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Supporters of low income housing programs are criticizing a bill proposed by U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Westwood). Chabot's proposal would impose restrictions on people who use the federal Section 8 housing program, which provides vouchers to help poor people pay their rent. Among his changes, people only would be able to use the program for five years. In Cincinnati, however, 53 percent of clients already leave the program within five years. Of the 47 percent who remain, many of them have problems like mental health issues and likely would become homeless and more expensive to deal with for the government, a housing advocate told The Enquirer.
To prepare for an influx of foreign visitors when the World Choir Games begin here in July, a new language translation tool is being launched. Cincinnati-based Globili is testing its text and mobile application for cellphones and smartphones that translates signs, menus and ads into about 50 languages. The event will be held July 4-14 at various locations in downtown and Over-the-Rhine including the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall.
It's been 147 years since the U.S. Civil War ended, but Kentucky lawmakers are just now getting around to abolishing a pension fund for Confederate veterans. The measure, which passed Kentucky's House of Representatives unanimously on Feb. 29, now heads to the state Senate for a vote. No one who is eligible to receive the pension has been alive for at least 50 years, lawmakers said. I guess things really do move more slowly in the South.
Business at the venerable Blue Wisp Jazz Club has increased since it moved to a new location at Seventh and Race streets in January. The club's owners attribute the jump to more pedestrian traffic and the number of hotels located near the new site. The front room includes a bar and restaurant accessible with no cover charge, while the back room is reserved for performances by Jazz musicians.
Steep spikes and drops on standardized test scores, a pattern that has indicated cheating in Atlanta and other cities across the nation, have occurred in hundreds of school districts and charter schools across Ohio in the past seven years, a Dayton Daily News analysis found. The analysis doesn't prove cheating has occurred in Ohio, but documents show state officials don't employ vigorous statistical analyses to catch possible cheating, discipline only about a dozen teachers a year and direct Ohio's test vendor to spend just $17,540 on analyzing suspicious scores out of its $39 million annual testing contract.
In news elsewhere, the U.S. Supreme Court begins its constitutional review of the health-care overhaul law today with a basic question: Is the court barred from making such a decision at this time? The justices will hear 90 minutes of argument about whether an obscure 19th-century law — the Anti-Injunction Act — means that the court cannot pass judgment on the law until its key provisions go into effect in 2014.
When it recently was announced that a U.S. soldier who allegedly went on a shooting spree in Afghanistan would be charged with 17 counts of murder, many people wondered about the number. After all, early reports indicated Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, a Norwood native, allegedly killed 16 people. Military officials decided to charge Bales with murder for the death of the unborn baby of one of the victims, a senior Afghan police official said today.
In a possibly related incident, a gunman in an Afghan army uniform killed two NATO soldiers today at a base in southern Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force has said. Details were still sketchy, but NATO said in a statement that an individual wearing an Afghan soldier's uniform had turned his weapon against international troops. Coalition forces then returned fire, killing the gunman.
China and the United States have agreed to coordinate their response to any "potential provocation" if North Korea goes ahead with a planned rocket launch, the White House says. North Korea says the long-range rocket will carry a satellite, but U.S. officials say any launch would violate United Nations resolutions and be a missile test.
Somehow, 71-year-old Dick Cheney managed to get a heart transplant Saturday after spending nearly two years on a list waiting for a suitable organ to become available. Cheney, a former U.S. vice president and — some would say — unindicted war criminal, got the transplant even as much younger, healthier people continue to wait for a new heart. (My guess is he made a pact with Beelzebub.) Cheney has had five heart attacks over the years, the first occurring at age 37.
A local conservative activist has found another job in politics.
Brad Beckett recently was appointed as Heritage Action for America's first regional coordinator for the Cincinnati area. Beckett served for years as chief of staff for City Councilman Chris Monzel, until Monzel left that group in January 2011 to become a Hamilton County commissioner.
In his new role, Beckett will be responsible for growing Heritage Action's grassroots infrastructure in Cincinnati and nearby areas in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
"Brad brings a wealth of experience in and knowledge of Cincinnati politics," said Michael Needham, Heritage Action's CEO, in a prepared statement.
"His knowledge of Cincinnati and the surrounding region will be essential to ensuring that the American people's voices cut through the big-government noise in Washington as we fight to save the America dream," Needham added.
Prior to his latest gig, Beckett almost had the top job in Butler County government. When Monzel was elected to the Hamilton County commission, Beckett discreetly lined up another job as Butler County administrator. Two commissioners there hatched the plan privately but one abruptly changed his mind a day before Beckett's employment was to have begun, leaving him without a job.
More recently Beckett has been working at the Apple Store in Kenwood Towne Center and launched The Political Daily Download, a right-leaning blog. Also, he assisted in Tom Brinkman's unsuccessful campaign to win the Republican nomination to run for the Ohio House 27th District seat.
Founded in 2010, Heritage Action for America is the sister organization to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. The newer group's motto is "we hold Congress accountable to conservative principles," and it was formed mostly because the foundation isn't allowed to back pieces of legislation due to its tax-exempt status.
One of Heritage Action's first projects was to organize opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health-care reform law pushed by President Obama.
Among Heritage Foundation's primary donors is Charles Koch, one half of the infamous Koch Brothers duo. They're the industrialists who helped form the Tea Party movement, which advocates for corporate interests that benefit the brothers and harm the working class.
Also, the Kochs led the push to abolish collective bargaining rights for public-sector labor unions in Ohio, Wisconsin and elsewhere.
There are protesters who have been standing outside of a pediatrician's office almost daily since at least the summer. Why? Someone else in that same tiny complex is offering abortions. A woman who has taken her special needs daughter to that pediatrician's office for more than 20 years was recently told by her minister's wife that she needed to switch pediatricians. Abortion is "murder," of course, so going anywhere near the "scene of the crime" must make her a co-conspirator.
On the opposite side of town is a Catholic organization made up of young people who were praying the rosary daily in hopes of a veto on the law that required Catholic employers to provide health care that included birth control coverage. Furthering their attack on small families are two Republican candidates for president. Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney seem to want to reverse the bill that legalized the sale of contraception.
Yes, the Bible says "Be fruitful." The Bible also says to take care of children. Statistics from UNICEF report that in 2009 roughly 2.1 million children are currently orphaned in America. Who is taking care of them? Should anyone be so adamantly against birth control when they're also clearly unwilling to help take care of the result from a lack of birth control?
Before abortion was legalized, women were forced to take to back alleys in order to end unwanted pregnancies. Those terminations consisted of the use of things like scalding water or hangers. Many women contracted infections from those unsterile and unsafe methods. Too many women died from those infections. Why wasn't anyone looking out for them?
Many of the comments we've received at CityBeat in response to coverage of these issues have focused on the sinfulness of abortion and birth control (and, of course, homosexuality). Why are they overlooking all the other "sins" the bible suggests?
Click the jump for a list of all the crazy things the Old Testament says are also sins.
If President Obama hopes to rely on all the socialists who in 2008 elected him with hopes of seeing all of America's wealth get spread around, he better come up with something even more radical this year.
Something called the Freedom Socialist Party announced in December that it is running two candidates in a national write-in campaign — New Yorker Stephen Durham for president and Christina López, of Seattle, for vice president. And today the duo sent out a press release demonstrating that America's real socialists are none too pleased with Obama's first three years in office.
In a memo titled, "Recognize healthcare as a human right — make it universal and free," Durham and López refer to Obama's healthcare reform as one of the biggest disappointments of his presidency.
