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Hiring and firing based on cultural fit
This week I'm tuning in to listen to Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, talk about the unique culture he and his team have built at Zappos. That got me thinking about corporate culture in general and just how important it really is. Many traditional companies believe that there too much emphasis placed on fun and creativity in the new Web 2.0 corporate cultures. I personally think that these new, forward thinking, culture-focused companies have got it right.
Witness the bottom line of Zappos or Facebook or Twitter and I think you'll see the picture very clearly. Build a great corporate culture that incorporates fun, respect for employees, and creative thinking and then stick to it. In fact, make every decision based on your corporate culture. If you do that, I think you stand a great chance of being successful and creating brands and products that customers will not only recognize but love.
And, I believe that the most important decisions you can make based on your corporate culture is hiring and firing. Zappos, Netflix, and many other successful companies hire and fire based solely on cultural fit. Tony Hsieh has said "If you get the culture right, then most of the other stuff, like great customer service or building a brand will just happen naturally. We've actually passed on a lot of really talented people that we know would make an impact to our top or bottom line," says Hsieh, "but if you know they're not a culture fit we won't hire them. Similarly, the company will fire people even if they're doing their job perfectly if they're bad for the culture." Now, you can go ahead and dismiss Hsieh as a quirky anomaly, but judging by the fact that Amazon bought Zappos for $1.2 billion in 2009, I'd say corporate culture is a worthwhile investment.
So, how do you make your hiring/firing decisions? Do you hire someone regardless of their cultural fit with your organization and hope they'll work out? Do you hire someone with the wrong cultural fit and hope you can force a square peg into a round hole? Or, do you look for someone who is the perfect fit for your culture and do everything you can to bring them on board? And most importantly, would you be willing to fire someone who just didn't quite fit with your team culturally?


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MIAMI, Fla. – Jacksonville ended its Felsberg Memorial Tournament run with a 1-0 win over Maryland (0-5) to open its 2014 season with a 3-2 record.
In Jacksonville's first at-bat in the bottom of the first, sophomore Victoria Brown hit a solo shot deep to center for her third home run in the past three days. Brown (2-0) also secured her second win in the complete game, fanning three, allowing just two hits and tossing 50 strikes of 74 pitches.
Maryland freshman pitcher Hannah Dewey (0-3) took the loss, walking four, allowing one hit and one earned run in nine batters faced. Dewey was relieved by junior Kaitlyn Schmeiser in the bottom of the second, who struck out seven, walked one and allowed two hits in 4.2 innings.
In addition to Brown (1-for-3), senior Codi Kelly (1-for-3) and sophomore Cecile Gomez (1-for-2) each recorded one hit.
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I could only memorize that energy is the ability to do work so many times between first and twelfth grade before I stopped caring.
What my teachers should have told me is that I could use science to do really cool things, like chunk a pumpkin over 4,000 feet or launch a Port-o-Potty.
Zac and I recently saw both of these amazing feats on the Science Channel.
Why was I watching the Science Channel if I don't like science? Because I'm too cheap to pay for the good satellite package.
The reasonable rate that our satellite provider offered as a one-year special ended around the time that Wyatt was born. Since most of our nights are spent entertaining him and vice versa, I chose not to pay $80 for programming that we don't have time to watch.
The basic package that we have now is limited to local channels, kiddie shows and networks like DIY, Food and HGTV.
The change hasn't bothered us much. In fact, it's been good for our relationship.
Zac is usually in charge of the remote, so we used to watch a lot of sports and shows like "NCIS" and "House." If a particular episode was grossing me out, we would put on one of my shows.
Either way, we may have been watching TV together but one of us was bored.
Now that we have fewer channels and time alone is more precious than it once was, we make an effort to watch things that we can enjoy together.
That's how we happened upon the Science Channel one Saturday night. The first show we tuned into was called "Punkin Chunkin."
I imagined big, burly men would spin around a couple of times with pumpkins and then heave them over a pole vault. I was delighted to see that the pumpkins were catapulted instead.
Actually, only some of the pumpkins were catapulted. Others were shot out of air cannons with awesome names like "The Big 10 Inch" and "Second Amendment."
The Punkin Chunkin World Championship is held each year in Sussex County, Del. The Science Channel's website describes the competition as "a three-day festival where hardcore engineers and backyard tinkerers trailer their gigantic, homebuilt contraptions with one common goal: to launch 8- to 10-pound pumpkins as far as mechanically possible."
In case you're wondering, the current world record for pumpkin chunking is 4,438 feet.
Just when I thought "Punkin Chunkin" was the best science show ever, "Large, Dangerous Rocket Ships" came on.
This show introduced us to the crazy characters who meet in Lucerne Valley, Calif. each year to launch their homemade rockets. Of course, most people are there to see how high and fast their rockets can fly. But the best event of all is called Low Altitude.
The goal of this competition is to have the rocket that reaches the lowest altitude over 100 feet. What's the fun in that? Well, it is fun when your rocket happens to be a Port-o-Potty or washing machine.
We watched them launch everything from a coffin to a Christmas tree. One man sent up his friend's ashes so they could hit the heavens and then scatter across the desert floor.
As an added twist, these objects must carry a parachute because they'll be disqualified for smashing into dozens of pieces upon landing.
Needless to say, Zac and I will be watching "Punkin Chunkin" and "Large, Dangerous Rocket Ships" whenever we can.
And as a side note to our neighbors, don't be alarmed if you see pumpkins or an old shopping cart flying over our house. We're just practicing.


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By Will Broaddus
Staff writer
---- — Interest in the Topsfield Fair's Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off gets bigger every year, just like the pumpkins in the competition.
