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Devil's food cupcakes
Cooking timePrep: 20 mins Cook: 25 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsMakes 16
These sponges with a cream cheese topping are light yet wonderfully chocolatey
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition per cupcake
- kcalories
- 388
- protein
- 3g
- carbs
- 53g
- fat
- 20g
- saturates
- 12g
- fibre
- 1g
- sugar
- 43g
- salt
- 0.39g
- 50g cocoa powder
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 175g plain flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 225g caster sugar
- 175g unsalted butter, softened
For the frosting
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 200g cream cheese, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 400g icing sugar, sifted
- small handful silver balls or sprinkles, for decoration
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- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line 2 muffin tins with 16 paper muffin cases. Whisk together 175ml boiling water with the cocoa powder in a medium-sized bowl until smooth. Allow the mixture to cool until it reaches room temperature (put it in the freezer to speed it up), then whisk it with the eggs and vanilla.
- In an electric mixer, combine the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda and sugar. Mix on a low speed for 30 secs, then add one-third of the cocoa liquid and softened butter. Keep mixing on a low speed, then turn up to medium high and beat for 1 min. Add the remaining liquid in 3 batches, beating each one for 30 secs. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula and mix one more time. Fill the cupcake liners three-quarters full and bake for 20 mins, then remove and let them cool in the tin.
- To make the frosting, beat the butter and cream cheese for 2-3 mins until creamy, then add the vanilla. While still mixing, pour in the sugar in 4 batches, beating each time to fully combine. Beat for a further min, then chill for 2 hrs.
- Swirl the frosting over the cooled cupcakes and decorate with silver balls or whatever you like.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2011
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I didn't make the frosting but the cupcakes were to die for! Amazing taste and stayed moist for several days in an airtight container. They also smelled unbelievable! Two questions- could you use milk instead of water? And do these freeze well (without frosting)?
Using my Tefal cupcake tray, I only got 12 cupcakes out of this, but what magical things they were! Have been flooded for requests so will be making another batch this week. Thanks BBC.
lovely light fluffy cakes, one of the best tasting chocolate cake recipes i've ever tried. However, they did sink in the middle severely. Luckily you couldnt tell once id put the icing on. After reading other reviews here about the icing i used my own frosting recipe. Will definitely make again but will perhaps turn the heat down a bit to try and prevent sinking.
Well I just the icing out the fridge after over two hours and it's still as runny as hell! Gonna have to make an alternative icing using just double cream and icing sugar as that should hold together better. Really really disappointed with the icing, feel like I just wasted the ingredients. As the for the cake itself, it's absolutely gorgeous!


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The Parasympathetic Nervous System
The main nerves of the parasympathetic system is the tenth cranial nerve, the vagus nerves. They have their origin in the medulla oblongata. Other preganglionic parasympathetic neurons also extend from the lower part of the brain and spinal cord.
The main nerves of the parasympathetic system is the tenth cranial nerve, the vagus nerves. They have their origin in the medulla oblongata. Other preganglionic parasympathetic neurons also extend from the lower part of the brain and spinal cord.
Each neuron preganglionic parasympathetic neurons synapse with postganglionic few that are close to – or – the effector organ, muscle or gland. Acetylcholine (ACH) is the neurotransmitter in all the above and most of the postganglionic parasympathetic neurons. But some of the postganglionic neurons release nitric oxide (NO) as neurotransmitter.
The physiologist, Nobel laureate Otto Loewi discovered (in 1920) that the effect of stimulation of both sympathetic and parasympathetic mediated by chemicals released. He took the beating heart of the frog, and the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves intact. As expected, stimulation of the initial acceleration of the heart, while stimulation of the other is slower.
Loewi discovered that these two reactions that occur in a frog's heart comes with a second salt solution comes from the heart stimulated. Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve leading to the heart first, not only slowed the pace, but soon after, and the second heart slowed. The substance responsible was later shown that acetylcholine. During sympathetic stimulation, the adrenaline (frog) released.
parasympathetic stimulation causes
* Slow heart rate (as demonstrated by Loewi)
* Reduced blood pressure
* Constriction of pupils
* Increased blood flow to the skin and internal organs
* Gastro-intestinal peristalsis
In summary, parasympathetic system returns the body to function normally after being changed by sympathetic stimulation. In times of danger, the sympathetic system prepares the body for violent activity. The parasympathetic system reverses these changes when the danger is past.
Vagus nerve also helps to keep inflammation under control. Inflammation stimulates sensory neurons near the vagus nerve. When these nerve impulses when the medulla, which is relayed along the fibers of the motor to the inflamed area. The acetylcholine from motor neurons suppresses the release of inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in macrophages in inflamed tissue.
Although the autonomic nervous system is regarded as involuntary, it is not true. A certain degree of conscious control can be exercised on him as it has been demonstrated by practitioners of yoga and Zen Buddhism. During his periods of meditation, these people are clearly able to change a number of autonomic functions like heart rate and rate of oxygen consumption. These changes are not simply a reflection of decreased physical activity due to exceeding the number of changes that occur during sleep or hypnosis.
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Doug Collins ready to stretch rotation against Celtics
PHILADELPHIA -- Getting through the grind was the focus for both 76ers coach Doug Collins and Celtics coach Doc Rivers in their sessions with the media before the game. Both teams are banged up, but both teams list the usual players as active for Game 3. Collins stressed the importance of injured players not overexerting themselves or trying to do more than they can do.
"We can't have anybody trying to pace themselves," said Collins, who lists Elton Brand and Thaddeus Young as being banged up. "Every possession is too important. Both these games have come down to one point."
Collins also stressed that he isn't afraid to stretch his rotation.
"Anybody who thinks that I'm not going to play the guys that give me the best chance to win on any given night doesn't know me very well," Collins said. "If anybody thinks I don't play younger players, we had Lavoy Allen on the floor guarding Kevin Garnett at the end of the game."
Rivers said this morning he would try to get Paul Pierce the ball in different places. Pierce's knee injury has limited his ability to get points off the dribble. Celtics guard Avery Bradley walked through the locker room before the game with Celtics team doctor Brian McKeon, a sign that Bradley's shoulder injury will constantly be monitored.
-- There was a funny moment at the end of the Collins press conference. Collins was asked about his experience as a television analyst, when he said he used to coach both teams while calling the games.
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I haven't read all of the article or comments but I think Nintendo need to get the likes of FIFA, Cod and GTA onto the NX to get the interest of the Xbox and playstation customers. Now if the NX can run these games on the go and on the TV at home I believe it will sell very well.
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Yay! The hype has officially begun for me today. I am gonna start saving ready for day 1! (Will I ever learn!?)
@Windy @DadOfFour1972 Its out next week I was kindly informed on the review comments
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Looks like something I would enjoy! Any idea of UK release date and price?
Thanks NL. I submitted my email address for a code some day last week and got my code the same day. Only got round to downloading the demo just and it seems really good so far!
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I will upgrade mine if the stores do a decent trade in offer like they did when the XL came out.
I hate these kind of articles. It sounds as if praise must be sought to justify liking something.
On saying that I hope it helps improve sales as it keeps Nintendo in business and might get more developers on board to bring more great games to the console.
Nintendo should just make their own football game and make ingenious use of the controller. FIFA and PES have both lost the fun factor for me anyway so it doesn't bother me that they're not Wii U bound. Nintendo should make it like a sim game where you get a GTA type character and have to get him to the top of the football ladder. Just don't get caught in the strip club by the paps lol
This should be the game that Nintendo supports with a proper app for iOS, android etc. it would allow people to create levels on the train or whatever and play them when they get home. Since they've got club Nintendo accounts linked now I'm sure they could do so with an app. I'm not a level editor kinda guy but this thought popped into my head out of the blue
I have always ended up buying almost every console released, but this time around Playstation and Xbox does absolutely nothing for me. I don't find myself getting hyped for either. I'll probably just stick with the WiiU and 3DS XL this time around. I honestly never thought the day would come when I would have no interest in a new console and now there is 2 I don't really care for :-/
Great game! Really enjoying it. The graphics are gorgeous and the gameplay is brilliant. It's a shame the rear view mirror isn't on the game pad though! What a missed opportunity! I can't understand why the game pad functions are so limited...surely they could have used it for something more innovative than a map and a horn :-/ But that aside the game itself is fab!
I'll grab this on the 3DS when it hits Europe
Great game. Really enjoy playing this one. Fairly priced too!
Love the anime! Love the arcade machine! Please come to the 3DS in the UK!
Thanks for that info Gunstarhero!
