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Ben Kweller
Granada Theater : 8:00 p.m. August 1
Ben Kweller has a long and storied past in North Texas. As one of the founding members of Radish, a Greenville band that sat just on the cusp of buzzband status before fading into oblivion, Kweller and his bandmates did plenty of rocking around Dallas and greater North Texas. As a solo... More >>
|East Dallas & Lakewood
|Indie Rock
Ray LaMontagne, Belle Brigade
Music Hall at Fair Park : 7:30 p.m. August 2
Although he's often compared to such heavyweights as Otis Redding and Van Morrison, singer- songwriter Ray LaMontagne is much more akin to folks like Steven Stills and Tim Buckley. Such a distinction is crucial. Where Redding and Morrison made transcendent music that crossed genre lines... More >>
|Fair Park
Da Mafia 6ix The Outfit, TX, TUNK., Word Life
Dada : 8:00 p.m. August 2
It's been an eventful year for the former members of prescient hiphop crew Three 6 Mafia. Juicy J made it big with the dancehop album Stay Trippy. Cofounder Lord Infamous passed away with a heart attack. And, triumphantly, DJ Paul reunited most of the group, renamed them... More >>
|Downtown & Deep Ellum
|Rap, Hip-Hop
Sarah McLachlan
The Winspear Opera House : 8:00 p.m. August 3
Listen, you're going to see Sarah McLachan at the Winspear Opera House because you love puppies, '90s movies with Nicholas Cage, the Cinder Calhoun character from Weekend Update, and the 2010 Winter Olympics. All joking aside, McLachlan is a 26-year veteran of the music business and has... More >>
|Downtown & Deep Ellum
Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie : 8:00 p.m. August 6
Here's what I want to know about people who hate Yes: Is it because you don't like the music, or is it because the band replaced, Steel Dragon's style, singer and founding member Jon Anderson with the singer of a Yes tribute band? If you hate Yes for the latter reason, does it bother you even... More >>
|Grand Prairie
|More Events
DJ SpaceChase
Andy's Basement Bar & Grill : 9:00 p.m. every Thu.
Each week at Andy's Bar, Denton Dance Collective and DJ SpaceChase host Subsonic Indulgence, a bill of local artists, DJs and electronic musicians who play enough electronic, techno, dance and hip-hop to get your body rockin'. The all-original music is accompanied by live painting by Beth... More >>
|Techno, DJ, House, Dance
DJ Yeahdef
The Crown & Harp : 9:00 p.m. first Fri. of every month
If you've been following DJ Yeahdef's music career for the past several years, you know exactly what you're in for this Friday at Crown & Harp, where he will kick off his brand new residency. Yeahdef will start his new "Wave Back" residency on the first Friday of the month, beginning this... More >>
|East Dallas & Lakewood
Diamond Cut, Big J.
Ten Bells Tavern : 8:00 p.m. every Mon.
Ten Bells Tavern may be the perfect neighborhood pub. They pour solid pints of beer, serve great bar food and have an unassuming patio where you can drink to the setting sun. You can get Buffalo wings anywhere, and they will likely come with processed blue cheese and pale celery. Here the dip... More >>
|Oak Cliff & South Dallas
|Hip-Hop, DJ
George Quartz' For Your Pleasure
Double-Wide : 10:00 p.m. every Wed.
When he finally "came to," he was an unrelenting force, immediately knocking over his cup of water, and living up to his glamorous-yet-cracked-out George Quartz persona, the same one that headed up his previous Dallas-based ensemble, After Hours with George Quartz. In a light grey suit, smeared... More >>
|Downtown & Deep Ellum
Y2K with Yeahdef
Hailey's Club : 9:00 p.m. every other week Thu.
For the past five years, DJ Joey Lichtey has been spinning some of the best weeklies and most poppin' house shows in DFW. If you're looking for the party, look no further than wherever Yeahdef is spinning. More >>
Beauty Bar : 9:00 p.m. every Sat.
Blake Ward got his start spinning in Oklahoma while attending Oklahoma University. But he made the trip down to Dallas to play gigs so frequently, that, before long, he started being recognized as both an Oklahoma and a Dallas DJ. Really: Ward even played this past year's State Fair of Texas,... More >>
|East Dallas & Lakewood
Matt Tolentino
The Bavarian Grill : 8:00 p.m. every Thu.
At age 8, Matt Tolentino, a kid in East Dallas, became enchanted by the great Adrian Rollini, an early 20th century jazz instrumentalist best known for his bass sax in the speakeasy era just before the advent of big band swing music. Lucky for Dallas, Tolentino never came out from under... More >>
|Jazz, Folk
Big Mike's Box of Rock
Lola's Saloon : 9:00 p.m. every Tue.
I know what you're thinking. I'm not too terribly keen on cover bands either, but Big Mike's Box of Rock delivers. The group recently started a new residency at Lola's Saloon each Tuesday and it covers the best rock 'n' roll songs from 1960 to 1999. Rock musician and guitar-shredder "Big" Mike... More >>
|Fort Worth
|Rock, Covers, Classic Rock
The Church
Lizard Lounge : 9:00 p.m. every Sun.
There's church, and then there's The Church. Can you spot the difference? Both take place on Sunday and both rely on camaraderie. But at one, people sport leather-bound Bibles, while at the other people sport leather-bound booties. The latter takes place at the Lizard Lounge every Sunday and... More >>
|East Dallas & Lakewood
|Rock, Industrial, Gothic, DJ
Big Gus & The Swampadelic
The Free Man : 7:00 p.m. every Mon.
In 2011, the Dallas Observer awarded "Big Gus" Samuelson the trophy for Best DJ. Samuelson does have an impeccable ear for great tunes and his low, Southern Barry White-ish speaking voice helps him excel in that realm on KHYI-FM 95.3. For years now, however, he has fronted one hell of a band,... More >>
|Downtown & Deep Ellum
Soundwaves at Sunset
Sunset Lounge : 8:00 p.m. every Tue.
You may recognize -topic as a strong Dallas emcee, and Simon Phoenix as an equally talented local spoken word poet. Tuesdays at Sunset Lounge, however, the play the role of DJ for a new weekly party. More >>
|East Dallas & Lakewood
DJ Blake Ward
Sundown at Granada : 11:00 p.m. every Tue.
Blake Ward got his start spinning in Oklahoma while attending Oklahoma University. But he made the trip down to Dallas to play gigs so frequently, that, before long, he started being recognized as both an Oklahoma and a Dallas DJ. Really: Ward even played this past year's State Fair of Texas,... More >>
|East Dallas & Lakewood
RC & the Gritz, DJ Jay Clipp
The Prophet Bar : 9:00 p.m. every Wed.
If Bad Ass Jazz Nights are my favorite concert t-shirt, then the Wednesday Night Jam Session at The Prophet Bar is an all-out security blanket. Every week, R.C. Williams and The Gritz Band lead a productive evening of jazz, funk and hip-hop built for special drop-in guests, though they aren't... More >>
|Downtown & Deep Ellum
|Rock, Jam Sessions
Paul Slavens and Friends
Dan's Silverleaf : 10:00 p.m. every Mon.
You really have to hand it to KKXT-91.7 FM. Even if its playlists are pretty random, the station, with its tag line "music to the core," is a refreshing entity amid the national corporate-helmed options cluttering your FM dial. Never is the KERA sister station and NPR affiliate's free-form... More >>
Asleep at the Wheel (Early Show)
The Kessler Theater : 7:00 p.m. August 1
|Oak Cliff & South Dallas
The Capsules, The Chloes, The Diabolical Machines
Dada : 8:00 p.m. August 1
|Downtown & Deep Ellum
|Indie Rock
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers, featuring Edie Brickell
AT&T Performing Arts Center : 8:00 p.m. August 1
|Downtown & Deep Ellum
|Bluegrass, Singer-Songwriter
Toad the Wet Sprocket
House of Blues : 8:00 p.m. August 1
|Downtown & Deep Ellum
Us the Duo, Caroline Glaser
Trees : 8:00 p.m. August 1
|Downtown & Deep Ellum
|Indie Pop
Pepe Aguilar
WinStar Casino : 9:00 p.m. August 1
|Northeast Dallas


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The Daily Star
---- — "I think this would be a good time for a beer," remarked President Franklin D. Roosevelt, when he signed the Cullen-Harrison Act on March 22, 1933. This marked the beginning of the end for Prohibition that year.
