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2005 (Junior): Outfielder with tremendous potential who started the year very well but struggled the last seven weeks ... Played in 50 games with 47 starts, with all but one start in rightfield ... Batted .238 with 10 doubles, seven home runs and 43 RBIs ... Added 41 runs scored, 29 walks and four stolen bases ... Singled and walked twice in season-opener versus Ball State ... Doubled and drove in two runs on Saturday against the Cardinals ... Went 2-for-4 with a run versus both Ohio State and Iowa ... Walked three times and scored twice at Belmont ... Walked twice and scored two runs at Memphis ... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs on Saturday versus Jacksonville State ... Had two hits with a double and scored twice in second game versus Southern Illinois ... Belted first home run of the season, a solo shot, at Lipscomb ... Went 2-for-5 with three RBIs, including a two-run homer, in SBC opener at Arkansas-Little Rock ... Drove in five runs and scored four times in two games versus Tennessee Tech, including a three-run homer in Cookeville ... Doubled home a run and scored on Saturday against New Orleans ... Had two hits and scored a run in opener at Western Kentucky ... Homered twice and drove in four runs against Memphis ... Singled home two runs and scored on Saturday versus South Alabama ... Doubled, scored and drove in a run in finale at Arkansas State ... Singled and scored twice in opener versus Florida International ... Walked and scored twice on Saturday against FIU ... Had two hits and three RBIs against Lipscomb ... Went 3-for-3 with a double and home run, scored three times and drove in three runs in 6-4 victory at Van-derbilt ... Walked, sin-gled and scored twice in SBC Tournament opener versus New Mexico State ... Had a two-run homer and walked twice against Western Kentucky.
2004 (Sophomore): Outfielder who started 43 contests and played in 49 games overall, batting .240 with nine home runs, 34 RBIs and 30 walks, playing mostly in rightfield ... Scored 30 runs and collected 30 walks, as well as seven doubles and two triples ... A feast-or-famine guy, with 18 of 35 hits going for extra bases ... Collected 14 two-out RBIs ... Had three hits, three walks, pair of home runs and six RBIs against IP-Fort Wayne in season opener ... Doubled, had two hits and drove in three runs on Saturday at Jacksonville State ... Went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and two runs scored in first game of a doubleheader at Southeastern Louisiana ... Belted a three-run homer at Samford ... Smashed a two-run, pinch-hit home run against Troy State ... Collected four hits, four walks, scored three times and drove in three runs in series at New Mexico State, including a game-winning two-run homer on Saturday ... Went 3-for-4 with a run and one RBI in finale at NMSU ... Walked and scored twice versus Lip-scomb ... Sin-gled in first two games at New Orleans and scored a run in Sunday victory ... Went 2-for-5 with a triple, homer, two runs scored and five RBIs versus Memphis ... Singled and scored twice in opener versus Arkansas-Little Rock ... Doubled and ho-mered, scoring three times in four games at Sun Belt Championships ... Went 1-for-3 versus Birmingham Southern at NCAA Athens Regional.
2003 (Freshman): Talented outfielder who suffered through the same shoulder injury twice, causing him to miss a total of 13 games during the campaign ... An electric player who drives the ball when making solid contact ... Batted .257 in 37 games, 30 starts ... Scored 17 runs with 11 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 16 RBIs in 113 at-bats ... Went 13-for-21 (.619) as the leadoff hitter in an inning and 5-for-6 (.833) with a runner on third and less than two outs ... Did not play in season-opener but started in both ends of twinbill on Sunday versus Jacksonville State, going 2-for-5 with a double, home run, three RBIs and two runs scored ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in victory over Kansas ... Singled home a run versus Rutgers ... Injured versus Kent State in the outfield, reducing him to the designated hitter role for the next month ... Singled home a run in Saturday contest at Southwest Missouri State ... Went 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs scored versus Samford ... Collected two hits, including a triple, and scored once in victory over Purdue ... Unavailable for games at Belmont and versus Tennessee Tech due to complications from injury ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored in Saturday contest against New Mexico State ... Homered and scored twice in finale versus NMSU ... Doubled twice and drove in a run in opening game at Louisiana-Lafayette ... Returned to field at Lipscomb on 4/01 ... Walked and scored twice at Austin Peay ... Had a hit in all three games versus Florida International ... Doubled and scored a run in opening home game versus Memphis ... Singled home two runs in second home contest versus UM, aggravating his previous injury on the hit ... Came on as a pinch-hitter on Saturday at Western Kentucky, collecting a pair of doubles in three at-bats ... Drew first start in the outfield since April 9 against Memphis on Sunday at Lipscomb, doubling and scoring a run in the victory ... Singled and scored in both games at Arkansas-Little Rock ... Went 0-for-4 versus Missouri in Starkville Regional.
High School: Played for coach Herb Hammond at Henry Clay HS ... Named All-City and All-State and a state All-Star ... Also voted Best Offensive Player ... Participated in East Coast Pro Showcase ... Ended career with .369 average, 33 home runs and 98 RBIs.
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I have a pair of SDA's, 2 tweeters, 3 midrange and sub woofer. Where can I get them reconditioned and upgraded? I live in NJ and would prefer to drop off and pick up instead of shipping.
SDA 2 (originals) Can you solder? Do it yourself.
Restoring vintage Polks tends to be a DIY job, and is can be a lot of fun. You will find all the resources and knowledge you need to do the job right... here on the forum. search the Vintage Speakers section and ask questions. We are here to help.
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I have SDA 2's. No issues but I thought that after 30 years some sort of maintenance is required. I have a Carver MXR 130 receiver and a Carver TFM 25 power amp. I noticed on the back of the SDA's that they should not be used " bridged" to amp/receiver. Could someone explain?
