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COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) � When Sue Fletcher was helping her husband arrange his grandmother�s funeral, she was astonished at the casket�s cost � more than $3,000. Then, when her mother-in-law found the same casket online for $1,000, Fletcher got mad.
�Sometimes, there�s a 600-percent markup,� she said. �I know that there are caskets made in China for $400 or $500 that are sold here for thousands.�
So, last April, she and her husband and sons started the Colorado Casket Co.
The company office and showroom inhabit an east Colorado Springs building that also serves self-storage warehouse units, which is pragmatic. What is a casket but the final self-storage unit?
When it comes time to plan a funeral, �Most people don�t realize they can bring in an outside casket,� Fletcher said.
That�s because, as independent funeral consultant Randy Larson observed, �Death is a topic that people don�t like to research.� He established his business four years ago, after spending seven years working for Service Corporation International, North America�s largest provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services.
Do a little research, and you�ll learn that funerals can be expensive � about half the cost of the average American wedding, which experts say was about $27,000 in 2011. And just like weddings, the death-planning details add up � embalming, cremation, makeup, dressing, viewing charges, headstone, music, chapel service, graveside service, limousines, flowers and so on.
But the biggest single purchase is a casket.
�I just don�t understand spending $7,000 to $10,000 on something that goes into the ground,� Fletcher said. �A casket�s true life, when you purchase it, is 48 hours. That�s the viewing, the service and the burial. Then it goes in the ground.�
Most people who buy a casket don�t think in those terms. Fewer people are investing in what the funeral industry terms �pre-need planning� � buying a casket and cemetery plot, and making funeral arrangements well ahead of the day they die.
�The baby boomers are not doing pre-need,� said John Horan, director of Horan and McConaty, the Denver-based funeral and cremation service business.
�Overall, baby boomers, as a group, don�t really seek out this discussion until they have to,� Horan said. �The boomers really represent the first generation in humankind where a death in the inner circle has become uncommon. This is the first time in history so many people have been able to live into their 50s and not experience the death of a parent, a spouse, a sibling or a child.�
Consequently, when a death does occur, the result is what Larson calls �emotional overspending.� Even after an anticipated death � the death of someone in hospice, for example � survivors go into a kind of shock, he said.
�Once death occurs, it�s really tough to do research, because it adds another step in there that most people don�t want to do,� Larson said.
�When a family is making decisions for a loved one, one place where they�ll err is on overspending. If Mom or Grandfather hasn�t chosen a casket, the family feels awkward about picking the least-expensive casket. It seems shallow to bicker over price and quality.�
Options to customize caskets by adding guardian-angel panels and corner decorations also add to the expense.
�Caskets now being made with corners that offer a variety of ways to customize with a religious or mountain scene, or fish, or golf clubs,� he said.
�There are caskets being made with a drawer that allows family members to put keepsakes and notes to leave with the deceased.�
The least-expensive caskets start at just under $500, but add-ons can drive up the cost quickly. A grieving family might deem the extra expense worthwhile, though, finding a measure of comfort in thinking of the guardian angel keeping company with a casket�s occupant.
More important than the casket, in Horan�s view, is the service.
�From my perspective, someone does not need to spend a lot of money on a casket,� Horan said. �The important thing is a service. The opportunity that the casket offers is the chance to have the deceased present, to give people an opportunity to connect what the mind knows with what the heart and gut struggle to believe. I saw it this morning at a Catholic church. The priest said something to the effect of, by bringing your family member�s body here, you are honoring not just the life of that person, but also the vessel that contained that person.�


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The final developer tools for Windows Phone 7 will come out on the 16th of September as this post states
And the guy in the MEF FAQ comics looks more like Glenn to me
regarding silverlight, does Microsoft have plans to improve WPF? It is kind of complicated to work with. A basic requirement of a bulleted list is not easy to deliver in WPF, Silverlight and I am guessing WP7. And the process of styling a view seems easier with CSS than with WPF.
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As first reported by E! Online, Righetti will play a pediatrician on both shows. Further details on her character were not available.
Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., which air Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10/9c, respectively, were both renewed Wednesday.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE — Dogs and cats can and do get into toxic substances, some of which can cause serious harm or death. You should be aware of common toxins and what to look for. Because signs of toxicity are sometimes delayed, simply "waiting to see if a problem develops" is a poor choice.
Chocolate: Caffeine and chocolate can cause vomiting, diarrhea, restlessness, heart arrhythmias, seizures and death. Dark chocolate is very toxic. It is best to call your Veterinarian or Animal Poison Control to determine if your dog consumed a toxic dose and needs to be treated. Treatment may include inducing vomiting, activated charcoal, IV fluids and hospitalization.
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory drugs (such as Aleve, Advil, Rimadyl): Ibuprofen or Aleve should never be given to pets. One pill can cause severe stomach bleeding or death. Other drugs such as Rimadyl and Metacam may be used in dogs but an accidental overdose can cause ulcers or possibly kidney failure. Prompt treatment with IV fluids can prevent kidney failure. Keep the tasty chewable kind out of your dog's reach.
Tylenol/Acetaminophen: Tylenol can be fatal to cats. Dogs can withstand small doses, but it is easy to overdose them and is typically not recommended. Acetaminophen can cause facial swelling, shock, liver or kidney failure, anemia, and death.
Rat Poison (such as d-Con or TomCat): These anticoagulant based poisons may not cause any signs of toxicity for 1 to 5 days. Toxic effects include bleeding in the lungs, nose, bladder, or elsewhere. Once bleeding starts, it is life threatening and your pet needs a plasma transfusion. If seen within 24 hours of ingestion, however, relatively inexpensive pills may prevent bleeding.
Other Rodent Poisons: The non-anticoagulant based rodent poisons may contain bromethalin, cholecalciferol, phosphides or strychnine, which can be rapidly fatal. Call Animal Poison Control or your veterinarian immediately. If your pet has ingested a phosphide, inducing vomiting is not recommended as the vomit will emit a very toxic gas exposing people and pets.
Tremoregenic Toxins: Several common substances such as moldy garbage, compost, certain mushrooms, and marijuana, may cause tremors, urination, and hyper-sensitivity to stimulus. Treatment consists of medication for controlling tremors and seizures, monitoring for heart arrhythmias, and IV fluids.
AntiFreeze : Animals like the sweet taste of ethylene glycol. It is important to get your pet treated within the first few hours after ingestion to prevent kidney failure and death.
