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LOCKPORT – No foul play is suspected in the unattended death of a 56-year-old Grand Street woman found in her home on Wednesday.
There were earlier reports that had called the case a homicide, but police say at this point no foul play is suspected.
Capt. Richard Podgers, chief of detectives, on Thursday said the woman was found not breathing Wednesday morning. Lockport Fire Department paramedics responded and the woman was pronounced deceased by the coroner.
"There were no outward signs of trauma," Podgers said. "At this time it is being investigated as an unattended death."He said there may have been some misinformation in the public because a police car remained at the house throughout the day and the home was held as a crime scene.
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WELLSBORO- The North Campus of Pennsylvania College of Technology in Charleston Township will be sold to a Shell Oil subsidiary, company officials announced.
According to Deb Sawyer, business communications adviser for Shell, the building will serve as Shell's main Tioga County office, with about 100 people moving from Shell's other locations around the county, including rented spaces in the borough and Mansfield.
"The idea is to have leadership at the North Campus. We will keep some field offices like the one on routes 660 and 6, and we are looking for at least one more in Wellsboro as a smaller field office," she said.
Sawyer said the company has been interested in the building for some time, but declined to disclose the purchase price.
"They were in negotiations a while ago and then those stopped and then we started looking at it again this summer," she said.
Shell officials were interested in the building because it is centrally located and provides enough space "so we can get the people we need in one space," she said.
"We had been renting the building for training space so our people are already familiar with it," she added.
Sawyer said the company anticipates closing on the property by the end of the year. "Then there will be a short time of renovations, such as fitting it for office space," she said.
There are no immediate plans to change the outside of the building or take it down, and nothing will be done to the exterior, she added.
"We are considering long-term options that may include even taking down the building and putting up a new structure but that will be way down the road," she said.
The larger spaces inside will be used for cubicles for employees who do drilling, "and then we also have a projects department," Sawyer said.
"We have many who operate from the office and many are out in the field and team leaders and administrative staff," she added.
Among the training Shell provides at the building is safety training.
"New employees and contractors have to go through pretty extensive safety training, including first aid, medic, defensive driving, and production has its own safety meetings every other Thursday so we rented it consistently for that," she said.
Sawyer said her understanding is college staff will start moving out on Dec. 17.
"We are hoping to start renovations by January and then be in there fairly quickly," she added.
Shannon M. Munro, executive director of workforce development and continuing education at Penn College, said the North Campus property at Route 6 is 35.2 acres, too big for the college's needs.
"The college has a continuing need to ensure that we are right-sizing our operations, and the new location is more in line with current training needs," Monro said.
The last class at the location on Route 6 will be held Dec. 19, she said.
"Office furniture and equipment is being moved now to the new location with a start date for new classes to begin after Jan. 1," Monro said.
Penn College is renting 1,996 square feet of space at the high school, or three classrooms, and an additional 210 square feet of office space at the district administrative building, according to Monro.
"The college will have access to a classroom for additional offerings, as needed, in the administrative building. The Route 6 facility has six classrooms, a nursing lab and one computer lab," she added.
Four existing full-time staff positions and one part-time staff position will not be impacted as a result of the move.
"Penn College hires additional instructors as needed for course offerings," Monro said.
Student enrollment also will not be impacted by the move, Monro added, as all non-credit courses will continue.
"The medical assistant and practical nursing programs will be held at the new high school building and additional noncredit classes will be held at the district's Administrative Building at 227 Nichols St.," she said.
"Currently, we offer noncredit medical assistant and practical nursing classes at the North Campus. The new location also will house noncredit and clock-hour training programs and will build on the long history of hands-on programs designed to address training needs in the health-care and natural gas fields, as well as other offerings such as leadership training, business development, soft skills, pre-employment, computer and personal enrichment classes," she said.
According to Monro, Penn College has not offered credit programming at the North Campus since May 2001.
Classes will continue at the high school indefinitely, Monro added.
"There is no plan to discontinue classes in Wellsboro and no limitations on class size as a result of the move to the new location. We do limit class size in some cases to accommodate student learning and to ensure that the instructor has the ability to interact one-on-one with each student," she said.

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WARNING! DO NOT USE AS PRIMARY DASH WITHOUT A METHOD TO RECOVER (.. why would you want to, anyways?)!! This is completely beta software and should not be trusted. Software provided without warranty, etc. Use at your own risk.
1. Download http://th0mas.xbox-s...ses/od-beta.zip and unzip.
2. Edit od.cfg. The first three lines are the directories/drives you want to browse for games/apps. Make sure to use the same format as the example file (namely, remember to have trailing slashes, or the app will freeze.)
3. The fourth line in the config file is the full path to the linux minidistribution (comes with the opendash). IE, if you install opendash to f:/homebrew/opendash, then this line should read
4. Copy to your xbox and enjoy!
- (2!) cool groovy backgrounds
- browse three (3!) different directories for XBE's to run
- FTP support via mini-linux distribution (based on ltools)
- it's legal!
- DVD booting (although reset-on-eject is busted so, it's not that useful)
I'm posting this in development because I need a bit of help. Namely:
- someone to make a cooler milkshape 3d model (replace model.msd with something better)
- someone to replace bg.bmp. The red channel of the image is used in the "red-line" background. I just used a screenshot I had laying around, I'm sure a cooler effect could be used with say, clouds or something.
- help with turning off reset-on-eject. I'm executing the command:
HalWriteSMBusValue(0x20, 0x19, 0, 0x01);
But it doesn't do anything. Any help?
Other Limitations
- you can't boot a relative path from the mounted d:/ at the moment.
I'm also posting this in development because it gives an example of doing a number of things a dash needs to do, with the OpenXDK. I'm using latest CVS from www.openxdk.org, so update accordingly before trying to build.
If people could try to run this and give me bug reports (in this thread, or a PM) that would be great. Feature requests can be made but are probably not going to be honoured. Please include as much information about the bugs as possible (xbox version, bios version, dash you're running from..)
BINARY DOWNLOAD: http://th0mas.xbox-s...ses/od-beta.zip
SOURCE DOWNLOAD: http://th0mas.xbox-s...od-beta-src.zip
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| Published: November 2012
Integreon, the global provider of integrated legal, research and business support services has driven major efficiencies and savings by migrating to Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online. Working with Ciber, Integreon selected Microsoft's platform against other cloud offerings. Watch the video to see how they are already realising the benefits.
With over 2,000 associates across four continents, Integreon works with leading global corporations, law firms, and investment banks in areas such as market and competitive intelligence, legal process outsourcing (LPO), and business support services. The business had grown by acquisition, and the incoming CEO, Bob Gogel, recognised a real need to drive a much closer level of integration and collaboration across the business. He initiated a major technology overhaul as the enabler for a global process efficiency and operational excellence programme.
Working with Ciber as a strategic partner, Integreon selected Microsoft Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online to deliver:-
• Consolidation of 4 worldwide Exchange instances onto a single Exchange 2010 Online solution
• Consolidation of multiple active directories into a single AD forest with ADFS deployed to enable single sign on to Office 365
• Rollout of Office 365 (Office Applications and Lync) to over 2000 users together with a training programme delivered using Lync.
• Delivery of SharePoint as a standardised platform for all Integreon portals - intranet, client extranet and two websites
• Migration of 250 user from a failing rival crm implementation on to Dynamics CRM Online.
This programme is being delivered by a joint team of CIBER and Integreon resources across UK, North America and India.
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a group of males sit in a circle and jerk off onto the same waffle which is placed at the center of the circle, the last one to release his seminal fluids on the waffle must consume it, thus eating a waffle which is soggy because of everyones semen
last night i played soggy waffle, not once, not twice, but thrice
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This occurs as a result of when bored college students with crude humor (and no beer), and a fresh box of ego's come into play at a social gathering of the masses, a.k.a. a shindig or guy's night, where the participants thus sit around in a circle, or half circle for the more experienced games due to longer projection, and bop the one-eyed weasel whilst cocks are pointed at the specimen, usually a waffle, or a pancake if you like to mess up a good game do to lack of following the instructions, and thus calling the game Soggy Pancake, which is not as funny and we're still wasting time. The gallient players beat their meat until the ejaculant from every player but one has landed upon the waffle making it soggy. The last guy who couldn't "keep it up" must ritually end the game by consuming the waffle at once. And behold, another game commence!