Problem is, that the SDA circuitry in the Polk speakers becomes VERY unhappy with the ground path of bridged amplifiers. SOME SDA speakers can be used with an isolation transformer in the SDA cable, earlier SDA speakers are just flat-out NOT compatible with bridged amps. Your SDA 2s are the "NOT compatible" kind.
Do you have any pictures of them? What would you like to change about them?
Just the capacitors and resistors really need to be replaced at this age they are probably not to spec and there is so much better quality out now.
Here is two good reads to get you started, 1st one give it time it's fairly large
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Question, when my Carver MXR 130 & TFM 25 get back from Oregon for rehab, can I bridge them and use my SDA 2's without the connecting cord?
Yes, but if you don't use the SDA cable, you might as well sell them.
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any other way to set them up?
Hang on a sec.....what are you wanting to bridge? You've only got one amp.
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I don't have to bridge, I can use the Carver TFM 25 to power the Polks and the carver MXR 130 receiver to power the rm8's. Is someway with a "Y" cord, I was talking to Roland Barr from HI tech audio in Oregon,who serviced my Carver, but something got lost in the translation.
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In 1952, long before there was a trend toward global legal studies, SMU established an L.L.M. program in international and comparative law. The rapid development of international institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund after World War II created a need for post-graduate legal education in international law. SMU Dedman School of Law Dean John Attanasio says the program provides students with the legal skills needed for functioning in an increasingly global environment.
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"Having a U.S. background will enhance significantly the professional abilities and marketability of these international law students, whether they go into private practice, government or academics in their home countries," Norton says.
During the one-year course of study the students will survey the Anglo-American legal system and be exposed to a broad array of international law, from international banking to international human rights. Many students specialize in areas such as intellectual property law, commercial law and dispute resolution. In the comparative law classes, Dedman School of Law offers courses on Japanese law, Chinese law, NAFTA, the European Union and business practices in Latin America.
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Michael Jackson sacrificed his humanity in his relentless quest for fame.
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Unlike his friend Princess Diana or even his idol Elvis, he is destined to live on in the media in squalid infamy, his reputation in tatters, more beast than being. His is a quintessential story of corruption, of one man's inability to avoid the hubris of super-stardom. Crushed under the enormous weight of public adulation and idolization, he became incapable of reining in his own excess.
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As part of its public outreach efforts in developing Southeast Michigan's 2040 Regional Transportation Plan, SEMCOG, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, has released the fifth in a series of videos about the region's transportation system.
View the video – The Inside Story on Safety – at http://www.semcog.org. Also on that same web page is a short survey related to the video about safety in the region.
"The transportation system impacts all of us and safety is a key component. Much has been done to try to decrease traffic crashes in recent years," explains Carmine Palombo, SEMCOG Plan Implementation. "Each video is intended to deliver important messages about our transportation system and outline the challenges we face in developing the new long-range plan. We encourage everyone in Southeast Michigan to understand the issues and provide feedback via the survey that will accompany each video."
The first four videos – on roads and bridges, walking and biking, public transit, and freight – can also be accessed at www.semcog.org.
In 2013, SEMCOG's local government members will decide on a long-range transportation plan and a list of the highest-priority projects to be funded over the next five years. The plan and projects will demonstrate how the transportation system improves the regions by supporting continued economic recovery, environmental health, community revitalization, and quality of life.
Residents are encouraged to follow development of the 2040 plan at www.semcog.org/2040RegionalTransportationPlan.aspx.
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SAN ANTONIO -- Everything's bigger in Texas, even ultraviolet exposure. That's why the Vision Council is urging residents of the Lone Star State to wear sunglasses.
On any late spring day at Woodlawn Lake, you'll find San Antonians enjoying the walking trail, even if they're skating or strolling. Most are sporting shades. But the Vision Council said all of us should invest in a good pair of sunglasses and wear them whenever we're outside.
"We get a lot of sunlight in Texas," commented Dr. Dan Johnson, an ophthalmologist with UT Medicine San Antonio. "There are a lot of issues that people can develop in their eyes related to sun exposure."
Johnson said sun exposure to the eye can fuel conditions like pterygium, an overgrowth of tissue that can cover the cornea. UV exposure has also been linked to an increased risk of developing cataracts, those cloudy lenses. And sun damage can create precancerous lesions or full blown cancer s that can devastate vision.
An ounce of prevention in the form of eye protection can go a long way in preventing these problems. You don't have to buy fancy lenses. Just make sure they're blocking the right rays.
"The important part of the sunglasses is to get the sunglasses that stop the UVA and UVB because it's the ultraviolet light that's the problem," Johnson stressed.
And don't forget the little ones. Children are vulnerable because they spend a lot of time outdoors.
The Vision Council wants people to make sunglasses as high on their priority list as sunscreen.
"Sunglasses, I think, should be pumped up more," Johnson added. "Sunglasses are basically sunscreen for the eyeballs."
San Antonio gets high levels of ultraviolet radiation up to 150 days a year. Today, for instance, the level is extreme.


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The Glasgow Christian Academy Wee Warriors Preschool program recently received a three out of four star rating from the STARS for KIDS NOW, Kentucky's voluntary quality rating system for type I and type II licensed child care centers and certified family care homes.
All levels of the STARS for KIDS program surpass the minimum certification and/or licensing requirements that all child care facilities must meet. Out of 24 participating child care programs in Barren County, the Glasgow Christian Academy is the only to receive a three star rating.
"We are really excited," said Tracy Shaw, principal of the Glasgow Christian Academy. "I know our facility is top notch but this just adds credibility to our program."
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Top 10 comments made around the office water cooler regarding Traverse City's potholes.
