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Broome County Hosts Car Seat Check at Lourdes Hospital
9/7/2013 (Updated 10:48:41 PM)
The Broome County Health Department held a free car seat check event Saturday to check the safety of children in car seats and to inform parents of car safety.The event was overseen by certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians who checked the quality of the car seats, weighed and measured children to make sure the seats were appropriate, and gave out free educational materials on child safety.
"We see hundreds of car seats every year and probably 85-90% of them are misused," Traffic Safety Coordinator of the Broome County Health Department said. "So that's a lot of unsafe kids riding in vehicles. Our goal is to educate parents and empower them to be able to use the car seats correctly."
Organizers of the event say they hope that parents will walk away with helpful tips and be better informed on how to keep their child safe.
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The second week of preseason is upon us as teams are preparing to get their rosters in good shape for the start of the real thing.
To start things off, Atlanta will play Cincinnati and Green Bay will battle Cleveland on Thursday.
The Packers will be obvious favorites on the NFL odds board for their game against the Browns, who have a ton of question marks heading into the season. Who starts at quarterback? Will first round draft pick Trent Richardson be ready for the start of the season?
On Friday, there are six games scheduled. We're probably most intrigued by Tampa bay versus Tennessee and Arizona against Oakland, and that's mainly because of the quarterback battles for both the Titans and Cardinals.
Matt Hasselbeck and Jake Locker are competing for the starting job in Tennessee, while it appears John Skelton may beat out Kevin Kolb for the gig in Arizona.
Baltimore's home game with Detroit should also be quite a treat to watch. The Lions are known of course for their offensive prowess, while the Ravens have a bunch of hard-hitters on defense.
Saturday sees a New York slugfest featuring the Jets and Giants, while San Diego takes on Dallas and Denver hosts Seattle. There's also an interesting NFL matchup featuring Houston and San Francisco.
The action doesn't stop there as Sunday we'll witness Andrew Luck's second game as a pro. He'll probably have a much more difficult time this time around against a formidable Steelers defense. Luck was the story of the first week of the preseason, tormenting the St. Louis rams for two touchdowns.
Finally, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will entertain the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night.
It should be another busy week of preseason football. One week closer to the start of the real thing!
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Over at CES, Sharp is showing off new TVs but today, a Universal Player has been showcased. It's not your ordinary Blu-ray player as it plays media wirelessly and is WiSA-certified. Officially called as the SD-WH1000U, this media player can also play DVDs, SACDs, and CDs over your wireless network.
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Are we on the heels of a technological revolution in the air? Between the recent changes in the FAA restrictions and this news about Gogo Talk & Text, the things they are a changing. Although this is not the first time a in-flight calling has made it's presence known, it seems to be the first time it's actually going to be successful. Now, with Gogo's Text & Talk service, travelers will be able to use in-flight WiFi to make calls and send and receive text messages.
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Living just about 37 miles from Husky Stadium in Seattle, I've heard alot of conversations this week about Univ of WA starting to return to a competive team deserving respect. Sarkisian a former Offensive Coordinater at USC. Has stated he will expect the team to execute and play hard.
Week 1 LSU came to town and won but they made players at UW believe that this will not be anything like the 0-12 team that could have lost to several highschool teams in this country in 2008. They blewout Idaho. But lets be frank - it was Idaho and Washington gave up more yards then they had although was a blowout.
Now the week that UW was beating a patsy, Ohio State had the game, was playing at home at the shoe, and did what they do. They lost the big game. Another year of yap but little else. And there was no injury to "Wells" to blame it on.
So here comes USC to little ole' washington. A team the trojans pounded 56 to 0 last year. True last year, after beating the Buckeyes, USC travelled to Oregon State and lost. But the Beavers of Oregon State were not a team coming off 12 losses.
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Plus, the Cardinals move to 3-0, Saints' defensive issues, Ponder, Revis, Bears front four, RGIII and more. Matt Bowen
US PRESSWIRESchaub threw 4 TDs in the Texans' win over the Broncos.
6. Schaub, Texans' vertical game: Look at the vertical concepts from Houston in their win over Denver. Start with Andre Johnson. Reduced split on the deep inside post. Too easy. Move on to Kevin Walter. Another post with the WR pressing into the CB (with a slight veteran push) to create separation down the field. Think about this: the Texans can run the ball consistently, have the one of the league's top defense and also can make plays down the field. 290-yards and 4 TDs from Schaub in the win.
7. Locker, Titans special teams: There are plenty of angles to take in the Titans' 44-41 OT win vs. Detroit (starting with the Lions' final play call in FG position), but let's talk about Locker (378-yards, 2 TDs) and the Titans special teams. Big plays. That's what stands out. The Titans' QB tore up the Lions' secondary and Tennessee scored twice in the kicking game. You are going to win when you stack up explosive plays and the Titans did it without any real production (again) from RB Chris Johnson (24-yards on 14 carries).
