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On Aug. 21, the Plum varsity boys golf team faced Franklin Regional at Oakmont Country Club.
The Mustangs fired a team score of 236 and beat the Panthers by two strokes.
Plum returned to Oakmont last Thursday and won again. This time, the team shot a collective 217 in its 57-stroke victory over the Raiders.
That 19-stroke improvement, Mustangs head coach Ron Richards said, is a perfect example of how the team continues to get better in the young season.
"You are talking about one of the top courses in the country," Richards said.
"It's really nice that the membership at Oakmont gives those kids a chance to play there. The kids are always excited to play there, and they try to raise their games."
Richards said the Plum players take nothing for granted when they step on the Oakmont course.
"Some of them will never play on that course again," he said.
"They understand that and appreciate the opportunity."
Richards said his players understand the need to be patient and focused playing Oakmont, because the course, in the past, has gotten the best of the top players to ever play the game.
"They know that on a course like Oakmont, you have to avoid turning one bad shot into several," Richards said.
"They kept the ball in play and avoided some big numbers. They played very well there."
Junior Andrew Reynolds leads the team in average so far this season. He shot a 35 at Oakmont against Franklin Regional and tallied a 36 against Riverview.
"Andrew is golfing very well," Richards said. "He's doing what we expected him to do. He's been really consistent for us. He played a couple of outstanding rounds at Oakmont, shooting 1-under and even (par). It seems that on the better courses we play, the better he plays."
Plum improved to 2-2 in Section 4-AAA play with a 200-255 win over Woodland Hills on Friday at Grandview Golf Course in North Braddock.
Richards said his team definitely is capable of breaking 200.
"It's nice to set goals like that," Richards said.
"I knew we had a chance coming down the stretch (against Woodland Hills)."
Sophomore Samantha Shumaker shot a 36 and birdied the final hole in the match with the Wolverines.
"The kids are getting better each match," Richards said. "The scores are coming down."
Richards said Reynolds has been the most consistent and leads the lineup, but seven other golfers — Shumaker and seniors J.P. Predmore and Ryan Kuhn and juniors Justin Sovak, Rich Rossi, Tim McMullen and Tyler Arnold also are doing well.
"They know they have to score well to stay in the lineup," Richards said.
"Talent and opportunities create an environment of competition."
Plum is in the middle of a four-match-in-four-days stretch, weather permitting.
Plum was slated to host Penn Hills and Gateway at Willowbrook Golf Club on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, respectively.
The matches were to be contested past the deadline for this week's edition.
Plum steps away from section play with a match against Hampton on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Wildwood Country Club in Allison Park.
The Mustangs host Fox Chapel on Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Pine-Richland baseball returns core
If there was one thing Pine-Richland baseball fans could count on for more than a decade, it was that a stud catcher was behind the plate.
Neil Walker, Ryan Schleiden, Dan Passione and most recently Russell Clark have helped the Rams earn four WPIAL championships, a PIAA crown and a PIAA runner-up. Now, in 2013, Rams coach Kurt Wolfe thinks he has another catcher to help anchor the position for a few more years.
Sophomore Joey Professori will line up at the storied position for the Rams this season.
With that position locked down, Wolfe will jockey the rest of the lineup from game to game depending on who is pitching. The versatility of the team is a strength, and opponents will have to adjust to the Rams' moving part.
Junior J.T. Riley will handle first base, David Laylock will play second and Daane Berezo will take care of the shortstop duties.
Jack Houdak and Jamie Switalski, both of whom can pitch as well as play the field, will handle third base. Wolfe will start both players and said Houdak may also handle the designated hitting duties.
The outfield will be held down by Shea Sullivan in left, Shane Heim in center and Andrew Nussbaum and Nick Roth in right.
Wolfe really likes his outfielders, but with a good pitching staff, they may not always have much to do.
Marcus Colella will head up a rotation that includes starting pitchers Matt McCarthy, a lefty, Berezo, Houdak, and Brendan Burnham.
The bullpen is stout, as well: Morgan Means, James Fonzi, Matt Graf and Laylock are ready to go.
Wolfe's options don't stop there. He has players like Matt Caminicky, a utility infielder and backup catcher; Matt Clark, who can play second and third; Alex Roth, who can play first base; Zac Hunkele; and Nick Chavara, who will miss the season with an injury, but Wolfe asked to remain on the team as a manager to get some experience.
"This group is exciting," Wolf said. "We have so many kids back who saw a lot of playing time.
"Our right fielder, catcher and first baseman are new, but having six of nine returning starters is a ton for us."
Wolf said the players have a different attitude this season. They know what needs to be done, and he feels they can do it.
"The boys are excited to get this going," Wolfe said. "They are ready to show missing the playoffs last season was a fluke and want to get back to where they need to be."
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Wed Apr 17, 2013, 01:22 PM
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What Americans dont know about H-1B visas could hurt us all
The H-1B visa program was created in 1990 to allow companies to bring skilled technical workers into the USA. Its a non-immigrant visa and so has nothing at all to do with staying in the USA, becoming a citizen, or starting a business. Big tech employers are constantly lobbying for increases in H-1B quotas citing their inability to find qualified U.S. job applicants. Bill Gates and other leaders from the IT industry have testified about this before Congress. Both major political parties embrace the H-1B program with varying levels of enthusiasm. But Bill Gates is wrong. What he said to Congress may have been right for Microsoft but was wrong for America and can only lead to lower wages, lower employment, and a lower standard of living. This is a bigger deal than people understand: its the rebirth of industrial labor relations circa 1920. Our ignorance about the H-1B visa program is being used to unfairly limit wages and steal yes, steal jobs from U.S. citizens.