"Instead of stepping up to the plate and acknowledging that public healthcare is a need as great as public education," the release states, "Obama made one concession after another to the pharmaceutical and insurance mega-corporations. As he restated in his February State of the Union address, his Affordable Care Act does not give the government the role of guaranteeing universal care; instead, it relies on a reformed private market."
López goes even further, calling the healthcare program just another one of Obama's "sellouts of the human rights of women and immigrants under corporate and right-wing pressure."
Durham, according to the FSP website, says Obama and the other jokers in Washington have furthered the struggle of America's working class and poor during their bipartisan attempts at correcting the recession.
"The Democratic and Republican parties have done nothing but cooperate in forcing workers and the poor to pay the costs of the Great Recession caused by the banks and Wall Street," the site says. "President Obama may play to the crowd by criticizing 'bad apple' corporations, as he did in his State of the Union address. But the facts show that the program of corporate coddling, which creates austerity for the masses, is completely bipartisan."
Durham and López are also offended by Obama's recent compromise with religious institutions over providing birth control coverage.
Durham says the only way to provide quality health care is to get private insurers out of the picture altogether. For-profit insurance companies, according to a Baltimore-area neurologist Dr. Steven Strauss, are a fundamental problem.
"No one should be making a profit from providing — or, more to the point, denying — the medical care that should be treated as a basic human right," Strauss says, according to the release. "But insurance and drug companies are among the biggest money-makers in the nation, amassing billions each year from people's suffering."
The Freedom Socialist Party believes that a single-payer option such as Medicare, if it were to be offered to everyone, would be a reasonable first step but that all for-profit entities must be removed from the pharmaceutical, medical supply and hospitals industries.
also suggests taxing corporations and the very wealthy — something
that's not going to take away any of Obama's votes because he's
trying to do that, too. And the duo's ideas for redirecting
military spending to the nation's human needs probably won't cost
the president too many reelection votes, either.
For more information go to www.socialism.com or email the stuff you hate about unrelenting capitalism to email@example.com.
Obama could not be reached for comment before the publishing of this
As Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis Schnurr and other Catholic officials speak out publicly against a new federal rule involving free birth control, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defends the switch and says the criticism is misguided.
Last month the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — known informally as "ObamaCare" — would require nearly universal coverage of contraception.
During the past two weeks CityBeat has published its list of endorsements in the race for Cincinnati City Council,along with those on local and state issues.
Some readers have requested that the endorsements be put into a smaller format that will be simpler to print out and take along with them to their polling places on Tuesday.
So, here it is. Clip, save and enjoy.
As part of CityBeat's continuing election coverage, we've once again sent a questionnaire to the non-incumbent Cincinnati City Council candidates to get their reactions on a broad range of issues.
Nine of the 14 non-incumbents chose to answer our questions. Others either didn't respond or couldn't meet the deadline.
During the next few weeks, we will print the responses from the non-incumbents to a different topic each time.
Today's question is, "Do you consider the operation of health clinics to be an acceptable function of municipal government?"
A group affiliated with the Heritage Foundation has bombarded voters in Ohio's 1st Congressional District with a glossy flier that tries to paint Rep. Steve Chabot as someone akin to an Old West hero.
The fliers, which began showing up in mailboxes during the past few days, feature a large photograph of a smiling Steve Chabot next to a headline that states, "Steve Chabot fights for our families." The direct-mail campaign piece was paid for and distributed by Heritage Action for America, a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt group founded last year by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.


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I have two Zimbra 8 OS (Release 8.0.3.GA.5664.UBUNTU12.64 UBUNTU12_64 FOSS edition. in Ubuntu 12.04) for the same "mydomain.com". Some email accounts will go to the first one and others to the second. I have a postfix as a mail gateway in front of them which has all the accounts in its transport_maps. For the zimbras I have read Transport Table for external servers - Zimbra :: Wiki but it doesn't work for me :/
Mail gateway: 10.10.20.1 mail.mydomain.com
Zimbra1: 10.10.20.2 zimbra1.mail.mydomain.com
Zimbra2: 10.10.20.2 zimbra2.mail.mydomain.com
In the mail gateway the config is working great:
And the file recipient:Code:relay_recipient_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/recipient transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport
And the file transport:Code:firstname.lastname@example.com OK firstname.lastname@example.com OK email@example.com OK email@example.com OK
As I said, it's working great, the postfix send the mail to the zimbra where the account exists. Of course, I have maid the portmap for those files.Code:email@example.com smtp:[10.10.20.2]:25 email@example.com smtp:[10.10.20.3]:25 firstname.lastname@example.com smtp:[10.10.20.2]:25 firstname.lastname@example.com smtp:[10.10.20.3]:25
The problem is when I try to send the mail from zimbra1 to the account firstname.lastname@example.com which is in the zimbra2.
In both zimbras I have the modified the config :
Code:zimbra@zimbra1:~/scripts$ zmlocalconfig |grep -i postfix_transport_maps postfix_transport_maps = hash:/opt/zimbra/scripts/transport proxy:ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-transport.cfAnd the /opt/zimbra/scripts/transport in the zimbra1 has:Code:zimbra@zimbra2:~/scripts$ zmlocalconfig |grep -i postfix_transport_maps postfix_transport_maps = hash:/opt/zimbra/scripts/transport proxy:ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-transport.cf
And in the zimbra2:Code:email@example.com smtp:[10.10.20.3]:25 firstname.lastname@example.com smtp:[10.10.20.3]:25
When I try to send the mail from the web interface in the zimbra1 it said:Code:email@example.com smtp:[10.10.20.2]:25 email@example.com smtp:[10.10.20.2]:25
10.10.0.238 is the internal IP, because 10.10.20.0 is a VPN between them (I can connect between servers, they have no IPTABLES rules).Code:Mar 27 11:05:55 mad postfix/smtpd[20597]: connect from zimbra1.mail.mydomain.com[10.10.0.238] Mar 27 11:05:55 mad postfix/smtpd[20597]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from zimbra1.mail.mydomain.com[10.10.0.238]: 550 5.1.1 <firstname.lastname@example.com>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table; from=<firstname.lastname@example.com> to=<email@example.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail.mydomain.com> Mar 27 11:05:55 mad postfix/smtpd[20597]: disconnect from mail.mydomain.com[10.10.0.238]
Of course I have made transport /opt/zimbra/scripts/transport but it doesn't work.
I have missed something but not sure what :/
Any help what have I missed?


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RICHMOND, Va. (WUSA9/AP) - With Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe about even and neither very popular in a new statewide poll, Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis is gleaning enough support to affect the Virginia governor's race.
Quinnipiac University's poll shows McAuliffe favored by 44 percent of 1,005 likely voters, Cuccinelli with 41 percent and little-known Libertarian Sarvis with 7 percent. The results for the major party candidates are within the margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
The last third-party or independent Virginia gubernatorial candidate, former state Sen. Russ Potts, got just 2 percent of the vote in 2005.
Thirty-eight percent viewed McAuliffe favorably and the same share viewed him unfavorably. Fifty-one percent held an unfavorable opinion of Cuccinelli to 34 percent who saw him favorably.
You can see the press release, including the questions asked, at the PDF link.
