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Coming off a season-opening 60-49 win over Texas Lutheran, the Texas A&M - Corpus Christi men's basketball team will take to the road for a matchup with the University of Denver on Wednesday night. It will be the first of a two-game road swing for the Islanders, who will face Utah State on Saturday.
• The Islanders have one of the youngest teams in Division I, with an average age of 20 years, three months and 20 days as of tonight.
• The Islanders opened their season with a 60-49 win over Texas Lutheran on Saturday night, their fourth season in five opened with a win.
• A&M - Corpus Christi used an 11-0 run in the second half to turn the tide in the contest with the Bulldogs.
• The team's leader, sophomore Johnathan Jordan, had 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists against TLU.
• Nate Maxey started his season with four blocks and eight rebounds against Texas Lutheran, after having 48 blocks in his freshman season last year.
• The Islanders do not have a group of five players who will see action this year that had previously played together in a competitive contest.
• Texas A&M - Corpus Christi is ineligible for the postseason because of poor results in the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate. No Islander who played under Wilson had anything to to with the subpar score.
This will be the fourth matchup all-time between the Islanders and Pioneers, and the second straight season that the teams have squared off. Last year, Denver visited the Coastal Bend and emerged with a 65-58 victory over A&M - Corpus Christi at the American Bank Center.
Brian Stafford was the star of the show for DU, scoring 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting. Chris Udofia added 12 points and six blocks in the win for the Pioneers. Myron Dempsey led the Islanders with 17 points, while Johnathan Jordan added 12 points and three steals. Nate Maxey had four blocks as well.
The Islanders and DU also played twice during the 2001-02 season, with each team winning on its home court.
He's only a sophomore, but Houston native Johnathan Jordan has been thrust into the role of leader on the young Islanders squad. Jordan led the Southland in assists per game in 2011-12 and despite his newbie status, was also among the leaders in minutes per game. With 26 starts, he entered the year with nearly as many Division I starts as the rest of his teammates combined (34).
Jordan struggled from the field against UIW, going 3-for-15 from the floor, though he did record five steals. He bounced back with 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists against Texas Lutheran, though he struggled to get into a rhythm early in the game and was not in the starting lineup.
The 5-foot-10 Jordan is also one of the most athletic Islanders, having twice won the slam-dunk contest at Islanders Invasion, thanks much to his 48-inch running vertical leap. His 138 assists last season were a new school record.
As the youngest member of last year's freshman class, Hameed Ali showed flashes of being a strong player for the Islanders, hitting game winning shots against Utah State and Sam Houston State in addition to having the ball in his hands with the chance at a win against South Alabama.
But Ali, who turned 19 in August, has shown significant growth in his maturity, particularly as a vocal leader for the Islanders. Formerly one of the most shy members of the team, Ali has become a constant voice in practice – whether he is on the court or on the sidelines.
The native of Hayward, Calif., averaged 4.3 points per game in his 30 contests a year ago. He made 13 starts and shot 32 percent from the field. He scored 10 points in the exhibition against UIW and nine in the opener with Texas Lutheran.
Sophomore Nate Maxey also jumps off the page when looking at statistics and measurables. The San Diego native posted the fourth-highest block total (48) in school history in his freshman season, and heading into this season was measured as having a 7-foot-10 wing span.
Maxey, who averaged 3.5 points and 3.0 rebounds a year ago, has added about 15 pounds to his 6-foot-11 frame and has also matured greatly off the court heading into his sophomore season.
The opener against TLU was a microcosm of his career at A&M - Corpus Christi. In the first half, he had two blocks but struggled on both ends. In the second, though, he was a force, with two more blocks, five rebounds and six points – all finishing off alley-oops with a dunk.
The Islanders' starting lineup for the season opener against TLU was a bit of a surprise for most people. In addition to who was not in the lineup – specifically Johnathan Jordan, Nate Maxey and Joy Williamson – the players that were in the lineup was also a surprise.
