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It seemed like it was just yesterday that the Ole Miss football team continued through the motions of fall camp, and we all were just ready for the season to finally begin. Fast forward with a little Talladega up-tempo offense and we find ourselves at the halfway point of the Rebels' 2015 regular season. Where has the time gone? Let's take a look at where Ole Miss has been, where they are now, and where they could be heading down the road.
First Half Review
Coming into the season, there was plenty of hype surrounding the program. The Landshark defense that led the nation in points allowed per game last year returned the majority of its unit despite losing All-Americans Senquez Golson and Cody Prewitt. On the other side of the ball, quarterback Bo Wallace graduated but the Rebels returned nine offensive starters. The biggest question mark coming into the season was who would replace the three-year signal caller.
While there were three quarterbacks competing for the starting job throughout the spring and fall, head coach Hugh Freeze was hoping one would emerge and separate himself from the other two. All three quarterbacks saw action in the first two weeks, and the separation occurred in game two versus Fresno State. Junior quarterback Chad Kelly led the high-powered Ole Miss offense on seven straight touchdown drives in the Rebels' 73-21 victory. The job was his, and it could not have come at a better time as the Rebels prepared to head to Tuscaloosa to face the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Becoming the first team in SEC history to score 73+ points in consecutive games was an incredible achievement, but many people still wondered if the Rebels were for real. Heading into the third week of the season, even the fourth-year head coach was looking for the answer.
"If you ask me if we are ready for SEC play, I really don't know," said Freeze. "I think we have a confident football team right now that believes we can win. I believe we can win."
It turned out that the Rebels were in fact ready for SEC play. Ole Miss took the field with energy and ready to prove that the win over the Tide in Oxford last season was not a fluke. The special teams unit set the pace on the opening kickoff, forcing a fumble to give the offense perfect field position and put the game's first points on the board. It was one of five turnovers Ole Miss forced throughout the night, leading to 24 points. The Rebels led the entire game and limited the noise from the capacity crowd of 101,821 at Bryant-Denny Stadium; when the dust settled, it was Ole Miss who emerged victorious once again over Alabama, 43-37.
Powder blue helmets and all, the Rebels wore the same uniform combination from the last time they beat the Tide in Tuscaloosa (1988). The victory also marked the first time Ole Miss defeated Alabama in back-to-back seasons. Country music superstar Eric Church even realized the significance of the victory, and wanting to take part in the celebration, led the locker room in the Hotty Toddy chant after the game. The win was a big deal. It proved that the Rebels belonged among the nation's elite. Ole Miss became the talk of the college football world and rose to No. 3 in the AP poll. Senior Trae Elston even represented Ole Miss on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
While the victory was a monumental win, it was also just one game, like all of the rest throughout the season. The Rebels had to get ready for Vanderbilt and focus on the task at hand. The Commodores proved to be a feisty bunch, and the Rebels did not put together one of their best performances of the season. Nonetheless, Ole Miss protected Hollingsworth Field for a 27-16 win.
Sitting at 5-0 and No. 3 in the country, the Rebels had a big target on their backs and were getting everyone's best shot. Vanderbilt did it the week before, so it would be no surprise that Florida would do the same, especially under the lights of The Swamp. A perfect storm was brewing down in Gainesville. One week prior, Jim McElwain's Florida team rallied from 13 points down in the fourth quarter to shock Tennessee and keep the Gators' perfect season alive. The win seemed to have given Florida some new-found confidence, and that proved to be the case when UF and Ole Miss took the field. Florida came out firing on all cylinders; the offense converted on third downs to march down the field, while the defense kept the high-octane Ole Miss offense in-check and forced four turnovers. The result was a 38-10 win for Florida, handing the Rebels their first loss of the season.
The setback proved the difficulty of not only going undefeated throughout the season, but it also brought out the grind of playing in the SEC, especially away from home. The Rebels returned to their winning ways with a 52-3 thumping of New Mexico State Saturday afternoon as part of the Homecoming festivities. The offense racked up a season-high 665 yards, while the Landshark defense allowed a season-low 239 total yards.
Where We Stand
After taking a look at the first half of the season, let's bring things up to the present time. Ole Miss is 5-1 on the 2015 campaign, winning five of its first six games for the second time since 2003 and also in back-to-back seasons. The Rebels are 2-1 in SEC play with wins over No. 2 Alabama and Vanderbilt to go along with the loss to No. 23 Florida in The Swamp. Although the College Football Playoff rankings won't come out for another three weeks, Ole Miss is No. 12 in the Amway coaches poll No. 13 in the AP poll.
Last season, the Landshark defense led the nation in surrendering the fewest points per game. While the Landsharks still have their fins up in 2015, it has been the offense that has shined brighter. Coach Freeze has developed the Rebel offense into a well-oiled machine in his four seasons in Oxford. Averaging 46.8 points per game, Ole Miss has scored 281 points this year, which already surpasses point totals in five seasons this century. That's a pretty impressive statistic considering we still have at least half of the season remaining.
Kelly leads the potent offense, and the junior quarterback stands atop the SEC in multiple categories: passing yards (1,862), yards per completion (15.39), total offense (331.08 per game) and TD passes (14). A few of those categories rank among the top 10 in the country. He's thrown for over 300 yards in four of the six games, which already ties Bo Wallace and two-time Super Bowl champion/MVP Eli Manning for the most in one season. Again, this is at the HALFWAY point of the season. Finally, Kelly's past has been talked about ever since he arrived on campus and he has tried to put that behind him to become the best person he can be on and off the field. It has shown; the young man has matured and become a leader of the Ole Miss football team.
The wide receiving corps might be one of the best in the country, led by junior Laquon Treadwell, who has bounced back from that terrible injury he suffered versus Auburn last year. Treadwell has 35 catches, nearly double that of Quincy Adeboyejo who is second on the team with 18 catches, five of those resulting in touchdowns. Adeboyejo and senior Cody Core have been deep threats for Kelly, as Core averages over 20 yards per catch to be among the SEC leaders in that category. Don't forget about Markell Pack, Damore'ea Stringfellow and Evan Engram either; that trio has combined for 38 receptions. Needless to say, Kelly has options out in space.
On the defensive side of the ball, the Nkemdiche brothers lead the way in tackles. Senior Denzel Nkemdiche's 38 tackles are a team high and Robert Nkemdiche has tallied a Rebel best 5.5 tackles for loss. The younger of the siblings put together his own highlight reel in the big win over No. 2 Alabama, earning SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Robert is a do-it-all athlete that provides an impact whenever he's on the field. Need any more proof? He blocked a field goal and has found the end zone three times on offense thus far. Also on the line is sophomore Marquis Haynes, who has recorded 11.0 sacks in his short time at Ole Miss, already becoming a top-10 career sack leader for the program. In the secondary, Elston has four interceptions, including two pick sixes.
Teams deal with injuries every year. It's part of the physicality of football. Unfortunately, the injury bug has hit the Rebels hard this season. Starting defensive lineman Issac Gross was lost for the season, while 2014 All-SEC honorees Tony Conner and C.J. Johnson required surgery and expect to miss at least four weeks with their respective injuries. On Saturday, a total of seven starters did not play versus New Mexico State.
Speaking of starters not playing, All-American offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil has not seen the field once this season, sitting out due to an NCAA investigation of improper benefits. Earlier this week, the NCAA finally announced its decision, suspending Tunsil for seven games, which means the junior will be able to return when Ole Miss hosts Texas A&M, Oct. 24. A fan favorite throughout his time at Ole Miss, Rebel Nation will be sure to give the big man a warm welcome when he emerges from the tunnel and steps onto Hollingsworth Field.
Looking Ahead
Fear not Rebel Nation; losses happen in college football. Yes they're disappointing, but the probability of going undefeated in a season is incredibly slim. Look at last season. A whopping zero teams ended the campaign unbeaten. The team that hoisted the national championship trophy lost by 14 points at home, in primetime, and to a team that finished the season with a 7-6 record. Florida is currently ranked No. 8 with a record of 6-0, and The Swamp has been known as one of the nation's most difficult places to play for opposing teams.
Memphis, unbeaten and ranked No. 22 in the coaches poll, awaits the Rebels. The Tigers have had two weeks to prepare for Ole Miss, and the Memphis faithful has been anxious for this nationally televised game (11 a.m., ABC). When the Tigers held on for a narrow victory over Cincinnati, Sept. 24, Memphis fans could be heard chanting "we want Ole Miss" throughout Liberty Bowl Stadium. The non-conference affair has plenty of implications. Memphis looks to remain unbeaten and in line for a New Year's Six bowl game, while Ole Miss hopes to improve to 6-1 and grab some momentum heading into the SEC West gauntlet.
The trip to Memphis will be the Rebels' third road game against a nationally ranked team. The schedule doesn't get any easier as the season progresses. Texas A&M, Arkansas and LSU will come to Oxford to face the Rebels. Ole Miss also has to hit the road for a matchup against Auburn on Halloween as well as face Mississippi State in Starkville for the season-ending Egg Bowl.
Yes, Ole Miss has a blemish on its schedule. However, the loss was against an SEC East opponent. Doing some football math, going 1-1 against their two cross-divisional opponents plus a victory over an SEC West foe (Alabama) equals the Rebels controlling their destiny to the SEC Championship game. Ole Miss' remaining five conference games are all against teams from the West, giving the Rebels control. It won't be an easy task due to the stiff competition in the division, but if Ole Miss takes care of business in each of those contests, we will be hearing "Hotty Toddy" echoing throughout the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
Along with the vision of an SEC crown, the bigger picture is the Rebels' quest of making the College Football Playoff, which is still a possibility. Once again, it requires Ole Miss taking care of business and that starts on the road this weekend against Memphis. The sky is the limit for the 2015 Ole Miss football team. Coach Freeze and the Rebels know they have to focus on the weekly task at hand, taking one game at a time in order to get there. In this week's press conference, he mentioned the message to his team. "Do your assignment and your job to the best of your ability with great enthusiasm on that given play, and we'll see at the end of four quarters if that was good enough." The Rebels need to continue living up to their season motto and #TakeAStand.
The second half of the season is upon us. I'm sure the time will fly by, so buckle up and enjoy the ride. We'll see what happens down the stretch. Hotty Toddy!


