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It seemed to be a long time since John had been to New York. As he was on the
tractor one spring day he realized how lucky he was to have found a family he had
known nothing about. He was amazed at the sequence of events that led him to his
great grandfather's twin brother. Since he left New York in October he had talked
to Elizabeth two or three times. He was also keeping in touch with Charlie's family
considering they lived less than two hours away from him. He and Mark developed a
close friendship even though their backgrounds were entirely opposite. John was so
proud of the fact that the trip was so successful and yet he was constantly bothered by
the unanswered question. Why did Delmo and Dominic part ways never to be in touch
John knew he wanted the answer to this nagging question, but he had no idea where
to start or how to start. Sara was sympathetic but did not have ideas to help, so she
simply remained supportive. The twins, James and Veronica were growing so fast and
were involved in every extracurricular activity at school. With the twins activities and the
farm work John saw years fly by and nothing surfaced to help with the mystery. He had
tried to look up on the computer ancestry websites a few times. Unfortunately, always
reached a stumbling block because of money. He could not afford the prices expected,
so he stopped in frustration.
Many years later when John and Sara's twins graduated from high school and
college, Sara came home with a letter from Elizabeth. Throughout the years Elizabeth
had written off and on, but she had eventually remarried and corresponded less and
less as the years had gone by. Surprised to receive a letter from her concerned John
and Sara a little. John opened the letter with reservation, but was pleasantly surprised
to find out they, Elizabeth, Carl, her husband, and the kids were coming for a visit.
Throughout the years the Verruchi's from Peabody had made it to New York two times
in order to visit and keep connections alive, but the New York relatives had never
ventured to Missouri. Elizabeth had explained that Gina was playing in a jazz band in
the city and was questioned about the history of her saxophone. This had brought up
the unanswered question of Delmo and Dominic so they decided to visit the home of
Dominic Verruchi.
John and Sara were so excited with the news they immediately started planning.
They discussed the food preparations and the site seeing opportunities. John wanted
to make sure their visit was comparable to their hospitality when he and his family
were in New York. Weeks of planning was exciting for the farm couple who rarely had
visitors. Most of their families lived close by. Two days before the New York family
were to arrive, John and Sara were rearranging the guest room to accommodate the
sleeping arrangements. As John and Sara moved the bed they noticed a rip in the area
rug. Naturally it needed to be replaced, So John rolled it up. As John was rolling the
rug, it caught on the corner of the base board and dislodged it a little. As John went
to pull the rug off, a piece of the base board broke off. John was not concerned. He
had kept leftover materials in the basement after they had added on many years back.
After measuring and cutting the exact size needed, he returned to the bedroom and
knelt down to start nailing it on. Suddenly Sara told John to stop and got down to take a
closer look. She and John noticed a cut in the wall making a perfect rectangle in the dry
wall. This was the first time they had ever seen this wall bare. They had not remodeled
this room and never removed the base board. John gave the rectangle a little tap on
one side and the wall piece moved ever so slightly. Getting a screw driver to pry it
open took a little effort and time. When the rectangular piece of wall was removed John
placed his hand in the opening. He felt around and pulled out a tin box the size of a
cigar box. So excited and intrigued he and Sara sat down in the middle of the room to
examine the box.
The box contained about ten envelopes with nothing written on the outside. They
had not been mailed or even addressed. Slowly, as to be assured of not damaging
them, John opened the top envelope. The date was December 25, 1923, Dear Delmo
written at the top! John gasped and started reading the letter to sara.
Dear Brother Delmo,
Each day has been hard for me in this country and especially hard because you are
not with me. Where did you go? I miss you often and hope that you are safe. When
we entered this country on that day three years ago, I was so grateful to have you with
me to share in the excitement. I knew you felt it also. We left the boat and stood in
the long line to enter the United States of America. We signed the book together with
such pride. After Mama and Papa had died we both knew America was our destiny.
But, what happened? As I walked out of the building, the crowd was so enormous and
everyone was fighting to get on the ferry. Rushing to be one of the firsts to get on, I ran
and ran. As the ferry departed for the mainland, I realized you were not there. I waited
and waited for days at the place where they unloaded the ferry, but you never came.
Sadly, I had to move on but it has been the hardest thing I have ever done.
Stunned, John and Sara sat in silence to let this incredible news sink in. Theremaining letters were written all to Delmo with such agony in the words written oneach page. John assumed Dominic thought his brother dead or else he would havementioned him to someone. Or perhaps through the years, the story stopped beingtold. At any rate, now John knew Dominic's story but not Delmo's. To John this wasenough and so he placed the letters back in the box, repaired the hole and placed thetin box in Sara's cedar chest.The day arrived when Elizabeth and her family drove up the long lane to the VerruchiFarm. John and Sara waited with nervous anxiety, but was truly happy and comfortablewith them just a few short minutes after they arrived. John and Sara offered everyonea drink and after the car was unloaded and suitcases in their respective rooms, all saton the porch to enjoy the day. John noticed Gina had brought her saxophone andassumed she wanted to play. But, after John requested a song, Gina looking a littlehesitant reached for the case. She opened the case but did not get out the instrument.Instead she carefully pulled back a piece of the felt and retrieved what looked like atattered envelope. Gina explained she was in the city with her jazz band playing great,great grandfather's saxophone when a gentlemen stopped to talk to her at the closeof the evening. His name was Jack Smith and he was a jazz fanatic. Jack had spentmost of his life researching old jazz musicians. Jack told Gina the saxophone she wasplaying was exactly like the one a very famous jazz musician in the 30's used to play.During the conversation Gina discovered the name of the musician was Don Vicks.Gina told Jack the saxophone she was playing belonged to her great, great grandfather,Delmo Verruchi. Overcome with excitement, Jack Smith told Gina that Don Vicks wasDelmo Verruchi. Delmo had americanized his name in order to get playing jobs in thecity during a time when Italians were not excepted. However Jack had found out thatDelmo only used the name Don Vicks when playing music. He kept his name legally asDelmo Verruchi and married and had children under that name.John and Sara were glued to Gina's every word finding it extremely fascinating. Thethought that Delmo remained in the city and made a living with music was interestingbut also not satisfying. John still wanted to know what happened with Delmo on June 4,1919; the day he was separated from Dominic. At this point, obviously, John and Sarashared the letter from Dominic. Suddenly, Gina still holding the tattered envelope in herhands, told John within this letter she found in the saxophone case, was the answer toDominic's question. Gina opened the letter and read slowly.My dearest brother Dominic,I have made the worst decision of my life and now with regret cannot change the coursethat decision has taken. The day June 4, 1919 was excruciatingly hard for me. I hadalways knew you wanted to live in the west and acquire land in order to farm. Yes, Itold you that it was what I wanted as well. However, I was lying to you to keep peace.I wanted so badly to remain in the city and play my beloved saxophone. I knew if Ihad told you my plans you would have sacrificed your own dream to be with me. Icould not bear to force you to do that. So in order for both of us to live our dreams, Ileft you running for the ferry. Watching you run hurt so badly knowing I might neversee you again. I knew you would be waiting at the dock, so I hitched a ride with a localfisherman on his boat. I am so sorry, but I acted with desperation and thought I wasdoing the right thing. I have prayed every day that we may be reunited, but sadly I knowthat could never be. We each have no idea where to look. I hope you are happy andare living out your dream on a peaceful farm in the west. I know that I am happy alsoplaying music with a group of talented people.In writing this letter, I am hoping to feel closer to you and hoping you will forgive me.I have no way of sending it to you, but with prayer maybe someday we will see eachother again. If not together physically, know that we are always together in spirit.In silence, John took the letter from Delmo Verruchi and placed in the tin box with theletter from Dominic Verruchi and closed the lid. After over 100 years of separation, theVerruchi brothers were together again!


