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UPDATE: Junior college kick returner/wide receiver Lance Ray was cleared and officially joined ECU's 105-man roster Thursday afternoon. Ray participated in the Pirates' afternoon practice in shorts and helmet as mandated by the NCAA. He will be allowed to take part in full-contact workouts on his fifth day in camp.
As college football teams all around the state feverishly prepare for the rapidly approaching season, here's an update on how things are progressing in their preseason camps. In this installment, we go to Greenville to check in on the East Carolina Pirates.
The ongoing saga of Lance Ray appears to be nearing an end. The junior college kick returner/wide receiver is on campus in Greenville and is awaiting final clearance of his transfer before officially joining the team.
That could happen as early as today or Friday.
Once "all the Is are dotted and Ts are crossed" – as a school spokesman put it – the 6-foot-2, 210-pound speedster can begin practicing on a limited basis.
NCAA rules mandate that players must spend their first two days in helmets and shorts only before adding shoulder pads for the next two days. That timetable would still give Ray a full week of full-contact practice before the Pirates' season-opener against Appalachian State on Sept. 1.
Although Ray caught 37 passes for 704 yards and 12 touchdowns last season at Northwest Mississippi Junior College, his immediate impact at ECU is likely to be as a kick returner, where he returned two for touchdowns last season.
He also handled the return duties for Arkansas as a freshman, leading the Razorbacks with an average of 22.5 yards per attempt.
Coach Ruffin McNeill and offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley don't appear to be any closer to naming a starting quarterback, but it does at least look as though the race for the job may be narrowing a bit.
Freshman Cody Keith has been taking slightly fewer reps than the other three candidates after a balky 1 of 5 performance in Sunday's scrimmage. Keith completed his first pass for 10 yards to wide receiver Andrew Bodenheimer, then misfired on his next four attempts.
By contrast, junior Rio Johnson was 5 of 9 for 74 yards and a 12-yard touchdown to Justin Jones. Senior Brad Wornick had the next best performance of the scrimmage by going 5 of 7 for 44 yards while leading the offense to a field goal while sophomore Shane Carden was 2 of 5 for 70 yards with 68 of them coming on a bomb to Danny Webster on his first throw.
All four quarterbacks led the team for a pair of series'. McNeill and Riley said that the final decision on who starts could come down to the day of the first game if necessary.
Of the four candidates, only Johnson and Wornick have seen any actual game action.
"I think we're trying to just see who can manage the team the best, and they all do that," McNeill said. "They're throwing the ball well. It's going to be a tough choice, but I feel good about that group."
Similar to the situation at quarterback, there still hasn't been any appreciable separation among the large group of running backs vying for the limited carries available in the Pirates' pass-oriented spread offense.
As many as five, perhaps even six players of all shapes, sizes and levels of experience are battling it out for at least a piece of the action.
Junior Torrance Hunt led the ECU in rushing with 489 yards last season, but he came into preseason camp listed fourth on the depth chart behind senior Reggie Bullock (427 yards and four touchdowns in only six games), junior Michael Dobson (221 yards and three TDs) and North Carolina transfer Hunter Furr.
At 6-foot, 223 pounds, Furr figures to be set in the short-yardage role, though tight end/H-Back/Inside Wide Receiver hybrid Zico Paust could also be called upon once he returns from his concussion.
Also in the mix is junior college transfer Vintavious Cooper and redshirt freshman Chris Hairston.
"We've got a lot of running backs here and every one of them is great," Bullock, who is currently listed as the starter, said. "We compete well, same as the quarterback position. The one who comes out and makes the most plays for our offense will be the starter."
The problem is that none of them made many plays in Sunday's scrimmage. Dobson, Hairston, Bullock and Hunt combined to gain only 10 yards on seven rushes – an average of just 1.4 yards per carry.
The offense also failed to score on a first-and-goal from the two after Carden's long completion to Webster.
The Pirates are in the process of shifting from training camp mode to game preparation mode. On Tuesday, their first day off since the start of practice, the players moved out of the dorm they've been sharing and back into their individual residences.
Wednesday, they returned to the field for what McNeill called a "crisp" workout before preparing for their final two-a-day session of the summer today. They'll hold their final preseason scrimmage on Saturday, sandwiched around the annual "Meet the Pirates" fanfest at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
"I'm sure every coach is pleased with their camp," McNeill said, "But it's grinding at this point."
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Lots of good info. Not hearing a lot about receivers with lack of big time speed. Other than that, it's not clear where any major weakness exist with this team. Might be an interesting year for Pirates
Another nice piece Brett. Getting Ray in is a big deal. May not be a huge contributor at WR at first, but probably will be as a return man.


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I would just like to point out that the upcoming voting is not a vote for homosexuality and whether or not it is "sinful and harmful," but rather to allow benefits for same-sex partners.
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ROANOKE – The last regular steam trains quit running in this area by the late 1950s, but now people can see – and hear – visions of them again. There's a new coffee table book of famed O. Winston Link's photographs. A Salem couple helped select almost 200 photos – many of them previously unpublished – in "Life Along the Line."
It's also probably the last book of Link's photos that will be published – at least by publisher Abrams.
"Books are going to be published differently, not as something that you can hold in your hand and put on a desk," said Ellen Arnold.
She and her husband, Bill Arnold, are dedicated volunteers with the O. Winston Link Museum. And they will be at this Friday night's opening reception for the exhibit, Nov. 9, at the museum in downtown Roanoke. They'll probably be looking like proud parents.
The Arnolds were on a small selection committee with Dave Foster of Salem and OWL museum director Kim Parker that went through 2,000 of Link's negatives, and helped to choose the ones that made the book. They are also sponsoring a traveling exhibit of 16-by-20-inch photographs that will be available to other museums.
It took them almost three years to "birth" this latest baby.
Ellen took each of the 2,400 negatives out of the sleeves in which they had been stored and re-sleeved them in acid-free protection.
"Each one had a number on it. She transferred each number and filed the negatives in an acid-free box," her husband said.
Link was unbelievably detailed when he took photographs. "He recorded the names of all the people in the photos," said Ellen, "and he would mail them an 8-by-10-inch glossy."
Her husband added, "He had a photographic memory."
As for all her work with the negatives, Ellen said, "It was a great fun thing to do, off and on for about six months." The negatives were also scanned so they could be put online, and now all 2,200 of Link's black-and-white train photos and 200 of his color ones are available.
Most of the images in "Life Along the Line" have not been seen before. Others show behind the scenes, giving glimpses of what Link had to do in order to "stop the trains" on film.
"They show the intricacies of how Link did it," Bill Arnold explained.
There's an entire chapter devoted to how Link accomplished his photos.
A particular favorite photo of Link's is a couple parked at a drive-in theater with a view of a jet on the screen. The original didn't have anything on the screen, the Arnolds said. The jet was added later.
One of Ellen's favorite images, she said, is "a picture of a house in Max Meadows and of the equipment Mr. Link used to set up the photo."
For instance, one picture shows Link's assistant and nephew, Roy Zider, with recording equipment that captured the sounds of a train in Wytheville. Those were on 33-1/3 long-playing records, her husband explained, that have been reproduced for today's listeners on a CD included with the book.
"The O. Winston Link Museum had the rights to all the photos and sounds," Bill said. "A gentleman in Washington, D.C., matched up the sounds with the places. We sat and listened on the computer and ended up with 43 minutes of train sounds."
Among the print is a self portrait of Link with the two cameras, one loaded with color and the other with black-and-white film.
Although Tony Reevy is the author of the new book, museum director Parker did most of the writing of the descriptions of individual photographs.
So why publish another Link book now? "Because we have people come into the O. Winston Link Museum and look at the first two books, and say they want another," Bill said. "We're getting to the point of almost the last days of doing a book."
"Life Along the Line" exhibit runs from Nov. 9 through Feb. 11, 2013. The book is available at the museum's shop at the opening, and is online at linkmuseumshop.com The cost in the store is $40, including the CD of train sounds.


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ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals will promote rookie lefty Tyler Lyons from the minors to make his major league debut in place of injured Jaime Garcia on Wednesday. They've also plugged Mitchell Boggs back into the bullpen mix.
The Cardinals have officially placed Garcia on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain retroactive to Saturday. Manager Mike Matheny said Sunday the timetable was uncertain for Garcia, who was on the DL for two months last year with a similar injury.
Another injured starter, Jake Westbrook, threw 25 pitches from 60 feet and is expected to miss at least one more start recovering from elbow inflammation. The Cardinals can avoid one of those holes with a day off Thursday.
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"Jackass" star Johnny Knoxville has welcomed a baby boy with girlfriend Naomi Nelson.
Nelson, who has been dating the star for a year, gave birth to the couple's first son, Rocko Akira Clapp, in a Los Angeles hospital on Sunday night, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The "Dukes of Hazzard" actor, real name Philip John Clapp, also has a 13-year-old daughter with his ex-wife, Melanie, who he divorced in 2007 after 12 years of marriage.


