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Created as a simplified version of the SteelSeries 5H v2, SteelSeries 4H features many of the same features such as XL-sized ear cushions, a retractable microphone, volume control, and sound specifically geared towards enhancing in-game performance. However, unlike the SteelSeries 5H v2, this headset can not be dismantled into separate pieces.
All headsets from SteelSeries are optimized for specific sounds found in gaming, like the sound of gunfire, weapon reloads, footsteps and other crucial in-game sounds. That's why professional gamers all over the world use them.
Retractable Microphone
The retractable microphone in the left earcup makes this headset perfect for gaming without having the microphone being an annoying device hanging out all the time.
XL Earcups
The SteelSeries 4H features XL- earcups. Its circumaural design provides added comfort with its thick, cloth ear cushions that surround the ear instead of resting on it.
Volume Regulator
The SteelSeries in-line volume regulator features 3 microphone settings, enabling gamers to adjust their sound on-the-fly.
And the numbers
Headphones Microphone Freq. response: 16 - 28.000 Hz Freq. response: 75 - 16,000 Hz
Impedance: 40 Ohm
Pick up pattern: Unidirectional
SPL@1kHz, 1Vrms: 110 dB
Sensitivity: -38 dB
Cable: 1.8 m / 5.9 ft.
Impedance: 2K Ohm
Jack: 3.5 mm
System requirements:
Any PC or sound equipment with headphone and microphone mini jacks (3.5 mm).
FULL-SIZE EAR CUSHIONSCloth padded ear cushions for comfortable fit and reduced background noise.
RETRACTABLE MIC SYSTEM"Invisible", pull-out, uni-directional microphone found in the left ear-cup.
IN-LINE VOLUME CONTROLIntegrated volume and microphone control located on headset cord.
CUSTOM-ENGINEERED SOUNDSCAPESpecifically optimized for gaming sounds like footsteps, reloads, alerts and gunfire.
- Product Description
- SteelSeries 4H - headset
- Product Type
- Headset - wired
- Recommended Use
- Computer
- Headphones Form Factor
- Full size
- Connectivity Technology
- Wired
- Headphones Technology
- Dynamic
- Sound Output Mode
- Stereo
- Audio Specifications
- Frequency Response 16 - 28000 Hz
- Impedance
- 40 Ohm
- Microphone
- Built-in
- Microphone Operation Mode
- Mono
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 2 years warranty
- Product Type
- Headset
- Recommended Use
- Computer
- Headphones Form Factor
- Circumaural
- Headphones Technology
- Dynamic
- Connectivity Technology
- Wired
- Available Microphone
- Yes
- Sound Output Mode
- Stereo
- Frequency Response
- 16 - 28000 Hz
- Impedance
- 40 Ohm
- In-Cord Volume Control
- Yes
- Microphone Operation Mode
- Mono
- Sensitivity
- -38 dB
- Impedance
- 2 kOhm
- Frequency Response
- 75 - 16000 Hz
- Audio Input Details
- Uni-directional - 75 - 16000 Hz - Output Impedance 2 kOhm
- Cables Included
- Headset cable - 1.8 m
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- 2 years warranty
- Service & Support Details
- Limited warranty - 2 years
Customer reviews
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Reviewed by Jr. Review Posted 21/02/2011
This headset is the crispest headset I've ever used! looks very durable, but being a gamer only time will tell if this is the case! Been through a few headsets in my time, including 2 turtle beach headsets and the creative Fatal1ty headset, which was very good! but none of those compare to this headset, and for only 30 quid? its not too bassy, so its great for music listening too! people usually look for bassy headsets but being part of the hardcore pc gamers that are slowly dying out i prefer a clean crisp sound, as its easier to hear out my opposition! again, great product! definitely worth the moniez!
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- Ease of use
- Value for money
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Not so long ago, my friend Becca was shopping at her local Loblaws store (Real Canadian Superstore, for those of us who live in the West.)
Like many people I know, Becca approves of their Joe Fresh clothing line, which offers Canadians the opportunity to buy stylish and seasonal clothing at reasonable prices. Always colourful, fairly hip, and relatively well made, Joe Fresh offers people of all ages and genders opportunity to dress in a manner that would usually cost much more at other retail establishments.
That day, Becca was perusing the children's section, looking for something for her
. . . → Read More: Politics, Re-Spun: Joe Fresh & Loblaws: Perpetuating the Early Marginalization of Women

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Authorities say the owner, manager and eight employees of a downtown Bismarck skateboard shop have been charged with selling illegal synthetic drugs.
The Bismarck Tribune (http://bit.ly/WKMFZz ) reports that law enforcement officers began investigating substances being sold at Discontent in January, after seizing a package of synthetic marijuana from a man who claimed he had purchased it store.
A company spokesman referred all questions to the Vogel Law Firm. Attorney James Cailao confirmed that the law firm "is involved in the matter" but declined further comment.
The 10 people associated with Discontent are charged with offenses under the law prior to new rules enacted by the Board of Pharmacy earlier this month.
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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Chuck McConnell is a business guy; he's started them and grown them.
He says Eagle and Routt counties need someone in Colorado's state House of Representatives who knows business, and that's why he's running for the House District 26 seat.
"My background is business and that's what I get excited about," he said. "If those opportunities arise I'd like to help facilitate them. I'd help bring economic development to the area, but it has to fit and be supported by the residents."
Economic development works best when we take advantage of the opportunities right in front of us, he said. Some economic development is hindered by too little imagination and too much regulation, he said.
"We have opportunities right now if we can get past the overburdening regulations," he said.
Some regulations are necessary, he said. Some are just silly.
"There are 98 pages of regulations for childcare centers and not one word about the care and feeding of children," he said.
Members of the state House of Representatives can impact regulations, he said.
"Republican House members have agreed with the governor that businesses need to be regulated in a more sensible manner," McConnell said.
For example, an entrepreneur wanted to capture methane gas being thrown off by coal mining, and use it to generate electricity. Methane is more pernicious than carbon dioxide, and it's a renewable resource, McConnell said.
A bill allowing it passed the House but was killed in the Senate when a Front Range group opposed it for reasons that still remain unclear, McConnell said.
He spent most of his career in the oil and gas business, and ran refineries in Oklahoma, Alaska and Louisiana.
"At work I'd say, 'Did I earn when they paid me today?'" he said.
He brought the family to Colorado as often as possible, and when the opportunity came to move here, he grabbed it.
"Ten years ago I had the opportunity to decide where I wanted live the rest of my life," McConnell said.
They decided on Steamboat Springs.
His years of business experience across the country taught him that Central Colorado's ski counties are not in this alone, he said.
"There's nothing like a good economy nationwide to convince people to visit Vail, Avon and Steamboat and enjoy what we enjoy," McConnell said.
Engineer at heart
He has a bachelor's and master's in chemical engineering and McConnell's inner engineer never gets too far away.
He keeps a spreadsheet of the hundreds of events functions he's attended and thousands of people he has met. He moves from picnic to parade, table to table greeting people, introducing himself, remembering names. He meets someone and makes a note of it.
He has plenty of windshield time to work his system. His campaign spreadsheet has logged more than 8,000 miles.
"It's the engineer in me," he said.
His campaign ads have tended to take the high road - "I'm not a politician, but I play one on the radio," he jokes.
He favors fracking - hydraulic fracturing - to get at deep oil and gas in rock formations. It's controversial in some circles, but drilling and fracking are being done safely all over the state, and says Gov. John Hickenlooper has come out in favor of it.
"I'm a conservative and have been all my life," he said. "During the last presidential election my interest was piqued with the move toward more centralized economics."
Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or email@example.com.


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By now, "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley" is sort of like a cellar-dwelling baseball team slogging through the dog days of a long season.
You know there's no hope of winning the pennant. Your numbers suck. No one cares. And most of the fans have fled the ballpark. Still, you've got to play the schedule out. Only two game (episodes) left. Let's tough it out, shall we?
As tonight's hour unfolds, David shows up to see Sarah at the Four Seasons mainly, we suspect, because he's nosy and wants to know how last week's party at The Villa blew up. You, know: The party where a jealous Sarah told Ashley that Ben called her a "stalker" and tears flowed, and voices were raised, and Sarah was booted off the premises by Ben and Hermione.
The whole room was "toxic," Sarah explains to David. It was a "fight-or-flight" situation. She just told the truth and, apparently, "the truth hurts."
