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NBA scouts and executives were out in force this weekend, trying to get a look at a number of top prospects in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament.
While most executives say performance in the tournament is just one of many factors that go into their draft analysis, the truth is somewhat murkier. Most of the older-school GMs think the tournament is important because it shows how players perform under intense pressure, on neutral courts and at the highest level college hoops has to offer.
While it's clear that other factors come into play before draft night, NCAA tournament performances can have a lasting effect on how decision-makers feel emotionally about a given player.
Here's a look at which NBA prospects helped or hurt their draft stocks during the first four days of the tournament.
Who's Hot
Blake Griffin, PF, So., Oklahoma
Griffin has been the most dominant college player in the country this season and he seems to have turned it up another notch in the tournament -- he was awesome in first- and second-round games versus Morgan State and Michigan.
He dropped 28 points and 13 rebounds on Morgan State and followed that up with a 33-point, 17-rebound performance against Michigan. Throwing in some serious highlight-reel dunks, he is shooting a sizzling 78 percent from the field in the tournament.
One NBA executive on the East Coast commented to me Monday that he believes Griffin is an even better prospect than Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley were last year. That's pretty good news for what otherwise looks like a weak draft.
DeJuan Blair, PF, So., Pittsburgh
Sam Young, SF, Sr., Pittsburgh
Blair dominated East Tennessee State in the opening round, scoring 27 points and grabbing 16 rebounds. He is one of the best offensive rebounders in the country, and his emerging offensive game has NBA teams now looking at him as a potential lottery pick.
In the second round, Blair was often triple-teamed on the offensive end, opening things up for Young, who stepped up and delivered 32 points and eight boards against Oklahoma State.
I'm not sure if there's a better one-two punch in the tournament than Blair and Young. And if they can carry Pittsburgh to an NCAA title, their draft stocks should improve.
Cole Aldrich, C, So., Kansas
In a draft bereft of big men, Aldrich needed a breakout performance to move his stock firmly into the lottery -- possibly into the top 10. So far, Aldrich has delivered in a big way. He had 23 points and 13 boards against North Dakota State, and then came up huge versus Dayton, scoring 13 points, grabbing a whopping 20 boards and blocking a career-high 10 shots. It was only the sixth triple-double in NCAA tournament history.
Aldrich has been solid all season, but lately he has shown signs of being a dominant big man -- there isn't another center in the country putting up better numbers right now. He is not an ideal athlete and still needs to improve on the offensive end, but a team looking for a solid big man who can contribute on both ends of the floor may be safer with Aldrich than UConn's Hasheem Thabeet.
Evan Turner, SG, So., Ohio State
Turner's team may have been ousted in the first round, but it wasn't his fault. He had a spectacular game for the Buckeyes, scoring 28 points, grabbing 9 boards and dishing out 8 assists. The performance confirmed the opinion of a number of trusted scouts who feel Turner is the most underrated player in the draft.
"He's so solid in so many areas of the game," one veteran scout said. "He needs to improve his perimeter shot, but the rest of the package is there."
Turner is currently projected to go somewhere between the late lottery and the middle of the first round. However, after the Buckeyes lost, he said he's returning to Ohio State for his junior season. But we'll see if that holds true. In the past, players often say similar things when their team is ousted from the tournament, only to reverse course after exploring their draft options more fully.
DeMar DeRozan , G/F, Fr., USC
DeRozan struggled for much of the season, but he really started coming on in March at a critical time for USC. Averaging 19 ppg in March, he looked like a legit lottery pick during the Pac-10 tournament and the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament.
DeRozan had 18 points and nine rebounds versus Boston College on Friday and 18 points and five boards versus Michigan State on Sunday. He has become much more aggressive on the offensive end and is starting to regain confidence in his jump shot.
He still needs to work on his jumper, but when you factor in his elite athleticism, NBA body and unselfishness, he projects as a lottery pick, even after a subpar season. Another year at USC would be ideal but, if he declares, don't be shocked if he lands in the top 10 in June.
Eric Maynor, PG, Sr., VCU
Maynor is another guy who came up big in a losing effort. His play against one of the best perimeter defenders in the country, UCLA's Darren Collison, showed that he can play on a bigger stage. He was one 17-footer away from leading VCU to a big first-round upset.
It will be interesting to see what happens to Maynor's stock now. A number of NBA executives are very high on him and the UCLA game confirmed their opinions. With strong workouts, he could work his way into the lottery.
Terrence Williams, G/F, Sr., Louisville
Williams has been one of the biggest enigmas in college hoops. He has all the physical tools to be a lottery pick, but his game has rarely matched his talent. Poor shooting percentages, high turnover rates and some off-putting on-the-court behavior have given many scouts pause. But his play in the tournament so far has been hard to ignore.
