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The 50th Operations Group is a component of the 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The group was activated Jan. 30, 1992.
The group consists of 10 active-duty, Reserve and Guard squadrons and one detachment, with units located at Schriever AFB; Suitland, Maryland and Vandenberg AFB, California.
The 50th Operations Group commands and controls, and executes launch and early orbit operations, for more than 65 satellites, which support the President, Secretary of Defense, federal and civilian agencies and all U.S. and allied military forces. It is comprised of more than 1,100 active-duty, Reserve and civilian professionals, and provides operational leadership, trains space operations crews and provides standardization and evaluation to more than 500 space system operators. The group's space operations centers perform 24-hour tracking, telemetry and commanding functions during launch, early-orbit and on-orbit spacecraft operations, as well as anomaly resolution and disposal.
The 1st Space Operations Squadron is located at Schriever AFB and is Air Force Space Command's premier organization for space-based space situational awareness. The squadron commands, controls and operates the Space Based Space Surveillance System, Advanced Technology Risk Reduction system and the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program.
The 2nd Space Operations Squadron provides precise, three-dimensional position, velocity and timing information to military and civilian users around the globe by operating the Global Positioning System, the military's largest and the world's most widely-used satellite constellation. The squadron operates and maintains the Master Control Station at Schriever AFB and a worldwide network of GPS-dedicated ground antennas and monitoring stations to provide around-the-clock command and control of the 38-satellite constellation.
The 3rd Space Operations Squadron conducts day-to-day telemetry analysis, satellite commanding, orbital data collection, anomaly resolution, tactics development, defensive space control and on-orbit operations for the Defense Satellite Communications System and Wideband Global Satellite Communications constellation.
The 3rd Space Experimentation Squadron is Air Force Space Command's premier organization for space-based demonstrations and experiments. 3 SES is the lead squadron for capitalizing on the operational potential of several developmental satellites as part of the Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center with the Operationally Responsive Space-1 satellite, the first satellite out of the Operationally Responsive Space initiative, bringing electro-optical imaging capabilities to the warfighter. The squadron also oversees the day-to-day operations of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the USAF.
The 4th Space Operations Squadron operates the Milstar and Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite constellation, providing the nation's warfighters global, secure, survivable, strategic and tactical communications throughout the full spectrum of conflict. They execute the unique mission of communications management, satellite command and control and ground segment maintenance for the Milstar/AEHF constellation.
The 50th Operations Support Squadron leads operational training programs and policies to ensure combat readiness for the DoD's largest satellite wing with hundreds of operators and multiple operational squadrons operating 70 satellites worth more than $50 billion. In support of operational readiness, 50 OSS provides 22,000 hours of comprehensive weapon system training and produces more than 5,100 training materials in the form of lesson plans, study guides, tests and computer based training each year. To provide 2,000 hours of hands-on simulator training per year, its personnel also maintain $6.2 million, high-fidelity space trainers to guarantee the most proficient operators for five different command and control systems.
The 50th Operations Group Detachment 1 is responsible for overseeing the command and control of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program constellation. DMSP is a DoD satellite system that provides critical strategic and tactical meteorological and environmental weather data to global military and civilian users. Detachment 1 coordinates the activities for a diverse user community that includes the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center and Air Force Weather Agency. Detachment 1 provides contract management for sustainment, a single point of contact for US Air Force interests in the national environmental satellite community, and oversight and reporting for the NOAA civil servants who operate and sustain the DMSP constellation.
The Army Air Forces' 50th Pursuit Group stood up Jan. 15, 1941, and inactivated at La Junta Army Airfield, Colorado, Nov. 7, 1945, after earning a distinguished flying record over forward bases in Europe during World War II. The 50 OG stood up at Falcon AFB Jan. 30, 1992, the same day as the 50th Space Wing. When the 50 OG activated, its crews -- formerly the crews of the 1002 OG -- monitored satellites during launch operations, maneuvered them into proper orbits and maintained their health in space.
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Body found in Hubbard Park
MONTPELIER A mans body was found in Hubbard Park around 11:20 a.m. Sunday.
Parks Director Geoff Beyer said the man, possibly in his 40s, was found on a rear terrace near the tower, but officials determined the man had not fallen from the structure. Montpelier Fire Chief Bob Gowans said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police would not provide any details of the incident Monday, in part because the persons family had not been notified.
Beyer said there were no signs of trauma. A couple had found the man, he said.
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I especially like that alien dude on the ceiling. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be writing this message.
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I especially like that alien dude on the ceiling. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be writing this message.
That gun looks so grey I mean great!
Online - **** Australian retail! I repeat, **** Australian retail!
Nice work!
Beautiful video.
I notice there's a lot of black shading and shadows. Isn't this quite unrealistic considering the lighting conditions? Not to mention a lot of detail and interest is lost.
And go Stegasaurus!
Looking superb. Only thing is, I find it hard to believe that shadows would be so dark on such a bright day (consider how much ambient light is around)?
I think he has a point...
Cool fair enough. I'm asking because I'm wondering what "good and clean" has to do with a World War 2 shooter?
Great modelling and artwork, love the textures.
The fonts for the "Choose Your Team" mockup look really clean and modern, like something from a modern graphic mag or website. Just curious (can't help myself), but what's the reason for this?
It does look bigger than the concept. I think I like the robot's weight from the concept better.
Looking good!
The TAR does like a bit funny in an odd way, but if that's his character then that works fine.
Will he say or do funny or odd things? (Maybe he fumbles with a grenade from time to time, or suffers a malfunctions, pauses and forgets what he's doing, or accidentally fires at friendlies, or wants to be free and fight with the humans...). Comic relief can work in if done properly. It'd be interesting to see what kind of character this guy is!
Just so you realise, the $ goes before the figure, no after (as mistakenly done in the article). :)
Did you know... the dollar sign goes before not after the value?
Overgrowth, the Unknown Worlds.
Quality stuff!
Nice music, nice video, but do the two mix together?
I don't know "whos attending GDC this year". Do you?
Top notch.
Hahaha, bravo to Medic1234 on the video, it was great.
I have no idea what's going on :)
Love the grasses, looks very convincing. Top work!
Sweet! Looks simple and fun.
Beautiful work! Love the music, the sounds, the textures, the lighting! Beautiful work.
Gelatinous cube! Sweet.
Nice mapping! Great amount of detail.
I like that storm shot!
Hammer isn't really designed to create detailed models, but rather lay out the primitive level and then detail by importing models from 3ds Max, etc. So sounds like CE2 is suiting your development process better, and that's an important thing to consider.
Was just thinking the same thing. Some community.
Here I was thinking that I couldn't make use of the promotion because a) I've already got Overgrowth and b) I'm broke...
... but not only can I get Natural Selection on its own... but for FREE!?!?
That is too good guys, too good.
PS I have retweeted and shared. Cheers!
Hahaha, well fair enough. However, the Chicago Manual of Style doesn't apply to the whole world.
Also, in this case because "rock paper scissors" is a well-known phrase, it is likely unambiguous to the audience that "paper" and "scissors" are individual items. Therefore it would be safe to omit the last comma, surely :)
No worries :)
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
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Just a brief update tonight/this morning, as it is past 2 AM as I write this. I think the looming college decision I must make is making me anxious, but I'm trying to take it in stride. My choices are down to Rice University, Southern Methodist ... Read more
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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"Life�s already been hard enough
Without you giving up on yourself.
When you�re down at the bottom
You know it only gets better."
- Patrick Stump, "Coast"
The weekend went something like this:
Relax, eat, and NOT work out.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
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"I Can Go The Distance" from Disney's "Hercules". Love that song.
Things have been better, at least somewhat. I'm trying to get myself back into a groove. Baby steps.
Day 2 -
It was difficult to stay on task, since I traveled up to S... Read more
Monday, April 09, 2012
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Ariel. Look at what you've done. Within the past week and a half, you threw away months of hard work. And for what reason?
Because you were sad? Because you were tired? Because you were focusing on everyone and everything EXCEPT yourself? ... Read more


