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Coffee Tasting at Starbucks Stores on 1/12 - 1/14 (U.S.) for $0
Taste the Starbucks Roast Spectrum. Come to Starbucks for a free coffee tasting and vote for the roast you love most. We'll even send you home with a little something as a thank you. If it's your favorite, we'll give you a free sample to brew a pot of coffee at home.
US Event - Thursday Jan. 12 - Saturday Jan. 14
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I've tasted their coffee... no thanks.
Who can turn down free coffee?
Even the coffee snobs for whom Starbucks is too hoi-polloi shouldn't complain; it's free. I'm sure you've all drunk worse at restaurants and hotels. (I drink worse at work every day).
It's about the atmosphere anyway... supposedly!
Anyhow- I'm in for some.
Work there and we're probably sampling the new blonde blend of coffees: Willow and Veranda. Both are very light coffees and both are better than Pike's Place...which is just wretched. Don't understand why we have to brew that garbage everyday.
I'll be the one giving out the samples in Norfolk.
If I remember right, if you pick the blonde, you get a coupon for money off a pound.
Unfortunately, the blonde roasts are awful, especially if your a bold fan.
I'm excited to try the new blonde varieties, personally. Thanks for the heads up!
I like my coffee like I like my dates: not blonde.
@vyperstrike: @andr000: Are you prepared to start having people walk in and order a tall hot blonde?
ahhhhh, free coffee, thanks!
Thanks for the post. Looooooove Starbucks...
um....i used to work @ sbux...and you can pretty much ask them to try their coffee any time....samples generally happen daily. not anything new.
@andr000: Pike's is really a terrible blend. It doesn't even taste like coffee, which is saying something because I'm not extremely picky. Invariably, I pick whatever else is brewing.
Does anyone know how this works exactly? Are there carafes or a manned stand set up in the store that you can sample from? If so will they be in operation all day? Or will you have to approach employees and ask for samples after waiting in line?
@seahokedrama: I can turn down free CharredRocks any day. I'll do without rather than make do. Nasty stuff.
I'd be more inclined to vote for Mexican Shade Grown and Cafe Estima since they were the top 2 blends for me and they got rid of them both to bring this Blonde crap in.
I always took pride in never having set foot in a starbucks, but free coffee might make me make an exception.
@panthiest: Just a counterculture thing, or because of the lame overpriced drinks? ...Because their coffee (the actual coffee) is much better than other on-the-road alternatives and the price is roughly the same, with discounted refills.
Employees are much better than Dunkin Donuts. The coffee is always fresher. The cashier gets your coffee immediately, so you don't need to wait with the weirdos in the latte line.
I'm not saying the coffee is amazing, just better than Dunkin Donuts and such. You're still better off skipping obligations, sleeping in, and brewing at home with quality beans. :p
@gregorylikescheapstu: I've had people give me coffee from there before and it's not bad, but I think the whole thing is crazy. I usually just brew my own coffee, but when I'm traveling Dunkin Donuts tastes at least as good to me and is so much cheaper. If I liked something fancier than a medium black coffee (or the occasional chai thing with a shot of espresso added) I might be able to justify the expense of starbucks, but I don't.
I also tend to dislike the people who go to starbucks regularly and my answer of "I've never set foot in a starbucks and don't plan on starting to now" is a non-offensive way of getting out of spending more time than I have to with them.
As long as it isn't their standard Pike's Peak brew I'd be game. That normal stuff though just tastes burnt... I don't know, there's something in that roasting process that I just don't like.
I like my fancy coffee, and even though I've moved beyond Starbucks, I'm not feelin' the coffeesnob hate for them. I'll be there. Maybe.
My keurig may get the day off one of those days. But probably not. A blonde roast sounds awful. It's like a light beer, just colored water.
I would rather have walmart brand coffee...
starbucks coffee is good but i think they always brew it wrong, i always brew it right. :)
I'm a college student and I like to study while drinking coffee in a comfy chair at a location that is not my house. There are two coffee places near me. One is a Starbucks and the other isn't. While I'm not overly enamoured with how over roasted some of Starbucks' roasts are the other coffee place is so bad the baristas don't even know what a bloody French Press is!
So, I drink Starbucks.
I love Italian roast. I don't have to do anything to it.
@andr000: That "Garbage" helps pay your rent.
@panthiest: I'd have to agree with you about the coffee snob thing, but not in all cases. There are a few workers and a few regulars I've seen from time to time that I find to be decent people, the employees especially. I don't like certain things Starbucks does, but they certainly don't hire delinquents.
Also if you don't want to be crowded by the snobs, use the drive thru if you have any by you :P
I can't really hold a case to compare DD's black coffee, but I know the past several times I've been there, a medium coffee with milk tastes rather funny. Both DD and Sbux grinds are pretty good, depending on the roast, but as far as an in-store experience, you get a lot more from starbucks nowadays, even if a regular coffee is a few cents more, I know their policy is to dump the coffee every 30-45 minutes whether or not it's used. I don't think Dunkin Donuts ever enforces that, and also because they're franchise based, not all centrally owned. Just my $.02, to each their own tho.
Good for those who are coffee wimps. The Blonde is good for those who think Starbucks regular blends are too strong. It's probably along the same line as Dunkin Donuts, I'm told. Personally, I won't touch it.
If you go, don't forget to ask for used coffee grounds for your compost pile! With this promo, they should have a lot. And please, don't try to rebrew it - YUCK!!!
@amyb3641: seconded, no yellow-hairs! :^)
As a Barista of 7 months now, i have to say this isn't something you want to miss if your a coffee drinker but think Starbucks just doesn't have something for you. We will be leading guided sampleings (at our location at least) of our new Blonde roast "Veranda" along with a medium "Pike" and a dark "Italian Roast". The pike is what our location brews all day everyday and is not personally a favorite of mine, Italian is a roast we brew some mornings and personally i love it. Our new "Blonde" end of the roast spectrum is for those who like lots of cream and sugar OR those who think we burn our coffee in the roasting process. I may end up guiding these tastings at my store and personally look foreword to it.
I miss my local Starbucks having a Clover machine. It was fantastic.
@pythos: I'd be curious about the new blonde, but I don't see it justifying taking away my 2 favorite blends of coffee beans :P


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Why is there no logical xor in JavaScript?
JavaScript traces its ancestry back to C, and C does not have a logical XOR operator. Mainly because it's not useful. Bitwise XOR is extremely useful, but in all my years of programming I have never needed a logical XOR.
If you have two boolean variables you can mimic XOR with:
With two arbitrary variables you could use
That's pretty obscure though and would certainly deserve a comment. Indeed, you could even use the bitwise XOR operator at this point, though this would be far too clever for my taste:
Javascript has a XOR operator : ^
You can use it with booleans and it will give the result as a 0 or 1 (which you can convert back to boolean, e.g.
There are no real logical operators in Javascript. A logical operator would only take true or false as arguments and would only return true or false.
In Javascript
So the general idea is to evaluate the left argument first. The right argument gets only evaluated if it's necessary. And the last result is returned. This returned result can be anything. Objects, Numbers, Strings .. whatever!
This makes it possible to write things like
But the truth value of this result can also be used to decide if a "real" logical operator would have returned true or false.
This makes it possible to write things like
But a "logical"
Anyways, what should happen if both results are truthy? You would expect something falsy. But there are no falsy results. So the operation shouldn't return anything.
And finally, what should happen if both results are falsy? Both could be returned. But only one can be returned. Which one? The first one? Or the second one? My intuition tells me to return the first result but usually "logical" operators evaluate from left to right and return the last evaluated result.
there is... sort of:
or easier to read:
why? dunno.
because javascript developers thought it would be unnecessary as it can be expressed by other, already implemented, logical operators.
you could as well just have gon with nand and thats it, you can impress every other possible logical operation from that.
i personally think it has historical reasons that drive from c-based syntax languages, where to my knowledge xor is not present or at least exremely uncommon.
Check out:
You can mimic it something like this:
How about transforming the result int to a bool with double negation? Not so pretty, but really compact.
Yes, Just do the following. Assuming that you are dealing with booleans A and B, then A XOR B value can be calculated in JavaScrip using the following
The previous line is also equivalent to the following
Personally, I prefer xor1 since I have to type less characters. I believe that xor1 is also faster too. It's just performing two calculations. xor2 is performing three calculations.