Lilies: Lilies are extremely toxic to cats. Consumption of one or two small pieces can lead to vomiting, lethargy, kidney failure, and death. Starting treatment, including IV fluids soon after exposure, greatly improves the prognosis.
Other common toxins to beware of: onion powder, Xylitol (in some chewing gums), grapes, raisins, macadamia nuts, hops, or any prescription medication. If your dog or cat gets into something it is best to call your veterinarian or Animal Poison Control 888-426-4435. More information on toxins and toxic plants at www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/.
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Richard "Sparky" Moore studied at the University of New Mexico and at Art Central in Los Angeles. He was an artist of adventure and western comics for Dell/Western Publishing's licensed titles based on films and TV shows from 1951 to 1975. For Dell's Disney publications, he illustrated stories with in the realistic adventure and western serials 'Elfego Baca', 'Spin & Marty', 'Annette's Life Story', 'Texas John Slaughter', 'Ten Who Dared' and 'Wild Dog of the North', but also the caricatural 'Robin Hood' and 'The Aristokittens'.
Besides the Disney titles, Moore worked on stories with 'Little Beaver', 'Rin Tin Tin', 'The Phantom', 'The Three Stooges', 'Range Rider', 'Korak' and 'Mighty Mightor'. Eventually, he began working for the Disney production for foreign publications, illustrating 'Zorro' and 'Big Bad Wolf' stories. He additionally created war stories for DC in the 1970s and also some horror comics for Hamilton in the 1990s.
He began working on the 'Scamp' daily in August 1973. He continued the newspaper strip in cooperation with writer Bill Berg and inker Manuel Gonzalez until June 1978, when he took on the daily 'Winnie the Pooh' strip (text by Don Ferguson). Moore worked on the daily 'Pooh' until December 1983, but he continued the Sunday page until June 1984.
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In addition, he drew the syndicated 'Treasury of Classic Tales' from 1976 until 1987. Moore then drew several 'Roger Rabbit' stories for the American studios, as well as the comic book adaptations of films like 'White Fang' and 'The Lion King'. For newspapers, he additionally made adaptations of the Disney films 'The Lion King' and 'Beauty and the Beast'.
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The Lancaster Town Board on Monday approved the $1.4 million sale of a former industrial building to a North Tonawanda manufacturer that plans to move to the town once the sale closes in October.
The sale of the 74,000-square-foot former Colecraft Manufacturing building, at 3949 Walden Ave., concludes a decade of contentious debate that began when the town bought the facility in 2003 with a plan – never realized – to move its police and courts operations there.
The sale closing is delayed until fall to give the town time to move out equipment and employees, and give Erie Engineered Products time to move from its current location on Niagara Falls Boulevard.
The manufacturer of shipping and storage containers used in the defense industry would bring its 55 employees to the new location.
"Obviously, I'm excited about it. I wanted to see it sold eight years ago," Supervisor Dino J. Fudoli said after Monday night's meeting. The Republican supervisor won election in 2011 after criticizing his predecessor for the purchase of the Colecraft facility.
Fudoli and a group of town residents have blasted the Town Board for buying the former industrial building, and a critical State Comptroller's Office audit said the $1.6 million purchase largely was a waste of taxpayer money.
Democrats on the Town Board continue to insist the town made the fiscally responsible decision 10 years to try to buy and rehabilitate the Colecraft structure, but they say circumstances changed and the sale makes sense today.
Critics charged the town with ignoring other options for a new law enforcement building, and the project was marked by delays and a citizens' lawsuit.
The town moved in its Detective Bureau and used the warehouse portion for storage of Lancaster-owned vehicles.
"We got a lot of use out of that building," Councilman Ronald Ruffino said.
Town officials say rising cost estimates for renovations ultimately scuttled the rehab plans. The town now is building a new police-and-courts structure at a less-centrally located site on Pavement Road.
The comptroller's audit concluded that the town spent $2.5 million on the Colecraft project, including about $500,000 in interest bond payments, and found that the town, county and Lancaster Central School District had forgone $440,000 in property taxes since 2003.
The town put the eight-acre Colecraft property up for sale last year and tentatively reached a sale agreement with Erie Engineered Products in December.
Erie now leases space in the former Wurlitzer Building, 908 Niagara Falls Blvd., but was not assured that it could renew its lease when it ends next February, company officials said last year.
The board vote followed a review earlier Monday by members of the Town Board and town Planning Board that found the sale and Erie's plans wouldn't harm the environment.
"I'm glad to see that it's done," Dan Beutler, a Depew resident who joined the citizen lawsuit, said just prior to the vote.
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Harvesting your own wild game, like growing your own vegetables, may be resourceful and gratifying, but it�s work, nonetheless.
Longtime hunter Andy Holland, who calls himself �an experienced amateur,� says the job is done when the meat is wrapped, labeled and stacked in the freezer, ready for his family and friends to cook and enjoy.
For Holland, who is the big game manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, hunting is a labor of love. (Full disclosure: He also is husband to Beth Holland, the Durango Herald�s food editor.) He shows passion and respect for all phases of the game � from the fair chase, to the careful field dressing to the time-consuming preparation that is essential to butchering.
The scrubbed-clean cutting surface in his compact kitchen is clutter-free, except for a knife sharpener, boning knife and a beef-butchering chart that details the anatomy of a cow�s hind quarters. When it comes to butchering game at home, beef comes close to elk.
Wild-game processing is an annual ritual for Holland, who learned from his father, Tom Holland. Because game processing happens only once a year, the younger Holland reviews and weighs every decision in the process, from how the elk is dressed in the field to how it should land in the skillet.
He has done this for 28 years, but says he is continually honing his skills with the goal of preserving as much quality meat as possible.
�My father taking me (hunting) at a young age and instilling the passion � that�s why I�m so hooked on it today,� Holland said.
He was only 7 years old and probably more work than help to his father on his inaugural hunt of white-tail deer in Montana, Holland said.
Holland recalls as a child the first time he helped his father butcher game at the family�s kitchen table:
�I used a plastic knife,� he said.
His mom, Brenda, often labeled and wrapped the steaks and roasts, but his sisters, who also were introduced to hunting, never fully developed the interest.
�They usually dodged the duty,� Holland said.
Hunters who do not do their own processing can expect to spend �on average $300� to have an elk readied for the freezer, packaged into steaks, roasts and burgers, said Kevin Schuchart, owner of Pagosa Springs� The Buck Stops Here, a professional meat-processing business.
