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WESTFIELD, New Jersey (July 10, 2012) - Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. (NasdaqCM: DCIN), a fast-growing motion picture exhibitor dedicated to transforming movie theaters into digital entertainment centers, today announced the completed installation of 54 Barco digital cinema projectors in the remaining Pennsylvania-based auditoriums acquired from Cinema Centers in April 2012. As of June 30, 2012, Digiplex's total theatre circuit of 73 screens is 100 percent digital.
Digiplex Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bud Mayo stated, "Digiplex Destinations is a theater circuit built for the digital era from top to bottom. Our conversion of all Cinema Centers' 54 screens to Digiplex's integrated digital cinema network was completed earlier than forecast and on budget with the help of the Barco Digital Cinema team and our own best-of-breed tech department. We make a complex job look easy. I'm grateful to have them at our side as we prepare to use the enabling technology to bring our customers many more choices of entertainment from sports and pop music to Broadway plays and opera. That was always the promise when so many of us started this industry changing journey more than a decade ago. Now it's a reality, and our customers are the winners."
"We are thrilled with the continued success of Digiplex and are proud to support its efforts with market- leading technology," commented Patrick Lee, VP Digital Cinema for Barco North America. "Bud and the Digiplex team have made huge strides with this successful conversion, and we look forward to exploring new and exciting ways to differentiate their theaters."
Some of the alternative content coming soon to a Digiplex screen near you (visit www.digiplexdest.com for specific dates/times/locations) this month includes:
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Men's Volleyball Peels Past Banana Slugs For Third Place At Hall Of Fame
A night after being swept by eventual champion Concordia in the semifinals of the Volleyball Hall of Fame Morgan Classic, the Princeton men's volleyball team came away with a 3-0 win of its own against UC Santa Cruz to earn third place in the tournament. Following a season-high 26 kills on Friday, junior Cody Kessel again led the Tigers' offense with 14 kills on his way to making the All-Tournament Team.
While the final result proved to be drastically different than the previous night, Princeton had a similarly slow start. The Tigers trailed the Banana Slugs in the opening set, 9-7, before embarking on a 9-2 run, and eventually winning, 25-13. The orange and black's attack entered the weekend hitting .278 as a team, but was on point in the first set at a .474 rate, headlined by five Kessel kills. The outside hitter was one of seven players from the four schools in the tournament to receive All-Tournament accolades.
UC Santa Cruz -- which finished fifth in Division III in 2013 -- put up a fight in the middle set. Princeton, however, outbattled the Banana Slugs in a 26-24 victory that saw 11 ties and five lead changes. The Tigers never trailed in the final set, as they cruised to their largest win of the season, 25-15.
Senior outside hitter Pat Schwagler contributed six kills and seven digs to the cause. Meanwhile, freshman middle blocker Junior Oboh also shined with six kills and two blocks.
Princeton begins a six-match home stand against EIVA opponents. The stretch begins Tuesday night at 7 against Rutgers-Newark, and it will include showdowns against both Penn State (Feb. 28) and Harvard (March 8).


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Well I'm fairly suprised that one of these hasn't been posted yet.
Basically you can post your deck(s) and give the strategy for it possibly have it rated, etc. Please make sure that you play by the rules actually and don't submit a charizard ex and call it a deck.
Anyway, to show you how it's done, I'll start with my deck.
Black Forest:
Dark Energy: 6 basic and 3 special for a total of nine dark energy cards
Grass Energy: 15 basic
Premier Ball(Great Encounters): 2
Prof. Elm's Training Method(Dragon Frontiers): 2
Bebe's Search(Mysterious Treasures): 2
Amulet Coin(Great Encouters): 2
Holon Mentor(Dragon Frontiers): 1
Master Ball(Delta Species): 1
Zangoose(G/E): 4
Darkrai(G/E,3/106): 1 (There are two different kinds of darkrai in this series so this is 3/106)
Darkrai(G/E,4/106): 2
Darkrai LV. X(G/E): 1
Treeko(G/E): 3
Treeko(EX Dragon): 1
Grovyle(G/E): 2
Grovyle(Ruby and Sapphire): 1
Sceptile(R/S,11/109): 1
Sceptile(R/S,20/109): 1
Cacnea(Crystal Guardians): 4
Cacturne(G/E): 4
Ok so I have plenty of energy in my deck to support the attack cost of my pokemon. I don't want to run out ever so I keep a little less than 25 energy in my decks usually.
I have my trainers there which most are supporter cards just so I can keep geting the cards I need quickly, as most decks do.
Now for the best part. I have four Zangoose because they're basic and fairly strong for something you can just throw out there since you only need one energy to attack with 20 damage. Zangoose helps me since he can take a few hits while I play a trainer or evolve a pokemon on the bench.
Treecko is there so I can evolve him and I would use him as a last resort since cacnea can call out a basic pokemon from the deck(darkrai). Once Treecko evolves he gets tough. Really tough in some situations where I don't even need to evolve him anymore. Sceptile is final and can really kick some ass even though I've never gotten to use him yet.
Cacnea can call for family which lets me take a basic pokemon from my deck, as I said before. Once he evolves into cacturne though he's sometimes unstoppable. I like to take advantage of needle arm's effect.
Finally, Darkrai. The first one I mentioned is sorta crap unless you're fighting cresselia or are planning on leveling him up immediately. The Other Darkrais though can actully KO pokemon fairly easily and are my preference to level up into Darkrai LV. X. Once he's lv X he's just incredible. He has yet to be seen destroyed.
So that's a basic, pretty mediocre description. If you don't understand what attacks are/do/etc, please use this site. It has scans of almost every card made.
So if you have some time try to get some posted!! And Don't forget to give your opinoin on other's!


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ACA releases statement on Chip Timing System
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
From ACA website
Everyone involved with the Superior Morgul Classic appreciates the participation and enthusiasm from our athletes and families over the weekend.
As many of you know, we are still working to create accurate results from the weekend. Overall Omnium results cannot be completed until this has happened.
