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Legislative Updates
Ending at midnight on Thursday, April 29th, the 2010 Legislative Session was the longest in modern times. The session saw many successes on a number of important environmental priorities and a few setbacks. Thanks to the face-to-face meetings by environmental lobbyists, phone calls and emails from thousands of concerned citizens including many Sierrians, and support by many environmental groups, the General Assembly delivered positive results for our environment here in Georgia with a few disappointments.
Georgia Water Coalition
Straight from the Georgia Water Coalition report for the 2010 Legislative Session, "The 2010 legislature adopted the Water Stewardship Act of 2010 in response to Judge Magnuson's decision limiting Metro Atlanta's access to Lake Lanier for water supply and to help the water sharing negotiations with Alabama and Florida. The GWC worked for a number of years calling for many of the measures included in the bill and provided extensive input to the Governor's Water Contingency Task Force, which was formed in part to make recommendations to be included in the bill." The bill includes measures to reduce water waste including restrictions on outdoor watering and standards for new construction efficiency.
Transportation Funding
Legislation was passed that will lift spending restrictions on MARTA for three years so the agency can improve operations and maintenance. The bill removes restrictions that were hurting the development of transit in Metro Atlanta and takes steps toward creating a regional transit agency. Much more work remains to be done to ensure MARTA survives the current funding crisis and Metro Atlanta achieves a world class transit system. The ongoing oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico reminds us that public transit cuts our dependence on oil, reduces greenhouse gases and provides people with choices to move easily from home, work and play.
Preserving Independent Judges for our Environment
Legislation that ensures citizens and businesses get a level playing field when appealing environmental permit decisions in court in front of Administrative Law Judges did not make it onto the Senate floor, which ensures the preservation of independent judges for our environment. An attempt by Waste Management and other garbage companies to allow as much as a million tons of yard trimmings a year to be placed in linded landfills was defeated.
Keeping Our Water Clean
Lastly, threats to clean water were defeated. Legislation to use state funds and allow private companies to build reservoirs that do not have to meet the same water quality standards as public reservoirs was amended and ultimately failed to make it out of House committee.
While the successes of this Legislative session were important, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups are always looking for more ways to help protect our environment and to improve Georgia's environmental laws. The Legislature did not adopt protections against unnecessary and harmful water transfers this session. The bill faced stiff and well-financed opposition from the Metro Atlanta and Georgia Chambers of Commerce and ultimately, the bill did not pass out of the House Rules Committee.
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Dumbledore Quotes
He accused me of being Dumbledore's man through and through." "How very rude of him." "I told him I was." Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again. Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. To Harry's intense embarrassment, he suddenly realized that Dumbledore's bright blue eyes looked rather watery, and stared hastily at his own knee. When Dumbledore spoke, however, his voice was quite steady. "I am very touched, Harry.
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore] [Touching]
I DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!" "You do care," said Dumbledore. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. His expression was calm, almost detached. "You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.
[Life] [Death] [J.K. Rowling] [Hurt] [Pain] [Dumbledore] [Ache]
He must have known I'd want to leave you." "No, he must have known you would always want to come back.
[Friendship] [J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore] [Ron Weasley]
The idea of a teenage Dumbledore was simply odd, like trying to imagine a stupid Hermione or a friendly Blast-Ended Skrewt.
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore]
Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.
[Death] [J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore] [Killing]
I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are.
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore] [Molly Weasley]
Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?" "For him?" shouted Snape. "Expecto patronum!" From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe: she landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears. "After all this time?" "Always" said Snape.
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore] [Snape] [Lily Evans] [Patronus]
Because to confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for itself is obviously a very risky business.
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore]
Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore. "
[Death] [J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore] [Snape] [Avada Kedavra]
It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated...
[J.K. Rowling] [Evil] [Fight] [Dumbledore]
I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way..." "Yes, they do that.
[J.K. Rowling] [Sarcasm] [Dumbledore] [Malfoy] [Order Of The Phoenix]
I feel I owe you another explanation Harry," said Dumbledore hesitantly. "You may, perhaps, wondered why I never chose you as a prefect? I must confess...that I rather thought...you had enough responsibility to be going on with." Harry looked up at him and saw a tear trickling down Dumbledore's face into his long silver beard.
[J.K. Rowling] [Responsibility] [Dumbledore] [Prefect]
Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed," said Dumbledore, smiling at both of them. "I am sure Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are waiting to celebrate with you, and it would be a shame to deprive them of this excellent excuse to make a great deal of mess and noise.
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore]
I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore]
Except -- "So -- back again, Harry." Harry felt as though his insides had turned to ice. He looked behind him. Sitting on one of the desks by the wall was none other than Albus Dumbledore. Harry must have walked straight past him, so desperate to get to the mirror he hadn't noticed him. " -- I didn't see you, sir." "Strange how nearsighted being invisible can make you," said Dumbledore, and Harry was relieved to see that he was smiling. "So," said Dumbledore, slipping off the desk to sit on the floor with Harry, "you, like hundreds before you, have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised." "I didn't know it was called that, Sir." "But I expect you've realized by now what it does." "It -- well -- it shows me my family --" "And it showed your friend Ron himself as head boy." "How did you know --." "I don't need a cloak to become invisible," said Dumbledore gently. "Now, can you think what the Mirror of Erised shows us all." Harry shook his head. "Let me explain. The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is. Does that help." Harry thought. Then he said slowly, "It shows us what we want... whatever we want..." "Yes and no," said Dumbledore quietly. "It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts. You, who have never known your family, see them standing around you. Ronald Weasley, who has always been overshadowed by his brothers, sees himself standing alone, the best of all of them. However, this mirror will give us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away before it, entranced by what they have seen, or been driven mad, not knowing if what it shows is real or even possible. "The Mirror will be moved to a new home tomorrow, Harry, and I ask you not to go looking for it again. If you ever do run across it, you will now be prepared. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that. Now, why don't you put that admirable cloak back on and get off to bed." Harry stood up. "Sir -- Professor Dumbledore. Can I ask you something." "Obviously, you've just done so," Dumbledore smiled. "You may ask me one more thing, however." "What do you see when you look in the mirror." "I. I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks." Harry stared. "One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books." It was only when he was back in bed that it struck Harry that Dumbledore might not have been quite truthful. But then, he thought, as he shoved Scabbers off his pillow, it had been quite a personal question.