Schuchart processes around 650 elk each year, generally servicing hunters who travel to the area more so than locals. Meat can be made into sausage or jerky, too, and be can shipped across the country, but these costs are above the 85-cents-a-pound hanging carcass weight for regular cuts, he said.
Processing game at home is �totally doable� and inviting friends to help �knits the tribe a little closer,� Holland said.
Recently, Holland invited his Colorado Parks and Wildlife colleague and novice hunter Leigh Gillette to help him process the hind quarters of an elk he shot in November. Gillette watched intently as Holland removed silver skin, fat and tendons from the red meat.
�There�s not one exact way to do things,� he said. �You experiment with how long to age the meat ... You refine your skills with experience.�
�I can adapt how I butcher to the tenderness of the animal,� Holland said, pointing to the hindquarters of the 5-year-old cow that had been aging for a week in Holland�s garage.
He said he expected this elk to be tender and tasty.
Like Holland, Gillette said she wants control over the entire hunting and butchering process from field to plate, whenever possible.
�You know where each piece of meat has been,� Gillette said. �(Home meat processing) is the opposite of what you see at the giant meat processing plants. Plus, you have some choice. You can cut steaks as thick as you want, so you are able to match your cooking technique.�
Holland continued to teach the curious few who were gathered in his kitchen. He pointed out the difference between top and bottom round. He showed the group how to cut against the grain, swiftly severing long, thin, muscle fiber bundles to make uniform-sized chops.
Gillette tasted the tooth-tender steaks, lightly seasoned with garlic, salt and pepper, then pan-fried in olive oil and butter � the reward for helping wrap and label the game.
Two-inch thick chunks of bottom round became roasts. Leaving them intact as roasts allows for the flexibility of later cutting them into smaller chunks for stew or steaks.
The steaks and burger are the first to be plucked from the freezer, because that is what his family prefers. Holland still is learning how to prepare the less-tender cuts of roast, he said.
Little goes to waste, but Holland recognizes that trimming out the trash and tossing the tough bands of fibrous, connective tissue makes sense. There is little fat in elk, yet some scrap is shared with Holland�s dogs, who also get an occasional long bone as a treat for not being underfoot.
Elk burgers need fat for flavor, so Holland adds organic beef fat from Sunnyside Meats to what will be packaged as hamburger. Ten to 14 percent fat makes for a juicy burger, Holland has learned from years of experimenting.
Elk sausage needs pork and seasonings added to it. A family meat grinder, passed back and forth from father to son, sits close to the kitchen sink and does its job as Holland feeds chunks of meat multiple times through the blades to get the ground meat consistency he prefers.
�It�s humbling to kill something, and it�s a little sad,� he said. �But some of that sadness goes away and is replaced by the excitement that comes with getting down to business ... breaking the animal down into parts that can be shared with family and friends.�


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One of the key recommendations a consultant made for public school reform in West Virginia was to reduce the size of the bloated state Department of Education. In addition to the DOE's cost, the current system is too centralized to perform effectively, the consultant wrote in an "audit" report.
But merely shifting that expensive, centralized control out of Charleston probably is not an appropriate reaction to the audit.
State Board of Education members, who have control over the DOE, have suggested a variety of proposals for school reform. It will be near the top of legislators' priority lists when they convene in February.
In discussing those ideas with lawmakers this month, state board President Wade Linger said regional education service agencies ought to be given more responsibilities for professional development programs aimed at teachers.
Judy Hale, president of the state chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, objects to that. The quality of professional development programs provided by the eight RESAs scattered throughout the state is poor, she argues.
Simply shifting administrators from the DOE in Charleston to RESAs at eight other locations does not address the consultant's complaint about top-heavy management of schools, Hale believes.
She is correct, at least to an extent. Merely relocating personnel that some teachers and administrators at the local level view as state bureaucrats will save no money and give educators little, if any, new flexibility. If that is Linger's plan, it should be rejected.
But - and this is a big "but" - RESAs were established in the first place to provide county school systems with services they could not afford on their own, or which could be offered more economically in a multi-county format. In some ways they do a very good job of that.
If improvements are needed in how RESAs provide services such as professional development training, they should be made. And the agencies should not be viewed as merely new homes for DOE bureaucrats.
RESAs can be important parts of public school reform, possibly playing greater roles than they do now. Legislators should take advantage of what RESAs can do well to improve schools and spend taxpayers' money more efficiently.


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Green Day to Perform "21 Guns" Live with the Broadway Cast of American Idiot at the Grammy Awards This Sunday
Video for New Version of Green Day's Platinum Single "21 Guns" — Featuring the Cast of Hit Musical American Idiot — Premieres Exclusively on AOL Music on February 1st
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BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The video for the new version of Green Day's platinum single "21 Guns," now available from all digital service providers, will premiere on AOL Music on February 1st.
Both the song and video feature the members of Green Day, singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool, recording in the studio with the cast of American Idiot — the critically acclaimed stage version of Green Day's chart-topping 2004 album that completed a record-breaking three-month run at The Berkeley Repertory Theatre and is now moving to Broadway where it opens on April 20th. The video was shot by Doug Hamilton, who lensed all the behind-the-scenes documentary-style footage for the theatrical production.
"21 Guns," originally featured on the band's gold album 21st Century Breakdown, has been newly arranged by Tom Kitt, who is credited with the show's arrangements and musical supervision. The new version was recorded at Green Day's studio in Oakland, CA and produced by Armstrong. Prominently featured on the track are American Idiot cast members John Gallagher, Jr., who won a Tony Award in 2007 for Spring Awakening, Matt Kaplan, Michael Esper, Rebecca Naomi Jones (Passing Strange), Christina Sajous, and Mary Faber. Though the bulk of the songs in the musical are taken from American Idiot, four songs from 21st Century Breakdown, including "21 Guns," are featured in the show.
A brand-new three-song 21 Guns EP, featuring the original version, the new version with the American Idiot cast, and a live version recorded in Japan, is now available for purchase on iTunes.
The digital version of the original "21 Guns" has sold more than one million downloads, while the video won three 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in September, including "Best Rock Video." The band took home their second American Music Award for "Favorite Alternative Music Artist" in November. In addition, Green Day have been nominated for three 2010 Grammy® Awards, including two for "21 Guns ("Best Rock Song" and "Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals") and one for 21st Century Breakdown, which was nominated for "Best Rock Album." The band will perform "21 Guns" live with the Broadway cast of American Idiot at the Grammy Awards ceremony, which will air on CBS on Sunday, January 31st at 8 p.m. ET/PT.


