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BOSTON - Red Sox Terry Francona called it "a good baseball play.''
A few weeks ago, when Buster Posey was carted off the field, it was called a play that needs to be legislated out of baseball.
It looks like the art of plate-blocking will survive, however.
Nobody in baseball plants his legs as immovable objects better than Varitek, who denied Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion easy access to the plate on the final play of Boston's 3-2 win over the Blue Jays Tuesday. Francona used the postgame to note that "people were squawking about that type of play,'' but that Varitek's play was part of the game.
Bad umpiring calls are, too. Replays showed plate umpire Brian Knight made another one, and that Encarnacion, in fact, had squeezed a foot through the picket fence that Varitek's legs created.
The play was reviewed for all its good points - and the controversy that followed Knight's call.
Blue Jays manager John Farrell gave a strong pitch for the we-wuz-robbed point of view.
"It was clear that Edwin did a good job sliding around the plant leg of [Varitek] -- his swipe tag missed him by no less than a foot," Farrell said. "We should still be playing."
A strong throw by Darnell McDonald on John McDonald's shallow single to left made Varitek's tag possible. It was a big moment for Boston's McDonald, who captured the hearts of Red Sox fans by unexpectedly playing a key supporting role in the 2010 season.
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His team was impressed enough to keep a roster spot for McDonald this year. He's been hitting under .130, but made the big throw and said it was more difficult than deeper flings.
"It was real shallow," McDonald said. "It's funny, the shallower throws are kind of more difficult to gauge. I just tried to grab it and throw a four-seam fastball to Jason. . . . Great tag by the captain, blocking the plate there. It's a do-or-die play."
Predictably, the blown call renewed the cry that baseball needs more replay,
I don't agree with that, even though I can't quarrel that the umpires seem to blow more key calls these days that ever in my lifetime. (And I'm 55). But the attention-grabber on that play to me was Varitek, an absolute master at serving as a human toll booth at the plate.
He helped win a 2003 playoff game at Fenway, when an Oakland runner ricocheted off his body and was tagged out because he could not negotiate his way to the plate. Why catchers can obstruct the plate in a way not allowed at any base is an enduring mystery to me, but at least the best at doing it is playing on our team.
Fortunately, Varitek has not suffered Buster Posey's fate. The art of plate-blocking remains, and Tuesday, it helped determine a game.


