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This time, Kastine Evans has made it back to Connecticut. That's both the good and the bad news for the University of Kentucky junior.
BRIDGEPORT — This time, Kastine Evans has made it back to Connecticut. That's both the good and the bad news for the University of Kentucky junior.
Evans and her Wildcat teammates find themselves right back where they were last year, in UConn's bracket. Only this time, the games take place in Connecticut at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport where the Huskies should enjoy an even bigger home court advantage than they did last year at the University of Rhode Island. The Huskies will play the University of Maryland in the second of the two NCAA Sweet 16 tournament games at approximately 2:30 p.m. today.
But when the second-seeded Wildcats (29-5) take to the floor against sixth-seeded University of Delaware in the first game at noon, there will be quite few members of the sellout crowd of 8,954, rooting on No. 32 for the Wildcats.
That will include someone wearing not only a University of Kentucky shirt, but a UConn shirt underneath, her brother and former UConn player, R.J. Evans.
"They sold out tickets fast, I'm just using tickets (from team members) so I will have about 20, a little less than last year," Kastine Evans said.
There is an interesting story on the other side as well. The one that got away from the Huskies, University of Delaware senior Elena Delle Donne, suits up for the Blue Hens (32-3, winners of their last 27) with the opportunity to earn an opportunity to play against the UConn-Maryland winner in the Elite Eight on Monday night.
"It's not too ironic, we're from Delaware and they usually keep you in the same area," Delle Donne said of being in the same Bridgeport Regional as the Huskies. "I'm not upset about it. It's been an awesome journey and it brings us here now and I'm going to enjoy every step of the way."
The 6-foot-5-inch guard-forward came to UConn her freshman year only to abruptly pack up, leave and go home to Delaware within two days of her arrival on the Storrs campus. Blue Hens coach Tina Martin was in Italy when Delle Donne made her decision public and heard about it at 2 a.m. when then Delaware athletic director Edgar Johnson called her.
"I couldn't believe what I was hearing," Martin said. "The next thing he said was that she was going to play volleyball. I knew right then that the young lady was stressed out."
Delle Donne returned to basketball a year later and has never scored less than 25 points per game for the Blue Hens. The Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year will again be, like she is of every opponent, the primary focus of the Wildcats today.
"They are just a very dynamic team, especially with Elena Delle Donne" Kastine Evans said. "She's obviously a great player and the people around her are great athletes. They understand they have a great player, but they work with her really well. I think it's a team effort that we have to focus on."
When you play the schedule that UConn plays, a rematch is inevitable when it gets down to the final 16 teams, at least, that's how Huskies coach Geno Auriemma sees it.
The top-seeded Huskies and No. 4 Terrapins met in the Jimmy V Classic in Hartford on Dec. 3 with the Huskies winning, 63-48.
But Auriemma is not allowing any overconfidence to creep into his team's locker room.
"Looking back at the first Maryland game, what struck me was how big they are, how physical they are around the basket and what an incredibly difficult matchup Alyssa Thomas is," Auriemma said in a press conference prior to the Huskies final practice before today's game.
The Huskies (31-4) may have posted the 15-point win, but they shot only 38 percent from the floor and just 33 percent from beyond the arc. In addition, Maryland (26-7) outrebounded UConn, 37-33.
Thomas only scored six points in that game, but Auriemma is concerned because, at 6-foot-2, Thomas is bigger than anyone UConn has in the backcourt.
"They're one of the best teams in the country and I think this is one of the toughest games of the weekend in any of the regions," Auriemma said.
It's also that time of year when seniors, like UConn's Heather Buck, realize that a loss means not only the season, but a collegiate career, will come to an end.
"March is what we live for," Buck said. "We're all very excited to get out there. We know it's going to be physical and tough. There is more urgency (as a senior) and it's something we've talked about since the middle of the season when you realize, it's your last time going to all these schools. This is it for me, this is all I've got and when you're an underclassman, you realize that you're doing it for your seniors. Our group has that understanding."


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Scott W. Ambler started developing software in the early 80s, and has worked in object-oriented development for the past 10 years in an array of roles. He is presently engaged as a software process mentor with AmbySoft Inc. and is Chief Methodologist for Agile and Lean at IBM Rational. His previous books include The Object Primer (1995), Building Object Applications That Work (1997), Process Patterns (1998) and More Process Patterns (1999).
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The NCAA Basketball National Semifinals. The opening of the Major League Baseball season. The NBA heads towards the stretch drive when games begin to matter. This is a serious sports weekend. Maybe the best of the year.
And there's even more. MLS opens up their season this weekend (FC Dallas vs. Chicago Fire on ABC at 4), Michelle Wie is in her first major as a professional. And Arena Football's season continues to be in full swing. Hey, I said there was more, I didn't say you'd be particularly interested in any of it.
But yeah, sports weekend just don't get a lot better than this one. I'm as excited as Fred Smoot right before he pops the Pamela and Tommy Lee honeymoon video into the VCR. And I'm happy to be sharing that special feeling with you, Deadspinners, and as always, if there's anything I can do for you, just get at me.


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Fine, it was during batting practice—if you want to get technical about it—but impressive nonetheless for the Lions freakishly talented wide receiver. According to Johnson his power display was no fluke, he was approached by the Reds while in high school before he committed to Georgia Tech and football quickly took over his life.
Johnson even impressed Detroit's gruff old salt, and told him he wanted to "support the cause" while Austin Jackson is on the DL.
"He can hit," Leyland said, after giving Johnson a few tips and getting an autographed ball. "That kid is a great athlete, no matter what he's doing."
After a few solid hacks, Megatron deposited a ball in the Tigers bullpen while the "brotherhood" of wide receivers looked on. Poor Nate Burleson, however, could only hit the warning track.
Image via FS Detroit and Video via It's Always Sunny In Detroit
Johnson goes deep during Tigers BP [Fox Sports Detroit]


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Those are the words you didn't want to hear with regard to the Receiver Sheet development, because you knew that would 1. take more time and 2. cost more than anticipated. But the coating team did it! The results are good, and there is an environmental benefit too - one that was necessary in light of new restrictions on certain chemicals and processes.
Solving that technical and environmental risk still leaves a considerable financial risk that, to be frank, could be a show-stopper. We must raise a modest additional amount of money to see this through, and there are several ways to go about that, below. And for those who have and continue to donate to the cause, as we have with our time and personal funds (Sam and Bob are not salaried, but we do have to pay other people to work) again a gigantic Thank-you.
Since we are not very late and "only" short of funds, you have been giving us many helpful fundraising ideas. The first is to get The Shop open on New55.net. Even a trickle will help there and that leads to the question of what other products might be offered. Currently you have sent renewed calls (that have not abated since the early days) of getting to you, a version of Readyload or Quickload products. If so, they will be as fundraising tools - not primary products. No distractions from the demanding work of getting New55 FILM into a produceable state.
All products in The Store should have something to do with the mission of making large format film photography accessible and fulfilling. Though tee shirts do qualify, barely, more substantial products such as other analog films and developers are better. For that reason you are going to be asked to be part of an experiment with some offerings that should appeal to the broader audience and provide a way to start early, needed sales. These items have to be carefully selected.
Requirements for items in The Shop.
An item must be:
1. Compatible with the mission. Either directly related to the cause of film photography, or its supporters and fans.
2. Available in modest quantities. This is often overlooked. Some items like injection-molded tanks, for instance, require large runs and expensive tooling.
3. Profitable. These "other" products exist only to support the much more important industrial development of Instant Film manufacture.
4. Shippable.
5. Environmentally acceptable.
6. Something you, as a serious photographer, can appreciate from a practical, esthetic or simply entertaining viewpoint.
What do you think of these things?
- Books
- Apparel
- Film holders
- "Readyload or Quickload" type preloaded film.
- 4x5 branded sheet film similar to discontinued Panatomic X. We'd have to come up with a name for that - Maybe we can have a naming contest.
- Monobath developers
- Branded cases and gear
- Developing trays
- Modified film-safe IR cameras for those who wish to make their own Visible Darkrooms like we have.
- Custom film loading service - for instance, someone might order five "loads" with Tri-x, three with Ektachrome (from the freezer) and seven with the as-yet named Pan-X replacement.
- Original prints from The Gallery, signed and dated.
This is just a start - what else comes to your mind?
ps. Comments are most welcome - you can comment as "anonymous" and if you can, please give your first name.