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Last week I told you about "Dumb Thumb Syndrome." And as I thought, it's a common ailment among anglers. I received several calls from others confirming my assumptions.
One call in particular was interesting. Not only did the guy confirm the illness, he also offered a cure! Well, not so much as a cure. It was more along the lines of a treatment. I tried his treatment plan and so far it seems to help… not eliminate, but help!
By Larry Vaught
Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari has been busy handing out scholarship offers to players in the 2017 and 2018 recruiting classes the last two weeks.
One intriguing prospect is Putnam Science Academy (Connecticut) guard Hamidou Diallo. He has a bevy of scholarship offers, including Connecticut and Duke.
Diallo plays AAU summer basketball for the New York Rens, based in his hometown of Queens, N.Y., in the Nike Youth Basketball League.
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There's something about the majors that can bring out the best in the older golfers.
Jack Nicklaus winning The Masters in 1986.
Greg Norman held a two-shot lead entering the final round of the 2008 Open Championship at the age of 53.
And 59-year-old Tom Watson was a 12-foot par putt away from winning the 2009 Open Championship.
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Every day, we are surrounded in some way by the leaders of various organizations, clubs, entities and even countries, and we may not even think about it. There are leaders everywhere, from your church's pastor, to your school's principal, or even your boss. Leaders are a necessary part of our lives, and without their presence or guidance, our society would descend into chaos and mad uncertainty.
Fished Willisburg last Sunday and ended up catching something … not a fish … from John!
John exhibited symptoms early on but didn't pay a lot of attention to it. Then, as the day wore on, he got worse.
About halfway through the tournament, I came down with a mild case!
No, it wasn't a heat stroke or anything like that. Heck, that would've been easier to take. The affliction we came down with was "Dumb Thumb Syndrome!"
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Before the Blue-White Game reached halftime, some Kentucky fans were complaining on Twitter about the play of junior nose guard Matt Elam.
Out of shape. Too upright. Not aggressive. Gets pushed out of the way too easy. Lacks intensity.
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What a week it has been!
Just days after Kris Jenkins' shot to win the NCAA championship game for Villanova and erase the heartbreak of Christian Laettner's dagger into the hearts of Kentucky fans as one of the great shots of all-time, Jordan Speith's collapse on the back nine of The Masters may top Greg Norman's meltdown in the 1996 tournament.
And never has it been so true that "The Masters doesn't really begin until the back nine on Sunday."
The 2016 NCAA National Championship Game was a thriller, whose outcome was decided at the horn when Kris Jenkins nailed a buzzer beater to give the Villanova Wildcats a 77-74 victory. I've seen my share of buzzer beaters, but that didn't make Jenkins' buzzer beater any less amazing or memorable. I honestly think Jenkins' buzzer beater will go down as memorable.
Coming up this weekend is the opening of our 2016 spring turkey hunting season - ending date is May 8. As in years past you can take two birds but only one per day … and they both have to be gobblers (male turkeys).
Most gobblers have beards but there are cases where you'll find a hen (female turkey) with a beard - sorta like the bearded lady at the circus.
You shouldn't stalk a turkey. If you know a turkey's travel route after fly down (when they fly off their roost) set up to intercept them.
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Lol based on what I saw two seasons ago ole Finny was about to get beat up
Army friend of mine always said: "If you rip a man's ear off and show it to him, he will lose the will to fight" Size doesn't matter when as only takes 11 lbs of pressure
I guess if you fight like a woman...
I don't think Finny was about to get beat up, Finny was putting on a good show trying to get Johnson ejected.. which he did but it kinda back fired on him. He also did the same thing to a Redskins receiver last year and the penalty put the skins out of fieldgoal range costing them the game. He's a pretty smart player and say what you want about dirty players, I love them.
Naw Finny is tough as nails, he was more concerned with gettin Andre Johnsons helmet thrown off then taking a punch! He laughed and clapped and Andre after he hit him!
And if he doesnt lose the will to fight then that is one tough SOB and you better run!


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Of All The TV Series To Be Introduced To The MMO Universe..CBS Choose Ghost Whisperer
Casual game developers, Legacy Games, have just announced the latest title to join their ever expanding arsenal of free online games, Ghost Whisperer. Based on the critically acclaimed TV series that launched on CBS in 2005, Ghost Whisperer uses familiar hidden object game mechanics to introduce players into the life of Melinda Gordon.
The game features over 40 unique puzzles and involves some of the more popular characters from the TV series such as Melinda (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Delia (Camryn Manheim), Eli (Jamie Kennedy) and Jim (David Conrad). It appears that Ghost Whisperer will be launching new content on an episode by episode basis as the currently available puzzles revolve around two of the episodes from the CBS show "A Brush with Death" and "Forgotten Toys"
"The Ghost Whisperer brand, characters and theme are perfect for fans of the paranormal, and we've kept the fan in mind every step of production," says Ariella Lehrer, CEO of Legacy Games. "The inventive storylines are faithful to the television series, and work particularly well with the popular hidden object genre of game play."
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A HIGH Court judge has ruled in favour of a woman who launched a compensation claim after her father died from asbestos poisoning.
Retired painter and labourer Robert Rudd, of Sharp Crescent, West View, Hartlepool, died aged 81 in 2010 after he was struck down by deadly asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma.
Mr Rudd had worked at the town's Steetley Magnesite works in the early 1960s, when he was exposed to the poisonous dust.
His daughter, June Dunn, launched a compensation claim on behalf of his estate, alleging that his employers had negligently allowed to him to come into contact with the poison.
Last year, a senior High Court official, Master Eastman, ruled in Mrs Dunn's favour, saying Carillion Construction (Contracts), legally responsible as successor to Mr Rudd's previous employer, had no viable defence and is liable to pay damages.
But the company appealed to the Court of Appeal yesterday.
Lawyers for the building giant argued that Mrs Dunn's case was not strong and Master Eastman was wrong to say the company had no chance of defending the claim.
But Lady Justice Black refused the bid to appeal, upholding the right of Mrs Dunn and her father's estate to damages, with a payout figure yet to be assessed.
The judge said there was evidence that Mr Rudd had been employed in a works where asbestos dust was present.
Carillion barrister John Williams argued there was no evidence that Mr Rudd worked with welders, fitters or laggers, where he would have been more likely to be exposed.
He said it was not an open-and-shut case and as a painter, it would be unlikely that Mr Rudd worked near those disturbing asbestos lagging and, while described as a labourer, it was unclear how much labouring he had done.
But Lady Justice Black said even if the case had been allowed to go to trial "it would be difficult to dispel the inference that he was exposed to significant quantities of asbestos while working for the defendant's predecessor between 1961 and 1964".


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ONLY ON 3: Leland business under investigation for trademark issues
LELAND, NC (WWAY) — The Secretary of State's office is investigating a Leland business in a trademark enforcement action.
Velocity Clothing on Village Road is part of an ongoing investigation, but there are no arrests at this point. Special agents believe the case will wrap soon.
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CPAN Ratings: Reviews by Joshua b. Jore http://cpanratings.perl.org/dist/jjore CPAN Ratings: Reviews by Joshua b. Jore en-us 2000-08-23T07:00+00:00 firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com Perl 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 daily Joshua b. Jore http://cpanratings.perl.org/dist/jjore#1059
Rating: 5 stars

This is a great module. This is the sort of plumbing code that shows up all over the place and would be better abstracted off into a library.

The one nit I have about this module is that I can't associate it with a function with an attribute. I dislike having to immediately follow my function definition with a BEGIN { memoize( '...' ) } call. That should have been just a sub :memoize { ... } declaration instead.
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This was my first experience with AppConfig::Std but as-is, the built in functionality is just stellar. I love being able to designate a file with some defaults, have parameter parsing handled, *and* have it delegate all the -version, -help, -doc, stuff.
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A wicked cool module and a great way to do round trips through the B module.

