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Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec will lead his nation into the Olympics and he'll be bringing his best friend and Winnipeg teammate Michael Frolik along for the ride.
Sources in the Czech Hockey Federation have told the Free Press the duo will be named to the Czech Olympic roster barring injury.
Pavelec, according to the same source, is slated to be the No. 1 goalie with Washington Capitals netminder Michal Neuvirth backing up.
Czech stalwart Tomas Vokoun is dealing with blood clots for the second time in his career and the 37-year-old is expected to be unavailable for the Olympics.
Pavelec was a member of the Czech team at the 2010 Olympics and has also represented his team at the 2006 world junior, 2010 World Championship and 2011 World Championship. The Czech's won gold at the 2010 worlds and bronze in 2011.
Frolik played in four world junior tourneys for his country as well as the 2011 world championship.
Jets captain Andrew Ladd remains the only hopeful from his club to make Team Canada. Ladd has had a solid start to his NHL season and remains in the conversation but will likely need an injury to one of the players ahead of him on the left side to get the call.
Evander Kane has not done enough to help his cause and is off the radar for Team Canada.
Defenceman Dustin Byfuglien is still in the picture for Team USA but will need a push to hear his name called. The U.S. aren't deep enough to ignore a talent like Byfuglien but if the coaching staff thinks he's too much of a risk he'll get left home. Byfuglien will likely be in a battle right until the end of December to earn or lose a spot.
Veteran forward Olli Jokinen was on the Finnish summer list and his play this season has likely improved his chances to suit up for his country.
On the world junior scene, the Jets also have a number of prospects with that could find their way to the tournament in Malmo, Sweden.
For Canada, forwards Scott Kosmachuk and Nic Petan will push for spots as will defenceman Josh Morrissey. Goalie Eric Comrie is the favourite to start in goal for Canada.
Defenceman Jan Kostalek will likely earn work for the Czech Republic. Centre Andrew Copp has had a good start to his season at Michigan and has received attention from Team USA.
On the subject of the American squad, don't expect still-eligible defenceman Jacob Trouba to be leaving the Jets to play for his country. NHL teams sometimes send players back to their country's junior team but not in cases such as Trouba's.
Prior to his injury, Trouba was playing well over 20 minutes per game for the Jets and was among their top four defenders.
Impact players don't get assigned to the world junior tournament.
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More OT, less shootout
Last week's GM's meetings in Toronto featured a discussion on changing overtime to try to conclude more games prior to the shootout. Lots of hockey people think the shootout has too much of a bearing on playoff races.
Detroit GM Ken Holland has brought forth a concept where overtime would be extended to include a segment of 3-on-3 play. Currently teams play 4-on-4 for five minutes and then go to the shootout if no one scores.
The NHL's hockey operations department is looking at a number of issues and concepts but the basic idea is to play three or four minutes of 4-on-4 and then go to 3-on-3 for the same amount of time.
Issues being discussed are whether to flood the ice, the effect on top end players and what to do if a team is penalized during 3-on-3.
Don't expect a flood as no one wants to extend the length of games. The NHLPA might have an issue with the extra workload on its top players but this idea has traction and the NHL might decide to go forward with a change to overtime with or without the union's blessing.
If a team is penalized during 3-on-3 a penalty shot could be awarded or a player could be added to create a 4-on-3 power play. Also, points scored during overtime would continue to count in the statistics regardless of when they occurred, 4-on-4 or 3-on-3.
The NHL is expected to have something for the GMs to look at during their winter meetings in March.
Alex Ovechkin scored a pair on Sunday night (including the game-winner) to tie St. Louis Blues forward Alex Steen for the league lead in goals at 17.
Ovechkin is hot scoring four goals in the Caps last three games, which were all wins.
Ovechkin has seven goals and two assists in his last seven games and now has 80 career multi-goal games (620 GP), including four this season. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only player in the last 20 NHL seasons to reach 80 multi-goal games quicker than Ovechkin was Pavel Bure, who did so in 586 games.
The Capitals have earned at least one point in eight of their last nine games (7-1-1) to climb into first place in the Metropolitan Division.
Ovechkin now has 17 goals and seven assists to sit just two back of Steen and the league lead. The talented Russian, however, is a minus-seven and is the only player in the top-ten scorers who isn't even or better. There's been lots of talk about Ovechkin rounding out his game but the reality is he still cheats offensively and it costs his team.
V or TORTS
The Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers traded coaches this off-season and while the early returns favoured John Tortorella and his move West, there is now an argument being made by Alain Vigneault in Manhattan.
The Canucks are now realizing how difficult life is outside of the cozy Northwest Division, which they owned under Vigneault. The Canucks and their 11-8-3 mark find themselves fifth in the much tougher Pacific and would not be a playoff team if the season were to end today.
Vigneault's Rangers started out poorly due to a very-heavy road schedule and some injuries, but have bounced back nicely, winning seven of their last 10 to climb into third spot in the Metro Division with a 10-10-0 mark.
There's lots of hockey to be played and comparing the work of coaches with different teams in different divisions is awkward at best, but at this stage it appears the coaching changes in Vancouver and New York have had little effect on the performance of the teams.
Players win games. Coaches can lose them, but they can't win them.


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Pronunciation: gæ-lênt, gê-lahnt • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Meaning: 1. Very courteous, dashing, spirited, boldly stylish, displaying considerable dignity or nobility. 2. Unflinching, brave, courageous in battle. 3. Imposing, stately, as a gallant ship. 4. [gê-lahnt] Chivalrous, courteous, courtly, attentive to or respectful of women. 5. (Noun [gê-lahnt]) A man who is gallant in the 4th sense.
Notes: Today's word actually has three pronunciations; for lack of space [gê-lænt] was omitted. This and the second pronunciation above are reserved for the 4th and 5th senses of this word. The noun most often accompanying this adjective is gallantry "gallant behavior", while gallantness refers to all the other qualities of being gallant. You may use the adverb, gallantly, as well.
In Play: Efforts are often gallant in the second sense above: "Lilly White made a gallant effort to save her reputation, but being seen in the company of Phil Anders was too much to overcome." Phil was just too gallant for her to resist. The noun is often used in reference to a male escort: "Portia Carr comes to every club event with a different gallant in tow."
Word History: Believe it or not, today's Good Word goes back to the same Proto-Indo-European word that came to English as well. Since Old French didn't have a [w] sound, it transliterated words borrowed from German containing [w] as [gw], the nearest French sound, dropping the [w] almost immediately. Middle English then borrowed the French word as galaunt, from Old French galant, present participle of Frankish Latin galer "to rejoice". Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, French, Czech and English gala are all related to this word. (We now thank Eileen Opiolka for her gallant effort in bringing today's Good Word to our attention in the Alpha Agora.)

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I have a form with a bunch of <select> fields - most of these have only about 4 <options>. I am first writing the PHP validation and this checks if the user has selected an <option> then it adds the attribute of "selected" to that option. However there are a lot of if statements (the way I am doing it). I have a state field with 50 of the US states and I am wary about adding 50 unnecessary if statements. Guidance is appreciated.
Here's what I have:
// Validation
if(trim($_POST['state']) === '') {
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$hasError = true;
} else {
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<option value="Alaska" <?php if($state=="Alaska") echo(" selected=\\"selected\\"");?>>Alaska</option>
First off, writing all those statements for each state would be a pain, second I am not sure about all those if statements. How would a pro handle this? Teach me!
Declare an array of states.Foreach States as StateEcho Option, if State === Selected, echo selected="selected"
Programming rule of thumb: If you're going to do something more than 3 times, reduce it. In this case, 50 Options becomes 4 lines of code.
Something like:<option value="Alaska" <?php ($state==trim($_POST['state'])) ? echo("selected=\"selected\"") : '';?>>Alaska</option>
would solve right away.
In cases like this I'm usually a fan of @StarLion's example.
@StarLion, can you give me an example. I don't know enough PHP to grasp that concept. An example would work great!
$states=array('AAA','BBB','CCC'); //Your array of States
$sel='BBB'; //The value retrieved from the form
<select name="state">
foreach ($states as $state) {
$opt='<option value="'.$state.'"';
if ($sel==$state) { $opt .= ' selected="selected"'; }
$opt .= '>'.$state.'</option>';
echo $opt;
siteguru - thanks for that. I think this is a good lesson in arrays in general. I appreciate you doing that. Ill have to give it a shot when I get home.


