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Pawtucket-based instrumental syndicate Volcano Kings celebrates its full-length debut release, 11 Ways to Avoid Death in Trash Can City, with a hometown throwdown next weekend at the News Cafe. Simply put, Trash Can City is an aural acid trip, combining heavy doses of sonicness, ranging from crime jazz to Krautrock, surf rock to spaghetti westerns.
Founding members Jim Billingsworth and guitarist Matthew Whitcomb began rough-drafting ideas in 2007 and filled out the band two years later with drummer Alec Tisdale, organist Mangould Barrington, and bassist Cory Couture (who left the band last year and was replaced by Tom Maloney, though Couture will return for the upcoming gig). VK released a 22-minute single-track EP titled Mechanical Beast in 2010 (now available as a free download), recorded at their studio dubbed the Pawtucket League of Gentlemen.
Local musician Roz Raskin tipped me off to the Kings last year, and she recently checked in while out on tour with her Rice Cakes.
"Volcano Kings have this amazing way of making you feel like you're in a movie, like something out of a detective flick, mixed with a 1960s Frankie and Annette beach romance and topped off with tons of radical noise," she said via email.
"They are one of our favorite acts coming out of RI right now."
Should a David Lynch (or similar cinematic mindfuck specialist) come calling for a dystopian whodunit, 11 Ways to Avoid Death in Trash Can City would be the go-to soundtrack.
"The 11 songs segue seamlessly, accompanied by ambient sounds of dark city jazz and industrial machinery between tracks," Whitcomb offered when he sent advance tracks my way a few weeks ago. "We never had a particular concept in mind when we started recording this album," he said when asked just how the hell they came up with this soundtrack design, "the whole ' '11 Ways' idea was more an afterthought."
The album opens with the breakneck percussion of "C.A.C for Hire" and settles in nicely while sliding into "The Power Station." The strutting bassline on "Detective" leads to a funked-up and scorching cover of Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn Theme." "Trash Can City Police," "Bad Luck City Collision," and Repair" are personal favorites here, and be sure to look up Volcano's official video for "Viaduct"; the band added some memorable subtitles to the silent, black-and-white crime serial such as "This music sounds like what it must feel like to . . . you know, to be pregnant and homeless." Holy shit.
As for the album title, I mistakenly assumed the "Trash Can" inference was a backhanded homage to their homebase of Pawtucket (aka "The Bucket"), but Billingsworth set me straight.
" 'Trash Can City' represents any American city that poses a 50-50 chance of surviving while walking through it at night alone with a raw, bloody beefsteak strapped to your chest," he said.
Pick up a copy of 11 Ways to Avoid Death in Trash Can City for just $5 starting next weekend.
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Vendors can build a buzz around products by embracing the hacker community, according to technology company executives speaking at the International Consumer Electronics Show.
Vendors often offer development tools to allow professional users and third-party developers to customize business-productivity products. In the consumer electronics market, however, vendors tend to resist the idea of allowing customers to tamper with their products, noted vendors speaking at the show, which ended Thursday in Las Vegas.
But there are benefits to opening up consumer products to hackers and hobbyists.
One example is TiVo Inc., founded in 1997 to develop digital video technology that allows users to record TV shows.
TiVo, based on Linux, is an extensible platform, and from its early days the company welcomed hackers and professional developers.
"When we first came out no one knew what DVR was," said Richard Bullwinkle, vice president of products at entertainment networking company Mediabolic Inc., and formerly a senior member of TiVo's product marketing team. "So we made it hacker friendly."
Hackers formed an early adopter community that helped promote the product, he said.
"We had forums where you could go in and see what was happening," Bullwinkle said.
Microsoft Corp., which entered the game market late with the Xbox and faced formidable competition from companies including Sony Corp., came out with a gaming software architecture that is extensible.
XNA is a set of tools designed to allow people to create their own games, said Jim Baldwin, product unit manager for the IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) program within the Microsoft TV Division. Though some tools are meant for professionals, XNA Game Studio Express is also targeted at students and hobbyists.
"The idea was to embrace the gaming community and give them the ability to make their own games; it's a good way to bring people into the business of building games," Baldwin said.
There are legitimate business reasons, however, for companies to resist having users alter products, the panelists acknowledged.
"If you make some thing too easy to hack, people will call you when they break things," Baldwin said. Then, the vendor loses money when the help desk aids users sort though problems, he noted.
"You have to achieve a balance, it's hard to know where to set the dial," Bullwinkle said.
Sony Corp. has been too strict about preventing users from playing around with hacks into products like the PlayStation Portable, Bullwinkle and other panelists agreed. While Sony had a huge hit in the 80s with the Sony Walkman portable CD player, it is behind in the music player arena now, and Microsoft has caught up to the company in the game market, they noted.
The music industry also has been too strict about DRM (digital rights management) copy controls, the vendors said. Consumers are confused and angry about not being able to play songs acquired from one vendor on other vendors' devices, they said.
"If they made things easy to use they might make a lot more money on it," Bullwinkle said.
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I feed my pup three times a day a cup each feeding.If I fed her once a day she would eat it all in a minute and get sick.
I feed my pup three times a day a cup each feeding.If I fed her once a day she would eat it all in a minute and get sick.
Try a food with more animal protein. Dr. Tim's, Annamaet, Red Paw
Are all of his teeth in? My pup quit eating for about a week or two around 9-11 weeks and he had some more baby teeth coming in. I assumed he wasn't eating because it wasn't the most comfortable thing chomping on food with a sore mouth. Now at 15 weeks he's fine and eating everything he can.
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Have a good conversation with your vet, and also call the breeder. I have seen pups with coccidia do this, and they get very sick quickly. One cup a day is not nearly enough, at this age my dogs are eating 3/4- 1 cup 3 or 4 times a day, and are quite lean.
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Situated at the southern most tip of Israel on the Gulf of Aqaba of the Red Sea, Eilat nestles between jagged red mountains and crystal clear waters, ruffled by nothing more then a gentle northerly breeze. The year-long hot, dry climate attracts not only tourists from colder reaches, but also provides a haven for myriad coral and fish species endemic to the bay.
The city of Eilat is a great choice as a dive holiday destination. The Red Sea is a narrow and elongated stretch of blue water, bordered by mountains with an average height of 1,000 – 1,500 meters, with peaks over 2,500 meters above sea level. It is connected to the Indian Ocean at the strait of Bab el Mandab – the gate of tears and to the Gulf of Aqaba at the straits of Tiran. The shallow depths of the straits at only 134 meters are avoiding the accesses of cold waters from the deep Indian Ocean to the Red Sea. Although the Gulf of Aqaba is very narrow, with 23.5 km at the widest point, it is very deep with a maximum of 1,829 meters at the deepest point – a fact that creates a very steady water temperature of between 22º to 28º Celsius all year long. The coast of the Red Sea is bordered by coral formations with more than 1,200 species of fish and more than 250 species of corals. The desert climate of the area provides a long summer with many sunny days needed by the corals to maintain themselves.
