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BAY CITY, MI — The Yellow Ribbon Guard is kicking off its annual "Send Santa to the Troops" at the Saginaw Spirit game on Sunday, Nov. 4.
The fundraiser has gathered items from Bay, Midland and Saginaw counties for more than eight years to compile into care packages for soldiers overseas, an effort to boost morale and provide for special needs or requests.
It is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Yellow Ribbon Guard and helps the organization send care packages year-round.
"It used to be 'Send Santa to Baghdad,' but with soldiers being removed from Iraq, we changed it for any soldiers overseas," said Melissa Alex, co-founder of the Yellow Ribbon Guard.
Citizens can drop off items at several locations throughout the month. Alex said organizers have mailed care packages to Iraq and Afghanistan, targeting military members who will not be home for Christmas.
"We have probably sent over 10,000 care packages in the last six years. We always take in addresses from the public, also," Alex said.
The game starts at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4 and donations are being taken throughout the game as part of Military Appreciation Night.
Donations are accepted from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9 at the Saginaw Medical Federal Credit Union, 1430 N. Michigan in Saginaw. The second drive will be from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, Glen's Market, 2206 S. M-76, in West Branch.
The "Stuff the Bus" weekend fundraiser begins Friday, Nov. 16 at Garber Buick, 5925 State, in Saginaw Township. It continues from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Northwood Wholesale Outlet, 229 W. Fifth in Pinconning.
"We chose the Northwood Wholesale Outlet to get more people from the north. It is somewhere we haven't been geographically before, and we thought we would give it a try," Alex said.
"They have been a spectacular sponsor every year, bringing in case after case of decorations to send to soldiers."
The last day of "Stuff the Bus" will be Sunday, Nov. 18, when donations will be accepted in the Bay City's K-Mart parking lot from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The packing of donations will start at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19. Volunteers are encouraged to participate in this part of the fundraiser, taking place at the Bay City Armory, 2510 Wilder.
Alex encouraged groups to organize drives within their companies and teachers to ask their students to write letters and draw pictures or make Christmas cards for the troops.
"Any organizations that want to put together a drive themselves and collect items should have them delivered to the Bay City Armory on the 16th, that would be their drop-off day," Alex said.
She said that volunteers' time is especially appreciated during packing day at the Armory, to sort items coming in and fill the care packages.
"We always need volunteers, as many as we can get," Alex said.
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DETROIT -- You don't want to make too much of it. But you don't want to make too little of it, either, because this wasn't the way this season was supposed to begin.
Not 0-2. Not a shutout in Game 2. Not two-thirds of the best lineup in the history of Detroit Tigers baseball starting the season 3-for-42.
Not this.
"The bottom line is the fans want more,'' designated hitter Gary Sheffield said after Wednesday's 4-0 loss to Kansas City. "And we have to give them more.''
It shouldn't be hard to give more than this.
The Tigers had just three hits Wednesday, all from new shortstop Edgar Renteria. They went 0-for-7 with runners on base, and grounded into two double plays.
• Wednesday's game: The Tigers were held to three hits in a 4-0 loss to Kansas City, and they're winless after two games for the first time since 2003. Edgar Renteria had all three Tigers hits. Kenny Rogers gave up two runs in six innings, but it was two too many.
• Record: 0-2
• I know that name: Sixteen years ago, Rogers spent the 1992 season in the Texas Rangers bullpen, along with an aging lefty named Floyd Bannister. Wednesday, when Rogers became the first 43-year-old ever to start a game for the Tigers, he lost to Floyd's 27-year-old son Brian. "I'm sure his dad is very proud of him,'' Rogers said. "That was a very good exhibition out there, against a very good team.''
• Next up: Thursday vs. Kansas City (Jeremy Bonderman vs. Zack Greinke), 1:05, FSN Detroit; Friday vs. Chicago (Nate Robertson vs. Jose Contreras), 1:05, FSN Detroit.
They didn't even hit the ball hard against Brian Bannister, the Royals' second-year right-hander.
This on the heels of going 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position in their opening-day loss, and twice failing to get a runner home from third base with less than two outs.
No wonder Placido Polanco went straight to the batting cage for more work, after making Wednesday's final out. The only wonder is that half the lineup didn't join him.
"If it's not broke, don't fix it,'' Polanco said. "But I think it is (broken) now.''
He was referring just to himself, and that's understandable, since he has begun the season 0-for-10. He thinks the problem is that he's lifting the ball too much, resulting in four fly ball outs in 10 at-bats.
But it's not just him. Jacque Jones (0-for-7) and Sheffield (0-for-4) join Polanco on the hitless parade, and Miguel Cabrera (1-for-8), Ivan Rodriguez (1-for-8) and Brandon Inge (1-for-6) haven't been much better.
"At some point, you've got to hit,'' manager Jim Leyland said. "But I'm not going to get excited about two games. If we don't hit, it'll be a surprise to everyone, including me.
"I mean, if this club doesn't hit, we might as well all go home. I'm not worried about that.''
It's worth remembering that every team in the majors was shut out at least three times last year. It's worth remembering that Polanco, as good as he was in a season where he batted .341 and finished third in the American League, went through an 0-for-16 slump last June.
These things happen, even to great teams and great players. We don't know yet that this will be a great team, but the point is it still could be.
"When guys make good pitches, they shut good teams down,'' Leyland said. "I don't care how good your offense is. Now, if we got shut out by somebody who was leaving balls right in the middle of the plate and hanging breaking balls, I'd be a little concerned.''
Bannister appears to be a good pitcher. He finished third in AL rookie of the year balloting last year, and he's now beaten the Tigers three times in four career starts. In two career starts at Comerica Park, he's pitched 14 innings and allowed just one run on six hits.
"They're pitching us good,'' Sheffield said. "You tip your hat, but you can only tip your hat so much.''
Bannister suggested that the Tigers could be playing tight, because of the high expectations. He suggested that the Royals, now 2-0 for the first time since 1979, are taking advantage of a team under big pressure to win.
But the Tigers don't sound like a tight team, and they don't seem like a worried team. Even Polanco, who was concerned enough to head to the batting cage, expressed confidence that these two games are only a minor blip on the road to success.
"There's going to be series where nobody's going to get us out,'' he said.
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"Sevier is seeking damages and injunctive relief against Apple because they make products that can display porn ("or as the rest of us call it, the Internet," AboveTheLaw notes). So Sevier legally requests that Apple enables a porn-filtering "safe mode" by default on its devices. His complaint notes that "If Apple agrees to sell its devices 'on safe mode' before trial, the Plaintiff will terminate this litigation."
"The Tame Apple press has responded with horror after a woman who tried to buy too many iPhones was tasered by cops who feared for her sanity.
"A university research director has shown that Apple's iPad 2 is as fast as the Cray-2 vector super-computer out of Cray Research from the 1980's. With some work to to the software, the iPad 2 performance benchmark result is quite impressive..."
"Late Friday, a US jury finally returned a verdict in the month long trial and Cupertino should be thrilled by the outcome. The court ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages. What's more, the jury backed nearly all Apple claims. Apple welcomed the verdict, but also announced that it would petition the court to triple the damages, as it had originally asked for $2.7 billion in damages.
"Apple did not invent designs for the iPad but just nicked ideas which had been kicking around the technology industry for a decade. According to Samsung evidence, which is being presented in the patent trial, Apple's IP is invalid. Samsung already argued that Apple's pinch-to-zoom patent was stolen from Mitsubishi's old Diamond Touch and yesterday it showed the jury with videotaped testimony from Roger Fidler.
"Apple may have considered AMD's Fusion platform for the MacBook Air before settling on Intel. Aside from production issues with limited available quantities, there are important performance reasons for Apple to keep using Intel processors..."
No, this is no joke he's actually no longer with us!
