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A team of eight veterinary students from Virginia Tech University in the U.S., who are here as part of their 42-day exposure trip to India, are disappointed at being denied entry to core tiger areas following the Supreme Court ban on tourism in these areas.
Welcoming the order aimed at strengthening conservation in core habitats, the students said that the government could distinguish tourists and students on a research trip who have come all the way to learn veterinary practices in sanctuaries.
"Unlike tourists we have not come here to see the tigers and elephants. We are here to see the conservation strategies and treatment to animals, rescued in the wild and the tamed elephants, by veterinarians here", says Casey Carbaugh, a student who wants to specialise in wildlife medicine. Both Anamalai and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves house elephants in camps.
"Apart from learning the basic veterinary practices in the wild, we also want to interact with forest veterinarians who protect these animals and learn how the corridors, such as the one of the elephants, help in genetic connectivity," says Sidney, another student.
Both have done projects in their country on how to end destruction of resources of wild animals. "As veterinarians, we study wildlife conservation and educate the common man not to destroy the resources of the fauna and the exposure here will help us," she adds.
Students from Virgina Tech have been visiting the two tiger reserves for quite some years. "Our seniors who came here in the previous years said that they learnt a lot about wildlife medicine in these reserves. We felt that this international exposure to wildlife would help us specialise in treating a variety of fauna. The closure is disappointing," said Habitareuther, who wants to specialise in international veterinary medicine.
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The country's long wait for an investment grade may soon be over as credit agencies are seen to be giving in to pressure to align their ratings on the Philippines with the favorable assessment of the international capital market.
According to international financial services firm Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ), there is a disconnect between the country's actual credit ratings, as assigned by credit agencies, and the favorable interest rates on Philippine bonds assigned by investors in the international capital market.
In a paper on the Philippine economy, ANZ said rating firms should no longer ignore the fact that their ratings on the country are not being observed by the international capital market and, therefore, they must raise the country's sovereign grade in the near term.
The Philippines is rated a notch below investment grade by Fitch Ratings, and two notches below investment grade by Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's.
ANZ cited that the interest rates of bonds issued by the Philippine government are as low as those of debt instruments issued by countries with investment grade.
Based on ANZ's estimates, interest rates on Philippine bonds are priced 200 basis points below the rates carried by bonds from countries with the same credit ratings as the Philippines.
"The market has been pricing the Philippines' sovereign risk at investment grade for an extended period of time," the foreign financial institution said.
"Barring unforeseen policy or political setbacks, we conclude that a near-term agency rerating is more likely than a prolonged disconnect between the Philippines' risk spreads and its sovereign rating."
The institution said the Philippines deserves better credit ratings, citing the significant reduction in the government's debt burden and the substantial increase in its foreign exchange reserves.
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Reconditioned Vitamix Blender Models - 7500 ($399), 6300 ($379), 5200 ($329) + Free Shipping (FS)I've been looking for a good deal on Vitamix blenders for a bit and it seems their reconditioned models are the best deals right now with a free shipping code. Their reconditioned models are actually a pretty good value it seems because they come with a 5 yr warranty and can be upgraded to 8 years for $75 and you can save hundreds depending on the model you get for reconditioned over new.
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I asked the lady what extra stuff was included with Costco purhcase when compared to what was available online and was informed that online and Costco blenders are virtually the same except they recently added Costco exclusive color which I don't really care about. I believe Costco color was red, but I can see red available online as well.
My decision to buy 5200 was entirely based on the fact that I don't need preset modes for $50 extra when compared to 6300 and $70 extra for 7500 which people have said is not much of an upgrade.
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The Dodgers, who have averaged 85 wins per year in six seasons under GM Ned Colletti, are on pace for 97 wins despite their poor showing against the Athletics this week. Here are the latest NL West links…
- Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum told Bob Nightengale of USA Today that he intends to make some changes to his pitching approach "It's almost like I'm pitching backwards now," he said. "Like I'm a wuss thrower. I've got to start utilizing my fastball." Nightengale discussed the differences between this version of Lincecum and the two-time Cy Young Award winner in a detailed piece. "It's hard to believe it's the same guy," one scout said.