8. Bears' defensive front: No surprise to see Chicago lean on Cover 2 in the 23-6 win over Sam Bradford and the Rams because of the pressure they generated with their D-Line. Outside of the occasional inside seam route (and one 9 route) the Rams were limited to throwing the slant and the inside curl. That's not going to win many games. Peppers, Paea, Idonije, McClellin, etc. They all contributed and racked up 6 sacks while the Bears intercepted Bradford twice.
9. Falcons' red zone options: Think about what QB Matt Ryan has to work with in the red zone. Gonzalez on the seam, shake, option, etc. Move over to Julio Jones. Easy to throw the fade or slant. And with Michael Turner, you always have the Power O, Counter OF and Lead in your back pocket. Atlanta should consistently get the ball in the end zone with their personnel. Just like we saw today in the win over San Diego on the road to improve to 3-0.
10. RGIII continues to get hit: I love option football when you use it in specific game situations if you have the talent at QB. Use the Zone Read, align him in the Pistol, get him in the open field and allow him to showcase his skill set. That's all good and I would do the same as a coach with Griffin in my huddle depending on the game situation. However, he was hit hard today in the loss to Cincy and I don't know how long he will last if he continues to be put on the ground. The 'Skins might have to limit the amount of designed runs they have for RGIII.
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Harriet I. Sharlow (nee Sterling) passed away on December 30, 2013 at the age of 97 in Berea, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, four sisters, three brothers, three nephews, one niece and one cousin.
Harriet spent the last two and a half years residing in Berea, Ohio with her youngest daughter. She was born July 29, 1916 to John and Mary (Agnes) Sterling in Snye, Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River. She was the beloved wife of the late H. Kenneth Sharlow of 55 years and loving mother of three daughters: Mary Burch of Hannawa Falls, NY, Susan (Tim) Morgan of Wappingers Falls, NY, and Jane (David) Wood of Berea, OH. Cherished grandmother of seven grandchildren: Carrie Rush of Wappingers Falls, NY, Williams K. Burch of Plattsburg, NY, Brandy (Nick) Cunningham of Fort Smith, AR, Melissa Fink of Sumter, SC, David Michael Rush of Sumter, SC, Kate Wood of Hoboken, NJ, and Kristine Wood of Cincinnati, OH. Loving great grandmother of two: William Lewis Rush of Sumter, SC and Bryson Fink of Sumter, SC. Dearest aunt, cousin and friend to many: cousin Mabel Thomas of Massena, NY, nephew Donald Duarte of Augusta, GA, niece June LaDue, Massena, NY, and best friend of the family and fourth daughter Barbara Briggs of Howell, NJ. Harriet lived her life for her family and dedicated all she had to loving and supporting her three daughters and their families. She and her late husband Kenny had a love for traveling and the outdoors, actively swimming, camping, hunting, fishing, ice skating and skiing. Both were avid hockey fans of the Montreal Canadiens. Harriet always had the will to live, a tribute to the strength and character of the woman she was. She will forever remain in our hearts and our lives. Family will receive friends and celebrate the life of Harriet at Phillips Memorial Home at 64 Andrews Street, Massena, NY, 13662 on Friday, January 3, 2014. Calling hours 2pm - 4pm with a service at 4pm. Memorial contributions may be made in her name to Ohio Guidestone, a non-profit agency serving children, families and communities, 202 E. Bagley Rd, Berea, OH 44017, 1-800-639-4947. Online condolences may be made to www.phillipsmemorial.com.


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In Christian County Clerk, et al. v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., et al., No. 12-5237 (6th Cir. 2013), the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard a case on appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The case involved two county clerks suing MERS, its parent company… Read more »
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Kentucky Counties Sue MERS and Banks for Recording Fees
In Boyd County, et al. v. MERSCORP, Inc., 0:12-cv-00033-HRW (Apr. 19, 2012) several counties in Kentucky brought a lawsuit against MERS and several Banks for lost recording fees. On August 7, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a stay of action pending the result of Christian County Clerk v. Mortgage… Read more »
Kentucky Attorney General Sues MERS for Recording Fees
In Commonwealth of Kentucky v. MERS Holdings, Inc., L3-CI-00060 (Jan. 23, 2013), the Kentucky attorney general filed a lawsuit against MERS seeking recording fees, claiming that it wrongfully held itself out as mortgagee on recorded mortgages, deceptively failed to record mortgage assignments, deceptively brings foreclosure actions, and lacks standing to bring foreclosure actions. This suit… Read more »
U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Kentucky Holds MERS Valid Nominee of Mortgage, Had Authority to Assign Mortgage, and Lender Properly Assigned Note to Citi
In In re Jessup, 2010 WL 2926050, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ("Court") denied the bankruptcy trustee's ("Trustee") motion for summary judgment in a suit to set aside Defendants' mortgage lien against the bankruptcy debtors' ("Debtors") property. In February 2007, Debtors executed a note to Homeland Capital Mortgage ("Lender"), and… Read more »
Kentucky Court of Appeals Holds that Bank Lacked Standing Because it did Not Obtain an Interest in the Note Until after Commencing the Foreclosure Action
In Morgan v. HSBC Bank USA, NA, 2011 WL 3207776 (Court of Appeals of KY, 2011), the Court of Appeals of Kentucky reversed the trial court's judgment as a matter of law that HSBC Bank USA, NA ("HSBC") had standing to enforce a note against Morgan ("Borrower") in a foreclosure action, and remanded for further… Read more »


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As a respected industry leader, Abbott is a regular speaker at industry conferences, presenting on topics related to predictive modeling, medical home and healthcare clinical analytics. She is also a contributor and member of the editorial board for Predictive Modeling magazine and has been quoted in notable industry publications regarding the use and future of predictive analytics, the state of healthcare analytics and quality improvement initiatives. In 2010, Frost and Sullivan recognized Abbott as one of the Movers and Shakers in healthcare.