After the poll results were released, the Cuccinelli campaign released the following quote to the press:
"This race is within the margin of error, which we always knew was the case. As voters learn more about Ken Cuccinelli's record of fighting for Virginia and Terry McAuliffe's record of putting himself first at the expense of workers, they are going side with the attorney general. With each passing day, the energy and enthusiasm on the ground in support of Cuccinelli grows and with less than 50 days, our campaign is working to deliver victory on November 5th."


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In addition to completing the specific prerequisites included in the descriptions of the following courses, all students seeking to enroll in 300- or 400-level courses in the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration must have attained junior standing, which is defined for purposes of this policy as having earned 55 semester hours.
All C&BA students must, prior to seeking to enroll in any 300- or 400-level C&BA course, complete or be enrolled in the following prerequisites: EC 110 and EC 111; MATH 112 and MATH 121, or MATH 115 and MATH 125; CS 102; AC 210; ST 260; and LGS 200 (or their equivalents). Failure to fulfill all prerequisites prior to enrolling in a 300- or 400-level C&BA course will result in administrative disenrollment from that course.
GBA 145 Orientation to Commerce and Business Administration. One hour.
An introduction to the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration. Topics include adjustment to college life, study skills, career exploration, and majors offered in the College.
GBA 331 World Resources and the Global Economy. Three hours.
Assessment of the resource base that supports the global economy. Includes factors that govern the effective management and sustainable utilization of the land, water, mineral, energy, and material resources of the world. Recommended for juniors and seniors.
GBA 332 Natural Resource Management. Three hours.
A conservation approach to the principles that govern the effective management and use of natural resources in the United States. Natural resource planning. Recommended for juniors and seniors.
GBA 490 Strategic Management. Three hours.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and completion of or enrollment in all 300-level C&BA functional field courses.
Examination of the managerial tasks of crafting and implementing strategic plans and the tools of strategic analysis. Students gain hands-on experience with tools and concepts of strategic management by participating in a business strategy simulation exercise and by analyzing actual companies.
GBA 491 Independent Study in Business. Three hours.
Prerequisite: Approval of the program chairperson. Students may earn degree credit for only one independent study course (491).
Independent study in library or primary research. Not open to graduate students.
GBA 492 Management Internship. Three hours.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and a grade point average of 2.5 or above. Students may earn degree credit for only one internship (492).
Students are selected through a competitive process for assignments in approved business or public-sector organizations. Administered through the C&BA Student Services Office.
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While Lil Wayne has been involved in feuds with other emcees, his most recent beef has been with the NBA and the Miami Heat. The feud stems from a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat. At the game, Wayne exchanged words with Heat player Dwyane Wade. Weezy then left the arena and said he was kicked out. During NBA's All-Star weekend, Wayne shouted to a crowd of fans about how he was "banned" by the NBA. He also had negative things to say about the Heat and several players.
"I don't apologize for that night," Wayne explained to 99 Jamz in Miami. "I don't apologize for being who I am. That's who I am, this is who I am, and yes I did say those things. Only thing I do want to take back from saying that night is I said, 'F LeBron.' I didn't mean to say that because me and LeBron we are cool and I'm really cool with his mom and we have a real good relationship, and that's my homie but it just slipped out. I didn't mean to say that. Other than that though, I don't take nothing back."
He went on to explain why he felt he was banned by the NBA, an allegation that has since been cleared up.
"[Indiana Pacers forward] Gerald Green wanted to involve me in one of his dunks [for NBA's dunk contest]. I think he wanted to jump over me while I was skating. Anyway, everything was cool to do it and then after that happened [in Miami], they called him and told him, 'We'd rather you not have Lil Wayne be involved in your dunk. We'd rather it be someone else.' Homie gave me the word about that."
That wasn't it. According to Wayne, the problem continued when he was pulled from a performance.
"I was also supposed to perform with Alicia [Keys] at halftime of the All-Star game. I was pulled from that as well. Then I tried to get tickets just to attend the event and I was told I couldn't have any tickets."
However, Weezy went on to note that he has finally received clarification as to why the NBA preferred not to have him participate in the All-Star game celebrations.
"David Stern said he heard about what happened in Miami and that he knows I'm a passionate fan," he explained. "Basically saying, 'We want to protect the players from you.' Something like that."
Lil Wayne is a known sports fan. His love of sports has even allowed him to start his own sports program and appear on ESPN several times.
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First Spring Lonestar NationalsWritten by Eric Geisert on August 1, 2011 Goodguys expands Texas to twice a year
If you're a little confused about this being the first Goodguys event called the Lonestar Nationals, don't be. For nearly two decades the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association has held an event with that name in Texas (back then they used the same site where the Dallas TV show was filmed at the imaginary Southfork Ranch) and, since 1996, it's been held at the Texas Motor Speedway, just west of Ft. Worth.
The success of that Fall event has allowed Goodguys to expand the schedule of some of their shows to twice a year—hence this new springtime event (they've expanded schedules for the Pleasanton, Scottsdale, and Del Mar events, too).
Held about 25 miles from the downtown Dallas/Ft. Worth area, the location for the show is a grand one. They say everything in Texas is bigger; the Texas Motor Speedway, which hosts several NASCAR events throughout the year, can seat nearly 160,000 people. The infield of the banked oval track is quite large, too, and Goodguys makes good use of it organizing three days of hot rod–related festivities.
A well-stocked swap meet, a handful of buildings where manufacturers display the latest in hot rod equipment, and an autocross course set up to test the driving skills of both amateurs and pros alike were just some of the scheduled events.
But most of the space inside the speedway is for nearly 2,000 pre-'73 hot rods, and Goodguys has special parking areas (Trick Truck Corral, Mighty Muscle, Builder's Choice) set aside for these special cars. As an added bonus, this show was chosen by STREET RODDER to be the first stop of 10 events for the magazine's 2011 Top 100 program sponsored by Painless Performance, where one lucky rodder will be named STREET RODDER's Street Rod of the Year. (For more on the Top 100 series, or to see more photos from this event, go to www.streetrodder.com).
Painless Performance Products presents STREET RODDER Top 100
For the Top 100 program, STREET RODDER attends 10 particular car shows each year and picks 10 vehicles at each to make up the Top 100. For more on where those shows are, check www.streetrodder.com .
Painless Tech Tip
LED Flashers
LED flashers are required in many vehicles because of the installation of LED tail and front turn signal assemblies. LEDs do not pull enough current to trip the bi-metallic strip in a conventional flasher like the 1187-style bulbs. LED flashers have built-in resistance to solve the problem.
There's an old-school theme running through Jason Chandler's '64 Impala with its five-spoke wheels and 327 motor, but with the door handles removed, the big-inch wheels make it look more contemporary.
The autocross course the Goodguys set up at most of their shows sure is a fun way to spend some time, whether you're driving or just watching the action. Rob Philips from Hotchkiss Sport Suspension was out in his '68 C-10 truck ripping up the track with some fast times, as was Wade Faustmann's '34 Ford from Allen, TX, and "Duke" Roddy Jr.'s '37 Ford OZE truck, which is equipped with a 383 stoker engine.
Mary Knox
Andover, Kansas
1952 Ford Customline
A present to celebrate Mary and Gary Knox's 50th wedding anniversary, this '52 four-door has been gone through from top to bottom. For suspension Gary used a Fatman IFS with ShockWave airbags up front while out back a Ford 9-inch went in with stock springs. Intro 17-inch wheels, wrapped in Toyo rubber, are on each corner and a '93 Ford 351 motor out of a Lightning pickup truck and backed to an AOD trans delivers the go when needed. Inside an ididit column was installed, as were aircraft-quality leather seats, an Ultrasuede headliner, and door panels from Rick Fisher Upholstery. Dakota Digital gauges, a mini backup camera, and a Hot Hues Resolution Yellow paintjob by Gwynn Bilson finished up the car.
