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June 14, 2011
Vermont Law School Adjunct Prof. Jack Tuholske co-authored a June 14 op-ed in the Missoulian (Mont.) on a climate change lawsuit recently filed at the Montana Supreme Court.
The suit was filed by a group of unpaid Montana lawyers who asked the court to declare that governments at all levels hold the atmosphere in trust for its citizens and owe a fiduciary duty to protect it.
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"The public trust doctrine has been repeatedly recognized by the Montana Supreme Court for the more than a quarter-century and, in light of the constitution's protection of the 'the entire (environmental) life support system,' it hardly seems 'audacious' to extend the doctrine's reach from rivers and lakes to the atmosphere," the op-ed said. "Since the doctrine has been used for over a century throughout the U.S. to protect the public's interest in water, it is neither 'implausible' nor a 'leap' for the court to require the government to fulfill its duty to protect the atmosphere as a public asset upon which our lives depend."

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They say we shouldn't live vicariously through our children. I say, it's inevitable, harmless fun.
I'm not saying we should lose ourselves. It's important to have a room and a life of one's own. But anyone who has ever said we don't live through our children has never seen a group of mothers cheering their kids at a sporting event.
Some people are better disguised than others. (Or perhaps better adjusted.)
At a track and field event at York this weekend, I realized I was wearing my competitive heart on my middle-aged sleeve. When my daughter's race began, I stopped the friendly chat I was having and stood at the edge of the track to wait for her to run past me.
As she came around the bend she planted her foot expertly on the inside track to pass another athlete. I unleashed a holy horror of a cheer as she sprinted to the finish line. I turned back to the bleachers and saw a few dozen stunned spectators. You would have thought I was watching the olympics.
"Sorry," I muttered to the group as they rubbed their wounded ears.
What can I say? When any of my children tries hard, I feel proud. Is it possible I wonder if one of my good genes may be lurking in the map of their skills?
Sometimes I dream of what could have been had I competed in high school. I know I am not alone in this department.
Chatting with a couple of my closest friends while our daughters ran, we shared our stories.
"I remember," said my friend with a dreamy look in her eyes, "back in high school I got a note in my locker from the coach who saw me doing hurdles in gym class. I'll never forget it. It said, 'You should try out for track and field,' " she said, her eyes glazed over with memories. "Man! I was so proud of that!"
"Something to put on your resume," joked our other friend, as a shot sounded the beginning of a new race.
After the meet, my daughter and I needed the healing powers of a trip to the mall. It was there that I realized my vicarious thrills were not limited to sports. They extended to fashion and crushes too.
"You have my permission to date Zac Efron," I casually notified my daughter while we browsed handbags and wallets at Carson's. "He is SO cute!"
"Ok, Mom. Thanks," she responded, as she focused on her search for the perfect purse.
Wandering through the bags I found a shoulder bag with a giant peace sign on it. I have been trying to push peace signs on both my daughters for years. I don't know why, but I love them. At home, peace necklaces, earrings and T-shirts stay hidden in drawers, ashamed to make appearances at school.
But when I saw a khaki green satchel with a giant pink peace sign on the front, I couldn't resist. I stared into space and imagined myself, I mean my daughter, passing the peace through the halls of York High School.
"What do you think?" I asked my daughter with hopes that her eyes would light up.
Trying to disguise her true feelings, she mustered a gentle, "Mmmm, yeah! Great," and went back to scrutinizing more suitable attire.
But I could see right through to the back of her chestnut-maned head.
"Oh no!" I said. "I recognize that look! That's the same look I gave Grandma or my aunt when they pointed at purses like this one," I said, holding up a shiny sequined ballooned bag with heavy gold studs on the strap.
I knew in that instant that my time had passed. We both studied the bag and laughed. I suddenly felt a great honor was being passed from those women, through me, to my daughter.
I ended the shopping trip by buying a shirt with colorful pink accents. My daughter didn't find what she was looking for. Her standards tend to run higher than mine.
This is my kid's turn to shine, and she probably doesn't need any help from me as I cheer. But I will get up off the bleachers and scream louder than anyone in the stadium. I'm still Italian for goodness sake.
Acknowledging that I wanted a hand in my kid's success seemed to take the edge off the shame of it. Who doesn't want to feel they played some part in the passing of the baton to the new generation? I hope my mom and my aunt realize they have had a hand in it too. Where would I be without their good intentions? It takes a village to raise a mom.
The next day, rejuvenated by our weekend, I headed to the gym. It was no surprise when I pulled my favorite T-shirt out of my drawer, the one with the giant pastel peace sign on it.
As I ran around the track I could see my form in the tragically located floor-to-ceiling mirrors that reflected the truth as I jogged.
"Is that what I really look like?" I thought to myself as I turned pink in the face.
Running outdoors, it's easy to pretend I am the image of my lithe, muscular daughter. The truth hurt. I tried not to wince as I caught the reflection of an aging mother bouncing along, trying to get her heart pumping.
There were lumps, there were bumps and it was not pretty. But as I planted my foot on the outside track coming around the corner I had hope.
I have a few laps inside of me yet. I may not pass many people anymore.
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Freely Redistributable Software is Alive and Well
I have just returned from spending four days at the Freely Redistributable Software Conference. It was held in Boston on February 2 thru 5 and sponsored by the Free Software Foundation. The first conference of its kind, it was a real treat to attend.
With less than 200 attendees, it wasn't a large conference but I feel it was very significant. For those of you who have attended Usenix in the early to mid-80s, this conference has much the same flavor. For those of you who didn't, Nerdcon might give you an idea of what I am talking about.
It is not that the attendees were all Nerds but they weren't marketing people or novices to computers.
Discussions tended to be serious and technical and the participants had the knowledge to back up their positions.
The conference began on Friday night with a reception. It was a good chance for attendees to meet each other. While I didn't see any important decisions being made, it was my first chance to get a feel for how significant the Linux influence would be.
Greg Wettstein of the Roger Maris Cancer Center came over to talk to me and said he hoped to meet Linus. I pointed out Linus who, along with his girlfriend, Tove, were at the next table. Greg went over, introduced himself and hung out with Linus for quite a while. Greg commented to me later on how impressed he was with Linus, for his work on the system of course, but also as a person. Greg was not the first or only person to make a very positive personal comment about Linus. Many, including myself, think that his personality, that is, his willingness to listen to other opinions—good or bad—is one of the major reasons Linux has become so popular. I think that his sense of humor is another important contribution.
Saturday offered a collection of tutorials including the two half-day sessions I presented on Linux—Linux:An Open System for Everyone and Installing and Running Linux. They were well attended (about 30 students) and there were definitely some new converts to Linux. While the tutorials were intended for Linux newcomers, there were a few serious Linux users in attendance. The general conclusion was that we had a good time and everyone learned something.