I've used some points for one Never anything on the store that takes my fancy. Still contemplating the shoelaces though...
Is this just a way to boost sales? Encouraging people to buy now and have a rare'ish collectors item before it's discontinued. Which it won't be...
I would definitely have bought it for Wii U. Instead I got it for PS3. Despite what people's view on the game are, it is a big mistake IMO for it not to be on Wii U. The added features the touchpad could have brought to the game as well as probably slightly better graphics, than the current gen, could have helped boost sales and improved the image of the Wii U to non owners.
It's there now, under 'More new software'. Strange there is no new section on the main page of the eshop to shout about it. Maybe that will follow shortly.
SMW for me! Unfortunately the content is not available to download yet I woke up early (couldn't get back to sleep) and checked at 6:30am. No additional VC yet. Any idea what time this goes live?
I think last day to enter is today. So you should be ok Good luck everybody! Some eshop credit would be nice!
@MeowGravy Isn't there meant to be a yoshi game in production?
I'm looking forward to the new titles I don't understand the moaning though... There have been multiple Mario/Luigi (+ other universe characters) games since forever on all of the Nintendo platforms. I think people must enjoy them or they would have stopped making them years ago.
Everyone is so impatient nowadays. If it doesn't load in a few seconds just wait longer!
Wow! I can't believe I won! Thanks for all the kind comments I really am in shock! Thank you for picking my entry NL
I had my Nintendoland. It wasn't factory sealed and contained a club Nintendo voucher. I was surprised by this as I'm sure I read that when the register your premium bundle it adds Nintendoland automatically? Unless I read it wrong :-/
Thanks for the heads up NL Just registered to receive Layton. Had to click the right arrow tab after clicking my account to get the promotion to show.
I would like a wii u gta title. Chinatown wars on the NDS was my favourite iteration of the franchise
An hour+ initial update. I'll be sure to start this off and leave the game pad charging and go and walk the dog or something Just under 2 weeks to wait!
If only I was fluent in Japanese lol
Congrats Andrew Roll on launch day!
Thanks for the reply Dazza
I've submitted my friend code, do I wait for an email or something now?
For those saying that this is expensive, its probably the new controller that's putting the price higher, it's gotta be worth £80. Plus I wouldn't worry what other countries pay as its swings and roundabouts, they pay more for other stuff etc. plus in USA they pay sales tax on items most places and this is added on afterwards, unlike UK prices which already have VAT added.


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R&B legend Charlie Wilson has been nominated six times--including two times this year, for Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song. He's also peripherally involved in Kanye West's many 2012 Grammy nods, as this longtime go-to hip-hop collaborator appeared on the multi-nominated Kanye's latest album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
In a fun interview shot this weekend at the Grammy rehearsals, Yahoo! caught up with Charlie to talk about his Grammy chances...and he played a little harmonica for us, too. Groove along below!
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For this situation there are some actions one could take in order to canalize a proper flux of water through the box so that the material moves at a production speed. Sometimes the flux of water of the same creek would be enough, so that by the structure of a "water director" in the creek, one will be able to move enough volumes of water so as to accomplish the expected goals. A water barrier or deflector can be built using piled up river rocks to detour the direction of water towards the sluice.
Sometimes one can reach water speed by placing a small water lift across the creek. By doing this and by placing the sluice in the place where water overflows, one can originate a more than enough water flux to comply with your needs. Actually, one does not need so much volume of water for a medium-sized sluice box to reach the required flux speed, if water is passed through the box with the right speed.
In the case of small lifts maybe it is necessary for the water lift to be enough to increase the fall of the box's inclination to reach the right speed. How high should the lift be depends more than anything in how much water flows in the creek or brook.
A sheet or two of thin plastic or plastic tarp, or old rice sacks can come in hand when one is building a lift or a water director within the creek. These materials help prevent water to filter through the cracks in rocks.
A water director or elevator can be generally used with good results when waters flow and it is not that deep so that the construction of a barrier based on rocks becomes difficult to build. If water in the working site flows too slowly or for some reason the construction of a lift or water director is not possible in the place, it will be necessary to either build a sluice in another place where water flows faster or use a water pump to suction water directly from the sluice, or in other opportunities it is possible for the siphon water in the box from a higher point upward stream.
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It is approaching six years since we lost Liz and the amount of time does not lessen the profound loss or pain we feel every day. Today CNN published an article about the number of people we lose every tear due to lack of proper healthcare. Liz is one of the ones they profiled.
45,000 American deaths associated with lack of insurance
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After suffering through what passes for 'news' over the last few weeks I can't help but wonder when we passed into the Land of Oz?
Democrats have no courage, Republicans have no heart and it doesn't appear that either have any brains.
Unfortunately clicking my sneakers isn't getting me out of this nightmare. :(
Fed, Treasury offer 800 billion dlrs more to credit markets
And it's one, two, three
What are we paying for?
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This is all just another scam.
And it's five, six, seven,
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Those of you who have been around for a while know that Marlena and I lost our daughter Liz four years ago. This Friday would have been her 30th birthday and that is also four years to the day that the Doctors told us she was lost and gone for good.
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St. Norbert College guard and Kiel graduate Brandon Gries is one of eight players nationwide up for selection to the Division III All-Star Game.
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St. Norbert College senior guard and Kiel grad Brandon Gries is one of eight players nationwide eligible for fan voting to be selected to the 2014 Reese's Division III All-Star Game, the De Pere college said in a news release posted to its website Monday morning.
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Last year, more than 350 TU students took part in international education programs including academic exchanges, internships, service-learning and more. Towson and its affiliates offer programs on six continents, with the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy and Spain being the most popular destinations. A complete list of study abroad opportunities is available on the Study Abroad Office website.
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Army of marathon volunteers' new mission: Security
It's not just because she raised three daughters. Every year, she volunteers to oversee the first relay exchange point in the Pittsburgh Marathon, where some runners leave the race, some enter, and many shed clothes and other items they've tired of carrying for five miles.
"We always had a lot of people who leave items. This time I might be more aware of what it is, and keep an eye on it," said Shellenberger, 63, a nurse from West Mifflin.
The bombings at the Boston Marathon will bring a greater police presence, new rules for runners and higher awareness among the 3,500 volunteers who organizers say are integral to hosting races that will draw 30,000 runners and up to 100,000 spectators this weekend.
They've always been as eyes and ears for the runners, warning them of potholes or storm clouds ahead. Now the volunteers say they will be the eyes and ears for law enforcement.
"They're even more important now, and I think they feel a stronger mission," said race director Patrice Matamoros.
The mission changed slightly for the dozen bicyclists from the Murrysville-based Freddie Fu Cycling Team.
They escort the wheelchair athletes, clearing the path of pedestrians for the first racers to cross the finish line. This year, half of them will wear helmet cams during Sunday's marathon that record video "in case someone needs to go back and look at something later," said team organizer Fred Baldassare, 54, of Murrysville.
"We're going to observe a lot more," he said. "They told us to look for things, someone who just looks out of place. The guy with a big sweater on and it's 70 degrees. People looking nervous.
"The experts told us even the most experienced criminals will be nervous-looking when they're about to do something," Baldassare said.
The team expects to log about 80 miles on Sunday because, for the first time, they will circle back after escorting the wheelchair athletes to monitor the course ahead of runners.
Baldassare, Shellenberger and other leaders who have volunteered every year since the race returned in 2009 and helped with the old marathon said the April 15 bombings didn't scare anyone away.
"It was the absolute opposite. I got a flood of calls from volunteers the past two weeks," said Chris Navadauskas, 53, of Robinson, the leader of the fluid station at mile 9.7 on the South Side who organizes fellow volunteers at Duquesne Light, where she works.
Volunteers like Baldassare return every year because it's inspiring to see people push themselves, he said. Navadauskas brings 50 co-workers "to be part of the support."
The volunteer captains have met with race officials monthly since December and had an emergency plan in place.
Boston changed some things.
Navadauskas said she won't set up trash cans for the thousands of water cups runners will toss near her station on East Carson Street.
"It's one less place to put something," she said.
Emily Baum, communications coordinator for the marathon, said organizers kept volunteers updated on security changes with emails and told them to pack lightly and "keep your eyes peeled for anything that looks out of place or personally feels suspicious."
That might be a tall task for Shellenberger as she watches over the relay exchange on the North Side.
Because of the predicted 47-degree race start and a forecast of high 60s by the finish, the race's medical director, Dr. Ron Roth, said runners should dress in layers, which they likely will shed.
