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In the legislatures, Republicans still control both chambers in Arizona, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. In fact, some of their locks got tighter in this election. Montana Republicans, led by hard-liners, effectively gained control of their Legislature. That means state politics in those legislatures will likely be disconnected from federal politics -- a common problem in Western states -- because the Democrats hold Congress and the White House. Meanwhile, Democrats have a lock on legislatures in California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington.
In six of the states with such one-party locks, the governor belongs to the same party. Such complete dominance encourages show-offish slam-dunks rather than a politics of compromise and consensus.
In states where the governor belongs to the opposite party from the legislature's majority, the difference frequently means gridlock. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat dealing with a Republican Legislature for her six years in office, has vetoed more than 170 bills that took hard-line stances on immigration, gun rights, abortion and other issues. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican dealing with a hard-line Democratic Legislature, vetoed more than 400 bills this year alone, setting a new California record. Such collisions can eventually force consensus, but they waste a lot of time and effort.
Many more of the Western election results seem contradictory. Religious conservatives succeeded in writing bans on gay marriage into the California and Arizona constitutions. But they lost in Colorado, where voters rejected a tough anti-abortion measure, and in Washington, where voters OK'd a "Death with Dignity" measure that allows doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients who want to kill themselves.
Earlier this year, Colorado agencies, spurred by the Legislature, imposed tough environmental regulations on oil and gas companies. But the voters decided not to impose higher taxes on those companies, even though Colorado's oil-and-gas tax rate is lower than the rates in neighboring states. Colorado's infrastructure and its public colleges have been strangled by a tax-limit passed in 1992, but voters also rejected a measure that would have relaxed that chokehold. Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter and some moderate Republicans and business groups backed both of those pro-tax measures.
Trend toward pragmatism, maybe
Some Western extremists were knocked out of office -- most notably, Republican Idaho Rep. Bill Sali, who was famously called an "idiot" by one of his party's leaders. But high-profile moderates also got booted out of federal and state offices, including Oregon's Republican Sen. Gordon Smith. And at least one extremist won a congressional seat: Jason Chaffetz, who defeated incumbent Utah Rep. Chris Cannon in the Republican primary, will take his uncompromising anti-immigration, anti-tax views to the U.S. House.
Wyoming's new Republican Congresswoman, Lummis, thinks the science isn't yet clear on global warming and wants to extend the Bush tax cuts despite a federal budget deficit bigger than the (shrinking) polar ice cap. Democratic Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, a few days after the election, vowed to continue pushing for a ban on handguns in city parks and buildings, despite opposition from his state's attorney general as well as from the hundreds of thousands of Washington voters who are staunchly for gun rights.
Even so, there is an apparent trend in the West toward pragmatism and populism, and voters seem eager to protect or improve local amenities and services.
In Sevier County, Utah, voters took a step toward voting down a Nevada company's plan to build a coal-fired power plant in the county: They OK'd a ballot measure that gives them the right to make the final decision. That battle extended as far as the Utah Legislature (which earlier passed a law saying the locals couldn't exercise such power) and the Utah Supreme Court (which ruled that the law was unconstitutional).
The animal-rights movement made progress in California, where voters overwhelmingly approved a measure to require more humane conditions for factory-farm chickens, pigs and calves. (Arizona, Colorado and Oregon have already passed modest versions.) In Utah, voters in metro Salt Lake County OK'd new taxes for improvements to the county's 48-acre zoo and 8-acre aviary, including new jungle exhibits with birds from Latin America.


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- Learn about shaders in a step-by-step, interactive manner
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Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: The Graphics Rendering Pipeline
Chapter 2: GLSL Basics
Chapter 3: Vertex Shaders
Chapter 4: Fragment Shaders
Chapter 5: Geometry Shaders
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- Chapter 1: The Graphics Rendering Pipeline
- A brief history of graphics hardware
- The Graphics Rendering Pipeline
- Geometry stages (per-vertex operations)
- Fragment stages (per-fragment operations)
- External stages
- Differences between fixed and programmable designs
- Types of shaders
- Vertex shaders
- Fragment shaders
- Geometry shaders
- Compute shaders
- GPU, a vectorial and parallel architecture
- The shader environment
- Summary
- Chapter 2: GLSL Basics
- The Language
- Language basics
- Instructions
- Basic types
- Variable initializers
- Vector and matrix operations
- Castings and conversions
- Code comments
- Flow control
- Loops
- Structures
- Arrays
- Functions
- Preprocessor
- Shader input and output variables
- Uniform variables
- Other input variables
- Shader output variables
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Vertex Shaders
- Vertex shader inputs
- Vertex attributes
- Uniform variables
- Vertex shader outputs
- Drawing a simple geometry sample
- Distorting a geometry sample
- Using interpolators
- Simple lighting
- Basic lighting theory
- Lighting example code
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Fragment Shaders
- Execution model
- Terminating a fragment shader
- Inputs and outputs
- Examples
- Solid color mesh
- Interpolated colored mesh
- Using interpolators to compute the texture coordinates
- Phong lighting
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Geometry Shaders
- Geometry shaders versus vertex shaders
- Inputs and outputs
- Interface blocks
- Example – pass-thru shader
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Shader programming has been the largest revolution in graphics programming. OpenGL Shading Language (abbreviated: GLSL or GLslang), is a high-level shading language based on the syntax of the C programming language.With GLSL you can execute code on your GPU (aka graphics card). More sophisticated effects can be achieved with this technique.
