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Bearfoot FX Baby Pink BoosterThe Bearfoot FX Baby Pink Booster is a boost AND a buffer, adding up to +15db of clean boost to your signal for amp-like overdrive.$199.00
Black Arts Toneworks Black Forest OverdriveBased on the classic Colorsound Overdriver, the Black Arts Toneworks Black Forest Overdrive lends a new perspective on this classic circuit. The Black Arts Toneworks Black Forest Overdrive features lower noise, more tonal control, and more gain on tap for a versatile, yet classic ton... read more$162.99
Black Arts Toneworks Black SheepBlack Arts has taken the Bee Baa circuit under the microscope and knife and has done a great job giving the circuit a much-needed facelift.$162.99
Black Arts Toneworks DestroyerWith two switches and just one knob, the Destroyer does one thing very well. It simply destroys.$162.99
Black Arts Toneworks LSTRThe Black Arts Toneworks LSTR brings fuzz and string articulation into the same sentence for the first time. The Black Arts Toneworks LSTR provides more fuzz and gain than the Black Arts Pharaoh with a smoother attack and added mid-scoop.$157.99
Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh FuzzThe Black Arts Toneworks Pharoah Fuzz is a versatile fuzz pedal built in the Muff vein with some extra tone-shaping features. Switch between Germanium, Silicon, or No clipping and use the High control for some extra top end shaping and the Black Arts Toneworks Pharoah Fuzz will provi... read more$167.99
Black Arts Toneworks Quantum MysticDeveloped as a joint effort between Black Arts Toneworks and Mike Scheidt of the band YOB, from right here in Portland, Oregon.$162.99
Black Arts Toneworks Revelation (SuperBass)The Black Arts Toneworks Revelation (SuperBass) is a stripped down, all out amp pusher with a bassy, gruff, throaty sound that doesn't color your amp's tone-- just makes MORE of it.$149.99
Blackout Effectors Blunderbuss Hybrid FuzzThe Blackout Effectors Blunderbuss Hybrid Fuzz offers 4 stages of hybrid germanium/silicon fuzz with asymmetrical clipping. The Blackout Effectors Blunderbuss Hybrid Fuzz gives you complete control over the tone, quality, and clarity of your fuzz.$195.00
Blackout Effectors Mantra OverdriveThe Blackout Effectors Mantra Overdrive is the latest unique boutique offering from Asheville. Featuring cascading MOSFET and JFET gain stages and a severe lack of diode clipping, the Blackout Effectors Mantra Overdrive responds like a real amplifier for a natural sounding overdrive ... read more$195.00
Blackout Effectors Musket Fuzz Pedal V2The Blackout Effectors Musket Fuzz Pedal is based on a timeless circuit with added control. Go from vintage flubby fuzz love to modern raging distortion with the Blackout Effectors Musket Fuzz Pedal.$195.00
Blackout Effectors Sibling Analog OTA PhaserThe Blackout Effectors Sibling is the little sister of the Whetstone Phaser with 3 simple controls and a slow/fast toggle. The all-analog Sibling uses an OTA circuit to sync the effect to your guitar signal.$195.00
Blackstar HT BoostThe Blackstar HT Boost is a tube driven boost pedal features two cascaded tube gain stages for a warm, natural sounding boost pedal. Also featuring speaker emulated output, the Blackstar HT Boost is perfect for direct recording, live use, and any other guitar related application.$179.00
Blakemore Effects Bi Polar OctadriveThe Blakemore Bi-Polar Octadrive is a dynamic, 3-band EQ overdrive with an added footswitchable octave up effect—perfect for getting your garage rock on.$169.00
Blakemore Effects Deus Ex Machina FuzzThe Blakemore Effects Deus Ex Machina Fuzz has fuzz in spades. Giant, thick, gargantuan fuzz. The kind of fuzz your mother warned you about- the kind with a clean blend knob and a mid-boost knob to really help you dial in your ideal tone.$169.00
Blakemore Effects Dreamsicle FuzzThe Blakemore Effects Dreamsicle is Blake's homage to the classic Big Muff sound heard round the world for decades—but with a few tricks up its sleeve.$169.00
Blakemore Effects ROUSThe Blakemore Effects R.O.U.S. is a wildly versatile distortion pedal with three clipping modes and a texture knob to help you fine tune your tone.$169.00
Boss AC-3 Acoustic SimulatorThe Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator features COSM modeling to bring warm acoustic guitar tone to your electric. Featuring the best of jumbo body, piezo, and even kicking in a little reverb, the Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator releases the player from having to carry multiple guitars.$129.00
Boss BF-3 FlangerSince changing the industry over 20 years ago, the Boss BF-3 Flanger is the standard by which all flange pedals are compared. If you are looking for a thick rich stereo flanger the Boss BF-3 Flanger is hard to beat.$139.00
Boss DA-2 Adaptive DistortionThe Boss DA-2 Adaptive Distortion separately processes each frequency range in your guitar's signal to give you the perfect type and level of distortion in every register. The DA-2 has simple, intuitive controls and responds to your dynamics with clarity.$129.00
Boss DD-3 Digital DelayThe Boss DD-3 Digital Delay features up to 800ms of pure delay happiness...ness...ness. Also including an infinite repeat delay mode, the Boss DD-3 Digital Delay is a versatile effect pedal that gives you the most for your money.$139.00
Boss DD-7 Digital DelayThe Boss DD-7 Digital Delay builds on Boss digital delays before it and goes even further. With features like a longer delay time, Analog Delay mode and ext footswitch input, the Boss DD-7 Digital Delay is everything you ever wanted in a delay.$169.00
Boss DS-1X DistortionThe DS-1X launches the famous BOSS distortion into a modern era of expression, delivering an unmatched level of performance for guitarists with an ear for tone.$149.00
Boss FB-2 Feedbacker/BoosterWant killer feedback that is controllable? Look no further than the Boss FB-2 Feedbacker/Booster. The boost feature lets you add as much boost as you want and the feedback features of the Boss FB-2 adds controllable, sweet feedback.$119.00
Boss FBM-1 Fender Bassman PedalThe Boss FBM-1 Fender Bassman is part of Boss's Legend series and re-creates the classic tone of a Fender Bassman into any amplifier. With the control set of this classic amplifier, the Boss FBM-1 Fender Bassman delivers the drive, the sparkle, and the tone.$119.00
Boss FRV-1 Fender ReverbThe Boss FRV-1 Fender Reverb takes the legendary sound of a 1963 Fender spring reverb and packs it into modern stompbox. If you like vintage reverb, you will love the Boss FRV-1 Fender Reverb.$139.00
Boss FV-500H Mono Volume/Expression PedalThe Boss FV-500H is a mono volume pedal that also works as an expression pedal. The Boss FV-500H is heavy duty and stage worthy, get one and add another dimension to your expression based effects.$109.00
Boss FV-500L Stereo Volume/Expression PedalThe Boss FV-500L is a stereo volume pedal that also features an expression out for controlling other effects. Use the Boss FV-500L to control your stereo rig or other effects.$109.00
Boss GE-7 EqualizerThe Boss GE-7 Equalizer is one of the most versatile effects you can add to your pedal board. If you are trying to get a nice country clean tone, a scooped metal tone or anything in between, try the the Boss GE-7 Equalizer.$109.00
Boss MO-2 Multi OvertoneThe Boss MO-2 Multi Overtone enhances your guitar's overtones. The MO-2 boosts the natural second and third generation frequencies to create 3 different harmonic profiles, with or without a substantial layer of pitch-shifting modulation.$159.00
Boss OC-3 SUPER OctaveThe Boss OC-3 SUPER Octave borrows sounds from its predecessor the OC-2, but unlike any other octave it is the world's first compact pedal with true polyphonic octave effects. For the coolest octave around try the Boss OC-3 SUPER Octave.$129.00
Boss OD-1X OverdriveThe OD-1X launches the famous BOSS overdrive into a modern era of expression, delivering an unmatched level of performance for guitarists with an ear for tone.$149.00
Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDriveThe Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive is a very useful tool for bass players looking to expand their sonic palate. With its 2 band eq and ability to combine a wet signal with a dry signal the Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive is great for all bassists.$109.00
Boss PH-3 PhaserThe Boss PH-3 Phaser is a multi-stage phase shifter that allows you to choose how many active stages for everything from vintage phase to modern whoosh. The Boss PH-3 Phaser also features a tap tempo synch to keep the phase in time with the music.$129.00
Boss PS6 HarmonistThe Boss PS6 Harmonist puts harmonies, de-tuning and pitch shifting into one pedal. Add 2-3 harmonies to your guitar sound with the Boss PS6 Harmonist.$169.00
Boss RC-3 Loop StationThe Boss RC-3 Loop Station is a powerful, compact looper pedal capable of storing up to three hours of audio as well as featuring stereo I/O. Save on space with the compact Boss RC-3 Loop Station and use the USB port to transfer loops in and out.$199.00


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July 30, 2014
A big night, Wednesday, over at Sam Houston State University.
