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PSU-Indiana pregame stretch...
November 19, 2010 - Ray Eckenrode
Success! Success?
Cory Giger asked the question this week: If Penn State beats Indiana and Michigan State, would you consider this season successful?
Our first answer was "Yes!!!!!!!" but then we got to thinking about the context of that answer. Penn State is obviously young. The older players they have are mostly average college players at best. The overall talent level of the team, especially the defense, is as low as we've seen it since probably 2003. So, in that context, an 8-4 season is successful.
It's all the factors that resulted in that depleted talent pool that aren't acceptable. Recruiting and stockpiling talent is a big part of winning on the college level and that's where Penn State has fallen short for most of the past decade.
Is there a draft in here?
And speaking of depleted talent pools, Giges put together a list this week of who he thinks are the team's top eight pro prospects.
Giger story: http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/544438/Talent-dropoff--Lions-have-few-NFL-prospects-this-year.html?nav=746
We think that's a pretty accurate list and agree that Evan Royster is probably a fourth- or fifth-rounder right now, although he could still help himself at the combine. He'd be a good, solid addition to a West Coast offense, but we'll see whether he has the desire to do so.
Anthony Fera has been terrible situationally this year, but he's certainly a pro prospect with a couple years to develop that leg and ability to punt and kick off.
As with all draft-related speculating: Who really knows? Aaron Maybin can't get on the field for worst defense in NFL and Derek Wake is a star
Best of the worst?
Deadspin this week responded to the NFL Network's "Top 100 Greatest NFL Players" (how a national network allowed such a redundant title to see the light of day we'll never know) with a list of the 100 worst NFL players of all time. Penn State placed three players in the top, er, bottom 50: Aaron Maybin at No. 44; Kenny Jackson at No. 23 and Michael Haynes at No. 16.
Penn State week in Twitter
We cyberstalk the Nittany Lions so you don't have to:
> Silas Redd is very sorry about peeing in public and he'll try to focus on being a better person moving forward.
> Rob Bolden enjoys the sauna.
> Matt McGloin says he's not looking past Indiana.
> Many of the Penn State players are listening to the new album from Kanye West and reading Jay Z's new book.
The pick
Once again, we think the spirit of our pick last week was right on the button, even if the point spread wasn't. (Hi, I'd like to collect on the spirit of my Penn State +18.5 wager....) Unfortunately, we think this game is going to be a lot closer than many think because Indiana is due to get some breaks after last week's everything-that-can-go-wrong outing and Penn State's defense can give up 30+ to anyone on any given day, especially without Michael Mauti. We hope the PSU offensive game plan calls for a ton of Evan Royster, Silas Redd and maybe even Stephfon Green to chew up yards and the clock. Even if Matt McGloin might light up the Hoosiers, do you really want to get into a shootout with your defense if you're PSU? We don't ... Penn State (-10.5) 35, Indiana 24.
Prediction record
Last week: Penn State +18.5 INCORRECT
Season straight up: 5-5, .500
Season vs. spread: 3-6, .333


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Karen, a Ford Fellow with Dr. Bey during her time at Millsaps, double majored in Anthropology and English. Her main interests are Maya archaeology and cultural anthropology.
After graduating from Millsaps, Karen worked for Josh Hailey at Josh Hailey Studio as an administrative assistant and photo editor. She spent most of the past year studying for the GRE and applying to graduate schools.
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Score: Devils 4, Flyers 3 (OT)
What happened: A poorly executed Flyers line change left the Devils with a 2-on-1 and Alexei Ponikarovsky scored with 2:39 left in overtime. He took the shot, got his own rebound and put it past Ilya Bryzgalov.
What it means: The Devils took a 2-1 series lead with Game 4 on Sunday night in New Jersey. The pressure will be totally on the Flyers to tie the series.


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Author Affiliations: Department of Surgery (Dr Kuy), School of Medicine (Dr Vickery), Medical College of Wisconsin; Department of Surgery, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Dr Rosner), Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Center for Translational Injury Research, Department of Surgery, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (Dr Dua).
A 37-year-old woman with a history of cyclic lower abdominal pain and nausea presented to the emergency department with acute-onset right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain and nausea for 1 day, but no fever. Vital signs were normal. Physical examination revealed RLQ tenderness. Laboratory examination included a urinalysis, the result of which was negative, and a white blood cell count, which revealed a mild leukocytosis of 11.6 K/μL. Pelvic ultrasonography was obtained, which showed a right ovarian cyst but without evidence of torsion. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen/pelvis was performed, which showed an enlarged, dilated appendix of 11 mm in diameter (Figure 1), which on comparison with a prior CT examination from 5 years prior showed a similarly enlarged, dilated appendix.
Figure 1. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis.
She underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy, which revealed a hockey-stick shaped appendix, with a dilated, enlarged tip (Figure 2) and a right ovarian cyst. There was no evidence of any powder-burn lesions on the peritoneum or bowel serosa. An appendectomy was performed. Hematoxylin and eosin stains of the enlarged portion of the appendix showed glands and stromal tissue (Figure 3). On follow-up in clinic, her symptoms had resolved.
Figure 2. Intraoperative image of the appendix.
Figure 3. Histologic image of the appendiceal specimen with glands and stroma.
A. Appendicitis
B. Appendiceal carcinoid
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According to ESPN's John Clayton, the Miami Dolphins' trade for Reggie Bush puts Ronnie Brown out of the market for Miami—and into the market of a few other potential suitors.
The Dolphins had supposedly considered re-signing Brown after DeAngelo Williams—perhaps Miami's top free-agent target at one point—was re-signed by the Carolina Panthers to a five-year, $43 million contract. But a trade that sent Bush to Miami and will net the New Orleans Saints safety Jonathon Amaya effectively ushered Brown off the Dolphins' radar.
So who pursues Brown now?
Rotoworld seems to think that the Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are good fits for Brown, but the Colts are pressed against the salary cap with Peyton Manning's pending long-term deal and intent on re-signing their own free agent running back Joseph Addai should the salary space allow, and there aren't any concrete reports tying Brown to the Bucs—just pure speculation.
Baltimore Ravens fansite Ravens 24x7 suggests that Brown might be brought to the Baltimore Ravens to back up Ray Rice and provide the Ravens with a potent one-two punch with Willis McGahee on his way out.
Expect more suitors to join the Brown auction soon. Next to Ahmad Bradshaw and Cedric Benson, Brown is likely the most talented running back currently up for grabs on the open market.


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83-14776 - Proto Cape Kit for Beagle Bone
Add some circuitry to your Beagle Bone with the Proto Cape. If you have a 'Bone you need one of these!
Mfr Name: Adafruit Industries
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83-16241 - Beaglebone Black Development Board
The BeagleBone Black is a maker-focused single board computer powered by a 1GHz Sitara™ AM3358 ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor from Texas Instruments.
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The LOGi-Bone is an FPGA development platform that has been optimized for use with the BeagleBone. The LOGi-Bone/BeagleBone combination was designed with key design attributes in mind including ease of use, maximum expansion capability and low cost to performance ...
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83-14775 - Stacking Header Set for Beagle Bone Capes
Stack to the max with the Beagle Bone Proto Cape using these ingenious stacking headers. They're just like 2x23 0.1"" spaced female headers but with a twist! The 'legs' are extra-long so you can solder it -through- a PCB and plug it into the Bone. You can stack as...