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By Ken Hamilton
Niagara Gazette
Niagara Gazette — Though it could not compare to the city council meetings of old, from what I heard, that last city council meeting was not only a rip-roaring one, it was also one of the best-attended meetings that they had in quite some time.
Though I am there at many of them, I couldn't make it to that particular Tuesday meeting, though I doubt if I was missed. The news sources were abuzz with information and I guess what they said happened is what happened.
Niagara Gazette contributing columnist Norma Higgs apparently spoke, and later posted the remarks that she made to city council onto Dan Davis' Niagara Community Forum Facebook page for all to see. In her speech, she cited one of our local, and largely unsung heroes, Mrs. Catherine Golanka.
Higgs said, "Not many in this room will remember Mrs. Golanka, the elderly woman from the Polish community who attended city council meetings and kept everyone on their toes with questions and comments about city matters and government. "
Well, as I said, I was not in that room; but oh boy, do I remember Catherine Golanka? And yes, she was Polish.
It is for a very good reason that I reiterate the fact that Golanka was Polish, a reason from which we could all learn.
In the early '80s, during the time that I first started speaking before the council, and after about the third time that I ever spoke, the fearless Mrs. Golanka approached me. She was both well known and inspiring to me in that she remembered everything that the council said and what every member did. I didn't think that her friends — Josephine Fera and Victoria Fama — and she even knew someone as insignificant as was I.
And I was wrong. On that night, as usual, I had gotten up and spoken on issues that were important to Highland Avenue; and then I walked proudly towards my seat. Mrs. Golanka then buttoned-holed me and gave me some, well, motherly, civic advice — right there in front of everybody.
Speaking to me only a bit milder, but just as much a matter-of-factly voice as she often chastised the council members, Mrs. Golanka said to me, to wit, "You know; you go up there and talk about Highland all of the time, but there are other issues in the city that you should speak about, too."
Her words and she made me shudder; but at the same time, she opened my eyes to the fact that, despite the size of our name — Niagara Falls, and despite our ample diversity, we are still a very small city.
I cannot remember a single time that Golanka spoke exclusively on Polish community issues.
We Niagarans connect at virtually every point that connects anyone. The proverbial 'six-degrees of separation' is not the case here. Usually, there are only one or two people between each of us.
I can pull out of my driveway and into anyone else's within 15 minutes, and never have to leave a Niagara Falls city paving crew's street. We are one city, and we are one people; and from the day of the Golanka, I began to see it the way that she saw it.
I thank people like the now-Reverend Herman Boyer, Fred Brown, Eddie Palmore, Art Ray, Michael Brundidge, Doris Jones and a plethora of others who helped to direct me into service to my neighborhood. However, I also have to thank the Victoria Famas, Josephine Feras and especially the Catherine Golankas that inspired me to look past the Highland Bridge and to connect myself to the good of the entire city.
For those of you who did not know Mrs. Golanka, here is an example of the power of a single citizen.
Former City Council Chairman Anthony Quaranto tells the story of one wintry council meeting in which the only people in the room were the council, the clerk staff and the assigned police officer. No citizens had shown up on that blizzardly evening. Noticing that Mrs. Golanka was not present, as she almost always was, Quaranto instructed the police officer to go to her home, pick her up and to bring her to the meeting; because, as he said, "I am NOT going to have a meeting and have her saying that we did something behind her back."
Wouldn't it be great if there was a room full of Golankas at every governmental meeting? Well, It starts with you.Contact Ken Hamilton at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This family-oriented community event/fundraiser attracts thousands upon thousands of spectators to Lake Mendota and its shoreline. The fun starts at 7:45 PM (Maple Bluff to the UW Memorial Union) and fireworks at 9:15 PM (from Spectrum Pyrotechnics' anchored barges between Picnic Point & Edgewater Pier). Fireworks are always "weather permitting" so please LIKE our Facebook page for immediate updates the night of the event.
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Fund for Public Interest Research class action lawsuit
by ChristianMiller, Mon Apr 30, 2007 at 03:53:38 PM EDT
My name is Christian Miller. I was a canvasser in the Los Angeles Fund for Public Interest Research office from 2002 through 2006. I raised money for Sierra Club, Human Rights Campaign, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and numerous PIRG groups. More than two years ago, our office voted to unionize; one year ago this week, the Fund finally shut us down. This sequence of events was profiled in In These Times magazine, and in Greg Bloom's "Canvassers Union" series here on DailyKos and MyDD.
