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Legacy: Austria's Influence On American Skiing "Hannes Schneider & His Disciples (1940)" With the onset of World War II, Austrian ski instructors and racers were viewed with both suspicion and interest. Suspicion they might be Nazi collaborators, interest in recruiting them to teach ski and rock climbing skills to U.S. troops. D
2:00 am
Market Warriors "Antiquing In New Milford, CT" Pickers Miller, John, Bob and Kevin are at Elephant Trunk Country Flea Market and have been told to find something metal. Notable finds include a pyrography chair and a slant front desk.G
3:00 am
Outdoor Idaho "Chasing The Light" Some of Idaho's professional landscape photographers share their secrets for positioning themselves to capture a special scene in a photograph, often waiting hours, even days, for the natural lighting they seek to preserve. OUTDOOR IDAHO travels with them to locations that encapsulate Idaho's treasured scenery.G
3:30 am
MotorWeek "Jaguar Xf Awd" Road Test: 2013 Jaguar XF AWD Road Test: 2012 Acura RDX Goss' Garage: Aging Tires. D
4:00 am
Sesame Street "The Good Bird's Club" Big Bird receives an invitation to join the Good Birds Club. On his way to join he sings about how happy he is to be himself. When Big Bird meets the president of the club, he ridicules Big Bird because of his physical appearance. D
5:00 am
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel's Babysitter/Daniel Goes to School" Daniel's Babysitter - Prince Tuesday comes to babysit Daniel Tiger while Mom Tiger and Dad Tiger go out dancing. As Daniel gets ready for bed, he misses his Mom and Dad, but Prince Tuesday reminds him that they will be back soon. And when Tigey goes missing right before bedtime, Daniel learns what a grr-ific babysitter Prince Tuesday is. D
5:30 am
Martha Speaks "Martha Sings/TD Makes The Band" Martha Sings - Martha wakes up singing and not just because she's happy. She can't stop! TD Makes the Band - Everybody's singing about Shecky the Sea Lion and it's driving TD nuts!G
6:00 am
Nature "Cracking The Koala Code" Scientists track the day-to-day lives of an extended family of koalas in a forest pocket near urban Brisbane, Australia, to unravel what a forest needs to support a healthy population and how these slow-moving creatures react to the surrounding suburbia. Other scientists on St. Bees Island use solar-powered mobile phones to record koala vocalizations and begin to decipher some of the animals' communications.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Florentine Delights and Tuscan Side Trips" Rick takes in more of the artistic treasures of the city that propelled Europe out of the Middle Ages. Then he takes side trips to a couple of rival cities and cultural capitals in their own right - Pisa and Luca. He marvels at the tipsy tower, circles a city on its ramparts, and enjoys some Puccini in the composer's hometown. Part 2 of 2G
7:30 am
Rudy Maxa's World "Turkey's Turquoise Coast" Rudy tours historic ruins near Bodrum and the ancient towns of Ephesus, Antalya Myra and Dalyan.G
8:00 am
The Desert Speaks "Royal Road to the Final Outpost" The third installment of the trip along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro includes a visit to Hildago del Parral, and its monument to the famous soldier of Mexican independence, Pancho Villa. Nearby Santa Barbara, also along the original route, is a festive sight with deep, proud roots to the ancient Royal Road. El Paso del Norte marks the passage of the route across the border into the U.S. D
8:30 am
Ciao Italia "Whole Wheat Pizza/Pizza Integrale" Mary Ann's got healthy whole wheat flour on her mind -- and in her mixing bowl too. She's re-creating Mom's Filled Calzones, one of her mother's favorites, that's filled with fresh ricotta cheese and chunks of provolone. She keeps the theme going with a Whole Wheat Pizza with Olives and Cheese, and surprise, tops it with a fresh greens salad, picked that very morning from Guy's garden. D
9:00 am
Cooking Odyssey "Thessaloniki - Part 2" Eva vists the museum of Byzantine culture explores a vineyard with one of the largest corkscrew collections in Europe and discovers a Jewish museum in northern Greece, and Chef Yianni makes a unique Byzantine inspired dessert. D
9:30 am
Pati's Mexican Table "Easy Comfort Food" Simple, easy, home-style cuisine that you'd find in just about any Mexican home, recreated for the American kitchen. This meal was Pati's favorite "everyday" meal growing up in Mexico, and one she regularly makes for her own family today. She's proud to share the steps so that you can enjoy it, too! Dressed-up Chicken Milanesa; Chayote Squash and Pickled Onion Salad; Chunky Chipotle Mashed Potatoes. D
10:00 am
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "A Latin Celebration" Test cook Bridget Lancaster uncovers the secrets to authentic Peruvian Roast Chicken. Next, gadget guru Lisa McManus reveals her top pick for vertical roasters. Then, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges host Christopher Kimball to a tasting of brown rice. D
10:30 am
GardenSMART You might not garden under these circumstances but you will still be fascinated with this unusual location and the gardener's use of uncommon plants. You can take away gardening tips along with plant and craft ideas. Tune in to GardenSMART. D
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Bluegrass Underground "The Timejumpers" Nashville's hottest ticket isn't the Grand Ole Opry but Monday nights at the tiny Station Inn with this all-star, 11-piece western swing outfit. With lead vocals provided by Dawn Sears, Kenny Sears, Vince Gill and two-time Grammy-winner "Ranger Doug" Green, this band features Music City's instrumental A-list, including Paul Franklin on pedal steel, Dennis Crouch on bass, three world-champion fiddlers and accordion master Jeff Taylor, with Gill and session ace Andy Reiss swapping guitar duties. D
11:30 am
Music Voyager "Lafayette: Sounds from the Bayou" In this enchanting episode, host Jacob Edgar experiences the food, lifestyles and culture of Southwest Louisiana. Lafayette is the epicenter of Cajun and Creole culture, where the infectious rhythms of Zydeco and Cajun music echo across the bayou. There, Edgar settles in to picturesque Dockside Studios for a session with Roddie Romero, a talented local musician. D
12:00 pm
Sesame Street "Humpty Dumpty's Big Break" Telly is very worried about Humpty Dumpty falling off the wall, but Humpty explains that he is there to watch a football game. Just as the game is about to start, one of All the King's Horses comes limping in and says he can't play. It's Humpty's dream to play football, so he offers to replace him, but Telly is very worried that Humpty will break. D
1:00 pm
Dinosaur Train "Kenny Kentrosaurus/Don and the Troodons" Kenny Kentrosaurus - As the Pteranodon's World Tour nears its end, the Pteranodon family travels to Africa to meet a Stegosaur named Kenny Kentrosaurus. He teaches the kids about his spikes and his tail, showing them how to thump, prompting a fun drumming party! Don and the Troodons - The Pteranodon family oversleeps and rushes to go on another World Tour! Don is allowed to stay back on the Train and he ends up having a fun and educational day with the Conductor and his mom, Mrs. Conductor!. D
1:30 pm
Super Why! "Pinocchio" Whyatt told a lie and he feels really guilty! The Super Readers visit Pinocchio, a boy who also fibbed and whose NOSE is growing, right before his eyes! Pinocchio needs the literacy-powered assistance of the Super Readers to face up to Gepetto.nose and all. And Whyatt finds out how important it is to tell the truth. D
2:00 pm
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Secret Super Digger/Pucker Up and Blow" Secret Super Digger - Sally is trying to grow a flower for her mom, but it just won't grow. Time to see Finola! At Finola's Farm, she introduces Cat, Sally and Nick to her secret super digger - Diggery the earthworm. Diggery shows them how plant roots need water air and compost, which Diggery helps to make. D
2:30 pm
Wild Kratts "Stuck On Sharks" Martin and Chris are on a mission to uncover the secret life of the mysterious Great White Shark. They use Aviva's incredible Remora Rocketsub to "stick with" a female shark and soon learn that the giant predator of the sea actually has lots of challenges to contend with and that she could help them discover something that no one has ever seen before - the birth of Great White shark pups. But when Gourmand sniffs around looking for ingredients for his Shark Fin Soup recipe, the Wild Kratts team must help rescue their new friend. D
3:00 pm
Wyland's Art Studio "Sea Lion Kelp Forest" Create this beautiful kelp forest scene using Wyland's technique, drawing and painting in the same motion.G
3:30 pm
Piano Guy Host Scott Houston and guests show viewers how to play an original composition entitled "A Journey Home" and the signature intro from "New York, New York." Five-time Grammy nominee, David Benoit, also gives us his thoughts on composing original material. Other featured artists include Lori Mechem, Dave Powers and Karl Propst. D
4:00 pm
Life On Fire "The Surprise Salmon" In Alaska, North America's highest mountains and most active volcanoes erupt and poison the rivers. Scientists are just beginning to piece together the events of nearly 2,000 years ago when one race of salmon faces the death of its river and is forced back to the open ocean - on an extraordinary adventure.G
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NOVA "Ice Age Death Trap" In a race against developers in the Rockies, archaeologists uncover a unique site packed with astonishingly preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons and other giant extinct beasts, opening a vivid window on the vanished world of the Ice Age.G
7:00 pm
Everyday Edisons "Row, Row, Row, Your Row" Charlie Lumsden is a man who loves exercising on the beautiful blue waters of Maui, Hawaii where he lives. A former tile contractor and stonemason, Charlie turned his attention to exercise equipment. Now a paddle boarding aficionado, he decided neither rain, nor storm, neither hurricane nor dark of night should deter him from his daily row routine. D
7:30 pm
Everyday Edisons "Who Let The Dogs Out?!" In this fun-filled episode, we will meet dogs . lots of dogs and take a lot of walks. When inventor, Brian Smith, was walking his dogs, Teddy and Taz, his arm was almost jerked off when one of them saw a feline nemesis. D
8:00 pm
History of Science "What Is The World Made of?" Michael Mosley demonstrates how the modern human society is built on the search to find the answer to what makes up everything in the material world. The story moves from the secret labs of the alchemists and their search for gold to the creation of the world's first synthetic dye - mauve - and on to the invention of the transistor.G
9:00 pm
Scientific American Frontiers "Growing Up Different" Many children face challenges far beyond the usual stresses and strains of growing up.The program looks at the controversial use of cochlear implants to give some hearing to profoundly deaf kids, the latest in augmentative communication technology to provide speech to children without it, new insights on the fundamental nature of autism and the implications for treating autistic children.G
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NOVA "Ice Age Death Trap" In a race against developers in the Rockies, archaeologists uncover a unique site packed with astonishingly preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons and other giant extinct beasts, opening a vivid window on the vanished world of the Ice Age.G
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Everyday Edisons "Row, Row, Row, Your Row" Charlie Lumsden is a man who loves exercising on the beautiful blue waters of Maui, Hawaii where he lives. A former tile contractor and stonemason, Charlie turned his attention to exercise equipment. Now a paddle boarding aficionado, he decided neither rain, nor storm, neither hurricane nor dark of night should deter him from his daily row routine. D
11:30 pm
Everyday Edisons "Who Let The Dogs Out?!" In this fun-filled episode, we will meet dogs . lots of dogs and take a lot of walks. When inventor, Brian Smith, was walking his dogs, Teddy and Taz, his arm was almost jerked off when one of them saw a feline nemesis. D


