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In preparation for this year's Hunter Awards extravaganza, the namesake of the prestigious prize ventured into one of the city's unseen neighborhoods - Chinatown - to consult with a sage philosopher about a designation for 2013.
In preparation for this year�s Hunter Awards extravaganza, the namesake of the prestigious prize ventured into one of the city�s unseen neighborhoods � Chinatown � to consult with a sage philosopher about a designation for 2013.
The ancient thinker has lived most of his life in this mysterious corner of the city � well, at least since two Chinese restaurants moved across the street from each other into storefronts vacated by Internet cafe gambling dens � and it occurred to me that he might declare this the �Year of the Buckeye� or the �Year of the Bengal Tiger.�
He waved me into his crowded shop and invited me to sit in a wicker chair that appeared to have survived the 1913 flood. He served up a surprise with his cup of green tea.
�It is the �Year of the Schedule,�?� he said.
The schedule? My skepticism must have been obvious.
�Schedule stinks,� he said. �Ohio State football, Ohio State basketball. Schedule stinks.�
He got no dispute from me, although I doubted the merits of pinning the likes of Florida A&M football and Morgan State men�s basketball on an entire year.
�Look at the consequences,� he said.
He looked and sounded like a disgruntled Ohio State alumnus, but I understood.
If the football Buckeyes had been tested at all, they might have fared better against Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game. And if the basketball Buckeyes hadn�t spent most of last November and December playing programs that would have had trouble in the City League, maybe they would have been better prepared for Wichita State�s upset bid in the Elite Eight.
Still, given the strength of the Big Ten in men�s basketball, it seemed like a stretch.
�Michigan State,� he said.
And I had to admit that the Spartans� tournament track record makes a good argument for a strong nonconference schedule.
But I still wasn�t sure about this �Year of the Schedule� designation and told him so. He produced a tiny key from his smock and unlocked a jewelry box that wore Chinese letters like � sweetheart� tattoos and pulled a magnetic 2013-14 Blue Jackets schedule from one of the drawers.
�Eastern Conference schedule supposed to be easier,� he said. � P fft !�
I smiled even as he grimaced. When the curtain opens for our live awards show, a calendar-schedule will be the backdrop.
Coach of the year: Thad Matta.
Manager of the year: Terry Francona.
Player of the year: Sergei Bobrovsky.
Man of the year: Chris Spielman, who works tirelessly for the Stefanie Spielman Foundation for breast cancer research (started by he and his late wife) while raising his family and working for ESPN.
Woman of the year: Linda Logan, whose Columbus Sports Commission landed nine NCAA championship events for the city including five finals among numerous other successes.
General Manager of the year: Scott Howson, whose trades of Rick Nash and for Sergei Bobrovsky worked out well enough for him to keep his, uh, never mind.
Owner of the year: Mike Brown. (You, in the back. Do you think that�s funny, Mister?)
Division II Coach of the Year: Bill Conley.
Rookie of the year: Danny Salazar.
Upset of the year: OSU�s 70-66 loss to ninth seed Wichita State in NCAA West Regional final that kept the Buckeyes from a second consecutive trip to the Final Four.
Snub of the year: Blue Jackets� failure to re-sign leading scorer Vinny Prospal.
Bad dream of the year: LeBron James, aka The Great Satan, might return to the Cavaliers when he can opt out of his contract with Miami.
Could start anywhere else but Florida State, Texas A&M, Oregon, Alabama, etc.: Kenny Guiton.
Could start anywhere else but San Jose, St. Louis, Vancouver, New York, etc.: Curtis McElhinney.
Best impression of the Indiana football team: Purdue.
Is that a bulldozer or a race car Cup: Carlos Hyde.
It�s never too soon to give up Award: The Cleveland Browns, who traded starting running back Trent Richardson, the third overall pick in the 2012 draft, to Indianapolis for a 2014 first round draft pick – on Sept. 18.
Would shoot a bowling ball if he had one Cup: Deshaun Thomas.
Spergon Wynn Award: Brandon Weeden.
Black and Decker Award: Blake Comeau.
Did they place their bet on red or black Trophy: New Crew coach Gregg Berhalter.
A walk isn�t as good as a hit Award: Joey Votto, considered a slacker for always being on base when he should be driving in runs.
Rutgers to the rescue Award: Jim Delany.
Isn�t Babe Ruth dead Award: Shin-Soo Choo, the former Reds (and Indians) outfielder who signed a seven-year, $125 million contract with the Texas Rangers.
Jim Bollman bulls-eye the size of Milwaukee Trophy: Luke Fickell.
The Salvation Army must have been busy Award: OSU athletic director Gene Smith, who landed a game with Florida A&M on the Ohio State football schedule.
Adam Foote a captain isn�t always the answer Award: The Blue Jackets, whose on-ice failures have been attributed to their failure to have a captain since the beginning of last season.
Captain in waiting certificate of appreciation: Brandon Dubinsky.
Throw down those crutches and walk Award: With no rational explanation for it, the Indians appear from nowhere and clinch a wild card spot.
Oh yeah, and six Big Ten titles in 11 years isn�t enough Award: Kevin McGuff.
Kid with a new fire truck Trophy: New Crew managing partner Anthony Precourt.
Overrated: No. 3 Ohio State men�s basketball team, 13-0 after playing a paper- thin non-conference schedule only a coach could love.
Underrated: Nick Foligno.
Not Peyton Manning Award: Andy Dalton.
Not Andy Dalton Award: Jason Campbell.
Not Jason Campbell Award: Brandon Weeden.
Maybe he should coach the defense Award: Urban Meyer.
Star-maker: Aaron Craft, who broke Ohio State�s career assists record with more than 20 games left in his career.
Team-Maker: Todd Richards.
The answer: Nathan Horton.
The question: Amir Williams.
One man can�t make a defense Award: Ryan Shazier.
A penlight in the darkness Award: Josh Gordon, who broke the Browns record for single season receiving yards despite working with a merry-go-round of bad-to-mediocre quarterbacks on a bad-to-mediocre team.
Makeup Call: The NHL gives Columbus the 2015 All-Star Game to make up for one lost to the lockout last winter.
Bad Call: NCAA�s crackdown on hand checks, which worked better on basketball crowds than Sominex.
Best Win: Ohio State�s 42-41 football win over Michigan.
Worst Loss: Ohio State�s 71-49 men�s basketball loss to Wisconsin.
If Roger Maris got an asterisk Trophy: OSU backup quarterback Kenny Guiton throws a school record six TD passes in the first half! -- against Florida A&M.
The future: Ameryst Alston.
The past: Tayler Hill.
Best hire: Bryan Price.
Worst hire: Cavs retread Mike Brown.
Best start: Football Buckeyes start 12-0, extending their unbeaten streak to a school record 25.
Worst start: Blue Jackets start 5-12-2 in an abbreviated 48-game season.
Best finish: Blue Jackets close out season with a remarkable 19-5-5 record. . . and miss the playoffs on tiebreaker.
Worst finish: Unbeaten No. 2 Buckeyes upset by Michigan State in Big Ten football title game, lose bid to BCS national championship game.
Might as well be in Marietta Award: The Ohio Machine, the Major League Lacrosse franchise that has gone 4-24 in two seasons in Delaware, at Ohio Wesleyan�s Selby Field.
Most quoatable: Tom Herman.
Least quoatable: Braxton Miller.
A �911� hotline: OSU�s shaky pass defense.
The lineup card: Aroldis Chapman, who resisted a move to the Reds starting rotation and got his way.
A bid from the University of Toronto: The Big Ten. (Wow, look at that TV market!)
A place in equipment room heaven: John Bozick
Another year with Braxton Miller: Meyer.
A game with Pontifical College Josephinum: Matta.
A bigger, more luxurious football practice facility: Ohio State. (Have you seen that shack?)
The Night the Ghost Got In: The Philadelphia Flyers score five goals in the third period, beat Blue Jackets 5-4.
Is the Calvary really on the way Award: Kyrie Irving
Will be missed: Chad Marshall.
Won�t be missed: Chris Perez.
