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8 Rules for Not Sucking at Public Transportation
"That was a close one!"
But the rest of us understand the vagaries of public transportation. Specifically, how to carve out your own space of humanity in an otherwise less than civilized environment. That's particularly important for me, considering that almost every Cracked column I've ever done has been written on a train. Daddy needs his space. The goal is to keep people away from you, or at the very least keep them from talking to you. Still, etiquette and common decency dictate that there are right and wrong ways to go about that. So here are four dos and four don'ts on how best to get left alone on a train.
#4. Do: Sit Near the Toilet
If you're riding a form of a public transportation that contains a toilet, you have a special opportunity. See, human nature dictates that we avoid excrement and waste. Just look at our expressions: "Don't shit where you eat," "Eat shit and die" and, of course "Sarah Palin has the political insight of a talking piece of shit." Indeed, the aversion to fecal matter is a constant for all of humanity, with the small exception of German porn enthusiasts and Nicki Minaj fans.
Clean ears thoroughly after listening.
But I urge you to free your mind. When you enter the train, take notice of any foul odors or substances emanating from the toilet. If there are none, sit down and let the toilet's mere existence keep other commuters away from you. Clean toilets and an open mind are your friends. Of course, there is the possibility that a bathroom that started out clean will become vile during the course of your journey. It's a small chance, however, and one worth taking. I mean, what are the odds of Cracked's Adam Tod Brown even riding your train?
#3. Do: Drink Alcohol Publicly
This is another one of my patented tricks, and it's kind of a win/win proposition. My local rail sells beer and cocktails on the platform. If you're looking for your own personal space, I urge you to purchase one. Many a night, after a hard day's work, I've cracked open a tall boy in a bag while riding home. Some commuters are indifferent, but a certain percentage of my fellow passengers seem to ask, "What kind of a dirty, chemically addicted alcoholic is so booze-dependent that he must suck down a Coors Light from a paper bag at 7 p.m.?" Sometimes I get a vodka tonic, which seems to work even better. You might consider taking a big gulp just at the moment someone eyeing your adjacent seat walks by. Does everyone avoid a drinking commuter? No, only a certain percentage equate train-drinking with gas-huffing, but if you decrease the overall number of people willing to sit next to you, you've upped your odds for sitting alone. And what if this plan doesn't work? Well, then you still have a beer, don't you, ya big baby.
I've never heard of this beer, but I'd drink it to keep people away from me.
#2. Do: Wear Headphones
It is an inescapable reality that you won't always be able to keep people from sitting next to you, but that doesn't mean you have to talk to them. This is why headphones are essential. They're even more important than an actual iPod to connect them to, because it's all about pushing people away in a socially acceptable way.
Warning: These should keep people from talking to you, but may attract hipsters.
Nevertheless, having an actual MP3 player is a pretty good idea because overhearing random train conversations is enough to ruin the solitude of your journey. My iPod has kept me from strangling so many drunken sports aficionados coming home from the game that I think Steve Jobs should be awarded a posthumous peace prize. Well, I don't really think that, but I tweeted it once. It was kind of a crappy tweet. Moving on.
#1. Do: Take a Chance With Morbid Obesity
Commuters come in all shapes and sizes. Tiny little girls, morbidly obese men and people like me who, even a decade after retiring from Calvin Klein underwear modeling, are still only a mere 15 pounds from their desired weight. To have the best traveling experience, you need to engage in some body-proportion profiling. But wait, this isn't going where you think. I would no sooner make fun of a fat person in print than I would accuse Cracked's own Adam Tod Brown of constantly ripping ass. This entry is about those occasions where you might want to consider embracing your larger commuters.
First off, in my experience, some heavier travelers are actually very conscious of their dimensions and far more considerate than some bony-assed businessman who has no compunction about driving his razor elbows into your ribs while he folds and unfolds his New York Times crossword puzzle like it's some blanket at a douchebag picnic.
What's an eight-letter word for murdered commuter?
But more importantly, my train comes with three-seaters. Upon seeing a fairly large commuter in the window seat, lesser travelers might avoid the row based on the possibly unfounded notion that things will get tight there pretty quickly. However, have you considered taking the aisle seat? Once you secure that location, the odds of someone opting for the half seat between you and your companion are greatly diminished. Yes, it's possible, but in my experience, the only commuters who go for such seats are diminutive little ladies, so it's kind of a wash.


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Chiara de Blasio Reveals Battle With Drug and Alcohol Addiction in Video
By Erica Orden and Mara Gay
UPDATED | The teenage daughter of New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio revealed her battle with drug and alcohol addiction and depression in a video released Tuesday by Mr. de Blasio's transition team.
"It made it easier, the more I drank and did drugs, to share some common ground with people that I wouldn't have," Chiara de Blasio, 19 years old, says in the video.
Ms. de Blasio, now a sophomore college student at Santa Clara University in California, said that she sought treatment at an outpatient facility in New York City, and that she has "remov[ed] substances from my life."
It's unclear from the video message when exactly Ms. de Blasio entered or ended treatment, although she implies that the treatment began after she started college, in 2012.
"My mom was trying really hard to help me, just any little thing she could. I mean, my dad was doing the same, but obviously he was really busy. But, you know, they were both very emotionally committed to trying to figure out some way to get me better," she said in the video.
On Tuesday afternoon, following the release of the video, Mr. de Blasio held a somber two-minute press conference outside the family's Park Slope home. His voice strained, the mayor-elect said he was "incredibly proud" of his daughter.
"I think really suggests an incredible wisdom for someone who is only 19 years old," said Mr. de Blasio, standing alongside his wife, Chirlane McCray, as well as Chiara and her brother, Dante.
"I'm just so proud that Chiara decided to speak out and she did it at this moment which is, you know, the time of year where these challenges are probably at their strongest, and where people grapple, maybe in a tougher way than any other time of year," Mr. de Blasio said.
Standing with her parents and brother, Chiara said the video "speaks for itself." Mr. de Blasio and the rest of the family declined to answer questions from reporters.
The de Blasio family's motivation for the release of the video and its timing were unclear, and Mr. de Blasio and his wife provided no explanation beyond saying that in the context of the holiday season being a difficult emotional period for many people, Chiara "is also committed to helping young people everywhere who face similar challenges."
During his mayoral campaign, Mr. de Blasio didn't shy from thrusting his children into the spotlight, Dante most prominently. Chiara, however, starred in an advertisement released by the campaign in October, and the following month made a dramatic, surprise return from college to cast a vote for her father.
Recovering from substance abuse, she said in the video, "opened so many doors for me. I was actually able to participate in my dad's campaign, and that was, like, the greatest thing ever."
In the video, she described the scope of her addiction as including problems with alcohol and marijuana, saying: "I kind of just kept like, reasoning and like using this really fake rationale that was so justified to me, that I could keep doing this stuff and be like, 'Oh I won't drink. And then I would just smoke weed, and then I would be like, 'Oh I'm not going to smoke weed,' and then I would just drink. It was kind of like bartering for equally bad outcomes."
She also said that she has suffered from "clinical depression" for her "entire adolescence," adding that her therapist had referred her to the outpatient treatment center. "I was looking for a institutional group therapy," she said.
"It didn't start out as a huge thing for me," she said of her problems with drugs and alcohol, "but then it became a really huge thing for me."

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Guide to the Hopkins transportation collection relating to shipping, 1711-1951
Guide to the Hopkins transportation collection relating to shipping, 1711-1951
Collection number: M0175Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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Ledger, dating 1711-1757connected with shipping trade in the New World, recording particularly profits of ship Mermaid and sailings to Virginia and the Indies. Detailed trading with names: Benj'm. Robinson, William Woodford, Thos. Montague, Rev'd. Owen Jones, Hy Robinson, Reuben Walsh, Chas. Gryme, Thos. Griffin of Rappahannock River, Va. and of trade with people in St. Christopher, Barbados, Bilboa, Bayonne, Bengal. There are also detailed accounts of ship refitting, purchases of tobacco, rum, sugar and books from Va. Timothy [Ganer?] was master of the Mermaid which sailed from Liverpool and Whitehaven.
