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The Chiefs were 31st in the NFL in rushing yards allowed and tied with the Bills for the second-highest per-carry average given up last year. But the Chiefs own the NFL's sixth-ranked run defense and are yielding just 3.7 yards per rush attempt (eight-best in the league) this season. They're also seventh in average points allowed per game and fifth in scoring differential.
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"It was a very nice ceremony," Town Supervisor Gerald Morrow told the Press-Republican.
While Chesterfield's original two-piece flagpole was dedicated in memory of the attacks shortly after they occurred, he said, that staff broke two years ago as a result of the tropical storms that hit the area.
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Hey guys, im trying to diagnose why my thermostat replacement (that worked for 1 week) is now causing the water to leak from the water pump area (I put blue gasket maker around the thermostat housing when I reattached the thermostat the second time so theres no way its leaking from the housing) and I have heard people mention the weep hole from dying water pumps but I cannot seem to find it on my truck. can someone please point it out in this picture? this appears to be the style water pump I have except its specified as a 2.05 inlet whereas mine is the 1.88 diameter thermostat inlet. it is also possible that the gasket has been breached and water is leaking from behind the pump which is making things quite hard to diagnose sorry for the wall of text my "enter" key isn't working at the moment.
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well I just got out from underneath the truck and to the best of my inspection I can either assume that its leaking from the gasket or the bottom of the pump has a crack in it because water is "welling" out of the bottom in a way that would either be inidicative of a slight crack in the equipment or a breach of the gasket. mind you that, the truck was only slightly temping up then cooling itself down, which led me to believe it was the thermostat in the first place, then after replacing the thermostat everything was fine for a week (not even a raise in temp) and then I started noticed coolant slowly leaking out from under the truck then a few days passed and the coolant leak kept getting worse and worse.
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What year is your truck? I have 2002 and mine is leaking from the gaskets on the water pump. I was told by a GM tech that it was common.02GMC2500 4X4 extcab.Kenda Mud tires.3"Magnaflow true dual Exhaust.throttle body spacer with K&N air filter.Hypertech programmer.White LED dash lights.LED back up lights and marker lights.LED cab lights.LED interior lights.6000k HID conversion lows, with high/low conversion.Installed Center Console
My 2003 leaked from the gaskets also. I did a pressure test and it poured out at around 12 psi. I installed a new pump instead of just changing the gaskets. My dad's 02 leaked from an o-ring sealing a cover on the back side of the pump. You can buy a new o-ring for it. He also just chose to install a new pump after taking it all apart.
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Sorry about that, i got a 2004 model, y'know i just checked my "profile" and its listed under vehicles but that part doesnt show up underneath your forum handle, i just put it in the "location" instead, now everyone can see it
I will likely be replacing the entire pump as well as the gaskets, but im worried because I cant afford an OEM one, and i dont want to buy some POS from Autozone (whether new or remanufactured)
What are yall's opinions on the remanufactured or new but generic water pumps that go for ~75-150?
Rockauto has ac delco for $125 for steel impeller, im just saving up til i can afford all the hoses. Going to be about $200 for the quality stuff. Still have not made up my mind on which brand to use for hoses. I also tried to find a high volume wp with no luck.
I think stated this before. the water pump gaskets should be replaced. they are a known failure with these engines. replacing these are easy. replacing the water pump is a much harder job since the fan must be removed. on removal of the water pump you will clearly see the weep hole. also if you remove all the components around the water pump and using a good sized mirror with a light in a dark setting you can see the weep hole. when the gaskets leak the coolant flows around many seams on the block so it is hard to find exactly where its coming from.
the fastest easy way to know if its these gaskets is to use some coolant sealer .If it stops then its the gaskets . if it does not stop it is the water pump seal/bearing.
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var currDir; var canvas; var context; var card; function drawCompass() { currDir = 0; canvas = document.getElementById("e"); context = canvas.getContext("2d"); card = new Image(); card.src = "CompassCard.png"; card.onload = function() { context.translate(100,100); context.globalAlpha = 0.5; context.drawImage(card, -100, -100, 200, 200); } } function updateView(dir) { context.rotate(currDir*2*Math.PI/360); context.rotate(-dir*2*Math.PI/360); context.drawImage(card, -100,-100,200,200); currDir = dir; }
The header of the HTML file declares a title and references the JavaScript file. The body consists of two
s: one with a button and one with a <canvas>. You don't really need the button for the application, but I wanted to show how you call Dalvik routines from JavaScript/HTML. Notice that the onclick attribute for the button is set to window.direction.turnOnCompass(). You'll see later how that API is declared in Dalvik and how it is wired to start the compass sensor sending direction updates.
The second
 is the canvas where you draw the compass card. Let's assume a landscape orientation for the application and position the canvas on the right side of the screen. In a real application, you'd take account of the specific screen geometry of the device you're running on. For simplicity here, I've hard-coded some pixel values. A short embedded script then asks the drawCompass() function to draw the initial compass card image.
The JavaScript file declares some variables and defines two functions:
drawCompass() draws the initial compass card, with north pointing up.
updateView(dir) will be called whenever you get an updated compass direction from the compass sensor (I explain how later). It rotates the drawing context appropriately and redraws the compass card.