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Myhrvold declares high-tech war on mosquitoes. Sometimes Nathan Myhrvold is annoying in his attempts to patent and develop new gizmos, sometimes he's comical, and sometimes
Myhrvold declares high-tech war on mosquitoes.Sometimes Nathan Myhrvold is annoying in his attempts to patent and develop new gizmos, sometimes he's comical, and sometimes he's just plain awesome. The multi-millionaire and former Microsoft chief technology officer has hyped a number of wacky, unrealized schemes since founding his Intellectual Ventures IP fund seven years ago. Among them, offsetting global warming with a giant space hose, controlling Gulf Coast hurricanes with his own fleet of boats, and writing the world's most complicated and wonky cookbook.
So next, logically, he's turning his attention to mosquitoes with--get ready for it--lasers! It's a win-win situation (except for the bugs): Everybody hates mosquitoes, and everyone knows that lasers are cool. Moreover, malaria-bearing mosquitoes sicken over 350 million people per year and kill about one million people per year (source: CDC), mostly in Third World countries. It is a horrible disease that Myhrvold's friend and former boss, Bill Gates, is hoping to eradicate over at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. So we say to Mr. Myhrvold, job well done, sir. And to the mosquitoes, we hope you bastards all die a swift, laser-y death.
Demonstration video after the jump, courtesy of Intellectual Ventures.


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Something to remember about the International Consumer Electronics Show, which wrapped up this week in Las Vegas, is that it's a show. It's not entirely about new gadgets. Part of it is about creating a spectacle.
Qualcomm accomplished that on Monday, when it revved up a new Formula E electric race car — the first such demonstration on U.S. soil.
The car, capable of reaching speeds of 150 mph, did a few laps in a parking lot at The Mandalay Bay Hotel. Instead of the roar of a gas-powered engine, the Formula E racer produced a high-pitched whine akin to the sound of a remote-controlled toy car.
But it still had the power to burn rubber several times during the 10-minute demonstration. Driven by Formula One driver Lucas di Grassi, the Formula E car also made a trip down the Las Vegas Strip with a police escort.
Qualcomm is a founding technology partner of Formula E, a new all-electric racing championship, which will be held in 10 cities worldwide, starting with the kickoff competition in September in Beijing. Two races are planned in the United States, in Los Angeles and Miami, in the spring of 2015.
Qualcomm's Halo division makes wireless charging systems, though they won't be used on the Formula E race cars during this first season. The wireless charging-equipment will be limited to support vehicles, such as pace cars.
The San Diego wireless giant thinks sponsoring the series — as well as using mobile technology to enhance the experience of race fans — will pay dividends in the long run.
"New technology will come out of this series and get into the rest of our lives in many ways," Qualcomm Chairman and Chief Executive Paul Jacobs said at the event. "This is the future of automotive. It is not just about high speed, though you will see high speed. I think it will change the perception of electric vehicles."
That is the key goal of the racing series, added Alejandro Agag, chief executive of the Formula E series. These races will occur in urban centers, where electric vehicles have the most promise of adoption. Seeing zero-emission, all-electric race cars zoom by at 150 mph aims to show particularly young car buyers that electric vehicles aren't clunky and slow, Agag said.
Invisible 147-inch screen
In a corner of Sony's booth at the show, the company created a concept apartment to show what its laser projector technology can do.
The prototype had laser projectors hidden in ceiling lights and in furniture. In the kitchen, the display popped up on the table from projectors in the lights above. It was controlled by touch.
"I sit down with my cup of coffee and I can watch the news, check traffic, but I also can check my calendar. My wife may have left behind a (digital) Post-it note," said Tom Krajewski, a Sony Electronics sales representative. "I can leave her a Post-it note. … This is all made possible by Sony's highly accurate camera sensors. Just imagine how you can manipulate content with just one touch."
In the living room, a wall-mounted display looked like a mirror when not in use, so it fits the décor of most homes. But when approached, it came alive with digital magazines or other content. "If something catches my interest, with one touch and a simple gesture, I can read a magazine," Krajewski said.
The living room also contained what looked like a bench. But inside was a 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector that turned an unused wall into a movie screen.
"In contrast to conventional projectors and flat-panel TVs that exist on the market today, we can place this item at relative proximity to a standard wall," Krajewski said. "We can cast an image up to 147 inches."


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NAGOYA – Sumo stable master Tokitsukaze neglected to aid a junior wrestler who had been physically abused and whose condition deteriorated during training, and waited before taking him to a hospital where he died later that day, sources said.
The 17-year-old junior wrestler, Tokitaizan, whose real name was Takashi Saito, died June 26.
While sparring that morning in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, in the runup to the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July, Saito became exhausted. Tokitsukaze told senior wrestlers to stay away from him and did not give him any aid, the sources said.
The Aichi Prefectural Police are expected to build a criminal case against Tokitsukaze and some of his senior disciples, suspecting that habitual assaults led to Saito's death.
Police believe repeated beatings of Saito the previous day, including assaulting him with a beer bottle and a metal baseball bat, led to his death.
According to investigative sources, the senior wrestlers were involved in a sparring bout with Saito under the instruction of the stable master shortly after 10 a.m. June 26.
Saito grew exhausted and Tokitsukaze told the seniors to stay away. Saito's condition grew worse, but the stable master did not call an ambulance until around 12:50 p.m.
Following police inquiries, Tokitsukaze instructed his disciples not to tell investigators that he had struck Saito on the forehead with a beer bottle or that a senior wrestler had used a metal baseball bat to beat him the previous day, one source said.
Saito tried to leave the stable the day before he died but was eventually caught by senior wrestlers. Saito was berated by the stable master during dinner that day, the source said.
"I've been in sumo for decades, but I've never seen a jerk like you," Tokitsukaze was quoted as telling Saito.
At around 7 p.m., when they were finishing dinner, Tokitsukaze struck Saito with a beer bottle several times. The final blow was to his forehead, which resulted in bleeding, the source said.
The stable master told senior wrestlers, "You can teach him a lesson, too." They took Saito outside and assaulted him for more than 30 minutes, including with a baseball bat, according to the source.


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Elizabeth Jean (Wilcox) Muffatti
Published 8:00 pm, Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Elizabeth will be sadly missed by her three sons: Clark (Kathy) Reynolds of Enfield; James (Betsy) Reynolds of New Milford ; and Anthony (Karen) Muffatti of Bethel. Two Daughters: Sandra Muffatti of Naples, Fla; and Lynn (Larry) Potter of New Milford. Three sisters: Eleanor Lucia of Danbury; Lillian Dickens of Ocala, Fla., and Claris Warner of Belleview, Fla. Nine grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Along with her parents and husband,Mrs. Muffatti is preceded in death by her brothers: Harrison, Charles, Everette, Frank and William Wilcox and one sister Lydia Oshea.
Friends may call at the Cornell Memorial Home, 247 White Street, Danbury on Friday from 11 a.m. to noon at the funeral home with funeral services at noon at the Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Gardiner will be officiating and interment will follow at Elmwood Cemetery.
At the request of the family, memorial contributions may be made to Home and Community Health Services, Inc., P.O Box 1199, Enfield, CT. 06083-1199.
To light a candle of hope and remembrance please visit our website at www.CornellMemorial.com.