Cloth-bound book entitled Signals for the Use of the United States Navy, as adopted by order of the Navy Dept. printed in Washington City in 1813. Included are handwritten and illustrated notes on flags, signals, etc.
1. Research Reports from the National Federation of American Shipping. 22 reports on the U.S. Flag Merchant Marine dating July 9, 1947 to Nov. 8, 1951.
2. Maritime [UNK] of San Francisco Bay
Photos of early San Francisco and vicinity.
Photos of cable cars, and articles re. cable cars in San Francisco.
Photos, and articles copied re. railroads in Calif. (misc.). Copy of a booklet entitled: Cable Railway Company's System of Traction Railways for Cities and Towns, photostat of The Street Railway Gazette (an article on Andrew Smith Hallidie).
Locomotive classification sheets for N.W. Pacific R.R., 1916; Oregon and Calif. R.R., no date; Oregonian, no date; Calif. Pacific, no date; Southern Pacific R.R., no date; Northern Railway Co., no date; Central Pacific R.R. Co., no date.
Schedule of Rates - San Fran. - Oakland Terminal R.R.'s, 11/6/17.
Northern Pacific R.R. Co. Structural Pre-Inventory Notes, Washington Valuation Section 24, 1917, April.
Northern Division Time Tables effective May, 1880; April, 1881; Apr. 1882; Nov. 1883; Oct. 1884; Aug. 1886; Nov. 1887; Aug. 1889; Oct. 1889; Dec. 1889; June, 1890; June 1891; and Sept. 1895.
Complaint, Order for Writ of Mandate, Order for Injunction, Writ of Mandate for a case: Santa Clara Interurban R.R. Co. vs. The Board of Trustees of the Town of Mayfield, et. al.
Photos of R.R. Advertisements for Southern Pacific Co., San Jose R.R. Co., Central Pacific R.R. Co., Calif. Pacific R.R.;
Photos of time schedules for San Fran. and San Jose R.R., Aug. 1866;Central Southern and California Pacific R.R.'s May 1874;
Two large diagrams of stations with notations in French;
Advertisement for Reduced R.R. Fares for Farmers and Colonists;
Chronological history of the Key Route;
Key System Transit Co. and its Predecessors (chronology);
Chronological history of the bus lines of the Key System Transit Co.;
Notes taken from the San Fran. Directory 1860-61re. The Market Street R.R., the Omnibus R.R. Co., and the Oakland Bar;
Notes on various locomotives such as C.P. Huntington, C.H. Downey, Marion, and many listed by number;
Mag. article from Motor Land, Private Express Company Reveals Romance of Early Company by F.J. Dictrick, Jr. re. Pony Express;
Clip. from Oakland Post Enquirer May 11, 1926, Oakland Street Railway History Recalled When Old Time Carmen Meet.
Miscellaneous correspondence:
1926, Sept. 26.D.L. Joslyn to W.E. Gardiner re: pictures of R.R.'s.
1926, Oct. 11.D.L. Joslyn to W.E. Gardiner re: pictures of R.R.'s.
1926, Oct. 13.D.L. Joslyn to W.E. Gardiner Re; time off.
1931, July 27,D.L. Joslyn to W.E. Gardiner re: San Fran. and San Jose R.R. builders.
1941, Oct. 1.East Bay Transit Co. re: terms of the collective bargaining agreement to Division 18, Amalgamated Assoc. of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America.
1951, Sept. 10.PonyExpress Route of early 1860's on letterhead of Union Pacific R.R. form letter.
Oakland Parking Ordinance, 1922;
Announcement that San Fran. - Oakland R.R.'s acquired by Key System Transit Co., Jan. 1924;
List of Central Pacific Locomotives prior to 1891;
Chart of rates for spring-summer 1897;
Booklet: Duluth Aerial Ferry Bridge, no date;
Please Pass Colliers, 1924, Aug. 13.
Clippings dating during the 1920's re: railroads, Bay Area events, etc.
Scrapbook of W.E. Gardiner, Instructor S.F.O.T. Rys. August, 1916containing articles dating to 1919 from Oakland Tribune, S.F. Examiner, relating to local happenings.
Scrapbook of Transit Journal for Sept. 15, 193450th anniversary issue re: Railways in S.F.
Scrapbook of William Everald Gardiner, dating June 19, 1937, 1939,containing articles from Sat. Eve. Post, Colliers, Science mags. and clips concerning politics, astronomy, geology, labor, travel etc. Some hand copied articles and excerpts and typewritten copies of Research Bureau reports.
Scrapbook; clippings, 1954 - 1955
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Write it down: California will get a federal order
Write it down: California will get a federal order
Latest price hike denial should be the final straw for producers.
by Dennis Halladay, Hoard's Dairyman Western Editor
One of Albert Einstein's famous quotes is, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
It's a madness that California dairy producers have lived through for years.
Specifically, they have made multiple petitions for substantive changes in the state's milk pricing formula to increase the value of whey in its Class 4b (cheese) component. Again and again, however, the answer has been "no," even as producer support at public hearings has become more and more broad, as testimony has become more vocal and plaintive, and as the number of financially-forced herd liquidations has grown.
Their futility was illustrated again on Tuesday when California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Secretary Karen Ross denied producers' latest request made at a September 12 price hearing.
She did, however, extend current temporary price relief across all milk classes that amounts to 12.5 cents per hundredweight, which was due to expire December 31. It will now remain in effect until June 30, 2014.
"It's a situation that has been ridiculous to watch unfold," said Rob Vandenheuvel, general manager of Milk Producers Council in Ontario, Calif. "The government got into milk pricing to protect dairy producers, yet we have a referee [the secretary] that is playing for the other team [processors]. If this were a basketball game, it would be 5 against 6."
It was probably going to happen anyway, but this latest denial figures to truly seal the inevitability of a federal milk marketing order (FMMO) being adopted by California milk producers.
With active participation by the state's three major cooperatives, work is currently underway to prepare a formal FMMO petition to USDA that is on track to be submitted in early 2014.
The author has served large Western dairy readers for the past 36 years and manages Hoard's WEST, a publication written specifically for Western herds. He is a graduate of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, majored in journalism and is known as a Western dairying specialist.
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Here's a loose end from the long holiday weekend: Federal banking regulators ordered Dallas-based Jefferson Bank to end its many "unsafe or unsound banking practices and violations of laws and/or regulations."
Bank chairman Barry Orr blamed the bank's problems on the the lousy home-building market and "a significant fraud loss," The Dallas Morning News' Brendan Case reported. What kind of fraud? All Orr would say was "customer fraud, not internal fraud."
Jefferson Bank's management team was dismissed as of Sept. 1. The institution agreed to follow Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. orders but did not admit wrongdoing.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Rookie forward Vincent Trocheck scored two goals and tacked on an assist on Saturday night to help the San Antonio Rampage (3-5-0-0) to a 4-2 victory over the Oklahoma City Barons (4-5-0-1) at AT&T Center in front of 5,113 fans
The victory secured a weekend split with the visiting Barons and snapped a three-game skid for the Silver and Black.
Trocheck's three-point game marked his second multi-point game in as many nights, as the 20-year-old had a goal and an assist on Friday. Trocheck now paces the Rampage with eight points (five goals, four assists) in eight games.
Forwards Joey Crabb (one goal, one assist) and Garrett Wilson (two assists) also recorded multi-point efforts on the night. Wilson has tallied four assists in his last two games.
Rampage goaltender Michael Houser turned aside 25-of-27 shots to earn his second victory in only his second start of the year. The rookie netminder claimed his first AHL victory on Oct. 13 at Chicago.
For the second-straight night, the Rampage struck first against the Barons. Rampage forward Bobby Butler tallied his second in as many nights at 4:38 while on the power play with a snipe from the top of the left circle. Wilson and Trocheck collected assists on the tally.
San Antonio held Oklahoma City to only one shot on goal through the first eight minutes of action. The Barons had a power-play in that span, but the Rampage prevented the visitors from recording a shot on goal.