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Doyle Thomas, Longview, TX / 1955 Buick Doyle has a nice collection of cars, and his most recent addition is this convertible Buick that was built at Bobby Alloway's Hot Rod Shop in Tennessee. They started with an Art Morrison chassis and added a Winters quick-change and a Keasler Racing 502 big-block. Paul Atkins did the tan 'n' chrome interior in this one, too.Bill Smith, Hockley, TX / 1941 Willys coupe Dooley & Sons Hot Rods did the build for Bill Smith on this Willys, which is powered by a big 528 Hemi that is rated at 750 hp. There's a custom frame under the 'glass body, and a light brown leather interior that makes it look more like a street car than a race car.Jimmy Lewis, Grenada, MS / 1940 Ford DeLuxe coupe Smoothed up (without side trim and door handles), Jimmy Lewis' '40 is drenched in PPG red paint. Ronnie's Hot Rods did most of the build, with JR's Custom Interior creating the custom interior. Big 19- and 20-inch Intro wheels fit under the fenders, and a RideTech suspension system was used.Rodney Harris, Leighton, AL / 1932 Ford coupe Built by Alan Johnson's Hot Rod Shop, Rodney Harris' three-window packs a punch under the hood with a 426 Ford V-8. Paul Atkins created the tan leather interior, and custom Classic Instruments gauges grace the dash.Buck Wilson, McAlester, OK / 1940 Mercury coupe Buck built his car and chopped the roof himself and also added a '55 dash to the interior. A 390 is under the louvered hood (done in the '60s) and he made his own running boards, too. About the only new item on the car is a Tremec five-speed trans.Rosa & Curry Cross, McKinney, TX / 1950 Chevy Lots of bodywork and fabrication went into this ride, which includes a 4-inch chop, a pancaked hood and trunk, and suicide doors. A 350/700-R4 engine and trans combo also went in, and a tan Ultraleather interior contrasts the black exterior paint.George Jezek, Waco, TX / 1932 Ford roadster George Jezek built his roadster with a high level of attention to detail. A 383 Chevy is under the louvered four-piece hood, and a Winters quick-change is out back. PPG paint covers the Brookville body, and PS Engineering wheels are on each corner.Wade Keith, Friendswood, TX / 1932 Ford sedan Starting with an original steel body, Wade Keith had LimeWorks Speed Shop chop the top a little over 3 inches to get the right look. A '40 Ford dash was used, and a leather interior from Kiwi Kustoms was installed. Up front a BDS 6:71 blower rests above a 392 Hemi, which is fed by a Hilborn four-port manual fuel-injection system.Kenny Davis, Rogers, AR / 1955 Chevy Nomad Owner built, this Nomad is owned by Kenny Davis, who also runs his own hot rod shop in Rogers, AR. A Roadster Shop chassis was used, as were 18- and 20-inch wheels. Painted a House of Kolor Kosmos Red, the wagon gets its go from a 502 Chevy V-8. A tan leather interior was also custom-made for the car.
Jerry O'Connor, Shawnee, OK / 1955 Chevy Bel Air Jerry O'Connor has owned his ride for more than 13 years, but it recently was gone through and updated. A Corvette ZO6 (LS6) motor and 4L60 trans were installed, as was a RideTech airbag suspension system. Complementing the Guards Red exterior is a tan leather custom interior.As with many of the Goodguys shows that are held inside racing facilities, you can go for a high-speed ride around the banked oval in a NASCAR trainer car. The Texas Motor Speedway, site of the Goodguys First Spring Lonestar Nationals, also hosts NASCAR Cup, Nationwide, and Truck Series events.Over in the Homebuilt Heaven parking area, we spotted Jay Riggs' Model A sedan from Keller, TX. In the three years it took to build it, Riggs did nearly all the work himself on his ride.Chuck Harris rolled into the speedway in his '49 Plymouth wagon, which is equipped with a 3.9L V-6 Dodge motor. He also had it up for sale for $15,000 obo, which didn't seem like too much money for a driver.We've seen Dwight Nix's '36 Ford from Wheatland, OK, before, but we still like looking at it. The roadster also features a '40 Ford dash.Seen a lot of tall T coupes lately? Neither have we, but Richard Maddox's '25 Ford from Colleyville, TX, was pretty sharp.Who says you have to have gloss? In the Homebuilt Heaven parking area, Ginger Harrison's '56 looked fine the way it was.This kid is going to need therapy! We've all seen those little kid dolls propped up against cars in the past few years, but this real kid on the right hadn't, and he was both confused and perplexed at what he was looking at!
Though it still needed a little interior work, Ron Noble's late-A Ford had the right look, as some folks prefer unchopped coupes.Gil Yale is from Conroe, TX, and his '54 Chevy 210 features an Art Morrison chassis, an LS3 engine, and Nitto-wrapped Schott wheels.Ready to do the Carrera PanAmerican at speed? It sure looked like the Kennington and Spears entry from Granbury, TX, was ready to go. The '54 Lincoln Capri was powered by a 317 Lincoln motor backed to a four-speed Toploader.There is a huge T faction in Texas, and Ronney Orrs' '23 (left) and Charlie Sisk's '23 are two excellent examples. Both run modified dual-quad tunnel ram induction with their 350 Chevy engines.Jess Jordan's '57 Cadillac El Dorado Seville made a statement with its lime green and silver flame paintjob. Lots of custom touches, too, like moving the front turn signals below the bumper, shaving the trim and handles, and making a new grille.There's an old-school theme running through Jason Chandler's '64 Impala with its five-spoke wheels and 327 motor, but with the door handles removed, the big-inch wheels make it look more contemporary.The autocross course the Goodguys set up at most of their shows sure is a fun way to spend some time, whether you're driving or just watching the action. Rob Philips from Hotchkiss Sport Suspension was out in his '68 C-10 truck ripping up the track with some fast times, as was Wade Faustmann's '34 Ford from Allen, TX, and "Duke" Roddy Jr.'s '37 Ford OZE truck, which is equipped with a 383 stoker engine.


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New Carburetors For Old EnginesWritten by on September 19, 2007 First Look At Barry Grant's Demon 98
Barry Grant has made a career out of feeding fuel to engines but in his off hours he's still a hot rodder. As an enthusiast he cruises one of his hot rods to several events each year and it soon became quite obvious to him that old-school engines and induction systems were showing no signs of losing popularity. However, with regard to the induction systems, he knew little attention had been given to improving their function, serviceability, or appearance.
He took it upon himself, with some prompting from Skratch of Skratch's Garage, to see what he could come up with and it wasn't too long before he developed the Demon 98. From the start Barry knew the carburetor had to have a retro style that would blend in sitting atop a Flathead, Y-block, Hemi, Nailhead, or any vintage engine. But at the same time it would need to offer modern-day performance. Special attention was also given to serviceability, as it becomes increasing difficult to obtain service parts for older carburetors. The Demon 98 employs standard fuel bowl and metering-block gaskets, jets, power valve, needle-and-seat assemblies, and air bleeds.
The "98" achieves higher performance by using modern-day designs of air-entries, air-fuel circuits, and boost venturis. Accelerator-pump circuits have interchangeable nozzles (squirters); the wilder the camshaft, the greater the need for larger accelerator-pump nozzles. Adjustable air-bleeds provide the guy who really wants to tweak and tune a means to correct or adjust fuel curves and improve throttle response, fuel economy, and power output.
