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If you're still parachatting these days, you can load the link before the upgrade kicks in and keep it open. Once it connects to Parachat, it shouldn't need to access our site, unless you get booted out and have to log-in again.
Lineup for tonight is Fukudome, Blanco, Lee, Hoffpauir, Fontenot, Baker, Hill, Colvin and Dempster versus Brad Penny.
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Look at all those lefties!!! We're going to win!!!
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jeeeeeeeeff f'n baker.
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There was certainly no shortage of lefty-hitting power threats who could play right field last winter - Ibanez, Abreu, Dunn. It wasn't even the fault of the mold; it was just a poor choice on the person.
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All I heard before the season started was how Ibanez's career was pretty much over. Not just here but in mock fantasy drafts, etc. It was ridiculous.
Looking back at some of my pre-season comments, I found this right after MB was signed... hehe...
Submitted by Ryno on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 5:38pm.
Milton fucking Bradley?
On the bright side, the Cubs will have someone in the outfield who will fight back when he gets booed.
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For the record, I wanted David DeJesus (to play CF).
Still do.
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Should have put Soriano in RF.
At least his throwing arm would be put to some use out there.
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Yeah, that was my thought, too; if the Cubs *had* been interested in Dunn, Soriano definitely would've had to switch corners. The whole athletes v. murderers' row dilemma.
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Soriano's arm is OK. His release is quick. I've never thought his arm angle was great for an outfielder. He doesn't throw over the top and his throws really tail sometimes. I like him better in left than in right.
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the fact he still gets away with his hop blows my mind.
1- it slows his forward momentum and adds time to him getting rid of the ball because he stops forward movement and then has to put his body in position to throw while landing
2- he doesn't time his jump well at all on a lot of stuff not directly under him...that adds even more time to him giving up the ball
at the plate the guy has crutched on sitting at the very front of the box and swinging hard/fast...hoping he catches breaking stuff before it breaks and swinging a bat so fast he can catch up to the fastballs. he's losing a touch of that bat speed and weirdly (or not) he's having more issues with fastballs.
there's a lot of quirks with his game that don't work well, but he keeps doing it.
he's not the young kid he once was...he needs to tweak his game before the game swallows his career, imo. it's minor stuff, but he can't just keep doing the same old stuff.
the only thing i've noticed tweaked about soriano's approach in the field or at the plate is his back leg timing at the plate he keeps playing with. he needs more than that to help him out, imo.
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Fundamentally, he's a disaster and always has been. He does not seem interested in changing his approach. He has some truly freakish physical abilities which have allowed him, when healthy, to do some fairly ridiculous things. He had that 40-40 year, and even last year, when he was hot, he could carry the team for a time, which is not something I think I can say about any other player on this club, even Lee or Ramirez. I think age and injuries are eroding those abilities and that just leaves a player who's a disaster fundamentally with no interest in improving.
I think he swings by far the heaviest bat on the team.
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him missing or fouling off late so many fastballs has been getting alarming to me...i hope it's more injury than declining skills...i dunno. i hope he's ready/able to adapt to taking a step or 2 back in the box if it's declining skills, though. it's gonna happen one day no matter how many laps he likes to run and how correctly he feeds his body to keep it in good shape.
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The reason for the hop is that it steadies his glove. If you're running your shoulders (and the rest of your body) move up and down, while jumping you move in a relatively predictable parabola. It's the same reason the jump shot has replaced running shots in basketball.
I don't think you can conclusively say it has any impact on his throwing. Before this year he had a quick release and an accurate arm, with pretty good arm strength for a left fielder. If he stops his hop does he get an extra 15 feet on his throws? Maybe, but he may drop an extra 10 fly balls a year, and slow his release or lose some accuracy. It's just not that cut and dry.
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when you stop your forward momentum you waste time. you have to adjust to throw rather than stepping into it with your motion, too.
his arm has always been great...still is pretty damn nice. it doesn't mean he should cheat himself with bad mechanics.
if he actually was centered on the ball more often than some of his body-twisting hops (which also wastes time) i'd feel more comfortable with it, but that's not showing itself, either. sure, most of the time it's a moot point and he gets under the ball with no throw play to make anyway, but it's just a bad habit that won't look any better as his body ages.
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He doesn't stop his forward momentum when he hops, though. That would be physically impossible.
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if you catch a ball stepping into the catch you're in much better shape to get rid of the ball toward any area of the infield than the hop/leap/peter-pan soriano move.
soriano isn't usually leaping forward into the ball, he usually makes a form of a stop and pivot move. when he has to twist his body to adjust to the ball it's even worse form when coming down to position himself to throw.
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Soriano doesn't hop when there is a runner tagging and he knows he has to throw it. He just catches it on the run and releases it like normal.
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". . . this whole get left-handed thing was dumb from beginning."
Yeah, and the grapes were probably sour, anyway.
Cub fans have been deprived of certain things their whole lives--left-handed power hitters, lefthanded starting pitchers, base stealers at the top of the order--and so these things don't exist or don't matter.
Left-handed power hitters: name a good one on the Cubs since Billy Williams. (At age 38, in his last productive season, McGriff hit 30 HRs in 2002.)
Left-handed starting pitchers: any good ones between--who? Ken Holtzman?--and Ted Lilly?
Base stealers: there have been two decent ones, Eric Young and Bob Dernier. Of the Cubs' top-ten career base stealers only one of them, Ryne Sandberg, played in my lifetime, which goes back a ways.
I just don't think it means anything when a Cub fan dismisses the importance of left-handedness, or speed. How would you know?
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I think that it's safe to say that many of us here watched Mark Grace, Ted Lilly, and Juan Pierre, each one of the better left-handed hitters, left-handed pitchers, and speed demons among his contemporaries. Does that qualify us to determine whether handedness is important?
Also, are we to understand that the only way a fan can appreciate the value of a particular player or type of player is to have that player (or type) on the team that happens to be the fan's favorite or home team? Do we not pay attention to anyone not on the Cubs?
Are we also unqualified to determine that handedness and speed do matter? Are you disqualified as a Cubs fan from making that judgment?
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I read often in TCR that the Cubs were stupid to think that a left-handed bat in the middle of the lineup would improve the team.
Since Fukudome and Bradley did not turn out to be middle-of-the order run producers, I don't see how one can infer that.
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Also they:
Dumped Felix Pie,Ronny Cedeno,Jose Ceda
Gave Chad Gaudin 3 million dollars and cut him in ST.
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Bright spot to keep in mind for 2010.....
Cubs are the only NL team to have 4 starting pitchers with an ERA below 4.00.
Despite his injury, Dempster has pitched 186 innings and has his ERA down to 3.68.
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Yes, indeed.
Seems like a genuninely good guy to root for.
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There's been a lot of well-deserved piling on Hendry this season, but for the credit-where-credit-is-due file: Jeff Baker.
Maybe he's just had a lucky second half or something, maybe it's legit, I don't know. All I know is this acquisition had all the makings of yet another train wreck, but he's been great. Mark DeRosa part deux.
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Do you think Cubs could trade him to Cleveland?
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Where has AZPhil been lately? Hopefully he will provide some nice updates about all the new Korean guys at Fall Instructs.
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There's a write up on the Korean guys on Fangraphs:
Whoops, there's also one on Tyler Colvin:
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Take this with a grain of salt..but
"The Brewers' Mike Cameron has had a strong year defensively, leading the NL in putouts, (394), total chances (402), range factor per game (2.9), and other numbers, such as range factor per 9 innings (3.0), ultimate zone rating in runs above average (plus-11.3), and range runs above average (plus-15.5)."
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All indications that I've seen, numerical and observational, say he's had a good year on defense and can still play out there.
For one reason or another, his stolen bases are way down this year, 6s3c from 17s5c in 2008. I don't have any historical data, but it could be an indicator.
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Gooz: "If I'm going down, I'm taking someone with me. Preferably the team MVP."
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He neglects to mention Fukudome. There was a scouting glitch there. They certainly didn't acquire him to play centerfield and bat leadoff. He doesn't bat in the spot in the order where a right fielder should bat because he doesn't drive in runs.
We know the name of the Fukudome scout: Gary Hughes. And yes, he's a buddy of Hendry's. But who scouted Bradley? Apart from Bradley's psychological issues, he has problems with his lefty swing--ask Von Joshua. But Joshua wasn't asked for a scouting report. Who was?
Also Miles and Heilman. (Miles was probably Lou's idea. He claims Miles hurt the Cubs last season.)
I did enjoy G. Castle's line about Jacque Jones:
Chicago scouts somehow missed Jones' throwing problems, in which he'd sometimes emulate a quarterback intentionally grounding the ball.
Which reminds me: when Jones let loose one of those funny throws, and fans booed, were they booing Jones or the folks who scouted and signed him?
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no one can seriously think jones' arm wasn't a blazingly obvious thing to anyone scouting him. it was a pretty big joke in MIN, even amongst his manager.
i guess they should have re-up'd on burnitz. the FA market was a little thin at the point jones was snagged if i remember correctly.
09 trader-jim sucked...he cashed in on baker (so far), but everything else seems to have failed miserably. the weurtz-for-nothing thing still bugs me...especially in retrospect watching this pen this year. weurtz didn't have much nice to say about his handling/non-use in 08 once he got to oakland. seems like he had to go.
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Jacque Jones was pretty decent his first season:
.285/.334/.499, 27 HR, 81 RBI...7 assists, 2 Errors decent defensive range #'s
He sure sucked the first half of 2007 though, and never found his power stroke at the plate:
First half: .233/.294/.335, 2 HR, 20 RBI
Second half: .332/.374/.458, 3 HR, 46 RBI
He was the definition of scatterarmed though...oof.
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My friend, you do not remember the 0-for-21 or whatever it was before Jacque Jones got his first hit as a Cub. And crunch is right about Jones... there were no secrets about what you were getting and he came as advertised.
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Me? I never said there were any secrets?
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What kind of reaction would anyone have to the Cubs giving some pitching help to the Mets for either Jose Reyes or Carlos Beltran*?
* full no-trade clause
If New York was offered a legitimate starting pitcher and a few prospect arms for one of those guys, my gut tells me they'd have to consider.
Would that make the Cubs better/worse?
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The problem is Zambrano just wasn't very good this year. And by not good I mean he could translate excellent ability into good results.
If I'm the Mets and I'm willing to trade Beltran or Reyes, I'd look for someone good.
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I'm disappointed, obviously, by this season. I can't remember a team that I've just disliked this much. I don't enjoy watching them play, even when they win. But, that said, I don't have the anger that seems so prevalent here. There's so much vitriol for Hendry, for Bradley, for Soriano, for those who dislike Bradley, etc.
As I've said before, my preference was for Ibanez in RF...my second choice was Ibanez in LF and Soriano in RF. After that, I wanted Abreu, then Bradley, but I didn't think Bradley would be a problem and I was really pulling for him to succeed. After this season, I really don't like him and will be happy to see him go. That's it, I don't hate him, I'm not excessively angry at how he's behaved, nor am I excessively angry at Hendry, though. It was a gamble and it failed. I just want the season to end so they can start over.
Right now, my hopes for the offseason are 3: 1) Trade Bradley for whatever. The bridge seems to have been burnt, but I can't imagine he'll have another poor year at the plate. Start He-Man in RF or platoon he and Fox. Then move Theriot to 2nd and acquire someone to play SS (or acquire a 2B) and move Fontenot and Baker to the bench. 3) re-sign Grabow and also de-goggle the relief corps.
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There are actually quite a few players I like on this team. Ramirez, I've always liked, and D Lee. Dempster because he appreciates that they can have fun while doing their job. Reed Johnson just because he plays like crazy man, Sam Fuld same. I even like Z because he seems to be quite a goof in the clubhouse. I don't want to see him traded unless we get something back for him. He's 28 -- and seems just like the type to come back and have a strong year unless he goes all Bartolo Colon on us, as someone else here mentioned.
Hendry and Lou both had really, really bad years. But I'm not gonna be crushed if they both come back next year. I've seen an awful lot of bad Cubs management teams and this is by far not the worst.
If Ricketts wants to give them one more year, what the hell. A part of me says Hendry should be the one to fix his mess, and I bet he'll be the first to admit he had a pretty bad year.
de-goggle the relief corps -- classic.
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To clarify, there are players I like on the team as well (especially, Dempster and Ramirez)...but the team as a whole has been unlikeable to me.
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I wasn't really embarrassed to be a fan of this team like I was with the '04 version. There were a few guys who got on my nerves, Bradley and Soriano probably most often, but they didn't come off as a bunch of whiners like the Alou and Merker lead team five years ago.
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I agree about Z for the most part. He has been my favorite Cub the past few years and his is the only jersey I own. I love watching him play, but, frankly, I am getting tired of the immaturity. I want him to be the ace and a team leader, but he can just be too knuckleheaded at times.
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Ramirez is the best hitter on the team, but glares at his home runs, Soriano...gets paid to be humiliated...Bradley is a jack-ass
You can figures this stuff out by watching the games.
Soriano cheats on his wife...Marmol cheats on his pregnant wife, Bradley is a jack-ass
You learn this stuff by reading sports tabloids.
Maybe the trick to liking a baseball team is to refuse to learn anything about the players that isn't directly related to baseball. Marmol seems like a heck of a nice guy if I just extrapolate his personality from what I see on WGN.
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can you imagine how cocaine-gate from the 80s would play out these days?
hell, the owner collusion thing is almost a totally forgotten subject to some.
people want to understand our stars now...i guess that's why they get paid a zillion dollars, but i have never been as interested in the lives of my favorite player (grace) as some are in people they don't care about.
a lot of people who hate bonds can tell you a LOT of specific things about bonds without mentioning much specific about what he did on the field.
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My favorite player is Mark Grace as well!
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A left-handed one...
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.


