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Cable Willford Blog – RMSHA Race At Bear Lake, ID
(ED—Here is Pro hillclimb Yamaha racer Cable Willford's thoughts on the first RMSHA race of the season last weekend. We will be following Willford as he helps to try to put Yamaha on the map—hillclimbing wise that is.)
This blog is a lot like my marriage. Lane (Lindstrom, SnoWest Magazine editor) made sure I was
on board with it in good times and in bad, for better or for worse. Needless to
Thursday testing allowed us to dial in some serious speed with our sleds and my mod sled in particular had me amped up for Friday qualifying. My run in 600 Stock class was a refresher lesson in the basics of hillclimb racing. One of the golden rules is to look through the gates, not at them, but apparently I was a little rusty. Coming into gate No. 8, I blew right through it with too much speed and got out of the groove into the fresh snow. Over correcting for my mistake put me on the wrong side of the groove setting up for gate No. 9 and the hill showed me no mercy as it sucked me down for an embarassing highmark.
Mod class promised to bring me redemption as I anticipated unleashing the weapon we had built with my turbo Nytro. The rider ahead of me in 6 mod took out a gate half way up the hill and I was held at the starting line for about 10 min. as they replaced the gate. In this 10 min. time frame of off and on idling, an electrical problem developed that stopped fueling the No. 3 injector. This gremlin wasn't fully realized until I had taken the green light on my way up the hill. Full throttle produced about 40 percent power on 2 cylinders making less than 5 lbs. of boost and the sled was seriously wounded.
Outstanding suspension performance and chassis speed still allowed me to drive it hard enough for a 55 sec ET even though the lack of power had cost me 5-7 seconds. The run was good for a 12th place finish on a broken sled in a class that was won with a 47 sec ET.
We struggled to fix my sled for the rest of the day, replacing plugs/coils/injectors and finally removing the entire wiring harness, searching for answers. This downtime cost me a DNF in 700 mod and I had to share teammate Kody Malmborg's sled in 8 and Open Mod.
Kody and I have completely different sled setups and I struggled to find the speed with his sled that I have with mine. I managed an 18th in 800 mod which had 22 riders. As the last man on the hill at the bottom of Open Mod class, I unleashed a banzai run in a cash or crash effort hoping to generate something positive. Unfortunately this led to catastrophic failure of the rear skid as I jumped the catwalk under full boost. The broken and crippled skid caused total loss of track tension, every time I nailed the throttle, the track screws would auger into the front cooler and I was forced to end my run before tripping the timing lights.
Equipment failures and missed opportunities happen in racing. Good teams get better by learning from the mistakes and that's exactly what we will do. My teammates and the corporate brass were hit hard with the reality of the competition level on this circuit. The RMSHA learning curve is in full swing as they have seen first hand that good mountain sled setups do not translate to good race sled setups.
Thankfully Eric Josephson with corporate Yamaha, who was
attending at
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Charles Arthur Sprague
November 12, 1887, Lawrence KS
March 13, 1969, Salem OR
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Oregon Statesman, Salem OR, 1929-1969
Gazette-Times, Corvallis OR, 1925-1929
Journal-Times, Ritzville WA, 1915-1925
Charles A. Sprague, son of Charles Allen and Alice Caroline (Glasgow) Sprague, was born November 12, 1887, in Lawrence KS. He was graduated (A.B.) with honors from Monmouth (Illinois) College in 1910, and came west to be superintendent of schools at Waitsburg WA in 1910. From 1913 to 1915 he was assistant superintendent of public instruction for the state of Washington, and on August 8, 1915, was married to Blanche Chamberlain in Walla Walla. To them a daughter, Martha, and son, Wallace, were born. In that same year he acquired the weekly
at Ritzville, and he served as its publisher and editor for 10 years.
The family moved to Corvallis OR in 1925, with Sprague as part owner and business manager of the
Corvallis Gazette-Times.
Four years later, he became principal stockholder and publisher of the morning
Oregon Statesman
in Salem, and in 1939 he acquired sole ownership and was the
editor and publisher until his death on March 13, 1969.
In 1939 he also became Oregon's governor, and remained so until 1943.
During most of his 40 years in Salem he wrote more than a half million words annually in his editorials and his front-page column "It Seems to Me," and also was in great demand as a public speaker. His office, where he was his own receptionist and stenographer, was open to all. He was often referred to as Oregon's "First Citizen" as well as its "Conscience."
No one in Oregon's history has reached his eminence and success in so many fields of endeavor. He displayed strong progressive leadership in the cause of human rights and amity; he maintained unquestioned integrity and engendered tremendous respect; and he made vital contributions in the arena of respectable journalism for more than a half a century.
Posthumous tributes:
"His opinions were so universally respected that other editors and opinion makers would wait until he'd express an opinion to make their own .... Sprague's greatest gubernatorial achievement was in the conservation of natural resources." -- Thomas Vaughan of the Oregon Historical Society
"His fellow journalists gave Sprague the well-earned title among newspaper editors of the 'Conscience of Oregon'." -- J. Wesley Sullivan, former chairman of the
editorial board
"It is no accident that always the
carried on its masthead the line 'No favor sways us, no fear shall awe.' He really took it seriously." -- Wallace Sprague (Charles's son)
"He was somewhat shy and very learned. I loved him dearly. He was a man with unassailable integrity. That's rare." -- Legislative Historian Cecil Edwards, Sprague's former secretary
"As for Sprague's integrity as an editor and publisher, Conrad Prange, another long-time Oregon Statesman employee, says it best: 'He backed his reporters.' From a reporter, the compliment can't get better than that." -- Ron Blankenbaker,

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PREY! PC demo out 360 demo soon
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:45 pm
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As I guessed, the 360 demo is tailing behind the pc demo (microsoft have their own quality control that a demo must go through usually adding a few days to the release of the 360 demo)... but my PC being up to the task i went to be a little early, pulled myself out of bed at midnight, downloaded the demo and played through the single player in full before returning to bed.
if you're interested in this one already, and have a PC and broadband, you really need to check out the demo. 450megs isn't really that big a size demo these days, espescially when you consider you get about an hour of single player and a handful of multiplayer maps and modes too (those i didn't get to last night).
off the bat, the interesting part about the demo is that it's the first hour of the game. demos often show a handful of levels, or are the start of the game, but half the size. there's plusses and minuses to doing it this way, but i liked it. sure you only get to see the early weapons, enemies and environments, but given that you can move your demo save over to the full game, the demo isn't spoiling anything. however far you got in the demo, you can start there in the game.
it's a simple idea, but i've got to admit i love it. it makes the demo almost like a piece of episodic content.
the demo itself is a trip.
controls are standard first person shooter stuff, with that slight doom 3 engine tweak of not having a use button, but aside from having interactive screens like doom 3 did, you'll also see your hand come on screen to indicate you can interact with something, and then pressing fire makes you push/pull/switch on/off whatever... which works quite nicely.
