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Arkady Shenker had logged more than 350 jumps as a skydiver before his last jump on Sunday from Freefall Adventures in Monroe Township.
Shenker, 49, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was pronounced dead shortly after 3:30 p.m. at Kennedy University Hospital. Witnesses reported seeing Shenker spiraling out of the sky before he landed in a yard on a Tuckahoe Road, authorities said.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident to determine what led to his death.
That day, Shenker jumped from a plane carrying 15 other skydivers and it was the fourth plane of the day.
News of the man's death has sparked a discussion about the risks involved in the sport of skydiving. The United States Parachutist Association reported that in 2012 there were 19 fatal skydiving accidents in the country out of about 3.1 million jumps.
There are thousands upon thousands of jumps made there every year, it is a dangerous undertaking that the people understand may end tragically. They choose to participate, and understand the risks. Don't jump if you don't want to assume the responsibility, but don't call for the place to be shut down.
The older I get, the less I feel the need to have this on my bucket list.
Me too! In my 20's I would have done it (wanted to do it) but now - I don't even like the parachute ride at Great Adventure, I love the view from 250 feet, but it gives me a headache :)
Every skydiver knows the risks of jumping out a plane before he boards and it is a risk that we willingly take for the thrill of the jump. Although modern parachutes are safer than ever, Skydiving is and will always be a dangerous activity which may result in death.
Except for getting your adrenaline rush there is no excuse for jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.


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A vandal armed with a BB gun has struck Oak Harbor again and again.
Someone with a BB gun shot out windows in seven cars just after midnight on Saturday morning, according to Oak Harbor Police Chief Rick Wallace. He said some of the vehicles had multiple windows hit.
Then six more cars and the screen door of a house were struck in the early morning hours on Monday.
The BB shootings were a repeat of what occurred the previous weekend when someone traveled all over the city and shot the windows of 16 cars with an air gun.
Wallace said the total damage from all the shootings is approaching $20,000, which makes it a felony-level crime. The police recovered a number of the BBs.
"We are confident it was the same people in all the incidents," Wallace said. "We are following up leads we hope will be fruitful for us."
Wallace said the recent BB shootings occurred on the east side of Highway 20, while the vandal hit cars all over the city on the first weekend. The police believe the suspect or suspects were shooting from a car.
The Oak Harbor Police sent out an email on the "community alert network" warning residents about the crimes. The messages asks victims who haven't reported what happened to the police or have seen anything suspicious to call Oak Harbor Police Department through ICOM Dispatch Center at 679-9567.
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Rick Riley interviewed George Karl and watched game three of the Denver Nuggets first round series against the Utah Jazz with him. Coach Karl is looking better, but is still very gaunt. You can tell how badly he wants the team to do well and it is sad to see his frustration and helplessness. He does have enough energy to poke fun at J.R. Smith though.
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It must be excruciating for New Jersey's moderate Republicans to remain in their party. They must be as outraged as I am that three New Jersey Republicans voted against the expansion of the national children's health insurance program, known as SCHIP. The money that congress appropriates to SCHIP helps fund NJ FamilyCare, which provides health care for about 122,000 kids from low- and working-class families in New Jersey.
This week the US House of Representatives approved, 265-159, a $35 billion expansion of the SCHIP program. President Bush promised to veto the bill. To override the veto, the House needs 289 votes. Because Republicans like New Jersey's Jim Saxton, Scott Garrett and Rodney Frelinghuysen sided with Bush and voted against it, Congress won't be able to override President Bush's veto.
In the other house of Congress, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the SCHIP bill this week with more than 67 favorable votes, the margin required to override a veto.
Why do Republicans oppose SCHIP? Not because it doesn't work, but for ideological reasons. These Republicans don't want working families to get free health care. They argue that two income working class families who earn $50,000 should not get government paid health insurance for their dependent kids.
I am sure that if these Republicans were around when New Jersey proposed to fund a public school system for everyone, they would attack it. They would say it's an outrageous liberal conspiracy to subsidize children whose parents could afford to send their kids to private school. I can just hear the argument. "Why should these working class slackers get government supported education for their children?"
Perhaps Saxton, Garrett and Felinghuysen will soon propose the repeal of our "socialist" public schools and bring back the mandate to require Ketchup as the vegetable for New Jersey's free lunch program for the poor.
Bush never vetoed a Republican spending bill when the Republicans were in charge of the Congress. According to the conservative Cato Institute spending increases in fiscal years 2002, 2003, and 2004 were three of the five biggest annual increases in the last 40 years causing massive budget deficits.
Now Bush gets out his trusty pen ready to veto a health care plan for needy children. We need moderate Republicans to speak up. Tom Kean, are you out there?


