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EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that an Edmonton man should be extradited to the United States to face terrorism and murder charges.
Sayfildin Tahir Sharif is accused of murder and supporting a terrorist group that took part in suicide bombings in his native Iraq.
The Americans allege Sharif worked from Edmonton to help a Tunisian man enter Iraq in 2009 and detonate a truck filled with explosives at a military checkpoint, killing five U.S. soldiers.
Defence lawyers had argued before the Appeal Court that RCMP didn't allow Sharif access to a lawyer or interpreter the day of his arrest, and transcripts of police interviews show he didn't understand what was going on.
They also said allegations against their client came from three people — including his brother — who were tortured by investigators in Iraq.
The Appeal Court ruled that none of the arguments merited keeping Sharif in Canada.
The court agreed the extradition judge should not have outright rejected the torture allegations by Sharif's brother. It also said the judge should have asked the federal attorney general to disclose evidence about the brother's interrogation or strike the evidence from the deportation proceedings.
Still, the court said, those failures weren't enough to stop the extradition.
"The information obtained from that interview constituted a minute part of the information contained in the record of the case, leaving a considerable body of evidence to support the extradition judge's decision to commit," the appeal judges wrote.
Sharif's lawyer, Nate Whitling, said he expects his client will ask the Supreme Court to hear the case. Several issues stood out as grounds for appeal, Whitling said, but the most concerning was the Appeal Court's ruling on the relevance of the torture allegations.
"We're not aware of any case where a court has found that the potential commission of torture would not result in a miscarriage of justice," Whitling said.
"If he had received that disclosure as he should have, who knows what might have come to light in terms of the misconduct that was perpetrated in building a case against him?"
Whitling said Sharif cannot be extraditied until all of his appeals have been exhausted.
Sharif, who also goes by Faruq Khalil Muhammad Isa, is an ethnic Kurd who was born in Iraq but moved to Toronto as a refugee in 1993. Four years later, he became a Canadian citizen.
He has been in custody since his arrest in 2011 at an Edmonton apartment, where he lived with his girlfriend and her children.
Prosecutors contend that evidence from intercepted Internet and phone conversations shows Sharif was directly involved in supporting the Tunisian terrorists who conducted the suicide bombing by helping connect with other supporters as they made their way across the Middle East to Iraq.
The terror network is also accused of blowing up an Iraqi police station, killing seven Iraqi officers.
The Appeal Court said Sharif had access to a lawyer after his arrest, was aware of his right to silence and was not intimidated by investigators.
"While he professed to be afraid, it is obvious from the context of the interviews that his fear was not generated by the interviews or the interviewers, but by his realization of the information they had about him," the judges wrote.
Canada's justice minister granted extradition last summer after receiving assurances from the U.S. that Sharif wouldn't face the death penalty. Defence lawyers also received a letter from U.S. authorities promising the man wouldn't be held indefinitely in pre-trial detention.
Sharif was appealing the justice minister's decision as well as a judge's original 2012 ruling that there was enough evidence to extradite Sharif on two charges.
One of the grounds that Sharif's lawyers used in appealing the minister's decision to grant extradition was that life imprisonment with no chance of parole in the U.S. is "unjust and oppressive" under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The Appeal Court, however, suggested the bar for such an argument was higher. It cited a Supreme Court of Canada ruling which gave examples of stoning adulterers or amputating the hands of thieves as punishments which violate Canadian values of justice.
"In our view, a sentence of life imprisonment without parole, while not a sentence available in Canada ... would not sufficiently shock the conscience of Canadians such that his surrender to face those charges would be unjust or oppressive."
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version said Sharif was arrested in 2001.
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BALTIMORE, Md. – The UMBC track and field teams split up this weekend with multiple athletes exceling at both the Duke Invitational in Durham, N.C. and the Liberty Collegiate Invitational in Lynchburg, Va.
At Duke, freshman Mercedes Jackson (Huntington, Md./Huntington) continued her amazing rookie campaign by claiming victory in the 200m (24.20) and placing third in the 100m (11.90). In addition, she combined with Ebonique Jones (New Castle, Del./William Penn), Briana Young(Bowie, Elizabeth Seton) and Imani Colbert (Upper Marlboro, Md./C.H. Flowers) to break a school record and take top honors in the 4x100m relay. The team's time of 47.07 breaks the UMBC record of 47.18 set two years ago in 2010.
Young also took seventh in the 400m dash to move into fifth all-time in school history with a time of 57.52. Sophomore Kirsten Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K. Magnet) was just behind, taking eighth and placing sixth on the school list running the track in 57.55.
Multiple distance runners placed themselves on the all-time list as well including sophomore Cody Mezebish(Westminster, Md./South Carroll) who ran the fourth-fastest time in school history in the 800m (2:16.34). Classmate Kirsten McGovern (Sykesville, Md./Century) and freshman Julie Gessler (Ellicott City, Md./Institute of Notre Dame) each ran personal-bests in the 10000m run to now place seventh (38:48.54) and eighth (39.35.97), respectively.
In the hurdles, freshman Paulette Fogle (Washington, D.C./Bishop McNamara) ran the second-fastest time in UMBC history while placing ninth in the 400m hurdles (1:03.12).
For the men, distance runners TJ Cowing (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) and Tommy Eldridge (Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River) now rank second (31:06.10) and fifth (31:36.40), respectively, in the 10000m run.