the first area the game puts you in is pretty small and enclosed and is saved from being just another interactive cut scene by giving you a bunch of stuff to play with. not just the usual flushable toilets and turnable taps, but 4 arcade games, a tv and a juke box.
the juke box has at least a dozen tracks including some blue oyster cult, judas priest and mxpx, which all really add to the illusion.
after some time talking and messing about with all the stuff, Don't Fear the Reaper comes onto the jukebox and the tv starts barking out warning messages in a style that reminded me a bit of Night of the Living Dead.
that's when the alien invasion kicks into force, as the bar gets torn apart and you, your girlfriend (the bar maid) and your grandfather all get pulled up into one of the freakiest spaceships you'll have seen.
sure, the mixture of organic and technological components won't surprise you much, but stuff like the sphincter doors make you feel like you're literally walking around the bowels of a spaceship (ho ho!).
that's only a tiny part of it's freakyness though as is the way people are getting goriely mangled by sick machines. not, the real freakyness is the size of the ship, a massive web like hollow sphere, and the mind bending technology it uses to have multiple gravitational fields and portals.
ah yes. portals. been reading about them since 1997. portals are rips in space that let you travel instantaneously from one area to the next pretty much seamlessly. that might sound that different to a teleporter, but in action the truth is pretty evident.
not only can portals move, but the exit of portal could be oriented in any way. you could walk through a portal into what looks to you like a corridor, when in reality it's a shaft and once you've stepped through you'll start plummeting downwards what looked like something completely safe.
portals can be hidden to, so you could unknowingly walk through one and turn around to find a wall behind you.
that's only scratching the surface too... if an exit portal is smaller than the entrance portal, you'll find yourself shrunk down on exiting. you can shoot through portals also, and it's often effective and fun to do so.
then you have glowing walkways that defy gravity and let you walk across them, up walls and upside down across the ceilings. then you have rooms that just have different gravitational directions. then you have rooms that contain items on the walls, ceilings and floors, that when shot spins gravity around so that whichever surface the thing was on is now essentially the floor.
the combat is pretty straight forwards... but traversing the levels and getting your head around the messed up impossibilities makes up a large part of the gameplay.
there is another couple of twists. you play a cherokee indian, who is not a believer in cherokee religion... at first. you learn to spirit walk midway through the demo, which lets you leave your body and pass through any energy barriers, fire, that sort of thing. you can interact with buttons but doors won't open for you, and it leaves your body defenceless, but armed with a spirit bow, you aren't defenceless as a spirit either.
enemies will notice you, usually only after you instigate combat with them, and if they 'kill' your spirit, you'll be back in your body. it's quite useful for scoping out an area before going into it, and certain puzzles will require you to make use of it.
an added twist is that when you die, it isn't game over (at least not once you can spirit walk, i didn't die before you could spirit walk, so i'm not sure what happens before you learn that ability). you get dropped as a spirit into the spirit realm, still with your bow, and you have to shoot down and red and blue flying spirits that recharge your health and spirit accordingly... after a short while a hole appears in the ground that will drop you back down into your previously dead body to keep on kicking ass.
it might not be something everyone likes as you could argue that it makes the game 'too easy', but given that you'll still be in the exact same mess you were when you died, and given what it does for the flow of the game, i really like the way it's come together.
the graphics are pretty variable... the human characters kind of look and animate a bit weirdly, but the aliens look and animate great. there's a lot of blood and gore... and the messing dirty squelchy organic areas impress a lot, as do how smoothly traversing through a portal is.
a couple of portals were just black for me, and i'm not sure if that was on purpose or a glitch, but it was only two and nothing that prevented me enjoying the game.
the weapons so far have been a bit cliched in use but not remotely in design. you start off with this thing that fires red bolts which is essentially your basic assualt rifle with zoom type of weapon. it looks freaky though, and 'zooming' makes this organic attachment come out the side of the gun and stick onto your face. you have 'grenades' which are actually these little creatures that you find crawling around. they explode when they die, so 'firing a grenade' involves pulling of the leg of one of these things and throwing it. it works just like a grenade though.
i did get a more interesting weapon near the end, that initially was just a standard plasma kind of weapon, but you reload it by leeching power from outlets. depending on the type of power you leech the gun works differently, and blue energy turned it into an ice thrower (like a flame thrower but it freezes stuff) which was much more interesting and a lot more fun to use.
all in all, i'm really looking forwards to the full version, can't wait to check out the multiplayer and look forwards to playing the single player again.
the game has an auto adjusting difficulty level, which seemed at a nice balance to me, but you can't always vouch for everyone else.
been looking forwards to this one for a long long time, and it's great to see those promises from 1997 finally being paid off and still being fresh and interesting.
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Anthony McCarley is an American open water swimmer from Berwyn, Pennsylvania who successfully crossed the English Channel on 14 August 2013 in 13 hours 29 minutes to join the Half Century Club at the age of 54 years with Andy King as his escort pilot. He received the O'Clee Jubilee Cup for his crossing from the Channel Swimming Association.
Open Water Swimming Career
In addition to the English Channel, McCarley has also completed the 8-mile Boston Light Swim in Massachusetts, the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim in Florida, the 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim in Florida, the 12.5-mile Swim Around Key West in Florida, and the 15.1-mile (24.3 km) Cape Circumnavigation Challenge around Cape May, New Jersey. He also completed an unprecedented marathon swim between St. Thomas and St. John in the Caribbean Sea.
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According to a report in The Washington Post, an incident involving sexual acts and "inappropriate use of technology" by students at Frederick Douglass High School was indeed a case of sexting, but no laws appear yet to have been broken.
Citing anonymous sources, The Post reported over the weekend that the incident centered around a video recording of "a female student performing oral sex on a male student".
According to The Post, officials are still investigating if charges could be filed against whomever recorded the video or for those who may have subsequently distributed the clip to others.
A letter regarding the incident sent last week to parents of students enrolled at Frederick Douglass High School from Principal Rudolph Saunders warned that images of the incident may be circulating on the internet.
"We are further concerned that the electronic images of the incident are being distributed by students through various avenues," reads the letter. "It is extremely important that students are aware that transmittal of electronic images could lead to criminal charges."
School officials first became aware of the recording on Wednesday, April 17. The sexual acts recorded were consensual, according to the letter, and occurred during an after school activity.


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Thomas Payton Waggoner, 70, of Ashland, died Sunday, July 7, 2013, at his residence.
He was born July 14, 1942, in Ashland, the son of the late Estill W. and Doris K. Anders Waggoner.
He was an executive assistant for the Greater Kentucky Corp. and a co-owner of the local Giovanni's Restaurants.
He is survived by his wife, Brinda Estep-Waggoner of Ashland; two brothers, William V. "Bill" Waggoner and his wife, Susan "Vicki," and Tony M. Waggoner and his wife, Paulette, all of Ashland; and several nieces and nephews.
