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I had a choice to make last night around 10 p.m. after watching Cliff Lee shut out the Nationals.
Do I catch up on DVR'd episodes of Rescue Me after I fell way behind last season?
Do I kill time on Facebook looking at wedding photos of people I haven't seen or spoken with in over a decade?
Or do I re-watch the defensive snaps from Sunday's Eagles game against the Panthers and provide a player-by-player analysis like I did with the offense earlier this week?
After a mental tug-of-war, I reminded myself of the kind words many of you provided after the earlier post this week and decided to go with option No. 3. So what follows is a breakdown of the defense's performance. Keep in mind that the 'D' does a lot more substituting than the offense so I didn't have something on every player, but I did get to most of them.
I'll plan on doing this every week. But I think we need a name for the feature. Does The Breakdown work? Anyone have other suggestions?
Also, I want to revisit coming up with a name for you, the MTC loyalists. We tried this in the offseason and only came up with The Chain Gang, which I wasn't crazy about. But if you all like it, I could probably be convinced. If not, please try to come up with something better.
Anyway, here we go:
Broderick Bunkley - He was very good against the run, helping the Eagles limit the Panthers to 86 rushing yards. I've said before I think he's a Pro Bowl-caliber player, and Bunkley got off to a great start Sunday. At training camp, I realized he isn't very good with the media. If Bunkley had Quintin Mikell's personality, this guy would get a lot more buzz.
Quintin Mikell – He did a nice job staying with Muhsin Muhammad on two occasions where the Panthers tried to go down the field. Mikell was also an aggressive blitzer, forcing a bad Jake Delhomme throw on the play where Juqua Parker was flagged for a facemask on third down during Carolina's first drive. He got beat on the Panthers' lone touchdown, but DeAngelo Williams deserves credit for his footwork and speed on that play. In the same situation later in the game, Mikell stayed at home. In the second quarter, he did a good job of pursuing Williams and forcing a 4-yard loss. Mikell led the Eagles with six tackles.
Mike Patterson – Along with Bunkley, he was a major factor in stifling Carolina's ground game. Patterson stuffed Williams for no gain at the end of the first quarter and picked up half a sack in the third quarter. Five tackles overall.
Sheldon Brown – Great concentration on his first interception. Brown had to slow down and prevent the deflected pass from hitting the ground. He had one interception all of last season and has two after one game.
Juqua Parker – Bad facemask penalty on third down on the Panthers' first drive, but he made up for it later. Made multiple nice plays against the run, including the Eagles' stop on Carolina's final offensive snap in the fourth quarter.
Chris Clemons – He came into the game primarily in the Eagles' nickel package. Along with Trent Cole, he put pressure on Delhomme to force the third-quarter interception by Akeem Jordan. It looked like he could have been awarded half-a-sack with Darren Howard on a fourth-quarter takedown, but Howard received full credit.
Akeem Jordan – Filled up the stat sheet with five tackles, four for loss, a sack and an interception. On the sack, he came through the middle untouched to nail Delhomme before he had a chance to realize what was going on. If you want to nitpick, Jordan did miss a tackle on a screen pass to Williams in the second quarter.
Chris Gocong – Along with three other defenders, he stopped Williams for no gain on a Wildcat play in the first half. Gocong also broke up a pass on third-and-goal at the end of the first half. The Eagles actually lined him up at defensive end, with his hand on the ground, during their final defensive possession.
Macho Harris – I know he's probably the guy you're most interested about, but he was also the toughest to evaluate. Harris wasn't in on many plays, but he also didn't appear to make any costly mistakes. Watching on TV, it was tough to assess exactly how he played. Harris did miss a tackle on Williams during the Panthers' first drive. He also dropped an interception in the fourth quarter. We should know more about him after Week 2 against Drew Brees.
Trent Cole – Quite possibly the best player on the field Sunday. His sack and forced fumble of Delhomme was a game-changer. As the Inquirer's Bob Brookover pointed out in a story yesterday, Delhomme recognized where Cole was lined up, pointed to him and even said "Fifty-eight!" But apparently his linemen were not listening. Cole did the same thing in the fourth quarter and nearly crushed QB Matt Moore, who got rid of the ball just in time. He also caught up with Steve Smith on a Wildcat play and looked strong against the run.
Victor Abiamiri – His start was somewhat of a surprise, but Abiamiri made the most of the opportunity, recovering Delhomme's fumble for the Eagles' first touchdown. The Birds moved him inside on nickel downs and he even dropped back into coverage in the fourth quarter. Abiamiri combined with Mikell to bring Williams down for a 4-yard loss in the second quarter.
Asante Samuel – Samuel had an interception and helped shut down Smith for most of the game (although you could argue Delhomme had a greater role in shutting down Smith). Samuel missed a tackle on Williams in the flat, which allowed the Panthers to convert a third down during their first drive. He failed to bring down Jonathan Stewart on the very next play. Samuel did do a nice job of taking down TE Jeff King in the second half. He could have had another pick but dropped what would have been a TD against Josh McCown in the third quarter.
Darren Howard – He led the Eagles with two sacks, three QB hits and two tackles for loss. Howard also did a good job against the run with five solo tackles. He played both inside and outside.
Joselio Hanson – He led the Eagles with three passes defended, including a couple where he was matched up with Smith. Hanson also had an interception. But then again, who didn't?
Omar Gaither – He looked very good against the run. The disruption caused by the defensive tackles allowed Gaither to do his job. He made back-to-back stops on run plays down near the goal line on the Panthers' first drive. Gaither had half a sack and a fumble recovery. If you want to nitpick, he couldn't bring down Stewart in coverage on one play.
And some other notes on the defense:
** Several Eagles celebrated on a third down during the Panthers' first drive when Carolina came up short of the end zone. It appeared they didn't realize the Panthers could still pick up a first down without scoring.
** Sean McDermott got several reserves in the game early. After the Abiamiri TD, backups Antonio Dixon, Trevor Laws and Ellis Hobbs were on the field. All three guys saw playing time in various spots throughout the game.
** I love watching how players react on interceptions. I think it's a good gauge of who the biggest hustlers are. On Brown's second pick, it was Howard leading the way with a nice block to try and get his teammate into the end zone.
** On that play, the Eagles only rushed three guys. Clemons came into the game, but dropped back into coverage, likely confusing Delhomme. The Eagles chose to rush three only a handful of times all day.
** It was either Cole or Howard who forced a fumble in the fourth quarter.
** I wrote about this immediately after the game, but it probably warrants mentioning again. McDermott brought Gaither, Cole, Abiamiri, Bunkley and Patterson back on to the field for the Panthers' final offensive play, fourth-and-goal from the Eagles' 1-yard line. Not only do I love the move by McDermott, but I love that the Eagles made the stop and then celebrated as if it were a playoff game. That's the right message. Play every down like it's important. Don't take plays off. And take pride in playing with one another. It was only one game, and this will be tested once the defense faces better teams, but the players really like McDermott.
Note: Commenter 09 makes a fair point that the Eagles were simply using their goal line package on the last play and needed more linemen. However, they still brought in Gaither instead of a reserve linebacker. And you didn't see reserve DT Dixon on the field so I think you could probably argue it either way.