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HBO's "Citizen USA" Highlights Former Fellow
July 1, 2011
Dr. Mohamad F. Jamiluddin, a former fellow in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology (Dr. Jeffrey Laurence's laboratory), obtained a patent and produced several research papers in the field of HIV-AIDS within his first two years of training. His journey – emigrating from India to America – is featured in a documentary premiering on HBO, July 4, 2011. Citizen U.S.A.: A 50-State Road Trip, directed by Alexandra Pelosi, tells the stories of recent immigrants to the United States in pursuit of their dreams.
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This is a quiet, overlooked week in tennis, so let's home in on a quiet, overlooked niche in the pro game: doubles. Earlier this month, The Spin of the Ball weighed in on the greatest tennis matches of all time -- and it went without saying that this only meant singles. One more slight for the much-maligned team discipline to endure. So consider the list that follows -- a highly idiosyncratic selection of the greatest doubles matches since World War II -- a mild corrective:
Honorable mention: Roger Federer/Pete Sampras def. Rafael Nadal/Andre Agassi, 2010 Hit for Haiti, 8-6
OK, it was only an exhibition, mixing and matching the two greatest rivals of the 1990s with the two greatest rivals of the early 21st century and hooking them all up to microphones. And, yes, the only thing we remember about it are the tetchy words exchanged between Sampras and Agassi. ("This rivalry's intense, man," Federer said, trying to defuse the situation.) But there was also a surprising amount of really good tennis during the one-set match, exemplified by the amazing point you can watch below, a piece of hard-hitting nirvana marred only by the fact that Agassi wouldn't shut up.
8. Rod Laver/John Newcombe def. Stan Smith/Erik Van Dillen, 1973 Davis Cup final, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
This wasn't a great match in toto, but for the winners, it surely was one of the all-time great performances. The aging players on the 1973 Australian Davis Cup team hadn't been allowed to play for their country for years because of the ITF's refusal to allow professionals in the competition, and so, when officials finally did bow to professionalism, the old Aussies had something to prove against the defending champion Americans. And they proved it with style. Smith is an all-time doubles great and Van Dillen a Wimbledon and U.S. Open doubles finalist. It didn't matter. The veterans Laver and Newcombe clinched the Cup for the Aussies with a relentless display of attacking tennis. The Australian team went on to finish off the tie 5-0.
7. Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci def. Serena Williams/Venus Williams, 2013 Australian Open quarterfinals, 3-6, 7-6, 7-5
Venus and Serena, four-time Australian Open doubles champs, were huge favorites against the diminutive Italians, whom they'd crushed at the previous summer's Olympic Games. And, sure enough, the oddsmakers looked like geniuses when the sisters rolled through the first set. But Errani and Vinci figured out how to dampen the Williams' power with a clever combination of backcourt patience and unorthodox all-court aggressiveness. They'd go on to win their first Australian title.
6. Roger Federer/Stan Wawrinka def. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan, 2008 Olympic semifinals, 7-6, 6-4
Doubles enthusiasts took a gut punch when the world's best dubs team tumbled to two singles players with limited experience playing together. Of course, one of those singles players is quite possibly the best athlete to ever pick up a racket. The Bryans played a solid match, but Federer and Wawrinka, alternating rapid-fire exchanges in the forecourt with brutal groundstrokes, invented a whole new level of tennis on their way to the gold medal.
5. Tony Trabert/Vic Seixas def. Lew Hoad/Ken Rosewall, 1954 U.S. Championships final, 3-6, 6-4, 8-6, 6-3
The shotmaking was sublime throughout this match, with four greats of the game all in top form. The Aussies ultimately fell to the Americans, but Hoad nonetheless came up with the shot of the match -- a casual-seeming behind-the-back slapshot that has to be seen to be believed.
4. Sania Mirza/Elena Vesnina def. Lisa Raymond/Liezel Huber, 2011 French Open semifinals, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Right out of the gate, Mirza and Vesnina stunned the veteran Americans with an audacious brand of go-for-broke clay-court tennis. Raymond and Huber reeled in their younger opponents in the second set, but the Indian and the Russian refused to crack. They kept hitting out in the decider, finally overwhelming the favorites, who had won nine major doubles titles between them. This, however, would end up being Mirza and Vesnina's high-water mark: they lost the final in straight sets to Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.
3. Gardnar Mulloy/Bill Talbert def. Don McNeill/Frank Guernsey, 1946 U.S. Championships final, 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 20-18
The 1940s and '50s were the team discipline's heyday, when all the top singles players took the Big Game style to its natural conclusion in doubles. Throughout their singles careers, Mulloy and Talbert were overshadowed by Jack Kramer, Frank Parker, Pancho Gonzales and Tony Trabert, but they earned their place in tennis history as a team. Slam-bam tennis might never have been more compelling than in the fifth set of this match, with Mulloy and Talbert ultimately winning their third U.S. Nationals together.
2. Margaret Court/Virginia Wade def. Billie Jean King/Rosie Casals, 1975 U.S. Open final, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6
King and Casals are arguably the best women's doubles team ever, but on this day Court and Wade, known chiefly as singles mavens, cut down the Americans in a packed Forest Hills stadium. Clutch overheads and King's balky knee clinched it for the Aussie and the Englishwoman in a tense third-set tiebreaker, despite circus-like volleying gymnastics from Casals that had King bowing in awe and gratitude.
1. John McEnroe/Peter Fleming def. Pat Cash/Paul McNamee, 1984 Wimbledon final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
This turned out to be the last Wimbledon title for one of grass-court tennis' greatest teams, and they won it with a doozy of a match. McEnroe owned Wimbledon in the best season of his storied career, but while he crushed Jimmy Connors in the singles final, he and Fleming barely held off the hard-charging Aussies in the doubles.
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MOBILE, Ala.-- Remapping flood zones will have an enormous economic impact on Mobile County.
Even homeowners who built homes to proper elevation standards may face increased premiums when the new flood maps go into effect, according to Mobile County environmental director Bill Melton who spoke at the Nov. 21 Mobile County Commission meeting.
The Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 is the legislation that called upon the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reform the way the National Flood Insurance Plan is run. Among those steps are to remap floodplains in Mobile and Baldwin counties, which have not been re-mapped since 1972.
The maps were edited in 1985, 1998 and 2010, and current standards are based off of the 2010 edits. The new, comprehensive mapping will dramatically change those standards.
Melton cautioned the commission that the preliminary data from the re-mapping is tentative but that initial reports mean huge changes.
One of the changes is set to occur is the loss of grandfathering which will be phased out as well as subsidies. Thirdly, new policies are being issued at full-risk rates. Melton cautioned that the loss of grandfathering could mean that homeowners are adversely affected if they decide to sell their homes because the cost of the flood insurance may be a deterrent to buyers.
With the increase, the premium for a home valued at $250,000 home that is one foot above flood level would cost $5,510 at flood zone VE a year instead of $750 classified as flood zone AE. For homes of the same value one foot below flood level, new rates would cost that homeowner $9,500 instead of $4,570 a year.
The maps are set to alter those flood levels, which accounts for why some homes that were never in a flood zone will be included in them for the first time.
Some homes will also be included in the 100-year flood plan that had previously been under the 500-year flood plan.
A computer model of the proposed re-mapping is scheduled to be completed in March of 2014. In Oct. 2014, the maps are due to be completed. Then, they will be issued in Dec. of that year and in Jan. 2015 will be presented to the public. There will be a forum for public comment in Feb. or Apr. of 2015 and then the maps are scheduled to go into effect in 2016, according to Melton.
The Mobile County Commission is taking steps to ensure the accuracy of the maps that are being drawn and working with the state to have independent technical consultants evaluate flood plains. They will in turn communicate discrepancies to FEMA.
There is also bipartisan legislation that proposes delaying the implementation of changes led by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. The Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act would delay increases for homes that are grandfathered and would not penalize homeowners for building to outdated FEMA maps.
It would also delay the hikes for those that purchased properties sold after July 6, 2012 or purchased new plans after July 6 before they were obligated to purchase insurance.
HFIAA has support across the nation including from Louisiana and Mississippi and Melton said he was optimistic towards its success.
Mobile County joins the National Association of Counties in supporting HFIAA.
"We need to take as much action as we can," Commissioner Connie Hudson said in response.
Mortgage owners would have to purchase new policies at full-rates and the county could lose ad-valorem tax revenues as consequences of rate-hikes.
Melton recommends that policy owners go ahead and call their insurance agents and ask how they will be affected. There is also a website, floodsmart.gov, that provides an estimate according to the new plans.


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MILLER, Robert K., age 66 of New Martinsville, W.Va., died Monday, June 24, 2013 in Wetzel County Hospital, New Martinsville, W.Va.
He was born July 19, 1946 in Bridgeport, W.Va., a son of the late Alton and Virginia Cain Miller.
He was a retired school bus driver for Wetzel County Schools, having driven 21 years on the Silver Hill Route.
Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Susan (Sue) Loy Miller; three daughters, Lee Ann (Pat) Huggins and Bobbie Sue (Joe) Huggins, both of Silver Hill, Sheri (Dean) Goudy of Middlebourne, W.Va.; two sisters, Faye (Bob) Spencer of Steubenville, Ohio and Rosemary Miller of West Liberty, W.Va.; six grandchildren, Eric (Ashley) Huggins of Middlebourne, W.Va., Bryan Huggins, Keri & Hunter Huggins, all of Silver Hill, Kaitlyn (Goudy) Roberts of Beaufort, S.C. and Matthew Goudy of Middlebourne, W.Va.; two great grandchildren, Joaquinn Roberts of Beaufort, S.C. and Alden Huggins of Middlebourne, W.Va.
Family will receive friends on Wednesday from 2-8 p.m. at the Grisell Funeral Home & Crematory 751 Third St. New Martinsville, WV. Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 1 p.m. at the New Martinsville United Methodist Church, 10 Howard Jeffers Dr. New Martinsville, with Pastor Melissa Shortridge officiating.
Interment will follow in Miller Farm Cemetery.
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Gamblers' Money Going to the Dogs
WHEELING – West Virginia gamblers and taxpayers subsidized greyhound and thoroughbred breeders with at least $92 million during fiscal year 2012, according to the state Lottery Commission.
"Some legislators are more interested in protecting the interests of horse and dog owners than they are in protecting West Virginia workers," said Jim Simms, outgoing president and general manager of Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack, who has accepted another job but will maintain oversight of the track until a replacement is named.
"Maybe it is time to take a hard look at the tens of millions of dollars that are flowing to out-of-state breeders – and instead, focus on keeping jobs in West Virginia," he added.
Simms insists his company may not renew its table gambling license in July if the $2.5 million annual fee is not reduced because the Wheeling facility is on pace to run its tables at a $1 million operating loss in 2013. He said the track has 105 employees whose jobs are directly tied to table gambling.
West Virginia Senate Bill 615 – introduced by Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall – would reduce the annual table gambling fee for all Mountain State casinos to $1.5 million.
The $2.5 million annual fee that each of the four tracks currently pays provides $10 million for senior citizen services throughout West Virginia. Kessler's original bill – which would have reduced the amount collected from the fees to $7 million – would have covered the gap by diverting $3 million from the purse funds that go to thoroughbred and greyhound breeders.
However, an amendment by Sen. Herb Snyder, D-Jefferson, now means the bill will replace the lost senior citizen funding by taking it from subsidies to help purchase new slot machines instead of the breeders' funds.
Currently, tracks can receive reimbursements from the state for the purchase of new slot machines in the amount of $1 for every $2 worth of machines.
This amended bill would reduce this reimbursement to 50 cents for every $2 worth of slot machines, making new machines more expensive for Wheeling Island and other tracks.
"This will not help us in any way. It is net neutral to us," said Simms. "As this bill now stands, in simple terms, gaming is now subsidizing racing in West Virginia. That is a fact."
Currently, the Wheeling Island casino and the Mardi Gras West Virginia Casino & Hotel (formerly Tri-State Racetrack) near Charleston offer greyhound racing, while Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort in Chester and the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle showcase thoroughbred horses.
Some estimate the Lottery Commission gave as much as $106 million to greyhound and thoroughbred breeders in fiscal 2012, but spokesman Randy Burnside confirmed the $92 million figure, broken down as follows:
– $9.1 million to the Thoroughbred Breeder Development Fund;
– $5.9 million to the Greyhound Breeder Development Fund;
– $56.9 million to purse funds for thoroughbreds; and
– $20.1 million to purse funds for greyhounds.
Money for greyhounds and thoroughbreds is drawn from tax proceeds on the slot machines and table games at all four tracks.
The funding would not exist if gamblers did not play slots, poker, blackjack, roulette or other games.
According to the West Virginia Racing Association, the amount distributed from the breeders' funds is equal to what is paid to the breeders through the purse funds.
This amount depends upon how well a particular animal performs in a certain race. For example, a greyhound breeder who wins $1,000 in a race at Wheeling Island would also receive an additional $1,000 through the Greyhound Fund.
Records show some individual breeders collected amounts in excess of $400,000 in fiscal year 2012.
These amounts are somewhat down from fiscal year 2007, when one breeder got $706,571.
Lynette Maselli, Kessler's spokeswoman, said there was no movement on SB 615 Monday, but said it could still make it out of the Senate by Wednesday.
The legislative session ends April 13, but bills must be out of their chambers of origin by Wednesday.
A version of the bill must pass in both the Senate and the House of Delegates by the end of the session to reach Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's desk for his signature.


