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MIAMI -- The rare sound of thumping music echoed throughout the Mets' clubhouse Friday, prompted by an even rarer comeback victory over the Marlins. But David Wright was in no mood to celebrate.
Fifteen minutes after the game, Wright was still sitting in front of a computer screen, watching video clips of his at-bats. Like so many others this month, they weren't a sight to behold.
Since coming off the disabled list on Sept. 1, Wright is hitting just .220 with 32 strikeouts in 24 games. And the last two have been among his worst.
Wright went a combined 1 for 10 with six strikeouts in the Mets' first two games in Florida this weekend. He also committed an uncharacteristic sin Saturday, failing to score on what should have been an RBI single by Jeff Francoeur because he wasn't running at full speed.
Manager Jerry Manuel said he will give Wright the day off Sunday to clear his mind. It will be only the third time this season Wright has been held out of the starting lineup when he has been healthy enough to play.
Wright is usually reluctant to take a game off, but given his struggles of late and the irrelevance of the Mets' remaining games, he hardly resisted this time.
"Obviously, I'm not feeling great at the plate, and Jerry is trying to keep me from getting into some bad habits," Wright said. "So I appreciate him looking out for me."
Coming off a concussion, the result of a fastball that struck him on the helmet last month, Wright said he is still a bit tentative with high, inside pitches. But he didn't blame the injury -- or the two weeks he spent on the DL -- for his problems this month. He said he wasn't sure exactly why he has struggled, but believes his issues are purely mechanical.
Manuel described "a little loop" in Wright's swing that makes him susceptible to balls up and in.
"David is a gifted, unorthodox type of hitter," Manuel said. "And sometimes what you find in that type of hitter is stretches of really, really hot and stretches of not being very good."
Manuel said what Wright needs is "not really a big change. Just some things that we need to identify so he can adjust and make contact."
That Wright is searching for answers with a week left in a lost season is somewhat fitting, given what this year has been like for him. He called this season the most frustrating of his six-year career, in part because of the Mets' woes but also because of his own.
Though he is still batting .306, Wright's home run total (10) is down and his strikeouts are up (137). Not that he needs any reminder of those facts, having been asked about them by reporters all season.
With such little time left, there wouldn't seem to be much reason for Wright to worry about how well he is swinging the bat right now. But Wright said he still wants to finish on a good note.
"You still take a lot of pride in each at-bat, so you want to try to fix things," Wright said. "By no means am I just looking ahead to next week. I want to try to correct whatever I'm doing wrong mechanically and go from there."
Wright ended an 0-for-10 skid Saturday with an RBI double in the fifth inning. But he promptly struck out in his next two at-bats.
Even worse was his blunder in the fifth inning. Wright appeared to have plenty of time to score from second on Francoeur's base hit to center field, but he slowed down after rounding third and Francoeur was thrown out at second to end the inning -- just before Wright crossed home plate.
Wright apologized to his teammates after the 9-6 loss for what he called "a mental mistake."
At least the game didn't mean much for the Mets. Although to Wright, that hardly makes things easier.
"It's been tough because we're playing, as far as the standings go, in pretty meaningless games," Wright said. "That's the tough part. I knew it was going to be a challenge for me coming off the DL and just right away feeling good at the plate. I wish personally I would have had a little more success coming off the DL, but that's not the case and you have to work your way through it."


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Paul McBride
Paul McBride QC (13 November 1964 – 4 March 2012)[1] was a leading Scottish criminal lawyer based in Edinburgh. He was a board member of the Scottish Legal Aid Board, and a former vice chairman of the Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Association.[2] He died suddenly on a trip to Pakistan.
McBride, an only child from a working-class family,[3] attended the private Catholic school St Aloysius' College, Glasgow and thereafter studied law at the University of Strathclyde from the age of 16. He graduated with an LLB aged 19, and joined a solicitors firm in Ayrshire. After completing his two-year traineeship with the firm he devilled with a practising advocate for 9 months, and was admitted advocate in 1988. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2000 aged 36, one of the youngest ever in the UK.[4]
Legal career[edit]
McBride was very well known for his intelligence, his skilful advancement of the merits of Scottish Law as well as his courage.[5] He often represented high-profile clients in controversial criminal cases. He led the legal teams which won the acquittal of human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar of contempt of court in July 2008, and Gail Sheridan of perjury in HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan. When he was appointed to the latter case the Daily Record called it a "legal dream team".[6]
In 2009, McBride defended Rangers and Scotland goalkeeper Allan McGregor on sex attack claims which never reached court.[7]
Later, McBride represented Celtic F.C. on a number of legal and disciplinary matters. He issued statements to the press about incidents that involved Celtic and defended Celtic's staff in court including touchline bans for their manager,[8] drink driving charges,[9] charges of child neglect[10] and speaking out about football officials.[11]
In April 2011, McBride branded the SFA "the laughing stock of world football", and "not merely dysfunctional and dishonest, but biased".[12] This statement came after an SFA disciplinary hearing involving three members of Rangers staff.[12] McBride later apologised for the remarks after the SFA threatened legal action and made a formal complaint to the Faculty of Advocates.[13][14]
Personal life[edit]
McBride was a fan of football club Celtic and was considered to be one of the club's "highest profile supporters".[15] McBride was gay and had been in a civil partnership with his partner Gary Murphy since 2007.[16]
In April 2009 McBride made a high-profile defection from the Scottish Labour Party to the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.[17]
On 6 November 2011, McBride resigned from the Scottish Conservative Party hours after the election of leader Ruth Davidson, describing the party as "divided and dysfunctional" and "a bunch of unreconstructed morons".[18]
Bomb threat[edit]
In April 2011, McBride, Neil Lennon and Trish Godman, public figures all connected with Celtic, were sent parcel bombs.[19] The device sent to McBride was intercepted by Royal Mail at a depot in Kilwinning.[19] This resulted in the trial of two men, HM Advocate v Muirhead and McKenzie, in which McBride was due to appear as a witness, but died before he was called.
Trevor Muirhead, 44, and Neil McKenzie, 42 were later jailed for five years, having been found guilty of sending devices in the post to Mcbride, Celtic Manager Neil Lennon, and Trish Godman
On 4 March 2012 McBride died in his sleep while in Pakistan. He was visiting Pakistan on business with fellow lawyer Aamer Anwar. His body was discovered in a hotel room in the city Lahore by Anwar, who said later that McBride had been unwell during the trip. A post-mortem examination carried out on McBride has found that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. The post-mortem was carried out at the Mayo Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan.[20] His Requiem Mass was held in St Aloysius's Church, Garnethill, Glasgow, and many prominent figures in Scottish public life attended, including First Minister Alex Salmond, and Neil Lennon, then manager of Celtic FC, who was a pall bearer. He was buried in St Conval's, Barrhead.[citation needed]
- ^ There are conflicting versions of his age and year of birth, the Guardian, Herald, and Daily Telegraph gives it as 1963, the Scotsman, BBC and Daily Record as 1964.
