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I personally played Lineage 2 a lot on retail, and private servers, (currently playing WoW) but if you were to go retail id say its past its prime, and the community is at low populations compared to WoW.
L2 will definitely take up a lot of time (leveling is much longer than WoW, and essentially no one does quests) if thats what you are looking for, from the class change quests, to sub class quests and 3rd class change quests (
) and then leveling it all over again for the sub class.
Best things about L2 though is the open pvp, kill anyone you don't like looking at you, massive pvps, clan wars, castle sieges (really fun imo). Also manipulating the world to affect others - Bored? Go ruin someones day! Buff mobs that people are attacking, train people with mobs etc (chance for them to drop their gear for your benefit). There is a chance you will lose gear or inventory items if you die by a monster, and you also lose experience (~4-5%), you will not drop any gear if a player kills you, unless you are "red" aka chaotic because you just killed someone for no reason and havnt "worked off the karma" yet by killing mobs.
At this point would be pretty hard for you to catch up with all the players who already are in top gear, ebaying might be an option...
But anyways I recommend L2, definitely a lot of fun and very social/political with all the things you can do to people
Bad thing with private servers is most of them have the game so skewed, some have edited classes, skills dont work like they should, some have easy donations (to keep server alive) and hence kids got weapons and armor that will rape you unless you donate. Although the most fun ive had is on private servers, but those were C3-C4 servers a while back. Id try to find a server that is near like retail and not too crazy on the donation side with a good population to test it out!
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CORPUS CHRISTI - People often ask me "Where are the fish biting?"
It's OK that sometimes they ask before saying "hello" or "how you doing?"
I'm used to that. By now I should have composed a pat answer, but I haven't. I want to answer their question as best I can, or at least seem helpful by narrowing their choices. But my response rarely satisfies.
I tell them where I most recently caught fish, which might sound like bragging, or I recount the latest fish story from a friend, knowing the advice is outdated. I understand this is only small talk. And I'm pretty sure they wouldn't accuse me of intentionally steering them wrong if the spot I mentioned failed to produce.
But if they would just ask the right question, the outcome might be different. Nobody ever asks where the fish will be biting next Tuesday or next Sunday. The conversation would last a little longer. We'd have to consult a weather forecast. But the information might be more reliable.
I met two guys last week who did indeed ask the right question. And they asked the right person, too. No, they didn't quiz me. They asked longtime guide Joey Farah.
VIDEO: Watch Joey Farah teach the lay of the laguna.
Matt Dunn and Ronnie Shaner were in town last Friday to prepare for a fishing tournament. They call it pre-fishing but it's really not. They came to fish and learn. They would be pretournament scouting for the Scales 'n Ales Fishing Tournament to benefit the Scott A. Freund Memorial Foundation.
The event honors the life of a San Antonio angler who died a few years ago. He was preparing his skiff at Canyon Lake for an upcoming Baffin Bay adventure with Dunn and three other buddies from high school. Freund was thrown from his skiff after suffering a massive heart attack.
He left behind a wife and two daughters, plus a closet full of burnt orange clothing.
After witnessing the valiant and lengthy recovery effort by Texas game wardens, family and friends decided to form a foundation dedicated to safety education relating to hunting, fishing and other outdoor pursuits. All contributions go to Texas Parks & Wildlife to fund education, search, rescue and recovery equipment and services.
So far, the foundation has donated $20,000 in cash, plus nearly $10,000 worth of search and rescue equipment.
Even though this event is a charity fundraiser, it's still a contest. More than that, it's a competition among friends. So Dunn and his fishing team did not want to repeat last year's less-than-stellar showing.
He needed to study for the test, which was scheduled for April 6.
Dunn explained that his familiarity with the Laguna Madre is generally confined to summer conditions. This puts him at a disadvantage during an early April trip, when winds can be variable and stronger, tides can be higher and the bays are cooler.
The search for protected water can involve much wasted time without the benefit of historical perspective. Dunn might advise his fishing mates to needlessly embark on an hourlong boat ride past Baffin Bay to the Landcut or Yarborough when fish are available much closer.
Farah cheerfully accepted the challenge of playing prognosticator. He does most everything cheerfully with enthusiasm. But on this day the challenge was steep.
Now I'm not a big follower of solunar and vektor tables. Too much mystique for me. But I know several well respected and astute anglers who pay considerable attention to the wavy lines on those charts.
Knowing, or even believing in, the existence of major and minor feeding times for fish and wildlife can be a useful tool, even if the notion is bogus. For sure, the peaks on those charts can instill confidence. I've seen it happen.
When we truly believe the time is right for the bite to turn on, regardless of the origin of this belief, our senses become more focused and our technique improves.
Farah let us know the vektor gods were not smiling this day, unless we fished before dawn. Reports from two different online solunar services were not promising throughout most of the day. Plus, experience gave Farah little hope that fishing two days after a full moon would be anything but poor.
Despite this, Dunn and Shaner's attitudes could not have been better.
"At least we'll learn about different parts of the bay," Dunn said. "That's really why we're here."
I failed to mention that enlightenment is difficult to photograph without proof.
We left Marker 37 Marina just after dawn and turned southward with the idea of exploring parts of the bay Dunn and his fishing buddies usually pass at 40 mph on their way to waters with famous names.
The morning wind was light to moderate from the southeast. Water clarity was so transparent near the causeway and a little beyond there that Farah called it too clear.
Here's what Farah knew: He knew shrimp had been migrating at first light along the Intracoastal Waterway and its spoil islands. But who knows whether this pattern would hold for eight days and still be there for tournament day, when the moon would be darker.
We headed to the Bird Island area, to waters Farah said are somewhat safe from the kind of boat traffic a Saturday can bring. The boating activity on this Good Friday was greater than I'm accustomed to seeing but far below weekend levels.