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If you are looking for the UNICEF UK statement on draft NICE guidance on co-sleeping and SIDS (July 2014), you can find it here.
Infant care practices related to sudden infant death syndrome in South Asian and White British families in the UK
A study was carried out in Bradford to describe and explore the differences in infant care practices between White British and South Asian families (of Bangladeshi, Indian or Pakistani origin).
Relationship between bed sharing and breastfeeding: Longitudinal, population-based analysis
This study investigates the longitudinal patterns of bed sharing, the characteristics associated with those patterns, and the relationship with breastfeeding using an established longitudinal cohort of parents and their children monitored from birth in Avon, England, since 1991.
Link between increased risk of SIDS and alcohol or drug use
A study has been carried out over the last four years in the south west of England to investigate the factors associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) from birth to age two years, in particular looking at whether current advice has been followed, whether any new risk factors have emerged and the specific circumstances when SIDS has occurred in a co-sleeping situation.
Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of SIDS?
The German Study of Sudden Infant Death is a case-control study of 333 infants who died of sudden infant death syndrome. The study looked to examine the association between type of infant feeding and sudden infant death syndrome of these 333 infants with 998 age-matched controls.
Benefits and harms associated with bed-sharing, Horsley 2007
A systematic review of the literature concludes that the evidence consistently suggests an association between bed sharing and SIDS among smokers, with the evidence not consistent for non-smokers.
Mother-infant co-sleeping, McKenna 2007
A review of the evidence relating to the sleep practices of parents and infants over the last 20 years provides interesting reading and challenges normal wisdom related to infant sleep.
New research reveals a four-fold increase in babies dying when co-sleeping on a sofa
New research published in the Lancet has found a sharp increase in the number of Sudden Infant Deaths when a parent sleeps with their baby on a sofa.
Breastfeeding & cot death, Am 2002
This study assessed the effects of breast feeding habits on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Bottle feeding & cot death
This article reviews the literature regarding the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in bottle-fed infants compared to those that are breastfed.
Breastfeeding, bed-sharing & cot death, Blair 1999
Donations to UNICEF UK do not fund the Baby Friendly Initiative, the expenses of the Baby Friendly Initiative are covered by the costs of training and assessment. No element of profit for UNICEF or the baby friendly initiative is included in these costs. © 2010 UNICEF UK.


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After being arrested four years ago and subjected to a deportation process, Mexican immigrant Jose G. Herrera became a defender of the rights of the undocumented and on Monday celebrated having obtained U.S. permanent residence.
Immigration Judge Robert Vinikoor granted residence to Herrera on Nov. 1 for his good moral character and because of the extreme difficulties his U.S.-born son would face if his father were deported.
"Here goes one who has been freed, but there are still millions," Herrera told Efe.
The 29-year-old activist and single father expressed his gratitude for this victory to a wide-ranging network of sympathizers and for the letters of support from several influential people who helped with his case, including the rector of Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago where Herrera is pursuing a degree in sociology.
It all began in the summer of 2008 when police stopped him and charged him with driving without a license and under the influence of alcohol.
The judge set bail at $2,500, but when his sister Erica went to pay it at Cook County Jail, she was told that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had placed a detainer on Jose.
Herrera spent 21 days in jail, and when released on three years' probation for the charges and agreeing to join an Alcoholics Anonymous group, report every month to a police officer and undergo periodic urine tests, Herrera got another big surprise.
One day later ICE agents detained him and sent him to their offices in downtown Chicago.
They released him the same day but with an electronic shackle on one ankle.
"And so I spent 11 months wearing that shackle," he said.
Since his arrest, Herrera has become an activist and has helped get dozens of immigrants released from detention centers.
Then, together with the Rev. Jose Landaverde, he organized opposition to the construction of a detention center for immigrants in the Chicago suburb of Crete.
Herrera now has only one wish aside from taking his degree, and that is to continue aiding immigrants.
"My wish is to see all those millions of immigrants with their cases resolved, and not necessarily in the courts but because of comprehensive immigration reform," he said. EFE


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The Staten Island Yankees didn't play a flawless game -- they committed an error for the seventh-straight game -- but they did get near-perfect pitching as Arodys Vizcaino and the bullpen combined on a three-hit shutout of the Hudson Valley Renegades in Tuesday's 3-0 victory in St. George.
For Vizcaino, who went 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts, it's his first win of the season. He's now 1-4 with a 2.45 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 36 2/3 innings.
After 2 1/2 scoreless innings the Baby Bombers got on the board in the third when shortstop Carmen Angelini reached on an error to lead off the inning. A one-out double by Zolio Almonte put the SIYs ahead 1-0, but the inning ended with the center fielder stranded on second.
Vizcaino pitched a 1-2-3 fourth and the Yankees extended the lead in the home half on a one-out homer by DeAngelo Mack, his third dinger of the season. Rob Lyerly came through with a two-out double but the Baby Bombers again stranded the runner.
The Renegades seemed primed to get the offense going in the sixth as Vizcaino issued back-to-back one-out walks, but Vizcaino was lifted for Benjamin Watkins who induced a flyout for the second out and, after moving the runners up on a wild pitch, regathered himself and struck out Bennet Davis to end the threat.
After Kelvin Castro was stranded on third to end the home half of the frame Watkins again flirted with trouble in the seventh but was able to work his way out of it, getting a flyout and groundout to end the frame with Renegades left on second and third.
Almonte, who was 3-for-3, smashed his fifth homer of the season in the seventh, a blast to right center, to make it 3-0 Yanks and after a tense eighth inning -- Ryan Flannery pitched his way around a leadoff error by striking out the next three batters -- the Baby Bombers went down quietly in the eight and Ronny Marte came in in the ninth and pitched a 1-2-3 frame for his sixth save.
The Staten Island Yankees will be back in action on Wednesday as they take on the Brooklyn Cyclones in a doubleheader in Coney Island starting at 6 p.m.


