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Another month has passed and we look forward to March and spring! Due to the late starts the past couple of months, there are seven School Readiness dates to reschedule as well as some ECFE classes. The families will be made aware of these make-up times through newsletters and classes.
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A number of parenting and child care education opportunities continue in March. Tipping the Scales began last Monday and will continue on March 11 and April 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
On Monday, March 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Trent Weicherding, kindergarten instructor, will share SMART room learning activities while keeping the children physically active. All of these trainings provide CEU's to participants.
A number of First Aid and CPR classes will again be offered by the Sleepy Eye Ambulance Service. The first is Emergency First Aid on Wednesday, March 13, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Register with Shari Hittesdorf at firstname.lastname@example.com or 507-794-3116.
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Early Childhood screening is planned for Thursday, March 7, beginning at 8:30 a.m. This service is provided free of charge to preschoolers in the school district. It is a simple and careful check of the health and development of the child in the following areas: height and weight, vision, hearing, visual-motor skills, language and cognition, gross motor skills and speech development. When delays are detected early, they can often be corrected. Children who will be three and half by May 31 can participate in this screening day.
Registration for 2013-2014 preschools continues at all of the schools in Sleepy Eye. It is not too early to get a child's name on the list if this is something families want for their children.
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Community Health Day is planned for Saturday, March 16 at the Sleepy Eye Elementary Cafeteria and Gym. Screenings include the Blood Analysis panel, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone and Prostate cancer. Appointments can be made by calling the Brown County Rural Electric Association (REA) during business hours at 507-794-3331 or 1-800-658-2368.
Those wishing to provide health related information in person or at a table display are asked to contact this office to reserve a space. With the emphasis on Heart of Brown County this coming year, any fitness information for all ages would be a welcome addition.
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Applications for spring driver's education classroom instruction have been placed in high school offices. Students who have not participated and will be 15 by June 1st are invited to pick up a registration form and potential meeting dates. The registration form should be returned by February 28. Starting date will depend on winter sports playoff schedules as well as concerts. Ten meeting dates are needed from the potential list of dates.
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Tickets have arrived for the Daddy-Daughter dance on Sunday, April 7, 2-4 p.m. at the New Ulm Country Club. This event is for girls ages three years through third grade plus an escort (dad, grandfather, uncle, stepfather, big brother). Tickets are also available for His and Her Hoedown on Sunday, May 5, 2-4 p.m. at the New Ulm Country Club. This event is for boys ages three years through third grade and an escort (mother, grandmother, aunt, stepmother, big sister). There will be dancing, refreshments, door prizes and quality time with your child.
Page 2 of 2 - This is the last week that Casey's Pizza and Donut cards will be available for purchase. They are 10 punch cards offering free one topping pizza when purchasing a large specialty pizza. The donut card requires you to purchase six cake donuts and get six free. They do not expire and are good at any Casey's store.
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The Community Education office is located in room 109 of the Sleepy Eye High School. School day office hours are generally 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Since staff is part-time, they may not always be in the building. You can call and leave a message on voicemail, 507-794-7873, and we will get back to you with more information. Another option is to e-mail staff with questions and to sign-up. Addresses are on the school website.
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I presently have pain on the inside of my upper leg, from inner thigh
nearly to my knee. Every time I heel strike (even when not running) my
leg feels like it has a metal rod in that area instead of normal fluid
muscle and ligament/tendons. I called my Physical Therapist and he said
(over the phone) it sounded like a groin strain / groin pull, also
called an adductor strain. When I saw him in person, however, he wasn't convinced anymore. Now he suspects nerves, and therefore possibly a back issue? The only thing that has helped is changing from (work) heels to flats.
Has anyone else has had the sensation of having a tight rod from groin to knee on the inner thigh? I trust other runners above all else, CAN ANYONE HELP?
Thanks beforehand for any thoughts or help!I I HAVEN'T RUN FOR WEEKS! :O
Lady Phoenix
"To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence." - Arthur Schopenhauer
go see an orthopedic/sports medicine doc.... I like DO-trained docs because they could possibly manipulate whatever it is. Totally sounds like a pinched nerve somewhere, be it in your back or a muscle compressing it. (The front of your thigh is supplied by the Femoral nerve. Look that up and see if it describes your pain)
good luck
Dear Corkienee;
You had this one spot on. Since I was already seeingmy PT, he saw me again and brought in a second opinion. They both think/agree it is the Femoral Nerve. They are going to look back at an old lower lumbar MRI and have the DO look as well, but it seems like I test positive for L2 and L5 (severe weakness). I am just not sure how to deal with this, as I have never dealt with a nerve issue, only muschle, tendon and ligament. This is a totoally new world, and I don't know what to do to "treat" myself, or even if I can. I hate sitting back while someone else treats me... and it doesn't seem like they are sure what treatment will be used...
Any thoughts?
Lady Phoenix
"To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence." - Arthur Schopenhauer
In my opinion you should go see an orthopedic surgeon. I am no doc, but I dealt with similar leg issues for 4 yrs. before an orthopedic surgeon figured it out. I had a torn hip labrum with a lesion on my femor. I had surgery 5 weeks ago and the pain I had in my groin has subsided dramatically. Before the surgery I went to p.t. for 1 yr, chiropractic for 1 yr. and tried other fixes to no avail. Most of the time when ppl have pain in the groin its because the groin is having to compensate for the hip not working properly, at least thats what I've been told by arguably the best orthopedic surgeon in the world (Marc Philippon and Leslie Vidal). Well theres my two cents, I hope it helps. P.s my pain started in my groin and felt the way you are describing.
Good luck!
Hi bikerskiierboarder!
I soooooo understand your pain, and everything you had to go through to get diagnosed (year of this, year of that). I was lucky, as well as being a total b**ch (beacuse I was in SO much pain) and simply pushed and pushed until someone figured out I had a torn labrum. My initial injury was about a year ago (August 08) and I had surgery on my labrum this past February. It seems, however, that they did not get all of the problem, as THIS pain has arisen since... I personally think it was there with the initial injury but had time to "relax" during the surgery recovery.
Can you tell me more about the lesion on your femur? How and why did that happen? Was that related to the femoral nerve? And if so, how did they deal with that?
Thank you for this information!
Lady Phoenix
"To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence." - Arthur Schopenhauer
Wow, I'm sorry your going through this junk! I'll keep my mouth shut about the docs'!
Dr. phillipon told me he thinks that some ppl who are highly athletic as a child tend to develop these extra bone growths (cam lesions) and I was one of the lucky few. So the lesion on my femur was grinding into my labrum causing impingment and tearing the labrum as well. A lesion can be detected from a properly taken x-ray. So at the time of surgery dr. vidal went in and shaved the lesion off and repaired the labrum as well did a release of the psoas muscle.
As far as the femoral nerve I don't know anything about it, but I will ask her when I go in to see her in a few days. I am 6 weeks post op and doing well with at this point no pain other than what is to be expected. My adducter magnus is still tight and causes a little bit of pain, but supposedly as the hip gets stronger the adducter will begin to release. Maybe your adducter is just really really tight and inflamed because it is doing more work, because your hip is not functioning 100%. I sure hope you get better soon.
How did you hurt yourself initially? How did you tear your labrum? Who was your surgeon?
Believe it or not, it was an overuse thing - no injury really... I just am a crazy runner girl who doesn't know when to stop... Then again, I may have had some sort of impingement beforehand, and then the labrum tear came after - I don't know. And it's hard to remember details at this point. I just know there was no trauma per se.
So you had the labrum surgery recently? Wasit all laproscopic? My recovery from that was MIRACULOUSLY fast... 3 days of post-op ****, and then I was walking in a week, biking in two weeks and running about a month post-op... But itmay be vasstly different for you with what she did.
