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CAMBRIDGE - The baseball gods work in mysterious ways.
They conspired to produce a near impossible-to-believe outcome in Friday's Division III Sectional game at Don Coss Field. Tom Sliva's St. Clairsville Red Devils needed a pocketful of miracles to pull off a seventh-inning comeback for the ages against Bellaire.
John Patrone's Big Reds nursed a 5-1 lead and needed three outs to complete an unexpected knockout of top-seeded St. C. But the Red Devils staged a mammoth rally, stringing together six consecutive hits, good for five runs and a stunning 6-5 victory.
''In my 16 years, we've had some memorable comebacks but I can't ever remember anything like this,'' a still dazed Sliva said. "In our huddle (to start the inning), we talked about staying focused and no one making that first out. I can't even count the number of great at-bats we had. I mean, how many clutch two-strike hits did we have?''
Patrone and the Reds were nearly in denial.
''One ground ball. That's all I wanted,'' Bellaire's skipper said with a grimace.
Instead, the Red Devils hit one rope after another, culminating with Riley Carlton's two-run double down the left-field line. When Bellaire third baseman Hunter Westlake's hurried relay to the plate eluded catcher Wyatt Back and rolled into the Big Reds dugout, St. C.'s Luke Smith was waved home, setting off a frenetic celebration.
''We're down four with three outs to go. The kids could have curled up and felt sorry for themselves or they could have chosen to keep fighting,'' Sliva said.
In a subdued postgame meeting with his team, there were no words of consolation Patrone could express.
''I just told them they played hard all year, won an OVAC title, and gave themselves every chance to win a sectional championship. We just couldn't finish it,'' he said.
St. C. veteran Sammy Vincenzo jump-started the seventh-inning surge with a line drive single to center field.
Relief pitcher Matt Kinnick followed with a run-scoring double to deep left-center. Shortstop D.J. Busby belted a single up the middle before left fielder Cory Kotopka lined a 3-2 pitch to center for an RBI and a 5-3 score.
Third baseman Smith's attempted sac bunt evolved into an infield hit, loading the bases for Carlton who delivered the big blow that scored three runners.
Bellaire had erased a 1-0 deficit, scoring three times in the sixth, aided by two St. C. errors. Spencer Badia and Dalton Conroy delivered top-of-the seventh RBI hits for a 5-1 score prior to St. C.'s dramatic comeback.
''That's a solid Bellaire team,'' Sliva said. ''We fully expected a tight game. We just didn't figure it would end (like this).''
Kinnick clubbed a single, double and sacrifice fly. Busby belted a single and double, as did Carlton.
Bellaire's Nick McMahon collected three singles and a RBI. Brady Hall hammered a double.
Kinnick gained the decision in relief of Vincenzo, who fanned seven and walked two before departing. McMahon absorbed the loss in relief of Badia who struck out four and allowed two walks.
Improving to 17-6, St. C. next faces Tuscarawas Valley in a 5 p.m. Wednesday district test at Steubenville's Vaccaro Field.

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This was one of my favourites for the challenge, I love the colouring and the font especially. Great job!
My May 2012 Challenge entry map; this was done on watercolor paper with calligraphy ink, dip pens, and watercolor paints/brushes. Scanned in with no post processing except to stitch the two half-page scans into one image.
The WIP thread can be found here: http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...Entry-Gaelynta
Edit: Forgot to give credit to Djekspek's awesome city/castle icon tutorials, which can be found here.
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This was one of my favourites for the challenge, I love the colouring and the font especially. Great job!
That certainly is cool. Excellent work.
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Beautiful map! I especially like, no, love the compass rose and your calligraphy This map truly is a masterpiece The way you use watercolours is so subtle and smooth, wish I could use them like that^^
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Ireland, Gettysburg on travel list for 2013
NEW YORK -- Myanmar, Marseille, New Zealand and Gettysburg are all on the travel radar for 2013 thanks to new tours, events and anniversaries. But the best pitch for travel in the new year might just be coming from Ireland, which is running ads "calling all Flynns, O'Malleys and Schweizenbergs" to the Emerald Isle for a unique grass-roots homecoming called "The Gathering."
Here are details on these and other places, events and travel trends for 2013.
"[The Gathering is] a citizen-led initiative to attract people who are Irish-born, Irish-bred or Irish in spirit to join us in 2013," said Bernard McMullan of Tourism Ireland. "It's almost become a competition where one county, town or village tries to have as quirky a gathering as the next."
More than 2,000 events are already planned, including events for redheads and lefthanders as well as reunions based on family names and clans.
The U.S. Census Bureau says 34.7 million Americans claim Irish ancestry, and Arabella Bowen, executive editorial director of Fodor's Travel, is one of them. Even President Obama has an Irish ancestor in the family tree. "There are Irish people all over the world," said Bowen. "It will be great fun being able to connect with others going back for this event. It's like an entire year of St. Patrick's Day parties."
President Obama's historic recent visit to Myanmar -- the first ever by a sitting U.S. president -- is adding to already heated-up interest in the country, which has only fully opened to tourism in the last few years. Fodor's Bowen says it's especially attractive to people who are already well traveled and are seeking that next unknown destination.
Many tour companies are adding Myanmar trips due to demand and the U.S. Tour Operators Association's active members named Myanmar No. 1 on a list of "off-the-beaten-path" countries they foresee becoming popular in 2013.
New Zealand
New Zealand received a huge boost in tourism from fans of "The Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy, and the release of the new movie "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is focusing attention on the destination once again. All four of the movies were filmed in New Zealand.
The French port city Marseille is one of two European capitals of culture in 2013, along with the Slovakian city of Kosice. Fodor's Bowen says Marseille "has been overlooked in the past" by a lot of travelers heading to the lavender fields and wineries of Provence, but she believes it's ripe for a "renaissance" with new hotels, art galleries and culinary hotspots. XL Airways France is launching direct flights from New York in late May.
Several important anniversaries take place in 2013, with exhibits and events to mark them.
Marquee events for the battle commemoration, including re-enactments and tours, will take place June 28 to July 7, but there will be activities and programs throughout the year. On July 1, the new Seminary Ridge Museum opens in a building that was used as a soldiers' hospital. Union Gen. John Buford also used the structure's cupola to scout the countryside on the battle's first day.
Theme parks
Next summer will see the popular 3-D ride based on the "Transformers" movies opening at Universal's theme park in Orlando. "Transformers: The Ride -- 3D" previously opened this past May at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles.
At Disneyland in California, spring will see the opening of Fantasy Faire, located at Fantasyland and dedicated to Disney heroes and heroines. At Disney World near Orlando, Fla., a new attraction called Princess Fairytale Hall, where guests can meet Disney princesses, is also scheduled to open in 2013. Princess Fairytale Hall will be located at the Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland, which opened in early December, doubling the size of the original Fantasyland. Both parks are offering weekly surprises for guests as part of a yearlong 2013 program called Limited Time Magic.
