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My recent article about automating iTunes has resulted in several requests for a similar article about Windows Media Player (WMP). And so, without further ado...
We start by using the win32ole library to connect to the WMPlayer object:
require 'win32ole'
player = WIN32OLE.new('WMPlayer.OCX')
Note that this will not display the WMP user interface. That happens next.
To play a song, call the player object's OpenPlayer method, passing it the path to the song file:
player.OpenPlayer('c:\music\van halen\right now.wma')
The Media Collection
Next, we'll grab the MediaCollection object:
media_collection = player.mediaCollection
To quote Microsoft, "The MediaCollection object represents all the items stored in the Windows Media Player media collection. You will typically query the MediaCollection object to return collections of media items."
The MediaCollection object's getAll method returns a collection of all items in the library:
all_media = media_collection.getAll()
The getByAttribute method can be used to get a collection of all audio files:
audio_media = media_collection.getByAttribute("MediaType", "Audio")
To get a collection of songs by a specific artist, use the getByAuthor method:
sinatra_songs = media_collection.getByAuthor("Frank Sinatra")
You can also get items by Album:
album = media_collection.getByAlbum('Come Fly with Me')
Or by Genre:
jazz_tunes = media_collection.getByGenre('Jazz')
And, of course, you can get a collection of items by name:
songs = media_collection.getByName('Fly Me to the Moon')
Note that this will return a collection of items, even if it contains only one item. You reference a specific item by calling the collection's Item method, passing it a (zero-based) index value. So to get the first item:
first_song = songs.Item(0)
As mentioned earlier, to play a song, call the player object's OpenPlayer method, passing it the song object's sourceURL property. sourceURL is simply the path to the song file:
To add a song to your Media Collection, call the MediaCollection object's Add method, passing it the path and filename:
song = media_collection.Add('C:\music\Just in Time.wma')
To delete a song, from the Media Collection, call the MediaCollection object's Remove method, passing it the song object and the boolean value 'true':
songs = media_collection.getByName('Fly Me to the Moon')
media_collection.Remove(songs.Item(0), true)
You may need to restart the Media Player user interface to see additions and removals.
The PlayLists Collection
PlayLists are managed via the player's PlaylistCollection object:
playlists = player.PlaylistCollection
The PlaylistCollection object has methods similar to the MediaCollection object. Its getAll method returns a collection of all PlayList objects:
all_playlists = playlists.getAll()
Its getByName method returns a collection of PlayList objects by name:
split_enz_playlist = playlists.getByName('Split Enz')
Remember, this returns a collection, even if that collection contains a single item. So to get the first (and possibly only) item, we call the Item method on the returned collection:
A PlayList is a collection of Song items, just like those returned by the MediaCollection object's methods. You can call each item in the collection by index. So to print the name of each song in our playlist:
(0..my_playlist.Count - 1).each do |i|
song = my_playlist.Item(i)
puts song.Name
To create a new playlist, call the PlaylistCollection object's newPlaylist method, passing it the name of the new playlist:
playlists = player.PlaylistCollection
playlists.newPlaylist('New Playlist')
This creates a .wpl playlist file. You then have to add the new playlist file to the MediaCollection object, by calling the Add method and passing it the path and name of the newly created PlayList file:
media_collection.Add('D:\Music\My Playlists\New Playlist.wpl')
The path to the playlist file will be defined in the 'Rip music to this location' setting in Media Player's options.
To remove a playlist, call the PlaylistCollection object's Remove method, passing it the name of the PlayList object:
playlists = player.PlaylistCollection
split_enz_playlist = playlists.getByName('Split Enz').Item(0)
To add a song to a playlist, call the PlayList object's appendItem method, passing it the song object:
song = media_collection.getByName('Fly Me to the Moon').Item(0)
playlist = playlists.getByName('Frank & Dino').Item(0)
To remove a song from a playlist, call the PlayList object's removeItem method, passing it the song object:
Playing a playlist is much like playing an individual song. First get the individual PlayList object, then pass its sourceURL value to the player object's OpenPlayer method:
playlist = playlists.getByName('Frank & Dino').Item(0)
And there you have it.
Further details can be found in this Microsoft TechNet article.
As always, feel free to post a comment or send email with questions, comments, or suggestions.
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Apples represent "organic's final frontier" for many backyard and commercial growers. The number of insect pests and diseases that can plague the popular fruit have made a completely organic approach seemingly next to impossible. Yet despite the challenges, it is possible to grow healthy, flavorful apples with little or no need for synthetic chemicals.
In The Apple Grower, author and organic orchardist Michael Phillips combines the forgotten wisdom of our great-grandparents with the best research and techniques available today. Since it first appeared in 1998, the book has been widely acclaimed as the gold standard for anyone who wants to grow apples wisely and naturally. This new, colorful, fully revised and expanded edition features much new information on cutting-edge topics.
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WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama said Wednesday the Senate vote to kill a bill expanding gun sale background checks was "shameful," but it was "just round 1" of the fight.
The Senate voted 54-46 in favor of the bipartisan amendment from Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., to broaden background checks to all online and gun-show sales. However, the amendment required 60 votes for approval.
Speaking at the White House -- flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and several parents of children who were killed in the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. -- Obama said senators who voted no "caved" to pressure from the National Rifle Association and said the NRA lied about what the legislation would do.
Obama said the NRA "willfully lied" about the compromise amendment.
"Those lies upset an intense minority of gun owners and that in turn intimated a lot of senators," he said.
"All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington, but this effort is not over," the president said. "We can still bring about meaningful changes that reduce gun violence so long as the American people don't give up on it.
"I see this as just round 1."
After the Senate killed the Manchin-Toomey compromise, the NRA issued a statement repeating its position the amendment "would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members to get federal government permission to exercise a fundamental right or face prosecution."
Manchin accused the NRA of spreading "so much misinformation about the firearms background check legislation" and said the organization's contention the bill would criminalize private transfer of firearms "is a lie."
Four Republican senators -- Toomey, John McCain of Arizona, Susan Collins of Maine and Mark Kirk of Illinois -- voted for the amendment.
Five Democrats -- Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Max Baucus of Montana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Mark Begich of Alaska and Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada -- voted against it. Reid's no vote preserved his ability to bring the measure up again, The Hill reported.
Reid -- who has long enjoyed a mutually supportive relationship with the National Rifle Association -- broke with the NRA Wednesday and said he would vote for an assault weapons ban proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., "because we must strike a better balance between the right to defend ourselves and the right of every child in America to grow up safe from gun violence."
"I chose to vote my conscience, not only as Harry Reid, United States senator, but also as a husband, a father, a grandfather and a friend," Reid said.
Democratic leaders will turn to reworking gun-safety legislation in hopes they can pass some version of it in the Senate, The Hill said.
"I think [Reid] is trying to figure that out right now," said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. "It's hugely disappointing that something that 90 percent of the public wants won't get 60 votes. The country is in a different place."