Cooper�s revenge Trophy: Redshirt freshman nickelback Tyvis Powell, who intercepted Devin Gardner�s conversion pass to preserve OSU�s one-point win over Michigan.
Perseverance Cup: Marvin Lewis.
Best comeback: Ohio State men�s basketball team comes back from eight points down in the final two minutes to beat Notre Dame 64-61.
Worst comeback: Ohio State women�s team falls 15 down to Cincinnati in the second half and never gets closer than nine in losing 64-49.
Kevin Dineen the fans� choice means nothing Trophy: Guillermo Barros Schelotto.
Special �Ubaldo We Hardly Knew Ye� Citation: Ubaldo Jimenez, who pitched like. . . who?. . . in going 4-0 with an 1.09 ERA in September.
Otis elevator Award: Bradley Roby.
The broom requires no recession Cup: Jim Foster, Dusty Baker, Robert Warzycha, Brian Bliss and Ted Garber.
We won�t honor their gift cards either Award: The Blue Jackets front office, which failed to honor its predecessor�s promise of a job to Vinny Prospal after he stopped playing.
Swallowed by the black hole Award: Rob Chudzinski.
Not for sale but please make an offer Cup: Brandon Phillips.
A star is born: Ryan Johansen.
A star is in training: Joey Bosa.
A star is in the training room: Marian Gaborik.
A star will be born: The first baby for former OSU basketball players Tayler Hill and David Lighty is due in May. Do you think Dr. Matta will bring commitment papers with him to the delivery room?
Bob Hunter is a sports columnist for The Dispatch.


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Angelina Mia's Restaurant in Williston is offering a "Painted Pizza Box Contest" in conjunction with the Levy County Fair.
Every month there will be a total of 30 boxes available to be picked up at the restaurant on West Noble Avenue.
Paint the box any way you like and bring it back by the end of the month. Boxes will be judged monthly and the top three winners from each month will receive a free large pizza.
They will also be displayed and judged at the Levy County Fair in the Creative Arts Tent during the April 2011 Fair.
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Think of Berryhill Farms, north of Eight Mile Road and west of Interstate 5, as another pit stop for weary travelers.
Think of Berryhill Farms, north of Eight Mile Road and west of Interstate 5, as another pit stop for weary travelers.
"We're kind of like Flag City - for ducks," said Rob Hormel, who zipped around the farm on a mud-spattered buggy one recent afternoon, outpaced by three retrievers who keep an eye on things when Hormel's not around.
Before the recession, Hormel designed swimming pools for people's backyards. Now he's helped build swimming pools of another kind - flooded cornfields that will provide wintertime habitat and food for tens of thousands of ducks this January and February.
This will be the second year that officials flood two 70-acre corn fields at Berryhill Farms.
The goal: to demonstrate that farms and wildlife can coexist.
Habitat restoration can be a scary concept for landowners. It sounds like land being taken out of production. Gov. Jerry Brown's twin tunnels plan includes ambitious plans to convert 113,000 acres of farms to habitat.
With an $800,000 grant from the state Department of Fish and Game, the Delta Protection Commission set out to show that habitat can be restored while holding onto productive farmland - a concept known as "working landscapes."
The Berryhill Farms project is one of 11 completed throughout the Delta, with the help of nonprofit Ducks Unlimited.
The work will benefit the private Woody's By The River duck club on the Berryhill property.
"They're interested in the recreation, and we're interested in the habitat," Ducks Unlimited biologist Aaron Will said.
Low berms were built allowing the cornfields to be flooded after the harvest. Water was delivered via a network of canals running through adjacent lands that have already been restored for habitat.
"We just borrow the water," Hormel said.
Will said the goal is to find out what the benefits are not only for the birds but for the landowners - possibly a reduced dependence on fertilizer, more efficient weed control and a more abundant harvest.
Ninety-five percent of Central Valley wetlands have been developed, pinching the estimated 7 million ducks and geese that visit each winter.
"The No. 1 crop in the Delta is corn," Will said. "There's a lot more opportunity to provide wildlife friendly habitat out here."
One other local project completed with the grant money was construction of a 134-acre wetland at the Delta Gun Club on Lower Jones Tract.
The Delta Protection Commission has also proposed using $1 million in voter-approved Proposition 50 funds to convert 1,000 acres of Delta farmland to rice, creating more flooded habitat for waterfowl.
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Prim and proper with a mix of stately buildings and English traditions, Victoria is like a breath of fresh air. Its British heritage is apparent in double-decker buses, the Royal British Columbia Museum and High Tea at the Empress Hotel. Pay a visit to the renowned Butchart Gardens, where sunken floral beds reflect international themes.
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Stretching from the Canadian border in the south, to the start of the Gulf of Alaska in the north, the Inside Passage runs through the area known as Southeast Alaska, just below Glacier Bay National Park. In the spring, the passage is blanketed with wildflowers and the whales are migrating. Come fall, the landscape is ablaze with fall foliage and the bald eagles are gathering. No matter what time of the season you choose to cruise, one can expect to see spectacular scenery, bountiful wildlife, picturesque Native cultures, amazing history and exceptional hospitality.
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Accessible only by air or sea, Alaska's capital is surprisingly urban and cultured for such a remote destination. When you arrive by sea, you will be greeted dockside by numerous flags and an abundance of summer flowers. For further insight into the Inuit culture and crafts, visit the museum. Take the short drive to Mendenhall Glacier, the only glacier inside city limits! Take a helicopter ride for an amazing aerial view of Juneau and area, or go fishing for silver salmon. Then, just kick back and relax with a cool one at the famous and colorful Red Dog Saloon.
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Ketchikan is the salmon capital of the world. The canneries are busy and the stream below Creek Street's rustic boardwalk bustles with life. Visit the ancient grove of Totem Bight, the largest collection of authentic totem poles anywhere. Make a flight to nearby Misty Fjords--a breathtaking vista of Alaska's unspoiled wilderness and America's newest national monument; or try a little salmon fishing.
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Situated on Puget Sound, Seattle's lush vegetation has earned it the nickname the "Emerald City." The futuristic Space Needle offers a 360-degree view of the city's skyline, Puget Sound and Mt. Rainier. At Pike Place Market you can shop for handcrafted clothes and jewelry, and enjoy the amazing variety of flowers, famous fish markets and more.
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Skagway was born during the great Alaska gold rush. Those were the days when Skagway had 80 saloons and was known as "the roughest town on earth." The city's rip-roaring past will come alive when you walk down Broadway, a main street so authentic it is part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park! Special shore excursions explore Skagway's fascinating history. Take a train up to White Pass and follow the old path to gold and glory in the Yukon, or take a scenic flight to view the amazing wonders of Glacier Bay National Park.
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Curbside Find: Mystery Trunk
It's got quite a lot of damage so it needs a little TLC but I have a plan to try to turn it into an outdoors storage/bench/hidden cooler piece (inspired by this dresser turned cooler).
As for the mystery, the trunk is locked and we don't have the key. This thing could have Jimmy Hoffa in it! Alert Geraldo.
I'm a little stuck on exactly what sort of decorative treatment to give it b/c of the rosette detail. If it didn't have that detail, I would go with an industrial look considering its function but its not to be. Any ideas?
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I have no real concrete ideas, but you have absolutely got to put some brass on it and go Steampunk!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hmmmm...steampunk is a pretty awesome idea. It doesn't really go with the rest of my backyard but its just a cool idea in general. Maybe I need a time machine cooler :)Delete
It looks like an old cedar chest. I like the brass/Steampunk idea! Distressed black with some of the original showing through would be cool. Here is advice on getting it open or google "cedar chest lock picking": http://www.ehow.com/how_7581299_unlock-1949-cedar-chest-key.htmlReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much for the link. I'm not sure I want to spend the money on a locksmith to open it since I don't need to lock it again but it would be nice not to damage it in the process.Delete
My stomach turned when I saw this. This past January, my family lost two young children, Lexi and Sean Munroe, when they tragically suffocated in an old hope chest. Lane recalled these deathtraps and it is illegal to sell them, unless the lock has been removed. Please be careful, Stefanie. TinaReplyDeleteReplies
Oh what a terrible tragedy. So sorry for your loss.Delete
Thank you for the warning but once I get the lock open, it won't be usable again so no worries there.