Sometimes I forget that a good Monday spot is not necessarily a good Saturday spot. Before we abandoned the boat, Farah explained the lay of the bay. We had anchored near the end of spoil cabin's pier.
When these piers are installed, often the lumber is brought to the site by a shrimp boat. But these trawlers are not just for hauling materials. Sometimes their powerful engines scour a major divot at the end of the pier. I'm not saying this is right. I'm simply saying its done.
You wouldn't know this unless you witness the process or waded around these piers. The depth change can be quite dramatic, depending on the original hole and how long its been there.
We waded the grassy flat between piers, starting out with top waters and switching to soft plastics. The vektor table hadn't lied. But Farah reiterated that on tournament day, the wind and tide could be different and certainly the moon phase will have changed.
Farah showed Dunn where the depth changes and softer bottoms are, as well as how to approach some of the more productive drop-offs without spooking fish. It was a good lesson. Our stringers were not empty, once we left.
Later we targeted a stretch of the King Ranch shoreline. This is a windward shore during our prevailing winds, but heavy seagrass holds down sediment so the water generally is clear enough to spot sandy potholes.
And that's what Farah suggested they target come tournament day. The King Ranch shoreline, even though it's twenty-something miles long, is a popular fishing area on Saturday. And it's shared, often not harmoniously, by drift anglers and waders alike.
But if you get there first and find the kind of conditions we found, then the payoff can be good. To me, this is a wade spot. To the unfamiliar, much of this shoreline is nondescript. Once a guy told me to fish between the second brown cow past the yellow cabin and the next point to the north. Funny guy.
Farah suggested a couple of landmarks on the bay to take the guesswork out of Dunn's search. These grassy flats, Farah believes, are where trout lay their eggs. He said it's easy to test whether the spawn is under way.
He throws to every pothole. First cast, he might catch an 18-inch male, which is his first clue. A croaking male trout always prompts several additional cast into the same hole. He works the edges and the middle, always casting beyond the spot and allowing his lure to flutter to the sand then bouncing it up into the water column.
This mimics the movements of a sand eel, searching for a bay bottom soft enough to burrow through. Trout see sand eels as food and as threats, Farah believes.
"If there's a trout there, she can't resist," he said. "She might not take it the first time or even the second time, but eventually she's going to attack it."
We did indeed catch our biggest trout here.
Trout generally spawn from April through September. We later discovered eggs in a couple of the trout we kept.
We tried a couple more spots east of the ICW spoil islands with similar seagrass coverage and water clarity. Again, the vektor gods sneered at us. But we stomped through many parts of the bay Dunn now considers familiar. That was the point.
When they'd had enough, Farah took us to what he calls the Party Hole. We soon discovered the origin of the name when a swarm of boats began crisscrossing before our drift path.
But we caught more fish in the Party Hole than we had in any other single spot. All on glow Norton soft plastics. They weren't big trout, but several went into the box. School was out.
We turned up the music and enjoyed an hour of recess.
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A former state legislator is seeking the chairmanship of the Gwinnett GOP.
Gene Callaway, who served in the Georgia House from 1999-2003, announced his candidacy for the job at a Republican Party breakfast earlier this month, promising new ideas, energy and volunteers to the Republican cause.
Bruce LeVell, the first black man to serve in the position, stepped back from the role late last year. LeVell said the opening of another jewelry store and caring for both his elderly parents and his in-laws are keeping him from seeking another term.
"I had a great time," he said. "But it's a season. It's time to let some new blood come in and give new ideas."
Callaway said he is the man for the job, which will be determined by the delegates to the March 9 county GOP convention.
The CEO of a manufacturing company, Callaway volunteers with the city of Doraville and serves as the police department's public information officer. He is a longtime Republican volunteer who has served as sergeant at arms at both county and state conventions for the past several years.
"My background in public service, as well as my experience running my own business and working with people from all walks of life on a daily basis, makes me uniquely suited to take on the leadership of the Gwinnett GOP," Callaway said in a press release. "The Republican Party must spend the next two years spreading our message of fiscal and personal responsibility to every corner of Gwinnett, starting in those areas where Republicans traditionally have not performed well," he said. "I have never been more confident in our message or our principles, but I know that we must not overlook any voter."
Convention delegates will be elected at precinct mass meetings Feb. 9.
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Not only do legislators return to the Gold Dome on Monday, but Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash will give her annual State of the County Address on Wednesday.
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when are some of the State reps going to run for the Congress and give us a choice to vote for? I have had enough of the two that represent me in Congress. They don't vote like we want them to vote. In a Democracy, you should have a choice, else we start voting Democrat. We seem to have a one party system now anyway.


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She's not going to enjoy his new album, "Heroes." Nelson is at it again, drawing songs from diverse sources and collaborating with some unexpected guests.
Nelson has been on the planet for the better part of eight decades, and for six of those, he has been a recording artist. Quantity doesn't always speak to quality, but Nelson must be more than a shower singer to have racked up more than 60 studio albums and sales estimated to top 75 million copies. With a track record like that and a similarly impressive touring history, it's little wonder that on this album, Nelson sounds relaxed.
He also seems comfortable with the musical company he keeps, including collaborating artists that span several generations. There are old friends like Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson and Ray Price, newer friends like Sheryl Crow, Nelson's two sons, and amazingly enough, rapper Snoop Dogg.
"Heroes" sounds like a group of friends getting together to sing some old country classics, some nearly as old as Nelson himself. But the group covers newer ground now. It was quite a surprise to hear Nelson covering Coldplay's "The Scientist."