And lo, sir Edward didst COME last in the recreational activities of the prestigious Soggy Waffle, and he did maketh a face of detest whilst consuming the warm goo upon the waffle's exterior, and there was much rejoicing.
by SirLarryCody2009 August 11, 2008
a game where all men cum onto a waffle and the last person to cum has 2 eat the waffle; MASON'S favorite game.
Mason finished last when cummin on the waffle so he had 2 eat it.
Mason purposely lost the game so he could enjoy a nice meal for breakfast.
Mason purposely lost the game so he could enjoy a nice meal for breakfast.
by J 0 K A February 02, 2005
A game in which players must ejaculate on a waffle over and over, until the last player who fails to produce sperm, must consume the waffle product.
After two rounds of soggy waffles, Joe had to consume the endproduct of a well played game.
by WNetwork June 02, 2004
A girl with a ass that looks like a soggy waffle
Wow she is a soggy waffle
by Samsam12370 February 28, 2016
When you take a shit and flush but it's a clogger and you leave it for the next person to discover.
The whole house reeked when I arrived home and I soon discovered my sister left me to the duties of disposing a soggy waffle left in the toilet bowl.
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A soft- unskilled group of people.
man those guys are all soggy waffles
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Erin Swain: La Parguera Session
Since my last post, I've had a few sessions at Shacks and Montones. I have been doing okay, but not really progressing. I realized that the deep ocean at Montones and shallow reef at Shacks were making me nervous and keeping me from working on anything that would make me lose my board.Read More »
Erin Swain: Montones
After two great days at Shacks, I went over to Montones to kite with two new guys I met. I had a leak in my 9m, and they were waiting on their boards from a buddy who was held up at the dentist. It was perfect: I had a board, they had kites.Read More »
Erin Swain: Winter Sessions in Puerto Rico
Merry Christmas to me! I got to kite three days in a row in PR! I honestly didn't think I'd be having my third ocean session at Shacks Beach. It's a spot that is coveted by kiters, but it can be a more advanced spot. Lucky for me, I have a number of people looking out for and encouraging me.Read More »
Erin Swain: First Ocean Session
OK, so today was THE DAY! My first Ocean Kiting experience! I have been waiting for this day for what feels like an eternity! I went to a spot on the north coast of Puerto Rico called Montones. It's a cove that has a huge rock on one side where sets of waves wrap around and break. The beach is beautiful and there is a mix of sand and reef bottom. The water gets shallow in spots but mostly its pretty deep. Luckily, it's sandy by the shore so its easy to get in and out of the water.Read More »
Erin Swain: Cold Hatteras Session!
The sun was out, but it was about 50 degrees and blowing strong. I had been out the day before in the clouds and wind and was cold but I figured the sun would warm everything up. I had a posse of 9 people ready to do a downwinder. The weathervane on top of the building was going nuts when we arrived at Kitty Hawk Kites. One minute it was south west, the next it was turning east.Read More »
Erin Swain: Glorious Ocracoke Evening Session!
I was on a staycation - That's a term I adopted from my friend Billy. It's when you take time off work and enjoy everything your home has to offer. In my case, surfing and kiting! So I woke up early and headed over to Kite Point down near Buxton.Read More »
Erin Swain: Planet of the Apes
After my day of light wind and a lesson with Kite Club Hatteras, I was able to go on a downwinder known as Planet of the Apes. I started at MP 46 and was going to the Kitty Hawk Kites location in Waves.Read More »
Erin Swain: Lessons for Self-Sufficient Riders?
With a new 9M Epic Renegade and a borrowed Aggression kiteboard, I was curious to see what a lesson could do for my progress. I headed down to Avon to meet up with a Bulgarian and his girlfriend. They run a kite school and I had met them up at Jockeys Ridge a couple weeks prior to this meeting.Read More »
Erin Swain: Lost Board
The last time I kited, I started to realize that I needed a smaller board. I finally decided to buy a used one, and Dimitiri Maramenides happened to have one great for me. It was 129 cm long which was perfect for me. I was stoked. Not only did I grab the board just in time for a session, but Dimitri had a 10M screamer for me to demo.Read More »
Erin Swain: Lessons to Learn in Gusty Wind
I went to JR after Scott told me it was blowing well until a rainstorm chased him out. He said it would continue to blow, but to watch out for storm bands. I got there and there were four kites in the air. Dimitri and his son were rocking some custom wet suits in bright colors that made them look like super heros (which I think they are!).Read More »
Erin Swain: My Session with Dimitri Maramenides
It's a pretty cool experience when you live on the Outer Banks and get to watch Dimitri Miramenides kite on his home turf. As Scott and I arrived to JR, it was blowing almost 20 knots! YEY! 7M time! While I was pumping my kite, Dimitri shows up and is pumping right next to me.Read More »
Erin Swain: After Irene
After the completely disappointing month of August (for wind and waves), the Outerbanks was met with hurricane Irene. Although she brought us a little much needed swell in the ocean, she destroyed many parts of Hatteras, Manteo, and sound-side residents and businesses.Read More »
Erin Swain: Kite Point Perfection
I dove the kite and was instantly lit. I raced across the water out into the sound trying my best to keep my form, but I don't think I had ever been this powered up. It was scary and fun at the same time. I had some tacks upwind, but since I was traveling so fast, when I sat down to turn I would instantly lose ground (note to self: Must work on transition turns as soon as I can stay upwind).Read More »
Erin Swain: Girl Power
It was like a switch flipped when she arrived. The wind picked up A LOT. Tami brought her 9, and I ran back to get my 7 from my car. I was still a little nervous to launch so close to land, so Tami said she didn't mind walking out a little ways. There were a lot of people at Jockey's Ridge that day, so we were the only ones kiting.Read More »


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For about a decade now, Diamond Solomon of Buffalo's Riverside neighborhood has looked up to the staff at Northwest Buffalo Community Center as mentors.
They have provided Solomon with a variety of social, academic and recreational opportunities aimed at keeping him and scores of other neighborhood youth constructively engaged and out of harm's way during after-school hours and over the summer recess.
At 20 years old, Solomon remains engaged almost daily at the center, where he is determined to reach back and give to the youngsters coming up behind him.
"I'm sort of like a mentor now, and I also try to guide the kids that are here," Solomon said.
The Northwest Buffalo Community Center at 22 Lawn Ave. is one of 44 nonprofit agencies across Erie County that were each awarded 2013 "Summer Primetime" grants of between $5,000 and $10,000 to expand their youth enrichment programs in July and August. Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz recently announced recipients of the funding.
" 'Operation Primetime' takes advantage of the prime summer months to provide new opportunities for children to enjoy structured, healthy activities during the time they are away from school," Poloncarz said.
It is a year-round endeavor for Northwest Buffalo Community Center, which caters to a large proportion of at-risk youth, many of whom live in one of three public housing developments – LaSalle Courts, Jasper Parrish and Shaffer Village – that are all within less than a mile of the center. The center also receives block grant funding through the city, as well as private donations from the Buffalo Bills and Wegmans.
"What 'Primetime' allows us to do is expand the programming for kids during the day and allow them a lot more activities, which will improve their academics," said Executive Director Lawrence T. Pernick Jr., a former Buffalo Public School teacher who has headed the agency since 1992.
"We provide them a lunch, a breakfast and we do provide academics that are required. So the kids do participate in an intensive reading program, as well as work with our staff on their report card deficiencies," Pernick added.
On the staff are several certified teachers, some of whom also teach in the Buffalo Public Schools during the school year.
Frank Cunningham, the agency's youth services director and also a school district employee, said recreational activities, arts and crafts, as well as field trips are included in the program, but academics are paramount.
"Education is the key to all successes and we emphasize that a lot. Homework is mandatory," Cunningham said.
"They stay on you about everything," added Solomon, "They make sure you stay off the streets and are not doing all the negative activities that are out there, no gang-banging, no drugs and all of that."
They are lessons that have stayed with Solomon, including his continued participation in the center's sports program.
