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A&M domino could fall Wednesday; then tilt-a-whirl really begins
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If Aggies get SEC invitation today, they will accept as early as tomorrow
If another league expands, the Pac-12 will be more likely to move as well
We don't know if Mike Slive wants to go to 16, but we know that he could
Depending on your choice of historical conflict, several of America's largest college athletic programs are either at Lexington, Mass., or floating in Charleston Harbor, waiting for some conference to fire the first shot. If that shot comes -- and indications are it could come as early as Wednesday -- the first stages of a major realignment of the conferences could be sudden, swift and dramatic.
The Pac-12, which has received interest from Oklahoma, Texas, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech, does not want to make the first move. After last year's drama, when commissioner Larry Scott's league was the aggressor, the Pac-12 has been happy to sit back and look forward to the day its 12-year, $3 billion media rights deal kicks in. The league doesn't need to expand. But if another conference -- the SEC, for instance -- decided to grow, then the Pac-12 would be far more inclined to listen to the schools searching for safe haven outside the Big 12, where the environment has become too toxic for a certain powerful school (rhymes with Stokelahoma) to bear.
By Tuesday night, the SEC should know whether it has the required nine presidential votes to extend an invitation to Texas A&M, which sent a conditional withdrawal letter to the Big 12 last week. If the Aggies get the invitation, they will accept and announce as early as Wednesday their intention to join the SEC. Then, things could get wild.
So, with college sports again on the precipice of a major realignment for the second time in 15 months, here are the answers to a few key questions.
Who is the aggressor this time? Last year, conferences sought out new members. The (then) Pac-10 courted six Big 12 schools, while the SEC courted Texas A&M and Oklahoma. This year is more like a Sadie Hawkins dance. The schools are the ones doing the asking. Texas A&M approached the SEC in July. Oklahoma approached the Pac-12 in August. The tenuous threads that tied the Big 12 back together after near-Armageddon last year began to snap as schools pushed back against the Longhorn Network -- which Texas launched last month. Texas A&M saw the Longhorn Network as a looming monster that would ensure the Aggies were relegated to second-class-citizen status in their own state. So A&M president R. Bowen Loftin reached out to the SEC to see if the league still had interest in expanding into Texas. Meanwhile, Oklahoma president David Boren, fed up with instability in the Big 12, said last Friday that the Sooners will have a voice in this round of realignment drama. "We obviously want stability in our conference relationships," Boren told The Oklahoman. "We want partners that are above outstanding, both athletically and academically. A conference that's strong is not only stable, but it's one in which there are multiple relationships, along with sports, between university members."
Where does Texas stand? That's an interesting question. The Longhorns are tired of being painted as the villains, so don't expect them to make any move before the Sooners. But if Oklahoma -- and by extension Oklahoma State -- breaks away from the Big 12, then there would be no Big 12 left to salvage. Texas would need to decide whether it wants to join a conference or be independent. The Pac-12 probably would be the most attractive conference option.
But what about the Longhorn Network? If Texas moved to the Pac-12, it would be possible to fold the Longhorn Network into the Pac-12's new regional network structure. Texas may have to partner with another school such as Texas Tech to make the deal work. Remember, ESPN, which runs the Longhorn Network, also is a network partner of the Pac-12. ESPN could essentially negotiate with itself to make a deal work that keeps all its partners happy.
So if Texas A&M goes to the SEC and four Big 12 schools go to the Pac-12, are we far away from multiple 16-team superconferences? Let's hop in the time machine and travel back to July 2010. In an interview with SI.com, the Pac-12's Scott explained that he believed superconferences would eventually form. "Something like that is bound to happen at some stage," Scott said 14 months ago. Why? Because when he floated the idea in 2010, Scott found that television executives loved it. "What you couldn't predict is what fan reaction would be, what media reaction would be and how the TV executives who would ultimately have to stroke some big checks would react," Scott said. "That was the part that was very pleasing. I got contacted by every major TV network in the country."
Since the SEC has barely acknowledged the concept of expansion, we don't know whether commissioner Mike Slive wants to go to 16. We do know that he told CBSSports.com in July that that league was capable of getting that big. "I could get to 16 (teams) in 15 minutes," Slive told the site. Meanwhile, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said this to The Chicago Tribune: "We're about as comfortable as we can be with where we are. We've said we will continue to monitor the landscape, but we have closed down active expansion." The landscape could begin to shift this week, but it's still unclear what that would mean for the Big Ten, which would need to add schools of significant value (read: Notre Dame and others) to ensure its current members didn't lose revenue in the deal. At any rate, the Big Ten would have plenty of time. The league could wait a few years, see how the dominoes fall and time expansion to its next media rights deal.
Can the Big 12 still be saved? Never say never when talking realignment. Last year, the Big 12 was dead until it wasn't. Do not underestimate the power of Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe to complete a Hail Mary. He has done it before. Until Texas A&M has nine votes from the SEC presidents, the tilt-a-whirl probably will not spin. Still, it's difficult to imagine a scenario in which the Aggies could come back to the Big 12. They seem to have passed the point of no return. But until the SEC presidents vote, nothing is certain.
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why didn't Stern call the Heat at halftime and demand that lebron and wade play?
Heat's LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers sit against Spurs
By Rob Mahoney
SAN ANTONIO — Sunday's matchup between the Spurs and Heat has been circled on the calendar as both a cross-conference battle of giants and a one-time obstacle to Miami's now-halted winning streak. But the game will likely bear little resemblance to the the affair suggested by its considerable hype.
Before tip-off, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra confirmed that LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers — three of Miami's top four players in minutes per game — will all sit out with minor injuries and have been declared as "day-to-day."
It doesn't take much work to connect the dots between those absences and San Antonio's group vacation from a game against Miami in November, when Gregg Popovich opted to send Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green home rather than play them in a nationally televised game. Popovich was fined $250,000 by the NBA as a result of the decision, though that punishment could be related to Pop's unabashed gamesmanship as much as the decision itself. When asked about the Heat's lineup-clearing decision, Popovich — ever the press-scrum showman — responded with mock incredulity.
"What kind of s— is that?" Popovich said. "Are you kidding me? What a bunch of rummies! They're doing that? Who would think of something like that? That's below the belt. There's no place for that."
Spoelstra, for his part, has a fair bit more plausible deniability than Popovich did; James did suffer a right hamstring injury against the Hornets on Friday, while Wade and Chalmers are nursing ankle injuries. Even if all three players were theoretically able to compete in a game of higher stakes, it seems unlikely that Spoelstra will be tagged with so hefty a fine, if one is incurred at all. As further help to his case, Spoelstra also rebuffed the notion that his decision was a direct response to Popovich's lineup chess move earlier in the season.
"I could see how you guys can draw that conclusion, but no," Spoelstra said.