In Virginia, multiple field athletes took top-10 finishes and moved up of the school lists as well.
Senior Laura Walker (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) broke her own school record while finishing fourth in the pole vault at Liberty, clearing a height of 3.35m (10'11.75). Walker had previously set the school mark last year at a height of 3.15m.
Classmate Chrissy Robinson (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) also had a record breaking day, setting a new personal-best in the discus and finishing eighth in the competition. The senior moved into third all-time with a toss of 41.16m (135'0").
Thrower Aaron Brooks (Upper Marlboro, Md./DeMatha) paced the men's squad taking two top-five finishes in the discus and shot put. His throw of 47.21m (154'11") earned him third in the discus while a toss of 15.01m (49'3") garnered him fourth in the shot.
Junior Cameron McDearmon (Owings Mills, Md./Franklin) and sophomore Ray Stinsman III (Mt. Laurel, N.J./Lenape) both bettered their standing in the school record book with personal-bests in the hammer throw. McDearmon took fifth place and moved to third in UMBC history with a throw of 52.01m (170'8") while Stinsman finished eighth at Liberty and is now seventh at UMBC with a mark of 48.91m (160'05").
The UMBC track and field teams have a quick turnaround as they head south once again to compete at the Sea Ray Relays beginning on Wednesday. The four-day meet on the campus of the University of Tennessee runs each day through Saturday.


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Voting opened today for Nelson's third round of competition in the Ski Town Throwdown.
Organized by Powder magazine, the throwdown pits two ski towns against each other in a challenge to collect the most votes on Facebook in a two day period. The ski town with the most votes moves onto the next round, bringing it one step closer to being named the best ski town in North America.
In Round 1, Rossland/Nelson (our two local ski hills have been grouped together for the purpose of the competition) beat Maine's Sugaloaf ski hill 1,309 to 1,028.
Then, in Round 2, the local hills outpaced Montana's Whitefish mountain 3,491 to 3,176.
Rossland/Nelson is now up against Colorodo's Crested Butte. A win in this round would advance the local hills into the semi-finals, which take place on December 17 and 18.
Besides Rossland/Nelson, the only other BC hill still in the competition is Fernie. Round 3 voting for Fernie will also open Wednesday.
To cast your ballot for your favourite ski town, go to facebook.com/powdermag when voting opens and click "Rossland/Nelson v. Crested Butte" in the page banner.
Voting will only open for two days — Wednesday and Thursday — and you can only vote once per IP address, per 24 hour period (but if you get your first vote in early, you might be able to squeeze in a second one).


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ARM Cortex-A8 Processor Provides Industry Leading Performance in TI OMAP3430
Texas Instruments OMAP3430 Processor Demonstrates Low-Power High-Performance Multimedia, Web-Browsing and Gaming Capabilities at 3GSM World Congress
CAMBRIDGE, UK - Feb.13, 2007 – ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)] today welcomed the outstanding capabilities of Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI's) OMAP™3430 processor, integrating the ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor. A rich browser experience, High-Definition (HD) video, advanced Java™ multimedia, and 3D games, take center stage in the OMAP3430 platform, realizing the full potential of power-efficient and high-performance mobile devices. The OMAP3430 processor's capabilities are being publicly demonstrated at 3GSM World Congress, February 12-15 in Barcelona, in the TI booth #8A84.
"Our collaboration with ARM during the development of the Cortex-A8 processor was important to the advancement of the OMAP 3 platform," said Alain Mutricy, vice president and general manager, Texas Instruments Wireless Terminals Business Unit. "Proving the extensibility of the OMAP 3 architecture, we are demonstrating the ARM Cortex-A8 processor running at speeds up to 1GHz on TI's low-power 65-nanometer (nm) technology. Reaching this milestone provides a glimpse of what will be possible with future wireless technologies."
The Cortex-A8 processor is the first applications processor based on the next-generation ARMv7 architecture, which features support for TrustZone® technology, Thumb®-2 instructions, Jazelle®-RCT technology and ARM's powerful NEON™ signal processing extensions targeted for next generation enriched multimedia and gaming mobile platforms.
The exceptional speed and power efficiency of the Cortex-A8 processor brings desktop levels of performance to low-cost, high-volume products for the first time. As part of the OMAP3430 applications processor, the combination of the Cortex-A8 processor's clock frequency, performance efficiency and support for ARMv7 with NEON technology delivers up to three times the performance of today's highest performance handsets. With this, TI is able to demonstrate clock speeds of up to 1GHz on low-power 65-nanometer (nm) technology. This performance level supports a new class of consumer products and connected devices.
"With the rapid convergence of digital entertainment and mobile communications technology, the high performance and low power combination of the ARM Cortex-A8 processor and TI's OMAP 3 platform extends what is possible in this highly connected world," said Mike Inglis, EVP sales and marketing, ARM. "We are very pleased with the demonstrable capabilities of the Cortex-A8 processor and the success of our partnership with Texas Instruments."
The Cortex-A8 processor utilizes a superscalar pipeline with advanced branch prediction to deliver more than 2000 DMIPS when clocked at 1GHz. The processor features ARM NEON 64/128bit SIMD multimedia technology together with a performance optimized level 1 cache and tightly coupled size-configurable level 2 cache to deliver high-throughput advanced media and gaming processing for next generation devices.