White House spokesman Jay Carney said at Wednesday's daily briefing with reporters, prior to the vote, the administration believes "there is a path, a very difficult path to get to 60 votes."
"We're gonna get this eventually," Biden said during a discussion with several U.S. mayors before the vote. "If we don't get it today we'll get it eventually because the American people are way ahead of their officials."
Reid had said Tuesday he believed there was "significant momentum" in favor of the background check amendment.
"Now, am I saying it's all over with, done, we got the votes? No, but we certainly feel we have the wind at our back," he said.


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About 100 firefighters put out the blaze that ripped through a mansion that once belonged to Beverly Hills "Real Housewife" Lisa Vanderpump.
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The blaze in the 100 block of Beverly Park Way (map) was reported about 6:30 p.m. and was reported knocked down shortly before 8 p.m., said Erik Scott with LAFD.
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Within minutes of issuing a media alert, fire officials reported they had requested additional units to respond to the blaze, which had fire and smoke billowing from at least three sections in the home's roof.
Vanderpump and Ken Todd sold the home last year, sources said. It is the location where her daughter was married on the Bravo reality show, "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."


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Aprepitant injection is used together with other medicines (eg, dexamethasone, granisetron, ondansetron) to prevent acute and delayed nausea and vomiting caused by cancer medicines (chemotherapy). It is a substance P/neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptor antagonist that works by blocking the signals to the brain that cause nausea and vomiting.
This medicine is given only by or under the direct supervision of your doctor.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of aprepitant injection in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of aprepitant injection in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have age-related liver, kidney, or heart problems, which may require caution and an adjustment in the dose for patients receiving this medicine.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are receiving this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following is usually not recommended, but may be unavoidable in some cases. If used together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use this medicine, or give you special instructions about the use of food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine in a medical facility. It is given through a needle placed into one of your veins.
This medicine may be injected for at least 2 minutes. It may also be given slowly, so the IV tube will have to stay in place for at least 30 minutes. It will be given on the first day of your chemotherapy session, along with other medicines (eg, dexamethasone, granisetron, ondansetron) about 30 minutes before the start of treatment.
This medicine comes with a patient information leaflet. Read and follow the instructions carefully. Ask your doctor if you have any questions.
Check with your doctor if severe nausea and vomiting continue after leaving the medical facility.
Do not receive this medicine if you are also using pimozide (Orap®). Using these medicines together may cause serious unwanted effects.
Birth control that contains hormones (eg, pills, rings, implants, other devices) may not work as well to prevent pregnancy when used with this medicine. Use another form of birth control (including condoms or spermicide) along with your pills during treatment with this medicine and for 1 month after the last dose. If you think you have become pregnant while using the medicine, tell your doctor right away.
This medicine may cause a serious allergic reaction, called anaphylaxis, which can be life-threatening and requires immediate medical attention. Tell your doctor right away if you have a rash, itching, hoarseness, trouble breathing, trouble swallowing, or any swelling of your hands, face, or mouth after receiving this medicine.
This medicine may decrease the prothrombin time (time it takes for your blood to clot) when used together with warfarin (Coumadin®) in patients with blood clotting problems. Talk to your doctor if you have concerns.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Portions of this document last updated: July 01, 2020
Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/aprepitant-intravenous-route/precautions/drg-20406614
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I'm trying to evaluate Shinken in contrast to our current Nagios installation. I am running into an error when trying to load our Nagios 4 config. The error is. The following is a snippet from my config that shows how we get to this error. My questions: How do I fix this? What changes can i make to get this to work in Shinken? Is this an oversight in the app, and a bug that needs to be fixed?FAILED: AttributeError: 'Servicedependency' object has no attribute 'dependent_service_description' (full output is in /tmp/bad_start_for_arbiter)
Thanks!Code:define service { hostgroup_name ams service_description memory servicegroups ams memory,memory use generic-service check_command check_nrpe!check_mem } define servicegroup { servicegroup_name ams memory alias ams memory } define servicedependency { service_description nrpe dependent_servicegroup_name ams memory execution_failure_criteria n notification_failure_criteria p,c }


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February 6, 2013
President Obama's health care law will push 7 million people out of their job-based insurance coverage — nearly twice the previous estimate, according to the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office released Tuesday.
CBO said that this year's tax cuts have changed the incentives for businesses and made it less attractive to pay for insurance, meaning fewer will decide to do so. Instead, they'll choose to pay a penalty to the government, totaling $13 billion in higher fees over the next decade.
But the non-partisan agency also expects fewer people to have to pay individual penalties to the IRS than it earlier projects, because of a better method for calculating incomes that found more people will be exempt.
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The handouts and webinars on this page were developed by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to help personnel at state agencies and local governments manage their email. They are free to everyone. The webinars are archived at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission website and may be viewed as a guest. You may also create an account to login so you can print out a certificate for the course. Click Download the Archived Webinar on the course webpage to view the webinar. The download may take a few seconds.
Email Management: Part 1 (run time 64 minutes)
This is the first in a two-part webinar on email management. Topics include the laws and rules regarding email as records, how to determine when an email is a record and how to identify which emails you should keep. Also included are a discussion of the most common categories of email records, one way to organize your inbox, and some productivity tips to help make all aspects of your email use more efficient.
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This is the second part of the email management webinar series. This webinar is targeted towards Records Management Officers (RMOs) or anybody seeking more advanced knowledge of email management. Discussion includes the RMO's role regarding email management and what RMOs should include in email policies and training. Next, is a discussion on how local governments and state agencies currently handle the emails of exiting employees and TSL recommendations for the best practices for confronting this problem. Also included are what components of an email should be included in the record, including instructions on what metadata to retain.
Also discussed are alternative approaches for filing plans for email other than Outlook and brief discussions of the technology and advantages of encryption and auto classification tools, ediscovery, and email archiving software.
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(Gray News) – People looking for a scientific reason to keep eating red meat aren't getting any help from researchers.
A new study published this week in the medical journal BMJ found an increase in total red meat consumption is associated with higher overall death rates.
Eating an extra half serving of red meat a day was linked to a 10 percent higher mortality risk. Add processed meats and the rate jumps to 13 percent.
This study tracked the eating habits and death rates of some 50,000 women and 28,000 men in the United States from 1986 to 2010.
"The data suggest that replacing red meat with other protein sources, such as poultry, fish, nuts, legumes and whole grains and even vegetables, can reduce the risk of premature death," said Dr. Frank Hu, the senior author of the study.
Hu is chairman of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
A decrease in eating red meats and an increase of whole grains, vegetables or other protein sources was associated with a lower risk of death over an eight-year period, researchers found.
Earlier studies have shown that higher red meat consumption, especially processed red meat, is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer and higher mortality rates.
A study released last week by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed red and white meats were equally bad for cholesterol, one of the risk factors for heart disease.