Let's turn our attention to the Dalvik part of the application. You need manifest and layout files (Listings 3 and 4).
Listing 3. AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android= "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.lj.ARCompass" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0"> <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:debuggable="true"> <activity android:name=".ARCompass" android:label="@string/app_name"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"> </uses-permission> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"> </uses-permission> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_DEBUG_APP"> </uses-permission> </manifest>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android= "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" > <SurfaceView android:id="@+id/preview" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1" /> <WebView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/webView0" android:layout_alignTop="@id/preview" android:layout_alignBottom="@id/preview" /> </RelativeLayout>
The manifest says the application consists of only one screen (the ARCompass activity) and that it needs the user's permission to access the camera and Internet. It also asked for SET_DEBUG_AP permission, which allows you to run the app on a real device while using the Eclipse debugger.
The layout file says the activity contains two views, a WebView cleverly named webView0 and a SurfaceView named preview. I'm using a Relative Layout so you can position the views on top of each other using the layout_align_top and layout_align_bottom attributes for webView0. I'll handle any other needed layout in the HTML that I'll ask WebView to render.
The Dalvik part of the application is more complicated, but not so bad if you break it down into sections:
package com.lj.ARCompass; import java.io.IOException; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.AlertDialog; import android.content.Context; import android.content.DialogInterface; import android.hardware.Camera; import android.hardware.Sensor; import android.hardware.SensorEvent; import android.hardware.SensorEventListener; import android.hardware.SensorManager; import android.os.Bundle; import android.util.Log; import android.view.SurfaceHolder; import android.view.SurfaceView; import android.view.Window; import android.webkit.WebChromeClient; import android.webkit.WebSettings; import android.webkit.WebView; import android.widget.Toast; public class ARCompass extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Callback { private WebView mWebView; private SensorManager mSensorManager; private float[] mValues; private boolean compassOn = false; private static final String TAG = "ARCompass"; final Context mContext = this; private Camera mCamera; private SurfaceView mSurfaceView; private SurfaceHolder mSurfaceHolder; private boolean mPreviewRunning;
These first lines import all the libraries you need, declare some needed variables, and declare the only Activity, ARCompass. Note that I've said ARCompass will implement the SurfaceHolder.Callback interface—this is needed for the camera preview.
The next block of code declares a SensorEventListener:
private final SensorEventListener mListener = new SensorEventListener() { @Override public void onAccuracyChanged (Sensor sensor, int accuracy) { } @Override public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) { mValues = event.values; Log.d(TAG,"Compass update: " + mValues[0]); String url = "javascript:updateView(" + mValues[0] + ");"; mWebView.loadUrl(url); } };
Later on, I'm going to wire this listener up to the update events that I'll get from the compass sensor. For now, notice in the onSensorChanged() method that the ultimate result is to load a URL into the WebView (also created later). The URL is of the form javascript:updateView(direction), because the first value passed to you in the array event.values[] is, in fact, the current compass direction. Loading the URL into the WebView has the effect of calling the updateView() function just defined in arcompass.js.
The next section of code gets into the onCreate() method, called when the activity is first created:
After calling the superclass routine and setting a TAG to be used with log messages, I request the FEATURE_NO_TITLE for the window, because I don't want or need the usual Android title bar. Then, I connect with the main.xml layout file I looked at earlier.
The next block of code initializes the SurfaceView that you're going to use for the camera preview, and the next block of code initializes the WebView. I'll leave most of the details to the reader (the Android SDK help files are excellent), but note one line in particular:
By default, WebViews don't execute JavaScript. This setting turns on that ability.
The line after the WebView settings invokes addJavascriptInterface() to add a new API that can be called from scripts run by the WebView. I define the CompassJavaScriptInterface class later, including the method turnOnCompass(), but this is where I defined the "direction" part of the function call I made back in arcompass.html (window.direction.turnOnCompass()).
The next 20 lines or so define a WebChromClient, so you can issue alert() function calls from JavaScript, and those will be converted into Android alert boxes. This is useful for debugging, but not absolutely needed unless your JavaScript uses alerts.
The last line in this section loads the arcompass.html file into the WebView. Note the syntax of the file reference. Again, the file is in the assets folder of the application project, and the SDK includes that folder in the .apk package that is downloaded when installing the application. The next section of code connects the compass sensor to the application:
final class CompassJavaScriptInterface { /* Note this runs in a separate thread */ CompassJavaScriptInterface() { } public void turnOnCompass() { Log.d(TAG, "turnOnCompass"); mSensorManager = (SensorManager) getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE); Sensor mSensor = mSensorManager.getDefaultSensor (Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION); if(mSensor != null){ mSensorManager.registerListener(mListener, mSensor, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL); compassOn = true; Log.d(TAG, "Compass started"); } else{ Toast.makeText(mContext, "No ORIENTATION Sensor", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); compassOn = false; finish(); } } } @Override protected void onDestroy() { super.onDestroy(); if(compassOn){ mSensorManager.unregisterListener(mListener); } finish(); }
First, I declare the class that I referred to back in addJavascriptInterface(). When you make a call this way from JavaScript, it can be important to know that this code is going to run in a thread separate from the one where it was invoked above. In particular, if the called routine needs to manipulate the user interface, it will not be running in the UI thread, so it needs to post a runnable for that thread to pick up. In this case, I'm just working with the Sensor interface, so running in a separate thread is not an issue.