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Not so long ago, the very existence of the hardware drum machine was being called into question. Why, it was argued, when you can emulate pretty much any classic beatbox in software and then get something of its feel from a suitable MIDI controller, should you bother with a physical, standalone device?
For some people, generating all their rhythm tones in the box continues to be a satisfactory option - check out our guide to the 14 best VST plugin drum machines in the world today if you're one of them - but others have pressed for a return to old-school beatmaking, and new hardware drum machines have been released as result.
These vary enormously in terms of specs and price, but the common thread running through all of them is that each model enables you to create beats without the need for any other gear. As such, you won't find hybrid systems such as Native Instruments' Maschine and Arturia's SparkLE in this round-up; these are covered in our guide to 10 of the best MIDI pad controllers. We've excluded dedicated drum synths (ie, ones that don't have their own sequencers), too.
Enough about what isn't here, though: let's take a look at the hardware drum machines that you should be considering in 2014.
NEXT: Korg Volca Beats
Korg Volca Beats
Taking inspiration (we suspect) from Roland's classic TR-808, the Volca Beats has an analogue and PCM sound engine but offers digital control, meaning that knob tweaks and note info can be recorded into the built-in sequencer. This is limited to 16 steps, but you can record in real or step time. The unit can hold up to eight sequences and you can flip between these instantly.
Volca Beats has six analogue and four PCM sounds. The kick can be clicky or deep, the hats cut nicely, and the snare has a woody tone that can be further bolstered by layering a PCM clap or increasing the amount of 'snap'.
As with the other Volcas, connectivity options are somewhat limited. There's just a single stereo mini-jack output (though there is also a built-in speaker), a MIDI In port and Sync In/Out so that you can use the Beats with the other devices in the range. The Beats can be battery- or mains-powered, but you don't get a power supply in the box.
Ultimately, the Volca Beats is about fun, and that's what you'll have when you use it. If you want quality analogue drum sounds on a budget, look no further.
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Roland Aira TR-8
The TR-8 is a digital drum machine that utilises Roland's ACB modelling engine (Analogue Circuit Behaviour), which aims to faithfully recreate analogue circuits and the way they behave. It's currently limited to models of TR-808 and TR-909 sounds (there are no samples onboard), but there's a possibility that Roland may add more of its classic drum machine sounds/models in the future.
There are step and real-time recording modes, and you can create kits that mix 808 and 909 sounds together. There are 16 user-writeable patterns, each of which has two parts (A and B) of 16 steps each. These can be chained together to create 32-step patterns.
Sonically, the ACB technology has captured the essence of the original TR-808/909 amazingly well. In fact, these are the most authentic emulations we've heard in the digital domain. The sounds aren't static and subtly change on each step.
Great for live performance, the TR-8 also integrates well with your DAW, with an audio output-per-sound being provided over USB. And, crucially, it feels like it has the potential to be a new classic in the making.
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Dave Smith Instruments and Roger Linn Design Tempest
Made by two legendary electronic instrument designers and built with live performance in mind, the Tempest is an analogue/digital synth based on tweaked Evolver/Tetra/Prophet 08 voice chips that also comes with an MPC-style sequencer.
The Tempest's six-voice polyphonic sound engine has two digitally-controlled analogue oscillators (DCOs) and two digital oscillators containing one-shot drum machine samples.
So, how does it sound and feel? Well, imagine a pimped up MPC3000 or 60 sequencer attached to a DSI Mopho/Evolver with real-time control/effects and you get the idea. Recording beats is easy - simply press record while the sequencer is playing and the beat will loop. You can then overdub/erase sounds as you want (like on an MPC). You can also enter each sound manually using the 16 steps in event mode.
As you may have gathered, this is a seriously deep machine. It may be pricey, but no other drum machine on the market is this powerful in terms of hands-on synthesis.
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Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1 UW mk2
Swedish company Elektron has a great reputation when it comes to making drum machines, and actually has a new one on the way in the shape of the Analog Rytm. The digital Machinedrum has been available for some time, though, and the SPS-1 UW mk2 is the most recent version.
There are four main types of MD percussion synths: TRX deals with Roland-style drum sounds (such as those found in the 808 and 909 machines); EFM is an FM-based drum synth, (great for metallic and chaotic sounds); E12 is based on samples taken from the E-MU SP-12/1200 12-bit sampler; and the PI synth deals with physically-modelled sounds (for realistic acoustic drums).
There's also the GND synth, which deals with noises, an INP machine for effecting the inputs (envelope follower plus gate) and MIDI/Control machines for controlling/sequencing external MIDI gear and internal parameters.
The percussion synths all sound punchy, realistic when appropriate, and are highly useable. The sound-shaping options are extensive, and you can sequence in real-time and step modes.
Above all, the Machinedrum SPS-1 UW mk2 has genuine character, and is an instrument that you could easily fall in love with.
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Alesis SR18
The successor to Alesis's popular SR16 drum machine from the '90s, the SR18 is defiantly digital. It comes with a wide range of both acoustic-emulating and electronic kits and, unlike its forebear, also deals in percussion and bass tones.
If you've ever used a drum machine before, most of the controls here will be familiar: Step Edit, Roll, Fill, Tap Tempo, etc. Creating, editing and arranging patterns is simple, though step editing can be a little long-winded.
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The SR18 is a simple and effective tool. It does look and feel very '90s, but it's a robust and portable package (you can power it from batteries or the mains) that fans of the SR16 will definitely enjoy.
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Uzbekistan notebook: The experiences of a Peace Corps volunteer
30 August 2005
by Jessica Teicher
Part 1: Departure
At orientation in Philadelphia, I, along with 63 other Peace Corps trainees, received little instruction about the intricacies of life in Uzbekistan. Instead, we were given a general overview of the Peace Corps' objectives -- world peace, global understanding and sustainable development. We were also taught a few coping mechanisms to deal with the inevitable culture shock. Then we were handed our passports with three-month visas stamped in them, bussed to New York and, 24 hours later, we arrived in the Uzbek capital Tashkent.