The Act became law on April 7, once again allowing the manufacture and sale of what was called "3.2 beer." From this point, states were readying to ask their voters on whether to repeal the 18th Amendment of the Constitution, or Prohibition, and to ratify the 21st Amendment.
Oneonta and the region were ready for the changes provided by the Cullen-Harrison Act. There were no unusual local events that took place on April 7, unlike in Washington, where Anheuser-BuschInc. sent a team of Clydesdale horses to deliver a case of beer to the White House. On Thursday night, April 6, Oneonta's Common Council passed an ordinance to establish control over beer in the city. The ordinance provided that all wholesale and retail dealers, including restaurants and hotels had to obtain a temporary license to sell or serve beer. Prices were fixed at $50 for wholesale dealers and $15 for retailers.
The City Clerk's office was busy on Friday, April 7, as 23 temporary licenses were issued, but as far as the beer itself, "The supply of the new brew was limited throughout the day, and the few places where it was available reported a brisk demand. Only two brewing companies made deliveries here, so far as The Star learned." Fourteen more licenses were issued on Saturday, as the clerk's office re-opened.
Since demand was high, it was apparently a good time to get onto the supply side, as it was reported on April 13 that Cobleskill had a new brewery in full operation.
"The plant is not large and its location is in the vicinity of 'Blackrock' at the head of North street. Delbert Curtis is the proprietor and brewmaster. His product is called Curtis Special Brew."
Just about a month later the Otsego County Alcoholic Beverage Control board held its organizational meeting on Friday, May 12. The control board was formed to recommend applicants to the state beer control board for permanent licenses.
"The business of dispensing alcoholic beverages will be maintained at a high level," the county board told the Star. "The bootlegger will not be tolerated. It is going to be tough for the 'tough places' to get along, and we mean this."
Also in May, voters in New York prepared to go to the polls to decide on whether to repeal the 18th Amendment.
Some who voted for Oneonta to go dry in 1918 made a final appeal to keep Prohibition in place. About 300 attended a rally on Sunday evening, May 21, at the First United Methodist Church on Chestnut Street.
The Rev. Virgil M. Cosby of the First United Presbyterian Church was one of the speakers, telling his listeners, "When the 18th Amendment became law, the people who had fought for it sat down to enjoy peace, thinking that nothing could be done to remove it. But when the Christian lies down, the devil works harder than ever, and today we are beginning to realize that those forces we thought were dead were working all the time."
New York voted for the repeal on Tuesday, May 23. Locally the results were quite close, as 4,965 voted for repeal while 4,699 voted against it in Otsego County. Cherry Valley, Maryland, Middlefield, Morris, Oneonta city, Otsego, Richfield, Roseboom and Springfield were the towns with "wet" majorities. Of the "dry" towns against repeal, Edmeston had the most lopsided vote, with 75 for repeal, 281 against it.
Readers of The Oneonta Star observed state after state favoring the repeal of the 18th Amendment in the next several months. All bodies of government getting revenue from excise taxes and licenses began to enjoy seeing their coffers filling up once again, and the repeals were putting some people back to work during the Great Depression.
Utah was considered to be the deciding state, becoming the 36th for the repeal on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 1933, allowing the 21st Amendment to be ratified.
On Monday: The idea behind a hiking path along the Susquehanna River shores of Oneonta date back to 1975.
City Historian Mark Simonson's column appears twice weekly. On Saturdays, his column focuses on the area during the Depression and before. His Monday columns address local history after the Depression. If you have feedback or ideas about the column, write to him at The Daily Star, or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com. His website is www.oneontahistorian.com. His columns can be found at www.thedailystar.com/marksimonson.

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noun - A designated indoor or outdoor area or room where the swimmers gather before the race, often to listen to pre-race instructions from race officials or to store their personal gear before the race. The swimmers were called to the Call Room 30 minutes before the start of the world championships. Synonym: Ready room.


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Gamesa Energy has issued layoff notices to more than half of its Cambria Township work force.
Company officials say 92 of the plant's 154 workers are expected to be out of work at the plant by early next year.
It's part of a nationwide trend for wind energy companies. A congressional deadlock over whether to extend a soon-to-expire federal production tax credit has drastically weakened the market for new wind farms and components.
"Failure to extend the (tax credit), which expires at the end of the year, has caused a dramatic slowdown across the entire U.S. wind industry," said David Rosenberg, Gamesa's marketing vice president.
Rosenberg noted that the company has been forced to adjust to those poor market conditions.
Gamesa gave its employees a 60-day layoff notice last week, as federally mandated by the Department of Labor.
That comes on the heels of 73 layoffs at the facility during the summer. And if the company follows through with the next round, it would put its Ebensburg area work force at about one-quarter of its employment at full production in recent years.
The company's plant in Fairless Hills, Bucks County, also has been hit with more than 90 layoffs since summer.
But Gamesa isn't alone.
In the past two months, German-based turbine-maker Siemens announced it was laying off more than 600 workers in three states.
Clipper Windpower furloughed more than 170 workers in the fall. And Vestas, the world's largest turbine manufacturer, laid off 3,700 workers globally this year, partly blaming a weakened U.S. market.
Rosenberg stressed Gamesa remains "fully committed" to the U.S. market.
He said some recently laid-off Fairless Hills workers could be back to work in the coming weeks to complete an order for a project in an overseas country. The Ebensburg plant doesn't build those components, he added.
The American Wind Energy Association, a Washington, D.C.-based trade association that promotes the industry, said the looming deadline puts the nation's wind companies at a crossroads.
It cites a recent study by Chicago-based Navigant Consulting that says 37,000 jobs could be eliminated in a year's time if the tax credit dies – but that its extension would allow the industry to grow to 100,000 jobs by 2016.
U.S. Rep Mark Critz, D-Johnstown, who supports the tax credit extension, said he has been pushing for months to get it resolved in the House.
He noted that the extension does not have support from some Republicans.
Critz said "serious discussion" regarding an extension began only in recent days, and it likely will be weeks before more is known.
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Hollidaysburg, could not immediately be reached for comment.
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The Big Brothers Big Sisters campaign to recruit 100 mentors in 100 days from Lee, Hancock and Clark counties began July 31. The goal is to have 100 mentors ready to be matched to a child in the first months of the upcoming school year.
Big Brothers Big Sisters will be hosting open houses from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. the first Friday of each month this week through November at 629 Blondeau St., Suite 105 in Keokuk.
Beverages and hor dourves will be served. Big Brothers Big Sisters staff and board members will be available to answer questions, share stories and photos and sign up new volunteers.
Two picnics also are planned. The first is 1 to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 13 at Old Settlers Park in Fort Madison. The second is noon to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at Rand Park in Keokuk.
To sign up as a mentor or make a donation, call (319) 526-3944.


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Anyone have experience with these products? Which one should i get?
What are you trying to achieve? What are you going to power? Which models are you looking at?
I currently have Belkin PF60. It's a good surge protector, but it's not a power conditioner, as advertised (same applies to most Belkin, Monster and lower-end Panamax products). It does not have a transformer inside, so all it does is protect from high-voltage surge spikes and it does filtering of AC signal. The models with transformer, obviously more expensive, are called power conditioners, because they can provide a stable output voltage, even when line voltage drops significantly. So if you have 100V AC on the line, the conditioner will provide a stable 115V AC on the output (brown-out protection).
PF60 is great for the price. APC H15 is excellent, since it has a transformer. Panamax 5400-PM is excellent, has all the filtering of PF60, plus a transformer, but for higher price.
For surge protection, you won't notice a spit of difference between the two. Keep in mind, these are one hit wonders though. Whats that ? One direct hit by a lightning bolt, or even close to your house and they will be toast after that so don't spend the nest egg on a surge protector.
Hey thx for your responses. Belkin p31 vs monster hdp 1800. I need a new power bar. Found these two on sale. The Belkin is used, so i think i will go with the monster. Here is a list of my set up.
