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Newark, NJ (Sports Network) - Tyler Bozak's third-period tally proved to be
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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State assistant men's golf coach Peter Laws will compete in the PGA Tour's RBC Canadian Open this weekend, July 25-28 at the Glen Abbey Golf Club.
Laws earned the spot at this week's PGA Tour stop by carding a 7-under 64 at the Final Qualifier at Heron Point Golf Links.
A native of Milton, Ontario, Laws joined the Cyclone golf staff two weeks ago. Laws, who was a three-time First-Team All Mid-American Conference performer at Kent State (2002-05), also competed in the Canadian Open when he was an amateur.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - The year was 1998.
Bill Clinton was president. The Denver Broncos were Super Bowl champions and singing legend Frank Sinatra died.
It was also the last time Martins Ferry advanced to the boys' basketball regional tournament.
Was, however, is no more.
That 15-year, Sweet-Sixteen void was impressively filled Friday night at Ohio University Eastern. Coach Jeff Sabatino's Purple Riders punched their ticket to Athens via a 56-48 triumph against perennial power Garaway in an Ohio Division II District Final.
Martins Ferry will take its 14-8 mark to Ohio University, where it will face Ironton at 6:15 on Wednesday night.
''This feels special. I was fortunate to have two of my Ferry teams make the regionals early in my career and said 'hey, this is easy.' I found out it isn't. It's been a long time coming,'' Sabatino said. ''We did it playing two freshmen and two sophomores at times, which defies the odds.''
Sabatino was right on when he said his two seniors (Cody Schau and Tyler Strama) and junior (Robert Vargo) came up big. The trio combined for 47 points and dominated the final quarter.
The Purple Riders also received exceptional point play from savvy sophomore Jake Barritt while 6-foot-8 freshman Emilio Appolloni's length proved problematic for the Garaway offense. Arjay Burress came off the bench to provide boundless energy.
Garaway checked out with a 20-5 mark, a season in which they went unbeaten in the Inter-Valley Conference. Coach Dave Schutt's team advanced to Friday's final by taking out a fine Buckeye Trail team Tuesday.
''Ferry's size was definitely an issue. Appolloni is 6-8, Vargo 6-6, Strama and Schau are both 6-3. That is a tough matchup for us,'' Schutt said. ''That is why we went zone in the first half to try and clog the paint. In the second half we wanted to pressure fullcourt so we switched to man. We turned them over several times in the third quarter but they did beat us for some easy buckets.''
Garaway started the game nailing 3-pointers. The Pirates drained three treys in the first quarter en route to an 11-8 lead.
Ferry responded with a fine second quarter, receiving scoring from five players and using its size on the defensive side, outscoring the Pirates 14-6 to grab a 22-17 halftime cushion.
The third period saw Garaway ratchet up the fullcourt pressure. It proved effective as Ferry committed seven turnovers, enabling the Pirates to roll back on top, 35-34, entering the final quarter.
Much to to their credit, the Purple Riders exhibited the poise of a champion, executing brilliantly in the final eight minutes as Strama came up especially huge, netting nine points and imposing his will on the Pirates inside.
Back-to-back goals by Schau and Vargo, the latter coming with 2:55 to play, gave Martins Ferry some much-needed breathing room at 45-39. Garaway used a Logan Erb goal to cut it to four.
Ferry proceeded to go to the foul line, only to miss the front end of a 1-and-1. Vargo, however, got the rebound, laid it in and drew a foul. His free throw upped the lead to 47-42 with 1:50 showing.
Winston Mullett drained a 3 for Garaway to make it 48-45 with 1:41 showing. It proved to be the Pirates' last gasp.
Vargo was fouled on another offensive rebound and converted a free throw. Schau scored at the 1:11 mark followed by a Strama bucket inside a minute later that was the final nail in the Garaway coffin as the advantage mushroomed to 53-45.
''We took Garaway's best shots in the third quarter and withstood it,'' Sabatino said.
Schau and Vargo each had 16 points while Strama delivered 15. Vargo also collared 15 rebounds.
Garaway placed three players in double figures, topped by Tyler Walter's 16 tallies. Duane Troyer produced 14 points while Mullet ended with 11.


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I find it rather difficult to comment on this map. I guess others have the same problem - that's why this piece gets so few (hah, no!) responses yet.
First things first: I don't think it is a bad map. I think it might be quite difficult to do a bad map with Gidde's tut, and there are no real problems with the way you used it.
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- related with that: the relative scale of icons seems a little off. The trees are slightly too big in relation to the mountains... this again makes the image seem unbalanced.
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Installed on Ubuntu 12 x64, Zimbra 8.
I migrated all the emails from the old server to the new, however now this new server will not let me save the global settings.
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NEW YORK (AP) - An attorney for Lindsay Lohan says New York City prosecutors will not charge her in an alleged fight at a Manhattan nightclub in November.
Attorney Marc Heller says the actress faces no formal charges after prosecutors were unable to gather sufficient evidence to prove the case.
A spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance declined to comment.
Lohan was arrested Nov. 29 on a charge of misdemeanor assault after an encounter with a woman at the club Avenue in the city's trendy Meatpacking District.
The accuser's lawyer Gloria Allred says her client is "disappointed" that the district attorney's office decided not to prosecute. She says her client is considering her options in the civil justice system.
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For many, last Wednesday was the beginning of 40 days of change in their normal daily routine. The season of Lent brings a change of diet to some. Giving up meat on certain days or giving up favorite foods (maybe French fries) or groups of foods (for example deserts) can present difficulties in preparing menus that contain a variety of main dishes. This week's cook column contains meatless recipes that will help provide variety, but still keep the preparation easy.
7-Layer Meatless Tortilla Pie Recipe
(2) 15 ounce cans pinto beans,
1 cup picante sauce
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons chopped fresh
15 ounce can black beans,
1 small tomato, chopped
(7) 8 inch flour tortillas
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
Mash pinto beans. Stir in 3/4 cup picante sauce and garlic. Mix remaining picante sauce, cilantro, black beans and tomato.
Place 1 tortilla on baking sheet. Spread 3/4 cup pinto bean mixture over tortilla to within 1/2-inch of edge. Top with 1/4 cup cheese. Top with 1 tortilla and 2/3 cup black bean mixture. Top with 1/4 cup cheese. Repeat layers twice more. Top with remaining tortilla and spread with remaining pinto bean mixture. Cover with foil.
Bake at 400 degrees F for 40 minutes or until hot. Uncover. Top with remaining cheese. Cut into wedges. Serve with additional picante sauce and sprinkle with additional cilantro if desired. Makes 6 servings.