Oklahoma City knotted the game at 1-1 with a goal from Matthew Ford at 15:21. Linus Omark, who had four goals on Friday night against the Rampage, fed Ford a perfect cross ice pass. Houser went post-to-post and made the initial save, but Ford was able to tuck the rebound under the Rampage goaltender.
Trocheck looked to give the Rampage the lead with just under four minutes remaining in the frame, but rang a wrist shot off the post from the high slot. The two teams went into the first intermission tied, 1-1, with the Rampage holding an 11-8 edge in shots.
San Antonio took a 2-1 lead only 18 seconds into the second period, marking the fastest goal the Rampage have scored to start a period. Jon Matsumoto tried a wrap-around shot, and the puck went to the top of the crease right to Crabb, who made no mistake burying it into the net.
Trocheck extended the Rampage lead to 3-1 with a snipe at 4:48 of the second period. The rookie forward charged down the left wing on a 2-on-1 and waited out Roy before firing a shot over the glove of the Barons netminder and into the back of the net.
The Rampage held Oklahoma City to only nine shots in the middle frame and held a 3-1 advantage after 40 minutes of action. Entering the game, San Antonio won both games in which they held the lead after two periods of action.
The Barons made it a one-goal game with a power play goal at 4:50 of the third period. Rampage defenseman Mike Mottau attempted to clear the zone, but his stick shattered and the puck landed right on the tape of Taylor Fedun, who deposited the puck into the net.
Houser held strong for the Rampage down the stretch of the game and Trocheck tallied an empty-net goal with 43 seconds remaining to secure the 4-2 win for San Antonio.
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@nbballard, Yes, I know it is the lightcore, it has the foil card and everything and the packaging says light core. I haven't started up the game because I haven't even had a chance to open the package for the game.
@Salamando3000, I have tried Swarm, Crusher and Hot Head and nothing is happening.
Do you have to put it in the new portal of power? I don't see why the old one wouldn't work, but who knows.
No, but I think I know your problem. From what I have seen, the figures don't light up unless the game is up, simply turning on the console with the portal attached won't do that. I've seen exactly what you describe. Now the portal does turn on and glow colors, but the portal technology is actually two different parts and as I understand it, apparently they work separately.
You have the RFID reader and what is essentially an induction type charger. The portal likely doesn't turn on the charger part that provides power to the LEDs unless it the game is up and it can read/write, probably a power saving thing since an induction charger actually wastes a lot of power in the generation of the magnetic field. The portals in the store are "always on" and work regardless, but I don't think the lightcore or giants light up if the game isn't started.
Try it in the game and see what happens. His hand crystals should light up green. For reference, Series 1 Prism Break has one hand up, the other down, Series 2 has both hands down behind him (and has crystal armor down his back) and Lightcore Prism Break has both hands up in front of him.


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SCIPIO trial in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy found that treatment also reduces infarct size.[© vishnukumar - Fotolia.com]
Initial data from the first ever trial to evaluate autologous cardiac stem cell (CSC) transplants in humans suggests that the treatment improves left ventricular (LV) systolic function by an average of 12% over one year, and reduces infarct size in patients with severe heart failure due to ischemic heart disease. The trial investigators say the results triple the 4% average improvement that they had projected and calls for the start of larger Phase II trials.
Stage A of the ongoing open-label Phase I SCIPIO (Stem Cell Infusion in Patients with Ischemic cardiOmyopathy) study, by investigators at the University of Louisville and Brigham and Women's Hospital, is evaluating CSC transplantation in patients with severe heart failure secondary to ischemic cardiomyopathy. The target population includes patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), had LV ejection fraction (EF) of less than or equal to 40%, and a previous myocardial infarction.
Treated patients were administered with about a million autologous CSCs by intracoronary infusion, at a mean of 113 days after CABG. To generate the cardiac stem cells, tissue from the right atrial appendage was harvested from the patients at the time of CABG, and CSCs were isolated and expanded at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Data from 14 of 16 patients assigned to the treatment group, and seven from the control group (best supportive care), have now been published in The Lancet to coincide with data presentation at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions meeting in Orlando, FL. The reported data showed that autologous CSC transplantation led to an increase in LVEF from 30.3% before CSC infusion to 38.5% at four months after infusion. In contrast, the LVEF of seven control patients didn't change over eight months. The benefits of CSC transplantation was even more pronounced at one year in eight evaluated patients, for whom LVEF increased by 12.3 ejection fraction units compared with baseline. In the seven treated patients evaluated using MRI, infarct size was also shown to have decreased by 24% at 4 months, and 30% at one year.
The trial has been led by Roberto Bolli, M.D., at the University of Louisville and Piero Anversa, Ph.D., at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston. "The results are striking," Dr. Bolli states. "While we do not yet know why the improvement occurs, we have no doubt now that ejection fraction increased and scarring decreased. If these results hold up in future studies, I believe this could be the biggest revolution in cardiovascular medicine in my lifetime."
The published paper in The Lancet is titled "Cardiac stem cells in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy (SCIPIO): initial results of a randomised Phase I trial."
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Artsquest has agreed to shell out some cash to end a lawsuit over beer steins.
Rebecca Stoneback and Michael Grube filed the suit earlier this year, claiming ArtsQuest sold beer steins at Musikfest that were advertised as being made in Germany when they were actually made in China.
An attorney said Artsquest has agreed to pay more than $2,000 to the plaintiffs, but Artsquest said that is not an admission of liability.
Stoneback is a former Artsquest employee. She filed a separate lawsuit claiming she was fired for refusing to sell the mugs.
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Courtney Oakes/Special to the Herald
DENVER � Speed kills.
Cheyenne Mountain�s speed has been laying waste to opponents in Denver for six years running now; this time, it gathered Durango in its wake.
The Durango High School volleyball team�s quest for a state title ended Saturday with a 3-0 loss to four-time defending champion Cheyenne Mountain at the CHSAA Class 4A Girls Volleyball State Championships at the Denver Coliseum.
The Indians kept their drive for five alive with a 25-10, 25-16, 25-14 win over the Southwestern League champions, using their remarkable speed to fluster the Durango defense. Having played Cheyenne Mountain earlier in the year, the Demons had an idea of what was coming, but the Indians executed so well that it didn�t matter, as players such as Maddie Beal, Mara Barkley and Megan Schultz found holes in the block and empty space on the floor.
�We had kind of a breakdown in our ball control. That was hard,� DHS head coach Robin Oliger said. �You know that saying (former NFL head coach) Dennis Green had? ... �They are who we thought they were.� Really, that�s true. They�re the same team from the very beginning. Just they�re more polished now. But it�s hard because they�re just so dang fast. And it�s not like they�re tricky about it.�
Durango�s best shot at taking a set came in the third. The Demons finally got McKenna Franzen untracked a bit to help build a 5-2 lead and stick with Cheyenne Mountain as the inevitable rally came.
But the Indians proved too much to handle late; they ended the match on a 12-2 run.
�I mean, their speed is definitely an issue. We got our blocks up in the second game, really started to focus on that; it�s just they�re fast,� said setter Natalie Bulen, daughter of David and Janine Bulen. �We were playing smart (in the third set), and our defense really helped us out with that, and then, once our defense was on, we were able to get that set and make smart attacks.�
Cheyenne Mountain runs were the not-so-subtle story of the entire morning.
The Indians closed out the first set on an 8-0 outburst. Then they turned a 13-10 second set into a 21-10 lead in the blink of an eye before finally putting Durango away after a short outburst near the end of the frame.
Bulen had 15 assists and 10 digs for the Demons, who got 14 digs from Kennedy Clark. Franzen had seven kills, while Bella Bernazzani and Jessie Brammer had five apiece.
Bulen, Clark and Franzen, along with Zoe Cutler and Hannah Quick, saw their Durango careers come to an end Saturday, and that thought left Oliger a bit misty-eyed as another quality class goes the way of college. But with several key pieces to the state tournament puzzle returning next year, Oliger�s optimistic for what 2013 may bring.
