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The following is a list of gameplay changes between the original Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.
New FeaturesEdit
- Ten new characters - Kain, Gilgamesh, Tifa, Laguna, Yuna, Prishe, Vaan, Lightning, and Feral Chaos are playable, with Aerith available as an Assist by purchasing the Prologus DLC.
- New Assist feature.
- Duel Colosseum is replaced with a new "Labyrinth" mode, still keeping the same basic principles.
- Story mode reworked. It now features an overworld (layout based on Final Fantasy) that interconnects the dungeons ("boards") from the first Dissidia and contains chests and skills. Kupo Points (KP) replace Destiny Points (DP) from the first game and are used to buy weapons, summons etc. which can be bought in the Shop from Moogle shops on the overworld.
- Character levels may be set freely (from 1 to current level). Many Gateways feature "bonus lines" with KP penalties for characters above the line, but also providing KP bonuses for characters below the line.
- Moving on a board is now possible without any cost.
- New "Party" battles, in which up to 5 characters for each side will face each other.
- Characters may now overcome the HP limit of 9999.
- New Chain skills, which are used to maximize earned KP in dungeons by engaging more pieces in a row.
- New Ground Dash abilities allow characters to dash on the ground without being able to dash in the air, but allowing ground attacks to be used quicker after a dash.
- New Omni Air Dash+ ability allows characters to turn and change direction whilst dashing.
- New precision blocking ability allows characters to block attacks by properly timing their block as soon as the opponents attack is about to connect that would normally crush or guard stagger (blocking a guard crush attack would cause the blocker to stagger also).
- New precision dodging ability increases the duration of invincibility of your character and can be stacked with Evasion time boost. It can be done by dodging the exact moment the opponent attacks.
- New Wall Jump ability gives you extra height in your jumps if you perform a quick move against a wall and then Jump.
- New EX Revenge feature, that allows you to use your full EX gauge to dramatically slow down time for your opponent if you're under attack, during this time all attack cooldowns are reduced allowing players to combo until time runs out or striking with an HP attack.
- Original Quest mode has been added, allowing players to create their own custom quests.
- A new Original Rules option has been added, allowing the player to customize their gameplay experience.
- New equipment types added: Guns, poles, large shields, headbands, and chestpieces.
Changes from DissidiaEdit
General GameplayEdit
- Stage Bravery is lower.
- Gil earned is lower.
- Chase Sequences are faster and characters absorb EX force when starting or continuing Chase.
- Wall Rush damage is reduced from 50% to 25% of the base damage.
- Many moves do different damage and/or have their properties altered.
- CP and AP costs altered for most moves.
- Slight slowdown and graphical distortion in animation when certain attacks connect.
- To compensate the addition of EX Revenge, entering EX Mode will not block attacks and stagger the enemy anymore.
- Base Critical hit multiplier is now x2. However, this may rise higher depending on the opponent's current Bravery amount. It can rise as high as x8.
- EX Bursts usually do less damage as a result of the critical hit multiplier being changed - with sufficiently high Bravery on the opponent, their damage may be increased due to the same mechanic.
- EX Force and EX Cores fill the EX Gauge less.
- EX Mode will not end while a character is executing an attack.
- EX Burst background color changes depends on a character's alignment - blue if they are a Warrior of Cosmos, orange if they are a Warrior of Chaos.
- Attacks spawn less EX Force.
- "Bravery Break" notification added.
- Lock-on indicator changes color depending on the target - it is blue for opponents, green for EX Cores, and red for Assists.
- Booster multiplier number displayed in red instead of blue.
- Equipment pieces have effects altered.
- Equipment level requirements are now arranged in five tiers: 1, 30, 60, 90, and 100.
- New introductory, victory and defeat quotes.
- Attacks now inflict critical hits when successfully crushing an opponent's guard.
- Dodging no longer replenishes jumps, and also removes remaining jumps if performed.
- 100% critical rate if attacking right after opponent performs a mistimed block.
- Omni Air Dash is slower. It is now the same speed as Free Air Dash, and costs the same CP to equip.
- Command mode renamed RPG Mode. When playing in RPG mode, the player presses the buttons instead of using a cursor.
- Window to enter EX Burst slightly faster.
- The battle themes used for boss fights are different - rather than using battle music from the boss character's game, music from the player character's game is usually used, though some fights still opt for music associated with the boss instead. Some music tracks during cutscenes are changed.
Warrior of LightEdit
- Aerial version of Dayflash.
- New HP attack, Ultimate Shield.
- Dayflash no longer has Wall Rush, but initiates Chase.
- Rising Buckler and Shield Strike no longer initiate Chase.
- Shield of Light can angle up or down.
- Shining Wave tracks vertically.
- Radiant Sword crushes guards.
- Oversoul EX Burst no longer ends with the player pressing the left directional button every time.
- The Warrior of Light may now equip Daggers, Katanas, Great Shields, and Chestpieces.
- New Bravery attack, Thundaga.
- New HP attack, Flare.
- Round Edge executes faster, can move faster while attacking. Twin-swords follow-up no longer has Wall Rush but begins Chase.
- Bardiche executes faster, but has slightly weaker homing.
- Earthquake knocks opponent farther back.
- Garland doesn't shout a battle quote when dashing, instead, he utters a humming charge.
- Blaze travels faster and has better homing. Projectiles are now coloured more orange instead of red.
- Highbringer's rising slash provides less elevation.
- Garland may now equip Great Shields.
- New HP attack, Lord of Arms.
- Straightarrow fires faster and now guard crushes.
- Fire, Thunder and Blizzard attacks are renamed "Magic Arts: Flame", "Magic Arts: Bolt" and "Magic Arts: Frost" and can be chained three times in succession - altering control stick direction will change the spell cast. Fire spell tracks better, ice spell initiates Chase, and thunder spell Wall Rushes downward.
- Aerial version of Swordslash knocks the opponent down, causing Wall Rush, and no longer initiates Chase.
- Rope Knife, Lance Combo and Reel Axe can change the second part of the attack:
- Tilting the analogue stick towards the opponent performs a sword-slash followed by a flame arrow shot, which initiates Chase.
- Leaving the analogue stick neutral performs a punch forwards, which initiates Wall Rush.
- Tilting the analogue stick away from the opponent performs a lance twirl, which can be performed without combo-ing, and has a slight absorb effect.
- Rope Knife has longer range and fires into the air, but no longer guard crushes or turns to track opponent.
- Firion may now equip Guns and Chestpieces.
The EmperorEdit
- New HP attack; Dreary Cell.
- Aerial Flare has downwards Wall Rush.
- Ground version of Light Crest lays horizontally on the ground and fires projectiles upwards.
- Midair version of Light Crest turns to face opponent and no longer goes out in front of the Emperor.
- Level 3 Dynamite guard crushes. Absorb effect increased.
- Landmine and Mine have greatly reduced recovery time.
- Thunder Crest no longer vanishes if the Emperor is hit after casting.
- Starfall has Magic Block while casting.
- Chase HP attack has new animation.
- When blocking, the Emperor doesn't shout his battle quote.
- The Emperor can no longer equip Swords, but can equip Daggers, Poles, and Headbands.
Onion KnightEdit
- Two new Bravery attacks, Strength Booster and Magic Booster.
- Blizzard has greater range and goes into the air on a greater angle.
- Blizzaga no longer has Wall Rush but begins Chase.
- Multi Hit executes faster, has longer range and less end lag.
- Turbo Hit executes faster, tracks better horizontally, and has less end lag. It no longer begins Chase but has Wall Rush, and has a different animation.
- Blade Torrent executes faster, has longer range and tracks into the air better.
- Can move faster while using Comet. Tracking and number of hits are slightly reduced.
- Wind Shear has greater absorption and larger radius of effect. Can move faster while using it.
- Firaga executes faster and has better tracking.
- The Onion Knight may now equip Robes, Shields, and Chestpieces.
Cloud of DarknessEdit
- Two new Bravery attacks, Tentacle of Spite and Tentacle of Scorn.
- [Fusillade] Particle Beam now crushes guards. Can move while using [Fusillade] Particle Beam.
- Can move while using [Long-Range] Particle Beam.
- [Wide-Angle] Particle Beam executes faster and travels farther and faster.
- [0-form] Particle Beam has slightly reduced range and heavily reduced tracking.
- EX Mode bonus cool down time heavily increased.
- The Cloud of Darkness may now equip Throwing Weapons and Poles.
- Two new HP attacks, Shadowbringer and Luminous Shard, only one of which can be equipped at a time.
- Shadow Lance guard crushes at close range.
- Nightfall and Dark Step stagger on impact, but not when Cecil is falling.
- Searchlight has less cooldown after use. If Cecil uses Searchlight a second time while the first Searchlight is still active, both Searchlights are canceled out.
- Cecil may now equip Katanas, Spears, and Large Shields.
- Aerial version of Assault System.
- New HP attack, Sector Ray.
- When using Gravity System and Float System, CPU nodes no longer spawn if hand fling is blocked.
- The second orb fired by Gravity Force staggers opponent, first orb guard crushes.
- Cosmic Ray and Nightglow have different sound effects.
- Cosmic Ray knocks opponent back further. Also, the execution is faster.
- Nightglow absorbs the opponent greater range.
- New sound and animation effects to Chase HP attack.
- Golbez may now equip Great Shields.
- Four old HP attacks were replaced by Hellfire, Ragnarok Blade, Dark Flame and Luminous Shard as HP attacks.
- Storm Shot and Ascendant Lance are removed.
- Two new Bravery attacks, Rush Impact, combining Kain's Lance Barrage and Lightning's Smite, and Blade Crash, combining Lightning's Launch and Vaan's Katana.
- Holy is faster but has weaker tracking.
- Two of his old Bravery attacks incorporate attack patterns from the new characters and are renamed to reflect this:
- Slidehazzard is renamed Slide Shooter, combining Tidus's Full Slide with Kain's Celestial Shooter. Knocks opponent up instead of down but retains Wall Rush.
- Climbarrel is renamed Hazard Raid, combining Cloud's Climhazzard with Tifa's Beat Rush. Still knocks opponent back and begins Chase.
- EX Burst is renamed from "Spellblade-Dual Wield-Rapid Fire" to "Master Mime".
- Support abilities attached to attacks are different.
- New HP attack, Maelstrom.
- Low Block renamed to Shell Guard. Blocks magical attacks only. Shell Guard has magical High Block priority.
- Mid Block renamed to Protect Guard. Blocks physical attacks only. Protect Guard has physical High Block priority.
- High Block renamed to Turn Guard and blocks less. Exdeath turns to face opponent while using Turn Guard. Turn Guard has Mid Block Priority.
- Counters after a successful block are significantly faster.
- HP Counter attacks are faster and have greater distance.
- Can combo Reverse Polarity into a counterattack if he damages opponent.
- Black Hole has increased absorption.
- Sword Dance staggers opponent on block. Does not track opponent before attacking.
- Can cancel HP attacks into block attacks.
- Grand Cross has absorption and tracks opponent.
- Delta Attack has reduced range and does not thrust forward towards opponent.
- EX Burst is renamed from "The laws of the universe mean nothing!" to "Power of the Void".
- When using his EX Burst against Gilgamesh, extra dialogue is added during the animation.
- Exdeath may now equip Swords, Greatswords, and Great Shields.
- New Bravery to HP attack, Firaga. Chains from Fire.
- Fire has increased speed and tracking, executes faster and now explodes even if it doesn't connect with the enemy.
- Meltdown charges slower but has significantly better tracking when fully charged.
- Thundara executes faster, has better tracking and begins Chase.
- Blizzara has greatly reduced range and tracking.
- Holy has increased speed (faster than Holy Combo), range and tracking.
- Holy Combo has reduced range and tracking.
- Graviga has increased size and absorption, can fall on a diagonal to reach opponent.
- Meteor's fireballs hit over a less focused area
- Flood has reduced range and tracking.
- Blizzard Combo has lost both horizontal and vertical reach and tracking.
- Wall Rush effect of Ultima sends opponents to the ground.
- Flare (chained from Holy Combo) now guard staggers and has improved tracking.
- Terra may now equip Instruments and Headbands.
- Waggle-Wobbly Firaga and Extra-Crispy Firaga uses standard Dissidia "Fire" graphics. Has homing reduced.
- Lickity-Split Thundaga can travel on a vertical angle.
- Can move while using Forsaken Null. In EX Mode Forsaken Null fires one orb up and one orb down at the same time. Has homing reduced.
- Trine moves faster but remains on the field for less time.
- Twisty-Turny Blizzaga moves faster and tracks better. Has increased vertical range.
- Havoc Wing now thrusts forward slightly after the wings extend.
- Hyperdrive can no longer be infinitely charged.
- Scatter-Spray Blizzaga staggers the opponent if blocked. Shards spread out more and are less accurate. In EX Mode, the shards spread into two parts then before converging on to the opponent.
- Kefka may now equip Poles and Headbands.
- Aerial version of Double Cut.
- Aerial version of Meteorain.
- Cross-Slash has improved tracking and range.
- Ground version of Meteorain has improved tracking.
- Ground version Double Cut has increased range but cannot be jump canceled.
- Climhazzard has improved range and tracking, but cannot be dodge canceled.
- Sonic Break absorbs, executes faster, has better tracking and has minor magic block. Has new animation and sound effects.
- Slashing Blow executes faster and has better tracking.
- Blade Beam has improved range and melee portion staggers guards.
- Fire and Fira stun opponent longer.
- Firaga staggers if blocked.
- Aerial Fang executes faster and has Wall Rush but no longer initiates Chase and reduced range.
- Rising Fang has improved range and is slightly faster.
- Braver has reduced range.
- Cloud may now equip Spears, Katanas, Great Shields, and Chestpieces.
- New Bravery attack, Transience.
- Shadow Flare lasts longer and stuns opponent longer.
- Sudden Cruelty has a shorter combo input time, and the initial hit stuns the opponent for less time.
- Scintilla's guard effect lasts longer. Attack connects quicker after guard but has reduced range.
- Sephiroth can no longer equip Spears, but may now equip Greatswords and Chestpieces.
- New Bravery attack, Fire Barret.
- Last hit of Fusillade has longer range and staggers guard.
- Rough Divide (ground) now tracks upwards, but has greatly reduced range.
- Fated Circle and Aerial Circle have improved absorption effect.
- Blasting Zone turns to track opponent during start-up.
- Solid Barrel has reduced range and can no longer pierce guards in EX Mode.
- Thunder Barret has greatly reduced cool-down.
- Beat Fang has slightly reduced range.
- Mystic Flurry now fires at a downward and upward angle and the lightning strikes travel downward faster and track enemies.
- Heel Crush can no longer be dodge cancelled out.
- Squall can no longer equip Throwing Weapons, but may now equip Daggers, Katanas, Guns, Great Shields, and Chestpieces.
- New Bravery attack, Knight's Lance.
- New HP attack, Hell's Judgment.
- Uncharged Knight's Blade has increased rate of fire.
- Charged Knight's Blade does more hits and executes faster. Movement speed and tracking are improved.
- Uncharged Knight's Arrow has improved tracking but reduced range.
- Charged Knight's Arrow fires one arrow at a time (fires five bolts total), and has increased speed.
- Both versions of Knight's Arrow stun opponent longer.
- Shockwave Pulsar sticks to floors and ceilings or stops in midair when fired before exploding. Has absorption once fired.
- Ultimecia can move while using Apocalypse.
- Ultimecia may now equip Throwing Weapons.
- Time Crush can now be canceled if executed again when opponent is paralyzed.
- New Bravery attack, Booster 8.
- Lost Swift Attack (ground).
- Rumble Rush will no longer continue forward if you reached the edge of a cliff.
- Dagger movement has different graphics.
- Free Energy has reduced range, and can now be blocked.
- Tidal Flame is slower, has longer duration, bounces off walls, and now crushes guards.
- Vortex and Storm Impulse push foes further back.
- Shift Break animation is slightly changed, HP attack of Shift Break comes out faster.
- Meo Twister no longer generates EX Force. Meo Twister branches are renamed A, B and C.
- Solution 9 has better tracking, but also deals less damage.
- Zidane's jumps are restored while dodging only in EX mode now.
- Scoop Art executes faster.
- Zidane may now equip Swords, Poles, Headbands, and Chestpieces.
- New HP attack, Force Symphony.
- Can move while using Seraphic Star. Seraphic Star has improved absorption, is able to bounce off obstacles, and tracks after being thrown.
- Can move after the HP hit of Flare Star. Flare Star has increased tracking.
- Kuja's Auto Magic ability in Ex Mode is now of lower priority, causing him to stagger if blocked.
- Kuja may now equip Poles, Headbands, and Chestpieces.
- Though still of lower priority, Kuja's Ring Holy has faster tracking and slightly longer stun upon successful hit.
- Aerial version of Cut & Run.
- Lost Wither Shot (ground).
- Dart & Weave has greater range.
- Slice & Dice has new animation.
- Energy Rain has increased range and height.
- Hop Step has slightly greater range and tracking
- Sonic Buster strikes seven times when close to opponent
- Spiral Cut now has Magic Block.
- Stick & Move dodge only dodges to the side.
- Tidus may now equip Daggers, Throwing Weapons, Headbands, and Chestpieces.
- New HP attack, Jecht Beam. Bravery combos can chain into Jecht Beam. The combo that leads to Jecht Beam is the same combo that leads to Jecht Blade.
- Attacks charge faster.
- Jecht Rush and Jecht Stream have improved range when charged.
- Ultimate Jecht Shot Wall rushes down instead of away.
- Jecht may now equip Throwing Weapons, Headbands, and Chestpieces.
- A Couple Attacks executes faster and can combo without hitting. It no longer executes Chase but causes Wall Rush.
- Retribution has different area of effect, tracks better and staggers opponent if blocked.
- Stun can combo into other attacks, including HP attacks, and has greater range.
- Bind tracks longer before trapping opponent.
- Bio does increased damage, but lasts for less time.
- All HP attacks execute faster and have decreased lag. Level 2 HP attacks have Ranged High priority.
- HP attacks level up to improved forms at lower amounts of Bravery. Level two is achieved at 2000 Bravery, and level four at 4000.
- Spirit Magic [Ice] has better tracking and does more Bravery damage.
- Spirit Magic [Wind] has stronger absorption.
- Spirit Magic [Water] has stronger absorption but lower range.
- Spirit Magic [Fire] has a number of flames that will chase the opponent and better tracking.
- Spirit Magic [Thunder] no longer has Wall Rush and knocks opponent upwards instead.
- Spirit Magic [Earth] has less range.
- EX Mode ability Manafont has had effects changed - after dealing HP damage, Shantotto's Bravery drops to 0 and remains there for approximately two seconds before instantly recovering to her base Bravery.
- Shantotto may now equip Poles.
- New EX Mode Bravery attack, Gaia Breach.
- Circle of Judgment and each hit of Vortex of Judgment hit multiple times.
- Attacks in normal mode can be canceled into EX Charge.
- Ground EX Charge charges EX Gauge significantly faster.
- Most attacks execute faster.
- Vortex of Judgment and Relentless Lunge guard stagger.
- Guilt is renamed "Execution". The move no longer creates explosion if initial charge attack misses.
- Hatred has increased absorption and range.
- New EX Mode ability, "Jamming". Does not grant opponent Stage Bravery if Gabranth is stricken with EX Break. Gabranth's EX Mode is still canceled.
- Sentence does more BRV damage.
- Dual Rend, Aero, Enrage, and Vortex of Judgment do less damage.
- Innocence (midair) has less range.
- Gabranth may now equip Axes, Guns, and Great Shields.
- Should Chaos defeat the player during the second or third phase, the player can retry from the start of that phase, rather than from the start of the battle (only applies to story mode battles).
- The Fall crushes guards on impact.
- Chaos no longer speaks or grunts during Utter Chaos and Brink of Delusion (only applies to story mode battles)