I'm writing today because I, along with several former LA canvassers, and ex-employees of the Fund from across the country, have filed a class action lawsuit against the Fund.
After Greg's reporting, there was a tremendous surge of interest among former Fund employees in trying to do something the systemic labor abuse within the Fund -- but, since the client organizations that use the Fund would rather ignore the conditions that persist among their own fundraisers, pressing charges seemed to be the only available option to finally hold the Fund accountable.
We have many problems with the Fund's management structure and employment policies, but in one area they are clearly violating the law: hour by hour, Fund employees (especially field managers) frequently work for what amounts to less than minimum wage. Often, those hours are spent doing work that is not an essential part of their job description - work that is supposedly "voluntary," but which the employees are made to feel is mandatory.
Our case contests the Fund's (il)legal classification of its canvassers as "outside sales." As a long-time canvasser who loved to speak with people about important issues even if only to make them think about these things for a few moments, I find this classification sadly ironic. It allows the Fund to pay its canvassers only based on what they take in at the door. But the Fund also demands that its canvassers come early for trainings, stay late for administration, stay later for "social events," and even come in on weekends to "volunteer" by passing out petition postcards. (Supposedly, those postcards are going to be used to lobby for social change, but effectively they are just an underhanded way to grow Telefund's phone lists.) So many unpaid work hours not only is a drag that burns out more people than it should; it also creates an environment in which the canvassers are treated as if they are owned by the organization and must simply subsist while sacrificing themselves for it.
We believe that a canvass model can survive--and in fact, would make for better canvassing--if canvassers were paid appropriately for the hours in which they worked.
Any canvasser or Field Manager who worked for the Fund between December 2003 and now is eligible to join this lawsuit. If you worked in New York as far back as 2000, you are eligible. The lawyers are currently collecting all the information they can, so if you are eligible (or even if you are not, but would like to help the case out in some way) please contact them:
The law suit's web site: http://www.thefundovertimelawsuit.com/
Their phone number: (415)434-9800
They will just ask you some purely technical questions about the nature of the job- i.e. what hours you worked, what your duties were, who supervised you, whom you supervised, etc -- nothing uncomfortable, or self-incriminating. It should take twenty minutes or so. Call up and ask for Andrew Lee, and he'll answer any of your questions and let you know how you can help.
Just as important- if you know other people who worked for the Fund during these periods of time, please pass this on to them as well, and encourage them to get in touch with the lawyers, or with me.
I know that this issue seems sort of off topic for this website, but these blogs were the site of much of the discussion about PIRG and Grassroots Campaigns Inc, which runs campaigns for MoveOn, the Democratic National Committee, the ACLU and so on. Since GCI is basically built on the Fund's model, this has a lot to do with those organizations. Ultimately, if the vendor for the better part of the progressive Left loses a major labor law suit, it smells rank. And from what I know of the GCI veterans, they're almost as incensed about that organization as we were about the Fund. We'll keep posting updates on these blogs as the case progresses.
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Clanton Looks To Regain Winning Rhythm With Return To I-55 Raceway For Pepsi Nationals' On Saturday
But when the national tour returns to the one-third-mile oval on Saturday night (Sept. 19) for the 27th annual Pepsi Nationals, Clanton will be looking to recapture the winning rhythm he flashed through the late-summer and early-fall of 2008.
Clanton, 34, of Locust Grove, Ga., entered the 2009 campaign as a driver expected to contend for the $100,000 WoO LMS points championship, but he didn't pick up right where he left off last year. He has just one win this season a $20,000-plus score way back on April 4 in the Illini 100 at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway and sits a distant sixth in the points standings.
Last year everything just flowed, especially later in the season, said Clanton, whose career-best '08 campaign included four wins and a fourth-place finish in the WoO LMS points race plus a dozen triumphs in non-series events. It didn't matter what we did; we seemed to hit things right more often than not. But this year has been a different story.
Clanton pulled into I-55 Raceway last September literally on top of the world he had, after all, won the prestigious UMP DIRTcar Racing-sanctioned World 100 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, the previous week. He cemented his status as a national superstar with a victory in the 50-lap A-Main at the well-known Missouri facility owned by NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader and Ray Marler, advancing from the seventh starting spot to cap an impressive run of three wins in six WoO LMS events over a five-week span.
The I-55 checkered flag even ended Clanton's personal struggles in Missouri, a state he had taken to calling Misery' because of his inability to win there over the years.
Clanton started the 2009 WoO LMS schedule decently enough, with a string of top-10 finishes and his Illini 100 triumph helping push him into the points lead after the season's seventh event, at Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway. But then the bottom fell out; he was replaced atop the points rankings the next night and never got close to the lofty position again.
It's pretty frustrating, but what can you do? Clanton said of his '09 season, which shows nine top-five and 26 top-10 finishes in 37 events (he had 22 top-five and 32 top-10 finishes in 43 races last year). You just keep working, trying different things. We've been all over the map trying to find things that fit me and fit the race car and just haven't hit on it yet.