Visual Explanation ... Read the table bellow (where 0 stands for false and 1 stands for true) and compare the 3rd and 5th columns.
In above xor function it will result SIMILAR result as logical xor does not exactly logical xor, means it will result "false for equal values" and "true for different values" with data type matching in consideration.
This xor function will work as actual xor or logical operator, means it will result true or false according to the passing values are truthy or falsy. Use according to your needs
The XOR of two booleans is simply whether they are different, therefore:
Try this short and easy to understand one
This will work for any data type

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College Hockey:College hockey alumni named to U.S. Hockey Hall
The United States Hockey Hall of Fame will enshrine three college hockey alumni this fall with the announcement Monday that Chris Chelios, Gary Suter and Keith Tkachuk will make up three of the five new members.
Mike "Doc" Emrick and Ed Snider are the other two that will be formally installed into the Hall in Chicago this fall. No date has been announced for the ceremony.
"It's an extraordinary class," USA Hockey president Ron DeGregorio said in a statement. "The varied contributions to the landscape of hockey in our country is truly amazing and, collectively, this class has positively impacted every level of hockey."
Chelios, a Chicago native, won a national championship at Wisconsin in 1983 and followed that with a 26-year professional career, including three Stanley Cups and three Norris Trophies, with Montreal, Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta. He is the all-time leader in games played by a defenseman in National Hockey League history (1,651). Chelios also won a silver medal with the U.S. Olympic team in Salt Lake City in 2002.
Additionally, Chelios was one of only two male players to represent the United States at four Olympic Winter Games (1984, 1998, 2002, 2006) and captained his final three Olympic squads. He also helped the U.S. defeat Canada to win the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
Suter's 17-year NHL career spanned 1,145 games with Calgary, Chicago and San Jose after playing at Wisconsin from 1983-1985. He tallied 68 points (18 goals, 50 assists) en route to winning the Calder Trophy in 1986, which marked the first time an American-born player was named the NHL's top rookie. Suter, from Madison, Wis., was also on the 2002 Olympic team and 1996 World Cup squad.
After being drafted 19th overall by Winnipeg in the 1990 NHL draft and playing the next season at Boston University, Tkachuk played 19 seasons in the NHL and is one of only four American-born players to score 500 career NHL goals. Tkachuk made his NHL debut at the age of 19 and was named captain of the Jets by his second season with the team.
Tkachuk, a Melrose, Mass., native, recorded a career-high and NHL-leading 52 goals during the 1996-97 campaign with Phoenix, the first time an American-born player led the NHL in goals. He also skated with St. Louis and Atlanta and joined Chelios and Suter at the Salt Lake City Olympics and World Cup.
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May 7, 2012
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LOS ANGELES - The No. 11 UCLA baseball team opens a stretch of nine road games this week, playing at Pepperdine on Tuesday. Game time in Malibu, Calif., is 3 p.m. The Bruins (31-13) will send left-hander Grant Watson to the mound for Tuesday's meeting versus the Waves (26-18). UCLA has won each of its last five games against Pepperdine.
Tuesday, May 8 - 3 p.m.
UCLA - Grant Watson, LHP, Fr. (8-2, 5.16)
Pepperdine - Matt Maurer, LHP, So. (4-1, 3.56)
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Each game of UCLA's remaining regular-season games will feature a live audio broadcast online, free of charge, at uclabruins.com. UCLA's John Ramey and Tim Wilhelm will have the call live from Eddy D. Field Stadium in Malibu, Calif. Live stats of the game will be available through GameTracker, which provides pitch-by-pitch updates of the game in progress on uclabruins.com.
UCLA opens a nine-game stretch of road games this week, starting with Tuesday's game at Pepperdine, the only regular-season contest between the two schools this spring. The Bruins will send freshman left-hander Grant Watson to the mound, and Pepperdine will counter with sophomore left-hander Matt Maurer. Watson has started each of UCLA's previous eight midweek games this season, helping lead the Bruins to a perfect 8-0 record in those matchups. Last spring, UCLA blanked Pepperdine in two midweek contests, 9-0 and 10-0.
Grant Watson has gone 8-2 with a 5.16 ERA during his freshman campaign, having pitched in 26 games (12 starts). Watson has started eight midweek games, in addition to making four starts on the weekend in Pac-12 games. Hailing from Bakersfield, Calif., Watson ranks third in the Pac-12 in pitching appearances (26), having logged 36 strikeouts and 23 walks. He has gone 5-0 with a 2.87 ERA in 37.2 innings during eight midweek games.
Jeff Gelalich leads the Pac-12 with a .386 batting average and .474 on-base percentage. The junior outfielder from La Verne, Calif., ranks first in the conference in stolen bases (15), fifth in hits (64) and ninth in slugging percentage (.542). Tyler Heineman ranks third in on-base percentage (.472) and ninth in batting average (.361). As a team, UCLA is second in the Pac-12 with a .306 batting average and .394 on-base percentage.
UCLA has 12 games remaining with three weeks to go in the regular season. The Bruins will play a three-game series at Washington this weekend (May 11-13), with the series opener to take place Friday night at Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners. Next week, UCLA plays at No. 8 Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday night before traveling for a three-game Pac-12 series at California that weekend (May 18-20). The Bruins will play at UC Irvine the next Tuesday (May 24) and will close the regular season at home with three games versus USC (May 25-27).
The Bruins won two of three games against then-No. 13 Purdue last weekend, collecting their fifth series victory this season against a top-25 ranked team. UCLA has gone 8-4 in weekend series this year, compiling a 5-2 series record against ranked teams. Adam Plutko allowed one run and two hits in 8.1 innings in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Saturday, leading the Bruins past Purdue, 5-1. UCLA won Game 2 by a 3-2 margin that evening. In Sunday's finale, Purdue erased a 10-5 deficit with 10 runs in the top of the inning and held on to win, 15-11.
UCLA's three outfielders, all juniors who hit left-handed, enter Tuesday's game at Pepperdine batting above the .330 plateau. Jeff Gelalich has started all 44 games in right field, batting .386 with six home runs and 30 RBI. His brother, freshman Matt Gelalich, plays in the outfield for Pepperdine. Beau Amaral has been UCLA's starting center field the last three seasons and is batting .332 with four homers and a conference-best 50 runs. Cody Keefer, UCLA's left fielder, has batted .360 with nine doubles, 29 RBI and a .437-on base percentage in 43 games.
Beau Amaral has served as UCLA's starting center fielder and leadoff hitter in all 44 games this season. Amaral ranks fourth on the team with a .332 batting average and leads the Bruins with 17 extra-base hits (four home runs, five triples and eight doubles). He has scored a conference-best 50 runs, a total which already eclipses his team-leading 37 runs scored last season. Amaral tallied a career-long 21-game hitting streak earlier this season (March 11-April 21), during which he batted at a .432 clip (38-for-88).
Since the start of the 2010 season, UCLA has gone 48-23 in all road and neutral site contests. The Bruins have opened this season with a 12-3 record away from home, posting a 6-3 mark on the road in Pac-12 games. Last year, UCLA went 14-13 in road/neutral site games, while in 2010 the Bruins went 15-4 on the road and 7-3 at neutral sites. In conference action, UCLA has tallied a 26-10 road record since 2010.
Freshman right-hander David Berg leads the Pac-12 with a 1.53 ERA and .173 opposing batting average, having pitched in a conference-best 31 games. Berg has become one of three pitchers in school history to have appeared in at least 30 games as a freshman. Rob Henkel (1997) and Chuck Yaeger (1981) hold the freshman season record with 34 appearances. Berg has pitched in UCLA's last six games and nine of the team's last 11 contests.
Junior Trevor Brown has batted .294 with three home runs, a team-high 37 RBI and nine doubles. Over the last three seasons, he has emerged as UCLA's most versatile position player. Brown, a former standout at Hart High School, has made 18 career starts at catcher and 36 starts at first base this season, after having started 24 games at second base in 2011. In addition he has made seven career starts as UCLA's third baseman. Brown has also spent time in summer collegiate leagues playing as the team's starting shortstop.
Through 12 weeks, UCLA has had seven Pac-12 Player/Pitcher of the Week award selections. Beau Amaral (March 26, April 16) and Jeff Gelalich (Feb. 29, March 13) have twice captured Player of the Week honors. Adam Plutko (March 13, May 7) has twice secured Pitcher of the Week honors this season. Grant Watson was named Pitcher of the Week (March 20) after logging two wins in three games.