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Feb. 11, 2013
PITTSBURGH - P.J. Tasser and Anthony Zanetta captured individual titles at the Edinboro Open to highlight a weekend of open tournament wrestling for the Pitt wrestling team.
Tasser took home his first title of the season when he knocked off Andrew Church of Penn State by a 7-2 decision in the finals at 174 pounds. On his way to the finals, Tasser earned decisions over Mike Vollant of Kent State and Nick Mitchell of Edinboro and a 12-3 major decision over Alex Gong of Gannon.
Zanetta won his fifth open tournament of the season in convincing fashion using a fall and two tech falls to reach the finals of the 125 pound bracket where he took home a 5-4 decision over David White of Binghamton.
In addition to the success of Tasser and Zanetta, Donnie Tasser, Ronnie Garbinsky, Travis Shaffer, Eric Nutter and Geno Morelli also reached the podium.
The Panthers return to the mats on Friday, Feb. 15, when they host Lehigh in the final home dual of the 2012-13 season.
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Community Health Partnership files for receivership
Community Health Partnership Inc., which closed its doors on Dec. 31, has filed for receivership in circuit court in Eau Claire.
The nonprofit company had contracts with the state to provide long-term care services to about 2,700 low-income, elderly and disabled individuals in northwest Wisconsin, court filings said.
The liabilities of the company and CHP-LTS Inc., an operating subsidiary, outweigh their combined $5.2 million of cash on hand, based on the information presented so far, said Michael S. Polsky, a Milwaukee lawyer appointed by the court to act as receiver.
Another subsidiary, Partnership Health Plan Inc., has $19.7 million of cash on hand, but is not involved in the receivership because it is regulated by a different state agency. The subsidiary is working out how to proceed with the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, Polsky said.
All three entities stopped doing business on Dec. 31.
Partnership Health Plan administered Medicare and Medicaid programs through government contracts; CHP-LTS administered the state's Family Care program and was overseen by the Department of Health Services.
Receivership is the state equivalent of a bankruptcy proceeding. A court-appointed receiver takes control of a company's assets and liquidates them to pay creditors as much as can be gotten. Community Health's court filing lists a book value of its assets that differs from the figures Polsky provided Friday.
Community Health notified the state in September that it would close at the end of the year, putting 353 people out of work.
All of the company's employees have been paid in full for wages and other benefits, Polsky said.
"We're still determining the amount due creditors and providers," he added. The court authorized Polsky to use the company's cash to pay provider claims.
The Family Care contract for the region will now be handled by Southwest Family Care Alliance, said Kitty Rhoades, deputy Health Services secretary. Community Health told state officials in August that it was not renewing the Family Care contract, Rhoades said.
"Southwest Family Care is coming in at the same payment rate as Community Health received," Rhoades said. "It's a fiscally neutral transition to the state of Wisconsin."
Family Care is a Medicaid program that is jointly funded by the state and federal government and that helps elderly or disabled participants stay in community settings rather than enter nursing homes. It is available in 57 of the state's 72 counties.
Republican lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker placed a cap on Family Care in July 2011 as part of the state budget to help control costs, then removed it after an objection by federal officials. Saying costs in the program were now more under control, Walker and GOP lawmakers passed a law to lift the cap on April 3.
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Nike's Art of Football x Dominic Wilcox
When we last left Dominic Wilcox, he was puttering around the U.K., building absurd model airplanes. Now he wants to take you to, Niketown! Well, Niketown, London. Besides running a Nike iD session on May 9 at the megastore (stop by and say hi), Wilcox has been working on a project for Nike's Art of Football put together by their 1/1 collective. By painstakingly gluing together plastic footballers (read: soccer players), he's made a tiny "Cave" for your trainers (read: sneakers), a 3D piece called "Top Corner," and a couple of blocks of toy athletes. Wilcox writes on his blog, "Gluing the footballers was certainly a challenge. It became almost a meditative process. At one point I was in 'the zone' to the point that a super glue tube got stuck to the side of my finger, yet instead of spending time removing it, I picked up another tube and continued on." Wow. We wonder if his design studio has their own fight song.