10. Potholes are so big, I saw a family of beavers bathing in one.
9. No, officer, I have not been drinking. Just dodging those small craters on Eighth Street.
8. Never had so much business in all my life said Joe at the alignment center.
7. Sign on Union Street offering free mule rides to the bottom of a pothole.
6. Pot hole was so big along Grandview Parkway they applied to the postal service for their own zip code.
5. You know a pot hole is big when the guy starts a used car lot in one.
4. Pulled my car out of a pothole the other day and realized I was in Beijing.
3. Here is a thought. How about filling the potholes with the rubber from all the blown tires.
2. Headline — Food trucks apply for permits to locate in potholes to take advantage of steady stream of visitors.
And the No. 1 comment about potholes in TC ... There are still less potholes than there are excuses from the road commission.
Jerrold Jenkins
Traverse City
Education and action
The recent National Geographic magazine had an excellent and educational article on fracking oil in the United States. It describes in detail the damage to the environment and community by the fracking that is occurring in North Dakota and Canada. Now the companies want to "educate us" on the values of fracking in our state and especially in Kalkaska, Crawford and Roscommon counties.
I encourage you to read that article and then contact our Michigan and U.S. politicians to prevent this damage to our land and loss of water in our soil and Great Lakes.
Another action is to join the Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan at http://LetsBanFracking.org. Education and action about the dangers of fracking and pipe lines through our state are important actions to save our land and waters for us and future generations.
Jean Umlor
Time to reward labor
The push to eliminate paid sick leave is a goal of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, a reactionary, corporate-funded entity which seeks to de-legitimize labor. Besides the push to deliver a "kill shot" to paid sick leave, ALEC is behind much state legislation meant to allow the arbitrage of labor and promote a "work until you die" quality of life for all but the elite or their managers.
There also is no debate since the issue of cost is a lie when this ALEC initiated legislation, like that of right-to-work (for less), is only meant to destroy a worker's ability to fairly negotiate with employers. It is anti-labor legislation for special interests meant to chip away at our ability to secure a decent living.
This legislation is not only cruel, but it diminishes the fantastic doubling of productivity by American labor. Not only should all workers have paid sick leave, but, as U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren pointed out, if minimum wage increased with productivity it should be $22/hour.
Isn't it about time American labor was rewarded?
Gerald Wilgus
Changing lives
My wife and I recently had the pleasure of visiting Traverse City for the first time. Even though it was in February, the town was vibrant and alive. There was a strolling festival that weekend and numerous events happening. You have a lovely city.
We were there as guests of the Grand Traverse Region chapter of Habitat for Humanity. I gave a speech at their annual dinner auction about my having been raised in a Habitat home and what the Habitat mission and ministry meant for my family.
After being introduced to some wonderful leaders in your area, including Lee Perry, Dan Brady, Wendy Irvin and Rep. Wayne Schmidt, the chapter's vision for the Depot Neighborhood was shared with me.
The idea of a neighborhood of ultra-efficient homes for needy families was thrilling. Thank you for embracing this concept.
Keep up the good work, Traverse City. You are changing lives for the better. We look forward to visiting again soon.
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Cloudera Cofounder and CTO Amr Awadallah To Present at 2011 O'Reilly Strata Conference in New York City
Company to Exhibit at Strata Summit and Strata Conference, September 20-23
Palo Alto, CA – September 20, 2011 – Cloudera Inc., the leading provider of Apache Hadoop-based data management software and services, today announced that Cofounder and CTO Amr Awadallah, will be a featured speaker at O'Reilly's Strata Conference, presenting "How Hadoop is Revolutionizing Business Intelligence and Advanced Data Analytics" in New York City on September 22, 2011. Awadallah, who oversees Cloudera's contributions to the Apache Hadoop and other open source projects, as well as the engineering efforts for its commercial management software suite, Cloudera Enterprise, will discuss the evolution of business data architecture and how the advanced analytics capabilities of Apache Hadoop solve key business challenges in today's enterprise.
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|Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 4:10pm ET
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Cloudera will be exhibiting at the Strata Summit September 20 – 21 and the Strata Conference, September 22 – 23, 2011. To learn more about Cloudera and its Apache Hadoop-based data management software and services, please stop by the company's kiosk at either location.
To schedule a meeting with a Cloudera executive at either show, please contact Hope Nicora at 510-984-1527.
For more information about the O'Reilly Strata Summit and Conference, or to register to attend, visit: http://strataconf.com/stratany2011/
About Cloudera
Cloudera, the leader in Apache Hadoop-based software and services, enables data driven enterprises to easily derive business value from all their structured and unstructured data. Cloudera's Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH), available to download for free at www.cloudera.com/downloads, is the most comprehensive, tested, stable and widely deployed distribution of Hadoop in commercial and non-commercial environments. For the fastest path to reliably using this completely open source technology in production for Big Data analytics and answering previously un-addressable big questions, organizations can subscribe to Cloudera Enterprise, comprised of Cloudera Manager software and Cloudera Support. Cloudera also offers training and certification on Apache technologies, as well as consulting services. As the top contributor to the Apache open source community and with tens of thousands of nodes under management across customers in financial services, government, telecommunications, media, web, advertising, retail, energy, bioinformatics, pharma/healthcare, university research, oil and gas and gaming, Cloudera's depth of experience and commitment to sharing expertise are unrivaled. www.cloudera.com
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Speed Art Museum Ball
The 41st Annual J. B. Speed Art Museum Ball was held on Mar. 1 at The Gillespie.
The 41st Annual Speed Art Museum Ball
The biggest night of the year in Louisvile's visual arts scene happened March 1 with the 41st annual Speed Art Museum Ball at The Gillespie.
Holiday Concert & Toy Drive with Olivia Henken
Guests celebrated the holiday spirit and enjoyed some live entertainment at the Holiday Ball & Toy Drive presented by Eventris and The Gillespie Dec. 21
Fall Into Fabulous Fashion Show
Younger Women's Club held their annual fashion show on Sept. 26 at The Gillespie.
Harry Dennery: Man Of The Year Campaign
Harry Dennery hosted a Man of the Year campaign event on May 30 at The Gillespie to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
The Derby Rose
The Derby Rose, benefiting FEAT of Louisville, was held May 3 at The Gillespie.
