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I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate.
Short story: The green power indicator (the (Z) light) will be on, but the computer is otherwise entirely unresponsive and is absolutely silent: the fan isn't running and CPU/processor isn't clicking away. My only way of successfully interacting with it is by holding the power button to force a power-down. Is this a hardware problem?
Long story: Initially, I had a problem with sleep mode; when I would close my computer, it would go to sleep and when I reopened it, it would remain asleep. The green moon light, indicating sleep mode, was on, but the computer was otherwise unresponsive. Even holding the power button to force a power down was futile, unless I pressed the button within seconds of opening the notebook.
Scanning the Internet lead to a lot of people having similar, but not exactly so, problems with their ThinkPads, but the popular solution (turning off hybrid sleep) did nothing, as it was already off. I pressed the ThinkVantage button and downloaded whatever updates were available for that, and once the download was finished, I restarted my computer, which also installed a few Windows updates which had been waiting in the background. Windows did its usual installation as it powered down, and as it restarted, the problems I described in the Short story version above began. I've been stuck at this point ever since. The RAM and hard drive appear to be undamaged.
Does anyone have any advice? Should I have it looked at by an expert (i.e., Geek Squad)?
Thanks in advance.
Solved! Go to Solution.
UPDATE: After sitting for 10 to 20 minutes in the state I described above in "Short story," the laptop starts up as if nothing was wrong. I've gone from thinking this is a hardware problem to thinking it's related to my fiddling around with the sleep settings I described in "Long story." Anyone have any ideas?
All I can offer is that I had this sort of experience several years ago with an HP notebook and ever since, one of the first things I do is to de-activate ANYTHING that has to do with the notebook going to sleep, hibernate, or suspend.
And waking from hibernation, sleep, or suspend is quite high on the list of problems posted about on the various geekboy computer forums (or it was, anyway, don't have time to peruse those sites much anymore). It's just not worth it for me.
I'd get in the power settings as soon as I could and disable all of that stuff. While you can.
Geri O
been "putting up" with 10-20 minute boots for 6 months now here. i am sure the issue must have been forward to engineering by now
the original 2.06 or earlier BIOS didnt have the problem, but i upgraded bceause the network card kept disappearing from the PCI bus entirely
unfortunately windows 7 was unsucessful in downgrading my BIOS, and booting the DOS installer from grub also fails to get me back to 2.0x - progress bar just hangs (upgrade to 3.11 went fine, but didnt fix the boots)
I have the same issue on my x200. I used the Blue button to update the computer because the Netowrk access was really slow and some times crashed before connecting. It updated the BIOS to 3.11 and then when it boots up , nothing happens except the battery light flickers and after 10+ minutes itboots up normally.
Anyone found a cure for this.
Maybe a away to go backwards onthe BIOS as I think that is the culprit
Finally, I solved the problem.
As it turned out, what I thought was an unrelated problem ended up being the root cause for this one.
Upon booting up, I would get the warning: "There was a problem connecting to the TPM (security device) on this computer. It is possible that anti-virus or firewall software is blocking the connection. A missing or disabled device driver could also cause this problem. Please refer to the online documentation for more information."
As it turned out, when I updated my BIOS, one of the security programs that initialize during boot up didn't update correctly.
The fix: go to Lenovo's website and update Client Security Solution. This one worked for me: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-69959.
If your situation matched mine, this will solve your problems.
I'm having a similar problem. I recently wiped my X200 to factory default settings, upgraded the OS to Win7, and updated all the drivers (Power Management, Bluetooth, HD Shock, etc.) and the BIOS from Lenovo.com. Upon restart, my computer hung for about 10 minutes in what looked like sleep mode (completely black screen, system fan running, LED indicators on for Power/Sleep/Battery only) and then booted up normally after about 10 minutes. It now does this every time I start my computer.
I tried to call customer support, warranty services, and technical support, but no-one would talk to me because my machine is 6 months out of warranty. I find this absurd because A) it's a year and a half old, B) I've had it in the shop for over a month in the time I've owned it as Lenovo has had to replace the system board twice and the display twice, and C) this problem was clearly caused by one of the software updates that Lenovo recommended considering that it was a clean reformat and I haven't installed anything else other than system software.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Hello aar366,
In the my post just above yours, I describe the solution to my problem, which seems to parallel yours almost perfectly. Are you receiving an error upon start-up describing a problem with the TPM? That was the case for me, and it had to do with Lenovo not updating the Client Security Solution. Just go to the Lenovo Support & Downloads page and find the most recent Client Security Solution.
A quick poke-through came up with this CSS 8.3 f0r Windows 7, which may be what you need: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-73696


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GARM II: A Study on the Genetics of Age-related Maculopathy
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01115387
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : May 4, 2010
Last Update Posted : October 16, 2018
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The original study (GARM I) has been conducted for more than 18 years at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). GARM II is a nationwide research study about age-related macular degeneration in the next generation of adults (49 to 65 years old). The purpose of this study is to identify the hereditary and exposure risk factors that lead to the development of ARM (Age related maculopathy).
Participants will communicate with the research staff through a protected and confidential website and use this website to complete a number of questionnaires during the course of the study (see below). For genetic analyses, the participants will mail in easily self-collected saliva samples in special containers. Eye photographs and eye health records are sent to the research center from local sources through the Internet. Individuals are not expected to come to UCLA in order to participate.
Participants will be expected to answer questionnaires or surveys about medical history, ocular history and visual symptoms, family history, smoking, dietary supplements and light exposure.
|Condition or disease
|Age-related Macular Degeneration Age-related Maculopathy
|Other: Observational-1 Other: Observational-2
Age-related macular degeneration (ARM) is a major cause of vision loss in the elderly. It is thought that smoking and diet may contribute to the risk of developing the condition but it is clear that heredity plays a major role. Variations in two genes, CFH and HTRA1/ARMS2, have been found to strongly contribute to the risk of developing ARM, but there are additional genes that influence a person's chances of having this condition and how they will progress to vision loss. We are investigating these genetic variations that contribute to ARM so that we can eventually understand the causes of this complex condition. We study the genetic variations (SNPs) that are shared among ARM-affected individuals within families as well as compare the frequencies of genetic variations in ARM-affected individuals with those in unaffected persons who are matched in age, gender, and exposures. We are conducting studies with the DNA from our previous cohort of research participants as well as developing a prospective study of high-risk family members and their spouses to evaluate genetic risks and presymptomatic retinal changes. Our long-term goals are to develop new preventive therapies that can slow or halt the development of this disease and to be able to provide these treatments to those who are at greatest risk before they experience vision-threatening changes.
The goal of this study (GARM II) is to determine how the combination of genetic, dietary, health and exposure factors such as light, diet, and smoking contributes to one's risk of developing this condition. This is not a treatment study and does not involve any preventive therapies or direct treatments of ARM. We aim to find some insights for future preventive strategies through a group of people who are at a higher than normal risk for developing ARM (because of their family history) and their partners who represent the risk in the general population. Because ARM is a complex disease and is affected by many factors, we also want to know how other medical conditions may be associated or not with this eye condition.
Participants will communicate with the research staff through a protected, HIPAA-compliant and confidential website and use this website to complete a number of questionnaires during the course of the study. For genetic analyses, the participants will mail in easily self-collected saliva samples in special containers. Eye photographs and eye health records are sent to the research center from local sources through the Internet. Individuals are not expected to come to UCLA in order to participate.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|603 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Genetics of Age Related Maculopathy
|Study Start Date :
|August 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2016
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|August 2020
ARM at risk individuals
A group of 1,500 participants (from 49 to 65 years old) who have at least one parent with age related maculopathy.
These individuals with ARM-affected parents and relatives have a substantially higher risk (6-12 fold) of developing ARM than the general population. They will be followed prospectively with fundus photography every two years and questionnaires (distributed over six month intervals) to assess external risks for ARM development in order to investigate genotype-phenotype correlations of early onset clinical features of ARM.