[J.K. Rowling] [Father] [Mother] [Dumbledore] [Mirror] [James] [Lily] [Harry] [Invisibility] [Cloak] [Erised]
You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore]
What do you see when you look in the mirror?' 'I? I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks.' Harry stared. 'One can never have enough socks,' said Dumbledore. 'Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore]
He had no business being weak when Harry wanted to rage and storm at him.
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore] [Rage] [The Order Of The Phoenix]
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?
[J.K. Rowling] [Dumbledore]
Nitwit, blubber, oddment, tweak.
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Arizona Cardinals
New Cardinal Alexander ready to fill any role team has for him
New Arizona Cardinals linebacker Lorenzo Alexander has a reputation for being one of the NFL's better special teams players.
Of course, that's why he was in the Pro Bowl last season.
However, what drew him to the Valley was an opportunity to showcase his talents on the defensive side of the ball.
"Be a three-down starter, something that I've only had an opportunity once to do," he told Arizona Sports 620's Doug and Wolf Friday.
Alexander, 29, said he will be more of an outside linebacker who helps on special teams than a special teams player who can fill in at outside linebacker.
"So just a new challenge, a new transition in my career as a football player, just to be an every down guy," he said.
The former Washington Redskin, who admittedly grew up a fan of the San Francisco 49ers, says along with a desire to beat the defending NFC champions, he brings a varied skill set to the desert, with the ability to play both inside and outside linebacker.
"I can do everything," he said. "I prided myself on that, giving the team flexibility and depth at all positions."
And given the four-game suspension handed down to the Cardinals' incumbent Pro Bowl linebacker, Daryl Washington, the team may have a position it needs Alexander to fill when the season begins.
"He's one of the great players in the league today," Alexander said. "The next guy has to stand up until he's able to come back and do what he does. So whether that's me or another linebacker on our team — somebody's going to have to fill that role and go out there so that we can win games."
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Little plastic cups!?!?! I thought they were tin! In that case lets buy it to the moon!! And think that it will never come down! P.E. be damned!!
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It's time to kick up your heels and celebrate the 15th anniversary of a hilarious comedy hit starring Academy Award(R) winner Mira Sorvino (Best Supporting Actress, 1995, MIGHTY APHRODITE) and Emmy Award(R) winner Lisa Kudrow (Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy, 1998, FRIENDS). Experience the fun, the laughs and the sizzling soundtrack like never before on Blu-ray with an all-new digital restoration! Romy and Michele are carefree party girls who reinvent themselves for their 10-year high school reunion. Their plan is working perfectly until a former classmate (Janeane Garofalo) blabs their real story to everyone. But Romy and Michele have one more big surprise up their sleeves. This is one reunion you won't want to miss. Join the party on Blu-ray!
Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino play ditzy best friends who decide to attend their 10-year high school reunion, but they completely make over their styles and identities first in order to impress the people who tormented them. The two stars keep Romy and Michele's High School Reunion going despite various lapses and potholes in David Mirkin's direction and despite a sneaking sense that the idea can't sustain the length of an entire feature. A midsection dream sequence underscores the latter problem through blatant padding, but Sorvino and Kudrow--both of whom became established stars playing airheads on other projects--are worth the weaknesses. --Tom Keogh --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.See all Product Description
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It was very nice, but a bit overpriced.
Doing what: Hiking Mount Liamuiga Volcano in St Kitts
This was a very adventurous hike. I saw some information that said that it was 2.5 miles. My fitbit says that it was 3.5 miles and 65 of that was up a pretty steep incline. Everyone in our party was in agreement about the distance. It is challenging but a lot of fun. Our guide was good and kept us moving. You will be on all fours several times as you climb up the mountain!
Doing what: Hiking Mount Liamuiga Volcano in St Kitts
Amazing does not even begin to describe this tour. Our tour guide was Al and he knew every inch of the forest. He is what made the tour so awesome. He kept us informed the entire way of everything and most importantly got us up and back safely. We started out our hike with six people and my fiancé and I were the only ones that made it to the top. This is for experienced Hikers and people who are in good physical shape! Once you get towards the top you will have to climb steep terrain and rocks. We were able to make it to the top and back down in about 3 hours. It takes a good 25 minutes to get there if you are coming from the ship dock. Once you get to the top the views are breathtaking and Al gives you some local drink and raisin bread, which are quite tasty. If you book this tour ask for Al he is the best aka prince of the mountain, he has been climbing this mountain since he was 7 and knows every part of it. This was our favorite excursion that we have ever done on a cruise.
Doing what: Hiking Mount Liamuiga Volcano in St Kitts
Our tour guide was fantastic. We had a group of 7 on our hike- 3 younger hikers, 4 older hikers. The guide did a great job making sure everyone could catch up and catch a break when they needed it. NOTE: we didn't have any cruise ship passengers on our hike- if we did, we would not have had this luxury, as they are more time-crunched.
The hike has some difficult parts, so I would suggest being in good shape beforehand. I am pretty active and I found it strenuous but not a killer. The views at the top are definitely worth it!
