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Colorado football coach Mike MacIntyre was allowed to sign more recruits in February who were deemed academically at-risk by the school than the program signed in recent years.
An at-risk recruit at Colorado is one with a predicted grade point average in CU classes between 2.0 and 2.3, according to Chancellor Phil DiStefano.
Some might see it as a sign the school is lowering its expectations in the classroom for the program in order to boost performance on the field, but DiStefano said that isn't the case. DiStefano said the reason he signed off on a higher number of at-risk recruits was because MacIntyre was simultaneously raising the bar on the opposite end by adding more above-average recruits than the program had recruited in recent classes as well.
"What Mike MacIntyre has done is he has recruited some really top-notch academic players, more so than what we've seen in the past," DiStefano said in an interview earlier this spring. "So when I take a look at the whole roster and he's bringing in student-athletes with predicted grade point averages of 3.0 or above, I'm willing to take a look at more of the at-risk because it's not going to be so much of a strain on the academic services in athletics."
DiStefano added he also was willing to allow the program to sign more at-risk recruits in the 2014 class because several of those recruits who were deemed at-risk through the fall semester of their senior year of high school, were very close to not falling into the at-risk category and still had a semester of high school remaining to improve their profile.
"I would say that a number of them will move out of the at-risk into the no-risk category," DiStefano said.
While CU might deem a recruit at-risk it does not mean the school is lowering its basic entrance requirements to allow that recruit in to school. DiStefano said all at-risk recruits CU offers scholarships to meet the school's basic requirements.
CU fans and some of its previous coaches have long bemoaned the school's entrance requirements preventing the football program from recruiting players who didn't meet certain criteria. At times, recruits CU coaches have been prohibited from pursuing because they wouldn't qualify at CU have ended up on the rosters of conference opponents both in the Big 12 and the Pac-12.
It has been particularly tough for CU to successfully recruit junior college players in the past, but the playing field has been leveled significantly there by new standards put in place for all schools by the NCAA last year that more closely resemble what CU has used.
Faculty athletic representative David Clough sent a letter to DiStefano in August advising him of recommendations made by the Athletics Academic Assessment (AAA) Committee for the maximum number of at-risk recruits the football and men's basketball programs should be allowed to sign in the 2014 class. The committee recommended no more than one for the basketball program and no more than five for the football team.
DiStefano acknowledged the number of at-risk recruits in the football recruiting class was closer to 10 but he and athletic director Rick George were comfortable with it for the reasons already mentioned.
The AAA committee was formed three years ago in response to both the football and men's basketball programs being penalized by the NCAA for failing scores in the Academic Progress Rate system.
The committee uses analytics to review each prospect's academic record and help predict, based on previous performance and the difficulty of their academic track record in high school, how successful they might be at CU. It generates a predicted grade point average for each recruit.
The committee included Clough, a representative from the office of the registrar, another faculty member and representatives of the athletic department's academic support staff.
DiStefano and George recently modified the committee to include a representative from the office of admissions. There is also a representative from the faculty and a member of the academic support staff in the athletic department on the new committee, DiStefano said. Clough now helps DiStefano and George oversee the committee and advise coaches based on the information generated by the committee.
"I think the analytics that committee does is really helpful to know where we are," George said.
The committee also tracks the overall team APR performance using a system created by Clough that numerous other schools have since adopted. The goal in the past has been not to exceed more than 20 at-risk players in the football program at any time with a total of 85 scholarship players allowed on the team at any time. Clough's letter noted 27 at-risk players were expected to be a part of the team last fall.
"I don't know that anyone is uncomfortable with it," George said of using the committee to help in recruiting. "It's a different time. We just had the best GPA of our history in the fall and our football team just had their best semester GPA. So we're doing some great things with our academic support and the quality of people that we have and our APR ratings are excellent right now.
"So it was a different time when it was implemented than where we are today. So where it goes, we'll just see over the next year or so."
Contact BuffZone.com Writer Kyle Ringo at email@example.com or on Twitter: @kyleringo.


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Know how to party and love CYCLOCROSS!
Now we get to party! There's an extra day on the schedule, after the UCI moved all the racing to Saturday because of a rising river on the course. We'll look for this crew at the sports bar today when football comes on, cause they know how to party, like Sportwereld fans party.
Qualified, raced, and watched world champions compete in the cold, muddy grass of Louisville. Put the camera down and cheered with the fans too when the Elite men roared by us like a colorful running of the bulls.
And a cyclocross fantasy camp. Legs are tired, SD cards full, and I've got stories to write about sufferfaces like this. As the Belgians observed, "Crazy Americans accounted for unique atmosphere in Louisville"
We walked a few laps around the track and watched our eyes: Dress Parties, bare bellies, vuvuzelas, megaphones, leg bathers and a lot of patriotism. One would almost spontaneously, "USA, USA, USA" from start to end.