Yamaha 6180
Samsung 46" led
Shaw motorola
Polk Monitor 75t
Polk CSi5
Polk Tsi100
Polk PSW 12
Here is the inside of monster: http://www2.crutchfield.com.edgesuit...00-o_open.jpeg
Here is the inside of Belkin: http://www.sonocable.com/shootout/monster.jpg
Here is a comparison of Belkin PF31 vs Monster HTS3500 MKII (previous generation compared to 1800).
Interesting that Belkin weighs more than double compared to Monster (19.5lb vs 8.5lb). Usually that would mean that there is a transformer inside, but in Belkin case, it's just a very sturdy chassis.
Just buy whichever one is cheaper, as long as they are working.
Thanks ViperZ great info. Im going to check them out tomorrow.
Get the unit that is the best deal pricewise. As already said here, most of the popular products all employ similar technology (an L-C network comprising common-mode chokes and noise suppression caps). Some, like Belkin, also include ferrite chokes.
I use a Belkin PureAv PF-60 with my HT system because I liked the triggering options, flexible programmable turn on/turn off delay for each outlet bank, and extreme voltage automatic shutdown feature.
IMO you don't need voltage regulation or UPS unless your mains voltage fluctuates outside the range of 114V - 126V (±5% of 120V) or you have frequent brownouts. Equipment is made to tolerate the differences. The exception will be tube amplifiers, especially vintage ones, where tubes will run hotter with increased line voltage, shortening their life.
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Another and completely different device is also called a surge protector. Designed for protection from the typically destructive type of surge. And costs significantly less money. Facilities that cannot have damage, instead, earth this other and effective protector. Then a protector remains functional even after direct lightning strikes.
Neither the Belkin nor other discussed solutions claim to protect from typically destructive surges. Otherwise each recommendation came with a number that defines that protection. No numbers were provided for good reason. A protector adjacent to appliances must either block or absorb that surge. How does its hundreds of joules absorb a surge that is hundreds of thousands of joules? It doesn't. And when it fails, many will recommend that one-shot wonder. Many must recommend by ignoring numbers.
A transformer does galvanic isolation. Many forget what is already inside electronics - a transfomer. Superior galvanic isolation. But again, many adjacent protectors are sold to do less than what already exists inside appliances.
A typically destructive surge is maybe once every seven years. What must be protected from a destructive surge? The Belkin, Monster, etc. Informed homeowners installed one 'whole house' protector to even protect those tiny protectors. Provided by more responsible companies such as Siemens, Leviton, Square D, Ditek, General Electric, Polyphaser, ABB, or Intermatic. A Cutler-Hammer solution even sold in Lowes and Home Depot for less than $50. But again, the protector does not do protection. Critical for better protectors is a dedicated wire that makes a short (ie 'less than 10 foot') connection to what actually does the protection - single point earth ground.
Any useful recommendation will say where hundreds of thousands of joules dissipate. Every facility that cannot have damage earths a 'whole house' protector. A completely different device that just happens to have a similar name.
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While not always agreeing with everything that West Tom writes!
In this case I agree 100 % about the goodness of the 'whole house' protector's that he listed.
Get yourself a Tripp-Lite AVBAR8 for $50 from newegg and spend the money you saved on popcorn.
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Here it goes again, the old double standard. An 'elderly' Tea Party leader, Inge Marler, gave a speech at a Ozark rally. The speech was about growing up in Yugoslavia and coming to America. Without telling anyone ahead of time, prior to her speech, she told the inappropriate joke. The Ozark groups founder, Richard Caster, 21, said of the 'grey-haired elderly lady', "In her heart, she is a good lady but she said something stupid. If I said that, I would leave the movement. We are good people." Leave her leader position perhaps, but the entire movement? Is there no forgiveness for this woman? Probably not, what's more likely is the group knows what's coming...what's already happening. The media will attack the entire party based on the inappropriate joke from this one woman. The party wants to look like they did the 'right thing'.
Certainly, the joke was inappropriate. Certainly there are party members who are racist, but time and time again, the left has failed to produce any real evidence that the group, as a whole, is racist. They believe that anyone who doesn't like President Obama is a racist. They insist on everyone going 'Green', yet they leave trash in meeting places, fly in private jets and drive in SUVs. When Ted Kennedy died, if anyone said anything bad about him, they were disgusting, yet they delighted in the death of conservative Andrew Breitbart. Worst of all, they preach tolerance but practice intolerance. It just goes on and on and most of the time, it gets brought back to "You're a racist."
Caster told Huffington Post, "It dawned on me that this little old lady got on stage and said a two-bit, retarded joke that she should not have said and it was all over. It's funny how a little old lady can cause a huge stir." Wonder when it will dawn on the media that he said the word 'retarded'? He added that he wished that the media would focus more on more serious party issues rather than party shockers. Naturally, under the Marler article, HuffPo has 'The Ten Scariest Tea Party Signs' and 'Tea Party Guy's Crazy Gun Ad'.
It's probably an old excuse, but it's true, Marler comes from a different time and place. Does that give her a pass? No! But, she doesn't deserve what they will do to her for this 'joke':
A black child asks his mother what a democracy is.
'Well, son, that be when white folks work every day so us poor folks can get all our benefits,' the mother responds.
'But mama, don't the white folk get mad about that?' the boy asks, to which she replies: 'They sure do, son. They sure do. And that's called racism.'
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September 19, 2013
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Members can access the SmartSelect shopping tool when they use the Blue Cross "Find a Doctor" web tool via a mobile phone, tablet or computer. The tool helps members choose a physician or hospital in their network, search and compare providers on cost and quality indicators, and, similar to many consumer websites, read and write reviews on providers. The SmartSelect tools offer national cost and quality information for providers, based on data collected from all Blue Cross plans, representing 96 percent of hospitals and 92 percent of doctors nationwide.
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Commonwealth Journal
February 27, 2013
Whitson facing 15-year sentence
Plea bargain details released
by Heather Tomlinson
Commonwealth Journal
Somerset —
A Somerset man who pleaded guilty this week to child porn charges could be facing 15 years in prison, accord-ing to court doc-uments.
Eric Whitson, 35, appeared in U.S. District Court in London on Tuesday for a re-arraignment and pleaded guilty to one count of producing child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
He had also been charged with two counts of receiving child pornography. The U.S. has moved to dismiss the receipt of child porn charges, according to court documents accessed electronically by the Commonwealth Journal.
The details of a plea deal submitted to the court were unavailable Tuesday, but the documents were provided to the Commonwealth Journal by the U.S. Attorney's office Wednesday.
The U.S. will move to recommend 180 months in prison, or about 15 years for Whitson, during his sentencing, which is scheduled for June 11, 2013.
Whitson was arrested on November 21 by Somerset Police Department detectives and agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation at his home on Cooper Drive in Somerset. Authorities were carrying out a federal arrest warrant based on evidence of child pornography found on items taken from Whitson's home during a search. The arrest came after a two-week joint investigation conducted by SPD and the FBI, which began on November 5 after SPD received a complaint from an alleged adult victim who stated he'd discovered a camera in Whitson's bathroom.
The plea agreement also contains some details of the case.
"On or about Oct. 30, 2012, the (d)efendant videotaped in two segments a minor male victim as the victim urinated at the (d)efendant's residence ... the first and second segments are 45 and 47 seconds long, respectively, and both focus directly on the genitals of the victim," states the agreement. "The minor was unaware the video was being made."
The camera Whitson used to record the victim was concealed in a black box that sat on the toilet tank.
"The camera was positioned at groin height and faced directly over the tank, where a male's genitals would be expected to be when standing and urinating."
According to the agreement, the images captured by the recorder could be viewed in real time in Whitson's bedroom, and Whitson had to start and stop the recorded before and after each segment.
The search warrant carried out by SPD on Nov. 5 revealed numerous images showing minors engaged in sexually explicit actions. The plea agreement states that more than 600 such images were found.
"The images were in digital media of various forms (computer hard drives, compact discs, etc.), involved pre-pubescent children and, in some cases, sadistic and/or masochistic conduct," states the plea agreement.
Whitson was remanded back into custody after Tuesday's hearing and transferred to the Laurel County Correctional Center, where he's been since his arrest. Whitson will also be required to register as a sex offender after his release from prison.
U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves is overseeing Whitson's case.