He was solid in the opening round versus Morehead State, putting up 13 points, nine boards and three assists. And he was spectacular versus Siena, tallying 24 points, 13 boards and four assists.
His athleticism, rebounding and passing ability make him a very attractive draft prospect. But he'll have to continue to dominate in the tournament to change the feeling that many NBA executives have about his seriousness to the game.
JaJuan Johnson, PF, So., Purdue
Johnson wasn't getting a lot of love from scouts early in the season. Everyone knew he was long and athletic, but his lack of strength and offensive game put him into the "project" category. But ever since his huge game versus Ohio State in early February, Johnson has been getting a closer look.
His 22-point performance against Washington proved that he can be a game-changer. He had two game-saving blocks in the last minute of the game that allowed Purdue to escape with the win. If he continues to play well, he's going to get some looks in the first round. Ideally, he'll return to Purdue for his junior season, add strength and work on his offensive game. But it could be hard for teams to pass on his potential.
Wayne Ellington, SG, Jr., North Carolina
Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson get all the press, but over the course of the past 10 games or so, Ellington has been UNC's best player. Lately, Ellington has been more than just a prolific 3-point shooter -- he's been working harder at putting the ball on the floor and taking it to the basket.
He's averaging 24 points per game in the tournament and shooting better than 50 percent from the 3-point line. With Lawson hobbling, Ellington has really picked up the slack for the Tar Heels and has re-emerged as a potential first-round pick after a poor showing at the NBA pre-draft camp last summer.
Marcus Thornton, SG, Sr., LSU
Thornton continues to make a name for himself with his dominant offensive performances in the tournament. He averaged 27.5 ppg in LSU's two games versus Butler and North Carolina, shooting 8-for-15 from 3 and keeping his turnovers to a minimum.
He's undersized to play the 2 in the pros, but when you look at the terrific season he had, it's hard not to see him as a legitimate NBA prospect. Right now he's probably still a second-rounder, but workouts could change the equation. NBA executives aren't as familiar with Thornton as they are with other prospects, so watching more tape and seeing him up close in a workout could swing things in his direction.
Who's Not
James Harden, SG, So., Arizona State
Harden has been far and away the biggest disappointment in the tournament. Known as one of the best and most reliable scorers in college basketball, he delivered two huge duds for ASU. He scored just nine points on 1-for-8 shooting versus Temple and followed that up with 10 points on 2-for-10 shooting against Syracuse. It's too early to tell how this will affect Harden's stock, but we'll be watching closely.
He was also inconsistent in Pac-10 play this season and some scouts are concerned that he lacks the explosive athleticism to create his own shot in the pros. Harden has usually overcome his physical limitations with craftiness, but it seems like more defenses are figuring out how to stop him.
Jeff Teague, PG, So., Wake Forest
Teague has been in a pretty big shooting slump over the past month -- his 3-point shot hasn't been falling. He has also been forcing the ball more and more and his seven turnovers versus Cleveland State really hurt Wake in the opening round of the tournament. It was clear from watching the game that Teague still needs a lot of work before he's ready for the NBA.
His coach is imploring him to come back for his junior year to work on his ballhandling and playmaking abilities. He'll get no argument from NBA executives.
Teague's stock has cooled over the past few weeks and everyone I've spoken with thinks he really needs another year at school. The same could also be said about Al-Farouq Aminu and James Johnson -- though both are in better shape with their draft stocks at the moment.
Hasheem Thabeet, C, Jr., UConn
Once again, Thabeet is proving that just because you're 7-foot-3 and taller than anyone else in college basketball doesn't mean you'll be making a huge impact on the floor. UConn largely ignored him on offense during its rout of Texas A&M on Saturday.
Against Texas A&M's strong front line, Thabeet took two shots in the game, grabbed six boards and watched Jeff Adrien do all the work down low. That's not the type of performance you really want to see in the tournament from a possible top-10 pick.
Luke Nevill, C, Sr., Utah
I get five to 10 e-mails a week from Utes fans screaming for me to put Nevill in the Top 100. He is big and had a strong senior season. And on the surface, he looks like he could be a serviceable big man in the pros. But watching what Arizona did to him in the first round of the tournament puts his draft potential into clear perspective.
Nevill had a chance to prove his detractors wrong by dominating Arizona's athletic front line. Instead, he floundered, lacking the quickness or explosiveness to compete. I think Europe or the Australian league is a more likely long-term destination.
Jarvis Varnado, PF, Jr., Mississippi State
Varnado may be the best shot-blocker in the country, but he did little else to help Mississippi State avoid a blowout in the first round of the tournament. He will most likely declare for the draft (but not hire an agent) since he's a junior, but his performance in the tournament suggests he could still use another year at school. He's been on the first-round bubble all season.