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by Clark Groome
Two murders. Six suspects. What seems like hundreds of clues. Three Blind Mice. Those are the elements that make up Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," the whodunit that has been running in London's West End since 1952 and now, 60 years later, has come to the Walnut Street Theatre, where it'll be through March 4.
Christie was a brilliant mystery writer who was known for her clever twists and turns in all her books, plays and movies. "The Mousetrap" is no exception.
The story takes play in Mollie and Giles Ralston's newly established guesthouse at Monkswell Manor in England in the winter of 1952. Five guests have come to stay during a blizzard, the Ralston's first guests.
Needless to say, each of them is mysterious. The talk of the group is about a murder that took place the day before in London.
The only thing known about the murderer is he wore a dark coat, a light scarf and a felt hat. So do three of the men at the guesthouse. The murderer also whistled "Three Blind Mice." There are indications that the murder is related to an incident that took place near Monskwell Manor several years before.
Soon after Detective Sergeant Trotter arrives on cross country skis, the group is informed that there are likely to be two more murders and that the killer is one of those in residence. There is one murder. This is followed by a lengthy investigation that ultimately leads to the killer's identity.
The play is well crafted and, in the Walnut's production, well played. The cast — Eric Bryant, Jennie Eisenhower, Laurent Giroux, Dan Hodge, Paul L. Nolan, Charlotte Northeast, Harry Smith and Judith Knight Young — is first rate, with special plaudits due Bryant, Eisenhower and Young.
Directed by Malcolm Black, the mystery unfolds at just the right pace, leaving questions to be pondered while new information is gathered. The whole business is mounted on Glen Sears' magnificent set. The other good designers are Shelley Hicklin (lighting), Mary Folino (costumes) and Christopher Colucci (sound).
Going into the show I knew whodunit, having seen the show in London many years ago. Even with that knowledge, I still found the Walnut's "The Mousetrap" to be engaging and entertaining.
For tickets to the Walnut Street Theatre's production of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," playing through March 4, call 215-574-3550 or 800-982-2787 or visit www.walnutstreettheatre.org


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I've had no problem casting all the other types of media to my Chromecasts. However, the only thing that doesn't work is the casting of internet radio stations.
Is that a limitation of the way Chromecasting works? I know that the internet radio station feature simply provides players with the URL to play content and the server isn't really involved, so does that prevent casting to Chromecast devices?


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The fun way to learn French words!
*** The first version of this app has been for several weeks in nº 1 of Education, has been app of the week, rewarded as "New & Noteworthy" and has appeared in "What's Hot?". ***
In this second version all categories are new with hunderds of new words.
- Listen to authentic native speakers pronounce all words.
- The text option helps you improve your writing abilities.
- The multiple choice option helps you improve your understanding.
- The exam combines all options and measures your time.
- Compete against yourself and against other users.
- Save words in favorites and practice and train only your favorite words.
- Free updates.
- No need to configure or read a manual. Just install and start.
- We don't overwhelm you with thousands of words, but offer small units that can each be dominated in a short time.
Do you really have a big desire to speak French fluently without the boring learning sessions? WordTrainer is an app developed to help you learn French words in a fast, easy and very entertaining way!
Learn or refresh your French, anytime and anywhere with your own personal WordTrainer.
WordTrainer provides a set of the most common and useful words, organized by category.
The lite version includes 2 and the full version contains the following 40 categories:
- Greetings
- A conversation
- The house
- Places of residence
- Furniture
- The garden
- Literature & Theatre
- The four wind directions
- Landscapes & Water
- The face
- Body Parts
- Organs
- The appearance
- The hair
- Jewelry
- Cloths
- Numbers
- Ordinals
- Fractions
- Quantity
- Colors
- Friends
- Acquaintances
- The human life cycle
- Occupations
- Feelings
- Children
- Psychology
- Sports
- Time units
- Telling the time
- Days of the Week
- The months of the year
- The four seasons
- Past
- Present & Future
- Holidays
- Shops
- Traffic
- Transportation
We've chosen not to overwhelm you with hundreds or thousands of words, but instead give you small units of between 25 and 35 words, which can easily be learned in a short time. This keeps it fun!
Learn French words
You choose a category and one by one all English words with their French translations are repeated. You can save the words that require more attention as favorite, and practice and test only those words. This option is used to study and learn the French words. You can listen to the pronunciation of all words.
French WordTrainer
When you think you have learned all French words, you are ready for the big test, the WordTrainer.
You can use the trainer from French to English and from English to French.
To test your understanding of the words, use the multiple choice option and to test your writing abilities the text option.
The words in the category are repeated until you dominate them all. In this case the category is marked as completed.