- ^ "Board members and Senior Staff". Scottish Legal Aid Board. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- ^ Richard Wilson (13 April 2011). "Quality control". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "BBC News – Leading Scots lawyer Paul McBride QC found dead". BBC. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ Cramb, Auslan (5 March 2012). "Bomb plot lawyer Paul McBride QC found dead in Pakistan". Telegraph Media Group Limited 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Tommy Sheridan turns to legal dream team for £20m perjury case fight". The Daily Record. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ "Rape charge SPL ace David Goodwillie hires Allan McGregor's brief". The Daily Record. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "SFA pursue eight-game ban for Celtic's Neil Lennon". BBC. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ "Celtic coach Alan Thompson given drink-drive ban". BBC. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ "Celtic player and his wife charged with child neglect". The Herald. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ "Celtic feel 'vindicated' by ref Dougie McDonald's exit". BBC. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Lawyer Paul McBride blasts SFA's Rangers verdict". BBC. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "SFA threatens lawyer Paul McBride with legal action". BBC. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "Paul McBride QC will not face SFA legal action". BBC. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Hundreds attend funeral for lawyer Paul McBride". BBC. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "Celtic manager Neil Lennon pays tribute to friend Paul McBride as efforts continue to bring QC's body home". Daily Record. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "QC Paul McBride switches allegiance to Conservatives over party's 'smears and fears'". Scotland on Sunday. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "BBC News – QC Paul McBride leaves Tories after two years". BBC. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Neil Lennon parcel bomb 'cowardly act'". BBC. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Top Scottish lawyer Paul McBride found dead in hotel room in Pakistan". Daily Record. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- 1964 births
- 2012 deaths
- Queen's Counsel 2001–
- Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
- Members of the Faculty of Advocates
- Scottish Labour Party politicians
- Scottish Conservative Party politicians
- Scottish Queen's Counsel
- Deaths in Punjab, Pakistan
- LGBT politicians from Scotland
- People educated at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow


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"We've been duped by the Republicans. Kentucky Sen. and minority leader Mitch McConnell in a news conference one day after the election, stated that the single and sole goal of the GOP over the next two years is: to make Barack Obama a single term president. What an arrogant and obnoxious goal and statement. There agenda before the election was to get votes by promising that there first goals were jobs, the economy and health care reform. It seems their goal is to grab power, not to do things for the people that are in need of jobs and or unemployment pay, health care for those that don't have it, and the people losing their homes. This is the same party that wanted the auto plants and their suppliers to go out of business. We are just coming back from what they did to this country, and now we have them back to do the same things to our country again. What a mess the next two years is going to bring to this country. Talk about partisanship." Carl D. Leow Rogers Cit
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Jaxspp, both articles refer to the Harvard study which has ABSOLUTELY NO DATA metrics other than "SELF REPORTING" subjects.
Are you really that desperate?
AGAIN - "...While the study did not detect any statistically significant changes in the use of health services, such as doctor visits and hospitalizations, Chua said this wasn't surprising.
"I think you can make the argument that for a lot of these outcomes you wouldn't necessarily expect a change, because a lot of young adults are healthy at baseline," he said.
Also, the authors did not have access to 2012 data that could have revealed longer-term changes in young adults' use of health services..."
Posted 835 days ago.
The tall ladder or crane will be used to climb above the cow manure.
Posted 835 days ago.
Just grab a tall ladder or crane. You'll find it eventually, way over your head.
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RS, as I've said before, as long as you know what your gibberish means, that's all that matters. It doesn't matter whether I or Sure or Huron or Norm or Amos understand a word you type.
Posted 835 days ago.
Alas, it's illustrative of democrat thinking. Wasting eight spaces on doodoo. Placing one piece of poop in each space, that way when you look at the stack, it's a nice tall pile of crap.
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It took you eight spaces to say that? That's some really disjointed "thinking".
And as usual, you are incapable of either seeing or making a cogent point.
Your entire side is one big lie. While grasping at defensive straws for the indefensible, I caution you not to play with matches, or build a hut you think the big bad wolf won't be able to blow down.
Jaxiepants is a democrat like a mobster is a mobster. If he ever disagrees with them, he fears a terminal headwound might suddenly appear in one of his temples.
He'd no doubt slug a gallon of Ebola if it were labeled Democrat. That's blind dedication to dupeville folks.
His teeth latch on to the ******* tail ahead of him, and another grasps his from behind, and in both directions, the ******* line stretches as far as those who can see, can see.
Surefool is in that line. Normoonpie too.
Look at the jaxass line. It's a parade unto itself. An equine commie collective.
Posted 835 days ago.
I'm searching for your "god", freeman but am finding nothing. You don't offer facts freely. Even your married with children and a god nicname is a lie.
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Fact- Free: "4.3% is near full employment, not going to "create" tons of jobs when the economy is at near capacity. JAX-BS1 " RS: "In the U.S. as both Freeman and I have already indicated, many times before, we need 300K jobs per month just to keep up with those ENTERING their working years, dupe."
They lie so much they can't even keep up with their own rhetoric.
Posted 835 days ago.
RS had a mother, good for you.
Posted 835 days ago.
Fact-free, here's the actual article from JAMA, just the first page because it is a subscription site, but what do they know, they probably aren't even Republicans?
Posted 835 days ago.
But of course the first thing out of Fact-Free's mouth is an attack on me, instead of an attack on himself for his mental blockage of any data that doesn't conform with his pre-conceived conclusions.
Posted 835 days ago.
I got hundreds of hits, Fact-Free, don't know why your research skills are so poor.
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Well Fact-Free, perhaps if Bush had heeded the Clinton warnings of increased terrorist activity instead of taking the summer of 2001 off, 9/11 could have been avoided. But we understand where you and all Bush deniers are coming from. As I've stated many times, you feel the Bush presidency began 9/12/2001, and the ramifications of it ended January 2009. Nothing that happened before or after those dates, or, in your opinion, during, had anything to do with George W. Bush.
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Poor Fact-Free, every once in awhile wakes up in Living Room World, spews nonsense, goes back to sleep. Denies a Bush presidency, denies he is doing better now than in 2008, frets about a phony IRS scandal. I'm sorry Fact-Free is doing so miserably, quite a number of us are happy. Fact-Free is always going to be a glass half-empty kind of guy. For Fact-Free, every silver lining will have a dark cloud.
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Jax. I too breathe air and fish in lakes, rivers and streams, as do my kids...at least I used to fish, back when I could afford it.
I am also married to a woman. I have daughters that are women too. You wouldn't believe how precious they are. My mother is also a woman in her 80's.
Your side assumes that everyone they speak too are every bit the fool that you are. They aren't. The fools are their constituents.
I used to have a grandmother too. I never once tried to push her off a cliff. Never even thought of it. She was the greatest woman I've ever known, and she raised my extra special Momma. I've always wanted the very best for them.
I actually had two grandmothers. Loved and cared deeply for both of them. Never declared war on, nor raised my hand to, any woman ever.
The sh*t your side spews, is 100% crap. That you cannot see that, says much about you.
Posted 836 days ago.
Love it when jaxspp calls me "fact-free".
I offer facts freely.
Posted 836 days ago.
Found it, Harvard study....
"...While the study did not detect any statistically significant changes in the use of health services, such as doctor visits and hospitalizations, Chua said this wasn't surprising.
"I think you can make the argument that for a lot of these outcomes you wouldn't necessarily expect a change, because a lot of young adults are healthy at baseline," he said.
Also, the authors did not have access to 2012 data that could have revealed longer-term changes in young adults' use of health services..."
Posted 836 days ago.
I'm searching for your "studies", jaxspp, (in anticipation of the "do your own research" babble that I know you'll whip out there), but am finding nothing.
Posted 836 days ago.
3000 Americans died in a terrorist attack because the pre-9/11 intelligence apparatus was not up to the task of monitoring the post cold war world.
If you are to blame Bush for that then you have to blame Clinton and Bush Sr. as well. That would, however, require that each of them have the ability to see into the future.
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A power outage may have led to several crashes at a busy intersection in Tilden Township on Wednesday.
At least two accidents happened minutes apart in the area of Route 61 and Cabela Drive, near the Tilden Ridge Shopping Center.
Met-Ed said a bad underground cable caused a power outage around 10:30 a.m. Most customers had service restored within a half-hour.
No serious injuries were reported in the crashes, but officials helped direct traffic on Route 61 well into the afternoon.


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HILLSBOROUGH — The Township Committee introduced two new economic action plan ordinances on Tuesday that officials say will make it easier to locate a business in industrial and commercial buildings in Hillsborough.
Both changes, one allowing commercial instructional activities, such as dancing and karate schools, in commercial districts, and the other, allowing several permitted uses in an industrial building without a minimum square footage, "are expected to open up more business uses in buildings, and, therefore add to employment opportunities and economic growth," Mayor Frank DelCore said.
The changes are recommended by the Township's Regulatory Oversight Working Group, comprised of several department heads responsible for regulatory enforcement in Hillsborough and charged by DelCore with responsibility for reviewing township rules and regulations.
Deputy Mayor Gloria McCauley said that the second ordinance will also cut steps in the process for industrial property owners to get approval for prospective commercial tenants. They will only need to go to the zoning office with the ordinance, instead of having to appear before the planning board.
"The changes really do cut through the bureaucracy," McCauley said. "They make it easier, simpler and more streamlined for business. And they should encourage increased tenancies and, with those additional businesses, come jobs and positive economic impact in the Township."