Of course, the notion in the racing community is that "The chips system was in use, the results should be perfect." The reality is that no scoring system can create perfect results if the event's registration is not accurate. This simple concept defines the situation in which we find ourselves. We have a world class timing system that functions at a very high level. We do not have world class data being inputted into this system.
When this happens, especially at an event that had more than 1,700 athletes in 20+ categories, creating results reverts largely to hand scoring. And this takes time.
Other questions have been:
1. Why were the Superior time trial results so fast? Answer: the event was pre-registration only, and our officials could rely on the results generated by the timing company.
2. Why do we need bib numbers if we have chips? Answer: Chip data includes info on the rider as it relates to the ACA database. It does NOT include category data, as the majority of our athletes can choose one of multiple categories on race day. The bib number is linked to the start list for a particular event, and therefore imperative for scoring. Bib numbers are also the best form of identification in event of an accident during a race.
3. Why do we have a timing system? Answer: The timing system was purchased in order to provide deep, accurate, and timely scoring for all categories (in a larger effort to provide results and a racing experience that is similar to running, triathlon, or mountain bike races). Please note that all these types of events are much simpler to score than a road race or criterium. As everyone knows, this has not been an easy implementation, and I apologize for the confusion that is out there.
4. What do we do now? Answer: We have had a major development with the timing company, in that Orion (the timing company) has opened a North American office in Boulder, which is run by ACA member Paul de Curnou. With his background, attitude, and training, we have seen significant progress in our communication and ability to work with the vendor. In order to address the problems we have with the data being put into the timing software, Paul is working to create day-of registration software that will be shared at no charge with our race promoters. A beta version of this new product will be available in the next three months.
5. What can ACA members do? Answer: Well, you could go on 303 Cycling and anonymously post a lot of vitriol, or you could call me to get an idea of the whole picture. My number is 303-458-5538. The simplest things that ACA members can do is 1) pre-register, and 2) complete registration accurately and legibly.
6. What can I say? Answer: I want to thank the ACA community for your support during this time. We have seen quite a bit of change, and we are appreciative of each and every member. I want to apologize for the confusion that has existed over the last six months. We have been working to define our relationship with USAC and the data flow between our organizations, to refine our database given this new source of information, and to continue using the timing system, which relies on the database to produce results. It is a lot of challenge, and I apologize that we have not communicated as effectively as perhaps we need to.
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It worked well for me...
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I have been responsible for registration while utilizing the timing system. I worked very specifically to accomplish a couple items:
1. Registration forms (they were NCR forms for me) needed to be neat and orderly
2. Registration had to close 20 min before the race and the forms taken to the timing folks/officials. This must be timely.
3. Supply 1 person to assist the timing folks with entering the license numbers into the computer system.
By operating registration in a focused way, we had accurate results posted for review within 15 minutes for all races. I can fully understand how a disorderly registration would result in inaccurate, slow results. Unfortunately, we as racers do not always see where the issues stem from and jump immediately to blame what we care about most: the results. No matter what system we have, it will always be garbage in, garbage out. Revolutionizing registration with kiosks is not in the immediate future, so a more strict operation of our current registration process provides our best opportunity for immediate results. There have been several races this year that clearly did not have a good handle on effective operation of registration, so it does not surprise me that the timing system has not been able to produce the results that we all desire. In short, promoters have a significant level of responsibility in this issue. The system can and does work, but it is not foolproof.
Points: 6
Implementing a kiosk that
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Implementing a kiosk that scans bar codes and spits out numbers isn't going to happen anytime soon.
However, the amount of race data that needs to be captured by a simple system (website, whatever) and processed is trivial.
1. Race
2. License #
3. Category
4. Time
I'm think USAC has interfaces into their system, not sure about ACA. If you have implementation challenges, then post some of the specifics. Hell most the people I ride with are engineers or work in IT.
I think it's funny that I couldn't stick around for some TT results a few weeks ago, but could log onto strava and get a pretty good idea of how I finished.
Points: 5
Let's get it solved
Submitted by Paul de Curnou (not verified) on
I wanted to thank everyone for their comments; not only on this thread, but on all of the other threads, too. It is a situation that needs to be resolved sooner rather than later. I took this job with my eyes wide open. Like some posters have said here the technology should be straightforward. Drawing it up on a whiteboard is easy - implementation is another thing.
Over the past few weeks since I took the job, I've sat and observed in the timing trailer, met with the ACA Board, traveled to the parent company in Europe, and cringed mightily reading the horror stories from last weekend. Over the next few weeks I'll be meeting with promoters, riders, ACA Board members, and registration companies.
Let's get it solved.
A brief background on me: I have over 10 years experience in software tools and services and HW/SW interaction. This background is in embedded systems, user interaction, data visualization and analysis. Prior to my software experience, I designed and set up data monitoring and analysis networks in the environmental and civil engineering field.
My racing days are over, but I am on the Board of Boulder Junior Cycling and I lead the Road and Track Committee. I have a son that races JM13-14. I know the pleasure of standing in a registration line at 6:30 on cold November mornings - a line that never moves fast enough.
Paul de Curnou
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Thanks for your hard work.
Submitted by Jim Thies (not verified) on
I appreciate all the work that promoters, officials, volunteers and refs do to bring us bike races every week. I've been racing for many years, and we (my team) set goals for each week. We know at the end of the day if we accomplished that goal. It's nice to know if I was 23rd or 25th, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter if our team (or myself) did not execute the plan properly. I don't need a paper or website to tell me that. Keep working hard, take the criticisms with a grain of salt, and move forward. Most importantly keep the race calendar full, and fun.
Yeah we know for most of you
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Yeah we know for most of you guys on Mix1 and Boulder Orthopedics, success is based on how well six of you can block the field while number seven goes up the road...
Points: 0
Yep. We call that racing
Submitted by Jim Thies (not verified) on
Yep. We call that racing tactics.
