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La Jolla, CA - The second seeded UCLA women's water polo team defeated third seeded LMU 8-2 today in the semi-finals of the NCAA Championships. The Bruins advance to the championship game against first seeded Stanford. The championship game will be played tomorrow at 3:00 PM.
The Bruins went up 1-0 in the first period off a 6 on 5 goal from senior Jessica Lopez. Following, Lopez's goal, freshman Kelly Rulon found the back of the net with 2:35 remaining to make it 2-0 UCLA after one period. Senior goalie Jaime Hipp was outstanding in the net, recording five saves and holding LMU scoreless. In the second period, a 6 on 5 goal from senior Ashley Stachowski put the Bruins up 3-0. After LMU answered back to make it 3-1, a breakaway goal from Stachowski made it 4-1 UCLA. Senior Maureen Flanagan rounded out the Bruins scoring effort in the quarter with a goal with 2.9 seconds remaining to make it 5-1 UCLA at half.
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Miozzari, H H; Dora, C; Clark, J M; Nötzli, H P (2010). Late repair of abductor avulsion after the transgluteal approach for hip arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty, 25(3):450-457.e1.
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The abductor release sometimes does not heal after a transgluteal approach for hip arthroplasty. Factors influencing the success of subsequent repair are unclear. We used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to compare the condition of the gluteus medius with clinical outcome after late repair of abductor dehiscence in 12 total hip patients. Evaluation included a pain rating, gait evaluation, Trendelenburg test, strength grading, and Harris Hip Score. Most had both prerepair and postrepair MRI studies to assess the repair and to grade abductor muscle fatty degeneration. Two repairs without MRI were explored surgically. Although average pain, limp, and strength scores improved significantly, rerupture occurred in 4 subjects and fatty degeneration in the gluteus medius did not improve, even with intact repair. Nine patients were satisfied; 7 of these had an intact repair. Magnetic resonance imaging and operative observations suggest that chronic degeneration in the abductor mechanism is the major impediment to successful repair.
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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to Korn/Ferry International Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2013 Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded for replay purposes.
Before, I turn the call over to your host, Mr. Gary Burnison, let me first read a cautionary statement to investors. Certain statements made in the call today, such as those relating to future performance, plans, and goals constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Actual results in future periods may differ materially from those currently expected or desired because of a number of risks and uncertainties which are beyond the Company's control. Additional information concerning such risks and uncertainties can be found in the release relating to this presentation in the Company's Annual Report for fiscal 2012 and in other periodic reports filed by the Company with the SEC.
Also some of the comments today may reference non-GAAP financial measures, such as constant currency amounts. Additional information concerning these measures including reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is contained in the release relating to this call, which is posted on the Company's website at www.kornferry.com.
With that, I'll turn the call now to Mr. Burnison. Please go ahead Mr. Burnison.
Gary Burnison - CEO: Well, thank you, everybody, and good afternoon. I'm pleased with our results for the quarter, and more importantly, our strategic progress as a firm. Revenue for the quarter was $202 million, that's up 9% over last year, 2% on an organic basis. Our adjusted operating margin was 8%, and we achieved $0.31 of adjusted EPS. The balance sheet continues to be very strong with $305 million of cash and marketable securities and no debt.
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With almost 55 million single people in the United States, it would seem like it would be so much easier to find a suitable partner in life. Or, to find someone with whom you can have a meaningful relationship; someone you could date on a regular basis. Heck, it would seem like it would be easy to find someone you had something in common with and to whom you felt an attraction. I mean, 55 million single people! How is it that you're not all just bumping into each other at the grocery store or the farmer's market or the dog park, for crying out loud?
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Determined to meet someone the "old fashioned" way, you have subjected yourself to blind dates and countless set-ups by friends. You have gone to bars, joined a gym, and attended singles parties and events. You even joined a singles group at your church, and spent your share of Saturday mornings hanging out Starbucks, all in an effort to meet that special someone. You have certainly put yourself out there, and theoretically, Mr. or Ms. Right totally should have walked through the door at one of these places by now. So where is he or she?
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June 10, 2012 - The Volvo CCI3* Bromont Three Day Event, The Todd Sandler Challenge, was the last North American qualifying competition leading up to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Held in Bromont, QC, on June 7-10, 2012, Canadian riders, led by 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG) team member Rebecca Howard of Salmon Arm, BC, posted great results while earning qualifying results for the upcoming Games.
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Corvallis, Ore. - Oregon State (44-14) ended Stanford's 2006 season two wins short of the College World Series with a dominating 15-0 victory over the Cardinal on Sunday night to wrap up the Corvallis Super Regional at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field in two straight games. The Beavers are going to Omaha for the second straight season and will be the only team from last year's field among the eight qualifying for the 2006 CWS. Stanford finishes its campaign with a 33-27 overall mark and its 13th consecutive postseason appearance.
"First of all congratulations to Oregon State," said Stanford head coach Mark Marquess. "They have obviously had a great season, and they are a great team. I wish them the very best in Omaha, and I'm sure they will do well."
"From my team's standpoint, I'm very proud of this group," continued Marquess. "It's been a long season with some ups and downs, but they battled back and played very well at the end of the season."
The Beavers set the tone right from the start of Sunday's action with a four-run first and then added six more runs in the fourth to lead 10-0 after just three and a half innings. Oregon State added two more in both the sixth and eighth, before scoring their final run in the ninth.
Saturday night's hero Mitch Canham (2-5, 2B, 5 RBI, SB) had another big game on Sunday with five RBI, while Tyler Graham (5-6, 2B, 3 RBI) had five hits. Bill Rowe (3-4, 2B, 3 RBI) also had three hits and three RBI in addition to scoring four runs and being hit by three pitches to reach baseball all six times along with Graham. Scott Santschi (2-4, HR, 2 RBI) added a pair of hits as well as the game's only home run, while Shea McFeely (2-5, 2 RBI), Chris Kunda (2-5) and Cole Gillespie (2-6) also had two-hit contests. Graham and Gillespie both scored three times.
Oregon State's offensive outburst was more than enough for three Beaver pitchers that combined to hand Stanford only its fourth shutout in 180 all-time postseason games and its first since Western Carolina blanked the Cardinal 5-0 in a 1992 NCAA South II Regional in Tallahassee, Florida. Jonah Nickerson (11-4) earned the victory by limiting the Cardinal to just five hits and three walks with seven strikeouts over the first 7.2 frames. Eddie Kunz got the final out in the eighth when he struck out Michael Taylor and Daniel Turpen struck out two batters in a perfect ninth frame to wrap up Oregon State's third shutout of Stanford in 2006. The Beavers also shut the Cardinal out twice during the three-game regular season series between the teams in Corvallis from April 13-16.
The 15-run margin of defeat was the worst postseason loss in Stanford's illustrious history, eclipsing a previous 17-3 decision at the hands of Miami in the first game of the 1983 College World Series.
"We were never really in tonight's game," admitted Marquess. "They scored four runs in the first inning and were really hitting the ball all over the ballpark. We just could not contain them. They really swung the bats well and then Nickerson was tough on us as he's been all season. We really didn't come close to scoring a run."