It remains to be seen if those in the league office will buy Spoelstra's deflection, which of course invites a hilarious element of differentiation to the way that NBA coaches control their rotations and lineups. Popovich was unabashed in resting his best players to the point of sending them home; Spoelstra's move may not be so obvious, but that the margin of difference between the two coaches' decisions is worth $250,000 out of pocket creates a silly division between two functionally congruent strategies.
It is ridiculous to do the same thing like Popovich. But it does't matter is important victory!!!
The NBA and Stern are a joke if they don't either refund the $250K stolen from Popovich or fine the Heat a similar amount.

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Lat week: Men vs. Shorter (Wed., Feb. 6 - W,
5-4); Women vs. Shorter (Wed., Feb. 6 – L, 4-5); Men at
Erskine (Sat., Feb. 9 – W, 7-2)
This week: Men & Women host Francis Marion (Sat., Feb. 16- 11:00 AM)
The University of North Georgia men's and women's tennis teams were finally able to open the 2013 spring campaigns last week after rain postponed the start of the season the week before.
The 23rd-ranked Saint men are off to a 2-0 start after capturing a 5-4 win at home over Shorter University and a 7-2 win on the road at Erskine.
Both teams have already had their schedules altered for this week but are still scheduled to host their first Peach Belt Conference match of the season on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Francis Marion University is scheduled to travel to Dahlonega for an 11:00 a.m. match at the North Georgia Tennis Complex, but if changes due to weather do occur, updates will be posted at www.SaintsSports.com
Directions to the North Georgia Tennis Complex can be found HERE.
Last week (0-3): Home vs. King (Fri., Feb. 8
– L, 3-0; Sat., Feb. 9 – W, 11-9; Sun., Feb. 10 –
This week: Home Tournament – North Georgia Invitational (Friday, Feb. 15 – Sunday, Feb. 17)
Last week, the University of North Georgia baseball team opened its home schedule with a three-game series against the King College Tornado. The Tornado claimed the series 2-1, but the Saints were able to capture win No. 500 for head coach Tom Cantrell. The win marked his 500th win at the helm of the North Georgia baseball program as he has surpassed 600 wins for his career as a collegiate head coach.
North Georgia will next host Millersville University, the University of West Florida and Shorter University in the three-day, six-game North Georgia Invitational at Bob Stein Stadium lasting from Friday, Feb. 15 through Sunday, Feb. 17.
The Saints and Marauders of Millersville will start things off on Friday with a 4:00 p.m. first pitch. The Argonauts of West Florida and the Hawks of Shorter will then play at 7:30 p.m.
On Saturday, the Argos and Saints will square off at 1:00 p.m. with the Hawks and Marauders playing at 4:30 p.m. The Tournament will end on Sunday with Millersville and West Florida playing at high noon before Shorter and North Georgia wrap up the tournament with a 3:30 p.m. game.
Live Stats will be available for all six games.
Last week (2-0): Away vs. Young Harris (Thurs.,
Feb. 7 – W, 85-77); Home vs. Columbus State (Sat., Feb. 9
This week: Away vs. Francis Marion – PBC Game (Thurs., Feb. 14 – 7:30 PM)
Away vs. UNC Pembroke – PBC Game (Sat., Feb. 16 – 3:30 PM)
The University of North Georgia men's basketball team picked up a pair of crucial Peach Belt Conference wins last week, one on the road over Young Harris College and another at home against Columbus State University. The win over Columbus State avenged a loss in Columbus to the Cougars the week before.
In Thursday's road win over the Mountain Lions, every player who saw action on the court for North Georgia scored as the Saints received 45 points from its bench. The Saints connected on nearly 50% (34-69) of their shot attempts from the field while the Mountain Lions, who are currently second in the PBC West Division, shot just 34.2% (26-76) from the field.
Senior Scott Windom made three of North Georgia's six treys while going 9-15 from the field to finish with 23 points. He also went 2-2 from the free throw line and corralled in six rebounds.
On Saturday, it was Lamar Richardson leading the way for the Saints as he scored a season-high 26 points. He ended the night shooting 9-11 from the field and 6-7 from three-point range while also bringing down eight defensive rebounds.
North Georgia ended the game with 12 three-pointers while shooting 51.6% (32-62) from the field. It was the most three-pointers the Saints have scored since netting 13 in a 67-57 road win over Georgia College on January 17 and was the best shooting performance from three-point range for the Saints since connecting on 60% (12-20) in a 93-85 win at Limestone back in December.
The Saints were able to convert 17 Columbus State turnovers into 29 points and out-rebounded the Cougars 40-26.
North Georgia will now hit the road for two cross-division games. The Saints will first travel to Florence, S.C. where they will take on Francis Marion University at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14 before heading up into North Carolina where they will take on the University of North Carolina Pembroke on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 3:30 p.m.
The Patriots of FMU are currently fifth in the PBC East standings, just behind fourth-place Augusta State University, while the Braves of UNCP are third in the East.
Last week (0-2): Away vs. Young Harris (Thurs.,
Feb. 7 – L, 71-64); Home vs. Columbus State ( Sat., Feb. 9
This week: Away vs. Francis Marion – PBC Game (Thurs., Feb. 14 – 5:30 PM)
Away vs. UNC Pembroke – PBC Game (Sat., Feb. 16 – 1:30 PM)
The University of North Georgia women's basketball team dropped two games last week in Peach Belt Conference action and fell to sixth in the West Division standings. The Saints fell 71-64 at Young Harris College on Thursday before dropping an 84-75 decision to Columbus State University on Saturday, Feb. 9.
Junior transfer Mimi Hill led the Saints in both games last week, averaging 25.5 points, 32 minutes and 7.5 rebounds per game. Between the two contests, she shot a scorching 64..5% (20-31) from the field as she has now scored double-digit points in her last six contests including a season-high 30 against the Cougars on Saturday.
Sophomore guard Stephanie Huffman hit a career milestone at home on Saturday as she surpassed the 500-point total in her career at North Georgia. She has now scored 509 points in her collegiate career, averaging 10.8 points per game.
North Georgia will look to rebound this week with a pair of cross-division games. The Saints will first travel to Florence, S.C. where they will take on Francis Marion University at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14 before heading up into North Carolina where they will take on the University of North Carolina Pembroke on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 1:30 p.m.
The Patriots of FMU are currently fourth in the PBC East standings with the Braves of UNCP nipping at their heals in fifth.
Last week: Sat., Feb. 9 vs. Lincoln Memorial
(L, 5-3); vs. Ala.-Huntsville (W, 6-4) – Captain D's
Sun., Feb. 10 vs. Ala.-Huntsville (W, 9-4; vs. Lincoln Memorial (W, 7-2) – Captain D's Classic
This week: UTAH Charger Chillout – Decatur, Ala. (Fri., Feb. 15 – Sun., Feb. 17)
The 12th-ranked University of North Georgia softball team went 3-1 this past weekend in its second tournament of the 2013 season, the Captain D's Classic held at Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium.