Shellenberger said she'll watch for odd items among the tossed clothing and will keep a closer eye on where police are stationed.
"If I see something odd that's been sitting awhile, I might call someone over to look at it," she said.
She started volunteering to bring the family together when her daughters were young "because it's just fun." She wants to keep it fun for the runners and volunteers and said she'll focus most on getting everyone through her exchange smoothly.
"I'll leave the worrying to those who need to worry," she said.
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Apple is now seeding a fifth beta of OS X 10.8.5 to developers. The latest build, 12F23, is just a few version numbers advanced since the previous one, 12F20. That could mean that v10.8.5 will reach the public by the end of the month.
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It was standing room only Tuesday when the Morgan City Planning Commission unanimously denied a conditional use permit for a residential group home. More than 90 residents crowded the council chambers, where Alpha Counseling and Treatment presented plans for a group home for "disabled youth suffering from autism, Asperger's syndrome and similar challenges" at 535 Derrick Circle.
Mace Warren, a licensed clinical social worker with Alpha Counseling and Treatment, said the home would house young men with criminal backgrounds as well as underlying disabilities referred by the juvenile court system and the Department of Child and Family Services.
Warren said staff to client ratios would range between 6 to 1 and 3 to 1, depending on the state contract he has yet to secure. The request was for between 12 to 16 clients in the six-bedroom home. Staff who had cleared state-required background checks would be on hand 24 hours a day and always within line of sight and sound, Warren said. At night clients would be subjected to random 15-minute checks.
Warren said the home would be a state-regulated Level 5 Therapuetic home as defined by the Utah Department of Human Services, a step above a foster home. In Level 5, clients' "crimes are caused by patterns of social and psychological factors that if targeted, the offending would decrease."
"Bottom line is, these guys, for lack of cognitive and social skills, have committed a crime," Warren said. "But these are not criminals. They don't know any better. They have deficits or issues within the home environment that can no longer be treated in the home because of extreme stress or instability in the family system and social competency issues."
Warren said his facility was going to embrace the "Good Lives Model" of rehabilitation rather than punishing an offender. The home would not be a lock-down institution and clients would be schooled on-site as well as attend individual and group therapy sessions throughout the week. Warren could not offer a lot of specific details, as his company is still working on securing a state contract.
He also said no one with a criminal violent background, substance abuse or sex offense on their record would be allowed as clients at the Morgan facility.
However, residents allowed to speak during the meeting said Alpha's request as they had previously read it was misrepresentative because it didn't mention criminal backgrounds—whether violent or non-violent—at all.
"I have a lot of respect for this. I see a huge need," said Kim Boyer, a health care provider who lives next door to the proposed facility. "But you have totally misrepresented what you are trying to do."
"I call it a halfway house, but I have been corrected on that," said Robert Lynam, whose home borders the proposed facility. He said he called the Clearfield Police Department where Alpha runs other similar homes. He said as many as 35 calls came from the homes including attempted suicide, lewdness, criminal mischief, assault, sexual offenses, car theft and run-aways.
"These types of facilities are needed, just not in Morgan," Lynam said.
"I think emotionally I am tied to what you are doing. I don't think anyone in this room is against that," said Planning Commissioner Steve Gale.
Lynam agreed, saying not only does he have an autistic daughter, but he knew of at least four others in the audience with autistic children as well. However, as the father of daughters ages 5 to 12, he is worried about the safety of the neighborhood if the commission approved the facility.
"Right now, my girls have the freedom to go out and play on their own," Lynam said. "That (facility) will change everything about this community."
"I did not buy a house here to live in fear," said Carol Townsend, who lives across the street from the proposed facility and has three sons between the ages of 8 and 12. "The resale values of our homes will go down."
The planning commission had issues with the number of clients the home would accommodate, the number of vehicles that could fit in the driveway, the limited amount of exterior yard space as a swimming pool takes up a majority of the back yard.
In the end, the commission agreed that the facility didn't fit the city's definition of a family living in a single-family residential zone, which allows for up to five unrelated people to live in one home.
"I live within 300 feet of the site, and I am not allowed to run a foster home or rent out my basement," said resident Monika Ballantyne. "I can't have 16 unrelated people living in my home."
Planning Commission Chairman Duane Stock said the applicant had only applied for a residential home for disabled youth, which is allowed under the zoning code. Commissioner Julie Anderson said city code allows residential homes if clients are placed on a voluntary basis. Residents in the audience questioned whether DCFS and court-appointed placements fit the definition of "voluntary."
"When I took office, I was instructed to protect the code and ordinances of the city as they stand in our books," said Gale, who made the motion to decline the application consistent with "our history of standing firm on not-gray areas."
"We have many gray areas on this," Gale said. "In the past, we've struggled but we haven't bent."
Stock said he was worried the proposed facility would be detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the community.
"We have been hearing of fear of property values going down and the impact on families," Stock said. "It's just not going to fit that."
Warren, son of the homeowner Jeff L. Warren, said he had many calls from area residents prior to his Tuesday presentation.
"If I was in your shoes, I would be angry and concerned, too," he said. "That is exactly what we need for them: a place with small-town values and a family-oriented environment."


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Posted by Chris Reed on Friday, October 25, 2013 in News.
Our Founder, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt had a vision of a place that would "contribute to strengthening the ties that should exist between all sections of our common country" when he donated $1 million to create a university in 1873. Today, Vanderbilt is a top 20 institution that offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, engineering, music, education and human development, as well as a full range of graduate and professional degrees to 13,000 students.
The combination of cutting edge research, liberal arts, nationally recognized schools of education, business and divinity and a distinguished medical center creates an invigorating atmosphere where students tailor their education to meet their goals and researchers collaborate to solve complex questions affecting our health, culture and society. Vanderbilt provides a gateway to greatness, drawing the best and brightest from across the nation and around the world. All of this, in over 240 buildings and home to nearly 70 sculptures nestled gently on 330 park-like acres designated as a national arboretum.


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Tony Romo on getting booed: 'I would have booed us, too'
ARLINGTON — Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo said he tunes out the crowd most of the time when he's in the game. But it would be hard to believe that he didn't hear the booing in the first half Sunday at Cowboys Stadium.
Asked about it after the 29-24 loss to the New York Giants, Romo responded: "I would have booed us, too. We deserved it that time. We did not start the game the way we wanted to."
The boos came after Romo was intercepted three times in the first 16 minutes, leading to a 23-0 Giants advantage. But the 94,067 got behind their team as the Cowboys rallied to pull ahead 24-23 late in the third quarter.
"Obviously, they were great today with the way they brought energy," Romo said. "They helped our defense tremendously. That was as good a home-field crowd as I have been a part of. That's exciting to have that going forward. We just need to do a couple of things better earlier in the football game. We didn't do a good job."
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I need a pulse generator and found this circuit on a website. But if I do try to make it, it won't work as indicated.
Any idea as to why that is? What part values should be changed so that we could a get 1-2 Hz pulse? Or if not, how about a tried and tested schematic for a pulse generator that works. And if it still won't work, is something like this available for purchase?
It looks like N1is the rc ocsillator circuit to clock the 4017 ring counter. It goes to the clock input (pin 13) of the 4017 thru nand gate N3. The other input to N3 is from N2. N2's output is low from pull up resistor on it's inputs. A low on either input of N3 will give a high output, so the ring counter is not being clocked. The outputs of the ring counter go High, one at a time, in sequence as the counter is clocked. If the 4017 is in a reset state, then only output Q0 is High (LED on). A low has to be applied to N2 inputs for the clock to start the counter, by pressing a switch that is attached to a counter output that is low. Then N2's output goes high, a reset pulse is sent to the counter. The clock should clock the counter while the switch is held down and as many clock puses should appear at the output of N3 as needed to cycle the counter to a high at the that switch. I.E. pressing switch 8 should give 8 pulses if the switch is held down. When that happens, N2 should go low again, stopping the clock. Pressing a different switch (attached to a low counter output) should start the sequence again.
I don't know if this is the behavior you are trying to achieve by using this circuit. ??


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- There is no charge for the training but registration is required.
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Have you ever pulled out your cell phone to avoid having to look at or, heaven forbid, talk to strangers? If you answered yes, you're not alone.
Published: January 2, 2014
Painter Samantha French '05 has been featured as the "Face of the Day" on the 24/7 politics, news, arts, and culture blog the Dish, which boasts close to ten million page views every month.
Current MFA student Adam Hamilton has made it onto City Pages' "2013 Artists of the Year" list.