Addictive Sweet Potato Burritos
Karena, allrecipes.com
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
6 cups canned kidney beans,
2 cups water
3 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
4 teaspoons prepared mustard
1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to
3 tablespoons soy sauce
4 cups cooked and mashed
sweet potatoes
12 (10 inch) flour tortillas,
8 ounces shredded cheddar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat oil in a medium skillet, and sauté onion and garlic until soft. Stir in beans, and mash. Gradually stir in water and heat until warm. Remove from heat, and stir in the chili powder, cumin, mustard, cayenne pepper and soy sauce.
Divide bean mixture and mashed sweet potatoes evenly between the warm flour tortillas. Top with cheese. Fold up tortillas burrito style, and place on a baking sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven, and serve. Makes 12 burritos.
Note: "Serve these with sour cream, chopped green onions and salsa. For vegan burritos, omit the cheese and sour cream. These may be made ahead of time, individually frozen, then heated. For an interesting variation, try deep frying these tasty burritos," Karena.
Alfredo Mostaccioli
Kimber, allrecipes.com
16 ounce package mostaccioli
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground
black pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
Combine heavy cream and butter in a Dutch oven or large, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Heat until butter melts, stirring occasionally; be careful not to bring mixture to a boil. Stir in Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Toss with cooked pasta and serve immediately. Makes 8 servings.
Note: "My friends love this Alfredo sauce and it can be used with any type pasta that will hold sauce well. I've also used this as a base for making a white pizza and it is excellent! Enjoy," Kimber.
Allie's Mushroom Pizza
AllieB, allrecipes.com
12 inch pre-baked pizza crust
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 cup fresh spinach, rinsed and
8 ounces shredded mozzarella
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place pizza crust on baking sheet.
In a small bowl, mix together olive oil and sesame oil. Brush onto pre-baked pizza crust, covering entire surface. Stack the spinach leaves, then cut lengthwise into 1/2 inch strips; scatter evenly over crust. Cover pizza with shredded mozzarella, and top with sliced mushrooms.
Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and edges are crisp.
Al's Quick Vegetarian Spaghetti
Albert Ross, allrecipes.com
1 pound uncooked spaghetti
1 cup broccoli florets
15 ounce can whole kernel corn,
1 cup fresh sliced mushrooms
1 cup sliced carrots
(2) 8 ounce cans tomato sauce
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil, add spaghetti and return water to a boil. Cook until spaghetti is al dente; drain well.
Combine broccoli, corn, mushrooms, carrots and tomato sauce in large saucepot. Cook on medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir occasionally to keep sauce from sticking. Serve sauce over spaghetti. Makes 8 servings.
Baked Eggplant Parmesan
Dollface, allrecipes.com
2 eggplants, peeled and cut into
1/2-inch slices
1 tablespoon salt, or as needed
1 cup Italian-style bread crumbs
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 eggs, beaten
28 ounce jar garlic-and-tomato
pasta sauce
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
16 ounce package shredded
mozzarella cheese, or as
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
Place eggplant slices in a colander; sprinkle both sides of each slice with salt. Allow to sit for at least 3 hours. Wipe excess moisture from eggplant slices with paper towels.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet.
Mix breadcrumbs and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese together in a bowl.
Dip eggplant slices in beaten egg; coat with breadcrumb mixture. Arrange coated eggplant slices in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and crisp, about 5 minutes per side.
Cover the bottom of a 9x13-inch casserole dish with a layer of spaghetti sauce; top with a layer of eggplant slices. Sprinkle with about 1 tablespoon of the remaining Parmesan cheese and 1/3 the mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers with remaining ingredients, ending with a cheese layer. Sprinkle with basil.
Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is bubbling and golden brown, about 35 minutes. Makes 6 servings.
Cheater's Enchiladas
KOOLMOM84, allrecipes.com
16 ounce container sour cream
12 ounces shredded Monterey
Jack cheese
20 ounce can green enchilada
(18) 6 inch corn tortillas
2 ounce can chopped black
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a small bowl, combine the sour cream and 3/4 of the cheese.
Into a 9x13 inch pan, pour a small amount of enchilada sauce to coat bottom of pan. Layer 6 tortillas on bottom of pan. Layer half of the cheese-sour cream mixture and 1/3 of the olives over the tortillas. Repeat this layer once more. Pour the remaining enchilada sauce over the final layer of tortillas.
Bake for 20 minutes. Cut into squares and serve. Makes 8 servings.
Chili Rellenos Casserole
Clarrisa2, allrecipes.com
(2) 7 ounce cans whole green
chili peppers, drained
8 ounces Monterey Jack cheese,
8 ounces longhorn or cheddar
cheese, shredded
2 eggs, beaten
5 ounce can evaporated milk
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
8 ounce can tomato sauce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Lay half of the chilies evenly in bottom of baking dish. Sprinkle with half of the Jack and cheddar cheeses, and cover with remaining chilies. In a bowl, mix together the eggs, milk, and flour, and pour over the top of the chilies.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove from oven, pour tomato sauce evenly over the top, and continue baking another 15 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining Jack and cheddar cheeses, and serve. Makes 6 servings.
Cottage Cheese Loaf
Jeannine Parikh, allrecipe.com
16 ounce container low-fat
cottage cheese
4 cups crushed cornflakes cereal
1 onion, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 egg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9x9 inch cooking dish with cooking spray. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in medium skillet. Sauté the onion until soft and translucent.
In a large bowl combine cottage cheese, cornflake crumbs, egg, oil and sautéed onion. Gradually stir in the milk to moisten. You might only need 1/2 cup of the milk, the mixture should be moist but not soupy.
Spread the cottage cheese mixture into the prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 40 minutes or until bubbly and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Makes 6 servings.
Creamy Pasta and Vegetables
Campbell's Kitchen, allrecipes.com
2 cups uncooked
corkscrew-shaped pasta
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Baltimore, MD, October 26-30, 2012
Can You Relate? A Study of User Perceptions of Thesaural Subject Relationships
Rachel Ivy Clarke and Jin Ha Lee
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This poster describes a pilot study investigating what, if any, associative thesaural relationships are identifiable and distinguishable to information seekers. Using associative relationships from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), we asked potential library users via Amazon Mechanical Turk to identify six narrower distinctions of established associative relationship types. Preliminary results from the survey indicate that some associative relationship types, such as near synonym and agent/process, are indeed identifiable, while others, like position in time and space, remain problematic.


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St. Louis Ride for Kids Star Ashleigh gets ready for the ride.
Ride for Kids motorcyclists in Massachusetts and Missouri raised more than $87,400 for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation on Aug. 17.
More than 350 riders attended the events in Framingham, Mass., and St. Louis, Mo., to honor our Stars, local children with brain tumors: Ashleigh, Brian, Courtney, Daniel, Isabelle, James, Josh, Ryan and Zachary.
