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Russell era thankfully comes to a close
John Russell was hired before the 2007 season and 299 losses later he is left looking for work.
Pittsburgh could not be happier.
A head scratching move from the beginning Russell was never seen as a quality big league manager.
He was at one time a 3rd base coach for the Bucs but was let go when the previous coaching regime under Lloyd McClendon was cleared out.
He lingered around in the minors and actually won a minor league manager of teh year award with the Philie's AAA club.
My question: How?
Russell was a lame duck at the helm providing very little support to his team. He never
showed an ounce of emotion and was never one to rally the troops. It's not to say he didn't have the talent to win, because he did not. Russell was handed a team in turmoil.
Part of me thinks that was the plan. 2007 was also the time when the framework was laid for the future. frank Coonelly and Neil Huntington started their time in the front office. Something tells me they did not think the first three years of their set in Pittsburgh were going to be very, well, good. Evident by the fire sale of veteran players and many losses. I think the pair wanted to hire a guy that could just oversee the on field operations until a new wave of younger players were reaching the big league level.
Next year a core is in place. Talented rookies Neil Walker, Pedro Alvarez and Jose Tabata are cemented in the starting lineup alongside Andrew McCutchen. There are still plenty of holes but they have the ability to be filled with players with hefty major league experience.
Now, who will be the lucky candidates for the open managerial position. Many names have been floating around for years now but here is my top five.
1. Andy Van Slyke
The former Bucco's jersey can still be seen littered around PNC Park. He has always been a fan favorite since he left the team in the early 1990's. He was a hitting and first base coach for the Tigers for three years and since being retired from the game Van Slyke has continued to showcase his baseball knowledge. He is the author of several books centered around baseball. After running into him at a Pirates game this summer it is evident the he still has an itch to return to the field. Nothing would be a better public relations move than to bring back a favorite son as the fearless leader.
2. Bobby Valentine
3. Larry Bowa
A brash contrast to what the Pirates have been used to for the past three years, Bowa will provide that much needed fire. Ousted as first base coach in Los Angeles when Joe Torre retired he will be looking for work. Giving his age it is more than likely time for Bowa to hang up the cleats permanently and return to a spot in the broadcast booth. But, there is no doubt he will not accept losing.
4. Ken Macha
There has never been a champagne shower in PNC Park, nor do i think it has ever been popped in the facility. A Pittsburgh native and former Pirate, Macha knows the area. The kicker is he has experience leading young, small market teams to success. Oakland and Milwaukee have both reached the postseason under his watch.
5. Tony Pena
It is hard to tell how much of that is wishful thinking. I'd be happy with those five and I know it would send a need message to fans that the front office is serious about moving forward. John Russell was no doubt a cheap option, those five coaches are not. In order to win the checkbooks have to be opened and some precious cash must be ponied up.
Even though it has just been a day since the announced firing of Russell the biggest name out there for the shot at becoming manager is former Indians manager Eric Wedge. Gm Huntington has experience with Wedge and he is notorious for being a homer with his former Cleveland colleagues. It is not my dream pick, but he has reached the postseason. Talking with my Tribe fan friends they say for the sake of the Bucs, that should not happen. They would feel sorry for me if Wedge was named manager.
Quite frankly, I'd be sorry too.
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Wondered if this was going to happen, and of course it did….quickly.
Would have loved to see what John Russell would have done with a Spring Training and season with his young star all in their set spots.
But then again, the Pirates have to break the cycle in 2011, and a change was the right decision.
Hope the Pirates front office brings in a guy who can teach younger players and has the discipline and patience it will take to watch them mature before his eyes.
I know there is the perfect guy out there….somewhere.
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I dont see Bobby V goingto Pittsburgh because its really a lose-lose for him. The Pirates wont be able to pay him the salary he will want and he wont be able to win. I think the change needs to be in the front office. I dont think they have made good decisions for your Pirates. I see him going to the Mets, Marlins, or Chicago


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Well I can't say that Felton will ever be Nash. But with that said I believe that Nash did not help Amar'e as much as people thought. Even without Felton he can be effective and has proven he does not need a dance partner to be effective.
Feltons however is just a completely different player so the comparison is a little moot. Felton is a more physical rugged guard then Nash is. Felton plays decent defense, gets a few steals and is very difficult to exploit in the post. In that respect you can already say Felton is a far more complete player to begin with.
Offensively is another story, Nash's passing ability is also matched by his ability to get a shot whenever he wants and his superior range. Coupled together you have to make a choice stay home with cutters and spot up shooters or let Nash go off. Felton is similar in this regard but not quite as gifted offensively, he will get better tho.
In terms of Leadership and Toughness they are tied. Nash manged to still play with one eye an Felton played a double overtime game with a stomach virus both were effective.
While many would laugh at this comparison now, nobody is laughing at the argument that Felton is in the early running for the All-Star Game or that he is our second best player. Right now its still a little early to really make an argument either way tho.

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This story tells how HIMSS and Harvard's Blackford Middleton promoted spending billions on health IT in the stimulus bill.
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Eddie had washed the windows and polished the door handle. He had futzed with the flowers and dusted his desk. It was getting to be time to head down to the basement, and he was sort of dreading it. The low hum of the AC kept the lobby cool. The basement would be sweltering.
The Met game was just starting and he decided to give it a few innings. If he got lucky, maybe the heat would let up.
"Sorry about the cardboard," Santiago, the daytime doorman, had said while he was leaving. And Eddie had said it was fine, even though it had annoyed him a little bit.
It was already the second inning when Mrs. Johnson from 5C appeared at the door looking disheveled. She had been shopping. There were three bags, and they looked expensive.
"Good evening," he said as he held open the elevator door.
"My husband home?" she asked.
"I haven't seen him."
"Hopefully, I've beaten him and he won't have to know about these," she said, as she gestured to her bags.
Eddie made the motion of locking a key over his lips as Mrs. Johnson thanked him.