Points: 5
heh heh heh.... 'like' the
Submitted by crispi (not verified) on
heh heh heh.... 'like' the retort
Go with Pre-registration only
Submitted by Andy Bohlmann (not verified) on
Go with Pre-registration only for these races.
Have a minimum cash prize list for Pro 1, 2 Men and 1,2 Women.
No short timed crits.
Drop requirements for all but a few classes/categories.
Spread these races around the State.
I really hope
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I really hope pre-registration isn't mandated. Many of us, because of family obligations and work schedules, can't commit until the last minute. Paying an extra few bucks for day-of registration is better than eating $40 because I have a deadline or my kid sick.
Points: 4
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Mandating pre-registration because we have a crappy timing system sounds completely logical to me. Of course I'm sniveling idiot so what do I know?
Points: 1


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Honda Accord, Ford Explorer most likely to be stolen here
Published: Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 6:19 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 6:19 p.m.
If you own a 1994 Honda Accord or 1995 Honda Civic you're at a higher risk of having your jalopy stolen than someone with a shiny new vehicle.
Ten most-stolen vehicles for 2012
North Carolina
Rank, vehicle, model year
1. Honda Accord, 1997.
2. Honda Civic, 2000.
3. Ford full-size pickup, 1997.
4. Chevrolet full-size pickup, 1999.
5. Toyota Camry, 1998.
6. Dodge Caravan, 2000.
7. Ford Explorer, 2000.
8. Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee, 1995.
9. Nissan Altima, 2005.
10. Toyota Corolla, 2003.
United States
Rank, vehicle, number stolen
1. Honda Accord, 58,596.
2. Honda Civic, 47,037.
3. Ford full-size pickup, 26,770.
4. Chevrolet full-size pickup, 23,745.
5. Toyota Camry, 16,251.
6. Dodge Caravan, 11,799.
7. Dodge full-size pickup, 11,755.
8. Acura Integra, 9,555.
9. Nissan Altima, 9,169.
10. Nissan Maxima, 6,947.
Source: www.nicb.org
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"Number one, the older cars are easier to steal than new ones. There's hardly any security on those cars and there are so many of them still in existence," said Frank Scafidi of the NICB. "The older vehicles that are stolen mostly today, those things end up just getting run into the ground or pieced out."
That national trend is reflected in local numbers, too. Statistics from the Wilmington Police Department show in 2012 the Accord came in at the number one slot, with 61 reported stolen, followed by the Ford Explorer at 32 stolen.
State numbers show a decrease in stolen vehicle reports in the region, according to the N.C. Department of Justice.
New Hanover County: 500 vehicles reported stolen in 2012 and 519 in 2011, a 3.7 percent decrease.
Brunswick County: 127 reports in 2012, compared to 153 in 2011, a 17 percent decrease.
Pender County: 43 stolen car reports in 2012 and 49 in 2011, a 12.2 percent decrease.
Columbus County: 123 stolen car reports, compared to 154 in 2011, a 20.1 percent decrease.
"(Nationwide) theft numbers are down dramatically from 15 to 20 years ago, and that will only improve as technology improves and people pay attention to what they're doing," Scafidi said.
For those living in Pender County, said sheriff's office Capt. Jamie Ezzell, you're more likely to report your friend borrowed your car and didn't return it on time than to report it stolen.
Cars that don't get returned on time generally don't end up in the National Crime Information Computer, from which NCIB compiled its stats, said Scafidi.
For the Wilmington Police Department, a number of cars initially reported stolen turn out to have a nefarious reason for their absence, said spokeswoman Linda Rawley.
"The majority of car thefts we are dealing with now are drug related," she said. "A drug addict loans their cars in exchange for drugs. That's primarily what we're getting."
New Hanover County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jerry Brewer said his department alone took 111 motor vehicle theft reports in 2012. That number does not include reports taken for overdue vehicles.
"If you have some type of relationship with this person, it will not be entered as a stolen vehicle, it will be entered as unauthorized use of a motor vehicle," he said.
While older Honda Accords and Civics were by far the most stolen models nationwide in 2012, newer Hondas are rarely stolen, thanks to improved anti-theft technology, Scafidi said.
"Theft protection today is much more reliable and effective than it has ever been," Scafidi said. "I think vehicle theft is going to be a wildly different problem than it has been."
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Thomas Daniel Neal
Position: C-G
Height: 6-4 Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: August 30, 1949 in Corbin, KY
High School: Atherton
College: Kentucky (school history)
Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 11th round (270th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 38 (2462nd overall since 1950)
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Four Arizona players posted double-digits, but the Wildcats fell in an 82-75 overtime heartbreaker to Iona at the Iona College Tip-Off Tournament on Friday.
Junior Candice Warthen led UA with 22 points, while also dishing out four assists and recording three steals.
Freshmen Ashley Merrill, LaBrittney Jones and Dejza James made an impressive debut, as Merrill scored 13 points, James had 11 and Jones recorded nine points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
Senior Kama Griffitts also scored in double-digits with 13 points.
Iona led, 35-30 at halftime, but the Wildcats came out and executed a 15-0 run in the second half in a scoring flurry led by six different players. The Gaels went on a run of their own and managed to get within three with 14.4 seconds remaining.
MAAC preseason player of the year Damika Martinez hit a three-pointer with seven seconds left and Arizona could not answer, sending the game into overtime.
"Obviously, it was a disappointing loss," Arizona head coach Niya Butts said. "We took control in the second half and we did a lot of good things to get that lead, but put them on the foul line and they didn't miss. We didn't hit anything down the stretch from the foul line and they hit a really tough shot at the end to send it into overtime."
It was all Iona in overtime, as the momentum shifted and the Gaels outscored the Wildcats 14-7 to win the game.
Martinez and Joy Adams led Iona, who scored 35 and 22 points, respectively. The Gaels were 20-of-24 (83 percent) from the free throw line.
Arizona will have a quick turnaround and be back in action versus Michigan on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. ET.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Johnathan Cabral came from behind to win the 110 meter hurdles with the fastest time in the nation this season Saturday at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
The sophomore from Calabasas, Calif., was mired in fifth place over the final hurdle before putting on a furious rush to the finish line to win in a wind-aided 13.33. That was an all-conditions personal best and is the fastest in the NCAA in 2013.
