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An update on #JennStrong as she undergoes bone marrow transplant this week
Posted on 11 June 2014 by Nestor Aparicio
Today, my beautiful wife and best friend enters Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center to receive the greatest gift that any leukemia patient can be given: a bone marrow transplant and a second chance at life with a new DNA from a very generous (and anonymous) donor from somewhere out there in this wonderful world.
We've received so many cards, letters, emails, Facebook and Twitter mentions via #JennStrong – the sheer volume of love that has flowed in the direction of Jennifer Ford Aparicio over the past 90 days has been staggering and eye-opening – and we want to first just express our gratitude for all of the concern and offers of kindness and sweet gestures. As awful as some our experiences have been with people over the years, this time in our lives will always be remembered for the good (if not the BEST) in people, especially when some days the burden felt very heavy for us.
The love has truly been medicinal on some days when she struggled physically and emotionally. Make no mistake about it, this has been heavy lifting in so many ways.
We've been peppered with so many questions and concerns regarding her health and honestly don't know where to begin with dispensing some of the more amazing – and at times "gruesome" for the queasy amongst us – information regarding blood cancer, leukemia and bone marrow transplants. I'm probably the biggest wuss on the planet when it comes to the mention or sight of blood (and Jenn is diabetic to begin with) so this whole thing has been like seeing snakes for me from the beginning.
But here's what you really need to know and hopefully this blog answers some of the FAQs of the #JennStrong bone marrow transplant:
Jenn enters the hospital today and will undergo a week of chemotherapy in preparation for her bone marrow transplant next Tuesday, June 17. (This will be her new "birthday.") There is no "surgery" – just a bag of stem cells and blood that gets attached to her via her port, a pair of tubes that were inserted into her back on March 21st.
Our understanding is that there are many less than desirable outcomes that could result from this procedure – there are whole handbooks on Graft vs. Host Disease and other scary complications. Our doctors have been steadfast in their belief that she's a great candidate for this procedure and that a perfect match and new DNA and bone marrow could give her a whole new lease on life over the next six months. They were also very sobering in their discussions of all of the percentages of living vs. dying, cure vs. recurrence of cancer and various ailments that could exist or take place during the next few weeks.
But it's also very clear that this is Jenn's only chance to survive because even though she's in remission and cancer free right now, her pathology indicated that her specific leukemia would certainly come roaring back before the end of football season.
Last week a dear friend and client went to breakfast with us and began the conversation by saying, "Wow, you guys have been through a lot of bad stuff!" And we said, "Sure, but let's examine where we were three months ago and the amazing place where we are now."
On March 20th at 8 a.m. after months of planning with Jenn and my family, I announced the release of my book on the Orioles and Peter Angelos called "The Peter Principles" and my radio comeback after nine years off the air. Nine hours later, Jenn was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. She began chemotherapy the next day.
On March 27th the doctors somberly entered her hospital room and told us that in terms of treatments there are three types of leukemia: good, intermediate and bad. We were told hers was
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Niners favorites but early Vegas money coming in on Ravens
Posted on 22 January 2013 by WNST Staff
Courtesy of Bovada, (www.Bovada.lv, Twitter: @BovadaLV). The big list of props will be sent out on Thursday.
Super Bowl XLVII Odds
Baltimore Ravens +4
San Francisco 49ers -4
"Looking back at this NFL season, it has been very strange for the book. We might have had our best start to an NFL season ever and then Week 9 was the worst NFL week for us that I have ever seen, so Baltimore winning twice as double digit underdogs against Manning and Brady does not surprise me. However, Baltimore cost us on the weekend and are the only big loser for the book on our Super Bowl odds. Despite the bettors being enamored with Kaepernick over his last five starts, the Ravens covering all three playoff games easily has 60% of the bettors siding with Baltimore early on in the week."
Kevin Bradley, Sports Book Manager, Bovada.lv
SUPER BOWL XLVII – Odds to Win MVP?
Colin Kaepernick (SF) QB 7/4
Joe Flacco (BAL) QB 5/2
Ray Lewis (BAL) LB 6/1
Frank Gore (SF) RB 17/2
Ray Rice (BAL) RB 12/1
Michael Crabtree (SF) WR 16/1
Anquan Boldin (BAL) WR 18/1
Torrey Smith (BAL) WR 20/1
Vernon Davis (SF) TE 22/1
Aldon Smith (SF) LB 25/1
Dennis Pitta (BAL) TE 33/1
Ed Reed (BAL) FS 33/1
Randy Moss (SF) WR 40/1
Terrell Suggs (BAL) LB 50/1
LaMichael James (SF) RB 50/1
Patrick Willis (SF) LB 66/1
NaVorro Bowman (SF) LB 66/1
Dashon Goldson (SF) FS 66/1
David Akers (SF) K 66/1
Bernard Pierce (BAL) RB 75/1
Justin Tucker (BAL) K 75/1
Delanie Walker (SF) TE 75/1
Ted Ginn Jr. (SF) WR 75/1
Alex Smith (SF) QB 100/1
Field 22/1
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Bovada doesn't drop Ravens' Super Bowl odds despite injuries
Posted on 18 October 2012 by WNST Staff
Courtesy of Bovada, (www.Bovada.lv, Twitter: @BovadaLV). Included below are a quote from Bovada.lv Sportsbook Manager Kevin Bradley, updated Super Bowl odds, updated Divisional odds, playoff chances for a number of teams, the futures of Ray Lewis, Michael Vick, and Jason Garrett, tackles for Jonathan Vilma, Wes Welker stats, touchdowns for James Jones, playoff chances for a variety of teams, rushing yards let up by the Ravens, will the Bears score another defensive touchdown this week, and who will get the #1 draft pick in the NFL in 2013?
"We have had a different Super Bowl favorite in five of the first six weeks and going into Week 7 I have a three-way tie, something that I have not done since Week 10 of the 2010 Season where I had 6 teams all favorites at 8-1 to win the Super Bowl. The Niners, Pats and Texans lead the way at 6-1 and are all at least a touchdown favorite this week, so barring an upset it will most likely remain that way next week with the Falcons right behind them at 7/1."
-Kevin Bradley, Sports Book Manager, Bovada.lv
NFL WEEK 7 SPECIALS
Odds to win the 2013 Super Bowl XLVII (Note: Teams in blue have shorter odds, teams in red have longer odds, teams in black stayed the same)
Last Week Current
Houston Texans 4/1 6/1
San Francisco 49ers 5/1 6/1
New England Patriots 11/2 6/1
Atlanta Falcons 7/1 7/1
Green Bay Packers 15/1 17/2
New York Giants 18/1 17/2
Baltimore Ravens 9/1 9/1
Chicago Bears 12/1 12/1
Denver Broncos 25/1 12/1
Philadelphia Eagles 28/1 35/1
San Diego Chargers 28/1 35/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 28/1 35/1
New Orleans Saints 40/1 40/1
Seattle Seahawks 50/1 40/1
Dallas Cowboys 40/1 50/1
Minnesota Vikings 40/1 50/1
Detroit Lions 100/1 60/1
Arizona Cardinals 50/1 75/1
Miami Dolphins 125/1 75/1
Washington Redskins 150/1 75/1
New York Jets 150/1 100/1
Cincinnati Bengals 75/1 125/1
Buffalo Bills 200/1 125/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 250/1 200/1
Tennessee Titans 500/1 200/1
St. Louis Rams 125/1 200/1
Indianapolis Colts 150/1 250/1
Oakland Raiders 250/1 300/1
Carolina Panthers 250/1 300/1
Kansas City Chiefs 250/1 500/1
Cleveland Browns 1000/1 500/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 750/1 750/1
Odds to Win the 2013 AFC East Division
New England Patriots 1/ 4
Miami Dolphins 6/1
Buffalo Bills 8/1
New York Jets 12/1
Odds to Win the 2013 AFC North Division
Baltimore Ravens 2/7
Pittsburgh Steelers 15/4
Cincinnati Bengals 8/1
Cleveland Browns 75/1
Odds to Win the 2013 NFC East Division
New York Giants 4/5
Philadelphia Eagles 3/1
Dallas Cowboys 4/1
Washington Redskins 13/2
Odds to Win the 2013 NFC North Division
Chicago Bears 1/1
Green Bay Packers 3/2
Minnesota Vikings 6/1
Detroit Lions 10/1
Odds to Win the 2013 AFC West Division
Denver Broncos 4/9
San Diego Chargers 2/1
Oakland Raiders 20/1
Kansas City Chiefs 40/1
Odds to Win the 2013 NFC West Division
San Francisco 49ers 2/5
Seattle Seahawks 3/1
Arizona Cardinals 15/2
St. Louis Rams 14/1
Playoff Chances
Arizona Cardinals – 2012 Will they make the playoffs?
Yes +300 (3/1)
No -400 (1/4)
Dallas Cowboys – 2012 Will they make the playoffs?
Green Bay Packers – 2012 Will they make the playoffs?
Yes – 200 (1/2)
No +160 (8/5)
New York Jets – 2012 Will they make the playoffs?
Philadelphia Eagles – 2012 Will they make the playoffs?
No -210 (10/21)
Pittsburgh Steelers – 2012 Will they make the playoffs?
Player/Coach Props
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – What will be Ray Lewis' status Week 1 of the 2013 NFL Regular Season?
Player for the Ravens -250 2/5
Player for another NFL team +500 5/1
Retire +250 5/2
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – Will Michael Vick be a member of the Eagles Week 1 of the 2013 NFL Regular Season?
Yes -150 (2/3)
No +110 (11/10)
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – Will Wes Welker have 100 or more Receiving Yards Week 7? (Note: Welker has 100 receiving yards or more in the last four games)
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – Will Wes Welker have 100 or more Receiving Yards, 10 or more Receptions, and 1or more TD's Week 7?(Note: Welker has accomplished these numbers the last two weeks)
Yes 7/1
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – Will James Jones have 2 or more TD's Week 7?
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – Will Jason Garrett be the Head Coach of the Cowboys Game 1 of the 2013 Regular Season?
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – Jonathan Vilma – Total Tackles & Assists Week 7?
Over/Under 4½
Team Props
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – Who will have the # 1 Pick in the 2013 NFL Draft?
Jacksonville Jaguars 5/4
Kansas City Chiefs 3/2
Cleveland Browns 3/1
Carolina Panthers 15/2
New Orleans Saints 10/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10/1
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – Will the Bears have a Defensive TD Week 7?
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – Will the Baltimore Ravens finish the Regular Season 8-0 at home?
WEEK 7 SPECIALS – Baltimore Ravens Total Rushing Yards allowed Week 7 vs. Houston?
Over/Under 150½
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Part 2: Anytime, anywhere – WNST.net delivering Baltimore sports to your mobile device
Posted on 17 October 2012 by Nestor Aparicio
As many of you know, this is all I've ever done with my life – reporting on Baltimore sports teams and bringing some understanding, candor, humor and hopefully thought-provoking banter to a local conversation in our community.
On a good day, I piss you off because I present a fact you don't agree with or an argument or position in a debate that you dispute.