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Oklahoma remains the clear favorite to win the Big 12, according to the latest odds posted by Bovada. The Las Vegas sportsbook released odds on each team's chance to win the conference earlier this summer and recently released an updated set of od...Blog | July 30, 2014
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8/20 Fucked Up - The Garage
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Deorro, empire of the sun and showtek.
Is Empire of the Sun considered EDM? Will they be in the Sahara Tent?
Great list Goose. Don't forget Art Department, Solomun, Nina Kravitz and Nicole Moudaber.
My number 1 priority is Hot Since 82.
People over on the prediction thread surely think so.
Everyone needs to shut the fuck up about whoever they are talking about and just see Factory Floor. I saw their NA tour kick off show in Vancouver last night and they absolutely killed it. Fucking incredible and so intense.


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Production on RATLINE has transitioned into a different flavor of filmmaking.
At the start of this project, it was all panic and break-neck speed. For us, pre-production usually spans six to twelve months, but for RATLINE, pre-production was crammed into two months. When the shoot started, the details of each production day were falling into place sometimes scant hours before crew call time. And to keep things really interesting, an insane amount of shooting was scheduled for each day.
One dusk-to-dawn night shoot, early in the schedule, we accomplished fifty camera setups. (On an average, efficiently-run shoot, fifteen to twenty camera setups a day is the norm.) This night was even more difficult because we were shooting outside, the temperature plunged to freezing cold, and half the cast was naked and covered in blood.
As the already-hectic shoot progressed, we encountered numerous location issues, most stemming from our high school building location (secured as the primary shooting location for RATLINE) being yanked away from us two days into shooting there. Fighting to stay on-schedule, my team was running all over the St. Louis area, evaluating potential shooting locations that we could transplant scenes to - all while I kept a shooting unit operating at maximum speed and workload.
And to add to the burden my cast and crew carried, the shooting days just kept getting longer. We'd generally shoot fifteen to seventeen hours a day. After one grueling seventeen hour day, we had a six-hour turnaround (as in, there were six hours between "that's a wrap" and the call time for the next day) and then we dove into a punishing twenty-three hour shooting day!
I have not pushed myself and my team this hard since the production of SAVAGE HARVEST. I am not 21 years old anymore, as I was on the HARVEST shoot, so I didn't know if my body would hold up to this schedule. Under the circumstances, I think I held up pretty well. And despite the long hours, bitter cold, location problems, and sleep deprivation, I have had a blast making this movie.
Ongoing high stress plus lack of sleep usually results in a very unhappy, minutes-from-mutiny cast and crew. My team, however, stayed tough as nails. Spirits remained remarkably high, and the dedication everyone gave to RATLINE never faltered. These people I work with are simply amazing - the best of the best.
After fatiguing shooting days on RATLINE, many of my crew return to the Wicked Pixel Cinema offices on days we are not shooting to help me work on the million other things that gotta get done.
Trevor Williams takes care of everything here having to do with computers. Jason Christ, Gus Stevenson, Bob Nealon, and Jim Wayer take care of everything web-oriented, including Wicked Pixel Cinema's website, webstore, and MySpace pages. Workaholic Jim Wayer also does most of our graphics work - including selecting and preparing the photos FEARnet.com displays with this blog of mine.
Now, the stretches of hectic, long days of shooting are behind us. Our last "official" shoot of RATLINE production (principal cinematography) is January 17th. However, there are already another four days of special effects, pickups, and re-shoots scheduled through Spring. These 2009 days are a different flavor because we are now getting the shots that are more complex and time consuming. The emphasis is on prep, not on the actual day of shooting.
These kinds of shots are already being done. On our last day of shooting in '08, we shot a lot of gore footage, including some wonderfully horrifying decapitation images.
I had the tamest New Year's Eve night of my adult life. After all the stress of the RATLINE shoot, and the far less-enjoyable stress of the holidays, I hit a brick wall and got sick. (As I type this, I'm still trying to shake a fever and the annoying headache it's causing.) Instead of going to a New Year's Eve party, I spent a quiet night at home. I watched HELLRAISER: INFERNO (which was much better than I expected it would be). I had a single, small alcoholic beverage as Dick Clark counted down to midnight and the big ball dropped. I was in bed shortly thereafter.
I'll have to make up for it at the RATLINE wrap party!
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Oldcotes Car Boot Sale and Sunday Market03/08/2014
The largest Sunday Market and Car Boot Sale in North Nottinghamshire, with fruit and veg, plus new and second-hand goods.
Retford Business Forum04/08/2014
Calling all businesses in Retford - come & find out what is happening in Retford town centre and contribute your ideas & suggestions. The only way to make a difference to our town centre is to join forces and be heard!
Bassetlaw Business Focus open evening to help your business05/08/2014
Bassetlaw Business Focus free Open Evenings are available to all types of business, large and small. They offer the opportunity to meet other business people, discuss any topical or relevant issues, to discuss any problems a business might be experiencing, or answer queries they may have. All discussions are kept totally confidential within the group.
Retford War Weekend 201409/08/2014
Celebrating the best of the 40's, a great day out for the whole family with something for everyone! Centered in the award-winning Kings Park (Chancery Lane) spreading out into the Market Square and Town Centre, lots of interest and special offers in town. Full details from the website www.retford.wix.com/warweekend
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Does anybody recognize this Polk powered sub-woofer? It's up for sale on an online classified ad board for $80.00, and I'm in the market for a sub. So I'd like to know the model number, year of production and anybody's opinion on what I can expect from this speaker. Any help/advice would be appreciated. The seller says it's an 8" powered subwoofer with 100 Watt Output.
I also found another ad for Polk Audio PSW10 for $100.00
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In the past few days, media representatives have flocked around the carcass of the hygiene hypothesis, apparently believing that they were witnessing the passing of this decades-old idea.
Following the release of details about a single new study, an unprecedented number of news outlets ran articles declaring the demise of the hypothesis which had proposed that the increasingly germ-free surroundings of modern life are contributing to the recent increase in allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases.
The study in question has found that, contrary to what some previous studies have suggested, children who enter the bacteria-rich environment of daycare at an early age may not have a reduced risk of allergies and asthma in later childhood.
The most objective comment on the new research has been provided by NHS Choices. Other media reports of the research include: Reuters, EurekAlert, BBC News, The Daily Telegraph, Science Daily, Medical News Today, The Nursing Times, The National Examiner, and The Los Angeles Times.
What none of the reporters involved seem to have realised is that the hygiene hypothesis was already dead, having been superseded by a new 'old friends hypothesis' which emphasizes the need for exposure not just to infectious bacteria, but to a particular range of organisms with which our species has coexisted throughout its evolutionary history – notably harmless microorganisms from soil, untreated water, fermenting vegetable matter and, critically, parasitic worms.
Not a single one of the above media reports mentions the old friends hypothesis!
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Narendra Modi got more votes than anyone in universe
"In the IT space it make sense to be selective and we would look at companies which have been consistently showing sales growth."
David Cameron added that the plan was designed to hammer home the message to new arrivals that they could not expect to get "something for nothing".
The protagonist of Red or Dead, David Peace's ninth novel, is Bill Shankly, who managed the Liverpool Football Club from 1959 to 1974.
Lew's private investment company Australian Retail Investments said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange it had more than 53.1 million David Jones shares.
The man, who founded Abbott Mead Vickers which later became AMV BBDO, Britain's most popular ad haven; created exemplary campaigns for brands like The Economist, Chivas Regal, Volvo, Volkswagen and The Yellow Pages.
We are positive on NBFCs as compared to PSU banks. We have exposure and selectively increased it as well, he said.
Kilcullen cites Mumbai (26/11), Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down) & Arab spring as examples of future conflicts where tabs & smartphones will be as useful as drones to kill enemies.


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Well, I'm not really sure if this was good, cause I couldn't understand half of what was going on.
It's about a security gaurd who discovers evil spirits within the mirrors. Basic I guess.
I'd say most people on this website are into most anything scary, but not me and this was way to gross and gory for me, so if your not into that this isn't for you.
I'm going to be honest, this wasn't very good, and the end made no sense what-so ever!
I'd only recommend this movie if you have a long attention span[Again, Unlike me].