The young couple from 5B were at the door during the fourth inning—they had been drinking and were talking about red shoes. He smiled but didn't ask questions. They came home late often, usually talking loudly about something or other. Tom, the actor from 3B, was home during the seventh. He was always pleasant.
Eddie glanced at his watch, 10:30 p.m.; he should get to that cardboard.
Across town, Detective Brown sat in an unmarked patrol car with an ice coffee. He had a headache and was alternating putting the plastic cup on his temple and drinking from it. The night had been slow but Brown didn't mind, he liked it even. Especially when there was a game on.
He popped three Advil, and hoped it wouldn't be a late night.
Eddie easily slit through the tape on each box. He folded them flat and placed them behind him. He was sweating profusely; the air down in the basement was thick and hot. It smelled terrible.
Bottom of the ninth, Mets were down. He stopped to mop his sopping brow. And then he saw it. A human hand. He almost couldn't believe it. It was poking out through a space in the cardboard. He leaned in for a closer look.
Eddie screamed as he stumbled backwards and tripped over the boxes. He darted into the service elevator and slammed the door, jamming the controls as the elevator lurched up. Eddie burst into the lobby and ripped the phone from its cradle.
Detective Brown received the call.
"Some doorman just found a dead body in the basement. West Village," the radio crackled.
Brown pulled on his ice coffee. Emptying it.
"Got it," he said into the radio and to his partner, "Better step on it. But please, no siren. My head kills."
Eddie was sitting on one of the chairs in the lobby with both hands wrapped around a bottle of water. He was white and shivering.
"Detective Brown," Brown said and extended his hand. Eddie shook it and Brown sat down in the chair opposite him.
"Tough night?" Brown said.
"You could say that," Eddie answered.
"Let's take a walk around the block," Brown said.
The doorman actually had an incredible memory and Brown was impressed. After talking to him for a half an hour and consulting with the visitors log, he read his findings back. By now, the lobby had been cleared out, any onlookers held back with police tape.
"So that's four cleaning ladies, seven food deliveries, one mailman, a dog walker, six visitors, one other doormen and 11 residents."
"Sounds about right," said Eddie. "Thirty-one people."
"You make 32," said Brown as he smiled.
It was an off putting smile and suddenly Eddie wasn't sure if he was saying that he was a suspect. The service elevator opened and a body under a sheet was whisked away. Eddie looked on with horror.
"Thanks so much for your help," said Brown. "We'll be in touch."
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She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
Survivors include a son, Michael Shayne (Lori) Katzfey of George West; sister, Joy Smith Hedrick of Pleasanton; brother, Roy P. (Sharon) Smith of Brazoria; three grandchildren, Victoria Parnell, Joseph Katzfey and Alexandria Katzfey; and one great-grandson.
Visitation was held Monday, June 30, from 5 p.m.to 9 p.m. at Galloway and Sons Chapel in George West. A rosary was recited there that evening at 7 o'clock.
The funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, July 3, at 10 a.m at St. George Catholic Church with Reverend George Johnson officiating. Burial will be at St. George Catholic Cemetery.


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Witnesses detailed preparations that prosecutors believe Holmes made before setting out for the theater to turn his sparsely decorated Aurora apartment into a deathtrap.
At least some of the preparations were well under way by July 16, based on a photograph from Holmes' phone shown by prosecutors. In it, jars, wires, firework shells and other bomb-making materials are laid out in his kitchen.
By the time Holmes left, the carpet in his apartment had been soaked in oil and gas, FBI bomb technician Garrett Gumbinner testified. A container of glycerin hung above a frying pan with a potassium mixture, attached to a trip wire that would tip the glycerin into the pan, Gumbinner testified.
Had it been triggered, Gumbinner said, it would have set off an explosion and fire, igniting jars of homemade napalm spiked with bullets and thermite -- a metallic substance that burns so hot it is nearly impossible to extinguish.
In a twist that seems ripped from the pages of a comic book, Holmes also rigged his computer and a boom box placed outside to begin playing loud music after he set out for the theater -- apparently in hopes that the noise would prompt someone to investigate and trigger the explosives, witnesses said.
Next to the boom box outside his apartment, Gumbinner testified, Holmes said he placed a toy car and a device that looked like it would control the car but would instead have set off the explosives.
Authorities said they recovered the boom box, which bore Holmes' fingerprints. The remote-control car device was never found, Appel testified.
A series of self-portraits displayed in court, apparently made before Holmes allegedly left for the theater, according to data retrieved from his phone, show him in eye-blackening contacts, his tongue stuck out in one, flashing a toothy grin and a handgun in another.
The shooting
Video from the theater shows a man they say is Holmes -- wearing dark pants, a light-colored shirt and a dark stocking cap covering his orange hair -- entering the multiplex before the movie begins.
The recordings show him going into Theater No. 9, a different theater from the one listed on his ticket.
Sources have said they believe he propped open the theater's back door and went to his car to put on body armor and arm himself. Authorities believe Holmes then re-entered the theater, tossing gas canisters before opening fire about 18 minutes into the movie, according to sources.
Witnesses who have spoken to CNN about the shooting have said the gunman roamed the theater, shooting randomly as people tried to scramble away or cowered between seats.
Among the 41 calls to 911, one stands out. In the 27-second call, at least 30 shots can be heard amid the chaos.
At some point, according to Pearson, one of Holmes' weapons jammed.
"Had the AR-15 not jammed, he would have killed more people," she said.
Investigators found 76 shell casings in the auditorium. Most of the spent rounds -- 65 -- were .223 caliber rifle rounds, six were shotgun shells and five were .40 caliber rounds from the Glocks, Appel said. Police also found one of the tear-gas canisters inside the theater, Appel said.
Also located was a large drum magazine for the rifle that appeared to have jammed, Sgt. Gerald Jonsgaard testified Monday.