The Saints fell 5-3 to Lincoln Memorial University in their first game, but then bounced back with three straight wins. They bested the University of Alabama-Huntsville 6-4 on Saturday, Feb. 9 and once against got the best of the Chargers with a 9-4 win on Sunday. North Georgia then closed out the tournament with a 7-2 win in five innings as the game was shortened due to inclement weather.
North Georgia was scheduled to host Mars Hill College in a Southeast Region doubleheader on Wednesday, Feb. 13 but the threat of bad weather forced those games to be postponed. A new date will be announced at a later time.
Instead, the Saints will now focus on the UAH Charger Chillout hosted by Alabama-Huntsville starting Friday, Feb. 15 and lasting through Sunday, Feb. 17. The Saints will play in six games over the three days starting with the University of West Alabama at 2:00 p.m. on Friday followed by the University of Charleston (WV) at 4:00 p.m.
North Georgia will then play the University of West Georgia and Barry University on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. before closing out the Chillout on Sunday against Quincy University and UAH at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Last week: Away at Virginia Military Institute
(Sat., Feb. 9 – 2nd)
This week: Away at SEARC 6/Sectional hosted by The Citadel (Sat., Feb. 16)
The University of North Georgia mixed rifle team traveled to Lexington, Va. this past weekend where the Saints competed against Virginia Military Institute's three teams. The Saints were able to best the men's and women's teams but were unable to surpass VMI's mixed rifle team in the competition. Freshman Casadie Bragg notched another win for the season as she led all participants in the air rifle competition with a score of 582/600.
North Georgia will next compete in its final regular season match of the season this coming Saturday, Feb. 16. The Saints will travel to Charleston, S.C. where The Citadel will host a Southeastern Air Rifle Conference tournament. The weekend's events also include the NRA Sectionals and NCAA championship qualifications.
Last week: World Gold Village Invitational (Sun., Feb. 10-Sat., Feb. 11 – 12th)
The University of North Georgia women's golf team wrapped up its first tournament of the 2013 spring schedule, the World Golf Village Invitational hosted by Flagler College, in 12th place as a team with a team combined score of 686. The tournament was contested at the Slammer & Squire Golf Course.
Seminole State College of Florida (592) claimed the tournament team crown by 19 strokes over second-place Flagler, which finished with a score of 611. The University of North Carolina Pembroke finished third with a score of 616.
UNC Pembroke's Meghan Moore shot a 70 in the second round and finished with a two-round score of 142 to claim the tournament individual title by three strokes over Chanya Angwarawong and Joanna Yoo from Seminole State.
Casey Truelove shot identical 86's in both rounds to finish in a tie for 51st while LeeAnn Noble ended the tournament with a 94 in the second round to finish 64th.
Freshmen Anna Belle Higgins and Bridget Sandy rounded out the competing five for North Georgia with identical 183's to finish their debut for the Saints in a tie for 65th.


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Which tech companies will be around in 100 years?
According to Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, Google, Facebook, and Wikipedia make the list of contenders. He attributed his choices to their overall "network effect"—the services they provide are so deeply embedded in our lives that we can't imagine living without them.
Milner was responding to a tweet at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, during a conversation with Bethany McLean, Vanity Fair contributing editor and a CNBC contributor.
When it comes to Google, Milner added, "I don't think we can function" if Google is shut off, even for a short time.
Milner's Digital Sky Technologies invests in later stage, founder-run companies. Facebook is, of course, one of them.
"I saw someone who was clearly a genius," said Milner of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. "It didn't take me a lot of time to recognize that."
Milner quipped that DST's first investment in Facebook created 30 millionaires in one day. By investing in later-stage companies, DST allows firms to stay private longer and gives liquidity to employees, Milner said.
While Milner has invested in highly successful, innovative companies, he bemoaned the fact that society's focus has shifted away from understanding the big questions about the universe, and instead on more short-term things.
"I think we have a destiny as human beings to ask those big questions," Milner said.
That's where the Fundamental Physics Prize comes in. The Milner Foundation awards prizes, some for as much as $3 million, for scientific breakthroughs.
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MCKEES ROCKS, Pa.—County detectives say a Pittsburgh man wanted on charges that he broke the leg and rib of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son is blaming the injuries on the cable guy.
WPXI-TV ( http://bit.ly/11cTF7N) says 18-year-old Cory Lynn Estes Jr. told investigators the child tripped over a cable television wire the worker was installing before she returned home Jan. 4 to find the boy hurt and in tears.
Allegheny County police say Estes was babysitting and didn't call her or 911 before she returned to find the child injured.
Doctors at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh found the boy suffered a broken rib and femur and tell police the boy's injuries aren't consistent with him tripping over the wire. Instead, doctors say it would have taken "significant force" to break the child's leg.
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CONCORD, N.H. — High school students hoping to earn college credits through Advanced Placement exams soon will be out of luck at Dartmouth College, which has concluded the tests aren't as rigorous as its own classes.
The Ivy League school currently awards credit in some academic subjects for qualifying scores on Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and A-level exams. But after nearly a decade of discussion, faculty recently voted to end the practice starting with the class of 2018.
"The concern that we have is that increasingly, AP has been seen as equivalent to a college-level course, and it really isn't, in our opinion," said Hakan Tell, a classics professor and chairman of the college's Committee on Instruction.
Dartmouth's decision comes at a time of rapid growth for Advanced Placement. Some 2 million students took 3.7 million AP tests last spring, figures that have more than doubled in the last decade. In 2011, 18 percent of U.S. high school graduates passed at least one AP exams (by scoring at least a 3 on a scale of 1 to 5), up from 11 percent a decade ago.
But the program also has faced criticism that its growing popularity has resulted in watered down courses.
"Many high schools have made their AP courses little more than test prep," said Bob Schaeffer, of FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testing. "The common criticism is that they're a mile wide and a quarter-inch deep."
Dartmouth also still believes AP courses are useful in preparing students for college and will continue to use test scores to help place students in appropriate courses, Tell emphasized, and students who may have wanted to use AP credit to graduate early will have other options. But he pointed to an experiment undertaken by the college's psychology department as proof that AP courses often fall short.
Rather than award credit for an introductory course to incoming students who got the highest score on the AP test, the department gave those students a condensed version of the Dartmouth course's final exam. Ninety percent failed, Tell said. And when those students went on to take the introductory class, they performed no better than those who did not have the high AP test scores.
Suril Kantaria, president of the student body at the university in Hanover, N.H., called the change prudent given that high school AP classes are rarely as rigorous as Dartmouth courses.
Students with AP credits "often opt to graduate early instead of taking challenging upper level classes," he said. "This trend challenges the spirit of intellectual growth and discovery that pervades our institution."