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PATTON - With one game separating the top four boys basketball teams in Section 1 of the Laurel Highlands Conference entering the week, everyone is looking for that one little spark that might give them the edge.
Penn Cambria might have found its on Wednesday night.
With big guns A.J. Leahey and Isaac Vescovi playing to a standoff and the Panthers and host Cambria Heights almost identical in every other way, Penn Cambria's Chad Tsikalas came off the bench to net all nine of his points in a crucial five-minute stretch of the first half of a 70-58 road victory.
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Penn Cambria's Chad Tsikalas has his shot pressured by Cambria Heights' Kamden Kruise. Tsikalas scored all nine of his points during a key stretch of Wednesday's win.
"He's just getting better and better every game," Panthers coach Jim Ronan said of his 6-foot-2 junior reserve after Penn Cambria improved to 10-2 overall and 3-1 in the section heading into Friday's showdown with section front-runner Bishop Carroll. "He hasn't had an opportunity to see a lot of time with all these seniors, but each game he's getting more and more time, and he brings so much to the table. He's starting to shoot it. He's long, he gets rebounds, he plays good defense.
"I think he could be a key piece to our success going down the road."
Penn Cambria was in a 7-all tie and getting into some foul trouble late in the first quarter just before Ronan brought in Tsikalas, who was averaging 2.5 points. In the last 53 seconds of the period, Tsikalas scored six points to give the Panthers a 17-9 lead.
When Mack Behe found Tsikalas at the top of the key for a 3-pointer at the 3:33 mark of the second quarter, the margin had ballooned to 14. Heights was never closer than six the rest of the game.
"I just try to provide a spark, get some offensive rebounds, make some shots," Tsikalas said.
Tsikalas finished with seven more than the Highlanders bench provided in the entire game. He also led the Panthers' junior varsity team in scoring in the preliminary game with 11.
"I think my confidence is what was lacking. My coaches started playing me in JV, and I think that has given me a confidence boost and made a difference. I didn't play JV the first couple of games," Tsikalas said. "They said they wanted me in more of a rhythm heading into the varsity game and in more of a scoring role."
Tied with Penn Cambria and Bishop Guilfoyle for second place in the section coming into the night, Heights slipped to two games back of Carroll and to 8-5 overall, even though Vescovi fired in 22 points in the second half to share game scoring honors with Leahey - both finished with 27.
"We have a tendency to start out slow. After that, we settled down. We got some better looks and better opportunities," Highlander coach Eric Nagel said. "You can't afford to have a lull like that in this league."
Both teams had three double-digit scorers. Devin Lawhead and Behe complemented Leahey with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Heights' Brad Hoppel tossed in 14 points, while teammate Nathan Bearer chipped in with 12.
It was a dangerous game for the Panthers, who can cause a two- or three-way tie by beating Carroll. The Huskies improved to 4-0 in the section with a 62-30 win over Forest Hills on Wednesday. Penn Cambria and Bishop Guilfoyle are tied for second at 3-1.
"We knew if we didn't win this game, that game probably wouldn't mean quite as much," Ronan said. "It was a tough game. We know who we are. We are a team of really good athletes and big kids. Sometimes, our games aren't the prettiest."
Heights still has six section games left in which to make amends for Wednesday's loss.
"It's a long season," Nagel said. "In this section - in this league - anyone can win on any given night. I think the opportunity is still out there to make some noise."
Game notes: Leahey also had 10 rebounds and two blocked shots before fouling out late in the game. Heights is at BG on Friday night. Mark Mardula stole the ball near halfcourt and went in for a layup with four seconds left to give Penn Cambria a 37-35 comeback win in the junior varsity contest.
PENN CAMBRIA (70): J. Mardula 1 0-1 2, Behe 4 2-2 12, Leahey 8 8-10 27, Keagy 1 2-2 4, Lawhead 5 3-5 13, Schwaderer 0 1-2 1, Tsikalas 3 2-2 9, Przybys 1 0-0 2, Hite 0 0-0 0, Chirdon 0 0-0 0, Bastian 0 0-0 0. Totals - 23 18-24 70.
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS (58): Milanesi 0 1-2 1, Brawley 0 0-0 0, Vescovi 10 7-7 27, Bearer 5 2-3 12, Hoppel 6 2-5 14, Kruise 1 0-0 2, Miller 0 0-0 0, Strasser 0 0-0 0. Totals - 22 12-17 58.
Penn Cambria17 15 16 22-70
Cambria Heights 9 14 14 21-58
3-point goals: Penn Cambria 6 (Leahey 3, Tsikalas, Behe 2); Cambria Heights 2 (Vescovi 2).
Records: Penn Cambria (10-2; 3-1 LHAC Section 1); Cambria Heights (8-5; 2-2 LHAC Section 1).
Officials: Clark Adelman, Jerry Kauffman, Jack McDougal.
JV: Penn Cambria, 37-35. High scorers-Chad Tsikalas, PC, 11; Josh Serafin, CH, 17.


