on pressure vessel technology, have proved prophetic more than seven years later, as engineers strive to understand what caused the failure at the twin-reactor plant in northern San Diego County.
San Onofre has been shut down for 14 months, with the cost for repairs and lost electricity approaching $600 million.
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Determinations about the cause could affect warranty liabilities, insurance claims and who ultimately shoulders the expenses — customers or stockholders. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. owns 20 percent of the plant, and its customers typically shoulder that share of San Onofre costs.
Two research articles, published in 2005 and 2006, described a potential blind spot in the prevailing design of generators. Reactors at the time commonly accounted for — and protected against — side-to-side vibrations of the tubes.
The articles warned that, in laboratory simulations, a new kind of front-to-back vibration was detected that might lead to rapid wear on tubing, and protections from side-to-side vibrations might be of little use.
The findings ran contrary to industrywide safety practices that had proved effective for decades on more than a hundred steam generators manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at its shipyard in Kobe, Japan — effective until a leak developed at San Onofre last year among oscillating generator tubes.
Mitsubishi says it and plant operator Southern California Edison did not take the articles into consideration in their design work, only realizing the significance in the aftermath of the January 2012 radiation leak and shutdown at San Onofre.
The research papers were vetted for publication by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which maintains the U.S. building code for nuclear steam generators. A nuclear safety activist, told about the scientific articles by U-T Watchdog, was incredulous.
"What's the purpose of doing the research if not to come up with information so that it doesn't happen in the field?" said Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer on nuclear policy at the University of California Santa Cruz. "Do you want to go to a doctor who doesn't read the journals and says, 'I wait until someone keels over?'"
Mitsubishi acknowledges that it erred in assuming the front-to-back or "in-plane" vibrations would be taken care of by calculations for the more typical tube wear.
"There was never an inkling of in-plane vibration being a problem," said Frank Gillespie, a senior vice president at Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems, the Virginia-based U.S. vendor of nuclear parts and plants for the Japanese conglomerate. "And clearly that is what we (later) found to be the main issue. If we had designed for in-plane, then other things might have happened. It flat out was not — in-plane was not considered."
He said he was unsure if the company's researchers read the trade articles.
"This came to everyone's attention as part of the Edison effort after the leak," he said.
Team effort
In mid-2005, Mitsubishi and Edison formed a joint design team to minimize the potential for excessive tube vibrations.
From Japan and Southern California, team members held video conferences every two weeks, according an internal probe by Mitsubishi made public in March at the insistence of U.S. lawmakers.
Every two months, the team met to sort out technical and design issues. Outside experts were called as engineers grappled with the unusually large scale of the San Onofre generators.
Their work continued through end of 2006, focusing on the "U-bend region" of the steam generators, where nearly 10,000 tubes make an arching, 180-degree turn.
"We added extra anti-vibration bars," Gillespie said. "This generator had more anti-vibration bars than any other generator manufactured literally by anybody to ensure that out-of-plane vibration wouldn't occur."
But it was in that very U-bend region that tubes later succumbed to uncontainable, accelerating vibrations driven by fast-moving, dry steam. Tubes clattered against each other in unprecedented fashion, provoking a 3½ gallon-per-hour leak on Jan. 31, 2012, which shut down the plant.
Mitsubishi's inquiry showed that it and Edison grew concerned about forces of steam flows while designing the generators but discarded some remedies as ineffectual and because they might trigger a reassessment of the plant's overall safety.
The Japanese conglomerate is assuring nuclear plant operators and U.S. safety regulators that it now knows what happened and how to avoid it in the future.
Edison has laid the blame for engineering miscalculations largely at Mitsubishi's feet, though it participated in design work.
"Mitsubishi's calculations showed that the steam generators would be stable and safe," Edison spokeswoman Jennifer Manfre said. "We are not computer code experts. We are experts at operating a nuclear facility."
Edison officials declined to discuss the academic research published in 2005 and 2006.
The February 2005 study in the Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology first confirmed that destructive front-to-back vibrations could be found alongside other movements.
"This raises the possibility of higher-than-expected tube-to-support (wear) for U-tubes restrained by flat bars," the article stated.
