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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA)
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Full SubmissionNEW, CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Submitted: November 1, 2011 CONTACTS: Kelly Rigg, Executive Director, Email: email@example.com Laura Williamson, email@example.com HELIO International Lettemieke Mulder, email@example.com Paul Horsman, Campaigns Director, email@example.com Wael Hmaidan, Executive Director IndyAct, firstname.lastname@example.com Introduction: Thank you for the opportunity to provide input into the Zero Draft for the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD 2012), also known as Rio +20. The organizations listed below represent a wide range of perspectives and interests, united in our strong support for sustainable energy access for all. At a time when climate change threatens the lives and livelihoods of ourselves and future generations, we believe there should be no trade-of between poverty alleviation and sustainable development; we must tackle both at the same time. We therefore welcome the fact that Energy for Sustainable Development has been identi�ed as a key issue by the Preparatory Committee for UNCSD 2012. We also welcome the designation by the UN of 2012 as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Within this context, it is our hope that UNCSD 2012 can adopt goals and targets, including time-tables for their implementation, that are visionary and inspirational, while at the same time efective, realistic and anchored in national commitments. Goals, targets and time-tables can be realistic only if they move the world away from business as usual, and put us on a track that is efective in tackling climate change. Our proposal for the outcome document of UNCSD 2012 re�ects in part our concern for the insufcient progress by parties to the UNFCCC to establish a fair, ambitious and binding international climate agreement that is sufciently solid and strong to protect the climate. This is the key objective of the Climate Convention as de�ned in its Article 2: �"stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufcient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner." We have already exceeded the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases that is considered a limit beyond which we will experience "dangerous climate change" and the need for urgent action grows daily. Our submission also reflects the progress made since the World Summit on Sustainable Development of 2002 on the development and deployment of clean and renewable energy technologies. In 2010, renewable energy accounted for $211 billion in new investments an increase of 32% from the previous year. We therefore propose that UNCSD 2012 builds on the renewable energy sector's success to give new impetus to the eforts to secure an international climate regime that can work with the environmental constraints and imperatives that have been identifed by the Fourth Assessment of the IPCC. The Rio+20 alternative Whilst UNCSD 2012 is an opportunity to look back at the last twenty years since the Rio Earth Summit of 1992, it is most importantly an opportunity to choose the track that we want to take for the next twenty years. Based on economic, social and environmental indicators, the choice governments will face in Rio is summarized here. In order to take the right track, the Green Economy must: 1. Empower workers and give them access to green jobs: targets and resources for capacity -building, green technologies, operational level implementation and training; 2. Accelerate transition to a 100% renewable energy and energy efcient economy through efective government policies, education, investments in research and development etc. 3. Promote equity and justice at the heart of the green economy, ensuring the right to development for developing countries while meeting green and poverty eradication objectives; 4. Protect and conserve natural capital and biodiversity, and equitably share the benefits from their exploration and sustainable exploitation; 5. Efectively address the need for changes in production-consumption patterns �rst and foremost within the countries member of the OECD, in line with the concept of common but diferentiated responsibility enshrined in the Rio 92 agreements; and 6. Enhance the full participation and consent of communities afected by development projects, and the stewardship of natural resources and biodiversity by local communities. Climate Change and energy A Green economy based on fairness, social welfare, and environmental integrity needs to be powered by green energy � that is energy that provides the services needed without destroying the local, regional or global environment or negatively impacting people. 100% Green energy means zero carbon, zero deforestation, sufcient to satisfy needs, and empowering local communities. Delivering truly sustainable energy requires a re-think of the way we produce, use and distribute energy. We need to produce energy using renewable sources, we need to use energy efciently and we need to have efcient local distribution networks and smart grids. Many reports (for example IPCC, UNEP, UNDP) recognise this and various scenarios have been produced that show how these changes can be implemented. Consistent across these scenarios, reports and case studies is the clear need for supportive government policies. In other words, the barriers to the uptake of green energy sources are mainly political not technological. In this context, we urge governments to seize UNCSD 2012 as the opportunity to create a political environment that eliminates the obstacles and barriers and to commit to clear targets and timetables to provide the framework that will encourage the uptake of clean energy systems (energy efciency, renewable technologies and decentralised schemes). This must go together with the removal of policies that undermine and suppress them (such as perverse subsidies; legal frameworks that support large centralised dirty power; loans and aid that support fossil and/or nuclear fuels). Existing barriers include lack of appropriate policy or poor policy implementation; inadequate �scal and subsidies policies, difculty accessing �nance; inappropriate grid integration and infrastructure; poor planning, and lock-in of existing technology. A renewed political commitment is needed because voluntary measures alone do not deliver what is required. Governments must lead and set the framework to send the necessary signal to the markets. Renewable energy targets As identi�ed in the UN Secretary General�s report on the promotion of new and renewable sources of energy there are a number of long-term energy scenarios that provide projections for renewable energy in primary energy, �nal energy, electricity generation and electric generating capacity. Governments need to set the framework to achieve the most ambitious targets. Therefore, as a first step towards UNCSD 2012, we call on the Bureau and Secretariat to include the following elements in the compilation document and ultimately the Zero Draft for discussion in the coming weeks, in order to facilitate discussions and decision on these key issues: - Vision: UNCSD 2012 should agree a long-term vision that bases the green economy on 100% clean and renewable energy sources and on energy efciency, to guide and inspire policy decision-makers, and trigger incentives. - Efective commitment to clean energy: we need a commitment to short and medium term actions which will implement this vision. We recommend by 2020, globally: o 30% of energy use from renewables up from 16 % as outlined in REN21�s 2011 Renewables Global Status Report; o 40% decrease in energy intensity, and o Universal access to modern energy services and ending energy poverty: clean, reliable and afordable energy services for cooking and heating, lighting, communications and productive uses. These goals require national, sub-national, municipal, and/or corporate actions to achieve them and should be implemented immediately (within a 2 to 5 year time scale) putting countries onto an ambitious pathway. The International Renewable Energy Authority (IRENA) and relevant national renewable energy authorities and organisations could play an important role in working with governments to develop national action plans as well as sharing best practices and progress. Some key actions are identified below: - Removal of fossil fuel subsidies and perverse incentives including aid, loans or other subsidies that encourage the further development of fossil or nuclear fuels: accelerate the phase out of subsidies in line with the G20 commitment, redirecting revenues to those in needs and to support renewable energy and energy efciency programmes. - National renewable energy targets, stable Feed in Tarifs or other incentive policies, local RE plans, corporate energy efciency and GHG reduction goals, etc - Establish an international �nancial transaction tax (FTT): which could raise as much as $400 billion annually that would make a real impact on combating climate change and eliminating poverty. Conclusions A renewed political commitment is needed. Voluntary measures have not delivered what is needed, nor will they be able to do so at the rate required. Governments must lead and set the framework to provide the necessary signal because what is at stake is too important to leave to laissez-faire. A key lesson of the last 20 years is that delays cause more pain whether that is economic, environmental or social. However, �rst we need to acknowledge where we have failed and why; then we need to agree that the situation is urgent and that change needs to happen rapidly. Then, governments must commit to the policies and measures needed to change direction with targets and timetables that translate into real actions and behavioural changes that start from day 1 after Rio. We are committed to contribute to putting these measures, targets and actions into practice and ofer cooperation and engagement as change will need multi-stakeholder approaches and partnering


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In keeping with Salt Lake City's increasingly popular "go green" movement, eBay's Green Team presents the Ninth Annual Live Green SLC! Festival.