Sophomore right-hander Ryan Deeter has secured Capital One Academic All-District VIII team honors, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Deeter has gone 12-0 with a 0.79 ERA in 22.2 innings. The Bruins' reliever from Newark, Calif., ranks second among Pac-12 pitchers with 27 apperaances (all in relief). Deeter has logged 19 strikeouts and 11 walks, limiting the opposition to a .197 batting average.
UCLA will play Washington at Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners, the night of Friday, May 11. That game will mark the Bruins' seventh contest played in a Major League Baseball stadium since the start of the 2009 season. UCLA played three games at Minute Maid Park (Houston) in 2009. The Bruins have played one game at Dodger Stadium each of the last three seasons (2010-2012). UCLA has gone 2-4 in those six games.


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Fab Equipment Spending to Increase 20-30 Percent in 2014
SAN JOSE, Calif. — March 5, 2014 — The release today of the SEMI World Fab Forecast update reveals a 20 to 30 percent projected increase in semiconductor fab equipment spending in 2014. The uptick to 30 percent depends on specific fab projects in the Europe/Mideast and Asia regions, as detailed in the report. Figure 1 shows Total Fab Equipment Spending versus Installed Capacity without Discretes. For 2014, the report identified over 190 fab projects in 2014 spending on construction and/or equipment and over such 250 projects in 2015 (including Discretes, LED, Analog and Logic fabs).
Figure 1 (Total Fab Equipment Spending versus Installed Capacity without Discretes)
According to the SEMI
data, double-digit fab equipment spending growth will occur in almost all industry segments. The segment showing the largest increase is expected to be MPU, followed by Memory. Analog, Logic and MEMS will share third place with about 30 percent growth each — off of a small spending base in 2013. The Foundry segment spending is expected to grow by 15 percent.
The SEMI World Fab Forecast report shows an increase in DRAM related projects equipping, thus an increase in DRAM related equipment spending from about 7 percent growth in 2013 to 30 percent in 2014. Overall DRAM installed capacity is expected to remain flat (0 percent) in 2014, following a contraction in 2013.
Equipment spending is also expected to stabilize for both the Opto and the LED fab segments, from -16 percent spending declines in 2013 to -1 percent in 2014. Equipment spending in the LED segment will decline -9 percent in 2014 following the -21 percent decline in 2013. Construction spending for all Opto/LED facilities will increase by over 60 percent in 2014. These investments will increase installed capacity for LED by 12 percent in 2014 and about 14 percent in 2015.
Using a bottom up approach, SEMI closely monitors the installed capacity of more 1,100 facilities. Across the entire industry, installed capacity (without Discretes) grew by only 2 percent in 2013; this is expected to creep up to 3 percent growth in 2014 and in the 3-5 percent range in 2015.
The SEMI World Fab Forecast (www.semi.org/MarketInfo/FabDatabase) tracks over 190 fab projects in 2014 that are spending for construction projects and equipping facilities and over 250 such projects in 2015, including Discretes, LED, Analog and Logic fabs. The report details that in 2013 seven new fabs and four R&D/Pilots facilities began construction. In 2014, six new fabs and one R&D fab are forecasted (with various probabilities) to begin construction. Robust growth presents itself differently across segments of the industry; learn more about SEMI fab databases at: www.semi.org/MarketInfo/FabDatabase
The SEMI World Fab Forecast lists over 1,160 facilities. There are 56 future facilities with various probabilities which have started or will start volume production in 2014 or later. The report lists major investments (construction projects and equipping) in 196 facilities and lines in 2014, and a large number in 2015. Since the last fab database publication at the end November 2013, the SEMI has made 282 updates to 253 facilities (including over 250 Opto/LED fabs) in the database. There were 17 facilities added and 10 facilities closed.
The SEMI World Fab Forecast uses a bottom-up approach methodology, providing high-level summaries and graphs, and in-depth analyses of capital expenditures, capacities, technology and products by fab. Additionally, the database provides forecasts for the next 18 months by quarter. These tools are invaluable for understanding how the semiconductor manufacturing will look in 2013 and 2014, and learning more about capex for construction projects, fab equipping, technology levels, and products.
The SEMI Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Subscription (WWSEMS) data tracks only new equipment for fabs and test and assembly and packaging houses. The SEMI World Fab Forecast and its related Fab Database reports track any equipment needed to ramp fabs, upgrade technology nodes, and expand or change wafer size, including new equipment, used equipment, or in-house equipment. Also check out the Opto/LED Fab Forecast. Learn more about the SEMI fab databases at: www.semi.org/MarketInfo/FabDatabase
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SEMI is the global industry association serving the nano- and microelectronics manufacturing supply chains. Our 1,900 member companies are the engine of the future, enabling smarter, faster and more economical products that improve our lives. Since 1970, SEMI has been committed to helping members grow more profitably, create new markets and meet common industry challenges. SEMI maintains offices in Bangalore, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Grenoble, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.
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SPARC M7 and Software-in-Silicon: In-Memory Query Acceleration of Oracle Database
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Fulda Raider boys split two close games this week:
December 25, 2012
Defeat George-Little Rock; lose to Springfield
The Fulda boys traveled to Springfield on Monday night and were on the road again Thursday night with George-Little Rock.
The Raiders split their games losing to Springfield by ten, 62-72, but turning the tide and coming out on top of George-Little Rock, 47-42.
Fulda 62, Springfield 72
Fulda, despite Springfield being a very tough team, was able to keep the game tight. In fact, the Raiders were only down two points at half time, 34-32.
The second half proved to be a different story with Springfield jumping out quickly earning a seven point spread right out of the gate.
Fulda pulled themselves back together and were able to take the lead midway through the second half.
Up 54-51, and then they Springfield went on another 8-0 run to go up 59-51.
The Raiders came back and to close the gap to one point with a three-point shot by Josh Ramerth with four minutes left.
The charity stripe was kind to the Springfield squad as they had the opportunity to visit it several times. This, combined with shots late in the game, helped the home team earn a 72-62 victory.
"We hung with a very good team until the end, but feel like were in a position to win the game," said head coach Colby Pack. "However we didn't finish the game like we would have liked to. We played very hard, but just can't keep getting outrebounded by 20 and expect to beat a good team like Springfield."
Fulda was out-rebounded in the game 39-27. But on the bright side, the Raiders dropped in 11 three-point shots in the game, however, only connected on three free throws.
Andy Oakland topped the Raider scoring chart, finishing the night with 22 points including six three's. He also pulled down five rebounds and nabbed five steals in the game.
Also in double digits was Todd Peterson dropping in 10 and hauled in 5 rebounds while handing out 4 assists.
Zach Holt had 8 points in the contest while Cole Dierks finished with 7. Josh Ramerth is credited with 6 points, Trevor Ruesch 5, while Nate Getting and Kole Kramer each had two points a piece.
Fulda shot 35.3% on the night dropping 11 of 35 from beyond the arc and were 13 of 33 in the paint.
Springfield was 48.2% hitting 6 of 19 from three-point land and were 21 of 37 inside. They were near perfect at the free throw lane finishing the night 12 of 17.
Fulda 32 30 62
Springfield 34 38 72
Fulda 47,
George-Little Rock 42
Thursday night the Raider boys traveled to George, Iowa in a girl/boy double header.
Coming off a loss, from Monday night, Fulda was looking to pull off a victory heading into Christmas break.
Fulda led pretty much from start to finish and claimed a five point win, 47-42.
Trevor Ruesch hit two field goals early on. Combined with a three point shot from Todd Peterson and a couple buckets from Zach Holt and Andy Oakland put the Raiders up 12-5. George-Little Rock were able to close the gap to two points by the end of the first quarter, 10-12.
Ruesch was hot in the second and drops in nine points. Fulda was able to notch five later quarter points to take a 26-19 lead going into the locker room at halftime.
"We had great defense," said Pack. "George-Little shot 7 of 18 for 25%."
The third quarter proved to be a bit of a challenge for the visiting Raiders with George-Little Rock coming back to knot the game at 29 a piece. A three point shot by Andy Oakland put Fulda in the lead for the rest of the game. "We only scored 6 points in the second half," commented Pack. "Nate Getting hit a three to start the half and put us up by 10."