There are a number of common misunderstandings about the H-1B program, the first of which is its size. H-1B quotas are set by Congress and vary from 65,000 to 190,000 per year. While that would seem to limit the impact of the program on a nation of 300+ million, H-1B is way bigger than you think because each visa lasts for three years and can be extended for another three years after that.
At any moment, then, there are about 700,000 H-1B visa holders working in the USA.
Most of these H-1B visa holders work in Information Technology (IT) and most of those come from India. There are about 500,000 IT workers in the USA holding H-1B visas. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are about 2.5 million IT workers in America. So approximately 20 percent of the domestic IT workforce isnt domestic at all, but imported on H-1B visas. Keep this in mind as we move forward.
H-1B is a non-immigrant visa. H-1B holders can work here for 3-6 years but then have to return to their native countries. Its possible for H-1Bs to convert to a different kind of visa but not commonly done. The most common way, in fact, for converting an H-1B visa into a green card is through marriage to a U.S. citizen.
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Wed Apr 17, 2013, 01:32 PM
Paul E Ester (952 posts)
1. Fake Job Ads
Immigration attorneys from Cohen & Grigsby explains how they assist employers in running classified ads with the goal of NOT finding any qualified applicants, and the steps they go through to disqualify even the most qualified Americans in order to secure green cards for H-1b workers. See what Bush and Congress really mean by a "shortage of skilled U.S. workers." Microsoft, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and thousands of other companies are running fake ads in Sunday newspapers across the country each week.
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Wed Apr 17, 2013, 01:37 PM
OhioChick (21,885 posts)
2. Interestingly enough, DHS has no idea of how many H-1B's are even here
U.S. Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) sent a letter Monday to Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano that outlined their concerns with the H-1B program. They were responding to a Government Accountability Office report this month that recommends reforms to the visa program.
Among the changes the GAO is seeking is better accounting of H-1B use. The government doesn't know how many H-1B workers there are in the U.S. or how many stay after their visas expire, the watchdog agency said.
The the senators wrote, "We are deeply troubled that DHS has no idea how many H-1B visa holders are working in the United States at a time when millions of Americans are unemployed."
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Wed Apr 17, 2013, 01:39 PM
WilmywoodNCparalegal (2,576 posts)
3. Whoever wrote this article has very little knowledge of the H-1B and of U.S. immigration in general
H-1B visas are in a class known as non-immigrant visas, which means that they are temporary and have a finite duration and - supposedly - a specific intent (that of returning abroad once the allotted time ends). However, H-1B visas - like most other non-immigrant visas - allow for 'dual intent' - this means that, while you are supposed to return abroad when the visa expires, you can also at the same time go through the process to apply for permanent residence in the U.S. (a/k/a the green card).
Contrary to the article, most H-1B professionals do indeed go through the employment-based process to eventually apply for permanent residence. H-1B professionals most certainly can also change to a different visa classification as long as they have the qualifications for that visa. For instance, an H-1B professional who has patents, publishes articles, books, etc. can most certainly apply for an O-1 visa based on extraordinary ability.
The article wrongly asserts that the most common way to get a green card on an H-1B visa is to marry a U.S. citizen. This is incorrect and unfounded. Most H-1Bs instead go through the laborious and lengthy process of obtaining permanent residence based on their employment. Many H-1B professionals have spouses and dependents already.
According to USCIS, 50% of all H-1Bs are granted to nationals of India. 49% of all H-1Bs are granted to IT companies. The second largest bloc of H-1B employers is made up by U.S. colleges and universities (and affiliated research institutes or medical schools).
Again, honest employers that abide by the H-1B rules have to pay at least 100% of the prevailing wage, have to offer the same benefits and work conditions and have to abide by several compliance requirements including benching and layoffs.
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Wed Apr 17, 2013, 01:56 PM
Egalitarian Thug (12,448 posts)
4. Says the person making their living taking jobs from Americans.
Response to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #4)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:56 PM
pampango (24,377 posts)
7. Nice messenger blast. Any comment of the specifics of the post? n/t
Response to pampango (Reply #7)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 08:01 PM
Egalitarian Thug (12,448 posts)
9. Only that it's the same bullshit that's been disproved dozens of times in the past here
and thousands of times on the rest of the internet, yet is still pasted every time this issue comes up. In fact, it has been disproved everywhere except in Congress and the media.
Quick review: There are more than enough qualified Americans to fill the jobs, the H-1(b) visa holders are not paid as much as the people they replace (there are more than a few firms that do nothing but teach companies how to get around the ridiculously weak requirements), the major recipient companies of these visas specialize in hiring nobody but H-1(b) visa holders and abuse the shit out of them knowing that they dare not complain lest they find themselves headed back to the hell-hole they escaped from, etc., etc.
Response to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #4)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:59 PM
treestar (67,682 posts)
8. That's kind of unfair, isn't it?
Someone works as a paralegal in an immigration law office - why is their job of less value than those of IT workers? No H-1Bs, no jobs in law offices. Seems kind of ironic. Depends on whose ox is getting gored.
Response to treestar (Reply #8)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 08:05 PM
Egalitarian Thug (12,448 posts)
10. I didn't say this person's job was of less value, that's just your misinterpretation.
OTOH, this person has been shown numerous times in the past to consistently ignore all evidence presented to them that shows their assertions to be utterly false.