David's not quite buying it. Seems like she could have kept her big mouth shut, after all. And he explains to us that he's worried about his lovely little friend. Why? Because she brings drama wherever she goes and "drama is bad for business" here in the Valley.
But it turns out that Sarah has other, more serious things, on her mind. She's had lumps in her breasts in the past and recently discovered a new one. Her local doctor wants to remove it via surgery, but she wants to go to L.A. for a second opinion.
A look of deep concern (or is that total bafflement?) envelopes David's face. He tells her that this is her priority and to push aside everything that happened at the party.
Then they hug it out.
Meanwhile, Kim, who seems to like this whole not-having-a-job thing because she can work from bed, is still gathering intel for her proposed fashion site. To do so, she gets out of bed and goes to see Zaw Thet, a prominent tech businessman who apparently knows a lot about these things.
Zaw wonders if Kim wants to build her site off Facebook. She doesn't know yet. Then he talks of vision and mission statements and tactics -- things, I'm sure, that lots of viewers are highly interested in. (Oh, wait, this is Bravo. Strike that).
Kim takes it all in and then concludes: "I need to home in on what the (bleep) I'm doing." Good plan.
The place to do that, she figures, is New York City, the American mecca for all things fashion and a good place to build business relationships. She calls Dwight to tell him she's headed back East and -- surprise -- he wants to tag along for fun.
While they're doing that, Sarah flies to SoCal with her sister Rebekah, who asks if Sarah is nervous. Right about then, you figure that the 15 people still watching this show are shouting "No duh!" at their TV screens.
At a Beverly Hills clinic, Sarah is seen by a doctor who says Sarah has not one lump, but two lumps. Oh, hell!
But wait. The doc says she's OK. They're benign.
Sarah breathes a huge sigh of relief. Whew! Now, it's time to go shopping.
"Let's go get some clothes," she says to her sister.
In New York, Dwight meets up with a nerdy engineer pal named Mike, who has started a dating website called Grouper. Dwight is surprised to see that Mike has three females working with him, so it's not a total "sausage fest."
Meanwhile, Kim has gone to visit Quincy Apparel, a brand new fashion start-up that is modernizing women's business wear. There, she meets the two founders, who speak of how difficult it was to pitch their female fashion endeavor to 55-year-old male investors (Kim can relate).
Then they ask Kim a key question:
"Why are you doing a fashion start-up in California and not here?"
Well because it's where Kim's contacts are and because Facebook is just around the corner.
But Facebook is building a New York office, they reply, and a look comes over Kim's mug that seems to read, "Hmmmm. I never really thought about that."
While Kim is conducting business, Dwight is getting social. His buddy has hooked him up with three wing men and they're off to meet a trio of beautiful women for drinks. Dwight is leery of this whole blind-dating thing. One of the women could be a serial killer, he figures. But then again, that could be "fun and exciting." Clearly, Dwight has a strange idea of what constitutes "fun and exciting."
Dwight, by the way, constantly comes across, as confident and sociable, but it's a front. This Cal grad who spends countless hours holed up in his apartment doing coding, is actually "very nervous around people." So he compensates by drinking like a fish. And by the time Kim shows up to meet him and the New Yorkers, the words coming out of Dwight's mouth sound something like this:
"Brrrrrafffffffgh ... glunooooonnnkk .... fuzzmungerous."
While Dwight is busy creating his own new language, Kim introduces herself to the group and a hunky guy named Josh seems to take an immediate liking to her. He asks her several questions about her proposed start-up (he recently sold one of his own) and there seems to be some positive energy flowing between them.
Unfortunately, the segment ends right there, so we can only assume that the night wound up producing no hookups, or major drama. When Kim meets Dwight the next morning, she's happy to see that he's still among the living. But she also senses that he's a little jealous of that Josh guy.
"When I start dating, it might be difficult for Dwight," Kim explains. "He's so used to having me to himself."
Meanwhile, back in the Bay Area, there's some tension on two fronts. One one, Ben and Hermione are about to meet with the people at Lunar who are building their fitness-app prototype -- the same people they still owe $150,000. On the other, David has to meet with the folks at Appcellerator on the progress of his app, with his launch party just days away.
Things go OK with Ben and Hermione. The Ignite prototype is coming along and seems to be working, although Hermy wishes it was more attractive.
"I kind of feel like I've given birth to an ugly baby," she says, before proceeding to step on her ugly baby and even jump on it repeatedly to see if it holds up. Thankfully, it does.
Things aren't so blissful with David. During his meeting at Appcellerator, Jeff, the CEO, expresses some grave concerns. He's doesn't like the color (mainly blue) David has chosen for the app and he's really worried that David isn't far enough along on the "back end" of the project.
"You've gotta hustle," he tells David, who is in this predicament, despite working his tail off on the app. David flashes a weak smile and agrees that he's got to put the pedal to the metal.
As dramatic music swells in the background, he tells us, "If this launch party doesn't go well, I'm (bleeped)."
Yes, the stakes are certainly high, and the pressure is on. But we'd probably be a lot more invested in David's fate if this show had ever coaxed us into caring one iota about him.


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A woman state police had suspected in a Saturday reported purse-snatching at Kinsley's Shop Rite in Gilbert is no longer a suspect.
Staff at the Kresgeville Post Office confirmed today that the woman had found a wallet left in a shopping cart and brought the wallet to the post office Saturday to be mailed back to the owner.
The woman went to police after a surveillance camera photo of her was published in the media and told police she had taken the wallet to the post office to have it mailed back.
Location, ST | website.com


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February was warmer along the coast, where it has been drier than normal since January. The snowpack is at or just below average around Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, but well below average (by 50-85 percent)
farther to the north.
If the weather persists, coastal farmers may start their spring planting early. While water levels remain good at the moment, the low-to-average snowpack means summer flows will likely be low in some areas. However, spring habitat conditions are still projected to be good. Large flocks of wintering waterfowl — including snow geese, American wigeons, trumpeter swans, mallards, pintails and many others — can still be found around the Fraser RiverDelta and East Coast of Vancouver Island.
The past two months have been very dry through most of the Interior. While this leaves snow levels below average in the northern Interior, snowpacks are still close to average in the south and southeast. In the southern Interior, the weather has been relatively mild, with lots of recent melting.
In the Peace region, precipitation has been about normal when considered over the entire winter. However, most of the snow fell between October and December, and there has been very little snow since then. Furthermore, the January and February weather was mild and windy, leading to melting and sublimation of ground snow. In many areas, there is less than a foot of crusty snow heading into spring. The prognosis for spring runoff is fair at best.
Throughout the region, habitat conditions remain in good condition, and have changed very little since January. Snow accumulation remains at or above average in most places, which should bode well for waterfowl as they start to
arrive on their boreal breeding grounds in late April.
January and February temperatures were average, and snow accumulations have been variable. This is not of concern, however, since water levels were high going into winter. Wetland conditions should be in great shape for migrating and breeding waterfowl.
Northwest Territories
The unseasonably cold weather that hit in November continued in the interior part of the territory until recently. High temperatures have hovered around -30 C over the last two months, although the area around the Mackenzie River Delta experienced normal temperatures. Snow accumulations have been below average. Therefore, although wetland conditions are currently considered average to good, they could be below average when waterfowl return unless substantial snow or rain is received in the next couple of months.
Boreal British Columbia
Since January, northeastern areas have experienced above-normal temperatures and below-average snowfall amounts. More moisture is needed to alleviate the drier-than-average conditions that persisted in 2012.
Boreal Alberta
Temperatures have been near normal since January. After receiving an abundant snowfall in November and December, snow accumulation has also been near average. There is currently about 30 cm of snow on the ground throughout nortern Alberta. Habitat conditions remain good across region, and should remain that way headed into spring.
Boreal Saskatchewan
Habitats remain in good condition thanks to above-average snowfall this winter. In fact, thin ice is reported on many lakes and rivers due to the early heavy snowfall. Wetland habitat should be good to very good going into the spring breeding season.
Boreal Manitoba
January and February temperatures were near normal, and above-normal moisture (by 27 percent) has maintained good to very good habitat conditions. Pre-freeze-up moisture also resulted in a good frost seal, so current wetland conditions should be maintained into the spring.
