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Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday, August 23
Brad Wilton
Friday night's comp play winner is the Nationals over the Royals.
It was fun while it lasted, but it looks like the bubble has burst on Kansas City's playoff dreams.
The Royals have dropped 5 in a row, and are now 7 games back in the wild card standings.
The KC offense has gone south - 2.1 runs per game in losing 8 of their last 10 games overall - and is likely to stay south when they face Gio Gonzalez.
Gio has allowed just 4 runs to score in his last 18 innings pitched, and his team comes into Kansas City having won 3 straight to pull to within a game of the .500 mark for the first time since the middle of July.
Bruce Chen will make the start for the Royals, and Chen is coming his first loss of the season, allowing 6 runs and 8 hits in just over 5 innings of work his last time out.
Things just not going in Kansas City's favor right now, while Washington has a little mojo going for themselves coming into this one, so let's back the Nats to hand the Royals loss #6 in a row.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday, August 23
Brett Atkins
My free winner for tonight is on the Houston Astros at home against the struggling Toronto Blue Jays, who I think will have problems in the Houston humidity to start this series, after getting stymied in New York in a four-game set. Forget about the Jays winning on six straight Fridays, and I know both teams are in on losing streaks after being swept, but Toronto has been on the road and are still on the road.
Don't bother listing either starting pitcher - Toronto right-hander Todd Redmond or Houston righty Jordan Lyles - because this looks more like a momentum play and simply going against a travel-weary Toronto team that won't want to deal with the climate. Trust me - that's a big deal in baseball.
And Houston is no fun in the summer months, as it's far too humid.
Toronto's five-game losing streak is extended tonight, as the Astros take Game 1.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday, August 23
Chris Jordan
My free play is on the Chicago White Sox over the Texas Rangers.
Yes, the Rangers have won eight straight on the road, and yes they're about 22 games better than the South Siders, but there's something to be said about a losing team on a win streak. And with Chicago riding a six-game spree, I like the fact the oddsmakers have made the White Sox a favorite in this game.
Ever heard of a trap game? This could very well be it, if the Vegas Village idiots down on the Strip are begging bettors to take the underdog here.
I'm not listing pitchers in this one, as it's a pure momentum play, but I will tell you I don't mind knowing Chris Sale is on the bump for the Sox. The young southpaw has won his last three starts after stifling Minnesota to three runs over seven innings on Saturday. The 24-year-old has registered quality starts in 19 of his 23 outings, including nine of his last 10. And make note, he is 3-0 with a 3.38 ERA in seven games (three starts) against Texas during his career.
Yeah, I'll lay the money here.
Re: Free Picks: Service Plays for Friday, August 23
Scott Delaney
My free winner for tonight is out of the American League West, as I like the Seattle Mariners to get things done on the Run Line against the Angels of Anaheim. Although all Run Line and Total plays will automatically list pitchers with the starters who are scheduled to go at the time of the wager, I am not concerned with who goes for either team tonight and want you playing this game on the Run Line regardless.
That being said, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to be sure you have action even if one of the pitchers scheduled to start is scratched, and re-wager the game if that takes place.
And don't get me wrong, I do like the fact we'll have Felix Hernandez on the hill tonight. Though Seattle's ace right-hander Hernandez has allowed five or more runs in two of his last three outings and lasted only five innings against Texas in his last start, this is his favorite opponent to pitch against.
King Felix has a 3.97 ERA in 33 career starts against the Halos, and is 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA in three starts against them this season.
More than anything, though, the Halos have struggled and come in mired in a four-game slide.
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SEATTLE (-2.5) over Green Bay
We have hit 4 of our last 5 in the NFL Preseason and tonight we are again backing one of favorite pre-season coaches. Seattle Head coach Pete Carroll is 9-1 ATS in the pre-season since taking over the Seahawks. Not only has Seattle won but Carroll has delighted in crushing teams in the pre-season having won six consecutive pre-season games by double digits!!That's unheard of in pre-season games and it's a big reason why the Seahawks are favored on the road. The Pack seem content to get to the real games as they have been very vanilla in splitting their first two pre-season games. We expect more of the same from them tonight and for Carroll to play to win again in the pre-season. Take Seattle over Green Bay.
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GREENVILLE – A new Greenville Subway restaurant is moving into a space at the old Marsh building on Martin Street.
The building is expected to open at the end of next week, and will be the second restaurant within the city limits. Jeff and Susan Vogelmeier own both Greenville restaurants, which boosts their holdings to six total franchises.
According to Subway District Manager Jamie Burchett, the owners have been looking to move into a central Greenville location for around three years, mainly due to the concentration of residential housing.
"I believe it's going to be a good location," said Burchett. "Greenville has certainly been good to the Vogelmeiers, and they've loved having a store over here and are looking forward to having another one."
The decision to move into the Marsh building was made about six months ago, and now plans are nearly finished to open the restaurant.
According to city officials, the main Marsh building has sat empty for around 10 years, and is currently owned by Paragon Realty, LLC out of Indianapolis.
"We're really hoping that its going to help this side of town," said Burchett. "Certainly we hope there's some more tenants that hope to be in the building with us."
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SWANSBORO — Coach Doug Kidd and his Swansboro High soccer programs have left one tough conference for another.
But the Pirates departing the East Central 2-A Conference for the Coastal 3-A Conference doesn't bother Kidd, who has led his girls' team to three state titles, including one this spring.
"It's a new challenge and a new chapter for our program," he said. "It's going to be a very, very good soccer conference. Very strong. I think even stronger than the East Central. The sentiment is that it will be a strong conference from top to bottom and I'm excited it being that way."