Cabral clipped Clemson's Spencer Adams, who ran 13.47, as well as Terrence Sommerville of Cincinnati (13.48) and Keiron Stewart of Texas (13.51) in a tight finish.
Had Cabral's time been wind legal, it would have broken Eric Mitchum's 2004 school record of 13.38.
Also on Saturday, the women's 4x100 meter relay team finished third in 43.93. Texas A&M won in a meet record 42.56, with Texas second at 43.59.
The Ducks' quartet of Phyllis Francis, English Gerdner, Chizoba Okodogbe and Jenna Prandini came through the line with the fourth fastest time in school history.
Sophomore Chancey Summers had a seasonal best clearance in the high jump at 5-8.75/1.75m to finish ninth.
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Holiday music aficionados will find beautiful versions of Christmas classics this season on the Christmas album releases from two Utah-based groups: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and The Lower Lights. New renditions of familiar standards sound altogether festive and cozy, while the performances of lesser-known works on both albums might become contenders for holiday favorites.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Home for the Holidays features Tony Award-winning Alfie Boe. A highlight of the album is Boe's performance of "Bring Him Home" from his signature role in Les Miserables. Boe's voice is perfectly matched by the choir throughout the album, but the finale "Angels, from the Realms of Glory" is as big and beautiful as you could possibly hope it to be. The choir and orchestra are at their best on Ralph Vaughn Williams' "God Bless the Master of this House" and Mendelssohn's "From Heaven on High;" neither song is a holiday standard per se, but beautiful and redolent of the season nonetheless. This is an ideal album to play while you write your holiday greetings this year.
The Lower Lights, on their second holiday album Sing Noel, perform gospel-folk and bluegrass-tinged renditions of Christmas carols full of seamless harmonies and new arrangements. The Lower Lights feature numerous local musicians, and when they come together on Sing Noel, they really shine. The bluegrass-styled performances are the best on the album, like "Far, Far Away on Judea's Plain" and "Once in Royal David's City," though Debra Fotheringham's voice on "A Cradle in Bethlehem" comes in close to the top as well. This album is the perfect soundtrack for driving around with the family and looking at Christmas lights; rousing enough to keep little ones awake, but with mellow strains that will keep everyone from going too wild in the car.
These two holiday albums are consistently strong and unique enough to make their own place in any Christmas music collection. The blend of traditional and new seasonal songs are fresh enough to be played on repeat, as Christmas songs often are, but not so different from the standards as to feel like an interruption.


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On a case insentive fs this is translated to : zend/validate/barcode/upca.php ( lowercase ) , raising an exception.
Use cases :
Loading the class, svn checkout.
Possible solution :
Rename the file/class.
In current trunk, we only use "Upca" and never "UpcA" : http://framework.zend.com/code/filedetails.php/… or http://framework.zend.com/code/filedetails.php/…
Where do you find "UpcA"?
We are using the official release of 1.11.0 Final
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Position: DE-DT
Height: 6-5 Weight: 270 lbs.
Born: November 15, 1940 in Wilson, NC
High School: Charles H. Darden
College: St. Augustine's
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 9th round (115th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 46 (1763rd overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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Didier Reynders on the elections in Mali
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders congratulates Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on being elected President of Mali. The Minister is also pleased with the very positive attitude of Soumaïla Cissé, who immediately acknowledged his opponent's victory.
The Malian population, in voting calmly and in good order, has shown that it has high hopes for the stabilisation and democratisation process and for a return of the country to constitutional order. The new President will have the difficult task of taking action to meet these expectations quickly and of working to achieve reconciliation within Mali. To these ends, he can count on the support of his international partners, including Belgium.


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More: What kinds of challenges did you face by stepping behind the camera?
JG: Patience. As an actor I am hired last; the producers have been the ones working through the development process. When I come on board I learn my lines, get into wardrobe and begin shooting in two weeks. I am used to being creative on the fly. But development is a long and arduous process. There are many cooks in the kitchen and there are many different incarnations of scripts, deadlines not being met, and times you wonder why people aren't working faster to get it done. You have to have a thick skin to hang in there.
More: Being the mom to three boys must require you to have all the patience in the world.
JG: When you become a mom it really tests your ability to forgive and forget. Look, I have pretty delicious children, but I know everything is not perfect and not everything is great all of the time. If someone tells you it is, she is lying. Not only have I had to learn how to move on from things since I became a mom, but becoming a mom has also mellowed me. My kids have definitely made me develop more patience and accept them for who they are. My mom always used to say to me, "I have two choices: to love you and to love you." I never knew what she meant until I became a parent.
More: Well put.
JG: As a mom, I have learned how to negotiate with people, and if I have to give bad news, how to pepper it. Being a producer is similar . . .
More: You used the word reinvent, which is a big theme here at More. Because you were part of the whole Brat Pack era, did you feel the pressure to reinvent yourself?
JG: Oh yeah, I was in some pretty iconic movies, such as Lost Boys, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. There was no great plan for me as to picking and choosing what I was going to do. When I started out, it was about survival, about eating, and building my first house. Yes, I wanted integrity, and to work on projects I was proud of, but it was also about paying the bills. As my husband and I grew into our careers, my reinvention was all about, how do I do this while raising kids?
More: You are buddies with the rich and famous, yet are still so grounded.
JG: Even though I was making movies I still lived in the same house, went to the same school, and saw the same neighbors. My childhood was never interrupted. I was so fortunate that way. I wanted to impart my loving childhood on to my kids. I wanted to give them the same confront and safety of their home, school and family.
More: Spoken like a true mother.
JG: When I worked on the movie Twister I had a six-week-old and a three-year-old. I barely saw them during the four months I was shooting, even when they were in my trailer. My move to TV was so I could be in Los Angeles full time and around my boys full time. The decisions I made in my career were because family life was so important to me.