After the widespread snowfall and cold temperatures of early winter, conditions have moderated, particularly in the south. Precipitation totals for the winter (1 November 2012 - present) have been average to above average north of the Trans Canada Highway, including in the northern Prairie, Aspen Parkland, Boreal Transition Zone (BTZ) and Peace Parkland. In the southern Prairie, winter precipitation is average to below average. Temperatures have been above normal since January.
The first weekend of March, areas south and east of Red Deer were affected by a storm that increased snow cover in the southern Aspen Parkland and the Prairie. Prior to the storm, there was 0-5 cm of snow cover in the southern Prairie from TransCanada Highway to the US border and from Calgary east to the Cypress Hills.
Chinook conditions removed the majority of the early-winter snow cover. Last week, there were actually grass fires in some areas. Now, there is 5-15 cm of snow cover; however, with temperatures forecast to be 10-15 C by the end of this week, the snow will not last long. The southern mountain snowpack is average, and the water supply outlook for the southern rivers, which support the southern irrigation districts, is average.
There is approximately 30-45 cm of snow on the ground in the central and eastern Aspen Parkland, as well as in the northern Prairie and BTZ. In the Peace Parkland, the south has 10-15 cm of snow and the north has 30-40 cm on the ground. Greater amounts of snow are encountered in all areas where snow has drifted into roadside ditches, wetlands and bush areas.
Models from Alberta Agriculture indicate average to below-average soil moisture levels across the province. Thisis indicative of a generally dry fall season after a wet summer. At this point, runoff prospects for the southern Prairie are poor, with the exception of the Cypress Hills area where runoff prospects are fair to good. The recent storm is not anticipated to significantly change spring runoff potential in the southern Prairie. Runoff will likely be fair to good in the northern Prairie, as well as in the southern and western Aspen Parkland. In some areas of the eastern Parkland and northeast Prairie, along the Saskatchewan border, runoff prospects are very good. Good to very good runoff is anticipated in the northern Aspen Parkland and BTZ.
With the exception of the southern Prairie, runoff prospects are average to above average in the agricultural zone of Alberta. While the recent storm is not anticipated to significantly change spring runoff potential in the southern Prairie, going forward spring snow storms in often dramatically improve runoff conditions in southern Alberta. Some paired Canada geese have been observed in the southern Prairie. Typically Canada geese start to move into the Aspen Parkland the first week of March.
Virtually all agricultural areas have received above-average winter snowfall — over 200 per cent of normal in some places. Most areas are reporting 1.5-2 ft of snow in stubble fields, as well as sizable snow drifts in fence lines, shelterbelts and wetlands due to windy conditions.
Southwestern areas received above-average temperatures, and much of the snow had melted until a recent storm dropped 10-20 cm across the region. Central and northern areas of the province are still very muchlocked in the grip of winter. The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency is predicting above-normal to well-abovenormal spring runoff for nearly all of southern and central Saskatchewan.
Although wetland conditions had dried significantly in some areas last fall, the above-average snowfall should more than make up for it, providing very good to excellent pond numbers for returning breeding waterfowl.
Given the current snowpack, wetland conditions are expected to improve this spring. At the time of this report, a major winter storm is adding to that snowpack across southwest areas.
The Killarney Pothole Region, as wellas the majority of the Virden Landscape, have received average to slightly-above average precipitation this winter. The Minnedosa/Shoal Lake Pothole Region has received above-average snowfall, with an increase in accumulations in the northwest corner of this range.
The northern reaches of the Virden Landscape are also reporting above-average accumulations. Temperatures haven't varied far from normal, and forecasts indicate that spring won't arrive early, which should bode well for a quicker late-March runoff to further benefit wetlands. A good snowpack persists throughout the southwest Parkland, and fields remain 100 per cent covered. One slight offset to the favorable snowpack stems from the the less-than- favourable fall soil moisture conditions. This could limit the duration of ephemeral and temporary basins, depending on climatic variables over the next month. A late, quick melt and additional spring precipitation will help secure good spring conditions. Seasonal and semi-permanent basins are experiencing a great snow catch, which will provide good habitat for arriving pairs.
The winter months have been highly variable in terms of precipitation and temperature. One week would bring a winter thaw; the next, a cold spell. Minimum daily temperatures were -45 C or lower in northern Ontario.
Meanwhile, southern Ontario had maximum temperatures above 15 C, and new record highs were set January 11-13, and again on January 29 and 30.
Winter precipitation can be summed up as below-average snowpack conditions coupled with above-average rainfall events. Large rainfall totals were observed across southwest and central areas. In fact, for a number of locations throughout south central Ontario, this was the second-wettest January on record. Snowfall amounts for locations in the typical snowbelts off Georgian Bay were well below average in January and below average in February.
Habitat conditions are rated as fair in south central and southwest areas due to poor frost seal and moderate snowpack conditions. Northern Ontario has variable snowpack conditions but wetland levels appear to be good.
Inland wetlands are still covered in ice and snow, while some Great Lakes coastal zones have a combination of shallow ice cover or open water.
Of greatest concern, water levels are very low throughout the Great Lakes. Levels on lakes Huron and Michigan are the lowest they've been since record keeping began in 1918. The lakes are about 1 meter below their long-term average, which is drying out emergent coastal wetlands and revealing extended mudflats. Lakes Superior, Erie and Ontario are not as low but are still well below average for this time of year. The chief cause of these water level declines is a combination of reduced precipitation throughout their watersheds, as well as increased evaporation due to higher ambient temperatures over the last two decades. The short-term result could be poor migratory habitat for waterfowl using the Great Lakes for resting and feeding during their migration northward.
Due to relatively poor ice development throughout the nearshore areas of the Great Lakes, more waterfowl than normal overwintered in the area.
Monthly mean temperatures were 1-4 C above normal in January, and the Eastern Townships and Abitibi region were particularly mild. In February, mean temperatures were 2 C below the norm, except in eastern areas, where temperatures were normal.
January precipitation was 20 percent below the norm. February followed the same pattern, with approximately 30-60 percent less precipitation than normal.
Mild temperatures have somewhat reduced the snowpack, with approximately 75 per cent less snow than average. Only in the Ottawa River Valley region is the snowpack close to normal.The mean St. Lawrence water level, as measured at Sorel station, has been 40 per cent lower than normal since September. With the February temeratures, the frost seal is good on the St. Lawrence channel. The outlook for spring runoff is fair, but this situation could change quickly. Habitat conditions are fair in all regions except in
the west, where they are good.
It has been a typical winter, with average snowfall reported in all provinces.Below-normal spring precipitation is predicted for Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and southern New Brunswick, while Newfoundland and Labrador will likely get normal to above-normal amounts. Temperatures have started to climb lately, with some above-freezing daytime amounts. Environment Canada is predicting above-average spring temperatures for all of Atlantic Canada, which could mean an early spring.
Reports of waterfowl are increasing as spring approaches. Larger groups of American black ducks and mallards are being observed as estuaries begin to open and fields become exposed. Flocks of Canada geese have been reported in the Maritimes throughout the winter.
The winter snowfall should provide typical spring melt-water volumes, yet spring precipitation is predicted to be variable across Atlantic Canada. Even with these potential variations, DUC's impoundments will operate at spring water levels. Based on current conditions, habitat conditions are good throughout Atlantic Canada.
View this report as a PDF at http://www.ducks.ca/learn-about-wetlands/habitat-reports/


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OG&E has reported 1,261 customers without power early Monday morning. Within an hour, customers were reporting power had been recovered.
OG&E Spokesperson Karen Kurtz said the outage was due to a circuit locking up. There is a two-hour window in which power is expected to be full restored in Ardmore.
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Two House Democrats Plan to Retire
Two House Democrats – Reps. Mike McIntyre of North Carolina and Carolyn McCarthy of New York — announced they won't run for re-election in November.
The retirements of Rep. McIntyre, 57 years old and in his ninth term, opens up a North Carolina seat that will be vulnerable to Republicans. Ms. McCarthy's seat is expected to remain in the Democratic column.
In a statement Wednesday, Mr. McIntyre said that his partnership with North Carolinians has "transcended politics and allowed us to accomplish monumental tasks." He added that he and his family are ready for a "new chapter and excited about new opportunities to continue helping North Carolina."
Ms. McCarthy, 70, is also in her ninth term in Congress, and has been on a leave of absence since June while being treated for lung cancer. Ms. McCarthy, well-known as a gun-control advocate, ran for Congress after her husband was killed in a shooting on the Long Island Railroad 20 years ago.
