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Art Professor Installed as Inaugural Marion Chair
Contact: Gina Vergel
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Jo Anna Isaak, Ph.D., a specialist in modernism and contemporary art, was installed on April 6 as the first John L. Marion Chair in Art History, Painting and Sculpture at Fordham University.
Stephen Freedman, Ph.D., senior vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer, presents Jo Anna Isaak, Ph.D., with a medal signifying her chair. John Tognino, (FCLS '75), chairman of the Fordham Board of Trustees, was master of ceremonies at the event.
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"On behalf of Jo Anna's colleagues in her department and throughout the faculty, and all of the arts and sciences deans, how deeply appreciative we are that Jo Anna has joined us," said Robert Himmelberg, Ph.D., professor of history and dean of the arts and sciences faculty.
"During the short time she's been with us, she has proven herself a charming as well as highly collegial colleague," Himmelberg said. "She is a scholar of unusual depth and strength, and a teacher of unusual ability. How much we look forward to having her with us for many years."
Isaak received a medal that signified her chair from Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, Stephen Freedman, senior vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer and John Tognino, (FCLS '75), chairman of Fordham's Board of Trustees.
"This has been part of a long welcome," said Isaak, who has been at Fordham since 2006. "I'm truly in the best of all possible departments with the best of all possible colleagues."
Isaak delivered the inaugural lecture, "And for all this, nature is never spent," which is also the title of an exhibit she curated with Fordham students at the Pelham Art Center. The exhibit, on display until April 25, features nontraditional media by 10 artists who seek to broaden public awareness of environmental degradation.
"They are proving that art can become useful again," Isaak said of artists. She mentioned Subhankar Banerjee, who left a position at the Boeing Corporation in Seattle to explore and document the Arctic wilderness. Banerjee's images of Siberia, Alaska and the Canadian Yukon have shed light on environmental changes threatening the Far North.
"Photography continues today in the forefront of the fight in the battle to preserve the wilderness, even as the very concept of wilderness has changed," Isaak said. "Banerjee's photographs of the arctic bring to the residents of the lower states an understanding of this vast, complex land and water and ice and keeper of life."
Isaak also discussed work by Nancy Holt, who has made art of the trash heaps in New Jersey's Meadowlands, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles, whose "Flow City" at the 59th Street Marine Transfer Station introduces the public to the reconceptualization of urban ecological systems.
"It may be the extravagance of the projects and the obsession they manifest that make them work as art," Isaak said of the vast works of these activist artists. "In radically redefining the role of art and expanding the realm of the aesthetic, these artists are involved in a reversal of that long process by which aesthetics became formalized and and divorced from social and practical considerations. They are proving that the care and maintenance of the environment can be integral part of the creative process."
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The ULTIMATE Guitar Setup Q&A thread & how to string a guitar
pretty simple. if uve got a guitar setup question, feel free to ask here.
so far, Madpickin and i have been able to check in daily for questions.
all i ask, if you dont know the answer, or if you arent 100% sure, then dont post here.
regulars will be checking this thread often, so no spam please.
if u have a problem or question involving:
action, fret buzz, intonation, neck angle (truss rod), bridge lifting, faulty input jacks, tuning stability, bad switches, trems, nuts, dented or dead frets, ect, this is a good place to post.
ok good luck, let's see how this works.
good luck, jenny. :cheers:
for FLOYD QUESTIONS check out the New Sticky at the top of the page :cheers:
Some tools you can start Collecting for your setup kit.
- A small plastic tool box.
- An electric tuner
- String winder / cutter tool
- A capo, not a bad investment if you play anyway.
- A universal Allen tool, in metric and in inches.
- An accurate, high quality 6 inch metal ruler with 64's and 32nds increments.
- Small screw drivers and Micro screwdrivers.
- Set of feeler gauges, .009 to .018. and metric. auto parts store.
- planet waves headstand, neck support.
- roll out mat, pad or rug.
- electrical tape, duct tape.
- soldering iron kit. ~35W, something that comes with a heat clip and stand.
- 60/40 solder.
thanks Zep_shizzle for the tool kit idea.
Sid suggested i add a few pictures, and some info in the first posts that might help.
this is still a Q and A, so feel free to post if you have any questions. :cheers:
Adjusting Action, fret buzz, dead notes
on a TOM:
detune a little,
loosen the screws at the top of the bridge posts,
(some TOMs don't have screws on top)
that should loosen the thumb screws enough so you can spin them up or down, (thumb screws pointed to by red arrows)
then tighten it all up again. questions? please post.
Strat style:
using a tiny allen wrench on the two pegs, front face of each saddle. lower them to raise an individual string. questions about keeping saddles level? please post.
if your trem bridge is lifted after changing string gauge
tighten the trem screws and / or add springs. dont put too much stress on those screws. not sure how to arrange the springs? please post.
if your output jack is loose, or output is cutting out and it's not your cable
Neck Relief:
Adjusting your neck
This is not action adjustment. That's done at the bridge.
A neck adjustment usually helps when a bridge adjustment can't get the the job done like: strings not low enough, or if you have fretbuzz that doesn't go away.
Please do not turn your truss rod without posting first. But here's a good way to see if you might need a neck adjustment.
with a balanced bridge...
fret the Low E on the first fret.
then - at the same time,
fret the Low E on the last fret, where the neck and body meet. ~19th fret.
with both places held, look at the middle frets, 7-9th
If the string lays on the fret wire there, you probably do not have enough neck bend.
If the string is more than a credit cards thickness up from the wire there, you probably have too much.
ideally, see if a thin-medium pick fits in the middle gap.
SETTING INTONATION: from icepoint...
Fine tuning String Length Makes Sure that your guitar plays in tune all the way up and down the neck.
Using an electronic tuner, tune your guitar.
One string at a time, play the harmonic at the 12th fret and then play the fretted 12th fret note.
If the fretted note is sharper than the harmonic, increase the string length slightly until both notes register the same on your tuner.
If the fretted note is flat compared to the harmonic shorten the string length slightly until both notes register the same on your tuner.
Repeat the procedure on all strings.
just to add, if you can't get the harmonic to match the fretted 12th, compare the
open string note and the fretted 12th note.
be sure to tune the open string after each intonation screw adjustment.
ANOTHER WAY TO Explain Intonation:
-Play the harmonic at the 12th fret, listen closely to the resultant pitch
-Now play the same note by fretting the note at the 12th fret. The two notes should match exactly if the intonation is correct.