Visitors can check out this year's batch of orange monsters at 1 p.m. tomorrow, when they are lowered onto scales in the arena, kicking off 10 days of agricultural exhibits, contests and activities.
George Hoomis, director of the New England Giant Pumpkin Growers Association and chairman of the weigh-off, remembers when people wondered if pumpkins would ever reach 1,000 pounds.
"We figured it would take a few years," he said.
Last year, Ron Wallace of Green, R.I., set a world record at 2009 pounds and won a $10,000 prize for growing the first pumpkin ever to exceed 1 ton, but it took less than a year for his entry to be topped.
"There's a guy in Europe who grew a 2,360-something-pound pumpkin off the 2009 seed," Hoomis said.
It didn't set a new record, however, because it had a hole in it.
"It has to be sound, a sound fruit," Hoomis said.
Pumpkins keep getting bigger because growers develop new breeds, using seeds from previous winners, and cross-pollinating early each spring. But genetics alone don't create big pumpkins, which often require determined growers to get them through rough weather.
"I know one year there was so much rain, people's pumpkins were going down, the plants were dying," Hoomis said. "One guy dug a hole next to his plant and put a sump pump in it and kept it going. People do what they have to do."
As the pumpkins get bigger, the fair — now in its 195th year — gets older and continues to draw huge crowds.
Music, old & new
One secret to this longevity is the fair's combination of carefully cultivated traditions mixed with new attractions.
This year, for instance, performers will include Beverly's Angie Miller, who finished third in the "American Idol" competition this spring. Fans on the North Shore who voted for Miller when she was on television can show their appreciation in person, when she appears in a free concert Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the Grandstand.
She won't be the only local talent at the fair, which will include appearances by the SpiritHouse Band, also from Beverly, and the Ipswich-based band The Fools.
But the fair will also feature national acts, like English rapper and singer Cher Loyd, and Coco Jones, a singer who appeared in the movie "Let It Shine" on the Disney Channel. There will also be a visit from Bobby Vinton, whose string of hits started in 1962 with "Roses Are Red" and went on to include "Blue Velvet" and "Mr. Lonely."
For those who prefer sawing to singing, the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show is coming back this year to cut lengths of white pine down to size.
Lee LeCaptain, a champion log-roller and cross-cut sawyer, started the show with his wife, Myra, 28 years ago.
"He was in the nuclear industry, and we were keeping track of the radiation," Myra LeCaptain said. "We got back to what we like. That's how we started."
The six lumberjacks in the show, — which now includes the LeCaptains' sons — will be splitting wood rather than atoms in events like axe throwing, underhand chopping and chair carving.
Take a ride
For visitors looking for a lift, there are rides at the fair that will boost and spin them to their heart's content.
These include the new Speed XXL, which stands 118 feet high and holds a gondola at the end of each arm. Each gondola seats four people in a ride that reaches 3G speeds.
But there is also a range of kinder, gentler rides for people young and old, such as The Wheel, Merry-Go-Round, Super Slide, Tilt-A-Whirl, Freak Out and Remix.
For leisurely modes of transportation, families are encouraged to hop on Joy Town or the Hampton Tractor Ride, which lets children honk a horn while driving.
At it has for close to 200 years, the arena will host competitions among breeders of goats, sheep, cows and horses, all vying for a blue ribbon. The poultry pavilion will feature rows of prize-winning chickens, ducks and geese, and the beekeeping building will show how these industrious insects make honey and wax.
Horse pulls will display the speed and strength of magnificent beasts of burden that work in teams to pull "stone boats" that carry 4,000 pounds.
And if you get hungry watching these animals work, 100 food booths will offer every conceivable kind of fare, from cotton candy to kielbasa.
For dessert, there's the Topsfield Fair Berry Parfait from Mann Orchards in Methuen, which was selected as the fair's first-ever signature dessert.
This is also the first year the fair has adopted a slogan, which was coined by Julia Lawrence of Beverly and advises visitors to "Make time for a great time."
TOPSFIELD FAIR When: Friday, Oct. 4, to Monday, Oct. 14 Where: Topsfield Fairgrounds, Route 1, Topsfield Admission: Weekdays, $11; weekends and holidays, $15. Children under 8 free when accompanied by an adult. Parking is $10. Information: www.topsfieldfair.org


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Travelling as a family of four (including 2 teen boys) we realized pretty quickly that this ship was probably not the best fit for us. The teen program was great, when it was running, but it had lots of down time. Our kids were not permitted into the indoor pool areas, which would have been fine except the inclement weather meant we didn't get pool time together.
The food was probably as good as one could expect for mass-produced food, but it never seemed quite
fresh or exciting or interesting.
I found the Guest Relations desk to be helpful, but understaffed. We had a problem with our key cards, and it took several trips to the desk to get it sorted out. We also asked several times for an engineer to answer a couple simple questions for my kids (school project) but they never did respond to our requests.
Overall, the ship experience was good, but nothing to rave about. The ship has plenty of lounge areas, but no quiet, comfortable areas. Lots of uncomfortable furniture and noisy spots. The entertainment was okay, but not compelling.
Because the weather didn't always cooperate, I wish the activity staff had created more interesting indoor activities. It felt like there wasn't much to do if you didn't get into venues early. Thankfully, we were able to watch TV and relax in our stateroom.


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Dallaglio on Wasps and England form and selection
The former London Wasps number 8 also discusses the upcoming European games in the next two weekends including Wasps' charge towards the quarter-finals.
Dallaglio begins by discussing the huge impact made by Joe Launchbury in recent months and his elevation, alongside James Haskell, to the England senior squad,
He also looks at the progress of Billy Vunipola and the emergence of other young stars at Wasps such as Christian Wade, Elliot Daly and Joe Simpson.
