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One mystery is potentially solved for Floyd Mayweather's next fight. It's just not the opponent.
Mayweather announced via Twitter on Wednesday that he's working with his father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., again in preparation for his May 4 bout in Las Vegas.
"Me & my trainer (my dad) back working together getting ready for May 4th," Mayweather tweeted, along with a photo of him and his dad.
Roger Mayweather has been Floyd's trainer since 2000, but the unbeaten Grand Rapids native hinted in December that health issues may prevent his uncle from being in the corner. Roger suffers from diabetes.
"He's very, very sick at this particular time, so I'm thinking about working back with my father," Mayweather told FightHype.com's Ben Thompson then.
"I want (Roger) to get healthy and eat better so he can have a sharp mind, because his mind is not as sharp as it once was."
Roger Mayweather's role in training camp for the upcoming fight remains unknown.
Mayweather and his father have had a rocky relationship in the past, including one outburst captured by HBO cameras before Mayweather's 2011 fight against Victor Ortiz.
Mayweather Sr. made a peaceful return to his son's gym before his victory over Miguel Cotto last May, but didn't attend the fight and wasn't in his corner.
Mayweather is set to return to the ring for the first time since a victory over Miguel Cotto last May. Robert Guerrero has been the long-rumored opponent, but Mayweather indicated via Twitter that Devon Alexander also could be in the mix.

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"Competition and the Real Estate Workshop" -- Comment, Project No. V050015
This is almost an insane issue. This industry is more competitive than the NFL. Virtually, over 80% of the new agents wash out in the first year from fierce competition. The MLS system is not a public utility. It evolved out of need not greed. It is the most efficient way to service the public. The billions of dollars and time spent to enter and track accurate property information by licensed and trained agents will go away if there is less incentive to do so. I need to remind most of you that unless you have actually done this business (been a licensed agent for at least 5 years) then you have almost zero frame of reference to go by and will not make an accurate decision based on first hand knowledge. There are very few, if any other professions that compare to being in the trenches with the public, making sure that the transaction is done correctly with the largest transaction of most peoples lives and then, only getting paid if the deal closes. If you are fantasizing about agents not being as needed as they were in the past, then all I can do is laugh. You have to remember that "for sale by owner" web sites have been available for a along time, if a person wanted to go outside of the MLS system. Also that the public thinks they are selling a used car when they do it themselves. In other words they don't, and are not trained to or obligated to use any code of ethics to treat anyone fairly. When a licensed agent procures a listing contract with a seller then that agent owns the information to market that home. If the seller is not happy with that agent and with the way that agent markets the property then they can fire that agent. Go ahead, deregulate the whole industry. I will find a way to make money from it. However, you will have a huge mess on you hands. The less agents are involved, the more law suits and huge distress there will be for the public to endure. Remember that selling and buying a home combined with moving is the most stressful thing that a person can experience right under a death in the family. The profession was born from that fact. The real estate agent is the professional referee in the trenches. You don't go to a sporting event to watch the referees, yet you still need them to proceed in a fair fashion.
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When it comes to motivating students, officials at Washington Middle School in Harrison are all-stars.
The school kicked off the academic year with a "Hit It Out of the Park" initiative, which rewarded students for good behavior and academic performance with free transportation and the chance to purchase $5 tickets to a Mets baseball game.
Last Friday 100 students, teachers and chaperones boarded three buses to see the Mets take on the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field. The school got a mention on the scoreboard during the fourth inning.
Washington Middle School administrators and teachers awarded the transportation passes to students who did well in the classroom, treated others with respect or lent a hand to someone who needed help.
Principal Michael Landy, who devised the program with eighth grade language arts teacher Kim Madalena, surprised one student with a pass for volunteering to carry heavy items to the office. Others received passes for teaching sixth graders, who are new to the middle school, how to work the locks on their lockers.
Landy said that when he first announced the program, students couldn't believe they'd get the chance to see a Major League game. "They didn't believe it. They asked us if we were giving out Newark Bears tickets," said Landy, who took the helm at the middle school on July 1. "Of course, the kids tried to scramble to figure out how to get those transportation passes. It was a nice, positive reinforcement."
Soon after arriving at the middle school in July, Landy received an e-mail from the Mets offering a huge discount for group sales. He discussed it with Madalena, the student council advisor, who handled all of the research and came up with the program, which is co-sponsored by the school's student council.
Teachers also added curriculum elements to the program. Math classes studied how statistics relate to baseball, while language arts teachers introduced the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American baseball player in the Major Leagues. Citi Field's iconic entrance is named the Jackie Robinson Rotunda in honor of the baseball legend.
Landy hopes to roll out more motivational programs as the school year progresses.
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Corned Beef Hash
Rebecca Lindamood
Recipe type:
main, breakfast, dinner
Prep time:
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Cook time:
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Total time:
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When corned beef hash is done right, you get concentrated meaty, savoury, salty, chewy intensity that can't be achieved without a very hot pan and butter.
1½-3 cups leftover fully cooked corned beef brisket, depending on how much you have and how much you want in the finished product
8 largish Yukon Gold potatoes, scrubbed and peeled if preferred
1 large yellow onion
1 large carrot, scrubbed and peeled if preferred
½ cup (1 stick, 4 ounces) butter, plus extra if needed
salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
Optional for serving:
Stir-fried kimchi
Fried eggs
Hot sauce
Place a large pot of water over high heat and allow it to come to a boil while preparing other ingredients.
Place a heavy, well-seasoned cast-iron skillet over low heat and allow the butter to melt slowly in it while you dice your onions. You want the pieces of onion to be no larger than ¼". Lob the root end off of the carrot. Slice it in half crosswise, then lengthwise. Lay the carrot quarters cut sides down on your cutting board and slice into ¼" thick strips lengthwise. Turn the strips perpendicular to your knife and chop roughly into ¼" cubes. When the butter is fully melted, add the carrots and onions to the pan, sprinkle with a pinch of salt, then stir. Raise the heat to medium low and let cook while dealing with the potatoes then corned beef, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching. The carrots and onions should cook for about 8-10 minutes.
To dice the potatoes, first slice them in half lengthwise. Lay, cut side down, on the cutting board and cut into ¼" thick 'cards'. Lay a stack of the potato 'cards' on the cutting board, cut sides down, and slice into ¼" strips. Turn the strips perpendicular to your knife and chop roughly into ¼" cubes.
Salt the now boiling water with a hearty pinch of kosher salt and carefully add the diced potatoes. Return to a simmer. The potatoes should be mostly tender within 3-5 minutes. Do not cook them until they're mushy. Drain and set aside.
To dice the corned beef, cut across the grain into ¼" thick slices. Stack the slices and cut into ¼" strips. Turn the strips perpendicular to your knife and chop roughly into ¼" cubes.
By this time, your carrots and onions should have softened and the onions should be beginning to turn golden around the edges (at the 8-10 minute mark.) Turn the heat to medium. Add the boiled potatoes and diced corned beef to the pan and toss to evenly distribute the onions, carrot, potatoes, corned beef and fat. If it looks dry, you can add a little more butter or canola oil. Use a sturdy metal spatula or wooden spoon to press the mixture down toward the bottom of the pan. This promotes more caramelized bits and goodies. Grind black pepper over the mixture, to taste.
Do not stir at this point!
If you hear sizzling and popping you are on the right track. If you don't hear it, raise the heat a bit and see if that sets the sizzling in motion. If you still don't hear good things happening, add a bit more fat (either butter or canola oil), and that should do it. After about 5-8 minutes, when things start smelling toasty, slide a metal spatula under the hash and lift a bit to examine the progress. If it is starting to get golden brown bits, use your spatula to slide underneath and flip over the hash in sections. Don't stir it, or you'll break up all those lovely crisp parts. Press the hash down again to bring more surface area in contact with the pan. This is how you achieve the best coloring and texture on the hash. Cook for about 5 minutes, then lift and flip sections again. Carry on doing this until you get the degree of caramelization you prefer. When it is the color you desire, remove the pan from the heat. Cast-iron retains heat, so if you do not want it to cook any further, you should transfer it to a serving dish immediately.