The beach, post-Sandy
Superstorm Sandy destroyed beaches, boardwalks and waterfront attractions all along the mid-Atlantic coast. Many communities on the Jersey shore, the beloved pier in Ocean City, Md., and elsewhere are hoping to have infrastructure rebuilt by summer.
On Coney Island, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the landmark Cyclone and Wonder Wheel rides are in good condition along with other amusement park attractions and are expected to reopen in spring as usual, along with the famous hot dog eatery Nathan's and the home stadium for the Cyclones minor league baseball team. The New York Aquarium at Coney has been closed due to damage from flooding but hopes to reopen some if not all exhibits by summer.
Hotel booking trends
According to Anne Banas, executive editor of Smarter Travel, ever-increasing air fares and airline fees have forced travelers to focus on the other big-ticket item in vacation spending: hotels. "It's all about hotels now and hotel deals," she said, adding that interest is skyrocketing in hotel booking sites, apps and membership-only sites. The vacation rental market is changing too, with more owners allowing people to book for a weekend of a few nights instead of the Sunday-to-Sunday week.
Banas said sites like SniqueAway, Jetsetter and the Vacationist are becoming more popular "because you can get a more luxurious property for lower prices -- you can stay at a four- or five-star hotel for the price of a three-star. But you have to be more flexible. You have to take what's being offered, which might be off season or slow season."
Another site, Tingo, "automatically rebooks you at a lower price if the price drops, and issues you a refund," Banas said. "Tingo does all the work. It's a nice passive way to save some money."
Several new sites and apps offer highly discounted hotel rooms that can only be booked that night, including HotelTonight and Priceline's Tonight-Only Deals.
"This is for two types of people: people who are really last-minute, flexible travelers, or people whose flight is canceled and they need a hotel tonight," Banas said.
Jan Freitag of STR, which tracks hotel data, said mobile apps are becoming a "preferred travel booking tool" to the point where some travel startups are forgoing websites for app-only hotel booking models.
Lifestyle trends
Ann Mack, director of trend-spotting at advertising agency JWT, is noting several trends for 2013 with implications for travelers. For the trend toward "intelligent things" -- tech-enabled smart devices -- one example offered by JWT is The Hop, a prototype suitcase that literally follows you around using a system based on sensors that track Bluetooth signals from a smartphone.
JWT says another trend, the "Super Stress Era," will lead to ramped-up efforts to fight stress. Examples include the San Francisco International Airport's yoga room and the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport's 1.4-mile walking loop.


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|The Lumber Shed - The historic building is being renovated as a restaurant pavilion, with its location at the north end of the Yards Park area making it easily available to users of the Anacostia Riverwalk. Construction began in summer 2012, with initial tenants opening late in 2013.
|Twelve12 (the old Parcel D) - An empty lot for many years, this site was redesigned in 2010 to be a residential building with 200-225 units, a ground-floor Harris Teeter, and a three-story fitness center and spa. Construction began in early 2012, with delivery in 2014.
|Parcel N - Work began in late 2013 on the Yards's second new-construction apartment building, which will have 327 units and 20,000 sq ft of retail on the southwest corner of 4th and Tingey. It is expected to open in early 2016.
|Parcels L and O - Additional residential buildings will be constructed on these sites south of Tingey. As an interim use, Parcel O on the southeast corner of Fourth and Tingey houses the Trapeze School New York.
|Redevelopment of Factory 202 (the old Parcel E1/Building 202/Gun Assembly Shop/Gun Mount Shop) - The red brick building at 5th and M is slated to be redeveloped as a 271-unit condo building, with local developer PN Hoffman partnering on the project. No timeline is currently attached.
|Parcels A, F, G - Land at the northwest corner of the Yards, Parcel A was home to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (and maybe some other cloak-and-dagger Feds) until 2011, and the building was finally demolished in spring 2014. These parcels will be redeveloped as office buildings, with ground-floor retail.
|Clearing of Parcels H and I - Land along 1st Street south of Tingey was cleared in early 2008 to allow parking for Nationals Park. Eventually, in later phases, residential buildings will be built here.
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Get rid of the dumb crawl you have that appears at the bottom of the screen during football games on Sunday. It's #### annoying, and it blocks my view of the field
I know you are trying to appeal to the nerds who play Fantasy Football, but hello! Most of your viewers are not fantasy players. We are just regular fans who want to watch the game. We dont need to be informed every 3 minutes who the leading rusher is in the goddamn Jacksonville/Seattle game...
Please do as Fox does, ie out-of-town scores appear unobtrusively in the upper right hand corner of the screen as part of their "Fox Box". Either that, or go back to what you did 4-5 years ago when you flashed the scores once every 20 minutes or so. That was plenty enough for me
I know we live in an information overload world now, but on Sundays if given the choice between, for instance, keeping updated on Kyle Boller's up-to-the-minute passing stats for the day, or having an unimpeded view of the game I'm watching, I will take the unimpeded view every time. I suspect the majority of your viewers feel likewise
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St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - A north St. Louis man has been set to stand trial in April 2013 for the 2011 murder of a Vietnamese immigrant who was attacked in what has become known as the 'knockout game'.
20 year old Elex Levell Murphy is charged with first degree murder in the death of 72 year old Hoang Nquyen who was severely beaten by a group of teens, while walking home from a market with his wife in south St. Louis.
Along with the murder charge, Murphy is also facing assault and armed criminal action crimes in the attack.
Authorities say the victim and his wife were returning home around 10:30 a.m. on April 16, 2011, pushing their groceries through an alley when they were approached by a group of four teens.
Police say the couple was brutally attacked for no reason, and nothing was taken from the couple before the group fled the alley.
The victim and his wife moved to the St. Louis area to be closer to their two children and a grandchild according to family members.
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I picked one up last year that the dates make sense but its a 24" barrel possibly blued stainless. I dont see any stamp that would denote it as being SS though.
Just curious.
Now to find an original 280 and I will have them all but I have only ever seen one for sale so who knows if I will ever get it


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I was also thinking a 72x10x16 tall might not be bad. I would have a one foot square sump at the far end where I would place the protein skimmer, pumps for circulation, heater, chemical media, etc.
Or, perhaps a 4x12x12 tall sump at one end and a 6x12x12 tall sump at the other end, and a false wall with a 2 to 3" depth along the back. That would be a very long false wall, though, and would take away from the display area. Not to mention, not sure what I would do with quite that much room. Or, I could just have the false wall along the back and not have the sumps at either end. Might make more sense. If I did a 72x12x12 tall tank, that would keep the size in gallons to about 45 but giving it an extra 2" in height would be about 50 gallons. I like the look of a big tank, but this would be manageable and keep weight down. I might need to add some additional support to the front edge of the island counter, but would prefer to avoid this unless absolutely necessary. The counter is about 18" front to back and sits over a 5" or 6" column that runs the length of the counter. I would prefer not to add the extra support as it would really alter the look of the counter, and while I'm sure I could build something that would work, I'm not sure I could make it look nice. Thoughts?


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Anyone get one today? I'm guessing Verizon stores opened early today to accommodate the launch?
