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WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue's Rapheal Davis couldn't do it. Wouldn't do it. The disappointment was too raw, the thought of what was lost too frustrating.
There was Massachusetts and Manhattan, Weber State and Wofford, Coastal Carolina and Cal Poly, six of the 68 teams that made the NCAA Tournament field while the Boilers watched and wondered.
Well, at least in Davis' case, he wondered. Watching wasn't going to happen.
"I couldn't watch the first couple of days," the sophomore swingman said.
Davis stood in the hallway between Purdue's state-of-the-art practice facility and its state-of-the-art locker room reliving a basketball season gone wrong. The former South Side standout was dressed and braced for a Tuesday workout designed to ensure this postseason absence wouldn't happen again.
"Not being in the NCAA Tournament is a huge motivator," he said. "We want to get there and make a dream come true. We're taking this offseason real serious. The guys we have now will buy in to what Coach (Matt) Painter wants to do. We'll make it more of a family atmosphere and try to make our dreams come true."
Fellow Boilermaker Bryson Scott knows the feeling. Like Davis, he didn't want to watch the NCAA Tournament. Unlike Davis, he couldn't help himself.
"I happened to turn on TV and some of the games were on," the former Northrop standout said. "I went out to eat a lot with my family, and at those places games were on, so I had to watch.
"It was interesting, seeing other teams and how they did things. What made them successful. Those were the things I was looking at."
Davis finally gave into must-see temptation for the Round of 32, when unbeaten Wichita State, the Midwest Region's No. 1 seed, played No. 8 seed Kentucky.
"I hadn't seen Wichita State play before, and I wanted to see how they played. Watching that game brought back what could have been with the talent we had. If we had just played the right way, played the way those teams played, we could have got into the tournament."
But Purdue didn't. It lost its final seven games to finish 15-17, its second straight losing record. Adding to the misery, the Boilers were last in the Big Ten, a huge blow given they seemed to have talent for a middle-of-the-conference pack finish.
Scott had played against several of Kentucky's ultra-hyped freshmen who, after a regular season of dysfunction, finally bought into coach John Calipari's message. The result: The Wildcats will play Wisconsin in Saturday's Final Four hoping to win their second national title in the last three seasons.
"I played against some of those Kentucky freshmen at camps, and felt I competed well against them," Scott said. "They're getting all that (publicity), they're good players, but it is agonizing because you know you can do those things.
"We have to be in that position. We have to work harder. We're in a rut right now. We have to work our way back to the top. I feel we can do that with guys who are here and guys coming in if we embrace all the challenges and work hard."
Anybody can say those things, Painter has said, but not everybody can do them. Scott and Davis insist the lesson has been learned.
"It can click in," Davis said. "If everybody puts the time in, works tougher, plays a lot in open gym over the summer, we'll shock a lot of people. It might be the biggest turnaround in Purdue history."
In the meantime Davis and Scott contemplate a Final Four (No. 1 seed Florida plays No. 7 seed Connecticut in Saturday's other semifinal) rich in possibilities. Both see a Florida-Wisconsin title game, with Florida winning.
"Florida is good with the way those seniors play and the passion they play with," Davis said. "Wisconsin has that discipline in every aspect. That's taken them this far, that and the way (forward) Frank Kaminsky is playing."
Added Scott: "It's going to be tough."
This time they'll both watch.


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Dr. Debra Umberson Elected as Fellow to Gerontological Society of America
Posted: September 22, 2011
We congratulate Dr. Debra Umberson on her election as 2011 Fellow to the Gerontological Society of America. The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging. Dr. Umberson is among elected officers chosen by GSA's membership, which consists of over 5,400 researchers, educators, and practitioners. GSA officers are responsible for matters of governance and strategic planning, and represent the Society's four membership sections, as well as its Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization. They will formally assume office during GSA's 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 18 to 22, 2011, in Boston, MA. Full details of this conference are available at www.geron.org/annualmeeting. More details on the Gerontological Society of America are available at www.geron.org.

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By Marine Corps Cpl. Casey JonesSpecial to American Forces Press Service
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C., April 29, 2009 All across the United States, from coast to coast and from border to border, you'll find thousands of small, one-stoplight towns where livestock outnumber people.
In these tiny towns -- just like Clarks Hill, S.C., population 376 -- your neighbors either are friends, family or both, and you usually never have to think twice about leaving your door unlocked at night.
Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 4 Rodney Freeman, a 40-year-old Clarks Hill native and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense officer with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, credits his great-grandmother and being raised in small-town America for his success in the Marine Corps.
"My great-grandmother embedded in me some extremely valuable core traits," Freeman said. "She instilled in me discipline, a good work ethic, caring for others and a sense of family [and] unity."
Freeman, who's been in the Marine Corps for 21 years, said being a Marine has been one of his wisest decisions, and that he has enjoyed his time in service.
"Those values my grandmother instilled in me definitely made boot camp and being a Marine easier," Freeman said. "From my perspective, I believe that the majority of good Marines are the product of a good upbringing."
Freeman said as a teenager he was certain he wanted to become a Marine. He never second-guessed the decision.
"The Marine Corps caught my attention when I was in the 11th grade," he said. "I was at a baseball game when I saw a reservist Marine in dress blues. He didn't say a single word; he didn't have to. He just stood there with a high-and-tight, looking lean and mean. He didn't say anything. It's just the way he carried himself."
Courage, one of the core values he learned as a young boy, has been especially important to Freeman throughout his time in the Corps.
"One of the most challenging situations in the Marine Corps is having the courage to stand up to those who are senior to you," Freeman said. "To address issues that you feel are unfair, and not to just give up because they don't particularly agree with you. You just have to continue to fight for what you believe in."
While Freeman was in Iraq preparing for a flight to another location, he sparked up a conversation with a younger Marine. He asked the Marine a common question: "What do you do?"
The Marine then gave a common response, "Nothing much, sir."
"What do you mean by nothing much?" Freeman asked.
"Well, sir, I would rather do other things, I would rather [leave here]."
Freeman told him he was an important asset, and that's why he was doing that particular job. Then the Marine finally told him his exact job description.
"Sir, removing and loading dead, blood-dripping bodies from aircraft and vehicles gets really tiring," the Marine said.
At that instant, Freeman said, he realized how strong and selfless Marines are.
"It really dawned on me at that point. To be a Marine, or to be a servicemember, period, is special because we're all willing to give the ultimate sacrifice, which takes a lot of courage," Freeman said.
Freeman said after he serves his final two years in Indian Head, Md., working with the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, he plans to return to some small town in the Carolinas or Georgia.
"I'm not one of those guys who chase dollars," Freeman said. "So right now, I'm looking to do my dream job of becoming a Junior ROTC teacher, which would give me the opportunity to mentor, lead, and hopefully help out some young men and women."
(Marine Corps Cpl. Casey Jones serves with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.)


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May 4, 2013
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BEAUMONT – Three Cardinals had three-hit outings, but unfortunately for the Lamar baseball team, it wasn't enough as visiting Oral Roberts picked up a 12-6 victory at Vincent-Beck Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Sam Bumpers continued his hot streak at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two scores and a run batted in. The junior out of Iowa Western helped propel the Cards to a pair of early leads in the first three innings, doubling twice.
Darian Johnson went 3-for-5 as well with two RBI, and Brad Picha supplied the power in the middle of the line-up, finishing 3-for-4 with a homer and knocking in three.
The rest of the Cardinals, however, combined for just three hits as ORU out-hit the hosts 16-12.
Bumpers led off the first with a lead-off double, and a Jude Vidrine sacrifice bunt and Johnson single plated him for the opening tally. Picha followed up just one pitch later with a towering shot over the wall in left to triple the advantage.