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With child obesity continuing to be a factor in the lives of kids, a group of teachers at Chalmette Elementary are working to help kids better understand food and live better, healthier lives. Katie Griffith, a third grade teacher, created a garden club at the school to help students better understand the connection between food and nutrition. She said the idea to create a garden came after a student asked her how to peel an orange.
"I watch the students eat processed food all of the time, and a lot of times when the students do get fruits and vegetables they come from a can. I wanted to teach students how important it is to eat healthier and live a healthier life style. I figured the best way to do that was to teach students the process of growing fruits and vegetables. "
Since its inception last year, teachers Tiffany Skalla and Michelle Theriot have joined Griffith and over 25 students to participate in the garden club. Griffith said there are many goals for the group.
"We want students to work with a variety of fruits and vegetables and show them that fruits and veggies can be very yummy, to teach them the process of growing fruits and vegetable, and share with them lessons on how to live a healthy life style and what that means."
To get even more student involvement, each week a different class in the school pitches in to take care of the garden, preparing for planting, doing the planting, weeding, watering, picking the vegetables when they are ready, and all other maintenance.
Over the past year students have planted a wide array of things including cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, zucchini, bell pepper, banana peppers, a satsuma tree, basal, mint, oregano, rosemary, beets, carrots, spinach, lettuce, pumpkins, eggplant, and strawberries.
Griffith hopes to turn the entire space into an outdoor classroom.
"We would like to get a reading gazebo, a butterfly garden, an herb garden, and compost bins. We are in the process of writing a few more grants for this project and planning out all the different things we would like to have. We would need new plants for the gardens, soil, bins, benches, and tools for up keep," she said.
Griffith said the garden teaches the students many skills about commitment and responsibility.
"My class has a garden journal that we write in. Each time they go to the garden they write about what we have done, the changes that they see from the last time we were out there, and new insects or bird they see. The garden is also teaching them the responsibility of taking care of living things."


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The Outpost by Mike Resnick: The Fine Art of the Tall Tale and the Mystery of History
Reviewed by John Teehan
18 June 2001
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." --Sir Winston Churchill
Call it a future history in the making. Call it a future history already recorded.
Mike Resnick's latest work, The Outpost, is a novel that explores how we tell stories, both about ourselves and others. This is not just a collection of tall tales, but a novel celebrating the fine art of storytelling and the codifying of history. It's about interpretation and misinterpretation and what happens when ugly facts get in the way of a good story.
There are a lot of tall tales being served up at the Outpost. Where's that, you ask? Well, it's not down the street next to Callahan's. Nor is it in the middle of all the action like Munden's. Set in Resnick's popular "Birthright" universe, the Outpost is the sole establishment occupying an otherwise empty planet named Henry II situated at the innermost edges of the Inner Frontier. In The Outpost, mankind has spread across the galaxy: settling, colonizing, and often conquering along the way. At the center of the Milky Way sits an immense black hole around which the Inner Frontier -- far from the bureaucracies and laws of Man -- inspires the independent, adventurous types of individuals who often appear in Resnick stories such as Birthright: The Book of Man, Santiago, Soothsayer, Oracle, Prophet, and The Dark Lady. The Outpost itself is very reminiscent of the sort of watering hole one might have found in deepest, darkest Africa back when there was still a deepest, darkest Africa to go to -- with patrons just as colorful. As for the book itself, this is a guaranteed winner for anyone who loves science fiction and has been reading it since childhood. And it's a definite read for those just discovering everything a well-crafted universe has to offer.
For one thing, you've got more than plain folk sitting around telling "Just So" stories. These are the roughest, toughest, most notorious men and women you're ever likely to meet. Resnick fans will recognize the flavor of names such as Hurricane Smith, Catastrophe Baker, The Reverend Billy Karma, Cyborg De Milo, Three-Gun Max, Sinderella, Sitting Horse and Crazy Bull [sic], Nicodemus Mayflower, and the Earth Mother. There are a whole lot more, and everyone's got a tale -- each of which is carefully recorded by one Willie the Bard, the only long-term resident of the Outpost aside from its proprietor, Tomahawk, and the robot bartender, Reggie.
Outside in a system made up of binary stars named Plantagenet and Tudor, and eight planets all named Henry, an interstellar war rages. It's the perfect setup for a far-futuristic Decameron where living legends of the galaxy wait out the excitement happening far outside by swapping barbs, buying drinks, and telling stories. Mind you, every story is true, "except those that ain't." You should definitely expect a healthy dose of humor, but not in the Douglas Adams/Terry Pratchett vein. There's a bit of poking fun at the old pulp traditions, but the stories themselves remain fresh and unique. The reader is going to be hard-pressed to decide which he finds more fascinating -- the stories, the setting, or the characters.
The stories are well matched to their tellers. A mercenary, a hero, and a bounty hunter all tell the tale of a war they all happened to have been involved in, with three stories respectively titled "The General Who Hated His Private," "The Private Who Hated His General," and "The Sergeant Who Hated Everyone." Here we get a glimpse of Resnick's theme within with the novel: the same event can be told in many different ways with all of them being equally valid. That's not to say that The Outpost is weighed down with lecturing. There are many stories that are just plain fun to read, such as "Catastrophe Baker and the Dragon Queen" and "The Romantic Tale of Leather and Velvet O'Toole," as well as stories to touch the heart, like "The Short, Star-Crossed Career of Magic Abdul-Jordon" and "The Cyborg de Milo."
And just when the novel's pacing needs changing, the war outside approaches. Up until this point we know very little about the interstellar war other than its inevitable arrival at the doorstep of the Outpost. Who are the aliens? Why are they attacking? Is that even important? The call to arms arrives soon enough and the various heroes, villains, and adventurers of The Outpost find they can sit on their hands no longer and are soon blasting off into enemy fire. The next stories in the novel change in tone. Instead of hearing tall tales, we get to see what really happens when the heroes tackle the aliens in stories like "Little Mike Picasso and the Aliens," "Argyle and the Aliens," "Gravedigger Gaines and the Aliens," and "The Outpost and the Aliens."
Each character faces the mysterious and unknown beings invading the Republic in his own way. No one comes back unchanged. Some emerge victorious. Some not-so-victorious. Others don't emerge at all. But those who make it out alive each have a new story to tell. It's no wonder that the book is divided into three overall sections: Legend, Truth, and History.
Who determines history? Does that prize go to the winners alone? Or can the losers tell their stories and be recorded in the histories as winners? It all comes down to who survives to tell the tale, and how they decide to tell it. The novel's tone shifts again from the truth to history, and now the reader experiences "The Seventy-three-Hour Rasslin' Match," "The Battle of the Big Little Horn," and "The Sacrifice of Langtry Lily." There is much in The Outpost about how we, in the here-and-now, collect and retell our own histories to suit our desires. And there is certainly a moral to this novel. Once you've read the tales, the moral should become evident, but you would be best served by exploring this for yourself. That's the best kind of reading.
Mike Resnick has never failed to deliver a good, satisfying read and can always be counted on to serve up some good food for thought. The writing is alive and contemporary, although there are several inside SF references to delight experienced readers. The book can be read in a couple of sittings or savored slowly, tale by tale. However you choose to read The Outpost, be assured that by the end, you'll bask in the glow of a good story well told.
"I don't have much patience with the facts, and any writer is a congenital liar to begin with or he wouldn't take up writing. . . . I write to say No to death. . . . [A]n artist is a creature driven by demons. He don't usually know why they chose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why." --William Faulkner
John Teehan is a member of the Critters Workshop and founded RI_Fantastic, an online group for genre writers in southern New England. He makes a living as a typesetter/graphic designer, but claims the naked soul of a writer. This is his first professional sale and he is very pleased.


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PENNELLVILLE, NY -- A couple wanted by police in Lake County Florida was captured by Oswego County sheriff's deputies about noon Saturday as they arrived at a Pennellville home.
The identities of the man and woman were not immediately available.
Area police were alerted to the couple after their northbound black Nissan Pathfinder was spotted on Interstate 81 about 40 miles south of Tully this morning.
Lake County is in central Florida.
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- What makes art, art? What makes it worthwhile, and not just some flashy knickknack?
Arts Fair chair Susan Bowers said that, back when she studied art, she had a teacher tell her "If you love it, and it speaks to you, buy it, value it, and enjoy it."