Reviews for the most part are positive. Some call it the best phone on Verizon, some are calling it "non even close to being an iPhone killer"
Personally, I couldn't care less about an iPhone. I can't even dream of them until it comes to Verizon, if that ever happens. I really like my iTouch if that matters...
I think I want the Droid though. It's sure got some great features and Android 2.0 looks to be solid.
Not happy about the lack of certain multi-touch features though. I imagine since the hardware does support it, the functionality will eventually come out right?
I might have to sneak out to a store to test one of these bad boys out...the nerd in me is excited!
I somehow managed to not hear about this until now. Are you sure this is the Droid you're looking for?
You can go about your business. Move along.
I have seen a little bit about this, interesting for people already on Verizon but not sure that it would be enough to convince me to switch from Sprint and the Palm Pre to Verizon, especially since Verizon is raising their early termination fees. I'm interested in checking out the HTC Hero, and supposed to be a pretty major software update for the Pre coming out this month too.
Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating a verizon store is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one!
I think I need this phone just for the nerdy possibilities.
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I have seen a little bit about this, interesting for people already on Verizon but not sure that it would be enough to convince me to switch from Sprint and the Palm Pre to Verizon, especially since Verizon is raising their early termination fees. I'm interested in checking out the HTC Hero, and supposed to be a pretty major software update for the Pre coming out this month too.
I'm in the same boat as you Chad. I'm on Sprint and ready to upgrade. I was originally in the Palm Pre camp, but after seeing the HTC Hero I am on the fence. The new Sense UI overlay that HTC has on top of the Android OS looks really nice, and the Hero hardware seems really well put together.
What are your thoughts on the Pre so far?
verizon's version of the htc hero came out today as well, called the droid eris...costs $99
Its gotten some good reviews, but I shy away from Moto.
I just picked it up...have no clue how to use it though.
You can't polish a turd.
HTC has been very, very good to me as far as performance and reliability. I like the idea of an open platform (I hate the limitations of ActiveSync), but I've now got a nice Windows Mobile app collection compiled. I would guess I could find similar apps for Android. Sprint has been good to me as well.
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I just picked it up...have no clue how to use it though.
you don't use droid.. droid uses you.
I have "heard" that the Hero can be a little bit sluggish, but supposedly that happens when a user loads up on all kinds of widgets so it's probably self-inflicted. Definitely going to a Sprint store to play with one soon. HTC does a really nice job on hardware and in adding their own overlays (I had an HTC Touch Pro for awhile), but I think I'm going to stick with the Pre for now, and I'm really trying to limit myself to devices where one company handles both hardware and software. I'm sure they farm out or sub-contract a lot of the work, but in my experience mobile devices that have software/hardware from the same company are always a little bit better in terms of responsiveness, overall user experience. As I mentioned in my previous post Palm is supposed to be coming out with an update, WebOS 1.3.1 I think, and supposedely it addresses overall performance. My plan right now is to wait for that update, and hang onto my annual upgrade for a Pre 2 or the next phone (not Pixie) from Palm.
I've had the palm pre since launch day and it has grown on me even more. I have some good programs, good multi media stuff including my itunes songs, and I am using it a lot to tether now.
If they get the app store a moving along a little more, and its gonna be great.
Couple small things like video camera, stuff like that would be handy but I really have enjoyed the phone.
Just got back from the Verizon store.
Played with the Droid for awhile...
Definitely took a little while to get used to it. The keyboard is....eh. I could get used to it. Just like I assume people did with the Pre.
I HATE to say this...because I hate iphans...but overall, things just aren't as responsive as the iPhone. Web looks good...but not as snappy as iPhone. AND NO HAVE PINCH TO ZOOM IS A HUGGGGGGGGGGGE DISAPPOINTMENT. The zooming blows on Droid. There has to be an upgrade coming for that. People won't stand for that. Or at least I won't...
Notification panel is cool. Navigating around the device took some time to learn but so does anything.
I am so used to my Blackberry Curve. I have Messages as the left shortcut and Address Book as the right shortcut. If I get this Droid, it'll take a lot of getting used to not being able to quickly access my messages (texts + emails) and address book with a click of one button.
Overall though, I did like it, and just might get it. The Widgets are cool, the potential is off the charts, and it's a solidly built, decent looking smartphone.
I'm curious to hear others thoughts that have purchased one...most importantly I need to know...how will it hold up on a tailgate day!???
I would assume that if there isn't one of these Droids in my house by the end of the day, there will be one in residence by Sunday.
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According to the National Institute on Media and the Family, most mothers and fathers don't realize how offensive some of these titles are. In a survey of five hundred parents, fewer than one in twenty had ever heard of one popular game, much less knew its content, compared to four in five junior-high-school students.
With thousands of videos on the market, it is impossible to know the content of each one. Fortunately, three major ratings systems have been devised to help parents and youngsters make wise choices. After Congress threatened to regulate the industry, most major game manufacturers voluntarily began labeling their products through the independent Entertainment Software Rating Board.
The trend in video games has been toward games that are played alone. A typical scenario pits our young hero against a horde of hostile foes. Too much time spent absorbed in violent fantasy may foster social isolation.
A National Institute on Media and the Family survey of video stores across the country found that more than four in five sold or rented "T" videos to children younger than age thirteen, and "M" videos to those not yet seventeen.
Explain to your youngster that she cannot play a new video game until you've had an opportunity to look the product over and determine whether or not it is suitable. If you decide no, it goes back in the rack or back to the store. It is parents' prerogative and responsibility to impose their personal rating system, no matter what games are played at friends' or neighbors' houses.


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Choosing children over choice
On the eve of Roe v. Wade's 35th birthday, the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) released new research on the number of children who never saw a birth day. An AGI survey of all known abortion "providers" in the United States brought some good news: The 2005 abortion rate-that is, the number of terminations per 1,000 women ages 15-44- was at its lowest ebb since 1974, the year after Roe, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. The 1.2 million abortions performed in 2005 were the lowest total since a high of 1.6 million in 1990, and a signal that the number of abortions overall is still declining.
But 1.2 million dead babies is also bad news. Tragic news.
America has had abortion going back probably to 1629, and a roller-coaster experience since then: a sharp rise in abortions in the mid-19th century, a decline during the late 19th century, then a slow rise to the 1950s. A sharp rise in the 1960s followed that. Then came Roe and an abortion skyrocket that peaked in 1990.
AGI, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, has chronicled the decline since then. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also tallies abortion totals, but AGI's numbers are considered more accurate because they survey both hospitals and all known stand-alone abortion clinics. The CDC relies on state health department reports, and some jurisdictions, such as California, don't report at all, creating a data gap of more than a quarter-million abortions, before the counting begins.
According to AGI's latest report, released Jan. 17, the number of abortions in America declined 9 percent between 2000 and 2005. The last year in which the number of abortions was lower was 1976.
One big reason for the decline may be the growth of pro-life pregnancy resource centers led by committed women and volunteers such as Wanda Kohn, WORLD's 2007 Daniel of the Year (see "Frontline dispatches," Dec. 15, 2007). Care-Net, the nation's biggest umbrella organization for such groups, has made development of urban centers a priority, and so has Heartbeat, another large group.