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Guha Athreya
Sr. Manager, Analytics
• Over 10 years of analytics experience across various verticals including financial services, CPG and hospitality
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Jeff Brazell
The Modellers
For many years, Dr. Brazell has been actively involved in designing and delivering foundational and applicable research projects to help clients with their most difficult challenges. Some of Jeff's project/clients include General Motors, American Express, Intel, P&G, Citibank, Disney, Gateway Computers, GE, Kodak, eBay, IBM, Lucas Arts, Paramount, Purina, Schick, Toyota, and Verizon.
Case Study: Predictions At Work: Tools for Decision Support
Veronique Duverneuil
Global Brand Analytics Director
Hewlett-Packard Company
Ms Duverneuil has been with Hewlett-Packard for 24 years where she had various positions, in finance, IT, recycling business, Channel program management and Compliance & Audit, prior joining Global Security Services (GSS) in 2010.
Ms Duverneuil holds a Business Administration Degree from the Grenoble Ecole de Management Business School in France, with a major on new technologies.
Ms Duverneuil is married. She resides in Grenoble, France.
Case Study: Predictive Modeling of Warranty Non Compliance Detection
Dr. John Elder
CEO & Founder
Elder Research, Inc.
John obtained a BS and MEE in Electrical Engineering from Rice University, and a PhD in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia, where he's an adjunct professor teaching Optimization or Data Mining. Prior to 18 years at ERI, he spent 5 years in aerospace defense consulting, 4 heading research at an investment management firm, and 2 in Rice's Computational & Applied Mathematics department.
Dr. Elder has authored innovative data mining tools, is a frequent keynote speaker, and was co-chair of the 2009 Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining conference, in Paris. John was honored to serve for 5 years on a panel appointed by President Bush to guide technology for National Security. His book with Bob Nisbet and Gary Miner, Handbook of Statistical Analysis & Data Mining Applications, won the PROSE award for Mathematics in 2009. His book with Giovanni Seni, Ensemble Methods in Data Mining, was published in February 2010, and his book on Practical Text Mining, with Andrew Fast and 4 others, won the 2012 PROSE Award for top book in Computing and Information Sciences.
John is honored to be a follower of Christ and father of 5.
Special Plenary Session: General Lessons We Can Learn from Blackbox Trading
Jerrard Gaertner
Canadian Information Processing Society - Ontario
Case Study: Compliance Issues in Real World Analytics - Security, Privacy, Regulatory Requirements and Due Diligence
Rayid Ghani
Chief Data Scientist
Obama for America
Stephen Gold
VP of Worldwide Marketing
Prior to joining IBM, Stephen was Vice President of Marketing (CMO) for SPSS, acquired by IBM in 2009. As President of the Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company, Stephen oversaw all aspects of the publically traded market research organization, which covered twenty-six distinct technology markets. Previous to this Stephen successfully scaled and sold two Silicon Valley based startups; Azerity to ModelN in 2006 in the capacity as CEO and Digital Market to Agile (now Oracle), as its CMO.
Stephen has a twenty-year winning track record of leading successful enterprises and building businesses across industries (technology, software and services) and geographies (domestic and international) for both high growth private and multi-billion dollar publicly traded corporations. Stephen holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and graduated with distinction from Carnegie Mellon University with an MBA. The Pennsylvania Small Business Association and Carnegie Mellon have both recognized him as "Entrepreneur of the Year". Stephen has appeared on CNN and is a featured speaker at various conferences and universities.
Keynote: Putting IBM Watson to Work
Brett Goldstein
Chief Data Officer
City of Chicago
Keynote: Lessons from Year 2: Operationalizing the Principles of Predictive Analytics
Robert Gottel
Reliability Centered Maintenance Manager
Case Study: Predicting Wheel Failure Rate for Railcars
Greg Green
Director of Agency Strategy
Greg was previously EVP, Managing Director, VivaKi Nerve Center and SVP, Global Head of Analytics at Digitas, both part of Publicis Groupe. Greg's career also includes other leadership positions in Marketing Analytics as the Chief Strategy Officer at The Allant Group as well as leading the private sector business analytics initiative at Price Waterhouse, as a Principal Consultant.
Case Study: Power of Prediction in an Unpredictable World
Robert Grossman
Open Data Group
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Fred Grunwald
Vice President Analytics
New Directions Behavioral Health
Fred has worked in health care for his entire career in both hospitals and payer settings. He has a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from the University of Missouri.