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From: Gene Ernst
Received: Feb. 15
According to a recent news story, a former Edinburgh man, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to 60 years in prison in 1988, was again convicted earlier this year of armed bank robbery and theft and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The most recent conviction was in connection with a June 24, 2012, bank robbery. This simply means that he served 24 years, possibly 27 if he was held in jail the three years between the time of the murder and his conviction. Time off for good behavior does mean something and time off granted for earning a bachelor's degree — OK, but 33 years credit?
Is it not a wonder why people have a questioning attitude of our, what I would consider lenient, court system?
This man gives every former inmate a bad rap making it harder for them to have credibility out in the workforce upon their release.
No system is perfect, that I acknowledge. No prison psychologist or social worker knows with certainty what is going to happen upon a prisoner's release.
I am simply wondering if it is time for a review of the sentencing and release procedures? I mean does 27 of 60 years in prison for the brutal murder and beating of another human being seem to be proportionate with the crime?


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Newly Crowned AMA Supercross Lites Eastern Region Champion
Christophe Pourcel showed his champion's prowess by winning his fifth race of the season in dominating fashion. His Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki teammate Austin Stroupe charged through the field to finish on the podium in third. In the supercross class, Canidae/Motosport/Kawasaki's Tommy Hahn finished a season-best seventh with Billy Laninovich putting his Monster Energy Kawasaki in the top-10.
11-Point Margin Separates Stewart and Reed.
Following his disappointing 19th place finish at the opening race of the 2009 Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, James Stewart put his season back on track. Albeit a fast track, winning seven consecutive races and erasing the points lead established by Rockstar/Makita Suzuki's Chad Reed as the championship left San Diego.


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Peter A. Thiel | Courage Is In Far Shorter Supply Than Genius
Recorded: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
In this clip from "Peter Thiel | Developing the Developed World: Entrepreneurship, Liberty, and the Future," Peter Thiel describes how courage to stand out from the crowd is in far shorter supply than great minds.
Experts: Peter A. ThielType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Freedom, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privacy, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation
Lawrence McQuillan: Healthcare Portability
Recorded: Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Independent Institute Senior Fellow Lawrence J. McQuillan suggests that employees, not employers, should be in control of health insurance.
To purchase copies of John C. Goodman's book "Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis," click here.
Experts: Lawrence J. McQuillanType: Independent Institute TVIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Health Care, History (U.S), Labor and Employment, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Privatization, Public Health/ Consumer Protection
A Century of Economic Folly
Recorded: Saturday, November 15, 2014
Research Fellow Burton A. Abrams appears on the "Freedom & Prosperity Radio" show with host Joe Thomas. Abrams talks about his book The Terrible 10: A Century of Economic Folly which contains ten of the U.S. federal government's biggest economic mistakes and the fallout of those mistakes.
Experts: Burton A. AbramsType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Fiscal Policy/Debt, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, History (U.S)
John R. Graham: Shouldn't Healthcare Be Fair?
Recorded: Monday, November 3, 2014
Independent Institute Senior Fellow John R. Graham proposes a major change to Obamacare that would allow a level playing field for everyone.
To purchase copies of John C. Goodman's book "Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis," click here or call Toll Free 1-800-297-8733.
Experts: John R. GrahamType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Free Market Economics, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, Health Care, History (U.S), Labor and Employment, Regulation and Deregulation
Ivan Eland on Ranking US Presidents
Recorded: Sunday, October 26, 2014
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, appears on Fox & Friends to discuss his updated version of "Recarving Rushmore."
To order copies of "Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty," click here.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Freedom, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Government Waste/Pork, History (U.S), Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Regulation and Deregulation, Terrorism and National Crises, Trade
Stephen P. Halbrook: What Does "Well-Regulated Militia" Mean?
Recorded: Thursday, October 16, 2014
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October 16, 2014
In this appearance on Stossel (Fox Business Network), Stephen P. Halbrook, author of "Gun Control in the Third Reich," responds to gun control advocates with historical precedent.
Halbrooks' book "Gun Control in the Third Reich:
Disarming the Jews and Enemies of the State is available now.
Experts: Stephen P. HalbrookType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Crime, Culture/ Society, Freedom, Government Power, Gun Control, History (U.S), Law Enforcement, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation
C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and the Evils of Statism
Recorded: Saturday, August 2, 2014
David J. Theroux, founder and president of The Independent Institute and the C.S. Lewis Society of California, discusses the writings of C.S. Lewis and Lewis's views on individual liberty, natural law and statism.
The presentation was the keynote talk at the first annual conference of Christians for Liberty, that was held at St. Edwards University in Austin, TX, August 2, 2014.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: Other EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Collectivism, Culture/ Society, Education, Family, Freedom, Government Power, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privacy, Privatization, Property Rights, Regulation and Deregulation, Religion, Science, Taxes, Welfare
Lawrence McQuillan on the Fed's Zero Interest Rate Policy
Recorded: Thursday, July 17, 2014
Senior Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appeared on The Rob Schilling radio show to discuss the Fed's zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) and how this effects the economy.
Experts: Lawrence J. McQuillanType: RadioIssues: Banking and Finance, Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy/Debt


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May 6, 2016
Carolina quarterback Jake Delhomme was held out of today's practice as the Panthers began preparations for Sunday's game at New Orleans.
Delhomme was off to the best statistical start of his career
until straining his right elbow against Atlanta on September 23rd.
He missed last week's loss to Tampa Bay.
Delhomme is hoping his elbow heals through rehab. If it doesn't,
he could choose to have season-ending surgery.
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After being a tight azz and one determined to fix my own things, I went against my rules and got a bike fitting. Reason, my shoulders, hands and lower back are killing me, especially after completing my first century.
I learned a lot, first thing is that my body resembles an ape, long torso and skinny short legs, the fitter used a better description though. He pointed out that the current specs kept me all scrunched up and it inflamed the aformentioned muscles. He dialed in my legs first, by adjusting my seat back and aligning my knees to the pedal shaft (balls of feet). Second adjustment dealt with cockpit, he put a 130mm stem on and placed upwards. He messed with my cleats a little but said they were ok, my eyeballs got that one right at least. Now I am in a more upright position but stretched out, more of my weight is supported by my buttocks instead of my hands and shoulders.
Hopefully this will give me more comfort.
After all these drastic adjustments I asked if the bike was the right size, yes it is. A 58cm jams up into my boys pretty good (actually have to tip-toe a little) even though my apelike torso would want it, 56cm is the right size he stated, just have to stretch it out.
Figure 30 miles tomorrow will give me an idea if it works, will report my findings.
Oh, just in case someone asks - couple mm under 6 ft tall, 225 weight


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Sounders FC's goal-scoring this MLS season has largely been a two-man show. Forwards Fredy Montero and Eddie Johnson are the team's co-leaders...
TUKWILA — Sounders FC's goal-scoring this MLS season has largely been a two-man show.
Forwards Fredy Montero and Eddie Johnson are the team's co-leaders with 11 goals apiece, and each seem primed to break Seattle's record of 12 in a season, which Montero set in 2009 and matched in 2011.
The third-leading scorer, David Estrada, has five goals but hasn't played since May due to a broken foot, and heading into Saturday's 1 p.m. home game against Chivas USA, no other Sounder has scored more than twice in the regular season.
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The Johnson-Montero duo, which coach Sigi Schmid described as "prolific," has recently started to get help, however.
In the past eight games, Seattle has had seven goals from six different midfielders to help fuel a 5-1-2 run in MLS play. The entire position group had just two goals in the team's first 18 league games.
"That just makes our offense more dangerous," Schmid said.
The spike in production has given the Sounders a 1.5 goals-per-game average, nearing last year's pace of 1.65 — the highest in MLS in 2011. Seattle hasn't been shut out in a league game since July 4.
Never was the effectiveness displayed stronger than in the last meeting with Chivas USA, a 6-2 road win for the Sounders that saw a scoring outburst that matched a franchise record.
With an increasing amount of goal-scoring threats, Montero said Seattle's opponents now have to "pay attention to the whole team. We need that for the next games coming up."
There could be a new addition to the arsenal in the coming days if the Sounders are able to sign Eidur Gudjohnsen, a former Chelsea FC star who joined the team this week for a tryout.
But did Seattle's star forwards view the arrival of another big name as a threat?
Not hardly.
"He's a great player," Montero said of Gudjohnsen. "I'll try to learn as much as possible from him. (He's won) many trophies and he's been playing for the top teams around the world. It is like an honor to be with him, and hopefully he can stay here."
Johnson trained with Gudjohnsen for a couple months last year while both were with Fulham of the English Premier League.
"He's a great professional, a top player, and he can only bring experience into the team," Johnson said.
Added Schmid: "We're looking to win a championship this year. If we can make our team a little bit stronger, we're going to try and make our team a little bit stronger. We never leave any stones unturned. I think (Montero and Johnson) know that…. Having quality players on your team is never a detriment."
• Schmid indicated Friday that midfielder Osvaldo Alonso (head) should be good to go Saturday, but that midfielder Mauro Rosales (quad) will be a game-time decision.
• Midfielder Mario Martinez played as a substitute in Honduras' 3-0 win against Cuba in a FIFA World Cup qualifier Friday. Defender Adam Johansson played as a substitute Thursday for Sweden in an exhibition win against China. Both will play World Cup qualifiers again Tuesday before rejoining the Sounders.
• Gudjohnsen is expected to be in attendance Saturday and participate in Sunday's MLS Reserve League game against Chivas USA. Kickoff at Starfire Stadium is set for 11 a.m.