We've tried changing just about everything except the driver and we've thought about that, he added with a smile. I don't blame (the struggles) on one particular thing. It's just that everyone is always changing things and some guys have gotten a little bit better than us this year, so we have to catch up.
We're still trying, that's for sure. We're all trying to work together to get everything back in a row. When we do that, we'll start winning races again.
Clanton feels as if he's getting his RSD Enterprises Rocket cars closer to where they need to be, but he's not there yet. He recorded back-to-back top-five finishes in the last WoO LMS A-Mains contested two weeks ago at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa., but he followed that up by failing to qualify for last weekend's World 100 after starting his visit to Eldora in a manner that would seem to sum up his season: he discovered a broken valve in his primary engine while changing valve springs after unloading on Thursday, forcing him to install a backup.
When you work as hard as you can, you see the light at the end of the tunnel, said Clanton, who turned 34 on Aug. 29. We're starting to see more light.
A repeat of his '08 effort at I-55 Raceway would be a nice way for Clanton to get his groove back. He's confident that the 50-lap, $10,000-to-win event at the high-banked track can serve as his tonic for a disappointing season.
I feel good about going there, Clanton said of I-55, where he preceded his victory last year with WoO LMS finishes of eighth in 2007 and 15th in 2005. They do a good job of preparing the racetrack. It gets slick, but it's also the shape and size of two of the favorite racetracks I go to back around home Talladega (Ala.) and North Georgia so I like it.
Clanton will face plenty of competition at I-55 Raceway from his fellow WoO LMS stars as well as a host of tough customers from across the Midwest.
Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., leads the WoO LMS points standings by four points over Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., entering Saturday's action. The traveling Outlaw roster will also include the red-hot Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y., who has won seven of the last 11 tour events; Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., the 2007 Pepsi Nationals winner; defending champion Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.; Rick Eckert of York, Pa.; Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.; Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis.; and Rookie of the Year contenders Russell King of Bristolville, Ohio, Jordan Bland of Campbellsville, Ky., Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va., Dustin Hapka of Grand Forks, N.D., and 14-year-old Tyler Reddick of Corning, Calif.
Meanwhile, Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., who finished fourth in last year's Pepsi Nationals, and two-time defending UMP DIRTcar national champion Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., will continue their neck-and-neck battle for the 2009 UMP DIRTcar national points crown at I-55. Saturday's event is co-sanctioned by UMP DIRTcar and will be run using the organization's Hoosier LM20, LM30 and LM40 compound tires.
Other drivers planning to enter the Pepsi Nationals include Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., former WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., Randy Korte of Highland, Ill., 2009 I-55 champion Bryan Collins of Elsberry, Mo., and 2008 I-55 titlist Billy Faust of Lebanon, Ill.
Gates will open at 3 p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 19). Practice is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., followed by time trials at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m.
The big program will also include a $1,000-to-win special for the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds and a UMP DIRTcar Sportsman event paying $500 to win.
Seats in the top three rows of the frontstretch grandstands are reserved and can be purchased in advance for $32 each by calling the track office at 636-479-3219. General admission tickets are $27, with kids 12 years old and younger admitted free in the general admission sections. Pit passes will be $35 for all ages.
Additional info on the Pepsi Nationals is available by logging on to www.i55raceway.com.
I-55 Raceway is located 30 minutes south of downtown St. Louis, off Pevely exits 180 and 178 of Interstate 55.
The Pepsi Nationals kicks off a Midwest doubleheader for the WoO LMS, which will visit La Salle (Ill.) Speedway on Sunday night (Sept. 20) to contest the Best Western Illinois Fall Nationals.
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John Steven Chynoweth, 23, of 418 Rebecca St., Jasper, was convicted today by a Whitfield County jury for the crimes of riot in a penal institution and obstruction of a law enforcement officer. The charges arose from a March 15, 2012, incident which occurred at the Whitfield County Jail in which Chynoweth attacked Detention Officer Alex Pimentel and attempted to strike him in the face. Judge William T. Boyett, who presided over the trial, set sentencing for Oct. 1.
Chynoweth was in custody at the time on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and aggravated battery for which he had been arrested on March 8, 2012. Those charges and other charges which have been made while Chynoweth has been an inmate are still pending.
Boyett could sentence Chynoweth to as much as 20 years for the riot charge and five years for obstruction. The case was presented to the jury by Assistant District Attorney Jason Souther, assisted by Assistant District Attorney Keely Norman. Chynoweth was represented by Circuit Public Defender Mike McCarthy.


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2 - 6 September 2013
Organisers: Ashley Montanaro (Bristol), Noah Linden (Bristol) and Andreas Winter (Bristol/Barcelona)
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In recent years the field of quantum information theory has undergone explosive growth, and progress has been made on many of the most long-standing open problems in the field. Such progress has frequently relied on increasingly sophisticated and diverse mathematical tools. The goal of this workshop is to widely disseminate knowledge of these tools and the underlying mathematics involved, and to discuss exciting new directions for the field.