Serve hot.
I prefer mine with stir-fried kimchi and a fried egg on top, but most of my kids love it straight up with hot sauce. Leftovers can be stored in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator and reheated in a skillet or in the microwave.
Recipe by
Foodie With Family
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also grabbed second in the 300 low hurdles with a time of 52.94.
Mount Si girls relay runners dominated, winning both the 4-by-100 and 4-by-200 races. Symone Shaw, Woolsey, McLain, Hasbun, and Natalie Opsvig were on one or both of those winning efforts. The Wildcat girls 4-by-400 foursome of the Robbins sisters, Marley and Taylor, along with Megan Past and Dannah Parsons, finished second in their relay.
There were a lot of solid efforts in throwing and jumping events, as well. Mount Si swept the top four spots in the javelin, led by the 97 foot, 3 inch winning throw of Emily Ferree. Stephanie Burk won the high jump with a jump of 5 feet, 2 inches. Diane Keller and Wendy Hecker finished tied for second in that competition.
Shaw dominated in the triple and long jumps, winning both. Hasbun finished second in the long jump, while Burk finished third in the long jump.
Mount Si is home for their final meet of the regular season Thursday, May 1, against Cedarcrest and Mercer Island. Things get underway at 4 p.m., and McLaughlin says fans are in for a treat. Definitely with it being our last meet of the season, I know everybodys just going to go all out and perform our best, he said. Cedarcrest and Mercer Island are sort of our rivals, so nobodys going to want to lose.
Wildcats test their skills in big out-of-town meets
Mount Sis teams traveled last Saturday, April 26, to two big meets. The boys went to the Shoreline Invitational, while the girls went to Shelton for their invitational meet.
Strong performances at Shoreline came from McLaughlin, who finished fifth in the 400-meter finals with a time of 50.36, and the Wildcat boys distance medley relay team, who finished second with a time of 10:57.49. In Shelton, it was a big day for Woolsey, who finished fifth in the 200 meter finals, with a time of 27.04. Keller also had a nice day in the 100 high hurdle finals, where she finished fourth. Hasbun also finished strong, with a seventh in the 100-meter finals. Two of Mount Sis relay teams, the 4-by-100 meter and the distance medley, both finished third in their respective events.
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Pajama media is shutting down the blog. I can't say I am surprised. What a disappointment and enormous waste of precious and rare blog investment.
I was one of the original pajama bloggers. I thought PJM was going to rival AP, UPI, Reuters. Finally, a news portal of citizen bloggers and journalists that would counter the Pali stringers and left wing biased journalists of the news gathering agencies. But PJM went off the rails. Simon decided to chase big names for big money, but to what end? Who needed another NRO or WSJ Best of the Web? And unlike the left, where Soros, Hollywood libtards and Google-type asshats embarrassingly fund the leftwing sites vis a vis Moveon.org et al, the right has none of that. None. We live on fumes. G-d bless our small advertisers and our readers who contribute.
So it was thrilling that someone was bankrolling the original idea. But Pajama never got it, never understood who or what they were. They were compelled to present both sides. Why? The left didn't have enough - TV, print, cable, left-nets? The idea of balanced coverage was a shoot-yourself-in-the foot strategy. The left owns it all -- why couldn't we have one well financed portal on the web that unabashedly promoted conservative, rational, reasoned arguments and positions with style and chutzpah?
Well, Pajama wasn't it. It was never really on anyone's radar screen except the big names they paid silly sums to. They never released their traffic - never. They would include all the PJM bloggers numbers added together when discussing readership. They would never post sitemeter (Atlas has approximately 20,000 views a day).
I joined when Pajama launched .......... summer 2005. Atlas was 4 months old - with 400 readers a day. I stayed a year. They paid small blogs almost no dough -- while prohibiting us from taking any other advertising. No other advertising. Hey, no one is in this for the money, but we ain't commies either. So I left. And I never missed it. I thought they missed the boat, lost a golden opportunity to alter the direction of human history. Huff Po, that maroon, did a better job than all those geniuses at PJM.
Can you imagine if I were given 20% of what was invested in PJM? I am one person. No assistants, no interns, no editors, nuthin. I would have had bands of free men roving the world reporting into Atlas central. TV, video, newsletters, action alerts, campaign headquarters -- serious ass whuppin.
Here is the breakup letter.
Dear Jeff,
As you know, last September Pajamas Media began a new initiative in Internet television called Pajamas TV. When we started with our RNC coverage from Minneapolis, we noted that we would be in a Beta Phase through the first quarter of 2009. In the last few months we have strengthened the PJTV lineup with shows covering Media Bias, Education Bias, Middle East Update, Sharia and Jihad, Powerline Report, Ask Dr. Helen, Hugh News, Poliwood, Conservatism 2.0, Economy and Finance, National Security, and others.
As the end of the first quarter approaches and we near the production phase of Pajamas TV, we will continue to build our emphasis in this area. As a result we have decided to wind down the Pajamas Media Blogger and advertising network effective March 31, 2009. The PJM portal and the XPressBlogs will continue as is.
Since our ad relationship continues for the time being, you should note that in order to be paid for the 1st quarter of 2009, you must leave the current Pajamas ads up until 12:01AM April 1. We will be sending you information in mid-March on removing the ads. As of April 1, 2009, you will be free to arrange syndication or re-sale deals.
We thank you very much for participating during the formative years of Pajamas Media and we look forward to working with you in other ways. One of those is, of course, Pajamas TV. If you have any ideas in that regard, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Our best wishes in the new year and again our deepest gratitude for your participation in Pajamas Media.
Roger L. Simon
And so now the focus is Pajama Television. Have you seen the line-up? Can you rattle off the VLOG talent? Are they still charging for it?
UPDATE: I find it strange that Pajamas Media is the sponsor of bloggers row - yes, Atlas is an official blogger of CPAC this year (last year too). When I heard that Pajamas Media had taken over bloggers row I thought it would only be PJM bloggers (not too interesting) and I thought maverick blog voices would be silenced.
I don't know who the other bloggers are, but CPAC did recommend me and PJM said OK. When I see who else is there, I'll know more. But why did PJM sponsor bloggers row (first time bloggers row was taken over) when they were signing off from the blog biz?
Just askin'...
UPDATE: Pajamas Media is not the first sponsor of CPAC's blogger's row.
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Raritan Valley Community College's Visual and Performing Arts Department will present an original adaptation of José Rivera's Marisol, April 3-6, at 8 p.m. The play will be staged in the Welpe Theatre at the College's Branchburg Campus.
In the Obie Award-winning play, a band of guerrilla angels has waged a war in the heavens that is bringing Armageddon to Earth. It is an apocalyptic, urban fantasy where coffee is extinct, rainwater burns your skin, the moon has disappeared, and people are tortured for late credit card payments. Marisol Perez embarks on a hero's journey that will connect Heaven and Earth, spirituality and survival, the fantastic and mundane. It is a powerful tale of hope, compassion and self-empowerment.
Author of more than 20 plays, José Rivera was the first Puerto Rican to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay for "Motorcycle Diaries." His most recent work was the screenplay for the film version of On the Road, adapted from the Jack Kerouac novel.
Marisol is being directed by adjunct assistant professor Mark Bloom of Bloomfield.
Admission is $12 per person. Admission is free to veterans. For tickets, call 908-725-3420.