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While OMA is busy finalising designs for a new home for the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, the arts organisation has temporarily moved into a pavilion with cardboard columns by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban (+ slideshow). More »
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Water Temple Student Workshop
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The students and tutor of an architecture workshop in Ljubljana have built a wedge-shaped wooden pavilion containing a tiny pool of water and logs acting as stepping stones. More »
"Architecture is a discipline that speaks
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To coincide with the final weeks of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, here's an interview we filmed at the opening in May with Pierre de Meuron of architects Herzog & de Meuron, in which he talks to Dezeen about how the pavilion was realised in cork to appeal to all the senses and "not only your eyes". More »
Khor I temporary theatre
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Visitors to this temporary theatre in the Netherlands designed by TAAT perform their own play by reading from wooden cubes based on Buddhist prayer wheels. More »
"I'm a passionate architect... I do not work
for money" - Peter Zumthor
As Peter Zumthor has this week been named as the recipient of this year's Royal Gold Medal for architecture, here's another chance to watch the movie interview Dezeen filmed with him last summer, in which he told us "I'm a passionate architect and I think it's a beautiful profession." Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More »
Greenhouse at Grüningen Botanical Garden
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Steel trees with sprawling branches support the glass roof of this greenhouse in Switzerland by Buehrer Wuest Architekten (+ slideshow). More »
Russian Pavilion at the Venice
Architecture Biennale 2012
Every surface inside the top floor of the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale is covered in QR codes, which visitors decode using tablet computers to explore ideas for a new Russian city dedicated to science. More »
by CLP Architectes
This woodland observatory by architecture collective CLP Architectes is a patchwork of square wooden panels and windows. More »
Harvest Pavilion
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This pavilion by Beijing studio Vector Architects is used to wash and prepare crops during the harvest at a farm in rural China (+ slideshow). More »
Porsche Pavilion
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Architects Swatt Miers have suspended three glass pavilions over the edge of a valley in northern California (+ slideshow). More »
Memento by
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Narrow slits provide entrances to this circular pavilion by Belgian artist Wesley Meuris outside the Flemish town of Borgloon. More »
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These tree house-like cabins by Thai designer Worapong Manupipatpong are built up around the column of a building rather than over the branches of a tree. More »
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This doughnut-shaped pavilion by Scottish artist Aeneas Wilder offers visitors a view across the landscape of Limburg, Belgium, from behind a ring of wooden slats (+ slideshow). More »
Paleys upon Pilers
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The 2012 Olympic games begin today and this latticed timber hut on stilts by Hackney architects Studio Weave now marks the direct route from the City of London to the Olympic Park. More »
Pavilion for Tate Liverpool by David Adjaye
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Dezeen Wire: British architect David Adjaye and American artist Doug Aitken have revealed designs for a bitumen-coated pavilion that will be constructed at the Tate Liverpool gallery this autumn. More »
The Bergen Safe House by Max Rink,
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The charred exterior of this temporary pavilion in Bergen, Norway, references 16 major fires that have taken place in the city since the twelfth century. More »
Coca-Cola Beatbox by Asif Khan
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FIREFIGHTERS in Burton and South Derbyshire are to strike for the second time in the space of a month.
Crews will down tools again on October 19 as their row with the Government regarding proposed changes to pensions rumbles on.
Following the four-hour strike on September 25, firefighters will this time walk out for an extra hour.
Services will be disrupted between 6.30pm and 11.30pm.
Following the first round of strikes, the Fire Brigades Union called on the Government to return to the negotiating table, but have taken the decision only a fortnight later the announce the next wave of action.
Ahead of the lastest strikes, fire chiefs have relased information and advice to the public in a bid to reduce emergencty calls.
During last month's strikes, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service reported that it received no emergency calls, with bosses hoping for the same this time around.
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service area manager Bryan Bennett said: "As demonstrated during the industrial action which took place in September, Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service will still be responding to 999 calls, albeit at a reduced level.
"Once again we are asking members of the public to take extra steps to reduce the risk of a fire breaking out in their home and to take extra care when driving on the roads during this time.
"We would like to reiterate that everyone needs to take extra care to prevent emergencies from occurring during the strike period, whether at home, travelling or whilst at work."


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You can have your opinion, but don't come in and pretend to be an authority with incorrect facts.
Wes Johnson is currently making 38 percent of his 3-pointers. He leads the Timberwolves in 3-point attempts.
Actually, Jim Boeheim said earlier this year that if Riley hadn't gotten hurt, the plan was to redshirt Keita. So that was coming from the coach; not me.
I agree on the negativity. I almost didn't respond to that question because it was such a downer. Enjoy the 9-0 start!
Yeah, I meant matchup zone.
I guess the women could play in the second half of a doubleheader, but I think it would be embarrassing to watch 25,000 people leave the Dome as the girls take the court. I just don't see it happening.
Good catch. I meant to say biggest lead to that point in the game. We got it corrected for the story that ran in most editions of the paper.
In the box scores that I looked at, Thornton didn't start.
The Chris Allen/Chris Hill thing was my fault. Total brain freeze. Still waiting for the day I write Howard Triche instead of Brandon.
We don't usually have a videographer at road games. We are able to post all of Coach Boeheim's post-game press conferences at home games, but only rarely on the road.
I'll try to add to the twitter updates to give you (and the other twitter followers) a better idea of the action on the court. Thanks for the note.
Steviej215, The team typically tries to practice at the Carrier Dome the day before a home game. The rest of the time is spent at the Melo Center.
The Eastern All-Stars didn't play any of the other college teams. Actually, none of the college teams played each other. The college teams all played teams from the Bahamas.
In defense of my colleague, Lindsay Kramer, I think some of the posters here have missed the point of his blog entry.
Lindsay isn't being petty or whiny in his critique of how the Nationals handled Stephen Strasburg in regards to his media availability.