Good find and glad you are using inspiration from one of your own postings! Can't wait to see how it turns out.ReplyDelete
I would stick with your industrial idea by adding a metal top and maybe corners and keeping the rough wood, floral detail and all, for the body of the piece. Result, a cool and unique industrial/rustic chic look.ReplyDelete
A lot of old chests like this have the hinges exposed on the back of the chest. I've had to remove the hinges open a locked chest before. I know you don't plan to keep the lock on the chest, but for those that do - Lane (and likely other companies) offer free replacement locks that don't allow children to lock themselves in. The new locks have to be depressed from the outside when the lid closes in order to lockReplyDelete
Lovely! I'd have looked like that little ol' ant trying to move that rubber tree plant but I'd gotten that baby home too. :DReplyDelete
Can't wait to see what you do with it.Replies
I don't know where the rest of my reply went...lost in the web.Delete
But how horrible for the families and babies lost in such a way.
A soft close hinge would be a good idea too.
What about making it a two seater, with cushions, but hollow out the middle portion and use it as a planter.ReplyDelete


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FRENCH CAMP - San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies used a stun gun to subdue a man who punched, kicked and choked a deputy's canine partner Wednesday afternoon in French Camp, authorities said.
FRENCH CAMP - San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies used a stun gun to subdue a man who punched, kicked and choked a deputy's canine partner Wednesday afternoon in French Camp, authorities said.
Deputies responded to the 9300 block of South Manthey Road about 1:50 p.m. on a report of a man entering a woman's home without her permission, the Sheriff's Office said. The man, identified as 23-year-old Jamaal Collins, accused the woman of killing his family and raised his hand to strike her, authorities said.
When deputies arrived, Collins refused orders to get down on the ground and instead ran back inside the residence, officials said. Deputies then deployed a dog to prevent Collins from arming himself with any weapons he might have found inside the home, authorities said.
When the dog made contact with Collins, Collins punched and kicked it, deputies said. He tried to choke the dog with its own choke chain, authorities said.
Collins dropped to the ground when deputies used a stun gun on him, but he continued to fight the dog and again tried to choke it into unconsciousness, the Sheriff's Office said. Collins was taken into custody after deputies used a stun gun on him a second time, authorities said.
Collins was arrested on suspicion of burglary, resisting a peace officer and harming a peace officer's dog with serious injury, the Sheriff's Office said. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of his dog bites before being booked into the county jail, authorities said.
The dog suffered a cut, about one inch long and one inch wide, above its left eye, deputies said, but they did not release any more information on its condition.
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2011: Named Second Team All-Ivy…Ranked 9th in Ivy League conference matches with a .279 hitting percentage…Named to Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll three times…Earned All-Tournament honors at Yale Classic…Totaled at least 10 kills in a match 10 times…Tallied at least 10 digs in a match nine times…Produced seven double-doubles (in kills and digs) this season…Collected 15 kills, 16 digs, 3 block assists, 2 assists and hit .520 in win at Columbia on Oct. 29…Produced 13 kills, 18 digs, 3 service aces, 3 assists, a solo block and hit .433 in win over Princeton on Nov. 5.
2010: Honorable Mention All-Ivy...Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times...Finished among the top 10 in the Ivy League in hitting percentage (3rd, .311), kills per set (7th, 2.98) and points per set (7th, 3.38)...Finished second on the team in kills with 277...Posted highest individual hitting percentage in a match among all Ivy teams during 2010 season with .688 performance against Georgetown on Sept. 11...Named to Blackbird Invitational (Long Island University) All-Tournament Team...Tallied at least 10 kills in 16 matches...Had 12 matches with at least 10 kills and 10 digs.
Before Yale: Named North Shore Conference Player of the Year at Homestead High School… First team all-conference, All Area and all-state selection… Played club volleyball for the Milwaukee Sting… Her 2009 17 Open team finished fifth at the JVA Championships in Louisville, Ky.
Appleman on Reetz: "The first thing I noticed about Erica was her tenacity on the court. She is a very skilled attacker who wants the ball and can finish consistently."
Four Questions for Erica:
1. Why Yale? I couldn't pass up this incredible academic and athletic opportunity.
2. Best New Haven restaurant? Prime 16
3. Favorite song? "Roll Out the Barrel"
4. Team Jacob, Team Edward, or Team Couldn't Care Less? Team Potter.


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Sand Creek coach Sid Disbrow couldn't have been happier with the opening few minutes of the 2012-13 boys basketball season.
On the heels of a 1-20 campaign, the Aggies seemed to put all of that behind them while enjoying leads of 7-0, 11-5 and 14-8 early in Monday's season tip-off against Fayette. While the lead didn't hold in an eventual 49-32 loss, Disbrow found plenty of positives in the performance.
"We started the game just the way we wanted to start," he said. "It was a great start. We knew we were in for a tough game. Fayette is a good team with a good program."
The visiting Eagles fought their way out of an early hole and foul trouble to eventually put the game away by outscoring Sand Creek 28-9 in the middle two quarters. But, early on it was the young Sand Creek team taking it to the Eagles.
Aggies sophomore Will Gritzmaker started the scoring spree early with a mid-range jumper, Micah Smith hit a short shot and Jameson Near connected on the first 3-point shot of the season. Sand Creek led 7-0 less than two minutes into the game.
"Their switch on defense definitely had an effect on us," Disbrow said. "They packed it in, and we weren't ready to step up and hit the shots we needed to hit. We have to be able to shoot the ball, but tonight we just didn't do that."
Nick Cleveland's 3-pointer gave the Aggies a 14-8 lead with 1:06 left in the opening stanza, and Sand Creek looked like a team ready to distance itself from last year's record.
The Aggies' strength is the inside tandem of 6-foot-4 Gritzmaker and 6-5 senior Kolton Alcock. As Sand Creek passed the ball on the perimeter, it was looking to pound the ball inside the paint. When Fayette took that away, Sand Creek had no answer. The Aggies shot 13-for-40 from the floor, including 4 of 17 from beyond the arc.
"We know what we have to work on," Disbrow said.
Gritzmaker tied the game at 16-16 early in the second quarter, but the Eagles would go on a 10-3 run to close out the half and, essentially, the game. A couple of fourth-quarter 3-pointers by Griffin Wollett and Casey Coronado were the second-half highlights for Sand Creek.
Gritzmaker led Sand Creek with 10 points. Alcock shrugged off a tough shooting night with 13 rebounds.
"Will played well," Disbrow said. "He's strong and plays hard."
Fayette's inside game of Tyler Cox (eight points), Cole Burkholder (12 points, eight rebounds) and shifty guard Zayne Colegrove led the visiting team to the win.
Sand Creek will host Erie Mason Saturday in a second non-league game for the Aggies. Then, before Christmas, Sand Creek will play some of the Tri-County Conference favorites in Madison and Summerfield.
"It doesn't get any easier for us," Disbrow said.
Sand Creek JV: Fayette also won the JV game, 50-26.
Sand Creek boys basketball falls in season opener
Sand Creek coach Sid Disbrow couldn't have been happier with the opening few minutes of the 2012-13 boys basketball season.


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This girl stole my heart before Christmas . She was dumped in a shelter without her 1 week old puppies. We never did find out what happened to her puppies,but she didn't stand a chance at the pound I told them to hold onto her and once she gained some weight and was able to get fixed I would bring her home. When she arrived at the shelter she was bone thin and engorged with milk, scared to death of the other dogs that were barking at the shelter. I was afraid that she might deteriorate . She is still a very scared girl but has really started coming around but her fee is paid and they are taking her to get fixed and updated on her shots Tuesday. Then she will come home with me where I will foster her while she heals and gains more weight. I will temperment test her ,and evaluate her seeing how she does with other dogs,kids etc.I think she will pass with passing colors.. First few times I visited her at the shelter she would tremble and hide over in the far corner, and now she will walk over to me and allow me to love on her. I also brought her some chicken and she ate that.Once she is all healed up and evaluated she will be available for adoption . If anyone may possibly be intrested in her please send me a personal message and I will send you and adoption application.I have attached pictures of her when she first arrived at the shelter (before Christmas) And pics from today . She has really put on weight and looks so much better!!!