The cast and crew includes: Ellen Valencia (Marisol) Somerset; Cassie Daniels (Angel) North Plainfield; Crystal Bennett (June) Cranford; Dan Pellicano (Lenny) Flemington; Dave Biribauer (Man with Golf Club) Manville; John Cleary (Man with Ice Cream) High Bridge (RVCC Faculty); Carmen Reategui (Woman with Furs) Whitehouse Station
Kyle Blocker (Scar Tissue) New Brunswick; Caroline Cartselos (Homeless Ensemble) Califon; Jessica Ferrara (Homeless Ensemble) Hillsborough; Mike Roche (Homeless Ensemble) Watchung; Maria Vargas (Homeless Ensemble) Montgomery; Ri Walker (Homeless Ensemble) Lambertville; Sarah Coddington (stage manager) Bridgewater; Alex Cassucci (light design) Branchburg; and Jimmy Duprey (set design) Whitehouse Station.
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I WISH to respond to the letter about the Remploy workers from your correspondent S Wrigley.
It is dismaying to read such a letter from someone who has experienced what it is like to be a disabled worker, but who clearly knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
"Patronising", to keep disabled people in employment? What utter rot.
That would be why so many of them held demonstrations to try to keep their factories open, so sick of being "patronised" were they.
The employees of Remploy may well have cost public money, but they would have put that money back into the economy when they spent their wages in the shops.
Instead, around 90% of those so far made redundant remain on the dole, which if you want to keep the debate on a financial footing STILL costs the taxpayer money, but leaves the former Remploy staff with far less disposable income to support the economy.
If you want instead to discuss the issue in human terms, think of the loss of dignity and independence, and the fact that they didn't have to worry so much about paying the bills while they were still being "patronised".
Labour may well have started this, I don't know: but the Tories certainly had the power to reverse the closure decision.
Instead they went ahead and closed the factories and appointed an expert in spouting irrelevant hyperbole, Esther McVey, to paint this outrage as an "opportunity" for disabled people to be "supported".
Judging purely by the figures the Remploy closures have been an unmitigated disaster; judged on a human level, they are a national disgrace.
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In Unity 4.3, the engine added native 2D workflows, including Sprites, animation and physics, amongst other improvements. This is bringing all manner of new users to the world of Unity game development, which is great for the community, but to keep users happy, we at Learn Unity have decided to launch a dedicated 2D site to grab all the 2D tutorials and resources into one place.
Unity Developer Alex Zanfir has teamed up with Pluralsight, the online training resource, to create a course on Unity. During the course you'll learn about creating a first person game with creepy attacking spiders.
Unity official Learn area has launched a gritty reboot of its Live training channel. There was a live training service the past few years, but this was put on hold whilst new options for broadcast were sought. The new channel uses Twitch.tv to broadcast, and is embedded on the Unity site so you can join live without signing up, which was a pain point of the old training system that used Adobe connect.
The official Unity learning channel has released a great overview starter tutorial for users to get started just making a game with Primitive shapes. This tutorial is voiced by forum legend TheAntRanch and he does a great job explaining the first few things you should learn getting into Unity.
This fantastic list of things a developer should know is both incisive and funny, but crammed with absolute common sense.
In case you missed the launch back in March, Unity Technologies have just launched the first drop of their 'Learn' project – a series of tutorial modules, and a larger project called 'Stealth'. Go there directly now…
Spotted this blog post from the awesome Danny Goodayle, in which he's written up a great starter guide for setting up your machine for iOS development with Unity. He covers everything from Build Settings, to the Apple specific stuff like profiles and certificates that can be really daunting when you start out.
Unity have released a tutorial to get started with the new animation system – 'Mecanim' – in Unity 4.0. Its a long one at 45 minutes but it means you get to see everything from putting in an FBX character and adding controls scripts and even shooting laser eyes!
The experts over at Digital Tutors have been amassing a lot of great quality Unity tutorials in recent times. Some of their stuff is paid for by subscription, but by all accounts its a very slick service, and definitely worth checking out the free ones to see if you like their style. http://www.digitaltutors.com/training/unity-tutorials
I saw these guys talk at Unite (Unity conference) last year about their tutorials and their approach and was very impressed at their ethics about teaching. So I wanted to link to these guys and give them a shout out! as they say. Check out their tutorials for a good introduction to Unity – they […]
IT IS DONE! After a few technical hitches at the publishing stage, my new book is ready and out now. If you're interested in learning game development with Unity (or Unity 3D, as its often mis-called!) then I hope you'll take a look at my book to get yourself rolling. You can grab it from Amazon, amongst other places online, and its available in print, ebook and kindle.
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U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office has charged a former New Orleans Police sergeant and a former Jefferson Parish Sheriff's deputy after authorities say the men faked the theft of a vehicle to collect insurance proceeds. Kevin Guillot, 43, of New Orleans, and Daniel Spears, 40, of Belle Chasse, were charged in federal court in New Orleans Friday for wire fraud.
Anthony Venezia, 34, Guillot's nephew, was charged with misprision of a felony in connection with the incident as well.
The two officers resigned after they learned they were being investigated by authorities. Guillot had worked for the NOPD for 20 years, while Spears worked for the Sheriff's Office for a decade.
All three defendants were charged in a bill of information rather than in a grand jury indictment, generally a signal that they intend to plead guilty.
A third police officer was involved in the scheme as well, the bill of information says. However, that officer was not named in the charging documents, and he died in 2012. Guillot was that officer's direct supervisor, and that officer had been with the NOPD since 1997.
Though the officer is not named in the documents, his lawyer has identified him as Salvadore Battaglia, who took his own life at his home in Madisonville on Feb. 7. Battaglia's suicide came several hours after news of the federal investigation broke.
According to the charging documents, in June 2011 Guillot and Spears concocted a scheme to fake the theft of his personal truck because Guillot did not want to pay for repairs to the vehicle's engine. Guillot pretended to be out fishing with Venezia, and reported that while he was absent his Ford 250 truck was stolen from a Jefferson Parish boat launch.
However, the court documents state that Guillot never actually went fishing and instead was working most of the day. His vehicle was parked in front of his home the entire time. He had Spears write a phony police report substantiating his claims and that was submitted to the insurance company to receive a payout.
Venezia lied to insurance officials as part of the scheme, a press release about the charges said.
Battaglia, meanwhile, created a false NOPD report that said that Guillot's vehicle had been recovered in New Orleans after the theft.
However, while the insurance company made nominal payments to Guillot, it withheld a final payment because of a suspicion of fraud, and because Guillot would not cooperate with the company's investigation. Guillot stood to collect more than $12,000 if the claim had been approved.
The court documents state that Spears agreed to cooperate with federal investigators. In early February, he secretly recorded a conversation with Guillot in which Guillot instructed him to lie to federal agents, according to the bill of information.
That same day, Battaglia contacted Guillot, also secretly recording it. As with Spears, Guillot told Battaglia not to tell the truth about the scheme, the charging document states.
Battaglia's lawyer, Bruce Whittaker, said in February that his client had simply tried to help a friend, and played a minor role in the alleged scheme. "In doing so, he crossed the line, " Whittaker said.
Battaglia had been cooperating with federal investigators from the inception of the investigation and was "doing all that he could do to repair the damage that was done, " Whittaker added. "It's tragic that it ended this way."
Guillot's attorney, Eric Hessler, said Friday that his client clearly made a mistake.
"In the grand scheme of things, he wanted to get his truck fixed," Hessler said. "To say he went about it the wrong way is an understatement. It certainly has consequences, certainly some horribly tragic consequences."
Hessler said Guillot accepted responsibility for the crime and no one was forced to participate in the scheme. "Everyone involved made their own choices. He is responsible for his."
Hessler also said: "We asked that the federal government spare the others and not charge them."
Prosecutors didn't heed their request.