Published: December 30, 2013
Student Luisa Rivera Nahrwold has illustrated the cover for the newest issue of La Peste, a Mexican magazine that strives to expose the work of writers, illustrators, designers, and photographers from different parts of the world.
Published: December 26, 2013
Aaron Spangler '93, a recipient of a 2010/11 McKnight Visual Artist fellowship who currently has work on view in New York City's Horton Gallery, is highlighted in the most recent issue of Art in America.
Published: December 21, 2013
Faculty member Erik Brandt's popular Ficciones Typografika project is being featured in a sixteen-page monograph as part of the advertising, design, and visual culture magazine Creative Review's (UK) January 2014 issue.
Published: December 19, 2013
An article by MCAD Executive Assistant to the President/Special Projects Manager Kate Mohn and Printshop Coordinator/Faculty Member Diana Eicher has been published in the most recent issue of Mid America Print Council Journal.
Samantha French '05 was featured yesterday on Colossal—a Webby-nominated blog that explores art and other aspects of visual culture.
Published: December 18, 2013
Celebrate the end of term with an exciting panel discussion and reception tomorrow evening at the Weisman Art Museum.
Published: December 17, 2013
Join the 2012–13 McKnight Visual Art fellows at the Midway Contemporary Art Library for the launch of their limited-edition publications produced by Scott Nedrelow and Isaac Rudder of Location Books.
The diverse works of the artists in this semester's fine arts studio course Working with the Collection will be exhibited in the Great Hall of the Bakken Museum.
The exhibition opens this Saturday during the museum's Free Second Saturday Art and Science event.
Published: December 10, 2013
Faculty member Arlene Birt will be presenting on "The Visual [Emotional] Vocabulary of Sustainability" this February at Interaction14 in Amsterdam.
Interaction14 is an initiative of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), a global network of over 55,000 members worldwide dedicated to the professional practice of interaction design.
Pelagic Series, Schooling 2, a painting by Emily Christenson '02, has been purchased by and added to the permanent collection of Iowa's Dubuque Museum of Art.
Published: December 9, 2013
Corey Riggle '06 recently accepted a position with Kreate Technology, developers of software for visual content production and deployment. He has moved to Bentonville, Arkansas, to provide software training and support to a major retailer.
Published: December 8, 2013
Joe Maurer '98 is producing a new television series for Wisconsin Public Television with his wife and host Inga Witscher, a fourth-generation dairy farmer. Around the Farm Table is "a food and farming adventure, connecting consumers to small, thoughtful farmers through storytelling, forgotten recipes, and entertainment."
Published: December 7, 2013
Kristen Lowe '88 was featured in the Star Tribune yesterday for her documentary Painting the Place Between.
Published: December 6, 2013
Ben Lifson '13 will be hosting a live stream on YouTube to discuss his new series Super Academy on Sunday, December 8 at 4:00 p.m.
Emailing back and forth with Aaron Beebe, an artist Collins had never met/spoken to in person, the pair took turns creating partially made collages and sending to the other to complete. Twenty collages later, Recycled Trophies will show side-by-side comparisons of started and finished works.
Student Greta Kotz's "moody semi-abstract paintings" have been featured on quarterly-printed art magazine Hi Fructose's website.
Published: December 5, 2013
Faculty member Paula McCartney will be showing work at Form + Content Gallery along with the artists Lex Thompson and Sonja Thomsen.
Former student Rachael Balsaitis was commissioned to illustrate the Star Tribune's Holiday Book Guide, which features fiction, nonfiction, art books, and regional books chosen by both critics and readers.
Published: December 4, 2013
If you're planning on making a process book at some point, you might want to take a few pointers from faculty member Namdev Hardisty.
In the wake of the recent MCAD Art Sale, Kayleigh Fichten '13 and current students Nich Thomas and Tessa Binder have emerged as three up-and-comers to keep an eye on as deemed by local arts, style, and culture online publication l'étoile.
Published: December 3, 2013
Josh Quigley '08, MFA, has been selected as one of three winners of the Conscientious Portfolio Competition. Annually produced by Conscientious Photo Magazine, the competition was judged by Alice Rose George, Ann-Christin Bertrand, and the magazine's founder and editor Jörg M. Colberg. The other 2013 winners are Dorothee Deiss and Bahar Habibi.
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Rapides Regional Medical Center
May 28
DAUZAT: To Leslie Jr. and Casey Seals of Lena, a son, Zachary Michael, 6 lbs. 15 1/2 oz.
MORRIS: To Christopher and Kylie Trisler of Jonesville, a son, Maddux Jase, 6 lbs. 15 1/2 oz.
VICKERS: To Adam and Kandace Kirl of Trout, a daughter, MyKaylah Joy, 7 lbs. 3 oz.
WILKINS: To Douglas, Jr. and Cynthia Speaks of Georgetown, a son, Micah Lane, 6 lbs. 4 1/2 oz.
May 29
BORDELON: To Andrew and Erin Kelly of Hessmer, a daughter, Emma Joyce, 4 lbs. 3 oz.
CASTILLO: To Claire Castillo of Pineville, a son, Kaden Justice, 8 lbs. 11 oz.
HADDABEH: To Said and Roushan Kayed of Marksville, a daughter, Nadine Said, 9 lbs. 10 1/2 oz.
May 30
HINKSTON: To Dalvin and Shunquetta Simmons of Alexandria, a daughter, Danaeshia Zynae Amirie, 5 lbs. 12 1/2 oz.
May 31
ALLEN: To Kalisha Allen of Cheneyville, a son, Amari Trevon, 2 lbs. 11 oz.
BROWN: To Charles and Danielle McCartney of Calvin, a son, Landon Ty, 7 lbs. 15 oz.
June 1
ADAMS: To Desmond and Shanteria Frazier of Bunkie, a daughter, Desere ZonNique, 6 lbs. 2 1/2 oz.
DESHAUTELLE: To Ronald Sr. and Trudy Dupuy of Marksville, a daughter, Annabelle Renee, 7 lbs. 15 1/2 oz.
DUPUY: To Mason and Keishia Dauzat of Alexandria, a son, Landon Clay, 6 lbs. 7 1/2 oz.
LEDET: To Timothy Jr. and Heather Chauvin of Alexandria, a daughter, Adelyn Brooke, 7 lbs. 11 1/2 oz.
MORRIS: To Jerry and Amanda Franklin of Moreauville, a son, Jeremiah Kenneth, 6 lbs. 11 oz.
SURGENT: To Herbert Surgent II and Shavante Toney of Alexandria, a daughter, Laila JaiNay, 6 lbs. 6 oz.
June 2
BOWIE: To Sacoris Sr. and Treneisha Rogers of Alexandria, a son, Zarion DonTreal, 6 lbs. 3 oz.
CHRISTIAN: To Amber Christian of Bunkie, a son, Gavin Katrel, 6 lbs. 2 1/2 oz.
DUBOIS: To Randall Jr. and Brittany Taylor of Dry Prong, a daughter, Autumn Lee, 7 lbs. 8 1/2 oz.
LANDRY: To Brezzie Landry of Pierre Part, a son, Trae Joseph, 7 lbs. 10 oz.
LLOYD: To Darrenesha Lloyd of Cottonport, a son, Keondreas JaRyan, 3 lbs. 8 1/2 oz.
PERKINS: To William and Katie Paul of Pitkin, a daughter, Emma Kate, 7 lbs. 6 oz.
THOMPSON: To Derrick Sr. and Sheila Taylor of Alexandria, a son, Derrick Wayne Jr., 6 lbs. 1 oz.
June 3
DICKERSON: To Michelle Dickerson of Alexandria, a son, Tristan Arnell Trevon, 5 lbs. 10 oz.
DOUGLAS: To Michael and Kerry Zylks of Alexandria, a son, Ryan Michael, 9 lbs.
GOREE: To Jennifer Goree of Pollock, a son, Joshua Aaron, 6 lbs. 13 1/2 oz.
JACOBS: To Denzell and Courtney Burrous of Alexandria, a son, Zayden Jerod, 6 lbs. 11 oz.
LAMB: To Jonathan and Donna Mundy of Dry Prong, a daughter, Summer Nickole Baylynn, 6 lbs. 5 oz.
MCLAUGHLIN: To Robert and Christie Powell of Colfax, a daughter, Jaycee Nikole, 8 lbs. 6 oz.
PAINTER: To Benjamin and Brandi Bertrand of Pineville, a son, John Rushing, 7 lbs. 10 1/2 oz.
POSTON: To Nathaniel and Stephanie Smith of Pineville, a daughter, Isabelle Lynne, 7 lbs. 7 1/2 oz.