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Wish I could have a bite of that strawberry beauty right now!
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Castroneves Leads Team Penske in Iowa Qualifying
July 12, 2014
NEWTON, Iowa (July 11, 2014) -- Helio Castroneves led Team Penske to a solid qualifying performance at the Iowa Speedway short oval on Friday evening as rain showers forced a juggling of the Verizon IndyCar Series schedule. Qualifying, originally scheduled for 2:00 pm CT, was pushed back to 6:00 pm.
Castroneves had the third-fastest lap and will start inside the second row for Saturday night's Iowa Corn Indy 300. Will Power clocked the ninth-best lap, while Juan Pablo Montoya posted the 19th-fastest run.
Castroneves – the pole award winner at Iowa in 2009 and last season – recorded a two-lap average of 185.685 mph in the No. 3 Hitachi Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet around the seven-eighths-of-a-mile oval.
"I was fine in Turn 4, but I was having (an) issue with Turn 1," said Castroneves. "I have to give thanks to the Hitachi boys. They did a great job again. The car was really loose on the first lap, much like my teammates, but I really went for it on lap two. I just trusted the car and it paid off. If you are starting up front it is not that bad."
Power was clocked at 184.683 mph in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet and will start inside the fifth row.
"I was a little too loose coming to the green (flag) and I had a big moment on that lap," stated Power. "I was wondering if the Verizon Chevy was going to stick for me. I made some adjustments and the second lap was not bad. It's as good as I think we can expect. It's nice to start in the top 10."
Juan Pablo Montoya, who won last weekend at Pocono Raceway and had the fastest lap in the second Friday practice session, struggled in qualifying and will start 19th after a two-lap average of 182.317 mph in the No. 2 PPG Automotive Refinish Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet.
"I just made some changes and I think we went a little far," said Montoya. "We have been struggling a little bit with the unpredictability of the car. The PPG Chevy has been pretty good, we just tried a little (too) hard. I went for it and it just wasn't there. It stepped out and I thought 'oh this is going to hurt' and I was happy it came back, to be honest."
All three Team Penske drivers are contending for the Verizon IndyCar Series championship heading into the 12th race of the 18-race 2014 season. Castroneves and Power are tied for the series points lead, while Montoya is in fourth place, just 55 points behind his teammates.
"It's nice to see all the Team Penske Chevys at the top of the standings," said Castroneves. "The one goal for all of us is to bring Roger Penske a championship."
The NBC Sports Network broadcast of the Iowa Corn Indy 300 will begin Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.


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Although his business helps many customers with routine junk hauling like appliances and furniture, he is also good at working with commercial clients. These jobs include situations like tenants who have left assorted junk and clutter behind, disposal of remodeling and construction debris. Items removed include things like: trash removal, mattress disposal, refrigerator disposal & recycling, construction waste removal and garbage removal.
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American man too fat for execution
'My veins are hard to find'
An American death row inmate claims he's too fat for execution.
With a lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday, the Associated Press reports, attorneys for the 5-feet-7-inch, 267-pound Richard Cooey say the executioner's needle would have trouble finding his veins. And even if it did find his veins, they insist, his heft would lessen the effect of the needle's initial lethal injection drug - an anesthetic meant to dull the pain.
"All of the experts agree if the first drug doesn't work, the execution is going to be excruciating," Cooey's lawyer Kelly Culshaw Schneider told The AP.
The suit says that Cooey is taking medication for migraine headaches. Considering his beefiness, lawyers argue, this medication could neutralize the anesthetic, and that means Cooey would be less than asleep when executioners administer the two other lethal injection drugs - which are actually lethal.
Richard Cooey was sentenced to death for raping and murdering two women in 1986. If he's not too fat, he will face execution on October 14. He was originally scheduled for execution in 2003, when he wasn't as fat, but he received one of those last minute reprieves. ®


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As a kid, I hated change.
I cried when school gave way to summer and then as summer gave way to fall. I even cried when we moved across the street to a different house.
Since then, I�ve learned that change comes with life. Usually, it�s inevitable and unstoppable, but there are rare times you get the choice to change things for the better.
My community was faced with that choice recently when voters had to decide whether my school district, A-C Central, and a neighboring school district, Petersburg PORTA, should consolidate. The committee studying the issue, with five representatives from A-C Central and five representatives from PORTA, voted to move forward with consolidation. The regional superintendent for Logan, Mason and Menard counties approved the plan.
Supporters said the combined district would be able to offer more academic and extracurricular activities. Teachers in both districts supported merging.
Opponents, which included most of the A-C Central School Board, said they were concerned with PORTA�s recent budget cuts. Those opponents won out. Last month, voters in both Cass and Morgan counties rejected the plan.
I strongly disagree with them. I agree with the PORTA voters, a majority of whom endorsed consolidation.
Change is needed because both A-C Central and PORTA face declining enrollment. That means the state provides less funding for our schools.
We�ve combined our sports teams with PORTA for the last three years and have seen amazing results. Our football team made it to its first playoff game in four years. The girls cross country team made it to state twice. The boys basketball team placed fourth in the state.
I found the sports co-op allowed me to make new friends. For that reason alone, I began to root for consolidation. I went to a pro-consolidation meeting with my parents. After that, I wholeheartedly believed in what this consolidation could do for me and my classmates.
I never realized how many other opportunities are out there, opportunities A-C Central students weren�t getting. The school offered no Advanced Placement courses, while many college-bound students have schedules full of them.
After consolidation was voted down, these classes were offered to us � except, we have to go to Pleasant Plains High to take them. I�m stuck rearranging my schedule around one class at Plains, which means I have to choose between two classes I love in order to fit in the AP classes. I had to choose between a foreign language class required by the colleges I want to attend and the band class that�s given me outstanding memories and taught me more than just musical scales. With consolidation, students wouldn�t have these dilemmas.
Consolidation also would have benefited students interested in trade and vocational opportunities. PORTA offers more of these classes. A-C Central students can now go to the Capital Area Career Center in Springfield, but they have to miss time in the classroom to travel. Students who want to take trade classes or AP classes have to give up other subjects to do so.
What exactly is our identity? Is it a mascot, a name or a building? It shouldn�t be. Our identity should be the people we have in our community and the adults we produce. It should be about the type of future we offer our students, even if that identity relies on a different building in another town. Sometimes nostalgia has to give way to better opportunities.
Voting against consolidation meant putting the past before students� futures. I am frustrated feeling like I have inadequate tools to compete when I get to college. I hope people realize what voting against consolidation will cost future generations.
Briley Eilers is a sophomore at A-C Central High School.


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Carhart Symposium to Focus on Religious Tradition and the Rule of Law
ONU Law will present the 2013 Carhart Symposium on Friday, April 12, at 1 p.m. in the Large Moot Court Room. Titled "Law and Religion in Conflict: Problems for Ethical Lawyering," the program will feature a presentation by Jon Eddy, professor of law and director of the Asian Law Center at the University of Washington's School of Law, detailing his work training lawyers in Afghanistan.
This event is open to the public.
Since 2004, Eddy has headed a State Department-funded initiative to support legal education in Afghanistan. Growing from a small start, the program now engages faculties of law and political science and faculties of Islamic Law at 11 Afghan universities. The program is widely regarded as one of the most successful justice sector initiatives in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Eddy's career has been equally divided between academia and private practice, and he has extensive experience in legal education and law reform in Africa, East and Southeast Asia, the Arabian Gulf and Afghanistan.
Eddy's presentation will be followed by a group of panelists addressing issues of conscience, religious tradition and the requirements for the rule of law. This four-member panel will feature experts in the legal profession and international law reform.
John M. Breen is a professor of law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.At Loyola, he teaches or has taught contracts, professional responsibility, sales, negotiable instruments, jurisprudence and Catholic social thought. He has published numerous articles in law journals such as the University of Miami Law Review, the Connecticut Law Review, and the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. His scholarly writings have addressed a wide variety of topics, including commercial law, statutory interpretation, abortion, law and religion, professional responsibility, and legal education.
Zachary Calo is the Michael and Dianne Swygert research fellow and associate professor of law at Valparaiso University School of Law. At Valparaiso, he teaches secured transactions, property law, comparative law and theology, law in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, international religious freedom, and Islamic law and legal thought. His scholarly publications focus on topics such as human rights, theological jurisprudence and bioethical issues in health law. He is a member of the editorial boards of the European Journal of Law and Religion and the Journal of Christian Legal Thought. He also is a member of the Organizing Committee of the American Association of Law Schools, Section on Law and Religion.
Asifa Quraishi-Landes is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, specializing in comparative Islamic and American constitutional law and theory. A 2009 Carnegie Scholar and 2012 Guggenheim Fellow, Quraishi-Landes is currently working on a book project titled "New Islamic Constitutionalism: Not Secular. Not Theocratic. Not Impossible." Her latest publications include a chapter in the recently published "Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity" and "What if Sharia Weren't the Enemy: Re-Thinking International Women's Rights Activism and Islamic Law," published in the Columbia Journal of Gender and the Law. She has served as a public delegate on the United States Delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (2010), on the Task Force on Religion and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and as adviser to the Pew Force on Religion and Public Life.
David Pimentel is a visiting associate professor at Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law. Before commencing his academic career in 2007, Pimentel headed the Rule of Law efforts in South Sudan for the United Nations Mission in Sudan; he has led court reform projects in Bosnia and Romania as well. He spent four years as the chief of court management at the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Netherlands. He has researched and consulted on issues of judicial structure and legal pluralism in Nepal, South Sudan, Mozambique and Turkey. Pimentel spent the 2010-11 academic year as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Sarajevo, researching the impact of post-war judicial reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Fred L. Carhart Memorial Program in Legal Ethics was established at ONU's College of Law in 2007 through an endowment from the estate of alumnus Dwight L. Carhart in memory of his father, Fred L. Carhart, a lifelong attorney in Marion, Ohio, until his death in 1948. The program brings eminent scholars, jurists and lawyers to Ohio Northern to actively engage in lectures, seminars and panel discussions for the benefit of students, the college and University communities, the public, and the bench and bar. The Carhart Program funds lectures and symposia in alternating years.