Both New Orleans Superintendent Ronal Serpas and Sheriff Newell Normand said they were pleased to work with federal authorities to investigate the case. Normand said that Spears resigned before he could be fired, while Serpas expressed dismay that the actions of a few corrupt officers taint the entire department. Letten said the arrest is proof of his office's commitment to rooting out official corruption.
"Together we will never waver in our fierce protection of our citizens, and the trust and integrity of those who honor the badge every day," Letten said in the release.
If convicted, Spears and Guillot would face a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment. Venezia could face up to three years.


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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett along with his wife, Susan got help from Lt. Gov. Jim and Suzanne Cawley's son Nick during the lighting of Capitol Christmas tree Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. JOHN C. WHITEHEAD/The Patriot-News
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LSU's Raph Rhymes and Brandon Boudreaux from Tulane both earned spots on the initial list of finalists for the 2013 college baseball Senior CLASS Award.
NCAA student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were selected as candidates for the award. To be eligible for the award, a player must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: Community, classroom, character and competition. Rhymes led the country in hitting last season with a .431 average, and he received 2012 first-team All-America recognition, as well as being named the SEC Player of the year.
Through eight games this season, Rhymes is batting a team-high .433 (13-for-30) with three doubles and six RBI. He has struck out only once in 35 plate appearances.
A two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll as a sports administration major, Rhymes is also an active participant in LSU baseball community service projects.
Boudreaux is a Mandeville native who starred at St. Paul's before arriving at Tulane. The Green Wave outfielder batted .330 last season with 8 home runs and 36 RBIs and stole 10 bases.
The candidate class will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those names will be placed on the official ballot.
Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2013 NCAA College World Series in Omaha June 15-26.
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"We'll carry on as business as usual," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said, according to the story. "Just as when you have a player go down, we'll make it work."
The manager declined any further comment on the matter, though he did say that there were no issues between he and Eiland.
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This Friday Jealousy Curve will join pop artist Jon Mclaughlin for a night at the Dragonfly in Harrisburg.
If you like something a little harder, head down the street to Smalls where Los Angeles' Nebula will play their blend of psychedelic rock. At this show you'll also catch Bonk, Les Breastfeeders, Paper Tongue and The Nighttime Dealers.
Over in Lancaster, the Chameleon Club will be hosting experimental indie band Circa Survive from Philly. Ours, Fear Before the March of Flames and Dear and the Headlights will also be playing.
Other concerts happening Friday include the Cowboy Junkies at the Whitaker, Becky Chace at the Crimson Frog and the Inca Campers at Lancaster Dispensing Co.
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The local drop still trailed an 11.5 percent national decline in prices, according to the firm. That was down slightly from an 11.7 percent decline in February.
First American CoreLogic, a California-based real estate data firm, reported that price declines slowed in states that have had the highest declines over the past three years, but that they accelerated in states that had initially seen more moderate price declines.
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Other metro areas in Alabama also saw drops that were less steep than the national average. Home prices in the Birmingham-Hoover metro area, for example, fell 5 percent in March compared to a year ago. They dropped 4.6 percent in February.
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Grant, The 1:1 choke at the ladderline/coax junction will impede conducted CM current from flowing back along the outside of the coax sheath. That will drive equal and opposite leg currents in the ladderline *at that point*. As you rightly suppose, other factors which unbalance the antenna or ladderline could still cause CM current at other points along the ladderline, despite the choke at the junction. 73, Steve G3TXQ On 17/01/2011 03:48, Grant Saviers wrote: > I'm using a ladder line fed 80m dipole as an all band antenna with a > tuned length of line, high Z 1:1 choke at the LL to coax junction. One > assumption in these antennas kinda baffles me, so here is a question for > tower-talkians with expertise in transmission lines and baluns: > > Why is the current into the antenna balanced? If I adequately choke the > coax at the ladder line junction the current should be balanced there. > Theory says ladder line doesn't radiate IF the current is equal (must be > equal in phase and amplitude I assume) in both wires, but it will get > unbalanced if one side is near metal, etc. So what happens on the > ladder line if the antenna is not balanced at the feedpoint? > > Is there such a device as a ladder line balun ala the baluns used to > drive ethernet twisted pairs? (seems like a similar problem but at 100 > ohms pair Z, a ferrite 1:1 current balun is not difficult to build). > > Grant KZ1W > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > firstname.lastname@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk > > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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After visiting Newtown last December, Giants receiver Victor Cruz became close with the family of Jack Pinto, one of the 27 victims in the Sandy Hook shooting and a fan of the Giants receiver.
One year after the tragedy, Cruz posted an Instagram photo of the cleats he wore in Sunday's loss to the Seahawks -- he wrote "Never forget" and "Jack Pinto" on the sides, while he scrawled "my hero" on the heels.
Cruz also posted a photo of Pinto on Dec. 14 and wrote, "You've taught me more than you even know Jack. Rest in eternal peace."


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Former Govs. Brendan Byrne and Tom Kean have been commenting on the gubernatorial race from the start. Last night they offered their observations on the outcome.
Bret Schundler did himself in, both by defending unpopular issues and by letting Jim McGreevey define Schundler's own issues.
And, after all, New Jersey is a Democratic state. Some votes for McGreevey were anti-Schundler votes. But McGreevey has worked very hard for years, and people who had contact with him liked him. He lost that Johnny-one-note image, and I think people developed some confidence in him, so his victory wasn't just due to an anti- Schundler vote. But there's no question that, had Donnie D. been his opponent, it would have made it a lot tougher race.
I don't think McGreevey had long coattails for all the other Democrats, though. He may have been helpful in the open seats, but Republicans running for re-election seemed to do well. The Democrats did gain control of the Assembly, and that's good for McGreevey. It's always nice to have at least one house.
Certainly, you won't have Schundler to kick around anymore. You can't lose by this much and come back.
I'd have to say the turning point was when Schundler beat (former Rep. Bob) Franks in the primary. But as the party's nominee, he didn't have the whole party behind him. He lost some key Republicans - the Hazel Glucks, the pro-choice Republicans - even before he lost Donnie. And even a lot of Republicans who were there in name didn't pull the levers down very hard.
However, it was time for McGreevey. He was going to beat anybody. Franks, just by the fact that he lost to Schundler, proved he wouldn't have been that tough for McGreevey. But Franks wouldn't have been abandoned by substantial segments of his party.
The most interesting part of the whole campaign was how the Republicans ran two different races. The races for the Legislature were quite divorced from Schundler's race. You saw a little of that when (Charles) Sandman was a candidate in '73, but not like this time.
People said that the more they got to know Schundler, the less they liked him. Not personally but position-wise. Personally, people liked him. But they didn't like his positions.
I don't think Bret Schundler was ever able to get traction after Sept. 11. The race essentially was closed after that time. People were not willing to listen to new ideas. And he fell into a real deficit in terms of fund- raising. He was outspent by 2-to-1 in the last three weeks.
He also never was able to overcome the gap he had with women from very early on. That never changed. In New Jersey, you can't do that badly with women voters and win. (McGreevey got 59 percent of the votes cast by women while Schundler got 38 percent, according to exit polls.)
After the primary, he made some mistakes. But he was hoping to make up his lost ground in September and October, and Sept. 11 took away that possibility. Two big events he had counted on were the Governor's Ball, which was to be his big fund-raiser, and a visit from the President of the United States, which would have been a real boost to his campaign.
And neither of those took place.
Whether he would have won had they taken place, I don't know. But I think it would have been a lot closer.
Schundler is a very talented, attractive, intelligent man, and he certainly has a future. He could have a position in Washington if he wants it. Or he could stay here and have a major role in the Republican Party. Whatever he does will depend entirely on what he and his family want to do.
He never was able to unite the full party, and you have to do that. Polls showed that 29 percent of Republicans were disaffected. (They voted for Gov. Christie Whitman in 1997 but McGreevey this time.) You can't win with numbers that large.