At Eilat you can find world class diving. The local nature reserve hosts a reef of more than 1,200 meters long. It is the northern point at the world in which corals can be found. Divers from all over the world arrive to Eilat to view its wonderful underwater wonders. Diving is very popular at this region, with more than 10 dive centers at Eilat and over 20 different dive sites, almost all of which are accessed from shore. Eilat is vary often used as a home base to divers traveling to the city of Aqaba at Jordan, or the Sinai peninsula at Egypt, but you will find no safer and diver friendly dive destination all around the world!
Eilat offers the best environment for dive courses and a few thousand certifications are issued every year. If you're interested in diving, there are a few options.
As a certified diver you will be asked to show the following documents:
Certified divers can join the daily guided dives to one of the many dive sites in Eilat. Experienced divers with more than 20 dives can rent dive equipment and go by themselves for a dive in the area.
The Japanese gardens: Situated
close to the marine observatory the Japanese gardens have a beautiful
drop off to more than 40 meters with lots of fish and corals. Dive site
access by boat. A wreck lies at the deepest point of the drop off at
about 50 meters.
The 'Satil' wreck: A
grate wreck, more than 30 meters long, standing on its bottom in a
depth of 24 meters at the bottom up to 12 meters at its mast. The wreck
is an old missile ship from the Israeli navy that was sunk in order to
create one more dive site. The wreck was sunk in the year 1994; its 70
meters from shore with its bow directed to north.
The caves: Situated
about 500 meters north of the border with Egypt, this magnificent reef
offers a swim a very shallow depth of five meters. The so called caves
are the home of hundreds of fish called sweepers which will swim very
close to you as you pass from one side of the reef to the other.
The Dolphin reef: At
this magnificent resort divers can dive in a secured area with a pack
of dolphins at their natural habitat. Most of the dolphins were born at
the dolphin reef resort and are extremely friendly and familiar with the
without any diving experience can participate in a dive course, or in
one of the introduction programs. Eilat has a very friendly environment
to offer for dive learning. The access to the water is right off the
beach. The sea is always calm, with very light wind, and excellent
visibility. One can participate in a dive course at the minimum age of
12 years old.
Introduction dive: This
is a one time experience for people from the age of 8 to 80 years old.
Anyone can do it – all you need to do is go through a short briefing,
and accompany an instructor for a short dive for a depth of up to 6
meters at one of the many local dive sites. The instructor operates all
the scuba equipment and the diver only has to breathe and enjoy the
underwater tour.
Discover scuba diving: This
1 day program is basically the first step in a diving course. Minimum
age – 12 years old. The program includes one classroom session, one
training session at a pool or very shallow confined water environment
and an open water dive at one of the many dive sites.
Scuba diver course/ Open water diver course/ Advanced open water diver course:3/5/7
day courses. Minimum age – 12 years old. This program includes
knowledge development, confined water training and open water dives. The
courses certify the divers for dives to 12/18 and 30 meters.
who seek more advanced dive training will find it easily at one of the
many dive centers in Eilat which train divers for all sorts of dive
certificates including technical diving to a depth of up to 100 meters,
and instructor courses.
We hope you will choose it as your next holiday destination.
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I got the virtual paper read and did my usual stuff. When Lynn got up, she asked if I were interested in some French toast for breakfast. Not wanting to break her heart, I agreed. We had some of the bacon that I had cooked out on the barbecue left. It added greatly to the enjoyment.
After we had cleaned up the dishes and all, we drove the mile and a half to the entry area and added a third day to our stay. We tried to do it yesterday, but the woman there said that they couldn't do it until the day of the night of the extended stay. Whatever that means... Sounds like a government plan to me. With that done, however we started our hike on the Nature Trail right near the "Smokey Bear" sign near the entry to the park
The trail is nearly four miles long. It' hilly and covered with long, red pine needles and leaves from the many deciduous trees along it. The gal at the sign-up place said that it had all been "booshwacked", so we should find it in good shape. There were signs of a heavy rainfall all along the trail, with some muddy areas and water in the low spots. The trail itself follows the shoreline of this lake in a great part of it's route.
It was a lot more work than we had anticipated. With the temperature in the high sixties and the obvious humidity, it took it's toll, so to speak. We heard way more birds than we actually saw. They are extremely quick to disappear and must have learned their "dartiness" from the local drivers, or vise versa.
Back at the coach, we had lunch and I was forced to take a nap. When I had arisen, I heard Lynn talking outside. She regularly checks in with friends and tries to add some support to them as best she can. It's something we both like to do. In my mind, we're all here to do our best to help those in need. It makes life much more worthwhile and gives one a sense of appreciation and gratitude
The rigs started rolling in at about three o'clock. The weekend is on it's way, I reckon. Since we are "Endless Weekenders", it doesn't affect us much, but it's interesting to see the varied group that shows. It's nice to see folks without white hair enjoying camping with their kids.
We'll be moving on tomorrow through Baton Rouge to another state park. It's called Tickfaw State park. We'll stay their for two nights. We find that staying in the outback gives us more of a sense of peace. The rates are right and just having electricity simplifies our life. Just have to have that microwave. We still are using Lynn's grandmother's stove-top percolator. It's easily over a hundred years old and makes excellent coffee. We're not coffee snobs, but are perking Yuban now and recently found a favorite, Community Coffee, only found here in Louisiana. It's a good-un.
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Passionate about the environment? Tour Israel's nature reserves, learn about farming in harsh conditions and visit sustainable-agriculture communities
Drive to Mitspe Ramon, located on the edge of a unique geological wonder. It is a phenomenon known as a Makhtesh: a huge crater developed by water erosion on top of a mountain ridge, creating a "window" onto the layers of rock from eons past. There are three makhteshim in Israel, which are the only formations of their kind in the world.
Continue north along Route 40 and stop at Avdat, a city built by the Nabateans as a stop along the Incense Route they created from Petra to Gaza. The Nabateans learned to live in harmony with the desert by harvesting its meager rainfall to cultivate a host of crops. In making Avdat a World Heritage Site, UNESCO has recognized the unique contribution of the Nabateans to world culture.
Stop to pay your respects at the tomb of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion with its magnificent view of the Wilderness of Tsin. Ben-Gurion believed in life in the desert, and when he retired became a member of nearby Kibbutz Sde Boker where the modest "hut" in which he lived is open to the public.
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I am trying to declare a class"Application" and inside this class"Application" make a object of class "Airplane" and "Airplane" constructor takes reference object of class "Application" how to make that?
"Airplane.h" class Application; class Airplane { public: Airplane(Application& objApp); int wings; }; "Application.h" #include "Airplane.h" class Application { public: Airplane objectofAirplane (*this); };
Youtube is crashing so hard. Cant get to tutorials, cant even see how to define this
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My parents don't understand X.509 PKI, but they do understand that they care if a connection is secure if and only if they plan to send financial credentials over it. They know - and the computer doesn't - what information they are planning to send. Thus, they are capable of responding to this dialog correctly 100% of the time. Choosing either option for them would be right less than 100% of the time. A complicated voting scheme would be right less than 100% of the time.


