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Sure, it's too early to make wild predictions about how the 2010 season might roll out, but after a slew of preseason scrimmages, and with Matchday 1 done and dusted, it's safe to say the New York Red Bulls boast the most exciting bunch of rookies.
Center back Tim Ream plays like a five-year veteran. Midfielder Tony Tchani missed some preseason but looks strong and confident on the ball. Forward Conor Chinn finished preseason as the club's second leading goalscorer. Midfielders Austin da Luz and Irving Garcia both have a good touch and are exciting to watch.
So who's to thank for such pickings? Probably assistant coach Richie Williams, and the franchise did just that by extending his contract on Tuesday.
"Richie has been an invaluable resource for the club since I joined the club in January," Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe said in a PR-tinged statement that was also very telling. "His ability to assess players both at the MLS and college level has been vital to our early success this season."
Indeed it has. And you're welcome.
The foreign-owned franchise has employed a foreign-led technical staff with little experience of the domestic game's unique structure—drafts, caps, relationship with college soccer and so on. It needed an MLS expert to help navigate its way through the league's idiosyncrasies. It needed Williams, who has been around MLS since its inception, more or less.
Williams played a big part—and one can assume, a lead part—in making those excellent picks in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. So how did Williams and bosses approach this year's draft, especially given all the holes in the Red Bulls roster following a disastrous 2009 season?
Because MLS coaches have to deal with a fixed roster size, each and every signing is a risk. So they look at a young player's potential and how well he can adapt to the rigors of professional ball after a cushy ride in college.
"Rookies are going to have their ups and downs, but you've got to keep working with them, especially in our league which is very difficult, in terms of our salary cap, to obtain players," Williams told MLSsoccer.com. "You have to pick these young kids with the hope that one day they will contribute to the team in a positive way."
Ream, who played the full 90 minutes in last week's 1-0 defeat of Chicago, is already contributing.
A second-round pick, Ream had the best outing of any rookie in the league. Compared with those first-round choices also making their debut—Toni Stahl and Danny Mwanga for Philadelphia and Ike Opara at San Jose, for example—Ream looked calm and professional, and easily the better signing.
"It didn't seem like a ton of people were rating him [prior the draft]," Williams said. "We felt we could hold off until the second round to get Tim, which fortunately we were able to do. He's done very well for us."
Ream's ability to read the game and play the ball out of defense under pressure has made him a very early contender for the Rookie of the Year. No selection from beyond the first round has earned that honor since Jonathan Bornstein did in 2006.
Being able to adapt to MLS—especially to its pace, both physically and mentally—is a highly regarded rookie characteristic. Technical skill is good because that can't be taught at this level, but learning how to keep up and read a fast game tactically is the biggest adjustment a rookie has to make.
Williams cited da Luz and Chinn as contrasting examples.
"You can see when [da Luz] has the ball he's much better with his first touch—he can see the pass, he can play quicker with the ball—but when guys are physical with him, he struggles," Williams said. "Whereas with [Chinn], he can deal with all the physical stuff, but at times when he's asked to play a little bit more he struggles with because the pace of the play is quicker."
As for Tchani and Garcia, the Red Bulls staff felt they were among the better pure players in the draft, but the pair satisfied positional needs, too. Tchani will challenge for a central midfield role alongside the likes of Joel Limpere and Seth Stammler, while Garcia will hope to earn minutes on the right wing.
"There are different pieces in each player that you've got to work with, and you've got to just keep trying in the hope that they'll become complete players," Williams said. "It's not an easy thing, but it's fun to see how they get better and how they improve. You'd like to see everybody do well and succeed individually, and collectively, for the team."


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A planned McDonald�s project is back on track in the Town of Swansboro.
SWANSBORO � A planned McDonald�s project is back on track in the Town of Swansboro.
The town�s Board of Commissioners gave final approval to the project by a 4-1 vote during the board�s Feb. 19 meeting.
Plans to build a McDonald�s restaurant in the town were stalled for several months as they reviewed all information and ensured all permits were in order, particularly plans for controlling stormwater run-off at the site.
Town Manager Dave Harvell confirmed for the board that the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources has approved a stormwater permit for the project.
�Once they got that DENR permit they met all the criteria,� Harvell said.
Plans call for a McDonald�s to be built on 6.5-acre tract at the corner of N.C. 24 and Phillips Loop Road.
A planned building group site plan was initially reviewed by the town planning board in October, with the matter tabled with a request for more information.
One of the concerns was the lack of any provisions for on-site stormwater management.
Commercial Site Design representatives presented revised plans for the planning board in November that included a stormwater retention area. After further review of stormwater and other issues, the planning board recommended approval.
Consideration of the plans by the Board of Commissioners was delayed until this month to make sure make sure everything was ready for final review. It wasn�t until the day of the January meeting that the town received word from the state that the stormwater permit was under review.
The site previously housed a gas station and was originally proposed to be constructed under the DENR redevelopment requirements, which could allow for an exemption from providing on-site stormwater storm drainage facilities.
The stormwater retention area was added to revised plans and the state required that the capacity of the retention area be increased before issuing the permit.
The developers will now have to apply for a building permit to begin construction.
No construction timeline was available but representatives said during the process that they hope to open the restaurant before the start of the summer season. The Swansboro McDonald�s will be similar to the one recently renovated in nearby Cape Carteret.
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The freedom of the open road is an integral part of the American Dream. Although the spike in gas prices in 2008 got many people interested in smaller, fuel-efficient cars, large trucks and roomy sedans continue to be the top-selling vehicles in America. But what if it were possible to heed the call of the open road in a vehicle that was even bigger and heavier than many sold today—but used far less energy and produced little or no emissions? Several years ago, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, inventor, and car enthusiast Neil Young decided it was time to get serious about exploring how to achieve that goal.