Each venturi of the Demon 98 carburetor measures 1 1/16-inches. In common with American downdraft carburetor convention, the Demon 98 features an idle circuit, a main circuit, and an accelerator-pump circuit. The idle and main circuits draw their air supplies through the idle air-bleeds and high-speed air-bleeds, located on top of each carburetor main body. Idle and main fuel supplies are, naturally, taken from the fuel bowls. The resulting idle air-fuel mixture is dispersed through an idle discharge port and transfer slot, located in the base plate of each carburetor. Main circuit air-fuel mixtures are discharged via boost venturis. The chief differences between the Stromberg 97 and the Demon 98 include the design of the accelerator-pump mechanism and the operating fuel pressure-the Demon 98 accelerator-pump arrangement has interchangeable nozzles, which encourages tuning; the operating fuel pressure of the Demon 98 is around 6 to 7 psi compared 3 to 4 psi of the Stromberg.
The carbs shown here are still prototypes. Barry tells us that production of the Demon 98s should start late summer or early fall of this year. When that happens, we'll see if we can get our hands on one or two and put them to a real test under the hood and out on the road.
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The tower is removable for easy access as shown here. The high-speed air-bleeds are positioned on either side of the of the interchangeable accelerator-pump nozzles (squirters). The outer brass jets serve as the idle air-bleeds.The new Demon 98s have a clean yet retro appearance, and can be installed on a standard old-school three-bolt pattern intake manifold, just as Stromberg 97s or Holley 94s. The carburetor towers are sized to accept optional air cleaners or air horns.The center carburetor features an optional electric choke. Note the symmetry of fuel lines, the layout of the linkage, and carburetor air entries.The conventional Demon side-hung float bowl accepts conventional 6-7 psi fuel systems. The beauty of these new carbs is that the bowl, gaskets, needle-and-seat assemblies, metering block, and accelerator-pump mechanism are all standard fare.Barry Grant developed a sturdy yet elegant progressive linkage kit available in various rod lengths to accommodate different manifolds and numbers of carburetors.Two finishes will be available on the new Demon 98 the optional chromefinish, shown here, or if you prefer the more retro look you can stick with the standard gold finish, which is shown in the other photos.


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Hi, I need to change the email address in the Zimbra Outlook Connector account, but I get error "Invalid Account GUI. Reconfiguration failed" when I try to change it. I cannot add an account (error about duplicate account types). I cannot delete the account unless I create a new personal folders Data File but then can't change back to Zimbra Delegation Server due to error code 0x80040011c. Bah!
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Huskers proposed basketball arena. Looks nice... it would make the north division much more respectable if they could get that to pass.
Lincoln Haymarket Arena on Vimeo
I also believe they are building a new practice facility soon. Definitely not a good time for us to start over and rebuild and have to compete with that.
Kinnick smells like syrup.
It wont happen
That was a pretty sweet virtual tour! Even the people were walking around haha.
Nice looking arena though, anything beats the Devaney Center. That place now is a complete dump.
When Prepared, Fear No One.
Does Nebraska really have a desire to spend money on basketball like that? I'm thinking that they don't.
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Sic Semper Jayhawks
I enjoyed the "DUD LIGHT" advertisement at 0:17
And I think its more of a municiple arena than just for Husker basketball. Thats the only way it would pass.
Wait. kNU has a basketball program? Seriously?
This would be a huge upgrade.
Didnt creighton just get a new arena?
Originally Posted by ChrisMWilliams
If you guys come by Bondurant tonight, I'll **** all over every one of your dogs. I'm not the Mayor but I've been drinking a crap ton of water today and have plenty of water in the old radiator.
This would destroy Creighton.
EDIT: Wow, coincidence we both brought up Creighton at the same time. Theres no way Nebraska could support two teams like that.
Devaney Center ssssuuuucccckkkksssss
Originally Posted by IcSyU
Devaney Center ssssuuuucccckkkksssss
Won't the Cyclone Alley roadtrip most likely be to Nebraska this year?
Originally Posted by kingcy
It wont happen
I'll also be very surprised to see this project gain approval. Opponents will have too much ammunition by pointing out the budget problems that Omaha is having to deal with partly due to obligations related to the Quest center. Lincoln residents won't spring for public funding - especially with the lack of interest in Husker basketball.
Osborne has already come out and stated that he is OK with the backup plan to upgrade Devaney if (more likely when) the project doesn't fly.
Originally Posted by IcSyU
Devaney Center ssssuuuucccckkkksssss
What? You mean old wooden bleachers are out of style?
Originally Posted by alarson83
Didnt creighton just get a new arena?
Last edited by ISUboi12; 10-13-2009 at 09:20 PM.
Reason: didn't get the joke right away.
Originally Posted by alarson83
Didnt creighton just get a new arena?
They've played at the Qwest Center for a couple years now. Their female basketball team still plays at the Civic Auditorium.
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These are the results of my testing ZCS version 3.1 OS Edition on CentOS 4.3 (updated) on VMWare ESX server having 2 Xeon 2.8GHz, 3.5GB RAM, 100Mb network with vmware tools installed.
I have tested ZCS vs. Dovecot vs. Cyrus by filling 10 users mailboxes with 2000 mails, where 1700 of these mails were small mails from qmail mailing list and the other 300 were jokes mails (usually from several kB to several MB). There were no special tuning of the system for any of the programs, because all of them were installed via RPM and I used Posftix as MTA for dovecot and Cyrus.
Testset for IMAP testing was something like this: Courier IMAP test with 10 users. I created scripts in perl using Expect (scripts available if interested).
Testset for POP3 testing were some perl scripts using Net::Pop3 module and with simple commands.
Analysis was made with some scripts utilizing gnuplot and if you want detailed results (or scripts), PM me.
The test was made from P4 machine quite close to the server and no other virtual machines were running on VMWare ESX server at the time of the tests.
It turned out that Zimbra is quite slow compared to other two systems. We were discussing what might be the reason, but I think that only developers could tell us. At first glance we accused java for not being optimised for VMware, but there are no such explanation to be found on web. We also recorded the I/O state of the machine while in test, but the results are not analysed yet.
So here are the results:
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Golden Classic Chicken with Pasta and Lemon Garlic Sauce
This delicious recipe can be enjoyed hot or cold.
- Zest both lemons reserving the juice from each in a separate bowl.
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- Steam broccoli to desired doneness and set aside.
- Over medium-high heat, sauté walnuts and bread crumbs in two tablespoons of olive oil until lightly toasted. Lower heat to medium then add minced garlic, lemon zest, parsley, broccoli and chicken.
- Toss ingredients to blend and warm the chicken, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
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Suboptimal model predictive control of hybrid systems based on mode-switching constraints Ingimundarson, Ari; Ocampo-Martínez, Carlos; Bemporad, Alberto (IEEE Press. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2007)
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Open AccessModel predictive control (MPC) is recognized as a very versatile and effective way of controlling constrained hybrid dynamical systems in closed-loop. The main drawback of hybrid MPC is the heavy computation burden of the ...


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The Nero AAC Encoder encoder is far superior sound-wise to
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However, FFmpeg now also supports the external encoding library from fdk-aac which is probably ≥
On the mac you'd be bettor off using
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If you are set on using Nero's encoder on a mac, you can always use Mac's Bootcamp to run a virtual version of Windows and do the encoding that way. This probably isn't what you want but was just going to give you the option.