Our Compassionate City Salutes You
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNPE) hosted its first annual "Our Compassionate City Salutes You," a corporate recognition event, on April 23 at The Gillespie.
The Speed Ball
The J.B. Speed Art Museum held The Speed Ball on March 2 at The Gillespie.
The 2013 Speed Ball
Louisville's premier spring gala, The Speed Ball, celebrated the 40th installment of the ever-popular event with a sold out crowd at The Gillespie on March 2.
The 2013 Speed Ball Committee
Each year The Speed Art Museum forms a dedicated committee of volunteers that spend countless hours perfecting each detail of the annual fundraiser – Speed Ball.


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Reports: Manuel returning to Phillies
Charlie Manuel, just five months after being let go as Phillies manager, will return to the organization as a senior advisor to the general manager.
Brown happy to have Joyner back in 2014
Joyner, Samuel, Henderson return to Phillies.
Leyland steps down as Tigers manager
Jim Leyland leaves Detroit.
Union's Hackworth longest-tenured coach in Philly
Hackworth wants respect for Union, soccer.
Joe Girardi's decision to stay in the Bronx all about family
The sight of Joe Girardi throwing pitches to his children at Yankee Stadium after games has become a common event.
Phillies bring back fiery Bowa
Larry Bowa returns to Phillies.
Phillies name Sandberg full-time manager
Ryne Sandberg named Phillies manager.
Couple sought in slaying of Chester Rite Aid store manager
The fatal shooting happened about 10 p.m. at the Rite Aid at 9th Street and Highland Avenue.
Did Doc Halladay criticize Charlie Manuel?
Halladay commented on Manuel's dismissal.
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Wow! Definitely a nice bull!!
Wow! Definitely a nice bull!!
What a giant! I hope you catch up with that bull later on. That bear looks huge too. Very nice pics.
Arise... Kill, Eat! - Acts 10:13
Please do! I can't get that picture out of my head, so video would be even sweeter! Did you take it thru your Razor?
Arise... Kill, Eat! - Acts 10:13
Nice bull. Seeing that snow is kinda wild. It has been over 100 degrees here the past few weeks. I would love to go jump in that snow. Hope to see a pic of you and that bull togther
Here is some video:
that is an absolutely incredible bull. I really like the video.
WOW!! I hope you kill that beast, what an incredible bull.
Thanks for posting the pictures and video Bitterroot Bulls and good luck hunting for him.
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POW is one component of the Swimming Wellness or Swimming Is Medicine initiative for corporate fitness programs.
POW (Pool Open Water) is a trademarked acronym owned by Open Water Source.
Pool Open Water helps bring the joys and challenges of open water swimming to a pool.
Traditional open water swimming, alternatively known as Marathon swimming, Long distance swimming or Rough water swimming, is done in oceans, bays, rivers, lakes, dams, rowing basins, canals, channels, fjords and reservoirs around the world. POW combines the joys, challenges and excitement of traditional open water swimming with the convenience of a swimming pool.
Remove the lane lines in a pool, set four turn buoys near the corners and swim loops (either clockwise or counterclockwise) around the course. Swimmers can also do their warm-up, pulling, kicking, sprints, relays and main sets around the perimeter of a 25 or 50-meter pool.
POW is an enjoyable and educational introduction to traditional open water swimming when the weather is too cold or there is not access to an open body of water. Swimmers can learn and practice drafting, positioning and turning in the pool and transfer that experience to success in the open water. POW is especially helpful for triathletes and newcomers to the sport.
External links
- Pool Open Water website
- Open Water Swimming website
- Marathon Swimming
- Swimming Wellness program
- Swimming Is Medicine program
- Text Messages From Open Water Swimmers
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- Ten Big Ideas For Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- Will Interleaving and IM Help You Swim Faster?
- POWerful Training In Warsaw, Poland
- Chasing The Ocean Life For Those With Spinal Injuries
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This article offers a quick look at the many facets of Google Wave. Wave provides components for end-users, site owners, and application developers, and given its lineage, one can expect something of a Twitter-like cottage industry to pop up to push Wave in all sorts of directions.
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Heartbleed Bleeds On
According to a report, many potential victims of the Heartbleed attack have patched their systems, but few have cleaned up the crime scene to protect themselves from the effects of a previous intrusion.
Drone Brain Goes Open Source
DARPA and NICTA release the code for the ultra-secure microkernel system used in aerial drones.
Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
New B+ board lets you build cool things without the complication of a powered USB hub.
Microsoft Grabs No-IP.com Domains
Redmond rushes in to root out alleged malware haven.
Firefox Steps into 3D
New initiative will bring futuristic virtual reality effects to the web surfing experience.
New Trojan Targets Online Banking
Dyreza malware launches a man-in-the-middle attack that compromises SSL.
HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
New cloud combines worldwide access with local attention to data security.
New Attack Targets Wireless Logins
A first cousin of the recent Heartbleed attack affects EAP-based wireless and peer-to-peer authentication.
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IBM snaps up identity access gatekeeper tech
Beefs up security portfolio with CrossIdeas
Insight CEO: We've found bottom line balm to soothe Microsoft pain
Dealer titan ups profit forecasts, pesky sales a different matter...