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The tour was worthwhile- nice nature and guide. The drinks and music added to the uniqueness
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Doing what: St Kitts Scenic Railway Tour
Went on a boat instead, tour company was nice enough to switch and recommend when our tour did not have enough people signed up.
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Doing what: St Kitts Scenic Railway Tour
This tour was nice. The railway is a nice way to see a lot of the island without driving.
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"Edward, why does it hurt here?"
—Nina, Fullmetal Alchemist
He remembers enough of his life to weep for what he has lost.
—Balthor the Defiled flavor text, Magic: The Gathering
"End the story that has lost its hero!"
—Rex Cavalier to the protaganist's, Hellsinker
"Or young men who lost their way?"
—Sabaton, "Wehrmacht"
You should have thought of this before, are the words all sloshing in the inside of your thinkpan when you lie back on the floor. Your motherfucking best friend was always up in your case about quitting the pies, and you wanted to make him happy, really you did. And you really should have thought of trying before now, when he wasn't all of being around being his tiny little breakable self where the thoughts in your head keep telling you about it over and over.
If you put the hurt in your brother, you'll just you'll up and throw yourself into the sea, is what you tell yourself while you stare up at the ceiling, your guts all twisted up and cramping and asking for pie. And then you squeeze your eyes shut until they hurt because your thinkpan is trying to conjure up a thought of his little thin arm bent all out of shape, and it's horrible, and you're horrible.
— Sober!Gamzee, Cultstuck
"Mission Objective: End Furgus's/Wyatt's suffering."
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The title says it all. If I want to make a proposal, but I know there is a stackexchange 1.0 site out there that covers the same ground, should I make that proposal anyway?
Meta Stack Exchange is where users like you discuss bugs, features, and support issues that affect the software powering all 158 Stack Exchange communities.
What is meta?
What is meta?
Here's how it works:
- Any Stack Exchange user can ask a question
- The community provides support, votes on ideas, and reports bugs
- Your voice helps shape the way Stack Exchange operates
It may be even better if you approached the current site owner and convinced them to submit the proposal for their own site to be migrated? :-)
For instance, I've already submitted a proposal for my Stack Exchange 1.0 site, Basically Money, to be migrated. Need followers! :-D
Yes, create the proposal. If it gets through commitment we'll sort out the implications for existing SE 1.0 sites (see http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/05/migration-of-se-1-0-sites/).
How can this be avoided when there is no list of SE 1.0 sites available?


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Do not go CPM. Talk to Tenant Union. Many Options.
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I lived off campus this past year. Although my apartment was okay, after traveling to other colleges and asking friends about their rent and seeing their places, this entire school and city is a rip off. The monthly rent for many apartments is outrageous and the apartments at other colleges are still much nicer. If you want to live at a nice place that is around $500/month at a different university, expect to pay well over $700/month
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I like the apartments around campus
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Sen. Chuck Grassley ignited a storm of speculation Wednesday by saying he's within a week or two of making a decision whether to endorse a candidate in the 2012 GOP presidential campaign.
Part of the decision, he added, is whether to endorse anyone.
"I haven't totally reached a decision," Grassley, R-Iowa, said during his weekly conference call with reporters. "It could be a decision that I'm not going to endorse anybody."
Although Tim Hagle, a University of Iowa associate professor of political science, wouldn't rule out a "none of the above" decision, he believes if Grassley says he's close to a decision, the senator will pick a favorite.
The six-term Republican didn't endorse anyone before Iowa's 2008 first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses.
Grassley has been characteristically guarded in his comments about the contenders, but told Roll Call earlier this year that he only will endorse a candidate who can win beyond Iowa.
Given that criterion, Hagle said he "can see (Mitt) Romney as a possibility."
However, Grassley has philosophical and policy differences with each candidate, so his best option may be to not endorse and say he's trying to avoid any dissension within the party, said Chris Larimer, University of Northern Iowa associate professor of political science.
"Privately, however, Grassley most likely disagrees with many candidates on certain issues," Larimer explained. "Grassley was very critical of Obama's health-care plan, so this may rule out Romney; and Grassley is unlikely to endorse anyone not perceived as sharing traditional and/or Midwest values. (Rick) Santorum — even though a former colleague in the Senate — is too extreme. And (Texas Gov. Rick) Perry and Grassley most likely disagree on immigration."
That said, Grassley, as the titular head of the Iowa GOP may make an endorsement to rally the party around the candidate he believes is most likely to win, said Cary Covington of the University of Iowa Political Science Department.
"I have some problems envisioning an endorsement of Romney, but I have more problems envisioning endorsements of anyone else," Covington said. "I think of Grassley more as part of the Republican establishment than of its dissident 'tea party' wing, and so I think, like Chris Christie, he sees this as the time to close ranks around the candidate most likely to be able to defeat (Barack) Obama, who I think is Romney."
Iowa State University political scientist Steffen Schmidt agrees that a Romney endorsement "would fit right in with the mainstream, pragmatic GOP, but tick off" tea party supporters.
There's more to consider than ideology and the likelihood of defeating President Obama next fall, said Bruce Nesmith, who teaches political science at Coe College.
Nesmith has his doubts Grassley will endorse anyone. However, should Grassley weigh in on the race before the caucuses, Nesmith is torn between an endorsement of Rep. Michele Bachmann, Grassley's next door neighbor, Romney, who is the establishment candidate and front runner, or Perry, who will be campaigning Friday night for Grassley's grandson, state Rep. Pat Grassley, who faces a primary challenge.
It's unclear what weight a Grassley endorsement would carry. Given that Iowa caucus-goers tend to socially conservative, Larimer thinks it would mean less than an endorsement by Rep. Steve King or Bob Vander Plaats of The Family Leader.