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Leaving Military Life for Entrepreneurship – 5 Essential Resources That Can Help
Leaving Military Life for Entrepreneurship – 5 Essential Resources That Can Help
More than 250,000 service members transition each year from the military to civilian life. These men and women are proven leaders and they have the skills and experience needed to be outstanding business leaders. And the figures prove it – one in seven veterans are self-employed or small business owners, and about one quarter of veterans say they are interested in starting or buying their own business.
If this sounds like you, there are a number of exciting resources and programs that can help you start and grow your business.
Here's a round-up of five essential resources that can help you leverage the power of new social media programs to connect with and learn from experts; find a mentor; access discounted resources such as computer equipment and software; benefit from reduced franchise fees; and, of course, get vital training, counseling and help in your community.
- Veterans Business Outreach Centers
Funded primarily by the SBA as a public-private partnership between the SBA and the Veterans Resource Centers of America, Veterans Business Outreach Centers (VBOCs) provide entrepreneurial development services such as business training, counseling, mentoring and referrals for eligible veterans owning or considering starting a small business. Find a center near you.
- Veteran Fast Launch Initiative
For years, SCORE has provided free mentoring services to small business owners. But in 2011, it launched its Veteran Fast Launch Initiative in partnership with the Wal-Mart Foundation. The initiative provides veterans and active duty military members (and their spouses) with free or significantly discounted resources for starting businesses, such as computer software and business services (provided by major corporate partners such as Microsoft, Cisco, Constant Contact and others). Participants also get access to training in how to start and how to grow a successful/profitable business and are assigned a knowledgeable and highly experienced mentor to guide them every step of the way.
- VetNet by Google
Powered by Google+, VetNet is designed to provide a full spectrum of business resources and connect veterans who are re-entering the working life or looking to start a business. VetNet partners include the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Hiring Our Heroes program, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and Hire Heroes USA.
The program is also targeted at veterans looking for employment opportunities; it also features numerous resources for veteran entrepreneurs including regular online training sessions held via interactive hangouts (Google+ speak for a live video web chat or event).
Topics vary – from how to conduct market research to building your business team and more. Class participants can also attend follow-up forums in Google+ where they can pose any questions they have about previous training sessions and connect with other veterans. Check out all upcoming classes and events here (click on "Entrepreneur Track"). You can also download workbooks and other resources to help you start and grow your business.
- SBA's Veteran-Owned Business Guide
SBA's Veteran and Service-Disabled Veteran Small Business Guide is a one-stop portal with links to programs and resources, financing information, government contracting opportunities and other resources.
- VetFran Directory – Franchising Opportunities for Vets
If you want to be your own boss but are wary of the startup risks, buying a franchise can be an appealing alternative. The International Franchise Association (IFA) estimates that one out of every seven franchises in the U.S.--more than 66,000 businesses in total--is owned and operated by a veteran.
For veterans considering buying a franchise, there are added incentives. The VetFran program, started by the International Franchise Association, for example, provides financial incentives to veterans, such as franchise fee that are not available to civilian franchise investors. To date, more than 500 franchise companies participate in the program. A current list of participating companies and the discounts they offer is available on the VetFran site.
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As they say, life is short. And as you grow older, it seems to move more quickly. At various times in your life, you likely have looked back at what you have accomplished. In some areas, you may measure up to your expectations. In other areas, you may fall short.
For some people, being married and having children is their greatest accomplishment. For others, reaching a certain level in their career is a point of pride. Those who have done both likely feel a tremendous sense of satisfaction. For others, the accomplishment they seek is to make a certain amount of money, to travel extensively, to have nice things or to be in the media spotlight. The accomplishments we each strive toward are likely as varied as each person reading this column.
However, I am certain that at some point in our lives we all look back at our accomplishments and wonder whether we have made a difference in the world. I cannot speak for your personal accomplishments, but I can say that as fitness professionals, you have made a difference. Some of you can point to a big accomplishment. Take Chris Powell, host of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition," who helped David Smith lose 400 pounds in two years. Perhaps you had a similar success story—but you just did so without the TV fanfare.
As significant as it is to help people transform their lives like this, not everyone has done so. That does not make your significance any less. Perhaps your biggest contribution has been a collection of the small things you do every day. The smile and hello that you offer to members as they walk in each day (extra points if you can call them by name). The fact that you keep the equipment at your facility in good shape and ensure your club is clean. The way you hire the best people, train them well and treat them with respect.
It is remembering a member's birthday or an employee's birthday or that their child was in the hospital. It is handwriting a quick congratulations note to a member who has reached a goal. It is being involved in your club and the lives of your members and staff rather than sitting in your office, far removed from the reason you probably started your club: to make a difference in people's lives.
One person who has kept this in mind for almost 50 years is Red Lerille, founder of Red Lerille's Health & Racquet Club in Lafayette, LA. He is this year's Club Industry Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Despite creating a successful club that has led him to what seems like personal financial security, Lerille has not forgotten that the small things count. He does not have an office, preferring to stand at the reception desk to greet members when he is not busy taking care of other "small things" that will make a big difference in his members' lives. He makes every connection count because every connection does count. And he is making a difference in the world because he realizes that "the world" begins with the people who cross his path every day.
As long as you keep this in mind, you can also look back at your life and say that any large accomplishment is something to take great satisfaction in, but the collection of small moments is something to relish.


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Joel Tretin calls himself a Photo Humorist and that description seems perfectly apt. His photo series Stranger in Paradox "looks at what's true and totally screws with it." At first glance, the pictures seem deceptively straightforward—portraits of the city shot in a somewhat generic ad-agency aesthetic. Hidden in plain sight are the visual jokes: a parking ticket on the windshield on a sports car in a building height ad; a carousel over a revolving door; an elephant walking though the green murkiness of a subway. The Photoshop manipulations are mostly seamless—it really looks like that woman is pushing an eight-seat stroller, and that sporty yellow cab looks real next to its stodgier brother. A stack of cars make the most of a lone parking space.
The subtlest images make you work for them. A lit Wall Street façade, American flags… oh, there. The don't walk sign is flipping the bird. The traffic sign points to the "Road Most Taken" an apparent play on Robert Frost's Road Less Taken.
Photo manipulation in art is often used to create surreal imagery. And these pictures are surreal in that they portray things that are unreal and often fantastic, but the photos lack the intention and technique that transform pictures into fine art. Which seems to be just fine with Trentin, who says:
I am a failed stand up comedian, who now tries to make people laugh through photography.