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Just a short five today to allow recovery for the 50k run on Saturday. Ran with a co-worker, Tim, at his pace. This was my first time running with Tim, and he did great. He's an avid soccer player, so he handled the distance just fine.
Ran 5.0 miles @ 8:46/mile pace.
Paved roads.
Slightly hilly.
Upper 40s, mostly cloudy.
Shorts, long sleeved shirt, short sleeved shirt.

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Here's what tonight's bullpen probably looks like after the Orioles' 18-inning game and the call-up of top pitching prospect Dylan Bundy:
Long relief
Zach Phillips (L)
Middle relief
Brian Matusz (L)
Against the Mariners on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning after starter Wei-Yin Chen was only able to go 5 1/3 innings, Jake Arrieta went 3 1/3 scoreless innings. Matusz faced just two batters and threw 12 pitches, Darren O'Day went 1 2/3, Pedro Strop pitched an inning, Steve Johnson threw three innings, Tommy Hunter threw two and Johnson closed out the win, facing three batters and throwing 13 pitches.
The Orioles will start Joe Saunders (2-2, 4.30 ERA) against the Mariners' Felix Hernandez (13-8, 2.92 ERA). If Saunders struggles, Bundy will likely be called on. Phillips and Ayala both pitched Monday, while Matusz and Johnson pitched Tuesday. One wild card to consider is Miguel Gonzalez, who is scheduled to start in Boston on Friday. He has pitched out of the bullpen before, but using him would mean the Orioles need a starter Friday. They could turn to Randy Wolf, who started Sunday in Oakland, or Steve Johnson, if he bounces back strong from his three innings Tuesday night.
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OK, so we're still sorting through all of the pictures we took of the amazing craftsmanship on display at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Richmond. We'll post a recap of our day at the show, with details about the innovative designs and meticulous work, early next week. Until then, we humbly present our portraits of the best facial hair we saw during our visit. We enjoyed meeting both passionate builders and equally passionate show attendees, so we dedicate this post to the friendly faces and follicular style off the bike.
The smiling fellow in the middle, sporting a Martin Van Buren style 'do, is our very own Chris Danz, in case you're wondering.
Check out Urban Velo for their gorgeous NAHBS bike portraits.
And this last one so we don't forget the ladies (from the wall of Perly's Restaurant, which is a great spot for lunch, by the way).
If you are within driving distance of Richmond this weekend, we highly recommend that you go check out the show. For those who can't make it, our recap will be coming soon.


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*CRAZYHORSE* wrote:this kind of stuff is what i like to see, easy and simple, but I think the guns could be a bit too strong how about a bigger penalty on the dice roll?
this is the biggest problem we've run into. minifigs dealing 300d6 damage just because their guns are automatic fire. trust me, as cool as this sounds, playtest after playtest has proven that this is NOT a good idea. so far, the most balanced versions of automatic fire i've seen add only a point or two of damage per shot.


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Freeway travel past Jackson will become more complicated starting at 7 a.m. Monday, March 10, when the U.S. 127 bridges over I-94 are to be closed.
A major repair project is planned for the two bridges that will involve taking down the decks and steel beams, said Mark Grazioli, manager of the Michigan Department of Transportation's Transportation Service Center in Jackson. The support structure for each bridge will remain in place.
Work is starting early in the season so contractors can finish repairs and reopen the northbound U.S. 127 bridge before the first race weekend at Michigan International Speedway in June, he said. There are a number of incentives written into the contract, he said, to help achieve the goal of reopening the bridge on time to move MIS traffic through the interchange after the race.
Until the northbound bridge is reopened, traffic will be detoured east several miles to the Sergeant Road interchange, where drivers can switch to the westbound lanes.
The second bridge, connecting westbound I-94 traffic with southbound U.S. 127, is to be completed in August.
Dismantling the bridges is a more effective means of repairing deteriorated steel beams, Grazioli said. Repairs are most often done in place, he said. Taking the beams down will minimize lane closures on I-94 below the bridges, he said. And workers can do a better job of cutting out rusted sections and welding in new steel if the beams are inside a repair facility, he said.
There will also be overnight closures next week on I-94 between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. during demolition work on the U.S. 127 bridges. Westbound I-94 is to be closed the nights of March 10, 11 and 12. Eastbound I-94 is to be closed the nights of March 12 and 13.
There will also be lane closures when the bridge beams are replaced and new concrete decks poured.
U.S. 127 bridges at I-94 to close Monday
Freeway travel past Jackson will become more complicated starting at 7 a.m. Monday, March 10, when the U.S. 127 bridges over I-94 are to be closed.


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DIY Kit: Make Your Own Goat Cheese!
Goat cheese is one of life's loveliest pleasures, as far as we're concerned, but until recently we had never tried making it ourselves. Goodness, why not?! Thanks to our friends at Home Ec., who gave us this kit from Urban Cheesecraft to try, we have a delicious new hobby.
Packed inside a small cardboard carton, the goat cheese kit contained an instruction and recipe booklet, two plastic goat cheese molds, butter muslin/fine cheesecloth, a dairy thermometer, and packets of citric acid and cheese salt. All we had to supply were two quarts of goat's milk to make a 3/4 pound batch of fresh (non-aged) goat cheese.
After sterilizing our tools in boiling water, we were ready to begin. We heated the goat's milk in a large non-reactive pot and then added a mixture of citric acid and water. Ta-da, the curds separated from the whey, and we strained it into a cloth-lined colander. (We saved the whey to use in other recipes.) We mixed in cheese salt and herbs, then spooned the curds into the molds. (In addition to the two molds that came with the kit, we used our ceramic tea strainer to make a third wheel.)
The instructions suggested that a jar or bottle could be used to press down on the curds and create firmer cheese wheels. We discovered that rice-filled Spega yogurt jars were just the perfect size. After an hour of refrigeration, we had nice, firm goat cheese. Un-molding was easy with the help of a small offset spatula. (Note: the recipe booklet also includes instructions for creamy goat cheese.)
The process is similar to making ricotta, paneer, or queso fresco, but for some reason we had never tried making cheese from goat's milk. Now there's no stopping us! Experimenting with herbs and spices is the really fun part. Our favorite cheese so far had a heavenly blend of fennel seeds and pollen, lemon peel, and lavender.
Although one could certainly assemble cheese-making supplies on one's own, we like how this kit makes getting started so simple and non-intimidating. All of the components are useful and of good quality. We think it could make a great gift for a food-loving friend, a young cook, or just yourself!
In addition to the goat cheese kit, Urban Cheesecraft also makes kits for mozzarella, ricotta, paneer, and queso blanco. Kits range from $23-28 and are available on Etsy (note: the shop is closed for the holidays and will reopen January 6), as well as from Home Ec. in Los Angeles and online (Home Ec. is still shipping for the holidays). Also check out the Urban Cheesecraft Web site for retail locations in Oregon and Washington.