Dan Rather returned to his alma mater. The 1954 graduate spent the day talking with students about his time on campus and his career at CBS News and now with HD Net.
He also talked about what problems professional journalists face today.
"I think the standards in journalism are down as a whole; print, electronic journalism, both," explained Rather.
"That the increased size of the competitive arena has led to this lowering of standards. All of us, and I do not exclude myself in this criticism have a lot to answer for it."
In a new tradition at SHSU, Rather signed the wall in the new Performing Arts Center.
He simply left the word "courage."
Wednesday's event was a part of the Mingling with Media series at Sam Houston State. It was planned and organized entirely by public relations majors.
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NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas early today after leaving 21 people dead across the Caribbean, following a path that could see it blend with a winter storm and reach the U.S. East Coast as a super-storm next week.
Sandy knocked out power, flooded roads and cut off islands in the storm-hardened Bahamas as it swirled past Cat Island and Eleuthera, but authorities reported no deaths in the scattered archipelago.
"Generally people are realizing it is serious," said Caroline Turnquest, head of the Red Cross in the Bahamas, who said 20 shelters were opened on the main island of New Providence.
Sandy, which weakened to a category 1 hurricane Thursday night, caused havoc in Cuba early in the day, killing 11 people in eastern Santiago and Guantanamo provinces as its howling winds and rain toppled houses and ripped off roofs. Authorities said it was Cuba's deadliest storm since July 2005, when category 5 Hurricane Dennis killed 16 people and caused $2.4 billion in damage.
Sandy also killed one person while crossing Jamaica on Wednesday and 10 in Haiti, where heavy rains from the storm's outer bands caused flooding in the impoverished and deforested country.
Early Friday, the hurricane's center was about 15 miles (25 kilometers) east-southeast of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas and 485 miles (780 kilometers) south-southeast of Charleston, S.C. Sandy was moving northwest at 13 mph (20 kph) with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph (130 kph).
Forecasters warned that Sandy will likely mix with a winter storm to create a monster storm in the eastern U.S. next week whose effects will be felt along the entire Atlantic Coast from Florida to Maine and inland to Ohio.
A new tropical storm watch was issued earlier today for a section of the U.S. East Coast extending from Savannah, Ga., northward to North Carolina's Outer Banks.


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I am studying for the TEAS Nursing test on Assesment Technologies Institute. Do you do problems such as: EqA (K =y/x) ? Here is an example problem.
80 o
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Product (u moles) Time(minutes)Enzyme Activity as a Function of Time
I wanted to insert my graph from Word but could not the o's are spread diagonially over 2,4,6,and 8 with a straight line through them. The numbers 2-8 are spread out more on the original graft. The 100's column is Moles and the 2-10 number line is Time
In the enzyme-catalyzed reaction where u moles of product are produced over time, the data support:
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B. Both Eq A and Eq B
C. Eq A
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Tonawanda News — Seven more Erie County employees were dispatched to the New York City area Friday as residents and emergency personnel there continue to reel from the one of the most devastating storms in decades.
New York state sent out an urgent plea for assistance with relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, with communications and medical skills among the coastal areas constituting the most compelling needs.
On Tuesday, six members of the county's swift water rescue team also headed to Nassau and Suffolk counties to assist after widespread flooding and power outages left millions in dire straits. The team consists of members of fire departments throughout the area.
County Executive Mark Poloncarz said with the worst of the storm passed by Western New York with little effect, and that he felt an obligation to mobilize available emergency personnel, all of whom volunteered to aid with the downstate relief.
The swift water rescue teams are specially equipped to work in the high-water areas. Following a briefing on their deployment, the teams started out for their assignment, which is to last through the end of this week.
The latest round of of emergency personnel from the area will be deployed through Tuesday, though Kevin Hughes, a communications unit leader with the county Department of Emergency Services, will stay for a longer period.
"On behalf of all Erie County residents, I wish all of our deploying personnel good luck in their duties and wish them a safe and speedy return to their families here in Erie County," Poloncarz said in a statement released on Friday.
His press secretary, Peter Anderson, said on the local stage "things are back to normal" after high winds and steady rains passed through during much of the last week, adding that the county executive decided to act after the scope of the hurricane's devastation became clear.
"The state sent the requests out and if they can get filled locally, they get filled," he said.
Hughes has been requested to respond to the Nassau County Emergency Operations center about 30 miles outside of Manhattan, where he will support interoperable communications.
Medical personnel requested to assist in staffing a shelter in Nassau County include emergency medical technicians Pati Aine Guzinski, Jennifer Schaefer and Tim Van Patten. Jackie Andula, a registered nurse, and Dan Kishbaugh, a paramedic, also will accompany the group along with Dr. Andrew McCoy and Dr. Kevin Pacheco. All of the volunteers will return to Erie County on Tuesday, according to Poloncarz.


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David Kraegel pleaded no contest in Lancaster County Court on Monday to third-degree sexual assault in the case.
Police say the 63-year-old Kraegel was dropping off the girl in June when a couple in the area saw Kraegel and the girl embracing. The couple told officers they boarded the bus and asked the girl if she was okay. Kraegel said he had been helping the girl crack her back.
The neighbors called police, and offices say the girl told officials Kraegel had kissed and touched her.
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It's here! It's here! *Does dance* The finest North West vintage wedding industry talent will be descending upon The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham, for our third Luxury and Vintage Wedding Exhibition at this unique and authentic vintage venue this Sunday! Wahoop!
The Bowdon Rooms Luxury & Vintage Wedding Exhibition
The Firs, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2TQ
Sunday 27th April 2014
12pm till 4pm
This brilliant, exclusive use venue is as fun as it is special, with it's high ceilings, sparkling drapes, ornate fireplaces and perfectly sprung dance floor. Dancing shoes at the ready! If you are looking for a bespoke and private wedding venue with a little added period pizazz, it's your lucky day.