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DETROIT - A defense lawyer in the Kwame Kilpatrick federal corruption trial slipped on a rug outside Judge Nancy Edmunds's courtroom Monday and had to be taken to the hospital by EMS for an apparent nose injury.
READ: Kilpatrick hearing adjourned after attorney falls in courthouse
Susan Van Dusen is a lawyer for defendant Bobby Ferguson, a childhood friend of Kilpatrick's. The fall happened during the morning break in the courtroom proceedings. This is the second of Ferguson's defense lawyers to be struck with a health issue. Gerald Evelyn took ill in court in late October, had to be rushed to hospital and court adjourned for two weeks to allow him time to recover.
Earlier in the day, Van Dusen continued her cross-examination of witness Kathleen McCann, a former executive with Soave Enterprises who is now CEO of auto transport company United Road Services Inc. McCann testified last Friday to a difficult "arranged marriage" relationship with contractor Ferguson after her company was forced by the former Detroit mayor to take his friend on as a sub-contractor in order to secure a contract with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD).
The exchange between Van Dusen and McCann was testy to say the least. The defense lawyer pressed the witness to concede that Inland Waters, the Soave Enterprises company that was running the contract, was attempting to use Ferguson Enterprises Inc. as a "pass through" company. Van Dusen went on to explain that a pass through company is when one uses another to filter back revenue into its own pockets and that those sorts of companies are often viewed in the contracting industry as minority fronts. Van Dusen's strategy was to build a case that Ferguson held up negotiations on his end of the contract because he was worried about being used as a pass through.
Absolutely not true answered McCann. "I think those sort of comments are self-serving drama," said the witness about Ferguson.
When Van Dusen stressed that Ferguson just wanted to do the project on "his own two feet", McCann replied firmly "I think there were mixed messages around that, honestly."
McCann continued to resist Van Dusen's portrait of her client as a straightforward, proud man fighting in the contract negotiations his employees' rights.
"No," said McCann. "He was fighting for himself." Calling the situation with Ferguson very unusual, the witness claimed that he wanted money for doing no work. According to McCann, no other sub-contractor ever gave them the same pushback as Ferguson who demanded a certain percentage on contracts before work was actually done and stalled contract negotiations which resulted in work delays.
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|From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Sun Jan 16 23:12:21 EST 2011
But Casey says the _client_ broke the contract. It's irrelevant where things come from when the client breaks the contracts. On Jan 16, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Carl Eastlund wrote: > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Matthias Felleisen > <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote: >> >> On Jan 15, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Casey Klein wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Stevie Strickland >>> <sstrickl at ccs.neu.edu> wrote: >>>> On Jan 15, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Robby Findler wrote: >>>>> I think that we are just throwing up stumbling blocks. It is really a >>>>> design choice (does a reprovide "carry over" the contract or does it >>>>> put a new one on there?) and I seriously doubt there are any places >>>>> where someone does a reprovide intending to change the contract in >>>>> this manner. To the contrary, I expect that nearly every place where >>>>> someone does a reprovide, they indented to use the exact same contract >>>>> (with different parties now). >>>> >>>> This is possible, but _which_ parties? Do you wish to export internals through an external interface that should now take on the positive blame, so that you don't leak your internals (via module names and such used as blame parties)? This seems to me what you'd want for something like redex [...] >>> >>> No, that's not the use case. >>> >>> There are three modules, each of which is an external interface: >>> >>> 1. redex/reduction-semantics, which provides the non-GUI portion of Redex, >>> 2. redex/pict, which provides the typesetting utilities, and >>> 3. redex, which provides all of redex/reduction-semantics and >>> redex/pict, plus some more. >>> >>> The redex module does an all-from-out provide on what it gets from >>> redex/reduction-semantics and redex/pict, making it the negative party >>> on the contracts. When a redex client breaks one of the contracts, >>> redex gets blamed instead of the client. >> >> This sounds like a plain bug. > > That's not a bug. The redex module entered into a contract, then > passed those values on to the client without protecting them at all. > If something goes wrong, redex is to blame. > > --Carl
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UF progress report: Special teams
Published: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 3:32 p.m.
Depth chart heading into August
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A closer look at what we learned about this upcoming group of Gators from spring practice. Special teams Progress report: Trying to replace Caleb Sturgis is not going to be easy. The good news is the Gators started making some progress in that direction in the past week, with Brad Phillips delivering some clutch field goals at the end of practices. The punting game hasn't looked all that good because Kyle Christy is still recovering from shoulder surgery and has not been able to field snaps. He has, however, started punting again and seems to have regained his touch after being idle for more than a month. Spring surprise: Francisco Velez, a walk-on from Ocala Trinity Catholic, has entered the competition at placekicker. Spring star: Phillips has started coming on strong over the past week.
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Globus pharyngis (also known as globus sensation, globus or, somewhat outdatedly, globus hystericus; commonly referred to as having a "lump in one's throat") is the persistent sensation of having phlegm or some other sort of obstruction in the throat when there is none. Swallowing can be performed normally, so it is not a true case of dysphagia, but it can become quite irritating. One may also feel mild chest pain or even severe pain with a clicking sensation when swallowing. In most cases the cause is unknown and symptoms maybe attributed to a psychogenic cause i.e. a somatoform or anxiety disorder. A notable fictional sufferer was Danny Weems in the 1944 film Up in Arms, a hypochondriac who constantly complained about a "clicking" in his throat, especially when he turned his neck.[1]
The "lump in the throat" sensation that characterizes globus pharyngis is usually caused by inflammation of one or more parts of the throat, such as the larynx or hypopharynx, due to gastroesophageal reflux or oesophageal dysmotility.[1]
A less common cause, distinguished by a "lump in the throat" accompanied with clicking sensation and considerable pain when swallowing, maybe due to thyroid-cartilage rubbing against anomalous asymmetrical laryngeal anatomy e.g. the superior cornu abrading against the thyroid lamina,[2][3] surgically trimming the offending thyroid-cartilage provides immediate relief in all cases.[1] However this cause is frequently misdiagnosed, despite requiring a simple clinical examination involving careful palpation of the neck side to side which elicits the same click sensation (laryngeal crepitus) and pain as when swallowing, most cases are due to prior trauma to the neck.[1] High resolution computed tomographic (CT) or MRI scan of the larynx is usually required to fully understand the anomalous laryngeal anatomy. Anterior displacement the thyroid ala on the affected side while swallowing can help resolve symptoms.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Smith, Marshall E., Gerald S. Berke, Steven D. Gray, Heather Dove, Ric Harnsberger (2001-09-01). Clicking in the Throat: Cinematic Fiction or Surgical Fact?. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 127 (9): 1129-1131.
- ↑ Nadig, S K, S Uppal, G W Back, A P Coatesworth, A R H Grace (2006). Foreign Body Sensation in the Throat Due to Displacement of the Superior Cornu of the Thyroid Cartilage: Two Cases and a Literature Review. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology 120 (07): 608-609.
- ↑ Lin, Doris, Nancy Fischbein, David Eisele (2005). Odynophagia Secondary to Variant Thyroid Cartilage Anatomy. Dysphagia 20 (3): 232-234.
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Pennsylvania high school football notebook
Holy Redeemer junior quarterback Jimmy Strickland made history on a rainy Friday night.
Strickland set the District 2 single-game passing record when he threw for 481 yards in the Royals' 47-37 win at Hanover Area. The previous mark of 474 yards was set by Riverside's Nick Dranchak earlier this season.
Strickland was 25 of 38 with five touchdown passes for the Royals (2-6). He leads the Wyoming Valley Conference with 1,805 yards.
District 1 and 12
• For the first time since Dick Beck became head coach at North Penn in 2002, the Knights (4-4) will not make the playoffs. Streaking Pennridge (8-1) bounced North Penn 28-21 in exciting fashion Friday night. With the win Pennridge proved they are more than running back Mike Class, who was limited to one touchdown 75 yards. The Rams should win the Continental Conference title and secure the third seed in the D1-AAAA playoffs.
• Central Bucks West (5-3) kept its playoff hopes alive with a harder-than-it-should-have-been 31-14 win over Hatboro-Horsham (1-7). The alphabet-challenging combination of quarterback Corey Rimenschneider and tailback Sherrod Higginbotham led the Bucks with two touchdowns each. Higginbotham rushed for 271 yards on 26 carries. Reimenschneider chipped in 122 yards.
• Central Bucks South improved to 7-1 with a 34-13 victory over Central Bucks East. It was a nice bounce-back win for the Titans, who were led by quarterback John Pileggi's four touchdown passes.
• Neshaminy (6-2) won a wild Suburban One National contest over two-win Bensalem, 42-33, without head coach Mark Schmidt. The skipper was serving a one-game suspension handed down by the Neshaminy administration for allegedly mistreating a player during the previous week's game.
• Abington (6-2) continues make a playoff run, dispatching Council Rock North, 30-13. The Ghosts were led by quarterback Dylan Collins, who ran for one touchdown and threw for another.
• Pennsbury defeated Norristown 28-0 to stay in contention for the Suburban One National title behind a pair of touchdown runs by Shawn Pepper.
• St. Joe's Prep remained perfect in the Philadelphia Catholic League, besting Father Judge, 42-3. La Salle had a rough go while defeating Roman Catholic 28-14. The Explorers lost starting quarterback Chris Kane for an undetermined amount of time with an ankle injury.