Other: Observational-1
Multiple questionnaires detailing family history, medical history, visual symptoms, smoking, environmental and dietary exposures.
Prospective photography of the retina to detect early ARM-related changes A saliva or blood sample for genetic testing.
Partners/Spouses of ARM at risk individuals
A group of 1,500 participants (from 49 to 65 years old) who are the spouses/partners of individuals with ARM affected parents.
We will invite the partners or spouses to participate in order to compare their risk of developing ARM with those individuals with an increased risk of ARM based on a positive family history.
Other: Observational-1
Multiple questionnaires detailing family history, medical history, visual symptoms, smoking, environmental and dietary exposures.
Prospective photography of the retina to detect early ARM-related changes A saliva or blood sample for genetic testing.
ARM affected individuals and relatives.
Individuals who have experienced vision loss from ARM and have at least one brother or sister who also has experienced vision loss from ARM can participate in the study. They also need to have at least one adult child (from 49 to 65 years old) who wishes to participate in this study.
We will allow for additional recruitment to compensate for additional family members (such as parents, aunts and uncles) who wish to participate as well as to address potential drop out and those who may be deemed ineligible based on review of their medical and/or eye records. As many as 4000 individuals in this group will be allowed to enroll.
Other: Observational-2
A limited number of questionnaires and prior clinical documentation from eye care professionals of eye status with respect to ARM.
No prospective retina photographs but ongoing follow-up for reported changes in ARM status.
A saliva or blood sample for genetic testing.
- The incidence and prevalence of retinal findings associated with early (and more advanced) age-related maculopathy in the study cohorts. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]The primary outcome measure is the presence or absence of early retinal changes with age-related maculopathy in order to develop and test a model which combines genetic, environmental and dietary risk factors to predict which at risk individuals are most likely to develop signs of age-related maculopathy within the study period.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|49 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Individuals should have an email account and access to the Internet in order to use the website for this study. Individuals who are unfamiliar or physically challenged with using computers may have another person assist them with reviewing messages, questions and entering information and making inquiries.
- ARM at-risk individuals between the ages of 49 to 65 years old who have at least one parent either deceased or alive with diagnosis of macular degeneration. This group includes the "third generation children" of our original GARM study.
- Individuals between the ages of 49 to 65 years old who are either a spouse or partner of an ARM at-risk adult (those individuals described above with a parent diagnosed with ARM).
- Individuals who have vision loss from ARM and a known family history of ARM (at least a brother, sister, or a parent). These individuals should have at least one at-risk child between the ages of 49 to 65 years old who is willing to participate in this study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to give informed consent. Adaptations will be provided to allow those who are unable to read because of vision loss to participate in the informed consent process.(Proxy)
- For the at risk individuals and their spouses/partners, they will be excluded if they do not have access and the ability to use a computer that is connected to the Internet.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01115387
|United States, California
|Jules Stein Eye Institute, Dept. of Ophthalmology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|United States, Pennsylvania
|University of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15260
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael B Gorin, MD, PhD
|Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
|Responsible Party:
|Michael B. Gorin, Professor of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01115387 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
5R01EY009859 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|May 4, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|October 16, 2018
|Last Verified:
|October 2018
Keywords provided by Michael B. Gorin, University of California, Los Angeles:
Genetic risk
Complex genetic disorder
Age-related macular degeneration
Environmental risk factors
Age-related maculopathy
Risk modeling
Light exposure
Sleep apnea
Fundus Photography
Wet AMD
Dry AMD
Geographic atrophy
Vitamins & supplements
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Macular Degeneration
Retinal Degeneration
Retinal Diseases
Eye Diseases

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Film locally: Familiar Strangers seeks big open
When Barry Sisson and Marc Lieberman decided they didn't need to be in Hollywood to make films, they formed Cavalier Films and shot Familiar Strangers in Staunton in 2006.
Two years later, when they couldn't find the distribution deal they wanted, the duo decided to release the film themselves. The characters in Familiar Strangers come home for Thanksgiving, and the film's producers hope an audience will come out two weeks before Turkey Day to to support their homegrown feature, which opens November 14 at the Regal Downtown and in Fairfax.
"Regal has been good to us, and they like the film," says Sisson. But Regal isn't going to give the picture an indefinite run, which makes the opening weekend numbers and word of mouth crucial, he says.
The following weekend, the movie opens in Staunton at the Visulite and in two theaters in Tennessee, and then expands to Richmond and Kansas City.
"In the industry, it's called a platform release," explains Sisson. "You start small and widen."
Movies typically open in Los Angeles and New York. Creative Artists Agency, the powerhouse agency founded by Michael Ovitz that formerly represented Cavalier, "felt it was a heartland film," says Sisson. "It's a heart-warming film, and they felt it would do better in the heartland than in taste-maker cities. That continues to be our strategy."
Familiar Strangers, starring D.J. Qualls (Road Trip, Hustle and Flow), debuted earlier this year at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival, where it won the best ensemble award. The movie has made the round of festivals, says Sisson, but hasn't been picked up by a distributor.
"The distribution side is in bad shape," says Sisson, whose first venture into the movie biz was to co-finance the critically acclaimed 2003 indie, The Station Agent. "Half the distributors a year ago are gone. The ones that are left, if they're healthy, they're offering less. We've gotten offers, but the offers are poor. We think [Familiar Strangers] deserves better."
Sisson describes the film as "very touching. It's real. It could be your family."
Cavalier has taken a grassroots approach to marketing the film. They've hired a PR firm, put posters and trailers in theaters, set-up an email list, and hired college students to spread literature in hopes of boosting attendance for that critical opening weekend.
"Independent filmmakers have got to take the reins themselves," says soon-to-be-departing Virginia Film Festival director Richard Herskowitz. "Distribution is very rough. Filmmakers are becoming their own distributors. I really admire Barry for doing this."
"As a business man, this is not a good place to be," acknowledges Sisson, "but more people love independent film than ever before. I want to do what my passion is–- and make money at it."
Sisson just hopes Familiar Strangers "gets some wind under its sails–-" and if it does, that's what he'll be thankful for this holiday.
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Fandango isn't showing this as a coming attraction at the downtown Regal or allowing the pre-purchase of tickets. Are they available for purchase at the box office prior to opening night? Also I'm surprised there's no mention in your story of Barry Sisson's involvement in 'The Station Agent', an independent film familiar to lots of people around here that went on to critical and commercial success.
Good point and "The Station Agent" is now duly noted. Sisson says tickets will be available on Fandango tomorrow after Regal posts its movie times.
Lisa Provence
Saw the movie on Friday and it's wonderful--intimate family portrait funny and poignant, beautifully acted, with great music and of course the hometown setting. Don't miss this one if you love a good story !!!
We really enjoyed this lovable film. It is warm and clever, fun and true. Thank you Mr. Sisson, we hope you make more films here that are as wonderful as this one.
This is a great film-- highly recommend that you see it in the theatre. It is well-written, with witty dialog, and fun for the local scenery in Staunton. Far exceeds other indy favorties of similar family themes such as Juno, Little Miss Sunshine and The Squid And The Whale. Kudos to Barry Sisson & his Cavalier Films team -- hope to see many more successes like this one!
Wow. Thanks so much to all for such warm comments. We have as our stated mission to bring to life personal stories that matter. In making a film we can only pray that it will come together and work. There is nothing better than to have people respond to a film you care so much about.
By the way, if anyone has extra typing energy, posts to IMDB, Fandango, Yahoo Movies, Rotten Tomatoes and the like can really help a film find its audience. Thanks!
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Sellers in the Charlottesville area are engaging in a scam where they make a pitch about how valuable the home is they are attempting to sell. After the buyer is conned into buying the property, the buyer discovers the property is valued at about 50% of what he paid for it when it is assessed for taxes.
Any buyer suspecting they may be overpaying should immediately pull their head out and take a clue.
This is some overpriced garbage.
Umm, wouldn't you find out if a property is overpriced when you have the appraisal done before you buy it?