"Where there is research, there is hope," said pediatric neuro-oncologist Dr. Karen Gauvain of St. Louis Children's Hospital. "Due to the research funded by the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation we have the capability to take each individual tumor and break down the individual cells to allow targeted gene therapy and more effective treatment."
Making life better for Ride for Kids Stars is the reason motorcyclists across the country ride for the PBTF, which funds medical research and family support programs to help eliminate the challenges of childhood brain tumors.
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The events are still collecting donations online at www.rideforkids.org. Fundraisers will receive incentive credit through Sept. 17.


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Southside Institutions Neighborhood Association, an affiliation of Hartford Hospital, Connecticut Children's Medical Center and Trinity College, is committed to improving the quality of life for residents of the area surrounding these institutions. One of the projects currently underway is construction of 10 new one-family homes available to first time homebuyers. In addition to avoiding blight, improving the physical appearance of the neighborhood and reducing crime, this initiative provides construction jobs and increases the property tax base for the City of Hartford.
Hartford Hospital's Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI) provides the highest-level training to clinicians and healthcare professionals on the newest lifesaving technology. The simulators allow healthcare professionals to become proficient in new technology such as laparoscopic and robotic surgery by allowing them to practice procedures repeatedly before they actually work on patients. This simulation training has had an impact beyond Connecticut in the more than 2,000 physicians, advance practice clinicians, and EMTs for hospital helicopters who have been trained in just a year. CESI also prepared military paramedics before they deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Breastfeeding Heritage and Pride Peer Counseling Program, a partnership of Hartford Hospital, the Hispanic Health Council, WIC (Women's Infants and Children) and the University of Connecticut, encourages the initiation and duration of breast feeding among low-income women. Breastfeeding has been shown to be the optimal way to feed infants, and this program has served over 1,000 patients in the past year.
Center for Eliminating Health Disparities Among Latinos is a consortium led by Yale and the University of Connecticut in close partnership with Hartford Hospital and The Hispanic Health Council. Its objective is to contribute to the elimination of health disparities among Latino(s)s through the formation of human resources, community-based research, and culturally appropriate outreach.
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FVH Diabetes Fair is Monday, 11/7
(Le Mars) -- Diabetes affects 26 million people, which is 8% of the US population, this is according to Rosanne Osterbuhr, Diabetic Educator with Floyd Valley Hospital. Osterbuhr says this is why Floyd Valley Hospital is offering their Diabetes Fair again this year...to help with the prevention and treatment of diabetes. On Monday, November 7th, the evening begins with the opportunity to talk to vendors, Osterbuhr says there are several new vendors this year.
Two speakers will round out the evening with focus on how vessels are affected by diabetes. Osterbuhr tells us that Mindi Allen, ultrasound technician from Floyd Valley Hospital, will be talking about stroke screening.
Then, cardiologist Dr. Deb Majerus will host an "Ask the Cardiologist" session from 7:30-8:30.
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CHICAGO (AP) - The deadline to register to vote in the November presidential election has arrived.
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As if I didn't like the Phillies enough to start, my idiotic choice to dump one of their closers cost Hoagy Time a much-needed victory this week. Brad Lidge went on the DL, and I figured Ryan Madson would be an adequate stopgap solution. Minus-21 points later, I'm a loser again.
Are you a Northside or Clifton resident who finished his or her last final of Winter Quarter yesterday? Then you have about two hours to hop on your bike and cruise down to City Hall at 1:30, when Councilman Greg Harris will unveil a proposal for a Spring Grove Avenue bike route.
With major street improvement projects scheduled to begin this spring, Harris and his bike friends will try to get their tiny slice of the action in the form of a two-mile recreational lane connecting Clifton, West End, Northside, Camp Washington and Downtown.
The motion will be formally introduced after the press conference in the Vibrant Neighborhoods Committee meeting at 2 p.m., but you can ride your bike somewhere else if you want to.
Queen City Bike has much more on the proposal here.
Just another reminder about tomorrow night's Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee public hearing regarding bike and pedestrian access across the soon-to-be-way-different I-75 corridor.
Cincinnati is generally regarded as a crappy place to ride bikes (see my recent CityBeat cover story "No One Rides for Free"), save for our lovely park trails and a couple of East Side commuter routes. An impressive downtown bike facility is planned for The Banks, but consideration for bike commuters along the I-75 corridor will be important for people to even get to it on two-wheelers.


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I stand with Glenn Beck, not Robert Malthus
I see a pattern in the online debates over Glenn Beck's plan to bring a few thousand hot meals to children sent alone to to the US from Mexico. Anytime someone defends the practice, his critics get derailed in a massive non sequitur, beginning to argue about the gravity of the illegal immigration crisis, the economics of illegal immigration, and other related topics. The net effect is to say or to imply that the defender of Glenn Beck is simply wrong on illegal immigration.
The fact is, Glenn Beck's actions are right or wrong independent of the correct policy on illegal immigration, and the entire debate is indicative of a moral decay that extreme leftists have injected into our rhetoric. We need to throw off their influence, now.Read More »


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Classroom Interruption Planning Guide
It's never too early to plan for unexpected classroom interruptions. The Classroom Interruption Planning Guide [PDF] outlines a number of steps you can take to help ensure you are prepared if your classroom becomes inaccessible for an extended period of time.
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Document and safely store student e-mail addresses and phone numbers (page 3).
Document and safely store UMUC contact information, including your director, course administrator, WebTycho Support, and the UMUC weather/emergency hotline (page 4).
Create a backup copy of the Gradebook and update it as you add grades throughout the semester (page 5).
Back up all critical teaching materials, such as the syllabus, lectures, assignments, conference discussion topics, and quizzes (page 5).
Encourage students to keep their personal information in MyUMUC up to date and inform you of any changes as soon as they occur (page 6).
Back up conferences containing critical information that can't be reproduced (page 6).
Stay abreast and be aware of other technologies you may want to use during an outage (page 6).
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Last week Google paid homage to the 25th anniversary of Tetris by rendering its familiar logo in Tetris-like blocks.
While the gaming community by and large appreciated Google's nod to the groundbreaking game created by Alexey Pajitnov, not everyone was so pleased. The Washington Times reports that some websites have criticized Google for recognizing Tetris while ignoring the 65th anniversary of D-Day. At the conservative NewsBusters, Warner Todd Huston wrote:
It's far more important to Google to celebrate the anniversary of the invention of the video game Tetris than to memorialize D-Day. It just warms the heart, doesn't it?
I have to say, though, that this is no departure for Google, a firm that finds it nearly impossible to post images celebrating any American holidays or important milestones in American history. So, what we have here is just one more example of Google's essentially anti-American policies.
At WorldNetDaily, Drew Zahn echoed the criticism:
Google has a history of ignoring major American patriotic and religious holidays, while honoring Remembrance Day in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom, the Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Halloween and other observances.