SMITH: To Justin and Shullene Perkins of Elmer, a son, Gavin Jay Bandit, 6 lbs. 6 oz.
THOMAS: To Brian and Devon Sanders of Alexandria, a son, Jacob Brian, 6 lbs. 4 1/2 oz.
WILLIS: To Brandon and Randi Bryan of Pineville, a daughter, Jules Marie, 7 lbs. 1/2 oz.
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May 17
SMITH: To Brandon and Samantha Carty of Echo, a daughter, Khloe Elyce, 7 lbs. 14 oz. HARDY: To Benjamin and Laura ONeal of Pollock, a son, John Dosher, 6 lbs. 9 oz.
May 26
HARRISON: To Erin Harrison of Alexandria, a daughter, Kelcey Delyce, 7 lbs.
May 28
GARRETT: To John and Jamie Bernard of Cottonport, a daughter, Anna Grace, 7 lbs. 6 oz.
May 29
MYERS: To Bryan and Kathena Revere of Marksville, a daughter, Shyanne Alana, 7 lbs. 10 oz.
GOUX: To Jason and Lori Rachal of Alexandria, a son, Victor Rene, 4 lbs. 13 oz.
MORRIS: To Herman Jr. and Katrina Moran of Pineville, a son, Tristan James, 7 lbs. 11 oz.
SAMPSON: To Carey and Hope Hudson of Marksville, a daughter, Keri LaShae, 7 lbs. 10 oz.
May 30
HOWARD: To Darien and Erica Perry of Lecompte, a daughter, DaArian Rayshelle, 3 lbs. 4 oz.
June 1
BELGARD: To Dalton and Ashley ONeal of Deville, a son, Andrew James, 7 lbs. 4 oz.
LEMOINE: To Mason and Amanda Turner of Simmesport, a son, Kaiden Anthony, 8 lbs. 5 oz.
ARNOLD: To Michael and Robin Nash of Alexandria, a daughter, Jenna Rae, 6 lbs. 13 oz.
June 2
TINSLEY: To Jason and Sonia Cox of Natchitoches, a son, Landon Myers, 7 lbs. 10 oz.
June 3
VINSON: To James and Kristina Diaz of Oakdale, a daughter, Alyssa Nikole, 6 lbs. 8 oz.
SMITH: To Justin and Casandra Gray of Elmer, a daughter, Khloi Grayce, 7 lbs. 15 oz.
FULTZ: To Stephen and Crystal Shield of Pineville, a daughter, Maya Ruth, 7 lbs. 6 oz.
June 4
OLVERA-ESCOBEDO: To Antonio and Julia Juarez of Forest Hill, a daughter, Angelina Olvera Juarez, 8 lbs. 4 oz.
BROWN: To Quinteria Brown of Alexandria, a daughter, Zamaiya Natila Marie, 6 lbs. 14 oz.
June 5
MCNEELY: To Katherine McNeely of Hineston, a daughter, Lainey Monroe, 7 lbs. 9 oz.
June 6
GALLAND: To Brady and Natasha Roy of Hessmer, a daughter, Anne Marie, 5 lbs. 15 oz.
June 7
BRODNAX: To Harvey III and Bonita Jones of Hineston, a daughter, Aubree Lynn, 8 lbs. 3 oz.
CURRY: To Dallas and Melissa Darden of Pineville, twin sons, Camdyn Reese, 5 lbs. 4 oz., and Daxtyn Cale, 5 lbs. 14 oz.
June 8
WORD: To Aaron and Samantha Medica of Alexandria, a daughter, Jordyn Elise, 5 lbs. 12 oz.
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This free high resolution photograph features a gray and white terrier looking up into the camera. I believe she is some sort of kern terrier mix, but I can't be sure. This little dog was so happy to see me that her tail was wagging a million miles an hour and so it's a little bit blurry in the photo. This picture is free for any use and was taken with a Canon Rebel digital SLR camera.
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Getting Ready For Thursday's Games: NEW ORLEANS
When the NCAA Tournament kicks off Thursday in New Orleans, the feel will certainly be festive. And by festive, I mean hungover, because for reasons that only the brilliant minds behind the proposed NCAA Tournament expansion to 96 could likely understand, the first round is taking place in New Orleans the night after St Patricks Day. So in a city where public drunkedness is not only accepted, it is actively encouraged and at times, mandatory, the NCAA is going to place basketball games after the nation's drunkest collective holiday. Its for the kids ladies and gentlemen.
When the games do actually get started however, there will be a lot to see in James Carville's hometown. One of the top two teams in the country, an #8 seed that was ranked #1 overall this season, a certain NIT team that played its way into a #6 seed and quite possibly the most athletic team in America are all setting up shop in New Orleans as they hope to advance on in the South and West regions. Each game has some intrigue, some wackiness and a whole lot of Harangody. An overview:
NOTRE DAME vs OLD DOMINION 12:25
Most people would claim that the iconic figure in college basketball this year was John Wall, the uber-talented UK point guard who dazzled the country with athleticism, wild dunks and game-winning shots. They are wrong. The real icon of college basketball is the man with the worst hair and body in sports, Luke Harangody. If Harangody were a car, he would be a Kia Rondo, tall and boxy, prone to slow, awkward movements and proportionated in such a way as to seem to make success impossible. But like the Kia Rondo, Harangody finds a way to get the job done. When you watch this game today, take a few possessions and simply follow the 'Gody. Like the fat guy who sweats a lot but still finds a way to get garbage buckets in your church league game, the 'Gody will win no beauty points as he looks to the naked eye as the most unathletic basketball players since the cast of "Hang Time" left the court (still Reggie Theus's best coaching job). But he will score, rebound and even defend, all without seemingly being able to make one impressive movement. He is the basketball equivalent to an episode of "Friends," unlikely to leave you feeling the least bit impressed, but garnering solid ratings.
The 'Gody is playing against Old Dominion, a team I actually saw on our Road Trip across America and one that can cause some problems. ODU is as athletic a small school as you will see in the Tournament. They are long at every position and their goal is to get every rebound and outwork you, while playing a brand of basketball that can best be labeled as "boring." Their coach will try to counter the 'Gody's boxcut with his own moustache, a full feathered beauty that is both dark and bushy, a veritable forest under his lip. With his facial hair mesmerizing, it is easy to forget just how talented this team is and it isnt an exaggeration to say that they will be the more athletic team on the floor.
Notre Dame is full of Irish Catholics and the noon start on the day after St Patrick's Day will ensure a small crowd at the opening tip. ODU has the players to get out on the Irish three point shooters and Harangody will not be able to impose his will down low. However the Irish are deeper, have the best player on the floor and by the second half, Johnny O'Malley and the rest of the Irish faithful will stagger into the gym just in time to see the Irish win by 7.
BAYLOR vs SAM HOUSTON STATE 3:00
Every year the NCAA Tournament sees one team develop into a trendy pick to make noise and allows announcers on the Worldwide Leader to get on television and make proclamations that have no real substance but sound important like "I tell you who I like Digger, I like "TEAM X". The way they shoot the ball, play defense and their great Coach _____, this is a team that can really make some noise. I am not saying I will pick them over (INSERT #1 seed), but it wouldnt shock me if they get hot and cut down the nets to the Final Four. While the announcer says this, all of the other blow-dryed hairpieces on set shake their head and proclaim that they too like this team and have been on board with them all year. Inevitably this team is never as good as these paid airbags say they are and often the disappointment starts in game one.
This season that team is most certainly Baylor. You cant throw a stick without running into someone who has Baylor as their "sleeper team into the Final Four." The Bears are coached by Scott Drew and have found a way to turn around a basketball program that was long thought to be dead. However considering the fact tha tmost fans couldn't name one player on the Bears' roster, annoitment as a Final Four team seems a bit premature. As for Sam Houston State, they are fun to watch. They bring it up and down quickly, like to shoot a lot of three pointers and try to win by managing the game pace. Earlier this season they gave Kentucky a run for its money in Rupp Arena and since then, have put up great shooting performances week after week. Baylor isnt the greatest draw for Sam Houston, because they can match the athleticism that Sam Houston uses to dominate its opponents. But if they hit threes, then who knows what can happen.
Did you like how I got you excited right there....made you think that I was going to pick the upset upstarts? Not going to happen. Had SHS gotten a slow, methodical team, I might pull the shocker. As is, Baylor moves on and makes pundits shake their head and nod that they are the team to watch in the games ahead.