Tesla and Panasonic to build NOT-SO-SECRET GigaFactory in US
This'll help me flog more 'leccy motors, says Elon Musk
Samsung faces down TAB and smartphone MOUNTAIN HORROR
Sales and profit dive at mobile sub, things set to get tougher
BT consumer biz saves day: Grr, if it weren't for that meddling Ofcom
Broadband spares the red faces
Dr Dre's crew gets Beats-down from Apple: 200 jobs to go – report
HR, finance will bear the brunt of cuts, it is rumoured
Disk daddy WD dishes out more drives, but profits dip anyway
Gaming gamed WD's results
Microsoft adds wireless industry legend John Stanton to its board
Satya Nadella backs up 'mobile-first' strategy with new director
AVG stung as search revenue from freebie scanners dries up
Come back, freetards
Nintend-OH NO! Sorry, Mario – your profits are in another castle
Red-hatted mascot, red-colored logo, red-stained finance books
Oracle cluster daddy jumps ship to NoSQL upstart MongoDB
30-year SQL veteran says firm is 'revolutionizing' databases
Google Hangouts get down to business – and all dressed to the nines
A whole three of them ... plus phone support
Shopping spree helps Arrow counter organic sales slump
Revenues rally but only if you don't look closely
Don't Hammer Bob's backup biz: At least sales are up
Profits are down at CommVault but it's still beating Wall St
Sing it, Systemax: 10 straight quarters plunging in a row, 10 straight quar....
Sales FINALLY on rise for reseller... by 1.4%
Amazon says Hachette should lower ebook prices, pay authors more
Oh yeah ... and a 30% cut for Amazon to seal the deal
Twitter shares balloon on another quarter of ho-hum results
Still not making money, but since when did that matter?
China in MONOPOLY PROBE into Microsoft: Do not pass GO, do not collect 200 yuan
Or do not pass 起点, if you prefer
Old-timey music streamer Rhapsody (aka Napster) reaches 2m subscribers
Partly down to 'unRadio' mobile app deals with cell providers
Ah, so that's why French IT giant Atos is officially full of Bull
Integrators to cling together as top line stagnates, bottom line falls
Sonos AXES support for Apple's iOS4 and 5
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Has your IT budget expanded or contracted in the summer heat?
Poll Tell us what you'd like to do with all that lovely money
Microsoft in Chinese burn ENIGMA: Anti-trust agents' 'sudden visit' to offices
No Windows into government's surprise act
Forgot About Dre? Not us. Euro bods give nod to Apple and Beats deal
Thou shalt not compete unfairly, rule Eurocrats
Swell. Apple buys 'Pandora-for-talk-radio' app... for $30 meeellion
'Pandora-for-talk-radio' software on sale - report
Philip K Dick 'Nazi alternate reality' story to be made into TV series
Amazon Studios, Ridley Scott firm to produce The Man in the High Castle
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Joe Average isn't worth $10 a year to Mark Zuckerberg
The Social Network deflates the PC resurgence with mobile-only usage prediction
Google outlines research priorities for boffin grants
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Folk singer Dave Van Ronk, a central figure in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s, died of complications from colon cancer at New York University Medical Center on February 10th; he was sixty-five. Van Ronk was diagnosed with the cancer late last year and underwent surgery and chemotherapy in November.
Born in Brooklyn in 1936, Van Ronk moved into Manhattan's Greenwich Village in his teens, where he began recording in 1957 with Sings Ballads, Blues and a Spiritual. Van Ronk had a handful of recordings under his belt for Moses Asch's legendary Folkways label, before he befriended and served as an early mentor to Bob Dylan in the early Sixties, when the latter moved from Minnesota to New York. Van Ronk was particularly prolific that decade, recording and releasing more than a dozen albums that make up his four-decade, thirty-plus-record career, as he found himself at the center of a nurturing folk circle that included Dylan, "Ramblin'" Jack Elliot, Phil Ochs and others.
Early in his career, Van Ronk was best-known for his interpretations of old folk and blues recordings, offering new arrangements of older blues songs like "House of the Rising Sun" and "He Was a Friend of Mine." A terrific finger-picker, Van Ronk was also an able songwriter, a talent he didn't always showcase, but one captured on his mid-Eighties album, Going Back to Brooklyn, which featured only Van Ronk originals. His final release was 2001's Sweet and Lowdown, a collection of swinging standards that focused on Van Ronk's jazzier side.
In December 1997, Van Ronk was awarded ASCAP's Lifetime Achievement Award. He is survived by his wife, Andrea Vuocolo.
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All of my previous selves still survive somewhere inside of me, and my previous adolescent would have loved "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." The movie has received glowing reviews, and some snarky ones that seem to have been written by previous adults. The film is about an alienated high-school freshman who sees himself as a chronic outsider, and then is befriended by a group of older kids who embrace their non-conformist status.
The movie confirms one of my convictions: If you are too popular in high school, you may become so fond of the feeling that you never find out who you really are. The film is based on Stephen Chbosky's best-selling young-adult novel, which was published in 1999 and is now on many shelves next to The Catcher in the Rye. It offers the rare pleasure of an author directing his own book, and doing it well. No one who loves the book will complain about the movie, and especially not about its near-ideal casting.
The story, set in the early 1990s, tells the story of Charlie (Logan Lerman), who begins it as a series of letters to a "friend." He enters high school tremulously and without confidence, and is faced on his first day by that great universal freshman crisis: Which table in the lunchroom will they let me sit at? Discouraged at several tables, he's welcomed by two smart and sympathetic seniors.
They are Sam and Patrick, played by Emma Watson in her own coming-of-age role after the "Harry Potter" movies, and Ezra Miller, who was remarkable as an alienated teenager in "We Need to Talk About Kevin." Charlie makes the mistake of assuming they are a couple, and Sam's laughter corrects him; actually, they're half-siblings. Charlie is on the edge of outgrowing his depression and dorkdom, and is eerily likable in his closed-off way. One of the key players in his life is the dead aunt (Melanie Lynskey) he often has imaginary meetings with.
Patrick is tall, gangly and gay; Sam is friendly and lovable. Charlie gets a quick crush on her, but she explains she has a b.f. and encourages his friendship. Through them, he meets the quasi-punk Mary Elizabeth (Mae Whitman), who definitely is interested in dating him, and a pothead named Bob (Adam Hagenbuch), who nudges Charlie toward adventures most teenagers have once in life, and few should have twice.