Finally there's a preview of this weekend's European showdown against Mogliano.


text: Just about a year ago I bought a 1953 Cub from a guy who had it parked in a tire store parking lot with a for sale sign on it. I had been considering buying a tractor and always liked the Cub because it is just the perfect size for my needs. We live on one acre of land that was formerly part of a pear orchard. Five years ago it was just a new house and bare ground. It takes a lot of work to turn this blank canvas into what we wanted. We hired the neighbor across the road to do some tractor work for us, but usually he's too busy in his 80 acre apple orchard to work us into his schedule. Gradually we got the area around the house set up into a yard and gardens. My wife is a quite the gardener and has about 300 varieties of daffodils planted. It was quite an effort to get this done with just an old Troy-Bilt rototiller and hand tools. The unplanted area of our place grew thick with weeds and it would take many days to whack them down by hand. The Cub made it possible to make our place into what we wanted. The guy who sold me the Cub added in a Cub 22 mower and parts of a 144 cultivator. Right away I used the mower to whack down about a half acre of weeds in the first afternoon. When you buy a 54 year old tractor you have to expect some things are going to need fixing. Most of it was minor stuff. As I used the Cub I discovered some "farmer fixes" from the past 50+ years that needed attention. I've been visiting the forum for about 6 months and finally signed up a few months ago. I was too busy to post anything, but had good intentions. Then the Cub's clutch release bearing began to fail and I had a local guy with a one man farm shop take care of that. He told me it would take about 2 weeks, but it turned out to be 3 1/2 weeks. Spring time in an agricultural area is not the best time to get tractor repairs done. At the same time I had computer problems and it went into the shop too. So there I was, both Cubless and computerless for almost a month. I had terrible withdrawal symptoms. Now they're both back in service and I'm trying to catch up on things that need to be done. As soon as the Cub came home I plowed up about a quarter acre of ground and used the 23A disc that I bought this winter from a local classified ad. My wife has the planting bug. Then we went to a nearby dairy and picked up several trailer loads of composted manure to fertilize the newly prepared ground before planting. Not having a manure spreader, we improvised. I drove the Cub and my wife tossed manure out of the trailer as we went. Crude, but effective. Now we're ready to plant if the weather cooperates. A week ago it was 80 degrees, but this morning it was 26 as a new cold spell moved in. The cherry and apple orchards are in bloom and the growers are running their wind machines and orchard heaters at night to save their crops. This story has grown quite long, but I want to say how much I appreciate this group and all of the good knowledge I've picked up since becoming a Cub owner. I'm also really appreciating what a fine piece of machinery a Cub is. There's nothing on the market than can take its place.


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Avon police officers were dispatched to the Marathon Gas Station at 7065 E. U.S. 36 on a report of an armed robbery that occurred about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
The suspect is described as a white male 25-30 years old, approximately 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, and wearing a gray hoodie with the hood up and sunglasses. He was last seen heading eastbound on foot. The suspect used a handgun in the robbery. The victim was not sure if the handgun was a revolver or semi-automatic.
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The first meeting of the Econ Club is on Wednesday September 12 at 5:15 in College of Business room 483. Lauren Birmingham, former economics major and MA student, will be discussing her experiences as an economist doing research in health services and healthcare quality improvement at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. All students are welcome.
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Bay Bridge opens as drivers compete for 'first' trips across new eastern span
Original post made on Sep 3, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 6:53 AM
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on Sep 3, 2013 at 7:37 am
the entire original bay bridge (both west and east section) where built for $77mio ($6mio UNDER budget and in a total of 3.5 years. in to whose pockets exactly did all the money go on this 100x more expensive (still 30x if adjusted for inflation), 3 times longer project?
on Sep 3, 2013 at 11:07 am
I agree with "Neutral". I have never heard of any companies that would be awarded $20 million for delivery a defective (cracked steel bolts) "end product" NOT on time that caused many folds more than the projected cost. They rushed through this, and put "band aid" fixes. They are still working on the bridge. It is NOT a finished job. No got fired or demoted. And, we paid several million dollar to an activity/entertainment firm without having a new Bay bridge "celebration party". couldn't we have gotten our deposit back. Someone screwed up, and that team should be fired or demoted. Government contractors are fined x%, based on delinquency and how decfective the end result and quality of work. What happened here. How come no one is reprimanded. The innocent tax payers are getting punished, for being quiet. We, the tax payers, are their ATM machines. We need to have a "class action" suit against CalTran, the contractors who worked on this project. This is absurd!
on Sep 3, 2013 at 1:07 pm
To "neutral",
The new bridge is much safer, and the working conditions for building it were also much safer than for the old bridge. Many men lost their lives building the old bridge. We don't do things that way any more, and that's for the best.
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Back in the mid-90's, I frequented Book Sale branches at least once a week and one day, came upon an issue of MovieMaker Magazine (May/June 1995) worth 12 pesos. (I think this was at the Fiesta Carnival -- now Shopwise Supermarket -- Book Sale branch). Inside the pages of this issue was a picture of a man, geek-like in appearance. This man was Ray Carney. Reading that issue permanently changed my ideas about cinema.
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Women's March once more at UPFI Film Center
It's Women's March once more with this month's UP Film Institute screenings at the UPFI Film Center in UP Diliman.
Other than the ongoing prime showcase for Sigrid Andrea Bernardo films, this year's Women's Month celebration boasts of international selections as fitting highlights.
A Sharon Stone starrer directed by Argentina-born Gabriela Tagliavini, The Mule, is slated for a special one-day run on March 13 Thursday.