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Aerial view of Gaston's from the west end(notice the power lines, that is why we land from and take off to the east)
Astronaut John Grunsfeld, Ph.D. visits Gaston's and the White River. Grunsfeld is a veteran of four spaceflights. From 2003-2004, he served as NASA Chief Scientist. He has logged over 1,097 hours in space, including five spacewalks, two flights to the hubble Space Telescope.
Crop Dusters United Fly-In, Nov. 9, 2013
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Peter Bennett, 53, is publisher of La Verne Online. He graduated from Stanford University so long ago he couldn't find his Delta Upsilon fraternity house on a recent return to campus. He vaguely recalls streaking across the Golden Gate Bridge with 50 other freshmen in a dusky fog, so any real evidence of that free-spirited moment remains shrouded in mystery. He worked at The Los Angeles Times in the early '80s.
In one memorable story, he profiled a Las Vegas priest who traveled from hotel to hotel to cash the casino chips his parishioners had thrown into the collection plate. The cathedral is still there in the shadow of the new Encore Hotel, but the priest and most of the gamblers have moved on. For five years, he was managing editor of American Bungalow, a magazine devoted to the Arts and Crafts lifestyle, a movement that first arose in the early 20th Century to promote the appeal of living in homes made beautiful by their simple, honest design and architecture. In one story, he traveled to the Italian section of St. Louis known as The Hill, where Hall of Famers Yogi Berra, Joe Garagiola, and Benny Pucci all grew up on the same street in shotgun bungalows, so called because you could fire a shotgun from the front door out the back door without hitting a thing. Peter also worked in public information, marketing and corporate communications for the City of Ontario, Home Savings, Washington Mutual and American Home Mortgage, the last three all failed financial institutions for which he takes no credit. Another career stop was working as a publicist for Hollywood Park, where he had the privilege of once pouring actor Cary Grant a drink. "The bartender was late to a board of directors meeting, so the CEO asked me, no, told me, to fill in," Peter said. "I can't remember what drink I made for Mr. Grant or whether he liked it, but it was my Cary Grant moment."
Q. Weren't you also the publisher and editor of The Neighborhood Paper here in town?
A. Yes, after leaving Ontario, I launched The Neighborhood Paper. The best part was discovering all the talent and resources in La Verne and sharing that bounty with others. Less fun was rubber-banding 10,000 newspapers every two weeks and delivering them around town in my green Windstar. Do you know how much ink gets on your hands from rolling 10,000 papers?
Q. Why are you trying again?
A. I've learned a few tricks. As an old newspaper man, I always felt you had to hold a real newspaper in your hand. But the fact is everybody is online now. My three sons get their news online and it seems they order all their products and services online. They download all their coupons online. The same UPS and FedEx delivery guys show up so often at my front door, I feel like I've got to give them a tip and a Christmas card. Everybody has a computer, or two or three or four. Going online is green, it's interactive, it's what's happening. Traditional newspapers and coupon magazines are vanishing. And that's a tough confession for me to make because I'm somebody who has always enjoyed that frigid, half-naked, bleary-eyed morning walk down the driveway to retrieve my newspaper. Now I walk half-naked to my computer to get the early-morning news like everybody else.
Q. What will the paper be like?
A. I want the experience to be like opening a bottle of champagne. It has to be exciting, effervescent, bubbly and overflowing with news you can use – news about upcoming events, celebrations, gatherings, and we'll help spearhead them. Part of the responsibility I feel is to build a bigger sense of community and to get people to dream a little more about starting a new business, learning a new skill, and pushing personal boundaries. It's going to be a positive space for information and inspiration and for ways for people to get more involved. I also want people to think of LaVerneOnline as their one-stop source for great money-savings coupons and values. Ultimately, the paper is about values: community values and money-saving values.
Q. What's going to keep your fire and passion burning?
A. I believe you can either engage yourself in this world or estrange yourself from it. You can either choose distinction or extinction. Let me give you an example. Recently, our community suffered the losses of Timmy Dewhurst and Coach Cross, two stars from the Bonita baseball program. Beyond attending their funerals and grieving their passing, we needed some kind of placeholder to put their lives and contributions in the proper perspective. I don't care so much about how they died as how they lived. There's a lot of work that needs to be done on this front, and I expect to be fully engaged in getting out the stories that need to be told and would otherwise go unreported. A great community deserves a great newspaper. That's the passion. That's the fire. That's the responsibility.
Q. Why La Verne?
A. Well, La Verne's been my hometown for 25 years. It's the perfect place. If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that everything got too big, and as a result, nobody was taking responsibility for anything. Our institutions were as opaque and unresponsive as a black hole. We have to stop surrendering our decision-making authority to others. If we appreciate what we have right here, strive to make La Verne the best we can, maybe we can be an example for the rest of the nation and the world. Let's build from within, not from without. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves." Cassius had it right. We have to be the change we seek. La Verne can be a great innovator and incubator. We don't have to look anywhere else. Let's see what we're made of.
Q. I understand you recently came back from a 45-day trip around the country. What did you find or learn?
A. My wife and I visited about 15 states. I basically kidnapped her. I wanted to see what people were thinking in other parts of the country. The south Oregon coast is breathtaking. Portland, Ore., features two great happy hours a day. That's a great idea for getting us out of the recession/depression. Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota is more magnificent than any postcard can convey or portray. Al's in St. Paul, by the University of Minnesota, has the greatest pancakes in the world. Chicago offers some 85 architectural tours, and I'd like to take each one. Kansas City has more fountains than any place in the world outside of Rome, or was it Paris? When you see a sign that says, "Beware of Rattlesnakes," believe it, as I discovered at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, where a coiling, hissing rattler staked out its turf about two feet from my path. I didn't want to become part of Custer's "last stand" legacy, so I quietly backpedaled to my car, where my wife was patiently waiting. I loved the pedestrian malls in Madison, Wisc., Minneapolis, Minn., and Denver, Colorado. There you feel like every day is Mardi Gras, zigzagging across the street with no concern for vehicular traffic. What do you think? Let's turn "D" Street into a pedestrian-friendly mall? The biggest rewards, however, are getting to know people, and the people here in La Verne are as interesting as any monument I explored. You just have to make the effort to get to know them. I have seen the best that America has to offer, and the best is right here in La Verne. That's what I learned.


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LISBON - The East Liverpool man accused of committing sex crimes with four minors while posing as a woman has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
Aaron L. LaGrand, 33, will undergo a mental evaluation ordered by Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge C. Ashley Pike before the case proceeds any further.
LaGrand, who was scheduled to go on trial this week before the insanity plea was entered, is charged with rape, engaging in sexual conduct with a minor and sexual importuning. The charges carry a maximum possible sentence of life in prison.
The alleged crimes occurred between 2004 and 2012, with LaGrand engaging in sexual conduct with four different children during that period. LaGrand reportedly knew the minors and posed as a woman during this period to gain access to the alleged victims.
When initially arrested, LaGrand continued to use the female name of Erin on his jail paperwork.


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excellent, thanks, i have to work on the timing, but at least i can do it once in awhile now
thanks man . big helpOriginally Posted by buckyfellini
currently own :
~LoZ TP
~Red Steel
~Rayman Raving Rabbids
4 sets of controllers
2 classic controllers
excellent, thanks, i have to work on the timing, but at least i can do it once in awhile now
i have red steel i like it but it seems to have a problem on multiplayer on 4 player the sensor carnt handle
when you replay a mission, it doesn't show the grade, or the stats, or update the mission results... so how can you go about improving your ranking on previously finished levels?
