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5 Simple Problems Technology Should Have Fixed by Now
Technology means progress. That's what we've been told ever since Ted Technology, inventor of Technology, invented the first Technology. Well, I'm here to tell you, folks: Ted had a lot of virtues -- good friend, brilliant with machines, dong like an active fire hose -- but the man was a pathological liar. Technology does not always mean progress. Sometimes the simplest tasks are left behind by the unceasing forward march of technological development, where they sit huddled, frightened, and alone -- left to die in the vast and unforgiving tundra of obsolescence.
#5. Looking Up Song Lyrics
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The Internet was the greatest technological leap since fire. It has interconnected every corner of the globe, and it houses very nearly the whole catalog of human knowledge. But God help you if you want to know what the fuck Blur was talking about in that "woo-hoo" song. Because to find that information, you have to travel into the seedy, lawless underbelly of the Internet. All song lyric sites, for no reason anybody can explain, are run by Third World cyber mafias that instantly gang rape your antivirus the second you type "pump up the jam lyrics" into Google. It is a foregone conclusion that if you actually click on Lyricspimpz.somalia, you will come away with two things: a set of laughably wrong lyrics to "Cherry Pie," and a virus. And not just any virus; you'll come away with the Conan the Barbarian of malware. It will rape and pillage your C:\ directory just to hear the lamentations of your Program Files.
"Conan! What is best in life?"
"To crush the registry, see it driven before you."
But ... why?
Back when physical CDs were a thing, we had this shit handled with basic liner notes. If you wanted to know if Kurt Cobain said "been a son" or was just a real big fan of Benny Sun, the famed East Asian prop comic, you flipped open that little booklet in the front of the CD and your problem was solved. But now we all have relative supercomputers in our hands that could deliver the complete text of The Iliad in friggin' Klingon, and yet every time your favorite singer mumbles, you still enter a cyber kumite with the life of your $1,000 laptop as collateral.
#4. Delivering Any Kind of Signed Document
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You know when we invented the fax machine?
Motherfuckers still thought the cure for scurvy was "positive thinking," and that dipping your man-wick in the blood of a rabid fox ensured you'd conceive a son. You know when we finally phased the fax out of use? Fucking never! Without even standing up right now, I can scan any document in full color in under 10 seconds and send that sucker whipping across an encoded netherworld of pornography to any location in the world. Yet virtually every major transaction of documents still requires that I stand up, go outside, hop in my car, and drive to a mysteriously unadorned "packing store" that always smells like cardboard and semen, where I will pay $1 to feed my precious signature into a machine that's half a step up from a well-disciplined bird. Then I will stand around for two hours, hoping that the steam-driven Printomofaxualizer on the other end of that line will accept my transmission.
HINT: It will fucking not.
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Pictured: Faxing.
Sure, there are online services that mimic faxing, but:
A. They cost money.
B. They don't work.
C. Why the fuck are we using our far superior machines to emulate obsolete technology?
This isn't retro gaming: Just accept a goddamn attachment, people who need signed documents! But then, maybe I'm being too harsh. Maybe it's not the fault of the Realtors and bankers and car salesmen of the world. Maybe they need a fax because ...
#3. Every Printer in the World Is Broken
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Sometime in 1993, every tech developer on Earth got together, looked at their printers, and said, "Welp, it almost works sometimes. Good enough for me!" Then they all left to play an exceptionally giddy game of grabass together, and we have not spent one single second since then trying to nail down a functional printer design.
I have literally never met anybody with a working printer. I have never even met anybody who has met anybody with a working printer. Oh, we all seem to remember a time when the printer worked flawlessly -- but do we? Do we really? Ask your wife; your roommate; your kids. Did ... did that printer ever really print something? Anything?! OK: Point to it.
You can't!
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"Wood pulp ...text ... what ... is this?!"
That's because the printer industry long ago gave up on building a functional machine that turns basic code into text. That's impossible; it's the stuff of science fiction! They figured it was better to invest their money in Total Recall-style memory implantation instead. Every time you hit "print" and get a successful plain white piece of paper with little black markings on it, you are, in reality, briefly shunted into the Matrix, where the idea that you printed something is incepted into your brain by an elite squad of dream warriors. However, your mind can only handle about eight months of constant memory alteration by any one specific inception team before it starts rejecting the changes and you suffer an aneurysm. Which is why every fucking printer on Earth seems to break exactly eight months after you buy it.
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And if it doesn't break on its own, HP will send some guys over.
So what do you do? You go out and buy a new one -- that's one of your hints right there! Nobody can fix a consumer-grade printer. That nice IT man's face will melt into a swirling whorl of screaming numbers if you even ask. No, your only option is to buy a new dream-interface machine and be assigned a different team of Mind Erasers. Not buying my theory?
You goddamn explain it, then.
We have 3D printers now. We can literally print working automobiles and assault rifles, but we still can't print out an entire Groupon for an erotic Thai shadow massage without self-destructing the $100 piece of dusty machinery sitting on our office floor.


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Each time I try to connect to SDN or SAP services web site I have this problem :
" The page requires a valid SSL client certificate....
HTTP Error 403.16 - Forbidden: Client certificate is ill-formed or is not trusted by the Web server."
Do you have the same problem?
How to solve this issue?
Welcome to SDN
Yes it comes to me and as well as so many people. You could just click on OK and move forward.
Hope this helps
Thanks for your answer but I have no buttom , nothing, just the message and I can't go forward it is the first page.
This problem append only from Yesterday (04/20/2006 12:00 GMT). Before I have no problem.
The only one solution to go to SDN or SAP marketplace is to download a Firefox or IE to go there... It not really helpfull...
service.sap.com works fine for me on Safari (on OS X 10.4.6)
There was yesterday a problem with the servers over there, since one couldn't retrieve any note.
Did you try it today again? Just tested it without problems.
PS IE for Mac does not longer exist.
Pls don't forget to reward points and close the question if you find the answers useful.
Yes i try again, and the status is the following.
and if i try to Apply for an SAP Passport, I didn't receive the identification popup but this message
"The page requires a valid client certificate. ...
HTTP 403.16 - Forbidden: Client certificate untrusted or invalid Internet Information Services"
I receive the message "The page requires a valid SSL client certificate. ....
HTTP Error 403.16 - Forbidden: Client certificate is ill-formed or is not trusted by the Web server."
My configuration is :
Safari Version 2.0.3 (417.9.2)
I expect that until Safari has a certificate installed (I've never seen how) you won't be able to proceed. However, I wonder if installing the correct SSO software will make Safari work crrectly. For now, I get around this by using firefox with my imported cert from my windows box. My Mac isn't set up for SSO.
I just installed the SAP passport in Safari (the certificate is offcourse installed in Keychain). It works perfect. I don't need to enter any passwords anymore for the sites in service.sap.com, sdn etc.
However, I had to press the reload button a couple times until I got in to the passport application site. The same procedure when hitting the submit button. But in the end, I got my SAP passport
SAP Passport? Que?
First go to service.sap.com.
In the pottom of the page (a bit hidden) you will find a link called Benefit from Single Sign-On (the headline right above is vcalled "Questions Regarding Login".
Press the link and it will take you to a site explaining SAP Passport (Single Sign On). In the lower left of the page there is a button "Apply fo an SAP Passport". Press the button, a login popup will appear. Enter your userid and password and press the button to continue. In the next page your name and userid will be filled in by SAP and you have to enter your password again. Use the default key length (2048). Then press the button "Apply for SAP Passport". Now the certificate will be downloaded and you will get the question about saving it in Keychain.
During this process I had to press reload a number of times due to problems loading the different pages. But in the end, the SAP Passport was installed and now I can surf into thew sites of service.sap.com without manual logon.
Good luck
That didn't work for me.
First, I can't go to service.sap.com with Safari because of some certificate issue. This is limited to Intel Macs, I believe. At least, I have the issue on my MBP, but not on my iMac G5.
Second, I used Firefox to follow your procedure, but even though I restarted the browser, I still need to log in manually.
The first issue is the most important to me. I don't mind logging in, but I really don't like having to use a different browser just for the SAP sites.
Sorry, can't help you there. I still use a PowerPC-mac and there it works. However, I wonder why Safari is behaving differently on an Intel-Mac. I mean, it should be the same thing, shouldn't it?
Hi Hans,
I can get to service.sap.com using safari with my Intel Mac. However I then have problems when trying to apply for a passport. On the passport application page I get "The page requires a valid SSL client certificate" .
This is weird, and extremely annoying.
If I go to <https://web.mit.edu/consult/www/certificate/test.html>, Safari will complain about an invalid certificate, but if I click Continue, I'll get the same error:
Safari cant open the page https://web.mit.edu/consult/www/certificate/test.html. The error was: client certificate rejected (NSURLErrorDomain:-1205) Please choose Report Bug to Apple from the Safari menu, note the error number, and describe what you did before you saw this message.
I've tried removing all the Verisign and RSA certificates from my keychains, but that doesn't seem to make any difference. I've already deleted all the invalid certificates.
This procedure works for me using Mac OS X 10.4.6/Safari Version 2.0.3 (417.9.2) on a MacBook Pro. Might want to remove all SAP related items from the keychain first, that's what I did, I had some very stale items in there.