My Doc was Dr. Mayo Noerdlinger out of Portsmouth NH and York ME, and I had surgery at York hospital. He is an amazing shoulder and hip joint surgeon.... very good with the labral tears.
My adductors were definately VERY tight.... they thought (originally) that this groin/inner thigh pain was a "groin strain" but I didn't buy it, as all the reasearch I did made it sound like there would be pain with any movement, not just heel strike and toe off. And I can do the recumbent bike 100% pain free; it's not weight bearing. So I was suspicious, and I'm glad for it. Yeah for the internet..... sometimes.I have been doing a LOT of glute and abductor work as PT to strengthen the hip joint, and now on to core...
Hope to hear more soon! Please tell me about your surgery modality; I would love to hear.
Lady Phoenix
"To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence." - Arthur Schopenhauer
I can't believe how fast you were up and running again! Its been 6 weeks since my surgery and I can only dream of running again. I was on 2 crutches for 2 weeks and then 1 crutch for 1 week, and I was in excellent shape before the surgery. She had me on the bike 3 days after my surgery and said I need to be on it everyday there after to help with recovery.
As far as the surgery is concerned she went in with her scope and shaved the lesion off my femur, released my psoas, and repaired my labrum. They are telling me the reason I am not as far a long as most ppl would be after hip surgery is because she shaved off so much bone, oh and because the psoas was released (cut). My labrum was fraying, and not torn so I suppose that helped my situation. So I've been doing a lot of sitting around, some cycling and a little bit of golf. I can't wait to get back out there and start really pushing it again. Its been mentally tough dealing with all this garbage for 4 1/2 yrs.
It sounds like you know more about all this stuff then your p.t, whats up with that? Have you figured out whats going on with your inner thigh? Is it the same, better, or worse? I hope your getting better and I wish you the best so you can hit the roads or trails hard again soon!
au revoir
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I've spent a couple of days trying to figure this out but no dice.
The "#- Media Library -#" is empty. Videos play just fine on the 360 because it navigates through the folders to get to the files. But unfortunately music relies on the media library (id3 tags and what not).
When I do a "Reset Media Library" from the GUI the debug log says:
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[AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO 23:52:32.840 Database will be (re)initialized
[AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO 23:52:32.967 Database initialized
Here's my PMS.conf
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thumbnails = true
mencoder_ass = true
folders = \/home\/depingus\/shared\/movies,\/home\/depingus\/shared\/music
usecache = true
I'm running ArchLinux, all packages completely updated (it uses a rolling release model). I use sudo to start PMS v1.10.5 on a headless server forwarding X though SSH to a remote laptop.
Adding to the confusion, when I tried this yesterday it seemed to work ok. But this morning I noticed I was missing a ton of songs from my the library. So I re-installed and thats when this train wrecked for me.
I've completely removed and reinstalled from scratch several times (with and without "sudo rm -r /opt/pms"), but the Media Library will not populate. I am using an both an Xbox360 and a Samsung LN52A750. When I browse to the #- Media Library -# folder that pms creates and go into any subfolder (ie "All Audio Tracks") it is empty (same prob on both clients). I've tried removing the apostrophe ( ' ) character from all folder names. I've tried sharing only 1 folder.
I'm out of ideas.
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- 1 package (6 ounces) sliced baby portobello mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 package (6 ounces) fresh baby spinach
- 8 slices marble rye bread
- 1/4 cup prepared Thousand Island salad dressing
- 8 slices process Swiss cheese
- 1 cup sauerkraut, rinsed and well drained
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- In a large skillet, saute mushrooms in 1 tablespoon oil until lightly browned; remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. In the same skillet, saute spinach in remaining oil until wilted. Remove from the heat.
- Spread bread slices with salad dressing and top with a cheese slice. Layer four slices with mushrooms, spinach and sauerkraut. Top with remaining bread. Butter outsides of sandwiches.
- In a small skillet over medium heat, toast sandwiches for 2-3 minutes on each side or until cheese is melted.Yield: 4 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 sandwich equals 475 calories, 30 g fat (12 g saturated fat), 56 mg cholesterol, 1,446 mg sodium, 35 g carbohydrate, 6 g fiber, 18 g protein.
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Using PS3 Media server v. 1.20.409 (its a beta) with pmsencoder plugin as the web encoding engine
*NOTE: Leave veetle running in the browser window throughout this entire process. Once it starts running on the ps3, it'll stop running in the browser window, DO NOT CLOSE THE BROWSER WINDOW
1. Ping veetle.com and get their IP (for windows machines run cmd.exe and simply type 'ping veetle.com'), record the IP address that shows up. Call it the 'Veetle IP'. In my case it was 220.127.116.11
2. Find the veetle channel you want to watch click on it...it should start streaming and the URL of the page will be as follows:
http: //veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4b8e3c391e48b ... take the part after the '#' sign and call it the 'Channel Code'..in this case it would be 4b8e3c391e48b
3. Download a tcp/ip port monitor, I use tcpview...check out this cap off of a different forum:
forget the localhost part, and record the port number, in this case 54012. Call it the veetle port.
4. Put the following together:
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http://[your local network IP]:[veetle port]/[veetle IP],[Channel Code]
e.g. in my case: http://192.168.1.2:54012/188.8.131.52,4b8e3c391e48b
5. Create a .rss file containing the following (note: this is a simple text file with the .rss extension)
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<description>Veetle video</description>
<enclosure url="http://192.168.11.3:49791/22.214.171.124,4c65dde07279c" />
Note: I borrowed this rss format off of somewhere else in this forum..replace my http://.. with your relevant URL
6. Go to your WEB.conf file and add the following line under videofeed
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videofeed.Web,Veetle=file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/PS3 Media Server/Mo.rss
Where 'C:/Program Files (x86)/PS3 Media Server/Mo.rss' should represent the path to your rss file
7. go to your ps3 and watch the stream via the 'Web' folder
NOW for the help part
the stream plays great for about 2 mins then just stops...I believe this might be a buffering issue...I increased my buffer size to 600...still same problem...could chocolateboy maybe take a look at this issue?
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GYPSUM, Colorado - The Eagle County Regional Airport is the first piece of the Vail Valley many guests see. Just in time for the new season, the airport's passenger terminal has received some significant upgrades.
Most people will first notice an expanded security screening area. Airport manager Greg Phillips said an off-season renovation has expanded the security area from two lanes to four. Beyond that, the screening area has introduced new full-body scanners.
Those scanners no longer use X-rays but a new type of wave that Federal Aviation Administration officials say should allay flyers' fears about being exposed to X-ray radiation.
"It's state-of-the-art equipment," said Gabe Shalley, who manages Vail Resorts' commercial flight programs. "They're really ahead of the curve out there."
Phillips said the new-tech scanners will allow the federal Transportation Security Agency to more efficiently screen passengers using the same number of employees it had at the airport last year.
To expand the screening area, the fairly narrow passage has been widened between the open-to-the-public south side and once-you're-in-you're-in secure area on the north side. The improvements have also allowed airport officials to provide more space for concessions on the south side of the terminal.
Phillips said a new cafe is near completion on that side of the terminal. The new business will offer snacks, drinks and places to recharge phones, tablets and laptops. Better yet, Phillips said a new agreement with the company that provides all the concessions at the airport requires that company to keep its prices within 10 percent of what's charged for the same goods in Eagle and Gypsum.
It's all part of an effort to make the airport as welcoming as possible for people, most of whom are headed toward Vail, Beaver Creek and, sometimes, Aspen.
"The airport is more than just a place to run passengers through," Phillips said. "It's a place to experience."