The auxiliary meeting location was the Cambridge Brewing Company (CBC), a brewpub with good food and good brew about two blocks away from the conference hotel. Linus and a large group of Linux-followers ended up there on Saturday night; ten of us including Dan Quinlan, Jon "Maddog" Hall, Erik Troan, Donnie Barnes, Eric Raymond ended up there for lunch on Sunday and another group including Greg Wettstein, Steve Imlach, Tom Sargent and Bryttan Bradley and myself ended up there on Sunday night.
While there were other important ideas discussed at CBC such as convincing 60 Minutes that they should do a segment on Linus and Linux, the quality of their stout was an important consideration. Personally I would call it a thumbs up.
This was the only day of open sessions. The first keynote (by Linus) and five of the ten sessions were on an aspect or use of Linux. The sidebar outlines all the sessions and tells you how you can get a copy of the proceedings.
Sunday started off with a keynote by Linus (after I had fun waking up the crowd and attempting to make Linus sound like an important mainstream executive).
Linus originally planned his keynote around being the Dr. Ruth Westheimer of Software. With a fake German accent he intended to ask questions like "Do you go blind if you program alone?" "Is it ok to date different operating systems?" "How do I know when I met the right OS?"
He then intended to continue by answering the questions. But, that didn't work out so he went on to his second idea, " Software is almost but not quite totally like sex". He decided it just didn't have the same zing to it so he went on to present a talk titled "Write Free Software, Travel the World and Meet People".
He said "Rather than writing a great operating system I wrote a small, not so great operating and then made it free. That turned it into a great operating system." Certainly the right attitude to take at the conference and, in practice, it seems like he is right.
I personally found great interest in Victor Yodaiken's talk about using Linux at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Briefly, what he has done is slipped a real-time kernel between Linux and the hardware. This had made it possible to handle hard real-time processing (this is where processes must run at a required time, not just "soon" and yet still have the utility and versatility of a general purpose operating system running on the same hardware. Victor has promised Linux Journal an article on his work.
There is an interesting comment in the conference paper on the Yugoslav Experience that helps support the idea that Linux is viable in an open market: "even though the price of pirated commercial Unix-like operating systems is comparable to the price of Linux, and with practically no legal limitations to using pirated copies, Linux is being more widely used for Internetting in both [the] academic community and companies."
The next presentation was on Linux on the OSF Mach3 Microkernel. This fits in with Apple's announcement of Linux on the PowerMac. Let's just say this was a surprise. Michael addresses this subject in Stop the Presses.
Greg Wettstein presented a talk on his work with Linux at the Roger Maris Cancer Center. An article on his work appeared in Linux Journal issue 5. To condense a serious effort into a sentence, the cancer center is using over 30 Linux workstations running a custom-built patient care information system using Perl and Tcl/Tk.
In the following session, Erik Troan presented a talk on the package management system developed at Red Hat software. This package, RPM, makes in possible to easily update an existing Linux system. The bottom line is that Red Hat is encouraging vendors of Linux software to use their packaging method. This will make it easier to distribute and maintain software for Linux.
Monday I decided to play the role of student instead of presenter and attended Tom Christiansen's all-day Perl tutorial. At lunch we had a lively discussion of Linux, NetBSD, software licenses, is Emacs the answer to the world's problems and all those other important subjects.
During the afternoon I mentioned to Tom that I was glad I had proofed Arnold Robbin's (excellent) Awk book before attending the Perl session because of the confusion that ensues when I am trying to think in Awk and Perl at the same time. This led Arnold and Tom into a "which is better" discussion at afternoon break. No bloodshed and I think they are both right but it was interesting to listen to them. As I have been an Awk user for about ten years and am just starting to work with Perl, I intend to write an article or two for LJ on how I see the two languages fitting into the world.
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Trenton cop vs Trenton firefighter case likely to go to trialTRENTON It was Trenton police versus Trenton firemen in a city courtroom yesterday as the case of a firefighter ticketed for obstructing traffic outside an emergency scene went before a municipal judge.
Though indications after the June 8 incident were that the two non-moving violations were going to be settled without a visit to a courtroom, it appears now the case is going to trial.
The confrontation between police officers and firefighters, which is also the subject of a police Internal Affairs investigation, began early in the evening of June 8 outside the Broad Street Bank building, the fire unions lawyer Andrew Bayer said.
Firefighters had been sent to the East State Street address to investigate an alarm in the high-rise apartment complex. With engines and ladders parked on the two-lane downtown street, Battalion Chief Steve Coltre told his driver Firefighter Ken Stout to place the chiefs marked SUV across the road.
Stout was directed to block the scene for safety, Bayer said.
Police Officer Lawrence Mike Davis then came on the scene and told Coltre to move his vehicle. Coltre refused, and a discussion occurred, Bayer said.
Theres a statute that says a fire chief controls a fire scene as a matter of law, and so police officers cant issue a ticket to a fire chief at a fire scene, Bayer said. Which is what happened here.
He distracted the chief from supervising the scene while his men were in the building, Ron Ettenger, the firefighters unions state delegate, said.
Stout received summonses for obstructing traffic and failure to display his drivers license. Together the fines for the tickets are $255 if a guilty plea is made, Bayer said.
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Our Annual One Night Only Nuit Blanche Celebration!
Saturday, OCTOBER 4, 2014 to sunrise on OCTOBER 5, 2014
Exhibition Hours: 6:51pm-7am
Venue: ENTIRE HOTEL
Fly By Night brings together the raucous creations of makers from all disciplines. Temporary and site-specific installations by dozens of artists, designers and performers are showcased throughout the hotel in this 12-hour tour-de-force exhibition.
BlogTO's top ten Nuit Blanche Exhibits, "Under one roof one could watch cabaret, sing Karaoke, participate in a knitting circle, share a secret with a stranger, or play voyeur.."
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One of Torontoist's favourite installations of the night, "The Gladstone Hotel can be depended on as a Nuit Blanche staple for seeing an array of indoor and outdoor exhibits throughout all four floors of the building."
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"It's not surprising that the Gladstone pulled it off of course, as it's well connected to the local art scene, and not just pretending to be for one night a year."
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Fly By Night Archive
2013 participants:
Alexa Hainsworth, Amy Ash, Analog Analogue, Brian Donnelly, Chiho Tokita, Debbie Danbrook, the Directors Collective, Ebonnie Hollenbeck, Grace Eunmi Lee, Jessica Runge, Rachael Wong & Steve Whalley, JoAnn Purcell with Seneca College, Stephen Séguin, Sonia Tyagi, Theater Brouhaha, Vera Greenwood, Wayne Muma
In the Melody Bar:
Starting at 9pm Lemon Bucket Orkestra will be playing throughout the night alternating with karaoke with Peter Styles. The bars will be open until 4am!
The Portrait Petition:
Sure, Nuit Blanche is known for bringing together art from across the city, but this year, the up-all-night cultural extravaganza coincides with the 50th day of Cairo imprisonment, without charges or any family contact, for Canadian humanitarians Dr. Tarek Loubani and filmmaker John Greyson.