"I also help Mr. Frank coach flag football and basketball, too," said Solomon, who now has a young nephew attending programs at the center.
Morgan Williams-Bryant, deputy commission of the county's Youth Services Division, said the application process for "Primetime" funding is rigorous, whether the youth being served are in Buffalo or one of its suburbs.
"Number one, we want a safe haven for kids to be this summer. During prime time hours – say between noon and 9 p.m. – we know many unsupervised kids are getting into trouble. So we want kids to have a safe place to go where they can have character development and learn life skills," Williams-Bryant said.
The agencies are regularly monitored by county Youth Bureau staff, who conduct unannounced on-site visits.
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quote: Apple has a burning hatred for Android
quote: Gotta love when a statement like that, attributing emotions to a corporation, is backed up by...another post from the same author.
quote: That said, I think Microsoft is the bigger threat here. While they technically allow Android phones to exist by licensing their questionable patents, the fees are so high that they basically become the profiteer of the platform. They can also raise the fees. Eventually no one will want to bundle Android as other options are cheaper.And Google may not want to work on a platform that requires all handset makers to pay Microsoft more than they pay Google...
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quote: contribution that is relevant to the topic at hand.
quote: Not because our goal is to control it; it's been surprisingly difficult when we say to people "don't put an optical media drive in there" and they put an optical media drive in there and you're like "that makes it hotter, that makes it more expensive, and it makes the box bigger." Go ahead.


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AICPA News Update
A Weekly Email Newsletter on Issues & Events Surrounding the CPA Profession
December 09, 2011 - Volume 14 No. 51
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff will need a few more months to produce a final report on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), SEC Chief Accountant James Kroeker said December 5 at the AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments in Washington. SEC commissioners are not expected to make a determination on the use of IFRS for reporting by U.S. public companies until the staff's work is complete. Read this JournalofAccountancy.com article for more information.
The Auditing Standards Board (ASB) has issued Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards, The Auditor's Consideration of an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (Redrafted), resulting from its Clarity Project, to supersede SAS No. 59, The Auditor's Consideration of an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, as amended (AICPA, Professional Standards, AU sec. 341 and AU-C sec. 570). Comments are due January 31, 2012. Although the proposed SAS represents the redrafting of SAS No. 59 to apply the ASB's clarity drafting conventions, the ASB decided to delay convergence of the proposed SAS with International Standards on Auditing (ISA) 570, Going Concern, pending the Financial Accounting Standards Board's anticipated development of accounting guidance addressing going concern.
The AICPA's Financial Reporting Executive Committee issued a working draft of the AICPA Accounting and Valuation Guide Assets Acquired to Be Used in Research and Development Activities. This guide, which will replace the practice aid that was originally issued in 2001, provides guidance and illustrations for valuation specialists, preparers of financial statements and independent auditors related to initial and subsequent accounting for disclosures and valuation of acquired in-process research and development assets. This guide addresses many new accounting and valuation issues that have emerged over the years. Interested parties are encouraged to review the working draft and submit their informal feedback by March 15, 2012.
The Professional Ethics Executive Committee has issued an exposure draft dated November 30 that contains important proposals on when firm names would be considered misleading, a violation of Rule 505, Form of Organization and Name (AICPA, Professional Standards, ET sec. 505). The proposals are consistent with revisions made in August 2011 to Section 14(i) of the Uniform Accountancy Act and Article 14 (Unlawful Acts) of the Model Rules. Comments are due by January 30, 2012.
Forty percent of CPA executives responding to the AICPA Economic Outlook Survey for the fourth quarter say they are somewhat or very pessimistic about the U.S. economy. That's down from 59 percent in the third quarter. Predictions of a double-dip recession decreased to 45 percent in the fourth quarter compared with 61 percent in the third quarter. Meanwhile, plans for spending might be the most positive indicator in the survey. Forecasts for spending increases on IT, other capital expenses, and training reached their highest level since the third quarter of 2007. Read this JournalofAccountancy.com article and the press release for more information.


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Five honorees will have their contributions to the art world recognized as they take their place this year among past recipients of the Blair County Arts Hall of Fame.
An induction ceremony will take place at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Mishler Theatre in Altoona. A reception honoring the recipients will follow at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona.
The Allegheny Ridge Corporation, Blair County Arts Foundation and Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art established the hall of fame in 2003 "to celebrate important artistic achievements, and to ultimately create an exhibit that would document and preserve the significant contributions the county's residents have made to the region's cultural fabric," a foundation press release said.
Area artists will contribute to the event through art pieces recognizing the honorees.
Joe Servello will again capture images of the inductees through portraits he created. Helen Gorsuch designed the medallions presented to the recipients, and medallic artist Jeanne Stevens-Sollman lettered them.
Altoona Community Theatre, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Allegheny Ballet Company and Blair Concert Chorale will also be represented at the event.
The 2013 honorees are Shirley Pechter of Altoona for the Arts Patron honor, Robert Hunt of Altoona for the Visual Arts honor, Steven Sherrill of Hollidaysburg for Literary Arts honor, the late Samuel Charles Cohn, formerly of Altoona, for the Performing Arts honor and the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament for the Public Art/Architecture honor.
"This year's exceptional group of inductees has made significant contributions to the cultural fabric of this region and beyond," Blair County Arts Foundation Executive Director Kate Shaffer said in an email. "The Blair County Arts Hall of Fame affords us a unique opportunity to recognize their accomplishments and to inspire others to follow their lead."
Shirley Pechter
Pechter, an advocate for music and music education who is also a trained classical pianist, has sat on the board of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra for more than 40 years, the release said.
She is an active member of the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Board of Directors and worked to establish its Altoona facility.
Pechter has also helped fund scholarships for high school students through the ACT's Isaac Awards, and contributed to capital campaigns, theatrical programs and educational outreach initiatives as an advocate of the Mishler Theatre and the foundation.
"I feel extraordinary. It's awesome," Pechter said of the honor. "You know when you do something that you really love and you get a lot of satisfaction for yourself, for your family, for your foundation, for whatever you're doing, and then someone honors you for it, that's just awesome."
Robert Hunt
Hunt, a professional oil painter who has been painting since high school, said he was "surprised" and "pleased" to receive the honor.
Hunt paints a wide range of subjects, including the Pennsylvania Railroad, areas before the Johnstown Flood of 1889 and Western landscapes, his website said. Hunt's work hangs in the White House and in National Park Service displays.
"I guess what I would have to say is that what I do is mostly historical pieces, whether it be railroad or Civil War or French and Indian War; it's all based on some history, so I guess I'm pleased that I can help bring back our past and put it into a form that's easy to understand," Hunt said.
Steven Sherrill
Sherrill, author and associate professor of English and Integrative Arts at Penn State Altoona, earned his Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from the Iowa Writer's Workshop, his website said.
His first novel, "The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break," earned a 2002 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Fiction and was translanted into eight langauges. It was released on audio by Neil Gaiman Productions.
Also a painter and musician, Sherrill is the author of other works, including "Visits From the Drowned Girl" and "The Locktender's House."
"I feel fortunate to be recognized for doing things that give me such deep core-level satisfaction, and I feel deeply honored to be included among inductees, past and current, of such breadth and caliber," Sherrill said in an email.
Samuel Charles Cohn
Cohn, who died in May 2009, was an Altoona native who worked his way up in the entertainment industry to become one of the most powerful agents in the 1970s and 1980s, the release said.
He was a producer, a lawyer at CBS and business executive at Goodson Artists Corporation, which would become Creative Management Associates or ICM.
He represented such artists as Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Paul Newman, Lily Tomlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Bob Fosse and Woody Allen.
He was involved in numerous Broadway productions such as "Nine," Noises Off," and "Sunday in the Park with George" in the '80s. He negotiated for Columbia Pictures for the movie rights to the Broadway musical "Annie."
In a 2009 Mirror article, friend Richard Johnston of Altoona remembered Cohn, who stayed connected with his hometown, as a "well-liked, well-respected man who was very knowledgeable about the entertainment business."
"If you went out on the town with him in New York City, everyone knew him," he had said. "Regardless of how well-to-do he was, for those who knew him, he was always 'Sam.'"