And are you saying that you WANT the city/county assessment to match the sale price/appraisal? It seems like you would want the tax assessor to be working from a much lower figure than what you paid for your house. There's a big difference these days in this area between the tax assessment figure and the market/appraisal figure.
Yaa, all appraisers work independently and give you an honest appraisal. Sure . . . right. You can believe that if you want but I have enough experience in real estate to know better. Isn't it always funny how the appraisal comes out to be almost the exact amount that the house sells for. Almost always . . . .
That house is in a sketchy little section of town on the bad side of "Shady Grady." It looks cool, but waaay overpriced IMO. I'm a male and I don't go walking down there at night.
If you live in a "cookie-cutter" subdivision where buildings are identical or very similar, the Charlottesville tax assessment can give a good indication of value even though the assessment is still usually on the low side. In areas where the city has a lot of variety, especially where few buildings have sold recently, assessments are frequently only a fraction of current building value. Building quality can vary dramatically, and an older building that has not had plumbing and wiring updated along with a good central heating and air conditioning system, insulation, new windows, etc. will clearly be worth much less than a building that has had a high-end upgrade. I have frequently seen very little difference in assessed value between these older functionally obsolete buildings and buildings that are in much better condition, so assessed value is not a reliable indicator of actual value. I am stunned at the prices, but they are actually very modest compared to many areas of the country.
my issue with these projects is the quality of craftmanship.
take a look at the joints and reveals in these places....indicative of larger problems really.
it seems to me as though someone with very little actual design/ build training does these things...its almost as if the company looks at design magazines and then implements whaever strikes their fancy in a hodge-podge manner with no real unifying idea.
and ikea cabinets in a custom house!!???....long gone are the days that we will be fooled by a little stainless steel and some new ikea cabinets.


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The biggest surprise about Wednesday's news regarding the in-game brouhaha between Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley and Steelers receiver Antonio Brown is that the player involved was Brown and not quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
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"I don't think it's warm and fuzzy," Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently told PFT Live regarding the relationship, "but I do think it's improved since last season. Now that can unravel as well. Todd made some strides in trying to reach out to Ben and they agreed to go over the playbook, throw some plays out, change some names of ones that were familiar to them before. So they were taking steps in that direction but you know, there's an undercurrent here right now at 0-2 that's not good, so I think we could even see more of stuff like this Antonio Brown come out even with others. I'm saying I think the relationship was good, or getting better, but you know, again, at 0-2 there's a lot of stuff going on and it can only get worse."
The relationship between Haley and his immediate boss can get worse, too. Especially with coach Mike Tomlin talking openly about the team's struggles to produce when it has the ball.
"[W]e aren't scoring enough points — 19 points in two football games is not going to win a lot of football in this league," Tomlin recently said, via Bouchette. "If you would have told me we would have scored 19 points through the first two games, I would have told you we would have had an opportunity to be 0-2."
Tomlin stopped short of specifically saying that there's an issue with play calling, but he implied it.
"There's been a problem with our functioning," Tomlin said. "There's been a problem with our production. There's been a problem with our points. You can point to whatever you want to point to in regards to that, and, obviously, if the plays aren't working well, then we're susceptible to that judgment."
It leaves Haley susceptible to judgment day, which some think could come after Week Four, when the Steelers would have two weeks to get his replacement (the current buzz centers on running backs coach Kirby Wilson) up to speed.
The chatter surely will die down if the Steelers beat the Bears on NBC's Sunday Night Football. As illustrated in the Week Three PFT Picks, I believe the home team will hold serve. Which means that Haley will hold his job.
At least for now.


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Rihanna, Katy Perry and Coldplay have reportedly emerged as the frontrunners to perform at the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show.
The musicians are under consideration to perform at the game in Glendale, Ariz., in February, but they are being asked to donate a portion of their subsequent touring income to the National Football League for the first time, according to the Wall Street Journal.
In the past, performers have not paid or been paid for their top billing during the sports telecast, but they have been compensated for travel and production expenses.
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UPDATE: On Saturday, authorities had set a trap for the bear, but said they were not actively searching for it. If it gets trapped, it will be killed, under state policy regarding bears that attack humans. Read more here.
A woman walking her three dogs north of Ojai was attacked by a bear early Friday, according to the California Department of Fish and Game.
The victim, who wished to remain unidentified, suffered minor injuries to her arm and back.
She was walking at 7 a.m. along a road, department spokesman Andrew Hughan said.
"She came across a sow with at least one cub," Hughan said.
The sow, a California black bear, approached the woman and injured her, though the victim was uncertain if she was bitten or scratched.
She said she was pushed down an embankment and followed by the bear. At the bottom, the woman curled into a ball and remained still. The bear sniffed her and then "moved off into the forest," Hughan said in an emailed statement.
The woman did not seek medical treatment, but she called law enforcement to report the attack.
Hughan said wardens were on the scene as of 3:30 p.m. and the investigation was continuing.
"An effort will be make to locate and capture the offending bear," Hughan said in the statement. "No decisions about the bear will be made until it is captured and verified it was the offender."
Earlier this month, a bear cub was rescued from the Ojai area after being found abandoned in an avocado orchard. The cub was taken to a wildlife center in Lake Tahoe.
Hughan said there's no indication that the bear in Friday's attack was the mother.
The state has confirmed 15 bear attacks since 1980. The most recent was in 2010 in Lake Tahoe, Hughan said. In 2008, a woman was mauled near Bakersfield.
A Ventura County city of about 7,500 that's surrounded by mountains, Ojai is on the edge of the Los Padres National Forest. Bears sightings are not uncommon in that area.


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This one-hour documentary takes viewers behind the scenes as the internationally-renowned Alabama Ballet interprets William Shakespeare's classic story of star-crossed lovers . Over six weeks, Alabama Public Television's cameras captured days of extreme fatigue, tension and frustration, in addition to very humorous moments, as the dancers prepared an infamously arduous piece. The film culminates in a thrilling and emotional performance set to Prokofiev's score.
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Head coaches: John Mobley and Kyree Edwards. Assistant coaches: James Blackwell II, Kyle Brown, Sammi Real, Jaime White and Charles Powell II
Top returning boys: Austin Bonsall (Sr.) sprints, jumps; James Blackwell III (Jr.), throws; Kion Gibson, (So.) hurdles, sprints; Isaiah Chapman (Sr.) sprints; Wyatt Bucci (Jr.) sprints; Dramil Boykin (So.) sprints, jumps; Chris Banko (Sr.) distance; Ken'Shae McCraney (Jr.) sprints; Dante Warfield (Sr.) sprints, throws; Marquez Sloan (Sr.) mid-distance Top newcomers: Victor Romero (Fr.) mid-distance; Daniel Cullinan (Fr.) mid-distance; Gavin Brennan (Fr.) mid-distance; Nathan Reid (Fr.) mid-distance
Top returning girls: Jimmia McCluskey (Sr.) sprints, jumps; Donisha Porter (Sr.) throws; Tatiana Gomez (Sr.) throws; Aria Real (Sr.) sprints; Thalia Gomez (Jr.) hurdles, sprints; Daisha Murphy (Jr.) sprints, jumps; Cierra Reid (So.) sprints, jumps; Taylor Cole (So.) throws. Top newcomers: Ashley Cottrell (So.) sprints; Faith Edmondson (Jr.) sprints; Lauren Drumm (So.) distance; Kyra Donahoo (So.) hurdles, sprints; Jazmine Harris (So.) sprints, jumps; Endia Jones (Fr.) sprints, jumps.
Outlook: Led by two-time state champ Jimmia McCluskey, the girls' team has the potential to repeat its UCBAC championship performance of last year. "We are expecting our veterans to lead and our youngsters to learn quickly from the veterans," said coach John Mobley. The girls' team lost several standouts but has a good blend of veterans and youngsters. The boys' team is young but has outstanding performers like sophomore hurdler Kion Gibson and could surprise UCBAC teams this spring. The team consists of 30 boys and 30 girls.