The trick, Phillips said, was to provide a mountain resort experience on a public facility budget.
The work at the airport "goes hand in hand with what we're trying to do," Shalley said. "The better the experience people have with any of our partners, from restaurants to taxis, the better for all of us."
The most expensive thing on the list of improvements - all of which were paid through airport revenue and grants from federal agencies - is a $6 million baggage system. That system, Phillips said, should make checking luggage an easier process.
While the carousels for inbound passengers remain, Phillips said those systems were upgraded as well, with an eye toward getting the system to work more effectively.
For those checking bags on the way out, the process will now start curbside, with luggage being placed on conveyor belts, then whisked into the great beyond of the back room for scanning, then sending.
While the airport may be more welcoming this season, there will be one fewer flight - an American Airlines flight from La Guardia airport in New York is no longer on the schedule. Still, Phillips said, there are other direct flights from New York and New Jersey still coming in. Since seats are usually available on those flights, Phillips said he won't be surprised to see passenger numbers on those planes go up this season.
While American started bringing in a daily flight from Dallas Nov. 15, the winter season won't start in earnest until December. And Vail Resorts and a local group dedicated to boosting flights are working to ensure those flights keep coming.
"We're not going to just sit here and hope they come," Phillips said. "We're going to continue to press forward."


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A harvest season crackdown on Josephine County medical marijuana growers suspected of having significantly more of the drug than allowed under the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program led to the seizure of 930 pounds of bud and criminal charges for 26 people, the Rogue Area Drug Enforcement team reported today.
A month-long series of investigations netted of thousands of pounds of marijuana, 120 firearms, and additional drugs including methamphetamine and heroin, Oregon State Police said in a news release. A number of the cases have been submitted to the Josephine County District Attorney's Office for potential charges toward additional suspects.
Investigators said a majority of the 17 cases involved individuals associated with the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program who had more product than is allowed under state guidelines. A handful of cases targeted growers suspected of selling marijuana for recreational use in local and out-of-state markets.
The cases took police to grow sites in Grants Pass, Cave Junction, Merlin, Wilderville, Williams, and Selma. Police seized 930 pounds of marijuana bud, 7,500 pounds growing on 279 mature plants, hundreds of additional pounds of drying marijuana, 120 firearms, and various amounts of methamphetamine, heroin and Percocet.
Police said the largest raid netted the seizure of almost 5,000 pounds of growing marijuana from 32 mature plants at a Merlin residence in the 300 block of Connie Lane. Police used a dump truck to transport the plants from the site. Investigators also seized 43 pounds of bud, more than 53 pounds of other drying marijuana, ten firearms, and cash. Marshal Jones, 60, was cited and released on drug related charges
The most recent raid on Tuesday targeted three Williams-area residences in the 1400 block of Rock Creek Road. Detectives seized about 252 pounds of packaged and unpackaged marijuana, methamphetamine, 14 firearms, a ballistic vest, surveillance equipment, and other evidence, police said. Ed Linebaugh, 57; Grady Haning, 32; and Andrew Haning, 30,were cited and released on drug-related charges.
The investigations into several of the cases are ongoing.
RADE is made up of police from the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety, OSP, the Josephine County District Attorney's Office and Josephine County Community Corrections. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department also contributed resources to the effort.
— Ryan Pfeil
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Hello when I launch PS3 media server for the first time I always have to resize the window to allow all the settings to show. Can you please fix the PS3 Media Server window so all settings are always shown without having to resize the window?
Please have a look at the 2 pictures to see what I mean.


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Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked is the first in a series of zany, action-packed middle-grade mysteries featuring platypus police detectives Rick Zengo and Corey O'Malley.
When a call comes in about a crime down at the docks involving a missing schoolteacher and a duffle bag full of illegal fish, Zengo and O'Malley are going to have to learn to set their differences aside if they want to get to the bottom of this. Especially when the clues all point to Frank Pandini Jr., Kallamazoo's first son and its most powerful, well-respected businessman.
Fans of Adam Rex, Jon Scieszka, and Jarrett J. Krosoczka's own Lunch Lady graphic novels will flip for Jarrett's new series of illustrated middle-grade novels.
From the Files of the Platypus Police Squad
Case #1138
Detectives of record: Rick Zengo and Corey O'Malley
Case brief: A local schoolteacher is missing, and the only thing fishier than the circumstances surrounding his disappearance is the smell coming from the bag he left behind. All clues point to billionaire businessman Frank Pandini Jr.—but why would Pandini get his paws into the illegal fish trade?
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- On Sale: 05/07/2013
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SAN DIEGO -- After a flawless start, Eugene Chen, of Pleasanton, came up one answer short of making the finals of the American Mathematical Society's national contest on Thursday.
Chen, 16, an Amador Valley High School junior, was one of 10 students chosen to compete based on a national qualifying test. Working with pen and paper in a game show-type format, the students competed for nearly $30,000 in cash and prizes in the "Who Wants to Be a Mathematician?" contest. They answered timed multiple choice questions in calculus, algebra, geometry and math history.
Tied for the lead in his semifinal group after six questions, Chen just missed reaching the contest's final round, answering a difficult word problem incorrectly. He finished behind Shyam Narayanan, of Kansas, and Alex Wang, of New Mexico, who both advanced to the finals.
But Chen didn't go home empty-handed; by virtue of his third-place finish in the semifinal round, he won $1,000 for himself and another $1,000 for Amador Valley High's math program, as well as a college-level calculus book.
"It was a tough group," said Mike Breem, the competition's co-founder and host. "Even though he missed the finals by a question, he wasn't bummed out ... He's only a junior, so he might have another shot at it next year."
Before flying back to the Bay Area, Chen accompanied fellow contestants and their families to an awards luncheon, where they met with prominent mathematicians.
The national competition, held in San Diego during the society's Joint Mathematics Meetings with the Mathematical Association of America, was broadcast live on the Internet. Math clubs across the country were encouraged to tune in and play along.
Calvin Deng, a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, was the contest's winner, taking home the grand prize of $10,000, which he split with his school.
Contact Jeremy Thomas at 925-847-2184 or follow him at Twitter.com/jet_bang.


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The Clarkfield City Council has played a long game of 'will they, or won't they' in respect to the possibility of disbanding the Clarkfield Police Department in favor of contracting for police services with the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff.
The latest swing in the oscillating drama points to 'they won't' after councilmen began to bring forward proposals to improve the department and the department's scheduling of officers.
At their regular council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19 councilman Dave Biermaier revealed a checklist of sorts for the Clarkfield Police Department to achieve in an unspecified amount of time (though councilmen did intimate that changes should take place in the span of a couple months). Biermaier also detailed for the council a new schedule for the department that will require the department's one full-time officer, Chief Ian Hodge, to work five eight hour days, rather than the four 10 hour days Hodge has been working most recently. Also, Biermaier stated that in the next few months' time, he would personally be evaluating the department and its progress on the changes outlined by the council.
The basic theory the council seems to be operating on is that before relinquishing control on police services, they should do everything possible to make their own department work. If the city does contract with the county it will be only after trying to bring their own department up to an organizational and budgetary standard. If after doing that, the county sheriff is still the best option, it will make their decision that much easier.
The checklist prepared by Biermaier and the council for the department's full and part time employees includes, but is not limited to: Daily logs turned into the city administrator at the end of each shift; monthly work schedule must be given to city administrator three days prior to the end of the preceding month; contracted hours and mileage for the city of Boyd must be given to city administrator by the fourth day of the month; officers remain in city limits except in times of emergency, assisting other officers, trips to Boyd and the courthouse; respond to public in a timely fashion for 'permits to buy' and 'permits to carry' applications; get accident reports done in timely manner and delivered to those requesting them; work with building inspector and city crew, city council and city administrator to further the health/safety of the residents of Clarkfield; maintain files on all current and past ordinance violations like abandoned vehicles, junk garbage, animals, vacant and unkept structures, zoning issues, confiscated vehicles, etc.; and use money from the budget to have a safe/secure animal kennel.
