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Last-second free throw lifts Pleasant Ridge to win; Leavenworth, Lansing both suffer losses
Last year, the Pleasant Ridge girls' basketball team's two biggest strengths were pressure defense and free-throw shooting.
Some things never change.
Lady Rams coach Mike Koontz's squad used full-court pressure to fight back from a halftime deficit, and then free-throw shooting sealed an exciting 42-41 Ridge victory.
"We did a great job at being scrappy in the second half and finding a way to get back," Koontz said. "I think we just wanted this one more."
One of the motivators was a 50-48 loss to Atchison last year. Kelsey Carpenter had a chance to avenge it in the closing seconds Tuesday.
With seven seconds left and the game tied, Pleasant Ridge was inbounding with a chance to win. Atchison made a steal but never fully controlled it. The loose-ball scrum resulted in an Atchison foul with less than a second left.
Carpenter swished the first free throw to ice the game.
"I just prayed, and then hoped it went in," Carpenter said.
It was a gritty win for a Lady Rams team that struggled mightily in the opening half. Ridge's first-half offense produced more turnovers than shot attempts.
"We have to protect the ball to succeed. We had 22 turnovers in the first half," Koontz said.
But once the Rams turned up the heat on defense, they started forcing turnovers of their own and getting close and uncontested baskets. Atchison's fouls started mounting too, which gave the Lady Rams plenty of attempts from the free-throw line.
Pleasant Ridge shot 17 of 30 from the charity stripe. Atchison was nine of 21.
The Lady Rams turned a nine-point deficit at halftime into a one-point lead at the end of the third. Ridge kept the lead through most of the fourth, but never got more than a one-possession lead.
Carpenter, who hit the last second free throw, finished with five points. Jordan Adams led the Lady Rams in scoring with 13 points. Ashten Langley dropped in eight and Alyssa Crook added seven.
The 2-0 Lady Rams head to Kansas City Christian next Tuesday for a 6 p.m. tipoff.
Sluggish second half dooms Pioneers
Up 18-17 over Blue Valley Tuesday, the Leavenworth girls' basketball team was going point-for-point with the No. 4 ranked 6A team in the state.
However, fatigue started to set in and Blue Valley took advantage. Two quarters later, the Lady Pioneers' upset bid came up nine points short at the first-round of the Olathe South Tournament and Leavenworth lost 44-35.
"I think we played so hard and came out with such intensity in the first half that we were really spent in that second half," Lady Pioneers coach Derek Zeck said. "We are young and we have to learn to win. The areas we broke down in are the little things that decide games and we will get better at those as the season progresses."
The biggest statistics that hurt Leavenworth were 15 second half turnovers, and as a team, Leavenworth went 6-for-16 from the free throw line.
The Lady Pioneers will take on Olathe South Thursday at 8 p.m.
Lions make improvements in loss
The final score showed 49-39 Shawnee Heights over Lansing Tuesday.
But though the Lady Lions suffered its second straight loss, Lansing girls' basketball coach Christine Robinson saw improvement from her young team.
"I think the girls grew up a lot tonight," Robinson said. "I told them they took a big step in the right direction. They are learning my system, staying focused and disciplined and I'm really encouraged by that."
Mikayla Zielinski led the team in scoring with 13 points, followed by Madelyn Moya's eight and Jasmine Meyer's six. Lansing will host Topeka Seaman Friday at 5:45 p.m.
"We were pretty much neck and neck all game," Robinson said. "They hit two 3-pointers back-to-back late though. We then had to dig ourselves out of a hole and just ran out of time. Still, it was definitely a step in the right direction."


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Republican Mitt Romney, already in Philadelphia to raise campaign cash, is planning a public rally Friday at Valley Forge Military Academy & College in suburban Wayne.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania swing will be Romney's first visit to the state since mid July, when he held a rally at a a shale-drilling related business in Westmoreland County coupled with a fundraiser in Pittsburgh.
Romney's return comes amid speculation that Pennsyvlania has fallen off his campaign's target list as a top-tier battelground state. Recent polls have show President Obama with a lead in the low double digits in the state, though top Republicans say their own polling has the race much closer and not they have not given up being competitive.
Friday's event at the military school is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m., with the doors opening at 9:30 a.m., Republicans said. People interested in attending are asked to RSVP at www.mittromney.com/states/Pennsylvania.

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It's a rather odd piece of technology that can't really be put into words - it's much better explained by a video demonstration. Here we go:
You may think this technology uses speech recognition, but that's actually not the case. It makes use of pattern recognition; instead of converting spoken word to text and comparing that text to previously recorded notes to find a match, Recite looks at patterns in your speech and finds the correct match this way.
It's in technology preview right now, meaning it's far from stable. You ned to have one of the following phones: AT&T BlackJack II, AT&T Pantech Duo, HTC Diamond, Motorola Q9C, Moto Q9m, Palm Treo 800w, Palm Treo Pro, SMT 5800, T-Mobile Dash, T-Mobile Shadow, or the T-Mobile Wing. Get it here.


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A group of environmentalists, scientists, and nine cities, including Claremont and La Canada-Flintridge, are pushing Rep. David Dreier (R-San Dimas) to protect a large section of Angeles National Forest. Conservationists fear that encroaching development, fires, the dwindling budget of the U.S. Forest Service, and millions of yearly visitors are threatening the integrity of the mountains. They want to protect 30,000 acres and 44 miles of rivers and creeks under the national Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the toughest environmental protections available under federal law. Not everyone is completely behind the San Gabriel Mountains Forever campaign. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works supports their efforts, but is concerned about possible impacts to its flood control and reservoir system nestled in what would become a protected zone. Congressman Dreier says he is, "committed to seeing it through", but has some concerns. Will Congress support the preservation of the San Gabriel Mountains?
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An art exhibition on display through Friday, Oct. 4, at Fairmont State University highlights the work of FSU alumni.
The Department of Art will host the FSU Alumni Exhibition in the James David Brooks Gallery, located on the fourth floor of Wallman Hall. A public reception is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 10, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Gallery hours are Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
The exhibit includes Stacey Elder, Trevor Oxley, M. Michael Smith, Jason Spinks and Greg Swiger, five recent Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art graduates. Each graduate continues to create a unique body of work while pursuing individual efforts.
Elder, is a 2013 Master of Fine Arts recipient from the University of Georgia. While at UGA, she worked at the Lamar Dodd School of Art as a graduate teaching and Visual Resource Library assistant. Her work has been shown at the Georgia Museum of Art and numerous juried exhibitions in Athens, Ga.