A Grassley endorsement could help Romney get a second look from Iowa Republicans because of the six-term Republican's credibility in the state.
"It won't necessarily, in the end, sway people away from someone like Bachmann or (Herman) Cain, but it can't hurt," he said.
That credibility within the party also would help allay the concerns some Republicans have with Romney, Hagle added. However, there may be some limits to a Grassley endorsement.
"I don't know that it would pull Santorum out of the single-digits, but it would probably be a boost" to the former Pennsylvania senator's campaign, Hagle said.
The candidate who would benefit most from a Grassley endorsement would be Cain, Larimer speculated.
"We know little to nothing about Cain's policy positions — besides 9-9-9 — so a Grassley endorsement would be huge for this campaign," he said.


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Teslaĺs all-electric Model S luxury sedan has become a must-have car, not only for the tech elite but also the regular rich and famous.
According to auto website Edmunds.com, the Model S is the top-selling vehicle in eight of the nationĺs 25 wealthiest ZIP codes. Tops among them: tiny and tony Atherton, where the Model S accounts for a stunning 15.4 percent of all new car registrations within its borders. Six of the eight Tesla-heavy ZIP codes are in Silicon Valley; all eight are in California.
ôThe Model S is the hometown hero for Silicon Valley,ö said Jessica Caldwell, a senior analyst at Edmunds.com, in an interview Friday. ôFor one car to have 15 percent market penetration in Atherton is ridiculously high. National market share is like a 10th of 1 percent. Itĺs making a big splash.ö
California has long been the dominant market for Palo Alto-based Tesla, but the company has declined to break down sales within the Golden State by either region or ZIP code.
From January through August, 403 new vehicles were registered in Atherton, according to the analysis by Edmunds.com. Of those, 63 were Model S sedans.
As of Aug. 31, Tesla has sold 5,631 Model S sedans in California, according to Edmunds.com. The Bay Area, with 2,402 registrations, had a slight edge over the Los Angeles area, with 2,392.
Tesla is now making more than 500 cars a week at its Fremont factory, and delivered 5,150 cars in the second quarter. The company, which reports its third-quarter earnings Tuesday, has told analysts it expects to deliver 21,000 cars this year, and recently began delivering vehicles to Europe.
The Model S has a base price of $70,000 but can cost tens of thousands more with various options. But Californians can qualify for a $7,500 federal electric car tax credit, as well as a $2,500 state tax credit and access to the coveted HOV lane on freeways. The vehicle has become popular with Silicon Valley venture capitalists and technology leaders, and itĺs increasingly common to see Model S sedans on the Stanford University campus and on Interstate 280.
ôI probably see a Tesla Model S every day,ö said Atherton City Manager George Rodericks. ôAtherton is 100 percent residential. We donĺt have any public charging stations. We donĺt even have a grocery store. But driving around town, you sure do see a lot of them. Iĺd love to see the Model S be used for Athertonĺs police cars.ö
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While Blackberry markets itself as a BUSINESS phone, and the Blackberry BOLD 9900 as an INTERNATIONAL business phone, the reliability of this phone is so poor that it completely undermines any feature or function BlackBerry boasts.
I've had this phone since September 2011 and starting a month ago, on a DAILY basis, but especially when I need to communicate with people between appointments, it:
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There is often discussion about efficiency of different trading systems. Is there some stock exchange using open outcry trading as of today?
As Chris pointed out in his comment, smaller stock exchanges may use open outcry. There are several exchanges that use open outcry/floor trading in the US, however, although they aren't necessarily stock exchanges.
Having visited the three Chicago exchanges I mentioned, I can personally vouch for their continued use of a trading floor, although its use is declining in all three.


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Looks like it will be good weather for football on Saturday!
No excuses, go out and play and the Utes will come home with another convincing victory.
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Here is a game where the Utes D-line studliness will shine. Rotating 11 guys through the line will be huge to keep them from wearing down. D-backs have been hurt in the past with big pass plays, but I think they'll be ready for the AF attack.
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Wait. They've practiced at the stadium the last two days due to wet weather?
Wouldn't bad weather be the reason the the IPF is there? Wouldn't you want to
get *out* of the wet weather when practicing for a 72 & sunny game?
I'm confused.
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Kyle and Urban Meyer before him will practice in the rain and snow over going inside. They know November brings cold wet weather at home and at Notre Dame. On November 6th when TCU comes to town it may be snowing and if it is those boys from Texas and all their speed are going to be slowed significantly by the cold and altitude. Kyle is getting his guys ready. Watch out TCU!!
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ExDixieIte: "I'm confused."
Don't worry about it - here's the short version for you confused people: Utah prepared, Utah wins. We are then 8-0 going home against TCU.
Clear enough for you? Just sit back and enjoy the show and stop trying to overthink things.
Go Utes! Go Crimson!
- 11:25 a.m. Oct. 28, 2010
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Stick your assignments and come home convincing winners! Go UTES!!!
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As a BYU fan, I hate to admit it, Utah will be just fine over Air Force. They may have a good running team but Utah is playing awesome football right now and I am not afraid to accept that. TCU had some trouble for about a Quarter like they did with BYU and then left Air Force in the dust. Shouldn't be any different. It will be fun to watch the two undefeateds play for something worth playing for. I just hope no one chokes before then.
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Well said. I have a ton of respect for Cougar fans like you... who are sane, sound and accepting of things the way they are.
Let me reciprocate:
Although I have been a BYU hater for as long as I remember, I do have some respect for the Cougars program. BYU has produced some very very good teams over the last 50 years... including a 1996 team that was one of the best in the nation, and was completely robbed of a big time bowl game that season.
We Ute fans are bred to hate you guys, and vice versa. During our four years on campus, it's just ingrained in us to hate "that other team".