Outside, the first officer to encounter Holmes -- who was dressed in body armor, a helmet and a gas mask as he stood near his car -- described him as unnaturally relaxed. In fact, from Holmes' appearance, Officer Jason Oviatt thought he was a fellow police officer.
A trail of blood led from the theater. The rifle that authorities say Holmes used in the attack lay on the ground near the building. Holmes was just standing there, Oviatt testified Monday.
"He seemed very detached from it all," Oviatt said.
Holmes, sweating and smelly, his pupils dilated, didn't struggle or even tense his muscles as he was dragged away to be searched, Oviatt said.
Police would cut off the body armor he wore and learn about the explosive booby-trap at his home.
The interrogation
Police described a strange scene in the interrogation room -- Holmes sitting in his underwear, T-shirt and white socks after police had cut away his body armor -- making puppets of the paper bags officers had placed over his hands to preserve gunpowder evidence, according to Appel.


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Well at least Douglas played well today. Like I said earlier. I don't mind losing on the road to the Spurs. We gave effort. They played their A game defense. Now lets beat the teams we are supposed to beat and we'll be ok
Yes, their best players will get worse soon
No, they have a solid young base in Blair, etc.
Not sure...
I thought for sure we would get Westbrook or Gordon. I watched like 10 of his games at Indiana. Kid was a bull and a scoring machine. Perfect for MD's system I thought. I was mad we passed on Blair to. Imagine Gordon and Blair.
Then to have Curry almost there, and then pass on Jennings. Lol. And we praise Walsh b/c we got Fields.
Well at least Douglas played well today. Like I said earlier. I don't mind losing on the road to the Spurs. We gave effort. They played their A game defense. Now lets beat the teams we are supposed to beat and we'll be ok
Rebounds and poor shooting are why we lost this game. Simple. Nothing else.
Yeah, Felton is hurting and Stat is in a shooting funk. Things get better after OKC. Schedule eases up. Still, if we lose next game that means Knicks finish the tough 21-game stretch 8-13. That's pretty pathetic if you ask me. 7 or 8 of these losses we trailed almost entire game.
This tells me first round loss... Probably swept. Maybe we win 1 game.
For those of you tryna sugar coat things.. we also loss previously to teams such as the Kings, Suns (Both AT HOME) and Rockets... all teams we should've and need to beat.
Hopefully Walsh will make a move and get us what we need for help (Melo and A Big that can run the floor)
Felton's five (5) year career "weakness" (or flaw) has been his 11 fga per game.
Felton shouldve been averaging 7 shots per game, by taking his job more
seriously by working hard to improve his teammates scoring within the past
4 or 3 years on the Bobcats.
Felton never waits for an easy opportunity basket, he is always forcing his
shots early n late in a game, when Felton's playmaking job is to create an
offense for his teammates, which Felton has been very-very poor at doing
when he been averaging 35 minutes of playingtime per game in the last
5 years to only record a 6-assist per game average.
This season Felton was on his way to winning the "most improve player award",
having a big unstoppable Amare to hand the ball to, plus having several
45% peremeter shooter teammates.
In the Knicks 5 game losing streak Feltons 40 minutes per game stats is
looking poor, and not impressive for a teams playmaker.
In 5 games Felton fg average has been 29%, 7.4 assist, 4 turn overs, 1.2 steals.
The most improve award is slippin away.
This is the reason Felton received an "uncertain" 2 year contract.
shooting 8-21, 7 ast, 6 turnovers, 1 stl, was Felton trying to prove
something to Parker?
via Chris Broussard-While Anthony certainly wants to sign the three-year, $65 million contract extension with the Knicks, several sources close to the Nuggets superstar tell me he's willing to play out the season in Denver (or Houston, etc.) and sign with New York as a free agent, even if it means taking less money under the new collective bargaining agreement. Anthony understands he can make up at least some of the money in New York through endorsements.


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Although most couples experience stress, the couple's section contains a list of 40 true-or-false questions designed to determine if there is a lot or little positive energy in the relationship.
They include:
- Little arguments tend to escalate into bigger fights.
- After we fight, one of us tends to hold a grudge.
- Even if we sleep in the same bed, I feel like I'm sleeping alone.
Kerner said that the exercises in the book help couples understand their feelings about sex, gender stereotypes and even how parents shape one's sexual behavior.
"Good sex, connected sex, is about the mind, body and spirit," he said. "It is about being on a connected journey with a person. It can sometimes get taken for granted."
Kerner said it is important to understand who the program is likely to help.
"It is not for the couple having great sex, or for the couple heading to divorce court," he said.
Chores Connected To Sex?
In the book, Kerner uses stories about various types of couples.
With one couple, the wife, Lauren, did all the chores while her husband, David, happily watched TV. She started to view sex as another chore.
"Lauren tried to talk to David about pitching in more around the apartment and though he nodded as if he heard the words, his actions didn't change," Kerner writes.
Lauren grew resentful, so she went through the detox, hoping it would bring about change. After Lauren allowed David to cook and clean for himself, he started to understand her feelings.
Finally, he tried to pitch in more around the house.
David, who had grown up in a traditional household, had expected the same type of home life with his wife.
In addition to the couples and singles in the book, Kerner said he has helped many others with the sex detox. Some of feedback has said the book has given a couple the jumpstart that they needed to get back on track.
Positive feedback from singles included individuals saying they stopped negative dating behavior and sustained good relationships, Kerner said.


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The Gospel is quite clear: both saints and sinners love God. "Religious" people do not love him, and whenever they can, they crucify him.
Of course, OC.net is not reflective of the Church, but is rather a surreal bubble. I have visited a lot of different parishes around the world and have listened to many hours of AFR...
I sent out a mass e-mail out on Saturday. Today is Tuesday and I have not heard back from a single person.Is noone interested in a summer getogether!?!?!?
Hopefully noone will take advantage of my error and use it to spam or solicit or otherwise annoy you.