Since his 2010 graduation from FSU, Oxley has been working as a freelance Graphic Designer and also is the curator of the Loft Gallery at Chops and Hops restaurant in Watkinsville, Ga.
M. Michael Smith is a 2012 Master of Fine Arts graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning in Drawing/Photography. He currently is a visual artist/educator who lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio.
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Graphics/Fine Arts from FSU, Spinks continued his education and is working toward a degree in Forestry with a minor in Environmental Science at Glenville State College in Glenville. He lives in Tioga.
Swiger, an artist, poet and educator, received a 2013 Master of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning in Studio Art. He currently works at The Carnegie, the largest multidisciplinary arts center in northern Kentucky. His work has been shown at the Drift Studio, Mt. Horeb, Wis., the Covington Artist's Enterprise, in Covington, Ky., and the Sycamore Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, where he lives and works.


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In general I want to know when the tool in this machine gets worn out so I measure the screws at an appropriate point and I calculate the standard deviation from the size given on the technical drawing.
But if for some unknown reason the tool breaks (the standard deviation is still in acceptable range) I would probably start looking at the min/max deviation which may or may not shed some light one what circumstances caused the problem.


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Eligibility is open to all students who attend public, private, or parochial schools or who are home-schooled.
Awards for each winning essay could range from $1,000 to $50 along with a special scholarship award for the three top essays.
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Kristin Chenoweth: Mastro's Dinner with 'GCB' Ladies!
Kristin Chenoweth goes out for dinner with her gal pals at Mastro's Steakhouse on Saturday (September 22) in Los Angeles.
The Emmy-winning actress was joined by her former GCB co-stars Jennifer Aspen and Marisol Nichols for the night on the town.
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"I just killed the biggest spider in my place. I don't want to think about what happens when i sleep," Kristin tweeted earlier that day.
Make sure to watch Kristin on the season premiere of The Good Wife on Sunday (September 30) at 9/8c.


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With 16.6 seconds left in overtime and his Los Angeles Lakers up by one, Kobe Bryant had to decide, in an instant, whether to take the shot or drain a little more time from the clock and deny the Boston Celtics a chance to score.
Bryant moved within 30 feet of the basket at TD Garden as the clock ticked down. Fifteen seconds. Fourteen. Thirteen. With 12 seconds remaining and Celtics guard Ray Allen coming up fast, it was crunch time. Bryant could milk the clock and leave the Celtics only a few seconds to answer, or go for a quick three but risk missing and leave Boston time to attempt a game-winning shot. He split the difference, making his way to the free throw line and taking a jump shot.
A recent study suggests Bryant, like many NBA players, made the wrong choice.
Brian Skinner, a physics research associate at the University of Minnesota, explored the nature of shot attempts in the NBA. In his paper, published in the online journal PLoS ONE, Skinner said he wanted to determine when a player should take the shot.
"It just depends on how much time I have left." – Kobe Bryant "Within this model I derive an answer to the question 'how likely must the shot be to go in before the player should take it?,'" Skinner wrote.
He discovered through an analysis of scoring situations that NBA players often wait too long to shoot and it could cost teams an average of 4.5 points per game. Rather than take the sure thing early in a possession, players wait it out, taking time off the clock and hoping to make another, possibly tougher, shot pay off. Although that denies their opponent a chance to respond, it also deprives their own team of a chance at a basket before the shot clock expires.
Although Skinner specifically didn't examine end-of-game situations, Bryant's performance in last Thursday night's game against Boston could highlight that finding.
With 12 seconds on the shot clock and no other defender besides Allen to harry him, Bryant used up six seconds fighting Allen to the left corner of the free throw line. As Celtics forward Kevin Garnett joined the fray from the right corner of the line, Bryant spun away from Garnett and took a turnaround jump shot with five seconds remaining. The ball clanked off the rim. The Celtics collected the rebound, but it was too little, too late.
That the Lakers were up by one point afforded Bryant the luxury of taking a tough shot. Although he didn't necessarily have a good opportunity for a high-quality shot just a few seconds before, Skinner's research suggests Bryant's decision to drain time from the clock was typical of the league. He found players tend to be overly reluctant to shoot early in a possession and therefore miss scoring opportunities.
"NBA players may be unwilling to settle for only moderately high-quality shot opportunities early in the shot clock, believing that even better opportunities will arise later," Skinner wrote.
He also notes that the likelihood of a turnover plays into the equation.
"If the players believe, for example, that their team has essentially no chance of turning the ball over during the current possession, then they will be more likely to hold the ball and wait for a later opportunity," he wrote.
Yeah, whatever, Bryant responds. He told Wired.com after a recent matchup with the New York Knicks that there are countless variables, and his decision to shoot – or not shoot, as the case may be – depends upon who's on the floor, where they're standing and how much time is left on the clock.
"If I can kick it to somebody, a lot of times I wind up getting a hockey assist, so it just depends on how much time I have left," Bryant said. "If there's a chance to pass and swing [to another player] for another opportunity, that's fine. If there's not, then I have to create space and get a shot up, understanding that there are two [players] on me and it's going to be a great opportunity for us to get an offensive rebound."
Except in this case, the Lakers didn't get the offensive 'board. In the end, though, it worked out for the Lakers when forward Pau Gasol blocked Allen's last-second shot for the Celtics. The Lakers won, 88-87, in OT.
In analyzing teams' shot quality, shot rates and shot percentages, Skinner found that the average NBA squad has a 4 percent probability of shooting the ball when left with 15 seconds on the shot clock in their final possession. The ideal rate is 12 percent.
Skinner didn't offer guidelines for exactly when a team should shoot. So many variables exist, particularly the subjective nature of defining a quality shot, that it's difficult to say for certain when a shot attempt is worthy. But Skinner's data showed teams could increase their average points-per-possession from .86 to .91 if they took the ideal shot instead of milking the clock. That works out to about 4.5 points per game.
Lakers head coach Mike Brown isn't convinced. Asked about his late-game philosophy, Brown said, "If we're down [one point], we need to [shoot] right away to extend the game. If we're up, hey, hold it and let's try to milk as much clock as we can."
Bryant found himself in essentially the same situation Sunday against the Toronto Raptors. Down 92-91 with seven seconds left, Bryant received an inbounds pass in front of the Raptors' bench, dribbled toward the baseline and lofted a shot. The ball sliced through the net with 4.2 seconds remaining. The Raptors made one last attempt but came up short. The Lakers won.
No matter how the clock is managed, sometimes it pays to have a great player.
UPDATE, 3:45 p.m. EST Feb. 15: An earlier version of this post said Skinner's research focused on end-of-game situations when in fact he considered "risk neutral" situations in the beginning or middle of the game. We've updated the post accordingly.