Bel Air
Head coach: Mike Burke (boys) and Michelle Jansen (girls). Assistant coaches: Mike Callahan, Jeff Semelka and Domanick West.
Top returning boys: Austin McKinney (Sr.) hurdles, jumps; Joe Whilden (Jr.) sprints; Roberto Ascenzi (Sr.) mid-distance; Dan Forrester (Jr.) distance; Chester Wrobel (Jr.) distance; Anferne Thomas (So.) hurdles; Chris Davis (Sr.) jumps; Hunter Smith (Sr.) sprints.
Top returning girls: Breanna Keene (Jr.) sprints; Brittany Keene (Jr.) sprints; Grayson Slencak (Sr.) mid-distance Top newcomers: Gabriela Encarnacion (Fr.) sprints; Anna Puntanen (Fr.), mid-distance; Kayla Klock (So.) sprints; Kayla Gonzalez (Sr.) throws; Kiersten St. John (Fr.) mid-distance
Outlook: The Bobcats are in the rebuilding mode after losing several outstanding athletes to graduation, particularly from the girls' team. "We're building our program with a lot first-time, young athletes," said coach Mike Burke. There are 45 boys and 35 girls on the team.
C. Milton Wright
Head coaches: Ray Lessnau and Donnie Mickey. Assistant coaches: Al Baker, Michele Freeman, Jerry Lee, Dom Corson and Mary Williams
Top returning boys: Matt Hoerr (Sr.) distance; Mike Capozzoli (Sr.) distance; Brad Ensor (So.) distance; Brad Trimble (Sr.) high jump, discus; Andrew Venanzi (Sr.) distance; Max Anderson (Jr.) distance; John Arminger (Jr.) throws; Frank Marzen (Jr.) throws; Freddie Montgomery (So.) sprints; Kenny King (So.) sprints; Will Hazelton (So.) sprints; Andrew Corson (Jr.) sprints. Top newcomers: Nate Livin (So.) throws; J.T. Klopcic (So.) hurdles, jumps; Kevin Reynolds (Jr.) sprints, jumps.
Top returning girls: Megan Coughlin (Jr.) distance; Megan Frailer (Sr.) sprints; Kathy Kammerer (Sr.) vault; Emma Krebs (Jr.) mid-distance; Shannon Rogers (Jr.) mid-distance; Lena Sharesky (Sr.) jumps; Miriam Silton (Jr.) distance; Sabrina Rhodes (So.) mid-distance; Sydney Rhodes (So.) sprints; Tori Smith (Sr.) sprints; Alexis Cuffee (Jr.) sprints; Kelley O'Neill (Jr.) distance; Brooke Zeberlein (So.) hurdles; Morgan Roberts (Jr.) sprints.
Outlook. The Mustangs continue to be strong in the distance events and this year have greater strength in the sprints. Our boys' team has a lot of young talent and depth and strong senior leadership," said coach Ray Lessnau. "The girls' team has a lot of returning talent. We have experience in all events." There are 63 boys and 60 girls on the team.
Head coaches: Donald Smith and David Knight. Assistant coaches: Jevon Berry, Jerry Henderson, Cori Porter and Richard Craver
Top returning boys: Lenier Tucker (Sr.) distance; Raymond King (Sr.) jumps, sprints; Ricco Pena (Sr.) distance, hurdles; Noel Spencer (Sr.) sprints; Devon Teagle (Jr.) sprints; Aaron Parker (So.) distance Top newcomers: Izaiah Sneed (So.) high jump, sprints, hurdles; Jeremy Middlebrooks (So.) sprints, Brian Taylor (Sr.) throws, Matthew Foster (Jr.) sprints, Kevin Ringold (Jr.) sprints, Ben Gorksi (Fr.) distance.
Top returning girls: Kiera McKenna (Sr.) high jump; Nasia Denegal (Jr.) throws; Lloreal Johnson (Sr.) sprints; Afi Oniyle (Jr.) sprints; Tiffany Weimer (Jr.) distance; Kirsten Hall (Jr.) distance Top newcomers: Victoria Bankole (Fr.) distance; Alexis Perdomo (Fr.) distance.
Outlook: The boys' team may be the strongest in the conference with several returnees from the 2012 UCBAC championship team, including state triple-jump champ Ray King. "We have high expectations and goals for this group," said coach David Knight. "Our girls' team is young, talented, and developing. They will be competitive this season. There are 22 girls and 40 boys on the team.
Head coach: Mike Hollandsworth. Assistant coaches: Leal Williams, Karin Walker, Emily Barefoot, Alan Stengel, Bill Blewett
Top returning boys: Vance Adesanya (Jr.), sprints, hurdles; Sam Burgess (Sr.) distance; Shawn Frank (So.) sprints; Ean Hall (Sr.), sprints, long jump; Chris Johnson (Sr.) sprints; Thomas Lovett (Sr.), sprints; Jacob O'Neill (Jr.), vault; Chris West (Jr.), sprints. Top newcomers: Jacob Hatcher (Jr.) sprints; Noah Kudla (So.), mid-distance.
Top returning girls: Skylar Bodt (So.) sprints; Kendall Brajevich (So.) mid-distance; Sarah Dimaggio (Sr.) vault; Brooke Hutton (Jr.) mid-distance; Maddie McDonald (So.), 400; Kori Melton (Sr.), sprints; Caitlin Phillips (So.) hurdles; Kayla Puglisi (Jr.) sprints, throws; Marissa Walker (Sr.) vault, sprints; Destiny Williams (Jr.) sprints, vault; Lauren Woolen (Jr.) high jump.
Outlook: With 64 boys and 50 girls, the team is one of the largest ever at Fallston. It is youthful, but has sprinkling of established standouts, such as high-jumper Lauren Woollen, the 2A indoor state champion. The boys' team has exceptional sprint depth, and should improve on its 2012 UCBAC finish.
Harford Tech
Head coach: Darrell Diamond. Assistant coaches: Jeff Matteson, Darin House, Donna Lewis, Kyle Reagan, Bill Sangtinette.
Top returning boys: Isaiah Gills (Sr.) jumps, sprints; Michael Blickenstaff (Sr.) sprints, vault; Andres Armstrong (Sr.) hurdles, jumps; George Hargrove (Sr.) sprints; Dennis Pink (Sr.) jumps, sprints; Alejandro Perdomo (Sr.) mid-distance; Tyler Moran (Sr.) mid-distance; Omari Mooring (Sr.) throws; Justin Morris (Jr.) mid-distance; Darnell Pink (So.) hurdles. Top newcomers: Jake Ziegler (Sr.) throws; Matthew Gergenbach (Jr.) mid-distance; Dennis Fleming (So.); Alexander Sorlin (Fr.) hurdles; Zach Armijo (Fr.) mid-distance
Top returning girls: Cierra Singleton (Sr.), hurdles, high jump; Marietta Corbin (Sr.), 400; Brittney Chavis (Sr.) throws; Roxanne Kalwa (Sr.) vault; Jada Jones (Sr.) high jump; Paige Chapman (Jr.) sprints, long jump; Charice Corbin (Jr.) hurdles; Megan Doleschal (Jr.) mid-distance; Trinity Sprague (Jr.), 800; Kara Hayward (So.) hurdles; Hailey Jefferson (So.) 800. Top newcomers: Phoebe Steiger (So.) mid-distance; Shannon Conlon (So.) hurdles, jumps; Brianna McAllister (Fr.) hurdles, jumps; Emily Doleschal (Fr.) 800; Kamryn, Henderson (Fr.) hurdles, jumps; Madeline Miller (Fr.) mid-distance; Cynthia Baublitz (Fr.) sprints, hurdles.
Outlook: The girls return five All-County performers and 11 athletes from the team that finished fourth in the 2012 state meet, making them likely the team to beat in the UCBAC. The boys' team "has the leadership and the numbers to do well," said coach Diamond. There are 31 girls and 34 boys on the team.