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Integrated Innovation Institute
The Integrated Innovation Institute is a joint initiative of the College of Engineering, the College of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Tepper School of Business. The Institute is built on primary disciplines in product and service innovation covering functional performance (engineering), human interface (design), and economic value (business). The Institute focuses on education and research in innovation methods and practice. It is unique among top educational institutions in that it unites the three disciplines to cross train students to become elite innovators, which enhances the effectiveness of thinking and generating results.
The Integrated Innovation Institute includes professional master's degree programs, executive education, and applied research including industry consortia. The Master of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services (formerly Master of Product Development) focuses on product and service innovation and is located at the Pittsburgh campus. The Master of Science in Software Management (SM) focuses on the management, innovation and entrepreneurship of software products and is located at our Silicon Valley campus.
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Avnet Embedded And Calxeda Showcase ARM-Based Solutions
Avnet Embedded, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and Calxeda today announced a joint exhibit of ARM-based server solutions at the Open Compute Project Summit, highlighting options that leverage Avnet's data center solutions and Calxeda's ARM-based EnergyCore server-on-a-chip (SoC) technology, utilizing the complementary expertise of both companies to facilitate the rapid deployment of ARM servers tailored to end users' specific applications. "Avnet is committed to offering our global customers more than just a catalogue of available components," said Chuck Kostalnick, senior vice president, Avnet Embedded. "We can provide our customers with a selection of building blocks that can be assembled into the right solution for their targeted workloads. We are able to streamline our ARM server design process to directly address our customers' challenges and deliver those designs to the Open Compute community, with the first of those contributions targeted for the fall of 2013."Calxeda is leading the industry transition to low-power servers with its EnergyCore SoC (Server on a Chip) technology, which can halve server space requirements and offer a ten-fold savings in power. Calxeda is currently shipping the ECX-1000 based on the available 32-bit ARM A9 core, and recently announced a roadmap of products that will use ARM's Cortex-A15 and 64-bit Cortex-A57 cores. "Calxeda's technology enables unprecedented power and space savings, and end users are embracing the opportunity to resolve their power usage, space and cost challenges," said Karl Freund, vice president of marketing for Calxeda. "Developing a solid ecosystem—both hardware and software—that will address end users' needs is essential to the widespread adoption of any technology." Learn more about the companies' solutions in Booth B5 at the Open Compute Project Summit on Jan. 16-17, 2013, in Santa Clara, CA. For more information on the event, please visit http://opencompute.org/summit-2013/. About Avnet Electronics Marketing Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in more than 70 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's website is located at www.em.avnet.com. About Avnet, Inc. Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers globally. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, Avnet generated revenue of $25.7 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com. About Calxeda Founded in January 2008, Calxeda brings new performance density to the datacenter with revolutionary server-on-a-chip technology. Calxeda currently employs 100 professionals in Austin, Texas and the Silicon Valley area. Calxeda is funded by a unique syndicate comprising industry leading venture capital firms and semiconductor innovators, including ARM Holdings, Advanced Technology Investment Company, Austin Ventures, Battery Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners, and Vulcan Capital. See www.calxeda.com for more information.
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Team Ignore. These nuts have been all wrong on ADMD:
Now, I know it is hard to believe for any newbies but there is a group of posters, or one with 7 aliases, who actually have me on their alerts. They stop what they are doing and check out what I am doing here on ADMD message board.
It all started a year or so ago. This was when the stock had made its run from .06 to .20, not the one you see it is on now, before that. So anyways we have been watching the company for a while now, like 7 years and I had gotten into some shares down low. Everything was going well, the stock was rising on lower volume than today and then it kind of started to run. Allong come a couple folks listed above at like .16-.18 and they are jazzed up. The stock had gotten to .20 and I posted that I thought it was a bit rich and that RadioGel was years off, which in hindsite was not to far off, well they got #$%$. Anyways, I said I was lightening up and they got mad. So what did the stock do? It crashed. It kept going down down down. They started selling around .14 and lower.
So there was a hate thing for me. Then early/mid last summer the stock was trolling .10-.05 and me and some other dudes who you might know (Moto, Zippy and later Long) started comparing notes. We started buying a bit of stock. We were buying the thing down into the .03s. Team Ignore spent all ADMD moments just attacking us like crazy, we were going to lose all of our money, and the company was going to go bankrupt. Saying things like they "might" buy when it gets to two cents. We had the DD and the conversations and E-Mails to the company that they did not. Anyways, go look what the stock did. It is up to here now in 7-8 months. Now they really have the hate thing going.
So when I say Team Ignore, the buy high sell low crowd, no DD or just plain tease them in my posts you will all understand why.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
#$%$! I forgot two of the team captains!
How could I forget these two winners. Well you're on there now Sporto.
There might be a name or two that I missed. The new negative nancies have not made the list yet but of course there is room. Any true longs out there that I forgot; you are welcome to suggest names I might have missed. The important part of a Teammate of Team Ignore is that you gotta put them on ignore like I do. Then you got it right. Sure you can see a post title but it is greyed out, their name and whatever else. It is fun and keeps the riff raff out of the way.
ADMD is going up in price but it is way to low for Team Ignore to buy in. When they get giddy though remember that it could be a "tell" if your DD is not jiving with the share price. It is at that time serious considerations should be made to lighten your position. ;-)
Right now it can be bought pretty safe in my opinion.