"The ARM Cortex-A8 processor enables a major increase in performance that visibly enhances the user experience," said Richard Kerslake, world wide general manager, 3G and OMAP business, Texas Instruments. "In addition to reaching new performance levels, the OMAP3430 platform is reducing application launch time, increasing touch screen responsiveness and supporting enhanced gaming and web browsing capabilities."
The Cortex-A8 processor was publicly launched at the end of 2005, TI introduced the OMAP 3 platform and OMAP3430 processor at 3GSM in 2006 and is sampling today. Today's announcement marks the first public demonstration of the Cortex-A8 processor's performance and the capabilities of Texas Instrument's OMAP 3 architecture-based silicon.
ARM has secured eight licensees for the Cortex-A8 processor and future support from major EDA and Operating System vendors.
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ROCHESTER — Police arrested a Farmington man who they say stole a wheelchair that was left for a short time near a driveway in Rochester on Jan. 22.
Kurt Bahmer, 50, of 10 Acorn Court in Farmington, was charged with misdemeanor-level theft by unauthorized taking, after police found the wheelchair in the back of his pickup truck at the Lilac Mall parking lot on Friday morning.
The motorized wheelchair was reported stolen on Jan. 21. According to police, a man with a disability had left the wheelchair in the driveway of a home at the corner of Quail Drive and Rochester Hill Road that day, after being dropped off there by the COAST bus. The man returned about 20 minutes later, after going to a store, and found his wheelchair missing.
Police Capt. Paul Toussaint said that Bahmer, picked up the wheelchair from the end of the driveway, where the victim left it. He said he could not comment on the motive of the alleged theft.
Bahmer turned himself in to police on Friday morning, after police drafted an arrest warrant for him, said Toussaint.
He said that officers were asked to be on the lookout for the wheelchair since the theft occurred.
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Eaton leaves White Sox' 6-3 loss to Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Chicago White Sox leadoff hitter Adam Eaton is going to get a few days off to rest a nagging injury.
Eaton came out of Saturday night's 6-3 loss at Texas, but not because of another collision with big Rangers first baseman Prince Fielder.
"It's kind of a mixture. ... The ankle was bothering me after (Friday), and then my hamstring was bothering a little after that also," Eaton said. "I knew today was going to be kind of a struggle, but I want to be like a hockey player, so I battled through it."
One pitch after colliding with Fielder on a slow roller up the first-base line that was foul in the fifth, Eaton came up gimpy while running out an inning-ending grounder.
Manager Robin Ventura said Eaton will get at least three days off to rest. But the disabled list isn't being considered at this point.
Eaton ran into Fielder right after the first baseman fielded the ball in foul territory. Eaton's feet came off the ground, but he didn't fall down and showed no signs of problems until grounding out on the next pitch, and getting a pat on the back from Fielder when he got near the bag.
"I felt like I held my own," Eaton said. "It's not our first run-in. Actually in spring training we had a run-in together, too. But he's fun with it. We have a good relationship. He's fun-loving. He was holding his ground, so I figured I better hold mine. I had to hold my own for all us small guys."
Colby Lewis (1-1) allowed one run over 5 1-3 innings for his first win in nearly two years, after elbow surgery and a unique hip procedure.
"It's pretty sentimental," Lewis said after his first win since June 17, 2012. "It's one of those victories that I'm just excited about."
Jose Quintana (1-1) surrendered five runs and nine hits over five innings, and the White Sox lost their fourth straight.
"He was pretty good. It wasn't his best stuff, but they are going to get hits, just because of the way the ballpark plays," Ventura said. "But once they start falling in, those are the ones that hurt you."
Dayan Viciedo's two-run single in the eighth got the White Sox within 5-3 before Alexei Ramirez, who entered the game with an AL-leading .379 batting average, grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Ramirez finished 0 for 4 to snap his 21-game hitting streak, the longest streak by a White Sox player since Carlos Lee's franchise-record 28 in a row 10 years ago, and drop his average to .357.
"He was hot. He was swinging and hitting stuff hard. He battles every time up there, but eventually those things come to an end," Ventura said. "Players like him will start one again tomorrow. I don't think this is going to bother him or change anything."
Texas went ahead to stay on Fielder's high-arcing blast to right leading off the fourth for a 2-1 lead. It was only his second homer in his 18 games with Texas.
Shin-Soo Choo and Alex Rios each had three hits for the Rangers and Kevin Kouzmanoff homered leading off the eighth, giving him a 10-game hitting streak to start his Rangers career.
After Fielder's homer, Josh Wilson had a two-run single in the fourth before Choo's RBI-double made it 5-1.
"The situation in the fourth inning changed the game for me," Quintana said. "One pitch. But now I'm thinking about the next start."
Chicago opened the second inning with three consecutive singles — equaling its season-low hit total from the night before in a span of five pitches. Ramirez then grounded into a double play to send home a run that tied the game at 1.
NOTES: Joakim Soria, the fifth Texas reliever, worked a perfect ninth for his third save in four chances and then gave the game ball to Lewis. ... Viciedo's hit off Alexi Ogando ended a scoreless streak of 16 2-3 innings by Rangers relievers, who had allowed only one earned run the previous 23 1-2 innings.


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VANCOUVER - Daniel Sedin scored twice before leaving on a stretcher after taking a hit from behind as the Vancouver Canucks concluded what has been a disastrous season with a 5-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday.
Frank Corrado, with his first in the NHL, Ryan Kesler and Yannick Weber also scored for Vancouver (36-35-11), while Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves for his first victory with the Canucks.