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• To those who know him, football is losing a great man. Mid Valley football coach Frank Pazzaglia told his team and the school administration Monday that he is retiring at the end of this season. He has been a high school football coach at Blakely, Valley View and Mid Valley for 50 years. A member of the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Pazzaglia, 71, has 344 wins to rank fourth all time in Pennsylvania. Mid Valley hosts Dunmore on Friday and finishes at Honesdale on Nov. 2.
• Wyoming Area's Nick O'Brien came close to tying a state record as he returned two punts for touchdowns in the Warriors' 48-15 win over GAR in a showdown of the top two teams in Class AA in District 2. The state record is three held by Roxborough's Ramon Odom. O'Brien had a 43-yard return and a 39-yard return go along with one rushing touchdown and three passing touchdowns.
District 3
• The logjam atop Section 1 in the Lancaster-Lebanon League will be snapped Friday night when undefeated Penn Manor (5-0 league, 8-0 overall) hosts Wilson (5-0, 7-1) in Millersville. Wilson brings a 34-game Section 1 winning streak — and the league's top-ranked defense — to town, and the Bulldogs just took over the top spot in the District 3-AAAA rankings. Penn Manor is third. So there's plenty of riding in this much-anticipated game.
• Great two-game stretch by McCaskey senior multi-purpose back Aaron Swinton. On Saturday against Cedar Crest, he rushed for 227 yards and three touchdowns and caught five passes for 125 yards and another score. He also intercepted a pass on defense in McCaskey's 42-41 overtime win. Two weeks ago, in the Red Tornado's 42-7 triumph over Warwick, Swinton scored four touchdowns and picked off two passes on defense. McCaskey is 4-4 and ranked No. 9 in District 3-AAAA. Swinton, also a basketball standout for the Tornado, made a recruiting visit to Princeton last week, and he's also considering Bucknell and Penn for football.
• Cocalico put a stranglehold on the L-L League Section 2 race with a 34-18 win in the rain over Lampeter-Strasburg last Friday. Spencer Moser had a pair of first-quarter touchdown bursts and the Eagles (5-0 league, 7-1 overall) held off the Pioneers late. Cocalico is angling for its first Section 2 crown since joining the section in 2004. The Eagles have a one-game lead over Manheim Central, whom they defeated 48-35 in Week 6.
District 5 and 6
• Quarterbacks passing for 5,000 career yards are a rarity, but Penns Manor's Danny Ferens joined a more unique quarterbacking club when he surpassed the 5,000-yard rushing mark for his career in a 48-0 win against Purchase Line. Ferens only ran the ball twice in the game, scoring both times on gains that totaled 127 yards.
• In a huge Heritage Conference game last week, Ligonier Valley stopped a Homer-Center two-point conversion attempt when the runner slipped in the mud, then the Rams scored themselves to eke out a 14-13 victory. That sets up big games for both those teams again this week, as 7-1 Ligonier travels to 6-2 Northern Cambria, while 6-2 Homer-Center is at 7-1 Penns Manor.
• Bellwood-Antis kept its more-than-50-game winning streak against current Inter-County Conference teams alive with a 20-0 victory at previously-unbeaten Northern Bedford. The Blue Devils scored on a fourth-down run by quarterback Seth Worthing, a 5-yard Casey Gray run on the last play of the first half after the Black Panthers were assessed personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties earlier on the drive and a 5-yard interception return by Ian O'Shea. Bellwood also held Northern Bedford QB Blake Over, who came into the game with nearly 1,500 yards passing, to 98 yards through the air.
District 7
• Aliquippa, the state's No. 1 ranked team in Class AA, put on quite a show last week during a 66-7 victory over rival Beaver Falls before a regional television audience on Root Sports Pittsburgh. The Quips (8-0), who are averaging nearly 54 ppg, scored four times in the first quarter and opened a 46-7 lead at halftime. While the offense was dominating, the defense also stood out with an interception and fumble returned for a touchdown. "We played extremely well; we can't play better than that," said Aliquippa coach Mike Zmijanac. Aliquippa will get its shot to play better Friday against also-unbeaten Beaver to decide the Midwestern Conference title. Beaver earned the 600th win in program history last week.
• Blackhawk running back Cole Chiappialle rushed for 404 yards on 33 carries Friday in a 48-25 victory over Chartiers Valley and has now gained nearly 1,400 yards this season. He joined an elite group of WPIAL running backs that have surpassed 400 yards in a game, including Fort Cherry's Mike Vernillo, who held the WPIAL rushing record before Pitt's Rushel Shell broke it last year.
District 8
• The Pittsburgh City League playoffs begin this week, as defending champion USO plays Brashear and Allderdice takes on regular-season champion Perry. Perry earned the top seed after beating USO, 12-6, last week by stuffing USO four times from the 1-yard line in the final three minutes. "That was huge," Perry coach Bill Gallagher said. "The kids had their backs against the wall, and our defensive staff did a great job. They did it. It was awesome. That was fantastic." USO was mourning the loss of two-way starting lineman Ne'Ondre Harbour, who was shot and killed the previous Sunday night as an innocent bystander in Garfield, according to Pittsburgh Police.
District 9
• With wins during the final two weeks of District 9's regular season, Clarion (8-0) will become the first Class A team to go undefeated in the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference since 2003, when Clarion-Limestone accomplished the feat. Clarion travels to Allegheny-Clarion Valley (3-4) Friday. And next week, the Bobcats will host Brookville (6-2). The KSAC split into two divisions, one for its six Class A teams and one for its five teams who are Class AA or larger, in 2010. But several conference members, including Clarion, still fill their schedules with non-division KSAC opponents. Clarion has yet to win a game by fewer than 12 points.
District 10
• Cathedral Prep star quarterback Damion Terry, a Michigan State recruit, is setting all kinds of records this season. He threw for six more touchdowns and ran for one in a 61-19 win over Central Tech. He is now 243 passing yards from becoming District 10's all-time career passer. He is 137 of 192 this season for 2,135 yards and 31 touchdowns to only two interceptions. His streak of more than 120 pass attempts without an interception was broken two weeks ago against New York power Aquinas Institute. Prep will host East on Friday before a trip to Edinboro in Week 10 to take on General McLane, which could be a District 10 Class AAA championship preview.
• Prep has become a strong candidate to end District 10's longest drought without a team in a PIAA championship game. Wilmington, the 2008 Class AA champion, is the last D-10 team to make it to Hershey. The Ramblers are 8-0 this season and have won by an average of 37.1 points per game. Prep is a huge favorite to win D-10 and could be 12-0 when squaring off with the WPIAL champion in the PIAA quarterfinals.
• District 10 could hash out its eight-team Class AA playoff field this week. Powerhouses Grove City, Hickory and Wilmington are in along with Corry, Northwestern and Greenville. Greenville knocked off Reynolds, 27-26, in overtime this past week, which decided the final playoff spot from Region 3. The last two Class AA spots are down to Fairview, Girard and North East. Fairview will travel to Northwestern, while North East hosts Seneca and Girard takes on Fort LeBoeuf.
• Fairview junior running back Shannon Jackson is having a career year. In only eight games, Jackson has rushed for 1,861 yards and 23 touchdowns on 222 carries. Jackson, who caught a touchdown pass earlier this season to break Fairview's string of more than 14 games without a touchdown pass, might be District 10's only 2,000-yard rusher. He tied a D-10 record with 49 carries in one game earlier this season and should reach the 2,000-yard plateau this week. If he doesn't, Fairview will likely get one playoff game for him to get there.
District 11
• The biggest Lehigh Valley Conference football game of the season will be Friday, when undefeated Easton (8-0 overall, 7-0 LVC) travels to second-place Whitehall (6-2, 6-1). Easton has won the last two meetings in the series, beating the Zephyrs 13-10 in the District 11 AAAA final in 2010 and winning 34-33 in overtime during the regular season last year.
• The status of Easton sophomore running back Shane Simpson, who missed last week's game against Liberty with an undisclosed injury, was unknown as of Tuesday afternoon. Simpson is the LVC's second-leading rusher with 979 yards and is averaging 8.5 yards per carry.
• Nazareth could have two 1,000-yard rushers by the end of Friday's game against Emmaus. Quarterback Parish Simmons (962 yards) and running back Jordan Gray (920) are both within 80 yards of the milestone. Simmons already has thrown for 1,182 yards this season, and ranks third in the LVC in both rushing and passing yards.
• Central Catholic running back Colin McDermott has a chance to add a few more records to his ledger in the next two weeks. He needs one more touchdown to become the school's all-time TD leader; he is currently tied with Rashonn Drayton at 64 touchdowns. McDermott also needs 290 more rushing yards to set a single-season school record. Tom Williams ran for a Central Catholic record of 1,769 yards in 1996. McDermott already has set the Vikings' career and single-game rushing marks this season.
• The weather last Friday night cooked up a strange brew for several games. Two games were suspended and resumed later in the evening when lightning was spotted. Three other games were suspended until Saturday. Two of those saw the teams trailing at the break rally to win. Jim Thorpe led Schuylkill Haven, 28-21, at the break when the weather hit Rotary Field. When the second half kicked off about 14 hours later Saturday afternoon, the Hurricanes scored 21 straight points en route to a 50-42 victory.
• In an important Anthracite Football League matchup that also had District 11 Class A playoff implications, Shenandoah Valley led Marian 14-7 when the game was suspended with 6:51 left in the third quarter. The Blue Devils managed a field goal before surrendering two long touchdown passes by the Colts' Corey Quick that lifted Marian (7-1) to a 21-17 victory.
• Unbeaten Tamaqua led Panther Valley 26-0 when bad weather struck midway through the third quarter. Initially the game was called and Tamaqua declared the winner. However, AFL bylaws call for the agreement of both coaches before a game is called and PV coach Lon Hazlet decided to have his Panthers return Saturday at 7 p.m. to finish the contest. The Blue Raiders (8-0) scored three more times en route to a 46-0 win, taking a step closer to their first AFL title and a potential rematch with Catasauqua in the D11-AA playoffs. The Raiders beat Catty 33-32 in last year's Eastern Conference Class AA semifinals.
— Contributions from Kevin Keating, Pottsville Republican; Jeff Reinhart, LLLeagueSports.com; Tom Reisenweber, Erie Times-News; Mike Drago, Reading Eagle; Dan Morehouse, WNPV Radio; Stephen Miller, Allentown Morning Call; Joby Fawcett, Scranton Times; Phil Cmor, Altoona Mirror; Jim Reeser, Wilkes-Barre Citzens Voice; Andrew P. Shay, The Patriot-News; Bill West, Leader Times; and Bill Hartlep, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.