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Franz Beckenbauer believes Bayern Munich have shown they can compete with the best clubs in the world by securing Pep Guardiola as their next coach.
The Bavarian giants announced on Wednesday that Guardiola has agreed to take charge of the club when Jupp Heynckes steps down over the summer, ending months of speculation during which the former Barcelona boss has been linked with a host of top sides.
Beckenbauer feels die Roten have pulled off a major coup by beating the likes of Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea to the Spaniard's signature, telling Sky Sports News: "You have to say: 'hats off'.
"I have to congratulate FC Bayern. I'm sure Guardiola got showered with offers. It has become one of the best and most successful clubs of recent years and to get a coach like that, you can only congratulate them.
"It shows the standing that Bayern has with the biggest clubs - Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Manchester United - and that they can compete with them.
"On the one hand I am a little surprised, on the other hand I'm not. When you look at Jupp Heynckes' quotes during the last few weeks, you could see a little hesitation. And as it currently runs with Bayern, you usually do not hesitate. Signs became more clear that he would leave in the summer. If [Heynckes] brings the season to an end with one or two titles, he has managed an excellent farewell."
Beckenbauer also said he believes that Guardiola will add a little more stability to the club, and can form the perfect partnership with sporting director Matthias Sammer at Allianz Arena.
"It is difficult to have an improvement," he said. "The way the first half of the season went, that was already very good.
"A little more stability has to be brought in there, this is what was missing a little bit during recent years. Matthias Sammer and Guardiola, I do not know where there is a better pair."


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The Buffalo Bills have signed undrafted rookie free-agents LS Danny Aiken (Virginia), WR Kamar Aiken (Central Florida), S Rajric Coleman (Utah State), DB Domonic Cook (Buffalo), OLB Robert Eddins (Ball State), P Reid Forrest (Washington State), SS Sidney Glover (West Virginia), PK Chris Hazley (Virginia Tech), ILB Brandon Hicks (Florida), ILB Brad Jefferson (Georgia Tech), DE T.J. Langley (Arkansas Tech), CB Loyce Means (Houston), CB Doyle Miller (Nevada), RB Emmanuel Moody (Florida), QB/SS Joshua Nesbitt (Georgia Tech), TE Zach Pianalto (North Carolina), G Michael Switzer (Ball State), RB Vai Taua (Nevada) and OT Isaiah Thompson (Houston).
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Did AT&T Really Threaten A Customer With Legal Action For Emailing Feedback To CEO? [Updated]
from the customer-service-hall-of-fame dept
Now, to be clear, the email was a bit gripey, complaining about the new plans, and announcing his plans to switch to a different phone and different provider. In response, however, it appears he got a phone call from someone at AT&T telling him that if he emailed the CEO again, AT&T would issue a cease & desist against him. From the recording:
"I want to first thank you for the feedback. Going forward, I need to warn you that if you continue to send emails to Randall Stephenson, a cease & desist letter may be sent to you..."For what? That's not explained. I can't think of any legal basis for such a cease & desist letter. Honestly, the whole thing seems so outrageous that you have to wonder if it's a hoax. If it turns out to be true (and please, please, someone tell us that this is a hoax) then it reflects incredibly poorly on AT&T.
Update: Well, now it's been confirmed by AT&T that they actually did make this threat. A PR person working for AT&T (but not an AT&T employee) contacted us with your typical bland PR statement, issuing an apology, and saying "this is not the way we want to treat customers." But it is how you treated your customer... and, notably, nowhere in the statement does the PR person explain why AT&T responded this way to a customer.
The full statement is:
We are apologizing to our customer. We're working with him today to address his questions and concerns. This is not the way we want to treat customers. From Facebook to significant customer service channels, AT&T strives to provide our customers with easy ways to have their questions addressed.


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Led by seniors James Currington, Tony Whitehead and Dexter Hood, the Paul W. Bryant boys basketball team made history Thursday.
MONTGOMERY | Led by seniors James Currington, Tony Whitehead and Dexter Hood, the Paul W. Bryant boys basketball team made history Thursday.
All three scored in double figures as the Stampede defeated Shelby County 52-44 to win the Class 5A Central Regional championship. Paul W. Bryant (30-3) qualified for the AHSAA semifinal round for the first time since the school opened in 2003. Coach Shon Peck-Love's team will play the Northwest qualifier, Parker or Wenonah, at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex.
"We knew coming in that Shelby County was going to be tough," Peck-Love said. "We knew we had to play good defense in taking care of their two big guys down low. We just knew it was going to be one of those hard-fought games.
"The guys stepped up when they played hard. This was something they had been working for. They knew what was at stake. I didn't have to say much before the game."
Currington, Whitehead and Hood were on the 2012 team that was the Central Regional runner-up.
Paul W. Bryant built a 24-18 halftime lead and outscored the Wildcats 17-6 in the third quarter. Currington, Hood and Whitehead combined for 13 points in the quarter.
Shelby County (28-7) rallied a bit, but the closest the Wildcats got was 49-42 when Cedric Youngblood hit a 3-pointer with less than a minute left.
The 6-foot-6 Currington, who made the All-Tournament team, had 18 points, seven rebounds, four steals and two assists.
"We didn't want the same feeling we had when we lost against Sylacauga last year," Currington said. "We had to keep the big boys off the glass. Our guards did a good job of denying (Tyler Madison). He's a good basketball player. We just had to crash the boards and get rebounds. Tony and I and the senior leadership kept the team up."
Whitehead had 12 points, eight rebounds, three steals and an assist. A 6-4 forward, Whitehead slammed in a basket in the fourth quarter, but he also showed his range by sinking a couple of jumpers.
"We work hard every day in practice, and that's something I've been working on," he said. "I think it helps our team a lot that I can be able to knock down jump shots or drive to the hole."
Hood, the most valuable player, had 10 points. Kevin Holland had seven points, five assists and three rebounds.
Brandon McKinney, a 6-6 forward, had 11 points and eight rebounds for Shelby County. Youngblood made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points. Madison, a 6-4 forward, had six points and eight rebounds. He had 24 points and nine rebounds in the semifinal win against Sumter Central.
Madison and McKinney made the All-Tournament team along with Sumter Central's JyKwentin Johnson and Talladega's Ahmad Gooden.