After you've lost, you always think of what you could have done differently. Schundler made a few mistakes. He could have done more to unify the party. I think he's comfortable with the way he ran his campaign, but he was badly outspent. He did a good job of fund-raising in the primary, and he had hoped to get funds nationally. He felt there'd be a lot of money coming in there. But it didn't come in to the extent he'd hoped.
In New Jersey, once you fall behind, the people pile on, and it all goes to your opponent. It flowed to McGreevey. Everybody in the state gave money to McGreevey. This election shows that the candidate who is able to run the race to the center wins.


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Blewett, D.T.(1) and Hawke, B.R.(1) and Bell, J.F.(2) and Jaumann, R. and Hiesinger, H. and Neukum, G. and Spudis, P.D.(3) (1993) Spectral and Multispectral Imaging Studies of Lunar Mantled Mare Deposits. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, 15-19 March 1993.
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Near-IR reflectance spectra (0.6-2.5 m) and CCD images in the extended visible range (0.4-1.0 m) obtained wth earth-based teles- copes have been used to investigate the composition and origin of formations in the Schiller-Schickard region of the Moon. Of particular interest are the Schickard light plains, which represent an area of mantled mare basalt, or crypto,are. Here local pre- existing mare basalts were eroded and incorporated into a highlands- rich deposit by ejecta from the Orientale Basin. Spectral observa- tions of mature and inmature highland and mare surfaces, as well as dark-halo crater materials provide information on the mafic mineralogy of features in the area. Analyses of the "1 m" absorptionband and spectral mixing models indicate that selected spots in the light plains contain on the order of 50% mare basalt. CCD image cubescan be used to map the amount of basalt in the light plains and evaluate changes with radial distance from Orientale.
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ARLINGTON — The crowd at several Arlington Memorial Day ceremonies gathered in the hundreds despite an unusually heavy rainfall on Memorial Day, May 28.
Ominous clouds moved overhead before the downtown Arlington parade began at 10 a.m., and raindrops slowly increased in size and speed until a steady downpour fell over both the crowd and the many who gathered to march.
Boy Scouts held a banner for the local Arlington chapter of the American Legion, Post 76, and were followed by the Legion's Color Guard, Arlington High School Naval Junior ROTC, the AHS marching band, local Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops and World War II veterans.
Locals gathered on the sidewalks of Olympic Avenue — appropriately decorated with American flags on each lightpost — to watch the parade and to pay respects to fallen soldiers.
Following the parade, spectators gathered at the Arlington Cemetery at 11 a.m. to honor those who gave their lives in combat.
"We will always remember them because this is America, the land of the free and the home of the brave," said Veterans of Foreign Wars Chaplain Keith Reyes during a prayer. He stood among hundreds of flags placed throughout the cemetery by the American Legion members and volunteers who raised them earlier that morning.
"For some people, Memorial Day is just one of the federal holidays that brackets the summer months," said VFW speaker Jeff Weinstock.
"Our fallen soldiers didn't fade away. They were simply forgotten," he said. "They sacrifice family, friends and often their lives for their country." Weinstock spoke of the tendency to forget the importance of the holiday, and how some people view Memorial Day as a time to barbecue, go shopping or get a three-day weekend. He used the ceremony to express the true meaning of the day. "Memorial Day is to honor those who were killed in war," he said.
The crowd of hundreds who gathered at the cemetery were soaked with rain as they gave a salute to those who served and followed in a closing prayer by Rich Barron, who ended with "God bless America."
The Arlington High School marching band completed the ceremony by performing "Amazing Grace." The number of people who participated in the ceremony even with the stormy skies impressed Post. Cmdr. Daniel Wyttenbach of Post 76.
"Look at the turnout and look at the weather," he said, gesturing the crowd and the sky. "These are some seriously patriotic people in this community."
Following the Arlington Memorial Day service, they held a Civil War memorial service at noon. After that, Arlington Legion members conducted another Memorial Day service at the Darrington Cemetery starting at 2 p.m.
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Going Deep100% Completion Time: 5:30 Player Damage: 50% Headshots: 20 Accuracy: 70% Vehicles Destroyed:5 Bomb Hidden Sticky Bomb Carnage
Ah, Bulgarin. A powerful man who is not to be trusted, but you and Tony are running out of options. After the introductory cut-scene, drive Bulgarin and his associate, Timur to the underground carpark off of Topaz St (see your GPS). On the way there you should stop by a ammo supply shop and pick up some armor and ammo -- you've got a firefight coming up.
After you arrive inside the carpark, get out of the car and before you plant the bomb on the front of the marked car, toss a couple of sticky bombs around on the ground at the base of the ramp that leads into the carpark. This ensures that when you set off the sticky bomb on your car, you will take out a lot of the N.O.O.S.E. in the surrounding area. Now duck behind the car marked on your GPS, wait for the officers to arrive, and then let the explosions fly.
Not only do you have to keep yourself alive during this fight, but you need to keep Bulgarin and Timur in one piece as well. Don't let the N.O.O.S.E. agents flank your position -- if that does happen, take up position behind a cement pillar. There will be a couple of waves of enemies so keep an eye on your GPS radar to see their locations (marked by a red dot). Also, if you need some armor to help you during this fight, there is some located in the middle of the carpark, in the blue painted zones.
Now you have to escape from the carpark by stealing any vehicle that you can find (we took a N.O.O.S.E. van that amazingly, was still in one piece). As soon as you exit from the carpark, three Corrupt N.O.O.S.E. vehicles will close in on you -- you can either destroy them or try and lose them, it's up to you. We were able to lose them pretty easily by driving through oncoming traffic and a couple of quick turns down alleyways. Once you have lost them, take Bulgarin and Timur to the marked location to complete the mission.
Dropping In 100% Completion Time: Player Damage: 70% Accuracy: Perfect Landing Ashvilli Plummet Truck Landing
After the introductory cut-scene stop by an ammo dealer to pick up some ammo (grenades, sticky bombs) and armor. Now, drive with Timur to the helipad and pilot the helicopter through the rings in the sky (like during the ...Blog This! mission). Once you get to the destination you'll have to parachute to the top of the marked building an infiltrate it from the rooftop.
After your successful infiltration it will be some close quarter battles ahead of you for the rest of the way as that security will be alerted to your status, aware that you're there to assissinate Ashvilli. Keep your viewpoint down the barrel of your rifle -- don't go sprinting through the hallways. You have to be slow and methodical as you take out each of the security guards, one at a time. If you purchased grenades or sticky bombs like we told you to, toss them down the end of hallways to scare out any enemies who are hiding in cover.
Continue to move through the office complex, taking out guards, and make your way to the main office of Ashvilli. You'll find him carrowing in his office surrounded by guards. Use the corner of the hallway to guard against oncoming fire, concentrating on the guards first, and then work on filling Ashvilli full of lead as he falls out of the building's window.
Now quickly jump out of the broken window, pull the chord on your parachute, and aim for the truck marked on your GPS that Timur is driving. If you miss the truck you're going to have to find a car on your own and escape the bodyguards on your tail. Once you're in the clear the mission will be complete.In The Crosshairs 100% CompletionTime: 4:30Player Damage: 40%Headshots: 10Accuracy: 60%4 shots, 4 snipers
After accepting this mission, stop by an ammo dealer and pick up some armor and ammo. Now go to the destination marked on your GPS to meet up with Timur.
Suprise! You've been set up. Arn't you glad you came prepared? From your starting location you'll be crouched and across the way will be a couple of snipers. You'll automatically have equipped a sniper rifle of your own. Use the GPS to location the general direction the snipers are located and start to take them out one at a time. Don't leave yourself in the open for too long or you 'll be shot. Once you eliminate the snipers it's time to get out of this area.