We had such a fantastic time at our Brides Up North spring and autumn events back in 2013 – these images were snapped at both by Martin Hambleton Photography – and can't wait to do it all again, with a host of great suppliers ready to make your big day into the stuff of your dreams.
Like everything vintage, these events just get better and better with age. It's going to be even fabulous this time around. You need to be there.
The venue's helpful team will be on hand to answer your queries and take bookings (form an orderly queue please!) and I'll be there to talk wedding pretty till I'm hoarse. I genuinely love this venue and am really excited to see my gorgeous readers there. Please do seek me out and say hello, I adore hearing about your plans.
As well as all that inspiration – completely FREE – we are also giving away up to 200 FREE Bride To Be goody bags, filled with glossy magazines, on the day discounts, treats from Brides Up North, exclusive offers and some little pressies from our amazing sponsors. Just because we love you. As demand is high, to pick up your VIP pack all you need to do is pre-register using the form below. While stocks last only.
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Great waterfront property 3 blocks from the beach on Marco Island, Florida
Sleeping Accommodations: 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Sleeps 12
Bedding Information: 1 king, 2 queens, 1 bunk, 1 twin bed, 1 sleeper sofa, extra
The house has all the comforts of home and enough rooms and beds to accommodate many more guests than standard rental properties. We have also included a good many extra TVs for the additional guests along with high speed (broadband) Internet access. We tried to think of everything so hopefully you won't need to bring anything. We stay at this vacation home regularly and love it. And, we take pride in being very honest with all of our tenants, because we want to keep you happy and we want you to come back.
Special Note: Our website for this property (listed below) has photos showing our newly updated interior accommodations, and we have installed a new electric pool heater.
Marco Island--The Florida Riveria. Marco Island is a true tropical paradise located on Florida's southwest, Gulf Coast. "Marco" is described by many as "The Last Paradise" or "Florida's Best Kept Secret".
- Air Conditioned
- Barbecue-Gas
- Covered Parking
- Dining Room
- Full Kitchen
- Garage
- Heated
- Hot Tub/Jacuzzi
- Internet Access
- Lanai
- Linens Incl
- Patio
- Pool-Heated
- Cable/Satellite TV
- No Smoking
- No Pets
- AM/FM Radio
- Blender
- Cassette Player
- Ceiling Fans
- CD Player
- Coffee Maker
- Cooking Range
- Cookware
- Dish Washer
- DVD Player
- Freezer
- Ice Maker
- Microwave
- Oven
- Refrigerator
- Stereo
- Telephone
- Television
- Utensils
- Washer/Dryer
- Bicycling
- Bike Rentals
- Boat Rentals/Charters
- Canoeing
- Deep Sea Fishing
- Fishing
- Game Room
- Gym
- Hiking/Biking Trails
- Horseback Riding
- Jeep/Air Tours
- Jet Skiing
- Kayaking
- Library
- Park
- Public Transportation
- Racquetball
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving
- Skiing-Water
- Snorkeling
- Tennis Court
- Tubing-Water
- Volleyball Court
- Wind Surfing
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Dock for fishing or boat tie up. Launch Kayak right from dock with ladder.
Other Attractions:
Rent a pontoon boat and visit the southern islands of Kice and Cape Romano. Then, dock the boat at the dock at the house. Then, do it again the next day--awsome. Bring Kayak with you on trips.
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Large backyard & docThis is on one of the rare oversize lots of the island and has a large backyard and large dock on the waterway.
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Electric Heated PoolLarge pool (not those mini's) with dock in background
Dock and waterwayLarge backyard, dock for boat tieup, boat lift, and fishing. This waterway is the gateway to southern islands south of Marco Island.
Jetted Hot tubJetted hot tub next to pool with strong fun jets.
Master Bedroom - newBrand new bed.
Den with sleeperAll this furniture is brand new.
2nd bedroom--newAll this furniture is brand new.
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September 08, 2008 Nancy Lanyon Highland Park, IL
My family highly recommends this smart-layout Tulip home. Start to finish, the owners and their beautiful, clean, "above-and-beyond stocked" home housed three families (me, 7-yr son, husband and two close families) along with numerous daily visitors attending my daughter's wedding June 2006. The lease agreement and owner-flexibility to permit us extra days were clear, fair and accommodating; the home itself was immaculate and well-serviced during our stay; the generous pool and hot-tub sparkling and luxurious; and the dock (due to its lighting) rivaled any respectable aquarium. The extras provided in the home, from creature-comforts to grill and outdoor equipment, were noteworthy and much-appreciated. The central location is easily accessible yet wonderfully private. Simply said, our highest accolades - and we've traveled several continents!
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Tax: 10%
Cleaning Fee: $125.00
Cancellations and Refunds: see our official website.
Check In: 4:00PM
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Required Stay: Sat. to Sat.
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A New Canaan institution is now closed.
which served the town since 1925 and was owned by and her family for 35 years, closed its doors on Tuesday at 136 Elm Street, marking the end of an era.
"It was a combination of a business decision and a quality [of] life decision," Levison said. "There's so many people I care about. I've been here over 30 years myself. It's a family business and I know so many people and their children and now their children's children. I would've done it a couple of years ago, but I wanted to make sure every one of my employees was taken care of in a way that would make them happy."
Levison said she's been trying to sell the store since the summer and acknowledged that she attempted to make a deal with an individual, but it fell through. Levison eventually sold her store to pharmacy giant and regrets not being able to tell her customers about the sale. However, that was forbidden as per her contract with the new owners.
"I chose Walgreens because I think they're efficient, they treat their employees fairly and they will take care of my customers," Levison, who also owns in Weston, said. "They have all the pharmacy records and insurance information. It's going to be as painless and seamless as possible."
Levison and several of her employees spent Tuesday packing boxes and making sure that Walgreens had everything it needed to make a smooth transition. Rich Zaccone, district manager of Walgreens, said customers of Lang's Pharmacy would be taken care of quickly by his store.
"Their prescription information and their prescription history should be available immediately. We've transferred computer data and as long as that's been successful and accurate, everything should be good," he said. "If not, the first time customers are in the store, we might have to gather some information and it should be seamless from then on out."
Longtime customers of Lang's Pharmacy were stunned to see the doors closed and drapes hanging in the windows of the store as they strolled by it on Tuesday morning.
"I'm very sad. I hate to see the small local businesses that are hurting so badly and have to go out of business, "Kathleen Redman, a New Canaan resident for 16 years, said "As soon as Walgreens came to town and there were two big-box pharmacies [ being the other] it was going to be difficult for Lang's to compete and make a profit. They don't have the financial depth a big-box store has."
Carl Franco, co-owner of's Wine Merchants, was saddened when he saw the sign in Lang's Pharmacy window Tuesday morning indicating the store had been sold to Walgreens. His store is just two doors down from Lang's and he said he's going to miss everything Levison brought to Elm Street.
"I was surprised because it had been so quiet," Franco said. "It seemed to happen so quickly. I was just as surprised as anyone else. Diana is a great gal. I know she still has a place in Weston and I'm sure she's just going to concentrate on the one there."