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Picton And Briscoe Located In New Mexico, Waive Extradition
Written by Devon Boen
The wild saga surrounding Cynthia Picton and Robert Briscoe came to a screeching halt last week after the two, who were wanted for violating multiple conditions of release from the Roosevelt County Detention Center, were located in Grants, N.M.
Picton, 42, and Briscoe, 36, both of Poplar, were charged with multiple drug-related felonies in Roosevelt County including criminal possession of precursors to dangerous drugs, operation of an unlawful clandestine laboratory within 500 feet of a residence and criminal production or manufacture of dangerous drugs stemming from an incident in February.
Until recently, the two had been incarcerated in Roosevelt County Detention Center.
Picton was released in September on her own recognizance and had strict conditions stay in Roosevelt or Valley county and had a no-contact order with Robert Briscoe.
Briscoe was subsequently released on Oct. 1 with the same no-contact order.
Court documents said they were due in court again on Oct. 24, but the situation took an odd turn when the trail suddenly went cold on both defendants.
Picton was staying at a hotel in Glasgow when a hotel employee reported her missing to Glasgow police.
The report said the last phone calls on Picton's cell phone found in her hotel room were to a gas station in Glasgow. The gas station surveillance tape showed a man who resembled Briscoe making phone calls at the times dictated on Picton's phone.
Roosevelt County put out warrants for Picton and Briscoe's arrests and, on the night of Oct. 10, the two were located in Grants.
It is undetermined what Picton and Briscoe's overall plan was or what they designated as their final destination.
The duo were held in the Cibola County Jail and appeared in the Cibola County Magistrate Court for extradition hearings.
According to the Roose-velt County Attorney's Office, both Picton and Briscoe waived extradition, meaning each waived their right to fight being extradited from New Mexico to Montana.
It is undetermined when the two will be returned to Roosevelt County, but it is likely their violations of release will garner new charges against them or harsher consequences for the charges they currently face.
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JRC Dons the Green Beanie!Posted: February 3, 2009 Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Environmentalism, Judaism, Religion 3 Comments
I'm proud to announce that JRC has tied for First Place in the JTA's Green Beanie awards! (An honorable concept, though a more dignified name might be in order…)
The JTA sponsored the competition to recognize groundbreaking environmental initiatives in the Jewish community. Apparently, they received over 100 applications from Jewish organizations and institutions around the world.
Check out the piece and learn more about the other finalists who are doing important and sacred work. It's so great to see how the Jewish community continues to deepen its commitment to a sustainable world.
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Mazel Tov!
Wow! A great honor indeed. Would GREEN KIPA sound more dignified?
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Friday, November 16, 2007
1966 Touchdown Pass Play
For today's blog posting, we have a photo from 1966, showing — as the caption states — "Carroll Dale escorting Marv Fleming on a touchdown run against the Lions." This was in the October 2, 1966 game at Lambeau Field which was won by the Packers, 23-14.
Marvin Fleming, from the University of Utah, played for the Green Bay Packers from 1963-1969. He later played with the Miami Dolphins. He is the first player in National Football League history to play in five Super Bowls — with Green Bay in Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II; with Miami Super Bowls VI, VII, and VIII.
Carroll Dale played college football for Virginia Tech, and was named second-team All American in 1958 and 1959. After college, Dale was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams where he played for five years. In 1965, Dale was traded to the Green Bay Packers. Dale also played in Super Bowls I and II with Fleming. Dale retired from the National Football League in 1973, having amassed 438 receptions for 8,277 yards and 52 touchdowns. He was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1979 and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
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- FrankB said...
Dale caught a 78 yard TD pass from Bart Starr in that same game!
- October 10, 2013 at 6:45 PM
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Laura Robson reaches fourth round at Wimbledon
Laura Robson defeated Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday.
London: Still only 19, Laura Robson is busy accumulating a list of accomplishments that include the words "first British woman since."
At last year's U.S. Open, she became the first British woman since 1991 to reach the fourth round there. Thanks to a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 comeback victory Saturday over Marina Erakovic of New Zealand, a match that included a crucial overturned call, Robson is now the first British woman since 1998 to make it that far at Wimbledon.
And she's also assured of becoming the first British woman since 1987 - more than a quarter-century ago - to climb into the top 30 in the WTA rankings.
Robson, a lefty with a fairly big serve who beat Kim Clijsters in the final match of the four-time major champion's career, is nonplussed by it all.
"I didn't even know about it until you (told) me," Robson said when asked about the significance of some of her milestones. "I just focus on, you know, playing my match, things like that. Things that actually matter."
And she noted: "I don't go into the match thinking, 'If I win this, I'm going to be top-30.'"
Needless to say, the attention paid to her by the locals is increasing: Photos of Robson were all over the front pages of Saturday's newspapers, and she was thrilled with the vocal support she heard on Court 2 against Erakovic. The spectators got so loud that their roars could be heard across the grounds at Centre Court.
"I don't think they had much to support in the first set," Robson joked, "but they were amazing. I thought they helped a lot."
That sort of focus and backing only will increase in a place desperate for tennis success; the last British woman to win Wimbledon was Virginia Wade in 1977. That's nothing, of course, compared to the wait since 1936 for a male champion at the All England Club, but it's enough to get everyone around here rather excited about Robson.
"It's good to do well, especially at Wimbledon," said Robson, currently ranked 38th. "But I'm going to be playing for, like, another 10 years, so it's all bonuses for now."
Playing for a second day in a row, Robson did not start well.
Not at all.
"I was getting my butt kicked, basically," Robson said. "I was really struggling to return her serve. She was playing really well. So I just thought: Just going to try as best as I can, work as hard as possible and just stick with it until she starts to get nervous - which is what happened."
Indeed, the 71st-ranked Erakovic, who was trying to become the first woman from New Zealand to get to Wimbledon's fourth round since 1959, was up a set and a break and served for the match at 5-4 in the second.
But she set up a break point with one of her eight double-faults, and Robson pulled even at 5-all.
"I think anyone would be tightening up serving for the match in that
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Don't tell Javi Garcia that the Premier League table doesn't lie.
Manchester City's Spanish midfielder refuses to accept that runaway leaders Manchester United are 15 points better than the reigning champions — and he intends to prove it at Old Trafford tomorrow night.
Garcia has resigned himself to the fact that United will reclaim the title won so dramatically by the Blues with the final kick of last season.
But the 26-year-old certainly isn't prepared to concede that Sir Alex Ferguson's men are in a league of their own.
"None of us can believe that we are so far behind United," said Garcia
"Of course, we have to be sporting and say that the club who finishes top always deserve to be champions,
but at City we really don't feel that the points differential as it stands is a true reflection of the merits of the two teams.
"We won't be going to Old Trafford feeling inferior. We will be going there with something to prove — both to ourselves as players and to the fans of both clubs.
"I can't explain why we are so far behind, apart from the simple reason that we have lost and drawn matches against the so-called lesser teams.
"We have been involved in too many crazy matches and that has come back to bite us on the backside.
"City proved when they won the title last season that they are a close match for United — and we still think that is the case.
"I was just coming back to full fitness when we played the first derby — but that was a game that seemed to sum up the season for us. United led 2-0 but never looked secure and it was no surprise when we came back to be level.
"From then on it only seemed possible that we would win and United were hanging on, then came a goal at the death from Van Persie.
"A deflected free-kick, a deflection off the wall that took the ball into the corner of the goal — that has been the story of the season.
"I didn't see the game last season when City won 6-1 because I was playing, but that result made the whole of Europe realise just how serious this club is.
"If it is possible I want to repeat the same result — but for me a 1-0 win with a lucky goal in
the last minute will be just as good."
Garcia arrived at City in a £15.8million deal from Benfica on transfer deadline day last summer.
Despite leaving home at the age of 14 to pursue his dreams, he found it difficult to settle at the Etihad.
But the man who began his career with Real Madrid and who has been capped by Spain at every age group from Under-16, baulks at suggestions he was targeted by City only after Mancini had failed to land his top targets.
"I knew in June that Roberto Mancini wanted me, but the move couldn't go through because Benfica were pushing for a deal that was in their best interests financially.
"I was worried that I would miss out so I went to speak to the Benfica president with my agent and told him the deal was good for everyone concerned.
"That was the only reason my transfer went through so late — and it probably explains why the City fans have not yet seen the best of me.
"I'm not someone who misses home comforts like food and the weather — although I have never lived in a place where it snows in March!
"But looking back, maybe I took on too much, too quickly.
"I had loads of personal things to sort out and even the process of choosing a new home can be very stressful, especially as I was on my own to begin with.
"I couldn't speak English and that added to the loneliness because I didn't feel part of the spirit in the dressing room. The process was made even harder when I picked up an injury, because the best way to fit in at a new club is to play and be part of the squad.
"Recently I have felt much happier, mainly because I can speak better English.
"I have felt more at home and, as a consequence, I think I have started to improve my performances.
"I'm still not where I want to be just yet. From a football point of view, there is a lot more still to come from me.
"Obviously our priority was to retain the title, so in that respect there is a big sense of disappointment here.
"But there is much more still to play for than just pride. First there is the derby and then we have the FA Cup.
"Winning a trophy would make the season successful, while winning the derby would give our fans something to be proud of.
"This game means more than three points. It is our chance to show that the 15 points are not a true reflection of where we are."
Meanwhile, Mancini has warned his Manchester City bosses that they must splash the cash in the summer if they are to reclaim the Premier League title.
Five Manchester derbies to remember
It's acclaimed as one of the great derbies. Here are five of the most historic, including one from the days before the Manchester giants were known as United and City.
OCT 3, 1891: Newton Heath 5 Ardwick 1.
A crowd of 4,000 attend the first Manchester derby at North Road, with United's founder club beating City's in a qualifying round of the FA Cup.
DEC 25, 1902: United 1 City 1. It's United versus City for the first time. This Division Two clash attracts 40,000 fans at Clayton.
SEPT 17, 1910: United 2 City 1. The first Old Trafford derby ends in a Frist Division home win in front of 60,000.
SEPT 12, 1925: City 1 United 1. City host the first derby at their new Maine Road home.
MAR 14, 2004: City 4 United 1.Robbie Fowler (right) opened the scoring in the first derby at the City of Manchester Stadium.