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Some Like it Hot, Questions, Baseball to Biology and Back
No, the TinCaps haven't been watching Marilyn Monroe films on their bus rides, but they have played exceptionally well in temperatures north of 100 degrees the last two nights. July 4th yielded an 8-1 victory, and last night Fort Wayne exploded for eight more runs in an 8-3 defeat of the Bowling Green Hot Rods.
The start of the game was delayed about an hour as pop-up storms (no relation to pop-up video) swept through the area and brought some wind and rain to the ballpark. That didn't seem to bother the TinCaps very much.
"After a long rain delay, they never hesitated. They went up there and threw the first punch," said Manager Jose Valentin.
Starter Adys Portillo earned his sixth win of the year, throwing five innings of one-hit baseball. His Midwest League-leading ERA dropped to 1.65 from 1.76. It was also a monumental game in respect to his win total. Entering this season, he had picked up six victories in 46 starts. This year he has matched that win total in just 16 starts.
"It's scary, but he didn't have his best stuff, which is incredible," said catcher Matt Colantonio. His fastball was a little up, and towards the end of his outing he started to look a little out of sync, but it was a great outing."
The TinCaps provided four first-inning runs for Portillo, after they had given Frank Garces seven runs of support in the fourth inning on Wednesday.
"When you know that your offense is in the game and it doesn't matter how many runs you give up, you can keep your confidence and make the pitches when you need them," Valentin added.
In today's TinCaps Report Podcast, hear postgame comments from first baseman Zach Kometani, who drove in two runs in his first start for Fort Wayne since April 28th:
It may be hot here in Fort Wayne, but it's not the only place experiencing brutally uncomfortable heat:
Caliente, to say the least.
@MikeCouzens RQ for IAR: Do the TinCaps have a locker-room prank player and who?—
Ken A. Bugajski (@drkensf) July 05, 2012
Hmmm…Well, I don't really think there's a prank player in this locker room–at least not that I've seen or heard about. I will say that whenever I head down to the clubhouse, it's probable that I may run into someone–particularly Cody Hebner, in an impromptu dance.
If you ever hear "Teach Me How to Dougie" playing on the Parkview Field sound system, turn your eyes to the video board in a hurry. You just might see a video clip of him showing off his dance skills…
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If you're able to make it out to the ballpark, you might've noticed that I write a feature piece for each edition of our Game Day magazine. I'd like to share with you the latest, which features former Fort Wayne Wizard and current TinCaps Strength and Conditioning Coach Cliff Bartosh. Here's the full text:
How a former Fort Wayne Wizard made his way back to the Summit City
It took two weeks for the phone to ring. Nearly 14 days had gone by before Cliff Bartosh found out he had been selected in the 29th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres. Bartosh had aspirations of playing professional baseball, but wasn't sure he'd be headed down that road. A phone call from late Padres scout Jim Dreyer changed Bartosh's plans. He was scheduled to head to Texas Tech on a baseball scholarship, but instead chose to follow his dream and report to the Padres training complex in Peoria, Arizona.
"I started out as a first baseman and pitched a little bit (in high school). My junior year I might've thrown 12 or 13 innings for our varsity team. My senior year, maybe about 20 innings," Bartosh said one afternoon while sitting in the home dugout at Parkview Field. "(Dreyer) said he never saw me pitch in high school, he only saw me take infield. So he only saw me throw the ball from first base, and he drafted me off of that. I didn't know when the draft was."
Cliff Bartosh's life in baseball has revolved around other people dictating his path.
He made his way through the minor leagues with the Padres, and played at Memorial Stadium with the Fort Wayne Wizards in both 1999 and 2000. Although he was in the organization from 1998 until 2003, he didn't make the big leagues with the Padres.
"After the '03 season, (the Padres) sent me to the Arizona Fall League. I probably had the worst Arizona Fall League that anybody's ever had in the history of that league. I just did absolutely terrible. (The Padres) end up with maybe a week left in the Arizona Fall League, and they take me off the 40-man roster and I'm picked up by Detroit. I go into the off season a Detroit Tiger. About December, I get a call from the Cleveland Indians saying, 'We just claimed you off of waivers.' I didn't even know I had been placed on waivers," Bartosh vividly recalls.
Cleveland, under then-General Manager Mark Shapiro, called Bartosh up from Triple-A Buffalo to make his major league debut on May 15, 2004, against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In March of 2005, Bartosh was traded to the Chicago Cubs for pitcher Ronald "Bear" Bay, who currently pitches for the Padres Triple-A affiliate in Tucson, Arizona. Once again, Bartosh's destiny fluttered in the wind.
Bartosh pitched in the big leagues for the Cubs in 2005, but eventually underwent surgery for a torn labrum and rotator cuff, and by August of 2006 he hadn't thrown a baseball in a year.
"I went home to Texas and my wife got a job teaching. I had no college at that point, and started going to school," Bartosh says. "It's weird because to that point, I had done (the baseball routine) for eight to nine seasons. It was the only quote-unquote job I had to that point. I had a wife and a son at that time, and I felt like I can't just sit and wait for my arm to get better."
While staying at home to be with his son, Bartosh took online classes at Dallas (Texas) County Community College. He studied government and history, and later transferred in 2008 to the University of Texas at Arlington, enrolling in the exercise science program.
"I got that degree when I was 30, and most guys (in school) were 18 to 22," Bartosh says. "I got that degree and then decided, 'Maybe I don't want to be a strength coach.' I got an alternative teaching certification. I took some tests to get a science endorsement, an ESL endorsement and a health endorsement."
He became Mr. Bartosh, teaching at a middle school in his hometown of Duncanville, Texas.
"I taught a class called 'Skills for Success'. I really don't know what it was about. I had a set curriculum that I was supposed to teach and I did. My wife made fun of it because there was a chapter in the book that was on how to use a microwave. I didn't have to teach that one; I didn't feel it was necessary," he remarks with a grin.
It was after that stint, and some time spent as an 8th grade science instructor, Bartosh decided to pack up his house, his belongings and his life, and head in a different direction.
"I'm sitting there teaching, and I'm feeling like I'm not really making an impact on these kids. I have a house and I'm living very comfortably. The more I read the gospels, the more I realized we're maybe not supposed to be that comfortable. In the book of Mark, there's the parable of the rich, young ruler. Christ says, 'Sell everything, give to the poor and follow me.'"
"I've got a good house, a great job that pays the bills and all that, and we decided that we're gonna sell our house and I started reaching out to people in baseball and I was fortunate that the big league strength coach here in San Diego, Jim Malone, was a minor league coordinator in Cleveland. I sent them my resume and they were crazy enough to hire me," he says, mesmerized.
In his first year as the strength and conditioning coach with the TinCaps, Bartosh has a connection with the players that not many do—he's one of their kind. He knows what it's like to give up the game-tying home run, or to feel like your pitches just don't work. He's been there time and time again, but on someone else's calendar. He's now deciding his own fate, and making a difference on his time. No longer Mr. Bartosh, he's just Cliff.
"It was very refreshing to get rid of everything that ties you down to an area. So now that I have no ties anywhere, really. Someone asked me where I was going to live in the off-season. I have no idea. I really don't know where I'll end up. I'm enjoying this. This is great. You get to develop relationships with players, with coaches, with other staff and hopefully that leads to lifelong friendships."
James Taylor…take it away!
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Sweep Opportunity, Catching Clinic, Dialing Zero
Make it two in a row for the TinCaps, who steamrolled the Captains 4-0 on Saturday night at Parkview Field. All four runs scored in the first inning, and Lake County was down for the count after that. Adys Portillo worked six innings, giving up three hits, and striking out four. His fastball was nearly untouchable, and he said he didn't use his curveball until about the third inning. If he hadn't used it once, his success rate in getting hitters out might've been nearly the same. All four of his strikeouts caught batters looking.
Skipper Jose Valentin was a bit concerned, as he was in the first half, the all of his team's run production came in the first inning, and that the team only picked up one hit, a second-inning single by Jace Peterson, for the remainder of the game. The TinCaps sent no more than five batters to the plate in an inning in frames two through eight. However, a 2-0 start is something to be happy about, and Fort Wayne will look for its first three-game sweep at Parkview Field for the first time in over a year. The last time the TinCaps took three in a row from an opponent at home was May 27-29 last year against Great Lakes.
In today's TinCaps Report Podcast, an elated Adys Portillo details his outing in which he allowed three hits over six innings en route to his fifth win of the year:
Whenever roving instructors come into town, that usually means that the TinCaps will be out on the field for some early instruction. Whether it's PFP (pitchers fielding practice) or infield work, the coordinators want to see how each member of the team is progressing.
Yesterday it was a chance for the catchers to get some extra work in, with some great insight from a member of the Padres front office–A.J. Hinch, who is a Vice President and Assistant General Manager. According to the Padres media guide, "Hinch oversees all aspects of the professional scouting department, while assisting Executive Vice President/General Manager Josh Byrnes with determining the Major League club's roster composition, player acquisitions, talent evaluations and contract negotiations."
Saturday afternoon he was simply a teacher for Fort Wayne catchers Matt Colantonio and Austin Hedges. For maybe 30-45 minutes, he worked with the two right in front of the TinCaps dugout. They worked on what looked like receiving techniques, and then talked about situational catching.
"The most important count in the big leagues is 0-1", Hinch told the two catchers. "After that, it's 1-1." He pointed out that getting ahead of every batter was paramount to determining how an at bat would go. Hinch, a former major league catcher and then manager, demonstrated in a crouch where he would position himself when trying to help a pitcher get a strike called in certain counts. There are some days where you think baseball can be a simple game, and then you get a glance of ten minutes of A.J. Hinch breaking down arguably the game's most difficult position, and it's amazing how much more you can learn.
Hinch, by the way, was a one-time teammate of TinCaps hitting coach Jacque Jones. Go back and take a look at the United States 1996 Olympic baseball roster, and you'll find those two, born a year apart, were together on that bronze medal-winning team. Also on the roster was R.A. Dickey, who's starting tonight for the New York Mets against the Yankees on Sunday Night baseball. I think I know what my plans are around 8 PM this evening…
When was the last time, other than your most frequent stay at a Midwest League hotel where the wireless internet wasn't working, that you dialed "0" for an operator? You can't think of one, right?
The Journal Gazette hops in the WABAC Machine and takes us to a time before there was a definitive (Ok, not at all definitive) Yahoo! Answers response to every question ever.
Today, we learn about the mysterious telephone operator!
"For decades, you could not make a telephone call without an operator physically putting the call through. Then it was only long distance calls that needed that familiar "Operator … " to connect you. Then such service was only needed to make a collect call or to make sure a line was working.
And then … it has come to this: Most of us don't even know whether telephone operators still exist.
We put the question to Patricia Amendola, communications manager for Frontier Communications.
"Well, we have call center representatives," Amendola said.
But if you pick up the phone and dial zero does someone answer?
"To be honest, I don't know because I've not done that," she admitted.
And we're not picking on Frontier. We called Verizon Wireless, too, and asked spokesman Tom Pica what would happen if you dialed zero on your cellphone.
"I don't know, I've never done it," Pica said. "I can't remember the last time I ever did try that."
He put us on hold, then tried it, and said he got a recording saying whom to call for different needs. We tried it and got no answer at all.
The answer is yes, telephone operators still exist, but their numbers are a tiny fraction of what they were just a couple of decades ago."
This piece is of particular interest to me because my grandfather, whose first and middle name I share, used to work in New York City installing telephone lines. He would wake up before the crack of dawn and commute from Long Island into Manhattan each morning. I remember the story he told me about getting to go install phone lines in the world headquarters of CBS News, and meeting Walter Cronkite, who he says was a pretty good guy.
And now, you can make a VoIP call sitting at your computer– no phone lines required. I'm still waiting for teleportation…
Bruce Springsteen…take it away!
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K's All Around, From DC to GU, Text-Only Instagram
Wednesday's series opener against Burlington was nothing shy of a pitcher's duel. Bees starter Sean Murphy struck out 13 batters, a new career high, and TinCaps starter Cody Hebner fanned seven in a losing effort. A three-run homer surrendered by Hebner with two out in the fifth proved to be the difference as Fort Wayne lost 3-1.
From today's game notes:
- Shortstop Jace Peterson has now reached base in seven of the last eight games, after going 2-4 on Wednesday night. The 18 runs that Peterson has scored in 20 games leads the Midwest League. Burlington's Dusty Robinson is second with 15.
- Front End Ferocity: Starter Frank Garces ranks second in the league among starting pitchers with a .128 batting average against him. Rotation-mate Adys Portillo ranks third, with opposing batters hitting .132 during his time on the hill. After last night's seven-strikeout performance, Cody Hebner ranks fourth in the MWL with 23 strikeouts.
In today's TinCaps Report Podcast, hear the highlights from Wednesday's game, and post-game reaction from Hebner and Fort Wayne catcher Matt Colantonio:
Road Trip Split, Even Harvard's Complaining, Don't Judge
The TinCaps first six-game road trip of the year came to an end with a 7-3 win on Tuesday afternoon in Clinton, Iowa . The game started slowly, but finished with a bang for Fort Wayne, as the team scored four runs in the top of the ninth—all with two outs—and salvaged the three-game set with the Clinton LumberKings. While the bullpen had surrendered leads on Sunday and Monday, Tuesday it was the bullpen hanging on after starter Matt Wisler left the game, and then the offense putting it away.
Wisler went six innings but did not earn the win. Johnny Barbato pitched the seventh and the eighth, facing just seven batters, and Matt Stites pitched the ninth, allowing just a single, to silence the LumberKings over the final three frames.
Jace Peterson drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out hit for the win. It was Matt Colantonio who scored on that single, and he happened to be my guest on our pregame show Tuesday afternoon. Of the many things we talked about, one of them was his exceptional educational record. Colantonio has dual degrees from Brown in both economics and history. In today's TinCaps Report Podcast, he'll explain how his educational background helps him when he's behind the plate:
Baseball Economics, 50 Years From Now, Zzzzzzzip!
Today is a 12:30 central time first pitch here in Clinton, and it's a school day. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of school children will file into Ashford University Field for this afternoon's game. Some of them are peering into my booth as I write this. Good morning, children.
Fort Wayne lost yesterday 5-3 in game two of this three-game series. Both games the TinCaps have played here in Clinton have taken the same path. They've jumped out to a 3-0 lead, only to see it evaporate over the course of the evening. Yesterday, it was a 3-2 lead heading into the eighth inning, but Colin Rea surrendered a solo home run and a two-run home run in the inning, and the LumberKings picked up the win. Now the TinCaps will look to salvage the set before returning home for six games.
Of note in yesterday's game was pitcher Joe Ross' performance. He walked the first two batters of the game, but went on to strike out seven, a new career-high, and didn't allow an earned run.
In today's TinCaps report podcast, I chat with catcher Matt Colantonio. Not only has he filled in superbly for Austin Hedges, but he's also got not one, but two degrees from an Ivy League institution. He'll tell us about how he got Joe Ross to pitch "backwards" to success in last night's game, and why he's more of an analytical guy than a theoretical one:

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So it comes down to design -- the way cars look inside and out -- as the way manufacturers can set themselves apart in a wildly competitive market.
"It's the only differentiator left," says Ford Motor Co. design chief J Mays. "If you don't love it, you've lost."
At most companies, the design, once an afterthought, is now atop the food chain as cars and trucks are being developed.
There's no better example than Chrysler's 300C sedan, a blockbuster hit with more than 500,000 sold since its 2004 debut. Its art deco look was different and far more elegant in 2004 than what was then bland competition.
Designers are in a difficult position because they have to anticipate the future, keeping their cars fresh for several years without being too shockingly different. Yet if they're too conservative, their products look old as competitors come out with new vehicles.
"The environment we're in is constantly changing," said Ed Welburn, General Motors Corp.'s vice president of design. "What's hot now maybe its out of step six months from now. It is an incredible challenge."
GM has elevated design so it's considered as vehicles are planned instead of at the end of the process. At Chrysler, the head of design in recent years has reported directly to the chief executive.
Chrysler LLC design chief Trevor Creed said the pressure is on manufacturers to come up with the next 300C, a task easier said than done in a competitive marketplace.
"I think it will become more and more difficult to create that big hit," Creed said in an interview at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Big hits like the 300C are a combination of design, powertrain and price, he said.
"The 300C was the return of the rear-wheel-drive, all-American sedan. Bold looks at an incredibly affordable price," he said. "Pretty soon you've got Kia doing that and Hyundai doing that. So that's not exclusive any more."
It's an art to come out with a car that's cutting-edge enough but doesn't offend buyers.
At Hyundai Motor Co., designers try to anticipate what a car should look like three years beyond its debut, said chief designer Joel T. Piaskowski.
"What the competition brings out next can age your existing design that much faster," he said.
Designers also must balance looks with demands to be more aerodynamic for better fuel efficiency, and sometimes, according to Creed, the two conflict.
Engineers from the company's wind tunnel come back with a shopping list, and they usually compromise and meet aerodynamic needs while keeping the design character, Creed said.
"There's definitely trade-offs," Creed said. "We can't take it all out on design because the thing will look like a bar of soap."
Interior design, which once came after the exteriors, now is center stage as most manufacturers invest more money in passengers' surroundings than in the past.
GM, Welburn said, often cut costs from interiors at the 11th hour to stay within budget because it was too late to cut anywhere else.
But that all changed about five years ago as the company recognized it needed first-class interiors to compete.
"We made a big cultural shift," Welburn said. "We really put a lot of our very best people -- designers, sculptors, engineers -- on interior design. When we're reviewing a project, we'll review the interior before we do the exterior just to make sure it gets its fair amount of time in the design process."
As Chrysler increases its investment, its interiors are becoming softer and more luxurious, Creed said.
The next big hit, Creed said, may be in a smaller volume segment, or it may simply be taking existing hit products like the Chrysler minivans and keeping them fresh so they remain must-haves for people.
But inside or outside, there are risks as designers try to stay new and ahead of the competition.
"It's a calculated risk," said Hyundai's Piaskowski. "As designers, as visionaries of the company, we feel like we have that under control."
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Another Signee
Congrats to Hanna Staudenmaier who signed to play at College of St. Mary!
Pre-Season Meeting
There will be a mandatory meeting for all girls interested in trying out for soccer on Tuesday, February 25, at 3:30 in the Lecture Hall. Tryout information and schedules will be given out at this time. If you have questions, see Coach Elam. Tryouts begin March 3.
Signing Day 2014
Congrats to our 2014 senior signees!
Cassidy Kepler - Chicago State
Mikaela Renner - Midland University
Seniors 2013
Congrats to our seniors who will be signing on Feb. 6:
Kylie Comba - Wayne State
Heather Gunderson - Wayne State
Melissa Hirschman - Midland University
Jessica McDowell - Hastings College
Hailey Smith - Wayne State
Congrats to our seniors who have committed to play soccer next year:
Lizzy Lee, Northwest Missouri State University
Emily Seyler, Northpark University Chicago
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The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America (www.wish.org) today announced recipients of its 21st annual Chris Greicius Celebrity Awards. The Foundation selected the honorees in recognition of their exceptional dedication to helping grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. The recipients are:
Jonas Brothers - Kevin, Joe and Nick have brought smiles to the faces of more than 130 young fans whose wishes they have granted around the world in just three years. The musical trio has been host to wish kids at concerts, award-show rehearsals, show sets and other exclusive locations. Their enthusiastic meetings with wish kids backstage, special tours and VIP seats at concerts have provided unforgettable experiences for kids from three continents.
New York Yankees - No matter what team they support, baseball fans have to tip their caps to the Yankees for the joy they bring to kids who wish to meet them. The Major League Baseball club entertains about 30 wish kids each year, 35 in 2010, enabling them to meet players in the dugout before games, tour iconic Monument Park, go behind the scenes at Yankee Stadium, and watch their favorite players in action on the field from VIP seats. Yankees manager Joe Girardi also thrilled the six wish kids who attended the 2010 MLB All-Star Game in Anaheim with a private meet-and-greet after the pregame press conference.
Corbin Bleu - Bleu has granted 14 wishes to meet him and also participated in dozens more wishes through his role in the "High School Musical" movies. Last year, he went to extraordinary lengths to grant the wish of a 5-year-old Michigan boy, Carson. When Carson became too sick to go to California for his wish to meet Bleu, the actor traveled to Michigan and surprised him at home, spending several hours with the young cancer patient.
Dennis Anderson - Driver of the larger-than-life Grave Digger monster truck, Anderson has shown an equal-sized devotion to making children's wishes come true. He frequently spends an entire afternoon with kids who wish to meet him and his truck, having lunch, giving garage tours and treating them to souvenirs from the Digger's Dungeon(R) store. Many wish families and volunteers have expressed their appreciation for Anderson's outsized generosity toward wish kids.
Dick Vitale - Vitale, ESPN's Hall of Fame college basketball analyst, is receiving this year's Industry Icon Award for his long-standing support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Vitale has enhanced kids' wishes at the Final Four and other sporting events, sharing his experiences as a college and NBA coach and as college basketball's most popular broadcaster for the past 30 years.
"The recipients of this year's Chris Greicius Celebrity Award have been unbelievably generous with their time in creating meaningful experiences for our wish kids," said David Williams, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America president and chief executive officer. "The energy they devote to granting each wish is remarkable and creates unforgettable memories for every wish kid. This award expresses our appreciation to them on behalf of these kids, who benefit so much from the hope, strength and joy a wish experience provides."
Started in 1990, the Chris Greicius Celebrity Award is named in honor of the 7-year-old boy whose wish to be a police officer inspired a group of caring volunteers to fulfill his dream in 1980 and later create the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
About the Make-A-Wish Foundation: Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2010, the Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. With the help of generous donors and nearly 25,000 volunteers, the Make-A-Wish Foundation is one of the world's leading children's charities and grants a wish every 40 minutes in the United States. For more information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit wish.org and discover how you can share the power of a wish(R).