Added Diane Roth, owner of whose store is just around the corner from Lang's Pharmacy on Park Street. "Oh, my God, this is terrible.' That was my first reaction. It reflects the changing economy and it's sad to lose owner-operated stores in this town. We're getting down to a handful of stores that have longevity. Do you want [New Canaan] to be a roofless mall? You don't want chain stores."
on Main Street competed with Lang's Pharmacy for customers in New Canaan for decades, reacted the way many people did in town after hearing the news, "I was really surprised. There's nothing more I can say," Kahni Shah, pharmacist for Varnum's, said.
As tears welled in her eyes, Levison reflected on what she will miss the most after more than 30 years in New Canaan. "There are a lot of special people I'm going to miss," she said. "A lot of really special people."


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Pearl Jam have pulled more than fifty rare and previously unissued tracks from their vaults for a retrospective album tentatively set for release this year. "We have more than fifty songs already – all of the Christmas singles, B sides and benefit-album tracks," says manager Kelly Curtis. "The band is looking at different versions ofsongs that didn't make the albums. It could be a multidisc set. The guys have to figure out how big they think it should be."
Curtis also confirms that Pearl Jam are without a record contract. Last year's Riot Act was the last studio album under their ten-year-plus deal with Epic Records. "[Epic] still has the rights to some things," Curtis says. Epic manufactures Pearl Jam's official live bootlegs and will put out the rarities album. The band has met with executives from other labels, including J Records CEO Clive Davis. Peart Jam have looked into independent options such as releasing music over the Internet and starting their own label. "America is not the issue – it's overseas," says Curtis. "We do well there. But if we try to collect money in Chile, I don't know how to do that. We'll need help."
"We're just starting to appreciate the freedom and see where it can take us." says sinner Eddie Vedder. "It's something we have worked for. So what happens now – whatever bad decisions are made in the future, they're ours to make."
This story is from the June 26th, 2003 issue of Rolling Stone.
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CLEVELAND — Services for Sue Anne (MacKenzie) Robinson, age 80, formerly of Mentor, Ohio, will be at 8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at DAVIS-BABCOCK FUNERAL HOME, 4154 Clark Ave., Willoughby, Ohio.
Mrs. Robinson passed away Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland.
Born Oct. 19, 1932, in Conneaut, Ohio, she lived in Mentor for more than 37 years, Ashtabula for five years, and returned to Mentor in 2001. She later moved to the Western Reserve Masonic community in Medina and has lived the last four months with her family in Cleveland.
She was a member of St. Andrew Episcopal Church in Kirtland Hills and a former member of St. Peter Episcopal Church in Ashtabula. She was also a member of Willoughby Chapter 202 Order of the Eastern Star, where she served as Past Worthy Matron in 1990. She served on the communion staff and the sunshine committee at the Western Reserve community. She enjoyed bowling, golf, ceramics, crafts and shopping.
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Survivors are her sons, Michael J. (Lolita) Robinson of Cleveland, Steven L. (Michele) Robinson of Mentor and Scott J. (Debbie) Robinson of Eastlake; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. She also leaves her niece, Deborah, and nephew, Malcolm, and their families and her son Mark's fiancée, Trish.
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Ben Revere has spent parts of just three seasons in the major leagues, played in a mere 13 games in the first of those three seasons, and qualified for the batting title for the first time in 2012. Yet, he is not only the active career leader among all major leaguers in a specific department, but has a huge lead in that particular area. Ben Revere has had 1,064 major league plate appearances but has not hit a single major league home run.
To put that in context, among players who came to the plate in the majors in 2012 yet finished the year with a career home run total of zero, the next 22 highest career plate appearances totals all belong to pitchers (led by Ryan Dempster at 688). After Revere, the next non-pitcher on that list is former Twin Tsuyoshi Nishioka, whose major league career appears to have come to an end after just 254 plate appearances. The next non-pitcher who is expected to appear in the majors in 2013 is Brewers shortstop Jean Segura, a rookie in 2012 who has just 166 major league plate appearances.
Ben Revere has not only never hit a home run in the major leagues, he has never flown out to the warning track.
'I think Revere's arm is overplayed. Does it hurt the team? Sure, any weak arm in RF/CF is going to hurt the team. Is it significant enough to matter enough to use as an argument to discount his range?' Probably not.
I agree
Revere may or may not turn out to be a good player, bit the only reason to extend him would be to reduce the risk of losing him because he gets too expensive. This seems to be a low risk at this point, so there is no need to sign him right now. If he gets better, then is the time to think about it.
I know Jokin... You and I have been on the same side.
Like I said... I'm trying to back down. My Revere man crush is getting a little over developed with each and every post. Honestly I'm not trying to build a shrine to him... He's just a young ball player... It's just that some comments allude me.... I'd like to back-er down because its just making the division deeper... But... Just when I thought I was out... They pull me back in.
This time it was Pucks comment "everyone and their brother attempted to take an extra base on Revere they wouldn't take on real MLB arms".
Although you have supported Revere... Your post in response to that seemed to agree. So I said "you guys" in response but all in all... I've been happy that you and others have been In support. If I was the only one.. I'd be like Will Farrell running down the street in The movie Old School. I'm not and at the end of the day... We just got ourselves a difference in opinion. What we think and what some others think.
Puck's comment was flat out false and it just piles on the Ben Revere negative stereotype being built and I didn't want it to just let it get left there... Like it was remotely true. His arm is sub par but any impression that runners are flying around the bases on that arm is wrong. There have been times and there will be more times when the arm will give up a base or a run. However... Sub par arm does not mean he would do better running the ball into the infield and trying to tag the advancing runner. Ben can still throw it faster then even players of his speed can run and if he has the ball in his hand. The runner ain't going. I have also seen Ben catch the ball at the wall and throw it to first base on a hop. Granted... more air on it than most but let's not give the impression that players are heading to third at a disturbing percentage. No evidence to support that claim and its a false generalization.
i honestly don't like being this convicted on a player because there are no guarentees in baseball. Hamilton can sign for 100 million and hit .220 the rest of his life ... this Revere argument is starting to make me sound like I'm guaranteeing his place in Cooperstown and that isnt the case. i just think hes been good baseball and there is value that some dont appreciate because they like some skill he's lacking I'm guessing. I also realize that most of the detractors don't hate Ben but if this keeps up... Their convictions being challenged may end up causing more and more dislike.
I have a big mouthed opinion like many on this site and I ain't afraid to express it. However... People can check my posts. Typically... I have no problem saying "I don't know when I don't know". I go to great pains to say "I think" "I believe" in my posts to make sure that Its clear i'm expressing opinion. I try to be self deprecating because I've been wrong plenty of times and occasionally I'm pretty dead sure about what Im saying.
On the other side of the coin... We have Vodkadave saying "he will never" which is pretty definite in and out of context. I also didn't really appreciate the Vodkadave comment that you and I have a first grade knowledge of baseball and statistics and then saying he didn't mean to be harsh... also like Will Farrell in Talladega Nights with the all due respect line. Anyway... that's just his style so I'm trying to let that go... But... Obviously haven't yet since I just brought it up again.
BTW... Dave... I'm 47 years old ... I've been breathing in an unhealthy amount of baseball for almost 4 decades. From playing to coaching to umping to spending beautiful summer nights inside watching and reading and rainy nights outside trying to get a field ready to play. There are plenty of people who know more about the game in the whole wide world than I do including a bunch of folks on this site. It is after all... Just a quirky passion of mine. But I think I'm past the 1st grade level.