To bring attention to the dark milestone, we have collaborated with York University Associate Professor Nina Levitt and fellow artist Jim Miller to dedicate this year's Nuit Blanche installation at the well-known Queen West art hotel and community hub to the two prisoners. This year we're encouraging all Fly By Night goers to support efforts to free Loubani and Greyson by participating in the Portrait Petition, a uniquely visual resource and tumblr site, started by Levitt and Miller, friends of the two imprisoned men. On Saturday night, Nuit Blanche participants can also share their Gladstone Portrait Petition experience under the hashtag #NBJohnTarek
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Finding good books doesn't have to hurt your wallet. The public library and loaners from friends are good options, but often our compulsive urge for a specific title is in sync with other town folk.
The library's waiting list can be as long as the church crowd for Sunday brunch. Everyone seems to have the same idea, especially during the summer reading season.
I'm not on board with e-books for the Kindle, Nook or iPad...at least for now. Maybe I'm old school, but I prefer holding a book with dog-eared pages or a compromised spine. I spend enough time in front of a screen with illuminated text teasing my eyeballs.
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Giants rout Eagles in Reid's expected finale
Eli Manning threw five TD passes in the Giants' 42-7 win over Philadelphia on Sunday in what might have been Andy Reid's final game as the Eagles' coach.
Personnel changes coming for the Giants
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Seeding is up for grabs in the AFC, while five teams fight for two spots in the NFC playoffs in Week 17.
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The Giants can't win the NFC East. But the Redskins and Cowboys both have a shot to claim the division, and they both could make the postseason.
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Joe Flacco threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns, and the Ravens defeated the Giants 33-14 Sunday to capture their second straight division crown.
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The NFC East is a logjam at the top: The Redskins, Cowboys and Giants are all at 8-6 with two weeks left to settle things.
Falcons make statement by shutting out Giants
Julio Jones caught two of Matt Ryan's three TD passes and the Falcons handed the Giants their first regular-season shutout since 1996.
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The Ravens might look like they are in turmoil right now, but they have the character and wherewithal to come out of it stronger in the playoffs.
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In Wednesday's key matchup, we look ahead to the Week 15 battle between the Falcons and the Giants in Atlanta.
Week 14 Players of the Week
This week, PFW selects Cam Newton, Stevie Brown and David Wilson as its Players of the Week.
New York Giants safety Tyler Sash plans to meet with NFL commissioner Rogers Goodell on Monday to discuss his four-game suspension for using a banned prescription drug in the offseason. Sash said Sunday he is hoping that Goodell will listen to what he has to say and reduce his suspension, which is schedule to cover the first four games of the regular season. The league has already heard Sash's formal appeal of the suspension and rejected it.||||||| A doctor gave Sash a prescription for Adderall in March to help him deal with anxiety while at with public speaking appearances. He did not know it was banned by NFL policy. Sash, 24, a native of Oskaloosa, Iowa, had 17 tackles last season, his first in the NFL.
New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin feels the NFL didn't use common sense in suspending Sash for a violation of the league's performance enhancing drug policy. The league announced the suspension Tuesday, saying Sash would be ineligible for the first four games of the season.||||||| Sash said he took a prescription drug (Adderall) while under a doctor's care for an anxiety condition in March, having no idea it was banned by NFL policy. The league denied his appeal. Coughlin defended his second-year player Wednesday after practice, saying Sash has no intention of doing anything illegal. The 65-year-old coach said he understands the rule but "sometimes you think maybe common sense needs to be involved in this."


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The dampness is something else. It has rained off and on and is supposed to for several more days. I know that we need the rain but when it rains so much for such a long period of time....my body does not like it and neither do my furbabies. But there is nothing that I can do about the weather....whether I like it or not.
Here is hoping everyone had a good night's rest and I hope today will be a good day for all of us as well.
Welcome to the new members who have joined our FM support group. I am sure that each of you will soon find something that will help you cope better. It does take time and effort to figure out the *just right combination* that will improve the way you feel. Learning how to pace, pace and pace even more is a good start. Not crossing the line or pushing one self to the limit is a good thing. Doing projects in small stages is good. But this too takes time and effort for us FMers to learn. Everything is a process.
Vitamin D....again I want to remind those of you who have not talked to your doctor about checking your Vitamin D.....please do so on your next visit. Low Vitamin D can cause some people to have additional pain and it can also affect other illnesses as well.
I am still not quite sure about the connection of how all of this works....but I do know that it made a big difference in my pain level. So whatever helps and we figure out what works is what is important.
As for me....I am one of the *vitamins and supplements* FMers here. I take the following: Fibro Response and Magnesium Malate (found at vitamin stores) Omegas, multi vitamin with extra D, P5P (this is my new addition-and I am still in the experiment stages) Vitamin C and folic acid...(I think the folic acid helps with my sleep). I also take others but I think these are the main ones which helps my FM pain. Now I am hoping that the P5P will help with my fatigue problem. (still too early to tell right now).
I also drink plenty of water each day....which is about all I drink, for the most part and I also try to watch what I eat. Doing gentle stretches and exercises is also a must....we, FMers, must keep moving regardless of how we feel. It does make a difference in how I feel.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Have a good day and I hope some of you will be able to enjoy the sunshine, if you have it. Send some my way, if you can.
I spent Friday night babysitting the girls and both were sick with fevers of 102* (amazing they didn't slow down though!) Terrible bronchial cough with Olivia. So I was Nana the nurse......and my sadness to them being sick gave me the energy to watch them after a long week at work.
I am so very busy, I must watch what I wish for.....I am working still on Monday's (my meday*) So, I am feeling stretched with being unable to do any spring work here at the house.
I did get the patio and deck cleaned and open (and then it is raining all week they said! arghhhh*.) But pool has to be opened and the list is long. What is still so telling here is the living room has been found (hurray) but the Christmas wreath that hangs outside on the window is still in the hall to be in the attic. Winter coats are hanging on a pole waiting to go in the attic*....I cannot go there this year. So I wait for hubby and he sees* nothing.
Memorial day is my holiday and I am somewhat ready to have a BarBQ at this point but if it rains I am dead! So watchful waiting this week for the beginning of next week...
Talking about the FM issues I have returned to the level of pain I am used to. I just try to get a rest period for my muscles in the day. I had increased the savella to 2 in the morning (25mg) and with the stress I deal with it really is a no. I have anger feelings and our Manager quit this week and my B/P was through the roof. Since we *JUST* joined the Columbia computer system there is so much information now in her head that she is taking with her. I fear I will never go back to clinical. Being in charge BUT AT patient level is where I am my best. I cannot function like this in so many directions and on a computer and not in the charts overseeing. It is painful to my spirit.
OK, enough blabber......
