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n Preservations home tour, tickets available 1 to 4 p.m., Cornerstone Hall, North Washington Street, with homes open until 5 p.m., (812) 876-6017.
Parke County
n Covered Bridge Festival last day, activities, canal tours, hog roast and bean dinner, Montezuma, (765) 592-0829.
Vigo County
n Food drive, presented by Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Benedict and St. Ann Catholic churches, bags will be left on doors for non-perishable food donations and collected today.
n Vigo County CROP Hunger Walk, registration begins 1:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 630 Ohio St., (812) 696-5056 or (812) 299-1898.
n Big Tree Hike, sponsored by TREES Inc., free event, 2 p.m., Dobbs Park, 5170 E. Poplar Drive, visit www.TREESinc.org for details.
n Terre Haute Regional Hospital 30th anniversary open house/tours, 2 to 4 p.m., front lobby, 3901 S. Seventh St.
n Jam session, $2, 3 p.m., Wabash Senior Activity Center, 300 S. Fifth St., (812) 232-3245.
n Nightmare on Ash Street, haunted house, $5, 7 to 11 p.m., 1443 Ash St.
Clay County
n Fundraising breakfast, 7 to 10 a.m., and lunch, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., through Friday, Cunot Community Center, Poland, (765) 795-3461.
n Clay County Genealogical Library open 1 to 4 p.m. today, Wednesday and Saturday, Center Point.
Crawford County, Ill.
n Free math, English, science and history tutoring, secondary school students only, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., Learning Skills Center, Lincoln Trail College, Robinson, Ill., (618) 544-8657, ext. 1136.
Parke County
n Covered Bridge Festival, last day of events, featuring 31 covered bridges, food, crafts and more.
Vigo County
n Disabled American Veterans van transport to Indianapolis VA Hospital, leaves 6 a.m., from Denny's Restaurant, 233 S. Third St.; call Veteran's Assistance Center, Vigo County Annex, (812) 462-3261.
n Disabled American Veteran van transport to Danville, Ill., medical facility, leaves promptly at 8 a.m. from Denny's Restaurant, 233 S. Third St.; call Veteran's Assistance Center, Vigo County Annex, (812) 462-3261.
n Free Vigo County School Corp. adult GED classes daily through Friday, times vary, Chauncey Rose Adult Education Center, 1275 Third Ave., (812) 462-4479 or 462-4070.
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• 42nd annual Cory Apple Festival, through Sunday, featuring community worship service 9 a.m.;
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Vigo County
• Euchre tournament, $5, 1 p.m., Club Soda, 609 S. Fourth St.
Valley Datebook: September 11, 2011
• Spruce Up Marshall, downtown beautification project, presented by Marshall Main Street and Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce, 1 p.m., courthouse gazebo, Marshall, Ill.
Valley Datebook: Sept. 4, 2011
• Saddle Up for St. Jude, benefit trail ride for St. Jude Children's Hospital, with wiener roast following, guests are asked to bring covered dish to share, 3 p.m., Roy Maurer Farm, northwest of Marshall, Ill., (217) 826-5422.
Valley Datebook: August 28, 2011
Crawford County, Ill.
• Homecoming Gospel Choir concert, free event, 6 p.m., Lincoln Trail College auditorium, Robinson, Ill., (618) 245-9133.
Valley Datebook: August 21, 2011
Clark County, Ill.
• Westfield Homecoming Festival, featuring pancake and sausage breakfast, 6 a.m.; parade, 10 a.m.; quilt show, noon, and more, Westfield, Ill., (217) 246-2666.
Valley Datebook: August 14, 2011
• White elephant-item auction and bake sale benefit for Palestine fire chief, presented by Palestine Eagles Auxillary 3329, 3 p.m., Eagle Aerie on East Franklin Street, Palestine, Ill.
Valley Datebook: Aug. 7, 2011
• National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association Midwest Black Powder Rendezvous, black powder competitions, living history encampment, continues through Wednesday, Fort LaMotte, Palestine, Ill.
Valley Datebook: Sept. 19, 2010
Clark County, Ill.
Traveling exhibit featuring reproduction artifacts from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, on display at Marshall Public Library, 612 Archer Ave., Marshall, Ill., (217) 826-2535.
Valley Datebook: May 30, 2010
Clark County, Ill.
Guitar Hero Tournament, 5 p.m., Fisherman's Table Concession stand, Mill Creek Park, 7 miles northwest of Marshall, Ill., on Clarksville Road (Lincoln Heritage Trail); call (217) 889-3901 or 889-3601.
Valley Datebook: May 23, 2010
Parke County
Bird feeding, 10 a.m., star show at the planetarium, 2 p.m., Turkey Run Nature Center, 1821 E. Park Road, Marshall, Ind.; call (765) 597- 2654.
Valley Datebook: May 16, 2010
National Salvation Army Week concludes with morning worship service, 11 a.m., outside on the lawn, 234 S. Eighth St.
Valley Datebook: April 11, 2010
Crawford County, Ill.
First Invasion: War of 1812, free movie, 7 p.m., Eagle Theater, Robinson, Ill., (618) 586-2334.
Parke County
Valley Datebook: Feb. 14, 2010
Forty Hours Devotion, 11 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Church of the Immaculate Conception, St. Mary-of-the-Woods.
- Valley Datebook: Jan. 24, 2010 Bird feeding program, 10 a.m.; Eagle viewing DVD; planetarium star show, 2 p.m., Turkey Run State Park, 8121 E. Park Road, Marshall, Ind., (765) 597-2654.