Oregon State jumped on the Cardinal with four runs in the top of the first inning to take a 4-0 lead before Stanford even came to bat. Three consecutive singles from Kunda, Gillespie and Rowe brought home the first run. Gallagher made an error on a comebacker that could have turned into an inning-ending double play but was still one out strike away from getting out of the inning without any further damage before hitting Canham with the bases loaded to force in one run and giving up a two-run single to McFeely for the other two scores. The Cardinal finally got out of the inning when Taylor threw Canham out at the plate trying to score from second on Santschi's single to the Stanford rightfielder.
The Beavers turned the contest into a blowout with a six-run fourth that extended their lead to 10-0. McFeely led off with a single and Santschi immediately followed with a two-run homer to end a brief outing for Stanford starter and losing pitcher Nolan Gallagher (3.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 3 SO), who finished his season with a 5-5 record. Erik Davis, who had been a standout for the Cardinal out of the bullpen at the NCAA Austin Regional, came on but couldn't record an out against any of the five batters he faced. Oregon State loaded the bases against Davis on singles by Darwin Barney and Gillespie sandwiched around a walk to Kunda. Rowe the came through with a two-RBI single and Graham belted an RBI double down the left field line before Davis (0.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB) was replaced by Austin Yount (3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 SO), who hit John Wallace and gave up a sacrifice fly to Canham before finally getting McFeely on a groundout and striking out Santschi to end the long inning.
Oregon State got two more runs in the sixth to make it 12-0 when Canham singled home Rowe and Graham, who had been hit by a pitch and singled to lead off the inning before being sacrificed to second and third on a bunt from Wallace.
The Beavers increased their lead to 14-0 in the eighth when Rowe led off with a double and scored on Graham's RBI single, before Graham moved up to second on a wild pitch and came around on Canham's RBI double two batters later.
Oregon State finished off its scoring in the ninth on a two-out RBI single by Graham that scored Gillespie, who had reached on a fielders' choice after Kunda had started a rally with a one-out single.
Chris Minaker (2-4, 2B) was the only Stanford player with more than one hit while playing in the final game of his Cardinal career. Minaker, who played every inning at shortstop in each of his last two seasons and started the final 157 games of his career at the position, doubled in his final collegiate at bat with two outs in the Cardinal eighth.
"This was really the most enjoyable year of my life," said Minaker, who finished his senior season as the team's leader and with career-highs in nearly every offensive category, including batting average (.364), home runs (11) and RBI (68). "It was awesome even when we struggled. There were no attitude problems with the guys, and they are some of the best people you can ever meet. I'm excited to see where the Stanford program will go in the next couple of years, because there is a lot of young talent. Along with my fellow seniors, this season was a pleasure from start to finish."


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College Hockey:National top rookie award renamed in honor of the late Tim Taylor
The Hockey Commissioners Association announced Monday that is plans on naming its Division I men's national rookie of the year award the Tim Taylor Award, starting with the 2013-2014 season.
"Coach Taylor spent a good deal of his career identifying and developing young hockey players, whether during his time at Yale or through his many years with USA Hockey," said HCA president Steve Hagwell in a statement. "I can't think of a better pairing than the young men who earn this award and the memory of Tim Taylor."
Taylor passed away on April 27 following a four-year battle with cancer.
Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna, who was coached by Taylor at Harvard and later coached with him on two Team USA squads, was in agreement with Hagwell.
"Tim was a teacher his entire adult life," added Bertagna. "Many of us saw this at the college level and we also watched in admiration as he helped assemble the U.S. junior teams that won gold medals in recent years. His impact on hockey in the United States is incalculable, given the number of players and coaches he influenced."
The HCA national rookie of the year award was first handed out in 2007, with St. Cloud State forward Andreas Nodl claiming the honors. The 2013 winner was Providence goalie Jon Gillies.
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6. Stats & Gear
Basic Resto stat priority:
Stat Priority (subject to change): Intellect (higher ilevel) > Spirit (0n accessories) > Haste = Mastery > Multi-strike > Crit > Versatility (if you see something with "bonus armor", that's a tank item).
Explanation: In general, higher item level is going to win out over secondary stats. Spirit is going to be rare, and will only be present on a few of your accessory items. There is some debate as to whether haste or mastery is better than the other, suggesting they are close enough that both are generally good.
Stat descriptions & more details:
- Stamina – Increases your health. This will be on all your gear, but it's not super important.
- Intellect – Increases your spell power. This is your primary stat on gear. Intellect is important enough that higher ilevel pieces are almost always worth picking up. Note that some gear you find will have agility grayed-out on it as you level closer to 100; this is because your primary stat now swaps with you if you swap into feral/guardian spec.
- Spirit – Increases your mana regen. This is only available on accessories such as rings and necklaces. Your main gear (chest, boots, etc) will not have spirit on it.
- Haste– Makes your spells cast faster and lowers the global cooldown. They changed how HOTs scale with haste, such that you get a linear benefit (e.g., no more breakpoints) to the increase in number of ticks (e.g., a 'partial tick' is always paid out in the end).
- Mastery– Increases your direct healing, as well as the effectiveness of your Harmony buff that makes your HOTs stronger.
- Crit– Your direct heals and HOT ticks can all score critical strikes. In addition, your direct heals can apply living seed. Generally a weaker stat for resto druids.
- Multi-strike- Your direct heals and HOTs have a chance to heal for a bonus amount on your primary target. These bonus effects are at 30% effectiveness of the main heal.
- Versatility- Increases both damage and healing done, as well as reduces the damage you take. This 'hybrid' stat is slightly less effective at providing main-role bonuses than other stats.
Other gear augmentations: There is a chance for you to get items with various types of augmentations (though it would be highly unlikely to have more than one augmentation). These augmentations include: Warforged (higher item level), extra sockets (as sockets will be more rare), and tertiary stats (see below).
Tertiary Stats: Some gear has a small chance to roll random tertiary stats at level 100. These will have relatively minor impacts, and will not be frequently available. If you get tertiary stats on your gear, any of them have decent bonuses.
- Movement Speed: increases your movement speed
- Indestructible: Item does not take durability damage
- Leech: You are healed for a portion of damage/healing done.
- Avoidance: you take less damage from area-of-effect attacks.


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Gary Oldman might be riding high with his 'Dawn of the Planet of the Planet of the Apes', but he knows better than to rest on his laurels and he's already signed up to join Kevin Costner in the upcoming thriller from Milennium Films, 'Criminal'. The actor will play a CIA chief in the film which focuses around a dead CIA operative's memories, where his secrets and special skills are put inside a homicidal prison inmate hoping he will be able to stop a deadly plot.
Eric Bana (Munich) is playing the prison inmate, and Ariel Vromen (The Iceman) will direct. David Weisberg and Douglas Cook co-wrote the script. This film has a ton of producers including: Chris Bender, Matt O'Toole, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Mark Gill, John Thompson, Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, Christine, Crowe, Jake Weiner, Jason Bloom and J.C. Spink. With that many names, you know the budget will be pretty hefty.
Oldman has already appeared in the 'Robocop' remake and his upcoming 'Child 44' is slated to hit theaters next year. He stars alongside Tom Hardy and Joel Kinnaman in that movie.
Ryan Gosling has been quiet after his last few film missteps, but he's joining Russell Crowe in the police action drama 'The Nice Guys'. This is one of those scripts that been stuck in development, but after Shane Black (Iron Man 3) came onboard to direct, it was saved. Joel Silver is onboard as producer of the film which is set in Los Anglese circa 1970's focusing on two detectives investigating what appears to be a suicide of a female porn star who had seen the best parts of her career in the rearview mirror. The pair soon uncover a large criminal conspiracy after not letting the case go cold.