"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts." ~ Apple's Board of Directors
"Carl Ippolito, 52, a youth baseball umpire, returned to his car after a game to find his iPhone was missing. With a regular phone, the story would have ended there, but luckily (for we the media that is, not Ippolito) Ippolito had an iPhone, and so did his son. Together the pair used Find My iPhone on his son's iPhone to track Carl's missing phone to an alley near a lumber yard. There Ippolito came upon hapless Brent Johnson, 27, who just happened to be talking on an iPhone. What happened next is pure awesomeness:
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In the kitchen, Kurt Spak leans over a chopping board, the smell of garlic and pears poached in red wine filling the air.
He puts down his peeler and uses his hand and forearm to knock a mound of Jerusalem artichoke skins into a garbage bin. He has a full house all night, but he's relaxed. He's served tens of thousands of meals from this little kitchen over the past seven-plus years.
But this New Year's Eve dinner will be Alba's last.
"No matter what, it's a gamble," Spak says, reflecting at the end. "There's no guarantees."
"You really mind your p's and q's, really pay attention to detail, in all aspects of the business, financial, service, food, and even if you do that, that doesn't mean that the economy's not going to throw you for a loop."
Whether by fire, flood, a fight with a landlord or dustup with a city official, or something more mundane, when a restaurant closes, it's almost always a shock to those who love it.
Restaurants from all corners of Portland closed in 2010: Alba; Carlyle in Northwest; Sel Gris in Southeast and Fats in Northeast. Fans saw the lights turned off at neighborhood spots like Belly Timber, the Little Red Bike Cafe and It's a Beautiful Pizza. The Greek Cusina on Southwest Fourth Avenue sold its iconic purple octopus after being shut down in January for code violations. At least two coffee shops that served food (Half and Half and the Blue Gardenia), a brewery (Roots) and a wine bar (Alu) also closed their doors for good. And the list goes on.
Unlike 2008, when the Dussin Group announced it would close the $4 million Lucier amidst bad reviews, there were few spectacular failures last year.
But there weren't many spectacular openings either. 2010 was the year of the modest: lauded chefs opening second restaurants with lower prices; former restaurant owners buying food carts.
"We saw business overall return and we even saw most of our operators achieve higher numbers over 2008," says John Hamilton, a spokesman for the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association. "But fine-dining places didn't see the kind of recovery that the rest of the industry did."
Hamilton says that many large companies froze corporate spending accounts when the recession struck, a blow to many higher-end restaurants. Still, the lobbying group is cautiously optimistic that the industry will continue to rebound.
Chef Daniel Mondok, who got his start at Bruce Goldberg's Carlyle -- another casualty of 2010 -- is no stranger to saying goodbye to a labor of love.
In the weeks after smoke from a fire at a neighboring spa poured through Sel Gris in late 2009, word circulated that Mondok and owner Joan Dumas were hard at work rebuilding the restaurant on Southeast Hawthorne. But months went by with no sign of progress.
At the time, Sel Gris was one of Portland's most written about fine dining establishments. The closure, formally announced in May, showed the Portland dining scene that even the most well-planned, talked-about restaurants can be bowed by an unexpected setback.
"To me, what a bummer that was," Mondok says. "We were really doing well and flying high, getting more and more national attention, but the fire really took a lot out of it."
By January, when The Oregonian reported that Sel Gris might never return, Mondok had moved on, first opening Foster Burger with Andy Ricker and Kurt Huffman, then working in the kitchen at Greg Perrault's June.
Mondok, who recently joined friend David Anderson at the freshly reopened Genoa, says Portlanders should expect to see more small restaurants with high-quality food but "less from the service side."
"It's hard to pinpoint what Oregonians really want," Mondok says. "They say they really want the fine-dining aspect but then it's handed to them and they turn their noses up."
Evan Dohrmann, who ran the Little Red Bike Cafe in North Portland with wife Ali Jepson, pointed to Mondok's brief turn as a burgermeister in noting a general shift from fine to comfort food and lower prices.
"In terms of the types of projects that people are putting forth," Dohrmann says, "they're recognizing that it's not easy to spend $60 on a steak."
Dohrmann and Jepson are no exception to that trend. After a flood at their popular brunch spot exposed leaks in their landlord/tenant relationship, the couple looked long and hard for a new space in the area but could not find the right fit. Eventually, they were forced to close.
Now you can find Dohrmann behind the grill of his food truck, Lucy's Original, where he is working to combine two of Portland's latest food obsessions -- handcrafted burgers and mobile food carts.
"I'm dealing with a tenth of my staff," Dohrmann says, "but right now, a food cart feels a lot more comfortable and exciting. You don't want to be stressed-out in this industry."
Back in the kitchen at Alba, Spak says he plans to keep busy, spending more time at Caffe Autogrill, his coffee shop and sandwich bar in the same complex, and working to expand his line of take-home pastas, sold under the Pastificio Alba label.
He wonders if Alba, fairly or unfairly, was thought of as too pricey.
"The downturn started right around the recession, and we were up and down," Spak says, noting a peak just after The Oregonian reviewed Alba in March. "Then about six months ago we saw a considerable drop in business."
On Friday, servers and cooks keep busy chopping, peeling, rolling dough into long skinny breadsticks, sweeping, or laying out silverware. Spak helps a young cook with a measurement and makes plans to open a special magnum of sparkling wine after dinner.
Pastry chef Melissa Carey-Ragland says she's secretly looking forward to the time off. She isn't scheduled to work, but comes in anyway. Server Jen Ohren restocks bottles of wines and says she wishes neighborhood diners had done more to keep Alba around.
Jeff Usinowicz, chef at the Deschutes Brewery in Portland and a former server at Alba, bounds into the kitchen just before 5 p.m. and asks how he can help. Usinowicz says he came in to eat Wednesday and Spak asked him to help on closing night. Spak sends him to the walk-in fridge off the back steps to grab a tray of brisket.
About 5:20 p.m., the first diners arrive. Oz Koglin and her husband, Robert, carry a bottle of wine from Italy's Piedmont region, where Spak moved in the 1990s and learned to cook many of the restaurant's specialties.
Koglin, a retired journalist for The Oregonian and The Oregon Journal, explains why she had to come for the last dinner: "The food, the company, the same things that's been bringing me once a week for almost eight years. I'm going to be sad."
A server walks by and drops a large wineglass, sending small shards flying across the room.
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GOBLES, MI - Journey Family Church in Gobles gave members of its congregation $10,000 with a simple request.
"We just want to love people with this and see what comes of
it," Gary Napp, pastor or Journey Family Church, said.
Journey Family passed out 240 envelopes with different amounts of money to members of the church during a Sunday service in July and asked them to go and multiply.
Seven elders in the church reached into their bank accounts for the unique reverse offering the church is calling "Entrusted," Napp said. The offering was based on a Bible parable in Matthew 25:14.
Members will
turn in the "entrusted" money on Sept. 8 to find out how much they raised. The proceeds will go toward funding for a new church building, he said.
"It's multiplying like crazy," Napp said.
Napp said they aren't keeping specific records on how people are using the money. Some have given the money to a person in need or engaged in a random act of kindness called a "love bomb."
Others have taken on an entrepreneurial spirit, using their money to make and sell cookbooks, T-shirts, jewelry and even lasagna dinners. He said that someone used the money to buy yard sale signs and donated the $400 in earnings from the sale back to the church.
The number of members has grown from 30 to more
than 300 people in the last four years, forcing the church to move their Sunday
service to the gym at Gobles Middle School a year ago. They're still using their old location as an office building and meeting place for bible studies and a worship service for kids.
"We're the largest church in town but we don't have a building," Napp said
The idea for the reverse offering came from a lot of prayer. He said he knew that if the church took action, then God would multiply things.
Once the elders were on board with the idea, they brainstormed possible ways to fund the offering and decided to use their own funds.
"They totally believed in God's word and took a step in faith," he said.
The church's funds were essentially the congregation's money
already, given to Journey Family through Sunday collections, so it didn't make
sense to give people their own money back, he said.
He hasn't heard of any other Southwest Michigan churches doing this kind of thing, he said. Members were thrilled with the idea.