"These items are intended to clarify the job description," said Biermaier of the expectations for the police department.
Those expectations, said the council, are to take effect March 1.
Page 2 of 2 - Over the past couple of months, during discussion about the possibility of contracting police services at least eight Clarkfield residents have spoken at meetings in support of Police Chief Ian Hodge and the Clarkfield Police Department.
The council, meanwhile, has walked a fine line; maintaining that the discussion of contracting is not a personal attack against Hodge, or his department. Yet, it is obvious to see the difficulty of such a message.
In earlier discussions, Yellow Medicine County Sheriff Bill Flaten promised Clarkfield his department could locate and dedicate an officer to the city at a cost of roughly $96,556.
For comparison, the Clarkfield Police Department budget for 2013 is estimated at $118,000. Yet, when revenues are subtracted, that amount would be closer to $104,500.
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CORPUS CHRISTI - With their college baseball season finished, several Islanders players have gotten out to strong starts in their respective summer leagues already. Like all colleges, the Islanders take to the field across the nation to play in NCAA-sanctioned collegiate leagues.
Catcher Jumpy Garcia got out to a roaring start in the Northwoods League for the Madison Mallards. Through seven games, the Brooklyn native is hitting .458 with three home runs and 10 RBI. He is tied for the league lead in longballs and is just outside the top five in RBI.
In the New York Collegiate League, second baseman Jeramie Marek has been the hottest hand. Marek is hitting .435 through seven games with six steals, six RBI and six runs scored. On the mound, fellow Islander Bryce Zak has started out strong with 11 strikeouts in 11 innings over two starts.
Phillip Garcia has continued his strong play in the Texas Collegiate League for the Victoria Generals. In 8 1/3 innings of work, Garcia has punched out nine and allowed just seven hits. He has picked up two wins already and has a 1.08 ERA out of the pen in his seven appearances.
Click here for the Islanders in Summer Baseball page, which features links for stats and all the latest on all your favorite players.


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The world's best audition (for Elliott in E.T.) Oct 15 2012
I've never seen a better audition tape than this improvised scene by Henry Thomas for the part of Elliott in E.T.
The tears were inspired by thoughts of his dead dog. And the final line from Spielberg is gold. (via @Colossal)


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In QCAD 2, when I cut some entities with references, I can very easily enter the coordinates of the reference point where to paste the cut entities : I press the space bar and in the command line juste type "981,1100" [Enter] and it's OK
With Qcad 3, I follow the same steps but it's not OK . On the command line, after the prompt "Position:", I type "981,1100" (without the quotes of course) and press [Enter] and just above the command line, I see a red warning : « Unknown command '981,1100' » and nothing is pasted. I'm nearly totally blocked !
I remember that with Q2, sometimes typing such values (for example the radius for a circle) causes a similar warning (in blue) to appear but anyway, Q2 processed correctly the value.
Any help ? I searched the reference manual but "en vain".


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Mastocytosis is a disorder that can occur in both children and adults. It is caused by the presence of too many mast cells in your body.
You can find mast cells in skin, lymph nodes, internal organs (such as the liver and spleen) and the linings of the lung, stomach, and intestine. Mast cells play an important role in helping your immune system defend these tissues from disease. Mast cells attract other key players of the immune defense system to areas of your body where they are needed by releasing chemical "alarms" such as histamine and cytokines.
Mast cells seem to have other roles as well. Found to gather around wounds, they may play a part in wound healing. For example, the typical itching you feel around a healing scab may be caused by histamine released by mast cells. Researchers also think mast cells may have a role in the growth of blood vessels. No one with too few or no mast cells has ever been found. This fact indicates to some scientists that having too few mast cells may be incompatible with life.
The presence of too many mast cells, or mastocytosis, can occur in two forms—cutaneous and systemic. The most common cutaneous (skin) form is also called urticaria pigmentosa, which occurs when mast cells infiltrate the skin. Systemic mastocytosis is caused by mast cells accumulating in the tissues and can affect organs such as the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and small intestine.
Researchers first described urticaria pigmentosa in 1869. Systemic mastocytosis was first reported in the scientific literature in 1949. The true number of cases of either type of mastocytosis remains unknown, but mastocytosis generally is considered to be an "orphan disease." (Orphan diseases affect about 200,000 or fewer people in the United States.)
Chemicals released by mast cells cause changes in your body's functioning that lead to typical allergic responses such as flushing, itching, abdominal cramping, and even shock. When too many mast cells are in your body, the additional chemicals can cause
It can also cause episodes of hypotension (very low blood pressure and faintness) or anaphylaxis (shock).
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Your healthcare provider can diagnose cutaneous mastocytosis by the appearance of your skin and confirm it by finding an abnormally high number of mast cells on a skin biopsy. Your provider can diagnose systemic mastocytosis by finding an increased number of abnormal mast cells during an examination of your bone marrow.
Other tests that are important in evaluating a suspected case of mastocytosis include
Healthcare providers use several medicines to treat mastocytosis symptoms, including antihistamines (to prevent the effect of mast cell histamine—a chemical) and anticholinergics (to relieve intestinal cramping). A number of medicines treat specific symptoms of mastocytosis.
In cases in which mastocytosis is malignant, cancerous, or associated with a blood disorder, steroids and/or chemotherapy may be necessary.
NIAID scientists have studied and treated patients with mastocytosis for more than three decades at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center.
Some of the most important research advances for this rare disorder include
For example, researchers have developed drugs that help block the division of mast cells and the action of chemicals released from mast cells.
Scientists also are focusing on identifying gene mutations associated with the disease. Several such mutations have been identified at NIH in a cell receptor for a mast cell growth factor and in key molecules within mast cells that control cell activation. Understanding such mutations helps researchers understand the causes of mastocytosis, improve diagnosis, and develop better treatment.
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Serving others is woven deeply into Duquesne's Spiritan mission, rich history and campus culture.
The Congregation of the Holy Spirit, or Spiritans, founded the University as an act of service to the children of poor immigrants who lacked educational opportunities. In essence, the University was built on serving others, and we continue to honor and uphold that noble heritage.
More than a time-honored tradition, service to others, particularly those most in need, is a core value integrated into all aspects of University life. From tutoring youngsters to helping migrant farm workers to operating a low-cost neighborhood pharmacy, faculty, staff and students incorporate service into every aspect of the Duquesne experience.
Our combined service efforts have been recognized by the White House with the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction.
Or post to Instagram, because life on campus is as picturesque as it is exciting. Our 50-acre park-like campus is beautifully landscaped with a buzzing student union and plenty of indoor and outdoor spaces for events and to study, relax and spend time with friends.
The 3,500 students who live on campus do so in one of our seven residence halls-including the newest, suite-style Des Places Hall, for upperclassmen and graduate students.
Campus dining includes grab-and-go favorites as well as sit-down options including a full-service bar and grill, a Barnes & Noble Café and a Starbucks retail location.
And when you consider that all of this is just blocks away from Pittsburgh's cultural district and the Strip (the city's ever-popular outdoor marketplace), you can strike a perfect balance between a vibrant social life and rigorous academic work, which makes Duquesne one of the most complete higher education experiences around.
As a Duquesne student, you will be able to tap into a network of tens of thousands of alumni around the world. It is highly likely that there is a Duquesne alum in a position today who was at one time just like you - searching for a school that would help them get to the dream career that you yourself are envisioning.