The exam combines all options. It has a built-in timer that measures how long it takes you to translate 30 words.
You can compete against yourself and against other users.
With everyday use, this application will help you acquire a vast body of French words.
There are word trainer apps for beginners, advanced, business and children available. For a complete list of all apps:


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A "David and Goliath" story played out in the finals of our "Squawk Box Money Madness" stock tournament.
Little, beaten up BlackBerry—market cap $7 billion—topped the $400 billion behemoth Apple.
Struggling to stay relevant, BlackBerry won in a landslide, with 63 percent of the nearly 16,000 votes cast on CNBC's Facebook page and our Squawk.CNBC.com show page.
(View our Completed Bracket—How Did You?)
Our tournament started three weeks ago—matching up 16 of the most popular stocks on CNBC.com head-to-head, with the best playing the worst based on their 2013 performance. We ran polls each day asking the question: "Which stock will have the best gains from the start of the second quarter to the end of the year?"
Apple's recent slump made it a No. 4 seed on its side of our bracket, while BlackBerry's gains so far this year earned it a top seed on its side. BlackBerry beat Nokia, International Business Machines, and Facebook to reach the final. Apple beat Netflix, General Electric, and Bank of America.
While BlackBerry emerged victorious, the stock is only a shadow of its former self—trading at around $14 a share. It had peaked at over $230 in the summer of 2007.


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In this thread, each CAG has one post slot. You maintain your list and that is it. If you want to delete your 1 post and repost your list again to get more recent exposure, that is fine (keep the frequency reasonable).
Mods can easily maintain this list by clicking on the post count and seeing if anyone has more than 1 post count and deleting the others. Hopefully we won't have to do this.
This new format should keep things nice and tidy around here. It will make finding your wants much easier, which is the purpose of a thread like this anyway, right?
All Haves and Wants are restricted to the topic at hand. For example, don't list a few PC games as a Want then list off a bunch of Atari games. 'CML' and 'Paypal' are exceptions to this rule.
This is NOT the thread for PC game accounts where the transfer are explicitly prohibited in the games TOS. World of Warcraft accounts would be an example.
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GENEVA -- Toyota Motor Corp.'s FT-86 convertible concept had some skeptics pondering if this was the way to go.
They included engineers from Subaru which developed Toyota's production GT86 coupe, as well as Subaru's version -- the BRZ -- and the Scion FR-S.
Only the latter two models are sold in the United States.
All three models developed by the two Japanese partners have rear-wheel drive and are powered by a Subaru Boxer engine.
There have been rumors about an open-top variant since the three cars went on sale last year. Subaru's answer has always been maybe, perhaps and we're considering it.
At the Geneva auto show, Subaru executives got their first look at the FT-86 open concept. The car has a cloth roof, and Toyota says the concept retains "2+2 seating format with minimal impact on luggage capacity."
It left Subaru engineers scratching their heads. They believe the convertible concept eats away precious rear seat room because of the space needed to hide the roof mechanism.
They wondered: Why not just make a two seat roadster?
How would Subaru do it? They'd create a convertible on a stretched wheelbase by adding about 4 inches so rear seat room wouldn't be compromised.
That's "if we were to do it," Subaru executives said at the Geneva show.
Yes, they have their own convertible under study, but it's not ready for display.
If you lift the cloth on the FT-86 convertible you don't see much in the way of working mechanicals.
Toyota says it built the car to gauge consumer reaction ,and initial press reports laud the car.
In this case, it's like the Wizard of Oz: You have to look behind the curtain to get the real story. And this concept only has room for children in the rear.


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I am quite hopeful that we will not overlook this team. The bengals SUCK this year and if we do not blow them out, I will be horribly dissapointed in this team.
What is up with Willie? He has had miserable luck here. How did he find that hole?
Proud fan of Dale Earnhardt Jr., Pittsburgh Steelers, Duke Bluedevils, and San Antonio Spurs.
I read somewhere that it was while he was running on his own, not in practice.
Im ready for the game, let's kick their *** right now and not wait till Sunday!
I am with you on that, Top Gun!!!!!! That is the thing with bye weeks. It feels like it has been forever since they played.
Proud fan of Dale Earnhardt Jr., Pittsburgh Steelers, Duke Bluedevils, and San Antonio Spurs.
STEELERS in a laugher and the bungho's fans leave at halftime
We can't sleep on these guys. Palmer's out though! So it should be fun to watch.
3 and a half hours to go till kick off!! i've been reading there are going to be like 30,000 plus stiller fans in Shitsinnati!!
RIDICULOUSLY good looking...
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Two comic characters, Camilla Corona, a rubber chicken, and Colours O'IRIS, a peacock, explore questions relating to colors of light from the Sun. This comic is part of the series Tales from Stanford Solar.