"This is huge, compared to 10 years ago," she said. "Our art fair had its following, but it wasn't really out there like it is now."
The fair began in the same park in 1952. The park hasn't grown, but the amount of artists have -- over 180 with work in 13 media will fill the park June 7-8.
Over the past few years, the Arts Fair has gone through a reevaluation; the KIA "took it into the 21st century," Bowers said. Where they used to wait for applicants to send in slides of their art, which lead to hours of jurors "sitting around a table with a carrousel projector," the fair has gone with online applications.
They are now "attracting artists from a much larger geographic region than we have in the past" thanks to the online process. "We have had a huge increase in the number of artists applying to the fair."
But like they say, mo' art, mo' problems.
The fair can handle these problems, thanks to methods developed over 61 years:
If You GoWhat: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair
When: 1 p.m.-8 p.m., June 7; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 8
Where: Bronson Park
Cost: Free
Contact: 269-349-7775
On the Web: kiarts.org
Other Arts Fair events:
Bell's Beer Garden, June 7, 5 p.m.-9 p.m., outdoors at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts' east end on S. Park Street. With Plainwell folk group The Mittenauts.
Gilmore Car Museum Cruise-In, June 7, 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Vintage cars will be parked along South Street.
Expanded entertainment acts at Bronson Park throughout the fair. Acts include The Michigan Cloggers, circus arts group Knotty Bits, singers Maggie Hudson, Dan Hook, Steve Kamerling and local school groups.
Quality has to be consistent. An average of 70 artists are invited back every year. These are artists who consistently score well, or who also earn awards from the live judging during the fair. Among those returning this year is Michael Mikula, glass artist from Cleveland, Oh., who took first prize last year.
Variety is important. Recently, the big issue "in the world of art fairs, is that there are many, many, jewelers, and many, many ceramicists," Bowers said. "If you're one of those, it's probably tougher to get in."
The art customer shouldn't need deep pockets. The KIA has turned away artists who wish to sell $10,000 paintings at the fair. "Some of our judges are reluctant" to turn artists who are qualified to ask for big bucks, "but they know that we probably wouldn't have a successful art fair if we brought in a piece of art that our community would not support," Bowers said.


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The government's point man on the Gulf oil spill says engineers will probably remove the failed blowout preventer and replace it to secure the site permanently.
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Friday that it is likely the Justice Department will want the failed blowout preventer as evidence as it investigates.
Crews have pumped mud and cement into the top of the blown-out well to plug it up. The plan has been to pump filler into the bottom later this month through a relief well.
BP says that "bottom kill" will be done before the blowout preventer is replaced.
Allen also said he plans to remain national incident commander for the "foreseeable future" but indicated that a government transition plan is in the works.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Ferris State University charter school officials say they will review Hope Academy of West Michigan's emergency response plan to ensure that administrators acted properly after two students were shot near the school on Monday, Oct. 22.
A third person, found on a nearby street, also was shot and injured. That person is not believed to be a student, school officials and authorities said.
Ronald Rizzo, associated director of the university's charter schools office, said it appears that school staff acted properly by locking down the school and bringing students to a secure location.
School had been dismissed shortly before the shooting, and it's unclear how many students were inside the building at the time.
"We're really relieved that, as far as we understand, the injuries appear to be non-life threatening," Rizzo said. "We feel like there wasn't a failure of school security."
Related: Shootings outside of Hope Academy rile Grand Rapids neighborhood
Police said they didn't find any weapons on the two students who were shot – a 17-year-old girl was shot in the ankle, and a teen boy also was wounded.
Hope Academy, which is now in its second school year, has about 450 students in grades K-12.
Administrators pride themselves providing a quality education for an underserved population, including some students who have struggled at other schools, Rizzo said.
The school also touts its "low-student to teacher ratio, English as a Second Language education and individualized learning plans," according to its website.
Rizzo said he was unaware of any incidents involving guns at Hope Academy.
"We don't just authorize (schools) from afar," Rizzo said. "We get in and make sure we have a personal relationship with these folks and make sure we spend time in their environment."
He also said there was no indication any student had a gun on school property on Monday.
"I don't know that there was anything we could have done about this," Rizzo said. "They were off school grounds and (there was) somebody in the neighborhood with a gun."
Statewide, Ferris charters 19 schools, with about 9,250 students.
At Hope Academy, there's one entrance, and students are buzzed into the school as a security measure. Rizzo said the school doesn't have metal detectors but that's not unusual.
The president of Hope Academy's board, Bill Haverkamp, was in North Carolina on business Monday and could not be reached for comment. Another board member, Laurel Christensen, declined to comment.
"It's devastating," Rizzo said of the shootings' impact on teachers, staff and students. "Anytime we hear about violence in the schools it's a reminder of the environment we live in and that you have to be vigilant all the time."
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MILWAUKEE -- Ray Allen wasn't so sure Boston would be able to pull it out in overtime.
The Celtics hadn't scored in nearly three minutes and were fading fast in their eighth game in 12 days.
But Paul Pierce hit a 3-pointer on a second chance, and he and Allen hit all six of their free throws, lifting Boston to a scrappy 102-97 overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.
"It was touch and go for a moment there because we couldn't score," said Allen, who spent the first 6½ years of his career in Milwaukee and is ninth on the franchise's scoring list. "We couldn't get in a rhythm, but Paul got going and the free throw line saved us in overtime."
Did it ever.
Pierce scored 28 points and Allen finished with 27, combining to hit 23 of 24 free throws. Boston went 32-of-36 as a team. Milwaukee hit its share, too, going 30-of-38 with the teams combining for 62 personal fouls, nine technicals and one ejection.
"It was pretty grueling. I'm not going to lie. It was probably one of the more toughest stretches I've experienced in my career," Allen said of the Celtics' packed schedule. "We didn't make excuses or anything. We had to get a win tonight."
Allen and Pierce were without the final member of the Big Three, Kevin Garnett, after he fouled out with 1:48 left, but the pair managed to give the Celtics their sixth straight win over Milwaukee.
Bucks rookie Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, who finished with 14 points, hit two free throws to give Milwaukee a 95-93 lead, but Pierce answered with a 3-pointer off an offensive rebound by Garnett to put Boston up by one.
Garnett picked up his sixth foul moments later and Dan Gadzuric, who replaced an ejected Andrew Bogut, dunked for Milwaukee's only field goal in overtime, giving the Bucks a 97-96 lead with 1:07 left.
After the teams failed to score on Pierce's missed layup and a turnover by the Bucks, Allen was fouled with 24 seconds left, hitting both free throws to make it 98-97.
Richard Jefferson, who had 14 points, then missed a jumper over Pierce, and Allen hit two more from the line.
Trailing 100-97 with 10 seconds left, the Bucks opted for a short jumper by Gadzuric that he missed instead of a 3-point attempt to tie. Pierce grabbed the rebound, his seventh to go along with six assists, and hit both foul shots to finish 14-of-15 from the line.
"Overtime was good. After the first two minutes of just bad basketball on both sides, I thought overtime was really good," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "Paul was exhausted and you could see Ray had some great shots right before overtime, but playing eight games in 12 days, everything was front rim."
Milwaukee, already without leading scorer Michael Redd (right ankle) and Charlie Villanueva (hamstring strain), finished 1-for-11 in overtime after rallying from a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
With the Celtics up 82-81, Pierce hit a jumper and Allen hit a layup for a five-point lead, but the Bucks came back without Bogut, who hit a layup and went hard into Garnett.
Garnett appeared to make contact with Bogut's face with an open hand, but officials immediately stepped in, assessing a double technical as Bogut and Garnett continued glaring at each other with 3:58 left.
"I tried to be aggressive and duck in when I could," said Bogut, who called the resulting ejection a tough play, but declined to criticize it. "We had a chance to beat them."
After officials conferred, the call stood and Bogut, who finished with 20 points, was ejected for his second technical after picking up one five minutes earlier in the quarter on a staredown with Leon Powe.
"I didn't get an explanation other than he was getting a second technical and getting thrown out," Bucks coach Scott Skiles said. "That's not the time in the game where I can get too caught up in it."
It appeared that Boston would pull away after that when Garnett hit a jumper, but Luke Ridnour answered with a 3 and Mbah a Moute converted a three-point play, giving Milwaukee an 89-88 lead, the Bucks' first since the first quarter.