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CONCORD — Rochester Post 7 figured it had a good shot at winning the 2013 Senior American Legion state baseball tournament. They just didn't count on winning it the way they did.
Pure and simple, Post 7 won its first state championship since 1990 with pitching.
"It's funny how that worked out," said Post 7 coach B.J. Gagnon. "You look at how we put pressure on defenses with the way we run. We thought we would outscore opponents. Our pitching is what won us the tournament."
Yes, it did.
In all six games, the Post 7 starter pitched into at least the seventh inning , and Mark Leahy pitched a complete game on Sunday — a 4-2 win over Londonderry. No team scored more than four runs against them as Rochester allowed 18 runs in six games.
Here's the kicker: Luke Roberts, the winning pitcher in the 4-3 championship win over Nashua on Tuesday, was making his first-ever Legion start.
He had a no-hitter through four innings and a one-hitter through six. Roberts tired in the seventh when Nashua rallied to turn a comfortable 4-0 Rochester lead into a one-run game at 4-3.
"I just felt great," said Roberts, Post 7's regular shortstop. "I felt so good today. B.J. told me I had the ball for this last game. I wanted it. I was looking forward to it."
The defense helped, too. Roberts jumped and snagged Eric Damphouse's hard grounder up the middle for the first out in the bottom of the first. Anthony DiPrizio made a great running catch into foul territory in left field to retire the next batter, Mike Habibi.
In the fourth, rightfielder Justin Jewell robbed Jon McQuarrie with a nice running catch in the right center gap, and in the sixth centerfielder Zach Miller came charging in and slid on his knees to rob Habibi.
"The boys made a lot of good plays behind me," Roberts said. "They really helped me out."
Much to Nashua coach Kevin Palanski's chagrin.
"Roberts, he really kept us off guard," the Nashua coach said. "We finally got a couple of hits off him that got us back into the game. He was pitching well. We were lucky, I think, to come back and stay with them."
Roberts, of course, was called on to pitch with the pitching stable all but exhausted.
Ricky Kramer, the tournament's most outstanding pitcher, went 2-0 with a save. He beat Laconia twice, including the first game Tuesday that got Rochester into the championship. He retired four straight batters to save the Lebanon game.
In the second Laconia game, Kramer surrendered the only home run of the tournament on the game's second pitch. He muffed a bunt by the second batter and that was it until the eighth.
The defense turned two double plays and catcher Alex Gray, who was named tournament most valuable player, picked two runners off base.
"We don't have any really overpowering guys," Gagnon said. "And the defense made most of the plays and some spectacular plays as well. We played a clean brand of baseball in the tournament."
Gagnon said, "(Kramer) was the guy we expected to be our horse and he did that. He was successful against the same team throwing so many innings and again with only three days rest."
Loukas Brigham pitched seven strong innings Sunday in a 4-2 loss to Nashua. It was 1-1 when he left. Leahy tossed his complete game later that day and Josh Gagne pitched into the seventh Monday, but ending up getting a no-decision.
Tuesday night it all came down to Zach Poisson in the late innings.
"There's no better person in that spot," Gagnon said. "He was in a couple of tight jams and didn't get nerved up."
Poisson did seem to crack a little in the bottom of the eighth with one out and runners on first and second base and Post 7 nursing a 4-3 lead. He'd gone 3-0 on Nashua's Chaz DeWitt and clearly didn't like the call that got the count to that point, prompting an umpire's warning. Out came Gagnon and that made all the difference.
"He said, 'You need to get this strike right here,'" Poisson said. "'He's not going to swing. And the next one — double play.' I said, all right, I'll do it."
Which he did. Poisson threw a strike and on the 3-1 pitch DeWitt lined hard to Michael Bellio at second base and he threw to Roberts covering second to double off Jon McQuarrie to end the inning.
"It doesn't happen like that," Gagnon said, a smile on his face. "And it ended up happening like that."
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WHAT'S UP, MAC? — Mac Struthers spent the first four games of the Senior Legion state tournament hanging on the Post 7 bench, chasing foulballs and rooting for his teammates.
But when regular Post 7 third baseman Andrew Langdon was unavailable for the last day of the tournament, coach Gagnon turned to the 16-year-old Struthers, who also plays for Rochester's Junior Legion team.
Boy, did he deliver.
He went 3 for 8 in the two games with two runs and an RBI. He also played solid defense at shortstop while regular shortstop Luke Roberts pitched in the final game.
"He was the guy today, wasn't he?" coach Gagnon said. "A Junior Legion player coming up like that."
No rest for Struthers either, who will be playing shortstop for the 11-4 Rochester Junior Legion team which is playing in the state tournament Friday against Nashua, also in Concord.
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BY THE NUMBERS — Post 7's overall record is 19-5 and they went 5-1 in the state tournament. In their last 11 games they are 10-1.
Rochester's tournament scores were all pretty similar. They scored no more than six runs in one game and did not allow more than four. This is how the scores went: 5-3 win, 4-2 loss, 4-2 win, 4-3 win, 6-3 win, 4-3 win.
This is Rochester's third Legion title and first since 1990. The initial crown came in 1956.
Rochester will play its first game at the Northeast Region 1 regional tournament on Aug. 8 at 4:30 p.m. against a yet-to-be-named opponent. The tournament runs through Aug. 12. The tournament is being held in Middletown, Conn.
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DID YOU KNOW? — Former Spaulding High School and Post 7 star Kyle Davis was on the coaching staff for Laconia Post 1.
Lebanon coach Rob Woodward, a former Lebanon High School basketball and baseball standout, spent 11 years in professional baseball systems with Boston and Baltimore, including four Major League seasons with the Red Sox (1985-88).
Two members of the 1956 Rochester championship team were on hand for Tuesday's final: left fielder Lee Sanfacon and pitcher George Woodill.


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Johnny Manziel is ready to get back to being Johnny Football.
After not talking to the media all season until Nov. 26, two days after the season finale, the Texas A&M quarterback has been from Florida to New York to Hollywood. Along the way, he won the Heisman Trophy and a host of other major awards.
Manziel is back on the campus in College Station, Texas, after a "Tonight Show" appearance this week, when he presented actress Megan Fox with a No. 12 Texas A&M baby jersey for her newborn son. Manziel did a Top 10 list for David Letterman last week, along with plenty of other media appearances as the Heisman winner.
"He got back in here the other day, he just said, 'Hey, Coach, I'm ready to play some football.' He's through with all that," Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin said Wednesday.
"He can get back to just being with his teammates and practicing," the coach said during a conference call featuring the Cotton Bowl coaches. "Just talking with him yesterday, he looks excited to just be off the circuit, be back in the huddle calling plays."
No. 10 Texas A&M (10-2) plays 12th-ranked Oklahoma (10-2) at Cowboys Stadium on Jan. 4. While Manziel will be the eighth Heisman winner to play in the Cotton Bowl, he will be the first since Texas running back Ricky Williams 14 years ago.
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said preparing to face Manziel presents unique challenges.
"Unique in that he's the leading rusher. It makes it really difficult. He throws the ball so well, throws it so well on the run," Stoops said. "But he's one of those guys, maybe sometimes the worst thing you can do is cover everybody, because there he goes. He just has a great knack, an instinct for avoiding pressure and creating plays."
Manziel had 4,600 yards of total offense in 12 games to break the SEC record set two years earlier by Auburn Heisman winner Cam Newton, who needed 14 games to gain 4,327 yards. Manziel became the first freshman, first player in the SEC and the fifth player overall with 3,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in the same season.
Manziel was named The Associated Press Player of the Year, the SEC's top player and the winner of the Davey O'Brien Award that goes to the nation's top quarterback.
All of this for a kid who just turned 20 years old two weeks ago.
Sumlin said he has had a conversation with his young quarterback about handling things moving forward and the fact that he is just getting started.
"People are asking, What are you going to do now? With success, there comes other things," Sumlin said. "I think we've got a lot of the things in place here to help him, which really helped him through the process originally, and we've got a lot of things in place that are going to continue to help him handle a lot of these things. … I think you can see he's pretty mature for a 20 year old."
Without being specific, Sumlin said the Aggies would help Manziel through that process.
"But, like I said, shoot, he's happy to be back here in the building," Sumlin said. "Sitting in meetings, watching video."