Case Study: Deploying Predictive Models In Virgin Waters: Predicting Behavioral Health Readmissions
Mike Gualtieri
Principal Analyst
Forrester Research
Mike is a recipient of the Forrester Courage Award for making bold calls that inspire leaders and guide great decisions. He is also the record holder of the most-read Forrester blog post.
Case Study: Big Data Predictive Analytics Solutions
Matt Habiger
Quantitative Analyst
New Directions Behavioral Health
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Monika Heller
Chief Medical Officer
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Dr. Thomas Hill
Vice President of Analytic Solutions
StatSoft, Inc.
Dr. Hill has received numerous academic grants and awards from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Health, the Center for Innovation Management, Electric Power Research Institute, and other institutions.
He has completed diverse consulting projects with companies from practically all industries, and he has worked with the leading financial services, insurance, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, retailing, and other companies in the US and internationally, to identify and refine effective data mining and predictive modeling solutions for diverse applications.
Dr. Hill has published widely on innovative applications for data mining and predictive analytics. He is the author (with Paul Lewicki, 2005) of Statistics: Methods and Applications as well as the Electronic Statistics Textbook (a popular on-line resource on statistics and data mining), and he has co-authored Practical Text Mining and Statistical Analysis for Non-Structured Text Data Applications (2012), and the forthcoming Practical Predictive Analytics and Decisioning Systems for Medicine (2014). He also contributed tutorials to the Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications (2009).
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Kathleen Kane
Principal Decision Scientist
Fidelity Investments
Kathleen has more than ten years of data mining experience in the financial services industry. Kathleen received her BA in engineering from Dartmouth College, and her MS from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Risk Modeling Analyst
Paychex, Inc.
Tom joined Paychex in 2012. Prior to Paychex, Tom was a Predictive Modeling Analyst with a large digital marketing agency, servicing major clients in the financial services, insurance, and automotive industries. He holds a MA from Boston University in Applied Statistics, and a BA from Boston University in Applied Mathematics. Tom is a three-time PAW speaker.
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Mahesh Kumar
Tiger Analytics
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Satish Lalchand
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
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Solution Architect
Orbitz Worldwide
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Risk Modeling Analyst
Paychex, Inc.
With a deep understanding of statistical methods and being well versed in the statistical software such as SAS, R and Stata, Wei plays an important role in the effort for compiling the Paychex American Small Business Index.
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Senior Manager, Customer Service Analytics Delivery, Global Analytics (GLA)
Hewlett-Packard Company
KV Nathan is the Senior Delivery Manager, Global Analytics at Hewlett-Packard Company and is responsible to create Analytics capability in Warranty and Customer Service Domain. As part of this role, KV Nathan is responsible for delivery of analytics related to customer service and warranty within Global Analytics.
Before this, Nathan was part of HP Singapore holding APJ role and has executed numerous process improvement projects for cost savings in Supply Chain, Logistics, Returns Management , Quality management ,Customer support and Warranty.
Prior to HP, Nathan was holding the position of Project and Quality Manager in one of the leading Power Company in India and shifted to Oil & Gas Manufacturing Sector in Singapore. He transformed the Process Systems and was solely responsible for getting ISO 9001: 1994 Certifications for the Oil & Gas Company in Singapore.
Nathan has graduated from Faculty of Engineering and Technology of Annamalai University, India. He has obtained a Lead ISO Auditor, Six Sigma trained and Consultant of SAP S&D Module.
Nathan possesses a clear understanding of the Supply Chain & Warranty industry, technology trends with the distinction of instituting new practices to achieve superior business excellence at the lowest overall cost.
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Stephen Omans
CEO and Founder
Deal Me Health
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John Pantano
Senior Workforce Analyst
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Chief Scientist
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Advanced Analytics Lead
Prior to joining Monsanto, Nalini applied machine learning and analytics to advance research in cancer biology and human brain evolution. She also developed text analytics algorithms for CDC. Nalini earned a PhD in Bioinformatics, dual Masters in Computer Science and Bioinformatics from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Nalini has authored and co-authored several research articles in leading scientific journals and co-authored book chapters on high throughput biomedical data analysis and applications.
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Geography Head
Mu Sigma Inc.
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Talent Analytics, Corp.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Founding Chair
Predictive Analytics World
Dr. Siegel is the instructor of the acclaimed online training program, Predictive Analytics Applied. He has published over 20 papers and articles in data mining research and computer science education and has served on 10 conference program committees.
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Paul Sill
Principal and Founder
Forum Analytics
In 2001, Mr. Sill founded Forum Analytics to build upon his experience combining complex analytics with cutting edge mapping technology. In 2007, Forum conducted a successful round of private financing for its continued expansion and has since introduced numerous industry changing platforms, most notably the Strategic Integrated Mapping and Modeling System (SIMMS), Cannibalytics, and the VEXRAY site filtering module.