The problem is covered in the following Web-kit bugzilla report:
I have a .mac account, so that may be me stumped until a fix is released.
The Opendarwin team doesn't seem to be working on it. Scroll down on this page to see the discussion.
Hi there, I had the same problem and initially installed Firefox to get a certificate. I then made a backup of the certificate in Firefox and put the file into the keyring. That was it, and now Safari works for me on all the SAP sites that ask for my logon.
Best regards,
Hi Anders,
How did you backup the certificate from Firefox?
Hello John,
View certificates
Choose certificate from the list and press "Backup". This will save the certificate into a PKCS12 file which can be imported to the keyring.
After this Safari should ask to confirm the certificate when entering sdn.sap.com.
Regards, Michael
I tried this but I still got the same error.
What finally worked for me was rebuilding my Keychain using the 'Keychain Access' app.
1) Reset your keychain: Preferences -> Reset my Keychain
- This will create a new keychain and backup the old keychain.
2) Import old keychain entries: File -> Add Keychain
- Select the old keychain on the left.
- Copy entries from old login keychain to new keychain.
- I wouldn't copy any SAP entries since that's what was probably causing the issue
Good luck!
Thanks a lot Michael, this solution worked great for me, I had this issue from quite some time. I am replying from Safari on my Macbook Pro Intel Mountain Lion. Best regards!!
Couple of additional questions for anyone out there:
a) did you import it into the login keychain or the system keychain?
b) also, if you right click on the certificate with the Keychain app, and say "Get Info", the certificate comes up with "This certificate was signed by an unknown authority". is this a problem? does this need to be verified somehow?
c) also, if you right click on the private key within the certificate,, and say "Get Info" and choose the "Access Control" tab, by default it says "Confirm before allowing access". Should the other option of "Allow all application to access this item" be chosen instead?
Frustrated along with everyone else, hate bringing up Firefox just to use sdn and marketplace.
Thought I'd see if anyone has had any more luck getting Safari to work with SDN?
I'm replying from Safari 3.1 on OS X 10.4
You need an installed client certificate as mentioned above. That goes in your keychain under My Certificates. The authority for that certificate (mine is SSO_CA) must have an entry in the trusted certificates list. In Keychain access, import into your x509 anchors a certificate for the root certificate authority (I exported mine from an IE session in windows).
After these are in place, Safari should work with SDN.
My Air apps are also running correctly with this in place.
Hope this helps,
a) did you import it into the login keychain or the system keychain?
b) also, if you right click on the certificate with the Keychain app, and say "Get Info", the certificate comes up with "This certificate was signed by an unknown authority". is this a problem? does this need to be verified somehow?
That is part two of my last post - you need to have the x509 cert installed to tell the browser you trust the certificate authority.
c) also, if you right click on the private key within the certificate,, and say "Get Info" and choose the "Access Control" tab, by default it says "Confirm before allowing access". Should the other option of "Allow all application to access this item" be chosen instead?
Mine is still set at Confirm.
Oddly enough, I never did get it to work.
But, here I am typing this on Safari. Always got so frustrated in brining up Firefox just for SDN, so once and a while I kept trying Safari just for the heck of it..... no luck until today. Have no idea what the difference is, I never changed anything since trying the keychain changes months ago.
Only thing that has happened has been Safari updates (3.1.1 build 5525.20) and Mac updates (10.5.3).
Anyways, something changed either on my Mac side or the SDN/Marketplace side, as all is well.
So, for those out there that might stumble across this thread, give your Safari another whirl!
I cannot login into the SAP sites with Safari -
I get the certificate error. - The page requires a valid SSL client certificate
Your client certificate is untrusted or invalid. A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)client certificate is used for identifying you as a valid user of the resource.
Like someone else has said here - I dont really want to switch to a different browser to get into the SAP sites.
There should really be a way to add a certificate in safari?
I got the same problem and got it solved running OS X 10.8 with Safari 6.0 and Firefox 14.0.1
(but should be working similar in OS X 10.7.x with Safari 5.x)
- Get Firefox 14.0.1 for Mac (unless you have it already installed) from getfirefox.com and install it
- Use Firefox to navigate to service.sap.com using your SAP account (user/pwd) credentials
- Apply for the SAP Passport
(You get there by clicking on the top right link saying "Benefit from Single-Sign-On"
- Install the certificate in Firefox
- Restart Firefox to make sure it worked
- Go to service.sap.com and make sure it is working
( it should offer the certificate that you just installed in the steps above )
If it is not working in Firefox start from scratch as describe here.
!! Continue reading only if your Firefox SAP Passport Logon works !!
- Go to Firefox -> Preferences
- Choose Advanced -> Encryption -> View Certificates
- In the tab "Your Certificates" select the one under "SAP Trust Community" and use the button "Backup..."
- Choose a destination (e.g. your desktop) and use a password to store the certificate backup safely
- Now open "Keychain access" application in OS X
- Drag and Drop the keychain file from the location before (e.g. Desktop) into the list of certificates offered
- Now you should be prompted for the password that you just used before and eventually your computers's admin password in addition
- If you see the certificate under "SAP Passport CA" in the list you should be all set
- Now open Safari and navigate to service.sap.com
- You should be able to choose the SAP Passport certificate and login
You can now safely delete the backed up certificate in your temporary location (e.g. desktop) or move it to a safe location like a pen drive.
Good luck!
It's good to have at least a workaround, though better would be if SAP could create a proper installation procedure for Macs


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Keep Firemouth and Convict Cichlids (Thorichthys meeki/Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus) together?
I would like to know whether Firemouth Cichlids (Thorichthys meeki) and Convict Cichlids (Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus) live in exactly the same biotope in nature?
"exactly the same" is maybe a bit too strong, but at least they originate from similar biotopes.
Do they get along well in a species only tank?
The species do not get along very well with each other (if both are in the tank, it is not a species only tank anyway), except the tank is very large (more than approximately 2 m length). Both species are rather (T. meeki) or very (C. nigrofasciatus) aggressive and territorial. Furthermore, they have quite some physical strength, therefore they will try to enforce territorial requirements with the corresponding vehemence.
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Ivy LaRue, 8 weeks tomorrow. She couldn't be sweeter.
And be ready to link up your babywearing photos & posts for a fun contest tomorrow morning!
OH MY GOSH! I love the hat!
Can't wait to see what the contest is about tomorrow. I'll stay tuned for sure!
OMG she is just so sweet...that is a great outfit where did you get it if you dont mind sharing!ReplyDelete
Her dress is by Sophie Catalou and the headband & flower is by I don't know! All from Butterfly Kisses- (a boutique near me, but I do have the button for their store in my right hand side bar!)
Yay, new baby smell! She's so precious.ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh! That headband and flower?? My stomach just did a little somersault at the sweetness of that.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness that's too cute! Girly, girly, girly, girl! I swear she smells like flowers anyway. Sweet thing.ReplyDelete
Sweet and lovelly and adorably and... ops anybody there could suggest more adjectives to a poor italian girl with too few adjectives in her vocabulary?ReplyDelete
Ouch!!! I need a dentist after that one!!ReplyDelete
Love it!! So sweet, I think I might have to go brush my teeth ;)ReplyDelete
I definitely feel a toothache coming on. That is just too sweet!ReplyDelete
You were meant to have a baby girl ;)ReplyDelete
Baby D has a similar hat and so does her big sister. I had them made to match!ReplyDelete
I love to see photos of everyone wearing there babies. I'll have to see if I can find one of me and my nieces.
That dress is oh so pink and cute.
she is so sweet! I wish Jasper was tiny and sleepy again...ReplyDelete
Precious! How is she 8 weeks old?!?! I guess mine is 6.5 months now and I still think she was just born too. It goes way too fast.ReplyDelete
so beautiful and goodness already 8 weeks old!ReplyDelete
Oh.My.Sweet.Goodness! My daughter and I just collectively let out a huge "Awwwwwwww" when I clicked onto here. The is too precious. And really...8 weeks already? WOW!ReplyDelete
Her outfit is just too cute for words!!ReplyDelete
sooooo sweet and beautiful!ReplyDelete
She is beautiful! I love her outfit. Isn't it so much fun dressing them :)ReplyDelete
I can't stop looking at her picture. This is the cutest girly girl outfit I've ever seen. I do have a toothache now...ReplyDelete
So true! Where did you get her dress? I'm having the hardest time finding dresses that aren't jumpers for Libby.
Love the hat. My Mom makes those. They are SO fun!
I cannot believe that she is already 8 weeks!!!! This time sure does fly.
What a precious picture!
She makes me want a baby!ReplyDelete
Absolutely adorable!! and the dress and flower/headband are cute, too! Thanks so much for allowing me (Butterfly Kisses) to dress your beautiful daughter. She's a pure angel!ReplyDelete
Oh, Steph...she's adorable and for one who thought you weren't going to succumb to the pink...it couldn't be cuter on anyone else!ReplyDelete
awwww...I want that flower hat for myself! But I bet it won't look as sweet on me...lol
She's such an angel looking baby Steph! I miss seeing you and I really want to meet IVY!