�We�ve got a lot of great kids coming back, and our (junior varsity) team was really strong. ... We�ve got a lot of good pieces,� Oliger said.
Durango finished the season 18-9. And while the Demons didn�t achieve their end goal of a state title, they at least finished in their desired destination for the third consecutive year.
�I mean, we were able to finish with a goal that we wanted to achieve, and that was to get to state,� Bulen said. �Although we didn�t go as far as we�d like to, we won our league, region and then got to state.�


text: Yvon Bonenfant likes voices that do what voices don't usually do and bodies that don't do what bodies usually do. He makes art starting from these sounds and movements. These become all kinds of things: performances, interactive sculptures, an iPad app, or even textiles. His ongoing creative initiative is the Your Vivacious Voice project for child and family audiences, and he has just begun R&D work on sculptural environments that embody your extra-normal voice.


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on October 11, 2012 - 12:01 AM
The Buffalo Museum of Science surely hit a home run with its new exhibit, "The Science of Sports."
The exhibit is filled with a wide variety of sports-related science principles relating to golf, football, lacrosse, hockey and even a few aspects of cheerleading.
The Science Museum partnered with the Buffalo Sabres, Bandits, Bills, Bisons, UB Orthopaedics and New Era Cap to create a hands-on exhibit made for people who love sports, people who love science and everyone in between.
The exhibit is very interactive and fun. Visitors can throw a football through a tire, get timed in the 10-yard dash and see how quickly they can shoot a slapshot.
The Buffalo Sabres provided a Rapid Shot training system just like the one professional hockey players use in the First Niagara Center. This system measures the speed of your shot, accuracy and reflexes. There is also a Rapid Hands training system that simulates skating down the ice and having to keep your head up while you control the puck.
Another part of the exhibit deals with football. There visitors can test their grip, see how fast they can run, test their balance and see how accurate they are throwing a football. Wondering why a spiral is hard to catch? The science of it all is explained here. Nostalgia buffs will also see plenty of football memorabilia, including old board games, helmets and jerseys.
Also part of the exhibit is a putting green that explains about angles; a lacrosse shot simulator; and a row of markers to measure your vertical leap. Trivia fans (or museumgoers who want to take a break from all the action) can sit in the "Penalty Box" and try their luck at answering various sports questions offered from a scientific perspective.
In the planning stages for more than a year, "The Science of Sports" is a family friendly activity and offers hands-on fun for all ages. It will be on display through Jan. 6.
Wesley Watson is a sophomore at Lancaster High School.


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known but not known for being known.
understand the reality of life, and the serious need to still have fun. and enjoy. and live.
for the Very ImPortant moments hiding behind a moustache on a stick.
[My laptop has a virus again. I'm feeling kind of blue and conflicted and blah. The above post was originally published April 2010 and brought to my attention again recently by my friend Elizabeth and I felt like posting it today.]
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Shelepen suffers from having an embarassing pcs, I dont think she can come back there wont be room for her especially next season
Agafonova, Shelepen and Makarova I think are all done
The question is whether other federations are interested in her? I can think of about a zillion countries that would be interested--nay, thrilled to delirium--to have her represent them. Let's start at the beginning of the skating alphabet...Australia?
I think that Radinova is one of the best skaters in the world.
Look at this video.
She does 5 triples in 40 seconds. (1:07-1:47).
To: Thawingiceberg,
It's not nasty it's reality with russian figure skaters, it's just too many talented skaters out there in a very little room.
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How about Korobeynikova? I think she is artistic&mature skater
Russian skaters are always amazing as a junior, but unfortunately, some of them doesn't "survive". I think some of the skaters should skate for other countries(for example:Julia Li for S.Korea) but then, I think it would be hard for them to leave Russia since Russia is one of the best when it comes to federation support, which IMO is really important for skaters.


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Police arrested a man who led them on a pursuit on Interstate 5 between Woodland and Sacramento on Thursday.
Woodland police spotted a suspect wanted on weapons and assault charges and tried to pull him over.
The suspect took off and headed south on Interstate 5, police said.
After hitting a couple of cars on the freeway near Arena Boulevard and Del Paso Road, the man bailed from the vehicle and ran into a neighborhood on the west side of Interstate 5.
He was eventually detained on Beretania Way in Natomas.
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Property Bee And Espc
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March 2007 - Suzy Essman.
Posted 04 November 2011 - 03:28 PM
Posted 05 November 2011 - 11:42 AM
Property Bee does not seem to be working yet either.
Is it worth me putting a comment on their chat forum about it ?
March 2007 - Suzy Essman.
Posted 05 November 2011 - 06:26 PM
Apart from that issue, the new ESPC site is great - really good search functionality. Haven't found anything I didn't like about it yet, but haven't used it much because of the PB issue.
Posted 05 November 2011 - 06:42 PM
March 2007 - Suzy Essman.
Posted 05 November 2011 - 10:57 PM
any thoughts on the new site?
As revamps go, it's infinitely better than what they've done at the Scotsman.
Posted 06 November 2011 - 01:58 PM
Looks like it's still working fine for me on the old site, might just be you.
Apologies for the misleading info, I only got the old site when I tried on the 1st Nov.
I hope it's an easy fix for the PB team.
Posted 07 November 2011 - 07:06 PM
I've raised bug report #206 to get this fixed in the next version.
Posted 07 November 2011 - 07:38 PM
any thoughts on the new site?
I think it's excellent. The overhaul leapfrogs rightmove is user experience, and it's night and day vs the old espc site: it's soooo much better at drilling down to specific kinds of properties in specific areas with enough overlap/fuzziness to reassure you that you're catching listings on the fringe of your search criteria.
Well done.
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Posted 09 November 2011 - 01:38 PM
Yes it has. Previously each property was allocated to one district. So for example, a property had to be defined against Warriston or Trinity. The new site allows these boundaries to merge as districts are not defined exactly and a property can be under multiple districts within reason (we plotted all the districts based on 10 years of data and tried to remove any strange outliers)
I like the street view option. It also seems my usual search picks up more places than it used to ? Has the search function been updated ?
Property Bee does not seem to be working yet either.
Is it worth me putting a comment on their chat forum about it ?
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404 error? I'm clicking 'refresh'!
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Charlie Sheen is a saltshaker.
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This is when a guy is about to ejaculate and his cum comes out like its coming out of a salt shaker. The girl get pelted with little bits of cum. She WILL get angry and walk out because she has lost her craving for your cock.
My boyfriend had the Salt Shaker problem last night when he came on me. I was gross.
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Bill: "of course you do! I used the salt shaker method to whack it! It was amazing!"
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when a girl or boy shakes their butt so fast.I looks like a saltshaker
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an old mans dick!
your grandapa has a salt shaker!
hatin' hoes who be all in your grill that smile in your face and they smile ain't real
While I be minding my bizz, she over there saltshaking on my game.
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Congratulations – and surprise! – Rosie O'Donnell is married.
O'Donnell, 50, who recently suffered a heart attack, moved up her planned wedding to fianceé Michelle Rounds after Rounds was diagnosed with desmoid tumors, a rare disease that only affects three out of every million people.
The couple, who announced their engagement in Dec. 2011, exchanged vows on June 9 in a private ceremony in New York, O'Donnell's rep Cindi Berger tells PEOPLE exclusively. "They got married but they haven't had the wedding celebration."
The two originally planned to be married in August, but they choose to get married quietly in June before Rounds's first surgery on June 14.
"It is such a rare tumor. It took them quite a while to get an accurate diagnosis," adds Berger. "She had several gastrointestinal surgeries to remove the desmoid turmors. She is now on the road to recovery."
O'Donnell, meanwhile, took to her blog to share the happy news.
"We married in private before [Michelle's] surgery, just the [two] of us," she wrote. "When we r both well enough will have the wedding of r dreams surrounded by those we cherish."
"Thankful for the love and support so many have given us during these trying times," she continues in the post. "Including all of u stranger-friends connected thru invisible strands of wi fi."