It may seem like a daunting task for the Pirates to continue being a soccer power in a bigger classification and in a conference that features six-time girls' soccer state 3-A champion White Oak and Jacksonville, which is also one of the area's strongest teams.
Yet Kidd doesn't look at it just that way.
While he knows it will be tougher to win a league crown and make more deep postseason runs, he's looking forward to the quality teams his program will face. Kidd doesn't back away from playing competitive teams and he realizes playing a difficult schedule only makes his squads better.
"Whoever comes out in the conference will be very seasoned and ready to do well in the playoffs," he said. "I think the conference will allow for us to be put in a position to improve. It will be more difficult, but I think our program is up to the challenge."
Kidd is also looking forward to Swansboro strengthening its rivalry with Jacksonville and White Oak now that the games mean more now. The Pirates have seven states titles in boys' soccer while WOHS has four and Jacksonville two.
"Hopefully it will get back to the old days," he said.
The soccer programs aren't the only Swansboro teams that have competed well.
Both track and field programs are good, particularly on the girls' side. Since 1997, the girls' track team has won East Regional titles every year except 2003 and 2009.
"I'm excited about the challenge and I hope our team is as well," girls' track coach John Liles said. "We've seen a lot of these schools (in the new league) when we do indoor track and other meets.
"We know West Carteret is loaded with distance runners and West Craven has good sprinters and that both have solid all-around programs as well as White Oak and Jacksonville. Getting to the regionals, I think will be about the same, but to get from regionals to the state it will be a lot tougher. The times in the 3-A regionals and the state meet (are different)."
Meanwhile, Swansboro's volleyball team brings its winning tradition to 3-A. The Pirates have five state 1-A titles with the last one coming in 1995. Swansboro had remained strong while in 2-A.
"It's going to be an even field for all of us, especially in the first year," said volleyball coach Kim Miller, who also coaches girls' basketball. "We played Jacksonville regularly, White Oak has made the playoffs the past few years and West Carteret usually is pretty consistent."


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Does the United States need to become actively involved in every revolution and skirmish that takes place in the Middle East? Are we in some way obligated to police the entire world? There has been no peace in the Middle East for hundreds of years. The British were never able to successfully hold down Afghanistan and neither were the Soviets. What ever made us think that we could? To me that is the height of arrogance and pride and we have made ourselves look very foolish.
Likewise our relationship with Israel is questionable. If you go back and study the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which was the first document intending to provide a homeland for refugee Jews, even prior to WWII, it was never the intent of the author for the Jews to control the area and to disenfranchise the 85% Muslim and 10% Christian population of indigenous peoples. Here is a quote from that document:
"His Majesty's government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
Zionism violated that document by importing millions of foreign Jews, not refugees, and evicting Palestinians from their land to provide housing for those same foreign Jews, and Israel continues to do so. The Zionists made sure that they became, numbers wise, the political majority and have marginalized and excluded the Palestinians ever since. And then they wonder why they are hated by their neighbors.
There will never be peace between two peoples who believe in "an eye for an eye'".
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England's shambolic World Cup campaign suffered another blow after confidential RFU reports were leaked.
England's run at the tournament was highly criticized for actions made on and off the field. While they suffered a quater-final exit against France, there were numerous reports about the players' poor behaviour and the substandard management done by former head coach Martin Johnson and his assistants.
The RFU recently did a review on the team's World Cup campaign, and the confidential information collected was accidentally leaked. The details criticized the management team, several senior players and the focus on earnings.
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– Attack coach Brian Smith is described as 'indecisive, out of his depth, difficult to talk to and simply not good enough'. He was also accused of looking to the Romania team for ideas. 'When you start copying Romanian moves you know you're in trouble,' said one player.
- One player suggested defence coach Mike Ford 'hasn't moved on since 2007. In fact he's regressed'.
- Forwards coach John Wells 'missed serious detail in lineout play. There must be 20 coaches in the Premiership who'd be better', said one player.
- Johnson, who resigned last week, was attacked for failing to deal properly with the fallout from the drunken night in Queenstown, which saw Mike Tindall belatedly fined for his conduct. The players union' report said there was 'a lack of action which reflected his inexperience. Therefore primarily he must bear considerable responsibility for these failures'. One of the players added: 'I suppose we just wanted Johnno to have the bollocks to take action, especially after the Tindall night. He was too loyal and that was his downfall.'
- Skipper Lewis Moody, who has retired from test rugby, was criticised heavily for dealing with his agent during the tournament. 'There was too much contact with agents, who could be distracting,' a player said. 'Moodos was the worst. Players should have waited until after the games/the tournament, not be discussing deals a day or two before a match. Moodos might be able to separate commercial stuff and playing, but it distracts other players and isn't the right example to set.'
- A complaint by one player about a colleague's reaction in the dressing room after the quarterfinal loss to France. 'There's £35,000 just gone down the toilet' was the offending phrase. The complainant said the response 'made me sick. Money shouldn't even come into a player's mind.'
- Accusations that senior colleagues indulged in drinking games and poked fun at those who committed wholeheartedly to training.
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GREENSBORO — Croatan sophomore Sammy Jo Layko was fine until she got ready to throw the discus Friday at the NCHSAA 2-A track and field championships.
"I was very calm until right before I stepped in the circle and then it kind of went away right before I threw," she said. "So there was maybe a slight edge, kind of feeling like, 'Oh, gosh, am I going to pull it off this time?'
"But after that I did what I know how to do."
She certainly did, throwing a personal best of 122 feet, 1 inch to win the discus by a landslide. The second-place distance was 113-9.
"It feels good," said Layko, who was fourth in the discus as a freshman a year ago in the state championships with a 99-10 throw. "It was nice. I got a PR."