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ROBERTSDALE, Alabama -- Darlene Roper, chairwoman of the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce Beautification Task Force hosted the November meeting of the task force at the Magnolia Blossom Café on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Special guests attending the meeting were Fairhope Mayor Tim Kant and Robertsdale Mayor Charles H. Murphy.
Kant was called upon to begin the meeting to share his experiences in spearheading beautification efforts in Fairhope. In 1983, Kant was hired as City Horticulturist and in 1985 he also assumed duties of Public Works Superintendent. His oversight of these departments resulted in the beautiful community Fairhope is today. Fairhope has won beautification awards that include third in the world in "Nations in Bloom" and first in "Cities in Bloom."
Kant emphasized that beautification of communities result in increased revenue, because people will stop and spend money if a community is clean and beautiful. Kant said beautification efforts require the buy-in of the leaders of the various communities. His recommendations for beautification success were, first, clean up what you have, and then invest in trees, flowers and shrubs. Incorporating flowers in landscaping requires increased investment and maintenance.
Murphy summarized Robertsdale's efforts in beautifying his community with trees, annuals, and a long-term approach. Murphy said that Robertsdale hires a half-time employee to pick up all trash prior to mowing rather than mowing and spreading trash across the landscape. He is proud of the expertise in his Public Works operation. Murphy was receptive to a major clean up day preceding the beautification contest in April.
During the meeting, the mayors answered questions presented by Task Force members. Carolyn Koch provided handouts on "Perennials That Thrive in Full Sun" and "Plants That Attract Hummingbirds."
Katherine Breeden shared various attempts to beautify her area.
The Task Force is comprised of members from the communities of Loxley, Robertsdale, Silverhill and Summerdale. Attendees at the November meeting included: Darlene Roper, Committee Chair; Gail Quezada, Central Baldwin Chamber; Sue Cooper and Ruthie Campbell, Robertsdale City Council Members; Katherine Breeden, Town of Loxley Council Member; Barbara Johnson, Katie Warren and Mary Ann Lindsay, Robertsdale Garden Club and Summerdale residents; and Carolyn Koch, Master Gardener and Tree Committee, Silverhill.
At its October meeting the group discussed beautification seminars for those businesses which will participate in the contest. Roper offered to hold the landscape seminars at Magnolia Blossom Café during the lunch hour. The committee will select dates for the seminars and include this information in the letter that will go out in January. The topic of construction and cost of signs for winners in the four communities was also discussed.
The next meeting will be held on Jan. 15 at 8:15 a.m. at the Central Chamber of Commerce Building in Robertsdale.
Those in attendance at the November meeting appreciated the continental breakfast provided by Darlene Roper.
Submitted by Mary Ann Lindsay


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The Saginaw Spirit will put their longest win streak of the season on the line today when they take on the division rival Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds in a 4 p.m. home game.
The Spirit have won their last five games, most recently a 5-1 win over Oshawa at home Friday night. Saginaw is 9-2-1 since Oct. 3, and currently in second place in the Ontario Hockey League's West Division, seven points behind the league-leading Windsor Spitfires.
Since winning a hard-fought shootout over Windsor last Saturday, the Spirit have rolled in their last two games, starting with a 4-1 win over Sarnia Thursday.
"We're playing more consistent," Spirit assistant coach John Kisil said after Thursday's game.
The Spirit have been on their roll thanks to both a high-scoring offense and solid goaltending.
The Spirit have put up nine goals this week. Rookie center Ivan Telegin leads the way with three goals, including two in Friday night's game. Jordan Szwarz also scored two in Friday's game. The teams' 79 goals on the year are second in the Western Conference to Windsor.
Goalie Eddie Pasquale played the last two games, giving up only one goal in each game while recording 72 saves. His goals against now stands at 2.59 in 11 games this year.
Pyatt makes NHL Debut
Tom Pyatt, a former Spirit center, made his NHL debut Thursday night as a member of the Montreal Canadians. Pyatt logged 11:27 of ice time on 17 shifts in a 2-1 shootout win for the Canadians.
Pyatt played for the Spirit from 2003 until 2007. In his final season with Saginaw, he notched 83 total points on 43 goals and 38 assists.
Since then Pyatt has spent time in the American Hockey League and the East Coast Hockey League, before being called up to the NHL earlier this week.
Pyatt is the fifth former Spirit player to play in the NHL, joining Cody Bass, Paul Bissonnette, Chris Thorburn and Geoff Platt.
Telegin, Ross earn honors
Spirit center Ivan Telegin has been named the Ontario Hockey League's Rookie of the Month for October.
Telegin recorded 16 points on seven goals and nine assists during the Spirit's 12 October games. Telegin also finished up a nine-game point streak in October, starting in his second game of the year. On the year, his 20 points (10 goals, 10 assists) leads all OHL rookies.
Rookie Garret Ross was named the OHL West Division's Academic Player of the Month for October, after carrying an 88 percent average in his classes at Heritage High School.
Spirit Snapshot
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds at Saginaw Spirit
Puck Drops: 4 p.m. Sunday
Radio: WSGW-FM 100.5
The Greyhounds have been a Jekyll and Hyde team in the early going, starting the year with a seven-game win streak before hitting a six-game losing skid by mid-October. The Soo has 21 points and are tied for fifth in the Western Conference at 10-8-0-1. Saginaw beat the Soo during that losing stretch, winning 4-1. After trading away veterans T.J. Battani and Kyle DeCoste, the Greyhounds kept St. Louis Blues draftee James Livingston, who leads the team in scoring with 10 goals and seven assists. Sweden native and Ottawa Senators pick Robin Lehner posted a 2.82 goals against average and a 0.923 save percentage in 12 games.


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Federal and state inspectors are planning to fan out in southern New Jersey today to get a first-hand view of the destruction left by the powerful nor'easter that ravaged many of the state's coastal communities over the weekend.
The inspections by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management come two days after Gov. Jon Corzine declared a state of emergency in six southern counties, where residents and government officials continued Monday to assess the damage caused by more than two days of relentless winds and rain.
The six counties are Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth and Ocean.
Most of the coastal towns reported severe beach erosion from unusually high tides that in some spots decimated dunes and flooded oceanside streets. In other communities, such as Ocean City in Cape May County, residents cleared their once-flooded homes of furniture and other belongings now set out to the curb as trash.
State emergency management officials said they may have preliminary totals of the damage by the end of the week, but early estimates provided by county and local officials put the figures in the tens of millions of dollars.
''It's a serious situation,'' said Nick Morici, spokesman for the state Office of Emergency Management. ''As far as damages and money, that's going to come later in the week. You have a very considerable situation here.''
Morici said inspectors from his office are meeting first thing this morning with officials from FEMA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the state Small Business Administration for a briefing on the storm damage. The group will then break out into smaller teams and fan out to make their inspections.
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) inspectors also will begin their assessments today in concert with the other federal and state agencies, said DEP spokeswoman Darlene Yuhas.
William Tromm, Beach Haven's emergency management coordinator, estimated damage in his community on southern Long Beach Island at $4.5 million. All but $1 million of that he attributed to damaged dunes, which he said cut off all the beach accesses in town.
The beach lost so much sand, he said, that some places on the beach have a 10 to 12-foot dropoff.
On Merivale Avenue, where the high ocean tides exposed the pilings under two oceanfront homes, 30 feet of the street has been ripped up by floodwaters, he said.
Ed Conover, Atlantic County's emergency management deputy director, said preliminary figures put the damage at more than $11 million, with most of that attributed to beach erosion.''Countywide, we obviously took a big hit on the beaches,'' he said.
He said FEMA will not reimburse for beach restoration, but that money could come from the Army Corps.
Northern Atlantic City was in the process of undergoing beach replenishment when the storm hit on Thursday night, he said.
Ocean City Administrator James Rutala, who estimated damage in that town to be in the millions, said he had not heard by Monday afternoon whether state and federal inspectors will be in his community today. He has a meeting scheduled for today to discuss the $15 million beach replenishment project the city had already planned with the Army Corps for sometime early next year from the northernmost jetty to 18th Street, a distance of about 2 miles.
Morici said residents whose homes sustained storm damage should contact their insurance company in order to make immediate repairs, but they should also report the damage to their local office of emergency management so the damage estimates reflect actual losses.
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Saturday Microsoft send a letter to the Yahoo! Board of Directors, setting a deadline of three weeks, or April 26th for an agreement to be made. If an agreement has not been reached by then, Microsoft indicated it would be forced to take the matter directly to the shareholders. The text of their letter follows:
April 5, 2008You'll recall that the original value of the cash / stock offer was $44.6B, but changes in stock price since then have lowered the offer to around $41B.
Board of Directors
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Dear Members of the Board:
It has now been more than two months since we made our proposal to acquire Yahoo! at a 62% premium to its closing price on January 31, 2008, the day prior to our announcement. Our goal in making such a generous offer was to create the basis for a speedy and ultimately friendly transaction. Despite this, the pace of the last two months has been anything but speedy.
While there has been some limited interaction between management of our two companies, there has been no meaningful negotiation to conclude an agreement. We understand that you have been meeting to consider and assess your alternatives, including alternative transactions with others in the industry, but we've seen no indication that you have authorized Yahoo! management to negotiate with Microsoft. This is despite the fact that our proposal is the only alternative put forward that offers your shareholders full and fair value for their shares, gives every shareholder a vote on the future of the company, and enhances choice for content creators, advertisers, and consumers.
During these two months of inactivity, the Internet has continued to march on, while the public equity markets and overall economic conditions have weakened considerably, both in general and for other Internet-focused companies in particular. At the same time, public indicators suggest that Yahoo!'s search and page view shares have declined. Finally, you have adopted new plans at the company that have made any change of control more costly.
By any fair measure, the large premium we offered in January is even more significant today. We believe that the majority of your shareholders share this assessment, even after reviewing your public disclosures relating to your future prospects.
Given these developments, we believe now is the time for our respective companies to authorize teams to sit down and negotiate a definitive agreement on a combination of our companies that will deliver superior value to our respective shareholders, creating a more efficient and competitive company that will provide greater value and service to our customers. If we have not concluded an agreement within the next three weeks, we will be compelled to take our case directly to your shareholders, including the initiation of a proxy contest to elect an alternative slate of directors for the Yahoo! board. The substantial premium reflected in our initial proposal anticipated a friendly transaction with you. If we are forced to take an offer directly to your shareholders, that action will have an undesirable impact on the value of your company from our perspective which will be reflected in the terms of our proposal.
It is unfortunate that by choosing not to enter into substantive negotiations with us, you have failed to give due consideration to a transaction that has tremendous benefits for Yahoo!'s shareholders and employees. We think it is critically important not to let this window of opportunity pass.
Steven A. Ballmer
Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft Corp.
Since the offer was made, Yahoo! has made several moves to stymie Microsoft, including extending the deadline for Board nominations. This move ... or should I say, future move, by Microsoft is not unexpected, as it was anticipated that Microsoft would "go hostile" if it needed to.


