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Checking in on… the Ivy LeaguePosted by Brian Goodman on January 2nd, 2011
Howard Hochman is the RTC correspondent for the Ivy League.
A Look Back
The return from finals was not kind to most of the Ivy members. The league went an aggregate 8-12 against less than stellar competition, thus dropping the Ivy into a tie for 12th (with the MVC) in conference RPI. Lowlights abounded, including Brown becoming the first Ivy team to lose to Army, Harvard's embarrassing no-show vs. then #4 Connecticut, and Penn traveling to snow-covered and picturesque Poughkeepsie to lose to those dastardly sly Red Foxes from Marist… the same Marist that lost to Holy Cross, effectively removing the Crusaders from the Reverse Survivor Pool. But the granddaddy of ineptitude belongs to Cornell. A more detailed description of their fall from grace below. Interestingly enough, Princeton, which doesn't break for exams until mid-January, escaped the chaos, winning three of four. It was not all doom and gloom. We would be remiss if we did not mention Dartmouth breaking their 0-7 record in the state of Iowa (no statistical info available on their record in the other 49 states) with a victory over Missouri Valley foe Drake; a 67-59 win that was, indeed, a piece of cake. There is no truth to the rumor that the Big Green is now considering relocating to Des Moines.
The Boys From Itha-can't
Everyone knew there would be growing pains for coach Bill Courtney in his first season at Cornell. After all, the Big Red graduated four key starters from their NCAA Sweet Sixteen team of 2009-2010. But with a returning core group that saw considerable action last year, led by Seniors Mark Coury and Max Groebe, juniors Andrew Ferry and Chris Wroblewski and sophomore Errick Peck, the future did not seem bleak. Add a solid recruiting class, and many thought that Cornell could compete with pre-season favorites Harvard and Princeton. And that the chances for a four-peat were possible and not a term limited to those in the School of Agriculture. Despite a 2-6, start the faithful were encouraged by the performance at then #15 Minnesota–a game that Cornell could/should have won. A soft schedule and lots of practice time between games would be just what Courtney needed to set his rotation and get the team back on track. Even the most pessimistic fans could not have envisioned the last two weeks. It began with a one-point loss at lowly Binghamton. Cornell was up 16 in the first half only to see the 3-8 Bearcats go on a 18-3 run and score the winning basket with 14 seconds to go. Okay–a bad loss to a bad team but the end of a five game road trip. Home cooking and a taste of Cayuga's waters awaited. What followed was an 11-point loss to Bucknell, sending the 2600 in attendance home despondent. Nine days later, the end of the seven-game losing streak seemed like a good possibility as the Big Red faced New Hampshire in the opening round of the Richmond Marriott Tourney. However, despite four players in double figures, a see-saw second half saw the Wildcats emerge with a two point victory. The next night, however, saw a glimmer of hope. Shooting 64% from the field, including a sizzling 71% from beyond the arc, Cornell hung on to beat Wofford 86-80 despite almost squandering a 17-point second half lead.
Stats tell the story. Health and line-up changes too. Only five players have played in all 12 games and only one Adam Wire has started all of them. Twelve players are averaging more than eight minutes per game. As a team, Cornell has been outscored by an average of five points per game, outshot 44% to 38%, and outrebounded by an average of eight per game.
While the results so far have been disappointing, the rest of the season is not without hope, During this losing streak, Cornell has lost two games by five, two games by two, and a game each by one and three. Only the loss at Syracuse was lopsided and understandable. Would the presence of Steve Donahue make a difference in some of those close defeats? Perhaps? Remember, this is Courtney's maiden voyage sitting in that first seat. Does he need time to grow into it? Possibly. There is still about a month to go before Ivy play begins in earnest. Supporters and Ivy fans in general hope that Thursday night's victory is the spark that begins to turn things around so Cornell can make it a three and possibly four team race to the wire. But it is most assuredly a case of wait and C.
Player of the Week
Kareem Maddox becomes the second Princetonian (Ian Hummer) to win the coveted RTC POW trophy. In the four games the Tigers have played there was no holding this Tiger. Despite a foul-plagued, sub-par game vs. UCF, The 6'8 Senior from Oak Park, Ca. has scored 61 points (15.2) on 54% shooting and has grabbed 17 rebounds. Maddox has averaged 31 minutes per game primarily coming off the bench. Clearly the favorite for Ivy Sixth Man of the Year. And kudos to his family, no doubt Lakers and Braves fans.
Power Rankings
1. Princeton (10-4)–it was going to be a great story. A nine-game winning streak punctuated by a win over a Top 25 team. Both seemed poised to happen as the Tigers led #19 UCF by eight at halftime. Then along came Mr. Jordan. Not Michael, but his son Marcus, who scored 22 of his game-high 26 points to rally the Knights to a 68-62 victory. Despite that, Princeton, the preseason favorite in most publications, enjoys its first week in the penthouse.
2. Harvard (8-3)–Crimson relinquish top spot based on Tiger success and their own dreadful performance against UConn. Harvard shot 30% en route to a 29 point defeat led by Christian Webster's 0-9. Only Keith Wright (18 points, 7 boards) showed up. Tommy Amaker's squad gets well vs. Div.III MIT to ring in the New Year.
3. Columbia (7-4)–with last night's 74-71 win at Maine after a 19 day layoff, the Lions have now won four straight and six out of their last seven. Junior guard Noruwa Agho leads the way averaging a bit better than 16 points per game and continues to jockey with Penn's Zack Rosen at the top of the Ivy scoring race.
4. Penn (5-5)–poised to take over the # 3 spot after disposing of Delaware. But evidently a feast of Blue Hen did not sit well as the Quakers fell flat vs. Marist. Miles Cartwright, a 20-point scorer and starter against Delaware, remembered he was a freshman and scored only six on 2-11 shooting. At least Jerome Allen has settled on a consistent starting lineup that now includes Cartwright and inside beast Conor Turley.
5. Dartmouth (4-8)–by default, the Big Green moves out of the cellar as the only other Ivy team to actually win a game (the aforementioned 67-59 vs. Drake) during the this two-week span. Before all you Hanoverians go careening down the slopes in paroxysms of glee, that win was sandwiched between a 29 point loss to Iowa State in which Dartmouth could manage only 42 points and a 17 point loss at Bucknell.
6. Yale (5-6)–not much separates the Elis from their Providence neighbors (see below). Both were 0-2 this week and each has a winnable game on New Years Eve. Yale gets the nod based on actually taking a cross country road trip (can you say "Fawn Leibowitz?") to get pounded by Stanford. Seems another basketball team from the Nutmeg State had trouble out in Palo Alto.
7. Brown (4-6)–the Bears sport losses to Army (88-86) and Central Connecticut St. (67-51). Their murderous schedule continues with a home game against Bryant to close out 2010.
8. Cornell (3-9)–their struggles have been chronicled above. One doubts they are truly the worst team in the league. Sophomore Errick Peck has been the lone bright spot scoring 68 points in the last four games. Here's hoping the Big Red has some table games and a flat screen in the basement.