Havre de Grace
Head coaches: Bill Walsh and Gretchen Lilly. Assistant coaches: Chrissy Poetzel, Ralph Batykefer, Jose Ponce-Mercado, Larry McCullers.
Top returning boys: Tashawn Brown (Sr.) sprints, jumps; Geno Nappi (Jr.) jumps; Jack Smith (So.) hurdles; Braeden Ferrell (So.) distance; Bryce Ferrell (So.) distance
Top returning girls: Amy Kling (Sr.) throws; Maddie Larrimore (Sr.) jumps; Ihuoma Okehie (Sr.) jumps; Lynsey Blackburn (Jr.) discus; Top newcomer: Addie Richardson (So.) sprints, long jump.
Outlook: The team is small, with 12 boys and 17 girls as the season begins. The boys' team lost some key performers but has returnees with strengths in the throws, horizontal jumps and distance events. The girls' team is youthful, with eight underclassmen and four newcomers.
John Carroll
Head coaches: Rob Torres and Mike Monaghan. Assistant coaches: Kayla Stoots and Courtney Hugo
Top returning boys: Derek Alban (Sr.), distance; Caleb Anderson (Sr.) sprints; Will Hopkins (Jr.) distance; Will Horn (Sr.) distance; Dave Knaide (Sr.) distance; Austin Markley (Sr.) sprints, jumps; Julian Meares (So.) sprints, throws; Mark Pickett (So.) distance; Jake Wade (Sr.) sprints, throws. Top newcomers: Matt Becker (Fr.) distance; Evan Moore (Fr.) distance; Walter Roche (Sr.) sprints; Devon Ruane (Sr.) throws.
Top returning girls: Sam Clarke (Sr.) hurdles, jumps; Rebecca Driver (Sr.) hurdles, jumps; Elizabeth Driver (So.) distance; Becca Kotula (Sr.) vault; Catey Minnis (Jr.) sprints, hurdles; Amy Slusher (Sr.) sprints; Amanda Spaeth (Jr.) distance; Shannon Vinton (Sr.) high jump; Kiana Wright (Sr.), sprints, jumps. Top newcomers: Sophie Centi (Jr.) sprints; Ola Ekundayo (So.) sprints, hurdles; Faith Ensor (Fr.) distance; Kristen Isoldi (Fr.) hurdles, sprints; Hannah Jacques (Sr.) throws; Alexis Kanaras (Sr.) throws; Carly Lyon (Fr.) distance
Outlook: Though it lost three top athletes to graduation, the boys' team has greater depth in the sprints and throws, providing optimism for a third straight MIAA B Conference title. The girls' team has several voids to fill. "The bulk of the talent is in the senior class so we'll count on their leadership to help the younger girls to improve," said coach Rob Torres. There are 34 girls and 26 boys on the team.
Head coaches: Michael Lace (boys) and Darlene Primus (girls). Assistant coaches: Kelly Bryant and Cheryl Orrichio.
Top returning boys: Jhaimel Johnson (Jr.), throws; Malik Pender (Jr.) jumps; Derien Scott (Sr.), mid-distance; Miles Hamilton (Sr.) sprints; Tyree Gibson (Sr.) distance
Top returning girls: Brittany Meads (Sr.), sprints; Aubree Savoy (So.) throws; Andreya Antoine (So.) hurdles; Destiny Buie (So.) sprints; Nina Bishop (So) throws.
Outlook: Though the team is small, with 20 on the roster as the season begins, the Mariners has several outstanding athletes, including Brittany Meads, Destiny Buie, and Jhaimel Johnson who performed well during the indoor track season.
North Harford
Head coach: Eric Benjamin. Assistant coaches: Michael James, Brian Fitzgerald, Julio Fernandez, Jimmy Cachola
Top returning boys: Kevin Mackey (Sr.) throws; Tyler Campbell (Sr.) throws, sprints; Tyler Ayres (Sr.) throws; Nick Fransham (So.) distance; Ian Fiser (So.) distance; Gabe Lackey (Sr.) jumps; Pete Meehan (Sr.) jumps; Jake Creighton (Sr.) jumps.
Top returning girls: Megan Tidey (Jr.) distance; Annie Scott (Sr.) distance; Abby Phillips (Sr.) vault; Becca Reitanaur (Sr.) throws; Hannah Berrell (Sr.) throws; Tessa Mirjafery (Jr.) mid-distance Top newcomers: Regan Davis (So.) distance; Casey Welsh (Fr.) distance; Jordynn Hughes (So.) throws; Morgan Ayres (So.) throws.
Outlook: The vault, throws, and distance events are areas of strength for both the boys' and girls' teams. This includes an exceptional 1-2 combination of Kevin Mackey (indoor state shotput champ) and Tyler Campbell in the throws. "We hope to develop these areas to be most competitive at the conference championships and Regions," said coach Benjamin. There are 42 boys and 47 girls on the team.
Patterson Mill
Head coaches: Qadry Ismail (boys) and Julie Marowski (girls). Assistant coaches: Mike Parker, Matt Provonche, Erin Kapinos, Emily Guillory, and Laura Malek.
Top returning boys: Laz Cardwell (Jr.) mid-distance; Essa Rizkallah (Sr.) throws; Dan Cardwell (Sr.) throws; Dan McKee (Sr.) sprints, mid-distance Top newcomers: Adam Caretti (Fr.) distance; Devinn Fisher (Jr.) sprints; Kynarvis Clark (Sr.) sprints; Ken Ikemoto (Sr.) sprints.
Top returning girls: Steph McCartney (Sr.) distance; Ramona Schueler (Sr.) sprints; Alex Lebovic (Sr.) sprints, hurdles; Qalea Ismail (So.) sprints; Natalie Thompson (So.) distance; Erin Angelini (Sr.) distance Top newcomers: Brooke Staton (Fr.) sprints; Jenna Staton (Fr.) sprints; Sia Barnes (Fr.) sprints, hurdles.
Outlook: "This is the biggest girls' team Patterson Mill has had, and we have high hopes for the girls this season. They are a very talented group," said coach Markowski. The boys' team is well-rounded with athletes competing in every event. There are 32 boys and 26 girls on the team.


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TF1 Enterprises: French CD-i exclusives
>> Monday, March 12, 2007
Over 15 months ago we were informed about another french CD-i title exclusive. This time french broadcasting company TF1 was in the middle of the attention, offering insight information about TF1 Enterprises, who produced "Le Journal Interactif 1994 and 1995". The US equivalent was called "All the news and views" and Holland got "Alles over 1994 & 1995". Interactive Dreams tracks down the source and even uncovers the CD-i game behind "Un Indien dans la Ville".
Originally the interview was held by "Le Monde du CD-i", but until now never came back on the subject. So, we took the logical step by contacting TF1 ourselves and hereby revisit the CD-i developments by TF1.
French broadcasting company TF1 had a seperate multimedia division: TF1 Enterprises. Olivier Raoul was the project leader behind "Le Journal Interactif 1994", "Le Journal Interactif 1995" and a regional french game "Un Indien dans la Ville" (The movie in english was called "Little Indian, Big City"), derived from the TF1 movie with the same name. CD-i was very popular with new innovative marketing ideas to bring the product to the livingroom. With CD-ROM, the way how TF1 published their multimedia titles before, this was not possible, the mainstream people were not reached and it was not user-friendly. In addition Philips funded the CD-i with a lot of projects, so the choice for CD-i was born really fast. Philips offered help how to develop for CD-i (a word that sounds new to me!), this was totally different with CD-ROM.
The Full motion Video was a good way to present the TF1 feeling. In the end, TF1 is a broadcasting company and FMV was the ultimate way to share their products. CD-i was meant for the mass, Philips even had the ambition sell 200.000 CD-i players in France alone and over 2 million units worldwide.
Philips Media France and TF1 signed a deal to produce low-priced bundles exclusively for the French people. For Philips it was a great way to promote its Digital Video capabilities. After the 1994 version of "Le Journal" they produced a follow-up in 1995. This was mainly due to the contract, but the titles were also profitable enough to develop. TF1 realized the Journal titles were easily to produce, with almost no costs, because the material was already available. The engine was supported by Philips so the title was done within three months.