For the next three months of Pre-Service Training (PST), I lived with an Uzbek host family in the suburbs of Tashkent, about a half hour away from the city center. During PST, they tell you culture shock is going hit you every day and they are right. It suddenly made sense to me why it had been covered so thoroughly during pre-orientation. My world turned upside down, as, in many instances, Uzbek customs differed dramatically from common practices back home. For example, if offered choy (tea) and non (bread) I learned to always accept, never say "no thank you." In Uzbek culture, it is considered rude and disrespectful to decline. Also, I constantly faced in Uzbekistan what, in the United States, are viewed as personal and intrusive questions. "How old are you?" and "Are you married? Why not?" were just some of the queries that I received from people I was meeting for the first time. In retrospect, it's not surprising that a significant number of Peace Corps volunteers opt to terminate their commitment during the PST phase.
Authorities in recent years have sought to strengthen Uzbek national identity. Accordingly, many vestiges of the Soviet era have been de-emphasized All over Tashkent, and throughout Uzbekistan, there are big billboards that laud the Uzbek cotton industry, hail the benevolent government, and extol the greatness of Uzbek culture.
Part 2: Part II: Khorezm: "Where the Weather is Hot, But the Water is Not"
I was assigned to Khorezm, in the western part of Uzbekistan, where the climate is hot, dry and dusty. My host family during Peace Corps training in Tashkent was worried about me, because Khorezm is known throughout Uzbekistan for its salty drinking water. During our training, we were told to make up a catch phrase for our regions, and we expressed this common sentiment: "Khorezm: where the weather is hot, but the water is not."
I studied the Uzbek language intensively during my three months in Tashkent. But in Khorezm, I found that people spoke a more Turkish-sounding dialect. Social customs were different, too.
One new Uzbek word that made life easier was "oling," or "take just once." In Tashkent, whenever I was eating and had an empty spoon in my hand, my host would say "oling." As a guest, one must eat and drink with relish to show respect for one's host. I felt annoyed with this pressure, and "oling" was a polite, sincere way to appreciate a host's generosity.
My new Khorezm family was warm and welcoming. There is an Uzbek proverb, "treat your guest better than your father," and I experienced this both in Tashkent and Khorezm. I can never forget how my host families willingly offered me everything they could to make me comfortable.
I had imagined going to a clay shack in the desert, where my host family would force-feed me oily slabs of meat washed down with turpentine vodka. But instead, their large, two-level house was quite comfortable. We had electricity most of the time, although running water was scarce, and sinks were located outside the house.
Although I had a moment of disappointment, since I thought a Peace Corps volunteer should brave harsher conditions, I confess that I adapted myself to what were, for an Uzbek family, relatively high living standards.
Part 3I: Frustration Over Andijan
Ten days after we heard about the May 13 shootings in the city of Andijan, a colleague of mine at the school where I taught took me to a teachers' meeting. The school director echoed the government's version of what had taken place in Andijan – that Islamic terrorists were responsible for the violence. He said accounts broadcast by foreign media outlets about the Andijan events consisted of "mish-mish," or gossip.
"Western journalists are lying. Maybe a hundred people were killed by extreme terrorist groups in Andijan. That is all," the director said. "There is a difference between the Western democracy of those criticizing Uzbekistan and our Eastern democracy. Our version is better. It is true to democratic principles."
True democratic principles? Throughout the meeting, my colleague watched my anger build. I explained to her that refugees who had fled Andijan and crossed the border into Kyrgyzstan were conveying horror stories about what went on in Andijan.
I relayed accounts that I had heard on the British Broadcasting Corp's World Service, and read on the Internet, about how soldiers in Andijan shot at civilians from helicopters and without warning. I recounted the story about a witness interviewed on the BBC who saw hundreds of dead bodies piled together in a neighborhood school after the shootings. How family members frantically visited makeshift morgues, hoping to find missing relatives, then were followed home and shot.
Knowing the truth about these atrocities, the school director's lies made me sick. Uzbek television was filled with propaganda, endlessly replaying scenes of an old couple crying over their dead son, who supposedly was killed in Andijan by a terrorist.
I felt so powerless, wanted so badly to tell my community what had happened. I could have printed out Internet stories in the Uzbek language and left them conveniently in a taxi or at the bazaar. But as a Peace Corps volunteer, I was obligated to remain "apolitical."
The Peace Corps does not entangle itself in the internal affairs of host countries. But by not saying anything, by not doing anything to counter the blatant propaganda campaign carried out by the Uzbek government, isn't the Peace Corps also making a political statement?
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The worst of this weekend's storm seems to be over.
The National Weather Service has lifted a winter weather warning for the Southtowns and Southern Tier and also lifted a winter weather advisory for northern Erie, Niagara, Orleans and Genesee counties.
The warning had been in effect until 7 p.m. but was lifted shortly after noon today, while the advisory had been in effect until 4 p.m. but was lifted late this morning, according to the service.
A wind advisory remains in effect until 7 tonight for southern Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Chatauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, where wind gusts of up to 50 mph could bring down tree limbs and power lines and limit visibility.
Forecasts call for a dusting of new snowfall, at most, through the rest of the day in the northern portion of Western New York, though roads will remain icy and drivers should use caution. In the southern portion of the region, a dusting to a few tenths of an inch of new snow could fall later today.
The service still is tallying the accumulations from Friday and overnight, meteorologist Aaron Reynolds said this morning, but the highest figure he'd seen was the 12 inches that fell in Kennedy, in Chautauqua County. Franklinville and Perrysburg in Cattaraugus County got 8 and 6 inches, respectively. Those totals were as of about 7:30 a.m. today.
The service reported that 2.9 inches fell as of 8:45 a.m. at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, where the temperature was 32 degrees shortly before 2 p.m.
"This is more of a larger-scale storm" than a traditional lake-effect storm, Reynolds said.
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Liberalisation of 27 Services Sub-Sectors - Hardly Anything Impressive
On the same panel were Pasir Mas MP Ibrahim Ali and Syed Akhbar Ali. Ibrahim was sceptical about the move claiming that previous equity requirement did not deter the flow of foreign investment into the country. He said the government/UMNO did not consult its members before announcing the move. He claimed that the Bumiputera companies cannot compete with foreign competitors in the sub-sectors.
Syed Ali was cautious and claimed that some of the sub-sectors are ready for opening up but not others. He identified 4-5 star hotels as ready to compete with other foreign entries.
I said that some of the initial reactions are too emotional and knee-jerk. Some of these sectors are already quite open even before the liberalisation. Take computer and related services as an example, this sub-sector is already quite liberalised since the implementation of MSC status. A number of local and foreign companies providing computer and related services are MSC status companies.