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Day of Giving A Success!
We would like to extend a warm thank you to all donors, nonprofit partners and sponsors for their excitement and commitment on the Day of Giving, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016.
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When Hot Chip arrive in Portland on Thursday, September 13th, the London seven-piece will have just headlined the Hollywood Bowl—an amphitheater with a capacity of some 18,000—with Passion Pit. But it's not their first time taking that grand LA stage—they co-headlined it a pair of years ago with LCD Soundsystem.
More than a decade in the making, Hot Chip multi-instrumentalist Owen Clarke is humble when he says, "We've been lucky in that we've been able to build up to this, and we feel really happy with where we are right now."
Recognizing the hard work they've put in over the years, Clarke recalls the "good education" that all the early years of support tours provided, giving the act a chance to "hit our stride" and "make our live mistakes on the small stage."
That slow build up is also perfected musically on the band's fifth and latest record In Our Heads with tracks like "Motion Sickness," "Flutes" and "Ends Of The Earth" where instrumental minutes pass and layer upon layer of percussion is meticulously, but flawlessly, balanced atop synth flourishes until the communal vocals of Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard kick in, offering yet another indelibly repetitive layer that revolves around the implausibly danceable core.


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Details Emerge on Disney's First Marvel Ride, The Iron Man Experience [D23 Expo 2015]
Posted on Saturday, August 15th, 2015 by Angie Han
First announced in 2013, the Iron Man Experience at Hong Kong Disneyland will be the first Marvel ride in any Disney theme park. At D23 today, Disney offered an exclusive never-before-seen look at the attraction, along with a host of brand-new details. Learn all about the Iron Man Experience after the jump. Read More »


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My right eye is the one I had the ptosis repair and now I feel like there is something stuck in my eye and it is not healing as well as the other eye(which had just the upper bleph.) it feels like an eyelash or piece of sand is stuck, but there is nothing in my eye. They told me I have calcium deposits under my upper lids, which I have always had, but now I am feeling them? Has anyone else felt this. They suggested wearing a contact lens to shield my eye...only I am not a cont lens wearer! Help.
Post-ptosis Repair and Blepharoplasty - Feels Like There is Something in my Eye
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Post Ptosis Repair
Foreign body sensation
I've got something in my eye... I think.
after a ptosis repair it is routine to evert the lid to make sure sutures did not enter the backside of the lid and irritate the eye. you may have a corneal abrasion/ulcer/erosion secondary to dryness. use your lubricant and drops liberally and consider an "eye tent" with saran wrap at night to keep moisture on your lid (you may not be closing completely at night, while you sleep). most importantly, call your doc in the morning for a slit lamp exam and treatment.
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Foreign Body Irritation?
May want to have the inside of the upper lid thoroughly examined. There should not be any foreign bodies (stitches) or granulomas (abnormal healing tissue) irritating the eye because most ptosis repair occurs beneath the skin of the upper eyelid. You did not mention the time frame since your surgery but if it is very recent then the cornea may have an abrasion which is rare since the cornea is usually protected during surgery. Revisit your surgeon or a board certified Ophthalmologist.
Dr. ES
Something stuck in eye after blepharoplasty
Lynni, if you haven't already, report this sensation to your surgeon, and he or she will probably anesthetize the affected eye with drops and examine carefully. Assuming there is no stitch visible that has pierced the palpebral conjunctiva (inside of upper eyelid where ptosis repair was), the tarsal stitch may be very close causing a small irregularity or bump that can create this feeling. Dry eye may also contribute.
Web reference: http://www.feelbeautiful.com/face/eyelid-surgery-san-diego/
Ptosis surgery
There are various reasons for the sensation you are describing. There could be a foreign body (a stitch or other) embedded in the upper eyelid (the doctor needs to flip the eyelid and look under the eyelid). But the most likely cause is dry eyes, which can give you that sensation. Whenever an eyelid is elevated, it is exposed to air more and therefore it gets more dry, until the eye/body can adjust.
A thorough examination can determine what's causing your sensation.
Dr T.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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2 charged with running meth lab in basement
ELKLAND Two people were charged following a meth lab bust in Tioga recently.
According to documents filed at District Judge C. Roger McRae, state police launched an investigation into the activities of Michael T. Gilbert, 55, and John L. Janelli, 48, both of 62 Hillview Lane, Tioga, after neighbors complained of suspicious activity at the residence, including a noxious odor coming from the basement, which was vented using fans.
Police initiated a search of the residence March 30, and subsequently charged both men with manufacture of methamphetamine, possession with intent to manufacture a controlled substance, operating a meth lab and illegal dumping of meth, possession of liquefied ammonia gas, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, as well as risking a catastrophe by having various dangerous chemicals including a pot reaction vessel used in the manufacture of meth.
During the search police said they found meth in the master bedroom of the home, along with pot and other drug paraphernalia, plus other items used in the manufacture of meth including lithium batteries, lye, Coleman fuel, drain opener, cold packs, ammonium nitrate, tools for stripping batteries, stripped lithium batteries, empty pseudoephedrine blister packs, digital scales, Baggies for packaging, and spoons and pipes for smoking.
Both were jailed in lieu of $150,000 bail and their preliminary hearings set for April 8.