His favorite saying was "Every day is a holiday."
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at Miller Funeral Home in Ashland by Pastor Jim Nichols. Entombment will be in Rose Hill Burial Park Mausoleum in Ashland.
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Annual Social Security Statement: A Key Guide
Agency terms new online reports "huge success," but numbers represent small fraction of beneficiaries.
Michael J. Astrue, commissioner of Social Security, recently put out a press release trumpeting the agency's belated launch on May 1 of an online Social Security statement. In less than two months, the agency announced, a million people have created an online account and viewed their Social Security statement.
[See Top-Rated Mutual Funds by Category Ranked by U.S. News Mutual Fund Score.]
"The online Social Security Statement is a huge success," Astrue said in the press release. For an agency that provided retirement and disability benefits to 61.6 million people as of May and receives payroll taxes from 208.5 million people, Social Security is particularly reserved in its public statements. Including Astrue's victory lap announcement, the agency has issued a grand total of 10 national press releases so far in 2012.
In reality, as the agency's own inspector general and the U.S. Government Accountability Office have found, Social Security has had few recent successes in managing the way it provides Americans with crucial details of what is, to most of us, the single most important government benefit we will ever receive.
The agency used to mail out more than 150 million personalized Social Security statements a year. These printed reports contained a historical record of a person's payroll taxes and year-by-year earnings record, and projections of how much they would receive in retirement benefits at various possible ages at which they are eligible to claim benefits.
Social Security can be a very complicated program to navigate. Economist Larry Kotlikoff, a Social Security expert at Boston University, recently estimated that "for an age-62 couple there are over 100 million combinations of months for each of the two spouses to take retirement benefits, spousal benefits, and decide whether or not to file and suspend one's retirement benefits."
[See Beware Playing 401(k) Catch-Up Close to Retirement.]
Academic research has documented that consumers do not understand these complexities. Further, the annual statement has been identified as the single most valuable communication the agency has with consumers. So, of course, the agency decided to stop sending it out, claiming it needed to find budget savings and that the growth of the Internet made it logical to convert the statement to an online tool.
That was in March of 2011. At the time, Astrue said, "We will send statements only to people age 60 and over and people under age 60 upon request. We also are working on making the statements available online." Months later, however, the agency had not done so and could not even project when it would begin.
In the fall of last year, the agency's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) gave it a slap on the wrist for not having a strategic plan to develop and implement online services. Social Security disagreed, but according to the OIG's report, also said it "does not believe it is wise to commit to specific expansions or refinements of SSA's electronic services in future years given the constantly evolving needs of the Agency and its customers."
Having taken more than a year to provide the online capabilities it promised in 2011, the agency now declares the program a "huge success."
Even if consumers continued creating online Social Security statements at the rate they did during the months of May and June, they would have created 6 million of them in the space of 12 months. How does one compare six million online statements against 150 million printed statements mailed out each year? Or against those 270 million people either receiving Social Security benefits or making tax payments into the system?
[See Balancing the Retirement Equation.]
And while there is no doubt that the country is becoming an online nation, Internet access and use is still skewed heavily toward younger and more affluent Americans. The Pew Research Center provides authoritative snapshots of Internet use over time.
While younger Americans have been heavy users of online services for years, older people have not. And this is the age group for which Social Security is most important. As of last April, Pew reported, 53 percent of Americans age 65 and older were using the Internet—the first time Pew surveys found a majority of seniors had done so. Odds are that lower-income seniors are not heavily represented along online users.
A Social Security spokeswoman said last week that the agency had resumed mailing out paper statements last February to Americans age 60 and older who were not already receiving benefits. She said it had sent out 6.7 million statements through the end of June. Only 5,500 other individuals have taken up the agency's offer to mail them statements on request.
Even adding these mailings to the million online accounts produces a tiny number compared with the prior practice. Social Security has indeed been a remarkable success since it was created in 1935. But not in this case.
Corrected on 07/23/2012: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated when the Social Security Administration announced it would stop sending out paper statements. The correct date was March 2011.


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One of the earliest and most enduring metal bands of all time, Pentagram have been bringing the pain in some form or another since the early '70s. Co-founder and notoriously manic frontman Bobby Liebling has been part of the band's driving force since their underground beginnings, and over the decades he's been supported by a constantly-revolving cast of characters as the band evolved from straight-ahead hard rock to the seeds of doom metal. Pentagram marks their 40th anniversary this year, marking the occasion with the release of their seventh studio album Last Rites, and I got a chance to give this historic record a spin. Read on for a full review...
Despite their ever-changing lineup and a lack of serious label support for the first half of their career, it's a credit to Pentagram's creative power and innovation that they've managed to keep moving forward. The whole concept of drop-tuning guitars to create a dark, ominous effect is so common in modern metal we tend to take it for granted now, but it was pioneering guitarists like Pentagram's Victor Griffin who first tried this technique back in the late '70s in an effort to create a darker, heavier sound than their peers in Black Sabbath or Venom. The low, slow and sinister riffs they created would help form the foundation for the "doom" genre, before anyone had actually hung that name on it.
After a decade of misfires, shakeups and breakups, combined with their frontman's well-documented battles with addiction, it seemed like Pentagram's unholy fire was about to be snuffed out for good... until last year, when a reunion between Liebling and Griffin led to a string of successful shows (including a now-legendary performance at Maryland Death Fest) and a three-album deal with Metal Blade Records. Last Rites is the first of those projects, and I predict it's going to make their fans very happy. For the uninitiated, it's a perfect introduction to a band that deserves major respect.
Most of the tracks here have their roots in the band's early days – some of the songs were actually written by Leibling back in the '70s – but this record isn't some attempt to recapture former glory: in fact, to hear it you'd never suspect Pentagram were out of the picture for so long. Their last solid release was 1994's Be Forewarned (now considered a doom classic), and it's no coincidence that it's the last album with Griffin onboard. Now he's back, and that fuzzed-up, powerfully evil tone has returned.
Case in point: the opening track "Treat Me Right" surfaces with a fat, muscular riff, matched to a chunky bass line from Greg Turley and earth-shaking kick/snare triplets from Albert Born. Liebling's old-school vocal style still holds up – he's always sounded like he's been down a long, rough road and back, but he's never lost his demented energy. "Call the Man" brings just a touch of psychedelia into the mix, but it's also one of the album's most commanding anthems, and transports you right back to metal's golden era. Check it out for yourself:
Things get doomier when the grinding riffs of "Into the Ground" kick in, but Bobby's easygoing drawl gives the song a bluesy feel. The mood seems to mellow even further with the opening of "8," but that soon gives way to layers of mighty drop-tuned riffs with eerie blending harmonics. They dig into the '70s song stash with "Everything's Turning to Night," which swings easily between semi-ballad verses, prog-rock transitions and dirty, heavy choruses. Acoustic guitar is introduced into the airy ballad "Windmills and Chimes," which draws more from the band's earliest influences, including Jimi Hendrix. Griffin takes over vocal duties for the down-tempo "American Dream," and handles the job well, although the instrumentation doesn't really back him up with enough intensity.