"It was kind of funny," Pastor Gary Napp said. "They walked out the door and said they felt different. They were saying 'I feel like I'm being sent. I feel like I'm a missionary in my own town.'"
The only thing he didn't prepare for was the amount of calls flooding the church's phone line with questions on how to use the money, he said.
"I'm just blown away," he said of the reaction from the congregation. "I didn't expect the outpouring of support."
Erin Gignac covers general assignment stories for MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette. Email her at email@example.com and follow her on Twitter


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Understanding the likely impact of these changes on local communities, economics and industry and infrastructure is critical to help communities adapt to a changing climate.
The following tool assesses the proposed ERF sequestration project against mapping undertaken to identify NRM benefits from carbon tree planting based projects in the Avon NRM Region.
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Barringer's Umar Frost knows he's capable of putting up bigger rebounding totals than he has most of the season. It's something he's worked on with assistant coach and former Villanova forward Marcus Austin every day in practice.
"I just box out and stay strong like he's taught me," said Frost, a 6-6 senior. "He told me to box out and stay low and it helped.
"Every game they tell me 'Crash the boards and play hard.' But I always end up with like five rebounds because a lot of times I don't box out and just try to jump for the ball. Today, I was just boxing out and all the rebounds fell my way."
Yesterday's results were a reminder of the dominance of which Frost is capable. He scored 19 points and pulled down a career-high 20 rebounds as Barringer won its sixth game in a row, defeating Arts, 70-59, in Newark.
It was the third double-double of the season for Frost, who entered averaging 6.4 rebounds per game.
"I got to hand that to my assistant coach Marcus Austin," said Barringer head coach Joseph Owens. "He's been spending a lot of time with him, working on his rebounds and working on his low post game. Marcus has done a great job."
Eight of Frost's rebounds came on the offensive end, resulting in 12 second-chance points for Barringer (9-3). In total, Barringer received 18 offensive rebounds and turned the extra opportunities into 23 points.
"We like to pound the ball inside, pound the ball inside," Owens said. "We like to play inside-out. If we're not playing inside-out, that's how we lose games.
"Today we did a good job of feeding the ball inside against a much smaller team."
An offensive rebound and putback from As-Saamad Magwood (16 points, seven rebounds) put Barringer in front for good at 19-18 with 6:25 left in the first half. It was the second field goal in a 24-7 run. Six different players scored in the six-minute stretch, led by five points apiece from Khayri Smith and Raymond Boone.
"We just play together as a team," said Smith, a senior and fourth-year varsity player. "We share the ball, there's no greediness. We just pass, pass, pass until we get the good luck that we need."
Smith finished with 10 points and six rebounds for Barringer, which is one win away from matching its total from last season. Magwood had 16 points and seven rebounds and Boone scored nine points. Darius Williams had eight points and six rebounds and Edwin Toledo added two points, six rebounds, six steals and three blocks.
Jerrell Pruitt had 21 points, six rebounds and five assists for Arts (6-5), which saw its three-game winning streak snapped. Javon Hill scored 15 points and Tyre Moore added 12 points.


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That's right, women's doubles is the best-kept secret in sports, with even second-week Grand Slam matches played before only a smattering of spectators and no TV cameras. It deserves better -- and I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Check out my piece for Tennis magazine on the state of women's doubles.


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Five Yoga Poses For A Better Back
Taking a few minutes to stretch your back could benefit your overall health
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Back problems can be incapacitating, and no one knows this better than yoga instructor Bruce Bassock. A former financial trader, Bassock sat in the same position looking up at a screen for 20-plus years, until his own back pain led him on a mission to feel better. "I spent a week at the Ashram spa with my father and came back determined to be healthier and get rid of my chronic back pain," Bassock says. The result? Bassock traded in his trading license for a yoga mat and became an instructor. He and his wife, Donna, are co-owners of Elements Yoga in Darien. Their studio has won the Moffly Media's "Best of the Gold Coast" for 10 years running.
Understanding the root of back pain is important for prevention. Bassock describes the body like a pulley system. When muscles in your lower body become tight they can put stress on your lower back, causing pain and spasms. The more relaxed your muscles are, the more efficiently your digestion, blood flow, lymph and nervous system will function, Bassock explains.
The yoga sequence below is designed to create more length in the muscles that tend to be most at risk of being strained, and these poses will benefit those who have back pain from time to time. "Practicing this sequence regularly can prevent back pain and even heal it," says Bassock. Please consult your doctor first if you have chronic back pain or an injury. Don't forget to breathe consciously during each pose, as this is integral to getting the most from each move. Taking mindful breaths will also help you calm your nervous system, quiet your mind and reduce tension.
1. Side Angle Pose: This pose creates heat by warming the muscles and opening your hips. It also helps lengthen the spine, creating more space between each vertebra. For those who experience back pain this is crucial.
How to Do It: Stand facing forward, then step your left foot way back and spin it to the floor. The back foot will be pointed towards the side wall. Your left foot should remain facing forward. Breathe in, and as you exhale, bring your right forearm to your front thigh (which should be bent at a 90 degree angle). Stretch your left arm over your ear and reach toward the front wall. Keep your muscles engaged as you stretch your entire body, lengthening the spine forward. Hold for 5 breaths. Slowly stand, move your right foot back to meet your left, and repeat the pose on the opposite side.


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Syracuse Research Corp. has received a $4.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to design, develop and deliver a new device that jams roadside bombs.
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the contract for the Spiral 3.2 Mounted Counter Radio-Controlled lmprovised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (CREW) systems.
The CREW systems are electronic jammers mounted on vehicles designed to prevent the detonation of roadside bombs.
Syracuse Research's products have played a critical role in reducing the number of roadside bombs detonated in the field. It's first generation Counter Measure Protection System was one of the U.S. Army's Top 10 inventions in 2005, and its "Duke" counter roadside bomb system is the Army's primary CREW system in the field today, the company said.
Syracuse Research is a not-for-profit research and development company located in Cicero.


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Portland Timbers and Thorns owner Merritt Paulson has been elected to the U.S. Soccer Board of Directors.
Paulson replaces Kevin Payne, the former president of Toronto FC.
The Board of Directors is the governing body of U.S. Soccer and adopts bylaws and policies for the federation. The board consists of elected members that represent all facets of soccer in the United States.
The election follows a successful year for both the Timbers and Thorns. The Timbers won the MLS Western Conference and made it all the way to the MLS Cup playoffs Western Conference championship series. The Thorns won the NWSL title in the league's inaugural year.
Following the announcement, MLS Commissioner Don Garber, who is also a member of U.S. Soccer's Board of Directors, tweeted his congratulations to Paulson.
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In general, when racing, where should the excess weight be?
I thought it was best to put the crew on the windward side to counteract some heel and straighten her out a bit. Then I read some heel is good becasue it lengthens the hull at the water line. Last night we were constantly on the leeward side while the rail was in the water.
So, where to be? I know there is an optimal heel angle for specific designs. (Tanzer22) Where should the weight be for maximum speed when you are tacking up, running down, and beam reaching???
In general, flat is fast. Wind speed and boat characteristics will be a big part of the decision making process on where to place the crew. Light boats may place everyone on the windward side while a heavier cruising boat may do the opposite in the same wind conditions. Once you get past 15-20 degrees of heel the boat will begin to lose both aerodynamic and hydrodynamic efficency.
So what does it all mean? With a Tanzer 22 I would think that you are going to have people on the rail most of the time keeping the boat flat and in light air you may put a body or two on the leward side to induce a some heel. If you have bodies on the leward side and the rail is burried, that's a problem and not fast.
Rail meat is among my duties on the boat I've been crewing on. In normal to heavy wind, crew is on the windward rail to help counter act the heeling motion and make it easier on the helmsman. If we're in a drifter, we will sit on the leeward rail to induce some heel, increase lwl and keep the boom from flopping and spilling whatever wind there is.