Young assembled an enterprising team of engineers, mechanics, and technicians from across the country to build LincVolt, a sleek 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible transformed into a long-range electric car supported by an onboard generator. The goal: to create clean automobile propulsion technology that serves the needs and spirit of today's driver but reduces the demand for petroleum and has zero emissions—and possibly eliminates roadside refueling entirely.
Although this experimental vehicle has undergone several engine changes since the project began, Java technology has been key to the team's progress and is a central component of LincVolt's mission-critical control and monitoring systems.
"Initially they wanted to add some sensors to the car to gather statistics about its energy efficiency," Perrone says. "I knew we could set that up quickly using our MAX platform, a suite of software services based on Java technology that is designed specifically for robotics and automation."
Perrone started on the sensor telemetry project in the summer of 2008 and had the system up and running in a short time. With that success, his involvement in LincVolt grew.
"The car has all these disparate components—an electric motor that gets power from the batteries; the turbine that powers the high-voltage DC bus, which charges the 104 3.2-volt batteries; and other onboard components that had never been hooked together before. They needed a way to control these things and orchestrate how they operate, so our Java-based robotic controls were the answer," Perrone explains.
When Young turns the key today, the Java-powered control computer comes alive and begins turning on the engine components. Once the car is in motion, the turbine boots up and starts charging the batteries. The LincVolt Intelligent Dashboard provides the driver with information about the car's speed, kilowatts, controller's temperature, bus voltage level, battery level, and more.
If there's an issue, a red light starts to flash. If it's a serious issue, the red light goes solid. Young can then take a look at the seven-inch touchscreen in the dash to scroll through the warnings and see exactly what's happening.
"For example, our monitoring and sensing system communicates if any of the batteries under the hood are overheated or over voltage—and tells us exactly which battery is the problem so we can perform pinpoint diagnostics," Perrone says.
With the exception of the touchscreen, the dashboard of the LincVolt is true to its 1959 roots. The entire car is a pristine classic. When it passes you by, the only hint that this is no ordinary car is the silence of the electric engine.
"LincVolt is really a rolling lab," Perrone says. "The team experimented with generating hydrogen from water onboard, but that's been put aside in favor of Capstone's 30-kilowatt, biodiesel-powered turbine."
A renewable alternative fuel produced from a wide range of vegetable oils and animal fats, biodiesel was shown to significantly decrease emissions of particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons in a 2002 study by the Environmental Protection Agency. Later studies indicated that biodiesel particulate matter is also less toxic than diesel.
The new Capstone turbine should maintain a charge on the batteries for the life of a good road trip, enabling the kind of nice, long ride that the Lincoln Continental was designed to provide—but without the gas station stops, heavy emissions, or engine noise.
Additionally, the intention is for the turbine to have enough capacity not only to get through a long drive but to still have the power afterward to generate energy for the home when it is parked. And because the average home consumes about 30 kilowatt hours per day, perhaps the LincVolt engine could enable people to generate all the energy their homes need.
Throughout the building and testing processes, Perrone's Java-based MAX technology platform has enabled sensor telemetry, controlled mission-critical systems, monitored performance of each component, and pushed all this information to the Web so the team can observe the data and the growing number of online LincVolt fans and followers can see the progress. Additionally, an onboard camera enables virtual friends of the project to ride along during test-drives.
"The MAX technology component of LincVolt has been developed very modularly," Perrone says. "When the team switched out generators in the various phases, a lot of our software didn't need to change. We had to do a little configuration and some minor customizations, but 80 to 90 percent of it has stayed the same because the modules are flexible. In keeping with the spirit of the project, they are also general enough that they can apply to other projects as well."
MAX started out as a research project nine years ago. It initially included general-purpose software libraries for sensors and actuators that Perrone implemented for some hobby robots. He and his team then started adding configurable software libraries for more-complex operations and eventually developed a number of profiles for the patent-pending platform.
Today, Perrone Robotics licenses the MAX platform and toolkit for robotics and automation applications.
"Java provides the maximum flexibility across underlying hardware, operating systems, and integrated third-party components, leaving the developer free to focus on the unique creativity essential for truly innovative projects like the MAX platform," says Hasan Rizvi, senior vice president of product development at Oracle. "It provides a portable platform that makes it faster, easier, and cheaper to develop cutting-edge applications."
Those capabilities have been key for Perrone's company. "In robotics, it's like the Wild West. There are very few real standards that are used, so there are a variety of platforms, systems, and microcontroller environments. Java has enabled us to port across platforms easily and scale from the smallest hobby robots to large-scale implementations," Perrone explains.
Additionally, the simplicity of the Java programming language has been an advantage. "It's very intuitive, and we can leverage a wide range of third-party commercial and open-source software libraries and tools. That helps when we're bringing people in to work on a project. For us, it's been the perfect programming storm," he adds.
The company then began to develop vertical frameworks and software drivers for different types of sensors—some of which were specifically designed for unmanned ground vehicles. The company also built an unmanned air vehicle, and it has leveraged MAX technology for several factory automation projects involving laser technology.
The experience Perrone's team gained through these projects led to one of Perrone Robotics' recent large-scale projects with the Pennsylvania Turnpike. At JavaOne 2010, Perrone presented a case study explaining how his company used a combination of the Java-based MAX Vehicle Measurement Framework and MAX robotics/automation platform, Java Real-Time System, the Oracle Solaris operating system, and Sun Fire servers with Intel Xeon processors to create a laser-based, real-time vehicle measurement system. This system classifies vehicle size, calculates speed, notes lane position, takes photos of license plates, and weighs each vehicle through scales in the road—all in real time and while the vehicle is traveling at normal speeds.