-If the fretted note sounds sharp, then adjust the bridge saddle so that it moves back away from the fingerboard.
-If the fretted note sounds flat, then adjust the bridge saddle so that it moves towards the fretboard.
- again, tune up the open string note after every screw adjustment.
thanks for suggestions 311!
intonation screw #2 in this strat pic:
TOM intonation screw pic:
Adjusting pickup Height
=Blue lines in pic.
small turns, don't dont want to unscrew the screw from the pup.
too high and you might get a muddy tone. (and sustain loss)
too low and you might get volume loss.
just right for extra bite. yes, the pup can be tilted closer to thick strings for more bass, closer to treble side for more treble. some poles, with screw heads are adjustable for tone "fine tuning". dont go lower than flush to the pup.
depends on your preference.
Questions about anything? please post :cheers:
how to string tutorial, also covers acoustic and slotted tuners
you string through the bridge and lay the string along the board.
it will be long and way past the tuner in the headstock.
you measure 3" past the tuner and bend the string there.
that kink in the string is a "MARK".
put the string through the hole in the tuner,
the string will be floppy, so hold it while you wind up. each wind under the first.
you should get 2-3 winds around the tuner before the slack picks up,
and the string feels tight. (use a friend's hand for help until you get the hang of it.)
clip off excess.
also, a helpful "How to Lock a String in place Picture"
thanks Ippon :)
All Work Below Done By MRFLIBBLE!
How To Restring a Guitar
The problem
Lots of people here have beginner or intermediate-level equipment, and they have problems with keeping their guitars in tune. Often they blame the tuners. Sometimes they blame the bridge. Slightly more experienced people will blame the nut.
However, the vast majority of tuning problems come simply from the guitar not being restrung in the correct way.
If you have something like a cheap copy of a Floyd Rose bridge then that will often be the cause of tuning problems. If you have a regular Stratocaster bridge and you've been trying to do Eddie Van Halen dive bomb stuff on it then that will also be a cause of tuning problems. If your guitar's nut or bridge is clearly falling apart then that will be why your guitar won't stay in tune.
When it's a case of "my guitar won't stay in tune but everything looks fine", it is almost always because you've not restrung it correctly.
The solutions
There are two ways to go about fixing this problem:
1. Buy locking tuners for your guitar. This is the lazy way to do it and frankly I don't see the point. It'll save you a few minutes of time but it costs money and means modding the guitar (and if you're someone who can't change strings correctly then I'm not sure you should be thinking of changing any hardware).
2. Learn how to restring the guitar properly. This is free, it's easy once you get the hang of it and it requires to modifications to the guitar so you can do it to any guitar any time.
This guide will therefore show you how to do #2.
So, how to restring a guitar correctly
I apologise for my crappy MSPaint diagrams. Hopefully they give you a good enough idea until I can get my video sorted out.
This is the key I'll be using throughout the guide, read it and make sure you know which side is 'outside', what I mean by 'top tuner hole', etc.
And yes, I am using a bright blue line to indicate where the string is. It just looks clearer this way.
Step 1:
Stretch your string. There's no real wrong way of stretching a string. Just get some of the 'spring' out of the string so it's easier to handle while you're restringing the guitar since the string will have been coiled up in it's packet for a while and that can make it hard to bend the right way.
Step 2:
Remember to only do one string at a time, and on a 3-a-side headstock (like you get on Gibson/Epiphone instruments), make sure you work from the 'outside' strings inwards; i.e. do the low E string, then the high E, then the A, then the B, then the D, then finally the G string. You do it in this order so you maintain the best tension for the neck and strings all the way through the restringing process. If you restring a guitar with a flat headstock and 6-in-a-line tuners (like on Fender instruments), you just go from the lowest string to the highest string in order (low E, A, D, G, B then high E).
Step 3:
Detune then cut the old string off, and set the tuner it was in so that the holes in the tuner post are parallel to the neck. This means if you're looking at the headstock front-on, the holes in the tuner post will be at the top and bottom, not the sides.
Step 4:
Thread the new string through your bridge. How you do this depends on the type of bridge your guitar has, but you can't possibly mess this part up whatever it is. If you don't even know how strings go through your bridge then you should just give up and take the guitar to a store to be restrung instead.
Step 5:
Bring the string up the length of the body towards the headstock and feed it through it's slot in the guitar's nut. Don't worry about it staying in the nut all the time, so long as it stays in there for the next step.
Step 6:
Take the string up through the nut slot and curve it round from the 'inside' and down through the top hole in the tuner peg. Which side is the 'inside' and 'outside' depends on which tuner it is. If it is the low E, A or D, then the 'inside' is on the right and the 'outside' is on the left. If it is the high E, B or G strings then the 'inside' is on the right and the 'outside' is on the left. If your instrument is left-handed then you reverse these directions.
At this point you also need to guess how much of the string you need to use. It's hard to tell with this and every brand of string and every scale length of guitar and tuner style is different, so it's just something you'll get used to guessing as you restring your guitar more and more. All I can advise for guessing the string length is when you're first threading the string through the top tuner hole, try and leave enough slack string so that it can be wound around the tuner peg 2-3 times for the lowest three strings (E, A and D) and 3-5 times for the highest three strings (G, B and E). Again, there's no exact measurement or guide for this, it's just something you've got to guess roughly at. You'll get used to knowing how much slack string to leave once you've done this a few times.
Step 7:
With the string now coming out through the 'bottom' hole of the tuner (going back towards the neck), curve it around the outside of the tuner (so it is now pointing 'up' away from the neck again).
Step 8:
This is the tricky part. Take the end of the string and loop it under the string where it first came through the 'top' tuner hole. I know that might sound confusing but there's not much of a better way to explain it. Hopefully the pictures help. Pull the end of the string so it now comes out 'above' the... string. Yeah like I said, confusing to explain in words but hopefully the pictures can help.
Step 9:
With the string now looped under and up around/over itself, hold the end of the string fairly tight and start to wind the tuner. For the low E, A and D strings, you want to wind it counter-clockwise. For the G, B and high E strings, wind it so it moves clockwise. If your guitar's headstock is straight with all the tuners on the same side ('6-in-a-line') then you should turn all the tuners anti-clockwise.
Of course if your guitar is a left-handed guitar (or you have a 'reverse' headstock on a right-handed guitar) then you should switch these directions around.