Response to WilmywoodNCparalegal (Reply #3)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:49 PM
jeff47 (26,549 posts)
6. Keep telling yourself that.
After all, every single one of us who've worked in environments with H-1B visa holders might be lying.
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A nonlinear tomographic inversion method that uses first-arrival travel-time and amplitude-spectra information from cross-hole radar measurements was developed to simultaneously reconstruct electromagnetic velocity and attenuation distribution in earth materials. Inversion methods were developed to analyze single cross-hole tomography surveys and differential tomography surveys. Assuming the earth behaves as a linear system, the inversion methods do not require estimation of source radiation pattern, receiver coupling, or geometrical spreading. The data analysis and tomographic inversion algorithm were applied to synthetic test data and to cross-hole radar field data provided by the US Geological Survey (USGS) . The cross-hole radar field data were acquired at the USGS fractured-rock field research site at Mirror Lake near Thornton, New Hampshire, before and after injection of a saline tracer, to monitor the transport of electrically conductive fluids in the image plane.
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I listened to your track and I think one reason could really be the quality of your samples. The staccato violins sound very mechanic and repetitive until 1:00. Also your legato brass/strings are missing some dynamics. Most orchestral sample libraries offer you the possibility to control legato sounds via modwheel (e.g. velocity crossfades) so that legato sounds can "come to life". Your arrangement/composition gets better at around 1:00, I like the energy you are evolving there. Before your production feels a bit empty, maybe some polyphony inside your staccato-pattern or a light string layer could solve the problem. For my taste there is also a little bit too much reverb in your mix. Hope this helps.
Hey Lauren,
great work! Your track puts me in a relaxed and positive mood. I can hear all the work you've put into it…there is a lot going on. I think it would perfectly fit to a timelapse-video of a beautiful landscape or something like that.
Keep up your good work!
Ah…I know what you mean, yes very similar. What a coincidence! I have to agree with you, this track isn't very motivational too. Nevertheless I think this category-change will help your item to be found.
I think the question isn't about "a little more or less". In my ears your track sounds "very" technical and "very little" motivational. Those categories are there for sorting different styles and moods, so that buyers can easily find what they need. If someone is looking for a motivational track, your track will simply not suite (I know…it's all subjective…but I think 90% will agree in this case). But if someone is searching a nice track for his/her presentation of a new medical device or something like that, your music will fit. And he/she would chose the Tech-Category to get the best results. I think authors shouldn't have the last word in choosing the category…because everyone would upload their tracks into the category where it is "most likely to be heard".
I thnik the reviewer made the right decition for your track. The synthetic instruments and sounds you've chosen are creating a scientific/technological mood. Changing the category will help buyers to find what they are looking for, so I think there is really nothing to worry about.
Nice track, good luck!
Cheers, Mario
Hey LunyAlex,
a few thoughts about what could have caused the rejection.
The first thing is the general mood. I think your track is a bit too slow and mellow to obtain that typical uplifting/happy mood those tracks usually have. I would speed it up and work on the piano melody to get it more lively and catchy.
The second thing is the structure/arrangement. Although you are presenting some themes and meldodies, there is nothing that makes the track catchy and evolving. I would try to build several parts and bring them into a structure, e.g. Intro, Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Outro. Repeating several parts gives listeners something to hang on to and to recognize.
The thrid thing is this Ukulele sound in the first half. I don't know if this is a VST or if you've recorded and looped it for yourself but it sounds mechanic and unreal.
I like the sound of the strummed and doubled guitar. You played it live, right? And that melody at around 0:25 is very cool. A bit too melancholic for a corporate track but very nice
I hope this helps a little bit.
I also listened to your Epic Dramtic track…very nice!
Cheers, Mario
Hey LunyAlex,
great track, pity that it wasn't accepted!
The only part in which I've noticed a unnatural piano sound is this fast melody at about 0:30. It seems that the melody tones are played all with the same (unnatural strong) velocity. If you vary those velocities I think it will be much more natural. The other parts sound very good in my opinion.
Cheers, Mario
Hm, in my opinion the reviewers made a wrong decision here. Although the sound is a little bit harsh and unnatural sometimes (e.g. at around 0:53), there are many examples of great (automobile)-commercials that have music with exactly that sound. This "mechanic" and unnatural sound is meant as a stylistic element and should not be rejected because of "bad sample quality" or something like that.
I would like to hear a reviewers statement on this specific rejection.
I like this track a lot, great dynamics, great use of effects.
Cheers, Mario
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I do a low cut at 20hz,as i understand there is more room for the signal to become louder that way when i smash it with limiter,i think this is only good for dance music because you don't need much dynamic range and need to make signal as loud as possible.
Yes, I also do this 20/30hz Lowcut just to make shure that nothing is rumbling down there… Never heard of doing a highcut. I would recommend a high-shelf setting to control the highs.
But I'm no mastering pro either
Something like this?http://audiojungle.net/item/sub-bass-drop/7498710?WT.ac=search_thumb&WT.z_author=helloearth74
I searched "bass drop".
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In Reply to: RE: The clicking is not a feature. posted by Bizango1 on February 28, 2012 at 11:10:04
I understand the so-called benefit. I'm one of those who prefers not to hear the volume control while it is changing the volume.
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I hear 'ya. Like when I test rode a BMW motorcycle with the classic twin engine...it vibrated and shook a lot at idle and I thought it was broken after riding Hondas for years. The salesman said it was a quirk you learned to love. I thought he was crazy.