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Evan Horn is UNH's man of many talentsBy MICHAEL ABELSON
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January 14. 2018 2:14AM
Evan Horn plays for the University of New Hampshire football team. He plays both safety positions. He plays linebacker. He returns punts. He snaps punts.
As of the start of 2018, Evan Horn plays for the New Hampshire men's basketball team. He's a point guard. He's a defensive stopper.
He plays both sports and plays them well. A four-year starter in both sports in high school, as well as an accomplished javelin thrower, Horn's success on the field and court doesn't surprise the powers that be in Durham. They knew he was that good of an athlete.
"He had a bunch of different options, but we were fortunate to get him," UNH football coach Sean McDonnell said. "Part of the recruiting process I felt it was important for him to know we would give him an opportunity to play both if he wanted to. I think in his first year he was trying to settle in here. I think he really missed basketball. I know he did."
After redshirting in football last season Horn blossomed into a stalwart on the defensive side of the ball for the Wildcats. Horn had 43 tackles this season and three interceptions, including one he returned 56 yards for a touchdown against Central Arkansas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
But the itch persisted to get back on the court, and Horn's basketball skills were just about equal to his talents on the gridiron. For most high school athletes, getting a scholarship offer from a Division I school is the ultimate goal. While Horn got multiple offers from other Division I football programs such as Villanova and Temple, he also got Division I offers in basketball from Navy and Holy Cross.
"His foot quickness in basketball definitely helped him play defensive back on the football field," said Tom Smith, Horn's basketball coach at Cedar Crest High in Lebanon, Pa. "His physical and mental toughness that he learned playing football carried over to the basketball court, and the competitive nature of track and field, which is such a one-on-one sport, all really helped develop Evan into the athlete he is today."
Smith, and then Horn, reached out to basketball coach Bill Herrion in the fall about doing both and after conferring with McDonnell, the dream became a reality.
"I always loved basketball, but I never had the offer that I wanted to for basketball so I came here for football," Horn said. "Over time I said 'Why don't I give it a try' I don't want to look back on it 10, 15 years from now and say 'What would have happened?' I didn't want to look back on it with regret, so I gave it a try."
Having not played a basketball game in two years didn't hurt Horn as he contributed meaningful minutes in the Wildcats' wins over Albany and Binghamton this past week. He was tasked with guarding Albany's David Nichols, a first-team all conference player last year, on the game's final possession in a one-point game. Albany couldn't get a shot off and Horn scooped up a loose ball and dribbled out the last few seconds to secure the win.
He scored seven points against Binghamton on Wednesday.
With injuries plaguing UNH's backcourt, Horn's arrival has been a much-needed lift.
"He's obviously a very good athlete," Herrion said after the Binghamton game. "I think he's been pushed into action because of the injury situation. But he's given us, in these two wins, valuable minutes."
Tanner Leissner, a senior captain on the team, said that Horn's addition gave the squad a new dynamic and another asset on both ends of the floor as they head into the grind of America East play.
"I think it's huge because at first coach came to us and asked if we were OK if a new player (joined the team)," Leissner said Wednesday. "We were like 'Sure.' He came and we didn't know what to expect, but he's come in right away and helped us to two big wins. He brings something different to our team, and it's something that's helped us."
Back home in Lebanon, a city of 25,000 people about 90 miles west of Philadelphia, Horn's legacy endures. Horn's teams won 88 games on the hardwood and, according to Smith, every kid in the town's football league wants to wear 33 just like Horn, and just like Horn still wears for the UNH football team. His basketball number is 14.
"The person that he is just really was a cornerstone of the community and every little kid growing up in this area wants to be Evan Horn," Smith said. "He's such a great kid, great person. My two kids just love him dearly. What a great role model for this community to have looked up to for four straight years. He really set the tone for Cedar Crest athletics and really the community in Lebanon by the type of person that he is."