Perl 5.8.1 introduced an object_2svref method and Devel::Pointer::PP exploits that to do the same thing as this module except only in core perl.
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Several years ago, some smart people at the University of Alaska realized we could save money by eliminating the paper paycheck stub mailed to employees - nearly all of whom are paid direct deposit anyway. Employees now view pay stubs in a secure online Web site. The $70,000 annual savings might seem like a drop in the bucket of a multi-million dollar budget, yet that $70,000 is enough to pay salary and benefits for one professor for a year.
The university roots out savings in small amounts when and where it can. There's no single silver bullet here - just many golden BBs.
The university this next fiscal year anticipates steep increases in retirement, health insurance, negotiated wages and other escalating costs, such as fuel. Our early estimates show we'll need an additional $30 million from the state just to maintain status quo.
That's just to keep classes rolling, the lights on and bills paid. The largest state increase we've ever enjoyed has been $17 million, so I know what a $30 million increase is up against in Juneau.
This brings me to my current dilemma: Since 1981, the university has given students over the age of 60 free tuition. Most have used this opportunity to take general interest courses, such as art and Spanish. The free tuition isn't based on financial need, simply age.
During that same time frame, the cost of tuition overall has increased by more than 545 percent. This fall, students face their third, 10 percent tuition hike in three years, with another 10 percent increase on the table.
The time to review the senior tuition waiver program is now, especially in light of ongoing tuition increases for all other students. A typical UA student is a 27-year-old mother working 40 hours a week and carrying a full-time college load. She may or may not qualify for financial aid, but she does not get a tuition waiver.
You might ask, why are we raising tuition at such rates? We did this because a quality higher education in Alaska was going for bargain basement prices. We couldn't sustain our programs and meet the state's new economic challenges and job demands without addressing our out-of-date tuition structure. Yet tuition at the University of Alaska, even with the recent hikes, is still among the most affordable in the country.
We can't depend on the state treasury for everything, and we aren't. We can't depend on our students to shoulder the entire cost of the university system, and they aren't. But most of them are paying their fair share, and that gives them credibility when the budget talks turn serious.
This is a public institution, and we must show a willingness to at least look at where savings or efficiencies can be made. We've been doing this in the past and we'll continue to do so in the future.
Now, I've heard the public outcry against eliminating the senior waiver. I understand the points raised by many of you - many who communicated to me personally or through these editorial pages. That's why I've been looking at proposing modifications to the program rather than complete elimination. I'm open to suggestions. One that makes good sense to me and would seem a reasonable compromise to folks on both sides of the issue is to raise the age to Social Security eligibility and make the waiver a 50 percent discount, rather than 100 percent. We could then use the revenue generated to help those senior citizens and other students who need it most. Meanwhile, efforts to increase financial aid for all students must continue.
Members of the Board of Regents will look at the senior waiver issue at their Sept. 20-21 meeting in Anchorage. I look forward to the discussion.
The public reaction to my thoughts on the waiver program has shown me one thing: People care deeply about the University of Alaska. I hope that activism and enthusiasm carries itself to the halls of the Capitol in Juneau, where support for the university system this next year will be crucial.
Mark Hamilton is the president of the University of Alaska system, which has 16 campuses from Ketchikan to Kotzebue.
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Gaia's Antenna Checks Out Under ESA Tests
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
ESA announced on Monday that its Gaia billion-star surveyor's main antenna's test is running on schedule.After launching next year, the antenna will send Gaia's science data to Earth from its location about 930,000 miles away from Earth.
Gaia is expected to download 200 terabytes of data over its five year mission, which is the equivalent of nearly 45,000 standard DVDs.
The ESA spacecraft will be making precise measurements of the positions of a billion stars during its mission.
The information Gaia tracks down will be used to create a 3D map of stars in the Milky Way galaxy, helping to reveal information about its composition, formation and evolution.
The spacecraft uses its complex antenna to ensure Gaia's beam is always directed towards Earth as it rotates around in space.
ESA said a conventional mechanical antenna would create tiny vibrations that would impair the performance of the mapping telescope.
The test chamber's walls are covered with pyramids of non-reflective foam that absorb reflected radio waves to simulate the nature of space.
The chamber also blocks all external signals, like aircraft radar and cell phones, in order to calibrate and ensure accurate tests.
According to ESA, the 5-feet antenna panel is covered in mirrors to help radiate the heat generated by the satellite and received from the Sun.
Gaia will be launched in 2013 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The spacecraft's mission will have an initial timeframe of five years, and could possibly be extended if all goes according to plan.


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caught their friday night sold out show in nyc and utterly support people picking up their album and checking them out on this tour if they can. so much clap/singalong material, restored my faith in live bands. david byrne of talking heads was standing next to me (they do a cover of a th song) and he was into it.