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The NEIU Strategic Plan
Northeastern Illinois University is committed to a set of shared values that, taken collectively, guides our actions and interactions as we work together to prepare graduates for the responsible exercise of citizenship. We, the NEIU community, believe it is critical for our democracy to create a space in which the commitment to these values results in a thriving educational community that transforms the lives of all. As we take stock of the present and look to the future, these values serve as the touchstone for planning how we will best achieve the educational mission entrusted to us.
Northeastern Illinois University, as a public comprehensive university with locations throughout Chicago, provides an exceptional environment for learning, teaching, and scholarship. We prepare a diverse community of students for leadership and service in our region and in a dynamic multicultural world.
In our pursuit of and commitment to excellence, we value the highest quality of learning and teaching, scholarship, and service. We value opportunities and experiences that support personal and professional development for all members of our community. In all that we say and do, we are committed to the process and products of excellence.
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NEIU values access to opportunity; we value a welcoming environment that provides appropriate support as well as encourages mutual responsibility for and commitment to learning.
NEIU values the inclusion of a broad spectrum of students, staff, and faculty in the life of the University. We celebrate and foster global perspectives. We encourage the open and respectful expression of ideas and differences in thoughts, experiences, and opinions.
As a commuter institution, NEIU has a special obligation to provide an environment that is supportive, nurturing, and participatory. Such an environment is characterized by civility, fostering humanity and engagement, and creates a sense of community through inclusion, mutual respect, and empowerment. NEIU values our metropolitan setting as a laboratory for learning, and we foster partnerships for learning, research, and service throughout this dynamic region to promote the public good.
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NEIU is dedicated to creating a culture that provides life-long learning opportunities for all members of the University community. We are especially committed to transforming students' lives by engaging them in an educational experience that empowers them to graduate with the skills and knowledge to become effective leaders and citizens in their personal and professional lives.


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CONCORD — The Small Business Administration is offering free consultations on various days in November at the NH Secretary of State Corporate Division office, 25 Capitol Street — 3rd Floor, Concord.
No appointment is needed.
November 29, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Knowledge and planning are key ingredients in starting or growing a business and the SBA has resources available to help you. A Business Development Specialist from the U.S. Small Business Administration, NH District Office, will be available to meet one-on-one and provide business assistance to address your concerns, direct you to the appropriate resources and help get you started in the right direction. Visit the SBA Web page at www.sba.gov and find links to extensive resources, www.sba.gov/international, www.sba.gov/services , www.sba.gov/training or www.sba.gov/vets. For more information, please contact Miguel Moralez, Business Development Specialist/Veterans Business Development Officer, in SBA's Concord, NH office at (603) 225-1601 or via email at email@example.com.
PORTSMOUTH -- Green Alliance Green Business & Citizen Learning Seminar, 75 Congress St. Suite 304, Portsmouth, 5pm - 7pm. Join the GA for the newest installment of the Green Business/Green Citizen Learning Series.This workshop is free for GA Business Partners and Green Alliance Green Cardholders. $25 at the door for non-members; includes 1 year GA Membership). Wine and snacks provided.
"Renewable Energy Options & Positive Hand-printing 101". Green electricity expert, Glacial Energy and special guests: Eco Firebox, Ultra Geothermal, Simply Green Biofuels, and SEA Solar Store. Learn about green electricity options and Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), masonry heating, using the earth's energy, the sun's power, and biofuels. RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com. Learn more at www.greenalliance.biz or call 603-817-4694
CONCORD -- Business leaders will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with New Hampshire's top state agency officials at a Dec. 11 evening reception at the Holiday Inn, 172 North Main Street, Concord. The Business and Industry Association will host "Meet the Commissioners," a popular networking event. The reception, which is sponsored by Centrix Bank, Devine Millimet, Fidelity Investments, Gallagher Callahan and Gartrell, Liberty Utilities and Repsol begins at 5 p.m. and includes light hors d'oeuvres and beverage.
Those commissioners already confirmed to attend include: Nicholas Toumpas, Health and Human Services
Van McLeod, Cultural Resources
Ronald Wilbur, Banking
George Copadis, Employment Security
Vicki Quiram, assistant commissioner, Environmental Services
John Barthelmes, Safety
Kevin Clougherty, Revenue Administration
Amy Ignatius, chairman, Public Utilities Commission
Roger Sevigny, Insurance
The cost to attend the Meet the Commissioners reception is $20 for BIA and Capitol Connect members and $40 for non-members. Guests may register online at BIAofNH.com, Events Calendar. Call 603-224-5388 x116 for more information.
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Nuketown, Call of Duty: Black Ops' most popular multiplayer map, is to be re-imagined as Nuketown 2025 in Black Ops 2, reports IGN.
The map will be given away for free to those who pre-order the game, according to an ad spotted at Irish retailer Xtravision.
The ad calls Nuketown 2025 "the biggest incentive in Call of Duty history".
There's no info on how the map has been re-imagined with a futuristic spin.
It's not clear how Microsoft's DLC agreement with Activision will affect the release of Nuketown 2025 on PS3 and PC, but the advert doesn't specify it's exclusive to Xbox 360.


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Heidi Klum - MTV EMAs 2012 Red Carpet
Heidi Klum shows off some serious leg on the red carpet of the MTV Europe Music Awards 2012 held at Festhalle Frankfurt on Sunday (November 11) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
The 39-year-old super model and Project Runway leading lady is hosting tonight's festivities.
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"My neighbor @ludacris at the @mtvema – he says I have real swagger. #mtvema" Heidi tweeted during the show. "Backstage with my mom at the @mtvema. Getting excited for a great show!," she added later.
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(RNN) – Country singer George Jones, who awed listeners with his ability to immerse himself in his songs and compelled them to do the same, has died. He was 81 years old.
Jones was a revelation in the country music culture – equal parts vocal phenom and bad boy – whose drinking and impulsiveness made him just as legendary as his performances.
Jones enjoyed his first No. 1 hit, White Lightning, in 1959 and had racked up 150 more chart-topping songs since then. He did it in duets and as a solo artist.
He Stopped Loving Her Today was his most famous song and arguably the most famous country song of all time. The song reeked of sorrow and loss and a strong tinge of believability both because listeners could relate to it and because it was reflective of the singer's personal life.
"If we all could sound the way we wanted, we'd all sound like George Jones," said singer Waylon Jennings in a tribute song to Jones.
Praise like that came from people all over the entertainment spectrum, and Jones had the undying adoration of fans and contemporaries.