Not only was the discus a personal record for Layko, but so was her throw in the shot put. But her 35-9 toss left her in sixth place. North Surry's Alex Cooke won the shot at 39-10.
"I've never been majorly dominant in shot," Layko said in a telephone interview. "I just recently started getting better at it. But everybody stepped up. I think maybe one girl didn't throw her best today and she got second. Oh, darn. Everybody stepped up."
As Layko certainly did in the discus in earning the only gold medal by area athletes at the state championships at N.C. A&T State University.
"Each of my throws would have gotten first," she said.
Even with that, however, Layko said she didn't get ahead of herself and feel she had the discus in the bag until the last throw by the last competitor.
"I never try and judge them because a lot of times you'll have a bad throw," she said. "It's what happened to me at regionals. I threw a 98 at regionals and then I threw a 117. So there's a range of what you can pull out with discus. So I try not to be too cocky or overestimating them because I know there's just so many things that happen you never really know."
So as she and her mother headed back home later Friday, how was Layko planning to celebrate her gold medal?
"We're going to visit my brother in Chapel Hill really quick and then we're going to go shopping. So I guess that could be considered a celebration," she said, adding she had no specific items in mind during her shopping excursion. "If I can find some sports equipment, that would be great. … I'm always on the look out for more sports equipment."
While Layko was the only first-place finisher among area athletes, several did earn silver medals, including Northside senior James Rowland. For the second straight year, Rowland was second in both the discus (149-7) and shot (53-2) — by just an inch. Carrboro's Scott Peretin won the shot at 53-3.
Both Layko and Rowland are coached by Rowland's dad, Mike, who is a Northside assistant as well as the head coach of The Pride and Track Field program based in Jacksonville.
Swansboro's Lindsey Bren was second in the pole vault at 10 feet.
Two relay teams also finished second.
Richlands' boys were second in the 4 x 800-meter relay at 8:13.19. On that team were Aaron Rand, Darius Futrell, Jonathan Thomas and Reid Rivers.
Also, Swansboro's girls were second in the 4x4 — by less than a second, coming in with a school-record 4:05.57 to Carrboro's winning time of 4:05.12. Making up the Pirates' relay team were Ashton Champion, Alex Blue, Toni McTaggart and Tylor Ring.
Swansboro's girls wound up fifth as a team with 31 points. Carrboro claimed its third straight team title with 77 points.
Swansboro's boys wound up 10th with 24 points. Cedar Ridge won its second straight crown with 63 points.
Area athletes who finished in the top 8 to earn points for their team at Friday's 2-A state track championships in Greensboro.
Area team scores: 10. Swansboro 24 points; 15. (tie) Northside 16; 32. (tie) Richlands 8; 43. (tie) Croatan 2 (Cedar Ridge won with 63 points)
INDIVIDUALS: Shot put: 2. Rowland (N) 53-2; Discus: 2. Rowland (N) 149-7; 7. Ryan (C) 135-8; Pole vault: 3. (tie) Karl (S) & Scott (S) 12-6; 400 meters: 3. Thompkins (S) 49.53; 300 hurdles: 6. Karl (S) 41.16; 800 meters: 5. Dick (S) 2:02.23; 3,200 relay: 2. Richlands (Rand, Futrell, Thomas, Rivers) 8:13.19.
Area team scores: 5. Swansboro 31 points; 10. (tie) Croatan 22 (Carrboro won with 77 points)
INDIVIDUALS: Shot put: 6. Layko (C) 35-9; 8. Munoz (S) 35-0; Discus: 1. Lakyo (C) 122-1; Triple jump: 6. Blue (S) 34-9; Pole vault: 2. Bren (S) 10-0; 7. Jones (S) 8-0; 100 hurdles: 6. Champion (S) 16.8; 800 meters: 8. Horton (S) 2:33.79; 3,200 meters: 5. Pugh (C) 12:00.95; 800 relay: 8. Swansboro (McTaggart, Blue, Taylor, Johnson) 1:48.5; 1,600 relay: 2. Swansboro (Champion, Blue, McTaggart, Ring) 4:05.57; 3,200 relay: 4. Croatan (Pugh, Alexander, Stegall, Parkhurst) 10:16.54; 5. Swansboro (Horton, Ring, Taylor, Grass) 10:19.


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It is summer here, you insensitive clod! (Score:5, Insightful)by GiantRobotMonster (1159813) on Saturday December 21, 2013 @11:35AM (#45753729)
And when it *is* winter, there isn't a holiday.
I'm sure if you pull out a standard text on world religions you can find something to fit the bill.
You could always show your love of the USA by staging a local celebration of the 4th of July...
You could always show your love of the USA by staging a local celebration of the 4th of July...
Yes but in Australia we're still enjoying the Queens Birthday (first Monday in June, except if you live in WA where it's in October and the June holiday is replaced by Western Australia Day) which isn't actually the Queen's birthday rather just an arbitrarily chosen day for a public holiday.
I don't see how you drew that conclusion!
Too bad for you. We have plenty of holly days (and parties) in June and July here at Brazil
Maybe you just need to start the tradition.
Blinking Lights (Score:5, Funny)My NAS and switch has pretty blinking lights. They bring joy with every packet.
I encased my router inside a cardboard box to prevent the "christmas" going on when I'm trying to sleep...
And you don't even need to unwrap it. Of course only as long as you do not encapsulate, that is.
*sing to "Little Drummer Boy" tune*
NAS and switch have pretty blinking lights.
They bring joy with every packet that arrives.
I change the pass every two weeks as advised.
They let me see all the porn there ever was.