The only method I define is turnOnCompass(), but I could define others. If I defined another method blatz(), I could call it from JavaScript as window.direction.blatz(). The turnOnCompass() method invokes the SensorManager and asks for a handle to the default orientation sensor. If there is a default orientation sensor, it registers the SensorEventListener I defined at the beginning, sets a housekeeping boolean and returns. If there isn't an orientation sensor, it tells the user with a Toast, and exits.
The final block of code in this section makes sure that you de-register the listener when the application exits. If you happen to be the only registered listener for orientation, this would give Android the opportunity to power down that service, and even that sensor.
The last section of Dalvik code deals with the camera preview:
// Create camera preview. public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder){ mCamera = Camera.open(); try { mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(holder); } catch (IOException exception) { mCamera.release(); mCamera = null; } } // Change preview's properties public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int w, int h){ mCamera.startPreview(); mPreviewRunning = true; } // Stop the preview. public void surfaceDestroyed (SurfaceHolder holder){ mCamera.stopPreview(); mPreviewRunning = false; mCamera.release(); } }
Again, the details of the camera preview implementation are best left to the Android SDK documentation. The three methods—surfaceCreated(), surfaceChanged() and surfaceDestroyed()—are the methods of the Surface.Callback interface that I said this activity would implement, and they are called for you at each of those events. When the surface is created, you connect the camera preview to the SurfaceHolder. When the surface is destroyed, you stop the camera preview and release the camera. The surfaceChanged method is called only once, after surfaceCreated, and you actually start the preview there.
When you build and run this program on a mobile phone, you get something like the picture shown in Figure 2. This is an HTC EVO screenshot. I haven't done a lot to account for screen geometry differences, so your phone may look a bit different.
The user sees a Start button and a compass card superimposed on the current camera preview. The Start button isn't really needed, but I included it so I could show how JavaScript/HTML can call a Dalvik method.
When you tap the Start button, the HTML part of the application calls window.direction.turnOnCompass(), which is implemented in Dalvik. The method asks the orientation sensor to start sending compass readings to mListener. Every time mListener gets a new compass reading, it calls the JavaScript routine updateView() to repaint the compass card on the screen.
Rick Rogers has been a professional embedded developer for more than 30 years. Now specializing in mobile application software, when Rick isn't writing software for a living, he's writing books and magazine articles like this one.
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Apr 13 2010 - Samsung's entry in to the budget laptop market feels a bit dated because of one part choice. Rather than using a new Intel Core 2010 processor, they are using an older Core 2 Duo T6600 dual core processor. While this is certainly capable of running basic applications without much of a problem, it lags behind the Core i3-330M that most companies have switched to. This makes it slower for tasks such as video or multitasking.
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After yielding a pair of runs and three hits in the opening frame, Forbes did not allow a Wesleyan runner past second base over the next six frames while allowing just two hits with seven strikeouts. Springfield led throughout the game, having scored three runs in the top of the first.
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Zackie R. "Zack" Hyslop, 68, of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012 in Muskogee.
He was born June 25, 1944 in Waldron, Arkansas to Ocie Dwight Hyslop and Carrie Lissie Taylor Hyslop, the youngest of fourteen children. Zack attended school at Vann & Ross Country Schools. He later served his country by joining the United States Army. Zack married Shirley Sanders on November 13, 1961 in Poteau, Oklahoma. They raised seven children together.
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He is survived by the mother of his children, Shirley Hyslop; daughters, Angela Scott and husband Dick of Muskogee, Lisa Jones and husband Troy of McClain, Kristina Howard and husband Jimmy of Webbers Falls, Jennifer Miller and husband Justin of Muskogee; sons, Zackie Row Jr. of Warner, Keith Hyslop and wife Tamra of Webbers Falls; sixteen grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; three sisters, Louise Ball and husband Frank, Sadie Shamblin, Lorene Blackwood, all of Porum; mother-in-law, Geneva Sanders of Warner.
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Zackie R. "Zack" Hyslop, 68, of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012 in Muskogee.


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By Michael Biggs
Since March 2011, over thirty Tibetans have set themselves on fire to protest against repression in China. This is the latest manifestation of a resurgence in suicide protest — where someone kills him or herself for a political cause, without harming anyone else. The most famous recent case is Mohammad Bouazizi in Tunisia, whose self-immolation sparked the Arab spring in 2011 and whose example was followed by many others in North Africa. Less familiar in the West, the campaign for a separate state of Telangana within India (to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh) was accompanied by a wave of self-immolation in 2010-2011.
The Tibetan wave of self-immolation is already one of the largest in the last half century. There is only a single episode on a much greater scale: in India in 1990, when over a hundred students killed themselves or attempted suicide to protest against affirmative action for lower castes.