I found that damaging the other persons sword is much easier if you change the sword settings to short movements
I think that if you have problems with the sword gameplay, and with the normal gameplay (aiming), you should go to the options (press +), go to controlls, and choose the sensitive... I adjusted the sensibility of the sword gameplay to "minimal movements" aswell.
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Premium rate services (PRS)
Premium rate services (PRS)
Premium rate services are a form of micro-payment for paid for content, data services and value added services that are subsequently charged to your telephone bill. They tend to cost more than a normal phone call or text message. They usually operate on numbers beginning 09, 118, 087 or five or six digit mobile voice and text shortcodes.
The premium rate industry in the UK incorporates a diverse number of services, such as:
- Directory Inquiries;
- 087 business information lines;
- Mobile games;
- Competitions and quizzes;
- Charity donations;
- Adult entertainment; and
- Chat services.
Ofcom has overall responsibility for regulating premium rate services. PhonepayPlus is appointed by Ofcom to carry out the day-to-day operations. Further information about PhonepayPlus can be found at www.phonepayplus.org.uk.
The role of Ofcom
There is a separate set of regulations in place for PRS, the key elements of which are:
- Section 120 of the Communications Act 2003. This defines all PRS and provides Ofcom with the power to set conditions for the purpose of regulating the provision, content, promotion and marketing of PRS;
- The PRS Condition. A subset of PRS are so called "Controlled PRS" and are subject to the rules set out in the PhonepayPlus Code of Practice. The current version of the PRS Condition which regulates PRS is available here.
- The PhonepayPlus Code of Practice. This outlines wide-ranging rules to protect consumers as well as the processes PhonepayPlus applies when regulating the PRS industry. The current version of the PhonepayPlus Code of Practice is available here
Ofcom has responsibility and accountability for the regulation of premium rate services under the terms of the Communications Act 2003. Ofcom has designated PhonepayPlus to deliver the day-to-day regulation of the market, by approving the PhonepayPlus Code of Practice. Regulatory strategy, scope and policy are developed in dialogue with PhonepayPlus, but final decisions will rest with Ofcom.
The relationship between Ofcom and PhonepayPlus is set out in a Memorandum of Understanding.
The role of PhonepayPlus
PhonepayPlus regulates the content, promotion and overall operation of all PRS through its Code of Practice. Its role is to develop a Code of Practice for providers of PRS with the aim of producing a regulatory framework that protects consumers. For example, the Code requires clear and accurate pricing information, honest advertising, and appropriate and targeted promotions.
It investigates all complaints received about the PRS numbers it regulates. If PhonepayPlus thinks a provider may have breached the Code of Practice, it will investigate. This investigation can result in a case being adjudicated by the PhonepayPlus Tribunal. The Tribunal is made up of members of the independent Code Compliance Panel (CCP). The Tribunal has the power to impose sanctions on companies running the services. These sanctions range from:
- issuing formal reprimands;
- ordering the service provider to pay reasonable and valid claims for compensation;
- imposing fines of up to £250,000 for each breach of the Code;
- barring access to services;
- banning named individuals from operating any premium rate service for set periods.
Where there is evidence of very serious consumer harm, including fraudulent activity, PhonepayPlus has the power to invoke an Emergency Procedure and to tell a network to stop a number from operating altogether while it investigates.
If you want to check a premium rate number on your bill, you can use the number checker on the PhonepayPlus website. As well as identifying the premium rate service, the facility will let you know whether it is under investigation for any reason and of any action PhonepayPlus is taking.
You can make a formal complaint about a PRS provider by:
- completing the online form on its website – www.phonepayplus.org.uk
- calling its helpline - 0300 30 300 20 (open 09.30 – 17.00 Monday – Friday)
- writing to PhonepayPlus, 25th Floor, 40 Bank Street, London E14 5NR.
It helps an investigation if the promotional material for the service, together with any other relevant details, is provided. If the complaint involves text messages, please do not delete them, as they can be important evidence in an investigation. If you want to stop receiving text messages from a PRS shortcode, reply STOP ALL to the text.
Other relevant information
Review of scope of regulation for premium rate services
In 2009 Ofcom carried out a review of the way in which PRS are regulated in light of market developments, in particular the rapid growth in number and range of PRS. This led to the publication of the PRS Scope Review statement, which set out, amongst other things:
- An analytical framework that can be used to analyse a particular phonepaid service to assess whether it should be subject to PRS regulation; and
- A number of initiatives aimed at improving the current regulatory framework. Although we found that the current regulatory regime is working well overall, we recommended a number of refinements to further improve protection for consumers.
Non-geographic services review
In December 2013, Ofcom published a statement on "Simplifying non-geographic numbers", in which we set out our decisions on changes to the regulation of non-geographic call services – specifically the 080, 084, 087, 09, 116 and 118 number ranges. These changes included several decisions that affect the regulation of PR and, in particular, the following decisions:
- to separate out the Communications Providers' Access Charge (which is the charge paid to the phone company originating the call) from the Service Charge (which is the charge paid to the phone company which terminates the call and may be shared with the PRS provider);
- to set a maximum per minute Service Charge for calls to 09 numbers of £3 per minute plus VAT which represents an increase in the current price point; and
- to set a maximum per call Service Charge for calls to 09 numbers of £5 per call plus VAT, which also represents an increase in the current price point.
These changes were implemented on 1 July 2015.
Further details setting out Ofcom's decisions can be found here: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/simplifying-non-geo-no/final-statement
These changes are being communicated through a campaign called UK Calling. Further details can be found here: http://www.ukcalling.info/.
PRS Bad Debt Surcharge
We consulted in July 2009 about the proposed form & level of a price cap on BT for its PRS Bad Debt Surcharge. This is a wholesale charge that BT levies on terminating communication providers (TCPs). The charge relates to the retail bad debt on PRS calls which BT retails in excess of the level of bad debt recovered in the NTS Retail Uplift. The NTS Retail Uplift is the wholesale charge applicable to all NTS calls that recovers costs which BT incurs when retailing NTS calls on behalf of TCPs.
Further details about the nature of these proposed controls can be found in the July 2009 consultation.
Since the July 2009 consultation we have commissioned BDO, a leading firm of accountants, to review BT's bad debt information and BDO will shortly be reviewing BT's 2009/10 bad debt information. We plan to use this 2009/10 information as one of the inputs into a revised set of proposals for a price cap on the PRS Bad Debt Surcharge.
Numbering policy
- Information on how Communications Providers can apply for PRS Telephone Numbers from the National Numbering Scheme.
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Whenever Philadelphia winds up on a best or worst list, it's like catnip for the local media.
Travel + Leisure magazine is a year-round treasure trove for these lists, and this month a Web-only article reports that Philadelphia ranked No. 2 on its list of "America's Dirtiest Cities."
Number one? New Orleans. Remember how Ray Nagin, who was then New Orleans' mayor, declared in 2007 that Philadelphia was dirtier than his hurricane-ravaged city?


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Ex-scouts rank McCarthy
Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy is ranked the 16th-best coach in the National Football League by RealScouts, a group of former NFL scouts who do work for Sporting News Today.
McCarthy holds down the last slot in the top half of the NFL, which has 32 head coaches.
"He has the necessary belief in his team to make bold changes and make them pay off," the summary about McCarthy reads. "Last year, he dumped Brett Favre for Aaron Rodgers. This season, he moves his defense to a 3-4 scheme. He always is looking for ways to make the team better."