Fulda maintained the lead start to finish in the fourth quarter. "We shot 19 free throws in the fourth quarter going 11 of 19," shared Pack. Oakland scored six points going 4 of 4 from the line while Peterson added 3 of 4 late to seal the game.
Trevor Ruesch hit 15 points in the game. Oakland added 12 points on the night while grabbing 13 rebounds.
Peterson dropped in 8 points on the night while hauling in six rebounds. Also contributing to the Raider cause were Nate Getting, Zach Holt, and Josh Ramerth with 4 points a piece.
Fulda shot 35% with three of 11 from 29 two pointers. GLR hit 29% and were 14 of 50.
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TC TO JOHN A. CARLYLE; 10 February 1831; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18310210-TC-JAC-01; CL 5:228-232.
Craigenputtoch, 10th Feby, 1831.
My Dear Brother,
I was much obliged by your long full and confidential Letter; and much gratified tho' the news it brought us were none of the brightest. It is something to see the worst, and to feel that, at the worst, we are still united, and prepared to struggle and to hope together.
You said, I was not to write again till another Letter arrived. Now Alick brought us no Letter, no Examiner, last night; tho' doubtless both are on the road for us, and only detained by mud and wet. He is to be down again tomorrow or on Saturday, and as I am writing to the Advocate1 at any rate, I will disobey your direction for once; preparing also to follow it, when it shall be more clearly revealed. Last Newspaper, and the second before that are the only two that have ever yet failed us: the latter, by accident in London, did not get here till its successor also was ready; the former, detained by accident on the way hither, will reach us safely. We feel your punctuality to be a very great blessing; used as we were to quite the contrary. I also warmly approve of your project of weekly Letters; if we can find frank it will be a great happiness to both of us: nay without franks, one may cram a whole shilling's worth, with care, into any large sheet, when the Correspondents are wise and brothers.
I view your situation in London with true sympathy yet with some pride and entire confidence. The most grievous part of it, which however is probably for you the happiest, is that it is my debt you are in straits for. I have not at this time any power of repaying you; unless that shilly-shally Editor2 will print my stuff, and be done with it. Nevertheless tell me, and you shall not be driven utterly to the wall. I have various possibilities, yet unexhausted: I have a great useless mare, in foal, which I can send to market were summer here: one way or other, we must and shall come thro; so fear nothing. My only prayer is that you had any medical practice, were it never so little; and could bid adieu forever to that despicable Author-trade. Doubtless you yourself are full of this same feeling; and will hail your first fee, like the dawn of day. Meantime practice gratis, practice any way rather than no way: it is your only chance and hope. And so Courage! Courage! We are young and the world's wide.
I have yet heard nothing of my Article from Macvey, and nothing of yours, which I hope will answer. At any rate, as you said, there is a sure reward for you, in the increase of your own knowledge, and the consciousness of right endeavour. Let the issue then be as it will. From Cochrane I have received no whisper of tidings, and so about three weeks ago, I sent word to Moir that he was to require back the Ms. (it was he who had delivered it) and forward it hither by the Mail. Moir writes3 directly that C. has been detained by the indolence of his London publishers &c, but shall be seen in a few hours, and the Papers forwarded, with his own account of the matter. I expect it shortly, now that the roads are again open. Meanwhile I have sent a Letter to Dr Bowring (keep this quite private), offering him a paper on the Nibelungen Lied, and some farther connexion, if he like, as he gave me to know thro' Tait of Edinburgh last year that he did. We shall see in two weeks what this produces. Probably nothing, in which case no matter. My plan is, you see, to get some kind of financial work for myself, to keep house with, and in the mean time to labour at my Teufelsdreck Book, and bring it up to London in my pocket so soon as it is ready. The whole perplexity comes of that thrice and four times accursed Literary History, which has thrown me a whole year behind all my old connections, most of which accordingly are broken. Nevertheless I will one day sell that book too, for there is some morselkin of stuff in it: and in the mean while, I feel a kind of contemptuous courage; there being material enough in my head, I shall one day find publishers enough.
I can tell you of no news here. You will see by the Newspaper what a storm we have had, and how poor wayfarers have even perished in it.4 Your last week's Courier will not reach you till Saturday, the country was all blocked up here, we did not even send it off till yesterday. Alick was out in almost the worst of the snow with his Pork, for Dumfries, where also he could find no market, but struggled on to Annan, and returned to us on Friday. His leg was sprained when he left home, but at the first huge snow-wreath he leapt down, and the sprain altogether disappeared. There is a medical fact for you. Commend me to a man who like Tom Garthwaite can "work oot the streen" [work out the strain].— Craigenputtoch farm is not yet settled, but will be so ere long, and you shall hear the issue. Alick sets a resolute front to the matter, and has stuff in him to make a shift elsewhere, if ousted here. From Scotsbrig there are no tidings; the last intelligence was a Letter from Jean, that they were all well, except our Father, whose cold was 'much in the old way.' I hope, he is better by this time: before that last attack, he had become extremely dietetic, quite positive in regard to these matters; and was much healthier. I have got a stock of warm socks for you here, carefully manufactured by our Mother; and only wait an opportunity to send them. Ploughing is far back, and the poor are threatened with scarcity. Other news we have none, and could have none, lying here in the uttermost parts of the Earth.
For the last fortnight I have scarcely been writing any: I wait anxiously for the Parcel from Edinburgh, with news from my Editors; that I might get my Review work over, and then take me to my Book. I am a little comforted by your view of Teufelsdreck, which agrees with my own: neither is it of any consequence whether you show it to Edward Irving or not; if you have done so, well and good, if you felt inclined to do so, it were still indifferent; if not, do not. They can throw no new light on the business; and I believe, myself, that possibly I may make something of the work, and therefore shall try. It is full of dross, but there is also metal in it, and the thing still lives and produces with me. I have also undertaken at some future day to translate Faust: the venerable Alte [Old Man] has written to me since his sad visitation, he 'can still linger for a season among his loved ones':5 a letter of mine is by this time in his hands. Gott mit Ihm! [The Lord be with him!]
The confinement during these snow tempests has done me no good: I can study almost none, except walking, or sometimes, lying in bed. Did you go to the Stracheys? O tell me all about these people and Badams and the Irvings, and most of all about yourself. Never shut up your heart from me, that is your only offence. Think no shame of your Poverty, I am often almost proud of mine. Think of the great Jean Paul, and of so many thousand other heroes! Striving all the while with our utmost energy to widen our field of action to become lord of our world, let us take defeat lightly: it is good for us. We all salute you in love. God bless our Brother.— / T. Carlyle
Did you say that you had taken the Papers from Fraser? I care not a straw for one of them except Tk (which keep carefully), and wish them all printed and turned into money je cher je lieber [the more expensive the better].6 I wish we saw your new Letter, or do I look for one in vain?
I fear, Alick will not go tomorrow, not till Saturday—Good night, Good night, dear Brother!


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Language: Spanish
Study Abroad: Spain
The International Affairs Dual Major program is what brought me to UNH. I could have studied political science anywhere, but I knew I wanted to combine that with a focus on international affairs.
The UNH program and study abroad experience gave me an edge in landing an international internship in Washington, DC after graduation. I interned for the European Union's delegation and then went to work for The European Institute, a non-profit transatlantic trade relations group in Washington. During my five years there, I was able to interface comfortably with high-level European and US business executives and government officials, because of the confidence in the subject matter that my IA education at UNH provided.
The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies seemed like a natural fit for me when I was considering graduate school. There I earned a masters degree in international relations with a concentration in economics and energy policy. Following graduate school, I went to work for the Alliance to Save Energy, where my international focus shifted from Europe to Asia. During my years at the Alliance, I had the opportunity to work on an energy efficiency project that took me to China twice a year.
Today I work for the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association, a trade association that promotes energy efficiency worldwide as a means to preserve the environment and stem climate change. The world is so small now that nearly every business or subject area has an international component to it. The stellar IA program at UNH gave me the strong foundation I needed to build a career in my chosen field, and I am confident that it will continue to carry me anywhere in the world that this career path might lead.
