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Last night, at the end of the men's figure skating competition, silver-medalist Patrick Chan of Canada reminded viewers of his medal count during an interview on NBC, referring to himself as a two-time Olympic silver medalist. I thought for sure I misheard, since my memory of the last Olympics is quite clear, and Chan most definitely was not on that podium. And then it hit me. Of course he has a second medal — the team medal. Technically he is in possession of two silver medals. But does that actually make him a two-time Olympic medalist? The difference is extremely subtle, but also extremely significant.
Compare that to the other two-time Canadian Olympic silver medalist, Brian Orser, who ironically helped Yuzuru Hanyu, Chan's top rival, to Olympic gold. To earn his titles, Orser had to skate two perfect programs in 1988. He won the short and missed the gold in the freeskate by the slimmest of margins in what was considered to be the best night of skating ever — the Battle of the Brians. And four years earlier, Orser actually won both the short and the freeskate, but could not overcome Scott Hamilton's lead in figures, which were part of the competition at the time. Can that kind of effort and success be compared to Chan's team silver, in which he only skated a flawed short program?
A similar dissonance between hardware earned and reality happened when Russia's Evgeny Plushenko's record was declared by the media to have equaled that of Gillis Grafström, who won four Olympic medals in the 1930s. Grafström's medals were all individual medals, earned the old-fashioned way. Plushenko, like Chan, did not win the short program in the team competition, nor skated a long program. How can that be considered a real Olympic medal? Neither of them put forth the competitive effort that is normally associated with an Olympic medal.
These are not theoretical questions. History maintains records for a reason. It is true that not all records are perfectly comparable. Rules change. Skaters can win with great skates or poor ones, depending on the competition that night. But still, all medalists had to compete against the world's best in however many tests were involved in attaining the medal, and then came out on top. Most of the skaters did nothing close to that to earn the medal they now add to their record. Some only skated one program and only faced a few of their competitors, not necessarily their toughest ones.
Yet others with Olympic medal abilities chose to sit out the team competition altogether. Former world champions from Germany, Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy, did not want to risk a mishap so close before their individual event. Does that take anything away from their record?
So what's the real value of medals won against a handful of competitors, with poorly skated short or long programs only, and especially when the effort of the other members of the team earned the accolades they now claim for themselves?
These are issues the International Skating Union and individual skating associations need to address. It is easy to just allow all participants to claim to be Olympic medalists (or multiple-time Olympic medalists). But that devalues the worthiness of the medals earned the old-fashioned way by their predecessors: by competing against their toughest rivals and coming out on top.
Moreover, some skaters, however brilliant, simply cannot compete in the team event because their small countries do not have competitors in other disciplines, particularly dance or pairs. Take European champion Javier Fernandez, the first great skater from Spain, who narrowly missed winning a medal in Sochi, and bronze medalist Denis Ten of Kazakhstan. Shouldn't they have the right to add another medal to their records, just like Chan or Plushenko? Are they less worthy of one?
At the very least, to bestow the title of Olympic medalist on a skater based on a team event, that skater should compete in both a long and a short program, and do at least as well individually as the team did as a whole. Other sports confer medals based on a single trial: one race, one round of swimming, one jump, one ride down the mountain. Figure skating consists of two trials, and their combined total determines the winner. No one should call himself a medalist without having done that bare minimum.
Moreover, skaters from smaller countries should have a chance to compete in a team event as well — perhaps by creating a separate international team, one that would give them a chance to vie for medals with the big countries. Otherwise you eliminate potential champions from contention and the record books.
The issue is brand new, as the team competition was inaugurated at these Olympics without ever having been tried before. In many ways it was not thoroughly thought through. Assuming it continues as an Olympic event, the figure skating team concepts needs a serious overhaul. Even more importantly, serious consideration should go into what constitutes an "Olympic medalist." A round piece of metal around your neck does not equal Olympic greatness when others contributed to it more than the individual who claims that glory.


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St. Louis, Missouri, is prepared to show how a city celebrates a 250th Anniversary. Three years of planning for the full year of 2014 was kicked off on December 31, 2013 with the First Night in Grand Center New Year's Eve event with a 250th birthday theme. All element of the city participated. Grand Center is a four block arts and entertainment district located in midtown St. Louis near Saint Louis University. See many more details at the official website: www.stl250.org.
The Missouri History Museum has accepted the challenge of "how do you crystallize 250 years" of the city with their "250 in 250" exhibit with showcases snapshots from the history of St. Louis. This exhibit will focus on 50 people, 50 places, 50 moments, 50 images, and 50 objects that reflect the diversity, complexity, and richness of the city's history. The exhibition with run from February 14th through February of the following year.
The city was officially founding in 1764 as a fur trading post by Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau. Chouteau was a very young man when he stepped off a small river boat of Laclede's onto a spot on the grounds now occupied by the Gateway Arch, constructed in 1964. At the time, it was chosen as "little more than a sloping bluff clearing" where shelter was available from the swelling Mississippi River compared to other lowland spots. When Laclede arrived to see the progress on the trading post at the site, later in 1764, he named it "St. Louis in honor of St. Louis IX, the famed 13th century medieval king of France and patron saint of the current king, Louis XV."
A series of events will be held on Valentine's Day weekend, February 14-16, to observe the historic founding of St. Louis. Historians agree the founding occurred in February, be documents that might pinpoint the exact date have been lost to antiquity.
During the 10 months from March through December 2014, a strong sense of civic pride or "community attachment" in its citizens will be spotlighted each month with 10 indicators celebrated: social offerings, leadership, openness, economy, aesthetics, safety, education, social capital, basic services, and civic involvement. A leader was quoted as saying, "We want the region to carry this excitement into the next 50 years."
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Technology as a service tomorrow!
By DaveLevy on Feb 26, 2005
Hal & Jim opened the CEC. In Hal's speech, he referred to some research undertaken by Brenda Laurel about how teenagers consume technology, my take away point is that they love their phones, my personal experience is that they don't use e-mail. He illustrates how kids are consuming technology as a service (albeit transactional service) and that they perceive companies and offering differently. Apple is a design company, not an engineering one. This service orientated computing needs to occur, but the consumers thinks tehnology is cool, and they'll be the only buyers years in 20 years time. Again my expereince is that having held out for many years, I've just bought Sky, internet broad band and a web site (including disk rental).
Brenda's original research was about Girls & Games - go on check it out
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Ninja Turtles
Model and actor Alan Ritchson ("Smallville," "Fired Up," "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire") has been cast as Raphael in Jonathan Liebesman's upcoming live-action/CGI combo reboot "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" at Paramount and Platinum Dunes.
The role is a motion capture performance (ala "Avatar," "Tintin"). Megan Fox is already onboard as April O'Neil. [Source: Deadline]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
Rebel Wilson ("Bridesmaids," "Pitch Perfect") let slip that she had a meeting about being in "The Hunger Games." She goes onto day she will be playing one of the people in the Capitol.
"There aren't a lot of roles open, because they've all already been cast, but that would be awesome. I'd love to be in The Hunger Games." [Source: Slashfilm]
Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse have joined the cast of the comedy "Townies" alongside Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, and Rose Byrne.
Nicholas Stoller helms the project in which Rogen plays a man who can't stand living near a college fraternity. [Source: Deadline]
St. Vincent De Van Nuys
Chris O'Dowd is in early talks to join the cast of Ted Melfi's "St. Vincent De Van Nuys".
O'Dowd plays a priest that is shocked with how well the 12-year-old main character and Murray's character get along. [Source: Deadline]