But I can guarantee you this... if BYU was terrible year in and year out, the rivalry wouldn't be nearly as huge as it is. So in part, us Utes fans hate BYU so much because we know you're pretty dang good.
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Go to your bank and ask them to secure a visa card secured against the money deposited.
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There are many SQL Server options that can be enabled for databases, and one of the most misunderstood ones is auto-shrink. Is it safe? If not, why not?
(I originally asked as a regular question but then found out the correct method - thanks BrentO)
No, never.
I've come across this several times now on ServerFault and want to reach a nice wide audience with some good advice. If people frown on this way of doing things, downvote and I'll remove this gladly.
Auto-shrink is a very common database setting to have enabled. It seems like a good idea - remove the extra space from the database. There are lots of 'involuntary DBAs' out there (think TFS, SharePoint, BizTalk, or just regular old SQL Server) who may not know that auto-shrink is positively evil.
While at Microsoft I used to own the SQL Server Storage Engine and tried to remove the auto-shrink feature, but it had to stay for backwards compatibility.
Why is auto-shrink so bad?
The database is likely to just grow again, so why shrink it?
I did a blog post a while back that has an example SQL script that shows the problems it causes and explains in a bit more detail. See Auto-shrink – turn it OFF! (no advertising or junk like that on my blog). Don't get this confused with shrinking the log file, which is useful and necessary on occasion.
So do yourselves a favor - look in your database settings and turn off auto-shrink. You should also not have shrink in your maintenance plans, for exactly the same reason. Spread the word to your colleagues.
Edit: I should add this, reminded by the second answer - there's common misconception that interrupting a shrink operation can cause corruption. No it won't. I used to own the shrink code in SQL Server - it rolls back the current page move that it's doing if interrupted.
Hope this helps!
It isn't "unsafe" - it won't damage anything.
But it is not recommended for production environments where the database may decide to go off and start an expensive rearrangement exercise just before a pile of requests come in making those requests take longer to be served. You are much better off using scheduling shrink operations along with other maintenance operations such as backups (actually, after backups - it'll more from the transaction log that way). Or just not shrinking at all unless there is a growth problem - you can always setup a monitor to let you know when the unused allocated space grows beyond a certain ratio or fixed size.
IIRC the option is off by default for all databases in all MSSQL editions except Express.
Of course, Paul is right.
See all DBs and their autoshrink setting. If you have a lot of databases, one will sneak in.
Is this in the dmv's somewhere....I wonder.
There is a whitepaper available on TechNet that explains SQL maintenance in more detail.
I've seen a SQL server with both Autogrow and Autoshrink enabled. This (relatively powerful) server was terribly slow, because all it did all day was shrink and grow the database files. Autoshrink can be useful, but I'd recommend two things:
The only time I've been forced to shrink a database was to refresh a copy on a test server with less disk space (insufficient to hold the production database).
The production database's file(s) had generous free space, unfortunately you have to restore a database with the same file(s) sizes as you've backed it up with. So had no choice but to shrink production before backing it up. (The shrink took ages, lots of resource was consumed and the subsequent transaction log growth was problematic.)
Also check out this video tutorial....
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i'm tryng to compile and make tora 1.3.18 but doesn't succeed.
I have an WIN XP box, oracle 8i (8.1.7) client, mingw32, msys 1.0.
When executing make, it complains that can't find liboci.a. I can't find any file with that name. Where do i find it? How can i get it?
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NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS -- Cricket promises a $200 Visa card rebate on a $299 phone. Great deal, right? Only problem is they tell you close to the end of the program that you didn't send all the correct info, rebate denied and it's too late to resend the info. We sent all the correct info, which they admitted, but it's too late to get the rebate now.
The phone's OK but I damn sure wouldn't buy a phone for that much. All I need it for is a phone, and the camera is nice but that is stupid expensive for a phone if you don't use it for internet, etc. I'm not the only scam victim I know of, no one I no has gotten a rebate form Cricket. "Sorry we can't help you" - Translation: tough **, you lose. Next stop BBB and Attorney General's office.
LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI -- When I ordered my phone from the call representative nearby, they told me that once I get my phone it'll be ready to use. Once I got my phone, I read the introductions and it told me I need to keep it charged over night. Well I did so, and I continued the activation instructions. Activation unsuccessful. I called the customer service (located in India!!!) And they kept on saying "Um okay yes yes okay ** stupid **." They told me that they cannot activate it and told me to go to the nearby store. I did that and the store even told me they cannot even activate it and I need to go to a corporate store located 45 minutes. I told them "** that, that is stupid and I want to return my phone".
I've asked these people to go get their supervisor and they kept on saying "I am looking for one" but keeps on picking up the phone every minute to see if I'm still here. Do not use Cricket Wireless, worthless ** company which their customer service is in India. All store reps are foreigners!
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA -- I would have given this company 0 stars if that were possible. Avoid this place as if your life depends on it. The staff are very unprofessional. The local corporate store manager ** seems to have no idea how to do her job. After having an issue with the Huawei mercury I purchased in June which did not work from the moment I left the store I purchased it at (Hickory grove) I returned it to that store the following morning and was told by ** who sold me the phone that I would have to take it to the corporate location to have it replaced. I sat at this location for 4 hours without speaking to a single employee other than to be told very rudely to sign in on a kiosk which I did.
I stood against the wall for 4 hours waiting to be served because there is only one bench and the place is always packed (wonder why). There is a police officer stationed in the waiting room which should tell you something about this location. A woman was actually hitting her very young child in the waiting area with a shoe and no one even seemed to notice. After 4 hours I had to return home with no resolution. I spent hours on the phone with Cricket's useless customer service with no resolution and was directed back to the store where
I waited several more hours with no help.
