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I've mentioned before that the all time best record with scratching on it is Reckless by Ice-T: click here to listen. I've worked scratching into my own music a few times. Sometimes I ask my friend Matt (Satronica) who knows his "wheels of steel" quite well to send me something specific. There are a few scratch plug-ins that are just "ok". Usually they are cool for some effect but nothing authentic. I like the video above both for it's sound (not so far off base) and the fact that I can whip it out on a whim now since it's all done with native Live devices.
Video showing how to emulate a scratch Like effect in Ableton Live 8 using the new delay Modes in the Ping Pong Delay. This is not meant to replace vinyl nor will it produce a totally authentic sounding scratch sound, but it is a Ableton Live only solution and is a nice add on to your effects arsenal. You can download the template: click here You will need Live 8 or later to open it. – DubSpot
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We're playing a team in tank mode. We should be able to win this game in the second half.
Colts 27
Texans 14
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We're playing a team in tank mode. We should be able to win this game in the second half.
Colts 27
Texans 14
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Is DaRick getting the nod over DHB? He should.
So interesting point in the season.
Our playoff spot is basically locked in, and we have a home game. We have no real schedule concerns going forward. Really all we need to do is focus on ourselves, which is a really nice luxury and something we need to take advantage of. We have the next three games to correct things.
And I believe things are correctable:
1) We've already shown this year the capability to play near-championship-level football. The first half of this season was impressive.
2) We've lost guys --- but we still have guys. I've heard a few folks say our talent sucks. Not correct. We got guys left. They don't look good right now because our system is flawed, but fixing the system will show that we have players. Hilton, Fleener, TRich, DHB are all guys that I think a lot of people have the wrong idea about these days. Yep, I said it. Their production hasn't been great... but it can be. And I think we'll see it start to build as we go into the playoffs.
3) A lot of our corrections are execution. Our line for instance. Play has been terrible. But the guys on that line, outside of D. Thomas, have remained relatively healthy all year. These same guys were actually executing considerably better early this season. I cannot explain what has happened in recent weeks... but I know they can play better than they have been.
4) We saw some good things this past week, albeit in a loss. Our o-line actually had a somewhat serviceable game for the first time in weeks. Not a great performance... but it wasn't the exploding sieve that it was the month before that. We saw a little bit different playcalling in the second half, finally. We started using Trent in the passing game. We finally brought in Rogers, and he proved that in the least, he's a very talented, if inexperienced receiver. The offense seemed to find a few things this last week, and that is a very good thing. Our defense has recently slipped... but our defense has always sort of driven off the offense, and when our O makes plays, it seems to give the D more confidence and energy, and I expect we'll see better play.
I actually think we can see some good coming up. Maybe even hit the playoffs hot.
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Another big game from Da'Rick.
Colts 42
Texans 13
They gotta break out of this rut SOMETIME.
Colts 30
Texans 27
I do not know what I will do if the Colts lose to the Texans. I can easily see a scenario where Watt goes nuts on our interior offensive line and Tate runs wild.
I just want to see the offense actually look competent from start to finish. I am tired seeing this useless offense out there for an entire half only to kick it into high gear in the second. I want to see Rogers and Brazil getting much more playing time over DHB. I am sure DHB will be out there like usual, but it is nice to hope.
Hopefully Mathis will actually not be busy like last game having a twitter beef and actually show up this week. The lack of pass rush from him kills our defense because nobody else is able to generate one. As bad as the DBs are playing when your pass rush is non existent it is hard for any DB to stop a WR unless your name is Revis or Sherman.
Colts: 31
Texans: 28
This game reminds me of the Cowboys game in 2010. It was right after Wade Phillips got fired (ironically) and Jason Garrett was the intern coach. The Cowboys actually started playing better and won several games. I just really don't know what to expect from Houston though. They could possibly be in tank mode, but they still have a lot of talented players that are playing for their jobs. The way the Colts have been playing I really can't see them blowing Houston out but if the defense could stop somebody and if the o-line holds up and if Rodgers and Brazil can help open things up for T.Y. Then the Colts could win big. I really want to see the secondary have a good game. I think every young Texans fan probably has a poster on their wall of Andre Johnson with Vonte Davis in the background. We can't give up the big plays like we did in the first half in Houston. I think the Colts have finally lost their ability to come back. If we're going to win, we need to play well from the start.
Wow, I read my post after typing it and I am Captain Obvious today!
It is just one of those games where we all know we should win, but we all could easily see us lose this game as well.
We deserve a break this week. NFL admitted on Tuesday that the Colts got shafted by the Triplette overturn. Why don't they fire this guy?
Colts 24
Texans 17
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The big question for me is, how much of the new stuff at the end of last week's game was because we were playing catch-up and trying to score quickly, and how much of it was because we were actually committed to do new things?
I want to think that an NFL coaching staff would try to transition that stuff at the end of last week's game into this week's game, but I'm not convinced yet. I'm worried that on our first drive of the game, we will once again revert back to all of the old tired stuff that hasn't worked. The idea of throwing to our running back will be treated as if it's some sort of rare disease.
We'll see what happens. I'll start to be more optimistic if we actually commit to a new game plan on offense from the start.
Toler, had a LP status on Wednesday and a DNP today. Wells said the Colts should think about shutting Toler down for the season.
Congrats to Grigs ( I gave him genuine congrats this time last season for his drafting) for bringing another turdish signing to Indy from the past off season. What a disaster it has been. This one stings more cause they knew what he was getting.
At least Toler's actually a decent player when he's healthy. Better than the guy's he signed that flat out suck.
That's a big deal though that's why I posted it. That was my beef with the signing and not the player's value.
Also, we had to reach week 15 to get a quality announcer in the 1 p.m. time slot. Kevin Harlan will be announcing our game.
If we win on Sunday, it will be Houston's 12th straight loss overall AND their 12th straight loss in Indy. That's so cool of a stat that there is no way we can lose, right?
How we come out offensively will tell me alot because we did some good things in the Bengals game and we should build on that. If we come out and try to do the power run game antics again and not spread them out, get the RBs involved in the passing game and see more Rogers than DHB I will be really disheartened.
Easy to draw up the Inactives list this week. McGlynn back to center, I assume his hand is still in a cast. I wouldn't mind seeing Khaled Holmes get some snaps.
#colts HC Chuck Pagano: OUT vs. Texans -- Satele, Havili, Toler, Jean Francois, Linkenbach. LaVon Brazill questionable.— Mike Chappell (@mchappell51) December 13, 2013
#colts Mike McGlynn takes over at center for Satele (elbow). Hugh Thornton back at LG, Joe Reitz moves to RG.— Mike Chappell (@mchappell51) December 13, 2013
Pagano on Toler: He's just there yet. Not 100 percent. Doesn't make sense to throw him out there until he's 100 percent.— Mike Chappell (@mchappell51) December 13, 2013
Sun: McGlynn plays at C, offensive line plays much better.
Wed: Pagano: Oh good, Satele is healthy again
Next Sun: Satele plays C, Luck sacked 7 times by KC
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Losing this game would be completely unacceptable. A borderline fireable offense.
My prediction is that we will have one of those ugly-downright painful to watch-slow-sluggish wins like we did against Tennessee. The type of game where you turn the TV off afterwords and think, "man, that was some ugly ugly ugly football." Our defense will look "OK" because Keenum will put some turnovers right in their lap, just like the Zach Galifianakis look-alike on Tennessee did a couple weeks ago.
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Put Toler on IR and cut him at years end.
smh good player but totally unreliable.
should have kept Powers.
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
McGlynn is good at Center, right? Didn't he play center for the 49ers game?
Actually not mad about that. But it's only because of Satelle being injured.
As we've learned with the coaches, they are stubborn and take too long to figure out things aren't working and change them.
As with the fact that we'll come out in a power formation the first series Sunday and DHB will be starting and not relegated to the bench.
Still kind of surprised we benched Trent. I guess we really didn't have much of a choice.