The workshop, which is the kick-off event for the programme Mathematical Challenges in Quantum Information, will bring together researchers from within and outside quantum information theory, with expertise in a variety of areas. The (very far from exhaustive) list of topics which will be covered includes:
The workshop will take place between Monday 2nd September and Friday 6th September 2013. It will consist of a series of tutorial and invited talks, encompassing both presentations of recent results in quantum information theory and introductions to the mathematical tools which can be used to attack outstanding problems in the field. There will also be a poster session, at which attendees are encouraged to present their work.
Invited speakers will include:
The Registration Package includes admission to all seminars, lunches and refreshments on the days that lectures take place (Monday Friday), wine reception and conference dinner, but does not include other meals or accommodation.
The Accommodation Package includes a registration fee, bed and breakfast accommodation at Wolfson Court from the evening of Sunday 1 September 2013 to breakfast on Saturday 7 September 2013, together with lunches and refreshments during the days that lectures take place (Monday Friday). The conference dinner is also included, but no other evening meals.
Participants on the Accommodation Package or Registration Package, including organisers and speakers, are automatically included in this event. For all remaining participants who would like to attend, such as Visiting Fellows, programme participants or their guests, the above charge will apply.
The Accommodation Package includes bed and breakfast accommodation at Wolfson Court. Accommodation is in single study bedrooms with shared bathroom facilities.
Lunch will be served at Wolfson Court in the Cafeteria from 12:30 to 13:30 on days that lectures take place.
Participants are free to make their own arrangements for dinner.
The Conference Dinner will take place at 19:30 on Thursday 5 September at Christ's College - please see the menu for details. Dress is smart casual. Participants on the Accommodation Package or Registration Package, including organisers and speakers, are automatically included in this event. All remaining participants are encouraged to attend for the price of £45 each.
If you are on the dinner list please ensure you arrive by 19:15 at the College.
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TULSA 48, SMU 47 – Pat Swilling Jr. hit a 3-pointer with 3.8 seconds left to give Danny Manning and Tulsa a 48-47 victory over Larry Brown and SMU in just the second coaching matchup of an NCAA-winning coach and the Final Four's most outstanding player.
The shot by Swilling Jr., son of former NFL linebacker Pat Swilling, thwarted a huge second-half comeback from SMU. The Mustangs (10-6) trailed 34-17 at halftime before outscoring the Hurricane 29-8 for a 46-42 lead.
Tulsa (9-6) pulled within a point on a 3-pointer by Scottie Haralson, and Swilling Jr. hit the winning shot after SMU fouled twice with the Hurricane trying to get loose for an open look.
Manning, the eighth-leading scorer in NCAA history, was the star on Kansas' 1988 national championship team. Brown is the only coach to win NCAA and NBA titles.
The game was the Conference USA opener for both teams.
BAYLOR 83, OKLAHOMA ST. 49 – Brooklyn Pope scored 18 points and Brittney Griner added 14 points and 10 rebounds to help second-ranked Baylor beat No.13 Oklahoma State on Sunday.
Odyssey Sims had 13 points and Destiny Williams 11 points for the Lady Bears (12-1, 2-0 Big 12), who extended the longest active home-winning streak in the country to 47 games.
Liz Donohoe scored 13 points and Toni Young had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma State (11-2, 0-2), which has dropped two straight games after winning their first 11.
Baylor could move back into the No. 1 spot in the poll today after No. 5 Notre Dame beat top-ranked UConn 73-72 on Saturday.
TEXAS A&M 63, ARKANSAS 51 – Courtney Williams scored 16 points to lead four Texas A&M players in double figures, and the 24th-ranked Aggies defeated No. 23 Arkansas on Sunday.
Adrienne Pratcher had 13 points for Texas A&M (12-4, 2-0 Southeastern Conference). Kelsey Bone had 11 points and 14 rebounds and Courtney Walker also scored 11 points for the Aggies, who never trailed in the game.
Sarah Watkins had 19 points and eight rebounds to lead the Razorbacks. Watkins also had three blocks and three steals. Keira Peak scored 11 points.
Arkansas (12-3, 0-2) has lost its first two SEC games after winning nine straight in nonconference play.
The Aggies shot 59 percent in the first half and held the Razorbacks to 24 percent in building a 30-17 lead. Texas A&M finished at 44 percent while Arkansas shot 30 percent for the game.


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---- — It's been rumored that "Hail to the Chief" is being changed to "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire," which is more representative of the character of the Obama administration. Recent events have clearly demonstrated that Obama's pack of Pinocchios has set a world's record for lying through their Democratic bicuspids.
It's also been rumored that the EPA asked the Fulton Fish Market to transport their rotten fish to Washington to improve the air quality caused by the ignoble stench of betrayal and deceit emanating from the White House.