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Friday, July 18th, 2008by Elizabeth Flynn
Today I had a meeting with my team leaders in the orphan department and then I went out to visit the street boys that we have in our Smile Africa program. It was great to see them and hear how well they are doing in school.Nick, Leah and LIz went over to Smile Africa to feed the Karamonjong kids. They help out and had a great time.
Tom said they had a great day at the Safari. They saw Lion and all kinds of animals. Tom said that the team really enjoyed the day. They will travel back all the way to Tororo to be with us tomorrow. It is a long journey but they are looking forward to coming here.
Thursday, July 17, 2008by Elizabeth Flynn
Today Thursday July 17th I took Nick, Liz and Leah out to some villages in Tororo to meet some of our kids in the program. We were checking on kids that have HIV and also i was updating the kids photos. We were able to see many kids. It was a good day. We then went over to a house that we have partner with to help 13 orphans. We had praise and worship with them and gave out flip flops to all the kids. We really enjoyed our time there with the kids. It was a special night for all of us.
The second team came in last night and they were off to Fort Portal today. Tom said that it was a good travel day for them. They got to Fort Portal and then went over to tour James land. They all really enjoyed that. After that they went to the Sunrise House and played with the kids. They ate dinner there with the kids and then the kids sang and danced for them. Tomorrow they will go on their safari. Tom said that they are all having a great time so far.
Monday, July 15, 2008by Elizabeth Flynn
On Monday the 15th i took off to Kenya and meet with some four kids that are going to Jan's Academy in Kisumu. It was great to see these kids because they are doing so well now that they are in a boarding school. I have put some photos on so you can see how happy they are to be in boarding school. We have Peter who is sponsored by Kelli, Diana who is sponsored by Brian Lee, Eucabeth who is sponsored by Elliana and then Steven sponsored by Nona Hart. Thanks so all of you for supporting these kids in boarding school. You are really investing into their lives. They all greet you.
Then we slept over night in Kisumu and went on to Tanzana. I had to take photos of 25 children that we are entering into our program. These kids have not ever had their photos taken so they were not all smiles. They didn't know what to think when i showed them their photo on my camera. They also don't speak english there so that was a challenge but we got all of our work done there. I slept over night and then we heading all the way back to Uganda the next day. It was long trip but good. God protected us on the long journey.
Saturday, July 12, 2008by Larry Knutsen
Yesterday was a day of adventure. In Mumutumba there was a medical outreach where anyone can come for free medical help. We were also privileged to rent a store front with a home behind it for the sewing ministry. One of the young widows was selected to live in the home with her children. The tailor was hired to train the women, creating opportunities for widows to earn an income. A wonderful meal was provided by the women of True Vine Mumutumba, including liver, beef, chicken, posha and pasta. It was sad to discover one of the women in the church had left her husband and 7 children. 2 of her children were sick and Desiree and Lizzy were able to find the medicine that wasn't available at the clinic. Mark and Desiree then arranged to fix the roof on their hut. The latrine was finished and the addition to the clinic and chicken house were well underway. We visited Pastor Jessica's home and Moses' home, where they wanted us to pray a blessing over their families and homes. As you read this please remember to pray for Matia's daughter who has malaria and is not responding to the medication. She has been admitted to the hospital on IV medication. This morning has been a time of reflection as we prepare to leave Uganda. We have been touched by the extreme poverty in many areas and the overwhelming joy at the same time. From the Karomojong who are outcasts, to the beautiful village of Bupoto, we are definitely leaving a part of our hearts here in Uganda. Please pray, asking God how He would want you to be a part of the work in Uganda through Hope for Kids. Much has been accomplished but there is much to do as well. God has done great things and will continue to do His work, let's join together and enjoy the blessing of being used in this beautiful country.
Saturday, July 12, 2008by Elizabeth Flynn
I took Michelle, Stan and Elizabeth out to visit their child's home. We first stopped at the village that Stan has his sponsored child in. He really enjoyed returning back to this home because he went with us in July 2005. They gave us tea to welcome us. Michelle took photos of the family and printed them out for them. They were so happy. Then we stopped off at Mumutumba to visit Elizabeth's girl. Elizabeth was able to spend the rest of the day there while I took Michelle out to see her sponsored child for the first time.When we stopped I was surprised to meet my mom sponsored child Meble. She was so happy to see me and also asked when my mom is come to see her. I told her that I have come to see her for my mom. We took photos and gave them to her also. It was great to see her. She walked with us to see Michelle's boy. We took lots of photos there and printed them out for Wafula family. Michelle was very happy to see that Wafula has a great family. We had a great day visited these kids.Then in the very late afternoon I was able to go out to see our girls that go to Buckley boarding school. We fed them food because it was visiting day.
Friday, July 11, 2008by Elizabeth Flynn
On this trip to Tororo, there are two people from MCO and Associates, a construction company in Phoenix, that have taken on the project of completing the guest house at the True Vine compound. Dave Rose and Michael Appleton have been working with some local Ugandan locals to coordinate the completion of the plumbing for three bathrooms, a laundry room and the kitchen, adding a bedroom, and finishing the kitchen. The local workers are doing a wonderful job in their respective areas while under the guidance of Mike and Dave, while these two are building the cabinetry for the kitchen. The hit of the project has been the battery operated power tools that Dave and Mike brought with them, especially to Pastor Wilber whom was a carpenter before coming to the ministry. For Mike and Dave, it has been a learning experience to see how the Ugandan locals perform various aspects of construction compared to the U.S. They have both enjoyed the time they have had working here and expressed how they wish they could be here long enough to realize the completion of the project.