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Nov. 18, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Senior captain Stephanie Sidelko swam a lifetime best 56.21 in the 100-yard freestyle on Saturday afternoon, helping MIT remain unbeaten with victories over Babson College and Bowdoin College. The win pushes Tech's record to 3-0 on the young season, while Babson falls to 3-4 and Bowdoin drops to 1-1.
The Engineers took a 210-62 decision over Babson and a 154-133 triumph over Bowdoin. Head-to-head, Bowdoin beat Babson, 197.50 to 69.50.
Overall, the Engineers took the top spot in six of the 14 swimming events. Sophomore Jen Chao led the way with three victories, including two individual in the 100-yard backstroke (1:03.20) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:02.25). She was also part of the victorious 200-yard medley relay team along with Katherine Thornton, Nicole O'Keefe and Sidelko, which clocked in a winning time of 1:54.17.
Thornton also took an individual triumph in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:56.78), while O'Keefe clocked in at 5:20.18 in the 500-yard freestyle for another victory.
Junior Sasha Brophy recorded Tech's other win, touching the wall at 1:59.22 in the 200-yard freestyle.
The Engineers return to action after the Thanksgiving break, when they travel to Wesleyan University on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 11:00 a.m. Babson will head to Simmons College at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 28, while Bowdoin hosts the University of Maine-Orono at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 20.


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Missing Maine Dog Found 5 Days Later Buried in Snow
A Labrador retriever has beaten the odds by surviving in a snow bank for five days.
"We are missing our 13-year-old yellow lab named Sophie from Cushman Road in Bryant Pond," Albert Silver wrote in a post on Facebook. "She went out with all of us last night just before 5pm while we were plowing and shoveling, and she wandered off and hasn't come back. Please share..."
The post quickly went viral as thousands of people shared Silver's post in an attempt to find their little loved one. Silver says he and the rest of the family searched everywhere for Sophie, but weren't able to find their missing mutt.
Just as the family was about to give up, someone spotted Sophie's head poking out from a snowbank on a nearby property the Silver family had already checked. Residents used a tractor to create a path to the dog, rescuing her five days after her ordeal began.
A check by a veterinarian revealed that other than losing five pounds, the dog was fine. Fortunately there were no frostbite or other serious injuries.
Silver said it was a 'miracle' that Sophie was found in good shape after spending so many nights in the cold.


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Forty-Five Entries Commence 2014 Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series
31 October 2013
Miami, FL - The highly-anticipated season opener for the 2014 Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series is officially underway after a long day of stunning weather conditions, practice and registration, hosted by Coconut Grove Sailing Club and supported by Melges USA. All forty-five teams registered have 100% secured their place on the starting line, ready to go head-to-head for one of the class' most coveted titles — Miami Winter Series Champion.
Reigning Series Champion, Richard Davies aboard Section 16 is back, power-packed with the very talented Charlie Mckee as tactician and Matt Pistay on bow. Davies has been the only one since the inception of the Series to successfully de-throne Michael Kiss on Bacio, who previously held the title a record-breaking three consecutive times.
Overall, the scope of the fleet runs the gamut when it comes to origin and talent. The entries span four countries — Canada, Italy and Great Britain, with the majority originating from the U.S.A. Seventeen states are represented from coast-to-coast, border to border.
The talent department is, needless to say — stacked to the roof. Assisting the Class' long list of much admired amatuer-owner drivers are the likes of Terry Hutchinson, Anthony Kotoun, Brad Boston, Jonathan McKee, Chris Rast, Scott Nixon, Lorenzo Bressani, Mark Mendleblatt, Jeremy Wilmot, Bill Hardesty, Brad Butterworth, Harry Melges, Paul Goodison, Andy Burdick and Tom Burnham are just to name a few.
So why all the excitement and intense preparation? In approximately one month, the International Audi Melges 20 Class Association (IAM20CA) will usher in its first ever World Championship, hosted by Ocean Reef Club where more than 50 teams will be in attendance. Miami Winter Series Event No. 1 will offer up the perfect preview as to who we can expect to come out on top.
As with many previous Audi Melges 20 events in North America and around the world, racing updates will be posted online at the Official Audi Melges 20 Facebook Page. Tune in for the latest racing information, results, video interviews, and photos. Race reports, press releases and photos will be available online each day post racing at melges20.com.
Official 2014 Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series Event No. 1 Website
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Looking for more casual/fitness playing at this time, as I haven't been playing for a while. Singles, doubles are both fine.
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Hi Emily! Same here, haven't played in a year or so but really want to get back to hitting at least once a week. Want to meet and try it one day? Let's message (not sure how here) and figure out a place/date/time.
:) Carri
Sounds great! One more and we have doubles. Wouldn't that be awesome again? (for me it would) to meet some gals to play a night (or weekend day) a week :)
I am available most days.
I just added you 3 as friends...maybe we can set up a time coming up :) let's message
I added the three of you as well. This sounds great!
Welcome! I am looking for someone to hit with also, I live in Ventura
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Ukraine Fighting Clouds Diplomatic Push
Foreign Ministers Aim for Cease-Fire, Yet Kiev's Gains on Ground Signal a Hardball Stance
Four foreign ministers met in a villa outside Berlin on Sunday to renew diplomatic efforts on the Ukraine conflict, but a weekend of fierce battles and heightened cross-border tensions offered little hope that a pause in the fighting was within reach.
(Ukraine update: Ukraine Refugees Caught in Crossfire.)
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter...


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Mike19 needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 50 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Magical Santa
We create magical letters delivered to children around the world - at christmas time and other public holidays
Male and/or female children between the ages of 0 and 12 years old (majority will be 8 years old)
To design an A4 letter template (and envelope front if possible) for a "letter from Santa" to be delivered to children at Christmas time.
The graphics should create a natural border to the letter, leaving the centre largely blank for handwriting.
The letter should contain a picture of Santa, some presents and possibly some pictures of elves (helpers) or presents. It should convey a sense of Magic!
See attached examples for a better idea.


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Serves 4
1 cup baby carrots, cut in half lengthwise
1/2 pound green beans, ends trimmed
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/2 teaspoon garlic pepper blend
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 medium red onion, cut into 1/2" wedges
Heat grill. Place carrots and beans in a medium bowl. Spray vegetables with cooking spray; toss to coat. Add remaining ingredients except onion; toss to coat. Place vegetables in a grill basket.
Place on grill, cover and cook 10 minutes. Add onion, and cook another 10 minutes, stirring vegetables occasionally, until vegetables are crisp-tender.
Nutrition Information: 63 calories, 2 g fat, 12 g carbohydrates, 4 g fiber, 2 g protein, 158 mg sodium