Health and social services liberalisation is quite limited and does not include wholesale liberalisation of all health related services including private hospitals. Here, again the Bumi interest is still intact and protected. Health services is a sensitive area. Many activists have spoken against the full privatisation of this sub-sector arguing that the access to an affordable and good medical care is a fundamental human right.
The liberalisation of tourism services does not appear to have positive impact on the local companies - mostly not 4 to 5 star rated. Most of the 4 to 5 star operators are controlled by big local and foreign conglomerates. Liberalisation of this sub-sector especially those F&B outlets with working capital lower than RM1 million is very crucial to ensure that we encourage more Malaysians to help promote local restaurants and franchises.
Moreover, the liberalisation of inbound travel is quite meaningless. Syed gave a weak argument that the liberalisation of this sector will open up the market to serious competition from outside e.g. Japan. In actual fact, foreign travel agencies have been working with our local partners for ages. We know our market better. Again, there is very little upside here since not many local travel agencies are focusing on inbound travel.
The liberalisation of transport sub-sector is similarly limited and narrow. Hence, the logistics sub-sector is still not opening up to the equity restriction.
On business services, this helps foreign investors more than our local companies. Originally, those foreign investors were given exemptions as regional distribution centres and international procurement centres by MIDA. Consulting business had opened up more than 5 years back as our compliant to the WTO requirements.
But predictably, politicians such as Ibrahim Ali is blaming the government for not protecting the socio-economic interest of the Malay community. I rebutted him by asking the community to focus on output and innovation instead of equity shareholding. If the community can create better output and be creative, it is not difficult for them to do better than now.
Ibrahim's analogy of the past 30 years is dated and unprogressive. It is time to look at improving the capacity of the Malay-Bumi community than to insist on quota and protection. Ibrahim said other countries are moving towards protectionism including the US. This is a false statement. Obama's administration has abandoned its "Buy American" products and services call fearing trade wars with China, Europe, Canada and South America.
Again, Najib has merely announced a liberation of the Bumi equity requirement without mentioning a coordinated liberalisation of government's procurement policy which favours Bumi companies. So, Ibrahim is clearly jumping the gun. Without the real liberalisation of the government's procurement policy there is little benefit to be gained for other non-Bumi local companies.
The devil is in the details. I hope more Malaysians can help to scrutinize any policy announcement more intimately.
Above are reasons of not being overly enthusiastic of the liberalisation announcement. I hope the PM's backroom boys do not commit the same mistake like Abdullah's. Give us real reforms and not sugar-coated rhetoric.
But as usual, a number of parties, analysts and stakeholders are trumpeting compliments of the PM's move.
Malaysians must really change our mindset. We need to be more sophisticated and demand the best from our policy makers. Do not just blame the politicians. We get what we deserved.
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Dear Mr. Khoo,
I have high regards for your blog as it is always professionally manned and utilized. However it is peppered with grammatical errors. I think it should be improved and so will your blog.
As for having that frog MP in the panel, to be honest, there must be a thousand other people that Astro Awani could have invited to discuss the topic. I have seen that guy in action in some seminars and he is nothing but a loud mouth and racist to the core. For him the Malays will always be a bullied race and will always need crutches. For him the whole world owes the Malays a living....mind you he is assuming all Malays agree with him.
I said earlier in your blog that UMNO's (yes, UMNO and NOT the Government of Malaysia) words have no credibility with many non-bumis. They know how to mouth cliches and slogans but know nothing of how to make them happen. Need I say more when a few days after Najib said in a press conference that the media should report truthfully, boldly and be transparent, that a few opposition news tabloids got seized or banned?
As I also said in your blog earlier there is no follow through in what the top leaders say and the little napoleans that fill and man every possible post in the civil service continue with their discriminatory practices.
I say again, don't hold your breath....nothing is going to ever come out of this liberalization move. As it is most, if not all, of those sectors involved...the non-bumis, especially the Chinese entrepreneurs have found ways to circumvent and even capitalize on it. One has to just admire how the ordinary non-bumi Malaysia businessman has been able to survive during the last 50 years of discrimination by the Government.
The day UMNO changes pigs will fly.
Dear Khoo
We all know where Ibrahim Ali is coming from. I don't think general public opinion about him really differs from one person to another, and that is he is simply using the race platform to buy additional time on his political shelf life. Personally, I don't think this guy will survive the next tsunami...
What you remarked about the "community to focus on output and innovation"...create better output and be creative..."
THAT, should be the emphasis.
Sadly though, through the racial divide and rule style of UMNO, the country, IMHO, has lost competitive contributions from at least 2 generation of Malays. It is due to UMNO rule, for decades, that we now have local grads who can't even write a decent cover letter to support a resume, even if their life depended on it.
I also feel, that it will take them at least another generation to free their mind set from the "crutch mentality".
But the day UMNO starts to get serious and sincere, I am pretty sure it will find that the various races in this country would genuinely also offer the mentorship and leadership that Malays badly need for skills and technology transfer, to bring forth that "output" and "innovation".
Dear Kay Peng,
I saw you talking live at Astro Awani yesterday night. Very impressive your analysis. As corretly pointed out by you, those are only "sugar-coated rhetoric policy".
BTW i have just read MStar Online just now that Tan Keng Liang (i.e. the Gerakan Kedah Youth chief) scolded YB Lim Kit Siang badly in response of his "silly remarks" of their 100k penalty proposal to SPR recently.
I think that's a total disrespect to a senior MP.
I suggest you should highlight to the public how rude this person is and disrespectful of senior MP.
Gerakan has no respect to senior MP!
What are your views on this?
i think it is highly unfair to comment on something which you have not read.
I think u exagerated the response by Tan Keng Liang. I actually went to his blog (tankengliang.blogspot.com)and saw that his response was not as bad as described by Vincent. He didn't sound at any part to be scolding LKS and was merely making some clarification. I manage to see the proposal at his blog which he sent to SPR.
In fact, I was agreeable to one of his proposal to amend Article 48(6) of the Federal Constitution to exempt the 5 years ban for wakil rakyat wanting to get approval from rakyat to party hop. If this proposal get thru, at least the 3 assemblyperson in Perak can hold a by-election to party hop (if they resign now, they will be ban for 5 years - I read this in the chinese daily this morning).
However, I did not agree to his penalty proposal of 50k/100k concept as i don't think it will prevent resignation by wakit rakyat without valid reason. I think there should be something heavier!