Thursday, July 10, 2008by Angie Simon
Today, the team got word that Grace's house got on fire. Her young son was playing with matches when he accidentally caught the house on fire. Grace was outside at the time working in the garden. Her young son escaped uninjured by the flames. When the team arrived at Grace's house, the walls were still smoldering and Grace was on her knees sobbing uncontrollably. Fortunately, the structure was fine, but Grace's entire contents of the house were gone. Tom made a list of all of her contents that were destroyed by the fire to see how we could respond.
Michele was moved by Grace and wanted to replace her items. So, Michele, Nick, Tom and Grace went to the market and bought her a new bed, mattress dishes, clothes. It turned out to be a very special day! Grace was elated and gave Michele a BIG hug. Thanks Michele for reaching out to help Grace!——On one of the original trips to Uganda, Grace gave Tom a chicken that was equal to about 25% of her wealth. Last year, our team built her house and stuccoed the mud. That stucco kept Grace's house from burning to the ground.
Thursday, July 10, 2008by Elizabeth Flynn
The team, Larry, Jeanette, Mark, Desiree, Mikhaila, Leah, Valerie, and Chris, went to Seaside's sponsored village, Mumutumba. We hosted a widows' outreach along with our sister church, where we washed widows' feet as Jesus commanded us to serve one another. We also painted their fingernails and put lipstick on the ones who wanted it. We had the privilege of blessing them with gifts they got to take home. Each woman received a basin, a towel, rice, sugar, tea, and a purse filled with toiletries. There were 54 widows and we were very busy. The women clapped and sang while we washed their feet and it was a joyful day for all. Serving them was a huge blessing for our team.
We also had the privilege of visiting Pastor Justin's church. Pastor Justin is a major spiritual influencer and has planted many churches in the area, including the church in Mumutumba. His wife prepared a feast for the team and we got to see his home and meet his family. He asked Larry and Jeanette, and Mark and Desiree to plant trees in his yard to commemorate our visit and to bless his home. What an honor!
——–Elizabeth traveled up north (5 hrs) to Gulu today to visit one of our orphans. Gulu is the town that many children were abducted to fight in the Lord's Republican Army. They were known as the Invisible Children. Elizabeth is back safely now. We will hear more about her adventure later!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008by Elizabeth Flynn
Another beautiful day in Uganda. The entire team was busy with great projects today. Mike and Dave worked hard on the guest house cutting the wood for the kitchen cabinets.Another group of us went to Iganda to visit the Buckley boarding school where eleven of our orphans are currently going to school. The journey is long, dusty and bumpy but worth every minute once you get there. The grounds are beautiful. The school goes to P-7 and also teaches special needs deaf and blind children.
Michele was able to photograph the entire P-6 and P-7 grades. It was like having a school photographer there. Each girl received a portrait of herself. Larry, Jeanette, and Brian helped to print 230 photographs for the girls in just about 2 hours.I was able to visit with all 11 of the girls that have been supported by their sponsors in this wonderful school. Larry and Jeanette had a chance to visit with Emma their orphan.We were all entertained by Robert one of the field officers here, when Michele gave him the headphones for her ipod. He was dancing and singing along with the music only he could hear in his head. The highlight came when he was singing out load Queen's "We will rock you" only he was singing – "We will – we will -rock and roll". The rest of us in the van were crying with laughter. His Ugandan accent added to the comedy of this.
On Sunday we had a chance to visit the hospital in Tororo. The conditions have improved a bit. Different groups went to different areas of the hospital.Michele went to the children's ward and photographed the mothers with their sick children. She had photographed many of the children in their bed with their mothers and started to print them outside so she could give the photographs to the mothers. Before she knew it there was a mob scene behind her. Mothers had taken their children out of bed and outside so they could be photographed. It was hard to get them to understand to line up for a turn. We finally accomplished that and everyone had there turn but we would not have time to print while there. Michele took some more images of the children outside and promised to return the next day with the photos. I can't begin to explain how happy they were that they would have a photo of their child.Michele brought more than 100 photographs back to the hospital the next morning and the mothers could not have been more excited. They had a picture of their child – more than likely the only one they will ever have.The team prayed with the people there and it was a great day to be God's light.
Monday, July 7, 2008by Elizabeth Flynn
Today most of the team went up to Bupoto. We first stopped at the village that Community Church of Joy is sponsoring. We were able to see all the building that is going on there. It looked like a new village. They were all so happy to have us there and are waiting for there sister church CCOJ to come and visit them in November. They say thanks for the support! The team had a great time listening to the kids singing to them.Then we went on to Bupoto up the big hill. They were repairing the road so the guys got out to help so we could cross the bridge to get to Bupoto. We got up there and as we drove up the people were singing to welcome us. We toured the all the new buildings. The Pastors new house and then we went into the new church. They were so happy and filled with joy to have us and we were filled with joy to see all that has been done. Thanks so much to Kirk and Laura Evans. They can't wait to see you. Tom and I were able to speak to the church members. Tom spoke about how God has provided them with the blessings of having sponsors. We had such a great time up there. We danced in the church until all the rain subsided!
Hope 4 Kids International is 501c3 faith-based non-profit committed to help children around the world that are suffering from extreme poverty through Dignity, Health, Joy & Love. www.hope4kidsinternational.org