On my best days I force you to think about your position and offer a well-balanced analysis that makes you see through the Baltimore sports prism in a way that only eyes with 28 years of expertise and a lifetime of dedication to all aspects of local sports issues can bring.
That's called value. That's called engagement. That's called trust. Hopefully, you view it as "expertise."
That's why you came to my radio show as "Nasty Nestor" 20 years ago or somehow found WNST AM-1570 or WNST in some capacity along our journey.
If you're here reading this, you trust WNST.net as your source for Baltimore sports.
I know this because 50,000 of you engage in our community and through our partners via Facebook. More than 11,000 of you are Twitter followers, watching every Orioles, Ravens, Terps, Caps and most other major sports events with our hosts and experts in real time from anywhere your mobile phone gets service. Almost 7,000 have given me your phone number – perhaps the greatest trust other than your credit card number in the universe. And 15,000 of you have trusted us with that other cyber point of contact – your email address – so we can deliver Baltimore's best morning newspaper e-style via your inbox.
And all the while, hopefully you agree that we've respected you as our audience and community and attempted to provide quality programming and web content while living through the inevitable growing pains of morphing from a tiny AM radio station into a web media power by utilizing technology to our advantage.
It's a privilege for me personally and a labor of love that I've dedicated my life – truly and completely – to Baltimore sports media and being an advocate for local fans, businesses, charity and the community.
But here's where I need your help. Today, I'm asking you to give me a report card on how we're doing here at WNST.
We'd sincerely appreciate an honest appraisal of the way you use Baltimore sports media in 2012 and the way you view WNST.net, our competitors and, hopefully, some helpful suggestions on ways we could improve what we're doing.
As an incentive, we'll take one lucky winner and a friend to exotic Cleveland, Ohio for a weekend of football in November. And we'll never sell or share your information. So, take a few minutes if you can and perhaps you'll be our big winner!
TAKE THE 2012 GREAT BALTIMORE SPORTS MEDIA REPORT CARD HERE
Do we suck? Are we awesome? What are we missing? How can we better service you? What do our competitors do that you like? What do you love about WNST? What do you dislike about WNST?
Back when I was covering Baltimore Skipjacks hockey games on the roof of the Baltimore Civic Center and without a deadline in 1986 for The Evening Sun my wildest dreams couldn't have imagined or predicted where my journalism journey was going to take me to tweeting from my couch in real time to tens of thousands of people in 2012.
It's no secret to anyone who has adopted a smart phone, tablet or web-enabled device of any kind that real-time information is the new standard for communication. As Tommy Conwell once sang: "There ain't no
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Here's what you think about WNST…so far!
Posted on 19 September 2012 by Nestor Aparicio
For being a radio station that no one can hear and that no one listens to according to Arbitron, our 2012 Great Baltimore Sports Media Report Card is garning huge hits and many folks trying to win the trip to Cleveland.
The final question on the survey asks: "What would improve WNST.net & AM 1570 in 2013 to make you visit more often?
SO FAR HERE ARE THE RESPONSES:
precisely updated "morning newspaper" Seems like some of the stuff is repeated and not updated
9/19/2012 2:29 PMView Responses
change to fm. am dosen't seem to get here without static
Have Peter write more article, he does a great job with the business of things, but I miss hearing his thoughts in the blogs. Tell Drew to tone it down a bit especially with his predictions, when a game is way in doubt. I understand Nestor dispute with Angelos, but give it a rest. No one is more passionate about Baltimore sports than he is, but saying the same thing over-and-over again gets old. Luke does a great job, I'd like to see him do more Orioles stuff when it conflicts with preseason football though. All-in-all, WNST does a great civic job and love the trips idea, and hope to go on one soon when I get more $$$.
WNST.net: improve some of the functionality. It's sometimes hard to maneuver through the site when you want to jump from page to page. AM1570: Although I know this can't happen, signal strength. Also, get better midday talent. I like Drew and Glenn, but Yaffe and Mittermaier are awful (They always have been. I'm still trying to figure out how they have a job). Thyrl is only slightly better.
More of Thyrl, Peter DiLutis and especially Luke Jones… much, much less of Drew Forrester, for the love of God.
On air, have to say the loss of Rob and Bob hurt. Drew is solid. Glenn is decent. Can't handle Thryl…its like he is trying to hard. Web site is good. I probably should really lean on it more than the sun. Old habits i guess.
More of Nestor on the radio.
I turn off the station at 10 a.m. when I am at work. I can not listen to Damon Yaffe.. I want sports information, not negativity and sermons about how the sports world should be and every single thing that is wrong in the sports world and what he would do about it. He may be the worst radio personality ever on WNST. It would be better if you had more expert guests and hear more from the people like Alan Mcallum. Sometimes, the ramblings of callers gets a little old on WNST. If I wanted to hear average fans opinions about what happened in yesterday's game or what the Orioles should do tonight, I could just listen to my co- workers . Thanks
Access to Orioles players and manager (not your station's fault). BTW, how did you get McClouth interview on the air last week?
9/19/2012 12:53 AMView Responses
Hire Bob Hainey back. Get rid of Thyrl Nelson.
stronger signal, when i travel WNST is what i tune to but it seems beyond a certain point i loose the signal, i travel I-70 frequently but roughly 10-15 the signal is gone
If you were Live&Local weekend mornings, while the other "Sports Talk" stations run info ads, you'de Kill It! I know there are different shows different times during the yr, I miss the concept of a 52 week SatAM "Ravens!" show…where the 1st caller every week was from Cali!
More breaking news and unique insights to Ravens/Orioles. Less of Nestor taking unprovoked shots at Angelos and the O's – its fine when warranted and topical but no need to in almost every web post.
Can't visit/listen more than I already do.
Absolutely love the station, the radio hosts, the web site, the text service.
Nestor on the air more.
Add traffic and weather reports during morning and evening commutes.
I know this is something you hear a lot but it bears repeating: Due to the times I can listen to the radio (and I don't have a smartphone with the apps) which is in the car, WNST's signal makes it tough to listen to the station. Don't worry though, in Westminster 105.7 the Fan gets constant interference as well, in fact during the day 1570 has a clearer signal.
In regards to Twitter and Facebook, nothing. Nobody touches WNST when it comes to Twitter and Facebook. My only complaint about WNST. net is the fact that the webpage is a little cluttered. It is not something that prevents me from checking the website daily but I do find it to be a little cluttered which I think can be a distraction for some visitors.
stronger signal
Your website is poorly designed. I would look at making the site more visually appealing. It has all the basics, just could be so much better. SI.com is a great example of what a sports page should look like.
On air- less of those stupid top 10 lists and more talk on Mondays about Ravens as opposed to golf or other NFL teams. On line more Blogs by on air hosts maybe multiple times a day as needed with breaking sports news.
More compelling hosts – Drew is the only one really interesting. Lack of weekend programming is a problem. Limited Ravens pregame and postgame.
What really makes me against WNST(I only listen to Drew) is the trashing of EVERY other media entity in the area. It just is disgusting to keep hearing the same old mantra of "they suck" and we are the experts. The trashing of the O's management(it's personal, not business) is just so old. The hypocrisy of making note of other hosts "from some other town" and not Baltimore and yet having a constant stream of "out of town" experts to comment on Baltimore sports???? It just doesn't fit what you proclaim as your model as LOCAL. Being proud of "firing" people is just so low brow and classless. That they are able to secure jobs on your competitors should be a testament to the training they get from the station… not a talking point that the other station sucks. You can look at your station as a good training ground for the Major Leagues. I know the radio business(as an advertiser, salesman for media and printed critic) and no matter what is stated, the station is widely considered MINOR. I can never stomach people who speak ill of competition, it is so juvenile and speaks to a inherent weakness of where it comes from. So how in good conscious can I believe that Honesty, Integrity are really the bedrocks of your mission? Trashing other people and companies does not garner a sense of Integrity. And I may be an older skew for what is sports talk radio today, but I could care less about "breaking news", I don't need to be aware of EVERYTHING happening at every moment. Part of the problem with our "plugged in" society is everyone looking at their phones 24/7. Speaks to the incivility, rudeness and narcissism of our time. Watch what is going around you and not your phone, catching up on the news(either on the web or TV) is something that I enjoy. Don't need to know things before everyone else.
stronger radio signal
9/19/2012 9:57 AMView Responses
I think the service is great so I can't think of anything to suggest at this time.
More nestor
I do lose your radio signal when I go north of shawan road, and i can't get you in very clear at all up in hampstead, frustrating because I like your station a great deal.
I think you already do a great job. The only complaint I have is the TuneInRadio stream is unreliable. Don't know if it's the app or what, but since I can't tune you guys in on the radio before sunrise, I depend on the stream.
More articles related to the Orioles, I feel this year that with the team being a winner for the first time in 14 years that the blogs related to the Orioles are lacking while anything dealing with the Ravens is written almost daily during September and even months prior to that.
Easier to navigate and find information (like events)
Although I really like the morning show witgh Drew, I wish he had a more interesting partner. At times things seem to get flat.
WNST.net—more timely info. Some headlines stay up for days (NHL lockout enters 2nd day). Also, some late scores are not available in various sports–especially baseball. Improve on the quality of the links. Too many times I have a link go somewhere other than the headline notes.