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Snakes and Keepsakes. Mosquitoes and Mementos. Welcome Back to Galveston. Ike-Battered Galveston Allows Residents to Return
By JUAN A LOZANO
By Juan A. Lozano
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GALVESTON, Texas
Ten days after Hurricane Ike, this devastated beach city reopened to residents Wednesday with stern warnings about what still lurks on the island – rotting cattle carcasses, snakes and swarms of mosquitoes – and what isn't there: drinking water, reliable electricity, medical care or sewer service.
After spending hours in traffic that backed up for 10 miles, some residents found their homes in ruins.
"I wasn't prepared for this," taxi driver Patricia Davis said as she waved away mosquitoes and surveyed the remains of her apartment, which had its entrance blocked by collapsed walls, wrecked furniture and sodden clothing.
City officials hoped most of the 45,000 residents who fled before the Sept. 13 storm would stay away until more repairs could be made.
"We didn't promise paradise when you came back here. We've got a lot of work to do. You've got a lot of work to do," City Manager Steve Le-Blanc said Wednesday.
The city has limited drinking water, few working sewers, limited electricity and minimal medical facilities. Officials extended the disaster declaration for 90 days.
What Galveston does have is ripening in the tropical heat: Rotting food in piles of debris where houses once stood, millions of mosquitoes, and an abundance of snakes. The carcasses of cattle that drowned during the storm are too badly decomposed to be moved; they'll rot in the fields just outside the city limits.
People were warned not to return without tetanus shots – or rat bait.
"Being here today kind of gives me some closure," said Anita Arredondo, who found a pile of rubble where her two-story home once stood. "I have not been sleeping well, worried about what we could save and what we couldn't."
Ken Holman said he wished city leaders had allowed residents to return sooner because it might have allowed him to save more of his mother's belongings from the house she lived in for 56 years. The home was inundated by 4 feet of water. "Just the fact it took us this long to get in here, that kind of hurts," he said.
The city has opened a shelter for 100 newly homeless residents, and officials hoped to set up more shelters on the mainland for residents whose homes are uninhabitable, Le-Blanc said.
The city and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are considering a plan to allow residents to live in FEMA trailers in their driveways or near their houses during repairs. But LeBlanc noted that he would want all trailers removed from the island before the start of the 2009 hurricane season.
But progress was slow: The island's three electrical inspectors and two plumbing inspectors were ordered to inspect every flooded property before allowing residents to turn on the gas or flip an electrical switch. LeBlanc asked other cities to send more inspectors.
"It's not a healthy and safe place to be at this time," said Mark Guidry, county health director.
At Ruby Holman's house, where water lines stained the walls 4 feet above the floor, daughters Sharon and Ann wore bright yellow gloves and white masks as they carried away buckets of debris, including prized books.
The carpet inside Holman's home was so soggy, it soaked through everyone's shoes.
The air inside the house was so choked with mold and mildew, a visit could only last a few minutes at a time.
Diane and Eddie Howard found that one of their homes, which they had bought only three weeks ago, was destroyed by a fire after the storm.
The other home, which they are trying to sell, was flooded by 8 feet of water, ruining the first floor but sparing many of their personal belongings on the second and third floors.
"I've been through all kinds of hurricanes," said Eddie Howard, who was born on the island 77 years ago. "This is the worst one."
At least 62 deaths, 27 of them in Texas, were blamed on the Category 2 hurricane and its remnants. The body of a woman who apparently drowned was uncovered in a debris field north of Galveston.
Nearly 50 residents are still missing, LeBlanc said.
Texas' insurance commissioner said victims have filed close to 50,000 insurance claims so far, and that figure could reach 300,000 , potentially putting a handful of companies at financial risk.
Commissioner Mike Geeslin said the state-chartered Texas Windstorm Insurance Association could see its total claim losses reach $4 billion, and overall hurricane damage is likely to go higher.
Originally published by BY JUAN A. LOZANO.
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I was really pleased to see Coffey have a nice outing yesterday. While I'm sad to see Weathers hurt, I did fear that Coffey would be sent down. I really want the Reds to keep him up all year and give him a shot to rebound back.
Keep putting him in low pressure situations and give him a chance to figure things out (Much like they did with Burton last year). This guy clearly has talent and I'd like the Reds to have patience with him this year, particularly with the relative dearth of young relievers in the organization.
It's great to see Votto hitting well, particularly that HR vs the LH reliever today. EdE is starting to improve a little bit to, so perhaps the offense can get back on track.
Bullpen is still very shaky, IMO, but hopefully things settle down. Lincoln looks to be a good find so far. Hopefully he can take over Weathers' role.