Lets not confuse my 1st grade punctuation level for some kinda of baseball knowledge deficiency because we disagree on something. As for understanding metrics. OK... If you say so. I hope to get to 2nd grade someday. Be patient with me.
One last thing... I don't know if it occurs to the posters of Twins Daily. But I'm guessing that Twins players read this forum. I'm sure some stay away from it and they are smart if they do... but it's not far fetched to think that some are drawn to the "what are they saying about me now". Insecurities that we all have.
In my opinion... It's Ok to have honest discussion of skill sets but keep in mind that this is the internet. These ain't private discussions. The nasty mean comments lack taste and a bunch of other social graces.
He's a classic flame out type player though, there is a laundry list of guys who profile just like him that came before and ended up in the "I can't run as fast anymore" trash heap. I don't see much point in extending at this point, love to watch him play at times for now.
'Puck's comment was flat out false and it just piles on the Ben Revere negative stereotype being built and I didn't want it to just let it get left there... Like it was remotely true. His arm is sub par but any impression that runners are flying around the bases on that arm is wrong. There have been times and there will be more times when the arm will give up a base or a run. However... Sub par arm does not mean he would do better running the ball into the infield and trying to tag the advancing runner. Ben can still throw it faster then even players of his speed can run and if he has the ball in his hand. The runner ain't going. I have also seen Ben catch the ball at the wall and throw it to first base on a hop. Granted... more air on it than most but let's not give the impression that players are heading to third at a disturbing percentage. No evidence to support that claim and its a false generalization.'
You make it sound like I'm purposely throwing false info out there to dog him. I watched the games too and that's what it seemed like to me. If there's evidence to support that my impression is wrong, and it seems there is from what you've posted, that's fine. But don't act as if I threw stuff out there knowing it was wrong just to dog him. I don't have any agenda when it comes to him. I want them all to be good players. I was just pointing out what it looked like to me. I'm not the first or last guy whose eyes have deceived him. His arm seems to me to be the weakest in baseball...from what I've seen. Whether that's true or not who knows, but it's damn weak
I appreciate the info you posted. It's good to see. Makes me feel better about him out there.
You say I am trashing Ben Revere or whatever or being mean and I disagree. The fact is, I see him as a 4th OF moving forward (a very good 4th OF for what its worth) who should be able to stick in the league a long time, Juan Pierre has plenty of value as well, he's just better suited to not be in your lineup every day like Revere.
We can disagree all day on how important Revere's arm is, but from what I have seen, read etc he has the weakest arm of any OF in baseball. I don't see how he suddenly is going to improve at this point, I always thought in the minors they should have tried to switch him to 2B because of this (and the lack of 'pop'). Also I am not saying arm is an end all be all for OF's. But it does matter, teams were running all over Revere in RF because he literally has to hit the cutoff man who is further out in the OF then I have ever seen.
Now with that said, he does have elite range and excellent speed, moving him to CF actually helps his range/speed outshine/hide his arm even more. Do I think he is a perfectly fine stop gap for a year or two on a rebuilding team? Sure. I just don't see him ever becoming a legit major league starter because as I mentioned before, he will need to hit for a .330 average in order to get to that .725 OPS range.
If you think that is me "trashing him" or you are worried that he might read this and get hurt feelings or whatever I think you need to be slightly less sensitive. I'm sure Ben Revere is well aware of his arm deficiencies and his inability to hit for power.
I have no problem with "the kid" and hope he proves me wrong, I think he is looking at a long career ahead of him in the majors at this point anyways. I have never said he doesn't belong on the team, nor have said he doesn't belong in the league. He will have a Juan Pierre type career IMO and that isn't a bad thing. At this point however I think it would be a mistake to count on him long term as a starter on this team, especially with so many potentially superior options in our system: Hicks, Arcia, Rosario (if he moves back to CF), Buxton, Keppler. Benson?
I also think if they get an offer for a pitcher that can help moving forward they need to trade him because of two things:
1. I don't think he is able to match last years numbers offensively, he struggled quite a bit down the stretch as teams began to make adjustments to him. If you aren't a risk to even hit doubles, teams are going to move the OF in and you will see zero walks.
2. They have a ton of depth for OF, and absurd amount of depth in the minors for CF. If you can use Revere to fill other holes, you gotta pull the trigger. One of the Twins in house guys can match his production by the end of the year no doubt.
Just stop taking it so personally...
For clairification on my diatribe.
My Comment to you Puck was simply my correction of Puck's everybody and their brothers assertion. This is just my opinion but I believfe it's possible that some are assuming this because Ben's arm is sub-par. I hold no ill will against you persoanlly... you are a smart guy and I enjoy your posts.
My Comment to you Vodkadave was only in reference to your 1st grade level comment. I also enjoy your posts and hold no ill will against you personally. I don't disagree with your sentiments entirely on Ben... You are right on many things about Ben. I think wrong on some but none of us are right yet... I think it's possible that we look at ball players differently.
The Part about players reading this site... Was not directed at you. It was directed to anyone who forgets or doesn't realize it... I typed a lot of words and didn't properly seperate that section of my long post.
The only thing I took personally was the 1st grade level thing.
the day Revere proves he can hit for even a .700 OPS (Which is still on the "way below average end of the spectrum for OF's) then maybe we can think about having this conversation. Until then, he is nothing more then a 4th OF, or a stop gap CF on a 90 loss type team.
Anyone who argues otherwise on the basis of "He is exciting!!" or whatever doesn't have the faintest idea of how baseball works and understands statistics at a 1st grade level. Not trying to be harsh, but it's the truth.
Maybe it was a little "harsh" but IMO the fact remains that nothing Revere has done to this point has shown me that he can even sustain a .700 OPS at the major league level, which IMO would be still be on the very low end of what would be "acceptable" for a starting OF. Even less so on a competitive team.
OPS is a convenient stat when you want to undersell a no power high contact speed guy.
One of the differences between extending Revere now, compared to Blackburn, is that Blackburn was coming off two of the best seasons you could reasonably expect to get from a guy with his stuff. Guys who get no strikeouts and rely on batted ball luck and borderline strike calls have very low floors, as we all know by now. The luck Blackburn had in 2008-2009 just doesn't go on for years on end.
Revere on the other hand, has his value preserved by speed. Speed is a large part of the reason Span's deal didn't prove a bust when his luck returned to earth likek Blackburn's. Yes, there is risk Revere breaks an ankle or strains a calf and he becomes worthless until healed. Injury risk is part of the genesis for these team friendly deals in the first place. But if he doesn't miss significant time, then worst case scenario we get more of what we've already seen with Revere's .308 BABIP and ultra low walk rate. There is a cliche, "speed never goes in slumps." Advanced stats are starting to prove the truth in that. Speed that is as elite as Revere's is worth roughly 2-3 wins/year on average, in just baserunning and defense. That, or production a hair below that, is his floor.
The ceiling is something like Juan Pierre's age 25-30 seasons where he had a couple .320, .340 BABIP years. I believe that Revere is capable of improving his ground ball tendencies and improve his walk rate by just taking more pitches in hitter counts (Pierre hit the ball on the ground 61% of the time in his age 24 season), during his arbitration years, and then the savings will start to be realized.