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PROSPER, TEXAS -- I don't know if the DirecTV that I am dealing with is from Carrollton or Allen TX (I live in Prosper) but it is ABSOLUTELY A COMPLETE WASTE OF $150 a month!! This is by far the worst service I have ever had. I've had the service for two months and since day one, it has not worked, AT ALL!! EVERY channel pixelates, every channel freezes. I have not been able to watch TV for two consecutive days in two months.
I've called time after time and the issue is only fixed temporarily for a few hours. As soon as I turn the box off it does the same thing. The techs on the phone are worthless and can never figure out the issue. I took off of work, a tech came to my house and said "I don't know why I'm here?" I told him the service isn't working and he says "someone else will have to come back another time" and LEFT.
Mind you, I'm paying $150 a month for this junk. A very nice guy by the name of Joel has been out to my place on numerous occasions and it still doesn't work. The Internet is a whole other issue. I'm getting download speeds of 3 when I'm paying for their highest speeds - whatever that may be I have no idea because none of this crap works. I've been told that a manager will call me, he still hasn't called and I've only been waiting for his call for a month. $150??? Download speeds of 3??? I cannot rewind, I can't record. I will be cancelling this next week and will never deal with DirecTV again.
BURLESON, TEXAS -- I was cancelling U-verse because of poor service and got talked into DIRECTV with the promise that I could cancel if I was not satisfied. It started with the installation. I was told it would take 2 hours to install. It ended up taking 5 guys, 10 hours to install because none of them knew what they were doing. They were all very nice but told me they had not been trained on the equipment that I was getting and did not know how it worked. After 10 hours they were all very ready to go home and they left wall plates off, a tangle of wires in my living room that you could launch an Apollo Rocket with and a system that does not work well at all.
Next is the product. I have never seen so much unwanted and unsolicited advertising in my life. I would bet at least half the channels that you get are pitching something. I bet there are 300 channels trying to sell you movies, pots and pans, vacuum cleaners or something. They have obviously pimped themselves out to any and everyone that would give them money. Also, the channels are so disorganized and difficult to use it makes no sense at all. Now when I called them with all of my issues and disappointments they told me that no matter how much I complained they would not let me out of the deal like I had been promised to get me to sign up.
Don't do it. Go to a different product. I will make no pitch for anyone else but it can't get any worse than DIRECTV. I hate it, my wife hates it and even the kids hate it. They are corporate thugs that will tell you anything to sell it to you and will not honor their promises because they know you have no recourse but to pay. Good luck. I hope you have better luck than me. Thanks.
BRANSON, MISSOURI -- Absolutely the worst customer service I have ever received! First of all, there seemed to be an issue with my bill every month. Each month I had to call customer service about one thing or another and there was always something else under all of the red tape and fine print. The real issue here though is how these issues were handled. Each person I spoke with was not only unhelpful but rude and condescending. I'm starting to think the company mantra is "There's nothing I can do" because that's the only thing I've ever heard from them. This is only after they blame the customer for everything they can get away with.
Even the supervisors argue and one of them (Latoya) got loud with me! For example, when my auto bill pay was taken out early (which caused an overdraft in my bank account), I asked politely why it was early and what we could do about it. The response I got was "Well why did you make it that day?" and "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do." The next month, my bill was 3 times what it usually is and I was given the same lines.
Very upset (crying at this point), I asked to speak with the supervisor. The supervisor, Latoya, seemed understanding at first but it wasn't long before she too adopted the DirecTV mantra of "There's nothing I can do" and denying any sort of responsibility and showing zero concern for losing me as a customer.
They get you because their contracts are for 2 years and in order to cancel, you have to pay a lump sum of $20 a month from now until your ending date. So they get your money no matter what. Once they've got you, they couldn't care less about you or your issues. They are total con artists. Needless to say, I am currently saving up to cancel my service with them. I will never go through DirecTV again, nor will I ever recommend them to anyone that doesn't wish to be treated like garbage.
GREENWOOD VALLEY, COLORADO -- I had been very happy with my service before today. My old Genie finally has so many problems that I was going to order the new model of Genie (About a year ago I had purchased their Premier Plan for an additional approx. $20 a month at which time if I had a problem with my current equipment I would get the new latest and greatest equipment that they had available). Well I called today for the upgrade to the new model Genie to replace my defective one, which 2 customer service reps said I had the right for an upgrade in my contract, and was told that they would send a tech out to try and fix my old one or give me a remanufactured one of the same model.
I had the same problem with Dish when my DVR went out after 6 years and they kept sending me "Remanufactured machines that were as bad or worse than the ones I had sent back to them". After 3 times of non-working DVRs from Dish I changed to DTV and got their newest and best equipment that has worked great for the best part of the last 6 years. Now that I want the upgrade that I was promised when they added the additional $20 fee for the Premier Service Package, they are not going to live up to the promise they made.
After talking to a customer service representative and her supervisor, I was told they just couldn't guarantee that I would get the new one, would probably get the remanufactured one like Dish had done to me. I was told that they could not order me a new one and that I would have to accept what they sent.
I know that is BS, as my brother, who had the same machine that I have just called them and asked for the new model Genie and they sent out a tech and the new machine for installation. He did not pay for the Premier program either. You will probably get good service until you have a problem, but don't expect anyone at their call center to give a damn about your problem or even try to come up with a solution to keep an existing customer.
SOUTH BOSTON VA -- I ordered DirecTV and it's been a horrible experience so far - it's been less than a month. First, I ordered DVR, two rooms on Oct 31. I was sent one box, no DVR. I paid extra shipping the day I ordered it for the extra box. Nov 5 was setup to install, and that's when install tech realized that the "bedroom 2" box was missing. No biggie. He had to come back a few days later. Then the tech realized that it was not a DVR box, so he had to come back again.
After this time the bedroom 1 worked correctly, but bedroom 2 not at all. The tech came back out today, and all is running correctly. I was told over the phone that if I would upgrade my package that I would not be charged from day one since the entire time something was missing or not working, so I agreed. I called today after the tech fixed issue, and was told "I can give you $25 off once." That's a huge difference between not being charged if I would upgrade my package.
Overall, the install tech was great, and at least it's working (but it's going in and out due to clouds??? Not rain, just clouds). I'm extremely annoyed being lied to about upgrading my package to cover their screw up and still having to pay. My advice, if you can get cable, get it. I'm still shocked. After all of these years satellite companies are still the lowest scum companies out there. Will this ever change? Do they even need to if it's the customer's only option?? I am assuming that's the way they look at it. I have several recorded conversations I am tempted to put on YouTube of their customer service, basically saying "you can fuss all you want but we have you for two years".