You, like them, could find that Duquesne is the first step to becoming a leader in your profession and in your community.
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Duquesne's progressive efforts to achieve, maintain and advance high environmental standards began decades ago and continue today with each new project.
Several of our campus buildings already have Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ratings from the U.S. Green Building Council. Our 130,000 square foot Power Center which contains recreation and fitness areas, conference space, restaurant and retail amenities, and Des Place Hall, a 12-story, all-suite residence hall on campus whose recognition marked the first time that a University facility had earned Gold LEED certification.
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In addition, Duquesne's student-athletes have continued to give back as evidenced by their 2,583 community service hours through the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) A-10 Assists Challenge in a nine-month span from August 2014 through April 2015.
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Just how obsessively geeky is NBC's recently shelved sitcom, Community? So much so that they have been sneakily incorporating the name "Beetlejuice" into the script, once per season, for three seasons. And you know what happens when you say "Beetlejuice" three times, don't you? Believe it.
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U.S Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) has alerted Pennsylvanians who may have wrongfully lost their homes that they could qualify for financial compensation via the Independent Foreclosure Review process. The program is set to expire in September 30, 2012.
There are potentially 100,000 Pennsylvanians who could be eligible for review, which could result in compensation up to $125,000 if they lost their homes due to unscrupulous foreclosure practices by banks.
With the program set to expire on September 30th, only 4.6 percent of eligible Pennsylvanians have taken advantage of the Independent Foreclosure Review process.
"With nearly 100,000 Pennsylvanians eligible it's important that those who were impacted take advantage of the review process," Casey said. "If a bank or lender used unscrupulous practices to wrongly foreclose on someone's home then they should be held accountable. There is a process in place to hold bad lenders responsible, but we need more Pennsylvanians to take advantage of it."
Difficulties in the housing market caused a wave of foreclosures across the country, but investigations have since revealed that many Americans saw their homes improperly foreclosed upon. The spate of foreclosures had an impact across Pennsylvania.
One research company, Corelogic, tracked foreclosure data by county and found that in December 2010 alone, 36,687 Pennsylvania homeowners faced foreclosure.
These included 797 in Pike County, 365 in Wayne County and 2,275 in Monroe County.
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Two Republican state senators from Oklahoma are visiting Arkansas this week to study that state's administrative workers' compensation system.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Anthony Sykes and Sen. Josh Brecheen both were in Arkansas on Wednesday to learn how that state successfully lowered its workers' compensation premium rates.
Republican state leaders in Oklahoma have said reforming the state's workers' compensation system will be one of their top goals this year, and lawmakers are considering shifting from the current court-based system to an administrative model like the system in Arkansas.
Sykes says Oklahoma has one of the costliest workers' compensation systems in the country, while Arkansas' premium rates are below the national median. Brecheen says Oklahoma is one of only three states that use a legal system for work-related injuries.
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Visitors to the Marietta Brewing Company on Front Street often stop to have their photos taken beside a large mural near the back of the establishment depicting 15 people, some seated on beer barrels, painted on one of the micro brewery's brick walls.
"We're a big tourist stop in Marietta, and I see a lot of photos posted online with people standing in front of that mural," said Tony Styer, co-owner with wife, Dana, of the Marietta Brewing Company.
Many of those tourists may not realize the mural is actually taken from a circa 1900 photo of owners and employees in front of the Marietta Brewery that was located at 613 Second St.
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SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
From left, Norma Jean Kuehn Adams, Evelyn Kuehn Adams, Charlotte Kuehn, and Charles Barnes, all of Marietta, discuss family histories Thursday in front of a mural that depicts a circa 1900 photo of their ancestors on the wall of the Marietta Brewing Company on Front Street.
SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
This circa 1900 photo shows the Marietta Brewery that was located along St. Clair Street between Second Street and Brewery Lane. The First Settlement Physical Therapy building now stands on the former brewery sit
On Thursday some descendants of those pictured in the mural gathered at the Marietta Brewing Company to present Styer with a plaque bearing a copy of the original photo and a narrative of the Marietta Brewery's history.
"Although we're a different entity, the brewery was an important part of Marietta's history, and we hope the Marietta Brewing Company pays homage to the original Marietta Brewery," Styer said.
The Marietta Brewery, initially called the Union Brewery, was built at the Second Street location in 1866 by Christian Held, according to Robert A. Musson in his book, "Brewing Beer in the Buckeye State, Vol. 1."
The Union Brewery plant changed hands several times between 1866 and 1898, when William Feller & Company purchased the facility and renamed it the Marietta Brewery. The Feller company was owned by three German immigrants, William Feller, August V. Kuehn and Jacob Epple.
"In 1903 Feller sold out to my great-grandfather, August Victor Kuehn, and Jacob Epple," said local historian Jann Kuehn Adams who, along with other Kuehn and Epple descendants, presented the plaque to Styer Thursday night.
"We wanted to make sure that this photo lives on and that visitors to the Marietta Brewing Company know those in the mural were real people," Adams said.
Accompanying Adams were Charles Barnes and William Marshall, great-grandchildren of Jacob Epple, and August V. Kuehn's grandchildren, Norma Jean Kuehn Adams, Evelyn Kuehn Hawn, Rosemary Keuhn Weckbacher, and Charlotte Kuehn, all of Marietta.
"We knew about the mural but didn't know who in the picture was our great-grandfather until we met Jann and her family a few years ago," said Barnes.
"I think this is just great-it's fantastic," Marshall added.
August Kuehn, seated on a barrel second from the right in the front row of the mural and photograph, was president of the Marietta Brewery when the photo was taken, Adams said. August Kuehn died in 1913 and was succeeded as company president by Epple, who ran the brewery until it closed in 1924 due to the onset of Prohibition in 1919.
Musson wrote that the Marietta Brewery plant continued as a Whistle soft drink bottling plant through the end of Prohibition in the early 1930s. He said the brewery was demolished in the 1940s and a service station built on the Second Street site until that building, too, was torn down and the current medical building erected that houses First Settlement Physical Therapy.
The alley that runs behind the medical facility, off St. Clair Street between Front and Second streets, continues to bear the name "Brewery Lane."
And some remains of the original brewery can still be seen in the basement of the First Settlement building where a stone-arched former brewery storage facility has been turned into a physical therapy room.
Physical therapist Tom Billingsley said patients always ask about the unusually-shaped room.
"After we tell them what it was, they'll bring family members and friends back just to see it," he said. "It's really neat that they decided to preserve this."
Back on Front Street, Styer, who has owned the business since 2010, said the Marietta Brewing Company reportedly inherited its name from the Marietta Brewery when the MBC building was renovated back in 1997.
"The story I've heard is that the original owners were trying to come up with a name, and while construction crews were digging under this property they pulled up a Marietta Brewery bottle, so they named this business the Marietta Brewing Company," he said.
Charlotte Kuehn is the only member of the Kuehn family who still bears the last name.
"August V. Kuehn was my grandfather, but he died in 1913, so we never got to know him," she said. "I feel bad that we've lost some of his history, but our family has always enjoyed our beer."
Her father, Albert Kuehn, is also pictured in the mural as a very young man.
"He was born in 1894 and died in 1959," Kuehn said. "And his sister, our Aunt Marie Kuehn, is standing next to him in the mural and photograph. She's hiding her hair under a man's hat."
Jann Adams noted two other members of the Kuehn family pictured in the mural, George and John Kuehn, sons of August V. Kuehn, worked at the brewery for a few years and later started the Kuehn Brothers tire and auto parts store in Marietta.