Since then I learned to love the vibes and have owned three of them. Currently an '06 R1200GS.
Just as it seems that my unit is functioning like at least one other M3, I got this reply from NAD's support center:
"2012-02-29 08:55 re: loud noise on M3 when turning volume control
Hi Jerold,
If this noise is occurring with music and at 8 ft away then it seems like it has developed a fault.
The low level clicks with open input is normal.
The dealer should check this first.
I hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Pam Anderson"
First thought: You never mentioned the noise was "loud" in your post but it looks like you told NAD it was loud. Mine did it exactly as you described it in your posts. Hearing it during a quiet solo at high volume is one thing, if it is loud enough to hear over a mixed program then you may have a problem. Can you go to your dealer and try to recreate it using his demo?
Second thought: If you can get Pamela Anderson to make a house call to look at your amp that would be cool.
Maybe my use of the word "loud" did throw her off. In my text, I did specify I hear it only over things like bass solos. FYI, I pasted in below what I wrote to her. I tried to make it accurately reflect our mutual experience with the M3.
I definitely don't hear the clicking over a mixed program. In fact, I've noticed that over speaking voices, it's often virtually absent, for some reason.
I bought my M3 online from audioadvisor.com, so no dealer to go to. I'm still within the 30 day return period. If the M3 weighed 10 lbs, I already would have sent it back for a different unit. But its 51 lb weight is not easy for my back. Packaged in the oversized box with all its cushioning, it weighs in at 68 pounds. So I've been trying to avoid having to take it off the rack, package, and then unpack and install another unit.
Anyhow, your continued input is always appreciated!
Here's what I wrote to NAD:
2012-02-26 23:42 loud noise on M3 when turning volume control
I recently bought an M3.
Starting about three days into ownership, I started to hear a clicking noise when turning the volume control. I know NAD says this is normal. Others have reported this when no music is playing, and they are right near the speakers.
But my situation is quite different.
I sit 8 feet from the speakers, and the clicking can sometimes be audible over the music. If you turn the volume up via the remote, the clicking increases in volume in lockstep with the music.
I should say, that I can hear the clicking over the music from 8 feet away, only when there is just a single instrument or two being played, for example a bass solo, or quiet piano.
To troubleshoot, I changed CD player, interconnects and CD's. I also disconnected my line conditioner and plugged the amp directly into the wall. No help.
U.S. rep. Bob Moran told me some clicking is normal, but something could be wrong to make the clicking so loud.
An NAD authorized repair technician, who has fixed other things for me, told me it sounds like the digital is improperly leading into the audio.
I'm thinking my unit is defective and I should get it replaced.
It would be great if my query could be forwarded to the designer of the amp, Mr. Bj�rn Erik Edvardsen.
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Premier Menachem Begin urged a "political armistice" in the Middle East and suggested that Israel and its Arab neighbors refrain from defining future borders and national security until the Geneva conference reconvenes. Begin offered the truce in his address to the 80th annual convention of the Zionist Organization of America here.
He responded to a warning by President Anwar Sadat that Egypt would retaliate if Israel launched an atomic war by saying that Israel will not threaten war, nuclear or conventional. Begin also expressed hope that President Carter will order the U.S. Embassy moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Sen. Robert Dole (R. Kan.), who also spoke at the ZOA convention, declared that Jerusalem is historically and legally a Jewish city and that "In the search for a solution, whatever else may be negotiable, the capital of Israel clearly is not." Dole, who was President Ford's running mate in the U.S. elections last year, said he agreed fully with Begin's view that the West Bank is "liberated territory, not occupied territory". He claimed that Israel has the right to relinquish all or part of the West Bank territory but "that is her right, it is not her obligation".
Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan told the convention that Israel was ready to make political compromises but would not compromise on its ideals. He said the Arabs "still want what they wanted before but they now want to get it through American pressure rather than by force of arms."
He noted, however, that there have been changes in the Arab world. While the late Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, preferred to have the Suez Canal blocked and the canal cities devastated, Sadat has opened the canal to navigation, has brought back millions of people to the canal cities and is even ready for peace talks, Dayan said. In warning that the Arabs have not given up their goals regarding Israel, he said "we should see in a positive light their readiness for a political alternative."
Defense Minister Ezer Weizmann said he regards as his greatest challenge the prevention of war. "To prevent war, we shall use political wisdom and maintain our military strength," he told the convention. He also thanked the United States for the great aid it has rendered to Israel.
Shimon Peres, who was the Defense Minister in the Rabin government, received a prolonged applause when he said "We shall not permit political differences to split our unity as a nation, as Jews and as Zionists." He called for the continued up building of Jerusalem and urged that aliya be increased. "Israel should be a magnet for aliya," he declared.
Rabbi Joseph Sternstein, president of the ZOA, lashed out at elements in the State Department and other officials of the Carter Administration who he accused of playing a "devious game" in the course of recent negotiations. "It seems that the State Department machinations are coupled with brandishing the recent Brookings Report as God's own word on Middle East policy," Sternstein said. He was referring to a study made by the Brookings Institute some time ago which recommended Israel's withdrawal from occupied Arab territories with only minor border rectifications.
Sternstein said the ZOA approved and endorsed Jewish settlements in the Judaea and Smaria regions. Refraining from such settlements "will not buy good will or favor from our enemies, " he said.