A constant over the centuries is that legal change has an impact on abortion, but cultural change probably makes even more of a difference. Abortion rose in the mid-19th century despite its illegality. In 1860, with the advent of large cities, abundant prostitution, and a substantial 19th-century New Age movement (then called "spiritism"), the United States in proportion to its population probably had as many abortions as it now has, perhaps 160,000 in a population of 30 million.
(One big difference between now and then is that most mid-19th-century abortions occurred among prostitutes, who probably averaged four per year. Nevertheless, the overall number surprises many. Interested readers should see Abortion Rites: A Social History of Abortion in America, a book of mine based on a year of research at the Library of Congress.)
The late 19th-century growth of abstinence movements, "rescue homes," and compassionate help, supported by stronger laws and tighter enforcement, reduced the incidence of abortion by at least 50 percent. Since 1990, the number of abortions has fallen 25 percent, and that trend should continue as abortion alternatives grow, protective laws (such as those requiring parental consent and waiting periods) become more common, and ultrasounds allow more parents to see their babies in the womb.
-by Marvin Olasky, with reporting by Lynn Vincent
Juno nation?
Advocates of "comprehensive sex education" (read: not abstinence only) made much of December figures showing an increase in the U.S. teen birth rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the birth rate for girls ages 15-19 rose 3 percent-from 40.5 live births per 1,000 females ages 15-19 in 2005 to 41.9 births per 1,000 in 2006. The increase follows a 14-year downward trend.
"Today's teens are the victims of a $1 billion social experiment: The national implementation of the abstinence until marriage policy," declared Cristina Page, author of How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America. "Abstinence-only programs have not only failed to persuade kids not to have sex, but have led many not to use contraception."
But is the birth-rate increase the result of more unprotected teen sex-or fewer abortions? The answer: It's too early to tell. Although the birth rate tallies are in, CDC's abortion reporting suffers a lag of more than three years; the most recent figures available are from 2004. Between 2000 and 2004, the teen abortion rate fell from 17 per 1,000 girls to 15 per 1,000 girls. The CDC won't know until 2009 whether such measures as parental involvement laws increased the rate of decline in abortions, producing more "Junos" per thousand-teen girls who, like the lead teen in the current hit movie of the same name, decide to carry their babies to term-offsetting the birth-rate increase between 2005 and 2006.
Evasion ball
Donald Fehr, head of the baseball players union, had a moment of apparent contrition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Jan. 15: "Baseball's problem with performance-enhancing substances was bigger than I realized. The players association accepts its share of responsibility for what happened, and . . . so do I."
But moments later, Fehr griped about the prospect of baseball commissioner Bud Selig unilaterally imposing stiffer steroid policies and argued that collective bargaining was the only legitimate means to settle the matter. Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., fired back: "This is almost surreal to me. Why should cheating be a matter of collective bargaining?"
Even in the face of a devastating report on rampant doping throughout the game, an indictment against baseball's home-run king, and congressional threats of intervention, Fehr still cannot seem to grasp that his resistance to transparency is hurting the players he tries to protect.
Scientists from four leading research institutions say they have isolated five DNA variants that can predict a man's risk of getting prostate cancer. The results, published in the Jan. 31 New England Journal of Medicine, will lead in coming months to a DNA screening for the disease that will cost under $300. Such tests will push patients and physicians to new dilemmas: The screening may help young men seek early treatment, but aggressive treatment also can lead to serious side effects: in the case of prostate cancer treatment, to incontinence and impotence.
Construction of new homes fell by 25 percent in 2007, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 17. It was the second-largest annual decline on record, exceeded only by a 26 percent plunge in 1980, a period when the Federal Reserve was pushing interest rates in an effort to combat an entrenched inflation problem. At that time construction fell for four straight years, but the runaway inflation and high interest rates of that time are not factors now.
Getting out
The nation's toughest law on illegal immigrants, HB 1804 in Oklahoma, takes effect July 1. It denies government contracts to employers who fail to check workers' names against federal immigration databases. It also makes it a felony to transport or shelter illegal immigrants, and denies them public benefits such as rental assistance and fuel subsidies. With six months to go, workers around the state are simply disappearing. Same with schoolchildren, as illegal immigrant families leave Sooner country for states with less strict laws. Pro-1804 lawmakers are fine with that, saying the exodus will mean a lower tax burden for residents. But those who oppose the law predict economic disaster-and perhaps just as a presidential campaign focuses attention on national policy.
Newbery winner
At 6:30 a.m. Jan. 14, Calvin College professor Gary D. Schmidt was preparing to teach an interim American lit class to Calvin students taking the three-week class in Concord, Mass., when he got a phone call from the American Library Association: Schmidt had won a Newbery Honor for his children's novel, The Wednesday Wars. The honor, among the most prestigious in children's literature, was his second. The English professor, 50, earned a Newbery in 2005 for his young adult novel Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.
"It's an incredible honor to get it once," Schmidt told the Grand Rapids Press. "To get another is just an incredible affirmation." The Wednesday Wars (Clarion Books, 2007) tells the story of Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grade boy who must learn Shakespeare while his classmates attend Catholic or Jewish lessons.
This year's top Newbery Medal winner is Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz.
Peace peace
President Bush concluded a trip across the Middle East Jan. 16 that included meeting with Palestinian leaders in their West Bank stronghold at Ramallah, visiting U.S. soldiers in Kuwait, and a session with King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia. A peace arrangement granting Palestinian statehood was the focus of the trip, a deal the president maintains can be signed by the time he leaves office. To that end he went to greater lengths than before to smooth not only political but religious divides. Speaking to Al Arabiya television on the eve of his trip, he declared, "I pray to the same God as a Muslim prays."
Dream vs. reality
Hillary Clinton's recent comment that Martin Luther King's dream needed the passage of President Lyndon Johnson's Civil Rights Act to come to fruition likely exposed more about her commitment to government solutions than anything about her views on race. But that didn't stop some members of the Barack Obama camp from fanning the race flame in hopes of cutting into Clinton's strong support among African-Americans.
Obama has since sought to distance himself from such tactics, offering conciliatory words Jan. 15 at the Democratic primary debate in Nevada: "What I am absolutely convinced of is that everybody here is committed to racial equality, has been historically."
That willingness to give whites the benefit of the doubt separates Obama from other liberal black politicians. Black conservative author Shelby Steele believes Obama's appeal among whites hinges on his dissociation from the politics of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, a requirement that may force the Illinois Democrat to further distance himself from his Chicago pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
Targeted abroad
A U.S. embassy vehicle was the target of a bombing on Jan. 15 that killed four people. The casualties were Lebanese, but an armored embassy SUV was damaged. The bombing took place just before a reception for U.S. ambassador Jeffrey Feltman in a Beirut hotel. Feltman is an outspoken critic of Syria, and Syrian troops stationed in Lebanon; he plans to leave the country at the end of January.