Among coaches in the NFC North, McCarthy ranks ahead of Jim Schwartz of Detroit (No. 27) and Lovie Smith of Chicago (No. 20) but behind Brad Childress of Minnesota (No. 11).
"The team has gotten better every year under his watch, and last season he got the Vikings to the playoffs without a viable quarterback," the scouts say about Childress.
Bill Belichick of New England, who is ranked No. 1, is called the smartest coach in the league "who always finds a way to win the matchup game." Ranked second is Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants, followed Andy Reid of Philadelphia, Jeff Fisher of Tennessee and Mike Tomlin of Pittsburgh.
Josh McDaniels of Denver is ranked last because he traded quarterback Jay Cutler, whom the scouts call a franchise quarterback. Second-to-last is Raheem Morris of Tampa Bay, then Tom Cable of Oakland, Todd Haley of Kansas City and Jim Caldwell of Indianapolis.
Princely heat
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder is the hottest hitter in baseball, according to a metric devised and updated daily by baseball analyst Bill James.
Entering play Monday, Fielder was the hottest hitter in the majors, ahead of Chipper Jones of Atlanta, Lyle Overbay of Toronto, David Wright of the New York Mets and Ian Stewart of Colorado.
Bouncing into view
The Brewers were the biggest attraction on local sports television over the weekend but the NBA Finals came close to matching them.
The Brewers' game Sunday afternoon at Atlanta had a rating of 9.2, or 83,292 households, and their game Saturday night had a 9.1 rating, or 82,386 households. Both games were on FS Wisconsin.
Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night on WISN-TV (Channel 12), won in overtime by the Los Angeles Lakers over the visiting Orlando Magic, had an 8.5 rating, or 76,954 households, down about 7% from Game 2 last season between the Lakers and Boston.
The local audience for the Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon had a larger audience than the final round of The Memorial golf tournament won by Tiger Woods. The horse race on Channel 12 had a 5.5 rating, or 49,794 households, compared with a 4.7 rating for the Sunday round of The Memorial on WDJT-TV (Channel 58).
Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final Saturday night had a 2.9 rating, or 26,255 households, and Roger Federer's championship match in the French Open tennis tournament Sunday morning had a 2.7 rating, or 24,444 households. Both events were carried by WTMJ-TV (Channel 4).
Blowing the whistle
Jeff Van Gundy of ESPN/ABC has been blunt at times in his criticism of NBA officiating during the telecasts he has worked.
NBA Commissioner David Stern called Van Gundy out during an interview he did on Sirius XM Radio before Game 2.
"I know he was a very good coach," Stern said. "I'd love to see him officiate. I would invite Jeff to come to our officiating camp. He might actually learn something more about officiating.
'Seriously, it's hard stuff. And when someone says, 'You just know a foul when you see it.' Oh, that's a very interesting way to teach a 60-person staff how to officiate. 'OK, guys, this is what you do. Forget about the video that we're going to show you. Forget about the technique, the positioning. You'll just know, when you see a foul, it's a foul.' We can't have an officiating staff, as commissioner, you can't do that. As a color commentator, you can do anything you want to."
Wilson chooses Berman
Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson Jr. has chosen ESPN's Chris Berman as his presenter when Wilson is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 8.
"He's a man I admire very much and I'm honored to just be there," Berman said in a statement.
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"It's one of my core cultural studio values to allow developers to decide more on what they want to build. And a studio's creative call needs to be balanced against a commercial imperative, and if you look at online these days - that's the place to be."
"I volunteer you to speak to EA's studio heads; they'll tell you the same thing," he continued. "They're very comfortable moving the discussion towards how we make connected gameplay - be it co-operative or multiplayer or online services - as opposed to fire-and-forget, packaged goods only, single-player, 25-hours-and you're out. I think that model is finished. Online is where the innovation, and the action, is at."
Well, sure, he does have a point. In order to nab commercial success when releasing a video game, any studio has to seriously consider an online and multiplayer option. But this whole business about single-player only games being finished and done with is absurd. People will always want to play some of their video games solo, as much as they would prefer reading a good book on their own (not in the presence of 50,000 people named Warfangorn22335).
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Which is as it should be. We are not one-dimensional creatures, so why should or entertainment be relegated to only one fare? I can say I've enjoyed single-player experiences in equal measure as much as multi-player. Different experiences, to be sure, but I've enjoyed them more-or-less equally.
And, specifically in regards to his "...single-player, 25-hours-and you're out. I think that model is finished" comment: first of all, 25 hours is a good amount of time to invest the time (and money) into a game I enjoy - a good game is a good game, and a shitty one still easily pirate-able. I'll gladly pay for a good 25-hour experience. And replayability? That all depends on the game design. I can think of quite a few games that I enjoyed as a one-shot playthrough. I also remember fondly games that were relatively short, but had wonderful replayability.
I think there happened to be a cadre of Multi-Player Lobbyists in town, and Mr. EA needed a sound-bite.
| FesterSilently: However, having said (typed!) all that:
im_stardust: You are moderately right.
LostPcGamer: Take your co-op and shut up.Alot of games get ruined …
FesterSilently: "A lot of games get ruined by co-op" ...that weren…
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Lies. Dammed lies.
The lack of innovation in single player games is the fault of the developer, not the single player platform.
Online games are some of the least innovative I can imagine, and the term makes me laugh.
You're being stupid, EA person... Stop it.
|[STAFF] Dec 08 2010, 04:54 am EST
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But the greatest games have the power to appeal to both.
Anyhow, developers will always be making single-player games I don't think we have to worry about that.
|Un Om Bun
|[STAFF] Dec 08 2010, 05:16 am EST
He's just one of those faceless suits who started the "PC gaming is dead" bullshit 10 years ago, to scare dumbasses into buying consoles. Now they're shoving online multiplayer down our throats, because they plan to charge a monthly fee. It seems like only one yacht is not enough for these guys. So cough up that dough and play yer stupid shooters.
| Thrash: Very well said I salute you.
im_stardust: This guy is a fucking genius...in his own world.
|Dec 08 2010, 06:12 am EST
On the other hand, I hate what devs have come to be. Single player can be very fun, it just needs something more than just decent gameplay.
For me, good single player games must have atleast little story. The more, the better. I love the way Mass Effect is, or KOTOR, where you have a feeling you are just watching a epic giant movie :)
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Now if you don't mind me, I'm gonna go play some Vampire the Masquerade, which easily destroys those crappy multi-player games that you EA douchebags believe to be the next best thing since bread.
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In reality this is a non-story, and no intelligent reason for any of you to get your panties in a twist. A modicum of common sense applied to this topic is enough to see that Gibeau's prediction is nonsense.
Gibeau is just some big-mouthed exec in an office who cares about nothing but sales figures, and has no direct hand in the actual creative process behind game development.
There's someone exactly like him getting quoted for saying something exactly like this every fucking year... for the last 10 fucking years now.
Obviously (or at least it should be), single-player games will never be "finished". The idea that they would is just flat-out stupid.
There will always be demand for SP games, and where there's demand, there's supply. Sure, multiplayer has the most demand, but that doesn't mean the market for single-player will just disappear. It'll merely be a smaller market... and indeed, it's already a smaller market, has been for years now, and yet we still get plenty of SP games every year, don't we?
Publishing execs like Gibeau seem to routinely forget that ultimately, the artists in the actual studios will decide what they want to make... and not all of them want to make MP games, regardless of how profitable it is. There will ALWAYS be game-makers that want to tell a story with games, because it's just too effective a medium for storytelling to pass up.