A Look Ahead
Most conferences dive into conference play after the first of the year. Not so the Ivy League. With the exception of isolated games against their travel partners, intra-league battles do not begin for another month. Brown has only two games–American and Lyndon(Johnson) St–before facing travel chum Yale. Columbia faces Elon, Lafayette, and Union before a home and home date with Cornell, a game they could realistically enter at a lofty 10-4. Buffalo and Stony Brook represent an opportunity for the Big Red to get things straightened out before league play. Dartmouth puts their lofty #5 ranking on the line with a game against Ivy patsy Army before facing their travel partner, Harvard. The Crimson have a chance for a bit of redemption for their rocky Hartford horror show when they travel to Chestnut Hill to see old friend Steve Donahue and his improved BC Eagles. Penn begins 2011 with a televised game at #11 Kentucky followed by a Big Five showdown with La Salle. The good news is that the Quakers will be battle tested before beginning conference play. Princeton only has one game (Marist) in the next 23 days as their players hit the books instead of the court. With games ahead vs. Holy Cross and Baruch, Yale should be looking at a two-game winning streak. Boola-boola!
Auld Lang Syne
To all the fans and followers of the schools of the Ancient Eight, may your 2011 be filled with buzzer beaters, filled and raucous gyms, creative cheers, a nail-biting Ivy race, and of course many RTC-worthy games. And to my loyal readers–and you know who you are–my sincere wishes for happy times with grandchildren, a return to a healthy and vibrant life, a filled Citi Field, California/New York dreamin', and brisk camper enrollment. Happy New Year, everyone!


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A committee that included MSU Athletic Director Scott Stricklin recommended the decision back in February.
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Help with barking.
Good morning, I've read through a number of posts and have a couple of suggestions that may be helpful in your situation. I am a trainer and specialize in behaviour issues. The first suggestion is to think about what you want rather than what you don't want, for example, I want my dog to have some self control , instead of thinking I want my dog to stop barking.
Now that you know what you want, you can work towards achieving that. To do this start by ignoring the barking, don't look at them, don't talk to them, don't join in. When they stop say to them, good job thank you and reward* them for being quiet. If the barking happens at a window you can get between them and the window and block their access. Again, no sound, when they stop barking, reward, when they move away from the window reward. For a few days, reward randomly but often anytime they are being quiet and relaxed. After a few days spread out the rewards.
As it gets easier, delay the reward until they learn to ignore the window or noises for a few seconds, then when that's easy wait for 5-10 seconds before rewarding.
*A reward is a piece of food that is of higher value to the dogs then the distraction, noise, people, other dogs..... If the reward isn't good enough it isn't a reward.
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The marine-life park's summertime extravaganza kicked into high gear May 25 and continues on the following dates: June 1-2, June 8-9, June 15-Aug. 18, Aug. 23-25 and Aug. 31-Sept. 2.
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Many stores this year will open even earlier on Thanksgiving Day for traditional Black Friday sales. It's a move that some say is as American as apple pie and others condemn as heretical to a holiday traditionally spent giving thanks with loved ones.
This year we usher in a new holiday — Thanksbuying.
Many stores will open even earlier on Thanksgiving Day for traditional Black Friday sales.
It's a move that some say is as American as apple pie and others condemn as heretical to a holiday traditionally spent giving thanks with loved ones.
"The health of our economy is now measured by the number of Americans who abandon their families on Thanksgiving to stand in lines outside the high church of American consumerism, Wal-Mart. This is now what being an 'American' is all about," said Jerald Podair, professor of history and the Robert S. French Professor of American Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis.
It might be more than just a matter of consumer gluttony.
"There are reasons why we are the last superpower left," said Scott Testa, a marketing consultant and former marketing professor from the Philadelphia area. "It's because we are a democracy and because of our economic strength. It's part of our DNA as Americans. Your typical American loves to shop."
"Retail Creep" is not a new phenomenon.
Blue laws prevented stores from opening Sundays for religious reasons. Most of the laws have been repealed, yet the sale of alcohol is still prohibited on Sundays in many places.
A fundamental cultural shift may facilitate the creeping consumerism.
"Unfortunately, we have lost the distinction between needs and wants," said Brother Bernard Seif, a Brodheadsville clinical psychologist. "Our contemporary culture has generated so many material needs that we think we can't live without them."
Other psychological factors might play a role.
"We are motivated by conformity, meaning that we tend to give into the pressures of what the group wants to do," said Rene Boburka, an associate professor of psychology at East Stroudsburg University.
Boburka said people are also motivated by the thought of what they may be missing by not being in the store.
"The stores are really good at this. The advertising says you need to get in to get the sale at this hour. The store is convincing us, the crowds are convincing us. People are just going in because they are afraid they are going to miss something."
Testa said the advent of eating out for Thanksgiving, the proliferation of families spread further apart, and the acceptance in society of allowing this behavior has changed our value system.
Not everyone is happy about the earlier Black Friday hours.
Some Wal-Mart employees across the country are planning a Black Friday protest.
The protest is being planned by the Organization United for Respect at Wal-Mart, a subset of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
Wal-Mart employees have complained about stores opening at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
And a one longtime Target employee started a petition, protesting the store's opening on Thanksgiving.
Copycat petitions were reported asking Best Buy, Old Navy and Kohl's to reconsider their plans to open at midnight on Thanksgiving.
Podair noted parallels with another American tradition — Presidents Day.
"(George Washington and Abraham Lincoln's) birthdays were once celebrated as separate holidays," he said. "So the days once had historical significance, but no more. Not only have they been combined into one holiday, but the day itself is nothing more than a sale opportunity."
Seif said the Sabbath or Sunday has become just as hectic as the rest of the week, another manifestation of the change in culture and traditions.
"There are no barriers," Testa said. "I am absolutely convinced you will see retailers in the future that simply require less people, less cashiers. Technology will do a couple of things; e-commerce will continue to grow, and physical retailers through technology will be able to operate with less people today. I would not be shocked if you see the Wal-Marts and Targets of the world open all day Thanksgiving and Christmas."


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We're all making more money today says the CNN anchor, yet the gap between blacks and whites are getting wider. The report shows that white women's pay is up more than five fold while white men stayed relatively stagnant. Black men on the other hand income has dropped yet they touted that income offsets by gains among black women. On CNN's website the story goes on to say that the average black family was making only 58% of the average white family. They also said that most people think that the playing field for blacks and whites has been leveled.
Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League said that the disparities that we see between the two races is because of inadequate schools in black neighborhoods, workplace discrimination and too many black families with only one parent. It was also noted that middle income blacks were not passing wealth on to their children while white families in middle and poor classes were. This tells of the inherent wealth that comes with white privilege. Even though this factor seems to never get reported.
But ask any person with a white mindset and the playing field "IS" even. Explain that the disparity has existed since slavery ended, the excuses run from blacks don't have the experience to blacks don't make education a priority. We have black people such as John McWhorter, Shelby Steele, Bill Cosby and Stanley Crouch who love to say that blacks have the same opportunity as any white person and if we just work hard and pull on our bootstraps we will undoubtedly be just as well off as our white counterpart. Now how is that, when reports like this continue to come out? It is obvious that white business does not feel we are as valuable or worth the same pay as our white counterpart. Neither working hard nor a college education is a guarantee of anything which I spoke to in my article "College Degrees Don't Ensure Employment For Blacks."
So where are all these outraged people white and black to protest the fact that the obvious white privilege is getting worse when it comes to being able to support our families? It is interesting how so many people claim that they aren't racist and they support equal rights, yet what about equal rights to have equaled pay? So now aren't we in violation of the Universal Declaration where article 23 just happens to state: (2) everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. I guess this doesn't apply to blacks in America.
We will send our army out to other nations and force them to follow the Universal declaration yet we won't bother to force ourselves to uphold it. You constantly hear people complaining about how there are so many inequities for people in different Middle Eastern countries, China or how about North Korea and we are still telling our black community to bend over, shut up and take it. If it wasn't so pathetic I would laugh since we are a ludicrous nation of people who constantly look at our race problems and say "uh, uh, I don't see nuthin', there isn't anything wrong with our system of living. The status quo is just fine for white folks so what's the problem?"