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UPGRADED: Thanks to zuiop for helping us replace our ancient vinyl rips of The Coolies' dig..? and Doug LPs with the 1995 2CD reissue, Take That You Bastards! For the CD set, the band included a handful of bonus tracks, including b-sides and unreleased material, while – curiously – omitting "Mrs. Robinson" from dig..? (fret not, we've put it back in). Some of the song title spellings are a bit different, too, which appears to be more an issue of quality control than design. The music itself, however, sounds great, so those who grabbed our original vinyl rips any time in the last 5 or 6 years are advised to upgrade. Find The Coolies' Take That You Bastards! @ Amazon, HERE.
dig..? (1986)
Simon & Garfunkel: A Weird Alternate View
Anyone remember satirical rockers, The Coolies? They were part of Danny Beard's Atlanta-based DB Records (Swimming Pool Q's, Guadalcanal Diary, Python, among others), and while The Coolies were never the highest profile outfit, two of their 80s albums did manage to survive my vinyl purges of the 90s. To give you an idea of their collective WTF career attitude, the band's debut, dig..?, is a rocking, irreverent Simon & Garfunkel covers LP (with a dollop of Paul Anka anchored by a Lou Reed sample). These S&G bastardizations exude their own brand of ramshackle charm, via naked, aggressive, head-scratching arrangements – presumably recorded live in the studio. Not necessarily a classic, but a great diversion for those that like their concept albums with tongue in cheek.
Scarborough Fair (2:28)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (4:14)
59th St. Bridge (Feelin' Groovy) (2:26)
I Am A Rock (4:04)
El Condor Pass (4:07)
Sounds Of Silence (4:35) – Bonus Track
Cecilia (2:30)
Homeward Bound (3:15)
The Only Living Boy In NY (4:38)
Richard Corey (4:04) – Bonus Track
Having My Baby (4:46)
Mrs. Robinson – Omitted from Take That You Bastards! but included here for your convenience
Doug (1988)
A Very Twisted Indie Rock Opera
Speaking of concepts… here's The Coolies' 1987 follow-up, Doug – a rock opera about a "skinhead who slays a transvestite short-order cook, makes a fortune by publishing the victim's cookbook, falls prey to drug abuse and paranoia, and ultimately winds up back on the streets." OK then. As you'll hear, The Coolies use similar tactics on this album as they did on the last one – parody & irreverence – sending up these original tunes with familiar stylistic elements pinched from The Who, Beach Boys and others. The overall production is much better than their debut (thanks to Brendan O'Brien, who also produced the three outtakes), making for a more rockin' album, while the opening title track boasts the kind of Southern rock riffage the Pool Q's (HERE, in the archives) were always so good at. The comic book that came with the original is also included.
Talkin' Bout Doug (2:58)
Ice Cold Soul (2:51)
Pussy Cook (3:13)
Cook Book (3:16)
Shirts And Skins (2:31)
40 Foot Stretch (4:05)
Doug! (1:55)
Coke Light Ice (3:08)
The Last Supper (2:47)
Ain't Gonna Eat No More (3:40)
Crack Pipe (Burnin') (4:18)
Poverty (4:56)
Talkin' Bout Doug (Reprise) (0:57)
Serious (3:06) – Bonus Track
Soul Side Of Your Mind (4:06) – Bonus Track
Done (3:32) – Bonus Track