The only truth to take away from this news posting is an example of just how out of touch publishers in the gaming industry can be.
Indeed, a much more likely forecast for the industry is that guys like Gibeau are the ones in danger of going extinct.
Digital distribution is a snowball rolling downhill, and it's logical to expect that in the future, publishing companies will be struggling to stay afloat as more and more studios find means to distribute their games without having to bother with publishers.
So RELAX, kids. Don't be so quick to sperg out. Think first, bitch later.
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I would connect him with my fist.
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When i've finished my day of work, all i want is sit at the computer, play some campaign in some RTS or RPG or Racing game and then go to bed after.


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A Florida man wanted since January in the alleged rape of two boys in Erie was jailed over the weekend after being brought back from Florida to face charges in the cases.
David R. Schneider, 19, of Punta Gorda, Fla., was arraigned Saturday by Erie 2nd Ward District Judge Paul Urbaniak on charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors and indecent assault in each of the two cases. He was placed in the Erie County Prison on $250,000 in bonds.
Police accuse Schneider of assaulting an 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy in Erie between August 2011 and August 2012, according to the criminal complaints filed by Erie police detective Sgt. John Holmes.
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Monday, August 18, 2014
The CSO Gospel Choir will continue the I'On Summer Concert Series on Thursday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. in a performance entitled "The Great Migration: 1915-1930 African-American Southern Exodus," at East Cooper Montessori School, 250 Ponsbury Road, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. This special performance is part of the I'On Summer Concert Series sponsored by the I'On Group and I'On Club. Tickets are $20, $10 for students, and can be purchased online at www.csogospel.com, by calling 866-811-4111, or at the door.
Under the direction of guest conductor Dr. Tony McNeil, the performance is inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabelle Wilkerson. Through dramatic gospel music and historical narration, the choir will musically chronicle this massive exodus experience, the largest internal migration in U.S. history.
Six million African-Americans fled the South from 1915 to 1970 and forever changed the country, North and South. Bringing with it new forms of gospel, jazz, Motown, rhythm and blues, and hip hop, this mass departure changed the cultural and political landscape of America, exerting pressure on the South to change and paving the way toward equal rights for the lowest caste people in the country.
Inspired by this national best-selling book, the acclaimed CSO Gospel Choir will re-tell one of the greatest underreported stories in American history through sacred, spirituals and gospel music. Selections will include the classic "Lord, Keep Me Day by Day," "Just A Closer Walk With Thee," "I Need You to Survive" and many others popularized by the evolution of traditional and modern gospel music.
The concert series sponsored by the I'On Group and The I'On Club will provide a post-performance reception for ticketholders in celebration of the series' success and the opening of The Porch at I'On restaurant.
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About FNI
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Jon Birger Skjærseth
Position at FNI:
Research Professor
Academic background
Full professor competence, 2008
Dr. Polit., University of Oslo, 1999 (political science)
Professional experience
Visiting researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara (2006-07).
Research Director the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2003-06).
Programme director - European Policy, at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2000-03).
Member of the Board and Council at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1995-97).
Part-time employment at the Institute for Applied System Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria (1994-96).
Scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council (1994-98).
Senior Executive Officer, Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, Department of Ocean Pollution (1991-92).
Scholarship, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1990-91).
Main research interests
International and regional environmental cooperation, national environmental policy and corporate strategies. Main focus on the EU, marine pollution and climate change.
Selected major publications
Skjærseth, Jon Birger, Per Ove Eikeland, Lars H. Gulbrandsen and Torbjørg Jevnaker,
Linking EU Climate and Energy Policies: Decision-making, Implementation and Reform
. Cheltenham (UK), Edward Elgar, 2016, 265 p.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Per Ove Eikeland (eds),
Corporate Responses to EU Emissions Trading: Resistance, Innovation or Responsibility?
Farnham, Ashgate, 2013, 322 p.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Tora Skodvin,
Climate Change and the Oil Industry: Common Problems, Varying Strategies
. Paperback edition. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2009, 260 p.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad,
EU Emissions Trading: Initiation, Decision-making and Implementation
. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008, 216 p.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger (ed.),
International Regimes and Norway's Environmental Policy - Crossfire and Coherence
. Ashgate, September 2004, 254 p.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Tora Skodvin,
Climate Change and the Oil Industry: Common Problem, Varying Strategies
. Hardback edition. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2003, 246 p.
Miles, Edward L., Arild Underdal, Steinar Andresen, Jørgen Wettestad, Jon Birger Skjærseth and Elaine M. Carlin,
Environmental Regime Effectiveness: Confronting Theory with Evidence
. Cambridge (MA), MIT Press, 2001, 491 p.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
North Sea Cooperation. Linking international and Domestic Pollution Control
Manchester University Press, 2000.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
The Making and Implementation of North Sea Pollution Commitments: Institutions, Rationality and Norms
. University of Oslo and Akademika, 1999.
Peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters
Andresen, Steinar, Jon Birger Skjærseth, Torbjørg Jevnaker and Jørgen Wettestad.
'The Paris Agreement: Consequences for the EU and carbon markets?'
Politics and Governance
, Vol 4, No 3, 2016, pp. 188-196.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
'EU climate and energy policy: demanded or supplied?'
In G. Bang, A. Underdal and S. Andresen (eds),
The Domestic Politics of Global Climate Change
. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2015, pp. 71-94.
Jevnaker, Torbjørg, Leiv Lunde and Jon Birger Skjærseth,
'EU-Norway Energy Relations towards 2050: From Fossil Fuels to Low-Carbon Opporunities'
. In C. Dupont and S. Oberthür,
Decarbonization in the European Union: Internal Policies and External Strategies
. Hampshire (UK), Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp. 222-243.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
'Linking EU Climate and Energy Policies: Policy-making, Implementation and Reform'
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
, published online 02.10.2014, 17 p. DOI: 10.1007/s10784-014-9262-5
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
'EU Emissions Trading: Acievements, Challenges, Solutions'
. In Cherry, T.L., J. Hovi and D.M. McEvoy (eds),
Toward a New Climate Agreement: Conflict, Resolution and Governance
. London, Routledge, 2014, pp. 254-264.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger, Guri Bang and Miranda Schreurs,
'Explaining Growing Climate Policy Differences Between the European Union and the United States'
Global Environmental Politics
, Vol 13, No 4, 2013, pp. 61-79.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
'Governance by EU Emissions Trading: Resistance or Innovation in the Oil Industry?'
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
, Vol 13, No 1, 2013, pp. 31-48.
Andresen, Steinar, G. Kristin Rosendal and Jon Birger Skjærseth,
'Why Negotiate a Legally Binding Mercury Convention?'
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
, published online 27.11.2012. 16 p.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
'EU Emissions Trading: Legitimacy and Stringency'
Environmental Policy and Governance
, Vol 20, No 5, 2010, pp. 295-308.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad,
'Fixing the EU Emissions Trading System? Understanding the Post-2012 Changes'
Global Environmental Politics
, Vol 10, No 4, 2010, pp. 101-123.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad,
'Making the EU Emissions Trading System: The European Commission as an Entrepreneurial Epistemic Leader'
Global Environmental Change
, Vol 20, No 2, 2010, pp. 314-321.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
'Exploring the Consequences of Soft Law and Hard Law: Implementing International Nutrient Commitments in Norwegian Agriculture'
International Environmental Agreements
, Vol 10, No 1, 2010, pp. 1-14.