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House GOP to seek three-month debt limit hike
Updated 2:20 p.m. ET
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Seeking to gain the upper hand early in debt limit negotiations, House Republicans announced Friday they will take up a roughly three-month debt limit hike next week.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., announced the decision in a statement following a three-day GOP conference retreat at a resort in Williamsburg, Va.
Cantor said the three-month extension would give the Senate and House enough time to pass a budget and that "if the Senate or House fails to pass a budget in that time, Members of Congress will not be paid by the American people for failing to do their job."
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has informed Congress that the United States is expected to hit its current debt limit of $16.4 trillion by mid-February or March.
- Ryan floats short-term debt limit increase idea
- Geithner reinforces Obama's debt ceiling warning to Congress
- Obama: Not raising debt limit "absurd", "financial disaster"
Republican leaders worked with members over the three-day retreat to try to build consensus among the GOP conference in order to avoid the bloody battle in 2011 that occurred over raising the country's borrowing authority to cover its debts and the end of year fight over the "fiscal cliff" that revealed deep divisions among Republicans. Adding demands that the Senate pass a budget to increase the debt limit sweetens the pot for a conference frustrated by repeated budget and spending deals that don't cut spending as much as they'd like.
Senate Democrats have failed to pass a budget since April of 2009. Republicans want them to put pen to paper and show how they would address the debt and deficit rate.
A GOP leadership aide said the debt limit increase would be one package requiring both chambers to pass a budget, but it would not include spending cuts.
Cantor added that future congressional pay would be contingent on the Senate passing a budget; if House members pass a budget, as they plan to do, they would receive their pay. House and Senate members make $174,000 per year.
"[I]f the Senate or House fails to pass a budget in that time, Members of Congress will not be paid by the American people for failing to do their job," Candor said. "No budget, no pay," he added.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement, "The President has made clear that Congress has only two options: pay the bills they have racked up, or fail to do so and put our nation into default. We are encouraged that there are signs that Congressional Republicans may back off their insistence on holding our economy hostage to extract drastic cuts in Medicare, education and programs middle class families depend on. Congress must pay its bills and pass a clean debt limit increase without further delay. And as he has said, the President remains committed to further reducing the deficit in a balanced way."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., released a statement responding to the plan to extend the debt limit, but did not mention the conditions, so an extension of the debt limit is not yet a done deal.
"If the House can pass a clean debt ceiling increase to avoid default and allow the United States to meet its existing obligations, we will be happy to consider it," Reid said.
According to excerpts released of remarks by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to his conference on the closing day, he took a swipe at the Senate record on the budget.
"The Democratic-controlled Senate has failed to pass a budget for four years. That is a shameful run that needs to end this year."


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Mr. Clock: "My dad died early."
Dr. Grumpy: "Like in his 20's? Or 30's?"
Mr. Clock: "No, I mean between 4:00 and 5:00 in the morning."
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
hahahaha awesome. *facepalm*
Clearly, an early riser to the end, including ascending to the pearly gates!
My clinical session at the hospital, respiratory block:
We were taking history from a large barrel chested man.
My friend: So you said you don't smoke?
Student: Quit a while ago
My friend: And when was that? 3 days ago
His late father died early.
Ha! I saw that one coming.
As in this morning?.......
It was terminal.
If that's familial, I would sleep late every day. Increases the odds that you'll die peacefully in your sleep!
Is your practice exclusively to the mentally challenged?
So, did he wake up dead?
So the early bird didn't catch a worm, but sang its swan song.
"He figured that if he got to the Pearly Gates a few hours before opening time, he wouldn't have to wait so long in line."
Oh, come on, Mr. Clock; nobody dies between 4:00 and 5:00 in the morning, they're dead to the world asleep then.
Only because of the time zone he lived in.
And what about Gracie?
What a nut case! Is dying young even a major illness?
was it a monday :}??
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Wherever collectors of bad record gather, the late, lamented Leona Anderson will always be celebrated for her aptly-titled 1957 album, Music to Suffer By. From the same school as Mrs Miller, Florence Foster Jenkins and Mme St Onge, Anderson reveled in the limitations of her voice: according to the excellent Space Age Pop web site (http://www.blogger.com/www.spaceagepop.com) her publicity proudly proclaimed her as "the World's Most Horrible Singer."
The sister of early cowboy movie star Bronco Billy Anderson, she appeared in a number of films - thankfully all silent - in the early 1920s. One - Mud and Sand - satirised Rudolph Valentino and starred the great Stan Laurel (as Rhubarb Vaselino; Leona played Filet de Sole), another (In the Park) starred Charlie Chaplin, and a third (Bronco Billy's Mexican Wife) was directed by and starred her brother. Many years later, and shortly after the release of her only album, she also appeared in the Vincent Price horror film The House on Haunted Hill.
By the mid-1950s Leona had developed her unique singing style and made many cabaret appearances sending up opera singers. She released a single, Fish, a 78 rpm released by a small New York City label, recorded with Bill Baird (a puppeteer best known for the Lonely Goatherd marionette scene in The Sound of Music) on tuba and Tony Burrello, famous for the Dr Demento favourite There's a New Sound (The Sound of Worms Eating Your Brain), on calliope. TV comic Ernie Kovacs heard it and invited her on his show, which no doubt led Unique Records to record and release Music to Suffer By.
She died at the age of 88 in a retirement home, but left us with a small, but perfectly formed legacy for which we will be forever grateful. Here, for your listening pleasure is Rats in my Room, from Music to Suffer By.