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Research and information on why coding should be in every school. I'm intrigued by the Algebra/ Coding curriculum mentioned.
A breakdown of research on blended learning from Education Week.
Documented methods that the implementation of blended learning has improved the traditional school system. The Clayton Cristensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation shares twelve of these case studies.
Can you help students motivate themselves? Yes you can! Larry Ferlazzo shares some incredible ideas in this blog post over on Edutopia with more than 25,000 shares as of this time. We can help students motivate themselves.
Love "plussing" via @larryferlazzo - give positive feedback then say "plus you could do__ " http://t.co/jPW2wPLkQ7 #teacherfriends http://t.co/jPW2wPLkQ7
Love "plussing" via @larryferlazzo - give positive feedback then say "plus you could do__ " …
This Educause white paper is a useful write up that you can circulate among your staff. Every school should have a makerspace. Classrooms can each have them. Some are even designating parts of the library as a Makerspace. Great resource to share.
For those who are flipping or in flipping their classroom, here are some awesome video interaction tools. Don't just SHOW a video, have students interact with it. So many ideas here. Hat tip Jon Bergmann in a conversation he and I were having.
"Ainsworth, Prain and Tyler (2011) in a paper in Science argue that drawing can play a number of important roles in learning:, namely:
Drawing to enhance engagement — surveys have shown than when students draw to explain they are more motivated to learn compared to traditional teaching of science.
Drawing to learn to represent in science — the process of producing visual representations helps learners understand how scientific representations work.
Drawing to reason in science — student learn to reason like scientists as they select specific features to focus on in their drawings, aligning it with observation, measurement and/or emerging ideas
Drawing as a learning strategy — if learners read a text and then draw it, the process of making their understanding visible and explicit helps them to overcome limitations in presented material, organise and integrate their knowledge and ultimately can be transformative.
Drawing to communicate — discussing their drawings with their students provides teachers with windows into students' thinking as well being a way that the peers can share knowledge, discovery and understanding."
This article talks about how today's teaching is going to change the business world. Sadly, I think that much of the teaching they CLAIM happens (such as mobile learning and differentiation) may not be as widespread as they think. Either way, this generation is different and I do think they expect to be a truly mobile workforce. Of course it will be interesting to see how the kids who are lucky enough to have personalized learning feel about the workforce.
And I'm seeing this too. This generation wants to start their own business. We see this with Shark tank type experiences. This is a cool overview of what one college is doing as they literally help students start businesses in school instead of doing projects that go in the trash.
NASA mars scientists posted at 1:30 pm on 9/28/2015 just a few hours after it was announced that liquid water was found on MARS -- that they would be answering questions on Reddit. This is a cool thread. yet another reason to join Reddit.
Scientists are continuing to advocate that work and school start later. Researcher Paul Kelley CLAIMS that test scores and work productivity should start at 10am. Of course, what he doesn't account for that this would push sports to later in the day and kids would go to bed even later than they do already. You can only cram so much into a day. Anyway, it is interesting reading. One of the most important things is emphasizing and encouraging to parents that kids get enough sleep.
", new research demonstrates that spending does matter.
The authors–C. Kirabo Jackson, associate professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University, Rucker C. Johnson, associate professor of public policy at University of California, Berkeley, and Claudia Persico, a doctoral candidate in human development and social policy at Northwestern University–show that "increased school spending is linked to improved outcomes for students, and for low-income students in particular…Increasing per-pupil spending yields large improvements in educational attainment, wages, and family income, and reductions in the annual incidence of adult poverty for children from low-income families.
As they also show, it matters how the new money is spent–such as on instruction, hiring more teachers, increasing teacher pay, hiring guidance counselors and social workers. Money well-spent "can profoundly shape the life outcomes of economically disadvantaged children and thereby reduce the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Money alone may not lift educational outcomes to desired levels, but our findings confirm that the provision of adequate funding may be critical.""
Cool virtual reality tool. I have one my sister gave me for Savannah college of Art and design that they did with the iPhone. It was incredible. Cardboard with a smartphone inserted. It uses the accelerometer inside to really make it feel 3d. It does. You can actually get kind of dizzy.
From Richard Byrne's site.
"Earlier this year Google unveiled a new virtual reality program for schools. The program is called Expeditions. Expeditions uses an app on the teacher's tablet in conjunction with the Cardboard viewer to guide students on virtual reality field trips. Today, Google announced that they are bringing Expedition demonstrations and the required kits to schools all over North America, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand."
"Children of anxious parents are more at risk of developing an anxiety disorder. But there's welcome news for those anxious parents: that trajectory toward anxiety isn't set in stone.
Therapy and a change in parenting styles might be able to prevent kids from developing anxiety disorders, according to research published in The American Journal of Psychiatry Friday."
Interesting article in Journal of Higher Ed with Many Great Points
"The real obstacle in education remains student motivation. Especially in an age of informational abundance, getting access to knowledge isn't the bottleneck, mustering the will to master it is. And there, for good or ill, the main carrot of a college education is the certified degree and transcript, and the main stick is social pressure. Most students are seeking credentials that graduate schools and employers will take seriously and an environment in which they're prodded to do the work. But neither of these things is cheaply available online.
Arizona State University's recent partnership with edX to offer MOOCs is an attempt to do this, but if its student assessments fall short (or aren't tied to verified identities), other universities and employers won't accept them. And if the program doesn't establish genuine rapport with students, then it won't have the standing to issue credible nudges. (Automated text-message reminders to study will quickly become so much spam.) For technological amplification to lower the costs of higher education, it has to build on student motivation, and that motivation is tied not to content availability but to credentialing and social encouragement.
The Law of Amplification's least appreciated consequence, however, is that technology on its own amplifies underlying socioeconomic inequalities.
Tons of free footage, audio, images and 3D models that you can download and use in your projects.
"New research suggests the amount of education a woman has along with having children later in life are key predictor's of a child's success in adulthood.
Tackk is a website builder to build a beautiful web page.
This is the lead in story that tells how they are trying to solve the mystery of the silk tower. I love how they did this -- read this with your students first and then the next article for the answer. Very good writing and kudos to wired. Neat.
Science teachers will love this - a mystery of silk towers in the Amazon is finally solved. These structures went viral after someone posted and asked what they were on the Internet and now it has been discovered: a spider - although no one is really sure how.
It baffled entemologists. This whole topic is very cool because it is science but it is also social media and how the two have become inextricably intertwined. This is a great one to talk about in your science classes because there are so many ways you can go with it. So cool.
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Hi I'm new to play by post, and most rpgs I have played a little of sw saga and am hoping to get into a more fanasy type game. If anyone could teach me dnd or something like that, that would be great.
Well, it's good to have you on board, Mr Jack.
well best will be if you look at the games & ads section and see which one seems most compatible with you and then just ask if you may join.
Welcome Aboard, Mr Jack.
Like Sin said, find a game that interests you, be sure to let them know you're new, and you'll get along fine.
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As the peeps above have said, go to the Game Ads, look for a game which appeals to you and let them know you're new to MW ... you'll find pretty much everyone from the GM down will give you a hand. Of course the HELP section is also brilliant, especially helpful are the bbcodes, which allow you to do "fancy" stuff in your posts, found here:
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The spectacular rise, fall and rise again of the UConn Huskies
Recruiting violations, a postseason ban and the retirement of Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun could have taken Connecticut off the national map. Yet here are the Huskies back in the Final Four.
NEW YORK — It took Jim Calhoun 27 season as a head coach to make the Final Four (13 at Connecticut). Kevin Ollie has done it in just two — and in the first season his team was eligible for the postseason.
Calhoun built a powerhouse in Storrs, winning three national championships in 26 years, the last in 2011. But he left the program in what Ollie himself has described as "a dark time."
So when the seventh-seeded Huskies returned to the Final Four with Sunday's 60-54 win over No. 4 Michigan State, it was the culmination of three years of dizzying highs and daunting lows. Let's look at how the Huskies got here:
2011 Final Four
Kemba Walker of the Connecticut Huskies cuts down the net after defeating the Butler Bulldogs in the 2011 national championship game.
Before Shabazz Napier, there was Kemba Walker. The 6-foot-1 junior had one of the greatest postseasons in history, first dominating the Big East tournament and then earning Most Outstanding Player honors in the NCAAs. UConn won 11 straight postseason games, starting with five wins in five nights in the Big East Tournament, garnering a 3-seed in the NCAA Tournament. The dramatic run was capped with a 56-55 win over No. 4 Kentucky in the national semifinal, followed by holding upstart Butler to a record-low 18.8 percent shooting in a 53-41 victory in the championship game.
2012 troubles
In 2012, UConn had a roster that included the following: Jeremy Lamb, Andre Drummond, Shabazz Napier, DeAndre Daniels, Ryan Boatright, Alex Oriakhi and Roscoe Smith (who averaged a double-double at UNLV this year), and they finished with a 9-seed in the tournament and lost in the round of 64.
Calhoun, meanwhile, who'd had health problems since 2003, took his third leave of absence in four years in February to have back surgery. He returned in less than a week but fractured his left hip five months later.
Postseason ban, mass exodus
The Huskies had been in trouble with the NCAA in 2011 over recruiting violations, but gotten off cheaply enough: Calhoun was suspended the first three Big East games of the 2011-12 season and the program received scholarship reductions for three academic years, recruiting restrictions and was forced to disassociate with a booster.
But in June 2012 the NCAA dropped the hammer with a postseason ban when it ruled the team was in poor academic standing. When that news came out, Drummond and Lamb left for the NBA Draft and Smith and Oriakhi transferred.
A little more than a year after winning a national championship, the Connecticut program was a mess.
All that was left were guys who either A) Really wanted to be at the school (Napier, Boatright) or B) Had no place else to go.
Jim Calhoun introduces new head coach Kevin Ollie during a September 9, 2012 press conference to announces Calhoun's retirement after 26 years as head coach for the UConn men's basketball team at Gampel Pavilion.
Napier, Niels Giffey and Tyler Olander all were freshmen on that 2011 title team. Napier said Sunday that Olander has regularly gotten those three guys together and said he wanted them to be the first players in UConn history to win two championships. But the way things were in the fall of 2012? That looked like a serious long shot.
"It's gonna be real hard," Napier said he thought then. "It's gonna be definitely difficult."
Calhoun calls it quits
The Hall of Fame coach retired Sept. 9, 2012, about a month after fracturing his left hip falling off his bike. Calhoun had taken a leave of absence the previous season to have back surgery and had battled health problems for almost 10 years. Assistant coach Kevin Ollie, a former Husky and NBA player with no head-coaching experience, was named interim coach.
It wasn't like Ollie didn't have reservations. How could he not? As much as Connecticut meant to him, he was walking into a nearly impossible situation.
Ollie divided the fan base: Half loved him because he was off the Calhoun tree (and hence, united the past, present and future of the program), the other half wanted UConn to go out and get the biggest name available (a Shaka Smart type, for example).
"It's always the back of your mind and you're thinking about certain things," Ollie said Sunday. "Is this the right job? Should I stay in the NBA?"
But Ollie convinced Napier and Boatright to stay in Storrs when they easily could have bolted with the departure of the legendary coach who recruited them and the postseason ban.
"He is one person I can say deserves this," Olander said of Ollie. "He took a job with a team that had nothing to play for last year, but he did not look at it that way. He wanted to bring the team to where we are at right now."
Ollie lays the new foundation
Connecticut Huskies guard Shabazz Napier reacts after scoring the winning basket against the Florida Gators.
The Huskies won their first game under Ollie, beating Michigan State in the Armed Forces Classic, and Ollie was a given a five-year extension on Dec. 29, 2012. UConn finished tied for seventh in the Big East at 10-8 and was banned from postseason play, but the Huskies went 20-10 overall with quality wins over Cincinnati, Syracuse and Notre Dame, and peaked at No. 21 in the polls.
Big East breakup
There isn't a single school that got screwed more by conference alignment than the Huskies did when the Big East broke up in 2013.
You've got a program which has won more titles over the past 15 years than anyone, has a women's program that is unbeatable, and it's relegated to what amounts to a mid-major league in the American Athletic Conference.
That led UConn fans to fear for the future of the program: Was their run at the top done? Could they still get big-time recruits, and win big (the only way any UConn fan under 35 is used to winning), playing in what amounted to Conference USA?
9-0 start to 2013-14
Former Connecticut Huskies head coach Jim Calhoun hugs head coach Kevin Ollie of the Connecticut Huskies after they defeated the Michigan State Spartans to win the East Regional Final.
Ollie and the Huskies won their first nine games of the season, including one-point wins over Maryland, Indiana and Florida. Napier had the highlight with a buzzer-beater giving the Gators their last loss before they ran off 30 straight wins to get to the Final Four.
The Huskies lost by four at Houston to end the season-opening run but avenged it with a 37-point win at home in January and also avenged a road loss to Cincinnati en route to a 24-7 season and third-place finish in the AAC.
Blown out by Louisville
The Huskies looked nothing like a top tourney team on March 8 when they lost to Louisville 81-48. A week later in the AAC tourney they lost to the Cards for the third time this season.
"I don't even want to remember that," Ollie said Sunday. "It was a down time. In down times, what you do is you bond together as brothers."
Taking off in the tourney
UConn was seeded seventh and opened with an 89-81 OT win over 10-seed Saint Joe's, then started knocking off the high seeds: No. 2 Villanova (77-65), No. 3 Iowa State (81-76) and No. 4 Michigan State (60-54).
And the Huskies did it with the guys who hung around. Giffey is the team's top 3-point threat and Olander gets minutes off the bench. But it was Napier who led the way with 25 points and willed his team to a victory Sunday, making every big shot down the stretch — including three free throws after getting fouled by Keith Appling with 30 seconds left to put UConn (30-8) ahead 56-51.
After the game, Ollie and Calhoun met in an embrace, much the same way they did Friday night when the Huskies won in the Sweet 16. Calhoun congratulated Ollie then. This time, the protégé did the talking.
"He always believed in me from Day One," said Ollie, who played for Calhoun and was his assistant coach for two seasons. "I thank him to death for it. That's what I told him in his ear: 'Thank you for believing in me.'"
Nothing was given to him. Just like nothing was given to these Huskies. Ollie remembered that as he climbed up the ladder at MSG to cut down the nets.
"It's a great time when you can get on that ladder, but I was really taking my time," Ollie said. "One step at a time. And that's what you got to do to get up top of the ladder. You can't skip no steps. And the last two years we didn't skip no steps. We took one step at a time."
Yet it still feels like he and UConn are way ahead of schedule.
FOX Sports' Aaron Torres contributed to this report.