The ZOA convention received a message of greetings from President Carter. The President said: "I assure you of my Administration's commitment to the security of Israel and to the realization of our shared goal of peace. The ties between Israel and the U.S. are deep, strong and enduring." The convention opening last Thursday night was attended by President Ephraim Katzir, Cabinet ministers, U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis and Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem.
(In Washington, the State Department refused to comment on statements by Dole and Sterstein supporting Israeli control of the West Bank. The Department also refused to comment on a charge, made several days earlier by Former Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon that the U.S. "was bullying the new Israeli government into a Middle East settlement by making irresponsible demands to withdraw from occupied Arab land.")


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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday defended President Obama's proposed cuts to the military, and reminded lawmakers that the $487 billion reduction in Pentagon spending is their own handiwork.
Panetta backed the 2013 defense spending plan that the president released Monday, calling it a balanced plan that maintains the nation's military strength. He pointed out the debt-limit deal Congress passed in August set in motion the 10-year, $487 billion cut to the Pentagon that Obama is now implementing.
Panetta's testimony Tuesday is the first leg of a three-day swing through committee rooms that he will undertake with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey.
The Defense secretary urged lawmakers to take stock of the reductions the military is making and understand the critical need to avoid another $500 billion in defense cuts through sequestration.
"My hope is that now that we see the sacrifice involved in reducing the defense budget by almost half a trillion dollars, Congress will be convinced of its important responsibility to make sure that we avoid sequestration," Panetta said. "That would be a doubling of the cuts, another roughly $500 billion in additional cuts that would be required to take place through a meat-ax approach, and that we are convinced would hollow out the force and inflict severe damage on our national defense."
Republicans, including Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member John McCainJohn McCainHuffPost writer: McCain 'will die with dishonor' for yes vote on healthcare GOP senators break with Trump over transgender troop ban Time for the Trump administration to pursue regime change in Iran MORE (Ariz.), have criticized Panetta and Obama for not taking sequestration into account in the 2013 budget plan.
The Pentagon said it is not planning for sequestration, which would begin in January 2013 if Congress does not change it. The president's budget produced the deficit savings necessary to undo sequestration, but Republicans in Congress said the president's budget is a non-starter.
Panetta also preemptively tried to justify another two rounds of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) — a request that was included in the president's budget — by citing his own experience.
"As someone who went through BRAC, I realize how controversial this process can be for members and constituencies," Panetta said. "And yet, it is the only effective way to achieve infrastructure savings."
Dempsey said the strategy accepts some risks as it addresses new fiscal constraints, but that it is successfully "marrying versatility with affordability."
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Guess That Pastry — One from the Fat Count
Okay, this second part of the name of this Austrian pastry is of course a Schnitten, but what kind of Schnitten? The key is the pattern on the icing, and the fact that it was designed by a rather large Austrian count as his own personal sugar fix.
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January 22nd, 2010 8:39 am
Linzer Schnitte?
January 22nd, 2010 8:50 am
round my way with a topping like that its called a vanilla slice, filled with a custard based filling.
Wether the Austrian variety is the same and what the Schnitten derivative is called i`m not so sure?
January 22nd, 2010 9:28 am
Esterhazy schnitten?
January 22nd, 2010 10:02 am
Jeez AJ, are you some kind of certified pastry chef or something? You got it! My friends in Austria thought that would at least be some sort of stumper, at least for more than 60 seconds!
Aparently count Esterhazy was some kind of sugar freak who had his chef design his own personal pastry with that special pattern on top. Oh, to wield such power!
At OR show now, the pastries here are second rate, but some of the skis look pretty good. More later.
January 22nd, 2010 12:02 pm
Hi Lou,
Sorry, no pastry chef. I speak German, a little help of the internet goes a long way :biggrin:
Looking forward to the OR ski update.
The latest gear from Dynafit looks… delicious!
January 22nd, 2010 12:27 pm
Dang I speak German too! I need to work on my google.de image searching skills!
andrew C
January 22nd, 2010 1:21 pm
Looks a lot like the French "Mille Feuille" …could two near-identical pastries be created independently in two European countries? Any culinary anthropologists out there?
January 24th, 2010 2:37 pm
Napolean could have helped "trade" the recipe
Leroy Chin
March 29th, 2010 4:08 pm
The picture in the photo is an Esterhazyschnitten. I know the guy got the answer correctly already, but I had to write in anyway.
I made one yesterday and it turned out well. I used the traditional pattern on the icing, a feathering similar to the Napoleon. The next time I make it, I will try this pattern. It looks like a diagonal pull on the chocolate.
There's a recipe book called Kaffeehaus with all sorts of these recipes in it that are perfect for the home baker.
March 29th, 2010 5:02 pm
I'm planning on baking some pastries pretty soon, thanks for the inspiration Leroy!
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Monday, May 12, 2008
What Does Play Mean?
Yahoo #2 has been in constant inquisition over the meaning of words. To be honest it can be taxing and he doesn't ask about things with easy answers.
"Mom? What does skateboard mean?"
"It's a board with wheels."
"Mom? What are wheels?"
"Round things that roll."
"What's a roll?"
It goes on and on. Today he asked me to play with him outside. I said sure. Then he said, "Mom? What does play mean?"
That's a good question.
What does play mean? I have a vague memory of me staring at him stumped and responding with, "Play means you are doing something you like." After which (sounds like church don't it?), after which I stared upwards in nebulizing ponderance over what play means. I received nary an answer or better yet I couldn't find a way to put "play" into words. I marched inside to look it up.