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If you're one of those Atkins dieters..STOP READING THIS POST NOW!
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Piggybacking off another post I thought that the topic of grilled bread deserved some more ideas. What are everyones favorite ways to mix bread and grill. I've followed and adapted Steve's recipes for pizza and garlic bread with fantastic results, and I look to try BBcue Z's pannini recipe soon. But what else is there? My gut (no pun intended) tells me if the equation is bread meets olive oil meets flame it will be good, but what does everyone else do?
And don't tell the Atkins guys, that would just be a cruel tease...


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Carlos Beltran came back in last night's loss to the Marlins. He went 1-for-4 at the plate and just missed hitting a grand slam. He looked comfortable in the field, too.
His return also is giving Mets management a difficult decision in whom to send out to left field every day. Both Angel Pagan and Cory Sullivan have played well in the outfield. Pagan got the start last night and had two hits, including another triple. Sullivan has a .313 batting average in the past 11 games.
The game was pretty much over after the fifth inning. The Marlins hit two, two-run homers, and the Mets managed to eke out two of their own. By the sixth inning, the SNY-TV announcers Ron Darling, Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez had left the booth to experiment with what they called the "Silent Sixth." There was no commentary in the entire inning, just the natural sounds of the game.
That wasn't the only difference in the booth last night. Ten-year-old Kyle Singh of Queens got the opportunity to be the play-by-play announcer in the bottom of the third inning. Looks like the Mets are pulling out all the stops in the final month of the season.


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Just 48 hours after receiving a drubbing at the polls, outgoing Italian prime minister Mario Monti came to Brussels and delivered his first major address since the election, in which he issued a dire warning to other leaders attempting to reform their countries in the midst of a deepening recession: what just happened to me can happen to you.
Monti's remarks, which appeared off the cuff, came at the end of a detailed review of Italian and EU competition policy as part of a conference Thursday hosted by Joaquin Almunia, one of Monti's successors as EU competition commissioner.
Monti warned that because economies take a long time to grow after implementing tough austerity and economic reform measures, public opinion quickly turns against the policies and the result is "the coming up of political forces that, of course, oppose the right policies" – a not-so-veiled reference to the Five Star Movement of Italian populist Beppe Grillo, which well outpolled Monti's coalition in this week's vote.


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I will likely spring for this improved resolution screen. It's really what has kept me from getting a tablet. It doesn't seem to make much sense to buy something made specifically for media consumption WITHOUT an HD resolution. That said, I still find these machines to be overpriced, but hey, I have spent enough on games/apps so I can enjoy those on a bigger screen too. I had to give in at some point. :/
I just love how much assumptions we are already making about the iPad 3...
Thanks but I'll wait for Apple to release it before making judgements because I heard from a friend of a friend it's going to have a 10ghz quad dual core processors and going to be powered by a micro nuclear reactor and his friends friend said its going to be a holographic display (not 3d) but holographic so it will just project in mid air as you lay it on your coffee table.
For those who already own an iPad...
First question you should ask yourself is how long has the iPhone4 been out?
How many apps that supports retina display?
Do you really want to rush out to buy a retina display iPad when it is not fully supported until maybe 2013?
Until there is some addition to this iPad3 that is totally revolutionary and totally different from iPad2, I see absolutely no need to buy this. I seem to recall a reporter saw the iPad3 at the CES said he was not impressed, so I would assume nothing new except faster and improved display.
Also it's rather easy to make an application retina display compatible - it shouldn't cause developers to delay the update that much.
Why would Apple need to do this now if everyone is making retina display apps on iPhone 4?
Considering all the iPad 1 and iPad 2 out there, why would they make retina display iPad 3 when it is easier to make regular display and make more money from them?
Absolutely no need to get iPad 3 for at least a year, even after 1 year I don't believe that many retina display iPad3 specific games out there.
Put it this way, I won't be getting an iPad 3 if it does not have a better display. It does everything I want now except for crappy graphics when reading web pages. I'm spoiled by the iP4's display. It's Apple's own fault for making such a beautiful display on the iP4 but not on anything else.
And that nonsense about no software support is just ignorance. The reason why iPhone 4 have "double resolution" ( yes, I know it's actually 4 times the pixels), is so it is backwards compatible with old applications.
And when there are great demand for retina iPad apps (which there will), developers will simply "edit" their apps to support it so they can make money! They're stupid not to.
Seriously- every day sites are reconfiguring their websites to do away with flash- it's a power/cycle/bandwidth pig. There are so many other valid things to consider- flash shouldn't even be part of the process.
Just my 2 cents.