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Hanukkah Menorah (Score:5, Informative)
I put an electric Hanukkah menorah in a front window. It is now put away, however, because Hanukkah ended over two weeks ago.
"Bah humbug"? (Score:2, Insightful)
Why is not celebrating any of the religious days in this period considered bug humbug? Do you decorate your dwelling for Muslim holidays? (Of which the Christian Christmas, and the Gregorian New Year are neither.)
Where I live, not only isn't there winter (or summer for that matter), there are a variety of religions, they all (or at least most of them) get official holidays. I'm irreligious myself, so I'll be doing nothing special this Christmas. But why does "bah humbug" apply? Because people are pushing th
Re:"Bah humbug"? (Score:4, Interesting)
I guess is all depends on interpretation. I put "moderately"... I live in a zendo, and change the decorations on the altar as the seasons change. So, no more in the winter than any other time.* The closest thing we have to a winter holiday is Bodhi day, the celebration of Buddha's enlightenment, on which day many of us still on pillows and stare at the wall... a little more than usual. And that was weeks ago. (Well, in our tradition. Like we really know the actual day.)
* Well, okay, often sometime in late January it becomes all asian lilies and oranges because I just can't take the winter any more.
This is an American website. The majority of users are Americans. As a result, it will sometimes contain cultural references that are irrelevant to you. When that happens, just click somewhere else. Don't go out of your way to get all huffy that some people might talk about something that doesn't concern you.
Look, I don't have any problem with the poll. Just the implication that by not decorating my dwelling, I'm saying "bah humbug". Which, frankly, isn't the case. I'm just not celebrating anything. I'm not objecting to you, or anyone else, doing what they will (with certain obvious caveats).
Also, this website maybe "American", but I don't the majority of the members and visitors are American.
Also, this website maybe "American", but I don't the majority of the members and visitors are American.
But I think the majority of the members do often words out when typing comments. It's a weird thing about typing that happens to me quite often.
by globaljustin (574257) <email@example.com> on Saturday December 21, 2013 @09:26PM (#45757367) Homepage Journal
dude, chill out...
Christmas is a modern adaptation of a pagan holiday, Yule. [wikipedia.org]
It was a pagan holiday celebrating the solstice (Dec. 21st) and was changed to reflect the Catholic Monarchy's human population control plan.
Also, even if the above is true, you're still wrong to be insulted by "Bah Humbug"
It's a joke...it's not an endictment of anyone who doesn't celebrate Christmas as an evil atheist. It's a little bit of fun.
Get over yourself. No one cares that you're "irreligious" just as no one cares about what I think either....you're being over sensitive because it makes you feel important.
It's a secular holiday in origin and now, by any measure, Christmas is again a secular holiday where our culture celebrates ***consumerism***
It's not a secular holiday. That's just something that non religious Christians tell themselves since they celebrate it that way.
Christmas trees, candy canes, snowmen, Rudolf, elves, Grinch, 1-horse open sleighs, presents, stockings, Christmas lights displays, eggnog.... not really religious stuff there and none of it biblical.
Santa.... eh, might be based on something religious but certainly not a religious icon today.
No, most of Christmas has nothing to do with religion. It's a bunch of winter solstice celebrations crammed together into one big holiday.
It's not a secular holiday. That's just something that non religious Christians tell themselves since they celebrate it that way.
No it's secular. Non Christians (people who actively practice other religions like Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam) still celebrate it where its a part of the culture where they live. Same with non-religious and Atheists. I get paid days off because some dude was allegedly born on this day to a woman who claims she got pregnant without ever having sex (Joseph must have been whipped bad to swallow that). I dont believe any of that tripe, but I'll still take the day off if it's all the same.
But really Christm
Well, to be fair, Christmas does have a significant secular element to it in our (U.S.) culture, and to some extent, there's nothing wrong with that. It's true that the majority of Americans are Christian, at least nominally, but there's a reason that you constantly hear things like "Keep Christ In Christmas". The consumerism part of the holiday is particularly bad and I think few of us fail to succumb to that, whether we are deeply religious or not. My wife and I decided to tone down the gift-giving thi
I don't care if Christmas is the freaking birth of the FSM, or the discovery of a teapot in orbit around the sun. I'm also not decorating anything for the New Year.
I.e. you're reading too much into my post.
You can do what you want with your own dwelling, but I shall be doing nothing. And I don't see what bah humbug has to do with that.
That is the very definition of bah humbug!
Bah = an expression of disdain. Humbug = nonsense, tom-foolery, fraud, etc.
Except that I'm not expressing as disdain for anything, and I'm not saying that decorating your dwelling for "winter holidays" is nonsense or anything else. I'm just saying that: A. I'm not doing anything. B. the poll is flawed because it makes too many assumptions about the audience (e.g. that there will be winter, and that there will be holidays in the winter).
But anyway...
Why is not celebrating any of the religious days in this period considered bug humbug?
Even if you are not at all religious you can celebrate the solstice which is the astronomical event that is actually the reason that many the religious holidays coincide at this time of year. So the only reason not to refuse to celebrate with everyone else is because you are being extremely grumpy in which case "Bah, humbug" seems highly appropriate.
Why is not celebrating any of the religious days in this period considered bug humbug? Do you decorate your dwelling for Muslim holidays? (Of which the Christian Christmas, and the Gregorian New Year are neither.)
Where I live, not only isn't there winter (or summer for that matter), there are a variety of religions, they all (or at least most of them) get official holidays. I'm irreligious myself, so I'll be doing nothing special this Christmas. But why does "bah humbug" apply? Because people are pushing their religion and/or point of view on others.
The poll could easily have said simply "not at all".