As we try to go as bookless as possible (that means without books or basically we don't keep anything written that is online somewhere), so as we are bookless, I must go to http://www.dictionary.com/ to see the official definition of play. Are you ready for this? It took over 3 minutes for all of the hundreds of definitions to come up. That's right hundreds.
Play is a drama displayed for entertainment (have you seen Death of a Salesman), play can be a sport (I play basketball!), play is a verb used to show a skill (as in I play the ukulele), play is a set of strategies used in competition (that play helped him win the game). It goes on and on.
What I realized in that 3 minutes of downloading lag time - was that I've lost my meaning of play. Where has it gone?! Is it under my bed? Is it buried in the back yard? Has it entered the dimension of lost socks? Did I leave it on a long run? Is it with all of my lost earrings? Has it been left behind with my career?
I know exactly where my play has gone. It's been sucked into that black hole called responsibility!
Could you think of a better wake up call? Hello!? Ring Ring!
(I'm off to play.)
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- rabidrunner said...
So... what does play mean to you?
- May 12, 2008 at 6:39 PM
- The McMillans said...
My definition? Something spouse does with kids while I do the dishes.
Tee hee hee.
You are so right...I need to play a lot more. My has been sucked up by responsibility as well.
- May 14, 2008 at 9:41 AM
Profound insight into life. Well Done. J.R.
- May 14, 2008 at 4:01 PM
- Lisa said...
Play is an attitude. Sometimes going to the park is play, sometimes it's mommy work. Sometimes running is play, sometimes it's racing work. Somethings are always play, somethings are always work but most are somewhere in between for me.
Girlfriends are always play, dishes are always work!
- May 14, 2008 at 10:49 PM
- Winder said...
Play is something that the hubby and I did a lot of prior to this St. Patty's day.
I am thankful for your blog. Hopefully it will help me to remember not to lose my way as I begin this new journey of parenthood!
- May 15, 2008 at 10:33 AM
Play is how we figure out how to do something that we don't have instructions for.
- July 3, 2013 at 8:23 AM
- rabidrunner said...
Anonymous, that's a good one!
- July 3, 2013 at 9:04 AM


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LU Falls to Panthers to Open Championship
With the victory, the Panthers up their record to 32-26 on the season and advance to face host and No. 1 seed Winthrop later on this afternoon in Game 3 of the three-day tournament. The contest is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.
The setback drops the Lady Flames into the loser's bracket and pushes Liberty's overall record to 17-39-1. Liberty will open Day 2 at the Championship tomorrow against No. 6 Charleston Southern, who lost a 3-1 contest to No. 3 Coastal Carolina in Game 2 later in the afternoon.
Liberty broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the second, beginning with J'nae Jefferson's double to the gap in left center field. Keely McMillon gave Liberty runners at the corners when the freshman dropped a bunt single in between Reynoldson and Grace Stokes, as the pitcher and second baseman were charging on the play.
Following a strikeout, Shannon McKain dropped a bunt down the first-base line, but Lindsay Creighton's throw to the plate was not in time to get Jefferson coming in from third to give Liberty the early 1-0 lead.
Birmingham-Southern took advantage of a Liberty fielding error in the fourth to put its first dent on the scoreboard. Melissa Muehlenfeld began the frame with a single up the middle, followed by a walk issued to Lindsay Creighton.
Stokes loaded the bases for the Panthers with the inning's second hit, a base knock up the middle. Starting pitcher Sarah Ellis induced a ground ball from Anne Lawrence to shortstop, but Jefferson wasn't able to make the play, allowing Muehlenfeld to score the unearned run.
The Panthers add the game's second and final run in the fifth inning. Muehlenfeld continued to be a factor for Birmingham-Southern, beating out an infield single to short.
Creighton drew her third of four walks during the contest to give the Panthers two base runs, followed by DiAmond Jordan's base hit up the middle to plate Muehlenfeld from second and give the No. 5 seed the lead for good.
Liberty threatened during the sixth and seventh inning, stranding a pair of base runners during both frames. During the sixth, back-to-back singles through the left side of the infield by Beth Bennett and second-team all-conference honoree Ashley Williams were followed by a pair of fielder's choice plays to end the inning.
In the seventh, pinch hitter Leah Cossentino opened the inning with a single to center field. Three batters later, Amber DePasquale singled to right, while base runners advanced a base following a throwing error on the relay back to the infield.
However, Reynoldson got her eighth and final strikeout by fanning Cassie Hendrix on a high inside pitch to secure her 27th complete game of the year. The senior, who was one of two second-team all-conference pitchers honored at last night's awards banquet, upped her record to 21-11, scattering seven hits over seven innings of work, while allowing the lone run.
Ellis was the tough-luck loser, falling to 8-20 on the season, as the righty suffered her seventh one-run loss of the year. She allowed two runs, one of which was earned, on four hits over 6 1/3 innings of work. Tiffani Smith got the final two outs in the top of the seventh, including a strikeout to end the frame.
Muehlenfeld, who also was named to the Big South second-team all-conference team yesterday, led the Panthers from the plate as she was 2-for-3 with both runs scored. Jordan followed by going 1-for-4 with a RBI.
Liberty, who outhit the Panthers 7-4 in the contest, evenly spread its seven hits among seven different players. Jefferson was 1-for-2 with Liberty's lone run scored, pushing the sophomore's hitting streak to seven games.
Bennett followed by going 1-for-4, extending her hitting streak to seven games, while Williams was 1-for-3 to add to her school record 244 career hit total.