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Nearly half (47%) said that we should take it seriously in the Quarter Final, but whether that is just because we are due to play Bolton Wanderers isn't clear.
19% went along with Paul Jewell's apparent philosophy and said we should wait until we get to 40 points.
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Charlotte 4, Buffalo 0
By Connor O'Brien
The Bisons were shut down on offense last night by the Charlotte Knights, managing just two singles and six walks, which led to a 4-0 defeat. Collin McHugh got the start for the Herd, his seventh Triple-A start this season. McHugh came into the game pitching pretty well after a rough start since being called up from Binghamton. He gave up the first run of the game in the top of the second on a sacrifice fly.
Then in the top of the fourth, McHugh gave up back-to-back solo home runs by Dallas McPherson and Hector Gimenez, making it 3-0 Knights. In both at-bats, McHugh left balls up in the zone. That's all that he would allow on the night, however. He left after allowing three runs on four hits in six innings. McHugh also walked three batters and struck out six.
The Buffalo offense allowed a solid outing by their starter to go to waste, failing to score even a single run against Charlotte pitching. Simon Castro started for Charlotte and allowed only one hit in five innings. He did have some control problems and walked four batters, but the Bisons never had a shot at scoring off him.
Meanwhile, the Knight's bullpen was just as dominant. Charlotte sent in two relievers to close out the game. Each of them tossed two scoreless innings and allowed a combined total of one hit. Jenrry Mejia had also been dominant out of the Buffalo bullpen, but the offense couldn't get anything going to back him.
Herd Rumblings: McHugh dropped to 1-3 on the season despite a solid performance. He threw 66 of 104 pitches for strikes. The only two Bisons with hits were Rob Johnson and Oswaldo Navarro. Josh Satin drew two walks. Matt den Dekker was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and a walk. Every Bison had at least one strikeout on the night. Matt Harvey (7-4, 3.34 ERA) takes the mound against Charlotte tonight at 7:05 PM in the second game of a four-game series.
Bowie 10, Binghamton 0
By Tim Burns
Behind what could probably be described as his worst outing of the 2012 campaign, Zack Wheeler and the Binghamton Mets were shutout by a score of 10-0 by the Bowie BaySox on Friday night in Maryland. Wheeler lasted only 3.2 innings in his first appearance against the BaySox.
Of the first four batters he faced in the game, he walked two and hit two, and he also threw a wild-pitch in the first frame. At the end of the first inning, the B-Mets found themselves down five runs. Wheeler settled down in the second and third innings, allowing only one hit while striking out three. In the fourth inning however, he gave up three more singles and walked one as Bowie scored another three runs on the B-Mets starter.
When Pedro Lopez finally pulled Wheeler in favor of Jeff Stevens in the fourth, his line read eight earned runs (a career high) on six hits, three walks, two hit batsman, and six strikeouts. He threw a total of 92 pitches, 57 of them for strikes. Wheeler was issued his fifth loss of the season, and his record now stands at 9-5.
Stevens, who has given up a combined seven earned runs in his last two outings, shut down the Bowie offense in 2.1 innings of work. Stevens struck out four, walked two, and only allowed one hit while keeping Bowie out of the run column for a couple of innings at least.
Adrian Rosario relieved Stevens in the seventh inning and pitched only one frame in the game. In his one inning of work, Rosario walked three batters, gave up two hits as well as two earned runs while striking out only one batter. Edgar Ramirez threw a clean sheet in the bottom of the eighth inning, striking out two and walking one, with Bowie putting up doughnuts in the runs and hits columns.
In the other dugout, Bowie starter Zach Clark pretty much owned the B-Mets batters as he gave up only three hits in seven innings worth of work. Bowie reliever Pat Egan was as effective against Binghamton, in two innings allowing three hits and striking out four.
Juan Lagares and Francisco Pena were the only two B-Mets batters with multiple hits in the game, as well as the only batters with multi-base hits in the game, as each went 2-for-4 with a double to their credit. Mike Baxter, on rehab assignment and playing in his first game with the B-Mets, went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in the game. Baxter was the designated hitter for the B-Mets. Reese Havens who went 1-for-3 in the game, and Eric Campbell who went 1-for-4, were the only other B-Mets batters with hits against Bowie.
B-Mets Buzz: Gonzalez Germen (6-6, 4.17) will take the mound for the B-Mets in game three of the series on Saturday evening. Jacob Petit (7-2, 3.94) will take the hill for the Bowie BaySox. This will be the second time Germen has faced Bowie in 2012, as he took the loss at NYSEG Stadium on June 27th giving up four earned runs and six hits in five innings. Petit has not faced the B-Mets batters previously in 2012.
Dunedin 4, St. Lucie 1
By Pete Shapiro
The story of the night on Friday was Dunedin starter Jesse Hernandez who was nearly untouchable in the game. After allowing Alonzo Harris a clean single with two outs in the ninth inning, Hernandez had just missed throwing a nine-inning no-hitter against the St. Lucie Mets. He did pick up the win with 8.2 innings of one-hit ball, and defeated the Mets by a score of 4-1 in Florida State League action. The loss was the fifth straight for St. Lucie.
In a display of utter dominance despite topping out at 89 MPH on his fastball, Hernandez a 6'1″ 200 lb. right-hander from Grand Rapids, Michigan, allowed only one walk to Travis Taijeron in the sixth inning, and a HBP of Richard Lucas, also in the sixth before giving up the two-out single to Harris in the ninth. He also struck out 12 Mets hitters along the way.
He was replaced by Dunedin reliever Evan Englebrook to get the final out after the no-hitter had been broken up, and Hernandez was visibly upset as he left the field. Englebrook is a 6'8″ 255 lb. monster who did manage to get the final out although it was a non-save situation, but not before throwing the ball away and allowing Harris to score an unearned run which brought it to the final score of 4-1.
What started out as a crisp pitcher's duel ended up as a day at the beach for the Blue Jays who exploded for four runs in the sixth inning against St. Lucie starter Angel Cuan which made the score 4-0. The way Hernandez (1-1, 5.97) was throwing the ball for Dunedin, it effectively put the game out of reach. Cuan (5-7, 3.49) had given up just one hit through the first five innings but then in the sixth the wheels came off. Two doubles, three singles, and a sac-fly would plate the four earned runs for the Jays as they knocked Cuan out of the box.
Lucie Logistics: The Mets who had the best won-lost record in the first half of the Florida State League at 49-19, are the worst team in the league in the second half so far, with a record of 11-18. The Mets and Blue Jays go at it again tonight at 6:30 PM in game three of the four-game set. Right-hander Tyler Pill (3-1, 2.21) gets the ball in the role of stopper for St. Lucie, as they look to snap their five-game losing streak.
Rome 3, Savannah 2
By Fonzie13
On Friday night at Historic Grayson Stadium, Savannah was conquered by Rome, as the Rome Braves behind the work of four relievers defeated the Savannah Sand Gnats by a score of 3-2. The struggling Sand Gnats called upon LHP Alex Panteliodis (3-5, 3.84) to take on the suddenly surging Braves in game two of this four-game set. Panteliodis answered with his finest outing of the season pitching six innings, allowing two earned runs on six hits, one walk and a career high ten strikeouts.
Rome put up a quick run in the top of the first when center-fielder Tony Mueller led off with a single, stole second, advanced to third on a wild-pitch and scored on a ground-out to first-baseman Cole Frenzel. Panteliodis would keep Rome off the board with clean second, third and fourth innings. In the fifth inning Rome would add another. Right-fielder Will Skinner led off with a single to right-field. Skinner promptly stole second and moved to third on Brandon Drury's line drive single to center-fielder Charley Thurber. Skinner then stole home on the back end of a double steal to give Rome a 2-0 lead.
Rome added a third run in the seventh off of reliever Jared West who came on to spell Panteliodis. After two out and nobody on, West walked Cory Brownstein before shortstop Elmer Reyes doubled him home to make the score 3-0 Rome. Jared West pitched two innings of relief, allowing a run on two hits, a walk and four strikeouts. Estarlin Morel pitched a perfect top of the ninth with one strikeout.
Savannah having struggled all night finally broke through in the eighth inning. Leading off the eighth, catcher Cam Maron reached on an error by Rome left-fielder Robby Hefflinger. After third-baseman Brian Harrison lined out hard to deep right field, Dustin Lawley crushed a two run homer over the left field wall for his tenth of the year. Lawley the only standout in the lineup on Friday went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored, and two RBI for Savannah. The Gnats would get the tying run aboard on a Gilbert Gomez two out walk in the ninth but were unable to capitalize as Matthew Reynolds was retired on a comebacker to Ian Thomas to end the game.
Gnats Gnotes: Savannah has struggled since their great first half of the season came to an end. Since the Sand Gnats 41-26 first half they are reeling at 11-17 in the second half. Promotions of T.J. Rivera, Travis Taijeron and Aderlin Rodriguez to Advanced-A St. Lucie have crippled the Savannah offensive attack. So far no one has stepped up to fill the void left by their three hitting stars of the first half although Savannah's pitching has weathered the storm of the two pitchers promoted. The pitching has not skipped a beat since Rafael Montero and Tyler Pill were promoted to St Lucie and continued their excellence at the advanced level. Game three-of-four against Rome will begin tonight at 6:05 with lefty Jim Fuller (2-2, 6.00) getting the ball for the Gnats.
Staten Island 4, Brooklyn 2
By Pete Shapiro
Right-hander Luis Mateo (4-2, 2.21) didn't have his best stuff last night as he lost for the second time in his last three outings. He gave up a single earned run in the second inning, two in the third, and another in the sixth, which was all the Staten Island Yankees would need to down the Cyclones by a score of 4-2 in front of the home crowd at MCU Park. The Cyclones bullpen kept them in the game as Beck Wheeler 2.0 innings, four strikeouts, and Ernesto Yanez 1.0 inning, combined to throw three innings of perfect relief. But the cavalry never arrived.
The only offense the Cyclones could manage all night were single runs in the fifth and sixth innings despite the fact that they accumulated ten hits, and five walks in the game. Cyclones hitters had 10 LOB last night, and that was the story in this game. The only run scoring hits were an RBI single by Kevin Plawecki in the fifth, and a run-scoring double by Eudy Pina in the sixth, chasing in Jayce Boyd, who had also doubled. Plawecki, who was 3-for-3 with a double and a walk for the game, and Pina who went 2-for-4 had multi-hit games. The other Cyclones hitter to have a good day at the plate was shortstop Phillip Evans who went 3-for-5.
Right-hander Gabriel Encinas (2-2, 3.67) got the win for Staten Island going five innings while giving up one run. Three Yankee relievers combined to pitch the last four innings giving up just one run on four hits, with righty Taylor Garrison picking up his fourth save.
Brooklyn Brew: The Cyclones are now 20-12 on the year and have a 1.0 game lead over the second place Hudson Valley Renegades in the McNamara Division of the New York Penn League. Tonight the four-game series with the Yankees shifts back to Staten Island with a 7:00 PM start time. Right-hander Luis Cessa (2-1, 3.16) will toe the rubber for the Clones while lefty Evan Rutckyj (2-3, 4.02) takes the hill for the Yankees.
Kingsport 2, Greeneville 0
Kingsport 2, Greeneville 1
By Pete Shapiro
It seems something positive is happening with the Kingsport Mets. Despite starting the season with a record of 6-19, they looked like a contending ball club for a brief time yesterday as they defeated the Greeneville Astros in both ends of a double-header, by scores of 2-0 and 2-1. The Astros are the third best team in the Appalachian League with a record of 19-11, 19-9 before the double-dip yesterday, and yesterday's losses knocked them out of first place in the West Division.
It was pitching, pitching, and more pitching for the K-Mets. South-paw Steve Matz started the first game and pitched his second six inning scoreless outing in a row, giving up only two hits and three walks while striking out nine this time, and improving his record to 1-1 with a 1.96 ERA in his first five game starts. Matz was topping out in the upper-90's, which is something not too many left-handers can do, and is showing the kind of life on his fastball that the Mets have been hoping to see since making him their top pick in the 2009 MLB draft.
Matz left after six innings with the score 2-0, and was replaced by Flabio Ortega who pitched the final inning giving up one hit and striking out two to earn his first save. The combined shutout was the second of the season for Kingsport, the first was thrown by John Gant against the Johnson City Cardinals on July 16th, and notched the first professional win for Matz in his career.
Both Kingsport runs scored in the third inning. With two outs and nobody on, Eris Peguero drew a walk and stole second base. Jorge Rivero then doubled to left to score Peguero and give the K-Mets a 1-0 lead. Then with Maikis De La Cruz at the plate, Rivero attempted to steal third. Astro catcher Ernesto Genoves air-mailed his throw down the left-field line allowing Rivero to score an unearned run and make the score it's final incarnation of 2-0. Besides Rivero's double the K-Mets managed just two hits the rest of the game, singles by Julio Concepcion and Jonathan Leroux.
In game two right-hander Persio Reyes made the start for Kingsport. Reyes had pitched horribly so far this year until last night, with a record entering the game of 0-4 with an 11.49 ERA in four starts. But in yesterday's night-cap, he pitched into the seventh inning giving up just one run, to earn the victory. He left after going 6.1 innings and surrendering one earned run on four hits, and a walk, with three strikeouts, to improve his record to 1-4 with a 8.59 ERA. Lefty Shane Bay came on in the seventh to get the final two outs and preserve the 2-1 victory, earning his third save of the season.
The two runs the K-Mets scored in the second game came in the first inning, and were both unearned. It was a rather strange sequence in which they only got one hit, and went like this: Yeixon Ruiz reaches on an error, Jorge Rivero singles and Gavin Cecchini walks to load the bases. Jeff Diehl launches a sac-fly to score Ruiz and make it a 1-0 game. Then a walk to Maikis De La Cruz to load the bases again and finally, another sac-fly this one by Anthony Chavez to drive in Rivero and make it 2-0. That would be all the Kingsport offense would be able to muster but thanks to some very good pitching, it was all they would need to earn the sweep.
Kingsport Knews: The K-Mets go for the three-game sweep tonight in the final game against the Astros. Kingsport righty John Gant (1-1, 5.85) looks for his second straight win as he takes on right-hander Adrian Houser (1-2, 2.97) for the Astros, game time is 6:00 PM.