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Tignish firefighters crawl to the edge of the ice and then break through before rescuing a dog in peril Saturday afternoon. The dog had been in the water for an estimated two hours but the actual rescue took less than two minutes to complete.
Francis Fennessey's dog, Bailey, had fallen through the ice at Arsenault's Pond
TIGNISH — Francis Fennessey is thanking the Tignish fire deparment for an unusual rescue the firefighters carried out over the weekend.
Fennessey said his German shepherd-Rottweiler mix, Bailey, had gotten out of her collar Saturday. He had driven up and down the roads three or four times frantically calling for her and telephoned his sister to be on the lookout.
Meanwhile, Mill Road resident Roland Paynter had heard a dog in the vicinity of Arsenault's Pond but thought nothing of it. When he heard her again, he went to the pond to investigate. There he found Bailey, who had fallen through the ice and he alerted the fire department.
The two year-old dog was able to stand in the water and rest her head on the ice but was unable to climb up and out. She had been barking earlier but was not making much sound by the time the rescuers got near her.
Two members of the Tignish fire department donned ice rescue suits and crept out onto the ice of Arsenault's Pond.
"The fire department had all the rigging and they knew what they were doing," Paynter said.
Fire Chief Harley Perry said the rescuers had quite a hike through fields to get to the pond, bringing their rescue gear with them. The two firefighters fell through as they got near open water, about 25 metres from shore, said Perry.
He noted the firefighters were attached to rope lines. He estimated the water at that location was about three feet deep.
Paynter estimates about two hours passed from the time he first heard the dog until the rescue was completed.
Perry indicated the actual rescue, once the firefighters got in the water, was completed within two minutes.
"She was pretty happy to get out," Perry said, noting she ran around a while before accepting a ride back to the fire hall in the rescue truck.
Fennessey's sister heard that the fire department was called to rescue a dog and contacted her brother, who wasted no time getting to the fire hall, still not knowing whether the rescue was a success.
Not only was it a success but the firefighters had her all toweled off and were feeding her chips and Cheesies. She has shown no distress from her time in the water, Fennessey said.


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A Spanish nun was recently banished from her order for allegedly spending too much time on Facebook.
News broke out last week that 54-year-old Maria Jesus Galan, also known as "Sister Internet," was asked to leave her Dominican convent for being on Facebook too much.
She is currently residing with her mother.
Galan had entered the order at age 21 and spent the next 34 years inside the convent.
Her convent – the Santo Domingo el Real convent in Toledo, Spain – did not have a computer until 10 years ago. Ironically, the Mother Superior of the convent convinced the other nuns to acquire a computer as a means to reduce the convent's access to the outside world.
"It enabled us do things such as banking online and saved us having to make trips into the city," Galan told the Telegraph.
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Galan made further use of the computer by digitally-scanning pages from ancient texts stored in the convent's library for access online. The painstaking work so impressed the local government that it awarded her recognition in 2008. The subsequent news coverage placed her in the limelight.
As Galan's fame grew, so did her circle of friends on Facebook. This subsequently brought disapproval by fellow nuns. Tensions "made life impossible" for Galan, and she was asked to leave.
The Dominican order has at this moment refused to comment on the departure of Galan.
Since her banishment, Galan has received a flood of sympathetic postings from Facebook friends on her new fan page called "Maria Jesus Galan – sor Internet (Sister Internet)" – which has gained more than 8,000 fans in four days.


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The Muskegon Lumberjacks' power play has been downright lethal of late.
And to think that just before Christmas, the Jacks were struggling with the fifth-best power play in the league at about 14 percent. With all the firepower they have up front, it was hard to imagine they would struggle like that.
Check the statistics now and you'll find the Jacks are No. 1 in the league on the power play with a success rate of 21.7 percent.
The change in fortune started when Coach Bruce Ramsay made some adjustments on the power play during some down time at the Christmas break.
Since Christmas, Muskegon has at least one power-play goal in 13-of-16 games, including a high of four in a 7-4 victory over Bloomington on Jan. 16.
"Our special teams have been so much better," Ramsay said. "It's not just the power play either, it's also the penalty kill. That has improved over this stretch too."
Muskegon's penalty kill is fifth-best in the league with a kill rate over 77 percent.
Injury update
The Lumberjacks have placed Chad Woollard on the 30-day injured list. Luke Stauffacher will be evaluated again in about two weeks, but will not be placed on the injured list.
Both were injured on Friday night in Bloomington. Woollard could be out longer than 30 days and Ramsay is hopeful Stauffacher can return in 2-3 weeks.
Woollard and Stauffacher are tied for the team lead in goals with 22 each.
"That's potentially a total of 80 goals if you take it out over the course of a whole season," said Ramsay.
There was some good news on Sunday. Defenseman Kyle Kos returned to the lineup Sunday after spending 30 days on the injured list.
• With the sudden overabundance of defensemen -- the Lumberjacks dressed eight on Sunday -- Adam Bartholomay and Sam MIller have been playing wing.
• The last three games between Muskegon and Port Huron have needed overtime or a shootout to decide a winner. Port Huron won overtime on Dec. 26 and a shootout on Jan. 9.
• The stat sheet from Saturday's game was In all, Muskegon was a minus-35 with Chad Costello (-6), Todd Robinson (-5) and Robin Bouchard (-5) "leading" the way.


