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CLEVELAND — James R. Braid, age 79, of North Kingsville, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013, in the Emergency Surgical Unit at the Cleveland Clinic.
Born June 3, 1934, in Painesville, Ohio, the son of the late Stanley and Lucille (Sturm) Braid. He grew up in Fairport Harbor, and graduated from Fairport Harbor High School in 1952, where he excelled in sports and academics.
His working career began delivering newspapers in grade school. After graduation, Jim was employed at Diamond Alkalie, where he worked for 13 years. He left Diamond for a new career as Director of Maintenance at Grand River Academy in Austinburg, where he was also the Chief Boiler Operator. While at Grand River Academy, he was also involved with student activities and was often a Mentor to many of the students. Jim also worked part-time for the Ohio Department of Transportation, where he laid fencing along Route 90 in Lake County.
James later bought a horse farm in Austinburg, where he bred and raised show horses, which won many awards at the Lake County Fair and other shows he entered.
In 1963, Jim launched a very successful Industrial, Retail, and Residential Janitorial Business, Ashtabula Floor Cleaners, which remained in business for 50 years. He and his wife Lois also started Mae's Mitey Maid Service in 1970, which remained in business until August of 2012.
Mr. Braid was also a Boy Scout Leader for several years and enjoyed camping with the troop and attending scouting events. James ran the local chapter of the Aerocadets, where his cadets engaged in many award winning marching competitions.
Mr. Braid and his wife were members of Gateway Assembly of God Church in Austinburg. He was also a member of the Ashtabula Lions Club. A former member of the Redbrook Yacht Club, where he and his wife enjoyed boating. He was a volunteer Fireman for the North Kingsville Fire Department. Jim was an avid landscaping artist, and enjoyed landscaping his own home and many others. Jim loved classic cars, and was an avid gun and antique collector. He also operated Ja-Lo's Antique Store. Most of all, Jim loved spending time with family, friends and business associates.
A devoted husband and father, he will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Jim is survived by his beloved wife of 39 years, Lois (nee Colflesh); daughter, Patricia A. (Ronald) Timonere of Jacksonville, Fla.; sons, Stanley R. Mitchell Jr. and Terry A. Mitchell, both of Ashtabula, Ohio; brother, Stanley Braid of Fairport Harbor, Ohio; grandchildren, Melisa A. (Douglas) Sellers of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., Ryan J. (Melissa) Timonere of Jacksonville, Fla., Nicholas G. (Bernardine) Mitchell of Galena, Ohio and Michelle K. (Christopher) Bartone of Conneaut, Ohio; and great-grandchildren, Michael P. Hutchinson, Grant L. and Grace E. Timonere, and Nicholas E. and Alexander J. Mitchell.
He was preceded in death by his step-daughter, Diana Mae Mitchell; step-son, Danny Platz; and his parents.
A private service for family and close friends will be held at Greenlawn Memory Gardens in North Kingsville with Pastor Donald Hammer, of Gateway Assembly of God Church, officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the family to help defray funeral expenses.
DUCRO FUNERAL SERVICES AND CREMATORY, 4524 Elm Ave., Ashtabula is handling arrangements.
Obituary at www.ducro.com and starbeacon.com.


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The Obamacare website is down. But that's not news to anybody. Now, late-night has a novel solution to the problem: namely, let the NSA take over.
And speaking of the NSA, the rest of the world is again taking notice of U.S. surveillance programs. It's hitting closer to home, with reports that the NSA is tapping the private calls of foreign leaders, including German Prime Minister Angela Merkel.
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Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka threw his first complete game as a major-leaguer, a masterful four-hit shutout, and the New York Yankees snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the New York Mets 4-0 Wednesday night at Citi Field.
Third baseman Yangervis Solarte and first baseman Mark Teixeira each hit solo homers for the Yankees, and second baseman Brian Roberts had two triples, his first two-triple game in 1,361 big league games.
The Yankees (21-20) moved over .500 and ended a six-game losing streak against their cross-town rivals.
Tanaka cemented himself as the Yankees' ace as he continues living up to the $155 million, seven-year contract he received in February. Tanaka (6-0) lowered his ERA to 2.17. He struck out eight, didn't walk a batter and allowed just two runners to get as far as second base.
Tanaka retired 11 in a row following a first-inning single by Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy. He also set down seven in a row between the sixth and eighth innings, including four by strikeout.
He allowed a leadoff single to right fielder Bobby Abreu in the ninth but retired left fielder Eric Young on a fielder's choice grounder and nearly began a game-ending 1-6-3 double play when he fielded Murphy's comebacker. However, shortstop Derek Jeter dropped the ball after getting the forceout, and couldn't throw to first to complete the double play.
Unfazed, Tanaka continued throwing during a replay challenge by the Mets, and he retired third baseman David Wright on a liner to Jeter two pitches later to complete his 114-pitch outing.
For good measure, Tanaka added his first major league hit, a single in the ninth inning. He has more hits in seven at-bats this season than Mets pitchers have in 65 at-bats.
The gem by Tanaka was exactly what the pitching-starved Yankees needed. Three of the Yankees' projected starters -- left-hander CC Sabathia and right-handers Ivan Nova and Michael Pineda -- are on the disabled list, and the rest of the rotation behind Tanaka is 10-12 with a 4.95 ERA.
Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner had two singles, a run and a stolen base.
Mets right-hander Rafael Montero took the loss in his major league debut. Montero allowed three runs on five hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings.
Young had the Mets' lone extra-base hit, a sixth-inning double. The Mets (20-21) saw their three-game winning streak end.
The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the second thanks to an ill-advised play by Young. Solarte singled with two outs and cruised home when Young made a diving attempt to catch Roberts' sinking liner, which skipped by him and went all the way to the wall as Roberts raced to third.
Solarte doubled the Yankees' lead with a long, two-out, solo homer to right in the fourth. Roberts followed with his second triple but was stranded when Montero struck out Tanaka.
NOTES: The Mets placed RHP Dillon Gee -- their scheduled starter for Thursday's series finale -- on the 15-day disabled list with a right lat strain and sent C Travis d'Arnaud for concussion tests. The Mets said Gee got hurt during a bullpen session Tuesday. His roster spot was taken by RHP Rafael Montero, who made his major league debut Wednesday. Gee's rotation spot will be filled by RHP Jacob deGrom, who will make his major league debut Thursday. ... D'Arnaud was injured Tuesday night, when he was accidentally hit in the head by the bat of Yankees RF Alfonso Soriano during Soriano's backswing. ... The Yankees were still without OF Carlos Beltran, who was diagnosed with a bone spur in his right elbow after he felt pain taking swings in the batting cage during Monday's game. Beltran had a cortisone shot Tuesday. ... Yankees OF Ichiro Suzuki, who hasn't played since Sunday due to a sore knee and back, was available as a pinch hitter.


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Thanks to a sheriff's deputy with a good memory, a 27-year-old man has been arrested in the "Chubby Bandit" series of bank robberies including ones in Carlsbad, Encinitas and Poway.
The FBI, San Diego County Sheriff's Department and Carlsbad Police Department on Saturday announced the arrest of Aaron Alan Hyman in connection with the heists.
He is in custody at Vista County Jail and is being held on $100,000 bail, according to jail records. His arraignment is set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Vista Superior Court.
Hyman was arrested in the area of state Route 78 and El Camino Real by Carlsbad officers and detectives working jointly with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, San Diego Police Department and the FBI, the FBI said.
"Hyman's arrest was the direct result of a multi-agency investigation into a string of bank robberies and at least one commercial robbery … in Carlsbad, San Diego, Solana Beach, Poway, Encinitas and San Marcos," the FBI said in a news release.
Since Oct. 9, local law enforcement and the FBI have been investigating a string of bank robberies by an individual dubbed the "Chubby Bandit," the FBI said.
"Bank surveillance photographs of the 'Chubby Bandit' were distributed to area law enforcement agencies and the public," the FBI said.
Hyman was identified by an unnamed sheriff's deputy, the FBI said.
"The deputy identified Hyman as someone he had previous law enforcement contacts during his patrols," the FBI said. "The Carlsbad Police Department also independently developed information identifying Hyman as the 'Chubby Bandit.'"
The "Chubby Bandit" series involves five bank robberies, one attempted bank robbery and the robbery of one local pharmacy:
- Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, at 5:32 pm, US Bank, 12655 Scripps Poway Parkway, Poway.
- Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at 1:03 pm, Chase Bank, 7176 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad.
- Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at 1:30 pm, Chase Bank, 607 Lomas Santa Fe, Solana Beach, California. This was an attempted robbery.
- Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at 2:47pm, Wells Fargo Bank, 276 North El Camino Real, Encinitas.
- Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at 2:23 pm, US Bank, 770 Village Drive, Carlsbad.
- Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, at 4:11 pm, Wells Fargo Bank, 11986 Bernardo Plaza Dr., San Diego.
- Wednesday Oct. 10, 2012, at 12:38 p.m., CVS Pharmacy, 191 Woodland Parkway, San Marcos.
Anyone with information concerning the "Chubby Bandit" is asked to contact the FBI at 858-565-1255 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477. You may remain anonymous by calling the FBI or Crime Stoppers.