Pierce answered with five straight points to put Boston back ahead 93-89, but Milwaukee sent it to overtime on Jefferson's 15-foot jumper and Ridnour's driving layup with 1.4 seconds left.
"It was a great game," Celtics forward Glen Davis said. "As long as we came out of here with a victory, that's all that counts at the end of the day."
- Skiles said he thought Redd was trying to play on the upcoming two-game road trip to Denver and Utah, but acknowledged he's not sure when Redd would return.
- Celtics rookie G J.R. Giddens was sent to the Utah Flash of the NBA D-League on Saturday. He had not played so far this season.


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Pyroclastic flows in White's Ghaut at night (27 - 31 Jan 2010)
An incandescent pyroclastic flow runs down the Eastern dome's flank.
Strong wind removes all the ash and the view opens on a fluid flow deposit.
Another fluid front of a pyroclastic flow: ash is dragged to the west.
Huge ash columns rise from flowing pyroclastic flows.
Some flows move as quickly as the ash drifting with the wind.
Drifting ash partially hides the incandescent flow below.
Impressive starting front of a huge pyroclastic flow.
The ash column from the summit shades half the dome from the moonlight.
Impressive advancing fronts of a pyroclastic flow.
The front of this huge flow is several hundred meters wide.
As the flow stops, it still expels some ash, which rises upwards.
Zoom on the incandescent deposit of a flow which has just stopped.
|Photos by Marco Fulle taken with 50mm and 135mm lenses (reflex digicam with 16x24mm sensor).


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> I know the Belden is Mil spec and the others aren't, but the >composition and loss seem to be the same. Mike-- Others may or may not be mil spec--just depends. And to what mil spec. C17D or C17F or whatever. Belden used to be (don't know if it still is) calling their RG-8 RG-213. Let me explain. RG-8 has a 7 strand center conductor of a particular gauge wire (#something--forget at the moment-- whatever makes it look like 52 ohms). RG-213 is SUPPOSED to have a 7 strand of a decimal 3 digit number--but the tolerances for the wire put the # wire within spec. So for a long time Belden was making the same stuff for Mil spec RG-213 and RG-8. As did other manufacturers--who claimed they just made it the way it was shown in the Belden catalog. Times wire was an exception as were a few other 2nd tier manufacturers. I have used 100s of thousands of feet of Stand Wire and Cable RG-213 out of Los Angeles and had very good luck with it. And it is MUCH cheaper than Belden. Been a couple of years since I have bought any--but in 1000 ft reels (1 or 2) it was only about 32 or 33 cents per ft. Probably more expensive now--but probably not by much. My point is that Belden is not the gold standard that it tries to be by pricing itself at 90 cents per ft. The key is PVC IIA non-contaminating jacket. One thing I can say about Belden over a lot of other vendors (except Times) is that they hold their jacket OD tolerances much better than most. I have a pneumatic coax measurer/cutter/stripper and Belden always runs smoothly. Standard has also been very good-- but some of the other 2nd tier guys stuff won't even go through the guides at times. One thing I always do is to run every single foot of cable through my hands. They are very sensitive to anomolies and I can detect a spice in the braid very easily. A lot of the companies splice the braid (if need be) by just overlapping the two braids by a couple of inches. Don't recall ever catching Belden or Times doing that. And I am pretty sure that I have not seen any (but not as sure) of the Standard stuff. There are other issues of importance--especially for me with the automatic stripper. Mainly at what temp the PVC jacket was added. If it was too HOT during manufacturing then it melts into the braid and it is very difficult to strip with the machine. If it is too cold then it slides very easily over the braid and makes me wonder what it is doing in a vertical run. Is the clamping just holding the jacket and braid and is the dielectric and center conductor slipping down inside? Anyway--all issues in addition to the 50 vs 52 ohm deal. Joel at RF Connection has some lower cost LMR400 that I used in Rhode Island and it seemed pretty darn good and much cheaper. Of course it is foam and the VF can vary a lot more with foam--depending on the percentage of air bubbles in the run. They also have some bigger stuff that is pretty cheap (compared to Belden) and you might want to investigate that. We used a direct burial version of LMR600 for the main feedlines. BTW I have also seen the shield so discolored that it was hard to get it to take solder. Not sure what causes this--too hot of jacket at application or what. Anyway it looks oxidized and does not take solder. Of course this is from some low- end vendor stuff that was provided to me by the government who did the actual purchasing. 73--John W0UN
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It is a simple word. The dictionary says it is used to express denial, disbelief or used in quantitative statement. For example:
You're no JFK.
No more drinks for you.
No more, no less.
No kidding.
As you can tell, the word is helpful when using sarcasm.
When used by Jersey City Councilwoman Michele Massey at Wednesday evening's City Council meeting, there was no confusion. It was simply pure denial.
Massey's vote did not prevent the approval of an ordinance that would oust Councilman Peter Brennan as president of the legislative body. It does prevent the new council majority from overriding a certain veto of the measure by Mayor Jerramiah Healy, who is trying to hold together his deteriorating administration.
Six votes are needed to block Healy and by her vote, I believe Massey indirectly told the new majority where she stands in any future politically charged issue.
Those who wanted to unseat Brennan were council members Viola Richardson, who would have been the new majority's choice for president, Steven Fulop, Rolando Lavarro, Nidia Lopez and David Donnelly. Richardson may need a magic wand to make changes after eight years on the council.
Opposing the measure were Bill Gaughan, Mike Sottolano, Massey and Brennan.
The new majority was hoping to show their muscle. Unfortunately for them, on their path to a plurality, one of their own tripped. When Richardson and Lavarro won at-large council seats in the November special election, Richardson created a vacancy in the Ward F post. New majority members decided to allow Richardson to pick her replacement and she chose Massey -- oops.
At the introduction of this ordinance several weeks ago, the meeting had erupted into shouting matches among the council members. Wednesday, I expected more fireworks, but while there were no pyrotechnics, there was enough heavy tension to fill the council chambers.
Understand that the only time there was a change in the City Council presidency -- other than by death or incarceration -- in the middle of a term was when Marilyn Roman was ousted in July 1992 by those supporting Councilman Joe Rakowski. Roman's mistake was being on the losing side that put together a slate in a June Democratic primary fight won by a ticket headed by then-state Sen. Robert Menendez. Some believe that had Roman taken the matter to court, she would have reversed the coup. Perhaps.
When some members of Wednesday's audience were allowed to speak about the ordinance prior to the council vote, several congratulated the panel members for their efforts to bring "change."
Brennan sat with a stony glare watching each speaker call for his removal.
For instance, city gadfly Jayson Burg said he did not see any "star quality" in Brennan and that he hoped the new leader of the council "could be visionary." Burg could have easily been glared to death.
When it was time to vote, several of the council members gave little spiels, as politicians are unfortunately prone to do.
Before voting "no," Sottolano called it politics at its worst and Gaughan called the ordinance illegal, adding that Brennan would be entitled to damages and attorney's fees should his colleague bring a lawsuit -- which he knew was in the works, if needed.
Fulop said the council presidency is not a right but "a privilege." What he meant is that it should go to those with the most votes, at any time.
Brennan said that during his two years as president -- he took over for Mariano Vega in 2009 after some blistering by public heat over Vega's -arrest on federal corruption charges -- there have been no tax (municipal) increases. He read a letter from his legal muscle warning that the council would be spanked in court and the city would be liable for fees, etc.
When it was Massey's turn, she said she has not been on the council long and that she would have liked to have seen more proof that there was a need for the ordinance. Massey said she is against the taxpayer having to pay for unnecessary litigation. It is a classic fall-back position.
"I vote no," she said.
Richardson hardly blinked and never looked at Massey. Neither did the other members of the new majority. It was then I realized they'd had no clue what Massey would do or had hoped she would abstain. Some confirmed that after the meeting, although Richardson said she was not surprised by the "no" vote.
Gaughan said Massey must have been under a great deal of pressure and her vote reflected concern for taxpayers. He's good on his feet.
People who are appointed to legislative bodies often like to say they will vote their own mind. Massey had said she would. After this, I will have to see several more crucial votes before she can be called an "independent," or just someone who has been turned by the administration.