We learn a lot about their high school crowd by finding out they're instrumental in the local midnight showings of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." When Charlie is unexpectedly pressed into service playing a key role one night during their performance, it provides him with a turning point that may be contrived but is certainly entertaining.
Their crowd is artsy, outsider, non-conformist. They become the influence that rescues Charlie from his deep insecurity and his depression over the suicide of a friend; they teach him it's OK to be who he is. In his first year, he learns a little, very tentatively, about sex, drinking and drugs, and a lot about friendship.
He's also guided by Mr. Anderson (Paul Rudd), his English teacher, who steers him toward seminal books including, yes, The Catcher in the Rye. Why is it that English, drama and music teachers are most often recalled as our mentors and inspirations? Maybe because artists are rarely members of the popular crowd.
Note: This review includes material from my Toronto Film Festival blog post about this title.
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24 Jul 2013
If/Then, as previously reported, will have its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington, DC, beginning previews Nov. 5, 2013, and running through Dec. 8, 2013. Tickets for the Washington run, priced $48-$153, are available by clicking here.
The new musical is from the creative team behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal: Tom Kitt (music), Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics) and Michael Greif (director). Performances will begin at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre March 4, 2014, prior to an official opening March 27.
On-sale Broadway dates, performance schedule, additional casting and ticket information will be announced shortly.
Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre is located at 226 West 46th Street. For more information visit IfThenTheMusical.com.


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Greg Satell, Contributor
Tim Cook might very well have the hardest job in the world. Not only does he have to run the most cherished company on the planet, but he also has to follow one of the greatest CEO's in history. Is he up to it? I'm starting to think he's not.
There have been missteps of course, like some earnings releases that have disappointed investors, the maps debacle, the inability to make good on NFC or on Apple TV, but that's not why I'm starting to have my doubts. I find it very easy to believe that all of those things would have happened even if Steve Jobs was still around.
No, what's starting to give me doubts is a what he said in a recent Businessweek interview, which I will quote here with my own emphasis added:
Creativity and innovation are something you can't flowchart out. Some things you can, and we do, and we're very disciplined in those areas. But creativity isn't one of those. A lot of companies have innovation departments, and this is always a sign that something is wrong when you have a VP of innovation or something. You know, put a for-sale sign on the door. (Laughs.)
Everybody in our company is responsible to be innovative, whether they're doing operational work or product work or customer service work.
In just few sentences, he encapsulates both why Apple has been so enormously successful and also why its future is so precarious.
While Apple has gained a reputation as a disruptor, in truth its products generally don't meet the definition of disruptive innovation (except for iTunes, which does). They launch products at the high end of existing markets and utilize conventional business models. The thing that has set them apart is that their products have been so "insanely great" that, even in well established categories, an Apple launch can feel like something completely new.
I think three factors account for the company's success innovating this way. One, is the discipline that Tim Cook spoke of above. The second is world class talent like Jony Ive and lastly, of course, is Steve Jobs. It was his ability to see the incredible possibilities of technology along with his "reality distortion field" that drove Apple to create products like no other company.
But that last crucial element is gone now and Apple will need to adapt and that will mean taking a broader perspective toward innovation than they have in the past.
To illustrate the point, I will use the Innovation Management Matrix that I recently published in Harvard Business Review:
While Apple, much like Toyota, has thrived by making important improvements to existing products, there are some other avenues they could explore, including:
Basic Research: In 1993, IBM research achieved the world's first quantum teleportation, a discovery which will form the centerpiece of the next digital frontier of quantum computing that will begin to take over sometime around the year 2020. It's that kind of long term thinking which has enabled them to build products like Watson, today's most impressive computing platform.
As I noted in an earlier post on Forbes, Apple spends very little on research and development and almost nothing on basic research. Investing in completely new paradigms, rather than simply improving existing ones, might be something that Tim Cook and Apple will want to consider.
Breakthrough Innovation: Another thing that Cook highlighted in the interview is how tight knit Apple's senior management is. That's great for running operations, but inevitably people who spend a lot of time together end up thinking a lot alike, which makes it difficult to overcome tough problems when you get stuck.
A lot of companies are having success with Open Innovation platforms like Innocentive or P&G's internal program, Connect + Develop. However, for Apple to create truly collaborative relationships with outside entities they will have to make serious adjustments to their famously prickly culture.
Disruptive Innovation: Both Google and 3M have been able to consistently come up with truly disruptive innovations that have created new categories. Products like Google Maps, which funds a satellite imagery service by selling ads to hardware stores and the like, isn't the type of idea that thrives in a centralized structure.
Both companies have versions of the 15% / 20% rule which encourages experimentation on a massive scale, rather than a laser like focus on a few blockbuster products. Other companies pursue disruptive innovation with internal VC arrangements, hackathons, innovation days and yes, innovation departments.
So while Apple's approach has worked magnificently in the past, that's no guarantee that it will succeed in the future. Before he dismisses workable approaches that other companies have successfully adopted, he might want to look around a bit more.
Which brings me to something else Cook said in the interview about what Steve Jobs told him when he handed over the reins:
He said, 'I want to make this clear. I saw what happened when Walt Disney passed away. People looked around, and they kept asking what Walt would have done.' He goes, 'The business was paralyzed, and people just sat around in meetings and talked about what Walt would have done. He goes, 'I never want you to ask what I would have done. Just do what's right.'He was very clear.
Perhaps Jobs knew that, after him, Apple would have to become a very different company, that they would have to find their own way, set their own mark and operate differently.
And maybe even get an innovation department…
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who really cares about your comment. last time I looked you weren't running the largest corporation in America and will never get close. try being more constructive and have some respect. how dare you.
You are seriously going to hold up 3M for innovation above Apple? Really? Even Google? What did they innovate other than search on links? Is YouTube real innovation? Maps? MapQuest was on the scene WAY before google.
And we are also supposed to believe IBM did something innovative by discussing Star Trek beaming 'technology' as if it were real? Give us a break really.