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Mazet: "Excellent tool for Exterior Insulation Finishing"
Mazet, one of the top three painting companies in France, is a general painting contractor specialised in painting and plastering. Mazet has a firm tradition in using several sprayers, such as the EH200™, the Mark V™ and numerous UltraMax® units.
In Clermont-Ferrand, the capital of the French Auvergne region, Mazet had to insulate the outside walls of a building. The project involved a 20.000 m² surface, of which 1.500 m² was treated with Graco's T-Max™ unit. Mazet used the Exterior Insulation Finishing System (EIFS). The reaching of high thermal insulation values is the main reason why it is experiencing a growing popularity in France and in Germany. But also its pleasing appearance, its design flexibility, its competitive cost and excellent moisture management capability are contributing to the success.
"In this project, we used a T-Max 657 with a size 8 tip and a 36m³/h compressor," says Jean Paul Pimentel (building site supervisor). "Our decision to choose a T-Max unit for this task was motivated by its strong and stable performance, it's easy mounting and dismounting, its low cost of service and simplicity of use." The jobsite manager and the operational users gave prove of much enthusiasm about the T-Max after the work was done. Mazet already announced the purchase of a second unit, to complete additional projects!


text: Well done, Knicksdad! Your paternal instinct to protect your offspring won out over your natural desire to touch a professional athlete. Truly you are the dad of the year. (If you had let her get hurt, the Knicks probably would have given you some signed swag, maybe even free tickets. Next time.)


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Professor, The Saul R. Korey Dept. of NeurologyMurray D. Gross Memorial Faculty Scholar in Gerontology Dr. Joe Verghese's research focuses on dementia in the Kerala-Einstein Study, which received an initial two-year R21 funding from the NIH. Dr. Verghese developed new Pictorial Tools to screen for dementia in semi-literate conditions and is also studying risk factors, especially cardiovascular disease and education, for dementia in Kerala State. The study will also collaborate with ongoing NIH funded dementia studies in Grant Medical College, Mumbai.
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Playing in the first game of a five-date road set on Wednesday night, the Aberdeen IronBirds dropped their second straight game, going down 9-1 to the host-team Staten Island Yankees.
Through Wednesday's contest, the IronBirds, who snapped a nine-game losing streak on Monday, are 2-11, which puts them at the bottom of the New York-Penn League's four-team McNamara Division, 3.5 games behind the third-place Hudson Valley squad.
Staten Island struck the first blow in the home half of the fourth, as the second Yankee hitter of the frame smacked a one-out, solo homer off Aberdeen starter David Baker. After retiring the third batter via strikeout, Baker issued a walk, which was followed by an RBI triple that put the hosts up 2-0. Before Staten Island could do anymore damage, Baker closed out the inning with a weak infield pop out.
The IronBirds were able to cut the lead on half during the top of the sixth, with leadoff hitter Chris Clinton starting Aberdeen's first scoring rally by reaching on an infield error. Clinton put himself in scoring position by swiping second base, but Aberdeen's Mychal Givens and Joe Velleggia were retired via strikeout and fly ball, respectively. With two down and his teammate on second, Wynston Sawyer delivered by lining a single to left field that allowed Clinton to motor home.
Now up by just one run, Staten Island padded their lead a bit in the bottom half of the sixth, with Baker surrendering another one-out, solo home run. Baker was replaced by reliever Sam Taveras after getting the second out, and Taveras proceeded to walk the next three batters in succession. With runners at every bag and needing an out to escape, Taveras ended the frame by coaxing a groundout to third baseman Connor Narron.
It wasn't until the eighth inning that the Yankees would break things open, first getting to reliever Orlando Alfonso for two earned runs on two hits. Enrico Jimenez came out of the Aberdeen bullpen and surrendered four runs on four walks and one hit before being lifted in favor on James Brandhorst, who exited the inning with a sacrifice fly, a strikeout and a fly out to center.
Aberdeen loaded the bases in the visiting half of the eighth, but the Yankees were able to escape the frame by getting Narron to hit into an inning-ending groundout.
At 2-for-4 with a pair of singles, Dudley Leonora was the only IronBird with more than one hit. Sawyer went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks.
Baker (0-1) went 5-2/3 innings, striking out six, walking one and allowing three earned runs on four hits in the loss.
'Birds lose a tight one
One night after ending their nine-game losing streak, the IronBirds were knocked off 1-0 at home by the Brooklyn Cyclones.
Aberdeen dropped the match-up despite outhitting their guests 5-4, and though the Cyclones were just 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position, the IronBirds went 0-for-8 in similar situations, leaving seven men on base in all.