Flåm, Karoline Hægstad and Jon Birger Skjærseth,
'Does Adequate Financing Exist for Adaptation in Developing Countries?'
Climate Policy
, Vol 9, No. 1, 2009, pp. 109-114.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad,
'A Framework for Assessing the Sustainability Impact of CSR'
. In Barth, Regine and Franziska Wolff (eds),
Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe: Rhetoric and Realities
. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2009, pp. 26-38.
Skjærseth, Jon B. and Jørgen Wettestad,
'The Origin, Evolution and Consequences of the EU Emissions Trading System'
Global Environmental Politics
, Vol 9, No 2, 2009, pp. 101-123.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad,
'Implementing EU Emissions Trading: Success or Failure?'
International Environmental Agreements
, Vol 8, No 3, 2008, pp. 275-290.
Sæverud, Ingvild A. and Jon Birger Skjærseth,
'Oil Companies and Climate Change: Inconsistencies between Strategy Formulation and Implementation?'
Global Environmental Politics
, Vol 7, No 3, 2007, pp. 42-63.
Skjærseth, Jon B. and Jørgen Wettestad,
'Is EU Enlargement Bad for Environmental Policy? Confronting Gloomy Expectations with Evidence'
. International Environmental Agreements
, Vol 7, No 3, 2007, pp. 263-280.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger, Olav Schram Stokke and Jørgen Wettestad,
'Soft Law, Hard Law, and Effective Implementation of International Environmental Norms'
Global Environmental Politics
, Vol 6, No 3, 2006, pp. 104-120.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Atle Christer Christiansen, 'Environmental Policy Instruments and Technological Change in the Energy Sector: Findings from Comparative Empirical Research'.
Energy & Environment
, Vol 17 No 2, 2006, pp. 223-241.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
'Protecting the North-East Atlantic: Enhancing Synergies by Institutional Interplay'
Marine Policy
, Vol 30, No 2, 2006, pp. 157-166.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Atle Christer Christiansen, 'Climate Change Policies in Norway and the Netherlands: Different Instruments, Similar Outcome'.
Energy & Environment
, Vol 16, No 1, 2005, pp. 1-25.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Understanding the effectiveness of EU Environmental Policy: How Can Regime Analysis Contribute?'
. Environmental Politics
, Vol 11, No 3, 2002, pp. 99-121.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Tora Skodvin,
'Climate Change and the Oil Industry: Common Problems, Different Strategies'
Global Environmental Politics
, Vol 1, No 4, 2001, pp. 43-64.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'The Fruitfulness of Various Models in the Study of International Environmental Politics'.
Cooperation and Conflict
, Vol 30, No 2, 1995, pp. 155-178.
Gulbrandsen, Lars H. and Jon Birger Skjærseth,
Implementing the EU 2020 Climate and Energy Package in the Netherlands: Mixed Instruments, Mixed Results
FNI Report 10/2014. Lysaker, FNI, 2014, 46 p.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
Implementing EU Climate and Energy Policies in Poland: From Europeanization to Polonization?
FNI Report 8/2014. Lysaker, FNI, 2014, 57 p.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
Unpacking the EU Climate and Energy Package: Causes, Content, Consequences
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Eikeland, Per Ove and Jon Birger Skjærseth,
'EU går foran i Paris' ('The EU leads the way in Paris')
Dagens Næringsliv
, 07.12.2015. In Norwegian.
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'Polsk bremsekloss' ('Polish Curb to EU Climate Policies')
Energi og Klima
, 10.10.2014. In Norwegian.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger,
'Polen bremser' ('Poland Curbs EU Climate Ambitions)
Dagens Næringsliv
, 23.06.2014. In Norwegian.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Per Ove Eikeland,
'EUs kvotesystem verdt å redde?' ('EU ETS Worth Rescuring?')
Dagens Næringsliv
, 04.01.2014. In Norwegian.
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'Carbon Trading'
International Innovation
, 01.12.2012, pp. 80-81.
Underdal, Arild, Iselin Stensdal, Jon Birger Skjærseth and Guri Bang,
'Nøkkelaktører låser klimaforhandlingene' ('Key Actors Lock the Climate Negotiations')
, 13.12.2011. In Norwegian.
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'Styrking av EUs kvotehandelssytem' ('Strengthening of the EU Emissions Trading System')
, No 3, 20 May 2009. In Norwegian.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger og Jørgen Wettestad,
'Mer makt til Brussel i klimapolitikken' ('More Power to Brussels in Climate Politics')
, No 3, June 2008. In Norwegian.
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'Schwarzenegger mot Bush' ('Climate: Schwarzenegger vs. Bush')
, 25 June 2007. In Norwegian.
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What is in this article?:
- Cotton: tweaks underway in pink bollworm eradication
- Culprit?
- California credit
- Continuing efforts to rid cotton fields in the West and Southwest of the pesky pink bollworm insect move the industry closer to eradication.
- An issue with suspect moths has industry leaders tweaking the sterile moth component.
- The suspect finds do not appear as a reproductive threat to the pink bollworm eradication program. Tests on live, native-appearing captured moths indicate the insects are sterile and cannot reproduce.
- The eradication program's ultimate goal is zero native moths.
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Continued efforts to rid cotton fields in the West and Southwest of the pesky pink bollworm (PBW) insect, Pectinophora gossypiella, are moving the industry closer to eradication, but an issue with "suspect moths" has industry leaders tweaking the process.
The PBW is the most damaging, profit-stealing pest in Arizona cotton. Wherever the pest is found, female PBW moths lay eggs on bolls. The emerging larvae damage the boll by feeding on the seed; damaging the lint in the process. The damaged boll creates a potential pathway for other insects and fungi to enter.
(For more, see: Pink bollworm control: greatest environmental story seldom told)
State-based PBW eradication programs in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas, plus northern Mexico, are working in harmony toward the ultimate goal of eradication — zero native moths.
These efforts include increased planting of Bt (insect resistant) Upland cotton varieties, sterile moth technology, pheromone rope mating disruption placed throughout non-Bt cotton fields, and Delta insect traps for detection.
The sterile moth component is a major weapon in the war against the PBW. At the USDA-APHIS sterile moth breeding lab in Phoenix, Ariz., PBW moths are reared on a diet including red dye. The moths are irradiated to sterilize the insect's reproductive system.
Sterile moths are transported to drop-off sites in California, Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas, and northern Mexico as part of bi-national eradication activities. Small aircraft drop an equal mix of male and female sterile moths over cotton fields daily.
Once they reach the ground, sterile and native (non-sterile) moths attempt to breed, but fail to reproduce since one insect is sterile. Delta sticky insect traps can capture a mixture of native and sterile PBW moths.
The sterile moth component is a proven success story in reducing native moth numbers across the western Cotton Belt. For example in Yuma County, Ariz., native moth trap captures have plunged from 61,000 moths in 2007 to zero moths last year.
This year, about 14.5 million sterile moths will be released daily over the cotton-growing areas through state-conducted eradication programs.
"The ultimate goal across the region is zero native moth captures," said Leighton Liesner, director, Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council (ACRPC), Phoenix, Ariz.
Liesner updated growers and pest control advisers on the PBW eradication program successes and the suspect moth issue during the 2012 Southwest Agricultural Summit in Yuma, Ariz.
In cotton fields, traps containing insects are gathered weekly and sent to identification labs in each state for analysis. The insects are placed under a microscope with 70 to 100 times magnification to determine whether PBW moths are present and whether the moths are natives or steriles, based on the presence or absence of red dye.