Along with exhibition game starters Hameed Ali and Will Nelson, the Islanders trotted out two freshmen and a walk-on. Kennon Dvorak has been in the position before, having started seven games a year ago despite his true walk-on status. But freshmen Brandon Pye and Dale Francis found themselves in the lineup for their first collegiate contest – a fact that was even more surprising because Francis didn't even play in the exhibition.
Coach Wilson has put an emphasis on starting the players who have the best week of practice, and thus the atypical starting set.
The Islanders got out to another slow start in the season opener with Texas Lutheran, shooting just 25.8 percent in the opening half. Only Joy Williamson (3-for-5) hit more shots than he missed in the half.
But A&M - Corpus Christi came out strong for the final five minutes of the first half and continuing into the second half, posting a 37-14 run to turn a 10-point deficit into a 13-point lead. They went 13-for-27 in that stretch and added six offensive rebounds, converting each into points.


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There are eight calls every serious duck hunter should have in his or her repertoire. Learn these, and you will be able to bring ducks closer in nearly every hunting situation.
Click the icons to hear champion caller Greg Brinkley, maker of Drake Brake Duck Calls in Marion, Arkansas, demonstrate each call sound.
As easy as it sounds, some callers never master a basic quack, and then wonder why the ducks don't come into their spread. Todd Heidelbauer also stresses the importance of learning to end the quack. "One of the first things my grandfather [Frank Heidelbauer] taught me was to end my quacks. People use 'qua qua qua' when there needs to be a clean, crisp, 'quaCK' instead. Stick to the basics and end your quacks, and everything else is second." The Heidelbauers should know; Frank Heidelbauer designed and began making their popular calls in 1952.
"I use the greeting call when I first see ducks at a distance. It's a series of 5 to 7 notes in descending order at a steady even rhythm, Kanc, Kanc, Kanc, Kanc, Kanc," says Rod Haydel. Rod Haydel should know; he's part of Louisiana duck calling royalty-the Haydel family of Haydel's Game Calls.
For a basic feeding call, say "tikkitukkatikka," into the call raising and lowering the volume slightly. "I don't feed call a lot," says three-time World Champion caller and call maker Mike McLemore. "Callers should learn to use it to add variety, but it sounds better to the caller than it does to the ducks." Haydel adds, "Most mallards I hear feed calling in the typical 'kitty, kitty, kitty' fashion are flying, while ducks feeding are more broken up and erratic sounding, like 'da-dit da-dit dit dit, da-dit dit.'"
The hail or highball call is an overused call in the minds of the pros. "Don't use a highball within 100 yards of the ducks," says Jim Olt of P.S. Olt Company. "But when you do use it, blow high, hard, and loud. However, nobody should use it unless they know how and when. Hails are the loudest of the lot." Rod Haydel agrees. "I'm not much on 30 note hail calls," he says. "I have yet to hear a real hen call in this manner. I try to sound as natural as I can." If you decide to try your hail call, start with a long, strong, Aaaaaaink...Aaaaaink.., aaaaink, aaainkaink and taper off as it progresses. But remember to use the hail call sparingly, and as Haydel says, "If the ducks are coming in, forget calling."
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FREMONT -- A thriving outdoor mall could expand to meet one of the area's biggest retail needs, if the City Council approves its plan to open the city's largest sporting goods retailer and other storefronts.
The Block at Pacific Commons' proposal to add Dick's Sporting Goods in a 50,000-square-foot store and Buffalo Wild Wings, a restaurant in a 6,500-square-foot building, will be considered Feb. 18 by the council. The Planning Commission last month unanimously recommended approval.
Fremont has coveted a large sports equipment retailer since Tri-City Sporting Goods closed in 2006, city leaders said. "Right now, a lot of people step outside Fremont to buy a ball or other basic sporting goods," said Christina Briggs, the city's economic development manager. "We're filling key voids in our retail, and it speaks to The Block's existing success that it is adding to it."