You know all about Kentucky, Calipari, Wall, Cousins, etc. They are really good and no group of players since Shane Battier was smiling and going to class every day at Duke have received the consistent national publicity of this group of Kentucky players. They have been visited by Lebron, Magic, Ashley Judd, Drake, Ben Roethlisberger (pre-college town romp), Mike Tomlin, Charles Barkley and even the biggest star of them all, World Wide Wes. They have raised over a million bucks for Haiti, talked to the President over the phone and even got to rub on Seth Davis's rosy cheeks. It has been such a strange, magical journey. But now it gets real and the games mean more. All the goodwill of the 32-2 campaign that has won the hearts of Kentuckians is at stake in one three-week period where anything can happen.
Well almost anything. What can't happen is losing to ETSU in the first round on Thursday night. ETSU famously was once led by a player that makes the NCAA all "hey I remember that guy but I have no idea where he went to school" list, Keith "Mr." Jennings. For it was 21 years ago that Jennings took a #16 seeded ETSU team and very nearly pulled the shocker over #1 seeded Oklahoma. They hope to bring that kind of magic back to light again, but this time against a much bigger fish and a much more talented group of players. Win partor lose, they will probably take solace in the fact that they will head back to Johnson City, Tennessee after the game and be greeted by the hottest group of mountain coeds this side of a very special episode of Hee-Haw.
Kentucky wins by a lot and moves on, much to the delight of the Big Blue nation. But when ETSU's most famous alum Kenny Chesney sneaks into the building, Jay Bilas becomes so enamored with his soft, beach sounds that he takes off his announcing headset, mumbles something about Baylor being a sleeper to get to the Final Fourand goes on tour with Buffett.
TEXAS vs WAKE FOREST 9:35 PM
What do you get when the two most underperforming participants in a particular endeavor get together to see which can muster up just enough to even showcase a flash of their former brilliance? No, its not every Pacino/Deniro move of the past ten years, but rather is the Underachievement HEavyweight Championship Title Match when Texas plays Wake Forest. Over the course of this past season, no two teams have been more baffling and neither has made its fans groan and search out for signs of life from its coach than the Longhorns and Demon Deacons. Both teams have loads of talent, but both have played so terribly at times that even Mike Dunleavy has asked from afar, "dont you coaches do anything?"
The most egregious offender has been Texas, where Rick Barnes has definitely proven that he is the worst Top 12 program coach in America. While there is no doubt that Barnes has assembled talent by the boatload in Austin, his team has played as poorly in the last two months as any team in the Tournament and has produced an historically unprecedented waste of talent from one program in one season. There may be as many as six guys on the Texas roster who could play in the NBA and players one through eleven, they could be the most talented team in America. But they are stuck floundering around, getting blown out by mediocre teams and backing their way into the tournament on the back of a win against NIT contender North Carolina in December. Remember, Texas was ONCE #1. Now they are hideous and absent a miracle turnaround, will finish a season of disappointment like none other.
There are those that say March forgives all sins. If either of these teams can win this game and then upset Kentucky, a season of disappointment can quickly be forgotten. Both teams have been awful, but in Texas's case there has been the occasional show of life. Wake Forest has been tuned out for months. Texas wins a close one in a game that simply frustrates all who watch.
So there you have it, Notre Dame, Baylor, Kentucky and Texas. Chalk from this guy. But hey, its New Orleans and the fun will be on the streets anyway. Enjoy the games and watch out for Harry Connick on the street trying to sing you a song...he does it to all the tourists.
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Posted on: March 12, 2010 12:52 pm
Edited on: March 12, 2010 1:05 pm
Big XII: Thursday Recap
Thomas Beisner
Unlike their major conference brothers, the Big XII quarterfinals went as expected Thursday and held all the suspense of a gun battle on The A Team, with all four top seeds advancing to the semifinals. On Friday, the conference's four ranked and already tournament bound teams will square off in games that matter only for seeding purposes. Here's what you missed yesterday while you were threatening Elton John.
Scores Recap
#1 Kansas 80, #9 Texas Tech 68
#4 Texas A & M 70, #12 Nebraska 64
#2 Kansas State 83, #7 Oklahoma State 64
#3 Baylor 86, #6 Texas 67
The Baylor Bears are for real. Thursday brought a change in repetitive college basketball phrase du jour from "passing the eye test" to some variation of how hard it is to beat a team three times in one season, thanks largely to Baylor's attempt to beat Texas for the third time.
The Bears didn't make it look all that difficult. It might be time for a new phrase.
James was already losing it early in the second half, already getting into confrontations with Dunn and Carter on two occasions, when Dunn took the ball to the hole and made the layup and got fouled by James. Already being smothered by a Bears' run, James went into meltdown mode and got T'ed up, went to the bench and screamed at teammates and was never remotely useful again.
Baylor will now face Kansas State in the semifinals, a team that has a very similar makeup to their own. The battle between the backcourts of Carter and Dunn and Jacobham Lincoln and Denis Clemente has the potential for some March magic. Make sure you tune in.
If history is the best predictor of the future, then Jamar Samuels didn't have a shot against Oklahoma State Thursday. In a loss to the Cowboys on January 23rd, the Kansas State sophomore fouled out in only 13 minutes and contributed an anemic 5 points and one lonesome rebound. On Thursday, though, Samuels got sweet revenge in the Wildcats' blowout of Travis Ford's team, pouring in 27 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. In an 8-minute frenzy at the end of the first half, the Wildcats put the Cowboys away for good behind 13 ofSamuels' 21 first half points. That's what you call solid bench play.
Needing a win to secure themselves a spot in the NCAA tournament and facing a highly ranked team that they had already defeated, Oklahoma State had every reason to look forward to their game with Kansas State. Somewhere at around the 8:30 mark of the first half, though, Travis Ford's squad crapped after cutting the Wildcat lead to 27-23. Kansas State closed the half on a 24-3 run and the Oklahoma State bench hung their mohawks in disappointment. After about 200 misses from downtown by James Anderson and 20 more minutes of inconsequential basketball, it was time to head back to Stillwater, one of the few places that make Kansas City appear as the "Paris of the Plains". I expect defections.
Kentucky was the first NCAA team to race past 2,000 wins earlier this year and celebrated with t-shirts, speeches from Adolph Rupp's son and a dancing DeMarcus Cousins. North Carolina got theirs and hoped no one would notice how far they'd fallen, barely making mention. Kansas? They were somewhere in between the two when they wrapped up Win2K in Kansas City. They talked about the historical significance of the win, but made sure that everyone knew their focus went far beyond any pomp and circumstance (if any) that comes with that magical number.
Jamar Samuels (Kansas State) - 27 points, 10 rebounds
LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor) - 19 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists
Cole Aldrich (Kansas) - 12 points, 18 rebounds, 3 blocks
Ekpe Udoh (Baylor) – 25 points, 8 rebounds
James Anderson (Oklahoma State) - 27 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists
Denis Clemente and Jacob Pullen (Kansas State) – combined for 31 points and 13 assists
Donald Sloan (Texas A&M) – 23 points
"I think it does speak volumes worth of history and tradition of the program. We're very proud of it. It hasn't been a big point of emphasis for this team, but I think the guys respect the past enough to know it's a big deal." – Kansas coach Bill Self on getting win number 2000
#1 Kansas vs. #4 Texas A&M (7:30 pm)
#2 Kansas State vs. #3 Baylor (9:00 pm)
Category: NCAAB
Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M
Posted on: March 11, 2010 12:56 am
Edited on: March 11, 2010 7:18 am
Iowa State basketball: It still exists
Thomas Beisner
While Texas' 82-75 win behind Damion James' 28 points and 16 rebounds will grab the headlines, the big winner might be the Iowa State basketball program, which showed the world through a competitive game Wednesday night that they actually do exist.
For a program that hasn't made any post-season tournament since 2005 and has put together a combined 24-56 conference record in that time, never winning more than six Big 12 games in a season, it's just nice to be noticed again. Losses are routine. Publicity is a blessing.
"Every year I have the same conversation with my parents," Iowa State journalism major Nick McClanahan told CBS. "I tell them that I'm still covering Cyclone basketball for the school paper and my dad threatens to stop paying the tuition if I don't stop lying to him. He says he knows they killed that program years ago. It's frustrating."
Does getting on television and possibly even making a page three story in the local paper help the program? McClanahan thinks so.
"At this point, I think any recognition is good recognition," McClanahan explained. "I'm not sure what it will do for recruiting, but my dad might start visiting me again or stop calling my apartment collect on the rare occasion he wants to speak to me."