"This laser system, which was developed by SICK (a global manufacturer of sensors for factory and logistics automation), is far more efficient than current traffic monitoring technology, which tends to be costly, difficult to maintain, and provides very limited data," says Perrone.
"We have a long history of success using Java for deterministic, real-time projects, embedded systems, and microcontrollers," he says. "These aren't just experiments, but systems that are working and running and have true mission-critical roles—and we're able to do it at 1/100th the cost of competing solutions in some cases."
Every tweak puts the team closer to proving that the technology exists to produce an energy-efficient, zero-emissions vehicle that's big enough for the American lifestyle.
Looking ahead, the LincVolt Intelligent Dashboard might assume some autonomous controls as well, such as cruise control, taking over the steering wheel, and automated route planning based on real-time traffic information—all aimed at achieving the best-possible fuel efficiency. Perrone's experience with the DARPA Challenges will once again be key.
As Young has stated in many interviews about the project, he's not afraid to fail—and he hopes that the LincVolt team can show auto manufacturers a new way of designing cars.
"LincVolt is a great showcase for sustainable transportation," Perrone says. "If this is something that auto manufacturers could leverage, that would be great."
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I'm the first one to admit that I don't always practice what I preach, particularly when it comes to date nights and getaways with your spouse.
In theory, I think that married couples' romantic get-togethers, along with a few other things like saying "I love you," are not only awesome but necessary for a healthy relationship. But in reality, they are pretty tough to execute, especially when you've got four kids, a traveling husband, and family that lives hundreds of miles away.
But when my husband and I do get the rare opportunity for a night away from the kids, we seize it. And wow, has it really changed my perspective on how it affects a marriage.
As much as we enjoy going out together or, better yet, staying in a hotel without the kids, it's amazing how easily we can talk ourselves out of it. And worse, relegate those times to special occasions like birthdays or anniversaries, if we're lucky.
I'm not going to completely blame our lack of alone time on the fact that we don't have family nearby to help us out. But when I see neighbors and friends with grandparents who take the kids for the weekend or pop over so they can go out to dinner, I think of how lucky they are. Going on dates is definitely a much bigger challenge for us. For one thing, babysitting is expensive! And as much as I love the idea of a babysitting co-op, which a few of my neighbors do, there's just no way we can burden someone with four children.
Then there's my husband's schedule, which generally takes him away from home about half the month total and definitely complicates matters. Usually date nights can't be planned that far in advance, so finding a sitter is many times a last-minute scramble.
But this time, the stars aligned, and my mother-in-law was already coming to town to help my husband with the kids while I was away on business. So we figured, why not take advantage of the free childcare, go to his work holiday party two hours away, and stay overnight?
Trust me, leaving my children with my mother-in-law is a bit of a scary prospect -- not for safety reasons, thank goodness, but more for what they might hear come out of her mouth. Also for what she'll feed them, which, by the way, turned out to be cinnamon buns, ice cream cones, and a ton of candy.
But hey, while they played their video games for three hours straight (as my son told me with great excitement), and they ate more sugar than they probably have in a very long time, we got a chance to get dressed up, enjoy the company of other adults together, and sleep in until 8:30 a.m.
I can't remember the last time that's happened.
And yes, while the extra sleep alone was worth it, the time we spent together just made us much more tolerant of each other, and much more patient with our kids.
So now instead of waiting for opportunities to present themselves, I'm going to make them. Not just budgeting for the date nights, which I'm planning to put on the schedule at least once a month, but the overnight getaways too. They might not happen as often as I'd like, but damnit, I'm determined to make them happen more than once every eight years.
When's the last time you had a date night or an overnight getaway with your spouse?
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June 12, 2008
Dick Galiette, the legendary former voice of Yale football on WELI Radio, has been named a co-recipient of the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame's 2008 Schenkel Award.
The Schenkel Award will be presented at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 9 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Also that evening, the NFF will present its major award winners, recognize the national scholar-athlete class, award the Draddy Trophy and induct the 2008 Football Bowl Subdivision College Football Hall of Fame Class.
Named in honor of its first recipient, legendary network broadcaster Chris Schenkel, the Schenkel Award seeks to recognize a sports broadcaster who has enjoyed a long and distinguished career broadcasting college football at a single institution.
A fixture at Yale for more than 30 years, Galiette will forever be remembered as one of the Ivy League's most beloved broadcasters.
Known as one of Yale football's biggest fans, Galiette served as the university's play-by-play announcer from 1963-87 and then again from 1997 until his death in October 2005. From 1964-81, the seven-time Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year also acted as a sports anchor at WTNH-TV and worked as a SportsCenter anchor for ESPN in the early 80s.
The first media member inducted into the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Galiette served as the executive director of the National High School Athletic Coaches Association for six years and was the 1968 recipient of the Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America Award. He also was a member of the NFL's Blue Ribbon Committee, selecting the NFL High School Football Coach of the Year.
"This is an exceptional tribute to an "exceptional man." Yale University and all of the men of Yale Football and their families want to thank the National Football Foundation for honoring the lifetime of work of our great friend, Dick Galiette. We are most grateful and very proud," said Tom Beckett, Yale's Director of Athletics.
A consummate professional, Galiette was known for his passion and enthusiasm. Ron Vaccaro '04, who replaced Galiette as the Bulldogs' announcer, recalled asking him if he had any favorite players during his many years at Yale. Galiette replied, "[There are] too many to mention, but they all wore the uniform and gave it their all."
"Dick Galiette loved Yale Football, and accordingly treated each game as if it was the Super Bowl. I am thrilled that this award recognizes him for not only being an outstanding announcer, but also one of the classiest men to ever call broadcasting their profression. His legacy of excellence will live on at Yale for many years," said Vaccaro.