I'm touched that most people want to do this on the weekend of 2 August, since my birthday is only a couple of days later. Bring gifts.
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Tips & Tricks
Controlling Auto-Lock on iOS
iOS' built-in Auto-Lock feature is great for saving battery life by killing the backlight on your screen, but there are times when it can be less than ideal. Luckily, there's an easy way to take control of the feature—or turn it off altogether. Open up the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Auto-Lock, and set it to the time limit you're comfortable with. Just remember if you turn it off completely that you'll need to manually lock your phone every time you're done with it—or face a battery that's out of juice way before its time.
Using a 24-hour clock on your iOS device
While most civilians in the U.S. are perfectly happy measuring their time in 12-hour chunks, there are plenty of folks both here and abroad that prefer the more exact notation of the 24-hour clock. Luckily, iOS makes it easy to switch between the two. Simply fire up the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Date & Time, and turn on 24-Hour Time. To go back to your a.m. and p.m. ways, just repeat the process and turn the option off. [via OS X Daily]
Changing the amount of email preview shown in iOS Mail
iOS' built-in Mail app for the iPhone and iPod touch has steadily improved over the years, but one thing that hasn't changed is the number of emails you can see at once—unless you've already followed this handy tip. Open up Settings, tap on Mail, Contacts, and Calendars, and under the Mail heading, tap on Preview. From there you can reduce the number of lines devoted to email previews from the default two down to one or even none, allowing for a far greater number of emails to appear on the same screen. Alternatively, if you'd rather sacrifice space for an expanded view of each correspondence, crank the same setting upwards—the top limit is 5—and enjoy a far greater one-screen look at your emails.
Resetting the Autocorrect dictionary on iOS
iOS' built-in Autocorrect feature typically works pretty well, but sometimes it will learn misspellings or words that you simply don't want to have reappear regularly. If your dictionary has gotten a way from you, there's a simple way to get back to square one. Open up the Settings app, tap on General, scroll to the bottom, then tap on Reset. In the list of admittedly scary options on this page is one called Reset Keyboard Dictionary, which will rid your device of all the Autocorrect goodness it's learned, letting you start from scratch. [via OS X Daily]
Cleaning up your bookmarks in Safari on iOS
Find yourself faced with a mess of unorganized bookmarks on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? There's an easy way to remedy the situation. Simply tap the Bookmarks button, then tap Edit. Doing so will bring up the familiar red deletion circles for bookmarks and folders you no longer need or use, the triple-line buttons for grabbing and rearranging bookmarks and folders, and a New Folder button, which lets you pile bookmarks you simply want to reorganize into their own folder, and out of your main Bookmarks menu.
Making iOS forget Bluetooth devices
Bluetooth can be super handy for short-range wireless communication, but with so many devices supporting it, you might sometimes find yourself in situations where the list of Bluetooth devices appearing in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch's list becomes unmanageable. Thankfully, Apple built in a way to get rid of listings for devices you don't use. Simply fire up Settings, tap on Bluetooth, and tap on the blue circle next to the device you'd rather not see again. On the next page, tap on Forget this Device, and you won't see it again. If you decide at some point in the future that you want to use a forgotten device again, just set it to pairing mode and it will reappear in your list. [via CoM]
Hiding text message previews on iOS
Sure, getting a preview of your incoming text messages without needing to unlock your device is handy—but there are some times when you might not want everyone in eyeshot of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to see what you're discussing with the person on the other end. Luckily, iOS offers a super-easy way to stop this. Open the Settings app, tap on Notifications, and tap on Messages. Scroll down the screen a bit, and you'll see an toggle for Show Preview. Set this to off, and you won't see anything more than an alert telling you who your new message is from. [via CoM]
Manually adding images to Photo Stream
Apple's Photo Stream service does a good job of automatically syncing your latest photos across all your Macs and iOS devices—but what happens when you need ubiquitous access to an older photo? Well, you can manually sync your device and transfer it over, or you can just use Photo Stream to your advantage to send it back out to your devices. To do so, just drag and drop any image or collection of images you want from iPhoto or Aperture on your Mac into your Photo Stream, and viola—all of those photos will now appear in your Photo Stream on your iOS devices, for the next 30 days, at which point they'll "expire" to make room for new memories.
Showing/Hiding the Battery Percentage on iOS
Starting with the iPhone 3GS, Apple's iOS devices have been able to provide users with a (relatively) precise measurement of their battery's remaining charge. Some people like it, some don't, but no matter which way you lean there's an easy way to toggle it on and off. Open the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Usage, and find the switch named Battery Percentage. Set it to your preferred state and you'll never have to worry about it (not) cluttering up your status bar again.
Rotating images from within the Photos app
While the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad generally do a good job of rotating images to their proper orientation, every once in a while an odd grip or shot will confound it, leaving you with some work to do before it's ready to share or archive. Luckily, there's an easy—and built-in—way to fix this. Simply select the photo you need to fix, tap the Edit button, and tap the rotate button—it's the one that looks like an arrow pointing backwards. Do this as many times as necessary to get the look you want, then tap Save. iOS will automatically replace the original image with the new version, and you'll be ready to use it however you please—and should you need to undo your changes, it'll have the original waiting for you.
Saving an image in Safari on iOS
Run across an image you'd like to add to your collection while browsing on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? There's a dead-simple way to save any image you find online to your Camera Roll. Simply tap and hold on the image, and choose Save Image from the menu that pops up. Just don't go posting it on Instagram—after all, no one likes a cheater.
Enabling Caps Lock on iOS
While it's not nice to shout, there are times when the Caps Lock feature of standard keyboards can come in handy—when typing out a list of acronyms, for example. Luckily, Apple made it easy to access this same feature from your iOS virtual keyboard. First, open up the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Keyboard, and make sure that Enable Caps Lock is set to on. Once that's done, all you need to do is double-tap the shift button—it will turn blue to let you know it's enabled, and a single tap is all that's required to shut it off. SEE? SO MUCH BETTER.