The point of diminishing returns seems to be around 20 degrees of heel on the mid sized keel boats I've sailed on. If you start heeling more than that, you'd probably be faster if you made whatever adjustment you need to reduce the heeling, even if it means reducing sail. Before reducing sail though you might try adding twist at the top of the main by easing the mainsheet and bringing the traveler above center.
Thanks for the input, and as I am relatively new to the racing thing, I figured I would shut up and do as told. Wind blowing at 15-20knts... So, the rail was wet most of the time. I thought it made sense to "stand her up a bit."
Looks like everyone responded for uphill trim. Downwind you want everyone lieing down over the keel on the cabin sole, that's not going to happen, so the cabin top is a close second. This keeps the boat from hobby horsing. In light air go to leeward a bit. In heavy, move aft to encourage surfing and get the nose out of the water when going downwind.
running in lightweight boats without spinnakers, we frequently heel a little to windward, it keeps the center of effort directly above the center of lateral resistance, so you can use less rudder.
Upwind I always found 5-10 degrees of heel was faster than vertical.
Tanzer 22's want to heel upwind.. 10-15 degrees or so in light winds.. so you want the meat on the leeward side but don't overdo it.. we move people around a lot on ours
in higher winds, try to keep the heel below 20 if possible.. past 15 knots get everyone on the high side and just drive her where she wants to go.. those boats will bury their rail and half the cockpit in the water at 20 kts.
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Clear some space in your living room and crank up the speakers—these 10 at-home workouts are going to get you in the shape of your life, and just in time for your wedding day.
Perfect for yoga-lovers or anyone looking to add a ton of awesome flows to their at-home workout repertoire, This Is Yoga aims to be "the complete yoga encyclopedia." Featuring the amazing instruction of yoga expert Tara Stiles, the four-disc set is packed with a workout for nearly every goal or occasion whether you want to build strength, boost energy, relax, wake up refreshed in the morning, or settle into bed at night. The collection also includes three workouts devoted to beginners and well as a comprehensive pose library with how-tos for every category of posture from seated to inversion.
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Bloggers Cook Bon Appetit's Little Apricot Cakes at Home
In Bloggers Cook BA, see how our recipes turned out in other cooks' kitchens. Every week we choose a dish that several food bloggers made and feature it here with photos and links. Share your own experience; submit your blog.
THE RECIPE: Little Apricot Cakes
Bon Appetit, June 2013
- Nosheteria: "These cakes were the perfect tea cake–not too sweet, not frosted, self-contained–the perfect late afternoon snack. Come to think of it, I had them the following morning as a coffee cake of sorts, with a dollop of yogurt. They were a wonderful way to start the day as well."
- Tiny Gourmet: "My favorite thing about this recipe? These babies make a great dessert, but they are also a perfectly acceptable breakfast food! And in my book, anything sweet that can be consumed as soon as I wake up in the morning is gold."
- A Treat Grows in Brooklyn: "The little cakes turned out to be wonderful little two or three bite treats. Densely crumbed, golden and just lightly sweet, with those wonderfully crunchy buttery edges and hints of lemon zest and vanilla hidden in the interior."
- Scratch Batch: "The recipe itself seemed great, but as a 'true' apricot lover, I felt there wouldn't be enough apricot implicated in the dessert's design. What to do, what to do… When in doubt, make a sauce! So I've paired these little cakes with a warm apricot compote and vanilla ice cream."
- Sarah's Place: "They puffed up nicely. Yes, they're small, but just the perfect size for a light summer treat. I love that they're both sweet and tangy too."
- The Beachside Baker: "I immediately knew I was in for a treat when they were baking in the oven, because the smell that filled my home was amazing. The buttery, sugary, vanilla-y aroma made me anxious for these to finish baking, and when they did, I was not disappointed. I love the crusty edges and tops, which have a hint of crunch from the raw sugar. The apricot slices lend just enough flavor and sweetness to offset the smooth buttery vanilla flavor of the cake."
- A Baker in the Making: "The little apricot cakes really were perfect for a picnic. I tied them up in a flour sack towel and carried them out to the lake where we munched our summertime food under an overcast sky, waiting for the rain."
Whether or not you're picnicking, the Little Apricot Cakes from our June 2013 issue are a fun way to end a summertime meal. Sweeter than a muffin but not quite as indulgent as a cupcake, they're a two-bite (okay, maybe one-bite) treat that are as easy to make as they are to gobble up. See how they came out in bloggers' kitchens above.
Apricot Recipes
Cake Recipes
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Christina Branch, a 6-foot-2 center who has signed to play college basketball at Ferris State University, made a little history for her school (its first scholarship student-athlete according to the Grand Rapids Press): West Michigan Lutheran.
In a league like the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, where inside play and rebounding are so important, Branch could prove to be nothing short of gold for the Bulldogs.
Grand Rapids Press, Nov. 17: "Being the first one to accept a scholarship means a lot to me," she said. "I'm proud to say that maybe I helped open that door. It was open to me, and I'm glad if I could open it for others."
Branch, a 6-foot-2 post player, has averaged 15.6 points and 15.2 rebounds in 64 varsity games over three seasons. She averaged 16.9 points and 11 rebounds last season. Branch said Eastern Michigan, Detroit Mercy and San Jose State also showed an interest. She picked Ferris State because it was close to family and friends in Grand Rapids and her original hometown of Saginaw.
"They can see me play, which I liked. And when I visited there, it was like being with a bunch of sisters," Branch said of future teammates.
The list of schools that recruited Branch is impressive when you consider Division I programs such as Eastern Michigan, Detroit Mercy and San Jose State.
The Bulldogs, it appears, have attracted a player who could turn out to be a steal.


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Syracuse, N.Y. — A small brush fire was contained today along some railroad tracks behind Alliance Bank Stadium.
The fire was reported to the Syracuse Fire Department at about 2:45 p.m. It was in an area about 30 feet by 40 feet, said Deputy Chief Stephen Cavuto.
Cavuto said it wasn't hard to contain the fire because of the wind direction, and the tracks were acting as a buffer to the fire. The fire was hard to put out, though, because it was so far from any fire hydrant and it was difficult to get firetrucks close to it, he said.
No injuries or damage to any buildings were reported.


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This was the one they had been waiting for — the players, parents and fans alike. After beginning the season 0 - 4, the Bobcats of Robert F. Munroe won their first game of the 2012 season Friday night at Godby Field. And they did it in grand fashion, scoring a season-high 41 points and avoiding the turnover bug that has plagued them through the first four contests.
The Munroe volleyball team picked up two wins last week to move to 8-3 on the season.
Cats over TCS
On Monday night they dropped Tallavana Christian 25-5, 25-14, 25-18 winning three straight in the Lion Den in Havana.
Olivia Fletcher and Mollie Edwards had five kills each. Audrey Thomas continued to show why she was leading the Big Bend in aces with 10 service aces. Kaitlyn Sirmons added nine aces and Kadejah Glynn five.
Setters Madalyn Pappadakis and Sirmons combined for 11 assists.
Cats over Grace
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Friday night, the East Gadsden High Jaguars traveled to Jacksonville and proved they are indeed ready for the big dance. The Jaguars beat Andrew Jackson Tigers 41 – 6 in a 4A matchup of North Florida's new emerging prep football stars.
The Bobcats of Robert F. Munroe were bested by the visiting Knights of Rocky Bayou last Friday at Godby field by the score of 41-18.
While the 0-4 Bobcats scored their season high, they also surrendered the most points they have allowed in four outings.
The game began on a positive note for RFM as they took a 6-0 lead when Myles Edwards powered over the right side of the line from 3 yards out, culminating a drive that featured the rushing efforts of both Edwards and Jordan Curry.
The Munroe volleyball team dropped both matches this week. The team lost away games to district rival John Paul II on Tuesday and North Florida Christian on Thursday.
In Tuesday's match, the Lady Cats lost in three straight games by scores of 25-13, 25-16 and 25-7. Statistically, Mollie Edward had five kills and Audrey Thomas four aces. Kaitlyn Sirmons added nine digs and three aces.