This is right up Black's alley as he wrote the first 'Lethal Weapon' with the then popular Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. He made a splash with his directorial debut in 2005 on 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' with Robert Downey, Jr.
Gosling was on a hot streak for some time, but last year saw a bit of a slowdown with 'Gangster Squad' and 'The Place Beyond the Pines', not to mention the very low reviewed 'Only God Forgives'. Teaming up with Russell is a risk as his last film 'Noah' went through a bit of controversy before disappearing from theaters just as quickly as it appeared. The Gladiator has just finished his directorial debut with 'The Water Diviner'. This is a smart choice as his latest slew of films haven't done so well either and going behind the camera will give the mercurial star another area to traverse in the industry.
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For those familiar with the original "Planet of the Apes" series, this reboot, beginning with the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and now jumping ten years forward with "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, represents the leap of technology between late sixties and now. The movement and CGI-realization of the apes is a remarkable difference. Yet in getting us to the civilization envisioned in the 1968 original "Planet of the Apes," "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" presents some startling jumps in logical development of civilization.
In the 1968 "Planet of the Apes" movie, the society was set up in a caste system. The gorillas are the law enforcement (police and military) as well as the hunters and manual labor. The orangutans are the bureaucracy--administrators, politicians, lawyers and priests. The chimpanzees are the intelligensia--intellectuals and researchers. Humans are the slaves, experimental subjects and hunted animals. They are not known to speak. Roddy McDowall played Cornelius and he would return to play Caesar in "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes."
The 1972 "Conquest" explains the evolution into the human society we know and "Planet of the Apes." Although the movie begins in 1991, we learn that in 1983, ten years after the events of "Escape from the Planet of the Apes," there was a pandemic that killed all the cats and dogs. Humans wanted pets and began adopting apes. Eventually the humans train apes to perform domestic tasks and by 1991, human culture has is based on slavery of apes. Caesar is the "pet" of Armando, a circus owner and this is where Caesar learns to ride a horse, becoming one of the circus' attractions.
In the prologue of "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," in ten years the viral-based drug ALZ-113 has killed off most of the humans, spread by a chimp handler Robert Franklin from the Gen-Sys lab where Caesar (Andy Serkis) was born. Franklin exposes an airline pilot (David Hewlett) to the virus who then spreads it through international travel. The man who raised Caesar (James Franco) is dead.
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" begins with the apes living in the redwood forest of Muir Woods hunting for deer. The apes are armed with primitive tools such as spears, they ride black horses and they swing through trees in a thrilling crash course into ape cultural evolution. They can hunt (badly), they are brutal carnivores and they are good riders.
The apes are also pretty good architects having built up upon a reservoir something that resembles a chic semi-rustic communal living quarters out of mud and sizable logs--without any saws or electric mills. It's the kind of structure you'd imagine some rich person might want to relax in while pretending to rough it.
The apes don't seem to have the technology to support the building of such a structure. While apes can throw (most infamously indicated by a chimp named Santino who threw stones on zoo visitors), they cannot throw with accuracy or force., making spears not particularly useful. The growth patterns of redwoods would seem to preclude brachiation or the locomotion by which primates swing from tree limb to tree limb. This movie is chimps who had no limitations because they are given CGI-freedom to be super heroesque while the humans are closer to normal.
Yet the characterization of chimpanzees as being aggressive is accurate and in keeping, not only with our more war-like stance toward America's current wars, but also with what we now know about chimpanzees. They are aggressive enough not to be suitable pets when reaching maturity and can be dangerous, having bitten off the faces of two people in the last several years.
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" makes chimps more like idealized warriors in a monarchy from the distant past--say Rome without democracy. Caesar has one wife and is in what seems to be a monogamous society although she is attended by other females. We know which chimps are females because they have head adornments and not because we can see male sex organs.
We don't see the chimps, orangutans or gorillas gathering fruit, although in the wild or in zoos, their diet would be mainly fruit. In real life, gorillas eat mostly plants (stems, bamboo shoots and fruit). Yet the movie needs to establish that the chimps are developing martial skills.
There are bears and deer in the redwoods, but not cats or dogs or dog-like animals--the kind of scavengers you'd expect to linger around a civilization that eats meat. However, the apes do have horses. The apes have somehow learned to ride and ride well and trained their horses for battle with firearms although they don't have firearms yet.
Yet into this ape eden, humans intrude. The human enclave in San Francisco needs to start up a hydroelectric power plant at the dam in the Muir Woods. It's not clear how much longer they can continue to fuel their non-electric vehicles. A small party of humans on their way to the plant run into two young apes on their way back from successfully fishing. A young ape is shot, but the party's leader Malcolm (Jason Clarke) is able to convince Caesar (Andy Serkis) to allow the humans access.
Each side, apes and humans have their hot heads. On the human side, it's Carver (Kirk Acevedo) who doesn't trust the apes. The leader of the surviving humans, Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) doesn't trust them either, but, at first, he will listen to reason. On the ape side, Caesar's friend and adviser, Koba (Toby Kebbell), a bonobo, has a deep mistrust of the humans having been experimented on before his release.
Both Malcolm and Caesar have teenaged sons, Alexander (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and Blue Eyes (Nick Thurston), respectively. And they also have wives. Malcolm's first wife, Alexander's mother, died from the "simian flu" and his second wife, Ellie (Keri Russell) is a former nurse with the CDC (not a doctor). Cornelia (Judy Greer) is Caesar's wife and the mother of Blue Eyes and has just given birth to another son.
The superiority of the apes is posited because they can thrive without electricity and fossil-fueled vehicles. Humans cannot. At least not now.
The San Francisco of the survivors is an enclosed area and one wonders how the survivors survived. What were they eating in the last five or so years: Twinkies, Velveeta and Spam? They have no dogs to protect them and they also have no horses. They also seem to have no farmland, no urban gardens. They do have high-powered automatic weaponry left over from the National Guards--a whole warehouse full. The apes get wind of this and take a few for themselves.
There's no ape named Brutus, but Caesar is betrayed and that's what starts the war between humans and apes. You know how this is going to end. After all, it's about the beginning of the Planet of the Apes. And Caesar is named Caesar for a reason. On the way, there will be spectacular explosions and the humans will be, human-like, wondering at the superhuman qualities of the apes. The great stunts will be done by CGI apes doing things that real apes cannot do. The motion capture and Andy Serkis is astonishing, but the realistic portrayal of apes and their limitations is not.


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@BCUSoftball Gameday: Opening Weekend At USF
Courtesy: BCUathletics.com
Release: 02/05/2014
TAMPA – Bethune-Cookman opens its 2014 season against two top five teams, a top 25 team and another that made the Women's College World Series.
The Wildcats, coming off an 18-36 season in which they won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southern Division championship but exited the MEAC tournament with 1-2 record. open Thursday at 8:15 p.m. against South Florida, ranked No. 25 in the USA Today/NFCA Preseason Top 25 and No. 23 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Preseason. The Bulls are hosting the Wilson DeMarini Tournament through Sunday.
B-CU meets Illinois State Friday and Wisconsin, a tournament team last year, on Saturday. Sunday's finale include games with Michigan (5/4) and Florida (4/3) back-to-back.