Valley Datebook: Nov. 8, 2009
Vigo County
Food drive through Nov. 21, donors will receive a 10 percent discount on next purchase, Dean's Party Mania, 3435 S. Third Place, behind Honey Creek Mall, (812) 232-3412.
Valley Datebook: Nov. 1, 2009
Parke County
Montezuma Park Board meets, 4 p.m., Montezuma firehouse.
- Valley Datebook: Oct. 25, 2009 Fright Night rides, includes scary stops at a haunted covered bridge, cemetery, and visits from monsters, witches and more, $5, 7 to 8:45 p.m., Billie Creek Village, (765) 562-2206.
Valley Datebook: Oct. 18, 2009
Owen County
Preservations home tour, tickets available 1 to 4 p.m., Cornerstone Hall, North Washington Street, with homes open until 5 p.m., (812) 876-6017.
- Valley Datebook: Oct. 11, 2009 Covered Bridge Festival activities, antique tractor and engine show, coon holler kids, 1 p.m.; gospel sing, 2 p.m.; canal tours, hog roast and bean dinner, Montezuma, (765) 592-0829.
Valley Datebook: Sept. 27, 2009
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Cory Apple Festival, featuring parade, 3 p.m. and more, located east of Terre Haute south on State Road 46, (812) 864-2229.
Valley Datebook: Sept. 6, 2009
Clark County, Ill.
Casey Softball Hall and Honor Museum 33rd annual induction ceremony, 1:30 p.m. during the Casey Popcorn Festival, Fairview Park, Casey, Ill.
Valley Datebook: Aug. 16, 2009
Clay County
Christian Cavaliers will minister in song, 6 p.m. at the Coalmont Church of God.
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Quilt show, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., REIN Center Community Library, 700 Main St., Clay City.
Parke County
- Valley Datebook: June 7, 2009 • Gas powered motors meeting, to discuss allowing gas powered boat motors on the park's Lake Kickapoo, 2 p.m., Tulip Shelter, Shakamak State Park, 6265 W. SR 48, Jasonville, (812) 273-0609.
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I'm a commuter so I don't eat at school much. When I do, I prefer the caf. There is a lot more variety and there is always a salad and fruit bar. Tutu's has a Starbucks in it which is nice, but food-wise there's pretty much only sandwiches and they aren't that great.
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At FSC, there are three different meal plans with varying amounts of meals per week: Type A has 20 meals, Type B has 15, and Type C has 10. However, all three of these plans are on the same system. Students are given a certain amount of swipes on the student ID card, which can only be used at Wynee's Bistro. This is the school's attempt at making sure students aren't using their whole meal plan on Starbucks. Swipes do not roll over from week to week, and there is no reimbursement for swipes you do not use. In addition to swipes, you are given a certain amount of points. These points can be spent anywhere food is served on campus, such as the Grill Master or TuTu's Cyber Café. Points roll over from week to week, but not to the next semester. You do not need a meal plan to eat at any of the places that food is served, but most students have some sort of meal plan if they are living on campus.
In terms of eating at FSC, the food is actually pretty good. There is normally at least one thing that will appeal to you. The only problem is that the food selection can be repetitive sometimes. Plus, there is not a huge variety of kosher, organic, or vegetarian options. Most places where food is served have some sort of healthy food, such as Boca and turkey burgers, fruit cups, and salad bars. There are not any fast food places on campus, unless you count Freshens or Starbucks. This helps prevent the Freshman 15, but if you really need fast food, there are plenty of places near campus. Also, if you want to cook for yourself, your on-campus options are limited. Most dorms do not have access to stoves. If you do need to bake something, most likely you will need to know someone that does have access to one because generally stoves are not available.
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Having published books with both traditional publishers and through self-publishing, I found many of the examples accurate, humorous, truthful and well written. If you ever wanted to write a book, APE is going to give you the road map to turn those aspirations into reality. Here are the key take-aways I have from reading APE:
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SIDNEY CENTER — Dimitri A. "Mitch" Wlasiuk, 76, of Sidney Center, passed away peacefully early Saturday, April 20, 2013, at his home.
Mitch was born on June 4, 1936, in New York City, son of the late Alex and Anna (Del Grosso) Wlasiuk. Mitch was married to Winifired Olmstead on Dec. 31, 1960, in Sidney.
Mitch worked in maintenance at Keith Clark in Sidney for 21 years and was later employed by the Sidney Central School District for an additional 20 years. He was a former member of the Sidney Center United Methodist Church and attended the Sidney Center Friends and Family Church.
Mitch is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Winifred Wlasiuk of Sidney Center; son and daughter-in-law, James and Michelle Wlasiuk, Plattsburgh; daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Kevin Terry, South Kortright; two grandsons, Cain and Cassie Wlasiuk and Alex Terry; granddaughter, Ariel Terry; great-grandson, Caiden Wlasiuk; three brothers, William and Rose Wlasiuk, Sidney, John and Pat Wlasiuk, Brainerd, Minn., and Joseph Wlasiuk, Sidney Center; and his sister, Ann and David Lane of Milford.
Mitch was predeceased by two half-sisters, Mary Corso and Lubu "Lilly" Lease, and a half-brother, Peter Wlasiuk.
Friends are invited to call from 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 18, at the C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main Street, Sidney. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Judy McCall officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to either Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care or to the Trout Creek Emergency Squad.
Condolences and memories may be shared with the family online at www.landersfh.com.
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PLATTSBURGH — The Great Pumpkin Prediction Race, a run/walk to benefit Family Promise, will be held Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Crete Civic Center. Registration will be from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The event begins at noon and participants can choose one of two races — the short course, between three and 3.25 miles; and the long course, between 6.25 and 6.5 miles.