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Sunday, May 11, 2014
Poised to enact a $15 fee for researching old divorce records through the county courts during the regular April 28 meeting, Berkeley County tabled the item for the next month after a citizen commenter questioned the new fee.
The fee was brought up in committee in April. According to county documents, the fee reflects Clerk of Court staff time researching older divorce records, which occurs daily and can take up to two hours per case.
County documents also say many of the older records are handwritten and not indexed on a computer.
At the beginning of the county council meeting, Republican challenger for the Berkeley County Clerk of Court seat and courtroom veteran Leah Dupree spoke out against what she called a new tax on the citizens of the county.
We are asking our taxpayers to pay more on top of what we are already paying for, Dupree said. She said it is the Clerk of Courts job to maintain, keep, and allow public access to the records.
She also expressed concern over what was considered old. She said language wasnt clear if this was all inactive cases or cases from five or even 50 years ago.
Prior to the vote, Councilman Dennis Fish said he could not go through with the Justice and Public Safety committees recommendation to enact the fee.
Are we rushing forward? Im not sure I have a high comfort level after what (Dupree is) saying, Fish said.
Council unanimously voted to wait a month before considering the fee.
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Getting higher than you've ever gotten. Embracing the side of yourself that's normally subdued by sober reality and becoming one with something larger than yourself.
Hey man, come over tonight. Let's embrace the martian and cook gratuitous amounts of food!
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. —-Many Tahoe-Truckee-ites moved to this community for a better quality of life. To live in a pristine environment, with many opportunities for recreation, far from crime, traffic, and the dangers of "city living." Some of us also wanted the best place to raise children so they would grow up to be healthy, happy, adults. In doing so, we teach them how to succeed and what to "watch out for." In an isolated resort community like ours, we must realize drug and alcohol abuse may be one of the biggest challenges our children face.
A drug category that requires our increased attention is prescription medications. The fact is that one in five teens in America have abused Rx drugs (National Council on Patient Information and Education). Young people are abusing these medications to get high, fall asleep, wake up, and deal with stress. The Tahoe-Truckee California Healthy Kids Survey in 2010 told us that 11 percent of 9th-graders report misusing a prescription drug. It does happen here.
Some teens get the impression because prescription drugs are legal, advertised on TV, and prescribed by doctors, they may be safer than other illegal drugs. This has made prescription medications the statistical drug of choice after marijuana for local teens. The fact they are easy to get also adds to the problem. Seventy percent of people who misuse Rx medications say they get them from the medicine cabinets of family and friends.
While medicines can help those who need them, more has to be done to prevent their abuse. Prescription drugs are a source of serious concern for parents and caregivers. Adults need to secure, monitor or dispose of prescription drugs that put our youth at risk. Drugs flushed down the drain may end up in our water supply, put in the trash, may poison animals, or wildlife. Fortunately, there are community members working to increase education and provide safe disposal of unused medications. The next opportunity happens at Rx Medication Take Back Day held in Tahoe and Truckee Sept. 29. Please join your fellow citizens, law enforcement, public health, and waste management entities in being part of the solution. For more info visit www.ttfwdd.com.
— Christi Goates is a volunteer board member for the Tahoe-Truckee Future without Drug Dependence Coalition. Christi is a certified drug and alcohol addiction counselor working in the community. She is also the proud mother of three beautiful teenagers.