"When we planned this study, we expected red meat to have a more adverse effect on blood cholesterol levels than white meat, but we were surprised that this was not the case - their effects on cholesterol are identical when saturated fat levels are equivalent," said the study's senior author Ronald Krauss, professor of medicine at University of California - San Francisco.
Lean poultry and lean beef are considered to be the same when it comes to cholesterol.
But neither were as good as cutting out meat altogether and eating plant-based proteins instead, the study found.
Consult with your doctor before making any dietary changes.
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Fear not, I've got a real deep pile of linkage for all kinds of tools, utilities, and software/freeware fun.
Got to start digging somewhere so today's post will be Microsoft centric.
Updates: release of The Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference, Process Explorer v15, Listdlls v3.1, new utility Findlinks v1, and Mark to Speak at Black Hat US 2011 - Sysinternals Site Discussion
Process Explorer v15: This major update to Process Explorer, a powerful tool for inspecting and controlling processes, threads, loaded DLLs, and more, adds GPU utilization and memory monitoring on Vista and higher. It also adds the ability to restart services, has a smaller memory footprint, and has visually cleaner performance graphs.
Process Explorer 15 adds GPU monitoring - BetaNews - Good overview of some of the changes in the latest iteration of Process Explorer. One of the biggest complaints for the original version was that when minimized to the system tray, the graph-on-grey standard color was horrible to see and a backlash resulted in the forums.
- v15 graph background colors - Sysinternals Forums - Page 3
- New graph colors hard to see - Sysinternals Forums - Page 1
Updates: Process Explorer v15.01 and TCPView v3.05 - Sysinternals Site Discussion - Fortunately Mark Russinovich heard the pleas and quickly came out with an incremental update that allows for custom setting of the graph colors.
Troubleshooting with the New Sysinternals Administrator's Reference - Mark's Blog. hard to believe but until this release there hasn't been an "official" MS guidebook to the Sysinternals tools. That oversight is now resolved.
ProcDump v4.0: This update for ProcDump, a trigger-based process dump capture utility, enables you to control the contents of the dump with your own minidump callback DLL and adds a new switch, -w, that has ProcDump wait for a specified process to start.
Process Monitor v2.96: This release changes the appearance of its tooltips to the default theme, fixes a drawing bug in the treeview, and updates the graphs to match the style introduced in Process Explorer v15.
Mark's Blog: The Case of the Hung Game Launcher: Read Mark's latest blog post where he uses the Sysinternals utilities to solve a problem he ran into one Sunday morning when trying to play a computer game.
Zero Day Malware Cleaning with the Sysinternals Tools (link to PDF): Mark has posted the slides from the highly-attended and well received Blackhat 2011 Workshop he delivered last week, Zero Day Malware Cleaning with the Sysinternals Tools, which demonstrates how to use the Sysinternals tools to hunt down and eliminate malware.
Coreinfo v3: Coreinfo is a command-line utility that reports detailed information about processor cores and topology, including cache sizes, core-to-socket mappings and NUMA memory latencies. It now shows the processor features supported by the system's processors. For example, Coreinfo will show if the processor supports hardware-assisted virtualization and advanced virtualization features like Second Level Address Translation.
SDelete v1.6: SDelete, a command-line utility for securely deleting files and zeroing volume free space, fixes a bug that prevented it from accessing some files on 64-bit Windows and swaps the zero-free-space and clean-free-space arguments to make them more intuitive.
Process Explorer v15.04: This release fixes several minor bugs, including a tooltip display bug and one that could result in a miscalculation of CPU usage on Windows 7 in the refresh immediately following the termination of a CPU-intensive process
Autoruns v11: This update to Autoruns, a GUI and command-line tool that lists executables configured to run when you boot, logon or run common applications, adds a "jump to folder" command and several additional autostart locations. The command-line version, Autorunsc, adds a new switch to show file hashes and an option to display the autostart entries for all user accounts registered on a system.
Coming Soon: PST Capture Tool - Exchange Team Blog
This new tool, PST Capture, will be downloadable and free, and will enable you to discover .pst files on your network and then import them into both Exchange Online (in Office 365) and Exchange Server 2010 on-premises. PST Capture will be available later this year. It doesn't replace the New-MailboxImportRequest cmdlet that exists already for importing known .pst files into Exchange Server, but instead works in parallel to enable you to embark on a systematic search and destroy mission to rid yourself of the dreaded .pst scourge <*pirate growl*>.
PST Viewer - Free tool to open and view content of PST files without MS Outlook - Kernel Data Recovery - I had the opportunity to try out this awesome tool recently. A user's NTFS HDD had borked out. While I was able to successfully recover all of their personal file data off the drive, their PST file appeared to have Microsoft Camera Codec Pack offers RAW support in Windows | HD Viewbeen lost. I was able to use TestDisk - CGSecurity on a filtered PST file carving of the drive to locate and save more than a few PST files. PST Viewer allowed me to quickly assess the contents of each one until I was certain I had the correct ones needed and could ignore the others, all without having to go through the process of attaching each one to a running Outlook client as a data-file. It was a major time-saver. More in this post Gave up Microsoft Outlook but need your PST file? There's an app for that - BetaNews.
Bit of old new now, but RAW file support now available in Photo Gallery and Windows 7.
- Getting RAW support in Photo Gallery & Windows 7 (…and a contest!) - Windows Experience blog
- Photo Gallery now supports raw format - Inside Windows Live blog
- New codec pack brings RAW support to Explorer, Live Photo Gallery - Ars Technica
- Microsoft Camera Codec Pack offers RAW support in Windows - HD View (Microsoft ICE project blog)
Microsoft Live Essentials got some more updates quite a while ago:
Microsoft updates Windows Live Essentials 2011 -- get it now! - BetaNews
Coming this week: an update to Windows Live Essentials 2011 - Inside Windows Live
In addition to changes that improve performance and quality of service, the update also includes full support for SSL in Windows Live Mail, and the latest Bing bar. Here are a few of things we think you'll find the most interesting:
- Mail: We fixed a sorting issue in the Sent items folder and improved the upload reliability and instrumentation in Photo mail.
- Messenger: We fixed a couple of stability issues and made various changes for improved voice and video quality. We fixed an issue that was causing sound to be lost after upgrading, and we improved performance when displaying the MSN Today page in the main window.
- Photo Gallery: We implemented various bug fixes for crashes related to launching Photo Gallery through Autoplay and facial recognition.
- And more: We made many other usability, performance, and stability improvements across the suite of Windows Live Essentials apps.
While I find that the stock calculator in Windows 7 does pretty well for my needs, I prefer using SpeedCrunch Portable (PortableApps.com) for rechecking my calculation jobs (which really aren't that sophisticated), particularly with it's input history feature.
I was excited then when I found a CyberNet News review post pointing out the availability of the free Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 application. Turns out this baby can not only handle complex math functions, it also includes a graphing calculator, triangle solver, unit conversion tool, as well as an extensive formulas and equations library. Really cool stuff.