On Thursday, NFC was looking to avenge a three-game loss to Munroe in early September.
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Friday night lights featured a clash of the East Gadsden High Jaguars and the Jefferson High Tigers.
The first play from scrimmage Jarrell Reynolds exploded on a 57-yard touchdown run. The Tigers controlled the ball for 9 minutes of a 12-minute quarter to create an excellent test for the defensive coordinator of the Jaguars. By halftime, the Jaguars' Pedro Popoca had nailed a 37-yard field goal and the special team capitalized on a miscue by the Tigers' punt return player, giving the Jaguars an easy recovery in the end zone.
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NEW YORK — Major League Baseball says it is "extremely disappointed" about a new report that says records from an anti-aging clinic in the Miami area link Alex Rodriguez and other players to the purchase of performance-enhancing drugs.
The Miami New Times said in a story Tuesday that it had obtained files through an employee at a recently closed clinic called Biogenesis.
MLB responded with a statement that says "through our Department of Investigations, we have been actively involved in the issues in South Florida." The unsigned statement also says "we are always extremely disappointed to learn of potential links between players and the use of performance-enhancing substances."
Other players on the list include Melky Cabrera, Gio Gonzalez, Bartolo Colon and Nelson Cruz. Cabrera and Colon were each suspended for failing drug tests last season. Rodriguez has admitted using steroids from 2001-03 but insisted he stopped after that.


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Imaginarium is now streamable!!! Listen to it first on SoundCloud!!!
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Imaginarium is now streamable!!! Listen to it first on SoundCloud!!!
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Heyo Family,
It's with great gratitude that I can say that my old band Goodbye Sky Harbour's CD 'Tired Hearts' has reached past the 100 download mark! We've officially been disbanded as of 2012, so naturally as I do with all music I'm involved in, I've posted it online so as many people as possible could be able to enjoy the sonic combinations we were able to put together. Today marks the day that over 100 of you beautiful people took us into your ears. We worked really hard to get this puppy put together and I hope when you listen to it you can hear how much it meant to us.
If you haven't heard Tired Hearts, then click HERE or the link/album cover below to get your free copy today!
Thank you so much for your continued support and for your generous donations to help keep this site and it's content available for free, for everyone, forever.
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Check out the latest creation that I made with my friend, Mitch. Check out his soundcloud and enjoy his other creations too! Mitch is a very talent guitar player with one of the best styles I've witnessed in my life! CoupeDeville is a very heavy mix of both of our favourite genres of metal, Djent and Power Metal. It was fun to make music that quick and groovy. Pay close attention (with headphones on) to the breakdown of this piece. We had to detune some instruments to make it even heavier. I hope you appreciate it! Enjoy, CoupeDeville!
Stream Link: https://soundcloud.com/everything-in-transit/coupedeville-ft-theendisnich
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I have something special for you! It's a brand new song AND and brand new video all in one! The song is called 'Embrace' and it was inspired by video footage my lover, Becca, took of some nature in Vancouver, British Columbia. Check it out HERE or watch it embedded below. You can also find a link to download the song for completely FREE, so get your download today by clicking the link below!
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Here's a brand new song! September 6th 2015 and I can finally release some new content!!! I hope this song brightens up your life as much as my life has been brightened as of late. So much gratitude, so many awesome interactions with amazing human beings, and still so much to do! I love you! Thank you so much for checking out my shit! You are the best!
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A day at the Capitol is filled with meetings, greetings and voting
LANSING -- As he nears senior-citizen status himself, state Rep. Robert Jones remains closely involved in legislative issues affecting seniors.
And the 64-year-old Democrat from Kalamazoo, no longer a freshman legislator, is hoping to also to use his chairmanship of the House Commerce Committee this term to help spur job creation in Michigan.
Last year, Jones chaired the House Senior Health, Security and Retirement Committee, which took up several bills, including those dealing with home health care and elder abuse, but couldn't get them to the House floor.
This year, Jones, who remains a member of that committee, is hopeful with a larger Democratic majority in the House and several senators soon to be term-limited from office and anxious to leave a legacy, that some of the measures will pass.
"One of the most striking issues for me facing seniors is ... health care, and whether they'll be able to afford it," the former Kalamazoo mayor said.
An important component of that, he said, is passing legislation that supports seniors' staying in their homes, with help if necessary, "so the expense to the state and federal governments ... (of long-term institutionalized care) can be avoided, or redirected until absolutely necessary."
Elder abuse, particularly in the area of protecting seniors from predators who try to bilk them out of their assets, is another important issue in the Legislature, Jones said.
"We've got to bring those (issues) up and start getting them going again," he said.
A day at the Capitol
It's a Wednesday morning in mid-March, and Jones has taken up his post as chair of the House Commerce Committee.
He listens to a presentation by Michael A. Finney, president of a public/private economic-development organization for the Ann Arbor region, and starts off the questioning by inquiring whether the agency is doing its share to ignite an economic fire for the whole state.
Finney assures him it is working in conjunction with Southwest Michigan First, the economic development agency for Kalamazoo County, and others.
It's not yet noon when Jones adjourns the committee meeting. He's already been to an early-morning meet-and-greet with the Alzheimer's Association and a meeting of the House Tax Policy Committee, of which he is a member.
Jones walks briskly down a fifth-floor hallway to a room where the Michigan State Council of Junior Leagues is feeding lawmakers and asking for support of legislation to restore early childhood education and care, which has fallen victim to budget cuts.
"Today's your lucky day," Jones tells the Junior League's Kalamazoo contingent over a bowl of chicken-noodle soup. "I support this bill 100 percent."
It's off to his ninth-floor office to grab his coat before going out into the chilly air, across the street and up the hill to the Capitol. Once inside, he passes by the sandwiches and pasta provided by the Michigan Waste Industries Association, which also is courting legislators on this day.
Then it's up to the fourth floor, where he slips into a presentation by the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, before a phone call takes him back out into the hallway.
He returns several minutes later to grab a box lunch before stepping back into the hall for a few goodies from a taco bar provided for advocates for the homeless and supporters of House Bill 4171. Jones introduced that bill, which would allow counties to add 25 cents per $500 of sales to the state's real-estate transfer fee to fund housing for the homeless.
Jones ducks into the room across the hall, where he sits at the head table and lends support to Mary Brooks, of the Center for Community Change, based in Washington, D.C., who is making a presentation on affordable housing trust funds.
Before the session ends, Jones heads back downstairs to join other sponsors of legislation to give homeowners facing foreclosure a 90-day reprieve, providing them with additional time to work something out with their lenders. He lets others do the talking as reporters vigorously take notes and photojournalists record the event for various news media around the state.
Finally, it's time for the House session. Legislators filter into the room, a few exchanging pleasantries with Jones, but, for him, it's a chance to catch up on his reading. He spends most of this time poring over the materials at his desk, save for when the representative behind him pours candy into the bowl on her desk, and he turns to grab a piece.
The foreclosure bill is the primary order of business on the agenda, and it passes largely along party lines.
When the House adjourns for the day, Jones still has a lot to do. He heads back to his spacious office with a bird's-eye view of the Capitol Building. This, he says, is where much of his work gets done.
"A large part of this job is working with constituents and dealing with individual problems," he says.
Jones, enjoys the challenge, like recently when he helped to eliminate the wait time for constituents to apply for unemployment compensation, or when he was able to help cut through the red tape to help a Kalamazoo-area family avoid delays in adopting a child in foster care.
Budgets, partisanship challenges
Jones, who in addition to his committee assignments chairs the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus, said what he enjoys most about being a state legislator is improving life for his constituents.
"The plus for me is I've been able to ... really hone in on some of the important things for Kalamazoo," says Jones, now in his third year in Lansing.
Unfortunately, he says, everywhere he turns, and everything he supports, must be examined under the constraints of a tight state budget.
There is an effort under way, for example, to fund the state's parks through increased license-plate fees.