Mr. Sill holds a Master of Science in Geography and was an Adjunct Professor of Geography at Northern Illinois University for a number of years. He has taught retail analytic coursework at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, on behalf of the International Council of Shopping Centers, and has spoken at numerous national conventions on retail and research related topics.
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Managed Analytic Services Inc.
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Larry is currently co-developing a curriculum in Management of Big Data Analytics for the University of Toronto focusing on meeting the demand for managers who can translate analytical results into business language and action.
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Jim Tesiero
Principal Mathematician, Head of Data Science
Zeeto Media
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Marco Vriens
Senior Vice President
The Modellers LLC
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Kelly Zhao, Ph.D.
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Fifth Third Bank
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Anybody from Suffolk County? Just curious. I live here, and I wanna know if any other JCers live here. Thanks.
So far most of our meetings have been held in Nassau, mainly because we have a good central location there. We would like to have some in Suffolk, if we can find a good spot. Can either of you suggest something? It needs to be public, open to all ages, quiet, and someplace where a bunch of us taking up space for 2 hours won't be a problem. And accessible by LIRR would be a plus.
You don't wanna go into Riverhead, most definetly. Hmm.... Manorville is good, at the plaza by the Game Farm.
I'm from Suffolk too. Ronkonkoma area. I never make the meetings cuz I have to work on Sundays =0(Hopefully someday soon that will change. I still think Sports Plus would cool place to meet.


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There are a lot of things to take away from Bobby Jenks' six years on the South Side, as I mentioned his eulogy earlier this month. But there's one lesson that the Sox should have learned from Jenks long ago -- like, anywhere from three to five seasons back -- that seems to bite them time and time again, and 2010 was no exception.
You have to go back to Jenks in 2005 to find the last time the Sox had anything resembling a capable reliever waiting in the wings in the upper minors, ready to help when needed at midsummer. Perhaps by coincidence, it's the only time the Sox have had a less hittable bullpen in the second half of the season, compared to the first. OK, the Sox also accomplished the feat in 2007, but that's because they couldn't be worse in the first half if they tried.
Jenks' breakthrough was David Wilder's best contribution to the Sox (and he's milked all the goodwill out of it since). When Kenny Williams wanted to add bullpen help, Wilder said there was no need to trade, because the organization had an ace up its sleeve. I don't know if anybody would imagine that Jenks would be able to pick up where a healthy Dustin Hermanson left off, but at the very least, he was a medium-leverage guy who would be able to pick up the late-inning slack if Neal Cotts or Cliff Politte had to assume the closer duties.
One would think the Sox could, at some point over the following five years, develop a few other legitimate relievers to step in and provide any kind of help. I'm not necessarily talking about somebody who can handle the final three outs on a routine basis -- even getting through the sixth inning would constitute relief.
One would be wrong.
There's a healthy list of in-house or cost-free pitchers the Sox have auditioned for midsummer help: Sean Tracey, Dewon Day, Ehren Wassermann, Lance Broadway, Heath Phillips, Adam Russell, Aaron Poreda, D.J. Carrasco, Esteban Loaiza, Carlos Torres, Randy Williams, Wes Whisler, Jhonny Nunez, Lucas Harrell, Erick Threets, Gregory Infante, Chris Sale.
From that list, the number of pitchers who stuck around for one season or more: Carrasco, and he's a terrific example of what the Sox have lacked in most years.
Year | Half | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
2010 | First | .244 | .325 | .364 | .689 |
Second | .262 | .335 | .388 | .723 | |
2009 | First | .261 | .340 | .399 | .739 |
Second | .271 | .335 | .424 | .759 | |
2008 | First | .240 | .306 | .356 | .662 |
Second | .278 | .354 | .442 | .796 | |
2007 | First | .292 | .380 | .437 | .817 |
Second | .270 | .356 | .412 | .758 | |
2006 | First | .251 | .323 | .422 | .745 |
Second | .267 | .355 | .443 | .798 | |
2005 | First | .235 | .321 | .384 | .705 |
Second | .230 | .313 | .375 | .688 |
Scott Linebrink's injury and subsequent collapse could have submarined the Sox in 2008. Before his shoulder started bothering him in July, Linebrink had allowed just 27 baserunners in 34 innings, and had a sterling 1.32 ERA to show for it.
With no Linebrink, Ozzie Guillen had only Jenks and Octavio Dotel as reliable right-handed options. And not long after Linebrink hit the DL, Jenks joined him with pain in his non-throwing scapula.
Carrasco wasn't as dynamic as either, but Guillen could give him the ball -- for the two weeks the Sox lacked two top righties, and for the rest of the season. He gave the Sox 38 2/3 innings after joining the club on July 11, 2008, and all were needed as the Sox edged the Twins by one game.
Sadly, Carrasco has no peers in the "Hey, Where'd This Guy Come From?" department, because the scrap heap isn't a place for safe bets. All the other help has come at a cost - trades that are even-up at best (Mike MacDougal, David Riske, Tony Pena, Horacio Ramirez), or the development of Sale. It wouldn't be smart to use the first round of the draft to fill out the bullpen.