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You may not have heard of The-Dream before last night's Grammy Awards, but thanks to his two-hat style and a quip from Jay-Z, you probably have now. MTV News
If you thought you heard new names and saw fresh faces at the Grammy Awards, you're in famous company. Even Kelly Clarkson didn't know who R&B singer Miguel was until his performance Sunday.
As Clarkson took the Grammy for best pop vocal album for "Stronger," the star gave a shoutout to the R&B singer who had performed earlier on the CBS broadcast, saying, "Miguel, I don't know who the hell you are, but we need to sing together. I mean, good God. That was the sexiest damn thing I've ever seen."
It was almost easy to forget that Clarkson was an unknown herself until she won the first season of American Idol in 2002. Yet, unknowns and younger musicians fared well at the evening's awards, for which awards were spread across the map of performers—a departure from last year, when Adele swept the show with six Grammys.
The rap/sung collaboration Grammy went to "No Church in the Wild," by Jay-Z, and Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean and The-Dream. After stepping to the microphone, Jay-Z (West wasn't there) allowed the other two men to take the podium first, and they thanked family and supporters. When Jay-Z did take the mic it was to make a wisecrack about The-Dream's two hats worn one on top of another: one a parental advisory hat, and the other a Boyz N the Hood cap. "I would like to thank the swap meet for his hat," he quipped before heading off stage. Though some took it as an insult, The-Dream told MTV that it was typical for he and Jay-Z, who wore a tux and was spotted pouring champagne during the show, to "goof off" and no offense was taken.
In any case, the way Jay-Z stepped aside to give the two collaborators the floor afforded them attention they might not have received otherwise. If we didn't know about The-Dream (who has written songs for the likes of Rihanna and Justin Bieber in recent year) and his two-hat style, we do now.
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GRAND RAPIDS – The stakes will be high when the South Christian, Grand Rapids Christian and Sparta girls basketball teams take to the court tonight in state quarterfinal action.
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April 2008 19 4 Issue of SCMagazine
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When the auditors come around
Compliance seemed the dominating topic at this year's recent Infosec WorldConference & Expo in Florida.
Avoid breaking the bank
With no foreseeable end to IT security risks, security programs should always remain top priorities.
The evolved help desk
The help desk is often seen as the face of the IT organization, so any drop in credibility can bring negative consequences to IT's future, ...
The next generation
AIG's CSO Paul DeGraaff says security professionals must gauge the risks of a younger workforce, Dan Kaplan.reports.
Retail & IT Security
In this special section, we look at IT security implementations at several retail locations and investigate which solutions are effective for retail chains.
Fall in line
Retailers are having a tough time coming into compliance with PCI DSS, but there are solutions out there, reports Deb Radcliff.
Ski patrol: Boyne Resorts and Kaspersky Lab
Boyne Resorts needed an easier way to protect its network and retail points-of-sale. It found a solution, reports Greg Masters.
Worth the upgrade
The TJX data breach has made wireless encryption a priority for retailers and other enterprises. Frank Washkuch Jr. finds out why.
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This month we are addressing application vulnerabilities and web-based threats.
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A young protester who planted a kiss on a riot policeman's visor has been reported in Italy for sexual violence and insulting a public official.
Nina De Chiffre, 20, was photographed kissing the helmeted riot officer at a demonstration against a new high-speed train line between Italy and France last month.
The kiss was initially seen as a gesture of peace in the often violent protests. However, Ms De Chiffre later said on Facebook that she intended to mock the police, whom she called "disgusting pigs".
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From: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: [TenTec] Noise and ORION II To: firstname.lastname@example.com Message-ID: <email@example.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > I find the NR of the ORION II poor. To my ear the noise of the Orion II > in SSB is very aggressiv and the NR ist unusable while not doing > much to reduce the noise. I am setting AGC and RFGain. I must > reduce the RF-Gain to "60", while the bands are too noisy. This is > my subjective opinion. I have an Orion I, and have tried both the 1.x and 2.x firmware. I have found a similar issue with the 565, which is not too surprising when you consider that the 565 and 566 are very similar radios, with (according to Ten-Tec) the same RF hardware and (I believe) the same DSP setup. I have not found the onboard NR to be at all useful in just about any situation or mode, and I'd say it has improved signal quality at best around 5% of the time I have needed NR. My current workaround is a Timewave 59+ outboard DSP processor, which also solves the low AF output problem into 32 ohm headphones that I had been having. I am planning on upgrading soon to a Timewave 599zx, which has all the features for use with the Orion that I find lacking in the 59+ (adjustable NR aggressiveness, bi-channel NR for stereo phones, filters specifically for more modern digi-modes). I still wish that I could have decent NR inside my rig (shoot, my old FT-100D had better NR than my Orion does, and in some ways it was even better than what I get with the Timewave 59+), and further, I wish that modern rigs would have something that's been in commercial studio audio processing gear for decades -- a "side chain". A side chain is a line-level output between preamp and audio amp (it has other meanings when used with gear like compressors, but I won't get into that here) combined with a line level input, essentially letting you insert a line-level audio processing box before the AF gain knob, almifier, and speaker(s). This would let me have my binaural receive, put a receiver in each ear, have a different output on the speaker than in the phones, and have a line level out on the back panel that had audio processing while simultaneously having that signal available through phones or speaker. I could just insert an NR box of my choosing into the signal path without disrupting my output flow from the rig. With the 59+, I have to set the rig's volume knob appropriately to feed the 59+, and then I can choose between monaural phones and an external speaker, and I have to take "line out" from the 59+, which means it is now affected by the AF level setting on the Orion. The 599zx will take care of the binaural and different rcvr in each ear issue, but not the other two. And further, I lose the ability to have my audio monitored, because I have a choice between processing the monitor audio through the 59+ or not hearing it at all, neither of which is a suitable answer for me. Because inp[ut volume is often quite a bit higher than output volume with the NR turned on, any simple mods I make to solve that issue would generally result in me getting blasted out of my chair by the high volume level I'd have with bypassed audio coming to my phones. The 59+ also always has its high pass/low pass filters engaged when in operation, so it rolls off everything below 400 hz, which I really do not like either. Ultimately, if the 599zx turns out to be the real answer for my NR needs, I may just rewire the Orion such that I send two channels of line level (taken from the Orion before the rear panel outputs) to the 599zx input, and take the line level output from the 599zx and inject it back into the signal path just after where I took the feeds from the Orion in step 1, thus hard-wiring in a side chain. I don't know how well this will work, considering there will be variable signal levels depending on signal strength of received signals. But it does sound like the only real answer to integrating good DSP NR into the rig, something that Ten-Tec should have given us built in. It is IMHO the one most glaring flaw of the Orion line (and in a close second place is the extremely slow speed of the data in/out through the serial port for rig control, and as a corollary, the fact that there are a number of controls on the Orion that cannot be accessed by rig control software, like the band stacking registers and the manual notch filter, for instance). ! Adam Wade -==- AF6ME -==- Ten-Tec Orion & SteppIR BiggIR Mk III ! ! "I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead ! ! of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote ! ! down, I spend z time looking for the paper I wrote it down on." ! ! - Beryl Pfizer -=- http://www.allthings550.com ! _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
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For The Times
PRINCETON BOROUGH — Whoever wins next month's presidential election will likely have a hard time implementing his political agenda due to gridlock in Congress, according to panelists at a discussion at Princeton University last weekend.
"There's a theory in the Obama campaign that if he's re-elected, Republicans will come to their senses and start working with him," columnist Ramesh Ponnuru said during the Saturday morning talk. "But that's not going to happen. Republicans will believe what they believe, and they're going to try to pick up more seats in the 2014 congressional elections."
"The same thing will happen on the other side if Mitt Romney wins," said Ponnuru, who writes for Bloomberg View, the National Review and other publications.
"There's not much that Obama can say he can do in his second term, because the big things just don't seem doable," Vanity Fair national editor Todd Purdum said. "The president is whistling in the dark."
With a Republican majority in Congress following the last congressional elections, Obama faced gridlock, especially during the debt ceiling crisis of the summer 2011, Purdum said. Obama's major pieces of legislation were passed in his first two years in office, when there was still a Democratic majority in the House, he said. Ponnuru argued that after the election Congress will likely be divided with a slight Republican majority, so gridlock will be a reality that either politician will face.
"The division in Congress is a reflection of the fact that we have a persistently divided electorate, that only shifts in one direction or other when remarkable things happen, like a financial crisis," he said. "And then it shifts back."
Obama and Romney actually agree on some ideas, but might act very differently in office, Purdum said.
"Romney wants to repeal a lot of the health care bill, but not all. On foreign policy, both Romney and Obama have agreements, including on the timetable of the war in Afghanistan," he said.
"But they have different philosophical views on the role of government in national life, and in the economy in particular," he said.
If elected, Romney's term in office may be heavily influenced by the ideology of the more "energetic members of the right," Ponnuru said.
"Any Republican president, any Democratic president, there are things you have to do to appeal to your party and there is little room to maneuver," he said.
"I don't think Romney will try to nominate a member to the Supreme Court that has a flaming right track record, but he will try to get a representative who is as conservative as possible while still being confirmable by the rest of Congress," he said.
Also participating in the panel was Brandice Canes-Wrone, a professor at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School.