B-CU OVERVIEW: The Wildcats return five position players from last year, include senior secondbaseman Kelsey Rodney, who hit .290 last season. Calesha Shelley returns as leadoff hitter, Shamaria Engram at first, Sophia Ortega at third and Melissa Berouty behind the plate. Shanel Tolbert, who has recorded 45 victories, returns for her senior season in the circle.
Head Coach Chris Cochran enters her eight season. She was named MEAC Coach of Year in 2013.
GOOD HISTORY: The last time B-CU was in a tournament that included USF and Florida, the Wildcats won the 2005 NCAA Gainesville Regional to earn a berth in the NCAA Super Regionals against Texas
ABOUT USF: The Bulls return eight starters from last year's team and are coming off its second-consecutive NCAA tournament appearance. USF also won the program's first Big East Tournament championship last season, finishing with a 18-3 league record (45-15 overall).
ABOUT NORTHERN ILLINOIS: The Redbirds finished 28-20 overall and 13-7 in the MVC, good for third-place in the league.
ABOUT MICHIGAN: The Wolverines are seeking their seventh straight Big Ten title and 17th overall in 2014. They were 51-13 in 2013 and advanced to the WCWS for the tenth straight time.
ABOUT WISCONSIN: The Badgers are coming off their best season in program history with a 44-13 mark.
ABOUT FLORIDA: The Gators return 14 letterwinners from last year's squad that led the nation with 58 wins (58-9), won the SEC regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the Women's College World Series for the fifth time since 2008.
TOURNAMENT COVERAGE: Thursday's game with USF will be streamed on GoUSFbulls.com, which will also have a Tournament Central page. You can also follow B-CU's progress on the official twitter feeds, @bcuathletics and @bcusoftball.


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Wow! 206 shoppers in one hour at the Manistique Farmers' Market yesterday! Great weather, great local foods, and a great time meeting up with old and new neighbors. A special thank you to Tom Coon, Jim Lucas, and Tracie Abram of Michigan State University Extension – thanks for all the help at the market and for presenting the new MSU Extension at the market. We are looking forward to a successful millage on August 7th to bring all the great services of MSUE back to Schoolcraft County.
Biggest thank-you of all to our wonderful farmers, cottage food producers, and the people of Manistique for loving and support our local farmers' market!
Remember, next week (June 20th) the market will be open from 5-6pm, but the following week we move to our expanded ours of 4-6pm every Wednesday right through Halloween.
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Snow White and the Huntsman Dwarfs Box Office Competitors With Big Opening
Snow White and the Huntsman, the action-packed fairy tale re-imagining, starring Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron, earned $56.3 million in its opening weekend to take first place at the box office.
Coming in second was previous box office #1 Men In Black 3, with $29.3 million.
Men In Black 3 has now crossed the $100 million mark overall.
And in its fifth week, The Avengers was still popular enough to nab third place, with $20.3 million in ticket sales.
Fourth and fifth places went to Battleship and The Dictator, with $4.8 and $4.7 million, respectively.
Rounding out the Top 10 were The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ($4.5 million), What to Expect When You're Expecting ($4.4 million), Johnny Depp vampire flick Dark Shadows ($3.9 million), nuclear fallout horror movie Chernobyl Diaries ($3 million), and For Greater Glory ($1.8 million).
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- Price: $479
- Official Site: MSImobile.com
- Specs: 3.3 lbs; 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270; 1GB DDR2 SDRAM; 80GB, 5,400 rpm
- Company: MSI
The MSI Wind is the latest netbook-style computer to capitalize on the low-cost, light-power laptop frenzy that kicked off with the Eee Pc and the Asus Netbook. With a starting price of just $479 and a standard screen size of 10 inches, the MSI Wind netbook is attempting to push the expectations of budget travel laptops to new heights. The compact MSI Wind comes with 1GB of memory and a 1.6 GHz Intel processor, perfect for web browsing and e-mailing on the go. As secondary laptops become more of a norm, the fairly priced and well-built MSI Wind makes a logical addition to any guys PC set up.
The MSI Wind really walks the fine line between being a budget laptop and appearing to be a cheap, clearance-style computer. The polished exterior of the MSI Wind comes in pearl white (think a shade off the MacBook), black or pink. About the best compliment you can pay the MSI Wind is that it looks like a much more expensive gadget then it actually is. Unfortunately, there are some shortcomings with the MSI Wind netbook, but that can be somewhat forgiven when you consider the cost. The three-cell battery that comes with the MSI Wind is close to brutal, but thankfully plans are in the works to offer a longer-lasting six-cell one. The mobile connectivity is also lacking in certain areas as there is no WWAN, but that really shouldn't deter you from the overall package. There is also no option for a solid state hard drive with the current MSI Wind, which will either stop you dead in your tracks or not even give you pause when you consider what this netbook could be used for.
The MSI Wind netbook opens up a whole other option for personal computer uses. It adds a great amount of flexibility to be able to own a second netbook that can be used for travel functions only. Its comfy keyboard and crisp display are a major leap from where these types of laptops were just two years ago. It's still going to take some time to get used to multi-tasking on such a small screen, but for surfing the internet while you use instant messenger and Gmail, it passes the test. Programs load quickly and smoothly, and as long as you use the MSI Wind for its designed purpose, it should retain its performance and value. If you can overlook the shallow sound output, the missing features and the budget-like impression, you will find that the MSI Wind is leading the future wave of what a netbook should be.


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Our collection includes nearly a hundred of Lionel's, Mike's Train House's (MTH), 3rd Rail's and Weaver's finest steam engine models.
All of our steamers, except Weaver's John Wilke's and the 3rd Rail B&O EM-1 and PRR T-1, are of very recent production and include either MTH's Digital Control System (DCS) or Lionel's Trainmaster Command Control (TMCC) so that we can enjoy not only the sounds and smoke of these big engines, but the operating flexibility of running command control. In essence, we can run multiple engines on the same stretches of track, individually controlling each through a hand help unit. When we have 10 or maybe 12 steamers running at once - its quite loud and there's a lot of smoke - plus we are plenty busy keeping track of them all!
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Bringing more details about what fans can expect from the upcoming Halo Mash-up Pack for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, a new previous of the DLC has shown that the popular block-building game will be getting several locations inspired by famous areas from the Halo franchise including well-known multiplayer maps from the first-person shooter. Many of these new pre-built locations were revealed in an early look at the add-on from Halo Waypoint on May 23.
The official news site for the Halo series showed off a new batch of screenshots detailing the Halo-inspired world that fans of the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft will receive when the new DLC launches. The mash-up pack preview teases looks at several classic Halo maps such as Valhalla, Blackout, and Blood Gulch. To further complete Minecraft's transformation, the add-on will also add 40 new avatar skins that were inspired by the popular shooter as well as tracks straight from the official Halo soundtrack.
The Halo Mash-up Pack will be the third such DLC release for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. 4J Studios has previously launched similar DLC packs in the past that were based upon the Mass Effect franchise from Bioware as well as Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. All mash-up packs blend the worlds of Minecraft together with various other popular licensed video game properties. New world textures, avatar skins, and pre-built landmarks are used to recreate the source material within the voxel world of Minecraft.
It was now over two years ago since Minecraft was first launched on Xbox 360, marking the series' first release on home consoles. 4J Studios has since ported the game to the Playstation 3 this past December, giving Sony fans their chance to join in on the sandbox phenomenon. The developer is also currently working on new versions of the game which will release on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PS Vita later this summer.