Live streaming from your weekly shows , catching it next day is good but would be nice to catch it during event , Dennis Pitta show in Perry Hall is a good example I saw on Facebook that it was packed and so I got in my car and went the bad part is they wouldn't let me in due to size of place anyway it would have been Kool to catch the show as it was happening ..
More weekend stuff
Your live stream is getting more reliable but at times it is still problematic
Too much time on small local college sports but I understand the reasoning. I would like more national major sports news discussed instead – I turn off certain very bad callers – you figure it out. My listenting habits are mainly opening of shows where I get good summary and commentary on the game by the hosts but then turn off when i hear most opinions by listeners – prefer to hear "experts" so I turn on ESPN or certian 105.7 hosts that I thinka re very knowledgeable. For example I lover Billick segmnets and segments with out of town reporters/broadcasters etc.
Even though I understand the situation with the Orioles ….Sometimes the constant trashing can get to be to much. I do like that you dont just say what homer fans want to hear though. Also during the interviews with players/coaches after the games 1570 asks the best questions. Some outlets are embarrassing with stupid questions to athletes.
If it's possible to improve on what you already do better than anyone else, is to continue to be very local. Your station makes a person feel like they are not just a listener, but a personal friend. This is so rare today in radio and nobody does it better than WNST.
replace Theryl and Glenn keep Nestor off the radio
More web content. Better writers/more research done to support opinions (like drew's blog about the nationals suing the orioles. One of the most informative peices I've read). MOst of the time bloggers just spout their opinions with ZERO RESEARCH done.
More local High School sports coverage
I liked the old morning show with terry, Jeremy and drew
Not much. Everything is great.
More Ravens talk
a little more national news. a little more epl coverage. maybe an hour show once a week. maybe brent could do it for you.
sports specific shows?
You have got to get a section for the Wizards going!!!!!!!!!!! I love WNST but the only problem is that it acts like the wiz don't even exist!!! Meanwhile they pay alot of attention to the Capitals, a team which has never played in Baltimore, while denying the former and still close to home Baltimore Bullets!!! I know many people who see this as the only glaring problem with WNST, other than that great job. But seriously guys let get some Wiz coverage Baltimore is a hotbed for future NBA players and its a shame to see the number one name in Baltimore sports not even covering our own NBA team. Just need a section for the Wizards and WNST will be pure Bmore sports perfection.
More frequent updates, better O's relationship though Angelos sucks & needs to sell the team
My only complaint about WNST is Drew held a contest a few yrs ago for kids to wire a survey about their favorite teacher and he would give them free tickets to an O's gm. Well she did it and was excited but she never got to go. This was about 3 or 4 yrs ago. Every time she hears his voice she remembers. Other then that no issues with the station.
Free stuff Keep up the good work
Honestly, there's not much that I can think of other then that sometimes the text alerts seem to be delayed. If you can fix that everything else is great!
FM station for the car.
A better signal. Talent besides Drew.
You guys have a great knack of finding radio talent, id try to hold onto it a little but with that said i dont know a lot about running my own business so im sure nestor had his reasons.
I liked the top of the hour national sports news updates but realize that WNST is no longer affiliated with SNR(yahoo!radio) or FoxSportsRadio. Also, wish you could find weekend programming that actually sticks. Otherwise, bravo on jobs well done.
The radio has got to get better hosts. First Nestor took off to handle admin stuff, then Jeremy, Haynie, Long and Ray were gone. After Drew in the AM I shut the station off until the next day. If Drew ever left I would never listen again.
9/18/2012 11:54 PMView Responses
trips news more info on texting
More fan events and trips to College Park for basketball games.
Get rid of Bull Dog
Nestor, I grew up in Severna Park and went to college at UVA. I'm 46 years old. In 1994 I moved to Baltimore County. I want to thank you. I feel like you and your station introduced me to the customs and culture of Baltimore. I have never stopped listening. I applaud you for keeping Angelos honest. I listen in the car driving to work every morning for Ravens coverage. Keep innovating.
Wouldn't change a thing
Make the home page less busy and not so blog dominant.
Not much…it's on the radio on the way to work then .net when I log into my computer. Lose the signal in the evening on the am radio on the way home.
Signal strength. I travel Balt dc metro territory. More caps coverage.
Nothing – you guys have great content
Difficult to address but the radio signal strength on west side of baltimore is frustrating and is primary reason I tune out. Website has so much content difficult to quickly consume. Occasionally hosts pet peeves become repetitive.
Usually with the station i just get out of signal range and cannot hear it anymore when i want to listen. In terms of social media and social media interaction its top notch and the website is top notch. Its the only station in town where you know you can take trips to see Baltimore teams on the road and that is fantastic as a fan. I feel like even though the Orioles are doing well the station still wants to beat the team up at times and i get that i truly do but it turns you off as a fan. I also get the chest out we are the best mindset, any person in any field should have it , but that as well becomes a bit trying after awhile as a listener and supporter. Other than that its the best in town for Baltimore sports and keep up the fantastic work.
Bring back Bob and Rob
any way to get a stronger signal
Considering I am an avid listener to the program and follower via twitter, facebook, ustream, you name it. WNST is by far greater than any other media outlet in town. With that said, I know Nestor and company are always looking for ways to grow. So I will provide a few suggestions… Since I work 8-5 I rarely get to listen live although I do one my way to work tune into Drew and Luke. But, I am on the audio vault MORE than anyone. It is by far one of my favorite features and I love the "search" tool. Having said that, I would suggest if possible to keep even older links in the audio vault. I know time to time I like to show friends and family certain encounters that may have happened a while back that no longer are available on the audio vault. Maybe a "Best of Drew" or "Best of Glenn" section could work or just keeping old old links. For example, I would like to hear the Angelos interview that you guys play frequently, but I can't find that if I search "Peter Angelos" in the audio vault. Overall, WNST does a fantastic job. Whether its the text service, the knowledge of sports talk hosts, the MANY trips Nestor puts together to various sporting events. Its just fantastic and I couldn't be happier or luckier to have grown up all these years listening to WNST. I am 23 years old and i have been waking up running to turn on WNST on my way to Pikesville High School, I even got my New York roommates at College Park enjoying WNST with me. Thanks Nestor and crew for all the great coverage you provide to all Baltimore fans around the world. Keep up the good work. -Sam Bruck
Expand the time given to Damon and Paul program, give less time to Thryl. Damon and Paul are a strong follow-up to Drew in the a.m. Only my opinion but I listen ALMOST everyday, even when out of town. The website is the best in town, not even close.. The content is legit, but the design could improve somewhat. Anyone who is not subscribed to the text service is missing out. Will be honest, I jump over to Haynie often, Dude is the best in my opinion. Drew is fantastic and a step up over the clowns on the FM side in the a.m. He owns the morning as far as I can tell.
A few shows repeat throughout the day, making them outdated when they repeat. Other than that, great job!
On air longer hours.
Improved nighttime signal, but you know that. I liked Haynie, but I know that was tough. Liked him better on your station than on WJZ. Website design could be better. Sometimes content hard to find. You're doing fine overall–I love that you're locally owned–so rare in radio.
Nothing. If I had more time I would listen more.
The radio reception in the car in Baltimore is very spotty which tends for me to switch to 105.7 and stay there more times than not.
WNST IS AWESOME!
I find the quality of the audio in the audio vault on the site to be poor sometimes.
Better radio signal.
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An open letter to Adam Jones (and anyone else who doesn't like Orioles attendance)
Posted on 31 August 2012 by Nestor Aparicio
It was only a matter of time before Adam Jones started popping off on Twitter regarding his feelings about the lack of people standing behind him in centerfield at Camden Yards. It wasn't as juicy as last year's advice to "knock the s**t outta the Yankees fans" but he made his feelings well known yesterday about the worst crowd of the season to see the season's most significant game to date.
It's very apparent that Adam Jones cares more about whether the good people of Baltimore come to Orioles games than his bosses and owner do but still not enough to vest himself in our community enough to recruit people to come and pay to see the team play.
It must be a bummer for any Orioles player to endure the emptiness of the home ballpark while finally playing meaningful games and quality baseball.
In 2012, the price to pay for 15 years of losing and the worst owner in the history of professional sports is what Adam Jones now sees with a fantastic view from centerfield every night: an empty stadium in downtown Baltimore and plenty of green seats to backdrop every fly ball.
It's been very clear that the prescient message I sent with "Free The Birds" in 2006 – "if you're not careful, Mr. Angelos, we might leave and never come back" – has now become a prophecy. The 2012 Baltimore Orioles are everything you'd want in a local sports team to follow – interesting, fun, lively and relevant – and a grand total of 48K came to Camden Yards over four days to watch the best baseball this city has seen in 15 years.
The empty seats are a glaring reminder of what's gone wrong with the franchise and the city's passion for the Baltimore Orioles since Peter Angelos bought — and then wrecked — the franchise.
Once Adam Jones stops talking out of the side of his mouth and at the end of this run of success in 2012 – and I'm not betting it won't end in a parade just yet because I've seen stranger things happen — it'll then be time to invest himself in our community the way he likes to on his Twitter account.