The entry fee is $20 for adults and $15 for ages 16 and under if pre-registered (postmarked by October 15) and $30 for all on race day. Race-day registrants will not be eligible to win prizes for the prediction race times portion. Costumes are encouraged and prizes will be awarded for costume categories. Race-day registrants will be participant shirts while supplies last.
On-line registration or additional information can be obtained at www.greatpumpkinrace.webs.com. No timing devices, ipods or music players are permitted.
Hoy rolls 300 game in City Mixed League
PLATTSBURGH — Ryan Hoy, bowling for Ron Hoy Construction in the City Mixed League on October 14 at North Bowl Lanes, tossed a 300 game. Hoy, who carries a 197 average, finished the evening with a 647 series.
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POINT AU ROCHE — In a previous Sports Short the following runners were recorded as having the wrong times. These are the correct times: Steve LaFave, 28:14. Tim Carter, 28:43. Bill Thomas, 28:54. Leanne Macey, 29:14.
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SARANAC — Saranac Central School's chapter of the National Honor Society is hosting the second-annual Chiefs Run Fun Run on Saturday at the Cadyville Recreational Park. The event is a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project. Races include a children's 800 meters, 1 mile and 5k. Registration fees are $10 for adults and $5 for children under the age of 8. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., with races beginning at 10 a.m.
Local MMA fighters record wins
RUTLAND, Vt. — Three area athletes competed in the Rumble in Rutland on Saturday with all three recording a win. Dakota Giguere, of Plattsburgh, defeated Bruce Richards, of Montpelier, in the 155 lb. weight class with a rear naked choke in the second round to improve his record to 3-0. In the 170 lb. weight class, Nicholas Prenoveau, of Plattsburg, defeated Luke Bergeron, of Vt., by split decision to improve his record to 2-0. Josh Ryan, from Saranac, defeated Robert Cameron, of Bangor, Maine, by unanimous decision in his debut fight to put his record at 1-0. All three fighters train with Plattsburgh Combat Sports.
Eagles beat Knights in boys' cross country
CHAMPLAIN —The Beekmantown boys defeated Seton Catholic 27-31 in a Champlain Valley Athletic Conference meet Tuesday. The score was incorrectly reported to the Press-Republican.
Mooers K of C Soccer Challenge results
MOOERS — The following are the results from the Mooers Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge held Oct. 14. Ethan Dumas, Thomas Kimbler and Alex Houghton all took first place for the boys in their respective age divisions while Caitlin Houghton and Jessica Cartier finished first for the girls. Each champion is eligible to compete in the Northern Conference level which includes the Watertown to Plattsburgh regions.


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Marion County —
Do you miss seeing wildlife on your property? Miss hearing the crow of a Ring-necked Pheasant, the cheerful choruses of songbirds, or the sight of waterfowl circling over a wetland? There may be something you as a landowner can do to bring back the wildlife to your property.
SAFE, or State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement, is a continuous practice within the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) that allows landowners to restore native grasslands and wetlands in areas where they will most benefit wildlife. Otherwise known as CP38, SAFE is geared towards increasing nesting, brood-rearing, and winter cover for target species such as the Ring-necked Pheasant, Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, and Dickcissel. In managing to increase habitat for these species, a host of other species, including waterfowl, also benefit.
As a continuous practice within CRP, landowners can sign up at their local USDA Farm Service Agency at any time throughout the year. In order for land to be eligible, it must be within three miles of a designated priority area for wildlife and must have been cropped for four out of six years from 2002 – 2007.
Eligible lands will be enrolled in SAFE for a contract length of 10 to 15 years. Landowners will receive an annual rental payment established for the three predominant soils on the property as well as a one-time sign-up bonus of $100 per acre. In addition to the annual payments, landowners will also receive the standard 50% cost-share through CRP and an additional 40% practice incentive payment to establish the practice.
To check if your land is eligible, learn more about SAFE, or to sign up, contact Tyler Harms, Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist with Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Quail Forever at (515) 961-5264 Ext. 112 or Email Tyler.
Acres are limited and available on a "first-come; first-served" basis. To bring back the wildlife to your property, enroll in SAFE today.
Pheasants Forever, including its quail conservation division, Quail Forever, is the nation's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to upland habitat conservation. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have more than 130,000 members and 700 local chapters across the United States and Canada. Chapters are empowered to determine how 100 percent of their locally raised conservation funds are spent - the only national conservation organization that operates through this truly grassroots structure.


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David F. Bond Jr., 43, of Stigler and Deborah Ann Nicodin, 43, of Muskogee.
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Jeanette Roxanne Strawn vs. Joseph Anthony Strawn, incompatibility.
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Leigh Ann Payton vs. Darryl E. Brown, Jan. 15.
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• Amanda McGee, petition for judgment, $6,975.68.
• Linda J. Gaulden, petition for judgment, $6,563.94.
LVNV Funding vs. Joshua Newton, petition for judgment, $15,521.67.
Bank of America vs. Jonathan Stevens, et al., foreclosure.
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• Shenia Williams, $126, Jan. 11.
• Shantina Yvet Christopher, $354, Jan. 11.
WHITAKER, Randall Eugene. Unlawful possession of controlled drug with intent to distribute (two counts); distribution of controlled substance; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia; unlawful delivery of narcotic; distribution of controlled dangerous substance within 2,000 feet of park/school/minor under 12. Hearing Jan. 10. Bond $5,000.