As ESPN's Buster Olney said in a recent story that I wrote about Strasburg, Strasburg's lack of interaction with the media isn't preparing the Phenom for what he'll soon experience at the major-league level. Olney said that major-league players understand that dealing with the media on a daily basis is part of their job. Just as much as film study and conditioning. Strasburg goes to the majors not knowing any of that part of his job.
As for the assertion by some posters that Lindsay is bitter about being denied a chance to further his career or write an award-winning story, I say you don't understand the mindset of a good reporter. Lindsay, myself and the rest of the staff at the Post-Standard are interested first and foremost in providing the best possible coverage for our readers. I could care less about awards. I do care about the people who turn to the Post-Standard for their information.
In trying to overcome the lack of access to Strasburg, the Post-Standard went to great lengths. I went to Harrisburg; along with a photographer and videographer, to cover his last Double-A start. Bud Poliquin had a wonderful interview with Tony Gwynn. Lindsay Kramer wrote about the 80-year-old fan who came out to see Strasburg two days before Strasburg's first Triple-A start. We covered every one of Strasburg's starts; both home and on the road. And that's just a snippet of the coverage we provided.
Thboy wanted to know what I would have asked Strasburg given the opportunity.
I would have liked to ask Strasburg about how he generates the power in that 100 mph fastball. What was the last pitch he developed in his 4-pitch arsenal? What turned him into an overweight college freshman into a well-conditioned pitching phenom? What impact did Tony Gwynn have on his development?
All of these "non-game'' questions were forbidden in Strasburg's post-game press conferences.
I wish Stephen good luck in his career. I don't think he needs it. He's a top-notch pitcher. His teammates; both in Harrisburg and Syracuse, tell me he's a top-notch guy, too. I wouldn't know. Never got a chance to know him.
Hi folks,
I understand why everyone would like to forget Syracuse's loss to Butler. Unfortunately, all the rosters, results, stats and other miscellaneous items you find on our website's basketball page comes from our subscription to a service.
I checked into this last year after receiving some complaints about SU's loss to Oklahoma remaining on the site. There's nothing I/we/the Post-Standard can do about it.
In recent years, walk-ons Justin Thomas and Tyrone Albright have worn the No. 2.
The USBWA award is different from the AP award. There are several coach of the year awards. The Naismith Award, given out by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club, is another one of the major coaching awards.
As a long-time member of the USBWA, I regard that award as a very prestigious honor because it comes from an organization specifically devoted to college basketball.
The Gonzaga players had been on Eastern time for five days. That's plenty of time for 21-year-olds to adjust. Plus, they had played a game on Friday.
The turnaround from midnight Friday (players probably weren't in bed until 2 a.m.) to noon Sunday was pertinent because it seemed like poor treatment of a No. 1 seed. Normally, the NCAA protects 1-seeds.
Now, SU has to go from Sunday in Buffalo to Thursday in Salt Lake City. It's something the Orange players can deal with, but Duke's draw was certainly preferable.
That's cold, JB. Real cold.
Wow. I'm taking some hits on here. Time to respond.
That's a big if, especially if Syracuse remains without Arinze Onuaku. It'll be hard for Rick Jackson and others to be physical when they're worried about getting into foul trouble.
First, I'd like to meet your grandmother. Sounds like a savvy lady. Second, chalk generally wins office pools. You make a few smart upset picks in the first or second rounds, but by the time you get to the Elite 8 or Final Four, chalk rules the day. The trick is determining whether a 1-seed or a 2-seed; or possibly a 3 or a 4, makes it to the Final Four.
(And Clemente plays much tougher defense than Reynolds.)
Your definition of "objective'' is different than mine. You seem to want me to pick Syracuse to win it all. That's not objective. That person's called "a homer.''
I hear you on Louisville beating The School That Shall Not Be Named. It's not a bad pick. I just didn't know if Louisville, which has been up and down this year, could put together two good games in a row.
I thought I was being kinda nice in coming on and offering an explanation. Not good enough for you.
This is a basketball blog. Not a dance competition blog. Not a spelling bee blog.
The Legends Classic is an early season basketball tournament.
It's along the same lines as a Coaches vs. Cancer Classic or the CBE Classic; both of which Syracuse has participated in over the last two years.
Can you email me? Not because I've got an ego (really DrSideline?), but because I need to be able to contact you.
I really like your story and I want to include it in an article for next week's paper.
Gilley's burned down? No! I was hoping to have a few beers with Sissy and Bud.


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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico State women's tennis team hits the road for the final time this season as the Aggies have three matches in California this week beginning with a matchup versus Cal State Northridge on Tuesday, March 25, in Northridge, Calif., at 3 p.m. (MDT). The Aggies then travel to Irvine, Calif., to meet UC Irvine on Wednesday, March 26, also at 3 p.m., before heading to Fullerton, Calif., on Friday, March 28, to face off against Cal State Fullerton at 2:30 p.m.
NM State heads to California with a 5-9 dual-match record this spring season. The Aggies are coming off a split of two matches against their main rivals. NM State lost to in-state rival and 66th-ranked New Mexico, 6-1, at the NM State Tennis Center on Friday, March 21. The Aggies rebounded by picking up their first win on an opponent's court this season, defeating I-10 rival UTEP, 4-3, on Sunday, March 23, at the El Paso Tennis Center.
Sophomore Ashvarya Shrivastava won both her singles' matches over the weekend. She has now won a career-high eight-consecutive singles' matches. Her eight-straight wins are also a team-high for consecutive wins this season for NM State. Shrivastava is 10-3 overall during spring dual-match action.
Cal State Northridge is 7-6 on the season, with all seven wins coming at the Matador Tennis Complex. The Matadors are coming off a 4-3 win versus Boise State on Sunday, March 23. The Aggies suffered a 4-1 road loss against Cal State Northridge a season ago.