Related alternatives:
RedCrab - The Calculator - freeware - super-featured and intuitive complex scientific calculator program. Portable.
Converber Portable - PortableApps.com - Freeware super-featured unit converter application.
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Editor's note: Red Fisher's feature series on the 40th anniversary of the Summit Series will continue through September as he looks back on each of the eight games, beginning with Game 1 on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 in print and online. Look for his Game 2 feature on Tuesday. We are also looking to publish some of the memories readers have from the series. Email your memories to sports editor Stu Cowan at email@example.com.
MONTREAL - National Hockey League players will tell you the real season doesn't start until after the regular one ends.
It was that way when the Original Six's 50-game schedule grew to 60 in 1946-47. Four seasons later, the schedule had expanded to 70 games, and it remained that way for 18 seasons until four more games were added after the league doubled in size — and upward to today's 82.
It's one thing to make the playoffs, but you're not a winner unless you're holding the Stanley Cup aloft. There is nothing to match it, but you'll get at least a small argument from many of the Team Canada players who competed in the classic 1972 eight-game Summit Series, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this month and none among us shall ever forget.
Team Canada's professionals versus the "amateur" Soviets. The first four games in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver on Sept. 2, 4, 6 and 8, the final four in Moscow on Sept. 22, 24, 26 and 28.
Montreal Star editor-in-chief Frank Walker had this question in mid-July: "What are we going to do about that series? Isn't it coming up in September?"
"It is ... and I've got an idea I want to run past you," he was told. "Nobody knows anything about the Soviet team. Why don't we get our stringer in Moscow (a freelance writer who contributed occasional articles) to do a series on those people? We could carry them a few days before training camp opens."
"I've got a better idea," Walker said. "Why don't you go over there for a week or so? I'll speak to somebody at the Soviet consulate in Ottawa. We'll get you cleared for the trip. They'll want to know who you want to see, where you want to go, so let me know as soon as possible. You can go over there … talk to the players, come back and do a series. We'll get our people to sell it. We may even make a few dollars out of this.
"Let's get going on this," he added. "I want you over there and back before anybody knows we're there."
A few days later, Walker said arrangements had been made to procure a visa and a ticket on Aeroflot, the USSR's principal airline.
"The people over there know you're coming," he said. "You're leaving in two days ... Wednesday night."
Walker added: "Aeroflot flies out of here only once a week and we don't want to waste an extra week. Don't tell anybody you're going. I don't want this to get around to other newspapers."
Walker's friend at the Soviet consulate was at the airport on Wednesday. He smiled a lot.
"Everything is in order, Mr. Fisher," he said. "You will be met at the airport in Moscow by our hockey people. They are looking forward to an exchange of ideas. There are no problems."
"I've got one," I said. "I don't have a hotel room in Moscow."
"That is not a problem," he said. "Our people will meet you. They will take care of you.
"You will enjoy Aeroflot," he promised. "It will be very interesting. Goodbye."
In July of 1972, Aeroflot flew overnight from Montreal to Paris. From there, it was a direct four-hour flight to Moscow, landing at 4.30 p.m. Unless, that is, the pilot had a surprise up his sleeve. Several minutes after the plane lifted off from Orly on Thursday for the Paris-to-Moscow flight, it was announced there would be a "short" stopover in Kiev.
"Did I hear the pilot mention Kiev?" I asked the man sitting beside me. "Isn't this a direct flight to Moscow?"
"Eventually," he said with a smile. "It seems we'll be landing in Kiev first. There are 25 people on this flight whose destination is Kiev. The captain has decided he will fly to Kiev first."
"I'm supposed to be met in Moscow this afternoon," I told him. "How much of a delay will there be getting to Moscow?"
"Only six hours," he said. "All in good time. No problem."
When the flight from Kiev landed at 10.30 p.m. in Moscow, there was no welcoming committee of hockey people waiting at the airport. Rudy Hucl was there, though.
"I'm the Air Canada manager in Moscow," he said. "I see you had a short stay in Kiev."
"Six hours at the airport in 100-degree heat is a short stay? Anyway, it's a long story, Rudy," he was told. "Right now, I'm too tired to tell it, but what are you doing here?"
"I saw your name on the Aeroflot passenger list," said Hucl, a native of Winnipeg. "I figured you might need some help."
I told Hucl that some Soviet hockey officials were supposed to meet me at the airport, then would take me to a hotel.
"I don't see any of them around."
"In this country, it happens a lot," Hucl explained. "That's why I'm here. I'll drive you downtown to your hotel."
"I hate to tell you this, Rudy, but I don't have a hotel room."
"And they let you fly into the country without a hotel room?"
"I'm here and I don't have a room."
"No problem," Hucl said. "Our office is in the Metropol Hotel. I'll get you a room there."
The Metropol was an old hotel only a few blocks from Red Square. It had style, though, dating back to the time when many of Russia's social lions stayed there. (A chap named Lee Harvey Oswald lived there for six months.)
It was midnight when we arrived. Moscow sweltered in the still of the night.
"Biggest heat wave in 30 years," Rudy explained. "One hundred degrees every day for the last three weeks. No sweat."
"How's the air conditioning handling the heat wave?" he was asked.
"Are you kidding?" he laughed. "This is Moscow. The hotel doesn't have air conditioning. We've got one in the Air Canada office, though. Drop in and visit if you're uncomfortable. Drop in any time."
Early on Friday, I was on the telephone to the Canadian embassy.
"I've got a problem," I said. "Some Soviet hockey people were supposed to meet me at the airport last night. The plane was six hours late because we made an unscheduled stop in Kiev. Nobody was at the airport. How do I track these people down?"
"Leave it with me," the embassy man replied. "It might take a day or so."
Two days later, he was on the telephone with a message that a man named Gresko was awaiting my call. A few minutes later, Alexander Alexeevich Gresko was on the line.
"We have been expecting you," said the Deputy Chief of the Department of International Sports Relations of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sport Under the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. "We are anxious to meet with you," he said in flawless English.
"We" included roughly 20 stern-faced men sitting around a table in a conference room.
"We would like to ask you some questions about your Canadian team," Gresko said.
"Before you do, where were you on Thursday night? I was promised by your embassy in Ottawa that I would be met at the airport."
"You came a day late," Gresko said.
"I did not arrive a day late," I said. "You were informed that I would be arriving on Thursday. Unfortunately, I was six hours late, but that was only because the Aeroflot pilot decided to stop in Kiev before coming to Moscow."
"You came a day late," he insisted.
"Your Aeroflot flies from Montreal to Moscow only on Wednesday. It's impossible to leave Montreal on a Wednesday night and arrive in your country the same day. That is why I arrived on Thursday."
"You came a day late," he repeated.
"All right, let's say I arrived a day late. Now that I'm here, where is Valeri Kharlamov? Where is Alexander Yakushev and Boris Mikhailov? Where is Alexander Maltsev? When can I meet with coach (Vsevolod) Bobrov?"