- The Diamondbacks are "in no rush" to promote Trevor Bauer, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic notes. Bauer visited with some Diamondbacks officials yesterday to familiarize himself with the organization. But the team is "not trying to clone people here" GM Kevin Towers said in reference to Bauer's quirks.
- Rockies manager Jim Tracy told Jake Kaplan of MLB.com that it's hard to get a read on the effectiveness of the team's four-man rotation so early on. "What we've seen the first two days is real similar to what I've been dealing with an awful lot this season," Tracy said.
- Dave Cameron of FanGraphs proposed an alternate method of managing a pitching staff earlier in the week, in case you missed it.
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Quick Hits: Draft, Sizemore, Royals, CBA, Greinke
Some links from around MLB…
- ESPN's Keith Law posted a list of the top 100 prospects in this year's amateur draft. High school outfielder Byron Buxton and high school shortstop Carlos Correa top the list.
- "I love this game and I don't see myself calling it quits anytime soon," said Indians outfielder Grady Sizemore to MLB.com's Jordan Bastian (Twitter link). Sizemore is currently on the DL with a back issue, the latest problem in a long line of injuries in recent years.
- Royals owner David Glass says he hasn't spoken to anyone about selling his team despite rumors to the contrary, according to Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star. "I've not talked to anyone, nor has any of my family talked to anyone," he said.
- Ben Badler of Baseball America explains how teams and player representatives are working to side-step the international spending restrictions imposed under baseball's new collective bargaining agreement. MLB is aware of the loopholes and would object more strongly to some than others.
- Recent extensions talks haven't taken place for Zack Greinke, Cole Hamels or Tim Lincecum, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets. Greinke and Hamels are eligible for free agency this offseason, while Lincecum is under team control through 2013.
- Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports points out that Edinson Volquez of the Padres looks like a trade candidate (Twitter link). However, six of the right-hander's seven starts have been at Petco Park, a generally forgiving environment for pitchers.\
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NL West Notes: Ethier, Lincecum
Dodgers left-hander Sandy Koufax struck out 18 Cubs on this date in 1962, tying Bob Feller for a share of what was then the single game strikeout record. Here are today's links from the NL West…
- Dodgers GM Ned Colletti said he's "always been inclined to keep" Andre Ethier, Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times reports. Agent Nez Balelo has said his client is open to discussing a long-term contract during the season, assuming the incoming ownership group takes over the team at the end of the month. Colletti said yesterday that he has already talked to the team's new owners about an extension for Ethier.
- Scouts wonder if Tim Lincecum's right hip is bothering him, but the Giants right-hander told Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports that, "none of that is true." Though Lincecum is off to a slow start, he prefers to focus on the positives. "We get caught up in negatives so much and so easily, especially with so many games," he said. Lincecum is under contract through 2013, and remains a candidate for a longer-term deal.
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Quick Hits: Marlins, Jeter, Lincecum, Chisenhall
In a piece inspired by early-season injuries to key relievers Tom Verducci of SI.com points out that closers tend to be inefficient investments. "No one wants to admit it," he writes, "but the modern bullpen is a failure." Here are the rest of today's links…
- Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria told Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports that he likes what he has seen from manager Ozzie Guillen despite last week's controversial remarks. "He's very good for here," Loria said. "Excellent. Not only for here, for any team."
- When the Yankees signed Derek Jeter to a three-year, $51MM contract two offseasons ago, they felt it was an overpay, Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes. But the shortstop played tremendously down the stretch in 2011 and has started the 2012 season well.
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- Indians manager Manny Acta told Jim Bowden on MLB Network Radio that top prospect Lonnie Chisenhall remains Cleveland's future third baseman and won't become trade bait this summer (Twitter link, audio here).
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Giants Touch Base With Posey, Lincecum On Contracts
Giants VP of baseball operations Bobby Evans said he contacted Buster Posey's agent today in regards to a possible multiyear extension for the catcher, and also told Tim Lincecum's agent that the right-hander is also still in the team's plans. (Andrew Baggarly of CSN Bay Area and Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle tweet the details from Evans' talk with media members.)