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"Love means never having to say your sorry." Those of you my age and older will recognize these words as a line from a popular move in the sixties, "Love Story." Great fiction movie. Great line in a movie. As people will do, the public quickly picked up on these poetic words and they became a very popular 'catch phrase.'
To the ears of an innocent 16-year-old I remember thinking ... "True that! If you really love someone you don't hurt them in the first place, then there's no reason to have to say your sorry." How idealistic ... how romantic ... how very untrue. All these many years later, I've learned just the opposite to be true. In truth love REALLY means being able to say your sorry.
To love you have to be honest ... to be honest means you may disagree ... to disagree means you may get angry ... to get angry means you may say something you didn't mean to say. Since no one is perfect it is almost certain that if you truly love someone at sometime or another you most definitely will hurt them by something you say. Whether in anger and on purpose, or ignorantly and accidental, painful words at some point are sure to be spoken and once spoken cannot be taken back.
Whether you were right or wrong, justified or completely off base doesn't matter. Saying you are sorry doesn't mean you're saying you were wrong ... it means you're saying, "I didn't mean to hurt you."
Does that make everything right? Of course not, but it's a start. Saying you're sorry opens the heart for healing. Matthew 5:9, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God." Being able to say "I'm sorry" takes a humble spirit. Being able to accept these words takes a merciful spirit. And both take the love of God operating in our lives.
For all my years of living I find myself still incapable, unqualified and totally inept in myself alone at telling anyone what love is. However there is an excellent and detailed definition to be found in The Word in 1 Corinthians chapter 13.
I can however tell you WHO love is. The Word tells me in 1 John 4:8 that "God is love." Not that He has it. Not that He gives it. But rather He IS it. The Greek word used here is 'agape' which translates as the highest and purest form of love.
A love that surpasses all other types of affection. A love that manifests itself in us and works through us. This kind of love is an empowering love ... a humbling love ... a selfless love. A love that means "I CAN say I'm sorry."
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With the clock winding down on a miserable first half Friday, Tri-Cities defensive lineman Jake Killeen made a play that saved the game for the Fever.
The play saved its season, too, sparking one of the biggest comebacks in franchise history in Tri-Cities' 52-42 win over Colorado in the first round of the Indoor Football League playoffs.
Trailing 31-13 with 30 seconds left in the second quarter, Killeen intercepted a Jeremy Sanders pass setting up a touchdown strike.
Sometimes you happen to make big plays in big situations, Killeen said. We decided to drop back in coverage on that play, and he tried to float a pass over me and I reached up and grabbed it.
On the next play Tri-Cities quarterback Houston Lillard found Tre Young wide open for a touchdown to pull the Fever within 31-19.
On the ensuing kickoff, Brady Beeson knuckled the ball off of a Colorado player, and the Fever recovered.
Two plays later, Lillard found Steven Whitehead for a touchdown with 7 seconds remaining in the first half.
Just like that, the Fever had put 13 points on the board and went into halftime trailing 31-26.
It was looking grim, Fever coach Adam Shackleford said. I told them at halftime that we needed to be six points better and then it would be one of the best comebacks in team history.
It was definitely a memorable comeback, as the Fever went on a 25-0 run after falling behind 31-13.
Tri-Cities came out in the second half and kept the pressure on, scoring on its first two possessions. Dennis Kennedy pin-balled his way in from 15-yards out to give the Fever its first lead at 32-31. On its next drive, the Fever scored when Lillard found Kennedy all alone from 14-yards out.
Tri-Cities iced the game on a Lillard 3-yard keeper with a minute to go.
The Fever will play the winner of todays Allen-Wichita game next Friday at the Toyota Center.
Offensively we didnt make a lot of adjustments, Shackleford said. We just needed to do the right things, and if we do the right things look how good we can be.
The Fever didnt do much right in the first half, fumbling the first snap of the game. Colorado scored a touchdown three plays later, leaving the Toyota Center crowd stunned.
On Colorados next possession, the Fever committed a personal foul on a fourth down play to extend the drive. The Ice scored on the next play for a 14-0 lead.
We knew theyd be fired up and come out strong, Killeen said. We just had to slow their momentum down and take it over late.
Another untimely penalty for the Fever led to a Colorado touchdown, and a Fever fumble led to a field goal. Lillard then threw an interception, and the Ice scored another touchdown to go ahead 24-13. After a missed Fever field goal, Colorado scored on a 41-yard touchdown pass for a 31-13 lead with 1:13 left in the half, setting up Killeens heroics.
It was big, Shackleford said. It gave us a second breath of life. If were down 31-13 at half, we dont win that game.
Jake made a great play and then we got a great kick. I feel really good for the players. They earned it. They did the right things.
Lillard finished 19-for-30 for 160 yards with four touchdowns and three interceptions, while Kennedy carried the ball nine times for 44 yards and two scores. Tre Young had eight catches for 84 yards and a touchdown.
We had a couple of fumbles and a couple of things went wrong, Killeen said of the first half, but we have as much talent as anyone and we can beat anybody.