The festival returns to Library Square on Saturday, May 5 and promises eight hours of sustainability-focused fun. ReDirect Guide, a directory of sustainable businesses, expects to present more than 100 qualified booths, exhibits and features.
President Obama with the newest edition of ReDirect Guide
Don't miss activities include:
Uinta Brewing Company's Solar Powered Beer Garden, 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Uinta has been dedicated to sustainable business practices for more than a decade. In 2001, Uinta became 100 percent wind powered. In 2011, Uinta began harnessing the sun's energy through solar panels on top of their brewing facility and is currently 15 percent solar and 85 percent wind powered. In addition, Uinta donates its spent grain to local farmers and ranchers to be used as feed. Show your support for a truly visionary local company and knock one back for sustainability. Just make sure you recycle your cups, cans or bottles.
After refreshing at the Beer Garden, be sure to snap up some green grub to satisfy your stomach. Food will be available at 12 p.m. and will include scrumptiously-responsible food from a variety of local vendors including Cali's Natural Foods, Sage's Cafe, Cafe Supernatural, Vertical Diner, Noodles & Company restaurants, Cantu Creations, City Dogs, Ice-Cream Cornucopia and more.
Admire fashion at its finest at Live Green SLC. Festival's EcoChic Fashion Show, 1–2 p.m. Local models will strut the catwalk in local designs constructed from natural materials made using fair trade labor practices.
The festival also features two Green Auctions, presented by eBay at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Bidding for most products starts at an affordable range of $10–40, and all proceeds from the auctions go back to Live Green SLC! to keep the festival free and fabulous.
The festival also hosts two Tour de Brewtah, which debark at 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. and take cyclists through downtown to their favorite local breweries. Riders will return to the festival later for an end-of-the-ride party.
Other attractions include local music, interactive and educational exhibits, a children's area and eco-carnival games.
Click here for a detailed itinerary of events. This event is free and open to any and all, so be sure to stop by Library Square, 210 East 400 South, on May 5 from 10–6 p.m. for an afternoon dedicated to supporting splendid sustainability in SLC.

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SANTA ANA – Simona Garibay has many mementos from her son's life on display.
There's the small flip phone he used in Iraq. It still has some dirt on it. She wants to keep it just like she got it.
There's the Purple Heart and certificate of citizenship he received after his death 10 years ago, when at the age of 21 he became Orange County's first combat casualty in Iraq. And there are his military caps, photos, toy soldiers and some clothes, all folded and placed inside a glass cabinet.
The biggest physical reminder of U.S. Marine Cpl. Jose Angel Garibay is her home in Santa Ana. She bought it with insurance money after his death.
"He planned to get married and buy a house in North Carolina. And he wanted me to go with him and teach his bride how to cook Mexican food," Garibay said in Spanish. "He liked my Mexican food."
The war, Garibay said, was not necessary. Not because her son died. People die in wars, she said. "But that war was unnecessary."
In the decade since Jose Angel Garibay's death, a couple of his cousins have returned safely from their tours in the Marines. His sister, Crystal, had a little boy four years ago; she named him Angel because her brother suggested in his last letter that she give her last boy his name.
Last year, Simona Garibay lost her housekeeping job at a hospital and nearly lost their home.
Garibay, 62, got help and was able to refinance her debt.
"My son wanted for us to have a home, and he achieved it even though he's gone," she said, tearing up. "I didn't want to lose it."
Even the home's number, 801, reminds her of Jose Angel. He was born in 1981.
Today, she lives there with Crystal – one of her six surviving children – two grandchildren and a boarder whose rent helps pay the bills.
Mariah Sanchez, 13, remembers the last time she saw her uncle. She was but a toddler, but she clearly recalls dancing with him at her cousin's quinceañera.
"My mother had me when she was young. And he was like a dad to me," said the Lathrop Middle School seventh-grader.
Now that she's planning her own 15th birthday celebration, she thinks of him often.
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On Saturday, the anniversary of her son's death, Simona Garibay will return to his grave in Riverside. She goes there frequently, which is not easy because she doesn't drive. But it's important to go, she said.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -A quartet of University of Colorado student-athletes were named recipients of the Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarships for the 2011-12 academic year, announced Thursday by Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott.
Katie Dreher (Track & Field), Caroline Danneberg (Soccer), Trey Eckloff (Basketball), and Tony Poremba (Football) were four of 48 outstanding Pac-12 student-athletes named.
|Caroline Danneberg
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|Trey Eckloff
|Tony Poremba
These $3,000 awards go to student-athletes with a minimum 3.0 grade point average who have demonstrated a commitment to continuing education, campus and community involvement, and leadership. Since the program began in 1999, the Pac-12 has awarded over $1.5 million for postgraduate study.