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Fantasy Fervor
Terrell Owens let down the Philadelphia Eagles last year, but he completely screwed me.
Like millions of other American men, I squandered a precious early-round draft pick to grab Owens as my premier wide receiver for the 2005 fantasy football season. Choking back my natural disdain for the man—I'm a New York Giants fan and Owens is a Giants killer—I smiled with pride each Sunday as I basked in the glow of his gaudy numbers. Thanks in large part to him, I sat comfortably in first place.
Then Owens opened his big yapper and got himself suspended, leaving me with a hole in my roster that I couldn't plug. At the same time, stud running back Priest Holmes went out with a season-ending injury, leaving me in fantasy football hell. My team sank all the way to sixth, out of the money and square in the middle of Loserville.
Welcome to fantasy football, where each year an estimated 12 million to 15 million fans of the game take their passion to new levels: drafting a team of star players, choosing whom to play and whom to bench, and vying for the bragging rights of best fantasy football coach in the neighborhood, office or corner of the Internet. It's a hobby that turns casual fans into students of the game and serious fans into fanatics.
It's an often-strange world where team loyalty must take a backseat to individual performance if a participant hopes to succeed. A Dallas fan might find himself drafting a Redskin, a Raiders lover could high-five a friend when a Kansas City Chief gets in the end zone, and a man sitting in a Boston apartment might even find himself rooting for a player wearing the letters "NY" on his helmet.
The universe of fantasy football players has doubled over the past five years. "It's just exploded," says Joe Bryant, co-owner of Footballguys.com, a Web site brimming with statistics, news and analysis for die-hard fantasy football fans. "When I first started, fantasy football was sort of this Dungeons & Dragons thing for stat geeks. Three to four years ago, the tide turned."
Technology is helping to drive the growth. Today, Web sites such as Yahoo, CBS Sportsline, ESPN, Fox Sports and others provide detailed information on players and keep track of every stat. By the end of a game, most free sites will have updated information, and for a fee (perhaps $10 a year) players can track their scores in real time during the game. For more money, some sites will sweeten the pot with cash prizes.
In the old days, it wasn't easy to find, maintain and sort fantasy stats. League administrators (who hold the fancy title of commissioner) had to scour newspapers for information and add up myriad statistics themselves.
"Everything we did, we did by hand," says a former Major League outfielder and now a big-league scout, who wishes to remain anonymous because of professional baseball's stance on gambling. He's been playing fantasy football since 1993. "You had to use USA Today. People in the league didn't get the full stats for the week until Thursday." The baseball pro got his start in fantasy football playing with teammates, and the results would be posted on the locker-room bulletin board. Bryant, who played in a more geographically spread-out league, would get his stats mailed to him in the early days.
For every man—about 90 percent of fantasy football players are male—playing in one league, there's a guy who plays in two. Or more. The Major League scout played in four leagues one year. Brandon Funston, product manger of fantasy sports content for Yahoo, has been playing fantasy football for 22 years. "It depends on the year, but generally my tally runs between eight and 12 leagues," he says. Yahoo has three million to four million participants alone, according to Funston, who spends each Sunday during football season at a local bar so he can view as many games as possible at one time. "Sundays weren't the healthiest day for me this past year," he says.
Even one league can become an obsession. Mark St. Amant, author of Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie (Scribner, 2004), quit his job in advertising to devote himself full-time to winning his local fantasy football league. (Sadly, it didn't go well. Like myself, his season was undone by a wide receiver, but in this case it was Joe Horn of the New Orleans Saints, whom he now refers to as "Joe Effing Horn.")
Most fantasy football leagues are made up of eight to 12 friends or co-workers, each of whom becomes the virtual coach of a fantasy football team, with one person also serving as commissioner. (This duty involves organizing a draft day, sending out correspondence, collecting dues and overriding trades between coaches that smack of collaboration.) To get things started, each coach drafts a team—not an entire team, such as the Giants or the Rams, but a roster comprised of the best talent he can get. A typical starting roster consists of one quarterback, two running backs, three wide receivers, a tight end, a kicker and a team defense, plus six players on the bench. Such a roster would necessitate 15 rounds of picks to stock the team. (Some advanced leagues also draft individual defensive players, which requires much more time. Some players will let the computer draft for them, which takes away a considerable amount of fun.) The bench is key: those players are there for injuries, bye weeks and preferred matchups (if you have a medium-talent running back, for example, you might want to bench him the week he faces the league's best rushing defense). Fantasy football coaches ignore bye weeks at their own peril—nothing is quite as humbling as reaching week five and realizing that half your team is off, leaving you in the points basement.
One of the first things to learn about fantasy football is that team victories are meaningless. A common rookie mistake is drafting a player who is a proven winner on the actual gridiron, but a mediocre fantasy talent. Sometimes it's better to have a loser than a champion. For example, Miami quarterback Daunte Culpepper was the fantasy football monster of 2004, when he played for Minnesota. He chucked the ball downfield for 4,717 passing yards and 39 touchdowns, making him the bedrock of many a champion fantasy team. But the Vikings went 8-8 that year, squeaked into the postseason, and lost in the second round of the playoffs. Tom Brady, the smooth and skilled field general for the New England Patriots, threw for a thousand fewer yards than Culpepper with 11 fewer touchdowns and more interceptions that year, yet his Pats went 14-2 and won the Super Bowl. If I were a real football coach, I'd kill to have Tom Brady as my starting quarterback, but I'd rarely want him running my fantasy squad because he usually doesn't put up outsized numbers.
In a typical scoring setup, a fantasy coach is awarded six points when any of his players scores a touchdown, whether that player caught, ran or threw the ball into the end zone; a point for every 20 yards of receiving, rushing or passing; a point for chip-shot field goals and up to five for boots of more than 50 yards. Sacks and interceptions made by a defense are typically worth a point apiece, and a shutout is worth 10. Interceptions thrown might be penalized at minus one point, lost fumbles at minus two. A scoring variation (such as the league in which Owens helped seal my doom) is a yardage league, where one point is awarded for every yard gained, so touchdowns have less value. Another variation is a salary cap league, in which each coach fields a team based upon salaries. Some leagues add bonuses for spectacular plays, such as touchdowns of more than 40 yards, and for milestone achievements, such as passing for more than 300.
The leagues are often simple gatherings of friends who each put a few bucks in the pot. I play in one league in which everyone ponies up $20 a team, and another in which each player pays $50. One league that's closing in on its 20th year began at $100 per team. This year the buy-in is $2,000. There are higher-stakes versions of the game: the Fantasy Football Tournament of Champions expects a 2006 payout of about $100,000. The World Championship of Fantasy Football, which holds a live draft in Las Vegas at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, has a grand prize of $200,000.
The precise origins of the sport are debatable, but many experts say fantasy football dates back to 1962, and the man most often cited for the creation is Bill Winkenbach, the late Oakland Raiders limited partner who had done some work on early fantasy golf and baseball. (Rotisserie baseball, thought by many to predate fantasy football, wasn't created until 1980, but Strat-O-Matic Baseball, an ancestor of the game, originated in the 1960s.) Winkenbach, with help from Oakland Raiders PR man Bill Tunnell and Oakland Tribune writer Scotty Sterling, is said to have created the game either during a boring weekend trip to the Big Apple or back home in California. It didn't take long for them to take a keen interest in the new game.
"It's well documented that for the first couple of weeks of the [1962] Raider season," writes St. Amant, the men involved in the league "were more concerned not with how their beloved Raiders were doing, but with how their [fantasy] teams were doing."
In those early days without computers and sleek Web sites, fantasy football was played only by those with the passion and patience to crunch numbers themselves. Now that it's so technically simple for someone to play—and now that the Internet makes it easy to find leagues to join—even the NFL has taken an interest. You can play on the official league Web site, www.nfl.com.
While Major League Baseball is at odds with the fantasy version of its sport, having recently sued a St. Louis fantasy sports company over licensing fees, the National Football League seems more comfortable with the fantasy leagues.
"The NFL has embraced fantasy sports more quickly and more enthusiastically than any of the other sports, and the benefits have been huge," says Bryant. "You have NFL fans in New York who suddenly care about the Cardinals and Larry Fitzgerald. It's brought the entire league closer to the fan base."
The NFL even publishes a fantasy football magazine. In June, the NFL.com Fantasy Football Preview 2006 went on sale, a 160-page periodical aimed at helping coaches live their fantasy NFL dreams.
If you think 160 pages on a fantasy sport is excessive, that doesn't even scratch the surface of what's out there. Footballguys, which has a staff of 31 (plus 25 freelancers) plans to pump out nearly 30,000 pages of information for the 2006 season. You can buy scores of books and dozens of magazines on fantasy football, such as Drafting to Win: The Ultimate Guide to Fantasy Football by Robert Zarzycki (AuthorHouse, 2005), and Fox even has a television program called "Ultimate Fantasy Football Show." Come draft day, a good fantasy football coach is packing more background information than a young Bob Woodward. Each coach sits down at the draft table armed with player rankings—known as cheat sheets—league schedules and expert advice, plus all manner of additional information. Of course, each league has a man (or two) who arrives utterly unprepared, and soon becomes fodder for the trash talk that is an accepted part of draft day.
Fantasy football fans "thirst for as much knowledge...as they can possibly get," says Yahoo's Funston. "Football fans are usually the most passionate among the big three sports to begin with. That passion carries over." Sometimes, the passion gets directed at him—as when one of his top picks turns out to be a bust. "I will certainly get my share of compliments for making a good pick," he says, "but I'll get a windfall of jeers if the pick is bad."
Funston says putting out serious fantasy football information is "more than a full-time job." Bryant describes his football Sundays as "controlled chaos.... Starting Monday morning, we are analyzing every single play from the previous day's games with an eye toward predicting player performance for the next week. We'll monitor every injury and every position battle along with any developing trends with regard to player performance or playing time." The information quest builds through the week, with the experts trying to predict not only how the players will perform, but also if they'll make it to the field. "My Sunday morning will be a blur, working contacts over the phones, e-mails, instant messages and through some 30 different Web sites in order to garner the latest information for our readers," says Bryant. "Our readers subscribe to Footballguys because they want the most accurate information as timely as possible. We do everything humanly possible to deliver that."
In the end, after absorbing all the information he can, a good coach should know the value of choosing backup running backs, picking kickers who play in domes, and swallowing the love of the local team to focus on quality players. The goal is to avoid wasting early picks on mediocre talent, to find a diamond or two in the rough, and to wheel and deal with the other coaches in the league to improve the lineup. And, to do it all without losing a job or alienating a wife. Yet even the most prepared coach can have setbacks—such as my Owens fiasco. But there's always this season.
The Perfect Fantasy Football Draft
When I leave this mortal coil, I know I will be remembered for at least one great act: starting my neighborhood's first fantasy football league. It went something like this: I moved in December, met most of the neighbors that spring, and was smoking cigars regularly with a small group by May. By the end of August, a dozen of us were sitting in my cigar-friendly basement around a large table, drafting players for our league.
These were infant steps, for sure, and over the four seasons we've played, we've learned many valuable lessons on how to draft well. Here are a few pointers to get you started to ensure that your draft is a great one.
The basics: Pick a place where you won't be disturbed for several hours—this is not a quick process. Budget at least four hours. Naturally, you need a cigar-friendly place. If you don't have a spot indoors where cigars are welcome, choose a deck or other open-air spot. You need a big table, or tables (people will be packing research, and things will be written down). The concierge level: Rent a suite in Las Vegas and hold your draft in style.
The basics: A draft board is a great tool for tracking each pick. Most consist of large sheets of paper, sectioned into grids for each team, with preprinted labels listing every NFL player. Hang the board on the wall where everyone can clearly see it. When you pick a man, put his label in the appropriate grid. An excellent version is available from www.draftkit.com, with color-coded labels for each position.
The concierge level: Hire a spokesmodel to man the board and put up the labels for you. Extra points: Bring a laptop into which you've downloaded the Draft Dominator from www.footballguys.com and let the experts ID the best talent remaining in each round.
The basics: Fantasy football drafts need some form of alcohol. (If a coach slips up, trying to draft a player who is already taken, he should be forced to drink.) At the bare minimum, there should be copious amounts of good, cold beer.
The concierge level: Serve premium amber spirits—single-barrel Bourbon is preferred, given that these drafts typically take place in August. Use a car service to get to and from the draft.
The basics: Art Rooney built a Steel Curtain football dynasty while chomping on cigars. Do you know more about football than Mr. Rooney? I didn't think so. Make sure you have a cigar while drafting. Sitting there befuddled while it's your turn on the board makes you look foolish, but if you take a contemplative tug of your lit cigar, your competition will think you're a master, pondering strategy.
The concierge level: The draft is a time- consuming affair. This is the night to take out that "A" you've had for a while.
Extra points: Bring a box of cigars for your fellow coaches. They might remember the favor when it comes time for a midseason trade.
The basics: To know everything about fantasy football, you need to watch all the games, and that means NFL Sunday Ticket. This satellite TV package gives you every NFL game for $280 a year. www.directvsports.com.
The concierge level: DirecTV's new SuperFan package ($99 more) gives you even more football: you can watch the Red Zone Channel, which skips from scoring play to scoring play; Game Mix, which allows you to have up to eight live broadcasts at one time on one screen; and Short Cuts, which lets you watch an entire NFL game in only 30 minutes (time-outs and other distractions are edited out).
The basics: Sure, it's nice to win the $200 pot in your neighborhood league, but nothing is sweeter than hoisting a championship trophy. Crown Awards (www.crownawards.com) has a vast selection, and most can be customized.
The concierge level: If you're running the league, make sure you also celebrate mediocrity. Give the basement dwellers "participant" ribbons, certificates of achievement or Pop Warner pins.