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The secret of Los Angeles' great-tasting water
Los Angeles has done it again -- topping the list for the World's tastiest tap water.
"Good water rises to the top," said producer Jill Klein Rone of the 18th annual "academy awards" of water held in Berkeley Springs, West Va. "Our tasting process is vindicated when the same waters are rated by a completely different panel of judges each year and still win."
Famous "foodie" judges spent two days savoring 120 waters from 19 states and nine foreign countries. Under blind taste-test guidelines like those used for wine, judges rated waters for appearance -- it should be clear or slightly opaque for glacial waters, aroma -- none, taste -- clean, mouth feel -- light, leaving you thirsty for more. Though almost all of its water comes from thousands of miles away, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California that serves Los Angeles shared a gold medal with close-to-the-source Clearbrook, in British Columbia.
This is quite a feat, so how does Los Angeles do it? I have an explanation that goes back decades. Since its completion in 1941, the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct has linked sparking blue Lake Havasu in Arizona to Southern California. Serving 16 million people, it delivers more than a billion gallons of water a day. The aqueduct crosses five mountain ranges, passing through 100 miles of 16-foot diameter tunnel, 80 miles of buried pipeline, and 62 miles of open canal.
Back in the 1960s, it was those miles of open canal that caught our attention. It was then that Los Angeles announced plans to supplement its Colorado River supplies by importing waters from northern California. And so we, the patriotic citizens of the Republic of Berkeley, whipped up what we called Project Go With the Flow. On the eve of the 1968 presidential election, our idea was to change the hearts and minds of the people of Los Angeles with a massive dose of LSD, the psychedelic drug that put the "electric" into the acid tests made famous by writer Ken Kesey. My Berkeley roommate had grown up with Kesey in La Junta, Colo., and getting enough LSD -- then legal -- was no problem. A friend serving in the Army Reserves got us an army-issue 55-gallon drum stamped "Drinking Water." It had a screw-on top, so we just kept adding LSD until taste tests by our panel of experts told us the mix seemed just about right.
I had a 1960 blue and white Ford station wagon, named the Narwhale, on loan from a friend serving in Viet Nam. It ran great, except for a bum water pump, which meant you had to refill the radiator periodically to avoid overheating. Thanks to our brew in its belly, the Narwhale sped south from Berkeley toward our target, one poorly patrolled spot on the open canals of the Colorado River Aqueduct.
We left at dusk to take advantage of cool temperatures. The plan was to drive all night, snip a little barbed wire, and decant the drum at dawn. Did we succeed? Water connoisseurs today, you be the judge.
This memory slammed me recently as I paddled a kayak downstream on Lake Havasu, drawn by the pull of the colossal pumps that labor at the intakes of the Colorado River Aqueduct. There, the river flows uphill through pipes that gleam silver under the desert sun. The air snaps and crackles with electric power delivered to the pumps from nearby Parker Dam, via 230 kilovolt power lines. In these days of Homeland Security (thank goodness!) you can no longer approach municipal water supplies. I found this out when a speedboat roared out to intercept me.
Why was I staring at the pumping plant? "Well," I told the security guards, "My father was an engineer who worked on this project back in the 1930s." A guard replied, "We get nervous when people linger longer than they need to."
But why trust me and this cockamamie story? Now there is a way to conduct community drug tests. By analyzing trace elements in sewage, biologists can run accurate tests on an entire population without ever asking anyone to fill a cup. Did we succeed in bringing mass enlightenment to the people of Los Angeles? Did we improve the drinking water forever? The Narwhale certainly ran better when we filled her radiator from that olive-drab drum.
So, when you read about Los Angeles as the consistent winner of the Academy Awards (of Water), you can say, "I know. . . . the rest of the story."
Tom Wolf is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He wintered this year at Lake Havasu, Arizona, where he completed his latest book, "Arthur Carhart:Wilderness Prophet."
Note: the opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of High Country News, its board or staff. If you'd like to share an opinion piece of your own, please write Betsy Marston at [email protected].


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Hey all,
This question has been bugging me a lot. Even before I "became" an atheist. I didn't like using those phrases because I thought they were so "balady". But, I think, we have to use them on a daily bases.
Stuff like, Allah yekrimak, rabbena yebareklak, allah yedeek il se7a and salamu 3aleiko. They are used for common courtesy and usually come with another one or two phrases.
Seeing as how the Egyptian culture is based on either praise or criticism in everyday conversation, it is pretty much a given to use them.
How did you stop using them? What do you use now? How do you respond to someone who tells you those things? All while not being open about your atheist thinking.
Side question: if its 1 pm and I don't want to greet people with salamu 3aleiko, do I say mesa2 il kheir or what? (seriously)
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Haha.. it's a problem indeed :D I got rid of these stuff b answers tanya.. zy msln when I'm asked "How r u?" I usually says "Alive!" they tell me "Say 'Alhamdulellah" I say "I am happy to be alive" my greetings "hello.. masa2 el kheir.. we saba7 el kheir" other stuff that contain "his name" I replace with "Thank you.." "Sorry for your loss" fel 3aza :D and it goes on
and when it's 1 pm it's masa2 el kheir
I have not stopped using them and I will not stop using them. Arabic phraseology uses the word "allah" a lot; big deal! This is a linguistic issue, not a theological one. Many words have meanings that are now divorced from etymologies, so just because you use a certain phrase does not mean you believe in its literal meaning. Each one of these phrases has a true, socially-recognized meaning that has little to do with "God." When I say "allah y3eenik" it just means I'm showing you sympathy; when I say "allah ywaffqak" I just mean "good luck", etc. etc. There are equivalent ways to express these feelings without using the word "allah" but it will just sound contrived. Language is a social convention after all. I'll give you an example from English: the words for the days of the week (Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, etc.) -- these are all named after Norse gods. Does that mean English-speakers literally believe in these gods? Of course not! These are just names that people have settled on that happen to be related to Norse gods. I'm sure you don't think atheists (or people who don't believe in Norse gods for that matter) should start using new names for the days of the week.