"Parks are wonderful for those who use the parks," Jones says. "But how do you justify a fee on those who won't benefit from it? And how do you weigh the needs of the park system against those of other groups seeking funding?
"When you open the doors, there are groups that will come out of the woodwork," he says.
While finding that a larger Democratic majority makes it easier for things to get done in the House, he decries the partisanship in Lansing, something that was absent during his eight years leading the nonpartisan Kalamazoo City Commission.
"The partisan focus is a little new and kind of a downer," he says. "Sometimes it is discouraging when it is not constructive."
On the other hand, Jones sings the praises of his colleagues in the Legislature this term.
"There's some young, sharp, very bright people coming into Lansing," he says. "This is a particularly good crop."


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By LINDA LOBECK
Staff Writer
IRON MOUNTAIN - Anastasia Vershinina has enjoyed her time as a foreign exchange student in Iron Mountain where she has had a chance to meet new people and have many new experiences.
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Anastasia Vershinina is an exchange student from Gera in the state of Thuringia in Germany and has been staying with the Hart family this year in Iron Mountain as an exchange student with the Youth For Understanding program. Her family in Iron Mountain includes in front from left, Brennen and Emily Hart. In back from left are her host mother, Wanda, their dog Spree, Anastasia and her host father, Jim Hart.
She comes from the city of Gera in the state of Thuringia in Germany, an area similar in size to Green Bay, Wis., with about 95,000 people.
"The city I live in is very big compared to Iron Mountain," Anastasia said. "We have three malls, several kindergartens, elementary schools and high school, a big public transport network, a movie theater and swimming hall."
She added that for Americans, her city would seem big and developed. But for Germans, it's one of the smaller cities and many people have never heard of it before.
As a student at Iron Mountain High School this year, Anastasia is an active member of the junior class. She played volleyball in the fall on the varsity team and over the winter time, she participated in the IMHS Drama Club as a student director. In the spring, she plans to play soccer on the high school team.
In addition, she is involved with the IMHS Key Club and volunteered during the annual Ski Jumping tournament at Pine Mountain.
Anastasia has been a member of the Hart family while living in Iron Mountain this year. The family includes her host parents, Jim and Wanda Hart; a brother, Brennen who is a freshman at IMHS; and a sister, Emily, a sixth grader at East Elementary School.
Her parents in Germany, Thomas and Oxana, both work in a company which sells land to farmers or to build roads on the state level.
She also has a brother, Daniel, who is 10 years older than her. He has finished college as a teacher and majored in geography. Her brother and his wife, Karen have a 10 month-old son, Emil.
The way the classes for high school are set up in the United States differs greatly from school in Germany. She noted that students here have to pick eight classes each year and then have these classes for the entire year.
German high school starts in the fifth grade and there is no choice in what classes they take - all classes are mandatory to a certain level of education.
"We have a different schedule every day and usually no lockers although my school does have some. Our junior and senior year is considered preparation for college and we have the opportunity to choose which classes we take, but it's still very strict," Anastasia said.
"Next year I will take 13 classes - those will be six AP classes and six normal classes. The last class is specifically made for a research paper," she said.
"German students in my state have to get together in different groups of 3-4 and have to pick a topic. Then we have 1 1/2 years to do research, write a paper with 60-70 pages and prepare a presentation. In conclusion, German schools are way harder and stricter than American schools," she said.
When she returns home after this year as an exchange student, Anastasia will still have two more years of high school.
"I am trying to go into med school, but if that fails my plan B will be something with languages. I speak Russian, German and English fluently," she said.
In the area of meals, there aren't great differences between German/European and American, she said noting that it is hard to pick a favorite food here. But one thing is drastically different is the bread - which she listed as one of the things she misses most from home.
"And I'm not even kidding about the bread. German bread is from heaven compared to American bread," Anastasia said.
In addition to the bread, she said she also misses her family, friends and the convenience of public transportation.
Anastasia is a part of the Youth For Understanding program, which matches students with host families in the United States. She said that she had an easy adjustment coming to the United States from Germany.
"I only needed two weeks to do that. But it wasn't all about me. I, of course, had good English skills which helped, but I had help from the teachers, students and my host family," Anastasia said.
She added that she been to some of the larger cities closer to Iron Mountain including Chicago, Appleton and Green Bay in Wisconsin, and Marquette. Anastasia has plans to go on a trip to New York and Washington D.C. during spring break and said she's very excited to do that.
"What I have enjoyed the most is meeting new people and having new experiences as an exchange student. Everybody is so nice and friendly. Americans are way more open than German people and this makes it a great year," she said.
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DC4000 MKIII version
Digital 2-In/4-Out speaker controller / signal processor with routing matrix
Features► 2 inputs and 4 outputs with free routing ► Intuitive handling at the front-panel and via PC software ► 6 equalizers p. input channel► 6 equalizers p. output channel ► Symmetric inputs and outputs via XLR connectors ► USB connector at the front-panel, RS485 connectors ► High performance 32-bit DSP (digtial sound processor)► 96 kHz AD/DA converters (Burr Brown©)► Dynamic range >112 dB► Security functions (lock front panel, etc.)► Up to 250 units can be controlled in a RS485 network
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DescriptionThe DC4000 is a digital 2-in / 4-out speaker management matrix system with an internal resolution of 32 bit and 96 kHz sampling rate. The DC4000 is equipped with 2 analog inputs, 4 analog outputs and two remote-connectors (USB and RS485). The use of modern and fast DSPs enables a latency (analog to analog) of 0,625 ms only. Each input channel includes 6 equalizers (with low-shelf, high-shelf and parametric function), and a delay function. The polarity of each input channel can be switched from + to -. Each output channel includes 6 equalizers (with low-shelf, high-shelf and parametric function) and a delay function. The HPF (high-pass filter) and the LPF (low-pass filter) is part of each output channel. Both offer three different operation modes: Linkwitz-Riley, Butterworth and Bessel (up to 48 dB/Oct). Each output channel includes a high performance limiter. The integrated flash memory chip offers space for 30 presets which can be loaded via the preset-menu, three default-buttons or the PC remote software.
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PC remote softwareThe DSP can be adjusted and controlled with the free PC software. This software is a professional tool and enables a quick and effective programming of presets in real-time (online or offline). The program shows adjustments of any filter in a graphic simulation. All DSP-functions and adjustments can be loaded, edited and saved with this tool. The software is compatible with WINDOWS 98©, WINDOWS 2000©, WINDOWS XP©, WINDOWS VISTA©, WINDOWS 7© and WINDOWS 8©(all 32-bit and 64-bit versions).
PC remote software MKIII version 1.3 (> July 2012)
PC remote software MK I/II versions (< June 2012)
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6 dB/Oct., 12 dB/Oct., 18 dB/Oct., 24 dB/Oct., 48 dB/Oct. (slope),Linkwitz-Riley, Butterworth und Bessel
36 parametric EQs, 36 shelving EQs (high shelf or low shelf), 4 low cut filters, 4 high cut filters, 4 limiters
2 master delays (0 ms - 987 ms)4 channel delays (0 ms - 984 ms)
Burr Brown© AD/DA converters, 96 kHz sampling rate (internal),32-Bit processor (DSP), 128-times over sampling,
2 x Neutrik© XLR female, electronically balanced
1.55 V / + 6 dBu (nominal)
24.5 V / + 30 dBu
20 kohms
> 70 dB / 1 kHz
4 x Neutrik© XLR male, electronically balanced
8.7 V / + 21 dBu
> 100 ohms
600 ohms
20 Hz - 20 kHz (-0.5 dB)
112 dB (typical)
< 0.01%
2 x 20 character LCD display with LED background lighting
90 - 250 V (AC) @ 50 - 60 Hz / 20 W
0,625 ms
483 x 43.6 x 225, 19 format, 1 RU/RS (HE)
3.5 kg / 5 kg
URC2: Converter USB / RS485 (# 20065)PATCH1: Patch cable, 1 x XLRF, 2 x XLRM (#90034)
Any current NOVA product may differ in some respect from its published description, but will always equal or exceed the original design specifications unless otherwise stated.