Everyone within Cricket, apart from ** herself tells me that she should have replaced the phone and they can't help me. Fast forward to October. THAT'S 4 MONTHS! I am at my wit's end and am still paying for a phone that will not work. I finally get in touch with a regional manager for the Charlotte area that covers the store I purchased the phone from because the manager of that store (hickory grove) named ** refuses to help me as well. The regional manager named ** tells me that if I will pay a 125 insurance claim fee that he will give me a better phone and a discount monthly on my service as well as a credit to offset the cost of the insurance fee.
Although I did and still do believe that they should have immediately replaced the defective merchandise that they sold me, I felt that this was an acceptable compromise and agreed. He told me to go see ** at the Mallard pointe store and gave me a packet of info to give her to have this resolved. She did get me the new phone and I paid my 125 and she told me that she would text me within an hour to let me know that the credit and discount had been applied and what my monthly bill would be going forward. Needless to say, I never received that text. Just found out that none of that had been done after I left.
This has been the worst customer service I have ever received.Avoid Cricket at all costs!!!! The convenience of not having a contract does not offset the total lack of professionality and customer service. Every single person I have dealt with within this company made it very clear that they will only do the minimum required and couldn't care less about their customers.
MADISON, WISCONSIN -- On Tuesday, January 4, 2011; I purchased a wireless broadband from Cricket from East Towne Mall. The man that was taking down my information, asked me for my license, and I informed him that I had just moved and if he would like my new address rather than the one on my license. He told me that my address doesn't matter, and that's when I questioned how I got billed. He told me that you get billed and pay online. I spent $53 for the modem, and $50 for the first month's internet, total of $103. I get back to my house around 9:30 pm to try out my new internet, installed and did everything the directions told me to do, only to find out it didn't work.
I called the 800 number and the guy told me that my internet didn't work because my $50 credit hadn't been posted. So I waited until the next day. Wednesday, January 5, 2011; After I got home from work at 6 pm, I tried the internet again, only to find out that it didn't work. I called the 800 number again, and the guy asked me for my zip code (the zip code on my license and where I live now are different) so he looked me up by my account number.
I began to explain to the man that the guy that sold me the broadband told me that my address didn't matter, and man chuckled. He took down my current address and then told me that I didn't receive any service where I lived which would have been nice to know before I purchased everything. The man explained to me that I could go to the West Side (30 minutes from where I purchased everything) to get a FULL refund as long as I made it in there by the 6th.
Thursday, January 6, 2011; I drove 40 minutes to the Westside store, where they denied me and told me I had to go to the store I bought everything from because they don't "associate" with the other store on the other side of town. So I had to drive to the other side of town were I purchased it from (Eastside) and the man told me that he could only be able to give me $25 of my $103 because they could only take back to broadband modem and I had to pay a restocking fee. I told that man that I would like to speak to his manager. He gave me her number and I called her, to find out she was VERY rude.
She started raising her voice at me telling me my receipt states I had 24 hours to return everything for a full refund and that the man that told me I had 3 days misinformed me. I told her that I didn't think it was right that I was paying for something I A) Never got to use B) Wasn't my fault that the guy didn't tell me I didn't get service where I lived cause he didn't take down my current address. I told her I wanted to speak to her boss, she then, really rudely took my name and number and hung up on me. NO manager should EVER hang up on a customer. 50 minutes later still no phone call. I called her store back, and she told me to go back to the booth.
I went back there to find a different man standing there. He refunded me the $53 for the wireless modem, and began to guilt trip me by saying that THEY (CRICKET) are losing money because they refunded me. I told him I wanted my $50 back for the month of internet I didn't and will never get to use. He told me I would have to go back to the store on the Westside (where I already was). I explained to him that they denied me, and he told me to ask for a manager there. I got their number and called them, and when I called a lady picked up, I explained the situation to her and she said that the guy gave me false information because they don't contact that store (even though they are the SAME company). I then flipped.
She went to someone higher than the owner, and I am now getting my $50 in a Visa gift card, not a check or a credit back to my bank account. But after the hours I spent running around and defending my case to rude Cricket employees, I just took it. and they are mailing it to me. I advise you NOT to work with Cricket, they are THE worst service I have ever had to deal with!
I must be stupid, I have been burned twice by this company. The first time with a cell phone that I had, the battery died (choked and died - DNR). I went to the local store, the girl behind the counter messed around it for about 5 minutes, tossed it on the counter and said that she could not get the back of the phone off, stated that I should just buy a new phone, turned around and walked off. I called the "1-800 #" and they nicely told me that insurance would not cover it, because I must have done something to the phone, but I could go up to the local store and see if they could fix it.
When I told them what happened, they insisted that it did not happen, "they do not hire bad customer service reps". Moving on - I switched carriers, and for a little more a month "not much more" I went to Verizon for phone services. Fast forward to present day my son got a laptop for Christmas. I wanted him to have Internet services, it was last minute, so I went to Cricket and bought the modem, and was on my way (boy I just wished I would have waited) I tried to pay my bill in January, albeit a day late, I know my fault, they had already cut the service off (understandable).
I went to the local store to pay, however the guy at the store said that because it had been turned off, he could not help me without the actual modem, so I went home and the next day went back with the modem and was told he still could not help me. I asked him to reactivate it, start up a new account and I would pay all the fees associated with it, he informed me that I had to buy another modem - at that time I left.
I tried to get help online, and called their 1-800 number that they listed, the guy on the phone, told me that he only processed new orders and gave me another 1-800 to call. I called this number, I do not think this number has any customer service people associated with it. I pressed the option to reactivate, and was told to go the nearest store, I tried every option, but without a "phone number for the account because it had been turned off". It was pretty useless, I tried to press 0, the system HUNG UP ON ME. While I understand the appeal of Cricket, the unlimited, no credit check, no contracts etc.