Step 10:
It is very common for the string to come out of it's nut slot while you're winding the tuner. Don't worry about this. The thing you do have to make sure of is that the string doesn't 'spring' up off the tuner peg. Because of the way the string is looped in on itself, it will want to jump around and move until you've wound the tuner a couple of times. You've just got to keep a firm grip and keep an eye out if the string begins to move. What I usually do is I keep a finger resting on top of the tuner peg, that way no string can pop off over it. If the string does happen to pop off out of place, sometimes you can force it back over the tuner peg, though often you'll have to take the string off and start again with a brand new string. Luckily it's not hard to keep the string in place anyway, just don't rush things and it shouldn't move much, if it does look like it'll move at all then just keep a finger pressed down on it. If you're really struggling, try getting a second person to hold the string in place around the tuner post while you turn the tuner.
Step 11:
After you've turned the tuner a couple of times, you can probably take your hand away from the string on the tuner as it is now 'locked' in place. From now on use your hands to keep the string in it's nut slot, and keep winding until you are roughly in-tune.
Step 12:
Cut off any excess string, get it in tune and you're done.
Also to add, in case anyone doubts my restringing method:
This is the method of restringing that Gibson Custom Shop, Gibson USA, Fender Custom Shop, Fender USA, ESP Custom Shop, ESP Japan and Gretsch USA all recommend for restringing a guitar, and it's how they all string their guitars during the factory set-up too. This really is the best, most effective and fool-proof way of restringing any guitar, as recommended by the best guitar manufacturers in the world.
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again, any questions, feel free to post.
Stop Gounding Noise
quick way to get rid of unwanted buzz.
the kind that stops when you touch metal on the guitar.
if you dont have time to open the guitar to look for a loose ground wire,
alligator clip a wire to the bridge, and tuck the other end, with metal loop into your waistband to touch skin and stop hum while you play.
if your guitar falls out of tune or won't intonate
-make sure the strings are fresh.
-make sure you only have a couple of wraps around each tuner.
try using one of the guides above.
-lube all contact points, so the string is free to move. you don't want it to snag.
- if it's a trem bridge, make sure the bridge is balanced, or flush with the body of the guitar.
if you dont plan on using your strat style trem
and want to block it. here's a good pic from fretnotguitar.
this is just a block of wood, cut to size, wedged into either side of the bridge.
most trems don't need to be blocked. with a little work balancing, you can get
trem to stay in tune.
thanks for the suggestion squierLolz!
How to Clean a Fretboard!
-Maple board- don't use lemon oil.
maple boards are already finished, much like painted surfaces.
smearing oil on the board won't condition and might stain the wood.
for maple you'll want to use a polish, or a damp rag.
-Rosewood Board-use a product similar to dunlop lemon oil. (maybe a synthetic linseed oil) be careful with discarded oil rags.
don't use silicone products found around the house.
Again, Any Questions on above tips, just post!
Thank you. I should have asked here before I tried to tighten it without opening up the back cavity beacsue I was playing just 10 minutes ago, and when I was using it as a kill switch, I noticed it is making a weird crackling noise, and the kill has gotten weaker. This never used to happen and it used to sound good when I did it. I double checked my second pickups volume wasn't on etc. So did I possibly rip the wires already?
loosened them is my guess.
i suggest u add a .10cent gripping washer, as the nut is getting stripped.
and possibly pick up a soldering iron. and note where those wires lead, should u need to resolder them. $8.
instructions how to solder are on the packet.
also, im not dissing it, but the lp100 isnt made for rough play.
eventually a new switch will be needed. $10.
Ya, tell me about it. I already had to replace the tuning keys on it, and the input jack was hanging by a thread until my dad had to take it apart and tighten it. Now the pick up switch....Arrrgghh. Where does it end..
yeah sorry. they should really discontinue that model, imo.
anyway, ive seen epi switches snap right off before so be warned. :cheers:
what is bridge lifting
sometimes with a trem bridge, a change in string gauge will pull the bridge up away from the body.
this can cause tuning issues.
Hi, I have a question about two guitars. My dad's Gibson LP Custom 57' reissue and my 100 LP 100. I like really like the feel of my dad's guitar, partly because of the setup. Is there anyway I can maximize the playing on my guitar with proper setup techniques? If so, what are some bang for the buck techniques that are easy to do? I change my strings regularly, and clean and polish the fretboard. But I know nothing about tuning the bridge etc.
well hard to compare the two guitars, im sure u know.
but if u want to most out of the lp100, ull want to adjust the action, so it feels low enough to run up and down easily, but still high enough so there are no dead frets. or fret buzz.
also, adjusting the pickup heights cant hurt.
dudeman, please stop spamming ok, great thanks.
What are the steps to correct fret buzz? Where do you start? Adust the truss rod? What is the typical distance that the strings should be above the frets?
where is the buzz? what strings and frets?
no, u dont start at the truss rod.
start with adjustments at the bridge, the truss rod should not be touched unless absolutely necessary as it is easy to screw up. You bridge should either be able to raise and lower via screws as a whole unit, or it has individual saddles for each string with small hex sockets that can be adjusted with an allen wrench. Typical height is whatever feels confortable sans fret buzz :liplick:
EDIT: I actually remembered a question I had for myself as well :) . I was considering changin my guage from 10-46s to 11-49s on my guitar that came standard setup for 10s. Would I have to have the truss rod adjusted for the extra tension or does a 1 guage increase not require it. Thanks.
2 things.
When i turn my tone knob it crackles and such how do i fix.
Second, How do you lower action?
ur tone pot is dirty. you can try pot cleaner with lube. shooting some in the pot while turning the knob can clear it up.
but a can of that stuff costs about $10. and u can get a new pot for as much.
and u can lower the saddles by using a tiny allen wrench to adjust the two pegs on the front of each saddle.
pretty sure uve got this type of bridge...
if u are desperate and have WD40, u can try shooting some of that into the hole between the pot and the guitar wall. in the guitar cavity. that might also clear up the noise. it's not as good as the cleaner, but if u were going to swap out the pot anyway, it's worth a shot. just make sure you use a small amount and that the pot is dry, before u turn it back on.
great idea jenny :golfclap:
Hey I got a problem. I just switched the strings on my guitar (see sig) to Ernie Ball Light Top/Heavy Bottoms (10 - 52) so that I could get some lower tunings. But I get a crap load of fret buzz. I adjusted the bridge (a Floyd Rose Licenced Trem) to a reasonable height and messed with the trem springs in the back of the guitar but I can't get rid of all the fret buzz.
Also, on another note, I read that Ernie Ball slinky strings are bad for floating trems because of their elestacicity. Can anyone confirm this?
where is the buzz? what frets and what strings?
also, as far as the type of strings being bad for a guitar... it might just make it harder to keep it in tune.