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It's quite probable that during your life as a PHP developer, you have found yourself updating specific modules of a given web application (or in the worst case, the entire application), since the context where it was originally conceived to work has changed noticeably.
Naturally, if this situation sounds familiar to you, then you'll know that updating certain parts of an application can be an annoying, time-consuming process. it can be even worse if you have to deal with other issues apart from the ones related to coding, such as suiting deadlines, solving "creative" differences between members of the same development team, and so forth.
Thus, considering all the possible problems that can emerge when a particular PHP application must be updated, you try to write code that is highly maintainable and easy to update. However, if I translate the aforementioned scenario to the terrain of object-oriented programming, sometimes it happens that one or more PHP classes need to be updated according to the modifications introduced into the context where they were initially designed to work.
From a developer's point of view, this updating process can be difficult, particularly if the application that needs to be modified is comprised of a considerable number of interrelated classes. Therefore, the question that comes up here is: is there any programmatic mechanism that allows you to create a class that changes the way it works, according to the variations incorporated into its environment?
Fortunately, the answer to the previous question is an emphatic yes! In the huge area of pattern-based programming, there's one pattern called "Stage" that provides developers with a handy mechanism for building a class that's capable of modifying its behavior in response to the changes introduced into its environment. Indeed, this sounds pretty interesting, right?
Nevertheless, at least at first glance, the definition of the "Stage" pattern seems hard to grasp, which implies that the pattern in question has to be addressed from a practical point of view. In doing so, you'll have a much better idea of how it works, and eventually how it can be applied in concrete cases.
Therefore, assuming that the stage pattern has already caught your attention, over the course of this two-part series, I'm going to introduce its key concepts, and logically show you how to implement it with copious code samples.
At the end of this series, you should be equipped with a decent background in how to include the stage pattern in your own PHP applications, aside from expanding your overall skills in pattern-based programming. So, are you ready to dive deeper into the implementation of this handy pattern? Let's begin now!
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A good place to start demonstrating the functionality provided by the stage pattern is with defining what I call a "target" class. As you'll see for yourself in a moment, this class will be capable of modifying its behavior according to the variations introduced into its working environment.
Basically, the previously mentioned target class will be tasked with creating simple DIV elements, which will have their "overflow" CSS property set to a value of "hidden" by default. However, if it happens that the context where these DIVs will be used eventually changes, and in addition, the contents wrapped by them grows in size, then the DIVs will modify their overflow property to "scroll."
Undoubtedly, this is a good example of a class that modifies its behavior in response to changes occurring inside its context; this precisely reflects the schema dictated by the stage pattern.
Okay, now that I have explained how I plan to illustrate the functionality of the stage pattern, please examine the signature of the "Div" class below, which as I stated previously, is responsible for displaying regular DIVs.
The definition for this brand new class is as follows:
// define 'Div' class
class Div{
private $data='default_data';
private $id='divid';
private $class='divclass';
public function __construct(){}
// set Div data
public function setData($data){
throw new Exception('Invalid DIV data has been
// set Div Id
public function setId($id){
throw new Exception('Invalid DIV id has been supplied.');
// set Div class
public function setClass($class){
throw new Exception('Invalid DIV class has been
// get Div data
public function getData(){
return $this->data;
// get Div id
public function getId(){
return $this->id;
// get Div class
public function getClass(){
return $this->class;
As you can see, the structure corresponding to the above "Div" class is indeed very easy to follow. The class in question presents the typical modifiers and accessing methods, which come in handy for setting and retrieving the values assigned to its "$data," $id" and "$class" properties respectively, so I guess you shouldn't have major problems understanding how it works.
However, as I explained earlier, the previous "Div" class is only a part of the stage pattern, since it can't change its behavior by itself when the context varies. Therefore it's necessary to define another class, which will be responsible for controlling the context where the target class is utilized, and eventually change its behavior.
Taking into account that a brand new contextual class has to be defined to complete the programmatic model imposed by the stage pattern, please jump into the following section and keep reading to learn how this class will be created.
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In consonance with the concepts that I deployed in the section that you just read, a brand new class must be built to complete the model dictated by the stage pattern. As you'll see shortly, this contextual class will be capable of modifying the behavior of the "Div" class that you saw earlier.
But how will this be done? In plain words, if the contents wrapped by a specific DIV are larger than a predefined length, the DIV will switch its "overflow" CSS property to a value of "scroll." Otherwise, the property in question will keep its original value, which is "hidden." Sounds simple, right?
Now that you know how this contextual class is going to work, study its corresponding signature. It is as follows:
// define 'DivContext' class
class DivContext{
private $div=NULL;
private $divOverflow=NULL;
public function __construct(Div $div){
// get 'Div' object
public function getDiv(){
return $this->div;
// get (X)HTML markup of 'Div' object
public function getDivHTML(){
return '<div id="'.$this->div->getId().'" class="'.$this-
>div->getClass().'" style="overflow: '.$this-
After examining the definition of the above "DivContext" class, you'll have to agree with me that its functionality is indeed remarkable, regardless of its short signature. As you can see, this brand new contextual class takes up a "Div" object as its unique input parameter and assigns it as a class property.
However, I'd like you to pay attention to the signature of the "getDivHTML()" method, since this method is actually the workhorse of the class. Please notice how the method determines what value for the "overflow" CSS property will be assigned to the target DIV, depending on the length of the contents that will be housed by this containing element.
In this case, there's a class that will change the way it displays a DIV element on a web page, according to the changes introduced into its context, in this way implementing the so-called stage pattern. Isn't that interesting?
Okay, at this stage you hopefully grasped the logic that drives the stage pattern, therefore I think it's an excellent time to move forward and see how the pair of classes previously defined can be put to work in a fully-functional example.
As you might have guessed, this instructive example will be developed in the following section, thus click on the link below and keep reading.
{mospagebreak title=Seeing the stage pattern in action}
As you certainly recall from the previous section, I thought that the best way to understand the functionality provided by the stage pattern is by simply setting up a concrete example where the pair of classes that you learned earlier are put to work in tandem.
Since I consider this a good approach to demonstrate how the pattern in question works, in the next few lines I coded a short script, which shows how a contextual div object is capable of modifying the behavior of a given DIV element, in this case by changing the value of its "overflow" CSS property.
As I explained in the prior section, the aforementioned CSS property will be modified according to the length of the contents included into the target DIV, certainly a condition that is in evidence by the below example.
That being said, please take a look at the following code listing:
// create new 'Div' object
$div=new Div();
// set Div properties
$div->setData('This is a sample string that will be included
into the DIV.');
// create new 'DivContext' object
$divContext=new DivContext($div);
// display DIV element (its overflow property has a value of
echo $divContext->getDivHTML();
// set new data for Div element
$div->setData('This is a sample string that will be included
into the DIV, but in this case the behavior of the DIV object
will change since the length of this data is larger than 64
// display DIV element (its overflow property has a value of
echo $divContext->getDivHTML();
catch(Exception $e){
echo $e->getMessage();
As demonstrated above, the contextual div object is capable of modifying the value of the "overflow" CSS property that belongs to the target DIV, in this way changing its behavior according to the requirements of a given context.
Now that you grasped the logic that stand behinds the stage pattern, I encourage you to develop your own examples, so you can acquire a more solid background on how this pattern can be used in concrete situations.
Final thoughts
Sadly, we've come to the end of this first article of the series. As you saw previously, the stage pattern can be useful in those cases where the context of a particular PHP application is going to change very frequently.
However, if you believe that all the hands-on examples shown in this tutorial are not enough material, I've got good news to you. In the last part of the series I'm going to show you how to implement the stage pattern to generate "screen" and printer-friendly versions for a bunch of web documents.
Now that you've been warned, are you going to miss it? I hope not!


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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — Reputed al Qaeda kingpin Khalid Sheik Mohammed complained Thursday that he couldn't get a pad of paper to prepare for his capital-crimes court appearance.
His nephew, Ammar al Baluchi, asked a day earlier for access to a law library. The alleged 9/11 co-conspirator, a computer engineer, complained to his military judge that he prepared a motion but his jailers wouldn't give it to the court. For 10 days.
Congress may have given war-on-terrorism captives the right to act as their own lawyers in the Military Commissions Act of 2006, but based on pretrial hearings this week for the men accused of killing nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001, the Pentagon and the prison camps haven't provided the "worst of the worst" with the tools to defend themselves.
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PixlBit | Welcome to the third part of our comprehensive look at the history of the Final Fantasy series, celebrating 25 years of role playing goodness. In the last edition, we cast the spotlight on three of the most highly regarded games in the series. This time we break into the third dimension and watch the franchise move into the mainstream. Join us now as we look at the PlayStation Years!
i miss those old school FF's including 10 too. now there's only ff13 and more of it's sequels
The PlayStation years were squares finest moments. Never again will they relive all the awesome games they put out during the coarse of the PlayStation 1. From final fantasy to chrono cross to my all time favorite xenogears. R.I.P squaresoft
this guy really knows his Final Fantasy! Finally I found something worth reading that isn't related to guns or bullets. -__-
Those were the ones who defined me as an rpg gamers. Everything from each musical piece to the plot line and well developed characters bring a strong sense of nostalgia :)
Everytime I relax I listen to breezy from ff8 everytime I want a true gaming experience I play 7-10. This was the peak of ff's and no wonder new iterations struggle with standards like that.
From 1996 to 2001 those were argubly the greatest years for Square Soft & will probably never be duplicated ever again.
We had legendary to great titles such as:
Final Fantasy 7-10
Tobal 1 & 2
Bushido Blade 1 & 2
Final Fantasy Tactics
Saga Frontier 1 & 2
Valkyrie Profile
Parasite Eve 1 & 2
Brave Fencer Musashi
Chocobo Dungeon 1 & 2
Racing Lagoon
Front Mission 3
Threads of Fate
Chrono Cross
Vagrant Story
Legend of Mana
And that's not including those Final Fantasy Collections & Anthologys. JRPG fans were spoiled during these years & many of us took for granted what we had.


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Current Law Students / Re: Bar Study Loan« on: March 20, 2009, 03:38:33 PM »
From what I've gathered, our best bet is through Sallie Mae http://www.salliemae.com/get_student_loan/find_student_loan/grad/law_school_loans/bar_study/. They list 6 lenders to choose from, but for all the repayment term is 15 yrs (up to 25 and forbearance during hardship offered too) and begins 9 mos after grad. You have to submit an app before you can assess what the IR will be (based on your credit profile and/or cosigners). Other than that the only info I was able to obtain (over the phone as little is available online for some reason) is that Fifth 3rd, Sallie and Nellie Mae, and Student Loan Funding are the only lenders offering .25% IR reduction for auto debit. US Bank is also offering these loans, with 4-9% origination fees, prime (currently 3.25%) + 0%, over 15 yrs beginning 6 mos after grad, with 0.20% reduction for auto debit and forebearance available. They have set a ceiling on total outstanding student loans ($120,000) as well. That's all I've got as of now and would appreciate it if anyone else is aware of other options and/or has helpful advice.