On or about February 2015 I contacted DirecTV to cancel my service. I had to relocate & the new complex I was moving into did not allow satellite dishes. If they did, I would have definitely continued my new service with them. I was a DirecTV customer for more than 15 years & spent at least $4000/year with them. I was informed that I was going to be charged a cancellation fee of more than $450. I was very taken aback by this. I pleaded my case about being a loyal customer & the fact that the new complex would not allow satellite dishes. Their response was quoting me some FCC law that states that complexes are not allowed restrict satellite dishes.
I spoke with the President of the Association & he had no intent of changing the bylaws. No matter what I stated to DirecTV they did not want to hear a thing. The representative did promise me that he would send my request to the "back office" & they would inform me of their final decision. I never heard back from them & received no more bills so I assumed that it was resolved.
Fast forward to October, 2015 when I decided to purchase a vehicle. The dealer runs my credit report & discovers that a credit collection agency states that I owe them money for DirecTV. Once again, I called DirecTV to plead my case & inform them of my dissatisfaction. They couldn't care less. In addition, they informed the collection agency to not accept a settlement on my account. Either pay in full or the derogatory mark stays on my credit. By the way, I emailed the President of DirecTV to inform him of my situation & received an email stating the same things that all his other employees did. If I ran my company this way I'd be out of business!!
My advice is to use any other cable/satellite provider in your area. I still cannot believe after spending more than $60,000 with them in 15 years that they could care less about my satisfaction. I will NEVER use them again no matter where I live!!!
SPRING, TEXAS -- We have been a customer of DirecTV for years. We moved from one house to another and scheduled the move with DirecTV in advance and they said they would be out Sept 30th to install the equipment in our new house. Well that day came and the tech never showed up in his time slot. Followed up with the useless online tech/appointment tracker to find that he logged that he was at our house. Hmmm.. That's funny because so are we and there's no tech in the house.
We called DirecTV and of course they act like they operate as different business between departments and have to get back to us. They call back and say he is on his way. Still no show. Called them again. This time his truck broke down but will be there shortly. Still a no show. Called again, "Oh, he was sent to the wrong address. We will have some come out in the morning." Furious because we know they are lying!!
Next morning a nice guy with no type of authority calls and apologizes and says he will credit us $50 and find out how to resolve this. The findings were to reschedule the appt for the next earliest appt on Oct 7th. A week later!!! Due to the NFL Sunday ticket we had no choice but to wait like idiots. We barked up every tree and even cancelled the service and they did not even care.
I bring this up now because I scheduled another appt with them for a different matter. They said they will be out between 8-12. At noon we looked at the tracker and guess what??? The tech logged he is on location. Got to watch those techs. They are very sneaky. They are in your house and you don't even know it. LOL!!
ARIZONA -- As the title states this is to inform people about how DIRECTV REALLY is. This is going to be long and a bit redundant however it must be that way in order to correctly tell the story. I recently moved to Lake Havasu City AZ from California. The plan was to RENT a house while I was actively looking for one to BUY. I moved into my rental house at the end of 2014. The house had already had DIRECTV prior to me moving in - nicely installed dish on the roof etc. We went a couple of months just watching Netflix and DVDs but around Christmas we decided to get DIRECTV.
I called Direct and explained my situation (rental house but looking for a house to buy) and asked the salesperson "what happens when I find the house I want to buy here in the next few months?" The answer and I quote: "no problem at all sir, we here at DIRECTV want to make your move as painless as possible. Simply take your receivers and remotes to your new house and leave the dish on the rental house. We will come set up everything and get you going again free of charge with a 2 year agreement." "Great!!!!" so I thought!!
When I found the house that I was to buy I did EXACTLY what I was told and took the receivers and remote with me to the new address. I then called Direct to have them come set it up. DIRECTV then told me it was going to be $214.00 to move my service!!! I explained calmly what I had been told when purchasing my contract... Direct's response "Sorry sir there is nothing I can do." I then talked to a manager - same result!! I HAD BEEN BOLD FACE LIED TO AT THE SALES STAGE OF MY DIRECTV EXPERIENCE!! Liars!!!
Who in their right mind would sign a 2-year agreement knowing that they would have to pay hundreds of dollars when they bought a house 6 months later???!!! NOBODY... LIARS!! Anyhow I reluctantly paid to have them "move my service." IT GETS BETTER and are reading this, my phone number is **.
DENVER, COLORADO -- My local cable company quit servicing at the first of October. So on Oct 2 I called to get DIRECTV set up. The soonest they could install was 10/22 between 8 am - 12 pm. I agreed and paid the $71 install fee right then. So I took off work on 10/22 to be available for them to come install. Noon rolls around and I have not heard from them, so I call. I get told by 3 different people that my install date is actually 10/28 even though I have an email confirming the 10/22 install date. I get told that someone changed it on their end on 10/21 without documenting any reason or calling to notify me.
After talking with 3 different supervisors I get told "maybe" they can get a technician out today. Next call I get told a technician tried to come by but could not find my house. "But wait," I say, "I have been sitting by the phone and no one called. If they couldn't find the house why wouldn't they call me for directions?" No answer for that. Then I get told someone will be here between 4-6 pm, then I get called to be told they can't get a technician out at all today.
After taking the day off work and spending close to 4 hours on the phone I don't get anything, not an offer for a credit if I allow them to come another day, not a refund on my $71, nothing. They apparently think that their service is so wonderful we should just bend over and let them do what they want. I have lost close to $400 today and still no DIRECTV service to show for it. I did finally get offered a $50 credit whenever my account gets activated, if it gets activated. Seriously? Why would I want to do business with someone who treats their customers like this?! Moral of the story: Think twice before you sign up with them!
HOUSTON, TEXAS -- $98.00 monthly have been taken out of my account for 2 years. I am on disability & can't afford squandering money. You know what a pittance we get. Since I cannot deny my credit rating is bad, about 530, I was charged a $270.00 deposit. Any other place like the Light Company, for example, has asked for a deposit but at the end of a year the deposit is applied to the Light bill. Like this tells me my account is in good standing. When I asked, about a month before the end of my 2-year commitment, I was told that it would be returned to me. I told DIRECTV to cancel my services when my commitment of 2 years was done and the cancellation went well.
I switched to Comcast and added internet. I do not have as many channels but I feel I have enough, plus I bought a computer and am enjoying it immensely. My bill is about $68.00 for the first year and $86.00 or so for the second year. I opted for the 2-year commitment cause it was cheaper than with no commitment. It is considerably cheaper than DIRECTV, that's for sure. When I called and asked about my supposedly refundable deposit, I was told it was being applied to my bills. I told Brian that I kept tabs on my bank statements and they always took out the bill due each month. I was taught to watch my bank statements closely.
The representative mumbled like he was puzzled and connected me to another representative who supposedly knew how to handle the issue. That representative suggested that my initial payment was for equipment and acted like she didn't really know what would happen to my deposit as I told her the deposit I was given to believe was because of my bad credit as the sales representative asked for my social security number and put me on hold while he checked my credit. He told me about my deposit of $270.00 when he came back from checking it.
So what the hell is going on with this company? Who keeps my deposit then? She said my refund is $10.00. Are you kidding me? They can keep the $10.00 and stick them where the sun don't shine! But I'll say one thing. Don't expect me to return the access card or anything else for that matter. That will be at least something being denied them. Those sons of **! Pardon my French. This is one customer they won't be getting back!


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It has been said that good things sometimes come in small packages and, in the case of the first ever "Everything Small" art exhibit, the old adage holds true.