Around the first frets (really bad) and second frets (not so bad).
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The ABC and production company Southern Star have today publicly apologised to Alisdair Macdonald, the former husband of magazine editor Ita Buttrose, over claims made in the mini-series Paper Giants.
The apology comes after Mumbrella reported last week that the defamation case had been settled out of court in mediation.
Further details of the settlement remain confidential, but DVDs of Paper Giants have been withdrawn from sale. The apology will also be broadcast on ABC1 next Sunday.
Macdonald took legal action after the show depicted him being threatened by Buttrose's success, finally deserting his pregnant wife and young child.
According to Macdonald, the marriage continued for another three years after the birth of his second child, and he had not been contacted by the producers of the show to verify the way he was portrayed.The statement read as follows:
"Recently the ABC broadcast "Paper Giants – the Birth of Cleo", a dramatised account of Ita Buttrose's founding of Cleo magazine. The program depicted Ms Buttorose's first husband Alisdair Macdonald, abandoning her at the time of the birth of their second child. The ABC and Southern Star, the producers of Paper Giants, accept that this is untrue. The ABC and Southern Star withdraws those suggestions unreservedly and apologises to Mr McDonald and his family for them."
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Will there be a review of the ABC's legal department given the obvious and glaring defamation in this series? It is all very well to subcontract drama out to independent companies and seek sureties from them that the program will contain nothing defamatory. But when the shit hits the fan the lawyers will go for the party with the deepest pockets, the broadcasters. This case should be a salutary lesson for the ABC that when you make a show making one person the centre of the drama and keep them on as a consultant etc there is always another point of view that you should investigate before rolling the cameras. I feel very sorry for Mr McDonald and would imagine the settlement would be huge and possibly not covered by either the ABC or Southern Star's insurers.
Good thing I bought my copy before this garbage came out.
It's called never letting the facts get in the way of the fiction when juicing up the storyline. But with the next act of the magazine wars coming to a small screen near you – Nene King versus Dulcie Boling – those in charge had better fact-check the script within an inch of its life.There are all sorts of people from back then, including a multitude of support players,who have their own versions of the New Idea-Woman's Day dogfight and what passes for truth. Good luck in trying to sort that one out!
Does anyone else think it's a little strange that Ita B didn't try to set the record straight?
Seeing as we the taxpayers fund the ABC, I wonder whether we have to fund this payout? Hopefully they have insurance for this kind of thing, does anyone know? Anyway the ABC has a responsibility to us taxpayers that they don't cock up when making TV dramas. A dramatised tale about Ita is not exactly Four Corners, where pushing the legal boundaries is generally worth it.
Jacqueline there is insurance known in the industry as Errors & Omissions Insurance which is mandatory for anyone producing drama who wants to licence it and sell it internationally. However in order to make a claim the onus is on the insured that it has done all the due diligence required so the prospects of a defamation claim are slim. You can't rely on the insurance otherwise. Claims on such policies are very rare so perhaps an insurer may pay out for purely commercial/relationship reasons and not legal reasons.
Agree with Sally – Ita was a consultant on this program I seem to remember from the credits – strange that she wouldn't pick up on the missing 3 years and defend AM!!


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Saying that excitement about Kansas football is at an all-time high may not be an overstatement.
According to school officials, KU had sold 27,200 season tickets as of last week. Thats only 500 shy of the 27,700 that were sold in 1969. The Jayhawks sold 26,700 season tickets in 2005.
Were hoping to break the record, associate athletic director Jim Marchiony said.
They keep playing a commerial of that kick last year down here in KC and I just want to punch my TV everytime I see it.
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They keep playing a commerial of that kick last year down here in KC and I just want to punch my TV everytime I see it.
Punch? Go Office Space on that beeeotch.
Take it out to a field...toss it to the ground and wail on it with a bat, tire iron, etc.
Then...just when you're done...begin walking away...yet suddenly...sprint back...leap onto the battered TV and let your fists do the rest of the work.
You'll feel much better after...
'Cuz you'll be in the ER getting morphine while they patch up your hands. ;)
PS. I've got some servers here at work I'd love to do that to right now. And another member here would share that sentiment.
Well all I have to say it that they are "hoping" to break their record, while we have already SMASHED ours!!! :D
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In Tuesday's win at defending sectional champion Bloomington South, Lienhoop put up 23 points and 20 rebounds. He had 21 points and 19 rebounds in a season-opening win over New Albany, and double-doubles have been the norm for him this season.
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Lienhoop leads the Olympians with 14.6 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.0 blocks a game and is second on the team with 4.0 assists and 1.3 steals. More importantly, East is 7-1 for the first time since 2002-03.
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"Bryce isn't a real vocal guy," Chitty said. "He's a quiet guy, but when he does speak, people know.
"He's a hard worker," he said. "He's a kid that loves the game. He's very competitive. He's a great kid to coach."
Lienhoop played travel basketball with SYF (Sport Youth Foundation) out of Indianapolis last summer. He is receiving interest from Division I schools Kent State and IPFW.
"I think I've improved a lot on getting to the rim," Lienhoop said. "I'm working on my decision making and getting rebounds better. Basically, whoever works the hardest is probably going to get the rebound on the offensive or defensive end."
Although he's shooting 50 percent from the field, Lienhoop has taken only two 3-point attempts this season and missed them both.
"That's the thing that he's working on — becoming a really good outside shooter," Chitty said. "He can handle the ball, he can dribble it and he can pass it. He does real good around the basket. He's working on becoming a multi-dimensional player."
"Whenever he has the ball, people have to double-team him because he's just that type of player, so he helps other people get open," senior teammate Zach Martindale said. "With his length and everything, it helps with all the rebounding on offense and defense. He's definitely a person that we'll need if we want to go far down the road."
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Love the game, the OWs, the scripting accuracy, etc. But I think you should take a Shiny Gold esque approach. Add some of your own scripts, make the game a bit harder when we get to Kanto. Make us feel like we're playing a BETTER version of Crystal. I've been looking through Shiny Gold and changing some things to make my own private completed version of the game, and I've seen that Zel really made an effort to keep the storyline the same, but add his own personal touch at the same time. The Pokenav-Pokegear idea was great, and if you can do that, it's limitless to what else you can add in. Without extras, it'd just be Pokemon Crystal all over again! I loved Crystal, but I really want to see a change of pace with this hack. Good luck!