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Tara, sulitin na ang pagkakataon! Halina't matuto at maglibang habang nililinang at pinagyayaman ang talento't kakayahan sa ikalimang taon ng palihang---
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December 5, 2009 - Jennifer Brookens
Three cats, two kids, one Christmas tree. I should've known it would be a losing battle.
But having one kid who is so jazzed up about Christmas she can hardly wait, I took the risk and allowed this to be the weekend the tree would go up even though the infamous Fatty and Stinky kitties are visiting again. I've seen what these cats have done to my mom's tree in the past. But with a two-year-old hurricane in the house, I'm already facing at least a few damaged or broken ornaments for the season.
Phase one: Arranging the furniture. My girl, bless her, is trying so hard to be helpful. But the kids and cats end up being more underfoot. The Boy bottom feeds on lost remnants of cookies and raisins (I think?!) while the cats continue to chase and harass each other. One cat almost gets squished between the couch and wall. Lost items I'd hope to find are not found, but found a flat soda (that later got spilled) and the kitties toys that were lost last time they stayed here. (Toys are already lost again.)
Phase two: Assembling the tree. Yes, we're fake here. Up next to the picture window, some of the branches are skipped. It ends up making the tree more weighted on one side and it tips. Several times. The Girl insists on trying to put the ornaments on as the branches go on. Luckily, she hadn't found the fragile ones yet. Cats start snooping.
Phase three: lights. The strings are more snared than usual, thanks to the Boy winding himself up in them like the Tazmanian Devil. The cats also start to play chase around the tree, and sure enough, the tree tips again. This time, I'm not quick enough and the tree goes down. No one hit, cats flee, and we lose one glass ball. Girl cries hysterically, while Boy remains fascinated by the lights.
By the time all is said and done, the tip-top of the tree is pointed at a 45-degree angle, the lower layers of the tree have no decorations and the lights aren't working on the lower branches. And that's the way it's going to stay because... Well, I just know better.
Next year, I am investing in a pre-lit tree. Or maybe it will happen sooner, if the comic I posted above comes to pass like I suspect it will. And the Husband won't be allowed to use "work" as an excuse for not being part of the melee next time, either!
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News and notes from UCLA football program as Bruins get ready for their Bowl game against Illinois.
The incompetence of UCLA's athletic director Dan Guerrero is giving rise to new words on BruinsNation.
Thoughts on the ongoing search for the next football coach at UCLA.
UCLA's roll out of alternate "white" football uniforms for the game against Southern Cal perfectly illustrated the incompetence Dan Guerrero's incompetent athletic department.
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The Student Undergraduate Research Council (SURC) promotes awareness about undergraduate research opportunities at NAU.
By generating awareness, SURC hopes to increase the number of students engaged in research, scholarly, or creative projects at NAU. We also want to convey to students studying in a variety of disciplines and coming from diverse backgrounds that doing research is beneficial for their academic and career development. The members of SURC believe that participating in undergraduate research is an important experience for anyone interested in gaining more knowledge and a deeper appreciation of their academic field.
SURC members responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Major: Physics and Astronomy
Mentor: Dr. David Trilling
Current research: Using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to determine the physical properties of Centaurs and transition objects
UGR research activities:NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates; AST485
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UGR research activities: NAU/NASA Space Grant; Hooper Undergraduate Research Award
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Mentor: Dr. Trina Spencer
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UGR research activities: DIS485
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Dhanteras - Festival of Wealth
Dhanteras is an auspicious occasion celebrated two days before the festival of lights, Diwali. Lord Yama – the god of death – is worshipped on this day to gain 'dhan' or wealth and well being. Learn about the legends behind this festival.
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Diwali: Festival of Lights
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Rangoli Designs - Diwali Decor
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Diwali Activity for Kids
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Diwali Menu
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Why would they move?
Just look at the National Basketball Association and how players can seemingly get coaches hired and fired seemingly at a moment's notice. The powers-that-be deny this but they almost have to.
In the pros, you have such things as the salary cap and such that makes it more difficult to build a great team year after year, whereas in college, these guys can get almost anyone they really want and they don't have to worry about resources.
Plus, you can almost bet — for those of us that occasionally do such a thing — they received a nice little incentive package to stay. Those guys probably knew that this was going to happen if they went through the process of being interviewed or having their name out there; they become an ever hotter item to their present teams, so, hey, go for it.
I can't blame them for listening to see what's out there; it might be like a pat on the back, just more lucrative.
Gruden is having wayyyy too much fun doing what he is doing — that is pretty easy to tell — and he hasn't lost a game since he was fired by the Buccaneers. He is in his environment and comfort zone and still making a pretty good living.
Cowher has already been quoted as saying he will return to coaching someday; he just doesn't know when or where.
These guys do have egos — perhaps the understatement of the year — and they somewhat need them to be successful; they want to measure themselves at the top echelon of their sport and maybe they like a little bit of "danger" in their lives. Maybe they don't mind being booed and called all kinds of names when and if their team goes to pot.
At the same time, they're pretty doggone successful where they are at and most are doing what they love and, hopefully, shaping these men into first-class gentlemen on and off the field.
After all, how many of these players are going to end up in professional football, so they'd better be good human beings more than good football players.
It's a dog-eat-dog atmosphere at that level; just as the Pat Shurmurs, Rob Ryans, etc. It's win at all costs and win NOW.
Obviously, there is pressure to win in college because of boosters, endowments and such — let's face it, people like to be associated with winners — but since the NFL is a much smaller commodity, the focus is more laser-like.
For example, 49ers kicker David Akers made the claim that he received death threats on Twitter before closing the account. I take him for his word.