For the Tibetan cause, self-immolation is not new. A former monk set himself on fire in India in 1998, after a group of hunger strikers from the Tibetan Youth Congress was attacked by police. The origins of the recent wave can be traced to 2009, when a monk in China's Sichuan province set himself on fire while raising a Tibetan flag. He came from Kirti monastery, which has become the scene of many recent immolations.
What could explain the adoption of such a terrible tactic? The long-running campaign for Tibetan autonomy has garnered public support in the West, but has not improved conditions in China. While the world's attention was on Beijing's Olympic Games in 2008, Tibetans — including monks in Kirti monastery — did protest, but this led only to severe repression. The prospects for conventional forms of non-violent protest surely appeared bleak. Yet recourse to violence — the kind of insurgency fought by separatist movements all over the world — was incompatible with Buddhist values championed by the Dalai Lama. Self-immolation was a last resort.
This terrible action has a long history in Mahayana Buddhism, the predominant Buddhist tradition in Tibet, China, and Vietnam. Texts from the fourth century onwards describe monks choosing death, usually by fire. The practice continued into the early twentieth century. We could categorize these deaths as 'religious' rather than 'political'; they were intended to achieve a more exalted existence after death or to influence the cosmic order.
Self-immolation as a form of political protest was invented by a Buddhist monk in South Vietnam. Thich Quang Duc set himself on fire in Saigon in 1963: an action staged for the Western media. Altogether about seventy Buddhists sacrificed themselves in the country in the years down to 1975: protesting against the government's political and religious repression and its prosecution of the war against North Vietnam. Most of the immolators were monks or nuns, but some were laypeople, often students — just like the Tibetans today.
While self-immolation might recapitulate ancient tradition, it can also exploit modern technology. Quang Duc's action became known all over the world because it was captured by a press photographer. China exercises tight control over media, but censorship can be circumvented by technology. There is an image of the Tibetan monk who set himself on fire in 2009, obviously captured by a mobile phone. New technology means that information cannot be confined by state boundaries, and so one act of unimaginable courage can find a global audience.
Can these immolations have a real political influence? They have certainly galvanized a wave of protest by Tibetans in China, and of course have attracted public attention in the West (which is why I am writing this and you are reading it). The problem for the Tibetan cause, however, is that the West has minimal leverage over China. Contrast South Vietnam in 1963: it was a client of the US, and the self-immolations alienated the American government, leading quickly to a coup. Conceivably, the Tibetan immolations could alter public opinion in China, among the majority Han Chinese. However, there is no sign of this happening.
The Chinese government has previously turned self-immolation to its own advantage. Following a campaign of repression against Falun Gong, five followers set themselves alight in Tiananmen Square (and two more were thwarted) on the eve of Chinese New Year in 2001. The government initially tried to censor news of this incident, confiscating film taken by CNN. Then an official realized that the action could be turned against the movement, as one of the immolators was a 12-year-old girl (accompanied by her mother). State television broadcast gruesome film showing the girl writhing in agony. This enabled the government to portray Falun Gong as a dangerous cult, justifying its repression. Survivors from the Tiananman Square incident were later paraded in front of television to denounce the movement. In echoes of this media strategy, the first Tibetan to set himself on fire in China in 2009 has since been interviewed on local television, saying that he regretted his action.
Whatever the larger political consequences, self-immolation by Tibetans seems destined to continue in the weeks to come: each sacrifice inspires others to emulate it.
Michael Biggs is a sociologist at Oxford University, who studies social movements and political protest. He contributed a chapter on self-immolation to Making Sense of Suicide Missions, edited by Diego Gambetta, which was awarded an honourable mention by American Society of Criminology/Division of International Criminology Distinguished Book Award 2006. His latest article "Explaining Membership in the British National Party: A Multilevel Analysis of Contact and Threat" is forthcoming in European Sociological Review.
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Tibetan people want freedom; China will never be a great and lasting world power until the Tibetan people and Tibetan Buddhism are free from China's precaution. Long life to The Dalai Lama and HH The Karmapa.
Estimates of the number of suicides for a separate Telangana State in the past 3 years are in the range of 400-900, but sadly the telangana cause was not chic enough like the Tibetian one, from 12year old kids to elderly septuagenarians have killed themselves, mostly in the form of hangings,self-immolations,throwing themselves under trains, some have shot themselves… all have written their final Suicide letters..clearly expressing the reasons for their actions, but Telangana cause never managed to be come under the spot light of international media.


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I would go McCutchen & Holliday for sure. In my opinion, the 3rd would be an absolute toss up between Reyes and Hanley... I do like Butler but 1B is pretty deep...
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Nikolaj Sorensen, maybe? He last skated with Katelyn Good, coached by Dubreuil/Lauzon. Good/Sorensen were 14th in the preliminary round at Moscow Worlds competing for Denmark.
A Crone/Sorenson partnership would mean, assuming a release for him, that they could do international competitions in 2012-13, but couldn't do championships until 2013-2014, since Moscow Worlds were held so late in 2011, unless the ISU passed an exception because the circumstances were so exceptional, but only if he becomes a citizen of Canada by 1 July 2013 (Rule 109). Otherwise, as a Canadian resident, he can compete in the 2014-15 championships. (ETA: That's the singles rule I crossed out.) He's been training in Canada since 2009, and he may very well already be a Canadian Permanent Resident.