More than 40 artists from the Mid-Ohio Valley and surrounding states were challenged to think outside the box and submit entries in any type of media, with a stipulation: they could not exceed a perimeter of five inches.
The miniature works of art will be on public display until May 9 at the Riverside Artists Gallery on Second Street and all are available for purchase.
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Riverside Artists Gallery member Lynda Rhodes arranges pieces on display for the "Everything Small" Exhibit on Wednesday in preparation for Saturday's opening reception.
A fused glass piece by Bonnie Proudfoot is displayed.
"It really has been a labor of love," said gallery member and Athens resident Bonnie Proudfoot. "I feel it is so important to do things like this ... to show that fine arts and fine crafts are the same thing, on the same par of excellence."
Proudfoot jumped at the chance to help organize the event when approached by Cathy Norosky, an artist with the gallery who initially had the inspiration for the exhibit.
"I just love the idea. It is an unusual slant, a real challenge, and people really rose to the challenge," she said.
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What: "Everything Small" Exhibit, featuring miniature works from more than 40 local and regional artists in a variety of media.
Where: Riverside Artists Gallery, 219 Second St.
When: Exhibit runs through May 9; an opening reception and awards presentation will be held Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m.
Proudfoot will have two pieces on display that show off her skills in warm glass, or kiln forming.
"I created two cubes that you can look inside of and really see the detail," she said. "The two pieces took about 40 hours each. It's absolutely the smallest thing I've ever worked on in my life."
Art pieces using every media from glass and wood to metal and clay were submitted by artists ages 11 and up, according to Norosky, who will have some of her painted and carved gourds on display as well.
The idea came from similar shows that Norosky had seen in her travels. Preparations for the exhibition were underway when an arson fire destroyed the gallery's former home roughly a block away in March 2010.
"I thought that this was suited to our smaller gallery space and something that would really challenge the artists," Norosky said.
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BRECKENRIDGE - In May 2009, freeskiing icon Tanner Hall overshot a landing during a film shoot in Washington and blew up his legs in a scene similar to the 2005 jump that left him with two shattered ankles. "I couldn't believe landing there on the hill at Stevens Pass with two broken legs and two blown ACLs. All I could think was 'not again,' " Hall said last week during a break in training for the Dew Tour. "That's all I thought."But even with two shattered tibial plateaus, fractures and two blown ACLs, the most influential freeskier in history had yet to reach his nadir. A year later, Hall's best friend, CR Johnson, died skiing at Squaw Valley. Hall was downing pain pills with deluges of drink, enduring endless surgeries and coming close to burying the most prolific and colorful freeskiing career ever. By his own telling, the 11-time X Games medalist was "zombified, numb to everything, not caring about anything.""I was in the deepest, darkest hole," said the freckled 29-year-old, whose rapid-fire, rolling cadence mirrors his Rastafarian inspiration.Then family and friends intervened, yanking the Kalispell, Mont., skier from the abyss. He quit the pills, tamed the drink and hit the gym. Now - after a four-year absence - he's back competing, taking his time to regain the influential, technical and explosive style that established halfpipe skiing. And he's relishing every moment on the hill."Life is a precious thing and the older you get, the more you realize that," he said. "I took it for granted. I got caught up in it all. ... When you are on top and you are fully confident in yourself and you get so caught up in yourself, the appreciation just goes to waste. It took CR losing his life and me almost losing my legs to take a step back and re-evaluate and say, 'Come on, what kind of person are you?' With this injury, I found out who I am."What he discovered was a nearly extinguished flame. After four years, a more mature Hall has rekindled the raging blaze that fueled the 17-year-old high school dropout to forge pipe skiing with attitude-drenched bravado, inspiring countless skiers to swarm a formerly snowboard-dominated sport.Today he's a founder of Armada Skis, owner of a music production company that roots out up-and-coming reggae dance hall musicians in Kingston, Jamaica, owner of a media production company and co-owner of a backcountry ski lodge in inner British Columbia. He's suddenly the most excited skier in the park and on the hill, celebrating every turn and championing his now younger peers like that teenage ripper who burst onto the scene a dozen years ago. Gone is the surly champion with the gangster pose. But rest assured, the controversial, unruly rankler remains. His return to the pipe has a lot to do with protecting the sport he helped create."I see a lot of people selling out just to get a piece of the Olympics. I want everyone to not forget what we are doing and why we do this and let's keep it real, let's do it our way. Let's not let an organization come in and put its own rules and regulations on what we've created," said Hall, who slings pointed barbs at U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association officials as the group grooms skiers for Olympic compliance. "I have a voice and I'm going to use it."The road to redemption is rough and humbling. Hall could be plundering powder with any ski filmmaker. Focusing on his business interests. Instead, he's launching a comeback, battling kids 12 years younger than him in an increasingly spin-to-win sport. "I missed being in the gate and feeling that nervousness and the hype. It's a feeling a lot of people will never know. I wanted to get that back."At the North Face Park & Pipe Open at Copper Mountain last week and at this weekend's Dew Tour stop at Breckenridge, Hall began his charge, aiming to simply make finals. He kept his spins low - not even unleashing the now mundane 1080 - but boosted mega amplitude above the lip of the 22-foot superpipes. He is hoping he can spark a new approach in the pipe, returning personalized style to tricks that have moved toward raw athleticism, with 1260-degree to 1440-degree spins."There's a whole method to the madness about progressing and bringing the sport to new levels through creativity, through uniqueness," he said. "Now that everybody is so good at skiing, it's like, 'How creative can you be on your skis?'"Hall's one-of-a-kind style keeps his profile high and sponsors happy. Even during his off-the-hill trouble - always with his skis off, such as a 2005 arrest in a Vail bar, a 2008 pot charge in Boulder or blasting downhill ski racing as "easy" - Hall has remained an iconic, buoyant force."There are so many good skiers, but there will never be a Tanner," said Greg Strokes, who as international sports marketing manager at Oakley enlisted a young Hall onto the Oakley team in 2000. "He is passionate and outspoken, and we hold on to athletes like that. He lives and breathes skiing. I knew he was going to come back."Hall's goal is Sochi 2014, where ski pipe and slopestyle will make Olympic debuts. Though he knows that requires bending himself to the International Ski Federation - or FIS - regulations, he won't do it quietly. He's proclaiming the power of marijuana still, even though he recently was included in a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency testing pool. A longtime and vocal proponent of grass, Hall has curtailed the puffing to meet FIS rules but remains openly critical. "Drugs are stupid, dude. I know that. Let's keep it natural," he said. "Under the FIS rules, you can drink as much alcohol as you can, take crazy pills with a prescription. But if you happen to set that little tree on fire and smell it, you're out. Think about that. Big up to Washington and Colorado for leading the charge."Quitting marijuana is tough, he said, but he's happy to do it. "It's not that big of a deal, because you know what? At the end of the day, I'm still skiing every day. That's what keeps me happy."
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CONCORD -- With excellent field position for much of the first half, the De La Salle High football team made quick work of visiting James Logan on Friday night, winning a rematch of last season's North Coast Section Division I championship 49-7.
Logan had put together a five-game winning streak heading into its showdown with the Spartans but struggled to move the ball against De La Salle's defense.
Logan's minimal offense, combined with some miscues on punts, led to several short touchdown drives for De La Salle (7-0).