Separately the United States has begun a review of embassy security in Sudan following the killing of a U.S. diplomat, John Granville, in Khartoum on Jan. 1. An al-Qaeda-aligned website said Ansar Al Tawhid in Sudan claimed responsibility for the killings-the first claim issued by the group.
A prolonged Siberian snap across the Middle East has changed bird migratory habits-swans normally wintering in the north were spotted in the Jordan Valley-frozen pipes, and made driving hazardous in the normally temperate climate. It is also taking a toll on Israeli produce, a major export to Europe. At least half the Negev's potato crop, along with thousands of tons of avocados, bananas, flowers, eggplant, and other vegetables, have been destroyed. But retailers can take comfort: Sales of down blankets are up 50 percent, and tea and chocolate sales are up nearly 20 percent.
Colorado-based Compassion International reports that two child-development centers and one of its homes were burned during recent violence in Kenya. Office supplies and equipment also were looted when street violence spiked after contested elections Dec. 27. The violence has left 600 people dead and over 500,000 forced from homes and businesses.


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Three Arendell Parrott Academy seniors have been honored recently.
William Archie of Kinston has been named a semifinalist in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This distinguishes him in a group of less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors and qualifies him to continue in the competition for some 8,000 Merit Scholarship awards that will be announced in the spring.
Archie is one of 447 North Carolina high school seniors to be named a semifinalist for 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program.
He is the son of Terah and Dick Archie of Kinston.
Olivia Holder of Greenville has been named a semifinalist for the National Achievement Scholarship Program. She is among 1,600 high school seniors who have been designated semifinalists in the 50th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program. She now has an opportunity to continue on in the competition for some 800 Achievement Scholarship awards that will be offered next spring.
She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David Holder of Greenville. Regan Lane of Greenville has been named a Commended Student in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program. She is among 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Lane�s designation places her among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2014 competition.
She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Earl Lane of Greenville.
Archie, Holder and Lane entered National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
Braxton receives Contentnea Ruritan scholarship
Molly Braxton was presented with the Contentnea Ruritan Club Scholarship at a recent meeting. Shown here with her parents, C. J. and Kim, and Ron Jones, Club President, she is attending UNC Wilmington. Contentnea Ruritan Club gives a scholarship each year to a student who represents the mission of Ruritan International of building a better America through �Fellowship, Goodwill, and Community Service.�
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Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 21 points as No. 5
Michigan bounced back from its first loss of the season by posting a 83-75 win
over ninth-ranked Minnesota in a key Big Ten clash from Williams Arena.
Hardaway made good on 7-of-8 field goal attempts -- including a sharp 4-of-5
from 3-point range -- and the Wolverines shot 50 percent (10-of-20) from
beyond the arc in rebounding from Sunday's 56-53 loss at No. 11 Ohio State.
Trey Burke added 18 points and nine assists for Michigan (17-1, 4-1 Big Ten),
which shot 54.9 percent from the floor as a team.
Minnesota (15-3, 3-2) also went 50 percent (8-of-16) from 3-point distance,
but was hurt by 15 turnovers that the Wolverines converted into 24 points to
hand the Golden Gophers a second straight defeat following an 11-game win
Austin Hollins had a career-high 21 points to pace Minnesota, with Trevor
Mbakwe amassing 13 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks in a losing cause.
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Recent Turmoil Fueling Public Anxiety over Safety
The April 15 bombing of the Boston marathon and other recent disasters may be causing some to experience anxiety issues over their own safety, according to one mental health expert.
Disaster mental health expert Dr. George Everly of Johns Hopkins University told Baltimore CBS affiliate WBAL-TV that many people, whether they know it or not, can be experiencing mild versions of post traumatic stress disorder in result of these series of unfortunate events.
"Safety is one of the most fundamental of all human needs," Everly said.
On April 15, three people were killed and more than 180 injured when a pair of bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, sending the city of Boston and the nation into panic. That same week, suspicious mail en route to President Barack Obama was intercepted and tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. Finally, on April 18, a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in west Texas killed more than a dozen people and caused scores of injuries.
The possibility that any of these incidents are acts of terrorism is a threat to the safety of American people.
"My safety, my family's safety, and everyone else's safety for that matter is a concern," said college student Kiara Owens. "I cannot help but wonder what all these little bombings could lead up to being as though another country has already threatened us."
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Annandale Kids Pick Up Summer Program Prizes
The library's 2013 Summer Reading Program has ended and across the region lucky children are picking up fun gifts they received from prize drawings.
At Annandale, Griffin Zuehlke received a Lego kit, Abigail Stone received a stegosaurus skeleton excavation kit, and (on behalf of his brother) Jackson Bunde picked up a bag of dinosaur figures. Congratulations on your prizes and well done for a summer of reading!


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June 29, 2013
Judge James Mazzone deviated from the joint recommendation of the defense and prosecution Friday in sentencing former teacher Jennifer Bennett to one year in prison and one year of supervised releas......
maybe these judges are realizing that it's time to start reeling these people in.too much of this going on.
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Dino, I agree. I think what he did was right. This type of behavior is all too common anymore. I can't understand the attraction to a child or what would possess someone to entertain the thought of conversing with a child in this manner. I just feel bad for her children, not only will they not have a mom for the next year, they will also have friends that have parents who check the registry and she will appear no matter where she goes. These children will live in this shadow for a long long time. Sad.
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Mazzone wanted to "send a message" is why she got the year in the pen. He didn't want to see an epidemic of this behavior. The education system around here is going through a period of getting younger teachers, both male and female, and he wanted those growing up in the "it's all about ME" generation to think twice before they considered similar behavior. If this woman has to pay the price, so be it, in my opinion. Why would she think her body would look so good to a kid who just started sneaking in to see his dad's PLAYBOYs is beyond me.
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I can't understand, Richardwhee. No, they aren't allowed to live within a certain distance from the school. If the kids get out of school or move next door to her, that has nothing to do with her living "near a school" ? That being said, I think being on the registry is a bit extensive in this case. There aren't even any photos for evidence. But then again, I am 36 and that is disgusting considering my oldest son is 14 years old. I would be pretty upset. Lastly, perhaps she should have thought about her children being punished. It isn't the judge that punished them, she did. She can't expect someone else to have a concern for her selfishness. Bottom line, stay the*****away from children! It is disgusting!
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Typical WV injustice. There's not a lot of money to be made in these types of cases, and therefore...oh well. Too bad she didn't domestically assault someone, or get a DUI..that's where the big money is..right prosecutors? Isn't that the teet you suckle?
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she is what she is. an offender. should have done more time.
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"Sex Offenders" are not permitted to live within 1,000ft from a school-right? Well, how about if kids move in next door or on the same block? What about when school is over for the school year and the kids LIVE within 1,000 ft of the offender? We have a can of worms here. Be realistic.
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She should never have confessed to this crime to begin with. There was no evidence and they would have had to let her walk.
Some of the best advice ever, from "Goodfellas": Never rat on your friends, and ALWAYS keep your mouth shut."