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The Caledonia branch was started in 1938, sponsored by local church and civic groups, in particular the American Legion, and was originally located in the village council room. The branch was moved in 1958 to its present quarters in the IOOF building at the corner of Main and Marion Streets on the village square.
Caledonia Public Library participates in the Summer Reading Program as well as other library events.
112 Marion Street
Caledonia, OH 43314
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A MASS sell-off of public sector buildings in Worcestershire has been given the greed light by the county council - in the hope it can generate £118 million for front line services.
A unique plan among the county's biggest public sector employers is set to kick off which will see scores of unneeded properties belonging to councils, the police, NHS and fire service flogged.
The project, first revealed by your Worcester News yesterday, was supported by County Hall's Conservative cabinet today despite strong opposition from Labour.
Labour said the council was "trying to sell the family silver" but the leadership said the project was about raising extra funds for services and getting rid of clunky, expensive properties.
Assets like the Guildhall, County Hall and Hindlip are off bounds but other buildings deemed not fit-for-purpose because they are empty, derelict, not needed or too expensive to run are in line to be sold.
The project is expected to include seven different bodies including the county council, Worcester City Council, the NHS trust, West Mercia Police, Redditch Borough Council, the fire service and Warwickshire Police.
A report on it says by sharing office space, downsizing and selling off property it will save the county council alone £49 million in maintenance costs over the next decade, and could result in an estimated £118 million of combined sales.
Councillor John Campion, county council cabinet member for transformation and commissioning, said: "This is another example of an area where we've got a great history, but we are planning to turn up the heat and do things differently.
"We spend millions on supporting our properties, this proposal is about working together and saving money.
"Our number one priority is supporting growth in the economy and by working as one we want to not only get maximum value for the taxpayer but maximum value for the economy."
During clashes with the opposition Councillor Peter McDonald, Labour group leader, said his rivals were "selling the family silver" and claimed "crown jewels" are under threat.
But Councillor Simon Geraghty, deputy leader, said "nobody wants to see resources tied up in empty buildings".
Councillor Adrian Hardman, the leader, said: "We estimate it will save us £49 million in revenue alone over the next 10 years - that will have a direct impact on funding the front line, it's an entirely sensible move."
A business plan is being put together and the other bodies will be asked to make final decisions on their commitment to it in the coming months.
The seven organisations spend £56 million a year on building costs.
Councillor Marcus Hart, the cabinet member for health and well-being said: "That is taxpayers' money we are talking about, I 100 per cent endorse all the recommendations because we need to spend this on services, not buildings."
The project is being monitored carefully by the Government, which believes Worcestershire is breaking new ground with the project.


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THE following planning applications were validated by south Bucks councils on Thursday.
Wycombe District Council
Barn Cottage, Cryers Hill Lane, Cryers Hill, Buckinghamshire, HP15 6AA. Householder application for demolition of rear single storey structure and construction of a two storey rear extension and rear dormer (alternative scheme to p/p 13/07921/FUL.
Hamblebrook House, Rectory Hill, Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, RG9 6RP. Householder application for removal of gate at front boundary wall and extend existing wall closing access.
Land Fronting 1 & 2 Hartwell Close, Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire, HP10 8AP. Creation of 5 additional car parking spaces.
12 Stratton Road, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, HP27 9BH. Householder application for construction of pitched roof to existing flat roof to front and insertion of window to replace existing garage door in connection with conversion of garage into habitable accommodation and associated external alterations.
Land At Monkton Farm, Monkton Lane, Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 3RF. Erection detached building for use as Grain Store.
Former Site Of 88 To 102 Gordon Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Redevelopment of existing car park site for the erection of 7 x 3 bedroom terrace houses with associated parking.
4 Priory Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 6SE. Prior notification application (Class J) for change of use of existing building falling within Class B1(a) (offices) to Class C3 (dwellinghouses) to create 8 dwellings.
Land Fronting 84 Green Hill, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Erection of 1 x 3 bed dwellinghouse with associated parking and landscaping.
Brew Tower, Barley Way, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2UQ. Proposed replacement windows to whole building with UPVc windows.
Newland Street, Eden, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Installation of 10 x bench seats along the public space of the shopping centre.
South Bucks District Council
Stockgrove, Templewood Lane, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, SL2 3HF. Single storey side extension, construction of 3 bay carport and alterations to existing garage roof to form games room.
11 Holtspur Close, Holtspur, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1DP. Front porch and part two storey/part single storey rear extension.
Ambleside, 72 Fulmer Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 7EF. Part single storey/part first floor front/side extension incorporating garage conversion. Single storey rear extension and loft conversion with rooflights and rear dormer.
National Trust Office, Cliveden Estate, Cliveden Road, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, SL6 0JA. Listed Building Application to renew damaged brick piers and band courses with bespoke sized bricks and re-apply a render repair to the Grand Staircase.
Newton Wyck, Blackpond Lane, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, SL2 3EN. Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of three detached houses and one detached garage.
9 Orchardville, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, SL1 7BE. Extension of existing vehicular access by 4 metres.
Chiltern District Council
Farthings, Copse Lane, Jordans, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2TA. Single storey rear extension 4.5 metres beyond the rear wall of original dwelling.
16 Lycrome Road, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 3LA. Single storey rear extension 4 metres beyond the rear wall of original dwelling.


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Qantas has posted its worst ever loss of $2.8 billion, but chief Alan Joyce insists the airline is over the most turbulent period in its 94-year history.
After posting profits for 18 consecutive years since partial privatisation in 1993, the Flying Kangaroo's earnings nosedived on Thursday.
The airline haemorrhaged more than $7 million a day in the past year, largely because of its profit-draining battle with rival Virgin and a poor performing international division.
While the net loss was more than double market expectations, prompting calls for Mr Joyce and the board to go, the underlying pre-tax loss of $646 million was better than that forecast by analysts.
Mr Joyce, who in February described the company's half-year results as "unacceptable", said there was no doubt the full-year numbers were "confronting".
"But they represent the year that is past, and we have now come through the worst," he said from the airline's base at Mascot in Sydney.
Mr Joyce insisted there were no plans to shed more jobs beyond the 5,000 already announced as part of the airline's three-year transformation program.
He said the group's financial performance was expected to rapidly improve in the year ahead, and that Qantas was on track to deliver an underlying profit in the first half of 2015.
Investors appeared to agree, pushing Qantas shares up nine cents, or seven per cent, to $1.385.
The biggest drivers of the loss were the poor performance of the international arm, which gave away $497 million, and a two-year seat and price war with Virgin.
Fuel costs were also a major drag, up by $253 million to $4.5 billion.
Qantas Domestic managed to post a pre-tax profit of $30 million, but that was down 92 per cent on a year ago.
One of the few bright spots was the airline's frequent flyer loyalty program, which continued its barnstorming growth by adding another five million members and making $286 million.
The writedown of its fleets of Airbus A380s and Boeing 747s, as well as other aircraft, contributed $2.6 billion to the loss, although the move is expected to save the company $200 million a year in depreciation expenses.
The writedown was necessary, Mr Joyce explained, because the company had to test the value of its assets following the creation of a separate entity for Qantas International after changes to foreign investment laws.
Chief financial officer Gareth Evans said the separation of the international and domestic arms created the "potential for bringing external investment into the business over the long-term".
Transport Minister Warren Truss welcomed the projected return to profit this financial year.
"While the numbers are dramatic, the reality is Qantas is a strong company and seems to be positioning itself for a better future," he said.
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon described the result as "absolutely shocking" and questioned why Mr Joyce and chairman Leigh Clifford still had jobs.
"Alan Joyce is to Qantas what Caligula was to the Roman Empire," Senator Xenophon said.
Unions also called for the Qantas board to be sacked.
Transport Workers Union national secretary Tony Sheldon said the airline's current management had been responsible for the largest two losses in Qantas's history.
"We've been told that the next big decision was the one that was going to turn the airline around," he said.
"It's failed to. All we've seen is the next big loss."
* Net loss of $2.8b, compared to a $1m net profit in 2012/13
* Revenue of $15.35b, down 3.4 pct from $15.9b
* No dividend