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The application deadline is April 16 for a local group's college scholarships for adult women already in college or planning to go there for reasons connected to career advancement.
The Niagara Frontier Chapter of New York State Women, formerly known as the Tonawandas Business and Professional Women, has awarded 126 scholarships since 1953.
Applications are available at the Tonawanda or North Tonawanda public libraries, the North Tonawanda History Museum, local college financial aid offices or by email request to email@example.com.
Questions should be directed to the group's scholarship chairwoman, Phyllis Phillips, at 695-9272.
The awards will be presented at a dinner June 25 in Pane's Restaurant, 984 Payne Ave., North Tonawanda.


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Preview & discussThe Trials of Muhammad Ali.
The Trials of Muhammad Ali covers the explosive crossroads of Ali's life. When Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali, his conversion to Islam and refusal to serve in the Vietnam War leave him banned from boxing and facing a five-year prison sentence. Ali's choice of belief and conscience over fame and fortune resonates far beyond the boxing ring, striking issues of race, faith and identity that continue to confront us all today.
For more information about the film, visit http://www.itvs.org/films/trials-of-muhammad-ali.
This event is free and open to the public.
VPT is bringing Community Cinema to your community. It is currently presented in Burlington at the Fletcher Free Library, Johnson at Johnson State College, Middlebury at the Ilsley Public Library, Montpelier at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Rutland at the Rutland Free Library and St. Johnsbury at Catamount Arts.


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Revlimid could be approved for multiple myeloma no later than the end of June.
Celgene, which makes Revlimid, says the FDA has granted a "priority review" for Revlimid in combination with dexamethasone for myeloma patients who have been treated with at least one previous regimen.
Priority review advances an approval date, and is granted when the FDA believes a drug could be a "significant improvement compared to existing products or approved therapies."
Revlimid has been approved for use with a blood disorder called MDS. Approval of Revlimid for myeloma would make it available to a wider range of patients and would help resolve some of the current pricing issues for myeloma patients. During the review period, Celgene says Revlimid will remain available free of charge to patients who qualify for the Expanded Access Program, or who can enter clinical trials. The IMF Hotline at (800) 452-CURE can assist patients with information about these and other support programs, and about the RevAssist program that allows Revlimid to be distributed only by specific contract pharmacies.


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In 2009, Boeing decided to build the massive final assembly building in North Charleston because the original 787 factory in Everett, Wash. didn't have enough capacity to keep pace with the record demand for the new jet.
Now, there's a creeping possibility that, when the time comes, the younger sibling site will be the only place Boeing assembles its largest Dreamliner model.
The long-held suspicion, based on the logistics of Boeing's 787 supply chain, seemed to take another step closer to truth this week at the Paris Air Show.
According to The Seattle Times, Boeing's commercial airplanes chief Ray Conner was "surprisingly noncommittal" Sunday when asked whether the longer fuselage sections of the proposed double-stretch 787-10 will be flown from North Charleston to Everett, like those for the 787-8 and -9 are now.
"We're still looking at that," Conner was reported as telling told a group of journalists on the eve of the biggest aerospace event of the year. "We haven't made the determination on that yet."
Washington officials have "worried for some time" that the logistical issues unique to the 787-10 could mean it will be built exclusively in South Carolina, according to The Seattle Times article.
Bolstering that argument, the officials noted the final assembly building in North Charleston is big enough to fit four of the 787-10s nose-to-tail, whereas the Everett plant might not be.
"Conner's noncommittal answer seemed odd when the formal launch of the jet is imminent," the Seattle Times wrote, referring to the expected launch of the third Dreamliner model this week. "It may be that Boeing is reserving judgment until South Carolina ramps up on building the current 787-8 model and proves it can do that work."
The North Charleston final assembly line is now making roughly two 787-8 airplanes per month, as part of an overall program rate of seven per month, and is scheduled to build three per month by the end of the year, as part of an overall expected program rate of 10 per month.
The aft- and mid-body factories at the airport-adjacent complex make their fuselage components for every 787, including, as of this year, for the stretch 787-9.
While the company has not confirmed all the details of the 787-10, which will seat between 300 and 350 passengers when it enters service by the end of the decade, the North Charleston component factories will also make its fuselage sections.
Like the 787-9 stretch, the 787-10 stretch will involve adding another round piece of fuselage to the 787-8 base model. The key question is how, because if the "donut" is appended to the mid-body, it might make it too long to fit in the Dreamlifters, the modified 747s that transport 787 parts from around the world for final assembly in Everett and North Charleston.
"We're weighing a number of different options," Conner said, according to The Seattle Times article. "You could do the donut in the mid. You could do the donut in the aft."
Boeing South Carolina spokeswoman Candy Eslinger did not respond to a request for comment on the 787-10 speculation.
Boeing has clearly signaled its confidence in the South Carolina operation this year, headlined by an April pledge to invest $1.1 billion and hire 2,000 more people here in exchange for a government incentive package that includes $120 million and various tax breaks.
Specifically, the company is setting up an information technology and engineering centers here and last month issued a request for proposals for another factory in the area to house design and manufacturing of the coverings for the forthcoming 737 MAX's engines.
Saj Ahmad, a London-based analyst with strategicaeroresearch.com, has been predicted for months that the 787-10 will be assembled exclusively in North Charleston.
On Monday, he said official word from the company is "inevitable" and constitutes "further evidence that the Low Country has more opportunity to snare Boeing work ahead of WA," or Washington state.
"This is Boeing's way of putting it out in the open — so as not to risk ire of the WA-based unions," Ahmad said in an email, referring to Conner's intriguingly open-ended remarks this week. "To me, it's more a question of 'when' they formally announce it, not if."