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Meryl Streep through the years
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The creator and CEO of Supergoop!, Holly Thaggard, is a pioneer in the world of sun protection, with a passion for healthier ingredient choices and a pulse on the latest advancements and technology in skincare. She is an avid researcher on the effects of UV damage, and Holly sits on the Founder's Council of the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research. She has also received the prestigious Gold Triangle for Excellence in Sun Safety from the American Academy of Dermatology.
The Supergoop! brand is best known for delivering broad-spectrum sun protection with good-for-you skin benefits. Supergoop! is antioxidant infused, vitamin rich, and paraben-free. With anti-aging agents that soften the look of fine lines and essential fatty acids that improve skin moisture and decrease inflammation, Supergoop! is a true trailblazer in the sun protection industry. As a result, it's not too surprising why notable celebrities, including David Duchovny, Rachel Zoe, Tea Leoni, Joel McHale, Blake Lively, Kelly Rutherford and Gwyneth Paltrow, actively and enthusiastically endorse the brand.
When my close friend and I were in our late 20's, she was diagnosed with melanoma, and it really frightened me. After learning that skin cancer is not only the most common cancer in the United States but also primarily preventable, I found my calling. I was determined to create superior sun protection products while promoting a healthier, UV-protected lifestyle through education.
To date, the Anti-Aging City Sunscreen Serum is our hero product in the Supergoop! line-up. Our fans love it because it's super lightweight, and it instantly absorbs into the skin, delivering comprehensive broad-spectrum UV protection.
Lately I'm super excited about our SPF 30 and SPF 50 Sunscreen Mists, which are enriched with Vitamin C and antioxidants. There's a wide array of sunscreen sprays on the market right now; however, all of them contain the controversial chemical, oxybenzone. The Supergoop! mists are healthy alternatives that are actually good for your skin. We use 35% less alcohol than all leading brands and no oxybenzone, delivering complete broad-spectrum protection and achieving our water resistance goals. Our formula delivers safer protection and won't dry you out. Spray our mists on wet or dry skin for fun-in-the-sun convenience. Best of all, it's available at a very affordable $19. Can you tell I'm excited about these guys?
I strongly believe that smart, skin-healthy habits start early, and that's why watching my children (Will, age 5, and Emery, age 8) apply Supergoop! voluntarily each morning makes me beam with pride. It also motivates and inspires me to do the same. My research has taught me that, without a doubt, sun protection is the most critical first step in an anti-aging daily skincare regimen, so when my kids apply Supergoop! each morning, I'm following suit.
Oh, wow, where to begin? I have a pretty large arsenal of beauty products that I use on a daily and nightly basis. For nighttime, I love Strivectin Neck Cream, Fresh Seaberry Body Cream, and Skinceuticals CE Ferulic Serum. I occasionally use Dr. Gross antioxidant packed serums as well. For daytime color, I love Julep nail polishes, Laura Mercier Eye Basics Flax primer, and It! Cosmetics High Performance Hydrating Eye shadow Trio in the natural shades. I am also a diehard fan of Chanel lip-gloss and keep one in absolutely every bag, clutch and purse that I own. Oh, and as for shower products, Neutrogena Sesame Body Oil is my staple. It leaves my skin feeling silky, smooth and clean.
Well, the first things that immediately come to mind are 1) more effective UV protection and 2) leveraging advancements in technology to improve skincare solutions. I believe that we at Supergoop! have done a lot toward those ends, but there's still a lot more to do.
Over the last forty years, there has been quite an evolution in sun protection, and I believe that the next forty will result in even greater changes. Years ago, it was all about UVB protection, and consumers were taught that UVA rays were "healthy". In the 1990's, we learned that these UVA rays actually penetrate the skin much deeper and can cause greater damage to our cells. Today we are focused on comprehensive, broad-spectrum protection from the sun's visible rays (UVA AND UVB) to infrared (IRA or heat) rays, now realizing the effects of free radical damage.
I believe that it is essential for our industry to continue researching and addressing the numerous causes of sun damage and skin cancer while investigating the healing and restorative properties of natural ingredients and components that fight damage and protect our skin. I think we're only at the tip of the iceberg, so to speak, regarding these breakthroughs and discoveries, and I look forward to being a part of the industry's evolution for years to come.
Never leave the house without applying a high SPF all around the eye area! The skin is extremely thin around your eyes and very vulnerable to the effects of age and sun damage. We formulated our new Anti-Aging SPF 37 Eye Cream with 100% natural oat peptides to boost collagen, minimize the look of fine lines and wrinkles, and protect the skin around the orbital area. It's also ophthalmologist tested and approved for contact lens wearers.
A great skin care regimen starts with UV protection, says @supergoop, even when there's no beach in sight!
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Mist: I've always frowned upon the oxybenzone products out there, so I'm beyond excited about our SPF 30 and SPF 50 Sunscreen Mists. As I've said before, these mists are actually good for my skin, which I love! The ease of application on wet or dry skin makes them very popular in my active household.
Eye Cream: I am a fanatic about the importance of SPF eye creams, and I'm also pretty picky. The Supergoop! Advanced Anti-Aging Eye Cream does everything I demand from an eye cream; it moisturizes, firms, and reduces the appearances of fine lines and wrinkles, while offering crucial UV protection. My favorite part? The cooling effect of the applicator. It feels like a mini massage!


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A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
The one million acres of land and water bordering Minnesota and Canada called the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, or BWCA, began to be set aside for preservation purposes in 1902. MN90 producer Marisa Helms recounts some of its history.
For most of history, the human heart was off limits to medicine. The first closed heart surgery began in the 1940's. In the 1950's, a pair of physicians who worked in mobile surgical units of World War II discovered that open heart surgery could be an option.
When Paul Wellstone, his wife Sheila, their daughter Marcia, and five others died in a plane crash on the Iron Range on October 25, 2002, then-Senator Wellstone was in a difficult race for re-election to a third term in the US Senate. MN90 producer Marisa Helms takes a look at Wellstone before he was a famous politician and what has become of his legacy. Includes an interview with Bill Hillsman.
In the 1850s, mail service on Minnesota's North Shore was notoriously unreliable. That is, until John Beargrease and his team of sled dogs began running mail between Two Harbors and Grand Marais. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel learns about the man who inspired the annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon.
In the 1930s and 1940s, when polio was rampant in the United States, the predominant treatment method was to immobilize the patient's body in braces and splints. But Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse who resettled in Minnesota in 1940, believed in a controversial alternative method. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel describes how Kenny revolutionized polio care. Includes an interview with Kate Roberts, author of Minnesota 150, published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2007.
With its prominent placement at the top of Wabasha Hill in St. Paul, the Minnesota State Capitol building is hard not to notice. The statue of four golden horses on top makes it particularly distinctive. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel learns the story behind the architecture of one of our state's most famous buildings. Includes an interview with Brian Pease of the Minnesota State Capitol.
There are more bridges across the Mississippi in the City of Minneapolis than anywhere else along the river. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel speaks with David Stevens of Mill City Museum to find out why.
What makes Minnesota unique? The lakes, the weather...and the Minnesota Citizen's League. For over 60 years, the Minnesota Citizens League has helped tackle some of the toughest problems in the state. MN90 producer Allison Herrera tells us more about this influential organization.