In a written statement, Rep. McCarthy said she looked "forward to resuming my role as a citizen activist for the causes and principles that are so close to my heart."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said in a written statement that "Few have worked harder than Congresswoman McCarthy to reduce the tragedy of gun violence in America, and her unwavering dedication to sparing other families the grief that touched her own never ceases to inspire."
Following Mr. McIntyre's announcement, the Cook Political Report, which ranks how Democratic or Republican districts lean, moved the district, which is in the state's southeast corner, to "leaning Republican" from "leaning Democrat." The district's Partisan Voting Index rating—which ranks how strongly a district leans toward a party compared to the rest of the nation—is a +12 for Republicans.
Mr. McIntyre was re-elected by a slim margin—700 votes—and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won the district handily in 2012, with 59% of the vote.
Ms. McCarthy's district on Long Island is a Democratic stronghold. President Barack Obama won the district by 13 percentage points in the last election.
The news of the legislators' retirements brings the number of retiring House members to 12, nine of whom are Republicans. Three House members have resigned—all Republicans—and 11 are planning to run for Senate in November, eight of whom are Republicans.
Here is the list of House members who have announced their plans to retire:
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R., Ala.)
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.)
Rep. John Campbell (R., Calif.)
Rep. Howard Coble (R., N.C.)
Rep. Jim Gerlach (R., Pa.)
Rep. Tim Griffin (R., Ark.)
Rep. Tom Latham (R., Iowa)
Rep. Jim Matheson (D., Utah)
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D., N.Y.)
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D., N.C.)
Rep. Jon Runyan (R., N.J.)
Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R., Va.)
2014 Outlook: On Wednesday, National Politics Editor Aaron Zitner and political reporters Neil King Jr. and Patrick O'Connor laid out the 2014 political landscape and took viewers' questions. Watch below, or click here.


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PHOTOS: Rihanna covers up and shows off in Abu Dhabi
Posted October 21st, 2013 @ 9:47am by Kelley L. Carter | CocoaFab
Listen to Rihanna on iHeartRadio
Say what?!
Rihanna is all covered up! The pop princess is in the midst of her world tour in the Middle East, and she posed for photographers in front of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Saturday after she hit the Middle Eastern city.
Rih-Rih tweeted out pics of herself working a black jumpsuit and head scarf — a departure from her barely-there clothing and right along with the Abu Dhabi's dress requirements for women.


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if you like to try out the numerous patches for PMS floating around in this forum and the issue tracker, but don't know or don't want to set up a Java development system, then this script might be just right for you.
To use it download the file and unzip it somewhere. Then drop any patch files to the 'pms.patches' folder and any additional files into 'pms.additions'. Finally start 'build.bat' from the command line and watch how the skript will
- download the complete PMS source code form the SVN repository,
- apply all patches in the 'pms.patches' folder (patch files need a '.patch' file extension),
- integrate any file in the 'pms.additions' folder to the source folder,
- build PMS and generate the distribution packages (to be found in 'dist')
Please note: I have only tested the build script on a WindowsXP system. It should work with Linux, but I haven't tested it yet. It probably won't work on 64bit Windows systems, but I could fix that if required. Download link remains the same.
You need a real 'Java Development Kit' (JDK) for the script to work. A 'Java Runtime Environment' (JRE) is not sufficient. You can download the JDK here.
As a little bonus my build script comes with a few patches. My logging patch (Issue 829), a patch to fix a ClassCastException in headless mode (Issue 808) and the bugfixes by 'tsp' from this thread. Note that I haven't tested any of the fixes by 'tsp', I just tweaked them enough to get them to apply and compile.
Feedback on this script is welcome, but please don't bug me about any patches not working. Use at your own risk!
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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
October 29, 2008
Interior Department to Open 190 Million Acres to Geothermal Power
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced last week that it plans to make more than 190 million acres of federal land in 12 western states available for geothermal energy development. DOI's Final Geothermal Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) identifies 118 million acres of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 79 million acres of National Forest System lands that could be opened to future geothermal leasing, potentially leading to 5,540 megawatts (MW) of new geothermal power capacity by 2015. The PEIS excludes wilderness areas, wilderness study areas, and national parks. It will amend 122 BLM land use plans to allow for geothermal development, while allowing the Forest Service the discretion of evaluating geothermal leasing and considering whether to amend its land use plans. The document also includes site-specific environmental analyses for 19 pending geothermal lease applications for seven sites in Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The plan will take effect via a Record of Decision, which will not be issued until the governors of the 12 states—Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming—are able to review the document and resolve any conflicts with state plans, programs, or policies. See the DOI press release and the full Final Geothermal PEIS.
The Interior Department's estimates of potential geothermal power production may actually be low, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In late September, the USGS released its first assessment of geothermal resources in more than 30 years. The study found that identified geothermal resources in the West could produce 9,057 MW of power, while another 30,033 MW of power could be generated from conventional geothermal resources that have not yet been discovered. The use of Enhanced Geothermal Systems, which involves creating or expanding a geothermal resource through the high-pressure injection of a fluid, opens another 517,800 MW to potential development. For comparison, the U.S. currently has an installed geothermal power capacity of about 2,500 MW. One example of a company willing to explore new resources is Ormat Technologies, Inc., which has secured 15 of the 16 tracts offered for lease on Mount Spurr, Alaska, an active volcanic region about 75 miles west of Anchorage. Ormat is also working with DOE on a project to produce geothermal power using hot water from a producing oil well. Ormat recently validated the feasibility of the technology at the Rocky Mountain Oil Test Center near Casper, Wyoming. See the USGS press release and report and the Ormat press releases on Mount Spurr and the power production at an oil field.
In recent weeks, geothermal power development in Utah has hit several milestones. Raser Technologies, Inc. announced last week that it has completed major construction of its Thermo geothermal plant, the first commercial geothermal power plant built in Utah in more than two decades. The 10-megawatt facility combined 50 modular, low-temperature PureCycle power units from UTC Power, allowing power plant construction in just a few months. Utah is also slated to host a new 100-megawatt geothermal power plant, to be located on lands owned by the Northwest Band of the Shoshone Nation. LotusWorks, an Irish company, will work with Meridian Clean Fuels and the tribal-owned Shoshone Renaissance, LLC to develop the plant. Drilling has begun for the first 32-megawatt phase of the project, which is scheduled for completion in mid-2010, followed in successive years by the second and third phases of the project. The Shoshone Renaissance plant will likely be the first geothermal power project located on tribal lands in the United States. Power from the first two phases will be sold to Riverside Public Utilities in Riverside, California. See the press releases from Raser, LotusWorks (PDF 36 KB), and Riverside Public Utilities. Download Adobe Reader.


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Silver Alert for missing teen canceled
Teen may be headed for Rosman
Published: Monday, November 18, 2013 at 5:22 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 18, 2013 at 5:22 p.m.
The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has canceled the Silver Alert for Cody Ryan Gillespie at the request of the Brevard Police Department, according to a news release issued at 8 p.m. Monday.
For more information, call Officer Rick Harbin at the Brevard Police Department at 828-883-2212.
The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for a missing endangered man who might be headed for Rosman.
Cody Ryan Gillespie, 17, was last seen at Brevard High on Country Club Road in Brevard. He was last seen wearing camouflage pants, boots, a dark gray jacket and red hoodie. Gillespie has medium-length brown hair and blue eyes and weighs 190 pounds and stands 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Citizens are asked to be on the lookout for Gillespie, who is believed to be suffering from a cognitive impairment.
Anyone with information about Gillespie should call Officer Rick Harbin at the Brevard Police Department at 828-883-2212.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team saw a familiar performance from starter Daniel Minor while the offense added early runs to help the Islanders to a 4-0 lead over Southeastern Louisiana on Sunday.
The Islanders evened their record to 10-10 overall and 3-3 in league play. The Lions moved to 15-6 on the year, 3-3 in conference games.
The Islanders avoided the sweep as Minor pitched another gem, striking out 10 Lion batters to extend his scoreless streak to 19.1 innings. He went 8.1 innings, just missing his second straight complete-game shutout when he left the game to a standing ovation from the home crowd. He allowed just six hits and had one walk and he lowered his ERA to 0.99 for the season.
Minor improved to 4-1 this year for the Islanders while Lions starter Josh Janway was tagged with the loss to move to 2-1 on the season.