The result of a game that meant very little was overshadowed by a nasty incident late in the second period when Daniel Sedin was checked in the numbers by Calgary's Paul Byron and stayed down before being stretchered off.
Sedin appeared to be moving his fingers, but there was no immediate update on his status. Byron was assessed a five-minute penalty for boarding and a game misconduct.
The team said Sedin was taken in stable condition to hospital to undergo further evaluation.
"He exhibited signs of movement to his extremities and showed improvement from initially being hit," the statement read. "No assessment will be made until completion of this evaluation."
Henrik Sedin added two assists for Vancouver, which goes into the off-season with more than a few question marks after missing the playoffs for the first time in six years.
Johnny Gaudreau scored in his first NHL game and Karri Ramo stopped 18 shots for Calgary (35-40-7) as the Flames wrapped up a 2013-'14 campaign that saw the team miss the post-season for the fifth straight spring.
Vancouver scored twice in the first period and stretched its lead to 3-0 at 9:12 of the second on Corrado's first career goal on a shot from the top of the faceoff circle through traffic past Ramo.
Kesler then ripped his 25th of the season at 13:49 to make it 4-0 for Vancouver before Gaudreau scored his first in the NHL at 15:22, when a deflection in front went off his stick and past Markstrom to get Calgary on the board.
The 20-year-old Gaudreau won the Hobey Baker award earlier this week as the top player in U.S. college hockey after the native of Salem, N.J. recorded 35 goals and 42 assists in 39 games this season with Boston College.
After Sedin was taken off the ice before the hushed Rogers Centre crowd, Weber scored on the ensuing power play to make it 5-1 at 18:55, with Vancouver rookie Michael Zalewski picking up an assist for his first point in the NHL.
Markstrom, who came over as part of the Roberto Luongo trade with the Florida Panthers last month, made a nice save on a Sean Monahan breakaway early in the third but had a relatively quiet night.
The summer should be interesting for both Calgary and Vancouver. The Flames need a new general manager after firing Jay Feaster in December, while the Canucks are also on the lookout for a new GM following Mike Gillis' dismissal last week.
The Flames have not made the playoffs since 2008-'09 but came into this season with a young roster and zero expectations. The club got off to a rough start, but played much better in the New Year, a surge that coincided with the line brawl against Vancouver in January that saw Canucks head coach John Tortorella try to get into the Flames' locker-room.
The Canucks, meanwhile, were in a playoff spot at Christmas but stumbled badly for a 20-game stretch midway through the season because of injuries and an inability to adapt to Tortorella's system. Whether or not the embattled coach remains behind the bench next season could be one of the first decisions for newly minted president of hockey operations Trevor Linden.
With playoff weather outside as temperatures reached 15 C in Vancouver on Sunday, there was more of a pre-season atmosphere with both teams playing for pride and little else.
The Canucks gave up two separate 2-on-1 breaks to the Flames' fourth line early in the first period but survived that scare to score the opening goal at 7:14. Vancouver's David Booth, while falling to the ice, swatted at a rebound in front that bounced off Daniel Sedin and past a surprised Ramo.
Markstrom then made a couple of nice saves on a Calgary man advantage midway through the period before the Canucks doubled their lead at 13:57 on a power play of their own when Sedin chipped home his 16th of the campaign. It marked Sedin's first two-goal game of the season and first since Feb. 24, 2013 ????????? a span of 101 games.
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Taiwan makers are also seeing orders from Samsung Electronics transferred to other makers, but still expect steady orders from China-based handset vendors in the first quarter.
In terms of tablet panel shipments, Taiwan makers' 11-inch and below size units dropped 2.1% on quarter during the fourth quarter due to yield issues in producing Amazon entry-level tablets, said Digitimes Research.
Taiwan makers' shipments of touch panels used in notebook applications grew 13.3% in the third quarter of 2013 but are expected to drop nearly 20% in the first quarter of 2014. The drop will come as China makers such as O-Film develop thin-film projected capacitive touch panel solutions such as metal mesh, and offer the technology at competitive prices in the market, added Digitimes Research.


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Juan Castillo liked the way his linebackers performed against the New York Giants, so much so that he doesn't plan on re-shuffling the starting group.
"Yeah, looks like for this week," the Eagles defensive coordinator said.
Castillo told two other reporters in a separate interview, however, that it was too early in the week to decide on personnel changes.
Last week, Castillo moved Jamar Chaney from strong-side linebacker into the middle, Casey Matthews from the middle to weak-side and flipped Moise Fokou from weak-side to strong-side. The Giants, in their 29-16 win over the Eagles Sunday, gained 102 yards on the ground on 25 carries. New York running backs, however, rushed for 105 yards on 22 tries.
"I had a couple of blitzes where we didn't get right fits and they hit a couple of runs on us," Castillo said. "But besides that, I thought in the run game we did a decent job. I liked where the linebackers were."
Castillo did say that rookie Brian Rolle, who has mostly played in the nickel, could see his playing time increase.
"He had a couple nice plays," Castillo said. "Yeah, his role will continue to increase as we go forward."
One permanent change could come at safety. Kurt Coleman was benched and replaced by Nate Allen in the first quarter after he failed to tackle Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz on a 74-yard touchdown reception.
"They're both interchangeable," Castillo said of Coleman and Allen. "It switched before with Jarrad [Page] and Nate. We feel comfortable with all three guys."