The material was originally filmed by reporter Henri Chambon, whose contacts were broad enough for a total view on the news in France in 1994 and 1995. The limitation of one reporter was due to copyrights (money) so it happened certain small news aspects didn't reach the disc content!
With Philips stepping out of the CD-i business in 1996, there was no option for "Le Journal Interactif 1996". TF1 didn't want to carry the costs so stepped away from CD-i (a little contradiction I believe because the costs were very low; it looks like a change in strategy). The Multimedia division put its money in Titus, instead of producing more CD-i titles via TF1 Enterprises. In 1996, TF1 owned 7% of Titus. And with this another CD-i secret is uncovered: Now I know who was behind the french game "L'Affair Morlov": TF1. TF1 funded the adventure game which was developed at CPIO, and was supposed to be a french title only. Philips wasn't available to publish the title anymore, and Titus demanded a broader release to cover costs. We've got new names to contact! Unfortunately the english translations didn't go without troubles, and the final release of the Morlov Affair is one with some differences between the french and english adaptions.
While "TF1 Enterprises" was responsible for multimedia programs on CD-i, the sister company "TF1 Video" was also in co-operation with Philips Media France to produce Video-CD's for Philips. It was Thierry Lhermitte who opted for a game license of "Indien dans la Ville". The video was already on two discs and a lot of disc space was left behind. The game version was stored in the second disc of the Video-CD version. At the same time the game was released on the Nintendo Gameboy. This was of higher interest because the Gameboy was far more popular. The development was carried out by IDP. The game is about Mimi-Siku, and offers small platform action.
With thanks to TF1 (Our source prefers to stay anonymous) and thanks to "Le Monde du CD-i" for additional information, you can read here the complete interview with Olivier Raoul. Interactive Dreams will also receive a copy from the disc anytime soon, and we will post our experiences whenever possible.


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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- The kid they call "second-run Sage" didn't waste time putting down the run of his life.
Sage Kotsenburg tamed the treacherous slopestyle course at the Extreme Park on Saturday, grabbing the first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics. And he did it with a run that left the 20-year-old American who talks like a surfer and rides like a purist momentarily stunned in disbelief.
Kotsenburg's soulful first run in the finals ended with a score of 93.50 that held up over the next 30 minutes as the rest of the field's dozen riders failed to catch the laid-back athlete from Park City, Utah, who peppers his interviews with "whoas" and "gnarly" and often refers to himself as "your boy."
One that's now an Olympic champion.
Kotsenburg expressed his excitement on Twitter and thanked fans for their support.
WOW!! I just won the Olympics!! Bringing back the first Gold here to the USA! Love seeing all the support from everyone YOU RULE!!
- sage kotsenburg (@sagekotsenburg) February 8, 2014
Staale Sandbech of Norway grabbed silver while Canadian Mark McMorris, who nearly missed the finals because of a broken rib, surged to bronze as slopestyle provided an electric Olympic debut.
While the course that chased teammate Shaun White to the apparent safety of the halfpipe took out its fair share of riders, Kotsenburg kept his cool in the finals.
Then again, that's just his way.
His blonde hair flapping from under his helmet as he soared through the sun-splashed Caucasus Mountains, Kotsenburg looked as if he were cruising down the hill with his buddies even as he soared off ramps that are the equivalent of leaping out of three three-story buildings in the span of 15 seconds.
In a sport built on signature moments as much as it is built on triumphs, Kotsenburg provided both when he came off the second ramp, unveiling a new trick that impressed the judges and drew oohs from the packed stands.
He calls it the "Holy Crail," a move that makes it appear as if he's spinning like a top as he rotates 4½ times, grabbing the board behind his back in the process.
"I'd never even tried it before, literally," Kotsenburg said. "Never ever tried it before in my life."
Not that it stopped him as he put to bed the notion of being everybody's favorite runner-up by taking the biggest event of his life.
The trick will officially go down as a "1620 Japan Air Mute Grab."
"I kind of do random stuff all the time, never make a plan up," Kotsenburg said. "I had no idea I was even going to do a 1620 in my run until three minutes before I dropped. It's kind of what I'm all about."
Sandbech, McMorris and Winter X Games champion Max Parrot were among those who threw the much-ballyhooed triple cork, which is three head-over-heels flips -- considered way more dangerous and athletic and presumed to be the must-have trick to win the first Olympic gold in this sport's history.
Kotsenburg never tried one.
But rider after rider came off the course and concluded that Kotsenburg's win symbolized a shift in the sport; that judges are looking for more technical moves with so-called style rather than a simple gymnastics meet on the snow.
"I think definitely Mark and Staale did some runs that should've scored higher. Sage had some really creative stuff. But whatever," said Canada's Sebastien Toutant, who finished ninth. "They're all homeys. They deserved it. The sport is getting judged by humans and life goes on."
Kotsenburg has spent most of his career on the sport's second tier. When he captured the final Olympic qualifying event in California last month, it was his first win since he was 11.
"I had a mega drought," he said with a laugh.
The dry run is over, though the momentum from his victory at Mammoth Mountain initially didn't carry over to Sochi.
Kotsenburg needed to navigate the semifinals early Saturday, putting together a ride that gave him the confidence boost he needed. He placed second in the semifinals and then rolled with a medal on the line.
Still, there was drama as he waited out the rest of the 12-man field. He stood off to the side after his second run, a not-quite-as-sharp 83.25, and clapped behind a nervous smile as the rest of the field aimed for his score.
McMorris, slowed by a broken rib, couldn't quite get there. A gold medal favorite before his injury at X Games last month, McMorris needed to scramble to get through the semifinals and his trip down the hill in the finals was solid but lacked the fireworks necessary to unseat Kotsenburg.
Rather than wear any "armor" to protect his rib cage, McMorris relied on a team of specialists that tried to make him as comfortable as possible. Considering the circumstances, it could have been worse.
"They got me from a broken rib to on my snowboard in the span of nine days," McMorris said. "They kept pushing me and pushing me. It's been the most draining week in my life."
Sandbech, who went next to last, was nearly flawless. He was so pumped after his second run he belly-flopped onto the ground. His 91.75 wasn't quite good enough, leaving only Canadian Parrot in Kotsenburg's path to the gold.
Parrot dominated qualifying, posting the best score of the week. He put together a near perfect first run only to sit on the landing of his final jump then wobbled twice on his second run and scraped the ground with his hand after landing his final trick. He dropped his head when his 87.25 popped up on the scoreboard while Kotsenburg raised his arms in triumph to get the U.S. off to a golden start in what should be a competitive race at the medal table.
"I can't even describe the feeling," Kotsenburg said. "It's so cool."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.


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Michael Ruane's anonymity was nice while it lasted
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WSOP: 50-year-old Cliff Josephy highlights 2016 November Nine
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Clear outsiders before naming their squad, the Jaguares sat at $251 to take the title; but with the naming of 23 Pumas stars in their squad, they are now one of the most favoured teams.
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The Arizona Cardinals are going after the biggest name on the NFL head-coaching market.
President Michael Bidwill announced Monday that the team will interview Andy Reid as they search for a coach to replace Ken Whisenhunt, according to Kent Somers of The Arizona Republic.
Bidwill also confirmed the Cardinals will interview their own defensive coordinator, Ray Horton, and Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy. NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported that Horton is receiving interest from multiple teams.
The Cardinals job would be attractive to someone like Reid for a variety of reasons. With general manager Rod Graves recently fired, there is flexibility for Reid to have a say in how the front office is constructed. (It's possible Reid will seek personnel control.) Bidwill said he's not locked into a set front-office structure. He'll hire a coach first, if that's the best fit, or a GM first, if that's best. In short, Reid could hold the power if he got the job.
(Let's not even start talking about a reunion with Kevin Kolb. Too soon.)