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"The team doesn't get automatic capacity because management is mad" -- Greg Smith, agile guy
Yes, confirmed on her fb page about a half hour ago. They will debut @ Lake Placid.
I am very happy to hear Vanessa has a new partner. I was very disturbed that someone ofher calibre would have to quit competing. I really like her personality and her quick feet, and lightness. I don't know her partner, but I'm sure we'll all be hearing more soon. Perhaps she will have more of a connection with this new guy.. Good luck to them!!!!
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Wow, great news. I am a big fan of Vanessa as well. One more reason I just have to make it to Canadians this year. I sure hope Mr. puglover sees it that way.
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Alexandra post on facebook
This could be great FDCheck out "The Legend of 1900," a very interesting & unique movie. @mitchislam & I are skating to pieces from it for our FD this season!
Just saw the news. I believe there is a heavy focus on the piano in this movie? I'm scouring youtube for good clips now, will post when I find them...
Found this series of videos (I've added a link for the first, the rest can be easily found from there) that contain what I think is the entire movie soundtack.
I'm SO excited for this FD I don't know how I'm gonna make it through the off season!!! This is gonna be a really awesome FD for them. <3 There are so many beautiful parts to this score that I can't even begin to imagine which ones they'll choose. BTW, totally love them for choosing a score by Morricone, one of my all time favourite composers (and a master of movie scores). Any work on who choreographed this FD?
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I agree. I did some listening and there are some gorgeous pieces of music for them to choose from. Now I'm wondering which ones . Whatever, I think it's a great choice for them.
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Thanks for the news, pani! I have listened to the music and I really like it! I can't wait til they debut their program!
Tonight is the COS show. Anyone going?
love the music in the link provided.
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A couple of hours ago, PJ Kwong tweeted:
I hope this means some reports on her blog about the show.Am having a great time with Paul C. Announcing at the COS show!
"The team doesn't get automatic capacity because management is mad" -- Greg Smith, agile guy
I've posted the Facebook link to Justine Chiu's photos of last night's COS show here: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/show...3&postcount=43
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Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech
6-foot-4, 215 pounds
Draft projection: 30th to 45th overall
Lowdown: When the college season ended, a lot of draftniks were thinking Hill would be a third or fourth-round pick. He left college a year early, and he only caught 49 passes in three seasons for the Ramblin' Wreck. He showed impressive big-play ability in 2011 by catching 28 passes for 820 yards – a 29.3-yard average.
Then he had a stunning workout at the NFL Scouting Combine. Hill ran a 40-yard dash time of 4.36 seconds, tied for second fastest among all players. He had a 39.5-inch vertical jump. Hill led the nation in yards per catch last season, and he played in a run-oriented offense. He is a true deep threat who can strike fear into defenses.
NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock on Hill: "The tough thing with Stephen Hill is coming out of that option offense, he's hard to evaluate. We went through this with (Denver's) Demaryius Thomas (last year). But he ran officially a 4.36. He broad-jumped 11-feet, 1. I forget his vertical, but it didn't matter, it was out of the gym. The point is his acceleration, his burst, his quickness. And even more important to me, OK, now you've shown me you're an athletic track star. When he got on the field and caught the football, he didn't double-catch balls. He made hands catches out in front of him. From a football perspective, every team in the league now has a lot of homework to do. He's a hard guy to figure out, just like Demaryius Thomas was, because you don't see real routes. All you see are verticals and crosses and play-action and jump balls. You've got to do your homework on this kid. And trust me, he's kind of pushed himself right up in the forefront of this wide receiver thing."
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PITTSBURGH — Add seven swans, six geese and five golden rings to the list of Christmas gifts that cost more than they did a year ago. And if you get all 364 items repeated throughout "The Twelve Days of Christmas" carol, you'll pay 6.1 percent more this year, according to the annual Christmas Price Index compiled by PNC Wealth Management.
That comes to $107,300.
"The rise is larger than expected considering the modest economic growth we've had," said Jim Dunigan, managing executive of investments for PNC.
Thrifty shoppers may find some reasons for cheer. Six items mentioned in the song haven't gone up in price: maids-a-milking, ladies dancing, lords-a-leaping, calling birds, turtle doves and the partridge. The eight maids-a-milking still cost just $58 because the minimum wage hasn't risen.
Twelve drummers drumming ($2,775.50) and eleven pipers piping ($2,562) might also be considered relative bargains compared to seven swans, which will set you back $7,000. Nine ladies dancing will cost you $6,294.03.
Dunigan said the 2011 drought caused the prices of some birds to soar, partly because of corn and other feed costs.
The price of a pear tree is $189.99, an 11.8 percent jump from last year's $169.99. Five gold rings jumped 16.3 percent this year, to $750, and three French hens are now $165, instead of $150.
The $15 partridge is the cheapest item, and swans the most expensive, at $1,000 each.
Last-minute shoppers who turn to the Internet will pay a bit more for the gifts. Buying one set of the core items in each verse costs $24,431 in traditional stores this year, but $40,440 online. Part of that difference is the extra expense of shipping live birds, Dunigan said, adding that Internet costs rose 1.5 percent compared to last year.