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Texas A&M University-Commerce soccer opened its summer preseason workouts Monday morning as the Lions welcomed a nice mixture of both returning veterans and talented newcomers to the newly resodded field at Lion Soccer Field.
Head coach Neil Piper's squad ran through the first of 21 practice sessions over the next two weeks as the Lions battled the early morning Commerce heat, repeating the effort again later this evening. Following the first week of workouts, A&M-Commerce will get their first look at where they stand, hosting FC Dallas 95 in a scrimmage match Aug. 19 at 7 p.m.
The Lions will return to the practice field for one more week in the preseason, culminating with scrimamges at East Texas Baptist on August 25 and Austin College on Aug. 26. Following those preseason tilts, it will be time for A&M-Commerce to hit the ground running as classes start Monday, August 27 with the Lions' season-opener against Ouachita Baptist scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 30th. That match against the Tigers will be the first Gold Out game of the season, with free gold t-shirts being handed out to fans as they enter the gates.
A&M-Commerce finished 2011 fourth in the regular season standings and advanced to the Lone Star Conference semifinals, falling to eventual champion Abilene Christian. The Lions were picked to finish third in the 2012 preseason poll, garnering one first place vote in the process, and look to have the personnel developing to make a run at an LSC title.
The Lions will field no seniors in 2012, turning the leadership role to the talented junior class, which includes first team All-LSC forward Brionna Minde, midfielders Eva Brutto and Brittni Ong and defender Tareyn Blanton. A&M-Commerce's sophomore class also played a huge role in 2011's success as LSC Freshman of the Year Jade Bell, along with twin sisters Cadie and Callie Annett look to take that next step in their Lion careers.
A&M-Commerce's biggest question mark heading into the season is at goalkeeper as the Lions will have to replace three-year starter Randi Hafele. But Piper has brought in a pair that will compete for the job, as well as a handful of talented freshmen and transfers that should compete for playing time from the get-go.
Piper's squad has another challenging home schedule ahead of them as following the season-opener against Ouachita Baptist, the Lions will welcome the remaining seven Lone Star Conference schools to Commerce.
Following an extended road trip, A&M-Commerce will play host to a critical five-match homestand running from Sept. 21 to Oct. 3. The Lions close out the home portion of their season with matches against Eastern New Mexico and West Texas A&M in mid-October before turning their sights toward the stretch run of the 2012 season.


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The Red Pride Booster Club is holding its sixth annual Monte Carlo Night fundraiser from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Feb. 16 at Plainfield Metropolis Mall.
Admission is $5, which includes food and beverages.
Games will include black jack, roulette, Texas poker, over/under, and side pick-up games.
A Texas hold 'em tournament starts at 7 p.m. with a $30 buy-in for 10K chips; $5 gets an additional 5K in chips. Chips must be purchased prior to the start of the tournament.
Raffle tickets are available at the school through Athletic Director Dana Green and are $25. The drawing will be at 10:30 p.m. and winners do not need to be present to win.
Proceeds will benefit Plainfield High School student-athletes and provide college scholarships to graduating senior athletes.
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The Danville Girls Softball Association is holding its 2013 spring registration.
Cost is $40 for 6U coach pitch, $65 for 8U coach pitch, $80 for 12U fast pitch, and $80 for 14U fast pitch.
The season runs from April to June.
Online registration is open until Feb. 22 and may be found online at www.danvillesoftball.org. Additional information is available at facebook.com/DanvilleSoftball.
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The Danville Parks and Recreation Department is hosting its fourth annual 3-on-3 basketball league/tournament beginning Feb. 5 with games at 6 p.m. Tuesdays.
The league/tournament runs through February and March and participants must be 16 or older to participate.
Cost is $20 per team and the entry deadline is Feb. 1.
For more information, call 745-3015 or visit the website at www.danvilleindiana.org/parks.
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The United Soccer Alliance of Indiana is accepting registration for the spring Community Rec League for U4 to U18 children. USAi U4 to U12 are same-sex small-sided teams. The U13 and U14 are same sex and the U15 to U18 teams are coed in the Rec Plus League.
USAi Community Rec Program offers two programs: one based in Avon/Brownsburg and another in Pike Township. USAi plans divisions for Soccer Tots, U5, U6, U7, U8, U10, and U12. The U10 and U12 programs may play some games at home and some games away at another USAi soccer complex.
USAi Community REC PLUS Program offers two programs: one based in Avon-Brownsburg and another in Pike Township with all teams playing in the local WCSSF Rec Plus league. There will be divisions for U13 to U18. Rec Plus is truly its own level of competition. It is not recreational and is not travel. It's competitive yet without the time and financial commitment of classic travel teams.
Registration may be made online at http://USAindy.org or by attending any of the in-person registration dates.
Anyone can play at USAi and there is a team for every player. There is a partial tuition assistance program for families in need. For more information, visit the website at http://USAindy.org or call the club hotline at 767-0699.
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The Danville Baseball Boosters are hosting a winter camp Feb. 23 at Danville Community High School under the direction of new DCHS head coach Brady Armstrong, along with his staff and players.
Two sessions are offered. Session one is from 9 a.m. to noon for third- to fifth-graders and session two is from 1 to 4 p.m. for sixth- through eighth-graders.
Registration forms are available online at www.dllbb.com or www.danvillewarriorsbaseball.org.
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With every new $100 level increment in Apple's (AAPL) stock price, we hear a chorus of worrywarts on business TV saying it just can't continue. It's unprecedented, they say. Apple's now too big. Steve Jobs is gone. Everyone likes it. It's a bubble.
Yet, no company this big before has ever had the opportunities and relatively low market share that Apple now has. And Steve's greatness actually masked how good the rest of the team is.
We're at $600 now, but I think Apple has much further to go from here. If things play out as I expect, Apple will hit $1,650 by the end of 2015. Here's how.
This is the most ignored part of the Apple portfolio. It has consistently grown faster than the PC industry. Macs grew their revenues 26% Y/Y in the last quarter and 22% for the last fiscal year. Macs' growth rate is actually increasing over time. The Apple halo effect is truly starting to take hold.
And PCs aren't dead yet. The PC industry grew at 10% last year. As of today, Macs represent only 9% of the PC market.
If the growth rate continues, Macs could sell 55 million units in 2015 – up from 17 million last year.
It's hard to believe this is a new category created from scratch 2 years ago and is now 20% of Apple's revenues. (Remember most thought it was a dud 2 years ago and fixated on the "dumb" name? Jobs, himself, was depressed with the initial reaction.)
55 million iPads have been sold since inception. There will likely be 58 million iPads sold this year alone.
It's clear that Apple is trying to achieve iPod-like market share with the iPad – not iPhone-like market share.
Many estimate 500 million tablets will be sold in 2015. It's not so hard to envision Apple retaining a 60% share and selling 300 million iPads then.
I'm long AAPL, and I would love for it to be a $600 billion in revenue company by 2015, but not even I'm that bullish. Based on my research, I'm predicting about $330 billion in revenue for CY2015. Revenue will be about $175 billion for CY2012, so I just can't see (even though you've laid out the possibilities) how Apple's revenue can go up 350% in 3 years.
Only tangentially mentioned was iBook – it will do more than the App store to spawn an industry, and will prove the thin edge of the wedge into the textbook publishing business.
Up until now, the high school and college textbook market has been tightly controlled. iBook opens publishing to every college professor – and lamentably, the Texas creationism proponents. An iPad 2 now costs less than many college textbooks. Professors can convert their notes to iBooks and sell them to students with eCommerce sites, bypassing both publishers and bookstores taking their cut.
Think of an Apple iBookstore to enable thousands of professors to offer their iBooks on a host of primary and secondary course subjects. Students assigned a difficult classic novel will be able to purchase a distant professor's assistance text, rated by former purchasers just like apps are today. If Apple has paid out $2 billion last year to 210,000 geeks with the rare ability to write 99 cent apps, imagine the market for 99 cent iBooks.
Apple is a media company. iPads are the razors, media is – and increasingly – will be the blades. Unlike Gillette and Amazon, Apple makes near 40% on the razors.
At my local Apple store, they have a station with low tables and seats where kids 3 and 4 years old can play with iMacs and iPads. The kids were lined up and playing there while their parents were buying new iPads and MacBook Airs.
iBooks + low tables with Macs = parents with iOS households ought to keep Apple growing like crabgrass for the next 20-30 years…at least.
If you're right, I'll be kicking myself for cashing out my AAPL stock this week–but I don't think so.
There are two big assumptions that form the foundation of this piece. The first is that Apple will continue to thrive without Jobs the way it thrived when he was at the helm. The second is that the level of competition Apple has now with phones and tablets (which is minimal) will continue for years to come.
As to the first assumption, I'm in the camp that believes that Jobs was a one-of-a-kind; while Apple may be able to do reasonably well without him, it likely won't do AS well. Products and services being released now were developed under Jobs' leadership, but by the end of 2015 his legacy will be depleted. The extent to which Cook or anyone else can walk in his footsteps remains to be seen. Do you recall what Apple looked like the last time Jobs was replaced? It wasn't pretty. There's no reason to be completely confident that that couldn't happen again.
As to the second assumption, I see increasing competition as other companies finally start succesfully emulating–and, in some cases, perhaps beating–Apple's offerings. In the phone market, for example, Microsoft is pushing Windows Phone hard. WP an extremely solid platform that's every bit as capable as iOS. It remains to be seen whether the public will figure that out (poor marketing has inhibited this), but if they do I can guarantee you that WP will give the iPhone real competition. There's also Windows 8 coming out at the end of this year, which will give Apple more competition in the tablet market. And I can tell you, as someone with enterprise experience, that many enterprises are very interested in the possibility of Active Directory-integrated tablets.
So will Apple's (and AAPL's) upward trajectory continue indefinitely? I'm doubtful. In fact, I just bet against it.
@John Hornbuckle: "There are two big assumptions that form the foundation of this piece. The first is that Apple will continue to thrive without Jobs…"
Not such a big assumption really. Apple has a world class executive roster and the company has taken steps (look up "Apple University") to ensure that "the Apple way" is thoroughly spread and ingrained throughout the organization.
"The second is that the level of competition Apple has now with phones and tablets (which is minimal) will continue for years to come."
On that we agree. Apple's competition–such as it is–continues to weaken and fall further behind. Attrition and consolidation is the name of their game. I expect the competition to actually *lessen* in the coming years, especially as the virtuous cycle effects of Apple's huge (and hard to reproduce) third-party ecosystem take hold.
@deasys You can't teach genius; either you're born one, or you're not. Having executives trying to emulate Jobs' methodology isn't the same as having Jobs be the CEO. Maybe it'll be close enough to bring Apple continued success–and maybe it won't. I'd wait and see rather than valuing the company's stock at levels that assume it will.
As for competition… Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree. I'm very familiar with both the iPhone and Windows Phone, and don't see the huge technological lead of the iPhone that you're proposing. I also see that Apple doesn't really have a solution for emerging markets, which Microsoft is aggressively pursuing (see their recent actions in China, for example). The profit per device sold will be lower in these cases, but the potential number of customers is huge.
If Apple sells 300 million iPads in 2015, then I apparently have missed what significant utility gap exists between my iPhone and my MacBook Pro. Unless of course, the rise in iPad sales correlates with a decrease in MacBook/laptop/desktop sales, in which case Apple would be cannibalizing another part of its business. Don't get me wrong, the bulls are starting to persuade me, but without some underlying data to go with all of this prognostications, I can't help but be skeptical.
The problem I have with the article is that it under estimate the power of competition. Apple is not alone in all these spaces and everyone out there is looking to make a mark on it as well. Also agree with the other comment that 2015 is a bit too far out to make such a prediction. In the next year or two I can see growth though.
I have my own theories about companies with very high growth trajectories https://plus.google.com/114895967455102275039/posts/gGd6JZrdxHp
Dow 36,000!
Sorry, I don't buy it. There is no such thing as the stock that NEVER goes down.