I wonder if it was some fantasy football owner whose team lost because he missed a kick or something?


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'Video games aren't some obscure niche property anymore. Still, gamers let the non-gamers in a group make them feel like the weirdos and outcasts in a social setting. Enough of that.
There are over 180 million active gamers in the US. The gender divide has become next to non-existent, with the male/female split sitting at about 52 percent to 48 percent, based on stateside figures. Total global revenue in the video game industry is predicted to break the $100 billion mark by the end of 2014. The release of one game alone, 2013's Grand Theft Auto V, generated $800 million in worldwide sales in just 24 hours—more than any other piece of entertainment, ever.…'
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Adult female gamers have unseated boys under the age of 18 as the largest video game-playing demographic in the U.S., according to a recently published study from the Entertainment Software Association, a trade group focused the U.S.
Here's a new way to support your expensive VR habit: hunt for flaws in the code for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, software development kit (SDK), and website.
Under the program, individual security researchers who report bugs to Facebook may be financially rewarded. The minimum reward is $500, and there is no cap on the maximum. Facebook paid out $1.5 million in bug bounties last year.
Right from his first film, Quentin Tarantino showed he had little remorse for killing off characters both big and small. Ever since 1992's Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino's films have been known nearly...
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From www
Dystopian fiction is a warning, and if it makes people pay attention, then good—that's the point. People shouldn't fear technology, but they sure as hell better consider its effects.
If a Venn diagram could map Weird Twitter and Dad Twitter, Patrick Mortensen, a.k.a. @MrBikferd, would be in the intersection.
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'TNT has secured the network television rights to "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent" movie franchises in an expansive deal with Lionsgate. The acquisition includes the network premiere windows for "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1," bowing in theaters this November, and "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2," slated for theatrical release in November 2015.
The deal also includes network premiere windows for "Divergent" and sequel "Insurgent," which will hit theaters in March 2015, along with two further follow-up films, making TNT the first basic cable network with access to all four "Divergent" pics at the same time. Additionally, the pact includes telecast rights to "The Hunger Games" and sequel "Catching Fire." "The Hunger Games" will air on TNT in winter 2015, with "Catching Fire" following in winter 2016, "Mockingjay – Part 1″ airing in 2017, and "Part 2″ in 2018....'
With 'The Sun Also Rises' are war games finally getting over the first person shooter?
The game looks at PTSD, civilian interactions, child soldiers and bureaucracy, spread around three key characters: a medic, an Afghan boy and a CIA analyst working from the US. A narrative driven experience, The Sun Also Rises presents you with a variety of problems exploring and inspired by Underwood and Early's rigorous research on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. ...'
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The TV Time Lord has been to different worlds and ages, but what do these journeys look like? Take a trip through our interactive map and see archive clips too.
Calling all digital storytelling enthusiasts!
Are you a documentary filmmaker with a concept for an interactive doc? Or are you a tech-whiz or designer just itching to use your web skills to tell real-life stories? Antenna's Documentary Hackathon provides the perfect opportunity to take the next step!
Antenna Documentary Film Festival, supported by Tribeca Hacks – an international series of workshops that brings together content creators and technology specialists – is presenting a Documentary Hackathon during the festival in October. This two-day intensive workshop aims to create connections between the documentary film industry and the tech/web design industry in Australia, and enables participants to walk away with a working prototype. There are some fascinating and innovative ideas brewing out there, we want to provide the spark and the connections to make them happen!...
From www
Why are household brands that sell us kitchen appliances or snack food now commissioning science fiction authors and artists? Chris Baraniuk reports
'Like any good Silicon Valley company, Netflix has the occasional Hack Day, in which it allows its engineers to forgo their other responsibilities and just build something cool. It turns out Netflix engineers have some pretty awesome ideas. Today, the company released a handful of videos of its favorite Hack Day projects, including a Chrome extension that lets you watch Netflix in a mini screen while you do something else and a way to match your movie to your room's ambient lighting with Philips Hue bulbs....'
Shout Art Loud: Interactive web documentary Shout Art Loud follows Cairo artists who tackle sexual harassment
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Netflix, the online streaming giant, has signed a paid peering deal with Time Warner Cable, meaning that it now has deals with the four biggest U.S. ISPs.
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Kent Sheely specializes in brilliant video game subversions.
This is Minecraft re-imagined by Kent Sheely, a new-media artist living in New York. Sheely specializes in videogame subversions like these, adding to, subtracting from, and remixing familiar interactive titles to help us consider them in new ways.
Sheely discovered videogames at a young age and realized he could bend them to his will shortly thereafter. He was 6 when he started learning the programming language Basic, and he grew up with one foot on each side of the medium—avidly playing games and making them. It wasn't until college that he encountered people using videogames for art: "You know, really re-interpreting the existing work to communicate something about the medium and about its culture," he says. It spurred him to explore games as a means of expression....'
The biggest game companies are thinking bigger when it comes to transmedia entertainment.
...In the span of a couple of weeks, I heard a couple of very interesting talks on transmedia, or entertainment properties that span multiple media like games, movies, and comic books. One talk took place at the Casual Connect conference in San Francisco, where game developer Nick Fortugno observed that the creation of a new entertainment property is best pursued in the development of a mobile game. That's because mobile games can be made inexpensively and quickly, compared to movies or console games. You can test out new ideas more easily, with less risk. If you take a risk with a movie, you'll go broke....'