However with the crap you have to put up with, I think that it is worth the little extra money you have to pay with Verizon to get the customer service, people that actually answer the phones, email reminders about invoices due, stores everywhere, with more than 1 person in each store, and the convenience of being a day late and not having to go through heck. In researching, I have found that Cricket is actually rated one of the lowest for customer service, actually next to last. I will never make that mistake again, shame on me for getting burned twice!!! No third time!!! Beware and be smart
TENNESSEE -- The following was first sent to Smith Micro since it was under Support for the program that launches the Cricket Wireless service at 9:30 P.M. Friday Oct 30, 2009. They provided me with an email address to Cricket Wireless Support on the following Monday which I immediately forwarded the message to. There has been no response, so I thought I would send you an email with the body of the text that was sent to both parties. By the way, we've already lost two of the seven clients I have recommended the service to.
My stepson says that he called Cricket Support earlier today and was informed that the bandwidth was throttled and will be this way for the next several days because of "excessive downloading". I don't put any stock in this statement as this has never been a problem before; Cricket Wireless is advertised as unlimited broadband, & the two clients I lost today to a local Internet provider used the Cricket Wireless service for less than a month. Please see below:
"For the last two hours my Cricket Wireless modem has been running download speeds between 100-110 Kbps. Ping & upload speeds are typical (ping between 280-330, upload speed is 90-120 Kbps). Do you have a server down? Weather is clear here. Download speeds generally range from 400-700 Kbps. Generally, these speed reductions are only seen in this area from 2 A.M. to 3 A.M. I'm assuming a server reboot or other maintenance is being done at this time as this always happens regardless of the time of year. I reside in Atoka, Tn, approximately 25 miles north of Memphis.
Operating System: Windows XP Home, Windows OS Version: Windows XP Home Service Pack 3. System scanned for viruses and other malware. System is clean. Last Windows update run Thursday 10-29-09. Antivirus updated at this time. Additional system used to test modem is a Dell server running Windows 2000 Pro. Windows updates and antivirus updated same day as the above system. This system also clean. Same problem. Problem detected with Session Information window provided by QuickLink Mobile software, verified by www.whatismyip.com/speedtest/index.asp.
It is now 75 hours later and I am running a new application, http://www.speedtest.net; it also reports poor results. I am a local tech in the area & have gotten calls from three clients so far wanting to know why their Internet service is running slow. Current results as of Tuesday, Nov 3rd at 1:00 a. m.: Ping: 543 ms. Should be between 280-330 ms typical. Maximum download speed: 130 Kbps. Should be between 400-700 Kbps. Maximum upload speed: 100 Kbps (normal). I informed my clients that I would contact them as soon as I received an answer from you.
Are you upgrading your servers? Satellite hit with gamma radiation bursts? Is this the new normal my clients can expect? They & I are not happy. All these users use both desktops & laptops. I myself have two desktops & one laptop. Please respond as soon as possible so I can contact my clients and let them know when service can be expected to return to normal. This is a service I highly recommend because of the price & past reliability.
I have tested the service again as to the ping, download speed, and upload speed as of 12:40 A.M. today, Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009. A response from you would be appreciated in this matter. If this email has been sent to the wrong department, please forward to the correct department at your earliest convenience. Thank you."
I received a phone call from the Escalation Dept. on Friday, Nov. 6th, 2009. I was not able to take the call at the time and a message was left by ** requesting I return his call on Saturday, Nov. 7th. He informed me that he normally doesn't work on Saturdays but would be in the office at 8:00 A.M. the next morning my time to take the call. When I attempted to contact him, all I could reach was the answering machine. I left a brief message that included a call back number and a request to contact me at his earliest convenience.
It is now Monday Nov. 9th at 8:05 A.M. my time and I have once again attempted to contact Mr. Smith at the phone number given. Mr. Smith no longer occupies the office or the phone number has been rerouted to another office occupied by a gentleman who is only identified as **. I shall wait on this phone call until 12:30 P.M. today to see if a return call might be forthcoming.
No phone call was returned in what I expect to be a reasonable time. All I can conclude at this point is that their customer service is lacking or they do not wish for me or my clients to participate in their services anymore. I cannot recommend this service as truthful as far as their advertised claims any longer.
I am forwarding a copy of the final message to Cricket Wireless, the email address listed for Bill W. Smith, and the Better Business Bureau in Denver, Co. No further contact will be required. Our cell phone has been switched from Cricket to Cellular South. We will also be switching our broadband Internet connection to the local company that provides this service. I would like to say we did appreciate the service you have provided the past two years and are sorry we have to part company.
It all started when I had to move from Phoenix, Arizona to Windsor, California. I took my Cricket phone with me and all was well. I decided to make my monthly payment 5 days in advance on October 9th. I paid a total of 53.86 for my services which would be billed from October 14 to November 14th. Now on October 10th the phone broke. I had insurance on it and went through the proper channels to get a replacement phone, which cost me 50.00. I received the phone on October 14th. Unfortunately because of my move I was unable to activate my phone and was told I would need to go to a Cricket store to do so.
The nearest store is 150 miles away and I am unable to get there. So I told them to disconnect the services then and I wanted a refund on the 53.86 for services since I was unable to use them. I was told everything would be fine I would receive my money in 2-3 weeks. I then called their insurance company, The Signal, and got them to issue me a refund for the 50.00 deductible, and I had to send both phones back. I just received the refund from The Signal today, November 7th. I called Cricket to check on the status of my refund from THEM since I had not received it yet. I was told there were no notes stating that, and that the services were still active.