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Rats dribble pee all the time, and transmit Weils disease.
I would ditch the lot.
Agree with fidget. Chuck them Ed.
That's also why we shouldn't drink out of bottles in a pub, often they've been left outside and vermin have been around them. Dunno what happened to the milk bottles we had a school..
Foxhouse my apples are wrapped and stay in garage, so stay cool / cold. I have mouse bait in there and they are raised up of floor. I do check them often.
If its cardboard I wouldn't, I would just put a layer of paper on top
If its plastic I would wrap The important thing is to keep them separate so if one goes rotten, it does not spread to the rest.
Wrapping apples is ok if you have only a few to store. Try wrapping 600 pounds of them.
The temperature for storage is a bit hard to quantify, our apple store is frost free. Too much warmth just mans that they ripen up and need to be used.
I find that if I bring apples out of the store where it is cold, into the kitchen where it is warm, they ripen up and go soft very quickly.
cooking apples are a different shape to eating apples, they have a squashed appearance height wise. also they are more or less green all over.
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Could this be Joe Sakic's last postseason before retirement?
Could this playoff run — however long it lasts — be the last Avalanche fans see of him in a Colorado uniform before he stands at a podium, likely wipes away a tear or two, and says it was fun while it lasted?
Sakic has always had that knack of avoiding crushing contact — not running from it, but minimizing it with deft and instinctive maneuvering. That's one of the secrets of his longevity, resilience and long-term effectiveness.
He has the same sense of anticipation for oncoming questions.
The Avalanche captain will be 39 in July. In signing one-year contracts the past few years, he has insisted he didn't want multiyear deals, so he could evaluate both his play and his desire to continue on a year-to-year basis.
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Bring that up to Sakic as a preface, and he smiles.
"I'm still saying that," he said at his stall in the Avalanche practice locker room last week.
But what about next season?
"Well, you're going to have to wait until the end of the year, right?" he said. "You can ask me now, but I'm going to give you the same answer. I'm going to wait until the end of the year to decide where I'm going to go.
"But I haven't thought about it, and it's not a decision I'm going to make right away. I'm going to take my time. I haven't decided at all, one way or another. I'm going to take my time this year and see where I'm at."
The backdrop to his decision has changed considerably in the past year. At age 37, he was sixth in NHL scoring in 2006-07, with 100 points, and that was the sixth time he had surpassed triple figures in his 18 seasons. He hadn't only avoided slippage; he had been so effective, noted hockey fan Emeril Lagasse would have said he had kicked his game up another notch.
Two days after the Avs' season ended and they missed the playoffs for the first time in their 11 seasons in Denver despite a closing 15-2-2 rush, the team was able to soften the sting by announcing that Sakic had signed a one-year deal for 2007-08.The quick announcement was understandable, considering the way his season had gone.
Production has slipped
It's different this season, on many levels, starting with the concession that this time, there likely won't be a news conference 48 hours after the end of the Avs' season to announce a Sakic re-signing.
Not only is he going to take some time to ponder the decision, his playoff performance also will be one of the issues.
That comes on the heels of a 2007-08 regular season in which his production slipped, even measured on a prorated basis in the wake of his 38-game absence because of a hernia problem, surgery and rehabilitation. He ended up scoring nearly one-third of his 13 goals in the Avalanche's first five games — one against San Jose on Oct. 7 and a hat trick against Columbus on Oct. 13. He went through an 11-game streak without a goal in late October and early November, and his shots per game dipped from 3.1 to 2.8. His percentage — 10.5 percent of his shots went for goals — was down from 14.0. And he finished with 13 goals and 40 points in 44 games.
So the issues were whether: a) age finally was taking a toll on his game, including his ability to get off and score with that stunning wrist shot that has bedeviled opposing goaltenders for years; b) after a largely injury-free career, the hernia was the sign of things to come if he kept playing; or, c) both were aberrations. Regardless, it seems safe to assume that even when Sakic was playing both before and shortly after his hernia surgery, he wasn't at 100 percent.
"Joe didn't have a total year," Avalanche coach Joel Quenneville said last week. "He hasn't missed many games throughout his career, and being out for a significant part of the season wasn't easy on him. I think he was dealing with the injury prior to him missing some games. . . . But I thought he's been getting better each and every game since he's returned. I think he's played his best over the last three or four games."
Quenneville added, "It's a tough challenge every year to maintain his credentials and that standard. I think he might have been compromised with his injury, but he's one of those guys that's going to give you the best he can be every day, and he's still effective.
When Sakic turns serious, it's clear that he is looking for some answers in the postseason.
"We'll see," he said. "We'll see because it all starts to matter (this) week. It's hard to say, because I did miss three months. I didn't expect to come back and be where I was before. It's starting to come back to that right now. I'm starting to feel a lot better.
"It took awhile after the surgery to get back, and it took awhile to feel better and better when I was playing. In the last week to 10 days or so, I felt a lot better on the ice, so I'm hoping to keep that going in the playoffs.
"I missed three months, and the big thing during that time was that I wasn't allowed to do the explosive stuff that you want to do. Once you get back playing and start doing that, it starts to come."
"The same old Joe"
One of the disappointments for the Avalanche this season was that, for a combination of reasons, Sakic and free-agent signee Ryan Smyth didn't click — or weren't allowed to click — as linemates. Both suffered injuries, but even when they both were healthy, they didn't remain linemates, and Smyth wound up the regular season at least on the third line with Tyler Arnason and David Jones.
That said, Smyth was every bit as impressed with Sakic as a teammate as he expected to be.
"Even through his injury, when he was around the guys, he was always upbeat," Smyth said. "His game is self-explanatory. He goes out and competes every night to the best of his ability, and he's a good leader. A lot of good things rub off on you, including the way he handles pressure. Look at the games where we needed points. He stepped up with big goals . . . I mean, he's a big-game player. And he doesn't give you that, 'Oh, yeah, look what I did.' It's like, 'We won together as a team.' "
Sakic, Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote, who played together with the Quebec Nordiques and then went through the Stanley Cup championship experience twice with the Avalanche, were reunited in the last week of February, when Forsberg signed as an unrestricted free agent and returned from Sweden, and Foote was acquired from Columbus.
"He's always the same old Joe," Forsberg said. "He's such a huge part of this organization, and it's an honor to play with him. Same old stories, same old jokes, it's been great."
Unprompted, Forsberg even knew some of the pertinent numbers. "Look at last year, he had over 100 points for the sixth time in his career," Forsberg said. "He works so hard off the ice, that's the key. He can still play a couple of more years and play at the same level."