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Napkin Art #15: ABQ 505 Squiggleydoo
I can't remember much about the woman who made today's napkin except that she's a kickass artist and was super kind to draw a napkin for me. Stark spaces, bold lines and a sense of collapsing symmetry underscore a message of iconic (ironic?) local pride. It's destined to be a classic. Thank you, napkin lady.
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Courtesy of Steve Wulff
"Insane Steve" might be an accurate moniker.
Anyone planning to snowshoe 26 miles cross country nonstop across the continental divide overnight in the dead of a Colorado winter has got to have a little crazy in him, after all.
So when a friend tagged Steve Allen's incoming emails as from "Insane Steve," the 53-year-old Silverton resident could only shrug and chuckle because next Thursday, that snowshoe trip, from Silverton to Lake City, is exactly what he's doing.
"I'm actually cutting through the mountains, so I'm not taking any roads," Allen said.
And this is no ordinary walk in the woods.
"Everybody's all for it. There's a lot of support," Allen said. "They're all like, 'how the heck are you going to make it?'"
"I'm putting my life on the line, actually."
Allen has his reasons.
When family friend 16-year-old Dillon Paxton died in a car accident over the summer, Allen said it hit him hard.
"That was the first time in my life I actually lost it," Allen said. "I'm pretty straightforward, like most people, but I lost it that day."
It also got him thinking about Silverton's youths and youth center, where Dillon served as a peer guide and on the Youth Advisory Council. Allen decided he, too, needed to do something to serve the young people of his community.
Growing up 45 miles from town with only three neighbors, Allen knows what it's like to be in the mountains and how important community activities can be for kids. With his experience in the mountains, Allen figured he might be able to do something just crazy enough to raise some money for Silverton's youth center and provide an example for local kids.
The snowshoe plan was hatched.
"Steve's a really nice guy in Silverton, and is always willing to help anybody, and for him to be so passionate about this adventure, I decided to support him," said Pam Welty, former president of Silverton's Chamber of Commerce. "I'm just real excited that he's attempting this feat, crossing some of the most dangerous, avalanche-prone mountains in the world, basically in the dead of winter."
Welty is one of a handful of individuals and businesses that have made donations and pledges of money and supplies (ski passes would be perfect, Allen said) to go to the Silverton, Lake City and Ouray youth centers in recognition of Allen's trek.
"Helping the kids ... is our future community," Allen said. "It helps keep them on the straight and narrow. It sort of helps give them a normality. And even if I don't raise much money, they'll see someone is out there doing that and maybe inspire them.
"All we need now is lots of snow," he said.
Allen plans to take off from Silverton about 9 p.m. Thursday, heading up Stony Pass in the dark, armed only with a headlamp for light on the "most treacherous" part of the journey.
"In the dark, you have to pay attention to everything," Allen said, adding that he nearly walked off a cliff in the dark during training last month. "The headlamp doesn't cover you. You have to pay attention to your terrain and your balance more."
From there, he'll cross into Maggie Gulch and Minnie Gulch, then drop down into Cuba Gulch to Cottonwood Creek, where Allen hopes to meet a few random cross country skiers, "if I'm lucky."
Then, he'll cross Mill Creek and run along the shoulder of Red Cloud Peak in the dark, almost 24 hours into the journey.
"When you're tired, your perception changes. You can't see half the stuff that's there. It affects you mentally," Allen said. "At the 20-hour mark or so, I'm going to be pretty beat. So mentally, I'm going to be holding on."
From Red Cloud, Allen will get onto the Alpine Gulch Trail to the Matterhorn Trail and into Lake City about 36 hours after he starts.
"It's going to be nonstop – as in, no staying over anywhere. There is nowhere to stop anyway," Allen said.
To prepare, Allen has been training for a couple of months and scouting sections of his route at night.
He said he probably should've trained longer, but "It's more willpower than anything anyway."
As far as gear goes, Allen will be wearing a Gore-Tex outfit with polyester underwear top to bottom to keep out the subfreezing nighttime chill, and he'll carry a backup set just in case he runs into deep snow.
"I'm going to be plowing snow, as they say," Allen said.
Snow depth currently is about 2 feet on the north faces and a few inches elsewhere, Allen said. He's hoping for more snow, just not on Dec. 12.
"I could be in for a real doozy," Allen said of common, early December snowstorms. A couple feet of snow could be "a real problem."
Nutrition also will be a key part of his 40-pound pack.
Primarily, Allen will be carrying eight flasks of hot soup, boiled up before he leaves, instead of water. They won't freeze like water, and will provide a little extra heat and nutrients.
"The soup solves several problems," Allen said. "It tastes a lot better than water, especially if you flavor it up a little bit, put a little chili powder in there."
He'll also have some Clif Bars, pemmican and plenty of chunks of salted organic butter – an item Allen said has been standard for Arctic expeditions with its extra fat.
Melt the butter with cinnamon, nutmeg and apples, slice it up and freeze it, and Allen said you've got a great snowshoeing snack.
Finally, there's the snowshoes with extra-long snow poles, which Allen said will make it easy to walk up and down steep terrain, through deeper snow and across creeks.
"You can actually move along at a pretty quick pace if the snow has hardened up," he said.
Allen's family and friends will be able to follow him by satellite transmitter, as will search and rescue personnel, though Allen said if anything happens overnight, he's on his own until morning.
"But nothing will happen, other than spraining my ankle or something," said Allen, who added that he's more worried about mountain lions than anything else.
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By Sarah Plummer
Register-Herald Reporter
The Fayette County Education Fund has spent 11 years doing youth leadership programming and educating the public by spreading environmental awareness.
Fund President David Pollard explained that the fund was created by the county commission to develop educational programs for the community.
Pollard said the youth leadership program has touched the lives of about 150 high school juniors since its inception.
Juniors are chosen through a rigorous application process and participate in a nine month-long curriculum, during which they get environmental education and community service experience at Wolf Creek Park in addition to other diverse sessions.
They attend the NASA's Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University and learn about economic development, he said.
"We work to make them aware of the opportunities that are here in West Virginia so they can make an informed decision to return here and raise a family when they complete their higher education," explained Pollard. "I think sometimes we do a great job of telling our young people that they have to leave the state because there are no jobs here and I don't think that is true."
Juniors chosen for the leadership program also receive a $500 stipend and have community mentors to correspond with throughout their college experience, he added.
Much of the Fayette County Education Fund's work centers around Wolf Creek Park's Wetlands Boardwalk, educating youth and the public on the importance of wetlands, water quality and birds, which are an indicator of environmental well-being, he said.
"In some ways Wolf Creek Park is a big experiment. The county owns 1,000 acres they are developing as a mixed-use business park with businesses and residences. In it we have a trail system that promotes environmental learning," explained Pollard. "So, as the businesses and housing portions develop, we do so in a way that causes the least amount of fragmentation in the 1,000-acre ecosystem system."
Yearly, the Fayette County Education Fund reaches about 500 individuals of all ages, in part through the annual New River Gorge Birding Festival recently recognized as one of the top 10 birding festivals in the world in "Bird Watcher's Digest."
The Birding Festival has drawn people from 46 states and two foreign countries.
In addition, the festival draws more than $100,000 a year into the local economy over one weekend, he said.
"The activities in our area that tend to get most of the attention are rafting, mountain biking, hiking, and climbing, but we are brining in a diverse group for birding," said Pollard. "there is almost nothing like our Wetlands Boardwalk in the state. Less than 1 percent of West Virginia is wetlands."
The Wolf Creek wetlands were created by beaver dams and subsequent ponding.
The fund also hosts a free August festival devoted to hummingbirds and a weekend fall festival focused on warblers and hawk migration.
Pollard said has been fortunate to receive funding through the United Way, grants and contributions from the business community.
Consulting director for the Fayette County Education Fund is Bill Hilton Jr., a naturalist recognized as one of the "50 Best Brains in Science" by Discover magazine in December 2008, noted Pollard.
Hilton is the only person in the world currently studying ruby-throated hummingbirds both on their summering grounds in North America and their wintering grounds in Central America, he added.