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Saturday nite's beer review: Monkey wrench
Monkey Wrench is brewed by the Daleside Brewery located somewhere in England. The label on the bottle describes it as "dark and beautifully smooth" while according to the Daleside's web page, it is a "strong, smooth, malty ale with a touch of sweetness". It was smooth alright, whatever that means, but I wouldn't call it "strong" and I didn't think it was sweet at all. It is a good beer, nevertheless, but I would like it better if it had a stronger aroma.
Daleside has a peculiar, poorly written and designed web page. If you look under "Bottled beers", you won't find the Monkey Wrench, but if you Google for it, the link I put above comes up. Why is it that only seldom does a brewery have a decent webpage?


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College Hockey:St. Cloud scores four on power play, beats New Hampshire
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — It was exactly what St. Cloud State needed: a quick start and a turnaround performance by a power play that struggled through the first four games.
The Huskies scored four goals on five power play opportunities in an offense-friendly 7-5 win against nonconference opponent New Hampshire Friday at the National Hockey Center.
"Special teams needed to dictate tonight and it did," said SCSU coach Bob Motzko. "It was a monster win for us."
The Huskies entered the game 1-3-0 and special teams were hurting SCSU, which had a 2-for-13 (15.4 percent) power play.
"We won the special teams battle and that was one of our goals coming in," said SCSU forward Ben Hanowski.
The Huskies had plenty of chances from the start, including a David Eddy shot that hit the pipe 57 seconds in, but it was UNH that got the first goal.
Austin Block's pass in the UNH attack zone deflected off an SCSU skate and into the slot where Scott Pavelski corralled the puck, turned around and shot it past Huskies goaltender Mike Lee.
SCSU finally cashed in less than two minutes later on the power play when Nic Dowd deflected Hanowski's shot from the point past UNH goaltender Matt Di Girolamo.
Huskies forward Jordy Christian carried the puck into the zone and with three minutes remaining in the first period and left it for Mitch MacMillan in the left circle. MacMillan fired a shot on goal and Travis Novak buried the rebound off Di Girolamo's pad save. It was Novak's third goal of the season.
The Wildcats tied it on a goal in the 91 seconds before the first intermission and tied the Huskies for shots on goal in the first period, but SCSU had the advantage in scoring chances and the tempo.
"I liked our energy, but we need to do a better job of keeping the puck alive in the offensive zone," Motzko said. "They blocked a lot of our shots."
"That was alright, the score was still tied," added UNH coach Dick Umile. "Once we got behind, we started competing."
The Huskies opened up a three-goal lead in the second period with power play goals by Drew LeBlanc and Jarrod Rabey and an even-strength score by Cam Reid.
Then the Wildcats came back to life with goals by John Henrion, Stevie Moses and Damon Kipp to bring UNH within one goal at 6-5. SCSU's Nick Jensen also scored in the third period.
Umile pulled Jeff Wyer, who replaced Di Girolamo after the second period, with 43 seconds remaining in the game, but Hanowski ensured the SCSU victory with an empty-net goal from the red line.
"We got pucks to the net and we had a lot of different guys scoring and that's always going to help you win games," Hanowski said.
Lee finished with 28 saves in net for the Huskies to pick up his second win of the season. Di Girolamo stopped just 19 of the 24 shots he faced and Wyer had 11 saves, all in the third period.
For Umile, he was happy his team was able to finally put some pucks in the net after a nightmarish 0-3 start in which the Wildcats scored just one goal against Hockey East opponents. But despite a five-goal performance, UNH's own penalty kill buried the team.
"Offensively, it was nice to score some goals, but then we got into some specialty situations, they score four power play goals and that was the disappointing part of the game," Umile said. "Our guys loosened up a little bit with guys scoring and maybe that will help us out."
On the other bench, Motzko knows his team's power play is clicking, but the penalty kill has to improve after UNH scored twice on five power plays. The SCSU kill entered the game 8-for-11 (72.8 percent) and now have one of the worst in the nation at 69 percent.
"The (Henrion) power play goal, we nearly killed the darn thing off, but we made some bad decisions late," Motzko said. "We had a great kill in the second period and what we did in the third, we can crack that.
"There were a lot of early-season mistakes on both sides, the pucks got past the goalies and it made for a crazy ending."
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Sanjay Gupta's Shootout at Wadala
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Khloe Kardashian and French Montana are going strong, but right now the couple isn't having sex at all. You have to wonder why Khloe would share this news with the world. It all has to do with his religion. On Friday, ABC News shared it is now Ramadan, a month of fasting for the Muslim culture. French is taking part in this and is not doing a lot of things for a month.
During that entire month, you don't eat, drink, smoke or have sex. Khloe teased that she is actually torturing him since he can't have sex with her right now. It sounds like she is doing what she can to make this hard on him but French is sticking to it and handling it okay. Khloe also shared that he can be a softy sometimes.
Khloe spoke out about French saying, "People are going to comment no matter what, if I dated like the most clean cut, perfect guy, they are going to comment." She was asked about people saying that he might hurt her and went on to say "That's just the way it is, so if I'm having fun and I like this kid, no one else should care. They're not f------ him. So why do they care?"
It really does look like Khloe Kardashian and French Montana are doing great together. This couple hasn't been together for very long but they are really hitting it off. She has been pretty quiet about how things are going between them. It sounds like they are just having fun together right now and will see how things end up for the couple.
Don't miss Khloe Kardashian on new episodes of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" on Sunday nights on E!. It is unknown if French will end up on the show this season. Fans will have to just watch and find out.


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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Senior Tabi Love was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 7.00 kills per set to lead the sixth-ranked Bruins to victories over Washington State and fifth-ranked Washington. She produced 24 kills against the Cougars and 25 versus the Huskies.
On Friday, Love added five digs to her 24 kills, which marked the most for a Bruin in a three-set match this season. She was flawless in the opening set, posting eight kills and no errors in 13 attempts. She added nine kills and three digs in the second and seven kills in the third, leading the Bruins in kills in all three sets and hitting .412 for the match.
On Sunday, Love had another strong opening set, producing 10 of the Bruins' 19 kills to go with three digs. She also led the Bruins in kills in the second with six and the third with seven, finishing the match with two kills and three digs in the fourth. Love produced six digs and a pair of blocks.
Love leads the Bruins with 4.55 kills and 4.94 points per set, and has a .320 hitting percentage on the season. She has seven matches this season with at least 20 kills after failing to surpass the mark last year.
This season marks the second in which the Pac-12 has handed out weekly Offensive, Defensive and Freshman of the Week awards. Love earned her first-ever Pac-12 POW honor and it was the third Offensive POW for the Bruins over the last two years.
The now fifth-ranked Bruins open up a four-match road trip on Friday at Arizona at 8 p.m. The match will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Networks and Gametracker will be available at UCLABruins.com.


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Muffins have been a favorite hot bread that many enjoy anytime during the day. For breakfast, blueberry or bran muffins are popular. At dinnertime, corn muffins are the very bread to go with the main course. Even as snack, a muffin can be a tasty and satisfying way to tide us over until our next meal.
With many of us having to watch our food dollars, we want to make recipes that are good to eat, in addition to being economical. The recipe I have for you fits this criteria and is for "Applesauce Muffins". This recipe makes about four dozen muffins. The batter can mixed and stored covered in the refrigerator until you're ready to bake. Or, you can bake all of the batter at once and freeze the muffins. Simply bake the muffins and when cooled, pack in large Ziploc bags. Label the bags and freeze. When you're ready for some, remove the number needed from the freezer and thaw at room temperature. If you're short on time, you could place them in the microwave and thaw them that way. Wrap them in a paper towel and use the defrost setting.
This is also a recipe that's not very expensive to make. If you look at the recipe, it calls for margarine, a can of applesauce and only two eggs. If you would like to make the muffins even more special, and your budget permits it, you can add nuts or raisins. Even without them, this makes a very good muffin that's light and flavorful. The warm, spicy aroma while they bake is wonderful. Served hot with butter and they're fabulous!
These muffins are also spicy, getting their flavors from cinnamon and cloves. You'll probably already have the ingredients needed to make them, so it's indeed an economical recipe. One thing to follow in making these muffins: the recipe can be made with an electric mixer up to the point where the flour is added. Since you cream the margarine, sugar and eggs, this step can be done easily with a mixer. However, I advise the dry ingredients be added by hand and stirred. You don't want to beat the mixture as this would give you a heavy muffin with tunnels throughout the muffin's texture. Use a gentle hand and you'll have light muffins.
While I'm on the subject, I shared a recipe a long while back for "Cornless Corn Muffins", which use pancake mix. These muffins taste a lot like a corn muffin. To get this recipe, follow this link:
Make a batch of these muffins and enjoy them, knowing they are good and easy on your wallet!
- 2 sticks margarine, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 can (about 1 pound or 2 cups) unsweetened applesauce
- 1 cup chopped nuts and/or 1 cup raisins (optional)
Cream together the margarine and sugar. Beat together the eggs and vanilla extract and add to the creamed mixture. Stir the baking soda into the applesauce. Combine the flour with the spices. By hand, alternately stir in the flour mixture with the applesauce mixture, mixing only enough to blend. Add the nuts and/or the raisins, if using them. Spoon into greased muffins tins, filling cups about 1/2 full. Bake at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes or until they test done in the center. Remove from pans immediately and serve warm with soft butter. Yield: Makes four bakings of 1 dozen muffins each.