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Does the Android files app sync changes made to local files back to U1? - it seems not to.
I have a bunch of photos sync'd to U1 but when I delete a photo from my device it remains on U1. I'd like the files app to 'sync' i.e. when I delete a file from my device it deletes it from U1.


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A Quote by U.S. Supreme Court on absence, censorship, contentment, democracy, freedom, ideas, interest, society, speech, and traditions
As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech is more likely to interfere with the free exchange of ideas than to encourage it. The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.
Source: 1997, Janet Reno et al. v. ACLU et al.
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Sept. 1, 2009
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Box Score in PDF Format
DeKALB - Senior Josh Karsten scored the first Northern Illinois goal of the year, but the Huskie men's soccer team fell 2-1 to Bradley in the season-opener for both teams Tuesday at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
Karsten (Barrington Hills, Ill./Barrington) scored off a free kick from midfielder Engebreth Faerden (Oslo, Norway/Academy for Elite Athletes) in the 15th minute of play to put the Huskies up 1-0 in head coach Eric Luzzi's first match at the helm.
"We pressured well and created a lot of quality chances throughout the match," Luzzi said. "At the end of the day, we had 11 shots on goal, which is a positive."
Northern Illinois (0-1-0) continued to attack after Karsten's goal, totaling 22 total shots to Bradley's 11. NIU senior Luis De La Cerda nearly put his team on top 2-0 in the 63rd minute, when his shot from the top of the box ricocheted off the right post.
Bradley (1-0-0) captured momentum after the play. Justin Bigelow tied the match in the 77th minute, scoring off a corner kick from Christian Meza, and Chris Cutshaw netted the game-winning goal in transition six minutes later.
"We committed two mental errors that allowed them to score," Luzzi said. "There are going to be games this season that we win because other teams make mental errors as well."
Forward Juan Hoyos (Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) led NIU with five shots, including one on goal. Finn Jor (Oslo, Norway/Academy for Elite Athletes) and Johnny Tyma (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) added three shots a piece.
Goalkeeper Chris Tidwell (Shabbona, Ill./Indian Creek/Kishwaukee C.C.) was one of three Huskies to make their first appearance in the Cardinal and Black. Tidwell managed the defense like a veteran, having to make only one save in the match. Freshmen Stefan Vaziri (Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain) and Andrew Van Woesik (Allen, Texas/Plano) also saw action.
"We went with Chris because he has great communication with the players in front of him," Luzzi said of Tidwell.
The Huskies continue the season at the North Carolina Nike Invitational, where they will face the No. 2 Tar Heels, Friday, and 2008 NCAA Tournament participant UNC-Greensboro, Sunday.


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1990 Subaru Brumby GL 1.8 from Australia and New Zealand
Best ever 4x4 ute around!!
Nothing has really gone wrong with my Brumby, except when I bought it, I replaced the engine with a reconditioned motor. I have replaced a few things (clutch, gaskets and new pressure plate).
Other than that, my Brumby is a little pearler!!!
General Comments:
My Brumby is the perfect vehicle for me, because I can drive it at my farm, and go 4x4ing and driving on the open road. It's so adaptable, and I can go places that my mate's Hiluxes and Troopy utes can't go.
I fill my ute up, and it seems to last forever!! It's great with the fuel costs these days.
I travel a lot because of me living in Roxby and travelling to my farm monthly. It handles the highway so well, it's got a nice note to it to with a 2 inch exhaust system, and while cruising on the highway, I've got a 10 inch sub between the seats, and 2x 6 inch speakers in the door; it makes the long drive seem like 20 minutes...
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
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Your Beatles calendar for the week:Regular events:
Ringo "Peace & Love" exhibit: Continues at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles until April 27.
"Good Ol' Freda" is now out on DVD and Blu-ray and is also streaming on Netflix. Screening information at the film website at http://www.goodolfreda.com.
Beatles tours:
- New York by Susan Ratisher Ryan, Fab 4 NYC Walking Tours,. Website: http://www.fab4nyctours.wordpress.com/.
- Los Angeles by Gillian Lomax's A Magical History Tour. Website: http://www.amagicalhistorytour.com.
- Liverpool by Jackie Spencer. Website: http://www.beatleguide.com.
- London walking tours by Richard Porter: http://www.beatlesinlondon.com.
- The Beatles LOVE, Cirque du Soleil, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas. Performances: Thursdays through Mondays at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. No performances on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Tickets: http://bit.ly/HRmbk4
- 1964: The Tribute: April 5: Carmel, CA. April 12: Fitchburg, MA. Info: http://www.1964thetribute.com.
- The Fab Four: April 5: Anaheim, CA. April 11: Wendover, NV. April 12: Harrah's Lake Tahoe. More info: http://www.thefabfour.com.
- Denny Laine: April 12, Reggie's Music Joint, Chicago.
- Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles: March 31, South Bend, IN.; April 1: Evansville, IN. April 2: Blacksburg, VA. April 3: Toledo, OH. April 4: Columbus, OH. Info: http://www.raintribute.com.
- Laurence Juber: April 3: San Jose, CA. April 4: Felton, CA. April 5: Palo Alto, CA. April 6: Redwood City, CA. More info: http://www.laurencejuber.com.
- The Fab Faux: April 5: Ann Arbor, MI. April 26: Northampton, MA. More info: www.thefabfaux.com.
- Forever Fab, Pacific Beach Hotel, Waikiki Beach. 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: http://www.foureverfabshow.com/tickets.htm
- Bootleg Beatles: April: U.K. shows. http://www.bootlegbeatles.com/gigs.html
- Creme Tangerine: April 4: Granite Falls, WA. April 18: Bellevue, WA. http://www.cremetangerine.com/show-times/ .
- Beatles Brunch, 12 p.m. Saturday, B.B. King's, New York City.
- "Made In Liverpool Sunday Show," Beatles tribute, 14:30 London time, The Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: http://www.cavernclub.org
- "The Two of Us Monday Show," weekly tribute to Lennon & McCartney, 18:00 Mondays, the Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: http://www.cavernclub.org.
- "Saturday With the Beatles," weekly Beatles tribute show with the Cavern Club Beatles, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, The Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: Information: http://www.cavernclub.org.
- Beatleshow, 5:30 p.m. nightly, Saxe Theater, Las Vegas.
Future events:
- Abbey Road on the River, May 26-29, Louisville, KY, with the Beach Boys, John Sebastian, Laurence Juber, Ambrosia, Beatle tribute bands, Information: http://www.arotr.com
- 50th anniversary screening of "A Hard Day's Night" with Pattie Boyd, July 6, Catalina Island Museum, CA. Info: http://tinyurl.com/knypowv.
- Fest for Beatles Fans, Aug. 15-17, 2014, Chicago. Information: http://www.thefest.com.
- Beatles Tribute Festival: July 4 – 5, 2014 at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts in Canada. Event website.
- Magical History Tour toLiverpool and London Aug. 17-24, 2014. Information: http://www.liverpooltours.com/.
- Bestfest: Aug. 23, Casbah Club, Liverpool. Info: www.petebest.com.
- Fest for Beatles Fans, Oct. 10-12, 2014, Airport Marriott, Los Angeles. Information: http://www.thefest.com.