"Walk in Blue Light" is another updated '70s tune, and it's not as dynamic as "Everything's Turning to Night," but the guitars have that great warm, fuzzy tone that seems to wrap you in darkness. "Horseman" blends quirky, disturbing riffs with gently swirling clean guitar and high vocal harmonies, a pendulum swing between pleasant dreams and nightmares. "Death in 1st Person" brings back the doom, with Liebling's softly sung/spoken lyrics adding a haunting touch to Griffin's spooky melody line. The mighty, snarling anthem "Nothing Left" is a perfect closer, creating a mini-apocalypse of stomping, twisting rhythms, smooth harmonized leads and acidic vocals.
It's a testament to Pentagram's legacy that they've been able to pull it back together and rule their genre again after so many rough spots in their personal and professional lives; Bobby's had an especially rough time of it, but through all his troubles he's never forgotten what makes his band great. Now that he's been rejoined by Griffin, that greatness has fully returned, and hopefully it will stick around for a while. I guess we'll know if they've still got it where it counts when the second of the three planned releases hits the streets. Until then, pick this one up and time-travel to the true birth of doom.


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I too am having a difficulty with my 96 Buick Century (Custom.)
One day, a few months ago, there was a puff of smoke coming from the steering column. Immediately, my left turn signal was gone. For a time, I managed to tweak the exposed wire, and the signal would work. (This only happened after the car had warmed up.) Now this does not work, and few people know what a hand signal looks like! As I truly believe in signalling, I have got to get this fixed. Inspection is next month, Is this a minor electrial problem? My other signal works fine.
Thank you in advance for any helpful advice! I just pray this is not a major fix, as our car has cost us plenty, especially since she was paid off.
yea i gotta 02' century and it does the same thing. i've had it re'aligned, new shocks, balanced and rotated tired and pretty much all i can come up with is the cv joint. cause it only does it when you accelerate or when your turning left. and if someones in the passenger seat then its alot more noticable. this may not be the same problem as yours but it sounded similar so i thought i'd put it out there. does it sound familiar?
I'm having a problem with the heat in my 2000 Buick Century. Although I can't find evidence, I suspect I have a leak as I'm filling my antifreeze every two weeks or so. I've checked the floor mats to see if the issue is the heater core leaking, but like I said, no evidence to support this. The "low coolant" light goes on and off, seemingly at random and when coolant is low the heat cycles from hot to cold.
Any suggestions??
evincent1 Posts: 1Ok, I have some problems with my Buick Century, first, I live in Corona, which is important, because I took it to a local garage out in the Home Gardens area to get the cooling system repaired, and ever since I've gotten it back, I've noticed several things, my low coolant light comes on and then shuts off from time to time, and this is probably what has me worried, but I've noticed smoke coming from under the hood through my vents (I have to drive with my two windows that still work down so that I air the cabin out) and I also noticed that something is leaking inside the car, I don't know what it is, all I know is that is a greenish-teal color with dark particles/brownish stain to it, and it's really got me worried, and I don't know what's wrong? I thought the mechanics told me they fixed it?!!!?!? :mad:
elprez Posts: 2hi y'all, i have a 1990 pontiac safari wagon w/a 3.1 6cyl engine - same as the buick century...135kmi...recently it began to hesitate and buck when backing off the accelerator...i had "woody" tuned up and the gas filter changed, but the problem persists and has gotten more dramatic...he has begun to idle roughly...would a 1990 have a engine diagnosis hookup...? if so would it be best to have a dealer track the problem... ?
thanks for any advice,
steve clark
You may have a head gasket leak. The way to verify it is to check to see if your oil level is high. This means your coolant is passing thru the gasket into the motor oil.
If so, you need to get it fixed asap, as the engine bearings and other lubricated parts will burn up, and you will lose the engine. We had this happen to us with our Century about three years ago. I hope that is not what it is! Good luck!
gaillarry Posts: 1My 94 Century 3.1 has developed a cold! In cold weather the starter solenoid won't work, just a clicking sound and the car has a brand new battery. If I jump the solenoid posts the car will start easily. Once warmed up the car starts with no problems, until I let the car sit and it gets cold.
Do I have to remove the starter to remove the solenoid?


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296 students stayed to support Crusader basketball and the Drew family's fight against cancer. Wearing powder blue to represent Homer Drew's fight against prostate cancer, the ValparaiZone showed up in big numbers and made their presence known as the raucous crowd cheered the Crusaders to a 62-59 nailbiter victory over a quality Akron squad that won 23 games and was an NCAA tournament team last year. Kevin Van Wijk led the way for the Crusaders with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
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The two male victims told deputies they were walking near Acacia and 1st when a vehicle pulled up next to them and stopped, the statement said.
"Two subjects, both armed and brandishing pistols, exited the vehicle and demanded the victim's wallets and cell phones," deputies said. "The victims gave the subjects their property and the subjects got back into the car and drove away."
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At 7:24 p.m. Friday, Holguin was contacted in front of 12344 Bryant St. Holguin had two handguns and the other cell phone on his person, deputies said.
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Another holiday has come and gone. Now it's time for Pennsylvania's unofficial holiday: Monday's opening day of the two-week general deer hunting season.
"Unofficial?" Steve Preston said. "It's an official holiday. It's Pennsylvania. It's official.
"The whole season winds up to the crescendo. And it should be another good buck season."
Preston, the Northwest Division chairman of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, is predicting a successful season for hunters.
"I've hit two with my car just in the last month," he said. "So the population must be up a little. And there are some healthy-looking buck around."
Local outdoorsman John Crooks said it's hard to tell what kind of a season it will be, but he's predicting the opposite. Crooks said he had a slower-than-usual archery season, but did note that he passed up a couple of legal buck in an attempt to bag a larger one.
"It's my personal opinion," Crooks said, "but I don't think the deer are here are like they used to be. There is too much highway mortality. They don't have a handle on how many deer are killed on the road. The herd is down.
"Areas where you go spotting … you either see a lot or you go miles and miles and never see a deer. The herds are down locally. And that is due in part to shooting too many doe and the antler restrictions."
The key to success, however, is getting out in the woods, which both Preston and Crooks said has been a struggle the last couple of years for a variety of reasons.
Weather is a big variable. For those hunters looking for snow, though, they should be in luck. The forecast is calling for at least a 30 percent chance of snow now through Wednesday.
Another factor is antler restriction.
"A lot of hunters get discouraged with the antler restriction," Crooks said. "It is very hard to count points on a walking or running deer. And not only do you have to count, they have to be an inch long.
"It's very difficult and that has discouraged a lot of people. Many just shoot a doe and go home."