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Sunday's comic panel by Garry Trudeau prompted this e-mail:
I do not believe in censorship of the press, so I don't know what the answer to my complaint is.
I must complain in the strongest terms about today's Doonesbury strip. I am furious at the comparison of the current Obama administration to the Nazis.
I don't know what Garry Trudeau is thinking. Is this a test to see how many readers he has. I am so very angry at him. I'm sure you folks really scratched your heads whether or not to print today's strip.
I spent three years in the Army protecting those very rights he is abusing now.
Trudeau, a satirist, likely was giving his view that it is absurd to compare President Barack Obama to the Nazis by showing what they did vs. his view of Obama's response to crisis -- i.e. give a speech.
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Watching "The Wind Rises"
The final film from legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, "The Wind Rises" is strikingly beautiful but also unsettling, a dreamy, ambiguous biopic about the engineer who developed fighter planes used by the Japanese Empire in World War II. Days after seeing "The Wind Rises," I can't decide if the film confronts a dark chapter in Japanese history, or whitewashes that history. Maybe it does a little bit of both.
Animation-wise, "The Wind Rises" is as captivating as anything in the Miyazaki canon, with flying scenes that are intricate, kinetic and colorful. It's also Miyazaki's most adult film, and lacks the fantastical creatures and wise children who typically populate his films. At times, the film feels like a cross between an old-fashioned romantic melodrama and a quirky fable about a plucky artist determined to bring his vision to fruition. In other words, this is not a film for kids, who might be bored by movie's more languorous passages, which often involve watching the engineer, named Jiro Horikoshi, study airplane designs and offer his thoughts on rivets and fuselage. At its most basic level, "The Wind Rises" is an especially elegant and visual stunning ode to science and math.
But it's a lot more than that, and I sometimes wondered whether Miyazaki had bitten off more than he could chew. The film opens when Horikoshi (voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a boy in rural Japan, eagerly reading aviation magazines, stargazing and dreaming of the day he can build airplanes of his own. At his first job, where he's assigned to build a fleet new airplane for the military, he's regarded as a genius, so consumed by his work that he neglects his personal life. When he later announces that he's engaged, his boss roars with laughter, saying, "We thought you would marry an airplane!"
The trouble with Horikoshi's chosen profession is that it involves visiting Nazi Germany to learn about the country's superior aircraft, and developing planes that will later be used in World War II. (Horikoshi designed the A6M Zero plane, which was used to attack Pearl Harbor.)
Horikoshi is smart enough to recognize that his planes will one day be used to kill and destroy, but too devoted to his dreams to quit his work and flee the country. His compromised position — and the lovely yet eerie footage of military planes soaring overhead — casts a pall over the film. You root for Horikoshi to succeed, knowing all the while that destruction and warfare are just around the corner. And not always just around the corner: Miyazaki shows us the horrors of the present, and foreshadows what is to come. We see the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, which devastated Tokyo, fiery airplane crashes, and a shadowy glimpse of a night raid by German secret police. Never have death, disaster and big industrial machines looked so pretty.
"The Wind Rises" has stirred debate in Japan, and also among film critics in America. One film critic, Inkoo Kang, read a statement at the Boston Society of Film Critics' annual meeting calling the film morally repugnant, and later wrote, in an article in The Village Voice, "'The Wind Rises' perpetuates Japanese society's deliberate misremembering and rewriting of history, which cast the former Empire of the Rising Sun as a victim of World War II, while glossing over — or in some cases completely ignoring — the mass death and suffering its military perpetrated."
Others have jumped to the film's defense. Film critic David Ehrlich writes that "The Wind Rises" is "less of a biopic than it is a devastatingly honest lament for the corruption of beauty, and how invariably pathetic the human response to that loss must be."
I tend to side with the defenders of "The Wind Rises," though I think Miyazaki's portrayal of Horikoshi has its flaws. For one thing, Horikoshi is depicted as saintly, almost morally pure, which makes it easier to overlook the death and violence to which he inevitably contributed. Throughout his career, Miyazaki has shied away from telling stories with conventional villains — his films are more likely to feature misguided creatures causing problems than malevolent schemers and criminals — and perhaps "The Wind Rises" is just another iteration of his humanistic world view, where nobody is truly evil but great crimes, mistakes and misunderstandings will inevitably occur. This attitude is refreshing in Miyazaki's other films, such as "Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind" and "Spirited Away," but seems a little inadequate for a film about a real man who built a horribly destructive aircraft.
On the other hand, Miyazaki doesn't completely sidestep questions of moral responsibility, and at the end of the film Horikoshi indicates that he regrets how his planes were ultimately used. Is this moment of reflection enough? Probably not.
"The Wind Rises" isn't Miyazaki's greatest film, and I'm not even sure it would make my top five. But it might be his most thought-provoking and personal film. And of course it looks terrific. Fans of Miyazaki — and animation in general — shouldn't miss it.
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Auburn, NY -- Auburn Memorial Hospital has hired Jennifer Mosch as its new technical director of radiology.
She is licensed in New York state by the American Registry of Radiological Technologists and has more than 10 years of experience in diagnostic imaging.
As technical director, Mosch is responsible for directing radiology, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and CT services.
Before coming to Auburn, she was a senior technologist at Cortland Regional Medical Center responsible for the day-to-day operations of the radiology department.


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The viral photo of a dog doing a keg stand at a College at Brockport: State University of New York off-campus party has led to a second arrest.
WHAM-13 reports SUNY Brockport students Robert Yates, 20, and Shane Oliver, also 20, have been arrested for the controversial picture. Yates, who was arrested first Monday, allegedly snapped the shot of Oliver holding a black Labrador Retriever by its hind legs over a beer keg, with its mouth on the nozzle.
The image was shared on Twitter Sunday by @SUNYPartyStory with the caption "Keg stands n Bits!" The account, unaffiliated with the State University of New York system, shares photos from parties at SUNY schools showing college students drinking alcohol, passed out, vomiting or dancing in various states of undress.
The Associated Press reports both Oliver, of Bergen, N.Y., and Yates, of West Seneca, N.Y., have been charged with torturing and injuring an animal. They were issued appearance tickets for town court on April 2.
Brockport College spokesman John Follaco told the Democrat & Chronicle that school officials "were alarmed to see the photos and will investigate it and take appropriate action." He didn't say if discipline would be taken, citing student privacy laws.
Brockport Police Lt. Mark Cuzzupoli told WHAM that the dog, a 4-month-old black lab named Mya, belonged to someone at the Monroe Avenue home where the picture was taken, but would not say who actually owned it. Kyle Karst, a student who lives in the house, said the animal was not harmed despite concerns on social media of animal abuse.
"The puppy hadn't had a sip of alcohol all night," Karst told the TV station. "It was strictly a joke that went wrong."
However, a veterinarian told Time Warner Cable News that alcohol can harm dogs, especially young small ones.
"Dogs will react to alcohol much like humans do," Dr. Simon Kirk said. "Because of their small body mass, he says giving a dog alcohol is like giving alcohol to a child. Younger dogs like Mya can have an even harder time breaking it down."
WHAM reports the dog is okay and staying at a dog kennel in Sweden, N.Y., where it will undergo a veterinary evaluation. It's unclear whether the dog will be returned to its owner.
The SUNY Party Stories Twitter account later removed the photo, but tried to downplay the incident in a series of since deleted tweets, according to Mediaite.
"Any news reporter that thinks a dog posed doing a keg stand is a worthy story needs to reconsider their career," the account tweeted Monday. "We're not defending the picture, just saying MUCH more important things happening in the world. Y'all are too thirsty for a flashy headline."