His career has earned him the highest awards an entertainer can achieve. Then-President George W. Bush awarded Jones the National Medal of Arts in 2002. He also earned a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, a salute from the Kennedy Center and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992.
He earned one of his most infamous nicknames, "No Show," because he missed numerous performances due to alcohol addiction during one period of his career.
Tales of the lengths he went through to acquire and abuse alcohol or cocaine would have been unbelievable had they not been true.
He admitted to going on a two-week binge while married to his second wife, Shirley Conley. In desperation, he drove a 10-horsepower riding lawn mower eight miles to buy liquor after his wife took the keys to their cars when she left the house.
The stunt boosted his status as a hard-drinking crooner and drew song parodies from his contemporaries for several years afterward.
"I never had anything as a kid, and all of a sudden I had everything thrown at my feet," Jones said in a 1996 autobiography. "It can ruin you quickly,"
Aside from his wild lifestyle, Jones's most famous association was with Tammy Wynette. The pairing played both behind the microphone and in real life.
Jones married Wynette, the third of his four wives, in 1969 and they remained wed until 1974. They recorded several top hits while they were together and continued recording No. 1 duets for years after they ended their marriage.
The couple had one daughter together, Tamala Georgette, who forged a music career of her own and sometimes performed on stage with her father.
Jones divorced his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, after less than a year, and the two had one daughter. Jones and his second wife had two sons together.
He married his current wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 and credited her with helping him kick his addictions.
George Glenn Jones was born Sept. 12, 1931 in Saratoga, TX and grew up in nearby Beaumont.
His early exposure to country music through radio broadcasts of the Grand Ole Opry sparked his desire to sing, and he left home at 14 to cut his teeth on the honky-tonk circuit.
His career took off in 1956 when Billboard named him the "Most Promising New Country Vocalist." From there he went on to record hits for multiple labels.
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Since the Eagles put Shawn Andrews on injured reserve in the preseason, we haven't heard much from him, aside from his very active Twitter account.
But he opened up last week in a radio interview on the Sports Bash with Mike Gill on 97.3 ESPN.
Andrews said he's about four-and-a-half-weeks removed from back surgery. The next step is to get cleared for rehab. Once that happens, it will be (ideally) a six-month process, but he said he hopes to be ready for training camp.
Andrews talked at length about being motivated to pay back Andy Reid, who has stood by him the past couple of seasons.
"When I came out to LA after my back issue, I had to look coach Reid in the eye and tell him I owe him," Andrews said. "It's bigger than football with me right now. If nothing else, I just wish that I could get just one more season just so I can pay coach Reid and just prove to the fans that I still have it, I still want to be a part of this organization. And for coach Reid sticking by me with my situation in 2008, and I definitely owe the city of Philadelphia so hopefully lord willing, I can get back to 100 percent and get to mashing people again."
Andrews added that things are going well, but he acknowledged that things were going well last year before his back flared up on the first day of training camp at Lehigh.
He was asked the question that is brought up constantly when Andrews' name is discussed: Does he want to play football?
"Well, see, that's the thing," Andrews said. "The depression thing and everybody's like 'that's a bunch of bull.' Everybody has their thing. I think a lot of people are upset, and I guess rightfully so, but everybody has high points and low points in life, and everybody makes mistakes. And it just so happens at an unfortunate time that I went through my debacle, and I'm over that now. I have a new-found love and respect for the game. I'll say 110 percent if there's such a thing. I really look forward to getting back to football."
Here are some other notes from the interview:
On his love for music: "You have to have something to fall back on, and whenever my football career is over, I'm going to go to recording school and I will be a Grammy producer so it's just one of the things I've been blessed with."
On Donovan McNabb: "If you look at Donovan's track record, he's obviously one of the best, if not the best, quarterback in Eagles history. And the guy is a leader. And he has this personality that if you're not around him, you won't get that feel. But he leads by example, and I think he should be with the Eagles for as long as he wants to play, or he's able to play."
On watching the Eagles' playoff loss to the Cowboys: "It was so frustrating to know that that's my unit. That's the guys that I have worked hard with over the past few years whenever I'm healthy and whenever I'm there. And then just to see those guys struggle alone, not so much alone, but just without me being out there. If they struggle, I want to struggle with them."


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HOUSTON - The average cost of a gallon of gas in Houston is $3.36. But some stations around town sold regular gas for 19 cents less.
The following three stations sold gas for less on Tuesday, according to www.GasBuddy.com.
- Sam's Club, Katy Fwy & Wisterwood Dr., West Houston: $3.21
- CITGO, Hwy 35 & Donaldson Rd., Alvin: $3.19
- Valero, First St. & Rice St., Rosenberg: $3.17
More Information:
- Houston Gas Prices.com
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- 5 Simple Tips To Save At Gas Pump
- Cars With The Best Gas Mileage
- History Of Gas Prices
- U.S. Energy Dept.: Average Price By Region
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All of this has riled MGM, which in recent weeks has been openly touting the fact that the newly revamped studio is serious about making "The Hobbit" -- with Jackson.An MGM spokesman said that "the matter of Peter Jackson directing 'The Hobbit' films is far from closed."Though New Line no-commented inquiries about Jackson's statement, the mini-major's move is a loud statement to both MGM and Jackson that the studio is in the driver's seat when it comes to "The Hobbit."
The LOTR fans are already expressing a sense of betrayal. On my own account, I am very sad as I should have relished re-visiting Middle Earth with Peter again as team-leader. It's hard to imagine any other director matching his achievement in Tolkien country. We will have to await developments but being an optimist I am hoping that New Line, MGM and Wingnut can settle outstanding problems so that the long expected "Hobbit" is filmed sooner rather than later.
It will definitely be shot by Peter Jackson. ... Next year The Hobbit rights will fall back to my company. I suppose that Peter will wait because he knows that he will make the best deal with us. And he is fed up with the studios: to get his profit share on the Rings trilogy he had to sue New Line. With us, in contrast, he knows that he will be paid fairly and artistically supported without reservation.
Shaye, who was also an executive producer on the Rings films, added: "He got a quarter of a billion dollars paid to him so far, justifiably, according to contract, completely right, and this guy, who already has received a quarter of a billion dollars, turns around without wanting to have a discussion with us and sues us and refuses to discuss it unless we just give in to his plan. I don't want to work with that guy anymore. Why would I? So the answer is he will never make any movie with New Line Cinema again while I'm still working for the company."Shaye said that many of the Rings trilogy actors "suddenly, because, I'm guessing, of Peter's complaint," have declined to participate in celebrating New Line's 40th anniversary. "I'm incredibly offended," he said. "I don't care about Peter Jackson anymore. He wants to have another $100 million or $50 million, whatever he's suing us for. He doesn't want to sit down and talk about it. He thinks that we owe him something after we've paid him over a quarter of a billion dollars. ... Cheers, Peter."