The lead was short-lived, however, as the Golden Eagles (17-26, 12-8 SLC) got to LU starter David Carver in the second. The line-up combined for three singles and a double to tie the game up.
However, LU (33-14, 12-8) picked up two more in the bottom half of the frame. Olivas reached on a fielding error by ORU second baseman Matt Brandy, and a Zach Luevanos sacrifice bunt and Bumpers double put the Cards ahead once more. Bumpers later scored on another Johnson single.
Chase Angelle would relieve Carver on the mound, ultimately allowing two scores (one earned) on five hits over 4.1 frames.
A lead-off triple in the sixth followed by a Chris Williams groundout put the Golden Eagles within one again, but it proved to be a harbinger as ORU would break through for seven more scores two innings later to take control of the game.
Williams was once again involved, sending LU reliever Ben Coram's 2-2 pitch over the wall in left to tie the game up with one out. The senior went on to give up five scores in the frame, before Travis Moore came on to allow two more before inducing a Williams flyout to get out of the inning.
Coram was pegged with the loss, falling to 1-1 on the year.
The game secured the series win for the Golden Eagles, becoming the first team to take a weekend series over the Cards since March.
LU will look to avoid being swept for the first time this season on Sunday as the two sides will return to Vincent-Beck for a 1 p.m. start.


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The most intriguing aspect of Tennessee's season-opening matchup against North Carolina State was the Volunteers' passing game and the Wolfpack's defense.
But the potential air show has become the err show.
Tennessee's 1,000-yard receiver, Da'Rick Rogers, transferred to Tennessee Tech this week. No, he wasn't longing for the small-campus vibe he found during a week of training at Milligan College earlier this month. He wasn't always a happy camper there. He told reporters at Tennessee Tech he was dismissed from Tennessee for failing multiple drug tests, and his absence should lessen Tennessee's chances of torching the Wolfpack defense.
"I'm very concerned, because we've got very little experience and they've got an incredible amount of experience," Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said during the Chick-fil-A Kickoff teleconference Tuesday. "And what those guys do best is they make you pay for any mistakes, whether it's a poor route, whether it's an inaccurate football, a bobbled ball — whatever it is, they're gonna make you pay."
North Carolina State cornerback C.J. Wilson, a three-year starter, also won't play in the UT game Friday in the Georgia Dome (7:30 p.m., ESPNU). Wilson, a proven commodity in a talented, veteran secondary, has an unspecified eligibility issue.
Former safety Dontae Johnson, a junior, will start at cornerback opposite All-American David Amerson, a move that doesn't appear to unnerve Wolfpack coach Tom O'Brien.
"Dontae's been fine," O'Brien said. "I mean, we made the move last spring. Dontae started the spring game at corner for us. So you know, this was something that really had nothing to do with C.J.; it was everything to do with Dontae Johnson, what his abilities are."
So perhaps Wilson and Rogers' absences aren't a push, although Tennessee still has weapons at receiver in red-shirt sophomore Justin Hunter and junior-college transfer Cordarrelle Patterson. The 6-foot-4 Hunter had 17 catches for 314 yards and two touchdowns before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the first quarter of the third game last season at Florida.
But Dooley suggested circumstances temporarily trump the talent of Hunter and Patterson.
"I'm sure everybody probably has greater expectations on him (Patterson) than what I have," Dooley said, "just because my experience has been it's unfair when a guy plays his first college football game to expect anything beyond something that's typical of a freshman. And so there's gonna be a lot of growing pains to kind of ease him into this game. The speed of the game's gonna be different. The tempo, the environment – everything's different. …
"I think he (Hunter) is a hundred percent as it relates to everything he can do to prepare to play. But there's gonna be a level of rust that's gonna be on him, because he hasn't played since game two of last year. … And to expect him to just come back and just light it up is probably unrealistic."
O'Brien isn't convinced it's so far-fetched.
"(Hunter) is a 6-foot-4 kid," O'Brien said. "He can run. He has great hands. And he can go up and get the football. So I think he was probably the go-to guy when he got hurt last year. …
"Wide receivers can come back from injuries and almost start off where they were with very little dropoff."
Tennessee 6-foot-6 junior Tyler Bray is one of the most touted quarterbacks in the country, and he's high on many NFL mock drafts. Most of his statistics have come at the expense of lesser opponents, but there's no denying his physical tools.
"He's certainly been blessed with some abilities," Dooley said, "but there's a lot of guys that have been blessed with a lot of abilities that aren't able to finally turn it into production with consistency. And he's certainly gone out there on some games and flashed some incredible play, and then he's had some games that I know he's been disappointed in."
Notes: O'Brien said the Wolfpack recruited 360-pound UT defensive tackle Dan McCullers, a Raleigh product, as an offensive lineman. "So he kind of told us to take a hike, that he would rather play defense in college," O'Brien said. … Dooley was a receiver at Virginia, and O'Brien was the offensive line coach there for George Welsh during part of his career. … O'Brien noted ACC coaches at the more Southern schools complaining about having to recruit against the SEC's superiority, and he described Tennessee as "an SEC football powerhouse." … Tennessee climbed from a 3 to 3 ½-point favorite since Sunday night, according to Danny Sheridan.


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With its sleek redesign and fast new A7 processor, the iPad Air is an instant hit. But the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is more than ready for battle. For $120 less, Amazon's slate offers a higher-resolution screen than the Air and clever new features, like the Mayday button for instant support. But which tablet is really the best value? We closely examined everything from design and performance to app selection and user interface in a bruising 13-round battle to name a winner.
The shape of the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch definitely is more interesting than the average rectangular shape of most tablets, including the iPad Air. Every edge of the HDX is angled, offering an aerodynamic look. However, the chamfered chrome edges on the Air screen's bezel lend it a premium look and feel. The Air also has a more elegant aluminum back, compared with the HDX's plastic chassis.
More: Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9: Full Review
At 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.31 inches, the HDX 8.9-inch is more compact than the competition, including the Apple iPad Air (9.4 x 6.6 x 0.29 inches). And weighing just 0.89 pounds, the HDX is also lighter than other tablets in its class, including the 1.05-pound iPad Air. However, the Air has a larger 9.7-inch display, giving you more screen real estate in a thinner package.
More: Apple iPad Air: Full Review
The button placement on these two devices is very different. Amazon opted to put the power and physical volume controls on opposite sides of the back (when held in landscape mode). Apple placed the power button on the top of the iPad Air (in portrait mode), while the Silent/Screen rotation lock switch and volume buttons sit on the top-right edge. Plus, we like that the Air offers a physical home button on the bottom of the front; it makes it much easier to exit apps and switch between open apps.
WINNER: iPad Air. Apple's tablet offers a sleeker design with better button placement.
Amazon packs the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch with a sharp 2560 x 1600-pixel, 8.9-inch display with a density of 339 pixels per inch. That beats the iPad Air's stunning Retina display (2048 x 1536 pixels with 264 ppi). The 440 lux and 408 nits of brightness on the Fire HDX 8.9-inch also beats its competition, including the iPad Air (411 lux).
Despite the specs, when we viewed a trailer for "X-Men: Days of Future Past," the iPad appeared slightly brighter, but the HDX seemed to offer deeper colors. We had a similar experience when viewing 2560 x 1600-pixel photos of a stack of pennies and a baby's face. With resolutions this high, it's tough for the human eye to make out major differences.
WINNER: Draw. While the Kindle Fire has a sharper and brighter screen, the iPad Air's picture quality is equally good.
Both the iPad Air and HDX 8.9-inch sport dual speakers. On the iPad, the two speakers line the bottom of the edge (when the iPad is held in portrait mode). The dual speakers with Dolby Digital Plus technology on Amazon's slate, however, are on the bottom of the slate in landscape mode. To us, this seems more useful for watching movies. And when you lay both devices on a table, the Kindle's speakers actually amplify the sound by bouncing off the table.