Hole-in-the-Day the Younger (1827–1868) signed almost every land cession treaty between the Minnesota Ojibwe and the U.S. government. MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports that though he was an effective negotiator he was also a controversial figure with many enemies. On June 27, 1868, as he was traveling to Washington, D.C., to fight the removal of his people to a reservation at White Earth, Hole-in-the-Day was assassinated by Ojibwe men from Leech Lake just a few miles from his home in Crow Wing.
One of Minnesota's greatest athletes was Dan Patch, a harness horse from the turn of the 20th century who set the world record by pacing a mile in 1:55. When salesman Marion Savage (yes, the town Savage, MN is named after him) bought Dan Patch, he became very rich by turning his horse into a supreme pitchman for all kinds of products, including cars, watches and washing machines. MN90 producer Marisa Helms has the story.
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There's nothing in the story to corroborate it, but their top headline under sports on their website says we are.
Heh, I love the RAG
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Imagine the uproar. Iowa City just might fold in upon itself.
I don't think we have any scholarships do we?
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Interesting....they just changed the headline on an earlier article.
He's a tough guy to say no to for a team that couldn't score at all last year. Like I mentioned on my blog, the scholarship situation is interesting, but I also wouldn't be surprised to see more player defections, so who knows.
I saw the headline, read the article--not a thing mentioned in there about the good guys.
Exaggeration is a BILLION times worse than understating.
Originally Posted by BigBake
I don't think we have any scholarships do we?
Didn't McD tell AT that he might have to give his schollie up if they needed to use it for someone else? Or was that a different player that I'm thinking of?
Originally Posted by wartknight
I saw the headline, read the article--not a thing mentioned in there about the good guys.
Echo, echo, echo....
Originally Posted by ISUAlum2002
Didn't McD tell AT that he might have to give his schollie up if they needed to use it for someone else? Or was that a different player that I'm thinking of?
That can't be legal.
freeman is by most accounts a good kid and good teammate. he was iowas only scorer this year. i am really shocked lickliter let him go. iowa could not score except for freeman. a coach has delusions of grandeur if he thinks freeman was the cause of his problems. they will be worse next year.
Iowa basketball: Iowa State interested in Freeman | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register
Article also says he's speaking with Alfy.
Having to sit out a year, it's tough to see where Freeman would fit in with Garrett and Buckley as junior and sophomore. He would certainly add depth to the position though.
I'm guessing the conversation went something like...
Rutter: Hey Tony, you still looking for a school?
Freeman: Yup.
Rutter: Any chance you'd consider coming here as a walk-on?
Freeman: Not likely.
Rutter: Well let us know if you change your mind.
Freeman: Will do.
Originally Posted by everyyard
That can't be legal.
Sure it is -- all athletic scholarships are for one year at a time. There's usually an assumption that they'll be automatically renewed but they don't have to be. Tim Floyd ran scholarship players off all the time if he found someone better to come in and take their place. As I recall when Alex Thompson transferred, McDermott made it clear that there may or may not be a scholarship for him after the first year.
Personally, I am not impressed with Alex' work ethic, hustle, or toughness. We don't need a 6'10" guy standing at the arc looking for the 3ball. I wouldn't mind giving Freeman his scholarship; Alex has already gone through 2 high schools and 2 colleges and burned his redshirt year, so what's he going to do about it? The worst he can do is quit the team which would not even be a noticeable loss.
I'm not sure how Freeman would fit in with our team, but more depth in the form of an experienced senior and pretty solid outside shooter is never a bad thing. And it'd be fun to watch him stick it to Iowa on the court in 2010.
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But the day belonged to Serena Williams.
Not because she looked smashing in her Nike Fall Smash Lawn Dress and warm up cardigan, but because she actually let us in. Granted, it wasn't completely by choice but we got to see how much this moment, this return to Centre Court meant to her after being away for almost a year while dealing with a number of serious health issues. After defeating Aravane Rezai 6-3, 3-6 6-1 in the first round she broke down in tears, covering her face with a towel as she sat courtside.
She was asked about her emotional reaction after this win in her post match presser:
Q. Of all the times you've gotten emotional after a match in your whole career, how would you compare today?
SERENA WILLIAMS: I think my first time, maybe when I won the US Open way back in '99. I think I got a little emotional then, but not really.
So this was probably the most emotional I've gotten after a match, after a win. You know, and to be a first round, I never really get super, super excited. But for me it wasn't about winning the match. It was about being out there. Everyone that has had some troubles, whether it be health, whether it be something else, to realize that you can do it.
It was pretty startling to see someone who usually conveys toughness and strength become so vulnerable and overcome with emotion. But if her reaction to the win was any indication, it was long, tough road back. And I, for one, am happy to have her back and healthy.
You know, you just have faith. If you believe in yourself, you just continue to fight and never give up. I always preach, you know, Never give up, never give up. I finally was in a position that I could have gave up, I couldn't have came here, I could have sat home and said, I've had a fabulous career. I don't have to work extra, extra hard now.
But it just really goes to show if you don't give up, you still have a chance.
Q. What did you prove to yourself today?
SERENA WILLIAMS: Uhm, I don't know what I proved to myself today. Well, I guess I proved that I could, that I could. I think that sums it up: I could. If I could get through that, I could.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Iowa State senior Imelda Wistey has already established herself as the fastest breaststroker in school history, but the West Des Moines native plans to cement her Cyclone legacy this weekend at the NCAA Championships. Competing in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, Wistey hits the pool on Friday morning at the University Aquatics Center on the University of Minnesota campus for time trials.
According to Wistey, this weekend is about representing her program and enjoying her time on a national stage.
"I'm so honored to be representing Iowa State. No matter how I do, I will do my best and just enjoy my experience." Wistey said. "I'm coming in with no expectations because this is such a huge meet. I would like to make the top-16, but just swimming here is a huge accomplishment for me, and I'm happy that I can do it as a Cyclone."
After transferring to Iowa State from Grinnell College following her freshman year, Wistey has made the most of her three seasons in the Cardinal and Gold. The 2014 First Team All-Big 12 swimmer has notched 68 career first place finishes along with 86 top-three finishes for the Cyclones, while tackling school records in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.46) and 200 breaststroke (2:13.76).
With Wistey's sights set on a top-16 finish in both events, Iowa State head swimming coach Duane Sorenson said his top breaststroker will be focused on resetting her school records.
"Ideally we would like to see her place in the top-16 in the 100 and 200 breaststroke," Sorenson said. "Every swimmers' goal is to go out and swim her best. If she could go out and swim a personal best in each race, that would be fantastic."
Soon after the Big 12 Conference Championships in Austin, Texas nearly three weeks ago, Wistey returned to the water to prepare for this weekend's competition. According to Sorenson, Wistey has gone through a "mini-season" between conference and national championships.
"Her yardage went up in the first week, and we got some aerobics training in. The second week we did aerobics and speed workouts," Sorenson said. "This week we have worked in speed and rest."
Wistey will be in the water for 100 and 200 breaststroke time trials at 11 a.m. CST Friday and Saturday, respectively, with finals to kicking off at 7 p.m. CST each evening.


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Illinois Gov. George Ryan announced today that Illinois has the lowest level of teen births since those statistics were first gathered in 1959.
In Winnebago County, those numbers have dropped as well. One local organization has been working for years to bring these numbers down.
Rockford Meld hosts a Christmas party for all the teen mothers who have been successful in their program. But after Gov. Ryan's announcement, they have even more to celebrate.