UC Irvine is 9-5 on the season and has won six-consecutive matches, all at the Anteater Tennis Center where they are 6-2. The Anteaters' sixth win of the streak came on Saturday, March 22, a 5-2 victory over Wyoming. UC Irvine shut out NM State at home last season, 7-0. The Anteaters play Santa Clara before meeting the Aggies.
The Cal State Fullerton Titans, meanwhile, are 5-11 during spring play, including 5-6 at the Titan Tennis Courts. The Titans will have over a week off before facing NM State as they last played on Thursday, March 20, a 4-3 loss in a tightly-contested match with Wyoming. Cal State Fullerton also defeated the Aggies in 2013 as NM State lost 6-1 in Fullerton.


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Belton (December 1, 2012) -- The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor women's basketball team opened the game with a 14-2 run but could not hold on as LeTourneau University heated up in the second half as the Yellow Jackets pulled out a 72-69 victory over the Cru Saturday evening in Belton. The loss drops the UMHB women to 1-4 overall and 0-1 in American Southwest Conference play on the season. LeTourneau improves to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the ASC with the victory.
The Cru dominated early, building that 14-2 lead. LeTourneau battled back and cut the lead to 28-26 with 55 seconds left in the half. UMHB scored five straight, including Taylor Tucker's three-pointer at the buzzer to take a 33-26 halftime lead. The Cru led by as many as 11 points in the second half and held a 58-49 edge with 7:24 remaining. LeTourneau scored the next seven points and finally tied the game at 60 with 4:59 to go. The Yellow Jackets took their first lead at 64-62 with 2:58 left. Kourtney Bevers three-pointer put UMHB up 67-64 with 1:27 on the clock and UMHB was up 69-66 with 33 seconds left. Andrea Ashley's three-pointer tied it at 69 and LeTourneau iced the game with three free-throws as the Cru turned the ball over twice in the final 12 seconds.
Taylor Tucker led UMHB with 23 points and she also pulled down 11 rebounds. Jovana Miles added 17 points and 17 boards and Macy Moore also reached double figures with 10 points. The Cru shot just 32 percent from the field and turned the ball over 21 times. UMHB out rebounded the Yellow Jackets 61-40 in the loss.
Ashley Fajardo and Jessica Manas led LeTourneau with 15 points apiece. Ashley added nine points and a team-best eight rebounds. The Yellow Jackets hit 8-18 from three-point range in the second half and shot 37 percent from the field overall.
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Lawmakers called on the government on Monday to investigate a brawl between soldiers and police officers in northern Sulawesi that left eight people wounded.
The incident, in the early hours of Sunday, involved members of the Gorontalo Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) unit and soldiers from the Army's Kostrad strategic reserve command.
Six soldiers and two Brimob officers were hurt in the violence. Four of the soldiers suffered gunshot wounds and the two others had slash wounds. The two Brimob members were injured by stones thrown at them.
The brawl in Gorontalo province caught the attention of lawmakers in Jakarta.
"This incident will encourage people to use violence to solve their problems. House Commission III demands that this be handled seriously," said Nasir Djamil, the deputy chairman of the House of Representatives commission that oversees legal affairs.
The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker said he believed the brawl was prompted by a dispute over sources of revenue.
"It also shows the failure of the leaders of those units to maintain discipline," he said. "I hope that the leadership of both the Kostrad and the Brimob in Gorontalo is evaluated and, if there are cases of negligence or fighting over sources of revenues, that they be dismissed."
Hajriyanto Thohari, deputy chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), said links between the police and military needed to be better regulated.
The Golkar Party official said that following the separation of the two forces in 1999, ties between the police and military were characterized by squabbles over money and territory. He said the military, charged with defending the nation, had a smaller day-to-day role than the police.
Mahfudz Siddiq, a PKS lawmaker who heads House Commission I, which oversees defense and security, demanded that the National Police and military "study the root cause of clashes between their personnel" because the Gorontalo incident was only the tip of the iceberg.
He said there should be no significant differences in the welfare of police officers and soldiers, that their duties did not overlap, and efforts should be made to improve discipline and professionalism in both forces.
And quick and appropriate law enforcement in disputes involving the police and military, he added, would act as a deterrent to future problems.
Indonesian Military (TNI) spokesman Rear Adm. Iskandar Sitompul called on soldiers not to allow themselves to be dragged into conflicts. "The TNI headquarters regrets the incident," he said. "We should keep a cool head in settling this case. No one should be provoked."
He said military and police leaders at the provincial and district levels were holding meetings to discuss the incident.
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Country and you, for lack of a better words, others,
Having grown up in rural Oregon, you give "country" a bad name, but then you're in good company here. None of you can think in context; you'd all rather wallow in imagined conspiracies than deal with a few key facts such as: a) the basic dynamics of economic success around the world has not changed in the last century, which is still that advanced education still is the best indicator of a better job, higher earnings, better health care, and better standard of living; b) the cost of educating a student has not gone up much in the last thirty years, but the level of state support for education has plummeted since the boomers came of age with the advent of tax revolts and a basic abandonment of infrastructure support; c) higher education funding has shifted from collective support to personal indebtedness in those last three decades because, and I know this is heresy to speak, education is not simply an economic transaction and it doesn't work like a business. If it did, business would be doing this, but it doesn't (except to scam federal money from unwitting students) because education is not about profit but about learning. This problem is not about "King Obama" or esoteric learning or any of the other ridiculous explanations above. It's become a massive problem in this country, western Europe, and Canada as conservative governments turn their collective back on the next generations (plural at this point). Moo all you want, country; it's an apt analogy to the most populous species in Tillamook County.