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Settlement saves diner in Kinsman
February 22, 2013
WARREN — A court dispute between the state and a mom-and-pop-style diner in northern Trumbull County over sewage problems there has been settled, the business' operator and attorney for the......
Now that we can stop worrying about poo lets get back to PIE! This place has the best in the county!
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The apparatus "should" work for everyday citizens . . . it does not.
The average citizen, attempting to resolve issues will be ignored, lied to and stopped in every way possible from a reasonable resolution to a problem involving a governmental agency.
Attorneys are very often not the first line of defense for a citizen, but rather THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE after all hope or chance of a realistic agreement or resolution has passed for the citizen act on his/her own.
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What is sad is that the septic system running into the small stream was never an issue until these people that were persecuted took position of the property. I can appreciate the EPA wanting them to do something about the problem, but to tell them to pay fines with allowing them to do anything is wrong. The owner of the building has and is helping to restore historical parts of Kinsman and has a plan to put in a sewage treatment center for a number of buildings in the area, but the EPA and Trumbull County Health Department has done nothing but give him grief about getting started.
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There IS an apparatus in place, SURV; no one is ever required to hire and pay an attorney or any other professional. For example, when I need transportation I always have the choice of building a car in my garage or buying one built by the professionals at our Lordstown GM plant. Usually, the one built by people who know what they're doing will be more reliable and cost effective in the long run. Similarly, if I need surgery I can grab a steak knife and try to do it myself or head to the hospital and let an experienced physician handle my medical care. Of course, he'll expect to be paid. It sounds like these folks solved a potentially devastating problem and saved their business with the assistance of a lawyer. I'm sure they believe the legal fees were worthwhile.
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Wait til they get the attorney's bill...
When citizens attempt to work with the fed, the state, the EPA or whathaveyou and want to do the right thing, there should be an apparatus in place to realistically work with them without treating them like common criminals and requiring the involvement of what I'm sure was very good(costly), legal counsel.
Good citizens should be treated much better than this.
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Sounds like everyone is happy happy :)
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Police: Man forged checks to buy drugs
Fighting a drug addiction problem, Paul Ryan Briggs, 25, of 618 Ninth Ave., faces felony forgery charges for allegedly forging and cashing five of his mother's checks in order to get money to buy bath salts, according to state police.
Briggs allegedly cashed the checks, which ranged from $45 to $80, in the spring of 2011 when he was living with his mother, Victoria, at her home on Delker Road in Mill Creek Township, police said.
Briggs admitted to police that he was "under the influence of drugs" while stealing and forging the checks, according to an affidavit.
Following his recent arraignment before District Judge Allen P. Page III on five counts of forgery, Briggs was committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail.
Man, 35, allegedly inhaled solvents
PENNSDALE - Nathan Eugene Grenoble II, 35, 121 S. Main St., Muncy, has been charged with inhaling solvents, a misdemeanor, after he was caught inhaling a can of air dusting spray in the men's room at Big Lots at the Lycoming Mall on Nov. 2, Muncy Township police said.
Following his arraignment days later before District Judge Jon E. Kemp, Grenoble was committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Police say man punched another in face
Keith Robert Cole, 31, of 409 Louisa St., has been charged with allegedly punching another man in the face and stealing $30 from his shirt pocket at Elmira and High streets about 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 5, city police said. The victim was James Bower, police said.
Cole, taken into custody shortly after the assault, was committed to the Lycoming County Prison on a probation violation. He since has been arraigned before District Judge Allen P. Page III on charges of robbery, theft, receiving, simple assault and harassment, and recommitted in lieu of $15,000 bail.
Terroristic threats alleged of man, 21
An Erie County man will face further court action on three counts of terroristic threats and 12 counts of harassment for allegedly making threats to an ex-girlfriend when the two were Pennsylvania College of Technology students, according to Penn College police.
"I hope you die real soon and I hope it's painful," Jon Robert Craig, 21, of Girard, said in one of his text messages to Jezika Ann House, 18, police said in an affidavit.
Police allege Craig sent numerous threatening text messages to House's cellphone in mid-December 2009. The charges were filed three months later, but Craig was just arraigned on the charges earlier this month. He waived his preliminary hearing Tuesday before District Judge James Carn and remains free on $10,000 bail.
Police: Fighting from car to car spills onto highway in Woodward Township
A disturbance between a husband and wife driving in separate vehicles spilled out onto Route 220 in Woodward Township, according to state police.
While tailgating his wife, Jerry Frederick Stutzman, 43, of 146 Carpenter Lane, allegedly "made gestures that were threatening in nature" about 7 a.m. on Nov. 4, Trooper Paul McGee said in an affidavit.
After the couple arrived at their home, Stutzman jumped out of his vehicle and "pulled on the driver's window (of his wife's car) until it shattered," McGee said. He then grabbed his wife, but she managed to break free, McGee said.
Charged with recklessly endangering, simple assault, driving under the influence of intoxicants and harassment, Stutzman was arraigned later that morning before District Judge Jon E. Kemp and jailed, but he since has been released on $35,000 bail.
Police say drunken man slapped woman
After arriving home drunk from a bar, Crist C. Stouffer, 52, of 1619 Rural Ave., assaulted his girlfriend, Carol Henry, by choking her and slapping her multiple times on Nov. 1, city police alleged in court papers.
Following his arraignment later that day on charges of recklessly endangering and simple assault, Stouffer was committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $15,000 bail.
Shoplifting alleged of woman, 51
A woman nabbed for allegedly shoplifting at Kmart on East Third Street faces an additional charge of possession of a controlled substance for having in her possession 11 oxycodone pills without a prescription, state police said.
Karen Ann Renard, 51, of 8206 Route 87, Montoursville, was caught with $27 worth of merchandise about 3:20 p.m. on Aug. 30, police said.
Following her arraignment earlier this month before District Judge Gary A. Whiteman, Renard was released on $2,500 bail.
Student faces drug charges in city
A Pennsylvania College of Technology student faces drug charges for allegedly selling $60 worth of marijuana to a police informant on three occasions between Oct. 11 and Thursday, according to the county's Drug Task Force.
John Patrick McKeown III, 20, of Morrisville, allegedly made the sales at his local address at 942 W. Fourth St., court records state.
Following his arraignment last week before District Judge Allen P. Page III on three counts each of possession with intent to deliver and delivery of a controlled substance, McKeown was committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Bench warrant to be issued for woman
A bench warrant was expected to be issued for Whitney Marie Dyroff, 24, of 335 Washington Ave., Jersey Shore, after she failed to appear earlier this month for her preliminary hearing to face state police theft-related charges.
Police charged Dyroff with theft of services and theft by deception for an incident on Aug. 15 when she fled Liberty Lodge, 2019 E. Third St., without paying for a $200-plus bill, police said.


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Albany needs reform, change
By Rick Guy
This responds to Bill Magnarelli's Aug. 11 commentary in which he makes his excuses for not supporting good government reforms promoted by Ed Koch, Mario Cuomo and others at NY Uprising.
The Democratic former New York City mayor declared Bill Magnarelli an "Enemy of Reform" and me a "Hero of Reform." Mayor Koch had telegraphed that when he founded NY Uprising in March with a clear warning that he would invite legislators and challengers to sign three simple pledges promising reform in the areas of ethics, redistricting and budgeting. He said he would denounce anyone who declined. Many of Magnarelli's colleagues joined challengers like me in signing the pledges in the hope of moving the longstanding Assembly leaders, like Magnarelli and his downstate associates, to get off the dime and do something effective for a change.