"Ah, since you came a day late, Mr. Fisher, I regret to tell you that Kharlamov is in East Germany, Yakushev is at the Black Sea, Bobrov is at the Caspian Sea," Gresko said. "Mikhailov and Maltsev are training outside the city."
"You mean I've come all this way and I won't be able to talk with your players and coach?"
"You came a day late," Gresko said.
"Mr. Gresko," I said, "I am certain you're aware that the Canadian embassy has spent two days trying to find you. I have come a long way and my newspaper has spent a lot of money to get me here. I came here to write about your hockey team, but since, as you say, they are not in Moscow, I must tell you this: there is an Air Canada plane leaving for Montreal tomorrow. I will be on it. My newspaper will expect something in return for all the money it has spent, and right now all I will be able to write is how you screwed me up."
"Do not be so impatient, Mr. Fisher," Gresko replied. "We will talk for a little while, and then you will go back to your hotel. We will try and get these people back for you."
"The first man I want to speak with is your coach," Gresko was told.
"That would be the elusive Vesovolod Bobrov," Gresko said. "You will telephone me tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock and we will arrange to talk with Bobrov."
The next morning, at 10, Gresko was on the line.
"I have not yet heard from Mr. Bobrov, but I will have more information for you in half an hour."
Thirty minutes later, I called Gresko.
"You will rest a little while longer," he said, "and then we will have the information we need."
I continued to sit in my hotel room in the midst of the worst heat wave in Moscow in three decades. No air conditioning. And no telephone calls from the Deputy Chief of the Department of International Sports Relations of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sport Under the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. For the next eight hours, I telephoned his office every hour. Nobody picked up at the other end.
It wasn't all monotony, however. A journalist who worked for Sovietsky Sport paid me a visit.
"As a Soviet," he said cheerfully, "I can understand that it is not always easy to discover Bobrov. As a journalist, I have sympathy for you. It is not Bobrov you are trying to reach, it is James Bond."
Eventually, some hockey people were produced, including coach Bobrov. A few players, but not all. Very little of it was fun.
Every once in a while I think of Alexander Gresko, if only because he was a lot more than the weighty title he carried. Long after the series ended, the international media reported that well before the Summit Series was conceived, Gresko had been one of 10 Soviet spies tossed out of Great Britain in the mid-1960s.
Indeed, this was the same Alexander Gresko who, when the eight-game series was about to begin in Montreal, was among a group of Soviet officials greeted in Ottawa by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Alex even posed cheerfully with the Prime Minister in the latter's office. I suspect there were some red faces at RCMP headquarters over this major oversight, but Gresko had a talent for turning up at a lot of unexpected places … at the 1975 Pan-American Games in Mexico City, for example. Small world.
"What brings you here, Alex?" I asked.
"I have been appointed secretary general of the 1980 Moscow Olympics," he said. "My superiors felt it would be a good idea to see how these Games are organized. It is a learning experience."
We spent several hours together in his hotel room talking about the '72 series and other things.
"The Canadians played with a lot of emotion," he admitted. "It was a learning experience for our players. It is always good to learn. There were some very good players on the Canadian team: (Phil) Esposito, (Paul) Henderson, a few others."
We talked about the spy business in Great Britain.
"A mistake," he said. "There were no spies."
We talked about many things that afternoon. He almost seemed sorry when I rose to leave.
"It's too bad I couldn't get to know you better in 1972," I said. "Maybe we'll meet again."
"Maybe," he said. "Who knows?"
I was still waiting for the hotel elevator when he rushed out of his room.
"Red! Red! Do me a favour," he said.
"What's that, Alex?"
"If you write something, don't mention the spy crap!"
I haven't seen Alex since those few hours in Mexico City so many years ago. He wasn't seen at the Moscow Olympics, either. Strangely, even a few people who were at his side throughout the '72 series denied they ever knew him.
"Where is Alex?" I asked a Russian sportswriter several years later.
"Alexander Gresko. You were always with him in '72."
"I don't know that name," he said.
I met the same sportswriter several times during the '80s. Every time Gresko's name was mentioned, I received the same response: "I don't know that name."
We met once more in September, 1990, when the Canadiens trained for several days in Moscow. By then, there were signs everywhere that the breakup of the Soviet Union was imminent. The people were more outgoing. They talked more. They had opinions. The iron curtain of secrecy was rising.
"Gresko, what's happened to him? Nobody seems to know where he is," the Russian writer was told.
"These days," he said with a tight, little smile, "who knows where a full colonel in the KGB would be."
Share your Summit Series memories: Red Fisher's feature series on the 40th anniversary of the Summit Series will continue through September as he looks back on each of the eight games, beginning with Game 1 on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012. Look for his Game 2 feature in Tuesday's paper. We are also looking to publish some of the memories readers have from the series.
* Email your memories to sports editor Stu Cowan at email@example.com.
* For more on the Summit Series, go to montrealgazette.com/summitseries


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Giant pussy willow, Japanese pussy willow
Salix chaenomeloides You have to feel fond of a plant you can pet. The furry catkins on this variety of pussy willow grow so large they resemble little bunnies. Some even sport "toes". This fun small tree reaches 15-25 feet tall at a fast rate. Its narrow dark green leaves are a lighter tone...
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Prickly Pear Cactus
Opuntia humifusa Want a smile on a winter day? Tired of watering? Have a baking hot spot in the yard? Try a winter-hardy prickly pear cactus. The smooth pads of these native cacti have the typical cactus spines as well as glochids, tiny barbed hairs with a deceptively downy appearance. Practical,...
Allegheny pachysandra
Pachysandra procumbens This native pachysandra is earning more fans as Marylanders add native plants to their landscapes. Its serrated leaves of a slightly bluish-green grow atop erect 6–10" stems. As foliage matures, it develops a pleasing two-tone mottled effect. Clumps of white bottle brush...
Taxodium distichum (fall color) If you have a sunny, damp area, lots of space and want a strong focal point, baldcypress could be the plant for you. This unusual native looks like a lofty needled evergreen in summer, but drops its foliage in the fall, giving it the name "bald". Foliage is soft and...
Bird's Nest Spruce
Picea abies 'Nidiformis' This dwarf conifer looks good throughout the year, but proves invaluable in the winter landscape when the short fine-textured needles remain a dark rich green. In spring, new growth appears a cheery yellow-green at branch tips. This flat-topped, spreading spruce has a...
Hydrangea Arborescens 'Annabelle' Stunning winter interes t can be achieved by juxtaposing dry hydrangea flowers against a dark background. 'Annabelle', a cultivar of our native hydrangea arborescens, is particularly effective, with extremely large corymbs (flower heads) up to a foot across on...
River Birch
Betula nigra 'Heritage' Yearning for winter interest in your bare garden? The craggy trunk of river birch 'Heritage' can spice up your garden with exfoliating bark in shades of salmon pink, cinnamon, and white. At 40-70 feet tall, this medium-sized tree fits most landscapes. The glossy green leaves...