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
Bishop Mark Bartchak plans to accept the award for the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at the ceremony, diocese spokesman Tony DeGol said in an email.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is Bartchak's Cathedral Church, along with St. John Gualbert Cathedral, Johnstown, DeGol said.
The Most Reverend Richard Guilfoyle and The Most Reverend Howard Carroll were intricate in the completion of the Cathedral, with the latter gathering the funds to complete it, and the former finishing the interior, the release said.
On September 17, 1924, ground was broken to build the 264-feet-long by 120-feet-wide Cathedral, the release said. The Cathedral's height from the street to the dome's top reaches 198 feet. Twelve steel columns weighing 57 tons each, installed in 1927, support the dome.
"The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is an architectural gem and one of the most sacred and beloved landmarks in Altoona," DeGol said. "We are so honored that the Blair County Arts Hall of Fame chose to recognize this magnificent structure, and we are so proud that the Mother-Church of our Diocese serves our Catholic faithful and the entire community so well."
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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"… we cannot know if we act or are acted upon; whether we are playing pieces in the game, or are the very game ourselves."
– Historian/narrator M.W. van Dyck II in Joyce Carol Oates' "The Accursed"
Joyce Carol Oates is at the top of her game in her glorious new novel, "The Accursed" – a long, lush account of perhaps-preternatural happenings in Princeton, N.J., a century ago.
Terrible events (Oates' trademark) come to pass here – but beautifully, and against a backdrop of history, literature, religion, the real and the fantastical, a veritable symphony, in fact, of place and time.
Stephen Dobyns is in his element as well in his latest offering, "The Burn Palace," a hilarious yet strangely moving tale of dark, present-day phenomena in the fictional town of Brewster, R.I.
There is no way to compare or link the two novels but together they are testament to our enduring fascination with evil, both requiring us, by their sheer heft, to dwell for seeming months, or more, in uneasy places with uneasy people, more than one or two beset by ruses of the mind.
Oates uses M.W. van Dyck II – a fictional descendant of two of Princeton's oldest families – to tell her tale, he a prim but fair raconteur who begins with the lean, hypochondriacal Woodrow Wilson, then president of Princeton University, a man at odds with the cunning, Falstaffian Andrew Fleming West, dean of the great institution's graduate school:
"Fellow historians will be shocked, dismayed, and perhaps incredulous – I am daring to suggest that the Curse did not first manifest itself on June 4, 1905, which was the disastrous morning of Annabel Slade's wedding, and generally acknowledged to the be the initial public manifestation of the Curse, but rather earlier, in the late winter of the year, on the eve of Ash Wednesday … This was the evening of Woodrow Wilson's (clandestine) visit to his longtime mentor Winslow Slade, but also the evening of the day when Woodrow Wilson experienced a considerable shock to his sense of family, indeed racial identity."
Thus several disparate strains are joined to create a single horrific tale of the public and private hells endured by certain individuals in the early, repressive years of the 20th century. Told in the careful, genteel tone of the era, it is the richly woven story of Wilson, Slade, Slade's grandchildren – Annabel, Josiah and Todd in particular – as well as an insufferable invalid, Adelaide Burr, who reads Madame Helena Blavatsky and, like Dickens' Madame Defarge before her, records her world in an often-malicious code.
A whole cast of others – including such American writers of the time as Mark Twain, Jack London, "Sherlock Holmes" and Upton Sinclair – also people this wonderful book.
For Buffalonians, there is the (not very flattering) Princeton presence of former U.S. president Grover Cleveland and his young wife Frances – who have settled in the university town after many years in public life:
"It was invariably a social coup to include Grover and Frances Cleveland in any gathering, despite Grover's uncouth manners and buffoonish laughter, and the disappointment of his second term in office; worse yet, as many knew, Grover Cleveland had, as sheriff of Erie County in upstate New York in his early career in politics, personally executed, by hanging, at least two condemned men, rather than pay a hangman ten dollars."
Even to hint at the deeds of the Curse thought to engulf the Slade family in 1905-06 would do a disservice to Oates, whose storytelling genius is at its peak here. It is only safe to say that the book involves Woodrow Wilson's presidency of Princeton; his close friendship with the aging and widely respected the Rev. Winslow Slade; the marriage of Slade's stunning but naive granddaughter Annabel; the mental and physical unraveling of those closest to her – and all manner of historically fascinating moments including an interlude in Bermuda wherein Woodrow Wilson, there for his health, meets the "very funny, if cruel and cutting" Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
There is also no mistaking Oates' intent in having van Dyck call a comment of the Rev. Slade's to our attention early on in the book: "of all physic conditions, anxiety verging upon paranoia/hysteria is perhaps the most contagious, even in men."
In interviews, Oates has spoken of this seminal work as one she began nearly 30 years ago, when she first moved to Princeton – where she is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at the university. What fun, then, to find a small section within the book titled "Princeton Snobbery," and an aside later on, calling the campus "a claustrophobic little world of privilege and anxiety in which one was made to care too much about too little."
Yes, much is at work here from the splendid, unbridled mind of Joyce Carol Oates. "The Accursed" may be her major motion picture. The time is right for it, its night terrors, apparitions and suggestions of nether worlds being so in fashion on movie screens today.
Poet and novelist Stephen Dobyns' "The Burn Palace" attests to this fact as well. Although his is another kind of dark offering, it is a contemporary look at how fear still travels in a small town.
"Surely fear is the oldest emotion. Not love, not pride, not greed. The emotion urging you to run is older than the one telling you to embrace," he writes in this veritable "Our Town" of a tale.
From the initial discovery – of a snake in lieu of a baby in a Morgan Memorial Hospital bassinette – Rhode Island's town of Brewster is gripped by dread. (It helps that Peggy, the mother of the missing infant, is far from frantic: "She's glad the baby was stolen … She says he's the Devil's baby.")
Then there is a scalping – and Woody Potter, a detective with the state police, finds himself filling out "the forms of the National Incident-Based Reporting System, breaking everything into categories, numbers and capital letters, but (not helping to indicate) whether a snake was a weapon, perpetrator or victim; and scalping could only be listed as 'other.' "
"The Burn Palace" proceeds in this manner – obvious and, at times, over-funny – until we realize we have more or less moved to Brewster and are now among the folk waylaid by its strange happenings (presumably to keep from seeing the dysfunction in their own lives).
Never mind that some are wiccans, and others, perhaps, ghouls. We join them.
We are particularly drawn to a boy named Hercel, owner of the snake, a boy who can make things levitate, a boy whose stepfather has begun to growl. "When a terrible crime takes place in a small town, it's a tragedy," our narrator tells us. "When a second takes place, it's a curse."
In Dobyn's deft hands, it's a curse with real underpinnings, the human condition in everyday garb. Best known for his "Saratoga" stories featuring detective Charlie Bradshaw, Dobyns doesn't just give us another mystery in "The Burn Palace" – he gives us a layered slice of what sometimes feels like real life.
The Accursed
By Joyce Carol Oates
667 pages, $27.99
The Burn Palace
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The wild coastal region of Downeast Maine captivates the imagination of poets, writers, and artists. Drawing inspiration from this setting, the English, Creative Writing, & Book Arts Program offers individualized training in literature with a special focus on creative writing and publishing. No other undergraduate program in the country provides its students such unique opportunities that include publication in a professional press by graduation.
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With its legal and health issues mostly behind it, Gotti, a 2-year-old pit bull healing nicely after being dragged behind its owner's SUV five weeks ago, now is available to be adopted from the local SPCA.
That thrills SPCA officials, but they just wish the public were equally willing to embrace other pit bulls – ones that didn't turn into dramatic, heart-tugging news stories.
Those officials cited two new developments in the case Monday.
The dog's owner, Daniel Delaney Jr., who was jailed on an animal-cruelty charge, signed the dog over to the SPCA Serving Erie County on Friday.
And after Gotti's latest medical examination Monday morning, SPCA officials have discontinued the dog's medication, clearing the dog for adoption.
"We've tried some different kinds of treatment that have worked beautifully," SPCA public relations director Gina M. Browning said. "He's walking gingerly, but he's walking."