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May 11, 1969
Seattle, WA US
Green Lake Aquatheater
Includes: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed and Confused, White Summer / Black Mountainside, You Shook Me, How Many More Times (incl. Lemon Song), Communication Breakdown.
"Whole Lotta Love" possibly performed at this show, introduced as "a song from our upcoming album", according to a fan in attendance.
Opening acts: Spring, Jaime Brockett, Translove Airlines, Three Dog Night
Led Zeppelin rocks Seattle's outdoor Green Lake Aqua Theatre on May 11, 1969.
On Sunday May 11, 1969, the up-and-coming British rock 'n' roll band, Led Zeppelin, performs a legendary concert at a most unusual venue: Seattle's Green Lake Aqua Theatre. That theater -- an outdoor stage set on the western edge of one of the town's most popular parks -- had been built in 1950 to feature shows by the Aqua Follies and so it boasted a stage with a 40-foot diving tower on each side, and a pool between the stage and the 5,000-capacity concrete grandstand. Although the theater was generally dedicated to rather lite fair -- "swimusicals," comedic plays, and a jazz festival or two -- by 1965 rock 'n' roll promoters began producing the occasional show there with pop stars such as Sonny & Cher or Ian Whitcomb. So, clearly, bringing the world's heaviest hard-rock band, Led Zeppelin, into the place was raising the stakes in a seismic way -- and the theater would ultimately pay the highest price by sacrificing its life in the wake of that thundering event.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that on that sunny day "several thousand of the whimsically clad and nearly unclad younger set" attended, but that "only about half the crowd" paid for their entry tickets -- the "rest bent their freeloading ears to the amplified sounds from a variety of places. Some roosted in the trees, many crowded onto one small dock, it submerged slightly. A flotilla of canoes, rented rowboats and rubber rafts surrounded the back side of the stage, where a few also treaded water. A hundred perched on the roof of a concession stand. And a thousand or so sprawled out on the lawns around the theater, forming a wall-to-wall carpet of human bodies." The Seattle Times concurred: "The audience was everywhere. The benches in the Aqua Theatre were filled to overflowing ... . Several energetic souls treaded water in the pool between the stands and the stage. There were even two swimsuit-clad fellows perched atop the roof of one of the diving towers."
A Landmark
The show – which was produced by counterculture impresario, Boyd Grafmyre, in conjunction with KOL radio (whose top DJ, Burl Barer, emceed the event) -- began about 2 p.m. with an unremarkable opening set by the Vancouver B.C., rock band Spring. Next up was Cambridge-based songster, Jaime Brockett, and his talking-blues FM radio hit, "The Legend of the U.S.S. Titanic." Then, while the roadies were setting up Led Zep's gear, Seattle's own hippie jug-band, Translove Airlines, played a shambling set. The Seattle Times tolerantly noted that bandleader Jimmy Winkler was a fellow "[g]ifted with a complete lack of talent, but an abundance of charm" and thus, "he has become a landmark at Seattle concerts" where "at nearly every concert [he] appears on stage at the earliest and slightest lull in the program" (Gressel). True to form, at the end of his band's set, Winkler reportedly jumped into the theater's pool to the great delight of the audience.
Then, right before the headlining performance by Three Dog Night -- a Los Angeles-based pop group with a trio of soulful vocalists -- it was Led Zeppelin's turn. A supergroup that had risen from the ashes of England's esteemed psychedelic blues-rockers, the Yardbirds -- Led Zeppelin had actually already played the Seattle Center Arena (on December 27, 1968, albeit in an unadvertised opening role for Vanilla Fudge). But since the January 12, 1969, release of their earth-shattering eponymous debut album, Led Zep's popularity had skyrocketed. Still, Three Dog Night -- whose second AM radio hit single, "One," was resting in the national Top-10 -- were the more famous band that spring. Meanwhile, Seattle's premier AM radio station, KJR, had Led Zep's debut single "Good Times Bad Times" single in their Fab-50 charts that May, and KOL-AM also began pushing the same ultra-heavy tune.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Among those fans who'd opted to watch the show from a watercraft were Mick Flynn -- a guitarist with the local band, Meatball, and one of Seattle's first vintage gear experts -- and his pal and housemate, Richard Green. "Me and my buddies were living over in Wallingford," said Flynn, "and we wanted to go to the show. We couldn't afford tickets, but we did have enough money to rent a rowboat at Green Lake. So what we did was: we rowed across the lake and watched the show from the back of the stage -- which was pretty cool! We were probably within six feet of the amps so we had a really good view of the band" (Interview).
"There was three or four of us in the rowboat," adds Green, "and we rowed over to the Aqua Theatre. It was a beautiful sunny day in the afternoon. We floated up to the dock which was the backstage area and there was actually a fence around the back of the dock and we held onto the fence with our fingers so we wouldn't drift away. And from our position we could see the amplifiers and people milling around backstage. So Led Zeppelin came on and from our position we could look through the stacks of amplifiers and see Robert Plant and Jimmy Page onstage playin' their guts out. And I remember Robert Plant's hair blowin' in the wind. It was such a thrill to be there" (Interview).
Good Times
The show began, as Green recalls, with guitarist Jimmy Page running onstage wearing a hip black leather motorcycle jacket and hammering out the riffs to the old Yardbirds classic, "Train Kept a Rollin'," before the rest of Led Zep joined him. "The Green Lake show was pretty cool 'cause they were doing the first album," says Flynn, "and that's what they sounded like. Page was using his Les Paul [Gibson guitar] and playing the Marshall [amplifier] heads through the Rickenbacker Tri-Sonic cabinets. He also had the Danelectro [guitar] that he used on the instrumentals: [like] 'Black Mountain Side.' I think [that solo bit] was kinda a combination of Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin stuff he was doing" (interview).
Some in the audience had, presumably, not yet been exposed the Led Zeppelin album and came wanting to hear the AM radio hit, "Good Times Bad Times." But the band was first going to play that single's flipside and their crowd reportedly responded with some disappointment: "I remember," another fan wrote years after the fact, "Robert Plant saying to the audience that they were going to play the single 'Communication Breakdown,' to a light smattering of boos and requests for 'Good Times Bad Times,' which is what the local stations were playing more often" (Wade).
Green and Red
Meanwhile, at mid-set -- "when Page was out doin' his solo bit," as Flynn recalls, "Robert Plant and John Paul Jones came back to where we were and we partaked in some weed with them. That was kinda cool. They came over and chatted with us." "I remember that at some point," Green adds, "Robert Plant was milling around behind the amplifiers and I said somethin' to him and he walked over towards us. We had some small talk back and forth and we happened to have a joint lit at the time -- I remember it being Panama Red! -- and so we handed him the joint, he took a couple hits off of it and handed it back and thanked us for coming. He said 'I hope you enjoy the show' and that was it" [laughter] (Interview).
Like many fans, Flynn and Green loved the show, and later even got a chance to chat with Led Zep's star guitarist: "Page came over," says Flynn, "and we talked for a moment. [I] said somethin' about his guitar. 'Cause I was always interested in checking out the gear -- a lot of that stuff you just didn't see 'til these guys came through: twin Marshalls and stuff" (Interview)
You Shook Me
From all accounts, Led Zeppelin shook the theater to its very foundations -- along with surrounding neighborhoods. One can only have sympathy for all of the traumatized animals in the adjacent Woodland Park Zoo. Not to mention for poor Three Dog Night, who faced the daunting task of following Led Zep onto that stage. Plenty of testimony, however, attests to the fact that the headliners performed well under the circumstances. Indeed, contemporary reviews were split: Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter (and KOL-FM DJ) Patrick MacDonald was ecstatic over Led Zep -- even in advance of the show he was already stoked, writing that their musicianship was "most impressive" and that "One could not improve on them. They are superb, musically and vocally."
But MacDonald's counterpart at The Seattle Times, Janine Gressel, was far more impressed with Three Dog Night. Though acknowledging (in a rather stingy four-sentence blurb out of a 15 paragraph essay) that "The Led Zeppelin ... put on an instrumentally excellent performance" -- she presumably wasn't thrilled by singer Robert Plant's proto-heavy metal vocal stylings -- noting that Three Dog Night, whose "singing is the core of this excellent band," simply "stole the show."
Concrete Breakdown
Possibly the aging Aqua Theatre had met its match with the mighty Led Zep. Later that summer city inspectors discovered damage to the structure and -- following one final show there by the Grateful Dead on August 20, 1969 -- its brief life as a rock venue was over. The facility's dismantling began in 1970.
Led Zeppelin and the Northwest had, however, merely begun their mutually fond relationship. Not only would the band perform at the Seattle Pop Festival (at Woodinville's Gold Creek Park) on July 27, 1969, but they would return to Seattle many more times before their final show here (and fourth to the last American show ever) at the Kingdome on July 17, 1977.
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Live account of the May 11, 1969 show in Seattle @ Greenlake
I worked backstage at this concert. It was an afternoon concert with Three
Dog Night and a group from Canada that I cannot remember. I got to work
backstage because a friend of mine tipped me off on how to do it. The show
was put on by Boyd Grafmire Productions. The on site manager was a Hawaiian woman named Geri. I was told to find her and make my pitch to her. I found her and asked. She said yes. I was in. We basically moved stuff off the stage. The Green Lake Aqua Theatre was built to put on shows by the Aqua Follies. The was a pool (moat?) in front of the stage with two 40 foot diving towers on either side. The seating capacity was probably 2000 at most. The show started around 1pm with the Canadian band on first. Then Three Dog Night. I remember they played through Bruce amps. Mike Alsop played a Telecaster. Floyd Sneed played a double bass Rogers drumset. I almost dropped the bass drum setup when we struck the stage. Zep was on last. I was given a cherry job. Go out to the street to meet the band when they came in. I was given a blue armband to identify me as a crew member. I was 14 but big for my age so I probably looked like I could handle the responsibility. I found the band in the van as advertised. I stopped them and told them I would guide them in. They called me a string of obscenities, and they sounded drunk. I walked the van to the back gate through the crowd. We were in. We set up Zep's stuff behind Three Dog Nights' stuff. Jimmy Page was using Rickenbacker Transonic amps and cabinets. The cabinets have a unique trapaziodal shape. I don't remember what John Paul Jones used, or what drums Bonham
had. I do remember the Danelectro guitar that Jimmy Page used as it was
next to me for most of the show. The band came on around 5pm on an unusally
nice day for early May in Seattle. Of the songs I remember Robert Plant saying
to the audience that they were going to play the single "Communication
Breakdown", to a light smattering of boos and requests for "Good Times, Bad Times", which is what the local stations were playing more often.
The show was hosted by radio DJ Burl Barer. If I remember right he was from KOL-FM, though it could have been KISW. I sat next to him for most of the show on a steamer trunk to the side of Jimmy Page. In July 2001 I received a telephone solicitation from the Washington Firefighters Association announcing the next voice I would hear was going to be Burl Barer. I told him I sat next to him at Led Zep Greenlake. He said "I remember it well..." and we talked for the next five minutes about the concert. He said he has pictures of the concert. I might be in some. I also saw the Gold Creek Park conert at the Seattle Pop Festival and the Seattle Center Arena in October, both in 1969.