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The only commercial airport in Kuwait, Kuwait International Airport is located south of the capital, Kuwait City. Browse our Kuwait International Airport guide for information on how to get there, where to stay, and the facilities available within the terminal.
After several lengthy delays major expansion plans (including the building of a second terminal) of the airport are back on track and are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016.
Airport information desks are located in the arrivals area on the ground floor of the terminal building, in the departures area, and in the transit area.
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When the weather outside is frightful, a warm cup of hot chocolate clutched between fuzzy mittens is downright delightful.
And despite an average temperature nearly 20 degrees above normal, about 80 spectators at last week's Festival of Lights Parade visited Zaharakos Ice Cream Parlor and Museum to sample comfort in a cup, topped with whipped cream and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.
If that doesn't seem like a lot, Zaharakos assistant manager Melissa VanDePutte said the seasonal treat usually isn't among the historic ice cream parlor's best sellers.
"We might sell one or two during the day," VanDePutte said. "In the winter months, we might sell 10 a day."


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Hard-Hit Districts Push Back against Charter Schools
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Western Pennsylvania school districts that are losing students and money to charter schools are fighting back.
The Penn Hills school board this week approved spending $3,500 a month for two years of advertising on TV and the Internet. Thirty- second ads will promote the Penn Hills Senior High School that opened last month.
The neighboring Woodland Hills school board awarded a $13,000 contract on Wednesday to develop infomercials to air on public access television.
Districts traditionally have not advertised schools, but their charter-school counterparts have, attracting a growing number of students.
Woodland Hills will pay $13.9 million -- nearly 17 percent of its annual budget -- to charter schools this year to educate more than 1,150 children who live in the district, the most students among 49 suburban districts the Tribune-Review surveyed. About 22 percent of eligible students there go to charter schools. Penn Hills is sending 787 students to charter schools at a cost of $8.1 million.
"It's cost us personnel. It's cost us programs," said Tara Reis, a Woodland Hills board member and parent. "When you see these kinds of numbers, it's staggering. That's why we don't have reading specialists or an after-school tutoring program or pre-K programs anymore."
Since the Legislature approved charter schools in 1997, 175 have opened statewide. Sixteen are online only. The charters are privately operated but funded by tuition payments from districts.
Supporters say they offer a better education than traditional public schools.
"I feel like a charter school gives us public education with a private-school feel," said Ivelisse Torres of Penn Hills, whose daughter, Chloe, attends first grade at Imagine Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship, which opened in 2012.
Districts such as Woodland Hills are fighting reputations for low test scores and violence.
"The parent perspective is that the environment (in the school district) isn't conducive for the child," said Bob Fayfich, executive director of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools. "There's violence in the school, not a focus on learning."
Reis said Woodland Hills needs to highlight that the district and high school met minimum test score levels. Its infomercials would include a five-minute piece outlining positive things happening in the district; two one-minute spots sharing student experiences and alumni perspectives; and several 30-second ads themed "Woodland Hills . …