Golden Stars or Lady Fingers Cactus
Mammillaria elongata A plant for people who kill plants, Golden Stars cactus requires little watering and accepts a variety of light levels. Three to four hours of direct sunlight is optimal, though all but a north window should work. Water sparingly; more sparingly in winter. In summer, it enjoys...
Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary plants shaped like little pine trees make popular holiday decorations. An ancient Mediterranean plant, rosemary needs lots of sunlight--full sun if possible. In winter, keep it cool (50-60 degrees) and water sparingly. Ironically, it also needs humidity, so spritz it...
Winterberry Holly
Ilex verticillata Winterberry, our native wetland holly, makes a stunning specimen for the winter garden. Its autumn leaves turn yellow and fall to reveal a breathtaking view of thousands of brilliant red berries clinging to bare stems. What a joy to have such color in the middle of winter. Bird...
Little Bluestem
Photo by Sara Tangren Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) This native grass is coming on strong as gardeners switch to plants both ornamental and beneficial. In fall, its bluish blades give way to bright gold and reddish tones. Don't cut back this ornamental grass before winter and it...
Rugosa Rose
Rosa rugosa Planning the multi-season garden, an unusual choice is rugosa rose, with leaves puckered like seersucker, summer flower show, fall color and, to top it off, red rose hips into winter. Their hips (seed capsules) are substantial enough to stand out in the landscape. Like all roses, look...
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U.S. Census: Rationalizing Race
Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations
Thursday, April 18, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
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What boxes do you mark on the U.S. Census to describe your heritage?
Prior to the year 2000, multiracial people could only check one box in the Race category of the U.S. Census. Now, according to the 2010 U.S. Census, multiracial Americans are the fastest growing demographic group.
Join our discussion about the history of racial and ethnic categories and all there is to learn from the U.S. Census.
Featuring Nicholas A. Jones, chief of the U.S. Census Bureau's Racial Statistics Branch, and sociologist Ann Morning, author of The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think and Teach about Human Difference; and including web artists Josh Begley, creator of Racebox.org, and Jonathan Soma, creator of A Handsome Atlas; moderated by Eric Hamako, doctoral candidate in Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
This event is presented in collaboration with MAVIN: The Mixed Heritage Experience.
Thursday, April 18
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Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont St
Thursday, April 18, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
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Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations
This event is part of Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations, Brooklyn Historical Society's oral history project and public programming series, which examines the history and experiences of mixed-heritage people and families, cultural hybridity, race, ethnicity, and identity.


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It's a jungle out there... but we've been able to save out ten great finds for the Valentines season. Get started now * Valentine Hearts shapes * 3D Valentine's Day Typography * Age Progression tutorial * colorful background for Valentine's Day * Basic editing tutorial in Adobe Photoshop * Valentine's day post card * colorizing hair * smoothing skin... and more
So I've posted this nice and early because Valentine's day is a good time to promote your business! In the U.S., it's winter, and most everyone is experiencing winter doldrums. So, it's a real good time to get their attention, and spark up the old relationship -- business wise. Part of the promotion can also remind them that spring is not far away! Enjoy.
Create a Valentine card in photoshop
In this tutorial, you will create a valentine card and use photoshop shapes to create this card. We selected this one because it has some pretty nice brush training. It's from the PSDguides folks.
Create a Valentine card in photoshop
Valentine Hearts shapes
These hearts designs from "Graphics Extras" can be used to create items for sale such as Valentine's Day cards, books, illustrations and more. The package is for sale, ten-bucks -- but many of the graphics on the page are easily tracable. The designs can be combined, modified, distorted, re-colored, applied repeatedly, applied with varying opacity or blending modes and more
Valentine Hearts shapes
3D Valentine's Day Typography
In this tutorial by Marcin Stryczek you'll get instruction on creating this illustration. This technique can be used in a variety of ways and also for different themes besides Valentine's Day. This one is actually pretty good. You can see a lot more of Marcin's work at http://marcinxp.deviantart.com/gallery/
3D Valentine's Day Typography
Age Progression
This is a little bit sneaky, but the best way to show someone how good they look today, is to show them what they're going to look like in twenty years. Now they can be thankful and live their life to the fullest. Don't forget to include the sentiment : "I'll love you just as much when you grow old!" ... or "looking forward to growing old together!"
Age Progression
Create colorful background for Valentine's Day
Of course, we couldn't pass up this tutorial and opportunity to show you how to create a colorful background for Valentine's Day, using Custom Shape Tool, Layer Styles, gradients, and other Photoshop tools. It's from the guys at Adobetutorialz who do a new one every year.
Create colorful background for Valentine's Day
Basic editing tutorial in Adobe Photoshop
This one is from the deviously deviant young lady from the United Kingdom named Victoria Sims (or "The Tragic Truth of Me") who has some awesome work displayed in her Deviant gallery. This tutorial has some good retouching lessons -- to make your Valentine look even better than ever. It's a very long JPG file. here
Basic editing tutorial in Adobe Photoshop
Create a valentine's day post card
In this tutorial you will learn how to create yet another romantic Valentine's day postcard, this time with some twists -- like a nice 3D box with a pattern applied to it in different perspectives. It's from GrafPedia.
Create a valentine's day post card
Beginners: Colorize her hair for Valentines ...
This one from "Small Tutorials" invites you to change Hair Color With Photoshop. We selected this one because it's so easy, using just basic Photoshop skills, we can call it a true beginner's tutorial.
Beginners: Colorize her hair for Valentines ...
Smooooothing the skin ... for beginners
Yes, here's another basic Photoshop skills class -- on smoothing skin. Be careful, this one takes the smoothing just a bit too far. Go easy for a more natural look.
Smooooothing the skin ... for beginners
Be My Valentine
Omar Diaz treats us to this baby-doll piece in the "Making of Be My Valentine." Omar is a Spanish Graphic Designer and Digital Painter, currently studying the concept of art for the movies and videogames. Some heavy-duty art here, careful -- you'll need some talent to fill in the gaps. See more at his blog and portfolio
Be My Valentine
Don't let Photoshop Madness get you down!
Searching for good Photoshop images and tutorials amongst all the total madness out on the web Don't let Photoshop Madness get you down!
See the last edition of Photoshop Madness
There are always lots of spectacular Photoshop images and visuals out there! Share them! We'll be back shortly with MORE Photoshop Madness ... and please -- BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU SURF ... but when you do find a great Photoshop practitioner, or a good Photoshop tutorial, please share itwith us! If you create Photoshop Tutorials yourself, please post your info here so you can be considered for a Photoshop Fave! Of course, some of our favorite editions of Photoshop Madness can be found in the legacy Photoshop Tips & Tricks web site -- including the last edition of Photoshop Madness from 2010.