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You can't call them "cable companies" anymore. For the first time, the number of broadband subscribers with the major U.S. cable companies exceeded the number of cable subscribers, the Leichtman Research Group reported today. Among other things, these figures suggest the industry is now misnamed. Evidently these are broadband companies that offer cable on the…
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The new ordinance amending criminal law may lead to more acquittals of the accused. On February 3, the UPA had put its best foot forward, pitching a combo of articulate lawyers-cum-ministers P Chidambaram and Manish Tiwari to convince people about the government wisdom in bringing an anti-rape ordinance that did not incorporate some important recommendations of Justice J S Verma Committee.
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Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state's unemployment rate
dropped in December for a fourth straight month. But the 8.6 percent rate is
still one of the highest in the country.
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Friday that the state lost a net 3,200 jobs in December. Officials blamed
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Berkeley Faculty Offer Trainings on Critical Environmental Content
Climate Change Course Launches New Professional Education Program
By Ann Brody Guy | August 12, 2014
BERKELEY — With the environmental, social, and economic impacts of climate change at the forefront of the global dialogue, UC Berkeley is launching professional education programs for the public on these time-critical topics, starting with The Economic Impact of Climate and Energy Policy on Public and Private Sectors, a three-day certificate course now open for enrollment.
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Report checks health claims of popular sports, vitamin drinks
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BERKELEY — A new report by UC Berkeley researchers questions the health claims of popular energy, sports, tea and fruit drinks on the market.
In a report released today (Wednesday, Aug. 6), the authors evaluated 21 popular drinks with health claims — from immune boosters to energy enhancers — on their labels and in their marketing materials.
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Global wildlife decline driving slave labor and organized crime
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley Media Relations
Berkeley — Global decline of wildlife populations is driving increases in violent conflicts, organized crime and child labor around the world, according to a policy paper led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The authors call for biologists to join forces with experts such as economists, political scientists, criminologists, public health officials and international development specialists to collectively tackle a complex challenge.
The paper, to be published Thursday, July 24, in the journal Science, highlights how losses of food and employment from wildlife decline cause increases in human trafficking and other crime, as well as foster political instability.
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Berkeley a big part of new UC initiative on global food needs
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The University of California is launching an initiative to marshal resources across the UC campuses — including Berkeley's 90 courses, 150 faculty and staff and multiple institutes and centers devoted to the study of agriculture and food — to address global challenges related to food.
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The UC Berkeley Graduate Division's Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs was presented to Lynn Huntsinger, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, for providing GSIs with guidance and mentorship in teaching.
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Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has died in a plane crash near Dillingham, Alaska, a source familiar with ongoing rescue efforts confirms to CNN.
Former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe was a passenger on the plane that crashed in Alaska, according to EADS North America, where he is now the chief executive officer. His condition was not known.
The Pentagon is extending its deadline for bids on a projected $35 billion-plus contract to build the Air Force's new air refueling tanker to allow Europe's Airbus to submit a proposal.
The humble sail is undergoing a revolution and is set to be thrust into outer-space for use on satellites, rockets and other spacecraft.
In the race to build a better artificial heart, French scientists have turned to technology from satellites and airplanes to create a heart that they say responds better to the human body
The Defense Department will push back its decision on a $35 billion tanker contract to the next administration, delaying again the hotly disputed competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman to replace the Air Force's aging aerial refueling fleet
The Pentagon has "terminated" the competition for an Air Force airborne tanker contract for now, leaving the decision for the next presidential administration, a statement from the Defense Department said Wednesday.
French judges filed preliminary charges Wednesday against former Airbus CEO Gustav Humbert as part of an investigation into alleged insider trading, a judicial official said
The GAO rules that a flawed process saw a U.S.-European consortium win a bid to build a new refueling tanker. The response on Capitol Hill was all about home-state jobs
A former co-CEO of Airbus parent company EADS, Noel Forgeard, was hit with preliminary insider trading charges Friday in an extensive probe into stock sales
French regulators say there is enough proof of insider trading at EADS to prosecute. CNN's Jim Boulden reports.
Stocks were poised to rebound strongly from their recent losing streak Tuesday after the Federal Reserve and other central banks announced plans to pump more cash into squeezed credit markets.
The U.S. Air Force on Friday announced one of the largest military acquisition programs in U.S. history, saying the service had chosen Northrop Grumman over Boeing to replace its aging air refueling tanker fleet.
The U.S. Air Force is expected to announce this week a $40 billion contract to replace its aging fleet of air refueling tankers, a process which has been mired in corruption and political wrangling for years.
Rio Tinto Chairman Paul Skinner joins CNN to discuss talks of a rival bid for the company.
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One step beyond: Lincoln as
Father of US communism?
Just when you'd thought you had heard every wild charge from the American Right, check this out.
Abraham Lincoln is the father of American communism and Chicago is its home of American communism.
According to Al Benson, Jr. at GunnyG http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/chicago-communist-paradise-of-the-midwest-by-al-benson-jr/ .,, it all traces back to Abraham Lincoln and the dangerous European-born democrats driving him to oppose division of the nation and, eventually, to enact the emancipation of slaves.