Use every bit of cover that is available to avoid being hit by the assassins in the area. Your only way out of this mess is through them, so work on taking them out one at a time. To make matters worse a helicopter will show up firing on your location -- equip your exlosive shotgun, aim at the helicopter, and take it out. If you don't, it will circle the area firing upon your location if when you're in cover.
Continue to make your way towards the catwalks beside the aparment building and use those to get to street level. Amazingly, you won't have a star level to deal with so all you have to do is get clear of this area by either sprinting away from the area or stealing a car. Once you're in the clear the mission will be complete.GO TO TONY MISSIONSGO TO MRS. LOPEZ/ARMANDO MISSIONSGO TO MORI MISSIONSGO TO YUSUF MISSIONS
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Ten favorite south-of-the-border breakfasts -- with no wait!
While the rest of the city waits in long lines for their Saturday-morning sugar rush, taquerias and Latin-centric restaurants around town are quietly cooking up delicious, belly-filling brunches steeped in chiles, corn, tomatoes and spices — and there's usually no wait. Although you won't find sweets such as pancakes and French toast on these menus, savory dishes like chilaquiles and egg-topped tamales happily wake up any palate with bright, warm flavors, helping you combat autumn's chill from the inside. We chowed through the city to find our 10 favorite south-of-the-border breakfasts that'll warm you up and keep you going all day long.
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5507 N.E. 30th Ave., 503-287-7555; autenticaportland.com
La Bonita
2839 N.E. Alberta St., 503-281-3662; labonitarestaurant.com
The open, arched doorways and terra-cotta walls bedecked with vintage family photos welcome you to this mini-hacienda of a family restaurant. In the morning, the fresh and open atmosphere is best enjoyed with chilaquiles ($7.95) — essentially breakfast nachos. Tortillas are scrambled with eggs and salsa verde or salsa roja, then garnished with pico de gallo, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole. Just in case that's not filling enough, you get a side of rice and beans topped with cotija cheese. Indulge in one of the fresh juices, such as the cantaloupe-based agua de melón, for a sweet and refreshing finish. — Amanda Eckerson
La Sirenita
2817 N.E. Alberta St., Portland, 503-335-8283
This hole-in-the-wall taqueria, with its dimly lit menu board and a million choices, is a burrito lover's best friend. That's because here the burritos are Mission-style — big, cheap and tasty. The breakfast burrito ($4.50) comes in a large flour tortilla stuffed with seasoned home fries, chorizo or beef, eggs and sour cream. Ask them to throw on some extra toppings from the menu (how about some bacon with that chorizo?), then douse the whole thing in tomatillo salsa and sink your teeth in. Don't forget to snag some pickled chiles and carrots from the salsa bar. — Amanda Eckerson
7008 N. Interstate Ave., 503-735-3741
If you want breakfast all-day, a place to show off your paint-splattered overalls or want to buy a (cheap!) Latin American phone card, Michoacan is the place. The heaping portion of huevos con chorizo ($5.95), one of the world's most satisfying combos, is made with freshly ground chorizo and drizzled with salsa verde. It's also served with a side of the best beans in town — savory and speckled with chiles and bell peppers — and an endless supply of steaming hot, handmade corn or flour tortillas. Ask for the banana smoothie (gigantic and not on the menu) and enjoy one of the most authentic Mexican breakfasts you can find inside city limits. — Amanda Eckerson
Pambiche Cocina & Repostería
2811 N.E. Glisan St., 503-233-0511; pambiche.com
The restaurants of Havana have nothing on Portland's Pambiche, which offers authentic Cuban food, a festive atmosphere and a killer brunch with dishes ranging from $7 to $13. Upon ordering, diners are brought an assortment of complimentary mini pastries including passion fruit muffins and mango scones. A must-not-miss is the Cuban hash plate, Picadillo Cua-Cua ($10). Tender beef is generously seasoned with savory Mediterranean herbs, sautéed in olive oil and sherry with tomatoes, olives and capers, then topped with two eggs. Fresh avocado, rice, fried plantains and a pineapple/mango/papaya salsa are served alongside, adding more variety and complexity to the dish. For something a little lighter, try the Pisto Manchego ($11.50), a traditional Cuban scramble of chorizo, ham, bacon, gulf shrimp, peas and russet potatoes. If all that tropical deliciousness isn't quite enough, try pairing the meal with a Piñosa ($6) — a mimosa of freshly made pineapple juice and sparkling wine. — Jennifer Cossey
Podnah's Pit Barbecue
1625 N.E. Killingsworth, 503-281-3700; podnahspit.com
Podnah's brunch does double-duty with equal parts Southern fare and Tex-Mex favorites. Flaky biscuits and grits dominate the first half of the menu, but the Tex-Mex options are just as swoon-worthy. Migas ($8), an Austin breakfast classic, offers cage-free eggs scrambled with crispy fried corn tortillas, jalepeños, onions, cheddar cheese and avocado. Wrap it all up in flour tortillas with accompanying refried beans and salsa. Podnah's lip-smacking breakfast tacos ($7.25), another Austin fave, combine potatoes, eggs, peppers and onions with homemade chorizo, cheddar cheese and salsa. Wash it all down with cinnamony housemade horchata kissed with coffee rum from Portland's own Deco Distilling ($7). — Adrian J.S. Hale
Por Qué No
3524 N. Mississippi Ave., 503-467-4149; 4635 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. 503-954-3138; porquenotacos.com
Visitors to Por Qué No invariably have tacos on the brain, but on weekends between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. you simply must put down the carne asada and order off the stellar brunch menu. It's stocked with deeply flavored, rib-sticking dishes such as huevos rancheros and chilaquiles. But the most belly-filling option is the tamale and eggs ($8). Tender masa stuffed with a changing palette of ingredients gets topped with eggs (go sunny-side up), salsa fresca, a generous drizzle of crema and a shower of queso fresco. Tender, flavorful rice and beans on the side mean it's impossible to go away hungry. If you're a home fries fan, go with the papas con chorizo ($9.50), a plate heaped with crispy-spicy bits of housemade chorizo and potatoes, topped with eggs, pico de gallo and crema, with fresh tortillas and beans on the side. — Danielle Centoni
703 S.W. Ankeny St., 503-956-7624; thesanteria.com
Best known for its late-night fish tacos and bathroom conveniently located inside Mary's Club strip joint, this tiny downtown taqueria opens at 11 a.m. and quickly sells out of milaneza con papas fritas ($10.50). Seven ounces of thin-cut steak are lightly breaded, seasoned and fried, then served atop red bliss home fries and fresh tomatoes, with guacamole, rice and beans on the side. Spice it up with Santería's three homemade salsas — verde, roja or habanero (aka hot, hot and hotter). To drink? A bloody mary ($6.50), of course, featuring local Portland 88 vodka and the taqueria's own fire-roasted mix. — Amanda Eckerson
Trébol Restaurant and Tequila Bar
4835 N. Albina Ave., 503-517-9347; trebolpdx.com
With little to no wait, and a creative, rotating menu, Trébol is Portland's shiny brunch secret. Classics such as huevos rancheros are represented, but it's the unexpected stuff that stands out. If breakfast and lunch had a wedding in Mexico, the juevos partida ($11.50) would be the cake. It's a multilayered variation on the Benedict, with poached eggs set on top of two masa cakes coated with black bean purée and finished with creamy, white queso. For extra kick, ask for some smoky chipotle salsa or bright tomatillo salsa to drizzle on top. Need a little more Mexico in your morning? Try the tequila-enhanced bloody maria with housemade pickles ($8). — Jennifer Cossey
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With no sure bets when it comes to Central Michigan's QB's in 2010, wouldn't it be great if CMU had a QB with recent experience in a pro-style offense?
Enter former Detroit Country Day QB Stefan Ede (2005 - 2008), who has decided to join fellow walk-on Zach Watt's as part of CMU's football team in 2010.