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Recently Karyn Woodberry's 4K class at Coastal Christian Prep enjoyed "Seuss on the Loose," with each day having a special theme:
• Monday: Socks on Fox day;
• Tuesday: Green Eggs and Ham day with a student reading the book to the class;
• Wednesday: Wacky dress day;
• Thursday: Silly hat day;
• Friday: Fun, themed party. The students enjoyed reading and watching Dr. Seuss and dressed up as characters from the books.
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CPAs will actively seek to expand their range of new competencies and enhanced skills by integrating learning and working experiences. For example: CPE, on-the-job training, Internet programs, targeted reading, writing, and benchmark studies. CPAs will remain committed to staying on the leading edge of expanding knowledge and be increasingly aware of public need and interest. CPAs will make a personal commitment to the time and resources needed to meet these new demands. Formal education curriculum and CPE will be revitalized to provide skills for enhanced services and new competencies and to attract quality entrants to the profession.
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All CPAs will adhere only to the highest standards of performance. This includes performing high quality work that is designed to share knowledge and deliver value to the end user and translating "big picture" perceptions into strategic action. CPAs will be able to link specialized services to broader areas of business practice. Competence will continue to be an ever-shifting target as business demands for knowledge and insight increase. This value will increase the focus on the need for high quality pre- and post-CPA examination education and cannot be separated from Continuing Education and Life Long Learning.
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Founded in a history of public interest, CPAs uphold astringent code of professional conduct and unquestionable ethics. CPAs have a reputation for integrity, honesty, and professionalism that is well deserved. New standards may be established to further support the role of CPAs as trusted professionals in the competitive marketplace. CPAs place professional responsibility above personal gain and reject opportunities or assignments that may compromise their principle of integrity. This revered level of integrity will require increased vigilance as new services and market expectations develop.
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CPAs will develop a deep understanding of the global, national, and marketplace environment and the impact of forces on various types of organizations, including their own business. CPAs will align with other areas of business practice and other professionals to provide value-added services in the marketplace. CPAs will continuously expand their knowledge and competencies to meet a broader range of market needs and enhance the role of the profession in the business world. Keeping abreast of technology is critical to increased opportunities for CPAs to optimize performance and expand services.
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Inherent in a foundation value of objective public interest, CPAs will further develop a mindset that is uniquely and contextually appropriate in analysis, interpretation, and decision-making processes. CPAs provide advice that is unbiased, and clearly articulates the pros and cons of potential courses of action. CPAs will experience greater demand for their uniquely objective services and products in broader areas of business practice in the age of information overload.
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Place two nickels, a penny and a dime in your hand. Close your hand, and remove a nickel. Your spectator thinks you still have 16 cents in coins in your hand- but when you open your hand, the other coins have vanished, and your hand is EMPTY!
Precision-made gimmicked coins do all the work for you! These gimmicked coins are made from real U.S. coins!
By the way, the legendary magic inventor and manufacturer Carl Brema introduced the concept of this trick, and was the first to manufacture a version under his Brema magic manufacturing name.
History and Trivia:Is it illegal to use real US coins to make magic tricks? According to the U.S. Treasury F.A.Q., the answer is- No. It is only illegal to alter a US coin with the intention of spending it as if it were a coin of a different value.From the official U.S. Treasury website: "Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code provides criminal penalties for anyone who 'fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the Mints of the United States.' This statute means that you may be violating the law if you change the appearance of the coin and fraudulently represent it [in a monetary transaction in trade for goods or services] to be other than the altered coin that it is. As a matter of policy, the U.S. Mint does not promote coloring, plating or altering U.S. coinage: however, there are no sanctions against such activity absent fraudulent intent."
Interested in magic history? Visit our free online Magic Library, full of biographies of famous magicians plus lots of magic history and trivia!
And that's all you need!
Use this trick as a counting game. If you are performing for children, make it a fun way to learn to add the value of coins together. If you are performing for adults, it can be a humorous way to get the better of a "know-it-all"!