But Kate Lyon, a 2005 graduate, said Dartmouth has made a terrible decision. Lyon, who double majored in history and psychology, estimates she saved her parents about $15,000 by using her AP credit to graduate in 11 terms instead of 12.
"Tuition costs at Dartmouth are rising every year and a decision like this seems to show very little regard for the fact that students struggle to pay for college," said Lyon, the oldest of four siblings. "I got just as much out of my Dartmouth experience as someone who took classes all four years, and I completed all the requirements of my degrees but it cost me less to do it."
Tuition, room, board and fees at Dartmouth for the current academic year amount to $58,000, but registrar Meredith Braz said students who want to shave off some of that time and expense still have other ways to graduate early, including taking four courses instead of three for some terms.
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Hi, hi n.n..My name is Jesica, I'm from Argentina, I have 16 years, and recently I started with this cosplay. My English is very bad, so I had to use a translator, sorry if something is not understood n.nU.Well, I'm a little gamer, geek and otaku, I hope that they like my cosplays, I hope to improve over time ^^. Kisses and thanks to all who follow me, or they like my work :3 ♥.


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August 22, 2011
The NFL lockout's over and with the season about to begin, here are ten tips to keep in mind when drafting your fantasy football team.
10. Never take a Kicker or Defense until the Late Rounds: Kickers in high-scoring offenses will produce points for sure, but it's much better to add another quality skilled NFL player in the sixth or seventh round than to burn that pick on an 'idiot' kicker (Thanks, Peyton – I'll never forget that one). There are always several good options left in the free agency pool and while you don't necessarily have to wait until your final pick, you should avoid drafting one in the middle rounds. The same can be said for defenses. You may even prefer to switch your defense from week to week to take advantage of good matchups (i.e. Playing against the Buffalo Bills' offense = gold mine).
9. Don't Draft Based on Last Year's Stats: While it's fine to use last year's numbers as a guide, they can't be relied upon solely for your analysis in drafting. Sometimes the losses of seemingly minor NFL players such as blocking fullbacks change teams drastically and could mean that running back you've been watching won't be as successful.
8. Avoid Taking Too Many Players from One Team: Even if it means potentially passing on what may be a slightly better player, it's a good idea to limit yourself to two players from one NFL team. The Packers may be a great team, but drafting Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Grant, and Greg Jennings is probably the worst idea since the Houston Astros 1980s rainbow-colored unis. Not only will you have to deal with a potential loss during Green Bay's bye week, but anytime their offense stumbles during the season, it could mean another automatic defeat.
7. Draft Based on Your League: It's always a good idea to draft personnel depending on the rules in your league, so make sure you're paying attention to them. Someone like Reggie Bush who's a dual threat out of the backfield is obviously more valuable in a point-per-reception league. Or if you're in a league where accumulated yardage doesn't count, you'll want to target players with only high touchdown possibilities.
6. Target Several Players Immediately after Your Pick: This rule is especially true for online drafts that run on a timer. Your pick will come up sooner than you think and poor planning can result in a hurried, or even wasted, pick. Don't turn into the Minnesota Vikings – be ready. Immediately after your selection, highlight at least five players you'd like to take next and use your time to rank them. There's a good chance that one or even several will be taken by then, but by planning ahead of time, you can ensure that you're ready when your team is on the clock.
5. Avoid Listening to Too Many 'Experts': I like Yahoo's Brandon Funston and ESPN's Mel Kiper's just as much as the next guy, but the more analysts you listen to, the more confused you'll get. These guys aren't perfect and often have conflicting opinions. The best thing to do is to use them for compiling groups of players you like at each position and make the final pick based on your own knowledge. Just because Kiper isn't follicly-challenged doesn't mean that he's always right.
4. Limit Rookie Draft Picks: Sure, there are plenty of NFL rookies that can impact your team positively. But for every Adrian Peterson there are five Michael Crabtrees. Facts are facts – most rookies won't play as much as projected and even if they do, that doesn't mean they'll be successful. Not only is the speed of the NFL on another level, but first-year players have plenty to worry about. Trust me, Cam Newton is not the key to your fantasy football team reaching the playoffs.
3. Overvalue quarterbacks and tight ends: This is one rule that's a bit debatable, but I've seen too many good teams destroyed by mediocre quarterbacks. Invest in a good one in the first two or three rounds and your team should be better for it. There are only a few elite ones (Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Leaf to name a few), so you'll need to act fast. It's also worth targeting the top tight ends in the early middle rounds since there aren't many that are capable of finding the end zone regularly.
2. Stockpile skill players (WR, RB, QB): Many owners will make a mistake in thinking their team is fine because they've got capable starters at all positions, but you can never have enough skill players. For one thing, you'll need to worry about injuries and bye weeks. Plus, they're always good trade bait and you can move them for other needs you may have down the line. If your quarterback goes down, it will be much easier to strike a deal for someone's quality backup. So instead of picking up the league's best kicker in the seventh round, take a third running back or wide receiver.
1. Leave emotion at the door: Just as that was Brad Pitt's first rule in poker in Ocean's Eleven, it should be made so in fantasy football. You should never pick up or avoid a player based on how you feel about them or their team personally. If you're a Steelers fan, make the sacrifice and you don't pick up Tom Brady who happens to be on the board in the fourth round, you've made a huge mistake. And just because you have a Texas Longhorns Ricky Williams jersey in your closet, that doesn't necessarily mean you should take him with your first pick. Or second, third, fourth, or …
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- " I enjoyed it so much I decided to stay an extra 2 nights. Thank you for making my stay so welcoming. I loved the tours and the social atmosphere. Definitely one of my top hostels I've stayed in. :) "
- 17 Mar 2014 Leslie Canada
- " The staff are welcoming, friendly and knowledgeable. The tours are awesome, just make sure you know what you're getting into because some are pretty physically demanding. "
- 14 Feb 2014 Gabrielle USA
- " First impression was like "what the hell is this?" After looking around with an open mind it was really a nice place with nice people from various backgrounds. I would really stay at this place a second time if I was going to visit Maui ever again. Both the toilets and showers were also very clean. Beds clean and pretty comfortable. Most nights they hostel offered a free keg of beer to the habitants to help liven up the parties (never lasted late or loud) and promote socializing with others. "
- 22 Jan 2014 Jason USA
- " The Hostel was soooo good. I love it! Every day is a tour and you see a lot from the island. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The hostel is not close to de ocean which I thought was a great pity. But my stay there was good and I got to know many great people. It's very good when you travel alone. "
- 03 Jan 2014 Ronja Switzerland
- " Bad location but excellent service and tour. It is easy to find all amazing people here. I think if I come back to Maui, I will definitely come back here. "
- 25 Dec 2013 Anonymous China
- " One of the best hostels I stayed at. Great people, great tours. "
- 20 Dec 2013 Anonymous Germany
- " Good fun atmosphere and the free tours were great. Lockers in the rooms would be nice. Location isn't good unless you have a car, and then parking is inconvenient. "
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- 30 Sep 2013 Anonymous Poland
- " OMG best hostel ever! Ok bathrooms are a bit old, but plenty. They have a jacuzzi, large kitchen, pancakes for breakfast, 2 PC's, BBQ & pooltable. The free trips are amazing! Road to Hana, and climbing the vulcano are the best! It is expected to tip the tourguide. No private lockers, but a safe at the reception. Location sucks, bad neigbourhood, but the daily trips made up for it, + the trips stop daily at grocerystores. Awesome atmosfere between the backpackers. Defenitely worth the price! "
- 26 Jun 2013 Anonymous Netherlands
- " expensive, but all of maui is. was very convenient after getting in late to the airport after a long series of flights. a little loud if your room is right above the social area, but it quiets down after 11p. "
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Word of Hobbes: Marshall Newhouse and David Bakhtiari
One of the best football writers out there is Ben Muth; many people claim not to know much about offensive line play, but this man obviously is not one of them. If you don't follow or read his stuff, stop reading this article and head over there now, you'll thank me later. In a little bit of a homage, I've decided to do a "Word of Hobbes" on the Packers preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals. I choose Aaron Rodgers' 50 yard bomb to James Jones not because it was a big play, but because Rodger's held on to the ball longer than he probably should have, thus forcing the offensive linemen to hold their blocks a lot longer, which exposes technique and athleticism.