O'Donnell and Rounds hope to raise awareness for desmoid tumors by participating in the annual DTRF Running for Answers 5K, held in Philadelphia on Oct. 21. They are raising funds and plan to match all donations made to Rounds's fundraising page.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation announces its intention to create a stronger, better, faster database using biometric data
Biometrics is already something of a buzz word, with more and more of its applications in places like train stations, airports and even Walt Disney World. Governmental agencies borrowed the word as of late for more interesting projects: identifying people based on intrinsic physical or behavioral traits.
The FBI in particular is no exception, the agency plans to award a 10-year contract with a one billion dollar tab to expand the quantity and quality of its biometric data.
Biometric information can include many things such as fingerprints, palm prints, iris and corneal scans, facial structure, noticeable markings, stride and even innocuous personal behavior like typing rhythm and mouse gestures. The project, dubbed Next Generation Identification (NGI), is set to gather all types of bio-data and store in one location for identification and forensics purposes.
The database would be accessible by many law enforcement and government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, which already uses iris scans at airports to allow people who have passed background checks to move through
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; and the Defense Department, which has been collecting data on Iraqi and Afghan detainees for the past two years.
The database could be used to identify known or suspected criminals or terrorists by matching facial structure, iris scans or the gait of walk via cameras in places of interest like bus stations or airports. The eventual goal will be to identify threats in real-time without human intervention.
Detractors to the FBI's plans claim that such a database has many pitfalls. Gathered data, if incorrect or stolen, could prove a serious problem for ordinary citizens that become victims of the system's imperfections.
The new database differs from the TALON database
forced out of operation last September
. Whereas TALON stored data on individuals as reported by field officers, NGI's data will largely stem from autonomous data acquisition sources -- like cameras and sensors. However, data from NGI will be used in conjunction with entries in the Bureau's Guardian Threat Tracking System; a database that took over TALON's entries after its demise.
"It's going to be an essential component of tracking. It's enabling the Always On Surveillance Society," said Barry Steinhardt, director of the Technology and Liberty Project of the American Civil Liberties Union in a
Washington Post
article last week.
While the idea does ring of an Orwellian society, agencies like the Department of Homeland Security would benefit from such an overt system, should it work as planned. The FBI is working with the West Virginia University Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR) to make live scanning a reality. CITeR is working on scanning processes that would be able to identify a person by iris scan at up to 15 feet and face-shape by 200 yards. The Center will begin to work with the FBI on biometric research in the near future.
Voicing in on access and privacy concerns, Thomas E. Bush III, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division stated "we have very stringent laws that control who can go in there and to secure the data." Presently over 900,000 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers have access to the FBI's fingerprint database. The number could increase as more agencies and officials gain access to the growing biometrics database.
More than just privacy advocates have shown disdain for the database. A recent study in Germany using facial recognition technology garnered a 60 percent matches success rate during optimal lighting conditions. The accuracy plummeted as low as 10 percent in low-light situations. The German law-enforcement agency tolerated a false positive rate of 0.1 percent, or 23 people of the roughly 23,000 that passed through the train station where the study was done.
Homeland security and false identification of criminals aside, the system could have other merits if used by other federal and state institutions like hospitals and missing persons units. Various biometric data could be used to identify victims of crimes, along with possible evidence towards their culprits, or to find missing or runaway children who might happen to pass through an area with an active scanning system.
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I wish we could take that fighting point to their doorstep, as I'm more scared of somehow being identified for that mp3 I downloaded with Napster in college than I am of being 'terrorized' or scared by an extremist of any kind:
Individual - 'You don't negotiate with terrorists? I don't negotiate with terrorists either. This conversation is over.'
Big Brother - 'We'll take your identifying information first, sir.'
Individual - 'YOU scare me more than Al Qaeda. I am more terrified of you than I am of Bin Ladin himself!'
Big Brother - 'Taze him John...'
Individual - 'Wait, what, no you canAAARGHGHBRBRBB...'
Big Brother - 'Now get his prints and stuff and lets get out of here. We'll file a report saying he threatened us with a bomb or something and he'll get what he deserves, damn terrorism found its way to US man...'
Next day headline: Terrorist Arrested by DMV Authorities While Trying to Evade Scrutiny.
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DART officials pledge no paid parking at Bush Turnpike Station for now, but that could change down the road
Dallas Area Rapid Transit could soon have the ability to charge for parking at the Red Line's Bush Turnpike Station, but agency officials are making clear that there are currently no plans to expand paid parking to the commuter hot spot.
"We are in no way suggesting that the board has already approved any type of paid parking system [at that station] — or will approve it," said Tim McKay, DART's executive vice president of growth and regional development.
DART's Rail Program Committee briefly addressed the the topic Tuesday, as board members gave preliminary approval to amend the agency's Bush Turnpike Station agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation and the North Texas Tollway Authority to include a paid parking option.
And the emphasis there is on the word, "option."
"It will be done if you want that in the future," McKay told the DART board members. "That's all this is."
DART is already testing its Fair Share Parking program at several stations: Parker Road on the Red Line, North Carrollton-Frankford Road on the Green Line, Belt Line on the Orange Line and the Northwest Plano Park & Ride.
The idea behind the effort, launched in April, is to make riders from non-DART cities pay a little extra to use the system and to allow those from member cities a better chance at snagging a parking spot. So while parking is still free at those select locales for residents of DART-member cities, everyone else must pay $2 for the privilege.
Also part of the deal were projections that paid parking would give DART additional annual revenue of anywhere from $56,000 to $1 million.
But a six-month paid parking report released by DART in late October showed that while ridership remained flat, the program was losing money. The study also found that out-of-network commuters were simply traveling to the next free lot down the line, either Bush Turnpike on the Red Line or Trinity Mills Station on the Green Line.
And most notably, the report said expanding paid parking to other stations to "capture more non-resident customers who have shifted" might be the only way to ensure that the effort makes money.
So it wasn't that surprising then that a couple board members raised their eyebrows Tuesday at the mention of the contentious paid parking topic.
And in that same vein, it wasn't a shock that DART staffers were quick to tell the rail committee members that the amendment, which will still need approval from the full board, was simply an effort to maintain consistent language in the agency's agreements with TxDOT and NTTA.
The bottom line: For now, at least, it appears the parking spots at the Bush Turnpike Station will be free.


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quote: In particular, the Sony RX-100 was just named one of Time Magazine's "Best Inventions of the Year 2012" (http://www.petapixel.com/2012/11/02/sony-rx100-sel... Browse through this site and you'll see the striking quality of photos achievable with what is essentially a 9 oz. pocket camera: http://blog.mingthein.com/2012/08/06/the-sony-rx10...
quote: Damn, you got downrated for that?? Sheesh, it does get a bizarre here.This is OT (then again, so are most of the comments on DT, so I suppose I'm just joining the club....), but how good is the in-camera HDR on the RX100 (vs. manually combining+aligning images in Photoshop)? I'm trying to decide between the RX100 and the Oly E-PM5 which, while not quite as stunningly compact as the RX100, costs less and takes even better pics (2x bigger sensor); the one downside (for me) is I've heard it doesn't have the RX100's in-camera HDR with automatic image alignment (the latter, I understand, obviates the need for a tripod).
quote: Are you saying that the auto-bracketing feature in burst mode is limited to -0.7/0/+.7 EV?
quote: Thanks again. One last question, motivated by your observation about raw vs. jpeg (and by the considered responses you've given above): I've never worked with raw (indeed, outside of those in my computer and phone, I've not yet owned a digital camera, not having returned to the hobby since I left it after the demise of film), and I'm wondering how it would not be burdensome to have to do post-production (required by raw) on each of one's shots. Back when I shot film (mostly 35 mm, but also some medium format), while I liked to compose my shots, adjust dof, etc., I never liked bothering with developing, which seems the film analog of manipulating raw files. I'd be interested to hear your observations on this, if it wouldn't be a burden.