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An email sent from the Association of Bay County Educators to the district's teachers is causing some controversy.
ABCE Spokesperson Brian Phillips wrote the original email, which he sent to representatives at each of the schools.
The email blasted the current school board proposal of a zero percent salary increase for teachers, among other issues under negotiation.
It further blasted the board for passing a budget in September, renewing the contract with Emerald Bay Academy, which cost about $2.4 million dollars.
Phillips called out four board members writing, "Allen, Sabiston, McFatter, and Brock would rather give school funding to a private Texas company than investing in students and teachers."
However, Board Member Jon McFatter says the email didn't mention all the positives of the Emerald Bay contract.
"Families come in here and a lady stands right over there and says Emerald Bay saved my child. It saved my child, but I don't read that in your email. But yet I'm getting 150 plus emails from employees that are livid because we made a vote that stood for those kids," said McFatter.
"Certainly I put out that email. Yes, I'll live up to that. I'm proud I did, because those teachers are upset. They're upset knowing that next year their compensation may be affected and they want to let their elected officials know that," said Phillips.
Phillips included the board members email addresses in his email and encouraged teachers to contact them.
McFatter says Phillips has the right to disagree with their decision, but purposely creating teacher animosity toward the board was unprofessional.


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Ducati MotoGP Qualifying – Mugello
If ever Valentino Rossi needed a strong result it was at the Italian Grand Prix. And indeed two Ducatis ended up at the sharp end of the field during qualifying for tomorrow's Mugello MotoGP but only one was in the factory squad and it wasn't even the fastest. Hector Barbera put his Pramac Ducati on the front row.
Barbera was the star of the Ducati show who put his satellite spec Pramac Ducati into 3rd position, just a over a quarter of a second behind Dani Pedrosa's pole position time.
Nicky Hayden posted the fourth-best lap time in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. The American made two clean attempts for fast laps near the end of the session, and in both cases he was well into the 1 minute, 48 second range, finishing just over one tenth of a second off the front row and less than four tenths from pole.
Valentino Rossi, meanwhile, wasn't able to take advantage of the soft tyre, and his time, which was good for tenth on the grid, came when he was on the hard tyre.
Hèctor Barberà (Pramac Racing) 3rd place (1'47.545)
"If yesterday somebody told me that I could start from the front row, I would not have believed it. But today I'm on the first row and tomorrow I will start Pramac Racing's home race from an amazing third spot on the grid. It's like a dream. I had to say thanks to my crew, who worked tirelessly during every session, understanding how to work with our Ducati machine. But there is another important point: I really enjoyed riding my bike and these kinds of sensations allowed me to have a more consistent and faster pace. Tomorrow I will try to have a good start and fight for the whole race with the front guys."
Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) 4th (1:47.671)
"That was exciting. I don't think anyone left anything on the table today, which is the way that qualifying should be. My goal was to be in the 47s and in the top five, and we accomplished that, which is good. On the other hand, to be so close to the front row here at Mugello makes me wish for just that little bit more. Still, fourth on the grid isn't a bad starting spot here at Mugello. We picked up a couple of things today, and we've steadily made the bike a bit better. Compared to yesterday, I was quite a bit quicker with the hard tyre this afternoon. It's going to be an extremely hard race, because at these temperatures, tyre wear could be difficult. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to the race tomorrow. Hopefully I can do a good result that this team, these fans and I can all be proud of. I'm expecting a wild one tomorrow."
Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) 10th (1:48.502)
"It didn't go very well, which is a shame. The biggest problem was that I didn't improve at all with the soft tyre, while the others lowered their times a lot. It's too bad because we're not so far off with the hard tyre. With the soft, I had a lot of chatter, to the point that I couldn't take advantage of it. Anyway, the hard tyre is what will be used in the race, so we could go a little better. Of course I'll have to start tenth, from the fourth row, so I'll have to make some passes. We're pretty fast in the first part of the track, but we lose a lot in T4. We'll see what we can do."
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ORNL implements shared filesystems in Spider
Anyone working in Data Analysis and Visualization will tell you that the #1 problem facing them is file storage. As the datasets get bigger and bigger, moving them from the HPC's to the Visualization Resources becomes a bigger pain. Oak Ridge National Labs has been facing this problem for a while now, and has just recently stood up a distributed fileserver named 'Spider' to fix this.
Once a project ran an application on Jaguar, it then had to move the data to the Lens visualization platform for analysis. Any problem encountered along the way would necessitate that the cumbersome process be repeated. With Spider connected to both Jaguar and Lens, however, this headache is avoided. "You can think of it as eliminating islands of data. Instead of having to multiply file systems all within the NCCS, one for each of our simulation platforms, we have a single file system that is available anywhere. If you are using extremely large data sets on the order of 200 terabytes, it could save you hours and hours."
While this is nice, it still doesn't solve the problem of then maintaining that data in Memory. But at least you don't have to spend a month waiting on an FTP to finish anymore.
Update: I spoke with a source at ORNL, and they corrected a few things:
- Spider isn't new, it's been around for at least a year.
- It's 10.7 PetaBytes
- They don't use FTP, they use SCP & HSI
So if it's not new, why the press release? Not really sure to be honest. Suspicions are it's because it was previously in a testing mode, but has just officially entered "production" and general availability.
via HPCwire: Spider Up and Spinning Connections to All Computing Platforms at ORNL.


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150 Years Later: John Wilkes Booth
In case you haven't read any Sarah Vowell, you should catch up on John Wilkes Booth's three plots against Lincoln since today is the 150th anniversary of his assassination.
In case you haven't read any Sarah Vowell, you should catch up on John Wilkes Booth's three plots against Lincoln since today is the 150th anniversary of his assassination.
In the market for a stunning $7.4 million ranch in Idaho? Steve McQueen's is for sale.
Had a bit of a NPR driveway moment this morning because I caught the last five or so of Fresh Air's interview with Phil Ramone, which happened in 1995. I didn't realize he'd passed away. His career began with a 14 year old Leslie Gore, and continued until he passed away, having worked with everyone from Burt Bacharach to Paul McCartney. The interview goes beyond that (as most Fresh Air interviews do) with glimpses into what a 1960s studio was like, how he worked (overdubs were illegal, just one day to record Sondheim's Passion) and what he learned. Just an incredible man with a lot of incredible stories. Next up: the Audio Engineering Society's Oral History Project five part interview with him. Can't wait.
Skip all the stuff about being buried with your cell phone and meditation and get to the good stuff:
"If you are buried in a typical cheap coffin, it shouldn't actually be that hard to breach as the weight of the earth above will already be bowing the top board quite a bit; it is even somewhat likely that the earth has already breached the cheap coffin somewhere, without need of your help; if you feel dirt in the coffin, thank your lucky stars because the hardest part is accomplished already."
"As an adult, you may think you've roughly mapped the continent of love and relationships. You've loved your parents, a few of your friends, eventually a significant other. You have some tentative cartography to work with from your explorations. You form ideas about what love is, its borders and boundaries. Then you have a child, look up to the sky, and suddenly understand that those bright dots in the sky are whole other galaxies.
You can't possibly know the enormity of the feelings you will have for your children. It is absolutely fucking terrifying."
Young Letterman.