"So when we look at this mural we're really looking at our family history," Charlotte Kuehn said.


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- Excited about my DemoCamp presentation! (136 words)
- Demo camp: Online grading and code review (180 words)
- Demo Camp: Quotiki (168 words)
- Demo Camp: Broken Tomb: The world's first commercial Smalltalk host (118 words)
- PBJ 1.0 (92 words)
- Hello world (22 words)
- Emacs presentation was a blast! (19 words)
|@1600 Head over to MaRS early and re-test my presentation
|@1800-2000 Democamp
|15min Present Livin' la Vida Emacs
|Change my colors to be more projector-friendly, running through presentation again
|Confirm wireless access?
|30min Rehearse presentation
|30min Write Emacs presentation code
|Pack my VGA adapter
|1h Finish outlining my talk
|Figure out how to do sound from MaRS
|Charge my batteries
|Wash the dishes
|20min Sketch my talk
1. Excited about my DemoCamp presentation!: 16:21
I've written a totally small-time presentation thingy that cues me thanks to Emacspeak. ;) Here's the setup code:
(progn ;; Setup (defvar democamp/presentation-file "~/democamp.el") (defvar democamp/cue-buffer "*DemoCamp*") (defun democamp/next () (interactive) (let (start sexp) (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect democamp/presentation-file) (setq start (point)) (forward-sexp) (setq sexp (buffer-substring-no-properties start (point)))) (eval (read sexp)))) (defun democamp/previous () (interactive) (let (start sexp) (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect democamp/presentation-file) (setq start (point)) (backward-sexp) (setq sexp (buffer-substring-no-properties (point) start))) (eval (read sexp)))) (defun democamp/repeat () (interactive) (let (start sexp) (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect democamp/presentation-file) (setq start (point)) (backward-sexp) (setq sexp (buffer-substring (point) start)) (forward-sexp)) (eval (read sexp)))) (defun democamp/say (text) (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create democamp/cue-buffer) (erase-buffer) (insert text) (goto-char (point-min)) (call-interactively 'emacspeak-speak-buffer))) (global-set-key (kbd "
") 'democamp/next) (global-set-key (kbd "S- ") 'democamp/previous) (global-set-key (kbd "C- ") 'democamp/repeat) )
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2. Demo camp: Online grading and code review: 18:50
The online grading and code review system demonstrated by Greg Wilson's students from the University of Toronto is really cool, and the kind of thing I'd love to see open-sourced and spread. I know my alma mater would find it handy!
Things I particularly like about it:
- You can highlight a region and attach either a predefined comment or a new comment.
- The support for rubrics makes grading much easier and more consistent.
Hmm, maybe the student view can be improved by making it easier for students to see all their projects.
- Per project views, etc.
- Accessibility guidelines
- Downloadable spreadsheets
- Usable for code reviews for open source projects? Won't be grading, of course, but interesting for annotation...
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3. Demo Camp: Quotiki: 19:09
Quotiki has live search for quotes, which would be good if it was more responsive. For example, the search "caesar" just shows the results for "ca" even after a while. Tagging and bookmarking is great, of course, and if I can get a fortune file or RSS for my favorite quotes (there *must* be an RSS feed for this and all the other views), then that would be fun to pull into my blog.
Hmm. They've got some kind of hyperlinking going on when you hover over the quote, which may make it difficult to copy the text.
A podcast of quotes, too. Hmm. It's nice to go into the history of these quotes. =)
Hmm, interesting. Stumbledupon gave them lots of traffic.
- Digg-style: Add some information to the large graphic elements at the left of each quote.
- Blog widgets! Lots of blog widgets! QOTD, random quote, stuff for the sidebar...
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4. Demo Camp: Broken Tomb: The world's first commercial Smalltalk host: 19:18
Look! It's the Demo Camp of the Living Dead Languages! =D
Smalltalk is a fun language. I ran into it when a friend told me about Squeak, which is this *totally* awesome little 3D Smalltalk environment which you should try if only so that it can warp your brain.
I would do more Smalltalk, but Squeak is not fun to use when you don't really have a mouse. =) Maybe when I get a proper computer.
But really, it's adorable!
Okay, the demo is back on track. Okay... AJAX for Smalltalk... <laugh>
Murphy's Law unfortunately strikes again. I'll check this out later.
Random Emacs symbol: nnmail-purge-split-history - Function: Remove all instances of GROUP from `nnmail-split-history'.
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Kudos to the presenter for structuring the presentation for quick and early audience participation, and for taking on the challenge of writing something in realtime! =) He's doing a quick tic-tac-toe game with the help of some PHP code he prepared before and a framework called PBJ, which isn't linked on the Democamp site and is near-impossible to search for.
Look at that, programming with maybe a hundred people in the audience catching missing parens and stuff like that. =)
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6. Hello world: 19:53
This is a blog entry
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7. Emacs presentation was a blast!: 21:40
Had too much material (of course), but had tons of fun anyway. =) Blew people's minds. Yay!
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DETROIT -- Jarrod Parker was devastated when he didn't make the A's pitching staff out of spring training. Acquired as the key piece from Arizona for pitcher Trevor Cahill in December, he had high hopes to begin the season in the A's starting five.
On Saturday, the rookie right-hander will take the mound in Game 1 of the American League Divisional Series against the Detroit Tigers. He will be opposed by Justin Verlander, the A.L.'s defending Cy Young award winner and Most Valuable Player.
"He's picked up a lot of ground and taken a lot of stuff on his back after we lost guys like (Brandon) McCarthy and (Brett) Anderson," A's right fielder Josh Reddick said. "He was our ace here in the last half of the season."
Parker's outing is important because the A's can't afford to get off to a slow start in this best-of-five series. The fact that they play the first two games at Comerica Park, sure to be sold out and rocking, makes it crucial that Parker set the right tone in the opener.
A's manager Bob Melvin announced that fellow rookie Tommy Milone will start Game 2 on Sunday. Beyond that, he didn't tip his hand.
Parker sees a parallel at play in his Game 1 start against Verlander. Parker is an inexperienced pitcher facing an established star, much like the A's were a team made up of mostly young players who beat a more veteran Texas Rangers team for the A.L. West championship.
"We've been David all year," Parker said. "I think, obviously, it's a role and an image that we've kind of taken on and been able to embrace, and it's fun."
Parker failed to make the A's roster in the spring because his command was erratic. But he wasn't at Triple-A Sacramento for long, recalled in late April and soon established as one of the A's top starters.
He became the ace when the A's lost Bartolo Colon to a drug suspension in August and McCarthy had to undergo brain surgery in early September after being struck in the head by a liner.
For the season Parker went 13-8 with a 3.47 ERA, as he and Milone (13-10) both broke the previous Oakland rookie record of 12 victories held by Chris Codiroli and Joe Blanton.
But Parker has separated himself by going 4-1 with a 2.63 ERA since the start of September. He appeared to be the clear choice to start Game 1, though Melvin said Milone also would have been suitable.
"I think the way Jarrod's been pitching here recently, coupled with the fact that we'll keep him on his regular routine, was the final decision," Melvin said.
Parker, 23, occasionally showed growing pains this season. But he also threw very well at Fenway Park in just his second start of the season. He pitched seven innings of one-run ball against the Angels in Anaheim on Sept. 10, then held the Yankees to one run over eight innings Sept. 21.
He's risen to the occasion in big-time settings.
"I try not to make too much out of the situation," he said.
The A's return to the Coliseum to host Game 3 on Tuesday. Starting that game figures to be Anderson or A.J. Griffin.
Anderson, recovering from a strained oblique, said he would throw a bullpen session Saturday, and if he's healthy the smart money says he'll take the ball Tuesday.