I replaced every mention of Allah with Karl Marx or just Marx, especially around my friends who are aware of my non-religion affiliation.. sometimes they don't take it oo lightly with phrases like 'sobhan marx' or 'Marx biyorzoq'.. but the idea here, ;like Kaemel said it is a linguistic issue of trivial importance and doesn't necessarily reflect your beliefs, the idea is to mock the notion of 'god' behind everything, it stimulates the thinking of those still living in tehe abyss of blind faith.,, or at least I hope so.
Frankly I have rephrased marx even while talking to strangers, some raised their eyebrows in disbelief, some took no notice wof what I said.. but my appearance is not of someone to be messed with
ملحوظه : لو حد ابتدى من صحابك يضايق او يحاول يقنعك بالخزعبلات بأدلتهم "العلميه" الواهيه، عندى آيه بتسجدهم فورا: لكم دينكم و ملياش دين
Whenever i use something like Insha allah or phrases like that ppl around me laugh as they know i am not religious and with time i found myself using them less.
Now i just say what i am saying.. but still from time to time i will use "be ezn allah" cant help it goddamnit


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Packers receiver Randall Cobb missed a couple of months of the season after a low hit against the Ravens broke his leg.
And while the rules still allow low hits, Cobb didn't think it was a clean shot from rookie safety Matt Elam.
"I think it was dirty," Cobb said on Wednesday's edition of Pro Football Talk at the Super Bowl. "But I don't think it was meant to be dirty. I think with the new rules in place he was doing the opposite and trying to protect himself from getting a fine and it just caused a low hit."
Cobb's right. With the emphasis on wiping out hits to the head, defensive players have started to aim lower. And players like Cobb are paying the price with knee injuries.
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By Sasha Lekach (BCN)
Friday April 05, 2013 - 11:44:00 AM
A suspect in an Oakland hit-and-run early this morning was arrested several hours later in Berkeley, according to the California Highway Patrol and Berkeley police.
A hit-and-run incident involving two parked cars hit by a third car was reported around 12:30 a.m. near Holly Street and 88th Avenue in Oakland, according to the CHP.
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A gunman took four firefighters hostage outside Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday as they were responding to what they thought was a routine emergency. All four are safe with minor injuries and the gunman is dead after a standoff.
A gunman who was holding four firefighters hostage outside of Atlanta was killed during a tactical operation, police said Wednesday.
Following a standoff, the Gwinnett County Police Department SWAT team entered the residence where a barricaded gunman was holding four firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Ga.
The gunman had taken five firefighters hostage but allowed one of them to leave to move the fire truck, police said.
As officers entered the home, a small explosion could be heard. Officials later said it was used to distract the suspect. The sound of gunfire followed.
One officer suffered a non life-threatening injury in the exchange, and the four firefighters have "superficial wounds," Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Edwin Ritter said. It is believed the suspect was killed by gunfire, he said.
The firefighters responded to a medical call with one fire truck and an ambulance around 3:41 p.m., police said. They came from a nearby station, officials said, and they were trained as both emergency medical technicians and paramedics.
NBC station WXIA reported that the house where the firefighters were being held hostage was foreclosed on in November and is currently bank-owned.
Ritter said that once the firefighters were taken hostage, the suspect demanded his power, cable and cell phone be turned on.
Suwanee is a suburban community about 35 miles northeast of Atlanta.
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A police officer clears a path for an ambulance after an explosion and gunshots were heard near the scene where a man was holding four firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Ga., on Wednesday.
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What action is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service taking with the Lake Erie Watersnake?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is removing Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection for (delisting) the Lake Erie watersnake by publishing a final rule in the Federal Register. The Service has analyzed peer review comments, public comments and new information on the snake and has determined that delisting is warranted due to recovery. The final rule will publish in the Federal Register on August 16, 2011, and become effective on September 15, 2011.
Why was the Lake Erie Watersnake listed as threatened?
The Lake Erie watersnake was listed as threatened because its population was low and declining due to habitat loss (primarily from shoreline development) and due to people intentionally killing the snakes. If its population decline had continued, the Lake Erie watersnake could have been eliminated from the offshore islands of western Lake Erie.
Why is the Lake Erie watersnake being removed from the Federal list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife?
After the Lake Erie watersnake was listed, a target population size and necessary conservation actions were identified in a Recovery Plan. Since listing, the population size has increased and now exceeds recovery goals. Habitat has been permanently protected, and shoreline construction projects are designed to minimize habitat loss. As a result, the Service has determined the Lake Erie watersnake population is healthy, will remain healthy, and no longer needs ESA protection.
Why was a snake protected by the Endangered Species Act?
The Lake Erie watersnake is an important part of its community because it's both a predator and prey. It eats mainly fish and amphibians in Lake Erie, and recent research found that more than 90 percent of their current diet is the round goby, a nonnative, invasive fish. It is also food for other predators such as herons, hawks and eagles. Even a baby robin was seen being fed a newborn Lake Erie watersnake.
The appeal of Lake Erie coastal island shorelines puts them under heavy development pressure. Some of those shorelines are now permanently protected as Lake Erie watersnake conservation areas, and new developments are incorporating measures to minimize coastal shoreline habitat loss.
Many plants and animals are directly important to people now or may become important in the future as sources of food or medicine. By saving species from extinction, the Service ensures that their beneficial uses will be available in the future.
Because the Service has determined that the Lake Erie watersnake has recovered, and has removed ESA protection, is it legal to kill Lake Erie watersnakes that are nuisances on my property?