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Emmaco Home Health Services Inc, located in Houston, Texas provides the following services: In-Home Care. It accepts the following payment methods: Medicare and Medicaid. Emmaco Home Health Services Inc has received 5 stars from Medicare and an average user review rating of 5 stars. Emmaco Home Health Services Inc has an average hospital, First Street Hospital Lp, located nearby, which scored a 77 out of 100 in its most recent Medicare review. The Emmaco Home Health Services Inc's nearest hospital is 4 miles away. The zipcode (77074) in Texas, where Emmaco Home Health Services Inc is located, has a below average safety rating based on recent crime statistics. A more detailed description of the types of care for Emmaco Home Health Services Inc can be found here.
Emmaco Home Health Services Inc is an in-home care provider. In Home care could be either medical ("skilled") or non-medical ("custodial") support services delivered at the home of the senior. "skilled" service providers who usually provide various medical care needs and "custodial" care providers who provide services for daily living such as bathing, dressing, and meal preparation but may also extend to assistance with transportation, paying bills, making appointments, and simply being there to provide companionship and emotional support. Home Care services are generally available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and are sometimes paid for directly by the client or through a variety of public and private funding sources such as Medicare and/or Medicaid. Make sure you know your loved one's Medicare and Medicaid eligibility, and understand how you can use tools like long term care insurance to pay for in home care.
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April 10, 2007Happy Happy Birthday!!!!!!
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April 20, 2006Back home in Maui, exactly one year ago I got a call from one of my surfing buds, N8 Castro, asking if I would take a couple of his SF peeps surfing with me. I considering for a moment but then getting filled with the aloha spirit. One of these 2 peeps ended up being non other than the Fabulous Fanny FONG!
It was pretty much instant. Both in the water and on the beech, the conversation came natural. It seemed we had so much in commom, almost living parallel lives in two different worlds. Then came horrible news of having to indefinatley re-locate due to my step father's ill health and mom's business situation.
What a step-up kinda gal. She not only picked her new Maui buddy up from SFO, but delivered me down to Monterey.
She has brought so much happiness to my life in such a gloomy situation. Being apart from my other half, dealing with an impossible situation, father passing, and aunt in really bad condition you'd think I'd jump of the bridge already. But thanks to Fanny I seem to laugh and live on, with hope and patience.
I also have to mention that she shares the aloha spirit in opening her wonderful tribe of friends who have also made me feel so welcomed! Like birds of a feather....
Mahalo Nui Loa my sistah, your forever in my heart!
March 16, 2006This the begging of my encounters with Fanny and from the first time I have meet her, alreay I know we are going to be good friends. I look foward to building a friendship relationship with her.
A very warm person!
Paul H.
January 20, 2006OH MAN!!! What can I say about my new roommate?! So many stories, so little space...Me and Fanny go back what seems FOREVER! But in fact its only been a short 5 - 6 years. And from the very first time we met...it was love! :) I remember her and Gary taking me bowling for my bday and playing Tri-Towers and drinking at the bar while we waited for our lane to be free...good times!! Thanks for that Fan. You gotta love this girl, she's been there for me in so many ways, especially recently with the "mandible" situation. Thanks! And I take ALL of her advice to heart...you got to, she's got acient chinese secrets ;-)
Stay tuned, being her new roommate I'm sure I'll have a story or two or three to tell(insert evil laugh here).
Ciao Ya'll


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The Literacy Assistance Center (LAC) Academy is presenting a free information session on teaching English for speakers of other languages (TESOL) on Feb. 4. This information-gathering opportunity targets adult educators, program managers, volunteer literacy tutors, and others, and covers a variety of TESOL-related issues that will benefit beginner and experienced professionals alike.
Judy Trupin, a LAC Academy lead TESOL instructor and expert, facilitates the two-hour information session. Among the topics slated for discussion by Instructor Trupin are:
- Understanding the need for trained ESOL instructors
- Becoming an effective ESOL instructor
- Distinguishing the needs of adult ESOL students from those of K-12 students
Interested individuals should register online for the TESOL information session that takes place at LAC, 39 Broadway, Suite 1250, in Lower Manhattan.
LAC is a "nonprofit professional development and technical assistance organization dedicated to improving the quality of adult literacy services."
For more information about this and upcoming information sessions and other certificate programs and workshops, visit LAC at www.lacnyc.org.