That is something Preston would like to see change. It's all about adaptation.
"Everything changes, including hunting," he said. "You can be the old guy sitting on the stump the last 50 years and never change or you can change with it. There are a lot more opportunities out there than there has ever been. Hunting is as good as it has ever been.
"The problem is there are too many one-day hunters."
For those hunters preparing to head out to the woods on Monday, Crooks and Preston have some advise. Both said it's important to be sure you respect private property when you are looking for a place to camp out for the day, while searching for your prized deer.
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"Even where we hunt is changing," Preston said. "There is more population, more buildings. Maybe a house is sitting where it wasn't before."
"Safety is the biggest thing," Crooks said.
Crooks also advises hunters to keep their eyes open for dead deer. Earlier this fall, the Pennsylvania State Game Commission said Epizootic hemorrhagic disease was suspected of killing 14 white-tailed deer in North Shenango Township. Crooks said the disease had killed between 70 and 80 percent of the Pymatuning Wildlife Refuge population. More information on the disease can be found by visiting pgc.state.pa.us.
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Wantage (/ˈwɒntɪdʒ/) is a market town and civil parish in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. The town is on Letcombe Brook, about 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Abingdon, a similar distance west of Didcot and 14 miles (23 km) south-west of Oxford.
Historically part of Berkshire, it is notable as the birthplace of King Alfred the Great in 849.[2]
Wantage was a small Roman settlement[3] but the origin of the toponym is somewhat uncertain. It is generally thought to be from an Old English phrase meaning "decreasing river".[3] King Alfred the Great was born at the royal palace there in the 9th century[2] Wantage appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. Its value was £61 and it was in the king's ownership until Richard I passed it to the Earl of Albemarle in 1190. Weekly trading rights were first granted to the town by Henry III in 1246[3] Markets are now held twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays[4] Royalist troops were stationed in Wantage during the English Civil War.[3]
In the 19th century, Lord Wantage became a notable local and national benefactor.[5] He was very involved in founding the British Red Cross Society.[5] In 1877 he paid for a marble statue of King Alfred by Count Gleichen to be erected in Wantage market place, where it still stands today.[3][5] He also donated the Victoria Cross Gallery to the town.[3][5] This contained paintings by Louis William Desanges depicting deeds which led to the award of a number of VCs, including his own gained during the Crimean War. It is now a shopping arcade.[3] Since 1848, Wantage has been home to the Community of Saint Mary the Virgin, one of the largest communities of Anglican nuns in the world. Wantage once had two breweries which were taken over by Morlands of Abingdon. In 1988 the town was thrust into the headlines after a Brass Tacks programme entitled "Shire Wars"[6] exposed the drunken violence that plagued the town and surrounding villages at that time.
Wantage has a town council consisting of sixteen councillors, eleven of whom (as of 2011) are Conservatives with the remaining five councillors being made up of four Liberal Democrats and one Labour Party. It is also part of the district of the Vale of White Horse.
Until 1974, Wantage had two local government councils: Wantage Rural District, which had its headquarters in Belmont,[7] Wantage and Wantage Urban District, which had its headquarters in Portway.[8] These bodies were both abolished as part of the Local Government Act 1972 and became part of the Vale of White Horse District Council.
Wantage is at the foot of the Berkshire Downs escarpment in the Vale of the White Horse, amidst prime horse racing country. There are gallops at Black Bushes and nearby villages with racing stables include East Hendred, Letcombe Bassett, Lockinge and Uffington. Wantage includes the suburbs of Belmont to the west and Charlton to the east. Grove to the north is still just about detached and is a separate parish. Wantage parish stretches from the northern edge of its housing up onto the Downs in the south, covering Chain Hill, Edge Hill, Wantage Down, Furzewick Down and Lattin Down. The Edgehill Springs rise between Manor Road and Spike Lodge Farms and the Letcombe Brook flows through the town. Because of its central location in the Vale and proximity to the Downs, Wantage tends to be the main touring centre for the area and is home to the Vale and Downland Museum. There is a large market square containing the famous statue of King Alfred, surrounded by many shops with 18th-century facades. Quieter streets radiate out from there, including towards the large Church of England parish church. Wantage is the 'Alfredston' of Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure.
Wantage is at the crossing of the B4507 valley road, the A417 road between Reading and Cirencester and the A338 road between Hungerford (and junction 14 of the M4 motorway) and Oxford.
Regular bus services link Wantage with Oxford, Didcot, Abingdon and Faringdon. These services also serve villages en route including East Hanney and Grove. The quickest scheduled bus journey between Wantage and Oxford takes about 45 minutes, the slowest can take over 1 hour 15 minutes.[citation needed] The regular local bus route 38 linking Wantage, Challow, Childrey, Chilton and Grove is operated by White's Coaches under contract to Oxfordshire County Council. Stagecoach in Oxfordshire run the X30 (Wantage - Grove - Cumnor - Oxford), 31 (Wantage - Grove - East Hanney - Marcham - Abingdon - Oxford) and 34 (Wantage - Harwell Campus - Steventon - Abingdon - Oxford). Thames Travel also operate routes in Wantage including the X1/X32 (Wantage - Didcot - Abingdon - Oxford) and 67 (Wantage - Stanford in the Vale - Faringdon).
Wantage Road railway station on the Great Western Main Line was at Grove about 2 miles (3 km) north of the town, on what is now the A338 road. The Wantage Tramway used to link the town with Wantage Road. The tramway's Wantage terminus was in Mill Street and its building survives, but little trace remains of the route. One of the tramway's locomotives, Shannon, alias Jane is preserved at Didcot Railway Centre.
Part of the Wilts & Berks Canal remains within the parish.
There is one state secondary school in Wantage, King Alfred's Academy, and some ten primary schools. The secondary school recently converted into an academy and is currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted. A former independent preparatory school, St Andrew's, established in 1926, closed permanently in 2010. Between 1873 and 2007, an Anglican private girls' school, St Mary's School, was a located in Wantage.
Wantage has been the site of a church since at least the 10th century and the present Church of England parish church of Saints Peter and Paul dates from the 13th century, with many additions since.[9] SS Peter and Paul also contains seventeen 15th century misericords.[9]
King Alfred's Grammar School was designed by the architect J. B. Clacy[10] of Reading[11] and built in 1849–50[10] but incorporates a highly carved Norman doorway[10] from a demolished chantry chapel that formerly stood in the churchyard.[3][9]
A water-powered mill with an undershot water wheel still stands from the time that Wantage was a major centre of the wool trade following the building of the Wilts & Berks Canal at the end of the 18th century.[citation needed]
As of 2007, Wantage is developing and changing. In recent years four or more significant housing developments have been constructed . At least one development (including the new health centre) has been on a greenfield site adjacent to the A338 road towards Oxford. The other three, however, have been on brownfield sites, converting a scrapyard next to the Letcombe Brook.