More: You have not aged a bit. You are still gorgeous and in fabulous shape, and you have a beautiful family.
JG: It is a lot of work, and no, it is not easy. However, I will say, my family is my biggest joy. They are what I love to come home to, because they are my guys!
More: Unlike some of your former costars, like Robert Downey Jr., who overcame many obstacles, and, sadly, Corey Haim, who passed away in 2010, how have you managed to remain under the radar?
JG: I think it stems from my childhood and my parents. They gave me the basics, such as showing up on time for a job and doing it well because someone is paying you, knowing your lines, and always hitting your mark. These things were taught to me early on by my parents. I also want to add, I never looked at this as a way to get famous. I did it because I loved it, I was good at it, and I could make money to support myself. Since I never wanted to mess that up, I stayed away from the pitfalls and did not go down those roads.


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After looking at the VLTOR receiver, I was surprised to see the entire top of the receiver has no rails bent in! Instead, everything behind the trunion is milled down flat, and machined rails are riveted into place.
I was very puzzled by this - I have assumed all along that the original PKM receiver was "just like" an AK, in that the rails are bent into the shell, not riveted in.
I was also under the assumption that reinforcement rails were then spot-welded to the inside so that the rails are double-thick.
Does anyone have any close-up pics of a military PKM receiver? I can't find much on the Interweb that has nice close-ups of the rails. :(
This is a good pic but it needs more light on the inside:
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Played in the final 25 games of the season after sitting out the first nine ... Averaged 12.7 minutes, 2.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per game ... Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic selection ... Ranked fourth on the team in blocks (14) ... Gave Oregon 13 big minutes in upset of No. 3 Arizona on March 8, tallying five points, four rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block ... Part of the bench that outscored OSU 46-6 in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, going 3-of-3 from the field with eight points, a season-high three assists and one steal ... Scored a season-high 11 points off the bench at Oregon State on Jan. 19, making 4-of-6 FG attempts ... Pulled down a career-high nine rebounds in road win against Washington State on Jan. 26 ... Tallied three boards, an assist and block against UCLA ... Scored four points with four boards and a career-high three assists against UC Irvine ... Made his first career start at Washington ... Saw action in all four of UO's postseason games.
Appeared in all 37 games for the Ducks as a freshman ... Averaged 2.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per game ... Scored a career-high 12 points at UNLV - in his hometown of Las Vegas - on Nov. 23 ... Grabbed eight rebounds and finished a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line against Houston Baptist on Dec. 22 ... Blocked four shots versus Oregon State ... Scored 10 points at Colorado on March 7.
Played prep basketball at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nev. … Sat most of senior season with an injury ... Averaged 10.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game as a senior ... Was a third-team all-state selection and an all-conference honoree in 2011-12 ... Averaged 12.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per outing as a junior ... Also earned all-state and all-conference recognition following junior season ... Helped lead BGHS to a 25-6 overall record in 2010-11 … A member of the BGHS squad that won a state title during his sophomore season (playing alongside current UO player Johnathan Loyd) … Prep coach was Grant Rice ... Played AAU basketball for the Las Vegas Lakers under the direction of head coach (and father) Mike Carter .
Born Ben Joshua Cater in Tel Aviv, Israel ... Son of Mike and Hadar Carter ... Major is economics.


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Primary Department Affiliation: Vision Sciences
Primary Research Area: Neurodegeneration and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Systems Neuroscience and Vision
Recent Publications
My laboratory works on the physiology and biophysics of photoreceptors, the retinal cells which convert light energy into electrochemical signals. By studying the properties of rod and cone cells one can understand how the responses of these nerve cells shape and influence human visual behavior. We use isolated retinal tissue from normal and diseased animals to directly measure the electronic response of photoreceptors to light.
Transgenic animal models of retinal degeneration provide an opportunity to investigate precisely how photoreceptor response properties are altered in physiologically challenging environments. By studying diseased tissues we hope to gain new understanding of normal phototransduction mechanisms as well as learn about the progressive loss of photoreceptor signaling ability in retinal diseases.
Other experiments are aimed at developing novel therapies; these may involve the insertion of new genes targeted specifically at the rod photoreceptors. We are exploring the differences between rod and cone phototransduction and are seeking to identify the key molecular components which determine the electrical response properties.
McKeown, AS, Kraft, TW, & MS Loop (2015). Increased visual sensitivity following periods of dim illumination. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 56:1864-1871; published February 19, 2015, doi:10.1167/iovs.14-15958
Sarfare, S.S., McKeown, A.S., Messinger, J.D., Wei, H-J., Rubin, G.S., Kraft, T.W., & S.J. Pittler. (2014) Overexpression of rod photoreceptor glutamic acid rich protein 2 (GARP2) increases gain and slows recovery in mouse retina. Cell and Communication Signaling. 12(1):67.
Berbari, NF, Malarkey, EB, Zaki, SM, Yazdi, ZR, McNair, AD, Croyle, MJ, Kraft, TW, Yoder, BK (2014) Hippocampal and cortical primary cilia are required aversive memory in mice (ePub Sep 3, 2014) Plos One 9 (9) e106576.
Ward, ME, Taubes, A, Miller, BL, Chen, R, Sephton, CF, Gelfand, JM, Boscardin, J, Martens, LH, Seeley, WW, Yu, G, Herz, J, Filiano, A, Roberson, E, Kraft, TW, Farese, RV Jr, Green, A, Gan, L (2014) Early retinal neurodegeneration and impaired Ran-mediated nuclear import of TDP-43 in progranulin-deficient FTLF. J Exp Med 211:1937-1945.