On our LAPTOP Audio Test, the Fire HDX speakers pumped out audio at a loud 74 decibels. That's lower than the 83-db category average, but we had no problem filling a small room with quality sound. The iPad Air, in comparison, only put out 67 db.
When we played "New Soul" by Yael Naim on the iPad Air, the sound was clear and crisp, and allowed us to differentiate various instruments. The same song on the Fire HDX sounded muddled. And while "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse may have come off a bit harsh on the iPad, the Fire HDX sounded muffled.
WINNER: iPad Air. Based on the built-in Dolby technology and the high decibel reading, we had expected the Fire HDX to win this round, but the iPad Air simply sounded better.
Both Amazon and Apple have upped their game in the interface arena. Fire 3.1 is Amazon's Android overlay on the Kindle Fire HDX. With this latest skin, Amazon has added a plethora of new features. And iOS 7, powering the iPad Air, has an updated look and feel, as well as a number of its own enhancements.
Familiar to previous Fire owners is the somewhat juvenile carousel view of recently opened content or apps that sit at the top of the screen, just above a more traditional grid view. Yet this year, Amazon added the Quick Switch feature from within apps; with a side swipe from the right, you can reveal a tray of open apps without going back to the home screen.
Along the top is a row that separates your content by type — games, apps, books, music, videos, newsstand, audiobooks, Web, photos and docs. Naturally, you can access the Amazon store from this bar. It's an obvious and clear system of navigation that we found helpful. Swipe down from the top, and you'll see a quick-settings menu, where you'll find options for Brightness, Autorotate, Wireless and Settings.
Under Settings, you can open another window to tweak everything from sounds and security to parental controls. For dedicated readers, there's a Quiet Time switch that allows you to prevent notifications from interrupting your reading time.
More: Apple iOS 7 Tips and Tricks
The iPad Air runs iOS 7 out of the box. This refreshed interface features a flatter, brighter and more minimalist design. Also new to iOS 7 is an improved notifications window, as well as a quick-settings Control Center menu that you can access by swiping up from the bottom of the screen.
Another new feature of iOS 7 is improved multitasking. Double-clicking the home button shows thumbnail views of all the open apps; flicking one up lets you close it.
WINNER: iPad Air. While we appreciate the enhancements both Amazon and Apple have made, iOS 7 is more intuitive.
Amazon boasts more than 100,000 apps in its app store, nearly 75,000 of which are free. Amazon doesn't say how many of those are tablet-optimized. In comparison, Apple says its App Store has more than 475,000 tablet-friendly apps in a larger store of nearly 1 million.
We dug through the top paid and free apps across Amazon, the Apple App Store and Google Play. Amazon offered only 5 out of the top 30 that were not available via Apple. Conversely, 21 popular apps for iTunes and Google Play couldn't be found in Amazon's store. Notable and missing apps on Amazon include Polaris Office, Heads Uvp! and YouTube. The apps that were missing on the iPad Air were overwhelmingly related to slot games.
More: 25 Best Android Apps and 25 Best iOS 7 Apps
App quality also varies from one tablet to the other. On the Amazon slate, Spotify appears as an enlarged version of the Android phone app, despite the label "Kindle Fire Edition" next to the app name. But on the Apple tablet, Spotify offers a much more graphic, tablet-optimized experience. The same is true of TripAdvisor.
Flipboard looked great on both devices, and we even prefer the experience of the IMDb app on the Fire HDX, but this is an Amazon-owned app.
WINNER: iPad Air. Amazon has made progress, but Apple still has all the big-name developers and more tablet-oriented apps.
Amazon — true to its bookseller roots — offers a catalog of millions of e-book titles. With the company's new Immersion Reading, you can get even more engrossed in your next e-book. The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch can synchronize Kindle text with companion Audible audiobooks, highlighting the text as it is read by a professional narrator. While we could see this feature being helpful for children, we're not sure adults would want to have a book read to them as they read.
Apple's own iBooks app and store come standard on the iPad, but you can get the Kindle app for iPad. The average price of the best-selling e-books, as determined by The New York Times, is $7.72 for iBooks and $7.49 on the Kindle, so Amazon gets the win in this subcategory.
Amazon offers more than 20 million songs from thousands of artists, as well as a large selection of newspapers and magazines. Likewise, Apple has its own gold-standard iTunes store for music, as well as newspapers and magazines.
Based on Nielsen's ratings for the most popular TV shows, we were able to locate the same 10 in both stores for the same per-episode prices. With both devices, you can get season passes at a discounted rate. Similarly, all of the top 10 best-selling Blu-ray movies were available in both stores. Only seven of the 10 were available for rental, but they were the same seven on both platforms. Neither Apple nor Amazon releases exact numbers on how many TV shows or movies each offers.
If you're an Amazon Prime member ($79.99 per year), you'll enjoy free access to tons of media. However, that perk is mitigated by the fact that you can still access that same content on the iPad Air.
WINNER: Draw. It's a tough call here, but we can't see a reason to give either of these tablets the edge in this category. Both the Air and HDX offer a huge selection of multimedia content.
iPad Air owners can download Apple's iWork suite for free, including the separate apps for Numbers, Keynote and Pages. This full-featured productivity suite will come in handy for anyone who needs to work from his or her tablet. Each app can automatically back up documents to iCloud for continuous syncing and easy access from a MacBook or the Web.
The plethora of third-party keyboard attachments for the Air will make that work even easier. Plus, in a few keystrokes, we were able to add our Outlook Exchange email and calendar to the Air.
When we downloaded a Word doc as an email attachment, we could transfer it to Pages. From there, we were able to edit the file and share it with other iOS users via iCloud.
Apple also offers a ton of helpful productivity tools through its App Store. From Dropbox and Google Drive to Salesforce, you're sure to find an app you need to get real work done.
Amazon, on the other hand, does not make a productivity suite of its own. You cannot get access to Google Drive through the Kindhdle Fire HDX 8.9-inch either, unless you go through the browser. You can download a third-party productivity suite, such as OfficeSuite Professional 7 or Kingsoft Office for Android. You will not find Dropbox or Salesforce.
While the universe of third-party keyboards is smaller for the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch, these accessories do exist. We successfully added our Outlook Exchange email and calendar to the Kindle, but it took more taps on the Amazon tablet.
Document management is a bit easier on the Kindle than on the iPad. Each Fire HDX has its own email address where you can send files directly. Those files are automatically stored in the Amazon cloud. You can also transfer files via USB or open them via email. However, when you open files, they open as you would open an e-book.
WINNER: iPad Air. While we like that you can email documents directly to the Fire HDX, it's tough to argue with the quality and price of Apple's free iWork suite.
Tablets have become more than just a one-person device. A whole family should be able to share one slate. But you probably don't want your younger children to have unfettered access to the entire world of inappropriate apps and the full Web. Amazon tackles those issues with its Kindle FreeTime. This feature lets parents easily create profiles for different children, and hand-select which books, apps, games and videos their kids can access (including the browser and the store). We especially appreciate that parents can set daily limits for tablet use, or restrict specific categories of content, such as games and movies.
Amazon also now offers Kindle FreeTime Unlimited. For $2.99 per month, parents can automatically provide their children safe access to age-appropriate (ages 3 to 8) books, games, apps, movies and TV shows on their own profiles. The content comes from such well-known sources as Disney, Nickelodeon, PBS and "Sesame Street."
More: Kids Tablets to Buy (or Avoid)
Apple's parental controls are somewhat buried, but they're available through Settings > General > Restrictions. From here, you can turn off access to stores, browser and in-app purchases, and even restrict content based on ratings. For instance, by toggling off Explicit for Music & Podcasts, you can rest assured your child won't be listening to naughty lyrics. There is no option, however, to limit time spent with the tablet.