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Oh my, what a lovely outfit and a gorgeous baby!ReplyDelete
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She's so precious. I'm constatnly amazed everytime I happen upon your blog how sweet and sleepy and amazing she is when you take her out to all your fun happenings.
What's that Smell Guided me back here, but I think your giveaway will have me back tomorrow.
Aw, how sweet! Who took this photo?! Adore that one...ReplyDelete
That IS just the sweetest thing!!!
I can't believe how big she is already :)
She is so beautiful! I love this picture.ReplyDelete
hehe, toothache, yeah.
She does look soooo sweet!
Oh, and I so despise visiting the dentist!
You're right. She couldn't be sweeter. That is the most precious baby girl hat I've ever seen.
Aw, this makes me smile!
I got your Bloggy Giveaways gift package today. Thank you so much!
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Ohhhhhhh see, now where is stuff like that when I need it?????ReplyDelete
good lord in heaven! i would like to nibble on her, mkay?ReplyDelete
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BELLWOOD - Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic entered Friday night's District 6 Class A semifinal matchup against Bellwood-Antis with the second-best scoring defense in the area.
Featuring one of its biggest defensive fronts in years, BG posted five shutouts and gave up only 10.5 points per game while winning nine of 11 starts coming out of the rugged Laurel Highlands Conference.
However, the Marauders couldn't contain a smaller, quicker Bellwood-Antis offense last night as the Blue Devils raced to a 19-6 victory at Memorial Stadium and garnered a spot in the 6-A championship game next Saturday at Mansion Park against the winner of tonight's Bishop McCort-Northern Cambria game.
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Bellwood-Antis' Casey Gray stiff-arms Bishop Guilfoyle's EJ Madey on a sweep Friday night in Bellwood.
"It's wonderful to be going to the finals," quarterback Seth Worthing said. "Last year, we came up short [to Penns Manor], and we're hoping for a better outcome this time."
"Bellwood is a great team," BG coach Justin Wheeler said. "They've got a lot of speed and made a lot of big plays tonight, so give them credit."
With their offensive line dominating the trenches, the Blue Devils racked up 224 yards on the ground - most of them by junior Casey Gray, the latest in a long line of outstanding tailbacks tutored by veteran coach John Hayes.
Ironically, the 170-pound Gray did most of his damage on quick hitters inside.
"They were taking the outside away so they didn't leave us much choice," Hayes said. "We played awfully big inside against bigger competition.
"We were able to trap well," he noted. "We didn't get a lot of huge chunks but we were able to move the sticks, and that was probably better because we were hanging onto the ball and dominate the clock like we did in the third quarter."
Thanks to a 70-yard pass-run play from Worthing to tight end Ian O'Shea midway through the second quarter, the Blue Devils led 6-0 at the half.
O'Shea missed much of the season with broken ribs and a high ankle sprain and said he was just happy "to be back for the good part of the season."
"I didn't expect to get that many yards," O'Shea said of the long TD play, "but it opened up. I was a little out of breath at the end of the run, but it was fun."
"It's not supposed to be a big play," Worthing said, "but O'Shea did an amazing job breaking it."
The Blue Devils put together a 74-yard, 16-play, time-consuming drive (over 9 minutes) that culminated with Worthing's 2-yard bootleg to start the second half and the Marauders never recovered.
"It's a good feeling when you can go out and do that ... use the clock and score," Hayes said. "If you come up empty, it would be a bad feeling, but to use up almost 10 minutes and get that score gives you a little leeway and the kids were able to loosen up and play a little more relaxed.
"It was awfully tense because there was so much on the line."
"That was a tough drive for us," Wheeler admtted. "We thought, at halftime, if we could get a stop and get some momentum ... but credit them because it was a great drive."
B-A center Kyler Maceno said the key was "we kept moving our feet. That's what the coaches kept stressing to us, move your feet and hit them first.
"We have a small line," Maceno said, "but we're used to that, and our backs kept picking the holes. If we didn't have a hole, they bounced it outside."
Gray rambled for a 24-yard TD and Tyler Campbell kicked the PAT for a 19-0 lead midway through the fourth.
"We played some big teams, but I don't think we played a team as aggressive as them," guard Keith Shawley said. "They might be more aggressive than Richland. All week, we practiced holding our blocks long because we knew we were going to have to give Seth [Worthing] some time to throw and get our running backs around the end.
"I think it turned out pretty well."
BG averted a shutout when Pat Irwin tossed a 17-yard pass to Damon Rickens with 5:23 to play.
"Our guys hung in there," Wheeler said. "This team has come a long way in one year. From one win last year to where we wound up ... I'm just proud to be a part of this."
The Marauders took the opening kickoff and marched to the Bellwood 10 before bogging down. Andrew Logue's 30-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Campbell.
"We had a good opening drive, but one mistake towards the end and we had to go for the field goal, and that changed the momentum," Wheeler said.
"The blocked field goal was huge," Hayes said.
Wheeler teaches at Penn Cambria and his name has been linked to the football coaching opening there.
"I haven't even thought about it," Wheeler said. "I'm happy where I am right now."
Bishop Guilfoyle0 0 0 6 - 6
Bellwood-Antis0 6 6 7 - 19
Second quarter
BA-O'Shea 70 pass from S. Woodring (kick failed), 7:53.
Third quarter
BA-S. Woodring 2 run (pass failed), 2:50.
Fourth quarter
BA-Gray 24 run (Campbell kick), 7:53.
BG-Rickens 17 pass from Irwin (pass failed), 5:23.
RUSHING: Bishop Guilfoyle-Rossman 11-54, Irwin 10-16, Chadbourn 4-11, Kitt 1-(-7). Bellwood-Antis-Gray 30-124, S. Worthing 11-48, DeGennaro 4-15, Campbell 5-11, Snyder 1-12, Stapleton 1-(-4), TEAM 2-(-2).
PASSING: Bishop Guilfoyle-Irwin 9-17-2-91, Chadbourn 1-1-0-11. Bellwood-Antis-S. Worthing 2-7-0-84, Gray 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: Bishop Guilfoyle-Rickens 5-57, Gormley 4-47, Nardelli 1-7. Bellwood-Antis-O'Shea 1-70, Campbell 1-14.
INTERCEPTIONS: Bellwood-Antis-DeGennaro, Snyder.
First downs1118
Yards rushing23-7454-204
Passing (cmp.-att.-int.)10-18-22-8-0
Yards passing11184
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Source: General Motors
quote: GM's offering isn't even competitive.
quote: Dude, what is it with you and the Cruze? ;)
quote: Somehow, flashing a Buick just seems... dirty ;)
quote: Not to mention that Toyota/Ford/Hyundai sell their hybrids from between $26,000 to $30,000 nicely equipped and they make a PROFIT on each one they sell. IIRC, GM is still losing money on every Volt they sell... not to mention that it costs $40,000 out of pocket before the credit.


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SALEM - City Utilities Commission Chairman Geoff Goll said the $1.3 million lease signing bonus the city recently received for property bought with water revenue could dissipate any need for a water rate increase in the near future.
"With $1.3 million, the need to increase water rates would diminish significantly," he said Tuesday during the Utilities Commission meeting.
Goll was speaking about the large check the city received from Chesapeake Exploration for an oil and gas lease deal reached earlier this year and making his case for the water department to get the money.
The three-year lease agreement was signed for $3,500 an acre for non-surface rights, a 20 percent royalty on gross proceeds and a three-year renewal option worth another $3,500 per acre. The check represented 390 acres of city-owned property, all out of the city limits.
During a Finance Committee meeting last week, receipt of the check was announced, along with plans to place the money in the city's debt service fund to pay on debts and in the capital improvements fund, for items such as streets.
Auditor Betty Brothers explained the check was placed in the general fund and she was awaiting direction from city Law Director Brooke Zellers on what they are permitted to do with the money. None of the plans included using the money for operations since it is a one-time windfall.
Goll expressed his feelings about the situation, pointing out that all of the land leased is land located outside of the city, purchased with water department fund revenue, not with taxpayer funds or other city funds.
He referred to a recent opinion by Zellers regarding use of the oil and gas lease proceeds which said the auditor should place the funds in the city's general fund and the funds should be disbursed as city council determines. He said the Utilities Commission hopes to be part of the discussion as to how the money is divided.
"Our argument will be that these funds should be returned to the source, the water fund," Goll said.
He acknowledged that the decision will be a difficult one for city council due to long-term capital expenditure needs. He also said that but for the purchase of those properties with water department funds, the land would not have been available for lease. The land was purchased with revenue which came from water customers, a population larger than just Salem city residents.
He said the commission has kept the water revenue fund steady with around $4 million in reserve for emergencies, although in recent years the amount has been reduced to $3.4 million due to some projects, such as putting up an additional water tower on the east side to increase water pressure and provide service to other communities.
With some of the lowest water rates in the state, he said it would be in the best interest of the citizens to keep those rates as low as possible.
Berlin said later he would like to see the decision process go forward and let council decide how the money should be used, noting the city has plenty of need for capital improvements.
He said he spoke with Goll previously and suggested an equalization of rates for water and sewer, such as lowering the sewer rate and increasing the water rate. Berlin referred to the revenue balances in each department, with the water department showing $3.4 million and the wastewater department showing $13.8 million, both as of October.