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By Andrew Glover
HOMINY, Okla. —
The Morrison Lady Wildcats recovered after losing their opener of the Hominy Tournament Thursday with two wins Friday over Tulsa Webster and Hominy.
The Lady Wildcats defeated Tulsa Webster 20-0. Jacey Bales and Rachel Sabbington combined for a three-inning no-hitter. Morrison coach Tim Hatter said the girls played well.
"They were a bigger school but limited in experience," Hatter said. "My starters got to bat once and I was able to get some freshmen in."
Some of those freshmen took advantage of their time. Kelsey Pennington went 2 for 2 with two runs batted in.
In the second game, Bales was dominant, only giving up one hit in an 8-0 victory over Hominy. The Lady Wildcats had plenty of offense. Bales went 2 for 3 with a triple and two RBIs. Kalie Vernon went 3 for 3 with 2 RBIs and Jamie Lovely went 3 for 3 with three RBIs.
Morrison resumes play in the tournament at 1:20 p.m. Saturday against Pawnee.
Pawnee wins two on second day of Hominy Tournament
The Lady Black Bears didn't allow a run in two games Friday at the Hominy Tournament in a 14-0 victory over Choteau-Maize and a 10-0 victory over Victory Christian.
Hannah Burkett picked up the win in the first game, only pitching to 11 batters and struck out nine. Burkett had plenty of offensive support. Keely Roberts went 2 for 3 with three RBIs. Tori Stevens went 2 for 2 with two RBIs and scored three runs. Chrissie Collins went 2 for 2 two RBIs and scored two runs.
"Thirteen of our 14 runs were by RBIs," Pawnee coach Chad Tsotigh said. "We were able to put some younger players in and sprinkle some stuff in."
Collins pitched a one-hit shutout against Victory Christian and struck out seven. Pawnee was able to take advantage of walks and only got four hits. Burkett scored three runs.
Ripley splits in Asher Tournament
ASHER — The Ripley Lady Warriors won a thriller and lost one Friday in the Asher Tournament.
Ripley defeated Paoli 10-9, in a game that was decided by the international tiebreaker rule. Wisper Lefthand stole home to win the back-and-forth contest.
"We scored four runs in the first inning, then gave up four in the third," Ripley coach Brent Meeks said. "We were down by two when time was going to expire."
Skyler Brunt earned the win. Lefthand was the spark for the Lady Warriors as she stole six bases and scored four runs.
The Lady Warriors (5-6) finished the day with an 8-7 loss to Allen. Ripley took a 2-0 lead but Allen came back and tied the game. The Lady Warriors retook the lead with three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Allen scored five runs in the top of the fifth to take the lead for good.
Glencoe routs Coyle
GLENCOE — The Lady Panthers scored early and often to dismantle the Coyle Lady Bluejackets 9-1 Thursday.
Glencoe scored in every inning, starting with three in the first. Carlie Roe helped the Lady Panthers' cause with a double. Alicia Place earned her seventh win of the season, allowing a run on four hits and three errors. Glencoe's pitcher walked one and struck out three in five innings.
Carney beat Crooked Oak 17-0 Friday.
Ripley baseball tops Exeter in Missouri Festival
POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. — The Ripley Warriors took an early lead and never looked back in a 14-0 victory over Exeter High School in the Missouri Festival.
"I swear we stepped off the bus and hit three doubles before they could get going," Ripley coach Donnie Hoffman said. "We played really well and hit the ball well."
The Warriors (10-4) scored 10 runs in the first inning on five doubles and a triple. Ripley followed with three runs in the second and added one in the fourth. Garret Gosney was 2 for 3 with a double. Chandler Salinas went 3 for 4 with two doubles, a triple, scored three runs and drove in two. Houston Twoguns went 2 for 2 with two doubles, three runs and drove in three. Cory Sadler went 3 for 4 with a double and four runs batted in. Sadler also picked up the win with two innings pitched and five strikeouts. Dillon Moore, Trevor Watts and Gosney combined for six strikeouts in the final three innings.


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Despicable Me 2, and the late replacement of Al Pacino
The lid is lifted very slightly on Al Pacino's departure from Despicable Me 2, six weeks before release...
Despicable Me 2 is heading for $100m in the US by the end of the weekend, as Universal and Illumination Entertainment's return of Gru and his minions establishes itself as one of the biggest box office hits of the year. By distance. Given that the movie reportedly cost under $80m to make, it's also set to be one of the most profitable.
However, there's a story beneath the surface of the film's success that's still yet to fully come out. Just six weeks ago, with all of his dialogue recorded, Al Pacino quit the project, leaving the role of El Macho in the film without a voice, and with all the animation and mouth movements matching that of the actor. It's still unclear why he left, and it may be some time before we ever find out. But it's hard to overstate what a big deal it would be, having a significant member of the voice cast leave so late in the day. It can't be down to a quality issue. Pacino was in Jack And Jill.
Chatting to Variety, Illumination's Chris Meladandri said that "I'm not aware of any of the major animated films of the last 15 years that … has brought an actor in at such a late stage", and he's pretty much on the mark there.