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So you've got a great-looking flatscreen. Unfortunately, most modern TVs are as thin on sound as they are physically. Just as unfortunately, getting full sound in your home theater is a huge hassle. For surround sound you have to find space for at least six speakers, run cables all around the room, none of which is cheap. Now, are you ready for the good news? Polk has a better option. If you'd like to fill your room with surround sound without all the hassle or expense, consider the SurroundBar3000. This handy solution pairs multiple drivers in a single elongated speaker that will complement the aesthetics of your flatscreen beautifully. Then, using proprietary psychoacoustics, the SoundBar3000 tricks your mind into thinking you're hearing true surround sound. With 100W of power in the SoundBar itself, you can count on savoring every detail with precise directional accuracy next time you sit down to watch a movie. Better still, unlike competitors, Polk's SoundBar doesn't depend on perfect placement and sound reflections, so it's much more accurate and versatile than other models. Perhaps the most appealing feature of this simulated-surround system is the price tag, though. When you consider the cost of a full home theater system and wiring for all around the room, the SoundBar3000 is practically a steal!
Loud, clear, enveloping sound is great, but great sound without the low bass notes is like having salad without the dressing, they're much better together. As such, the SoundBar3000 includes an 80W subwoofer to bring you the lower end of the audio spectrum. Not only does the subwoofer included with the SoundBar3000 provide ample "thump" to your special effects track, it does it with the same level of convenience that your SoundBar handles your audio with. This subwoofer is wireless! Setting up the system is a breeze — connect the SoundBar to your flatscreen using the included digital optical cable, plug the power cable into the SoundBar and then into the wall, connect the subwoofer's power cord, set the SoundBar and subwoofer to the same channel, turn them both on, and bam! — you're ready to start enjoying simulated surround sound with heart-pounding bass. It seriously is that simple.
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I purchased this to use as a computer speaker. The sound quality is good and was easy too install. The Polk Sound Bar 3000 comes with a optical cable and a stereo cable to adapt to most any installation. There is even a splitter cable, stereo to RCA mini splitter included. I used the optical cable since my mother board had a optical jack. Now I can watch movies and play music on the computer with real sound quality.
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I enjoyed two, huge 4-foot-high Polk speakers, $450 each, for 30 years that had been knocked off 4-foot-high pedestals over and over, beaten up on by cats, etc., and still worked like they were new. Its why I chose Polk for the HD TV. As a retired studio musician, I have a good idea of what speakers should do. These old war horses produced studio level sound.
The SurroundBar doesnt do it for me. I expect something I paid that much for to be transparent, not just loud and tubby. Yeah, the subwoofer will knock your socks off they all do and theres a lot of sound coming out of the 30X4 inches of bar, but it sounds no better than a run of the mill, cheap stereo set- up. Forget the computer generated 3D sound mimicking a real surround sound setup. It aint there.
And the remote . . . ! Dont get me started on the minuscule remote that ought to be thrown under the nearest steam roller. It wont work unless you get to within six feet of the bar. I watch TV from 12 feet. For someone who is constantly adjusting the sound level, even though the TV is supposedly doing it for you, its a royal pain.
Bottom line is I expected more from Polk. It would be a good system if Id paid what a cheap system would cost for it.
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- Overall frequency response: 40Hz to 20kHz
- Sealed cabinet design
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Additional Specifications
- One digitial optical input
- Two 1/8" analog audio inputs
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Open vs. Fauxpen
Tristan Louis gives weight to new term that I like a lot: fauxpen. Faux in French means "false" or "fake". So fauxpen means fake open. There has always been a lot of that going around, but since the world of tech inevitably contains more of everything, there's more fauxpen stuff than ever. In his post Tristan issues a fresh warning about some of what he calls "a venus flytrap of technology". His definitions:
- Fauxpenness: Calling a system or platform open while it is, when more closely scrutinized, under the tight control of its provider.
- Fauxpen system (or fauxpen platform): a system or platform that claims to be open but, upon closer examination, isn't.
The term fauxpen has been around at least a few months. FauxpenSource.org consists entierely of this text:
Main Entry: fauxpen source
Pronunciation: \fō-pən sȯrs\
Function: noun
Etymology: a term invented by Phil Marsosudiro at a dinner party in North Carolina
Date: 2 May 2009
A description of software that claims to be open source, but lacks the full freedoms required by the Open Source Definition.
synonyms: see open core, neo-proprietary
Tristan's scope of history goes back farther. Speaking of lock-in, he writes,
In 2006-2007, we saw that happen with SecondLife, as many developers (myself included) built software code that could run within the SecondLife world but was ultimately stuck there because you could not run it outside that world and/or run SecondLife servers on your own machines.
in 2007-2008, we saw that happen with the F8 Facebook platform, which locks your applications inside of Facebook and, while many developers have pushed to force the company to open up, tends to stay there. In 2007-today, we're seeing the same thing with Twitter, which allows you to build whatever you want on top of it but doesn't decentralize their approach, leaving developers potential slaves to the whims of the company. The same is true of the iPhone, which provides unusual access to the phone operating system and allows to develop interesting software on top of it but still keep developers away from being able to access basic things like calendar information via an SDK.
In fact it's been going on approximately forever. There is a propensity in human nature to be, as Walt Whitman perfectly put it, "demented with the mania of owning things". Think of Frodo at the top of Mount Doom, his mind corrupted by the power of the One Ring he was bound by oath to toss into the pool of lava in the mountain's caldera. Tossing it would free the world from the dark lord Sauron. Keeping it would corrupt the bearer and diminish to nothing the strength of free peoples. Frodo, as good a guy as ever lived in literature, succumbs. He is demented with the mania of owning the ring. (But yes, the ring is destroyed, anyway. Thus endeth this digression.)
Now we live in an age when evidence of openness' productive power abounds beyond the verge of ubiquity, it seems like every well-funded inventor of a popular new system still feels the need to force user dependency through proprietary lock-ins. As Tristan points out, we see this today with Twitter. To take metaphorical liberties with what Dave Winer has been writing about -- and working on -- lately, Twitter's One Ring is URL shortening. Staying locked into bit.ly is a losing strategy for Twitter, Dave says. It's a single point of failure, like the o-ring on the Shuttle Challenger.