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DeVoe a throwback athlete
Pewaukee senior excels at three sports
Pewaukee High School senior Doug DeVoe is an "old school" type of athlete. In today's world of specialization, a lot of kids play just one or two sports, opting to spend as much time as they can to be the best player they can be.
But back in the day, when there were fewer sports to choose from, many kids played football in the fall, basketball in the winter and baseball in the spring and summer. That's the way it was for more than 50 years.
DeVoe is a throwback from the 1950s and 60s. In the fall, he concentrates on football. In the winter, he plays hockey and the spring and summer, he plays baseball.
"I really don't have a favorite sport," DeVoe said earlier this week. "I like football a lot, I like hockey a lot and also like playing baseball. When people ask me what sport I like the best, I just tell them the sport I like best is the one that I'm playing for that season. I'm passionate about all three."
DeVoe finished his fourth year of playing football in the Pewaukee program last fall and helped the Pirates to an undefeated regular season (8-0) and two WIAA Division 3 playoff games before losing to eventual state champion Waukesha Catholic Memorial.
The last two years, he's started at outside linebacker for the Pirates and helped them to an impressive 18-4 record. He was one of the top tacklers on the team both seasons. This past year, the 6-foot, 170-pounder earned honorable mention in the Woodland Conference.
"Doug isn't the most physically imposing player on the football field, but he's as tough as they come," said Pewaukee football coach Justin Friske. "He's a bulldog out there. His approach to the game is very good. He knows what he's doing on each and every play. Like I said, he's not the biggest guy on the field, but he never played small."
Now it's hockey
DeVoe is enjoying a big hockey season playing for the sixth-ranked Waukesha Wings. The Wings (14-5-1) are a combined team that features players from all three Waukesha schools along with Pewaukee and St. John's Northwestern Military Academy.
DeVoe is one of the top scorers for the explosive Wings, who feature one of the best offenses in Southeastern Wisconsin.
Because Pewaukee does not have hockey, he's played for combined teams the last four years. As a freshman and sophomore, DeVoe played for the combined Oconomowoc, Pewaukee and St. John's team. Those two teams struggled mightily to win games.
"It was good to be able to play high school hockey those first two seasons," DeVoe said. "But the last two years has been a lot of fun playing for the Wings. We've been pretty good the last two years and our goal this year is to get to the state tournament. It's nice because Trent Borgardt, my good friend, also goes to school with me at Pewaukee and plays with the Wings. Trent and I have played hockey together for a long time. It's been an easy transition playing for the Wings because I played with most of those guys in youth hockey."
Quite a catch
No matter how the hockey season ends, DeVoe will close out his high school athletic career in the spring and summer when he returns to the baseball team as a catcher. Like hockey, both he and Borgardt are teammates on the baseball team.
"Every now and then we get out our gloves and play some catch in the winter," DeVoe said.
This will be DeVoe's second season as the starting catcher for the Pirates. He caught a little as a sophomore. He'll also bat leadoff for the second straight year. Last year, he hit .319.
"Doug has worked hard to make himself a very good defensive catcher," said Pewaukee baseball coach Adam Dobberstein. "He's a tough kid. We put him into the leadoff spot and he caught on quickly to learn how to bat in the leadoff spot. He's a good baseball player and he's a good guy to coach.
DeVoe hopes to play college hockey or play in the juniors program. He's also considering playing college baseball.
"I'm just going to wait and see what happens," DeVoe said. "I really have no preference."
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Have you ever wondered how much time is added to the boot process by your anti-virus solution? This handy chart from the folks over at Soluto shows you the answer, with some surprising results.
Those results are surprising because their results with Avast do not agree with my actual experience. I could tell no difference in boot times between Avast and MSE when I had tried MSE on my notebook. Maybe I could if my AV was the only program. My Win 7 boot time on my desktop, which uses Avast, is faster than what Soluto says it delays boot time. Even my notebook, which has a 5400rpm spinner and no SSD, usually boots Win 7 faster than 43 seconds.
I haven't used Norton in years because it used to be such a horrible resource hog (and was denting my purse a bit too much). I've heard that it is faster now, mostly because most computers have far more resources now, but I find it hard to believe it is as much faster than MSE as Soluto claims.
I'll just go try out Avast! It sounds nice (high boot time, nice virus detection, the whole works).
Norton? Fast? (snort)
You know what slows down my boot time?Soluto.
I run a pretty tight ship. I manage everything myself. I tried Soluto once. Didn't help at all.I do see why some people may benefit from it. But it's not for me.
And this result does not make sense at all. Not a single bit.From experience on my own pc's and from daily tests on customers' computers, Norton should be at the other end of this chart. And Avast (the free edition) is much faster than most other AVs I have installed.
Those results seems fishy.
Some people don't like Soluto, which is fine.
The fact is though, that anti-virus does slow down your boot time, and always has. How much it slows down your PC is a matter of discussion, and really depends greatly on the PC that you are using.
The best thing for improving your startup times is switching to an SSD, and a fast one.
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That's EXACTLY what I'm thinking.Makes 0 sense.
I think it goes to show how many new PC's are being prepackaged with Norton, its the only way I can see that Norton would have boot times that much faster than the rest of these brands.
From our testing with Norton, they have really sped things up on recent versions.
I don't recommend them, just saying.
i've never had any 44 second start time with windows7 or 8 using avast. but after installing saluto to compare their boot time with avast, it took forever. looks like saluto is whats slowing it down.
Soluto is a piece of garbage.... But nothing is worse than Norton. Norton is "the big daddy virus" slowing down most systems. I have personally removed norton from hundreds of computers and actually installed avast free. The performance boost is incredible after the switch. I cannot think of any product out there that is worse than Norton, and IMO the only reason why they are surviving is because they get their bloatware preinstalled on computers as a trial, and or/ have agreements with Internet Service Providers.A heads up... Avast 2014 that is currently in beta, uses far less ram, about half compared to previous versions. So when that comes out it will be one of the fastest anti-viruses out there.
Norton used to be like driving with the brakes on but it has gotten much better. I still prefer Avast, though, even if only because I'm cheap.
I used to use Norton, back in the day when MS and Norton Both gave you control of your system and what you could do, Once MS and Norton started control freaking, I freaking left! I've tried AVG, didn't care for it, Kaspersky was too Klunksie, McAfee was just too .., MS SE well 'nough said, Never heard of Avira ora Eset so never tried 'em, besides once I tried Avast I haven't had problems, and, wait for it ..., wait for it ..., It's Free! And even IF it slowed down Boot Time, which I Haven't seen, That slow boot time is not an issue for me. Now if they could show a significant slow down in over all performance, then I might look at something else. But this works fine for me.
I use Avast Free on a low spec XP desktop and have long been plagued with slow boot times - it takes ages for the PC to get up to speed, best to leave it whilst making a cup of tea. This may of course not be due to Avast, possibly due to time lags with getting onto the net which is usually the first port of call. Download speeds are around the 10 Mbps level. I subscribed to Soluto and watch it doing it's peel-back routine, but this has not yet showed me what if anything to do to speed things up. There is nothing that it reveals that stands out as suspicious, and the slow motion performance continues until well after Soluto has finished its monitoring. I am wondering if Soluto does not itself contribute to the slow start. I can see both Soluto and Avast exe files in Windows Task Manager but nothing obvious (to the layman) otherwise to explain the go-slow.
Sense I only boot my computers on my own time once or twice a year how much time it takes is a moot point. If it boots after update I certainly do not care as I am sleeping and it is ready for me to sign in bright and early in the morning.
As far as Avast goes I have it on one computer just to help others. It has annoying nonsensical popups at least twice a day. It has never warned me of a virus just nag stuff.
As far as Norton goes, "I knew Peter Norton and Symantic, you are no Peter Norton".(to paraphrase a recent vice-presidential candidate)
I don't get any of that. All you have to do is go into the settings and disable whatever you don't want notifying you with a popup or enabling whatever you want to notify you with a popup. You can also turn voice alerts on and off. Avast is highly customizable.
This is a complete bull?@&# i uninstalled my eset and installed norton just to see how true this is and my boot speed is WAY slower with norton.
You are correct L. F. I do that every time I install avast. After a few quick tweaks it doesnt bother you at all.
The question is, what is it doing? Is it doing a boot time scan ("Which I think is worth the time.") or is time to load itself.
You are right about that my friend. I put one in my Acer 8943g with Windows 7 and it put my boot time at approx. 34 seconds. I had MSE and the Windows 7 firewall at that time. I changed it to KIS 2013 that I had run earlier with a spinner HD. After the change to KIS 2013 my boot time got better to 32 seconds. Just for the heck of it I uninstalled KIS 2013 and installed Bitdefender AV 2013 which I was using on my other laptop and the Win 7 firewall and the boot time went back up to between 34 and 35 seconds. Strange that the minute I use an antivirus with Win 7 firewall no matter what it is, my boot time goes up. Put KIS 2013 back in and it goes back down to 32 seconds. I know it's only a few seconds but I always strive to have not only a safe machine but a fast one. As for Soluto, when I tried it I found that it is not for everyone but it can be a nice tool to teach folks what runs on their machines and when it runs and how much time it takes overall. It gives pretty good info on most of the things you run and whether they have to be run at boot or not. Like I said it can be a useful tool, just not for everyone. My SSD is a Corsair 240gb. My laptop had a second spot for another HD so I run the SSD with only my important apps and I use the old spinner as HD storage.