Making his third start of the season, Aberdeen's Jake Cowan (0-2) came through with a fine outing, working through six innings in which he allowed just three hits, struck out five and issued two walks. Unfortunately for Cowan, two of the three hits he surrendered came in the top of the second, when Brooklyn tagged a pair of doubles and scored the game's lone run. As Aberdeen was unable to tie things up in its remaining eight at-bats, the IronBird starter was charged with his second loss of the year.
Taking over for Cowan in the seventh was Alex Schmarzo, who allowed one walk in two innings of hitless relief. Jose Mota came out of the bullpen in the ninth and closed things down for Aberdeen, striking out two, walking one, and surrendering one hit during one frame of work.
Sawyer was 2-for-3 with a double, which was Aberdeen's lone extra-base hit. Narron was the only other IronBird with multiple hits, as he went 2-for-3 with two singles. Leonora was 1-for-3 in the loss, while fellow IronBirds Riley Hornback and Cody Young both earned a pair of walks.
Losing streak ended
The Aberdeen IronBirds put the skid on a nine-game losing streak Monday night by nipping the visiting Brooklyn Cyclones, 4-3.
The winning rally started in the home half of the eighth when, with Aberdeen trailing 3-2, Clinton hit a two-out single. Mychal Givens then singled deep in the hole to shortstop, with Clinton advancing to third on the play. Velleggia's ball to right field was dropped, allowing Clinton to score and Givens reached third. The Cyclones second baseman dropped the relay throw and Givens raced home for the 4-3 lead.
Brooklyn went down in order in the top of the ninth, and Steve Mazur earned his first save of the year.
Aberdeen took a lead in the bottom of the second. Narron and Hornback each walked and with two outs, Leonora hit an RBI double that plated Narron, giving the IronBirds a 1-0 lead.
Aberdeen extended its lead in the bottom of the third with a Clinton single and a Velleggia two-out RBI single that scored Clinton for a 2-0 lead.
Brooklyn scored three runs in three separate innings — the fourth, seventh and eighth — to take a 3-2 lead and set up the Aberdeen late game heroics.
Aberdeen starter Parker Bridwell went five innings with no decision, while Trent Howard came on to pitch the eighth inning to earn his first win in his professional debut.
Walks, errors lead to ninth loss
On Sunday at Ripken Stadium, the IronBirds plated just one run for the second straight game and lost 6-1 to the visiting Brooklyn Cyclones. The bad combination of walks and errors helped get Aberdeen to its ninth straight loss.
IronBirds pitchers walked nine batters and the defense committed five errors.
Brooklyn got on the scoreboard in the second inning, an inning that saw Aberdeen starter and loser Aaron Wirsch walk two, throw a wild pitch and commit a pair of throwing errors. The results were a 2-0 lead for the Cyclones.
Brooklyn added a third run in the third when a walk to Javier Rodriguez turned into a run after second baseman Leonora committed the team's third throwing error in as many innings.
The Cyclones boosted the lead to 5-0 in the fifth with two more runs that began with another walk. Ismael Tijerina led off with a walk and Rodriguez added a one-out single. Both scored on a Brian Harrison two-run single.
Aberdeen avoided the shutout in the sixth when Adam Davis, the Orioles' 2011 11th round draft pick, advanced to second base on a two-base error and then scored on Martin Serrata's RBI single.
Brooklyn added its final run in its last at bat as Brandon Brown homered over the left field wall to finalize the scoring, as the IronBirds were shut down in order in the bottom of the ninth.
Givens homers, but Yankees sweep
In Saturday's loss, the IronBirds were limited to a single run by the Staten Island Yankees, who beat the locals 7-1 to complete the three-game sweep.
Givens supplied the IronBirds' only run, blasting a solo homer to left field in the bottom of the first inning. Givens was most of the Aberdeen offense on the night, finishing with three of Aberdeen's five hits.
Aberdeen starter Matthew Drummond (0-2) took the loss, lasting just an inning and two-thirds. He allowed four hits and four earned runs while walking three and striking out two.
Yankees steal one late
In Friday night's loss, the IronBirds suffered one of the most stinging defeats in the streak. Aberdeen took a 5-3 lead into the top of the ninth, but Staten Island scored three runs to steal the win, defeating the IronBirds, 6-5.
Staten Island got on the board in the top of the first off Aberdeen starter Baker. Culver walked, advanced to second on a balk, went to third on a wild pitch and then scored on an Angelo Gumbs groundout.
Aberdeen used the long ball to pull even in the second as Jeremy Nowak hit a homerun off the maintenance shed beyond the IronBird bullpen in right field. Sawyer followed with a single and came around to give the IronBirds a 2-1 lead on Leonora's RBI double.