The 27-acre shopping hot spot -- bounded by Boscell Road, Bunche Drive and Curie and Christy streets -- opened two years ago next to Pacific Commons, an 80-acre outdoor shopping center that opened in 2004.
Catellus, which developed both retail zones next to Interstate 880, sold Pacific Commons two months ago to Heitman, a Chicago investment company.
But Catellus still owns The Block, envisioning it as a food and entertainment mecca when it built a cinema multiplex and several restaurants there in 2012. Its first phase landed stores such as Target, Men's Warehouse, Ulta and Sleep Number, as well as The Habit Burger Grill, Which Wich and other eateries. Now on the verge of adding two large retail spaces in its second phase, The Block also might include another store in a 3,000-square-foot building, said Catellus spokesman Sean Whiskeman. "We're in pretty active discussions to find a tenant for that third space," he said. "We've had great interest from restaurants for it."
The Block originally was meant to be what the developer calls a lifestyle center, where a cluster of small retailers would encourage customers to walk within the mall, staying for food, entertainment and shopping.
That specific goal was a casualty of the 2008 recession, Whiskeman said, saying the economic downturn made it "difficult to bring in the right critical mass of those small-shop retailers."
The Block vision has not been abandoned -- Catellus still aims to build a promenade linking the sporting goods store and the restaurant.
"There still will be beautiful plaza spaces and great opportunities for outdoor dining," Whiskeman said. "We still have elements of the original plan; it's still intended as a lifestyle center."
Catellus hopes to open the new storefronts in time for the holiday season. As early as next year, the Block might begin a third phase to draw tenants to 16,000 square feet of remaining vacant retail space, Whiskeman said.
"At some point, we're going to run out" of space, he said.
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Stephanie Ziebarth won national and state awards before choosing to focus on family and ministry rather than a career in magazine journalism. She spends most of her time homeschooling her children and coordinating Joy El Generation's Barnabas mentoring program, though she occasionally writes for local and national publications. She and husband Aaron Ziebarth have three children.
Our preschool daughter's eyes widened noticeably as we passed the gigantic gumball machine on the way to our restaurant table. I knew it was only a matter of time…
"Can I have a gumball?" she asked quietly.
My husband and I generally do not invest our money in vending machines products, nor do we typically carry cash.
"I'm sorry," I gently replied. "We don't have any cash on us."
She looked back at the machine and asked again. I responded again that it was not possible.
After her expressing her dismay yet again, my husband said, "You're just going to have to pray and ask God to give you a gumball, because we cannot buy one without change."
After watching her bow her little, curly-topped head, I inwardly wondered how this would play out.
On our way out of the restaurant later, a man sitting at the bar by himself asked, "Would you like a gumball, little girl? Would your brother like one too?" And, after a nod from my husband, he tossed quarters to both our daughter and our son.
I'm sure you can imagine their reactions.
His small gesture of kindness made a big impression. Eleven years later, we still tell the story.
After all, we are all warmed by a generous act—like what happened to some Greencastle friends of ours recently.
The couple was out for dinner at El Sombrero (http://www.el-sombrero.net/) when their server surprised them with the news that another diner had covered their dinner bill.
The other diner had no way of knowing that this young couple was facing the foreclosure of their home. His little act of kindness meant much more than he even realized.
Random Acts of Kindness Week (http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/) wraps up tomorrow. Whether you knew there was such a thing or not, and whether you want to participate today or throughout the entire calendar year, a little kindness goes a long way.


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Boy Scouts from McPherson Troop 133 joined more than 7,000 Scouts and leaders at Harvey County Lake last weekend for a weekend of camping, trading and camaraderie.
Trappers Rendezvous is an annual Scouting camp out that brings Scouts from all over Kansas and the Midwest to practice the skill of bartering for items with one another. Scouts are free to bring a wide variety of items from home to display in the camps.