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Judge Sean Lane approved the merger between American Airlines and US Airways Wednesday afternoon, but declined to approve a proposed $20 million severance package to AA executive Tom Horton.
Lane hinted early in the afternoon that he was not in favor of the severance package that he later said would "muddy the water" and "add multiple layers of additional review." For now, the judge declined to approve the package and said the timing of it seemed to violate prohibitions in the bankruptcy law.
Lane said he would provide a written explanation of his decision, in greater detail, as soon as possible.
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Earlier in the day, attorneys seemed surprised by the judge's opposition and at least one said if the judge rejects any part of the deal, the entire merger could be off.
Lane said he supported the merger in general but suggested the bonus plan for Horton, who has agreed to step down within a year of the completed merger, and other top employees, violates bankruptcy law and instead should be part of the airline's reorganization plan to be submitted later.
"I'm not trying to pile onto Mr. Horton, but it's an intellectual issue," Lane said. "If I pass it now, the argument is it's a done deal."
Lane didn't object to the actual severance payment but agreed with the trustee that the timing of it seemed to violate prohibitions in the bankruptcy law.
"I am bound by the way Congress drafted the statute," Lane said, adding that he was worried about setting a bad precedent that lawyers in future cases will try to capitalize upon. "There are many, many smart lawyers out there," Lane added. "It's not hard to imagine."
An attorney for the debtors, Stephen Karotkin, argued in favor of the severance and said the payments would come later from the assets of the combined airline -- not from the bankrupt company today.
"You can't cherrypick this agreement," Karotkin told the judge in a heated discussion. "You can either approve it or not."
Jack Butler, an attorney for creditors, also argued the severance plan should be approved.
"It is highly unfortunate the payments to Mr. Horton are being deemed or put in a bucket and called 'severance,'" Butler said. "They're actually much more than that."
"Severance is a part of it," Butler said. "It's not the majority of it."
The U.S. trustee, which represents the interests of taxpayers, had filed an objection to the severance payment.
Susan Golden, an attorney for the U.S. Trustee, argued bankruptcy laws prohibit giving such severance payments.
The law was written, Golden said, "to prohibit the enrichment of top-level executives over the interests of the other constituencies, particularly their employees."
Earlier, Karotkin said a merger has "overwhelming support."
"Today at this hearing is a watershed event," Karotkin said. "The business reasons for the merger are compelling."
He also noted that nobody involved in the bankruptcy has objected to the payment.
The new airline would be based in Fort Worth, Texas.
Separately, Lane approved a motion to extend American's exclusive period for filing a reorganization plan until May 29, the last such extension allowed under law. There is then a 60-day waiting period for creditors to object to the plan before Lane can sign off on American's emergency from bankruptcy protection.
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Here in the US, while rates of homebirth are constantly rising, there's still a large stigma attached that suggests that it's unsafe, even for normal, low-risk pregnancies. Heck, there are some people who have said (very wrongly) that elective c-sections are safer than home births. Eek!
So I'm crushing a little on the University of Oxford Dr. Peter Brocklehurst. He said, "Birth isn't an abnormal process, it's a physiological process. And if your pregnancy and labor is not complicated, then you don't need a high level of specific expertise."
His study showed that 50 percent of women were in no more danger when having a home birth than if they gave birth at a hospital.
Yes, this study was in Britain, but since we're all human, American moms -- this means you too. However, they do point out that in their maternity system, most births (60 percent) are attended by midwives, and birthing centers are much, much more common. Here in the US, not only are most of our births in hospitals, but training of midwives varies state to state. Some states don't even have any regulations on teachings. So a British midwife may be trained in many more methods than an American nurse-midwife attending an OB. We also have fewer birth centers in America, which could be why.
The study looked at 64,500 mothers, all low risk (no twins or needed c-sections), divided relatively evenly between hospital, home birth, and free-standing birthing centers, they found there was almost no difference in the health of the baby with where the mother gave birth. Of the women who did transfer to a hospital, only 10 percent were because of fetal distress. The rest were because of maternal fatigue or the desire for an epidural after a long labor -- 45 percent of first time mothers transferred, but only 12 percent of experienced moms did, showing that it's more of a "faith in your body and ability" issue than anything.
A slightly higher risk of complications for first-time home birthers was also noted, but those risks also disappeared with subsequent birthing moms, so again, maybe education of the process or ability to relax has something to do with it?
But a biggie -- more than 11 percent of the low-risk women who chose a hospital ended up with a c-section, compared to 2.8 percent of the women who birthed at or started at home. That kind of number is one of the reasons many women choose home birth.
Unlike the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology who is staunchly anti-home birth, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynocologogists states that they approve of appropriately selected home birth. Very cool.
Really, I'd like to see our country, instead of demonizing things, look instead to further proper education so those things can be intelligently supported. There are a lot of countries out there with much better birth ratings than we have, so I'm more than willing to look to them for advice. So far, many of these countries think that home birth, or birthing centers, are not only fine but even appropriate and perfectly safe for at least half of women, who are considered "low-risk," or what I like to call typical ... or even normal. That said, if you CHOOSE a hospital, more power to you -- but don't be scared into that choice.
Do you think home birth is safe for "low risk" women?
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The new buzzword is "He-covery". That's the term the New York Times' Catherine Rampell and others use to characterize the new numbers on our so-called economic recovery. Cute the way we use gender terms to nickname serious issues, isn't it?
In case you've forgotten, the recession was dubbed the "mancession," because the menfolk had lost the majority of the jobs, leading to a workplace that was finally gender-equal. But, as a new report from the Pew Center has shown, since the recovery started, men have picked up some three-quarters of a million jobs. Their sisters have lost close to a quarter of a million. Welcome back to the gender gap: Pew found that men "have fared better than women in all but one of 16 major sectors of the economy identified in this report." Here's a taste:
The recovery from the Great Recession is not off to a good start for women. From June 2009, when the recession ended, to May 2011, women have lost 218,000 jobs, with their employment level falling from 65.1 million to 64.9 million. Men, however, are finding new jobs in the recovery. Their employment level increased from 65.4 million in June 2009 to 66.1 million in May 2011, a gain of 768,000 jobs. Since 1970, this is the first two-year period into an economic recovery in which women have lost jobs even as men have gained them.
Now, the easy explanation would be to assume that job growth is occurring in the, you know, manly sector: construction, mining, manufacturing, the heavy-lifting kinds of jobs. But what's curious here is that men are also outscoring women in retail, professional and business services, education and health services (traditionally a female domain), hospitality and the federal government. And when it comes to jobs lost, men have also won the jackpot, losing fewer jobs than women in utilities, information services and finance.
What gives? Pew can't figure out the explanation for the gender discrepancy, and neither can anyone else. But what I wonder is whether we're simply unwilling to suggest that the emperor has no clothes. If women are losing ground even in traditionally female sectors, isn't it possible there's a little bit of gender discrimination at play? There I've said it. Mea culpa.
As one quick example, let's look at the maternal wall: studies have shown that women are penalized and considered less promotable because of family committments. As University of Illinois management professor Jenny Hoobler found, this holds true even when women have no kids — and don't plan on having any. We interviewed Hoobler for our book, and here's what she told us:
[Her study showed] "this lingering stereotype that women aren't as dedicated to their careers because they are or will at some point take the primary responsibility for caregiving in the family. What we found was that even when women did not have did not have children, did not have an elderly parent to care for, didn't have a sick spouse, their bosses still felt that they had higher conflict between the family and work than their male counterparts did.
"People think that this is something that has gone away. I think there is a misconception when you are talking about workers with kids that male and female parents share equally the responsibilities for the home but many research studies have shown recently that that is not the case. While men are doing a lot more that their fathers did a generation ago, in dual career families, women are bearing the lion's share of the caring of people in the home. But what our study showed was that even when women DID NOT have those responsibilities, their bosses felt that they still did."
We also found a study on fathers showing that, conversely, having a baby enhanced their self-image at work, in terms of reputation, credibility and even career options. He became a family man, as in "What a guy"!
Now I would be the last to suggest that the reason for the so-called He-covery is the fact that, all things being equal, empl0yers prefer men over women and hire accordingly. Nor would any boss cop to that. But it makes you think, right? And the irony is that, at 77 cents on the dollar, women are good for the bottom line.
And even when we women made up half of the workforce, we were hardly taking home half of the pay. As The Nation's Katha Pollitt wrote, back in 2009, when women first achieved workplace parity:
It is indeed remarkable that women are half the workforce, but there'd be more to cheer about if they also earned an equal share of the pay. It may be easier to find a job as a home health aide than a welder, but male jobs tend to pay a lot more than female ones (and, one might add, do not involve a lot of deferential smiling).
Deferential smiling. Wonder if the guys are good at that?