In an ironic attempt to distract voters from the news of his being named an Enemy of Reform a few weeks ago, Magnarelli used taxpayer funds to mail a brochure misrepresenting himself as a leader in reform of the state's ethics laws. That piece was delivered on July 24, the same day Koch named him to the Enemy of Reform list. Since that July 24 mailing, Magnarelli has mailed two more marketing pieces to the voters at taxpayer expense. Last week, I proposed that such unfair use of taxpayer funded mailings by incumbents be prohibited.
On Feb. 8, this paper ran a story about how the state Legislative Ethics Commission, which was then chaired by Magnarelli, "never filed a charge against a sitting legislator or issued any advisory opinions." The same article quoted Democrat Gov. David Paterson as saying that the Magnarelli-chaired commission "never charged anyone with any misconduct whatsoever — while several legislators and other state officers have been criminally charged for having misused their offices corruptly." Following the Feb. 8 article Magnarelli was replaced as chairman of the Legislative Ethics Commission. Magnarelli says that he should be judged on his record. I agree.
Koch says that the New York state Legislature is the laughingstock of the nation because of the dysfunctional paralysis of its leadership. With $14 billion in spending increases over two years, we cannot afford to laugh. We are suffering from the political expression of the Stockholm Syndrome. We cannot keep sending leaders like Magnarelli back to Albany over and over again and expect any different result. Twelve years is enough. Start a new, clear change on Nov. 2.
Rick Guy is the Republican, Conservative, and Independence candidate for New York's 120th Assembly District.
Commentary: Rick Guy, candidate for New York's 120th Assembly District, criticizes Bill Magnarelli for not signing NY Uprising pledge
on August 17, 2010 at 5:00 AM
Albany needs reform, change


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NAT and Zonealarm are two different beasts. It is not a which is better
comparison. In your case NAT is what lets you connect multiple computers to
a home high speed connection. The router prevents (unless you start opening
up in bound ports aka forwarding) unsolicited connections from reaching your
PCs so as a rule your file sharing is safe. Zonealarm is still not a bad
thing to run in case you ever do allow an inbound connection (forwarding
again or the dmz host option). ZA is a personal firewall which serves to
stop unauthorized inbound connections. It does nothing for sharing an
internet connection which is what NAT is doing for you. ZA also will alert
you to your pcs trying to make outbound connections which is good for
detecting spyware phoning home. Such spyware comes down from web pages and
other software you install but do not realize it adds other things (hence
Just keep running both and you will be fine.
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> Hello,
> I have two Windows XP pro machines. They share a router for Internet
> access. I don't have any system problems. "Sharing" files between the
> two systems works.
> But, I would like to know something more about the network setting "File
> and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks". That is the setting I have
> turned on for both my computers to share network resources.
> I've heard that enabling "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
> Networks" is inherently dangerous. I use NAT (on Linksys router) and
> ZoneAlarm Pro on both machines.
> Is NAT better than ZoneAlarm?
> Is ZoneAlarm better than NAT?
> Do I need ZoneAlarm if I have NAT on the router?
> Should I just keep using both?
> If I continue to use "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks"
> and continue to "share" certain folders and files what external Internet
> threats may I encounter? What are the risks involved?
> I see no other way to share files and folders between the two systems
> other than enabling "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks".
> Is there something I should be doing?
> Thank you.
> Brian


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While accepting his award as outstanding male actor in a leading role – for There Will Be Blood – Daniel Day-Lewis gave a moving tribute to Heath Ledger, who was also honored in the annual "In Memoriam" montage.
Recalling several of Ledger's most iconic roles, Day-Lewis called the late actor an inspiration and "unique," before dedicating the trophy to Ledger.
"Of course, in Brokeback Mountain he was unique," Day-Lewis said. "He was perfect. And that scene in the trailer at the end of the film is as moving as anything I have ever seen."
Asked backstage why he'd decided to dedicate the award to Ledger, he said, "I suppose that's all I've been thinking about for the last few days. I never met him. I thought he was beautiful. I just have a very strong feeling that I would have liked him very much as a man. ...I admired him very much." (See a list of the winners.)
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By LORI STABILE
MONSON - This town's Board of Selectmen has reiterated its neutral position on casinos, but some people in neighboring Palmer aren't buying it.
"We really don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing ... To the best of my knowledge the board has not taken a position on this," Selectmen Chairman Richard E. Guertin said during his board's meeting a week ago.
The decision to discuss the board's stance came after comments made by Palmer Town Councilor and Western Massachusetts Regional Casino Task Force member Paul E. Burns. Burns used Monson as an example when explaining why he is against having a regional casino vote. He said Palmer doesn't have the right to tell other communities, like Monson, what should be developed.
Burns, who supports the concept of a casino in Palmer, thinks any vote should be limited to the host community.
Palmer is being eyed for a casino by Connecticut-based Mohegan Sun, whose Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority is leasing from Northeast Realty 150 acres across from Massachusetts Turnpike Exit 8 on Route 32 for a casino development.
Since news broke two years ago about Mohegan Sun's plan to build a $1 billion resort casino in Palmer, some Monson citizens have been at the forefront of the anti-casino movement, helping to give the town an anti-casino reputation.
For example, a group that called itself Monson Voice on Casinos morphed into Quaboag Valley Against Casinos and staged a traffic demonstration in Palmer in the spring to attempt to show what life would be like if a casino opened in town.
"How can they say they're neutral when they caused a traffic (demonstration) here in Palmer to show their objection against it?" said George A. Backus, a Palmer town councilor and alternate member of the casino task force.
James L. St. Amand, Northeast Realty's community liaison and a Palmer casino proponent, said he doesn't believe the board is neutral.
St. Amand pointed to filings made with the state Office of Campaign Finance in which two of the three selectmen donated money to the Monson Voice on Casinos Group.
"They're not neutral, and they should indicate that to the public. When you say that you're neutral and you're contributing to the anti-casino group, the public has a right to know that," St. Amand said.
When asked at last week's meeting about the contributions, both Guertin and Selectmen Edward S. Harrison couldn't recall making them. Harrison is chairman of the task force and also has spoken publicly about his opposition to casinos.
Guertin said he never attended a fund-raiser at the Lord Manor for the Monson anti-casino group, but said he thinks he donated money to support its operations only.
"That has to be what it is," Guertin said later. "I never did that with the intention of making a public statement. I have been very sensitive to not take a position. In no way was that meant to infer I was taking a position. If I had to do it all over again, I would have never done it."
"I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing," Guertin said about a casino. "I don't see it impacting Monson beyond traffic."
Guertin said he could see how someone could conclude he is anti-casino by viewing the $50 donation he made in February 2008. That same month, Harrison donated $50 and Kathleen C. Norbut, who was on the board at that time, also gave $220 to the Monson group.
Norbut identified her occupation as selectman in the filing. Norbut also has been one of the more vocal casino opponents in the area and serves on the casino task force.
Harrison, who has said he would much rather see other economic initiatives instead of casinos, said he is concerned with protecting the interests of Monson and the towns if a casino is built. That's the mission of the task force. Still, he said the selectmen and task force are neutral bodies.
"All of us bring our personal prejudices to one extent or another when you sit on a jury, but you listen to the judge," Harrison said.


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