There is also the fact that where Pierre was peaking towards the end of the steroid era, Revere is peaking during a time where the stolen base and speed are more valuable than ever. The break even point on stolen bags is down to like 64%. Its ridiculous. So there is some marginal value there just by virtue of how his arbitration years line up with leaguewide trends.
It doesn't matter how fast you can run back to the dugout.
He has some work to do and he needs to work on getting on-base at a better clip.
Baseball Reference tracks situation baserunning. Revere is above average in every respect
comparison to league average.
Fangraphs measures the baserunning value at 14 runs over the past two years, playing 120 games/season.
but, my argument all along is that Revere should be extended, and paid, as a 9 hitter, not as a replacement for Span in the order at leadoff. Mauer or Hicks might be the better choice for that.
Honestly, I don't know if his spot in the lineup matters much anyway, either from a strategic standpoint or a contract negotiation standpoint. My argument boils down to the fact that barring injury, regardless of where you bat Revere or place him in the outfield, he is going to deliver a relatively fixed value that is around 2 wins at minimum, for every 160 games played, due to his speed, and could be as high as 4-5 wins with a little batted ball luck.


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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK — Three years after publishing what he thought was valuable research in his master's thesis, obesity researcher Peter Janiszewski checked a citation index and learned that a grand total of "two people had cited my work. I thought, there's got to be a better way to do this."
Welcome to ScienceOnline2010, a three-day conference of about 250 scientists, bloggers, journalists and interested others that concluded Sunday in Research Triangle Park.
Dedicated to using the Web to encourage collaboration among scientists, people who write about them and the people who read about them, ScienceOnline showed that face-to-face meetings can be important, even to a very wired crowd, organizers said.
Participants came from all over the United States and eight other countries, according to organizer Bora Zivkovic, online community manager for the Public Library of Science. Co-organizer Anton Zuiker, who works in internal communications at Duke University, wasn't surprised to have so many come so far. The conference, he said, is "based on this idea that to build online community takes face-to-face offline events."
There was a range of presentations, including best practices in podcasting and "crowd sourcing," that is, involving an audience in researching a topic. There were demonstrations of science video storyboarding, workshops on social networking and blogging, and tours of area science facilities.
Six-foot video screens scrolled through Twitter postings made by participants in other seminars.
Involving the public
Scientists who use crowd sourcing are gathering field data online, for example, using Twitter to enable participants in fishing tournaments to enter data helpful in tracking fish populations. In another experiment, people can go to fold.it/portal to participate in a game that helps scientists research protein folding.
"The Triangle is a place of cutting-edge science and a vibrant online community," Zivkovic says. "We wanted to get these two together and learn from each other."
Communicating about science online means more than just blogging about science, though. In fact, actress and new media producer Tamara Krinsky, in a session called "Science and Entertainment," referred to multimedia title bars and advertisements on the Web. "With all that eye candy out there," she asked, "what will become of the ordinary text blog?" Much of the session focused on emerging initiatives for scientists to give input to Hollywood so that science in movies is portrayed more accurately.
Scientists find a voice
ScienceOnline participants emphasized that communicating about science was no longer just for professional communicators. For example, Janiszewski, a doctoral candidate at Queen's University in Ontario, along with a research partner writes a blog, obesitypanacea.com, debunking get-thin-quick schemes, bringing research directly to the public.
Much scientific research is complex and hard to wade through even for the few science journalists not yet laid off by struggling print publications. "So we take research we think is important that people are not reading and try to take it to a level my mom and dad can understand," Janiszewski said.
They also do a regular podcast. "Our idea was people might come to the blog via iTunes," he said, and that has happened.
Marine researchers Craig McClain and Kevin Zelnio, both of Duke University, run a Web site, DeepSeaNews.com, that experienced a spike in readership when the Raleigh Sewer Monster became a two-day Internet wonder. Its YouTube video has more than 7 million hits. They had better information than many print sources, and they now take that responsibility seriously, they said.
"The day of scientists just doing science and not interacting with the public are over," McClain says. "We tried that, and it doesn't work."


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The leftovers that many Americans are enjoying, after an exhausting day of shopping, may come from a turkey that was paid for by their employer.
I remember my father often got more than one free turkey during the holiday season — the steel mill where he was an electrician always gave him one and he usually also got one from the city, because he was a volunteer fireman.
Where I grew up, the free Thanksgiving turkey was a cherished tradition, along with a canned Polish ham for Christmas. J. B. Reed at The New York Times reports that that only about 3 percent of employers nationally provide actual turkeys these days and the practice was in decline even before the great recession lead to further cutbacks. Reed says the free turkeys were a ritual back when unions were strong and companies tried to "counter labor's influence by taking a stab at paternalism." Free turkeys are seen by some as a relic of those days before workers could negotiate fringe benefits.
Like so many of our modern Christmas customs, labor historians speculate that giving holiday turkeys to workers started with the Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol." Presumably the tradition began back in 19th-century England, when bosses emulated the reformed miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who, after being set straight by the three Christmas ghosts, sent a large prize turkey to his employee, Bob Cratchit. Hence the name the "Cratchit Turkey."
In the United States, Franklin Fairbanks, a Boston industrialist, heard a dramatic reading of "A Christmas Carol" on Christmas Eve in 1867. He was so moved by the story that he gave his employees the next day off from work and provided each of them with a turkey.
Mitchell Moss, a professor at New York University, believes that turkey giveaways also served another social purpose — Americanization. At the turn of the century when factory floors and assembly lines were crowded with newly arrived immigrants, the free holiday turkey introduced them to an American tradition helping them integrated into American society.
And finally, we Americans just hate the idea than anyone should go through the holiday season without their turkey dinner. And we put our money where our mouth is, in this regard, as we spend about $875 million to consume about 46 million turkeys on Thanksgiving alone.
The military traditionally goes to extraordinary lengths to make sure every soldier gets his or her holiday turkey dinner. General Everett Busch's Quartermaster Hall of Fame citation says, "General Busch was so successful at keeping supplies forward that every soldier in the Third Army had a turkey dinner for Christmas Day 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge."
We should also remember that the first meal that astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin ate on the moon was turkey with all of the trimmings. NASA even has its own recipe for cornbread stuffing. I suppose technically all these are instances of employer-provided turkeys.
Some companies have been just as relentless preserving their turkey giveaway traditions. When turkeys were rationed during World War II, Jake Swirbul, from the Grumman Corp. went to the trouble to buy, incubate, and hatch turkey eggs just so his company would have holiday turkeys to give to employees.
While the free Thanksgiving turkey or Christmas ham may be becoming a thing of the past, employers have found ways to modernize the tradition. One of my former bosses switched from handing out real turkeys to giving grocery store gift cards in amounts that were equivalent to the cost of a turkey.
Although employees might use the card to buy gasoline or beer, he always insisted on calling them turkey cards. I never received an actual turkey or a ham, but our daughter was once given a lemon meringue pie, which she proudly brought to Christmas dinner. We decided that it would be ungracious to check the "sell by" date.
According to the Refresh Leadership website's poll, this year 23 percent of businesses plan to give holiday cash bonuses and 15 percent plan to give gift cards. About one in five businesses said they don't plan on giving any rewards at all this year.
There may, however, be some significant regional differences. In a September survey of 188 companies located in the St. Louis Metropolitan area, about 57 percent of the companies said that they provided gifts other than parties to their employee in November and /or December. About a third of them give away cash while another 20 percent give food gift cards.
How do employees feel about such gifts?