I despise child molesters and rapists. I think that they should be tortured and hung from crosses and left to rot. I do NOT think that this woman belongs on the same list with these people.
In fact, I think that the sex offender registry constitutes "cruel & unusual punishment."
Think about this. Maybe some guy kidnapped and murdered a child 30 years ago and served 25 years. He moved in next door to a family with small children. How would they ever know about him? Why isn't HE registered but a guy who boffed his underage girlfriend IS registered?
If you are dangerous enough to put on a public list, you should still be in jail.
If you are not dangerous enough to still be in jail, you should not be on a public list.
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I know a person that is doing 5 years mandatory minimum sentence for receiving and sending electronic photos as well as possession of a 17 year old female who was sexually active with adults and legally old enough to be by WV law. There was no sex between them. I see a few difference in the cases. she is a teacher..he was not..her victim was only 15 under age for consent.. his was not..she is a female..he is not. I fail to see why she didn't get 5 years.
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"her relationship with the victim was not sexually gratifying." From what dark hole was that analysis pulled out of?
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She is guilty as H. and deserves prison. But- I do not agree with the term of "Sex Offender"
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I have the greatest faith in her defense attorney and, along with the prosecuting attorney, would have followed their recommendations.
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Good job judge.
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sick sick sick.... Poor young kid......I hope she never never be a teacher again or ever be around juveniles....
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1 package taco seasoning mix
Pour over potatoes and toss to coat.
Cover and refrigerate to chill.
When ready to serve, mix in:
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Design By: Maggie Weldon
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size:6-8 Months - 18 inches at underarm
Materials: Worsted Weight Yarn:
Red (R) - 4 oz;
White (W) - 5 ozs;
Navy Blue (B) - 4 ozs;
¾" Buttons - 8; Yarn Needle.
Crochet hook: Size H or size for correct gauge. One size smaller hook for edging.
Gauge: 4 sts = 1"; 4 rows = 2"
Patriotic Baby Bunting Crochet Pattern
My very first design was a Baby Bunting very similar to this one. I used to take my daughter out wearing this design. She looked adorable and everyone loved it. This item is the pattern only for a bunting that is crocheted with worsted weight yarn and an H hook. Size fits newborn to 18 mos. When the infant reaches walking stage, the bottom seam may be removed and bunting can be used as a robe or long sweater jacket in cooler weather. "Tara" in the photo is 18 months. There's even a star at the tip of her hat!
Patriotic baby crochet is beautiful!
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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Al Horford scored the go-ahead basket with 21.5
seconds left to lift the Atlanta Hawks to a 93-92 win over the Toronto Raptors
on Wednesday.
Hawks guard Kyle Korver canned a 3-pointer with just under two minutes left to
tie the game at 89-89, but Alan Anderson knocked down a 3-pointer of his own
to give the Raptors a 92-89 lead with 1:09 left.
Horford then knocked down a pair of free throws just under 11 seconds later to
pull Atlanta within 92-91.
Korver grabbed John Lucas III's missed jumper at the other end and the Hawks
quickly called timeout.
Following the timeout, Josh Smith took the inbounds pass, dribbled to his
left, and then found Horford cutting to the basket and Horford slammed it
Raptors guard Kyle Lowry drove to the basket with 12.6 seconds left, but was
rejected by Horford, and Toronto called a timeout to regroup.
Coming out of the timeout, DeMar DeRozan lost control of the ball, but
Anderson came out of a small scrum with the ball and fired up a desperation
jumper that hit the front of the rim.
DeRozan, though, grabbed the rebound, but was blocked by Horford, who threw
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There are plenty of blog postings from has_many :through, err the blog and Pratik's blog describing how to completely avoid namespaced models. I unfortunately discovered these sites only after struggling with namespaces myself.
If namespaces were completely unsupported by ActiveRecord, I would leave it at that. Contrarily, namespaces are moderately supported, but lead first timers to the spooky edges of the Rails framework.
After giving it some thought, I determined that the best way to describe the state of namespacing in ActiveRecord is to act as a first time novice, pretending to use them for the first time!
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I am an intern working for a company that has built their entire website with Ruby on Rails. My boss wants me to add statistics tracking similar to Google Analytics, and he wants it all to go into the Statistics:: namespace. The initial requirements include tracking the milliseconds that each HTTP request took to complete, how long users remained logged into their session, and which session each request belonged to.
This sounds like a really easy project, and I want to impress my boss by using all the best practices and conventions of Rails.
Table Name Surprise
I will start with a model that stores the length of each request. It makes sense to use a Rails script to generate Statistics::Request:
ruby script/generate model Statistics::Request milliseconds:integer create app/models/statistics create test/unit/statistics create test/fixtures/statistics create app/models/statistics/request.rb create test/unit/statistics/request_test.rb create test/fixtures/statistics_requests.yml create db/migrate create db/migrate/20080814034925_create_statistics_requests.rbThe generator conveniently created a statistics folder inside both app/models and test/unit. I am a little bit confused as to why the folder test/fixtures/statistics was created, when the actual fixture was placed in test/fixtures/statistics_requests.yml, but I will figure that out later.
The table name in the migration is statistics_requests, so I immediately assume that table names include the namespace. After migrating the database, I fire up the console to try out the model:
>> Statistics::Request.create(:milliseconds => 10) ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: Could not find table 'requests'How strange, I thought the table's name is statistics_requests. Just to make sure:
>> Statistics::Request.table_name => "requests"Is this a bug in Rails? Apparently not. I guess it's time to do some dirty monkey patching:
Good, now the model can find its table. Time to write some fixtures and tests.
Tests are looking good
Feeling confident after getting my namespaced model to work, it would be nice to make sure the the new test runs:
rake test:units ... "test/unit/statistics/request_test.rb" 1 tests, 1 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errorsSweet - It looks like tests are discovered recursively in the test/unit folder.
I need to add the Statistics::Session model, and also update Statistics::Request to belong to a session.
The migration:
The model:
I use the console to test out the association:
>> session = Statistics::Session.create(:start => 4.hours.ago, :end => Time.now) => #<Statistics::Session id: 1, start: "2008-08-14 00:42:00", end: "2008-08-14 04:42:00"> >> request = Statistics::Request.create(:milliseconds => 10, :session => session) ArgumentError: Statistics is not missing constant Session!This is a bizarre error. It turns out that Rails can't find Statistics::Request from Statistics::Session. I finally figured out that I need to do this:
It would make more sense if I only had to specify :class_name if it existed in a different namespace.
Namespaced Fixtures = WTF?
Development and testing will be easier if I generate some fixture data. Remember when the model generator script created an unused folder?
create test/fixtures/statistics ... create test/fixtures/statistics_requests.ymlBased on the other conventions, it seems like this file belongs in test/fixtures/statistics/requests.yml. I'll move it there, and load up some fake data:
rake db:fixtures:loadIt will be fun to play around with all that fixture data:
>> Statistics::Request.count => 0How bizarre, the data did not even get loaded. I soon find out that unlike unit tests, fixture files are not recursively loaded. The file can't be moved after all.