Mimi I am still smiling to read of your GD experiences and hopeful to hear of the sleep over and full weekend of fun. Have a good week my Fmily........Nancy B
Yes....I am indeed enjoying my GD....she is one tough little girl....such a *tomboy*....and I was hoping that she would be a *girlie girl*....I had bought so many of these kinds of *things* for her. Little sun dresses and cut little shorts with skirts...it is funny though that she is just like her dad....in so many ways. She can hit a ball and enjoys sports. She runs through the woods at her dad's house and he is making a path for them to jog....and bicycle as well. He gave her an ipad (?)....I wondered IF it would be returned....(it wasn't though-which I find quite interesting)...she can contact her dad whenever she wants to and the ex and her dad can *communicate, without actually communicating....which I also find a godsend.
I think soon there will still be major changes to this arrangement....I think soon that GD will let her wants be known. I can learn a lot about *things* just by listening to what is being said....which I find kind of interesting.
Anyway....I am hoping for another little girl around Thanksgiving....my daughter in law really wants a little girl. But it really does not matter as long as the baby is healthy. I am excited and can hardly believe that we will soon have another little one to love and cherish. So exciting. They told my little GS the news on Friday that he is going to be a big brother. He wants a sister and a brother...(funny...I am sure this will change though).
So sorry that things are stressful at work for you....perhaps this is why your pain level has increased. Try to get the stress under control, as we all know what stress does to us.
OK....one last thing....do you know anything about P5P?
I am on another mission....trying to find something to help with my fatigue....I am hoping that this will help.
Take care and I hope you have a good Sunday.
It's so pretty here this morning. The last of the rain went east last night and just a bit of water from the last shower is on the deck this a.m. I have the doors open now, but 89 degree temps by 2 will force me to close them and the windows so I can turn on, I'm happy to say, the AC.
DH said yesterday that he wanted to be up early to trim the hedges and weed wack.. that was yesterday. Today he is out cold sleep upstairs and I don't expect to see him until around 11 which will be just about when the yard heats ups. Oh well theres always the cool of the afternoon.
Same schedule for my day today, Not Much Of Anything To Do. Just small, easy tasks for me today. Those suit cases are still 1/2 filled and I really do have to get to them. I pretty much have to foods that we're taking set aside. It's the clothes I need to pick and then pack. I have been checking the predicted temps in Orlando next weekend and it's gonna be hot in the 90's. I don't have enough tank tops to take so I know I will be out shopping for those today or tomorrow.
Tomorrow I have to make calls for appointments with my doctors for bi yearly exams. I do hate having to go in every six months for check ups. I have already gotten appointments with my gastrologist, heart and lung doctors for the 1ST week of June. Then I just need to be reseen with PCP and with my GYN and I should be done with doctors until September when I have my yearly Momogram.
I guess it's a good thing that I can go so often and get checked out. Thankfully I have Medicare and a secondary inusrance and between the two I have about a 20% percent co pay. So it's not breaking the bank to go, just hate to set aside time to get in there.
MiMI, sorry about the rain. We had it here for two days and for us it was hit and miss and when it hit it was a down pour.. so I understand how wet it is there. I am so happy for you and yoru family. I just love reading about your time with your grand daugher. I am so glad that it's all working out so well for her and and for your family. What a blessing it is to have her back into your life and what a difference it is making in hers. Truly happy for all of you. :
Nancy, it's so true those little ones, sick or no, their up and going. My little ones would be sick and yet busy little things.Hard to tell that they were even sick. At day's end I was feeling run down and sickly.
Sorry your're working so much, I hope that there's a light at the end of the work schedule tunnel and that you'll be able to catch a break and be able to rest a bit with a day off.
Not much to post about today so will close this here with well wishes for each of you. Have a great day, feel well and enjoy your Sunday.
Gentle Hugs, Linda R
I've been a little scarce, was preparing for company and now they are here. My son and his cute little girlfriend arrived a little after midnite. I greeted them, my other son picked them up at the airport and brought them over, we were in bed, but of course my dogs were kind enough to alert me that there was someone in the house.
They are still asleep-- they're on a 3 hour later time zone--so its pretty early on a Sunday morning for them yet.
I really did not make plans, they will be with us until sometime on Tuesday and then will complete their vacation down in Florida with other family that is much more energetic--so they'll have plenty to do.
Here on our little lake we hope to offer a bit of jet ski activity, but other than that a lot of goose babies and nature things and perhaps going to a restaurant or some other things.. not much. I'm really going to let my son direct--as he has lived here so he knows what he will want to do on his vacation.
Mojo--my big dog-- knows my son, but Paco my little dog is chihuahua barking and growling a little bit every now and then as he knows there are people in the guest room that he does not know.
--so that's my life just now--
As for fm--I am awaiting a call next week for an appointment with a neurologist. I can relate most of the *new* symptoms to trouble with my spine--which I've had a long time but I think is worse. One thing though I am not sure what that is--I'm having auras and a sort of mild seizure at night- pretty much every night now, with several on some nights.
Of course that's kind of scary--and the reason they are sending me to the neurologist. So we shall see..
As far as seizures go they are kind of odd-- I have this aura thing--and know its about to happen, then I have numbness that travels around all over my body. And also some jerking.
so that does make bedtime more interesting.
I have no idea what this is-- possibilities range from anxiety all the way to brain tumor--so it would be good to find out and know.
Well anyhow we are rainy too-- which is a shame, with my son here. Weather is much warmer now--but pretty damp.
All have a good Sunday!
The weather here has been nice, a couple of cold, rainy and windy days, but it's fine. It's 9pm Sunday, and we're anticipating t-storms. As long as the dog is comfy and I get the sleep I need!
I worked a full week last week, outside the house, and I'm soo tired. I'll love the checks when they get here, I assure you! I'm catching up on a few things I let slide, magazine subscriptions, memberships etc. I'm thinking of splurging on yarn, but I'm still not finished with what I have!
Is anyone else tired of the pills? I know I am! I have some new pain, the fronts of my shoulders, probably where my biceps attach. I really feel it in yoga class, so I take some Motrin (more pills!). I'm lucky that I have pretty good days (most of my pain is pretty low), but with the pills I'm tired of seeing doctors, too!
I finally met my nephew's daughter today - it's her 2nd birthday next Sunday, and all I saw were pictures. She's a funny little girl, much smaller than my sister's g-daughter, and I didn't expect her to take to so many strangers. THEN I was told that my nephew and the baby's mother got married on Friday! As long as they're happy and take care of each other - what I wish for them!
My DH looked out the dining room window this morning and said,"Whats with that tire?" The right front had a bulge! He changed it when we got home, so I can't drive on the highway, so i'll borrow his truck for tomorrow. I'll call the dealer and see what to do. They came with the car, and are still under warranty. There's always something!
I miss you all! Gotta finish a few things and shut down so I can get my rest. Have the best week you can possibly have. Til we meet again,
As you did Mimi, I can feel it in my bones. I woke miserable this morning, like I had a worked my body hard for several hours. It's crazy how greatly it effects me some days. I know it's going to be strong storm.