The worst enemy of tyranny is the light of truth. When the laser of veracity was applied to the numerous explanations by Obama's lackeys surrounding the murder of four innocent Americans in Benghazi, it exposed a witches' brew of cockamamie lies crafted to hide the truth, including Hillary Clinton's infamous "what difference does it make" defense of her irresponsibility.
Tyrants also engage in intimidation, as did Obama's brownshirts, aka the IRS, by spying on American citizens and journalists and assaulting their First Amendment rights — an act that, if not illegal, is most certainly immoral.
How ironic that the Obamaites would leap at immorally targeting honest Americans who were simply engaging in their First Amendment rights while stalling for 40 months the prosecution of Islamic terrorist Nidal Hasan, who murdered 13 American soldiers and wounded 32 others at Fort Hood, Texas.
While Hasan has been receiving VIP treatment, he's also received more than $200,000 of taxpayer money while innocent Americans at Fort Hood were thrown under the bus.
This total disregard for the rights of Americans compared to the powder-puff care enjoyed by an Islamic terrorist clearly begs the question: whose side is Obama on?
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Rivera, the Godfather, worked his wonders on A-rodBy
Remember when Mariano Rivera went all Godfather on the Yanks' bullpen? He called out Brian Bruney, Scott Proctor and Kyle Farnsworth for sucking. A week later, Proctor had been sent to the Dodgers, Bruney to AAA and Farnsworth to the sixth inning of 11-2 games.
Now, reports are emerging that Mariano Rivera, the Yanks' own Vito Corleone, was at it again. This time, though, his target was A-Rod. Newsday's Jim Baumbach reports:
Rivera is believed to have been one of A-Rod's major sounding boards during the craziness of Rodriguez's past three weeks. Rivera, according to his friend, told Rodriguez as far back as days after A-Rod opted out Oct. 28 that he should approach the Yankees to tell them how he truly felt.
Hey, if Rivera truly did help convince A-Rod to stay in New York, maybe his own $45-million deal should include some negotiating clauses as well.
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You know whats funny…people have been praising A-Rod for taking initiative and bringing it on upon himself to find a road back to the Yankees but ever since he was reported on his way back we've had numerous stories of how people convinced him to do this, that, and the other.
You have to give the guy some credit for going over Scott Boras' head on the whole thing. People get too sentimental about things. Everyone questions how Arod listens to Boras. Lets all remember that Boras helped get the largest the contract in baseball history. A contract that no one had predicted, so to say Boras was good at his job is an understatement. And he delivered him at the time to an owner who claimed he would spend endlessly to get a championship (at the time). So the fact that he trusted Boras shouldnt come as a surprise to anyone. And the fact that he consulted with some other rather intelligent men in order to make that decision is nothing to hold against him.
And on a separate note, everyone keeps on saying that the market dried up and that Arod didnt have any suitors. They were TWO days into the actual free agency period, when they could actually discuss financials. Does anyone think that Boras couldnt have convinced someone to make him a better offer? Maybe, but the guy has done it in the past (e.g. JD Drew) and has a reputation for getting things done. I know we all think of Boras as Machiavelian, but what has he done to earn that rep, he simply represents the best players and finds the best loop holes in structuring contracts. There isnt anything that genius with what he does. All that being said my point is is people have to get over this random hatred of Arod. Let it go.
that's sick for mo. that made me immediately more happy with him. i kind of wonder if the release of this story isn't some PR move by 'Mo's friend' to help Mo regain some of the amicability he lost for trying to bust the yankees balls over his contract.
I guess those of you who have cheered Mo for 12 yr's and called him an "asshole", like him better now for talking Arod into talking only $300mm from the Yanks feel better about him again.
I still don't understand the anger toward Mo for the last two weeks. He was in negotiations for his final contract probably ever. His words were directed toward a management team that played hardball with him by not resigning him last spring. Why the anger?


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Yummy, with a flaky crust and chewy chocolate filling. I put some seedless raspberry jam in a plastic bag, cut a tiny hole in the corner, drizzled, and let it dry. Perfect for the fancy but not too time consuming recipe i was looking for!
These are so good!! a little sweet, but I thought they were amazing!!! I accidentally burned one batch.....DONT!!!!! They were only like two minutes overdone, and they looked just a little golden, but they were really crunchy, and almost all the flavor was gone!!!!!! :( I had trouble with the shape, but I came to the conclusion that I didn't have to make the shape that the recipe said!!! So I made folded squares instead!!! :) Great recipe!! Thanks a lot for adding it!!
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I don't understand the logic of the second editorial in your Jan. 24 paper ("Stop the routine budget crises"). A limit on how much one can borrow certainly does make one conscious of what one can spend. And the same goes for government.
Yes, if a household is on the point of bankruptcy, or in it, the household does have to cut up its credit cards. And the same goes for government.
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TERRE HAUTE — Wherever his baseball career takes him — and like probably every player in the Prospect League, he has thoughts of playing beyond college — Kyle Kempf will probably use the same approach that won him a job with the Terre Haute Rex approximately 14 months ago.
Which is a good thing.