The Islanders offense that struggled on Saturday was nowhere to be found, as the home team pounded out 10 hits and four runs to salvage the final game. Three players came up with two hits apiece, as Drew Vest, Eric Weiss and Jordan Lee each singled twice. Santiago Ruiz drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly and a ground out. Jeramie Marek had the only other RBI, while Brad Porras came up with the only extra-base hit for the Islanders.
Porras doubled in the third inning to lead things off, while Lee followed with a single to third base that put runners on the corners. That brought Santiago Ruiz to the plate, and saw him hit a long fly ball to center that brought home Porras and made it a 1-0 game.
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi added another run in the third inning, as Vest started things off with a single to right. Weiss followed with a hit of his own to put runners on the corners once again. Stafford Brantley batted next, grounding into a double play, but allowing Vest to score to make it 2-0.
The Islanders finished the scoring in the very next inning, plating two runs on three hits to make it a 4-0 game.
Porras once again started the inning, this time by drawing a walk, and moving to second on a balk by Janway. Lee once again followed with a single, this time to center, that put runners on the corners. Ruiz came through with another RBI, this time on a groundout, to score Porras and advance Lee to second base. After a Dan Sciantarelli fly out advanced Lee to third, Jeramie Marek got an RBI single to the shortstop to make it a 4-0 score.
Minor did not allow a runner to reach second base until there were two outs in the sixth inning. It was also the first time the Lions had two hits in the same inning, getting numbers three and four before Weiss made a nice running catch at the foul line in left field to end the inning.
In the seventh, Minor hit his only batter of the day, as the Lions catcher appeared to intentionally stick his elbow into the path of the ball to reach base. He came back with a vengeance after that, striking out the next two batters swinging to finish off the inning with the 4-0 score intact.
Minor started the ninth and got the first out, but was relieved after walking the second batter of the inning. That brought on the standing ovation as the righty has given the home crowd 17.1 straight innings, nearly two complete games, without giving up a run, and ran his total streak to 19.1 after Sunday. Phillip Garcia came on to get the final two batters to seal the victory for his team.
Next up for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi will be a Tuesday doubleheader in Edinburg against Texas – Pan American. The Islanders and the Broncs will play a 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. game on the UTPA campus.
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell TV adaptation DEC 03 2012
The BBC is making a 6-part miniseries out of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
For those unfamiliar with the book, it's a sweeping fantasy novel set during the Napoleonic Wars where two magicians have emerged in Britain. As well as telling the story of their rivalry, it also details an amazing alternate history where the North of England was the dominion of a magical overlord known as the Raven King, and pulls in many notable historical characters.
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Forty-five seconds over Wall Street for this Thursday p.m., Feb. 21, 2013. The Dow suffered its biggest back-to-back decline of the year as a couple of sour economic readings Thursday morning set a downbeat tone.
Gold snapped a five-day losing streak, David Einhorn detailed his plan for Apple to dish more cash to shareholders and Hewlett-Packard and AIG shares rose in after-hours trading following their respective earnings report.
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Otolaryngology is a specialty devoted to the evaluation and treatment of ear, nose and throat (ENT) disorders as well as head and neck, hearing and communication problems. We understand how ENT conditions can affect hearing, learning, speech and sleep and impact development. Our teams provide care that takes your whole child, not just the condition, into account.
ENT conditions in children can range from recurring ear infections and enlarged tonsils, to sinus diseases or a complex craniofacial anomaly (irregular or abnormal growth of head and facial bones). Nemours ear, nose and throat doctors, called otolaryngologists, are board-certified ENT surgeons who are highly trained in the latest minimally invasive and endoscopic surgery techniques.
The most common procedures our surgeons perform include:
- tonsillectomy (removal of the tonsils)
- adenoidectomy (removal of the adenoidal tissue)
- myringotomy with tube placement (removal of fluid from the middle ear and insertion of ear tubes)
Nemours surgeons are also skilled in advanced reconstructive techniques and often work with other specialists to try to combine one or more surgeries during a single hospitalization, which helps reduce the number of times your child needs to receive anesthesia.
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- Insurance We Accept: See accepted insurance, listed by location.
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When you bring your child to the Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, you can expect top-level care from our highly skilled and experienced Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) teams. In fact, our physicians have been named among the "Best Doctors in America®."
Our ENT physicians work closely with a team of specially-trained pediatric anesthesiologists and audiologists to offer medical and surgical treatments to children with special problems of the ears, nose, throat, mouth, and sinuses. Common problems include infections in the ear, nose, sinus, and throat; hearing loss; airway problems; foreign body aspiration; and head and neck masses.
Partnering With You to Help Your Child
We want you to know that you are an important part of your child's care team and we encourage your active involvement in the decision-making process. Our commitment to family-centered care is also reflected in the attention you and your child will receive from our warm and welcoming staff, and in our efforts to make sure that you have an appointment within 5 days whenever possible.
Making Your Appointment More Convenient
If your child is being seen for ENT issues related to speech, hearing, or ear discharge, we will work to set up an Audiology appointment on the same day as your ENT appointment. This collaboration helps us provide the optimum care for your child and convenience for you, since our specialists are all under one roof.
Expert General and Specialized ENT Care
Nemours otolaryngologists are board certified and specialize in pediatrics. This means that our doctors have expertise in treating a wide range of ENT conditions in children.
Our program is also unique in that each of our ENT specialists also concentrate on specific areas such as:
- cochlear implants
- ear anomalies
- vestibular and balance disorders
- voice evaluations and treatment
- drooling and aspiration
- Skeletal Dysplasia
- preventions and treatment of aspiration and ingestion of small objects
- head and neck tumors
- tonsil and adenoid disease, otitis media, and breathing and hearing disorders
- swallowing problems
- sinus disease
- airway disorders
Pioneering New Techniques for Treating Tonsil Problems
Every year Nemours ENT surgeons remove thousands of swollen tonsils from children because of chronic tonsillitis (infected tonsils). However, apnea (pauses
in breathing during sleep often caused by enlarged tonsils blocking a child's airway) has become the most common reason for removing children's tonsils (tonsillectomy).
Nemours ENT surgeons use a new technique called intracapsular tonsillectomy to remove enlarged tonsils. This method involves removing most tonsil tissue while leaving a thin patch of tonsil to protect the underlying muscles. In some studies, this has been shown to result in less postoperative pain and a quicker return to a normal diet. The traditional tonsillectomy procedure is associated with a 2% to 5% post-operative bleeding rate, while the intracapsular method has brought that rate down to approximately 0.6%. Our doctors have treated close to 7,000 children with the intracapsular tonsillectomy technique.
Learn More About Our Low Bleeding Rate After Tonsillectomies »
In addition to tonsillectomies, our surgeons also perform:
- adenoidectomy (removal of the adenoidal tissue)
- myringotomy with tube placement (removal of fluid from the middle ear and insertion of ear tubes)
Our ENT surgeons perform thousands of surgeries a year and our teams approach every procedure with the utmost care and attention to detail, choosing the least invasive procedures to help speed recovery and enhance the well-being of your child.
Providing Specialized ENT Programs for Children
A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted device for children with severe to profound hearing impairment who receive reduced benefit from hearing aids. We offer the devices, the surgery, and a comprehensive auditory rehabilitation program. Our Cochlear Implant and Auditory Rehabilitation Program provides ongoing therapy and long term support to patients and families, both before and after cochlear implant surgery.
Our Pediatric Vestibular team offers advanced testing and treatment for balance problems (dizziness, falling or the sensation of falling, disorientation, or nausea) as part of our Vestibular and Balance Disorders Program. Our state-of-the-art and child-friendly equipment helps pinpoint both the cause and the most effective treatment for balance problems in children.
Nemours offers a Pediatric Voice Program specifically designed for children whose voice quality is affected by medical or behavioral problems. The most common symptom we see is chronic hoarseness, typically the result of calluses (called nodules) on the vocal cords. Our clinic team is comprised of members from ENT, Speech, Gastroenterology, and Pulmonlogy and offers special diagnostic testing that can assess voice box and vocal cord function and determine the cause of your child's voice problem.
Working as a Team to Care For Your Child
Whether your child's ENT problem is straightforward (such as a chronic ear infection) or much more complicated (such as deafness), we practice medicine in a way that brings together skills and talent from different areas of expertise.
Members from different specialties collaborate to create solutions to treat and meet your child's needs.