Sharing Reminders over iCloud
Have someone you need to share a list of Reminders with? You might not know it from looking at the app, but there's an easy way to do so. Simply fire up your browser, visit iCloud.com, log in, and open up the Calendar app. Over to the left, you'll see a list of your Reminder lists. Just choose which one you'd like to share—a grocery list, for example—and then click the broadcast button (the one on the right). A box will popup allowing you to invite iCloud members to the list, and giving you full control over whether they can simply see the list or edit it, as well.
Forcing an iOS device to Update or Restore
Typically, getting an iOS device to update is as easy as plugging it into your computer and hitting the Update button in iTunes—or even easier if you have an iOS 5 device, as you can handle the update directly from the Settings app. But what if you need to downgrade your OS, or install an Update image that iTunes can't retrieve from the server—such as the just released iOS 6 beta? Doing so is easy. Simply connect your device to your PC or Mac, make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed and the necessary update image downloaded, click on your device in the iTunes sidebar, and when the main tab appears, hold the option (on Mac) or shift (on Windows) key in and hit the Update or Restore button, then choose the location of the update image. Click done, and iTunes will begin its normal process of updating or restoring the device's software, no separate download required.
Enabling Closed Captioning on iOS and iTunes
Most folks are familiar with Closed Captioning (CC)—the system for displaying text during a TV or video to help those with hearing disabilities follow along. But the system isn't useful solely to them—if you'd like to watch a movie or TV show silently, for instance. Luckily, there's lots of CC-enabled content available from the iTunes Store, and enabling the service on Apple's devices is fairly simple. In iTunes on a Mac or PC, open up the Preferences, select Playback, and turn on the "Show closed captioning when available" option. On an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, open the Settings app, tap on Video, and turn Closed Captioning on. Last but not least, you can access the same option on the Apple TV by visiting the Settings menu, selecting Audio & Video, and then turning Closed Captioning on. Now you can enjoy your content—and some peace and quiet. [via OS X Daily]
Disabling iOS' built-in YouTube app
Apple has generally done a great job of keeping its built-in iOS apps up to date—with the YouTube app a glaring exception to this rule. Barely updated since its debut on the original iPhone in 2007, it has long since been surpassed by the video sharing giant's own mobile website—yet iOS is still set to open all YouTube videos in the native app. Luckily, there's an easy way to get around this limitation. Simply fire up Settings, tap on General, tap on Restrictions, enable Restrictions if you haven't already, and disallow YouTube. Doing so has the dual benefit of redirecting all YouTube links to the mobile website and hiding the native app on the device, clearing up more space for apps you actually want to use. [via Lifehacker]
Searching the current page in Safari
Most of the time, it's easy to find what you're looking for on a webpage from an iOS device—especially if you're on a mobile-friendly site. For those times when it's not so easy, like when you're searching for a particular passage in a long-form article, Safari offers an easy to do so. Simply tap in the built-in search area and type in what you're looking for. Below the recommended search suggestions you see an area marked "On This Page", with the number of times a certain term is used. Tap on it, and you'll be given a pair of arrows that will let you hop between each appearance of the term; once you're finished, simply tap the Done button to start reading.
Getting a word definition in iOS
Most users of iBooks are familiar with the Define option that appears whenever you select a word — but did you know this trick works all over iOS? In any app that has selectable text, simply highlight the word you'd like defined and tap the Define button. On the iPhone or iPod touch, a definition pane will slide up from the bottom of the screen, while on the iPad, the definition will popup to the side of the word.
Purchasing alert tones on your iOS device
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If like me you were wondering why your POST request is going out with the header 'Expect: 100-continue' set, it is being added by libcurl.
This can only be noticed when using HttpRequest::getRawRequestMessage() and not HttpRequest::getHeaders(), or of course tcpdump or similar.
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Filmmaker 'Won't Back Down' from controversy
Daniel Barnz tackles education reform dilemma in Gyllenhaal-Davis drama
More than one thing lit a fire under writer-director Daniel Barnz for his new education drama "Won't Back Down" -- a film that opens in theaters Friday that has already sparked a huge debate over education reform in the U.S.
"As a filmmaker, I love David vs. Goliath stories. I grew up with them, I cried at them, and I always wanted to make a movie in that vein," Barnz told me in an interview Thursday. "I also grew up with movies like 'Norma Rae,' 'Silkwood' and later, 'Erin Brockovich,' and those were also were great inspirations to me."
The other part, Barnz said, is that he is the son of two teachers, his grandmother was a public school teacher in the 1930s in Brooklyn, his sister-in-law is a teacher and his mother-in-law founded the first alternative public middle school in New York City 30 years ago and still is principal there now.
"Education has always been a part of my family, so I wanted to make a movie that would honor and celebrate them, so if you take those two things together, you end up with 'Won't Back Down,'" Barnz explained.
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in the film as Jamie Fitzpatrick, a struggling single mother of a dyslexic daughter who continually runs into dead ends to get the girl the proper help she needs in her failing inner city elementary school in Pittsburgh. Viola Davis also stars as Nona Alberts, a teacher who's not only grown disenfranchised with her district, but as a mother herself, is exasperated by her son's learning disability.
Together, parent and teacher bind to drum up the support they need to enact the "Fail Safe Law," a little-known law which will allow the group -- if they get enough support from fellow parents and teacher -- to fix the failing school. The success of such, however, means, the school will become a non-unionized charter school, which effectively means no protection for its teachers.
Holly Hunter also stars in the film as the head of a teacher's union who does her best to quell any uprising, and Oscar Isaac plays a music teacher caught in the middle of the conflict as Jamie's boyfriend.
Of course, when you get a movie where the protagonist rises up against a well-established system -- in this instance, public education -- you're courting controversy, and Barnz is well-aware of that. More than 50 protesters, in fact, gathered outside of the film's premiere in Los Angeles this week.