Thousands of fellow Scouts stroll through the camp hoping to find something that catches their eye. Once they see an item, the two Scouts then attempt to negotiate a trade that leaves both parties satisfied.
Scouts also competed in BB gun shooting, tomahawk throwing and a "John Colter" race, which was an 800 meter run with more than 100 competitors.
Troop 133 members established camp on Friday night and spent the camp out also practicing winter camping skills.
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The overkill method is perhaps the most common method used in the development and validation of sterilization processes. Overkill sterilization primarily is applied to the moist-heat processing of materials, supplies, and other heat-stable goods. It generally is considered to be the simplest and most straightforward method for the design and validation of moist-heat sterilization processes. Although this is true, there is substantial confusion about how to use the overkill method and, in fact, regarding what actually constitutes an overkill process. Confusion associated with the overkill approach exists in all of the widely used sterilization technologies; that is, moist heat, dry heat, gas, and radiation. This article focuses on steam sterilization, of which there is both a greater amount of published definitions and a more precise and generally accepted understanding of the underlying science.
A contemporary definition of overkill moist-heat sterilization follows: "This is usually achieved by providing a minimum 12-log reduction of microorganisms having a D-value of at least one minute at 121 °C" (1). This is a simple-enough definition. Unfortunately, it cannot be demonstrated in a straightforward manner with presently available technology. What this definition suggests is that overkill requires a 12-D process, which equates to lethality sufficient to deliver a 12 × D 121 lethality level. This is not a lethality standard at all, however, because it inappropriately links the process lethality requirement to the characteristics of a specific biological indicator (BI). This article reviews present sterilization practices and explores the difficulties inherent in this definition.
Sterilization basicsSterilization as a process can be rather simply defined as:
a validated process used to render a product free of viable organisms. In a sterilization process, the nature of microbiological death or reduction is described by an exponential function. Therefore, the number of microorganisms which survive a sterilization process can be expressed in terms of probability. While the probability may be reduced to a very low number, it can never be reduced to zero (2).
The difference in microbial resistance is critical to sterilization validation. The microbial genera Geobacilli, Bacilli, and Clostridia, having substantial resistance to the sterilization process, are commonly chosen as BIs to provide an appropriate evaluation of the process. These BI organisms are stipulated to be spore populations that have much higher resistance to sterilization processes than the vegetative cells that predominate in the normal microflora found in pharmaceutical production environments. Using these spores as indicator organisms creates a process challenge that is inherently worst-case. In the case of moist heat in which sterilization conditions are very well defined and understood, BIs are best used to establish that there is sufficient correlation between physically measured lethality, generally in the form of thermometric data, and biological lethality measured using calibrated BIs.


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Credited to The Beatles with Tony Sheridan, the single My Bonnie/The Saints was re-released in America on this day, to capitalise on The Beatles' growing fame.
The single, which had the catalogue number MGM K-13213, reached number 26 on the Billboard charts.
It had previously been issued by Decca with the catalogue number 31382, on 23 April 1962.


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Cancelled Mergers Were Rarer in 2012
Fewer mergers and acquisitions were called off or outbid in 2012 as companies stepped up their dealmaking at the end of this year, according to data from Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
The number of deals where the target, buyer or seller was located in the U.S. that fell through in 2012 sank nearly 20% to 752, down from 939 collapsed deals in 2011, according to Capital IQ. As a percentage of total deals announced each year, about 4% of deals collapsed in 2012, compared to 5% in 2011.
Mega deals were also less likely to be cancelled this year. Most deals that were cancelled in 2012 were under $3 billion, according to Capital IQ. The only deal to fall through above that figure was the May cancellation of Coty Inc.'s $10.7 billion offer for cosmetics seller Avon Products
In 2011, however, several mega deals didn't come to fruition. Big deals announced in 2011 that were eventually called off included the potential $5 billion pipeline tie-up of Southern Union and Williams Co. after Williams was outbid, the$4.8 billion hostile bid by Martin Marietta for Vulcan Materials, and Deutsche Boerse's $17 billion bid for the New York Stock Exchange that failed to satisfy European regulators.