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RICHARDSON, Texas (Jan. 30, 2006) — The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on Thursday gave The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) authority to offer two new graduate degree programs, one leading to a Ph.D. degree and the other to an M.S. degree, in the promising field of materials science and engineering.
UTD will begin offering the new programs immediately, and could confer several of the degrees for the first time at the university's Spring commencement.
Materials science and engineering involves the study of advanced materials, including metals and their composites, polymers, silicon and bio-materials, and their possible uses in new and sophisticated applications. The field is multidisciplinary in nature, combining elements of physics, chemistry and biology, in addition to engineering.
"Leading research universities of the 21st Century must be involved in the creation of new materials, which have enormous potential economic implications," said Dr. Da Hsuan Feng, UTD's vice president for research and economic development. "With the establishment of these new graduate degrees, UTD has demonstrated its intent to become a major force in the development of the materials that will fuel the advancement of science and technology in what is being referred to as the 'post-silicon period.'"
The graduate programs in materials science and engineering will draw upon the teaching and research skills of faculty from two of UTD's seven schools – the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, according to Dr. Bruce Gnade, a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department who helped design the new academic offerings and will serve as the program chair.
Twenty-one faculty members from the two schools will be affiliated with the degree programs, Gnade said, including Nobel laureate Dr. Alan G. MacDiarmid, who holds the James Von Ehr Distinguished Chair in Science and Technology at UTD, and Dr. Ray H. Baughman, the Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry and director of the UTD NanoTech Institute, who holds a Ph.D. degree in materials science from Harvard University.
"The objective of the doctoral and master's degree programs in materials science and engineering is to prepare individuals to perform original, cutting-edge research in the broad areas of materials science, including areas such as nano-structured materials, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, bio-mimetic materials, polymeric materials, MEMS materials and systems, organic electronics and advanced processing of modern materials," said Gnade. "We anticipate that many of our graduate students will go on to fill experimentally-oriented, high-technology jobs, primarily in industry."
Because UTD's materials science research is heavily focused on applications, virtually every student who enrolls in the program will be involved in research and development work funded by industry or the government, Gnade said, making them more attractive to potential employers upon graduation. And, he said, they will have access to the university's "world-class research facilities and infrastructure," which include a new, unique multi-module cluster tool, focused ion beam /scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction suite, wafer bonding laboratory and a clean room research laboratory.
UTD's materials science and engineering activities are expected to be housed in a new, $85-million Natural Science and Engineering Research Laboratory, which is scheduled to open on campus by the end of 2006.
"The quality of our faculty and facilities, coupled with the applications focus of our funded research, we believe, will result in a highly attractive program that will be unique among materials science and engineering programs offered by Texas institutions of higher education," said Dr. Robert Helms, dean of engineering and computer science. "The granting of this program is a major milestone in achieving our commitment to the citizens of Texas to rank among the nation's top 50 engineering schools."
In 2003, the State of Texas committed $50 million in Texas Enterprise Fund monies to UTD as part of a $300-million government-university-industry project to place the next Texas Instruments manufacturing plant in Richardson, Texas, and to bring world-class capabilities, like the materials science and engineering program, to UTD's Jonsson School.
Although the degree programs have just been approved, Gnade estimated that as many as 25 engineering and science majors are already prepared to enroll. Some came to UTD in anticipation of the university offering the degrees, he said, with a handful of those expected to receive a Ph.D. or an M.S. degree at the May 6 commencement, provided all degree requirements are met.
About UTD
The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of Richardson, Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor®, enrolls nearly 14,500 students. The school's freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront of Texas state universities in terms of average SAT scores. The university offers a broad assortment of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs. For additional information about UTD, please visit the university's website at www.utdallas.edu.


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Biological Sciences
Research Highlights
July 2006
Improved sensors developed for long-term groundwater monitoring at DOE sites
Developing sensors for long-term monitoring of contaminated sites is an ongoing challenge. Current procedures involve costly pumping and sampling followed by time-consuming laboratory analysis. Sensors that operate in the ground in real time would significantly reduce costs and enable more effective long-term monitoring of groundwater contaminated with radionuclides and heavy metals such as technetium and chromium. However, in situ sensors must be selective and sensitive enough to meet very low-level detection requirements without using consumable reagents.
In work sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Remediation Sciences Division, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) originally developed a minicolumn sensor for technetium that uses an innovative combination of separation chemistry and radiometric detection, meeting the sensitivity requirements (see figure). However, reagents were needed to regenerate the sensor column, which is disadvantageous for long-term monitoring.
Recently, the research team developed a new modality for these sensors called equilibration-based sensing, which overcomes the need for reagents and takes advantage of the dynamic nature of the analyte interaction with the separation material. Under these conditions, the sensing material in the column equilibrates with the analyte concentration in solution, and the sensor is reversible; that is, the amount on the column can go up or down with changes in concentration. If a blank solution is run through the column, the sorbed analyte will be eluted from the column. This process enables ongoing, real-time measurement of contaminant concentrations.
Initial experiments in groundwater matrices demonstrated the detection of technetium-99 at drinking-water-level standards (activity of 0.033 Bq/mL). Using spectrophotometric detection instead of radiometric detection, hexavalent chromium could be detected to levels below drinking-water standards of 50 ppb. The research appeared in the online version of Analytical Chemistry, the highest impact factor journal for primary research papers in the field, as an ASAP Article (research posted as soon as publishable—see link below). The authors are Matthew O'Hara, Jay Grate, and former PNNL staff member Oleg Egorov.
Schematic diagram of the radiometric sensor column configuration where the transparent column is placed between two photomultiplier tubes (PMT) for light collection. (© 2006 American Chemical Society).
Egorov OB, MJ O'Hara, and JW Grate. 2006. "Equilibration-based preconcentrating minicolumn sensors for trace level monitoring of radionuclides and metal ions in water without consumable reagents." Analytical Chemistry


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Ruby Hefley
Ruby Ann Hefley, 91, died Sunday in Hillsboro. She was born Aug. 3, 1922 to Henry and Matilda (Schmidt) Bartel in Hillsboro.
She married Maynard "H.V." Hefley on Oct. 19, 1947, in Hillsboro.
She is survived by two sons, Jim Hefley of Hillsboro and Jon Hefley of rural Marion; a daughter, Deborah Collier of Newton; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Maynard Hefley, in 2004.
A celebration of life service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillsboro United Methodist Church, officiated by pastor Morita Truman. Family will receive guests from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Jost Funeral Home in Hillsboro.
Memorial funds have been established with Hillsboro Senior Center's Meals on Wheels program, Children's Ministry at Hillsboro United Methodist Church, and Children's Programs at Hillsboro Public Library.


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St. Anthony Hospital gala previews move to Lakewood
Exdo Event Center has a cool, unfinished urban warehouse feel to it; the perfect backdrop for Hard Hat & High Heels, a dinner-dance that set the stage for St. Anthony Central Hospital's upcoming move to a $435 million, state-of-the-art campus in Lakewood.
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Even the waiters got into the spirit of the occasion, wearing hard hat and construction bibs as they served a dinner of beef medallions and miso-glazed sea bass to guests seated at tables decorated with Tonka Trucks. Party favors were solid chocolate molded in the shape of hard hats and high-heeled shoes.
Put on by the St. Anthony Hospital Foundation, the event served both as a tribute to the hospital's rich history and the promise of an exciting future. For the past 119 years, St. Anthony Central has been a landmark in Denver's Sloan's Lake neighborhood. It was founded by Sister Mary Huberta and a group of Sisters of St. Francis, who came to Denver from Indiana over a century ago, and is now part of the Centura Health network.
"This is a special evening, the culmination of seven years of hard work," observed Dr. Raymond Mencini, the hospital's interim president and CEO. "It's been a long, long journey" but one that will enable the hospital to grow and expand its quality of care in such specialties as heart attack and stroke recovery, trauma and neuroscience.
Hard Hat & High Heels sold out weeks before it happened, attracting a crowd that included such dignitaries as Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy; his predecessor, Steve Burkholder, and city manager Kathy Hodgson. Other special guests were Centura Health president Gary Campbell; Patricia Ladewig, president of the hospital board of directors; Leslie Strate, president of the St. Anthony Hospital Foundation; and Cathy Froning and Jeff Hesalroad, who were featured in a video that described the quality of care offered at St. Anthony Central. Froning, who worked at the hospital, was treated for Stage IV lung cancer while Hesalroad, an officer with the Golden Police Department, is a stroke survivor.
Sister Nancy Hoffman, who spent 40 years in pastoral care at the hospital before retiring in 2007, conducted the evening's special appeal; 9News anchor Kim Christiansen was the emcee.
Other guests were Ramonna Robinson and Barb Jones from Ground Floor Media; Emily Stein, business development director for Action Coach Business Coaching; Michael Coughlin, owner of Lakewood's popular 240 Union restaurant; and Kevin and Kathy Fone and Mark and Renee Haynes. The men are with GE Johnson Construction, the evening's Platinum Sponsor.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or email@example.com; also, GetItWrite on Twitter