While some folks are leery about adopting pit bulls, because of their perceived aggressiveness, more than a dozen people called to inquire about adopting Gotti following news reports that it had been dragged several blocks by its owner's vehicle on Buffalo's West Side on Oct. 6.
"We have a shelter full of wonderful dogs of the same breed," Browning said.
But people interested in adopting dogs often walk by the pit bulls without giving them a second look.
"Why is it that the community opens its collective hearts and minds to this pit bull?" Browning asked rhetorically.
The answer, of course, is that Gotti has become a huge story, an innocent victim that has become a darling in the public's mind, rather than a symbol of an aggressive breed of dogs.
No dog deserves what happened to Gotti, SPCA officials say, adding that the pit bull showed no aggressiveness or skittishness, even after its painful ordeal and the discomfort of having its special bandages changed daily.
"He never even turned his head at us," SPCA executive director Barbara S. Carr said. "He's just a remarkable dog."
Carr then talked about pit bulls.
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Lol.. Might win the Presidents trophy and the cup next year eh? Yes, I can see it now. Lose Lidstrom and Stuart and add nobody on the back end. Damien Brunner is the biggest signing of the year... So I have only one thing to say to that. In the words of Emilio Estevez when he played Billy the Kid in Young Guns.. "I wouldn't give a bucket of piss for your future."
P.S. Holland better get on his horse and start making some improvements on this roster or you guys are going to be Royally Fuc*ked
Wings are still deeper and better than the Wild. Come talk about teams futures when the Wild make the playoffs, and you can start with the bragging rights when they win the cup. Or even a presidents trophy for that matter.
This offseason, all the other GM's, including Yzerman unfortunately, overpaid for what was out there. Next offseason, we've all seen the list of guys that could be had and half the GM's won't have two cents to rub together from their gross overspending this offseason and Kenny will be able to sit and sift through the pack. Weber, Getzlaf and Iginla seems pretty nice to me. This year we can watch a few prospects develop and rotate others in to see if they can hack playing in the NHL. Then next offseason, sign a couple bigger names and see what prospects are ready to go....like Jarnkrok centring the 3rd or 4th line.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - "There's a sucker born every minute" as P. T. Barnum used to say It has always seemed a stretch to claim Wheaties as the "Breakfast of Champions," or that Wonder Bread "helps builds strong bodies twelve ways." If you think those are bad, try Kellogg's ads for Frosted Mini-Wheats.
Frosted Mini-Wheats are Brain Food
In January of 2008, Kellogg Co., the maker of Frosted Mini-Wheats cereal, began a marketing campaign that claimed the cereal was "scientifically proven to improve children's cognitive functions for several hours after breakfast."
"Does your child need to pay more attention in school? ... a recent clinical study showed that a whole grain and fiberfilled breakfast of Frosted Mini-Wheats® helps improve children's attentiveness by nearly 20%."
"An independent research group conducted a series of standardized, cognitive tests on children ages 8 to 12 who ate either a breakfast of Frosted Mini-Wheats® cereal or water (That's a breakfast? asks JP). The result? The children who ate a breakfast of Frosted Mini-Wheats® cereal had a nearly 20% improvement in attentiveness."
"Based upon independent clinical research, kids who ate Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats® cereal for breakfast had up to 18% better attentiveness three hours after breakfast than kids who ate no breakfast."
A hearty breakfast of sugar-spiked dog food would make you attentive. Turns out I am not the only Doubting Thomas.
Class Action Suit
Two groups of plaintiffs joined together challenging Kellogg's marketing claims under California's Unfair Competition Law and California's Consumer Legal Remedies Act. Before the class was even certified, the plaintiffs reached a settlement with Kellogg. By itself, that makes any settlement suspect.
Kellogg Settlement
The settlement called for Kellogg to establish a $2.75 million fund for distributions to class members submitting claims who would receive $5 per box of cereal purchased up to a maximum of $15, with unclaimed funds to go to unnamed charities who feed the indigent.
Plus, Kellogg agreed to distribute $5.5 million "worth" of Kellogg food items to charities that feed the indigent.
Kellogg agreed that for three years it would stop advertising that Frosted Mini-Wheats cereal is clinically shown to improve attentiveness by nearly 20%, although Kellogg could still claim that studies have shown that kids who eat Mini-Wheats have an 11% better attentiveness in school than kids who skip breakfast.
I'm no nutritionist, but I bet kids who eat a bowl of sugar would have at least 11% better attentiveness in school. Same claim can probably be made for kids who drink a bowl of milk without Frosted Mini-Wheats.
Oh, let's not forget the attorneys. Class counsel got $2 million The total value of the Settlement was more than $10 million.
Class Action Challenged
Two class members objected to the Settlement claiming that although Kellogg and the lawyers did just fine, the cereal-eating class members got almost nothing and have no idea how the fund would be used and food distributed to the poor.
The federal trial court approved the class Settlement, and the Objectors appealed.
Cy-Pres Distributions
The federal Court of Appeals examined the cy-pres distributions of unclaimed cash and $5.5 million worth of food products. In case you don't speak French, cy-pres is shorthand for the old equitable doctrine "cy-pres comme possible," French for "as near as possible." In other words, in a class action you can't realistically pay the cereal-eating class members or distribute Kellogg's products to the cereal eating class members, so you do "the next best distribution" - you give the money and food to a worthy cy-pres beneficiary
The Objectors argued that feeding the indigent had nothing to do with Kellogg's misrepresentations and violation of California's Unfair Competition Law and Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
Kellogg's attorneys argued that the case was about "the nutritional value of food." The federal Court of Appeals disagreed, concluding that the appropriate cy-pres recipients are not charities who feed the needy, but organizations dedicated to protecting consumers from false advertising: "Charities that provide food for the indigent may not serve a single person within the plaintiff class of purchasers of Frosted Mini-Wheats."
$5.5 Million Worth of Food
The Court continued to take apart the Settlement, pointing out the ambiguity in calculating $5.5 million worth of food. Is that calculated at wholesale or retail, or is it valued at Kellogg's cost? Where is the accounting of the cy-pres distributions? As the Court noted, Kellogg generously donates its food products. Can it use previously budgeted foods or surplus production to meet its Settlement obligations?
Pre-class certification of class Settlements require a higher standard of fairness and a more probing inquiry than normal class action Settlements. Too many unanswered questions, according to the Court of Appeals
Settlement out the door Remember kids - pay attention - eat breakfast.
Jim Porter is an attorney with Porter Simon licensed in California and Nevada, with offices in Truckee and Tahoe City, California, and Reno, Nevada. He was the Governor's appointee to the California Fair Political Practices Commission and McPherson Commission, both involving election law and the Political Reform Act. Jim's practice areas include: real estate, development, construction, business, HOAs, contracts, foreclosures, mediation and other transactional matters. He may be reached at email@example.com or at the firm's website www.portersimon.com.


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Swedish researchers find dance interventions turn negative problems into positive ones
Dance therapy/intervention is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance for emotional, cognitive, social behaviors and physical conditions. It is based on the belief that there is a direct relationship between movement and emotion. Dance therapy is helpful to teens with problems that include anxiety, depression and poor self-esteem.
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In this new study researchers examine whether dance intervention can influence self-rated health for adolescent girls with internalizing problems such as stress and depression according to the study's objective. Researchers wrote "dance and provide" a supportive environment and an opportunity to enhance low body attitudes and physical self-perceptions".
Ann Duberg, R.P.T., of the Centre for Health Care Sciences, Örebro County Council and Örebro University, Sweden, and colleagues conducted a randomized controlled intervention trial in which measured self-rated health changes of 112 Swedish girls aged 13 to 18 years with internalizing problems such as stress who had visited the school nurse numerous times for psychosomatic symptoms that included headaches, back or shoulder pain and stomach pain.
For the study the girls at random were assigned to either the intervention group (59) or the control group (53). The intervention group had dance classes that lasted 75 minutes each at two times a week for eight months. The classes concentrated on the joy of movement and not dance performance. Self-rated health (SRH) was the primary outcome measure and secondary measures were adherence to and experience of the intervention.