Girl that I am pulling from death row..
Why buy from a breeder when there are plenty of homeless pups in shelters???
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She looks soooo much better. Thanks for caring about her. Wishing her the very best.
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Oh, GOD... the before picture is horrific. That's what Murphy looked like when we first took him in, except he was only about three months old, and one of his ribs stuck out (it was broken). Thank you SO much for saving her. I can't bear to see stuff like this.
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I will be lucky if I don't fall in love with her just like I did China and end up with Three . My husband says no but we will see I am just glad she is getting out of there ..
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wow awesome after pictures, hope she finds a forever home soon.
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Normally, this would have been a "Who said it?" but it's too late in the week. This isn't completely shocking, since the business wing of the GOP, which the WSJ speaks for, has always desired immigrant labor, and there's always been a split between that bloc and the more nativist rank-and-file talk-radio wing. But still:
Mr. Obama created a potentially fruitful opening to the GOP when he failed to do anything of the sort legislatively in his first term—a failure for which he was repeatedly scored in his September interview with Univision. A nimble GOP adversary might have seized the opportunity to present himself as the real immigration reformer.
But not Mr. Romney, who often pandered to his party's nativist wing (especially after Texas Governor Rick Perry entered the primaries), even endorsing what he called "self-deportation." That may have endeared him to one or two radio talk show hosts, but it proved a disaster on Tuesday.
And not only with Hispanics: Exit polls show that Asian-Americans went for the President over Mr. Romney by a whopping 73%-26%, an 11-point improvement over Mr. Obama's margin in 2008. How many other non-white groups can the GOP lose and still consider itself a national party?
No doubt this editorial will provoke letters denouncing us for being soft on the issue. Now is an opportune time to ask those disapproving readers how many more Tuesdays like this one they'd care to repeat?
They were followed in short order by Sean Hannity:
Sean Hannity said Thursday he has "evolved" on immigration and now supports a "pathway to citizenship."
Hannity told his radio listeners Thursday afternoon that the United States needs to "get rid of the immigration issue altogether."
"It's simple to me to fix it," Hannity said. "I think you control the border first. You create a pathway for those people that are here — you don't say you've got to go home. And that is a position that I've evolved on. Because, you know what, it's got to be resolved. The majority of people here, if some people have criminal records you can send them home, but if people are here, law-abiding, participating for years, their kids are born here, you know, first secure the border, pathway to citizenship, done."
Frankly, I find this turn of events rather stunning. I guess necessity is the mother of...evolution, or, to invoke two cliches in one sentence, elections really do have consequences. The GOP hierarchy wants this issue to be forgotten by 2016, so it's a lock that something will get done in the next year. Let's hope it's a real solution \for 12 million Americans who work and contribute to society, but without documentation.


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LITTLE ROCK The Guilt Trip doesn't take viewers anywhere they haven't been before, but any journey where the wisecracking cynic Seth Rogen is nagged by Barbra Streisand isn't a complete waste.
Having Streisand embodying the sort of intrusive behavior all well-meaning parents engage in might not have strained screenwriter Dan Fogelman's imagination but he and the legendary diva manage to create a fictional mom who seems familiar because, she's kind of real.
Rogen plays Andy Brewster, a frustrated Environmental Protection Agency scientist who has used all of his resources to create a new home cleaning solution that's as green as it is effective. Sadly, because he has such a specialized set of skills, he's the worst person to sell it to corporate distributors. He speaks in jargon only fellow chemists understand, and his attempts at humor are so embarrassing that he might actually alienate his biggest fan, his mom, Joyce (Streisand).
In a desperate ploy to find a distributor for his worthy but under-appreciated merchandise, Andy embarks on a cross-country tour trying to convince retailers like Costco and Kmart to stock it. He also discovers that his mom has been nursing a longtime crush on the fellow she dated before she met her son's father. In fact, Andy is named for the old boyfriend, who is apparently now living in San Francisco.
Figuring he can sell his cleaner and satisfy decades of his mother's longing, Andy invites Joyce along for the ride. By accepting, she winds up adding to his stress level, even when she has good advice Andy should heed.
Fogelman is credited with the clever, imaginative scripts for Tangled and Crazy, Stupid, Love. This time around he appears to have run out of the enjoyable surprises he had for viewers in the previous films or has decided that recycling road movie cliches is sufficiently entertaining if the leads are appropriately cast.
He's half right.
Technically, Streisand is old enough to be Rogen's grandmother, but because she's taken excellent care of herself, she can easily pass for a woman 20 to 30 years her junior. She also manages the tricky art of annoying Rogen's Andy without alienating the audience.
Director Anne Fletcher (The Proposal) manages a formidable bit of sleight of hand by for the most part successfully faking a trip from New Jersey to California. (Apparently, Streisand is leery of traveling too far from her Malibu, Calif., home.) That said, the film often looks cheap and seems a bit wanting whenever the stars take a break from bickering. While the dysfunction seems entertaining and realistic, the rest of the journey seems left over from sitcoms.
If the rest of The Guilt Trip had been as fun as its stars, the journey wouldn't have seemed so spotty.
The Guilt Trip 83 Cast: Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen, Adam Scott, Colin Hanks, Yvonne Strahovski, Ari Graynor, Nora Dunn Director: Anne Fletcher Rating: PG-13, for language and some risque material Running time: 95 minutes
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Joyce Fleck of Spartanburg is disappointed that the ice skating in Spartanburg has closed. "It's such a shame that it has closed just as winter is starting," she grouses. "This definitely is wintertime, and the kids enjoyed it, and the adults really loved it. It might have been a trial run, and it was very successful.
Joyce Fleck of Spartanburg is disappointed that the ice skating in Spartanburg has closed. "It's such a shame that it has closed just as winter is starting," she grouses. "This definitely is wintertime, and the kids enjoyed it, and the adults really loved it. It might have been a trial run, and it was very successful. I was just hoping they would extend the time it was in Spartanburg. It gave the kids something to do to keep them out of trouble, and we certainly need that. And it gave pleasure to people in their 70s. Why not keep it around longer?"
'START THE MOVEMENT': Farron Tucker of Chesnee is asking the gun-control folks to show they are sincere. "Sell your guns," he says, "and use the money to buy a big sign that reads, 'Gun-Free Home,' and put it up in your front yard. If you do not own a gun, even better. Be the first to announce it to the world. Start the movement! Then we can move to gun-free churches, businesses, restaurants, department stores, and the list will grow. Even put signs and stickers on your autos that you are gun free. Show us the way!"
'THE BEST': Suzanne Goodwin of Boiling Springs says her New Year's gift to everyone is a recommendation to dine at Dudley's. "This small, quaint restaurant on Fernwood-Glendale Road is the best!" she declares. "Even on cool nights you can eat outside under heated lamps. Inside are dozens of flat-screen TVs for sports watching. The staff is great, and did I mention the food? It is absolutely the best I've ever eaten! Steak, crab legs, oysters, salmon — the best I've had! Do yourself a favor and try it. You will thank me. And you are welcome."
'WHO WAS THAT?': After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the 4-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was that?"
ODDS AND ENDS: Spartanburg native and international jazz musician Daryle Ryce will join The Spartanburg Repertory Company on stage Jan. 26 for a 25th Anniversary Gala Event. Ms. Ryce attended Converse College, where she majored in violin performance, and then spent a year at Winthrop University studying jazz guitar. In 1974, she relocated to the Midwest, where she began a full-time performance career that has included appearances on NPR, the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and national commercials for Kellogg's Rice Krispies, Campbell's Soup and Marie Callender. She has been featured in USA Today, Woman's World magazine and Radiance magazine, as well as opening concerts for James Taylor, Arlo Guthrie, John Lee Hooker and Chet Atkins, among others. Ms. Ryce will be joined onstage by international soprano Rebecca Turner, as well as a host of other past and present performers from the Repertory Company. The evening's festivities will include a musical concert, silent auction and wine and cheese reception. Tickets can be purchased by either calling the Chapman Cultural Center box office at 542-2787 or to chapmanculturalcenter.org. The price is $25 per person; $40 per couple.