Dreher (Salida, Colo.) graduated in May 2012 with a degree in International Spanish for the Professions. This past April, she was a co-recipient of The Clancy A. Herbst, Jr., Student-Athlete Achievement Award (given to athletes who overcome personal, academic or emotional difficulties to succeed both academically and athletically), in addition to the Spencer Nelson Buffalo Spirit Award. She is also a 2012 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) All-Academic selection, 2012 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention, and a two-time Big 12 All-Academic Second Team selection. Her post-graduate plans are pursuing a graduate degree in Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences.
Danneberg (Englewood, Colo.) will graduate this December 2012 with a degree in media studies. She was named one of the three winners of the Most Improved Student-Athlete Awards at last April's 20th Annual Student-Athlete Recognition Banquet. She was also named to the 2010 Big 12 All-Academic first team.
Eckloff (Englewood, Colo.) graduated in May 2012 with a degree in finance. This past April, he was named CU's Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (recognizing a senior who has demonstrated a consistently high level of academic performance during their collegiate career). He was a two-time Big 12 All-Academic first team selection. His post-grad plans are to attend CU Law School (Fall 2012).
Poremba (Greenwood Village, Colo.) graduated in May 2012 with a double degree in economics and business (finance). He earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 Conference honors as a junior and was an honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic team member as a senior. Poremba plans to pursue a MBA.
To be selected for a Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship, a student-athlete must:
- Have an overall undergraduate minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 (based on a 4.00 scale) or its equivalent.
- Be in his/her final season of intercollegiate athletics eligibility in all sports OR be in his/her final year of undergraduate studies, having exhausted athletics eligibility in all sports. The student-athlete will be evaluated on the basis of all academic work completed at time of selection.
- Have performed with distinction as a member of a varsity team. The degree of the student-athlete's athletic achievement will be weighed at least equally with the degree of academic performance.
- Intend to continue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree as a full-time student in a graduate or professional program at an accredited institution, or in a postgraduate program for which an undergraduate degree is required for admission.
- Have behaved, both on and off the field, in a manner that has brought credit to the student-athlete, the institution and intercollegiate athletics.
In 1999, the Pac-12 Conference created a postgraduate scholarship program to honor outstanding student-athletes from its member institutions who also are outstanding scholars. Each Pac-12 institution selects four student-athlete recipients, two men and two women, through its institutional selection process.
2011-12 Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship Winners
Trace Biskin: Football
Rebecca Cardenas: Gymnastics
Andy Guerra: Diving
Ainsley Oliver: Diving
Arizona State
Hillary Bach: Softball
Cameron Kastl: Football
John Kline: Track & Field
Cj Navarro: Track & Field
Maxime Chevee: Cross Country/Track & Field
Shelley Harper: Swimming
Jana Juricova: Tennis
Giorgio Tavecchio: Football
Katie Dreher: Track & Field
Caroline Danneberg: Soccer
Trey Eckloff: Basketball
Tony Poremba: Football
Bronwyn Crossman: Track & field
Amanda Johnson: Basketball
David Paulson: Football
Brian Schaudt: Track & Field
Oregon State
Meghan Leineweber: Rowing
Leslie Mak: Gymnastics
Brian Ramsey: Soccer
Leslie Urban: Rowing
Clayton Holz: Soccer
Amaechi Morton: Track & Field
Nneka Ogwumike: Basketball
Betsy Webb: Swimming
Charney Burk: Soccer
Brooke Finley: Softball
Nick Meister: Tennis
Mark Weber: Track & Field
Brianna Gilbreath: Basketball
Daniel Nguyen: Tennis
Amanda Smith: Swimming
Greg Woodburn: Track
Alyssa Abbot: Track & Field
Eric Bonicelli: Swimming
Hannah Caron: Swimming
Torjus Krogdahl: Skiing
Sarah Martinez: Soccer
Sam Osjerkis: Crew
Veronica Tamsitt: Crew
Gregory Walker: Football
Washington State
Jake Baertlein: Track & Field
Jared Karstetter: Football
Tiara Pittman: Soccer
Rosemarie Tarnowski: Basketball


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1. Being thrown at thousands of miles an hour
2. The pressure inside earth causing it to explode or at the least fall apart all lavay
3. Having the air sucked out of your lungs
4. Explosion of the sun
you wont fly about randomly just because gravitys been turned off. at least not instantly. you still have inertia.
dying from the explosion eight minutes after gravity stops or immediately because of the earth exploding is more likely to happen sooner than the atmosphere drifting into space or colliding into shit.
im no expert on the GEOMETRY OF SPACETIME or anything but if gravity were switched off i think flying off the planet at however fast miles per hour WOULD be the first thing to kill you, since the idea of everything still being held together by inertia is resting on the idea of movement on a relative plane, which would not be the case with no gravity.
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
inertia. youre also moving at the same velocity as the planet is so you'll stay on it unless the speed of the planet's rotation or revolution radically changes which, since it is a huge object, is not going to happen minutes after gravity is switched off.
what does the 'geometry of spacetime' have to do with this lol
gravitons are assumed to travel at the speed of light so it would take a whole eight minutes before the absence of the sun's gravity even begins affecting earth. even if it was instantaneous, the earth still has some angular momentum and it wont just 'stop' moving or radically change its velocity. it will slowly move away from the sun and its instantaneous velocity would decrease even slower. we wouldnt die because we'd fly off the earth, at least not immediately; we'd die because of the cold. of course this is assuming the earth does not break apart and the sun does not explode, both of which are likely to happen much sooner than earth breaking away from its orbit is going to affect us.
or did i
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.


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Junction Box, Reentry Capsule, Datasphere
This is the junction box used for electrical connections onboard the Datasphere, the first instrumented package to be recovered from space by the United States. Launched by a U.S. Air Force Thor ballistic missile on 13 June 1958 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, it transmitted and recorded information such as temperatures, pressures, and stresses critical to progress in the nation's spaceflight programs. The Datasphere reached an altitude of over 200 miles, reentered the atmosphere at more than 10,000 miles an hour, and was recovered intact in the South Atlantic. The manufacturer of this junction box is unknown. The Air Force donated it to NASM in 1959.