Then as soon as blacks get unemployment, welfare or better yet affirmative action then we are the ones looking for a handout or special treatment. Yet, white people having higher wages that are still leaving blacks in the dust isn't special treatment, white affirmative action or some sort of white only welfare. It seems to me that a serious shake up or shake down of corporate America needs to happen and soon in order for blacks to be able to just get a fair shake and a level playing field. But, if we continue to allow the same people who are putting us in this situation now to "continue" running things, we will never have a fair shake or a level playing field.
Yet like I have said before we as a black community continue to sit idle all the while letting the rapist who have been raping us for years tell us what is or isn't rape. Letting them take the wheel to drive us to equality when this study shows they have no intention of driving us anywhere except right to the poor house. Let me and others talk of putting an end to this white supremacist run system and then I'm the racist. Talk of blacks getting together to take the catalyst out of our lives and I'm some sort of separatist who wants to ruin the black community by depriving them of white society. Please, you don't see antelope on the plains of Africa looking to live closer to the lions which ravages their numbers. But somehow this is exactly what whites and blacks with a white mindset would have us do.
Unfortunately, I believe that it is far too late to run, so we must find a way to break free from this tyranny that the people with their white mindsets are placing on us. Level playing field, equality, these are misnomers that those benefiting from there opposites would like for us to believe will be coming one day soon, when in fact they have no intentions of allowing that. What would be gained for them to level the playing field, what benefit would be gotten from equality? Of course the answer is nothing since they are already benefiting from the way thing are now. Since we see they will gain nothing we should know that it is up to us to take it upon ourselves to level the playing field.


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wait , so how does one read lost canvas without the Hades Saga knowledge from the original Saint Seiya ?
oh well. you're missing out on something great. I highly recommend you go read the original , only 28 tomes.
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Am I the only one who's liking The Lost Canvas better than the original manga? I've liked the characters in this story much better, and I really like the relationship between Pegasus, Athena and Hades.
Even so, Tenma still needs to have a scene as grand as many of the ones Seiya had. Although, many of Seiya's scenes involved Deus ex Machina, and the bit with the God Cloth in chapter 77 did annoy me (although, Tenma would never have stood a chance against Morpheus otherwise).
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I plan to
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the original Saint Seiya is very dear to me as it was one of my first anime ( liek , back when I was 3 or something ). So I won't deny that I have an automatic bias and consider it to be one of the most sacred thing ever.
now , I do enjoy Lost canvas , but , I enjoy it probably not for the good reasons.
Spoiler for spoilers for original Saint-Seiya:
So there that wuz my 2cents.
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well you don't really need to read the original seiya in order to read this manga..the original manga is popular enough..even if you never read/watch it before, you should know the story is about
Spoiler for "spoiler for the original seiya's story":
that info in above in my opinion is good enough for this manga anyway..
Back to the manga discussion I wonder about
Spoiler for spoiler for lost canvas:
|2009-04-10, 09:47
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just want to clear it up that I have no intention to attack the original story plot lol..I like Saint seiya..i read that manga first and then I am interested enough to read this lost Canvas
Just that I don't think those two mangas are too much related for the following reason
Spoiler for really light spoiler and perhaps a guide for ppl who want to read lost canvas without reading the original manga:
And the info in above is all you need to enjoy this manga..you don't really need to read the original manga lol..even if you don't read the info in the above, in my opinion you still won't get lost, except maybe for chapter 77, and ppl in above have already kindly explained it XD
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Yeah I think Alone in his own way is somehow trying to help Tenma, hence why Pandora trapped him in that weird dimension, in the hopes that he awakens fully as Hades. The God Cloth kinda threw me off a bit in Lost Canvas seeing as how we don't see the Pegasus clot recieve a god's blood, but it's also established that the Pegasus saint was always the most formidable foe, always damaging Hades so maybe Tenma is a special case.
I seem to enjoy the Athena in Lost Cavas a bit more than the original since she's doing a bit more that simply being rescued. I mean I love the original but the 3 arcs all boiled down to the same premise which was,
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Using Wing with Cygwin
Wing is a Python IDE that can be used to develop, test, and debug Python code written for cygwin, a Linux/Unix like environment for Microsoft Windows.Two versions of Wing are appropriate for use with this document: Wing Pro is the full-featured Python IDE for professional programmers, and Wing Personal is a free alternative with reduced feature set.
If you do not already have Wing installed, download it now.
This document describes how to configure Wing for Cygwin. To get started using Wing as your Python IDE, please refer to the tutorial in Wing's Help menu or read the Quickstart Guide.
To write and debug code running under cygwin, download and install Wing for Windows on your machine. There is no Wing for cygwin specifically but you can set up Wing for Windows to work with Python code that is running under cygwin.
Cygwin has a different view of the file system than the paths used by Windows applications. This causes problems when code is debugged since Wing cannot find the files referenced by their cygwin name.
The solution to this problem is to treat Python running under cygwin as if it were running on a separate system. This is done using Wing's external launch / remote debugging support. In this model, you will always launch your Python code from cygwin rather than from Wing's menus or toolbar.
When setting this up according to the instructions provided by the above link, use cygwin paths when setting up WINGHOME in wingdbstub.py. Wing will look for the wingdebugpw file in a cygwin ~/.wingide6 directory if it exists and is not empty; otherwise the standard win32 User Settings directory will be used.
You will also need to set up a file location translation map from your cygwin names (usually by default something like /c/path/to/files maps to C:\path\to\files), or set things up in cygwin's configuration so that the cygwin pathname is equivalent to the win32 pathname. For the latter, an example would be to set up /src in cygwin to point to the same dir as \src in win32 (which is src at top level of the main drive, usually c:\src). Wing will ignore the difference between forward and backward slashes in path names. An easy way to determine the correct cygwin file path to use is to place assert 0 into a file and refer to the traceback shown in the Exceptions tool in Wing when the file is debugged via wingdbstub.
Related Documents
Wing provides many other options and tools. For more information:
- Wing Reference Manual, which describes Wing in detail.
- Cygwin home page, which provides links to documentation.
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Alica Keys: People's Choice Awards 2013 Performance - Watch Now!
Alicia Keys takes the stage at the 2013 People's Choice Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Wednesday (January 9) in Los Angeles.
The 31-year-old singer opened her performance with the hit ballad "Girl On Fire" before kicking the party off with the upbeat "Brand New Me."
Alicia's hubby Swizz Beatz cheered her on from the audience with their adorable son Egypt in his lap.
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5. Lions Park Transit Hub and SR 128 bike path
Construction began this fall on a much-anticipated $9.2 million project to build a transit hub at the intersection of U.S. 191 and state Route 128 and a multi-use path along the Colorado River adjacent to SR 128. Travelers on SR 128 will see traffic delays during the next several months, and late-night closures will occur at specific points in the construction process, officials have said.
When completed in late summer or fall of 2013, the new facility will include an underpass for bicyclists to access an existing paved path into Moab along U.S. 191 without having to dodge traffic on SR 128. The underpass will connect Lions Park on the north side of SR 128 with the new transit hub on the south side. The project will also include elevated paths on the river side of the road to keep bikers and pedestrians safe along the first three miles of SR 128 to the Negro Bill Canyon trail head.
4. Big budget films pour millions into local economy
Two major studio films, "The Lone Ranger" and "After Earth," infused millions of dollars into Grand County's economy in 2012, local film officials say.