The IronBirds scored again in the bottom of the third. After a pair of strikeouts to begin the inning, Narron drew a walk and Nowak then stepped in and hit his second homerun, a two-run blast to left field, giving the IronBirds a 4-1 lead. Sawyer followed with his own dinger a moment later, going back-to-back to excite the crowd and push the home team ahead 5-1.
The Yankees chiseled away at the IronBirds lead with single runs in the fourth and sixth innings to trim the Aberdeen lead to 5-3.
Culver singled and scored in the fourth when IronBirds pitcher Baker walked three of four batters to force in a run. In the sixth, Zach Wilson hit a ground-rule double to score on a Casey Stevenson RBI single.
The score remained 5-3 into the top of the ninth, when the Yankees loaded the bases on a single, walk and fielder's choice. All three came around to score as Staten Island took advantage of two walks, two hit batsmen and an infield single. The three runs gave Staten Island a 6-5 lead.
Aberdeen's Leonora gave the crowd a bit of hope, singling with two outs, but a strikeout ended the game.
Jimenez took the loss for the IronBirds and fell to 0-1.
Extra inning heartbreak
It was heartbreak for the host IronBirds on June 23 as the Staten Island Yankees edged the IronBirds 3-2 in 10 innings.
Aberdeen watched a 2-1 lead slip away in the sixth and then saw Staten Island pull out the win in the 10th as a one-out walk led to the game-winner.
Aberdeen had the tie and winning runs on the corners in the bottom of the 10th, but Velleggia struck out to end the game.


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"People who would consider it a bizarre breach of conduct to expect anyone to give them a haircut or a can of soda at no cost will ask you, with a straight face and a clear conscience, whether you wouldn't be willing to write an essay or draw an illustration for them for nothing. They often start by telling you how much they admire your work, although not enough, evidently, to pay one cent for it. "Unfortunately we don't have the budget to offer compensation to our contributors..." is how the pertinent line usually starts. But just as often, they simply omit any mention of payment."A familiar figure in one's 20s is the club owner or event promoter who explains to your band that they won't be paying you in money, man, because you're getting paid in the far more valuable currency of exposure. This same figure reappears over the years, like the devil, in different guises — with shorter hair, a better suit — as the editor of a Web site or magazine, dismissing the issue of payment as an irrelevant quibble and impressing upon you how many hits they get per day, how many eyeballs, what great exposure it'll offer. "Artist Dies of Exposure" goes the rueful joke."
Sunday, October 27, 2013
On Working for Free
3 comments:
- Pete Emslie said...
There is so much I'd like to say on this, but I know that those of the internet generation would scoff at every point I'd make. Suffice to say, I do not now nor have I ever believed in the Internet Economy. It is NOT better than what we used to have where people bought and sold tangible goods. The Internet Economy is a sham, as very few individuals have been able to figure out how to make money from what they create on the net. The fact that it has resulted in a society that now feels entitled to receive everything right away and at little or no cost will lead to the eventual death of our economy altogether. I yearn for days of real goods being produced and sold in brick and mortar structures instead of everything being in the form of pixels within our computers or up on the idiotic "Cloud". Sorry, but that's how I genuinely feel about it all. As the critters in POGO used to say, "We have met the enemy, and he is us!"
- October 28, 2013 7:45 PM
- Shane Skekel said...
Mr. Emslie, even though I have been using the Internet for approximately thirteen years; your points are indeed valid. I mean, what's going to happen to Netflix, Newgrounds, YouTube, Amazon.com, Bandcamp, etc. (along with its clones) when the Internet's equivalent to the 1983 Video Game Crash? My dad once said "There's a need for redundancy" and you have done an excellent job explaining why.
- October 29, 2013 7:59 PM
- Shane Skekel said...
Oh, I meant to say "along with their clones" and "when the Internet's equivalent to the 1983 Video Game Crash were to happen?"
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Brookdale Senior Living Resident Care Provider in Attleboro, Massachusetts
Part Time Resident Care Provider First Shift, Second Shift
Brookdale Attleboro 100 Garfield Avenue Attleboro, MA 02703
Job #: BSL7247308
/Brookdale//. Bringing new life to senior living./
Ready to make a difference?
As a resident care provider you"ll make a real difference by building relationships with residents at our senior living community.
You won"t just be serving meals or helping residents bath, get dressed and look their best. You"ll deliver compassion, a sense of respect, and emotional support.
Extra effort gets rewarded in our community and the opportunity for advancement in one of the fastest growing industries is within reach. We"ll help you achieve a balance between work and family.
Answer your calling for a more fulfilling career.
Preferred skills and qualifications:
High school diploma or GED
Must be able to pass a drug screen and background check
Flexibility with schedule including availability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays
Positive attitude and contagious energy
If you"re a Brookdale associate, please consider referring someone through the Good People Program!
Brookdale is an EOE-(Equal Opportunity Employer) and drug-free workplace.