Health professionals who may be involved include:
- surgeons from other areas, such as oral or plastic surgery
- audiologists
- speech and language pathologists
- behavioral health experts
- deaf educators
- neurologists (doctors who treat problems of the nervous system)
- physician assistants
- pediatric fellow and residents
We also strive to make things as easy and convenient as possible for you and your child. For example, because our doctors and therapists are all under one roof, your child can often have multiple appointments scheduled in one day.
Our doctors and teams provide advanced ENT care that takes your whole child, and not just the condition, into account.
We address conditions and areas that include:
- tonsil enlargement/infection
- sinus/nasal diseases
- auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder
- adenoidal enlargement or disease
- balance (vestibular) and dizziness disorders
- voice disorders
- airway problems and diseases
- drooling and aspiration
- ear drum abnormalities
- ear anomalies
- foreign bodies of the ears or nose
- foreign body aspiration (inhaling food or objects into the airway or lungs)
- growths and tumors of the head and neck, including thyroid tumors
- hearing loss
We also work together to address ENT-related concerns associated with other conditions, such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, cleft lip and palate, and skeletal dysplasia.
If your child needs surgery to correct tonsil or adenoid disease we're pleased to offer access to an online educational program about the procedure.
Created by Emmi® in conjunction with KidsHealth.org, the easy-to-use EmmiKids animated program will help you better understand the details of
the surgical process and what to expect at every step. Your doctor will give you a special code that will allow you to access your EmmiKids video from any computer.
What to Expect With Pediatric Surgery
If your child needs surgery, you can trust our pediatric surgical team at Nemours. Our pediatric surgical specialists (surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses) understand what kids need, psychologically and physically. Our guidebook provides step-by-step instructions and information about what to expect before, during and right after surgery at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
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Take your child on a pediatric surgery video tour with Sheridan on her surgery day. This fun, kid-friendly video shows children and teens what to expect, step-by-step, if they need an operation at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.


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MORGANTOWN - Shaq Rowell still remembers the sting of defeat he felt after West Virginia fell to Texas Tech, 49-14, last year in Lubbock.
The defensive tackle was on the field when Red Raider fans stormed it to celebrate their team's upset victory.
"We almost had to fight a few of their fans (to get back to the locker room)," Rowell recalled. "The cop said if you don't feel safe, swing. I'm being honest. He said if someone comes up to you, swing. It was one of the Texas cops. But, hey, they beat us. We were ranked No. 5 in the country. We had Geno (Smith), Tavon (Austin) and all those guys. They enjoyed their victory. It was what it was."
If he had any problems remembering, coach Dana Holgorsen has been showing the team the celebration video all week long on repeat.
The story seems to be reversed this year, though, as now it's Texas Tech who comes into Morgantown highly ranked for the Mountaineers' homecoming.
"We will definitely be playing with a chip on our shoulders after last season," offensive lineman Pat Eger said. "We need to worry about playing West Virginia football. At the end of the day, if we go out there and play for four quarters with great effort, great energy and Mountaineer football, we have a great opportunity to win."
The Mountaineers will also need a solid effort by their defense after it gave up 73 points and a conference-record 864 yards to Baylor.
According to cornerback Ishmael Banks, however, a lot of those yards weren't because of the Bears' prolific offense, but due to mistakes made by the Mountaineers' defense.
"It was kinda interesting because when it was going on, it was just going on," the redshirt junior said. "Everything was falling apart around us, but when coach sat us down as a defense and showed us what went wrong and what we did wrong in certain situations, all of it could have been prevented. It's actually a good thing. In the past few games, we've been getting away with the little things. But coach told us all these little things are going to catch up to us and they finally did. We would have shutout Oklahoma State after all the little mistakes we made. Even though we made some plays, we still made a couple mistakes.
"I think we let our highs get us too high (after the Oklahoma State victory). We kinda went away from the little things. And when you get away from the little things, good teams will hurt you."
Banks also admitted after Baylor began to pile up yardage against the defense, the unit began to panic.
"The defense has got to come together," he said. "We kept telling ourselves to stay calm, but we never really linked up and got back together and calmed ourselves down. We actually let it get to us and it showed."
It's no secret quarterback Clint Trickett has been having problems with his communication between himself and Holgorsen.
To Trickett's credit, though, all the signs and signals Holgorsen is throwing at him were a foreign language just a few months ago after he transferred to WVU from Florida State.
"If I don't get the full signal, sometimes I can piece it all together," Trickett said. "I know what we repped in practice so he probably wants this. Then if I have no idea what he's talking about I'll go out there and make up something that will put us in the best position."
While Trickett may be doing the best he can to call the play in the huddle, wide receiver Kevin White can tell when his quarterback doesn't get the whole play down.
"He'll stutter and move his hands a lot and that's how I know," White said with a smile. "We always get it together, try to be on the same page. It's just funny cause before the play, I know that he didn't get the signal or something went wrong."
Trickett may be able to avoid that situation this week, if he gets the starting nod, after spending last week healing his shoulder and simplifying the offense.
"The communication with Clint has gotten a lot better," offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson said. "We have done some things on our end to clear some questions up, so it has gotten better. We have also switched a few things around, which has really helped."
The Return of Kwiatkoski
After missing the past two games with a hamstring injury, linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski will return Saturday against Texas Tech.
Kwiatkoski injured his hamstring during a special teams play against Maryland.
"It was on a punt," he recalled. "Went on it wrong, tried to keep going and just heard a pop. I limped off to the sidelines and it tightened up immediately."
Since he's been back at practice, Kwiatkoski says he's finally getting back to normal.
"It's been good. I thought I would be a little sluggish, which I was a little bit. I think I'm getting back into it day-by-day. It's been good the first two days. The first hit, it was different. I was a little rusty."
White Noise
To the West Virginia's coach's delight, White is finally making noise and showing everyone what they have been seeing at practice.
"Coaches have been dying for me to let everyone see what I can do," the junior receiver said. "I just hadn't done it in a game. Baylor week I finally came out a little bit."
White finished the game with a career-high 130 yards receiving and two touchdowns against the Bears.
"I know I could do it, it just never came to me," he said. "When I did have chances, I'd drop it or something happen."


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Tournament visitors trying to beat winter
What began as a little eight-team tournament a decade ago with only San Diego County teams is now the largest girls basketball tourney in town during the regular season.
The SoCal Holiday Prep Classic has shed its first-year image and now boasts 53 teams playing in seven varsity divisions and one JV division in six gyms around the county.
"I never thought it would get this big," said Westview High coach and tournament director Frank Quinones, who started the event in 2003 while he was coaching at Steele Canyon. "We could probably top it out at 64 one day.
"I thought we'd do this tournament for a year or two and then that would be it. Now we've had more than 200 teams play in the tournament at least once and there are a number of teams who have played every year.
"It's been an amazing 10 years."
Apparently, the word keeps spreading. Quinones' little fundraising tournament keeps expanding and will include teams from six states and a couple of teams from Canada this year.
The reasons teams keep coming vary greatly.
Lauren Green, the coach at Jasper Place in Edmonton, Alberta, took her team to play in a tournament in Honolulu in 2010 and is bringing her team to the SoCal tournament for the first time.
Remembering her days as a player when her team took a road trip in December prompted her to adopt the same plan to travel at Christmas time every other year.
The one prerequisite is the tournament has to be in warm weather.
"I'm looking out my window and it's snowing and the temperature is minus-19, so you can see why we picked this tournament," Green said, laughing. "It had the three things we were looking for — warmth, the beach and Disneyland."
The Rebels plan to be in Southern California for a whole week with a number of shopping trips, beach outings and, of course, a visit to the Happiest Place on Earth.
Green, whose team flies in Wednesday and opens play Thursday against Gilbert (Ariz.) Campo Verde at Del Norte at 9:30 a.m., also plans to take her team to see a Clippers game at the Staples Center and a women's basketball game at UCLA.
"Picking San Diego was so easy because there is so much to do outside of basketball," Green said. "Once we're there, some of the girls might not want to come home.
"Four or five girls have been to California before, but I'm sure we have one or two who have never even been on a plane before.
"I doubt any of these girls have ever worn tank tops and shorts outside in December in their lives."
Matt Dale, the coach at Anaheim Canyon, is bringing his Comanches to the tournament for a different reason.
Team bonding is the No. 1 priority this week.