Transferred from the United States Air Force.
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Unmanned-Instruments & Payloads
- Materials
- Steel, stainless steel, resin, copper, brass, electrical wire, rubber, cadmium plating, Teflon
- Dimensions
- Overall (junction box): 5in. x 4in. x 2 3/4in. (12.7 x 10.16 x 6.99cm)
- Overall (round segment): 9 x 4.5cm (3 9/16in. x 1 3/4in.)


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A teenager haunted by the wax effigy of a boy he betrayed performs a life-changing penance. In 19th-century Japan, a silk maker regrets the impulsive decision that led to her enslavement (or was she the victim of forces beyond her control?); now half woman, half worm, she attempts to spin a new fate. A couple wed for centuries probes the subtle relationship issues of the undead. The stories in Karen Russell's wonderful collection embrace the monstrous, the mutant, the mysterious; they chart startling transformations (perhaps none more shocking than ordinary adolescence, which Russell captures uncannily). Set at the intersection of destiny and free will, nature and the supernatural, light and dark, the stories—even the frothiest—are sea deep, scary smart, richly inventive, highly illuminating and gorgeously written. –Judith Stone
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In the 1980s, when journalist Amy Wilentz first visited Haiti, Fred Voodoo was veteran reporters' slang for the man or woman on the street, tapped for quick local-color interviews but otherwise unconsidered. Wilentz went deep; she learned Creole and established abiding relationships in a country that still enchants and confounds her. Farewell, Fred Voodoo (Simon & Schuster), an account of her return to Haiti after the earthquake of 2010, is savvy, acerbically affectionate and unsparingly probing, especially on the motivations of the hordes of helpers who descended on the island post-tragedy. The cast of characters—among them a dedicated young doctor, resourceful survivors and, yes, Sean Penn—are people you're glad to know. Each vignette helps readers explore, in a nuanced way, our questions about this perpetually hard-hit place, starting with "What the hell?" particularly enlightening are Wilentz's lucid recaps of Haiti's history, revealing European and American complicity in the nation's descent into misery. -Judith Stone
James Lasdun, a lauded British writer, encounters a young Iranian woman he calls Nasreen in a class he's teaching in New York City. An innocuous association becomes, via e-mail, first a cordial mentorship, then a flirtation and finally an unrelenting hell. After he rebuffs the obsessed Nasreen, she grows aggressive, barraging him with anti-Semitic hate mail and waging an online smear campaign. While he never labels her mentally ill, his memoir Give Me Everything You Have (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) portrays a woman trapped in a tortured mind, and the book can seem disingenuous when he wonders at her motives. But Lasdun explores his own accountability with candor and clarity. "Was I an objective, impartial observer, a purely neutral participant in those early months of our exchange? I was not. Nobody ever is." A much-needed cautionary tale on the nature of perceived intimacy in our inescapable cyber age. —Susanna Sonnenberg
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In a follow-up to the 16 announced North American tour dates earlier today, Linkin Park have now revealed they will be playing two more shows during this leg of the tour in Canada, bringing the total Canadian dates to three shows. First Linkin Park will play X-FEST in Calgary on 9/1/12 and the very next day they will head to Edmonton for Sonic Boom Festival on 9/2/12. View a complete list of the announced dates below, including the two recent additions to Linkin Park's touring schedule. These shows appear to be part of the Honda Civic Tour, so it looks like Incubus may also be playing these shows.
8/11/12 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
8/12/12 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
8/14/12 Boston, MA Comcast Center
8/17/12 Camden, NJ Susquehana Bank Center
8/19/12 Atlanta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/21/12 Detroit, MI The Palace
8/22/12 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
8/24/12 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank
8/25/12 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
8/27/12 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Center
8/28/12 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Pavilion
8/30/12 Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
9/01/12 X-FEST - Calgary, AB
9/02/12 Sonic Boom Festival - Edmonton, AB
9/04/12 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
9/05/12 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
9/07/12 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
9/10/12 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
The two Canadian festival shows take place in the midst of the US dates between shows in Denver, CO on 8/30/12 and Vancouver, BC on 9/4/12. This brings the North American leg of the tour to a total of 18 dates. Head to http://linkinpark.com for ticketing information.
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So, I'm a relative newbie to the DIY hifi world.
Initially, I'd like to build myself a pre-amp to replace my Quad 34, whichI suspect is the weak link in my system (pre y2k Rega Planet, Quad 34, 2x Quad 306, PMC TB2), with the follow up being to create a pair of mono block power amps (probably Hypex UCDs) and possibly a sub.
Looking around, most of the pre-amp kits seem to be some variation on the passive theme. (would prefer to work from a kit as my electronics theory is pretty weak). My only experience of passives is an Alps Blue "pot-in-a-box" I built to sit between the Planet and the first Q306 prior to getting the Q34. It sounded kinda flat and lacked oomph, and generally I wasn't impressed. (I saw one comment the other day that equated pots/attenuators to "driving around with your handbrake on" which I felt was quite apt.
Based on that, I'm quite taken with the TVC idea. (Glasshouse ones look good). However I'm not sure whether my current kit will have the required synergy mentioned. (I think the Rega has a 2V output, the schematic I have for the 306's says 375mV input for full output. No idea about impedances)
One other possible issue is that of cable lengths. I can do a short run from the CD to pre-amp, but ideally I'd like to move the amps to the bottom of the 'speaker stands (short speaker cables = better grip??). These cable runs would then be in the 4m territory. Too much?? In an ideal world, I'd run a balanced connection (once I upgrade the amps), but that adds another layer of complexity to the setup. Can anyone recommend a simple unbalanced -> balanced buffer module and PSU?
Lastly as an aside, does anyone know if the 306s can be run bridged?
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ZF-3003: make properties of Zend_OpenId_Consumer protected to enable sub-classing
We have need to sub-class Zend_OpenId_Consumer, but when we do so we can't succinctly change the storage nor the dumbMode properties because they are declared private. making them protected lets us customize these without having to redefine our own constructor.