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Alternate name: Texas Tortoise
Family: Testudinidae, Tortoises view all from this family
Description Round, domed shell. Brown carapace, yellowish plastron, concave on males. Elephantine legs. Front legs scaled and flattened for digging. Head yellowish, slightly pointed at front.
Dimensions 11.4-22.2cm. (4 1/2-8 3/4")
Breeding April-September. Digs a chamber 2 1/2" deep under a bush. Up to 7 eggs in a clutch in various sites. Mature at 3-5 years.
Habitat Woodland chaparral and sandy soils.
Range Texas, Mexico.
Discussion Not adept burrowers. Finds other burrows to improve upon and makes a ramp from damp vegetation. This offers protection from the midday sun. Grasses, cacti and tortoise droppings form the main diet. Rarely survives more than a few months as a pet.


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By Jack Elliott Jr./The Associated Press
JACKSON — It's back to the road for judges of the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
A three-judge panel will hear arguments in two cases on Tuesday at Mississippi State University.
The "Court on the Road" program made several stops earlier this year, including Jones County Community College, Mississippi Valley State University and the University of Mississippi.
The cases are among dozens the court will take up during its November-December term.
The Appeals Court periodically schedules oral arguments on college campuses — and occasionally at other locations — as a teaching tool for students.
The panel will hold arguments at Mississippi State's Hunter Henry Center in Starkville.
The first case before the panel is Christopher Smith's appeal of his 2010 conviction for aggravated assault.
Smith was convicted in Neshoba County in connection with the shooting of Nellie Woodward of Philadelphia while she stood in the carport of her home on Feb. 16, 2010.
Smith was also found guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to court records, Woodward testified she knew the masked shooter's identity because of a teardrop tattoo under his right eye, which was visible when the crime occurred. She testified that she knew Smith because he had dated her granddaughter.
The second case involves a dispute over the awarding of a contract for construction of a new jail in DeSoto County.
The two losing bidders — Murphy & Sons Inc. and Panola Construction — sued, contending the bidding process was unfair.
A DeSoto County judge ruled against the companies in November 2011.
The county awarded the jail construction contract in June 2011 to Flintco Construction Solutions.
At issue are bid requirements that stipulated a company must have built at least two jails within the past five years at $8 million each.
DeSoto County officials contend they were within their rights to require experience in jail construction to avoid costly expenses down the line.
Oklahoma-based Flintco submitted a bid of $13.8 million after Murphy & Sons and Panola Construction were disqualified from the process for failing to meet the experience requirements.
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Growing, using herbs topic of Kelly's talk
The Union County Master Gardeners' next meeting will be Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Ladies Building at the fairgrounds.
Guest speaker will be Lelia Kelly, professor of horticulture for Mississippi State University Extension, who will give a presentation on growing and using herbs.
The public is invited to attend.
Lunch and Learn offers tips on growing azaleas
"The Amazing World of Azaleas" is the topic of the Lunch and Learn on Thursday at noon at the Lee County Supervisors' Boardroom (former CDF building) at 300 W. Main St. in downtown Tupelo.
Mississippi State University Extension Area Agent Wayne Porter will share tips on proper selection and care that will provide blooms from early spring until the first frost.
Call (662) 841-9000 to sign-up for this interactive video class.
Book suggests nature decorating tips
Nature meets home decor in Shane Powers' "Bring the Outdoors In: Garden Projects for Decorating and Styling Your Home."
In the book, stylist and designer Powers shares 22 projects for bringing nature into the home using live or dried plant materials. Among them are a flowering branch wall sconce and prints made from mushroom caps .
Some of the projects involve making unusual containers or arrangements, such as an indoor water garden and a planter covered with sea-glass crystals.
"Bring the Outdoors In" is published by Chronicle Books and sells for $24.95 in hardcover.
Q&A: Who can replace a change purse zipper?
Q: I have a small leather change purse that was given to me when I was a little girl by my aunt. It even has my name engraved into the leather! Well, the zipper on it is broken. The zipper is only about 3 inches long. I have taken it to shoe repair/cobbler shops, and they could not help me. I know years ago my mother used to take stuff to the zipper hospital (that's what she called it). Do you know of any place where I can get this fixed? – Brita Fox, Doylestown, Pa.
A: I haven't been able to find anyone locally who can replace the zipper, but I did find one place online. It's called – are you ready for this? – the Zipper Hospital.
It's in Brookline, Mass., and its website is www.zipperhospital.com. The owner said you can correspond by phone or email to discuss the job.
Small zippers are difficult to replace on leather goods, so it might be expensive. But because the change purse has sentimental value, I suspect it may be worth the cost to you.


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On request from Darthsal heres my review of the Darth Maul Bust that I posted over at the From Bricks to Bothans website the 26th of October 2001 and its a complete copy of the post I made as I write ALL my posts and replies in the Word program and save them.
Okay, here goes people:
As Ive said in my earlier post Great News I! my sample of the Darth Maul Bust was delivered to me by mail straight to my doorstep Monday the 22nd of October 2001 and I was just as surprised as I guess you guys are.
So heres my review of the Darth Maul Bust Ive got:
The Box:
The Darth Maul Bust box is in Ultimate Collector Series style but with black and white artwork and is NOT labeled as an Ultimate Collector Series model but belongs to the Sculptures series that The LEGO Group made. The box itself is HUGE and measures around 57 centimeters (23 inches) wide, 48 centimeters (19 inches) high and 11 centimeters (4.5 inches) thick looking at it from the front and also worth to mention is that theres NO additional pictures of the bust on the backside of the box. This box is with other words a bit low budget styled but its rather classy anyway and remember what Ive said about releasing larger models in cheaper packaging so I turned out right this time again. Another thing to mention to all the LEGO fanatics out there is that the box is of US style with piece count and notification that its a building toy on the lid just like all US boxes.
The instruction booklet:
Is of course in full color and takes you through the building of the Darth Maul Bust step by step but please note that caution is needed as I felt that some things are a bit unclear in the construction of the bust. So carefully look at all the drawings of what pieces that are needed for each and every layer and step that you are building on the bust or otherwise you might end up missing something out and have to start all over again. The building of the Darth Maul Bust is divided into first building the pedestal/torso and second the head for easier construction of the bust before finally putting them together in the end. The very best thing about the instruction booklet is that all of the January 2002 sets are shown off in some rather great pictures on pages 78 to 79 in the 80 pages long booklet.