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|Soldiers & Sailors Civil Relief Act (SSCRA)
|Chapter 3, General Relief (Page 4)
Stay of Proceedings Where Military Service Affects Conduct Thereof
Section 201
(50 U.S.C. App. § 521)
The nature of section 201 "stay." A "stay" under section 201 differs from those granted under section 301, 302, and 700. It is distinguishable on two principal grounds. First, the latter three stay provisions involve pre-service obligations while section 201 applies to both pre-service and in-service obligations.
Second, in applying sections 301, 302, and 700 "the court makes substantive determinations about the nature of the obligation (i.e., whether it falls within one of these sections) and the service member's ability to meet the obligation (i.e., the presence or absence of material effect). If the court finds that the service member's ability to comply with the terms of his obligation is materially affected by military service, the court may order a stay." On the other hand, in deciding whether to grant a stay under [section 201], a court does not look to the nature of the obligation at all. What the court does examine is whether the ability of the service member to participate in a judicial action has been materially affected by military service.
Who may apply. A proper person to seek a stay is a person in the military service, as defined in section 101 of the Act and, more specifically, one who is involved in the proceedings as either a plaintiff or defendant. The stay does not apply to tort claims by military dependents.
Arguably, when a service member is involved in a proceeding, but is neither the plaintiff nor the defendant, the service member is not entitled to a "stay" under this section. The statutory language has not, however, been interpreted by the courts in such a restricted manner. Rather, at least one court has held that "one who is a proper, as distinguished from an indispensable, party to a proceeding, and whose rights or interests may be affected by its determination is entitled to the benefit of the Act."
If the service member is neither the plaintiff nor the defendant, does this mean that his associates, persons not in the military, can seek the protection of the Act? The answer to the question depends to a large part on the legal relationship of the service member not only to the issue in controversy, but also to the parties involved. One court has held that co-makers of a note are entitled to a stay based on the military service of one of the co-makers. Other courts have reached the opposite conclusion, however, in the following situations: when defendant's counsel was unavailable because of military service;when witnesses were unavailable because of military service; and in the case of an auto accident, when the plaintiff was imputed with the negligence of a learners permittee who was presently unavailable because of military service.
When and where application may be made. The statute specifies that in "any action or proceeding... during the period of service or within sixty days thereafter," the service member may seek a stay. Compliance with applicable court rules prescribing time of filing and requisites for a motion for continuance is not necessary in the application for SSCRA stay relief. While application for a stay may be made at any stage of the proceedings, those aspects of civil court proceedings that may be easily handled without the physical presence of a respondent or plaintiff, will most likely not be approved for a Section 201 stay, e.g., discovery. In Massey v. Kim, a military respondent requested a stay of a civil lawsuit discovery process until he returned from his three-year overseas tour. The court rejected the stay request, pointing out that improvements in modern communications since the passage of the SSCRA made such a stay unnecessary. The impact of the Internet, video teleconferencing, and video depositions on court determinations as to the unavailabilty of service members for civil case discovery has yet to be fully realized. Video teleconferencing or Internet contact, however, should not substitute for service members' physical presence at their trial on the merits. "The opponent of the absent party will always have the edge [at trial]."
Section 201 applies to courts not of record as well as courts of record, but is inapplicable in administrative or departmental hearings or proceedings. Bankruptcy debtor/creditor meetings and relief from automatic stay hearings are considered civil court proceedings covered by the SSCRA. Many states have set up administrative proceedings to expedite handling of child support and paternity support claims; these state administrative proceedings are not covered by Section 201, SSCRA.
Court powers to stay. A court must act on a stay either when a defendant applies to the court or when the proceedings themselves put the court on notice that a service member's rights are affected. Once the court has notice, regardless of how notice was given, it must determine whether "the ability of plaintiff to prosecute the action or the defendant to conduct his defense is not materially affected by reason of his military service." The test is therefore one of material effect. If a court finds material effect (and that the service member is unavailable to defend), the court must order a stay. If the stay request is denied, the court must make findings of fact about the lack of material effect, or ensure that there is sufficient evidence in the record to warrant denial.
Granting the stay. Courts have expressed a wide variety of opinions on what they will consider in determining whether to grant a stay. As a matter of policy, it is immaterial that a delay or inconvenience may result from a stay. A stay is a proper imposition upon an individual citizen on behalf of those discharging their obligations to the common defense. On the other hand, the section cannot be used by a party to shield wrongdoing or lack of diligence, or be used as an instrument by which one in the military service may endanger the peace, health, and lives of people by staying proceedings intended to protect the general public.A good way to analyze cases for Section 201 stay is to ask the following questions: (1) Is the service member unavailable to appear ? [Has he attempted to take leave and was it denied?]; (2) What is the actual prejudice (adverse material affect) to the service member if he does not appear at the civil court proceeding? If the facts of the case are uncontested, the service member is not a real party in interest, or the service member has previously acted in bad faith in dealing with the court, the chances of the court granting a Section 201 stay are minimal.
In Boone v. Lightner, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether the Act mandates grant of a stay in all cases. The Court held that a trial court must grant a stay only when material effect is present. A more recent state court opinion, however, seems to place this burden on the nonmilitary party in all instances. The court held that a person in the military service is entitled as a matter of law to a stay of any proceeding by or against him, upon a showing that he is in the military service, unless further relevant evidence demonstrates that his ability to prosecute or defend is not materially impaired by his military service. This is clearly the minority view. In almost every case, the service member must show more than his military status to be granted a Section 201 stay. In most instances, the prerequisite to obtaining a stay is a showing that he is unavailable to appear at the civil court hearing. Failure by the service member to demonstrate that he requested leave and was turned down, or that he had no leave available is usually fatal to a Section 201 stay request. In most cases, the military legal assistance practitioner should assume that the burden is on the service member seeking the stay to show that they were unable to take leave to appear.
The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 further complicates the argument of a service member that they cannot take leave. One provision of the Act directs the military services to promulgate regulations to facilitate the granting of leave for service members to appear in court paternity and child support hearings. Department of Defense Directive 1327.5, Leave and Liberty, dated 24 September 1985, was amended on 10 September 1997, to implement this change by adding subsection F.25. The new subsection reads as follows:
In some cases, the service member may not apply for a stay, but the court becomes aware of the fact that one of the parties is in the military service. The statute authorizes the trial court to grant a stay sua sponte in these cases. The court must use the same decision-making process it uses in evaluating requested stays; the court must determine whether the service member's military service materially affected the ability to appear. If the court determines that material effect does exist, it should grant the stay. Failure to grant a stay sua sponte in such circumstances would violate the intent of the Act, as expressed in section 100, and the equitable philosophy behind it. Such a failure would probably be reversed on appeal as an abuse of judicial discretion. It could also serve as a sound equitable basis for attacking a default judgment under section 200(4).
In exercising discretion, a number of courts have established guidelines to assist them. First, since this section of the Act is discretionary, it is not an absolute bar to proceedings against someone in the military service. Therefore, service members are not entitled to stays of proceedings in all instances. In deciding whether to grant a stay, a court must consider all the facts and circumstances in each case. Second, the power to stay under all the facts and circumstances does not imply a power to stay in anticipation that at some future time, as the litigation progresses, the ability of the service member to prosecute or defend will be materially affected by reason of military service. Last, an appellate court will reverse a trial court only when it has abused its exercise of discretion. In 1992, the Tennessee Court of Appeals granted an extraordinary appeal and reversed a trial court's dissolution of a stay previously granted under the SSCRA, stating that there was no evidence in the record to show that military service did not materially effect the defendant's ability to be present. Another factor may be if the other party to the lawsuit is unable to be located (child custody dispute), the court may find it is not necessary for the military member to appear. Where a service member is materially affected by military service from defending a lawsuit, a court may not consider dismissal of the suit without prejudice as an alternative remedy.
Even if the service member can not appear because of military service, courts might consider the presence of the service member unnecessary to the proceeding; and refuse to grant a stay. Generally, no prejudice will be found if the service member is represented at the court proceeding by civilian counsel, although the service member may not personally attend.. Common situations where stays are denied are cases where there are no contested facts. Good examples of such uncontested fact cases are an uncontested divorce, or divorce based upon a joint stipulation or separation agreement, a child support determination hearing based upon an income formula where the service member is not contesting the income figures, or a Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (RURESA) case. Generally, courts will not grant a stay for an appellate oral argument by service member's counsel, since the service member is not essential to the proceeding. The Mississippi Supreme Court found a military father not a necessary party in a proceeding by the mother challenging custody of his children by their paternal grandmother The Georgia Supreme Court has said that as general rule, temporary modifications of child support do not materially affect the rights of a military defendant as they are interlocutory and subject to modification. Another category of cases where courts will find the presence of a service member unnecessary are personal injury claims where the service member defendant is insured, and the plaintiff is not suing the defendant beyond the plaintiff's insurance policy limits. In these cases the real party in interest is the service member's insurance company.