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Pearl Jam Previews "Lightning Bolt" with New Short Film
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It seems like forever since August 20th's announcement from Pearl Jam of their new album "Lightning Bolt". So far two songs have made their way to radio, 'Mind Your Manner' and 'Sirens', and there are ten more on the album yet to be heard by the world at-large.
To gear fans up for the release on October 15th, the band teamed up with director Danny Clinch to created a short film on the album. Included are sample of addition songs from the album as well as celebrities asking the band questions; Judd Apatow (writer, director, filmmaker), Carrie Brownstein (writer, musician, actress), Mark Richards (4 x world champion surfer and renowned surfboard-maker), Steve Gleason (former NFL player living with ALS disease).
The band's website discribes the film:
This nine-minute piece features excerpts of Lightning Bolt performances and conversations with guest interviewers filmed in the band's hometown of Seattle.
From the conversations and interviews, the band is promising "more to come" as we approach the release.
Lighting Bolt, Pearl Jam's 10th studio album, comes out on October 15th via the band's own label Monkey Wrench in connection with Republic Records


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Wideman, Morris absent from practice againTuesday, December 8th, 2009
The Bruins practiced without defenseman Dennis Wideman and Derek Morris again Tuesday. The two were given maintenance days off Monday and apparently needed further time off today. Wideman suffered an 'upper body' injury in Saturday's 7-2 win over Toronto. He did skate with strength and conditioning coach John Whitesides after the regular practice Tuesday. Coach Claude Julien told reporters he expects Morris to practice Wednesday.


text: I have always been confused about why Chait/Sakhnovsky's rankings dropped dramatically after 2002, and they remained in the 6th-7th for most of the rest of their careers. From what I hear, they were politicked into their high placements from 2000-02 - and into their bronze medal at the 2002 Worlds. After the 2002 Worlds scandal where they beat Drobiazko/Vanagas, the politics no longer worked for them, and they fell down in the placements. Is this what most people interpret has happened? Or do people feel that their 2000-02 placements were appropriate, but they dramatically fell out of favor because of the scandal after? It's a pity what happened because I did enjoy a lot of their programs - and thought their 2003 FD was their skating at their best. Where do you believe they should have been placed from 2000-06 given their actual performances?