"We traveled for the first time two years ago when we played in the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix," Dale said. "The girls and the parents talked about that trip all year and about being together in the hotel, at team dinners, yoga classes at the hotel and desert hikes every morning.
"We got more out of the trip than we thought. It was worth every penny."
Canyon, which won its section championship in 2010, is traveling south for the third year in a row and Dale looked to stay in California, either in San Francisco or San Diego.
The field of teams swayed Dale toward the SoCal tournament.
"There are a lot of good teams and teams from out of our section," said Dale, whose team won the Tournament of Champions title in last year's SoCal tournament and opens play Wednesday against Mt. Carmel at 12:30 p.m. at Westview. "The basketball is great, but off the court is more important.
"We pair up girls who might never hang out together if they weren't on the same team together as roommates for four days. It breaks down a lot of barriers.
"These girls are smart enough to realize what this trip is all about."
That word has spread all over the country.


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MONTPELIER – The Vermont House of Representatives passed a resolution last week recognizing "the outstanding health care services provided by Gifford Medical Center in Randolph."
The resolution recognized Gifford for its more than 100 years of service to the Randolph area and for its recent achievements and accolades.
In December, Gifford was named a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital in the nation by The National Rural Health Association. The hospital's nursing home, the Menig Extended Care Facility, just last month was named one of the nation's top 39 nursing homes by U.S. News and World Report, which recognized nursing homes achieving a solid year of five-star ratings on all Medicare benchmarks.
Gifford's midwives were further recognized in 2011 as a "best practice" in the country by the American College of Nurse-Midwives for its positive results with vaginal births after cesareans and a "runner-up best practice" for having the fewest numbers of low birth weight infants and for its low use of vacuum or forceps.
The hospital's day care, The Robin's Nest Child Enrichment Center, earned the maximum five "STARS" from the state's STep Ahead Recognition System, a voluntary quality program that is part of the Vermont Department for Children and Families' Child Development Division. The program looks at compliance with state regulations, staff qualifications and training, daily activities with the children, improvement plans, and more.
Menig has also won many state awards for quality and national awards for resident satisfaction.
"Since before 2000, the Menig Extended Care Facility has allowed elderly Vermonters from the area to remain close to home, providing extremely qualified and compassionate patient care. My in-laws were able to use this facility in the last years of their life, making for an ideal connection for them and my family," shared Rep. Larry Townsend, D-Randolph. "Randolph and the surrounding towns are blessed to have not only Menig, but Gifford as one of the treasures in our communities."
Townsend initiated the Resolution and was among one of 12 legislators who brought forth the resolution, which was passed by the full House on March 13.
Gifford Administrator Joseph Woodin and Director of Development and Public Relations Ashley Lincoln were present to receive the resolution.
"We have appreciated some incredibly welcome, yet unsolicited awards over the last year or so," Woodin said. "This is another unexpected honor."
"We're fortunate to have the privilege of caring for the people of this region. We're humbled to be recognized for that work in such a public way."
The resolution also recognized the hospital's 12 consecutive years of meeting its state-approved budget and operating margin, and the recognition of all of Gifford's primary care practices as Patient-Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Finally, the resolution called Gifford "a hospital of choice for Central Vermonters seeking high-quality care and an employer of choice for some of the region's and even the nation's best health care professionals."
A special ceremony with Gov. Peter Shumlin; Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living Commissioner Dr. Susan Wehry; Vermont Health Care Association Executive Director Laura Pelosi and others is planned for April 6 from 3-4 p.m. at Menig to recognize the nursing home's most recent and largest-ever achievement – the top 39 national ranking. Menig was the only nursing home in Vermont to make the listing.


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1A member of an American Indian people of western South Dakota. Also called Teton Sioux (see Teton).
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- Between 1866 and 1891 these men participated in several notable campaigns against Kiowas, Comanches, Cheyennes, Apaches, and Lakotas.
- For the first time in four decades, save for the usual raids and counterraids with Blackfeet and Lakotas, the Crows had their country to themselves.
- 'Mad Bear' Harney deeply humiliated the Lakotas and convinced the Oglalas and Brules that the time had come to withdraw from the Platte.
2The Siouan language of the Lakota.
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- By the end of the one-week marathon held near Stratford, Ontario, the two translation teams had produced Easter Story Selections in Lakota and Choctaw that they can now publish and distribute in their language communities.
- 'Skaa is Lakota for 'ghost,' thank you very much,' I said shortly.
- Ostler has made a standout contribution to our understanding of both the events and their meaning in a work that deserves the attention of social scientists and historians as well as contemporary Lakota and non-Lakota readers.
Relating to the Lakota or their language.
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- There are 6,000 Lakota speakers out of a population of 20,000 but language use is very strong in some Lakota communities.
- Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, designed by Bahr Vermeer Haecker Architects, is a melding of Lakota spirituality and Roman Catholic tradition, embracing each other with respect and open arms.
- When reservation Lakota leaders arrived in the nontreaty camps offering surrender terms from Department of the Platte commander General George Crook, Crazy Horse's following began to fragment.
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Last year when the Eagle Valley High School Football team looked at its traditional slogan, the words rang a bit flat.
In fact, it wasn't all that great to be a Devil.
But the vagaries of high school football have those long-shouted words ringing true again this season. Even after a heartbreaking loss to Palisade last week, the Devils are sitting at 7-2 and looking like a contender for post-season play.
What a difference a year can make.
"I think the main difference is the senior class. We have 17 seniors and your season is dictated, a lot of the time, by the senior class," said EVHS football coach John Ramunno.
He speaks from experience. Ramunno has been the Devils head coach for 32 years. While the Devils' uptick has heads turning around the community and the state, Ramunno believes that's just the way things go in high school football. But it's a lot more fun to coach a team with a winning record than lead one that's struggling. For the past three years, Ramunno's had to deal with the latter.
In 2011, the EVHS record was 1-9. In 2010 it was 2-7 and in 2009 it was 1-8.
But even when the team was down, Ramunno saw potential in the wings. "I knew this class of seniors had something special in them. I knew they had something in them that could turns things around," he said.
That turnaround started long before the football season did.
Last summer, a corps of Devils spent hours upon hours in the school weight room with a singular purpose - build strength.
"That's probably the biggest thing, and after we were done lifting, we would go out and throw," said Ramunno.
"Some of the kids had 40 nights in there lifting," said Ramunno. "I only had 38 nights."
Gradually, the Devils built themselves into a bigger and stronger team.
"We decided we wanted to change. We knew we had to work twice as hard as we had in the past," said Jesus Garcia, a senior who plays safety and running back.
Ramunno said he now has some of the strongest kids he has ever coached on the field. "Andy Arnold can bench over 300 pounds. So can Joey Sanchez," said Ramunno.
Last summer a group of Devils decided to see how they stacked up against other teams around the state. They entered a 7-on-7 tournament and compiled a 4-1 record.
"That's when I knew they were going to be competitive," said Ramunno.
Forget the team records of the past three years. Forget the fact that for the most part, the same kids on the field today were there last year because there were only two seniors on the EVHS football team in 2011. This year's 17 Devils seniors always believed they could be winners.
When asked if they ever got discouraged and thought about quitting football after a 1-9 season, many of the players seem baffled by the question.
"I never thought about not playing. I don't think any of us did," said quarterback Jordon Hudspeth. "We knew we wanted to be leaders. People are a lot more positive this year and it is a lot more fun when you are winning."
Running back Cole Nielson is having a stellar year. He's already chalked up more than 1,200 yards rushing as the team's offensive anchor.
"I love football and I love our team," said Nielson.
Nielson's favorite memory to date is the team's 62-0 walloping of rival Battle Mountain High School. "How much we lost it by last year was nearly how much we won it by this year," Nielson said.
Hudspeth said he knew it was going to be a great year when the team won its season opener at Cedaredge. "When we won our opening game, we knew we could carry it on through the season."
Along with last week's loss to Palisade, the Devils dropped an early game to Delta. Now those three teams are sitting at 7-2 heading into the final game of the season. Nobody envies the Devils this week as they head off to face the Western Slope League's powerhouse - the Rifle Bears.
For most of the season, Rifle has been on top of the state 3A rankings.
"They have a great running back," said Ramunno. "His name is Ryan Moeler and he will be one of the fastest kids on the field, as well as being one of the strongest."