A year later, researchers with decades of experience studying tube vibration went public again with conclusions that "supports used in steam generator(s) for preventing U-tube vibrations may not be as effective in the in-plane direction as the out-of-plane direction."
It warned of fluidelastic instability, the very phenomenon that developed at San Onofre.
David Lochbaum, the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based director of the nuclear safety project for the Union of Concerned Scientists, said investigations into complex mechanical breakdowns often lead to earlier warnings tucked away in research literature. Assigning blame based on that research can be unfair or counterproductive, he said, though it deserves reflection.
"We need to ask, could this have gotten into the mainstream sooner?" Lochbaum said.
Hot topic
Among a small cadre of nuclear scientists and physicists, research on flow-induced vibrations within steam generators became a "hot topic" in the 1970s and 1980s, in the words of M.K. Au-Yang, a University of California Berkeley-educated physicist.
Au-Yang spent the better part of four decades exploring the niche, as nuclear plants across the country replaced steam generators whose tubing cracked and corroded with age.
Over the decades, an assumption emerged that calculations preventing side-to-side vibrations among generator tubes would also take care of front-to-back vibrations. That assumption was even incorporated into the generator construction code overseen by the Japanese Association of Mechanical Engineers.
Au-Yang and other authors of the code for U.S. nuclear plants remained more circumspect. The damaging front-back vibrations had shown in calculations or projections but not in real-world generators, said Au-Yang from his home in Lynchburg, Va. Designers were left to make their own risk assessments.
"We didn't have enough data to say, 'Don't worry about that,'" Au-Yang said. "Buried in the code, is that you need to do some test to establish that."
Gillespie of Mitsubishi said the U.S. code — which applied at San Onofre — provided no guidance on dealing with front-to-back vibrations.
"You in fact could do an in-plane calculation, but it was not consistent with anyone's 30 years of practice in the industry," he said.
In response to the problems at San Onofre, the front-back vibration calculations are now standard practice at Mitsubishi.
The company also has gone back to check for front-back vibrations at all its 116 steam generators at plants around the world, without incident.
Hired hands
Many of the minds most capable of discerning what was known and not known about tube vibrations in 2005 and 2006 have been hired as forensic consultants on the San Onofre breakdown.
Au-Yang, the physicist, said he was recently retained by Mitsubishi.
Plant operator Edison last year contracted Michel Pettigrew, the only author cited in both relevant journal articles. He and other authors of the 2005 and 2006 studies could not be reached for comment.
Pettigrew, a professor at the Écol Polytechnique in Montreal and researcher with government sponsored nuclear laboratories in Canada, briefed the five members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on steam generator tube degradation in February.
Commissioners found themselves in the awkward position of not being able to ask pointed questions about San Onofre: They may preside as judges over allegations of regulatory violations at San Onofre and challenges to the current proposal to restart one of two reactors at partial power as soon as June 1.
At the briefing, Pettigrew projected on a screen black-and-white images of small, oscillating circles — a cross section of generator tubes. Small increases in the steam flows provoked new, unpredictable resonances, he said.
"From an academic point of view, that's all very interesting," he said. "But from a practical point of view, you just want to avoid all of this."
September 2004: Southern California Edison awards Mitsubishi Heavy Industries contract to replace aging steam generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
February 2005: Research in Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology confirms discovery of front-to-back tube vibrations and potential for related damage.
May 2005: Mitsubishi's early design calculations forecast dry steam that can cause turbulence and side-to-side vibrations among tubes carrying radioactive water.
Mid-2005: Mitsubishi and Edison form special design team with goal of minimizing tube vibrations and wear.
February 2006: Second journal article warns that tube supports for side-to-side vibrations may be ineffective in preventing newly documented front-to-back vibrations.
Late-2006: Anti-vibration bar design team concludes work, focused on side-to-side vibrations.
January 2011: Installation of replacement generators complete.
Jan. 31, 2012: Leak caused by front-to-back tubal vibrations in Unit 3 reactors prompts rapid shutdown of San Onofre.


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