The utilities department is looking at some major expenses on the wastewater side in the near future for upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant and an unknown expense for a pending consent decree expected from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for alleged violations related to phosphorous levels. Both could affect the balance in the wastewater revenue fund.


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The iPhone is undeniably slick, with powerful hardware, good battery life, a capable music platform, and a thriving applications ecosystem. But in terms of contract and cost of the phone, it remains pricey. And its business applications and features still trail those of Research In Motion's Blackberry.
Those factors combined to sink the Apple iPhone to the second spot in smartphone sales after a strong 2008, which saw it take over the top spot. The iPhone sold so well, that for part of last year, it was America's bestselling phone overall including traditional phones.
Moving into first place was the Blackberry Curve, which covers several Blackberry 83xx models according to Apple Inisider. Coming in a close third was the Blackberry Storm, and the Blackberry Pearl took fourth (excluding the flip variety). The fifth spot was occupied by T-Mobile's G1 phone, the first phone to feature Google's Android OS.
The trouncing that RIM laid on Apple and its other competitors grew the company's smart phone market share 15 percent to seize a commanding 50 percent of the market. Palm, which is awaiting the release of the much-anticipated Pre, and Apple, meanwhile, saw their market shares sink 10 percent.
Market research firm NPD says that Blackberry pricing was made even sweeter by Verizon's aggressive "buy-one-get-one" promotion, which gave RIM the momentum it needed to dominate the sales charts. Analyst Ross Rubin states, "The more familiar, and less expensive, Curve benefited from these giveaways and was able to leapfrog the iPhone, due to its broader availability on the four major U.S. national carriers."
Globally, smartphones now account for 23 percent of the cell phone market, rising 6 percent on a year to year basis. Given the troubled financial state of many consumers, Mr. Rubin calls this a very good sign for smart phone makers and evidence that customers are continuing to "(migrate) toward Web-capable handsets and their supporting data plans to access more information and entertainment on the go."
RIM reported previously record sales of 7.8 million Blackberries in the year's first quarter, while Apple posted weaker sales of 3.79 million units.
quote: iPhone was a half-assed launch
quote: Since there's no tactile feedback, I constantly have to look down on the so-called keyboard to see if the key I pressed is actually the one I meant to press.
quote: Wake me up when the iphone can play music via stereo bluetooth
quote: Copy & paste?
quote: No Java support, no Flash support, can't even set your own mp3's as ringtones without dicking around with itunes. Sounds more and more like a dumbphone hyped up beyond belief.
quote: You know, some of use use phones as a tool to actually get something done


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When Rachel Frederickson left The Biggest Loser Ranch three months ago, she had the same goal shared by all of the show's contestants: to continue shedding weight.
But after returning to the show 45 lbs. lighter than she left it – for a total weight loss of 155 lbs. – the spotlight is now focused on whether Frederickson, 24, may have resorted to extreme measures to lose the additional weight in advance of the show's Tuesday finale.
Currently a size 0/2 and 105 lbs., Frederickson herself briefly addressed the controversy in a conference call on Wednesday.
"First and foremost, my goals are to be healthy and strong," the former competitive swimmer replied when asked about the backlash regarding her slender frame. "I'm an athlete. I've been an athlete since I was a little girl. And I went on The Biggest Loser journey to find that confidence that I lost."
Asked about her diet and exercise regimen, the L.A.-based voice actress – who told reporters that her height is 5'5", although her driver's license states that she is 5'4" – specified that in the months leading up to the finale, she had been taking in 1,600 calories a day via five small meals while following the advice of the show's dietitian, Cheryl Forberg.
"I just continued to follow the support system that I had from The Biggest Loser's [diet] plan, Dr. Cheryl's nutritional advice and ... continued to eat super healthy."
Citing several recipes from the Ranch, she said egg white French toast and an egg white, spinach, tomato and mushroom omelet are her "go-to breakfasts," adding, "Now I cannot be out of the kitchen. I have this zest for looking up recipes and trying them and adding new vegetables."
At the same time, she said she had been taking "maybe three, four classes a day" at the gym, including Zumba and spin. "I even went home over the holidays to Minnesota," she said, "and I went running outside."
Frederickson also spoke about the experiences that led her to The Biggest Loser at a peak weight of 260 lbs., including a breakup that sent her into a weight-gaining tailspin.
After quitting competitive swimming at 18 to move to Germany for a relationship, "the weight started coming on," she said, "and when the relationship ended I just lost myself and then, little by little, as I went to pastry school, I just started to gain the weight and I hid more of myself until I came on the ranch six years later."
Reiterating that she is now in "maintenance mode," she said she was excited for "this next part of my journey, as my body balances and, you know, it finds its rhythm."
Asked whether her maintenance routine would change now that the show has wrapped, she replied, "It's going to be about finding, maybe doing a yoga class this day, a gym class this day and I even, I think I'm going to try dance classes."
While The Biggest Loser trainers Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper have declined to address the firestorm surrounding Frederickson, citing their lack of involvement in her transformation, her trainer, Dolvett Quince, spoke out on Tuesday, saying, "Rachel's health is and always has been my main concern and her journey to good health has not yet ended!"
Asked whether she felt she was now at a "healthy and sustainable" weight on Tuesday, Frederickson replied, "absolutely."
Reporting by PATRICK GOMEZ
The Biggest Loser's Rachel Frederickson: I Exercise Up to Four Times a Day


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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Edward and Patricia Hunt spent the morning with their 5-year-old boy at the beach. Then he was off to the babysitter so they could enjoy a stroll on Flagler Avenue and a glass of wine at Clancy's Cantina.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Several thousand people jammed Riverside Park on Saturday for the Memorial Day Weekend Striker Tournament, also known as FishStock. People of all ages enjoyed the sights, sounds and sunshine. Some, like 11-year-old Cory Troiano, didn't leave home without man's best friend, in this case, a shepherd mix, named Alex.
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One of the good ones left us today….Thursday, 2 September 2010. Robert P. Olsen, known to most as Bob, died in his New Smyrna Beach home following a few days in the care of his long time care provider Adrienne Tomaka and Sister Susan, assisted by Hospice of Volusia County, Florida.


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Freeport Sectional
What's at stake: Top four teams in each sectional and five individuals not on a sectional qualifying team advance to state final meet at the Cherry Bowl in Rockf...
Freeport Sectional
What's at stake: Top four teams in each sectional and five individuals not on a sectional qualifying team advance to state final meet at the Cherry Bowl in Rockford.
Time: 12:30 p.m., today
Where: 4 Seasons Lanes, Freeport
Teams: Harlem, Guilford, Freeport, Jefferson, Marengo, Belvidere North, Sycamore, Algonquin Jacobs, Aurora Metea Valley, St. Charles North, St. Charles East, Elgin Larkin.
The last three weeks have been good for the Belvidere North girls bowling team.
The Blue Thunder finished third at the Guilford Invite on Jan. 25, and then the next weekend, took seventh at the Dixon Tournament. The momentum continued with last week's second-place finish at the Sycamore Regional to advance to today's Freeport Sectional.
"It has been a work in progress," North coach James Paddock said. "We've made a few line-up changes and the energy level and chemistry has been wonderful since we made changes.
North is getting it done with a team that has no seniors. That accounted for the team's shaky start to the season.
"Teaching the girls to compete has been a message we have instilled since my first day with the team," Paddock said. "We now have girls who are beginning to understand what that word 'compete' really means."
Juniors Haley Solberg and Emily Ashens lead the charge. Solberg, who finished third in the NIC-10 with a 205 average, won the Sycamore Regional title with a 1,247 six-game pinfall. Ashens was second on the team at Sycamore with 1,168.
"They have been two of our bowlers that we have been able to count on this year on a consistent basis," Paddock said.
Rounding out the team are junior Tiffany Wagner and sophomores Ashley Platt, Annissa Hintt and Kaitlyn Trimble.
"As a team, we keep getting better and we want to stay motivated and positive," Solberg said.
North will be one of 12 teams at Sycamore competing for a top four berth to advance to state, something the Blue Thunder have never done. Last year, Solberg went as an individual finishing 38th.
"It was a good experience," she said. "We're looking to go as a team and we feel we can compete and get there."
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Microsoft announced the Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 today with a design Microsoft says is intended to complement the Windows Vista Aero interface. The desktop set includes a new ultrathin comfort Curve keyboard and a rechargeable mouse.
The hallmark of the keyboard is a translucent Aero-inspired design along with floating hot keys and one touch instant access to Windows Flip 3D. The comfort curve keyboard has a smoked translucent border to mimic the look and feel of the translucent Aero borders on screens.
Other keyboard features include what Microsoft calls floating My Favorite Keys that allow users to simply press and hold one of the hot keys, like setting favorites on a car stereo, to bind websites to the keys.
Carla Foster, group marketing manager at Microsoft said in a statement, "This keyboard is a perfect example of Microsoft's focus on connecting its hardware with Windows Vista, bringing the elegance of Windows Aero to the keyboard. The Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 truly brings the best of both worlds together -- a beautiful design and a full suite of productivity features -- making it the best option for customers desiring a sophisticated accessory for their computer."