Bidwill also confirmed that in-house personnel man Steve Keim will interview for the Cardinals' GM vacancy. Keim is expected to receive interest elsewhere, according to NFL.com's Albert Breer.
With seven head coach openings around the league, there will be frenzied competition for candidates. The Cardinals are moving quickly. Reid's name on their list shows that Bidwill won't be afraid to be bold.
Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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Testing Assistant Part-Time Employment Opportunity
Testing staff work in collaboration with the resource center librarian, Admissions Office, Registrar, and Academic Departments to test qualified applicants and refer them for consideration to applicable programs, certification or degrees.
REOC: The College at Brockport
The SUNY EOCs are a system of educational enterprises that serve eligible adult learners.
As part of this system, the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center will deliver comprehensive, community-based academic and workforce development programs and provide support services leading to enhanced employment opportunities, access to further education, personal growth and development.
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Test applicants for NYS Task Exam including special accommodation requests
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The College at Brockport, State University of New York is an AA/EEO/ADA employer. The College actively seeks applications from women, veterans, individuals with a disability, members of underrepresented groups or anyone that would enrich the diversity of the College.
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I've been researching my family history for 8 years now and it's about time I shared some of my findings. My father's family come mostly from the North East of England (surnames Hudson, Lamb, Kerss, Pattison, Todner). Mum's father's family come from Birmingham, England (Darby, Pugh, Read) and Mum's mother's from mid-Wales (Pugh, Hughes, Jones).


text: Escherichia coli (Migula) Castellani and Chalmers (ATCC® 33876™) Strain Designations: JM101 / Type Strain: no / Biosafety Level: 1 General Information Characteristics Culture Method Specifications History Documentation Print Email Share Share this product Facebook Twitter Google+ Permits and Restrictions View Permits Classification Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia Strain Designations JM101 Application transformation host Biosafety Level 1 Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country. Product Format frozen Shipping Information Distributed: freeze-dried Storage Conditions Frozen: -80°C or colderFreeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°CLive Culture: See Propagation Section Preceptrol® no Genotype F' traD36 proA+ proB+ lacIq delta(lacZ)M15 delta(lac-proAB) supE thi-1 lambda- Type Strain no Comments Host for pMOB48 (ATCC 37107). Medium ATCC® Medium 1065: LB Agar/Broth, Miller Growth Conditions Temperature: 37.0°C Genotype F' traD36 proA+ proB+ lacIq delta(lacZ)M15 delta(lac-proAB) supE thi-1 lambda- Name of Depositor D Vapnek Chain of Custody ATCC <<--D Vapnek<<--J. Messing References Messing J, et al. A system for shotgun DNA sequencing. Nucleic Acids Res. 9: 309-321, 1981. PubMed: 6259625 Bittner M, Vapnek D. Versatile cloning vectors derived from the runaway-replication plasmid pKN402. Gene 15: 319-329, 1981. PubMed: 6277736 Yanisch-Perron C, et al. Improved M13 phage cloning vectors and host strains: nucleotide sequences of the M13mp18 and pUC19 vectors. Gene 33: 103-119, 1985. PubMed: 2985470 Permits These permits may be required for shipping this product: Customers located in the state of Hawaii will need to contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to determine if an Import Permit is required. A copy of the permit or documentation that a permit is not required must be sent to ATCC in advance of shipment. Basic Documentation Product Sheet Certificate of Analysis SDS


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[ETA: follow-up here. Oh, those sillies.]
Reader The Other Patrick sent us this link: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=147426 [Ed. Note: which they have since locked so you have to join the forum to read it – 11-3-10] in which a female video gamer asks on a Starcraft2 forum if there are other female gamers interest in starting a women-only clan. The very first response is a male gamer demanding she post a picture of herself, and it goes downhill from there. Seriously.
The next response is a second demand for pictures. Eventually she says she doesn't want to share pictures of herself, but will post a picture of her cat (and does). The next comment: "She just posted pics of her pussy! you happy now?"
Pretty much every single post is sexual harassment, until about the third or fourth page. She's assured her community will be very small if she keeps the "vast majority" of the players out by not including men. Someone even pulls out the "What about the gayz" argument on the basis that gays aren't allowed into "man-clans" so if the women-only clan doesn't allow them, the poor gays will have to make their own clan. Turns out there are already gay-only clans.
Finally, a moderator tells the guys to stop trolling or they'll be banned, but no comments are edited or anything. Someone handwrings about how folks would feel if anybody made a male-only clan, or whites-only, but it turns out there are quite a few male-only clans already – oh, the irony. Someone else questions the original poster's actual gender, suspecting "she" is actually male.
Perhaps the most ironic comment in the thread is: "Good luck with your female only team. I remember there being a handful on west back in the day, but I don't think any of them ever stuck around too long. Probably being too catty with one another." YEAH, THAT WAS THE REASON. The entire thread answers a whole lot of questions about "girl gamer" behavior.
Then an administrator comes in and says: "Most girls on this site that are interested in competitive SC play with guys. DrH nailed it and i really dont see this going any where."
Then someone suggests there should be a battle of male and female clans, and the response is: "When the girls lose the guys should say "rape".
Anybody getting any meta-messages here? The response, including that from the administrator, is basically, "Sure, bitch, do what you want, but show us your tits and comply with all future sexual demands from all of us, and once you've done those chores you can do your little female only thing to your heart's content in whatever spare time you have left, only we'll be cyber-harassing all the other bitches, too, so they'll probably be too busy to join your little club of whores."
Then a woman comes in on the misogynist's team: "There are sexists and perverts online and offline. Girls who don't understand that already have no business being on the internet… If you ask me, she's totally asking for it. Why would you even put a pic up there if you weren't asking for someone to comment on the way you look?" By the way, it's not a pic of the gamer herself, it's a pic of someone the poster should recognize if she works at eSports, as she claims.
It becomes apparent through the thread that there's a bit of context us non-gamers may have missed: when a woman posts something about being a woman, the first thing other posters need to establish is whether she is genuine or "an attention whore." Quite a bit of post dissection is devoted to this investigation, because no one ever admits they just hate women. Misogynists always provide a Real Good Reason why they hate women, and in the case of gamers, that "reason" is that, they claim, most women who game court the attention of boys and men who pursue them for cyber-sex. The Real Good Reason is then supported by evidence that is interpreted anyway it must be interpreted to support the Real Good Reason.
Over and over, women are advised not to tell anyone they are female if they want to avoid harassment. It's their job to avoid harassment, you see, certainly not, say, that administrator's job to shut down harassment. No, the only post that gets a warning is this one: "The question is why she is not in the kitchen making me a sandwich ?"
There are actually a number of comments pointing out the misogyny in this thread, and doing it well. It's also interesting to note that the female eSports misogynist gets picked apart and trashed almost as badly as the original poster.
This thread also brings up something you should know about: Blizzard, a major gaming forum, had plans to introduce RealID to its forums. So that posters would be easily identified by, I dunno, long lost friends and people who want to teach that whore a lesson up close and personal. If they're thinking RealID would out the stalkers before their potential victims, they really need to talk to some law enforcement personnel. ETA: Blizzard reluctantly pulled these plans in the face of major public opposition, but never expressed the slightest concern about cyber-stalking or privacy in general.


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Is the cycle of sunspots going dormant for an extended period?
That's what astronomers suggested at the June 14 annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society's solar physics division, held at New Mexico State University. Frank Hill, associate director of the National Solar Observatory's Solar Synoptic Network announced, "The solar cycle may be going into a hiatus."
First, let's review what a solar cycle is.
Check out my previous blog on the topic.
Like all fluid bodies in our solar system, the sun has a magnetic field. Where these field lines intersect the sun's surface, convection from inside the sun is blocked, resulting in a cooler region on the sun's surface. The cooler region is darker because it emits more infrared light, which is invisible to our eyes. The number of sunspots on the sun is not constant but varies over a period of about eleven years. Since we began keeping systematic track of sunspots, scientists have observed 23 such cycles.
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However, the most recent solar minimum lasted much longer than we expected.