(And the Sox don't have a first-round pick next year, anyway.)
Most of the blame falls on Wilder and Duane Shaffer -- Wilder for torching what barely resembled a Latin American scouting system, and Shaffer for stocking up on soft-tossers in the draft. If you ever need a reminder of why Shaffer was fired, look no further than his final draft in 2006. Out of the 50 players selected by the Sox, only 22nd-round pick Kanekoa Texeira has cracked a major-league roster.
But Doug Laumann and Buddy Bell need to start stepping it up too, and Williams needs to let it happen.
Laumann has stumbled in attempts to create cheap bullpen options. Upper-round relief prospects like Drew O'Neil and Leroy Hunt have flopped, and Kyle Bellamy hit a wall in Birmingham last season. Aaron Poreda might not have been long for Chicago either, but at least he helped get Jake Peavy (for whatever that's worth).
There is a next wave in place, though, headlined by Gregory Infante. He could start the season in Chicago, but he walked nine batters over six innings in winter ball, so I wouldn't bank on him. Some time in Charlotte would do him good. Charles Leesman also could get a look in the bullpen when summer rolls around, depending on what happens with Sale, and Nathan Jones has a big fastball-curve combo that seems destined for better results.
Behind them are Addison Reed and Jacob Petricka, but they don't register on the 2011 big-league radar.
This bunch isn't particularly encouraging, and yet they're the best potential relievers the Sox have rounded up in a long time. You could even throw 2005 into the mix, because if Jenks didn't pan out, Jeff Bajenaru was the next-best option.
It all underscores how badly the Sox have to gamble on good health and maintenance, and it's a big reason why they've struggled to maintain true year-in, year-out competitiveness. The Sox may be "All In" in 2011, but they've been that way with the bullpen every year since Jenks surfaced.


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The Halifax-Based Ecology Action Centre and the Atlantic Canada Sustainable Energy Coalition say the agency could be modelled after the Saskatchewan Transportation Company.
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The Day of the Locust
Adaptations of quintessentially L.A. novels tend to either work marvelously, as with L.A. Confidential, or don't quite measure up to their source material (a category I'd lump Ask the Dust into). John Schlesinger's adaptation of The Day of the Locust was a costly misfire for Paramount Studios which spent something like 6 months on the film and a whole lot of dough. It could have been as influential as Chinatown, but it was a flop upon release, though ultimately it had some enduring appeal as a cult film in later years. Nathaniel West's novel is generally considered to be the very best novel on Hollywood, its more grotesque inhabitants, and its tragic allure as a festering dump where dreams go to die. That makes the novel sound sobering and self-serious but this is a story about fame whores, violently degenerate midgets, sociopathic child actors, cockfights, stag films, and a movie premiere that culminates in the apocalypse. It's brutally dark and really, really entertaining.
The movie is essentially a literal adaptation of West's novel and it came under criticism from some quarters for being too literal. Director John Schlesinger was taken to task for supposedly ignoring the arch satire of West's depiction of Hollywood as the epicenter of greed, desperation, and idiocy, and instead ratcheting up the cartoon nihilism to a fever pitch. But when you do a story about America's pop cultural border town that ends with a murderous orgy of celebrity blood lust I'm not exactly sure "holding back" is the way to go. The Day of the Locust is about a particular kind of American tragedy that West found on Hollywood Boulevard during the 1930s. In the dive bars and diners that lined the boulevard were hundreds of desperate people without a nickel to their name, all drawn to Hollywood in the hopes of making it big. Most, West found, couldn't even get work as extras. He saw them as a mass of human wreckage under the movie premiere kleig lights. The dark joke beneath the glittering dream that Hollywood came to embody was exquisitely rendered by West as it was happening. The film does justice to the novel with its horror show theatrics under the palm trees and sunny skies of Southern California and ultimately it's more creepy than campy.
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Besides being one of the funniest, yet strangest comedies ever made, The Loved One may be the greatest satire of life in Los Angeles during the 1960s and has one of the most eclectic, but well used casts of all time (including Jonathan Winters in dual roles, Robert Morse, Milton Berle, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Paul Williams, Tab Hunter, Roddy McDowall…oh, and Liberace). Morse plays Dennis Barlow, a young British poet who shows up in Los Angeles to visit his uncle, Sir Francis Hinsley (John Gielgud), a film studio worker. After the uncle dies Dennis gets involved with Aimee (Anjanette Comer), an employee at the sinister funeral home, Whispering Glades.
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The film focuses on a group of gay teens who all seem to have too much free time on their hands. They lounge around pools while chain-smoking cigarettes, take pills and stumble around in empty parking garages, and talk about their complicated relationships while playing children's board games. Andy, a firm believer that love does not exist, is starting to question otherwise after he meets an older college student who wants to be the next Dennis Cooper. Michele and Patricia want a baby, and decide to try their luck with a turkey baster and a bowl of their friends' semen. Tommy isn't looking for a serious commitment with anybody--casually hooking up with random strangers like it's the 1970s. Steven is a budding filmmaker documenting his friends' world, and undergoes a crisis with his lover, Deric, after an older man seduces him with a bootleg tape of a Nine Inch Nails show. "If it was any other band, I probably would have said no," Steven laments later.