The Darth Maul Bust itself and building it:
I really hate to admit this but I actually had to rebuild the entire bust as I thought there were way too many pieces left over and taking the 1860 pieces apart to start all over again was a real hustle for me and I was very frustrated. I started building the pedestal/torso as per the instruction booklet at 11.30 PM on Monday the 22nd and 90 minutes later at 1 AM on Tuesday morning the 23rd I were done with that section of the bust. After a 45 minute break I started on building the head at 1.45 AM and 6 hours and 30 minutes later I discovered that something was totally wrong since there were way too many pieces left over. 8) I went to bed as my girlfriend Eva laughed at me being a Star Wars LEGO maniac and after waking up some time later I spent the rest of Tuesday the 23rd to take the head apart and rebuild it and I got it all right this time around. On Wednesday the 24th I also got around to take apart and rebuild the pedestal/torso and when I put it together with the head I went WOW! and so did my girlfriend Eva who were just as impressed as I were. Ill tell you guys that the Darth Maul Bust is one HUGE LEGO sculpture being 43 centimeters (17 inches) high since its 1:1 scale and its definitely something that will catch peoples attention when they see it on display in your home and collection.
So is it worth the investment you guys ask?
Yes, the Darth Maul Bust is most definitely worth the 1369.00 Swedish crooner (around $130.00) I paid for it because it was great fun to build and is a totally awesome piece in my Star Wars LEGO collection indeed. I calculated that the price per piece were 1.36 Swedish crooner (around 12 cents) so one gets a whole lot of pieces for a very good price I believe so to me it was worth the $$$ I paid for it. I built the entire bust at my girlfriend Evas place and it wasnt until today Friday the 26th of October I managed to get back to my own apartment to type down this review of the Darth Maul Bust for you guys.
Kindest regards,
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That being the case, here's what we know is inside PS4 development kits—model # DVKT-KS000K—as of January 2013.
PS4 development kit specs
System Memory: 8GB
Video Memory: 2.2 GB
CPU: 4x Dual-Core AMD64 "Bulldozer" (so, 8x cores)
GPU: AMD R10xx Liverpool
Ports: 4x USB 3.0, 2x Ethernet
Drive: Blu-Ray
Audio Output: HDMI & Optical, 2.0, 5.1 & 7.1 channels
Following the news last week that Sony may be ditching the iconic design of the Dualshock controller for its next-gen console, Kotaku claims otherwise stating that dev kits currently support the Sixaxis and DualShock 3 controllers. However, they do claim there will be two new controllers. Currently named the Orbis Development Tool, one controller will apparently feature motion-sensing and a capacitive touchscreen, like the back of PlayStation Vita, as well as a 'Share' button. The other input device will be a redesigned Move controller.
One of the most interesting things that Kotaku pulls out of the document is that users will be able to activate "multi-user simultaneous logins" allowing them to access a different account with multiple control pads. For example, users could play a local multiplayer game with four different controllers and four different accounts on one console, allowing each player to unlock the trophies for that game.
Kotaku is pretty damn legit
4x Dual-Core AMD64 "Bulldozer" (so, 8x cores)
CPU: 4x Dual-Core AMD64 "Bulldozer"
if this is legit o my
The Xbox 720, according to the specs, will be released with a powerful eight-core CPU measuring 1.6GHz. This indicates that the device will be able to handle impressive multitasking capabilities, and allow users to zip through big gaming titles.
However, others have reported that the Sony PlayStation 4 could wipe the floor with the proposed specs of the Xbox 720. Sony is rumored to be planning an AMD A10 APU quad-core unit that would produce more power than the Xbox, and will offer 1.84 teraflops. In comparison the Xbox has been rumored to offer just 1.23 teraflops.
Sony is rumored to be planning an AMD A10 APU quad-core unit
and you guys are lapping it up like pavlov's dogs
quote:they making shite up now
1.84 teraflops
A teraflop is one trillion floating point operations per second. This measure of compute capacity describes how many multiplications can be performed within one second. Computer vendors and computer resource providers typically list the computing performance of their systems in terms of the number of gigaflops (billion floating point operations per second) or teraflops achieved on standard benchmark programs, such as the LINPACK DP, TPP, and HPC benchmarks, and the SPEC integer and floating point benchmarks.
The theoretical peak computing capacity of a system is obtained by multiplying the number of processors by the clock speed of the processor by the number of floating point operations per second that processor type is capable of performing.
"TeraFLOPS" is also sometimes used to indicate one trillion floating point operations per second.
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:58 PM GMT on July 27, 2011
Southern Drought Continues
Temperatures continue to soar into triple digits in the Southern Plains this week, and are expected to remain well above average for at least the next month. High air temperatures and low humidity (because of the low soil moisture) will continue to maintain drought conditions in the South unless we see some Gulf-landfalling tropical cyclones—a good remedy for a such an extreme drought.
This year's drought in the South is unprecedented by many definitions. Last year at this time, 0% of the contiguous U.S. was in exceptional drought. Last week, the exceptional drought region covered 11.96%. The area of contiguous U.S. in exceptional drought conditions has never been this high since the Drought Monitor record started in 2000. The highest it had been before June of this year was 7.85% in August of 2002.
Figure 1. Temperature anomaly (difference from average) in degrees Celsius for the period July 1 through July 25 (top) and soil moisture anomaly in millimeters (bottom) on July 25 (from the Climate Prediction Center).
In late June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture designated 213 counties in Texas (84% of the state) as primary natural disaster areas. As I mentioned yesterday, the Texas drought and wildfires are one of the nine billion-dollar disasters of 2011 so far. The National Climatic Data Center estimated that this event had cost up to $3 billion as of June 16. This number is surely rising every day that the South doesn't see rain.
New study concludes Yellowstone wildfires could become more frequent
In a study published this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have concluded that global warming could have a serious impact on the severity and frequency of wildfires in the Yellowstone region (an area where the states of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming come together). Historically in this region, fewer than 5% of wildfire occurrences account for 95% of the total area burned. But in a global warming scenario, they found that fire activity could become more severe and more frequent, causing the ecosystem to change dramatically.
Using climate conditions and historical fire data from 1972 to 1999, it was possible to link certain environmental thresholds (temperature, humidity, etc) to past wildfire events. Then by employing the output of various climate models, fire frequency can be forecast well into the future. Figure 2 illustrates the result from one of the climate models they used in the study, and the upward trend of fire activity over the next 100 years. In 1988, a particularly hot and dry year, 36% of the park burned. The study uses this year as a baseline to compare future events.
Figure 2. Figure 2B from the manuscript. Observed burn area (blue line) median of predicted area burned (black dotted line), and ranges (light and dark orange) aggregated over the Yellowstone area defined by the study by Westerling et al. (Source).
What was once a low-probability event could become a high-probability event by mid-century. Fires that have only happened every 100 to 300 years in the past could now be occurring every 30 years in the future. The results of this research has implications for sub-alpine forests across the globe. Warming temperatures and decreasing humidity will lead to more wildfires, and will cost billions of dollars to fight them, if we choose to do so.