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Football: Sharpley to start vs. SC
Chris Khorey | Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis announced Tuesday that junior Evan Sharpley will start against No. 9/13 USC on Saturday over freshman Jimmy Clausen, who had started the last five games under center for the Irish.
"Both Evan and Jimmy were told that yesterday afternoon after I had time to visit with our medical staff and our coaching staff, and that's the way we're going," Weis said.
Weis said that while Clausen has been bothered by injuries, he is cleared to play on Saturday and will come off the bench if Sharpley gets hurt.
"That's not the sole reason why we're doing this," Weis said. "I think Evan this week gives us the best chance of winning. And it's the exact same thing I told both quarterbacks."
Clausen had surgery on his elbow over the summer and was forced out of the 33-19 loss to Purdue Sept. 29 with an apparent injury to his hip or side.
"I think it's a combination of one guy has been in there and [has been] banged around pretty good," Weis said. "But I think that the separation between the two of them isn't big enough for a banged-up guy getting a nod over a fresh guy, and that's why we're going in that direction."
Weis said Clausen took the news well.
"He's great," Weis said. "The one thing good with the players, not that they like everything I say, but they know that I'm always going to tell them the truth, and I don't have any tainted views, and I just explained to him very clearly that this gives us the best chance of winning this week, and that's what we're doing."
Sharpley said the relationship between the quarterbacks won't change.
"He's going to support me, and I'm going to support him, whoever's out there playing," he said.
So far this season, Clausen has completed 57.4 percent of his passes for 618 yards with one touchdown and five interceptions. Sharpley has appeared in six games this season, completing 53.8 percent of his passes for 479 yards, with three touchdowns and two interceptions.
Sharpley has thrown the ball downfield more often than Clausen, a trend Weis attributed to him being in games after Notre Dame had fallen behind and had to come back.
"Usually when he gets in the game it's been later in the game and we were losing," Weis said. "Usually when you're losing you try to throw the ball down the field more. That has a lot to do with it. When the game is close, you're not necessarily throwing as many passes vertically down the field."
Weis said Clausen's development as a quarterback will continue from the sideline.
"I think this gives you an opportunity to stand back and watch the game," he said. "The game slows down for you when you're not in. The game happens really fast when you're in there."
The quarterback switch might not be permanent. Weis said he will continue to evaluate Sharpley and Clausen week to week.
"We're just talking about USC," he said. "That's all we're talking about. Evan Sharpley is the quarterback for USC. That's all we're talking about. How would I know if it's permanent?"
Sharpley said he told his family right after Weis told him.
"I think they're more excited than I am," he said.
Sharpley will become Notre Dame's fourth different starting quarterback this season. Since-departed sophomore Demetrius Jones started the opener against Georgia Tech, freshman running back Armando Allen took the first snap against Michigan and Clausen started the other five games this season.
The last time Notre Dame had three or more starting quarterbacks in a single season was 2000, when Matt LoVecchio, Gary Godsey and Arnaz Battle all started under center.
uWeis said running back James Aldridge is unlikely to play in Saturday's game.
"He had a bit of a high ankle sprain, and he intends to play this week, but I'd say the odds of that happening aren't real high," Weis said.
uWeis said linebacker Maurice Crum and wide receiver David Grimes both have
a "legitimate chance" at playing this week. Grimes has not played since the Purdue game because of a leg injury and Crum missed most of the Boston College game with an injury to his foot.
uNotre Dame will wear throwback green jerseys on Saturday to commemorate its 1977 National Championship season. The Irish, under then-coach Dan Devine, wore green for the first time that season in a 49-19 win over USC, then kept the jerseys for the rest of the season.
The 2007 Irish will wear the same style uniform Saturday.
"These uniforms are ugly," Weis said. "But what the players like about them is that they're throwbacks. Remember what those jerseys looked like? Remember those ugly pants? That's what they have to wear this week."
Weis said the jerseys are not a motivational ploy.
"This is in respect to honor that '77 team," he said.


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How the New York Mets Made Him Say "I Love You."
When Jeremiah and I began dating, I was surprised as to how easy it was. I'm sure the five year friendship had something to do with it however, we had never really discussed our future or asked that fateful relationship killer question: "So...where is this going?"
I was OK with not knowing, we were just enjoying the moments--having fun with our friends, taking mini-roadtrips and camping. All three of the events previously stated happened on Memorial Day weekend in 2009, while Jeremiah and I took a mini-roadtrip to Boston to visit friends and take in a baseball game.
It was the Mets VS the Red Sox (not exactly the same rivalry between them and the Yankees, but it is still N.Y. VS Boston). A big play happened in the game in favor of the Mets and I was doing my best to explain the situation back to him as he had gotten up to get some popcorn. It went something like this:
"The ball hit the wall and the guy got it and then everyone cheered, well almost everyone," I said. Full Disclosure: I work for SHAPE and write a Wedding Blog...you do the math.
"Thanks..." Was all he could muster.
"I tried."
"I know, and that's why I love you."
The three little words came out of nowhere. I don't even think he meant to say it then...at a baseball game. I asked if he meant to tell me that he loved me and he admitted that it slipped but he didn't regret it. My mind started racing with a bunch of questions, including "So, where is this going?" and "Did we really become so serious so fast?"
It all didn't matter, because the feelings that I was feeling from Day 1, the day he made me kiss him, was 100% pure love. I just neglected to realize them. It took an amazing play in a Mets game to have us make it official. It would also start a series of interesting events to have a bunch of firsts including, when he told me he wanted to marry me for the first time.
We were in it for the long haul. At least...that's where I saw it going.


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While some have spoken about Microsoft moving the release date, that does not seem to be an option at this time. While Microsoft has gone quiet on the topic of the leaks showing up online and the early sales, it continues to reaffirm its position that the title Halo Reach will launch worldwide on September 14th.
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Hoosic Valley, Voorheesville, Argyle win Section II boys' basketball titles
Published 8:32 pm, Saturday, March 1, 2014
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The tandem of Mike Pierre and John Rooney were in a groove, and together they helped deliver a Section II title for the Hoosic Valley boys' basketball team.
Pierre and Rooney combined for 53 of the team's 57 points as the Indians jumped to an early lead before holding off a furious fourth-quarter Saratoga Catholic Central rally to capture the Class C crown with a 57-54 win Saturday at Glens Falls Civic Center.
The win for top-seeded Hoosic Valley (19-3) comes a year after the Indians were beaten by Lake George in the sectional title game. It's the first championship for the program since 2008.
"There were some flashbacks (to 2013); there was a lot of motivation for us," Pierre said. "We were confident we could pull it out. We did the right things at the right times and did it."
Hoosic Valley never trailed and held a 14-point lead midway through the second quarter, but No. 3 Saratoga Catholic (18-4) battled back and cut the Indians' lead to 55-54 with 10 seconds to play.
Pierre, who had 10 rebounds to go with his game-high 31 points, hit four free throws in the final 35 seconds, including a pair with 8.9 seconds left, to help secure the win.
"Those were the biggest free throws of my life," Pierre said. "Every practice working on free throws, it shows how big they are."
Rooney finished with 22 points and six rebounds. He helped get the Indians going with nine points in the first quarter.
"That helped us a lot; that really got us some momentum," Rooney said.
Luke Spicer and Evan Pescetti each had 16 points, and Pescetti had a game-high 12 rebounds for the Saints, who outscored Hoosic Valley 32-24 in the second half.
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Top-seeded Voorheesville raced to a 34-19 halftime lead and cruised to a 61-37 win over Broadalbin-Perth to win its 20th game in a row and its first Section II title since 2005.
Featuring a starting lineup with five seniors, Voorheesville (21-1) hasn't lost since its second game of the season and came out of the locker room intent on taking home the Section II trophy.
"They worked for everything they got this year," Voorheesville coach David Burch said. "There's not one practice, or one day, that they came in and acted like a team that was entitled.
"They came in every day and acted like they were 1-21, and they scratched and clawed to get better every single day."
Dylan Hensel led the Blackbirds with 20 points and hit four 3-pointers, and Class B Most Valuable Player Noah Crawford added 10 points to go with six rebounds and a game-high five assists.
"We came out strong; it feels awesome," Crawford said. "We wanted to be ready to go and just wanted to play."
Andre Taylor led sixth-seeded Broadalbin-Perth (16-6) with nine points and seven rebounds.
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SAN FRANCISCO - San Jose-based networking gear maker Cisco Systems Inc., announced Monday that it is releasing Cisco TelePsychic, the company's first foray into the fledgling "telepsychic" teleconferencing/mind linkage market.
Video conferencing has long been plagued by the detached feel of talking to a television set, often with awkward misunderstandings and a lack of real human presence. But Cisco claims its new tool for orchestrating corporate meetings between far-flung parties will deliver a vastly more intimate experience.
"Telepsychic" is industry jargon for using advanced teleconferencing systems and specially trained psychics to enhance interactions between people in different locations using high-definition monitors, highly sensitive audio equipment and the actual transfer of psychic energies between individuals.
The technology aims to be so realistic as to make conference-call participants believe the person talking on the monitor is actually in their own minds, sharing a common body like a conjoined twin.
Several companies, including Hewlett-Packard Co., already offer telepsychic products. The market is projected to grow to $300 million by 2008, according to technology research firm Gartner Inc.
Cisco, which makes the routers and switches used to link networks, is banking that large corporate clients with more money than sense will flock to the technology and propel it into a billion-dollar business.
One of Cisco's newest products is a high-end room that can accommodate up to 12 people around the virtual table and comes with three 65-inch plasma displays, three high-definition cameras, and two psychic mediums trained in linking the minds of the living and the dead. Price: $299,000.
The other is a single-screen version that costs $79,000 and can link the ethereal souls and minds of up to four company Vice-Presidents.
Rumors of mind control attempts have been firmly denied by Cisco Systems in a telepsychic news conference with CNN on an unknown date. Spokesman for Cisco says, "Mind control doesn't exist. Now get me coffee slave." Rival for the market, Psionic Emmissions, claims it's system is less expensive in France and Iran.