I have to leave town with a fellow employee to another mill 5 hours away for business. It should be an easy day and he is driving us. I'm hoping his new Camaro rides decent for me. I don't want to look like a baby.
I wanted to make sure I got out and moved today so my oldest son and I took a walk along the Lake trails. The wind, fierce as it is, made some beautiful waves. We kept it fairly short but it was nice to have some 1 on 1 time with him. At 12 he is changing so fast. I want to keep up.
Our Jeep club hosted trail rides went very well yesterday. We had a great time. My brother rode with me and our boys making it a fun guy's day out. He drove us back giving me a break from the somewhat boring 60 mile trip each way to the park.
I hope you all have a good night, take care everyone.
We had another of those big Sunday meals, but this time it was at 1 instead of in the evening. That works much better, as I am much more energized then. By evening, it feels like someone has pulled my power cord.
It sounds like most of us have had a fairly good weekend. There was some good there for everyone. We all know that we must plan ahead for energy resourses. We try to save some reserves to do the things we truly want or need to do. Often, we have to pay for it in the days or weeks afterwards. But we are more than willing to do this because we have had some good/great/wonderful time with the people or activities we treasure most.
Here in SW NY we are entering into a humid cycle with showers in the next few days. Just my nightmare as it is for many of you. I am really pushing my shower time (mornings) and bath time (evenings). It seems to be the only way to ward off major flares.
Warding off we go!
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People must lead on gun controlMarch 18,2013During the Vietnam War, a popular slogan among the wars opponents said, If the people lead, the leaders will follow. That saying came to mind in January, when the media reported that state Sen. Philip Baruth, D-Chittenden, had withdrawn his gun-control bill for lack of support among his legislative colleagues. The bill would have prohibited the manufacture, possession, and transfer of semiautomatic assault rifles and large-capacity ammunition clips, and would have made it a crime to leave a firearm accessible to a child who then used it to injure or kill another person or commit a crime.
Comments made about the Baruth bill by several Democratic senators indicated they were not ready to lead in preventing gun violence in Vermont. One said he opposed gun control in Vermont because the state is rural and firearms are part of rural life. Since when are assault rifles with high-capacity ammunition clips necessary to rural life? The late Tunbridge farmer Fred Tuttle spoke wisely on this subject during his 1998 U.S. Senate campaign against Patrick Leahy. Tuttles campaign was largely tongue-in-cheek (he voted for Leahy), but he hit the bulls eye on gun control by observing that the only guns a Vermonter needs are a deer rifle in hunting season and a shotgun for shooting woodchucks in the garden. He would have scoffed at the notion that a Vermonter needs an assault rifle to defend himself against his government in the freest country in the world.
So if Vermonts rural nature should guide its gun policies, banning assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines is perfectly compatible with life in the Green Mountains.
Another senator said he would have rejected the Baruth bill because he did not want the Senate to have a reactive approach to the December 2012 school shooting in Newtown. In light of Americans refusal to be proactive on guns, though, by permanently banning assault rifles and the accompanying ammunition magazines long ago, what choice do we have other than to react to the continuing slaughter of our children? Besides, being reactive is not necessarily ineffective. For example, Australias reaction to a 1996 shooting spree that left 35 people dead was to ban all automatic and semiautomatic weapons and institute background checks and waiting periods for gun purchases. The effect was dramatic; in the decade before 1996, Australia had experienced 11 mass shootings, but since changing its guns laws, Australia has had no mass shootings.
The premature death of Baruths bill made me wonder why our political leaders in Vermont are unwilling to lead on the gun issue despite this states historic political courage on issues ranging from slavery to gay rights, especially when the prospects for federal gun legislation are doubtful at best. Just as I had begun to despair, though, the Castleton Polling Institute released the results of its Feb. 21 poll. Among the respondents, all Vermonters, 75 percent support requiring background checks of persons who buy guns at gun shows, 66 percent support banning the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines, 61 percent support banning further sales of assault weapons, and 54 percent even support making the ownership of an assault rifle illegal.
To be sure, the Castleton poll found differences of opinion between Vermonters who own guns and their neighbors who do not, and between Democrats and Republicans.
Although gun owners are less supportive of all potential gun regulations, 71 percent favor background checks at gun shows, 82 percent back stricter reporting requirements for mental-health professionals relative to the national instant background check system (NICS), and 55 percent would even ban the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines. Similarly, Republicans are less positive than Democrats about gun regulations, but 61 percent of Republicans support background checks at gun shows and 86 percent support requiring mental-health professionals to report to the NICS system patients whom they perceive to be potentially violent.
Thus, Vermonters are well ahead of their political leaders on gun control. If additional evidence of that was necessary, it arrived on Town Meeting Day, when several towns passed warrant articles banning assault weapons, requiring background checks for all gun purchases, and mandating criminal penalties for straw purchasers, who buy guns for individuals who cannot legally do so.
Meanwhile, in Montpelier, several bills that, taken together, would accomplish all the goals of the Baruth bill except banning assault rifles, are languishing in committee. Although they do not address assault rifles, passing any of them would represent progress in combating gun violence in Vermont.
Unfortunately, none of them is likely to pass this year because of slow progress through the committee process and Gov. Shumlins lack of enthusiasm for gun legislation. Still, as the Vietnam War showed, nothing moves politicians like a tsunami of public support. Now, as then, if the people lead, the leaders, eventually, will follow.
Brian Porto is a professor at Vermont Law School. He lives in Windsor.MORE IN CommentaryThe New York Times said the following in an editorial: Full StoryIn recent decisions, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has made clear its view that... Full StoryWith ample justification, Americans love their democracy and it is only natural if they believe... Full Story
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Frances R. Tearce, of North Tonawanda, NY, passed away on Thursday, June 13, 2013, in Niagara Hospice House, Lockport, NY.
She was born in North Tonawanda, NY on August 31, 1931, a daughter of the late Kazmer and Stephania (Urbaniak) Miszczak.
Mrs. Tearce and her husband owned and operated the Riverside Inn in Lewiston during the 1960s. She later became the bookkeeper at Davis & Brothman Orthopedics in Kenmore, NY, for over 30 years, before retiring.
Mrs. Tearce enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking, boating and listening to music.
She was the wife of the late John J. "Jack" Tearce, who died in 1982.
Mrs. Tearce is survived by a son, David J. (Diane) Tearce of North Tonawanda, NY; three daughters, Karen M. Tearce of the Town of Wheatfield, Jacqueline F. (Paul) Witkowski and Stephanie M. Aronica, both of Nashville, TN; three grandchildren, Tonya (Patrick) McNulty, John (Kailey) Wood, Adam Vanderheite; four great-grandchildren, Tyler, Ryan, Natalie, Lauren; two sisters, Victoria (late Witold) Sosnowski and Dorothy (late Vincent) Doherty; four nieces, Sandra (Gerald) LaFontain, Janet (Kenneth) Beck, Diane (Dennis) Mitchell, Linda (James) Pratt. She is also survived by many great-nieces and nephews. Mrs. Tearce was the sister of the late Albin Miszczak, Edwina (late Stephen) Kruk.