Because Bah humbug specifically relates to not celebrating Christmas... read some Charles Dickens
I am not religious (except for the Flying Spaghetti monster and GLR, but they are real so that is different
Right, because who doesn't love another excuse to celebrate? Woo hoo!
Why is not celebrating any of the religious days in this period considered bug humbug? Do you decorate your dwelling for Muslim holidays? (Of which the Christian Christmas, and the Gregorian New Year are neither.)
Where I live, not only isn't there winter (or summer for that matter), there are a variety of religions, they all (or at least most of them) get official holidays. I'm irreligious myself, so I'll be doing nothing special this Christmas. But why does "bah humbug" apply? Because people are pushing their religion and/or point of view on others.
The poll could easily have said simply "not at all".
Thank you for providing such a carefully crafted example of a bah humbug attitude.
Why is it that people who post from these exceptional and/or exotic areas that have unusual qualities and/or properties never bother to tell us where it is? Is that part of the 'hook' for us to be in awe of them or something?
Well, in my case it's because I don't want to make it too easy to tie this account to my real life self. But, it's obvious that I'm somewhere in the tropics. You can read some other posts to discover that the chocolate made here is crap. And, ah, I can't remember if I complained about the political system or not.
Yeah. I'm not advertising this place, I'm just using it as an example. So you don't need to know exactly where it is.
Festivus pole (Score:4, Funny)by NixieBunny (859050) on Saturday December 21, 2013 @02:07PM (#45754751) HomepageWe didn't even have to *get* anything - the pole, the base and the topper were already in the living room! Thanks, robotics club.
The pole is an old shade structure pole that we had in the living room for testing our FRC robot's hanging mechanism, the base is a barbell weight from our trebuchet, which was used to weigh down some Vex field elements when practicing for Toss Up, and the topper is a ceramic Hello Kitty statue.
For years I've been pushing LED lights, and even had a few puny strands of them. This year, was gifted a few cheap strands (but better than I had before, by a long shot!) of multi-colored bulbs (some green, some yellow, some red -- not color *changing*), which I've now supplemented with a few water-resistant reels of 300 RGB LEDs that feature lots of remote-controllable choices for pattern, brightness, color, and speed. Now my porch is sufficiently cheerful / obnoxious!
I like these enough that I am just goi
Use them as regular lights. White for regular days, specific colours/patterns for holidays.
Yes -- that's what I'll probably do, actually. When people come to visit, I can set them to blink, and tell them to look for the blinking lights, too
I also think they're somewhat of a burglar deterrent, because they brighten the whole area of the door.
Just the one that came with them
I'm using one power supply scrounged from an old external hard drive, and another I bought at the Goodwill computer center the other day specifically for this purpose; they're both 12v (needed) and both somewhere in the 2.5-3.5A range.
I never took the lights down from last year.
Alek Komarnitsky (Score:4, Interesting)I just want to thank
Well whoever loves as many flashing lights as possible is going to love animated gifs... and probably not have a good sense for design.
Well whoever loves as many flashing lights as possible is going to love animated gifs... and probably not have a good sense for design.
All I'll say is that it appears to be a perfect match for the... jaw-dropping kitschocalypse that is Christmas round his yard.
Now there is a Slashdot story [slashdot.org] on the front page about this year's displat by Alek, with a video interview.
I just want to thank
Mien Gott in Himmel.
I thought the Marquee tag died a well deserved death years ago.
by jtownatpunk.net (245670) on Saturday December 21, 2013 @07:50PM (#45756905)
I have a Charlie Brown tree from Urban Outfitters that a friend gave to me years ago. It gets set up with a blue baby blanket a few days after Thanksgiving.
To let me know when the burglars are coming and going.
Happy Hogwatch!
that's all i see it as and nothing more. this time of year in north american reminds me of how much i hate society and how vane and disgusting you all are
If you choose to see the negative in everything, negative you will become. Christmas for me is about taking time out with family and having a good time. I'm sure thats what it is for the loads of non-christians I work with that also celebrate it. If you dont like the commercialist aspect, (as I don't) there are a number of options to do the giving thing, ie. gift spend limits, secret santa etc. Just get drunk and have a good time man. Chill, be happy
i like your creative solution to solve problems with alcohol.
bah fucking humbug. its a disgusting time of year i don't see everything in a negatively light, just i see this as humanity at its absolute lowest and it makes me sick.
It is true that there are many who wallow in all the wrong things. There's no need to join them in that or to let them spoil a more sensible celebration. Give baked goods, have small get-togethers with like minded celebrants. Make up a big bowl of smoking bishop and do the Moosmas chant with some friends (Owa Tamu Siam) until you achieve enlightenment. Then drink.
Re:Happy capitalist greed day everyone! (Score:4, Interesting)by FatLittleMonkey (1341387) on Sunday December 22, 2013 @07:23AM (#45759079)
Moderation in all things. Including moderation itself.
Periodic consumer excess is perfectly in keeping with the European origins of the winter solstice celebration. (The austere religious crap that people try to foist on it, not so much.) Likewise the "fast" when the bills come in.
This is the problem I find with Christmas, total lack of moderation. The problem is that all the shops go full-on Christmas mode some time in September, so by the time it's over we've had an entire third of a year of Christmas - it's too much. By the time December 25th rolls around I'm bored to death with it because of the constant pounding of the Christmas sales drum for three months.