Disney officials estimated their big-budget action western "The Lone Ranger" spent $4.5 million locally, over a period of several weeks. That money included more than 230 local residents hired for the production along with money that was spent by the cast and production crew on lodging, food and other expenses, officials said.
"After Earth," a big-budget science-fiction action movie starring Will Smith, added as much as $400,000 to the local economy, according to the film's executive producer. During six weeks of filming, approximately 130 locals were hired for the production and the filming brought 485 crew and cast members to town.
3. Hospital and extended-care center funding woes
The new, state-of-the-art Moab Regional Hospital opened in February 2011, and in September 2012 hospital officials acknowledged that the facility was experiencing financial woes that CEO Roy Barraclough said were caused in large part by problems with the billing system. The hospital's board of directors hired an outside health care consulting and hospital management firm to help develop a system to better manage finances and work through the problems, and the hospital is now back on solid financial ground, officials have said.
The Canyonlands Care Center, which is adjacent to MRH but operated by a county special service district board of directors, also experienced a budget crisis and was $15,000 to $50,000 in the red each month this fall, officials with the center said.
The Grand County Council is exploring whether the care center would qualify to receive funding through a rural health care tax, and if so, may put the tax measure on a June ballot. The county council and Moab City Council also agreed to provide "seed money" to enable MRH to collect Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) funds through Medicaid, which helps hospitals cover the cost for treatment of Medicaid, indigent and uninsured patients.
2. Battle over measure to study changing county form of government
A local group comprised mainly of members of the Grand County Republican Party, gathered petition signatures during the winter for a ballot measure that would launch the first step in possibly changing the county's form of government. The effort ran into problems in May when another group asked 7th District Court Judge Lyle Anderson to disallow the measure on the June ballot because proper procedures were not followed. The judge ruled that the Grand County Council must first vote to put the measure on the ballot, and the council, in an emergency session, voted to place it on the November ballot.
Ultimately, voters opposed the measure in large numbers. Ballot Proposition Initiative 1, which asked voters to approve forming a study committee to consider and possibly recommend a change in Grand County's form of government, failed by a vote of 2,119 to 1,564.
1. Winter shutdown at uranium mill
Officials with Portage Inc., the Idaho Falls-based company that took over the contract for the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action project, announced in April that cleanup work at the former Atlas Uranium mill site north of Moab would be scaled back from a year-round effort to nine months annually for the next five years. The change meant more than 100 workers at the site would be furloughed for three months.
Local elected officials quickly began lobbying the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and members of Congress, urging additional funding for the project.
This fall, as job layoffs loomed, Portage officials and the DOE announced that jobs had been found for all the affected workers who wanted to remain employed through the winter. Officials said most of the 27 laid-off employees chose to take the three-month furlough.
No tailings will be shipped this winter, but workers will continue to run well-field operations to prevent tailings contaminants from moving from the subsurface to the Colorado River while others will install permanent liners in each container used to transport material to Crescent Junction, officials said.


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For years, some of the best local baseball talent has spent its summers as a part of the Ardmore Cardinals.
What started out as the name of a minor league affiliate within the St. Louis Cardinals organization and member of the Sooner State League (Class D) in the 1940s and 1950s, has now developed into an American Legion sponsored summer league baseball team for local high school and college baseball players.
A stopping point for players at different points in their athletic careers — some leaving high school and headed to college, some coming back from college and looking to improve — it's a spot where everyone can do what they love to do: just play.
"It's a great opportunity for area kids to play that are looking to go to the next level, as well as a spot for high school kids who want to play against top competition and somewhere that the college kids can come back and have a place to play in the summer," said Cardinals head coach Bubba Tamez, who also serves as Lone Grove Middle School Principal.
"It just helps me stay loose and prepare for next season," said pitcher Garrett Edwards, who wrapped up his first year at Hillsdale College after his career finished at Ardmore. "Playing with these guys helps me a lot. It keeps me in the groove."
Led by first-year head coach Tamez, the Cardinals serve as a place where players can continue to hone their skills and stay in rhythm, but it's also a spot for the young guys to learn from the few that have dipped their toes in collegiate waters.
"These young guys just have to play hard and continue to hustle," said Chase Crites, who recently won a NJCAA Division II national championship at Murray State in his freshman year. "The college game is a lot faster, but it's still the same game we've been playing since we were little."
"It's all about hard work, whether you're going to college or are already there, you've just got to work hard," Edwards said.
And the young guys, they're taking notes.
"Guys like Chase (Crites) know how to get deep in the count and take a lot of pitches, as well as have the ability to hit the ball anywhere they want to," said Silo graduate and leadoff hitter Hunter Stephens, who will join Crites at Murray State next year.
"This is good for all of us," said former Kingston ace Jake Patterson. "It keeps you from sitting around all summer and removes the chance of you not being ready and out of the loop."
So it serves as somewhat of a mesh point for these young guys, bridging the gap for some and continuing to see stiff competition for others.
"The pitchers throw harder than most pitchers do in high school and it just makes for an overall better experience and you see better players," Stephens said. "Most of the guys we play against are either going to play in college next year or are already at the next level."
And for Tamez, it's his job to manage. But more importantly, he gets to watch the kids improve and continue to do what they love.
"All of our kids continue to get better and better," Tamez said. "It's really rewarding to see our kids be successful all over the state."
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Though the economy has gradually begun to rebound, families with fresh memories are still reticent to commit to costly vacations. One of the more affordable and family-friendly vacation options is camping. Families get the chance to experience some of nature's most idyllic settings at a fraction of the cost of expensive resort vacations. But before venturing out in the great outdoors, a family should consider the following tips to ensure their camping vacation is a swimming success.
* Research the weather. Before choosing a campsite, get a firm grasp of what to expect from Mother Nature while you're there. Research weather patterns and how much the weather can vary during the time of year when you will be vacationing. Does the weather fluctuate significantly during the daytime and nighttime hours? Is rain likely or unlikely? Weather conditions will dictate which gear is necessary for the trip, and families might want to avoid campgrounds that are frequented by rain. Adults might be able to cope with a rainstorm or two, but such conditions may make everyone miserable.
* Find an activity-friendly campground. When looking for a campground, look for one that boasts a lot of activities. Adults might enjoy the simple relaxation of camping, but kids will likely need more to do. Look for a campground that can offer activities the children will like, such as hiking, kayaking, rafting, or even mountain biking.
* Determine who you are as campers. Not all campers enjoy the rustic life of camping. Some need to combine camping with the amenities of modern life, including running water and toilets that flush. Campers should be honest with themselves in regards to their needs in amenities when researching campgrounds. If you and your family will need a shower, consider renting an RV for the trip or choose a campground with accessible showers and restrooms. Veteran campers might scoff at such amenities, but families would likely prefer some combination of roughing it in the wild and modern day living.
* Get the right gear. Entry to many campgrounds is free or nearly free. However, camping gear could cost money. The good thing about camping gear is it's reusable. If this year's camping trip is a success, then next year's trip won't cost nearly as much. Visit a local camping store and explain your situation, including what you hope to get out of the camping trip and where you'll be heading. An associate should be able to help you find the right gear for your trip, including a tent, lights, a water filter, cooking materials, and inflatable mattresses. The materials needed for a successful camping trip are many, but again these materials are reusable and can last a lifetime if families choose the right gear.