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By Ben Ellison
Northstar 972
The 972 is a major update of Northstar's ground-breaking 962 discussed in the column, and thus its high-resolution (1024x768 pixel), 15-inch multifunction display is actually the head end of a purpose-built navigation PC. Like the 962, it supports paper-like Maptech chart CDs, but now it offers cartographic choices. Its hard drive comes loaded with Nobeltec's worldwide Passport vector charts along with 3-D bathymetric data and photo maps for U.S. waters (the Bahamas is also covered); it takes only a phone call to purchase and unlock a region. Options for a $11,995 972 include various-size high-resolution Ethernet radar scanners, a black-box fishfinder, and a second full-function control head. Video input and output are also possible, and one possible repeater is the company's new 1502 monitor, which can handle up to six camera, entertainment, black box, and computer inputs. The $6,495 1502's case complements both the 972 and Northstar's new 15-inch 6000i embedded multifunction display.
Northstar ( (800) 628-4487. www.northstarnav.com.
This article originally appeared in the February 2005 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Daily Dish: Victoria Beckham's Son Romeo Loves Fashion
Having three young boys would normally be quite a handful for any mother, but lucky for Victoria Beckham she has one son who isn't all rough & tumble.
-Carolyn French
In the December UK edition of Harper's Bazaar shop-til-you-drop fashionista Victoria Beckham claims that her middle child Romeo James, 7, is just as interested in looking stylish as she is.
"We had dinner last night and Romeo wore a suit with a little shirt and tie," she reveals. "That's what he would wear every single day, he's so into fashion."
Victoria says that Romeo likes to help his beautiful mama with her clothing line and even gives her input. Sort of reminds us of how Suri Cruise assists Katie Holmes in the wardrobe department! (Celebrity Baby Blog)
More Daily Dish: Octomom: "I'm a Good Mother"


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I grilled a prime rib according to How to Grill and it came out awesome! Here's a tip for the leftovers: make philly steak sandwiches.
The following day, I used an electric meat slicer and thinly sliced the remaining roast. Do it refrigerated for better results. Then I gently fried the meat in bacon grease and served it on homemade hard rolls with sauteed (in bacon grease again) peppers and onions and cheese....amazing!


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DUDLEY and Stourbridge Harriers are keeping their fingers crossed this Saturday's prestigious Heart of England Young Athletes meeting gets the go-ahead.
Fears were raised when a £17,000 facelift scheduled for their home track in Brierley Hill at the Dell Stadium ground to a halt after cleaning equipment broke down.
The track was scheduled to reopen on June 2 - but missed its deadline as the contractors struggled to get new parts for their equipment.
Both the long jump and pole vault areas were due to receive deep cleaning while re-lining work was scheduled for the track.
Dudley and Stourbridge Harriers (DASH) chairman David Eades confirmed: "Work on the track has been completed and is due to be inspected on Thursday, when I'm expecting it to pass.
"If it fails, we will have to cancel the meeting and we really didn't want to do that.
"Despite the machinery breaking down, we've still managed to train, apart from last week when the re-lining work took place.
"But we didn't bargain for the machinery breaking down and that left a huge air of uncertainty hanging over the place."
DASH have also been forced to put the lid on their Young Athletes Academy after becoming a victim of their own success.
Such is the demand to join, that DASH have cancelled their own waiting list.
Mr Eades admitted: "We've always had a waiting list of at least 30 people wanting to join. The Academy has proved particularly popular".
The Academy is primarily aimed at Under-9's, 10's and 11's but a shortage of qualified coaches coupled with lack of space has limited the amount of people DASH can recruit.
Mr Eades insisted: "It's a real shame and something we need to get sorted out for next season. The problem is that very few people ever drop out.
"Interest was extremely high after the 2012 Olympics, but its petered out a bit now, but we still need to have more qualified coaches on board.
"The problem is that we rely entirely on volunteers to run the Academy. They do it for the love of athletics and we're very much in their hands".


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Los Angeles Slow Art Day - LACMA - April 27, 2013
Fresno Art Museum
Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Art viewing: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch: 1:00 PM - 2.00 PM
At LACMA Cafe
Hosts: Melanie McQuitty, contact Melanie via e-mail
Monika DelBosque, firstname.lastname@example.com
Slow Art Day is a worldwide celebration of art that encourages people to look at art SLOWLY – and thereby experience art in a new way. You can see more about Slow Art Day and the mission behind it on our website: http://SlowArtDay.com.
As Slow Art Day approaches, you'll hear from your host with more information, as well as instructions about what to do when you arrive for Slow Art Day.
More info about Slow Art Day movement: facebook | twitter | tumblr
When & Where
5905 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles,
Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM (PDT)
Add to my calendar


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A White House petition to make unlocking cell phones legal again has passed 1 lakh signature . Passing the milestone means the U.S. government has to issue an official response.
A White House petition to make unlocking cell phones legal again has passed 1 lakh signature . Passing the milestone means the U.S. government has to issue an official response.
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This law honestly makes me pretty upset. There's no reason for this to be expressly illegal - it's not like US cell phone systems aren't backwards enough as it is - and it just screams to me of big companies paying to get the bill through. I don't think Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile would want this - in fact, T-Mobile advertisements specifically say "bring us your unlocked AT&T phone and we'll save you money/give you a discount on your service", and unlocking a Sprint or Verizon phone doesn't get you very far (they use CDMA phones, and an unlocked CDMA phone isn't usable on most networks because most networks are GSM) - rather, I smell Apple's hand in this. It's not uncommon for tourists to go to a Radioshack or Best Buy or something and try to buy an iPhone and get it unlocked, even after Apple adjusted the USD price of the iPhone.
If you really want to get angry, look at how the Congressional Librarian is responsible for all manner of determinations on IP fair usage.
Way too much power, wielded way too capriciously.
I'm a fan of sensible copyright and patent protection. What we have now is not sensible by any means, and needs to be completely rewritten.
A petition was started at whitehouse.gov https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pet...legal/1g9KhZG7 to have the Librarian of Congress revisit that decision. 'It reduces consumer choice, and decreases the resale value of devices that consumers have paid for in full. The Librarian noted that carriers are offering more unlocked phones at present, but the great majority of phones sold are still locked,this can be done using any third party vendors like Onlinegsmunlock.com .The policy is a big issue for anyone who wants to use their phone abroad, without needing to go through their U.S.' carrier's expensive roaming and international plans. Additionally, anyone who wants to move to a new GSM carrier in the U.S. (such as T-Mobile to AT&T), will have issues.
I find these laws old unknowing senile folks that most likely don't use the item they try to rule ower anyway really stupid!
Sure if you mod something that you connect to like the cell net then ofc you should not mod it, but when it comes to you phone if you have bought it then it is your and you can do what you want to it.
Think this should be some pretty basic stuff.
Same for moding game consoles, copying games might be illegal but soldering a chip into your console or moding your software is up to you since it is your item. and no brand should be able to make the unit useless exept perhaps denying it acces to their network, but it should still be completely fine to use in offline mode.
I'm a stranger, I'm a changer.
And I'm danger... maybe...
The White House has come out in support of unlocking cell phones:
'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers clogged with rotting red
And there they lay I damn me eyes
All lookouts clapped on Paradise
All souls bound just contrarywise, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
that obviously means the republicans will oppose unlocking cellphones. seems both sides just oppose each other just for the sake of opposing each other nowadays.
long live the sin'dorei race! death to the draenei mongrels!
got a good response today from the white house about legalizing cell phone unlocking. here is the source:
The recent ruling that effectively bans third-party phone unlocking has ruffled more than a few feathers, and the people have spoken with their electronic signatures -- 114,322 of them, to be exact. Now the petition to the White House, which asks that DMCA protection of phone unlockers be reconsidered, has finally received an official response, and it appears that it's for the positive. The author of the letter is R. David Edelman, Senior Advisor for Internet, Innovation and Privacy.
"The White House agrees with the 114,000+ of you who believe that consumers should be able to unlock their cell phones without risking criminal or other penalties," Edelman writes. All told, the response matches that of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which wrote a letter to the Librarian of Congress in support of extending the exemption last year.
So what does this mean for us? Edelman states: "The Obama Administration would support a range of approaches to addressing this issue, including narrow legislative fixes in the telecommunications space that make it clear: neither criminal law nor technological locks should prevent consumers from switching carriers when they are no longer bound by a service agreement or other obligation." We're not going to see immediate change, but it appears that a chain of events is now in motion in which the FCC and Congress potentially play a huge role. We're not out of the woods yet, but it's relieving to see such a positive response -- along with a call to action -- from the government.
what do you guys think?
here is the full response letter:
Thank you for sharing your views on cell phone unlocking with us through your petition on our We the People platform. Last week the White House brought together experts from across government who work on telecommunications, technology, and copyright policy, and we're pleased to offer our response.
The White House agrees with the 114,000+ of you who believe that consumers should be able to unlock their cell phones without risking criminal or other penalties. In fact, we believe the same principle should also apply to tablets, which are increasingly similar to smart phones. And if you have paid for your mobile device, and aren't bound by a service agreement or other obligation, you should be able to use it on another network. It's common sense, crucial for protecting consumer choice, and important for ensuring we continue to have the vibrant, competitive wireless market that delivers innovative products and solid service to meet consumers' needs.
This is particularly important for secondhand or other mobile devices that you might buy or receive as a gift, and want to activate on the wireless network that meets your needs -- even if it isn't the one on which the device was first activated. All consumers deserve that flexibility.
The White House's position detailed in this response builds on some critical thinking done by the President's chief advisory Agency on these matters: the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). For more context and information on the technical aspects of the issue, you can review the NTIA's letter to the Library of Congress' Register of Copyrights (.pdf), voicing strong support for maintaining the previous exception to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for cell phone carrier unlocking.
Contrary to the NTIA's recommendation, the Librarian of Congress ruled that phones purchased after January of this year would no longer be exempted from the DMCA. The law gives the Librarian the authority to establish or eliminate exceptions -- and we respect that process. But it is also worth noting the statement the Library of Congress released today on the broader public policy concerns of the issue. Clearly the White House and Library of Congress agree that the DMCA exception process is a rigid and imperfect fit for this telecommunications issue, and we want to ensure this particular challenge for mobile competition is solved.
So where do we go from here?
The Obama Administration would support a range of approaches to addressing this issue, including narrow legislative fixes in the telecommunications space that make it clear: neither criminal law nor technological locks should prevent consumers from switching carriers when they are no longer bound by a service agreement or other obligation.
We also believe the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), with its responsibility for promoting mobile competition and innovation, has an important role to play here. FCC Chairman Genachowski today voiced his concern about mobile phone unlocking (.pdf), and to complement his efforts, NTIA will be formally engaging with the FCC as it addresses this urgent issue.
Finally, we would encourage mobile providers to consider what steps they as businesses can take to ensure that their customers can fully reap the benefits and features they expect when purchasing their devices.
We look forward to continuing to work with Congress, the wireless and mobile phone industries, and most importantly you -- the everyday consumers who stand to benefit from this greater flexibility -- to ensure our laws keep pace with changing technology, protect the economic competitiveness that has led to such innovation in this space, and offer consumers the flexibility and freedoms they deserve.