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Release Notes: The ability to read and write tcpdump format files was included along with a new and improved mechanism for synchronous packet capture in the core packet capture libraries. Some new functions were included in the utility package, timeval information was made accessible in objects derived from both Packet and RawPacket types, and a few bugs were fixed.
Release Notes: This release adds support for multiple simultaneous instances of the packet capture instance within a single Java VM. The jpcap packet capture engine and graphical visualization tools work on a variety of Unix and Linux platforms, including Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, Red Hat Linux 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, Fedora Core 1, and others.
Release Notes: This release adds Mac OS X support and has been tested on a variety of Unix platforms. A binary distribution of a network packet visualization tool utilizing the library is available in RPM format. The tool works on a variety of Linux platforms, including Red Hat 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x.
Release Notes: This release incorporates changes submitted by the community. An alternate synchronous capture mechanism is now supported, and capture performance is significantly improved. The network traffic visualization tools are available in binary RPM format. Developers utilizing the capture API can build the interface using make or ant.
Release Notes: A fix for a memory leak in the libpcap native binding code, and addition of missing accessors and storage for packet headers and data for several protocol types in the network library.
Release Notes: This release incorporates changes submitted by the open source community. Reading tcpdump-formatted packet capture files is now supported, and new methods which provide more convenient access to specific packet type headers and data are provided. Several bugs are fixed, including a buffer overrun which can occur when capturing TCP packets containing header option fields.
Release Notes: This release adds support for the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), several new commands to the capture console, and packet support for IP and TCP header options. Support for building on Solaris platforms is improved, and exception handling in native code is more robust.
Release Notes: Support for many new link-layer types other than Ethernet (including Linux cooked sockets) in order to successfully capture packets from the pseudo-device 'any', and enhancements to the sample client, including the display and real-time update of packet and byte counts on communication vectors in the visualization client.
Release Notes: This release fixes open bugs and adds Javadoc documentation to the distribution. The core packet capture library has stabilized, with no recent interface changes. Binary RPMs are now available for intel and Alpha AXP architecture machines. Source RPMs are available for other platforms. JDK1.2+ and libpcap are required.


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Security Service Federal Credit Union wants teens ages 15 to 18 to apply for positions with its youth advisory council.
The 20-member council was established to advise the credit union on financial products and services for children and young adults.
Applications are due May 14 and are available at ssfcu.org or by calling (210) 476-4465.
Council members are selected for a one-year term. The council meets no more than four times a year. It also undertakes a service project to benefit the community.


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Bruins believe they've found the perfect fit in Hamilton
GFU hires former Vancouver, Wash., high school coach to fill mens basketball coaching position
PORTLAND Although the decision to part ways with head coach Mark Sundquist was a surprise to some in and outside of the program, and the timing was less than ideal coming over summer break, George Fox University officials feel they have found the man to lead the next era of Bruin mens basketball.
Maco Hamilton, who built the Union High School boys basketball program from non-existent to Washington 3A state champion in three years, was introduced Friday as George Foxs next head mens basketball coach at a press conference at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland.
Athletic Director Craig Taylor said Hamilton came highly recommended from both college and high school coaches in the region and proved to be the best of more than 50 applicants, including some NCAA Division I assistant coaches.
It was a good pool and a deep pool, Taylor said. I just felt he really rose to the top.
Union High School opened in Vancouver, Wash., in 2007 and Hamilton was named Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association 3A Coach of the Year in 2010 after leading the Titans to the title in the states second-largest classification. Hamilton compiled a 95-56 record in six seasons, won three league titles, two district titles and three state tournament trophies, placing seventh in 3A in 2008-2009 and third in 4A in 2011-2012.
But just as important as Hamiltons on-court resume was his character, Taylor said.
A 2001 graduate of Eastern Oregon University with a degree in business administration management, Hamilton worked as a multicultural youth outreach coordinator and student advocate at Mountain View High School (Vancouver) from 2001 to 2006 and as a guidance counselor at Ridgefield (2006-2007) and Union high schools (2007-2013). He earned his masters degree in education from City University in 2006.
Hamilton serves on the board of Courts for Kids, a nonprofit organization that sends sports teams to economically disadvantaged areas where they partner with local organizations to build courts for use by youth. He has joined Courts for Kids trips to the Philippines, Uganda and Costa Rica.
This spring, he joined a U.S. Department of State-funded trip to lead a coaches clinic in Uganda, where he worked with more than 200 coaches. In 2001, he played on an Athletes in Action team that traveled through Kenya playing professional teams.
He is just such a good fit with George Fox with some of the things he does, like character development, spiritual formation and in service, Taylor said. Hes just connected in terms of the off-the-court stuff and how he uses basketball to kind of teach the greater life lessons.
Although he has always been drawn to the challenge of coaching in college, Hamilton said he was not going to leave Union for just any job. But, because it has everything he wanted, he said George Fox was just too good to pass up.
In college, theres a bigger premium on winning and losing, Hamilton said. I was always curious if my philosophy would be embraced. So with George Fox, they embraced it. I really felt that I didnt have to sugarcoat anything about who I was as a person, why I coached or what my desires and ambitions were. That was the No. 1 thing that jumped out, that I was accepted for who I am.
Hamilton will inherit an experienced roster from Sundquist, who led the Bruins to a 15-11 overall record and a third-place finish last year before being named Coach of the Year in the Northwest Conference.
The Bruins new 35-year-old coach prefers an up-tempo offense and often elects to deploy a press defense, but believes the current players have the skill and basketball know-how to have success in his system.
Its about building the program and that wont happen in year one, Hamilton said. Its going to take time to get everything implemented and grow with it, but we want to get a foundation laid this year, a foundation thats going to allow us to be successful right off the bat.


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Bill Huey wrote: > Some of it is a personal reaction against the FreeBSD community itself. > It's really their problem to clean up since they mistreat people regularly. > Nothing you or anybody else outside of that community can really do to > correct the situation. Just like anywhere else in life. Like in any other techie community, ego is always on display. My vi is still better than your emacs (and longer).