WINNER: Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch. Amazon's FreeTime feature offers kid-friendly content and automatically removes the "5-more minutes" argument between parent and child.
The Air's rear 5-MP camera has an f2.4 aperture and can record 1080p videos. The rear-facing 8-MP camera on the HDX features a flash and can also record in 1080p. Based on a picture taken indoors of some colorful toys, the Fire HDX blows away the iPad Air for color representation and detail. Similarly, shots in low light appeared much clearer, thanks to the Fire's flash.
We shot colorful scarfs and an intricate door on a sunny day, using both tablets. The scarfs appeared more colorful on the iPad Air, but the color was not as realistic as on the Fire HDX 8.9. The coloring of the door also looked more realistic on the Amazon slate.
A video of New York City traffic looked sharper and clearer on the Fire HDX. The iPad Air's footage appeared fuzzy.
The Air sports a front FaceTime HD 1.2-MP camera, while the HDX offers a 720p front shooter. Selfies taken with both cameras proved that the iPad Air offers better resolution and color representation, but both would be good enough for video chatting.
WINNER: Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch. The HDX's back camera takes sharper and more colorful photos, and benefits from a flash.
Under the hood, the Fire HDX 8.9-inch packs a 2.2 quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor with 2GB of RAM and a 400-MHz Adreno 320 graphics chip. Apple gave the iPad a superfast A7 chip with 64-bit architecture and paired it with a new M7 co-processor for motion tracking.
On Geekbench 3, which measures a device's overall performance, the HDX 8.9-inch scored 2,609 on the multicore test. That showing didn't quite beat the Air's score of 2,694. On 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited, which measures graphics performance alone, the HDX 8.9-inch registered 12,786. But the iPad Air's 14,850 score was far better. It took the Kindle Fire HDX 692.1 milliseconds to complete the Sunspider Javascript test, which is far longer than the iPad Air's 383.5 ms.
In our experience, both devices offered a smooth experience moving from one app to another. While playing "Riptide GP 2″ on both devices, we enjoyed very realistic water effects. Opening "Despicable Me: Minion Rush" on the iPad Air took 9 seconds, compared with 11 seconds on the Fire HDX 8.9-inch. Switching between applications took the same number of taps and was complete in about 2 seconds on each device.
WINNER: iPad Air. The Kindle Fire HDX has a very zippy CPU, but the iPad Air just performs better across the board.
Amazon claims that the Kindle Fire HDX can last up to 12 hours on a charge. The retailer also says that when the HDX is used just for reading, it is smart enough to power down unused system components, which could extend the endurance to 18 hours.
More: 10 Tablets with the Longest Battery Life
On the LAPTOP Battery Test (continuous Web surfing over Wi-Fi on 40 percent brightness), the HDX 8.9-inch lasted an epic 13 hours and 42 minutes. The iPad Air, on the other hand, lasted 11 hours and 51 minutes. The tablet category average is 7:16.
WINNER: Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch. Amazon's large tablet simply lasted longer on the same test.
The HDX has plenty of unique features that differentiate it from the iPad Air. For instance, with a couple of taps, you can now see and hear a friendly tech support agent 24/7 with the Amazon Mayday service. We particularly like that the agent can walk you through features by drawing on your screen.
Amazon has also extended its X-Ray feature, previously available for books and movies, to its music store. While listening to "I Will Wait" by Mumford & Sons, the lyrics streamed along the right side of the screen.
X-Ray for video, which was added earlier this year, is more in-depth, as it syncs with IMDb's database. By tapping the screen while watching "Batman: The Dark Knight," we could pull up bios on the actors in any given scene. You can also get general trivia.
Once it's enabled, the HDX's Second Screen feature will let users share their tablet's content with select Samsung TVs, as well as the PlayStation 3 and PS4. If you don't own one of these devices, you can stream whatever is on your HDX directly to Miracast-capable devices, such as the Netgear Push2TV Wireless Display adapter ($59). Amazon has not announced exactly when this update will come, but it is expected before the end of the year.
More: How to Use Goodreads on Amazon Kindle Fire HDX
Then there's Cloud Collections and Goodreads. Cloud Collections allows you to group content and then store it on Amazon's server instead of using your tablet's storage. Goodreads is a social network for bookworms that allows members to see what their friends are reading, share highlights and rate books.
Apple doesn't offer nearly as many bells and whistles as Amazon. The iPad Air does offer access to Apple's personal assistant, Siri. The voice-powered helper can answer nearly anything, and she does so with personality and context. That means you can ask, "Where's the largest roller coaster in the world?" followed by "and the biggest building?" and Siri will know you're looking for the largest building in the world.
WINNER: Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch. Amazon simply packs in more unique features than Apple.
Apple's iPad Air starts at $499, in space gray or silver, with 16GB of onboard storage and no carrier data plan. You can configure a version in 32GB, 64GB or 128GB, the last of which boosts the price to a whopping $799. A 4G LTE version is available for multiple carriers, but that will cost you an extra $130 up front, plus a monthly fee.
More: Tablet Buyers' Guide: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy
Alternatively, Amazon charges $269 for its base model of the Fire HDX 8.9-inch. This version also sports 16GB of storage space and no carrier data. The Fire is also available in 32GB and 64GB models, but there's no 128GB option. With a 4G LTE plan from AT&T, the highest price you'll pay for Amazon's tablet is $499.
WINNER: Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch. The numbers speak for themselves.
This match was a close one, but the iPad Air wins by a score of 8 to 7. Apple's tablet bests the Kindle Fire HDX on design, audio quality, user interface and performance. We also prefer the Air for productivity, thanks to Apple's free iWork suite. The biggest advantage the Air has is the App Store's huge selection of apps specifically designed for tablets.
The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is a great tablet as well, especially for families. It sports a lighter design, a better camera and robust parental controls. Plus, if you're an Amazon Prime member, you get tons of free content. Having the Mayday button onboard is yet another perk for those who want instant tech support.
Both tablets have a ton to offer, and they tied for multimedia experience and display quality. However, while the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch wins on price, the iPad Air is the better tablet overall.
The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9's case is made of magnesium alloy not plastic.
The benchmark numbers that you quote for the Ipad Air and the Kindle Fire HDX are crossed. You said the kindle fire hdx is 2609 but it is the ipad air score..
god, you are such a homer.
The bar graph showing the Geekbench 3 benchmark comparison of the iPad Air and Kindle Fire's scores are backwards. The Air should have the 2694 and the Fire should have the 2609.
Obviously the author owns an Ipad. It's a bit annoying that all the TIES in the article are categories that the Kindle actually wins, therefore skewing the final score.
Kindle is nearly a quarter pound lighter. Significant.
The 'larger' screen of the Air is because they are pushing the screen into dimensions closer to a square which make no sense because movies are wide screen now. The larger screen and less pixels of the Air is noticeable. Kindle wins period.
Camera goes to kindle. More pixels and a flash and better quality period. It also is f2.2 which means it handles low light better(lower f numbers are better)
Android OS makes Kindle a winner. Android means future ROM upgrades and customizable ROM's without NSA invasive proprietary Apple OS.
CPU benchmarks are pointless and several other benchmarks would show the Kindle the winner since the Kindle is Quad Core 2200Mhz verus the Air's Dual Core 1400Mhz. Kindle Wins Again.
The reason I say the CPU benchmarks are useless is because they are impacted by the OS and so many other variables. Also the CPU's both have enough power to drive the tablets.
The price difference should be worth 2 points for the Kindle.
The only reason to stick with Ipad would be if someone has tons of money invested in the Ipad and Apple store and they like it.
New users should jump on the Kindle. It's better period.
While I don't have an iPad air, I do have a normal iPad with retina display. Here are the things that I like that apply.