If Christmas was traditionally celebrated by nothing more than a meal and booze and a Dr.Who special on TV it would be a lot
There's no doubt that it has been turned into the "buy, buy, buy" season. But there's nothing saying you can't use it as an excuse to hang out with family & friends without spending yourself into 3-5 months of debt instead. I know our family keeps the spending to a minimum these days, $50 dollar gifts for a single person we pick out of a hat & that "white elephant" thing at my grandparents (re-gift of old junk). Might as well hijack the holiday, the same way the Christians hijacked it from the pa
by bobthesungeek76036 (2697689) on Sunday December 22, 2013 @12:28AM (#45758023)I didn't quite rival my friend Alek but I had quite a display. But a few years ago I fell off my house taking down my lights. Broken pelvis and dissintegrated rotator-cuff later I no longer do Christmas lights. I'm reliquenshed to yard decorations only.
My work (5D Robotics) decided to celebrate Christmas by dressing up our lawyer as Santa and driving a row of robots down the street: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7kSbmdLkik [youtube.com] . Oh yeah, and there's an elf on a unicycle.
Did my own custom [Open Source Hardware/Software] controller/system: http://www.bradgoodman.com/dimwatt/ [bradgoodman.com]
I'm an atheist, wife probably is (agnostic at best, nothing organized), religion isn't something we bother with or talk about. At the same time we don't care what anyone else thinks, as long as it doesn't get in our face too much. I don't care that the Pledge of Allegiance mentions a god or that our money references the same.
For several years I volunteered at a church sponsored food bank, praying with people whose problems made me cry (hunger, violence/death, drugs/alcohol). For the very poor,
Yes! When my kids were young, we always had fun and Santa was real. We were never religious but, like you, I don't object to religion. I feel sorry for deeply religious Christians having to cope with all the crass commercialization of "their" holy day - but that's another subject.
Now that my kids are all grown, there really isn't any reason to continue that. I love the time and getting together, but the whole decoration and gift-giving is for children - to continue the "magic".
I tell everyone, "If I
And by "I", I mean "my wife".. decorates the house very slightly.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the 11' inflatable reindeer in my 20x30 front yard pushes me into the Grizwold category - and I say that beaming with pride.
You can see mine from the Moon.
If I were to actually decorate for the holidays, I'd want an ENIAC of a display. I'd want multi-colored vacuum tubes on the outside of the house making it appear like a psychedelic beehive that will cause an urban brown-out when I turn it on. Of course I'd turn it on during Xmas eve because I am a Grinch at heart.
I still have my Zombie Yoda and Darth Vaderstein out from Halloween. I positioned a big dreidel in Darth's hands to decorate for Chanukah with a USB powered menorah between Darth and Yoda. Of course, Chanukah's been over for almost three weeks now. Maybe I'll keep them out and just keep adding additional holiday elements to the display until it encompasses all holidays. (Or at least the ones I celebrate.)
I didn't decorate my dwelling at all because I knew I would be elsewhere for the holidays.


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Assistant Professor of Government
Pitzer Hall
Ph.D. Political Science, 2004
Ph.D. Student in International Relations, 1992-1994
B.A. Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, 1992
Certificate in International Relations
Academic Experience
Assistant Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College 2007-
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, 2002-2005
Fields of Specialization
American Constitutional Development, Constitutionalism, American Political Thought
The Madisonian Constitution (The
Articles and Chapters
"Popular Constitutionalism: The New Living Constitutionalism" Studies in Law, Politics, and Society Volume 44, 2008: 75-107.
"Two Cheers for Eighteenth Century Constitutionalism in the Twenty First Century"
"What Dataset? The Qualitative Foundation of Law and Courts Scholarship" Law and Courts, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Winter 2006): 5-12. (Winner of the American Political Science Association's 2006 Alexander L. George Award.)
"Unsettling the New Deal: Reagan's Constitutional Reconstruction" in Christopher Kelley, ed., Executing the Constitution (
"The Qualitative Foundations of Political Science Methodology" Perspectives on Politics Volume 3, Number 4 (December 2005): 855-866.
"Recovering the Political Constitution: The Madisonian Vision" The Review of Politics Volume 66, Number 2 (Spring 2004): 55-78.
"The Parasite as Virtuoso: Sexual Desire and Political Order in Machiavelli's Mandragola" Interpretation Volume 30, Number 2 (Spring 2003): 181-196.
"Religious Virtues, Religious Vices: Civic Education in the Liberal Polity" Humane Studies Review Volume 14, Number 3 (Summer 2002): 1-27.
"New Deal 'Originalism'" Polity Volume 33, Number 1 (Fall 2000): 150-161.
"As Far as Republican Principles Will Admit: Presidential Prerogative and Constitutional Government" Presidential Studies Quarterly Volume 30, Number 3 (September 2000): 534-552.
Reviews and Essays
"The Tensions of Constitutional Democracy" Constitutional Commentary (forthcoming).
Review essay of Constitutional Democracy: Creating and Maintaining a Just Political Order by Walter F. Murphy (
"James Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance" in Barry Kosmin, ed., Secularism and the Enlightenment (forthcoming).
"Is the First Amendment First?"
Review essay of Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality by Martha C. Nussbaum (
The Supreme Court: An Essential History by Peter Charles Hoffer, Williamjames Hull Hoffer, and N.E.H. Hull (
"The Constitutional Convention" and "The Federalist Papers" in David Tanenhaus, ed., Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court (Macmillan , Forthcoming 2008).
"Chief Justice John Roberts" in Richard Valelly, ed., Encyclopedia of United States Political History, Volume 7, 1976-present (CQ Press forthcoming).