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Amendment proposals to the TIR Convention, 1975 - C.N.264.2012
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On 30 May 2012, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity of depositary, has issued the following depositary notification:
C.N.264.2012.TREATIES-XI.A.16, informing of certain errors in the French text of Articles 1, 8, 11 and Annex 6 of the TIR Convention, 1975, as referred to in depositary notification C.N.326.2011.TREATIES-2 (re-issued) of 2 August 2011 concerning proposals to amend Articles 1, 8 10, 11 and Annex 6 of the said convention.
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Moving vegan Can't find Vegan groceries In Pa. :(
I've been a vegan for 2 years and have been fortunate to live in a community that has a common market and a wegmans. But I'm Moving Monongahela Pennsylvania and They only have Giant eagle there an the natural food store is the size of a 711. So any suggestions on where to go to get good vegan groceries In the local area?
During famer's market season, of course that will be an option for good produce (localharvest.com can help you locate the nearest one). You could sign up for a CSA too, though I believe most farmers do registration in early spring so you pay for the whole growing season at once. Are there any ethnic markets in the area? I recently took a better look around one of the local Asian markets and saw several ingredients that have popped up in vegan recipes that I couldn't find at my regular grocery store: Asian noodles, seaweed, chickpea flour, bulk dry beans, etc.
Hmm... what about getting all your veggies, fruit, beans, rice, and other staples at your local grocery stores and then just doing bulk orders of specialty items (tofurkey roasts, soy curls, vegan cheeses, etc) from a place like Vegan Essentials or Food Fight Grocery? Would that work?
I'm in a similar situation. I travel over an hour to reach Wegmans and Giant grocery stores. We have another store 30 mins away with some basic options. I tend to grab freezer bags and make the hour trip. I don't know if it is possible but after looking at Monongahela on Google maps, I would be heading to Pittsburgh as it looks to be about an hour or so away too from there. Also, go to happycow.net and search your area on there as they have a directory of vegan restaurants and stores etc. Hope that helps some.
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While Hadoop is (arguably) becoming the "tool of choice" for big data analytics, many commenters have stressed that it is not an easy technology to use — it also needs to integrate with existing data management and analytics systems, so this has created a real barrier to comprehensive Hadoop adoption.
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Using Pattern, analysts and data scientists familiar with these technologies can run predictive data models at scale and integrate ETL, data preparation, and predictive analytics in the same application to potentially reduce development time and unlock accessibility to large Hadoop data sets.
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Apple posts new iPhone SDK, Final Cut Server, Pro App updates
Apple on Thursday evening released a new version of its iPhone developer kit that also mentions a test version of iTunes 7.7, AppleInsider has learned. Also, updates have been released for Final Cut Server and the Pro Application Support framework.
Those familiar with Apple's third-party iPhone development software say that Beta 8 alludes to a special, pre-release version of the iTunes 7.7 jukebox software necessary to load a matching new version of the iPhone 2.0 firmware on the device itself, suggesting that Apple is nearing the point at which it will let developers test third-party software and the App Store in real-world conditions.
This iTunes release hasn't yet been seeded along with the new SDK, according to the people familiar with the revision.
Appropriately, the SDK suite itself is said to be focused almost exclusively on bug fixes rather than introducing new features.
Registered developers should have access to Beta 8 through the iPhone Dev Center.
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Professional video editors can now download Final Cut Server Update 1.1 (50.1MB), a maintenance fix for the pro media management tool.
The patch tackles problems with checking resources in or out of Final Cut Pro projects and addresses flaws when using languages or fonts that require double bytes. "General reliability" is also improved, according to Apple.
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On the client end of Apple's video suites, Pro Applications Update 2008-02 (138MB) primarily fixes installation problems as well as improving compatibility, performance, and reliability.
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Longmont is a perfect combination of small town charm and suburban convenience located less than 15 miles from Boulder and 40 miles from Denver International Airport. Located in the St. Vrain Valley, Longmont has evolved from an agricultural center to a high-tech manufacturer's dream. Being one of the first "gigabit cities" in the country, the city of Longmont now runs one of the fastest internet connections possible for residential and business sectors.
It is the second largest city in Boulder County and provides its residents with incredible mountain views, easy access to local attractions, and cultural enrichment through local arts and entertainment. Longmont has consistently been voted one of the best places to live in publications such as Money Magazine and National Civic League.
Considered one of the best educational areas near Denver, the student body consistently exceeds the national averages in both the ACT and SAT exams. By opening Colorado's first Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program in 2016 and the Innovation Center in 2018, Longmont once again proves its ability to stay on the cutting edge of educational standards and technology. Nearby universities such as the University of Colorado and Colorado State University provide higher learning to Longmont's collegiate population.
As a quiet residential community, Longmont has limitless potential. If you are looking for a safe and friendly neighborhood, Longmont is an ideal location. With a population of over 92,000 and climbing, new possibilities lie around every corner. Longmont is a great home for everyone, from outdoor enthusiasts, to families seeking safe and quiet neighborhoods. View all the enticing homes for sale and learn more about the Longmont Real Estate market.
- Square Miles30.21
- Population94,341
- Per Capita Income$30,900
- Median Household Income$62,847
- Housing Units34,538
- Homeownership Rate61.9%
- Median Home Price$391,000
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Longmont is named for the Explorer who first visited the area, Stephen H. Long, and the French word for mountain "Mont." Founded in 1871 by a group of Chicagoans, the Chicago-Colorado Colony was a town built on 60,000 acres purchased entirely by membership donations. It is the first planned community in Boulder County and was considered an agricultural center as the Colorado Railroad built lines into the town in 1877.
In this dry and fertile environment, the original settlers built large river-fed irrigation ditches to bring water to Longmont's growing agricultural community. The town, designed by the colony planners to look like most American small towns, was set in a one square mile grid, with a new industrial complex lining the railroad and the St. Vrain River. Within the first years of the town's growth, a beet sugar factory, a flour mill, and a number of immigrants from European countries helped to solidify the roots of this already growing agricultural center.
By the 1950's the agricultural economy of this growing town began to decline, and a new technology-based economy was growing all along the Rocky Mountain Front Range. In 1962, the U.S. Government installed an air traffic control center in Longmont, and was quickly followed by an IBM manufacturing Facility. At this time the city's boundaries doubled twice – once between 1960 and 1970, and again between 1970 to 1980 – bringing a huge boon to the population by the early 1990's.
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Golden Ponds & Roger's Grove
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Boulder County Fair
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Callahan House
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Sandstone Ranch
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Historic Downtown Shops
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Boulder County Fairgrounds
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Bus Services: FLEX
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Bus Services: Ride Free Longmont
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Bus Services: RTD
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Internet: NextLight
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Alex Wagner is the host of msnbc's "NOW with Alex Wagner" (weekdays at 4 p.m. ET). Wagner had been an msnbc analyst and frequent msnbc guest since 2010.
Most recently, Wagner was a reporter with Huffington Post, where she covered innovation in the American economy, investigating the intersection of business, politics, and new technology. Prior to this position, Wagner served as the White House correspondent for Politics Daily, where she chronicled a number of international and domestic affairs ranging from the BP oil spill to the Egyptian revolution.
From 2007 to 2009, Wagner was the executive director of Not On Our Watch, an advocacy and grant-making non-profit founded by actors George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, and Don Cheadle. Wagner traveled to troubled hot spots including Burma, Sudan, and Zimbabwe with the goal of stopping and preventing mass atrocities.
From 2004 to 2007, she was the editor-in-chief of The Fader magazine, covering cultural movements around the globe, from Brazil to China to South Africa. Prior to that role, she served as the cultural correspondent for the Washington, DC-based think tank Center for American Progress.
Alex has been widely praised for her thoughtful analysis, easy-going format, and ability to fairly moderate political discussions. POLITICO lauded Wagner's style of handling pundits, noting that "her ability to facilitate—rather than dominate—the conversation is what makes it feel genuine and organic." Mediaite deemed Alex's show "provocative and informative," and Capitol File Magazine called her "the newest reason to tune into MSNBC." Alex has also been profiled by Glamour, Elle, and Details, who called her one of the new political pundits to watch.
Wagner is a native of Washington, DC and attended Brown University. Follow her on Twitter @alexwagner.
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To trust in and use one's own advice. "Reck" means "to heed," while "rede" means "advice"; both are archaic words. A: "I have told my sister to question men she deems untrustworthy." B: "Then, my lady, if you do not trust Sir Walton, I think you need to reck your own rede and confront him."