The two men still like to tease each other, too.
"He's played, what, 25 years in the league now?" Forsberg asked. "His jokes are brutal, anyway, so that's OK. But Joe's always great, he comes in with a smile on his face for practice. You miss that when you go somewhere else."
Foote said he didn't notice much change in Sakic, either. "He's so level-headed," Foote said. "He approaches the game every day, whether it's practice or game day, the same. He has the right demeanor. He's joking around, having fun, making it light, but works hard.
"That's why his game is level. He doesn't get up or down. He's in control at all times, and it helps seeing that in the locker room. . . . Every player as they get older might feel like they lose something. Maybe they get tired faster or maybe they feel like they're not as quick, but that's when you use your experience. To me, Joe looks great, and he's still the all-around smartest player on the ice."
If Sakic plays through the 2009-10 season, that would make him eligible for selection to the Canadian Olympic team for the 2010 Winter Games in his hometown of Vancouver. He would be 40 then, but he won't try to hold on at all costs.
"You have to make sure you're still playing at a certain level," he said. "You still have to earn your spot on the team."
In the meantime, the man who twice has accepted the Stanley Cup from commissioner Gary Bettman, and also was the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP in 1996, is excited to be back in the postseason.
"This is a lot more fun than it was last year at this time," he said.
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Outpost (suite) runs alone. You would have to disable/uninstall any conflicting programs. I believe MSE is allowed to run along side OP by agreement between the two companies. MSE is just a shadow, though, and doesn't come close to what OP picks up.
PCFlank's LeakTest, "Tooleaky" (or http://www.testmypcsecurity.com/secu...too_leaky.html), and GRC's LeakTest with Outpost? I'm curious if it passes those.
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Back then I was only connecting via modem so I ran the above tests fairly regularly, always with stealth results. I have always been a big fan of Steve Gibson, but don't drop his name as much as I might have at one time. It's thanks to him that we mortals learned the language of networking, at least as it pertains to WAN connections and the dangers of remote execution.
My tech says OP is a hog on resources, but I don't find that an issue, so much, unless there are a lot of files moving around in several open processes and browser windows with active scripts (having six windows open with multiple image rotators running, every file gets scanned). For the kind of use I give my XP box, it's easy to ignore. As far as I can tell it only doesn't give up resources during scans, unless you specify background which option is available.
The morning scan at startup can take a few minutes, and it does drag down the first Windows User for about five minutes. Best to schedule for say 1 AM and turn off the box after 1:30. Scheduled quick scans are automatically in the background so you can still do whatever, with a slight noticable lag on XP (single core) but nothing detectable in Windows 7 (64 bit quad core) If the scheduled quick scan has completed, it won't run again at startup if the date is the same as the last quick scan. The first user can log in almost immediately with no noticable delay.
If I've been away a few days, I find that just turning the computer on, and walking away without logging in is the quickest way. By the time I've got myself a coffee and selected the radio channel, it's good to go. Full scans of one 80 GB drive on an XP with say 250 000 files take about an hour. A full scan on the same box of two 80's and 250 took about 4 hours. A Windows 7 with 650 GB drive and 660 000+ objects took 3 hours.
When you password protect OP, no changes can be made to the f/w without a log in. This means the f/w is protected while Windows is starting up. It cannot be uninstalled without a restart, and subsequent log in. It can also be switched out of learn mode into strict (my words) for added defense. The f/w is working from the moment Windows starts, AFAIK. I can't speak for what defenses it offers, if any, when Linux is used to boot the system, because, of course, I know squat about Linux and/or remote execution.
Ever since going to a NAT I haven't been able to test the firewall without switching to the DMZ, and as I've said, this was not a big concern so I never did it. One thing I can feel certain of is that OP has gotten better over the years. Add to this that all our wifi connections are through state-of-art routers far exceeding NAT plugged into the NAT, there's not much to test.
I'm most concerned about what I let on the machine, and what it does once it's here. In all instances OP has been right there to clean what it can, then finishes the cleanup at next startup when it detects the components it couldn't remove earlier. Every time telling exactly what it is (usually trojan). It guards my inbox like a hawk and swoops down with equal swiftness.
Without actually feeding files with similar heuristics to virii, trojans and other malware, I don't think there is a way to test from the user's end, and online tests would be futile if the f/w is shutting down affected ports in real time.
At any length, I have no evidence whatsoever to suggest that OP is dragging down either of our Windows 7 boxes; nor do I have evidence of any sort that it has not always been doing its job on all our machines. It costs me about 75$ every couple years to protect everything, and that is something I gladly lay out.
Anyway, probably said more than was needed to answer your question (like 95% of it) but just throwing this out to bring us up to speed on the whole picture, as I have seen it over the years. Will a new version of OP run on an old XP box? Yes, but only at the level that XP supports, and it will be a drain.
However, I also believe you can purchase OP Firewall Lifetime (my recollect) which is (as I understand it) the firewall version that WAS for XP, and the lifetime license allows you to receive updates for the life of your computer. I've never really been sure how it worked, or what version it was, since I still haven't used it.
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You don't do this daily, or all the time, do you?? (I have my anti-malware program set to scan only new or changed files, and only on my main HD. No point in scanning backup HD's. Plus I keep a "Malware" folder on my storage & backup HD to test anti-malware programs).Full scans of one 80 GB drive on an XP with say 250 000 files take about an hour. A full scan on the same box of two 80's and 250 took about 4 hours. A Windows 7 with 650 GB drive and 660 000+ objects took 3 hours.
But whether or not a FW is "shutting down affected ports in real time" would be important to know, which is what the tests would tell you.Without actually feeding files with similar heuristics to virii, trojans and other malware, I don't think there is a way to test from the user's end, and online tests would be futile if the f/w is shutting down affected ports in real time.
Indeed, thanks. But I was just curious about how it does in those tests.Anyway, probably said more than was needed to answer your question (like 95% of it)
Right you are about 'stealth' results being only GRC. The main thing is that the last time I did any checking everything passed. Now that there is a WAN block, it all comes down to how it deals what whatever I let through.
Any suspicious ports are automatically closed for 15 minutes, and a warning issued. One can inspect the ports, if so inclined. OP keeps a very detailed database on the machine. I don't know if any of this information gets back to them during the daily update process.
Scanning is something I do only about every couple of months. The quick scan keeps track of current files, like you say. The occasional full scan just serves to ensure the machine is clean.