Hopefully Harang can break the losing streak tommorrow.
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McCann homers again, but Yanks fall to A's
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Gray fired four no-hit innings, before Yankees catcher Brian McCann hit his fourth home run in as many games to lead off the fifth. Shortstop Didi Gregorius doubled off Gray and scored in the sixth, but that's all the right-hander would allow, while maintaining the American League's best ERA, at 1.82.
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Facebook's mobile app ads now include seven different calls to action that businesses can choose from, including typical actions like opening a link or application to more specific actions tailored for the most popular activities on mobile.
Now that Facebook has proven its ability to drive mobile app downloads from ads, it has a new scheme to help businesses keep those apps active among users that originally installed from an ad.
Facebook's mobile app ads now include seven different calls to action that businesses can choose from, including typical actions like opening a link or application to more specific actions tailored for the most popular activities on mobile.
Thousands of businesses that use the mobile app ads have collectively driven more than 145 million installs on Apple's App Store and Google Play so far this year, according to Facebook. But 66 percent of app users open their apps less than 10 times, according to a study by Localytics, one of Facebook's mobile measurement partners.
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Today my youngest got to spend the day with me, he started running a low grade fever last night and acted like he didn't feel very good. I decided that is was best to keep him home from daycare so that he could get some extra rest while I monitored his fever. It was nice being able to spend some one on one time with my baby. We enjoyed the extra snuggles and cuddles, we watched a few of his favorite shows on TV, and spent some time …Continue
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Oceanside officials doubt figures in rent control study
OCEANSIDE A study published recently saying that Oceanside's rent control ordinance has and will continue to cost taxpayers millions more than the city has accounted for is based on faulty assumptions, several city administrators have said.
A study commissioned by the North San Diego County Association of Realtors and conducted by the San Diego Taxpayers Advocate concluded that having mobile home rent control on the books in Oceanside has cost $7.5 million since 1999 to provide government oversight for the ordinance. Those expenses come mostly from buried staff costs and in missed opportunities for collecting more property tax from 1999 to 2011, says the study, published March 27 on TaxpayersAdvocate.org.
Study author Scott Barnett, founder of the taxpayer watchdog group and school board trustee at San Diego Unified, says his estimates are conservative.
In mobile home parks, residents typically own the home but rent the land, creating a situation more complicated than typical homeownership or renting. The homes are difficult or expensive to move, further complicating the situation.
Mobile home park rent control in Oceanside keeps rents for the lots on which the homes sit to increasing at 75 percent of the consumer price index annually. Rent control took effect in Oceanside in 1983.
A City Council majority changed the ordinance to vacancy decontrol. They said rent control was a burden to those who own the land and to taxpayers. Vacancy decontrol would allow current tenants to keep rent control, but would allow the land owners to charge as they see fit once the homes change hands.
The change, however, was blocked by a referendum signed by more than 15,000 Oceanside voters. Vacancy decontrol will now go to a citywide ballot in a June.
Those who own the land and the mobile home parks typically support vacancy decontrol while mobile home park tenants are usually opposed.
The study breaks down into three parts what it says are millions of dollars in losses from 1999 to 2011, saying that was the only data available and speculating actual losses were probably greater.
The Neighborhood Services Department prepared a spreadsheet, which has been circulated among those involved in the vacancy decontrol debate, detailing costs back to 1994 and providing general information for the prior decade. That spreadsheet runs through March 2012, and shows approximately $550,000 in subsidies from the general fund but an available balance of $261,136 as of March. Revenues from a rent control fee, charged to park owners and tenants to administer rent control, were $235,875 from July 2010 through June 2011. Revenues from the fee in budget year 2009-2010 were $180,000 and in 2008-2009 were $122,000. Costs exceeded revenue in both years, requiring a general fund subsidy before the fee was increased the next year. The fee netted the city more than $300,000 this budget year. The fee does not cover litigation costs.
The study, called "Oceanside Rent Control — Costly to Oceanside Taxpayers," said the ordinance took $2.4 million from the rent control fund, a fund consisting mainly of proceeds from the fee levied on mobile home park tenants and landowners. It ran up $1.9 million in estimated additional management costs that are not specifically accounted for in city records, and cost $3.2 million in lost property taxes, the study says.


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Solar energy could soon get a 2-for-1 boost with tandem cells March 24, 2015 at 1:06 pm
New research claims adding an inexpensive perovskite solar cell to a traditional silicon cell could finally improve solar power efficiency in a meaningful way.