Invest 90L
90L has moved west overnight and looks ripe to develop today. While the upper level circulation (500 mb) is very much displaced, the lower level circulation looks strong and coherent through the system's mid-levels (850 and 700 mb). Thunderstorm activity continues to organize, and it appears that a surface circulation is developing. Moisture remains high in the system (around 4.5 g/kg specific humidity) and wind shear should be somewhat favorable as it crosses through the Gulf of Mexico. In terms of track, the statistical models have generally been favoring a Brownsville landfall scenario, but the dynamical models have been inching north over the past day or so. The HWRF is in line with the ECMWF deterministic today, with landfall near Corpus Christi.
The Hurricane Hunters have a mission scheduled for 18Z today (2pm EDT) to investigate whether or not 90L has a closed surface circulation. If it does, given the amount of organized convection and moderate wind speeds (around 34 mph in the latest invest update), the Hurricane Center will probably call this system at least Tropical Depression Four.
If 90L develops this afternoon, I will have another update to look at track and intensity forecasts.
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[:D]Hey there Friends,
A coworker came to work saying he shot a 3 year old Tom.
How would he know the age- if the turkey is not carrying a ID stating when he was born? [:D]
I assume it has to do with the beard and or spurs????
Needless to say the birds did not come my way over the weekend... so it is easy to tell the age of the bird that I have [:(]


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Interview with Charle F. Comfort (1900-1994) and Louise Comfort (1902-1988), 3 October 1973, in preparation for the National Gallery of Canada's 1975 exhibition Canadian Painting in the Thirties. All interviews for the exhibition were conducted by Charles C. Hill, curator of the exhibition and Assistant Curator of Post Confederation Art. Between 1972-1974, Hill accumulated over 50 hours of audiotape interviews with the artists, their colleagues, friends or family members. Written transcriptions in English and French are available in PDF format for all audio recordings. Permission to publish this interview was granted by the rights holder. This interview was recorded while conducting research and the information it provides should be verified. The interview is presented as it was originally recorded with fluctuating sound levels and ambient noises and it may contain offensive language.


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kcdyer, Wednesday October 2, 2013 - 9:41am
For the next couple of weeks I'll be hitting the road in and around the Lower Mainland, visiting writers in their native habitats to talk about the conference. The visits are like lightning strikes -- I zip in, flash my neon tights and encyclopedic knowledge of all things SiWC -- and zip away, scattering flyers and bookmarks in my wake. If you'd like to see this in action or have writer-friends who would, please contact Conference Assistant Jean Kay at email@example.com as soon as possible, and we'll put you on the list.
Do it! I'd love to come chat with your class or book club or writer group...and the clock is ticking. Can you believe the conference is just three weeks away? Hope to see you soon!
sweetly tweeting @kcdyer
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125 Gallon Goldfish Tank Journal
Well, to give some backstory here, I used to keep goldfish years and years ago. I ended up moving to a small apartment where I didn't have room for my then 55 gallon tank, so I sold all of it and got out of fishkeeping completely. Recently I moved into a house where I have tons of room, so one of the first things I did was set up a 29 gallon tank just to have some neons. Well, that lasted all of a couple of months. I ended up upgrading to a 60 gallon tank in which I now have a dozen each neon tetras and black tetras, along with ten glowlight tetras. I'll keep adding here and there until I think I have enough in there.
AT that point, you'd figure I'd be done, right? Nope! I cleaned up the 29 gallon and was going to try and sell it either on here or on Craigslist, but then I took a look at one of the local fish stores here that buys and sells used equipment. They had a 125 gallon tank with an oak stand and canopy for just over $400.00. I talked to the guy and showed him what I had to trade in, and I ended up getting it with delivery for just over $300.00. Here she is:
That's all I have in the way of photos....I figured I'd start this while I was at the very beginning. Since I now have the biggest tank I've ever owned, I decided to go back to my original love - goldfish. As far as lighting goes, I have two Marineland Aquatic Plant LED 24-36" lights. I had one from the 29 gallon that I couldn't get myself to trade in for pennies on the dollar, so I kept it and added another. I'm a big fan of these lights.
Filtration - Fluval FX5 that I just set up before I started this post....very impressed with it at the moment.
I'm expecting my second filter tomorrow - an Aquatop CF-500UV canister. I got a good deal on it, so I went with it over an HOB. I've become a big fan of canisters since I started up with the hobby again.
Substrate - I'm going to go with sand...a mix of black and white. I'll have some live plants, nothing fancy, and a couple of decorations, but for the most part, it's going to be very open with lots of room for them to swim.
I'll also have several bubblers, as the goldfish I had in the past always loved playing in the bubbles!
I have a background coming....well two actually. A photo/film type that attaches to the outside of the tank, and I also have a sample coming of a 3D background that would go inside the tank. Once I get those, I'll figure out what I want to do.
Ultimately, I'd like to have 6 goldfish in there, three pairs. One pair each of Orandas, Lionheads, and Black Moors. I don't know how long it's going to take me to get this all set up, cycled and stocked, but all I know is that I'm having a blast with it and I thought I'd share for those that were interested. Thanks for looking!
Looks like you god a great deal.
I like the look of the set-up with the canopy.
I will be following your journal with interestIf you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo
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This is going to be very interestig. I want to have a golfish tank in the future and Im sure his will become a great source of info. Thanks for sharing and good luck.Roll the Dice!
Thanks guys..now that I know there are no leaks and I know the filters are working, I have to do some major modifications to the stand. Me being me...I picked two filters that fit under the tank, but don't fit through the doors pre-cut in the front of the stand. I knew this going in, so it wasn't a surprise, but I had my mind made up on those filters. If I don't injure myself during these modifications (I'm not the most handy person), I'll post some photos of what I did. If it turns out like I have it in my head, it'll be pretty cool.
Well, now this has turned into a bigger project. I've had the aquarium filled with water for over a week now with the FX5 running for a few days. I went to drain the aquarium last night so I could start cleaning off all of the hard water stains....and then I saw it...water inbetween the bottom molding and the glass. I have a leak somewhere, but I don't see where it's coming from. Of course, gravity works against me here...no matter where it's coming from, it could end up there. I couldn't find any wet spots on the sides/edges of the tank, so I'm assuming it's along the bottom somewhere. The silicone all looks good, although it seems hard, so maybe it's just getting old. Anyhow, rather than stress over trying to find/fix the leak, I'm going to take all of the silicone out and re-seal the whole thing or else I'm just going to worry about new leaks popping up. I guess this is the upside of taking my time as I don't have any fish in there yet. If it wasn't such a big tank, I'd consider getting a new tank, but I'd be looking at $400.00 give or take which is more than I already paid for the whole setup I had. Oh well...gives me something to do I guess.
Great deal dude!!Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. -Vince Lombardi
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See my profile for my tanks and what fish I keep
Nice to see someone taking goldfish seriously !My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
Before you start ripping out silicone check the filter. The hoses may be leaking. If it's not the filter hoses or connections then call the store. This is a new tank and should have some sort of warranty and they may replace the tank.When I go fishing I just throw sharp rocks in the water and wait for the dead fish to float to the top... Kingfisher
Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is you are stupid and make bad decisions.