In 2006, a commercial development began construction with a Sainsbury's supermarket as a focus. This supermarket is double the size of the previous one and was intended to have a significant impact on the town by drawing more visitors from outlying villages. The impact was projected as being positive, aimed at preventing the town becoming a commuter town and retaining some commercial activity, An action group, Wantage Rejuvenated, is being sponsored by the town's chamber of commerce to try to bring business back into the area and inject new life into the town.
There was? activism in the town regarding development 2011, with a campaign to stop the demolition of a building close to the town centre by Vanderbuilt Homes, who initially gained permission to convert an early Georgian bank of shops into a mixed commercial and residential block. Vanderbilt applied to have the buildings completely demolished, prompting a local petition and campaign for the application to be refused at the discretion of the Town Council, as although the building is old, it is not listed (Source: Wantage and Grove Review Issue No 401, 3 October 2011).
Another area of development which has provoked local protest has been on the north of the town, where a 1,500-home estate is proposed, increasing housing in the town by 35%. Residents have raised petitions and the local MP, Ed Vaizey, has raised concerns, especially about the ability of local road infrastructure to cope. The town is served by the A338, A4497 and A417, which are single-carriageway roads. The proposed Wantage development is one mile from a similar mass of 2,500 homes proposed for the village of Grove and which will use same road network. .[12]
Sport and leisure[edit]
Wantage has a Non-League football club Wantage Town F.C. who play at Alfredian Park.
Notable people[edit]
- King Alfred the Great was born in Wantage in 849.[2]
- John Betjeman, Poet Laureate from 1972 to 1984, lived in Wantage and his book Archie and the Strict Baptists is based in the town. Wantage has a memorial park named after him, which includes extracts from his poems in a peaceful wooded area.
- Joseph Butler (1692–1752), Bishop of Bristol, Bishop of Durham, and author of 'The Analogy of Religion', was born and educated in Wantage.[13]
- William John Butler, Vicar of Wantage, Dean of Lincoln.
- Alice FitzWarin, wife of Dick Whittington, three time Lord Mayor of the City of London, grew up in Wantage.[14] Her father's brass memorial is in the church.[15]
- Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage of Lockinge (see above).[3][5]
- Frances O'Connor, Anglo-Australian actor, was born in Wantage in 1967.
- Lester Piggott, jockey, was born in Wantage in 1935.
Wantage is twinned with:
- ^ "Area selected: Vale of White Horse (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Ford, David Nash (2003). "King Alfred the Great (849-899)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ford, David Nash (2004). "Wantage: Where the Great are Born". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "OXTowns: Wantage Local Information". OXLink Ltd. 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Ford, David Nash (2008). "Col. Sir Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage of Lockinge (1832-1901)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Brass Tacks: Shire Wars".
- ^ "Wantage Rural District Council". London Gazette. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "Wantage Urban District Council". London Gazette. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ a b c Ford, David Nash (2004). "Wantage: St. Peter & St. Paul's Church". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ a b c Pevsner, 1966, page 254
- ^ Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan; Pinfield, Leslie, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, A–K. London & New York: Continuum. p. 375. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
- ^ Ellery, Ben (8 December 2009). "Anger as Wantage is chosen for 1,500-home development". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2003). "Joseph Butler, Bishop of Bristol (1692-1752)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2003). "Alice FitzWarin (c.1375-c.1410)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2001). "Sir Ivo FitzWarin (1343-1414)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
Sources and further reading[edit]
- Aston, Michael; Bond, James (1976). The Landscape of Towns. Archaeology in the Field Series. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. p. 96. ISBN 0-460-04194-0.
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 319–332.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 252–256.
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Why does Emacs insert ^m at the end of every line in my Linux environment?
Emacs Line Return and Windows, Unix, Mac, All That ^M ^J ^L
I know it´s an old question, but for the record, there are other reasons why ^M appears at the end of files. I just had the same problem. Here is what happened:
How to fix it:
Open the same file on VI (yes, I know, the archenemy) and search for characters that appear in a highlight color. On my terminal it is blue. Remove those characters and everything will work fine again on Emacs.
The problem was caused by some strange quotation mark characters that came from Outlook. The funny thing is that Emacs does not show this problem until you reopen the file, making it hard for you to identify that your file has a problem right away.
I know that this question has been resolved, but I wanted to mention that Dos2Unix is a handy part of a toolkit for file operation between UNIX/DOS/Mac machines. It is an easy command-based approach for adding/removing OS-preferred line endings.


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Here it is. A list of the top 10 most popular local stories on Woodinville Patch over the last year. We compiled the list based on number of page views.
10. Cyclist Found Unresponsive on Sammamish River Trail Near Woodinville. Authorities from Woodinville Fire and Rescue confirmed there was a death on the Sammamish River Trail near Woodinville in September.
9. Woodinville High School Student's Death Prompts Talk of Suicide Prevention Club. After a fellow student's death, a group of students wanted to start a suicide prevention club at Woodinville High School.
8. Update: Power Outage Ends Bonnie Raitt Concert at Chateau Ste. Michelle. A tree branch on a power line left 1,300 Woodinville customers without power and cut short the sold-out Bonnie Raitt/Mavis Staples concert at Chateau Ste. Michelle.
7. Woodinville's Big Daddy's is Closed. The bar and restaurant was known for its live music nights, drawing bands from across the Puget Sound.
6. Burglary Suspect Shot by Woodinville HomeownerA male burglary suspect was shot and critically wounded by a Woodinville homeowner in the Hollywood Hill area in July.
5. Woodinville Driver Killed in Wrong Way Crash on 520 During Morning Commute. The crash involved a 22-year-old Woodinville woman who died when her 2000 Mitsubishi Galant crashed into a semi-truck in February when she headed eastbound in the westbound lanes of the freeway following being rear ended by another car, according to the Washington State Patrol.
4. Family of Boy Killed in Newtown, CT Plans Move to Seattle Area. The family of has relatives in Woodinville, and Pozner's mother said she plans to move the family to the Seattle area in 2013.
3. Cyclist Found on Trail in Woodinville Identified A Kenmore man was found unresponsive on the Sammamish River Trail in September.
2. No Refunds for Bonnie Raitt Concert at Chateau Ste. Michelle. People had a lot to say in comments when they found out no refunds would be given after this concert was cut short.
And the most popular story on Woodinville Patch in 2012 is...
1. Woodinville Couple Caught Speeding with 3 Children in Trunk, State Patrol Says. This story about a Woodinville couple was hands-down the most viewed story of the year.
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That is a very important question, because if you consume more calories, than you burn, then you simple can not lose weight. But for some reason people just do not want to count calories or believe that counting calories is not important. If you do not count calories, then you are making it very hard for yourself to lose weight. Ideally you would want to make it as easy as possible.