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Restoring Wildlife Populations
I am interested in combining field data with population models and genetic analyses to help determine the most effective way to restore wildlife populations impacted by human perturbations. The modeling takes advantage of the sometimes surprising fact that all population processes (for example births and deaths of particular classes of individuals) are not created equal in their effects on population growth; by identifying that particular vital rates – say adult reproduction or juvenile survival – has disproportionate effects on population growth when modified under management, we can determine management strategies that are most likely to recover species that are hovering near extinction. We are doing this on a large scale by developing a general set of scientifically based rules for conserving and recovering rare and endangered species for which little data exist.
In the field, my graduate students and I have a number of restoration-related projects investigating factors that cause some wildlife populations to flourish while others decline toward extinction. One example includes our work with Olympic marmots, a distinct subspecies found only in and around Olympic National Park, Washington. We have been using non-invasive genetic sampling of marmots (using sticks with tape on them that grab the hairs of marmots as they emerge from burrows) and of coyotes (by collecting their feces and using genetic analysis to distinguish coyotes and determine their diet). From these studies we have learned that coyotes, recent colonizers of the Olympic high country only in the last couple of decades, are the most likely drivers of marmot decline.
Another wildlife restoration project includes nearly a decade of work my students, postdocs and I have been doing on snowshoe hare population dynamics. Hares are of inherent interest because of their famous cyclic dynamics in the North, and because they are the primary prey item for federally Threatened Canada lynx. The applied restoration components of these projects center on how hares respond to a variety of logging practices. Private timber companies (including Plum Creek) are now implementing new selective thinning regimes based on our field studies. Also, we are studying hares in Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks to understand the role that Parks play in maintaining and restoring hare and lynx populations.
Finally, we are linking ecological science to the recovery of particular threatened and endangered species. We are studying the federally Endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, the rarest mountain sheep in North America, across the handful of small and isolated subpopulations that make up the species distribution. By coupling years of field studies with GPS-based telemetry collars, genetic sampling, and habitat and population models, we aim to develop a scientific basis for recovering the species. Similarly, we are identifying the reasons that an endangered endemic flying fox in the Philippines is declining while a related species is increasing; by determining the causes for species differences we will be able to provide biological insights into recovery planning for the endangered flying fox.


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SAN BERNADINO, Calif. (March 8, 2008) -- Chad Wienen led a trio of Team Rockstar/MSR/Pro Taper/Suzuki/Yoshimura quads in qualifying Saturday for tomorrow's Pro ATV race at Glen Helen Raceway. The event is the season opener for the ITP/Moose Racing AMA/ATVA ATV Championship Series Presented by Parts Unlimited.
Wienen's Suzuki teammates Dustin Wimmer and Doug Gust were second and third fastest, respectively. Can-Am riders Greg Gee and John Natalie, Jr. completed the top five.
The Glen Helen event continues tomorrow with the first moto scheduled for 1 p.m. PDT, followed by the second moto at 3 p.m. PDT.
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About the ATV Association (ATVA)The ATV Association ("ATVA") is the official sanctioning body of the amateur division of the ATVA ITP/Moose Racing ATV National Motocross Championship Series Presented by Parts Unlimited. The 9,000-member ATVA is a sister organization of the 260,000 member American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). ATV racing has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years, and continues to gain momentum and support, outselling off-road motorcycles annually. Each ATVA round attracts hundreds of racers who compete for bragging rights to one of 31 amateur national titles. For more information, please visit www.atvaonline.com.
About the ATV Promoters Group (ATVPG)The ATVPG is composed of the individual promoters that host the AMA ITP/Moose ATV National Motocross Championships, presented by Parts Unlimited. The goal of the ATVPG is to raise awareness of ATV motocross through the production of professional and amateur championship racing events. For more information on the ATVPG and the ATV National events they produce, please visit www.atvmotocross.com.
About the ITP/Moose Racing ATV National Motocross Championship Series Presented by Parts UnlimitedThe AMA ITP/Moose ATV National Motocross Championship Series Presented by Parts Unlimited is the nation's premier amateur and professional ATV motocross series, and competes at top motocross facilities nationwide. The 11-round series features the Nation's best racers, teams and sponsors, and is America's largest and longest-running ATV National Motocross series with more than 20 years of competition. The series continues to expand and produce top talent from the amateur ranks, while keeping close to the grassroots fun that makes people love to go to the races.
Series sponsors include title sponsors ITP Tires and Moose Racing, and presenting sponsor Parts Unlimited. Premiere and Feature sponsors include ATV Sport, Moto Tees, Scott USA, Maxxis Tires, Elka Suspension and H-Bomb Films/Division Four. Associate sponsors include Weekend Warrior Trailers, Denton Racing, and Hinson Racing. Media partners include ATV Insider, ATV Rider and ATVRiders.com. For more information, please visit www.atvmotocross.com.
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July 31, 2014
The Federal Government unveiled its new Food Pyramid on Tuesday, April 19. It's called 'Mypyramid,' and consists of 12 new pyramid designs - made to fit individual nutritional needs and lifestyles.
The guide features colored food groups running vertically from the top of the pyramid to the base and for the first time, stresses the importance of exercise.
To help control portion sizes, the guide will now also use specific measurements instead of "serving" sizes. Experts say the changes are a good idea and that hopefully, it will help trim some fat off the population.


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KNIGHTDALE — Clayton's Gary Clark knew he would have to assert himself for his Comets to come away with a victory on the road against a tough Knightdale team Tuesday night. Clark did just that. With authority.
The 6-foot-8 University of Cincinnati signee scored 34 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Comets to a 79-72 victory in a battle between two of the teams expected to contend for the Greater Neuse River 4A Conference title. During one second-half stretch, Clark simply took over.
With the Comets up 42-34 with five minutes left in the third quarter, Clark got the ball in the post on three of four Clayton possessions. Each time, he spun around a defender, rose above the rim and slammed it home.
After the third one, even some of the home Knights fans were on their feet – being able to recognize an amazing stretch when they saw it, even if it was by an opponent.
"Gary was the most active and determined that he has been this year and we are going to need him to stay that way," Clayton coach Denny Medlin said. "I thought that we executed on both ends of the floor better probably than we have most of the year, but we had to because Knightdale is a very good team. I am real proud of the guys tonight and the effort they gave."
Clark ended the night with four dunks, adding a jaw-dropping move in the fourth quarter when he got the ball about 10 feet from the basket, dribbled, spun and elevated for another slam.
"I've lost to Knightdale twice since I've been here," Clark said. "That's because Knightdale is always a tough team to play against. I knew my team was going to depend on me tonight to bring out the intensity and be aggressive."
Clark has a versatile game, being able to dribble the ball upcourt against the press at times, play on the wing and hit soft pull-up jumpers in the lane. On Tuesday, he even made three free throws after he was fouled taking a 3-pointer from the side.
But when he gets the ball down low, if the opportunity presents itself, he loves to power his way for a dunk.
"Coach doesn't think I'm aggressive enough sometimes, thinks I'm too passive," Clark said. "Tonight in a big game like this, I knew I had to assert myself on the offensive end. When I turn to the basket and there are no hands coming across, my intention is to go up and dunk it."
Knightdale coach Anthony Byrd and his team simply had no answer for Clark. The Knights played physical defense against the big man, trying to keep him out of the post, but could not contain him.
"Clark caused a lot of problems for us inside," Byrd said. "Tonight was a hard night just to defend him. He did what Clayton needed him to do. He really stepped his game up tonight and put them on his back and carried them to victory."
Not that Clark was a one-man show. The Comets (8-1, 2-0 Greater Neuse River 4A) got 15 points from sophomore guard Tre Armstead and 10 from senior guard Jake Turner.
Knightdale (6-3, 1-1) countered Clark's inside strength with an outside game, hitting eight 3-pointers in the game and getting 27 points from junior guard Ronshad Allen-Shabazz – 21 of those coming in the second half – and 13 points from senior guard Marcell Johnson.
"It hurt us a lot in the first half when Ronshad got his third foul and we had to sit him down," Byrd said. "We had to sit him for most of the second quarter. We couldn't risk a chance of him getting that fourth foul. If I had had him in there, it might have been more interesting at the end."
Clayton led 17-12 at the end of the first quarter and was up 27-21 when Clark picked up his third foul with three minutes left in the half. With Clark on the bench, the Comets were still able to maintain their advantage getting seven points from Turner down the stretch to lead 38-27 at halftime.