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|System: PS3
|Dev: Arc System Works
|Pub: Arc System Works
|Release: December 4, 2012
|Players: 1-2, Online Multiplayer
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Violence, Blood, Partial Nudity, Language, Sexual Themes
by Angelo M. D'Argenio
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus just released on the PSN, and it's about what you would expect. It's not really an HD remix of any sort; it's just a faithful port of the original that you can now play on your HD console. The newest feature this port has is online play, which is a welcome addition, but its implementation has a few issues that hold it back. Of course, no amount of issues can stop Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus from being an awesome nostalgia trip, but its relevance in the tournament scene can be debated. And if the tournament scene isn't for you, then Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus's re-release might be exactly what you were looking for.
Back when the fighting game genre was still young, simplicity was the name of the game. Street Fighter II, perhaps the most highly regarded of classic fighting game titles, really only had its basic six buttons. All other mechanics, like combos and cancels, were glitches or oversights in the game's programming that later became features after gamers discovered them and made good use out of them.
However, Guilty Gear was built on a different philosophy. Instead of asking you do to as much as you could with a simple set of mechanics, Guilty Gear threw everything but the kitchen sink at you in one stupendously complex fighting engine. There was the gatling system, jump installs, barrier blocking, insta-kills, roman cancels, false roman cancels, dust launchers, dash cancels, super jumps, negative penalty, and tons of other mechanics you had to work into your game just to be able to play on a competitive level. All of these moving parts let you put together a strategy that was uniquely yours whenever you played a character, giving Guilty Gear a feel unlike any other game before it.
For the young'uns out there, Guilty Gear is the spiritual predecessor to BlazBlue and Persona 4 Arena, made by the same development company, Arc System Works. However, GG is far faster and more frantic than either of those titles. Characters air-dash around the stage, throwing out pokes and zoning tools at a speed only Marvel vs. Capcom 2 can top. One touch can lead to combos that utterly destroy your opponent if your execution is up to snuff, and if it isn't, you'll be able to land sick resets that almost no one can see coming in order to get your momentum back. It's fast, it's frantic, and it can feel like getting hit with a truck.
Accent Core Plus was the most recent version of Guilty Gear to come out on consoles, but not the most played. It came out for the PS2 and the Wii a while back and included balance tweaks to the entire cast while adding a couple bells and whistles like survival mode. However, the greater fighting game community seems to have mostly passed this release up. Tournaments for Guilty Gear are still being run, but they are mostly run on the non-Plus version of the game (that's Guilty Gear XX Accent Core rather than Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus.)
Then there's the issue that Accent Core Plus isn't actually the most recent version of Guilty Gear. A new version of Guilty Gear, called Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, has come out in the arcades and is taking the fighting game community by storm. Not only does the game feature numerous balance tweaks that make the entire cast more fun to play, it also gives them several new moves and abilities that they didn't have before. Literally no move from the game is untouched, making it one of the biggest balance revisions any game has ever seen.
Accent Core Plus R is slated to come out on the Vita in Japan, and we in the West are hoping it will come to our shores as well. Some fans have been assuming that this downloadable version of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus will be eventually patched to the R revision, but this hasn't yet been confirmed. For now, it's just an out-of-date version of the game that doesn't compare to what you can find in arcades (if you can still find an operating arcade, that is).


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Overfishing and pollution putting fish, sharks and whales in extreme danger – with extinction 'inevitable', study finds
Fish, sharks, whales and other marine species are in imminent danger of an "unprecedented" and catastrophic extinction event at the hands of humankind, and are disappearing at a far faster rate than anyone had predicted, a study of the world's oceans has found.
Mass extinction of species will be "inevitable" if current trends continue, researchers said.
Overfishing, pollution, run-off of fertilisers from farming and the acidification of the seas caused by increasing carbon dioxide emissions are combining to put marine creatures in extreme danger, according to the report from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (Ipso), prepared at the first international workshop to consider all of the cumulative stresses affecting the oceans at Oxford University.
The international panel of marine experts said there was a "high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history". They said the challenges facing the oceans created "the conditions associated with every previous major extinction of species in Earth's history".
"The findings are shocking," said Alex Rogers, scientific director of Ipso. "As we considered the cumulative effect of what humankind does to the ocean, the implications became far worse than we had individually realised. This is a very serious situation demanding unequivocal action at every level. We are looking at consequences for humankind that will impact in our lifetime, and worse, our children's and generations beyond that."
The flow of soil nutrients into the oceans is creating huge "dead zones", where anoxia - the absence of oxygen - and hypoxia - low oxygen levels - mean fish and other marine life are unable to survive there.
Hypoxia and anoxia, warming and acidification are factors present in every mass extinction event in the oceans over the Earth's history, according to scientific research. About 55m years ago, as much as half of some species of deep-sea creatures were wiped out when atmospheric changes created similar conditions.
In recent years, human effects on the oceans have increased significantly. Overfishing has cut some fish populations by more than 90%. Pollutants, including flame-retardant chemicals and detergents are absorbed into particles of plastic waste in the sea, which are then ingested by marine creatures. Millions of fish, birds and other forms of life are choked or suffer internal ruptures from ingesting plastic waste.
During 1998, record high temperatures wiped out about 16% of the world's tropical coral reefs.
The scientists called on the United Nations and governments to bring in measures to conserve marine ecosystems. Dan Laffoley, of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, said: "The world's leading experts on oceans are surprised by the rate and magnitude of changes we are seeing. The challenges for the future of the oceans are vast, but unlike previous generations we know what now needs to happen. The time to protect the blue heart of our planet is now, today and urgent".
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Morris Zaidband
Born: July 9, 1912
Oswiecim, Poland
Morris was one of five children born to a Jewish family in the Polish town of Oswiecim, 33 miles west of Cracow [Krakow]. Morris' father sold ladies' undergarments. Morris worked as a jeweler.
1933-39: In September 1939 Germany invaded Poland. My family started to flee eastward but two weeks later the Germans overtook us and we were sent home. When we returned, the Germans were already beating Jews who didn't show them "respect." One day, when German guards came to our house to deport my father, he asked them to wait while he got ready. The guards soon became suspicious and when he didn't return they burst into the next room where they found my father. He had hanged himself from the ceiling.
1940-44: In 1940 I was deported, and spent the next few years in Nazi labor camps. By 1944 I was in the Landsberg camp in Germany. There, in exchange for a privileged job, I offered a German guard a diamond that I had concealed in a false tooth. He assigned me to the laundry, where it was warm and I could get extra food. When I went to have the camp dentist remove the diamond, he said he couldn't get it without pulling a healthy tooth. Luckily, the guard let me stay in the laundry without demanding the diamond.
Later, Morris was deported to the Mueldorf labor camp. He was liberated by U.S. troops on May 2, 1945. After the war, Morris immigrated to the United States.