A Google spokesperson told the Washington Times:
[Google] special logos tend to be lighthearted and often scientific in nature…. We do not believe we can convey the appropriate somber tone through this medium to mark holidays like Memorial Day.
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Greensboro, NC - Durand Scott scored a career-high 32 points to help No. 9 Miami beat North Carolina State 81-71 on Saturday in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals, earning its first trip to the championship game.
Shane Larkin added 23 for the top-seeded Hurricanes (26-6), who led the entire way and by 19 points late in the first half. Miami shot 46 percent behind Scott, a senior guard who went 12-for-18 from the field and 5-for-8 from 3-point range.
Scott also had a couple of big shots that shut down comeback bids from the fifth-seeded Wolfpack (24-10), who got as close as six after halftime but couldn't dig out of that big hole.
Miami also controlled the boards to score 18 second-chance points to go with 15 points off turnovers.
Now the Hurricanes can turn their attention to adding a tournament title to go with their first regular-season crown in Sunday's final.
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Re: Content
Any type of content that addresses the federation or unification of development and operations teams would be great. We want to hear about what organizations have done to bridge the gap between these teams.
We believe there are great gains to be had in better aligning development, testing and operations i.e. better quality and faster delivery of new products and services, faster problem resolution and improved business flexibility. We're interested in presentations that talk about:
- Product integrations and how to streamline the workflow between test inventory, discovery, and provisioning
- Tools and processes to accelerate testing--Development has depended more on manual processes while operations has been using automated tools and processes. We hope to see presentations that talk about how clients have automated or plan to automate processes in order to get software and services out faster, resolve problems faster and get operations to work better with development—anything that automates, improves, and accelerates the process from build and testing to running and managing applications.
- Technologies, strategies, tips and best practices that help development and operations work together to deliver services and resolve problems faster
This is the first time Rational has had significant presence at Pulse, so we're looking for a broad array of development topics—case studies, tips and tricks, process and strategy, and overview presentations—that will help operations professionals better understand and appreciate the challenges of software and service development. This kind of understanding will help create tighter integration across teams which will result in faster repair and replacement cycles, higher quality services, and faster delivery time.
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We are looking for a good mixture of customer presentations. That's our number one priority. The customers are living with and addressing the daily challenges of service delivery and upkeep and we would like to hear how they have tackled those challenges.
Business partners also are great candidates. They are out there working with the tools and forming the bridge between IBM and the customer. They have a great depth of experience and a unique perspective. We would like to hear more about the challenges they have addressed.
We would also like to hear from the developers behind the tools. This is a great opportunity to connect the customers with the people building the tools to share information and ideas that will help make the tools better.
Re: What makes a good presentation
What I think makes a great proposal is being able to say up front, "At the end of this presentation, the audience will walk away knowing this."
A gold star presentation tells the before and after--here was our situation, here's what didn't work, here's what we did, here are the measured net results. It wraps the story up with quantifiable proof i.e. it took two weeks less to produce a patch fix, or the cycle time for new applications was reduced by 20%.
A short, well structured presentation with a clearly stated purpose or exit criteria is what we're looking for.
Re: Benefits of submitting an abstract for Pulse
Just being present in community of practitioners-- developers, partners, clients, people using the tools—is a huge benefit. Speaking invites collaboration. When you present, you get a seat at the table. It improves your stature in the community and you get feedback from your peers, industry experts and the developers behind the tools—and, as you all know, it never hurts to have the Email address for the guy who developed the tool you are using!
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St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - Stan Musial, "baseball's perfect knight," has died. The beloved Cardinals legend and Hall of Famer passed away Saturday at his Ladue home surrounded by family. He was 92.
Musial had been living in hospice care in recent years following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. He died at 5:45 p.m. of natural causes, according to grandson Brian Schwarze.
"We have lost the most beloved member of the Cardinals family," said William DeWitt Jr., Chairman of the St. Louis Cardinals. "Stan Musial was the greatest player in Cardinals history and one of the best players in the history of baseball."
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay ordered all flags at city buildings and facilities be lowered to half staff in honor of Musial. In a blog post Saturday night, Mayor Slay lamented that the city lost "its own favorite son."
In a statement released late Saturday to news outlets, Sen. Claire McCaskill said, "There will never be another one like him. Heaven is now home to the perfect swing, the ready smile, and some darn fine harmonica tunes."
"Stan "The Man" was born Stanislaw Franciszek Musial on November 21, 1920, in the rural town of Donora, Pennsylvania, located 20 miles south of Pittsburgh.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Musial to their Class D affiliate in Pennsylvania in 1937. They intended the 17-year-old Musial to be a pitcher. Musial rose through the Cardinals' affiliate teams in West Virginia, Dayton Beach, Columbus and Springfield over the next few years. He made his Major League debut on September 17, 1941 at Sportsman's Park.
Just a few years into his Major League career, Musial took time away to answer the call to military service during World War II. He missed the entire 1945 season while serving with the U.S. Navy.
Stan Musial returned from military service the following year and continued to be an all-around threat on the diamond. His hitting prowess was as respected as it was feared by opposing teams and fans.
"Perhaps the most talented ballplayer I ever had the privilege of seeing," former Cardinals broadcaster Harry Caray once said. "And talent, not only because he could hit the ball, he could run like the devil, he was great defensively, he didn't have the greatest throwing arm in the world, but as he got older his arm got stronger...He was close to the epitome of overall baseball skill."
Musial earned his famous nickname during a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the summer of 1946. As the story goes, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch overheard Dodger fans hollering at Musial whenever he'd approach the batter's box. The reporter later asked a Dodgers team official what the fans were saying. "Here comes 'The Man'," the team official said. The reporter used the nickname in a story about Musial, and it stuck.
Former Cardinals player and current television broadcaster Mike Shannon recalls a nationwide poll was run in the early 1960s--while President Kennedy was still in office--asking people to name the most trusted man in America. Despite the presence of generals, noted political leaders, members of the clergy, etc., Shannon says Stan Musial trumped them all.
Musial was an "unbelievably perfect person," according to Shannon, and forever remained "a true gentleman."
Stan Musial retired September 29, 1963. The Cardinals immediately retired his number '6' jersey, the first player accorded that honor in franchise history. Stan "The Man" held or shared numerous records at the time of his retirement: 17 major league records, 29 National League records and nine All-Star Game records. An enduring testament to his character both on and off the field, Musial was never ejected in 3,026 games.
"When Musial retired, I cried in every ballpark in the National League, every place they went," said longtime Cardinals announcer Jack Buck in an interview appearing on Ball Talk: Baseball's Voices of Summer. "The last trip in, they'd honor him. I'd cry. He didn't cry."