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Its archetypal characters bear no names. Two taciturn dragsters, the Driver (James Taylor) and the Mechanic (Dennis Wilson), scour the countryside in a scarred, souped-up '55 Chevy. They pick up the Girl (Laurie Bird) on the road. Somewhere outside Los Angeles, they encounter an aimless yet aggressive nomad (Warren Oates) piloting a new canary-yellow muscle car, who challenges them to a race to Washington, D.C., with pink slips as the prize. They roll. Everything changes.
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Man, some of you jerks who like trance would probably really like this shit
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Another Geek Prom rip-off?
By Tomasz on Jul 13, 2012 in Geeky
I wouldn't go so far as to characterize it as a "ripoff." I'd just say it's an event organized by a group that did not stop to consider that the name "Geek Prom" might be trademarked. |
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Have they been notified!?!?! I don't own the rights but still have pride that someone in Duluth does! |
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The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, used her visit to Nigeria to highlight the core national challenges: corruption, rule of law and electoral reform. One of the significant moments during the visit was the Town Hall Meeting, where she reiterated what appears the Nigerian political class has yet to realize:
"The most immediate source of the disconnect between Nigeria's wealth and its poverty is a failure of governance at the federal, state and local level. The lack of transparency and accountability has eroded the legitimacy of the government and contributed to the rise of groups that embrace violence and reject the authority of the state."
Hillary also hammered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the anti-corruption unit created by the last administration, stating it has been doing good work in the past, but "has fallen back in the past one year."
This is a good and timely knock on the head of the new EFCC boss-madam, Farida Warizi, who appears more interested in discounting the achievements of her predecessor, Nuhu Ribadu.
The Nigerian civil society and journalists got some good words too:
"Civil society has a very big job to do… You have already helped to elevate the ideals of democracy, but now you must use the political system to encourage Nigeria's leaders to serve the common good. There need to be watchdog groups…There need to be journalists, including many of you in this audience, who will shine a bright light on any abuses of the public trust or those who would enrich themselves at the expense of Nigeria's citizens; independent courts and prosecutors, institutions to punish wrongdoers and deter future wrongdoing; citizens who persist and persevere often against long odds."
I'm in total agreement with the watchdog groups. However, it's hard to imagine Nigerian journalists shinning light on abuses of the public trust in Nigeria. Just as the roadside police can't but ask for bribes, a good chunk of Nigeria journalist can't seem to resist the temptation of brown envelopes!
Leaving the journalists aside, Clinton's statement above captures the dynamic trait of democracy: there is no room for apathy; the civil society can't give up, must organize better, and find more efficient and effective means to ensure Nigeria does not end up with a watered-down version of democracy.
Additional reports and coverage of Hillary Clinton's visit can be found on Dade's Foreign Policy Exchange blog. His collection of postings, including a live blogging of the visit (an attempted live blogging), have links to newspaper reports and even an interview with Mo Abudu of "Moments with Mo".


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Is anyone else out there having problems with youtube, and only youtube, related to very slow loads, freezing, buffering, etc?
Are you using Firefox? There is a known problem that has not been completely fixed.--Don't let my reality hinder your imagination!
I've tried 4 different browsers with the same results. Cleared cache/temp files, blah blah blah. Ping test / speed tests / trace routes are perfect
Thats the reason I am checking here. Mine is doing the same thing. I thought charter might be having problems but I see its youtube. Maybe they will get it fixed soon. trig
^I'm in Auburn, AL (War Eagle!) I was searching for an answer to why Youtube has been acting up for me over the past few days when I came across this post. Just an FYI...it's happening for me as well. It will stop and attempt to buffer, but if I click another time on the video, even 1 second forward or backward, it will buffer fine.
Lmao. Wow...War Eagle! ^_^
Ok that's good to know, I'm also in alabama
I don't even have Charter HSI and youtube lags for me all the time whether it be on my phone to an xbox hardlined to my ISP's cable modem.
since when
Honestly, I've always thought Youtube to be really laggy. It seems like the past year for me really.
I have been experiencing this lately. If I click to jump forward in the video it will start playing again.
Happening to me and my neighbor who was just asking me about this on Friday night. We're both on Charter, however I had not noticed this problem until today.
Not seeing any issues here with FF or Chrome. Been on Youtube waaay too much today..lol
No problems for me either, with Seamonkey browser [comparable to Firefox].
i typically watch youtube from my nexus 7 tablet, noticed this past week ive been having extreme buffering issues when streaming in hd.. typically perfect. not noticing any other issues with speed outside of youtube.
Getting it here as well and it's really annoying.
Same here, Greenville, SC.