McKeown, AS and Kraft, TW (2014) Adaptive potentiation in rod photoreceptors. J. Gen. Physiol. 143 (6), 733-743. PMID: 24821966
F Crittenden, H Thomas, CM Ethen, ZL Wu, D Chen, TW Kraft, J Parant, CN Falany (2014) Inhibition of SULT4A1 Expression Induces Up-regulation of Phototransduction Gene Expression in 72 Hours Post Fertilization Zebrafish Larvae. Drug Metab Dispos dmd.114.057042; epub Feb 19, 2014, doi:10.1124/dmd.114.057042
Reish, NJ, Maltare, A, McKeown, AS Laszczyk, AM, Kraft, TW, Gross, AK, & GD King (2013) The age-regulating protein klotho is vital to sustained retinal function. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci.54:6675–6685. DOI:10.1167 iovs.13-12550 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24045987
Zhang, Q-X., Zhang, Y., Lu, R-W., Li, Y-C., Pittler, S.J. Kraft, T.W., and X-C.Yao (2012) Comparative intrinsic optical signal imaging of wild-type and mutant mouse retinas. Optics Express 20:7646-7654. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.007646. PMID: 22453443.
Zhang, Y., Rubin, G. R., Fineberg, N., Huisingh, C., McGwin, G., Pittler, S. J. & Kraft, T. W. (2012) Age-related ERG changes in Cngb1-X1 Knockout mice: Prolonged Cone Survival. Documenta Ophthalmologica. 124 (3) 163-175. Epub 2012 Feb 26 PMID: 22367173.
McKeown, A.S. and Kraft, T.W. (2013). A new form of photoreceptor Light Adapataion: Enhanced Current Following Illumination. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. Suppl. 2461 (Poster).
McKeown, A.S., Sarfare, S.S., Pittler, S.J., and Kraft, T.W. (2012) Photoransduction Gain is Increased in Rods Overexpressing GARP2. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. Suppl. (poster).
Pittler, S.J., McKeown, A.S., Kraft, T.W., Zhang, Y. (2012) Rod Photoreceptor Expression of an N-terminal Truncated Cngb1a β-subunit in Cngb1-X1 knockout Mice Rescues Structure and Function. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. Suppl. (poster).
Timothy W. Kraft, Associate Professor, Department of Vision Sciences and Scientist in the Vision Science Research Center (VSRC). He received his undergraduate degree in biology from M.I.T. and a Ph.D. (1985) in Physiology from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. His research into the neurobiology of color vision began at M.I. T. and shifted to primate retinal tissue during his postdoctoral years at Stanford and the Ophthalmology Department at the University of California at San Francisco. That work included the first electrophysiologic recordings from individual human rod and cone photoreceptors. His association with Ophthalmology Departments at UCSF and as a former Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at UAB, have lead him to incorporate the pathologies of photoreceptor degeneration and acquired color vision losses into his studies of the physiology of retinal signal processing.


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James Bradley Johnson
Position: QB
Height: 6-5 Weight: 226 lbs.
Throws: Right
Born: September 13, 1968 in Marietta, GA
High School: Charles D. Owen
College: Florida St. (school history) (Johnson college stats)
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 9th round (227th overall) of the 1992 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 74 (477th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:20 am
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Poison the well and egging on? Ah, not so. Just making an observation. Have at it by all means. I just find the observation....interesting. No harm done in that.
Just sayin'....again.
You may find the observation interesting, but it is still an observation that attacks, focuses on
the poster
rather than the post, by calling attention to the poster's alleged posting habits: "Have you noticed that X only posts here and is not part of the popular gang hanging on the romance-related forums?" And ad hominems are always a no-no: it's argument against an argument and not a poster against a poster.
I know, I know --
appointed me to "sheriff" this one-horse board...
Ah but this whole thread is so badly infested with logical fallacies of all sorts and one has to start somewhere...
Lee wrote:
But as Xina notes, and I have also pointed out, this is not a personal blog, but rather a public forum, calling for an exchange of ideas and opinions, from multiple parties. What gets frustrating is when one tries to engage in a conversation, on topics that have been brought up in a thread by various posters, and one is told that it's not pertinent and to take it elsewhere. Or to be told you're not making any sense at all. Or simply to not be answered. All 3 have occurred to me in this thread. Wild West is not an excuse to be uncivil or rude or demeaning. And, btw, every rude person I've ever confronted says, sorry, he or she is just being blunt.
I spend time on another political board, but I've been able to learn some things and teach some things, without silly name-calling and pontificating. I thought that would be the case here. But it's not, and that's a shame for everyone involved.
Then you'll agree with me that frustration on another poster's argumentation tacts is just as poor an excuse for ad hominem attacks than any other?
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:30 am
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to xina and lee
: I agree that the posts became a bit strident over the past week. But posts on other boards have sometimes taken that tone as well. It happens sooner on this board, I think, perhaps because politics is a more contentious subject than romance fiction. Actually, from my point of view, those boards would be more interesting were they to emulate, to some degree, the intensity that subjects on this board evoke.
The other boards have become a bit dull lately, don't you think?
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:50 am
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Yes, Karaa, of course ad hominem attacks are pointless, but I fail to see where posters' ideas have been attacked here because of personal qualities of the posters. Rather, the ideas have been attacked for themselves. Sure, it's been noted that one poster in particular hasn't posted on other boards, but I view that more as a comment in passing, and maybe a troll alert, but that's my personal opinion only. Personally, it doesn't matter to me how many boards someone posts on. I came here for a stimulating debate on interesting topics, not to be lectured on how "out of the loop" I am. And let me say, as a former attorney and mother of 3 (one a 16 year old boy{shudder}), it takes a lot to offend me. I'm not offended by what's been said here, no matter the intent. I just feel that I wasted my time, and as I have little enough of that to waste, I'm not going to spend my time in circular arguments.
So, I answered you in saying ad hom attacks are pointless - will you answer me and agree that uncivil, circular and insulting posts are just as pointless? As are responses to posts that are never answered?
And, Dick, yes strident is one thing - it shows passion to a cause in some circumstances. And passion is good. But in other circumstances it is just screaming nonsense and does more to tune people out than bring them into a discussion. Which is what a public board is supposed to be all about.