quote: That's actually why I was hoping for effective in-camera HDR -- HDR is a good way to motivate a film person into digital, since it's a powerful, and non-gimmicky, photographic technique uniquely available from digital, and I was looking forward to being able to implement it routinely without a lot of extra work -- not so much to get that HDR look, but simply to routinely improve the dynamic range of my photos. Indeed, since what it offers -- increased dynamic range -- seems so fundamental (it's more than a mere feature -- I would think it improves performance), I don't understand why it's not considered an essential part of all digital cameras. Further, with sufficiently sophisticated auto-alignment algorithms, it seems one could routinely use a non-bracketed form of burst-mode HDR to take better conventional pictures in low light (would summing 3 pics give similar low-light performance to a single pic with a much larger sensor?), thus significantly extending the usable range of compact cameras. Of course, I'm speaking as a digicam neophyte.]
quote: Yeah, I've heard some find Lightroom much more convenient than Photoshop, so I may purchase the former instead of upgrading my Adobe suite from CS3 to CS6. Though I understand LR doesn't align images, so for HDR one would need LR + something like Photomatix (or Photoshop).
quote: Never understood why you got a bad rep around here nor why after being senselessly abused you stick around.
quote: I second that, the RX100 is a fantastic device
quote: No, not really. Out of RX100 I'm getting images of quality comparable to my good old Nikon D70.
quote: And you two show EXACTLY why Sony is failing.....You get my drift? There aren't enough audio/video purists/bigots around who appreciate that Sony might be 1% better than the competition and are willing to pay 300% of the price for an item that is 1% better than the competition.
quote: Second, and more concerning, is the non-collegial tone. He makes it personal, saying "you two show EXACTLY why Sony is failing," instead of sticking to the substance and simply saying "I disagree because..." And let's please lose the gratuitous "audio/video purists/bigots" insult. There are certainly reasons why Sony is failing, but it's not because of what they are doing with the RX100; I would argue, by contrast, is that this is the sort of product that used to keep Sony on top.


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quote: have developed new formulas to describe the relationship between energy, mass, and velocity
quote: Both experience frequency acceleration and deceleration depending on the relative speed/direction of the emitter and the receiver.
quote: as one approaches an object, time appears to contract. Thus, if you could watch the clock, it would appear to tick twice as fast.
quote: the frequency of the signal is maintained
quote: It's all very simple, actually. I find it quite incredible that most physicists still haven't figured it out.
quote: E=mc^2/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)
quote: I think it makes more sense to expect light to travel at c+v (the velocity of the source of light adds to the speed of light).
quote: One easy way to test the idea that the speed of light might be affected by the velocity of an object is to "ping" a spacecraft in orbit around a planet such as Mars, with the transmit signals sent alternatively from each side of the earth, so that in one case the speed of earth's spin adds to the signal
quote: I do believe you can see the same effect using the speed of sound. No matter how fast you go, you won't make sound travel any faster
quote: Light and sound have many similar properties. They are both waves. Neither wave can be accelerated by physically moving the emitter. Both can be used to convey the passage of time. Both experience frequency acceleration and deceleration depending on the relative speed/direction of the emitter and the receiver
quote: I don't think it slows down. It only appears to.
quote: We don't really know this (light not requiring a medium) for certain.
quote: In any event, my observation here is that one cannot affect the speed of a sound wave.
quote: However, if you listen to the Doppler Effect, by listening to an ambulance for instance, you'll notice that there are more oscillations as it approaches over a period of, say, ten seconds, than when it leaves. Thus, time is compressed, albeit, to the ear. I am saying that light does the same thing to the eye.
quote: The experiment done with the rocket could easily be explained by the effect that gravity has on photons.
quote: There is also the fact that, relatively speaking, it doesn't matter which object is expending energy to achieve a difference in velocity. Relatively speaking, if you sit on either the rocket or in the chair, it's not going to make a difference.
quote: if we had a different medium in which to observe both train and ball, than light, we would see the ball exceed the speed of light.


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Ceremony honors Eastern Panhandle's best Sunday
February 11, 2013
MARTINSBURG — The individuals who run into a burning house hoping to safely recover its residents; the individuals who sweep the streets, seeking to protect the area from community-damaging......
Danner, to touch on a few things...I try to treat people in our community with respect and dignity, no matter who they are and no matter where they work,their background, beliefs etc... I've also volunteered thousands of hours and donated many items to people in need.
What I haven't done is coerce members in the community for my own gain or for praise at an award ceremony nor have I felt the need to kick someone in the head while subdued and live a life of adultery, corruption or cronyism.... I don't believe you need to be heralded a community hero because you got some weed off the street...that's your job!....I can see someone being recognized for a life saving incident or rescuing a trapped occupant or occupants in an overturned vehicle before its engulfed in flames...maybe entering a structure prior to the fire departments arrival because a mother is screaming her child is still inside. things like this are worthy of recognition..not gonna tear up over confiscated weed, ******
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hook, what have you done to make the community a better place to live?
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WK: I'm sure he is. It's that idiot sergeant that I have a problem with saying the officer coerces people into confessing.
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I could only read a few words of this article before the tears started dripping down my cheeks....You are so correct Majoritarian...Mr. Shirley should have been present to accept his awar...Coward of the Year....talk about an emotional moment that would've have been....I can see it now...Mr Shirley...your heroic actions that led you to kick an already subdued suspect do not go unnoticed....it reminds all of us in the community of when we were kids and would stand behind the big kid and talk smack knowing the big kid would handle it...only because you weren't able to do this on your own...So for this brave kick...i stand here trying to hold back the tears and present you with Coward of the Year....
Sounds as if there wasn't any heroic acts in the county, so we over dramatize things a bit....i too agree...how can you not get choked up over one of Eastern Panhandles finest who coerces people to talk....heroes aren't born everyday, but coersion is a nrave act which should be recognized.
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Brian is the best of the best. He's done more for the Eastern Panhandle than anyone will ever know.
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"Brian has this innate ability to coerce people to talk and confess to him," Sgt. D. Olack said. "This skill of his is truly an asset to our task force." He coerces people? Nice going sarge. The next time he has to testify, I'm sure the defendant's attorney will love that statement.
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August 24, 2012
Birders across Ohio have been thrilled by an invasion of southern herons that are rarely seen this far north. The source of their excitement? The little blue heron, a denizen of southern swamps....
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on February 28, 2013 - 6:43 PM
, updated March 1, 2013 at 12:11 PM
The new owner of Oliver's Restaurant isn't making any immediate changes to the landmark North Buffalo restaurant but in the coming months does plan to add some food items and cocktails to the menu and update the building's exterior.
David Schutte, who will continue to own and operate the Creekview Restaurant in Williamsville, on April 1 takes over Oliver's from longtime owner Henry Gorino, who will stay on as a consultant while devoting more time to his three other restaurants.
Schutte and Gorino said they began seriously discussing a sale of Oliver's Restaurant and its catering business last fall.
The new owner said he wants to carry on the restaurant's 75-year tradition of fine dining. "I'm not going to change much. Henry's left it in great shape. That's one of the reasons it was such an easy decision for me," Schutte told The Buffalo News on Thursday.
Schutte has been shadowing Gorino and meeting with workers at Oliver's. He said the 45 employees, including chef Lennon Lewandowski, will stay on under his ownership.
Gorino, 61, said he plans to spend more time with his family, including his 18-month-old son, and at his newest restaurant, Rocco's Wood Fired Pizza, but he expects to stop by Oliver's about once a week during the transition period. "That's to make people comfortable," he said. Gorino and his partners also own Siena Restaurant and 800 Maple, both in Amherst.
The transaction, which closed last Friday, includes the restaurant at 2095 Delaware Ave. and the catering business, including its exclusive contracts with Kleinhans Music Hall, Burchfield Penney Art Center and Buffalo History Museum.
Gorino took on John Tronolone and bartender Louis Leone as partners at Oliver's, giving each 10 percent of the company, and they also are selling out.
The sale agreement calls for Schutte to rent the restaurant for five years before buying it. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Gorino bought Oliver's in 1983 and said he initially thought he would run the restaurant, which was started by Frank Oliver in 1936, for 20 years. As he passed 25 years and approached 30 years of ownership, he said he started to think more about selling.