We really can't afford to lose this game. Not that it matters much beyond our confidence level, because we're pretty much locked in on the 4th seed, although stranger things have happened.
Hey, Pep, screen passes, short passes, slant passes. Throw it to Trent like we did when the Bengals game was in garbage time.
Hey morons on defense. I don't want to see a 15 second long celebration after a sack if we're losing big, either. Also, no stupid *** penalties. You know, have some class and don't embarrass the city of Indianapolis again.
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Haha yeah what RJF did at Arizona was embarrassing.
This team just seems to have a lot of idiots on it, after starting the season being the least penalized team in the league, seems like we're making up for it with bone headed actions.
Maybe we only get flagged like 7-10 times a game, but we'll have a huge idiotic move like Sheppard that costs us 10 yards in a situation where we need a stop on defense.
Stop embarrassing us, Colts!
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The Fundamentals: How to Begin Maintenance Scheduling
Kathy | September 1, 2008
Many maintenance efforts have come up short due to ineffective scheduling.
Imagine that you are planning a trip. You select a destination and decide upon the route to take. You tune up the car, rotate the tires and send the dog over to stay at your sister's. You figure your expenses, develop a travel budget and withdraw money from the bank. You ask your neighbor to keep an eye on your house and notify the post office to hold your mail. In other words, you plan your trip to the last detail. Because of this attention and preparation, you are expecting a trouble-free vacation. Not so fast!
If you don't take the next logical step—and properly schedule the trip—you probably won't arrive at your destination in a timely and efficient manner. In fact, you might not even get there at all! Most of us know that if we want to have a pleasant and successful journey, we must first decide who else is going with us, who will be driving, when the trip will start and how long it should take. Alas, even the best-planned trip in the world can go awry if it is poorly scheduled.
Many maintenance organizations find themselves in the same situation as many disappointed vacationers. They are planning their work to some extent, but they are not reaping the full benefit of planned maintenance because they are neglecting scheduling, which is one of the most important functions of control available to maintenance managers. It doesn't matter how well a job is planned if it is assigned to people who do NOT have the necessary skills to complete the work…or if the maintenance team is sent out to perform maintenance or repairs on a machine that is slated to run product that day…or if a crane is required to complete the task and one has not been scheduled.
Uncontested facts
If you are going to succeed as a maintenance manager, you must plan your work—that is an uncontested fact. Furthermore, if you are going to succeed at planning, you must properly schedule that which you have planned. Planning and scheduling are actually two sides of the same coin. It is not possible to do either properly without taking the other into account.
In a sluggish economy, upper management may be hesitant to approve the additional expense associated with adding positions. The answer to that argument is elementary, but it seems that it must be restated again and again—usually every time the economy takes a downward turn. Positions such as planner, scheduler, maintenance clerk and reliability engineer pay for themselves in very short order. As such, they are an investment, not an expense. It isn't a case of stating that a maintenance department really ought to have these positions staffed. Rather, it is an often documented fact that no maintenance organization can be successful without people filling these roles.
When you schedule work, you ensure that the right people are performing the correct tasks at the proper time in the most expeditious manner. That sounds simple, but it is often the obvious truths that tend to evade us. Once you have received the green light, there are some factors that must be kept in mind as you go about the business of scheduling, particularly if you are new to the task.
A good candidate for the scheduler position will be a person with excellent organizational skills who can envision the big picture. He or she should be familiar with the manufacturing process, but the candidate does not necessarily have to come from the maintenance organization.
Each millwright, multicraft, electrician or other maintenance professional should be scheduled an amount of work equal to 110% of his/her paid time. Thus, if your maintenance personnel work a 40-hour week, they should be scheduled 44 hours of work. It is human nature to tend to slack off once it appears an assigned task will be completed in the allotted time. If, however, there's always one more job in the queue, you may avoid this loss of efficiency late in the day. Moreover, if the jobs go exceptionally well on a given day, or if the planning times were pessimistic, the maintenance professional will not be faced with having to kill time because there are no more jobs ready to assign.
Work should be scheduled at least a week in advance from a planned backlog no smaller than the number of man-hours available in your full crew during a -to-six week period. In addition, daily adjustments to the schedule will be required as unfinished work is turned back in and newly-discovered issues are written up.
Work should be scheduled from most important (highest priority) to least important. This means that PMs and safety-related work orders take precedence work and must be done first. Then, if time runs out later in the day, the jobs that are left for rescheduling are of a lower criticality.
The cardinal rule of scheduling is that PMs always must be performed before corrective work is commenced. This sounds like an easy rule to follow, but you will be often you are tempted to break it when a previously-undiscovered maintenance issue crops up. Just remember that more than one good maintenance effort has been brought to its knees by not adhering to the PM schedule. A conscientious and well-meaning millwright will encounter a situation that seems to require immediate attention, so the PM he has been assigned will be postponed to allow time for the corrective work to be performed. Then, because the PM was not performed when it was scheduled, another situation is encountered at the next PM interval that again seems to require immediate attention, thus forcing the postponement or cancellation of another PM. Before long, no PMs are being performed because the machine seems to be in a constant failure mode. And, as long as no PMs are performed, the machine will continue to fail. It is a classic case of cause-and-effect.
All work must be scheduled. This means that the correction of any potential mechanical failures that are discovered must be worked into the schedule. It is the scheduler's responsibility to see that the time for this unexpected work is secured by postponing other, less-important corrective work.
All planned and ready job packets should be filed according to estimated completion time. Thus, the scheduler will have a backlog of one-hour jobs, two-hour jobs, jobs by estimated time allows the scheduler to see at a glance if a particular packet will fit into a millwright's schedule.
When the schedule isn't met, there is a reason—and it is the scheduler's responsibility to determine the cause. As an example, suppose a job was expected to take two hours apiece to complete, but by the time the work was finished, those two millwrights each had four hours on the project, and a third helper had been brought in for the last hour. Consequently, a job that had been estimated at six man-hours came in at nine—adversely affecting the work schedules of three separate individuals. A variety of factors that could explain the time overage are bad time estimates, an incomplete job plan, employee attitude and motivation, wrong parts, undiscovered maintenance issues, inadequate training or improper scheduling of personnel or machinery. Thus, if the scheduler does not determine the cause of the time overage and address or at least make note of it, the job could be 50% over budget the next time it is performed as well.
There are many methodologies that may be employed when it comes down to the actual task of scheduling an individual's workday. Most of the better CMMS programs have scheduling functions. If you are lucky enough to have access to one of these, for you the job is already half done. Another favorite and time-honored method is the load board, which is a large dry-erase or bulletin board on the wall that allows the scheduler to schedule for and keep track of the entire maintenance crew for a given period of time (an example of a load board can be found at http://www.magnatag.com/page/MF/board/maintenance-schedule-board.asp) Other methods to physically segregate jobs include hanging files, bins, or just piles of work packets arranged by day and employee name. The important thing is not how you separate and schedule the work. The importance and the payoff derive from the fact that you are scheduling your assets for maximum efficiency. Work should be scheduled by the day. Thus, if an individual works a five-day, 40-hour week, he or she will have five separate daily assignments of work packets, each totaling hours (remember the 110% rule).
Work must be prioritized daily. Accordingly, the first work order that the millwright executes on any given day will be the most critical or important job of the day. Generally, or a safety work order. The next work order that the millwright tackles will be the second-most critical of that day's work. This criticality ranking will continue until the millwright runs out of time or runs out of work.
Work that is not completed on a given day must be rescheduled for the following day, ideally with a higher priority so that the project is not likely to be continuously rescheduling is a permanent and unavoidable requirement of a successful maintenance organization, it is recommended that the scheduler work slightly different hours than the millwrights. The scheduler should either stay later than the maintenance workers or start earlier—so that there is time to reschedule the workloads on a daily basis according to unfinished jobs or newly-discovered maintenance issues. One advantage to staying a little later is that the scheduler can preview the following day's work with the millwrights so that those individuals can began to think about the jobs they will be performing during their next work shifts.