Fresh from his second Prospect League All-Star Game appearance in as many seasons — a game July 17 in which he produced the only run in the West Division's 2-1 loss by hitting a triple and scoring on teammate Tyler Wampler's grounder — Kempf entered the home stretch of the 2013 season ranked sixth in the league in hitting with a .323 average and also had a homer, 16 RBIs, 22 runs, 12 doubles, three triples and 15 stolen bases in 39 games.
That followed up his rookie season in 2012 during which he finished fourth in the league in batting at .365 and added two homers, 44 RBIs, 38 runs, 12 doubles, two triples and 24 stolen bases in 57 games.
It's probably not an exaggeration to say he's in the argument as the best player in the league during that two-year stretch. Considering he started the 2012 campaign with a temporary contract, there's no denying he's been the league's most pleasant surprise.
"I was kind of nervous to start off," Kempf said recently when asked about his Rex beginnings. "I hadn't played in a year [coming after a redshirt freshman season at the University of Southern Indiana], and a lot of the guys were bigger than me.
"But it's all just baseball. At the end of the day, whatever happens happens," the 5-foot-10, 180-pounder continued. "The first two games my timing was really bad, but [former manager] Brian Dorsett worked with me on some things and gave me a lot of confidence. I started getting hits, I was having a lot of fun, and it just started to click."
Dorsett and his staff noticed.
"He kind of surprised everybody," current Rex manager Ronnie Prettyman, an assistant last summer, recalled.
"He's a real great kid, and he plays very hard. He doesn't say much, but he lets his actions on the field speak for themselves … we needed somebody to fill a spot, and before long we couldn't let him go — like [Rex infielder] Atlee [Schwab] did this year," he added
"About two weeks in [to last season], they told me they were going to keep me," Kempf remembers. "That took a lot of weight off my shoulders."
"He's a staple in our lineup," Prettyman emphasized. "Our team revolves around him; he makes things happen from an offensive standpoint.
"He's faster than people think," the manager added. "He makes infielders have to rush, and the leads to mistakes and puts pressure on the defenses".
In the team's brief history, most of the Rex's offensive records are probably held by Kempf or another two-year standout, Terre Haute South and Indiana State graduate Koby Kraemer.
But since Kempf will be just a sophomore at USI this fall, he still has more Prospect League eligibility to come. Another Kempf season with the Rex would be fine with Prettyman — "We would love to have him [again], but that may depend on what other opportunities he has," the manager said — and also with some of Kempf's ardent fans.
Those would include Mike and Kim Egger and their sons Ross and Will; they've been Kempf's host family for both of his seasons in Terre Haute.
"[Having a host family] is an awesome experience," Kempf said. "They made me right at home. The kids are awesome, the food's awesome, Mike jokes around with us … it's a home away from home, and a family away from your family."
Whether he returns or not, however, the Rex experience has been nothing but good for him, Kempf indicated.
"It's given me confidence, knowing the hard work over the years has paid off," he said.
And as far as moving on to the next baseball level?
"I'd like to get an opportunity like I did here last year," Kempf said, "and see what I can do."
"I hope he gets a chance [to play] past college," Prettyman said. "He deserves it. He's a hard worker. [If he doesn't get a chance] it will be because of lack of opportunity, not because of any lack of effort on his part."


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It was inevitable: My daughter's first crush. I didn't really expect it to come so soon, though...isn't barely 5 a bit young? Well apparently not, especially since my daughter has known the little guy her entire life, and they are only two months apart in age.
Little Man has been our neighbor since birth and our kids have been in school together since they were 1. Little Man's mom and I marvel at the fact that even in a classroom with other girls and boys who they both knew, our kids gravitated towards each other, out of comfort and connection. When they were carpooling to school, their conversations resembled that of an old, married couple:
HIM: "I had a hot dog for dinner last night"
HER: "No, you didn't"
HIM: "Yes, I did"
HER: "No, you didn't"
HIM: "MOOOM! Tell her I had a hot dog for dinner last night!"
This summer, they are at the same camp and in the same group. Of course they chose each other as swim buddies and sit together on the bus ride to the pool (no surprise there). In the fall, they'll start kindergarten together. Will they ever tire of one another? Do we even want them to?
Seeing a little first crush develop is so sweet. Hearing how my daughter inserts his name into conversations and seeing her drawings with his name on family pictures (our family of 4 turned into a family of 5 in a recent picture) is heartwarming. Even listening to their bickering can be funny knowing it's coming from 5-year olds who sound like they've been married for 35 years.
No doubt there will come a time when they'll go their separate ways: Little Man will want to play with the boys and my daughter will want to dress up like a princess with her girlfriends...
But, in the meantime, observing this cute little crush is a great reminder of how wonderful and sweet a first little love can be.
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---- — Congressional hearings regarding the fourth 10-year review of commercial fishing's landmark Magnuson-Stevens Act began in the nation's capital last week.