Larger display size and retina display for displaying my photography portfolio. The ratio is perfect. I don't want a widescreen tablet because I don't just watch widescreen movies. I also browse web pages vertically and view photographs.
Siri, and I know so many people don't care, but I use it quite a lot. Any time you have a question about temperature, the weather, scheduling an appointment on your calendar, sending a quick message or email to somebody, setting an alarm or timer, you actually have to try Siri to understand how useful it is…don't just ask stupid questions like jokes.
It just works. It never freezes, everything just works. That was the big thing and it's why I'll be getting an iPhone 5s when I can. Apple just works, and it all works together.
TrueAmerican: "Android means future ROM upgrades .. without NSA invasive proprietary Apple OS."
This is silly. iOS is just as upgradable as Android. In fact, with all the fragmentation in Android designs, you're far more likely to get stuck with a device that cannot be upgraded.
The Kindle runs Fire OS v3, (yet another fork of Android). It may never get an upgrade. Also, while many Android apps will run it, NOT ALL will run and many won't run properly. For example, Fire OS won't run the Google Mail, Google Maps or YouTube Android apps: the only way to use these services is via web browsers.
Regarding the NSA's access to IOS, the original talk (and the article in "Der Spiegel") concerned the version of iOS valuable in 2008: we don't have any information about the current version of IOS, let alone how hackable iOS 7 is compared with FireOS 7.
Now look at screen size. If all you want to do with a tablet is watch films then the Kindle's 16:10 screen is closer to the 16:9 film format than the iPad's.
Personally, I'm much more interested in reading books and magazines, and running apps, than having another tiny TV, so for me the IPad's 4:3 screen is the winner.
(The iPad's screen is also closer to the 3:2 ratio of classic 35mm film, so the iPad's screen wins for photography and for viewing and editing photographs. The 16:9 aspect ratio of the Kindle's screen is only a benefit if you're watching, or if you're shooting a wide-screen movie on your Kindle. In the latter case I'd say wrong tool for the job.)
TrueAmerican:"CPU benchmarks are pointless"
TrueAmerican: "several other benchmarks would show the Kindle the winner"
What do you have to do to make "Kindle the winner"? When and where 'would' one find these benchmarks?
Why would these faster benchmarks worry anyone if all benchmarks are "pointless"?
TrueAmerican: "CPU benchmarks are useless .. because they are impacted by the OS and so many other variables."
A tablet's CPU is rarely benchmarked on its own. Rather, the tablet's SoC (System on a Chip i.e. CPU, GPU, RAM) is benchmarked as a unit, so there are far fewer "variables" than CPU benchmarks on desktop systems. So the benchmarks for a tablet's SoC is a far better guide to the tablet's performance than (say) a CPU's benchmark on a desktop system.
Finally, a tablet is almost always benchmarked with its SoC and its OS. Thus, a benchmark can give a great indication of performance, provided the first thing you *don't* do is root it and replace the OS!
The fact that a 2.2GHz quad-core Kindle is *slower* than a 1.4GHz dual-core iPad Air shows how wasteful the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC is compared with Apple's A7-based 64-bit SoC. (This waste extends to battery life. Google battery life and drain for the Kindle and look at the complaints.
Then the iPad has 5GHz WiFi, better and more flexible wireless data, HDMI for the TV fixated, Siri, digital image stabilisation on the camera. The Kindle doesn't have any of these.
The Kindle is cheap. I'll give you that.
I think the iPad air is definetly better than the kindle fire hdx 8.9 in.
Your benchmark graph is mixed up.
Yes, but the HDX 8.9 is £399 in the UK with cellular and the ipad air is £499 so this is a significant difference
For browsing books and media the HDX would be the one
For apps the ipad
This article shows how posts that compare Apple products with non-Apple produtcs are always useless if written by an Applemaniac… unless, of course, you're another Applemaniac.
mmmmmm i don't know if trust you, just check the score, I see a draw
Looking for the best Kindle for Dyslexic child. Heard about one which highlights the words as audio books are being read aloud or the child can mute and read on her own. Read on own then turn on audio when tired. Suggestions please?
Cannot find that info on line or just do not understand it. Thank you.
I am told that you can make phone calls with the Kindle HDX 8.9 using WI-FI in your home on Magic Jack phone through your computer. Also that this Kindle is especially to work with Magic Jack, is this what you understand? Also I am not sure still after reading this report if the Apple I Pad Air has program where you can get free help like Kindle May Day . Could you elaborate on these questions?
I think they're overlooking the fact that, even in the categories where the Ipad air wins, it only wins slightly. Honestly who really cares if it take the Kindle 300 milliseconds more to do something? The Ipad, or any apple product for that matter, is a huge rip off. Simply because everyone knows who apple is they're able to sell their products for 2x or even 3x as much as other products of comparable quality. They are blatantly ripping off their costumers and treating them like ignorant idiots.
You can always tell what website's technology comparison articles are written by an iSheep. They HATE to admit when another device beats an Apple device at ANYTHING. They will only allow a 'Draw' where the Android (or Fire OS in this case) device wins. They also conveniently leave out any features that the Android (or Fire OS) device has EXCLUSIVELY (Mayday, for example) and thus, makes that device superior. Their 'Benchmark Score Chart' even contradicts what the article says. Ha! This would be laughable if it weren't so blatantly skewed and malicious in intent.
Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Wins!😎
Fatality! 😈
Not allowing comments that are critical of biased articles, I see. Figures. Ha!
I am looking for a tablet that allows me to play games, take pictures, read books and do email? I have gmail and I like google as a browser. I also have info with Amazon which I like. However, some reviews I read concern me relative to the Kindle Fire 8.9 Tablet freezing up. While I understand you can do things to unfreeze I don't want to deal with this issue at all. What do you think?
I'm interested in an iPad for one specific app: The iPad Paintbrush as shown in Hammacher Schlemmer. The Kindle Fire seems like a better deal (price and weight). What do you think?


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Last Monday seven bodies are dismembered in Tamaulipas and with members signed a blanket by one Chapo. Hours later, five young people are executed and mutilated in the same way ... Soldiers Make Big Marijuana Seizures in Sinaloa and Tamaulipas,
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling teams hosts a pair of opponents in home action this weekend. The Mocs welcome Shorter University and Life University to Maclellan Gym on Saturday, Nov. 16.
The afternoon of action begins at 3:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) with the Lady Mocs volleyball team wrapping up their season against Furman. The wrestlers hit the mat at 5:30 p.m. against Life and 7:00 p.m. against Shorter. Admission is FREE to all three events.
If you are unable to make it to the match, be sure to catch all of the action on GoMocs.com. Links for the MocsVision broadcast and live scoring for both events are available on the wrestling schedule page.
The Mocs are 2-3 overall after a busy opening weekend. UTC split matches with Cumberland (W, 42-3) and No. 8 Wisconsin (37-3) at home on Friday, Nov. 8. Chattanooga then went 1-2 at the Hokie Duals on Sunday, Nov. 10. The Mocs defeated Hofstra (19-14) before losing to No. 17 Virginia Tech (27-10) and Rider (17-19).
Shorter is a provisional member of the NCAA Division II, entering their final year of transition. The Hawks are 0-1 after falling in their season opener at Oklahoma (32-12) on Nov. 2.
Life is a member of the NAIA and is 0-1 on the season. The Running Eagles lost their opening match at St. Andrews (25-15) on Wednesday. This is the first time UTC has faced either Life or Shorter in dual match competition.
125: Byron Smith (Fr.)/Zach Bridson (Fr.)
133: No. 18 Nick Soto (Jr.)/Mike Pongracz (Fr.)
141: Austin Sams (So.)
149: Michael Hooker (Fr.)
157: Alex Hudson (Sr.)/Jared Presley (Jr.)
165: No. 7 Corey Mock (Jr.)/Trey Stavrum (Jr.)