$_starage and $_dumbMode where made private by design. They can be easily set through constructor and shouldn't be changed after that. I don't see any problem to set it from overridden constructor.
class My_OpenId extends Zend_OpenId_Consumer { function __construct() { parent::__construct(new DB_Storage(), true); } }
It is not a big problem to make them protected, but I don't see any reason. Could you please explain why constructor doesn't work for you?
our problem was that calling parent::__construct from within an overridden constructor doesn't seem to work.
class Sfx_OpenId_Consumer extends Zend_OpenId_Consumer { public function __construct(Zend_OpenId_Consumer_Storage $storage = null, $dumbMode = false, $logging = false) { parent::__construct($storage, $dumbMode); $this->_logging = $logging; }
[10-Apr-2008 07:27:00] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function getDiscoveryInfo() on a non-object in Sfx/OpenId/Consumer.php on line 210
or maybe it's because we're also overriding the _discovery method. in any case, there's a mix of protected methods using private properties which I think caused confusion for us. if the methods are going to be protected, the properties they use should probably likewise be protected so that sub-classes can use both consistently.
I see. Your constructor works fine and you set private $_storage property of Zend_OpenId_Consumer, however you probably cannot access it from Sfx_OpenId_Consumer.
Why do you need to override _discovery()? Do you implement XRI and/or Yadis discovery or some custom discovery scheme?
we actually overrode _discovery() and _associate() to fix the SHA256->SHA1 fallback behavior and to add a bunch of logging/debugging to help us discover ZF-3079.
so really, we could have, and probably should have, just modified Zend_OpenId_Consumer class directly and submitted our changes as patches, but we weren't sure at the time if we were right in changing the code, so we extended from it. honestly, this bug is not nearly as high priority as ZF-3079. just more like a convenience thing.
So could you give me more details about ZF-3079. I'm going to fix it with top priority, but for now I don't know how to reproduce the bug.
Do you still need protected properties after ZF-3079 fix?
IMO, it would still be useful, yeah ...
the protected nature of _discovery and _associate is sorta useless if the sub-class can't access the private properties to work properly anyway.
we're still overriding _associate to change it's SHA256->SHA1 fallback behavior, plus we've added some error-handling and logging to our centralized log location, so we're still sub-classing Consumer for other things, and I think others will find it useful to sub-class Consumer as well, so it will be helpful for all to be able to access and use all of Consumer's properties.
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First off, I would like to apologize for the wacky end to last night's show. Technical glitches threw me off and you can pair that with the chaos of the draft we were trying to do – anyway it was scattered.
We shall be distraction free and glitch free from here on out.
Onto the news and after the passing of Gene Upshaw, let's start positive:
St. Louis Rams
Steven Jackson and the team have agreed in principal to a deal. That sigh of relief was 1,000 owners exhaling. Anyone who saw Jackson slip to them in the latter half of the 1st round could be looking at a huge bargain if the line holds up. Jackson should be productive anyway, but I'd rather he didn't take the beating he did last year. That goes for Bulger too of course.
Arizona Cardinals
Well, here is an IDP note in part because I met the guy, was impressed with how he was approaching the off-season and wish him well. When I met Travis LaBoy here in Los Angeles late last winter, he hadn't left Tennessee officially yet. He talked a lot about the health problems he had faced in seasons prior to 2007 and how his new approach to working out and staying healthy had paid off – no back problems for one thing. When he signed with teh Cards I thought he was a good addition to the D – and hoped he might have soem IDP value. Unfortunately, he is sitting behind Bertrand Berry and while LaBoy has been productive this preseason – 2 sacks and 4 tackles in the last preseason game – if he's on a rotating spot on the Defensive Line, well that could limit his consistency and IDP value. If he comes into a chance to start full time I think he will be very productive so keep an ear out for him.
Chicago Bears
I'm not sure what – if anything – I should read into this bit of news. But the Chicago Sun Times is reporting Kevin Jones is no lock to make the team. My first thought is – well, as bad as portions of that team are, who is? Second though – the Bears have three RBs besides Jones, so if he is goign to stick with rookie Matt Forte, 'the other' Adrian Peterson and Garrett 'no clever nickname' Wolfe, he needs to put up some numbers. I think he will stick just because Wolfe and Peterson are not world beaters, Forte is unproven and could wear down even if he is successful and Jones does have talent. But it is interesting to note and is another warning to not count on any of these guys too much.
Buffalo Bills
Rookie James Hardy is again out with a hamstring injury. He looked ok in his first preseason game, was a non-factor in his second and looks to miss his 3rd. I thought he could be productive thsi year, but it looks like he will struggle as many WRs do their rookei season. (psst. You. Yeah, youin the football jersey. Keep an eye on his fellow rookie Steven Jackson. He might make a case for himself sometime this season. You don't have to draft him – he'll be on the waiver wire. Just keep an eye out. The bills still need a threat opposite Lee Evans….) Fellow rookie Leodis McKelvin has made some noise but hasn't passed Jabari Greer on the depth chart yet, not surprising in many respects. His impact will be limited for soem time in IDP leagues and probably come mostly in the return game.
Carolina Panthers
Dwayne Jarrett is busy muddying the WR position in Carolina. The Rock Hill Herald reports that he has been playing well enough to push DJ Hackett for the #3 role, one which will be a starting spot while Steve Smith is serving his 2 game team imposed suspension. Hackett has all the talent in the world but can't stay healthy and this preseason is a perfect example of it. Jarrett stumbled and bumbled through his time at WR so far – both on the field and off of it – but he's healthy, playing ok and Hackett is hurt. I have Hackett in oneDynasty league and I am starting to think about other uses for that roster spot. Redraft, I just don't know if he will do anything this year. Keep watch, but he not be worth the early season roster spot.
Cincinnati Bengals
TJ Houshmandzadeh will miss Saturday's preseason game – his third straight. Lewis is reportedly not happy but after the team forced Chris Henry on him again, who would be? He wants to get Housh involved and get him some snaps but doesn't want to hurry him along and aggravate the injury. Between Chad Johnson, Rudi Johnson and TJ, this starting offense is a *M*A*S*H* unit. And the mopey Alan Alda produced ones near the end, not the wacky early ones. Both Ocho Cinco has slipped in drafts to where in some cases he has been available as a #2 WR. Johnson's ADP is about mid 3rd and Housh is right there with him, late 2nd, early 3rd. Their health remains an issue but I still say the Henry signing was more about the WRs behind them then their status.