Private funeral services were held at the wishes of her family. Memorials may be made in her name to Niagara Hospice, 4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport, NY 14094. Inurnment at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Tonawanda, NY. Arrangements were made through the RHONEY FUNERAL HOME, Sanborn, NY.
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Frances R. Tearce
Frances R. Tearce, of North Tonawanda, NY, passed away on Thursday, June 13, 2013, in Niagara Hospice House, Lockport, NY.


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Todd Golden
The Tribune-Star
WICHITA, KAN. — Defeat the first-place team in the Atlantic Coast Conference? Check.
Defeat the first-place team in the Southeastern Conference entering play on Tuesday? Check.
But even after a nonconference season in which unfancied Indiana State defeated Miami and Mississippi, many observers stood on the sideline waiting for the Sycamores to get a similar victory in Missouri Valley Conference play before they saw fit to declare them a legitimate MVC title threat.
The wait is over.
Wave after wave of pressure from No. 15 Wichita State broke on the Sycamores' rocks and ISU also survived Koch Arena's wall of noise to post a 68-55 victory that gave ISU a road victory over the first-place team in the MVC.
"The teams in Hawaii [at the Diamond Head Classic] were pretty good too. Ole Miss, San Diego [State] and Miami were really good. The difference is that these guys were playing in front of their crowd ... the best crowd in the country," ISU forward Manny Arop said.
ISU beat its first ranked opponent since a 2011 victory over Vanderbilt. More important, ISU moved to 7-3 in the MVC, just one game behind the Shockers. ISU is a half-game behind second-place Creighton.
ISU (13-6, 7-3) used a 17-3 end-of-first half run and a 14-3 run to end the game to earn its biggest MVC road victory in several seasons.
Arop led ISU with 17 points. Devonte Brown and Jake Odum each had 10 points.
ISU thought outside the box to get the victory. ISU implemented a 2-3 zone for the first time this season, which forced the Shockers to rely on jump shots, which is not WSU's forte. WSU made 9 of 28 from 3-point range and shot 27.1 percent overall.
"Every game we've gone into we thought we might use it for a few possessions here and there. Lou [Gudino, Associate Head Coach] thought it would be a great idea to switch things up on them. On a miss, we'd be man-to-man. On makes, we were zone. The guys really followed it," Lansing said.
WSU's All-MVC forward Carl Hall scored just two points and attempted just two shots.
"They forced us to shoot outside. They sagged in and really took the inside away. When we got it inside, we couldn't finish. We were 7-for-31 inside the arc," WSU coach Gregg Marshall said.
ISU also thrived without Odum -- who along with Justin Gant, fell ill on the trip -- on the court. Brown and Dawon Cummings each had their best MVC performances. Brown had 10 points and was a defensive spark. Cummings had nine points.
The Sycamores' zone was a double-edged sword. The Shockers are not a great shooting team, but they are an outstanding rebounding team. At first, WSU made its outside shots and got rebounds. WSU began the half 4 of 8 from 3-point range and finished the first half with 10 offensive rebounds.
The upshot was that Hall and WSU's other big scorer -- Cleanthony Early -- couldn't get involved. As a result, the Sycamores never fell far behind. In fact, ISU led 14-10 early and its biggest first-half deficit was three.
That occurred at the 4:21 mark when the Shockers led 25-22. The first half transformed from that point and Brown played a huge role.
After Khristian Smith made a pair of free throws to cut the WSU lead to one, Brown had perhaps his best stretch of basketball as a Sycamore. He converted a three-point play at 3:47 – drawing Hall's second foul in the process – which put ISU up 27-25.
Brown then cashed in a layup off of an Odum feed to widen ISU's lead. He then stole a Demetric Williams pass, went coast-to-coast and managed to convert a spinning reverse layup circus shot to make it 31-25.
The Sycamores fed off Brown's energy and the Shockers faltered.
It was 33-28 with 35 seconds left when Mahurin gave ISU another boost. He converted his fourth career four-point play to make it 37-28.
With WSU trying to run clock for the final possession of the first half, Smith provided the Sycamore crescendo to the half with a steal and coast-to-coast bucket to cap a 17-3 ISU run. The Sycamores went into the locker room sky-high with a 39-28 halftime advantage.
"Devonte was a key in the first half. He was terrific. So was Dawon and Khristian. Those guys are all good players. When you come off the bench, you can't come in passive, especially against these guys. They smell that blood in the water and it's over," Lansing said.
A raucous Koch Arena crowd and a sloppy effort by the Sycamores helped WSU start the second half on a 7-0 run. A Cummings three and an Arop jumper stopped the bleeding and ISU led by nine at the 14:53 mark.
"I didn't know if we'd ever score again. Dawon's got some guts. That was something coming into this game. I talked about guts and intestinal fortitude. Dawon hit a big shot," Lansing said.
WSU whittled away at ISU's advantage, using full-court pressure to bother the Sycamores and to speed up the tempo of the game to better favor their athletic lineup. A 10-2 WSU run cut ISU's lead to 50-48 at 7:26. ISU had converted just five field goals to that point in the half.
ISU held on with bloody fingernails, but hold on they did.
It was 54-50 when Arop eased the pressure. Gant kept a loose ball alive on a tip off a WSU miss. Arop swooped on the loose ball and went coast-to-coast for a much-needed bucket.
"Coach preaches effort plays all the time. We're not the most talented team all the time, but coach reminds us to play with effort, with a chip on our shoulder. We wanted all of the 50/50 balls. We pride ourselves on that," Arop said.
On the next WSU possession, Brown jumped a Hall pass and went coast-to-coast for a layup to make it 58-50 with 3:35 left.
WSU (19-3, 8-2) never recovered. ISU ended the game on a 14-3 run. The Sycamores made 8 of 8 free throws down the stretch and the Shockers didn't convert a field goal from the 9-minute mark until 20 seconds remained in the contest.
"They would seem to make every play, no matter what end it was on. They seemed to get every loose ball tonight which bothered me. That doesn't happen. It's not just lucky bounces. I have to figure out why they were quicker to the ball and tougher to retrieve it," Marshall said.
It was ISU's first win at Koch Arena since 2004 and it was just the eighth victory in 38 trips the venerable gym for the Sycamores. The victory broke WSU's 19-game home-court win streak.
"The team in blue played awfully hard and earned a very difficult win," Lansing said.
ISU next plays at Drake on Saturday.