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With Sir Alex Ferguson approaching his 72nd birthday and Mourinho's future at the Bernabeu coming under increased scrutiny after disappointing form in La Liga, speculation is mounting that the Portuguese is eying a role at Old Trafford in the near future.
However, despite retaining a good relationship with the Scot, it is looking increasingly unlikely that the Madrid manager will make the move to Manchester.
The legendary goalkeeper feels 'The Special One' is not the man to provide stability at United, pointing out the short time he has spent at some of Europe's top clubs as evidence of his volatile nature.
"[Mournho] will not be the successor," he told El Mundo. "I don't think the club would be happy with everything Mourinho brings with him.
"He's a great candidate for his qualities as a manager but the club doesn't want all the things that come with him. Chelsea, Inter and now Real Madrid - he doesn't last more than three years."
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ONTARIO, Ore. — Research by an Oregon State University scientist shows there is no risk of E. coli contamination from dry bulb onions.
Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., will carry the results of that research with him when he meets with top Food and Drug Administration officials Nov. 13 to try to convince them to alter their proposed new quality standards for agricultural water.
The research by Clint Shock, director of OSU's Malheur experiment station near Ontario, was conducted after FDA released proposed new food safety standards for produce farms.
Any farmer who grows produce that could be eaten raw has to meet the new standards, which include limits on how much E. coli bacteria can be present in irrigation water.
Onion growers in Idaho and eastern Oregon say the surface water they use to irrigate their crop cannot meet the standards.
Walden met with onion industry leaders Nov. 7 at the Malheur research station to discuss the results of Shock's research and prepare him for his meeting with FDA officials.
Shock monitored E. coli levels in both drip and furrow irrigated onion fields from the point the water first entered the field. He monitored levels again when the onions were first lifted out of the ground and then again after they were cured in the field and ready for storage.
"After curing, there is no evidence of E. coli being present on onions, regardless of the source of water or whether a drip or furrow system was used," said OSU researcher Stuart Reitz.
"It's clear Clint's work is going to be extraordinarily helpful," Walden said after being briefed on the results. "This evidence-based research really helps as we push back."
Growers in Idaho and eastern Oregon grow about 25 percent of the nation's dry bulb onion supply. Onions have been grown in the area for 100 years without a single case of E. coli contamination being traced to that crop.
"You have 100 years of industry science behind you," Walden told onion growers. "Every single onion that has come out of here in the last 100 years has been without E. coli contamination. How many more samples do you need than that?"
Walden and six other congressmen sent a letter to the leaders of the farm bill conference committee asking them to include language that requires FDA to conduct a scientific review and economic analysis of its proposed food safety regulations before they go into effect.
The onion industry is trying to get FDA to alter its proposed water quality rule but some people want the rule tossed altogether.
"Let's get it thrown out," said Paul Skeen, president of the Malheur County Onion Growers Association.
Others are worried it could severely impact the bulb onion industry in this country.
"It has the potential to increase the cost of production to the point that it could push production overseas," said Bob Simerly, an agronomist with McCain Foods, a large purchaser of onions from this region.


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New video was posted to YouTube Monday by the Assumption Parish Police Jury. The video shows bubbling, and then a chunk of land on the sinkhole's eastern side sinks underwater.
The video was recorded just days after another was posted showing more trees being swallowing up. Officials said there was a burp and slough-in Wednesday afternoon, which resulted in debris and six trees being gobbled up by the sinkhole.
History of the Sinkhole
The sinkhole opened up in August 2012 and was roughly 1/24 of the size it is now. The sinkhole formed when an underground salt cavern collapsed.
In the past, seismic activity is reported, then the sinkhole burps up debris and then a slough-in happens. Burps occur when air and gas from deep in the sinkhole bubbles up. It can cause debris and an oily substance to float to the top. A slough-in is when the sinkhole swallows trees and land that is on the edge of the sinkhole.
Berms were placed around the sinkhole shortly after it opened up to keep the oily, debris filled water contained to the sinkhole area so it would not contaminate the area bayous.
It has more than a year since hundreds living near the giant sinkhole were forced from their homes.
Bubbles were spotted in Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou in June 2012. Two months later, the ground opened up and left what is now a 29-acre sinkhole. Residents were evacuated and the most affected residents began receiving weekly checks from Texas-Brine in the amount of $875 per week. Texas Brine owns the salt cavern that collapsed, causing the sinkhole.
On August 2, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced the state will be suing Texas Brine for environmental damages caused by the failed Texas Brine cavern.
Parish and Texas Brine officials agree the situation is far from over. 3D seismic surveys show the sinkhole itself it beginning to slow and stabilize, but the recovery is focused on another danger; natural gas gathering underneath a nearby aquifer.
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LANSING � Michigan's high school graduation rate continues to lag below the national average and the Detroit Public Schools rate is even lower, placing in the bottom half of comparable city districts, a national report found.
The United States posted a record 80 percent graduation rate in 2012, according to a report based on federal education data to be presented Monday at the Building a GradNation Summit. But Michigan's slight increase � to 76 percent in 2012 from 74.3 percent in 2011 � didn't move it out of the bottom third of all states.
Detroit Public Schools' 65 percent graduation rate was well below the nation's top rate in cities � 79 percent in Houston, Columbus, Ohio, and Des Moines, Iowa � but above 62 percent in Milwaukee and 60 percent in Indianapolis. The Detroit district, which includes 74.9 percent low-income students, mirrored the 64 percent graduation rate for low-income students across Michigan.
"Significant progress has been made in recent years," DPS spokesperson Michelle Zdrodowski said in an email.
The rate increased five percentage points in 2012 and was the highest since 2006, she said. The rate remained around 65 percent in 2013. She said it is "committed to ensuring that all of its students leave school college and career ready."
State Superintendent Mike Flanagan said a recent $65 million boost in early education funding will help increase the state's graduation rate by better engaging students from the start. Gov. Rick Snyder has pledged to make Michigan a "no-wait state" for preschool enrollment and requested an additional $65 million for preschool in his fiscal year 2015 budget.
"You don't deal with graduation rates in high school, you deal with early childhood funding," Flanagan said. "So we are going to see this change, but (funding) was just introduced. So 13 years from now, I bet you there will be a dramatic change."