Detroit Lions
Finally, rookie RB Kevin Smith is still practicing with the first team. While the jury is still out on the Lions O-line, running game and Smith's ability to carry the load for a season, this is no shock – he only had to beat Tatum Bell. If there is one guy you want in front of you on the depth chart at the RB position, it's Bell. It almost guarentees you a shot at the starting job, no matter who you are. Don't overvalue Smith but he is a starter and that is very valuable. As a #2/flex/bye week filler he coudl be outstanding.
That's all for now. A reminder that the Blurb will be off the next few days while I am away. Overview of the weekend games will be done on Monday. Tune in to the Drvie Block tonight at 10pm EST/7pm PST and join myself (for hour 1) and Cecil Lammey and Sigmund Bloom of Footballguys.com for more great discussion and tips on how to decimate your league this season.


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This may seem like a trivial question, but it is relevant to my research. The Buddhanussati Gatha (see below) is often said to contain Nava Guna ("Nine Qualities") of the Buddha in the Theravadin world. Sometimes, however, a book divides them into 10 by placing a comma, so to speak, between anuttaro and purisadammasarathi, yielding "unsurpassed" and "a leader* of persons to be tamed," rather than an "unsurpassed leader of persons to be tamed." (Green brought this tenfold version to my attention in the Buddha titles thread.) I am interested to know how Buddhagosha divides the qualities or titles in chapter 7 of the Visuddhimagga (a book I do not yet own) or what number the commentaries give. In other words, is the 5th century view nine qualities or ten? Thank you much to anyone who can answer this question for me.
The Buddhanussati Gatha: Iti' pi so bhagava araham sammasambuddho vijjacaranasampanno sugato lokavidu anuttaro purisadammasarathi sattha devamanussanam buddho bhagava'ti. (in e.g., MN 12 v. 5, etc.)
The Ninefold Interpretation:
"Thus indeed is the Exalted One (1) an accomplished one, (2) a fully-enlightened one, (3) endowed with knowledge and good conduct, (4) well gone or gone to bliss, (5) a knower of the world, (6) an unsurpassed leader of persons to be tamed, (7) a teacher of humans and devas, (8) the awakened or the one who knows, (9) the sublime or exalted."
1. Arahat
2. Sammasambuddha
3. Vijjacaranasampanna
4. Sugata
5. Lokavidu
6. Anuttara Purisadammasarathi
7. Satha Devamanussanam
8. Buddha
9. Bhagava
*More literally, as the Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary observes, sarathi means either "charioteer" or "trainer of horses." see http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philol ... :1:30.pali


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The all-time rushing leader in Idaho football history, Joel Thomas was a key figure for the Vandal football squad from 1993-98. Thomas was the leading rusher and scorer for the Vandals in 1996 and 1998. He ran for 1,229 yards and 16 touchdowns and scored 100 total points in 1998 when he led the Vandals to their first bowl appearance and victory in a 42-35 upset of Southern Miss at the Humanitarian Bowl. That same season, he also was chosen the Big West co-MVP. His 966 all-purpose plays, 765 career rushing attempts, 3,929 rushing yards and 51 rushing touchdowns are all Idaho school records. His 323 career points, 52 career touchdowns and 4,737 all-purpose yards rank second all-time at Idaho. He has the third-best single game rushing performance in school history, a 272-yard performance in a 64-19 victory over Boise State. His 90-yard romp in that game is also the second-longest rush in Idaho history. Thomas was a two-time All-Big West First Team selection, two-time Big West Player of the Week, and a Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine Game invitee. He has gone on to a successful coaching career, including two seasons as the co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach at Idaho. He is currently the running backs coach at Purdue.


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Nelly and Vibe Magazine will be hosting "A Black Affair" tonight at Roxy Orlando. The night will celebrate "Nelly's 10 years in the game with an evening of legendary lyrics and bold flavors." I wouldn't necessarily describe Nelly's music as "legendary" but I have been known to enjoy it quite a bit.
The night is invitation only from 10 p.m. – midnight, but doors open to the public at midnight and the club will be open until 3 a.m. The cover is $10 at the 21-and-up event that has a dress code of black attire to match the theme of the night. Nelly will also be hanging out at the club after the private event. For more information call 407-898-4004.


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ZF-8109: Zend_Loader_Autoloader_Resource::autoload
This method will fail getting the right path because it is adding two slashes at the beginning of the name of the file.
In the method, where it reads (line 176): return include $path . '/' . str_replace('', '/', $final) . '.php'; it must be return include $path . str_replace('', '/', $final) . '.php';
also, I noticed that in the same method in the line 159 that it reads $final = array_pop($segments); but in the line 174 $final = substr($class, strlen($lastMatch));
this is overriding the previous line, so another possibly solution to this is return include $path . '/' . $final . '.php';
Anyway, this is not a good practice in the code. :D
Cheers, Rodrigo Cervone.
Removing the slash there is not a good solution, that way you expect both other parts to have a slash.
I'd suggest a fix by changing:
return include $path . '/' . str_replace('_', '/', $final) . '.php';
return rtrim(include $path, '/') . '/' . ltrim(str_replace('_', '/', $final), '/') . '.php';
That way you remove right trailing slashes from the path and left trailing slashes from the final bit.
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SIS Alumnus Wins ROTC Scholarship Award
As a high school student, Daniel Gogue, SIS/BA '13, knew just what he wanted from his college experience.
He applied to AU specifically to earn the School of International Service's international relations undergraduate degree. "AU (and SIS) attracts an extremely experienced team of professors and researchers who add a new level of depth to the field," he said.
His focus wasn't limited to academics alone. The Frederick Douglass Scholar also applied to the D.C. consortium Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) to continue a family tradition.
"My father, one of eleven children, and his brothers all served in some branch of the military," said Gogue. "My admiration and respect for my elders who served eventually led to the decision."