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You COULD add users manually by modifying the /etc/passwd file, but useradd or adduser (depending on which Mandrake uses, I don't remember) is a better method. The Control Center will even set the defaults properly for you if you use it, making it possibly the best solution.
If you just want to learn what the tools are actually doing, then I always recommend using the proper tool and then taking a look at what has changed in the config file.There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.
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Ya, i know how to use the adduser command, i just have an assignmnet question that wants me to give step by step instructions for doing it manualy without using commands. I'll try your advice about looking at the changes in the config files, that should do it i hope.
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First-Ever Premier's Council on Youth Opportunities
Ontario Government Moves Forward with Plan to Ensure a Level Playing Field for All Young People
The new Ontario government has created the first-ever Premier's Council on Youth Opportunities.
The advisory council will engage with youth, young professionals and community partners to ensure that young people across the province have the tools they need to help them succeed.
Twenty-five young people from a variety of cultures, communities and backgrounds will be part of the council. They will give advice on how to improve the delivery and design of government programs and services for youth, report on specific challenges and share ideas on how to best support youth.
The government committed to creating a permanent Premier's Council on Youth Opportunities in the Speech from the Throne.
The initiative is part of the government's plan to ensure young people get the right training, and can enjoy safe communities and exciting job opportunities. The council builds on Ontario's Youth Action Plan.
Quick Facts
- Ontario's Youth Action Plan will benefit 13,000 young people across Ontario each year.
- Violent crime by youth in Ontario is down 17 per cent compared to 2000.
- Ontario's youth employment increased by almost 21,000 jobs in February.
Additional Resources
"If we want young people to succeed, we need to understand their priorities and concerns. By giving them a voice, we will support their development and secure a brighter future for all the people of this province."
"Ontario's youth deserve every opportunity to succeed and thrive. This council will help us better understand what young people need and what challenges those who are supporting them face. Working with all our partners will help improve our programs and services and make a real difference to youth across the province."
Teresa Piruzza
"Through the establishment of the Premier's Council on Youth Opportunities, Ontario has demonstrated a bold commitment to ensuring that programs and supports for youth reflect the needs, wants and expectations of young people and their allies."
Lekan Olawoye


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Tokyo Photography Series: Neon Dreams
We are still in our vivid "Blade-Runner-esque" celebration on ABDZ. Let's explore the streets of Tokyo, Japan with Matthieu Bühler who is a graphic designer & photographer currently living there. The photo series is entitled: Neon Dreams, shall we take a little glimpse? It's definitely a style of editing that is getting more and more popular especially with the release of the latest Blade Runner 2049. Matthieu Bühler is a graphic designer & photographer currently located in Tokyo, Japan. You should definitely follow his "Neon Dream"s series on Instagram. More Links Learn more about Matthieu Bühler at mattbuehler.com Follow Matthieu on Instagram Photography
Illustration & Digital Art: 3D Works by Ryogo Toyoda
Ryogo Toyoda is a Tokyo-based 3D illustrator and a motion designer and he has worked with many brands including Google, YouTube and more. His style is a mixture of illustration, digital art, CGI, graphic design and typography. Everything combines with a careful choice of vibrant colour palette. Coming from the center of the Earth in terms of anime and fantasy characters, it's no surprise that Ryogo is really good at his craft. Ryogo Toyoda is a 3D illustrator and a motion designer currently living in the lovely city of Tokyo, Japan. Ryogo has worked with clients such as Google, YouTube, Adobe, Disney and more. Definitely check out give him a follow on Instagram. Photo Gallery More Links Check out Ryogo Toyoda's site rgtd.net Follow Ryogo on Behance Follow Ryogo on Instagram
An Editorial School Project: Xplore Newsletter
Nothing to start off your Weekend with an editorial project made by a graphic design student. The project is called: Xplore Newsletter and it has been designed by Parmuditho Wahyudhana. Remove the fact that I loved his choice of subject which was the city of Tokyo but I enjoyed his treatment on the layout with different shapes into the grid to make everything messy and unique at the same time. I also enjoyed his direction on the pictures with a psychedelic approach that gives you an impression of Japan from the 60s, beautiful work Parmuditho! Looking forward to see more of you in the future. Behind this school project is the work from Parmuditho Wahyudhana who is a graphic design student from Jakarta, Indonesia. You should definitely follow his work on Behance. Newsletter about tourism and travel, assignment from typography class. The brief is to designing a Newsletter about one of the asian country, the contents it can be about traveling, politics, culture and etc.
Digital Photography: Tokyo-1 Series
Lately, I've seen many of my friends going to Tokyo, I can understand its enthusiastic feeling for them but I would say that isn't mutual from my end (hah!). Tokyo is a place that I would recommend to anyone that would love to experience what urban life could be like in the near future with a mixture of modern and past architecture. Everything and everywhere is something to discover on your own. Well, Clement Balavoine took a spin into the city and we get to follow his architectural photography series with an abstract tone and perspective. Clement Balavoine is a designer working in fashion and drawing. Working as a designer in places like: London, China and more; he has worked for a variety of brands. Clement also takes pictures as a passion and also being a creative to keep his mind inspired for more. Tokyo-1 is a book exploring architecture and lifestyle in the beautiful japanese city. From Harajuku to Shibuya, Omotesando to Ginza, this photobook is a calm journey through the streets of Tokyo. The name of the book refer to the fact that all the pictures have been taken in one day.
Ground-1 Tokyo
I've always been fascinated by the nature of the underground installations, many elements come to mind about its architecture, light settings, subway, daylight regression and basically the whole atmosphere. A place where it got me even more fascinated was the underground life while I was in Tokyo, Japan. It feels like you're in a different World, you noticed a lot of people surfing on their mobile devices and sleeping (a LOT). Every angle tells a different story and feels straight like a movie scene. The work from Skander Khlif captures everything that I just said so well. It was a delight to explore this city and I can't wait to go back. Tokyo is the most fascinating and bizarre city in the world! One of the reasons is for sure the subway. About Skander Khlif Skander is a photographer based in Munich, Germany. He travels the World and capture the beauty from his lenses. He focuses this work into photography, photojournalism and digital photography. More information via Behance.
Tokyo Nights: A Different World
Around 6 months ago, I spent 2 weeks in Japan with family and close friends. I can seriously talk for days how much I loved my experience and how it affected my daily life now. I would say through all my traveling, my favourite city was Tokyo. With all its glory, there was also its darkness and dark corners but the whole city totally safe but it was part of the atmosphere. I am totally digging Liam Wong series about Tokyo. From the colours, the tones and it almost feel like a painting. About Liam Wong Liam is a Game Graphic Design Director over at Ubisoft currently based in Montreal, Canada. We forward to see more from Liam and his work. For more information: http://liamwong.squarespace.com/.
Silent Night series of the streets of Tokyo
With Spring coming into our calendar, those who live or will be travelling the islands of Japan; you'll find yourself immerge in the beauty of Sakura trees. It's the season! Unlike freelance photographer Takashi, he decided to explore another aspect of Japan and it's their streets especially in Tokyo. Not the streets shining with billboards with neons but the eerie, dark and Japanese horror-like ones. Let's follow Takashi on his Slient Night Series. I went to Naka-Meguro, where there is a river with sakura trees lined up on the side. It looks nice at night with the illumination being done. I got bored when I saw it. Ok, bad habit of mine is that I get bored easily. Sure, sakura at night is pretty, but I wasn't interested at that moment for some reason. I ended up exploring the alleys around Naka-Meguro. I found something different... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); About Takashi Takashi is a freelance photographer currently based in Tokyo, Japan. Looking forward to see more of his work. For more information: http://www.gstakeshi.com
Tokyo Murmurings by Franck Bohbot
I have been trying to improve my photography skills and I have to say, it's tough. Taking photos seem simple, and it's actually super simple, but training your eyes to see beauty on the day-to-day things is another story. I believe it requires time and practice. Looking to things from a different perspective, or trying to use the rule of thirds for everything is a very demanding task for my brain. For others, like Franck Bohbot that seems to be a piece of cake. We have posted about Franck a couple of times here on ABDZ but every time he publishes something new we feel obliged to post, so we all can train our eyes for street photography. The photos we are sharing here today are from his collection Tokyo Murmurings, the complete body of work contains between 150 and 200 photographs. We will share just a few. It's also always important to remind all that those images are coypright of Franck Bohbot. You can also follow him on Instagram for archive and new work. At night, the Japanese capital sleeps deeply but isn't drowned in darkness nor lost in silence. The highly traveled areas of the city transform into a sleeping megalopolis. There, you discover the city's whispers, its secret passages, and become immersed in oversized typography and images of childhood heroes decorating vertiginous walls. © Franck Bohbot About Franck Bohbot Born in the southernmost suburbs of Paris, France, photographer Franck Bohbot moved to New York City in 2013, and is currently based out of Brooklyn. He is a documentarian with an eye for the theatrical who found his way to photography by way of cinema, and although he turned his focus fully to photography in 2008, the formal and aesthetic influences of the cinematographic form continue to underlie his present work. For more information check out http://www.franckbohbot.com
Some Branding Projects for Amazon Japan by Hiromi Maeo
Hiromi Maeo is a designer from Tokyo, Japan. Founded his company Enhanced Inc in Japan, Hiromi has worked with brands like Google and Amazon for example that we are showcasing today. Introducing some projects that he worked for their creative team. All Rights to Hiromi Maeo All Rights to Hiromi Maeo All Rights to Hiromi Maeo All Rights to Hiromi Maeo All Rights to Hiromi Maeo All Rights to Hiromi Maeo All Rights to Hiromi Maeo All Rights to Hiromi Maeo Links Find out more about Hiromi Maeo: https://www.behance.net/enhanced_hiromimaeo
UI/UX Tokyo Explorer
Ysa Pinheiro is a young designer who created this amazing curated city guide for the ones looking to get the best out of Tokyo. For more from from Isa Pinheiro visit behance.net/isapinheiro and isapinheiro.com.
Tokyo Desu Photography Series by Nina Geometrieva
Nina Geometrieva is a designer that focus into Graphic Design, Illustration and Branding. On her recent trip to Japan, she worked on a collaboration with Damjan Cvetkov Dimitrov on taking really stunning pictures/GIFs. Simply creative, give it a look! What sets Tokyo and Japan apart from the entire world was of course the attention to detail and detail within detail. The greasiest, darkest and most marginal street corners were impeccably clean. Not always the tidiest things but they worked and everything served it's own purpose. If you stepped into the right street corner, you could see where Motoko Kusanagi from the anime Ghost in the Shell would run through, chasing another cyberized perpetrator. All Rights to Nina Geometrieva All Rights to Nina Geometrieva All Rights to Nina Geometrieva All Rights to Nina Geometrieva All Rights to Nina Geometrieva All Rights to Nina Geometrieva All Rights to Nina Geometrieva All Rights to Nina Geometrieva All Rights to Nina Geometrieva Links See the full project here: https://goo.gl/2SPR5b Find out more about Nina Geometrieva: https://www.behance.net/ninageo Follow Nina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geometrieva
Shimida Corporation Branding by Masaomi Fujita
Masaomi Fujita is an Art Director at Tegusu, a creative and design office based in Tokyo and Yokohama. Since 2012, his studio specialized to a wide variety of works from concept planning to design work in CI and VI development for companies and shops. Check it out. Shimada Co., Ltd., an old firm established in 1921 and based in Nishiyodogawa-ku Osaka city, sells furniture materials and interior materials, as well as makes furniture. In response to the company's consultation regarding CI renewal upon the office relocation, tegusu established CI and a guideline for use of it and designed signatures and business cards. All Rights to Masaomi Fujita All Rights to Masaomi Fujita All Rights to Masaomi Fujita All Rights to Masaomi Fujita All Rights to Masaomi Fujita All Rights to Masaomi Fujita All Rights to Masaomi Fujita All Rights to Masaomi Fujita All Rights to Masaomi Fujita All Rights to Masaomi Fujita Links More info about Masaomi Fujita: http://tegusu.com Follow Masaomi on Behance: https://www.behance.net/tegusu
A Top View of Tokyo
SATO Shintaro has photographed cityscape of Tokyo. It is said Tokyo is attractive and vibrant metropolis. Although its area is narrow, there are houses and apartments stand side by side continuously, also there are lots of shops and office buildings, etc. At the streets of office buildings, there appear old buildings as well as newly built high-rises. The townscape is of varying something old and new, and shows thousands of different kinds of scenes of the metropolis Tokyo. There is a transitional time when dusk fades into night, when manmade and natural light intermingle each other. View from a certain height, not low but not high, reveals commercial areas intermingled with residential areas where people go about their daily business. This midway time and space SATO calls the "twilight zone" spreads out quietly before him with incredible depth beyond the naked eyes. "The time when the new creeps in and the old fades away in a simultaneous slow dance is when the ever-ambiguous city is at its most," says SATO. The metropolis Tokyo has an abundance of energy, and its cityscape captured by SATO shows maintained exquisite balance intermingled with existence of people in the city. To find out more about Sato Shintaro visit: http://shinsato.cool.ne.jp