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The polar vortex normally sits over the North Pole, but it's now moving south, bringing dangerously cold air all the way to Savannah, Ga. NBC's Al Roker reports.
The U.S. has basically gone into hibernation — thanks to the coldest Arctic outbreak in at least 20 years, which promises to keep wind chills Tuesday as low as 40 below in parts of the country.
As many as 187 million Americans — more than half the nation's population — live in regions submerged under the rare "polar vortex" so broad that every state except Hawaii can expect some freezing temperatures.
In the Upper Midwest, the only unknown will be how big the numbers with minus signs before them will be — a day after temperatures already hit 20 to 30 degrees below zero over much of the region Tuesday.
"These are some temperatures that we haven't seen in decades," said Jen Carfagna, a forecaster for The Weather Channel.
The phenomenon called a polar vortex is essentially an arctic cyclone. It usually sits near the North Pole, but this week, like the birds, it has traveled south for the winter.
Hard freeze warnings for Tuesday extended all the way south to the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida, while the entire northeast quarter of the country is under a wind chill warning — with some perceived temperatures forecast to hit 50-below in North Dakota and Minnesota, according to the National Weather Service.
Human flesh freezes in less than five minutes at that temperature, the weather service warned.
In northern Minnesota on Monday, the towns of Embarrass, Babbitt and Brimson all reached minus-40 — and that was the real air temperature, not the wind chill.
Gov. Mark Dayton ordered schools across the state closed — the first time that has happened in 17 years.
NBC's Anne Thompson reports from John F. Kennedy International Airport, where JetBlue says it won't fly again in New York or Boston until Tuesday afternoon.
And travel was so snarled by the crippling weather that JetBlue Airways took the extraordinary step of grounding flights at four of the nation's busiest airports Monday — the three major New York airports and Boston's Logan International.
"We regret the impact to our customers," said the airline, which said it hoped to be operational by 3 p.m. ET Tuesday.
By 10:30 p.m. ET, more than 4,500 flights into and out of U.S. airports had been canceled Monday — more than 1,600 of them at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport alone. Almost 300 had been canceled at Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport.
"It's tough on all of us. You can't stay out here real long," said George Sipus of Indianapolis Power and Light — which was still working late Monday night to restore power to 22,000 customers — told NBC station WTHR of Indianapolis.
Trash and garbage collectors are also at significant risk, said Josh Boxx, owner of Boxx Sanitation in Eau Claire, Wis., which shut down Monday because conditions were just too dangerous.
"It's a huge safety concern for our workers who have to be out in this cold, and it's hard on our equipment," Boxx told NBC station WEAU.
The conditions were deadly in Christian County, Ill., where an elderly man was found dead from the cold just a few feet from safety, the sheriff's office said.
The man tried to walk home after his car broke down about a mile away; his body was found in his driveway Monday morning. His identity wasn't immediately released.
As the snowy Midwest digs out from the latest storm, wind chills hit 50 degrees below zero in some places. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.
By Wednesday, the big chill should be on its way out, and by Thursday, highs in much of the Great Lakes and the Northeast will climb all the way into the 20s and the 30s, forecasters said.
Get the latest weather news and your local forecast
But in the meantime, misery was everywhere:
- The 77-year-old former mayor of Shawnee, Kan., Tom Soetaert, was treated for hypothermia after he fell while taking out the trash Monday and lay in his garage for almost an hour before receiving help from delivery man for The Kansas City Star.
Soetaert's body temperature was 92 degrees when rescue crews arrived.
"It's a good feeling to know that I helped someone," the carrier, Jeff Stockwell, told NBC station KSHB of Kansas City, Mo. "I'm just really glad that I followed my instincts to check out the situation."
- Indiana Gov. Mike Pence declared a state of disaster emergency for 29 counties, and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard declared a level-red travel emergency, making it illegal for anyone to drive except in emergencies or to get to shelter. It was the first time that has happened since 1978.
- In Lexington, Ky., temperatures fell 55 degrees in less than 24 hours, with wind chills at minus-20 Monday. A car lost control on a patch of black ice Monday morning on Interstate 75 in Laurel County, causing a two-vehicle crash that killed the driver, NBC station WLEX reported.
- More than 250 members of the Indiana National Guard reported for duty to help stranded dialysis patients get to their treatments, state Adjutant General Martin Umbarger told NBC station WTHR of Indianapolis.
- It was so cold that in Clarksville, Iowa, that firefighters were tagging in and out like wrestlers as they battled a house fire, only to find their hoses were frozen. The house was totaled, NBC station KWWL of Waterloo reported.
- It was so cold overnight that both engines froze on an Amtrak train from Detroit to Chicago, stranding passengers for nine hours just past Kalamazoo, Mich., until another train arrived to tug it the rest of the way home.
"Not exactly in the best of spirits," Valerie King, a journalism student at Northwestern University, posted to Twitter from inside the train. Finally in Chicago, she snapped a photo of the train's outside, which looked freezer-burned:
@cenelson08 Feel free to use my tweets! I didn't get pics on train but did snap a few of exterior when we arrived. pic.twitter.com/Whkvp2uMl1— Valerie King (@valerielking) January 6, 2014
Erin McClam of NBC News contributed to this report.


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Toronto may look to open market for rotation help
Right-hander Jimenez, Japanese star Tanaka headline crop of free-agent starters
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays have at least a few holes on their roster that need to be fixed, but there's little doubt that the more glaring need can be found on the mound.
Toronto's starting rotation was supposed to be one of the league's best in 2013, but instead became one of its worst. The club has since parted ways with the disappointing Josh Johnson, while R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle and Brandon Morrow are the only three with guaranteed jobs heading into the spring.
The general line of thinking is that the Blue Jays would ideally like to add a couple of starters this offseason, but at the very least, they need to acquire one. The fifth spot potentially could be filled by Marcus Stroman, Drew Hutchison, Kyle Drabek, J.A. Happ or Esmil Rogers, but there's a glaring need for another middle-of-the-rotation arm.
Blue Jays generally manager Alex Anthopoulos generally prefers to stay away from the free-agent market, but there are signs that could be changing this offseason. Anthopoulos told reporters at this week's General Managers Meetings in Orlando, Fla., that Toronto has some money to spend, and the preferred route could be using the open market to the club's advantage.
The current market for starters is rather weak in terms of top talent, but there does appear to be a lot of depth. That could work in the Blue Jays' favor, but regardless of whom the club ends up targeting, it's going to come at a hefty price tag.
Here's a closer look at some of the top starters that are available through free agency:
Ubaldo Jimenez: The Blue Jays have been linked to Jimenez in the past, and the rumors will undoubtedly heat up again this offseason. Jimenez was one of the best starters in the game a few of years ago, but he struggled with the Indians in 2011-12. His biggest issue was a lack of command, but he figured things out at the right time by posting an impressive 3.30 ERA in his final season before free agency. Jimenez would appear to fit the mold of what Toronto is looking for and he's still only 29 years old, but there's plenty of risk, considering his previous struggles in Cleveland.