Scheduling success
For scheduling to be successful in your organization, it must become part of your maintenance culture. Your maintenance professionals must come to understand its function, its purpose and its importance. They must realize it is the company's expectation that the daily workload they have been given is to be done in the assigned order of priority—in a timely manner and correctly. This enculturation cannot occur if it appears that scheduling is only occurring when it is convenient for management. So, the scheduler cannot be pulled away from his or her duties for days or weeks at a time and assigned other tasks. Scheduling will fail under these conditions.
Remember, scheduling is actually asset control. It is the company deciding what work will be done by whom, when. What company can afford to neglect this important function? Ray Atkins, CPMM, CMRP, is a veteran maintenance professional with 14 years experience in the lumber industry. He is based in Rome, GA, where he spent the last five years as maintenance superintendent at Temple-Inland's Rome Lumber facility. He can be reached at email@example.com or throughout his Web site, www.raymondlatkins.com
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Nick Kennedy will make his senior starting debut when Harlequins take on ASM Clermont Auvergne in round five of the Heineken Cup this afternoon at The Twickenham Stoop
The 32-year-old will partner George Robson in the second row.
Ugo Monye and Danny Care return to the back line, while Luke Wallace is named at blindside flanker.
Among the replacements, Joe Gray returns from injury to provide cover for Dave Ward, while Karl Dickson will look to make his 100th appearance for the club.
Kick-off is at 1.35pm, live on Sky Sports 1.
Harlequins: Mike Brown, Charlie Walker, Matt Hopper, Tim Molenaar, Ugo Monye, Nick Evans, Danny Care, Joe Marler, Dave Ward, Will Collier, Nick Kennedy, George Robson, Luke Wallace, Chris Robshaw, Nick Easter, Joe Gray, Mark Lambert, Paul Doran Jones, Charlie Matthews, Tom Guest, Karl Dickson, Ben Botica, Ollie Lindsay-Hague.


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Heat are 0-5 vs. Pacers, knicks and bulls this year; and 11-11 on the road so I'm really trying to not take TOO Much out of this win. (Except we are better than them) But, do you guys think we are top to bottom the most talented team in the league right now?
Our starting 5 when they are on, are scary good. And with Danny's near iminent return.... We are seriously going to be an ELITE team!!!
I think our Top 6, Roy, Danny, DWest, Lance, PG, and Hill are significantly better than any other Top 6, that will be playing anytime soon.... Then you add Hans, Ian, DJ and OJ... Nobody else comes close?
Our youth and unpolished play still lacks maturity, but we are growing up quick!
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The steering wheel is on the wrong side. This was the problem faced by Australian hillclimb racer Jim Hodgson during his first attempt running a Ford Mustang at Pikes Peak in 2011. Jim drove a borrowed car up the mountain, but the unfamiliar lefthand drive position had him uneasy in the saddle, so he decided to swap seats for 2012. Jim regularly does these types of conversions in his native Brisbane, so he knew what to do when he headed to Colorado well ahead of the July race date to move the steering wheel in an American Mustang to the more Aussie-friendly right side. Along the way Jim and his team fought clearance issues, race-delaying firestorms, and creatures in the cooling system, yet he still made it to the summit on race day. Here's how they did it. For information on the Pikes Peak race, see PPIHC.com.
Jim purchased the Mustang from Bob Hill, a Ford racer in Colorado. Bob and his crew started work before Jim arrived from Australia, prepping basics like the fuel system and gearing and gutting the interior to provide Jim a blank canvas for the steering swap. As soon as Jim got to Colorado, he performed some serious surgery on the Mustang's dash.
The steering column ended up needing to be shortened by three inches in order to match properly with the coupler on the steering box from an '87 Australian Ford Falcon. Jim spent many hours measuring, adjusting, and measuring again to figure out where each component needed to be mounted in order to have enough room. Inside the car, you can see the patch panels on the floor pan and the supporting steel in the dash.
The Mustang's firewall was reconfigured to allow the steering column to mate up to the repositioned steering box and provide a mounting place for the brake master cylinder and hydraulic clutch. In the engine bay, the small aluminum master cylinder on the firewall is for the clutch. The steering box fits tightly in the space between the shock tower and what used to be the clearance for the heater/AC/defrost assembly. The replacement brake lines were run under the support tubing. The throttle cable was moved to exit on the passenger side.
Changing the drive setup involved many hours of fabrication. The hydraulic clutch master cylinder and power brake master had to be adapted to the old pedal assembly. To make it work, Jim made a mounting plate on the firewall to mate the components in the new position.
Jim brought a race-prepped 351 from Australia hoping he could simply drop it in place. Of course, nothing is ever that easy, and fitting the engine took time and welding skills, mostly where the custom headers met the redesigned steering setup and stiffening supports. Once in place, the 408ci small-block promised nearly 500 hp and 531 lb-ft of torque, more than enough to propel a 3,200-pound car up a 1,400-foot mountain.
Sanitary! Jim's teammates Jess Neal and Jeff Kent fabbed up the aluminum dash and installed the master switches for the fuel pump, power, ignition, and intercom. The floor has a fresh coat of paint as does the rollbar. Once the Sparco seats were in place, the car was ready to roll, but Jim had to head back to Australia for a couple weeks.
Jim got back in the states about a week before the race and dove back into the Mustang. When he made the first test run, the car promptly busted the seal on the hydraulic throwout bearing. The cause was too much travel on the bearing-easily fixed, but not without removing the transmission. And the bellhousing. And the left header. And the starter.
The car passed tech, but suffered severe overheating problems during practice. On the second day, Jim suspected a damaged piston and headed back to the shop where disassembly confirmed the engine issues and revealed the cause of the cooling problems: a mouse in the radiator. The rodent's troubles were long over, but Jim's were just beginning as he scrambled to flush the cooling system and find a replacement engine.
A totally stock '81 Ford 351 Bronco was found in the corner of Bob's shop, and with help from fellow Australian, Jamie Chant, Jim managed the swap before the next morning's call time.
.After a sleepless night swapping engines, the clutch went out on the way up the mountain during Day 3 of practice. This time Jim got help from friend Debbie Kraus, and the two replaced the clutch with one day left before the race.
The low-revving stock engine resulted in a top speed of 80 mph, but it made it to the top. Despite the issues and the underpowered engine, Jim still beat his time from 2011 and got the Mustang under the snowfall at the summit of Pikes Peak.
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Remarkable Trees Tour on Oct. 21 and 22
Oct. 14, 2008
News Highlights
- Five remarkable trees across Fairfax County are part of a free self-guided public tour on Oct. 21 and 22.
- Some of the trees are showcased in "Remarkable Trees of Virginia," which features 120 great trees from across the state.
- Trees benefit the environment and enrich lives. Just one mature tree can absorb the greenhouse gases from a car driven 11,500 miles per year.
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On Oct. 21 and 22, see fall foliage and the best "treescape" in Fairfax County as part of a free self-guided tour. Five remarkable trees across the county will be showcased, as part of an event sponsored by the Fairfax County Tree Commission.
Members of the Fairfax County Tree Commission and author Jeff Kirwan, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, will provide information on the trees at each stop. There will be apublic talk at Huntley Meadows Park Visitor Center, 3701 Lockheed Boulevard, Alexandria, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 3 p.m. Participants must provide their own transportation to each of the remarkable tree locations. Some of the trees are featured in a new book, "Remarkable Trees of Virginia," which focuses on 120 great trees across the state. The trees to be visited are noteworthy for their size, variety or cultural or historic significance, and several are listed in the state's Big Tree Register.
The trees, times and locations for the presentations are:
Tuesday, Oct. 21
- 9 a.m., northern red oak, Bull Run Regional Park, Centreville.After entering the park go straight for 1 mile to shelter #7, the tree is next to the road directly across from the shelter.