What about Jaiquawn Jarrett? The Eagles' second-round draft pick has yet to dress.
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Coleman wasn't the only Eagles defensive player to miss a tackle Sunday. In fact, Allen had two misses himself. Overall, there were 12 missed tackles, according to one estimate, with Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw breaking out of nine would-be stops.
"Part of that is the running back, he's a pretty good running back," Castillo said. "But we got to make that those tackles and we'll continue to work on our fundamentals."
Castillo has had a rough start to his tenure as defensive coordinator. The 1-2 Eagles have allowed 25.7 points a game, and while Castillo's pass defense is ranked eighth overall, the run defense is 30th in the league heading into tonight's games.
"Things will start changing, that's just the way it happens," Castillo said. "It always has for us in the past with coach [Andy] Reid."
What if it doesn't change?
"There's no such thing in 'It doesn't,'" Castillo said. "It always has. You go through all the years. We've started even worse than 1-2 before and we stayed the course."
The Eagles have now started 1-2 four times under Reid -- in 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2011. They made the playoffs the first two years, but did not in 2007 when they also lost three of their first four.
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BALTIMORE (AP) Buck Showalter was tired of hearing about his contract. Ever since the end of the most successful season in 14 years, the Baltimore Orioles manager was pestered about the contract.
Showalter would tell everyone that he had a deal for the 2013 season, and he had more job security than most American workers. He wasn't worried.
Now, Showalter has more job security than almost any American worker including almost all his players, and so does the Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette.
On Wednesday, the Orioles announced extensions for both. Showalter's is a five-year extension; Duquette's a four-year one. They'll be under contract through the 2018 season with the Orioles.
The 56-year-old Showalter was eager to leave the press conference and join many of his players who had gathered for a three-day mini-camp.
``I'm ready to go down to that locker room,'' Showalter said. ``I'd like to think that nothing changes from my perspective.''
When Showalter joined the Orioles in Aug. 2010, he had a contract that ran through 2013. Duquette joined the team on a three-year contract in Nov. 2011. In their first season together, Baltimore won 93 games and the American League Wild Card game in Texas before falling in five games to the New York Yankees in the AL Divisional Series.
Duquette, 54, was hired by the Orioles after being out of the game for nearly a decade.
``I was very grateful for the opportunity. I missed baseball and was glad to be back,'' Duquette said.
Only one of Showalter's players, outfielder Adam Jones, has a contract as long as the manager's. Last May, before signing a six-year extension, Jones sought out the manager to make sure Showalter was committed for the long-term. Convinced he was, Jones re-signed.
``I'm really looking forward to having the focus be back on our players,'' Showalter said.
Duquette and Showalter hardly knew each other before teaming in Baltimore. Now, they make jokes about talking baseball on Christmas.
``He's one of the great pros in the game,'' Duquette said. ``I've never had more fun working with a man or more respect working with a manager. He's one of the great managers in the game. We're so lucky to have him here in Baltimore.''
The Orioles will begin spring training on Feb. 12, and Showalter can't wait.
``When we get to spring training,'' he said, ``I'll be right back to being the same grumpy old guy I guess I am.''


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Harvard earned its third win over a top-20 opponent Friday night, taking down No. 10/11 Dartmouth, 7-5 (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's lacrosse team scored six second-half goals en route to a 7-5 win over No. 10/11 Dartmouth Friday night at Harvard Stadium.
The win, coupled with Princeton's loss to Penn on Wednesday, secures the Crimson a spot in the Ivy League Tournament for a second straight year. The Quakers will host the tournament beginning May 4 in Philadelphia, Pa., with the final seedings to be determined based on tomorrow's results.
Dartmouth (10-4, 5-2 Ivy League) went on the offensive early but a pair of saves by Kelly Weis kept the Big Green off the board. Dartmouth finally broke through with 13:01 to play in the half off the stick of Sarah Parks for a 1-0 lead. Harvard (9-6, 5-2 Ivy League) answered with a goal by Jennifer VanderMeulen to even the game before a Liz Calby score gave the Big Green a 2-1 advantage at the break.
Dartmouth took a 3-1 lead less than one minute into the second half but back-to-back goals by Melanie Baskind retied the game at 3-3. The Big Green went on top once more, 4-3, before three straight goals by the Crimson put Harvard on top for the first time on the night. Micaela Cyr scored twice to begin the run off assists from VanderMeulen, and Danielle Tetreault capped it off for a 6-4 margin.
The Big Green brought the score to within one, 6-5, as Calby tallied her second goal with 5:59 remaining. Dartmouth came away with the ensuing draw control and had an opportunity to even the score, but Sarah Plumb's shot was stopped by Weis to preserve the lead. Plumb had yet another chance to tie it with under 3:00 to play and this her free position attempt was blocked, all but sealing the victory. VanderMeulen added the final goal with just 0:08 on the clock, capitalizing on a Dartmouth turnover caused by Kyleigh Keating.
VanderMeulen (2g, 2a) led all scorers with four points while Baskind and Cyr added two goals apiece. Harvard held a 21-19 advantage in shots and a 9-5 edge in draw controls, while converting 12-of-15 clear attempts.
Weis finished the night with nine saves, marking the seventh time this season she has recorded at least eight in a game. Keating came up with three draw controls, two ground balls and one caused turnover, with Weis notching a game-high four ground balls.