I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Dear naps, sorry I hated you so much when I was a child... Love me
Sorry for the lack of updates, gang. Had some good and some bad happen, but things took some time to develop. Unfortunately, the leaky tank is new to me but still used, so the same type of warranty doesn't apply (they would more than likely have taken the tank back, but I would get store credit towards something else). I had already checked the filter, but you made me doubt myself so I checked all of the fittings again...not a drop.
Anyhow, I had a couple of turns of good luck. I found someone who was looking for a big tank to use for reptiles. I advised him of the leak and he was fine with it, and he paid me $125 for it. At that point, I had the stand and canopy, but no tank.
Then I got my second lucky break - one of my local fish stores had 125 gallon tanks on weekly ad for $299.99, so I jumped at it. Now I have the whole shebang again, but with a new tank! Although now I'm out around $500.00 instead of $300.00, but still it's a good deal overall...and I didn't have to go through the re-sealing process at least. The tank is black trim instead of oak, but you won't see much of it and I should be able to cover what is visible.
Okay, so now I'm rolling again. First up was modifying the stand so I can get my big filters through the front. I thought I was going to have to take out the whole front panel, but I ended up only having to take out one section on the end. While I had it out, I reinforced all the way around with some 2x4 pieces I cut to size, just to be safe and I put another in for support where the panel I removed was originally attached:
Here is a sample of the background picture I ordered for it:
Here is a shot of the substrate I'm using. I just combined a 50/50 mixture of black sand and white sand (PETCO brand, funny enough). I really like the look of it!
Here is a shot of the tank with the substrate in and the background attached. There's no water in this shot. After filling it and checking for leaks, I drained it so I could get behind it and attach the background:
Here it is filled back up, with a couple of bubblers:
That's where I'm at now. I have plants on order that I should have sometime next week, and I'm going to pick up a few decorative ornaments (not many...this tank will be mostly open swim space aside from the plants). I went ahead and started cycling tonight. I dosed up to about 4ppm since I'm planning on stocking all at once when it's ready to go. I'll post more pics when I get plants and ornaments in. I really love the way this tank looks even as it is now! Thanks for looking!


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Either way, not enough proof that Ireland is heading in a different direction...with two drafts there's not enough proof Ireland even knows what the heck he's doing. If you want to say Parcells was in charge you could also argue that Sparano picked Pouncey as the rumors have it.
i thought i saw dmontre moore was staying in school...anyways on the mathews front i'm sure if jake long is let go sherman is gonna vouge for him...and i'm sure sherman has some say in offensive draft personnel...not sayin it will be tackle with the top pick but i don't think you can auto rule it out either...if we stay in the top 15 tackle is a tough pill to swallow...joekel is a prototype zbs left tackle imo and heck mathews might even be the better pro cause he's got better feet than he's given credit for
Pretty much going on in Michigan, everybody thought Lewan would stay, but since he's proven to be so good at both power blocking and zone blocking, he's seriously considering leaving early because most are telling him he's the number 2 tackle at worst.
I just don't want Ireland running anymore of our drafts. Period. We have some good picks in 2013 and we don't need Jeff screwing it all up.
Please God, let me see 1 Dolphins Superbowl victory before I die.
[sitting in front of Ireland taking my hand and showing his idiotic waves to players he gets rid of] "Jeff, you have too much uneven work. We gotta get rid of the valleys and only have peaks."


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440 square foot display debuts May 29
MADISON - The Madison Mallards are installing a new video board in left center field at Warner Park that is four times larger than the previous screen.
Thursday, workers installed the new 24 by 20 foot screen that will provide high resolution video to fans at the ballpark.
Not only will the video board provide highlights, replays, statistical information during games, on selected Friday nights when the Mallards are out of town, fans will be treated to movies on the big screen.
Tyler Isham of the Mallards says "We're going to have family nights where they can come out, sit on the outfield grass, watch movies, we're going to show family friendly movies out here, concessions will be open, just to create another event the north side of Madison and the rest of Madison can come and enjoy the park that the city has helped us put together."
The Mallards have their Northwoods season opener May 29th at Warner Park.


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Republican state Representative Bernard Ayotte of Caswell admits he can't help himself.
Ayotte confessed in a recent op-ed that ran in several Maine newspapers that he's compelled to vote 100 percent of the time for GOP Governor Paul LePage's agenda because he's "genetically programmed" to be a conservative.
"Just as one inherits physical characteristics, mannerisms or mental abilities from one's parents and ancestors," he wrote, "so also I believe that one also inherits his or her political philosophy."
Ayotte didn't say whether his genes are responsible for a tendency toward word repetition.
Ayotte has a degree in biology and once taught the subject in high school, so far be it from me, with a C-minus in the subject (mostly due to a single, unfortunate incident involving a frog organ — possibly the pancreas — that somehow ended up in my lab partner's bra), to dismiss his claim. Maybe we're all born pre-programmed to tune in to either Fox News or MSNBC.
Although, you have to wonder how liberal authors such as John Dos Passos (the U.S.A. trilogy) and David Mamet (Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross) repressed whatever was in their double helixes until their later-in-life conversions to conservatism.
Ayotte, who's beginning his fourth two-year term in the Legislature, is unconcerned with such anomalies. During his time in Augusta, he's observed that most legislators toe the party line. "It gradually became clear to me that on just about every issue that was voted on by the full House," he said, "I could predict with a high degree of certainty how each member would vote."
While there may be some truth to that, Ayotte's own voting record provides evidence to the contrary. According to "A Citizen's Guide to the 125th Maine Legislature," he once voted for a resolution asking the US Congress to create a single-payer, universal insurance program, but later supported the Republican plan to open Maine's health-care system to more free-market reforms.
Ayotte has been something of a wild card in other matters, as well. His rating from the Maine AFL-CIO on labor issues went from a high of 50 percent in 2009 to a low of 0 percent in 2012. He gets consistently good marks from business groups, but also earned a 40 percent ranking from the Maine League of Conservation Voters in 2007. This year, he agreed with the league just 16 percent of the time.
If he had some kind of gene-transplant therapy in the interim, he didn't mention it.
Of late, he's held steady on the GOP right wing. Maine People Before Politics, a pro-LePage lobbying group, gave him a perfect score this year, as did Maine Right to Life. He got a goose egg from the Maine Education Association, and the Maine People's Alliance survey of his stands on social issues showed just a 5-percent liberal bias.
Even though most of the bills Ayotte has sponsored have dealt with local issues affecting Aroostook County and other nonpartisan matters (he once signed on as a co-sponsor of "An Act to Establish Flushability Standards for Consumer Products Advertised as Flushable"), maybe he really was born conservative. As an infant, he probably refused to take the welfare offered by his mother's breast, preferring to crawl out to the barn and milk cows for himself. When his auntie offered him a lollipop, he undoubtedly rejected not only the candy, but also the entire entitlement philosophy it symbolized. Although he spent his career as a teacher and administrator in the public schools, I assume he stayed true to his DNA by tearing up those paychecks issued by the monolithic, one-world-government, education establishment.