- The Artwork of John Lennon: Website: http://johnlennonartwork.com/
- The Art of John Lennon: Website: http://www.lennonart.com/
Beatles history:
- April 1, 1961: The Beatles return to Hamburg for a 13-week gig at the Top Ten Club.
- April 3, 1976: The Beatlles' "Yesterday" is released as a single for the first time in the UK.
- April 4, 1964: Five Beatles singles occupy the top five spots of the Billboard chart in the Billboard Hot 100 for the week. At the top spot is "Can't Buy Me Love,' followed by "Twist and Shout," "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There."
- April 4, 1967: Paul McCartney meets with the Jefferson Airplane in San Francisco.
Beatles chart news:
On Billboard charts: As we reported in our weekly chart update, for the issue of April 5, on the Catalog chart, the "1" album was at #9, down from #6 in the previous issue, and "Abbey Road" was at #50, down from #43..
50 years ago this week on the British charts:
Singles: On the chart of 3-28-64, The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" debuted at #8. "World Without Love" by Peter & Gordon and written by Lennon-McCartney, shoots up from #36 to #16. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" drops from #25 to #32. The top four are "Little Children," "Just One Look" "Not Fade Away" (Rolling Stones) and "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Cilla Black) respectively.
Albums: "With the Beatles" still #1. "Please Please Me" drops to #3.
50 years ago on the American charts:
- Singles: One the March 28, 1964 chart, Beatles songs occupied the top four places in the Billboard chart: "She Loves You," "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "Twist and Shout" (Tollie) (up from #7 the previous week) and "Please Please Me" (Vee Jay) down one spot from #3. "I Saw Her Standing There" drops from #14 to #26. "Can't Buy Me Love" debuts at #27. "From Me To You" jumps from #58 to #50. "We Love the Beatles" by the Carefrees moves from #73 to #57. "All My Loving" (Capitol of Canada) debuts at #71. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Capitol of Canada) moves up to #75 from #79. "Do You Want to Know a Secret" (Vee Jay) debuts at #78. "A Letter to the Beatles" by the Four Preps sits at #86 from #87. "You Can't Do That" is "Bubbling Under the Hot 100" at #115. In the next chart, the Beatles would have the top five singles.
- LPs: From 3-28-64: "Meet the Beatles!" and "Introducing the Beatles" still #1 and #2. "The Beatles" (on MGM) is at #87, up from #103.
Last week's best Beatles stories:
- Newly released photo shows Beatles backstage at the Cavern in 1963
- Beatle news briefs: Restored Beatles film to be screened; Yoko as art
- Review: Dave Clark Five PBS special is group's version of 'Beatles Anthology'
- Interview: Veteran DJ Dave Hull recalls the Beatles, AM radio's crazy '60s
- Beatles news briefs: Chart news; mapping the Beatles; Lennon doc online
- Paul McCartney releasing 'NEW' album in unique Japan tour edition with bonus DVD
- Beatle news briefs: Beatles and friends; new Julian video; Sean, Yoko in fashion
- Paul McCartney announces three new shows in Japan for his Out There! tour
- Memorial garden planted for Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe in Liverpool
- Beatle news briefs: Lennon artwork auction; another Beatles 50th magazine
- Interview: Beatles are today's classical music, pianist says
- Beatle news briefs: A garden for Stuart Sutcliffe; free Beatles book
- Review: 'Wonderwall' the film: Turn on, tune in, drop out
- San Diego Beatle Fair to feature special tribute to Tony Sheridan
- SXSW follow-up: Rusty Anderson's new album; Sean Lennon's radio show
On radio:
- "Things We Said Today": Each week, myself and Ken Michaels of "Every Little Thing" discuss the latest Beatles news topics. On the latest show on Fab4Radio.com this weekend and on iTunes and Podbean.com, we talk with Robert Rodriguez, author of "Solo in the '70s." (Ken also has an additional interview at http://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/more-interviews.html.) "Things We Said Today" is available on iTunes (where you can subscribe to us) and Podbean.com, and can be heard at noon ET/9 a.m. PT Saturday and noon ET/9 p.m. PT and midnight ET/9 p.m. PT Sundays on Fab4Radio.com. You can write to us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- "Every Little Thing": This Wednesday, a thematic set of acoustic McCartney plus more of Ken's interview with Beatles author Allan Kozinn ("Got That Something - How 'I Want To Hold Your Hand Changed Everything'") The show airs Wednesday, 8-10pm (est) on WNHU, West Haven, CT and can be streamed at www.wnhu.net. More information at www.kenmichaelsradio.com.
- ."Fab 4 Free 4 All": Latest show: "John Lennon: 'Plastic Ono Band': I Don't Believe in Reviews." Available on iTunes and at www.Fab4Free4all.com.
- "Beatle Brunch": March 30: The Beatles in India. Website: http://www.beatlebrunch.com.
- "The John Lennon Hour": March 30: Gary Van Scyoc of Elephant's Memory. 8 p.m. ET Sunday at Beatles-A-Rama. Available through iTunes. Website: http://www.johnlennonseries.com/radio_home.html.
- "Magical Mystery Tour": Two-hour weekly show hosted by James D. Jones with Beatles and solo music. Saturdays at 3 p.m. CST on WKCC-FM (91.1), Kankakee Community College, Kanakee, Ill. Website: http://www.kcc.edu/radio/programs/Pages/mysterytour.aspx or http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcc.edu%2Fradio%2FPages...
- "Recipe Records": Weekly podcast by Lanea Stagg that features food and music discussion, and often Beatles discussion. Episodes have featured Jim Berkenstadt, author of "The Beatle Who Vanished"; David Bedford, author of "Liddypool: Birthplace of the Beatles"; Al Sussman of Beatlefan; Beatles Examiner Steve Marinucci (aka me); John Lennon Series author Jude Southerland Kessler, and Pat Matthews of Beatles-a-Rama. All shows are here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/recipe-records-cookbook.
- "Dennis Mitchell's Breakfast With the Beatles": March 30: Author Chuck Gunderson "Some Fun Tonight!" which chronicles The Beatles' three major North American tours. Also, Paul and John's public feud in 1971, and the story behind the 1964 novelty hit "We Love You Beatles.". Show website.
- "Chris Carter's 'British Invasion': March 30: A birthday salute to Eric Clapton with some Yardbirds, John Mayall's Blues Band, Cream, & Domino's plus sets of American & Aussie bands who wish they were British. April 6: British Invaders who made the scene on this week in 1965's Billboard's HOT 100 Singles Chart, a salute to the anniversary's of both the Beatles & The Rolling Stones very own record labels, plus hits and non-hits from Badfinger, The Clash, Pretty Things, The Strypes, Donovan, Mott the Hoople, more. Three-hour weekly show on Sirius/XM Ch. 21 at 9 a.m. and midnight ET Sunday. Feb. 9 show includes appearance by John Lennon impersonator Tim Piper.
- "Chris Carter's Breakfast With the Beatles": March 30: Denny Laine. On KLOS-FM (95.5) 9 a.m. PT Sunday. Website.
- "Beatles Brunch" with Geoff Lloyd: Weekly Beatles show on Absolute Radio in the UK . Airs at 2200 GMT (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT). You can listen live here (only in UK).
- "The Beatledd Fab Four Hour": The show, hosted by Edd Raineri, airs live each Friday, 7-8 PM EDT, on WRKC-FM in Wilkes-Barre, PA. You can listen live online at: http://wrkc.kings.edu. The program's Facebook page can be found at: www.facebook.com/beatleddfabfourhour. .