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HOUSTON -- A gunman rushed into a gas station in northeast Houston Friday afternoon and ordered everyone inside to hit the ground. Everyone followed orders -- except the store clerk who pulled out his own weapon.
Houston police were called to King's Food Store around 3:15 p.m. Friday.
Officials said the suspect entered the store when several customers were present and demanded money.
KHOU 11 News spoke with the wife of the clerk who shot the suspect. She said he did so for his own safety and for the safety of his customers.
"My husband was in there working and the guy came in there with a gun and made everybody lay down on the floor…and he had to shoot him," said Elsie Alwardat, the clerk's wife. "He was protecting himself and protecting his customers in there."
The store was fitted with surveillance cameras, and police are looking over the video.
The clerk was detained at the store for questioning.
The suspect was transported to Ben Taub Hospital.


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HUNDREDS gathered to light candles to remember loved ones at the East Lancashire Hospice Light Up A Life Service.
Hospice supporters were invited to attend the special service, which included hymns, readings, and the switching on of the Christmas lights.
Sixteen-year-old Lewis Baker-Vose switched on the Christmas tree lights in memory of his grandma Ruth Baker, a former patient at the hospice. Lewis, who has cerebral palsy, has raised almost £1,000 for the hospice of his 16th birthday.
Events fundraiser Denise Gee said: "The service has an emotional connection with the community. This time of year is often the time when many people miss loved ones the most, and Light Up A Life offers a chance for them to come together and reflect and share family time while embracing the hard work carried out by communities in East Lancashire to ensure the hospice doors stay open."
For those too poorly to attend the cathedral, the Christmas tree lights were switched on in the hospice grounds at the same time.
Donations can be made up until Christmas and will appear in the book. Pick up a form from the hospice reception or call the fundraising team on 01254 733412.
Each year, people are invited to take part in the Light Up A Life Service by making a donation to the hospice. They receive a card and a light is lit in their loved ones' memory. Each person's name is then printed into the Light Up A Life book.
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By Andra Bryan Stefanoni
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. —
Baxter Springs residents are dusting off the frequently overlooked story of the massacre of almost 100 Union soldiers by William Quantrill's Confederate guerrillas in 1863.
It's time for the event to get more attention in history books, said local historian Larry O'Neal, who hopes bringing the battle to life through a three-day encampment and hands-on activities later this year will restore the massacre to its proper place in history.
"As a lifelong resident, it bothers me that it is missing," he said, referring to history's treatment of the battle.
O'Neal is helping to coordinate an observation in October for the 150th anniversary of the battle, and he expects it could draw as many as 10,000 visitors. Organizing for the event and others related to it has begun.
Chance meeting
The battle wasn't intentional, but rather the result of a chance meeting between Union soldiers and Quantrill's guerrillas.
Union Maj. Gen. James Blunt and his wagon train of about 100 soldiers and supplies were headed south from Fort Scott to relocate their headquarters at Fort Smith, Ark. They were following a well-used military road that roughly followed modern-day U.S. Highway 69.
Quantrill and his approximately 300 men, who became infamous for their burning and killing spree in August of that year in Lawrence, were headed south to Texas for the winter when they came upon Fort Blair, near modern-day Baxter Springs. The fort had been in existence only a few months.
"It was a strategic location, because it was a day and a half from Fort Scott and two days from Fort Gibson, Okla.," O'Neal said. "It was a temporary structure, built near timber and water. An outpost, really."
The primitive fort had a garrison of about 25 cavalry soldiers and 65 to 70 infantry troops. The 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry defended the fort valiantly, although its soldiers were greatly outnumbered.
"That particular group is noteworthy, too, because it — along with the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry — was mustered out of Fort Scott before President Abraham Lincoln authorized the use of colored troops in the Civil War," O'Neal said.
Quantrill divided his men to surround the Union outpost, and the guerrilla leader and his band stumbled upon Blunt and his men, who were unaware of the presence of the guerrilla force.
The men in the fort, with a lone howitzer, held back the rest of the attackers.
But Blunt's men, caught off guard until it was too later, were slaughtered, including the band members and James O'Neill, a newspaper correspondent. Blunt himself escaped.
"Quantrill's men executed them as they tried to surrender," O'Neal said of the Union soldiers, "including the drummer boy, whom they set on fire."
A living history encampment will be held Oct. 4-6 at the re-creation of Fort Blair at Sixth Street and Military Avenue, a block north of the Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum.
A Baxter Springs Historical Society committee, headed up by O'Neal and Phyllis Abbott, a 28-year veteran theater teacher, has been meeting for nearly two years to plan the event. The group's members include the museum staff, historians and re-enactors.
Events will include living history interpreters dressed in period clothing who will demonstrate musketry, drills and cannon firing, and will interact with visitors. Experts also will present programs on 19th century skills, including soap making, weaving and blacksmithing, along with wartime medicine and the Underground Railroad. There also will be programs for children
Plans call for a dance class to be offered this summer for couples who want to learn to waltz and quadrille so they can fully participate in an evening ball, O'Neal said. Linda Kennedy, who heads up the museum, said many area residents have selected patterns for period clothing that they'll be working on in anticipation of the ball and for a women's tea being planned in a local historic home.
Abbott said she will be working with Kennedy and O'Neal to reconfigure a collection of Civil War artifacts and displays describing the battle and the events leading up to it.
"We want this to be the best it can be for everyone who is coming," she said.
"Voices from the Grave" is planned for historic Baxter Cemetery. Groups will be bused there to hear interpreters who will assume the roles of the Union soldiers who are buried and memorialized there.
From August through October, Civil War artist Dan Woodward will display nearly 50 pieces of work, including an original created especially for the occasion, at the Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum.
In addition, the Baxter Springs Historical Society has been awarded a grant from the National Park Service to provide funding for a film company to produce a documentary, "The Battle and Massacre of Baxter Springs." It will be shot in the area using local residents as actors. The film will be released in June.
"At some venues I've been to that have observed a 150th anniversary, like Wilson's Creek, there have been 20,000 spectators and participants," O'Neal said. "I wouldn't be surprised at all if we draw in a lot of people. I hope so. It's important."
End of the fort
UNION SUPPORTERS called the battle at Fort Blair a "massacre" — characteristic of the vicious warfare along the Kansas-Missouri border. After the attack in October 1863, Fort Blair was temporarily reinforced, but by the end of the year the Union Army had pulled its troops back to Fort Scott, which was better fortified. First, though, U.S. forces demolished Fort Blair and took away everything usable to prevent the fort from being used by the enemy, according to historical records.