174: Levi Clemons (Jr.)
184: John Lampe (So.)
197: Jared Johnson (Fr.)/Scottie Boykin (Fr.)
285: Kevin Malone (Jr.)
Junior Corey Mock is the first SoCon Wrestler of the Week for the 2013-14 season. A junior transfer from North Carolina, he opened his Chattanooga career by going 5-0 with a trio of wins over ranked opponents.
The 165-pounder started with a 9-2 decision over Cumberland's Kirk Johnson in a 42-3 team win. Later that evening, Mock topped Wisconsin's Frank Cousins 6-1.
Two days later at the Hokie Duals in Salem, Va., Mock went 3-0, downing three ranked wrestlers. He dropped No. 11 Joseph Booth 5-1 in the win over Hofstra. Against 17th-ranked Virginia Tech, he posted an 8-0 major decision over No. 10 Chris Moon. The Chapel Hill, N.C., native capped his afternoon with a 5-0 win over No. 12 Ramon Santiago of Rider.
UTC has two wrestlers currently ranked in either the Intermat or Amateur Wrestling News Top-20. Junior Corey Mock is 5-0 on the year and No. 7 in the AWN poll at 165. He is also No. 8 in the Intermat listings.
Fellow junior Nick Soto had a rough start to the season at 133. After losing two matches on opening night, he bounced back with three wins at the Hokie Duals. He is No. 18 at 133 in the AWN Top-20.
The Mocs are holding their first Candlelight Dinner Match against Gardner-Webb on Monday, Dec. 16. Tables for eight will replace the bleachers in the lower section of Maclellan Gym, while team members not competing will be your servers for the evening. Details will be released soon, so be sure to check back to GoMocs.com, but mark your calendars now for this unique event.


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Peruvian food is taking the world by storm these days. Not only are its celebrity chefs gaining international renown and its restaurants popping up in city after city around the world, people are beginning to make Peruvian food at home. But the world of Cuzco's cuisine remains unknown to outsiders, since there is no book we know of published in English on it. We have been collecting recipes and will publish them below for you, though we must say that these are not yet kitchen tested in the US. Along with them will be found notes and comparisons with other recipes available in published form.
Below the section of recipes from Cuzco can be found links to blogs and recipes, from reputable sources, that provide the basic instructions to make many of Peru's great dishes.
Finding ingredients for Peruvian cooking can also be a hassle. As a result Cuzcoeats offers below links where you obtain them.
Lechón (Roast Pork)
(For 10 persons)
1. 5 kg. Pork roast (preferably with the skin still attached)
2. 10 limes
3. 1/4 pkg. of seasoning, Consisting of the following ingredients mixed together.
a. garlic 50g.
b. cumin 50 g,
c. salt 200g ,
d. ground pepper 50g
e. yellow aji (or other yellowish mild chile) 200 g,
f. diced ginger 10g,
g. Soy sauce 2 tsp.
h. onion.
The day before you plan to serve the roast.
1 Squeeze lime juice onto the pork skin
2.Condiment the pork by rubbing it with the seasoning.
3. Add onion.
4. Let the pork set in your refrigerator or other cool place for an entire day .
5. Bake it in a medium oven until done.
6. Cut into large pieces.
7. Serve accompanied with Tamales or Bread, preferably bread from Oropesa.
Links to Recipes for Peruvian Food
Below the section of recipes from Cuzco can be found links to blogs and recipes, from reputable sources, that provide the basic instructions to make many of Peru's great dishes.
Finding ingredients for Peruvian cooking can also be a hassle. As a result Cuzcoeats offers below links where you obtain them.
Marian Blazes compiled this varied set of recipes from Peru, where she lived and received culinary training, for this well known encyclopedia of practical knowledge.
Based on the beautifully designed cookbook of the same name, this site opens its pages to give us twenty-five excellent recipes for Peruvian classics from alfajores to tiradito.
This recipe search engine brings together in one site some ten pages of recipes from other sites, including ones listed here. It is a useful, time-saving tool.
Formerly known as Recipezaar.com, the community of cooks who contribute to this site make it a valuable source of
recipes and information, including a range of usefully categorized recipes for Peruvian food.
Containing a wide range of Peruvian recipes, many of them not easily found elsewhere in English, this site is dedicated to spreading knowledge and appreciation of the richness and variety of Peruvian cuisine.
This blog hopes to become the focal point for people interested in Peruvian cuisine. It also has many recipes for people interested in making Peruvian dishes at home.
Recipehound "Recipes from Peru"
Founded by an enthusiastic food hobbyist and dietetic administrator, Recipehound encompases thousands of recipes from around the world, including almost forty recipes of Peruvian dishes.
A word that means hearth or home in Quechua, Yanuq is also a foodie site in Peru. It contains much information about Peruvian cooking as well as a large set of recipes. Although its main site is in Spanish, the link here is a treasure trove of recipes in English.
Since it can be difficult to find the necessary ingredients for Peruvian food, Cuzcoeats provides the following select links.


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The AALS, along with other higher-ed groups, has sent the DOD its objections to the new regulation, detailing why the group believes the regulation is illegal. It also asks that the rule be withdrawn. The memo was sent March 13, and the military has shown no interest in backing off from its threats.
At Wash. U., the issue has been discussed extensively among faculty, staff and students. A lot of hand-wringing and agonizing has gone on. But, again, there hasn't been much anger. Even Outlaw, a group of gay and lesbian law students, which opposes caving in to the military, seems to be engaged in a battle over technicalities. The group sent a memo to faculty, reading more like a legal brief than a letter of protest, that makes arguments for why the DOD rule violates the federal Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Perhaps if the JAG recruiter actually showed up on campus, Outlaw might live up to its name.
Law, who has been invited to meet with the Wash. U. law-school faculty and students in January regarding this matter, says universities would have a pretty strong court case, because the DOD rule violates the APA, which requires public hearings and input before such rules are issued, and because the rule essentially goes far beyond what Congress intended with the Solomon Amendment and Solomon II.
Would Wash. U. run the risk of losing federal money by challenging the law in court? "I think there is no risk to any university in being the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit, because the day you file the suit, you go in and get a preliminary injunction telling the military they can't retaliate against you by withdrawing funds until the suit's been tried -- zero risk of taking affirmative legal action, because the lawsuit can protect you," Law says.
Beyond the "procedural" issue, she says, "I think it's a profound academic-freedom issue, but it would not be recognized as such in a court of law, because they would just say, "You don't have to take the money. The courts have been extremely reluctant to see violation when it is conditioned on the availability of funds."
As for why the military is hell-bent on using campus placement offices when it has always been able to contact students and invite them to apply and be interviewed at campus ROTC offices, Law says she thinks some individuals at the Pentagon and in the Senate "see this as symbolically big and see this as wrong for the pointy-headed liberal academics to take government money and then impose their own view of cultural morality on the military. That's all."
A Wash. U. spokeswoman says the military JAG Corps has generally been recruiting five or fewer students each year from a class of about 200. Martha Rudd, an Army spokeswoman, says not only that the military does not believe it is infringing on academic freedom but that it believes the universities have been denying law students' rights -- to the choice of a career in the military.
Matt Coles, of New York, is not happy about the universities' giving up without a fight. Coles, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union's lesbian- and gay-rights project, says the military rule can be challenged legally because of the APA violation, "but they can fix that," meaning the military can simply go through the motions of a public-comment period and reissue the rule.
Like Law, Coles thinks that taking the issue of coercion to court would probably fail because, theoretically, the universities can live without the federal money. Courts have long maintained that government can withhold funds to state, local or private entities if they don't comply with federal rules. In the 1970s, the feds told the states they needed to comply with energy policy and institute a 55 mph speed limit and that if they didn't, they would lose billions in highway funds. "Can the government use its pocketbook to bully state, local and even private authorities this way? I think the answer under existing law is "Yes, it can,'" says Coles. "What they can't do is effectively give you what appears to be a choice that is no choice at all. If the alternative of turning down the money isn't realistic, then that would cross the line -- it amounts to coercion.