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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of enterprise security vendor Fortinet (FTNT) closed down $2.54, or almost 13%, at $17.10, after the company announced Wednesday after the close that its CFO, Ahmed Rubaie, will step down for personal reasons, being replaced on an interim basis by the company's controller, Nancy Bush, while Fortinet seeks a permanent replacement. CEO Ken Xie thanks Rubaie for his service.
Bulls on the stock were rather unsettled today about this, the second CFO departure in a year, since Ken Goldman left at the end of 2012 to become CFO of Yahoo! (YHOO). Rubaie's departure is complicated by the fact that he had the COO title as well. The company said it is also searching for " a senior operations executive," although some on the Street note that Xie had already taken the title of president of the company.
Bulls today seem mildly shook up by the announcement, although several re-affirmed their faith in the company's products and market opportunity.
Raymond James's Michael Turits, reiterating an Outperform rating, writes that "We do not believe his departure owes to accounting or financial concerns regarding the company," but it is still a negative:
The once again vacant CFO slot is a negative for FTNT, with investors hesitant to get behind the story during the last CFO absence and the sudden-ness of this departure after such a short tenure highly unusual. Rubaie was well liked by the Street from his prior stint at Ariba and was seen as a strong hire for Fortinet. The level of concern regarding the CFO vacancy will be higher than during the previous transition given the unusual circumstances. While disturbing, we remain positive of Fortinet's business momentum and opportunity for growth in its core SMB and carrier markets, and newer opportunities in the high-end enterprise data center. We continue to view 2014 as both an overall cyclical opportunity for security spending with an improving IT and overall macro outlook and more specifically regarding an enterprise and datacenter firewall refresh cycle and upgrade cycle to "next gen" firewalls.
FBR Capital Markets's Daniel Ives reiterates an Outperform rating, echoes Turits's remarks, writing "Mr. Rubaie was thought to be a key ingredient in the company's recipe for success over the next few years" and had an "immediate impact" in that he "gave investors incremental confidence in the Fortinet story heading into 2014."
But, he maintains faith in the company's products:
Fortinet will now go "back to square one" in its CFO search as Nancy Bush will yet again take over the interim role until a permanent replacement is found. That said, fundamentally speaking we believe Fortinet is in a much better place today than it was back in April as inventory issues have been resolved, channel execution has significantly improved (two good quarters in a row), and it appears the product cycle is starting to kick in and thus translate to accelerated bookings growth for 2014. In the press release Fortinet also indicated that the company is tracking to its guidance so far in the quarter, although we note the majority of sales usually come in the last few weeks of a given quarter. In a nutshell, despite the head scratching CFO departure that Fortinet announced in an "interestingly timed" pre-Thanksgiving press release, we remain positive on the overall story heading into 2014 as we find the risk/reward compelling on the heels of strong secular growth, a healthy product cycle, and attractive valuation.
William Blair's Jonathan Ho reiterates an Outperform rating, writing he's "disappointed," but that his conversations with management subsequent to the announcement suggest Rubaie's departure is "not related to financial reporting disputes." Ho is a bit more concerned now:
While the company indicated that it was on track to meet current quarter guidance, we believe Fortinet still has room to improve execution and consistency. We believe the company has corrected inventory execution issues and continues to execute against its plan to improve sales execution. While there is no immediate impact to the company's fundamentals, we believe the stock could react negatively to the departure and relatively brief tenure of the CFO and we are incrementally more concerned over the company's ability to sustain growth longer term without a more consistent presence at the chief operating officer and chief financial officer levels.
And Aaron Schwartz with Jefferies & Co. reiterates a Buy rating, and a $25 price target, writing that "The appointment of Mr. Rubaie to the CFO/COO roles was a reason for our July '13 upgrade and the change is a setback."
A part of our July '13 upgrade to a Buy was based on our expectation for operational discipline, better sales consistency in addition to an improvement in investor communication which we believe had been lacking at the company. Ultimately, stock performance will be based on the company's ability to accelerate growth and cash flow generation—which we expect in CY14. But given the lack of institutional support despite better than expected financial results over the last two quarters, the change at the CFO and COO level is a setback and could further diminish support for the stock (not to mention the poor timing of the disclosure in a dual holiday period and five days after Mr. Rubaie resigned; although we understand the timing was also tied to SEC /
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Freshman right-hander Jacob Waguespack will replace Josh Laxer as the regular mid-week starter tonight when No. 23 Ole Miss visits Southern Miss in the Rebels' final non-conference game.
It's not a demotion for Laxer, just a chance for Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco to get a look at a young pitcher who would have pitched more this season if not for injury.
An all-state selection at Dutchtown High School in Prairieville, La., near Baton Rouge, Waguespack has a 1.42 earned run average but has pitched only 61⁄3 innings over four appearances. Working his way back from tendinitis, he didn't make his college debut until the Governor's Cup game against Mississippi State on April 9.
Tonight will be his first start.
"I will be super-excited," Waguespack said. "It was frustrating at first. You never want to get hurt, but it's part of the game, part of the process. You have to battle through it and stick with the support from your teammates."
The Golden Eagles defeated Ole Miss 2-1 in Pearl on April 16.
They begin the week 26-23 overall after losing twice in a non-Conference USA series against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville over the weekend.
Southern Miss is 14-7 in C-USA play with a 11⁄2-game lead over second-place Memphis and can clinch the regular season title, it's third, with two wins at Houston this weekend.
The Golden Eagles have recorded 10 or more hits in six of their last nine games.
The Rebels' last visit to Pete Taylor Park drew a school-record 5,689 fans.
'he deserves it'
Bianco is eager to see what Waguespack can do tonight and if he might find another arm – a fresher arm – to turn to in the postseason.
Bianco expects Waguespack to throw about 75 pitches.
"Without the injury this would have happened by now. He's pitched well, he deserves it," Bianco said. "Sometimes when you're in the pen and in relief, the best intentions don't happen. You write down this is what I want to do, but you're there to win the game, and sometimes you don't pitch him as much as you want or in the right situation."


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A memorial service for University Registrar Joseph Greenberg is
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Greenberg, 58, died Nov. 6 of complications from brain cancer. A 1977 graduate alumnus, he joined the registrar's office in 1978 as assistant registrar after a year as a lecturer in the Department of English. The full obituary is available online.
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Aoki's #4 Ranking Is Deserved, Get Over Your Bias.
- Written by Dave Walsh
EVERY forum I visit I see people saying how 1 dimensional and how overrated Shinya Aoki is.
"Why is he #4." "LMAO he's a 1 dimensional cry baby." "Once again a Japanese fighter is over ranked."
So I pose a question for those who say these type of things.
Who should be #4?