Chicago–Communist Paradise of the Midwest
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By Al Benson Jr. It seems that the "Windy City" has had a love affair with communism that goes back a long time. Originally, you can trace it back to 1860 when the Republican Party convention was held there–the convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln to run for president on the Republican ticket that year. There were several "Forty-Fighter" socialists, refugees from the 1848 socialist revolts in Europe, there that year for the convention and some of these socialists, such as Carl Schurz, actually helped to write the Republican Party platform in 1860. In our book Red Republicans and Lincoln's Marxists Walter Kennedy and I have noted this. On page 61 we stated: "In chapter one we noted the close ties between radical European socialists/communists and Lincoln. In that chapter we pointed out that we are not suggesting that Lincoln was a communist, only that for some reason, these early American socialists/communists found the new Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln very attractive." So Lincoln was nominated, ran, and won, with the help of these Forty-Fighter socialists/communists–and it started in Chicago. How fitting. You can check out information about Red Republicans and Lincoln's Marxists on http://olesouthbooks.com
For these folks on the Extreme Right, Chicago's notoriety is not based on anything you might think of. No, not the Haymarket Riot in 1886, not as the home of the IWW, the setting for activism by the unemployed and industrial unionists in the 1930's, the home office of SDS in the 1960's, the site of the Chicago police riot at the Democratic Convention., the the battle ground for the 1969 Days of Rage waged by the Weather Underground, or the election of that subversive African-American Myor Haorld Washington.
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Jepsen succeeds Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes in the title role; Drescher ("The Nanny"), who succeeds Tony winner Harriet Harris, steps into the role of Cinderella's stepmother Madame.
Jepsen will play a 12-week run in Cinderella through April 27, and Drescher will play a ten-week engagement through April 13.
"With its fresh, new take on the beloved tale of a young woman who is transformed from a chambermaid into a princess, this hilarious and romantic Cinderella," press notes state, "combines the story's classic elements – glass slippers, pumpkin, a beautiful ball and more – with some surprise twists. More than just a pretty face with the right shoe size, the Cinderella of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical now on Broadway is a surprisingly contemporary figure living in a fairytale setting: a spirited young woman with savvy and soul, eager to develop a world view, she doesn't let her rags or her gowns trip her up in her quest for kindness, compassion and forgiveness. She not only fights for her own dreams, but makes the prince, who falls in love with her, open his eyes to the world around him and realize his dreams, too."
The cast also features Joe Carroll as the Prince and Tony winner Victoria Clark as Fairy Godmother Marie.
The production has scenic design by Anna Louizos, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Posner and sound design by Nevin Steinberg.
Cinderella is produced by Robyn Goodman, Jill Furman, Stephen Kocis, Edward Walson, Venetian Glass Productions, The Araca Group, Luigi Caiola & Rose Caiola, Roy Furman, Walt Grossman, Peter May/Sanford Robertson, Glass Slipper Productions/Eric Schmidt, Ted Liebowitz/James Spry, Blanket Fort Productions and is produced in association with Center Theatre Group. Charles Salameno is associate producer.
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The thefts haven't been a big loss.
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He expects the thief to get caught. "Someone is going to walk in on him when he's doing it and we'll catch him," he said.
Courthouse officials are on the lookout for suspicious activity.
County sheriff Capt. Dean Will didn't return a call for comment Friday.
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Manly is famous for its amazing beaches. The beaches in this place attracts so many tourists. If you go to Manly, you will truly enjoy the sandy beaches that stretches from the Queenscliff Beach up until the North Steyne Beach to Manly Beach. You will also be able to find rock pools after this stretch called the Shelly Beach and Fairy Bower. In the peninsula of Manly, you will also find a lot of beaches near or on the harbour. The prominent icon that symbolizes the beaches and the ocean of Manly is the Norfolk Island Pine.
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Your Age-by-Age Guide to a Healthy Heart
Surprising Hidden Risks
• Loneliness. If an empty nest or early retirement leaves you feeling isolated, the heartache may be more than emotional. In a 19-year study, women who reported feeling lonely most of the time had a 76 percent increased risk of heart disease. The connection? Chronic loneliness, like stress, may trigger inflammatory and hormonal changes that promote cardiovascular disease. It may also lead to poorer health habits that increase your risk, notes lead study author Rebecca C. Thurston, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Her Rx: Nurture your friendships and forge close social connections by volunteering at a local charity, joining a book club, or undertaking any other social activities that appeal to you.
• Prediabetes. Elevated blood glucose levels — higher than normal, but not high enough to be diabetes — can lead to big risks. To find out if you're among the 57 million Americans who have prediabetes but don't know it, ask your doctor for a fasting plasma glucose test. If the result is between 100 and 125, it's considered prediabetes. Your next move: Up your exercise and lighten your diet, decreasing especially your intake of processed foods, sweets, and starchy snacks.
• Misdiagnosis. Here's a scary — and common — scenario. A woman in her 50s complains to her doctor about persistent chest pain. He sends her for a stress test, but even if that's abnormal, as long as testing reveals no major blockages, he assures her nothing's wrong. The reality: Almost 50 percent of women with abnormal stress testing and open coronary arteries have microvascular coronary dysfunction, in which the heart's smallest arteries don't dilate properly and blood flow is restricted. It can increase your risk for sudden cardiac death, heart attack, or other serious problems by 2.5 percent each year. "Your doctor may dismiss your symptoms as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or anxiety," says Dr. Bairey Merz, "especially if initial tests come back borderline." So insist on getting a full evaluation that could reveal micro problems.
Did you know that a recent study, called JUPITER, found that healthy women over age 60 might lower their heart attack risk still further by taking a cholesterol-lowering statin (Crestor) — even if their cholesterol levels are normal? This advice may not apply to you, but it does point up that you should keep up-to-date on the latest advances (along with following heart-healthy diet and exercise routines, of course). So at every visit, ask your doctor about new research, and then find out if there's a way for you to benefit.
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Huskers win double dual
Lincoln, Neb. The No. 9 Nebraska wrestling team went 2-0 on Sunday at the NU Coliseum with a 25-12 victory over North Carolina and a 32-7 win over South Dakota State.