The second half was showtime for Clark. And the Comets jumped on his back and rode him to victory.


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All of our professional and continuing education programs are specifically designed to help you achieve your individual educational goals as a nontraditional, part-time student. Academic Enrichment Studies allows you to take classes at a discounted rate, making an already affordable education easier to manage financially.
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Congressmen promote national manufacturing strategy
U.S. Rep. Tim Holden and Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland visited ArcelorMittal's steel factory to promote bills for a national manufacturing strategy.
U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, who represents Dauphin and Lebanon counties, and Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland visited ArcelorMittal's steel factory yesterday in Steelton to promote bills for a national manufacturing strategy, according to the company.
The National Manufacturing Strategy Act was introduced and passed last year in the U.S. House, according to a Democratic blog. The legislation would require the Commerce Department to review the manufacturing sector and develop short- and long-term goals to bolster domestic manufacturing through policy and industry initiatives. The bill still needs approval from the U.S. Senate.
Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal's midstate plant makes rails for the railroad industry.
Democrats Holden and Stoyer also held a manufacturing roundtable discussion yesterday at the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and Capital Region Economic Development Corp. offices on Front Street.
- Edited by Amanda McLeman, Plant Engineering, www.plantengineering.com
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Blick Armature and Sculpture Wire
Blick Armature and Sculpture Wire is a soft and flexible aluminum wire that can be used by artists of all ages as a underlying structure for sculptures, wall decorations, and more. Available in a variety of thicknesses, this lightweight wire is ideal as an armature for clay, papier mâché, and plaster roll sculptures. Non-staining and non-corrosive, its pliability and low cost also make it great for classroom projects. Note — The finer the wire, the larger the gauge.
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Not-so-heavy metal.
The 3T ARX Team stem is built to balance competing factors: It needs to be light, it needs to be stiff, and it needs to be immensely durable. Perhaps it's no surprise, then, that Arx is Latin for stronghold. Durability is its greatest quality.
The ARX Team is forged to give its aluminum grain structure optimal strength. The steerer and bar clamp are beefed up but carefully designed to minimize stress on your fork steerer tube and handlebar (whether they're carbon or not). The ARX Team passes the recently re-vamped, made-much-more-demanding DIN and CEN certification tests.
At 120g, 3T keeps it light by outfitting the ARX Team with a titanium bolt package. It's available in 10mm increments between 90mm-130mm. It comes in a +/- 6-degree (aka 84-degree) and in a +/- 17-degree (aka 73-degree). The stack at the steerer clamp is 40mm tall. It comes in a 31.8mm clamp size only.
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oh snap!
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Like others who have reviewed this stem, one of the bolts snapped! I mean I am even using a torque wrench and had it at 4nm and what happens? snap! Sheesh. I should have lowered the tolerances to allow for such weak bolts....
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One of the bolt snapped way before reaching the torque value of 5N.m. I stopped there and returned the stem. A friend of mince had 3 bolts snap.
I have the ARX pro on all my bikes and love them but the Ti bolts from 3T are of the lowest quality. Maybe we got a bad batch.
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— Let's start off with a new thing, the Country Rubber Band at the Mifflinburg Moose from 8-midnight tonight. Classic rock and country with a kick. Ricky and Harv will be at Marley's, on Main Street in Bloomsburg from 10-1, and McGuigan's Public House in Sunbury has a double bill, with Greg Snyder from 6-9 p.m. and Something Borrowed from 10-1 a.m. Finally, the Frank Wicher Band is hanging at The Hilltop on Route 45 west of Danville from 8-11 p.m.
And if you're up for a bit of a road trip, the fabulous bluegrass, country and folk band Cabinet is at the Elk Creek cafe and Ale Works on Route 45 in Millheim at 8 p.m. PA Crude is on tap to play for dancing during the Purple Tie Dinner at the Sunbury Social Club. The event is a fund-raiser for the Friends of Shikellamy State Park, the folks who bring you those wonderful Sunday brunches in the park with live music during the summer, as well as the outstanding Overlook concerts. The shindig starts at 5:30 and runs through 11 p.m. If you don't care to do the whole dinner thing and all, you can drop in for the music from 9-11 for just $5.
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The AMD690GM-M2 micro ATX motherboard supports the most powerful and energy-efficient AM2 CPUs like AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core, Athlon 64 FX, and Athlon 64 processors. It is based around the AMD 690G CHIPSET with ATI RADEON X1250 Graphics. The integrated graphics features a DVI connection, enabling users to experience faster graphics performance and higher video quality.
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District Court
The following court records are supplied weekly by the Mayes County Court Clerk's Office.
Phillip Wayne Baucom, assault and battery with a deadly weapon
Cristina Lisa Hurst, assault and battery with a deadly weapon
Michael John Garner, entering with intent to steal copper
Larry Jack Morse, failure to register as sex offender
Matthew Wayne Bias, feloniously pointing firearm
Christopher W. Ryan, possession of controlled dangerous substance
Debra Ann McDaris, public intoxication
Michael Nicholas Heskett, public intoxication
Small Claims
Alfread Ray Ford, Jr. v Bridget Smith, forcible entry and detainer
Reggie Kessler v Mathew McDonald, forcible entry and detainer
Security Finance Corp v Joseph Sloan, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Micki Tibbits, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Michael Long, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Jim Marshall, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Kenneth Hazen, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Matt Davis, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Leresa Cavalier, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Ilene Fritz, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Rose Ketcher, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Teresa Leach, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Sabrina Meredith, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Denna Reemer, money judgment
Commerce Finance v Wauneta Henson, money judgment
Troy Goforth v Allens Quik Lube, money judgment
Civil Suits
Credit Acceptance Corporation v Michelle Ingle, breach agreement/contract
LVNV Funding LLC v Jessica L. Rogers, breach agreement/contract
Antonio Garze v Sureauto Inc, breach of contract
JP Morgan Chase Bank NA v Michele L. Hunt, foreclosure
Wells Fargo Bank NA v Vivian L. Pearson, foreclosure
Bank of America NA v Rebecca Wingard, foreclosure
Baptist Healthcare of Oklahoma DBA v Connie McDaniel, indebtedness
National Collegiate Student Lo v Jeffery Fielder, indebtedness
Velocity Investments LLC v Connie L. Smith, indebtedness
Baptist Healthcare of Okla Inc v Brandon Hawkins, suit on account
AHS Hillcrest Medical Ctr LLC v Susan A. Wagoner, suit on account
AHS Claremore Reg Hosp LLC v Joshua West, suit on account
Brandon Reid Nahte and Merena Shawntel King
Steven Quincy Maxwell and Gwendolen Nicole Rivard
Sidney Keith Ball and Regina Leigh Ball
Jonanna Brooke Smith and Mark Curtis Moore
Amanda Gail Calvert and Gary Wendell Calvert III
Amanda Erwin and William Jason Erwin
Stephen Michael Storie and Kristen Lurlene Storie
Flor Bobier Spencer and Robert Thomas Spencer
City Court
The following court records are supplied weekly by the Pryor Municipal Court Clerk's Office.