The Giants and Posey first talked a possible extension in the spring and now that Posey has shown himself to be apparently recovered from the broken leg that prematurely ended his 2011 season, it's no surprise that the club has revisited locking up its best young position player. Carlos Santana's recent five-year, $21MM extension with the Indians will probably serve as a reference point for what a Posey extension might look like.
As for Lincecum, it sounds as if Evans was simply making a courtesy call to indicate that nothing had changed in regards to the Giants' desire to sign Lincecum to a long-term contract. "Obviously we'll be looking toward that in the future," Evans said. Earlier today, Schulman wrote that the added cost certainty achieved by signing Madison Bumgarner and Matt Cain to extensions increases the chances of the Giants also extending Lincecum.
Despite the Giants' recent spate of moves, it may yet be a while before we see Posey or Lincecum extended. Evans said he didn't expect any negotiations to take place during the season but "there will be a time we address that" (Twitter link).
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Bay Area Notes: San Jose, Bumgarner, Lincecum
Long-time Athletics minor league roving instructor Ron Plaza passed away last night at age 77, according to a team media release. Plaza had been with the A's since 1983, and also worked for the Reds and Cardinals organizations during his 61-year career in baseball as a player, manager and coach. We at MLBTR send our condolences to Plaza's family, friends and colleagues.
Here's the latest from both the A's and the Giants…
- The Athletics aim to put their new stadium and proposed move to San Jose on the agenda for next month's owners meetings, reports Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. By forcing the other owners to vote on the move, the A's would finally get some resolution on an issue that has dragged on for three years. Neither A's owner Lew Wolff or GM Billy Beane would comment on the story.
- One of Slusser's sources (Twitter link) isn't certain if the A's will be successful in getting their case heard at the owners meetings. It will ultimately be up to Bud Selig, who decides on the meetings' agenda.
- Madison Bumgarner's extension with the Giants is "a win for everyone involved," writes Dave Cameron for Fangraphs.
- The Giants now have greater cost certainty with Bumgarner and Matt Cain both locked up to multiyear contracts, which Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (via Twitter) feels will make the team likelier to sign Tim Lincecum to a long-term deal "if he has a good year." Lincecum signed a two-year pact with the Giants in January that puts him on pace to hit free agency after the 2013 season.
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There's an "understanding" between the Giants and Matt Cain that they'll try to wrap up contract extension talks before the Opening Day, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. There is no evidence they are close to a deal or that they've even made progress in recent weeks. Extension talks with Tim Lincecum are on hold so the team can focus on Cain given the short window.
The Giants made Cain an initial offer a few weeks ago, though the 27-year-old right-hander is said to be seeking a nine-figure guarantee. The team's offer was not close to $100MM according to Heyman. Cain will earn $15MM in 2012 before hitting the open market next winter, when he will arguably be the best free agent right-handed starter since Mike Mussina in 2000.
Lincecum signed a two-year extension worth $40.5MM this offseason, and San Francisco offered him a five-year deal worth roughly $100MM not too long ago. The two sides are said to be $75MM or so apart.
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NL West Notes: Lincecum, Padres, Moores, Jimenez
Here's a look at some items out of the National League West..
- The Giants offered Tim Lincecum at least $100MM over five years a couple months back, but it now it appears that the two sides are at least $75MM apart, with the right-hander looking for a seven- or eight-year deal, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com.
- Jeff Moorad has withdrawn his application to be the controlling partner of the Padres, meaning that John Moores will own the team for the foreseeable future, tweets Bob Nightengale of USA Today.
- Tom Krasovic of Inside The Padres runs down the particulars of what this means for the future of the club. Moorad will remain the Vice Chairman and CEO of the Padres while Moores will remain the majority owner of the team as he has since 1994-95. Krasovic also writes that MLB is likely to approve the 20-year TV deal between the Padres and FOX.
- Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez don't exactly see eye-to-eye with former teammate Ubaldo Jimenez on his dissatisfaction with the Rockies, writes Scott Miller of CBSSports.com. The pitcher said that he was upset with the club in part because Tulowitzski and Gonzalez received lucrative new deals following the 2010 season while he did not.