The keyboard included with the Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 uses Microsoft's familiar Comfort Curve design with six degrees of curve. The mouse included with the desktop is the Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 7000. The mouse is rechargeable and includes a horizontal charging station. LEDs on the mouse tell users when the mouse needs to be charged. The desktop uses 2.4GHz wireless technology for connectivity. Wide availability for the Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 will begin in April at $129.95.
quote: The Bugatti has reached a level of car building that is unattainable by other manufacturers, the Mac is just another computer
quote: Let's also not misrepresent the fact that Apple preys on the ignorance of their consumers to swindle them out of lots of money ($400 for 4GB of RAM in a MacBook Pro).
quote: Mac had to go to Intel so they could run windows because they were about to fall off the planet
quote: YOU ARE STILL THE UNDISPUTED LOSER IN THE SALES WAR.
quote: You can't show a 17" notebook that has the same features and quality as MacBook Pro 17" and is as light and thin as this MacBook Pro.
quote: the whole ideology of Apple is what matters. I mean the unity between their software and hardware, and insane attention they pay to little details, like those backlit keyboards, magsafe connectors, large convenient multitouch trackpad, etc etc.
quote: Yes, and Aston Martins are the permanent losers in the sales war as well. The chevys/ladas/corollas of the world won a long time ago.
quote: A highly proprietary hardware and software package will never dominate the market
quote: Office is not and has not been propietory since about 1999. It's been licensed and adapted for the Mac platform for years. Windows was not proprietory because you could put it on just about any machine you wanted except for a Mac.
quote: iPods and iPhones have a proprietory relationship with iTunes, they won't work with other software. Get it?
quote: I'll take the extra 1-2 lbs. of weight
quote: Because those of us who needed them have had them for years
quote: Aston Martins are actually made in a limited quantity so they will always lose that war, you are right about that. Macs on the other side are mass produced and still filling plenty of shelves
quote: they're just another gadget company which is surviving right now mostly on purchases being made by college-age students spending their parents money
quote: I'm not saying there is no good use for a Mac but it will NEVER be able to survive in the business world and when it all comes down to it you can have all the backlit keyboards and magsafe connections you want but if you can't adapt to the corporate market you will have no success. Just accept your place in the world
quote: The problem is this: you can't show the notebook that's as good as Apple's. I heard this "I can take XXX pounds of extra weight and YYY inches of extra thickness, who cares" Wintel fanboy bullsh1t MANY times before. But I've yet to hear one, JUST ONE voice, that tells me "here you go, a notebook that can compete with Apple's 17 inch one"
quote: You can't demonstrate a LARGE comfortable multitouch touchpad in a Wintel PC notebook, that existed for YEARS, for the price less than $3000. The same situation as with MBP 17" - you can only bark but, unfortunately, you can't bite.
quote: MacBook with multitouch touchpad can be bought right now for $1800. Still expensive, as all the innovative stuff, but quite far from steve1014's fanatical lies about $3000.
quote: all Wintel fanatics are very envious, probably because they're poor or something.
quote: I'd rather have a .9 lb heavier and thicker laptop then I would like to give someone $1000 extra
quote: If you're so concerned with size why are you buying a 7 lb. (6.8lb technically) 17" laptop?
quote: what exactly do you have to zoom in on, on a 17" notebook screen. Nothing that was so important that apparantly you did not need it until right this moment.
quote: You find me a brand new one for $1700 and I'll buy 4
quote: Over-priced means for what you get its not worth the money, expensive just means it costs a lot
quote: You are touting the glories of a machine that is FORCED to run Windows based programs


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Pipe can be seen for miles as it stretches through Franklin Township around the Bethesda Road and state Route 644 area. Workers from Integrity Kokosing Pipeline Services, LLC are scattered through out the countryside working on molding and attaching various sections of the pipelines that all lead to the M3 Midstream Gas Processing Plant in Kensington.
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Sources: Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald [Naperville]
quote: Yes, customers can cancel at any time (subject to any provisions that may exist in the contract such as paying any unpaid balance; the fact that one party initiates a contract doesn't mean that they automatically get to terminate the contract at any time for any reason) provided that they give adequate notice of their intention to cancel.
quote: I believe that in the USA the telco's are not considered infrastructure? so have no rights beyond being a service so are very different in power to the electric companies.


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Dungeon Siege 3 for PS3On: PS3, Xbox 360, PC
Blends intuitive action gameplay, a robust RPG system featuring a large selection of abilities and an extensive multiplayer component.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution has sold 2.18m copies
Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex prequel, Human Revolution, has sold 2.18m copies since its launch on September 30, Square Enix has reported.
Dungeon Siege III Treasure of the Sun out in October
Dungeon Siege III DLC, Treasures of the Sun, will be released in October for PC, Xbox 360 and PC, Square Enix has announced.
UK Video Game Chart: Call of Juarez in at No.2
505 Games' Zumba Fitness has claimed its ninth week at the top of the All Formats All Prices UK Video Game chart, its sixth week in succession.
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The VideoGamer.com crew fill you in on what has been keeping them busy in the week just gone, including Ocarina of Time, Duke Nukem Forever and Shadows of the Dammed.
Ocarina of Time 3D only 99p in trade-in deal
Alice: Madness Returns, Child of Eden and Dungeon Siege III also available in various trade-in offers.
Is Obsidian working on a 2D RPG?
Developer looks to hire a 2D character animator for 'highly stylized' RPG
Obsidian: Difficult to make large games bug-free
Studio does wish Fallout: New Vegas wasn't as glitchy on release.
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ROCKFORD — Rock Valley College's Dental Hygiene Program, 4151 Samuelson Road, is looking for patients who have not received regular cleanings for at least five years.
Patients will receive a full, low-cost oral exam and professional cleaning. Additional services including dental exams, x-rays and fluoride varnish. The cost for these services average from $38 to $53 depending on needs.
For information or appointment: 815-921-3235.
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Southern Tioga board votes to terminate staff
February 12, 2013
MANSFIELD — Nine teachers, seven support staff and 21 supplemental contract positions were cut during Southern Tioga School District's school board meeting Tuesday in the wake of the closure of......
There are wonderful resources available to purchase, download, or for free online to homeschool.
Form co-ops - it helps if a person has a gift in Spanish, for instance - they can teach other people's children for a small fee.
Another option might be to form more formal groups under the umbrella of Classical Conversations.
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Hopefully these folks can find positions with the cyber schools that will need to be created for the parents who don't want their kids on a bus for 2 hours a day. I am definitely looking forward to my taxes going up to pay for charter schools, added fuel cost, and school construction projects.
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Riding in Rome: Doing as Romans Do, on Two Wheels
By Martha Miller
Imagine a whirlwind tour of the Eternal City – the Forum, Coliseum, Castel Sant'Angelo, Vatican, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and Spanish Steps as today's Romans do; from atop a bicicletta. The best time to peddle through this gorgeous city is from May through September, when the historic center is closed to autos and motorini every second Sunday of the month.
During this time, the city center is nicknamed Isola Verde or "Green Island" referring to the environmentally friendly aspect of reduced air and noise pollution. Touring by bicycle is a perfect way to see Rome from literally a fresh perspective.
Bike Seats Available
Bike rental shops are reasonably priced and can outfit you and the whole family, even supplying bike seats for tots. Hourly rates range from €3 to 4 depending on the type of bike (road or mountain).
All day rentals range from €8 to 13. Giuliano Colatta at Spagna Rent, aptly named for its location just outside the Spagna Metro stop, offers discounts for groups of 10 or more and guided tours for groups of 10 to 15 riders. A few days notice is necessary for reserving tours, which cost an additional €30.
Identification, in the form of a driver's license or a copy of your passport is all that is required to rent a bike. Helmets are not mandatory and are not provided by the rental agencies, so you may want to bring your own.
For those bringing their own bikes, repair shops are much more available than they were only ten years ago. Collalti, conveniently located near Campo de' Fiori, offers an assortment of bike accessories as well.
Visiting Londoners Kirsty Norton and Chris Allen who rented bikes by the hour in Villa Borghese thought the prices were very good and as Kirsty exclaimed, "it beats walking". At the park's Bici Pincio rental site, tandem bikes are also available as are risciò, pedal-powered carts for 3 to 6 people.
"It's Easier"
Cyclists in Rome have somewhat similar reasons for riding rather than motoring around the city. Austrian Clarisse Maylunas said, "It's easier". She then quickly corrected herself by adding, "It's not easier, but it is less polluting and quicker than looking for a parking place".
Italian Silvia Maddalo who rides to work and everywhere else she can says she likes the ecological aspect of cycling. A Roman family pausing in Campo de' Fiori on a recent beautiful day were "looking for streets without cars and a place for lunch". Francesco Cartolano said the children ride on his bike and he leads because the boys "want to see where they are going".
Laney Sigrist from Pennsylvania was enthusiastic about commuting in the city via bicycle because, "we can go faster than a car or moped."
Sigrist and fellow cyclist Nils Wachtmeister from Sweden had been in Rome for only two weeks of their year long stay when his bike was stolen. Wachtmeister, who now has a new bike purchased at Rome's Porta Portese outdoor market, cautioned that it is necessary to chain the bike up properly.