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This section lists a variety of electronic resources for the United States government, as well as state and local level governments. International organizations are also covered. The ISU Library is a federal government depository, receiving approx. 52% of the materials available from the GPO (Government Printing Office). The ISU Online Catalog lists US government documents added since 1976, but the print collection goes back much farther, and is searchable via print indexes. Increasingly electronic publication of federal government documents (plus those issued by this state and by the United Nations) is the norm. The Online Catalog records may link you to a print, microform and/or electronic full-text (usually a PDF) document.
Assistance in using the collections of the Government Documents Unit of Library Information Services is provided through the Reference Desk--one of the Reference Librarians is the Government Documents Specialist.
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- www.USA.gov The U.S. government's official website and gateway--a searchable compliation of federal and state governments sites, it also has links that are organized by audience.
- www.Bensguide.gpo.gov Ben Franklin's guide contains a wide variety of information intended for children, but also information of interest to teens, plus their parents and teachers.
- www.google.com/ig/usgov This is a commercial site, whose homepage contains news items relating to the federal government which are arranged by the issuing branches of government: this also has a google search engine, so that searching of government websites can be done here as well.
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www.gpo.gov/fdsys provides full-text electronic access to a number of government documents; by law, the Government Printing Office is the official publisher/printer of federal documents, which are not subject to copyright. Items available through this electronic gateway include: the Budget of the U.S., Congressional Bills, the Constitution of the U.S., Federal Register, Statistical Abstract of the U.S., Congressional Directory, Statutes at Large, Supreme Court Decisions, and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.
- www.mymoney.gov/lifeevents Through the section 'Paying for Education', many informative federal government websites are listed and available by way of this portal. The home page (of which this is one link)found at www.mymoney.gov is a great resource--whether for taxes, credit, or planning for major life events.
- nationalparalegal.edu/conLawCrimProc_Public/Federalism/PresidentialPowers.asp Breaks down many of the legal powers of the President
- www.studentaid.ed.gov THE electronic information resource for federal Student Load information, which ws created and is maintained by the Department of Education.
- www.loanconsolidation.ed.gov Also created by the Department of Education, this website has valuable information for those wishing to simplify repayment by consolidating educational loans (and hopefully lower the interest rates). It contains a FAQ section, plus one containing forms and publications.
- www.careervoyages.org An introductory resource, available through the www.usa.gov portal: it introduces users to a wide variety of possible career options and jobs.
- online.onecenter.org O'NET OnLine The occupationa information Network, created by the Department of Labor, is on online database of occupationa information. This recource contains data on over 1,000 job characteristics and the needed worker knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm �Occupational Outlook Handbook� is a great resource for the current job outlook and career entry requirements for a huge variety of occupations; also created and regularly updated by the Department of Labor.
- www.bls.gov/oco/cg/home.htm The �Career Guide to Industries� serves as a companion resource to the above work, and has career information for dozens of different industries, from Construction to Health & Education, plus it has information on the job market in each state.
- www.usajobs.opm.gov is the official employment site of the U.S. federal government. Produced by the Office of Personnel Management, this is a one-stop source for federal jobs and employment information.
- www.state.in.us/spd is the State of Indiana Personnel Department�s webpage, which serves as a gateway to employment information and listings of available state jobs.
- www.consumer.gov Created to be a 'one stop' link to a range of federal information resources which is arranged by broad coategories includeing Home and Community and Transportation (each category aslso has a 'Scam Alert' section). It is listed in this section because students are also consumers--a useful gateway website with information on everything from rental housing to purchasing a used car.
- www.house.gov Official website of the U.S. House of Representatives, this contains information on the individual members, bills, voting information, committees, hearings, etc.
- www.senate.gov Official website of the U.S. Senate, this contains information on the individual members, bills, voting information, committees, hearings, etc.
- www.supremecourtus.gov Official website of the U.S. Supreme Court, gives access to their judicial decisions, and opinions, oral arguments presented to the Court, case docket, etc.
- thomas.loc.gov Thomas, created and maintained by the Library of Congress, is the home of federal legislative information on the internet. Legislative calendars, bills, resolutions, committee reports, etc. from both houses of Congress, as well as presidential nominations for Supreme Court justices and treaties are available through this portal, as are some past years of the "Congressional Record" full text (it is their library, after all). It was named for President Jefferson, whose personal library collection helped found the Library of Congress in the early 1800s.
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- www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident Official website of the U.S. Vice President, giving access to his speeches, news releases, etc.
- www.usda.gov Department of Agriculture
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- www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov Office of National Drug Control Policy
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- www.va.gov Department of Veterans Affairs
- www.census.gov U.S. Census Bureau
- www.cdc.gov Centers for Disease Control
- www.irs.gov Internal Revenue Service
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- factfinder.census.gov The American FactFinder is "Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data provided by the U.S. Census."
- www.stats.bls.gov Provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, under the Department of Labor, this is a great resource for statistics on employment, consumer spending, inflation, etc.
- www.censtats.census.gov CenStats, produced by the U.S. Census Bureau, serves as a portal to many business-related statistical databases, including those concerned with "USA Counties, County Business Patterns, Zip Code Business Patterns, and International Trade Data". In addition this website provides access to an enormous amount of detailed demographic data.
- www.fedstats.gov Fedstats is the electronic gateway to recent statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies.
- www.nces.ed.gov The National Center for Educational Statistics, under the Department of Education, is an excellent resource for all kinds of educational information in statistical format. This is the federal agency which produces the annual "Digest of Educational Statistics".
- www.census.gov/compendia/statab The Statistical Abstract of the U.S. is an authoritative compilation of recent statistics from a wide variety of governmental agencies (the source of which is always listed); this resource also includes some historical statistics.
- www.stat-usa.gov STAT-USA/Internet STAT-USA is a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, designed for the U.S. business, economic, and trade community, providing authoritative information from both the federal government and other resources (example: University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers Center). The resource is divided into two areas: State of the Nation plus GLOBUS & NTDB. Available in the ISU Library building only, this is provided through the FDLP depository.
- www.stats.indiana.edu This is an official state resource for vital statistics; however, it was created by and is maintained by Indiana University's Business Research Center.
- www.business.gov Managed by the Small Business Administration this is the official federal resource to help business find compliance, personnel, import , and patent information, plus forms, and contacts from the government - making it useful to businesses of any size!
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New Suffokate Music Video
This isn't Suffokate anymore ;-;
so sick of deathcore bands talking about "the crown"
Digging: Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
Suffocation >>>>>>>>> Suffokate
imo most bands should just stop if they have no remaining original members
before someone blasts me with 17 examples of decent bands with no original members I did say "imo" and "most bands"
wait so i'm not the worst user ever anymore
fuck yer thx suffokate
I haven't checked new Volumes, I will though dude those guys put on a hell of a live show
Going to two warped dates in a couple weeks so I'll catch them at least once
aahhhh shit who else did you see? who sucked and who ruled
Makes sense that Nocturnal thinks he's the new mappy.
That fucking BLOWS about Attila and BoO. Parkway is always good, same for TSSF. I will probably see CG one of the days, throw down a bit and leave underwhelmed because they are so fucking horrible live. Not a big fan of EID. I'll see TGI as they're one of my favs and OM&M is amazing live. SWS puts on a good show but their new album completely blows.
lol what's up with the close up of those bee stings at 2:11 shit song
is this the dude from defiler?
Digging: PUP - The Dream Is Over
that dark haired girl.
@youth, I thought the same thing too. Defiler are fucking sweet live.
great so- i'm kidding
Not really good by any means but I was shocked to hear a blast beat and some riffs. I don't remember them doing anything more than breakdowns and occasional melodeth/metalcore riff offs.
Well considering that there isnt anyone left in the band that made their last albums...
have you ever listened to Return to Despair, game?
I bought it to give to a dying charity that is Suffokate haha. I like the third track because of the melodic riffing even though it was simple. Otherwise it was only ok to me.
LOL they actually show his face making that noise at 0:09 oh God
Digging: Propaganda - A Secret Wish
lol I noticed that also
I hate the video but I love this song. Vocalist is great.
Hoover was better
Hoovers highs were grating.
Well this guy doesn't do them at all so from a lows standpoint hoover m/
I like this guy more. His growl is less beastly but his tone varies more than Hoovers did.
Interesting. To me his tone doesn't vary at all. But hey glad you dig the new stuff.
I'll stick to NM,NF
Lol I seem to be the only one that digs it.
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I've been working on this 2000cc Knuckster for quite a while now
and I thought I'd post some progression.
So, the mechanical pie throwing contest so far;
5.250" stroke
3.850" bore
8" rods
.673" Redshift cams
The pics are from a while back, the carbs are all done now and so are the push rods.
...Working on the push rod covers right now.