Dave's answers show up in How to fix URL shorterners, tr.im goes open source, community supported, and How to fix URL-shorteners, part II.
That last one includes real hacking, about which Dave concludes, "Bottom-line: I am now using URL-shorteners in a way that does not make the Internet suck". Open, not fauxpen.
In his post Tristan points back to Dave's Twitter as coral reef posting from more than two years ago, and a follow-up post from earlier this year, the two expressing Dave's initial embrace of twitter, and then his decision to break out of Twitter's lock-in. What Tristan misses (and I think this is just an oversight), is the work Dave and others (especially in Identi.ca / Laconica) have been doing to free microblogging (or whatever it is that Twitter does) from fauxpeness.
By the way, owning things is not bad. In fact, it can be very good. Without it, we wouldn't have a working economy, much less economic growth. But it's still not plain to most people, including many who one would think ought to know better, that opening up infrastructure is the best way to make money in the long run, because there's more on which to build one's tech and one's business. Here in 2009 hardly a week goes by when I don't hear somebody ask "How can you make money with something that's free?" The answer is, you make money because of it, not with it. How much money is being made today because of Linux? The sum is incalculable. Start with Google and Amazon and multiply from there.
Back to fauxpeness. Take a look at what Tristan says about "The API cycle". Yes, we do want APIs to be open and useful. But we also want independence and free agency for everybody in a given category's ecosystem. I fear that some APIs -- especially ones that lock us into dependency on commercial intermediaries that may fail -- are also a breed of fauxpen. And we'll learn big lessons about that as soon as some big commercial tree on which millons depend -- one with an "open API" -- fails to grow to the sky.
What do the rest of ya'll think?
To help with that, here's a bonus link from Adriana Lukas at The Mine! Project. And a bonus quote from that post: "What with FriendFeed selling
out to Facebook, the less those of us who have been harping on about user autonomy, self-hosted or user-owned apps and technology look like online equivalent of survivalists."
Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal
Free Infrastructure isn't Free
"opening up infrastructure is the best way to make money in the long run, because there's more on which to build one's tech and one's business."
If Infrastructure had to be "open" and "free", we wouldn't have clean water to drink, electricity to power our computers, or sewers to take our waste away -- not to mention the fact I'd have to have a million different adapters to make anything work. There is an economic investment required to build infrastructure... it has to be paid for -- either by a government through taxes, or by a company through revenues.
It's a wonderful notion that software somehow defies this model, but one would assume the folks who work at Twitter would like to be compensated for their work -- even if what they're building is considered "infrastructure" by everyone else. The problem is, the only way to get people to actually pay for software is to either 1) Hook it to an adjacent business model (like consulting/Support in the case of RedHat, or Advertising in the case of Google) or 2) Make it a closed ecosystem (like Facebook or iPhone).
If you're a software developer hoping to be paid for making software, you really don't have a choice... shareware doesn't put food on the table in most cases.
Which is better for the software industry -- to have profitable and sustainable software companies who can invest in R&D, one trick ponies beholden to a business model other than software, or "starving artists" barely able to eat, much less invest in building better products? (The answer: you need some of all of them)
(Full disclosure - I work for Microsoft... but only after Novell laid me off because they couldn't afford to pay me anymore).
English language is good enough
I honestly hope this word doesn't stick. There's no need for apparently made up words, especially when that matter in question isn't exactly new concept. Closed systems with APIs are there since forever.
One other thing - attribution of Google and Amazon success to Linux (How much money is being made today because of Linux? The sum is incalculable. Start with Google and Amazon and multiply from there.)is false. Google came up with a novel advertising technique and Amazon has an Internet shop that people actually like. In both cases Linux is just a tool, and not the only one that makes such things possible. Business idea in both cases is not Linux. And neither makes their core technology reproducible by other parties. Closed? You bet.
Fauxpen Source
I guess it is one of those neologisms that was just waiting to happen as open everything got more popular- I wrote about Fauxpen source back in March of 2007.
I like the term. The site FreeOpenSourceSoftware.org
calls it Commercial Open Source Software (COSS), and then does not cover it. I'm the maintainer of that site.
An oversight indeed
First of all, thanks for the shout-out. The great work that Dave an others have done around microblogging in general and twitter in particular is not just an oversight on my part but part of the issue I have with fauxpenness. Developers get lured in by API and provide a lot of added value to existing system but, if the system is fauxpen, they inevitably end up getting tricked into doing all that work for someone who turns out to have intentions other than friendly. So my intent in overlooking that when writing about it was not so much as a dig to those folks that do brilliant work around fauxpen systems but rather because tis a bit of a shame that they (we) get caught into expanding energy on things that turn out to be broken.
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My suburbans motor has a knock,(350 TBI) it misses at 15-35 mph but after that its ok.. I just had the heads re-done. My Grandpa said because the lower half has high miles about 170k The top half is seating really well and giving good compression causing the lower half to go due to the mileage and wear and tear from trailer towing. So I guess its safe to say it needs a re-build. Is It easier to just buy a new one? or have it re-built?1988 GMC Sierra Classic 3500 Dually.
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MythBusters is a popular Discovery channel television program. It uncovers the truth behind widely held myths and legends from whether it's possible to beat police radar detectors to whether a bull really causes destruction in a china shop. The curious hosts mix scientific method with plain old-fashioned ingenuity to separate fact from fiction among many popular beliefs.