I spoke with a supervisor. She told me she would get right on it, it would take 7-10 days for it to be issued and that I needed to go and fax her my bank account info showing the payment was taken out. I did so and called back 2 hours later. I spoke to a different representative, and explained my situation and asked if my fax had been received. She told me this was the wrong department. I asked for a number to reach the correct department and she said she didn't have it. I then asked for a supervisor and she told me to call back in 30 mins. I was explaining to her how ridiculous that was since you never get the same place two times and she HUNG UP on me.
I then called back and spoke to another supervisor, a female. She was very rude and unhelpful and told me that she couldn't assure me I would even receive a refund. This was the first I have heard of anything like that, and I was trying to ask WHY that would EVER be. She couldn't tell me why and told me there would be an investigation. I told her I wanted to make sure my Fax was received since it is personal information. She told me she was unable to verify this and to call the Main Cricket store located in California. I called and spoke to a female. She told me I was misinformed and she couldn't help me at all.
I had to call Cricket's 800 number, AGAIN, and ask for a supervisor. When I got someone on the line, I didn't get her name unfortunately, but in the middle of me explaining my concern I hear her exclaim "Oh, my lip balm!!" She was not paying any attention to me so I promptly asked for a supervisor.
I talked to a male and explained my issues. He pretty much told me the same thing that there would be an investigation and someone would call me. I advised him I do not trust their company to call me back and that I would call back in a week. I was told it would take up to 2 weeks JUST TO FIND OUT IF I AM APPROVED FOR MY MONEY!!! I wasn't even able to use the service I didn't even have a phone. I am being put through this frustration for an error on their part, and I seriously feel like I was not helped, or treated properly.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA -- Cricket Wireless is using AT&T cell towers - my daughter has experienced roaming 80% of the time. As of March 1, 2015 phones purchased as recent as August and October 2014 will not be able to work. Cricket's solution is to sell customers an upgraded phone. Phones not 1 year old does not matter. Today I was told I could cancel the service or pay extra money. I cancelled.
I have the Huawei Ascend 3G Touch Screen and I regret the day I paid $189.99 x 2 for these phones and made the switch to this company. Two months after I bought the phones they start giving them away for free if you switch to Cricket service. My husband sees my struggle with this phone and the service he never even activated his phone. The reception is bad wherever I go, to work in VA or home in MD. I have to go outside to get a good signal, by good I mean 3 bars, inside if I do get 1 or 2 bars the call goes through but it will drop several times, I get so frustrated by the time I do get through I don't want to talk anymore.
I cannot hear on this phone - it has the worst volume I have ever seen on a cellular phone. If you don't have an earpiece phone has to be on speaker to have a conversation and that is bad, it is like using a walkie-talkie (you put it to your ear to listen then to your mouth to talk). I can use my phone in my car on speaker at MAX volume and the person in the passenger seat next to me cannot clearly hear what is being said, very poor quality product. The speaker does however do OK when used on the web or with some music apps, when it is very quiet but if there is any noise where you are it's no good.
I cannot speak to customer service representative if my service is off, I mean 1 day late and you are off. The only option I have is to make a payment. Even if I make a partial payment they call this a bridge payment, you still can not reach tech support or cust service. Can you say "Rip Off"? I've had this service for 5 or 6 months now and I hardly ever use it, I am so frustrated with the horrible service.


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At the end of the action at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, all the talk was already about how quickly Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake will run in the 200m final on Thursday, and I think the world record is going to go.
The general assumption is that Bolt is going to run away from Blake, but the 22-year-old has pulled up in the last 20 metres and still managed to run 20 seconds flat.
The way I saw his semi-final, Blake could have comfortably run 19.5 and he was not even looking to run at full pelt at any stage of the race.
Bolt looked slightly better, perhaps, but the two Jamaican superstars will be there at the line together for sure when it comes to the final on Thursday.
The people who say that Bolt is not 100 per cent fit are sadly misguided: there is no way that he would be able to run 9.63 in 16 degrees if he was not fully fit, and he will prove that again in the 200m.
For Bolt to run at that pace and to win the 100m final so comfortably on a cold evening suggests that he and Blake will break the 200m world record on Thursday evening.
I do not think it is at all out of the question that he will run a world record in the 200m, and he will break his own mark with Blake in a close second.
I am predicting that it will be a quick, quick, quick race with Bolt just pipping Blake and setting a new mark for the 200m — which is, as we all know, his favourite event.
As for Kenya's David Rudisha, I cannot see him breaking the 800m world record because there is no one around who can push him to that mark, and he is not going to want to go for it on his own.
There is no doubt that Rudisha will win very comfortably in tomorrow's final, because no one can stay with him — he will be running at an entirely different level to every other athlete in that race.
Given a pace maker and no pressure of a gold medal being at stake, Rudisha will surely break his own world record again at some point, but he has already said that he is running for the victory and not the time.
Britain's Lawrence Clarke was hugely impressive in the final of the men's 110m hurdles, and there is no doubt that he has a very bright future ahead of him.
At just 22-years-old, the Londoner showed real maturity and confidence to pull out a PB of 13.39 on the biggest stage of all without any real sign of nerves.
There are different types of fourth places: Dai Greene was gutted with his, but for Clarke this was a tremendous and unexpected result at this stage of his career.
Coached by Malcolm Arnold, Clarke has the right support and environment for his development, and he proved tonight that he can perform under real pressure.
As an athlete, it is very important and telling to find out how you cope when it really matters, and he has proved to himself that he can deliver in very big races.
The USA had a quite brilliant evening, and the one-two in the 110m hurdles was an exceptional, if expected, result.
Aries Merritt won with a PB of 12.92, and he was hugely impressive in taking gold ahead of compatriot Jason Richardson.
With Allyson Felix also winning gold in the women's 200m, it was a big statement from the USA with Jamaica having stolen the limelight prior to this evening.
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