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PC remote software MKIII version > July 2012
PC remote software MK I/II versions < June 2012
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1 - DEHERE OF THE CAT gets more distance after showing improvement with blinkers and is the only one in the field to have won at the Spa. PISCESBYMOONLIGHT stumbled in first start of year as the 6-5 favorite; romped in lone start in mud last year. MAD BOMBER will be a toteboard bomb if he can duplicate last when he closed against dreadfully-slow fractions in the deep mud to break maiden.
2 - AWESOME WEEKEND, one of only three colts in the field with racing experience, turned in a good third in debut with Dominguez aboard. THINGAMAJIGGER has a hidden off-track pedigree and should be fit after four straight half-mile drills. COMANDANTE fired a best-of-68 workout for first start.
3 - SMARTY BULL cuts back to 6 furlongs after two on-the-board finishes on wet tracks for Servis' barn. Gets right setup to stalk TRULY DEVOTED and PRIMAL BABY right to the finish.
4 - SOUTH SHORE could be the bomb of the card with a 15-1 morning line. The longer shot of two uncoupled runners entered by McGaughey with fine grass pedigree makes debut on the lawn after two flops on dirt. LET THE KITTEN RUN, a beaten 4-5 shot as part of an entry in debut, reverses finish with late-running NORMATIVE APPEAL.
5 - FRUTTIDIMARE plunges into claimer in second start for grass master Clement, who wastes no time switching the filly from turf-to-dirt. SIMPLE RULES drops into claimer for first time and doesn't give up the lead that easily to reverse finish with morning-line favorite ANCHOVY.
6 - RAQUEL plunges below price where she was claimed; moves up in slop with awesome pedigree for off-track. COMMENT tumbles from $65,000 price to $25,000 and keeps Dominguez. You would think Post 12 could hinder SHE GETS IT, but best-of-27 drill could help her clear field and outside posts were the place to be in the slop at Saratoga Friday.
7 - ARC ABOVE will have no problem getting this distance. UNBRIDLED FIRE exploded by 4 1/2 when asked to try the grass course. KING KID is the sleeper making debut on the lawn with a pedigree for grass and sharp workout.
8 - ROCK STAR ROYALTY could forget to stop with 7 lbs. less to carry if race comes off lawn. To complicate matters more, the main threat, GLORY IN MOTION, must escape also eligibles. PLEASANTFRIDAY, a winner of 7-of-16 this year, won five in a row before stopping big time. Takes big drop, but must be fit and have race come off grass. PURELY MAJESTIC could steal race from rail with Dominguez.
9 - KARLOVY VARY (BEST BET) has won 3 of past 4 losing only to the swift Believe You Can in the Kentucky Oaks. Solid. Key in Pick 6. DEAR LAVINIA gets Lasix for return to U.S. with ability to handle soft footing. DAME MARIE drops from Grade 3 run after chasing repeat winner.
10 - CURRENCY SWAP's only out-of-the-exacta finish came when stretched out around two turns in the Illinois Derby. Won first two career starts at the Spa, including victory in the slop. DOCTOR CHIT has won three in a row this year for Pletcher. One to beat, FORT LOUDON has won three straight for Zito since going wide in the Florida Derby. Playable at a price.
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Astros manager Bo Porter said the great thing about baseball is you can have a short-term memory. Only hours after Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish retired the first 26 batters he faced and had a perfect game broken up with two outs in the ninth on a single by Marwin Gonzalez on Tuesday night, the Astros will meet the Rangers at 1:05 p.m. today in the series finale.
"The beautiful thing that I love about baseball is every 24 hours you get an opportunity to either keep your momentum going or change what happened the day before," he said. "That's the great thing about our game, and that's why you have to stay even-keeled more so than any other sports because it's every day. You don't to get too high, you don't want to get too low. You want to report to the park each and every day with a great attitude that gives you an opportunity to perform at a high level."
- In other Astros news, RHP Alex White has come to terms with the fact he could be headed to Tommy John surgery. White, who's on the 60-day disabled list with a sprained elbow, is awaiting a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews. "We have a pretty good idea what's going to happen and we're just waiting for Andrews to take a look and make a decision for us," he said. "I've gotten used to the idea, and it's going to be a long process getting back to the field. It will be day to day and even if it's just a sprain, it's still going to take me a while to get back."
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MILLVILLE - A 15-year-old boy was pulled unconscious out of the Maurice River Friday night in Buck Park, according to Millville EMS dispatch. As of about 10:15 p.m., the dispatcher was unable to comment on the teen's condition, but said that he had reportedly been fishing with family members when he fell off a bulkhead around 7:30 p.m.
A helicopter was dispatched to the scene, but it was unclear if the boy was flown to a hospital or taken by ambulance.
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Motherhood started for me the first time I felt my baby move inside the womb.
It actually happened around Mother's Day in 2011.
A bizarre fluttering feeling eventually gave way to kicks and visible waves on my ever-growing belly.
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Lindsey Mutchler, of Eagle Grove, spends a little quality time with her daughter Sophia Zola. The pair, along with dad Bryan Mutchler, are celebrating their first Mother's Day this year.
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Lindsey Mutchler spends a little quality time with daughter Sophia Zola. Sophia was born Sept. 19, 2011, to Lindsey and Bryan Mutchler, of Eagle Grove.
Now, motherhood is filled with occasional sleep deprivation; conversations that include no words, only syllables; sporadic flare-ups of frustration; but above all, a deep love for my daughter Sophia Zola.
She is perfect, as any parent will tell you about their child when he or she is born.
But, she is an amazingly perfect mix of her dad and me.
As a mother, it's incredible to think of myself as the origin. I grew our daughter inside of my body. It's literally awe inspiring.
Now that she is here, time has flown by remarkably fast. In less than a week our baby girl will be 8 months old.
Sophia has developed from a 7.43 pound infant needing to constantly eat, sleep and be held close (Her favorite spot to sleep was on our chests where could feel and hear our heart beat; the one constant sound she grew accustomed in my womb.) to a small child who can sit up on her own, hold her bottle, crawl across the house and sleep 10 to 12 hours a night in her crib.
It is a privilege to experience this part of life, the early development of a child.
I can't help but wonder, what type of person will she become? Will her long fingers serve her well as a pianist or bass player or perhaps a sculptor? Will her love of the outdoors translate into a love of science leading to a career as a botanist or zoologist?
Soon she will be walking and talking. I'm excited to share those milestones with her and be by her side when she needs a little bit of help.
The best part of being a mother, for me, is assisting her in discovering the world.
There is so much to see and do and learn, and I want her to be introduced to it all.
I've already played the 'Want to see pictures of my baby?' card to everyone I know that I haven't seen in awhile. As a stay-at-home mom, a lot of my conversation topics revolve around Sophia and baby-related issues.
I never thought motherhood would be like that.
I thought I'd be the cool mom that would answer questions about her child when asked, but still be able to have conversations that wouldn't digress to stories about my great child.
But I never knew the love I would have for Sophia either. It's unconditional, overwhelming and unique.
On this Mother's Day my husband and I will celebrate with our mothers by cooking them a nice meal and enjoying time together.
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Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds work hard on a gem of a run
Matthew Hornell sings with the Diamond Minds at Club One March 2. The group opened for Bedouin Soundclash. — Photo by Sandra Lee Elford/Special to The Telegram
Two years ago, Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds played a "no-case" during the East Coast Music Awards in Corner Brook — 20 minutes in a bike shop somewhere in town, Hornell said. These days, that bike shop should be so lucky. Since 2009, the St. John's-based folk/alternative group — featuring Hornell on vocals, guitar and harmonica, Jonathan Bungay on guitar and mandolin, Paddy Byrne on bass, and Joshua Bourden on percussion — has amassed a loyal fan base, released a successful CD, picked up no less than four 2010 MusicNL awards (for Group of the Year, Molson Pop/Rock Artist/Group of the Year, Entertainer of the Year and Rising Star New Artist/Group of Year), and completed a 3 1/2-month-long cross-Canada tour.