The hearings come at a critical time for the industry — especially across New England, where the groundfishery is a federally recognized "economic disaster" and faces an even more dire crisis May 1, when limits on Gulf of Maine cod and other stocks will be cut by up to 77 percent.
So we wonder why the only scheduled New England witness scheduled to speak before the House Natural Resources Committee, where Malden Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Ed Markey is the ranking Democrat, is John Pappalardo of the Cape Cod Hook Fishermen's Association. That's an affront to rank-and-file fishermen and our fishing communities.
Pappalardo was the head of the New England Fishery Management Council — and policy chief with the Cape Cod fishing group — when his council rammed through NOAA's poorly planned and ill-conceived catch share management system that has played a key role in producing the current crisis. In the initial allocations, Pappalardo's hook fishermen got a built-in boost in allocation above other sectors, setting the stage for them to lease more quota, sit back and reel in the cash without even having to go to sea. He is, in effect, a walking, breathing symbol of catch shares and the corrupt conflicts of interests that surround them.
Let's hope Markey recognizes that Pappalardo hardly represents today's fishermen and solicits more testimony from those on fishing's front lines.


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Tonight @ Mad Planet - 9:00 PM
O'Death's band name says it all. The New York quintet plays rustic, old-timey American music along the lines of the traditional funeral song they're named for, but with a darker, punky edge. Old-time revival is quickly becoming the swing revival of the 2000s, but with their sinister fiddle and snappy songs, O'Death is better than . . .


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Just a head's up…this Saturday will be the first "meeting" of the RI Baseball Book Club, in which we will discuss "The Bullpen Gospels" by Dirk Hayhurst. Feel free to stop by and participate even if you haven't finished the book. We don't judge.
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Even if you haven't started the book yet, you can finish it by Saturday. I am the slowest reader I know and I'm cranking through it pretty well. It's tightly written with good pacing.
Hey Prof, two things. First, I've not yet finished the book, but I'm stoked about the book club idea. Second, and this might be a dumb question, but looking at the front page of the site I wonder when, or if, you're gonna add the 2010 banner. Are you waiting till the team does it, or are the Rays now good enough to treat divisional titles as trifling badges that entail neither consequence nor honor?
Finished this up a couple of days ago and just finished The Extra 2% so I guess I'm set for a couple of book clubs, lol.


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HRIS leaders and their projects are made or fail in the critical first 100 days of implementation. HRIS initiatives often fail because the core groundwork of getting user buy-in and/or clear alignment to organization benefit has not been made.
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NORMAN — In the early part of the season, No. 18 Oklahoma has shown it knows how to rebound from tough losses. After falling to UCLA last month, it won by 35 points its next time out.
So with Tuesday's defeat to Vanderbilt loss still fresh on their minds, the Sooners handled business Thursday when they took on UC Riverside, coming away with a 70-46 victory at Lloyd Noble Center.
"I thought we settled down a little bit today," OU coach Sherri Coale said. "We found a little bit more rhythm about us. Got our legs under us, got a little confidence, made some shots in the second half. Really adhered to the game plan. I thought we were focused and ready to go."
Junior Aaryn Ellenberg led the charge as she scored a season-high 27 points on 9- for-17 shooting. That included a blistering 6-for-8 from 3-point range.
But as much as Ellenberg likes to put the ball through the net, she was more impressed with another stat line of hers.
"No turnovers," Ellenberg said. "I think it's probably a focal point all the time because being one of the people who has the ball the most, I probably shouldn't be turning it over that much. Tonight, I was better at not doing that."
It was the Ellenberg show to start the game. She scored a quick eight points as the Sooners jumped out to a 10-2 advantage. That included knocking down a pair of 3-pointers.
Oklahoma (9-2) led by as much as 12 points before UC Riverside (6-4) got its act going.
Despite holding the Highlanders to under 35 percent shooting, the Sooners saw their lead slip to 22-18 with 4:30 left in the first half. UCR was able to score off cuts into the paint and offensive rebounds.
But OU responded with a 10-4 run to close out the half and took a 32-22 lead into halftime.
In the start of the second half, Ellenberg drained consecutive jumpers from behind the arc. This sparked a run of 3-pointers as Joanna McFarland and Morgan Hook each connected from long distance to key a 12-2 run and put the Sooners up by 20.
Nicole Griffin took over for OU from that point on. She scored 10 of her 18 points in the second half. She also collected three blocked shots to go along with three rebounds.
"The first half, I was really rushed," Griffin said. "In the second half, I was more patient and I got the ball deep in the post, so I had a better chance of making my shot."
McFarland hauled in 12 rebounds while Hook dished out six assists.
Since the loss of Whitney Hand to a season-ending knee injury, the Sooners have worked to build a consistent rotation. Coale admits that she will continue to tinker with the lineups as they try and find a way to make up for losing their best player.
"It's all an adjustment," Coale said. "It's grand adventure that we are on here. Over the weekend Morgan missed three practices because she had a death in the family. So we had seven (players). We just tried to utilize our time the best we could."


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