Who has the burden of proof to show "material effect." In discussing the question of burden of proof, the Supreme Court concluded that:
In response to this language, the trial courts have varied from case to case and jurisdiction to jurisdiction in allocating the burden of showing material effect. As a practical matter, however, the person in the military service should always present evidence that demonstrates that military service has materially affected his ability to prosecute or defend the action.
Minimum evidentiary requirements. No uniform standards prescribe the quantity or quality of evidence necessary to support a stay. Each case requires an individual determination based on the evidence. Similar to the burden of proof issues, the requisites vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, often based largely on the visceral reaction of the court to the case and on the judicial philosophy of the individual on the bench.
Nevertheless, one obvious requirement exists in all section 201 cases. The moving party must be a "person in the military service" within the ambit of section 101. In a small minority of jurisdictions such a showing has been a sufficient basis for a stay. The vast majority of jurisdictions follow Boone v. Lightner, however, and require something more of the service member.
One of the most important factors is often unavailability--that is, the service member's ability to attend the court proceedings. If the unavailability is temporary and will end at a fixed date in the relatively near future, the courts will almost always grant a stay. Military practitioners should avoid seeking stays that are unreasonably long in duration, since most courts understand that military members are usually eligible for leave, even if they are stationed overseas. Courts more carefully scrutinize protracted unavailability, particularly when it results from an overseas assignment. In these cases, the courts usually require service members to make some effort to delay their departure or to secure leave to return from their overseas stations. A majority of courts require service members stationed in the continental United States to attempt to obtain leave.
Courts also usually require service members to be diligent in their attempts to appear. A service member may satisfy the requirement by showing that the command denied an effort to obtain leave. In other cases, service members may demonstrate diligent efforts to participate in the proceedings and to complete them before an anticipated unavailability begins. In all instances, service members must act in good faith in their otherwise diligent efforts to protect their rights.
The central issue in these evidentiary requirements is whether the case requires the service member's presence at trial. The trial courts often give substantial weight to the nature of the action and the relationship of the service member to the action. The service member's ignorance of the facts in a dispute may militate against a stay. On the other hand, a court may consider the availability of the service member either personally or by deposition during the pre-trial period to be the determining factor in denying a stay. Finally, where the service member has hired counsel to represent him, but goes overseas on military duty during a case, military service is not itself, without more, a basis for a stay, especially when the service member failed to pay child support during his overseas duty period.
In some situations, courts have consistently denied stays. Denial of stays in appeals involving purely legal issues reflects courts' concern with the need for a service member's presence. Courts have also consistently denied stays when granting them would be contrary to public policy. Abatement of a public nuisance is an example that illustrates this policy. Many courts dealing with paternity, custody, and support, personal injury lawsuits where the claims exceed insurance policy limits or there is no insurance, and personal liability in financial debt lawsuits, however, have favored granting stays.
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text: Pat Summitt Coach Summitt to Receive Medal of Freedom By AP/WMOT • Apr 20, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP/WMOT) — The White House says former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. President Barack Obama says Summitt is an "inspiration" as the coach who has won more games than anyone else in NCAA college basketball history and for her willingness to "speak so openly and courageously about her battle with Alzheimer's." Summit Named Sport Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year By AP/WMOT • Dec 6, 2011 NEW YORK (AP) — Renowned UT Knoxville Women's basketball coach Pat Summitt has been named Sports Illustrated's sportswoman of the year. The Hall of Famer has won more games than any coach in women's basketball, earning her 1,075th career victory Sunday. Summitt announced in August that she had been diagnosed with early onset dementia, but says she'll continue coaching as long as possible. Governor Bill Haslam among those lining up to congratulate Summitt on the award.


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'Godzilla' is a great movie, and the perfect reason to go to the movie theatre this weekend other than Xmen: Days of Future Past.
This Godzilla blasts away the memory of the 1998 reboot starring Matthew Broderick. It's much closer to the original, Japanese film of 1954, which re-released as 'Godzilla: King of the monsters!' in '56 with additional scenes starring Canadian actor Raymond Burr. The laughable toy trains and helicopters of the original have been replaced with much more realistic-looking smash-ables thanks to CGI. Godzilla also looks significantly less like a man in a lizard suit--and bears minimal resemblance to the grinning lizard of Broderick's version--which are both good things.
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This Godzilla--and his nemesis, a creature called a MUTO (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism)--are toned-down, even simplistic in design. They lack all the bells-and-whistles of Pacific Rim's kaiju (Japanese: 'monsters'). Both films were intended to be tributes to the classic kaiju film genre. Del Toro's imagination may have actually interfered (a rare occurrence) with this goal; and in the simplicity of its monsters and plot, 'Godzilla' represents the more successful back-to-basics tribute.
Now, what elevates Godzilla above those earlier films and into the realm of pure movie magic is the camerawork. There's lots of shadows, mist, and monster limbs in this movie. In fact, less than 1/3 of the movie consists of full-on shots of the monsters. Why is this good? Anyone who watches these kinds of movies knows that the suggestion of something--the massive tentacle reaching around a building or through the mist--is always more terrifying and compelling--than the thing itself, which always falls short of what we imagine it could be. For examples of the skillful use of 'the monster suggestion,' look no further than Frank Darabont's "The Mist" and "Cloverfield," whose monster terrified until we saw what all those claws and tentacles were attached to (as it turns out, a veritable walking parody of the genre).
This is where Godzilla's simplicity of design shines. We know what the massive bull-dozing tail is attached to--which is a giant, realistically-rendered prehistoric alpha lizard named 'Godzilla' (its pronunciation early in the film harkens back to the Japanese original while lending it an exotic mystique that seems to translate to 'NOT Broderick's Godzilla!'). The MUTO is a bit harder to pin down--with more potential for disappointment when fully-revealed--but it's still a far cry from Pacific Rim's walking masses of animal parts.
'Godzilla' also deserves kudos for its ability to, like the original, play on our fear of the unknown and blur the lines between monster and force of nature. The movie keeps you guessing as to what's behind all the destruction and milks that fear of the unknown (Edmund Burke called it 'the Sublime') for as long as it can. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, and the lovely Elizabeth Olsen provide adequate performances as a family dealing with unstoppable forces of nature. 'Godzilla' isn't really about trying to contend with these forces; it's about surrendering in awe to that which is beyond our control and letting nature take its course. After watching several rounds of missiles pelt off of the monsters like flies, Dr. Ishiro Serizawa (Ken Watanabe) proclaims it's time to "Let them fight." What follows is popcorn heaven.
See/Rent/Skip: Recently, the bones of a dinosaur the size of a basketball court and as tall as the Great Sphinx were discovered in Argentina. 'Godzilla' may be the closest you get to seeing what scientists are calling the Titanosaur. See it in a theatre, which it was made for, and bow down before the King of Monsters!


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Aug 13, 2012 10:35 AM
Why waste energy to cool your whole room down when the part of you that's hot is under the covers? This Bed Fan with Wireless Remote ($100) circulates the air underneath your sheets, helping to blow away the pesky body heat that's really to blame for sweaty sleepless nights.
I recently went to buy one of these for my daughter, who is heading off to an un-air-conditioned dorm room. After some investigation, I found that Brookstone had previously sold the one from bedfan.com which is an American company and makes these here. They then swiped the concept and had the thing manufactured cheaply in China.
So you choose - the original (which has a wired remote) which I bought and our daughter has now tested at home and thinks is greate, or the stolen idea knockoff, with the wireless remote. And if you buy it at
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Chapter 36 Summary
How It All Goes Down
The Only One He Ever Feared
- Harry won't believe that Sirius is dead. He thinks that Sirius is just out of sight.
- Lupin keeps holding Harry back from the archway.
- Lupin insists, "He can't come back, Harry [...] He can't come back, because he's d—" (36.4).
- Lupin drags Harry away from the veil.