The Packers are in a 3-1-1 personnel group (3 WR-1TE-1RB), although since we are looking at offensive tackle play this is largely unimportant; perhaps the most important thing to note about the receivers is that neither the tight end nor the running back are responsible for any blocking assignment, both immediately go out on their routes without chipping or really trying to influence the defensive line. So for all intents and purposes this is a straight 5 OL vs 4 DL battle. As this is the preseason, you aren't going to see many complicated stunts or exotic blitzes, so really it's a 1 on 1 battle with rookie left tackle David Bakhtiari vs. Matt Shaughnessy and right tackle Marshall Newhouse vs. Calais Campbell. Also keep in mind Newhouse has the bigger issue on his hands as Campbell is a considerably better pass rusher than Shaughnessy and is also huge at 6'8″
Immediately after the snap Campbell goes for a swim move, and Newhouse makes matters worse by completely whiffing on his initial punch with his right arm (which you can see is at Campbell's left arm instead of on his frame). Shaughnessy on the other hand opts to go with a pure speed pass rush, either hoping to outrun or outturn Bakhtiari to the quarterback. However Bakhtiari easily matches Shaughnessy with his kick slide. Also notice how much lower Bakhtiari and how much more his hips are sinked compared to Newhouse, who due to his whiffed punch now is up close with Campbell


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This news probably isn't new for all of you since I already announced it on twitter and facebook earlier. However, in case you missed it I decided just to write a small blog to let you know that I've decided to move on and leave Ibuildings. I've always really enjoyed my time there; the talented people, high profile projects and great atmosphere makes it into one of the best employers a developer could ever wish for. However, I've been working there for almost eight years now, and I felt more and more like time had come for something completely new. There's so much more of the world to see!
So as per 1st August I've started at bax-shop.nl as a senior PHP developer. Bax-shop.nl is the largest webshop in the Benelux for sound, stage and studio equipment and is expanding like crazy. My first assignment will be to help the rest of the team to build the new Magento-based website that should soon replace the existing one. After that there's still a lot of other work to be done, and I hope that with everything I've learned during the last decade I can really make a difference.
So exciting times! I'm really looking forward to get going. And don't worry, I'll still be speaking at conferences and user group meetings liked I used to do. For example: in September I will do a talk on Varnish at PF Congres in Utrecht, and in October I will do my new and improved "Recognizing smelly code"-talk at PHPNW in Manchester.
Oh, and yes I am aware that I should blog more often. I was actually holding back blog ideas because I wanted to wait for my new website to be finished – but it's at the legendary "80% done" status for almost a year now, so maybe I should just continue using this one for now


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It would seem for a residential shower, built in place, that rule would be hard to enforce.
It seems that the algore crowd has finally noticed the mega-gpm multihead shower systems being installed by some of our posters. If the proposed regulation is enacted, only one shower head per shower stall would be allowed, at 2.5 gpm max. Al probably had time on his hands to work on this, since he and tipper have been on the outs. I hear he has been sleeping in the basement!
It would seem for a residential shower, built in place, that rule would be hard to enforce.
Semi-professional plumbing designer
Enjoying life in SW Florida
Water is quite quickly becoming a valuable resource isn't it.
Why would that be any harder to enforce than all the other codes?
Perception is 3/4 of reality
If the shower is being built with a permit there would be NO problem enforcing it, especially if it were checked AFTER the tiling was done and just before occupancy so it would not likely to be changed after the inspection.
The people with money are still going to take their flights into space, pilot massive ships for their entertainment, and the rest of us will be conserving to make sure the richest get their needs met.
I would love to see them under the same EPA requirements that we go by.
Space touring for millionaires
Allen's rocket ship, called SpaceShipOne, is expected to attempt to reach sub-orbital space. If successful, it would be the first private, manned spaceship to leave the earth's atmosphere.
Paul Allen's yachtThe first purpose-built commercial spaceport for the personal spaceflight industry is to be constructed in New Mexico, a deal struck between the state and Virgin Galactic, the private spaceline firm created by British billionaire, Sir Richard Branson.
Details of the partnership were unveiled today in a Santa Fe, New Mexico gathering of state officials led by Governor Bill Richardson, spaceport planning officials, and leaders of Virgin Galactic, including Branson.
Richardson announced that he will work with the state legislature to secure a three year commitment for a total of $100 million for the state's share of the funding to build the world's first commercial spaceport to be built in southern New Mexico.
Current conceptual views of the spaceport, Whitehorn said, are tied to making it "the most environmentally-friendly spaceport/airport type structure that's been built." Largely to be fabricated underground, the New Mexico spaceport, for example, would use solar energy and an advanced water collection system.
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Yeah Al Gore can use more electric in ONE year then I use in 18 YEARS
He can kiss my butt
DIY Handyman (not 4 hire)
I have enough to do to my own house
There is plenty of hypocracy to go around, potable water is a little scarcer. If good water gets to be a luxury item, the rich, of all political ilks, will still be splashing it around while the rest of us pinch our noses and drink what we can get. Pick your poison.


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Police rescue chicken from snow bank in Somerville
With police chases, drug busts, and severe blizzards hitting Somerville in the past few months, its sometimes important to remember that the city half our campus is located is still a relatively safe place.