Perhaps, Kay Peng,
I would appreciate if you could provide detail analysis of his proposal, like the one u made at Astro Awani yesterday night. I think you should also give some talkshows at the TV as i think a lot of people would appreciate it.
Thanks bro.
LKS is eaually rude as well naming people lack of grey matter.
Kay Peng,
This is an extract of a report by an independent journalist which shows that the Election Commission is just PRO BN!
"The same views have been echoed by no less than the Election Commission (EC). Plus, the EC has openly supported proposals by some BN leaders such as Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir and Tan Keng Liang to prevent "unnecessary" elections. These include suggestions for stricter laws, and penalties for elected reps or their parties should an elected representative resign for reasons other than what's stated in Article 48(1) of the Federal Constitution."
I also read in YB Lim Kit Siang's blog where he called Tan Keng Liang and Mukhriz lack of grey matter.
Perhaps, he meant "grey hair" like him. Old and nyayuk already. And talk stupid things in his blog.
LKS should retire and let new people in DAP to come up!!!!
Something interesting found at Lim Kit Siang's blog just now. It shows the hypocrisy of this country's Election Commission!
Dear YB LKS,
I support you to continue to show how BN is so hypocrite.
For example, when Tan Keng Liang (Kedah gerakan youth head) suggested to impose a penalty for unreasonable resignation and to amend the Federal Consitution (for the 5 years ban) to make it possible for assemblyman to call for by-election to get people approval (to solve the crisis in Perak), the Election Commission only supported his penalty proposal (just because it makes PKR look bad at Penanti under the Fairuz scandal).
So, what about the amendment to the Federal Constitution????
I manage to search google and found his proposal to SPR at his blog. - http://tankengliang.blogspot.com/2009/04/proposed-amendment-to-current-election.html
SPR dare not even talk about his proposal for amendment of the 5 years ban to allow by-election at Perak.!!!!
If SPR want to accept Tan's proposal for the penalty, they must also adopt his idea for amendment to the Federal Constitution (to make exemption of the 5 years ban). Otherwise, it is just selecting proposal for their BN benefit.
If possible YB LKS,
please highlight this hypocrisy of BN and SPR!!!
>I hope the PM's backroom boys do not commit the same mistake like Abdullah's. Give us real reforms and not sugar-coated rhetoric
what when the pm's backroom boys are umno boys since mamak's time? bright, original and dynamic ideas, not consonant to the umno policy are deleted, watered down before they reach the pm table.


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The Bellwood-Antis baseball team didn't win the Curve Classic title Saturday night, but the celebration following the Blue Devils' 6-4 win over Altoona in the semifinals certainly resembled a championship party.
Gloves were thrown, hats flew off and the dugout emptied as Bellwood basked in the glow of its first win over a Class AAAA school in coach Steve Conlon's 11-year career.
"They've been talking smack, I've heard," Bellwood-Antis starting pitcher Casey Gray said. "So this is a huge win for us. Seth [Hunter] pitched real well for us in relief and came through. It was just a great win."
With two outs, a three-run lead and just one runner on in the final inning, it looked as though Bellwood was going to cruise into the championship game against Hollidaysburg today at 1 p.m. at Peoples Natural Gas Field. However, back-to-back hits by Altoona's Dylan Conrad and Jake Chesney put the tying run on second base.
Shea Stayer worked a 2-0 count against Hunter before hitting a chopper back to the mound that ended the threat and the game.
"It means a little more to us," Conlon said. "It's not often we play a Quad-A school. For that reason it's a big deal, but we told the kids they just had to play it like any baseball game, and we played pretty well."
The Mountain Lions took an early 3-0 lead off Gray thanks to two errors in the first inning by Bellwood and a ball that was ruled a hit despite bouncing off a leaping infielder's glove. Gray put up a pair of scoreless frames in the second and third, but two more errors led Conlon to make a pitching change.
"Casey threw well, but the problem is, he's our shortstop and we were having trouble at shortstop," Conlon said. "I wanted to get him back at short, and Seth Hunter came in and was outstanding. He had all his pitches going."
Hunter allowed just one run over four innings and didn't allow a hit until the seventh.
Tanner Snyder, who started the game at shortstop, made up for his miscues in the field with a 4-for-4 day at the plate. After shifting to second base, Snyder made several defensive plays, scored a run and drove in another.
Following its three-run first inning, Altoona couldn't muster much of anything offensively. The Mountain Lions got their leadoff hitter on in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings but never brought him home. In the second, Gray picked off Joel Reighard and in the fourth, Bellwood catcher Trenton Creppage threw out Dom Lombardo trying to steal second.
"The scoreboard gave us four hits, but we only had two. Those were errors on those other ones," Altoona coach Tom Smith said. "We didn't hit the ball hard and didn't put the ball in play after the first inning. They hit the ball much better than we did. They deserved to win."
Conrad finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs for Altoona.
Bellwood tied it at three in the fifth inning when Chad Luensmann scored on a throwing error. Snyder doubled to begin the sixth inning, and after a sacrifice bunt moved him to third, he scored on a Hunter single. The Blue Devils tacked on two insurance runs when Hunter and Haden DeGenarro scored on another throwing error.
"We didn't play well," Smith said. "Give them all the credit, though. As evidenced after the win, you can see how they celebrated, they were up for this game. Good for them."
BELLWOOD-ANTIS (6): DeGennaro cf 411, Luensmann 1b 411, Gray p-ss 412, Campbell 2b 000, Zitterbart 3b 000, Beech dh 311, Lynn rf 400, Creppage c 401, Mock cr 000, Snyder ss-2b 414, Stapleton lf 300, Hunter p-3b 311. Totals - 33-6-11.
ALTOONA (4): Berardinelli ss 220, FInk 3b 310, Conrad c 412, Lytle p 000, Foose dh 200, Chesney dh 201, Stayer lf-p 301, Baker 1b 200, Lombardo rf 200, Reighard 2b 200, Wolf ph 100, Negri cf 300, McGinley lf 000. Totals -26-4-4.
Bellwood-Antis000 213 0-6 11 4
Altoona300 000 1- 4 4 3
E-Snyder 3, Lynn, Berardinelli 2, Reighard. 2B-Snyder, DeGennaro, Beech, Chesney. RBI-Lynn, Snyder, Hunter, Conrad 2, Stayer, Baker. WP-Hunter. LP-Stayer. SO-Hunter 3, Gray 2, Lytle 3, Stayer 2. BB-Hunter 3, Gray 2, Lytle 1.