A 24-time All-Star, he finished his career with a .331 batting average, 3,630 hits and 475 home runs. The list of Musial's NL records includes: games (3,026), runs scored (1,949), hits (3,630), doubles (725) and RBIs (1,951).
Musial was a first ballot entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
When Major League Baseball sought to name its All-Century Team in 1999, an expert panel named Musial as one of its 100 nominees for the team. An online fan vote confirmed Musial's place as one of the 30 players selected for the All-Century Team.
After being inducted into the Hall of Famous Missiourians in 2000, a bronze bust of Stan Musial was placed on display at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
President Barack Obama presented Stan Musial with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 15, 2011, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a civilian.
"His brilliance came in blinding bursts," said President Obama. "Stan Musial made that brilliance burn for two decades."
Stan Musial met his wife, Lillian Labash, as a teenager living in Donora. They married in Florida in May 1940. Lillian Musial died May 3, 2012 at 91. The couple was married for 71 years.
Brian Schwarze said his grandfather, who became his best friend over the years, taught him many life lessons. One of the more important lessons was tied back to his grandparents.
According to Schwarze, Lillian Musial died at 6 p.m. Stan passed at 5:45 p.m. He said the family always believed Stan would pass at 6 p.m., like his wife, but Schwarze added, "one of his life lessons to me was, 'If you're not 15 minutes early, you're late."
Upon hearing about Musial's death, former Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols tweeted, "Just heard Stan Musial has passed. Pretty sad. Thanks for everything, 'The Man'." Pujols, much beloved by Cardinal Nation, understood and revered Musial's place with the team and city. He refused to be called "El Hombre," Spanish for "The Man," out of deference to Musial.
Funeral arrangements for Musial have not been finalized. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Covenant House or charity of the fan's choice in the name of Stan Musial. The Cardinals have set up a memorial site around the Musial Statute at Gate 3 at Busch Stadium, which will remain in place until a later date. The team has also set up a web page to pay tribute to Stan and allow fans to offer condolences to the family.


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To Kill A Mockingbird
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Learning to stand in another man's shoes ain't easy
Set in Alabama during the Great Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows the journey of Jem and Scout Finch, whose father has been appointed to defend Tom Robinson, a black man framed for a crime he didn't commit. As the trial progresses, Jem and Scout witness their community in a tense tug of war between justice and racism. This timeless classic compels us to take an honest look at our nation's past and our moral responsibility to each other.
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The men's basketball team traveled to Italy this summer for a chance to compete internationally and see some of Italy's great historical sites. During the 2011-2012 season, the men tied the school record with 22 wins, making the school's deepest postseason run in the NCAA tournament.
On the basketball court, the reigning CCIW champions played an afternoon game on Aug. 4 with the Ostia Sharks professional team in Rome. The Cardinals (photo, light jerseys) pulled away from the Sharks, 98-72, in a competitive game. A second game in Florence was canceled.


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Information sessions about North Central College's 14 unique D-Term 2014 study abroad courses will be held from 12-15 to 1:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in various classrooms in Goldspohn Hall. The 2014 study abroad courses feature destinations to Australia, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Greece, Japan, London, Morocco, Spain, Germany, Uruguay and Argentina.
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Greetings Fingerstyle Guitarists,
A new composition and video for your listening and viewing pleasure:
"Nocturnal Scenes 'Round About Midnight" pays hommage
to two of my favorite, if disparate composers.
Variations, a la Benjamin Britten's Nocturne, work in
reverse to the theme 'Round Midnight by Thelonius Monk.
Together with the kinetic photography of Elaine Erb the
accompanying video celebrates nocturnal energy in many
guises: urban street scene, after-hours jazz club, late-night carnival, a
night drive to the desert, and, of course, a composer's
A teaser of the upcoming tour, workshops and CD. Enjoy!
Michael DeLalla
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Michael, I enjoyed your playing and the video.
What brand and model classical guitar are you playing?
Really nice tone.
I'm looking at a used Kremona Fiesta that I may buy this week which would be my first classical.
Hi Gary,
The guitar in the video is my longtime main classical, a Kohno Model 15, built in 1968. I'm slowly retiring it--it's become too fragile for touring, and the tone is beginning to flatten out a bit. Too bad guitars aren't like violins--they actually do stop getting better with age....like us, I suppose,,,;-)...
I also have a nice Ken Hill which I use for a lot of gigs because it's outfitted with a GHS mic/pickup which just sounds wonderfully like the guitar, not like most classical pickups. For a first classical, I might recommend one of Ken's--beautifully constructed, reasonably priced. Mine is spruce top--brighter, a bit punchier tone than the afore-mentioned cedar-topped Kohno, good when playing with other instruments.
I don't know the Kremona line well, but have heard a couple that seemed like nice values. Let me know some particulars regarding price range, etc. and I might have a more concrete suggestion.
Thanks Michael for the information.
This Kremona is a solid cedar top, solid Indian Rosewood body and sides Fiesta model the guy is wanting to get rid of quickly. He's only wanting a 6th of what it is worth so I'm going to look at it since it would be a very reasonable entry price into the classical guitar realm. He's had it for sale for a while but hasn't had any takers and he's really wanting to sell it.
Thanks again;
Thanks, Ken.
Warm Regards,
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We want to welcome Huawei to our ecosystem of validated partners for SUT Lite. Telepresence Options reports on the recent completion of the Huawei videoconferencing system validation for SUT Lite (here).
We're very proud to see our partner ecosystem growing steadily and having Huawei join us is going to be a major boon for our customers. SUT Lite interoperability with Huawei videoconferencing will give users the benefits of high-quality audio and video and continuous presence as well as the extensibility to the desktop and the soft end points provided by Sametime. This is, indeed, very good news.


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The other venue
Stars from Bono to Rick Warren are throwing the spotlight on millions of HIV-related deaths. But the frontier is not onstage, it's in African villages where small groups are saving lives and finding enthusiastic support for their ministry evangelism
"The other venue" Continued...
First in a series by Marvin & Susan Olasky in Namibia, Zambia, and South Africa
Hundreds of millions watched on television the July 2 Live8 concerts. U2, Sting, Pink Floyd, REM, Elton John, Paul McCartney and others all sang their hearts out, as scheduled, for African debt relief (see "Whose jubilee?", June 25). • Thousands of miles south, a smaller concert went unnoticed. In late June in the village of Loskop four hours east of Johannesburg, eight boys and girls ages 13 to 18, standing in a circle in a cold, dimly lit room, sang lines from a Ladysmith Black Mombazo song now popular across South Africa: "AIDS killed my father, AIDS killed my mother, AIDS is killing Africa." One singer ran his finger across his throat. Others stomped their feet on the cement floor. Then Rob Smith, the 47-year-old, wispy-bearded head of the Agathos Foundation-agathos is Greek for "good"-told the eight about the "need to talk about sex. We need to talk about it openly so we can see what Jesus says about sex and about our bodies. Then we relate that to the AIDS crisis."