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With its high-performance head gear, Swedish startup Poc is winning over skiers at blazing speed.
(Business 2.0 Magazine) -- When American Julia Mancuso won the gold medal in the super giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Stefan Ytterborn may have been the only Swedish skier celebrating.
But he had a good reason: His startup, Poc, designed the high-tech helmets that Mancuso and three other U.S. skiers wore as they crossed the finish line.
Now the tiny Stockholm-based ski equipment maker is careening into the mainstream with its flagship product, the Skull Comp, considered the Porsche of ski helmets.
"Our goal was to have one World Cup skier using our products the first season," CEO Ytterborn says. "Instead, we got four Americans and the Swedish downhill ski team."
He founded Poc in 2003 with funding from several business partners and angel investors like Swedish World Cup skier Patrik Järbyn. The futuristic-looking Poc helmet hit the market last year but has already scored nearly $1 million in sales.
Ytterborn's timing couldn't be better: The ski helmet market is exploding. Revenue in the United States alone has almost doubled to $57 million since 1999, and the category is expected to maintain double-digit growth for the next several years.
Why? Because people actually want to be seen wearing them. "Helmets are no longer just a protection product," says Ed Wray, Eastern sales and marketing manager at SnowSports Industries America. "They're also a fashion product."
Not that Ytterborn has ignored the safety aspect. He met with doctors and neuroscientists to design a helmet that would best prevent head and spinal injuries.
This ski season, Poc helmets will be sold by as many as 450 retailers worldwide. Revenue will be eight times what it was last year, Ytterborn says, and if all goes as expected, the company should be profitable by 2008 and ring up at least $50 million in sales by 2012.
"We have a vision to become the No. 1 supplier of protection for skiers," he says. Looks like he's off to a flying start.
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• SINsations Poster + SIN Performance Space (Slope, Slip, Slant) exhibition poster, Indiana University Bloomington, 1999, box 12
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• At Home: A Kentucky Project with Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman exhibition poster, 2002, box 8
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Synonymous with early feminist art, Judy Chicago has been challenging the male-dominated art world since the 1970s. Her characteristically colorful body of work includes paintings, tapestries, sculpture, and mixed-media installations celebrating women's achievements. Chicago legally assumed the name of her hometown after becoming a widow at the age of 23, symbolizing her lifelong struggle with identity, which she chronicles in Through the Flower: My Struggle as a Woman Artist (1975). In homage to 1,038 women central to the history of Western civilization, Chicago's most celebrated work, The Dinner Party (1974-79), exemplifies her ongoing endeavor as an artist, educator, and author to elevate women from the margins of society and history. The work—on permanent display at The Brooklyn Museum—features 39 place settings meant to represent famous women from history, from Joan of Arc to Emily Dickinson, with a further 999 names inscribed on the floor.
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Another View -- John Coughlin: From Watertown, Mass., thanks to State Police and people of NHJOHN COUGHLIN
April 26. 2013 12:42AM
Please excuse the delay in writing you, as things have been a little crazy around here lately. Very early last Friday morning, my wife and I had the unpleasant experience of being awakened by gunfire and explosions followed by hours of sirens, helicopters and emergency and law enforcement vehicles zooming past our house.
When an armed terrorist, likely wounded and one who was already in the midst of an indiscriminate killing spree, was roaming our neighborhood, you can imagine the fear, chaos and confusion that followed. Within moments, my home town was crawling with local, state, regional and federal law enforcement personnel and all of their vehicles and equipment.
By daybreak on Friday, at the end of my driveway, local police appeared with guns drawn and were eventually replaced by even more heavily armed Massachusetts State Police. Then what appeared to be military-type armored vehicles rolled down the street, deploying SWAT teams throughout my neighborhood.
About a half dozen heavily armed soldiers came up my driveway with weapons ready and then fanned out. The officer in charge came to the front door. He quickly identified himself as an officer of the New Hampshire State Police SWAT team.
This gentleman could not have been more cordial and reassuring. After a series of questions, he then asked permission for his team to search several sections of my home. They were more than welcome to go wherever they pleased.
Watching heavily armed SWAT team members move from room to room in my home yelling "Clear" at each turn was, I admit, a little unnerving. One of them must have understood what my wife and I were going through. On the way out of my finished cellar, he winked and said "Great man-cave." (ANY member of that SWAT Team is more than welcome back. I'll have an ice-cold beer waiting for you!)
Those members of the New Hampshire State Police SWAT team were extremely efficient, professional and clearly lethal. Man, am I glad they are on our side! As unsettling as their visit was, we were very relieved that they were there to protect our lives, and we are very grateful for that protection. Very grateful!
My wife and I offer our heartfelt "Thank you" to the good people of New Hampshire for racing your law enforcement personnel and equipment to Watertown to protect us and our community. Special thanks to the New Hampshire State Police SWAT team for placing your lives at risk for our protection and benefit. It was a gesture that will never be forgotten.
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I Can Do That: Factory Cart Coffee Table
At the turn-of-the-century, no factory existed without several industrial carts (also known as trucks) at its disposal. From hauling lumber to carrying crankshafts to serving city ice, these workhorses served many functions.
Today, many of these antique carts have been restored for another purpose – furniture.
But if you don't have several hundred dollars (or more) to spend on a restored antique cart, you can build one that will serve for years in your living room.
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To give my table the look of 100 years of use, I built the top with the most distressed wood I could find – boards from shipping pallets that were in our storeroom.
Let me warn you: Bringing these boards back from the brink of the dumpster is more time-consuming than you might think. For that reason, the measurements found in this article are based on a "clean" top built with 1×6 dimensional lumber.
The goal is to have a top 27″ deep and 44″ wide. Two 1×6 x 10′ boards of No. 2 pine will be enough lumber for the top (and it's easy to find at the home center).
But if you prefer a more rustic look, ask at your local grocery store if you can grab a few pallets (or check outside by your office loading dock) and pry off more boards than you think you'll need.
Sand down a spot on each board to help you select wood of consistent color. Don't forget to wear a dust mask – your lungs and sinuses will thank you.
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DALLAS (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates was confirmed Thursday as the Boy Scouts of America's new president, taking over one of the nation's largest youth organizations as it fights a membership decline and debates its policy toward gays.
The group's national council voted to approve Gates for the volunteer role at the organization's annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Gates, 70, was announced as incoming president in October. As head of the organization's executive board, Gates will become one of Scouting's most public figures at a pivotal time in its history.
"I've had tremendous opportunities in my life, but I can say without hesitation that my memories of Scouting are every bit as vivid and meaningful as what came later," Gates said in a statement Thursday. "I believe every boy deserves an opportunity to experience what Scouting offers."
The Boy Scouts voted last year to allow openly gay boys in its ranks while continuing to exclude openly gay adult leaders, a compromise that continues to entangle the group in debates over its membership policy. Shortly after the change was enacted, one openly gay Boy Scout received his Eagle award, the highest in Scouting. But the organization's expulsion of a gay Seattle-area Scoutmaster drew national headlines, and some gay-rights advocates are still urging sponsors to drop the Scouts.
The change also led some conservatives to leave Scouting altogether, though defections have been far fewer than once expected. A handful of ex-Scouts formed Trail Life USA, which touts itself as a Christian-based alternative to Scouting and has signed up hundreds of units nationwide.
Gates served as defense secretary for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He also formerly served as director of the CIA and president of Texas A&M University.
As defense secretary, Gates oversaw the end of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy excluding openly gay soldiers.
The Boy Scouts of America, which has its national headquarters in Irving, Texas, has 2.5 million youth members and nearly 1 million adults nationwide. Enrollment has declined slightly over the last decade, with a 6 percent drop last year.
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A lot of people took the time to share their thoughts regarding our recent announcement. We always appreciate open and honest conversation about Makers Mark and weve gotten plenty of feedback, both supportive and otherwise. Because there are so many comments, its hard for an old guy like me to respond, particularly 140 characters at a time. Now that Ive had time to compose my thoughts, please allow me to try to answer most of the questions were hearing.
And by the way, I asked Rob if I could write this response since many people have wondered if Im on board with the decision to lower the alcohol-by-volume (ABV) level. I am, and heres why.
First, its important to understand that our primary focus now and for the past 50 years hasnt changed. Its product quality and consistency, batch-to-batch, year-to-year, with the primary measure of that consistency being the unique Makers Mark taste profile. Thats all that truly matters in the end.
Since were a one-brand company thats never purchased bourbon from other distillers when supplies are short, forecasting is very difficult. Over the years, our one variable that helps us avoid market shortages has been the age of the
in the Makers bottle. That range is between five years nine months and seven years. Because Makers Mark is aged to taste, Dad never put a specific age statement on the bottle. It wasnt the age that mattered; it was the taste, the quality and the consistency.
Some people are asking why we didnt just raise the price if demand is an issue. We dont want to price Makers Mark out of reach. Dads intention when he created this brand was to make good-tasting bourbon accessible and to bring more fans into the fold, not to make it exclusive. And, with regard to the price, the value of Makers Mark isnt set by alcohol volume. Its about the quality of the recipe and ingredients that go into it, all the handcrafting that goes into the production and how it tastes.
Some of you have questioned how we reduce the alcohol content. The fact is, other than barrel-strength bourbons, all bourbons are cut with water to achieve the desired proof for bottling. This is a natural step in the bourbon-making process. Makers Mark has always been made this way and will continue to be made this way.
As we looked at potential solutions to address the shortage, we agreed again that the most important thing was whether it tastes the same. The distillery made up different batches that Rob and I tested every evening over the course of a month. Every batch at 42% ABV had the same taste profile that weve always had. Then, we validated our own tastings with structured consumer research and the Tasting Panel at the distillery, who all agreed: theres no difference in the taste.
For those of you who have questioned if the supply problem is real, I can assure you that it is. While not every part of the country has seen shortages yet, many have, and the demand is continuing to grow at a pace weve never before experienced. While we are investing today to expand capacity for the future, by producing 42% ABV Makers Mark well be able to better meet our ongoing supply issues without compromising the taste.
Ultimately, all I can ask is that you reserve judgment until you actually taste the
, like I did. If you can make it down to the distillery, were doing tastings every day with the 42% ABV
to give you a first-hand opportunity to try it for yourself. If you cant make it to the distillery, please give it a try when it gets to your city. And please write me back at that point. I want to hear what you think.
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I am writing to let you know that your whiteness is not my whiteness. I am doing this because contained within your "frank" confessional piece is the absolute assumption that this discourse represents all white views. Your tone is jocular, earnest and guileless — in fact I can almost visualise you patting yourself on the back when you had finished it "because someone had to say it didn't they?" You write with the smarmy assumption that you will still be liked, no matter how prejudiced you confess to being.
I am here to tell you that your "prejudice" is even more despicable and dangerous than Steve Hofmeyr's racism. You see Hofmeyr knows he will be hated for his tirades and he simply does not care. His fans will continue to love him for speaking their views. He spews his racism out with no bars held. That is honesty. He does not want the people he is speaking down to, to still like him for insulting them. Your confession though, is more despicable because it disguises the same sinister supremacist belief; except in your case it is unconscious and you are clearly unable to recognise it for what it is.
To quote a tweet, your confession is nothing more than "honesty dripping with prejudice" which you assume is normal and therefore acceptable.
Like so many privileged white folk, your common-sense discourse completely lacks the ability to be introspective about where your racism stems from. It does not occur to you that historically, white culture owned the power to "colonise" the definition of normal with respect to race, class, gender, heterosexuality and nationality … or that this is exactly what you do in your cringe-worthy letter to the world.
It is not, however, you alone who is to blame. This normalisation of "white as right" is still force-fed to the South African public through the social machinery in the form of the print and electronic media, advertising and white-boy satire. All this ensures that whiteness remains normal, unnamed and invisible. In this worldview it is only blackness that is called out as abnormal, substandard, dirty, corrupt … and our media has a field day spewing forth this form of black bashing. It even pushes certain phenomena such as high crime rates or rape or littering as "inherent traits" of the black race. This is exactly the premise Hitler used to demonise and exterminate thousands of Jews.
It is no wonder that young men like you feel so damned superior to black Africans. You have been told that since the day you were born.
Now you want all people to be "just like you" because you are (in your mind) the best of what humanity has to offer. You say, with such annoying confidence, that you do not want to meet black South Africans halfway any more — because you have tried this and they have never lived up to your standards. Has it once occurred to you that the black people you met may have found you offensive — that you probably wore your white assumptions about them on your sleeve — that you probably smiled too much, spoke in an affected accent and generally acted both foolish and superior in the company of black folk?
You are, believe it or not, dealing with fully-fledged human beings with brain cells, emotions and psychology who can see straight through spoilt white gits like you – or did this simply not occur to you?
You talk about loving soccer matches at Wits Bidvest and in the same breath blame the dirty toilets on the race factor — which were not cleaned prior to the matches — not once casting your prejudiced eye to the management of the stadium as the perpetrators of these unhygienic conditions. You assume that none of the black people at the match were also turned off by the state of the toilets. After all, in your mind they are little more than degenerates who revel in dirty public spaces.
Now because of the dirty toilets and waste, you say you "became" prejudiced and started noticing more "differences" between "us and them". You noticed how some couples, for example, would send their kids to substandard schools in the area yet had enough money to purchase some extravagant motor cars and clothing, how black folk had very little respect for each other by playing loud music late into the night — at times outside in the hallway right next to where small kids were asleep. And this all downright pissed you off — because in your mind these things are black things. These things are not white things. In your mind white people are way too superior to indulge in loud music, in maxing out credit cards on expensive cars or throwing their waste out the car window.
To quote another tweet in response to your pious white shit (vomit).
Your whiteness was so injured at this substandard display of humanity around you that you then became a wounded recluse who now finds it impossible to even consider the humanity — the diversity — the texture of black society. In your mind blackness is homogeneous. Yip, in your white imaginary black South Africans are one big muddy blob of dirty toilets, littering, cellphone stealing, loud music, expensive car buying and children neglecting miscreants.
It makes me sick that you felt that by telling us certain things in that friendly confessional tone that we whities would sympathise with you willy-nilly. An example is when you state in a common-sense tone that expects to be agreed with, that confronting "these people" with your own prejudices filled you with the fear that you would be accused of being a racist.
I am here to tell you Brendon, that no matter how much you try to deny it — you are a racist. That is the first step to recovery — admitting this fact. Like so many liberals, you pretend you are not racist, that the fault lies in the fact that "black people are not just like you". You go as far as to say that if they were more like you then you would be friends.
That is a racist belief Brendon — there is simply no way around it.
By your own admission you hug black folk and pretend to be great friends to be politically correct and avoid confrontation.
I am glad you have finally laid bare the pretence that exists in your social circles, your class, your type. You look kinda cool, hip and open-minded — yet underneath that act is a polite white supremacist.
You are representative of so many middle-class white South Africans with university degrees. You carry the invisible knapsack of white privilege on your backs without recognising it. You work from this base of unacknowledged privilege and fail to see how this oppresses those who are not like you. You enjoy "unearned skin and gender privilege" and yet have been conditioned into oblivion about the existence of your white male privilege.
Instead of looking inward in self-reflection, you project your narrow lens onto two experiences and write-off an entire nation of people because of your skewed reading of the situations you found yourself in.
Brendon — I too lived in a post-1994 Yeoville. Allow me to share with you my perspective of this wonderful, diverse, colourful neighbourhood in this documentary I made on the area. This story of Yeoville is told in a diverse range of voices too — because believe it or not, people other than whites have opinions too.