Same here. On the Anderson, SC trunk line.I also get ping times that seem a bit high but they are not outrageous...averaging 80 ms.
same here in Canada, video takes it time starting and then just stops about a minute in on all videos.Very annoying
Now I'm having trouble just trying to load Youtube.com. Other standard websites are starting to exhibit problems and will not load completely on the first try. My signal levels are spot-on and I'm dreading trying to call Charter to report issues. It's getting quite frustrating.Edit: Everything that relates to Google: Gmail, Youtube, Gmail, etc. is affected. This sucks.
bshelly, I can confirm. I'm also starting to have the same vague problems you're listing, not just related to youtube alone. My speedtests are also starting to perform very slightly suspiciously, although I'm not seeing anything terrible in trace routes yet. It sucks not to be able to turn to Charter Direct anymore.
It looks like the issues with everything Google-related is increasing. I checked out a neighbors U-verse and there is no such issue on a 3 meg connection. I am growing highly suspicious of this.
Maybe Google is being hacked like Twitter and other sites by China?
In Athens, AL...on the same line as Decatur and getting the same.
It's a conspiracy... Microsoft is paying off Charter so we have no choice but to try Bing! All jokes aside, I'm glad to know it's not just emak and myself. Thanks to all who have chimed in.
Asking those with and checking out other connections would seem to indicate that this isn't happening with At&t DSL or U-verse. Whether this is 100% accurate for everyone I don't know. What I do know is it's getting really annoying and I hope this will be resolved soon.If it continues though then questions will have to be asked. Since I don't use the internet to the amount usage wise that I did several years ago. Even then my usage was nowhere near a level that I had to worry about repercussions from Charter. So I shouldn't have any concern now. Surely Charter isn't hindering the usage of YouTube by its customers.--"Sir SIR! We don't use DHCP servers. We only use IBM & Microsoft servers." From there my call to tech support went steadily downhill.--Turn the lights down in your soul cut the power to your heart see the carcass in its dying rages.


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This will lead to people distrusting AdSense even more, or G having to tell potential advertisers about the budget spikes and how to properly take advantage of them. It seems that to truly take advantage of this, it will have to be seperate from content advertising in a bidding/budget way.
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"Project Runway" hottie Heidi Klum was out with sons Henry and Johan, daughter Leni and hubby Seal yesterday at a Los Angeles pumpkin patch. Little Henry tried on an early Halloween costume -- a painted on face-mask. Scary!
The family played around the pumpkin patch before eventually saying auf Wiedersehen a couple hours later.
"If you break the pumpkin's handle, what will you grab to light the candle."
What does that mean?
Picture Hunt Fun - Notice all the unintended color matching (in the same palette) with the pumpkins
[] Some shade of orange on Heidi's belt
[] The Jean patch is on the same Pallet
[] Whatever is in her hand - though that may be from the pumpkin people
[] The bottom of Seal's shoes {bet you missed that one}
[] Gold Rims on Glasses (maybe pushing it)
[] Orange Fencing (maybe)
[] Orange Ladder
+ The paint on the sign is on purpose so that does not count
+ Also the hay though it is a light yellow brown can not be included as unintended
Your comments: My, my - what enlightening posts! Poor Islander...are you happy that your "first!" comment on a Heidi Klum story? Why, Boy Howdy is concerned for your mental health. Now, if this had been a Lindsay or Britney story and you offered your "first!" insights, that would have been a different story, wouldn't it?
And dear, dear Ed_Web - thank GOD you aren't color blind! Why, your dazzling comments nearly made Boy Howdy pass out with excitement! Now, now, dear - go back to your Halo 3 game and find a nice 13 year old boy to play with.
Heidi - you look stunning as usual. And Seal...well, Boy Howdy salutes your sense of style and good parenting.
Have a lovely weekend. Peace to all!
I hate to say this but Seal is not good looking at all. what does Heidi Klum see in him? he must be a nice guy or something, i see no sex appeal at all in that man.
That's not Little Henry behind that mask, that's Amy Sedaris! Who I hear is substituting for Elizabeth Hasselbeck when she goes on maternity leave from ABC's The View in November.
You didn't hate saying it enough!
I LOVE saying this!!!
Personally I don't see why Seal is involved with someone without ass.
Hmmm Seal must like women with small ass
Hmmm what does Seal smack at night?
Picture Hunt Fun - Notice all the unintended color matching (in the same palette) with the pumpkins
LOVE this Couple!...and their sweet little family. Seal is a great daddy and Heidi is a wonderful Mom! They keep it Real...hard to do in Hollywierd.
Joyce - the sign is warning people not to pick up the pumpkins by their stem because they often break off easily.
You totally missed the point!
__ Boy Howdy __ My comment was not just to loosen up and have fun (please practice this) but to show how trivial the photo (and all of this we are participating in) really was. It was sarcasm. So loosen up a little and read carefully, if you have seen my other comments over time you would have caught it right away. So one free pass this time.
Historical Note to Bob Howdy - I am a PC game player only so I have to wait till they port the Xbox games, so no Halo 3 for me yet.
Idon't know why white women marry black men and Seal is really black. Their poor kids and then it goes beyond the kids to their kid. I knew a women once- who was afraid to marry because she was white- with black blood in her and she was afraid if she married a white man- she could end up with a black child, so she never married.