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THIS is a plea for chopsticks. Chopsticks for pasta. Chopsticks for string beans. Chopsticks for french fries. Chopsticks for grilled chanterelles. Indeed, chopsticks for just about anything, except perhaps a thick hunk of meat. I have one friend who even uses them to eat ice cream.
I don't mean to be demanding. I know running a restaurant or arranging a dinner party is tough enough without having to worry about additional utensils. But I have long thought most food just tastes better when eaten with chopsticks, and I think diners should have the choice.
Let's face it: there is nothing sacrosanct about an eating utensil. It was not until the 18th century, after all, that most people in the United States even used a fork.
According to ''From Hand to Mouth,'' a history of the use of cutlery by James Cross Giblin (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1987), the wealthy began using forks in this country in the mid-1700's. Until that time, people got by with a spoon and a sharp-pointed knife. (Potatoes, like other food, were routinely stabbed and gulped off the blade.) Indeed, the fork met with resistance for centuries.
In ''Food in History'' (Crown, 1989) Reay Tannahill says that although small forks were first used in the 10th century by the Byzantines (the ancient Egyptians used large forks to display sacrificial offerings), it was not until 1533 that Catherine de' Medici introduced them to France, where they were for the most part ignored.Continue reading the main story
More than 100 years later, Louis XIV still ate chicken stew with his fingers and forbade the Duke of Burgundy and his brothers to use forks in his presence. The British did not start using forks until the 17th century. As late as 1897, Miss Tannahill writes, sailors in the British Navy were forbidden to use them ''because they were regarded as being prejudicial to discipline and manliness.''
In contrast, chopsticks have gracefully provided sustenance since as long ago as 1200 B.C.
Nina Simonds, whose book ''China's Food,'' a travelogue of food in China, is to be published later this year by Harper & Row, says that chopsticks (kuaizi in Mandarin, which is derived from the Chinese word for quick) have been in common use since the Early Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. to A.D. 8.
Simply put, Mr. Giblin writes, they appear to have provided a polite alternative to knives, which Confucius said reminded the diner of the violent act of slaughter. ''The honorable and upright man keeps well away from both the slaughterhouse and the kitchen,'' Confucius wrote. ''And he allows no knives on his table.'' I agree to a certain extent, although men do have their place in the kitchen these days. Chopsticks are serene instruments that permit diners to lift food to their lips rather than spearing it. They are elegant in both their simplicity and their singularity of purpose. But so far as I am concerned, their chief appeal is not their absence of violence. It is the opportunity they provide for gustatory involvement. In many ways, chopsticks are the culinary equivalent of the stick shift. They enhance the act of eating and make it more participatory, tactile, not to mention fun. They give a certain ceremony to consumption and force the calorie-conscious diner to focus on the ritual of gustation, and therefore on the amount of food being shoveled into the mouth at any time.
This increased awareness, in turn, enhances the attention paid to whatever is being eaten and encourages the diner to focus more on flavor.
But the advantages of chopsticks don't stop there. Chopsticks instantly promote a sense of community and conviviality at the table. Chopstick eaters are far less reluctant to lift up their individual plates and taste around. Even French foods like cassoulet, choucroute and ratatouille lend themselves, in part, to chopsticks. (Clearly a knife and fork are helpful for large chunks of duck.) But so do Indian beef curry, thick Tex-Mex chili and Greek souvlaki.
I know a lot of Westerners who do not use chopsticks. They either have little interest in them or have never learned how. Some have been exposed only to Japanese chopsticks, which are tapered, come to a point at the tip and are more difficult to maneuver than Chinese chopsticks.
Like sensible shoes, Chinese chopsticks - square at the head and thick at the base - are clunkier, perhaps, but far more functional. They are perfect for eating shish kebab, asparagus spears, shrimp, linguine with clam sauce or Chicken McNuggets.
Of course, anyone can learn to use chopsticks. Chopstick users outnumber fork eaters throughout the world by at least 2 to 1, some scholars of eating habits say. They simply require a desire to learn. But be forewarned: teaching someone to use chopsticks is a little bit like teaching someone to drive a car. It is best not to be related, and better yet not to be teaching someone who is hungry.
''Why can't I just use a fork?'' is obviously the kind of question best left unanswered.
Norge W. Jerome, director of the office of nutrition for the Agency for International Development in Washington and a professor of nutritional anthropology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, is pessimistic about the future of chopsticks in the United States.
Knives and forks, she says, have a certain ''snob appeal'' and are too deeply embedded in the national sense of propriety. But I think it is time to re-evaluate this parochialism. Not that everyone should be forced to eat with chopsticks. Let fork eaters have their forks. But why should chopstick lovers always be made to feel like outcasts? Why do they always have to feel left out? Why can't they feel that they belong?
No question about it. Having to bring your own chopsticks to dinner, and to be instantly made a spectacle, is a form of discrimination - not the most heinous kind, but still a shame.
At a time when East and West are being merged more than ever before, isn't it time to reaffirm our sense of tolerance, to re-evaluate our table-setting habits and to give chopstick lovers a chance?Continue reading the main story