While the film addresses the hot button issue of union busting and controversy over such issues as tenure (one teacher in the film skates on her tenure and puts forth no effort while her students learn nothing), Barnz insists "Won't Back Down" isn't anti-union. In fact, he said it's pro-union and pro-teacher.
"I am a member of two guilds, I marched with one of my guilds two years ago. As a person, I'm very pro-union. Everybody in the cast to the producers are coming at this movie from similar vents," Barnz said. "I think what we felt was -- as somebody who is pro-union -- you can both support and criticize unions. Those two things can co-exist. That's very much the perspective we had. The collective filmmakers felt that unions built our middle class, and in the case of teachers, they protect them. That's a wonderful, important and critical thing."
Plus, as the son of educators, Barnz firmly believes that teachers aren't paid enough for what they do -- and the last thing he'd want to do is bash them.
"That's why Holly Hunter says early in the movie how important it is that teachers aren't underpaid and overworked. And of course, Oscar Isaac's character's whole narrative is about a person's life who was inspired by a teacher who was allowed to keep his job because of the teacher's union. So there are those sort of pro-union aspects to the film," Barnz said. "The film also asks the question whether teachers' unions are always protecting the interest of children. That's a question we ought to be allowed to ask right now in our country. And what we find in this issue, like what we find in a lot of political discourse today is, people are uncomfortable with those sorts of honest questions. Therefore, you have to fall into one extremist camp or another."
Effectively, Barnz said, he and his colleagues "wanted to make a movie that's about how parents and teachers come together to create change for kids."
"To do that, we had to look at the whole education establishment, and as uncomfortable that might be for us, personally, and ask how they were contributing to holding kids back," Barnz added.
In the film, the characters invoke what is called the "Fail Safe Law," which in actuality is a variation of the "Parent Trigger Law," a little-known law on the books. Barnz explained the difference.
"The Parent Trigger laws that exists in California and several other states basically say if you have failing public schools, that 50 percent of the parents can come together and decide the fate of that school," Barnz said. "The Fail Safe law that's presented in the movie is a fictional law -- it doesn't exist, but it's a different law in that it says 50 percent of the parents have to come together with 50 percent of the teachers."
"That was something that was important for me to point out because I come from a family of educators," Barnz added. "It was a very important question for me to ask, "How can educators be included in this? How can parents and teachers work together. Some people have identified the film as a Parent Trigger movie, but in fact it's different in a fairly significant way. The criticism of the Parent Trigger laws is that educators aren't part of the solution. This film tells a very different narrative about how parents can come together with teachers."
Barnz hopes that potential audience members will notice the difference, come see the movie, and form their own opinions. At best he hopes it sparks some debate, because he doesn't pretend to know all of the answers.
"My job is to tell the best story I can, and to entertain and inspire if at all possible. I think it would be presumptuous to suggest answers to the education reform debate," Barnz said. "I'm trying to speak to this as somebody's who's trying to present a compelling story to pose questions. That's where I hope the film will take hold in an interesting way."
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How to be humaneMay 07,2013
Vermont is still paying for the transformation of its mental health programs undertaken over the past half century to treat troubled people in community settings rather than in a central institution.
Its a transformation that has been accomplished with varying degrees of success around the country. In Vermont one consequence has been the enormous cost shouldered by the Agency of Human Services to treat offenders emerging from the states prisons who are severely functionally impaired. One person with severe needs can cost the state as much as $500,000 to maintain in the community after he or she has completed a prison term.
In a previous era the nation was much more inclined to lock people up in mental institutions and to keep them there. Involuntary commitment of troubled people was a fact of life. In Vermont the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury held hundreds of people at a time. The mentally retarded had their own institution, the Brandon Training School.
But by the 1960s and 1970s the laws began to reflect the recognition that people with a mental illness or disability also had rights, and policy was changed so people were served in the least restrictive setting that was appropriate. The term of the day was deinstitutionalization. The Brandon Training School closed as people moved to community settings, including group homes where people with disabilities could receive services and live in the community as productive citizens.
The Vermont State Hospital shrank to a core of about 50 patients, who were eventually scattered by Tropical Storm Irene. The state is building a replacement hospital in Berlin to serve about half that number.
Around the country the emptying of mental hospitals was often not accompanied by the establishment of suitable community homes for treating people with mental illnesses. The population of homeless mentally ill has swollen over the years, and the nation still has not developed an adequate response to the problem. Rather than holding people against their will in mental hospitals, we have dumped them on the streets.
One result is that a good number have ended up in prison. Vermont is now trying to come to grips with the cost of caring for them after they emerge from prison. Human Services Secretary Douglas Racine has announced that he intends to halt the outlay of money for those dozen or so enormously expensive offenders. Instead, he plans to provide them treatment in prison before they are released.
There is debate among officials about whether the services they receive in prison before release are adequate or whether the program of transitional services outside of prison is more effective partly because the threat of returning to prison is hanging over the heads of the former inmates.
A recent survey found that more than half of the severely functionally impaired prisoners actually belonged in a secure psychiatric hospital about 14 people rather than in prison or outside prison in a transitional program. In other words, we may be saving money because we no longer maintain large institutions for a large population of people with needs, but we still have a nucleus of people with serious needs who could end up doing harm to themselves or others unless they receive care. Dealing with those needs continues to have a price tag.
Racine is betting that a way can be found short of the half-a-million-dollars-per-person price tag that he has sometimes had to pay, and he is probably right. But there will be a price tag nevertheless. We have made a decision as a society that we will not warehouse people. Nor can we simply ignore people and let them create havoc. And because we have a Constitution we cannot keep people in prison beyond their prison terms. To find a workable, affordable solution, the Legislature is considering the appointment of a study committee to examine the complexity of the problem.
Legislators will have to face the central dilemma, which is that we have chosen to be humane but we have not yet figured how to pay for it.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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It's been 10 years since Matchbox Twenty last put out a full-length studio album of new material. But time apart as a band doesn't seem to be an issue on "North."