Of course, a collapsed deal doesn't mean merger talks are over. NYSE is now back in the acquisition pool with plans to sell itself to rival IntercontinentalExchange for $8 billion. And Deal Journal noted in September that Martin Marietta is now free to resume its bid for Vulcan, though it has been silent on any plans to do so.
Only about 1% to 2% of deals are announced and cancelled within the same year, Capital IQ said.


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I lamented the loss of Garnstudio Angora-Tweed when I heard it was no longer available. An understated Merino-angora blend, Angora-Tweed was on my short list of favorite yarns because it knit up easily and produced a beautiful woolen fabric in heathered colors.
This story has a happy ending, though, because Angora-Tweed has been brought back into the market. Wondering if the yarn had changed much since my first review in 2004, I picked up new skein and started swatching.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- It's official: 2011 Masters will kick off in one month. Augusta leaders are already working on plans to keep everything moving smoothly. The Sheriff's Office is expecting 15,000 extra cars on the road Masters week; it's a lot of people and lot of early planning.
A statue of the 12th hole at Augusta National sits on Major Richard Weaver's desk. He says it's a reminder of the busiest traffic week of the year. "We work along with traffic engineering and the department of transportation to get people in and out as quick as we can."
He says every year they learn a little bit more about how to keep the traffic moving along, "During the week of the Masters, construction comes to a halt. Alexander Drive wont be completed so that might cause some problems. But all around town, downtown, all of those things have been done so construction won't be a problem for us."
That's certainly what Helen Hopkins hopes. Her hair salon sits at the intersection of Alexander Drive and Washington Road. She says it's been a traffic mess for several months. "Most of my customers dont want to come this way because traffic is so intense," she says of that special week in April. She warns, "Most people that don't have any business on this side of town- don't come this way!"
Major Weaver says this year we will see some changes in road routes. "Possibly some changes in the routes coming out of the parking lots." He adds, "The only other thing is possibly some changes on Berkmans road."
But, explains traffic engineer Steve Cassell, they're not ready to reveal those exact changes just yet. Cassell says there is a meeting planned for Wednesday, March 9, at National Hills Elementary to inform the public about this year's Masters traffic and road plans. News 12 will post all pertinent information announced at that meeting online.
Other resources for navigating to or away from the national hills area include online maps and parking plans on the official Masters website. Weaver says daily traffic info will be broadcast live on AM 580. In addition, city engineers will be monitoring the traffic from at least a dozen cameras near the National.
"Eventually it will all clear out," promises Weaver. "Patience is the word for that week. Just be patient!"
News 12 will also have traffic cameras rolling on I-20 and near Windsor jewelry, both convenient locations to keep an eye on traffic. You can also count on News 12 every day that week to give you all of the latest traffic news.


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Will Going Eco Really Save You Any Money?
June 5th, 2012
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No. No, it won't.
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San Diego is full of superheroes.
Some superheroes were found at Comic-Con International, whose annual convention of sci-fi, fantasy, comics, and gaming fan culture also happened to be taking place concurrently with the NSPE Annual Meeting this past July. On account of the Comic-Con goers, the streets of San Diego's Gaslamp District were definitely more energizing and colorful than usual—it's not every day that you get to stand in line between a Storm Trooper and Where's Waldo while waiting for a slice of pizza.
Others were superheroes of eras past, like Thomas Edison and Charles Lindbergh who graced the corridors of the breathtaking and historicHotel Del Coronado, or "Hotel Del," whose iconic (and according to tourist brochures, haunted) crimson turrets are themselves a feat of aesthetics, architecture, and engineering.
Other superheroes still were the resident heroes truly living up to the name: the Navy SEALs trainees at the Naval Amphibious Base training center on Coronado Bay. Each early morning that I drove past their training grounds on my way to the NSPE meeting, their tireless commitment, counterpoint to their exhausted but otherwise stoic appearance, was visibly at work with each stride they took across the beachhead in full training gear.