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Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues
By Philip R. Ratcliffe (University Press of Mississippi, $35)
In this first biography of the renowned bluesman, Ratcliffe traces Hurt's roots to the moment his mother and father were freed from slavery. The narrative extends well past Hurt's decision, at 71, to move from Avalon, Miss., to Washington, D.C., where he played a central part in the '60s revival of American folk music. Recorded by the Library of Congress in 1964, Hurt's work has since been covered by modern masters including Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia. Ratcliffe will sign books during a program Thursday, 6 p.m., Octavia Books, where he will be joined by guitarist Joe Barbara in presenting some of the music, undoubtedly including Hurt's 1928 classic "Got the Blues, Can't Be Satisfied."
Watch Me Die
By Erica Spindler (St. Martin's, $24.99)
On the verge of recovering from the death of her husband during Hurricane Katrina, stained-glass restorer Mira Gallier finds herself as vulnerable as the church windows that were blown to bits by the storm. First, one of the windows she's working on is vandalized, spray-painted with the words "He Will Come to Judge the Living and the Dead." Then the priest who supervised the restoration is brutally murdered. One by one, the people in Gallier's life come into the crosshairs, until it becomes clear that the killer is saving her for last. Best-selling local author Spindler will discuss and sign the book during a meeting of SOLA (south Louisiana chapter of Romance Writers of America), Saturday, 7 p.m., East Bank Regional Library, Metairie.
Holding the Notes
By Darrell Bourque, edited by Glenn J. Bergeron II (Chicory Bloom Press, $15)
The ties that bind anchor the poems in Bourque's lovely collection, published in a chapbook series of recent works by noted Louisiana poets. A professor emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Bourque just completed a double term as the state's poet laureate. He writes of the aunts who appeared like "gauzy apparitions" every day before dawn in his mother's Acadiana kitchen. As they made coffee and laid out the gateau sirop, "whatever gleamed in their lives or in lives/ close by, they lighted the room with/ This hour was something they had taken as theirs, / and it was their job to start the day." Disaster-weary readers may shudder at the solemn "Standing Water in the Yard on the Feast Day of Saint Medard." They may cry at "Holding the Notes, " a recollection of Bourque's dying mother's taking up singing again.
The Saratoga Collection
Edited by Terrence Sanders (UNO Press, $40)
Home is where the art is in this celebration of the work of some 40 noted artists who chose to stay and work in post-Katrina New Orleans. Assisted by architect Marcel Wisznia, artist-curator Sanders gathered works produced exclusively in New Orleans after the storm for a private collection on permanent display at the Saratoga Building the Apartment Museum at 212 Loyola Ave. "This public acknowledgment of the local art scene's survival is a civically inspired piece of wisdom, " says Prospect.1 curator Dan Cameron, who writes an introductory piece. Other contributing writers include Noah Becker, Adam Falik, David Houston and Bill Sasser. Copies of the book to be released next month will be signed by Sanders, Wisznia and several of the featured artists during the Ogden Museum's Ogden After Hours program, Thursday, 6-8 p.m.
-- Suzanne Stouse


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July 22, 2009 - Per Peterson
What part of "recession" don't we understand? While every state in the country is dealing with financial hardships in everything from education to health care and are pinching every penny they've got on state and local levels, the state of Minnesota — while doing the very same thing — is going ahead with a bike trail that will run from St. Louis Park to the edge of downtown Minneapolis, a few blocks from the Twins' new ballpark. An extension past the stadium to the Mississippi River is already planned for next year. The state of Minnesota is receiving about $500 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for roads, bridges and a few trail projects, so technically, the state of Minnesota is not breaking any stimulus rules by using the money for this trail. The federal government has given states, and regional and local governments latitude to parcel out the cash, but stimulus recipients are subject to extensive reporting requirements and audits. The law bars colleges and schools from putting stimulus money into sports stadiums and prohibits stimulus spending on casinos, golf courses, aquariums and zoos. It doesn't specifically address professional sports arenas, but President Barack Obama has warned against frivolous use of the money. Maybe a bike trail doesn't fall under the "frivolous" category, but what's the point of spending more than $1 million on this trail now? There's a time and a place for this trail, and now is not the time. Plus, the Associated Press reported, the construction of the trail will employ only eight to 10 people. Not exactly a glutton of jobs. So Minnesota is getting $500 million for roads, bridges and trails — that money, all of it, needs to go to roads and bridges, not trails to help cyphen people to Target Field. Look at our roads, they're crumbling, as they have been for years. And just ask any Minnesotan about the need to repair and replace our bridges. Did the state get any money to fix our priorities?
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It is a dream matchup, one that could be duplicated seven months from now.
Jon Lester for the Boston Red Sox. Roy Halladay for the Philadelphia Phillies.
So what if it's in spring training, not Game 1 of the World Series?
The two aces will match up Monday in Clearwater, Fla., when the Red Sox play the Phillies.
With spring training entering its final full week of Grapefruit League games, both pitchers figure to be out there for awhile. Lester would like to get up to 90 to 95 pitches, and Halladay will likely be on the same schedule.
The Red Sox also plan to give Dan Wheeler, Michael Bowden and Matt Albers some work. Wheeler pitched to one batter Saturday against Pittsburgh in Bradenton.
"We were going to give him the day off, because he lives up there. He didn't want it,'' Red Sox manager Terry Francona said.
"He'd pitched two innings his last time out, so we weren't going to have him out there long.''
The brief appearance did give Wheeler a chance to enter in mid-inning and finish the inning. The Red Sox are trying to give their relievers that exposure.
Lester last pitched Wednesday against Atlanta. After Monday, he will have one more spring training start before pitching on Opening Day at Texas.
Lester is 1-0 with a 2.53 ERA in 10 2/3 innings this spring, with 10 strikeouts.
Halladay (2-0) is in midseason form. In 11 innings, he has not allowed a run, giving up seven hits with seven strikeouts and three walks.


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Piter White Nights (1): LX LUX-ZRH (J) (by SR4ever Jan 22 2012 in Trip Reports)
Piter White Nights (2): LX ZRH-LED (J) (by SR4ever Jan 22 2012 in Trip Reports)
VII. Space Museum - Peter & Paul Fortress
VIII. Space achievements - Political History Museum
IX. Metro tributes
X. Rail-air "wonder" - October Railway Museum
While the St-Petersburg has its fair share of Churches, other heritage buildings, canals and Art Museums, it also has more unexpected attractions, including a broad range of museums other than the Ermitage or the Russian Museum.
Among these, there are interesting air & space attractions (well, more space than air actually).
VII. Space Museum - Peter & Paul Fortress
This major heritage attraction also accommodates a small Space Museum, which I can certainly recommend to all of you if you happen to be in Piter.
Press cuts about the successful launch of Sputnik:
Among all non-Soviet Newspapers displayed in the Museum, French L'Humanité has the most extensive coverage...
Mock-up of Sputnik and other medals:
Spaceport in Baikonur:
Sputnik full scale mock-up:
Cosmonaut training attended by Yuri Gagarin:
Press cut on Gagarin's achievement from French L'Humanité (again seemingly the most vocal Publication about this event in the "Free World")
Tributes to Gagarin:
Short-lived Space Shuttle "Buran":
Little exhibition next to the Museum (Sputnik, Belka & Cmrelka, Gagarin):
VIII. Space achievements - Political History Museum
Another place where to spot tributes to the Space achievements of former USSR is the Political History Museum, located near the Peter & Paul Fortress.
"The dream became true on 12th April" (1961):
Other tributes to Gagarin and Soviet space achievements:
"Glory to the Party's son":
Official belongings of Gagarin:
Facing the press:
Some 50yrs +2mths after his achievement, Yuri Gagarin remains very popular in Russia. While in the Museum, I had the opportunity to feel the enthusiasm of a school party of children aged 6-7...
Могучая воля, великая слава
Твоё достоянье на все времена!
IX. Metro tributes
Metro Station Tekhnologicheskiy Institut, on Lines 1 and 2:
It has various tributes to the achievements in which this prestigious institute was involved. This of course includes the Space achievements of 1957 and 1961:
X. Rail-air "wonder" - October Railway Museum
St Petersburg just flows with Museums. One of these if the October Railway Museum, which is packed with loads of heritage railway stock. Well, it has also has some rail-air goodies, really unexpected.
Even though the USA and former USSR agreed to SALT then START bilateral treaties, both parties kept improving strategic warfare equipement.
In the mid-80s, missile launching railway mobile complexes were designed and built on the Soviet side.
More background:
Launching Unit (Locomotive + control car + launching car + power-supply car)
Further details about the DM62 Locomotive, a tailor-made version of Class M62 locos, still very widespread in the former Soviet bloc:
Control car:
Launching car:
Power-supply car:
A great museum, and this very particular attraction was doubtless unexpected and very impressive. Thank god, it never went beyond experimental use...
To be continued...