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In some corners of society beauty is power; the more beautiful you are, the more power you hold. With this type of allure, it's no wonder women go to some pretty extreme lengths to become more stunning, even if it means endangering themselves or those around them. We only have to witness women suffering permanent leg and back damage from wearing sky-high stilettos or undergoing multiple plastic surgeries to totally reinvent themselves to see what happens when the hunt for beauty goes too far.
For some aspiring beauties, though, frizzy, out-of-control hair can be the bane of their existence. They frizz out at the slightest drop of humidity, so they avoid the outdoors, skimp on workouts, and refuse dips in the pool. If their hair becomes unmanageable despite these precautions it can takes hours to tame it again. For years the only resort was to turn to smoothing systems containing the dangerous ingredient formaldehyde.
But then concerns starting cropping up in slightly terrifying ways. In 2000 the EPA advised that acute and chronic inhalation exposure to formaldehyde in humans can result in respiratory symptoms, and eye, nose, and throat irritation. Other effects seen from exposure to high levels of formaldehyde are coughing, skin irritation, allergic contact dermatitis, wheezing, and bronchitis. FEMA trailers made with formaldehyde-catalyzed resins caused survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to experience breathing difficulties, nosebleeds, and persistent headaches. The American Lung Association reports that the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, has designated formaldehyde as a cancer-causing agent.
Even the New York State Department of Health kicked in with a Consumer Health Alert regarding Hair Straightening Products and Formaldehyde. You can breathe in formaldehyde when the product is applied to your hair, when it is heated on your head with high temperature blow dryers and flat irons, or even when it is being used on other customers. You may continue to be exposed to formaldehyde until the product is washed out of your hair. You can also be exposed if you use at-home treatments of BKT hair straighteners.
Not only are customers in danger, but so are their stylists who perform the treatment. OSHA has found that some hair smoothing products may release formaldehyde at levels above OSHA's permissible limits during use, and may be mislabeled, all of which can pose serious health risks to salon workers. Despite all these warnings and dangers, some women are still using the dangerous version of hair straightening products which they purchase online or on eBay.
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June 2, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --Arizona participated in a one-hour television shoot with ESPN and took a two-hour team practice at the ASA Hall of Fame Complex on the eve of its WCWS opener against Tennessee.
The Cats began the day with a team breakfast at 9:30 a.m. at team headquarters in northwest Oklahoma City before Head Coach Mike Candrea and senior shortstop K'Lee Arredondo headed off to a pre-WCWS press conference at the complex.
At 1:30 p.m., the team met with ESPN and did a photo shoot, then held a two-hour practice at 2:30 p.m.
Arizona will return to the team hotel around 5 p.m. local time.
Notes: ASA Hall of Fame Stadium has undergone a few changes since last year's WCWS. There outfield fence was raised to six feet, a warning track was added, and the field dimensions have been pushed from 190 feet down the lines and 210 feet in centerfield to 200 feet down the lines and 220 feet in centerfield - the same dimensions as Arizona's Hillenbrand Stadium.
Mike Candrea on Tennessee then, and Tennessee now
K'Lee Arredondo on calming the underclassmens' nerves
ARIZONA HEAD COACH Mike Candrea
Opening comment:
"First of all I would like to congratulate the other teams, players and coaches. This is the place you want to be at this time of the year. Most of the time, it confirms that you have had a pretty good year to this point. I'm very impressed with the parity around the country and there are some very tough challenges here. We're looking forward to, hopefully, a great week of competition instead of a couple of days."
On playing Tennessee again in the WCWS:
"They're probably a little better-tested than they were back then. I think, obviously, Monica (Abbott) was a tremendous pitcher and I think a lot of the eggs were put in the basket that she was going to carry the team. What I see right now is a very good team that is very well-balanced and has some good ingredients. It's going to be a very competitive game."
On the shift of power hitting in collegiate softball:
"The game has progressed so much over the years. I remember 25 years ago when the composite bat wasn't around and I really believe that the composite bat has changed our game. You don't have to look any further than baseball and what they've decided to do. What I see down the road is maybe a shift from the composite bat back to the aluminum bat. I think the power numbers would go down quite readily."
ARIZONA SENIOR INFIELDER K'Lee Arredondo
On being an underdog at the WCWS:
"The sophomores and the juniors don't know what it's like to win a game at the World Series. They haven't won one yet. Sarah (Akamine) and I know what it's like to win, we want to win. The sophomores and juniors want to win, the freshmen want to win. Everyone wants to come here and do our best to win every game we play. I know everyone has a different mindset because everyone is sick of losing. We want to come out here and show everyone that even though no one believes we can do it, we can do it as a team. We just want to prove everyone wrong."


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It is very exclusive company that Mike Scioscia joined Sunday afternoon when he recorded his 1,000th regular-season victory as Angels manager.
Only 22 other managers in major-league history have had the longevity, luck and leadership it takes to win as many as 1,000 games with one team. The list includes 17 Hall of Famers. Three more (Bobby Cox, Joe Torre and Tony LaRussa) seem to be shoo-ins to join them one day.
"It's not a personal accomplishment," Scioscia insisted before and after Sunday's game. "As a manager, you're only one small part of this whole thing.
"The lion's share of this is because of what those guys have done on the field. They're the ones out there winning the games."
Nonetheless, the Angels didn't start winning them with this kind of regularity until freshly-hired GM Bill Stoneman made the decision to hire Scioscia as the Angels manager in fall 1999.
Click on the photos to see the 22 managers Scioscia joined in the 1K Club.


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First of all, the concept of automated government is as old as information technology itself. Application of automation to government has lagged behind automation in business and industry. Why?
In information technology terminology, it is because the "control architecture" in government is not as advanced, is more recalcitrant than that employed by profit-driven free enterprise. What is "control architecture"?
In the Zachman three-schema architecture model, the control architecture includes the business rules, laws and regulations that constrain enterprise activities that are processes required to produce specific outcomes.
In government enterprise in the U.S., the Constitution is the overriding "constraint" that is accompanied by all of the laws and regulations that are passed by Congress. Subsequently, plans, budgets and funding regulate the pace of government enterprise performance in a massively complex system.
Here is a major problem:
Congressional representatives, Senators, the President and members of the executive branch don't see themselves as government technology masters, or masters of e-government.
Since laws and regulations are implemented and managed in an automated environment, don't you believe that the people producing them (engineering them) would have technical competence to do that? Unless if by fortunate accident, they don't.
That is because voters don't require proper skill, knowledge, and experience on their resumes.
The control architecture for government is the essential element for managing the automated regulatory environment that is the product of laws and regulations and subsequent government processes, systems and enabling technology.
The outcomes that are required of government include those shown on the list in several slides. (See the slideshow).
What outcomes do you believe are missing from the list?
Every government department, agency and organization is an enabler to performing the work of government defined by processes and legislated by Congress and managed by the President. America has a legacy of bureaucracy that was invented at different times. It is the job of President, collaborating with Congress, to keep the entire system current. It is essential to measure effectiveness by focusing on outcomes.
Begin with the top priority outcomes. Suggested here is that we have too many organizations whose outcomes are poorly specified or wrong priorities. Performing a top down audit will determine where government needs to be modernized.
A story today talks about "hacking". That seems to be a motivator for the DOD to address outcome-driven government. Whatever motivates them to improve is a fine place to begin.
"This overwhelming reaction to rapidly re-equip deployed military personnel for battlefield exigencies in Afghanistan and Iraq has further reinforced the view that an expansive and sustained defense rapid innovation enterprise is an extravagance the nation can ill afford now that active combat operations are drawing to a close. But the real lesson to be learned is that the absence of a consistently applied and commonly construed defense innovation strategy has led to inefficiency, redundancy, and even abuse. The dysfunctional system we have contributes to the mistaken idea that doing things better and faster inevitably costs more and can only be accommodated during periods of budget largesse."
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June 23, 2014 · in Analysis
Product innovation in the U.S. Department of Defense follows an implicit rule: "Better, cheaper, faster—pick two."
Today, the military is simultaneously confronted with declining budgets, skyrocketing system development costs, and a diverse spectrum of rapidly evolving, complex military threats. To mitigate this challenge, the Pentagon should place renewed emphasis on its corporate approach to technology innovation in order to identify and exploit opportunities to do more with less. The Better Buying Power initiative focuses on DoD's innovation problem, but to be successful, such efforts must eschew traditional notions of defense system development. From iterative, design-based product development approaches to open, distributed ecosystems of partners and suppliers, the techniques employed by Silicon Valley and the most innovative sectors of the global high-tech economy should inform a new model of defense innovation that enables better, cheaper, and faster outcomes.