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ELON � Elon University senior point guard Ali Ford of the women�s basketball team led the Phoenix in scoring Saturday against visiting American from Washington, D.C.
It was two more points from a missed layup with less than 10 seconds left that she wanted the most.
Ford�s layup would have given the Phoenix the lead, but the ball rolled off the rim. Elon lost its first game at home this season, falling 69-68 at Alumni Gym.
Ford led the Phoenix with 21 points. Kelsey Evans added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Jessica Farmer scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
�We ran the play right, and Kelsey (Evans) set a great screen up top,� said Ford, who also dished out a season-high six assists. �It was a gift, and I just blew it. It was nothing anyone did, nothing happened, I just missed it.�
The Eagles (1-3), who outscored the Phoenix 5-0 in the last 3:51, trailed 68-64 before some magic of their own. After an American timeout, Eagles sophomore Arron Zimmerman knocked down a baseline jumper to cut the Elon (2-2) lead to two points with 2:42 to play. The teams then traded missed shots, and neither team scored in the next two minutes.
After the Eagles missed a 3-pointer, Ford drove into the lane on the next Phoenix possession. She was called for a charge. Zimmerman re-entered the game. With just 18 ticks left on the clock, Zimmerman grabbed the rebound on another missed 3-pointer, putting it back up.
She was fouled by Evans, and then knocked down the free throw for the old-fashioned three-point play, giving American a 69-68 lead. Zimmerman�s five points to close the game were her only points.
�We have to continue to work (even when we win) and work to get better,� said Elon coach Charlotte Smith. �We were a little rattled against the press but it wasn�t any type of press that we haven�t seen before. We need to stay poised and do what we know to do.�
The Eagles� press bothered the Phoenix early, forcing three turnovers in the first four minutes of the first half. Their defensive pressure, especially after made baskets, put the Phoenix in an 18-11 hole at the 13:29 mark.
The Phoenix stormed back, using a 10-2 run to take a 21-20 advantage. Evans, who finished with her third straight double-double, scored seven of Elon�s points in that stretch, capping it with a three-point play to take the lead.
The Phoenix took its biggest lead of the first half at 32-28. Still, Elon needed Farmer�s jumper from the baseline to tie it at halftime.
�Our intensity, coming out, wasn�t very good,� Evans said. �We need to play like we practice, and we need to have a good week (at practice) on the boards. Defensively, we lacked that intensity. We can�t get complacent.�
Farmer agreed: �We have to keep that mindset, and need to start hard and finish hard. We missed the box out on (Zimmerman�s) basket, so it�s important we work on rebounding.�
American used a 14-5 run to open the second half, and forced five Elon turnovers in the first five minutes. But after a timeout at the 15:43 mark, the Phoenix countered with a 14-0 run during the next three minutes for a 53-48 lead.
After the Eagles tied the game at 53-53, the game stayed close the rest of the way.
Jen Dumiak led the Eagles with 17 points, and Alexis Dobbs added 16 points.
-- TIP-INS �: Evans, a senior forward, is one point shy of becoming the 19th player in program history to score 1,000 points in her career. � Ford needs 69 points to move into second on Elon�s all-time career points list. � American scored 18 points off Elon�s 18 turnovers. � Saturday�s game had 12 ties and 16 lead changes. � Elon was perfect from the free-throw line, hitting all six attempts. � The Phoenix is 2-1 in the series with American.


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I was going to suggest Moon over June...but... I dunno. It depends on how many times a week you feel like seeing digital hoohas.
I thought Moon was making fun of lesbians? That pregnancy arc I saw last time seemed like one big insult.
It's all terrible, but I found it while pursuing oglaf.com (I think I am revealing WAY too much of my internet tendencies).
The art is frightening and the main characters are 1 dimensional on their best days. It was just the only lesbian comic I hadn't seen listed here.
Oh and that pregnancy arc made me want to smack the author. I think the writer is female but if so she writes gay women like a straight man.


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California Department of Transportation
Date: October 19, 2011
District: District 3 - Marysville
Contact: Rochelle Jenkins
Phone: (530) 634-7640
MARYSVILLE – Caltrans today awarded $66 million to cities, counties, and regional agencies for 139 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects to improve safety for students in grades K-8 who walk and bicycle to and from school.
"By improving safety, more children are encouraged to walk and bicycle to school, ultimately resulting in healthier children and less traffic congestion," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
The funding was provided by the federal SRTS program. Since its inception in 2005, Caltrans has awarded $156 million for 356 SRTS projects.
Some of the notable projects in Orange County that received funding include:
- In Butte County, $941,400 to Oakdale Heights Elementary School in Oroville to construct sidewalks, curb and gutter, curb ramps, speed humps, upgraded crosswalks and speed feedback signs at locations on Los Plumas Avenue and Walmer Road.
- In Colusa County, $356,700 to George T. Egling Middle School and James M. Burchfield Elementary School in Colusa for new traffic signals on Fremont Street at 7th and 3rd Streets.
- In Placer County, $519,600 to Twelve Bridges Middle School and Carlin C. Coppin Elementary School in Lincoln for new sidewalks, curb and gutter, curb ramps and bike lanes at locations on East Avenue and East Joiner Parkway.
- In Sacramento County, $768,790 to Anna Kirchgater Elementary School in Sacramento for new sidewalks, curb and gutter and curb ramps at locations on Stevenson Avenue.
- In Yuba County, $645,800 to Bear River Middle School and Wheatland Elementary School for sidewalks, curb and gutter, curb ramps, crosswalks, bike and pedestrian paths and driveway approaches at locations on E Street, Hooper Road, State Route 65 and Wheatland Road.
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We all know that our education system has needs. As our county had a need for a $60 million jail and a $20 million-plus office complex, I guess that our Board of Education felt it was time for their needs to be expressed. They simply want their share, so to speak.
To the editor:
After reading the article this morning on the front page of the newspaper headlined, �School bond vote moved back,� I cannot help but wonder.
We all know that our education system has needs. As our county had a need for a $60 million jail and a $20 million-plus office complex, I guess that our Board of Education felt it was time for their needs to be expressed. They simply want their share, so to speak.
As for me, I just don�t understand the timing of the request. Last November, we had an election. A little over 60 days later, the Board of Education made a request for over $149 million dollars. According to the news articles, the chairperson said �the improvements have to be made.� Then in just a few weeks, the request was reduced to $75 million dollars and last night Jeff Brown said the needs were �dire.� If the improvements have to be made and if they are dire, why did we not vote on this in last November�s election?
I just want the facts concerning the request. Since the county gets just over $1.9 million every year for school construction from the North Carolina Education Lottery, according to Assistant School Superintendent Barry Collins, have the county commissioners continued to fund the Board of Education properly? Where is that money going every year? I know it takes tens of millions of dollars to fund the system, but I am just wondering about the extra lottery money.
I guess that is not as bad as the overall picture as stated in the last part of the article � $360 million is needed for the next decade! If my math is correct, that is $36 million per year. I know improvements will always be needed, but $360 million for 3,500 seats and maintenance runs out to $102,857.14 per seat and maintenance.
Just think how much more it would be needed if the Board of Education had to purchase the land for the schools. Of course, we need to figure in things like trips to China for school staff, paying for unnecessary elections, lights burning all night long on football fields and $20,000 extra fences around a girl�s softball field so parents can pay $5 to watch the game.
Maybe we could waste some more money by paying lawyers to sue the county commissioners.
Please, just show us a real breakdown of the numbers. I have no problem funding education; however, at this rate our commissioners, us taxpayers and the North Carolina Lottery have really got our hands full.
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It was noteworthy when Peggy Noonan — Our Lady of the Dolphins — stepped into the role of the GOP's voice of reason, following the rise of Sarah Palin as its vice presidential nominee in 2008. It was a real eyebrow-raiser when David Brooks took on the task of talking sense to Republicans during the debt deal debacle, before returning to his "sinners in the hands of an angry market" theme.
This summer, in the middle of the debt ceiling debate, I tried to sum up the significance of those two moments.
You can take your pick for the moment the GOP noticably went off the rails. I have two favorites: when it fell to Peggy Noonan to be the Republicans' voice of reason following Sarah Palin's VP nomination, and when David Brooks warned the GOP that it "may no longer be a normal party". Together, they're the political equivalent of Courtney Love showing up at your intervention and Charlie Sheen offering you a ride to rehab. But this Republican party isn't likely to heed such sane voices as Noonan and Brooks, and would just as soon throw them overboard.
At the time, I thought it couldn't get much worse. But now, it's fallen to Pat Robertson — yes that Pat Robertson — serve as the GOP's latest voice of reason.
What does it mean when a political party has become too extreme for Pat Robertson?
On his show "The 700 Club," televangelist Pat Robertson commented on the views of the GOP, calling them a bit too extreme.
Robertson quoted Lyndon Johnson: "Don't these people realize that if they push me over to an extreme position, I'll lose the election?"
The notoriously controversial Christian figure mentioned that if candidates venture into heavily radical territory, it could cost Republicans the general election.
"Those people in the Republican primary have got to lay off of this stuff," he exclaimed. "If they want to lose, this is the game for losers."
I thought it would be helpful to put this statement in the context of some of Robertson's previous statements. So, here's video compilation. It's a long one, but that's because there was so much to include.
Keep in mind that this is the same Pat Robertson who:
- Justified divorcing a spouse with Alzheimers;
- Concurred with Jerry Falwell in blaming the 9/11 attacks on gays, feminists, and liberals;
- Predicted a "holy war between Islam and Christianity";
- Claimed Hurricane Katrina was proof of "God's judgment" against America ;
- Said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was punished by God with a stroke for "dividing [God's] land";
- Said that feminism encouraged women to "leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians";
- Warned that Europe is committing "racial suicide";
- Suggested wiping out the State Department with a "nuclear device";
- Suggested he would "fire about half of the government workers" as an economic fix;
- Declared the Anti-christ was "probably a Jew alive in Israel today";
- Declared that "Communism was the brain-child of German-Jewish intellectuals";
- Warned that Orlando, Florida, expect some "serious hurricanes" — not to mention "terrorist bombs," "earthquakes," "tornados," and "possibly a meteor" — because Gay Days at Disney World;
- Said the post-earthquake cracks in the Washington Monument were a "sign from God";
- Said Haiti was hit by an earthquake because it was "cursed" by a "pact to the devil";
- Called for the assassination of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez;
- Advised a woman whose husband had a wandering eye to "make yourself as attractive as possible";
- Urged viewers to "Buy gold and get your money out of America as fast as you can";
How far is too far "out there" even for Pat Robertson? We know now. The Republican part has become too extreme for Pat Robertson's liking. That's more than a little disturbing, all things considered.
If having Peggy Noonan as the voice of reason is like having Courtney Love show up at your intervention, and having David Brooks as the voice of sanity is like having Charlie Sheen offer to drive you to rehab, then having Pat Robertson attempt to talk you down from the ledge may be a bit like having Keith Richards as your rehab counselor.