Harvard has now won five straight games overall and five straight in Harvard Stadium. The Crimson has held five opponents to five or fewer goals and 11 of its 15 opponents to fewer than 10.
Game Notes: Harvard will begin play in the 2012 Ivy League Tournament Friday, May 4 in Philadelphia Pa. … Harvard has won five straight games overall and five straight in Harvard Stadium … Harvard has held five opponents to fewer than five goals and 11 of its 15 opponents to fewer than 10 … Friday's victory marked the Crimson's third win over a top-20 opponent this season … Melanie Baskind has scored at least one goal in 10 straight games … Kelly Weis has recorded at least eight saves in seven games.


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Roads into the mainstream for writers and artists without proper credentials, connections, or wealth are being closed. The need for strong Do-It-Yourself organizations like the Underground Literary Alliance has become greater.
The need for a revived zine scene becomes greater. Until lately the once-vibrant zine movement has been comatose-- at best, in a holding pattern going no place. The new ZineWiki project is a sign of new life.
Among zinedom's problems:
Too many zine people think they can remain in a steadily narrowing niche and survive. They're like Yahtzee players, pursuing an activity which long-since peaked. Their numbers dwindling, they're on a road toward becoming quaintly archaic. (If they're not soon outlawed altogether by the mainstream.) In a constantly changing world; as part of an ever-expanding media universe; creative people have to adapt or die. This was the impetus behind the ULA; taking the zine movement to the next stage.
"Zine" has always been a flawed name for a cultural movement, not least because it looks stodgy. When I stop by this weekend's Philly ZineFest I expect to cringe, again and again, as I did last year, at the word's mispronounciation. It's time for an improved name plate if the movement is to revive itself. I've made this argument before, unsuccessfully-- which doesn't mean the argument isn't right.
I receive each rare issue of Zine World now with disappointment. In ten years it hasn't changed, and reeks of staleness. The pandering to high school students who've all fled to Rupert Murdoch's MySpace is goofy. The cannibalization of fellow zinesters in the body of the pages is misguided. Such behavior was necessary in the '90s when zinedom was riding a wave. Then, it served to prove diversity and democracy. When you bring out one issue every two years it's self-defeating. The scorn shown by ZW reviewers for the literary activism of folks like G. Tod Slone or myself is without sense. At the present time we ARE the literary underground; its leading edge; its demonstration of fight and life.
Zine World appears dysfunctional. Going after one's own in a beaten-down niche is ghetto behavior; piranhas devouring one another in a fish tank. A publication like ZW should have two purposes:
1.) to encourage zinesters.
2.) to announce them to the world.
Find something good to say? Why not? It might be the only time anyone says anything good about these people and their efforts-- ever. (But this would go against the reviewers' "code" as "objective" journalists. Blind mice living without context; who don't notice their own marginalization. There's nothing objective about this society. In a skewed world of uneven playing fields, of Randian individualism gone haywire, "objectivity" becomes another word for self-importance.)
This was the promise given by Factsheet 5 and others in the 1990s. A few of us took the mantra seriously. Now: A revolution? Where?
Where's the noise, the success, the offensive, the strategy?
The only way to change the culture isn't through incrementalism without momentum. One will incrementalize oneself into nothing. Instead, one has to strike at the heart of the beast.
(More print publications, total pages, print ads, noise, buzz, influence, come out of the tiny island of Manhattan than the rest of America combined. This is reality. As we're seeing with the CLMP story, this power is becoming more concentrated.)
Study history and you'll see that movements which survive are those which can adapt to the always-changing world; who are always moving, never static.
"Static" defines zinedom and is why it's destined for extinction unless it changes (its main energies now involved in compiling and feeding off its memories).
The Underground Literary Alliance was formed because we saw zines/zeens as literature; as an important part of American literature-- as the one piece of literature best able to save it. I hope we still believe this. I welcome alliances with all zinesters who believe this; who believe in their talent and are eager to make real noise and change.


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The more fabulist side of nature documentaries has largely faded, but there's still a lot more pathos -- and professional wrestling parallels -- to them then you may have realized.
What is not dead can never die. In this case "not dead" refers both to the broader Classical enterprise and being wrong as hell about college basketball in a gently competitive setting.
The NHL's regular season is over and some team is only fifteen wins away from Lord Stanley's Cup. Where does the Atlantic Division go from here?
Here on the brink of the playoffs for some teams and on the slide to the offseason for others, who are the unsung heroes of the Central?
If you never give up, you'll still never figure it out. But consider the alternative, right?
As the NHL approaches the trade deadline, who are the difference-makers in the Pacific Division?
Do you recall the famous reindeer of all? Probably, but the whole story—from his prep years through his recruitment and pro career—is most likely not what you remember.
Everyone knows Joe Maddon is uniquely adept at using creative, unconventional methods to motivate his team. No one knew exactly how creative he was until now.
The NHL season starts today. Let's take a deep dive into the Metro and see what there is to see.
...that is currently raising funds on Kickstarter in order to become a real thing. We talk about how and why one goes about starting a quarterly magazine in 2016, and also about how basketball is good.


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Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer. Wei, Qingyi; Laurie, Cathy C; Laurie, Cecelia A; Rice, Kenneth; Doheny, Kimberly F; Zelnick, Leila R; McHugh, Caitlin P; ... (73 authors) (Nature genetics, 2012-05-06)We detected clonal mosaicism for large chromosomal anomalies (duplications, deletions and uniparental disomy) using SNP microarray data from over 50,000 subjects recruited for genome-wide association studies. This detection ...