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In the comments box of one of my recent posts about the redefinition of marriage, I had an interesting discussion with a homosexual gentleman about the nature of sexuality.
In that discussion, our essential disagreement came down to a fundamental point about what it is to be human. As I framed the question (I've cut and pasted from separate comments to boil this down to its clearest expression),
The whole idea of "gender" reflected in your posts is that it's just a bundle of attributes that are largely socially determined, and that can be revised according to the subjective desires of the individual… Our position rests on the notion that sexual difference can't be assumed away. The complementary (i.e., different, equal, and necessarily interdependent) nature of male and female sexuality is a constitutive element of what it is to be a human being.
The Holy Father has now addressed this point directly and powerfully, in his annual address to the Curia — what you might call his "State of the Church and the World Address". His comments, which come in the context of a discussion of the threats to the family, are worth quoting at length (my emphasis is added in bold):
[T]he question of the family is not just about a particular social construct, but about man himself – about what he is and what it takes to be authentically human…
The Chief Rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim, has shown in a very detailed and profoundly moving study that the attack we are currently experiencing on the true structure of the family, made up of father, mother, and child, goes much deeper. While up to now we regarded a false understanding of the nature of human freedom as one cause of the crisis of the family, it is now becoming clear that the very notion of being – of what being human really means – is being called into question. He quotes the famous saying of Simone de Beauvoir: "one is not born a woman, one becomes so" (on ne naît pas femme, on le devient). These words lay the foundation for what is put forward today under the term "gender" as a new philosophy of sexuality. According to this philosophy, sex is no longer a given element of nature, that man has to accept and personally make sense of: it is a social role that we choose for ourselves, while in the past it was chosen for us by society.
The profound falsehood of this theory and of the anthropological revolution contained within it is obvious. People dispute the idea that they have a nature, given by their bodily identity, that serves as a defining element of the human being. They deny their nature and decide that it is not something previously given to them, but that they make it for themselves. According to the biblical creation account, being created by God as male and female pertains to the essence of the human creature. This duality is an essential aspect of what being human is all about, as ordained by God. This very duality as something previously given is what is now disputed. The words of the creation account: "male and female he created them" (Gen 1:27) no longer apply. No, what applies now is this: it was not God who created them male and female – hitherto society did this, now we decide for ourselves.
Man and woman as created realities, as the nature of the human being, no longer exist. Man calls his nature into question. From now on he is merely spirit and will. The manipulation of nature, which we deplore today where our environment is concerned, now becomes man's fundamental choice where he himself is concerned. From now on there is only the abstract human being, who chooses for himself what his nature is to be. Man and woman in their created state as complementary versions of what it means to be human are disputed.
But if there is no pre-ordained duality of man and woman in creation, then neither is the family any longer a reality established by creation. Likewise, the child has lost the place he had occupied hitherto and the dignity pertaining to him. Bernheim shows that now, perforce, from being a subject of rights, the child has become an object to which people have a right and which they have a right to obtain. When the freedom to be creative becomes the freedom to create oneself, then necessarily the Maker himself is denied and ultimately man too is stripped of his dignity as a creature of God, as the image of God at the core of his being. The defence of the family is about man himself. And it becomes clear that when God is denied, human dignity also disappears. Whoever defends God is defending man.
The Holy Father thus gets to the precise center of the question — the debate about marriage and family is, at its heart, about the nature of the human person. It is in the end a question about "who created me". The modernist approach is to create myself in my own image and likeness, making myself into my own little god, answerable to no objective or higher truth. We've already seen how that false and destructive approach works (see Genesis 3, and the entire history of the Twentieth Century).
The Holy Father has pointed to us the way out of this problem — to embrace the truth of our nature and the truth of our origin, and to defend the social expressions of those truths in marriage and the family.