There are many different ways to lose weight, some are more accurate then others. The most common want to determine your calorie consumption is to multiply your body weight in pounds with 12 or 13. For example if you weigh 190 pounds, then your you should consume around 2280 calories. But this method does not take into account your activity level or your body fat percentage. But you do get some idea.
Some of the average calorie requirements for weight loss for men is 2200-2700 calories and 1400-1800 calories for women. These are only averages but yet again you can modify them, depending on your body type and activity level.
The more active you are, the more calories your body burns and the easier it is for you to lose weight. For example a endurance athlete can burn around 5000-6000 calories or more a day and still burn fat, because the amount of calories, that are burned is so high. Bodybuilders can also eat 5000 or more calories and not gain any fat at all. They can eat so many calories because they have so much muscle mass and the more muscle you have on your body, the more calories you burn.


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Editor's Note: The following is the official statement from the town about the Wilmington High School project, which was officially taken to court late last week.
The town was served to Superior Court, and is currently looking into whether abutter Gerry O'Reilly and his attorney filed by November 21 deadline. To find all of Patch's coverage on the high school appeals in one place, visit our link to the new high school topic page.
Here is the town's official statement:
"Mr. O'Reilly has filed an appeal to Superior Court relative to the Final Order of Conditions issued by DEP. The Town is reviewing the complaint with counsel, and we will continue to do everything within our power to move the construction of the new high school forward, and to minimize the delay and associated costs caused by the appeal. The Town believes that the appellant's claims are without merit, and we remain eminently confident that DEP's decision will stand."


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The Washington Nationals traded Michael Morse on Wednesday evening, accomplishing one of their tasks in starting to replenish their farm system by getting back right-hander A.J. Cole in the three-team deal, along with right-hander Blake Treinen and a player to be named from the Oakland Athletics.
So, what do we know about the newly acquired (and re-acquired) Nationals?
The Nationals know the 6-foot-4 Cole well. They spent $2 million to sign him as a fourth-round draft pick in 2010 where, as a possible first-round-caliber talent, he dropped due to concerns over his price tag. A hard-throwing, strong-armed 20-year-old, the Nationals — and plenty of other scouts — see him as a potential front-of-the-rotation starter in the future and the Nationals knew he'd take time to develop.
While Cole's stock may have dropped after he struggled in high Single-A, where he opened the season, Baseball America still ranked him as the A's No. 3 prospect after the 2012 season and the No. 10 prospect in all of the Midwest League (low Single-A).
Here's what Baseball America wrote about Cole when they ranked him as the A's No. 3 overall prospect this winter:
Background: A potential first-rounder going into 2010, Cole slid but still netted a fourth-round-record $2 million bonus from the Nationals. After coming to Oakland with Tom Milone, Derek Norris and Brad Peacock in the Gio Gonzalez trade last offseason, Cole ranked last in the California League with a 7.82 ERA before he was demoted to low Class A in May. Following a rough first start, he smoothed out his mechanics in Burlington and would have led the Midwest League in ERA (2.07) if he had logged enough innings to qualify.
Scouting Report: Cole's fastball ranges from 92-97 mph with some sinking and cutting action. His slurvy curveball lacks consistency because he keeps tinkering with grips for it, but it shows good bite when it's on and he tightened its rotation in instructional league. He has nice feel for his changeup, which has some fade and improved after his demotion. Cole's Cal League problems came because he opened up too quickly in his delivery, dragged his arm and over-rotated, and left pitches up in the strike zone. The A's like how he comes after hitters.
The Future: With his power arm, Cole has more upside than any A's pitching prospect and projects as a possible frontline starter.
The Nationals obviously still like Cole with one executive referring to him as a "premium" prospect and clearly the centerpiece of Wednesday night's trade for the Nationals. After they traded away Alex Meyer earlier this offseason in exchange for Denard Span from the Twins, they were no doubt happy to have Cole return.
As for Treinen, he was a seventh-round selection of the A's in the 2011 draft and has a large, physical frame at 6-foot-4, 215 pounds. He's relieved and started in his brief minor league career but some that've seen him feel he's probably going to end up as a reliever eventually.
In 24 appearances in high Single-A in 2012 (15 starts), Treinen was 7-7 with a 4.37 ERA. In his two years in the minors, Treinen has struck out 8.7 batters per nine innings while walking just 2.1 per nine. In 103 innings in 2012, though, he allowed 116 hits.
Here's what Baseball America wrote about Treinen after the 2011 season when they ranked him as the No. 19 prospect in Oakland's system:
Treinen took a circuitous route to pro ball. He began his college career in 2007 on the junior varsity at Baker (Kan.), an NAIA program, before attending Arkansas without playing baseball in 2008. Then he was off to South Dakota State, where he sat out 2009 because of NCAA transfer rules.
Treinen showed impressive arm strength in 2010 and was a 23rd-round pick of the Marlins, but they backed off after a physical raised concerns about his shoulder. Treinen went 7-3, 3.00 as a senior in 2011 and went in the seventh round, making him South Dakota State's highest-drafted player since 1985.
Signed for $52,5000, Treinen has a physical frame and hard stuff to go with it. He throws a heavy, sinking fastball at 92-97 mph. He complements the heater with an 82-86 mph slider with late, sharp break. He also throws a changeup, but it's definitely his third option and he doesn't fully trust it at this point. Treinen didn't need his changeup much while working as a reliever in his pro debut, but he'll go back to starting in 2012 and Oakland will make sure to emphasize it.
He could be a No. 3 starter if his changeup comes around. Treinen has solid mechanics, using a standard three-quarters arm slot. He'll turn 24 next season, so Oakland may look to move him quickly and send him to high Class A.


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FULTON — At least one thing was better the second time Fulton pitcher Ethan Jones held an opponent hitless this spring: The Steamers won.
Ten days after throwing 8 1/3 no-hit innings against Morrison — the Mustangs won 1-0 despite not getting a hit — Jones held Sterling Newman hitless in a 10-0 Three Rivers Conference baseball win Monday at Drives Park.
"Actually, I felt better playing against Morrison than tonight, but this one felt a lot better because we won," Jones, a junior right-hander said. "I felt I hit my spots well, but our defense was really good tonight."
The defense stepped up when Jones needed it most, coach Jayme Farrell said.
"There was one hit in the second inning where their guy hit it hard down the right-field line, but first baseman Cody Huff caught the line drive and doubled off the runner," Farrell said. "That's the only one I remember that was close to a hit."
This time, Jones got plenty of run support.
The Steamers gave their pitcher a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
"Those runs are like a big confidence booster," Jones said. "When we played Morrison, I knew I couldn't give up a run because it would hurt us bad. I knew if I gave up a run tonight we'd pick it up."
Collin Ticher, who reached base four times and scored three runs, led off the Fulton first with a walk. Matt Dail followed with the first of his three singles, advancing Tichler to second. Jones followed with a fielder's choice that left runners on the corners.