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RGP day 9 - physics
For collision detection and simpler stuff I will be relying on Blender's Bullet Physics system, but more advanced things - track space constraints, hover spring-damper system, vehicle handling and behaviors I will have to write from a scratch. And as an artist I am very good at it :P. Fortunately we have an Internet and there are a lot of really helpful resources for this.
The first thing I tried to implement was a mass-spring-damper system. I will be using it to make the vehicles levitate above the ground/racetrack surface. The idea is to cast a ray from the vehicle's vertical axis down. If it collides with a surface the spring-damper simulation will run and apply the calculated force to the vehicle.
The most helpful resource I found had an actual Blender Game Engine implementation already :). HERE is the link where I found it. It is done by Sebastian Korczak, same guy who is making the Burster - a web browser plugin to allow publish and play Blender files online. I will be using it at one point of development to show off the progress.
So after some changes I had a nice springy levitating box.
Another thing I managed to create - a force field that will keep the race car close to speedway's surface, thus preventing the vehicle to fall off the track surface even if the speedway is oriented upside down.
blend file HERE
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It's a bit jittery and inconsistend IMO. FOr one section it will only be so high, then in the rough part it'll be way higher.ReplyDeleteReplies
indeed, but thats a matter of value tweaking and polishing till I get the desired feel. The blend just serves as a proof of concept right now.Delete
The ship will jump away from the track if the ship travels to quickly. Have you tried using the distance constraint, material physics coupled with servo motion? They are a bit low tech, but they should should save you some overhead if you plan to have many AI ships.ReplyDelete
As an example: http://www.pasteall.org/blend/17185ReplyDelete
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whoa, nice. The "Constraint" actuator is actually something new to me, thanks! Thats exactly what I am trying to achieve there :)Delete
Glad I could be of some help!ReplyDelete
Paul (Rubbernuke on Blenderartists).
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Cool progress here! can't wait for more TechCandy!ReplyDelete
PS: The burster works well here (Ubuntu 64 + Firefox)
Awesome work! Waiting for next RPG day.ReplyDelete
For lazy ones like me here's Buster plugin:
As a non-Blender guy I really enjoy this plugin.
Wow! Keep the good work up! I'd love to see this game finished. Especially by you.ReplyDelete
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Kate Upton has a new man – she is dating celebrity dancer and reality TV star Maksim Chmerkovskiy, according to reports.
Multiple reports suggest the couple has become very close in recent weeks after mutual friends set them up on a date.
Upton, who turned 21 on Monday, and the "Dancing With the Stars" hunk were recently spotted dining together at Scalinatella in New York City, where eyewitnesses told Us Weekly magazine, "They were very canoodly. … It was a very intimate meal."
The fellow diner noticed the couple was holding hands throughout the meal.
Upton has previously been linked to baseball star Justin Verlander and Sean "Diddy" Combs, while Chmerkovskiy, who was once the star of dating show "The Bachelor" in the Ukraine, was previously engaged to fellow "Dancing With the Stars" pro Karina Smirnoff, and split from another dancer, Peta Murgatroyd, earlier this year.
Representatives for Upton and the dancer have yet to confirm or deny the new romance reports.


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From Wikipedia:
Cameron Stewart is an Eisner Award and Eagle Award -nominated and Shuster Award-winning Canadian comic book artist, who has worked for DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse Comics.
Stewart is best known for his work on Catwoman with writer Ed Brubaker, and Seaguy and Seven Soldiers: The Manhattan Guardian with writer Grant Morrison.
October 2006 saw the release of The Other Side, a miniseries about the Vietnam war illustrated by Stewart (and written by Jason Aaron), for which he travelled to Vietnam for research. The Other Side was nominated for an Eisner Award in the Best Limited Series category of 2007.
Along with Frank Quitely and Frazier Irving, Cameron Stewart has been one of Grant Morrison's greatest collaborative foils over the last five years. In addition to their work together on Seaguy and Manhattan Guardian, Stewart also recently drew an arc in Morrison's Batman And Robin title. Stewart's clean but kinetic style fit the three-part story like a glove, which detailed Dick Grayson's efforts to resurrect Bruce Wayne with the help of Batwoman and The Knight & Squire, England's answer to the Dynamic Duo.
Stewart also designed the Cowboy Batman that appeared in Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #4 and was set to illustrate the issue but was replaced, possibly due to the recent announcement that he will be the artist drawing Grant's final Batman And Robin storyline.
I think Cameron's a great artist…I highly recommend checking out his blog for more Batman-related stuff and other examples of his work. He's also the artist and co-writer on the upcoming Assassin's Creed comic which is coming out soon and may be of interest to some of the readers of this site (Matt).
p.s. Sorry for the long gap between 70 AOB posts. I hope to get them going on a more regular basis. Thanks to everyone who stops by to read them. Meeting someone who actually reads them in person is what inspired me to get back on the horse. Thanks, Ronny!
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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association has named the Greenville College Men's Cross Country team to the list of this years Academic All-American teams. A total of 125 institutions represent 32 conferences that compose the group.
Greenville College boasts a cumulative team GPA of 3.26 that is the product of their 25 member squad.
To qualify as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have had a cumulative team GPA of 3.10 or better and have compiled a score (finished at least five runners) at their respective NCAA regional championship.