This trip to a quiet cove of San Diego's Coronado Bay placed me in the company of other kinds of heroes as well: those engineering professionals of NSPE and its affiliates from across the United States as well as other countries like Korea and Japan, all contributing their energies toward the broader mission to serve and develop the engineering profession as a whole.
Being in a room full of NSPE members who have given up countless hours of personal time throughout the year and who have made personal sacrifices to gather here, to see members from across all 50 states convene to push forward the mission to further the engineering profession and its practitioners, is one of the most inspiring experiences an NSPE member can have. Compliment that with the tireless NSPE staff working behind the scenes and one sees that the possibility of such a superhuman degree of logistics, planning, and scheduling being executed is itself a manifestation of reality from fantasy.
Within a span of three days, I learned my leadership style through the Dr. Michael Lillibridge'sPeopleMaptool (per his model I'm a "Leader/ Free Spirit" combination). I learned novel approaches to fiduciary responsibilities in professional organizations from a group calledLeadership Outfitters, as well as received an overview on the latest developments within NSPE, like thePolitical Action Committeeand other outreach groups. Additional leadership topics included new approaches to promoting engineering licensure and further details on the American Society of Civil Engineers'Raise the Barinitiative to increase engineering academic requirements prior to licensure. It took a couple of introspective walks along the San Diego Bay after some hearty barbeque brisket from the local smokehouse and a pint ofCoronado Brewing Company's microbrew to really let it all sink in.
It was a grateful experience to receive an overwhelming amount of support for my Career Engineering Roadmap program for emerging engineering professionals as well as to be a part of discussions on the next phases of NSPE's own organizational growth as we explore the "Race for Relevance" model of professional society excellence. Also energizing for me was interacting with the new class of NSPE leaders stepping into new roles for the coming terms of office, ranging from the PEPP Young Engineers Advisory Council leadership like Amy Barrett, Daniel Gilbert, Neerali Desai, and the rest of the team, to the other newly elected young leaders on the NSPE Board of Directors, like David Conner and Kodi Jean Church, who are all going to be so important to sustaining and growing NSPE in the coming years. Being a part of the range of experience, talent, and expertise that now sits on the board continues to help me dimensionalize what opportunities exist for my own continuous learning and knowledge growth.
Attending large national society events such as the annual meeting are of course filled with the formal interactions within the various sessions held throughout the conference, but just as critical were those side interactions on the terrace overlooking the bay, those pre-seminar meetings over coffee and Honest Tea in the Loews Market Café, the conversations and introductions on the sides of the hallways and chandeliered stairwells. One only really gets the full impact of NSPE's reach and combined passion to promoting licensure and the engineering profession as a whole when attending the annual meeting in person—there is no virtual link or teleconference that can quite replicate the enthusiasm and energy of an in-person experience.
It is a privilege to serve as the National Director for Young Engineers and with a year left in my term, if this year has been any indication at all, the heroes still yet to emerge, combined with those that have already begun to make their mark, will definitely make it action packed.
Published August 21, 2012 by Austin Lin
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Great overview and synopsis, Austin Congratulations on your efforts and subsequent successes of Career Engineering Roadmap. Seeing the CER presentation last year, this is a great tool for all engineers to understand and choose/revise their path for both success and satisfaction.
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Nice read! Good Job, Austin! Take this creativitiy to PEI so we can become more value to our members.
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Any time I encounter your energetic essays on PE magazine and this blog, I am convinced the talented young engineers are the hope for the society and the public. I believe you are becoming the bridge not only in your nation but also to other countries including ours Japan. Takeya from Japan society of PE.
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A rare name that usually symbolizes males that have extreme amounts of Swag.
Julie: So, Rachel did you hook up with anyone last night at the party?