Robby Dean Harvey, failure to appear, $209
Timothy Bruce Cline, Jr., speeding in school zone, $179
Alessa Raydean French, speeding over 10 mph, $85
Ronnie Lee King, speeding 1-10 miles over, $69
Jason Price Henry, speeding over 10 mph, $69
Sophia Julene Kirk, following too close, $124
Brenda Michelle Davis, speeding over 10 mph, $97
Cheryl Annette Pittman, speeding over 10 mph, $89
Tama Danyale Roberts, state vehicle license, $124
Steven Vance Tunnell, speeding in school zone, $191
Aaron David Brannon, handicapped parking, $99
Jade Nicole Henigman, speeding over 10 mph, $85
Jennifer Allene Reid, speeding in school zone, $173
Darren Lee Stealer, failure to obey traffic control device, $124
Christopher Dale Lampson, speeding over 10 mph, $93
Shane Alex Hohnstein, speeding in school zone, $183
Jesse Evan Swafford, speeding in school zone, $179
Matthew Garland Wilson, speeding over 10 mph, $101
Taylor James Richards, state vehicle license, $124
Taylor James Richards, insurance or certificate required, $124
Christine Rachelle Becerra, speeding 1-10 miles over, $69
Ashley Leann Weaver, sell/furnish to minors, $149
Ronald William Robers, Jr., no valid driver's license in possession, $199
Don Hastings, insurance or certificate required, $124
Melissa Dawn Jumper, no driver's license in possession, $199
Kenneth Anthony Chavez, seatbets, child restraints, $25
Lloyd Earl Schader II, possession of paraphernalia, $549
Lloyd Earl Schader II, possession of marijuana, $549
Netasha A. Trowbridge, failure to appear, $209
Logan Wayne Head, possession of paraphernalia, $549
Logan Wayne Head, possession of marijuana, $549
Jacquline Lee Whitmore, speeding over 10 mph, $117
Wesley Allan McCoy, speeding in school zone, $179
Jena Lea Foster, speeding in school zone, $185
Brandon Louis Marlin, handicapped parking, $99
Ryan Dale Cooper, no child restraint (seatbelt), $70
Lucien Ray Bolin, failure to appear, $209
Lucien Ray Bolin, resisting officer, $549
Christy Shawn Stites, speeding 1-10 miles over, $69
Michael Leroy Welch II, speeding in school zone, $175
AJ Tyler Lynn Stafford, minor in possession of intox beverage, $199
Property Transfers
The following warranty deeds were filed in the Mayes County Clerk's Office.
Property owners were assessed a document fee of $1,50 per $1,000 of the purchase price.
Carolyn Sue Davidson, Carolyn Sue Pearce (FKA) and Allen D. Davison, sold to Joshua And Ashley Courson, Locust Grove B51 L16-19, $57.75
Joshua and Ashley Courson, sold to Eugene Koelsch, Locust Grove B51 L16-19, $49.50
Stanley Keith McClellan, Caye McClellan, Earl Harley McClellan, Jr., Sandy McClellan, Billy Dale McClellan and Donald Ray McClellan, sold to David Ray Manes, Sr. and Traci Ann Manes, Whitaker B22 L17 PT L16, $111
Ben Sherrer, sold to Terry Lynn McConnell, S13 T19N R20E
Mary Jane Farrar, sold to Ronda J. and Kevin D. Farrar, S6 T23N R20E
Zoella Boling, sold to Zoella Boling, Barbara K. Boling (aka Godspeed) and Elizabeth A. Shannon, S6 T23N R20E
Louis B. and Raye Suzanne Jennings, sold to Kyle S. Demoure and Shanda Green, Southridge 3RD B2 L11
Kyle S. Demoure and Shanda Green, sold to Louis B. and Suzanne Jennings, Southridge 3RD B2 L11
Robert E. and Mary E. Steddum, sold to Garland W. Yarborough, S4 T21N R21E/S8T21N R20E/Salina B10 L19-22, $150
Garland W. Yarborough, sold to Robert E. and Mary E. Steddum, S4 T21N R21E/S8 T21N R20E/Salina B10 L19-22
Rosemary and Gary Hitchcock, sold to Jackie Earl Fleming, S33 T20N R21E
Troy Layne and Leslie Donnell Goforth, sold to Dusty A. and Sarah J. Brickey, Lakeland I, B1 L8, $14.25
James C. and Anita H. Still, sold to Bret A. and Patricia J. Kurth, Leisure Land #2 B5 L2-4,6, $131.25
Terry Lynn McConnell, sold to Pamela Sue Purcell, sold to Jeffery S. and Melissa D. Williams, S13 T19N R20E, $37.50
Tim Henson, sold to Cory and Lacey Ayres, S5 T23N R20E, $210
Henrietta M. Wood, sold to Danita E. Arrowsmith, S36 T21N R18E
Edith Mc Dowell, sold to Janet L. Jones, Howey B68 L40-42, $33
Linda Kay Back, sold to Kristopher A. Lowery, S21 T23N R20E, $127.50
Thomas and Dawnetta Cottman, sold to Thomas and Dawnetta Cottman, Locust Grove B43 L17-19, PT L16
Austin Lee and Audra Faye Anderson, sold to Austin Lee and Audra Faye Anderson, S20 T19N R19E
Harold E. and Ladeen J. Unruh, sold to Christopher S. and Andrea N. Rexwinkle, Adair B55 L2,3, $148.50
Kathy Boilla, sold to Rebecca Kirby Pearce, Big Bluff Ranch B1 L2
Gerald W. and Teresa Gregory, sold to Linda V. Lane, S24 T20N R20E
Jason Willis, sold to James Thomas Dixon, S21 T20N R20E
Diane K. Frederick, sold to Debbie S. Massey, Fleming B2 PT L1, $161.25


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Black Friday? That was SO 2011.
Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, has announced that it will begin holiday shopping specials at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, according to media reports.
The retailing giant also began Black Friday shopping on Thanksgiving 2011, but at 10 p.m. In 2012, the specials start at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
The move could put more pressure on big-box retailers such as Target and Best Buy to push their own opening times earlier, according to Bizjournals.
According to an ad on Walmart.com, Black Friday/Thursday specials include $399 for an iPad 2 (16GB) and $148 for a 32-inch television.
Are you glad to see Black Friday deals extended further into Black Thursday? Or do you feel that it's overkill? Tell us in the comments.


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Pauls Valley, Oklahoma —
The best stories aren't always about saying everything that needs to be said, but finding a way to convey the overall message in a package audiences are not going to zone out of before it's over. I agree there are plenty of opportunities to be epic and slowly march through a compelling plot, but the romantic comedy does not belong on the list.
The 30 or so minutes which probably could have been edited out actually made me almost forget how girly things in this genre can get. That said, I was actually not too afraid of losing much of my masculinity to this chick flick influenced submission and pretty much got all of the comedy I was expecting from the trailer. "The Five-Year Engagement" seems to trail on at times almost as long as its name, but at other moments provides some of the freshest gags seen from a category prone to rinse and repeat.
Starting off in San Francisco, we meet a couple very much in love, a sous chef named Tom Solomon (Jason Segel) and a psychology PHD graduate named Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt). They appear set to head toward that ultimate relationship step after Tom pops the question, when it all starts to go downhill at the engagement party.
At first it seems like just inconvenient delays to their special day like the knocked up matrimony of Violet's sister Suzie Barnes (Alison Brie) and Alex Eilhauer (Chris Pratt) or an acceptance to a post-doctorate program at the University Michigan. Then it only seems to drag on further, which might have actually been best left to montage instead of what they actually did in the film. In any case, the story of how these two struggle actually does speak volumes for many couples and turns into a quest to see if they can even solve their own inner problems.
One of the best parts of this DVD was actually the plentiful extras that included some rather funny stuff either cut out or made in case you aren't too tired to go on. This is where I found I could have watched an uncensored version instead of the theatrical cut, but after one time through I'm not sure I could sit through it all again.
I certainly won't be picking up a copy and really only recommend it if you have a little over two hours and have seen just about everything else in the store. It's certainly not appropriate for anyone else other than adults with the humor and content so I recommend the kids sit this one out. I'm not feeling robbed, but for an average result that wraps up well enough I'd say "The Five-Year Engagement" earns two and a half out of five nuptials.
DVD rental courtesy of Family Video of Pauls Valley.


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Montauk Highway in the Town of Babylon is now closed.
The New York Department of Transportation shut down the road in both directions from Amityville to Babylon Village at Monday afternoon due to flooding, as Hurricane Sandy blows through Long Island. The Department of Transportation expects the highway to reopen at noon Tuesday.
Robert Moses Causeway south of Montauk Highway is also closed due to flooding.
As winds and rain from Hurricane Sandy begin to lash the south shore of Long Island, residents living along the water are seeing water levels rise with several streets already covered and impassable.
A number of homes south of Montauk Highway within the Town of Babylon have already flooded. Firefighters have been called to multiple residencies along the water for families in need of rescue.
Residents needing to evacuate can visit the American Red Cross shelter at Robert Frost Middle School in Deer Park (450 Half Hollow Road) or the Babylon Town Hall Annex (281 Phelps Lane, North Babylon), which has been declared a place of safe haven during the storm.
For families with pets, the Brentwood Recreation Center (99 Third Avenue, Brentwood 11717) is a designated pet-friendly shelter.