It was easy for the highly-motivated Gogue to manage both his ROTC and academic commitments.
"Success in ROTC is largely based on one's ability to fulfill three roles: warrior, scholar, and athlete," he said. "I managed to make these roles mutually reinforcing. My desire to succeed and stand out in my ROTC program was motivation enough to push myself during our weekend training exercises, at the gym or on the track, and in the library."
Despite the challenges of scheduling, he even joined a fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi. Gogue wanted, and was able, to have "a real social life." Even his Greek life still overlapped with his military activities – Gogue and his brothers raised over $2,000 for various charities, and, in a highlight of his college career, was able to garner funds for the Wounded Warrior Project by completing the Marine Corps Marathon.
Throughout his time at AU, Gogue excelled at both his studies and in the ROTC, graduating magna cum laude from SIS as a member of the international relations honor society, Sigma Iota Rho, and receiving the ROTC's Consortium Provost Award, given to the cadet who achieves the highest scholastic standing at a consortium school.
Five out of the nine graduating AU cadets, including Gogue, attained the title of Distinguished Military Graduate. "This is over a third of our commissioning class and is an extremely large proportion with respect to other ROTC programs," he said.
While Gogue's academic coursework may be finished, the rest of his Army training is just beginning. He will head next to Fort Benning, Ga., for his Basic Officer Leader's Course. Within the next five years of his service obligation, he plans a rigorous educational schedule to rival the intensity of his AU classes: training as an Armor officer and attending the Army Reconnaissance Course and Airborne School.
With the future ahead, Gogue looked back how his determination paid off.
"Here I am now," he said, "four years later, a college graduate and newly commissioned second lieutenant in the United States Army."


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"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
- Guatama Buddha
yea i corrected myself in the next post. probably should have just edited. or if it's not there maybe that's why, but i only saw a small part of it for a short time, so of course there's stuff i missed.many posts had been deleted when i deleted it...
It was from Keke Le Cat. I didn't bother to question the possible validity of the order I just carried it out.
I miss everything...
So, where's the power glove?
lol at Keke and her craziness hahaha
Your an absolutely wonderful man, any girl that is yours is lucky and I know that from personal experience. ~KMT
conclusion: keke le cat was literally hitler
i miss keke sometimes. i have her as a friend on FB...
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The friendly faces of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary return in a third season of heart-gripping and heart-warming stories. The sanctuary, home and rehabilitation center to hundreds of dogs from all over the country, serves to heal and re-home sick and abandoned animals under a policy of kindness and compassion for all.
DogTown: Friends in Need follows the Best Friends team of experts and volunteers as they struggle to treat some of the most ill and neglected animals they've encountered to date, including victims of Hurricane Katrina and a special case from country legend Emmylou Harris' Tennessee animal rescue.
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This peaceful depiction of the everyday operation of a dog rescue center is highly enjoyable. The training and rehabilitation methods are quite different (at least on the surface) of shows such as the Dog Whisperer, but nonetheless effective. Rehabs are done more slowly and gently, which I find impressive. Dedicated staff sometimes go the extra mile to save dogs. Love this show and hope NatGeo keeps it going.
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Summer is finally here and we are ready to rumble! With 6 events over 3 days, Giant Step is taking over New York City this weekend. Featuring performances by Thievery Corporation, Raphael Saadiq, Katy B, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Fitz & The Tantrums, KING, Louie Vega, Pucho Brown & His Latin Soul Brothers, and so many more, whatever you are in the mood for, we got it for you.
Tonight, at Williamsburg Waterfront, Thievery Corporation takes the stage with special guests Raphael Saadiq, Dam-Funk & Master Blazter. Doors open at 5:30pm and show starts at 6:15 come rain or shine.
Tomorrow, Saturday June 25th, Giant Step's annual party at SummerStage, Central Park marks the official start of summer for us featuring Lee Fields & The Expressions, Fitz & The Tantrums, KING, and DJ Rich Medina. Doors open at 3pm, and show starts at 4pm. This is pure fun in the sun, so come out and bring the kids too!
After recouping from all the sun and fun at SummerStage, make your way over to FOUR at YOTEL New York for the SummerStage after-party, and the first event in our YOTEL New York Weekender series (yes more of this goodness to come every month until the end of November). Music will be provided by Louie Vega, and live performances by Anané and Josh Milan, this party kicks off at 10pm and will keep bumping as long as you do. We are keeping the list open until the last possible minute for this event so tell all your friends, and tell them to bring all their friends too!
Sunday Brunch in New York is practically an official institution at this point in the game. As part of our YOTEL Weekender we invite you to make reservations for this all you can eat brunch at Dohyo at YOTEL New York that will feature music by DJ Bobbito Garcia, and live performances by Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers. After the brunch is over (4pm) head on upstairs to the Terrace at YOTEL to get down to the sounds of Libation with DJ Ian Friday, Manchildblack, and Afro Mosaic Soul.
Just because its Monday doesn't mean the weekend is over. Giant Step and Steve Madden Music want to introduce you to a fresh new face from across the big pond, and we promise it will be worth the outing on a school night. Get ready to meet London's latest dubstep sensation, Katy B, in an intimate stripped down performance with special guest DJ Dhundee behind the DJ booth. Since the event will be at Le Bain, The Standard New York, don't forget to bring your bathing suite.


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Ever heard of the saying "Money is power"? Well, if you're aware and in control of your money, and you have a financial plan, that money will be even more powerful now and in the future!
It's easy to feel disconnected from your money these days. Paychecks automatically get taxed and health insurance is taken out, then the remainder pops up in your bank account. With automatic bill pay, certain basic expenses are deducted from the checking account each month and other basic items like food, clothing, gas, entertainment, and miscellaneous, get paid with a credit or debit card; it is all very convenient. Things just don't seem to cost as much if you pay with plastic!
When you never see real money and never really pay for anything with cold hard cash it's tough to keep track of your spending unless you review your finances each month. There are free services like Mint.com [3]that can monitor the expenses for you. You plug in all of your financial accounts and household expense direct debits and the service will break down the bills by category, then by item, so you can track your cash flow month by month and make adjustments to your spending if needed.