No, Lake Erie watersnakes are still listed as endangered under State of Ohio law, so killing Lake Erie watersnakes would be illegal under state law.
How do I handle nuisance snakes I find on my property or in my boat?
It is important to remember that although Lake Erie watersnakes are not venomous, they may bite if threatened. Safe methods for handling and removing snakes can be found on the Respect the Snake website: http://respectthesnake.com/files/Pub_420_LEWS_Landowner.pdf. Although island residents can carefully remove the watersnakes from yards, boats, and buildings provided they do not hurt the snakes, the Lake Erie Watersnake is still protected under state law so injuring or killing them is prohibited.
Will Lake Erie watersnake populations still be monitored now that the snake is delisted?
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Am I still required to implement measures to protect Lake Erie Watersnake habitat on my property?
Yes, until the Service makes a final decision on the proposal to delist the Lake Erie Watersnake, it remains protected under the Endangered Species Act. If the Service decides to delist the snake, these practices would no longer be required. However, the Service would continue to recommend such measures for land management and development proposals. For more information, go to: <http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/reptiles/lews> or directly to <http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/reptiles/lews/lewsMgmtGuidelines.html>.
If human persecution is still a potential threat to the Lake Erie Watersnake, why is the Service considering removing Endangered Species Act protection?
Lake Erie watersnake populations are stable and have met recovery goals. Though some intentional killing will probably always occur, public opinion surveys indicate that a large majority of islanders will not kill Lake Erie watersnakes. Low levels of intentional mortality are not considered to be a threat to the population. In addition, protected habitat will help provide permanent places of refuge for the snakes.
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Even before his parents divorced, Mike Bowditch wasn't close to his father, and after the breakup, when Jack Bowditch descended into a swamp of womanizing and drinking, Mike had less and less to do with him. Since the last time he saw his father two years ago, he's become a Game Warden—a slap in the face to both his poacher father and his girlfriend, Sarah Harris, who left Mike when she realized he was never going to go to law school. Now Jack's back in Mike's life with a vengeance. Someone has shot Jonathan Shipman, the spokesman for the deeply unpopular corporate purchaser of a 100-year-old campground that's obviously planning to shove the current residents aside in the name of development, and Bill Brodeur, the deputy who was guarding him. Det. Wayne Soctomah is convinced that Jack was the shooter. So is almost everyone else in Somerset County except for Mike and his mother, Marie Turner. Scorning Marie and her second husband, attorney Neil Turner, who go into hiding to avoid Jack, Mike vows to do whatever he can to vindicate the father who's been phoning him for help. His decision leads to a series of disastrously self-destructive actions that Doiron makes perfectly credible, all interspersed with a series of flashbacks to Mike's childhood that are both tender and chilling.
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OAKLAND – Today, Caltrans announced it has reached a milestone with the breakthrough of the top portion of the Caldecott Tunnel's fourth bore – joining the tunnel's eastern and western sides and bringing the region one step closer to traffic congestion relief.
The $391 million project is primarily funded ($180 million) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act); through a local transportation sales tax (Measure J) passed by Contra Costa voters in 2004; and by Regional Measure 2 (Bay Area bridge tolls).
"With significant federal, state, regional and local support, this project serves as a prime example of how all levels of government have come together to improve California's infrastructure," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
When the fourth bore opens to traffic in late 2013, it will eliminate the need to reverse the traffic direction in the existing center bore twice a day to accommodate peak traffic flows, with dedicated westbound and eastbound traffic lanes.
The Caldecott Fourth Bore Project is a partnership between the Federal Highway Administration, Caltrans, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), and the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC).
"The fact that the Caldecott Fourth Bore Project is one of the largest recipients of Recovery Act funding in the nation is a true testament to the regional importance of this project," said Steve Heminger, Executive Director of the MTC.
"It is quite an achievement that it has taken us just slightly more than a year to reach this important milestone," said Randy Iwasaki, Executive Director of the CCTA. "The infusion of federal funds, in addition to local Measure J regional funds, has enabled us to move forward with this essential mobility project, which will improve the quality of life in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties, and in the region overall."
Work to build a fourth bore north of the existing tunnels began in January 2010. Excavation began on the eastern side (Orinda) in August 2010 and on the western side (Oakland) in March 2011. Today's breakthrough marks the completion of the top portion excavation and demonstrates the rapid progress the project has made since tunneling began.
"We are pleased to be a part of this project to improve connectivity between our two counties," said Art Dao, the Executive Director of the ACTC.
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There were 63 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday. At that time, there were 1,401 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
There were 63 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday. At that time, there were 1,401 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
Robbery: An armed man robbed a north Stockton business before fleeing on a bicycle shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday, police said. The man entered the business in the 7900 block of West Lane, demanded money and then fled toward West Lane. He was described as an Asian man in his 20s, 5 feet 11 inches tall with an average build, a purple and teal baseball hat, a black T-shirt, blue jeans and a black backpack. He was armed with a handgun.
Robbery: A man was walking near North El Dorado and Flora streets about 9:35 p.m. Tuesday when a group of teens began chasing him, police reported. When the victim fell to the ground, he was kicked and his belongings were taken, officers said. One of the thieves was a black boy in his late teens, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds with a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. One robber was a white girl in her late teens with blond hair and a thin build. Three others were described as teenage boys.
Burglary arrest: Officers were patrolling near North El Dorado Street and West Lincoln Road about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday when they spotted a vehicle that had recently been linked to several residential burglaries. Officers stopped the vehicle, detained the occupants and arrested Exzaver Austin, 33, on suspicion of burglary.
Weapon arrest: Community Response Team officers conducting a parole search in the 3100 block of Wentworth about 11 a.m. Wednesday found a loaded semiautomatic pistol in the parolee's bedroom. They also seized a small amount of narcotics and arrested Johnathan Earl Gohleston, 29.