- "I've Got a Beatles Podcast": "Apple Scruffs, Vol. 1: Badfinger." Information: http://ivegotabeatlespodcast.podbean.com/
- Breakfast With The Beatles hosted by Cha-Chi Loprete: 8 a.m. ET Sundays, WZLX-FM (100.7 FM) in Boston or streaming at www.WZLX.com (Click on Listen Live).
- "Saturday With the Beatles," KCSN, 88.5 FM Northridge, CA at 10 am Pacific, 12 noon Eastern, and 6 p.m. London time. http://www.kcsn.org/listen/index.php
- "Breakfast With the Beatles": 8 to 10 a.m. CT Sundays, WXRT in Chicago. Also streamed at http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/show/breakfast-with-the-beatles/.
- "Now and Then": An hour of the Beatles at 8 p.m. ET Monday. The station's frequency is 88.9 FM and is located in the Philadelphia, PA/Southern NJ market. Available online at http://www.Z889.org.
- "On the Beat": Excellent show hosted by Beatles author Spencer Leigh on BBC Radio Merseyside. Not primarily a Beatles show, but a lot of the discussion focuses on the Liverpool music scene in the '60s, often with those who were there. Airs Saturdays at 17:30 (5:30 p.m.) in the UK and archived online for a week after at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7sj.
- "Sounds of the Sixties": Brian Matthews, who interviewed the Beatles on the BBC in the '60s, hosts this weekly show featuring music by the Beatles and others from that decade. Programs air Saturdays and stay online for a week at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wqlv.
- "Beatlesongs": Hosted by Rob Leonard airs 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. ET Friday on 90.3 FM WHPC and streaming at www.ncc.edu/whpc.
- "Breakfast With the Beatles With Andre Gardner": The show airs from 7 to 9 a.m. ET Sundays on WMGK-FM 102.9 and 7-9 a.m. PT on KSLX-FM 100.7 in Phoenix.
- "The Beatles Complete on Ukelele": Weekly show featuring new version of Beatle song played on ukelele. Information: http://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail?pid=51729
- "Just Four Guys": New shows available at 4 p.m. ET Tuesdays at www.mvyradio.com.
- "Dinner Specials With May Pang and Cynthia Nielsen": Latest show: Former U.S. Apple Records head Ken Mansfield. More info: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/maypang.
- "Mid-Evening With the Beatles," from the Philippines, 5 to 9 a.m. Saturday morning Eastern time, at their website http://www.pbs.gov.ph/dzsr.
- "Across the Universe," hosted by Glenn Calderone from 8-10 p.m. EST Tuesdays on Inravio.com. http://www.inravio.com/batu.html
- "Beatles and Beyond": Hosted by Pete Dicks. Available at http://beatlesandbeyond.homestead.com/contact.html .
Beatles radio stations:
- Fab4Radio.com: http://fab4radio.com
- Beatles-a-Rama: http://www.beatlesarama.com
- Beatles Radio.com: http://www.beatlesradio.com
- MaccaRadio: http://www.maccaradio.com
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If approved by city officials and voters, the hub could be renamed Harvey Milk San Francisco International Airport.
17:15, UK, Tuesday 15 January 2013
A top San Francisco official wants to rename the city's international airport in honour of an iconic gay rights activist killed in 1978.
City Supervisor David Campos will introduce legislation on Tuesday to rename San Francisco International Airport as Harvey Milk San Francisco International Airport, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Mr Campos' proposal will go to voters in November if it first receives support from five other city supervisors.
Mr Campos, who is gay, said the naming would be a clear signal of San Francisco's support for gay and lesbian equality.
"It's time to send a message that members of the LGBT community are treated with dignity and respect," he told the Chronicle.
Mr Milk, the city's first openly gay supervisor and one of the first gay people elected to office in the US, was shot and killed at City Hall in 1978 by former supervisor Dan White.
White also killed Mayor George Moscone, for whom San Francisco's convention centre is named.
Mr Milk has become an international symbol for the effort to secure gay and lesbian rights. Actor Sean Penn won the Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of the activist in the 2008 film, Milk.
His family reportedly supports the proposal.
SFO, as the airport is known, serves 40 million people a year, including 9 million international passengers.


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Viewed in a certain light, falling cabbage prices are a sign of prosperity for modern China.
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Information Threshold
A collection of news items, reviews, tutorials, commentary, links of interest, my photography, and more.
June 21, 2016
Major League Baseball blackouts in Hawaii
It turns out that it is more ridiculous than I thought through this Sporting News article.
Really? Would MLB really lose that much by not having any blackouts in Hawaii?
April 1, 2015
More Hunter, Less Mike
July 13, 2014
The Resurrection of my Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
June 28, 2014
Accessibility/Usability Fail: Hotel Checkbox Selection
While trying to get quotes for a hotel stay, this particular hotel site offered checkboxes for the room preferences. The only problem was that clicking on the checkbox itself would not set/unset the checkbox. Only clicking on the label for the checkbox worked. At least they had that working, but I've never seen clicking on the checkbox itself fail.
November 6, 2013
Does Bacon Really Make Everything Better? Here's The Math
November 3, 2013
Out With the Old Fitbit, In With the New Fitbit
My old Fitbit, which I think they call the Fitbit Classic, but looks like the Fitbit Ultra, started being problematic at least 6 months ago. Even though it had a full charge, it would randomly and suddenly not track steps and I would have to plug it back into the charger to have it work again. Once or twice I even had to press a button on the charger to get the Fitbit to "reset" itself. Then, starting in September, the Fitbit would constantly not track steps, even though plugging it into the charger would show that the Fitbit was charged. It was becoming annoying. Plus, the holster for the Fitbit had chipped off a bit a few months before hand and had a sharp edge. It was time for a new Fitbit.
A friend of mine has the Fitbit Flex, but as I already wear a watch, I really didn't want to wear more than one thing on my wrist. I could have gone with the Fitbit Zip, but was more inclined to go with the Fitbit One, as it would also track the number of stairs that I take. The sleep tracking capability really isn't important to me. I used it once on the old Fitbit, but trying to wear something on my wrist as I sleep is too annoying.
The Fitbit One has some improvements over the Fitbit Classic that I like - the charger is a shorter dongle that is much easier to pack than the old one. The holster is more of a soft rubber sort of material - similar to the OtterBox I used on my old Samsung Droid Charge phone. It can be a bit challenging to get the Fitbit completely in there at times and I wonder if the holster will become very loose to where it does not hold the Fitbit as well as it does now. Removing and reinstalling the OtterBox on my phone caused it to become looser. So far, after a month of use, I have not seen that problem.
The Fitbit One is supposed to sync via the Fitbit app for various Android phones. I haven't gotten it to work yet on my Moto X or Nexus 7, but another page (which is not easy to find) listed a problem with the Bluetooth drivers on Motorola devices and that a bug was submitted for Nexus devices. I hope this gets remedied soon, as it will be nice to sync my steps if I am away from my computer for days at a time.
November 2, 2013
A Look Back - eWEEK's Look at Turbo Pascal and BASIC
eWeek did a look back at Turbo Pascal and BASIC from 30 years ago.