So what happened after Pacino's exit? Well, the filmmakers went through the rest of their wishlist for the part, and settled on Benjamin Bratt, and for the actor, it was no easy challenge. Apparently, after a day of trying to precisely match the mouth movements left behind by Pacino's voicing of the dialogue, co-director Chris Renaud told Bratt to "stop thinking about anything other than what you're feeling from this character. Stop thinking about any voice that was done before and just own it".
Thus, while the facial ticks of Pacino's performance are inevitably still in the final cut of Despicable Me 2, Bratt tuned the rest of the role to himself. "I've never seen anything like it", said Meladandri. "You look in the eyes of this character and you listen to that voice, and there is a complete marriage of that vocal performance and that character performance".
Appreciating he's hardly going to say any different, he does still have a point. We've sat through Despicable Me 2 once, and the late substitution seems all but seamless. We're still curious just what happened to ignite the situation in the first place, though...
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Love it, DoG with the claws out... "It can't be down to a quality issue. Pacino was in Jack And Jill."
Meow DoG, Meow!
haha his Oscar joke in Jack and Jill was the only time I remember laughing during that whole movie.
I had no idea he was even in this. You've piqued my curiousity, DoG team. Thou must follow through. Go forth and seek the answers, I beseech thee :)
Someone actually watched that film?!
and that awful sky advert
I raise a dunkaccino to you and bet it was because of the horrible racial caricature of El Macho. And yes, we're talking about the guy who also portrayed Tony Montana!
Al Pacino is cool.
It seemed like a very odd move at the time, and in fact still does. Surely if, like you say, he's recorded all his lines and the animators have made the character's mouth move like his, it'd be just easier to finish it off with him on the bill.
Full credit to the animators for re-doing it in such a short amount of time, but it just seems odd. I suppose they don't want to be associated with a guy who doesn't want to be associated with them
When in doubt, it has to be about money, right?
I think the amazing part is they didn't have to reanimate. Unless I'm reading the article incorrectly, Bratt did all the voice work and it just "fits" with the already animated stuff.
He has two modes: normal and yelling. He's basically the same character, Al Pacine, with different dialogue in almost every film. He's been in some incredible and influential films, but I really don't see why there's all the fuss.
I'm sure I'll get voted down like crazy...
You are correct sir. I misread. Seems they didn't have to reanimate. Still, seems like a dick move from Pacino
He got fed up with all the Minions asking him to do, "Say hello to my little friend..."
For the most part that can apply to alot of his most famous work, but one film that I definitely disagree and feel he is actually acting in is Godfather Part 1. Just watch the subtleties to his performance in scenes like the Restaurant shooting, I don't think he yells at anyone throughout the entire film. While you can argue that in Godfather 2 (and definitely Godfather 3) he does the typical Pachino performance, in the first Godfather he progresses Michael from naive college kid to cold-hearted gangster with an incredible amount of restraint!


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A Shenango Township man is in custody for allegedly beating a woman in the head with a baseball bat.
New Castle police have arrested Donald C. Cleaver, 34, of 3525 Old Pittsburgh Road in connection with the incident that left 20-year-old Victoria Grace Pappas-Pappakostas with severe head injuries.
She is hospitalized in the surgical Intensive Care Unit of St. Elizabeth Health Center with a brain bleed, according to police reports.
Cleaver is being held in the Lawrence County jail in lieu of $200,000 bond, set yesterday by District Judge Scott McGrath.
Police were called to the apartment of Pappas-Pappakostas at McGrath Manor on the city's West Side around 1 a.m. Sunday where they found Pappas-Pappakostas lying on the kitchen floor bleeding profusely from the head with a bloody baseball bat nearby.
A witness who lives with her told police that Pappas-Pappakostas arrived home from a bar with Cleaver, and she asked him to leave. She then tried to force him to leave her apartment and he became violent, the witness said.
Pappas-Pappakostas in self-defense got a baseball bat to defend herself, the witness continued, and Cleaver took it from her and hit her in the midsection and in the face. He also punched her in the face and knocked her down, and she hit her face on the kitchen counter, the witness told police.
A neighbor found Cleaver's identification card in the hallway.
Pappas-Pappakostas was taken to Jameson Hospital by ambulance, then flown by helicopter to Youngstown.
Police said they arrested Cleaver without incident at his home Sunday night, with help from the Shenango Township police.
He is charged with criminal attempt at homicide, two counts of aggravated assault, three counts of simple assault and one count each of terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person.


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I cover health, medicine, psychology and neuroscience.
Despite caffeine's shaky reputation in the past, there's more and more convincing evidence that it's not only not so bad for us, but in some ways, may actually be quite good for us. It's the most popular neurostimulant in the world (of the legal ones, anyway), according the authors of a new study that uses brain imaging to look at how caffeine exerts its wondrous effects on the brain. And that description isn't total hyperbole – previous research has shown caffeine to reduce the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The new study gives us some of the first clues in humans as to why this may be.
The researchers had 15 male participants abstain from drinking or eating anything caffeinated for 36 hours. If these 36 hours were painful for the participants, they at least got rewarded in the lab with an IV drip of caffeine. At the same time, their brains were scanned with positron emission technology (PET), using a radioactive compound that allowed the researchers to visualize where caffeine was going once it arrived in the brain.