I was immediately struck by the amount of talent that the 6-foot-3 Ede played with at Detroit Country Day, a good omen if you are trying to evaluate his potential to contribute at CMU.
Teammates Kenny Demens (Michigan), Bennie Fowler (Michigan State) and Jonas Gray (Notre Dame) were recruited from coast-to-coast while Ede was slinging the ball for the Yellow Jackets.
Ede was also offered a scholarship.
Ede was on scholarship at Saginaw Valley State last year, but left after one season in order to walk-on at CMU.
"I was redshirted at Saginaw Valley State," Ede reported to Fire Up Chips, "but it wasn't the right fit school wise and I wanted something bigger. I just wasn't happy at Saginaw."
Ede has already noticed a few differences between D-1 school CMU and his former school Saginaw Valley State of the GLIAC conference.
"It's a lot more high tempo than at SVSU. Right now I am just trying to get all the plays down and signals."
Unlike CMU's other QB's who lack experience with the QB and center exchange, Ede reported it hasn't been a problem.
"Going under center is not something new to me. At high school I was under center 100% of the time."
Forced to hand-off the ball to Jonas Gray his entire career (maybe he has been overlooked?) CMU fans could look at Ede as a dark-horse in the QB competition between Ryan Radcliff, Derek Rifenbury, AJ Westendorp and the incoming Kyle Smith.
Ede's highlights from 2008 show where Ede excels and where he needs work.
- Ede's throwing motion is quirky, using his wrist to drive the ball down the field and not his arm.
- The bulk of his highlights show him throwing to receivers who are wide open, so it's hard to judge his decision making ability.
- He shows great athleticism on the hoof and he isn't afraid to sacrifice his body for extra yards
- His roll-outs and bootlegs are a thing of beauty. Could be brought in for select plays that require a very mobile QB right away i.e "The Wildcat."
A good pick up for the Chips' and a great opportunity for Ede to prove that he was overlooked coming out of high school.


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Yang, C. and Gao, Jianrong and Zhank, Yikun and Kolbe, Matthias and Herlach, Dieter M. (2011) New evidence for the dual origin of anomalous eutectic structures in undercooled Ni–Sn alloys: In situ observations and EBSD characterization. Acta Materialia, 59, pp. 3915-3926. DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2011.03.016.
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Rapid solidification processes of glass-fluxed Ni81.3Sn18.7 eutectic alloys at various undercoolings were observed in situ using a highspeed camera. The microstructure of the samples was characterized using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and electron back-scattering diffraction analysis. It was found that the recalescence front sweeps the sample surface from one side to the other, which coincides with the formation of a directional solidification microstructure. Such a finding suggests that it is feasible to measure crystal growth velocities in the undercooled liquid by tracking the loci of the recalescence front. The measured data show sudden acceleration of crystal growth kinetics at a medium undercooling, giving evidence for a transition from coupled growth to uncoupled growth. Microscopic studies revealed that the sample with an undercooling of 202 K comprises two types of anomalous eutectic, which are distinguished by the size and orientations of Ni-rich grains. The results verify a recent hypothesis that anomalous eutectic in undercooled Ni–Sn alloys has a dual origin: it results from eutectic dendrites growing at low undercoolings and from single-phase Ni-rich dendrites growing at high undercoolings.
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Police located Bearce on the corner of Washington and Boscowan streets, who was allegedly wearing the minimal amount of clothing described by callers.
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Gonzales police have arrested a 45-year-old Metairie man accused of hiding in the trunk of his estranged wife's parked car with plastic ties, a length of duct tape and a toy pistol in an alleged attempt to kidnap her as she left work. Police tell The Advocate that Talandis O'Patrick Cotton was booked Tuesday on counts of violating a protective order and attempted aggravated kidnapping.
Police say security guards at St. Elizabeth Hospital discovered Cotton in the car trunk shortly before 6:45 p.m. after Melissa Cotton had asked them to escort her to her car in the hospital parking lot.
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Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm has taken some flack for issuing an executive directive delaying permits for new coal power plants in Michigan, including a $2 billion-plus Consumers Energy project in Bay County.
Her order was criticized last week by Republican Attorney General Mike Cox, who said Granholm exceeded her authority in issuing the edict.
The state Department of Environmental Quality has since restarted the process for new permits; a public information session on the Karn-Weadock expansion is set for March 26.
What happens next is unclear, but Michigan Environmental Council members say Granholm is following the law.
Granholm signed comprehensive energy legislation in October that cleared a hurdle for a new plant in Bay County, providing the utility with a guaranteed customer base, among other things.
Those other things include the requirements called for in Granholm's executive directive, according to an analysis from Marty Kushler of American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy and Frank Zaski of the Sierra Club.
"That legislation specifically is designed to delay the need for construction new electric generating facilities through efficiency measures and other tools," the analysis reads in part, later quoting from the law itself.
"It also requires public utilities to prove that a proposed new coal plant is 'the most reasonable and prudent' means of meeting the power needs when measured against alternatives."
There's a new number in The Times' ongoing sewer overflow tally, from the Saginaw Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The plant discharged 112.6 millions gallons from its retention basins from Feb. 11-12, according to the DEQ.
That makes a total of 178.3 million gallons so far this year that's been discharged to the Saginaw River by plants in Bay City, Essexville, Bangor Township and Saginaw.
The 2008 total was about 330.4 million gallons. Volumes vary by year, depending on rain and snow melt.
You may have heard that the U.S. recently became the world's top wind energy producer, overtaking Germany.
The U.S. is likely to take the solar helm this year, with help from America's far sunnier climate, an analyst tells Reuters.
Germany currently holds the title spot for sun power.
If you thought those green jobs were for people, you might be wrong.
German scientists (see the last item) are developing a generation of robots to monitor and maintain wind turbine generators, according to the AENews Network.
Hopefully, they'll still need people to build the robots.
Piggy-backing on a Sunday story about carbon sequestration possibilities for Bay County's proposed new coal plant, the U.S. Department of Energy says it's setting aside up to $24 million to test ways of sequestering carbon in geological formations.
"This is a a big step for carbon sequestration in America - we've progressed from just talking about it all the time to actually challenging people to make it work," says a post at Yahoo! Green.
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You can subscribe to RSS feeds from the government, The Bay City Times and other Web sites through popular services like Google.
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Rudy Baum, editor-in-chief of Chemical & Engineering News, writes in a recent column that the recession isn't a good enough excuse to put off measures to address global climate change.
Citing lots of science, Baum concludes, "This is an emergency, folks.
"We have to begin the painful and difficult process of ceasing to treat the atmosphere and the oceans as a carbon dioxide sewer if we want to preserve any semblance of the world we live in today for future generations."
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Christopher Hitchens Reviews 'The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ'
Christopher Hitchens talks on Philip Pullman's recent book, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ.
Found on http://www.atheistmedia.com/2010/07/christopher-hitchens-reviews-good-man.html
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- Peter said...
I'm a huge fan of Hitchens, but I'm not so sure his position against Jesus as a moral teacher is so applicable here. It seemed in the book that Pullman wasn't saying everything Jesus did and said was moral and that he was a great moral teacher. Rather, he really emphasizes the human side of him and portrays Jesus as trying to do the right thing. I would cite how Pullman has Christ talk about how some of Jesus' teachings, like having no thought for the morrow, hating your family, and bringing a sword and not peace, don't make sense to him and don't seem virtuous. It is these same passages Hitchens often speaks about to show Jesus was not a moral person and cannot be considered a great moral teacher. Pullman does not then explain what is virtuous about these things, and it is this, coupled with the moving atheist soliloquy of prayer that Jesus undergoes in Gethsemane that would cause me to think that Hitchens's conclusion is oversimplified and that Pullman is more concerned with Jesus's humanity and his attempts to try to do what is right than with him being a great moral teacher based on his moral pronouncements. Though Christ does comment on how Jesus wanted people to be perfect, too perfect in fact, so maybe Pullman sees some of the things he said as moral, it's difficult to pin him down.