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New Car Review
2012 Buick Regal: New Car Review
Pros: Dramatic exterior design; athletic tendencies; high-performance potential (GS); premium-level cabin; long list of standard amenities; good fuel economy (eAssist Hybrid)
Cons: Lethargic off the line; turbo lag; tight trunk; poor visibility; road noise with 20-inch wheels (GS)
For many years, the Buick Regal was one of the stodgy statesmen among full-size sedans. It was a nameplate that stood for reliability, comfort and sturdiness. After a long, successful run, the Regal was discontinued in the early part of the double-zero decade. Fast-forward several years to 2010, when the Regal was unearthed, dusted off and brought back to life as an all-new car from the ground up. But this one was nothing like its ancestor. Rather, it was now a svelte European-style sport sedan with an infusion of advanced electronics. The only thing the two versions shared was the name, and that in itself was a disconnect.
However, the new Regal had some problems. First, it alienated the nameplate's previous fans, older drivers who wanted a big, comfortable cruiser, not a Euro-tuned handler. Another challenge was the car's reserved overall performance character despite its handling prowess.
To remedy this situation, Buick has introduced two new variants for 2012 to fortify the Regal's position and more aggressively pursue a younger set of buyers. The GS model builds on the Regal's performance credentials, while the eAssist goes after those interested in a green-leaning sport sedan. The two will flank the standard Regal to offer a more comprehensive and relevant model range.
Buick's hope is to make deeper inroads into the highly competitive sport-sedan segment. Whether the Regal can achieve that goal is yet to be seen.
Comfort & Utility
The 2012 Buick Regal interior is decidedly upscale. Gauges and controls exude a sophisticated, Euro-flavored appearance. The driver's cockpit is nicely carved out to emphasize the sedan's performance credentials.
The front seats are supportive, well shaped and adequately bolstered for spirited driving, although on the narrow side. The Regal's second row can accommodate three adults but is more ideal for two. This rear seat offers plush seating with good leg- and shoulder room. Rear headroom for taller passengers is limited; the low-slung roof is the culprit there.
For cargo, the Regal's trunk offers a usable 14.2 cubic feet of space. But that cubic footage shrinks to just 11.1 on the eAssist Hybrid because of the space taken up by battery storage.
The Regal is available in three trim levels: base, Turbo and GS. This interior is not the most refined in its class, nor does it have the most performance character. But it does have a balanced dose of each, making "sporty elegance" an appropriate theme for this cabin.
The base model offers available Bluetooth, USB interface and the IntelliLink smartphone-based communication system. The midlevel Regal Turbo offers optional automatic xenon headlights, an adaptive suspension with driver-selectable modes and a nine-speaker Harman Kardon surround-sound stereo. The performance GS model gets all of the above as standard equipment. Navigation is an option across all Regal trims levels.
Performance & Fuel Economy
The front-wheel-drive 2012 Buick Regal can be powered by a choice of two engines as well as an available mild hybrid system that it calls eAssist.
The base unit is a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder producing 182 horsepower and 172 pound-feet of torque. Energy is sent to the front wheels by way of a six-speed automatic transmission with manual mode. EPA-estimated fuel economy for this engine is 19 mpg city/31 mpg highway.
On the eAssist model, this 2.4-liter engine is combined with an 11-kw electric motor that derives power from an advanced lithium-ion battery. Fuel economy jumps to 25 mpg city/36 mpg highway using the same six-speed gearbox. That's an overall increase of 25 percent.
The Regal Turbo is propelled by a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4 making 220 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque. This engine mates with either the standard six-speed automatic transmission or an optional six-speed auto.
At the top of the Regal range is the newly introduced GS model, which utilizes the 2.0-liter turbo engine but adds more boost and a better-breathing exhaust system. These modifications increase the GS's output to 270 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. This uprated model uses a standard six-speed manual to achieve fuel economy ratings of 19/27 mpg.
Occupant protection comes from six standard airbags - front, side and curtain. Uplevel trims get two more side airbags for the rear-seat outboard passengers.
The Regal is also equipped with ABS, stability control and OnStar emergency telematics.
Driving Impressions
The base Regal does a good job at splitting the difference between ride and handling. Steering isn't as responsive as one would want it to be, but the car still displays a good bit of nimbleness. Furthermore, its 4-cylinder engine prides itself on its smooth and refined power delivery. The eAssist mild hybrid model is simply a quieter version of the same thing.
Moving up to the Regal Turbo gives this chassis a chance to live up to its sporting credentials. The steering feels sharper, and the car has a more dynamic feel. This Regal's Euro-tuned suspension was designed to show off its athleticism on quick-cutting switchbacks and in high-speed maneuvers. Unfortunately, the Turbo does suffer from a noticeable lag when launching from zero.
For a seriously athletic outing, the newly introduced Regal GS delivers fully, thanks to its sport suspension, 20-inch wheels and powerful brakes. Even hard-core enthusiasts will be impressed with its high-performance dose of power and track-caliber capabilities.
Granting flexibility to the Regal driving experience is the Interactive Drive Control System (IDCS), which alters suspension damping, throttle response, shift points and steering speed based on three adjustable drive settings: Tour, Normal and Sport.
Other Cars to Consider
BMW 325i: The BMW is more expensive than the Regal but also offers a higher level of refinement and handling prowess.
Acura TSX: The TSX is richer in content but falls short of the Regal's comfortable ride. Both cars are equally sharp and precise in turns.
Volvo S60: From a ride-and-handling standpoint, the S60 and the Regal Turbo are very comparable. Both are sporting in nature but also deliver a comfortable cruising experience. The Volvo, however, feels more solid and offers a higher level of safety.
Volkswagen CC: The CC is better engineered with spryer dynamics and more features, but the Regal, with more horsepower and torque, delivers better straight-line performance.
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The Regal Turbo seems to make the most sense for those wanting a legitimate sport sedan with everyday usability. It's powerful in a straight line and confident in corners without being overzealous. The Regal Turbo also offers a plush ride when driving it in a relaxed manner. Adding the optional Interactive Drive Control System makes this car a very complete package that can adapt to virtually all driving styles, venues and conditions, except for maybe a racetrack. Only if weekends at the raceway are a part of your plans should you consider the more high-performance Regal GS. In addition, the Turbo variant brings an abundance of premium-level amenities, making it as upscale as it is sporty.


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Said By Jennovakirai ijiwaru otokonoko! WAH!
Said By NarcissaIf you don't watch it what the fuck are you commenting on it for?
Said By Ravin Alexzander Heartwilling
Said By NarcissaIf you don't watch it what the fuck are you commenting on it for?
Its Dr. Nick, of course he is goign to say something about what your say or do. its him, an asshole, but you will get over it soon. his comments as good at sometimes, against you or not. i like the show to a point. but it had lost the feel it once had when it started, Robot Chicken and other shows have outdated it
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O well..i guess you will get over it, i suppose?
and yes, sometimes your comments are good, and at other times, your just a jackass.
The hell? Get over it, i can responded to a topic last year if i wanted, you know why?
Because its still there...dumbass


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SURPRISE, Ariz. - Milwaukee left-hander Chris Narveson made his first appearance in nearly a year, throwing 30 pitches Wednesday in the Brewers' 3-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals.
Narveson allowed two hits and a run, striking out one and walking one. He last pitched on April 15 before needing season-ending surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff.
Max Ramirez singled home Lorenzo Cain in the seventh inning for the go-ahead run as the Royals improved to 5-0-1 this spring.
Royals starter Luke Hochevar walked three and gave up two runs and a walk in 1 2-3 innings. Bruce Chen, competing with Hochevar for the fifth spot in the rotation, pitched two spotless innings.


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From WSJ article: The machine, which is made by a California-based company called CVAC Systems and hasn't been banned by any sports governing bodies, is one of only 20 in the world. Unlike the increasingly trendy $5,000 hyperbaric chambers many professional athletes use to saturate the blood with oxygen and stimulate healing, the CVAC is a considerably more-ambitious contraption. It uses a computer-controlled valve and a vacuum pump to simulate high altitude and compress the muscles at rhythmic intervals.
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well, this is not exactly doing cardio or "training" at altitude, more like recovering at altitude, or recovering with less oxygen... training hard at altitude and then recovering at the same altitude seems more natural for the system..
I'll bet he doesn't 'use" it at all, he probably got paid to say he did, so all his rivals might spend time in that contraption!!!!!!!..If their was a benefit, i believe we would have heard someone else at least doing it and being questioned...Training at altitude is fantastic,
lying in a chamber is not going to generate the kind of supreme skill-set novak is currently displaying. He was 3rd for a while and stepped up....period...time for someone else to step up..
my guess he is running hard intervals up steep hills in quantity, then hopping in the chamber for a photo shoot..
Earning stripes is pretty old school. It's like "chopping wood with an ax" training, the kind boxers like George Foreman used to do. lol Well, I'm all for training like George. But only with the Foreman Grill in tow. lol
I see the ad on Tennisopolis right now. It says "Hyperbaric Chambers: Affordable Hyperbaric Therapy- New & Used Chambers For Sale- Free Quote. www.GenoxInc.com"
What's up with that? Now, we can all have hyperbaric chambers! haha!
Not to brag, but every other night I rejoin the Mile High Club living in the "other mile high city".
And if sitting in this egg duplicates "training at altitude", maybe it is not right to allow it. Shouldn't training be training; shouldn't players have to earn their stripes?
"It uses a computer-controlled valve and a vacuum pump to simulate high altitude and compress the muscles at rhythmic intervals."
a.k.a. "Mile High Club Simulator."
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale lightweight crew team kicks off its spring racing season on Saturday, Mar. 30, with its annual race against Navy, for the Johnson Cup. This race starts a two-month stretch where the Bulldogs will be competing nearly every weekend, culminating with the Eastern Sprints and the IRA National Championship.
The Bulldogs will look to build on the lessons they learned from the fall racing season, when they raced in the Head of the Housatonic, the Head of the Charles and the Princeton Chase. At the Head of the Housatonic, the varsity eight finished first, while two Yale fours finished in second and fourth places. At the Head of the Charles, the varsity eight improved on last year's finish with a fourth-place showing. Additionally, two fours finished second and third, which were the top two collegiate fours in the event. Finally, Yale ended its season at the Princeton Chase, where the varsity placed second.
Yale used these fall races to expose any faults and improve its weaknesses. Thus, since the end of racing, the Y150 has been hard at work. Yale used the flat November water on the Housatonic to set the team up for a strong indoor period. As the weather became too cold, the Bulldogs moved indoors, where they spent a lot of time working out in Tank A in Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Now, as the weather warms up again, Yale has moved back outdoors and is in the midst of a very productive spring break training period. They capitalized on the good water, continuing to make advances over spring break.
"Winter training went well," said captain William Ferraro. "The sophomore and freshmen classes stepped up, following the strong examples set by the upperclassmen. After a lot of work over the winter and a beneficial spring break training camp, we are all excited for the season and are looking forward to testing our speed against our opponents. Results from the fall indicate that the field will be fast and competitive this year and that racing will be very close. I know the Y150 will embrace the upcoming challenges and be ready to race every weekend."
Yale will begin its regular season this Saturday, Mar. 30, competing against Navy for the Johnson Cup, help on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. Last year, the Bulldogs swept Navy by winning all four events, including the varsity eight to capture the Johnson Cup. The Cup has been around for nine years, with Yale having a five to four advantage.
After the Johnson Cup, the Bulldogs race at home against MIT and Georgetown on Apr. 6, on the Housatonic. They are competing against MIT for the Joy Cup. Last year, Yale swept all four races.
Next, Yale will travel to Philadelphia and then Ithaca, N.Y. for a two-race weekend. On Apr. 13, the Bulldogs will compete against Penn and Columbia for the Dodge Cup. Yale has held onto the Dodge Cup since 2003 and has won in 31 of the last 33 years. After those races, the Bulldogs travel to Ithaca, N.Y. on Apr 14 to race against Cornell, whom they defeated last year.
The following weekend, Yale races against Dartmouth for the Durand Cup. Yale will be looking to avenge last year's loss and recapture the Durand Cup.
Yale then concludes its regular season with the Harvard-Yale-Princeton regatta on Apr. 27. The race will be held in Princeton, N.J., on Lake Carnegie. The Bulldogs will be looking to claim the Goldthwait Cup in the varsity eight and the Vogel Cup for overall team standings. Yale will be looking to improve on last year's third-place finish.
After two weekends off, the Bulldogs will commence the championship season with the Eastern Sprints in Worcester, Mass. Last year, Yale capped undefeated seasons in the junior varsity and first freshmen boats with victories at this race. These wins propelled Yale to win the Jope Cup for overall lightweight team supremacy, its first win since 2002. In addition, the varsity crew just missed medaling, finishing fourth.
The Y150 then concludes its season at the IRA National Championship in Sacramento, Calif., where they will be looking to improve on their bronze medal from last season.
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Maple Leafs face crucial Game 4 against Bruinsby Mike G. Morreale
BRUINS at MAPLE LEAFS
(Boston leads best-of-7 series 2-1)
Big story: The Boston Bruins regained home ice advantage on Monday with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre before 19,746 fans. Outside the arena, thousands more fans watched the first Stanley Cup Playoff game in Toronto since 2004 on a big screen in Maple Leaf Square.
The recipe for success for Boston was a relentless puck pursuit that forced 24 Toronto turnovers. Boston also outhit the Maple Leafs 51-48. Jaromir Jagr and Rich Peverley each notched their first points of the series -- Peverley's second-period goal was assisted by Jagr. Tuukka Rask made 45 saves, including 17 in the third period, and was named the game's first star. David Krejci, the second star, had a goal and two assists and finished with a plus-3 rating.
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Bruins: The line of Milan Lucic, Krejci and Nathan Horton combined for two goals and eight points in the Game 3 victory on Monday. The line has combined for five goals and 17 points in the series. Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference returned from his one-game suspension, and generated two shots, delivered three hits and blocked two shots in 22:07 of ice time.
"[Krejci] is a good player and maybe he does fly under the radar for a lot of people, but he certainly doesn't fly under the radar for us," coach Claude Julien said. "He's very creative and, not only that, he doesn't get intimidated by physicality. He'll make plays and go into dirty areas and he's a playmaker. But he goes about his job quietly."
Maple Leafs: The Maple Leafs managed a season-high 47 shots, but only had two goals to show for it as Rask shut the door time and again. The last home playoff win for Toronto came April 30, 2004 -- a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. Defenseman Jake Gardiner scored his first career playoff goal and Phil Kessel scored his second goal of the series, but it wasn't enough.
"If we want to be blatantly honest, we made some mistakes that ended up in our net," coach Randy Carlyle said. "When you do that, usually you end up on the wrong side of the score. In the playoffs, you can't give the opposition (chances). I'm not taking it away from the Bruins, that they didn't earn it, but when you make mistakes with the puck that lead to Grade-A scoring chances and they score, those are tough ones for our group."Who's hot: Krejci has two goals and seven points to lead all scorers in the postseason. Lucic has a five-game point-scoring streak and six assists in three playoff games. … Toronto's Kessel has scored twice in the past two games.
Injury report: Toronto defenseman Michael Kostka (broken finger) is out indefinitely.