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Hi, I wonder if anyone has experience of pruning hibiscus and magnolias? Both of mine have grown enormously in the 2 years since I've moved in to my house and they are starting to overpower the rest of the planting.
I guess I need to know the best time of year to prune and how hard they can be pruned - I suspect neither are too happy about a heavy lopping...?!
It is not usually recommended to prune magnolias as you may get a forest of 'water shoots.' If it must be reduced in size take whole branches out, rather than a light going-over.


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Golf scavenger in New York stabbed 16 times
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This is not exactly a happy story (like, say, our father-son hole-in-one post), but it is an interesting one.
Last Thursday, according to the New York Times, a man known simply as "Cuba" was stabbed 16 times and his body left in the woods near a public golf course in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.
Cuba was a golf-ball scavenger. Like, that was his primary occupation -- recovering and selling lost balls. He'd been doing that at the course for seven years.
"Ridiculous," you say. "A multimillion dollar industry," I respond.
One man who runs a golf-scavenger business in North Carolina drives a Porsche and operates in 27 states!
Cuba could make up to $150 a day doing his duty scouring the grounds and water for wayward tee shots and errant iron play. Maybe even an angrily tossed ball after a double bogey or worse.
According to the Times article, there has been no correlation made between the stabbing and Cuba's occupation. The Times did say the victim had prior arrests but did not provide details of the investigation into his death.
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Huckleberry harvest
Sharing a photo of some of the huckleberries picked for Skamania Lodge menus. These berries were at the peak of ripeness, sun warmed and juicy with the natural sugars creating a delightful treat. They will be featured in crème brulees, muffins, sauces and more, as well as being a highlight of our Harvest Bounty menus.


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Author will speak in Goshen about book about Amish quilts
GOSHEN — Goshen native Janneken Smucker said she's always had an interest in Amish culture.
It wasn't until recently, however, that she decided to develop that interest into a book exploring one particular aspect of that culture: Amish quilts.
Smucker, now a professor of history at West Chester University, has devoted hours to studying and researching Amish quilts and their transition from a simple bedcovering to a collectible item.
"I started to think, well, how did quilts become art objects?" Smucker said. "Clearly they weren't created as such."
Smucker's book, "Amish Quilts, Crafting an American Icon," explains how the quilts started to become more sought-after in the 1970s.
"This market emerged ... where the quilts began to be worth hundreds of dollars, or hundreds of thousands of dollars," Smucker said. "These quilts were made as showcases, to a degree, even in Amish homes. But in the early 1980s prices of the quilts started to skyrocket."
She said her book explains how quilts left Amish homes, and quiltmakers started catering to non-Amish customers. Smucker researched quilt collections in Elkhart and LaGrange counties, and many of the quilts are pictured in the book.
The book, Smucker said, "would appeal to anyone who is interested in old order Amish."
And although Smucker has a master's degree in textiles, she said the book isn't written in an purely academic style.
"I try to have a pretty wide-angle lens in my book," Smucker said. "Readers could learn about the history of quilts, what they are and when Amish families started making them."
Ultimately, she said, the book "is about this interaction between two worlds," Amish and non-Amish, and how quilts have drawn the two worlds a little closer together.
Smucker is doing a book signing from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at Better World Books.
She will also speak at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13, at the Goshen College Chapel. The title of that talk is "Amish Quilts: The Story of America's 'First Abstract Art.'"
Smucker will do a second talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Goshen College Newcomer Center. The subject is "A Good Amish Quilt Folded Like Money."
Both presentations are free and open to the public.


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Jay-Z didn't bother to go heavy on the guest appearances for his series of concerts opening Brooklyn's new Barclays Center, but he did have a surprise for the final night. That surprise was Beyoncé.
Jay-Z's Barclays Concerts Inspire 'Live In Brooklyn' EP
After running through the couple's duet " '03 Bonnie & Clyde" by his lonesome, Jiggaman made way for wifey who came stomping out to the tune of her 2008 single "Diva." Flanked by a number of dances, Bey who rocked black leather shorts and a matching Brooklyn Nets cap strutted across stage before launching into the crowd favorite "Crazy in Love."
The BK fans weren't the only ones in awe. Jay who dipped backstage for a spell, missed his "Crazy in Love" cue, so when it was time to spit his verse, his better half picked up the slack rapping, "Young Hova, y'all know the flow is loco."
Hov would later admit that he got so wrapped up watching Bey from the monitors backstage that he forgot he was supposed to come out to rhyme. "Oh sh– I should probably rap here," Jay later explained of his mental lapse.
When the song was through Beyoncé exited the stage, but not before hubby Hov gave her a playful slap on the behind. "Of course I had to let BK touch the stage in BK– well BKC now," he joked.
Bey would be back too for Jay's set-closing "Young Forever" in place of Mr Hudson, wearing skin-tight, black leather pants and a stylish black motorcycle jacket. The power couple even shared a smooch before they exited off stage while the hometown crowd cheered on.
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9-Year-Old Rescued After Being Stuck In Crashed Car Next To Dead Dad For Days (Video)Monica Bielanko
39-year-old Douglass Landon was last seen alive late Friday night on surveillance video making a purchase at a convenience store near his home in Craven County, North Carolina.
Then he and his 9-year-old daughter Jordan, who was waiting in the car, disappeared.
It wasn't until Sunday night when a man walking down the road spotted their overturned car in a ditch, that the two were found. Rescuers initially thought both Jordan and her dad were dead and then the little girl made a noise. It took crews more than an hour to cut her from the mangled wreckage.
Turns out, for two days the little girl lay pinned upside down in her seatbelt, trapped in the car in freezing temperatures after a crash killed her father. She survived on Gatorade and Pop Tarts. She tells police she occasionally screamed for help but no one could hear her.
Police call her a hero.
"For a 9-year-old to do that it's pretty heroic. She was able to keep herself calm. The family member next to her is obviously deceased so that's a lot to deal with, plus being dark at night," said Sgt. David Clifton of the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
Clifton said Jordan suffered non-life threatening injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.
Investigators say the car's speedometer, stuck at 110 mph, and believe Douglass Landon was speeding but that alcohol was not involved. 110 miles an hour at night on a rural road with your kid in the car? So, so stupid. But what a brave little girl.
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Humble Indie Bundle 2 Rakes in Over $500,000 on Day 1
Yesterday, the second Humble Indie Bundle went on sale. Much like its predecessor, it's a huge success already.
In its first 24 hours on sale, Humble Indie Bundle 2 has grossed over $500,000. Over 70,000 people have purchased the pack, with the average selling price sitting at just over $7.