Last week, one police call definitely affirmed the zaniness of the Somerville Police Department's lives when they received a tip about a "chicken stuck in a snow bank" on February 13th at around 7PM according to the Somerville Journal on Wicked Local.
The fowl friend was rescued from the Shaws employee parking lot by Officer Difava, who "bravely jumped into action and saved the chicken from certain peril," according to the Somerville Police Department's website. They later added "Why did the chicken cross the road? To be rescued by Officer Difava apparently."


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Take the observational layup and agree with the Chicago consensus that coach Tom Thibodeau stubbornly sticking with his starters Monday night in a game in which the Bulls blew a 27-point lead reinforces how little he values his reserves.
More tellingly, it revealed what Thibodeau thinks of the work his bosses did over the summer.
If Gar Forman and John Paxson indeed consulted Thibodeau before signing four new backups, playing-time distribution through 13 games suggests Thibs was outvoted 2-1 on everyone but guard Nate Robinson. The bench GarPax put together looks nothing like one Thibodeau ever would design, a point the coach drove home intentionally or not in Monday's rock-bottom loss to the Bucks.
"It's just like every other game — it's the NBA,'' Thibodeau answered Tuesday at the Berto Center when asked how the Bulls rebound from such a defeat.
Except that it wasn't like every other game as much as Thibodeau tries turning every NBA season into an 82-game showing of "Groundhog Day.''
It was the Bulls' worst regular-season loss since Thibodeau took the job, the first time his team deserved a comparison to one coached by Vinny Del Negro. It was disturbing because a try-hard team admittedly stopped trying hard. It was a regular-season game in November for which Thibodeau ridiculously rode his starters like a playoff-Game 7 in May.
It was a classic example of what happens in pro sports when a front office's long-term view clashes with a coach's short-term needs. In shrewdly managing the salary cap with bargain players to avoid a possible luxury tax hit, the Bulls managed to replace round holes on their roster with square pegs for Thibodeau's system. Like it or not, the coach with the security of a four-year contract extension now must try different combinations by the time Derrick Rose returns to make everybody's role clearer. It might require flexibility and experimentation Thibodeau seldom needed his first two seasons.
Nobody needs to romanticize the "Bench Mob,'' to say the Bulls will struggle to break .500 without getting more out of their second unit. Their reserves combined for a mere 40 minutes 2 seconds against the Bucks. No Bulls reserve played more than 31/2 minutes in the second half that begged for Thibodeau to do something, especially during a 19-0 Bucks run over 5:19 that wore out his starters.
A weary Richard Hamilton, outstanding with 30 points, shot only 2 of 7 in the fourth quarter. Shrewd Bucks coach Scott Skiles exploited the fatigue in Carlos Boozer by regularly attacking his weakness with pick-and-rolls. Skiles said one would "have to be blind to not see there was a noticeable uptick in our pressure.'' Who was covering Thibodeau's eyes?
Subs Taj Gibson, who has yet to find his rhythm, and Jimmy Butler, who has, remain a big part of Thibodeau's rotation that he essentially has reduced to eight players. Robinson, a defensive liability at 5 feet 9 but an offensive spark, represents the eighth. That makes the Bulls bench as deep as Robinson is tall.
Forget backup big man Vladimir Radmanovic because Thibodeau apparently has.
As for Marco Belinelli, he was signed to shoot 3-pointers but hasn't hit one since Nov. 17. Belinelli has played only 10 minutes in the last three games and not a single second Monday, his first DNP-CD. To Thibodeau, Belinelli fits as comfortably as a pre-game smile. The Bulls are second-to-last in the league in 3-point shooting one season after finishing third, yet Belinelli can't get off the bench because Thibodeau doesn't trust him defensively. Shooters need to shoot out of slumps but you wonder if Thibodeau ever will leave Belinelli on the floor long enough to try.
The Bulls celebrated 35-year-old Nazr Mohammed's homecoming and Mohammed probably never has looked more well-rested to friends and family. His last action came Nov. 18 and the center who was supposed to compensate defensively for Omer Asik's absence has logged double-figure minutes only once.
"They just have to stay ready,'' Thibodeau said of veterans Belinelli and Mohammed. "They've all proven they're good players.''
Why not let them prove it here? Trial-and-error beats trying to squeeze every ounce of energy out of an aging lineup early in the season. The Bulls are 6-7, the definition of mediocre. Can expanding roles for Belinelli and Mohammed or even rookie Marquis Teague really do more harm than good in the long run? Everybody at the Berto Center urges patience. Yet they ask for something Thibodeau looks unwilling to show in players Forman signed for him to use.
"There are going to be ups and downs until we get our chemistry right,'' Luol Deng cautioned. "We have to find our identity. But it's a totally different year.''
Quick, somebody tell Thibodeau.
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Live Reviews
Pat Metheny Group in Potsdam, NY
" [It was] an evening that combined the complex with the straightforward; the abstruse with the lyrical; and the faithfully reproduced with the more broadly reworked. "
Maxcy Hall, SUNY
Potsdam, New York,
February 14, 2005
Pat Metheny Group shows have, over the years, evolved into more than mere musical performance; they are events , with the production values of a rock and roll show including a technological stage set-up second to none in the jazz world (and many in the rock world, for that matter) and, with well-conceived lighting and a large rear projection screen, a multimedia affair to boot. This fits well with the fact that, while improvisation is a key component of any Metheny Group performance, the music of guitarist Pat Metheny and keyboardist Lyle Mays is less about falling into neat stylistic boxes like jazz, and more about music as a larger beast that defies easy categorization.
No more evident is this than on their latest release, The Way Up , a 68-minute continuous piece that challenges the sound-bite philosophy that is so prevalent in not just music, but all art forms these days. Filled with complex arrangement, a host of memorable themes that are at some times so subtle they almost go by unheeded, and at other times dramatically but never melodramatically stated, and solo spots for a group that was originally based around the improvisation skills of Metheny and Mays but has now grown to include equally vital contributions from trumpeter/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Cuong Vu, chromatic harmonica player/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Gregoire Maret and drummer Antonio Sanchez, The Way Up is unquestionably the most ambitious work the group has ever attempted. While some may bemoan the fact that Mays appears to be getting less solo space these days, it's only because the group, for the first time in its existence, has other soloists, besides Metheny and Mays, deserving of equal exposure. Past members, including Pedro Aznar, David Blamires and the late Mark Ledford, have all been key players in the incarnations of which they were members, but they were more about orchestration than strong solo voices. Now Pat Metheny Group is a strong mini-orchestra that also features a broad range of compelling soloists.
The Potsdam State University of New York (SUNY) performance on February 14, 2005 was one of a handful of warm-up shows, taking place before the group's official tour commences on February 17, as part of the University's Community Performance Series (CPS). Taking place in the gymnasium space of Maxcy Hall might, for some groups, be a challenge after all, a gymnasium is hardly acoustically built for music but given that the Metheny Group travels with their own PA, a crew of sound and light people, and guitar and keyboard techs, the sound, after a few adjustments in the first 15 minutes or so of the performance, was surprisingly good.