Based on this one vote, I'll predict Massey will not be running for re-election in 2013, unless it is on Mayor Healy's ticket.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Sorry, but due to technical difficulties, such as I've been away several days, there are no notes this week. This is why we have a Jersey City-centric story. My snitches and sources can get back to me early this coming week.
-- I will say that Bayonne's six Irish organizations have been trying to decide whether to take Hoboken's first Saturday in March date for their own St. Patrick's Day Parade. Hey, Hoboken's not using it. All those bands and marchers can shift to the Peninsula City. The problem is that it has to be a unanimous decision and, as of Thursday evening, when this is being written, the local Irish groups are split, with four in favor and two against.
-- The one person on the council that the Healy bunch on the City Council are upset with the most is Councilman David Donnelly. It's almost as if he's their Fredo Corleone. They claim Donnelly's election was financed by the administration and he was allowed to return to Jersey City after he found work in Edison uncomfortable. Does this mean Fulop is Johnny Ola? And Bill O'Dea is Hyman Roth?
-- Jersey City and Hoboken are planning to implement a bike sharing program, once they get those nasty studies out of the way. It will go hand-in-hand with those inadvertent car sharing events in Jersey City and if in place soon enough, will be a boon to Lepra-Con participants in the Mile Square City who need to move from one watering hole to another in rapid fashion.
BTW, where are the Jersey City bike lanes? I haven't seen any on the Boulevard.
-- OK, I said "no" notes.


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The Supreme Court needs to settle the interpretation of a clause within the 14th amendment.
The clause in question is: '..subject to the jurisdiction thereof..'
The 14th Amendment was written in order to, without exception, grant full citizenship to the slaves that had been forcibly interred in America. It was written broadly enough to include their children, also. But it was never intended to be a postulate for granting citizenship to the children born of illegal immigrants within our borders.
Our country has a process for immigration, and whether you agree with the process or not is irrelevant in this context. If a person chooses to subvert that process in order to enter our country, they have broken a federal law. They are both a criminal, and, assuming they have not been taken into custody, they are not presently '..subject to (our) jurisdiction..'
IF that person has been taken into custody and released, AT ANY POINT after entering the country (and presuming they have maintained a continuous presence), then they could arguably be considered subject to our jurisdiction. But that would be an entirely separate Precedent. Unless and Until a person is knowingly and admittedly present within the borders that define our country, that person cannot possibly be considered 'subjected' to our jurisdiction. This is especially true of a person who has become present within our borders by intentional means of subversion, having chosen not to subject themself to the laws that constitute 'jurisdiction' in our country.
It's far too simple an issue -- any person who has intentionally transgressed immigration has also intentionally transgressed jurisdiction.
Birthright Citizenship is already very well defined. The children of illegal aliens are NOT citizens of the United States.
Interpreting jurisdiction
The Supreme Court needs to settle the interpretation of a clause within the 14th amendment.


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BAY CITY, MI — A Bay County jury has exonerated a 21-year-old man of breaking into a man's house and assaulting him, a week after his codefendant pleaded guilty to a felony.
The trial of Justin J. Palmer ended Thursday, Dec. 12, with the jury finding him not guilty of first-degree home invasion. The charge is a 20-year felony.
Palmer's attorney, Bruce K. Mannikko, said the jury deliberated for less than two hours.
The trial began the previous day.
Palmer's codefendant, Mario I. Campos, 20, on Monday, Dec. 2, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree home invasion in exchange for prosecutors' dismissal of a first-degree home invasion count. The charge to which Campos pleaded is a 15-year felony.
According to court records, shortly after 7 a.m. on Friday, July 19, police officers were dispatched to 1418 Cass Ave. in reference to complaint called in by resident Mark Banaszek. Banaszek told the officers he was outside his house having a cigarette when Palmer and two other males stepped onto a nearby residence's porch and began yelling at him.
Banaszek went into his home and, a few minutes later, he heard knocking at his door. He opened the door and Palmer and the other two males were standing there, threatening him, he told police.
Banaszek shut the door, which the men then kicked-in, he said. Palmer and one of the other men came into his house while the third man stayed outside, with the man unknown to Banaszek punching him in the head, he said.
Palmer and his friend then left and, a few minutes later, a brick came smashing through Banaszek's window, he told police. Banaszek's left ear was swollen and bleeding slightly, police wrote in their reports.
On Tuesday, July 23, police stopped Palmer as he drove through the city and arrested him on a parole detainer. Also in the vehicle was Campos, whom police also arrested on a warrant of failure to pay child support.
Shown a photo lineup by police on Aug. 7, Banaszek identified Campos as the man who entered his home with Palmer and punched him. He added to his original account by stating Palmer had also punched him, but due to Palmer having a broken leg at the time, there wasn't much force to it.
Palmer was paroled from prison on April 4 after serving two years on a charge of unlawfully driving away a motor vehicle. Palmer broke his leg in a June 9 single-vehicle crash in Bangor Township, being a passenger in a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix police say was driven by 20-year-old Brandon J. Reno.
Bay County Chief Circuit Judge Kenneth W. Schmidt is to sentence Campos at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13.


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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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Changes ahead for travel over Snoqualmie Pass
Shorter autumn days mean construction closures on Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass will now begin a half-hour earlier. The Washington State Department of Transportation advises drivers traveling over the pass to plan ahead to avoid the closures or be prepared to wait until the pass reopens.
Beginning Monday, Oct. 1 until Thursday, Oct. 4, the DOT will close Snoqualmie Pass from Hyak (milepost 54) to the Price Creek Sno-Park (milepost 61) daily from 6-7 p.m. Due to the increased fire danger, crews will not be blasting, but plan to use the closure to haul rock from the slopes above the highway. The work must be done during daylight hours for the safety of the crew and drivers in the area.
Drivers may experience some daytime delays Monday through Friday on I-90 between Snoqualmie Pass and Cle Elum as heavy construction equipment will be entering and exiting the highway.
In related news, speed-enforcement cameras continue to monitor speeds through the 5-mile work zone on I-90. Drivers traveling above the posted speed limit of 60 mph could face a $137 fine.
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Eric Schmidt's Mobile World Congress keynote now on YouTube
If you weren't able to make it to Mobile World Congress this week over in Barcelona, but you were really wanting to see what Eric Schmidt talked about, now you can see it like you were really there. The video of his keynote at the trade show has now been made available to watch on YouTube, and it's definitely worth taking some time to watch.
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I live in a senior mobile home park. I'm one of those people where I might look normal going down the road except for my walking stick. This is not a story looking for sympathy for me but I have to tell you I live with a lot of pain, partly controlled by morphine.
About two years ago I heard a lawnmower going in my little back yard. It was Bill Moe and his trusty lawnmower. I asked him what he was doing and he just laughed and said, "I'm mowing your lawn, what does it look like?" I told him I didn't have any money and he just told me not to worry about it. Later, I found out he mows many lawns free for disabled people here in the park. Some people that have a little money pay him. A lot of people like me just pay him with a smile and a Thank You.
Mowing lawns is kinda Bill's thing. I should mention he does a lot more than that. Last year he worked like a slave for a full day weeding my little front yard. I know he built a wheelchair ramp for a neighbor at no charge. He has a heart for helping the disabled. Heck, there is one gal that lives here that is more seriously disabled that the rest of us. One day she mentioned to him that she missed being able to barbeque. The next thing you know is Bill is over at her house barbequing short ribs for her.
A man like Bill needs to be acknowledged. He's not hosting dinners and looking for money. He's not even looking for help. He just helps others.
I'll finish with a little story from yesterday. I was talking to Bill about my hopes to someday get a window installed in the back bedroom so I could move my desk back there and be able to look out over my back yard. Same conversation, part II. I haven't started my lawnmower for the past two years. It's a nice self-propelled one. I know Bill's lawnmower is getting tired so I offered mine to Bill for at least a tiny payment to him. Bill refused the lawnmower. Instead he told me to advertise it on Craigslist to get some cash. He then said to use that money to buy a window. He would install it for free.
I'm sure that house that Jesus is building for Bill up in Heaven is going to be a mansion. If my understanding is right, on Judgment Day those that follow Christ will be judged for their good deeds. Of course the others will be judged for their sins. I know Bill will do fine but still, I'd like him to be acknowledged here on earth.