- 11:30 a.m., chestnut oak, Little Rocky Run Homeowners Association, at the intersection of Sunset Ridge Road and Old Centreville Road, Centreville.
- 3 p.m., swamp chestnut oaks, Huntley Meadows Park Visitor Center, 3701 Lockheed Boulevard, Alexandria.
Wednesday, Oct. 22
- 1 p.m., white oak, Oakton Community Library, 10304 Lynnhaven Place, Oakton.
The two swamp chestnut oaks at Huntley Meadows are champions. Estimated to be 200 years old, these trees are the largest of their size in the county, and were likely planted when George Mason IV owned the property.
Every tree is remarkable because even one can curb greenhouse gases and cut energy costs. For example, one mature tree with a 26-foot canopy can absorb the emissions of a vehicle driven 11,500 miles every year. Shade from trees can reduce a home's cooling costs by 10-50 percent in the summer.
Because of actions taken by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, there should continue to be many remarkable trees in the county. Last year the board adopted a goal to cover 45 percent of the county with tree cover by 2037. This tree canopy goal is one of the most ambitious for any local government in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area.
To reach the goal, the county and the public will need to plant an additional 20,400 acres of new canopy — as well as maintain existing trees. New trees will be needed because the county expects to lose 4 percent of its canopy during the next 30 years. This projected canopy loss is equivalent to seven parks the size of Huntley Meadows, one of the county's largest. The county plans to plant up to 400 trees per year at its facilities for the next 30 years to help reach the canopy goal and reduce pollution.
To protect existing trees, the board also adopted a preservation ordinance in fall 2007. Four types of trees — individual specimen, heritage, memorial or street trees — can be protected from being cut down.
For more information on the remarkable trees tour or reasonable ADA accommodations, contact the Fairfax County Urban Forestry Division at 703-324-1770, TTY 711.
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Diagnostic Value of TRUS - Prostate
Good Day. I will be 76 shortly. I have been undergoing PSA testing biennially since 2004. My total PSA value has remained constant at about 0.6microgram/ml. This value is statistically significant and supported by assay from two different laboratories. At this level of total PSA observed, the estimation of free PSA does not appear to be meaningful. I have been scheduled for TRUS - PROSTATE without biopsy. May I know what additional information this TRUS procedure will bring to light? Can the constant value of PSA over the years be still false-negative? In 2004, it was reported from DRE that there is/was slight BPH. Is BPH reversible without any medication? My diet includes cooked pumpkin seeds. Should I continue with the periodical PSA determinations? I admire the public service that your organization is rendering. Regards
TRUS without biopsy will provide estimate volume of the prostate, may identify prostate stones (no significance unless associated with prostatitis), other areas of prostate cysts or anatomic variation that might contribute to voiding symptoms- but TRUS will not distinguish normal or benign prostate tissue from prostate cancer.
Unless you are having voiding symptoms (in which case, TRUS may guide treatment choices), I see no value in performing the TRUS. BPH is common and may cause voiding symptoms. Benign enlargement of the prostate may cause voiding symptoms, bleeding, promote urinary tract infections or kidney failure. In the absence of these signs and symptoms, the size of the prostate is irrelevant.
Reversal of prostate enlargement without medications is not possible to the best of my knowledge. The prostate volume can be reduced with several operative therapies but this is not indicated without the conditions noted above (voiding symptoms, bleeding, etc.).
PSA beyond the age of 75 is generally performed only in men who are in good general health. Treatment of prostate cancer has diminishing returns in men whose life expectancy is estimated less than ten years (e.g. men with coronary artery disease, pulmonary disease, etc). With a stable PSA of 0.6 ng/ml, no palpable prostate abnormality, no family history of prostate cancer, the benefit of continued PSA is statistically of little benefit. Hope this helps.
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Okay, this is something I have been thinking a lot about recently. Let me clear this up right away: this is from a FAN'S perspective, not a GM's. That means while you really care about winning, you also care about who is playing on your team. For example, you like Travis Deiner because you're a Pacers fan, not an NBA GM.
So here goes, would you trade Danny and TJ for LeBron? Or fill in the blank for the player you would do instead of TJ that would work.
The obvious answer is yes, because TJ is a let down and LeBron is like Danny on roids. But I don't know if I would. On one side, I am so attached to Danny as a player, I love his game, I love his effort, passion, his attitude and he is one of the coolest guys I could ever ask for on a team. Nothing could ever make up for the years I've gotten to know Danny and seen him grow. But LeBron would make us exponentially better immediately, as he did with the Cavs when he was drafted and every year since.
One way I answer this question is by thinking what I would do immediately upon hearing the news of the trade. My heart would be broken and I would be devastated to lose Danny. It would be the feeling where you reach for your wallet and it's not there... but then you find it later and it has $500 more dollars in it than before.
I tell my friends I wouldn't want this trade because I'm way too big of a fan of Granger. But they don't believe me, and why should they? While Granger is great, he has so many obvious flaws and with LeBron, we would be a 6 seed at the worst.
Also, let's try not to let this turn into a Kobe v. LeBron argument.


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A Solano County Grand Jury report released Friday raises concerns about the Vallejo Police Department's handling of adult and juvenile detainees, including multiple cases of locking up minors under age 14.
The grand jury cites a 20-page state Board of State and Community Corrections inspection report issued in January. The state agency inspects local detention facilities every two years for compliance with state and federal standards.
Some of the issues noted following last May's inspection require more officer training. Others require that the department do a better job documenting information in its custody logs.
"We have already addressed some of the issues, we are currently addressing other issues and the balance ... will be addressed by future training and policy modifications," Vallejo Police Chief Joseph Kreins said. "I am confident that we will soon be in compliance with all of the noted issues and we will be providing a written response" to both the grand jury and board of corrections reports.
In the inspection report, the department was faulted regarding the detention of five minors under 14. California regulations require that minors be held in secure holding cells only if the minor is at least 14 and presents a serious risk of harm.
In all five cases, however, custody logs failed to state the officer's rationale in selecting the holding cell for the minor over a less restrictive option, such as a bench outside the secured holding area. The report also noted several secure detentions in which the minor's age was not listed.
The board of corrections also said it was unable to verify through department records whether minors were being advised of the purpose and estimated length of their detention, pursuant to federal statutes. Also noted was a lack of "adequate supervision" of minors in custody, including, among other things, documented safety checks no less than every 30 minutes.
Concerning supervision of adult arrestees, the state was unable to verify whether department staff members had received minimum required training. Specifically, the board said the department was unable to provide documentation of fire and life safety training.
Also, a significant number of records lacked documentation of safety checks on adult detainees. Department policies require safety checks of adults detained in holding cells at least hourly, and more frequently for some inmates, the board noted.
The inspection also found that the department lacked records of fire-suppression preplanning.
The department was also asked to craft state-mandated policies addressing, among other things, the review of any in-custody death and limitations on the use of restraints.
Kreins said some of the deficiencies noted in the state's inspection were not accurate because the board of corrections failed to find where the department was already in compliance with the issues noted.
"Other issues simply require very minor modifications to our existing policies," he said. "And we have already drafted those changes. Additionally, some of the other issues noted require some training and some require that we do a better job of documenting information in our custody logs."
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One shy of 300 saves, Nathan wants to reach 400
ARLINGTON -- Joe Nathan earned his first save of the season on Friday, throwing a scoreless ninth inning in the Rangers' 3-2 victory over the Angels. The save was also Nathan's 299th of his career.
He needs one more to become the 24th reliever in Major League history with 300 saves. Only five pitchers have 400 saves and that appears to be Nathan's goal.
"I'm still going out there, grinding and competing," Nathan said. "It's one closer to 400. It's all about competing and helping get us closer to where we want to be and that's back to the postseason."
Nathan has made two appearances in the Rangers' first four games. He struck out the side in a 4-0 victory over the Astros on Wednesday but it wasn't that easy on Friday against the Angels going up against their best hitters. Albert Pujols flied out to deep left and Josh Hamilton lined to center. Nathan walked Mark Trumbo but got Howie Kendrick on a fly to deep center to end the game.