Edgar, Melendez, Maynard are generally 1-3 in everyone's rankings. But when we hit #4 is where the majority of MMA fans get upset. But I don't seem to understand why.
Lets take a look at some names right behind Aoki who people think should be #4.
Eddie Alvarez: Just weeks ago many thought he was the #2 guy in the world. He can wrestle, bang, and is extremely tough, but what merits a ranking ahead of Aoki? First and foremost he was defeated by Aoki a few years ago in under 2 minutes. Great start! His 2 best wins are Tatsuya Kawajiri, and Joachim Hansen. Last I checked Aoki has beaten them too, and in quicker, and in more dominating fashion. Aoki has wins over quality guys like "Shaolin" Ribeiro, JZ Cavalcante, Caol Uno, Mizuto Hirota, Marcus Aurelio, and Lyle Beerbohm. Alvarez has quality wins against Pat Curran, Katsunori Kikuno, Roger Huerta, and Toby Imada. Facts: Aoki has beaten Alvarez's top 2 names. Aoki has better quality wins. And lastly, and most importantly, Aoki defeated Alvarez head-to-head. How can you justify putting Alvarez ahead of Aoki? YOU CAN'T! It's impossible! Stop trying to say he deserves to be ahead of him.
Jim Miller: A lot of people are high on him right now, and I think he's sheer quality, but what has he done? He beat a guy that Jamie varner beat err took to a draw. Won a close decision over Mark Bocek that is highly debatable. Won a competitive decision over Gleison Tibau, and defeated an unexperienced "prodigy" in Charles Oliveira. How many of these guys have ever sniffed the top 10? ZERO! Oh, he also beat Duane Ludwig, Mac Danzig, and Matt Wiman. Any of these guys top 10 wins, or even top 15 wins? Case closed!
Anthony Pettis: While I think he has great potential, and could be UFC LW champ someday he hasn't accomplished a whole lot. Ben Henderson is a very good win. Shane Roller, and Danny Castillo are also good. After that...... a whole lot of nothing.
Kenny Florian: He beat the post Pride Gomi, yeah well so did Sergei Golyaev. Clay Guida, the UFC's 155 gate keeper, how nice! Joe "I can't compete at 155 anymore and if I want to have a job I have to go to 45" Stevenson. Wow! Roger Huerta, Joe Lauzon, and Sam Stout, decent names. Can't lie. But how many top 10 wins does Mr Florian have? ZERO!
Melvin Guillard: Evan Dunham is a very good win. However he was also awarded a bogus decision over Gelison Tibau. Anyone who thinks he deserves a top 5 ranking or even top 10 ranking is nuts.
Sean Sherk: Horse shit decision over Dunahm, and outside of that hasn't won since 2008.
So these are the main guys who could have a case for #4. None of which have the resume of Aoki, but since so many of you guys absolutely hate the man who deserves the spot over him? The logical and only appropriate answer would be "none of those guys," but since you can't put your bias aside who should it be?


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By Gene Phelps/NEMS Daily Journal
JACKSON – North Pontotoc's opponent today in the MHSAA Class 4A state tournament semifinals – Bay St. Louis – is considered the state's best team.
The Lady Tigers (34-0) have two of the state's top players in 5-foot-11 Christa Reed and 6-2 Bretta Hart.
Despite the odds, North Pontotoc coach Shane Montgomery says his Lady Vikings (25-7) plan to show up for the 6:30 p.m. game at the Mississippi Coliseum.
"We've got a chance," he said. "That's why you play the game."
However, the coach does admit, "They've been beating people to death."
North Pontotoc is coming off a solid run in the North Mississippi tournament. The Lady Vikings beat Itawamba AHS and lost to defending state champion Pontotoc in the title game. Against Pontotoc, the Lady Vikings pulled to within four points in the fourth quarter.
The difference in North Pontotoc's loss was two 3-pointers by Pontotoc's Kayla Russell and Marlee Hatcher.
"Those 3-pointers broke our backs," Montgomery said.
Pontotoc (30-3), one win away from the 4A state championship game, plays Raymond at 1 p.m. today in the semifinals. The Lady Warriors bring a 19-game win streak to the Big House.
Despite his team's postseason success, Pontotoc coach Bill Russell is concerned about his team's offense.
"We haven't shot the as well as we need to this week," he said.
Defensively, don't expect the Lady Warriors to give up their man-to-man, full-court pressure style. Although, Russell notes, it's hard to wear a team down this late in the season.
"Most players are in good shape," he said.
Pontotoc looks to Kayla Russell and Hatcher, along with post player LaNikki McMillian.
McMillian "has extended her range," Bill Russell said. "She can hit the 3-pointer, so post players have to come out and guard her."
In the nightcap at 8 today, Corinth's boys play Laurel in the 4A semifinals. The Warriors are hoping for a win and a possible rematch with defending state champion Amanda Elzy.
The state championship games are scheduled for later this week, starting Thursday.
The H.W. Byers and New Site girls are in the 1A and 2A title games while the Biggersville, Baldwyn and Booneville boys will play for the gold ball in 1A, 2A and 3A.
Today's Schedule
1 p.m. – 4A Girls, Pontotoc vs. Raymond
2:30 p.m. – 4A Boys, Amanda Elzy vs. Raymond
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By Teresa Rivas
And one more Twitter (TWTR) initiation, just for good measure: UBS today started covering the name with a Neutral rating.
Analyst Eric Sheridan and his team write that Twitter is a unique social media platform with long-term potential to monetize its success. Nonetheless, they worry that "Twitter's unstructured, rapid evolution has resulted in a headwind to user growth, as many new users struggle with acclimating to the platform." Thus, just as S&P argued, Sheridan and his team write that management needs more focus on its core product use cases—which could eventually expand to include news and content consumption, communications and/or a second-screen platform, for social TV watching.
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Twitter's secular strengths – Mobile, Social, and Personalization – provide multiple avenues for innovation & disruption longer-term. Our base case assumes Twitter is able to scale revenues well above industry rates – driven by continued (but moderating) user & engagement growth, ad product improvements & better international monetization. Future growth initiatives (MoPub, Vine, Big Data, Social TV) could provide material upside to our estimates. On operating margins, we take a measured approach as the platform scales – management is targeting long-term margins above our estimates.
3 Year Estimates – Above Consensus Sales, Below Consensus Margins Our revenue estimates are above current consensus, but our EBITDA ests. are below: '12-'15 Revenue CAGR of 87% (vs. Street est. of 79%) – on continued user growth, improvements in the ad product suite, and better international monetization, and '12-'15 EBITDA CAGR of 143% (vs. Street est. of 152%) – reflecting higher investment requirements associated with proving out the use case and scaling the business.
Sheridan established a $45 price target on the stock, using a blended valuation strategy including EV/Sales, EV/EBITDA and EV/FCF. He writes UBS would become more constructive if the stock price contracted to a more favorable risk/reward level or the company demonstrated the potential for materially faster revenue growth or margin expansion.