* Stock up on the essentials. Once you have purchased the right gear, don't forget to stock up on the other essentials. Particularly during the warmer months, campgrounds can be very hot and insects abound. Be sure to bring adequate amounts of sunscreen and bug spray and apply each liberally every day. Even if the sky is overcast, apply sunscreen to avoid painful sunburn. Other essentials include toilet paper (bring more than you expect to use), bottled water, plates and utensils, and garbage bags. Be sure to bring extra garbage bags to avoid littering in the campground.
* Don't forget to have fun. Families should emphasize having fun when visiting the campground. Because camping is not a resort-style vacation, it's up to Mom and Dad to entertain the kids. Bring along a guitar for a campfire sing-a-long, and pack a few board games the family can enjoy under the stars at night. If a nearby park is known for being especially family-friendly, consider it as a campsite. Kids might meet fellow campers their own age and make some new friends.


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Opinion: Fed President Is Fed Up
Americas columnist Mary Anastasia O'Grady on the Dallas Fed President's Thursday speech about the upheaval the Federal Reserve faces. Photo: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... I ... the Reserve Bank of Dallas chairman Richard Fisher is fed up with ... Washington's fiscal policies are tells about is Mary Anastasia O'Grady are America's columnist Mary thanks for being here and ... so I'm normally instead of ... regional bank presidents Fed officials of the ten MB ... Sir comes to the fact that we've we've got Watch Richard Fisher ... first politely saying ... you know we can print some only so much money and you know you and political authority have to get ... the policies in order and now he's ... he's ... got the point where he's talking on his speech this week about the political chicanery in Washington ... but half of Linjia fiscal is a sense for him but what about this is again Richard Fisher Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in ... my heart bleeds for my country for no man of monetary accommodation no conceivable that of large scale asset purchases ... no clever new monetary innovation by the Federal Reserve ... can offset the rocks that is destroying our fiscal house in them like it spreads over time ... well that's um it's fairly clear what he thinks of the current political leadership in Washington ... I you really feel ... like this as as the action they've been doing all of these money breathing exercises right and still the economy bumping along ... well don't forget James that the way the factories are works is that you have ... I've importing governors in Washington but then you have these ... out if asset that bank presidents ... at that that will really so bad then forget around the country now ... that they are reflecting the feelings of the people that ... in the businesses that operate in an error in their regions ... and often what happens is places in the Midwest ... struggle with the money center banks ... aam and this area we East West the East Coast because ... I'm in the businesses there have different objectives have you know different top concerns and so forth and I think what I ... either have Richard Fisher is reflecting is concerned ... among businesses in his part of the country ... of South printing all this money as we ... to ... top to basically ... make up for ... that fiscal policy which is holding the economy back any saying ... them on in him relying on monetary policy to do with really should be done ... on the fiscal side is a big mistake ... and ... obviously what he's worried about is that at some point this is going to come back to haunt us just to find out when the stock in the bed fiscal policies are in government spending way beyond its means having a non competitive ... taxing environment and ... an obviously resulting ... in slower growth that was right and if it was very careful not to take a political stance and in you could argue that when you need is higher taxes in order to pay for the higher spending ... or you could argue that the need to cut spending what he's saying is you can't go around with these huge deficits ... I'm you know dad ... at uh hundred percent of GDP and not think that they're going to be repercussions from that silly saying ... and and and then turning to the Fed is saying ... I'd you know and print money for us in or whatever didn't ... exactly that's that's outlets that economics and doubt ... you know it's been tried in places like Mexico and Argentina from our own time and ... you know we know something about how and in some pretty ... right now ... the ... bookie this he's now ... due for a turn of voting seat on the Federal Open Market Committee that actually makes the decisions on the things lead to interest rates etc ... Janet Yellen the alumni giving in to head the Fed and Alan Fisher adjoining is a voting member of his term in the open market Committee does that though ... is he can be a big headache for her or or possibly can he I'd I'd heard of in the direction toward less adventurous monster yet Wall first of all all of the Fed bank presidents and imported governors ... I ... knew how to express themselves on the open market Committee but as you say some of them have but some don't ... I haven't looked Andrews rotating off the voting this gets all but normally what happens is ... there's really only about one go ... around that part of the country ... I've been updating says sell at my suspicion is that someone else has been I hawkish perhaps I Esther George on a chair at Kansas City ... will be coming off and that will be replacing I think what will be more important are some of the governor's eyeware Basin Washington ... will also determine is also coming up and depending on who replaces them back that I change the balance of power a little bit and add ... perhaps ... of more vocal advocates of stuffs for strain ... and I think that's what we have to keep an eye on it ... well alone ... bullies so I think so ...


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PPI::Structure::For - Circular braces for a for expression
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See the support section in the main module.
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12 Metal Text Effect Styles
A fun and sleek set of text effects for your next design project.
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- .ASL file with all 12 text effects
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- .PSD file with text effect samples as shown in Screenshots
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HipHopFriends (Feat. The E&J Brothaz) - Private Party [Unsigned Hype]
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Einstein researchers have found a molecular explanation for the hunger pangs caused by lack of food. Their discovery could lead to an entirely new way to treat obesity and the type 2 diabetes that often results from it.
Scientists have long known that starvation activates a process called autophagy, in which cells cannibalize some of their own components to survive. Autophagy also provides an "important cellular recycling mechanism" that allows cells to digest organelles and damaged proteins they no longer need, says Rajat Singh, M.D., M.B.B.S. (right), an assistant professor of medicine (endocrinology) and of molecular pharmacology.
But autophagy does more than recycle cellular trash for energy. As a postdoctoral fellow working with Einstein's Mark J. Czaja, M.D., and Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., Dr. Singh found that autophagy helps to degrade fat in the liver.
This article originally appeared in the Summer issue of the Diabetes Research Center newsletter.We were looking at fat deposits in hepatocytes—liver cells—which is often a complication of diabetes," says Dr. Singh. In a 2009 study published in Nature, Dr. Singh and colleagues showed that inhibiting autophagy in mice caused their liver cells to accumulate fat—clear evidence that autophagy does indeed control fat levels in the liver. "We actually observed a vicious cycle," says Dr. Singh, "in which decreased autophagy causes livers to become fatty— and this accumulating fat makes things worse by further suppressing autophagy."
But Dr. Singh and his colleagues found that elsewhere in the abdomen—in fat tissue— autophagy actually helps to form fat tissue. When the researchers shut down autophagy in fat tissue, mice remained lean and protected against diabetes despite being fed a high-fat diet, since they now burned fat instead of storing it.
"These results were so exciting that we started thinking about what else autophagy might be doing," says Dr. Singh. So he decided to look at the brain—more specifically, at a specialized set of brain cells (hypothalamic neurons) that regulate how much animals eat by monitoring their nutrient intake.
Sure enough, Dr. Singh (now in charge of his own lab at Einstein) found that autophagy also occurred in these crucially important neurons. More specifically, when starvation switches on autophagy in these neurons, small fat droplets within the neurons are digested; this produces free fatty acids, which boost levels of a neuronal molecule that prompts the animal to begin feeding.
The next step was for Dr. Singh to use genetic engineering techniques to shut down autophagy in those "hunger neurons" of the brain. The result? Mice whose neurons could not activate autophagy following an overnight fast ate less than mice in which autophagy remained intact. Those important findings were published last year in Cell Metabolism, with followup work published in EMBO Reports this year.
"If we can identify the appropriate molecular targets and find the right drugs, we might be able to manipulate autophagy in an organ-specific manner to control obesity," says Dr. Singh. Promoting autophagy in the liver, he notes, could burn fat and prevent it from accumulating. By contrast, shutting it down elsewhere—in fat tissue and in nutrient-sensing neurons in the brain—could help curb appetite and keep us lean and healthy.