As for land grant schools that are also flagship schools, there are a number--Nebraska, Wisconsin, Ohio State--but they are exceptional in several respects. Let's face, the state of Oregon screwed up a long long time ago by establishing the OUS (an anachronism in the country at large) and managing the two main schools for minimal redundancy, thereby artificially making each less than the sum of its parts. The main problem is the way provincial rivalries among the schools have been institutionalized in the OUS in a way that has led to the Oregonian reacting with horror at the idea of a flagship school and various members of the OUS insisting, as I heard on OPB one morning, that "every school" can lay claim to being the flagship school. These are the attitudes that make my colleagues at Stanford, UW, and other places laugh at the state of Oregon as a joke, and they do . . . with good reason. It's painful but true.
Also UC Berkeley, but that doesn't negate the basic insight that this state's best schools are in Eugene and Corvallis.
Agreed. The Oregonian follows lock-step in the dumb march toward mediocrity that Salem has mastered by refusing to embrace the idea of a flagship, a problem no other state has. In reality the OUS has institutionalized the campus rivalries since the 1930s, and that's why the state of Oregon's two main (real) research universities have lagged behind their neighbors. I got two degrees from UO before heading off to UW for my PhD. UO could be so so so much more if Salem gave it its freedom, but the governor and legislature lack the intelligence and vision to see what's possible, and the OUS is constructed and peopled in a way to thwart academic success.
False economy. Things like light rail, bike paths, and pedestrian bridges contribute to efficient traffic. As for the anti-government rant, it doesn't work with roads. Setting aside pike roads, which are rare because few can be constructed in a way that is both convenient and profitable, you need local, regional, state, and federal entities to build and maintain the transportation systems we desire. There is no viable private alternative.
Uh, Aldo, it's called basic physics: heavier vehicles cause greater wear on road surfaces than light vehicles, and this insight has guided licensing practice everywhere for a very long time. It's why trucks are licensed according to how many axels they have and taxed by the weight. Besides, turnaround seems fair play given that Congress went out of its way in the 1980s to create exemptions from CAFE standards so Detroit could sell more expensive SUVs and the petroleum industry could sell more gas. Governments craft policy all the time to encourage some industries and not others--that's been a core feature of every tariff debate in this country going back to the 1790s--so there is nothing unusual or deviant about governments trying to craft policies to encourage lighter, more fuel efficient vehicles.
Agreed on all points, not to mention that a) this requires an immense capital investment in technologies that are not tamper proof, b) mileage taxes are disproportionately penal on working-class drivers who usually live farther from their work in urban areas, and c) the policy might encourage more companies to outsource their service vehicle fleets, thus shifting tax costs to contract employees. I think the IDEA of taxing usage has some merit, but the PRACTICE seems to incur more costs, both intended and otherwise, than benefits. Besides, the gas tax really isn't that much of a culprit; it's more how it has been used or not used to improve transportation that has long been the main point of contention, and speaking as someone who has lived in a different country, US drivers are still the most subsidized group of drivers in the world. Just try to buy gasoline in Japan, Canada, or Europe and then see how you feel about American gas taxes.
Okay, I bit my tongue on this early, but now it's time to intervene. Rusty Datsun and nwokie: if you really do believe that Amerindians, Native Americans, and Europeans constitute different "species," which is what both of you imply, then you're not only missing the point but technically wrong.
Well, in that case we mostly agree, although I'm not sure others make such subtle distinctions. The one caveat I would suggest is that there may be good navigational reasons (emphasis on "may") for a study so big, expensive ships don't run into big, expensive accidents involving such debris. Emphasis on "may".
Rusty Datsun (Oxidized Nissan?),
Touché, but does any of this actually pertain to quagga and zebra mussels? I know it's a lot to ask for the comments section of this "newspaper," but can anyone stay focused on the issue at hand? Is it possible to have a considered discussion of the ecological problems of exotic species, or is everything simply fodder for clichéd left-right banter?
Forgive me, jaybug45, but what's your point?
I tend to agree with the argument that oceanic drift is a natural process, and that in any case there is very little we can do about it. The article was about more than the washed up dock, however, and the analogy to the Great Lakes is valid, although not necessarily with the lamprey insight. Humans tinker with nature all the time, and we currently have a number of examples of introduced species (kudzu, snakehead fish, Asian beetles, a little shrimp in Flathead Lake) that cause lots of economic damage. As the article noted, two of the biggest threats are quagga and zebra mussels, both of which were found on imported boats last week. That story is cause for concern, and the history of the Great Lakes are worth study in this case because those species have drained public resources to deal with the ecological damage (including the management of power and sewer systems) wrought by private parties that largely externalized such costs. If you understand the impact quagga and zebra mussels would have on the management of the hydroelectric system in the Columbia Basin, all the way from Montana and Wyoming to the Willamette and Cowlitz, then you won't be so universally dismissive about this subject.
BULL! The Wisconsin retirement system was fully funded. There was no--Zero--fiscal crisis in the state caused by public unions. Walker was given marching orders by ALEC, and the cause was funded by the Koch brothers and a small group of rightwing zealots in the legislature. Wisconsin's public unions were anything but the blood-sucking public parasites that get broad-brushed by you creeps who know nothing--NOTHING--about the details of that state. I watched friends who were actually moderate Republicans get pilloried by the right when they had the temerity to point out that the entire attach was framed and funded by ALEC, so do not try to tell me that I don't get it. As for California, yeah, right, the education system is so woeful that most of the world would kill to have a university as important and valuable as UCLA or UC Berkeley. It is true that the primary and secondary systems have been bled dry, but blame for this stems not from unions, which I'm personally not very fond of, but from Prop 13 and subsequent voter initiative idiocy that has made California close to ungovernable because of lack of funding and lack of sovereignty. Wallow in your paranoid fears of the people who teach your kids, manage the power system for half the state, patrol the streets, and so on. Californians got worked up into a mightily righteous state before voting for Prop 13 in 1978, thinking it would help the average Californian. In truth it was a boon to commercial real estate and corporations, but the average home owner saw budgets for community social services implode, and renters were totally screwed. So work up all the rage you want. Just keep your eye on the shiny thing being dangled in front of your noses by the folks on Fox. Your politics are dumb and shortsighted as in 1978, and it will ultimately come back to haunt you as surely as it has already come to roost in Josephine County. Nothing is simple, and the present problems with sovereignty and funding in Oregon certainly have multiple causes, but this righteous fixation with public unions is as screwed up and off base as anything I've ever seen.