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I explode myths that pervade health policy debates.
Many differences exist between President Barack Obama and Congressman Paul Ryan. But the single largest one is $5.3 trillion. That's the astonishing difference between the cumulative amount of federal spending the former proposes over the next 10 years and the far lower figure that would result were the nation to adopt Rep. Ryan's Path to Prosperity.
The roadmap put forth by the House Budget Chairman has four central planks: major tax reform, repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare reform, and Medicaid reform.
I'll leave it to tax experts to wade into the weeds on his ideas for tax reform. Suffice it to say there is bipartisan support for the need for such comprehensive reform as reflected, for example, in the recommendations of theBowles-Simpson fiscal commission (the individuals appointed by President Obama whose recommendations have been studiously ignored by him). And according to one tax expert, Harvard economist Dale Jorgenson, a sweeping tax reform similar to that enacted in 1986 has the potential to increase the net present value of national wealth by $7 trillion.
Even without a shred of tax reform, the Ryan plan would be well worth considering because of its willingness to tackle our health entitlements crisis head-on. Repeal of ACA (saving $1.572 trillion), Medicaid reform (saving $770 billion), and Medicare reform (saving $205 billion) account for nearly half of the plan's $5.3 trillion in avoided spending over the next decade.[1]
Under current policy, the CBO's latest spending projections estimate the federal government will increase in size by 48 percent relative to the economy over the next 75 years (as explained in earlier posts). Moreover, U.S. debt is on track to spike as the government is borrowing 35¢ of every dollar it spends. In order to bankroll this spending/borrowing binge, our children and grandchildren will see the share of their household budgets allotted to federal taxes increasing by more 50 percent.
What does federal spending have to do with health care? Every penny of the projected increase in the size of the federal government can be attributed to growth in federally funded healthcare entitlements, i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, and exchange subsidies. This is why it is critical to have a grown-up discussion about how to get these health care entitlements under control. Congressman Ryan has demonstrated great courage in putting forth a bold plan to address these issues and eradicate our rapidly rising federal debt by the year 2050.
In the meantime, the president has been AWOL on this issue. He has ignored the recommendations of his own fiscal commission and, instead, made the entitlements problem much larger by pursuing a misguided health law bankrolled in part by diverting a half trillion dollars in resources out of the Medicare program. Some readers will remember that it was Mr. Ryan who—weeks before it was finally enacted[2] —brought to the president's attention all the smoke-and-mirror budget gimmicks embedded in the health law, demonstrating beyond any reasonable doubt that it not only would not bend the cost curve, as promised, but also would grossly violate the president's own pledge not to sign a bill that would add one dime to the deficit. As Rep. Ryan deftly showed, the bill (when honestly scored) threatened to add $2 trillion to deficits in its first 20 years). Unfortunately, the President and his allies in Congress ignored these pleas for common-sense health reform.
Rep. Ryan has demonstrated great political courage in telling American voters the truth about entitlements. Medicare and Medicaid are empty promises that cannot possibly be sustained in their present form over the long haul. The unfunded liabilities for Medicare alone (inclusive of Part D prescription drug benefits) exceed $100 trillion. His plan squarely addresses and solves that problem. Critics may disagree with that plan, but it is incumbent on them to devise an alternative approach that would do better. Simply taking potshots at his plan and running political ads showing Rep. Ryan shoving Granny over the cliff will not solve our entitlements crisis.
His addition to the Republican ticket helps ensure that this issue will be forthrightly debated this election. That's good news for all voters.
" I'll leave it to tax experts to wade into the weeds on his ideas for tax reform. "
That one sentence makes your entire column pointless fluff.
If the numbers are completely unrealistic projections, the $5 Trillion is just a pleasant fiction.
Serious commentators seem to agree that it is a pleasant fiction.
PS – I like Forbes. A bit more due diligence before commenting here would be great.
Oh wow three decades? Why do you seem to have such a strong lack of understanding for what the consequences of Ryan's plan would be? It is obvious that our current health care system is unsustainable but why would you want to move further away from the health care systems we see functioning in other countries? It simply does not make sense. It is thinking like this that got our health care system into this costly mess. The U.S. spent $8,000 per person for health care services in 2009, compared to Switzerland (the second highest spender) at $5,000 per person.
You "weighed in" … and "entitlements" is the only issue. As a chaplain who worked in four of the major Dallas, Texas (nation's "best" Hospitals) I had a ring side seat in countless "excessive" surgeries and procedures and even one day in the ER witnessing a Cardiologist "perform heroic life-saving" procedures on a man both EMT's said was crushed under a 2 ton van for 45 minutes and they "never got a pulse," they were sure (as the MD approached, "that he would pronounce") You should have heard them "explode" with expletives and bets on how much the "good" ol DOC was making in a completely "risk-free take of maybe $10-12K in the hour just before lunch. I recall how the DOC finally "pronounced and he came out of the Trauma room "swimmingly" wearing a big grin saying, "Thanks! for transporting him fellas!! And, away the "good" doctor went, just in time for his lunch. Have you no compunction at all for such things? Of course NOT you are a Republican, and the DOC needs to do as many "risk-free" extra procedures as he can… how else is he going to pay for that new Mercedes and his European vacation (sorry to mention Europe in a positive light–the Republican whipping boys and girls), SURE the DOC was just "making" money the Romney Way! Not actually STEALING IT (like the 47% low-life's of our country, 22% who are home bound elderly–why don't we just come up with a way to conveniently euthanize these people and put them out of our misery???) as he is the worst I witnessed in my time there, many other pointless surgeries–yep he's making a fortune and contributing big to Romney I'm sure!!! But damn those low-lifes who refuse to take responsibility for themselves, disturb us by scrounging in public trash cans for food!!! Elect Romney and he'll be sure these "free-loaders" find their early graves–maybe the DOC will help out and not really charge Medicare all that much??? No, he'll want full payment, and complain for more. Yep… it's Republicans for you. Silver-tongued devils and Romney the supreme example, yes, thank you Romney for the one area of excellence in which you are truly "the beast (sic)."
Paul Ryan is the most fact specific and outspoken critic of Obamacare. He is the best possible candidate Romney could have chosen as his VP. a BUDGET CHAIRMAN HE HAS CBEEN FISCALLY WISE AND VERY EFFECTIVE. HE WILL BE A MAJOR ASSET.
Whatever problems for Romney attributed to the Mass. Health Care Plan enacted when he was Governor should be more than mitigated if Ryan is allowed to consistently and specifically describe the "GIMICS" he clearly and specifically pointed out to Obama as shown on this video.
Further, the Republican candidates in every Congressional election must insist the Democrat incumbents they face admit they did not have the information necessary to justify a positive vote for this outrageous bill making repeal the issue..
The Supreme Court decision only allows it because the mandate "PENALTY" would be unconstitutional; and they accepted an argument that redefined it as a "TAX".
The nonsense that a "COST" based on the Federal Government's "TAXING AUTHORITY" is not a "TAX" is just one more of the big lies this administration and the Democrats in Congress have perpetrated to pass this and other radical initiatives.
Repeal of Obamacare should be central to all campaigns not just ROMNEY/RYAN.
Similarly, the "Economic Damage of "REGULATIONS" being imposed by the "EXECUTIVE BRANCH CABINET DEPARTMENTS" should remain a major focus of all of the Republican candidates. In addition, the use of "EXECUTIVE ORDERS" and the passage of LEGISLATION GRANTING CABINET SECRETARIES" ever more "POWER" so as to allow the "EXECUTIVE BRANCH" to ignore Congrerss must be maqde a significant issue.
Romney needs to turn his success at Bain into a contrasting advantage by responding with the results of Bain's investments and "TURNAROUNDS" that are so much needed to "TURNAROUND OUR MORIBUND ECONOMY".
The socialistic agenda of the "Community Organizer" has been advancing his "TRANSFORM AMERICA" objective in a disasterous way for the private enterprise economy and our "Constitutional Republic" form of Government that has made America Great!
Health Entitlement Crisis? Is this a joke? The American Healthcare system is one of the worst in the world when it comes to benefits vs. cost, no doubt. But people who CAN'T afford health care end up having to go to the emergency room when their problems get bad enough and end up putting all of their medical expenses on the public anyways. Repealing all of these healthcare programs isn't going to save NEARLY as much money as you claim as the huge added expense due to the lack of preventative care and increases in emergency care put on the public. Ryan's plan would be huge step backwards in fixing America's healthcare problems. We need to look at countries who have systems in place that work and will help lower the cost of our healthcare overall. I mean seriously do you even think about this stuff before you write it? Where do you think all that slashed funding is going to come from? A lot of these people already can't afford a lot of their medical bills, is that money just going to suddenly materialize out of their pockets? No, it is still going to cost the public… Please do us all a favor and stop writing this Fox News agenda bull crap and go back to college.
No one is talking about expanding medicaid. And preventative medicine still saves money overall, that article just outlines that analysis needs to be done to figure out what preventative medicine is more cost effective. The main issue is the fact that ALL U.S. health care costs too much. How would any of Ryan's policies change the fact that the U.S. spends significantly more money on health care per person than any other developed country? Simply cutting all of this funding is just going to shift the already unaffordable costs of U.S. healthcare onto people who don't have money, so where do you think that money is going to end up coming from anyways? We need to attack the problem at it's source with some policies like these:


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Screenwriter Dave Kajganich is a busy man. Not only is he writing remakes for Stephen King's Pet Sematary, It, and The Stand, but he's been hired to pen the update to Universal's Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Kajganich got his start working on The Invasion, the 2007 re-imagining of the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers. He also wrote the Joel Schumacher-directed Blood Creek.
No word yet on who will be directing Creature, but THR reports that early rumors of Carl Rinsch are untrue.
Creature from the Black Lagoon was just released as part of Universal Classic Monsters eight-disc set on blu-ray. Creature, starring Richard Carlson and Julie Adams, opened in 1954 in 3-D. Watch the "Shocking in the stark realism of Perfected 3 dimension!" trailer below.
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Olympia, from the Zazzle Stores olmpal and zazzleproducts1, was kind enough to sit down and answer some questions about her experience as a Zazzler. Check out the interview below and don't forget to check out her stores olmpal and zazzleproducts1!
Zazzle: First off, tell us a little bit about yourself.
Olympia: I live in Greece. Since my early years I have had an inclination for whatever has to do with art. Not being able to study something relevant to art, I finally became a Greek teacher. Some years ago, I took a course in drawing. Later on, I bought my first computer with drawing software. I loved it.
Zazzle: What's your inspiration for your designs?
Olympia: Being born and raised in the country, I was always interested in nature. I liked to study things around me and I developed an interest in flowers and plants generally. So, when I started making designs my first source of ideas was the love towards flowers along with geometric designs, which I could find everywhere around me. However, I lately, started to "study" primitive and ancient art and I so much admire the things that all those ancient people created by just observing the world, that their creations became another source of inspiration for me. My designs are mostly decorative. They just exist to make the world around us more beautiful.
Zazzle: What has been your favorite design you've created, and why?
Olympia: My yellow flowers slip on shoe is one of my favorites. I love it because it is very versatile. I used it to make many different products such as business cards and stationery (among others). I also love my black forest mousepad because it is very pretty and delightful. I love beautiful things. I make my designs with that in my mind and I have fun making them!
Zazzle: What is your favorite Zazzle feature? How do you use it?
Olympia: I love making business cards templates. Business cards are my favorite products and I have a rich collection. When I first started making business cards I didn't know about the template option. I made them but the customers had to customize the designs to fill in their personal details. I also like pasting text and product codes in the Basic Information section as in my Olmpal gallery.
Zazzle: Do you have any fun stories about being a seller on Zazzle?
Olympia: In the beginning, I hardly could keep myself away from my computer! I designed, uploaded and commented on other designer products, which is something I even now love to do! My daughter remarked that I had put on weight and that my butt looked bigger. I said her that my butt got flat because of the many hours I spent in front of my computer.
Zazzle: What got you interested in selling your art on Zazzle?
Olympia: At first I loved the ability to make shoes. It was love at first sight! Then just before last Christmas, I opened my second gallery and I was fascinated with all these wonderful products that Zazzle offers. Now I work more on my ZazzleProducts1 gallery, but I make shoes regularly as well.
Zazzle: What tips can you give someone who is just starting out on Zazzle?
Olympia: I would advise new Zazzlers to make quality products. They can use quick create but they should first make at least one of each product individually to see how things work and after making products using quick create to check them and delete the ones that have, let's say, white borders or other defects.
Thanks Olympia!


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To the editor:
The generosity and big hearts of the Newburyport community should be celebrated this Valentine's Day. In January Small Solutions Big Ideas sent out letters to those who had donated in 2012. As we went through the names and number of the Newburyport small businesses, banks, restaurants and individuals, we were overwhelmed to recognize the many who made donations to our cause.
We are honored to be among the recipients of this spirit of giving. We are deeply grateful to the following organizations: the Institution for Savings, the Newburyport Bank, the Tannery, Paul Rogers and Sons, Natural High, eVitalize Café, Beach Plum Too, Shari Salon, Richard's Appliance, Seaport Sign Works, Nunan Florist and Greenhouses, Susan's Plantscaping, Shaw's, Carry Out Café, Kate Brice Photography, Not Your Average Joe's, David's at the Garrison Inn, Plum Island Coffee Roasters, True Essence Healing, Spa Paradiso, Bob Hapler Photography, Samarra Faux Painting, Unity on the River, Doug Sweazey CPA, Barbara Haack Pottery, Jabberwocky, Gentry's, Eureka, Stop and Shop, Ron Davitt DDS and all the local volunteers who assisted us. We would also like to recognize the important role of The Daily News (editor Katie Lovett) and the Current.
This generosity encourages our efforts and gives us the hope to keep going. My relationship to this city where I have lived for over 30 years has been transformed.
Sandra Thaxter and all the Small Solutions directors and volunteers.