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Six teens charged
in Jamestown brawl
JAMESTOWN - A large fight with about 50 people gathered on the 400 block of West Fourth Street led to six Jamestown teens being charged by the Jamestown Police Department Tuesday.
City police report that once they arrived on the scene, it was determined that a female had been assaulted by as many as six people. Officers located the suspects, who were still at the incident, and placed them under arrest.
Facing charges are Amber L. Mancari, 19, for third-degree assault; a 16-year-old male with sixth-degree conspiracy; two 16-year-old females with third-degree assault; and two 15-year-old females who were identified as participating in the assault and will likely be petitioned to Family Court.
Dunkirk Police
Anthony B. West, 35, of Maple Avenue was charged with disorderly conduct on July 11.
Santos I. Santiago, 37, of West Second Street was charged with failure to yield the right of way for an emergency vehicles and unlicensed operation on July 14.
Margaret A. Velez, 29, of Main Street was charged with speeding and unlicensed operation on July 15.
Douglas L. Lockett, 40, of West Lucas Avenue was charged with operating a motor vehicle while using a cell phone on July 15.
Luis A. Valentin, 38, of Central Avenue was charged with second-degree menacing and second-degree harassment July 15.
Devin Smith, 20, of Middle Road was charged with second-degree harassment on July 16.
Jose A. Vazquez, 37, of East Talcott Street was charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle on July 16.
Fred E. Devel, 20, of Richford was charged with passing through a red light on July 16.
Joel I. Rosario, 30, of Jamestown was charged with petit larceny July 16.
Nelson X. Irizarry, 22, of Deer Street was charged with having no inspection, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and having a back seat passenger less than four years old without proper restraint on July 16.
Donte M. Chambers, 19, of Deer Street was charged with parking where signs prohibit, unlawful possession of alcohol under 21 and having an open container on July 16.
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State Police at Fredonia
HANOVER - State police charged a Dunkirk man with unlawful possession of marijuana.
Nicholas Bailey, 21, was stopped for speeding on Routes 5 and 20. Officers reported he had a marijuana cigarette in plain view.
Bailey was issued tickets for Town of Hanover Court.
Dunkirk woman charged with forgery and impersonation
The victim alleged Oste had used the victim's name on at least two traffic stops since April. The victim received letters in the mail notifying her that her license was going to be suspended for failure to respond to traffic tickets.
The investigation revealed that Oste had identified herself as the victim when a trooper pulled her over on Route 60 in Gerry on April 1 and on April 13. Oste reportedly did this to avoid detection since her driver's license had been suspended multiple times. Oste also signed the victim's name to the Town of Gerry Ticket when she mailed it into court.
Troopers took Oste into custody at her residence in Dunkirk and transported her to state police headquarters in Fredonia. After processed for the violations, she was arraigned in the Town of Dunkirk Court and remanded to the Chautauqua County Jail.
State police at Jamestown
KIANTONE - On Friday, Juan Pinto, 27, of Buffalo was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.
A trooper pulled Pinto over on Route 60 for a traffic violation. The trooper reportedly smelled marijuana emanating from inside the vehicle and conducted a search. The trooper reported finding three grams of marijuana.
BEMUS POINT - On Friday, Cody Hinson, 23, of Greenhurst was charged with third-degree assault.
On Thursday, troopers received a complaint from the victim whose injuries included a broken nose and a bone fracture under the left eye, reportedly as a result of being struck in the face by Hinson while on the ground outside the Village Casino. Hinson was processed at state police barracks and was issued an appearance ticket.


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The birth control pill, also known as oral contraceptives or just "the pill," is a medication taken daily to prevent pregnancy. Some women take the pill for reasons other than preventing pregnancy.
Combined pills contain two hormones, estrogen and progestin. Hormones are chemicals that control how different parts of your body work. These pills are taken every day and prevent pregnancy by keeping the ovaries from releasing eggs. The pills also cause cervical mucus to thicken and the lining of the uterus to thin. This keeps sperm from meeting with and fertilizing an egg.
Progestin-only pills (or "mini-pills") contain only one hormone, progestin which causes cervical mucus to thicken and the lining of the uterus to thin. This keeps sperm from reaching the egg. Less often, mini-pills prevent pregnancy by keeping the ovaries from releasing eggs.
How do I use it?
Combined pills are typically packaged as 21 "active" pills that contain hormones. One pill is taken daily for three weeks, followed by one week off. Others are packaged as 28 pills that include 21 "active" pills taken daily, followed by one week of "inactive" reminder pills that don't contain hormones.
Some newer formulations have increased the number of active pills to 24 and reduced the inactive pills to 4. With all combined pill formulations, protection against pregnancy continues during the week where no active pills are taken.
Some women use combined pills to limit the number of periods they have, or even to prevent them altogether:
- Extended Cycle use involves taking 12 weeks of active pills followed by one week of inactive pills. Women on an extended cycle have three or four periods a year.
- Continuous Use of pills is where a woman takes an active pill every day so she won't have any periods at all.
Mini-pills come only in packages of 28-day "active" pills. It is important to take mini-pills every day, and to take them at the same time each day. If you're late taking a mini-pill by more than three hours, you'll need to use another type of birth control (such as a condom or sponge) to prevent pregnancy, but continue also to take the mini-pill.
All types of birth control pills should be taken exactly as directed by your health care provider, even on days when you don't have sex.
Drawbacks of the pill
- The pill does not protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV.
- You need to visit a health care provider to get a prescription.
- You must take your pills every day.
- Certain medications such as Rifampin (taken to treat tuberculosis) and supplements (such as St. John's Wort) may make the pill less effective.
- Combined pills may cause nausea, changes in your menstrual cycle, breast tenderness or headaches. Discuss your medical history with your health care provider before using any birth control pill, and let them know if you develop any side effects.
- It is uncommon, but some women develop high blood pressure.
- Rarely, use of the combined pill increases the risk of blood clots, heart attack, and stroke. The risk of blood clots increases for very overweight women who use the combined pill.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Unintended Pregnancy Prevention: Contraception
- United States Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010


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West Ham United would like to welcome Dominic Rogan to the Club as part of a revamped Sports Science and Sports Medicine department
Rogan has joined the following six successful years with Everton and a spell with Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala.
The University of Manchester graduate takes a keen interest in sports science and sports medicine and admits he cannot wait to get started in his new role.
"I am delighted to join West Ham United and I'm looking forward to meeting the staff and players," said Rogan, who hails from Preston in Lancashire. "Everyone knows the manager's reputation and he is obviously one of the pioneers of sports science and sports medicine.
"West Ham is a Premier League Club with a great fanbase and is an innovative Club in terms of sports and medicine and the fitness department. It's a privilege to be working for a Club with such kudos and prestige as West Ham."
Rogan explained that he has gained a wealth of experience of working at the highest level in English and European football.
At Everton, where he worked with one of the smallest squads in the Barclays Premier League, Rogan helped David Moyes to field a consistent starting XI as the Toffees challenged for top-six finishes year after year.
Last season, he spent a period working at Anzhi, where he treated stars including current Chelsea pair Samuel Eto'o and Willian and a host of Russia internationals.Now, Rogan is back in the Barclays Premier League and looking forward to a new challenge.
"I started at Goodison Park in 2007 and I spent six fantastic years at Everton, first under Mick Rathbone as assistant physio and then for the last three years as run-on physio under Danny Donachie on David Moyes' staff. I enjoyed a lot of success at Everton and we had a relatively good injury record.
"Last year, I had the opportunity to go to Anzhi to head up the medical department there as Head Physiotherapist.
"Now, I am here at West Ham United and I am looking forward to working in the Premier League again."
Rogan explained that the role of a First Team Physiotherapist is an intense and challenging one, with the overall aim as having as many players as possible available for selection by the manager on a matchday.
"The thing about football is that, while every day follows a rough skeletal structure, no two days are the same and it often changes.
"The overall aim for every physio is to make the players more resilient and more robust and to try to keep injuries to a minimum. Football is very demanding so all of our efforts are focused on keeping players fit or getting them back fit and strong so their chances of being injured again are as small as possible."
Rogan's arrival follows the departure of Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science Andy Rolls. The Club would like to thank Andy for his hard work and wish him all the very best for his future career.


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I have finally reached that happy spot w BF.
LO is 13 1/2 weeks, nursing 3 1/2 weeks. We have learned to have a good latch, and manage OALD and OS. LO now favors me over the bottle, we have to work with him a little to take the bottle, but he does. We just have to be a little sneaky. He will even take one from me now, but I would rather never use one. DH has finally calmed down that LO will be able to leave us with alone time.
I finally have those happy moments, when he nurses and all feels right with the world. He looks up and smiles and trys to talk to me. How great is that? I would have never made it through the hell and back w/o all of your support!!!
I am finally a very happy nursing mommy, I reached my goal!!