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As most of you know by now, the American Psychiatric Association has granted the public a very brief window in which to comment online on the draft proposals. I haven't seen an explanation of how public input will be tallied or used. Will a popularity contest influence psychiatric diagnosis? We've seen how well citizen input works here in California, where the initiative process has brought government to a standstill. Can you imagine neurologists setting up a website to get lay input on a new diagnostic scheme for brain tumors? This debacle only underscores the point that the DSM is more politics than science.
Among the best commentaries I've seen this week are Sally Satel's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal and Allen Frances' piece in Psychiatric Times. Science magazine also has an interesting analysis of the proposed behavioral disorders, which would medicalize harmful habits like gambling, overeating, and down the line perhaps "Internet Addiction." All three articles touched on the negative forensic consequences of the radical proposed changes.
"Prescriptions for Psychiatric Trouble"
Psychiatrist Sally Satel, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine, and a brilliant thinker, critiqued psychiatry's endless drive to expand mental disorder, placing ever-larger "swaths of the population under the umbrella of pathology." As Satel points out, the DSM-V continues the troubling tradition, launched 30 years ago with publication of the manual's third edition, of elevating reliability over validity:
[J]ust because two examiners concur that a person qualifies for a particular diagnosis does not mean that he has an authentic mental illness. How do we know, for example, that a person diagnosed with major depressive disorder (the formal designation for pathological depression) is not actually suffering from a bout of natural if intense sadness brought on by a shattering loss, a grave disappointment or a scathing betrayal?Both she and Allen Frances, former chair of both the DSM-IV Task Force and of the department of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine, believe that Psychosis Risk Syndrome may be the scariest example of overinclusion. Hundreds of thousands of young people, especially the poor and minorities, could be given this highly stigmatizing label and medicated with extremely dangerous drugs, even though these medications are not very effective and the broad majority of these youngsters would not go on to develop psychoses if left alone.
The manual will not help us here. In fact, a number of changes proposed for the DSM V (e.g., new diagnoses for binge eating, hoarding and hypersexuality) are likely to inadvertently place large swaths of normal human variation under the umbrella of pathology.
In his critique in Psychiatric Times, aptly titled "Opening Pandora's Box," Frances notes that the DSM-V "would create tens of millions of newly misidentified false positive 'patients.' " Not only could almost anyone qualify for at least one of the new diagnoses (which include such nebulous constructs as Mixed Anxiety Depressive Disorder, Minor Neurocognitive Disorder, Temper Dysfunctional Disorder with Dysphoria, and -- in a big nod to America's 12-Step religion -- Addiction Disorder), but thresholds are being lowered for many existing disorders as well.
Forensic applications: Disastrous unintended consequences
One of the DSM-V developers' most troubling weaknesses is their profound "insensitivity to possible misuse in forensic settings," Frances notes. As an example, he cites Pedohebephilia, "one of the most poorly written and unworkable" proposals in the draft:
Expanding the definition of pedophilia to include pubescent teenagers would medicalize criminal behavior and further the previously described misuse of psychiatry by the legal system. Certainly, sex with under-age victims should be discouraged as an important matter of public policy, but this should be accomplished by legal statute and appropriate sentencing, not by mental disorder fiat.Two other potential "forensic disaster[s]" are Hypersexuality Disorder and Paraphilic Coercive Disorder, both of which will be used to expand the pool of sex offenders eligible for indefinite civil commitment on the basis of purported mental disorder.
In Frances' opinion, based on having worked on the three previous editions of the DSM and knowing many of the drafters of the current version, critics are missing the mark by focusing on alleged financial and/or professional conflicts of interest. Rather, the DSM-V work group members are sincere and well meaning, but have a natural, "and seemingly irresistible," tendency to expand the boundaries of diagnoses in order to identify and treat all potential sufferers. This "diagnostic imperialism" produces a fatal blind spot:
Unfortunately, Work Group members … [miss] the fact that every effort to reduce the rate of false negatives must inevitably raise the rate of false positives (often dramatically and with dire consequences). It is inherently difficult for experts, with their highly selected research and clinical experiences, to appreciate fully just how poorly their research findings may generalize to everyday practice -- especially as it is conducted by harried primary care clinicians in an environment heavily influenced by drug company marketing…. [T]he DSM5 suggestions display the peculiarly dangerous combination of nonspecific and inaccurate diagnosis leading to unproven and potentially quite harmful treatments.Frances strongly argues that the time to weed out implausible and even "incoherent" proposals is now, not after the proposed field testing:
I feel it is my responsibility to raise clear alarms now because the past performance of the DSM5 leadership does not inspire confidence in its future ability to avoid serious mistakes.... Field trials are arduous and expensive and make sense only for testing the precise wording of criteria sets that have a real chance of making it into the manual -- not for the many poorly written and far out suggestions that have just been posted. It seems prudent to identify and root out problems now lest they sneak through in what will likely be an eventual mad rush to complete DSM5....Note: If you want to read Sally Satel's op-ed, do it now; after seven days, Wall Street Journal articles are only available by subscription. I highly recommend that forensic experts and attorneys carefully review Frances' article, and note his recommendation for greater forensic oversight. At minimum, if new diagnoses without established validity are included in the manual, the DSM should add a caveat that they are never to be used as grounds for civil commitment.
Because of the secretive and closed nature of the DSM5 process, the expectable enthusiasms of the experts who comprise the Work Groups have not been balanced, as they must always be, with real world practical clinical wisdom and a careful risk/benefit analysis of the possible unintended consequences of every suggestion.
It would be reckless now to rely on the complacent assumption that all these problems will eventually come out in the wash. By its previous actions and inactions, the DSM5 leadership has sacrificed any "benefit of the doubt" faith that their process will be self-correcting in a way that guarantees the eventual elimination all of the harmful options.


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There weren't a lot of bands playing R&B and jump blues and early rock 'n' roll, with horns mixed in, around Boston four-plus decades ago. But one sure stood out: Roomful of Blues, founded by guitarist Duke Robillard. Roomful is still around. But Robillard went on to play in the Pleasure Kings, then the Fabulous Thunderbirds, fronted many bands under his own name, and last year went on tour as Bob Dylan's guitarist.
Robillard, 65, plays the Regattabar in Cambridge on June 14 with his current lineup of Mark Teixeira (drums), Bruce Bears (keyboards), and Brad Hallen (bass). He spoke recently from his home in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and especially enjoyed talking about how the guitar came into his life.
"My two brothers had guitars," he said. "My uncle was playing guitar in country bands, and my brothers' friends would come over to jam. So there were always guitars around. But I wasn't allowed to have a guitar. I was young, and rock 'n' roll was just coming into being, and I kept saying, 'I want to be a guitar player, I want an electric guitar.' Then my mother saw Elvis on TV, and said, 'Oh, no, that's NOT what you're doing.' So I built my own electric guitar out of an old Kay acoustic that my uncle had given us. I convinced my father that we had to build an electric guitar for a science project. He pretty much did most of the building, but I won second prize, and once I had it, my parents couldn't take it away from me. So that was my first electric guitar."
Robillard listened to lots of his brothers' records, including Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Buddy Holly, but he also heard country and honky tonk from Hank Williams and Bob Wills on the radio, and eventually started playing in bands in high school. He also got into the blues of T-Bone Walker.
"T-Bone had all these great elements in his playing – jazzy elements, double timing. I thought it was the perfect kind of guitar playing because it covered so many bases," he said. He also started listening to jump blues. "I would find 78s by Amos Milburn, Big Joe Turner, and Wynonie Harris. That was what really got me interested in adding the horns to Roomful," which he started when he was 19.
He's planning to cover a wide spectrum of music at the Regattabar.
"It very much depends on how I'm feeling and how the audience feels the night of a show," he said. "So it would be a good cross section of all the things I do, from blues to jazz to R&B and jump, and lots of original songs. My show is just what I feel like doing, and my theory is that if I'm excited about playing, then the people watching me will be excited, too."
The Duke Robillard Band plays the Regattabar at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on June 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20. Info: 617-661-5000.
Upcoming clubs and concerts
Classic rock doesn't get much more classic than the music of Journey and the Steve Miller Band. They're sharing the bill at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield on June 13. Some rock, some blues, and maybe a hint of Appalachia will be heard courtesy of the Michael Tarbox Duo at the Plough and Stars in Cambridge on June 13. Three very different shows are lined up at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion (formerly Bank of America Pavilion) in Boston this week: the straight-up rock of Widespread Panic on June 13, the down-home country pop of Willie Nelson and Alison Kraus on June 17, and another classic rock double bill, Styx and Foreigner, on June 19. Listen to the history of Soul Music in America when the Boston Soul Revue presents "Memphis to Motown" at Amazing Things in Framingham on June 14. You can revisit the Boston music scene of a few years back when the Middle East Down in Cambridge hosts the Real Kids, Lyres, Classic Ruins, and Cadillac Heart on June 14. The Midway in Jamaica Plain presents "Surf and Turf" on June 14 with Dustclouds of Mars, Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters, Trusty Sidekick, the Vivisectors, and Tsunami of Sound. Singer-songwriter Howie Day offers a mix of pop and rock and folk at the Sinclair in Cambridge on June 14. The Waltham Riverfest is featuring all kinds of music on June 14, including performances by Gerry Beaudoin, the Mike Williams All-Stars, Gail Finnie, Odaiko New England, and the Moody Street String Band. For a full schedule, visit www.walthamriverfest.com. Rain date is June 15.
The still supreme Diana Ross sings her catalogue of hits at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester on June 17. Yoron Israel and the Key Players, featuring a format of drums, piano, organ, and vocals, and playing a mix of jazz, blues, gospel, and R&B, is at Ryles in Cambridge on June 17. Berklee College students play free concerts every Tuesday and Thursday through the summer from noon-2 at 100 Summer St. in Boston. The Jacinto Clusellas Trio is featured on June 17 and 19. Contemporary popster Rufus Wainwright and his cousin, contemporary folkster Lucy Wainwright Roche, are at the Somerville Theater on June 18. Boston-based Caribbean band Hot Like Fire play the sounds of the islands on June 18 at Scullers in Cambridge. Actor, bass player, and real life X-Man John Doe headlines at the Brighton Music Hall on June 19.
Ed Symkus can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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John Delcos of Newyorkmetsreport.com and Joe DeCaro of Metsmerizedonline.com will be doing more and more projects together with the goal of merging two successful blogs in the hope of giving our readers everything they'll need in covering the Mets. Continuing our review of the 2011 Mets, today we take a look at Chris Capuano. Tomorrow: Jason Isringhausen.
Chris Capuano
THE SKINNY: Desperate teams take desperate measures, which is why last winter the pitching-thin Mets signed left-hander Chris Capuano to a free-agent contract. Coming off arm problems, the Mets took a $1.5 million gamble on the career 57-64 record, including 11-12 this season. The gamble paid off and Capuano stayed healthy and now wants two years. The Mets aren't interested.
REASONS TO KEEP HIM: He gave the Mets 34 starts and 186 innings and those will be hard to replace. … The Mets' rotation is thin and lefthanders are hard to come by.
REASONS TO LET HIM GO: He's only had one winning season and that was in 2005. … He has an injury history and a career losing record. … The Mets got lucky last year. Will they do so again?
JOHN'S TAKE: Capuano gave the Mets more than they could have expected. I'd give Capuano one year or one plus an option, but would consider two because the Mets aren't loaded with options.
The Mets have limited depth in their rotation and little immediate sources for improvement and can't afford to discard pitchers who have been productive for them.
We know the Mets are deeper in a rebuilding plan then they are willing to admit, and if Capuano could remain healthy he could be an innings bridge until some of their younger pitchers are ready.
JOE'S TAKE: Let me begin by saying that Chris Capuano delivered one the finest pitching performances of the 2011 season when he hurled a complete game shutout against the Atlanta Braves on August 26. His 13 strikeouts were a career high and he faced just one batter over the minimum. Remarkable.
That said, as much as I loved that memorable moment, I would have to take a pass on Capuano based on two things. First, is his 1.35 WHIP and 4.55 weren't reason enough, what about his road splits of a 5.42 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP? I mean come on, that's absolutely brutal and how do you think that will translate in a smaller Citi Field which was just changed to aid right-handed hitters who teed off on Capuano to the tune of an .818 OPS? How you like me now?
Second, Capuano is now seeking a multi-year deal. No need to expand further on this, right?
Sorry Cap, but thanks for the memories…