Researchers interviewed the girls at baseline, eight months, twelve months and twenty months, on self-reported health, emotional distress, psychosomatic symptoms, negative affect, depression, sleep, school, interests, and enjoyment of dance, as well as adherence to and experience with the dance intervention in the study group.
The results showed that the dance intervention group improved their self-rated health more than the control group at follow-ups. The results remained after four and eight months after the intervention had ended.
The dance intervention group saw reductions in self-reported at eight and twelve month follow-up in comparison to the control group. Also, the results revealed 91% of the girls rated the dance intervention as a positive experience.
In their conclusion the authors had written "An 8-month dance intervention can improve self-rated health for adolescent girls with internalizing problems. The improvement remained a year after the intervention." Dance can result in high adherence and a positive experience for the participants, which might contribute to sustained new healthy habits."
This study appears in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine


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PFS Member Summer Sneak Peek – STEP UP REVOLUTION
With the Summer Movie Season officially upon us, the Philadelphia Film Society is working hard to make sure that members get a chance to see as many Blockbusters, Spectacles, and Genre Offerings as possible. As a result, in the coming weeks members will be seeing BATTLESHIP, ROCK OF AGES, and CHERNOBYL DIARIES all BEFORE they hit theaters. Another staple of the Summer Movie Season is the Guilty Pleasure… and it doesn't get more guilty than STEP UP REVOLUTION!


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EvitaEvita tells Eva Peron's passionate and unforgettable true story, and features some of theater's most beautiful songs, including "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" and "High Flying, Adored." This new production of Evita isdirected by Michael Grandage and choreographed by Rob Ashford.07/08/2014 - 07/13/2014Benedum Center, 230 7th St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
An Evening with Marianne CornettiInternationally-renowned Verdi mezzo-soprano Marianne Cornetti returns to her Pittsburgh roots for SummerFest's special opening concert. In addition to the performance, you can opt for tickets to a festive dinner and/or a post-concert reception with Ms. Cornetti and the SummerFest artists.07/10/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Blvd, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
The Winter's Tale"The Winter's Tale" is BoB's 24th annual Shakespeare production.07/10/2014 - 07/19/201407/1007/1107/1207/1707/1807/19221 Fayette St. Johnstown, PAwebsite | map
Woman and ScarecrowWoman is dying. With quintessentially Irish wit, she and her mysterious companion Scarecrow consider what she leaves behind and what might have been as she faces the mystery of what is to come. Is that Death lurking in the wardrobe? If you liked Margaret Edson's Wit, try Marina Carr's lyrical play. Alan Stanford directs Nike Doukas as Woman, Karen Baum as Scarecrow, Sharon Brady as Auntie Ah, and James FitzGerald as Him.07/10/2014 - 08/02/2014Time: variousLocation: Henry Heymann Theater, Stephen Foster Memorial, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Chaz Bowers, organChaz Bowers, organist of Immaculate Conception Church, Irwin, PA07/10/2014Time: 5:00 pmWestminster Presbyterian Church, 2040 Washington Rd., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
The Merry WidowSince its premiere in Vienna in 1905, Franz Lehar's classic has been delighting audiences with its charming melodies and lavish party scenes. The libretto, by Viktor Leon and Leo Stein, follows Hanna, a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband. WQED-FM's Anna Singer returns for a third time as Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow.07/11/2014 - 07/27/2014Time: various07/11 - 7:30 pm07/19 - 7:30 pm07/27 - 2:00 pmLocation: Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Blvd, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Late Night CabaretEnjoy a glass of wine and toast the SummerFest artists as they serenade you with Broadway favorites, jazz standards, and beloved arias after each mainstage performance. Free for all audience members, cash bar available.07/11/2014 - 07/25/2014Time: various07/11 - 10:30 pm07/12 - 9:30 pm07/17 - 9:30 pm07/18 - 10:00 pm07/19 - 10:30 pm07/25 - 9:30 pmLocation: Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Blvd, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Concert 1 - The Lost TravelerKevin Noe directs a new music journey through life as represented by Iannis Xenakis: Rebonds (A); Kevin Puts: Living Frescoes; Iannis Xenakis: Rebonds (B); Martin Bresnick: The Lost Traveler; and Vinko Globokar: ?Corporel.07/11/2014 - 07/12/201407/11 - 8:00 pm07/12 - 8:00 pmCity Theatre, 1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Gallery CrawlThe crawl showcases a wide variety of thought-provoking art exhibitions. Live bands, DJs, dance, comedy, film, and participatory activities are also part of the complimentary crawl events. To celebrate a decade of its gallery crawls, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust invites you to Instagram your favorite Gallery Crawl memory using #CrawlPGH by July 18, 2014. Your photo may be used to promote September's Gallery Crawl.07/11/2014Time: 5:30 pm – 10 pmLocation: Cultural District, downtown Pittsburghwebsite
Some BeginsThe exhibition evaluates the lives of objects, exploring what it is they radiate through their beings, their material evidence of history, and the miracle of their discovery.07/11/2014 - 08/24/2014Location: 707 Penn Gallery, 707 Penn Av, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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Home-Run Baseball Apps
Whether you want real-time updates from the field or a ton of player stats, your smartphone can get you into the swing of the season
For the Live-Game Addict:
MLB.com At-Bat
This is Major League Baseball's official app; it's also the most comprehensive on-the-go baseball experience out there. The app airs live video and audio feeds and posts video highlights less than 60 seconds after a play happens on the field. The 2013 version of the app is a significant improvement over previous years. It's easier to navigate, gets you into the action quickly with video highlights on the opening screen and offers push notifications with updates on games in progress. When you get an alert about a late-inning lead change or a walk-off home run, just open the app and a video of the play is there waiting for you. MLB.com At Bat also lets you watch 60 classic games in their entirety—ideal for nostalgia buffs who want to relive Don Larsen's perfect 1956 World Series game or the 1978 Bucky Dent game. Available for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire. 20 for premium access through the World Series, mlb.com/mobile/atbat
For the News Junkie:
Baseball Trade Rumors
This app pulls content from the website MLB Trade Rumors to deliver concise roundups, thoughtful analyses, in-depth player interviews and the latest news from national and local outlets as well as breaking stories posted on social media. It focuses on hard news and the business side of the game—player trades and free-agent signings—rather than gossip about divorces and DWI charges. Push notifications—customizable by league, team or player—keep you in the know without burying you under a mound of irrelevant info. Available for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. $3, mlbtraderumors.com
For the Stat Fanatic:
FanGraphs Baseball
For many fans, the thrill of the game isn't just about amazing plays. It's also about statistics. For that there's no better app than FanGraphs Baseball. It provides a trove of player data (every major-league player in the history of baseball is searchable). It will also graph, in real time, the probability that a team will win or lose (the app calculates this by comparing the current state of the game—score, inning, outs, runners on base—with historical data). And a bar chart at the bottom of the screen tracks how critical every at-bat is to the game's outcome. If you find any terms confusing, tap the "info" button for an accessible glossary on abstruse, weighted statistics, like "Runs Above Replacement" and "Fielding Independent Pitching." During the off-season, you can spend hours reading the advanced metrics of the 1884 Brooklyn Atlantics or comparing Jackie Robinson's numbers to Robinson Cano's. Available for iPhone and iPod Touch. $3, fangraphs.com
For the Team Loyalist:
Fan Misery
As any dedicated baseball fan knows, anxiety and devotion go hand in hand. Will your team somehow blow its comfortable four-run lead? Is a prolonged slump right around the corner? Fan Misery uses a range of metrics to gauge the collective mood of each team's fan base and presents its assessment as a weather forecast. The app calculates this daily by factoring in hard data—hitting and pitching stats, the cost of beer at the concession stand (expensive Bud Light lowers morale)—along with results from in-app polls. This is the go-to app after a tough loss, a steroid scandal or an injury. Want to revel in the woes of another team or commiserate about yours en masse? Look no further. Available for iPhone and iPod Touch. $1 for single-team coverage or $3 for access to all teams, fanmisery.com
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on November 9, 2012 - 12:01 AM
Surely there must be a market for a bizarre black comedy about an obstetrician whose life spins out of control after his new lawn is destroyed by worm-seeking raccoons, with infidelity, blackmail, dream sequences, poison and one graphic murder by crossbow.