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import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import java.awt.*; class test extends JFrame{ //Create Button Variables private Button add; public test(){ super("Calculator"); setLayout(new FlowLayout()); //Addition Button try{ add = new Button("+"); add(add, BorderLayout.SOUTH); String addfn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter First Number: "); String addsn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter Second Number: "); double addnum1 = Double.parseDouble(addfn); double addnum2 = Double.parseDouble(addsn); double addsum; addsum = addnum1 + addnum2; JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The Sum of " + addnum1 + " and " + addnum2 + " is " + addsum, "Addition Operation", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE ); }catch(Exception e){ } //Handler Class HandlerClass handler = new HandlerClass(); add.addActionListener(handler); } private class HandlerClass implements ActionListener{ //actionPerformed is the only method to override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, String.format("%s", event.getActionCommand())); } } public static void main(String[] args){ //Created Object for Window test wo = new test(); //Allow Program to Close on Exit wo.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); //Program Window Settings wo.setSize(400,300); wo.setVisible(true); } }
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In the process of teaching myself Java, I'm trying to make a Simple Calculator that opens up a window with several buttons.. Each button sends the user to its corresponding operation.. "+" button sends you to an operation that allows you to add two numbers.. etc..
However, (Sorry if my terminology is off, I will try to explain my issue as best as possible) when I run my program, it goes straight to the content I want my "Addition Button" to contain instead of going to the window with the clickable "+" button.
Basically, the program runs backwards.. Once I type in the two numbers I want to add, it goes to the window with the "+" button.. So I'm pretty much asking these questions.. How can I start at the window containing the buttons? How can I add functionality to each button so the user can choose which operation he/she would like to use? Also, how can I return to my main window containing the buttons once the user has finished their first operation..
I've looked through several Youtube videos and I have also researched this. Either I cannot find anything that is relevant to my issue, or the information I am provided with is too complex for a beginner. Any help will be greatly appreciated.


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Frank Lloyd Wright famously said, "Turn the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles." While Southern California is properly maligned for its endless streams of mini malls and tract housing, the region has produced some of the world's most spectacular and iconic architecture. Progressive attitudes, spacious landscapes, and temperate climate have provided architects with a playground to experiment with materials, style and technology. Los Angeles has been a long-standing incubator of residential modernism, with transformative contributions from such luminaries as Frank Lloyd Wright, Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra and the Eames. I'm exploring the evolution of SoCal residential architecture in Inhabitat's new California Modern Home Tour series. As a long time CA resident and humble admirer of great design, I'll be touring some of the region's "masterworks", digging into the roots of architectural innovation and influence. My first stop? John Lautner's unique and inspiring Elrod House in Palm Springs.
When interior designer Arthur Elrod first approached the architect John Lautner about building a new home on two recently purchased lots, Lautner answered that he would take on the task if, and only if, Elrod would let him excavate the site down by eight feet. Lautner's unexpected response set the stage for a totally unique and organic design for the Elrod House.
When the site was excavated, the bedrock which now punctuates the home was revealed. Rather than tearing away or leveling the natural rock formations, the architect integrated the rocks making them the primary feature of the home. Unlike other modern architects of his time, Lautner was bored by the rectilinear configurations of his peers, in this case incorporating two circles into the plan which would define the form and the circulation of the home. The design gives the Elrod House a unique "Jetsons-meet-the Flintstones" aesthetic, which, while rooted in the 1960's, feels very modern– even by today's architectural standards.
While the UFO-esque shape of Lautner's Palm Springs masterpiece is indisputably the first thing to catch the eye, the design of the Elrod House is full of surprises and hidden innovative details which can only be appreciated by looking beyond the grand gestures of the concrete dome and boulders.
The living room pavilion of the Elrod Home was originally enclosed in glass, but desert storm winds blew out the glass-pane walls in 1971. Lautner said he knew the blowout was a possibility, but he decided to take the risk. After the windstorm shattered the glass, the pavilion was left as a completely open space. The owner liked the effect so much that instead of replacing the panes, he asked Lautner to open the pavilion by designing retractable glass doors. There are now two mechanized 25-foot doors fabricated by an aircraft manufacturer.
Like a hovering space-craft, the roof's 60-foot concrete dome appears to "float" on a few small vertical steel columns, connected by clerestory windows positioned just above eye level. Lautner said he made a clay model of the house in the design process and thought of the roof as petals in a desert flower.
To authentically connect to the desert setting, Lautner decided to dig the house into the hill and build around excavated boulders. Lautner was experienced in desert building from his work with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, and the idea to unearth the site came to him as he studied the already graded lot. In 1958 he convinced his client to spend an extra $15,000 to $20,000 to excavate and he then reworked the plans to incorporate the boulders throughout the home.
Fred Flintstone, meet George Jetson. This boulder outcrop, which serves as a wall in the master bedroom, juxtaposes with the LCD screen.
Geologists had the boulders reinforced by drilling and bolting them together with 20–30-foot rods. "They used to drill (like this) for dynamite," Lautner said. There are no visible signs of drilling, bolting or dynamiting.
Lautner poses the additional challenge of connecting the boulders to walls of glass. Note that the glass panes are only connected by a thin line of adhesive, most dramatically displayed in the corners to create a seamless blending with the outside.