If it's not asking too much, at least put Bill in your prayers. He deserves it.
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Early returns are coming in from Michigan's firearm deer hunting season, which began Nov. 15 and runs through Nov. 30.
The Department of Natural Resources says there are some positive signs during this hunting season -- despite the fact epizootic hemorrhagic disease killed off thousands of deer in parts of the southern half of the Lower Peninsula this year. The DNR has collected reports of more than 13,700 animals killed from the disease, but the actual toll may be far higher. The state has cut back on the number of antlerless deer hunting licenses in some areas.
The DNR says that overall deer license sales were about 2 percent higher entering this season than at the same time in 2011. Nearly 640,000 hunters have bought one or more deer licenses.
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Southern Lower Peninsula: There appears to be fewer hunters in some areas that have been hit hardest by EHD. In many areas, however, the number of hunters appears to be about the same as in 2011. In some of the EHD zones, the DNR says hunters are "pleasantly surprised at the number of deer that they are still seeing." The DNR says there's no health risk posed to humans from EHD, a disease carried from deer to deer by a type of biting fly
Upper Peninsula: The DNR says that "most hunters have been observing more deer this year" and that buck numbers are up.
Northern Lower Peninsula: There may be an increase in the number of hunters, particularly on public land.
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Small radio station, big fight
Snoqualmie Valley is getting its own radio station — KBSG-LP on 104.5 FM. The station, which expects to be on air this fall, will focus on local programming.
The "LP" stands for low power. Broadcast at 32 watts, the station will have a six mile radius, enough to reach from Sammamish to North Bend.
The little radio station is also part of a national fight between community-radio advocates and commercial broadcasters.
The station is owned by the non-profit Snoqualmie Educational Radio Project, which consists of two Snoqualmie residents, Frank Hansche and Robert Keeton.
In August 2008, the station's previous owners sent Hansche, 58, an e-mail asking if he wanted their license. He had not expected the e-mail, and jumped at the opportunity, applying to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve the transfer.
"I was even more surprised when the FCC granted the transfer," Hansche said.
He had figured they would let the station go dark. A full-power commercial broadcaster, KMCQ, in Covington uses the same frequency, 104.5 FM, which could cause interference if the two station's radio waves overlap.
Whenever there is a possible interference conflict between an LPFM and a full-power broadcaster, the little guy loses.
Since LPFM licenses were first granted in 2000, low power stations have been the bottom man in the FCC's pecking order.
There is a finite amount of space on the radio dial. When stations broadcast too closely together, listeners hear static.
Full-power broadcasters, such as commercial stations and public radio, have opposed loosening the licensing rules for LPFM.
"It's not a competitive thing, it's just about interference," said Kris Jones, spokesman for the National Association of Broadcasters, which represents commercial radio.
Hansche and local-radio advocates say the rules are unnecessarily restrictive.
Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has submitted legislation to loosen the restrictions on LPFM.
KBSG has more to worry about than a fight in Washington. Hansche and Keeton have to beg, borrow or steal enough equipment to get the station back on the air.
Also, the station has to provide eight hours of original programming a day, which is required to maintain its LPFM license.
"It won't be easy, but it can be done," Hansche said.
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In the Lords recovery during the past five hundred years the churchs knowledge of the Lord and His truth has been continually progressing. This monumental and classical work by Brother Witness Lee builds upon and is a further development of all that the Lord has revealed to His church in the past centuries. It is filled with the revelation concerning the processed Triune God, the living Christ, the life-giving Spirit, the experience of life, and the definition and practice of the church. In this set Brother Lee has kept three basic principles that should rule and govern every believer in their interpretation, development, and expounding of the truths contained in the Scriptures. The first principle is that of the Triune God dispensing Himself into His chosen and redeemed people; the second principle is that we should interpret, develop, and expound the truths contained in the Bible with Christ for the church; and the third governing principle is Christ, the Spirit, life, and the church. No other study or exposition of the New Testament conveys the life nourishment or ushers the reader into the divine revelation of Gods holy Word according to His New Testament economy as this one does.
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Jason Terry is having a lot of fun in Boston.
This is video of the newest Celtics sixth man going around Boston just asking random people on the street for their autograph. Pretty funny stuff.
Hat tip to TrueHoop.
Jason Terry is having a lot of fun in Boston.
This is video of the newest Celtics sixth man going around Boston just asking random people on the street for their autograph. Pretty funny stuff.
Hat tip to TrueHoop.
Sevyn Streeter said the 76ers stopped her from singing the national anthem last night because she wore a "WE MATTER" jersey.
The 76ers said they use their games to bring people together.
Jan Carabeo of CBS3 (hat tip: CSN Philly):
This has been taken by some as proof Streeter was in the wrong. But the 76ers have a right to determine who uses their platform and how. That legality of the 76ers' actions isn't in question.
What should be questioned is the message they sent.
That they're against any and all political statements defies belief. They have allowed their invited guests to display political messages on the court before. If Streeter wore a shirt that said "Support our troops" – no less of a political statement – would she have been barred from performing? You must believe the answer is yes to believe political statements themselves, not the specific content of Streeter's, were the problem here.
There's also something troubling about "WE MATTER" being a political statement, but in the reality of America, the jersey is undoubtedly political. The 76ers silencing Streeter will keep it that way.
The Bulls' 2016-17 opening-night starters combined to make 133 3-pointers last season.
Twenty-nine players made more themselves.
Chicago was always going to face questions about floor-spacing with Rajon Rondo, Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler starting on the perimeter. But Fred Hoiberg intensified the concern by naming Taj Gibson the Bulls' starting power forward with Robin Lopez at center.
No NBA team has started a season with such a meager 3-point-shooting lineup in years.
Here's how many 3s each Chicago starter made per game last season:
Grand total: 1.91.
Sixty-three players made at least two 3-pointers in their 2016-17 debut.
Obviously, we don't know how players will shoot this season – especially for the Bulls, who open their season against the Celtics tonight. So, to get a rough estimate, let's assume each 2016-17 opening-game starter makes the same number of 3-pointers per game he made last season. Here's how each team would rank. (Because the Clippers, Wizards and Hawks have also yet to play this season, I projected their starters.)
Keep in mind: These rankings give zero made 3s to anyone who didn't play in the NBA last year, and 2016-17 starters who were in smaller roles last season get no adjustment upward.
That the Bulls are starting five players who started last year and still rank last speaks volumes.
This rough projection gives the Bulls' starters 1.91 3-pointers per game, but we don't need to project for previous seasons. We know how many aggregate 3-pointers per game each prior team's opening-game starters produced that season.
The last team with so few was the 2012-13 New Orleans Hornets with 1.58 – and it had been two years before that since another team had less than Chicago's projection. Those Hornets went 27-55, though their offense ranked 16th in the league.
These Bulls are truly a throwback to a different era. Teams have come to understand the value of 3-pointers, both for their efficiency themselves and the floor-spacing they provide. There's a reason no other team dares to start a lineup like Chicago's.
The Pelicans come closest, but they're relying on E'Twaun Moore and Solomon Hill taking larger roles. New Orleans' outside shooting will also improve when Jrue Holiday returns.
The Bulls essentially have their full roster available, and they opted for this lineup – even though there are other options. The simplest would've been starting Nikola Mirotic, a stretch four who seemed certain to start given Chicago's constraints. Gibson might be a better player. He 's definitely a better defender and offensive rebounder. But Mirotic's fit seemed so natural.
Hoiberg can stagger minutes, and Mirotic and Doug McDermott should play key roles as floor-spacers. But the Bulls are committing to starting each half with several minutes of this non-shooting lineup.
Of course, it doesn't have to go as poorly as history would suggest.
Wade has shown an improved ability on 3-pointers in the preseason. Butler has been up and down from beyond the arc, so it shouldn't be assumed last year's poor outside shooting is truly representative.
But Rondo is coming off the best 3-point season of his career, and it seems it might be a fluke outlier. Gibson and Lopez have shown no proficiency from downtown.
Still, there other ways to space the floor. Rondo passes extremely well. Wade excels as a cutter. Butler's drives demand attention. Gibson can out-muscle opponents to spots. Robin Lopez is exceptionally quick around the paint for a big man.
But 3-point shooting is the simplest and most direct method for creating space. The Bulls will be working from behind there – years behind.