"But for a university to say, "Gee, we're used to taking a lot of money from the federal government,' I don't think it amounts to coercion.
"I do think, however, what the federal government has done here is, it has said that schools have to accept not only recruiters but ROTC programs," continues Coles. "And that means that they have to accredit certain members of the U.S. military as faculty and put certain courses into their curriculum. And the recruiting program as well, which tells schools how they can run their placement offices -- I think those raise serious questions of academic freedom under the First Amendment."
These issues also raise serious questions about universities and their relationship with the DOD. When you accept $300 million a year from the feds, what else do you keep quiet about? What other troubling questions never get asked?
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Carrboro girls in running for another 2-A track title
The Carrboro girls' track team will chase its third straight state championship today as the 2-A boys and girls compete in the state finals at N.C. A&T's Irwin Belk Track.
Action opens with field events beginning at 10 a.m., followed by the running event preliminaries and the finals.
The 4-A meet is set for Saturday at A&T and will follow the same time schedule.
In 2-A, Carrboro ran away from last weekend's Mideast Regional field and were joined as Mideast Region champions by the Cedar Ridge boys, the 2012 state champs.
Top competition for the Carrboro girls is expected to come from regional champions Swansboro (East), Waxhaw Cuthbertson (Midwest) and South Iredell (West).
Individual area girls' regional winners included Carrboro's Grace Morken (800), Maysa Araba (1,600), Diamond Tyson (shot put) and the Carrboro 1,600 and 3,200 girls relay teams, as well as Libby Florence of Cedar Ridge (high jump) and South Granville's Teshlyn Smith (triple jump).
Individual area boys' regional winners included Cedar Ridge's Cameron Cooper (400), A.J. Tucker (1,600, 3,200) and Ethan Smith (pole vault), as well as Carrboro's Scott Peretin (shot put, discus).
In 4-A, the Mideast Region champion East Chapel Hill boys will face an uphill battle to unseat reigning state champ Knightdale, which won the East Regional. Other regional champs in the boys' field are Pfafftown Reagan (Midwest) and Charlotte Mallard Creek (West).
Jon Beyle of East Chapel Hill is a favorite in both the shot put and discus. He also qualified to run a leg on the ECH 400-meter relay team.
Other area 4-A qualifiers are Hillside freshman Marcus Krah, who won regional 110 hurdles, long jump and triple jump titles, and ECH's William Buckley, who finished in the top three in the 100 and 200 and was on the top-three ECH 400 and 800 relay teams; Riverside's Marqualess Goldston (triple jump, 400 relay, 800 relay), Jordan's Trevon McClary (long jump, triple jump), Riverside relay runners Darius Smiley, Marquis Burton and Tavares Tucker (400 relay, 800 relay) and ECH relay runners Edie Vandy and Jerry Ching (400, 800 relays).
Raleigh Wakefield, the three-time reigning 4-A girls' champ, again is the favorite.
Area individual qualifiers in the girls' 4-A meet include regional winners Pegah Kamrani (3,200) of ECH and Régene Watson (shot put) of Southern as well as Northern's Tamara Thorpe, who tied the regional winner at 5-2 in the high jump but finished second on number of jumps attempted, Zuri White of Northern (triple jump) and Taleya Harris of Hillside (300 hurdles).
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East Chapel Hill leads the All-Conference 5 boys' lacrosse team released Thursday. The Wildcats, who were eliminated in the state semifinal Tuesday night, offers up C5 defensive player of the year Will McEntee, offensive player of the year Ian Levin and coach of the year Austin Bridges.
Conference 5 is made up of Carrboro, Cedar Ridge, Chapel Hill, Northwood, Orange and ECH high schools.
First Team
Attack — Levin (ECH), Colin Mraz (CH), Zach Roby (CR).
Midfield — Ryan Dotson (ECH), Marquez Hunter (CR), Jackson Overbeck (C), Tommy Voelkel (CH).
Defense — Jordan Blackmon (N), Grant Deselm (CH), Will McEntee (ECH).
Goalkeeper — Dylan McKinnon (O).
Long-stick midfielder — Chris Lamay (O).
Face-off — Robert Moore (CR).
Second Team
Attack — Tim Duffy (CH), Jack Newell (C), Riley Reid (ECH).
Midfield — Chris Cox (ECH), Blake Hall (O), Peter Norwood (CH).
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EAST GREENBUSH - They're calling it Made in America; it's a new push to bring more manufacturing jobs back to the Capital Region.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Paul Tonko held a news conference Monday morning to talk about the new effort.
Those lawmakers are proposing legislation that would create a competition for federal funding that they say would spark growth and train workers with much needed skills.
Senator Gillibrand and Congressman Tonko met with local leaders at XOS in East Greenbush, a manufacturer of equipment that analyzes products like toys and clean fuels.
They say it's an example of a company that could benefit from the Made in America Manufacturing Act.
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Eagle66, AMEN!
Both Frank Russo and Kevin Kelley belong behind bars now. There continued freedom is sending the message that crime does pay. The feds need to stop playing nice with these crooks. Frank is out partying each night and laughing at how he has beat the system again. I am starting to believe ha has.
How did the Feds not go after the pensions of every public employee involved? Especially Russo and Kelley! Has either paid their restitution to county taxpayers? I think someone at the US Attorneys Office needs to revisit this issue.
This paper wil not take a stand against quotas or Fred Nance. Even if it costs taxpayers millions. Bet on it!
soverytired, You must have been sleeping when you read the article. STJ was made aware of Russo's job selling scam in 1998. Four days before she resigned as Prosecutor, she made the Assistant handling the case stop the investigation and she informed him that Russo would be pleaing to a low level misdemeanor. I wish the Feds would force Russo to cough up the details of that deal. No doubt we would probably be removing the name of STJ from numerous public buildings.
Good riddance to the arrogant fool Subodh Chandra. Even as the voters show him the door he leaves us with one last memorable moment. "This has been a more important race than both the level and quality of media coverage would suggest," Chandra said. "This race is a decision between the ineffective ways of the past and progressive reform." Translation: The media lost me the race because they did not educate the voters as to what a superior candidate I was. What a tool. It is clear that voters thought Stephanie Hall had a much more impressive resume than Chandra. Maybe this race will force feed him an ounce of humility.
Good riddance to the arrogant fool Subodh Chandra. Even as the voters show him the door he leaves us with one last memorable moment. "This has been a more important race than both the level and quality of media coverage would suggest," Chandra said. "This race is a decision between the ineffective ways of the past and progressive reform." Translation: The media lost me the race because they did not educate the voters as to what a superior candidate I was. What a tool.
Pray for the victims.
Looks like an older version of Jimmy Dimora.
We would be better off reducing the size of the county council and eliminating them both. Addition by subtraction.
Mike, Most readers probably do not have 300 employees who invite them to weddings, graduation parties or bar mitzvahs on a weekly basis. My guess is Mason probably does which is why the Elections Commission permits these type of expenditures. Did Mason utilize his campaign fund to give a gift to a member of his family? That would seem to violate the Elections Commission opinion and may make this issue newsworthy. If not, it seems to be a non issue.
Mike, Thanks for the reply. My point is that the Ohio Elections Commission specifically has ruled that these type of expenditures are allowed. This opinion should cear up the issue for you and your readers.