John Velasco powered his way into the end zone three times before the Spartans gave way to their backups midway through the third quarter.
A running clock was used for the entire fourth quarter.
"Tonight was a big step towards our goal of a state title," De La Salle senior Dasmond Tautalatasi said. "It was an outstanding night for our defense."
Logan (5-2) mustered just two first downs in the opening half, never getting the ball past midfield.
Sophomore Boss Tagaloa was in on two sacks for a Spartans defense that held Logan to 159 yards of total offense.
Ninety of those yards came against De La Salle's backups late in the third quarter on the Colts' touchdown drive.
Andrew Hernandez led the Spartans in rushing yards with 93, gaining most of them after the game was well in hand.
Antoine Custer added 80 for the Spartans.
But with the Spartans scoring on drives of 57, 37 and 16 yards in the first half, they didn't need to pile up a whole lot of offense.
"I thought our guys hit hard," De La Salle coach Justin Alumbaugh said. "That Logan team is good, their defense is good, their defensive line is good. I thought our offensive line blocked well and our runners ran hard."
De La Salle went into the locker room up 28-0 thanks to a special-teams score just before halftime.
The Spartans pounced after a bad snap to Logan's punter, knocking the ball loose for Jevari Anderson to corral in the end zone for a touchdown.
Anderson added a rushing score in the third quarter.
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Some 570 striking members of United Steelworkers Local 5668 applied for unemployment benefits last week through WorkForce West Virginia. Workforce West Virginia hosted four meetings at the new Armed Forces Reserve Center at Millwood last Tuesday for striking Constellium Rolled Products workers to apply for unemployment benefits. Local 5668 workers went on strike against Constellium August 5, after contract talks aimed at a new five-year contract broke down with health care benefit changes as the main sticking point. West Virginia state law allows workers in labor disputes to file claims for unemployment benefits. Claims are then reviewed by a Labor Dispute Tribunal, which consists of an independent three-member panel (administrative law judges) appointed by the state Board of Review. The panel will determine if the striking employees are eligible for benefits. Attorneys representing Constellium and USW Local 5668 will be consulted to select a date for the hearing prior to the panel being appointed. The decision of the Labor Dispute Tribunal may be appealed to a three-member Board of Review. The board's decision could also be appealed in Kanawha Circuit Court.
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Shortys Pizzeria a family affair
Husband, wife own shop
February 3, 2013
PARKERSBURG — Some people say don't go into business with your family, but don't tell the Dugans tha....
This is the first I have heard of this place but,sounds like a good pizza to try. Just hope it is not priced like "Pizza Place" and a little more affordable.
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I actually am not a fan of Pizza Place, I think it is way to greasy. Maybe this pizza will take the crown from here on out.
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I love the Pizza Place, but I'm looking forward to seeing what Shorty's has to offer. I'm a big supporter of local businesses, and not really a fan of chains. Plus, the fact that everything there is made fresh and they use a wood-fired oven...mmm...can't wait to try it out.
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Typical story from this paper,all fluff no facts.What about a phone number,what toppings for the pizza, what kind of salads,what kind of deserts. A very disappointing review of new business in town.
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Will have to check it out - hope it really does taste like pizza from Italy. Italians do not cover their pizza with "greasy" pepperoni. Pizza normally upsets my stomach but the pizza in italy did not. Not a chain & fresh ingredients - good luck, hope they do all right.
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@GoldNBlue your reasoning is astonishing! Yes it is the newspapers place and responsibility to give as much information as possible. The Internet stories are the same that they print. Not everyone has Internet service to look up more information. The article basically said it is three family members trying to start a pizza business using a wood fired oven. No phone number listed,no type of pizza listed,no deserts listed. A very shallow article promoting a locally owned business.
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Power has been restored to the nearly 500 American Electric Power customers in the Wilmot area.
Electricity went out about 9:30 a.m. Thursday and was restored just over an hour later. A squirrel on a transformer had knocked out the power, said Vikki Michalski, AEP spokesperson.
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However briefly, grape is playing second fiddle to grain at Lakeland's Red Door Wine Market, where a single tap now pours Red Door Red Ale. The tawny brew is the first of several house beers that owner Richard DeAngelis plans to make and serve on a regular basis at his restaurant and wine bar near Lake Morton. For now, his red ale is brewed under contract with Shipyard Brewing Company in Maine, where brewmasters hammered out a recipe in consultation with Red Door's chef, Jason Boniface. Red Door Red Ale offers a jolt of dark fruit and caramel, balanced with toasted, nutty grains and a bracing, citrus finish of moderate bitterness. It's 5 percent alcohol by volume.
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The large column of smoke rising above Ashland is coming from a controlled burn on city forestland.
The prescribed burn is occurring on Ashland Loop Road above Morton Street, according to the City of Ashland website.
Burning will continue for three days, officials said.
The burn has closed several trails, including Bandersnatch, Alice in Wonderland and Waterline, officials said.
Nearly all trails in Siskiyou Mountain Park and Oredson-Todd Woods are open.
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Amato DeLuca told The Associated Press on Sunday that Katherine Russell Tsarnaev did not speak to federal officials who came to her parents' home in North Kingstown, R.I., Sunday evening, where she has been staying since her husband was killed during a getaway attempt early Friday.
Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother, Dzhokhar, 19, two ethnic Chechen brothers from southern Russia, are accused of planting two explosives near the marathon finish line Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 180. A motive remains unclear.
DeLuca said he spoke with the officials instead, but would not offer further details.
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He said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was off at college and she saw him "not at all" at the apartment they shared with her mother-in-law.
Katherine Russell Tsarnaev was attending Suffolk University in Boston when friends introduced her to her future husband at a nightclub, DeLuca said. They dated on and off, then married in 2009 or 2010, he said.
She was raised Christian, but at some point after meeting Tamerlan Tsarnaev, she converted to Islam, he said. When asked why she converted, he replied: "She believes in the tenets of Islam and of the Koran. She believes in God."


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Report: Draft To Be Pushed Back, Start Of League Year To Be Moved Up
Posted May 20th, 2013 @ 3:26pm
The NFL's offseason calender may soon be getting an overhaul. ESPN's Adam Schefter reports the league and Players' Association are close to pushing back the NFL Draft to May and moving up the start of the league year to before the NFL Combine. Owners meetings are taking place in Boston this week. Tomorrow, the league is expected to announce the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara will be the site of Super Bowl 50. Miami is also under consideration.


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From the summit of Hawaii's dormant Mauna Kea volcano, astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory probe the local and distant Universe with unprecedented power and precision.
Their instruments are the twin Keck telescopes—the world's largest optical and infrared telescopes. Each telescope stands eight stories tall, weighs 300 tons and operates with nanometer precision. The telescopes' primary mirrors are 10 meters in diameter and are each composed of 36 hexagonal segments that work in concert as a single piece of reflective glass.
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Hawai'i Island is surrounded by thousands of miles of thermally stable seas. The 13,796-foot Mauna Kea summit has no nearby mountain ranges to roil the upper atmosphere. Few city lights pollute Hawaiian night skies, and for most of the year, the atmosphere above Mauna Kea is clear, calm and dry.