At least the people who made "The Details" are hoping there is. I'm not so sure.
The high points of this movie begin and nearly end with the casting. Tobey Maguire is Jeff Lang, M.D., Elizabeth Banks is his gorgeous wife Nealey, Kerry Washington is his old friend Rebecca, Ray Liotta is her husband Peter, Laura Linney is the doctor's nutty neighbor, Lila, and Dennis Haysbert, best known as the guy with the deep voice in the Allstate commercials, is the doctor's basketball buddy, Lincoln. You really want to see these people interact. And that is the saving grace of "The Details," even when the plot goes badly off the rails.
Said plot is this: Jeff and Nealy have been married for 10 years and have a toddler son, a fancy house and some interest in adding another child. A new lawn full of raccoon-attracting worms and an inexplicable plan to add an illegal extension on their home land Jeff in thrall to the couple's "wack-a-doodle neighbor," played by Linney.
In fact, Linney is one of the best things about "The Details." As she gets to know Dr. Jeff, she changes subtly from a shrieking harridan cat lady to a quirky, retro stunner. She's nuts, of course, only a bit less menacing than Glenn Close's Alex Forrest, and, like Alex, she's nobody's fool. Lila already has plenty of blackmail material from the illegal home extension and the doctor's indiscriminate use of raccoon poison, but when she overhears some incriminating details about Dr. Jeff's extracurriculars, she uses them to her full advantage.
There are several separate plot lines here, which we are supposed to see as a domino effect caused by the destructive raccoons, but that's more of a wish than a fact. The Jeff-Nealy marriage has stagnated and the doctor has developed a bit of a weird porn addiction, which he confesses to his old friend Rebecca. Lila becomes obsessed with the doctor. Lincoln (despite his graying beard, you'll hear "Allstate" every time he opens his mouth) inexplicably puts up with tiny Dr. Jeff's hoops delusions, and needs a kidney. And Nealy has some side deals of her own going on.
Liotta doesn't have a big part, but he rolls out everything he has � the menacing glare, the verbal scimitars, the extreme physical control � in a brief confrontation with Dr. Jeff on a bridge. Maguire has always seemed a bit creepy to me, with his emotionless face, compressed lips and vapid, limpid eyes, and his spineless role here does nothing to change that opinion. The one time he and Banks, who is mostly a cute blond cipher, scream at each other to illustrate their increasing tension, it's so fake that you want to laugh.
The whole thing has a very "Desperate Housewives" feel due to the plinky-plinky music, gorgeous homes, snappy dialogue, unexpected sexual encounters and disturbing, semi-graphic violence. But there are some shades of "Fatal Attraction" here, too.
In all, utterly predictable, totally unbelievable and very, very strange. Subtract Liotta and Linney, and you'd have no reason to waste an hour and a half of your life.
The Details
2 stars (out of 4)
Starring: Tobey Maguire,? Elizabeth Banks, Ray Liotta, Kerry Washington, Laura Linney, Dennis Haysbert
Director: Jacob Aaron Estes
Running time: 91 minutes
Rating: R for language,? sexual content, some drug use and brief violence.
The Lowdown: An obstetrician's life spins massively out of control after his new lawn is torn up? by raccoons.


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WASHINGTON, DC – One-third of community leaders nationwide identified mental health treatment system and services as one of the most overburdened community resources, according to a Peter D. Hart Research survey released today by the Campaign for the Mind of America.
The Campaign for the Mind of America, chaired by NAMI – The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness, is a multi-year national and state initiative to increase access to mental health treatment services by changing public policies and priorities at the federal and state levels.
"Half a century of inadequate mental health policyhas failed the 45 million Americans with mental disorders and now compels community leaders to act," said NAMI executive director Richard C. Birkel, Ph.D.
Among the other findings of the survey:
The survey sample included interviews with 501 opinion leaders from across the U.S., including hospital administrators, law enforcement officials, education officials, and business leaders. The margin of error for total opinion leaders is +-4.38.
U.S. government statistics estimate that untreated mental illness costs the nation more than $70 billion annually to lost productivity. When the diverted resources of those in law enforcement, education, and health care that are acting as the de facto front line of mental health treatment are added, the cost rises to more than $100 billion per year
"In every community, this public health crisis is having devastating effects on education, law enforcement, health care and business," said Birkel. "Community leaders know the impact on their field and now understand the cumulative effects. That is why police officers, teachers, doctors, and other citizens on the front lines of the mental health system crisis are joining together in this campaign. We stand together to try to solve this problem in a new way."
Inaugural partners announced today were: American College of Emergency Physicians; Association of Academic Health Centers; Child Welfare League of America; National Association of City and County Health Officials; National Medical Association; National Association of Counties; National Association of Police Organizations; National Association of Social Workers; and the Society for Adolescent Medicine.
The Campaign for the Mind of America also announced its intention to take the Campaign to six key states – Iowa, Maine, West Virginia, Florida, Kentucky and Massachusetts. "We are starting with these states, but we issue a challenge to all states to begin to make the changes necessary to ensure that future generations have the access they need to live productive lives," said Birkel.
In order to advocate for effective system change, the Campaign for the Mind of America developed Campaign policy objectives. Individual states may adapt these goals in light of the unique circumstances and needs of the state.
The Campaign policy objectives are:
1) Institute partnerships between mental health professionals and child-serving professionals to identify and treat school age children with mental disorders.
2) Commit to preserve three essential components of mental health services: early detection and treatment, crisis intervention and acute care, and comprehensive community-based support.
3) Develop programs that treat children and adolescents at home in their communities and prevent institutionalization.
4) Train police officers in crisis intervention and provide mental health backup in response to psychiatric emergencies.
5) Create a state plan to provide appropriate housing supports for people with mental disorders.
6) Create a blue ribbon panel led by the governor to recommend how business and government can work together to promote the employment of people with mental disorders.
7) Issue an annual report on state expenditures and services in support of those with mental disorders with outcomes evaluated.
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Haha, it's nice to see a new member so happy with the forums! I dunno where it started and haven't seen much evidence for it at all, but a lot of people say new members are treated poorly here, so it's good to hear you've had a positive experience .
You forgot to vote though!
Really? That's funny.
Oh, my bad... totally forgot to do that.
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It's been a fast paced start to the year for Apple. The electronics superpower has rolled out a new laptop, new desktops, and even a new iPod Shuffle -- priced for the recession at $79. However, what would normally make for another record setting start of the year for Apple is fast turning south as fears of the recession has sent customers fleeing from Apple's pricey luxury lineup.
After seeing its sales growth surpassed by PCs for the first time in months in January, the latest figures show that February was far worse for Apple. The NPD Group has released its sales figures for the month and they are worse than even Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster's pessimistic forecast.
Both iPod and Mac sales were down 16 percent year-to-year. The worst predicted by analysts was around a 4 percent drop. Analysts were somewhat predicting the drop as last February was a particularly good month for Apple, and Apple only released its new desktops and iPod in March.
Munster's new predictions place total iPod sales for the quarter ending in March at around 9 to 10 million units. He predicts that 2 to 2.2 million Mac computers will ship in the same period. The Street is predicting 9.5 million iPods. These figures are not significantly worse than last year, and represent analyst optimism that Apple's new products will lead to a strong March.
Thus, the real test for Apple will be how its sales have fared at the end of March. While January was a letdown and February was undeniably downward trending for Apple, a strong March could salvage an otherwise rocky quarter.