Heather and Denelle, both teen moms, felt alone from the start. "When I found out I was pregnant everybody was gonna be there. When I had him all those friends who said they'd be there left," says Heather Whitehead. Denelle Horton agrees, "there was always talk about being god parents and babysitters, but where are the babysitters when you need them."
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Denelle and Heather are both enrolled at Rock Valley College. Denelle wants to be a nurse and heather a criminologist. But not only have these girls found direction; they've also found lasting friendships.
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|Six-year above-average moisture trend comes to a halt in 2012
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|Thursday, 10 January 2013 17:53
By Sheri Hink
The Wauneta Breeze
The Wauneta area has enjoyed above-average amounts of precipitation for the past six years. That all changed in 2012 when the area received below-average moisture totaling 17.65 inches. Wauneta's average yearly precipitation is 18.80 inches.
Precipitation received in 2012 was not a new record, but it was the lowest seen since the area received 17.44 inches in 2005. The record low for precipitation in Wauneta was 8.42 inches in 2002.
Prior to 2002, the lowest year on record was 1898 with 8.94 inches, according to the High Plains Regional Climate Center. Wauneta's wettest year on record was 1962 with 30.42 inches.
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By Katrina Gay, NAMI Director of Communications
NAMI recently spoke with Hector Villarreal, founder of the San Antonio Coalition for Veterans, about his work to support veterans and their families better manage their unique situations. Mr. Villarreal will be speaking as part of a panel presentation, "Veterans and Families: The Roles of Faith, Community and Recovery" at the NAMI National Convention, on Friday, June 28 from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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What got you involved in helping veterans?
I did not want soldiers to be treated like the Vietnam veterans were treated, like I was treated when I came back from Vietnam. In addition, when I first began to work with soldiers and their families, when they were back from war, I spoke with over 5,000 different families and individuals, in grocery stores and other places. They shared their experiences and challenges.
They reminded me that when you leave service in the military, you are losing the culture. Many told me how lost they felt being outside of the culture they had become comfortable with, or used to. They didn't know where to go, who to report to. Families would say, "I don't know why my son is so different than he was before he came back from the war," and veterans would say, "I don't know where to go now that I am out; I don't know who to report to."
Many of these soldiers have had repeated deployments with PTSD [posttraumatic stress disorder] and other mental health issues to deal with, which sometimes makes it more challenging.
I am a praying individual. And as a result of the questions I was getting from these encounters with veteran soldiers and their families, I prayed. And, frankly, through me, the Lord wrote the proposal for what is now the San Antonio Coalition for Veterans.
Tell us about the coalition. What exactly do you do?
We currently have 1,100 working partners, organizations, associations; all sorts of individuals and agencies who participate in the coalition with one focus in mind: to help veterans, their families, caregivers and their survivors. These working partners, such as the Texas Veterans Commission, the VA [The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs], the Small Business Administration, politicians, service providers, food banks, Catholic Charities, Army OneSource, and literally dozens and dozens of others, are available to help. So we are all here and we help the soldier decide what partner, or group of partners, is right for them; the right one to meet their needs. Most of these partners are non-profit. Basically, we help the soldiers find the match.
Can you give me an example?
For example, this one veteran came to me the other day initially in need of funding to evade eviction. So we asked Catholic Charities to help, and they were able in this case to do so. In addition, Family Endeavors, another partner, was able to provide help by providing a long-term solution. As a result, the soldier did not become a homeless veteran.
But it is rarely this simple. There is hardly ever just one issue with one answer. A veteran or family member doesn't come with just one problem, although they initially may be focusing on just one. For example, getting evicted also means, likely, a lost job, a need for food, issues in caring for any children in the home, and more. So we start to outline all of their problems, then start calling, with them, all of the agencies and broker for them. In addition to straight brokering, we also help negotiate with partners, for example the Texas Workforce Commission, when necessary.
It seems like common sense, but clearly so important: an advisor to help someone navigate the community resources to help them solve their problems and get their needs met.
The San Antonio Coalition for Veterans has done this all without a penny. The reality is that the veterans have difficulty finding the services they are looking for much of the time. But when they find one, that agency is often only able to help with that one problem. And then they often call the coalition, saying, "We can do A for this veteran, but not B or C or D that they also need. Can you help them find these other resources or agencies to help?"
So we step in to help them find the B, C and D, and get the appointments they may need and set the plan into sequence. When we work with them, they have a complete plan to resolve the complete list of problems.
To keep the coalition's work meaningful and active, we meet monthly with VSOs [Veteran Service Organizations] and families. Each month we have anywhere from 85 to 120 people at each meeting. We get calls from all over, so word has spread. There is such a need there.
And how does the faith component work into your efforts?
Whenever possible, when talking with a veteran, before we proceed with the action steps, the issue of faith naturally comes in. If it is appropriate, I might say, "Now is a good time to pray, do you think?" I can pray with them or for them. But they almost always agree with bringing prayer into the discussion.
The faith component is potentially a critical component. But because the separation of church and state is so strong, you can't talk directly about it. You have to be careful and very gentle.
How do you connect then with the faith community directly?
We work as much as we can with members of the faith community. They often circle their wagons, not intentionally, but often because they don't know what to do with the issue of veterans, their family members and their crisis, often because of the PTSD as well. They are overloaded with other things. We present solutions and offer to help.
To help solve this problem, we recently had a meeting with the Command Chaplain of Army North and the Chief of Chaplains of the Army, Air Force and VA. As one result, we discussed beginning to strive to help the communities faith leaders better understand the combat they have experienced; help them to understand, to establish veteran and family support groups and services in their church, for example. The second take-way I asked for was that if they have a soldier coming to them for assistance, I want them to think that they should be able to reach out to the priest or other congregation leader and, ideally, get a faith community or other of the soldier's denomination nearby and pass on this soldier's problems to that minister so that they are being transferred, seamlessly, to a faith community.
They have to be careful. They are just brokers, they are not indoctrinating. They are often limited by their own culture/protocols as this is a very sensitive issue, faith. But when it is done respectfully and well, many are seeing this as a natural thing.
In reality, the military was not prepared for PTSD. Because of the multiple deployments, soldiers often could not decompress properly. In those cases, they were still "active" and couldn't talk about things without risk of losing their security status. But things are getting better, slowly, but they are getting better. The military is working feverishly to make these changes, but it takes time to move a battleship, to turn around and change directions. I am encouraged and see progress. We all have to be patient and continue to do our part.


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- The Place Where We Say Hi: You Are Here. Where we meet and greet newbs if they say hi.
Pokemon Stuff: Games, TV, movies and anything else that isn't fanwork.
- Misc.: Don't ask me, I don't go here.
- Discussion: Where we talk about important issues. Sometimes.
- Multimedia: Games, videos and books (probably). Anything non-music, really.
- Music.
- SPAM: Misc.5 (maybe). It's probably a bit weird.
Fanworks: Music, art and stories.
- RPGs: Word games. No, I still don't know why it's called RPG.
- RPs: Actual text based RPGs.
- [insert name here]: Can't remember what it's called. Something to do with RPs.
The Others: If you can find a reason to visit these then well done you.
Right, that's that. Obviously you know how forums work, so no need for me to go into that (yay). So... Yes. See you, well, somewhere. Bye!
Last edited by The Editor; 11-17-2008 at 09:12 AM.
Thank you people.
You're avatar isn't very bubbly.
Hello. I'm Audrey and I just learned that "meh" is now officially an official word.
Hooray! 'Bout time