Some notables have brought that number up some, including Minecraft creator Markus Persson (paid $2,000), and Robert Bowling (better know as fourzerotwo) of Infinity Ward, who tossed $500 into the hat.
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Interesting viewpoint. What are the best benchmarks, then, to measure the effectiveness of BB's defensive strategy, if we buy into this notion? Other than point differential?
Point differential, when it really counts to both head coaches during the first three quarters and sometimes late in the game also, is the gold standard. It says that two teams tried their hardest to lay in extra chances to win the game, and one team was either a little better or way better. Point differential covers almost every angle that the coaches use to gain advantage, from kickoff defense to working the last seconds of the clock just before halftime. At the end of the game, one side tries desperate measures and occasionally the dice come up double sixes, but one double six roll isn't a statistically significant measure that the dice will roll double sixes next time.
I've heard that the average interception is worth about 40 yards, but there are excellent interceptions and marginal interceptions. If the Pats have a third and 25 and Brady heaves the ball 40 yards downfield toward Randy Moss in 2008 or Dobson now, that's a pretty good play. If a defensive player makes the interception he gets tackled 40 yards downfield, with the same result as if the team had punted on fourth down. If Moss/Dobson makes the catch it's a first down. Equal standards apply if a team is down two scores with four minutes to go. Throw it into traffic or else you lose. The Patriots' 20 interceptions aren't super significant because they've been picking off too many of the opponents' hail marys.
On a first and ten or especially on a second and one, an interception of a short pass hurts quite a bit more than on third and 25. Then there's the dreaded pick-six, worth at least two normal interceptions.
Most interceptions aren't related to the backfield's stellar play. Some are caused by overly tall defensive linemen (Chandler Jones is a prototype) tipping the ball. Some are caused by rushers pressuring the quarterback and causing a hurried throw into traffic. A defensive gambit that causes an offensive lapse may be the cause. Some interceptions are caused when a defensive player reads the play, it's been called one too many times, and jumps the route. A linebacker timing the snap count can cause an interception.
All in all, counting ints is slightly better than nothing, but a far better stat could be crafted.
Defensive yardage is another problem. On third and 9, giving up 7 yards is a victory. The whole field should be partitioned into meaningful yardage sectors, where a ten yard gain far from field goal range is less meaningful than a ten yard gain that gets the team just about into field goal range, and where a trip from the opponent's 25 yard line to his 15 is far less meaningful than a first down trip from the opponent's 11 to his 1. Then comes the inevitable dive over the top, which is a really big defensive yard if the defense ever stops it.
If I ran an NFL team I'd have tons of more meaningful stats, where the calling of every play was designed to maximize my team's chances of eventually winning the game. We peons on the outside don't have those numbers. What we have are the numbers which are easiest to calculate. That doesn't mean the numbers are any good.


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The subdirectories of this directory contain source code for the XEmacs
facilities written in Emacs Lisp. *.el files are Elisp source, and *.elc
files are byte-compiled versions of the corresponding *.el files.
Byte-compiled files are architecture-independent.
When XEmacs starts up, it adds all subdirectories of the site-lisp
directory. The site-lisp directory normally exists only in
installation trees. For more information about the site-lisp
directory see the NEWS file.
After XEmacs adds all subdirectories of the site-lisp directory, it
adds all subdirectories of this directory to the load-path (the list
of directories to be searched when loading files.) To speed up this
process, this directory has been rearranged to have very few files at
the top-level, so that emacs doesn't have to stat() several hundred
files to find the dozen or so which are actually subdirectories.
Directories whose names begin with "-" or "." are not added to the default
The only files which remain at top-level are those which you might
reasonably want to alter when installing or customizing XEmacs at your
site. The files which may appear at top level are:
paths.el You may need to change the default pathnames here,
but probably not. This is loaded before XEmacs is
site-init.el To pre-load additional libraries into XEmacs and dump
them in the executable, load them from this file.
site-load.el This is like site-init.el, but if you want the
docstrings of your preloaded libraries to be kept in
the DOC file instead of in the executable, you should
load them from this file instead. To do this, you must
also cause them to be scanned when the DOC file is
generated by editing ../src/Makefile.in.in and
rerunning configure.
site-start.el This is loaded each time XEmacs starts up, before the
user's .emacs file.
default.el This is loaded each time XEmacs starts up, after the
user's .emacs file, unless .emacs sets the variable
inhibit-default-init to t.
version.el This contains the version information for XEmacs.
These are the main subdirectories:
prim Fundamental XEmacs functionality. Some of this is
pre-dumped with XEmacs, some is autoloaded.
utils Various utility functions that some other XEmacs
packages build on. These are not user commands.
modes Text-editing and programming-language-sensitive modes.
emulators XEmacs can emulate a few different editors. These are
a bit more than what `modes' generally are.
term Terminal-specific customization files. When XEmacs
starts, it checks the $TERM environment variable to
see what type of terminal the user is running on, and
loads a file named $TERM.el from this directory, if
that file exists.
vms VMS-specific code.
x11 X Window System-specific code.
games Various ways to waste time.
packages Random other utilities that are not primarily about
editing text. For example, code for automatically
uncompressing .Z files would be here. This is an
`everything else' sort of directory.
Some packages are fairly large; those have been given their own directories:
bytecomp The XEmacs-lisp compiler.
calendar A calendar and appointment manager.
comint General code for interacting with inferior processes,
like shell buffers and lisp interpreters.
dired The directory editor.
edebug A source-level debugger for Elisp.
ediff A comprehensive visual interface to diff and patch.
electric The "electric" commands; these implement temporary
windows for help, list-buffers, etc.
energize An interface to the Lucid Energize system.
eos An interface to Sun's SparcWorks product.
eterm A merge of the comint shell mode with an
ANSI-compatible terminal-emulator.
gnus An NNTP-based newsreader; version 3.14.
hm--html-menus Menu interface to html-mode.
hyperbole An information management and hypertext system.
ilisp A comint-based package for interacting with inferior
lisp processes.
mh-e An interface to the MH-E mail handling system.
oobr An Object-Oriented class browser.
pcl-cvs An interface to the Concurrent Version System.
rmail A BABYL-format mail reader.
sunpro Additional code for interfacing with SunPro products.
tooltalk An inteface to the ToolTalk communication protocol.
viper A full-featured VI emulator.
vm View Mail, an UNIX-format alternative to RMAIL.
w3 A World Wide Web interface.