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Thermaltake BigTyp Revo CPU Cooler Review
Thermaltake BigTyp Revo CPU Cooler: Introduction
Those of you who have been OCC members or lurkers for a long time may be having pangs of déjà vu after reading the title of this review. Fear not, you aren't going crazy. While OCC did review the Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX way back in the year 2007 it is most assuredly 2013 and you are definitely reading a review about Thermaltake's new kid on the block: the BigTyp Revo. No, that's not a typo, it actually is called the BigTyp Revo.
This new cooler comes from a long lineage of Thermaltake coolers that offer great bang-for-buck performance and is the newest iteration in the "Big Typhoon" line of coolers. The original Big Typhoon was a great cooler back in 2007 with good cooling at a reasonable cost. The BigTyp Revo looks to extend that low-cost and high-performance trend into the present with support for every modern socket type as well as quiet performance. Can this diminutive cooler stack up to the current crop of mega-coolers without breaking your wallet?
Thermaltake BigTyp Revo CPU Cooler: Closer Look
The BigTyp Revo comes in a box very typical of Thermaltake: black and white with red accents. I can't say the color combination is all that original but it's definitely smacking of Thermaltake style. The front of the box sports a large photo of the actual cooler (no weird renderings here!) along with a bold proclamation of 160 watt CPU support, socket 2011 support, and five 6mm heatpipes. The left side of the box has a fairly comprehensive list of specifications and features, but as usual, head to the Specs & Features page for a full breakdown of all the numbers.
Spinning the box around we are greeted with a few more pictures along with a quick rundown of the basic features of the BigTyp Revo. Between the direct-contact heatpipes, powerful 120mm fan, and high-density aluminum fins, this cooler sure seems like it has the right ingredients for good cooling! The right side of the box reveals a big list of the features presented on the backside of the box but in a variety of languages that I probably should be able to read by this point.
For once, I'm not waiting till the next page to reveal the product you're just dying to see; behold, the Thermaltake BigTyp Revo! The BigTyp Revo ships with a universal backplate and a small variety of mounting brackets and bolts/screws to mate it up to your socket of choice. There's a manual, sure, but who reads those? You should, however, keep reading and jump to the next page for the full reveal.


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Fairy prion
|Fairy prion
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|P. turtur
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|Pachyptila turtur
(Kuhl, 1820)
The fairy prion (Pachyptila turtur) is a small seabird with the standard prion plumage of black upperparts and white underneath with an "M" wing marking.
The fairy prion is a member of the Pachyptila genus, and along with the blue petrel makes up the prions. They in turn are members of the Procellariidae family, and the Procellariiformes order. The prions are small and typically eat just zooplankton;[2] however as a member of the Procellariiformes, they share certain identifying features. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called naricorns. Although the nostrils on the albatross are on the sides of the bill. The bills of Procellariiformes are also unique in that they are split into between 7 and 9 horny plates. They produce a stomach oil made up of wax esters and triglycerides that is stored in the proventriculus. This is used against predators as well as an energy rich food source for chicks and for the adults during their long flights.[3] Finally, they also have a salt gland that is situated above the nasal passage and helps desalinate their bodies, due to the high amount of ocean water that they imbibe. It excretes a high saline solution from their nose.[4]
Pachyptila, the word, comes from the Greek words pakhus and ptilon. Pakhus means thick or stout and ptilon means a feather. Also from the Greek language, prion comes from the word priōn meaning a saw, which is in reference to its serrated edges of its bill.[5]
The fairy prion is the smallest prion and it measures between 23 and 28 cm (9.1–11.0 in) long.[2] Its plumage is blue-grey on its upperparts, and white underneath. They have a dark "M" on their upperparts extending to their wingtips, and their tail is wedge-shaped with a dark tip. They have a blue bill and feet.[6]
The diet consists mainly of planktonic crustaceans and other tiny sea animals, which they feed at night from the water's surface.[7]
They breed colonially and prefer small islands. The nest is situated in soil, hidden by vegetation and is dug with the bill or feet, or it is in a hollow in a crevice. When coming back to their nest at night, they will coo softly and listen for their mate.[7]
Range and habitat[edit]
The fairy prion is found throughout oceans and coastal areas in the Southern Hemisphere.[7]
Widespread and common throughout its large range, with an estimated population of 5,000,000, the fairy prion is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Its range is 24,600,000 km2 (9,500,000 sq mi).[1][8]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2012). "Pachyptila turtur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b Maynard, B. J. (2003)
- ^ Double, M. C. (2003)
- ^ Ehrlich, Paul R. (1988)
- ^ Gotch, A. T. (1995)
- ^ ZipCode Zoo (19 Jun 2009)
- ^ a b c Harrison, C. & Greensmith, A. (1993)
- ^ BirdLife International (2009)
- Double, M. C. (2003). "Procellariiformes (Tubenosed Seabirds)". In Hutchins, Michael; Jackson, Jerome A.; Bock, Walter J.; Olendorf, Donna. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins. Joseph E. Trumpey, Chief Scientific Illustrator (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 107–111. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
- Ehrlich, Paul R.; Dobkin, David, S.; Wheye, Darryl (1988). The Birders Handbook (First ed.). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. pp. 29–31. ISBN 0-671-65989-8.
- Gotch, A. F. (1995) [1979]. "Albatrosses, Fulmars, Shearwaters, and Petrels". Latin Names Explained A Guide to the Scientific Classifications of Reptiles, Birds & Mammals. New York, NY: Facts on File. p. 192. ISBN 0-8160-3377-3.
- Harrison, C.; Greensmith, A. (1993). Bunting, E., ed. Birds of the World. New York, NY: Dorling Kindersley. p. 51. ISBN 1-56458-295-7.
- Maynard, B. J. (2003). "Shearwaters, petrels, and fulmars (Procellariidae)". In Hutchins, Michael; Jackson, Jerome A.; Bock, Walter J.; Olendorf, Donna. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins. Joseph E. Trumpey, Chief Scientific Illustrator (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 123–133. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
- ZipCode Zoo (19 Jun 2009). "Pachyptila turtur (Fairy Prion)". BayScience Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 22 Jul 2009.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pachyptila
- Birds of the Falkland Islands
- Birds of the Chatham Islands
- Birds of the Indian Ocean
- Birds of New South Wales
- Birds of New Zealand
- Birds of islands of the Atlantic Ocean
- Birds of Tasmania
- Birds of Victoria (Australia)
- Birds of the Campbell Islands
- Fauna of the Crozet Islands
- Fauna of the Prince Edward Islands
- Birds of subantarctic islands
- Birds described in 1820


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Sometimes, this job is a little bit too easy.
Derek Jeter has a cologne. That link there allows you to put in your email address for updates on "Driven," Jeter's new scent through Avon, and since we are obsessed with the smell of Hustle and Leadership, you can bet your purple lips that we signed up. Life Without Limits, indeed!
The press release is enough to make a man very, very happy. We'll skip Jeter's quotes about "something men would want to wear" and skip to the product description:
"The fragrance, a Fresh Fougere, is a blend of chilled grapefruit, clean oak moss and spice. It will be housed in a sleek blue bottle with a silver cap, which will feature the fragrance name."
"Chilled grapefruit, clean oak moss and spice." Strangely enough, this is Yankees clubhouse slang for Alex Rodriguez, Joe Torre and Sidney Ponson.