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Darryn Stokes, 35, of Ulverstone, and Bradley Rex Lambert, 29, of Smithton, stood motionless in the Hobart Supreme Court today as they were each sentenced to 42 years' jail.
Acting Justice Michael Hill said Stokes and Lambert had brutally killed 84-year-old Lehman Joseph McHugh and his 62-year-old son, Anthony, at Penguin, in north-west Tasmania in September last year.
The court was told earlier the men planned to steal up to $200,000 they believed was in the home.
While evidence showed Lambert struck the fatal blows, Acting Justice Hill said Stokes had planned the murder and he saw no need to separate the culpability.
"Although Stokes initiated the discussions that ultimately led to the murders, Lambert was prepared to kill two strangers for money and Stokes was prepared to assist if necessary," he said.
Acting Justice Hill said the murders were "an horrific and terrifying ordeal" for both victims.
Anthony McHugh was struck 72 times with the tomahawk, while his father was struck 15 times.
"Both suffered horrific and fatal head injuries, as well as Anthony receiving significant defensive injuries," the acting judge said.
Acting Justice Hill said neither Stokes nor Lambert had serious relevant prior convictions but there were few, if any, mitigating factors.
"The nature of the attacks and the brutality of them were extreme and the accused have demonstrated no remorse," he said.
"Crimes like these cause fear in the community, particularly a small and close-knit one such as Penguin, and people who live alone and in isolated residences become very anxious over these types of tragedies."
Both men's sentences were backdated to December 29 last year, when they were imprisoned.
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In his first semester at Owens Community College, Cpl. Jeff Goetz has formed a positive opinion of the College's new Office of Veterans Services.
The U.S. Marines reservist received a letter from the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs indicating he owed money for over-payment of his tuition.
He immediately sought help from the Office of Veterans Services in College Hall, where he met with Representative Yolanda Houle, a U.S. Navy veteran.
"It wasn't even 10 minutes and she had the problem fixed," Goetz said. "It's a big nightmare for a lot of (veterans) working with the VA."
He also spent time talking with new Director Vickie Adams that day, discussing what the office can do to support him and the college's 300-plus veteran students. He said from his experiences, he would tell any veteran to "go and see what they have to offer because they do have quite a bit to offer us."
Owens Community College has educated U.S. Armed Forces personnel since opening in 1965, but its focus of serving veterans expanded with the opening of the Office of Veterans Services; all staff members are veterans.
"We understand our students because we have lived their lives," said Adams, a retired U.S. Air Force commander. "We've served through war or non-combat service. We've experienced the red tape. We've transitioned to life back home. We know what it's like for them. We understand the big picture. We want to listen to their stories and help them."
Owens was recently named a G.I. Jobs Military Friendly School and the Student Veterans Club is a member of the Student Veterans of America.
"We want to ensure that our population of veteran students succeeds and our office is here to serve as a resource for them to do just that," Adams added.
Goetz graduated from Toledo Rogers High School in 2006 and had an opportunity to attend a technical college in Connecticut, but instead enlisted in the U.S. Marines. He spent nine months in Iraq in 2009, when his regiment helped close Multi-National Force-1 West in Camp Ramadi.
"I wanted to be a military policeman," said Goetz, 24 and now living in Perrysburg. "A year before getting out of active duty, I was not planning on leaving. I had so much fun doing security work, security for buildings and weapons transport. As a backup, in case I couldn't become an MP, I started emailing all the sheriffs in Ohio and every single one of them told me I needed to be OPOTA certified."
Due to a reduction in force in the Marines and a lack of MP jobs, Goetz said he ended his active duty contract and became a reserve in May 2011. Owens offered the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) certification program for Goetz to move into a law enforcement career, so he applied and enrolled for Fall Semester 2011. The Office of Veterans Services helped him through the process. He will graduate in March 2012.
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"Military-wide they preach camaraderie. That's what instilled in us. … A lot of problems students might have in their personal lives or academically or whatever the case might be, they won't have to deal with it alone. There's the club and its members to help each other," he said.
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Sunday around 5:30pm, feeling as patriotic as I ever felt, I got dressed up in all of the red, white, and blue apparel I could muster up from my wardrobe, grabbed our American flag, and ran around and out of my house waving the flag as I got myself, and as many other people as I could, pumped up for the U.S.'s match against arguably the best player in the world. Little did I know what would transpire in the next two hours would leave me feeling almost every emotion in the book.
Sgt. Paul Marshall Gordon, 19, of Grant County, died June 30, 1951 while a prisoner of war at the Suan Village Camp in North Korea.
In late January, 1951, Sgt. Gordon was taken prisoner after engaging with enemy troops in the Wonju Province of South Korea. Sgt. Gordon served with the U.S. Army, H Company, 2nd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment.
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Powdery mildew is probably the most common garden fungus around. It is not too terribly picky about where it spreads, it likes humid weather, thrives in the heat of the summer and is hard to control once it has started. The trick here is to prevent it from happening by proper plant selection, spacing, pruning and treatment before it spreads.
In my 25-plus years of working in the community newspaper business, I often get asked when I'm going to write about my family. (Keep in mind it's usually my family that is doing the asking.)
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"I believe that we will win" is a chant that takes me all the way back (only three years ago) to high school cheering on our basketball team. This cheer though has taken on a whole new meaning in terms of the US Men's National team competing in the World Cup.
Many of us are proud of our family members who have served in the military and now there's a good way to honor their service and do something good in the community.