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How does losing weight fight diabetes?
For overweight people with type 2 diabetes, losing 10 to 15 percent of total body weight can help lower blood sugar (glucose). That's because being overweight causes a condition called insulin resistance, in which insulin that people produce—needed for moving glucose from the bloodstream and into cells—isn't efficiently used by their bodies. So sugar levels in the blood become elevated, leading to type 2 diabetes.
For people who have type 2 diabetes, losing weight can help reverse insulin resistance: Their cells become more sensitive to insulin, allowing them to use insulin more efficiently. As a result, people with type 2 diabetes may be able to reduce—or even eliminate—the drugs they're taking to normalize their blood sugar levels.


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CMI8788 driver status
Changes in the Hg repository:
- Bugfix: When sound is played to the analog front output, use the correct sample rate when copying it to the SPDIF output.
- Added a (read-only) control for the channel status bits of the SPDIF input.
New beta driver available: http://www.alsa-project.org/~clemens/alsa-driver-20071129.tar.bz2
To enable dmix and AC-3 passthrough, replace the files CMI8788.conf and aliases.conf in /usr/share/alsa/cards/.
- Controls for SPDIF output.
- Mixer controls for all analog inputs (but Line Input bypasses the analog mixer).
- SPDIF should now work.
- Playback on all other cards with AK4396 DACs should now work, too.
- The driver now initializes the AC'97 codec whose analog mixer is used to route the analog inputs to the ADC. Analog recording should work from all inputs.
- No input controls yet, all inputs (and their noise) are mixed together.
Rewritten from scratch. The driver name is now snd-oxygen (all cards except Xonar) or snd-virtuoso (Xonar).
The second most important feature, the MIDI port, now works.
(The most important feature, the colorful jack illumination on my Xonar card, is not controlled by software and has always worked.)
seems to be working on all models:
- analog playback:
- at 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz
- 16 or 24 bits
- 2, 4, 6, 8 channels
- volume controls for all eight channels
- upmixing of stereo to rear and side channels
- analog recording
not yet implemented:
- front panel output
- ALT on Xonar cards
known problems:
- some garbage at the beginning of recorded data → ADC needs more time to settle after clock switch
my TODO list
- CMI8788 driver
ca. 98%
- use hrtimers in the MIDI sequencer
ca. 25%
- usb-audio: allow shorter-than-1ms periods for high-speed devices (just remove the code that rounds periods to USB frames)
- usb-audio: handle MIDI write errors better
- move non-public headers out of linux/include/sound/
- PCI: annotate in-memory data structures read by bus master chips with __le/be
- implement (some?) OSS 4 API ioctls
- test (i.e., use) alsa-python
- use dev_printk?
- various subsystem send different and too many MIDI reset commands when a port is closed
- usb-audio: restructure
- OSS emulation by redirecting to user space (like FUSE, but we need ioctls and mmap)
- MIDI synth: support more sysex commands
- MIDI synth: MIDI tuning
- ymfpci: MIDI synth
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I don't know what to think about this...
Quote from: Kevadu on May 05, 2013, 06:52:05 PMI don't know what to think about this...It's real simple, this guy wants to tell the government to fuck off by giving idiots abroad a way to create a death-dealing device that can go anywhere. Even better is anyone actually giving this guy some form of press coverage to further spread his idea and concept. Congrats man, you've got the new terrorist weapon of choice, AND it's eco-friendly.
Double post worthy:http://www.rfgeneration.com/news/Disc-Rot/An-important-note-to-Video-Game-Sellers-and-Buyers-1337.phpI never knew this was a thing. Interesting... I should check some of my older PSX games.
Now I want to laugh at the people who talked back at me about being all-for "going digital". MWAHAHAHA
My understanding is that it has about three or four shots before the barrel breaks. In theory that would make it a good 'Saturday Night Special' gun if it wasn't so large and obvious ("OH SHIT, HE'S BRINGING A HUGE BOTTLE OF WINDEX INTO THE BAR, RUN!"). That said, one could just print out several and switch between them for a mass shooting, but that's not the issue that concerns them. The issue is that it's a weapon that's impossible to ban with any real effectiveness if a gun ban does occur, which is a terrifying prospect for any government on that particular power trip. What are they going to do, send police to kick down the door of every person suspected of using a torrent site the file is on? Ban libraries from carrying 3D printers?
it takes some really damn poor security to let someone get that close to a president with a piss-poor imitation of a security camera and no press credentials to give evidence of their identity and purpose for being there. They don't just let any random person walk straight up to politicians with a video camera or large bag in hand. It is possible in theory, but I don't think it's particularly likely.


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Items that may grow up to be columns, Vol. XIV, Chapter 9:
The idea of the Tim Tebow Sideshow becoming a football success story by relocating it to Canada is a pleasant fantasy for Canadian Football League scribes.
Only one problem: if hitting a wide-open receiver is about a 50/50 proposition for Tebow on the postage-stamp-sized National Football League field, imagine him tossing one of those wounded ducks of his toward the Canadian sidelines, miles away, without getting picked off.
Mobility, it appears -- and, to be fair, a penchant for the inexplicable big play out of nowhere -- are about the only assets Tebow possesses that would suit him to the three-down CFL game, where you get one fewer opportunity to miss the target before you punt.
Hamilton's new Boss Of Everything, Kent Austin, has a better chance of turning Henry Burris into Mr. Steady than Marc Trestman, whose Montreal Alouettes own Tebow's rights, would have of making Tebow into more than another Adrian McPherson or Jarious Jackson or (pick a third-and-short, running specialist).
It's true, Trestman is a quarterbacks' dream coach, and it's also true that many a CFL star QB's career has been kick-started by an ability to escape pressure and make something happen with the feet. So there's just a chance Trestman and Tebow would discover some strange alchemy together.
But probably not.
Tebow, who couldn't get off the sidelines with the New York Jets this season even though starter Mark Sanchez was an unmitigated disaster, was arguably the most famous football player -- or at least football "person" -- in the United States, but at 25, he isn't a kid any more. If he could throw, he'd have shown it by now.
And any comparison to Doug Flutie is apples and ... well, road apples.
GUTTER LANGUAGE: Keglers of all ages and levels of ability must have winced when Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock expressed his fears Tuesday about the damage the NHL lockout could be doing to hockey.
"Hate to say it," Babcock told Sportsnet.ca, "but we could end up like bowling."
Hockey should be so lucky. After the 2004-05 season was wiped out by the last lockout, ratings for the NHL on Versus (then OLN, now NBC Sports Network) were worse than those of poker, women's basketball and ... yes, bowling.
SPORTS 101: The Associated Press has announced the results of its sports story of the year voting, based on a poll of U.S. editors. The big "winners" of 2012 are: 1. Penn State/Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, 2. Lance Armstrong scandal, 3. NFL/New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.
In Canada, presumably, No. 1 would be the NHL lockout scandal.
So, to sum up: child molestation, performance-enhancing drugs, pay-to-injure, and labour relations. Isn't that why we all love sports?
ABBREVIATED: There's more than one reason, evidently, that the first four letters of everyone's favourite social medium are T-w-i-t. Today's reason can be found in former Vancouver Giants (now Winnipeg Jets) star Evander Kane's Twitter feed: a photo of himself posing on the balcony of a Las Vegas hotel, holding stacks of what appear to be hundred-dollar bills in both hands while pretending to make a cellphone call to Floyd Mayweather, the boxer. His tweet: "Hey @FloydMayweather pick up your phone cause I'm callin #imdifferent @jduppal" The latter Twitter handle turns out to belong to Jeffrey David, identified as only "YVR" in his profile, who retweeted Kane's message, adding the words "#moneyteam #keepstacking."