The crisis is real. Fewer than one out of a hundred U.S. adults is HIV-positive, but at least one out of five adults in South Africa is, and the macabre stat may soon be one out of two and heading even higher. Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected, which means that so far more than 12 million African children have been orphaned because of AIDS.
Sometimes grandparents are able to care for those kids; sometimes 12-year-olds care for their younger siblings; sometimes no one cares. African orphans who survive are also hard hit in other ways. UNICEF reports that two-thirds of rural orphans and one-third of urban ones are not enrolled in school. The World Bank reports high levels of malnutrition, with half of South Africa's children stuck with stunted growth. Many children survive by working long hours, sometimes in prostitution.
But the 32 orphans on the dusty Agathos property in Loskop along the almost-dry Tugela River are doing well, and Mr. Smith last month was trying to teach them not to throw their lives away. Wearing a T-shirt showing a tree planted by streams of water, he read to them the Ten Commandments, emphasizing "Do not commit adultery" and "Do not steal," and told them of predictions that "90 percent of you will be dead by the age of 30."
Mr. Smith put his arm around one girl, said, "We're going to pretend that she's HIV-positive," and asked her to speak to three others. Giggling, she complied. Those three then spoke to the others. "That is how AIDS spreads," he said, and contrasted that multiplication with Christ's emphasis on sex only within marriage to one other person. He then pushed for feedback: "Tell me how AIDS gets spread."
Bonga, at 18 the oldest teen present, made a comment in Zulu that set all the children laughing. No one would translate for Mr. Smith, who grew up in South Africa and knows some Zulu but not this-we find out the next day that Bonga was trash-talking about oral sex-so he pushed on: "How many of you have heard at school or at the clinic that you must have protected sex?"
They all knew what he meant. A sign on the door of the nearby medical clinic offers free condoms, and that day representatives of an international organization had shown up in their Land Rover to make sure their doctrine was being taught. But Mr. Smith insisted, "The Bible says sex with the person you marry is the only protected sex. . . . If we have sex with someone who's not our wife or our husband, we're stealing from someone-and if you steal from another, chapter four of First Thessalonians says the Lord is the avenger, and He will avenge all things."
The teens were silent. Mr. Smith pressed his point: "We prevent getting AIDS by abstaining from sex until we are married. God designed sex for marriage. . . . Those who are married know that sex is best when it's with one person for the rest of your life. God's design is always best for us. Right now, young men are sleeping with three, four, five girlfriends. That's why we have all these funerals."
Bonga wasn't buying. "Black people are not the same as white people," he said. "Black people do not abstain." Mr. Smith responded, "I understand that the Zulu people like to say they do things differently. But this is not about what Rob thinks, nor about what the white man thinks. This is about what God thinks. If you reject this you're not rejecting man, but God."
Bonga continued to insist: "We have sex before marriage." Mr. Smith shot back, "But Bonga can get AIDS and die."
Unless he gets a new attitude based on a new worldview, Bonga is likely to be dead within five years. But others are listening.
In the Zambian bush country, we rode on the back of a Mitsubishi flatbed truck with 39 Africans jubilantly and melodically singing of their faith in Christ: "He is not number eight. He is not number six. He is number one." Standing behind the cab was like being at the prow of a ship with the wind blowing hard, and dirt roads tough on truck suspensions taking the place of waves.
We rode past mud huts with thatched roofs, ducking branches as the truck darted between short, moisture-starved trees, watching out for thorns like fishhooks that have an African name translated as, "Where do you think you were going?" People got off at thatch-covered mega-huts in four of the perhaps 500 villages of the Tonga tribe. Each time Africans and Americans greeted each other with formal words-"How are you doing, my brother?"-and lots of informal hugs.
The two-hour church service at one of the villages, Siamusambo, was one that would awaken even jaundiced members of suburban evangelical churches: Zack Brady, a 20-year-old spending his summer helping out in Zambia, exuded afterwards, "I love it. It's a thrill. . . . There's nothing like it." With 85 Africans sitting on bricks-men on one side clapping and women on the other side, some nursing babies, dressed in their wrap-around best-hymns and spiritual songs wafted over the still air.
Men's and women's quartets and quintets often led the singing and showed off dance steps like those of the Temptations, their elegance marred only by pressure to get an awkward American male to join in, with friendly laughter overcoming politeness when he did. Before and after the service, local leaders like Padmore Mudanga, Edward Kampwala, and Samson Mulubulaha, son of a village headman, spoke of their enthusiasm for Christianity and their friendliness toward America.
The enthusiasm is unsurprising, given the alternative in African tradition: what Mike Jones, who grew up on a North Carolina farm and now teaches Zambians better agricultural techniques, calls "a fear-based culture." Traditionally in tribal Zambia, bad omens are everywhere. For example, if an owl comes to a Zambian's house or a tree nearby, it means that someone in the family will die or be very sick. Zambians often believe that the spirits of ancestors inhabit the blossoms of the mighty baobab tree, and that a lion will eat anyone who plucks from it a flower.
With witch doctors still active in the Zambian bush, it's sometimes hard to leave such fears behind. Babies traditionally wear around their necks little charms that are supposed to protect them from demons. Jerry Beall, a Maryland pastor who is executive director of Sons of Thunder, a nonprofit group that has created an orphanage and schools for children and Zambian farmers, reports that "when we get ready to dedicate a baby to Christ, we ask for the charm. It's a real challenge: The mothers stand there with a life-and-death choice they have to make, and you can see on their faces the concern."
But when the choice is made, the joy is great. Adults and children in village after village greeted standees on the flatbed truck with friendly waves, and many dozens of smiling children ran after it. Zambians are friendly toward Americans, Mr. Beall says, because "they see we're here to give and not take."
The giving doesn't just happen. Sons of Thunder has its Zambian base because members of Damascus Wesleyan Church, located in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., made a hard choice in the mid-1990s.
The church at that point had a small sanctuary and a growing congregation. It had to divide into two services, and most people didn't like doing that, especially because the sanctuary wasn't even big enough for the second service, which had to meet in a local school.
But when church members and associates donated and pledged $287,000 in a special offering one Sunday, it didn't go toward a new building. That money went to purchase a 99-year-lease on 10,000 acres in Senkobo, Zambia, 15 miles north of Livingstone and the Zimbabwe border. The land came with a beautiful farm house, 2,700 fruit trees, trees, cattle and other animals, four deep wells, three dams, a tobacco curing barn that could be turned into apartments, and other farm buildings that could become orphanages and classrooms.