Frontman Rob Thomas wrote six of the songs for the new album on his own. On the first single, "She's So Mean," the band sounds a little more poppy than usual, but still enough like Matchbox Twenty not to alienate any longtime fans. The pop-infused vibe continues on "Put Your Hands Up" and "Radio." Thomas took a similar approach on his solo albums and seems to be adding it to the Matchbox Twenty formula.
And why not? Thomas is a hit-maker, whether it's on his own or with his band. It only makes sense to combine the two. Thomas probably doesn't get the credit he deserves as a songwriter. No matter how radio-friendly a Matchbox Twenty song is, Thomas isn't opposed to sneaking in lyrics that tell a well-crafted story. His ability helps set the band apart from Train and other similar-sounding mom rock playing from minivan speakers.
"I Will" puts Thomas' lyrics on display as the band's somewhat generic rock sound is pared down to a simple acoustic guitar and piano. It's too bad this didn't happen more on this release. No matter how great Thomas' lyrics can be or how poppy the band can get, the songs on "North" fall back to being over-simplified rock.
Out this week: Animal Collective, "Centipede Hz"; Azure Ray, "As Above So Below"; Bellamy Brothers, "Pray For Me"; Raymond Byron and the White Freighter, "Little Death Shaker"; California Wives, "Art History"; Cat Power, "Sun"; Chick Corea & Gary Burton, "Hot House"; Cult of Youth, "Love Will Prevail"; Deerhoof, "Breakup Song"; Melissa Etheridge, "4th Street Feeling"; The Fresh & Onlys, "Long Slow Dance"; Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, "When I'm President"; Imagine Dragons, "Night Visions"; Ronan Keating, "Fires"; Mark Knopfler, "Privateering"; Land Observations, "Roman Roads IV-XI"; Mono, "For My Parents"; Bob Mould, "Silver Age"; Bill Ortiz, "Highest Wish"; Brian Setzer, "Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot! Live From the Planet"; Smash Mouth, "Magic"; Stars, "The North"; Dave Stewart, "The Ringmaster General"; Two Door Cinema Club, "Beacon"; Two Gallants, "The Bloom and the Blight"; Young Guns, "Bones."
Out Sept. 11: The Avett Brothers, "The Carpenter": Blaqk Audio, "Bright Black Heaven"; Kix Brooks, "New to This Town"; Calexico, "Algiers"; Bucky Covington, "Good Guys"; Daddy Yankee, "Prestige"; DMX, "Undisputed"; Bob Dylan, "Tempest"; Empress Hotel, "Heavy Halo"; Field Report, "Field Report"; Steve Forbert, "Over With You"; Nelly Furtado, "The Spirit Indestructible"; The Gaither Vocal Band, "Pure and Simple"; Jonny Greenwood, "The Master"; Harm "The Nine"; The Helio Sequence, "Negotiations"; Hoobastank, "Fight or Flight"; Patterson Hood, "Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance"; Kathy Mattea, "Calling Me Home"; Dave Matthews Band, "Away From the World"; Mint Condition, "Music @ The Speed of Life"; NOFX, "Self Entitled"; Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra, "Theatre Is Evil"; Lee "Scratch" Perry, "Master Piece"; Pet Shop Boys, "Elysium"; The Presets, "Pacifica"; The Raveonettes, "Observator"" The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, "The Magic Door" Therapy?, "A Brief Crack of Light"; The Time Jumpers, "The Time Jumpers"; The XX, "Coexist"; ZZ Top, "La Futura".
• Rob Carroll writes about pop culture and entertainment for the Northwest Herald. He can be reached at email@example.com. You can also follow him on Facebook and Twitter.


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April 2012
"When You Are Ten…"
"…you know more about your team than you ever will know again." – Dan Shaughnessy
This past week has seen me really take a deep look back to those salad days of my Phillies Phandom. My day of baseball at the Phillies' home opener was filled with wonderful recollections of those trips to Veterans Stadium to see my favorite team play my favorite sport. Later in the week, the third anniversary of the passing of Harry Kalas came and went, once again making me recall the magic of my youth and my passion for the Phillies.
To drive the point home, a few pieces of personal memorabilia have come in to my possession.
But before I get those items, I must bring your attention to a fellow photographer who sent along to me a blog post he published three years ago on the day Harry Kalas was taken away from us. From his website, Jerseystyle Photography:
"Back in 1989, the Phillies flat-out stunk. Stunk so bad I don't even want to remember. I was 19, as was my buddy Jim, and we both thought we were going to take the sportswriting nation by storm. We'd listen and agonize over the Nonphightin' Phils that summer. At some point, we thought 'Hey, they should let us do an inning or two. Break up the monontany.' So we drafted a letter to Harry and Ritchie and sent it off, never thinking twice. Little did we expect to receive a personalized response from The Voice himself. Complete with edit marks (this was WAY before email). An actual letter, polite and classy, back to a couple of dumb college freshman. That's what endures – Harry's class."
This is why we will always love HK.
About a month ago, my friend Tom, who I attended the home opener with, sent to me all the newspapers he collected on April 18, 1987, the day Michael Jack Schmidt cemented his place in the Hall of Fame when he parked a Don Robinson pitch over the left field wall in Pittsburgh for his 500th career home run.
The sight of the Philadelphia Inquirer's special section about Schmidt's life in baseball created a wave of emotion and nostalgia. As an 11-year old, I poured over that inset, digesting all the pictures, stories, and statistics about my baseball hero. I must have looked at it at least 10,000 times. And then noticing that this year marks the 25th anniversary of that blast, another realization of how the years are flying hit me.
But then Tom took it the next level. At the opener, we talked about our first Phillies games. The sights. The smells.
To this day, this is all I remember: It was a Sunday game. I went with my first Little League team. My dad, unfortunately, was not with me. We sat somewhere between the 500 and 700 level, on the first base side. Larry Christenson pitched. That's it.