He got the $85.5 million deal back in May and it'll be his turn to become a Baltimore resident or not. If he's really interested in people coming to the ballpark then I hope he'll spend the offseason with the fans here and be Mr. Oriole all winter.
Where will he be in November…and December…or January?
Will he be shaking hands, kissing babies and attempting to become a guy who eventually gets one of those shiny statues out on the patio that no one is visiting these days?
Will Adam Jones be in the community trying to win back the fans of Baltimore?
I'm not talking sitting at a table in a card shop or swag store charging $50 for an autograph. I'm talking about being a true ambassador for the community.
This isn't about the marketing department. This isn't about buying more billboards or state-run MASN ads. This isn't about popping off on Twitter or mandating "sitdowns" with people like me who are still pissed about the entire tenor and arrogance of the Baltimore Orioles and Peter Angelos over two decades.
If the players on the field are embarrassed by an empty stadium, it's my belief is that THEY – directly – are the only ones who can do something about it. We have to care about them and want to invest our money
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Towson Continues Partnership In New Ways With WNST
TOWSON, Md. – With the introduction of the Towson Sports Network on TowsonTigers.com and the planned digital broadcasts of Towson sporting events, Towson University Athletics will be continuing its partnership with WNST to extend its coverage with weekly live interviews and the station's social media reach, the Department announced today.
WNST and Towson have signed a one-year agreement that will bring Towson head coaches and student-athletes to the station's morning airwaves several times a week with previews, recaps, and student-athlete interviews. During the football season head coach Rob Ambrose will appear twice weekly during the 7-8 a.m. hour on Tuesdays and Fridays as he recaps the previous week's game on Tuesday and the previews the next game on Friday. Men's basketball coach Pat Skerry, women's basketball coach Joe Mathews, men's lacrosse coach Shawn Nadelen, women's lacrosse coach Sonia LaMonica and women's gymnastics coach Vicki Chliszczyk will also make regular weekly appearances during their seasons.
In addition to the regular radio appearances on WNST, Towson will be featured throughout the station's social media outreach with the "Morning Roar" from Towsontigers.com appearing in the WNST Morning e-Newspaper (sign up here) and additional coverage on WNST's Twitter and Facebook.
"In the last two years at Towson we have made a strong commitment to developing our new website and social media portals," said Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Operations Michael Harris. "With continued strategic partnerships like the one we have with WNST, we are able to provide our fan base with enhanced information leading up to our expanded game programming."
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Baum, Schwarzmann Tewaaraton winners
Posted on 31 May 2012 by WNST Staff
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2012 – The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced Peter Baum of Colgate University and Katie Schwarzmann of the University of Maryland as the winners of the 12th annual Tewaaraton Award, presented Thursday at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and top female college lacrosse players in the United States.
Colgate didn't enter the season on the national radar, but Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year Peter Baum ensured the Raiders quickly emerged as contenders. Baum took off after an early-season move to attack and terrorized defenses with his hybrid style. The nation's scoring leader broke eight school and conference records and led Colgate's second-ranked offense to a school-record 14 wins and its first-ever NCAA tournament victory.
The Portland, Ore., native is the first men's Tewaaraton finalist and winner from west of the Mississippi, and the first in Colgate history. The junior ended the season with 97 points (67 g, 30 a), tying Duke's Matt Danowski (2008) for the most ever by a men's Tewaaraton finalist.
The winner of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award for Outstanding Player of the Year, Baum was also named to the USILA All-America first team and earned All-Patriot League, All-Patriot League Tournament (tournament-record 18 points) and Academic All-Patriot League honors. His 5.39 points per game and 3.72 goals per game both led the country.
Baum currently ranks second in Colgate and Patriot League history with 130 career goals and fifth in program history with 176 career points. His 67 goals and 97 points this season rank sixth and 13th all-time in NCAA history. He is the first Patriot League representative and the seventh attackman to receive the men's Tewaaraton Award.
A returning finalist in her junior season, Katie Schwarzmann continued to make her mark in Maryland's record book. The ACC Offensive Player of the Year was a threat between the lines and ruled the fast break. Schwarzmann finished 2012 first in the ACC and second nationally in goals (72), while ranking second on the Terrapins in points (94), ground balls (31), draw controls (52) and caused turnovers (17).
A three-time Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-American and three-time All-ACC performer, Schwarzmann was a member of the 2011-12 U.S. women's national team. The Sykesville, Md., native joins Jen Adams (2001) and Caitlyn McFadden (2010) as the Terps' Tewaaraton winners.
Schwarzmann scored in every game this season and boasted eight games with five or more points. Her 72 goals ranked fifth in Maryland single-season history. The ACC Championship Most Valuable Player tallied a tournament-record 11 goals in three games while leading the Terrapins to a fourth straight ACC crown. She was also named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team.
Schwarzmann is the fifth women's Tewaaraton winner in ACC history, the third women's winner from the state of Maryland and the eighth midfielder to receive the Tewaaraton award on the women's side.
"Every year, there are 10 worthy candidates and it is a credit to Peter and Katie that they have been recognized as the most outstanding players this year," said Jeffrey Harvey, chairman of The Tewaaraton Foundation. "We are thrilled to have them join this elite list of those who have received the Tewaaraton Award."
The five men's finalists were Baum, Duke University midfielder CJ Costabile, University of Massachusetts attackman Will Manny, Loyola University attackman Mike Sawyer and University of Virginia attackman Steele Stanwick.
The five women's finalists were Schwarzmann, University of Florida midfielder Brittany Dashiell, University of North Carolina attacker Becky Lynch, Northwestern University midfielder Taylor Thornton and Syracuse University attacker Michelle Tumolo.
Finalists were selected from a pool of 25 men's and 25 women's nominees. The selection committees are comprised of 12 men's and 10 women's current and former college coaches.
For more information on the Tewaaraton Award, visit www.tewaaraton.com. Like and follow The Tewaaraton Foundation at www.facebook.com/tewaaraton and www.twitter.com/tewaaraton.
About The Tewaaraton Foundation
First presented in 2001 at the University Club of Washington DC, the Tewaaraton Award is recognized as the pre-eminent lacrosse award, annually honoring the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. Endorsed by the Mohawk Nation Council of Elders and US Lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Award symbolizes lacrosse's centuries-old roots in Native American heritage. The Tewaaraton Foundation ensures the integrity and advances the mission of this award. Each year, the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six tribal nations of the Iroquois Confederacy – the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora – and presents two scholarships to students of Iroquois descent. To learn more about The Tewaaraton Foundation, visit www.tewaaraton.com.
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Top 10 Baseball Distractions
Honorable Mention: Boxing-Antonio Tarver vs. Lateef Kayode (Saturday 9pm from Carson, CA live on Showtime), Gabriel Rosado vs. Joel Julio (Friday 9pm from Bethlehem, PA live on NBC Sports Network); WNBA: Minnesota Lynx @ Washington Mystics (Wednesday 7pm from Verizon Center live on Comcast SportsNet); Pro Lacrosse: MLL Chesapeake Bayhawks @ Denver Outlaws (Saturday 9pm from Denver live on ESPN3.com)
10. Zac Brown Band (Thursday 5:30pm Merriweather Post Pavilion); Capital Jazz Fest feat. Indie.Arie, Bill Cosby (Friday-Sunday Merriweather Post Pavilion); Radiohead (Sunday 7:30pm Verizon Center); Miranda Lambert/Jerrod Niemann (Sunday 4pm Jiffy Lube Live); City and Colour (Wednesday 7pm Rams Head Live); Smile Empty Soul (Saturday 5pm Recher Theatre); Crossfade (Monday 7pm Baltimore Soundstage); Dandy Warhols (Tuesday 7pm 9:30 Club); The Used (Wednesday 7:30pm Fillmore Silver Spring); Victor Wooten (Thursday 8pm Howard Theatre); Dr. John (Friday 7:30pm Birchmere); Rhett Miller (Monday 8pm Jammin Java)
I'd watch ZBB do just about anything, but this was as good as anything I've seen them do…
My favorite tune from Thom Yorke and the boys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKd06s1LNik
For more traditional country folk, I sorta dig this Jerrod Niemann tune…
I wish I didn't have to admit to digging this tune…
9. Great Grapes Wine & Food Festival (Saturday & Sunday 12pm Oregon Ridge); Guy Torry (Thursday-Saturday Baltimore Comedy Factory); Corey Holcomb (Thursday-Sunday DC Improv); "Man on a Ledge" available on Blu-Ray/DVD (Tuesday); Glenn Clark's first ever "Hogfest" (Saturday)
That's right. For the first time in my (still?) young life, I will be roasting a pig Saturday. It's all thanks in part to ABC Rental Store in Rosedale. A talented young man I listen to on the radio is always talking to me about them. I think his show is called "The Reality Check." I PRAY my results make me as happy as George W. Bush…
Also, I will be hosting a qualifier for the Olympic KanJam team Saturday (more on Twitter @OlympicKanJam). I expect the day to look much like this…
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Here's a look at Orioles Memorial Day uni…
Courtesy of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jake Arrieta's Twitter account, here's a look at the camouflage duds the Birds will sport Sunday against the Kansas City Royals in honor of Memorial Day…
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Q: Does facebook notify to an app when app user changes his/her password? Does facebook notify to an app when app user changes his/her password?
I found some related post How to handle the scenario "access_token changes when user changes facebook password".
But what I want to know is instead of knowing due to error messages, Does facebook makes notification to an app as soon as user changes his/her password?
Something similar to deregistration as Facebook indeed makes notification when user deregisters an app.
I can't find related info on facebook developers site.
Thanks ahead.