Innovation department? Seriously?
You hate Apple, we get it.
This guy cracks me up. His advice on how to run the most innovative, valuable, iconoclastic company in the tech world? "You really ought take a lesson from those consumer goods companies that manage to muddle along. Steve Jobs would have strangled this guy.
I think the problem is just that Steve Jobs got the company to bend to his vision, while the others are expected to conform to the 'vision' that the company has (not).
Greg Satell runs with the herd of traditional business thinkers.
Apple forges its own path.
That's why Apple is the world's most valuable company and Greg is lobbing rotten eggs at it.
I will come out and say it outright. I don't think you have a firm grasp on Clayton's theory of disruptive innovation if you think Apple's iTunes is their only example of them being disruptive while Google has shown to be consistently disruptive. (NOTE: I see both companies as being consistently disruptive in different ways).
One of the main aspects of disruptive cycles is you can seldom see them in process but they become evident when looking back. If you look at Clay's comments on the iPhone when it was released:
"So music on the mobile phone is going to disrupt the iPod? But Apple's just about to launch the iPhone.
The iPhone is a sustaining technology relative to Nokia. In other words, Apple is leaping ahead on the sustaining curve [by building a better phone]. But the prediction of the theory would be that Apple won't succeed with the iPhone. They've launched an innovation that the existing players in the industry are heavily motivated to beat: It's not [truly] disruptive. History speaks pretty loudly on that, that the probability of success is going to be limited."
Hmmm… What went wrong? Only in hindsight did Clayton see what happened.
If you can answer what went wrong with his prediction, you will see the fundamental error in this entire article and, most specifically, your placement of Apple in the "Sustaining Innovation" part of your graph (that is wrong on so many levels as to be funny) and not the "Disruptive Innovation".
I agree with what you are saying but I think you do not apply that to Apple's products. For example:
"- Offers less performance by conventional standards (but usually outperforms in some other way)"
That is very true of the iPhone but not when applied to other phones of the times. This is where I find fundamental flaws in your thought process. You are looking at Apple's products with the same exact view people had of them when they were first released:
"The iPhone is too expensive of a phone and has less features than Symbian/WinCE/Palm"
"The iPad does not do enough to replace a computer"
People (like you) are still using these 3-6 year year old views on these products but not updating their views to the current reality. For example. By the end of the year, the iPad by itself will be a larger business than all of Google. It will have taken Google 15+ years to reach that size. It will have taken Apple 3+ years to grow the iPad to that size. Mostly under Tim Cook's reign. That does not happen without massive disruptive innovation.
And BTW, you are warped on your view of NFC. In its current implementation, it is a dead technology.
The Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad must be called disruptive. I feel you miss them because Clay defined DI as being something that targets low or non consumers.
If that be the case, I see these 4 massive DIs as having targeted non consumers, if you will, because each of them delivered a product that did not exist for consumers until the DIs showed up!
The problem that each solved was NOT well defined, even though you think otherwise.
Finally, although Apple may not be disruptive in your view, it reinvented the PC, music,the cell phone, and the tablet with genuinely disruptive impact on companies named MicroSoft, Palm, RIMM, Dell, Nokia, Google, Amazon, HP, Sony, et al….
Frankly, I have my doubts about your column. Perhaps another would help clarify what you're trying to say.
Lets see where we are at here. In six months Apple has lost over 200 Billion in market cap, and Tim Cook has gone from being listed as a runner up for Time's person of the year, to being panned by Forbes magazine. As an Apple stock holder, all I ask of Tim Cook is that he limit the mistakes that are possible with following an iconic CEO such as Steve Job's. Take the lessons from others mistakes and do not repeat them. I am happy with Mr Cook's results to date, irrespective of the opinion of Wall Street. If Mr Cook solely resists the temptation to buy into growth for the sake of growth, I will be happy. We saw the effect this had on Hewlett Packard. Mr Cook, continue to look toward the long term, not just Wall Street's expectation for the next earnings quarter. Use the cash available to support the company as your board sees fit. As of this week Apple just purchased ten billion worth of value in an innovative company at a low value, AAPL. Overall, continue the support a corporate culture where innovation is the key, irrespective of one's position with the company. With the quote from Mr Cook; "Everybody in our company is responsible to be innovative, whether they're doing operational work or product work or customer service work." I have faith in AAPL.
This article should have been titled, "The Problem with Forbes," because Forbes allows know-nothings like Greg Satell to publish meaningless articles that attempt to undermine the USA's greatest company. I listened to every word Tim Cook said yesterday at the Goldman Sachs technology conference, and I'm mighty glad he is running Apple. I hope he continues to ignore the silly sideshows and do things the Apple way.
A great piece. I agree that Apple is probably the world's most cherished (even 'worshipped') brand which needs to be well understood and artfully managed to maintain the magic without diluting the promise.
The problem is, defining that promise. While I agree that it certainly used to be innovation (i.e. 'Think Different'), but I'm not sure it is any more. Is an iPad or iPhone or MacBook objectively more innovative than its competitors? Or is it, subjectively, more beautiful, better finished, with a more intuitive interface and, above all, a magical 'feel good' factor that you simply don't get when you buy a Samsung clone?
Whether Apple puts 'innovative thinking' into every employee's job description, or has a department to focus on it, is not, in my view, the most critical issue on which Tim Cooke will be judged. More vital, I think, is his understanding of how to sustain and extend the Apple brand, reinforcing its appeal to believers while extending its reach to new followers. Unless he truly understands why consumers worship Apple he risks going awry. You may be interested in a piece I recently wrote about this: http://lucasbrand.com/resources/Papers/Apple-Worship.pdf
Just a question on this comment:
"Is an iPad or iPhone or MacBook objectively more innovative than its competitors? Or is it, subjectively, more beautiful, better finished, with a more intuitive interface and, above all, a magical 'feel good' factor that you simply don't get when you buy a Samsung clone?"