A single to center field by Austin Manon scored Tichler and moved to Jones to third. Manon stole second, and Jones scored on the throw. One out after taking third on a wild pitch, Manon scored on a single to right field by Huff.


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NEWARK, Ohio – Wilma Marker Riley of Heath, Ohio, formerly of Masury, passed away at 7:15 a.m. Monday, May 6, 2013, in the Hospice Inpatient Care Center at Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark, after a long battle with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). She was 91.
Mrs. Riley was born in 1921 in Rockwood, Pa., a daughter of Dennis and Edith Critchfield Marker.
She was a member of Masury United Methodist Church.
Wilma resided in the Mahoning Valley area until 2001, at which time she moved to Heath to be closer to her sons and their families.
She attended Marker Elementary School, which her father had founded, and graduated from high school in Rockwood.
She married John Riley on Sept. 29, 1940. Married to John for 55 years until his passing in 1996, she raised two sons and was a loving and devoted wife and mother.
Wilma was a warm and caring person. Among the many blessings in her life, her greatest joys were her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She delighted in hearing about their lives as well as making delicious Sunday dinners for them.
Additionally she worked outside the home and was a forerunner of women's rights in the workplace.
Besides her husband, John Riley, she was preceded in death by her second son, Frank Dennis Riley, who passed last year; a brother, Paul Marker; and six sisters, Blanche Kimmell, Marie Mosholder, Gladys Henry, Eva McClintock, Dorothy Marker and Thelma McLean.
She is survived by: her first son, John Douglas Riley and his wife Nancy, Thornville, Ohio; five grandchildren, Jennifer Mills and her husband Stephen; Kimberly Hoffman and her husband Richard; Brad Riley and his wife Susan; David Riley and his wife Beth; and Jeff Riley; and 10 great-grandchildren, Johnnie, Meghan, Abigail, Ella, Leah, Logan, Layne, Regan, Kyla and Kole; as well as many nieces, nephews, great-nephews and great-nieces.
The family expresses gratitude to hospice for their immeasurable services and kindness. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Hospice of Central Ohio, 2269 Cherry Valley Road, Newark, OH 43055.
Mrs. John (Wilma Marker), 91, Heath, Ohio, formerly of Masury.
Calling hours: Family and friends may send condolences at www.lanefuneralhomes.com
Service: Memorial service will be held at a later date with Pastor Tom Myers officiating.
Entombment: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Hermitage, alongside her late husband, John.
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EASTERN KENTUCKY (WYMT) - Officials with the Kentucky Attorney General's Office have decided to reinstate four of the five Questcare EMS licenses that were suspended.
The Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services had temporarily suspended the licenses earlier this month.
Board officials claimed there were deficiencies that posed a risk to public safety.
The hearing officer did not reinstate the license for Martin County and it is still suspended.
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State Rep. Paul Adams (R-Andover) and State Sen. Barry Finegold (D-Andover) debated in front of a crowd of roughly 120 at Memorial Hall Library in Andover, Wednesday evening.
Adams talked about changing a trend in state government by bringing more Republicans into the legislature and ending the "tax and spend" attitude of the Democratic majority, according to an article in the Lowell Sun.
Finegold criticized Adams for not voting for a bill which lowered the cost of healthcare, a bill that Adams said would only increase taxes.
While the two also disagreed over the ways to help small businesses, the two agreed on issues such as providing assistance for returning war veterans and training for the unemployed.
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Weather Channel's Tornado Truck Tossed 200 Yards, Causing Channel's First Injury From Violent Weather TVNewser, NY Post
The Weather Channel's tornado hunt trunk was tossed 200 yards by a twister with a meteorologist and two photographers inside, but meteorologist Mike Bettes and the crew walked away from the wreck, reports TVNewser.
The report comes after the star of Discovery's "Storm Chasers" died amid an outbreak of tornadoes in Oklahoma, as previously reported. Tim Samaras, 55, died with his son, Paul, 24, and his friend Carl Young, 45, as they chased a tornado.
Bettes suffered minor injuries from his close call, including stitches in his hand, the New York Post reports. A network spokesman said it was the first time a personality for the channel had been injured while covering violent weather. Bettes and his crew were trying to escape from a tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma.
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Girls from across Northern Virginia will choose the perfect prom dress at "Princess for a Night" May 19 and May 21 at Mount Vernon High School.
The program is in its 10th year of operation, said Mount Vernon High School social worker Katie Basinski, who coordinates the program and oversees donation efforts for four different schools, including West Potomac High School. The program serves between 325 and 350 girls each year.
Basinski said she enjoys coordinating the program, which she called a "universal recycling effort."
"Every woman has things in her closet she doesn't need anymore," explained Basinski. "It's an opportunity for people to go through their closets and give away things they don't need. On the other hand, I think it's crazy to spend a ton of money on this event when you can get ton of new items without spending a fortune."
Basinski relies on a staff of 10 to 12 volunteers to help organize nearly 500 dresses by size, set them up on racks, staff the event and help store dresses for the following year.
Helping girls pick out their dream dress is the most rewarding part of the event, Basinski said.
"It's a wonderful event," she said. "Seeing the girls with their final selection is great."
The program relies on community donations of the following items: new or gently used dry-cleaned formal dresses, shoes, handbags, jewelry, unused make-up (for example, sample cosmetics) and "nice" shopping bags.
Donations are being accepted at the following collection sites until Friday:
- , 7770 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA 22306. From 4:45 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday.
- Hitched Bridal Couture and Creative Planning Salon, 1523 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20007. Between noon and 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Friday and between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday.
- , Main Office (Entrance #1), 6500 Quander Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22307. Between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- , Main Office, 3330 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302. Between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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What started out as a stolen car investigation in Port Chester turned out to be a case of mistaken identity, according to Port Chester Police.
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Welcome to the upscale Crowne Plaza Kansas City Downtown conveniently situated in the heart of downtown Kansas City. Adjacent to Bartle Hall Kansas City Convention Center and the Power & Light District, this luxurious Crowne Plaza hotel offers stunning views of historic downtown Kansas City and features a Starbucks Coffeehouse in the lobby. The Crowne Plaza Kansas City Downtown is located within walking distance to the Power & Light District, H&R Block World Headquarters, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Midland Theater and the Sprint Center Arena. We have nine spacious, high-tech meeting rooms to meet your needs. Take a dip in our seasonal heated outdoor pool, work out in the fitness center and grab a bite to eat in the City Grille or enjoy a drink in our City Bar. Rooms come fully equipped with complimentary high speed Internet access, a work desk and Crowne Plaza sleep amenities. Your comfort is our top priority. Whether for business or leisure, or simply getting away for an evening, Crowne Plaza Kansas City Downtown is your home away from home! Within minutes of Kemper Arena, American Royal, River Market, Crown Center and the Country Club Plaza, the Crowne Plaza Kansas City Downtown hotel is centrally located to all retail and entertainment venues that Kansas City has to offer.
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