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No.. last time i checked Im still living on my own, in hollywood, with a degree from UCSC in film and digital media (game design focus). I never claimed to be a programmer. A developer does not equal programming, or didnt you know that? on a side note, i do know code, but its mainly website related. On a side note, part of my graduation requirement was to make a video game. I did. It was basically a mario like game where a monkey flings poo and tries to get bananas. Stupid shit really.Originally Posted by Mr.Selfdestruct
Nice try though kid.
Ah so being knowlegable = no social life huh? LOL. Thats pretty funny logic you have there. Well, last time I checked I was at cafe roma in Beverly Hills watching Fabio hit on the actress I brought with me. Your right, it is the internet, and I have nothing to lose by speaking the truth. Too bad for you.Anyone who claims to know as much as you do about game's and consoles obviously has zero social life.
Not quite. Rather, Nintendo broke the deal to save money with a country outside japan. The reprecusion caused many japanese to become angry with nintendo, and a lot of the third party developers switched over to Sony because of this. At the time, japanese businesses believed in sticking together.See what i understand of the Sony Nintendo fued, is that Nintendo refused to allow sony certain details of there programming, this pissed sony off and they basically adapted what they had already designed for SNES to there own platform called the PlayStation this is extremely unethical.
I will say the truth yes. Facts, logic, truth. If you say them, you cant be wrong. Sorry bub.You'll say whatever you have to,to win an argument I'll just sit back while the poop continues to spew from your mouth, hopefully you have a maid to clean all that crap off your floor in your 1930's Hollywood apartment hahahaha! What a douche! I mean seriously who comes on a forum and says stuff like that.
Hmm you know me oh so well. lolC'mon you know your just some kid who's created this complete alter ego for cruising mom's puter.
There goes your theory.
For example..?Seriously theres alot of things you havent addressed, you just pick and choose stuff to quote from posts, yet you never really answer any direct questions or statements.
lolGuess you need to sharpen those debate skills.


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By Matt Murphy
BOSTON — Gov. Deval L. Patrick fended off new criticism about his role as a board member of the mortgage giant Ameriquest Thursday after a four-year-old campaign issue resurfaced in the sprint to election day.
Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei, who is running for lieutenant governor as the running mate of Republican Charles D. Baker, told reporters that Patrick owes voters a full explanation of his activity as one of five members of the Ameriquest board of trustees. Patrick joined the board in 2004 and left the board in 2006.
He said that as long as Patrick continued to criticize the $1.7 million salary Baker received as the head of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, then Patrick's record in the private sector should be "fair game too." Patrick and outside groups have been critical of Baker's salary earned while insurance premiums on consumers were raised by 150 percent.
"I think it raises serious questions. Number one, why is it that they gave a $50 million golden parachute out to the CEO of that company, and number two, what is exactly the governor's management role?" Tisei told reporters during an informal press conference outside the State House.
"It's important to note that here and after the so-called reforms took place at that company they were still issuing subprime loans and that the conduct that was really a problem continued on while he was at the company and after he left the company," Tisei said.
The Boston Globe reported Thursday that while earning $360,000 a year as a board member of ACC Capital, the parent company of Ameriquest, the board authorized a $50 million severance package for Ameriquest chief executive Wayne Lee. Former clients of the mortgage company, seen as a central player in the subprime lending controversy, described the payout in a federal lawsuit as "hush money" to keep Lee from revealing the companies deceptive lending practices, according to the Globe.
"That individual should be in jail rather than receiving $50 million," Tisei said, calling Ameriquest "one of the most predatory loan companies in the United States" that played a central role in collapse of the housing market.
Patrick's campaign responded by defending the governor's commitment to protecting homeowners from foreclosure.
"Governor Patrick has a long record of standing up for consumers on issues of home ownership dating back to the early 1990s in private practice and as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the Clinton Administration," the campaign said in a statement to the News Service. "Most recently, the Governor has worked hard to advocate for the rights of homeowners, signing legislation that would keep people in their homes and make housing more affordable. His role at Ameriquest was as a board member, and was focused on cleaning up problems that existed prior to his arrival."
Patrick, during his 2006 campaign, talked about his efforts in helping reform the company. Though the governor's private-sector job history received a thorough vetting during his first run, Tisei said new details deserved exploring.
In addition to Ameriquest, Patrick spent four years as general counsel to Coca-Cola after a stint at Texaco during which time he earned millions in salary and stock options.
Tisei said the Baker campaign did not choose to raise the issue at this time, but felt the Globe report warranted an explanation from the governor, calling Patrick "hypocritical" for trying to paint Baker as a wealthy, out of touch businessman.
The Massachusetts Teachers Association, an ally of Patrick's, began airing ads this week highly critical of Baker's time at Harvard Pilgrim.


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Submitted by Gail Johnson, Willowbrook
1 pound package of pasta, preferably small shells
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 medium onions, diced
6 cloves garlic, minced
3 cups vegetable stock, such
as Kitchen Basics, found in
Met Foods
1 (10-ounce) box frozen leaf spinach, thawed and
squeezed dry
1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
½ cup grated cheese
Cook pasta according to package directions.
In a large deep skillet, sauté onions and garlic in 1 tablespoon olive oil until translucent. Pour in
3 cups of vegetable stock and bring to a boil, then simmer until reduced by half. Add spinach and chickpeas, simmer until mixture is hot.
Pour mixture into large serving bowl, drain and quick rinse pasta and add to mixture. Drizzle remaining olive oil over pasta and mix. Add ½ cup grated cheese, mix and serve. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Vegetarian pasta, Vegan
on March 20, 2011 at 7:02 AM, updated March 20, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Submitted by Gail Johnson, Willowbrook


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Cutting the cost of government is a lot like the weather. Everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it.
So we will see whether a new capital panel is true to its name.
The Senate Government Management and Cost Study Commission — the grandiose name itself says a lot about government — will meet through June, looking for ways to operate Pennsylvania's government for less money.
The need is urgent. Just look at last year's 101-day budget crisis.
For months, Democrats insisted on raising taxes and fees to increase support for K-12 education and maintain items such as our state college system and our environment.
Great goals, lousy timing.
The Republicans insisted on blocking tax increases or fees. So they gave a pass to industries that are taxed nearly everywhere else such as natural gas drilling and smokeless tobacco, and they tried to slash spending even for popular programs.
Great timing, lousy goals.
Yet serious cuts in state government proposed by the GOP received almost no bipartisan support. And, of course, neither party proposed trimming much from the Legislature itself.
With 253 seats, our Legislature is the second largest in the United States, but that doesn't tell the real story. The largest is New Hampshire; its 424 citizen-legislators are paid $200 for a two-year term.
One can only dream.
By contrast, Keystone lawmakers are the second-highest paid in the nation, according to the Pennsylvania Economy League. And California, with the highest salaries, has 120 seats for nearly three times our population.
Add thousands of capital support staff — and a total of nearly $200 million at the disposal of the Democratic and Republican caucuses — and what do Pennsylvanians get for this particular Cadillac plan?
Influence peddling and near gridlock.
On crucial issues, our legion of lawmakers has kicked the can down the road again and again or tried to pretend a problem doesn't exist.
We have some of the nation's worst lobbying disclosure laws.
We have a pension system for state employees that is about to sock us with huge tax increases.
We have a looming budget gap when federal stimulus money runs out,
because Democrats wanted to keep certain programs and Republicans refused to pay for them. Both parties used stimulus money to paper over the impasse.
Into this maelstrom steps the Senate Government Management and Cost Study Commission.
The panel met for the first time last week and heard former Department of General Services Secretary Walter Baran talk about cutting $6.1 billion during Gov. Dick Thornburgh's administration. Much of that came through selling real estate, reducing the number of state vehicles and shrinking the state work force through attrition.
This time, the Senate panel needs to look at more fundamental reforms.
The panel's chairman, Sen. David Argall, R-Schuylkill, might seem an unlikely choice to lead a revolution. Argall was House Republican whip during the infamous late-night pay raise of 2005. Unlike most midstate representatives, he did not return the money after the pay raise was rescinded.
But perhaps running against Democratic Rep. Tim Holden for Congress in this, the Year of the Tea Party, has been a strong motivator. Argall recently proposed cutting the Legislature down to 198 seats — gradually.
Still, the state Senate deserves praise for at least looking at serious ways to trim the cost of government. After all, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently proposed a deficit reduction commission — nothing more than a panel to study the idea — and the idea was voted down.
Actually, it received 53 Democratic votes but that was not enough to overcome a threatened Republican filibuster. President Obama had to establish the panel by executive order, which means it will have less clout.
While Washington is mired in partisan trench warfare, it will take bipartisan cooperation to get real reform done in Harrisburg. More importantly, it will take legislators who have the rare courage to tighten their own belts.
In this election year, the voters will be watching.