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:50 am
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Well, I know I'll probably get yelled at for saying this...that's okay...but in my view a handful of posters sound like the diatribe on the Fox News Network. One-sided crap that gets tiresome because they speak their view and repeat it over and over. And no....I wouldn't want the other boards to be like that. Not in a million years. Opposite views bounced back and forth is one thing and is a good thing, but the rehashing of set in stone beliefs is another. It's tiresome. All the more reason not to come here and I suspect many feel the same way. The other boards are for ideas and learning and as one poster noted, much of the information on this board is in the form of a monologue, not a dialogue. Really, I don't belong here and shouldn't come around...so, I'll bow out.
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:13 pm
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Lee and xina:
I hope you won't leave the Wild, Wild West Forum as you both have a lot to offer. FWIW, your frustration is shared by others. For some reason this forum almost always becomes personal. Somehow the poster is attacked instead of his/her ideas and thoughts. I often wonder if it's due to many of us not being taught the proper rules for debate. It seems like serving on the debate team wasn't everyone's favorite extracurricular activity. Or maybe, it's not offered anymore in public school.
There is a lot going on at the moment. We all have a stake in the future of our country. One blog I read stated that as a country we are becoming more and more separated in our views. Progressives tend to watch only programs with that point of view(yes, I love Olberman, Maddow, Maher, Colbert and Daily) as does the conservatives who tend to love their Fox News commentators. Basically it says the twain shall never meet. I do feel forums like this are important since we obviously have both sides posting here. If we can keep the vitriol down just maybe we can have an honest discussion of the issues affecting us today.
If we can keep it impersonal, maybe we will learn from each other.
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:44 pm
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Thanks, Karen, but I don't plan on going anywhere. I just plan to choose the threads I contribute to more selectively. I hope Xina will too, though I understand completely if she doesn't.
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:36 pm
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As KarenS said, there's room for all of us here. Just don your armor and come aboard. Anyone can choose to stop posting at any time if it's felt the discussion has gotten beyond their personal parameters or is going further than one wishes it to go and still remain involved. We can still react passionately AND respectfully. Just do it and ignore those whom you feel deserve no response. Even the heroes in the real Wild West had integrity and honor (at least they did in the movies I enjoyed).
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Second, don't assume that I'm directing my comments to you unless I address them to you. The "rehashing the past" quote was in reply to you, and I quoted it. (And you still won't own it.) The birther comment was made to the board in general, but you did refer in an earlier post to the angry Americans at "town meetings." Since those angry Americans are also waving phony Obama Kenyan birth certificates around, I thought it pertinent to the conversation. But you've decided it's not, so that's it, I guess.
I finally had some time today to try to figure out what in the world I might be missing in this conversation and I think I get it. Or maybe not.
This is about fringe protesters waving stuff in a video I linked to?
No, I didn't decide it wasn't pertinent to the conversation. I completely missed that this was what you were going on about, Lee. And yet even if I had caught it, I probably would have paid little attention to it because, frankly, I would've considered them a fringe element of no importance to what the video was supposed to be about - the same way I'd view radical protesters from the other side. Whoever/whatever those are.
What more can I say? The birther question is a non-issue for me. I don't discuss it because I don't
anything to say about it. If you want to interpret that as me being unwilling to take part in a broader conversation then I don't know what else to say.
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:23 am
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Lee and xina:
If we can keep it impersonal, maybe we will learn from each other.
Thanks Karen. Yes, that would be nice to learn from each other. Unfortunately, in this day and age, so much of political discussions seems like lecturing on one's own beliefs and that is very unappealing. This know-it-all attitude is not only annoying but uninteresting. However, I'll keep an eye on the board and try to jump in from time to time.
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:08 am
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Yes, Karaa, of course ad hominem attacks are pointless, but I fail to see where posters' ideas have been attacked here because of personal qualities of the posters. Rather, the ideas have been attacked for themselves. Sure, it's been noted that one poster in particular hasn't posted on other boards, but I view that more as a comment in passing, and maybe a troll alert, but that's my personal opinion only.
Without trying to assume anything about your motives for that passing comment, in general, ostensibly "innocent" just-a-comment comments such as "have you noticed poster X always jumps in when Z comes up", "have you noticed poster X only ever posts when...", drawing atention to a poster's post count (or lack thereof) etc. are among the most common and oft-used ad hominems that rely on the faulty logic that somehow what's being actually said in X's posts could be discredited by simply calling attention to the poster and the poster's posting patterns (and implicitly, motives for that pattern). Not so. To do that, one still needs to go through the old-fashioned trouble of singling out factual and logical errors point-by-point. Anything else is just a waste of space that takes the discussion/debate nowhere.
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So, I answered you in saying ad hom attacks are pointless - will you answer me and agree that uncivil, circular and insulting posts are just as pointless? As are responses to posts that are never answered?
I wish I could agree, but when I can't.
As far as debating goes, deliberate obstinacy, frustrating as it may be, is not uncivil or insulting. It's simply a debate tactic, albeit not a very effective one since it's mostly passive and defensive. Expertly dodging attempts to change the subject or the goal post or derail the threat with the red herring gremlins ("But, but, Clinton had sex with a White House intern"/"Bush started two unnecessary wars that have destroyed millions of lives") is the right thing to do, debate-wise. Pointing out 1) factual and/or 2) logical errors in the "opponent's" argumentation is
only civil way of debate. If those "questions never answered" were questions that would have changed the subject, then it's only correct not to bite (which I did, btw, even though I knew better
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I tried to send an attachment with a simple text mail using Zend_Mail::addAttachment() method, using default options. The mail is generated correctly but there's some problem with the attachment, as it is malformed when received.
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Hi Franco - what transport were you using? Can you snip a portion of the encoded message to show a before / after of the lines that were affected? It may also help to know a little more about the environment you're sending the mail from (Platform, Mail software, etc)
Hi, Transport is default mail(), here's a test script I used:<?php require_once 'Zend/Mail.php'; $mail = new Zend_MAil(); $mail->setBodyText("Test body"); $mail->setSubject("Test subject"); $mail->setFrom("email@example.com"); $mail->addTo("removed@aaa"); $att = file_get_contents("test.pdf"); $at = $mail->addAttachment($att); $at->filename = "test.pdf"; $mail->send(); ?>
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Thanks for the info. I've tried a number of scenarios and can't reproduce the problem you're seeing.