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de Blasio to join international "Secure Our Smartphones" initiative; public advocate calls on manufacturers to better protect New Yorkers
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has joined the "Secure Our Smartphones" initiative, also known as "S.O.S.," a groundbreaking international coalition of prosecutors, police chiefs, attorneys general, public officials and consumer activists working to encourage the smartphone industry to implement meaningful solutions to stop the epidemic known as "apple picking" - the theft of popular mobile communications devices such as smartphones and tablets.
In joining the S.O.S initiative, de Blasio is now the highest-ranking New York City official to join the coalition, which was created earlier this year by Schneiderman and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón. In addition to joining the S.O.S initiative, de Blasio also announced he is sending a letter to the four leading smartphone manufacturers - Apple, Google/Motorola, Samsung and Microsoft - urging them to develop a technological solution that will protect New York City smartphone users by eliminating the incentive for theft.
"The epidemic of violent street crime involving the theft of mobile devices is a global problem that demands a global solution," Schneiderman said. "I'm glad that Public Advocate de Blasio has joined the global effort to protect consumers by demanding that smartphone manufacturers find a way to make sure that stolen devices cannot be sold in the lucrative secondary markets around the world, thereby eliminating the perverse incentives that put so many members of our community at risk. By teaming up with law enforcement and policy leaders, we are sending a powerful message to the multinational corporations that dominate the electronics industry: They must be good corporate citizens and take steps to ensure the safety of their consumers and our citizens."
"These are dangerous crimes, often committed at the point of a knife or a gun. We can stop this trend in its tracks, but we need manufacturers' help to do it. With better theft deterrence, we can prevent these crimes before they happen," de Blasio said. "I applaud Attorney General Schneiderman for taking this problem head-on and working directly with manufacturers do it."
Even as most types of property crime are falling, in communities across the United States and the United Kingdom, the theft of smartphones has spiked dramatically. In the U.S., one in three thefts involves a mobile communications device. Consumer Reports estimates smartphone thieves victimized 1.6 million Americans in 2012.
Last year, 50 percent of robberies in San Francisco targeted such a device. In New York City, the number was 20 percent, a 40 percent increase from the year before. Just last week, a half a dozen teenagers beat a 36-year-old New York City man for his iPhone. In London, although crime overall is falling, offenses such as pickpocketing and bag snatches have risen by more than 15 percent this year. This is mainly driven by the theft of phones, with some 10,000 handsets stolen in the city every month.
Street-level thieves feed a massive global marketplace for stolen phones that is too large or lucrative for any single community to stop, the A.G. said. Mobile devices that are reported stolen in the U.S. and no longer able to access domestic cell networks can be reactivated to work in foreign countries. In Hong Kong, for example, iPhones are worth upward of $2,000 apiece.
The Secure Our Smartphone initiative is working to encourage the industry to find technological solutions that will remove the economic value of stolen smartphones, thereby drying up secondary markets and ending "apple picking."
In June, Schneiderman and Gascón met with representatives from Apple, Google/Motorola, Samsung and Microsoft at a "Smartphone Summit" convened in New York. Following that meeting and a test of smartphone security features in July, earlier this month London Mayor Boris Johnson joined the S.O.S. initiative as co-chairman.


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Fatal fire remains under investigation in New Ipswich, cafe collects donations for victims
NEW IPSWICH, N.H. (AP) � A cafe in New Ipswich, N.H., is collection donations of clothing and items after a house fire killed two people and injured four others.
WMUR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/TfIN31 ) that donations are being collected at Nennie's Cafe in the center of town Monday.
The fire was reported around 5:30 a.m. Sunday, and it took firefighters from New Hampshire and Massachusetts to get it under control.
Two people were killed and five others were taken to area hospitals.
The names of the victims have not yet been released, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Los Angeles: Actress Mischa Barton, who once became a talk of Hollywood for her uncontrollable partying, says she has emerged "stronger" after a "full-on breakdown" in her life.
"I've learned a lot...I'm stronger now," she told People magazine.
She became a popular name ten years ago with hit TV series "The O.C.". She was 17 back then, and admits, "We thought, 'Work hard, play hard'".
In 2007, she was arrested for driving under influence, and two years later, shortly after her parents attempted an intervention, she blacked out under the influence of a sedative. She even landed in the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center psychiatric ward under an involuntary 5150 hold after she threatened to kill herself.
"It was a full-on breakdown,"
"I was under enormous pressure," added the actress, who finally slowed down and focussed on getting healthy.
She was troubled by criticism about her body.
When she first shot to stardom, "It was always, 'She's too skinny, she must be sick'," recalls the 27-year-old.
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Curious George "Follow That Boat/Windmill Monkey" Follow That Boat - Steve needs an A to pass his history class and his model papyrus boat is sure to make the grade. George helps him test the boat in Endless Park's pond, but a sudden rainstorm sweeps it down the sewer grate! While searching for the boat, Steve and George learn that debris from the street ends up in the ocean. Will they ever find Steve's little boat in the big ocean or will he be taking history again next year? Educational Objective: To recognize that waste needs to be disposed of properly to prevent unnecessary harm to the environment. D
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Martha Speaks "Martha's Life In Crime, Part 1 & 2" Martha's Life in Crime, Part 1 - Martha tells the story of her puppy days in the animal shelter and her excitement of finding a family. But it turns out that Helen wasn't the first person who adopted Martha. Vocabulary: (E) autobiography, possib(le)(ilities), yearn(ed), promis(e)(ing), narrate(d), flashback (I) tell(ing), back then, now, recall, before. D
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The Electric Company "Bluefoot" Hector tries to debunk the myth of a mysterious creature called Bluefoot. D
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Wild Kratts "Polar Bears Don't Dance" While in the Arctic, Martin and Chris are on a mission to discover how animals move around in different environments. Their new knowledge comes in handy when they discover that Zach Varmitech has kidnapped a Walrus calf and a Polar bear cub. The Wild Kratts team must do what it takes to return the baby animals to their mothers. D
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Cyberchase "Chaos As Usual" Introducing Memoryville, home to a vast storehouse of Cyberspace data, where The Slugball Open, a Cyberspace version of baseball, is in progress. In their attempt to win for a day the Key to the City, Team Motherboard has made it to the finals . along with, you guessed it, Hacker! Unbeknownst to most (except, of course, to Hacker), this Key opens all doors to the city-including the door to the data storehouse! With surefire plans to win, Hacker can hardly wait to delete the data and create untold chaos. D
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As many as eight patients at a New Hampshire hospital may have been exposed to a rare, fatal brain disease from surgery equipment that previously was used on a patient who likely had the incurable disease, state health officials said Wednesday.
The patients underwent neurosurgery at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester between May and August and have been notified of their potential exposure, the officials said during a news conference.
Additionally, the equipment may have been used on five patients in other, unnamed states before health officials realized the instruments may have been contaminated with brain tissue from the initial patient. That person had brain surgery in May, but only last month was it discovered that the patient had symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Health officials said the risk to the patients believed to have been exposed is extremely low.
"But after extensive expert discussion, we could not conclude that there was no risk, so we are taking the step of notifying the patients and providing them with as much information as we can," said Dr. José Montero, director of public health at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. "Our sympathies are with all of the patients and their families, as this may be a confusing and difficult situation."
Health officials said the standard methods for sterilizing surgical equipment does not kill the tiny proteins, known as prions, that cause the rare disease.
Dr. Joseph Pepe, Catholic Medical Center's chief executive, said that in order to be "99.99" percent sure the equipment is sterilized completely after surgery, such harsh chemicals would need to be used that the instruments would be ruined.
"It's such a rarity, it's just not practical," he said. "No hospital throws out their instruments after each and every surgery."
The incubation period for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the time between when patients were exposed and when they start experiencing symptoms, can be anywhere from a year to several decades, health officials said.
"Once symptoms appear the average time to death is about four months," said Pepe, Catholic Medical Center's chief executive. "There is no treatment, there is no cure."
Health officials said there is no risk to the families of the patients who may have been exposed, nor to other patients at the hospital. The disease cannot be transmitted through the air or through touching or most other forms of casual contact, according to the National Institutes of Health.Kay Lazar can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @GlobeKayLazar.
Correction: Because of incomplete information provided to the Globe, an earlier version of this story imprecisely described how eight patients at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., were potentially exposed to a rare brain disease. A hospital-owned instrument previously used on a patient who likely had Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease was used in the eight patients' surgeries, not a device rented from Medtronic.