"Yesterday was not easy by any means," Nathan said before Saturday's game against the Angels. "Obviously, there were some balls hit to the wall. The last one by Kendrick was hit the best; the first two kind of got hit off the end of the bat."
Nathan said he is still going through a little "dead arm" period and his velocity is not quite as good as it should be. But he said his location and movement have been good so far.
"It's still early to say that I'm off to a good start," Nathan said. "Hopefully, they will continue to get better and I can continue to progress."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate?
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Kimberly Public Library
Personal belongings often have special meaning for individuals and family members. Planning to pass on such items — treasured wedding photos, Grandpa's fishing tackle box, or a well-used yellow pie plate — can be challenging, and may lead to family conflict.
This free seminar will provide practical information about the inheritance and transfer of non-titled personal property. It will help families communicate, make decisions, and lessen conflict. Karen Dickrell, Outagamie County UW-Extension, will help participants learn to recognize and understand the sensitivity of transferring personal property, determine what "fair" means to their family, identify the meaning of objects, consider distribution options, and manage conflicts.


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Castro pain-free, waiting to return to game action
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro said Wednesday he feels no soreness in his left hamstring and is sidelined strictly as a precautionary move.
"There's no pain anymore," Castro said Wednesday in Mesa. "When I'm hitting on the field, it's 100 percent, I don't feel anything."
He has not played in a game since he felt tightness in his hamstring one week ago. Cubs manager Dale Sveum said Castro may not be back in a game until Monday.
"I want to be playing," Castro said. "I don't want to see the other people play. It's not for me. I like to play every time I can get in the game."
If there's no pain, why is he sitting now?
"I want to be strong, I don't want to go in a game now and get hurt in a game and [be] out maybe one month of the season, two weeks," he said. "I don't want that. I want to make sure I'm good and can play in the season."
Castro appeared in all 162 games last season, and that's a goal of his heading into the 2013 season.
"It's an important goal for me," he said. "I see guys who play a lot of games, and that's what I like to play. I don't care where, I don't care what league, I like to play. This is the only thing I know how to do is play baseball. That's why I put it in my mind to play. I don't want to miss games. In the season, I don't want to miss games. I like to play every game."
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Alissa has Russia and Canada.
At the Russian event, she faces challenges from Asada, Ando, Leonova, Poykio, Sebestyen, Meissner and Wagner. Only Asada and Ando seem beyond reach. She could get a bronze.
At Skate Canada, the top non-Americans are Rochette and Lepisto. She could beat one or the other for the silver.
(Fly in the ointment: Zhang and Nagasu are also at Skate Canada.
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"Harry Potter the Exhibition" opened today at New York City's Discovery Times Square. The video embedded above offers a sneak peek at the show that displays eight movies' worth of props, costumes, and settings.
Featured costumes include Hermione Granger's yule ball gown, Cedric Diggory's quidditch uniform, and Professor Albus Dumbledore's wizard robes. We spotted three horcruxes, including Salazar Slytherin's locket, Helga Hufflepuff's cup, and Tom Riddle's diary (basilisk fang included). Dobby the house elf, Fawkes the phoenix, and the Hungarian Horn Tail dragon also appear.
The exhibition includes interactive segments as well. A few lucky volunteers can draw a Hogwarts house assignment from a sorting hat. Everyone can pull out Professor Sprout's shrieking mandrake plants and sit in the half-giant's leather chair inside Hagrid's Hut.


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The ride from L'Andana in Castiglione della Pescaia to the Petra estate near Suvereto is a pleasant 45 minute saunter up the coast. My travel companion and I easily slipped into a California state of mind. And this is not to diminish anything that Tuscany and the Maremma has to offer; it is simply lagniappe for the wine traveler.
We are in a time when the fruits are all ripe and dripping their honey. Fig trees droop from the weight of their bounty and the grapes weigh the vines down, waiting for their appointment with the portable guillotines, those hand held harvesters that pick the clusters and send them to their miracle moments.
Much has been written about Petra. It is one of those architectural statements that seems so unusual for Italy, but not for the Maremma. Not too far from L'Andana is another architectural gem, Rocca di Frassinello, a partnership between Chateau Lafite and Castellare. The smart money sees something happening and they know what it is and they have gotten in before the rush. At this point it is probably too late for the rest of us. But there is something about the Maremma that is still undiscovered and quiet in its revelatory being. It isn't crowded like Napa Valley, for one.
Beautiful land, olives and grapes, wheat and figs. Merlot has a wonderful summer home here. As we arrived in mid September, the Merlot had already been brought in at Petra. What we sampled was still fruit juice, but it was bright and rich and healthy. Like we all want to be, no?
Petra has a cellar and sometimes dining area that has been hewn out of the rock underneath the vineyards. It reminds me of Sinsky or many other Silverado Trail showcase wineries. Still a fairly small production, at this point just about 25,000 cases of wine. Smaller than Chateau Lafite. I hesitate to put down my tasting notes here, as they will be needed for an article in Sommelier Journal. In any event, most folks don't come to On The Wine Trail in Italy for tasting notes. Or gossip. I'll leave that to those who are better and more interested in those things.
I am pretty knocked out about the mineraly-stony thing going on under the vines at Petra. Some pictures show an other-worldly aspect to this ancient craft.
We had been told to expect lunch. What I hadn't expected was this wonderful woman who prepared a simple meal with many fresh vegetables from the Petra garden. As we ate we could look out onto the garden where much of our lunch came from. Zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, grapes. A little porchetta, not too much, just enough to show off the wines. Especially the Merlot.
Folks who know me are aware that Merlot, like Chardonnay, doesn't thrill me. Except when it comes from areas that I think they should come from. Merlot from the right bank, Chardonnay from the Côte d'Or. That kind of thing.
I am intrigued by the interest by French winemakers in this area. And Merlot, while resembling more their California cousins than their Pomerol ones, still has a liveliness and an appealing quality. Ok, so I can learn to love Merlot from Italy too.
Just as long as I also get to enjoy it in a rustic pie at the end of a meal during the 2008 harvest, on the wine trail in Italy.
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So if you want to play with the shadows of your mind, you can do.
To test, try the next time to concentrate your clear mind on one litte detail, dirrect the boat of your mind on it, and the wind of kamma will lead your body to it.
If you dont want to play, dont concentrate your mind on it. If you dont wanna see something, dont enlight it.
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I haven't been practicing meditation for 1 hour daily for a couple of months and since I am having daily meditation, I begin to have dreams that indicate future happenings. They may not be exactly the SAME but they are signs that correspond EXACTLY or almost exactly for what is going to happen. Is this the result of meditation? Since I read that when one meditates, this might stimulate the seeds of karma (or sanskhara) .... sometimes the outcome is good, sometimes it's a prophecy of something bad that 's gonna happen. Should I do anything to overcome this? If the indications are NOT good, how should I do to revert the outcome? If it's a manifestation of the karma forces in my subconsciousness, is it okay to let it appear? Or am I working too hard on my meditation?


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Indians announce full slate of Opening Day festivities
Cleveland -- The Cleveland Indians again have a packed schedule of pregame festivities leading up to next Monday's home opener, set for 3:05PM at Progressive Field vs. the Minnesota Twins.
The game, the Tribe's 21st Home Opener at Progressive Field, marks the 114th as a charter member of the American League, and the 22st consecutive Home Opener sellout dating back to the team's final year at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. This year's game sold out in 15 minutes on March 3.
April 4 is the 20th anniversary to the day of the first game at then-Jacobs Field, and this year's Home Opener theme will celebrate those 20 years. Progressive Field's gates will open at 1PM, and the team is encouraging fans to be in their seats by 2:30PM to enjoy a bevy of pregame activities, including:
• Video tribute to the first game at then-Jacobs Field, on April 4, 1994 vs. Seattle
• Raising a 20th-anniversary flag, which features eight Postseason pennants
• Recognition of select Season Ticket Holders who have been with the Indians since 1994
• Recognition of the 2013 Postseason team
• Mike Hargrove throwing a ceremonial first pitch to Sandy Alomar Jr.