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Nov. 14, 2013
PITTSBURGH – The No. 14 ranked University of Pittsburgh wrestling team begins its 2013-14 duel campaign and inaugural season as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference when is welcomes former Eastern Wrestling League foe Lock Haven to the Fitzgerald Field on Friday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m.
Pitt returns several letterwinners who have combined for 441 wins during their collegiate careers, including seven NCAA qualifiers on its 2013-14 squad.
The Panthers feature five wrestlers ranked in the most recent Amateur Wrestling News poll, led by three ranked in the top 10: junior 184-pounder Max Thomusseit (No. 6), senior 125-pounder Anthony Zanetta (No. 8) and junior 174-pounder Tyler Wilps (No. 9).
Several Panthers have already enjoyed noteworthy individual success this season. Max Thomusseit and 285-pounder P.J. Tasser each won titles at the Clarion Open in early November, while six other Panthers earned spots on the podium at the season-opening event that featured wrestlers from numerous local schools.
Lock Haven (2-0) should present the Panthers with a formidable early season challenge. The Bald Eagles have started the new campaign strongly, picking up two impressive victories against Shippensburg (42-3) and Bucknell (19-13). Lock Haven, which has received votes in the latest NWCA Coaches Poll, boasts two ranked projected starters: 184-pounder Fred Garcia (16th) and 141-pounder Dan Ness (18th).
Pitt owns a 28-21-1 all-time series lead against Lock Haven, including a 33-6 victory last season that saw returning Panthers Shelton Mack, Tyler Wilps, Nick Bonaccorsi and Max Thomusseit pick up decisive individual wins.
For the latest on Pitt Wrestling follow the Panthers on Twitter and Facebook and subscribe to the Pitt Wrestling YouTube channel.
Probable Starters
No. 14 Pitt
125 – No. 8 Anthony Zanetta
133 – No. 19 Shelton Mack or Derrick Nelson
141 – Edgar Bright or Jake Keller
149 – Mikey Racciato
157 – Eric Nutter or Cole Sheptock
165 – Geno Morelli
174 – No. 9 Tyler Wilps
184 – No. 6 Max Thomusseit or Aaron Rothwell
197 – No. 17 Nick Bonaccorsi
285 – P.J. Tasser or Mike Gregory
Lock Haven
125 – Kaleb LeMarie
133 – Matt Bryer
141 – No. 18 Dan Neff
149 – Mac Maldarelli
157 – Billy Randt
165 – Jake Kemerer
174 – Travis Moyer
184 – No. 16 Fred Garcia
197 – Phil Sprenkle
285 – Brad Emerick
Pitt Student-Athletes Share Experiences from Haiti Trip
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"I use text messaging to improve accessibility and transparency of social welfare in Providence."
Meet Eric
C.V. Starr Social Entrepreneurship Fellow
Hometown: Walnut, CA
Concentration: Computational Biology
Growing up in a suburb of Los Angeles County, I am at once cognizant of and sheltered from homelessness. I remember going to a swap meet with my parents in LA when I was a little younger than ten and feeling at first confused by the sullen looks of the men and women sitting on the sidewalks and then ashamed of my relative wealth. At ten, I was unable to articulate these emotions, but, coming from a world where my first grade teacher taught me the importance of sharing and fairness, this gulf between my side of the sidewalk and theirs didn't seem fair to me.
In my sophomore year of college, I discovered computer science, what I consider to be the art of giving directions to a very capable but slightly obtuse audience of one. As the engine of the Information Age, computer science fuels the creation of countless connections between the geographically disparate and has enabled unprecedented access to our collective body of knowledge. That same year, I also participated in the homelessness group of the Winter Break Project. Over that one transformative week, I met countless homeless advocates working in housing to healthcare to civil rights and also Brown students already passionately invested in the public good. Whether young or old, male or female, previously-homeless or Ivy League-educated, all these people were able to trade in their stereotypes and presuppositions for constructive action as a unified community of advocates. In a world where so many people have computers in their pockets, where cars go online, where spy satellites can read your mail with you, I believe it's time to bring a tech-centric viewpoint to homeless advocacy. After interning at FrontlineSMS in Kenya this past summer, I am intimately familiar with the codebase, enjoy strong connections with the FrontlineSMS development team, and am well-connected in the homeless advocacy landscape. This so-called "information revolution" made possible by the telegraph, the telephone, the Internet, and mobile networks makes it unacceptable to me that access to information and dissemination of reminders remains a problem today.
Providence, RI
TextRI is a texting platform that leverages text messaging to enable dynamic two-way communication between service providers and the homeless population of Rhode Island (RI). By aggregating and updating information on a single consolidated platform, TextRI enables service providers like homeless shelters to send text alerts with emergency information to subscribers, and allows users to query about availability of beds. TextRI aims to optimize communication in service delivery by shelters, food trucks and health clinics to create a paradigm shift in the way information is transmitted across social welfare networks in RI.
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ARCADIA - The Arcadia High girls basketball team needed to take care of business Friday night to stay tied with Burroughs at the top of the Pacific League.
The Apaches (18-3, 8-1) did just that, turning a nine-point halftime lead into a 58-38 rout over visiting Burbank.
Burbank (10-12, 6-3) went on a 7-0 run midway through the third quarter to cut the Arcadia lead to 32-27.
But, Melody Chang scored seven of her eight third-quarter points off three consecutive Apaches steals and Katie Mock added a basket to complete a 9-0 Arcadia run to extend the lead to 41-27 at the end of the third quarter.
"We weren't exactly scoring in the third until that run," said Apaches coach Don Young. "We switched up our press a little bit, and it worked really well."
Chang pushed the lead to 44-27 to start the fourth when she hit one of her three 3-pointers. The lead was extended to 50-33 after a Caira Benton layup.
Chang finished with a game-high 25 points and added three steals.
"Melody is the best player we've ever had here at Arcadia," said Young. "We kind of go how she goes. When she plays aggressive, our team feeds off of her aggressiveness."


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lhenderson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
2 winners were selected from 103 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
stationary and logo design for an established, traditional industry
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai)
clean, simplistic, professional design for an established traditional industry
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
- Logo Design
- Stationery Design


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Apply for up to $10,000 per employee for training from the Canada-Manitoba Job GrantThe governments of Canada and Manitoba offer funding for employee training. Companies of all sizes can apply for up to $10,000 per employee to assist with training costs. We can help you learn about the Canada-Manitoba Job Grant.
Navigating the recruitment minefield: how to improve your hiring decisionsRecruiting model employees can be a challenge. We have tips and links to help you find the right person, along with templates to help you start the employment relationship off right.
Using Immigration programs to overcome labour shortage problemsBusiness owners like you are reporting that shortage of qualified labour is one of their fastest growing concerns. Have you ever considered hiring someone from outside of Canada to fill those vacant positions? We have some tips on immigration programs available to you.
Want a highly-trained, pre-screened group of candidates? There's a program for that!SMEs are always looking for ways to give them a leg-up on the competition. Hiring a Reservist may give you the edge you need. Find out more here. Advice is free for members: call 1-888-234-2232.
Thinking of hiring a co-op student? Your business could benefit!Many of Manitoba's post-secondary institutions offer a co-operative education program. Students from a wide variety of disciplines are available for four month terms throughout the year. Learn how a co-op student may fill your short-term hiring needs.
Access financial incentives when hiring apprentices in ManitobaHiring apprentices is good business. Being an apprentice is a rewarding career choice. The government offers financial incentives to companies that hire apprentices and to the apprentices themselves. Check out the opportunities.
Hiring young workers in ManitobaYoung employees can be a great addition to your business. There are important rules when planning to hire anyone under the age of 18. Other rules spell out safety training and orientation requirements. Read CFIB's checklist about Manitoba laws specific to younger workers.
Visa-lite? The ins and outs of Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA)As of March 15, 2016, foreign nationals who do not need a visa to visit Canada are expected to have an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) to fly to or transit through Canada. Find out more here. Advice is free for members: call 1-888-234-2232.
A good plan for bad weatherLearn how to develop a Storm Day Policy to help keep your business running smoothly in the face of nasty weather. Advice is free for members: call 1-888-234-2232.
Orientation for New EmployeesA new employee's first week can be the glue that could help them stick to your business. Find out more here. Advice is free for members: call 1-888-234-2232.
Reduce your wage costs: see if wage subsidies can help pay your staffEarly in the hiring process you should see if financial incentives can offset the costs of the new hire. Check out wage subsidies and other financial supports available to businesses.
Catching an employee doing something right!How much time do you spend catching people doing something right?
Giving Feedback: Why do so many of us bite our tongue?You'd think that every business owner would jump at the chance to improve their employees' performance and that every employee would be first in line to have that coaching ... not so much!
Employee retention: Once you hire them, how to keep themWhat are some employment retention strategies? We'll break them down into money issues and non-monetary incentives.
Service Canada Job Bank adds new tools to connect employers with job seekers!The Service Canada Job Bank offers employers the ability to post their job ads for free allowing them to reach thousands of potential job seekers. As of April 30th, the Job Bank has added new features to help better connect employers with employees. Find out more here. Advice is free for members: call 1-888-234-2232.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program: 2016 updateThe TFWP is designed to help businesses with staffing when willing and able Canadian workers cannot be found. CFIB can help clear up your program-related questions.
CFIB's employee tool kit can help grow your Manitoba businessDo you have questions about staffing issues? CFIB has information, tips and templates to help you manage employee relationships, and be in compliance with labour laws. Contact us today!
Cell Phone policyDo your employees persistently use their personal cell phones at work? Maybe it is time to put a policy in place to keep your employees focused on their duties.
Pre-employment screening: Conducting criminal background checksIt is always important to ensure you are hiring the best candidate for the job. For certain positions you may want to screen your final candidates with a criminal background check but the question is do you really need to?
Are you hiring your first employee in Manitoba? Congratulations! Now what?If you are a budding entrepreneur ready to hire your first employee, take a look at our checklist of steps and issues to cover as you make this exciting transition.
Improving mental health in your small businessRegardless of the number of employees you have, the mental health of your workers matters. The Mental Health Commission of Canada estimates that the Canadian economy loses nearly $50 billion annually as a result of mental health-related issues.
Why do job descriptions matter?Writing an employee job description is a vital step every employer should take for all positions. A good job description will allow business owners to create better job postings, set employment expectations and aid in performance management.
Take care when dismissing your employee: avoid costly mistakesSometimes, despite your best efforts to provide ongoing coaching and opportunities for personal development, it is simply not feasible to retain an employee. Perhaps a worker is not a 'good fit' in the company. If you need to dismiss an employee, our tips will help ensure you meet your obligations.
Does your company need a social media policy?Social media is part of our daily lives. From Facebook to Twitter to LinkedIn, it is very likely your employees participate in social media. We can help you develop a social media policy to clarify what you expect from your staff and to protect your business.
Sickness, lateness and absenteeism – oh my!It's easy to manage employees who show up on time and work hard. But dealing with those who are chronically late, or who frequently call in sick, can be trickier. Let us help you walk through the minefield of attendance issues.
Create attention grabbing job advertisementsWriting attention grabbing job ads and posting them in all the right places can mean the difference between attracting few applicants, and having a selection of candidates from which to choose. Learn how to optimize your job ads for maximum effect.
Benefitting from a pool of internationally-trained skilled workersThe Employer's Roadmap can be a helpful tool and video for employers who wish to learn more about recruiting, hiring and retaining internationally educated workers.
Do you need an employee code of conduct?Regardless of the size of your business or the number of employees you have, it is important to have a written code of conduct to set expectations for your employees and define acceptable behaviours on the job.
Changes to Canada Pension PlanIf you or any of your employees are between the ages of 60 and 70 and are collecting CPP benefits while continuing to work, you may have to start contributing to CPP again. On January 1st, 2012, new rules came into effect for those collecting their benefits while continuing to work.
LabourWatch.com: A balanced resource on labour relationsWe have long advocated balanced labour laws throughout Canada, including in the area of employment standards and labour relations. Whether it's the right of employees to a secret ballot vote, or defending the right of employers to communicate with their employees during a certification drive we are committed to advancing these and other democratic principles everywhere.