"Never got a new sanctuary," Mr. Beall, then the Damascus pastor, said as we scampered up a rise and could see where elephants had paraded through the property. "See how much more we got." How much more includes:
•An elementary school now with 300 students and five teachers, all men, who receive $120-$150 per month from Sons of Thunder.
•Continued offering of a three-year course-in Bible study and improved farming techniques-that is already changing surrounding villages spiritually and physically.
•An orphanage to which motherless children close to death are brought; one named Hope was born two months prematurely and weighed less than two pounds when she arrived. She survived, as have 34 others in the home, with the oldest not yet 4 years old.
•Teams of volunteers who pay for the opportunity to come for two weeks to three months and help with Sunday worship and daily activities.
•Two- and three-bedroom homes for teachers and students that cost $7,000-$8,000 to build.
•The church services.
•The love of America that such activities generate. As Pastor (that's his first name) Hanguzu said, "America is a good place. I know that because I have seen friends come from there to assist us."
Other Africans also freely spoke of what the work means to them. Anderson Mwiikisa, 85, who teaches Bible classes, said of Mr. Jones, "If it weren't for him, these children would be in the grave. . . . I think, 'If he can come from America to help us, I can do this.' I will keep preaching until they put dirt on my gray hair."
In the agricultural/Bible program, each family receives for three years 25 acres (with a water source, oxen, and a plow) of the 10,000-acre spread. The men study the Bible from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. three days a week and farm at other times; classes are called off during peak planting and harvesting times.
Mr. Jones shows them how to prepare the soil, substitute new crops for the traditional maize (which, given fertilizer costs and the need for a lot of water, is a losing proposition), and plant the right seeds at the right time. Mr. Beall says, "Everything we do has to be what they can replicate with oxen and plow." The farming students sell part of their crop to Sons of Thunder to pay for the oxen and plow that they take back to their villages after the third year, along with their new biblical and agricultural knowledge.
The program has a dozen graduates so far, and more dropouts than that: Mr. Jones says, "Some think it's too tough. . . . Some misbehave and show no genuine repentance." Nor has it been easy for the pioneering Americans. Mr. Jones almost died in 1998 when someone shot at him with an assault rifle, and highly poisonous puff adders like to lie on warm walking paths. But this is the frontier.
At dinnertime one night late last month, two wooden tables went together lengthwise so that eight people could sit on a side, with one other at each end. The next night a third wooden table came out to accommodate more folks. Community, a buzzword at many suburban churches, is by necessity a reality here. No television. No internet. A lot of singing after dinner.
But there's also solitude. Mr. Beall walked out to a dam away from the house and said, "I like to come out here early in the morning. It's so quiet."


text: Kim Kardashian Newlyweds Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries have touched down in the Italian city of Naples. The couple was photographed heading out of the airport's arrivals hall and getting into a waiting Limousine. They recently announced that their honeymoon was on hold until next year (12) due to work commitments to fulfill, but decided to escape Hollywood's glare with a romantic trip to the southern coast of Italy Naples, Italy. August 23, 2011.


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True Vintage Tri-Power - Part 1: Behind The Scenes At SO-MO Speed ShopWritten by on August 1, 2011
The venerable tri-power is without question a staple in hot rodding. Nothing looks better perched atop a vintage mill than a trio of double barrels. But at the same time, nothing runs worse than a tri-carbed engine when all the variables of that "3x2" equation don't add up. And more often than not, it's that miscomputed factor that forces many a tri-power to be set on the shelves rather than the V-8 it was really intended for.
None of us like to be hassled, especially when it comes to maintaining the driveability of our cars. Ultimately, that's what dictates going with a simple, tried-and-true four-barrel over a multi-carb setup—that, and the difference in price, of course. But oftentimes, when cost isn't a factor to begin with, there are those who will still take the easy road just because they don't want that supposed hassle inherit with traditional tri-powers. In reality, you can have cake and eat it too—without napkins!
For the very same reason many of those popular four-barrel carburetors are so reliable—factory preset, pretuned, and ready to go—you can now run a true vintage tri-power without all the hassles. And we're not talking electronic fuel injection in disguise, either (although that is not only a viable option, it's an efficient one). We're talking real Stromberg 97s, an Offenhauser three-deuce intake, and copper fuel lines with an old-fashioned glass bowl filter. The difference between a SO-MO Speed Shop setup and all the others—it's already been professionally assembled, tuned, and test-run (on a dyno'd engine); all you do is bolt it on, hook it up, and go. Simple as that.
Believe it or not, these induction systems are not mass produced in some huge, zillion-dollar facility by some big parts conglomerate—they're done the old-fashioned way, by a small family owned, family run speed shop … in other words, real-world hot rodders just like most of us. Unlike most of us, however, SO-MO Speed Shop has perfected the art of old-school intake systems—and not just tri-power, either, as they offer four- and six-deuce setups for a number of applications. Their Widow Maker series utilizes the finest components available today, such as the aforementioned Genuine Stromberg carburetors (as well as Rochesters) and Offenhauser intake manifolds (straight from Offy's foundry), and are custom built to each customer's specifications. And for the ultimate in worry-free performance, SO-MO gladly engine-tests their systems, as well as providing each individual unit with its own serial number, which is kept in a customer database for future reference.
So, instead of piecing together that vintage multi-carb intake system with a hodgepodge of various parts—and keep your fingers crossed everything works in unison—why not leave it up to someone who's been there and done that? I don't know about you, but my DIY pride quickly disappears when I'm stuck on the side of the road due to mechanical failure on my behalf. I may be able to rebuild and tune a single carburetor with occasional good luck, but for the most part, if there's more than one air cleaner involved, my money's better spent on someone else's time and experience so that I can ultimately spend more time behind the wheel, not under the hood!
Remember that progressive style linkages must have final adjustments based on carburetors that have been idle balanced on your specific engine. It is recommended that all synchronization and adjustments be made without the throttle and transmission cables connected. Adjust the carburetors first and let them dictate the position of the cables and brackets. SO-MO Speed Shop sets the carburetors and linkage at a good base point. The balanced carburetors dictate the linkage synchronization adjustment settings. Though nothing beats a dyno for tuning, you can balance your carburetors with a little patience and a Uni-syn sync tool. Once all adjustments are finalized, it is strongly recommended to apply medium strength thread locker to all link arm set screws to ensure they do not vibrate loose.