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A female sliding about on here seat as if wet from becoming excited at the sight of something that lead her to become sexually aroused, like a puck on a hockey ice rink.
One sight of me and she'll be pukking about!
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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
Kate Winslet
- late 1970s
Thespian Blood
Winslet is born in Reading, England to a theatrical family that includes her uncle, the late stage actor Robert Bridges. From an early age, she is inspired to act by her grandparents, who run a local theater. "It's in my family to act," she tells the New York Times in 1995. "I always knew that this was what I wanted to do." At 11, she gets her first paycheck pitching Sugar Puffs cereal in British commercials before appearing in the British series Shrinks and Get Back.
- early 1990s
Making Weight
By 16, a 5'6 ½" Winslet tops the scale at 185 pounds. "I just knew I wouldn't work if I stayed that way," she tells PEOPLE in 1998. After slimming down, she works on the BBC-TV children's sci-fi show Dark Season, where she meets actor and TV writer Stephen Tredre, 28, who she begins dating. They eventually move in together in London, and she calls Tredre "the most important thing in my life after my family." After nearly five years together, their romance ends and Winslet has a three-month romance with actor Rufus Sewall.
- 1994
A Heavenly Creature
After leaving school to pursue acting and appearing in various British stage productions, Winslet makes her feature debut as Juliet Hulme (right) in director Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures. "Her intensity," Jackson tells Entertainment Weekly, "made everybody else auditioning for the part pale in comparison."
- 1995
The Period Babe
Winslet, 20, costars with Emma Thompson (left) as Marianne Dashwood in Ang Lee's adaptation of the Jane Austen classic, Sense and Sensibility. Variety calls Winslet "outstanding as the high-flying romantic who gets her wings burned" and praises the film as "almost too much of a good thing." She earns her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress and builds her resume with more period pieces, playing Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet and a Thomas Hardy heroine in Jude. The following year, she is named one of PEOPLE's 50 Most Beautiful.
- 1997
A Titanic Catapult
Winslet is cast as the sensitive socialite Rose in James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic opposite Leonardo DiCaprio (right). The film, which earns more than $1.8 billion worldwide, makes both actors movie stars. For her performance, Winslet earns her second Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actress. But her success is paired with tragedy when her first love, Stephen Tredre, dies of bone cancer. Winslet skips the premiere of Titanic to attend his funeral in London.
- 1998
Work Over Wage
"Before Titanic yes...I had been nominated for an Academy Award, but I had never been sort of world-famous," she tells the New York Times. "When I thought about becoming an actress, I never had fantasies about being a movie star." She follows Titanic with risqué choices like Hideous Kinky and Holy Smoke with Harvey Keitel (left). "After Titanic, she chose…the work over the money," says Keitel.
Winslet Weds Threapleton
Winslet marries assistant film director Jim Threapleton (left), whom she met in Morocco while on the set of Hideous Kinky. They wed in a pub in her hometown of Reading, England. "It was quite amazing," Winslet, who wore a white Edwardian-style gown, tells PEOPLE. "It was the most amazing day of our lives."
- 2000
Welcoming Baby Mia
Winslet gives birth to her and Threapleton's daughter they name Mia (right). But the following September, Winslet announces her separation from Threapleton. "There is no malice at all," she tells PEOPLE. "Jim and I have great respect for each other."
- late 2001
Debuting Iris & Mendes
At the New York premiere of her latest film Iris, in which Winslet plays the younger incarnation of the title character with Judi Dench, she steps out with American Beauty director Sam Mendes (left). "He's a good man," Winslet tells PEOPLE. "You can say I said that with a large smile on my face." In addition to her new man, Winslet receives another Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Iris.
- 2003
Shrinking Kate
A digitally-slimmed Winslet appears on a UK edition of men's magazine GQ. The faux physique ensues a wave of controversy, with Winslet even criticizing the mindset of equating sex appeal with thinness: "What is sexy? All I know from the men I've ever spoken to is that they like girls to have an arse on them, so why is it that women think in order to be adored they have to be thin?" In 2007, she sues and wins libel damages from a British magazine that claimed she saw a diet specialist.
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Rufus Sewall, ex-boyfriend (1995)
Stephen Tredre, ex-boyfriend (1990 to 1995)
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Mia Threapleton (10/12/2000)
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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
"Celebrating the Ordinary: Spirituality for Everyday Life," is the title of a talk to be given by Sister Rita Yeasted, SFCC, chairperson of the English Department at La Roche College, as the final presentation in Saint Vincent College's three-part lecture series, Aging and Spirituality: Psychological and Biblical Perspectives, presented by the School of Social Sciences, Communication, and Education at 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 9 at the Fred M. Rogers Center. Admission is free and open to the public.
Sister Rita earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from La Roche College and a Ph.D. from Duquesne University. Her dissertation was on the Schola Cordis tradition in the poetry of George Herbert. She recently completed a biography of Pittsburgh-born John Oliver Nelson, the founder of the Protestant Retreat Movement. Titled JON: John Oliver Nelson and the Movement for Power in the Church, the book will be available later this fall.
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|Probing Organic Transistors with Infrared Beams
Silicon-based transistors are well-understood, basic components of contemporary electronic technology. In contrast, there is growing need for the development of electronic devices based on organic polymer materials. Organic field-effect transistors (FETs) are ideal for special applications that require large areas, light weight, and structural flexibility. They also have the advantage of being easy to mass-produce at very low cost. However, even though this class of devices is finding a growing number of applications, electronic processes in organic materials are still not well understood. A group of researchers from the University of California and the ALS has succeeded in probing the intrinsic electronic properties of the charge carriers in organic FETs using infrared spectromicroscopy. The results of their study could help in the future development of sensors, large-area displays, and other plastic electronic components.
Arguably, one of the main challenges in achieving these goals is finding a means of investigating the intrinsic electronic properties of the charge carriers in organic FETs without the need for metallic contacts that could interfere with the properties under study. In FETs, the charge carriers are confined to a nanometer-thick layer at the semiconductor–insulator interface, buried under several layers of the device. This makes it difficult to experimentally study injected charge carriers using some of the most informative experimental techniques in the arsenal of physicists and chemsists, including scanning tunneling microscopy, photoemission spectroscopy, and inelastic x-ray and neutron scattering.
In this research, the scientists instead employed infrared light to study the electronic processes in organic FETs that are based on poly(3-hexylthiophene), a semiconducting polymer featuring exceptionally high charge-carrier mobility. In such materials, charge carriers can induce infrared vibrations of the polymer chain. In addition, when these charges are displaced under the influence of an electric field, they drag the local polarization cloud of the molecular chains with them, forming so-called polarons. The scientists have been able to employ infrared spectroscopy to directly probe the vibrational modes and polarons in a functional organic FET device. This information is difficult or impossible to obtain using other experimental techniques.
Furthermore, infrared spectromicroscopy can also be used to explore the distribution of charges in the conducting channel of the FETs with high spatial resolution, made possible by the exceptionally high brightness and small focal-spot size of the infrared beams at the ALS. Using the infrared Beamline 1.4.3, the researchers were able to acquire infrared spectra from individual spots less than 10 microns in diameter. By scanning the beam over the conducting channel of the device and measuring the infrared spectra in different areas, they were able to map out the density of the charge carriers in different regions and examine its evolution as the applied voltage is increased. Comparisons were made between FETs having insulating layers of either SiO2 or TiO2. The latter, having a high dielectric constant, are much desired in FETs because they allow for a much higher density of charge carriers in their channels than SiO2-based FETs.
However, the measurements revealed severe restrictions of the charge-carrier channel length for TiO2-based devices, a significant departure from the behavior expected for an "ideal" FET, in which the charge density increases linearly with voltage and is uniform in the channel. This is particularly important if one wants to use these insulators in chemical or biological sensors. In general, these experiments indicate that infrared spectroscopy and spectromicroscopy offer researchers unique tools to explore physical phenomena at the nanoscale occurring at the semiconductor–insulator interface in organic FETs. The team hopes to employ the same techniques in the study of other materials in FET devices, including polymers, organic molecular crystals, and transition-metal oxides.
Research conducted by Z.Q. Li, N. Sai, M. Di Ventra, and D.N. Basov (University of California, San Diego); G.M. Wang, D. Moses, and A.J. Heeger (University of California, Sant Barbara); and M.C. Martin (ALS).
Research funding: National Science Foundation, Petroleum Research Fund, and U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Operation of the ALS is supported by BES.
Publication about this research: Z.Q. Li, G.M. Wang, N. Sai, D. Moses, M.C. Martin, M. Di Ventra, A.J. Heeger, and D.N. Basov, "Infrared imaging of the nanometer-thick accumulation layer in organic field-effect transistors," Nano Letters 6, 224 (2006).


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Oct. 3, 1951 – Mar. 20, 2013
Julie Kiner lost her battle to cancer on this first day of Spring after bravely fighting for more than 13 years.
Born in Mitchell, South Dakota she attended the University of Illinois and was a professional drummer with the renowned bandleader Franz Benteler. She received her Master's degree and license to practice Occupational Therapy from Rush University. In 1999 Julie came to South Lake Tahoe and made a home with her partner and wife francine Tanner.
She was an Occupational Therapist and Supervisor with Home Health and Hospice at Barton Memorial Hospital until 2011. Julie was an active member and a great supporter of the Lake Tahoe Historical Society.
She loved to fish and took great pleasure being with francine out on Lake Tahoe in their boat.
Julie leaves behind her brother, David Kiner and nephews, Todd and Troy Kiner of Oklahoma. With the many friends and "village of people" Julie left behind, she will truly be missed.
A memorial gathering will be held on the beach at the Beacon in South Lake Tahoe, Saturday, April 6th 2013 at 1:00pm. Please join us for this occasion.
In remembrance of Julie, donations can me made to Lake Tahoe Historical Society.