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IFPD prepares for Independence Day festivities
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Idaho Falls' Independence Day festivities begin Thursday morning, and the Idaho Falls Police Department is prepping for a busy day.
Joelyn Hansen, community projects coordinator, said the IFPD staff increases dramatically, with some officers working 12-hour shifts.
"We also have a number of volunteers from our citizens watch patrol who really play an intricate part in making sure we can provide the services needed," said Hansen.
Memorial Drive and a stretch from Riverside Drive to Highway 20 will be closed to motorized traffic. Downtown parking will also not be available, so festival-goers are encouraged to bike or walk.
With temperatures likely in the 90s, Hansen said it's important to stay hydrated. Police and first responders are prepared for heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
"I say drink a lot of water," said Hansen. "People say 'I've been drinking a lot,' but usually it's something not as good as water or something of that nature."
Above all, the Idaho Falls Police Department is looking for cooperation and patience.
"No one likes to end their holiday with a trip to the hospital or a trip to jail," said Hansen.


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I hope it's worth the wait for you.
This is a discussion on Called Smith and Wesson about Shield availability within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I have a deposit down on a Shield. The clerk at the store said one guy had a deposit from April and still hasn't received ...
I have a deposit down on a Shield. The clerk at the store said one guy had a deposit from April and still hasn't received his firearm yet.
So I called Smith and Wesson. I asked them about Shield availability. After a deathly long silence, the guy said he gets like 5 calls per day asking the same question. They are making 300-400/day with a backlog of 40,000. Hmmmmm. I am 12th on the list. I guess I will be waiting a while.
Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse or Rapture....whichever comes first.
I hope it's worth the wait for you.
NRA Life Member
With great power comes great responsibility.-Stan Lee
Thanks for the notice, guess I'll go get a g26 instead.
I bought one for my son more than a month ago but I had to drive 90 miles to get it. Get in touch with the biggest S&W dealers in your area, find out when they get their shippments and call early on that day. Keep calling till you get one. The more S&W's they sell the more they will get.
Its a great little gun and well worth the 399 I paid for it.
Geez, I was hoping to pick one up in late October...probably still be backlogged...
man that is gonna be a long wait
Guess I just got incredibly lucky with mine. Picked it up about a week ago by calling every FFL in the area until one told me he had just gotten a shield in the day before and hadn't even priced it yet. Got it for $410 too which I hear is a decent price.
I wasnt aware there was a shortage, I see them all the time around the Houston area.
You actually got a discount on a Shield? 9mm? Everyone Shield I've found is $449
hopefully the XDs will be out in 9mm soon.......and we'll all forget about the Sheild.
Give to them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give to them according to the work of their hands; render to them their deserts. Psalm 28:4
Local shop said they got 4 when they first came out but haven't seen any since
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
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by Brett Larner
This weekend marks the 60th anniversary of one of Japan's oldest and most respected marathons, the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon, usually abbreviated to Betsudai in Japanese. Betsudai has been the site of many historic performances, including Toru Terasawa's 2:15:16 world record in 1963, Shigeru Soh's 2:09:06 world record near-miss in 1978, Kodo drummer Kiyoko Obata's 2:48:52 in 1979 to become the first recorded Japanese woman to complete a marathon in Japan, American Dick Beardsley's 1981 battle against the Soh twins, future Barcelona Olympic silver medalist and Samuel Wanjiru coach Koichi Morishita's 2:08:53 debut marathon national record in 1991, Yoshihisa Hosaka's pair of 60+ world records in 2009 and 2010, and more.
Last year on a new, purportedly faster, course, Australian debutant Jeff Hunt turned what would have been a garden-variety 2:10-2:11 pack race into something unforgettable with a thrilling charge up from the second pack to challenge and ultimately finish 3rd against 2:07 and 2:06 Kenyans Jonathan Kipkorir and Daniel Njenga in an Australian debut marathon national record 2:11:00. This year both the Japan-based Njenga and Hunt return to face a particularly strong field. 2007 Betsudai winner and former national record holder Atsushi Fujita (Team Fujitsu) and 2003 Betsudai winner Samson Ramadhani (Tanzania) will line up again, Fujita in his first marathon since the 2009 Berlin Marathon and Ramadhani after beating Hunt in last fall's Commonwealth Games marathon. All things considered, the strongest man in the field is likely to be Ethiopian Abiyote Guta, who ran his PB of 2:09:03 just over a year ago at the 2010 Dubai Marathon. Moroccan Ahmed Baday also has potential, having set his PB of 2:10:58 at the 2010 Marrakech Marathon. Not to be overlooked is Japan-based Kenyan Harun Njoroge (Team Komori Corp.), whose half marathon PB suggests sub-2:10 capability.
Alongside the veteran Fujita, the top Japanese contender is local boy Kazuhiro Maeda (Team Kyudenko), who debuted at the windy 2009 Tokyo Marathon with a 2:11:01 for 2nd only to blow up at the 2009 World Championships. Fujita, Maeda, and fellow Japanese contenders Kenichiro Setoguchi (Team Asahi Kasei), with a 2:11:44 debut at the 2010 Biwako Mainichi Marathon, and Masaki Shimoju (Team Konica Minolta), who won the 2010 Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon in 2:12:18, will be trying for a spot on this year's World Championships, a goal which will likely require a sub-2:09:30 win. At the pre-race press conference Fujita said he was planning to break 2:10 in going for the win, while Maeda said he plans to run "2 hours plus a single digit."
Potentially competitive first-timers include Yuki Nakamura (Team Kanebo), coached by national record holder Toshinari Takaoka, and Maeda's teammate Akiyuki Iwanaga (Team Kyudenko). 2008 Hofu Yomiuri Marathon winner Kentaro Ito (Team Kyowa Hakko Bio), whose bizarre running form reminiscent of a boxer or handcyclist has become an Internet legend, will be lining up with 2009 Hofu Yomiuri winner Akinori Shibutani (Team Kurosaki Harima). Yoshihisa Hosaka (Natural Foods) will also be in the field, seeking to become the first 62 year old to break 2:40.
Along with last year's course change, Betsudai has this year made other changes to its format, tightening its elite standards but introducing a new entry secondary standard with easier qualifying times to make it a larger race. This year Betsudai will also allow qualified women to run for the first time since 1981. 17 women have taken up the challenge, led by locally-based pro runners Yuka Ezaki (Team Kyudenko) and Chiyuki Mochizuki (Canon AC Kyushu) and 2010 Hofu Yomiuri Marathon winner Hiroko Yoshitomi (Saga T&F Assoc.).
The Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon will be broadcast live on TBS beginning at 11:50 a.m. Japan time on Feb. 6. Overseas viewers should be able to watch online for free via Keyhole TV, available here. JRN will once again be doing live English commentary via Twitter @JRNLive.
2011 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon Elite Field
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1. Samson Ramadhani (Tanzania) - 2:08:01 (London, 2003)
2. Abiyote Guta (Ethiopia) - 2:09:03 (Dubai, 2010)
3. Ahmed Baday (Morocco) - 2:10:58 (Marrakech, 2010)
4. Jeff Hunt (Australia) - 2:11:00 (Beppu-Oita, 2010)
5. Andrew Letherby (Australia) - 2:11:42 (Berlin, 2005)
11. Daniel Njenga (Kenya/Team Yakult) - 2:06:16 (Chicago, 2002)
12. Atsushi Fujita (Team Fujitsu) - 2:06:51 (Fukuoka, 2000)
13. Shigeru Aburuya (Team Chugoku Denryoku) - 2:07:52 (Biwako, 2001)
14. Kazuhiro Maeda (Team Kyudenko) - 2:11:01 (Tokyo, 2009)
15. Kenichiro Setoguchi (Team Asahi Kasei) - 2:11:44 (Biwako, 2010)
16. Masaki Shimoju (Team Konica Minolta) - 2:12:18 (Nobeoka, 2010)
17. Tomonori Onitsuka (Team Kyudenko) - 2:12:48 (Beppu-Oita, 2005)
18. Harun Njoroge (Kenya/Team Komori Corp.) - 2:13:04 (Hokkaido, 2010)
21. Akinori Shibutani (Team Kurosaki Harima) - 2:13:51 (Beppu-Oita, 2000)
22. Fumihiro Watanabe (Team Asahi Kasei) - 2:13:52 (Nobeoka, 2010)
102. Kentaro Ito (Team Hyako Kyowa Bio) - 2:13:44 (Hofu, 2001)
106. Akiyuki Iwanaga (Team Kyudenko) - debut - 1:31:08 (30 km)
108. Yuki Nakamura (Team Kanebo) - debut - 1:02:32 (Marugame Half, 2009)
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2001. Yuka Ezaki (Team Kyudenko) - 2:31:35 (Osaka Int'l, 2007)
2002. Hiroko Yoshitomi (Saga T&F Assoc.) - 2:38:01 (Hofu, 2010)
2003. Chiyuki Mochizuki (Canon AC Kyushu) - 2:44:51 (Nagano, 2010)
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Erykah Badu Clears Paul McCartney Sample Via Twitter
Eccentric singer Erykah Badu took a break from her usual routine of new-age/healing-related tweets to put out a call for help in clearing a sample by former Beatle Paul McCartney.
Just hours before her album's deadline, Badu begged her Twitter followers for a connection to Sir Paul. "See the deal is im trying to clear a paul McCartney sample and i hear lenny [kravitz] knows his daughter stella and maybe i can connect w/ her …," she tweeted. "If i can talk to PAUL MCCARTNEY i can get the sample cleared .. have less than 24 hours or song wont make album . help . it will happen!!"
Putting her faith in the connecting powers of the microblogging social networking service, Badu reached out to Kravitz, as well as his daughter Zoe, Chester French member D.A. Wallach, Madonna's Manager Guy Oseary and finally, McCartney's daughter, Stella.
The hours passed, and with very little time left on the clock, Badu continued to tweet "9 hours to connect with paul mccartney GO!" she wrote, before seemingly getting a hold of Kravitz. "Thanks everybody ! Almost got Lenny … Let's Go!!!"
At 10 AM this morning, she was finally successful. "Paul McCartney approved the sample. Cleared!!!"
Twitter willing, the song will released on Badu's 5th studio album, 'New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh,' in stores March 30. The album, a followup to her 2008 record 'New Amerykah Part One (4th World War),' features production by Madlib, J Dilla and 9th Wonder…and a cleared Paul McCartney sample.