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How exactly does a stream erode into bedrock? Insights into this basic geologic question have come from an experiment so ingeniously simple, you have to wonder why no one did it before.
A Laboratory Streambed
The apparatus is described by Leonard Sklar and William Dietrich of the University of California at Berkeley in the December 2001 Geology. They bolted stone disks 20 centimeters across to the bottom of cylinders, filled the cylinders with water plus some sediment, then stirred them with propellors. As the water spun, the sediment grains wore down the stones, which were weighed afterward to determine the amount of erosion.
Sklar and Dietrich explored this simple model of a rocky streambed to tease out the different roles of four different variables.
- They tested model "bedrocks" of different strengths ranging from a weathered sandstone to a tough quartzite. They prepared artificial rocks to stand in for some intermediate strengths, just for experiment's sake. The result was a simple law: erosion varies inversely as the square of the rock strength.
- They tested different sediment materials. It turned out that the square law of erosion holds true whether the sediment was the same material as the bedrock or something harder. These two findings are useful in the field and in the lab, Sklar and Dietrich say. For example, erosion rates in real streams can be studied simply by doing strength tests on the local types of bedrock.
- They tested different amounts of sediment. Sediment grains do their work by bouncing along the bottom (saltation) and chipping at the bedrock (abrasion). As long as the grains were free to move in the experimental cylinders, more sediment meant more erosion, up to a certain maximum point. (Sklar and Dietrich confirmed all this using a transparent cylinder.) But above about 150 grams, sediment started to cover the bottom in a protecting layer. Around 800 grams, erosion stopped.
- They tested different sediment grain sizes. The experimenters used 70 grams of sediment in all cases, whether it was 0.7-mm sand (about 3000 grains), 6-mm gravel (150 grains), or one 35-mm pebble (the biggest the apparatus could move). The pebble was the best eroder, and the fine sand did almost nothing. All four tests yielded graphs of data that look pretty good for such a crude experiment with natural materials.
There's a lot to like about this piece of research. Not least, it can be easily replicated, and it also makes a good student exercise. It can be used in fine-tuning or checking other more sophisticated erosion experiments. And it promises to help build a rulebook for streambed erosion that modelers can rely on as they replicate natural landscapes in their labs and computers.
Lab Geomorphology
The branch of Earth science dealing with landscapes is called geomorphology. It used to be a sleepy division of field geology, without much quantitative theory and hard to relate to today's breakthroughs in tectonics and economic geology. But now its leading edge is in computer models and large lab experiments.
Modeling work always leads researchers back to the basics. And in the case of modeling stream erosion, one basic hypothesis goes back to G. K. Gilbert in 1877. From observing streams in the Henry Mountains of Utah, Gilbert proposed that to cut through the most bedrock, a stream needs a certain moderate amount of sediment: too little leaves the stream short of chipping tools, and too much covers up the bedrock. In the early 1900s, Gilbert performed several years of experiments with large flumes at UC Berkeley to analyze stream transport in more quantitative detail.
Early computer models of streams calculated the bedrock incision rate using two numbers: water speed, or stream power, and rock erodibility, a vague number representing all the complexities of the streambed. A number like that is a parameter, a necessary simplification. (Exploring parameters is a key part of climate modeling, too.) A hundred years after Gilbert's work at the same campus, Sklar and Dietrich have opened "the conceptual black box" of rock erodibility to the light of experiment.
This bit of scientific progress does more than just vindicate Gilbert's antique theorizing. It's part of an ongoing revolution in the way geologists see erosion, and it gives us more precise tools to analyze the history of a region. But most practical of all, it helps us better control human impact on river valleys. Gigantic dams, now being planned all over the world, do more than create lakes—they affect everything downstream. And the policymakers who permit them need better forecasts of those effects before they let the bulldozers move.
PS: Experimenters are getting better tools, too. Visit the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in Minnesota for a view of its giant tanks and flumes, where whole river valleys can be built in miniature. One recent experiment in "Jurassic Tank" created a whole continental shelf for dissection.


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And your answers to our first Thanksgiving Day Race history quiz:
1. D — 1985. The move from a 6-miler to a 6.2 miler was made fairly rapidly, as the 10K became a more common distance, Bob Roncker recalls here.
2. C – Bob Schul would go on to win the Olympic gold in the 5000 meters at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. But the other choices were an auspicious bunch too. C. Russell Payne (1924) and Jack Bacheler would also go on to become Olympians (Payne in 1924, Bacheler in 1968 and '72) and "The Flying Parson" Gilbert Dodds was the nation's dominant miler throughout the 1940s.
3. A — 2001. 4. B — The Elks Lodge, which was famous for serving hot soup to finishers at the end.
5. B — Marie Kastrup, a young Mount Notre Dame runner, was listed as the top female finisher in 1970 and the next four years as well, mirroring the race's first ever winner, Lovell Draper, who won five straight titles.
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Houston Texans
T.J. Yates - #13 - QB
|6' 4"/ 219 lbs.
|Marietta, GA
|North Carolina
|Years played
|2011, 5th round, 21st pick by Texans
AFC South Spin cycle: Titans play spoiler on 'MNF'
The Titans dashed the playoff hopes of the Jets, while the Texans clinched the AFC South with their win over the Colts.
Week 16 playoff scenarios
First-round byes and playoff spots are up for grabs in Week 16. See how it can happen in the playoff scenarios.
Week 15 Players of the Week
This week, PFW selects Adrian Peterson, J.J. Watt and Blair Walsh as its Players of the Week.
Peterson, Watt make MVP cases, rally contenders
In what might be one of the few true head-to-head battles for MVP either Adrian Peterson or J.J. Watt might have the chance to earn the award in Week 16.
Texans clinch AFC South with 29-17 win over Colts
The Houston Texans are AFC South champions for the second straight year after beating the Indianapolis Colts 29-17 Sunday.
Injuries have taken toll on Texans O-line
The Texans have missed starting ORT Derek Newton the past two weeks — perhaps even more than initially expected.
Week 15 playoff scenarios
The Texans, Ravens, 49ers and Packers all have opportunities to clinch their respective divisions on Sunday.
Tuesday's 60-second rant: Texans will learn from humbling loss
The Patriots are the class of the AFC, but the Texans are far better than they showed Monday and will respond with a strong effort against the Colts.
Patriots rout Texans in key AFC matchup
Tom Brady threw for four touchdowns, one to Brandon Lloyd, and the Patriots rolled over the Texans, 42-14, on Monday night.
Friday's 60-second rant: How dangerous is Denver?
It's difficult to gauge how far the Broncos' have come since early-season losses, but using each week to improve could carry them a long way.
Key matchup: Texans running game vs. Patriots run defense
In a potential AFC title-game preview between the Patriots and Texans, Arian Foster and Houston's rushing attack will be under the microscope.
Houston could be end of the line for CB Routt
The suddenly injury-riddled Texans signed CB Stanford Routt this week as an emergency option, but we hear he will be on a very short leash.
Battle for AFC supremacy in Foxborough
Two AFC heavyweights battle when the Texans travel to New England for a classic Monday-night game; plus, lots more from the Week 14 action.
Texans to sign CB Routt
The Texans will sign CB Stanford Routt after working him out on Tuesday, PFW correspondent John McClain of the Houston Chronicle first reported.
Week 14 playoff scenarios
The 49ers and Ravens can clinch playoff spots in Week 14, while the Texans and Falcons aim for first-round byes.
Yates threw three interceptions in a 20-13 playoff defeat to Baltimore on Sunday.||||||| The three interceptions matched the total he had in six regular season games.
Yates helped the Texans to a 31-10 victory over the bungling Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday in an AFC wild-card game.||||||| Yates was 11 of 20 for 159 yards and one score. He became the answer to a trivia question as the Texans' first-ever postseason QB.
Yates threw for 300 yards and two TDs - including the game-winning score with two seconds remaining - during Sunday's 20-19 win at Cincinnati.||||||| While fantasy owners surely weren't expecting much from Yates, the fifth-round pick out of North Carolina delivered in a big way - helping the Texans clinch their best playoff berth in franchise history. Yates seems to have developed a good rapport with tight end Owen Daniels, finding him seven times for 100 yards. Yates could be in for another big day in Week 15 against a Carolina defense struggling against the pass.