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Satellite TV has been putting a dent in the profits enjoyed by traditional cable TV companies by offering consumers more choices. Consumers around the country use Dish Network as an alternative to cable TV in their homes.
Along with satellite TV, DVRs are a very common item in homes around the country. One of the early DVR firms was TiVo. TiVo and EchoStar have been embroiled in a long-running patent infringement suit that alleges that Dish Network (formerly EchoStar) knowingly infringed on patents held by TiVo for DVR technologies.
A federal judge in Texas awarded TiVo nearly $190 million in damages yesterday in the long running dispute. Reuters reports that U.S. District Judge David Folsom ordered EchoStar to disable a feature in about 193,000 DVRs it has in use in homes around the country that was found to infringe TiVo patents.
Folson also found that a workaround EchoStar implemented to get around a previous patent dispute over DVR functionality on Dish Network receivers infringed upon TiVo patents. The court set a date of June 26 for an additional hearing on potential sanctions against EchoStar.
Judge Folsom granted TiVo a $73.9 million ruling plus $15.7 million in interest on patent infringement claims. TiVo was also awarded an additional $103.1 million in damages plus interest accumulated during the stay of the injunction.
Since a previous EchoStar workaround was found to infringe on TiVo patents, the court ordered that Dish Network must inform the court before it tries to implement another workaround for the patent it infringed.
TiVo issued a statement saying, "We are extremely gratified by the Court's well reasoned and thorough decision, in which it rejected EchoStar's attempted workaround claim regarding the TiVo patent, found EchoStar to be in contempt of court and ordered the permanent injunction fully enforced. In addition, the Court's award of an additional $103 million plus interest through April 2008 makes this victory all the more important. EchoStar may attempt to further delay this case but we are very pleased the Court has made it clear that there are major ramifications for continued infringement."
Dish and EchoStar say that the court's decision will be appealed and it will file a motion to stay the order with a federal appeals court.
quote: A multimedia time warping system. The invention allows the user to store selected television broadcast programs while the user is simultaneously watching or reviewing another program. A preferred embodiment of the invention accepts television (TV) input streams in a multitude of forms, for example, National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) or PAL broadcast, and digital forms such as Digital Satellite System (DSS), Digital Broadcast Services (DBS), or Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC). The TV streams are converted to an Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) formatted stream for internal transfer and manipulation and are parsed and separated it into video and audio components. The components are stored in temporary buffers. Events are recorded that indicate the type of component that has been found, where it is located, and when it occurred. The program logic is notified that an event has occurred and the data is extracted from the buffers. The parser and event buffer decouple the CPU from having to parse the MPEG stream and from the real time nature of the data streams which allows for slower CPU and bus speeds and translate to lower system costs. The video and audio components are stored on a storage device and when the program is requested for display, the video and audio components are extracted from the storage device and reassembled into an MPEG stream which is sent to a decoder. The decoder converts the MPEG stream into TV output signals and delivers the TV output signals to a TV receiver. User control commands are accepted and sent through the system. These commands affect the flow of said MPEG stream and allow the user to view stored programs with at least the following functions: reverse, fast forward, play, pause, index, fast/slow reverse play, and fast/slow play.


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Each lab, equipped with state-of the art instruments, focuses on a specific area of coating expertise. Together, they develop all Benjamin Moore paint formulas. All the laboratories work with our manufacturing plants and marketing department to address the varied needs and demands of the professional, commercial, industrial and do-it-yourself markets.
The Analytic Laboratory uses sophisticated instruments and technologies to analyze new and existing Benjamin Moore paint formulations as well as those of other manufacturers.
The Competitive Evaluations Laboratory tests Benjamin Moore's exterior products, as well as competitive brands, at two testing stations. Weather extremes work their worst on over 20,000 exposed test panels painted (or stained) for up to 15 years. The panels are analyzed to maintain existing formulations or develop new ones. Competitive product claims are tested in this lab as well.
The Central Process Lab audits the quality of all Benjamin Moore products. This is in addition to the batch-testing conducted on products coming off the production line every day at each Benjamin Moore plant.
The Latex Coatings Laboratory and the Solvent Coatings Laboratory develop new latex- and solvent-based coatings. They also continually test and enhance the performance capabilities of existing products while ensuring that these products meet or exceed environmental regulations, customer expectations, and stringent company standards.
The Industrial Maintenance Finishes Laboratory develops high-performance coatings designed to fight corrosion in industrial applications, such as in factories, on tanks, etc.
The Polymer Laboratory is where most of the actual Benjamin Moore research takes place. It is here that almost all of the binders used in our products are developed and/or improved. Most paint companies buy their polymers from outside sources. But our in-house production provides superior quality assurance by allowing us to tailor binder formulations for our specific requirements.
The Colour Assurance Laboratory provides factory standards that ensure the consistency of Benjamin Moore's ready-mixed colours. These standards are distributed to all plants. This lab also monitors the accuracy of all the chips on the Benjamin Moore colour cards.
The Colour Technology Laboratory developed the industry's first computerized colour matching system, which became the industry's standard and continues to enhance our colour matching capabilities. Here, scientists review and evaluate new colour matching equipment and technologies.
The Colour Development Laboratory maintains the prescriptions for colours, and periodically reexamines formulas for existing colours and develops formulas for new colours.
At our Exterior Testing Facility, more commonly known as the Test Farm, we evaluate the performance of over 25,000 coating samples as they do battle with extreme conditions.
Vital Test Farm data can be rapidly incorporated into the company's day-to-day research and development activities—it is literally just steps away from the labs where Benjamin Moore paint is tested and formulated. The farm is easily accessible to every Benjamin Moore chemist, making it a valuable source of R&D inspiration. Chemists can visit the facility throughout the day to gauge how their coatings are performing. Sales and marketing staff also use the farm as an essential resource for product information.
In addition to the laboratories, the Technical & Administrative Centre is also home to Benjamin Moore's Product Information Centre, Information Resources Centre, Corporate Engineering, Management Information Services and Regulatory Affairs departments.


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Mens Basketball Falls at Buffalo, 69-48
BUFFALO -- The Ball State men's basketball team fell to Buffalo 69-48 in Mid-American Conference action Wednesday night as the Bulls evened the season series between the teams.
Senior forward Chris Bond led Ball State with 15 points, reaching double figures for the 10th time in the past 12 games, while freshman point guard Zavier Turner added 11. Senior center Majok Majok grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds despite fouling out with 5:57 to play at Alumni Arena.
The difference in the game was the free throw line, where Buffalo (12-7, 6-3 MAC) knocked down 26 of 35. Ball State (4-16, 1-8 MAC), meanwhile, attempted only 12 free throws and made six of them.
Javon McCrea led Buffalo with 19 points and 14 rebounds, and Jarod Oldham added 17 points as the Bulls avenged a 71-68 loss to Ball State two weeks ago in Muncie. That pair combined to score 17 points at the foul line.
The Cardinals finished with 17 turnovers in the game but just five in the second half. They shot 35 percent from the floor to Buffalo's 41 percent. The Bulls picked up their shooting in the second half, hitting 59 percent after the break compared to 31 percent before.
"I thought we defended well for a lot of the game," Ball State head coach James Whitford said. "We turned it over too much in the first half. They really tried to pressure Zavier, and he struggled with it early, but he took care of the ball in the second half."
It was a two-point game at 31-29 with 16:32 to play after Ball State got off to a fast start to cut into a 26-19 halftime deficit. From there, Buffalo began to gradually build its lead, starting with a 12-3 run that pushed its advantage to double figures.
It was still a nine-point game at 48-39 with 8:14 to play, but Buffalo outscored Ball State by a 21-9 margin down the stretch to pull away.
"It was really the first four minutes and the last eight minutes that were the difference," Whitford said. "We're still working on putting it together for 40 minutes."
Ball State is now halfway through its 18-game league schedule. The Cardinals will return to Muncie for a three-game home stand, which begins with a 2 p.m. tipoff Saturday against MAC West Division leader Toledo at Worthen Arena.