A: no.. they do not notify you of a password change. Error handling is the correct way to deal with this issue.

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Q: Best way to learn recursive statements and understand them? I am having such a tough time reading and understanding recursive statements in java.
if my professor shows us code and asks what does this do? what does it return?...I find myself staring at the code as if its going to eventually make sense...but it NEVER does.
examples like---
public static Int mystery(int[][] a, int b) {
        int x = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
           for (int j = 0; j < a.length; i++){
             x += (a([i][j] == b) ? 1 : 0;
        }

   }
  return x:
}

what does mystery (a, 8) return where a =
{{6, 4, 5, 8},{4, 6, 4, 8,}, {7, 3, 6, 4,}, {1, 5, 7, 8}}
can someone please explain?  thanks!

A: Hi welcome to the world of programming
This is not recursive programming. Recursive is when a function calling itself.
For example, delete files() -> which will call itself again when there is folder, and you want to delete files under it again and again.
Your example is called a 'Nested Loops' -> Loops of Loops, and the condition 'a.length' being used in both i and j is wrong.
You are trying to loop arrays of arrays, a 3d table. It should be something like this.
int x = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; ++i){
    for (int j = 0; j < a[i].length; ++j){
        if (a[i][j] == b) {
            ++x;
        }
}
return x;

Changes:

*

*Try not to use 'ternary operator' ?: as this might confuse you as a beginner.

*the max length of inner loop should be a[i]'s length

*using ++i is better than i++ if you are not using the value directly.

Imagine

[[1,1,1],
[2,2]]

in your first loop, a[0].length will be 3.
in your second loop, a[1].length will be 2.
as for ++i vs i++:
++i is modifying i directly, making the value +1 instantly
i++ means var b = i; i = b + 1;

it is creating a new temporary variable to hold the original i value.
example:
int i = 0, j = 0;
System.out.println(i++); // will print 0, but i will be 1 moving forward
System.out.println(++j); // will print 1, and j will be 1 moving forward

you will learn more on this in future.

A: Firstly, if you don't understand something, don't just keep staring at it expecting it to suddenly make sense, as that's likely to just be frustrating. Instead, try to break it down into smaller parts, and work from what you know and expand from that, piece by piece.
That's easier said than done, though. How do you split it up? Here are two approaches: you'll need both.
Low level
One way is to 'dry run' the code, instruction by instruction, as if you were the computer. This is slow and tedious, but it gives you the best insight into what the computer is actually doing.
Take a piece of paper, or the virtual equivalent such as a spreadsheet. Make a column for each variable in the method: a, b, x, i, j. (Make the one for a extra wide.)
The method starts with parameters being set, so write the array under a and 8 under b. Next, x is set to 0, so write that under x. Then i is set to 0, and compared to a.length. The array a has four items, the inner arrays, so the length is 4 and the current value of i, 0, is less than that, so the condition is true and we enter the body of the outer loop.
The body of the outer loop contains only the inner loop, which sets j to 0 and compares it to a.length. It's less, so enter the body of the inner loop.
The inner loop body does a few things starting on the right of the =, first working out what a[i] means. Currently i is 0, so that's a[0], which is the first sub array. Then work out a[0][j], which is a[0][0], which is 6. That's not equal to b, so the condition is false: take 0 and add it to the
number under x, 0, and write the result under x to replace the current value. (Replacing 0 with 0? Yes, this doesn't actually change anything.)
Now that you've finished this iteration of the inner loop body, do the i++ (which should probably be j++) by replacing i's 0 with 1. Then do the test again: j is still less than 4, so do the inner loop body again, this time with a[1][0].
I'm going to stop here because it really is tedious, but hopefully you can see the process. The inner loop continues until its condition becomes false, then the outer loop increments i, starting the inner loop again but this time looking at a[1][0], a[1][1], and so on. That continues until the outer loop also makes its condition true. Finally, the last value of x is returned, and if you go through all the steps you'll get the same result the computer would. (Try it: once you get the hang of it, it'll be quicker than reading through the above, thank goodness.)
Okay, so that gives you the same sequence of steps the computer takes, and sometimes that level of detail is invaluable, especially when you have a bug such as assigning to the wrong variable name. But you may still end up not knowing why those particular operations, not seeing the wood for the trees. How can you work out what the purpose of the algorithm is?
High level
Another way we can look at the method is to work out what each statement does, and what the possible cumulative effect could be. For instance, the outer loop steps through each of the nested arrays, and the inner loop steps through each number within a nested array: so in combination, they step through every number within the array a. So something is happening with all the numbers.
Also, x is set to 0 at the start, and within the loops it sometimes has 0 added and sometimes 1. That tells us it's a counter, and by the end it'll tell us how often the condition was true: that is, how many of the numbers within a are equal to b. And so that's what the method returns: how many times b appears in a.
We can also tell the minimum value returned (0, when none of the numbers match), and the maximum (the total count of numbers, because at most 1 is added for each of them).
This is much more useful: we know what the method can be used for, and we can work out what the worst cases are: if we give it more than four billion numbers, a 32-bit int for the result wouldn't be enough, for instance; but it won't run forever (assuming j++) because the array has a fixed size, and it won't run out of memory because it doesn't allocate any other than for the variables.
But you need to be careful with this approach, because it's easy to make assumptions and miss details that change the outcome significantly: use the wrong kind of comparison or the wrong variable, or forget to clear a total, say, and you can end up with code that doesn't do what you think it does.
That can result in some of the most annoying bugs, when you stare at your code and you're sure it's right but somehow it still gives you the wrong answer. When that happens to you, switch to dry-running, re-examine your assumptions, or show your code to someone else: without your high-level knowledge of what the code should do, they can spot what it actually does.
Ultimately this is all a skill that you'll learn with practice, so keep writing and reading code.


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Minnie Lou Travis Hutchinson
September 28, 1924 - August 10, 2017
Minnie Lou Travis Hutchinson passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Harvest Manor Nursing Home in Denham Springs at the age of 93. Minnie Lou was a lifelong resident of Tangipahoa. She was born September 28, 1924 and grew up in St. Helena Parish. She graduated from high school in 1940 and Spencer Business College in 1942. She was married to Harvey Hutchinson, Jr. for 53 years until his death in 1997. She was an active member of Tangipahoa Methodist Church where she served on many committees. She retired in 2008 as the Clerk of The Village of Tangipahoa where she worked for 43 years and was a member of the Louisiana Municipal Clerks Association. Minnie Lou was an active member and served as president of numerous clubs and organizations, including: Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Kentwood Art Guild, Tangipahoa Parish Fair Association and Tangipahoa Cemetery Association.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Hutchinson, Jr.; parents, Theodore Travis and Susan Force Travis; sisters, Bessie Walker and Elise Daniels; brothers, Robert Travis, Frank Travis and Monroe Travis.
She is survived by her sister, Sheila Dearmond, children , Harvey Hutchinson, III and wife Mimi, Joplin, Mo., Montie Sue Mitchell and husband Larry, Denham Springs, LA, Nelwyn "Nel" Martin and husband Dale, Walker, LA and Wallace "Wally" Hutchinson and wife Teri, Flowery Branch, GA; nine grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and one great-great grandson and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Harvey "Bo" Hutchinson, IV., Skip Mitchell, Kyle Mitchell, Capt. Travis Hutchinson, Robert Hutchinson, Matt Webster and Capt. John Shorter.
Visitation will be Saturday, August 19 at Tangipahoa United Methodist Church, Tangipahoa, LA from 9:00AM until religious services at 11:00AM conducted by Dr. Rev. Michael Townsend. Burial will follow at the Tangipahoa Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers are Robert "Bobby" Hutchinson, Eric Andrews, Mike Alford and Mike Estay. The family wishes to thank the staff of Harvest Manor for their loving care and compassion. McKneely Funeral Home Amite is in Charge of Funeral Arrangements. In lieu of flowers please make contributions to your favorite charity or Tangipahoa United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 58, Tangipahoa, LA 70465