John Miller, this author's husband and avid cyclist offered these instructions. "If the bike has a quick release front wheel, take it off and place near the back wheel. Then run the cable through both wheels and through the bike's frame. Finally secure it to a solid railing or post firmly attached to the ground."
Pedestrian Hazards
Marty Bushue from Anchorage, Alaska, is amazed at how unaware people are of cyclists in Rome.
Bushue, who rides to work almost every day, a 15 to 20 minute commute, added, "Pedestrians will step right out in front of you." He is not alone in his sentiments: other riders mentioned pedestrians as a common hazard.
Marty's wife, Sherry Bushue, loves cycling in Rome. "I'm more comfortable riding a bike than driving a car," she said. She likes the feeling that "you're out the door and immediately on your way".
For those ready to venture out on their own but needing some direction, pick up a copy of Roma in Bici, a guide book written specifically for cyclists.
The first volume is Roma Centro-Nord and volume two covers Roma Centro-Sud. These Italian-language guides include several itineraries, detailed maps, clearly marked routes and color coded graphs, so language need not be an impediment. They are available at newsstands and at local bookstores.
When asked what advice he gives his customers, Colatta warned, "Drive with six eyes; two in the front, two in the back and two on the sides."
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I'm half wondering if we should start a thread for these majorly blown calls.
Desjardin catches Mayers with his head down and crushes him with a clean hard hit.
Refs eject him and give him a major penalty. Hawks get 5 minute power play and score the go ahead goal on the ensuing 4 on 4 (Keith got 2 min for instigating and another 2 for instigating with a visor).
It doesn't give me a lot of hope for the officiating when the supervisor of ofiicials is Mick McGeough. That guy was an awful ref.


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Another year, another Grammy Awards. In the aftermath, there is a little more difficulty involved in clinging to the belief that popular music can be an agent for positive change in the world. It is what it is, and whatever. A vulgar display of powerlessness. And for the most part, a frustrating celebration of mediocrity.
The Grammys did offer one shining moment, though. It came during that portion of the show when most viewers at home tend to zone out, or perhaps go grab a beer and refill the chip bowl, and the folks in the expensive seats at the ceremony do whatever it is rich folks at a ritzy affair do when they aren't particularly interested in what's happening on stage. (Rattle their jewelry and vogue for the cameras, perhaps?)
Yes, it was the inevitable arrival of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences President Neil Portnow, who shows up every year to make some sort of speech, invariably of the self-congratulating, "Wow, isn't it great how we're here honoring the best of the best in modern music?" variety. Out walked Portnow on Sunday night, and the collective groan may not have been audible, but it was implied. Ryan Seacrest arriving with him didn't help matters for Portnow, and oh, wait, there's Justin Timberlake, too. That got the crowd's attention a bit, but I somewhat cynically assumed that Timberlake was just fulfilling his part of the trade arrangement that allowed him to treat this year's Grammys as an extended advertisement for his forthcoming new album and his "return to music."
Ah, but this would turn out to be something more than that. The three men stood together and made an announcement. Next year, for the first time, the Grammy Foundation (of which Seacrest is, it turns out, "honorary board chair," meaning "figurehead," I presume) and the Recording Academy will partner to present the Music Educator Award – in essence, a Grammy for music teachers.
There was applause for this, naturally, but not enough, in my estimation. To be frank, I nearly fell off my chair. Sure, the Grammys have long been involved in music education – they even offer young musicians an opportunity to partake in Grammy Camps held in Los Angeles and New York City each summer – but offering an actual Grammy to the poor, downtrodden music educator, the man or woman who might make all the difference in a young musician's life but never come close to getting rich in the process? That's a big step. And it's the closest the Grammys have come to their original mandate – to honor and foster creativity in the musical arts – in a good while.
There's more good news, too – this Grammy will not be bestowed as the result of an inside job, a behind-closed-doors summit of dubious merit. It will in fact be based on a nomination process that directly involves you, me, us. To wit, from the official Grammy announcement: "Anyone can nominate a teacher – students, parents, friends, colleagues, community members, school deans and administrators – and teachers are also able to nominate themselves."
That transparent process ought to keep it more real, ought to ensure that a deserving teacher is afforded the opportunity to be pulled from parochial anonymity into the spotlight normally reserved for the likes of hip-hop entrepreneurs and irritable divas, at least for one glorious night. The winning teacher will be flown to Los Angeles to accept the award, will attend the Grammys and receive a $10,000 honorarium. The first nine runners-up will each receive a $1,000 honorarium, too.
It's very significant that the Grammy Foundation and the Recording Academy are shining a light on music educators in this country. As a musician and as a parent with a child heavily involved in music, I've witnessed firsthand the effect the right teacher, who is in it for the right reasons, can have on a young person. The teachers I've encountered work tirelessly to bring out, and then to subsequently nurture, the talents often lying dormant in their students. In many cases, they do so without much in the way of long-term security, as constant threats to arts budgets in public schools can leave them wondering if they'll still have a gig from year to year.
In the Amherst Central School District, where my son goes to school, I've been consistently moved by the combination of skill, patience and optimism displayed by the music educators at both the elementary and middle school levels. (Deanna Blanchett, Patrick O'Donnell, Paul Biddle and Jeffrey Palmer have all worked with my son, and I couldn't be more impressed by both their methodologies and the end results of those methodologies. In my estimation, they all deserve a Grammy.)
It should also be noted that many of the most gifted music educators work outside of public and private schools – offering private lessons, working at various music camps in the area, leading bands that provide young, developing musicians a chance to strut their stuff in public.
A child's music education is certainly the result of a community effort. This is something that is all too often taken for granted, but it is nonetheless true. Kudos to the Grammy Foundation and the Recording Academy for getting things right, in this instance.
The nomination process is open through April 15. You can nominate your favorite music educator, and read the guidelines, at GrammyMusicTeacher.com. And you should.
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It's been widely reported that the uninsured have until March 31 to buy coverage in the insurance marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act.
While it's true the marketplace's open enrollment lasts that long, those who intend to shop for insurance probably won't want to wait. Bloomberg reports that people who buy coverage in March will end up paying a penalty.
Plans purchased between March 1 and March 15 wouldn't take effect until April and coverage bought in the final days of March wouldn't kick in until May. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires most Americans have an active health insurance policy by March 31 or pay the higher of 1 percent of their annual income or $95.
Under the Affordable Care Act, starting Jan. 1, people who have access to affordable coverage and instead remain uninsured for more than three consecutive months will owe the "individual responsibility" tax payment for those months, a Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman told BNA in an e-mail.
Much also has been reported about high deductibles some marketplace plans include. Bloomberg reports that some people might not understand the significance of high deductibles until they seek health care.
When Barbara Retkowski went to a Cape Coral, Florida, health clinic in August to treat a blood condition, she figured the center would bill her insurance company. Instead, it demanded payment upfront.
Earlier in the year, another clinic insisted she pay her entire remaining insurance deductible for the year — more than $1,000 — before the doctor would even see her.
"I was surprised and frustrated," Retkowski, a 59-year-old retiree, said in an interview. "I had to pull money out of my savings."
The practice of upfront payment for non-emergency care has been spreading in the U.S. as deductibles rise. Now, the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is likely to accelerate that trend.
Many of the plans offered through the law's insurance exchanges have low initial premiums to attract customers, while carrying significant deductibles and other out-of-pocket cost sharing. The second-lowest tier of Obamacare plans in California, for example, carries a $2,000 annual deductible.
Hospitals say they need to charge patients prior to treatment because Americans are increasingly on the hook for more of their own medical costs. And once care is provided, it's often difficult for hospitals to collect.
"It used to be taboo to look like you were looking for money at a time when you were supposed to be focused on patient care," David Williams, president of Boston-based consulting firm Health Business Group, said. "It's not taboo anymore."


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A couple of updates from NHK:
Nicole Della Monica & Matteo Guarise ITA
SP Nothing Else Matters by Metallica
LP The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Anastasia Martiusheva & Alexei Rogonov RUS
SP Cornish Rhapsody
LP The Mission (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone
Emanuel Sandhu CAN LP
3rd movement of Tchaikovsky's
Violin Concerto in D. ?