• Moment of silence for late broadcaster Mike Hegan
The team also will honor all branches of the United States military, as members of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard will present the colors, while an oversized American flag will be presented by 250 employees of Progressive Insurance, the Presenting Partner of the Opening Series.
The national anthem will be performed by the Cleveland Orchestra Double String Quartet, some members of which performed the anthem on Opening Day in 1994.
Rally Alley presented by RTA will get things started at Noon from Larry Doby Way. Opening Day Rally Alley will feature:
• Alumni autographs (2-2:30PM)
• Live music
• Street performers
• Live broadcasts from WTAM and SportsTime Ohio
• Concessions
• Budweiser Build-a-Bar will be featuring Day-Fresh Drafts, along with the Hot Corner Bar in Section 175 and the Bud Patio
• Flo's Rock N' Rally trailer, presented by Progressive Insurance
• Chevrolet car display
Additionally, concession stands will offer many options for Catholics in attendance who observe Lenten traditions. They include:
• Veggie Dogs: Sections 162 and 541
• Salads: Sections 108, 162, 550
• Nachos: Sections 121, 154, 162, 171, 181, 311, 529, 556 and 558
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Plans for Colerne hangar development on public display
1:55pm Tuesday 3rd June 2014
1:55pm Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Colerne residents are urged to come to a public consultation next week over the future of the village's former air force hangars.
Cheltenham-based developer Hunter Page has proposed knocking down hangars 18, 19 and 20 and building a new residential and business estate, and will present its initial plans to the public on Wednesday June 11.
Colerne Parish Clerk Glenys Gill said: "Originally their intention was to build work units within the hangars, but now they want to remove them to build a new estate.
"It's within everyone's interest to know what's being proposed, so we would encourage people to turn up and look at the exhibition.
"The developers will be there on the day and can answer any questions directly, or there will be an opportunity for the following two weeks after for people to make contact with them and make their views known."
The consultation will run from 3pm to 8pm on Wednesday, at the Old School in Vicarage Lane.
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He emphasized that carrying out the duties of being pope — the leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide — requires "both strength of mind and body."
"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," he told the cardinals. "I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only by words and deeds but no less with prayer and suffering.
"However, in today's world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the barque of St. Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary — strengths which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me."
The last pope to resign was Pope Gregory XII, who stepped down in 1415 in a deal to end the Great Western Schism among competing papal claimants.
Like the rest of the world, Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend learned of the pope's resignation early today. Rhoades said in a statement "The church and the world have been greatly blessed by the extraordinary ministry and beautiful teachings of Pope Benedict. In his providential care, the Lord blessed us with a great shepherd. Amid the sadness of today's news, I am also filled with gratitude for the faithful and fruitful ministry of our beloved Holy Father. I invite all to pray for Pope Benedict, that the Lord will bless him during these days."
Rhoades said he and late ex-Bishop John D'Arcy met with the pope a year ago this month, "I recall with joy and gratitude that meeting and the warmth and kindness of our Holy Father," Rhoades said. "I was moved by (his) evident wisdom and holiness."
Noting that the church enters the penitential season of Lent this week, Rhoades also asked Catholics to pray for the cardinals who will choose Benedict's successor.
The pope's brother, Georg Ratzinger said the pontiff had been advised by his doctor not to take any more transatlantic trips and had been considering stepping down for months.
Talking from his home in Regensburg, Germany, to the news agency dpa, Georg Ratzinger said his brother was having increasing difficulty walking and that his resignation was part of a "natural process."
"His age is weighing on him," the 89-year-old said of his 85-year-old brother. "At this age my brother wants more rest."
Benedict called his choice "a decision of great importance for the life of the church."
The move sets the stage for the Vatican to hold a conclave to elect a new pope by mid-March, since the traditional mourning time that would follow the death of a pope doesn't have to be observed.
There are several papal contenders in the wings, but no obvious front-runner — the same situation when Benedict was elected pontiff in 2005 after the death of Pope John Paul II.
When Benedict was elected pope at age 78 — already the oldest pope elected in nearly 300 years — he had been already planning to retire as the Vatican's chief orthodoxy watchdog to spend his final years writing in the "peace and quiet" of his native Bavaria.
Contenders to be his successor include Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, the archbishop of Vienna, and Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Canadian head of the Vatican's office for bishops.
Longshots include Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York. Although Dolan is popular and backs the pope's conservative line, the general thinking is that the Catholic Church doesn't need a pope from a "superpower."
All cardinals under age 80 are allowed to vote in the conclave, the secret meeting held in the
Sistine Chapel where cardinals cast ballots to elect a new pope. As per tradition, the ballots are burned after each voting round; black smoke that snakes out of the chimney means no pope has been chosen.
Popes are allowed to resign; church law specifies only that the resignation be "freely made and properly manifested."
The News-Sentinel staff contributed to this report.


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Feb. 11 Board of Supervisors
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
Feb. 8, 2008
Feb. 11 Board of Supervisors Meeting Features 3 Presentations
Note to editor:A downloadable photo and synopsis of each presentation will be posted on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/presentations.htm on Monday, Feb. 11.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on Monday, Feb. 11, scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., will recognize residents and staff. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711.
First Responders Don't Always Have Sirens
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Chris Kardelis, Owen Kyer and Ricky Marsh of the Fairfax County Division of Solid Waste and Recycling, for their courageous efforts during a fire on Dec. 26, 2007.
Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Month
The Board of Supervisors will designate February 2008 as Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Month in Fairfax County to help raise awareness of the Earned Income Tax Credit and tax preparation services available through the Fairfax County CASH campaign.
Engineers Week
The Board of Supervisors will designate Feb. 17-23, as Engineers Week in Fairfax County to celebrate this diverse and talented group of professionals and the many ongoing contributions they make in Fairfax County.


text: A humble man, lonely at heart seeks out the worlds rejected souls taking these misbegotten outcasts under his wing in a traveling show of oddities. In his kind yet lonely journey this man of compassion also seeks something else: someone to love someone willing to return all the kindness he has shown his less-fortunate troupe of oddities. When he finds that someone his life is complete...until her pregnancy. When she gives birth to the couples very own oddity - the new fathers fury at God and the world for such a betrayal drive him to a state of revenge and hatred that reveals his true inner self ù a self his traveling troupe wreaks its own twisted revenge upon. Bruce Jones and Bernie Wrightson.


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Garden Project
Pathways & Paving Materials
There is a large variety of materials to choose from to create a pathway. Whether you'd like to build something simple or stunning, the first step is to consider how you'll use your garden's newest feature. Do you want to run a wheelbarrow straight from the shed to your plots? Do you envision a trail meandering through a flower garden? Do you crave an aesthetic expression?
Look among these materials and see which one fits your needs. If you see a material that you like, click on it to visit our product section to calculate how much you'll need.
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This is good material for those who want a permanent surface, one that won't track soil into the house. We batch concrete when you need it. To create concrete pathway, follow these few simple steps:
Concrete Installation & Finishing
- Lay out the area for the concrete slab.
- Determine the total depth of the base rock foundation and the thickness of the concrete slab. Recommendation for patios and walkways is 4" of compacted Class 2 Base Rock and a 4" concrete slab. Driveways or areas that will support vehicular traffic a depth of 8" of compacted Class 2 Base Rock and a 6" concrete slab.
- Excavate the area where you will place the concrete. Compact base rock to recommended depth.
- Using lumber and wood stakes, form a frame for your slab over the compacted base rock.