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I hurt my left shoulder yesterday dong straight leg jump throughs. I kept swinging too far, sort of skidding into a landing, and trying to correct for that, which whacked soemthing in that shoulder…didn't really feel it until this morning when I discovered that it aches to lift my arm. Damn it. I took today off of surys and vinyasa, just did some asana alone, which was very weird, and lame, like trying to knead cold bread dough or cement. No vinyasa/surys = no heat = no mobility. At the David Garrigues workshop in the dripping hot shala, I could feel for the first time the protective action of the hot room, could feel how much easier the practice was in some ways (while the heat itself is a challenge in other ways). The yurt, 0n the other hand, was quite cold yesterday, probably 50 or 60 degrees at most, I was practicing in a sweater and a scarf, so that probably didn't help—we don't build fires this time of year because it's plenty warm in the afternoons. I hope this is just a minor twinge, took me a year to get over the hamstring pull last year.
Getting injured always pisses me off. So I've been harumphing and complaining all morning.
Hold that thought.
So, yesterday in the car we were trying to get through some crazy traffic, plus the car was super hot, and this fucking fuck pulls out in front of me and I complain, "we're trapped in a traffic nightmare hell!" I know, I know, I'm such a drama queen. But really, there is a traffic/hot car hell realm, the Traffic Bardo, I'm sure of it.
But then the kids in the back, in unison and in perfect New Jersey accents, cry out, "What a fucking nightmare!" and I crack up so hard I have to pull over.
What, don't you remember the indomitable Mona Lisa Vito, from "My Cousin Vinny" ?
If you haven't seen it, you really must, it's just wonderful. Marisa Tomei won an Oscar for her role, and, obviously, a few choice lines have made it into our family lexicon. Here is the entire line the kids were quoting from:
Mona Lisa Vito: You know, this could be a sign of things to come. You win all your cases, but with somebody else's help, right? You win case after case, and then afterwards you have to go up to somebody and you have to say, "thank you." [pause] Oh my god! What a fucking nightmare!
I love her.
And, listen, I've got to explain why my little word counter bar over there on the right hasn't risen over 23,000 words in at least a week, maybe more. SHAME right? Only, maybe not. It seems I have this process where I write a hundred pages (about 25,000 words or so) and then realize I've got something totally wrong, and have to go back and start all over. It's so stupid. It's so inefficient. But there it is, I've done it on the last three novels, and while I thought I had a strategy for avoiding it this time, I was wrong. So, honestly, I'm working every day on the new novel, but no, I'm not increasing the net word count because I'm rewriting the first 100 pages, just like I always do because I'm an idiot who takes 100 pages of crap to figure out what the hell I'm doing.
So, anyway, just so you know I'm not a total slacker. I am working! Every day! I'm just, you know, treading word-count water. But these are better, new improved, extra spiffy words!
Or, as Mona Lisa would say, Imagine you're a deer. You're prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little deer lips down to the cool clear water… BAM! A fuckin bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?
In other words, quit putting your focus on the wrong thing, Lassiter. It's not the jump-through, the bad traffic, or the word count that matters. It's being kind to my body, laughing with my funny kids, and writing a good novel in the end.
I'm always getting this wrong, which is why I'm grumpy so much of the time.
Fuck. I hate fucking life lessons. I just want to be a grumpy bitch sometimes! With a hurt shoulder! I just want the pleasure of some high quality of self-pity sometimes! For god's sake, somebody give me some chocolate.


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"The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., one of six regional accrediting bodies in the United States, is a voluntary, non-profit, self-governing organization having as its primary purpose the accreditation of educational institutions. Through its evaluation activites, carried out by six commissions, the Association provides public assurance about the educational quality of those schools and colleges that seek or wish to maintain membership, which is synonymous with accreditation."
The role of the College's NEASC Accreditation Liaison Officer includes the dissemination of information relating to Accreditation Standards from the Commission on Higher Education, to coordinate and ensure that all required reports are completed within the timeframe the Commission mandates, to coordinate the assembly of committees and materials needed in report preparation or for self-study, and to assist the college in preparation for a NEASC Accreditation Team visit.
NEASC Standards for Accreditation
- NEASC Self Study 2011
- December 8, 2003 Interim Report
- August 1, 2006 Fifth Year Report
- NEASC December 8, 2003 (1.05 Mb)
For more information, contact Dr. David England, Dean of Institutional Effectiveness and Outreach, at 860.773.1401.


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BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama -- Four Baldwin County students have been selected to represent Baldwin EMC during the Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour.
Selected for the tour were Robertsdale High School students Jennifer Campbell, Marissa Langham and Jalen Law as well as Spanish Fort High School student Meredith Phillips.
An all-expense paid trip to Montgomery in March will allow students to visit the city's historical attractions and meet with elected officials for an up-close look at the state legislature.
In June, the same students will join more than a thousand students representing cooperatives from across America in Washington, D.C., where they will have a chance to explore the capital's many important landmarks and interact with Congressional leaders.
Each of the students will also receive a $500 college scholarship.
Baldwin EMC's Youth Tour program is open to high school juniors in Baldwin County each year. For more information about the program, visit www.baldwinemc.com or www.youthtour.coop.


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The rumors are out there about future opponents for the University of Massachusetts football program, but few have been finalized.
UMass athletic director John McCutcheon is a stickler for not saying a word about any opponent until the contract has been signed by both sides, and needless to say that hasn't happened with the rumored 2015 game with Notre Dame.
"We haven't made any of them official, that's why we hope to get a release out that has all the non-conference games that we've contracted and puts them all in one place and either confirm or counter things that have been floated out there," McCutcheon said.
If it does happen – and all indications are it will - the Fighting Irish only have three dates available in which to play the Minutemen, all in October of 2015.
Notre Dame actually has four open dates right now, but Dec. 5 is out since that would be the date for the Mid-American Conference championship.
Oct. 3, 24 and 31 are open dates on the Irish schedule, but they still need to fit a Boston College road game and a Temple home game into those dates as well.
As of now, the only nonconference game scheduled for 2015 is Vanderbilt, the finale of that series slated for Gillette Stadium.
The 2012 schedule is set, with UMass playing a pair of Big Ten opponents in Indiana (home) and Michigan (away), as well as an SEC team in Vanderbilt (away) and a Big East opponent in Connecticut (away).
Vanderbilt and Indiana are the only opponents that will be a series, UMass and the Commodores scheduled to play two home games each through the 2015 season. Indiana will host UMass in 2017.
UMass has never confirmed the three-game series with Boston College slated for 2014, 2016 and 2018, nor has it confirmed rumored games with Colorado and Wisconsin.
That could all change over the next week.
MCGUIRK IMPROVEMENTS: McCutcheon said UMass has hired Perkins+Will architects of Boston to design the support facility and other improvements to McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
"The project is suppose to be complete and move in by July of 2014 and it's on schedule to meet that move-in date," McCutcheon said.
Besides a new pressbox on the stadium, an approximately 38,000 square foot facility will be built at the end of the north endzone and will feature locker rooms, coaches offices, meeting rooms, sports medicine suite, weight room and more.
SPRING UPDATE: The Minutemen will practice at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on Saturday, April 21, in conjunction with a youth clinic the team will host later that day. The practice will be held at Gillette's indoor facility because of an NCAA lacrosse doubleheader that day at the stadium. UMass, of course, will play the majority of its games at Gillette in the coming years; the Spring Game on April 28 will feature an alumni component, with former players taking part in the scrimmage as either players or coaches.