Derek Jeter's "Driven" [Avon]
Avon Teams Up With Derek Jeter to Introduce a Signature Men's Fragrance [PR Newswire]


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I found a copy of his obituary in the Placer Herald on Saturday, 5 September 1903. Here is the text:
Death of Henry S. Hawver
Henry Sylvester Hawver, father of Dr. J.C. Hawver, died in this city on Friday of last week at the age of 81 years. The deceased was born in New York, January 4, 1822. His parents located shortly after in Wisconsin, where his childhood and young manhood were passed, and where, in 1842, he married the daughter of Judge Douglas. In 1850 he crossed the plains with the rush of gold seekers to California, where his wife and four children joined him three years later. He mined in El Dorado, farmed in San Benito, teamed to Virginia City in it's boom time, lumbered in the Sierras, and finally settled in Nevada county among the hydraulic mines, where he made his home for thirty years. A short time ago he was brought to Auburn for special care and treatment, owing to his fast failing health.
He leaves a wife and six children, ninteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren scattered from Cape Nome to the boarders of Mexico. His surviving children are: Mrs. Cypres Johnson, Pacific Grove, Cal., Mrs. S.W. Modie, Los Angeles; Dr. J.C. Hawver, Auburn; Mrs. John C. Modie, Kern City; Mrs. C.W. Godgrey, Nevada City; Dr. H.D. Hawver, Spokane Wash.
Mr. Hawver's life was that of the typical pioneer, pushing his way toward the setting sun, with more hope for tomorrow than confidence in today.
I went to the Old Aurburn Cemetery to see if there were any Hawvers buried there. I found that JC Hawver had purchased a plot, but when I went to the plot there were no markers there. Later I found in the Hooper Weaver Mortuary Records Index 1877-1928 a reference to Henry S Hawver's wife: Anastasia Noailles (Douglass) Hawver. I went to the Doris Foley Library in Nevada City to look at the record. I discovered that even though she died in Nevada City, she was buried in Auburn, presumably next to her husband.
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So my conclusion is that both Henry and his wife Anastasia are buried at the Old Auburn Cemetery.
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New Orleans
Reverend Luke Nguyen is hastily stuffing a white cleric's collar around his neck as our car edges closer to his latest nemesis. "They don't like it when I come here," he says, pointing to the looming gates of the Chef Menteur Landfill–a sprawling waste site buried in mountains of hurricane debris. Father Luke has been battling the dangerous, unlined dump from the day it opened near his Village de l'Est neighborhood in New Orleans East in February, and he's braced for another standoff.
The security guard takes one look at the feisty priest and quickly retreats. Father Luke shrugs; city officials have been backing down ever since he began leading thousands of Vietnamese residents back to rebuild east New Orleans–the last area to dry after Katrina's floods–a month after the storm.
"I came back on October 2 with a permit; then the second week a few of us came back to live," Father Luke remembers back at the rectory of Mary Queen of Vietnam Church. "On the third weekend of October 2,000 parishioners came to mass, with no lights. We served 3,500 egg rolls. That's how you get people to come back."
Getting people back, he declines to mention, also meant breaking the law. The resettlement of New Orleans East was civil disobedience, a mass act of defiance against Mayor Ray Nagin's orders barring residents from returning to great stretches of the city. But the fishers, factory workers and grocery owners of Village de l'Est came back anyway, 3,000 in all–and, without fanfare, the city caved. Water and power lines were rebuilt, schools have been rehabbed and planners are now finishing blueprints to revive the two-block business district, for the Mayor's review.
Few places devastated by Hurricane Katrina have a success story to tell like the tightly knit Vietnamese community of New Orleans East. But in many ways, Father Luke and the outlaws of Village de l'Est symbolize a gritty, grassroots movement that has grown and spread throughout the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina.
It's a movement without the luxury of high expectations. Many of its people are still deeply wounded by loss, in a place where people's patience is fraying or gone (a mood expressed in New Orleans by the recent rise of racist graffiti and bumper stickers, like Go Back to Houston). The lives of many Katrina activists are tied up with day-to-day struggles for survival, recovery and dignity, while they strive to keep their eyes on the prize of justice for all. They've been blown apart from each other, with more than 200,000 evacuees still scattered across the nation.


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In September 8th action from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, heavyweight Tomasz Adamek (47-2, 28 KO's) survived a 2nd round knockdown scare to come back and stop Travis Walker (39-8-1, 31 KO's) in the 5th round. Adamek knocked Walker down in the 2nd , dominated the 3rd and 4th rounds, and ended it by way of TKO in the 5th.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
In the co-main event, former cruiserweight champ Steve Cunningham (25-4, 12 KO's) made a successful leap to the heavyweight ranks with a dominating unanimous decision over Jason Gavern (21-11-4, 10 KO's). Scores were 100-90,100-90, and 99-90.


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The E10 is a 6GB hard drive-based portable music and video player that comes in both black and white colors. It is not bigger than the iPod Mini or an iPod Nano when inside a case. It has an FM radio tuner and recorder, a text reader, a Flash-gaming/application ability, an alarm clock, a .jpg picture viewer, voice recording and TV remote-control functionality. In the box we found the iRiver E10, a 18-pin-to-USB cable (proprietary port), earbuds with cushions, the iRiver Plus2 software, some instruction manuals and a pouch to protect the player from scratches. The E10 does not come with a wall charger, all charging happens via its USB cable (although you can buy a power adapter on eBay).
The iRiver E10 carries out all of its actions with only 4 main arrow buttons. The left key goes "back", the right key goes forward into sub-folders and it shows a special menu each time that it's long-pressed (specific to the submenu you are currently browsing), while the up and down keys go/play either the next/previous item or when long-pressed they scan back/forward the currently playing media file. On the left side of the arrow keys there is the "special" button called SmartKey, which can be assigned to do different things, e.g. go to the main screen, or go to the "Now Playing" screen etc. On the top right side of the arrows, there is the on/off button which puts the player into standby (the player never really turns off for real and so it turns back on from standby instantly). On the left side you will find the Lock slider button. When you lock the player, then the IrDA is activated and the player can be used as a remote control for your TV (vol up/down, channels up/down, mute/unmute, power on/off). Below the Lock button there is the Reset pin-hole which resets the player and does a full reboot (we had to do that once, after our player crashed but other than this one time the player was very stable). The player's iRiverOS v1.0.4 operating system (the players come by default with v1.0.3, so upgrade instructions are here) loads in about 15 seconds after a full reset (which hopefully you will never have to do). On the right side of the player you will find the microphone, the vol +/- buttons and a lanyard/wrist-wrap hole. On the top is the location of the IrDA and at the bottom there is the 3.5mm audio jack and the proprietary connection port. Overall, the device feels very nice in the hand and the buttons are on the right place.
The screen is a 1.5" color 128x128 TFT. The whole UI is written in Macromedia Flash and it's fully themable! Learning to use the UI it will take you about 1 minute, but really getting used to it will take you about 15 minutes. At the beginning I had my reservations about doing everything with just 4 buttons, but after a while it becomes intuitive. View a video of the device and its UI here. On the top left side of the screen there is always the time showing up and on the right side the battery life left. In the main screen there are several root menus and their sub-menus, for example:
Extras: Recordings (it even supports voice detection), Alarm Clock (several options here), Flash Games (we played a few, they worked really well and fast), Text Reader (.txt files are very readable with the "small" font), Browse Device (view all your files). The E10 has a feature called Btamin, which is short for "brain vitamins". These are some audio/video .swf files (download here) that are drag-n-drop'ed in the /btamin/ folder of the player and when played they supposedly help the users to cope with stress or unhappiness.
FM Radio: Click up and down to move through the FM slowly, or press and hold to scan automatically. Pressing the right arrow button it goes into preset mode where it only cycles through your 20 presets instead of the whole FM range. After you long press the right arrow button the special menu appears: Record, Saved FM Recording, FM Recording Quality, Save Preset, Stereo/Mono, Auto preset, Tuner region. The FM Radio works very well, it has amazing reception compared to cellphones with FM support, but it won't continue playback while you are reading a text file. You must stay in the FM app to have it activated.
Now Playing: Goes to the currently playing media file.