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While I am pretty much a reliably Republican voter, I have never voted a 100% straight Republican ticket. This primary - offering as it does the non partisan school board choices - will be no exception.
Look through the campaign positions of the various school board candidates in the on line Democrat today (click here)
I was looking, in particular for those candidates who might express the idea that we should look at more efficency in our school system, not just more money!
One who is at least open to other means of financing...."Try to increase funding in education with fundraisers, kind of like Chick-fil-A spirit night they do for each school. Look into other states that have used other programs that have helped students grow, prosper......" (Brandon Petree)
Let's hope we can elect a school board that will look for ways to live within it's means, improve performance without raising costs, commit to improving our schools within the budget instead of lobbying for more money, and, most of all, let's get a board that runs the schools, not the other way around!
This Primary Election will be an important one - it will be the last chance for one candidate.


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The OutClass Apple TV Server is a reliable dedicated media server smart storage solution that has been specifically designed to make ripping and storing CD's, DVD's and Blu-ray discs easy and automated and then playing them back on up to 20 Apple TVs independently in your home, yacht or private jet from one server.
The OutClass Server has the ability to copy and archive CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs automatically, embedding ID tagging, metadata and artwork on its RAID configured storage.
Platforms include Macs, PCs, smartphones, tablets, Xbox and PlayStation gaming consoles, Smart TVs, Roku, Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Nvidia Shield, and more. Whether it's your movie and TV collection or your music library, OutClass makes your media look beautiful by automatically adding movie posters, plot summaries, cover art, and descriptions. OutClass also allows you to share it all with your friends and family
It will automatically convert all the movies into iTunes to playback on AppleTV and iPad, also into a format to play on many DNLA players of your choice like PLEX, Dune HD, Amazon fire and many others.
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The OutClass Server can integrate with home automation control systems on the iPad and many other devices making this server very versatile.
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The OutClass Server would be installed on a local area network and once installed, the day to day use is as simple as loading a disc into the its optical drive. The OutClass Server has the ability to archive CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs and automatically embed ID tagging, metadata and artwork on its RAID configured storage, giving a real time protection of all stored media. The archiving and converting process is completely automated and once it is completed, the OutClass Server ejects the disc, ready for the next one.
The OutClass Server Video Converter converts DVD and Blu-ray titles to MP4 profiles. The profiles define formats that include files with various quality settings, and formats specific for mobile devices, and Apple TV. CDs can be dual ripped so that an mp3 copy is made at the same time as a high quality version. The mp3 is perfect for syncing with portable players such as iPods, smart phones and other portable devices.
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The software includes an open XML based data API, for integration with third party control systems such as Control4, RTI and Crestron.
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6 Ways to Get Your Kids Excited About Hiking
Looking for ways to get your kids outside and more active?
Do you enjoy walking through the woods and exploring the great outdoors?
If you've ever tried hiking with your kids and wondered why they aren't as enthused about it as you are, keep reading.
In this article I'll share six ways to get your kids excited about hiking so your family can enjoy the great outdoors together.
Why Go Hiking With Your Kids?
Hiking is an excellent way to connect with your family. There's a lot to talk about while you explore the wilderness—not just the great outdoors and the things you see. It's the perfect time to ask your kids about school, friends and their lives in general.
Plus, hiking is a great way to get some exercise and unplug from electronics that tend to rule our lives.
But sometimes it can be quite a challenge to encourage kids to pull on some hiking boots and hit your favorite hiking trail.
How to Plan for a Successful Family Hike
Are you looking for a way to connect with your family in the great outdoors?
Could you use a great way to exercise and "get the wiggles out?"
A family hike is the perfect answer.
In this article, I will show you how to plan a hike that is a fun family adventure in the great outdoors, even if you've never been on a hike before.
Why Hike?
"Every child needs nature. Not just the ones with parents who appreciate nature. Not only those of a certain economic class or culture or gender or sexual identity or set of abilities. Every child," said Richard Louv, author of eight books about the connections among family, nature and community.


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Have you already started mapping out your summer plans? If you have kids who haven't learned to read yet, consider using this summer to teach them! All you need is a few minutes every day and this fabulous book, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann. In approximately the duration of your child's summer vacation, you can teach them one of life's most valuable – and fun – skills!
When my son (now 6 ½) was 3 ½, I wanted to start teaching him how to read. He knew most of his letter sounds, and he would sit still for any length of story I would read him. It seemed like the right time to get going.
But where to start? I didn't know the first thing about how to approach it.
At the recommendation of some moms I know, I bought the book mentioned above. It's a very specific method of teaching reading to children. (The book states that it's designed for 4- or 5-year-olds, but can also be taught to bright 3 ½-year-olds.) Its huge size seems a bit daunting at first, but the layout is very easy to follow.
Just do one lesson a day (or every other day, whatever your child can handle and your schedule allows). Each lesson is presented with exact instructions, down to a teaching script so you know what to say with each task.
Every lesson includes writing practice, and the whole thing only takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. By the time you reach lesson 50, your child will be reading an entire paragraph! This amazing book completely takes the guesswork out of this process.
One thing you MUST do before you start teaching your child with this book: read the parent instructions. It is imperative that you have an understanding of how the lessons work before you begin teaching, or you will stumble around and lose your child's interest – which we all know is the kiss of death!
An added way to make the lessons fun (and to incorporate a bit of math, too) is to make a chart of squares numbered 1-100. Each time your child finishes a lesson, they can put a sticker or a stamp in the square for the lesson they completed. Once they're done with all 100, they earn a prize. Or you can give them a prize after every row of 10 – whatever works for you!
My son reads extremely well now. He's become a real lover of books, and can read anything we throw at him. Knowing how to read has given him independence and confidence to start him on a path to success in school, which is something that will serve him well for the rest of his life!
I'm now using my well-worn copy of the book, with its many wrinkled pages and a taped-up cover, to instruct my 4 ½-year-old daughter. She's coming along great!
If you've never taught someone the skill of reading, you're in for quite an experience. It's tedious, frustrating, and sometimes seems impossible, but the end result is an accomplishment that both you and your little one will cherish. Summer vacation is a perfect time to do it!


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Enabling remote access to JBoss 4.2
Today I had an issue remotely accessing my JBoss instance running on another machine. Unknowingly, JBoss 4.2 binds specifically to 127.0.0.1 by default (see below for me details). Thankfully they had a simple solution; just append -b 0.0.0.0 to your startup script to bind to all interfaces. So to start JBoss on linux when I know I want to access it remotely I do:
./jboss/bin/run.sh -b 0.0.0.0
ReadMe.html content on this subject:
"JBossAS now binds its services to localhost (127.0.0.1) *by default*, instead of binding to all available interfaces (0.0.0.0). This was primarily done for security reasons because of concerns of users going to production without having secured their servers properly. To enable remote access by binding JBoss services to a particular interface, simply run jboss with the -b option. To bind to all available interfaces and re-enable the legacy behavior use -b 0.0.0.0. In any case, be aware you still need to secure you server properly."


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LithoFrame is a concept to produce models of Britain's subsurface geology; the 3D equivalent of the geological map. LithoFrame models have been created at a range of scales to answer specific questions about geology and the composition of the subsurface. The adjacent map of Britain shows our coverage of current geological models at varying resolutions.
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LithoFrame50 are modelled at the formation level (e.g. base London Clay Formation, base Harwich Formation) and reach around 1 km in depth. Our detailed models concentrate on the near surface and are used for planning and development.
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