Thanks Cherryy
The "French music" for Kolbe & Caruso GER's short dance, is I believe, La Foule by Edith Piaf & Can Can
Updates from 4CC's, Euros & Jr. Worlds Entries in Dance:
Alisa Agafonova & Alper Ucar TUR
SD Rybak's Fairytale (from Eurovision)
FD Muhtesem Yuzyil - Magnificient Century (soundtrack) by Fahir Atakoglu
Sarah May Coward & Georgi Kenchadze BUL
SD Waltz: Tennessee Waltz performed by The Dying Kicks; Polka: John Ryan's Polka (from "Titanic" soundtrack) by James Horner
FD Latin Tango by Glover Gill; Walking Life by Glover Gill; El Cholulo by Glover Gill
Pilar Maekawa-Moreno & Leonardo Maekawa-Moreno MEX
SD Polka: My Favorite Things by Richard Rodgers; Waltz:The Lonely Goatherd; Polka: My Favorite Things by Riichard Rodgers
FD Ein Wiener Waltzer by Karl Jenkins; Corrente by Karl Jenkins
Anna Nagornyuk & Viktor Kovalenko UZB
Junior SD Blues: One Night by Elvis Presley; Jive: Long Tall Sally by Elvis Presley
Senior SD Waltz: Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman by Brian Adams
Polka: Polka de Janeiro
FD Me Voy by Jasmin Levy; Flamenco
Angelina Telegina & Otar Japaridze GEO
SD Polka: Schei-we-dei-wi-du by Die Mayrhofner
FD The Grid (from Tron Legacy soundtrack) by Daft Punk
Adagio (from Tron Legacy soundtrack) by Daft Punk
Encom Part 2 (from Tron Legacy soundtrack) by Daft Punk
Lesia Volodenkova & Vitali Vakunov BLR
SD Waltz by Johann Strauss; Polka by Johann Strauss
FD Corpse Bride (soundtrack)
Alexandra Zvoragina & Maciej Bernadowski POL
SD Polka: Gaite Parisienne by Jacques Offenbach; Waltz: Emperor Waltz (Kaiserwalzer) by Johann Strauss
FD Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock
Some updates from World Team Trophy:
Brian Joubert FRA changed his LP to Gladiator (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
Lenaelle Gilleron-Gilroy FRA
changed her SP to Tristan and Isolde by Maxime Rodriguez
And I hadn't listed data for the following skaters before:
Yi Wang CHN
SP Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46 by Edvard Grieg
LP Nothing Else Matters by Metallica performed by Apocalyptica; One by Metallica performed by Apocalyptica
Romain Ponsart FRA
SP Minnie the Moocher (instrumental, Chicago soundtrack?)
LP Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky
Kexin Zhang CHN
SP Nocturne in cis minor by Frederic Chopin
LP Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind by Joe Hisaishi
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• Ten-X Shooting Club, 853 Ransom Rd., Lancaster, 8 p.m., Monday. Call 316-6119.
• New York Walleye Association, 533 Amherst St., 7:30 p.m., Tuesday. Tom Owczarczyk will show a classic family walleye- and trout-fishing video. Call 875-8148.
• Niagara Musky Association, The Eldredge Club, 17 Broad St., City of Tonawanda, 7 p.m., Tuesday. Call 225-3813.
• Central and WNY Chapter of Safari Club International, Michael's Banquet Facility, 4885 Southwestern Blvd., Hamburg, 7 p.m., Wednesday. Guest speakers will be Sen. Mark Grisanti and environmental educator Scott Jordan. Call 652-9460.
• Erie County Chapter of Bassmasters, Nowak's Bar, 1458 Lovejoy, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday. Call 601-5520.
• WNY Emerald Ash Borer Task Force, Ecology and Environment Offices, Lancaster, 10 a.m., Thursday. Call 652-5400 (ext. 150).
• WNY 2013 Winter 3-D League, Collins Conservation Club, 7 a.m.-1 p.m., Feb. 10, call Mike Matala (337-0126).
• Niagara Region 2013 Winter 3-D League, Active Bowhunters, Holland, sunrise to 1 p.m., Feb. 10. Call John Peters at (585) 496-5819.
• WNY Field Archers and Bowhunters Indoor Shoot, Leo's at West Falls Conservation Society, 55 Bridge St., starts at 8 and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Feb. 10. Call 652-4650.
• Third Annual Winter Cam Classic, PAC Center, Monroe Community College, Rochester, Feb. 22-24. For classes, format, directions and registration, go to wintercamclassic.com.
Shooting sports
• Ten-X Shooting Club, 853 Ransom Rd., Lancaster, open shoots on Thursdays starting at 7 p.m., call 316-6119. For the full schedule of league shooting and other club activities, go to tenxshootingclub.com/leagues.
Certification classes
• Oatka Fish and Game Club, 8669 Wilcox Rd., LeRoy. 6:30-9:30 p.m., Feb. 18 and 20 and 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Feb. 23. Pre-register (in person) during business hours at the LeRoy Town Clerk's Office, 48 Main St.
• Security Weapons & Training Institute, 659 Ridge Rd., Lackawanna, "NYS Pistol Permit Class," 6 p.m., Tuesday; and "8-Hour Annual In-Service Class," 9 a.m., Saturday. Call 822-1043 or go to swatstore.com.
• Firearms Training of WNY Classes: "NYS Pistol Permit Classes," American Legion Cadille Post, Niagara Falls, 6-9 p.m., Wednesday; Northtown Center, Williamsville, 6-9 p.m., Thursday; and Quality Inn, Hamburg, 1-4 p.m., Saturday. "Utah, Florida and Arizona Conceal Carry Class," Quality Inn, 5440 Camp Rd., Hamburg, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Feb. 9. Call 903-2558 or go to email@example.com.
• Jim Carr "NYS Pistol Permit classes," Action CPR, 5283 Irish Rd., Lockport, 9 a.m., Saturday; and Jim Carr NYS Pistol Permit class, Genesee County SCOPE, Cavalry Baptist Church, Batavia, 6 p.m., Thursday, call 778-9431. "Utah-Arizona-Florida Pistol Permit classes," K&K Guns, Varysburg, 8 a.m., Saturday, Call (585) 535-0248; and Niagara Gun Range, 9 a.m., Feb. 16, call 693-4000.
• NRA Certified Pistol Course, Wesleyan Church, Appleton, 6-9 p.m., Feb. 14. Call Larry Koch (778-9935).
• U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 3-3 Buffalo "About Boating Safely Course," St. Patrick's Episcopal Church Hall, Cheektowaga, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Feb. 16. Call 901-0722 or email: email@example.com.
• Fly Fishing Film Tour, Amherst Theater, 3500 Main St., 7 p.m., Saturday. The WNY Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host the showing. For details on the tour, go to flyfishingfilmtour.com.
• Orvis Buffalo Free Fly Tying 101 Class, Eastern Hills Mall, Williamsville, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday. Call 276-7204.
• Capt. Tony Buffa Seminar Series, Bass Pro Shop, Finger Lakes Mall, Auburn, "Lake Ontario Salmon Fishing," 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Saturday.
• Niagara Frontier Collectors Gun Show: The Events Building, 11177 Main St., Clarence, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Feb. 10. Call 542-9929 or go to nfcshows.com.
• Central New York Boat Show, State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, Feb. 13-17. For exhibitor and features info, email Drew Wickham at: firstname.lastname@example.com. For show details, go to cnyboatshow.com.
• Southtowns Walleye Association Installation and Awards Banquet, Lucarelli's Banquet Center, Lackawanna, Feb. 16. Call Mike McCloud (941-5314).
• 18th Annual Niagara Frontier Friends of NRA Banquet, Salvatore's Italian Gardens, Depew, March 23. Call 866-7656.
• Erie County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs Annual Banquet and Awards Dinner, Father Justin Knights of Columbus Hall, Cheektowaga, March 2. Call Dave Smyzcyznski (949-9483).
• Buffalo Audubon Society/Beaver Meadow Center, 1610 Welch Rd., North Java. Events: "Junior Audubon Club (middle and high school students)," 10 a.m.-noon, Saturday; and "Valentine Snowshoe Hike," 2-5 p.m., Feb. 10. All programs are by pre-registration unless noted. Call (585) 457-3228 (ext. 10), or go to buffaloaudubon.org.
• Tifft Nature Preserve, 1200 Fuhrmann Blvd. Activities: "Sparrows Aren't Just Little Brown Jobbers (Families and kids ages 12 and older)," 9 a.m.-noon, Wednesday; "Novice Adult Nature Journaling (ages 18 and older)," 2-3:30 p.m., Wednesday; and "Wellness Walk," 10 a.m.-noon, Thursday. For all programs and registration details, call 825-6397 (ext. 338).
• Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, 93 Honorine Drive, Depew, Programs: "Advanced Skiing (for adults, kids ages 10 and up)," 6:30 p.m., Tuesday "After School Escape (Grades K to 5)," 4:30 p.m., Thursday; and "Learn to Ski," 10:30 a.m., Saturday. For all programs, call 683-5959.
• Niagara Frontier Region of New York State Parks Program: "Winter Tracking Fun," Evangola State Park, 10 a.m.-noon, Saturday, call 548-1050.
• Foothills Trail Club Events: "Lancaster Heritage Trail-Hike or Snowshoe," p.m., Monday, call 601-7535; "Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve — Snowshoeing (weather permitting)," 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, call 646-5034, "Reinstein Woods — Hike, Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski," 10 a.m., Thursday, call 208-6319; "Reinstein Woods — Cross Country Skiing (weather permitting), 6:30 p.m., Thursday, call 646-5034; "Bond Lake Park — Hike or Snowshoe," 9:30 a.m., Saturday, call 433-4546; and "Beaver Island State Park — Hike or Snowshoe," 10 a.m., Feb. 10, call 694-4346.
• Niagara Frontier Chapter of Adirondack Mountain Club Event: For all club events and extended weekend outings, visit adk-nfc.org.
• Buffalo Ornithological Society Event: "January Waterfowl Count," Jan. 20. Call Jim Landau (941-3869) or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
• Paths, Peaks and Paddles: "Full Wolf Moon Snowshoe Hike, Royalton Ravine," 6:30 p.m., Friday. Call 213-0350 or go to pathspeakspaddles.com.