Masahiro Tanaka: Major League Baseball is currently negotiating a new posting-fee agreement with Japan that would impact the status of potential imports such as Tanaka. There have been concerns in the past about the high costs required to submit blind bids, but as of the latest reports, it doesn't appear much will change prior to the 2014 season. That could be good news for the Blue Jays, who could secure negotiating rights with a high bid, instead of having to compete against other teams in an open market where the player would have a final say on his future destination. Assistant GM Andrew Tinnish scouted Tanaka earlier this year in Japan, but it's not immediately clear how much interest Toronto has for a pitcher who doesn't strike out nearly the same number of batters as his countryman, Rangers righty Yu Darvish.
Ervin Santana: The 30-year-old righty reportedly is seeking approximately $100 million through free agency after a season in which he posted a 3.24 ERA over 211 innings for Kansas City. Santana is just one year removed from a disappointing campaign with the Angels, when he struggled to a 9-14 record and a 5.16 ERA. That should raise at least a few red flags, but it was the only year since 2009 that Santana failed to reach at least 200 innings with an ERA below 4.00. It's hard to envision the Blue Jays competing with a $100 million offer, but if the asking price drops, then Toronto could become a potential suitor.
Matt Garza: The well-traveled 29-year-old is a proven commodity in the American League East after spending three seasons with the Rays, from 2008-10. Since leaving Tampa Bay, though, he's battled a variety of injuries and wasn't impressive in a short stint with the Rangers following a trade at the 2013 non-waiver Trade Deadline. Garza's asking price is expected to be high, but considering his checkered past, it should be lower than that of Santana's.
Ricky Nolasco: Baseball is currently flush with cash because of lucrative television contracts, and nowhere else is it more evident than in the asking price of Nolasco. The former Marlins right-hander reportedly is seeking upwards of $80 million on the open market, which seems high considering his career 4.37 ERA. Nolasco was one of the Dodgers' biggest acquisitions prior to the non-waiver Trade Deadline, but when the postseason rolled around, Los Angeles gave him just one start. That's pretty telling, and it seems unlikely Toronto would take the risk unless Nolasco's asking price severely drops.
Scott Kazmir: The 29-year-old lefty is one of the more interesting candidates available in free agency. Kazmir made just one appearance in the Major Leagues from 2011-12, but he received an opportunity with the Indians this year and didn't disappoint. Kazmir resurrected his career by going 10-9 with a 4.04 ERA while striking out 162 over 158 innings. He isn't nearly as enticing as some of the other names on this list, but there is some upside there, and his asking price should be quite a bit less. Kazmir likely will take his time in free agency while waiting for some of the other available pitchers to set the market value.
The best of the rest: Veteran right-handers Bartolo Colon and Tim Hudson are both free agents, but it seems unlikely either player would join Toronto at this stage of their career. Both would require only short-term deals, but they likely will prefer to stay away from the notoriously hitter-friendly Rogers Centre.
Right-hander Bronson Arroyo is another interesting candidate, especially after the Reds declined to make him a qualifying offer. The 36-year-old is one of the most durable pitchers in the game, as evidenced by his 10 consecutive seasons with at least 178 innings pitched. His last two years included ERAs below 3.80, but that should be expected to rise with a transition to the AL.
Johnson will be a reclamation project for someone, but that team won't be the Blue Jays. Toronto appeared to make its message clear by declining to extend a qualifying offer to the former ERA champion, and it appears as though he will head back to the National League, where he can recoup value without the added danger of a designated hitter. Johnson should be able to get close to $10 million, and if Toronto was interested, the club likely would have just guaranteed him the $14.1 million with a qualifying offer.


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While most MLS teams are opening the 2014 regular season this Saturday, March 8, the Colorado Rapids will still be one week away from their opening match in New York. So the team will instead use the date for a dry run, holding an intrasquad scrimmage at 3 p.m. inside the stadium at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
The match will be an 11-v-11 affair lasting 80-90 minutes, and will be open to the public. Anyone wishing to attend can enter through Gate G – the main entrance to the stadium on the west side – from 2:30 p.m.
"It's good for the guys to get in the mindset that the season is starting, and it helps to play in your own stadium and prepare like a normal game," said Pablo Mastroeni, who expects to watch parts of the game from the stands while assistant coaches handle the two sides. "For most of the guys it's more of a psychological preparation than physical. All the while, it's a good opportunity to get one dry run before the real thing in New York.
"The idea is to get everyone as many minutes as possible, and we're thinking between 80 and 90 minutes. We haven't figured out exactly how it'll go, but we definitely want one 45-minute half and then depending on the conditions, weather, field, we'll see about the second half. But the idea is to give everyone as much time and use as few subs as possible."
Those watching the match will be allowed in Sections 127-130 (midfield on the west side), and the restrooms above those sections will be open. The team store and concession areas will remain closed.
The Rapids' opening match of the season will be at New York Red Bulls on Saturday, March 15 at 2 p.m. MT, with a live broadcast on Altitude featuring the commentary duo of Richard Fleming and Marcelo Balboa. The home opener is a week later, on Saturday, March 22 at 4 p.m. MT at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.


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Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
January 23, 2011
When I saw this recipe by Jenny on tumblr I KNEW I had to try it!
I used an ice cream scoop and ended up with 14 humongous cookies instead of 24. They were bigger than my lens cap!
I found the chocolate chip cookie part way too sweet so next time I'll use less sugar. Other than that I have no complaints.
Happy Sunday!
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January 24, 2011 4:17 am
They look soft and chewy, my cookies are alway hard. Whats your secret?
January 26, 2011 5:11 am
I need those cookies! i have pinched the recipe and now i am going to be thinking about then until i make them hehe!
p.s you should put a subscribe by email box on your blog, so we can get your posts delivered by email (well ok so I can get your post delivered by email) ;o)


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CEP gives you more energy, greater endurance
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The elastic foot section wraps around
your foot like a second skin.
Padded zones for even more comfort.
The socks' compressive effect
makes your legs visibly thinner.
Thanks to improved circulation in
the legs.
The close-fitting socks keep
your legs in direct contact with your boots
so your horse understands every command.
For riders, the happiest place on earth is on the back of a horse. When people and horses work together as a single team, much of the communication takes place via the legs. The objective is to give commands in a very subtle, non-apparent way. As the rider tires, commands become less accurate and the chance of error increases. CEP has developed a solution to precisely this problem: CEP Riding Socks increase the flow of blood in your legs to give you more endurance and enhanced performance. But that's not all. CEP Riding Socks also give you slender legs, which in turn makes it easier to put on and take off your riding boots. CEP Riding Socks are made in Germany so you know they are premium quality products. Dressage riders like Christoph Koschel and even show jumpers have long discovered the advantages of CEP for themselves and swear by these innovative knee socks.