If you don't like the expenditures that is fine, but your column suggests that they are not proper. The opinion above seems to say that in most cases these expenditures are permissible. I think you would be doing the public a service if you more accurately portrayed the situation. Vambo
Rome is burning and we get an article about wedding presents and graduation gifts. I had hoped that in light of the county corruption scandal our daily paper would begin to correct its deficiencies from the past and begin to investigate real issues involving politicians and influence peddling. I guess Mason is peddling influence with campaign supporters. Is it possible for this paper to do some real investigative reporting?
Just read the Audit. If Stephanie Tubbs Jones were alive, she would have some difficult questions to answer. I wonder if if any of the candidates for county prosecutor will weigh in on this new information. I am certain Subodh Chandra will not jump into this fray, to do so would take more courage then she could muster.
redman, They are finally telling a story that hasn't been told. Not only was word of Russo's misdeeds public knowledge around the Add Building, but it was contained in a public report and turned over to STJ and nothing was done. This is the first time this revelation has come to light in this paper and puts a different spin on the whole scandal. Why wasn't it stopped when the State Auditer documented it 14 years ago? What deal was cut between Russo and STJ?
If the dates are correct, STJ was a lame duck prosecutor and resigned to leave for Congress a few days after she gave Russo the free pass. Don't be surprised when Dimora's lawyers bring Russo back to discuss this revelation.
Avenger you hit the nail on the head. Larkin allowed this corrupt culture to exist by providing no scrutiny of the crooks in office and ignoring the whistle blowers. People in this town brought Russo's misdeeds to Larkin and he ignored them. Why won't he level with the people of this county?
Brent, It was through your misguided "leadership" of the Editorial Booard that these two crooks were given a pass to rob the taxpayers. Russo pled guilty to charges involving public corruption in 1998 and this paper coninued to endorse him. Explain to the readers your role in this mess and how this paper could get it so wrong, so often.
The prosecution has rested and I am more convinced then ever that Frank Russo should have been PO #1 and Kevin Kelly should have been PO #2. I would put Dimora in my line up as PO #3. All in all I do not believe this trial met the expectations of the citizens of this county. I am also disappointed that we may never get a full accounting of all of the crimes these crooks committed against the public.
The feds need to give the public a complete listing of the criminal acts perpetrated by this crook. Name the individuals who paid the bribes, received the bribes, received bogus contracts, etc. These piece meal disclosures are BS. The public has a right to know everything that these crooks have done. EVERYTHING! We should not be hearing about it only because a defense attorney forced the disclosure on cross examination.
How do the feds give Joe O'Malley only 4 months for the multiple crimes he was involved in. That does not even qualify as a slap on the wrist. If he greased Russo with $80,000 we can only imagine what he made off this contract. Someone at the FBI needs to begin an investigation of who at the US Attorneys Office approved that deal. The taxpayers have been shafted again.
Brown is stupid for giving the desperate republicans such a silly issue to club him with. Wake up Sherrod!


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I just made this recipe for the first time. I am an experienced pasta maker, using various machines, rollers etc. This is by far the easiest to handle and has an excellent flavor. I used a kitchen-aid to mix the dough, but did the final kneading by hand. I doubled it the first time I used it. I added 1 tablespoon of olive oil in place of some of the water as well. After kneading, I covered it in plastic wrap and let it rest for about 15 minutes. Awesome performance in the rollers, and cutters and a better recipe than the Kitchen-Aid manual which I have always found to be too dry no matter what I do. This is awesome and now my go to recipe.
I started with this recipe with no changes. It was dry and course and wouldn't stick together. Then I added some oil and more water (about 5 Tbl) all together. It finally made a dough ball so I let it rest like some of the other reviews said. It was tough to roll out so I couldn't get the dough thin enough. My noodles turned out way too thick. The taste was fine but overall very disappointing. I will continue to buy pasta at the store.
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I tried this today decreasing the salt to 1/4 tsp. and adding 1 tsp. of olive oil. Most doughs need to rest after being worked so that they will roll out easier and this dough definitely benefitted from resting (to let the gluten relax).
I doubled the recipe to "play around" and cut fettucine sized strips as well as 1" wide strips. I also cut some wider and tried my hand at a few herb-seasoned ricotta-filled ravioli and then cut some wider still and used that same filling to make some free-form lasagnes. Everything boiled up wonderfully... tender and delicate! Yum! Can't wait to try some of the noodles/pasta in some homemade turkey soup after Thanksgiving!
All I can say, after my first attempt at homemade pasta is you gotta try it! And you DON'T need a pasta machine either! Keep your rolling pin and work surface well-floured, keep a pastry brush handy to brush excess flour off the rolled dough, and keep a stainless steel dough scraper handy just in case you do get a bit of adhering to the work surface.
I have been making homemade pasta for years. If I am going to be serving it the same day, I use cake flour. If I am going to dry it and store it, I add a ½ cup of semolina flour. I also add one or two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
This basic recipe is perfect for beginners to the world of fresh pasta making. For those who have had a difficult time, keep trying. You will improve with practice. The addition of additional ingredients such as different seasons and herbs lends itself very redily to this recipe. The secret to pasta making is simple. LET IT REST!
I've always heard that there's nothing like fresh pasta, I was VERY pleasantly surprised at how true this was:-)It was fun and felt great making fresh pasta. I felt like one of those professional cooks in a fine restaurant:-)I'm glad I read the other reviewer's tips. I let the dough rest about 45 min. Could've let 30 min., but was busy. I think the extra time resting before rolling made dough more easy to work with. I had no trouble working with it. You don't really need a pasta machine unless you want to make spaghetti or some other pasta, etc. This was great for me since I don't have one, but want to defenately buy one now. I have very limited space to work with, my counter is about the width of a regular stovetop, maybe(sp?) smaller. What I would recommend if you have a small workspace is that when you have let the dough rest, whatever amount of servings you are making, divide the dough into that many parts, and work one at a time. Actually think takes less time this way. Another tip: If rolling, to keep even thickness, don't double roll,etc over one part of the dough then continue on to next part,etc. Roll one way one time over whole piece of dough. If dough creates a roll, simply pick up dough and lay back down and continue. I let the dough dry by leaving it spread on the counter. I used a pizza cutter to cut dough. I will make this again.
I doubled the recipe and it was a great smooth dense dough..It was good rolling out and yummy to eat!
I rolled it out and rolled it up like a jelly roll(with out flouer on it) and cut thin strips to make fettichini and dried the strips on a broom stick covered with a towel being held up between 2 chairs, I let them dry totally and pakaged half the amount for storage and boiled the other half and it was VERY GOOD!! Please try it..So easy, fun and so GOOD!!
My first attempt at homemade pasta and it was so easy! I added about 1/2 Tbl olive oil as it seemed to dry without it. I used the kitchenaide dough attachment to mix it. Then let it sit for 45 minutes. I had wrapped it in wax paper and it stuck to the paper! Scraped it off and rolled it out on the floured kitchen table. After that I realized I should have rolled it on a cutting board, so I picked it up and moved it. Once on the cutting board, I used a pizza cutter to make long thin slices. Pizza cutter worked very well - i had various sizes due to not caring about consistency. (My husband said he liked the thinner ones better.) Then I laid them all out on a floured dinner plate and covered it with wax paper until it was time to cook (2 hours later). I should have kept the pieces more separated as some of them got stuck together. Next time I'll leave them on the cutting board but spread them out more and let them dry that way. It was easy to make with just a rolling pin. We're going to use this recipe as a base to make homemade ravioli next!
This was the first time making the pasta from scratch, and I was surprized at how simple it was. My husband wanted homemade noodles with the homemade chicken soup I made (submitted by Jill), and everyone LOVED it. We tripled the recipe & added the noodles to the soup, and let them boil for about 15 minuites, and served. I saved the leftovers, and they tasted even better the second time!!!
We use a pizza cutter to cut the noodles & it works GREAT!!!!!!!!!!
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Basic Pasta
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Servings Per Recipe: 3
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 176
Calories from Fat: 19
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