Adenosine receptors are found throughout the brain and body. In the brain, adenosine builds up throughout the day, ultimately making us feel tired by the end of it. But caffeine is a brilliant adenosine mimic – so, taking the place of adenosine, it blocks those receptors and keeps us feeling chipper and alert.
It turned out that in regular coffee drinkers, a good number of these adenosine receptors were blocked by caffeine when the people were infused with it. The researchers calculated that it takes about 4-5 cups of coffee to block half of the brain's adenosine receptors. And they suggest that the cognition-enhancing effects of caffeine are due to this very blockage of the adenosine receptor.
But what's most interesting about this study is the implications it has for our understanding of certain brain diseases – and the idea that caffeine may reduce our risk for them, which has been suggested before. The authors say that effects of caffeine can build up over time and lead to measurable changes in the brain: If you're blocking adenosine receptors with caffeine over the long term, this can result in "adaptive changes and lead to chronic alterations of receptor expression and availability," the authors write. Previous research has hinted at a reduced risk of dementia in regular coffee drinkers, although the exact reasons behind this have not been clear. And in a very recent study in mice, caffeine reduced the kind of inflammation that's linked to mild cognitive impairment, and it appears to do this through its effect on adenosine levels.
"There is substantial evidence that caffeine is protective against neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease," said author David Elmenhorst. "Several investigations show that moderate coffee consumption of 3 to 5 cups per day at mid-life is linked to a reduced risk of dementia in late life." And this study is exciting in that it may point to an actual mechanism for the connection in humans – although there are certainly likely to be multiple mechanisms involved.
In very high doses, of course, caffeine is not so good for you, and, in the form of energy drinks, has recently been the subject of some serious concern. But if you're in the "moderate" use group, you may be OK to continue your habit, if you're not experiencing any unwanted side effects. In fact, it may be a very smart move for your brain.
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As a former energy drink consumer and daily coffee drinker, I often find myself crashing without some form of it (coffee or tea) throughout the day. However, I mention the fact that I'm a former energy drink consumer because I had a bad experience with the stuff. Notably, when I would drink two to three of those drinks a day, I would begin to get more anxious, occasionally feeling nauseous in the middle of the second drink. Coffee (in the morning) and tea (at night) keep me sharp throughout the day and, more often than not, fuel my work ethic. Very interesting article on a much debated upon neurostimulant.
Note: Coffee's health benefits are completely negated when you pour in sugar, cream, syrups, etc. Black is best. If you really can't handle black (which is understandable when it's office coffee), a small bit of milk or almond milk won't ruin your healthy drink.
We need to be more aware that caffeine causes/exacerbates anxiety and other mental health conditions.
Just read the 170+ pages of comments of people trying to get off caffeine here; http://coffeefaq.com/site/node/11
And the research referenced here; http://caffeineevaluation.blogspot.co.uk/
Many people feel they cannot 'get going' in the morning without caffeine; in reality they are just experiencing withdrawal from not having ingested any over the previous hours.
A key point is the research showing anxiety sufferers can be very sensitive to caffeine; some people think 'it can't be the caffeine, I only have 1 cup a day', but for them that could be the key issue in their anxiety.
Withdrawal is not easy (especially first 2 weeks, when anxiety actually goes up), but is possible.
How about cutting all caffeine for 30 days and seeing how you feel? What's to lose?
How much coffee did these 15 male participants drink regularly before the testing. What are the implications when it comes to our brain's production of adenosine? If it is good that caffeine blocks this receptor, then why do we produce it to begin with?
Caffeine, some days I go without it, and I can function well if I had sufficient sleep/rest. Mostly I drink it every day, and to cut down on caffeine's negative affects on my own body, I mix mine half/half (decaf and regular). I use one gourmet brand, one on-sale/cheap brand, that way the decaf is excellent taste.
I typically drink 3 cups a day. Sometimes I have a caffeinated diet cola.
Caffeine makes me talk faster, and when I have to much, I talk far too much. After a certain time, if I drink it, it will keep me awake–I need probably an 8-hr gap between time I retire for sleep. Also, when when I have too much, it makes people around me more annoying (I am quicker to be bothered by things that might not bother me otherwise). I am more inclined to react to people's comments that I should let go–my mouth engages before my brain (really). I also can annoy co-workers or family–because of that high rate of speech, and too much talking and not enough listening.
It also gives me acid stomach pain if I drink too much (I can do a couple with no problem). It raises my blood pressure signiificantly–but not dangerously, since I do not have high blood pressure to start with.
I have gone off it cold and can again anytime. It gives me a headache for days when I do, and I'm sluggish.
I love coffee! Got hooked on it as an IT person during graveyard shift. Now I'm in love with it, and it needs to taste good! (Not that generic decaf stuff, or Folgers or Maxwell decaf–give me the Starbucks (Not Blonde) and Seattle's Best for the real deal on fine taste in a DECAF. 50/50 helps a lot, it saves us all.
Hold on while I refill my coffee cup! Love my Coffee!!!