Against North Carolina, the Huskers faced an early 12-0 deficit after losing the first three matches, but responded by winning the final seven en route to a 25-12win. At 125 pounds, the Tar Heels' No. 16 Nathan Kraisser won a major decision over Eric Coufal, 12-1. Nebraska suffered major decision losses at 133 and 141 pounds as well to give North Carolina the early 12-0 advantage. Joey Ward won 14-4 over Shawn Nagel before No. 17 Evan Henderson posted a 10-1 victory over Skylar Galloway.
Nebraska responded with a victory at 149 pounds as No. 13 Jake Sueflohn won an 8-3 decision over North Carolina's Christian Barber. Fellow sophomore No. 5 James Green kept the NU momentum going with his 10-3 decision over Chris Mears.
At 165 pounds, Austin Wilson won a 6-4 decision over J.M. Staudenmayer. Then Nebraska seized the lead, 15-12, after No. 7 Robert Kokesh pinned North Carolina's Frank Abbondanza in 4:42. The pin marks Kokesh's fourth of the season.
No. 6 Josh Ihnen (184) and Caleb Kolb (197) added decisions to extend the lead before Donny Longendyke won a major decision over Jake Barnhart, 9-1, at heavyweight. Ihnen posted a 10-4 victory over Alex Utley while Kolb defeated Antonio Giorgio, 4-2.
Nebraska faced another early deficit against South Dakota State after Coufal dropped a 12-4 major decision to Aaron Pickrel at 125 pounds. Nagel responded at 133 pounds with his 8-2 decision over the Jackrabbits' Brance Simms. The victory marks Nagel's sixth of the 2012-13 campaign.
At 141 pounds, Galloway responded from his earlier loss with a 14-4 major decision over Ben Gillette. The Jackrabbits bounced back, however, as Dustin Walraven upset No. 13 Sueflohn at 149 pounds, 3-2. The loss marks Sueflohn's first of the season as South Dakota State tied the match at 7.
The Huskers responded by winning the final six matches to put away the victory. No. 5 Green won a 17-6 major decision over Cody Pack at 157 pounds before Wilson earned a 4-1 decision over Joe Brewster at 165. At 174 pounds, Kokesh won a 17-1 technical fall over John Nething II. Kokesh improves to 7-1 with the win.
Ihnenpicked up his eighth win of the 2012-13 campaign by pinning Hunter Weddington in 1:20. The pin marks the senior's first of the season. Kolb (197) and Longendyke (HWT) each capped 2-0 days as Kolb won a 13-4 major decision over Brandon Ballard and Longendyke won a 6-4 decision over J.J. Everard.
The Huskers return to action Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev. The tournament is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. (CT). Nebraska's next home dual is Dec. 8 against Arizona State at 7 p.m. The Huskers host Wisconsin on Dec. 9 at 2 p.m.
Nov. 18, 2012
No. 9 Nebraska 25, North Carolina 12
NU Coliseum, Lincoln, Neb.
Attendance: 519
Official Results
125 #16 Nathan Kraisser (UNC) by major dec. over Eric Coufal (NEB), 12-1 (UNC 4, NEB 0)
133 Joey Ward (UNC) by major dec. over Shawn Nagel (NEB), 14-4 (UNC 8, NEB 0)
141 #17 Evan Henderson (UNC) by major dec. over Skylar Galloway (NEB), 10-1 (UNC 12, NEB 0)
149 #13 Jake Sueflohn (NEB) by dec. over Christian Barber (UNC), 8-3 (UNC 12, NEB 3)
157 #5 James Green (NEB) by dec. over Chris Mears (UNC), 10-3 (UNC 12, NEB 6)
165 Austin Wilson (NEB) by dec. over J.M. Staudenmayer (UNC), 6-4 (UNC 12, NEB 9)
174 #7 Robert Kokesh (NEB) by pin over Frank Abbondanza (UNC), 4:42 (NEB 15, UNC 12)
184 #6 Josh Ihnen (NEB) by dec. over #19 Alex Utley (UNC), 10-4 (NEB 18, UNC 12)
197 Caleb Kolb (NEB) by dec. over Antonio Giorgio (UNC), 4-2 (NEB 21, UNC 12)
HWT Donny Longendyke (NEB) by major dec. over Jake Barnhart (UNC), 9-1 (NEB 25, UNC 12)
No. 9 Nebraska 32, South Dakota State 7
NU Coliseum, Lincoln, Neb.
Attendance: 672
Official Results
125 Aaron Pickrel (SDSU) by major dec. over Eric Coufal (NEB), 12-4 (SDSU 4, NEB 0)
133 Shawn Nagel (NEB) by dec. over Brance Simms (SDSU), 8-2 (SDSU 4, NEB 3)
141 Skylar Galloway (NEB) by major dec. over Ben Gillette (SDSU), 14-4 (NEB 7, SDSU 4)
149 - Dustin Walraven (SDSU) by dec. over #13 Jake Sueflohn (NEB), 3-2 (NEB 7, SDSU 7)
157 - #5 James Green (NEB) by major dec. over Cody Pack (SDSU), 17-6 (NEB 11, SDSU 7)
165 Austin Wilson (NEB) by dec. over Joe Brewster (SDSU), 4-1 (NEB 14, SDSU 7)
174 - #7 Robert Kokesh (NEB) by tech. fall over John Nething II (SDSU), 17-1 (NEB 19, SDSU 7)
184 - #6 Josh Ihnen (NEB) by pin over Hunter Weddington (SDSU), 1:20 (NEB 25, SDSU 7)
197 Caleb Kolb (NEB) by major dec. over Brandon Ballard (SDSU), 13-4 (NEB 29, SDSU 7)
HWT Donny Longendyke (NEB) by dec. over J.J. Everard (SDSU), 6-4 (NEB 32, SDSU 7)
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