But Ramunno believes the Devils are looking at the game as an opportunity - a chance to mix it up with the state's best. And, he noted, his team has the talent to take advantage of the opportunity.
"I don't think our kids have played their best football game yet," said Ramunno.
"We don't see Rifle as the state's big leader. We see them as a team we want to beat," said Garcia. "Everyone can be beaten. We just have to give it everything and practice hard this week."
As for the post season, the seven teams that win their respective league titles will advance. Additionally, there will be nine wild card teams selected through a points process. The Devils are definitely in the mix for a wild card spot, but if they make it to the playoffs, they will likely play on the road.
That's okay, though. The Devils have been as strong on the road as they have been at home this year. They are a scrappy group, Ramunno said.
"It doesn't matter what offense you run. If the kids believe in themselves, you will be successful."
Ramunno noted he has an extra special connection with this year's seniors. His son Rick is one of them.
"My dad always said nothing is as special as having the chance to coach your own kid," said Ramunno. "I have loved every minute I get to see him play. I'm sure it's like that for all senior parents."
As they prepare for their final regular season game, the players and their coaches already know this fall has been a time they won't forget.
"I knew this group had something special in them. I knew they had something in them to turn the program around," Ramunno said. "This is a really great bunch of kids. I am going to miss coaching them."
But the nature of his job means always looking ahead. So even as he has to let go of 17 seniors who have been a stalwart crew, Ramunno sees great potential in the wings.
"I see good kids in other classes coming up. I think we can fill back in."


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October 20, 2011 - MMH Editorial
New Belgium Brewing, located in Fort Collins, Colo., is the third-largest craft brewery and the seventh-largest brewery in the nation. When the company needed to expand the brewery and add a new high-speed bottle-filling line in 2006/2007, it commissioned a custom steel mezzanine and platform system.
The company needed its new solution to accommodate the declining elevation of the bottle conveyor from 15 feet to 10 feet. The system also needed to allow access to the bottle conveyor and depalletizer.
The custom steel mezzanine provides an overhead platform to support the bottle conveyor, the high-level depalletizer and ground level in-feed of filling equipment. The solution incorporates different elevations to accommodate the conveyor and includes stairs, ladders and crossover structures that provide easy access to the entire conveyor system.
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John T. "Ted" Balmer Jr., 39, of Hanover and formerly of Sweet Home, Ore., and Waynesboro, Pa., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at the Hanover Hospital. He was the fiance of Amanda Miller of Hanover. He was born Sept. 7, 1973, in Gettysburg, Pa., the son of Frances I. (Toms) Balmer Frey of Albany, Ore., and the late John T. Balmer Sr. John was a supervisor in the construction industry and a member of the McSherrystown Moose. He served his country honorably in the U.S. Army and had a great passion for music and writing songs. John was a constant thrill seeker who enjoyed snowboarding, scuba diving and bungee jumping. He was a huge football fan, especially of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In addition to his mother and fiancee, he is survived by his daughters, Kiya May Balmer, Rebecca Raelene Balmer and Miya Chantreal Balmer, all of Mississippi, sister, Laurie M. Balmer and her fiance Michael Cluck of Hanover, stepfather, William J. Frey Sr. of Albany, Ore., stepmother, Kathleen Balmer of Waynesboro, Pa., nephews, Michael W. Hayes of Waynesboro, Pa., and Dimitri J. Balmer of Hanover, Pa., and niece, Mariya R. Balmer of Hanover, Pa. There will be no viewing. Funeral services will be private. To help defray funeral costs, contributions may be made to the Wetzel Funeral Home and Crematory, 549 Carlisle St., Hanover, Pa. 17331. To share memories of John T. "Ted" Balmer Jr. please visit www.wetzelfuneralhome.com.
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OAKLAND -- Four people were shot outside an Uptown District hair salon after a thief they caught breaking into a car came back with a gun, police said Sunday.
The Saturday daytime shooting in front of Badd Boyz Hair Salon and Babering in the 1700 block of Telegraph Avenue came amid a violent weekend, in which two people were killed at a birthday party and a woman was killed as she and her boyfriend drove her 5-year-old to a fast-food restaurant.
"He had to be out of his mind," Dwayne McCarther, a part owner of hair salon, said Sunday. "These guys don't care anymore."
The shooting was reported at about 4:10 p.m. after a man broke into a woman's car and stole her purse, according to police. The woman's boyfriend chased the thief and was able to get the purse back, but the alleged thief soon returned on a bicycle with a gun, police said.
McCarther said one of his employees recognized the man and was planning to confront him when he pulled out the gun and began firing into the salon. Of the four wounded, three work at the salon, including one man who was shot four times, said McCarther. All four are expected to survive.
McCarther said the employees were looking out for their co-worker and trying to stop a burglary. He said police are reviewing surveillance footage from nearby businesses.
"The guys who got shot are heroes," he said. "We look out for each other. We're a family here. This was a crime against us. My prayer is I hope they catch him."
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the gunman. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call 510-238-3821 or the tip line at 510-773-2805.
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SACRAMENTO -- Days after a disturbed Santa Barbara college student went on a murderous rampage that left seven young people dead, Senate Democrats have introduced a set of proposals to change the way California's criminal justice system treats the mentally ill.
Introducing perhaps his last package of legislation before being termed out, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said he wants to expand access to "mental health courts" that favor treatment over punishment, as well as train law enforcement officials how to properly identify and interact with mentally ill people on the street.
Speaking at a Sacramento news conference Wednesday, Steinberg also dismissed any chance of reviving several gun-control bills introduced in response to the mass shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School and vetoed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown, even while relatives of the Isla Vista gunman's victims begged the state to do more to prevent the next mass shooting. The most controversial of Steinberg's vetoed gun bills would have banned detachable magazines on new semi-automatic rifles.
"Tragedies create opportunities for legislators to move reform proposals, but sometimes those opportunities are more limited than they'd like," said Jack Pitney, a professor of government and politics at Claremont McKenna College.
Steinberg's proposals are based on a report released this week by Stanford Law School's Three Strikes Project, which found that the state could dramatically reduce recidivism among mentally ill offenders by changing the way they're sentenced, providing better treatment behind bars and continuing care after they're released.
Almost half of California's inmates are treated for mental illnesses while they're incarcerated.
He called it a "cruel coincidence" that the report was published several days after the violent rampage that has torn the UC Santa Barbara community apart, but Steinberg said the incident underscores the need to better train police how to recognize the warning signs of severe mental illness.
Authorities said 22-year-old community college student Elliot Rodger killed six UC Santa Barbara students in Isla Vista on Friday after posting a video online describing his plans. The attacker died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The rampage came hours after Rodger emailed a lengthy manifesto to his parents, therapists and others -- and a month after sheriff's deputies had visited him on a welfare check after his parents became concerned about his YouTube postings.
The deputies found Rodger to be shy but polite and left without walking through the apartment or talking to anyone else. Rodger later wrote in his manifesto that deputies would have found his weapons and foiled his plot if only they had done a bit more checking.
"There were so many moments this man's behavior could have and should have been identified," said Sen. Hannah Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara. "The notion that law enforcement went to his home without the full panoply of resources available to identify this young man's intentions while he was fomenting this crime is unacceptable."
Senate Democrats want to redirect $12 million already promised to local police departments in next year's budget and use it to train officers how to safely deal with people who are mentally ill, homeless or addicts. They also want to use $24 million from the general fund to train prison guards and other prison staff.
Steinberg said he wants to see the state establish protocols that would become the bedrock of training on how to intervene more assertively. In the future, he said, perhaps law enforcement officials conducting wellness checks will be required to interview friends and neighbors or find out if the person they're investigating has recently purchased weapons.
"Without being critical, we can look at situations like Santa Barbara and let it instruct what we do going forward. That's my goal," said Steinberg, who introduced the package of proposals alongside Sens. Jim Beall, D-San Jose, and Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley.
Policy changes that aim to keep mentally ill people out of prison are the best ways to reduce recidivism and reduce the cost of incarceration because once mentally ill people are confined to prison it's hard to reverse the effects of the experience, said Keith Humphreys, a mental health policy expert at Stanford.
"It's hard to un-ring that bell and reverse the effects," Humphreys said. "I'm glad to see we're moving toward getting the mentally ill services and getting them out."
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Contact Jessica Calefati at 916-441-2101. Follow her at Twitter.com/calefati. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.


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