Umpires: Don McClure, Tim Mitchell
Records: Bellwood-Antis (3-0); Altoona (1-1).


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After announcing this week that Friday would be her last day on Good Morning America before she began an extended medical leave, Robin Roberts moved up the date of her departure to Thursday, reports ABC News
"I'm having to move up my schedule," the anchor, 51, said at the top of the show on Thursday. Roberts explained that she will first fly home to Mississippi to be with her ailing, 88-year-old mother, Lucimarian, and her family in the Hurricane Isaac zone.
Roberts will then be treated for myelodysplastic syndrome (commonly called "MDS") and is starting preparations to undergo a bone-marrow transplant.
Roberts's sister, Sally, is the bone-marrow donor. Looking radiant but concerned for her sister, Sally said on Thursday's show, "Recovery time is so quick."
This week, leading to Roberts's farewell, Good Morning America shared the stories of others battling MDS.
"It's rare to have MDS and mine was because of complications from the breast cancer treatment," said Roberts, who fought breast cancer five years ago.
"I am very blessed," she added. "Forty percent of Americans can't even take a sick day, and here I know that I'm going to have a job when I come back."
On Thursday's GMA, Roberts promised her colleagues that she would be "watching [them] in her jammies," and that thinking of their times on the show together would put her in her happy place.
"I know the journey ahead will not be easy," said Roberts, with a nod to the support she's received, "but I'm going to focus on all these gifts."
And while she noted that there is "no timetable" for her recovery and return to the show, she said, "Just know that I'm going to come back here as soon as I can."
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MARTINSBURG — Next week will see the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new West Virginia University Hospitals-East Cancer and Infusion Center, where patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy and......
It is so bad, they had to redefine the term, "cure." Cure no longer means doesn't return, it just means if they don't see it in 5 years. If you get it again, it is considered a new case.
Modern medicine doesn't cure cancer because they don't try to address the cause, they only try to "manage" the symptoms.
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They used to have pedo scanners in shoe stores to x-ray children's feet to determine if the shoe fit or not. Doctor's swore up and down that washing your hands did not make a difference with spreading virus and bacteria.
Tell me how chemotherapy and radiation cure anything other than cause more problems?
The course of treatment by killing everything in the area and hoping the good grows back is more brutal than bloodletting. At least with bloodletting the intent was to get the bad out not to put radiation in!
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PITTSBURGH - Macky Power made the most of his second appearance in a PIHL all-star game.
Power, a senior at Hollidaysburg, scored two goals to help lift the Northeast Conference to a 4-2 win over the Southwest Conference in the Open Class PIHL All-Star Game on Sunday at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Complex on Neville Island. Power earned the First Star of the game award.
"I played in one when I was a sophomore, and I was a little nervous,'' Power said. "This one was a lot more fun. I spent a lot more time on the ice. It was a blast.''
With the Northeast holding a 2-1 advantage in the second period, Power scored his first goal on an assist from Ford City's Jesse Valasek. After the Southwest cut the lead to 3-2 in the third period, Power sealed the win with his second goal on an assist from Hollidaysburg teammate Brandon Ritchey.
"The first goal was a quick one-timer off a pass from behind the net, and I went top right,'' Power said. "The second one came on a deep pass, and I beat the defender on a breakaway.''
Power, who leads the PIHL Open Class with 50 goals and 84 points, and Ritchey were joined by Hollidaysburg's Brent Heaton and Altoona's Adam Badorrek on the Northeast roster. Hollidaysburg coach Brad Blair was an assistant coach.
"It was great with the four kids from the area playing,'' Blair said. "It was a great game. It was a close game, and there was some hitting and some penalties.''
The Northeast had gained a 2-0 lead on goals by Indiana's Austin Jasper and Baldwin's Anthony Alaimo. Wheeling Park's Porter Knollinger and Nicco Catalano scored goals for the Southwest. Baldwin goalie Ryan Beerman stopped all 10 shots he faced in the second period for the Northeast.


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Name: Devin Stessney
School: Bishop Guilfoyle
Age: 18
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Grade: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Stessney scored 17 points in the Lady Marauders' victory over Clarion in the PIAA Class A quarterfinals. She also scored 12 points in a win over Serra Catholic in the second round of the playoffs.
Season update: Stessney is averaging nearly nine points per game for the 27-2 Lady Marauders, who play Vicentian Academy in the state semifinals tonight.
Coach Mark Moschella's quote: "It was a great week for Devin. She had a great game against Serra Catholic, both offensively and defensively, then just carried that momentum into playing a great game against Clarion.''
Favorite teacher: Mr. Rhone
Favorite subject: Environmental Science
Favorite movie: "Pitch Perfect''
Favorite food: Mike's Court's roast beef
Favorite song: "No Diggity'' by Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre
Outside interests: Hanging out with friends, exercising
Favorite professional team: Boston Celtics
Favorite college team: Penn State
Pro athlete most admired: Kevin Durant
Best athlete I ever played with: Halee Adams and Macey Hollenshead
Best athlete I ever competed against: Altoona's Darby Lee
Most influential person on my athletic career: My parents, Stefan and Shelley, and my coaches
Proudest athletic achievement: "Going to states twice and winning four District 6 championships.''
How I got my start in basketball: "My dad was my coach in second grade in Park and Rec.''
Future goal: "To go to college and become a speech pathologist and live a happy life.''


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Im going to drive this 740 off a bridge!
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SQL Azure Data Sync is a great tool; even though it's only at a CTP stage, the experience is already quite polished and it's a pleasure to use. I've used it to export a database (schema and all) from an Azure subscription to my local machine; I needed to take my services offline for a longer period of time and had to create a full backup. (Perhaps this wasn't the ideal way to do that. But it was fun! )
On that note, it would be nice if Windows/SQL Azure subscriptions would support "deactivating" a service or database, respectively. I would like to be able to store these things (perhaps in my Azure storage account) with the ability to bring them back online at a later date. (Added to the linked UserVoice site: Allow taking a database offline to prevent charges to my account. (http://uservoice.com/a/jFr6r))
Thanks for that
i try the tool and it is very cool...
but we need more logs then we have
@Lars Kemmann:Thanks Lars for putting your vote for this feature. This is great input for our roadmap.
@Pini: Thanks Pini. We will enhance the logs in future releases.
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