Now, its a given that neither side in the current NHL lockout dispute is terribly concerned with optics, since they are equally bad for both. But the players just can't seem to get it into their heads that conspicuous displays of wealth do not do anything for their cause, when there's so much financial distress (this close to Christmas) among the ordinary working stiffs whose livelihoods depend on the NHL.
POOR PITIFUL ME: Then there was the Globe and Mail story featuring New Westminster's Kyle Turris of the Ottawa Senators, with direct quotes -- not the kind a reporter makes up, folks, no matter how much backpedaling Turris is now doing -- complaining about his experience playing hockey in Oulu, Finland during the lockout: everything from the food to the language to the travel to the lifestyle.
The quotes?
"The travel here is horrendous. It's worse than junior. We'll fly into Helsinki then hop in a bus for four to six hours, meanwhile, we'll make three stops on a six-hour bus trip for no reason.
"The food here is awful. On the road, we eat at truck stops. ABC truck stops. I'm not kidding. We file out of the bus and head off beside the highway for a buffet truck stop pregame meal. It's ridiculous."
There was more, but you get the idea. Turris released a statement Wednesday calling the story, by a freelancer, "erroneous" (he no longer is playing in Finland, so the writer got the tense wrong) and unnecessarily negative, and extolling the many ways he loved his teammates and Finland. However, nowhere in the statement did he claim to have been misquoted by the Globe.
IT'S CONTAGIOUS: A roundup of the player gaffes on Twitter since the lockout began, assembled by former Province blogger Mike Halford, now of NBC Pro Hockey Talk, makes for impressive reading: Derek Roy tweeting about how much noise his Lamborghini makes when he starts the engine, Paul Bissonnette raving about his favourite seamstress at Barney's New York, Joffrey Lupul complaining that he was denied a dinner reservation at Maple Leaf-owned Real Sports because of the lockout (when, according to MLSE's Tom Anselmi, the only reason Lupul and, on other occasions, fellow Twitter grousers Kevin Weekes and James Van Riemsdyk, got turned away was because the restaurant was booked solid).
In fairness, Lupul has been filing an amusing blog for AskMen.com on his culture-shock experience playing in Yekaterinburg, Russia, which appears to have given him a better understanding of the obstacles facing Russian kids coming over to North America. And he retracted his tweet about Real Sports, admitting that he'd made an error in judgment using Twitter to air such a (petty, he should have added) grievance.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms with receiver Justin Hunter, their second-round draft selection.
The Titans announced the agreement Thursday.
The 6-foot-3 Hunter spent three seasons at the University of Tennessee where he caught 106 passes for 1,812 yards and 18 touchdowns. He was second-team All-Southeastern Conference as a junior after 73 receptions for 1,083 yards and nine touchdowns. His 73 catches ranked second in school history, while his yards were third best.
That leaves only guard Chance Warmack, the 10th draft selection overall, and cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson, their first of two picks in the third round, not under contract yet.


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Ibn Masud's Foot
Ibn Mas`ud's Foot
`Ali narrates – Allah be well-pleased with him – that Allah's Messenger – Allah bless and greet him – summoned Ibn Mas`ud one day. He [came and] climbed a tree to get something for him. His companions looked at `Abd Allah's leg and laughed at the thinness (humusha) of his legs. Whereupon Allah's Messenger said — Allah bless and greet him: "Why are you laughing? I swear that `Abd Allah's foot shall weigh more heavily than [Mount] Uhud in the Balance on the Day of Judgment."
Narrated by al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, Book of the Knowledge of the Companions (#5385). He declared it of sound authenticity (sahih) and al-Dhahabi concurred with him. It is also narrated from Qarra ibn Iyas al-Muzani in the following wording:
Ibn Mas`ud climbed a tree and they started laughing at the thinness of his legs, whereupon the Prophet said — Allah bless and greet him: "I swear that they shall be heavier in the Balance than Mount Uhud."
Narrated by Ahmad in his Musnad (#920), Abu Ya`la in his (#539), al-Tabarani in al-Kabir (38516), Ibn Sa`d in his Tabaqat (3:109), Abu Nu`aym in Hilya al-Awliya (1:127), al-Hakim, and al-Haythami indicated that its chain was sound in Majma` al-Zawa'id (#15561).
Allah's blessings and peace on the Prophet, his Family, and all his Companions.


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"Overall I would say that I am pretty impressed with the title from what I have seen so far. If you're a fan of the series and you have a PlayStation Vita I would say definitely keep an eye on the title this holiday season." - Jason Oliveira of thatsyogarbage.com
Ok. The graphics are "good for a handheld", but that doesn't mean anything. The graphics on Madden 13 for Vita are better than many 360 games...but people still trashed the graphics. I don't think "good for a handheld" is going to cut it.
Someone asked if the graphics was the same from the gamescom trailer. Author basically said yes :L Aside from that, at least the guy enjoyed the game.


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10 Least Affordable Metros: We Are Number 2. You Are Number 6.
CNN/Money has another one of their Most/Least/Best/Worst/Good/Evil slideshows that could have been presented as a table, but then they'd get ten fewer click-throughs. This time it's one of our favorite regional competitions, for 10 Least Affordable Cities for buying. Actually it's Least Affordable Metros, but it sounds better if they call them cities, even if a couple of them are known locales for multiple Portals to Hell and very few yachts or polo ponies.
10 least affordable cities to buy a home
Looking to buy a home? You may want to skip these places. Prices are either so high or incomes so low that many families can't afford to buy homes here, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index.
Anyway, we lost to New York City again, which is just so unfair. This isn't even an SF to Manhattan comparison, so we should have kicked serious butt here. However, California totally owns the Least Coast as far as leaderboard spots, and Washington DC didn't even qualify. We present the results in one easy list, so you don't have to click through their annoying one-city-at-a-time-gee-who-could-be-next-and-if-this-was-so-exciting-why-didn't-they-put-it-in-reverse-order-Top-Ten-List-style?
- New York, where 28.5% of homes are affordible. They seemed impressed by $1100 a square foot, too. But they didn't define the boundaries of any of these metro areas, so of course we can (and will) complain we were cheated on geographical grounds. We doubt this was an apples-to-Big-Apples comparison.
- San Francisco, 31.4%. The piece laments it's unaffordable all over, because nearby communities are also expensive. Nearby high-priced places such as Sausalito, Berkeley, and… wait for it… Daly City. We swear we are not making this up.
- Santa Ana, 43.5%. I kid you not. Perhaps the nearby beach towns are pulling up its results. And Disneyland. Because Santa Ana is not what comes to mind when we think "delightful but so unaffordable California real estate."
- Los Angeles, 44.1%. Because "bunus" hydrocarbons and ozone raise home prices. Seriously, when did LA rediscover the bubbly?
- Bridgeport, Connecticut, 44.2%. Look, if you have to tell us what state the metro is in, maybe it isn't really worth mentioning. Just sayin'.
- San Jose, 46.2%. Above is the lovely photo they used to feature the Capital of Silicon Valley, probably because the Quetzlcoatl statue made the photog drop a perfectly good camera. Not one other metro had a freeway interchange featured. Not even Los Angeles, which loves its freeways so much they get definite articles. We suspect they're also putting their thumb on the scale by adding in San Benito County.