Originalism in American Law and Politics: A Constitutional History by Johnathan O'Neill (
The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review by Larry Kramer (
Constructing Civil Liberties: Discontinuities in the Development of American Constitutional Law by Ken Kersch (
The Creation of American Common Law, 1850-1880: Technology, Politics, and the Construction of Citizenship by Howard Schweber (
"James Hill: Privacy and the Press" and "Daniel Seeger: The Meaning of Pacifism" in Melvin Urofsky, ed., 100 Americans Making Constitutional History (
Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution by Evan Gerstmann (
Neglected Policies: Constitutional Law and Legal Commentary as Civic Education by Ira Strauber (
Clergy Malpractice in
Narrowing the Nation's Power: The Supreme Court Sides with the States by John Noonan (
Conferences and Presentations
"What is Constitutional Development?" paper presented at the American Political Science Association,
Chair, "Roundtable on Keith Whittington's The Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy," American Political Science Association,
Annual Fellow,
"James Madison's 'Memorial and Remonstrance'" essay presented for "Secularism and the Enlightenment," sponsored by The Institute for the Study of Secular Society and Culture and Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA, June 16-18, 2008.
"Research Conference on Secularism and the Enlightenment," Institute for the Study of Secular Society and Culture (
Discussant, "The Constitution in American Politics," Western Political Science Association,
"Law and
"The Turn to Popular Constitutionalism" paper presented at the American Political Science Association,
Roundtable Discussant, Ken Kersch and Ronald Kahn's The Supreme Court and American Political Development, New England Political Science Association,
"An Eighteenth Century Constitution in a Twenty-First Century World"
"The Formation and Reform of the Federal Judicial Power," Heritage Foundation,
"What is the Nature of the Constitution and Who May Interpret It?" talk at
"Constitutional Drift: The Progressive Reconstruction of Constitutional Authority" paper presented at New England Political Science Association, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 1-2, 2006, and American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 31-September 3, 2006.
Chair/Organizer, "The Second Generation of Historical Institutionalism: Still the Future of Public Law? Roundtable on Thomas Keck's The Most Activist Supreme Court in History and Kevin McMahon's Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race American Political Science Association,
Chair/Discussant, roundtable on Kevin McMahon's Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race Western Political Science Association, Oakland, California, March 17-20, 2005.
Chair/Organizer, roundtable on "Global Constitutionalism," American Political Science Association,
"Lochner's Ghost: Path Dependency in American Constitutional Development" paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association,
"New Deal History: Reconstructing American Constitutionalism" paper presented at the Western Political Science Association,
"Lochner's Ghost in American Constitutional Development: The Post 1937 Search for Constitutional Rights" paper presented at the American Political Science Association,
"Discontinuities in the 'Constitutional Revolution of 1937'" paper presented at the Western Political Science Association,
"Unsettling the New Deal: Reagan's Constitutional Reconstruction" paper presented at the American Political Science Association,
"Contesting Constitutional Meaning: Congress, The Supreme Court, and the Civil War Amendments" paper presented at the New England Political Science Association, Portland, Maine, May 3-4, 2002.
"Constitutional Politics and Judicial Supremacy" paper presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association,
"The Rhetorical Presidency, Judicial Supremacy, and Constitutional Interpretation" talk at the Supreme Court Historical Society,
Chair/Organizer, Roundtable on Keith Whittington's Constitutional Construction: Divided Powers and Constitutional Meaning, New England Political Science Association,
"Religious Virtues, Religious Vices: Civic Education and the Question of Belief" paper presented at the New England Political Science Association, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 9-10, 2001.
"Constitutional Duality: Our Political and Legal Constitution(s)" paper presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association,
"As Far as Republican Principles Will Admit: Presidential Prerogative and Constitutional Government" paper presented at the New England Political Science Association, Providence, Rhode Island, May 5-6, 1999
$4,000 course development grant, Institute for the Study of Secular Society and Culture (
American Political Science Association's 2006 Alexander L. George Award for best article on qualitative methods.
$4,000 development stipend, ISI Summer Institute in conjunction with Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, June 19-July 1, 2006.
$10, 000 research grant, Program on Politics and Economics, George Mason Law and
Summer Institute, Program on Politics and Economics, George Mason Law and
$6,000 research grant, Dean of Arts and Science,
"Contesting Constitutional Meaning: Congress, the Supreme Court and the Meaning of the Civil War Amendments" nominated for the 2002 Hughes-Gossett Award by the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Recognized by Pi Sigma Alpha for Excellence in Teaching,
Summer Fellow, Supreme Court Historical Society, Summer Institute on "The Constitutional Transformation of the Modern Presidency,"
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Weary and Dissatisfied with Everything
Meanwhile, Susan's greedy, willful friend Portia is staying at a fashionable summer resort nearby. Both Josselin, Portia's forbidden lover, and George Blake are in attendance. She is leading a young, rich lord on a merry chase, when her attractive, older cousin John Dysart appears on the scene. On the walkway near the casino, she pours out her heart in the moonlit evening. He responds: "Weary and dissatisfied with everything! You used to tell me just the same story when you were sixteen." Homer followed the words fairly closely in this instance, down to the passage that reads, "Portia's face . . . was distinctly outlined against the opal background of still sea."
- Artist: Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910
- Medium: Wood engraving
- Dates: 1869
- Dimensions: Image: 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (18.1 x 12.1 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (23.5 x 14.6 cm) Frame: 20 x 15 x 1 1/2 in. (50.8 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:American Art
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- Accession Number: 1998.105.139
- Credit Line: Gift of Harvey Isbitts
- Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
- Caption: Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Weary and Dissatisfied with Everything, 1869. Wood engraving, Image: 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (18.1 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Harvey Isbitts, 1998.105.139
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"There's no question that there (are) more individual districts than is efficient and, in many cases, the efficiencies that can be gained would mean more classes for students," Williams said. "And that's really the tragedy of the system, is the lack of funding and the lack of reform."