I need to get the request -> session association working in the fixtures too. Let me edit statistics_sessions.yml and statistics_requests.yml:
Unfortunately, this does not work:
rake db:fixtures:load rake aborted! SQLite3::SQLException: table statistics_requests has no column named session...For some reason, the label referencing is not working with my namespaced models. I guess I need to hand hold Rails on this one:
Observers - OMG they work!
Feeling a little down after my battle with fixtures, I decide to make a request observer that logs whenever we get a request:
ruby script/generate observer Statistics::Request exists app/models/statistics exists test/unit/statistics create app/models/statistics/request_observer.rb create test/unit/statistics/request_observer_test.rbLooking good so far. Let me implement the class:
I also won't forget to add the following line to environment.rb:
And viola, it all works:
>> Statistics::Request.create(:milliseconds => 10) We got a hit!!!
In Summary
Ok, I'm done playing stupid. My final word is that namespaced models can be made to work, but there are some rough edges. Some final tips for you:
- Don't have conflicting namespaces and class names. For example, I should not introduce a class named Statistics in the above example. Otherwise, I will end up seeing the following message: "warning: toplevel constant Statistics referenced by Statistics::Statistics".
- Even when referencing other classes in the same namespace, it is best to always include the namespace prefix. Otherwise, you will run into issues with conflicting class names across different namespaces and Rails' automagical class loading.
Some things that Rails should do:
- All APIs in Rails that support defining classes by Symbols should also support Strings. I was fortunate that I could pass in 'statistics/request_observer' to active_record.observers. However, other methods such as ActiveRecord::Observer.observe do not support strings.
- I believe that there is enough reason to support prefixing database table names with the namespace. This is as simple as introducing a new option to ActiveRecord called 'include_namespace_in_table_name'.
- Fix the fixtures.


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April 10, 2013
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Nicholas J. Altiero, dean of the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, has been elected president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Altiero has been active in the organization for years, currently serving as chairman of its Engineering Deans Council, which consists of 344 members, representing more than 90 percent of U.S. engineering deans. The primary objectives of the council are to provide vision, advocacy and influence on U.S. public policy regarding engineering education and research.
Altiero joined the faculty at Tulane University in 2000 as dean of the School of Engineering. In 2006, following Hurricane Katrina, Tulane was restructured and Altiero was named inaugural dean of the integrated School of Science and Engineering.
"The role of ASEE has never been more significant than it is today," Altiero said. "As our nation and the world place more and more emphasis on the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and the development of innovation-driven economies, ASEE must assume a leadership position in promoting public awareness and informing public policy."
Founded in 1893, ASEE works to enhance professional opportunities for engineering faculty members and promotes activities aimed at increasing student enrollment in engineering and engineering technology at colleges and universities. The group's more than 12,000 members include deans, department heads, faculty members, students and government and industry representatives.
Altiero serves on numerous boards and committees, including the Louisiana Innovation Council, the Nominating Committee for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authorities and the Board of Trustees of the New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School. He currently serves as vice president of Core Element, a New Orleans-area program that provides materials and training for hands-on science education to K-12 teachers.
Altiero begins his term as ASEE president-elect in June and as president in June 2014.
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LS Engine Setup - Primp & PrepWritten by on July 25, 2012 Setting Up an LS Engine for a Classic Truck
Over the course of the last couple months, I've really fallen in love with driving my C10 around, especially now that it's got the Holley Avenger fuel injection system installed as well as the power steering and resized steering wheel. It actually feels like a new truck and exhibits all the traits one would expect. This makes me feel a little hesitant, perhaps almost guilty, to tear it all apart to install a new LS327 crate engine from Chevy Performance. The stock 307 runs really strong and ticks over like a finely tuned Swiss clock and I'm a bit nervous to mess with such a reliable setup. But I'm a hot rodder at heart and it's just not natural to ignore something better off left alone. Plus the power and reliability that the LS series engines offer is too tempting not to jump in the fire and experience it firsthand.
When I started the '68 C10 buildup back in the June 2011 issue, I had two different iterations of what I wanted to do. The first, which we've pretty much completed up to now, was to drop the truck and improve the handling and driving characteristics as well as overhauling the drivetrain and interior components to a restored-type status. During this initial segment, I didn't want to deviate from stock too much when it came to the interior, exterior, or the engine compartment. That meant simple restoration upgrades like new weather stripping, window rubber and felt, a new floor mat, hood bumpers, etc., as well as cleaning up the engine bay and restoring the look back to a similar '60s factory appearance. Though I did lower the truck and bolted up a new set of rollers, I left the bed long and didn't alter the exterior appearance other than restoring the two-tone white on the cab and replacing all the brightwork.
But starting this month, it's time for all that to change. I discussed in this month's Haul Monitor what we've got planned for the Laggard Longbed build version 2.0, so I won't bore you with repeating the details here, aside from the preliminary bit on preparing the LS engine and pointing out a few things worthy of mention.
As previously stated, the plan is to install a Chevy Performance 5.3L/327ci LS engine between the 'rails of the '68, replacing the stock 307ci engine that came with the truck from the factory. Based on the '99-06 series of GM truck engines, the LS327 consists of an iron block with a 96mm bore and a 92mm stroke, topped with the same production aluminum heads and hopped up straight from GM with a Chevy Performance cam and Grafal-coated pistons. With these simple upgrades, the numbers jump up from a respectable 295 hp/325 lb-ft of torque to a much more impressive 327 hp/347 lb-ft. What makes the swap to the LS really cool is all the aftermarket hop-up products available that can easily take the LS into the 600 hp and beyond realm. We're not gonna aim that high right off the bat, but we may do something a little more radical in the months to come.
This month, however, we're going to get our little LS engine prepped and the initial bolt-ons installed before its time to mate the engine to the trans and slip her in the '68. Over the course of the next few months we'll keep messing with the combo, whether it's in the truck or not, to give ya'll a look at what's possible with today's technology.