What is the difference? To me, the innovation results in the "subjectively, more beautiful, better finished, with a more intuitive interface and, above all, a magical 'feel good' factor".
Simply throwing the buzz word tech into a device (NFC for example) does not translate to innovation.
Re: Your paper. Freud had a very interesting take on religion and politics. He couldn't figure out if adherents (fanatics) were reacting through the id (a strong sense of self) or the super-ego (a sense of community). What he was sure about was that the ego (or reasoning) was not part of the thought processes – most vehement adherents are not even aware of the texts (or the policies) of their religion (or political party). Cult brand followers are more or less the same, to my mind.
I agree, Apple has a lot of inherent strengths. I suspect that these are, fundamentally, rooted in the culture rather than defined as functions. The notion of appointing a 'director of innovations' would be anathema to any Applelite (as Cooke confirms). The question I am pondering is whether 'innovation' per se is really what Apple is about any more. It abandoned 'Think Different' some years ago (when a mac was palpably different to a PC), it now seems to have matured into 'Do Different' brand with similar technology, but more intuitive, desirable and 'gorgeous' (as Jobs put it) products than anyone else. Products that 'just work'. Apple is also pretty good at leveraging its public image to give new launches 'wow factor' with a credibility that alleviates the perceived risk. iWatch could be the next to ignite a new segment for Apple to take 'first mover' advantage. The problem with the kind of blind faith that has grown around the Apple brand, though, is that no one really knows quite what it stands for, it is simply a beguiling polymath that just awes everyone. So when a does crack appear (such as a realisation, for example, that no one actually wants a smart watch with a built-in phone) the omnipotent facade is shattered and there is nothing to fall back on.
That is why being a 'cult' brand is a risk – no one really knows on what they are basing their trust! Apple should substantiate the belief of its followers by giving them reasons to believe, that way their faith is well-founded. Apple will then be held to account for fulfilling its promises, but not for fulfilling every imaginable promise. Apple is, after all, a fallible human institution, playing God is always going to end in disappointment.


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EDMOND — Hayley Redwine started the race near the middle of the pack. She stayed there for the half of the meet, passing the mile mark in 10th place.
But she didn't finish there.
The Norman High runner made a second-half push to make up ground, and she was rewarded with a third-place finish at the Class 6A state cross country meet at Edmond Santa Fe on Saturday.
Redwine headlined a successful day for both Norman schools, clocking in at 11:35 to finish on the podium, while the Norman North girls put three in the top 20 to finish in third place.
Redwine was joined by Norman's Mackenzie Wahpepah-Harris came in third for NHS on the boys' side, finishing in 15:40.
Westmoore had also hoped to have a pair of runners finish near the top of the pack. But after strong outings at regionals Alex Scott and Alex Davis were not able to have a repeat performance.
Davis ran a 16:49 to take 39th on the boys side. He had the fastest time of any runner from Moore. Westmoore's Zach hart and Southmoore's Brandon Anders took 58th and 59th respectively.
For the girls, Savannah Waddell was the top placer with a time of 12:11 over the 3,000 meter course. She fell into 20th place. Scott (22nd), Shelby Miller (29th) and Ashtyn DeRoin (30th) all finished in the top 30 to give the Lady Jaguars a fourth place finish with 127 points. Jenks took first while Mustang took second place.


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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Serious WATER LEAK
This leak at our next door neighbor's house is really troublesome to all of us who live on this street. Last Saturday night Russ came home late and discovered this water leak on our elderly neighbor's driveway. Russ quickly called the police and at about 2am the water company came up the hill to see what the problem was all about. Since it was dark out they left leaving gallons of watering running down our street. Monday comes and 2 men from the water company come up the hill and take a look at the leak. Nope, can't fix it. Tuesday comes, another 2 men come up the hill, nope, can't fix it. Today the water company came with 3 men and back hoe. GUESS NO ONE CAN FIX THIS AWFUL LEAK AND ALL THIS PRECIOUS WATER IS RUNNING DOWN OUR HILL INTO THE STORM DRAIN FOR THE 5TH STRAIGHT DAY IN A ROW! Somebody's paying for this waste of water -- and well isn't water precious and NOT meant to be wasted? I wonder what tomorrow will bring?! Probably another few men standing around watching the water flow down the hill.
GRRRR - it's quite frustrating indeed!
Jane M
4 comments:
- Fran said...
Good lord! And the neighbor, she's ok? I mean, nothing bad happening in her house that water is running, running, running like that?
- June 22, 2011 at 10:01 PM
- Privatestock said...
Luckily our neighbor has water! She's been calling the water dept., Russell has been calling, and I know folks across the street called - so we're all calling the water dept. and they seem to not be able to fix the problem! It's just awful!
- June 23, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Mary said...
I'm sorry it took me so long to respond to this post. I honestly thought I had already done that. My bad! Your problem is a shame. May I suggest you call the health department and a local newspaper. Sometimes help comes from odd areas. At least it is worth a try. Have a good weekend. Blessings...Mary
- June 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM
- Privatestock said...
Thanks Mary - a private plumbing company came on Friday and stopped the water! YIPPEE...only now there is a major hole still there. Guess they have to figure out how to fill it in while still be able to get to the pipe. I'm thinking that with all the neighbors calling the water company they just had to hire someone with knowledge to make the water stop!
- June 26, 2011 at 8:57 AM


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TRAVERSE CITY — Investigators searching for a cause of a breach at the Brown Bridge Dam are finally getting a chance this week to inspect a construction device that failed, causing extensive flooding of homes on the Boardman River.
Meanwhile, state environmental regulators notified Traverse City that the Oct. 6 breach at the dam and resulting flooding constituted a violation of a permit issued for removal of the dam. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Water Resources Division issued the violation notice to Traverse City Manager Ben Bifoss Nov. 9.
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