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An Iraq war veteran and her family soon will move into their own home after years of rental housing woes and inability to qualify for a mortgage, primarily because of medical expenses.
SUMMERFIELD — An Iraq war veteran and her family soon will move into their own home after years of rental housing woes and inability to qualify for a mortgage, primarily because of medical expenses.
A joint effort of the Florida Low Cost Housing Associates, Marion County Veterans Helping Veterans and J.P. Morgan/Chase Bank is helping make the family's dream a reality.
Casandra Morris, 37, served two tours of duty in Iraq as a specialist with the U.S. Army 1st Cavalry. Her work included satellite communications from Victory Forward Operating Base. As a result, Morris said, she is under treatment for service-related post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
She and her husband, Lawrence, 38, and their sons, Jeptha, 14, and Richard, 12, have been renting since they moved to the area from Pasco County about a year ago.
"I'm so excited to get our own home," Morris said.
"Heroes shouldn't be homeless," said Hank Whittier, executive director of the Marion County Veterans Helping Veterans organization, a nonprofit group that works with the Veterans Administration. The local group referred the Morrises to the program offered by the Florida Low Income Housing Associates in partnership with J.P. Morgan/Chase Bank.
"This is the first one," said Scott Hackmyer, a member of the board of directors of Florida Low Income Housing Associates, as he looked at the roughly 8-year-old, three-bedroom home set on about a quarter-acre lot in Belleview Heights.
"J.P. Morgan/Chase Bank donated the modular home and property to FLIHA, and we in turn sell it to a veteran and family who can't qualify for a mortgage," Hackmyer said.
Chase spokeswoman Maribel Ferrer said the financial institution works with nonprofits across the state.
"In addition to this donation, we have an ongoing program to donate homes to vets in partnership with nonprofit organizations. Over the next five years, Chase will award 1,000 mortgage-free homes to deserving veterans, service members and their families," Ferrer said.
She said Chase already has helped provide more than 350 homes since 2010.
Hackmyer explained how the program works after the mortgage-free home is donated by the bank to the association.
"We sell the home and property to the veteran for about one half of market value, which makes it a very affordable mortgage which we owner finance for the family," he said.
"The Morrises will help make repairs to the home, and we're hoping local contractors will pitch in to help with the air conditioning hook up, roof work and other repairs. FLIHA will take the profits and keep the cycle going to help another veteran with housing," Hackmyer added.
He said the program is "not a handout, but rather a hand up" to help veterans and their families overcome obstacles to get into adequate housing when they can't qualify for a mortgage.
Morris said her family incurred about $250,000 in medical debt when Jeptha, who is deaf and autistic, was born. They incurred an additional $20,000 recently when Lawrence needed medical treatment for diabetes, which requires six injections daily. He soon may need to depend on an insulin pump.
Morris said that in addition to hoping for assistance repairing the home, the family could use a few pots and pans.
Hackmyer arranged a recent pre-move-in tour with the Morrises, Whittier and Mike Sizemore, a board member of Marion County Veterans Helping Veterans.
"Our current home we are moving from is in need of repairs. The floor is separating in places. The roof has a leak in the kitchen area, bedroom and living room. The back bathroom needs carpeting," Casandra Morris said. "But this will be our house, and we can plan for these things."
The tour gave the Morrises a chance to look around and plan their spaces.
"The home has 1,822 square feet and 1,712 square feet of living space. This will be our home schooling area for the children, and the living room over there," Morris said as she smiled and made a sweeping motion toward either side of a spacious center room.
She communicated questions and ideas about the house with Jeptha through the use of sign language. He indicated he plans a green-and-purple motif in his bedroom, with "glow in the dark dragons."
Richard finds the new place "pretty cool" and already envisions a fort in an oak tree in the backyard.
Amber Jones, 25, stopped by to say hello to her new neighbors, who are expected to move into the home within 30 days.
"I've lived here about three years and it's very quiet. It's nice to have someone here rather than (the home) be vacant," Jones said.
She said her son, Michael, 6, and Richard would be "good playmates" as the two ran around the grounds together playing and shouting.