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Who do you think will get paired with Mark Ballas? Hopefully Shawn, since I can't imagine her working well with anyone else much taller, lol! Bristol can have someone else and we can vote her off first. :p
Who do you think will get paired with Mark Ballas? Hopefully Shawn, since I can't imagine her working well with anyone else much taller, lol! Bristol can have someone else and we can vote her off first. :p
They should give Bristol to golden boy.
A man will definitely win this. The women field is weak.
Apolo, Gilles, Helio, Drew, and Emmitt competing against each other? OMG! Now this is one season with a legit reason to get excited about.
This could be Anna's season if she's paired with the right guy. I don't see Cheryl getting either Drew, Giles or Emmitt again. Please don't give her Apolo; Let her have Fatone.
I never forget when the dancer (was it Cheryl Burke?) pointed out Joey"Fat-One" on the back of his shirt.
HE is the voice of the opening announcement on The Family Feud. All he says is This is Joey Fatone, and this is the Family Feud!
THis will be an exciting season for sure. SO many hot amateur men!
Team Peeps!
not a bad cast, the only person that i will have to change the channel for is kelly
I feel like I'm in a dream. But it can't be a dream because there are no boy dancers!
I would rather not spend the season watching Cheryl pawing anyone I really like. Wishfull thinking, I know.
If this is to end in fire
Then we will all burn together
um..while we're at it..where the hell is Lysachek???????
Woohoooo...love the men on this list! (especially Apolo and Giles)
There's no way Kyle will win--Sabrina's been lugging that "wuzrobbed" long enough.
My "wtf?" is Kelly Monaco. Um, why? (I could live without Pam Anderson, too.)
Really, though, too many winners. I hope they DO have a thing where no one can dance with their old partner, if that's feasible.
Seriously, Palin? All Star of what?
And my vote for first off is Kelly Monaco. #1 on the list of people no one wanted to see again. (Okay, possibly behind Cloris because some of us are STILL bleaching our brains from that one...)
So happy with this cast!!! Especially Apolo, Gilles, Drew and Kirstie. Can't wait to watch.
No Evan? Does that mean he's actually going to skate this season?
Evan is retired.
From Dancing.
I think they added Bristol because someone has to be voted out first. :p That's my theory...I can't imagine her staying very long with SO many legitimate fan favorites who can dance circles around her. I mean, Kristie, Giles, Shawn, Apolo...oh goodness, this is going to be FUN.
I really hope they don't get the same pros as last time. It wouldn't be fair for people like Cheryl's former partners - not fair if say Drew gets her, but Cheryl and Emmitt don't. Drew would have the advantage going in, because of the familiarity. I hope they do a somewhat random drawing.
But a lot of them can vote for Shawn who will be hawking her decidedly Christian autobiography
Love this cast! It'll be interesting to see how much Shawn plays up her knee injury on DWTS.
Also interesting that the 3 who are to be voted on are in the cast of DWTS: the Las Vegas show so they will have an advantage. Maybe.


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The fact that an athlete coming out of the closet on the cusp of one of the biggest moments of his life is a major news story in 2014 is equal parts astonishing and shameful.
We as a society should have evolved to the point where it's all right to be true to yourself regardless of whether you're a professional accountant or a professional athlete.
But now is the time for the Michael Sams of the world to stand up and be proud of who they are in public.
Sam, in case you missed it, went from an NFL draft prospect unknown to the masses to cultural icon overnight simply by being true to himself.
Sam, on the verge of the greatest payday of his young life, became the latest and perhaps highest profile athlete to come out of the closet and into the public spotlight Sunday night in interviews with ESPN and The New York Times.
There will come a day when an announcement like this isn't news.
Today, unfortunately, is not that day. If he makes an NFL roster—and as the reigning SEC Defensive Player of the Year, that appears to be certain—Sam will become the first openly gay player in the history of the NFL and only the second in our country's four major pro sports. Sam is the first to do so at the beginning of his career, however. The other, NBA player Jason Collins, remains a free agent who hasn't played since coming out last year.
Sam's decision is commendable for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that he may have just cost himself a significant amount of money.
While no front office will say it publicly, Sam's decision to open up about his sexuality could be viewed as a distraction by teams who may decide they don't want to deal with the locker room and public relations issues that may come with being the first team to employ an openly gay player. The macho culture of pro sports remains such that the six-letter "F" word remains a part of many locker room vocabularies.
That much was made evident in a piece on SI.com late Sunday, wherein its writers surveyed anonymous NFL executives and coaches about Sam's decision.
"I don't think football is ready for it just yet," an NFL player personnel assistant told SI. "In the coming decade or two, it's going to be acceptable, but at this point in time it's still a man's man game. To call somebody a [gay slur] is still so commonplace. It'd chemically imbalance an NFL locker room and meeting room."
A "man's man" game? It's a quote so fundamentally Neanderthal and, frankly, wrong that it boggles the mind that people still say things like that. Sam's sexuality didn't prevent him from notching 11.5 sacks this season in college football's best league. It didn't make him any less of a man.
There are signs that attitudes like the one expressed by the anonymous NFL personnel assistant may be changing, however. While the public is just now learning of Sam's sexuality, he actually came out to his Missouri teammates in August. Here's how Sam recalled their reaction to The Times:
"I looked in their eyes, and they just started shaking their heads — like, finally, he came out," he said.
In other words, his teammates knew long before he told them, and they just didn't care. Not only that, but they kept it a secret from the outside world. It wasn't their place to out him.
If only adults could find it within themselves to be more like college students in this case, the world would be a better place.
Not to trivialize Collins and others before Sam's decision to come out, but his announcement will have bigger societal ramifications than almost all of them combined.
Young closeted athletes afraid of being true to themselves now have a role model soon to be on an NFL roster showing them there's nothing to be afraid of. It's a decision that is going to potentially save lives and change attitudes while ushering in a broader cultural shift in locker rooms across the country.
Someday, on a day not that far in the future, it won't matter if you're gay, so long as you can play.
Matt Lindner is a RedEye special contributor.Want more? Discuss this article and others on RedEye Sports' Facebook page.


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Update, 10:19 p.m.: The highest storm total seen in northern Illinois as of 10 p.m. Thursday was Zion, which saw 9.5 inches of snow.
Palatine and Arlington Heights both had slightly less than 4 inches of snow as of 11:50 p.m.
Update, 9:42 p.m.: The National Weather Service in Chicago has just updated its storm totals. Here are some of the latest numbers:
- Gurnee, 8.5 inches as of 9:15 p.m.
- Oak Brook, 1 inch as of 8:50 p.m.
- Bull Valley, 6.5 inches as of 8:29 p.m.
- Beach Park, 8.5 inches as of 8 p.m.
Original story, 8:19 p.m.: Winter Storm Nemo, as it was named by The Weather Channel, has left some impressive snow totals across the region, with some areas seeing around 7 inches of heavy snow.
Early snowfall reports on the National Weather Service Chicago website show a range of totals, from 2 inches in Elk Grove Village at 6 p.m. to 7 inches in Beach Park.
The totals were reported to the National Weather Service by broadcast media, trained public, residents and CoCoRaHS, or the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
Here's a look at a sampling of totals from around the region and when those totals were reported to the National Weather Service:
- Lake Bluff, 4.3 inches as of 5 p.m. The trained spotter reported 3.3 inches falling within two hours.
- Wadsworth, 4.5 inches as of 3:05 p.m.
- Mundelein, 5.1 inches as of 5:10 p.m.
- Gurnee, 6 inches as of 5:10 p.m.
- Northbrook, 4.6 inches as of 5:43 p.m.
- Grayslake, 6.1 inches as of 6 p.m.
- Beach Park, 7 inches as of 6 p.m.
- Elk Grove Village, 2 inches as of 6 p.m.
- McHenry, 5.3 inches as of 6 p.m.
- Huntley, 4.6 inches as of 7 p.m.
- Evanston, 2.1 inches as of 7:15 p.m.
We'll add more storm totals as they become available.
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MOORE — May is Pet Cancer Awareness Month. It is designed to bring awareness to pet owners about the leading cause of death in pets, cancer.
Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles, assistant professor for Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), said cancer accounts for nearly 50 percent of all disease-related pet deaths each year.
"50 percent of all dogs over the age of 10 will die from cancer, and 25 percent of all dogs get cancer," Wilson-Robles said.
Certain breeds, such as Golden Retrievers, Rottweilers, and German Shepherds are considered at-risk breeds and have a higher risk of getting cancer. Wilson-Robles said these breeds can have up to a 70-80 percent chance of getting cancer in their lifetime.
Wilson-Robles added that the number one type of cancer in dogs is Lymphoma, accounting for 24 percent.
One goal of Pet Cancer Awareness Month is to inform pet owners of symptoms to look for in their pet. Wilson-Robles said to pay attention to bigger lymph nodes or, for oral cancer, bad breath and blood on a toy. Sometimes, the owner may notice the dog's activity to be lower or a decrease in food consumption, Wilson-Robles said.
A lot of times, she said, the dogs feel fine so the owners do not notice a change in the pet.
"Once [the dogs] start treatment and …start feeling better, [the owners] did not realize how much [the cancer] was affecting [the dogs]," Wilson-Robles said.
Wilson-Robles stressed that wellness checks every year or six months are key to cancer prevention.
"Sometimes, in many cases, by the time [the animals] are already effected and sick it may be too late [for treatment]," Wilson-Robles said.
To ensure the cancer is detected in time, she urged pet owners to take a dog to the veterinarian if cancer is suspected and let them do blood work and biopsies.