Some employees have taken the turkey giveaway pretty seriously. In 1983, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., filed a formal grievance against Vulcan Ironworks when the company abruptly halted the practice of giving employees a Thanksgiving turkey. This has been a tradition for more than 20 years. The grievance was ultimately denied by an arbitrator, who found that the turkeys were outside the purview of the union's contract and were technically not compensation, like a cash bonus would have been. Despite claiming that the free turkeys were eliminated due to financial constraints, Vulcan continued to give its machinists Christmas hams.
Parago Inc., a Texas consulting firm, recently surveyed workers and found that about 70 percent of them don't expect holiday gifts this year. More than 60 percent said that a $25 gift card would more than satisfy their expectations, while 85 percent said they would be quite happy with a $100 bonus.
Compensation experts like David Van De Voort from Buck Consultants in Chicago, are critical of holiday gifts that are not part of an overall incentive plan. He says, "I've always been leery of the Christmas bonus, which suggests that it's just a gift from the company, as opposed to something that's a true reward for performance."
As for me, I'm not so sure about that. I personally like the idea that the company gift just expresses appreciation for the individual. Tying it to productivity or performance sullies the holiday goodwill aspect of the custom. Can't we set aside the profit motive at least once a year?
I do , however, believe that Van De Voort is on target when he warns that such rewards can backfire, especially if businesses have recently taken away other benefits. When employees believe that their "holiday gift" is really just their rightful compensation repackaged to make their bosses feel good, resentment is a natural consequence. Also in situations where there has been significant downsizing or lay-offs, surviving employees may feel that the resources used for their "gift" should have gone to saving their co-worker's jobs instead.
In another online survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, 73 percent of a sample of employees said the most desired employer holiday gift was simply cash. This was followed by a raise, additional paid time off and grocery gift cards. Only 4 percent of employees said they wanted a holiday party — even if there was an open bar. Evidently most of them preferred to celebrate with the people of their own choosing.
This year, we bought our Thanksgiving turkey before I got the Kroger gift card that my work place so thoughtfully provided. The card actually paid for some of our regular groceries but I still pretend that it was the turkey — "Holiday Garlic Bologna" just doesn't have the same ring.
— Terry L. Stawar, Ed.D., lives in Georgetown and is the CEO of LifeSpring the local community mental health center in Jeffersonville. As a local columnist, he's still hungrily waiting for his newspaper holiday bonus. He can be reached at email@example.com. Checkout his Welcome to Planet-Terry blog and podcast at www.planetterry.wordpress.com
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|NASCAR adds Newman to the Chase (9-10-13)
|Written by By The Associated Press
|Tuesday, 10 September 2013 07:53
CONCORD, N.C. — His reputation has been battered, his team blasted by NASCAR for manipulating the outcome of a pivotal race. Now Clint Bowyer will do his best to pick up the pieces and try to salvage his season.
"No rearview mirrors in life, just windshield ahead. It's been a great year and is going to be a great chase. Time to move on!!!" Bowyer posted on Twitter late Monday night.
It was his first public comment since NASCAR launched an investigation into his Saturday night spin at Richmond and ultimately uncovered a series of deliberate actions by Michael Waltrip Racing to alter the race results and the field for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. The sordid saga concluded Monday with a hefty penalty that saw Ryan Newman replace Martin Truex Jr. in the Chase as MWR was fined $300,000, and general manager Ty Norris received an indefinite suspension.
Truex, Bowyer and Brian Vickers were docked 50 points apiece — but Bowyer's deduction does not affect his position in the Chase, which begins Sunday at Chicago.
"We penalize to ask for it to not happen again," NASCAR President Mike Helton said. "It's a message from the league or the sanctioning body saying 'You can't do this."'
Newman was leading with seven laps remaining Saturday night at Richmond, where a victory would have given him the final spot in the 12-driver Chase field. But Bowyer spun to bring out a caution, setting in motion a chain of events that ultimately led to Newman losing the race and the Chase berth, which instead went to Bowyer teammate Truex.
While examining the situation, NASCAR reviewed communication between Bowyer and his Michael Waltrip Racing crew that seemed to indicate the spin was deliberate, as well as additional evidence that suggested MWR had Bowyer and Vickers take a dive over the final three laps so Joey Logano would knock Jeff Gordon out of Chase contention in yet another attempt to help Truex.
NASCAR did not adjust the standings to put Gordon into the Chase — he was in before Bowyer's spin — because Helton said it was impossible to address all the scenarios.
"We don't react to the ripple effect of an occurrence because I don't think there's any way we can reasonably do that," Helton said. "We look at the incident and only the incident because we know from experience that if you try to look at the ripple effect of an incident, you can't cover all those bases. You can't ever come up with a conclusion that is equitable and credible across the board."
Newman was moved into the Chase because the points deductions to the MWR drivers were made to their totals at the conclusion of Saturday night's race. Once Truex lost his 50 points, it dropped him to 17th in the standings and below Newman, who then moved into position for the second wild card into the Chase field.
Gordon was never eligible for the wild card, and MWR tried to further manipulate the standings by knocking him out of the top 10 to make sure Logano didn't grab the wild card the team wanted for Truex. They did it by having Vickers and Bowyer pit in the closing laps of the race, which was revealed in team communications reviewed by The Associated Press on Sunday.
It was those transmissions between Norris and a surprised Vickers that alarmed NASCAR.
"We're probably going to pit here on green," Norris says.
"Are you talking to me?" Vickers replies in surprise.
"Yeah, we're going to pit," Norris says.
"What? I've got to pit? I don't understand. Pit right now?" Vickers says in disbelief.
"You've got to pit this time. We need that one point," Norris responds.
"10-4. Do I got a tire going down?" Vickers says.
Vickers then pitted as the field went green. When he asked after if his crew found anything with the tire, Norris replied, "I'll see you after the race, Brian, I owe you a kiss."
Helton indicated Monday that the conversation between Norris and Vickers, with Vickers' confusion over the directives he was given, was the smoking gun against MWR.
"The preponderance of things that happened ... the most clear was the direction that the 55 driver was given and the confusion around it, and then the conversation following that occurrence," Helton said. "That's the most clear piece of evidence."
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Yale University Department of Anthropology
Yale University Department of Anthropology
Leopold Pospisil
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Ph.D. Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 1948
Office address:
51 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 206
Tel: (203) 432-3682
Fax: (203) 432-3669 Professor and Curator Emeritus
Leopold Pospisil's pioneering research in Papua New Guinea has provided the Yale Peabody Museum with one of its most important ethnographic collections.
Curator in the Division of Anthropology from 1956 until his retirement in 1993, he has continued to be active in Museum affairs, curating the exhibition Spirit Images: The Lidz Collection of Southwest Pacific Art on New Guinea in 1997, which focused on the Sepik River region of New Guinea, the most important art center of the vast area known as Oceania. Several of his students also acquired Oceanic ethnographic collections that are housed at the Yale Peabody Museum.
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Our friends at Skype have just posted a short tip sheet for the new beta (test) version of their free Skype for Windows Phone app. Check it out on their blog. And if you haven't snagged the beta yet, download it now from the Windows Phone Marketplace. (It's already got nearly 200 ratings and 4.5 stars!)
I spent Monday skyping some friends on this thing and was having fun. But as Skype's Raul Liive pointed out yesterday on their Garage blog (such a cool name), it's important to remember that it's still a pre-release version of the app—so not all planned features have been wired up yet. For the time being, it's also available only in English.