The two-and-a-half hour show began with the minimalist, Steve Reichian introduction to The Way Up being broadcast over the PA system. Metheny appeared on stage alone with his baritone guitar, and proceeded to layer a solo version of "This is Not America" over it. The rest of the band Mays, bassist Steve Rodby, Maret, Vu, Sanchez and guitarist/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Nando Lauria, who is a member of the touring group but not the recording group this time around came to the stage through the audience, playing a variety of toy instruments. Once onstage the group dove into The Way Up in its entirety, stretching it out to over 80 minutes, including more extended solos and some additional composed segments not found on the album. While the contributions of Vu and Maret on the album might seem somewhat secondary to the layers of guitars and keyboards courtesy of Metheny and Mays, live it's a different story. Watching how seamlessly their main instruments are integrated into the larger orchestral texture of the group gives a whole new appreciation for their talents. And in order to reproduce at least as accurately as is possible the myriad layers of guitars Vu and Maret, along with Lauria, were often seen to be adding guitar parts to the mix. Sanchez even strapped on an electric bass at one point near the end of the piece, alternating between simple bass line and cymbal rolls. Rodby, during what is nominally called "Part Two'? on the CD, spent much of the time alternating between playing a fretless electric bass and slinging it behind his back while he returned to double-bass.
As for Metheny, one almost lost count of the number of guitars he used during the piece. Kudos to his long-standing guitar tech, Carolyn Chrzan, who made sure that every guitar was in place and in tune and Metheny uses a variety of non-standard tunings throughout The Way Up , so this is no mean feat. Aside from the staggering musical complexity and challenge of recreating The Way Up live, the sheer logistics become evident when watching the show, with the band sometimes performing an almost sleight of hand where one would be busy watching one side of the stage, only to return attention to Metheny and find yet another instrument there at his disposal. At one point Sanchez was playing a large shekere, only to literally toss it behind him so that he could return to the kit fortunately there was a tech waiting to catch it.
And, as usual, the back line in this case Maret, Vu and Lauria contributed everything from percussion to vibraphone, marimba and, in the case of Lauria, a second horn. What is always astounding about the players Metheny finds for his group is their ability to transform into strong multi-instrumentalists; and while none of these additional instruments are as strong as their main axes, they manage to be completely convincing. Special mention should also be made of Lauria who, while never getting a moment in the spotlight, is clearly a talented guitarist who had to learn some of Metheny's challenging parts and recreate them faithfully. While the role of musical chameleon is sometimes lost in the midst of all the strong voices present, Lauria's role was absolutely essential, and should not be underestimated.
The group also made some intelligent choices about performing The Way Up live, condensing the extended coda at the end of the piece, which would likely be swallowed up in any large concert hall. Still, the piece ended in a satisfying way, sticking to the almost circuitous ending of the recorded version and avoiding the temptation for a more definitive and bombastic conclusion.
The decision to begin the concert with an 80-minute epic was unquestionably a bold move; no chance for the group to warm up, as they so often would with pieces like "Have You Heard?" and "Phase Dance." So, after 80 minutes of continuous play, when Metheny finally stepped up to the microphone, one of his first comments, after introducing the band, was to say that, at this point, he almost felt like saying "Thank you, and good night." Fortunately for the nearly sold-out crowd, he had something else in mind.
The second half of the concert was an interesting blend of subsets of the group duos, trios, quartets culminating in full group performances for the end of the show. Starting the second half with "What Do You Want," an up-tempo duet between Metheny and Sanchez, both players had the opportunity to further demonstrate the astounding technique coupled with sheer musicality of the first half. Metheny has spoken, at great lengths, of his excitement playing with Sanchez. Much as the Metheny Group's first bassist, Mark Egan, was a fine player but it became clear, when he joined the group, that Rodby was simply the right player for Pat Metheny Group, Danny Gottlieb and Paul Wertico may have both made significant contributions to the band, but Sanchez is clearly the drummer Metheny has been looking for all these years, capable of everything from light textural playing to powerful polyrhythms. And as Rodby has become an essential part of the group's core over the past 23 years, one can only hope that as other players come and go, Sanchez stays for the long haul to become another core member.
Following the intense duet, Rodby fleshed things out to a trio for a very liberal reading of Offramp 's "James," where the chord changes revealed the tune long before Metheny actually got around to playing the familiar theme. More a solo vehicle than the structured format of the original piece, this felt more in line with some of Metheny's trio work with Larry Grenadier and Bill Stewart and, more recently Christian McBride and Sanchez.
Mays joined the group for "Lone Jack," from the group's self-titled first album . This time, however, instead of Metheny and Mays taking separate extended solos, they traded back and forth, building the tension and excitement and leading into a solo from Sanchez that, while staying true to the tune's form, combined unbelievable intensity with a distinctly melodic approach.
Metheny returned to his acoustic baritone guitar for a duet with Maret's chromatic harmonica on "Always and Forever," from Secret Story. Maret, even when soloing in the most tender of ways, seemed almost frenetic in his body movements.
Mays and Metheny then performed a duet version of "Farmer's Trust" still one of Metheny's most provocative ballads with Rodby joining in for the final theme.
As on the Speaking of Now tour, Vu and Metheny utilizing his 42-string Pikasso guitar played an introduction to the first of two staples from the Metheny Group catalogue, "Are You Going With Me?," also from Offramp. The Pikasso, liberally treated with reverb, literally filled the concert space. When the group entered, Mays, who traditionally took a synthesizer solo that emulated a harmonica, traded solos with Maret on the real thing before Metheny took off with a soaring guitar synth solo that demonstrated how, while this tune has been on virtually every set list since it was first recorded, it clearly provides him with a vehicle where there is still something new to say.
The show closed with "The First Circle," a piece that is the closest thing to a "greatest hit" as the group has. Unlike "Are You Going With Me?," which is largely a solo feature, "The First Circle," barring a strong solo from Mays, is largely a through composed piece, and while unquestionably a dramatic set closer, could easily be dropped from the Metheny Group set list. Unlike "Are You Going With Me?" there seems to be little to add to this tune. Still, it was a rousing finish to a second half which was, for the most part, more about liberal reinterpretation than faithful recreation.
The group returned for an encore of "(It's Just) Talk," a tune from Still Life (talking) that hasn't been performed live in some time. With a strong Latin groove and powerful solos from everyone, it was the perfect end to an evening that combined the complex with the straightforward; the abstruse with the lyrical; and the faithfully reproduced with the more broadly reworked. A show that demonstrated not only the continuing power of the Metheny/Mays writing team, but that this incarnation of Pat Metheny Group may well be the most versatile and capable thus far in a career that has spanned 27 years and 13 recordings.