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May 10, 2013
Overthinking It
Where the Value of Robot Umpires Ends
The building I grew up in had manually operated elevators. They were quaint prewar contraptions that required an attendant to slide a metal screen across the entrance and a pull a hand crank to start the ascent and stop at the desired destination. (They looked a little like this.) When you got to your floor, you felt like you'd earned it. Or you would have, if not for the person paid to take you up and down.
Those elevators had been there as long as the building, so they had tradition and inertia on their side. And most of the time, they did the job as well as a more modern elevator. But they had a tendency to get stuck between floors, they broke down fairly frequently, and they were expensive to service. Eventually, it became clear that to complete another repair would only postpone the inevitable at additional cost, and the manually operated elevators were replaced by the boring kind with buttons. I don't remember any outcry about preserving the historic human element of the elevators, probably because by that point the would-be preservationists were sick of climbing stairs.
The first time I entered one of the newly installed automatic models, I expected to find it empty. But there was another body between me and the buttons. The elevator operators were still there, now with even less to do. Some of them would press the button for your floor and stare straight ahead at the wall inches in front of their face. Others would turn around and study you silently, as if you were disturbing their solitude or disrupting whatever they did when the elevator was empty. It was as uncomfortable and guilt-inducing as it sounds, and if I'd lived a floor or two higher I probably would have just resigned myself to life as a shut-in in order to avoid the awkward rides.
It seems inconceivable that a building employed (and still employs!) people purely to press buttons that could have been pressed with equal ease by anyone else. But the elevator operators were union workers, and the union was too powerful for the building to let them go over a little thing like their jobs becoming completely redundant. So they stayed, and despite the absurdity of the situation, there were benefits to having a human around, even in a mostly extraneous role. They could do things that the simple algorithm otherwise operating the elevator couldn't, like tell if someone wasn't supposed to be in the building or hold the door open while you ran back in to retrieve your umbrella. Of course, now that I live in a different building where the elevators have always been automatic and I have to rough it and press buttons like everyone else, I don't miss the manual way. The manual way was much less efficient.
Those vestigial elevator operators, still pressing buttons after most of their responsibility was removed, might be where home plate umpires are headed. The current system of calling balls and strikes has been with baseball since the beginning, and it works well most of the time. It's easier to accept the occasional blown call than it is to overhaul the system, so the system stays in place. But eventually, the technology will become so advanced (if it hasn't already), and teams and fans alike will grow so dissatisfied with mistakes, that the manual way won't fly. The umpires could still crouch behind the catcher, partially because umpires also have a powerful union that would prevent them from being fired and partially because they'd still serve a purpose—relaying the count to the pitcher and the players at the plate, helping to confirm that the cameras are correctly calibrated, even taking over in the event of a technological failure. (Ideally, whatever gear they'd wear would make them look like Lobot.) But however it works, one day—if the evolution of elevators is any indication—the burden of calling pitches will pass to a system that's better equipped to handle it than the human eye.
It won't happen overnight, nor should it—you can't screw with the strike zone lightly, and suddenly switching to a rulebook zone would have serious implications for the pitcher-catcher-batter balance, even if the technology is up to the task. But I'm sympathetic to the "robot umpire" movement, at least when it's less about calling umpires incompetent than it is about freeing them from a task that's impossible to perform perfectly. However, when it goes beyond balls and strikes (and, to be fair, avoidable incidents like Tom Hallion's disputed exchange with David Price and John Hirschbeck's ejection of Bryce Harper), it can be taken too far.
This has been a bad week for umpires. Joe Maddon was ejected on Tuesday after arguing an incorrect out call by Marty Foster on a slide at home plate, then ejected again on Wednesday when Tim Welke said that what would have been a groundout had actually been a foul ball off a batter's foot. Also on Wednesday, an incorrect home run call was allowed to stand by Angel Hernandez even after replay review, despite video evidence showing that it had cleared the yellow line that marks home run height at Progressive Field and bounced off a railing and back onto the field. And on Thursday, maybe most egregious of all—pending any further revelations that might clarify the ruling—Fieldin Culbreth allowed Astros manager Bo Porter to bring in lefty reliever Wesley Wright to face left-handed hitter J.B. Shuck, then remove Wright in favor of righty Hector Ambriz when Angels skipper Mike Scioscia sent up right-handed pinch hitter Luis Jimenez. That decision appeared to violate Rule 3.05(b), which states:
The Angels played the rest of the game under protest, though—surely to Major League Baseball's relief—they won anyway, making the protest moot. But the Angels' victory didn't sooth savage Twitter, which was pushed too far by the quick succession of obviously wrong rulings.
I'm singling out Joe only because I happened to see his tweet in my timeline; plenty of other people expressed similar sentiments. I don't disagree that we deserve better; what I take exception to is the idea that any of those incidents could have been avoided by adopting robot umpires. I think we're overestimating the abilities of these theoretical robots.
Computers are better at some tasks than others. They're awesome at, oh, adding, for instance. But if you've ever had to conduct a lengthy interview and look up excerpts later, you know that computers aren't much help when it comes to transcription, at least not now—they still need humans' help with that. Similarly, computers would be of much more help in getting certain kinds of calls correct than others. They're very good, though far from perfect, at distinguishing between ball and strikes. But interpreting rules, determining whether they're being adhered to, and enforcing them is an even more difficult matter
A robot ump could be programmed to sound the alarm when a pitcher is substituted, then removed from the game before throwing a pitch. But first, someone would have to tell it that the pitching change had occurred, and that the second substitution wasn't the result of an injury. And that person would have to enter that information well before the second substitute pitcher threw his first pitch in order for the robot ump to A) recognize the incorrect ruling and B) dispatch someone else to the field to notify the meatbag umps of their mistake in time to prevent it. It's also hard to see how a robot ump would be able to review a replay or tell whether a runner got his hand on home plate before being tagged. To keep track of the game, a robot ump would be reliant on human scorers, and human scorers make mistakes. Exchanging #robotumps for #robotscorers would only move the weak link to a longer chain.
Doing away with human umpires isn't a viable option today, given the demands of the job and the available alternatives. As Colin Wyers put it, "Until we replace the PLAYERS with robots, some human needs to be involved here." What makes the last few umpire flubs more frustrating than a forgivable blown call behind the plate is that they're mistakes even imperfect umpires shouldn't make. So the more helpful response to anything other than a blown ball or strike call isn't a reflexive "#robotumps," but "How can we make human umps better?" That's an area where technology can and has helped, and could help more. MLB should use technology to support the umpires, and persuade or coerce the umpires into accepting that support.