Still, I think they're off to an exciting start. Want to tell Skype what you think of the beta, or ask a question about it? Visit their Support Network.
Quote: it's important to remember that it's still a pre-release version of the app—so not all planned features have been wired up yet. For the time being, it's also available only in English...
If it's not doing what you want it to do - Boo-Hoo. It's BETA! - Uninstall it!
Would you rather have a half way functioning awesome program now or nothing at all until it's perfected?
I could be wrong but I seem to remember that when Skype for Windows Phone was announced it was to be in two phases. The first would be an application, and the next would make it an integrated part of the OS.
Integration with the People Hub and others would require an OS update, and I believe that would be too much work, to hurried on the part of MS upgrade an OS for one app. The Skype team would not have the ability/authority to change the OS, that could be equated to getting an app from the marketplace that changed the way your pictures hub worked for instance. The skype team in this case wrote their app, and in the mean time, the OS team is working on an upgrade that includes the features you listed.
And given that it's beta, I think the final release can add some features like receiving chat messages via push if not running.
- Opened chat, it took ~3 minutes for previous conversations to load and it did this by default. It should just load few recent texts, not a few months of history
- Send feedback button does not work
- Laggy from time to time
- Can't change status to away
- Can't run in background
- Can't disable sounds
Dear "angiepm" First update your OS, then go for skype.
I have tried numerous time to download app, keep getting the following message "Can't get app. This app requires a newer version of Windows Phone to work with your phone." I have an HTC HD7 with software version 7.10 (7720). Is anyone else having this problem?
@ Nathan. I have the Omnia 7. No lag in imdb or skype.
@ Nathan I disagree about Microsoft screwing the customer of their old devices. Have you noticed that the first generation Zune device continued to get updates for years after its release. How many times has an ipod been updated? MS supports their old devices for much longer than apple.
@lyger You raise some very good points which I'm sure will be addressed come release :-)
Very rough/unsmooth swiping experience on HTC surround .. you can say exactly same experience as we get in IMDB app !!
(just because it's a first generation device??)
Microsoft already start ignoring the first batch devices?? Very sad but typical Microsoftish way of screwing their customers.
Its a matter of time, HTC TItan customers will get the same kind of treatment.. very soon.. say in Feb 2013??
@ Rodney Jones. What do you mean we are missing VoIP? I had a voice conversation over the client, and if I'm not mistaken, all the data that comes and goes is via Internet Protocol. Are you looking for some particular standard you want adhered to?
Guys they just pointed out: "it's important to remember that it's still a pre-release version of the app—so not all planned features have been wired up yet." Considering skype is now a MSFT product and how tightly they integrated MSN/FACEBOOK chat - i won't be surprised if Skype is the next major integration.
But I do agree that it will be really exciting if the app can do what @lyger mentioned.
The one thing I noticed we can't do in beta - that I thought would be basic is [add a contact]. But I do understand this is in Beta. As for the call quality - great stuff!
Woohoo!!!!! Skype is finally here :)
good app. surprised by stability. dissapointed there is no push notifications, live tile support, or background multitasking support of any kind. Need the app too... but ultimately this should be integrated into WP8s People, Messaging and Phone Hubs... Hope Windows 8's People, Messaging and Phone Hubs also get this integration AND i hope Xbox vNext gets true hubs like these as well and Skype can utilize Kinect.
I think the main thing we are missing is VOIP. I'm sure this will come with patients. Anyways, it's just nice to say we have Skype, and reinforces the fact that even though WP doesn't have 300,000 apps we still have what's important for most users. But, 3k apps would be nice because in that count would be the apps that some are waiting for, like their personal banking app. Nevertheless, Skype for WP seems to be the best looking Skype app, of any platform, overnight!
Very disappointed with the App, here's my gripes:
1. Does not integrate with the People Hub.
2. Does not integrate with the Messaging Hub.
3. Does not use phone in call volume controls, it uses the main volume.
4. App has to be running to receive a call.
5. No multitasking, App loses focus and you will not receive a call/txt.
So why have Hubs in WP7 if Apps do not have access to add there Services into them... Oh wait, that will come with Contracts in WP8... typical... Microsoft are starting to sound like Apple....Fixed n next upgrade.


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If William Golding were writing his classic dystopian novel Lord of the Flies today, it might well be titled Lord of the Mousepad. For as weve learned from the suicide of preteen Rebecca Ann Sedwick, who succumbed to the relentless onslaught of online bullying, indifferent children armed with a keyboard and fueled by immaturity can inflict deadly cyber cruelty.
As many as 15 girls were at least aware of the abuse Rebecca endured beginning in November, when the 12-year-old was enrolled at Crystal Lake Middle School in Florida. First it was physical. Then the bullying went cyber.
A change of schools didnt help. Neither did a brief effort at homeschooling. After all, the Internet knows no bounds. Neither does the pack mentality of fickle little girls on the hunt for vulnerable prey.
It was a steady stream of vitriol aimed at Rebecca over her cellphone and other online social media platforms. You should die. Why dont you go kill yourself?
Earlier this month, a beautiful young girl with a life full of promise did just that. Rebecca, who had changed one of her screen names to That Dead Girl, climbed to the top of a tower at an abandoned cement plant and jumped.
It is perfectly understandable in the wake of such a heart-wrenching tragedy that Rebeccas grief-stricken mother, Tricia Norman, would beat herself up over not fully seeing the signs of her daughters distress. Understandable, yes. But unfairly misplaced, too.
Norman had indeed monitored some of her daughters social media interactions. But she couldnt capture them all. In the often-opaque world of preteen and adolescent life, there is a multitude of social media platforms that most adults (read: parents) dont know about.
And therein can be found the sad paradox of todays iWorld. Children are invariably far more adept at navigating social media venues. But many of these same children lack the intellectual maturity to comprehend the repercussions of abuse toward someone else.
We know that bullying is an intrinsic part of growing up. We know that cyberbullying is directed to at least 1 in 5 children. And we also know that it is vastly easier to engage in the character assassination of someone when you can anonymously hide behind a keyboard. Rebecca Sedwick was outnumbered. She never stood a chance.
It is easy to argue that all Rebecca had to do was disconnect, turn off her cellphone, delete the offending messages, ignore the trolls vilifying her and calling for her death.
Alas, 12-year-olds dont think that way. This is a tender age, when all children yearn for social acceptance and crave to know how they are thought of, even if the result is less than flattering. Expecting Rebecca to go technologically dark was no more realistic than expecting her to forsake her allegiance to the boy band One Direction. Some things simply arent done.
We probably all feel like Tricia Norman. If only we could hold Rebecca in our arms and, with the wisdom that life experience offers, assure her that this too shall pass. Things will get better. But that moment has been lost to the heavens.
The sheriffs office has hinted at pursuing stalking charges against some of the 15 minor girls who engaged in the cyber assault or knew of it and did nothing.
Perhaps Judd might be successful. But what the sheriff already must know is that the law in the area of cyberbullying is at best murky.
Regardless of what does or doesnt happen in court, the 15 girls who played any role in the cyber persecution of Rebecca Sedwick will have to live the rest of their lives with her death on their consciences.
And they will learn that memory can be the most unforgiving bully of them all.
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Daniel Ruth is an editorial writer at the Tampa Bay Times.