The investment industry also has a Mythbuster of sorts. It's CXO Advisory Group of Manassas, Virginia. The firm separates fact from fiction among noisy investment strategies, analyst predictions and trader beliefs. CXO's mission is to challenge any and all conventional market wisdom with analytical skepticism.
There is a belief among many investors that excess returns can be earned in the market by owning stocks for only 6 months out of the year and sitting the rest of the time in interest-bearing Treasury securities. This market-timing strategy is commonly known as Sell in May and Go Away because the exit period is May. CXO Advisory took a look at "Sell in May" over the long-term to determine if this belief was fact or fiction.
Figure 1 compares on a logarithmic scale the cumulative values of a $1.00 initial investment for three portfolio strategies over 142 years ending in 2012. The three strategies are:
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Figure 1: The Long-term Results of Three Portfolio Strategies
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The clear winner in this three horse race was a buy and hold investment strategy (green line). $1 grew to nearly $200,000 over the entire 142 year period. Sell in May and go away (red line) did outperform the opposite strategy (buy in May – the blue line), although the returns of both market-timing strategies fell far short of buy and hold.
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Wish you guys could make up your mind. Why don't you and Sy Harding have a chat. http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/10/08/sell-in-may-still-working-like-a-charm/
Interesting and timely article although stock market data going back to 1871 may not be helpful in this case. I too typically don't put too much weight on any calendar based "strategies" but in recent years there is a trend building. Couple that with a frothy market that's overdue for a correction and I think you have an opportunity to take some profits now.
Lastly, there is simply a difference between buy & hold versus "buy & forget".
Just my two cents…
It looks like sell in may has worked for the last 12-14 years actually. If you start from 1999, I bet the chart would look a lot different.
From May 1991 onwards, the rate of return of the "sell in May and go away" strategy closely follows that of the LT investor, though there is significantly less volatility. It seems there is little more to gain from the LT strategy in comparison.
When you show me an investor who has a stated time horizon of 142 then I'll buy into the 'buy and hold' strategy. 'Buy and Hold' fails during secular bear markets like the one we've been in since August of 2000. Furthermore, the study above clearly shows that the Nov to April period provides superior returns to the May to Oct period in every scenario.
I, too, was put off a bit by the two-lifetime time horizon examined in the chart, not just because real people don't have a 142 yr investment horizon, but because I do believe that there is at least a chance that markets are different in the last 50 years compared to the decades before the car was invented much less available to the public. (I say 'at least a chance' because I DON'T believe any notion that 'its different this time' regarding markets or investing conditions at any point over the past 50 years, but going back to the 19th century – maybe).
However, I can't copy it here but there is a chart in the CXO article which shows 6 month returns broken down by decade and in every one of the 14 decades of the study save for the Great Depression buy-and-hold outperforms. Even in the so-called secular bear market of the 2000′s.
Debunking the sell in May myth by breaking it down in shorter blocks to me proves that the strategy sounds nice but doesn't hold water as a long term plan. Thanks for the re fence to a very interesting CXO site, Rick.


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Just what you've been looking forward to: the opportunity to relive the horrible summer of 2010.
BP is set to go to trial against the federal government next week. The feds say they intend to prove that BP was grossly negligent in causing the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent spill. BP says gross negligence is a high bar that it intends to keep prosecutors from clearing. The outcome will determine how many more billions the company ends up paying in fines for releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
And the proceedings will necessarily slog through all the gory details of the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, forcing those of us who follow the oil industry to suffer flashbacks of the horrific explosion, oil-soaked beaches and those endless hours keeping half an eye on the submarine video feed of oil gushing from the Macondo well.
Please don't do this to us BP. Please settle this case with the feds and the states and everybody else so we don't have to waste hundreds more hours and write dozens of articles recounting BP's safety disasters and engineering screw ups.
BP's tall, earnest, newish CEO Bob Dudley has spent the last two and a half years starting to rebuild BP. He's largely completed the "shrink" part of his shrink-to-grow strategy, selling off $38 billion in assets including BP's half of the Russian venture TNK-BP. He's reorganized divisions, reemphasized safety. He's moving the company forward.
So why, why, why, does he want us all to have to relive the past?
Money, I guess. Because the reason can't possibly be that BP somehow intends to clear its name.
In a statement, BP General Counsel Rupert Bondy says he's been trying to reach a settlement with the DOJ, but has all but given up. "We have always been open to settlements on reasonable terms," said Bondy. "Faced with demands that are excessive and not based on reality of the merits of the case, we are going to trial."
It's no surprise that the DOJ is playing hardball. The administration has nothing to lose. A core part of President Obama's base believes that all oil companies are evil, not just the ones that spill crude into the oceans. If the president does end up approving the Keystone XL pipeline, at least he could say he was tough on BP.
"Gross negligence is a very high bar that BP believes cannot be met in this case," Bondy said in the statement. "This was a tragic accident, resulting from multiple causes and involving multiple parties. We firmly believe we were not grossly negligent."
Fine. BP wants to prove that it wasn't grossly negligent. But really, for 99% of the population this is a distinction without a difference. No matter whether BP is found grossly negligent or just negligent, it won't change anyone's mind that the accident was BP's fault.
Sure, the gap between "grossly" or "not grossly" is billions of dollars. As we've discussed ad nauseum over the past two years, if the judge in this case finds that BP was grossly negligent in causing the spill, the fines could go as high at $4,300 per barrel spilled. Even if we go with BP's 3.2 million barrel figure rather than the 4.9 million barrels bandied about by Dept. of Justice prosecutors that's upwards of $13 billion.