One potential ace in Apple's sleeve is the announcement of the iPhone OS version 3.0 later today. No one knows quite when Apple will release the new OS, but many are speculating wildly, including guessing at new hardware (every past x.0 release has been accompanied by new hardware). Big news could stave off the Wall Street wolves for a little while, even if Apple's sales disappoint.
quote: That's not my contention.
quote: I like how as soon as Pirks makes a post, he is already rated down to -1
quote: Better graphics
quote: You're talking about higher image quality from newer rendering engines and game content, but the problem is that the consoles fall short on antialiasing and various filter and shader effects.
quote: the trees in Fallout3 look downright terrible on the consoles
quote: Judging by the popularity of 8800/9800 and 4700 series graphics cards...
quote: why not spend several $100 more to make it a decent gamer?
quote: Didn't notice that on those screenshots from your link.
quote: ...people prefer to invest their money in expensive GPUs instead of games, hence the piracy and exodus of gaming studios to the console or cross platform side due to this piracy. No amount of marketing money from AMD or nVidia will change that, unfortunately.
quote: Why not spend less than that and get more great big budget games like GeoW 2 or Uncharted by buying a console?
quote: If you are in the market for a new computer and you don't own a console, then the cost to boost your purchase to a decent gaming rig is the same as what it would cost to get a console in addition to the computer.
quote: That's only if you hand build your computer which is very rare case in general. So your arguments are not applicable to the general public. Unfortunately far from all games are on Steam (where's new Riddick game, Assault on Dark Athena? not on Steam! oh nooooeesss, Ronald Hubbs just told me it MUST be on Steam!) so this is moot too. And you are ignoring the fact that almost all these great games on PC are multiplatform so they exist on consoles, which negates a reason to buy a gaming PC.
quote: have you given Scientology any serious thought?
quote: Gaming rig "for under $1k" is still significantly more expensive than Xbox 360 or a Wii, so this changes nothing.
quote: When and only when digital distribution is everywhere you start telling me your fairy tales about Steam, but not now.
quote: Now the situation is pretty different - I can't find some games I want in digital form, they're sold as packaged goods only.
quote: Why should I care about your Steam argument about "old PC games being discounted" when the old console games are also discounted? You miss the basic logic here.
quote: For the same price, I have both in one, and faster
quote: Most games today are written for all platforms - this doesn't make PC any better or worse.
quote: Like I said - the cost of a low end PC + a console is about the same as a good gaming PC
quote: This is why Nvidia is filthy rich and ATI is keeping AMD afloat. In a world of cheap computers with built in video cards, they sure sell an aweful lot of video cards - even in this tight economy
quote: Again, clueless. Just stop - your embarrasing yourself.
quote: http://www.gamespot.com/features/6202552/index.htm...
quote: And by the way, it's called a job. If you work hard and get one that pays well, then you can afford to pay a bit extra for better quality.
quote: who are you to judge how someone spends their money?
quote: Pirks: For most people it's pretty idiotic affair to pay extra grand just to get a few better looking pixels on screen. NOT. EVEN. FUNNY.
quote: Pirks: I'm not judging how someone spends their money
quote: A few people who can afford expensive gaming PC buy it, the rest, the masses - they just buy cheapo consoles like Xbox 360.
quote: I DON'T CARE HOW PEOPLE SPEND THEIR MONEY. Is that clear?
quote: where do I have the time to figure out how to bend Picasa (a free app even) to my Will?
quote: Or figure out how to use Google Pages or Sites?
quote: My tech support emails
quote: Are you trying to argue that using PC software is as easy as using equivalent Mac software? I use PC software at work, and it definitely isn't as easy!


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December 6, 2012, 05:32 PM
Just wondering what your thoughts are on wearing body armor (concealed or not) to the gun range? Is it prudent or paranoid? I ask while thinking back on a recent visit to a local handgun range where there were a number newbies learning to shoot, often from people that had no business teaching them.


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Explore why the Walker Mower is the most productive mower on the market.
Each collection deck has a two-blade design with timed gearboxes turning the blades in a counter-rotating direction (both blades moving toward the center of the deck from the front) or reverse rotation (blades moving forward and circulating material to the back of the deck for collection in the discharge chute) on "R" decks. Collection decks are compatible with Walker Grass Handling (GHS) models S, C, T, and D and are designed specifically to catch grass and debris.
Walker discharge decks are designed to cleanly and evenly discharge cut grass from under the deck housing. For models B, S, C, T and D, decks use timed gearbox decks with two, three or four blades, except for three belt-drive decks—S42B, S52, S62. Two decks are built specifically for the Model H; R52 and S60.
Walker mulching decks are designed to efficiently handle cut material and return it to the turf leaving a beautiful, clean cut. With deck sizes or kits ranging from 36 inches up to 52 inches for B, S, C, T, and D-series tractors, there is a mulching option to fit most needs. H-series tractors can also mulch when a 60-inch mulch kit is installed.
All Walker Mowers sales are made by a local servicing dealer only.
We believe buying a mower is the beginning of a series of relationships that allows you, our dealers, our distributors and Walker to operate in what we refer to as "A Family Style" of business.
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Designed to give an overview of the subject to the student contemplating a career as a songwriter or a career in music in which songwriting plays a major role. Topics include the importance of the song in the music industry, making a living as a songwriter, the relationship of words to music, song structure, and song demo production. This course should help some students decide whether songwriting is the right major for them and also help MB/M majors and MP&E majors understand how to listen critically to songs as well as help prepare them to be more knowledgeable in music publishing, A&R, and other song-related fields.
A Pro Tools course for the DAW beginner with no extensive experience with MIDI (perhaps some use of Garage Band). Students will learn the basic principles needed to complete a Pro Tools project, from initial set up to final mixdown. The course will cover common situations such as recording live instruments, MIDI sequencing of software synthesizers, and audio looping, with lessons in configuring a session, creating and organizing, files and regions, importing files, setting up virtual instruments, creating fades, basic volume automation, etc. Note: Students are required to have a Pro Tools system installed on their laptops.
Basic songwriting techniques. Students will develop a strong sense of form, melody, harmony, bass line development, and rhythm. Introduction to lyric considerations. Projects, in lead sheet format, will cover a variety of styles. Note: It is recommended that students take SW-221 in conjunction with this course.
Continuation of SW-211. Proper integration of lyrics and melody. Expansion of tonal materials used in songwriting including modulation and modality. Further study of form including the transitional bridge and the primary bridge. Student projects include setting lyrics in various styles and forms. Note: It is recommended that students take SW-222 in conjunction with this course.
This course will focus on the structural aspects of lyric writing, especially the use of rhythm, rhyme, and form. Emphasis will be placed on compositional decisions and choices available to the lyricist. Weekly writing exercises from the workbook.
Composition of lyrics using techniques gained in SW-221. Student projects will cover various uses of form, approaches to hooks, use of thesaurus and rhyming dictionary, writing to existing melody, collaboration with composers (lyrics first), and work sheets on form/function relationships.
This course is designed to enrich the students understanding of composition as it pertains to hip-hop. Students will learn how to write effective hip-hop songs by studying the social and cultural background of hip-hop as well as studying the lyrical and compositional elements involved. Students will be asked to write hip-hop lyrics and music, learn how to conceive of lyrics for other artists and to produce a fully conceived hip-hop song.
Building on skills acquired in AR-111, this course focuses on writing effective arrangements built around a lead vocal with a contemporary rhythm section including percussion, background vocals, and synthesizer(s). Topics include conceptualizing and establishing a groove, writing effective introductions and fills, and supporting the style and structure of the song with appropriate instruments.
This class provides a stylistically open foundation in guitar playing focused on the needs and working processes of songwriters. The class integrates knowledge of theory approached in terms of the guitar fingerboard with songwriting/composition concepts and skills. Each session introduces technical work on guitar skills development, along with small composition exercises, performed and evaluated in class by the instructor and peer critique.
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an overview of the contributions that songwriters have made to 20th-century American culture. Included will be a history of the sources of, and the trends in, various popular American styles, including the blues, standards, show country music, and the more contemporary and progressive styles of rock, pop, and new wave. This course will use the basic technical and analytical tools taught in SW-221 and SW-211 to study and analyze significant popular songs and song styles.
This is a hands-on recording course using the Mac laptop computer, an audio interface in tandem with a rack of gear consisting of microphones, a compressor, and a small mixer. The recordings are made in an ensemble room, thereby giving the students a similar experience to one they normally encounter if they are not recording in a professional recording studio, but with the important addition of an audio engineer as their teacher who will teach them how best to use the equipment and will guide them to make the best possible recording within the limited facilities. Evening and weekend labs are required.
A writing workshop geared to the producer, arranger, or songwriter that focuses on writing original songs for artists, assignments for television or film, etc. The workshop involves collaboration and addresses the creative process from many angles in order to allow the student to develop varied skills and approaches.