Of course money is necessary for living a comfortable life but it's also crucial for financing the rest of your life - when you're older and (maybe) gray. In your 30's, 40's and early 50's, you are probably concentrating on family, making or saving money for the household, and facing everyday expenses, some planned and some not. It's easy to lose sight of your longer-term needs and goals when so much is happening in the present. Nevertheless, it is very important to harness the power of your money as early as possible and channel it towards your future., since the only person who can save for yourself is you.
Studies have found that over 75% of our country's impoverished are elderly women because they make less money during their careers, focus their monetary power on their families and don't think about themselves until they reach their 60's. A large percentage of women become divorced or widowed by the time retirement age hits, then all of a sudden there's no financial safety net to fall back on. Women are living longer than men by 5- 10 years so, prepared or not, chances are you'll be in charge of the finances at some point in your life.
Therefore, a woman's financial plan should include an automatic monthly deduction for savings and even if you're in your 50's with very little retirement savings, it's not too late to start anIRA [4](Individual Retirement Account) where your money and interest can grow tax-deferred. You are allowed to contribute up to $6000 to your IRA for 2010 or the amount of your annual earnings if it's less than $6000. Plus, if you're a stay-at-home mom and your husband earns income, he can set up a non-wage earning spousal IRA for you up to the allowed amount and at the same time contribute to his own retirement account as long as the contributions aren't more than the total earnings. It's up to you to ask for this if he doesn't volunteer. The spousal IRA is yours from then on.
Make it a point to get up close and personal with your money and devise a financial strategy for the future. Money is power and you can be financially powerful. You owe yourself!


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DENVER - The unbeaten University of Colorado women's basketball team shook off a lethargic start, took control with an 8-0 run and never looked back in dispatching the University of Denver 83-63 here Tuesday night.
Now the Buffaloes can look ahead. Finally, they can focus on their biggest non-conference game - a Friday night date with No. 8 Louisville at the Coors Events Center. The Cardinals are 9-1, with their lone loss by one point (48-47) to archrival Kentucky.
"We feel really good with where we're at," CU coach Linda Lappe said of her team's 8-0 start. "We've seen a little of everything. Obviously Louisville will present a few different things we haven't seen and a different level of talent. But we're excited for it; it should be a really fun game. Hopefully we can get a crowd there. Our players have really been looking forward to this for a long time."
In winning for only the second time in Denver against the Pioneers, the Buffs got a season-high 19 points from Brittany Wilson and 14 points and 11 rebounds from Chucky Jeffery. Leading scorer Arielle Roberson, who entered the game with a 17.3-point average, added 11.
Morgan Van Riper-Rose kept the Pioneers close with 13 first-half points. She finished with a career-high 28
DU defeated CU 70-69 in their most recent Magness Arena matchup on Nov. 16, 2010. The Buffs lead the series 6-2 and won for the third time this season against a Front Range opponent. Before making the trip down I-25 South, CU had beaten Wyoming (68-59) and Colorado State (72-46) in Boulder.
Tuesday's first half produced 11 lead changes, but they all occurred in the first 10 minutes. DU (4-5) took advantage of CU's sluggish start to go ahead by as many as five points (13-8) before the visitors roused themselves.
"It shouldn't have been like that, because it shows that we weren't ready," Jeffery said. "It should be flipped because (Louisville) was on our minds. We have to be prepared."
If it took a little longer for the Buffs to focus, once they got there they took command and made an 18-17 deficit their last of the game. They went on an 8-0 run, getting baskets from Jamee Swan, Roberson (her first of the game), Jeffery and Brittany Wilson on a fast-break assist from Jeffery to go up 25-18 at 6:22 before intermission.
From there until the halftime buzzer, CU increased its lead to 10 on two occasions and led 37-27 at the break. CU outscored DU 9-1 to open the second half and surge ahead 46-28. The Buffs didn't allow the Pioneers their first field goal of the last 20 minutes until the 14:07 mark.
A minute later, CU went up by 23 and wouldn't allow DU within 15 points the rest of the night. The Buffs led by as many as 26 points in the final 4 minutes.
Lappe said the surge to open the final 20 minutes was "the key to the game . . . we got kick started toward the end of the first half and I really enjoyed how we came out of halftime."
She also enjoyed her team getting 50 rebounds for a second consecutive game. The Buffs out-boarded the Pioneers 50-28.
"That's probably the best thing I can say about our team tonight," Lappe noted. "We don't take that lightly. Rebounding takes a lot of heart, character and effort. I really liked how our posts crashed the offensive glass and we were constantly trying to get second- and third-chance points. And we were doing a great job keeping them off the glass. We're extremely happy with our rebounding."
CU outscored DU 32-12 in the paint and got 13 second-chance points to the Pioneers' three. The Buffs committed 13 turnovers and scored 19 points off of the home team's 19 errors. And CU's bench outscored DU's 30-12.
When the Buffs finally got engaged, the night turned easy. But Lappe and her players know a slow start on Friday might doom them. The ante goes up against Louisville.
But, noted Brittany Wilson, "It is good to know if we come out like we did (Tuesday) we can turn the switch on and come back up. But we're not going to be able to do it against a really good team. We've got to come out like we have been and play with the defensive pressure we have been. Tonight it wasn't as good as it could have been.
"We didn't come out with our defensive pressure as we usually do. We came out kind of slow. It's never good to look on to the next team, but we were excited to play this team. We know we can play with the best of the best. The time to show it is now."
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The Lots of Dots rug from Joy Carpets adds color and cheer to any classroom, and it can also help small children make the transition from chairs to floor much easier with its organizational rows. Each row has a color, and each child has a dot. The generously sized squares allow kids can keep elbows and knees tucked inside. This 6'7" x 13'2" half-round carpet is designed to withstand demanding educational environments.
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As you have read, I am building my own Gyro.
My question is. Have you ever done something similar?
What were your problem area's? Do you like to share?
For the people who haven't have been building their own sensors. Have you got any valuable information wich you like to share (e.g. drivers.)
And what code should I use for building the driver?