Gorino brought up the idea with Schutte last summer, when the two men ran into each other at various events, and they reached a tentative agreement in December. Gorino said he will stick with his three restaurants for now but may someday open another Rocco's.
Schutte bought the Creekview in 1996, after serving as a partner in Babalu, a Jamaican restaurant located in the space that now houses Fat Bob's in Allentown.
The graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and Cornell's School of Hotel Administration previously worked at the storied Rainbow Room in New York City, a Napa Valley winery, the University Inn and Conference Center in Amherst and Biac's Restaurant in Allentown.
Referring to the Oliver's deal, Schutte, 48, said, "For me, it's like the next step in my career."
Schutte said patrons won't notice much of a difference for the first month or so after he takes over, and regulars won't have to worry about their favorite entrees coming off the menu. But he said he does plan to brainstorm some new menu items with Lewandowski, and he hopes to expand the cocktail offerings and add some color to the restaurant exterior. "Over time, we're going to add some fun things," he said.
Gorino has suggested that Schutte begin serving lunch again, or a Sunday brunch, at Oliver's and host events such as a New Year's Eve party in the Mary Seaton Room at Kleinhans. "I want him to make his own mark here," Gorino said.
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on November 4, 2012 - 5:38 PM
, updated November 5, 2012 at 7:08 AM
State Parks Police are trying to determine what happened to a man whose body was found in the Niagara River near Beaver Island State Park late Sunday afternoon.
The body was found in the water off the Grand Island park's marina by a pair of fishermen about 4:30 p.m., authorities said.
Late Sunday, a parks police spokesman declined to comment when asked if investigators believe foul play was involved.
"We have some pretty good leads, but it's an open investigation, and I can't disclose anything else," the officer said.
Authorities described the man as a white male, possibly around 60 years of age. The man was about six feet tall and weighed around 200 pounds. They declined to speculate how long he was in the water.
Personnel from the Coast Guard, Erie County Sheriff's Office and the Grand Island Volunteer Fire company were assisting.


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Monday, January 14, 2013
Complete list of team below
The Summerville Green Wave claimed two of the top honors for the fifth annual All-County Line football all-star list, but three other Summerville-area teams are also represented.
Summerville Communications released its All-County Line Football Team, a collaborative effort between the Summerville Journal Scene and The Goose Creek Gazette, this week. The pool of players came from the following high schools: Ashley Ridge, Cane Bay, Fort Dorchester, Goose Creek, Pinewood Prep, Stratford and Summerville.
This year, Summervilles John McKissick was named the Dorchester County Coach of the Year. McKissick surpassed the 600-career coaching wins benchmark this season, a mark no other football coach at any level has ever met.
But what is more impressive to some is the way he and his staff managed to keep their players morale up through a tough time.
The Green Wave got out to a 2-4 start this season, one of its worst ever. However, McKissick and his staff never lost faith in their team. Under McKissicks guidance the team kept striving to improve and kept its eyes on the big picture.
Summerville turned its season around and went 5-0 in region action, including a convincing win over previously undefeated Bluffton, to claim the Region 8-AAAA championship and the top playoff seeding that went with it.
The Wave was upset in the first round of the playoffs by a very good Spartanburg team, but finished with a 7-5 record that is far better than many predicted early in the season.
Sophomore linebacker Mac McCurry had a lot to do with the turnaround, which is why he was named the Dorchester County Defensive Player of the Year.
At the beginning of the year, McCurry was one of the leading candidates for the starting quarterback job. However, he was moved to linebacker for the teams final pre-season scrimmage and quickly showed he could make plays on that side of the ball as well.
During 11 regular-season games McCurry made 175 tackles, nearly 70 more than any other player on his team. Of those, 93 were solo tackles and nine were sacks.
By the time region play rolled around, opposing teams knew they had better account for No. 12, who just seems to have a knack for finding the ball.
Ashley Ridge running back Romelo Doctor was named the Dorchester County Offensive Player of the Year.
When teams took the field against the Swamp Foxes they knew their top priority was containing this explosive rusher. This season Doctor rushed for 1,450 yards, scored 20 TDs and participated in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas all-star game, during which he scored a touchdown.
Doctors combination of speed, moves and drive have led to some of the most memorable moments in the short history of the Ashley Ridge football program. The four-year starter finishes his high school career with 5,045 rushing yards and 59 touchdowns, making him the programs all-time rushing leader.
The Goose Creek Gators claimed three of the other top honors.
Goose Creeks Chuck Reedy was named the Berkeley County Coach of the Year. Reedy guided the Gators to a 13-0 record before they were removed from the playoffs by the South Carolina High School League Executive Committee after self reporting a possible ineligible player on the roster. The player in question, a special needs student, never entered a game Goose Creek was leading by less than 41 points.
Tramel Terry was named the Berkeley County Offensive Player of the Year. Terry, who is set to enroll at Georgia this month, finished his career as the states Mr. Football selection and played in the annual Shrine Bowl. He was also supposed to play in the Under Armour All-American game in early January before tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in the Shrine Bowl. He had nearly 1,700 total yards between rushing and receiving this season and scored 24 touchdowns.
He had 52 touchdowns in his career and topped 4,300 total yards.
Gator end Gerald Turner was named the Berkeley County Defensive Player of the Year. Turner, a South Carolina commitment, dominated one side of the line and teams often ran away from him this season. He had 66 total tackles, including 19 for lost yardage. He added eight sacks and pressured the quarterback 25 times.
He also played in the Shrine Bowl, finishing with six tackles and an interception in the South Carolina squads victory.
Berkeley County Coach of the Year: Chuck Reedy, Goose Creek
Dorchester County Coach of the Year: John McKissick, Summerville
Berkeley County Offensive Player of the Year: Tramel Terry, Goose Creek
Berkeley County Defensive Player of the Year: Gerald Turner, Goose Creek
Dorchester County Offensive Player of the Year: Romelo Doctor, Ashley Ridge Dorchester County Defensive Player of the Year: Mac McCurry, Summerville
Jacob Park, Stratford
Jerod Tucker, Summerville
Devon Anderson, Summerville
Caleb Kinlaw, Goose Creek
T.J. Smith, Fort Dorchester
Jordan Johnson, Stratford
Vernon Moree, Ashley Ridge
Grant Wactor, Summerville
Tyese McDonald, Fort Dorchester
Rodney Garrett, Goose Creek
William Flake, Stratford
Charles Thompson, Cane Bay
Kalan Ritchie, Goose Creek
Cameron Smith, Ashley Ridge
Kuwan Cox, Summerville
Shawn Peace, Stratford
Mike Myers Goose Creek
Myles White, Fort Dorchester
DeShawn Evans, Goose Creek
Adam Blocker, Summerville
Daylin Julius, Goose Creek
Jalen Stevens, Goose Creek
Matt Rudy, Cane Bay
Darrin Smalls, Summerville
Kendall Felder, Ashley Ridge
Taylor Morrison, Stratford
Omar McRae, Goose Creek
Parker Cleveland, Summerville
Maurice Wesley, Cane Bay
Dantez Bennamon, Goose Creek
Rico Blanding, Goose Creek
Daitwan Commodore, Fort Dorchester
Noah Shuler, Stratford
Chris White, Stratford
Mikey Goodwine, Ashley Ridge
Jacob Thompson, Ashley Ridge
Nick Tononi, Fort Dorchester
Brian Nix, Ashley Ridge
Zak Bailey, Summerville
Michael Hughes, Stratford
Dylan Steele, Goose Creek
Sean Smith, Summerville
Masamitsu Ishibashi, Goose Creek
Andrew Niemeyer, Pinewood
Henry Pryor, Cane Bay
Matt Powell, Summerville
Eurndraius Bryant, Fort Dorchester
Joseph Pringle, Ashley Ridge
Michael Simmons, Stratford
Kealon Weldon, Cane Bay
Cecil Smith, Stratford
Kevyn Flores, Fort Dorchester
Maleik Ravenell, Goose Creek
Sheldon Reid, Stratford
Zach Armstrong, Ashley Ridge
T.J. Wilson, Pinewood
Corey Rawlings, Fort Dorchester
Charles Loftland, Fort Dorchester
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Getting Help at the Rental Housing Clinic
How do I contact the MSU College of Law Housing Law Clinic?