• Hamburg Natural History Society Event: "Penn Dixie Exhibit at WNY Home and Garden Expo," Event Center, Erie County Fairgrounds, Hamburg, Thursday, Feb. 10. Call 627-4560 or go to penndixie.org.
• Wild Spirit "Free Birds of Prey" program at the Arcade's Winterfest, 3 p.m., Saturday. Go to meetup.com/All-About-Nature-in-WNY.
• Paths, Peaks and Paddles: "Fifth Annual Snowshoe Brunch at Bond Lake," 11 a.m., Feb. 10. Call 213-0350 or go to pathspeakspaddles.com.
• Letchworth State Park Interpretive Programs: "St. Helena Valley – West Trek," 10 a.m., Wednesday; "Novice Nature Ski Hike," 1 p.m., Saturday and Feb. 3; "Winter Wonder Walk," 2:30 p.m., Saturday; "Family Nature Walk — Big Trees," 10 a.m., Feb. 3; and. "Indoor Ed-Venture, Skulls and Tracks, 2:30 p.m., Feb. 3. For all LSP programs, call (585) 493-3625.
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Published June 19, 2014
The Faculty Senate voted at its meeting Tuesday to ask the university administration to make the UB Foundation's budget public.
The 38-17 vote in favor of the resolution asking that the UBF "open its books" — the senate achieved a quorum for the first time in recent memory — was on the second reading of the resolution. It now goes to President Satish K. Tripathi, who will review it and make a final decision on whether the resolution becomes university policy.
In response to the resolution, UB issued a statement saying that the university "values transparency and understands the importance of being transparent and forthright in its endeavors and communications."
"This is an important and useful discussion for the university community to be having," the statement read. "The university will review and consider the Faculty Senate resolution after it has been formally presented to the president. As is the protocol, a formal response will be provided to the Faculty Senate after careful consideration of the resolution."
UBF advances the mission of the university through its support of specific activities and programs, in part by managing gifts and grants on behalf of the university. Many UB employees and student workers receive their pay through the foundation, which also provides financial support for scholarships, faculty research and travel, major capital projects, laboratory equipment, arts and cultural programs, and other initiatives that benefit UB and its various schools, departments and units.
In accordance with state law, the foundation is considered an entity independent of UB and, therefore, its financial records, including how it spends its money, are private. In 2011, the State Supreme Court ruled that the UB Foundation is not an agency or public body governed by New York's Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) or Open Meetings Law. The court found that none of the foundation's entities had the attributes of governmental entities performing a governmental or proprietary function for SUNY or the state.
The Faculty Senate resolution, drafted by Kenneth Dauber, professor of English, stated that the Faculty Senate is responsible for providing oversight of UB's budget and recommending funding priorities — a task, he said, that may be difficult when the senate does not have complete information about how money is being used on behalf of the university. The resolution asks that the budget of UBF and its associated foundations be made available "as if it were subject to FOIL."
The Faculty Senate's bylaws do not include budget oversight as part of its duties. The senate's Budget Priorities Committee is charged with "advising the senior administration on matters concerning the development of the university budget and shall recommend criteria for the allocation for university budgeted funds related to the initiation, development and implementation of the educational program."
Opponents of the resolution pointed out that many of the foundation's financial records already are publicly available on the foundation website and are disclosed in the foundation's public IRS filings. Other concerns include the potential that donors to the university would lose their privacy as a result, which would negatively impact university fundraising , and that it would impede public-private collaborations, such as the joint effort between UB and Kaleida Health that led to construction of the Gates Vascular Institute and Clinical and Translational Research Center in downtown Buffalo.
The full resolution can be viewed on the Faculty Senate's website. Scroll down to item 6.
In an email to the UB Reporter, Dauber noted that one of the things that makes UB a wonderful place to teach and do research is "the openness of discourse here, the freedom to exchange ideas …"
"It is important to maintain this freedom of exchange, and the 'privacy' of UBF — particularly now, when UBF accounts for more and more of UB's budget — seriously impedes it," he wrote. "How can faculty give input on budget priorities, as it is mandated to do in the charter of the Faculty Senate, when it is simply ignorant of what a major and increasing portion of that budget is? How can administration and faculty maintain trust in each other when they do not share the same information?"
Laura Hubbard, UB vice president for finance and administration, pointed out that unrestricted operating revenues made available to UB from UBF funds actually constitute a small portion — less than 2 percent — out of $600 million in UB's total operating revenues.
"Most of the funds managed by UBF are restricted and therefore can only be used for very specific purposes designated by donors," she said.
Is this a news story or a position brief authored by the administration? "The Faculty Senate's bylaws do not include budget oversight as part of its duties. The senate's Budget Priorities Committee is charged with 'advising the senior administration on matters concerning the development of the university budget and shall recommend criteria for the allocation for university budgeted funds related to the initiation, development and implementation of the educational program?'"
So advising on the development and allocation of the budget related to the educational program of the university isn't "oversight?" What would "oversight" be, then? This quotation, incidentally, is not from the senate bylaws, as implied, but is an inexact quotation from the Senate Standing Orders.
Also, Ms. Hubbard's comments on "restricted" and "unrestricted" funds are purposely or accidentally confusing. The 2011-12 audit of the UB Foundation and its affiliates reports "unrestricted" assets totaling more than $170 million, "temporarily restricted" assets totaling more than $359 million, and "restricted" assets worth $146 million, with some of the income on the latter falling into the "unrestricted" category as well.
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Name: Seth Worthing
School: Bellwood-Antis
Age: 17
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Sport: Football
Athlete of the week achievement: Worthing had 80 yards rushing on nine carries and was 2-of-3 passing for 48 yards in the Devils' 54-3 blowout win over Bishop McCort in the District 6 Class A championship. He also had two interceptions and recovered a fumble on defense.
Season update: Worthing has completed 69-of-133 passes for 1,237 yards and 11 touchdowns. He has intercepted six passes on defense.
Coach John Hayes' quote: "Seth had an outstanding game on both sides of the football. He made big plays with returns, interceptions, on kickoffs and running the football. He just gave us a little diversion - a counter to what we were doing - and made some big plays."
Favorite teacher: Mr. Yingling
Favorite subject: Chemistry
Favorite movie: "The Natural"
Favorite food: My mother's ham pot pie
Favorite song: Anything by Pearl Jam
Outside interests: Basketball, track and field
Favorite professional team: New York Yankees
Favorite college team: Army
Pro athlete most admired: Myron Rolle
Best athlete I ever played with: Brian Leap
Best athlete I ever competed against: Garrett Gambrel from Athens
Most influential person on my athletic career: My older brother, Adam
Proudest athletic achievement: Four gold medals at the District 6 Class AA track meet last year
How I got my start in football: Playing in the living room with my older brother
Future goal: To be accepted by the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.


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Men's Basketball Drops 85-78 Decision to Toledo
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Four Cardinals scored in double figures Wednesday, led by Jauwan Scaife with a season-high 23 points, but it was not enough as the Ball State men's basketball team fell to Toledo 85-78 at Worthen Arena.
The Cardinals trimmed a 15-point Toledo lead to three in the final minute but ultimately ran out of time.
Scaife's 23 points marked the eighth game in the last nine where he scored in double figures. The senior guard was 11-of-12 from the free throw line and grabbed six rebounds.
Jesse Berry added 18 points and hit 3-of-6 from 3-point range, while Majok Majok recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 16 points and a game-high 15 boards. Chris Bond was 6-of-9 from the floor for 15 points and added three steals.
The Cardinals fell to 8-11 on the season and 2-5 in Mid-American Conference action, while the Rockets improved to 8-10 on the year and 4-3 in league play.
Ball State shot better than 45 percent for the game and out-rebounded Toledo 41-25, marking its sixth straight game with more rebounds than its opponent. But Toledo shot nearly 52 percent and turned the ball over only four times all night. The Rockets turned Ball State's 15 turnovers into 25 points.
"I thought our effort was good," Ball State head coach Billy Taylor said. "I thought our guys battled and fought hard for us. We just didn't have the urgency defensively throughout the course of the game that we normally have.
"We had some deflections, but we weren't able to generate enough turnovers to get out and run the floor and not have to go against set defense for the majority of the game."
Toledo was led by Rian Pearson, who scored a game-high 24 points. Matt Smith was 5-of-6 from behind the arc for 19 points, while Reese Holliday scored 16 and Julius Brown added 12 to go along with 10 assists for a double-double.
Ball State took a 37-35 lead into the intermission and led by as many as four early in the second half. But with the game tied 51-51 at the 11:42 mark, Toledo went on a 26-11 run to grab its largest lead of the night at 77-62 with 3:20 to play.
The Cardinals rallied to make things interesting down the stretch, clawing to within three points at 81-78 on a Scaife 3-pointer with 12 seconds to play. But Ball State was forced to foul and Dominique Buckley hit both free throws to help ice the game.
The top free throw shooting team in the MAC, Toledo knocked down 18 of 21 from the charity stripe.
Ball State is back in action Saturday when the Cardinals travel to take on MAC East Division opponent Bowling Green for a 2 p.m. contest.