McClanahan isn't the only person on campus feeling the sting of the fall from grace of the Cyclone program, though. According to the school's media relations department, the student body and community as a whole is suffering through the downturn in Iowa State's basketball fortune and they're doing their best to help them deal with their depression.
In a statement released to CBS, Iowa State said that counselors are available 24 hours a day to meet with students, faculty or any Iowa State fans living in the community. According to the statement, the losing is only part of the issue.
"With Larry Eustachy's continued resurgence at Southern Miss, Marcus Fizer's monthly contract in Mexico and Iowa State tranfer Wes Johnson helping Syracuse hunt for a national title, " the statement read, "we understand the widespread depression and recognize that we must help those affected."
The school says calls have flooded in over the past few weeks, but slowed on Wednesday night as Iowa State at least gave them a glimmer of hope. And at least a little bit of national recognition.
Texas might have advanced to play Baylor on Thursday, but Iowa State still scored themselves a victory.
Category: NCAAB
Tags: Big 12, Iowa State, Texas
Posted on: March 9, 2010 1:19 pm
Edited on: March 9, 2010 7:31 pm
Conference Tourney Scouting Report: Big XII
Thomas Beisner
The Big XII,despite the stigma of being a football conference and sounding like a name of a movie your company won't expense, has developed into quite the powerful basketball league over the past several seasons. This year appears to be no different as they enter the post-season with the nation's top ranked team, three other teams in the top-25 and six teams likely to go dancing. Before they take on the world, though. a little intra-conference positioning is on tap. The Phillips 66 Big XII Tournament (no event is more married to their sponsor) gets underway tomorrow and there are a number of things that the casual observer must know. Study up.
Kansas City, Missouri, hosting their ninth Phillips 66 Big XII Tournament, is known as both the "BBQ Capital of the World" and the "Paris of the Plains". The convergence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers originally attracted settlers to the area and KCMO was officially incorporated in 1850. That also marks the last time someone thought, "Hmmm. I think Kansas City might be a nice place to live."
Names to Know
Sharon Collins – Collins is a delightful elderly lady who will be lingering in the bar of your hotel, sipping a 7-on-7 and working her way through three packs of Marlboro Reds. Often confused with Kansas point guard Sherron Collins, Sharon has developed some witty pick-up lines involving "ball handling" and "going to the rack". Stay away.
Kim English – Not to be confused with Gary Parrish's Missouri man crush, natives of Kansas City know Kim English for exactly what it is – an institution of learning. Sue Ann Kim established Kim English in 2001 after relocating from Beijing and has now helped over 75 Chinese transplants gain American citizenship and master their new language.. 好!
Tiny Gallon – In basketball circles, Tiny Gallon is the freshman center for the Oklahoma Sooners. In Kansas City, though, tiny gallon has two completely different meanings. It's most commonly (and most boringly) used a reference to anything smaller than 128 ounces. For example, you might tell the gas station attendant that their soda machine is out and he will reply, "Dammit son, just grab one of them tiny gallons in the cooler". The less frequently used version in Kansas City is used as part of a phrase such as "Dang, did you see that tiny gallon the red dress? She must not be from 'round here". This variation often does not appear in Kansas City vernacular at all, making appearances only when a large amount of visitors come to town. Because women in Kansas City are fat.
The Contenders
Kansas – They entered the year at the top of the polls and ended the season still hugging the top spot. That's certainly not a bad thing. In between, there were fights with the football team, DUIs, Facebook banishments and the worst free throw ever. And that's just two players. They're the favorites to win the national title so you have to figure they're the favorites to win this tournament. I didn't fact check that. I'm just assuming.
Kansas State – Just seven years removed from coaching a high school team, Frank Martin has Kansas State in national title contention thanks to the backcourt of Jacobham Lincoln and the world's fastest basketball player/magician Denis Clemente. They dropped both games to Kansas this year but went undefeated against Baylor, Texas A&M and Texas this season. I would assume this, along with their #2 seed, makes them the second favorite.
Baylor – After slowly improving the past few years under Scott Drew and that Australian point guard, the Bears launched themselves onto the national scene this season thanks to Tweety Carter, the school's first McDonald's All-American, and LaceDarius Dunn, who's name sounds like the sequel to this movie. Their road to the title likely goes through Texas, Kansas State and Kansas. They're 2-0 against the Horns this year and 0-2 against Kansas' finest, losing by 2 to the Wildcats and by 6 to the Jayhawks. Again, third in your program, third in your sports book.
Wednesday's Games
#8 Colorado vs. #9 Texas Tech – Despite protests to just have their athletic directors debate whether athletes respond better to being enticed by sex, drugs and alcohol or by being locked in a closet, these teams will play an actual basketball game. The Buffaloes enter the tournament on a three-game winning streak and the Red Raiders, despite having a guy named Mike Singletary, have showed no backbone in losing seven in a row and nine of eleven. You sold on this one yet? No? Umm...there will be cheerleaders?
#5 Missouri vs. #12 Nebraska – Even The Scwab is going to sit this one out. You should too.
#7 Oklahoma State vs. #10 Oklahoma – There will be plenty of hatred in the Sprint Center for this one and, for once, it won't be because Oklahoma State is fighting each other. An in-state rivalry is just the kind of first-round sexiness this tournament needs. The key for Oklahoma State will be Big XII Player of the Year James Anderson, who topped the conference with 22 points per game. On the other side, Oklahoma freshman guard Tommy Mason-Griffin was the conference leader in tattoos per square inch. I don't think that will be as useful in this matchup. It does bear noting, though.
#6 Texas vs. #11 Iowa State – The formerly top-ranked Longhorns are now the sixth-seed in the Big XII tournament after a road loss to Kansas State sent them spiraling into a 6-8 tailspin to finish the year. However, barring a disaster, Texas will slaughter the Cyclones and you'll hear for the 450th time about Dexter Pittman's weight loss. What they won't tell you, though, is that his excess weight stumbled across some radioactive contamination in a sewer and formed a living organism capable of transforming into actual size Tweety Carter, Tommy Mason-Griffin and Sherron Collins body doubles. This could pave the way for a Longhorn tourney run.
Rest of the Schedule
Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 11
No. 1 Kansas vs. CU/TTU winner 11:30 a.m.
No. 4 Texas A&M vs. MU/NU winner 2:00 p.m.
No. 2 Kansas State vs. OU/OSU winner 6:00 p.m.
No. 3 Baylor vs. ISU/UT winner 8:30 p.m.
Semifinals - Friday, March 12
Thursday afternoon winners 6:00 p.m.
Thursday evening winners 8:30 p.m.
Final - Saturday, March 13
Semifinal winners 5:00 p.m.
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409 Natural Stone Cleaner, Cleaning Granite, Cleaning Tips, Dusting, Dusting Tips, Granite CLeaner, Swiffer Duster
Hey Y'all! Happy Thoughtful Thursday…..it's rainy and gloomy here in Atlanta this morning so my cleaning OCD bug is in full effect and before I knew it, I had a blog post ready to go! I must admit that I have become my mom, well not entirely, but I did pick up some of her OCD cleaning problems that I used to HATE when I was little….don't you just love when that moment happens for the first time, "OMG, I've become my mom?!?!" Sometimes that feels good, other times horrifying. And I've found that the older I get, the more frequently it occurs.
I also happen to have a particular OCD cleaning BFF, she has a problem like I do, well hers may be worse. Her room was immaculate in college, she wouldn't even let us enter it…was I that nasty, no it wasn't me, it was her! :) She actually recommeneded this particular cleaning tool YEARS ago and I just never listened until recently. I picked up one of these beauties and it has changed my OCD cleaning life. I LOVE the Swiffer Duster. It's so good, I'm actually surprised it hasn't made it's way into my bed to sleep with me at night. It makes dusting tollerable and extremely easy. LOVE it. I dust everything with it! I have even dusted my hardwoods with it to get hard to reach areas under my furniture, YES I AM CRAZY. Join the fun and go buy yourself one this weekend. It's surely to change your life like it did mine!
On to another top five gotta have cleaning products. I have granite countertops that happen to be black, so they show streaks like crazy. For years, it irritated me so badly and I couldn't figure out how to make it better in order to prevent a personal cleaning breakdown. Enter 409 Natural Stone Cleaner! Another life changer, this stuff is amazing AND wonderful AND just plain, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. If you have any issues with cleaning your granite, buy this now. I picked it up at the grocery store on a whim, so you can too!