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PUNTA GORDA -- Never say "never" to Hank Dekker. He'll just prove you wrong.
In 1983, after losing his sight and becoming a homeless alcoholic, Dekker rebuilt his life and began sailing. He told friends and business associates that he wanted to sail solo from San Francisco to Hawaii.
"Never," they said. "You can't do it. You're blind."
He used a Braille compass and raised charts to weather storms and navigate a 23-day, 2,376-mile journey. When he reached the island of Oahu, hundreds of boaters blew their horns and shouted "Aloha" as they escorted him into the harbor.
"It was like I had vision," Dekker said, "and I could see Diamond Head."
Dekker, 68, has lived in Punta Gorda and docked at the Isles Yacht Club for the past two years. He's suntanned and semi-retired from the lecture circuit, where he spoke to corporate groups across the country and around the world.
"I enjoy my talks," he said, "and the pay is obnoxious, but I hate to travel."
Dekker lives with three cats and listens to a lot of books on tape. With a wicked grin, he notes that he's single: "Single and available. And willing to relocate."
He sails on Charlotte Harbor and tries to race every other week. His 28-foot sloop is named Tenacity.
Gary Trimmer, his Florida sailing partner, remembers a trip back from Naples one night. It was pitch black, and he couldn't see a thing, so Dekker showed him how to sail with his other senses.
"I tried keeping my eyes shut real tight and not seeing," Trimmer said. "I wasn't very good at sailing with the wind."
The experience gave him a new appreciation of his fellow sailor.
"Hank never sees it," Trimmer said, "but he always gets us to our destination."
Later this month Dekker and Trimmer will travel to San Francisco for the prestigious Master Mariner's Race. They'll also join one of Dekker's old California buddies.
Dem Smith met Dekker shortly after the Coast Guard discovered that a blind man was touring people around San Francisco Bay without a commercial sailing license.
"I didn't want Hank to lose his business, so I started doing the sailing tours," he said. "Hank and I became good friends, and have been all these years."
"Sailing is a sport of feel," Smith said, "and Hank has touch."
When Dekker lost his sight to glaucoma, at the age of 44, he was angry.
He'd been a successful businessman in Hawaii, where he owned a car dealership. When he learned he was losing his sight, he moved his family to Connecticut so he could be near Yale University and the Medical Center in New Haven.
But there was nothing the medical profession could do to prevent his blindness.
"I was going crazy," said Dekker. "I was angry, and I stayed angry for a long time. I lost my sight very quickly, and then I lost my family. They couldn't stand my anger and my drinking."
Dekker moved to San Francisco and got a job managing a car dealership. It didn't last.
"I was feeling sorry for myself and I had lost confidence in myself," he said. "I lost that job, and the last job that I had was washing cars on a used car lot. I started drinking even more. I was trying to kill myself. I was sure that my life was over, and I wanted it to be over."
Dekker soon found himself homeless and on the streets, eating out of garbage cans and begging for change at the Greyhound bus station.
"I was a drunk and a blind homeless person, and let me tell you that is scary, so I drank even more."
In a sober moment, Dekker thought about something coach Vince Lombardi told his Green Bay Packers: "It's no disgrace to be down, but the disgrace is not to get back up again."
Someone steered Dekker to the Lighthouse for the Blind in San Francisco. He needed a new cane, but found much more than that. He learned he could help others.
"The blind people were making brooms," he said, "but they had no real market for them."
Dekker put his marketing skills to work. He sold 100,000 brooms to Woolworth's and 50,000 planter boxes to Sears. He was on his way back.
Soon he opened California Associates Services by the Handicapped -- CASH -- a for-profit business that employed the handicapped. Within a year he had 375 people working for him. Business was good.
"Handicapped people had real jobs," Dekker said, "and were paid real wages."
Dekker moved to a beautiful home across from Golden Gate Park. One day he was invited to go sailing with a friend, Charlie Buckley.
Buckley taught Dekker how to sail. He learned fast.
"Once you learn where the winch and the tiller are -- they're always in the same place -- sailing is easy," he said. "Within eight months I was a better sailor than Charlie."
Dekker bought his first sailboat, a 24-foot sloop he named Dark Star. He met a man on the pier with a charter boat business.
"I gave him $1,000 and I was the new charter boat skipper," he said with a laugh.
Dekker didn't want people to know he was blind, so he counted off the steps from the top of the gangplank down to the dock. He hired kids to sell tickets.
"I would stand by the gangplank looking real salty," he said with a laugh.
When it was time to board, he would stride down the gangplank to the boat without his cane, and his unsuspecting passengers never guessed he was blind. He wouldn't tell them until they were under way and he needed their eyes to guide him to the open waters.
One day the Coast Guard paid a visit, and he had to hire a licensed skipper for the charter business.
At that point Dekker decided to show everyone that being blind did not mean that you couldn't operate a sailboat.
"My businesses were running well, so I would sail 20 hours a day," he said. "I worked on my navigation with Braille charts and equipment."
With much fanfare and media attention, on July 27, 1983, he sailed away from Pier 39 in San Francisco.
It was an adventure he'll always remember. One thing he'd forgotten to do at the time was label all of his food in Braille.
"I had a surprise meal every day," he said, laughing.
It was smooth sailing, for the most part, except for Hurricane Henrietta. Dekker was tossed about for several hours.
"I lost my navigation aides," he said, "but I still had my Braille charts and Braille compass." The storm soaked his charts, though, and it was hard to find his Braille markers.
Then he heard a radio station in Hawaii broadcasting that he was lost at sea.
"I kept yelling, 'I'm not dead, I'm right here,'" he said. " 'I'm alive. I'm coming in to Hawaii. I'm here, I'm here.' "
Finally Dekker was able to make radio contact with the Coast Guard, but he refused to give his location, because officials wanted to put someone aboard his vessel to bring him in to Diamond Head. It was dark and they wanted him to wait until daylight.
"Like that made any difference to me," quipped Dekker. "I had come this far alone, and I was going all the way. It was the longest night of my life. I was so close, and every time the boat would creak, I thought it might be breaking apart."
The next day the Coast Guard sent up a plane to pinpoint his position and guide him in.
Dekker was so pleased with the journey that he made a return trip with Dark Star in November 1984.
In 1986 he entered the Single-Handed Trans-Pacific Race, a major event drawing sailors from around the world. Dekker, ever the salesman, convinced a boat company to give him a 28-footer to race. He named the boat Outtasight.
"I told the Laser people that it was a good selling point because if I did well in the race, they could say that the boat was so easy to work that even a blind guy could sail it," he said with a laugh. "I also told them if I didn't do well, they could say, 'What do you expect from a blind guy?' "
Two years ago Dekker left California for Florida, to care for his mother. He has two children and two grandchildren up north, but lives alone in Punta Gorda Isles.
His favorite books on tape, not surprisingly, are stories of history and exploration.
Dekker talks about sailing across the Atlantic, or voyaging to South America, but admits he'll probably never make those trips. He's looking forward to racing across San Francisco Bay in a few weeks.
For the Master Mariner's event, he'll be aboard a 31-foot wooden sailboat built in 1951.
"Wood has a different feel," he said, "but it will give you a good sail."
Dekker isn't sure what his future holds, but he plans to keep sailing and racing.
"Life is good," he said. "I'm having fun."


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Closing trails during pandemic, without opening streets, is misguided and inequitable
Residents attempting to practice social distancing on The 606 yesterday. Photo: Michael Burton
Four days before Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Illinois' "Stay at Home" order, Streetsblog Chicago advocated for just such a policy. We noted that closing non-essential businesses and requiring residents to avoid leaving their houses except for critical tasks like getting food and supplies, would help the "flatten the curve," slowing the spread of the coronavirus so that our healthcare system doesn't get overwhelmed, which could prevent many needless deaths.
When Pritzker and Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the order, we hailed it as good news for public health, while acknowledging the financial hardship that the closures would cause for for many Chicagoans, and the need for a bailout for struggling workers. It was especially good to see that the Stay at Home edict defines "walking, hiking, running, or biking" and other forms of outdoor recreation as "essential activities," and specifies that "individuals may go to public parks and open outdoor recreation areas."
During this crisis, it's crucial to practice "social distancing" by not gathering with non-household members and keeping a 6′-plus distance from others in public space to prevent viral transmission. But Illinois' Stay at Home order recognizes that fresh air and physical activity are key for maintaining physical and mental health during these trying times. San Francisco's "Shelter in Place" edict explained why that's the case: "Spending time outside improves mood and wellbeing, and is particularly beneficial to children. Go for walks, go to the park, and engage in other similar activities."
So it was disappointing when Mayor Lightfoot announced today that all lakefront parks, the Lakefront Trail, The 606 elevated greenway, and the Chicago Riverwalk will be indefinitely closed as a safety measure during Stay at Home. Lightfoot said that police would be issuing warning and tickets to people who ignore the closures, making arrests if deemed necessary.
On the one hand it's understandable that the mayor felt that drastic measures needed to be taken. During yesterday's sunny and warm weather, many people were breaking social distancing rules on the lakeshore and trails by congregating in large groups, playing team sports, and letting their children use playground equipment, which are all activities that can spread COVID-19.
Likely some of these people were unfamiliar with the guidelines, which means more outreach is needed. Others may have mistakenly believed that the virus, which is most dangerous for elderly and vulnerable people, can't also do serious harm to younger people, and selfishly chose to ignore the rules.
Posting signs about the Stay at Home guidelines would help. Playgrounds and other facilities that are unsafe to use during the pandemic should be fenced off. And it would make sense to have city workers stationed in parks and on trails to do outreach about the rules, disperse crowds, and break up soccer, basketball, and softball games. And Streetsblog Chicago has previously noted that during Stay at Home, residents should steer clear of trails, parks, and beaches if they're too crowded for safe social distancing, perhaps avoiding them altogether during typical peak use times.
The Lakefront Trail near 37th Street. Image: Google Maps
But completely banning use of the paths and parks is too extreme a solution, and one that may well do more harm than good for public health. "Park and trail closures have the potential to disproportionately harm communities of color, where residents already have few options to safely go for a walk or ride a bike under social-distancing guidelines," the Active Transportation Alliance noted in a blog post today. "City leaders must maintain access to spaces where people of color and other marginalized communities can spend time outdoors." They also argued that fining and arresting people who aren't following the Stay at Home rules would only cause more hardship in struggling neighborhoods.
Yesterday Streetsblog's Courtney Cobbs noted that, rather than reducing opportunities for walking and biking, the city should be temporarily opening up streets for car-free recreation, which would provide more space for social distancing. She pointed out that streets and expressways are largely empty of cars nowadays, so doing so would have little impact on traffic.
The local website Bike Lane Uprising, which documents bikeway obstructions, also spoke out in favor of this idea. "Social distancing is highlighting the limited amount of space allocated to people… [and the] incredible amount of space allocated to automobiles."
Some might argue that this is a frivolous notion when Chicagoans have bigger problems to worry about than where people will walk, jog, and bike. But it's not just sustainable transportation advocates who are pushing for such measures. In a recent New York Times op-ed, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of ex-mayor Rahm Emanuel, called on Donald Trump to "order mayors to close most streets to vehicular traffic to make them pedestrian spaces, open enough for Americans to be outside at a safe distance."
New York City, where the pandemic threat is currently much more dire than in Chicago, is doing just that. Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced that the city will be pedestrianizing ten streets, two in each borough, to create more open space during the pandemic. (Local transportation advocates say that's not nearly enough.)
And a successful petition drive led to the pedestrianization of Philadelphia's Martin Luther King Drive days later as a social distancing strategy. "We recognize that physical activity is important to wellbeing, and under current restrictions, are providing opportunities for park and trail use," the city of Philadelphia said in a statement."
So while there are logistical challenges that must be overcome to do such open streets plans, and the needs of people with mobility challenges, first responders, delivery personnel, etc. must be accommodated, this is not rocket science. Yesterday I floated a possible citywide network of car-free streets paralleling Chicago's largely empty expressways. While that might be unrealistic, it would certainly make sense to pilot this strategy on a handful of roadways.
So while it's vital to enforce social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, and more safety measures in parks and trails were definitely warranted, Lightfoot's total closure of these facilities was a case of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. And if the closures are going remain in effect, the mayor should at least follow New York and Philly's leads by creating more space for safe, socially-distanced recreation elsewhere.
Here are some tips on preventing the spread of coronavirus, and advice for Chicagoans on what to do if you think you may have been exposed to the virus.
Filed Under: Beyond Chicagoland, Bicycling, Chicago Policy, Design, Driving, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, News, State Policy, Walking, Chicago Riverwalk, Lakefront Trail, Lori Lightfoot, New York, Pandemic, Philadelphia, Promoted, Social Distancing, The 606
Good news: Illinois finally issues a "stay at home" order to protect residents
By John Greenfield | Mar 20, 2020
It's unlikely that most Illinoisans will comply with social distancing rules unless the law requires it, so this is good news for public safety.
Sad Trombone: Lightfoot says the Lakefront Trail is still closed
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but despite thousands of signatures in support of reopening the trail, Mayor Lightfoot confirmed it's still off-limits.
Until Chicago and Illinois leaders step up with a "shelter in place" order, here's how to stay safe
Most Chicagoland residents are unlikely to follow proper social distancing protocols until they're required to by law, but you should start doing so right now.
Tunnel vision: With bike-through bridge houses, Navy Pier Flyover is finally completed
By John Greenfield | May 11, 2021
Aesthetically the span is still a little rough around the edges, but this still marks a major milestone in the history of Chicago cycling infrastructure.
Today's Rally Lauded The $50M a Year Earmark For Bike/Walk in the State Budget
By James Porter | Jun 21, 2019
During the event, cyclists shared their thoughts about what they'd like to see Lori Lightfoot do for biking.
Lightfoot's "Chicago Moves" would give gas or transit cash to eligible Chicagoans this spring and summer
By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 1, 2022
The disparity between how much Lightfoot is proposing to spend to subsidize driving over transit is perplexing.