Bondy assumes that if he can achieve that goal, then the hit to BP's coffers will be well less than the $5 billion widely considered as the low end of Clean Water Act penalties. Federal prosecutors, of course, say they're ready to prove that BP was grossly negligent.
So what are the scenarios here? In the best possible world for BP, it convinces Judge Barbier that it was not grossly negligent. Then it can get out of this mess for something less than $5 billion.
In the worst scenario for BP it is found grossly negligent and is shown no lenience for all the billions it's already spent on cleanup and restoration. It ends up paying another $20 billion.
But no matter what the outcome, BP loses. Its great nightmare gets rehashed day after day in full technicolor. Its engineering snafus are detailed, its engineers called to the stand to rationalize how they could have been so careless. We'll see image after image of dead seabirds. Hear all over again the stories of sea turtles being burned alive. We'll see interviews with the family of the 11 men killed on the Deepwater Horizon. We'll be convinced by scientists that the Corexit oil dispersant sprayed into the plume of escaping oil has proven more toxic to the Gulf ecosystem that the oil itself.
Please BP, settle this case before trial. Pay your fines. Make it go away. Is the difference between $5 billion and whatever a reasonable settlement would be ($10 billion?) worth weeks of negative headlines and embarrassing revelations?
Don't drag your brand, the industry, and the rest of us through your nightmare all over again.
Far apart on the settlement number is what BP knows best. Remember Tony Hayward and company denied everything as they were not to blame. They went so far as to lie to congress. You're surprised with the differential ? BP has the weekend to go to the yacht club, drink scotch and rethink the settlement before next Monday. It doesn't matter though, Lousisanna wants them in court and that is a good thing I believe.
BP's back is against the wall with the gulf states asking for 34 billion among them all. For BP to keep themselves from paying that amount and being more vunerable to a take over they have to go to court for a lesser fine. In any case, the state of Lousianna wants it to go to court – BP has no choice as it is out of their hands, unless they pay the 34 B. It's not Feb 25th yet, they may just have some scotch at the yauht club, say let's pay very close to 34 B and reduce their exposure in court so they can continue in the GoM. Who knows, but government regulators don't want exposure either and as Obama said – "they were too close to BP".
True Dat …
We've been living BP hell nearly 3 years. A lot of us are willing to live through a few more months to see justice served and the real truth be told worldwide of the overwhelming shadiness.
Δ….just because they say it in a commercial, doesn't mean its true….Δ
I'm with you and want justice, REFORM of the industry and BP out of the GoM. Simple if justice can be done !
True Dat! We've been living in the hell for almost three years. There are a lot of us who are willing to live through a few more months to see justice served and the truth be revealed of what's really happening on the Gulf Coast.
The DOJ probably found some pretty hard evidence and just maybe they want justice done too.
BTW, I believe the mass settlement was with Transocean, not BP.
Sure some Plaintiffs may have a agreed individually to settle mostly due to all the chutes and ladders thrown their way the last couple years.
All the dead dolphins and sea turtles could use some justice too.
Just sayin' and ventin'.
\…Just because they say it in a commercial, doesn't make it true…/
In the words of a very popular american, "it is the right thing to do". It is just "common sense". If they believe they are not grossly negligent even a big repugnant despised oil giant is entitled to litigate.
So the residents and the coastal businesses have been made whole as a result of the settlements. why is it that our government (which is we, the people) have to administer excessive punitive pain to the company and its shareholders, many of whom are middle class american folks trying to get by on their 401K, SEPS, and otherinvestments. Maybe collaterial damage is accepted, as in the Drone program!!!!GIMME A BREAK…CMON MAN!!!
The US investors of BP have a separate suit against BP management for fraud – for misleading investors to invest in a company that never changed their safety culture since the 2005 BP TX City explosion. Really a new form of a "ponzi scheme", since dividends were suspended for along time by BP to investors.
Tee, Are you suggesting the dividends were declared but not paid? Historical dividend records indicate no disruption of dividend payments since 1985 and, as a matter of fact, were increased during the time you reference.
Can you explain that??
If BP and DOJ settle, we'll never know if killing 11 people is, or not, gross negligence.
Which would be a pity for all future partners in all future JVs, who will have to pay for all consequences of reckless behaviour, or just plain cost-cutting at its worst, of their operator.
This case is THE one to pursue for the sake of clarity.
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What a difference a year makes for the Thomasville Lady Bulldogs.
Nine games into the '11-'12 season, Thomasville was winless. This year the Lady Bulldogs have won eight of their first nine heading into a showdown with rival Thomas County Central Friday night.
Thomasville coach Thomas McAboy attributes his team's turnaround to commitment and leadership.
"I tell them every day that I think they are better than what they think they are," McAboy said. "I sincerely believe that. I think we have so much more room for improvement that it's going to be exciting to see how the year unfolds. They are taking the criticisms. They are accepting the coaching. They are accepting being pushed harder in practice.
"Of course, when you win, I think that makes things a lot easier."
Thomasville started the season 8-0, highlighted by wins over Thomas County Central and Brooks County. It was a much different beginning to the season than last year when the Lady Bulldogs began 0-12 and didn't win their first game until Jan. 17.
Factoring into Thomasville's success is its veteran leadership. After not graduating the first senior last year, the Lady Bulldogs returned all of their players, led by four seniors; Jacqueria Dunbar, Laneisha Douglass, Teena Lundy and Khabriyah Brown. The quartet symbolizes what this year's squad is all about.
For full details, see Thursday's edition of the Times-Enterprise.