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My desktop last night started running rather sluggishly, so I decided to check in Task Manager... Low and behold... TeaTimer.. which normally uses between 4 and 10MB of RAM was using 132MB of RAM..... I ended up killing the process... but only after watching it eat up more and more RAM.... I thought this was a single, random incident....
Then... this afternoon while booting my laptop at work I noticed it running ridiculously slow... unable to find a reason I, again, entered task manager... TeaTimer was using 266MB fo RAM... and, as before, was counting up rather speedily.
I've done some searching on google and found a few comments about TeaTimer having a bad memory leak... and I've also see rumors that it's been fixed... I've got the latest updates for Spybot and I've been using 1.3 without problem until last night/today... as anyone seen related issues?
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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - Poet Anne Shaw will read from her new collection of poetry on Thursday, Feb. 6 at Pace University in Pleasantville. The free event will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. in Lienhard Hall, Room 25, and the public is invited. The street address is 861 Bedford Road, entrance 2.
Shaw is the author of two poetry collections, the forthcoming "Dido in Winter" (Persea Books, March 2014) and the earlier "Undertow" (Persea, 2007), which won the Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize. Her poems and reviews have appeared in journals including Harvard Review, Black Warrior Review, Denver Quarterly, The Los Angeles Review, The Kenyon Review and New American Writing. She currently lives in Chicago, where she studies sculpture at the School of the Art Institute. Her work can be found online at www.anneshaw.org.
The event is the first in the spring 2014 Vox Creative Arts Series, which brings notable and up-and-coming authors, poets, artists and artisans to Pace University for readings and demonstrations. The series is named for Pace's Pleasantville art and literary magazine, Vox.


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AP PHOTOS: Smothering heat wave settles over US
July 18, 2013
A cross-country heat wave is buckling highway pavement in several states, exacerbating emergencies like broken water mains and making dangerous work more so for western firefighters battling wildfires. At least one person has died.
Forecasters say it'll be days before temperatures cool — and with the colder air will come the risk of severe thunderstorms.
Here are photos showing America — at work, at play and sweating all the while — during the hottest spell so far this summer.


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Annual Treasurer's Report 2005By Charles E. Robertson, Treasurer
Fall 2006 (Originally published in the Announcer)
The question is, "How does one write the annual treasurer's report so that the reader will be enticed to read further?" Would drugs, sex, and rock and roll do it? Nah—not for a bunch of physicists. How about some quotes from Yogi Berra. You know, "And they give you cash, which is just as good as money." And, "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."
Financially, AAPT is in very good shape. While the Auditor's Report shows that our assets grew in the past year—and this is important—there are two other aspects of our financial status that seem, to me, to be more useful. First, we ended 2004 in the black, not by much, but in the black. Second, we reached our goal for long-term investments, which now equals one year's operating budget. This means that we can now take some money out of those investments to use for physics programs.
In January 2004, the Executive Board passed an operating budget with an expected income of $5,143,581 and expected expenses of $5,474,388. This meant we anticipated ending in the red by $330,807. In actuality, we ended the year with an income of $6,076,347 and with expenses of $ 5,362,204. Included in the income was $700,036 from the sale of the Dodge building (our old executive office). Backing out this "unbudgeted" income, we made it into the black by $14,107, or within one quarter of a percent of our budget. That's very good, and we can thank everyone at the executive office in College Park as well as those of us who paid our dues, went to the meetings, and occasionally collected some money from AAPT.
The budget for 2005 has similar numbers: income of $5,651,533 and expenses of $5,967,647. So again, the board passed a budget that is $316,114 in the red. However, about halfway through the year, the difference between expenses and income was only 1 percent in the red, much less than the original budget calls for. We expect to be in the black by year's end.
By the time you read this, your board will have approved a new budget for 2006. With some new budgeting software, we anticipate this budget will be balanced from the beginning.
Our long-term investments with TIAA-CREF have done quite well, and we are now able to take some money out of that account for physics programs. Our financial advisor at TIAA-CREF worked up some numbers for us that indicate we can spend 4 percent of our investment each year without eroding our purchasing power. (Yogi Berra also said, "The future ain't what it used to be.")
On the recommendation of the Investment Advisory Committee, your board voted to take out 4 percent of the investment with 1 percent going to the Klopsteg Fund (which is our discretionary fund) and 3 percent going into the operating budget. Since the long-term fund is on the order of six million dollars, this will give appreciable help to the income side of the ledger.
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Yankees best Orioles for 6th straight
Chris Davis hit a fly ball to straightaway center field in the first inning and off the bat, most everyone seemed to think it was just a long out.
This season, though, Davis is dangerous every swing.
Davis hit his major league-leading 33rd homer, but Baltimore couldn't hold an early lead Saturday and the New York Yankees rallied to win 5-4 for their season-high sixth straight victory.
"When you hit a home run and your team doesn't get the win, there's obviously a feeling that you could've done more," Davis said.
Davis put the Orioles ahead by lofting a drive that kept drifting, carrying over Brett Gardner's leap. He matched his career high in home runs and RBIs (85), both achieved during the entire 2012 season.
"I think he thought he hit a fly ball," winning pitcher Andy Pettitte said.
Added Yankees manager Joe Girardi: "We didn't think it was going to be a home run. He's so strong, his popups are going to go out."
Davis is tied for seventh-most homers by the All-Star game and still has more than a week to play before the break. Barry Bonds holds the mark with 39, followed by Reggie Jackson and Mark McGwire with 37 each, STATS said.
Davis also is batting .324.
"The fact that I've been playing every day — left-handers, right-handers, no matter who's on the mound — has been huge for me because you get that momentum going. You're feeling good at the plate, you can carry it day in, day out, not worry about sitting on the bench the next day," he said.
Manny Machado celebrated his 21st birthday by hustling for his 39th double. That's the second most before the All-Star break, trailing only the 42 by Edgar Martinez in 1996, STATS said.
The Orioles have lost four of five.
The 41-year-old Pettitte (6-6) earned his 251st win, tying Hall of Famer Bob Gibson for 44th place on the all-time list. He persevered on a hot, sticky day, hanging in after the Orioles took an early 3-0 lead.
Pettitte stretched his unbeaten streak against Baltimore to 11 starts dating to 2007, winning eight times. Overall, he is 28-6 against the Orioles — only Yankees great Whitey Ford (30) has beaten the Birds more often since the franchise moved from St. Louis to Baltimore for the 1954 season.
Mariano Rivera worked the ninth for his 29th save.
Eduardo Nunez came off the 60-day disabled list before the game and played for the first time since a strain on his left side slowed him in early May. He contributed a go-ahead hit that helped end a seven-game winning streak by Chris Tillman (10-3).
"It was a tough one for me, they grinded away the whole game. It wears on me," Tillman said.
"I was comfortable. Rhythm, not so much. I think they do a good job of keeping you out of rhythm," he said.
Nunez had a sacrifice fly in the second, then singled and scored in the fifth. It was 4-all when Lyle Overbay opened the sixth with a single against Tillman and advanced on a two-strike sacrifice bunt by Luis Cruz.
Next up was Nunez, and he singled up the middle. Overbay brushed past catcher Taylor Teagarden with a headfirst dive.
Alexi Casilla hit an RBI double for a 3-0 lead in the second. Teagarden, starting while catcher Matt Wieters got a day off, had an RBI single in the fourth.
Cruz hit an RBI single in the Yankees' second. Ichiro Suzuki and Robinson Cano had RBI singles in the fifth that made it 4-all.
The gametime temperature was 91 degrees, and the steamy afternoon took its toll.
Baltimore outfielders Nick Markakis and Nolan Reimold waited out a pitching change on one knee in the grass. Cano stepped out of the batter's box and glanced at the sky after the cloud cover seemed to distract him.
NOTES: The Orioles acquired INF-OF Alex Liddi from Seattle. Baltimore also got international signing slot No. 3 and sent the No. 2 spot to the Mariners. The 24-year-old Liddi was designated for assignment on June 28 after going 1 for 17 with Seattle. He'll join Triple-A Norfolk. … Yankees RHP Hiroki Kuroda (7-6, 2.95) will start Sunday, bumping Phil Hughes back a day. Kuroda skipped a start because a tweaked hip flexor. RHP Jason Hammel (7-5, 5.19) pitches for the Orioles in the series finale. … Yankees SS Derek Jeter was set to begin a rehabilitation assignment Saturday night for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. … Orioles DH Brian Roberts batted fifth as a starter for the first time in his career. … Also on the list of most homers by the All-Star break: Luis Gonzalez and Ken Griffey Jr. (35), Frank Howard (34) and Roger Maris, Sammy Sosa, Matt Williams, McGwire and Griffey, STATS said.