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As of right now (FINALLY), and after 7 months without a job and collecting unemployment (reason I haven't been online here that much)....I got a job at AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service) at the Main Store on Ft. Benning, I'll be running the Sporting Goods, Toys, and Gardening areas. The salary is not much, but something to start with ($6.55/hr) . My Manager said that she will discuss with someone higher to see if I could get paid more (close to $10.00/hr AT LEAST), since I have VETERAN'S PREFERENCE and qualifications. She was surprised when I told her that after my two-day training. In the meantime I'll be looking for something better, though.
Regardless of the circumstances, I really appreciate everyone's support and I will keep you informed if any changes. See you guys soon.
PS: No, I don't get EMPLOYEES DISCOUNT.


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My tenant has been in place in my ground floor flat for 48 hours and already I wish I had not let to him! I went round today with a builder to get an estimate for the cost of renewing the patio and found that my new tenant has
(1) blocked the main drain with sewage/toilet paper. I have arranged for my builder to visit tomorrow - can I bill my tenant for this?
(2) Thrown an oven rack into the rear courtyard
(3) Attached a satellite dish to the front of the flat (which is right on the street) without my permission (that I would not have given).
(4) That installation meant he must have drilled through the front wall into the lounge.
(5) Repainted (I dont know why) one of the front window cills in a different color from that of the rest of the building.
(6) Dripped that new paint onto the small patio area in front of the house and not mopped it up.
I feel he is going to be trouble from start to finish. I want him out - now!
I checked the tenancy agreement (SHT) and it does not mention satellite dishes, not does it say he cannot paint a window cill a different colour - it is a standard agreement. I checked with the council and they have no objection to the dish, which is ugly and intrusive and only about 9ft above the ground. It's just above the bay window and looks just horrible.
Please please can someone advise me? I am sitting here typing this with tears running down my face. I fear that I do not have 'a leg to stand on' as he has 6 months to go on the contract!
I would be willing to let him stay to the end of the week, then give him all his rent and his deposit back in full, if he'll only leave.
I just feel that if this is how he behaves in the first 24 hours then what might he do next?
Can anyone please advise me? Is there some way I can get him out?


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Top photo: President Ricardo Romo (second from right) with Austin visitors
Bottom photo: Sen. Leticia Van de Putte receives an ITC docent badge from ITC's
John Davis before conducting a tour.
UTSA welcomes Capitol and UT System guests
By Kris Rodriguez
Public Affairs Specialist
(June 17, 2008)--UTSA President Ricardo Romo and university administrators welcomed 15 staff members from the State Capitol and University of Texas System to San Antonio for presentations and tours at the three UTSA campuses -- 1604 Campus, Downtown Campus and Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC).
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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The visitors were briefed on UTSA's plans for growth and state legislative priorities for the upcoming 81st Legislative Session. UTSA students also had an opportunity to meet with the guests to discuss tuition, fees, parking, classroom space and other issues. The day ended with an reception at ITC.
Special guests included State Senator Leticia Van de Putte, who gave a tour of ITC and the HemisFair exhibit, which commemorates the 40th anniversary of San Antonio's world's fair. An ITC docent during her college years, Van de Putte was named an honorary docent by ITC Executive Director John Davis.
Legislative staff members visiting UTSA included:
- David Young, higher education policy analyst, governor's office
- Marisha Negovetich, higher education policy analyst, governor's office
- Andrea Sheridan, senior policy analyst, lieutenant governor's office
- Daniel Harper, budget analyst, Senate Finance Committee
- Von Byer, director, Senate Education Committee
- Susie Strzelec, policy analyst, Senate Education Committee
- Warren von Eschenbach, director, Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
- Hunter Thompson, budget analyst, House Committee on Appropriations
- Michael De Leon, clerk, House Select Committee on Higher and Public Education Finance
- Rick Travis, higher education team manager, Legislative Budget Board
- Greg Owens, higher education analyst, Legislative Budget Board
- Susan Sherman, higher education analyst, Legislative Budget Board
- Brent Whittaker, director of budget policy, Office of Sen. Judith Zaffirini
- Carlos Martinez, assistant vice chancellor for governmental relations, University of Texas System
- Geoffrey Scarpelli, assistant vice chancellor for governmental relations, University of Texas System


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It seems as if everyone is looking to get any advantage they can in the world of 3D technology and so we have news today that two of the big hitters have taken steps to improve our experience of 3D viewing.
First off Sony announced a new type of LCD technology, which will enhance our viewing pleasure and improve high frame rate video. Called Hybrid FPA (field-induced photo-reactive alignment), the technology means there will be a response time of less than 3microseconds and it will also have the added advantage of making TV panels more durable and longer lasting.
Sony has said: "One method for improving liquid crystal response time is to generate pre-tilt of the liquid crystal molecules. FPA technique uses the alignment layer developed by Sony and maintains pre-tilt of liquid crystal molecules by irradiating UV while applying voltage in manufacturing process." While this may not be very clear, if it means that our 3D viewing experience will be brighter, sharper or clearer then we're all for it.
When this new technology will be implemented in consumer devices is unknown but we could be seeing it when we travel to CES in Las Vegas in January, so we'll report back if FPA does what it claims.
In other 3D related news, it has emerged that Apple has been granted a patent for technology that will allow multiple people view 3D images from one source without the need for glasses.
We're all for a move away from having to wear stupid looking 3D specs and this patent for an autostereoscopic system of 3D viewing is good news. Apple even mentions the problem in it patent filing saying current systems "have not met with widespread acceptance because observers generally do not like to wear equipment over their eyes."
The new technology will allow for numerous people to watch one screen and see the 3D images no matter what angle they are looking from. The technology would work by having each pixel projected onto a reflective, textured surface, which is sent into a viewer's left and right eye separately, producing the 3D illusion. The system will apparently sense the location of every viewer's eyes, to allow for a viewing audience, not just an individual.
This all sounds very promising for the future of 3D and we will be eagerly watching this space develop in the coming months as these technologies move towards the consumer market place.


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ESPN's Adam Schefter confirmed on NFL Live that Rob Gronkowski (back surgery) will open training camp on the active/PUP list.
Steelers S Sean Davis is recovering from shoulder surgery, but is expected to be "100 percent" for training camp.
Teddy Bridgewater (left knee) took snaps and threw passes at Tuesday's OTAs session.
The Chicago Tribune considers Kevin White's (leg) progress a "mystery."
Rob Gronkowski has agreed to a restructured contract.
The league is moving the 2021 Super Bowl to Tampa Bay, and has awarded the 2022 game to Los Angeles.
The Houston Chronicle reports Texans LT Duane Brown is skipping OTAs "due to displeasure with his contractual situation."
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports the "word" is that the 2021 Super Bowl will be moved from Los Angeles following the Rams' stadium delay, and that Tampa Bay is the favorite to be the new host.
Speaking Tuesday, Bears QB Mike Glennon said it's "his year," and that the Bears are "his team."
Speaking Tuesday, Jets OC John Morton said he's planning to use a backfield-by-committee in 2017.
The NFL has relaxed its celebration rules, permitting group celebrations, the use of the ball as a prop and celebrations on the ground.
Jets OC John Morton said each quarterback will get equal reps with the first-team during OTAs.