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HANG TIME SOUTHWEST — Google "JaVale McGee" and you know as well as he what's coming: "JaVale McGee Top 10 Stupid Plays." A YouTube staple.
The most prominent photo is a close-up of the 7-foot center's familiar scrunched face in full-on flummoxed mode, head slightly cocked, mouth half agape. It's practically begging for someone to draw a giant question mark inside a cartoon cloud bubble over his head. Chances are Shaquille O'Neal — McGee being a favorite punch line during TNT's studio show and its "Shaqtin' A Fool" segment — beat you to it.
"People around the NBA really think that I'm dumb or stupid," McGee said. "But people that know me know that I'm actually very intelligent. It doesn't affect me at all."
In fact, McGee, who goes by an alter ego called Pierre on his colorful Instagram and Twitter accounts, has big plans. With a new coach and a fresh slate this season in Denver, rising to All-Star-caliber-big-man status, he said, is within his grasp.
"Definitely," McGee told NBA.com this week. "I feel like I'm extremely athletic, extremely fast, extremely agile for being a 7-foot big man and just need the right people behind me to be able to bring what has to come out to be a dominant center in the league. There's a lot of things that haven't even been [brought out] of my game that people haven't even seen. So I just feel like this is going to be the season."
McGee ready for increased role
That job belongs to rookie coach Brian Shaw, who replaced the fired George Karl, who inherited McGee in a trade and, judging by playing time (18.1 mpg last season), ultimately viewed McGee more as the goofball in those video clips than a potential game-changer. After McGee logged just 16 minutes in a late December game at Dallas, Karl explained: "I think he's a really good, important player for us. But in the same sense, I'm going to play the guys who I think can help you win the game."
In a real sense, the transitioning Nuggets, who awarded McGee a $44 million extension last year, chose McGee's potential over Karl's success. The revamped front office traded Karl's favorite starting center, Kosta Koufos, and still doesn't know if McGee will mesh with starting power forward Kenneth Faried (a Karl concern) or if McGee can thrive playing 30-plus minutes a night.
They just know they've got 44 million reasons to find out.
"I'm definitely getting that feeling from the coaches that I'm going to be more of an impact and getting more minutes," said McGee, who enters his sixth NBA season and second full season in Denver after 3 ½ oddball years with Washington. "It's really up to the coach as to how he wants to use me. It's up to me to work and everything, and I'm going to do that. So if I work hard and I come prepared and in shape for training camp, there's nothing that can stop me but the coach."
McGee, 25, is eager to get started. He returned to Denver earlier this month to begin working with Shaw and the new coaching staff. He said he sees an offense that will station him at the elbow to begin sets and will allow him to work the low post and also stretch the defense with a mid-range jumper he said the league has yet to really lay eyes on, but one, he added, he can drain from 17 feet and in.
Post play still a work in progress
He cedes that many fans might only recognize him for boneheaded plays on blooper reels gone viral, but he's certain opposing players take a different viewpoint of his capabilities.
"With players, my reputation is of a guy that you don't want to be caught running around with because there's a high probability you're going to get dunked on," McGee said. "And my reputation is also a guy that you want to move the ball around in the air or else you're going to get it blocked, basically."
McGee can throw down a dunk and he almost led the league in blocks in 2010-11. Other areas are less refined. For example, he can be clumsy getting position in the low post, and when he gets the ball, he's not yet ballerina-like with his footwork. But how many big men today are?
McGee has averaged 8.7 ppg on 54.2 percent shooting and 5.7 rebounds over his first five seasons. He averaged a career-high 11.3 ppg and 7.8 rpg in 2011-12 split between Washington and Denver.
He dropped to 9.1 ppg and 4.8 rpg last season as Karl squeezed his minutes. The statistical website Basketball-Reference.com projects a 36-minute-a-night McGee to average 16.8 ppg, 10.0 rpg and 3.4 bpg. Those numbers would have put him in the top five in each category among centers last season. McGee said his goal is to average a double-double and two or three blocks a game.
"I definitely have post moves. I have a mid-range shot that I really never got to use my whole career in the NBA," McGee said. "Coach Karl didn't want his 'bigs' shootings at all. [Defenses are] probably going to leave me open for the mid-range, so I definitely got to take that shot."
'Just a big kid' at heart
The shot getting plenty of attention recently is on a 20-second video clip that media outlets homed in on because, well, it's JaVale being goofy again. The video shows McGee beating a pint-size kid at Pop-a-Shot, celebrating the victory and playfully proclaiming into the camera, "Who said I couldn't shoot 3s?!"
It's pretty funny, and harmless. It comes courtesy of McGee himself, posted on Instagram. He posts a lot of clips, all PG-rated, mostly fun-loving and all just very JaVale. Which also feeds into the goofball pipeline, one that can fill his social media pages with teases, jeers and worse, but also one for which McGee makes no apologies.
"I'm just a big kid, basically. I love to have fun," McGee said. "I love being around positive people and making people smile. I don't do anything malicious or anything in a negative manner. I'm all about positivity and making people smile is positive."
When the goofiness and, yes the stupidity — how else to describe much of the YouTube montage? — invades his game, his coaches (he's had four in five seasons) aren't smiling. Those plays evidence a confounding selfishness and at times a perplexing obliviousness to game situations. The majority of those incidents happened with the hapless Wizards. A better situation, the belief goes, brings sharper focus. McGee touts his maturity and unselfishness last season by never complaining about playing time and accepting his role on a club that won 57 games.
"I'm definitely more mature than I was my first two or three years, but I actually was very mature last year. I just wasn't really given the opportunity to really be what I could be," McGee said. "But I feel like this coach has a lot more confidence in me."
McGee must keep it by continuing to mature and by working hard to develop the tantalizing talent that often torments his own team. If not, his Google results will never change, his Twitter timeline will still fill with taunts and teases and Shaq will keep poking him on national TV.
"I don't watch the shows," McGee said. "Most of the time people will be at me on Twitter and stuff like that, but I just read it and move on and live my life. I tell you that a lot of the people that actually say something, they would pay anything to be in my position, and the fact that they do, that is actually a positive thing because there's no such thing as bad publicity."
After Shaq splattered him on his "Shaqtin A Fool" segment, McGee reported his Twitter followers spiked.
The Nuggets would simply prefer a "JaVale McGee" Google search that no longer starts with a top 10 list of stupid plays.