We had hoped to begin seeing sunspots in 2008 or 2009, leading to a 2012 peak. Instead, solar minimum persisted until 2010. Scientists now expect the current cycle (#24) to peak in May 2013.
According to Frank Hill, several lines of evidence point to a larger trend, in which solar maxima become delayed as well as less and less pronounced, possibly resulting in an extended period largely without sunspots. One involves the solar 'jet stream,' a stream of plasma inside the sun which is analogous to jet streams in Earth's atmosphere. About every 11 years, such streams of plasma form near the poles of the sun and then migrate towards the sun's equator. When they reach a latitude of about 22 degrees, more sunspot formation is allowed.
Although cycle 24 is well underway, Hill attempted to detect the solar jet stream that will start cycle 25, which in theory should already be forming in the polar regions. He was unable to do so, leading him to believe the solar cycle 25 may be delayed and its maximum smaller than for cycle 24.
Also, astronomers Matt Penn and William Livingston, upon analyzing 13 years of sunspot date taken at Kitt Peak in Arizona, determined that magnetic fields associated with sunspots now are weaker than during cycle 23. If the trend continues, these magnetic fields could become too weak to inhibit convection at the sun's surface, thus preventing sunspot formation.
This may mean that future solar cycles (25, 26, etc.) will have only very small maxima, resulting in a decades-long period of few if any sunspots.
|A sunspot viewed close-up in ultraviolet light, taken by the TRACE spacecraft
The last time this happened was the Maunder Minimum, which occurred roughly from 1645-1715.
Astronomers of the day, such as Giovanni Cassini and Johannes Hevelius, were making systematic observations of the sun, and they noted very few sunspots – only about 50 over one 30-year period. A less severe drop in sunspot activity, called the Dalton Minimum, occurred in the early ninteenth century. Each of these extended minima were associated with below average temperatures on Earth. For example, the Great Frost of 1708-09 was among the worst winters in recorded history.
However, not all solar scientists agree that another Maunder Minimum is on the way.
Douglas Biesecker of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center points out that cycle 24's polar jet stream formed about eight months after solar minimum and remained patchy for up to 30 months after that. It may still be too soon after the last solar minimum (December 2008) to draw conclusions about that jet.
Also, Biesecker points out that the raw data on the graph showing the weakening of the magnetic fields in sunspots is scattered and indeterminate enough to allow other analyses.
Of course, only the real sun will determine who's correct on this issue, and you can observe the real sun right here at the Museum.
Our sundial has three sets of holes aligned with the sun's midday position at each solstice and at the equinoxes. As we are now just past the summer solstice (which occurred at 12:17 p.m. June 21), anyone willing to brave the heat can come to our sundial near local noon (1 p.m. during Daylight Saving Time) and project an image of the sun onto a sheet of paper. Any sunspots present will be revealed.


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Vlad III Tepes
Vlad III Țepeș (in full, Vladislaus III Drăculea; 1431-1476) military governor and prince of Wallachia (1448; 1456–1462; 1476) within what is now present-day Romania, and notorious for the cruelty he practiced upon his enemies. Nicknamed the impaler (Romanian: Țepeș), Vlad III may also have been the primary inspiration for author Bram Stoker's fictional vampire, Dracula.
Vlad Dracula was born in Sighişoara, in Transylvania, the second of four sons of Prince Vlad II Dracul of Wallachia, an independent principality of Romania; it was the elder Vlad who founded the "Order of the Dragon" ("Dracul") and adopted the title as a surname. Wallachia was the object of a power struggle between its neighbours Hungary and the Turks of the Ottoman Empire, and by the mid-15th century the principality had begun to pay tribute to the latter. In 1444, Vlad Dracul sent his two younger sons to Turkey to prove his loyalty to the Ottoman sultan. The younger Vlad then spent the next four years in Adrianople as a hostage.
In 1447, Vlad Dracul was murdered, possibly by the Hungarian general János Hunyadi, who then made a member of his own Danesti clan, Prince Vladislav II, ruler of Wallachia. The following year the Turks gave Vlad an army with which he seized the Wallachian throne. He ruled for only two months before Hunyadi forced him into exile in Moldavia, and Vladislav II returned as prince. However, Vladislav II soon allied Wallachia with the Turks, causing Hunyadi to support Vlad's return to the throne in 1456.
In the following six years Vlad unified Wallachia while resisting the influence of both Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. He ruled through terror and by 1462, when he was deposed, had killed, principally by means of public impaling on stakes, many tens of thousands of his own people. He also liquidated the boyars (nobility), seized their property, and passed it out to his supporters, thus creating a new loyal nobility. Vlad's fearsome reputation was the inspiration for Dracula by Bram Stoker.
In 1462, Vlad was deposed by an Ottoman army led by his brother Radu. In 1476, after 12 years of exile in Hungary, Vlad took the Wallachian throne for the third time. When the Turks counterattacked a few months later, he was killed near Bucharest. His head was displayed on a pike in Constantinople, and his body was buried at the island monastery of Snagov.


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America's top author of sports books for young readers, Buckley has written more than 50 books on sports for kids, including titles on baseball, football, NASCAR, soccer, the Olympics, and more. Among his recent or upcoming titles are Scholastic Year in Sports (Scholastic, 2009), The Scholastic Ultimate Guide to Football (Scholastic, 2009), Eyewitness Baseball (DK, 2010 re-issue), and Lou Gehrig: More Than Just a Ballplayer (Sterling, 2010). He has also written popular reference books and titles on nature, history, space, and cars. (Under the pseudonym of K.C. Kelley, he has written several dozen other sports books for The Child"s World and other school and library publishers.) His book-producing company, the Shoreline Publishing Group, has created more than 250 books for children and adults. Shoreline"s publishing partners include Scholastic, DK, Readers" Digest, Triumph, Chelsea House, Chronicle, Barnes & Noble, and many more. Shoreline also produces the annual NFL.com Fantasy Football Preview magazine with Time Inc. Home Entertainment and the NFL.
In 2010, he started a new publishing company, Beach Ball Books, which creates and publishes nonfiction books for kids, mostly on sports.
Before starting Shoreline in 2000, Buckley was a senior editor at NFL Publishing, where he covered Super Bowls, helped start NFL.com, and created numerous children"s books on the league and its players. Prior to that, he was the editorial projects manager of Sports Illustrated, working on special sections on a wide variety of sports and major sports events. He has also been a newspaper columnist, a freelance writer, and the editor of several children"s magazines.
A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he is very involved with sports in his community, serving as a coach for youth baseball and soccer, and working on the board of directors of the Santa Barbara Foresters. That summer wood-bat college-level team has won two national championships (2006 and 2008) and has been ranked in the national top four every year since 2003. Buckley"s work with the team includes producing the game program, raising funds, and calling games on the radio.
Buckley has a BA in English from the University of California at Berkeley and also studied at the Radcliffe Publishing Course at Harvard. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife Patty and their two children.


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I Remember, I Remember
I remember, I remember,
The house where I was born,
The little window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn:
He never came a wink too soon,
Nor brought too long a day;
But now, I often wish the night
Had borne my breath away.
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I remember, I remember,
Where I used to swing,
And thought the air must rush as fresh
To swallows on the wing;
My spirit flew in feathers then,
That is so heavy now,
And summer pools could hardly cool
The fever on my brow!
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Leflore boys help new coach enjoy homecoming with win over Bokoshe
BOKOSHE — For many seasons, Daniel Caldwell coached both the Bokoshe Tigers and Lady Tigers, but this school year he moved to Leflore High School. Monday night at Bokoshe Tigers Fieldhouse, Caldwell brought his new team to town in a homecoming of a sort for the veteran coach. His team didn't disappoint as the Savages handled the Tigers 55-21.The Lady Tigers won by forfeit over the Lady Savages as a Leflore player's injury in Thursday's game against Red Oak in the 2013 Rock Island Conference Shootout in Buffalo Valley caused the Lady Savages to not have enough players.