Yeah, keep blaming other people as you put the gun to your head. We'll all blame the pea's when the schools implode, the prisoners go free, the emergency calls don't get answered, and the social infrastructures break down because, you know, it's all a public conspiracy. I'm sure the private sphere will pick up all the slack.
Yeah, and if you say class doesn't matter in America long enough the idiots might even believe it. Defund everything associated with "public," insist all regulation is bad, and call working Americans "the Left." Yeah, that's the ticket. Buffoons.
Where is Paul Linnman when you need him? Oh, yeah, safely on radio.
Dear Mr. McIntyre,
I'm not sure whether this is a whiny rant against wealthy people or just a poor job of parody, ála Jonathon's Swift's let's-eat-children essay. In any case, where should I start?
A) It's called Leland Stanford Junior University: It's named for the robber baron's deceased son, not himself.
B) The heyday of the modern university was not during the Gilded Age of wealthy benefactors but the postwar era in which states and federal governments (North America and Europe) invested in higher education and saw tremendous benefits from a more educated body politic.
C) The animus against Phil Knight and Tim Boyle is misplaced. Their criticism of Salem and the OUS comes at the far end of three decades of neglect and managing for mediocrity
D) The proposals put forth to free UO and OSU from Salem and the OUS are not effort to privatize these institutions. They are mostly efforts to establish local governing boards that will be far more knowledgeable and responsible about the academic demands of particular institutions than the OUS has ever demonstrated, and at most they are efforts to turn particular institutions into "public corporations" such as OHSU, the University of Michigan, and the University of Virginia, none of which is truly private. The idea that the one percent want to buy schools is silly and outdated, and, besides, Oregon doesn't have enough deep pockets to "buy" anything, let alone UO or OSU.
Blah blah blah. This is the sort of simplistic, it's-all-a-conspiracy-of-irresponsible-elites that seems particularly popular among web commenters for this paper. In fact the problems are far more complex and rooted far far less in what the universities do than in the vector of legislative and OUS governance over the last three decades. If you want a more informed sense of relative costs, why money dried up, and why it's not coming back, then listen to a recording of a recent special joint committee of the House and Senate in Salem on the issue of higher education funding and governance. You might learn something: http://www.leg.state.or.us/listn/archive/archive.2011i/JUG-201205100900.ram
You're whistling in the dark. Even the legislators on the committees in charge of higher education admit that funding is not coming back. Listen to a recent meeting of a special joint committee of the House and Senate on this issue. At one point a couple legislators concede exactly what you insist isn't the case: http://www.leg.state.or.us/listn/archive/archive.2011i/JUG-201205100900.ram
I love buffoonish bigotry


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Shopping at Whole Foods on a budget
I went to the new Whole Foods in pasadena today and was pretty shocked by most of the prices. It seems like i would have to be a plastic surgeon to be able to afford shopping there. Do any of you guys think its possible to shop at WF regulary on a budget?
re: Cathy
I am glad I am not the only one who does my shopping at multiple stores. Typically, I will go to at least three. My SO gives me a hard time about this, saying the gas expense and time do not make it worth it, but just today I made a special stop at store on the way home from another grocer because they had Luna bars $.50 cheaper perbar than our regular grocer. That extra 10 minutes saved me $15 on a two week supply of Luna Bars. Definitely worth it IMO.
Back to the original question, for me, it would be out of my budget to do all of my regular grocery shopping exclusively at WF, but I am able to regularly shop there for select items that are available only at WF. For instance, I love WF bulk section and regularly take advantage, but their deli is much more expensive than a deli located at another grocer I shop at, so I skip the deli when at WF.
re: ArikaDawn
<Do any of you guys think its possible to shop at WF regulary on a budget?> Haha! I guess if you have a very big budget you could, but like Cathy and Arika I am a "Grocery Hound". I get my circulars out and compare prices, then make my list with a code for each store and the offered price. If I am at "A" store for avocados @ 5 for a $1, and planning to go to store "B" for chicken @ 69¢ per lb., but store "A" has the same thing, same brand for 59¢, I get it there.
I also like the bulk items. I love pumpkin seeds, and get them raw, bring them home and roast them myself. I also like the cheeses, and sometimes I can get good deals on some of the spices. The 365 brands are usually competitive. It's really good to go on a weekend, so you can browse and taste the samples they have throughout the store. I have jokingly told my daughters that if they are ever broke and hungry go to WF on Sat. I also like the produce, and one of the big draws is they have things I can't always find at major chain stores. Also if you see something that you are unfamiliar with you can ask them for a taste of it, and they will oblige.
If your grocery store has an organic section, you should look at it and compare the prices. There was one particular bread that I used to get at WF for a high price, but then found it at my favorite store for less, in the organic section.
It's pretty tough. We haven't been in a few months now, instead deciding we can except in rare cases get by with whatever we can get from Trader Joe's and increasingly a couple of small stores near us, and the supermarket chain as a last resort. Of course, it helped that we had our CSA delivery all summer and fall (this upcoming Friday is our last one, though) so we haven't had to buy too much additional produce since the end of May.