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1. Re: Color Photo ExtractionDavid__B Mar 22, 2012 3:29 PM (in response to dk125)
Hi dk125,
I'm not sure what feature you are referencing. The eye dropper is still available for selecting a color. Can you describe more what is missing?
2. Re: Color Photo Extractiondk125 Mar 22, 2012 4:54 PM (in response to David__B)
Thank you for getting back to me. Pre-update, you would press "colors" then "camera" then select a picture. It would automatically pick out some of the colors and then to the side, show them as a theme. At the top it said Photo Color Extraction I am a knitter, so I liked it to take my phone to yarn stores to select the colors of the theme. I could take a picture of something and immediately and easily have the colors to match. I guess now you can do it yourself with the eye dropper, but I haven't quite figured that out and it is certainly not as easy.
Just hoping you put it back in.
3. Re: Color Photo ExtractionDavid__B Mar 22, 2012 6:01 PM (in response to dk125)
Thank you for the additional details. This does sound familar now with your description. I created this idea/feature request to have it brought back and will pass along that it is missed to the development team.
Sorry for the change
4. Re: Color Photo Extractiondk125 Mar 22, 2012 9:14 PM (in response to David__B)
Thank you. I appreciate it I found out about the app in an online knitting class, so I know there are plenty of other knitters that use it in this way.
5. Re: Color Photo Extractionjoegleur Mar 29, 2012 8:46 PM (in response to dk125)
this feature is definitely much sorely missed! i updated adobe ideas on my iPhone but i cant update it on my iPad due to not wanting to lose this feature D:


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New sampling, analysis method catches adverse effects with less burden-- Lindsey Marcellin
Monday, October 11, 2010 (Last Updated: 10/12/2010)
MONDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- For phase III trials supporting supplemental drug applications, a more focused adverse event data collection strategy can effectively identify significant events, reduce the collection of unnecessary information, and decrease the burden of these large clinical trials, according to research published online Oct. 4 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Lee D. Kaiser, of Genentech in South San Francisco, Calif., and colleagues used a new, prospectively developed statistical analysis plan to reanalyze post-marketing anticancer agent safety data -- often collected by pharmaceutical companies for studies that support supplemental indications of the new drug -- from eight previously completed prospective randomized trials. The purpose of the study was to assess the amount of safety data collected in these costly and complex studies and to determine an optimal method for collecting the most relevant safety data that would relieve the burden these studies place on the clinical trials infrastructure.
Studies reviewed documented 107,884 adverse events, of which four were grade 1 or grade 2 and nine grade were 3 and higher -- none of which had been included in the previously established safety profiles for the initial drug approval and which may have been missed using subsampling. Overall, the researchers concluded that collection of data on events serious enough to lead to dose modification/discontinuation or death should occur in all patients in the trial, that grade 3 or higher events should be collected from a subsample of the full trial, and that grade 1-2 events do not require collection.
"For phase III trials supporting supplemental applications, an optimized AE and concomitant medication collection strategy can identify clinically significant safety information and preserve resources otherwise spent collecting uninformative information. This optimized data collection strategy leads to a high probability of capturing events that matter most to patients and their physician," the authors write.
Many of the study authors disclosed financial relationships with the pharmaceutical industry.
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The official website of Osaka Prefecture University
August 2011 Features "MADE IN OPU"
In April 2011, Subway, the American restaurant franchise, internationally well known for submarine sandwiches, opened on OPU's Nakamozu Campus with the theme of "campus production for campus consumption." The sandwiches served on our campus, the Subway Vegetable Lab OPU restaurant, are not exactly the same kind as are served in other Subways in the world: vegetables for the sandwiches are produced, sold and consumed on campus.
In March 2011, the R & D Center for the Plant Factory was completed on the Nakamozu campus, with the support of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan. It is the largest of all fully artificial light-type plant factories in Japan. Vegetables such as lettuce, herbs and ice plants are grown under fluorescent lights in a controlled manufacturing method. On 15 rows of shelves stacked seven meters high are heads of organic lettuce, which after being harvested by a picking robot are immediately transported to the OPU restaurant.
"A few years ago, we started to focus more on serving 'healthy,' 'safe,' and 'tasty' vegetables," says Hiroshi Tsuge, Branch Manager of Subway Japan Inc.. "Through collaboration with The Plant Factory and the evolutionary model of produce, sell and consume on campus we are able to realize this".
One of the popular, OPU limited menu items is the "Ice Plant Veggie" featuring ice plant made in the plant factory. The plant originates in South Africa, and its leaves and stems are covered with vesicles filled with salted water that look like a sprinkle of ice crystals.
"It's a nice concept that we can consume what we produce on campus. I love the texture and slightly salty taste of ice plant. Vegetables from the plant factory are very fresh, and the sandwich tastes so good," says a university staff who frequents the OPU Subway restaurant.
OPU and Subway are working on the development of new original menu items using vegetables and herbs made in the plant factory.


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Investors Paul Kedrosky and Brad Feld go after existing immigration laws in a Journal op-ed today .
While fast-growing companies have long been the main source of new jobs and innovation, this country makes it outrageously difficult for immigrants to launch new companies here. This doesn't make any sense. After all, Google, Pfizer, Intel, Yahoo, DuPont, eBay and Procter & Gamble are all former start-ups founded by immigrants.
Yet .... We send recent, foreign-born university science and engineering graduates back to their own countries after their student visas expire...
For those who studied elsewhere, but who nonetheless want to bring their job-creating ideas here, American policies treat them...as a cross between deadbeats and queue-jumpers.
For skilled foreigners hoping to work in the US in 2009, all 65,000 H-1B visas slots were filled on the first day of applications. It's not clear yet whether would-be immigrants will be turned away for 2010 -- the recession has discouraged applicants -- but the H-1B application process itself is restricting. Just doing all the paperwork often costs $5,000 per applicant.
Kedrosky and Feld propose to allow entry to foreigners with more than $125,000 to start a business. Why not? They're not likely to be freeloaders. Let them in.
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Evan Williams, CEO of Twitter, has taken to his personal blog to defend the new, official implementation of Retweeting. The main problem that people have with Twitter's system is that Retweets do not appear as Retweets. Instead, Twitter inserts the original Tweet from someone you may or may not be following.
Williams essentially says that change is good and users need to embrace it:
The drawback is that it may be a little surprising (unpleasant even, for some) to discover avatars of people they don't follow in their timeline. I ask those people to keep in mind the following: You're already reading the content from these people via organic retweets. This is just giving you more context. My experience is that you get used to this pretty quickly, and it's a welcome way to mix things up. If you find someone constantly throwing people in there you don't like, as mentioned before, you can turn off Retweets from them (while still following their non-retweets). And if you really don't like it, and you only want to see what people you follow wrote themselves, you can turn off Retweets for everyone you follow (individually). Organic RTs do not offer nearly this flexibility.
Unfortunately, this seems like creating 2 solutions for 1 problem. If you have a problem with someone Retweeting too much, why not *just* create the ability to turn off their Retweets? Additionally, if these Retweets are so unwanted, then isn't displaying them as organic Tweets from strangers making the problem worse?
Williams said in his post that it was easier to read an original tweet than a Retweet - and especially the Retweet of a Retweet. But most people are looking to scan their feeds quickly. When you see the avatar and screen name of someone unfamiliar to you, it disrupts a quick read of Tweets. Sure, the brain will adjust somewhat and speed up the new process, but I can't imagine it truly being faster than scanning Tweets from people you've chosen to follow.
Another reason Williams cited was that it's annoying to see a string of Retweets in a single Tweet, the aforementioned action of Retweeting a Retweet. But Twitter only allows 140 characters, which limits the ability to really do this. And again, if you're annoyed when people do this, simply turn off their Retweets or don't follow them at all.
Last but not least, the new system doesn't allow users to make their own comments on a Retweet. Here's Williams' defense:
The other thing some people will not like is that, unlike organic RTs, there's no way to annotate or leave your own comment when you retweet something with the new system. Some people annotate with every retweet, some don't do it at all. But it's definitely useful in certain scenarios. We left it out of this first version mostly for simplicity. It's especially tricky when you consider transports like SMS where adding a lot of structure or additional content is hard. But we have some ideas there, and it's possible we'll build that in at a later date. (This point should not be missed.)
I'm glad they're still considering putting this functionality in. That it was hard is not the greatest defense. They probably should have waited until this was ready to roll out the Retweet feature, especially when they were changing up the way Retweets are displayed in the first place.
It's nice to see Williams addressing reservations that people have about the new system. However, in this case, I'm not sure the reasoning truly answers critics' concerns.
What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below.