- Neville tells Harry, "I'b really sorry [...] Was dad man – was Sirius Black a – a friend of yours?" (36.12).
- Harry nods.
- Kingsley hits the floor as Bellatrix Lestrange bolts for the door.
- Harry chases after her, intent on getting revenge for Sirius's death.
- Harry keeps following her throughout the Ministry.
- Finally, they reach the front Atrium, where Harry crouches behind the statues in the Fountain of Magical Brethren.
- Bellatrix calls out, "Come out, come out, little Harry! [...] What did you come after me for, then? I thought you were here to avenge my dear cousin!" (36.27).
- Harry jumps out and tries to cast Crucio.
- The spell knocks Bellatrix over, but it doesn't really seem to work.
- She gets up and taunts, "Never used an Unforgivable Curse before, have you, boy? [...] You need to mean them, Potter! You need to really want to cause pain – to enjoy it – righteous anger won't hurt me for long – I'll show you how it's done, shall I?" (36.32).
- They trade spells and dodge one another as Bellatrix makes another demand for the prophecy.
- Harry feels a surge of pain from his scar, and knows that Voldemort is already aware that the prophecy's glass ball has been broken.
- He mocks Bellatrix, "Your dear old mate Voldemort knows it's gone! He's not going to be happy with you, is he?" (36.41).
- Bellatrix refuses to believe it, begging, "MASTER, I TRIED, I TRIED – DO NOT PUNISH ME —" (36.48).
- The pain in Harry's scar gets worse and worse.
- Harry looks up and finds Voldemort standing in the middle of the hall.
- Voldemort is pointing his wand at Harry.
- He tells Harry, "I have nothing more to say to you, Potter [...] You have irked me too often, for too long. AVADA KEDAVRA!" (36.58).
- But something stands in front of Harry and protects him: a golden statue, spelled by Dumbledore.
- Dumbledore tells Voldemort, "It was foolish to come here tonight, Tom [...] The Aurors are on their way —" (36.64).
- Voldemort keeps trying to cast Killing Curses at Dumbledore, but he can't quite catch him.
- Voldemort disappears and a snake rears in his place.
- Voldemort is standing in midair above Dumbledore.
- Voldemort sends another Killing Curse at Dumbledore while his snake strikes at the same time.
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- The phoenix, Fawkes, appears in front of Dumbledore and appears to swallow the Killing Curse whole.
- Dumbledore sends the snake off "in a wisp of dark smoke" (36.76) and the pool of water in the Fountain rises up to cover Voldemort "like a cocoon of molten glass" (36.76).
- Harry starts to go to Dumbledore, but Dumbledore warns Harry to stay where he is.
- Suddenly, Harry feels a burst of pain from his scar worse than anything he has ever felt.
- He feels "locked in the coils of a creature with red eyes, so tightly bound that Harry did not know where his body ended and the creature's began: they were fused together, bound by pain, and there was no escape —" (36.83).
- The creature speaks through Harry, demanding, "Kill me now, Dumbledore [...] If death is nothing, Dumbledore, kill the boy" (36.85-7).
- Harry thinks, yes, let me die – this hurts too much, and then I'll be close to Sirius again.
- As Harry's heart fills with feeling, "the creature's coils loosened, the pain was gone" (36.90).
- Harry finds himself lying on the floor.
- The Atrium is full of people, including Cornelius Fudge.
- Fudge finally admits that he has seen Voldemort.
- Fudge glimpses Dumbledore and orders the Aurors to seize him.
- Dumbledore thunders, "But a few minutes ago you saw proof, with your own eyes, that I have been telling you the truth for a year. Lord Voldemort has returned, you have been chasing the wrong man for twelve months, and it is time you listened to sense!" (36.100).
- Fudge sends two Aurors down to the Department of Mysteries to find the Death Eaters Dumbledore says are there.
- Dumbledore promises he will explain everything, but first he has to get Harry back to Hogwarts.
- Dumbledore lays down his demands to Fudge: "You will give the order to remove Dolores Umbridge from Hogwarts [...] You will tell your Aurors to stop searching for my Care of Magical Creatures teacher so that he can return to work. I will give you [...] half an hour of my time tonight, in which I think we shall be more than able to cover the important points of what has happened here" (36.110).
- Fudge stares at Dumbledore, but can't think of anything to say.
- Dumbledore transports Harry back to Hogwarts and stays to talk to Fudge.
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Female Technique # 009
Self-bondage masturbation is a method of kinky female masturbation. She self-ties either parts of her body together in order to limit her own movements during masturbation or she ties parts of her body to an object.
The known self-bondage masturbation methods are:
-- Self-bondage of both legs pulled together
Before she starts the active masturbation procedure, she ties together both of her legs. She does that by using ropes or regular belts and ties those around her ankles, knees and thights in a stretched position of her legs.This type of simple self-bondage will make it impossible for her to spread her leg during the following self-stimulation. Stimulation is limited to nipple stimulation and Clitoris stimulation as there is no comfy way for Vagina penetration. Being unable to spread her legs during the final phase of masturbation as well as having no practical way for penetration might cause a much more intense orgasm.
-- Self-bondage of one hand tied away
She ties one of her hands to a bed pole far away from her body. Beginners usually tie their less dominant hand while "connoisseurs" tie their dominant hand (which means righthanded connoisseurs would tie their right hand). During the entire following masturbation process, one of her hands keeps tied away, which forces her to reach a climax with one hand only. The inability to use the second self-bondaged hand for selfpleasure, especially during the last moments before reaching the orgasm, might cause a much more intense final climax phase.
-- Self-bondage of both legs pulled apart
She ties both of her legs in spread position to some objects like two bed poles. She uses ropes or regular belts and ties those around her ankle and the object. She is now "forced" by self-bondage to keep her legs in that spread position during the entire masturbation process, which might cause much more excitement during the final phase.
-- Self-bondage of her Breast
She firmly ties her boobs before masturbation. The reduction of blood flow will further swell and firm the shape of her tied Breast. The swelling and firming effect usually makes her bondaged breast very sensitive, especially the nipples areas. Once her tied breasts are swollen, her nipples will become erected. See article under breast bondage.


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Fans are excited for the "Pretty Little Liars" season 5 premiere to air. While that won't happen for a while, a promo clip for the first episode of the upcoming season has been released. On May 2, the clip was posted to YouTube and it looks like the show is going to start off the season with a lot of excitement.
As fans remember from the season finale, Ezra was shot. In the promo clip for "Pretty Little Liars" season 5, episode 1, Ezra is alive. However, he is in a hospital bed and doesn't appear to be conscious. Aria is holding his hand, hoping that he recovers. Emily is telling someone that Ezra will be able to tell them who "A" is, but that might not happen. Suddenly, the sound of a heart monitor going flat is heard. Aria rushes out of his room yelling for help. In the background, a person in black is walking away.
The image of a text message saying "it's happening" is seen and Ali's gravestone is shown. Also, Alison faces a person in black outside in the street, presumably "A." Will viewers finally see the face of their tormentor?
One interesting scene from the "Pretty Little Liars" season 5 premiere clip is the girls being surrounded. They are suddenly being crowded by people in masks. It's one thing to face off against one enemy... it is another to have several of them surrounding the Liars, disguising their identities.
At the end of the promo clip, Ezra is awake and he takes off his oxygen mask to whisper something to Aria. When she straightens up after listening to what he has to say, she looks shocked. Could he be telling her the identity of "A?" Will it turn out to be someone the girls thought they could trust?
The new season of "Pretty Little Liars" is set to air the first episode on June 10. What do you think is going to happen on the upcoming season? There was a rumor of a character death in the "PLL" season 5 premiere. Do you think Ezra will be the one to go or do you have another prediction?
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Wyoming Track & Field Teams Enter 2013-14 Season with High Expectations
Dec. 4, 2013
LARAMIE, Wyo. -
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The University of Wyoming men's and women's track and field teams begin the indoor portion of the 2013-14 season on Friday when the squads host the Power Meet in Laramie. Field events start at 4 p.m. MT and running events at 5:30 p.m. MT on the Hager-LeBar Indoor Track in War Memorial Fieldhouse. Fans can follow live updates through Wyoming's official Twitter account @wyoathletics.