Still, the trick is to check it out carefully and find the things that are decently priced. They have some loss leaders in there, or used to. In our case the Trader Joe's is nearby, and so is an outpost of the largest local grocer (Giant Eagle), so on certain items they price competitively. This went down to even pricing for example the one variety of Kiss My Face shower gel (yes, not food, but example of pricing) that TJ's carried actually lower than TJ's, although they continued to rip you off for any other variety. ;-) I buy cold cereal and remember that our WF had certain varieties at everyday lower prices than the regular supermarket and others would be on good sale occasionally. So the trick is to scope this out and limit yourself to stuff that can't be found elsewhere or is actually at a competitive price. If WF is significantly more convenient for you, you can allow yourself a bit more by figuring in the gas and time spent getting to the cheaper but less convenient places.
One other big reason we stopped going to WF (which we used to do after almost every TJ's run) is that we had a habit of making a run at the prepared foods area and couldn't get out of there without dropping at least 20 bucks just on that. We had to curtail that particularly, and the easiest way is to just not go. Since the last time we went to WF, we haven't actually needed anything we couldn't get elsewhere.
re: CrazyOne
I quit shopping at WF when the traffic became too narly to handle, but I always shop on a budget and I relied on them for bulk items [nuts, flours, noodles, rice, honey] and 365 label staples like canned tomatoes, oils and nut butters. They had a nice selection of canned fish that was more expensive than what I could find locally but the quality made up for the difference. I remember their spices as being quite overpriced, I get organic vanilla on eBay for a fraction of what they charge. But in the produce section they had live basil plants for just a few dollars, much cheaper than Krogers and Albertson's little bitty containers of herbs. Bottom line, stay away from prepared foods.
re: dishchrista
Thanks for the advice, especially about the organic vanilla on eBay,
re: aspiring chef shane
I should have said organic vanilla beans. Pop them in a bottle of vodka and wait a month for extract.
I shop at Whole Foods weekly and rarely spend over $40. I buy vegetables, cheese, bread and the occasional specialty item (rice paper, tamarind paste).
I spend an equal amount weekly in the summer at the farmer's market. While I would rather spend that money locally, I need vegetables in the winter too!
They don't call it Whole Paycheck for nothin!
I make a run about once a month. Like the others, I look for sales and 365 brand, and I know my prices pretty well, especially those items that are also available at Trader Joe's.There are a few things that they have that are difficult to find elsewhere so I stock up when I get there. I allow myself one "indulgence" and get out under $50 (usually).
re: coney with everything
That's what we do too - I like their 365 brand Italian sparkling water, olive oil, some canned beans - and at least in Manhattan, their prices on dairy items are very good. I also like to buy boneless chicken thighs there, because I rarely see them elsewhere.
as everyone has said, if you're careful then you can actually do very well at whole foods. i buy a lot of their own-brand 365 items (pasta, sauces, canned fish, nut butters, cereal, frozen veg, etc), which are just as good or better than most competing brands and also generally much cheaper. i don't buy much produce or meat/seafood, though like MMRuth says, their dairy section is very competitive for nyc. milk, butter, eggs, yogurt - all are a better value (even organic/free range) than at any other supermarket.


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ORONO, MAINE – Senior guard Alvin Abreu (Lynn, Mass.) posted 15 points, but the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team fell to the University of Maine, 71-58, on Wednesday night at Alfond Arena.
The Black Bears improve to 12-15 overall and 6-9 in America East play while the Wildcats snap a four game winning streak and drop to 12-15 and 6-9 in league action.
Abreu collected America East Player of the Game honors for UNH, finishing with four boards, three assists and two steals.
Brian Benson (Rochester, N.Y.) added 14 points and seven rebounds. Chandler Rhoads (Berryville, Va.) and Ferg Myrick (Philadelphia, Pa.) rounded out UNH's double-digit scorers with 13 points apiece. Rhoads chipped with seven boards and five helpers.
Maine's Gerald McLemore led all scorers with 16 points while also adding three steals and two rebounds to his line.
After trading baskets early, Maine created some separation when Alasdair Fraser canned a jumper and Andrew Rogers sank baskets on consecutive possessions to push the lead to six, 15-9, with 13:50 remaining in the first half.
The 'Cats struck back to cut the deficit to one, 19-18, after Rhoads hit a jumper in the paint and Benson drained a three from the top of the key with 6:16 left in the first frame.
Mike Allison would sink a pair of free throws on the ensuing possession, but Scott Morris (Walkersville, Md.) drained a trey to even the score at 23-23. Fraser broke the deadlocked tie with a jumper to take back the advantage, but it was quickly lost when Rhoads sank a 3-pointer from the left wing to give UNH its first lead of the contest, 24-23, at 3:43.
The Black Bears reclaimed the lead with a 6-0 scoring spurt to close out the half, as Justin Edwards buried 4 of 4 shots from the free throw line and Raheem Singleton sank a floater in the lane to give Maine the 29-25 edge heading into the locker room. Rhoads led the Wildcats with nine points at the break while Fraser led the Black Bears with eight.
Maine opened the second half just as strong, posting a 7-3 run, with Gerald McLemore kicking off the stretch by sinking a layup and a 3-pointer from the baseline to put the Black Bears on top, 36-28, with 15:59 left in regulation.
New Hampshire came back to trim the lead down to two, 40-38, putting together a 10-4 scoring run that was capped off with an Abreu fastbreak layup at 13:00. Myrick helped fuel the run, notching four points during the 2:36 stretch.
Edwards helped keep UNH at bay going 3 of 4 from the line on back-to-back possessions; setting up a 12-4 run that gave the Black Bears their largest lead of game, 52-42. Maine led the rest of the way, polishing off the stretch with five unanswered, as Fraser buried a layup and Singleton canned a layup from the left side for two and the hard at 7:18.
The Wildcats return to action when they round out the regular season against Binghamton on Sunday, Feb. 26 (1 p.m.) at Lundholm Gymnasium. The game will be broadcast live on WBIN-TV.