Storme Vanover, a local veteran, and members of the American Legion Post 137 in Williamstown are selling brick pavers to fund a monument to the five local men who died serving in Vietnam.
Their goal is to raise money for a memorial to be constructed at the legion hall on U.S. 25 in Williamstown.
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Ephesians 1:15-23
A week or two ago, a Norfolk teenager won nearly ten million pounds on the National Lottery. He turned up to collect his winnings wearing an electronic tag, for he had been in a Young Offenders' Institution for two months and the tag was part of his sentence for drunken and unruly behaviour. And he admitted to other rather more crominal activities in the past. He claimed to have won this money with his first ever lottery ticket.
For many youngsters who work hard for a living, who have never been in trouble with the police and who struggle to survive on the minimum wage, it was something of a bitter blow. And the neighbours were apparently outraged, since they described themselves as having been terrorised by this lad for years. It seemed grossly unfair that so much money should go to such an apparently undeserving person.
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Oil company ExxonMobil has submitted an application to build the complex on the old Esso refinery site at Herbranston near Milford Haven.
The terminal would receive and store liquid natural gas (LNG) before distributing it by pipeline to the national gas supply.
Pembrokeshire County Council and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority are expected to take a number of months before making a decision.
If approved, ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum would bring in LPG from oilfields in the small state of Qatar to the facility.
If it gets the go-ahead, the terminal will be built in two phases, with the first starting in 2004 to open in 2007.
The second is projected to begin in 2006 to be ready for 2009.
The completed facilities would together process about 15m tonnes of LNG each year, it is anticipated.
A spokeswoman for ExxonMobil said the project would make a "major contribution to UK gas supply security" and promised a boost for the regional and local economy.
However, she added there was no guarantee the project would proceed until a final decision on the location had been taken.
A spokesman for Pembrokeshire County Council said the authority could not comment on the application while it was under consideration.
A number of environmental impact reports will have to be prepared before the council makes its decision.
In February, the authority gave its backing to a similar project at Waterston near Milford Haven.
Dutch firm Petroplus is looking to build gas storage tanks for LNG and would create up to 500 jobs in the three-year construction process.
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The guilty plea of Mokorya Cosmas Wambura, 45, follows a joint investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations; Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General (FHFA-OIG); U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Inspector General Treasury; U.S. Secret Service, Washington Field Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore field office.
According to his plea agreement and court documents, from March 2007 to November 2008, Wambura conspired with real estate agent Tibakweitira and others to use the identity of another individual without lawful authority to buy residential property. For example, in June 2008, Wambura used the stolen identity of another person, along with false income statements and credit information, to buy a residence in Hyattsville, Md. The conspirators inflated the value of the property by creating false documents for repairs and renovations that were never made. After the settlement, the conspirators divided up the cash received for the purported repairs.
During the second fraud scheme from July 2007 to May 2009, a conspirator sold his residence in Silver Spring, Md., to Wambura, and attempted to conceal the scheme by using the identity of Wambura's friend and roommate, without lawful authority, as the purported buyer. Wambura again made false statements about the buyer's assets and income. For example, Wambura listed a joint credit union account held by Wambura and his friend as an asset, which Wambura created without his friend's knowledge. After securing the mortgage and obtaining possession of the residence, Wambura continued to use his friend's stolen identity to become a Section 8 landlord for federally subsidized funds. Wambura received portions of the monthly rent paid by the tenant. Wambura and his conspirator also caused $29,186 in government housing program assistance checks, payable to Wambura's friend, to be mailed to Wambura.
As a result of the two conspiracies, Wambura caused between $400,000 and $1 million in losses to federally insured financial institutions.
At his June 16 sentencing before Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow, Wambura faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine on each of two wire fraud conspiracy counts, and a mandatory minimum of two years for aggravated identity theft consecutive to any other sentence.
Edgar Tibakweitira, aka Edgar Julian, Charles Edgar Tibakweitira and Edgar Gaudious Tibakweitira, 37, of Severn, Md., previously pleaded guilty to the conspiracy and to aggravated identity theft, and has agreed to forfeit a Range Rover vehicle. Tibakweitira is scheduled to be sentenced May 6.
Wambura and Tibakweitira are both detained pending their sentencings.
The Maryland Mortgage Fraud Task Force was established to unify the agencies that regulate and investigate mortgage fraud and promote the early detection, identification, prevention and prosecution of mortgage fraud schemes. This case, as well as other cases brought by members of the Task Force, demonstrates the commitment of law enforcement agencies to protect consumers from fraud and promote the integrity of the credit markets. Information about mortgage fraud prosecutions is available at www.justice.gov/usao/md/Mortgage-Fraud/index.html.
The announcement is part of efforts underway by President Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, which was created November 2009 to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. With more than 20 federal agencies, 94 U.S. attorneys' offices and state and local partners, it's the broadest coalition of law enforcement, investigatory and regulatory agencies ever assembled to combat fraud. Since its formation, the task force has made great strides in facilitating increased investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; enhancing coordination and cooperation among federal, state and local authorities; addressing discrimination in the lending and financial markets and conducting outreach to the public, victims, financial institutions and other organizations. Over the past three fiscal years, the Justice Department has filed more than 10,000 financial fraud cases against nearly 15,000 defendants including more than 2,700 mortgage fraud defendants. For more information on the task force, visit www.stopfraud.gov.
The case is being prosecuted in the District of Maryland by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristi N. O'Malley and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin DiGregory, Investigative Counsel for FHFA-OIG.