Ronald Gorman, Grand Rapids Public Schools executive director for secondary schools, said he is focused on improving high-school readiness and is working to introduce a summer "bridge program" for students transitioning from eighth to ninth grade. Juniors and seniors typically do not drop out, he said.
"If we can ensure that our freshmen pass all of our core classes, the likelihood of their graduation goes up significantly," he said. "If our freshmen fail even one core class, the chances that they'll graduate go down significantly."
The Grand Rapids district's graduation rate is close to 80 percent excluding alternative schools, but drops to about 50 percent overall when including alternative schools for students who are behind, Gorman said.
Michigan's graduation rate declined along with family income, forming one of the widest gaps in the nation. The state is one of nine where 85 to 89 percent of middle- and high-income students graduate high school but the overall graduation rate is below the national average of 80 percent, the study found.
Reducing racial and income-based graduation disparities is a key component of getting the nation's graduation rate to 90 percent, according to groups that produced the study, including America's Promise Alliance, a collective of nonprofits, educational institutions and businesses founded by former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Graduation rates are based on U.S. Education Department statistics primarily using a calculation by which the number of graduates in a given is year divided by the number of students who enrolled four years earlier. Adjustments are made for transfer students.
In addition to America's Promise Alliance, the report was produced by the Everyone Graduates Center at the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University, the public policy firm Civic Enterprises and the education group Alliance for Excellent Education.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel has given final approval to building 272 new apartments in two isolated West Bank settlements, officials confirmed Monday, just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up his latest mediating mission to the region.
Kerry returned to Washington on Monday, after several days of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in hopes of forging the outlines of a peace deal. Kerry reported progress, but gaps remain.
Maj. Guy Inbar, an Israeli defense official, said the initial approval for new building in the settlements of Ofra and Karnei Shomron was given several months ago, suggesting Sunday's publication of the plans for validation, a last step, was a formality.
However, the Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now said promoting any settlement plans is a show of bad faith, particularly at a time when Kerry is intensifying his efforts. The government has the option of suspending settlement plans, but instead chooses to promote them, Peace Now spokesman Lior Amihai said.
"A government that is seeking a two-state solution would not further entrench the conflict by building in the settlements, and especially in settlements that have no chance to remain under Israeli sovereignty," Peace Now said in a statement.
Under the latest plans, 250 apartments were approved for Ofra, in the heart of the West Bank. Of those, 53 have already been built, without permits, and were given retroactive approval, Peace Now said. Another 22 apartments were approved for the Karnei Shomron settlement, the group said.
Israel has refused to suspend settlement building for the duration of the current round of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that began in late July under intense U.S. pressure.
More than 550,000 Israelis already live in dozens of settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, lands the Palestinians want, along with the Gaza Strip, for a future state. Israel captured the three territories in the 1967 Mideast war, and withdrew from Gaza in 2005, but continues to control access to it.
In recent weeks, Kerry has stepped up involvement in the negotiations, shuttling between Abbas and Netanyahu to narrow considerable gaps between them on the outlines of a peace deal.
The Palestinians have serious reservations about some of Kerry's ideas, particularly on the future of Jerusalem, a Palestinian official said Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity because of Kerry's demand for discretion.
Kerry suggested in meetings with Abbas over the weekend that a framework refer to Palestinian "aspirations" to have a capital in Jerusalem, the official said. The Palestinians want a specific mention of east Jerusalem as their capital, fearing that otherwise they'll end up with a small part of the city. Netanyahu has said he opposes any division of the city.
Kerry has not discussed the substance of the negotiations in public.
However, participants have said he wants Abbas to recognize Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people — a demand Abbas has rebuffed in the past.
In return, Netanyahu would likely have to accept the pre-1967 frontier as the starting line for drawing a border between Israel and a future Palestine. Up to now, Netanyahu has refused to do so.
On Sunday, Kerry unexpectedly flew to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with the Saudi monarch, presumably to win Saudi and Arab backing for an eventual framework agreement.
Next week, Kerry is to meet in Paris with an Arab delegation that monitors the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, according to Nabil Elaraby, the secretary-general of the Arab League.
It's not clear when Kerry will return to present his proposed framework to the Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
Also Monday, Netanyahu appeared to take some flak from his predecessor, Ehud Olmert, who said that only a "nitwit" prime minister wouldn't make peace.
Olmert held intensive talks with Abbas in 2007 and 2008, and the two leaders appeared to have made progress before Olmert was pushed out of office as a result of a corruption probe.
Olmert told university students that Israel should seize the opportunity for reaching a peace deal.
"In a peace agreement, believe me even a nitwit of a prime minister will come out looking good. But a nitwit of prime minister won't make peace, and a prime minister who makes peace isn't a nitwit," Olmert said.
Olmert did not mention Netanyahu's name and said he was making general comments that should not be construed as a personal attack.
But in other comments apparently aimed at the prime minister, he said it is essential for leaders "to make decisions" in order to reach peace.
Associated Press writers Mohammed Daraghmeh in Ramallah and Deb Riechmann in Shannon, Ireland, contributed.


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A new study by the Pew Research Center suggests that attitudes toward non-traditional families are shifting in some ways, although they remain entrenched in others. Its nationally representative survey of 2,691 people found that Americans are more accepting of families led by gay and lesbian parents, although many still do not approve of single mothers.
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Caterpillar dropped 5.9% after reducing its 2013 revenue and profit forecast while Boeing Co. (BA) climbed 5.5% after boosting its full-year earnings estimate. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% to 1,743.44 at 11:11 a.m. in New York, snapping a five-day, 3.3% rally. The S&P 500 was valued at 15.9 times estimated earnings yesterday, the highest since December 2009. Oil and copper tumbled after China's money-market rates jumped.
Equities: The market is down slightly today, with the DEC13 E-mini S&P 500 (CME:ESZ13) trading down 9.25 points to 1740.25, just above our key short term pivot level of 1738. We would not be surprised to see the markets try to break this support level and approach the 1720s. Furthermore, after this big rally in October, we believe the markets might start to quiet down in front of next week's Fed meeting, which will likely give investors more clarity on the Fed's views on their tapering ideas and timeline. If the Fed is clearly dovish with regards to tapering, we would not be surprised to see the market try to rally and stay above 1750. If the Fed indicates that they still have tapering ideas and that they do see an improving economy, we look for the market to head back down to the 1700 level.
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Secrets of the Sector
Just 2 sticks and 1 hinge will eliminate both math and errors from your layout work.
By Jim Tolpin
From the June 2011 issue #190
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If you haven't heard of the sector, it probably means you aren't an artisan or a ship's navigator living and working
in the 17th and 18th centuries.