Tom went home and immediately found the game on Baseball Reference.
The very next day, he sent me another email. We discovered that we actually both attended Game 4 of the 1993 World Series, and may have sat very close to each other in the high-altitude reaches of the 700 level in right field. In his search for his stub, he stumbled upon another ticket from 1982.
The same game. My first game. 30 years ago.
He was not in attendance. He had traded with another person to get this random game ticket. He popped it in the mail the very next day.
I will forever be in debt.
All of these artifacts could pique the interest of collectors and Phillies Phans. I don't know what these yellowing pieces of paper hold in terms of dollars and cents.
It's impossible to monetize.
That's the way it should be.
Harry Kalas Makes A Prediction
Today marks the three year anniversary of the passing of the "sound of summer", Harry Kalas.
We miss you HK.
Phillies Home Opener
There were many differences in my experience of yesterday's Phillies home opener compared to last year's. Instead of a three-train trek, I was once again charioted down to Citizens Bank Park by my fellow Phantasy Camper/roommate Sam. A quick PATH ride to his home in Jersey City truly beats wading through the throngs of humanity at Penn Station. Plus, I got to actually spend the time having a nice conversation, instead of draining my iPhone battery playing various (fill in the blank) With Friends games.
The weather was about 30 degrees warmer this year, but the early Spring wind returned, transforming the Cit into Candlestick Park East. Sitting on the right-field side, up in the 200 level put us directly in crossfire of the whipping breeze. But the sun was just warm enough to make us forget about our neighbor's wayward hot dog wrapper slapping us in the face.
The one other difference? The Phillies lost this year.
But hey, lil' Freddy Galvis got his first major league hit! Really, the only highlight of the entire game.
It was still the home opener. It was a beautiful Spring day. Baseball has returned. Phillies loss? Who cares?
Discussions with Sam and my good friend Tom, who was my game-mate for the day, seemed to focus a lot on our memories of seeing the Phillies at the Vet during our younger years… our very first games, the lean years in the late 80's and early 90's, the other-worldly '93 season, and everything in-between. I don't know if it was the relative ugliness of this game's performance, the looming cloud over this team with age and injuries, and the very loud and consistent boo'ing (even after "God Bless America"!), but this sense of nostalgia (even if it was a tad negative) really warmed my heart. I thought of my dad a lot this day. Nothing excited me more as a child than getting in our '77 Plymouth station wagon, making the 20-30 drive north to the larger-than-life Veterans Stadium. Armed with a cooler stocked with a full lunch supplied by my mom, I would take whatever free promotional gift was given out that Sunday, take our seats and gaze out at that bright green field that seemed about as big as the Atlantic Ocean. I never remembered who won. I didn't care. I had the best time.
After Chooch's last at bat, we made our to the Diamond Club for a quick Phantasy Camp reunion. Our attention was drawn to the incredible painting called the "Dream Scene" by Jamie Cooper that adorns the wall above the stairs leading down to the Club.
Everyone's gaze was stuck on this incredible image.
We just stared and smiled at all the memories. It's a wonderful selection of all the most important Phillies players and personalities. Easily, the best little tribute in the whole painting came in the form of the small vase with the single rose, standing on the table in front of Dallas Green… He may not be painted in to the scene, but he's still there.
Tom and I made our way down to the Club and went outside to check out the view of the grounds crew taking care of the field. I'm 36 years old, but still feel like a little kid, completely surrounded by the echos of a professional baseball game.
I took him over to the other end of the Club to show him the window that looks down on the Phillies batting cages. We had just missed Placido Polanco taking some post-game swings. The sea of baseballs strewn all over the cage proved work definitely still needs to be done to get this offense kicked in to gear.
Phantasy Camp stalwarts Larry Andersen and Scott Palmer made an appearance to greet us Campers. After that game, I'm sure L.A. could have used a drink.
Our reunion was brief, but was still able to speak with fellow Campers and discuss our desire to return once again. But what made my afternoon was being approached by a woman named Sumi, the wife of Craig Gerhart. Campers from this past January (and readers of my diary) know Craig as easily THE happiest man in the world. His infectious child-like, positive attitude and never-ending smile was absolutely incredible. Sumi had come over to tell me how much she loved this blog and how happy Craig was to be mentioned. She told me he signed up for next year right before the game. Not at all shocking. Craig is exactly what Phantasy Camp is and should be all about: Being a kid.
We made our way back to our respective cars, taking in the beautiful weather. We stopped to snap some pictures of another one of our childhood baseball icons.
We passed the various statues that adorned the ramps at the old Vet. They acted as official greeters to our own Roman Coliseum… when we were kids and just being at a baseball game was everything.
When we didn't care who won or lost.
"The Catch"
No, not the running-towards-the-exit-of-the-Polo-Grounds/over-the-head Willie Mays catch… but my Defensive Play Of The Game-earning catch from the first game of Day Four from Phillies Phantasy Camp.
My battery mate from that game, Dave "Steely Dave" Steel, was kind enough to scan and send to me the evidence of this "catch" from the fine folks at Northeast Photography.
Now where do I pick up my Gold Glove Mr. Selig?


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When they came out of the garage, they ran for a while before they broke another one, Tony said it sounded like something bigger that time than the first one. They went back out hoping to gain a spot but before they could catch Kurt Busch, it finally had pretty much given up. Tony held the radio open so they could hear it, and he goes "That's wide open, right there." Sounded like it was less than two-thirds throttle. They came in to check to see if a plug wire might've been left off from where they cut the fuel to the cylinders with the broken valve springs, but when the crew signaled to Steve that they were all on, he told Tony to just shut it off and them to push him to the garage.
It was an interesting day, as disheartening as it was, to hear the battle plan and what have you and everyone's role in getting everything done. Was a losing battle but they never gave up until the thing wouldn't make NASCAR's minimum speed.
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