If the group's warm-up shows are meant to give them the opportunity to work out the snags and there were a few technical glitches then fans who attend the "official" tour dates are in for a big treat. One can only hope that Metheny chooses to record and release a concert DVD of, at the very least, the performance of The Way Up. Given its logistical complexities and inability to be perceived as anything other than the extended piece that it is (one doubts there will be a The Way Up medley on future tours), this is most likely the only tour where the piece will be performed, and documentation of the event is clearly essential.
For more information and tour dates, visit Pat Metheny Group on the web.
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Hopefully it will be soon because a problem with Photoshop CS4 really had me stumped.
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Please try it now. I was just able to get the buttons back for myself. Let me know if it is working for you now.
Still nothing appear immediately under "Actions" in the right side bar for me (i.e. no way to start a discussion).
Are you in the Photoshop General forum at http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/general or a level up from there at http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop ?
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Trophy hunting in Namibia is a significant contributor to the country's economy, with about eight per cent of the annual gross domestic product (GDP), says the president of the Namibia Professional Hunting Association (NAPHA).The hunting of about 25,000 wild animals organized by hunting professionals in 2005 brought a turnover of N$316 million and surpassed income from the entire small livestock sector the same year, which was N$285 million, said Diethelm Metzger, president of NAPHA at the organisation's annual general meeting last week. Trophy hunting is an important section of the tourism industry and grew an average of 12.5 per cent annually since 1996, Metzger added. This was a remarkable achievement, especially since there was little or no financial support to trophy hunting from Government, he said. The National Budget of Government for the defense sector, which is around 10 per cent, is twice as high than for tourism and agriculture together, according to Metzger. He said for each trophy hunter visiting Namibia, five to six jobs were created since it was a labour-intensive part of the tourism industry, requiring camp attendants, service staff, game trackers, hunting assistants and professional hunters, he told delegates.
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Courses will be taught by HCC instructor, area birding specialist, and Maryland Park Service Ranger Dave Weesner. For more information or to register, call 240-500-2236, or go to www.hagerstowncc.edu/coned.
This spring, Hagerstown Community College's Continuing Education and Community Services Division is offering two birding courses for aspiring and experienced bird watchers.
The first class, "Spring Birding—Migratory Song Birds Class and Field Trip," will be held on Wed., May 16, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with a field trip to occur the following week on Sat., May 19, from 7 to 10 a.m. Class discussion topics will include migration, silhouettes, identification, equipment, and bird habitat with a special emphasis on locating birds in Washington County and Maryland in general. Students will use the knowledge they gain from the class session to identify local birds on the field trip. Students are asked to bring binoculars and a bird book, dress in layers, and wear waterproof shoes. Cost is $41.
The second class, "Mysterious Creatures of the Night: Evening Wildlife Walk," will be held on Sat., May 19, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Students will be guided through in the Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area near Clear Spring, Md., with the hopes of seeing nocturnal animals such as barred and screech owls, whip-poor-wills, woodcocks, beavers, deer, bats, frogs, toads, and insects. Students are asked to bring binoculars and flashlights and to dress in layers and wear hiking boots or other supportive shoes. Cost is $21.
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the equation of the circle with center at (4 , -1) is
Solve them both simultaneously:
A line drawn through A(4,-1) parallel to the line 3x-4y+1=0. Find the coordinates of the two points on this line which are at a distance of 5 units from A.
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I think 3) is wrong, could you express it in slope intercept?
I am still unsure about 2) and 3)
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3)The "perpendicular bisector" of the line segment is the line that passes through the midpoint of and is perpendicular to .
The equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points (1,2) and (-5,12) is y=mx+b. Find m + b.
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How to Keep Inventory and Receivables Balanced
Originally published: 08.01.12 by Ruth King
Check these ratios monthly to detect problems with collections and materials.
For the past three months, I've written about the liquidity ratios (Can you pay your bills?); the debt ratios (Are you taking on too much debt?); and percentage compensation, (How productive are your employees?)
This month I'll examine the last category of financial ratios — inventory days and receivable days. These ratios answer the questions, Do I have a collection problem, and am I building up too much inventory?
These ratios are calculated by using values from the balance sheet and the profit-and-loss statement. I also calculate inventory days differently from the "textbook" definition of inventory days. That version calculates the inventory days using material expense only. I include total cost of goods sold. In the HVAC industry, when companies sell a part, they sell the labor to install the part. Any time a company has material expense, it also has a labor expense. Thus, the ratio as I calculate it ensures profitable use of inventory by the field employees.
The inventory days and receivable days are calculated from the inventory turns and receivable turns. The days trends are what you need to watch each month.
The receivable-days ratio must be looked at in conjunction with the accounts-receivable-to-payables ratio. If the receivable-to-payables ratio is increasing, and the receivable days are increasing too, then the company has a collection problem. If the receivable-to-payables ratio is increasing and the receivable days are constant, then the company is becoming more profitable. The reverse is also true: If the receivable-to-payable days are decreasing and the receivable days are constant, then the company is becoming less profitable.
Table 1 shows the inventory and receivable ratios that I track each month for a contractor. It is hard to decipher what is happening in this company just looking at the numbers.
Graph 1 shows the graph of the inventory and receivable ratios. Both the receivable days and inventory days increase and decrease each month. It's hard to see what is happening because there are months where the accounts receivable days are as high as 100, and other months as low as 30. The inventory days also range.
Table 2 shows the trailing data points for the turns and days ratios. Graph 2 shows the trailing data for these ratios.
The trailing data graph for this contractor shows a good story for inventory usage and a warning for receivable days. Inventory usage remains fairly constant on a long-term basis, which means that the company is being efficient with inventory. It is not building up inventory on a long-term basis.
However, the receivable days show a different story. The company has a collection problem. The fact that receivable days hit 100 days during a month is definitely a warning sign that someone had to start calling overdue accounts. The long-term trend is still rising. Even though the receivable-to-payables ratio is decreasing, (see my May 2012 HVACR Business column), the company's receivable-days ratio is a warning sign to continue collection efforts. This ratio will eventually start decreasing on a long-term basis as the monthly receivable days start decreasing.
The last thing to look at is ensuring that the receivable days are higher than the inventory days, as they are with this contractor. This means that your company doesn't have too much inventory. If both receivable days and inventory days are under 30 days, as they are with many residential contractors, there may be months where the receivable days are higher than inventory days and vice versa. Just ensure that they both stay under 30 days.
Take 15 to 30 minutes each month to calculate the 10 operating ratios I've written about over the past four months. Calculating the trends is critical to ensuring that your company can pay its bills, isn't carrying too much debt, doesn't have a collection problem, and is productive.
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Jury selection for Thomas Fast, the man charged with the 2007 murder of his stepmother, Tara resident Susan Fast, begins today at the Manatee County Courthouse.
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