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The Los Angeles Police Protective League officially endorsed City Councilman Dennis Zine Tuesday in his bid for city controller.
With the election one year away, the campaign remains a three-way race. Attorney Ron Galperin and marketing executive-turned-activist Cary Brazeman are also in the running to replace Wendy Greuel, who is running for mayor. Zine has represented the 3rd Council District, which includes Tarzana, since 2001.
Before that, he was a member of the Los Angeles Police Department for more than three decades. He is currently an LAPD reserve officer.
"With the city's finances still on shaky ground, we need a controller who has a detailed understanding of city government and the financial pressures we face,'' LAPPL President Tyler Izen said. "As a 33-year LAPD veteran, Dennis made public safety his life's profession. For the past decade, he has brought that same intensity for protecting the public to the Los Angeles City Council.''
The police officers' union said Zine led the charge on the City Council to reclaim revenues owed to the city at a time when the police department has been prevented from growing the size of the its force, which hovers around 9,960 sworn officers.
"I'm very honored to have earned the endorsement of the Los Angeles Police Protective League,'' Zine said. "The LAPPL and the brave men and women who make up the organization are unwaveringly devoted to improving the quality of life for Los Angeles residents. I will work very hard to make sure that I give my focused commitment to upholding their trust and the trust of the people of Los Angeles.''
The union also cited Zine's charitable giving, saying he has donated several hundred thousand dollars of his salary to local charitable organizations while serving as a council member.
"While his experience makes him the natural choice, Dennis' selfless involvement in the community and spirit for honest good government makes him the right choice,'' Izen said.
–City News Service


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New approaches for remote I/O installations
New modular I/O technologies increase your options for communication with field instrumentation and devices. These are particularly useful when longer distances are involved.
Advanced functionality with an easier setup: Creating a product that can be described with that phrase is the Holy Grail for just about every type of technology-dependent industry these days, and the increased demand for faster project completion and plant start-up have made it a necessity in manufacturing. The digital plant that seemed so futuristic just a few years ago is providing operators with functionality that most manufacturers never had before. There are still many strides that need to be taken, however, before faster and easier project completion—and therefore faster plant start-up—becomes normal.
One of the more recent advancements that stands to make significant inroads toward solving this problem is in the area of marshalling cabinets for field wiring, which for years have been used to connect signals from thousands of field devices to a control system in a logical and reliable way. This practice is very effective at grouping signals together according to I/O type, but it can be time consuming. Project schedules, however, are continuously being compressed, leading users to search for alternative methods of connecting the field signals to the control system.
Mounting I/O remotely in the field is one application that has particularly driven changes in marshalling practices. One such change is the concept of universal channel technology and universal cabinets that eliminate the need for marshalling by allowing any signal type, analog or digital, input or output, to be landed on any terminal and configured through software.
At first glance, this emerging approach appears to earn the elusive advanced-but-simple award, as simplifying field-to-control-room architecture can shave weeks and even months off project schedules while still delivering the advanced functionalities in high demand today.
Marshalling concepts
The approach for connecting field signals to process controllers follows a common formula: the field signal wiring is first brought to local junction boxes, which are then consolidated into more centralized junction boxes, which are then grouped into multi-core cables, often with common characteristics like low or high voltage, or analog or discrete. These multi-core cables are then brought into marshalling cabinets, where a variety of methods are used to connect the output of the marshalling cabinet to the control system. The goal of this philosophy is to bring all of the instruments into the control system in an orderly, maintainable, and robust manner that is still cost-effective from an installation and lifecycle standpoint. Three common methodologies for marshalling are half-knit, fan-out, and cross-wire.
Half-knit marshalling performs the scrambling on the system side. The field cables are terminated on marshalling blocks in pair order, making this very efficient and easy to maintain. This type of marshalling arrangement is suitable in several situations:
- Where cross-wiring is done in a remote instrument enclosure (RIE) or on site. In this case, the scrambling done between the marshalling blocks and I/O terminals is completely contained within the RIE.
- Where marshalling and I/O terminals are in the same system cabinet. Like the RIE example above, the scrambling done between the marshalling blocks and I/O terminals is completely contained within the cabinet.
- Where marshalling and I/O terminals are in different system cabinets, but the cabinets are permanently joined together.
It is less suitable when the marshalling and I/O terminals are in separate cabinets that are assembled in different places, or must be connected to conduct a FAT (factory acceptance test), then disassembled and reconnected when shipped to site. Once delivered on site, the connections between the marshalling and I/O terminals must be redone.
Fan-out marshalling is appropriate for systems where marshalling cabinets and system cabinets are connected during system staging and FAT, but need to be disconnected and shipped separately. The shipping dates may be different depending on construction schedule; often, marshalling cabinets are required several months earlier than system cabinets.
In this arrangement, field wiring is not terminated in pair order, and a custom termination is required per cable. Any spare pairs are left in the duct, increasing the risk of using those spare cores later in the operational lifecycle of the plant.
After FAT, the cables are disconnected from the system cabinets and coiled up in the bottom of the marshalling cabinets. On site, the cables are connected back to the system cabinets. Care must be given to the connectors, which can be damaged in a construction environment. The cable length must also be known during manufacture, which is much earlier in the process.
From a high level, cross-wire marshalling combines elements of the half-knit and fan-out marshalling schemes. Cross-wire marshalling takes field cables and terminates them in pair order. Scrambling is done to the disconnects, fuses, or termination assemblies. Common prefabricated cables are used between the disconnects and system cabinets.
This solution is suitable when using separate marshalling and system cabinets. As different cable lengths are available with the prefabricated cables, the final room layout does not need to be known until much later in the process. Additionally, fuses, relays, or isolators can be installed between the field signals and the I/O terminals.
This marshalling scheme has the advantage of being easier to maintain, and it reduces the total amount of installation time on site since it is just a matter of plugging in prefabricated cables on either end of the solution. It has the obvious drawback of requiring additional cabinet space.
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By fieldbussing the I/O, you don't need enlarged I/O enclosures in the field and need not put any I/O cards in the harsh field environment. Instead of system cards in large field cabinets, you retain small simple passive field junction boxes suitable for zone 2 or 1. There is no need to send system technicians to the field for service on I/O cards.
Each bus is designed for 10 devices but can be expanded up to 12, 14, or even 16 devices. Additional signals for each device such as feedback can be added in devices without using I/O channels
It doesn't matter if a device is a sensor or actuator, regulator or discrete in nature, because the fieldbus interface card and safety barrier is the same, so device types can change late in the project without requiring redesign. Cross-wiring is eliminated
Fieldbus also lends itself well to this concept. See for instance this FPSO:
Fieldbus on mammoth modular construction on-shore projects is also done. For instance this Alumina plant:
Fieldbus is also ideal for those "nice to have features". You can access all those 12-16 signals in an electric actuator / motor operated valve (MOV) or other devices.
I personally believe signals should be digital all the way; no 4-20 mA or on/off signals, like many plants already do with fieldbus. Transmitters are digital, controllers are digital, and positioners are digital, why should they have an analog signal between them? Some vibrating fork level switches and on/off valves now have intelligence, why should there be an on/off signal to isolate them from the rest of the digital nervous system that cover the plant. Only with fieldbus can we say we have real-time "communication with field instrumentation and devices" and a truly "digital plant". Cameras are digital, phones are digital, mail is digital, music is digital, video is digital, and TV is digital etc. Process control should also be digital such that more plants can reap the benefits of digital.


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What Is It?
Hypoglycemia is an abnormally low level of blood sugar (blood glucose). Because the brain depends on blood sugar as its primary source of energy, hypoglycemia interferes with the brain's ability to function properly. This can cause dizziness, headache, blurred vision, difficulty concentrating and other neurological symptoms. Hypoglycemia also triggers the release of body hormones, such as epinephrine and norepinephrine. Your brain relies on these hormones to raise blood sugar levels. The release of these hormones causes additional symptoms of tremor, sweating, rapid heartbeat, anxiety and hunger.
Hypoglycemia is most common in people with diabetes. For a person with diabetes, hypoglycemia occurs because of too high a dose of diabetic medication, especially insulin, or a change in diet or exercise. Insulin and exercise both lower blood sugar and food raises it. Hypoglycemia is common in people who are taking insulin or oral medications that lower blood glucose, especially drugs in the sulfonylurea group (Glyburide and others).
True hypoglycemia with laboratory reports of low blood sugar rarely occurs in people who do not have diabetes. When it does occur outside of diabetes, hypoglycemia can be caused by many different medical problems. A partial list includes:
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