The boulder-glass interplay is intricate and the type of detail worked carried out by Lautner and craftsmen in the field during construction.
The site's original boulders appear throughout the house. Here they poke through the glass in the master bathroom.
In the guest house, Lautner's faceted glass again connects only with adhesives, creating rounded glass shapes without distortion.
Camouflaged stairs add to the space's organic and serene atmosphere. Above, Lautner stacks boulders to connect the main pavilion to the pool. The velvet rope discourages tourists from taking on the slightly tricky descent.
Like his beloved mentor, Frank Lloyd Wright, Lautner uses low ceilings for dramatic forced perspectives and big reveals. Above, a 6-foot-5-inch portal connects the board-formed concrete work of the master bedroom to the soaring pavilion. The pavilion's 25-foot glass doors are monumentally weighty, countered balanced and motorized.
Lautner's work appears in many Hollywood Films and the Elrod house is used as a primary set in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. In the film, Bambi and Thumper attack Bond (Sean Connery) with impressive acrobats in the pavilion, before throwing him into the pool.
While the Elrod House is probably best known as a symbol of Hollywood excess in that classic Bond movie, to simply view the house as an epitome of Space-Age-Bachelor-Pad is missing the point.
"Lautner's fascination with new shapes and structures had nothing to do with Space Age futurism, or movieland glamour, or virtuoso engineering, but came from his determination to humanize the spaces of the built world and create an endlessly varied organic poetry. This was a profoundly serious agenda," says Ann Philbin, the director of the Hammer Museum, in a foreword to the book on Lautner that accompanied a retrospective exhibition of his work.
+ The Elrod House (official website)
+ John Lautner (official website)
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Oregon consumers should see more efficient televisions on store shelves in the New Year, under rules taking effect New Years Day.
Televisions are responsible for about 5 percent of the energy used in a typical American home, according to energy officials. That figure could come down in Oregon, thanks to rules requiring televisions meet new efficiency standards in 2014.
Oregon Energy Department spokeswoman Diana Enright says products that meet the standards will be listed in a public database. Enright says consumers shouldn't have to trade quality - or screen size - for efficiency.
"When you look at some of the statistics over the last six or seven years, while the average screen size of a television has increased by about 30 percent, the energy consumption has dropped by more than 50 percent," she says.
The Oregon rules also establish new standards for battery chargers.
Enright says the trend toward more efficient appliances is saving Americans $40 billion a year on utility bills.


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Roberts out 3-4 weeks with ruptured tendon
BALTIMORE -- Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts will be sidelined three to four weeks with a ruptured tendon behind his right knee.
The injury, to the part of the knee typically used to repair a torn ACL, will not require surgery. Roberts was placed on the 15-day disabled list prior to Friday's home opener against the Twins with what was termed a right hamstring strain. Infielder Yamaico Navarro took Roberts' place on the active roster.
"[It's] actually good news," manager Buck Showaler said after the Orioles' 9-5 win over the Twins. "Considering that's the same tendon/area they take out of your leg for Tommy John [surgery], which tells you some doctors think it's not a part of your body you necessarily have to have in that area. We are hopeful in a three to four week period we will get him back. I was talking to Brian about trying to be upbeat. This is really good news, kind of like Wilson [Betemit]."
Roberts, who exited Thursday's game in the top of the ninth inning, underwent an MRI on Friday morning. The 35-year-old had held out hope that he would avoid the DL.
"This is something that regardless of what [the MRI] says, will heal, and he will play for us again," Showalter said. "We hope that Alexi [Casilla] and Ryan [Flaherty] can help us hold down the fort until he comes back. We've had to do it before. It's just another challenge but not only [for] Brian, but our team."
Roberts, who will leave on Sunday to go back to the team's spring facility in Sarasota, Fla., walked out from the home dugout instead of jogging down the orange carpet during Friday's pregame ceremony and was greeted with applause.
"[It was] probably good for him, but also kind of he'd like to be a part of it more playing," Showalter said. "I had to kind of nudge him about going out for introductions. I think he really wanted to be a part of it. I felt real confident in our fans that they would respond like they did."
The injury occurred when Roberts stole second base at Tropicana Field on Thursday and grabbed the back of his right knee in pain when he came up. He was helped off the field by head athletic trainer Richard Bancells and first-base coach Wayne Kirby, putting a damper on the Orioles' series win.
Roberts, who has dealt with a host of injuries and hasn't played a full season since 2009, said Thursday night that he had never had a hamstring injury and was understandably down.
Asked how he felt mentally, Roberts said: "Not too great. I don't know. I don't have a whole lot of words for it right now. Frustrated, but we'll get the results and hopefully move forward."
Roberts worked hard to be a full-go this spring and had looked to be his old self in the field and at the plate. He hit .417 in three games, batting ninth for the Orioles in their season-opening series, and had been looking forward to suiting up for Friday's home opener.
Instead, Flaherty got the start at second base against Twins righty Liam Hendriks with Casilla also figuring to get more playing time there.
"Everyone knows what I can do," said Casilla, who ran for Roberts after he got hurt Thursday. "I can play short, second, even third. I'll be ready for anything. I just want to help the team."
In addition, Casilla's played with J.J. Hardy before, which will help the new Oriole settle into his spot at second base.
Navarro drove up from Triple-A Norfolk Thursday night. The 25-year old infielder has played a total of 71 games in the Major Leagues, seeing time with the Pirates, Red Sox and Royals.


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