That would leave Griffin for Game 4. The A's figure to employ a four-man rotation, leaving Travis Blackley as a long relief option. Dan Straily did not travel to Detroit, so he won't be on the 25-man roster for this series.
The A's young rotation finished second in the A.L. in starters ERA, but handling playoff pressure is something much different.
Anderson would be the only non-rookie in the rotation if he's available.
But Melvin said the high-pressure games the A's played throughout September had postseason-like tension, so he believes his young arms are ready.
"Every game we played down the stretch seemed like it had that type of feel," Melvin said.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
No Christmas Luck
Despite the valiant comeback, this game changed on a very strange coaching move by Craig Hartsburg early in the second period that I still don't truly understand.
Ottawa went on the power play when Randy Jones tripped up Jarkko Ruutu. Of course, the first power-play unit went out until Ottawa found themselves up two men when Braydon Coburn took another penalty only 19 seconds later.
8 seconds into the double advantage, Jason Spezza perfectly set up Dany Heatley for the goal to tie the game at 2 - 2. At that point, the first power-play unit had been on the ice a total of 27 seconds (with two whistle breaks). With the Flyers still a man down for nearly two minutes, Hartsburg decides to pull the top unit and put on the second group which consists of players like Nick Foligno and Christoph Schubert.
You'd think Hartsburg would try to go for another goal using his best players but instead, Schubert coughs up the puck at the blueline and then proceeds to trip Jeff Carter on the breakaway and nullify the power-play.
And then Carter scores with Schubert in the box. With that kick in the gut still hurting, the Senators give up another goal just two minutes later to go down 4-2.
There's a lot of blame to go around, including to Alex Auld who has continued his streak of spotty play, but Hartsburg had a chance to keep his best players on the ice and if they had scored, it would have been a different game. It's not Hartsburg's fault that Schubert made a boneheaded play but he's responsible for who's on the ice.
With only 27 seconds under their belt, that first power-play unit had a lot of wind left. Now it's all just a bunch of hot air.
That flowing curly hair peeking out from under a white Flyers helmet had me thinking that Michael Handzus had somehow sneaked back onto the Philly roster when I wasn't looking but it was only Scott Hartnell.
The Kentucky Waterfall style didn't look good on Handzus (who has since cut it) and it still doesn't look good on a guy Hartnell.
Anyways, Black Aces will take a little sabbatical until after the Vancouver game on Sunday night.
So Happy Holidays to everyone and we'll see you soon, perhaps just a little fatter.
3 comments:
- laconicsenator.blogspot.com said...
Hartnell's hair is out of control, i also hated the shot he banked in off Lupul.
- December 23, 2008 at 9:50 PM
I just came across this blog from one of the websites I frequent, he has some crazy wicked photos from the old Sabres Autotorium. I thought you might find it neat to look at?
P.s - No shit ropes for xmas thank you very much!
Heres the sight = http://www.roadwolf.ca/blog/?page_id=78
- December 28, 2008 at 12:26 PM
hartsburgh is a shitty coach put in by an even shitty GM. Welcome to the dog-years of the senators. We are the worst team in the NHL and its going to get worst before it gets better. son players will quite on the team (if they havent already) and this organization will be a case study at business mananagment schools. How to screw it up in 2 years, or less, by Bryan Murray and E Melnyk.
- December 30, 2008 at 1:43 PM


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Senate Democrats Invoke Specter of 'Shutdown' in Highway Funding Fight
The partial government shutdown ended more than eight months ago, but Senate Democrats began reviving its specter on Monday to stoke a sense of urgency around replenishing the Highway Trust Fund.
With less than a month left before the effects of the emptying fund will trigger reduced or delayed federal funding for repairing bridges and highways, Senate Democrats said a congressional failure to pass at least a short-term funding patch would be tantamount to last fall's government shutdown, which occurred amid a protracted fight over funding the health-care law.
"We seem to be reverting to the Republican strategy of governing by crisis," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) said on a call with reporters Monday. "Now we are headed for a transportation construction shutdown."
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said earlier this month that starting in August, states will see a 28% drop, on average, in federal transportation funding as a result of the dwindling fund. Its balance is expected to approach zero next month, down from $8 billion at the end of May. States are typically reimbursed immediately for certain transportation projects, but the new restrictions will direct money to states just twice a month.
Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Mr. Boehner supports a long-term highway bill.
"Since there is no consensus on funding such a measure, we are working on a short-term extension, and we are confident we will act before the end of July," Mr. Steel said. "Frankly, any Senate Democrat who wants to reach a solution should be working on a bipartisan funding option – not holding a scare-mongering press conference."
Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have worked for months on plans to shore up the trust fund, which is primarily financed by a gas tax that no longer brings in enough revenue to keep up with federal spending. With most lawmakers in agreement that the fund needs to be replenished, the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees are trying to come up with ways to pay for the roughly $9 billion price tag of a six-month patch, but there are few easy options. Early plans from House GOP leaders and Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) both fizzled.
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Courses, Research Interests, Publications
Introduction to Professional Psychology, Research Proposal Design, Supervision in Community Mental Health Settings, Clinical and Ethical Issues, Observation and Interviewing, Child Development.
Education and training in psychology; ethics; clinical competency evaluation; clinical supervision; child development; child therapy; integrative approaches in psychotherapy
De Mayo, R & Petti, P (2011) Education and Training Update - Relational Factors in Supervision: The Therapeutic Relationship, Supervisory Alliance and Parallel Process. The California Psychologist. March/April 2011, Vol 44, No2 p. 31
Petti, P (2009) CPA Division II and CAPIC Conference on Defining and Evaluating Clinical Competence: Current Views and the Use of the Competencies Toolkit in Supervision. The California Psychologist. January/February 2009, Vol 42 No1 p. 29
Petti, P. (2010) The Initial Supervision Hour: Setting the Stage for a Positive and Productive Supervisory Relationship. The California Psychologist. September/October 2010, Vol 44, No1 p. 28
Petti, P (2008) How Do We Evaluate Clinical Competencies. The California Psychologist. March/April 2008, Vol 41 No2 p. 30-31
Petti, P (2008) Competency Evaluation for Students with Disabilities: APPIC E-Newsletter, May 2008, Vol 1 No1 p. 12-13
Petti, P. (2008). The use of a structured case presentation examination to evaluate clinical competencies of psychology doctoral students. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 2, 145-150.
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2013 AIU All Faculty Conference in San Jose, California. First Author - poster entitled "The Clinical Proficiency Progress Review: A Measure of Educational Effectiveness in Teaching Clinical Competencies" Discussing Diversity: Challenges and Benefits.
2011 NCSPP Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. First Author - poster entitled "The Clinical Proficiency Progress Review: A Case Presentation Examination to Evaluate Clinical Competencies of Students in Professional Psychology
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Advanced Format Hard Drives
So as you all know I bought the 1.5TB WD drive from Scan and blogged about how to format it for your HDR T2… Well, after serveral months of working just fine in the PVR, it broke!
Thankfully, it was not the Humax that broke it, as I had to remove it and attach it to my Linux box, Windows PC, Apple Mac to verify that it was the drive that was the problem, and sure all reported it faulty (Linux refusing to even boot the system with it attached!)
I was gutted that all recordings had been lost, but the nightmare did not end there. Scan.co.uk, where I bought it from took an age to replace the drive. I also found out they sold me an OEM drive (I was not aware) as I went on the WD support site to return and found there was no warranty on it! When I first went through Scan's return system, they wanted me to pay the postage to return the faulty drive to them, and finally when I was ready for a replacement, they could not replace it with the same drive but offered me the WD15EARS instead.