Umps are already graded on their strike zone accuracy, and the good ones get rewarded with more important assignments. Replay, Angel Hernandez aside, has made a positive impact, and it could be made better by updating the existing replay review system (which could have contributed to Hernandez's mistake) and making replays admissible for more types of calls. It's hard to recommend specific training measures, because we don't know for sure which training measures are already in place. (More transparency might improve the process, too.) But umpires obviously need to know the rules, and they need to be trained not to provoke arguments with players. And if they can't comply with those reasonable requirements, they need to pay a price. After all, they're only human. And they'll have to be for the foreseeable future.
Ben Lindbergh is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @benlindbergh
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Has anybody in the "robot ump" movement actually suggested removing umps from the field of play. I think the majority of the "robot ump" movement would be absolutely thrilled with a system that simply worked behind the scenes to provide umpires more accurate information.
May 10, 2013 08:20 AM
I still don't see why the powers that be aren't onboard with a replay ump. The cost of the 5th ump shouldn't be a big deal with the league. The Union would love the extra jobs, and they ought to make the 5th guy part of the crew and rotate through the assignments. That way each umpire gets to sit down every 5 games, and it really sells the idea of replay being there to help the crew on the field rather than as some sort of threat. The guy in the booth could even keep a rulebook handy...
May 10, 2013 15:28 PM
Except once you have part of a crew doing the replay, his objectivity is in question. Anything remotely close, he will probably side with the umps' original call...and expect the same treatment when he on the field in 4 out of 5 games. Best solution is to have a non-umpire in the booth.
May 11, 2013 16:57 PM
I disagree. In the past, suggestions of outside replay have been met with hostility by the umpires. Including the reply ump in the crew switches the dynamic from that of "the guy on the field got it wrong" to "the crew got it right". If replay gets collusive and wrong calls are being rubber-stamped, the media will make note of it and the league will have to deal with it.
May 13, 2013 11:53 AM
Zachary D Manprin
The A's were playing at Progressive Field in Cleveland; not the O.com Coliseum in Oakland.
May 10, 2013 09:33 AM
Angel Hernandez's call was not a mistake. It's an insult to every fallible-but-hard-working ump out there to call it a mistake and lump it in with the "do we need robot umps" argument.
May 10, 2013 10:01 AM
This assumes that the umps had a decent picture to look at, which might not be the case. (From what I've read the past few days, the replay system uses old, small low-def monitors installed as part of a sponsorship.) Not defending Hernandez, but it is a greater-than-zero possibility that no one could see what happened on the monitor the umps were using.
May 11, 2013 00:25 AM
I am basing my opinion on what I've read, which is essentially the opposite of what you've read. I am told they have both the home and away feeds of the game and HD-TV's. We should find out for sure, but I'd think it's unlikely that the umps would be given that crappy of a feed. This call was clear as day to everyone watching.
May 11, 2013 12:45 PM
More info on this:
May 11, 2013 12:46 PM
What about Small Wonder? She was a robot and she could have understood the rule book...probably improved it. Plus, she had to deal with that annoying fat-kid all the time, so interviews with John Kruk would be a breeze.
May 10, 2013 10:28 AM
Pat Folz
I'm quite convinced that the revolution will come not from #robotumps, but from #cyborgumps. The K-Zone/Pitch F/X style technology is fundamentally limited by the need for calibration and unpredictable perturbations like the warping of the stadia and the possibility of physical damage to the camera system. However, giving the umps Google Glass-type devices that project the strike zone over what their eyes see (and heck, fair/foul, checked swings, on-field instant replays, all kind of cool stuff) would solve most of the problems, and in a pinch could be reverted to the "old way" if technical problems arise. I think we might see this surprisingly soon, within 10 years perhaps.
May 11, 2013 17:31 PM
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Brian Krebs is one of the best cyber crime journalists of his generation. He's done more investigative reporting on the topic than anyone I know, displaying a deeper understanding of organized cyber criminal gangs than most cyber cops.
Brian has helped take down massive bot nets, tracked cyber crime bosses to their offices, and publicly presented volumes of detailed criminal evidence. He doesn't just summarize -- he shows you figures, links, bank accounts, and emails. Brian's investigations have taken him to Russia, where he has interviewed surprised criminal masterminds who were arrested weeks later.
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The projects that Brian has been a part of have surely prevented tens of thousands of innocent people from becoming victims. Brian's dedication and willingness to risk his own well-being put him in a class by himself. I think of Brian Krebs as an American hero.
I asked Brian to take a break from his award-winning blog KrebsOnSecurity to respond to a few questions.
Q: How did you get started writing about and investigating cyber crime?
A: The short story is that I started at the Washington Post at the end of 1995, working up from delivering mail to pitching stories to working one of the wire services, Newsbytes, in 1999. I started writing about technology and sometimes computer security.
Along the way I learned how to use Linux, then got hit by the Lion worm. It was my own stupid fault for getting infected, but learning what it did and how it did it got me interested in computer security.
In 2002 or 2003, I started working at Washingtonpost.com, and I started focusing on computer security topics. My editors didn't always appreciate what I pitched because the topics I wanted to focus on weren't always the type of stories that editors would traditionally put in a newspaper. But often the topics that I pitched -- and they rejected -- would end up a few weeks later in other newspapers, like the Wall Street Journal. They began to see the value and gave me my first blog, Security Fix. I loved that. I was able to get out topics I wanted to write about and do it far faster than what could be done in print.
Q: Why did you leave the Washington Post?
A: In 2009, washingtonpost.com merged with the print newspaper and a bunch of the dot-com people got let go, including me. They wanted me to write about topics that I wasn't interested in covering, so we went our separate ways. I started my new blog, KrebsOnSecurity, at the end of 2009.
Q: Upon reflection, was it a good decision to leave a highly respected newspaper for the blog world?
A: It's easily the best thing that ever happened to me. It gave me freedom. Besides allowing me to write about the topics I want to write about, it allows me to write about things when they are ready. My blog gives me the time to devote to a story. I have the luxury of being able to sit on a story to learn more and develop it more. I don't have to write two, three, or four stories a day, on topics picked by someone else, like some other reporters have to. I can take my time and dig deeper. I can do original reporting.


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- National TeleNursing Center Seeks National Pilot Sites
National TeleNursing Center Seeks National Pilot Sites
In 2012, the Office for Victims of Crime and the National Institute of Justice awarded funds to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) to create a National Sexual Assault TeleNursing Center. Telemedicine equipment at four pilot sites will give clinicians 24/7 audio and video access to a staff of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) for guidance and support when treating sexual assault victims.
MDPH has issued a Request for Response (RFR) for three pilot sites that deliver medical services to priority populations (rural, tribal and corrections). A fourth site, serving the military community, will be a U.S Navy facility and will be selected in a separate process. All four sites will work closely with the National TeleNursing Center to ensure a more trauma-informed patient experience, promote healing, and enhance the adjudication of sexual assault cases in these communities.
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Silpat Cookie Sheet Liner
Don't bake cookies without it! We have like 8 of these things. They are made from flexible silicone and were originally developed for French patisseries to roll out pastry dough on. They are super easy to clean and are oven safe to 480 degrees F. Basically, it makes baking and cleanup a breeze, and they last a really long time. A great gift for anyone who loves baking. Oh, and Martha Stewart highly recommends them if that gives them anymore street cred.