Music: "Play All" or sort via artists, songs, genres, albums or playlists (quick list or via rating). Tags are supported and that's how songs are sorted. When playing a song, you can long-press the right arrow key and more options are appearing: play mode (normal, repeat, repeat one, shuffle, shuffle+repeat), add to Quick List playlist, select EQ (Normal / Classic / Live / Pop / Rock / Jazz / Ubase / Metal / Dance / Party / Club / Custom EQ / SRS WOW), Rate song, scan speed, playback speed and Lyric display (lyrics require this app). If you upgrade your firmware to 1.0.4 and use the iRiver Plus3 media manager (instead of Plus2 that comes with the CD), you get album art support. You can easily switch from one song to the next in the list by pressing the up/down arrow buttons. Overall, this is a very intuitive player that supports OGG, mp3, WMA (protected too) and ASF. It played all the files we threw at it, except one OGG file that seems to have been encoded in a non-compatible way (although our other OGG files played fine). The only thing I do not like from their Music interface is that when you go out of the Music menus and come back in, the system does not remember exactly in which song you were browsing or listening, so the scrolling starts again from the beginning of the song list (the iPod remembers where was at).
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From Scratch Club
Sunday, November 4, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (EST)
Event Details
Sunday, November 4th
Oakwood Community Center, 313 Tenth Street, Troy, NY
$2/per person (swap curious, swappers & guests)
This month's guests: Agricultural Stewardship Association
We are throwing a mini-charity event/membership drive for ASA & their great mission to save farmland in Washington & Rensselear Counties.
ANYTHING over the $2 suggested donation goes straight to ASA. If you would like to give your name & mailing address, you will be added as a member of ASA. (ASA doesn't have a tradional membership program. ANY money donated, even a dollar, is considered a membership fee).
What they do:
"ASA is a nonprofit land trust helping landowners conserve farmland in Washington and Rensselaer counties in the upper Hudson River valley. Our goal is to ensure that future generations can continue to enjoy our local agricultural traditions, landscapes, and products. Each family that has protected their land has a unique story, and every conserved farm contributes in its own way to our hope for the continued vitality of agriculture in our region.
There are several options available to landowners who are interested in permanently protecting their land from development. The particular method used for conservation depends on the goals of the landowner, the attributes of the land, the availability of funding and other details.
Once land is protected by a conservation easement, ASA takes on a permanent responsibility for stewardship, including annual visits and meetings with landowners to ensure that conservation goals are met."
Our Second Guest will be Quincy Farm owners Cara Fraver & Luke Deikis who will briefly speak on ASA and how the organization aided them in their dream of owning & operating a farm.
Quoting from their website:
"we found help in the form of two fantastic non-profits, the Open Space Institute and the Agricultural Stewardship Association. Working together, we were able to create a conservation easement on the land that will ensure it retains its agricultural value forever. This easement also lowered the purchase price of the land enough that, with abig stretch, we were able to purchase the Wright's property and continue its legacy as a successful family farm. We can't say thank you enough to OSI and ASA. Without them, this wouldn't be possible."
For more information on Quincy Farm's Conservation Easement, the Wall Street Journal wrote a great article on the process & specifics.
Our Third Guest is SUNY ALBANY Professor in Kendra Smith-Howard, who will speak on:
The role that manufactured dairy foods (butter, cheese, ice cream) have historically played in the upstate NY dairy economy, and in so doing, remind people of both the complicated nature (literally & figuratively) of the words "local" and "processed" foods.
Assistant Professor Kendra Smith-Howard's research explores how environmental history intersects with concerns about health. Smith-Howard's current project focuses on changes in milk and dairy farming in the United States during the 20th century. She previously worked as a seasonal interpreter in Montana's Glacier National Park and taught in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia. She earned her doctorate in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007.
*I asked Ms. Smith-Howard to speak because ASA was started by a group of dairy farmers in Washington County and with NYS quickly becoming the Yogurt State, its an opportune time to learn more about NYS dairy's past, present and future.
*Items must be on the table by 4:45pm to be eligible for the swap*
4:00-4:45pm: Sign-in, Display Goods & Grab a Refreshment
- Sign in, with your name & email address & blog address
- Display swap items & samples on the tables
- Fill out the swap cards (Name & Item Description)
We will have a refreshment bar (non-alcoholic) for your pleasure!
4:45-5:25pm: SPEAKERS: ASA Director, Teri Ptacek, Cara & Luke of Quincy Farm & Ms. Kendra Smith-Howard
5:25-5:35 FINISH Browsing the Tables
With refreshment in hand, introduce yourself to table-neighbors & new friends and take a peek at what others have brought, eat/drink some samples and start plotting your swapping!
5:35-5:45pm "Silent Auction"
Write your trade offers on others' tags (i.e. your name & what you'd be willing to trade)
5:45pm OPEN SWAP
Review your tags to see which offers have been made.
Find each other (wear your name tags) & swap away!
Take home your new artisan goods and enjoy!
1) *NEW POLICY CHANGE: Unfortunately, due to health & safety issues we must change one of our policies: Children at the swaps. Starting at our October 2012 food swaps, only infants in carriers and children of swapping age (6&up) are allowed at the swaps. We can not risk a child ingesting an alcoholic sample or having a serious fall.
2) PLEASE do not show up before 4:00pm. Swap item set-up time is scheduled into the swap from 4:00-4:45pm. That said, we need ALL swap items on the table by 4:45pm.
3) IMPORTANT PARKING DIRECTIONS: Parking Lot behind church fits 10 cars (take SECOND LEFT on 9th street once off Route 7/Bridge) or you can park in the firehouse/office building parking lot across the street from church on 10th street (THIRD LEFT if coming from Route 7/787/87) or on the street: 9th, Rensselear or 10th Street.
4) The entrance to the swap is on the side of the building facing Hoosick Street- there is a light above door.
5) We are being charged to use this space. We kindly request a $2 donation per person who attends. Again, this is only a request and not mandatory. Thank you for your understanding. This money also goes to our photocopying & 'drink table' offerings.
By "purchasing" a free ticket you agree to the following:
1) Bringing appropriate "to go" containers for all swap items.
2) I will bring nothing that has been canned in 2011. ALL items from the 2012 canning season are welcome.
3) I will contact FSC via firstname.lastname@example.com if I am unable to attend so that my ticket can be released to someone on the wait list.
The Swap: GENERAL INFORMATION
Our food swap is a place where you can trade an item you made for another item that someone else made: items are swapped 1-for-1.
You bring as many or as little items as you'd like to trade; you can bring 1-infinity of one good (X loaves of bread) or X different items (1 jar of blueberry jam, 1 loaf of bread, 1 jar of vanilla extract, 1 tomato transplant, 1 jar of granola. 2 pints of pickled beets and one jar of mustard, ect ,ect). Just remember that items are swapped 1-for-1.
You will place the items on one of the tables, grouped by item so that guests will view the goodies and write their names down if they are interested in trading with you. They will also be required to tell you what they want to swap for your item. Then the last 30 minutes of the event will be the "live action swap" where you will look on your sheet(s) to see who wants to swap with you. Then you will find those people, based on their name tags or knowing them personally already, and starting a conversation with them: "Do you wanna swap" "sure" "great""let's do it"…. or if you don't want what they are offering, kindly decline and move on.
The 'swap cards' are only a starting place, you do not have to swap with people on your cards or ones you've signed up for- Please make sure each swap it done FACE TO FACE with the other person agreeing to the swap!
What To Swap?
Muffins, sourdough starters, vinegar mother, infused alcohol, infused vinegar, DIY extracts, canned veg, meat & fruit, fermented items, Kombucha SCOBIES, homemade yogurt, cheese, wine, jam, pickled beets, beer, dried herbs, potted herbs, vegetable plant transplants, cookies, biscotti, backyard garden vegetable bounty, salad dressings, stocks, cookies, pies, breads, dips & spreads, meals, backyard EGGS, lip balm, soaps, salves, anything that is food, drink or a homemade lotion/balmy/soapy item is welcome.
As long as you made/grown/foraged the item, the sky's the limit.
You can also bring items from your pantry that you can no longer use (such as due to new food allergies or intolerances or bordom): those items are NOT swapped for but instead are given for free, to a good home, to the first takers during the "silent auction" part of the program.