An invention attributed to Galileo, the sector is a calculation instrument comprised of a pair of hinged sticks
engraved with a variety of scales that – coupled with a pair of dividers – enabled you to solve trigonometry, division and multiplication problems (amongst other functions).
Video: Watch a sector in use in the shop.
Web site: Visit the Port Townsend School of Woodworking's web site.
To buy: "The New Traditional Woodworker" by Jim Tolpin.
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Installing BibleTime on SUSE 10.0
As a Christian and an ordained minister, I need some good Bible study tools to use on my SUSE Linux 10.0 box, and BibleTime is a cool tool. Unfortunately, there wasn't a BibleTime RPM for SUSE 10 on the BibleTime website, so I had to compile from sources. That sounds scary if you're a newbie, but it need not be. As long as I've been using GNU/Linux the only program I've compiled is MySQL, and that was a long time ago. If you're familiar with the old joke about the ministers fishing and walking on water, let's just say I know where the rocks are now.
It always helps me to know what the process will look like. That way I have some idea of what to expect. BibleTime is simply a front-end - or a friendly user interface, if you will - for the Sword engine. Sword is what enables you to conduct searches and so on. BibleTime focuses on presenting the data and making it easy for you to work with. Technically, we could use Sword in command-line mode, but that wouldn't be much fun for some folks. BibleTime is geared toward KDE, but also runs on GNOME. We'll be using KDE for this tutorial.
Since, BibleTime depends on having the Sword and Curl packages installed, we'll make sure we have all the correct packages. If you don't have Curl installed, you will encounter problems when you try to compile BibleTime. If you already have the right packages, then skip to Phase II. In Phase II, we'll install the Sword and BibleTime packages. In Phase III, we'll choose our modules and configure our 'desktop'. Are you ready? Let's do it!
Phase I - Package Check
I ran into a problem when trying to run configure. I found the exact same problem posted prominently at the top of the BibleTime Installation Forum with the solution I needed. I needed Curl installed. So let's "nip it in the bud", and install Curl first.
With SUSE, you can run Yast, and use the Software Management module to ensure Curl is installed. Either use the search option, or go to the package selection and look for curl under the libraries section. If it is not checked, go ahead and do so. Then click Accept. Wait for Yast to finish. With that out of the way, we can download the other packages we'll need and install them.
Visit the Sword website and use the download section to download the Sword 1.5.8 RPMs for SUSE 10.0. I suggest getting both RPMs, the sword-1.5.8 and sword-devel-1.5.8. Now go to the BibleTime download page. You need to download the BibleTime 1.5.3 source package (the file with the *.bz2 tag).
Phase II - Installing Sword and BibleTime
This is pretty simple, actually. Open up Konqueror and browse to where you downloaded the Sword and BibleTime files. Right-click on the sword RPM (sword-1.5.8.rpm), and choose Install with Yast from the Actions sub-menu. Now do the same thing with the sword-devel RPM. Try installing something that easily on Microsoft Windows! O.k., don't get too excited, because we're not quite finished yet. We also need to install BibleTime itself, and since we're doing that from sources, it'll take a little time.
Now we'll unzip the BibleTime files to the /tmp directory and then launch a terminal window to compile the program. You can right-click on the BibleTime zip file in Konqueror to bring up the unzip dialog. I chose /tmp as the directory to unzip to. Now open a terminal window, and become root by typing:
su -
hit Enter, your root password when prompted, and Enter again. Now change to the directory where you unzipped the BibleTime files to:
cd /tmp/bibletime-1.5.3
Now type:
Watching the messages scroll is kind of neat. Once configure finishes, it will tell you to run 'make'. After that, we'll run 'make install'. Assuming configure is finished and telling you to run 'make', let's go ahead and do it (it's so simple!):
O.k., if you've never done this before, you'll see a bunch of messages scrolling up the screen. Many of them look repetitive, but be assured that you're not stuck in a loop. I actually stopped the process after a few minutes thinking something had gone wrong. A helpful person in the BibleTime Forum explained that it was actually working. So let it run a while. I know this part can be kind of scary to some people, but one could also see it as fascinating.
Is it finished? Good! Boy, was that tough! O.k., not really. But people make it out to be. When it finishes, make doesn't tell you what to do next. It just leaves you at a command prompt. That means it's time to run 'make install'. You should be able to guess, based on the previous example, what the command is. That's right!
make install
Now you're done. You can close out the terminal window and Konqueror, if you like. Most of the time, when you compile programs from source (at least the ones written in C/C++), you will follow the same basic process:
Phase III - Launch BibleTime
Go to the programs menu in KDE, and choose the Run command. You can also do this by right-clicking on the desktop. Type 'bibletime'. When it launches it will not have any Bible modules installed. So the first dialog offers you the opportunity to do that. I experienced problems connecting to the Sword site initially, but later on connected successfully. If you experience a problem, try back later.
Once connected, you will see a selection of Bibles, commentaries, dictionaries, and devotionals arranged like folders and files in a directory tree. Choose the ones you want. If you are using dial-up, you will want to pick your modules judiciously, as a 15MB file can take a while to download. Once BibleTime finishes downloading and installing the modules, you'll see a dialog where you can configure how your desktop should look, among other things. Once you've set your options, click O.k. BibleTime will load momentarily, and you'll be ready to start studying.
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APALACHICOLA, Fla. — Dreaming of deep rich chocolates, I snap back to reality when George Stritikus, owner of the Apalachicola Chocolate Co., waves away my MasterCard.
"I run my business the way I want and that means no business cards, no website and no credit cards," he says proudly of his store in Apalachicola, Fla. But seeing my crestfallen face, he adds, "If you don't have enough cash, just come back later and pay me."
Did I hear right? Guess so, as Stritikus hands me the box of chocolates I just carefully selected and I am on my way — out of his corner shop with its old-fashioned glass and wood display cabinets backed by gleaming stainless steel kitchen area where Stritikus and his staff make their artisan candies. When I return with cash and purchase even more chocolates, Stritikus informs me that people always return.
"They like my candy," he says.
Stritikus isn't the only one living life on his own terms. In the short time I've been in this waterfront town on the Gulf of Mexico, I've encountered many free spirits dancing to their own piper.
"I had to climb into the dining room window to see what this place looked like," says Lynn Wilson, owner of the Coombs House Inn, a Grand Victorian built in 1905 that was swept by a kitchen fire in 1911 and then sat vacant and decaying for the next 70 years. "The doors were blocked by debris."
Determined to own the home despite coming face-to-face with a screech owl in an upstairs bathroom, Wilson spent a decade trying to purchase the house and another two years fixing it up.