Because of the large size of the 10-meter primary mirrors, the Keck telescopes offer the greatest potential sensitivity and clarity available in astronomy. Their performance, and the performance of all ground-based telescopes, is limited by the turbulence of the Earth's atmosphere, which distorts astronomical images. Astronomers have recently overcome the effect of atmospheric blurring using an established and fundamental technique called adaptive optics (AO).
AO corrects for the image distortions by measuring and then correcting for the atmospheric turbulence using a deformable mirror that changes shape 2,000 times per second. In 1999, the Keck II telescope became the first large telescope worldwide to develop and install an AO system. The results provided a tenfold improvement in image clarity compared to what was previously possible with Keck and other large, ground-based telescopes.
Initially adaptive optics relied on the light of a star that was both bright and close to the target celestial object. But there are only enough bright stars to allow adaptive optics correction in about one percent of the sky. In response, astronomers developed laser guide star adaptive optics using a special-purpose laser to excite sodium atoms that sit in an atmospheric layer 90 kilometers above Earth. Exciting the atoms in the sodium layers creates an artificial "star" for measuring atmospheric distortions and allows adaptive optics to produce sharp images of celestial objects positioned nearly anywhere in the sky.
In 2004, Keck Observatory deployed the first laser guide star adaptive optics system on a large telescope. The laser guide star AO now routinely produces images with greater crispness and detail than those resulting from the Hubble Space Telescope.
The W. M. Keck Foundation funded both the original Keck I telescope and six years later, its twin, Keck II. The project was managed by the University of California and the California Institute of Technology. The Keck I telescope began science observations in May 1993; Keck II saw first light in October 1996. In 1996, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) joined as a one-sixth partner in the Observatory.
Today Keck Observatory is a 501(c)3 supported by both public funding sources and private philanthropy. The organization is governed by the California Association for Research in Astronomy (CARA), whose Board of Directors includes representatives from the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, with liaisons from NASA and the Keck Foundation
The Observatory endorses and supports the Astro2010 Decadal Survey process. Its senior staff members and Science Steering Committee, along with colleagues at WMKO's partner institutions, have provided community input through the following contributions:
The W. M. Keck Observatory: A Private/Public Partnership Enabling Frontier Astrophysical Advances in the Coming Decade
W. M. Keck Observatory's Next Generation Adaptive Optics Facility
The Role of the W. M. Keck Observatory in U.S. Astronomy
The Value of the Keck Observatory to NASA and Its Scientific Community
Operational Funding for Optical and Infrared Interferometers


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Knitter's Review
October 22, 2009
At the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival last weekend, every inch of the Dutchess County Fairgrounds was jammed with sheep and wool paraphernalia from yarn and fiber vendors to sheep farmers, potters, cheese-makers, hat makers, and—lest we forget—purveyors of delicious fried artichokes.
This year I was on the other side of the booth as I signed copies of my new book, The Knitter's Book of Wool, and sent them out into the world. I had just a few brief hours to explore the festival and can show you five special finds that came home with me.
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Bradenton man injured by hit-and-run driver
Published: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 10:33 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 10:33 a.m.
MANATEE COUNTY - A hit-and-run driver injured another driver Saturday night at Ninth Street East and U.S. 301 Boulevard.
Shortly before 9 p.m., the driver of a Ford Explorer, who was northbound on Ninth Street, turned left in front of a southbound Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Luis Alberto Lopez-Garcia, 37, of Bradenton. The Explorer struck the Tahoe and keep going.
Lopez-Garcia received minor injuries.
The Florida Highway Patrol describes the hit-and-run driver as possibly a heavy-set Hispanic man, about 5 feet 8 inches or 5 feet 9 inches with short hair.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Trooper Ryan Miller at (239) 938-1800.
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Narinder Dhaliwal, M.S.
Narinder Dhaliwal is the Director of California's Clean Air Project (CCAP), a statewide project of ETR Associates providing training and technical support on all aspects of secondhand smoke in tribal casinos throughout California. Narinder has made presentations at numerous conferences on various topics regarding exposure to secondhand smoke. Narinder has presented at the World Tobacco Conference, the California Association for Homes and Services for the Aging, the Statewide Smokefree California Conference and most recently at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health. CCAP is an associate member of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA). Narinder holds a Bachelors degree in Social Sciences and a Masters degree in Gerontology from Warwick University. She has worked in the Health Education field for the past 21 years, with the last 8 in the tobacco control field.
Stephen Hansen, M.D.
Dr. Hansen practices internal medicine in San Luis Obispo, California. His tobacco control credentials include 3 terms on UC's Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program's Scientific Advisory Committee; 15 years as coordinator of American Medical Association's Tobacco Control Coalition; co-author of San Luis Obispo's world's first smokefree law to include all public workplaces including bars; 25 years as director of a hospital cardiopulmonary dept.; past Prop 10 Children and Families Commissioner; Three terms as a Trustee on the Calif. Med. Assn. Board; Sponsor of a successful 2002 Ballot Initiative to devote tobacco Master Settlement Agreement money to tobacco control and healthcare; and membership on the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation and California Tobacco Control Alliance Boards.
Leslie Zellers, J.D.
Since 1998, Leslie Zellers, JD, has been the Legal Director of the Technical Assistance Legal Center (TALC), a California-based project that provides legal technical assistance on tobacco control policy issues. Leslie directs all aspects of TALC's work and has focused in particular on the legal issues involved in regulating tobacco advertising and promotion. TALC is a project of the nonprofit Public Health Law & Policy (www.phlpnet.org), which works to help build the capacity of advocates, local public health and planning departments, schools, government attorneys, elected officials, and others to advance their public health goals through policy change. Prior to joining PHLP, Leslie conducted legal and policy work on tobacco prevention and childhood lead poisoning prevention for Contra Costa County and several nonprofit organizations. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and a graduate of the UC Hastings College of the Law.
Terry Pechacek, Ph.D.
Terry F. Pechacek, PhD, is the Associate Director for Science for the Office on Smoking and Health (OSH). He is responsible for monitoring all scientific work within the office including the preparation of Surgeon General Reports on the health consequences of tobacco use. Dr. Pechacek has served CDC′s Office on Smoking and Health as a visiting scientist and senior biomedical research scientist since 1995. In 1999, he was appointed the Associate Director for Science. He is the senior author of the 1999 Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs and the 2007 Update, and has also been involved in the preparation of Surgeon General Reports on Smoking and Health since 1979. Dr. Pechacek received his PhD in psychology at the University of Texas at Austin in 1977. He completed a three-year Post doctoral fellowship in Preventive Cardiology at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Dr. Pechacek has been involved in tobacco prevention and control research and public health activities since the 1970′s. In 2006, Dr. Pechacek was awarded the Surgeon General′s Medallion in recognition of his work to support the Office of the Surgeon General in communicating the risk of tobacco use.
Paul Knepprath
Paul Knepprath is the Vice President of Advocacy and Health Initiatives for the American Lung Association in California, where he directs the organization's statewide public policy and health initiatives programs. Paul has been engaged in the government relations profession for more than 25 years, working at the local, regional and state level in California. As a registered lobbyist, Paul represents the American Lung Association before the California Legislature and executive branches of government in the areas of tobacco control, asthma, tuberculosis, health care and issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Paul has been a leader in California's tobacco control movement and has helped pass numerous state and local laws to protect workers and the public against exposure to secondhand smoke, restrict tobacco access to minors, and protect funding for the state's Proposition 99 tobacco control program. Paul also serves as a media spokesperson on lung health issues and has appeared in hundreds of state and national print publications as well as on radio and television.