During the law school academic year, the Clinic is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Clinic hours may vary, please call 517-336-8088, option 2, to schedule an appointment.
Do I need to bring anything when I visit the Clinic?
Yes. It will be helpful to bring copies of your lease or other documents, receipts, waivers, photographs, videos, court documents, or any other documentation that you may have that relates to the issue at hand.
Who will I be talking to?
Second- and third-year law students who have carefully studied Michigan law and local ordinances as they pertain to rental property. These students will be under the supervision of the Clinic Director and Assistant Clinical Professor, both admitted to the State Bar of Michigan.
The law students staffing the Clinic are prepared to provide legal counseling, dispute resolution, and, if necessary, representation in court. Clinic staff maintains the confidentiality of information relating to each client's matter.
How can a law student provide legal counsel?
Under Michigan Court Rule 8.120, law students who are supervised by a member of the State Bar of Michigan may provide representation to clients served by legal clinics that are organized by an ABA-accredited law school. Michigan State University College of Law is an ABA-accredited law school.


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Tiffin reports
A 100-block Coe Street woman reported Sunday afternoon some items were missing from her house.
A first-block Sycamore Street man reported Sunday afternoon his son was being threatened on Facebook.
Daniel J. Antonio, 24, of Michigan, was charged with having no operator's license Sunday.
Shelby L. Foster, 20, of Tiffin, was charged with underage possession/consumption Sunday.
Cody A. Johnson, 22, of Risingsun, was charged with theft Sunday.
A caller reported Monday morning kids were throwing things at an abandoned house in the 300 block of Jefferson Street. Police were unable to locate the kids, but a door on the house was found to have been kicked in.
County reports
Christina L. Mizen, 30, of Tiffin, was charged with illegal dumping for an incident Aug. 7.
Christopher W. Snavely, 24, of Tiffin, was charged with domestic violence Friday.
A caller reported early Monday morning two men were attempting to break into South Side Laundromat, 1458 N. TR 21.
Fostoria reports
Brett A. Thomas, of Fostoria, was charged with animal neglect for an incident Aug. 13.
Mary E. Link, 57, of Fostoria, was charged with theft Friday.
Brian L. King, 31, of Fostoria, was charged with possession of marijuana Saturday. He also was cited with driving under suspension and improper passing.
Faron R. Davis, 55, of Fostoria, was charged with domestic violence Saturday.
Lacie M. Fetro, 19, of Fostoria, was charged with domestic violence Saturday.
Thomas L. David, 58, of Fostoria, was charged with open container Sunday.
A woman went to the station Sunday night to report someone stole her wallet in the 100 block of West High Street.
A caller in the area of Lynn and East Jackson streets reported Sunday night prowlers were on Lynn Street. Police were unable to locate anyone.
A 200-block Bannister Street man reported Monday morning someone spray painted his garage.
A gasoline drive-off was reported Monday afternoon at Kroger, 126 W. High St.
Fostoria fire
Firefighters were called to 1000 Independence Ave. early Monday morning for an automatic alarm.


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on December 16, 2012 - 12:01 AM
It used to be an advertising mantra.
Everybody wanted – no, demanded – a new "Christie for Christmas."
Decade after decade, Agatha Christie churned out book after book, producing at least one for holiday giving each year, ?and sometimes a second book during the course of the year, as well.
The Queen of Crime was nothing if not productive.
She produced 84 mystery novels in all, many featuring her iconic detective characters, Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Besides that, she also wrote plays, short-story collections, memoirs, essays, poetry, letters and critical works.
"I regard my ?work," Christie once wrote, "as of no importance. I've been out simply to entertain."
And that she has, and continues to do. ?In fact, Christie is trendier than ever.
Now, 36 years after her death, and 92 years after she published her first detective ?novel, readers can once again mark their lists for Santa with a few titles by – or about – the talented woman who, many say, ?was the most-published author in the world, behind the Bible and Shakespeare.
A slew of new Christie titles has poured ?onto bookstore shelves during the past year.
Some of Christie's own writings – including some of her most personal works ?– are available in fresh paperback editions.
And some interesting books about Christie and her methods are also ?available.
Treat yourself – or the mystery fan on your list – to a "Christie Christmas."
"The Grand Tour: Around the World With the Queen of Mystery," edited by Mathew Prichard. Harper. $30, 376 pages.
This new hardcover volume, edited by Christie's only grandchild, Mathew Prichard, presents a visual and literary feast for fans of the legendary novelist. It contains never-before-published letters and photographs related to Christie's travels around the world – or, at least the British Empire – in 1922.
Christie made the extensive journey with her first husband, Archie Christie. The marriage ended after he left her for another woman. (This bad period in the author's life was when Christie had her famous "disappearance," an interlude after which she turned up in a hotel registered under a false name. She wrote "The Mystery of the Blue Train" during this time in her life – and always hated the book.)
Christie's second marriage, to archaeologist Max Mallowan, was happy and successful and lasted until the author's death in 1976 at age 85.
"The Grand Tour" contains Christie's letters from her trip, many of which were sent back home to her family. The book also includes Christie's own photographs, postcards and memorabilia.
"Agatha Christie: ?An Autobiography," ?by Agatha Christie. William Morrow. $19, 542 pages.
Here we have, fresh for this fall, a new paperback edition of the autobiography that Christie was known to have worked on over a 15-year period toward the end of her life.
This book was originally published in the United States in 1977. The new softcover edition includes an introduction by Prichard, Christie's grandson, and also photographs in both black-and-white and color.
Christie kept mum about many of the details of her personal life – including the break-up of her first marriage – for much of her career. This singular book offers her take on her life, including insights into how she began writing fiction (she was sick in bed one day; her mother handed her a notebook) and how she created some of her more memorable plots and characters.
For instance, she tells us how she got the idea for the ingenious solution to "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," which caused great controversy at the time of its publication for the trickiness of its conclusion.
Most enjoyable about this book is the chance to immerse fully in Christie's trademark literary style: conversational, warm, charming, witty. A delight.
"Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making," by John Curran. William Morrow. $17, 430 pages.
Here is a treat for ?aspiring writers and Christie enthusiasts alike.
In this book, new in softcover this fall, noted Christie expert John Curran continues the excavation project he began in his prize-winning previous book, "Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks."
Curran writes about stumbling onto a trove of 73 of Christie's old literary notebooks, stored in a cardboard box in her former home in England.
In these notebooks, ?Curran realized, were vast insights into how Christie produced her voluminous oeuvre of mystery stories. The notebooks reveal how Christie brainstormed ideas, developed characters and plotlines, schemed out solutions, and constantly worked at the craft at which she was considered a master.
Best yet, this book ?contains some never-before-seen material, including an early short story, and a "missing" chapter from one ?of Christie's novels.
"Come, Tell Me How You Live," ?by Agatha Christie. ?William Morrow. ?$14, 205 pages.
This thoroughly delightful book, written by Christie during her second marriage, is also out this year in a new paperback edition.
Christie spent time with Mallowan, a well-regarded archaeologist who was 14 years younger than she was, on his archaeological digs after their marriage in 1930.
She traveled with him ?to the Middle East, and during these trips she worked at the tasks of the scientists on the dig, finding and cleaning ?and sorting specimens, ?observing the landscape and scenery, and conversing with the locals.
Christie's tales of her experiences on these 1930s expeditions are fresh and funny and unexpected.
She called this book ?"small beer," and maybe in her eyes it was.
To us, it remains a charming story of work, travel and marriage.?


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From "20 Unbelievable Arduino Projects":
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I just wanted to say "Thanks!" (sarcastically) for the Automated Garden!
Wife has been wanting something like this for a while and your instructable just voided my last excuse ("don't know how to set up an automated sprinkler/light system honey!")... psh, the nerve :P
Seriously though, Killer instructables Randy - thanks for sharing!
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