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Fox and WWE Determined to Give Us 'Jingle All The Way' Sequel With Wrestlers And Rednecks
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- @DustinKH
- February 11, 2014
Larry the Cable Guy is still a thing, folks. It's true. Larry, real name Daniel Whitney, has managed to sustain a weird level of pop culture relevance since debuting his redneck persona in the early nineties. The Blue Collar Comedy Tour staple alongside comedians Ron White, Bill Engvall, and ringleader...
Casting Couch: Louis CK to Work With David O. Russell, George Clooney Official For '1952,' and More
- By Nathan Adams
- @templeofreviews
- January 15, 2013
What is Casting Couch? It's the column that's rounding up all the casting announcements the studios have released now that the buzz surrounding the Golden Globes has died down. They've been hoarding. Before his show on FX became such a well-respected thing, people thought of Louis CK mostly as being...
Casting Couch: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Steps Into the Path of 'Godzilla,' Larry the Cable Guy Teams Up With Tyler Perry, and More
- By Nathan Adams
- @templeofreviews
- January 11, 2013
What is Casting Couch? Today it's the whitest casting round-up you know. Even though everyone knows that Godzilla is the true star of any Godzilla movie, there usually has to be some sort of human element on the ground to give the fire-breathing lizard's destruction some sort of context. So...
The 10 Best Pixar Characters: From Infinity to Squirrel!
- By Kevin Carr
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- June 21, 2012
For more than fifteen years, Pixar has represented the gold standard in computer generated films. Since the studio's early days of making groundbreaking short films to producing Oscar-winning feature-length movies, Pixar has become a brand associated with quality animation and adorable characters. There have been some bumps along the road,...
Larry the Cable Guy to Promote Good Oral Health for Kids; or, Hey, Did You Know There's a 'Tooth Fairy 2'
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Larry the Cable Guy only wants the best for the insides of your children's mouths. In a publicity move in support of Tooth Fairy 2, a film that is as unlikely as a large redneck supporting the oral well-being of the nation's youth, the comedian and co-star Brady Reiter have...
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This past summer, Disney/Pixar continued their string of sequels with Cars 2. It may not have been the most popular Pixar film with critics, but kids loved it, and it's one of the most merchandised movie of the year. That's gotta be worth something, right? Now that Cars 2 is...
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There's an old maxim that states that everyone in show business is fake. The traditional interpretation of that is that everyone in Hollywood is ready to be kind to your face, but stab you in the back and probably piss on the wound. That may be an exaggeration, but in...
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Five years after the success of Cars, Pixar finally drops the second installment on waiting audiences in Cars 2. I am unabashedly a Pixar fan; I've loved almost everything they've offered up since '95's Toy Story. This noted, Cars 2 is one of the most unintentionally weird and schizophrenic mainstream...
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If you were to tell me that you thought Cars to be one of the more mediocre and "kiddy" titles in the Pixar catalog, I'd be hard pressed to find any sort of argument for that. It is, on the Pixar spectrum, the low end of things. Charming, sure. But...
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Please drink responsibly, and don't go around kidnapping hot chicks just because you think they're in trouble....
The only time you'll hear the term "Academy Award" in the same paragraph as Larry's name is when people mention that Witless Protection is being released in the theaters on Oscar weekend....
A member of the Reject Nation says that Witless Protection "is quite possibly the Dumbest Movie of the Year." Go figure....
Movies that Suck: You're Out of Your Element
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- January 8, 2008
Belief is a funny thing. One person may think something is the most brilliant book, movie or song they have ever heard and another person will read, watch or hear the exact same thing and think their head has just been raped by evil spirits. ...
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Vallas Group Debuts Turnaround System With Cambium Learning
DALLAS, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambium Learning® Group, the nation's leading educational provider focused primarily on serving the needs of at-risk and special student populations, announced an exclusive partnership with The Vallas Group, Inc. to bring nationally known education reform leader Paul Vallas' unique school improvement model to struggling schools across the nation. Vallas currently serves as the interim superintendent of the Bridgeport Public Schools in Connecticut and is the former superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools, The School District of Philadelphia and the New Orleans Recovery School District (Post-Katrina). To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vallas-group-debuts-turnaround-system-with-cambium-learning-157362815.html"The Vallas Turnaround System is positioned to be the nation's leading resource for comprehensive and affordable school reform that offers superior educational resources at the state, district, or school level," says Vernon Johnson, Ed.D., former superintendent and president of Cambium Learning's intervention division Voyager Learning. "No matter how small or large, any district will now have access to proven, results-driven school reform and improvement thanks to our partnership to bring the Vallas vision to school administrators." The Vallas Group's turnaround model offers a comprehensive, thoughtful approach to reach substantive school improvement by addressing three critical, highly integrated and interdependent areas: academics, finance and operations. By focusing expertise in five core areas - Financial Health and Stability; Student-Focused Administration and Operation; Superior Instructional Improvement Models; World Class Human Resources; and Building Local Capacity, the Vallas Turnaround System imparts change while effectively working with educators, labor, parents and communities. "The Vallas Group selected Cambium Learning Group for this groundbreaking partnership because we identify with its mission to enable educators to unlock every child's potential through learning, no matter where their journey begins," said Paul Vallas. "Through Cambium we have the platform to more widely offer the Vallas Turnaround System to bring about lasting school improvement that is both approachable and accessible by districts or schools that might not otherwise have the resources - either financial or in terms of human expertise - to create dramatic improvements. The Vallas Group is committed to affordable change, so that cost is no longer the deciding factor for schools when it comes to impacting student achievement through the system. This partnership makes this vision possible for schools, districts and states across the nation." Cambium Learning Group will hold a press conference today at 11:00 a.m. Central Time at its corporate offices located at 17855 Dallas Parkway, Suite 400, Dallas, Texas. All media are invited to attend. For additional information about The Vallas Turnaround System, visit www.vallasturnaround.com. About Cambium Learning Group Cambium Learning® Group (Nasdaq: ABCD) is the leading educational company focused primarily on serving the needs of at-risk and special student populations. The company is comprised of three business units: Voyager Learning provides comprehensive print and online intervention solutions, professional development, and school turnaround offerings and includes Lincoln National Academy, Class.com, and Voyager Education Services; Sopris Learning is known for supplemental solutions including assessment, supplemental intervention, positive behavior supports, and professional development ; and Cambium Learning Technologies develops instructional and assistive technology and represents IntelliTools ®, Kurzweil Educational Systems ®, Learning A–Z, and ExploreLearning. Believing that all students can achieve, Cambium Learning Group is committed to providing evidence-based support and expert professional services to empower educators and increase student achievement. Learn more at www.cambiumlearning.com . 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I ran my 1/16 E-Revo (not brushless) with this connector and it flew, but with all the extra power it heated up the motor quick!
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I want to do the same thing to my summit but am scared it will hurt it cause traxxas said not to do it. Have you had any problems with your?
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the series connector is for on road driving only. if you run it you should be fine if you let the motor and esc cool for a bit. driving it off road like in grass and jumping will cause the esc to go thermal and kill it. if youre on pavement you should be fine and harder dirt would probaly be okay too, just keep close eye on temps. when bashing and things other than speed runs, use the parallel connector. you wont get more speed, but you'll get longer run times
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MIAMI — While the United States wrangles over immigration policy, Brazil has already made up its mind about immigrants. It wants more — as many as 6 million more.
They're needed, said Brazilian officials, to accelerate Brazil's development.
"In a globalized world, we need not only the flow of goods and services but also the flow of minds," said Brazil's Secretary of Strategic Affairs Ricardo Paes de Barros. "We're not after population; we're after talent and human capital. By opening society, we can accelerate the development process."
For a country that once prided itself on its immigrant past, Brazil now has one of the lowest rates of foreign-born citizens in the world.
"Brazil has become very, very closed to immigration," said Paes de Barros. "We used to pride ourselves as a nation made by immigrants. But that just isn't true anymore."
Brazil's "big migration" began in the late 19th century. Between 1888 and 1929 — excluding World War I — more than 100,000 immigrants arrived annually with Italians leading the way, followed by immigrants from Portugal, Spain, Germany, the Middle East, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine. At first they came to work Brazil's coffee plantations, but then they were needed on the factory floor as Brazil rapidly industrialized.
There also was brisk migration from Japan in the 1920s and 1930s. But after that, with the aim of preserving the Brazilian identity, immigration quotas were created and the torrents of new arrivals slowed to a trickle, except for a brief spurt after World War II.
A century ago, Paes de Barros said, 7.3 percent of the Brazilian population was foreign-born. Now that figure has dropped to just .3 percent. In contrast, the 2010 U.S. Census found that nearly 13 percent of the U.S. population was foreign-born.
"We want to get up to at least 2 percent — perhaps 3 percent," Paes de Barros said in a telephone interview from his office in Brasilia. With a current population estimated at 199 million, Brazil is potentially in the market for as many as 6 million immigrants.
"And it's OK if foreigners come temporarily and then want to go back to their home countries," Paes de Barros said. "We prefer to think of it as knowledge-sharing, not a brain drain."
Another reason more immigrants are desirable is that fertility rates have declined rapidly since the 1960s, resulting in slower population growth. Brazil is still a relatively young nation, demographically speaking, but that will start to change around 2025. At that point, people of working age will start to decline with the elderly accounting for a higher percent of the population.
Even though the number of work visas Brazil has granted foreigners has increased in recent years, the administration of President Dilma Rousseff realizes more needs to be done.
Getting a work visa can be cumbersome. It can take many months and, in some cases, as many as 19 documents must be submitted at a Brazilian consulate, said Andre Sacconato, research director at Brazil Investments & Business, whose acronym is BRAiN. It serves as a catalyst for the consolidation of Brazil as an international business and investment center and it has conducted studies for the government on the impact of immigration.
Paes de Barros said the administration hopes a combination of streamlining policies and procedures for work visas as well as legislative change will make Brazil more welcoming to immigrants.
Among the ideas under consideration are broadening the types of work visas, extending work visas to family members of foreign workers so they too can hold jobs in Brazil, making the application procedure less costly and more friendly, and allowing foreign workers "conditional" visas while an investigation to show there are no comparable Brazilian workers available is pending.
Brazil has already begun to eliminate some of the red tape needed to get a work visa by allowing the digital submission of some materials.
Paes de Barros said he'd also like to see the National Congress pass a resolution encouraging migration and a law creating an agency or commission with a stated goal of increasing migration.
"The details are still being worked out," he said. A working group of government agencies and universities met monthly last year to review immigration policy and come up with suggestions on how to improve it in coming decades, not just in response to the country's record-low unemployment.


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Apparently this is a growing trend???
Has anyone here done this or known someone who has done this?
What are you opinions on cosmetic surgery for animals?
"Botox for wrinkles, tummy tucks, nose jobs, braces, and eyelid lifts, which are common for breeds like the bloodhound and bulldog. There are also implants such as "Neuticles" — bean-shaped silicone implants to replace the testicles of neutered dogs. "
Apparently the Kardashians (or however the hell you spell their name) partake in the neuticles.
And a cute GIF just for giggles