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Общество евангелизации Китая (, ) — существовавшее в середине XIX века британское протестантское общество, ставившее своей задачей распространение христианства в Китае.

История
В середине XIX века в Китае началось восстание тайпинов, участники которого объявили себя христианами. Это вызвало большой всплеск интереса к Китаю среди британской христианской общественности, подогретый сообщениями Карла Гюцлафа о возможностях проповеди христианского учения в Китае. Было основано «Общество евангелизации Китая», которое в 1853 году направило в Китай миссионера Хадсона Джеймса Тейлора.

В 1854 году, после пятимесячного плавания, Тейлор прибыл в Шанхай. Царящий в Китае хаос гражданской войны в течение года не позволял ему заняться тем, ради чего он прибыл в Китай. Ознакомившись на месте с ситуацией, он принял решение носить китайскую одежду и китайскую причёску, чтобы не отторгать внешним видом будущую паству. В 1856 году он совершил путешествие по Китаю и, прибыв в 1857 году в Нинбо, решил отказаться от сотрудничества с пославшим его Обществом и действовать самостоятельно.

В 1865 году Общество было закрыто.

Литература
 American Presbyterian Mission (1867). Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese. Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press.

Протестантизм в Китае

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The Long Island Rail Road restored a bit of grandeur to train travel on Tuesday, as pols and other officials cut the ribbon on a new $108-million terminal near the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues.
The facility atop the busiest transit hub in the borough replaces a dour subterranean mess that has existed since the original Atlantic Terminal was torn down in the 1980s. Construction began in 2002 and came at an estimated $26 million above the original budget, the New York Times reported.
But Tuesday was a day for congratulations. Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Jay Walder hailed the facility as nothing less than a Grand Central Station for Brooklyn, though the building is far smaller than its Manhattan counterpart, and only services a branch line of the Long Island Rail Road rather than the full Metro-North commuter railway.
The glass walls and roof of the new center bathe commuters in sunlight. Grand staircases bring riders down from street level, where a craggy overlook designed by artists Ellen and Allen Wexler offers a nifty vantage point down on the harried workers. There's a new ticket window, an area for maps and schedules, and even inviting rest rooms.
Borough President Markowitz offered a dose of Brooklyn pride.
Markowitz pointed out that the terminal — which connects the LIRR to 10 subway lines — may itself become a hub of economic development. It will serve as the destination of future fans of the Brooklyn Nets, who hope to one day be ensconced in the Bruce Ratner–built Barclays Center across the street, and it may entice Long Islanders to make day trips to cultural offerings such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Junior's restaurant — "all of which are within a few feet of the station," Markowitz said.
But not everyone was overjoyed with John di Domenico's lofty design.
Councilwoman Letitia James (D–Fort Greene) criticized the LIRR for ringing the terminal with 14 massive coffin-shaped concrete-and-granite bollards to ward off potential, though unspecified, terror attacks.
James said she would meet as soon as possible with LIRR officials to see if the security perimeter can be made more attractive.
She admitted that the sarcophagi were not part of the original approved design in 2002 and were not part of the design when construction began in earnest in 2005.
Architect di Domenico said his initial idea was to ring the terminal with "a group of low benches," but added that the security fencing was bulked up several times as construction continued.
"Security concerns kept increasing," he said.
"future fans of the Brooklyn Nets, who hope to one day be ensconced in the Bruce Ratner-built Barclays Center"
Right now there are no "Brooklyn" Nets.
Present fans would rather the Nets play at the Prudential Center (The Rock) in Newark!
Ensconced in the Barclays center? Sounds very luxurious. Don't know why I need to take a train to/from long island in order to do so.
Are there direct connections to the hamptons?
And will there be a fee for Barclays ensconcing, or will there be free ensconcing for all of us?
As for Markowitz's comments, the entrance is in the complete opposite direction of the arena site, which is why Forest City Ratner is supposed to build an entirely new transit entrance well to the southeast, across broad Atlantic Avenue.
"The FEIS should examine the creation of a thru-ticketing arrangement for LIRR riders which enables them to pass through the paid zone for the subway to reach the Urban Room without payment of a subway fare. Otherwise, project generated trips via the LIRR would be required to use the existing entrance to LIRR's street level concourse on Flatbush Avenue."
How can the Brooklyn Paper report quotes like these from officials -- and then NOT question the complete LACK of security bollards which will (not) surround Atlantic Yards?


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Home > About Us > News and Stories > Mission Fed Credit Union Names Longtime Oceanside Resident as AVP Branch Manager for Newest Location
Mission Fed Credit Union Names Longtime Oceanside Resident as AVP Branch Manager for Newest Location
Vince Heald ([email protected]) – 858-717-1000
Courtney Pendleton ([email protected]) – 714-926-8106
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 17, 2021 – Mission Fed Credit Union, the largest member-owned, not-for-profit, full-service financial institution exclusively serving San Diego County, has named Danielle Gonzalez as AVP Branch Manager for its 33rd branch site, located at 2267 S. El Camino Real, Suite A, Oceanside, 92054.
Gonzalez has been with Mission Fed for over 20 years, serving in many different roles including branch management for San Marcos and the original Oceanside branch (at Mission Ave. and Douglas Dr.)
She expressed she is overjoyed to continue living and working in Oceanside, serving the community where she has lived her entire life. Gonzalez is a graduate of El Camino High School and attended Palomar College, earning her Associate's Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences. Throughout her personal and professional life, she has strived to help improve the lives of others. She aims to do this through helping individuals improve their financial wellness, mentoring youth through financial literacy lessons, or simply championing the great attributes of her community.
"Danielle is a perfect fit to lead our newest branch," said Eve Breunig, VP, Branch Network Sector Manager at Mission Fed. "She has a heart of gold for her hometown community, and truly aims to improve the lives of others by providing the best quality service she can. Both Mission Fed and the Oceanside community are lucky to have her."
As an advocate for financial education, she dedicates time volunteering with Junior Achievement of San Diego. Gonzalez can also be found volunteering with the Girl Scouts of San Diego or at her children's elementary school. When not at the credit union, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, watching football and going to the beach.
About Mission Fed Credit Union
Mission Federal Credit Union (Mission Fed) is the largest member-owned, not-for-profit, full-service financial institution exclusively serving San Diego County. Mission Fed enhances the lives of its members through financial education and services, providing stability and strength to help San Diegans with financial wellness and success. Banking at Mission Fed means doing good for San Diego. Mission Fed gives money back to our local communities, has helped hundreds of nonprofits and important causes, and builds deep relationships with community partners.
Mission Fed has served the financial needs of San Diegans for 60 years through checking, savings, loans, credit cards and insurance offerings. Mission Fed has $5 billion in assets, more than 270,000 members, 33 convenient local branches, 30,000 fee-free CO-OP ATMs nationwide and free mobile and online banking services. Mission Fed was recognized as a 2020 Top Workplace by The San Diego Union-Tribune and named a Top Workplaces USA winner in 2021. Federally insured by NCUA and Equal Housing Lender.
Mission Fed ArtWalk Announces 2023 Featured Artists for 39th Annual Festival, April 29 & 30, 2023
Mission Fed Leader Appointed to San Diego Center for Children Board of Directors
The San Diego Union-Tribune Names Mission Fed Credit Union a 2022 Top Workplace