I don't think I will buy from Scan.co.uk again, and I recommend that you shouldn't either. This is not the first time I've had poor service from them but it will certainly be the last. Buy from a reputable online retailer who knows how to deal with customer returns and service.
Well, my misfortune is your advantage, as the WD15EARS is an Advanced Format Drive – you know the new HDD type with the 4K sectors… Read more here on Wikipedia.
What is the issue with AF Drives?
Initially when AF drives were released users discovered that there were performance issues with them on certain OS platforms – mainly Windows. You can read such articles about this from lots of places, here is one. They go on to explain about 4K sectors and how to align them for Windows use.
The question, when users here buy AF drives, is whether they will perform OK in a Humax PVR… Well, now I have a chance to answer!
Opening the WD15EARS and looking at the label it says:
Advanced Format Drive. To achieve full performance:
- Windows XP, multi partition and cloning software users – use WD Align software available on www.wdc.com/advformat
- Windows XP, single partition – set jumpers 7-8 prior to installation or use WD Align SW
- All other OS configurations – drive is ready for use as is
So according to the label, using this HDD with the Humax PVR (we know it uses EXT3 filesystem) is to use it as is. We don't need to do anything special to the drive like align the 4K sectors!
I did however, go onto the WD website to read what they say about using AF drives with Linux (EXT3), on this page. It says:
The Linux kernel has had specific support for the alternate sector sizes and offsets used by WD Advanced Format disk drives since version 2.6.31. However, distributions based on Linux 2.6.34, the latest stable version of Linux, will provide the most thorough support. Advanced Format parameters are available in the sysfs file system from this kernel version onwards. Kernel versions older than 2.6.31 will not specifically detect Advanced Format Drives, but with proper alignment the system performance will be maintained.
So it look like Linux is safe with AF drives if the kernel is v2.6.31 or later. Who knows what version Humax use for the HDR? So to be safe, I followed WD's instructions to align the 4K sectors.
The Linux partition editor: parted, has an alignment option to ensure that Advanced Format drives are correctly configured from version 2.1:
-a alignment-type, –align alignment-type
valid alignment types are:
none Aligns to 512 byte sector boundaries.
cylinder Align partitions to cylinders.
minimal Use minimum alignment: 4KB on AF drives
optimal Use optimum alignment: 1MB boundaries
The default from parted 2.2 is to align to 1MB boundaries – optimal. Use minimal or optimal for Advanced Format drives. For example if your drive is sda:
parted -a optimal /dev/sda
will ensure that parted creates partitions on 1 MB boundaries.
So what I did was to partition the disk using the GParted Live CD as per blog instructions, cancelling the formatting of the large 'recordings' partition, and then used the command line parted on the GParted Live CD to format the partition 'optimally'.
So with my WD15EARS, I created the 3 partitions needed the for the HDR, 'onegb', 'restofdisk' and 'tengb' using the graphics gparted (breaking out of formatting the restofdisk partition, and then opened a root terminal, and executed the parted command:
# parted -a optimal /dev/sdc
GNU Parted 2.3
Using /dev/sdc
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
Where /dev/sdc should point to the HDD device you are working with.
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) mkfs
WARNING: you are attempting to use parted to operate on (mkfs) a file system.
parted's file system manipulation code is not as robust as what you'll find in
dedicated, file-system-specific packages like e2fsprogs. We recommend
you use parted only to manipulate partition tables, whenever possible.
Support for performing most operations on most types of file systems
will be removed in an upcoming release.
Warning: The existing file system will be destroyed and all data on the
partition will be lost. Do you want to continue?
Yes/No? y
Partition number? 1
File system type? [ext2]?
writing per-group metadata... 92% (time left 00:00)
Repeat this for all 3 partitions. Note parted can only deal with EXT2, and the HDR need the partitions to be in EXT3. EXT2 is easily converted to EXT3 using the tune2fs command. So after the optimised format with parted, you need to run this command on all your 3 partitions:
# tune2fs -j /dev/sdc1 (onegb)
# tune2fs -j /dev/sdc2 (restofdisk)
# tune2fs -j /dev/sdc3 (tengb)
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News 12 First at Five / Monday, Feb. 25, 2013
Many are pleased a new substation opened up along Mike Padgett Highway. (WRDW-TV)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- "It did have leaks in the roof. The air conditioning, heating and air, which once again, since we didn't own the building, the repair bills would have been $40,000 to 50,000," Capt. Steven Strickland said.
Those problems are gone now that the South Precinct is at its new location off Mike Padgett Highway. It's a sturdy building, this time, on property the Sheriff's Office owns.
"We're coming up into the main area of the substation that the deputies use," Strickland explained as he walked down the hallway into their new muster room.
Strickland says getting a new building isn't the only benefit of moving.
"Makes us more efficient, especially what we're looking for. Again, open to the public, and you know, more visible. Everything we're looking for is right in this building," Strickland said.
It's an office now, but their new rooms used to be old jail cells.
The deputies say they couldn't be happier with their new space.
South Augusta drivers are happy, too.
"This substation is a great move, I believe," said south Augusta driver Vanessa Brunson.
Tony Green works at Proctor & Gamble. He's driven Highway 56 every day for the past 23 years.
"It's real dangerous. I mean people speed up and down these streets, and they try and make these lights," Green explained.
He hopes this new precinct will change some people's driving habits.
"I think people will pay attention now that they see the patrols patrolling the area now. Even me, I had to watch my speed, too," Green said.
"You're obviously going to have more deputies coming and going to the substation, more visible patrol cars. Hopefully that will make people slow down," Strickland said.
As they settle into their new offices, Strickland says being even farther on the south side has no downside.
"Everything is better. It's better for the public. It's better for us. I think it's a win, win for everyone involved," he said.
The south substation stayed in its last location in the Southgate shopping center for 14 years. They tell News 12 they hope to stay even longer in this new building.
They still have a few things left to bring over from the old location, but Strickland says they'll have everything moved in by the end of March.


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Crain's 2013 Salute to Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
What's it take to grow a business? Is it by creating new products in the same location, or is it by creating a brand and franchising out to as many locations as possible? Attendees received the point-counterpoint with a discussion from two successful entrepreneurs who took different paths to the same goal. Ari Weinzweig is a founding partner of Zingerman's in Ann Arbor who wants to grow in versus Mike McFall president of Biggby who wants to grow out.
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STOCKTON - Police were searching for a woman who robbed a bank in the 2800 block of West March Lane about 3:40 p.m. Saturday.
The woman entered Chase Bank and acted as though she had a weapon, telling a 20-year-old teller, "Don't play stupid; give me everything I want or I'll pull it out," police said.
The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of cash. The woman put the money in a green purse and left. She was described as a black woman in her 30s standing 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 130 pounds with dark curly hair and a brown jumpsuit.
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Meaning what, that you can play 1080P directly on the Mac just fine? You're missing the big point that transcoding videos for the PS3 means that you're changing the video to MPEG2, which is much less efficient than say H264. This can be very resource intensive.spoon wrote:I don't really think that Core 2 Duo 1.86Ghz isn't capable of transcoding them as I can play 1080p without any problems!!!
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A twist of elegance! Crafted in 14K yellow gold, these earrings consist of two polished spirals dangling from a small rectangle on a post. Perfect attention-getters for your next dressy occasion.
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Omega: Also called French clips, this clasp has a straight post and a looped lever. The hinged lever closes around the post and is held against the ear with pressure. The omega clasp is the most secure clasp, especially for the larger, heavier earrings.
Screw back: This backing is a slight variation of the standard post and butterfly nut back. Instead of pushing on the back, the nut twists onto the threaded post. A screw back post design is often preferred for expensive diamond stud earrings that require increased security.