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Successful Launch for Broadband Internet Satellite
The KA-SAT satellite of Eutelsat Communications has been successfully lofted into orbit by a Proton Breeze M rocket supplied by International Launch Services. Built for Eutelsat by Astrium using the Eurostar E3000 platform, the KA-SAT is a new generation of multi-spotbeam satellite. Its concept is based on a payload with 82 narrow spotbeams connected to 10 ground stations.
This configuration enables frequencies to be reused 20 times and takes total throughput beyond 70G bps. The company said the combination of KA-SAT's capacity and ViaSat's SurfBeam technology will make it possible to deliver Internet connectivity for more than 1 million homes, at speeds comparable to ADSL.
The ground network will use ViaSat's SurfBeam technology, similar to the solution already powering broadband connectivity for almost 450,000 satellite homes in North America. Lift-off of the 6.1-ton satellite took place on the evening of Dec. 26. After a 9-hour, 12-minute flight, the launcher released KA-SAT into geosynchronous transfer orbit. "Acquisition of the satellite's telemetry signal by Eutelsat's control center at the Rambouillet teleport and the partial deployment of the solar arrays have already been successfully completed," a company statement said.
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Wall Street retreated Monday as continuing violence in the Middle East and a resulting jump in oil prices reminded investors that the market could face problems beyond the recession. The collapse of a Dow Chemical Co. joint venture, meanwhile, intensified Wall Street's economic worries.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street retreated Monday as continuing violence in the Middle East and a resulting jump in oil prices reminded investors that the market could face problems beyond the recession. The collapse of a Dow Chemical Co. joint venture, meanwhile, intensified Wall Street's economic worries.
Investors remained cautious in a holiday-shortened week, unwilling to make many big bets in the final three days of trading for 2008. Israel's escalating attacks against Gaza's Hamas rulers made traders more hesitant to buy.
The tensions pushed oil prices above $40 a barrel during the session, with crude closing up $2.31 at $40.02 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil had fallen more than $100 from its peak of $147.27 a barrel on July 11 as a slowing economy curbed demand, but the fighting in Gaza raised the possibility of supply disruptions that could send prices climbing again.
Todd Leone, managing director of equity trading at Cowen & Co., said trading volume is extremely light and that is contributing to the market's swings. Low volume tends to skew price movements.
"What's going on in Israel didn't read well over the weekend," Leone said. "Beyond that, it is an incredibly quiet session. It's really not taking much to move the markets."
Investors also digested a potential blow to dealmaking on Wall Street. On Sunday, Kuwait's government canceled its $17.4 billion K-Dow Petrochemicals joint venture with Dow Chemical, saying it was "very risky" because of the global financial crisis and low oil prices. The joint venture was set to begin Thursday.
Rohm & Haas Co. maintains that its proposed $15.3 billion takeover by Dow Chemical won't be affected by Dow's substantial loss of income from the venture. But investors punished shares, driving them down $9.60, or 15.1 percent, to $53.96. Dow Chemical shares lost $3.15, or 16.3 percent, to $15.35.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 31.62, or 0.37 percent, to 8,483.93.
Broader indexes also declined. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 3.38, or 0.39 percent, to 869.42; the Nasdaq composite index fell 19.92, or 1.30 percent, to 1,510.32.
Declining issues were ahead of advancers by nearly 4 to 3 on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to an extremely 1.40 billion shares, down from 1.71 billion on Friday.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 2.10 percent from 2.14 percent late Friday. The yield on the three-month T-bill, in great demand because it is considered one of the safest investments, rose to 0.03 percent from 0.01 percent late Friday.
The dollar was lower against other major currencies, while gold prices rose.
Wall Street has largely written off the final three trading days of 2008, the worst year since Herbert Hoover was president. The Dow has fallen 36 percent, the biggest drop since 1931 when the Great Depression sent stocks reeling 40.6 percent. And the Standard & Poor's 500 index is set to record the biggest drop since its creation in 1957. The index of America's biggest companies is down 40.8 percent for the year.
Alexander Paris, economist and market analyst for Chicago-based Barrington Research, said investors had more reasons to sell on Monday rather than scoop up stocks. For instance, he said some investors might be selling for tax purposes or positioning ahead of economic data to be released later this week, including the Institute for Supply Management's assessment of the manufacturing sector, scheduled for Friday.
"When you have a quiet week, things have a bigger impact on the market," he said. "Everybody likes to have a headline as to what caused the market to move. But, there's still the broader concern that the fourth quarter will be the worst on record for economic growth since 1982."
Dave Rovelli, managing director of trading at brokerage Canaccord Adams, said investors will be waiting to make big moves until after the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. Wall Street is eager for details on his proposed stimulus package for the economy.
"No one is going to do anything until the New Year," he said.
However, if companies release earnings warnings early in January, or if the first wave of fourth-quarter reports are disappointing, the market could see a return of heavy selling. Investors will be focusing on any word from companies deemed critical to the economy, especially from the beleaguered financial and retail sectors.
Investors will also be looking for more insight this week into how retailers fared after the weak Christmas selling season. Stores have slashed prices even further to entice post-holiday shoppers but with many consumers nervous about the economy they're reluctant to spend. That's a troubling prospect for investors, since consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity.
In other corporate news, billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian sold his remaining shares in Ford Motor Co., according to a spokeswoman for his investment company Tracinda Corp. Kerkorian's jettisoning of Ford comes just six months after Tracinda boosted its stake in the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker to 6.49 percent.
Ford shares fell 6 cents, or 2.6 percent, to $2.23.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 10.62, or 2.23 percent, to 466.15.
Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.09 percent. In afternoon trading, Britain's FTSE 100 rose 2.44 percent, Germany's DAX index rose 1.63 percent, and France's CAC-40 rose 0.47 percent.
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We have Ubuntu Server with Subversion installed on it. It makes automatic backups every week. And it doesn't connected to the Internet. Seems all OK with security. But one thing concern me — this server is in the room that accessed by a lot of people. Are there any solutions to protect valuable data from being physically stolen by someone? I mean something like some fast format device that could erase all data on server's HDDs if unauthorized person will try to extract these HDDs.
I know that ideal solution is to create standalone server room with restricted access, but it is too expensive yet.


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CNBC's resident road tripper/anchor Brian Sullivan went home again, of sorts, to San Diego for "Three Cities in Three Days" on "Street Signs." His father served in the Navy in the port city until 1985.
"It's still a Navy town," said Mayor Bob Filner, who also highlights its booming biotechnology industry.


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That they don't track bugs effectively, that I can understand. As reported before by Slaven, they were looking into improving that tool or looking out for a replacement.Sandy wrote:No, my point is simply that PSI does not track bugs effectively and it does not fix many known bugs in its products.
I agree with you that I'm optimistic about it, as we already saw proof of their willingness to solve existing bugs and problems. Remember the way Draft has been changed.I only bought the whole unfortunate subject up in the first place in response to Eric's (again I will say it) polliannaish claim in the spite of PSI recent history that: "I'm sure most of them will be adressed during the next beta run."
Whether all bugs will be fixed, depends on whether that bug can be reproduced, same as priority, time and resources needed to fix that bug.
What I don't understand is your stance to always go back to the past. Maybe it's because your list isn't adressed.
I do give them more credit for what they're trying to achieve now.
Also with all the new products hitting the market, I'm sure they have their hands full with all support requests and future plans.
I also didn't say ALL bugs will get fixed, because that's unrealistic.
English isn't my first language, so I'm a bit restricted on how to respond to a question, what words I should use and so on.
Sometimes I do make mistakes in my choice of words and if every post is going to be analyzed, it makes it even more difficult for me to provide support to whoever is asking.
If you take 2 minutes to write something down, I'll need more then 5 minutes to express myself clearly. Sometimes it's even hard to find the right words or knowing how to write it down correctly.
Give it some slack Sandy.


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Authorities say eight prison inmates being transported from Tennessee escaped in a van with a gun in it in western Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Betsy Randolph says the guards in the transport van stopped at a hospital in Weatherford Tuesday afternoon and were inside the hospital when the inmates escaped.
Randolph says she doesn't know why the guards were inside the hospital nor where the van was going and it wasn't known which direction the van was heading. The vehicle is described as a white Chevrolet van with blacked out windows. It has a Tennessee license plate with the number 00946H2.
Anyone who sees the van should call 911.
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