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Friday, February 10, 2012
Brigitte and Bloggers
There are currently about 300 blogs listed and it's fun to see all the different crafty/DIY blogs from around Germany. If you're curious to see what's hot in German creative circles, this is a quick way to take a peek. Lots of felt, crochet and paper crafting. There's a fair amount of sewing, and party decor ala Amy Atlas is also really catching on over here.
I also often feel that blogging in Germany is still in its babyhood, and I believe it shows in a variety of ways. However, I think its fabulous that a major women's magazine continues to reach out to bloggers. That's so huge. It feels like a very win-win sort of situation.
see my blog's profile here; if you want to click 'Ich mag dieses Blog' (I like this blog), the number in the little heart will go up. Apparently you can click once every day from the same computer (further adding to my wondering at how this thing is really tallied). The jury will pick 3 blogs each month to highlight and at the end of the year will award 3 prizes; the grand prize winner gets to style a DIY insert for Brigitte. Pretty much everything is in German, but you can read more about it in English here.
It's funny, I made a little 'vote for me' button and put it up on the sidebar, but then I took it down because I didn't want to get caught up in the whole 'how many people clicked on my blog' thing. As I was looking at other postings I realized 2 things: 1) I really like my blog and want to keep blogging and improving it and 2) There are a lot of cool German blogs out there! So head on over and see some other Kreativ Blogs!
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- Tanja @ Postmodern Hostess said...
I voted for you! :-) I admire that you're doing your best not to get caught up. When I entered the Apartment Therapy Small Cool contest, it was really engrossing to see how many likes I got, and how that stacked up to others (not well enough, it turned out!).
- February 10, 2012 at 5:58 PM
- Eulensternchen said...
Hast Du toll gesagt...ich machauch mit und ha das auf meinem blog gar nicht erwähnt. Ich hatte auch dieselben Bedenken wie du...von wegen große Blogs, mehr Leser, mehr Stimmen usw...aber dann dachte ich, ach was, zumindest kannst du trotzdem zeigen, was du kannst, so oder so ;)
- February 10, 2012 at 8:03 PM
- Eulensternchen said...
Meine Güte, man sollte seinen Kommentar-Text wirklich auf Schreibfehler hin untersuchen, bevor man auf "Veröffentlichen" klickt *lach*
- February 10, 2012 at 8:05 PM
- Allison said...
I gave you a "like" vote... this sounds really interesting. When I get the chance, I'm going to spend a little time flipping through some of the other blogs.
- February 14, 2012 at 1:14 PM
- Katrin Klink said...
Hello Juliette,
I was too late for voting, but I share the same thoughts you have about the German blogger scene. And I'm not sure whether I'm happy about a Brigitte contest. I dream of other ways to connect and to share. And DIY posts are fine, but in a very German way zweckorientiert. (Funny that there doesn't seem a proper English translation for this word).
There are so many things that are worthwhile to blog about. I wished Brigitte at least would have come out with different categories. Thus, I officially nominate your blog for one of my favourite categories: honesty.
Have a nice weekend,
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Happy New Year Everyone!!
As the new year begins so do my genealogy resolutions. One of my resolutions was to concentrate on one surname per month. I plan to make sure sources are cited, add photos and documents, delete duplicate individuals and facts, and continue new research.
To that end I thought I would alphabetize the primary surnames along with any associated surnames. Just for fun I am color-coding them and including the area of research. My surnames will be in red and my husband's surnames will be in blue.
BURBACH - Milwaukee, WI and Hesse Nassau, Germany
(also Heer, Meurer, Probst and others)
CONNERY - Chicago, IL, and Kilfinnane, Limerick, Ireland
(also Leahy, Ryan. Dawson, Hayes, and Mc Carthy)
FERGUSON - Jasper County, IL Decature, IN, Stokes, NC,
York, VA, and Scotland)
(also Chapman, Stuart, and Whitmarsh)
FLEMING - Chicago, IL Eau Claire, WI, Port Huron, MI, and
Ballylanders, Limerick, Ireland
(also Hennessy, Hogan and Walsh)
GIBNEY - Chicago, IL, Green County, Ohio and
La Porte County, IN, Sweden, and Germany
(also Hale, Hanson, and Hepke)
HANSEN - Chicago, IL and Aker, Akershus Norway
(also Pedersen, Daniels, Christiansen, Johnsen
Tripp, Dvorak, Riis)
PETERSON - Chicago, IL and Sweden
(also Britton and Neilson
SEMPSROTT - Jasper County, IL OH, and Berlin, Germany
(Steinfort of Ohio and Germany)
It would certainly appear that I will be busy this year since this is only one of my genealogy goals for this year. Next Dec 31st I will review this post and see what I have accomplished.


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Yreka Miner Gabe Durney will be heading to a two-year school in Kansas this fall to continue his baseball career at the collegiate level.
Durney, an outfielder and the reigning Northern Athletic League MVP, recently committed to play for the Fort Scott Community College Greyhounds.
Durney toured the campus, located more than an hour from Kansas City, and came away impressed.
"They seem to have a really good program," Durney said, adding he liked the coaches and players he met.
"They seemed to be a great group of guys," he said.
Durney, who has lived in Yreka since he was a little more than a year old, said it will be different living halfway across the country, but he is excited to have earned this opportunity.
"It's definitely going to be a big change for me," he said.
In a press release announcing the 2014 signees on the Fort Hill website, Fort Scott head coach John Hill talked about Durney.
"Gabe is an outstanding sign for us," Hill said in the release. "He reminds our coaching staff of our current CF, Lance Barkley. With that said, Gabe has a lot of work to do to become the player Lance is, but he has all the tools to do so. We expect big things from Gabe and are thrilled he has chosen to leave the west coast and become a Greyhound."
There is a local connection at Fort Scott, as Durney was recruited by Jared Walters, a former player and coach at Yreka High who is the recruiting coordinator and an assistant coach for the Greyhounds.
Walters visited with Durney last winter in Yreka when Durney and fellow Miner baseball player Jacob Harris helped run a youth baseball camp for their senior project.
Yreka head coach Jason Freitas commended Durney for earning an offer to play baseball in Kansas.
"It's a great opportunity for him," Freitas said. He added that Durney has put in a lot of time and effort to become a better player. As well as being an excellent baseball player, Freitas said that Durney is a great person off the field.
"He's a good person, not just a good baseball player," Freitas said. "He's someone you want to have on your team."
Freitas added that Durney is an outstanding student and currently has a 3.9 GPA.
At this time, Durney hopes to study criminal justice in college. He said after he's done with college he may either join the military or perhaps pursue a career in law enforcement, such as joining the FBI.
In 2012, Durney batted .449 with 44 hits, 39 runs, 36 RBIs and five home runs for Yreka.
This year, not including Wednesday's game against Del Norte, Durney is batting .333 with 12 hits, 13 runs, nine RBIs and a home run in 15 games.
Yreka High Varsity Baseball: Gabe Durney to play baseball at two-year school in Kansas
Yreka Miner Gabe Durney will be heading to a two-year school in Kansas this fall to continue his baseball career at the collegiate level.


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Okay! So.. for JAMPCon '09, I plan on cosplaying Ichimaru Gin, Rukia Kuchiki, and Hisagi Shuuhei. Only problem is... in order ot cosplay Gin, I need a white/silver wig. So~ if anyone has cosplayed Gin, and has used a wig.. could you help me out? Which wig did you use, where did you get it, and would you recommend it? This'll be a big help, for this cosplay is one of my dream cosplay! I have about ..9-10 months until this convention, but would like an answer before December so I can get the wig for Christmas.
For those of you who haven't seen Bleach (God, who hasn't? <3), the character looks like this: Ichimaru Gin
Ichimaru Gin wig help?
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Maybe this pixie in white: http://www.cosplaysupplies.com/store.ph ... 536&s=H2MD
Brush it all forward and trim it a bit. Could be ok.
Brush it all forward and trim it a bit. Could be ok.
Re: Ichimaru Gin wig help?
I've never cosplayed Gin before but maybe try looking on ebay if you don't mind the price. Asian wigs come in way more variety of color (and sometimes more versatile style) than American ones. Personally, I like the seller cosplaywig, but there are a few others. Just be careful who you buy with, read their feedback and maybe ask around to see how other ppl's experience buying with them was, just to be sure. I hope that helped!
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Re: Ichimaru Gin wig help?
I got my wig for Gin on ebay. Here's the link to the one that I have. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0100701578
I like it. I had a friend of mine help pick it out for me and the wig is of good quality. Hope this helps you out.
I like it. I had a friend of mine help pick it out for me and the wig is of good quality. Hope this helps you out.
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