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Powys & North East
The Blackthorn Branch
Elen Caldecott
Andersen Press 2022 9+ 9781839132032
Location: North-east Wales, inspired by the village the author grew up in
Themes: Family – Myths and legends – Grief – Teamwork
Cassie's older brother Byron has fallen in with a very wrong crowd – they are tylwyth teg, who tempt humans down into the dark places of the world. And Byron is tempted. When he goes missing, Cassie and her cousin, Siân, follow him to an abandoned railway tunnel which goes all the way down into Annwn, the underworld. Here they find that the tylwyth teg are restless - and angry. Their leader, Gwenhidw, wants to protect Annwn from the damage humans are doing to the world. Byron is part of her plan. But Cassie won't let her big brother be part of anyone's plan. Can she rescue her brother before it is too late?
My name is River
Emma Rea
Firefly Press 2020 9+ 9781913102142
Location: Machynlleth
Themes: The environment – Travel – Activism
When Dylan overhears his dad say that their farm has been sold to a global company, he decides he has to make them change their minds. In Brazil, things don't go at all to plan. Only when Lucia, a street child armed with a puppy and a thesaurus, saves his life, do they start to uncover the shocking truth about what the company is up to, and Dylan's home problems seem far away.
Under the Welsh Not
Myrddin ap Dafydd
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 2019 11+ 9781845276836
Location: Llangernyw
Themes: School life – History – Language rights – Social influences
Bob starts school at Ysgol y Llan at the end of the summer, but he's worried. He doesn't have a word of English. The 'Welsh Not' is still used at that school. He's also been unwell and is starting school four years late: he'll be an eight-year-old in the infants' class. He doesn't know how he'll cope with that.
The Adventures of Aubrey: Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds
Horatio Clare (Jane Matthews)
Location: Corwen
Themes: Action/adventure – The environment – Family life – Humour – Immigration
It's the Easter holidays, you've just become as small as an earwig, the swallows are back (and offering rides), and a spider wakes you up in the middle of the night and asks you to save the world. As if that weren't enough, the Ladybirds turn up from Bohemia to find Rushing Wood does not want them. After a trip to the continent, will a Raven Conference in Corwen help Rushing Wood to recover? Sequel to Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot.
Longbow Girl
Linda Davies
Chicken House 2016 11+ 9781910002612
Location: Brecon Beacons
Themes: Action/adventure – Mystery – History – Romance
Merry Owen desperately wants her family to stay on their struggling farm in the Brecon Beacons, in the shadow of the Black Castle, which is owned by the de Courcy family, who have been enemies of Merry's family for generations. Merry, a skilled archer, is happiest out riding – but when she finds an overturned tree and a buried chest containing an ancient Welsh text, it leads her into a past filled with treasure, secrets and untold danger. Shortlisted for the 2016 Tir na n-Og Award.


Keeping your finances and belongings safe during international travel is similar to domestic travel, but with a few nuances. Ensure you have the best trip possible by taking precautions before, during, and after your trip.
Learn About Your Destination: No matter where you're traveling, check the U.S. Department of State website to find out if the organization has issued any travel advisories about your destination.
Enroll in STEP: You can sign up for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) for free. By enrolling in STEP, you will receive updates about your destination, enable the U.S. Embassy to contact you in an emergency, and allow family and friends to get in touch with you more easily in case there is an emergency.
Even if you're not traveling, you can sign up to receive travel advisory alerts for any countries that you select.
Limit Social Media: In today's age of Instagram-worthy destinations, many travelers can't wait to post photos of their toes in the sands of the Adriatic or a plate piled high with udon noodles. But think twice not only before you share photos, but even before you reveal your international travel plans. Your post may not make yourself a target in your destination, but it does alert everyone that you're not at your house — even if you think you have strict privacy settings.
Lock up Valuables: Consider disconnecting and leaving your laptop, tablet, and other high-value electronics at home. If you have to bring them, consider carrying a combination lock. You can store your valuables in your luggage and keep it locked when you leave your room. Keep in mind that hotel employees can still easily open your hotel safe.
Strategize What You Carry: There are a number of ways to pay when traveling abroad, but you'll want to have some local currency. If you're traveling with others, divvy up your cash and cards between you. If you're alone, consider putting different cards and amounts of cash in different pockets — zippered pockets are best. It may feel like an inconvenience, but it makes it harder for someone to take everything in one swipe. Keep your passport as close to you as possible, and keep other valuables like your camera in a zipped bag. Remove financial information from your devices and know how to remotely wipe your device in case it gets into the wrong hands.
Know the Nearest Consulate: In case of an emergency, you'll want the phone numbers and addresses of the nearest U.S. consulate or embassy. The Department of State can help you in an emergency, including if your passport is lost or stolen.
Avoid Wi-Fi: In our always-connected world, it's easy to hop on to free public Wi-Fi when traveling. However, when you access Wi-Fi in your hotel, a café, the airport, or any other location, you're putting yourself and your information at risk. Until Wi-Fi standards are improved, it's best to find other ways to connect, such as unlimited data plans or simply disconnecting and enjoying your travels.
Check Your Bank Statements: If you used a credit or debit card during your international travel, check your accounts to ensure that all of the charges are ones you authorized.
Update Passwords: Concerned someone got a hold of your password or PIN number? Update them.
International travel is expensive enough without security mishaps, so take steps to protect yourself, your finances, and your belongings.


Cable names Emerson chair of state lender | City A.M.
VINCE Cable yesterday named the first chairman of the government's new British Business Bank, a body designed to support lending to small and medium-sized firms, as banker-turned-academic Ron Emerson.
The appointment marks the biggest step to date in setting up one of the business secretary's flagship policies: a state-backed bank to boost lending for firms that have been cut off by the post-financial crisis drought of bank funding.
The bank aims to facilitate lending worth £10bn over the next five years by drawing existing government schemes under a single umbrella and by using a £1bn funding boost announced in the last budget to stimulate traditional lending.
Emerson left the banking industry in 1996 after spells at Nomura, Standard Chartered and Bank of America and has since held academic and consulting roles.


Ducks aren't the only feathered friends benefitting from conservation partnerships in Alberta.
Recent collaborative efforts between Pheasants Forever Calgary and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) are resulting in the continuation of the conservation of pheasant habitat which is also home to waterfowl and other wildlife in southeastern Alberta.
Southeastern Alberta is home to several DUC projects built in the 1950s and '60s when the organization worked with irrigation districts to drought-proof the prairies by putting water on the land. Many of these projects now require extensive work to be maintained and operated.
In the last year, Pheasants Forever Calgary and DUC cost-shared the re-construction of three of the segments of the Circle E project, located 15 miles southwest of Bow City, Alta. This project, originally constructed in 1954, includes 32 wetland basins or 2,000 acres of wetlands situated on more than 10,000 acres of native grasslands that are surrounded by intensive irrigated cropland.
DUC and Pheasants Forever Calgary will continue to work together in 2015 to ensure these projects continue to provide productive habitant for pheasants as well as for waterfowl, wildlife and residents of southeastern Alberta.


The great surprise was the relative comfort of the seam where the chopped reed plates meet. I had been prepared for a lip shredder that would make the whole exercise pointless. However, if you have reasonably straight cuts and gently sand it isn't really a problem. Having said that, I would love to be able to make these with SP20's but I find it quite difficult to get a true 90 degrees with the ABS, recessed combs. They warp and melt when trying to sand them down to the correct length and they have less mating surface between the chopped pieces. I've tried about five times to make a Stetch SP20 and only succeeded twice. Too expensive to keep doing that so I switched to MB plates and combs.
Of course, our host has that covered too and has in the past made Stretch SP20 that look great. How do you do it Sir Brendan?
I bet you could get Andrew Zajac to make you combs to fit.
Contact me about making a comb for your model harmonica. No extra fee applied - combs for most "sandwich-style" harmonicas offered at regular prices.
I have a couple of his combs and some experiments he built for me.
The combs are beautiful, bulletproof and can be cut and shaped further after you get them.
Yes, I like Andrew's stuff but they are all still sandwich style combs. I'm having success with the stock combs and when cut in the channel there is no seam at the front to come in contact with your mouth.
I just would prefer a recessed comb as I find then more comfortable and I play a little faster and more precise on a SP20 than on a MB. Plus, it would hide the reed plates seam. Blue Moon has nice custom recessed combs for the SP20 but I don't think they would invest in an eleven hole version for the one or two crazies out there chopping up perfectly fine harps.
I find an eleven hole harp ideal, having the 1st hole be (in the case of a C harp) GBlow, BDraw. With all the notes that can be played there, (2nd position Blues in G), for me, it's perfect. I usually half valve the harp too.
Nice work Roverharp. Yes, hiding that reedplate join was the main reason I used lipped combs.
The key to sanding ABS is to keep the speed way down to avoid the melting you mention. Just do the sanding by hand, that will ensure it won't overheat. You can still use guides to make the cut at 90 degrees, then just clean up with a little hand sanding and you're ready to glue.
The nice thing about ABS is that it will weld together with suitable glue, like model aircraft cement.
You can specify virtually any tuning, if it's feasible they'll make it for you.


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Malaysia PM Says MH17 Investigation Close To Completion
July 11, 2015 09:42 GMT
On July 17 the world was shocked by the news that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, a scheduled international passenger connection between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur, had been shot down over eastern Ukraine. It is believed to have been hit with a BUK surface-to-air missile. The aircraft went down near the village of Hrabove in an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists. All 283 passengers and 15 crew on board the Boeing 777-200ER airliner died in the tragic incident.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says the investigation into the downing last year of a Malaysian passenger airliner over eastern Ukraine is "really close to naming those guilty."
Speaking at a commemoration in Kuala Lumpur to mark the first anniversary of the July 17, 2014, tragedy that left 298 people dead, the prime minister said on July 11 that the investigation is "expected to be finished at the end of 2015 at least."
"We call on all nations concerned to provide the fullest cooperation, so that we will be able to gather irrefutable evidence as to what happened and especially as to who were responsible for this unforgivable incident," Najib said.
Malaysia and other countries participating in the Joint Investigation Team -- Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Ukraine -- are pushing for the establishment of a UN-mandated international tribunal to prosecute those accused of shooting down the plane.
Russia said on July 9 that it would oppose such a resolution.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine over the zone where the Ukrainian government is battling Russia-backed separatists.
Kyiv says the plane was downed by separatists using a surface-to-air missile system provided to them by Moscow. Russia says the Ukrainian military shot down MH17.
"Closure to this incident is absolutely vital," Najib said on July 11, "so that all the relatives of victims can continue with their lives. Therefore, the ultimate action of finding who were responsible and bringing them to justice must be carried out."
Based on reporting by AFP and ITAR-TASS
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