- The strength of the concrete you will need for your project will depend on how much weight the slab will have to support. A walkway or patio can be poured with a standard five sack mix with ¾" aggregate. This mix generally yields a 2500 P.S.I. which is adequate for a walkway or patio. If you are pouring a city sidewalk be sure to check with your building department for the required specifications. For driveways a parking areas consider using a six sack mix with ¾" aggregate. This mix generally yields a 3000 P.S.I. You are now ready to pour the concrete.
- Pour the wet concrete in to the forms. When the forms are full it is time to start the finishing process. For this step you'll need "screed" which is a piece of 2x4 lumber that is longer than the width of the forms. This will be used to help level the concrete inside the forms.
- Using the 2x4 screed, level the concrete inside the forms. Using a back and forth, push pull motion level the concrete with the top of the form. It should be level with the top of the forms.
- Using a circular motion with a wood hand tool called a "float", push the rock into the concrete under the surface while allowing the mixture of sand and cement to come to the surface.
- A film of water will begin to collect on the surface of the concrete slab. Once the film of water disappears you can start the final finishing process.
- The two most popular surfaces finishes are a "smooth trowel finish and a "broom finish. For a smooth trowel finish, use a steel trowel and work the top surface using a semi circular motion. Keeping the leading or front edge of the trowel slightly raised move the trowel back and forth.
- Try to keep any edge marks off the surface. Let the concrete get a little harder and repeat the process. This time using a lighter touch to achieve a smooth finish.
- For a broom finish uses a 18" – 24"soft haired broom Place the broom on the edges of the form opposite you and with a light touch gently drag the broom across the surface in one motion (never a back and forth motion). This will texture the surface of the concrete, and provide a more slip resistant surface.
- Use a special trowel called an edger to give the edges a finished look and to create an expansion joint for control cracking.
- Other finish options are:
- Exposed Aggregate finish: pebbles imbedded in the concrete that show on the surface
- Salt Finish: a coarse Rock Salt troweled into in the surface of the wet concrete creating a "pock marked" look once the rock salt dissolves.
- Stamped Concrete: specially designed neoprene mats are pressed in to the surface of the finished concrete to simulate a brick, flagstone, or cobblestone surface.
A good weekend project for do-it-yourselfer homeowner, a flagstone pathway can satisfy your need for creative expression. These natural stones come in a variety of sizes and colors. Let your imagination be your guide as you consider patterns and mosaics. Select your hues, arrange your pattern and set the flagstone on a sand base or mortared over a concrete base. Click here to begin.
Follow these steps to install Irregular Flagstone:
- Sand Set Preparation:
- Choose the type of flagstone you would like to use. Use a stone that is a minimum of 1 ¼" thick.
- Mark out area to be paved by the irregular shaped flagstone.
- Excavate the area to a depth that allows for:
- 4" of compacted base rock
- 1 ½" of coarse sand
- the thickness of the flagstone.
- Compact the base rock by hand tamping or vibrating with a vibra plate.
- Install a border in which the flagstone will be laid.
- Spread the coarse sand to a uniform thickness.
Laying the stone:
Prior to laying the stone, it is helpful to lay out several pieces on the ground near the area to be done. Align pieces that fit together the best- if adjustment is needed you can trim the stone for a closer joint. Pieces that are large may need to be broken or cut into smaller pieces, if this occurs those pieces should fit well together. Try to lay out the stone so you have joints anywhere from ½" to 1" wide. Avoid using tiny or small pieces at intersecting areas.
- Place the first piece in the desired location. Note that if this location is at a 90 degree corner or along a straight edge you will have to cut the stone to fit those edges.
- Place the stone on the sand.
- Use a firm and wiggling motion to set the piece in the sand.
- Take a straight edge (2x4 or 1x4) and make sure the stone is at the same height as the edging.
- Lay the next piece next to the first piece positioning it so it properly fits the contours of the edge it is going up against.
- Slide the straight edge on the new piece and also on the first piece to make sure they are the same level.
- Continue this process until all the stone has been laid.
Filling in the joints
You have a few options here. We'll go over ground cover, sand and decorative path fines.
Ground cover:
- Place planting soil in between the stones in the joints.
- Select a ground cover at your local nursery.
- Plant the ground cover in the planting soil.
- Sweep off the extra soil and dampen the joints.
Sand or decorative path fines:
- Spread them out on the flagstone, then sweep it into the joints.
- Clean off the excess dampen the joints.
- If you tamp the joints for a tighter fit, you will probably need to add more sand or fines and repeat.
- Give the area a final sweeping and your flagstone area is finished.
Mortar set preparation
- Mark out the area to be paved with irregular flagstone.
- Excavate the area to a depth that will allow for 4" of compacted base rock.
- Pour a concrete pad with a minimum of 3" of concrete.
- Level the concrete so that it's level with the forms that frame the concrete.
- Use a wooden float to press the coarse aggregate (rock) under the surface. This requires using an arc-shaped back and forth motion. This will push the rock under the surface and bring the sand and cement to the surface. Since you are laying stone over the concrete you won't have to do any further finishing to the surface.
- Allow the concrete to dry from 24-48 hours before laying the stone. In cooler, damp weather you should wait at least 72 hours.
Laying flagstone:
- Lay out the pieces of stone next to the area where they will be set.
- Align the pieces so that you maximize the use of the stone and minimize waste. Points to consider when aligning pieces:
- Along edges you will need to contour the stone to the shape of the edges.
- Along square edges you will need straight edges.
- Where the concrete is not square cut the stone to match the varying edge.
- The joints between the stone should be ½ " – 1" wide.
Mortaring Flagstone:
- Have a bucket with clean water and sponge available to wipe mortar off stones.
- Apply only enough mortar over a workable area so as to avoid allowing
- the mortar to dry out before setting the flagstone. Trowel enough mortar over the area you plan to set your flagstone. Use enough mortar so that there are no gaps or voids under the flagstone. Use a rubber mallet to tamp the stone to the desired level.
- Once the stone is laid, use a pointed brick trowel or a square end margin trowel up excess mortar.
Grouting Flagstone
- Fill the grout bag- a tool similar to a cookie decorator bag- with mortar.
- Squeeze the mortar into the joints.
- Strike the mortar joint even with the surface level of the flagstone. Color can be added to the mortar to match or compliment the stone. Just remember that each batch requires the same amount of mortar, color, water, and mixing technique.
- To give the joints a more furnished look, let the mortar dry a little. Then gently go over the joints with a sponge or brush.
- Let rest undisturbed for a few days to allow the joints to thoroughly dry.
- Clean the stone to remove construction dirt, or mortar.
From desert sunset hues of Arizona Flagstone Pavers, to the icy grays and blues of Connecticut Bluestone Pavers, at Lyngso you can choose among a rich array of colors, textures and patterns. The layman should content himself with the pleasures of material selection, however, as installing pavers requires the precision and skill of a contractor.
A pathway made from naturally colored stones needs very little preparation. Most pathway pebbles or gravel range from ¼ to ¾ inches. Use the calculator function in this website to calculate how much material you will need and then select the size. Click here to begin selecting.
How to install a Pebble Path:
Begin by selecting the pebble or gravel you want for your path. In general a size of ¾" or smaller will provide the best walking surface. Do you want a rounded pebble or a crushed, angular pebble? A rounded pebble more likely to move under traffic. An angular pebble will tend to stay traffic.
Define the size of the pathway. If the ground is firm, level the surface. If the ground is unstable, excavate to a depth of 5" and compact 3" of base rock. Next install a border using either wood or plastic form materials. A fabric weed barrier will help to discourage weed growth. Finally, spread 2"-3"of the pebble or gravel of your choice into your forms.


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Tony Stewart will not be penalized for a brief scuffle with Joey Logano following the Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.
The three-time Cup champion, angry over Logano blocking him on a restart with 11 laps remaining in the Auto Club 400, went up to Logano following the race. As a crew member tried to intervene, it appeared that Stewart tried to punch Logano. A shoving match ensued among the crews and Logano threw a water bottle at Stewart.