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There's a super-important nutrient that, chances are, you're not getting enough of: omega-3 fatty acids.
Omega-3s are a nutrient powerhouse, shown to improve heart health and mood. There are two kinds of omega-3s, in particular, that are important for overall health: docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA).
"They are longer than other omega-3s, so they make your cell membranes more fluid, which helps brain, eye and nerve cells function better," says Kantha Shelke, a spokeswoman for the Institute of Food Technologists. Yet most Americans only get 100 mg a day of DHA/EPA, far short of the recommended 250 mg.
All sorts of foods have been boasting omega-3s lately, from orange juice to bread. EatingWell magazine recently reported on how to get more of these healthy fats in your diet:
1. Wild cold-water fish make DHA/EPA from the algae they eat. You get 2,085 mg from a 4-ounce serving of salmon, 1,110 mg from sardines and 305 mg from light tuna.
2. Seaweed (nori) and kelp (wakame, kombu or dulse) are both algae, which produce some DHA/EPA. In a 1-ounce serving, you get 134 mg.
1. Eggs: Chickens turn some of the omega-3s from flaxseed in their feed into DHA/EPA. One large egg can contain up to 150 mg of omega-3s, some of which is DHA/EPA.
2. Milk: Some brands of milk add fish oil or algal oil to give a DHA/EPA boost (don't worry, you can't taste it!); 1 cup of fortified milk delivers up to 50 mg.
3.Peanut butter: Like milk, some brands are adding fish oil; a 2-tablespoon serving provides 32 mg DHA/EPA.


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Brady Gehret, an Altoona Area High School graduate who reached the finals of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in the 400-meter dash and won a Big Ten 400-meter dash championship for Penn State as a sophomore, is no longer taking classes at the university.
"Brady is not enrolled at Penn State this semester," Penn State spokesman Jeff Nelson wrote via email to the Mirror in response to a question about Gehret's status.
Gehret has been working at the Summit Tennis & Athletic Club in Altoona.
"I'm taking this semester off, and I'm training here full-time for the outdoor season," Gehret said in a statement to the Mirror. "I do plan on running the outdoor season."
When Gehret was asked if he meant that he'd be running the outdoor season at Penn State, Gehret repeated that he "planned on running the outdoor season," and would not clarify where or at what level.
When reached at the Penn State National track meet Friday, Penn State director and track and field coach Beth Alford-Sullivan declined to speak to the Mirror at the current time.
Gehret finished sixth overall in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships with a career-best time of 45.44 seconds in June of last year after winning championships in both the 400-meter dash and 1,600-meter relay at the Big Ten Championships. Gehret's 1,600-meter relay team placed fourth at nationals. Fellow Altoona graduate Aaron Nadolsky was also part of the team.
Gehret matched his career-best time in the 400-meter dash during the semifinals of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials before running a 45.48 and finishing eighth in the final.
Following Penn State's outdoor track and field season, associate head coach Chris Johnson departed for Arkansas where he took the same position for the Razorbacks' women's track team. Johnson had been at Penn State for the past eight years.
When interviewed for a story by the Mirror in 2011, Gehret credited Johnson for some of his collegiate success.
"The workouts are a lot harder, but Coach Johnson knows how to set you up each week," Gehret said. "He's made me a lot stronger when I run"
Johnson also coached Gehret during his indoor track season, and Johnson's official biography on Arkansas' website lists Gehret and Nadolsky as his proteges.


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Engineering Center under Construction at Penn State York Thanks to $750,000 Gift
Renovations are underway to the old chemistry labs at Penn State York which will be transformed into a state-of-the-art engineering facility, the Ralph G. and Madeline B. Swenson Engineering Center, thanks to the generous $750,000 gift from the Swenson Family Foundation. The chemistry labs are now a part of the recently opened Edward M. Elias Science Building.
"This is an exciting gift to the campus because it celebrates three generations of the Swenson family supporting Penn State York – the parents, the Swenson siblings, and Ralph and Madeline's grandchildren," said Di Hershey, director of development at Penn State York.
The vacated chemistry labs will be turned into a cutting edge engineering center consisting of three basic areas: two large classrooms and a machine shop. The extensive renovation will more than quadruple the programs current electro-mechanical engineering technology (EMET) and mechanical engineering technology (MET) space from two labs at 1,220 square feet to three areas totaling 5,100 square feet. These new facilities will help ensure that Penn State York remains at the forefront of engineering education in the region.
The center will house a large classroom on the east side of the building (approximately 2,000 square feet) with computer workstations and multi-directional instruction capabilities, utilizing projection systems with multiple screens. The west classroom will accommodate up to 25 students with a dedicated area for light engineering equipment, CNC machines, and robotics equipment. This room will be adjacent to a heavy machine shop. The Machine Shop will have a flexible open plan and is designed for heavy engineering equipment and machinery.
Both classrooms contain perimeter storage for smaller equipment and supplies as well as student projects. There will also be some faculty office space and a new gallery/corridor with display areas for student work.
A new entrance will be constructed on the exterior of the existing building, the John J. Romano Administration Building, to highlight the new center. The entrance will include an interior water feature.
"We are pleased and honored to carry on the legacy of our parents and grandparents, Ralph and Madeline Swenson, for future generations," said members of the Swenson family Jessica Christensen '04, Greg Swenson, Carol Tanzola, Gary Swenson, and Kristan Winand.
The late Ralph G. Swenson began actively serving on the Penn State York Advisory Board in 1976. In 1985 he began serving in emeritus status and continued on the board through 2006 when he died. His daughter, Carol Tanzola, took over the tradition as a member of the board in 2007 and continues to serve today.
Equipment and motorcycle parts that date back to the time when the late Swenson had a leadership role at Harley-Davidson York will be featured in the lobby area of the center between the classrooms. Swenson was president of the Harley-Davidson York operation and was one of the 13 executives who purchased Harley-Davidson Inc. from AMF in 1981
Total cost of the project is approximately $1.35 million, with the additional funds coming from other private philanthropy. The projected completion date for the center is the summer of 2011.


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Men's Volleyball Falls to Saint Francis, 3-1
LORETTO, Pa. – The Ball State men's volleyball team dropped a tough 3-1 match (30-28, 23-25, 25-16, 25-23) to the Saint Francis Red Flash on Friday evening. The Cardinals were led by sophomore Marcin Niemczewski who registered a career-high 18 kills.
The Cardinals fall to 1-2 on the season while the Red Flash begin its 2014 campaign 1-0.
Niemczewski, coming off a career night against Sacred Heart, led the Ball State offense with a career-high 18 kills. The sophomore finished the night with a .219 hitting percentage (18-11-32).
Senior Larry Wrather finished with eight digs for the Cardinals to go with six digs. Classmate Kevin Owens registered six kills while Graham McIlvaine and Matt Leske each had five. McIlvaine had a .571 clip (5-1-7) to go with 39 assists, six digs and two assisted blocks. Leske managed a .400 attack percentage (5-1-10) and four assisted blocks.
Junior Shane Witmer passed 31 balls with one reception error and picked up a team-high eight digs. Wrather received 30 passes with one error. Freshman Mike Scannell came in off the bench and earned his first collegiate kill.
Saint Francis was led by a trio that all registered double-digit kills – Logan Patterson (17), Kyle Beatty (13) and Mark Kochan (12). Setter Mike Kresch had 50 assists to go with a solo block and five assisted blocks.
The service line proved to be a trick spot for both squads as they combined for a total of 40 service errors. The Red Flash held the advantage in total team blocks 9.0 – 6.5 Saint Francis finished the night with a .433 attack percentage (60-15-104) while Ball State ended with a .226 clip (48-24-106).
Ball State is back in action on Saturday as it travels to State College, Pa., to take on Penn State at 4 p.m.


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