However, while lawmakers can encourage a statewide examination into the costs and benefits of district unification – through studies and hearings – Williams said local leaders ultimately need to sign on to make such a move successful.
Creating a new district
To see how much cost a district structure can add, consider how much California paid when it built one from scratch.
The seeds of Copper Mountain College in the High Desert took root in 1967, when the Desert Community College District in Palm Desert began offering college classes at local schools in the Morongo Basin.
Community leaders in the area began to envision having their own full-fledged college. In 1970, the district bought land on the side of Copper Mountain in Joshua Tree with the idea of eventually building a campus there. And in 1977, voters elected the first Morongo Basin resident to the district board of trustees. Virnita McDonald advocated for a college at Copper Mountain.
A new foundation, the Friends of Copper Mountain College, began raising money for a building campaign. Its success led to the opening of the Copper Mountain campus in 1984.
Still, college leaders wanted independence from the Palm Desert district. They argued that their campus wasn't getting its fair share of resources. They believed the district should have built the Copper Mountain campus sooner.
"We felt that we were significantly different from the Palm Desert community," said Owen Gillick, who has been involved with Copper Mountain College since 1975 and recently retired from the district's board of trustees. "We felt that even having one of five trustees residing here did not give … us the control over our destiny that we felt we deserved to have."
Frustrated by what it saw as a lack of action by district leaders, the Friends of Copper Mountain College met with Republican state Sen. Jim Brulte in 1998, hoping for a political solution.
Brulte agreed to tackle the issue. A bill he introduced authorized a new, separately funded district – without needing the approval of voters in Palm Desert.
David Wolf, then the executive director of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, said in an interview that he was uncomfortable with the creation of a district of that size in that location because of obvious fiscal limitations.
Thomas Nussbaum, chancellor of the community college system at the time, also said he had concerns – not only about the extra cost, but also about the circumvention of the standard process for forming a district.
But the involvement of a powerful legislator made the move inevitable, they said.
Brulte "had already made up his mind on the subject and probably had the ability to pass whatever legislation he wanted to pass," Nussbaum said.


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Placenta Previa
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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
Medical Editor:
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
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Placenta previa is the most common cause of painless bleeding in the later stages of pregnancy (after the 20th week). The placenta is a temporary organ that joins the mother and fetus and transfers oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the fetus. The placenta is disk-shaped and at full term measures about seven inches in diameter. The placenta attaches to the wall of the uterus (womb). Placenta previa is a complication that results from the placenta implanting either near to, or overlying, the outlet of the uterus (the opening of the uterus, the cervix).
Because the placenta is rich in blood vessels, if it is implanted near the outlet of the uterus, bleeding can occur when the cervix dilates or stretches.
What are the types of placenta previa?
The types of placenta previa include:
The term low-lying placenta or low placenta has been used to refer both to placenta previa and marginal placenta previa. Sometimes, the terms anterior placenta previa and posterior placenta previa are used to further define the exact position of the placenta within the uterus as defined by ultrasound examinations.
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This study will determine the effects that HIV and hepatitis C virus have on thinking abilities and whether the viruses affect brain chemistry.
HIV Infections
Hepatitis C
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|HIV/HCV: Neuropsychiatric and Neurophysiological Features
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2006
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2009
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|July 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
HIV and HCV coninfected
HIV monoinfected
HIV/HCV nonviremnic
HIV and HCV coinfected with HCV RNA less than 600 copies
HCV monoinfected with HCV viremia
Detailed Description:
Hepatitis C is a liver disease that is caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It can be successfully treated with 6 to 12 months of medication in both HIV infected and HIV uninfected people. Among HIV infected people, HCV infection is a common co-morbidity, and is more serious when it occurs in this population than others because it leads to liver damage more quickly. HIV is known to cause neurological deficits, and studies suggest that HCV may do so, as well. Knowledge about how to treat these deficits, however, is limited. More information about the nature of the neurological problems and their causes is needed to develop effective treatments. This study will determine the effects that HIV and HCV have on thinking abilities, such as memory, attention, and problem-solving, and whether the viruses affect brain chemistry.
Participants in this 4-year, observational study will undergo a series of tests and interviews. Participants may choose to complete all procedures over 2 days or three appointments. Procedures will include a 20-minute medical interview, a 4-hour neuropsychological evaluation, a 5-minute functional ability questionnaire, blood and urine collection (approximately 15 minutes), and a 1-hour magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test of the head. The neuropsychological evaluation will test participants' memory, concentration, reasoning, and speed of thinking. All procedures will be completed over approximately 6 hours.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
HIV / HCV Coinfected, HIV moninfected, & HCV monoinfected
Inclusion Criteria:
- CD4 count is greater than 200
- Hepatitis C infected or uninfected
- Speaks English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently receiving interferon treatment for hepatitis C
- History of neurological illness
- Any psychotic spectrum disorder (e.g., schizophrenia or manic depression/bipolar disorder)
- History of learning disability
- History of head injury that entailed a loss of consciousness for more than 30 minutes
- Any metal in body
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00494936
|Contact: Elizabeth Ryan, PhD
|Contact: Will Rausch, BSc
|United States, New York
|Mount Sinai School of Medicine
|New York, New York, United States, 10029-6574
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|Contact: Will Rausch, BSc 212-659-9149 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Ryan, PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|Elizabeth Ryan, PhD
|Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Elizabeth Ryan, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00494936 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 28, 2007
|Last Updated:
|March 23, 2009
|Health Authority:
|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):
Treatment Naive
Treatment Experienced
HIV and HCV Coinfection
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis C
Digestive System Diseases
Flaviviridae Infections
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Liver Diseases
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
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