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Shahid Afridi's superb all-round performance helped Pakistan post an easy 23-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second and final Twenty20 international and level the series 1-1.
Sri Lanka were shot out for 99 as they collapsed, their lowest T20 total against Pakistan, after restricting the tourists to 122-6 in Hambantota.
Man-of-the-match Afridi was the star in a low-scoring match, hammering a 33-ball 52 not out and then grabbing two wickets for 17 runs in his four disciplined overs.
Afridi, who becomes the first player to appear in 50 T20 internationals, hit one six and five fours in his fourth half-century.
"It was a great team effort and everybody played his role. The partnership between Shoaib Malik and Afridi was crucial for us," said Pakistan skipper Mohammad Hafeez.
Pacemen Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat also impressed as they took three wickets apiece to keep pressure on Sri Lanka, who rested skipper Mahela Jayawardene and fast bowler Lasith Malinga.
Middle-order batsman Chamara Kapugedera top-scored with 19 in a dismal Sri Lankan batting display.
Sri Lanka, who won the opening match by 37 runs on Friday, were 76-4 at one stage before losing their last six wickets for 23 runs.
"We were brilliant in the field but then lost our way in the middle," said stand-in Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews.
Pakistan were earlier struggling at 41-4 before Afridi steadied the innings with a 68-run stand for the fifth wicket with Malik, who hit three successive fours off leg-spinner Kaushal Lokuarachchi in his 26-ball 27.
Lokuarachchi bagged two of the first four wickets as Pakistan struggled, removing Hafeez (24) and Umar Akmal (five) in his four-over spell.
Paceman Nuwan Kulasekera was the most impressive bowler, finishing with 2-13 off four tight overs.
Sri Lanka brought in Isuru Udana and Kapugedera in place of Jayawardene and Malinga. Pakistan made one change, replacing Umar Gul with Arafat.
Sri Lanka and Pakistan will now play a five-match one-day series, starting in Pallekele on Thursday.
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Shahid Afridi's superb all-round performance helped Pakistan post an easy 23-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second and final Twenty20 international and level the series 1-1.


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Blind Chester man remains upbeat despite being beaten and robbedBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
October 31. 2013 10:08PM
CHESTER — Joe was upstairs at his Chester home planning activities for a Braille club he plans to start at Epping Elementary School when he heard people talking downstairs.
The 22-year-old who is legally blind was alone and went downstairs to investigate the voices and his dogs' barking.
"I came down and this guy approached me. I had no idea who he was. He was standing there with what I thought was a lunch box, but I'm guessing now it was my mom's jewelry box. He came to me acting a little sketchy and said, 'Some guy let me in down there' and I said, 'Who?' From that moment on I blanked out. I was knocked out cold," Joe recalled Thursday morning.
Police Chief William Burke said he believes Joe was attacked by two burglars who broke into his family's Great Oak Drive home just before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Joe, who asked that his last name not be used, was unable to get a detailed description of the burglars because of his visual impairment, known as optic nerve glioma.
His vision loss began when he was a young child and suffered a brain tumor that damaged his optic nerve. He has no vision in his left eye, and his right eye allows him to see objects within four to six feet in front of him.
It appears one of the burglars punched Joe in the area of his left eye and nose, which were bruised. He also suffered a chipped tooth and injuries to his back when he was struck by a large object, possibly a long pipe.
"I'm happy to say they're not as bad as they could have been," he said of his injuries.
After being knocked to the floor, Joe said he regained consciousness a short time later.
"The scary part for me was I woke up and my sight went totally black. I couldn't see anything for about three to four minutes. One of the dogs was on me, but I couldn't tell who it was or what it was," he said.
Joe also wasn't able to see if the burglars had a vehicle.
His only description of the burglar who approached him was that he had light brown hair and was wearing a T-shirt.
Joe said the burglars entered the house by busting through a basement door that was secured with a dead bolt, damaging siding on the house in the process.
They stole cash and jewelry valued in the thousands, said Joe's mother, Tina, who was the first person Joe called after he awoke before dialing 911.
Joe was treated for his injuries at Parkland Medical Center in Derry, but he is receiving follow-up care from his doctor and will be seen by a neurologist.
His mother said she's worried he may have suffered some brain damage.
While he was shaken by the attack, Joe refuses to let it stop him from living. He's still making plans to launch the Braille club in Epping to educate students about the tactile writing system used by the visually impaired and how it has changed many lives.
Joe's condition forced him to learn how to read Braille when he was young.
A lifelong Chester resident, Joe graduated from Pinkerton Academy and remained active throughout his childhood, attending camps for the blind and participating in Special Olympics during high school.
"The greatest part for me was being there and helping others who were less fortunate," he said.
Chief Burke has known Joe since he was a child.
"He's a real good kid," he said.
Meanwhile, Joe plans to continue his search for a job. He took the six-week WorkReadyNH program at Great Bay Community College to help him get a job, but so far hasn't had any luck.
Joe said he would like to find a job working with young children, maybe even running a paid program like the Braille club.
"I love working with kids," he said.
Anyone with information on the burglary and assault is asked to call the Chester Police Department at 887-2080.


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Right on the heels of break-up rumors, the "Diamonds" songstress feted her 25th with her back-on beau on a secluded beach in Hawaii. Showing much skin in her barely there pink bikini under a see-through fishnet skirt, Rihanna and Brown strolled the shore hand-in-hand, stealing kisses and snuggling side-by-side on the sand.
"#epic day already, I woke up to sunshine in paradise and #STAY done jumped 54 spots to #3 on the BillboardHot100!!" she tweeted on Wednesday. "Walked up in #2013 like I owned a ho."
In honor of her quarter-century celebration, Rihanna shared a throwback snap of her and Brown all smiles at her 20th birthday party on Instagram. "my surprise 20th birthday party!! Im an old b**ch now!" she wrote. "Thank God for His gifts and His endless mercies! #25 #MilestoneLife"
A few hours later, she flashed forward to the present, posting a photo of the pair mid-festivities — a bikini top-clad Rihanna grinning ear-to-ear while seated on Brown's lap in the backseat of a limousine. "Pour it up pour it up!" she wrote. "#birthdaybehavior"
The morning after her birthday bash, Rihanna shared a string of Polaroid snaps, featuring not only her party pals, brother Rorrey Fenty, a cluster of celebratory balloons, and a Rastafari-themed cake, but also the Unapologetic artist in a white cut-out dress cuddling up to Brown.
"Like #diamonds in the sky," Rihanna captioned an image of Brown nestling in her neck. "#phuckyoballoons ha! My birthday owned hoes," she wrote along with another, which shows her arm around and leg crossed over Brown.
Rihanna's birthday follows on the heels of a busy business week. After debuting her first-ever fashion collection — a joint venture with the British brand River Island that will hit stores on March 5 — at London Fashion Week, the Grammy-winning singer announced her MAC cosmetic collaboration, which will see the star roll out four lines for the label throughout the year.
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