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Comet lander Philae has entered sleep mode, and may never wake up again (updated) November 16, 2014 at 6:55 am
Sadly, even space agencies with budgets of tens of billions of dollars are not immune to the pathetically lacking longevity of batteries. The Philae lander has landed in an awkward position where its solar panels can't see the Sun, and thus its battery reserves are quickly running down. The European Space Agency will now try a series of heroic measures to try and keep Philae alive, but there's the regretful possibility that Friday night — tonight — will be the last time we hear from the probe.
Solar singlet fission bends the laws of physics to boost solar power efficiency by 30% July 11, 2014 at 11:27 am
Chemists at the University of California Riverside (UCR) have devised a way of increasing solar cell efficiency by as much as 30%. With current photovoltaic cells unable to surpass 33% due to the Shockley-Queisser limit, a boost of 30%, to a total efficiency of 60% or more, would be absolutely huge — and exactly what solar power needs if it ever hopes to be a cost-efficient alternative to fossil fuel power generation. Best of all, though, this new method for boosting solar cell efficiency has an awesome name: singlet fission.
Researchers may have solved graphene's production problems, cleared way for mass production July 2, 2014 at 2:57 pm
A new method of producing graphene could be the major breakthrough scientists are looking for. If the new method of producing the material on a thin polymer works at commercial scale, it could clear the way for mass production.
New nano-material could boost solar panel efficiency as high as 80% October 17, 2013 at 1:11 pm
A new nano-material being developed to improve thermal emitters could help conventional solar cells scoop up more of the sun's rays by withstanding higher temperatures.
Firm bets solar phone screens will be the answer to slow-moving battery tech June 14, 2013 at 10:16 am
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Mirena IUD lawsuits (http://www.themirenalawsuitcenter.com/) continue to move forward in a multicounty litigation now underway in New Jersey's Bergen County Superior Court. According to court documents, the litigation's next Case Management Conference will be held on Wednesday, September 25, 2013. Court records indicate that at least 215 Mirena lawsuits are pending in Bergen County, all of which allege young women suffered uterine perforations and other serious Mirena complications due to spontaneous migration of the IUD. (In Re: Mirena Litigation; Case No. 297)
"We are already representing a number of women in Mirena IUD lawsuits, and continue to hear from alleged victims of Mirena complications on a regular basis. We are pleased to see this litigation progressing," says Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm is currently offering free legal evaluations to alleged victims of serious Mirena complications, including uterine perforations, uterine embedment, infections, scarring and ectopic pregnancy.
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CLEVELAND (AP) � Browns linebacker D�Qwell Jackson looked into the stands and saw thousands of jubilant faces.
As the fans celebrated, Jackson�s skin crawled.
Cleveland�s stadium looked like it belonged in Buffalo.
�I�ve been here for a long time and I�ve never experienced that,� Jackson said after the Browns were beaten 24-14 by the Bills on Sunday. �It�s frustrating and embarrassing. It�s a shame we weren�t able to put out a better effort than we did.�
In the final minutes, players on Buffalo�s bench led thousands of Bills fans in celebration. By then, disgusted Browns fans had headed home following the team�s ninth straight loss. The only partying was being done by the New Yorkers, who hung around and shared hugs and high-fives with some Bills who greeted them before leaving the field.
Ryan Fitzpatrick threw three touchdown passes and the better-than-advertised Bills (2-1) overcame the loss of running back C.J. Spiller to a shoulder injury to beat the Browns and snap an eight-game road losing streak.
Fitzpatrick, doing just enough to keep Buffalo�s offense moving, finished 22 of 35 for 208 yards as the Bills turned to their passing game after Spiller, who has been filling in for Fred Jackson, went down in the first quarter with an injury that will likely sideline him a few weeks.
The Bills won outside Buffalo for the first time since the 2011 opener at Kansas City.
�We got the monkey off our back,� Fitzpatrick said. �We always felt confident. This is a new year, a new team, but it was a good team win on the road. These are the most satisfying wins.�
For the Browns (0-3), the losing continues.
Cleveland hasn�t won since beating Jacksonville on Nov. 20, and one of the league�s youngest teams was not able to build off a solid performance last week in Cincinnati.
�We just didn�t get it done,� said coach Pat Shurmur, who dropped to 4-15 in two seasons. �There are no magical answers, other than we just didn�t get it done.�
It�s the same old story for Cleveland, which won�t have much time to reflect on the loss. The Browns visit Baltimore on Thursday night.
�It�s a tough pill to swallow,� said rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden, who is convinced the Browns can weather the storm. �This locker room has got a lot of level-headed, good, solid guys and we�re going to stick together. That�s what you�ve got to do. None of us want to lose. We�ve got to continue to fight.�
Before he went out, Spiller, who came in leading the league with 292 rushing yards, scored on a 32-yard screen pass from Fitzpatrick, who also threw a 9-yard TD to T.J. Graham in the first quarter and hooked up with Stevie Johnson from 9 in the fourth to close the scoring.