- Honolulu, 48.8%. Houses cost more because of good weather, expensive shipping, and hotel jobs pay squat. But they get a photo with palm trees.
- San Diego, 54.6%. Here the filler text spends more time lamenting the glory days of 6% affordability during the last bubble. Well screw you, because we're already on our next one.
- Newark, 55.3%. No, not that one, in New Jersey. Although Newark itself is cheap. It's la-di-da luxury locales like Hoboken and Jersey City that cost the big bucks. We're sure it's a complete coincidence that NJ made the list even though the feature author's surname is Christie.
- El Paso, 61.7%.This is an honest case of low overall incomes ($41.7K) as opposed to expensive housing ($141K).
Let us know if you find any of these results surprising, or what you plan to do to ensure we never lose to New York or LA or The OC ever again.. Or mention anything you want, because this is Your Weekend Open Thread.


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Whiteside, a sixth-year senior at Coastal Carolina, is looking to prove himself and earn a chance to be more of a factor on Saturdays.
CONWAY, S.C. — Much like the secondary, Coastal Carolina's defensive line is host to a few of the more competitive position battles for the team this month, as young players look to catch the coaches' attention and prove ready for a larger role this fall.
And then there's Dominique Whiteside.
The former Hendersonville High standout is in that mix too — looking to prove himself and earn a chance to be more of a factor on Saturdays — but his situation is quite a bit different from the rest, as is his perspective as a sixth-year senior.
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Former Liverpool striker Jari Litmanen has backed Luis Suarez to become an all-time Liverpool great.
Suarez, who wears the iconic number seven shirt, has endeared himself to Liverpool fans since his move to Anfield last year, with the Uruguyan striker bagging 17 goals in his first full season in England to become the club's leading scorer this term.
The 25-year-old struck a remarkable hat-trick against Norwich earlier this month, while his excellent performance against Chelsea helped the Reds gain a modicum of revenge for their FA Cup defeat against Roberto di Matteo's side as they ran out 4-1 winners at Anfield on Tuesday.
It hasn't all been plain sailing for Suarez however, with the former Ajax forward missing eight games through suspension after he was found guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra.
With Liverpool's tumultuous season coming to an end on Sunday, Litmanen believes Suarez can help carry the Reds to greater things next season and beyond.
"It's difficult to compare different players from different times," Litmanen told Liverpoolfc.tv. "Of course, Kenny [Dalglish] and Kevin [Keegan] played in great teams that won a lot of trophies.
"You become a legend if you win things and you are in big teams.
"Time will tell what kind of results Liverpool will get in the coming years, but we all already know Suarez is a great player."


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Although Monday will mark the birthday and subsequent assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - a terrible day in U.S. history - the holiday can provide an opportunity to reflect on the civil rights leader's life and lessons.
Through a joint project of Bethel and Riverside United Church of Christ congregations, the entire Gorge region is offered an opportunity to gather in musical celebration of King's work which, in spite of his death, improved rights for all Americans of color.
Bethel UCC in White Salmon will be hosting the free evening beginning at 7 p.m. Jan. 16 featuring music and readings which reflect the messages of the 1960s civil rights movement.
The Riverside UCC gospel choir, directed by Evelyn Charity and accompanied by Tim Mayer, will perform a selection of choir, solo and piano pieces commonly sung by activists during marches and gatherings of the time.
"I have been singing gospel music since I was four years old," said Charity. "Growing up, I participated in the civil rights movement through marches, sit-ins and other demonstrations, and they always included music in the form of freedom songs which served as great inspiration for us," continued Charity. "I hope to inspire people of our community to continue the struggle for freedom, justice and human rights."
"We are so excited to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and the ongoing work being done in his spirit today," said Vicky Stifter, pastor of Riverside UCC in Hood River. "We've been hoping to pull this celebration together for several years."
According to Mayer, who is a highly skilled jazz pianist, the mixed choir of adults and teens will perform "We Shall Overcome," "Lift Every Voice," "Eyes on the Prize," "Wade in the Water," Someday We'll all be Free" and "I Woke up This Morning with my Mind Stayed on Freedom."
"Really the music for this event is the result of Evelyn Charity's direction with our regular gospel choir," said Mayer. "And, of course, it was Vicki and John's idea to create the joint celebration."
Mayer was referring to Stifter and her husband, John Boonstra, pastor of Bethel UCC in White Salmon.
Mayer will be adding his own jazz solo piano interpretations of "I Wish I Knew How to Be Free" and "We Shall Overcome" in honor of the event, as well. Hearing a small sample of his playing provided proof that those numbers will be a special experience.
"Beyond gospel, jazz is the other music associated with the civil rights movement," Mayer said, adding, "Some of the older traditional gospel tunes were adapted to reflect the messages of civil rights movement. 'Lift Every Voice' - an old spiritual - became a kind of black national anthem during the time."
"We hope that the audience will be inspired, energized and strengthened by the music and readings to carry on justice work in our own community as a result of the evening," Stifter said.
"The lessons I hope that we can still learn from MLK's life would be about sacrifice and being less self-serving. Oftentimes, we become complacent and caught up in our lives and we forget about those who are in need of our help. Dr. King reminds us to remain diligent in our fight for those who are still oppressed, uneducated and in poverty," said Charity.
Stifter noted that readings will include selections from King's speeches and writings, along with Charity's personal reflections as an African-American woman, on the impact of King's example within her own life.
"I hope that people will use MLK Day as a day of service and reflection as opposed to a vacation day," said Charity. "The Celebration ... I hope, will bring people together to remember not only how far we've come but how far we have yet to go!"
The service is free, but guests will have an opportunity to donate toward the Gorge-based Peace Village project, which teaches principles of peace and justice to children and teens during a summer camp experience each year.
The evening is open to the public and Bethel UCC is located at 480 E. Jewett Blvd. in White Salmon.
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How 'Free' Economics Are Going To Impact The Video Game Market
from the it's-coming... dept
The notion of Free isn't new in economics, of course. It's well understood that as a commodity becomes less rare, its value tends towards zero. When something becomes sufficiently commonplace, you can no longer charge a notable price for it - unless you artificially create a market based around image and prestige (bottled water) or find a way to add value (pure oxygen canisters, flavoured water).The whole thing is worth reading, and does a good job laying out the issues. It doesn't, however, suggest much of a solution -- though, there are plenty of potential solutions for the video gaming industry, focusing on finding scarcities to provide that can't be had for free. So, for example, giving away the core game for free, but charging to play multiplayer versions on an authorized server. As many are finding, that can be quite a nice business. Unfortunately, it does seem like some think the answer is to sell virtual goods within a game, but that has the potential to face the same eventual issue (the goods are really infinite, and will face the same deflationary economic pressure). But the fact is there are always additional scarcities created, which will present opportunities.
You can also create artificial scarcity to keep prices high, although there are obvious moral problems with doing that with anything other than luxury items - and markets, like networks, interpret this kind of interference as damage, and usually find a route around it.
Figuring out just how to break out those scarcities from the infinite goods was the point of that economic series I wrote up a few years ago, which we're now offering nicely packaged as the Approaching Infinity book (as a part of our CwF+RtB experiment) -- which actually helps demonstrate the point. You can read most of the basic content for free online in the series, or you can buy the physical (scarce) book in a nice readable package which has been updated and expanded with more material and edited to better flow as a book (and you get a t-shirt as well). You can always take infinite goods and find a scarcity... whether it's with blog posts or with video games. So, yes, free is important to understand, but equally as important is understanding how to use it to your advantage, rather than just worrying about how it may hurt your old business model.


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