Despite rumors agent Rich Paul won't let Ben Simmons play this season, 76ers CEO Scott O'Neil said the No. 1 pick would return from a broken foot during his rookie year. Yet, the last 76ers official who expressed optimism about Simmons' timeline had to walk it back.
So, I'd prefer to hear straight from Simmons or Paul.
Simmons, via Jessica Camerato of CSN Philly:
"I'd love to play, definitely," Simmons said of the 2016-17 season. "As soon as I can get out there, I'd love to play."
"There's no timetable on getting healthy," he said. "I'm working every day to get back and as soon as they tell me I can play is when I'll be out there."
No two injuries are alike, so Simmons doesn't perfectly compare to Nerlens Noel and Joel Embiid of prior years. But the 76ers definitely seem to be less precautious with Bryan Colangelo rather than Sam Hinkie. Not that they'll rush a player back, but if he's ready, they'll play him. There's no more sitting talented players to tank. Philadelphia wants to market Simmons, and that requires getting him on the court.
So, the ball is in Simmons' court – but he threw it back to the 76ers, saying he'll follow their clearance call. That's all they can ask for at this point.
One player dunking on another is always fantastic.
But some of the best jams come when the dunker artfully dodges defenders in the first place.
Mavericks forward Justin Anderson did that with this putback slam against the Pacers last night.


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Chilton County defensive end Derrick Lykes overcame his injury-shortened senior season Tuesday when he accepted a scholarship offer to Auburn.
The 6-foot-4, 275-pounder from Clanton said he'll sign with the Tigers next month, AuburnSports.com and autigers.com reported Tuesday night.
Lykes tore a ligament in his ankle in the third week of his senior season, but Auburn liked what he did as a junior when he harassed quarterbacks. He's the third defensive player to commit since Tommy Tuberville began his quest for a new defensive coordinator on Jan. 4. Lykes said Alabama, Jacksonville State and UAB had shown interest in him.


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Discussion in 'Chicago Bears' started by soulman, Sep 12, 2013.
Some kids are cry babies, and some kids curse mom and dad for telling them its past their bed time.
Bears organization "we don't want to disrespect Brian so lets have you guys give us an offer instead of us doing it."
Brians response "well if you're saying you don't want to disrespect me you probably already have."
This negotiation is going to go far.
So my interpretation so no matter what your counteroffer or whatever you do will disrespect me. By the way I know I'm at end of my career and my play is not like it use to be but, I think it's just fair if I try to fuk you over one more year on new contract because I think I owe to the organization.
You know Brian it's a 2 way street have sit down tell them your expectations. Like you're telling this guy instead doing it through your dumbass agent. Have a fricking pair and do your own dirty work straight up like a man so you don't have to deal with this issue for rest of your retirement. I'm sure Emery would have given you a sit down if you requested it. No you're just too damn egotistical to separate yourself from the deal and say what would be fair for all parties involved. It's just too bad you, your agent and Phil couldn't all sit at table and just talk like normal people and work this out. Now we the Bear fans have to play this BS he said she said grab ass games for rest of your fricking retirement. It's not even 6 months of your retirement and I am already tired all the BS.
By the way I'ma big fan can you sign my football...?
Who woulda thought ??
sign him up here goshdarned it ! !
I'm going out on a limb here, but: Jay Cutler was publicly indifferent, AT BEST, with the firing of Lovie Smith ("sometimes a change is good"), while Lovie's guys threw tantrums with the news. With the "rumors" of other players hating Cutler, and Brandon Marshall saying McCown had to be the "go between" for Tice (who was another of Lovie's guys), there very well could have been some disharmony between the old guard and guys like Cutler.
HB ,...Lets not forget the face of the franchise concept,... as it was Slacks,....then Cutty comes to town
THIS is one of things I'm driving at and talking about when I say this I see THIS TEAM BECOMING ONE COMPLETE UNIT
SHIT in 85 HB ,.... there were a ton of characters on that team Offense and Defense , with Lovie there only seemed to be ONE for the most part until Cutty got here .
IMHO there's always enough room for more than one at the top,especially in a team sport ,... the camaraderie, and antics of the 85ersz proves that.
Perhaps he actually did call Cutler a "pussy" when they first made the trade as we had heard.
He and Cutty apparently did not really care for each other as Cutler did not seem to mind or care that Urlacher was gone or retired.
I wonder what Soul would say about Cutler "disrespecting" Urlacher like this.....
I do remember this chit
Say it were true,.. kick this up a notch Benj,...WHO let this fester ?? Lovie ?? JA ??? the franchise as a whole ??
that was BS what Slacks supposedly said and thats about when I started losing respect the guy
OR was it Wade talking shit ??
ESPN Chicago played more of that interview, and BU actually talked about how much he actually liked KO as the starting QB for the Bears, said he felt he did win games for them, and said he did the best job he could for the D in that he didn't turn the ball over, was that a swipe at the Cutlinator? Wonder how Sheepman feels about that part of BU's interview?
Speaking as a sheep, myself, I think Brian Urlacher was right for insinuating that Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus weren't that good, since they never reached the playoffs. I think he was right for calling Cutler a ****** and for thinking Kyle Orton is a superior player to Jay Cutler.
Jeez, you guys thought my hero worship of Chad Pennington was bad...lol
If Urlacher thinks Orton should have been the starter then he obviously will never be a coach. 2nd I'm glad Emery fired the right people and not Cutler that would have been a major catastrophe. He saw who the problem people were after only a short year on the job and knew exactly what he was going to build around. Sorry Lovie and Tice building around your inabilities to develop players or create game plans made it an easy decision for Emery.
Man i sure hope the Bears whooooop the Vikes
AND I MEAN whooop Them QUEENS 3 - 5 Sacks on Ponder ..... A Maybe a Pic 6 a couple of AP Fumble ,.... then a couple casual runs by Forte, 1 by Bush even ,... ,.. Cutty peppering the Queens endzone with TD receptions to Marsh, Ashlon, BOTH Bennets,..
Oh sorry was there another topic here he he he ;)
Urlacher has always had this diva element to him. I'm surprised so many are just finally picking up on it. The guy had always been condescending to the media and fans. They would shun players that didn't fit in their click (i.e. Ced Benson). I never understood why people were so enamored with him. He was a great player for us, but people made him to be something that he wasn't.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Hayao Miyazaki might be the master of Japanimation. But he is also the lord that rules the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque.
The theater – 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland -- is rolling out another retrospective of films by the Japanese animator. "Hayao Miyazaki: Once More – in English" runs from Sept. 6 through Nov. 1.
"Hayao Miyazaki: Once More – in English"
What: A retrospective of nine films – the English-language versions (not subtitles).
When: The series runs Sept 6 through November 1.
Where: Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd.
Tickets: $9; $7, members; $6, 25 and under. Call 216-421-7450. Or go to cia.edu/cinematheque.
This series features nine films instead of seven – English language versions, not the subtitled versions shown last year.
"This new series should make Mr. Miyazaki's high-flying adventure fantasies accessible to an even larger audience than the previous one," says John Ewing, director of the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. "Allowing all ages to discover his unique world of children and creatures, witches and wizards, spells and spirits, flying machines and floating islands, man-made monstrosities and natural wonders."
Ewing should know. He's debuted most of Miyazaki's films at the Cinematheque -- a theater that is a film festival, year-round, full of new, foreign and classic cinema. Miyazaki remains the Cinematheque's biggest draw. "Princess Mononoke" alone packed more than 550 people into the theater when it debuted in 1999.
The love affair with Miyazaki started in 1990 — when the theater introduced him to Cleveland, with "Castle in the Sky." Ewing was struck by the film on two levels: Yes, it reminded him of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," but it also transcended the Japanimation genre with its humanity and enchanting characters.
"Castle in the Sky" opens the series, screening 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6 and 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7.
The rest of the schedule:
"Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind": 8:35 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, and 5:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14.
"My Neighbor Totoro": 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20; 5:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21; 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22.
"Kiki's Delivery Service": 8:35 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27.
"Porco Rosso": 8:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4.
"Princess Mononoke": 8:35 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10; 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11; 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13.
"Howl's Moving Castle": 8:35 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 and 7:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18.
"Spirited Away": 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 and 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct 26.
"Ponyo": 8:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1.