VIDEO: ISU Coach Greg Lansing and ISU's Manny Arop
INDIANA STATE (68) – Arop 7-11 2-5 17, Gant 2-2 2-2 6, Brown 4-6 2-3 10, Odum 2-7 6-6 10, Mahurin 3-8 1-1 8, Kitchell 1-1 0-0 2, Eitel 0-1 0-0 0, Cummings 4-5 0-0 9, K. Smith 1-4 4-4 6. 24-45 FG, 17-21 FT, 68 TP.
WICHITA STATE (53) – Armstead 2-11 0-0 5, Williams 4-14 4-4 14, Early 3-10 7-10 15, Orupke 0-2 0-1 0, Cotton 3-8 0-0 8, Wiggins 1-4 0-0 2, Hall 0-2 2-2 2, VanVleet 3-5 1-2 9, White 0-3 0-0 0. 16-59 FG, 14-19 FT, 53 TP.
Halftime score – ISU 39-28. 3-point goals – ISU 3-11 (Mahurin 1-4, Arop 1-3, Cummings 1-1, Eitel 0-1), WSU 9-28 (Williams 2-7, Early 2-6, Cotton 2-4, VanVleet 2-3, Armstead 1-8). Rebounds – ISU 35 (Arop 6, Team 6, Gant 4, Mahurin 4, Brown 3, Eitel 3, K. Smith 3, Odum 2, Kitchell 2, Cummings 2), WSU 34 (Early 11, Orupke 6, Hall 6, Armstead 3, Cotton 2, Wiggins 2, White 2, VanVleet 1, Team), Assists – ISU 5 (Odum 4, Kitchell), WSU 10 (Armstead 4, Williams 2, VanVleet 2, Early, Hall), Steals – ISU 7 (Arop 2, Brown 2, Gant, Mahurin, K. Smith), WSU 5 (Armstead 2, Williams, Early, Orupke), Blocks – ISU 3 (Mahruin, Kitchell, K. Smith), WSU 2 (Early, Orupke), Turnovers – ISU 15 (Gant 3, Brown 3, Cummings 3, Kitchell 2, Arop, Odum, Eitel, K. Smith), WSU 11 (Armstead 3, Williams 2, Cotton 2, Orupke, Hall, VanVleet, White), Total fouls – ISU 17, WSU 17. A – 10,216.
Next – ISU (13-6, 7-3) plays at Drake and Wichita State (19-4, 8-2) plays at Northern Iowa on Saturday.


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Today is Friday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2013. There are 242 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 3, 1973, Chicago's 110-story Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) was topped out after two years of construction, becoming the world's tallest building for the next 25 years.
On this date:
- In 1791, Poland adopted a national constitution.
- In 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city.
- In 1913, Clorox had its beginnings as five entrepreneurs agreed to set up a liquid bleach factory in Oakland, Calif. Author-playwright William Inge was born in Independence, Kan.
- In 1916, Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others were executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising.
- In 1933, Nellie T. Ross became the first female director of the U.S. Mint.
- In 1943, Pulitzer Prizes were awarded to Thornton Wilder for his play "The Skin of Our Teeth" and Upton Sinclair for "Dragon's Teeth."
- In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks or members of other racial groups were legally unenforceable.
- In 1952, the Kentucky Derby was televised nationally for the first time on CBS; the winner was Hill Gail.
- In 1960, the Harvey Schmidt-Tom Jones musical "The Fantasticks" began a nearly 42-year run at New York's Sullivan Street Playhouse.
- In 1971, the National Public Radio program "All Things Considered" made its debut.
- In 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain's first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections.
- In 1986, in NASA's first post-Challenger launch, an unmanned Delta rocket lost power in its main engine shortly after liftoff, forcing safety officers to destroy it by remote control.
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush told a news conference in Crawford, Texas, it was a matter of when — not if — weapons of mass destruction would be found in Iraq. Pope John Paul II urged hundreds of thousands of young people outside Madrid to be "artisans of peace." New Hampshire awoke to find its granite symbol of independence and stubbornness, the "Old Man of the Mountain," had collapsed into rubble. "Funny Cide" rolled to victory in the Kentucky Derby. Model and actress Suzy Parker died in Montecito, Calif.


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NORMAN — A memorial fund has been set up after a Norman cyclist was killed Saturday while participating in a benefit ride in Bethany.
James "Chance" Toles, 36, was participating in the event, "Spin Your Wheels," for the Children's Center in Bethany when he was struck by a truck pulling a boat trailer, police reported.
He was transported to Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City where he died.
An online memorial fund set up for an education fund in his name states Toles was training for Ironman Lake Tahoe when he was hit by the truck.
Bethany Police Lt. Chris Culbreath said Toles was on the last mile and a half of the 100-mile course when the collision took place on 39th Expressway, U.S. Route 66. Bethany police, EMSA and fire department, along with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to the wreck.
Police reported that the driver who struck Toles is cooperating and the wreck is under investigation.
For more information about the memorial fund visit www.gofundme.com/chancetoles.
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Tribune-Star staff report
The Tribune-Star
St. Louis —
A trio of Indiana State seniors — Shakir Bell, Calvin Burnett and FN Lutz — have been named to the 2013 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason team announced Monday by the league office.
ISU is picked to finish sixth in the 10-team MVFC race, with defending national champion North Dakota State a unanimous choice to win the league in a vote of head coaches, media members and sports information directors.
Bell, a member of the preseason all-MVFC first team, is a two-time all-MVFC selection and has already been named to numerous preseason All-America teams.
He was the MVFC Offensive Player of the Year in 2011 as well as a finalist for that season's Walter Payton Award. He was named earlier this month to the 2013 Walter Payton Award Watch List for the third consecutive season.
Bell enters the 2013 campaign with 3,794 rushing yards, third on the all-time Sycamore list. He needs just 542 yards on the ground during his senior campaign to become Indiana State's all-time leading rusher and eclipse the total of 4,335 yards set by Vincent Allen from 1973-77. His 3,794 career yards ranks 11th all-time in the history of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and he needs 953 to top Herb Donaldson's record of 4,746 set from 2005-08 at Western Illinois.
Burnett, a senior defensive back, is also a member of the preseason all-MVFC first team. He was a second-team all-MVFC selection in 2012 and was an honorable mention pick as a freshman in 2010, when he also was named to the league's all-newcomer team.
Last season Burnett recorded 60 total tackles, which ranked third on the team, and added two tackles for loss and one quarterback sack.
Burnett finished second on the team with four interceptions for 53 yards in returns, had eight pass breakups and a quarterback hurry, and posted multiple interception efforts in back-to-back games at Southern Illinois and against Missouri State.
Burnett finished tied for sixth in the league for most interceptions, as well as tied for 23rd nationally. He was named the MVFC Special Teams Player Of The Week following his two punt return for 59 yards against South Dakota and had a season-high 10 tackles at Indiana and a MVFC season-best of seven at No. 1 North Dakota State.