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Giants Notes: Cain, Lincecum, Payroll, Beltran
The Giants made their roster available to the media today, on the eve of the club's annual FanFest event. Here's latest on the 2010 World Champs…
- "We've talked … and it's a process," said Matt Cain to reporters (including Andrew Baggarly of The Mercury News) when asked about an extension. "We'll see what's going to happen. We're definitely here for this year."
- The right-hander did stop short of saying he'll give the team a hometown discount. "That's tough," he said. "You definitely love being in San Francisco, and we do. We have a year till free agency. That's something as a player you think about, having that opportunity. It's hard to say what will happen in these next several months."
- "Budget won't be a factor," said GM Brian Sabean when asked about signing both Cain and Tim Lincecum long-term. "We'll have enough wherewithal in the budget that we won't have to pick. Whether that happens, I can't predict. But we have it in the budget to sign both players."
- Sabean also said that increasing payroll to add players in midseason has "always been possible with our ownership group" according to John Shea of The San Francisco Chronicle (on Twitter).
- The Giants wanted Carlos Beltran back as a left fielder, says Shea (on Twitter). They were willing to give him two years, but not the $26MM the Cardinals gave him.
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Bay Area Notes: Nady, Lincecum, Manny, Jackson
Moneyball received six Academy Award nominations on Tuesday, joining Pride Of The Yankees and Field Of Dreams as the only baseball-centric movies to ever be nominated for the prestigious Best Picture Oscar. While I'm not sure if I'd call Moneyball one of the very best films of the year, it's definitely a well-made, entertaining movie, as outlined in my review from last September.
Here are some non-cinematic notes from both the Athletics and the Giants in this roundup of Bay Area news…
- Xavier Nady and the Giants share a mutual interest on a minor league contract, tweets Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle. The 33-year-old Nady hit .248/.287/.359 in 223 plate appearances for the Diamondbacks last season.
- Also from Schulman, he outlines the Giants' several shortstop/utility infield options for next season, which include Brandon Crawford, Emmanuel Burriss, Mike Fontenot and the newly-signed Ryan Theriot. Schulman also notes that Fontenot's $1.05MM contract with the team is non-guaranteed and that Burriss is out of options.
- Tim Lincecum's two-year, $40.5MM extension with the Giants was finalized today after the right-hander passed his physical.
- Manny Ramirez is "essentially a no-risk option" for the Athletics, writes Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. A's managing partner Lew Wolff said yesterday that he would open to the possibility of his team signing the controversial Ramirez.
- From that same piece, Slusser notes the A's still have interest in bringing back Conor Jackson, despite the fact that the club just signed Jonny Gomes. Jackson played in Oakland from June 2010 to August 2011 before being dealt to the Red Sox for right-hander Jason Rice.
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I know this sounds very wierd, but here I go. I always thought that If Singer was able to make a sequel, Zod would've inhabited Richard. Think about it. Supes having to struggle between fighting Jason's adopted father, or ridding the galaxy of Zod by killng Richard. And what about Jason? Set this movie a few years ahead, his powers begin to emerge. Would he stand by and watch Superman beat his step-dad up? He obviously wouldn't know it was Zod, so a huge mis-understading takes place, and an epic battle between father and son ensues. Zod manipulates the whole thing, and begins to take over the world. Of course, Jason, and Superman reconsile, and go after Zod together evetually. I know they wanted to use Zod in the sequel somehow. This would b a good way to do so without using Stamp's Zod again. It would've also been neat to see what James Marsden could bring to Supes' ultimate villain.
I don't know how I would have liked that, personally. Setting aside the use of Zod (again), I like the idea that Richard is just a regular guy. Added to that that he is what Clark Kent would be if Clark wasn't Superman. I would rather keep him as is.
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True tears? 999
Oh god that game could be bad at times >.< Virtue's Last Reward was really bad for that too....