If at all possible, please bring samples of your swap items.
We will be providing all the drinks.
You can always write us an email with any questions or concerns at: firstname.lastname@example.com or visit our blog at www.fromscratchclub.com and make sure to join our FSC Food Swap dedicated Facebook page: www.facebook.com/FSCSwappers
When & Where
Oakwood Community Center
313 Tenth Street
Sunday, November 4, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (EST)
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The Library and the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library hosted a grand celebration on June 7, 2004 on the steps of the Main Library in honor of 125 years of library service. Library users, neighbors, local officials and staff filled the Larkin Street steps to watch performances by Archbishop Riordan Jazz Ensemble, Kei-Lun Lion Dancers and Project Bandaloop. Sydnie Kohara, morning news anchor from KPIX Channel 5 was the emcee for the event and introduced notable speakers such as Mayor Gavin Newsom, State Librarian Emeritus Dr. Kevin Star, Library Commission President Charles Higueras, City Librarian Susan Hildreth and Executive Director of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library Martín Gómez. The Library received local and state recognition for its service; Mayor Newsom officially proclaimed June 7, 2004 as San Francisco Public Library Day and the offices of Senator Burton and Assemblyman Leno also jointly presented the Library with a congratulatory accolade. Senator Boxer and Congresswoman Pelosi were unable to personally attend the celebration but sent representatives on their behalf.
The Library would like to thank the generous support of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, whose contribution made the 125th Anniversary event possible. The Library also remains grateful to The San Francisco Chronicle and KPIX, the official media sponsors of the 125th Anniversary, for their continued community support and help with notifying the public about the historical event.
The San Francisco Public Library has been here for 125 years and we anticipate serving you for at least another 125 more. Thank you, library users and friends, for making our library system a priority and the treasure it is today!
In addition, please see our calendar for the many programs and events in the Main and Branch Libraries celebrating the anniversary.


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WILLIAMSBURG, November 7, 1775.
Mr. Purdie, Here you have a proclamation that will at once slow the baseness of lord Dunmore's heart, his malice and treachery against the people who were once under his government, and his officious violation of all law, justice, and humanity; not to mention his arrogating to himself a power which neither he can assume, nor any power upon earth invest him with. Not in the legions of horrid hell, can come a devil more damn'd in evils, to top D****e. By his EXCELLENCY, etc. PROCLAMATION As I have ever entertained hopes that an accommodation might have taken place between Great Britain and this colony, without being compelled, by my duty, to this most disagreeable, but now absolutely necessary step, rendered so by a body of armed men, unlawfully assembled, firing on his majesty's tenders, and the formation of an army, and that army now on their march to attack his majesty's troops, and destroy the well-disposed subjects of this colony. To defeat such treasonable purposes, and that all such traitors, and their abetters, may be brought to justice, and that the peace and good order of this colony may be again restored, which the ordinary course of the civil law is unable to effect, I have thought fit to issue this my proclamation, hereby declaring, that until the aforesaid good purposes can be obtianed, I do, in virtue of the power and authority to be given, by his majesty, determine to execute martial law, and cause the same to be executed throughout this colony; and to the end that peace and good order may the sooner be restored, I do require every person capable of bearing arms to resort to his majesty's STANDARD, or be looked upon as traitors to his majesty's crown and government, and thereby become liable to the penalty the law inflicts upon such offences, such as forfeiture of life, confiscation of lands, etc. etc. And I do hereby further declare all indented servants, negroes, or others (appertaining to rebels) free, that are able and willing to bear arms, they joining his majesty's troops, as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing this colony to a proper sense of their duty, to his majesty's crown and dignity. I do farther order, and require, all his majesty's liege subjects to retain their quitrents, or any other taxes due, or that may become due, in their own custody, till such time as peace may be again restored to this at present most unhappy country, or demanded of them for their former salutary purposes, by officers properly authorised to receive the same. Given on board the ship WILLIAM, off Norfolk, the 7th day of November.
Virginia Gazette (Purdie) November 24, 1775
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Dunmore's Proclamation inflamed the residents of Virginia by establishing martial law within the colony and defining the penalties for "traitors" who refused to remain loyal to the king. The most inflammatory part of the proclamation was Dunmore's giving freedom to the indentured servants and negroes belonging to rebels and authorizing them to join his majesty's troops. The decision to join Dunmore's forces was a difficult one for slaves to make. The offer of freedom did not apply to slaves owned by loyalists, many slave families were split between loyalists and rebels, and the uncertainty of what lay ahead caused many slaves to remain with their rebel masters.
Sources: Selby, p66-7


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The joy of being a Roman Catholic
To the Editor:
My letter is inspired by Ms. Botelho's story about her brother. I enjoyed her article about God and faith with our young people today.
To be a Catholic today, if one prays, trusts, believes and obeys, is a definite assurance of being able to attain eternal life in Heaven. Jesus told Peter, "You are Peter. I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven."
To be a Roman Catholic today means to belong to the only church founded by Christ, and it will endure for all time! Jesus said to Peter, "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. The gates of Hell shall not prevail against it!"
To be a Catholic means to have the consolations, love, strength, trust and peace provided by God's Holy Sacraments.
To be a Roman Catholic is my greatest #1 gift from God, and will always be my greatest #1 joy!
Richard D. Walsh
East Greenwich
Keep the faith Richard. The lefties are attacking Catholics on all fronts.


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Who here writes poetry in Greek or Latin? And I'm not talking about translations or interpretations; I'm talking about real poetry wrought from your own flesh and blood and sweat and tears and love and hate. (True poets know that all or most of these things are necessary for and included in poetry!)
I wrote a poem about Boadicea once, and I was extremely proud of it; as soon as I have the time and motivation to type it up, I will post it here LOL
Post away...
Optationes Optimae,


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Reaching farm workers with information about pesticide safety has always been difficult.
Reaching farm workers with information about pesticide safety has always been difficult.
There are language and cultural differences, the rural, widely scattered work locations and the often transient nature of the workers themselves.
But a new program is helping break down those barriers in a somewhat surprising fashion - by being mobile-friendly, officials said.
The Pesticide Safety Project has a dedicated website - thesafetyofyourfamily.com - with pesticide safety tips, videos and public service announcements both in English and Spanish. And it's all designed to work with any browser-capable cellphone.
"This is a greener way, a more high-tech way and a more effective way to reach people," said Charlotte Fadipe, assistant director of communications for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, which funded the project.
"Everybody forwards links on to people," she said. "It's just a much more mobile way of getting our message out and getting it into the hands of the people that need it."
Iana Simeonov, who as former director of program development at the California Poison Control System helped develop the program, said the first step was to listen to farm workers.
"We talked about how they like to get information when they're doing a search for health content," she said. "We discovered they are very sophisticated users of technology."
More than half use cellphones to access the Internet.
That finding is similar to trends in many Third World nations, where most people have not used desktop or laptop computers because of cost and lack of infrastructure but cellphones are relatively inexpensive to obtain and use and are widely adopted.
"I've definitely seen these trends," Simeonov said. "Farm workers felt their cellphones were among their most important possessions."
Researcher also talked to outreach workers.
"The health workers said one thing - they said, 'Please, no more paper; no fliers, pamphlets or binders that were heavy and that they would watch people throw away every time,' " Simeonov said.
The website features videos right up front, offering advice on how to use pesticides safely on the job or in the home, alternatives to pesticides, protecting your family from exposure to pesticide residue on work clothes and poisoning symptoms, and what to do in case of exposure.
And farm workers, not actors, were recruited to be featured in the videos.
In getting the word out about the new program and educational materials, there is a heavy reliance on community health workers, Simeonov said.
"They are kind of our front line outreach to farm workers," she said.
State regulators have long promoted and provided pesticide safety materials for farm workers and other members of the public, but the move to mobile-friendly formats makes the new program the first of its kind.
"We're excited about it," Fadipe said.
Contact reporter Reed Fujii at (209) 546-8253 or email@example.com.