One thing to keep in mind, although we're using a brand-new crate engine from Chevy Performance, nearly everything we cover can be done on a junkyard GM truck engine for pennies on the dollar, if that's your thing. The only drawback is that you don't know what you're getting when you pull a used engine. But if rebuilding engines is something you enjoy, that would be a great way to put together a stump-pulling Chevy engine that runs like a clock, makes gobs of power, and accepts all the latest and greatest GM and the hot rod aftermarket have to offer. CCT
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The first thing I'm going to do is to get the engine in some color. To do so, I carefully masked any openings as well as anything that couldn't be removed (such as the crank snout and spark plugs).I've had great luck with Summit Racing's line of engine paint and it just so happened that I had some left over from shooting the original 307 that's in the truck. Chevy Orange will give the LS that '60s vibe visually, further complementing its similarities to the original 327 engines and their GM Black is a great overall coating for those parts that need a good satin black color with a little temperature protection to boot. Everything that will be getting sprayed will first get hit with Eastwood's PRE painting prep to ensure that the part's nice and clean.After a thorough cleaning and four coats of engine paint this is the end result. I installed the crossover steam pipe, spark plugs, and began removing the masking tape.I masked the area around the intake ports to make cleanup a little easier. I figured the gaskets would have a better chance to seal properly if there wasn't any paint in the immediate area around each port. Also worth a note is the absence of any water passages at the top of the heads, one of the things that make intake swaps so much easier on the LS-series engines.For the initial iteration of the LS, I'll be using a Chevrolet Performance four-barrel cast-aluminum intake manifold. This particular manifold is designed for the cathedral port LS heads and a 4150-style square bore carburetor.I noticed a couple of things right off the bat that were new to me as I've got zero experience working with the new LS-series engines. One, everything is metric, which required me to dust off those metric tools that I stashed away many years ago. The second was the low yield when it came to torque ratios on a number of the components, including the intake. Chevy Performance recommends an initial pass using 44 lb-ins on all the fasteners, followed by a pass of 89 lb-ins. Note that's inch-pounds and NOT foot-pounds.Although there's probably enough ground clearance on the C10 to run a full-length header, I really wanted to retain the same ground clearance and drivability characteristics the truck had when the original 307 was in place. That said, I wanted an exhaust that would sound good and tuck nice and high up in the frame so I opted to go with Hooker Header's cast-iron exhaust manifolds in silver ceramic finish. Designed to work with all GM LS swaps with the exception of the LS7 and LS9, the high-silicon-moly ductile iron used to cast each manifold yields a mellower, quieter exhaust tone than traditional headers, which can have a "tinny" sound. The silver ceramic finish also helps to reduce underhood and operating temperatures.Here's a look at the OEM GM truck coil packs mounted atop the factory bracket attached to the plug wires, which terminate under the Hooker manifolds. These coils are what's commonly referred to as 3rd Gen LS coils and came in '99-06 GM pickups and SUVs w/ 4.8, 5.3, 6.0, and 8.1L engines. That's the coolant temperature sensor (CTS) at the left of cylinder number one's exhaust port.
At the engine end of the harness, things are nice and simple to connect, just like you'd expect them to be in the 21st century. You can see the two different coil connectors at either side of the intake, the cam sensor (where the distributor should be), and an optional MAP sensor connector (in my hand).The harness also attaches to the crank position sensor down behind the starter, arguably the most important as that's how the controller determines timing and thus ignition.And speaking of starters, we opted to try out MSD's Advanced Power System or APS starter. Capable of cranking over the highest compression engines on a hot day in Death Valley, the APS starter is built from completely new components, including its 3hp motor. Reduced 4.4:1, the armature is balanced during assembly and guided by two ball bearings for a smooth engagement and thousands of starts. The smaller housing was designed with clearance issues in mind, but even features a billet mount that can be clocked in different positions to help in even the tightest applications.Though not completely finished, the engine is dressed up to a long-block standard thanks to Holley coil covers and the same Classic Industries dual snorkel air cleaner that graced the 307 small-block.It should be noted that the truck coils (pictured a few shots back) won't fit under the Holley coil covers, as they require the use of LS3-style coils and valve covers, shown here on an EROD LS3 engine.


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Cyclone Swimming Winter Training Daily Blog
Greetings from Florida,
Welcome to the fifth day of training! It has been another cloudy and windy day today, but it is not quite as cold yesterday. The cloudy weather, however, hasn't stopped us from wearing our two-piece suits. We left for the pool around 9:30 a.m. again today. Riding in the van is usually a good time to listen to music, chat with teammates, and mentally prepare for practice.
Once we arrived at the pool, we got changed and headed into the water. There were two groups this morning: IM and freestyle. We both did our separate practices for about an hour and then came back together as a group to do stations. There were four different stations that consisted of tubing, turns, parachutes, and 50s swim. Stations give us a good opportunity to practice different parts of our stroke.
After morning practice, we had a short team meeting. We talked about how close conference is and how it's the little things we need to work on in order to become better. This is motivating because conference will be here before too long, and it's definitely important to start working on improving our technique now.
In between practices is a good time to relax. Even though the weather hasn't been as nice, there are still a few daring souls willing to play in the waves. For those who like to stay inside, it's a great chance to spend time with teammates, cozy up with a good book, or take a nap.
Night practice was in the long course pool. Tonight everyone was in the same group and we did a set of 4x200s at about 90% effort. Everyone worked really hard, and the coaches were proud of our efforts.
After practice we went back to our resort on the beach and had dinner. Tonight my roommates and I ate at a local burger restaurant. We enjoyed our meals and then visited some of the little tourist shops around Ft. Lauderdale. Now we're working on our skits, which we will be performing tomorrow night.
So far it's been an enjoyable training trip. We've been putting in a lot of hard work here in Florida, which I know is helping to prepare us for our conference meet. I've been having a lot of fun here so far, and I am happy to be able to come here and work hard alongside my teammates.
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At a time when the country is in political turmoil, and the economy is trying to rebound, times are still tough for all of us retail merchants, and the town of New Bern claims not to have the finances to support and fix the downtown area, the parking, public bathrooms, etc., (which it had been promising to address a long time ago.) Yet they somehow, and miraculously, came up with an exorbitant amount of money to pay some PR firm to give us a new logo (which is not really a logo), and a new phrase that we do not need, as the old one suited us just fine.
And a saying of �Everything comes together here,� what exactly does that mean? Please tell me that the illustrious responsible leaders of this town, did not spend $85,000 for this crazy expenditure, and that it was just a big joke. Please tell me it is not true ... Where did they all of a sudden come up with $85,000? Where? The town has been able to shut down businesses on Middle Street each year for two Shriners parades, two car shows, and the best one of all is the closing of Middle Street on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and the number one busiest shopping day of the year. Not to mention the annual �Junk Fest,� which this year ended up having some drunk, breaking my large plate glass front window, and had to close for the weekend. Why?
What idiot, or idiots, ever thought these events would help businesses on Middle Street? These events have not helped the downtown Middle Street businesses. If you do not believe me just go down town and ask them yourself.
These closing Middle Street events in fact have hurt businesses, and cost some dearly. And those businesses on Craven are begging to have these events on their street. So move it there; what is the big deal? But, yet the powers that be, here in New Bern, claim to have interviewed all the merchants on Middle Street about closing the street, which is an out and out lie, because I can name at least 10 merchants here that have never been contacted, including me.
Also when I asked at a meeting about closing Middle Street, I was told that I would be given a list of those merchants they claim to have agreed to this (which I never received), and they said that �Middle Street will be closed and that is it.� These were the exact words out of one of the town leaders here in New Bern (will not mention the name). Well, so much for all the help we ever get from City Hall.
Again, there are at least 10, or more of us, that never agreed to close the street, and probably are more than that also, that were never contacted.
Page 2 of 2 - The town just does not care about the merchants on Middle Street, and for that matter neither does the Chamber, because there are very few of us downtown Middle Street, that are currently members of the Chamber. So it seems that the slogan should be �Everything comes apart here,� and I will not even charge the town for that one.
F. Butch Miller, New Bern
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