Bills coach Chan Gailey does not expect Spiller to be back for next week�s home game against New England � and possibly longer.
�I don�t believe it�s long, long-term,� Gailey said. �If he missed a week that�s long for me. He�s going to be out for sure this week and then we�ll see.�
Spiller will undergo further testing Monday. He was not available for interviews.
When Spiller got hurt, the Bills appeared to be in trouble.
But Fitzpatrick made big throws when he needed to and third-string running back Tashard Choice gained 91 yards. Fitzpatrick has eight TD passes, and he has not thrown an interception since tossing three picks in the Bills� season-opening loss to the Jets.
�We knew we had to put our foot on the gas again and when we did, the offensive line was revved up and ready to go,� he said. �It was a heck of a job by Tashard. He got some really tough yards for us.�
The Browns were again plagued by costly penalties, dropped passes and an inability to stop the run.
Weeden went 27 of 43 for 237 yards and a TD pass to fellow rookie Travis Benjamin. However, he was intercepted twice in the final 4:21 as he tried to rally the Browns.
Buffalo�s defense limited Browns rookie running back Trent Richardson to just 27 yards on 12 carries. After rushing for 109 yards last week in Cincinnati, Richardson�s longest gain was a 6-yard TD in the second quarter.
�We wanted to stop Richardson,� Gailey said. �We talked about it and made a big deal about it. We did not want to let him get out. We wanted them to throw the football. It worked kind of like we thought it would.�
Richardson was late to his postgame interview because he met with Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown. Before the draft, Brown had called Richardson �ordinary� but has been impressed with the rookie�s strong start.
�A lot of people took the message the wrong way, but it was always a motivational thing,� Richardson said.
NOTES: Browns WR Mohamed Massaquoi injured his hamstring in the second half and did not return. � Browns KR Josh Cribbs (9,178) passed Michael Bates (9,110) for sixth place on the NFL�s career list for kickoff return yards. � K Phil Dawson tied Hall of Fame guard Gene Hickerson for fourth place on the team�s list for games played with 202. Only Clay Matthews (232), Lou Groza (216) and Doug Dieken (203) have played in more.
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Just wondering if other authors are experiencing the same issue I'm having. Recently I've been having buyers tell me that my themes don't come with sample data file, docs, etc…I've checked and I am indeed including these in the theme package download.
Since this was never an issue before I looked into how they're downloading the theme and I now notice that in addition to the "All files & documentation" option there is now a new option, "Installable Wordpress file only".
So, I'm finding that some buyers are using the "Installable Wordpress file only" option instead of "All files & documentation" and this has resulted in an increase in support questions I'm handling because buyers don't see the docs or demo data they need to get started.
Is this a new and recent update? Maybe it's old and I'm just noticing it now but I'm more convinced that it's new because of the same questions coming in at about the same time.
Perhaps it's just me but when is giving buyers the option to download just the installable theme file which includes no docs, demo data, etc…a good thing?
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Actually that option was added to decrease confusions.
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Hi senorThemes,
actually that option was added to decrease confusions.
I was thinking the same thing too but you can see how inadvertently this causes confusion and problems of other kinds. Buyers download just the Installable Wordpress file only and then they open up a support ticket because there's no docs, no demo data, no direction, etc…I'm almost inclined to add links to online docs directly within wp-admin to avoid this. I know some authors already do this.
Unfortenetly I do not have the option to download an Installable Wordpress file, only the options:
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Why is that?
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Unfortenetly I do not have the option to download an Installable Wordpress file, only the options:
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If you purchased a WordPress theme, this option will show up. I recommend double-checking if you really purchased a WP theme.
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On 12/11/2012 the Reds made the trade for Shin-Soo Choo upgrading the one major weakness on the team and putting them on the very short list of the best teams in baseball. Today when Walt Jocketty goes into the office he is looking at a very different baseball landscape than he was a mere 324 days ago.
The Reds are now the 3rd best team in their own division. 1B, RF and CF were the only spots that provided above league average offense and the CF is a Free Agent. They (I assume) are very close to tapped out from a payroll per perspective, there is no immediate help on the farm system and they are staring at the very real possibility of having to compete in 2014 against the defending World Series champs who by many accounts could be better next season.
Bottom line, given what I believe to be the Reds resources, I don't know that anybody has the ability to make the current Reds team better than Cardinals in 2014 which is why I voted not confident.
Think about it this way, IF, and it is a big IF, but IF they resign Choo they are essentially the same team that finished 7 games behind St Louis this season.