Todd Rogers Ph.D.
Todd Rogers, Ph.D., is a Research Program Director with the Public Health Institute specializing in evaluation of large-scale public health programs and policy initiatives. Since 1989 Dr. Rogers has contributed to the implementation and evaluation of the California Tobacco Control Program (CTCP), including efforts to modify the impact of tobacco marketing at the point of sale, provide support for and evaluation of local and regional tobacco control agencies and coalitions, assess tobacco control policy enforcement actions, evaluate the uptake and utilization of legal technical assistance, and develop policy strategies to address tobacco price manipulation. Among other national and international tobacco control activities, Dr. Rogers works with the CDC Office on Smoking and Health on evaluation of the National Tobacco Control Program, through which he is developing feasible methods to monitor tobacco industry influences. Dr. Rogers is a member of the CTCP Evaluation Task Force, and is on the editorial board of Tobacco Control where he recently served as editor for a special supplement devoted to a 20-year retrospective of the CTCP.
Evi Hernandez, B.A.
Evi Hernandez counts with 15 years of work experience in the field of public health, with nine of those years working within the non-profit sector at the California Health Collaborative (CHC). His primary emphasis as a public health educator has been in the areas of tobacco control, teen pregnancy prevention, and the prevention and management of chronic diseases. He currently serves as the Director of Program Services for CHC. He is affiliated with various health initiatives and community service/volunteer organizations throughout California. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science, Community Health option and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chicano/Latino Studies from California State University, Fresno.
Liz Williams
Liz Williams, Project Manager for the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation provides technical assistance support to public health professionals and advocates in multiple states on issues related to secondhand smoke and smokefree policy change. Ms. Williams conducts legislative analysis and tracking of pending statewide legislation, and has a focus on providing technical assistance and resources to advocates and members of the public on emerging smokefree issues such as multi-housing and outdoor public places. Ms. Williams has worked for ANR Foundation for eight years. Ms. Williams holds a bachelors of science in Health Policy and Management from Providence College. Liz lives in Oakland, CA.
James. T. Howard
Mr. Howard recently retired from the California Department of Public Health after 36 year career in public service. He is a long-time volunteer with the American Lung Association. He currently serves on the ALA in California Board of Directors as the Vice Chair and serves as the Chair of its Advocacy Committee. In addition, he is a member of the national ALA Assembly and serves on the national ALA Advocacy Committee. He has previously been on the national ALA Council and Board. He has been actively involved in the tobacco control arena since 1979.
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Lip-syncing is hardly a criminal offense -- unless you don't even sing on your own album. But we'll get to Milli Vanilli in a second. Here are five note noteworthy lip-syncers.
Ashlee Simpson: Back when Jessica's younger sister still had a career, she "performed" the song "Pieces of Me" on "Saturday Night Live." When her second song started, "Pieces of Me" accidentally started again. Ashlee reacted like any professional would. She did some sort of hoedown dance, then ran away.
Lindsay Lohan: Remember when Lindsay Lohan was a singer? No, really. She made a record and everything. Then she went on "Good Morning America" and lip-synched so badly, they probably gave her a drug test afterward.
Britney Spears: Let's see if we can narrow it down to one incident ... nope. Have you ever seen Britney Spears live? Then you've seen her lip-sync. But at least she usually looks good doing it.
Milli Vanilli: After winning a Grammy for Best New artist in 1990, it was discovered that models Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus didn't sing one word on their record. It was a massive scandal that ended up with them giving back their Grammy. In 1998, Pilatus was found dead of a suspected alcohol and prescription drug overdose in a Frankfurt, Germany, hotel room.
The Rolling Stones: It might seem a little weird that one of history's live bands would make this list. But in their "Start Me Up" video, they're supposed to be lip-syncing. But at a couple spots, the writhing Mick Jagger just stops moving his lips. It's the Stones -- why should they care?


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As everyone has been aware of, especially lately, Java is subject to abuse.
Wouldn't it therefore be wise to start stepping of Java in favor op Python 2.7.3 for example, as many people (including me now) do not want Java on their system, but are thus locked out of using PS3 Media Server.
Would like to here the thoughts on this.


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Definition of transcription in English:
1A written or printed representation of something.
Example sentences
- Quotes in this article were derived from tape transcriptions or written notes compiled during interviews.
- Instead of transcriptions of what he wrote, the book is scanned pages of his journals.
- Adams changes that to a simple 'has' and passes off his version as a word-perfect transcription.
1.1The action or process of transcribing something: the funding covers transcription of nearly illegible photocopies
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- The academic claims to have found 24 transcription errors in one poem and an average of 12 mistakes per page, which he says distort the meaning.
- Hand written prescription sheets can contribute to drug errors in that they may be illegible, incomplete, or subject to transcription errors when rewritten.
- SMS text messages are written, unambiguous records of important data and are free of the kind of transcription errors that can occur while dictating results or other information over the telephone.
1.2An arrangement of a piece of music for a different instrument, voice, or number of these: a transcription for voice and lute
More example sentences
- The pieces in Musicks Hand-maide are transcriptions of such music, played here on the virginals.
- Yet several works were commissioned for smart urban dance, music-theatre and performance-art events; five of the 22 tracks are clever transcriptions of Shostakovich piano pieces.
- The pieces were a Schubert-Liszt transcription and a study by Scriabin.
1.3A form in which a speech sound or a foreign character is represented.
Example sentences
- But her style is often clumsy, particularly when she discusses generalities, and I was worried by apparently unjustified discrepancies in transcription of schwa.
- The Japanese word zen is the phonetic transcription of the Chinese character chan, which means meditation.
- In some cases this machine has been known as TMB, incorrectly due to a transcription of the Cyrillic character into Latin script.
1.4 Biochemistry The process by which genetic information represented by a sequence of DNA nucleotides is copied into newly synthesized molecules of RNA, with the DNA serving as a template.
Example sentences
- Intronic SSRs can affect gene transcription, mRNA splicing, or export to cytoplasm.
- The gene could be mutated during transcription into the genetic code, and could perhaps make any genetic problem even worse.
- This mutation does not prevent transcription of the gene since we were able to obtain full-length mutant cDNA.
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- Cadmium avidly binds to polythiol groups in proteins such as metallothionein as well as zinc sites in metalloenzymes and transcriptional factors.
- It is not a transcriptional regulator but because of the outstanding sequence homology it is considered to be a structural prototype for receiver domains.
- Differences are not limited to the primary structure of the protein, but are also found at the transcriptional level.
- Example sentences
- The gene is transcriptionally activated in the presence of oxygen and repressed in its absence.
- More than 300 genes are transcriptionally induced in late G 1 and two promoter elements (SCBs and MCBs) responsible for this regulation have been identified.
- The silent mating-type loci are transcriptionally silenced by a combination of cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors including the Sir1-4 proteins.
- Example sentences
- ASR systems are not supposed to work past about 160 words per minute; but transcriptionists find that they need to keep up with people who are often talking in the range of 180-350 wpm.
- People whose livelihoods could now be at risk include everyone from IT experts to accountants, medical transcriptionists to customer-service representatives.
- The medical transcriptionists have to toil for hours together, listening to tapes and typing out the notes by doctors.