NASCAR announced through its Twitter feed Tuesday morning that there would be no penalties.
"Dumb little son-of-a-(expletive) runs us clear down to the infield," Stewart said afterward. "He wants to (expletive) about everybody else and he's the one who drives like a little (expletive). I'm going to bust his ass."
Logano was surprised when Stewart came up to him after the race because he didn't even consider the move an issue.
"I had no clue what he was mad about," Logano said. "I watched the replay. I can understand being a little irritated, but in my eyes, that's racing. In his eyes, it isn't.
"I'm going to have to talk to him about that. We've always got along really well. I'm going to see if we can work this one out."
Logano, whose wreck with Denny Hamlin while battling for the lead resulted in a lower back compression fracture for Hamlin, was not penalized for the Stewart confrontation. He was not penalized for the incident with Hamlin—any initial penalties for that would have been done by placing him at the tail end of the lead lap rather than allowing him to keep a third-place finish.
While Logano was not penalized, he will have to deal with the consequences.
"If he ever turns down across in front of me again, I don't care what lap it is, he won't make it through the other end of it," Stewart said after his 22nd-place finish.
"If I didn't hit the chip (on my rev limiter), he wouldn't have made it through Turn 1 to begin with. I'm tired of these guys doing that stuff, especially out of a kid that has been griping about everybody else and then he does that the next week."
And Stewart wishes the fight could have continued.
"If NASCAR wants to let the guys have at it, it shouldn't be any different than hockey—let us have at it and when one guy goes to the ground, it's over," Stewart said.


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I was throwing in a field yesterday working on some backhand shots. When I have the time, I like to work short to long, starting with some standstill drives. Then I throw full-power from a standstill, and then I go to the x-step.
I had a pretty stiff headwind, but I found I was able to put Leopards and Teebirds ~320 ft from a standstill. I managed a couple Valks out to about 370. The crazy thing is -- I couldn't duplicate that distance with the X-step, not even with the high-speed, wide-rimmed drivers. The D was pretty consistent until I started x-stepping.
FWIW, Normal D for me is mid to high 300s with fairway drivers, high 300s to low 400s with Valks/Destroyers/other wide-rimmed drivers, Low 400s with a Nuke, and personal best is ~460 with a Crank. These distances suggest that I'm not getting much benefit in terms of distance from a runup/x-step.
Any thoughts as to why? Is it a product of the wind? Inconsistencies that creep in as I add complexity to the throw?
I should repeat this process on a calmer day, but I suspect this might indicate some attention is needed when it comes to footwork.


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(UPDATED COVERAGE, Jan. 17) The bill for saving California citrus from six straight nights of freezing temperatures is unlikely to be passed on to consumers, but it may take weeks to clarify the extent of losses.
The industry spent $28 million on anti-frost measures — wind machines and water — in the Jan. 10-15 cold snap. The state's crop is valued at $2 billion.
"Per carton prices may rise slightly, but the price per pound at retail should not be impacted," Joel Nelsen, president of Exeter-based California Citrus Mutual, said in a news release. "Consumers will not see any impact as far as quality of the fruit either."
As milder temperatures returned, early assessments showed only isolated areas of damage to mandarins.
No measurable damage to the 63 million cartons of navels still on trees was reported.
For mandarins, no significant threat emerged until the fourth night, Jan. 13, when temperatures dropped into the low- and mid-20s. That's colder than frost protection measures can fully compensate for.
"With protection we were able to get it up to 29 (degrees), which is good for navels," said Alyssa Houtby, director of public affairs at California Citrus Mutual. "For mandarins, 32 degrees is about as low as they'll go. We're expecting some damage in the mandarins."
Lemons too are less resistant to cold than navels, and expected to face some losses.
Still, damage for the season to date is likely to pale in comparison to freezes last year and in 2007. A comparatively mild winter has boosted sugar content, providing the fruit some insulation.
Expensive as the week was for growers, they remained well below last year's prevention costs — $100 million.
"Growers will be out assessing the damage for the rest of the week," Houtby said Jan. 14. "There may be moderate damage to the mandarins, and minimal damage to navels on the borders of protected areas."
Growers were working with California Department of Food and Agriculture inspectors and country agricultural commissioners to assess damage and keep affected fruit off the market.
Groves closer to California's coast — in Ventura and Riverside counties, for example — were spared Jan. 13, the coldest night. On the same day in the San Joaquin Valley, growers started their wind machines around 9:30-10 p.m. They've spent about $17.5 million on frost protection, compared to $100 million at this point last season.
On Jan. 14, temperatures averaged 26 degrees in the San Joaquin Valley, but the machines boosted those three to five degrees and put the fruit above critical level. Some damage appeared likely, however, in Imperial County where citrus is less tolerant of cold.


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WCU Theatre to Present Shakespeare's Tragedy Hamlet
Hattiesburg, Miss., October 2, 2013 - The William Carey University Theatre will present "Hamlet," the classic Shakespearean tragedy, October 10 - 12 and 17 - 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Joe and Virginia Tatum Theatre in Hattiesburg. "Hamlet" was adapted for a contemporary audience by Tim Matheny, chair of Carey's department of theatre and communication.
This adaptation is very "audience friendly in that it is written in modern English," according to director Obra Quave, professor emeritus of theatre. "Because the modern listener is not attuned to the language of Shakespeare's day, Tim thought this would be a good way to introduce one of history's greatest tragedies to those who may never see it otherwise. The time-honored story, with the classic revenge tragedy plot, remains intact."
Shakespeare incorporates most of the elements of the revenge tragedy, popularized by Thomas Kyd before "Hamlet" was written. These features include a secret murder; the appearance of a ghost; madness, real or feigned, of a principal character; bloody violence; and the deaths of most of the major characters.
In an attempt to make it truly universal, the Carey production takes the play out of time and place. Scenery, designed by Kevar Maffitt, uses what is sometimes called neutral staging, leaving the audience's imagination free to create its own spaces. Likewise, Jana Barkley has designed costumes that cross time periods. The other designers, Jason Piglia (lighting), Billy Burkes (sound), Ashlyn Watts (makeup and hair), and Alisha Fishel (properties) follow the same guidelines. All the designers are WCU students majoring in theatre.
Hamlet (Jason Piglia of Picayune), son of the deceased king, is enraged that his uncle Claudius (Kevar Maffitt of Olive Branch) has claimed the throne and married Hamlet's mother Queen Gertrude (Katie Hardeman of Southaven). Officers Marcellus (Xavier Martin of Hattiesburg) and Bernardo (Justin Taylor Abbott of Picayune) contact Hamlet's friend Horatio (Joey Roderick of Blue Ridge, GA), and inform him of the appearance of the late king's ghost. The ghost reveals that he was murdered by Claudius, thus prompting Hamlet to begin his campaign of revenge. Claudius orders Rosencrantz (Nicoli Hutchison of Carriere) and Guildenstern (Ashlyn Watts of Picayune) to spy on Hamlet. Ophelia (Miranda Rester of Oak Grove), in love with Hamlet, is warned by her father Polonius (Chris Permenter of Oak Grove) and her brother Laertes (Billy Burkes of Meridian) to avoid Hamlet, who is showing signs of insanity. What ensues is, in Hamlet's words, "a clash between two mighty opponents," Hamlet and Claudius. The play within a play, featuring the Player Queen (Alexandra Williams of Carriere) and the Player King (Kevin Reddick of Waveland), is arranged by Hamlet to trap Claudius. The Gravediggers (John Tyler Robinson of Albany, LA and Reddick) supply the principal comic relief.
Dewey Douglas, assistant professor of theatre, is technical director. Assistants to the designers are Ben Salters of Ocean Springs (costumes), Chris Permenter (lighting), Nicoli Hutchison (sound), and Taylor Abbott (makeup).
Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for military and senior citizens, and $5 for students. Reservations can be made by calling 601-318-6221. The box office is open Monday - Friday from 1 - 4 p.m. beginning October 7.