And just as a preemptive strike please don't anyone waste my time telling me about a full season of 36 year old Ryan Ludwick coming off shoulder surgery turning back into the flash in the pan he was in 2012


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I would like to recommend Conference Calleague as a "must have" business app. It pulls dialing info from you calendar and updates the live tile with your call info (tapping the tile dials the call). It also lets you train the app to find the phone #'s and pass codes in the meetings you typically receive. http://wpappinfo.com/AppHub/Application/bc86b6cb-6804-4f5e-9137-289a46f5319a
Does Apple really have over 500,000 apps? That seems like a bit much. I see a lot of reference books for $20 or more. Aren't these really glorified PDFs? Then there's the "Lite" or trial versions of apps and games. Really, 500,000? I just don't get that many returns when I am searching their store. It seems that a search using the word "car" should give me hundreds of choices, but it doesn't.
which phone do u think is best? 1. iphone 4s 2.samsung galaxy 2 3. htc sensation 4. htc 7hd 5. other
The Samsung Focus Flash looks good. It's the size of the iPhone, good for small pockets, and I think it does the same thing as the iPhone.


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"Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them."--Create Dangerously In this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile, examining what it means to be an immigrant artist from a country in crisis. Inspired by Albert Camus' lecture, "Create Dangerously," and combining memoir and essay, Danticat tells the stories of artists, including herself, who create despite, or because of, the horrors that drove them from their homelands and that continue to haunt them. Danticat eulogizes an aunt who guarded her family's homestead in the Haitian countryside, a cousin who died of AIDS while living in Miami as an undocumented alien, and a renowned Haitian radio journalist whose political assassination shocked the world. Danticat writes about the Haitian novelists she first read as a girl at the Brooklyn Public Library, a woman mutilated in a machete attack who became a public witness against torture, and the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and other artists of Haitian descent. Danticat also suggests that the aftermaths of natural disasters in Haiti and the United States reveal that the countries are not as different as many Americans might like to believe. Create Dangerously is an eloquent and moving expression of Danticat's belief that immigrant artists are obliged to bear witness when their countries of origin are suffering from violence, oppression, poverty, and tragedy.
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Egyptians vote on Islamist-backed constitution
"My friends are Muslim and are voting `no.' It's not about Christian versus Muslim, but it is Muslim Brotherhood versus everyone else," said one of them, Shahira Sadeq, a Christian physician.
Kamla el-Tantawi, 65, said she voted no "against what I'm seeing" - and she gestured at a woman nearby wearing the full-face veil known as niqab, a hallmark of ultraconservative Muslim women.
"I lose sleep thinking about my grandchildren and their future. They never saw the beautiful Egypt we did," she said, harkening back to a time decades ago when few women even wore headscarves covering their hair, much less the black niqab that blankets the entire body and leaves only the eyes visible.
In the neighboring, poorer district of Imbaba, Zeinab Khalil - a mother of three who wears the niqab - was backing the charter.
"Morsi, God willing, will be better than those who came before him," she said. "A `yes' vote moves the country forward. We want things to calm down, more jobs and better education."
The voices reflected the multiple concerns that have been shaking Egypt for weeks. For some, the dispute has been about Shariah and greater religion in public life - whether to bring it about or block it. In many areas, clerics have been preaching in favor of the charter in their sermon.
But the dispute has also been about political power. An opposition made up of liberals, leftists, secular Egyptians and a swath of the public angered over Morsi's 5-month-old rule fear that Islamists are creating a new Mubarak-style autocracy.
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Many voters were under no illusions the turmoil would end.
"I don't trust the Brotherhood anymore and I don't trust the opposition either. We are forgotten, the most miserable and the first to suffer," said Azouz Ayesh, sitting with his neighbors as their cattle grazed in a nearby field in the Fayoum countryside.
He said a yes would bring stability and a no would mean no stability. But, he added, "I will vote against this constitution."
In Ikhsas village, Marianna Abdel-Messieh, a Christian, was the only woman not wearing a head scarf in the women's line outside a polling center. She was voting "no," but expected that whatever the result, Egypt would see more rule by Shariah.
"So, whether this constitution passes or not, there will be trouble," she said. "God have mercy on us."
Michael reported from Fayoum. Associated Press writer Sarah El Deeb contributed to this report from Giza.
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No landscape in Texas is more scenically challenged than the desert north of Midland. Flat and empty as far as the eye can see, it is an inhospitable place where even mesquite grows reluctantly, low and twisted and spaced far apart. When a cold winter wind blows hard from the northwest—as it was doing on an overcast morning in late February—the sand that once lay beneath a Permian sea whips through the air with such force that it adheres to your hair and your clothes, and if your car is parked, the sand will give it a yellowish sheen in a matter of minutes. "God felt such remorse about what he did to the land," Midlanders like to say, "that he gave it oil."