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Want to live like a rockstar? Well if you have $42 million, now you can live like Jon Bon Jovi.
After more than a year of speculation that it would hit the market, the rockstar has listed his duplex apartment in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood for a sky-high price, celebrity real estate blogger The Real Estalker reports.
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Bon Jovi bought the place for $24 million back in 2007, according to Curbed NY: if he sells for anywhere near the current asking price, he'll make a tidy profit.


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Regardless of how you might view the Halo series, you can't deny that the franchise has become a massive worldwide phenomenon. November 6 sees the release of Halo 4, so as befitting a game with this much built-in fan anticipation, Microsoft is pulling out all the stops to ensure that this launch is a very big deal. To wit: The gaming giant enlisted David Fincher and Tim Miller to create the Halo 4 launch trailer.
Fincher, for those of you who have been living in a soundproofed cave for the past decade, is best known as the director of 2010's The Social Network, a dramatic, fictionalized retelling of the creation of Facebook. Additionally, Fincher also counts films such as Se7en, Fight Club and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button among his credits. He's even got a few movies that don't star Brad Pitt.
By comparison, Miller is less famous, though he served as visual effects lead on Fincher's English-language remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and is widely known in industry circles as a "special effects wizard." On an unrelated yet still interesting note, Miller is also scheduled to direct Ryan Reynolds in that long-in-gestation Deadpool movie.
Though details on the trailer are scant, here's what we know so far: The trailer is entitled "Scanned" and its live-action components were recently shot in Prague. The final product is about two minutes long, and though Halo 4 won't hit shelves until November, this trailer is scheduled to debut during the October 18 episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. As far as plot, the clip seems pretty rote. The Hollywood Reporter describes it thusly:
The action-packed promo blends CGI with live action to explore the backstory of Master Chief and provide a glimpse of the new threat he will encounter in Halo 4.
So, pretty much what you would expect from the Halo 4 launch trailer, it seems.
Still, this unlikely collaboration of Microsoft and two famed Hollywood players seems odd. While we're sure that shooting a two-minute long, CGI-heavy commercial probably didn't put much strain on either man's schedule, we're curious as to why Miller and Fincher would want to add this short to their credits. As if to directly address this question, Miller explained that in the end, it's all about telling a great story.
"Halo is one of the most iconic sci-fi universes, with a depth that allows for amazingly cinematic and emotionally riveting stories," Miller told The Hollywood Reporter. "The chance to tell a story that explores never-before-seen facets of Master Chief's journey is an honor. Our goal is to deliver a blockbuster, Hollywood-quality trailer that raises the bar for the award-winning legacy of live-action Halo storytelling and gets fans stoked for the return of Master Chief."
That sounds a lot like what Neill Blomkamp said of Halo back when he was planning to film a feature-length movie based on the franchise. Given how that project turned out, we'll keep our fingers crossed that Fincher and Miller can cobble together something a bit more tangible.


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Taking Infectious Disease in STRIDE
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Battelle Fellow Dr. Richard D. Smith leads Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's involvement in a new systems biology center for research on infectious diseases. He is a faculty member and Lead Investigator for the Proteomics and Metabolomics components of STRIDE, a center for Systems and Translational Research on Infectious Diseases. STRIDE aims at improving human health by promoting the use of systems biology approaches to better understand the complex nature of infectious disease and to expedite the pace at which scientific discoveries are translated into clinical benefits.
Created in January 2010 and led by Dr. Michael Katze, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington and Associate Director and Core Staff Scientist at the Washington National Primate Research Center, STRIDE is using new multidisciplinary systems biology approaches to study and model interactions that determine the course of human infectious diseases.
STRIDE will bring together scientists from diverse fields, including genetics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, computational biology, biostatistics, and infectious disease. Collectively, this group will use high-throughput measurement technologies, including the unique high-throughput proteomics and metabolomics capabilities available at PNNL and that reside in EMSL, along with computational approaches, and a variety of cell culture and mammalian infection systems to define and model pathogen-host interactions and generate discoveries that will lead to new and improved disease diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.
See STRIDE's website for more information. EMSL is a national scientific user facility sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at PNNL.


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(Editor's note: This column and the accompanying column by Bill Brooks present differing views on whether the NCUA should disclose CAMEL scores.)
I am surprised that the NCUA does not support releasing exam findings. That position completely contradicts the unique, member-owned nature of credit unions. The NCUA's position negates one of the key controls built into the credit union's organization structure.
Member-owners have a duty to elect the Board of Directors. The members have to have some basis for evaluating the board's performance and on the basis of that performance hold the board accountable.
So how is that working? Members don't attend annual meetings, members don't read the annual reports, and members don't elect the board because the board members are nominated without opposition. Members don't engage in governance and their access to information is limited by their failure to engage in the governance process.
I believe members would react if they were given CAMEL ratings by the regulator. I believe members would react if regulators would share with them the reasons behind the CAMEL ratings. Disclosing CAMEL ratings would give members a basis for evaluating board and management. Disclosing CAMEL ratings would also make the NCUA accountable for the ratings in a way that it is not accountable today.
The "M" in CAMEL has long been a neglected part of the rating. Members judge the effectiveness of management in the way they perceive the credit union meets their needs. That rating is delivered in the form of member growth, share growth, loan growth and the financial performance of the credit union in general.
Member satisfaction levels are a direct result of the quality of management. The NCUA does not measure member satisfaction. NCUA's evaluation of M is usually a derived result from how successful the credit union performs in CAMEL ratings. NCUA does not measure how engaged members are.