Part-time associates enjoy:
Retirement savings plan (401k) with company matching
Covered transportation and parking costs (where eligible)
Brookdale Perks - savings on restaurants, movie tickets, cell phones, cars and other products
Participation in the Good People referral program which awards bonuses
Discounted senior living costs for you and your family members


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Writing in The Earth Scientist, the journal of the National Earth Science Teachers Association, NCSE's Steven Newton explains (PDF, pp. 30-33) in detail what's wrong with the new state science standards adopted in Texas in March 2009, focusing on the Earth and Space Science standards in particular.
Two antievolution bills — House Bill 2800 and House Bill 4224 — died when the Texas legislature adjourned on June 1, 2009.
The Texas Senate voted not to confirm Don McLeroy in his post as chair of the Texas state board of education on May 28, 2009.
Senate Bill 873, introduced in the South Carolina Senate on May 21, 2009, and referred to the Senate Committee on Education, would, if enacted, require the state board of education to "examine all curriculum in use in this State that purports to teach students about the origins of mankind to determine whether the curriculum maintains neutrality toward religion."
NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott is to be the first recipient of the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Evolution "to recognize individuals whose sustained and exemplary efforts have advanced public understanding of evolutionary science and its importance in biology, education, and everyday life in the spirit of Stephen Jay Gould."
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If your Discwrite utility does not recognize your CD burner, you can find in the documents download page of the website a zipped file (http://www.merging.com/download/DiscWrite_Recorderslist_Update.zip) containing the new config files for DiscWrite and the updated CD-R list.
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Christine C. Clark
Christine C. Clark, 89, born July 15, 1922, in Inchelium, Wash., to Alex and Lucy Hawk-Covington, passed away, her loving family by her side, on Thursday, May 24, 2012, in Grand Coulee. Christine graduated from Salem, Oregon's Chemawa High School and went on to earn her Bachelor's Degree from Evergreen State College in Olympia. A member of Nespelem's Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Christine's employment history included working for Nespelem Fire Control, as a guidance counselor at Grand Coulee Dam Junior High School, a lab tech at the Colville IHS and serving her neighbors as a Substance Abuse Counselor for the Colville Tribes.
In 1943 Christine married Jack Clark in Nespelem, with whom she spent 30 years. Christine's favorite times were spent with her family, which included raising two grandsons and three granddaughters. Always known for having a great sense of humor and "occasionally" for being strong willed, in her younger years Christine loved to dance so much that she would sometimes sneak away to a dance in Nespelem, being careful to get back home before her parents. Known as the "Queen of Bingo" from Canada to Southern Idaho, Christine also enjoyed playing cards, loved animals and traveling, some of her special places being Lincoln City and Poulson, Mont., then in her later years spending Sunday nights with her daughters in front of the TV watching "The Walking Dead" series.
Before Christine entered this world, five of her older brothers and sisters: Johnny, Louie, Patrick, Willie and Elizabeth Covington died during the world-wide flu epidemic of 1918. Also predeceased by her daughter Pauline Clark; son John Clark; granddaughter Shannon M. Clark; grandsons: Steve Isom and Benjamin "Bubba" Clark; great-grandson Leeland; sisters: Mary Arnold, Cecelia Clark and Philomena Covington and brother George Covington.
Christine's legacy lives on through her children: Myra Clark, Jackie Tynan, David Clark (Debbie), Margaret Gooler (Steve), Michael Clark (Nancy), Fred Clark (Pat) and Wendy Clark; numerous grandchildren; great-grandchildren; many nephews and nieces and her faithful four legged companions Tedrow and Tiki.
At Christine's request, cremation has taken place. A 7 p.m., recitation of the Rosary was held May 28, at Nespelem Community Center, with a Memorial Mass held at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, May 29, followed by the burial of her urn in Hall Creek Cemetery, Inchelium.
Christine's family requests that donations be made in her memory to your local humane society. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee, is honored to be assisting Christine's family. Friends and family may sign Christine's on-line register book at http://www.stratefuneralhome.com.


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There are plenty of signs like this along the B5105.
And while you're on the internet, why not waste even more time by reading some poetry that doesn't rhyme.
Clawddnewydd Scarecrows
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Shortish 'B' Road Category
Got a corpse to dispose of or just an old sofa? Why not drop in to the Clocaenog - at any entrance just off the B5105 - and it'll be 30 years before anyone finds your late loved one..
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Where to Stay?
Fred and Marlene Winnebago (pictured above) enjoyed 4 star luxury during their visit to the B5105 last August. King size beds, lounge, kitchen, hot and cold running water, bathroom complete with shower and wc. Satellite TV and 3½ miles to the gallon in the enormous motor home they brought with them.