But oil isn't the only thing of value out here: Midland is in the middle of a real estate boom. Along the north-side loop, shopping centers that were virtually empty three years ago are fully leased, and national chain stores—all of them newcomers to the Permian Basin—are opening everywhere you look: Circuit City, Best Buy, PetsMart, Builders Square, Office Depot, Barnes and Noble, Target, Wal-Mart Supercenter, and more. Undeveloped land beyond the edge of town, which was selling for $2,000 or so an acre just a few years ago if anyone cared to buy it, today is worth at least $6,000 an acre. The desert is blooming with houses—big houses, selling for a minimum of $200,000. And far out into the mesquite country, well past the last subdivision, a band of Cree Indians from Montana has bought land for a new development that is the talk of Midland. It will be built around an artificial lake with four finger extensions, and it will be called Desert Shores. When telling about it, Midlanders describe the shape of the lake-to-be by holding up their right hands with fingers spread, as if to take an oath that this improbable story is really true.
What is still more remarkable is that this boom is taking place even though Midland's most important economic indicator—the price of oil—remains in the doldrums. April 1 marks the tenth anniversary of the dreadful day when the oil bust hit bottom and crude futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell below $10 a barrel, a level at which no oil company could afford to drill a well and few could afford to operate one. The price has rebounded somewhat, settling in around $18, but the oil industry in Midland has shrunk in every way possible: in numbers, in expectations, in myth. The exploration era in the Permian Basin is over. Instead, oilmen talk about exploitation—squeezing every last drop of oil from existing fields and wells.
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Let me start off by saying this was originally a response to a comment, but I ran out of space, so I turned it into an update, so if it sounds oddly rambling, know that it's just me being super-short on time. Oh yeah, and my computer got a virus, and I have an eight page essay to write in the next two hours, and finals week is this and next week, and I'm generally stressed out, incredibly tired, and, well, you understand (only by the time your read this, I'll have finished the 8 page essay, studied for a final, and reduced my stress levels by 30%). Now, enough of this and on to the update.
In response to queries about the status of the full version of the mod:We're working on a full version right now. Sadly, such things take a large amount of time to complete.
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The full version won't be ready for a long time.
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We're releasing packets of maps in 'Beta' form (You can expect to see ARC Trooper Mod Map Pack 1 soon-ish. Soon-ish being some time this year. Hopefully. Maybe. If all goes well. 'See we have a small problem with deadlines, because we're constantly moving them back in order to add in some crazy new features, or to do some new touch-ups, or to add in a new HD skin [Like a 3.0 Beta that was 3 months late]). Think of it like a TV Show. The full DVD box set takes years to complete, but each episode takes much less time, and can be viewed right away.
We're working on our first scripted campaign level. Scripted meaning this: We've finalized a written script for it. Dialogue, events, setting and all. Six is working on it right now, and we'll be recording dialogue soon. (Fun Fact: The MPs make an appearance in it)
We finally have a full crew. With recent additions to the team, we finally have...
A full complement of skinners
A not-as-full-as-we'd-like-but-three-is-better-than-nothing complement of mappers
A not-as-full-as-we'd-like-but-two-is-better-than-nothing complement of animators and modelers (This is a biggie, we've been trying to recruit some of these guys from Day 1)
Two, count 'em, two, music guys.
A script writer (me).
A cannon expert (also me).
A master of the canonical and fan fiction base of the story of the mod (Original founder and idea proposer Commander Dimal)
And this doesn't mean we've stopped looking for people. If you can draw, we're looking for a conceptual artist. There are other positions open, too, but the big one right now is conceptual artist. If you're interested just drop something in the comments.
ETA for the end product of the mod: A long time
ETA for new maps, new skins, new animations, new beta content, and all sorts of other goodies that we'll be releasing in an as-they-are-finished process that started with the 2.1 beta and will end with the final release of the mod:Soon, not as soon as we'd like, put soon.
Again, I apologize for the brevity of this update (no pictures :( ), I'll try to write something more substantial once summer starts.
Looking forward to the Map Pack 1 release; it'll be something indeed.
If you have a cool idea you'd like to see in the mod, or some artwork, or just want to put your two cents in, don't hesitate to speak up. ;)
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Thanks. I've removed most of the more annoying features of the virus now. Just gotta fix some of the DLLs, and then I'm back in action.
SP Campaign work is good, this game needs fresh missions!
I applaud someone finally modding this game in a unique fashion. It deserves more life than Lucas Arts gave it (of course when was the last time they made a good decision? *hears crickets*)
Also - Will this mod be compatible with Best of PC versions of RC?
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