The Cowboys return three NCAA qualifiers and two All-MW honorees from last season, while the Cowgirls welcome back three NCAA qualifiers and four athletes that earned six all-conference accolades a season ago. The UW men's nine letterwinners coming back will be supplemented by a large group of 15 newcomers. The UW women return 10 letterwinners and welcome a total of 18 newcomers to the squad.
"This meet is the culmination of all the training our fall track kids have done, so the goal is really to find out where they are at," UW head coach Bryan Berryhill said. "It's one thing to see your athletes train, but it's another to see them compete, so our staff is excited to get this team on the track and find out where everyone is at."
Cowboy Season Preview
On the track, junior Colin Herald advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary in the 110-meter hurdles during the outdoor season. He earned All-MW honors in the event at the conference meet and ran a career-best 14.25 during the season for sixth on UW's all-time chart. Senior Garrett Zans placed third in the 3,000 meters at last year's indoor conference championships to claim All-MW accolades. He redshirted the outdoor season, but became the first Cowboy to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships since 2008 during the fall.
As a team, the Cowboys return nine letterwinners from last season and eight squad members, while welcoming 15 newcomers to the 32-man squad.
"Our goal when we took over as a new staff was to get to the top third in the Mountain West and I feel we have a men's team that can challenge for that this year, indoors and outdoors," Berryhill said. "The biggest thing is we have to stay healthy, because we don't have a ton of depth yet in the program. What excites me on our men's side is the balance, though. We can score good points in all the events and that's what we are going to have to do to place in the top third."
Cowgirl Season Preview
On the track, senior Taylor Gardner's 59.41 in the 400-meter hurdles ranked fourth in school history and took her to the NCAA meet during the outdoor season. Fellow senior hurdler Katy Hall earned All-MW honors in the 60-meter hurdles with a runner-up finish at the indoor conference championships. Her time of 8.51 ranked fifth in UW history. Junior Holly Page paces the distance core after claiming All-MW accolades in the 10,000 meters at last season's MW Outdoor Championships.
As a team, the Cowgirls return 10 letterwinners and 14 squad members, while welcoming 18 newcomers to the 42-woman team.
"Our women have an opportunity to be in the top third of the conference as well this season," Berryhill said. "We return several athletes that are capable of challenging for individual conference titles and also welcome several newcomers that have the talent to make an immediate impact. Like the men, the women have a lot of balance. Last year we had events where we didn't score any points. We addressed that with this recruiting class and have a good chance this year to score in every event."
Last Time Out: Teams Track Season Concludes on Final Day of West Preliminary
Brandon Douglass placed 22nd in the quarterfinals round of the 110-meter hurdles in 14.28 to finish the year. His career as a Cowboy included UW's fourth best all-time 110-meter hurdles (13.97), ninth-best pole vault (15-1) and eighth-best decathlon (6,620), among several indoor records. He came into the regional as the No. 19 seed for the event and ranked 49th nationally.
Joe Plante was able to compete in the hammer throw after the event was postponed a day earlier due to heavy rain. After two fouls, the Maynard, Minn., native threw a distance of 192-5 for 29th place, not quite enough to make the cut of 16 for three additional throws. He finished his Cowboy career with UW's No. 5, No. 9 and No. 10 all-time throws in the discus, hammer and weight throw, respectively.
Henry Ferreira competed in the javelin throw and reached a best distance of 212-0 for the day for 20th place, also not quite enough to advance for three more throws. The distance was the third-best of the year and fourth best of his career. He finished his career with UW's all-time best javelin throw from his 224-0 at the MW Championships to win his first MW title.
Senior Mollie Dahl completed the women's shot put in 46th place at a distance of 46-2 1/2. She finished her Cowgirl career as UW's No.3 all-time record holder for the event (51-2 1/4) and was a two-time runner-up at the MW Championships both seasons she competed for Wyoming.
Finley Seeking to Add to Resume
More to Come
Wyoming Announces 2013-14 Track & Field Schedule
The Cowboys and Cowgirls host two home meets on the Hager-LeBar Indoor Track at War Memorial Fieldhouse during the indoor season, the Power Meet on Friday, Dec. 6 and the Robert Shine Invitational on Friday, Feb. 21. UW will also venture to Gillette twice to compete on the six-lane, 200-meter track in the Campbell County Recreation Center. Wyoming will battle Colorado State in the Border War Dual on Saturday, Jan. 18, before facing Montana State in the Powder River Dual on Friday, Jan. 31.
Wyoming will host the MW Outdoor Championships for the first time since 2009 on Wednesday, May 14 through Saturday, May 17, on the Memorial 8 Track at the Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex. The Cowboys finished sixth and the Cowgirls were ninth in the team race the last time the program hosted the conference championships. UW will also host the Cowpoke Open on Sunday, May 4, as a tune-up for the MW meet.
Other highlights of Wyoming's indoor schedule include three meets at Air Force, including the 2014 MW Indoor Championships on Thursday, Feb. 27 through Saturday, March 1. UW will also travel to the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14-15. The 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships will be on Friday and Saturday, March 14-15 in Albuquerque, N.M.
During the outdoor season, Wyoming will return to the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays on Wednesday, April 16 through Friday, April 18, while also visiting California for the UC Riverside Spring Track Classic on Thursday, March 27 through Saturday, March 29. Regional meets include the Air Force Relays on Saturday, April 5, the CU Invitational on Saturday, April 12 and CSU's Jack Christiansen Invitational on Friday and Saturday, April 25-26.
Qualifying individuals finish the outdoor season at the NCAA West Preliminaries from Thursday to Saturday, May 29-31 and the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Wednesday, June 11 through Saturday, June 14.
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March 18, 2014
By Kasandra Martinson
By Kasandra Martinson
FRESNO, Calif. --- The Fresno State women's tennis team defeated Dartmouth 5-2 on Tuesday night to remain undefeated at home this season. The Bulldogs have now won six of their last seven matches played.
"I think we learned a lot today from Dartmouth, they are a very mentally tough team," said Fresno State head coach Ryan Stotland. "To come out on top against a team like that says a lot about us, we believed in ourselves today."
Fresno State gained an early lead taking the doubles point over the Big Green with wins at the No. 2 and 3 slates.
After dropping the first doubles match at the top spot, Sofya Malysheva and Aishwarya Agrawal defeated Akiko Okuda and Melissa Matsuoka (8-3). With doubles split 1-1 Anne Susdorf and Rana Sherif Ahmed came from behind on court three to win the tiebreaker 8-7 (6-0) over Darmouth's Julienne Keong and Suzy Tan to win the doubles point for the 'Dogs.
After the Bulldogs retired on court two, Sophie Watts won her match at No. 1 followed by Susdorf's win at No. 6 to put Fresno State up 3-1. Both players took their matches in straight sets, 6-0, 6-4.
Dartmouth took the next point on court three before Malysheva clinched the dual match for the Bulldogs with a comeback victory on court four, (5-7, 6-3, 6-1).
With the match decided, Anneka Watts played out her match at the five spot defeating Sarah Bessen 4-6, 6-3, 2-2 (7-3).
"It feel great to be undefeated at home, we know we play really well here," added Stotland. "We have five more matches to go, three of them being at home, we are excited to close the season with a home stretch like that."
The Bulldogs (7-8, 1-0 MW) continue their five-match home stand when they host No. 58 Denver on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
Fresno State 5, Dartmouth 2
1. Sophie Watts (FS) def. Katherine Yau (DART) 6-0, 6-4
2. Taylor Ng (DART) def. Rana Sherif Ahmed (FS) 5-2, retired
3. Melissa Matsuoka (DART) def. Aishwarya Agrawal (FS) 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
4. Sofya Malysheva (FS) def. Akiko Okuda (DART) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
5. Anneka Watts (FS) def. Sarah Bessen (DART) 4-6, 6-3, 2-2 (7-3)
6. Anne Susdorf (FS) def. Julienne Keong (DART) 6-0, 6-4
1. Katherine Yau/Taylor Ng (DART) def. Sophie Watts/Anneka Watts (FS) 8-2
2. Sofya Malysheva/Aishwarya Agrawal (FS) def. Akiko Okuda/Melissa Matsuoka (DART) 8-3
3. Anne Susdorf/Rana Sherif Ahmed (FS) def. Julienne Keong/Suzy Tan (DART) 8-7 (6-0)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,1,6,3,4,5)
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