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June 7, 2000
Peggy Keller instructs 4 1/2-year-old Nicholas Evans during a
hippotherapy session last Wednesday. Evans has benefitted from the
therapy, which enlists the help of a horse, for two years. Keller,
rural Baldwin, is an occupational therapist with a clinical
specialty in hippotherapy.
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storecare necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 33 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
We need a professional looking website design for selling medical products that help people breathe. All product images and descriptions are complete and posted online - we will be very responsive to any questions you may have.
StoreCare Management
1. Visit https://sites.google.com/a/storecar…ention-kit to grab photos and text.
2. Design from scratch and make sure to list links somewhere, have space for a quote, use people and faces, space to list five links to other sites (news articles), and have menu items as we do in the current page (just add the design). Please add a footer too. Do not keep the same image - it is just a placeholder - no design is on this site right now.
We need a header and footer menu with the following links: Top menu items are as follows: About Us | F.A.Q. | Outbreak Updates | Order Now
If you get 4 stars:
3. Polish the design.
The list of "what I want" and "what I dont want" is based on design principals for building sites with good conversion rates. They are not set in stone, but just a good roadmap to follow for anyone who has not designed explicitly around conversion. Feel free to do your own thing if you have solid experience designing around conversion goals.
All pages on the site need to use a very clear buy now or checkout buttons that displays the price large next to it so people can order - no need to have quantity or add-to-cart functions.
Provide us a sliced PDF file and use web fonts. Have an image somewhere on the site that says Swine Flu Protection
We have these domains, pick any one you want to use for your design and have its name in the design:
- Site Name and home link appear near upper left corner, stress "FREE SHIPPING" on the header as well.
- Use sans serif fonts (12-14pt) such as Arial, Helvetica, or Geneva for body text.
- Human faces with a short space for quote and five links to news articles
- Use underlines in link text, color it blue.
- Landing page that overviews the whole site with links to the three kits and list of products below.
- Do not use serif fonts such as Times Roman, Courier, or Palatino.
- Do not use a wide range of font styles, colors, or sizes.
- Do not justify paragraphs of text to create equal-length lines.
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Jan. 17, 2009
Courtesy Springfield Sports Information
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Preseason All-American Jimmy Bartolotta led the MIT men's basketball team to an 89-64 victory over Springfield College by scoring 33 points against the Pride in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest at Springfield's Blake Arena.
With the loss, Springfield (7-8) falls below the .500 mark for the first time this season, and is now 0-3 in league play. MIT, meanwhile, is now 12-4 overall, and is 4-0 in the NEWMAC, the first time it has ever begun conference play with a 4-0 record. The Engineers have won five in a row overall.
MIT led by 20 at the half (55-35), when this game was really decided. Bartolotta scored 24 points in that first stanza, playing all 20 minutes. In the opening frame, MIT shot .593 from the floor (16-of-27), and a sizzling 9-of-14 from three-point range (.643). Bartolotta was 4-of-6 from behind the arc, while freshman guard Jamie Karraker was 3-of-4, and 6-8 senior forward Billy Johnson was 2-of-3. Bartolotta, a 6-4 senior from Littleton, Colo., was 8-of-11 from the floor, and 4-of-5 from the three throw line through the first 20 minutes.
Springfield hung with MIT for the first 11 minutes or so. When junior guard Ryan Blackmon made a three-pointer with 16:41 left, the Pride led 10-9. But a three-pointer by Bartolotta with 15:37 left gave the Engineers the lead for good at 12-10. Freshman forward Evan Christner provided a spark midway through that first half for the Pride. His lay-up with exactly nine minutes left cut MIT's lead to 24-20. But from that point on, MIT outscored Springfield, 31-15, for the remainder of the period.
After all was said and done, Bartolotta scored 33 points, adding four rebounds, two assists, and a block for the game. He was 10-for-14 from the floor, 5-of-7 from 3-point range, and 8-of-9 from the charity stripe in just 27 minutes of work. Johnson scored 22 points, and added five rebounds and two steals. Karraker was the third double-figure scorer for MIT with 13 points, while fellow rookie Billy Bender scored eight points, and added three assists and three steals.
As a team, MIT made 13-of-24 three-point attempts, good for an outstanding .542 percentage.
For Springfield, Blackmon led with 16 points, including 3-of-6 from three-point range and 5-of-5 from the line. Senior center John Strawson had 14 points, three rebounds, and three assists. Christner finished with 11 points, three rebounds, and two assists.
The closest Springfield got it in the second half was within 15 points on two occasions, the last with 5:08 remaining (77-62) on a three-pointer by Strawson. But MIT ended on a 12-2 run to finish it off. The 89 points and 25-point margin of victory were the most ever by an MIT team against Springfield, while the Engineers also set an Institute record for the most points scored in a conference game.