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camixlo posted...True tears? 999
I loved 999. I just ordered Zero Escape the other day and I'm eagerly awaiting its arrival :<
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Its so good! But you may need an FAQ to figure out how to get certain endings, some of them are rather obvious but some are just completely random >.<. Also you can jump to events via the tree if you click on them. That took me forever to figure out and I wasted so much time because of it >.>
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"All things are about Jesus Homer .......... Except this."
The Darkness at Jenny's death. Holy crap that was sad.
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MGS3, the boss' debriefing
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persona 3,4
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The Metal Gear Series is probably the best games ever made.
I've never cried at a game before, but damn did I come close.
The game was the ending to Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days. The death of a character I got attached to, and the loneliness of the main character just got to me.
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In all honesty. No game has ever made me cry. But many games have given me an extreme wave of sorrow.
Usually it's cause it's a series that I've played all the way through. Like recently, the Megaman Battle Network series. I finished 1-7, played the 3rd one over 10 times cause I liked it so much. When I finished it, the ending just ultimately made me realize that there would be no continuation of my favorite GBA series.
But I won't go down the entire list of games that made me feel that way.
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The Gears of War Series
Finding out there would be no "Too Human 2"
The upbringing of the new Resident Evil games as 3 marked the end of actually trying to survive a zombie outbreak, instead of finding ammo off bodies, money, and buying guns.
The list could go on and on~
Mother 3- More than any game, movie or book on the planet.
also BioShock
I'd like to be surprised that the one game I've actually cried at isn't on here, but considering how most people see it, I'm not. Lost Odyssey, Final Fantasies IV, VI, VII, IX, and X have all come close, but it was FFX-2 that actually did it for me. The end of the song in Chapter 4 left me in tears.
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Last year he fell to the Dolphins in the fourth round at the 97th pick overall due to a shoulder surgery before the draft. In the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine he led all running backs in the 40-yard dash debuting at 4.4 seconds. Prior to the draft he was considered one of the top backs coming out of college.
This past season Miller finished his rookie year with 250 yards at 4.9 yards per rush on 51 carries. He also showed that his balance is sustainable and he can run in the interior better than was expected of him. He's shown his excellent change-of-direction and when he accelerates; his speed can cause major damage.
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Thomas J. Lucente Jr. has complained that letters he gets concerning his writings usually never offer specific rebuttals. I can only say, "Where does one begin?"
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Lucente lists among his credentials "a licensed attorney in the state of Ohio." My degree is in economics with minors in government and philosophy, but must admit I understand little about modern economics. Arguments still rage about little versus big government, and at age 90, I'm still not certain about my philosophy of life, both now and in the hereafter.
I don't want to appear biased against lawyers, some of my best friends were lawyers. I say "were" because they're mostly dead. I think President Barack Obama has a law degree but there are always exceptions for those who are exceptional though I doubt Lucente would appreciate the connection.
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You may notice that this post names the NFL. This is my device's spellcheck of the letters NHL. Isn't that funny? Isn't that wonderfully glitchy?
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SPOKANE -- A Spokane man who is no stranger to serious brawls in jail cells has done it again, and now an investigation has been launched to find out why he was put with other prisoners.
Six years ago, Spokane's Michael West called himself Lucifer and killed his cellmate in the Spokane County Jail. At the time, he was serving a sentence for rape and assault.
West beat the man, cut him with a razor blade, and strangled him with bed linens.
OnSunday, West attacked another cellmate while in a temporary cell at theAirway Heights Correction Center, gouging the man's eye out.
West started a brawl with inmate Chad Bolstad. Police say West punched and kicked him and went for Bolstad's eyes. West pulled the right eye from its socket and damaged it enough that Bolstad is now completely blind.
While he was doing that, police say West yelled to another inmate, Gary Welch, I'm Lucifer. Bow down to me. You're next!
Police say West tried to gouge Welch's eyes as well. But Welch was able to fend him off.
That's when officers say West took a towel and began to strangle him. Jail guards stormed in shortly after.
No one from Olympia or Airway Heights would officially tell KREM 2 News why anyone was ever put in a cell with West after the 2004 incident. The Department of Corrections does not have a standing policy about an inmate who harms or kills their cell mate and then is not allowed to have another cellmate ever again.