It sure brings back memories for me - working with GW BASIC on the DOS side of things (as well as having played with BASIC on the Apple II and Atari 800). I started with Pascal on an Apple III, which was painfully slow when it came to compiling. I eventually got Borland's Turbo Pascal for my home DOS computer and wrote numerous little programs for it.


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|Wenzigova, 120 00 Prague, Tsjechische Republiek
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FREE Wi-Fi
Check in time is from 14:00
Check out prior 12:00
Breakfasts from 7:00 till 10:30
Royal Court Hotel is a brand new, modern and comfortable hotel, which is located in a fully restored and renovated XIX century building of the former Royal Court. It is located in the central part near the medieval sights and the quay of the river Vltava with some of the most beautiful bridges in Europe stretching across it.
Our friendly English-speaking personnel will surround you with care and attention and will make sure you have the warmest memories of your visit to Prague.
We are pleased to offer you a classic cozy double room, which is equipped with all the necessary things for your comfortable stay. You can choose rooms with either a double bed or two large beds. The rooms are equipped with:
Shower cabin, hairdryer, towels
Shower gel/shampoo
Aroma soap for hands
Air condition
Tea set
Welcome coffee and tea
Extra services (paid):
Extra cleaning
Airport transfer
Public transport tickets
Parking for middle-sized cars costs 15-25 euro/day (at the building near apartments). The price depends on the size of your car.
If you have some more questions, feel free to ask me about!
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I was so impressed with this sweet little hotel.
The room was very clean. I was happy with the clean bathroom and comfortable bed. (you have to pay if you want clean towels every day, 5€ extra I think)
What I love most about our stay was the perfect breakfast, which was included in the price. Please, never change your breakfast buffet. Only the breakfast would be a reason for me to go back to Prague lol.
What I also want to mention is that the staff working there was extremely nice and friendly.
I'd definitely come back to this place since all I can say about it is very positive.
Nice and clean rooms, well located and very friendly staff.
Thank you very much for the perfect hospitality.
I had the best experience with this apartment during my stay (in April 2016) The staff welcomed me in a way that I felt at home immediately and during my time there all of them were extremly helpfull and really friendly at any time! The location of the apartments is in a perfect position: you reach most of the tourist-attractions in a short walk of 10-15 minutes, also a small supermarket is opposite the street that covers all your daily needs, as well there is a good (vegetarian!!) restaurant closeby in the same street, a nice bar on the other side of the street and a metro-station within a short walk of about 3 minutes! The apartment itself was extremly clean and with nice furniture! I was lucky enough and had an apartment with a window to the backyard - so it was quiet inside at any time of the day/night! I can highly recommend these apartments - I would book it again at any time ... if I am lucky enough to return to the beautiful city of Prague ...
We had a really great time there. Beautiful and clean apartment, friendly staff. Overall a great experience.
Everything was clean, organized, and functional. I enjoyed my stay at the apartment and it was for a great price too. Also, the bathroom floor was heated! Thumbs up!
A great location if you want somewhere that is near public transport (tram and metro) and also close enough to walk into the city if you are fit and have plenty of energy. The apartment was spacious and very warm for December, kitchen quite adequate and light cleaning was provided daily. Having transport arranged from and to the airport was very convenient.
The real asset to these apartments are the desk staff who do a really wonderful job day and night. Helpful and polite they are the best advertisement the place could have and deserve the highest praise.
If you are travelling near to Christmas there are plenty of sites with Christmas villages and at least two within easy walking distance. If you want to visit places such as the castle or Kafka museum the 22 tram departs only 50 meters from the door.
The apartment was simply great! Big and well furnished, extremely clean and cosy. Boys and girls at the reception were great too helping us find our way through the discovery of Prague!.
Close to the metro, close to the city center and really easy to reach also from the airport.
We loved this wonderful apartments in the center of Prague! So close to subway ad tram. Also the apartment was brand new, warm, roomy, clean... We couldn't ask for more
The hotel is so beautiful! It was amazing, the room is small but perfect for a citytrip. It is located very cetral and the metro is very near to the hotel.
The breakfast is a little bit too small but it is ok for this price. The room was always cleand and the reception is very friendly.
If I would travel to prague again, I would always stay at the royal court hotel!
Clean room, although a little small but perfect for what we needed & well furnished. Friendly & helpful staff members. If I was to be picky I would say the breakfast could have been a little better, with more variety each day but apart from that I was happy overall.
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London singer Laurel releases visuals for her chanty debut single, "Fire Breather," which document a snapshot of her time with a volatile lover.
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London singer Laurel releases visuals for her chanty debut single, "Fire Breather," which document a snapshot of her time with a volatile lover.
Producer and songwriter Nate Connelly earlier this month dropped his penetrating debut single, "You Echo" with an ambience that is both delicate and impactful.
No one's cruising in a lowrider as freshly as 7 Days of Funk (Snoop Dogg and DaM-FunK) in their video for "Hit Da Pavement." So bawse. Their self-titled debut album is available now!
Chicago's Sidewalk Chalk announced its sophomore release, Leaves, today with a free download of the first single, "There She Goes," premiering on Okayplayer. Dropping on February 25th, the new album offers up the 8-piece's unique mix of Hip-Hop, Soul, and Jazz that reminds us of the jazz influenced beats of the Native Tongues era. MC Rico Sisney's smooth flow and the soulful vocals of Maggie Vagle are supported by first rate musicianship making this one collective not to be ignored.
Download "There She Goes" below and stay tuned for 2014 tour dates including album release shows in Chicago and NYC.
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World's First Manned Electric Helicopter Takes Flight!
BY: Tafline Laylin
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- Hybrid HelicopterIf you're wondering why there are electric planes, electric cars, and all kinds of other electric vehicles floating around, but no electric helicopters, it's because these lean machines require a lot of battery power to take off, hover, and land. Sowhen Solution F commissioned electrical and aerospace engineer Pascal Chretien to build an electric helicopter, he knew he needed to replace the most energy-intensive functions, such as the tail rotor and cyclic control, with ultra-lightweight alternatives that would reduce the battery load. And he was successful! Beating aviation giant Sikorsky's record, the manned electric prototype flew untethered for 2 minutes and 10 seconds at considerable personal risk to Chretien, an experienced helicopter pilot.1
- First Electric Helicopter by Pascal ChretienHelicopters require a lot of battery power2
- First Electric Helicopter by Pascal ChretienWhich is why electric helicopters have been slow to take off3
- First Electric Helicopter by Pascal ChretienSo, when Solution F commissioned Pascal Chretien to building an electric helicopter4
- First Electric Helicopter by Pascal ChretienHe knew he had to replace energy-intensive functions with lighter weight alternatives5
- First Electric Helicopter by Pascal ChretienInstead of an energy intensive tail rotor, he added a coaxial design with 2 counter-rotating rotors on top that only requires a lightweight tail fin6
- First Electric Helicopter by Pascal ChretienAnd instead of cyclic control, he added a big set of handlebars for the weight-shifting system7
- First Electric Helicopter by Pascal ChretienThese interventions combined resulted in 5 kg weight reduction8
- First Electric Helicopter by Pascal ChretienBut the controls are reversed from standard helicopters9
- First Electric Helicopter by Pascal ChretienSo Chretien had to train himself on a pendular weight shifting system to ensure he did not respond the wrong way in the air10
- First Electric Helicopter by Pascal ChretienAnd he was successful! The first every manned electric helicopter flight lasted 2 minutes and 10 seconds.11