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INDIA: Haldia in West Bengal is the second Indian city to feature in The Climate Group's global LED project, which is supported by the HSBC Climate Partnership and aims to rapidly up-scale LED technologies across the world. Sparked by the success of the 2010 LED pilot in nearby Kolkata where energy efficient lights are already brightening up the local community, the Haldia Development Authority is undertaking a pilot to install 290 LED lights on one of the city's most important roads from July 2011.
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Published: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 8:31 p.m.
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GREENSBORO | There's a sense of melancholy surrounding this year's Big East basketball tournament in New York.
ACC tournament glance
Noon: No. 8 Boston College vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech
2:30 p.m.: No. 5 N.C. State vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech
7 p.m.: No. 7 Maryland vs. No. 10 Wake Forest
9:30 p.m.: No. 6 Florida State vs. No. 11 Clemson
Noon: No. 1 Miami vs. BC-Ga. Tech winner
2:30 p.m.: No. 4 Virginia vs. N.C. State-Va. Tech winner
7 p.m.: No. 2 Duke vs. Maryland-Wake Forest winner
9:30 p.m.: No. 3 UNC vs. FSU-Clemson winner
1 & 3:30 p.m.: Semifinals
1 p.m.: Championship
For good reason.
This will be the event's last hurrah because of the breakoff of the Catholic Seven and league's imminent demise.
By comparison, there isn't nearly as much nostalgia floating around Greensboro Coliseum this week as the ACC convenes for the 60th anniversary of its annual postseason soiree.
But there should be.
Because while the nation's best, most tradition-laden tournament will continue on – at least in name – after the deck of conference realignment is officially reshuffled this summer, it will never be the same.
With 15 teams, an extra day of games and very little at stake, other than the trophy that's handed out at the end, future ACC tournaments will look and feel more like a gathering of strangers than the family reunion it always has been.
There are those who will argue that the event North Carolina coach Roy Williams likes to call "that big cocktail party" has already been irreparably harmed by the evolution that has taken place since the first round of league expansion nearly a decade ago.
Where ticket books once were so scarce and valuable that they were bequeathed to family members in wills and sold on the secondary market at the equivalent of a week's salary, now there are so many empty seats that the service charge on StubHub was more than the actual ticket price for first-round games last year in Atlanta.
A big part of the problem is the addition of apathetic fan bases at Boston College and Miami, schools whose alumni have no emotional ties to the ACC or its tournament, and are located too far away to make the trip worth the time or effort. It's a situation that will only become more exaggerated once – tradition be damned – three more new teams arrive next season and charter member Maryland leaves in 2014.
The upside of the upheaval is that the caliber of play on the court should improve
exponentially once Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Notre Dame and eventually Louisville bring their nationally ranked programs into the fold. But even that will be small consolation to those of us who grew up "Sailing with the Pilot" watching ACC basketball to the soundtrack of Thacker and Packer on Saturday afternoons.
Will it really be the ACC tournament if traditional league members such as Wake Forest, Clemson, Virginia – or even N.C. State – are long gone by the time everyone starts showing up for the games that matter on quarterfinal Friday? Or if, as expected, the tournament is plucked from its North Carolina roots and rotated to such foreign places as Pittsburgh, Boston or (gasp) New York City?
In a word: No. It won't.
That's one reason why we shouldn't take the event that tips off with four opening round games today for granted. Another is that, with such a tightly bunched field, this could be the most wide-open and entertaining tournament since Wake Forest, UNC, Maryland and Virginia tied for first place and came to Greensboro as favorites in 1995.
Given the circumstances, it would only be fitting for a team to pay homage to its past and come out of nowhere to cut down the nets on Sunday – the way so many other underdogs did during the days in which the tournament actually meant more than just an excuse to make money and add "inventory" for ESPN.
No matter what, the ACC tournament will survive the coming transformation and continue to thrive, just as it has endured in the face of previous change. It is, after all, nothing more than a glorified cocktail party.
If that's the case, you might want to raise your glass one last time at some point this week, take a drink and savor the taste for as long as you can.
Because once this one is over, it will never be the same.
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Predicting the tournament
Handicapping the ACC tournament hasn't been much of a challenge in recent years. All you had to do is pick North Carolina or Duke and there was a 50-50 chance you'd be right.
That may still happen this year. But given Miami's surprise regular-season title and the unpredictability of so many of the teams, the event that tips off at noon today at Greensboro Coliseum has the potential to be the most competitive and wide-open in recent memory.
So how will it all turn out? Here's one reporter's projection:
No. 8 Boston College 66, No. 9 Georgia Tech 61
No. 5 N.C. State 77, vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech 69: This is a dangerous opener for the Wolfpack, but as long as C.J. Leslie decides to show up, State will survive and advance.
No. 7 Maryland 74, No. 10 Wake Forest 64: Although the Deacons are close to home, where they play their best, this still isn't the Joel.
No. 6 Florida State 62, No. 11 Clemson 49
No. 1 Miami 57, Boston College 53
N.C. State 72, No. 4 Virginia 69: This has the potential to be the best game of the tournament.
No. 2 Duke 83, Maryland 70: The Blue Devils can't wait to get another shot at the Terrapins after what happened in College Park last month.
No. 3 UNC 78, Florida State 70: The Seminoles have the potential to give the Tar Heels' smaller lineup problems.
N.C. State 86, Miami 84: State needs and wants it more than the Hurricanes, who get caught looking ahead.
Duke 80, UNC 74: The Blue Devils are simply better than the Tar Heels right now, especially with Kelly back.
Duke 87, N.C. State 79: The Wolfpack runs out of gas in its fourth game in four days while the Blue Devils roll into the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 overall seed. Duke 87, N.C. State 79.
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