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Next, the manifold is checked with a machinist rule to ensure all the mating surfaces are flat and will provide a good sealing surface.All threaded holes have a bottom tap run into them to assure clean threads and the ports are checked for any possibility of loose casting flash remnants or edges that need a light de-burring. They are not porting the manifold—just checking for loose edges leftover from the machining process that could break free and enter the engine.Next, high-pressure clean air is blown through or into all openings to ensure any remaining debris is removed.All threaded holes have a bottom tap run into them to assure clean threads and the ports are checked for any possibility of loose casting flash remnants or edges that need a light de-burring. They are not porting the manifold—just checking for loose edges leftover from the machining process that could break free and enter the engine.The carburetor studs all receive a light coating of antiseize before being installed. In this build, ARP studs were chosen because of their quality, black coating, and rounded tops. They give a clean, finished look to the install and match the carburetor bases.SO-MO used the all-new Stromberg 97 model carburetors from Stromberg Ltd. for this installation. These have the factory-installed No. 45 jets and No. 65 power valve. The winter/summer setting has been left in the winter position. You can see the SW at the base of the photo next to the accelerator pump arm connection. This setting determines the amount of fuel the accelerator pump discharges upon initial acceleration. SO-MO has found that the factory winter setting works in most applications. It can be changed to lean out the mixture if required.All the carburetors are visually checked upon unpacking for any shipping damage and proper functionality. They make sure the throttle moves freely through the entire range of motion and that the carburetors show no visible damage to any of the linkages or accelerator pump mechanisms. Also checked are the base and throttle plates for proper position and function through the full range of movement as well. All the cap screws are checked to be certain they didn't loosen during shipment.
A choke cable bracket assembly will be installed on the carburetor that the system type dictates. In this installation, the center carburetor has the bracket installed. Next, the air/fuel mixture screws are adjusted to a base setting.The factory base gaskets are then placed on the manifold. Sealant is not required or recommended on the gaskets. The carburetors are then installed front to rear. The reason they are installed in this order is that the rear center stud nut can be hard to reach with a socket or crowfoot wrench once the next following carburetor is installed. The washers and nuts are put in place and torqued to approximately 15 ft-lb in a cross pattern at a progressive rate.Next, the throttle linkage is installed. It may be installed as a pull or push type of system. Here they are installing the linkage in a pull-type action to avoid any clearance issues with a driver side throttle and transmission actuator cable (TV cable). The arms are installed from front to rear.The torsion springs are utilized on the front and center link arms only. The rear link arm does not require a spring. The torsion spring is fit over the carburetor shaft. The hooked end goes around the link arm and the other end rests against the carburetor base. The link arms are set at approximately a 40-degree forward angle from the vertical. This should apply enough tension on the spring to snap the carburetor shut from the open position. Caution must be taken to not overtighten the screws. Once fully tightened, the torsion spring should keep the throttle shut against the stop screw on the opposite side of the carburetor.The center carburetor arm is installed next in the same manner. It is placed at the same 40-degree angle as the other link arm. The torsion spring is set in the same manner as the front spring. For this installation the center carburetor arm is a custom-built piece from SO-MO. It has multiple adjustment holes for the actuator arm of the linkage, which allows a change in the linkage geometry for specific applications. This affects the rate at which the front and rear carburetors open in progression with the middle carburetor. This custom arm extends below the throttle shaft for connection of an automatic transmission kick down or (TV cable) cable. There is a pin with a button head screw to hold the cable slide arm in place.Last, the rear carburetor link arm is installed as the other arms without a torsion spring, as it is not required. You can adjust the length of the rod that joins the front and rear carburetors to achieve the desired 40-degree angle on both link arms. Once this is attained, tighten the rod lock nuts against the spherical rod ends.Now the secondary slide rod is put in place through the front and center carburetor link arm pins. It is extended about a 1/2 inch through the center link pin and the setscrew is tightened.
The linkage is now ready for adjustment. All three carburetors are opened to wide-open throttle simultaneously. The furthest throttle stop collar is slid against the front carburetor link pin and the 5/64 setscrew tightened. The carburetors are then set back to idle position. Then the middle throttle stop collar is slid up to the same front carburetor link from the other side and lock it down. The linkage now has a good base adjustment.Now the linkage is checked through its full range of motion utilizing the center carburetor linkage arm only with a pulling motion as the throttle cable or rod would pull. They check for any binding and that all rods and link arms have the proper clearance and function. The throttles are checked to be certain they snap shut with only the torsion spring tension.Once it is determined that all clearances are good and movement is smooth without binding, the progressive action of the linkage can be checked.Looking down in the carburetors from above, the linkage is actuated again in the same manner to check that the middle carburetor opens to about half throttle before the front and rear carburetors begin to open. The secondary (front and rear) carburetors should then begin to open simultaneously and at the end of the throttle linkage arc, all three carburetors should be fully open and against the carburetor shaft throttle stops. If needed, the slide arm throttle stop collars are adjusted until the above is attained.Once the above is attained, the link arms are carefully tightened. And with that, the linkage installation is complete.The front and rear choke arms are locked in the open position with stainless steel safety wire to assure the chokes can't accidentally close during operation. Both SO-MO and Stromberg recommend the chokes never be removed in dumper carburetors. This can upset the balance in the carburetor's metering circuit.The SO-MO fuel log kit supplied is machined from solid brass stock with a semi-polished finish. It has 1/8-inch NPT ports and can have the fuel enter from the front or rear. It includes a glass bowl fuel filter, engine-turned, liquid-filled fuel gauge, compression fittings, brass Ford nuts, brass pipe nipple, and a coil of copper fuel line to be cut and bent for the specific application. Stromberg carburetors must have the fuel regulated at 2 1/2 to 3 psi maximum pressure. Be sure your regulator is a low-pressure one.Included with the kit are intake manifold gaskets, stainless steel or chrome intake bolts, oil fill tube, breather, and 180-degree thermostat. Next, the unit is given a final inspection, the O'Brien Truckers finned air cleaners are installed, and the system is given a thorough cleaning before being shipped.


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May 24, 2016
ATHENS, Ga. --- Following the University of Georgia's spring break week, the Bulldogs returned to practice under cloudless skies on Tuesday afternoon.
Georgia worked out for two hours during their the team's fourth practice of the spring. Starting with another session on Thursday, there are eight practices left before the annual spring G-Day game on April 6. There are also another two final practices the week after G-Day.
After practice, Bulldog head coach Mark Richt was pleased with his team's performance as the spring sessions resumed.
"Both sides of the ball competed hard today and the offense ended up winning 4-2," said Richt. "I though it was an overall good day today. This was the first time we tackled out there so it was nice to get some contact going. I thought we practiced with a solid set of fundamentals and it ended up being a physical practice. Not too bad for being the first practice back after spring break."
Both quarterback Hutson Mason and tight end Ty Flournoy-Smith sat out of practice will illnesses on Tuesday. Sophomore tackle John Theus and senior linebacker Chase Vasser are continuing to recover from January surgeries and are able to do limited running.
The Bulldogs start the season on the road versus Clemson on August 31. Georgia's Southeastern Conference opener is against South Carolina in Sanford Stadium on September 7.
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