That is a mistake because the degree of member engagement indicates the degree to which members are paying attention to the credit union's financial performance and holding board and management accountable. To the extent members are not involved the entire oversight depends solely on the NCUA.
The latest financial crisis proves that both bank and credit union regulators were unable to prevent catastrophic failures – despite what appeared in hindsight to be clear warning signs (in fact the NCUA's lawsuit against the WesCorp Board and management shows that the agency believes the warning signs were clear and were not heeded). Therefore it is critical that we look for new ways to prevent disaster.
Bill Cheney testified to Congress that credit unions have a unique structure that by itself qualifies credit unions for tax exemption. Why not let that unique democratic structure do what the Credit Union Act and the founders of credit unions intended – engage members in the governance and oversight of credit unions? Let them see the CAMEL rating and the reasons for that rating.
In the end the members of Telesis CU and other credit union failures find out what the facts are. But then of course it is too late. It is too late to save the capital, too late to avoid the insurance fund losses, too late to stop the board from giving management a multi-million dollar golden parachute for their great performance that led to the disaster, and too late to avoid a merger.
Thank goodness we have a combined regulatory agency and insurance fund that can arrange mergers and sweep the whole mess under the rug and charge any losses to the insurance fund.
So hurray for the NCUA standing up for members acting like owners and giving them the facts before the disaster. Better to wait until the horse is out of the barn before we close the door.
Jim Blaine may introduce himself as a representative of a large troubled credit union but he is also a prophet calling for reform that will prevent large troubled credit unions and hold accountable boards and management of credit unions as well as the regulators that rate those credit unions.
I know at least five reasons not to disclose CAMEL ratings. My credit union lost $23 million when WesCorp failed so I can say I have 23 million reasons to want CAMEL ratings disclosed.
Henry Wirz is president/CEO of the $1.9 billion SAFE Credit Union in North Highlands, Calif.


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LinkedIn Earnings: Profit Soars, but Shares Fall on Weak Outlook
LinkedIn Corp.'s first-quarter profit surged as the social network continued to benefit from higher membership rolls and premium subscriptions.
But shares dropped after hours by 8.6 percent to $184.25, despite LinkedIn's beating estimates, as the company issued downbeat revenue expectations for the second quarter. As of Thursday's close, the stock was up 76 percent so far this year.
The company raised its full-year revenue guidance by $20 million, now expecting $1.43 billion to $1.46 billion. However, it forecast $342 million to $347 million in second-quarter revenue, below market estimates of $359 million, according to a poll conducted by Thomson Reuters.


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Good for you guys!!! It's always worth it to wait. That's why i don't buy new things off of eBay. That Steppenwolf looks pretty sweet.
Nice. Shame scalpers can do that, but if Mattel made higher quantities that wouldn't be a problem. Don't feel too bad though, I'm still on a quest for DCUC 8, 9 and 10! Much less stuff that's just hitting.
Say "hi" to Flash Ah-ahhh! for me. He was over at my house years back to pick up some acrylic cases during one of my various absences from collecting. Nice guy.
I haven't been by Frank and Sons since 2001 or so. My former manager at Kay Bee Toys and I would always run into a Hot Wheels scalper who haunted our store on truck day. This guy made his living practically through reselling our merchandise. One comic book dealer sold me an issue of Suicide Squad once. With a distinct Aussie accent, he assured me that "this one features the first appearance of the information provider." Um, that would be Oracle/Barbara Gordon? I just thought it was funny that he couldn't name the character even as he was hiking up the comic's value.
Last time I saw the Hot Wheels guy, he needed a liver transplant or something. That place always surprised me for one reason or another.
Quit complaining about prices! Don't you see that JLU 3-Pack marked cheaper than Target's current $11.99 sale?
Seriously, that's too bad. I am thankful I usually find what I want at retail, minus Sports Picks chase figures, and can avoid our local flea market scalpers.
Well, "Julius" you already have three of them, so don't worry, you're nearly there. And Wave 12 samples are right around the corner….
good that you refused to give into the scalper even though it stil means the hunt contiues at least the scalpers did not get fed that time. for as long as the scalpers keep doing what they are doing dcucare going to be a crazy animal to track and hunt down and matel will always be the bad guy for high demand but low supply
I can't say I blame you, though I have paid high prices for DCUC in the past at my local comic speciality shop (I got impatient waiting for the Giganta wave to come out a few months back, so I bought all the figures there for $16.99 a pop–but that's about as high as I'm willing to go).
But the wait is definitely worth it! I came upon the Walmart exclusive Wave 10 at one of my local Walmart stores here in Nashville and got the whole set. Thus far only one other Walmart in the area has carried any of them!
Wave 11 hasn't hit here in Nashville yet, but I hope we'll get them here before Christmas. It's really hit-or-miss around here finding them; sometimes Target will surprise you (theirs are still cheaper at $11.99, as opposed to Walmart's $12.97). I've given up on Toys-R-Us; my local TRU has had the same two Captain Cold figures collecting dust on the pegs for about 4 months!
Man, I'd just be happy to see something like that around here in Northern Virginia. A bazaar where they sell action figures. Only 2-3 comic shops that carry action figures in good stock. 2 shops in Maryland at around 2 hours commute round trip, that have a ton of DCUC but nothing past Wave 7 it seems. I'm sure they'll be cleaned out by next weekend after the Xmas shoppers hit! mUAHAH
7 grown men in a vehicle dubbed the "Van of Action"?
This stuff writes itself, folks.
Seriously, tho.
SP Mantis and Steppenwolf are the definitive versions for me, as the SP line was mi introduction to numerous characters.
Also, can you confirm NO LANTERNS with the two individual Green LANTERN figures?
I'm wondering, is there some reason you do not pre-order them from an online retailer?
You hit the nail on the head about Frank and Sons!!