Lutz, a senior offensive lineman, is an honorable-mention pick on the preseason team. He sat out the 2012 campaign after a knee injury in the spring game forced him to miss the entire season. Despite his injury — and based on the hope that he might be ready to play last year — he was named to the 2012 preseason all-MVFC first team and was a candidate for the Lowe's Senior Class Award.
As a junior in 2011, Lutz was a first-team all-MVFC selection as well as a first-team honoree on the league's all-academic team. He started all 11 games at center and spearheaded the ISU rushing attack that averaged 181.9 yards per game with a league-best 5.3 yards per carry. Following his sophomore campaign in 2010, Lutz was named honorable mention all-MVFC and was on the conference's all-academic squad.
The Sycamores are picked to finish sixth in the MVFC this season after amassing a 7-4 record one year ago as well as a 5-3 mark in league play, which tied them with Illinois State and Southern Illinois for third place.
North Dakota State got all 39 of the first-place votes for a total of 390 points. South Dakota State is second with 323 points and Northern Iowa is third with 269. In fourth is Illinois State (264), Youngstown State (253), the Sycamores (197) and Southern Illinois (188). Rounding out the league's preseason poll for 2013 is Missouri State (123), Western Illinois (77) and South Dakota (61).
ISU opens its season at 7 p.m. Aug. 29 at Indiana, a contest televised live on The Big Ten Network. First preseason practice is Thursday.
preseason poll
Team (first-place votes) Points
1. North Dakota State (39) 390
2. South Dakota State 323
3. Northern Iowa 269
4. Illinois State 264
5. Youngstown State 253
6. Indiana State 197
7. Southern Illinois 188
8. Missouri State 123
9. Western Illinois 77
10. South Dakota 61
All-Missouri Valley Football Conference
First team
QB — Brock Jensen, North Dakota State
RB — Shakir Bell, Indiana State; David Johnson, Northern Iowa; Zach Zenner, North Dakota State
FB — Jordan Neukirch, Illinois State
WR — Dorian Buford, Missouri State; Ryan Smith, North Dakota State
TE — MyCole Pruitt, Southern Illinois
OL — Chris Elkins, Youngstown State; Jimmy Holtschlag, Western Illinois; Dan Kruger, Northern Iowa; Billy Turner, North Dakota State; Bryan Witzmann, South Dakota State
K — Adam Keller, North Dakota State
DL — Cole Jirik, North Dakota State; Doug Peete, South Dakota State; Leevon Perry, North Dakota State; Colton Underwood, Illinois State
LB — Grant Olson, North Dakota State; T.J. Lally, South Dakota State; J.J. Raffelson, Western Illinois; Tyler Starr, South Dakota
DB — Calvin Burnett, Indiana State; Martinez Davis, Western Illinois; Caleb Schaffitzel, Missouri State; Marcus Williams, North Dakota State
P — Ben LeCompte, North Dakota State
RS — Ryan Smith, North Dakota State
Honorable mention
QB — Sawyer Kollmorgan, Northern Iowa; Kurt Hess, Youngstown State
WR — Brett LeMaster, Northern Iowa
OL — Josh Aladenoye, Illinois State; Jermaine Barton, Illinois State; FN Lutz, Indiana State
K — Tyler Sievertsen, Northern Iowa
DL — Anthony Grady, Missouri State
LB — Jake Farley, Northern Iowa; Travis Beck, North Dakota State
P — Austin Pucylowski, Southern Illinois


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Just wondering if anyone has had experience with getting their PO HD foot switches upgraded by this compnay, r3fx.com. My foot switches have become pretty unreliable lately and I see it getting worse. r3fx.com purports to replace them with better, longer lasting switches but someone out there must have used them by now and I'm curious what your experience was. Frankly, it's hard to imagine having a Line6 repair shop just put in new switches that are just going to wear out again in short order. Thanks!
Has Anyone Sent Their Pod Hd To R3fx.com For Footswitch Upgrade?
Posted 26 April 2013 - 11:22 AM
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Posted 26 April 2013 - 01:46 PM
I don't know anyone, but i'm familiar with them and they've been around a while... have seen lots of vids etc...
think they're legit... just no firsthand.
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Posted 16 June 2013 - 01:41 AM
The footswitch issue had been driving me nuts. Some of them just wouldn't latch, I couldn't use my tap tempo, or the looper as the switches were so unreliable so I took my HD500 apart. If you have basic electronics skill they are easy to repair.
First thing to try is remove the bottom plate cover (the two middle screws aren't necessary to remove) and set to one side. You'll see two PCB strips at the bottom of the unit pertaining to the footswitches linked together by a ribbon cable.
Work on one at a time. Remove the two hex nuts and gently, working from one end to the other, unclip the PCB from the plastic prongs. Make sure to keep the unit upside down at all times to prevent the springs falling out of the footswitches.
Once you have the PCB free, spray some PCB contact/switch cleaner (it evaporates after cleaning) on the small microswitches (one at a time) and depress them a few times. Work your way through each PCB strip and refitting is the reverse of removing them.
If this hasn't cleaned the switches and restored them back to operation. You can find tactile microswitch parts here:
Line 6 probably won't give you a part number but some simple measuring and common sense (and some decent soldering skills) will see you with new switches.
Obviously any work you carry out on your own device will probably invalidate your warranty so bear that in mind. However, I decided to research and experiment as my unit is out of warranty and thought "If I'm going to send it off for new switches I may as well have a go myself first".
Thankfully the cleaning has solved the issues for now on my unit. I have to say though that the switch system is pretty susceptible to dust debris and malfunction. The microswitches are tiny and like those that you find in a mouse button! I'm surprised that Line 6 chose this system considering these are meant to be on the floor (presumably the dirtiest place in any given room) and they are going to be trodden on (presumably by people wearing shoes that might be dirty!)
Anyway, I hope this helps some people as I was having trouble getting some help with this issue for a long time!
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Posted 16 June 2013 - 08:29 PM
123brummer - thanks for this detailed reply. my soldering skills are lacking, but i can certainly give the cleaning a go in hopes of avoiding the switch replacement. glad to know it solved your issues, so that's promising, i find actually the footswitches that are troublesome are the very ones that get used the most, so we'll see - it could be they're worn out. R3fx.com charges $100 for complete replacement with sturdier (or at least heftiier parts) for $100 so that's really not a lot considering.
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Posted 02 July 2013 - 01:44 PM
problem solved! Thank you 123brummer. I did exactly as you laid out using a contact cleaner/lubricant (Radio Shack) and voila the switches are behaving. $10 and done. Now it should work fine until I succumb to the upcoming HD500X .
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Posted 14 January 2014 - 12:19 PM
Ive ordered the DL-4 Mod from R3FX. I was pleased with the quality but it was shipped to me with defect after about 2-3 weeks of waiting. The unit was sent back within a week, and once I sent him an email on when I should be getting my unit back, he replied saying he was out of town until friday.
In summation, the quality is good but beware of defect in the finished product and untimely customer service. Just not worth it in my opinion
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