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Zoning board delays decision on Walmart
The first round in neighbors' fight against a proposed new Walmart Supercenter in northern Vanderburgh County ended Tuesday without a decision but with plenty of frustration.
At Walmart's request, the Evansville-Vanderburgh Board of Zoning Appeals voted to delay by one month consideration of the store chain's campaign for less parking, more and larger signage and fewer landscaped islands than the county's zoning ordinance requires.
The additional time will allow Walmart and zoning board attorney Dirck Stahl to generate a statement of land use commitments — concessions to neighbors — by which Walmart would be bound. Such a statement is not required by the ordinance.
The unanimous vote followed 90 minutes of complaints by neighbors about the proposed Supercenter at the northwest corner of East Boonville-New Harmony Road and State Road 57. In sometimes emotional testimony, they said Walmart's proposed zoning variances would produce a garishly lighted, intolerably noisy commercial complex in an area they love for its rural aesthetic.
Walmart, in turn, characterized its requests as efficiency-driven, necessitated by conditions and not inconsistent with accepted development standards and the zoning ordinance's intent.
Zoning board members insisted Tuesday that deciding the variance requests was their sole charge, and they repeatedly admonished Walmart opponents to confine their remarks to it — but the neighbors' intensity of feeling could not be held in check.
Their acknowledged true objective is to defeat Walmart's campaign for a store close to their homes, and they made no bones about it.
"We don't want it. It's Walmart," said Brian Fitzgerald, who had begun his remarks with a complaint about Walmart's lighting plan.
His voice rising as he spoke, Fitzgerald abandoned talk of zoning variances.
"There's no need for Walmart in that cornfield," he said. "We don't want them out there. We moved out there because we want our kids out away from everything else. If we want to go to Walmart, we'll drive to town."
"Seven minutes," a man in the audience said, his voice drowned out by the crowd's applause.
But the neighbors' zeal foundered on the realities of zoning law.
Opponents can force land use concessions, board attorney Stahl explained, but the 31-acre tract Walmart wants to buy is properly zoned for commercial use. If Walmart meets requirements governing such issues as drainage and road improvements, there is little neighbors can do.
Stahl said the zoning board "doesn't have the ability to keep (Walmart) out."
"What board does?" Fitzgerald shot back.
"There is no board that has the ability to keep them out," Stahl said. "They have the right to put this kind of a use there."
Stahl advised neighbors to to "hire counsel" if they want to fight Walmart.
That left Fitzgerald sputtering in frustration as he stepped away from the lectern.
"Alright, well, we'll get together, and we'll figure it out," he said.
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Our sister site, GoCollege.com, recently took an in-depth look at the growing trend among American students to take time away from formal schooling to pursue other interests. The idea of a "gap" or "bridge" year may have originated with European or Australian students but the concept is being redefined by American students.
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Are you saying the Australian students aren't doing the same? Just curious as you state that US students are redefining the process and I'm not aware that Australian students aren't achieving the same efforts.
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January 11, 2011
Three Engineering faculty receive the AAAS Fellowship award.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded the distinction of Fellow to 503 of its members this year. These individuals have been elevated to this rank because of their efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.
University of California Santa Barbara is proud to announce that three of our Engineering faculty members have been chosen to receive the AAAS fellowship award. On Saturday, February 19th, an official certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin (representing science and engineering, respectively) will be given to Francis J. Doyle III, Arthur C. Gossard and Chris G. Van de Walle at the AAAS Fellows Forum during the 2011 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Francis J. Doyle III is a professor at UCSB in the Chemical Engineering Department. Professor Doyle is also a part of the Biomolecular Science and Engineering Department. He will be receiving his award for his distinguished contributions to the field of systems biology, particularly for the use of control principles in the analysis of biological networks.
Arthur C. Gossard is a professor of the Materials Department and the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at UCSB. Professor Gossard is receiving his award for pioneering the growth of 2-D semiconductor quantum well materials that enabled the first observation of the fractional quantum Hall effect.
Chris G. Van de Walle is a professor of the Materials Department at UCSB since 2004. Professor Van de Walle has been chosen to receive the AAAS fellowship award for his pioneering research on the theory of semiconductor interfaces and defects in solids, and for leadership in computational physics and materials science.
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The 13th of Adar, according to the book of Esther, the Jews began a to fast and seek the Lord as too their plait. They had been marked for ruin and were have all their wealth plundered in order to support the Babylonian pending war with Greece.
Esther the new queen knew she had to go before the King and intercede for her people. She and the rest of the Jews fasted and prayed for 3 days. At the end of this fast her petition before the king was heard and the Jews were given the legal right to defend themselves and their property from the impending raids.
The day of that salvation is called Purim. Perhaps starting today you too would fast and pray for 3 days. Seeking the Lord not only to find favor in His sight but to hear His plans and strategies for you, your family, your ministry. At the end of this fast have a feast to celebrate and thank the Lord for hearing your prayers. Celebrate Purim this year and honor the Lord for what He is about to do in your circumstances.
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Michael Meola threw a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts and a walk to lead Union past Union Catholic, 2-0, at LeMatty Field in Union.
Denzell Boyd was 3-for-3 with a double and a run for Union. Chris Dillon and Will Sangster each had an RBI for Union.
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Originally Posted by cobragrrll
This is Calculus? Umm, I can't recall now.
Let me solve this word problem through linear programming, or through a system of inequalities where the two variables cannot have negative values.
The decision variables here are number of church groups and number of unions.
Let us call these groups to be called as:
c = number of church groups to be contacted in one month.
u = number of labor union to be contacted in one month.
Problem constraints:
a) Per available number of hours of letter writing per month,
c*2 +u*2 <= 12
c +u <= 6 --------------(1)
b) Per available number of hours of follow up calls per month,
c*1 +u*3 <= 12
c +3u <= 12 ---------(2)
c)Non-negative constraints, since c or u cannot be negative,
c >= 0 -----------(3)
u >= 0 -------------(4)
Objective function:
It is about determining the most money she can raise in one month.
As for the other objective regarding most profit, the constraints do not include expenses, so we cannot determine any profit here. Only maximum collection or revenue is what we can solve for here.
Revenue, R = c*$150 +u*$175
R = 150c +175u ---------------objective function, in dollars.
Now, we use a graphical or geometric approach to find the feasible region, or solution region, and its corner points.
This feasible region is a polygon bounded by the 4 linear inequalities above. Its corner points, which are intersections of two of the inequalities, will give the maximum R.
I assume you know how to graph inequalities, and how to get the intersection points or corner points. Graph them using a cartesian/rectangular set of axes where, say, the vertical axis is for values of u, and the horizontal axis is for values of c.
Anyway, the feasible region is an irregular quadrilateral, whose four corner points in (c,u) are:
>>>intersection of inequalities (4) and (2) ----(0,4)
>>>intersection of inequalities (2) and (1) ----(3,3)
>>>intersection of inequalities (1) and (3) ----(6,0)
>>>intersection of inequalities (3) and (4) ----(0,0)
We test the objective function on these corner points. The highest R will show the optimal c and u:
R = 150c +175u
>>>at (0,4), R = 150*0 +175*4 = $700.
>>>at (3,3), R = 150*3 +175*3 = $975.
>>>at (6,0), R = 150*6 +175*0 = $900.
>>>at (0,0), R = 150*0 +175*0 = 0.
The corner point (3,3) gave the highest R, therefore, for most money to raise in one month, she should contact 3 church groups and 3 labor unions. Maximum revenue or collection in donations is $975 in one month. -------answer.