Late 16th century: from French, or from Latin transcriptio(n-), from the verb transcribere (see transcribe).
Words that rhyme with transcriptionascription, circumscription, conscription, decryption, description, Egyptian, encryption, inscription, misdescription, prescription, subscription, superscription
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Syllabification: tran·scrip·tion
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OAKLAND -- Warriors coach Mark Jackson, frustrated during a timeout, yelled and pushed point guard Stephen Curry.
No, Jackson didn't go Bobby Knight on Curry in Golden State's victory over Detroit on Wednesday. Jackson was demonstrating to the officials how they were allowing Curry to be handled.
The book on Curry, the most feared of the Warriors, is to be physical with him. So opponents, especially since Curry scored 54 points against the New York Knicks last month, have been especially hands-on while guarding him.
The defense-oriented Chicago Bulls undoubtedly will take a similar approach when they visit Oracle Arena on Friday.
"It is the game plan, and that's not going to change," Jackson said. "He's a heck of a basketball player. He's going to get to a point where they're not going to allow it, and he's going to be called properly. But for some reason or another, guys are being allowed to put hands on him."
Curry said he has noticed an uptick in the physical play. Opponents are putting bigger, more athletic players on him. They are aggressively trapping him. They grab, hold and bump as much as they can get away with.
It's the new reality for Curry, considered by many to be the league's best shooter.
"I'm not the biggest frame, but I'm strong and can handle my own," Curry said. "I'm not going to back down from it. I've got to play through it, because you can never rely on the whistle."
Jackson, who played point guard in the NBA for 17 seasons, said he remembers when hand-checking was allowed. He remembers Chicago Bulls guard Scottie Pippen "fouling me, I mean guarding me, in the playoffs."
Jackson said Curry is getting better at dealing with the physical defenses. But he also said the Warriors needed to make a few adjustments.
First, Curry needs to do a better job of selling the contact.
Jackson and Curry stopped short of calling it flopping. But Curry said the shiftiness he uses to create space works against him sometimes. He said instead of avoiding or countering the contact, he needs to get better at sticking to his course so being knocked off it becomes more obvious.
"I think he's taking it and making it look at times like it's nothing," Jackson said. "Sometimes you've got to sell that it is (something). You think that they see it, but maybe they don't. So rather than playing through it, you've got to sell it. I'm not going to go to the extent of some of these guards who fling their head back and fling their bodies back and get the call. But he's got to let it be known there is contact on plays."
Both said the ability to sell contact is in the repertoire of the league's great scorers. That is the next part of Curry's development, drawing fouls and getting to the free-throw line more, making opponents pay for playing him so tight. His 3.8 free throws per game are the fewest of the top 15 scorers in the league.
Curry said he also has to remind himself to slow down. Since the 54-point game, he has totaled 31 turnovers in eight games, the fifth most in the NBA in that span.
"At times I think I've struggled a little bit just trying to go too fast," Curry said. "They try to speed you up by getting physical, and you think you are under pressure and start to rush. That's one thing that I can consciously check myself on in the game, making sure I slow down and be confident if I make my move I can get to my spot."
Jackson said there was one more thing that can offset the physical play.
"If I'm his teammate, I'm not going to allow it," Jackson said. "So I'm going to nail somebody and get them off him. So we'll get better at that also."
While Jackson said he expects referees to start seeing how Curry is being handled, he also said this is more like playoff basketball and will be beneficial in the postseason.
Certainly Curry would become a much more lethal threat against physical defenses, especially in the half court. Especially when he is playing off the ball, when he has to deal with physical defenses even more.
"We've seen that when he's at his best, it doesn't matter what you try to do," Jackson said. "He's that good that I don't think there's an answer. But there is certainly an attempt to try to cool him off. (Be physical with him is) what the data shows, which we're fine with. We understand, and he'll continue to get better."
Chicago (35-29) at Warriors (37-29), 7:30 p.m. CSNBA


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bunt 1
verb[with object]
1 Baseball (Of a batter) gently tap (a pitched ball) without swinging in an attempt to make it more difficult to field: he tried to bunt the ball down the first baseline [no object]: Phil bunted and got to first
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- With a runner on first the batter bunts the ball in front of the plate.
- The Mets had Jerry Grote on second and Al Weis on first when J.C. Martin bunted the ball toward the first base line that was fielded by Pete Richert, the Baltimore pitcher.
- Lima bunted the ball, which hit directly in front of the plate and appeared to bounce up and hit not only his bat but also his leg.
1.1(Of a batter) help (a base runner) to progress to a further base by bunting a ball: he bunted Davis to third
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- The Rangers had Rusty Greer coming to the plate with first base open because Johnny Oats had bunted a runner over to second.
- Wang Chien-ming of the Yankees bunts a runner to second base while facing the Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday.
- During batting practice, Carroll works on his strengths - such as hitting the ball the other way with a runner on second base and bunting a runner over to second base.
2Push or butt: Gary bunted her with his head
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- The thunder belonged to a herd of baby elephants who began to bunt the walls.
- She bunted her calf, Molly, up on top of the gate with her horns.
- He bunted me with his huge head and then tried to pluck the buttons off my shirt.
1 Baseball An act or result of bunting a pitched ball.
Example sentences
- When Jim Abbott first took the mound for the California Angels, we could see his disability - that he had only one hand, making the fielding of ground balls and bunts far more than a routine chore.
- Light-hitting Gene 'Stick' Michael attempted the squeeze bunt but missed the ball completely, leaving Munson a seemingly easy out at the plate.
- However, the plans backfired as the still agile southpaw turned many of those bunts into double plays by catching them in mid-air.
2An act of flying an aircraft in part of an outside loop.
Example sentences
- In a bunt, the aircraft experiences a rapid, uncontrolled, tight forward pitching rotation.
- In those days, fighter planes did not have ejection seats and pilots had to use alternative methods, such as the 'bunt', to get out of the plane.
- In that case most of the time it would need to be flown in a bunt.
Mid 18th century: probably related to the noun butt1 (the original sense).
Words that rhyme with buntaffront, blunt, brunt, confront, front, Granth, grunt, hunt, mahant, runt, shunt, stunt, up-front
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bunt 2
The baggy centre of a fishing net or a sail.
Example sentences
- The sailors hoisted the trysails a little way, tightened the sheets, fixed bunts to the sail, and strengthened the tackle and the stop of the lateen yard.
- You can read all the accounts of the battle of Trafalgar you like, but none will give you quite the same understanding as actually hauling on the throat, sweating the peak or making fast the bunts and clews.
- There will be further testing of rigid grids to determine an optimum gap size, colour and material for grids placed in the bunt of the fishing net to allow release of non-target salmon and other species without handling.
Late 16th century: of unknown origin.
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bunt 3
(also wheat bunt)
noun[mass noun]
A disease of wheat caused by a smut fungus, the spores of which give off a smell of rotten fish. Also called stinking smut.
- The fungus is Tilletia caries, class Teliomycetes.
Example sentences
- Some wheat seed treatments that can be used to prevent common bunt, stinking smut and seedling blight.
- The primary purpose of treating wheat seed is to protect it from the smut diseases with common bunt being the target disease this season.
- In addition when common bunt or stinking smut aren't identified in the seed, the results can be disastrous and the wheat unharvestable.
Early 17th century (denoting the puffball fungus): of unknown origin.
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