West is no stranger to violence behind bars. West's rap sheet dates back to his early teens. He has been transferred from one jail to a prison and back 26 times. After spending a year in prison for a 2002 robbery, West was finishing the last six months of his sentence at Brownestone, Spokane's work release jail, when he disappeared from his job at a Carl's Jr. restaurant.
He did call in at one point in time, remorseful he had escaped, tried to talk him into coming back and turning himself in. But he chose not to and we have had a warrant out since his escape, said Corrections Supervisor Debra Conner.
Then in 2004, West killed his cellmate. The family of the murdered inmate sued Spokane County for negligence. In 2007, they settled for $180,000.
Yet prison officials transferred him from Washington State Penitentiary to Airway Heights last month putting him in a medium security cell with two other men.
West is not scheduled to be released until 2048. Investigators say they have enough evidence to charge him with two counts of attempted murder.


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LOS ANGELES - When Clay Matthews was a relatively scrawny walk-on freshman fighting just to get noticed, only one person unwaveringly believed he would turn out to be one of USC's top defenders and a future NFL draft pick:
Clay Matthews.
His football-playing family supported him fully, of course, but even his famous father — 19-year NFL linebacker Clay Matthews Jr. — wasn't sure at first.
"We've got some hard-headed people in our family," the elder Matthews said. "You've got to give him credit for that. He thought he could go down there and compete."
The younger Matthews knew, as he put it, that he'd "be able to hang with these guys" — these guys being the so-called "five-star" recruits who arrived with more fanfare and received more attention.
Four years later, Matthews has proved to be a prophet. He's hanging with the guys who form the best defense in the country.
Matthews has transformed himself from walk-on to critical starter, a standup and standout defensive end who's tied for first on the team in fumbles forced and recovered (2 apiece), tied for second in sacks (4) and ranks third in total tackles for losses (7.5).
He is about to enjoy his final game at the Coliseum, against Notre Dame on Saturday, with his fellow seniors, including can't-miss players such as Brian Cushing and Rey Maualuga. Matthews always envisioned that this day would come, even if no one else did.
"In my own mind I knew I could play with all these guys here, the prestigious recruits we bring in," Matthews said. "Obviously some were thinking I was crazy. But I knew if I stuck with it and I was persistent that I could be where I'm at today.
"I'm really proud of all my accomplishments, but there's still so much more to accomplish."
Such as approximating the careers of his father and uncle.
Matthews is part of football's royal family, at least the non-Manning branch.
His dad starred at USC and played in 278 games - most among linebackers in NFL history — for Cleveland and Atlanta. His uncle, Bruce, starred at USC and earned a bust in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a 19-year offensive lineman for the Houston/Tennessee franchise. One of Matthews' brothers, Kyle, played safety for USC, and another, Casey, is a sophomore linebacker at Oregon.
All of which didn't do Clay a bit of good coming out of high school.
"I wasn't the biggest guy, I wasn't the fastest, I wasn't the best football player in high school," Matthews said. "Rightfully so, I didn't get the interest from major Division I universities."
While other Trojans have paragraph-long, bold-faced descriptions of their various All-America accolades and recruiting-service rankings in the USC media guide, Matthews' bio features just one sentence in the high school section: "He prepped at Agoura (Calif.) High."


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git commit -m 'Removed all files that are in the .gitignore'
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Note to future self
Today is a regular day of July 2014 with the exception that I am writing a few lines for my future self.
These days the technology is moving very fast. Everyone has or want what is called a smart phone. The market is dominated by Apple iPhone and Google Android. In a not so close third place there is Microsoft with the windows phone.
Apart of phones home electronics is getting everyday more strong.
Just wanted to tell myself that no matter how cool technology may be there are other things more important. As am engineer we need to understand that at the other end of any software or hardware there is a person. Is on those humans that we need to think.
When you read this, Samsung may not have any galaxy phone but there will be people and your family will be at your side.
Keep what is worth, there is no undo checkout for missing life moments. Today I am a happy person and for sure in the future will still be.