That tour took them to some interesting locations, including the country's smallest music venue — a place in the town of Bruno, Saskatchewan. Population: 495.
The venue's capacity was 16 people. The show, needless to say, was sold-out.
"It was great, though — they had a stage and a small sound system and it was just nice. It was really a lot of fun and we really connected to people, and those 16 people paid $10 to get in and then they all bought CDs," Hornell told The Telegram.
There were plenty of bigger venues that sold out as well: the tour took them to Montreal's L'escrograffie, where they played with country band The Sure things, and Toronto's El Mocambo.
Hornell and the Diamond Minds were also featured at last year's Salmon Festival in Grand Falls-Windsor, and showcased at last year's Juno festivities in St. John's, as well as the ECMAs in Sydney, N.S.
In a couple weeks' time, they'll be showcasing at the ECMAs once again — this time in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on the Rising Star stage, among others.
This time, unlike the gig in the bike shop, they've got more experience from which to draw.
"We've got more things to talk to people about," Hornell said.
The group is touring its way to Charlottetown, with a show in Grand Falls-Windsor Friday, April 8, and one in Corner Brook the next night.
Tonight and Saturday night, the guys are performing their first-ever gigs at the LSPU Hall in St. John's. Tonight's show is sold out.
Musicians Bryan Power and Katie Baggs will each open the show with a 30-minutes set tonight; tomorrow night it'll be Allan Ricketts and Joanna Barker on the bill.
Hornell admits the other musicians' styles might not exactly fit with the Diamond Minds, but that's something he likes about having them open the shows.
"It was great, though — they had a stage and a small sound system and it was just nice. It was really a lot of fun and we really connected to people, and those 16 people paid $10 to get in and then they all bought CDs." Matthew Hornell
"I think people will really enjoy it," he said. "We just thought we should try to do some things we've never done before, so that's how we're approaching the songs, that's how we're approaching the stage, and the whole evening.
"It's a really special space and we're trying to approach it with as much grace and honour as possible. We were thinking, 'Oh, we should have this and that,' but then we thought we should just let that room breathe. There'll be no big banner, and we're not going for the smoke machine and the lights."
Concert-goers can expect a mix of the Diamond Minds songs that have gotten the band to this point in their career, as well as some new arrangements and some new songs the members are trying out, deciding whether or not to include them on their next CD.
Hornell — who does most of the songwriting for the band, drawing his inspiration from things he experiences in life, he said — figures the band will go back into the studio to record material for the next album sometime this summer, between performing at the St. John's Folk Festival, Writers at Woody Point, and other gigs.
"I think we're going to try to do a seven-inch vinyl, which will have a song from the record and probably a B-side that won't make it on the album," he said. "We'll probably press a limited quantity of those, we've had a few people asking, and it would be fun to have. Then for the new record, we might press the whole thing on vinyl and CD as well."
Hornell said he's not quite sure what the Diamond Minds have that has propelled them to popularity this quickly, and even wonders if audience members genuinely do like them.
He and the other band members feel blessed by their success.
"We've worked hard but it's been worth it. The main thing is that we all love each other and we love music. We're good buddies and want to support each other, no matter what we're doing," he said.
Tickets for Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds Saturday night show are $12 and are still available by calling the box office at 753-4531 or online at www.rca.nf.ca. Showtime is 8 p.m.


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Tim Skubick will moderate the only debate among the three GOP U.S. Senate candidates at 2 p.m. today in East Lansing.
Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, leading in the polls, will face opponents Clark Durant, a co-founder of Cornerstone Schools in Detroit, and former Kent County probate judge Randy Hekman.
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A few more sketches - and some touches with an eraser - and the former Harvey Comics cartoonist has morphed Richie Rich into Hot Stuff the Little Devil.
Decades ago, Sileo left his career as a cartoonist to pursue a more stable city job, but he has never totally put away his pencil and paper. He has created dozens of his own characters over the years, and he can still knock out the old Harvey Comics characters, which once filled the pages of popular comic books.
The Brooklyn native graduated from the High School for Industrial Arts, and took a job doing paste up and lettering for King Features Syndicate. After a short time, he brought samples to Harvey Comics, hoping to land a job as a cartoonist. When Harvey kept critiquing his work and sending him home for revisions, he knew he had the position.
"I knew I was getting this job because they were spending so much time with me," he recalled. "It was like a done deal. I was walking on air."
Founded by Alfred Harvey in 1941, the New York-based Harvey Comics created Casper the Friendly Ghost, Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, Little Audrey and Little Lotta.
When business at Harvey slowed down, Sileo moved on to Archie Comics. But soon afterward, his father pointed out to him that his twin brother, a city employee, received paid holidays and vacations. With that encouragement, Sileo left full time cartooning and became a New York City bus driver.
Still, evenings and weekends found him in his Brooklyn home, sketching cartoons, many inspired by real life, like the Muttermans.
"I was having a little argument with the wife, and next thing you know, I have this strip," he said, lifting a stack of papers off of his billiards table. Featuring Morty and Inez Mutterman, the strip chronicles the lives of a sometimes-bickering husband and wife with two children.
"My wife said she didn't like that strip, that it's all about her," Sileo said. "I told her it's not about her, it's just a strip."
In addition to the pages of Harvey and Archie comics, Sileo's work was featured in McCall's ads, and some of his work is in the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in Manhattan, and the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco.
Most recently, at his daughter's request, he painted a mural on a wall of her Huguenot home. She liked it so much she had cards made of the image, but her modest father sees only some needed touch-up work when he looks at the mural.
"Every project you work on is like your baby," he said. "And then when you move on to the next project, you see what you did wrong."
Looking back on his first career in cartooning, Sileo said he was encouraged by teachers who told him he was the best artist in the class and that he became an artist because he thought it was going to be easy. But the more he progressed in his field, the more he realized he had more to learn.
Even today, the bookshelf next to his desk contains more than a dozen anatomy books. Sketching realistic figures requires not only a thorough knowledge of anatomy, but an understanding of the body's sense of balance and rhythm. Taking a recent interest in studying sculpture, Sileo explains that when a body leans forward, for example, the head tilts back a little. His cartooning work also makes Sileo a student of comedians, particularly those of a few generations ago, like Henny Youngman, the king of one-liners.
"These gag strips are one-liners," he said. "I want more laugh for my buck."
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OCU Film Series Holds a 'Secret Sunshine'
The Oklahoma City University Film Institute will continue its 32nd season with Lee Chang Dong's "Secret Sunshine" at 2 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Meinders School of Business Kerr McGee Auditorium. The business school is located at N.W. 27th Street and McKinley Avenue.
Admission to all films in the series is free. The series is supported in part by the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Endowment Fund and endowments through OCU and the Oklahoma City Community Foundation.
"Secret Sunshine" is a South Korean film about a mother and son who move to Miryang, a small town where her deceased husband was from. Along the way, her car breaks down and the two are rescued by a local mechanic who later becomes their friend. Later, the mother must deal with a new life tragedy in the new town — the abduction of her only child.
The New York Times said the film is "as dense and gripping as a great novel. It is a great movie, by a major figure in world cinema."
This year's OCU Film Institute season is titled "Identity in Diversity: Religious Pluralism." It is based on Eboo Patel's book "Acts of Faith." Patel, the founder of Interfaith Youth Core, will give a public presentation on campus at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday as part of OCU's Distinguished Speakers Series.
For more information, contact Harbour Winn, OCU Film Institute director, at (405) 208-5472 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
A discussion session follows each film screening for those who wish to participate. Other dates and films in the season are:
* Jan. 26, Francisco Vargas' "The Violin"
* Feb. 9, Mohammad Rasoulof's "The White Meadows"
* Feb. 23, Rajnesh Domalpalli's "Vanaja"
* March 9, Denis Villeneuve's "Incendies"