Booms and busts
At the time, Apalach (as locals call it), having gone through several booms and busts in its almost 200 years, was down on its luck. But Wilson, owner and founder of an international interior design firm, became addicted to restoration and soon redid five more historic properties, including the 1838 Cotton Warehouse, now a cultural center, and the 1831 Sponge Exchange.
Others, too, saw the ghostly beauty in abandoned and ramshackle buildings and now 900 homes and buildings, some dating back to the 1830s, are listed as part of the town's National Historic District. Apalachicola is a true old Florida kind of place tucked away along a coastal road that follows the northern shore of the Gulf of Mexico passing through small beach towns and wide swaths of pines and palmettos. It is not for those seeking jolts of action and nightlife. But it will appeal to those drawn to Florida's Forgotten Coast, with its historic architecture, fresh seafood, sense of whimsy, expansive views and timeless feel.
On the dock behind the Apalachicola Maritime Museum, filled with artifacts from the town's maritime past, I board the Starfish Enterprise, the museum's 40-foot catamaran. The museum offers a variety of eco-tours, including the three-hour one I'm taking today that travels through the Apalachicola River Basin.
Accompanying us is the museum's founder and local boy-made-good, George Floyd, a dedicated environmentalist, whose family settled here in the 1840s. After working in the family cannery and building boats with his dad, Floyd moved away, developed a medical records software program, became wealthy and returned with several lofty goals.
Apalachicola Bay Tourism: 850-653-9419; apalachicolabay.org
Apalachicola Maritime Museum: 850-653-2500; w ammfl.org
Coombs House Inn: 888-244-8320; coombshouseinn.com
Historic Trinity Episcopal Church: 850-653-9550; mytrinitychurch.org
John Gorrie Museum State Park, Orman House Historic State Park and John Chapman Gardens: 850-245-2157; floridastateparks.org
He is establishing a wooden boat-building school to help bring traditional boating crafts and jobs back to Apalachicola and, since his grandparents met on a paddleboat going up river, he soon plans to host paddleboat trips as well.
As Floyd talks, we pass old shrimp trawlers abandoned alongside the edges of the cypress tree- lined estuary, the nursery grounds for 75 percent of the marine life in this area. We navigate through one of the few remaining swing bridges in the nation and watch happy dolphins crest the surface of the calm waters.
Apalachicola harvests more than 90 percent of the oysters sold in Florida and 10 percent of the nationwide supply. The historic downtown has several oyster restaurants, including the waterfront restaurants Boss Oyster and Up the Raw Creek.
There are oysters on the menu at Tamara's Cafe as well. But chef Danny Itzkovitz, who, with his wife Marisa Getter, renovated the 1920s building, exposing the red brick walls, also offers pecan-encrusted grouper fingers with spicy jalapeno sauce, paella and the freshest of fish.
Indeed, Itzkovitz approaches our table carrying a giant red snapper that doesn't know yet he's on the dinner menu. Itzkovitz instructs us to note the still-flapping snapper's beautiful coloring. Then he whisks it away, returning in about 20 minutes with the transformed fish now on large platter, studded with garlic and grilled.
At the Bowery Art Gallery, named after its location — the once rollicking riverfront area where sailors debarked for scandalous fun — Leslie Wallace-Conn puts the finishing touches on a commissioned canine sculpture.
"I love animals," she says, gesturing toward the whimsical dog sculptures that fill her studio space. "I love the humor that we see in their physical being and their human personalities."
This taste for whimsy stretches far back in Apalachicola's past. When Florida State Parks took over the 1839 home of Thomas Orman in 1994, the last of the Orman riches were gone. Gaslights still lit the once-glamorous home (no one had upgraded to electricity yet) and the one elderly remaining Orman lived in the dilapidated back of the house, seceding the front rooms with their high ceilings and marble fireplaces to a horse named Candybar who grazed on the front lawn during the day and came into the parlor at night.
The grounds of the restored mansion, now a museum, are dedicated to Dr. Alvin Chapman, the first botanist in the U.S. to study outside the Northeast. Chapman moved to Apalachicola, but his northern sensibilities prevailed and during the Civil War he assisted escaping Union soldiers. When disapproving Confederate soldiers came looking, Chapman hid in the Episcopalian Church. Built in 1836, it is the sixth oldest church in the state.
Dr. John Gorrie, a friend of Orman and Chapman, invented refrigeration and air conditioning after watching too many of his patients die of tropical diseases in the torrid heat. Though Gorrie's 1851 invention was a success, the muscular ice industry up north prevented him from getting commercial financing. He died heartbroken and disillusioned. But his ice machine is displayed at the John Gorrie Museum State Park, across the street from the Episcopal Church, Chapman's Civil War hide-out.
Later, I travel the causeways and bridges that connect Apalach to St. George Island, where I meet friends paddling part of the 1,600-mile Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail that hugs the Forgotten Coast. Their trip is three days long; I join them for about three hours, kayaking close to the shore edged with twisted live oaks with their gauzy Spanish moss, slash pines planted decades ago and an abundance of small but colorful wildflowers. It's sweaty work, and as I head back to the Coombs Inn in my rented car, I thank Dr. Gorrie for his invention.
— Jane Ammeson is a freelance writer based in southwest Michigan.


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C0863 engine code seems a kind of chassis problem, we try to show one by one the meaning and the solution.
Brief explanation of the C0863 code and definition of C0863 is the bottom side.
Chassis Code
Problem is controller area network wiring bus and modules.
|SAE - Generic
|Ignition System Or Misfire
|Control Module Throttle Actuator Position Performance
|Transmission Control Module Reprogrammable Memory
SAE - Generic codes, which have a '0' as their second digit to indicate they are common to all makes and models of vehicles. These are the codes that are required for basic emissions fault diagnosis.
How To Fix C0863 ?
Deactivation of cylinders is achieved by releasing a synchroniser pin that normally interlocks the cam follower and rocker arms. C0863 code resolves the synchroniser pin is released using hydraulic pressure which is controlled by a dedicated solenoid.
Is the fuel pump sometimes not priming when you turn the key to ON(II)? Start by measuring the fuel pressure and checking whether you have bright white-bluish spark at all four plugs. The mechanical timing is also something that you should check, as we mentioned above. When you see C0863 engine fault code on your engine code reader this description will help you.
|C Codes
|List of all Chassis codes.
Final Step: In the definitions listed below, there is a test drive recommended after you've completed any repairs to see if the condition is fixed. Before you take a test drive after a repair, always erase the C Code(s) first. This will turn the check engine light off and then you will know if the check engine light returns, you've got further diagnostics to complete.
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