The crime is worst every day like the economy. We are holding up for better days to come. Always happy and together with the family.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Remote Alert Server is public
Heroku may look complicated for a windows developer but if you give it a chance and try other hosting turns out that heroku is not that hard.
I like it because the code is pretty clean and without much modifications.
The code is at:
Latter on the android code will be published as well and hope to inform in a post about it.
Fork it, copy, sell, modify. Do what ever you like with the code. No need to even mention where you got it. Do as you like.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
How to send notifications from Raspberry Pi to your Android Phone (Free!)
Remember to replace the Id with the id from your own device!
Python sample code:
import json
import urllib2
class RemoteAlert:
def send(self, device_id, message ):
data = { 'message' : message }
url = 'http://remote-alert.herokuapp.com/post/' + device_id
req = urllib2.Request( url )
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
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return 'OK'
ra = RemoteAlert()
dev_id = 'a32b831c-7623-4c43-99cf-b614ff54e902'
print ra.send(dev_id, 'Hellow Push Message World')
Push message sent from the shell using curl
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://remote-alert.herokuapp.com/post/a32b831c-7623-4c43-99cf-b614ff54e902 -d '{"message":"Hellow Push Message World"}'
The above curl sample you can send a notification to your phone, just replace the long id with the one from your phone and write in your message.
Future plans:
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Today I got a Beaglebone Black
Few days with the Beaglebone now. For the wifi tried successfully with debian from the sdcard however not from the eMMC with the Angstrom. On Angstrom I manage to get the usb wifi recognized but not associated with my network. Still not giving up, tried with two different usb dongles. Will continue banging my head with the wifi until success is achieved.
Finally make it work the wifi on the beaglebone black on Argnstrom. Used the tutorial from adafruit http://learn.adafruit.com/beaglebone/wifi with a modification for my WPA2 network. Just put the Security on the wifi.config as wpa like shown bellow.
Type = wifi
Name = ssid
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Passphrase = my_password
Friday, July 19, 2013
Object seriliazitation with Type attributes in the nodes.
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I got a service from a vendor. This service is an XML post to a PHP page (btw, I hate these). This vendor provided me with a sample XML that would be the package sent. I need to populate every node with my data and make the call. I would much rather have an object to do this, so I created one. I serialized my object and prepared for the posing of it. When comparing my result with the provided XML I was missing attributes on my object so I started looking on how to add them.
My vendor provided XML was similar to this:
You need these.
using System.Xml.Serialization; using System.Xml;
//This is like so to remove the System. definition from the Type
The serializer:
If you do not have it, here is how to serialize it.
XmlSerializerNamespaces xns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces(); xns.Add(string.Empty, string.Empty);
//xml format settings XmlWriterSettings xmlSettings = new XmlWriterSettings(); xmlSettings.Indent = true; xmlSettings.NewLineOnAttributes = false; xmlSettings.NamespaceHandling = NamespaceHandling.OmitDuplicates; XmlSerializer mySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(user)); StringWriter ms = new StringWriter(); XmlWriter xw = XmlWriter.Create(ms, xmlSettings); mySerializer.Serialize(xw, test, xns); string serializedString = ms.ToString(); ms.Close();
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If you're going to be tied up at a dock where electricity is available, why not buy a decent quartz heater and just plug it in when you need it. It's a clean source of heat, requires no ventilation, and is inexpensive to buy. This will also allow you cut way down on your propane use.
If you're away from the dock, your propane heater should work quite well for you. Your propane stove is little different than the stove I'll be cooking on tonight and is almost maintenance-free. So, why change it out?
One way a diesel is supposed to be different from a propane stove is that the diesel can double as a cabin heater.
I should have mentioned I'm trying to be as off-grid as possible. I'm looking into solar panels and wind generators too. I'm not sure how much electric I'd use with a heater in a Canadian winter, but my impression is that electric heaters are the most wasteful or energy inefficient of all.
Of course, living on diesel is not exactly being "off-grid", is it...but at least it means I can go for long passages without needing to plug into shore power, which is what I'm aiming for.
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