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Rachel: YES! There was this boy named Larson who was so HAWT omg you need to see him!! <3
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a combination of lynching and arson where you beat someone to near death and then set them on fire
The investigation team decided that someone had comited larson on the smoldering remains of a human corpse.
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A big pack of guys which all are friends who never hang out with girls can deemed "Larsons". The term is derived from the hotdog brand, it is to signify a big group of sausages clumped together.
"Oh Shit, here come the Larsons"
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To take a large stew in someone else's house.
I just took a huge larson.
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(v) Do to produce a stench from one's anus so horrible, that the paint off the walls begin to peel off. Must linger in the immediate area for at least 10 minutes.
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Verb: To grossly over tighten
"He really larsoned that bolt on"
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A larson is a stretch were you touch your feet behind your head.A full larson is if u can suck ure dick while doing it
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iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of Mac OS X on the desktop or in the dock. The entire user interface is completely configurable so you can turn off gauges you don't want, leaving only what you are interested in for easy viewing.
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Tags: monitor , system , ram , cpu , utility
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I like it. Its definitely a good resource monitor. the one thing i thought it lacked was a representation of network flow. i dont mean just in outs, like you set a threshold and when you go over that, some meter goes red or something. In the end, i ended up just using this for a pretty and skinnable battery and wireless strength monitor.
but still, a good resource monitor, out of all of the ones i have used (iStat nano, iStat, System Monitor, the menubar monitor one.....) ive tried quite a few. this is def a number 1.
Got a serial from MacHeist. The main window is pretty much indecipherable without rolling over the meters. Pretty, but I find it hard to parse; System Monitor will do for now.
Awesome application. The perfect combination of visually pleasing and dense functionality. I consider iPulse and LaunchBar my two "must have" applications on any OS X system. I'd be lost without them.
Absolutely fab app, if not just for the wireless & battery information breakdown it gives you. It packs alot into a very graphically appealing package. Make it part of your desktop candy and you won't be disappointed.


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On Monday, July 15, U.S. Rep. Jason Smith will meet with county officials at 11 a.m. at the Phelps County Courthouse, 200 N. Main St., Rolla.
Then on Tuesday, July 16, Sen. Blunt's staff will be at the courthouse to host a listening post meeting from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Listening posts are intended for Missourians to share their questions and concerns during meetings with members of Sen. Blunt's staff.
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An Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS) or energy efficiency target is a mechanism to encourage more efficient generation, transmission, and use of electricity. An EERS is similar in concept to a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) or Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS), in that an EERS requires utilities to reduce energy use by a specified and increasing percentage or amount each year. There are a variety of ways an EERS policy can be implemented. Some states have a separate EERS and RPS, while other states combine the mechanisms by allowing energy efficiency to meet part or all of an RPS. Learn more about states with RPS and AEPS here [1]. Efficiency reduction requirements or targets may also be established by state public utility commissions. In some states, public utility commissions determine savings requirements through a collaborative process with utilities. Electricity savings requirements for utilities may include flexibility to achieve the standard through a market-based trading system of energy savings certificates. All EERS include end-use energy savings. In some cases, distribution system efficiency improvements, combined heat and power (CHP) systems and other high-efficiency distributed generation systems are also included. Penalties for non-compliance vary by state.
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Please enforce decorum
Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 4:02 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 4:02 p.m.
The Lafourche Parish Council has been a portrait of dysfunction for years.
Its public and petty clashes among its members and between members and various parish presidents have at times taken precedence over doing the business of the people.
That is unfortunate for a number of reasons.
First and most importantly, the confrontational nature of the council has prevented it in the past from, among other things, passing a budget or approving department heads.
Second, though, the prominent dysfunction of the parish government has severely eroded the trust the people can have in their local institutions.
Council President Lindel Toups summed up the issue nicely: "It makes us look like clowns."
There is some good news. Councilman Aaron Caillouet proposed a resolution encouraging his colleagues to follow Robert's Rules of Order, the widely accepted guide to behavior during public meetings.
Caillouet's measure passed but not without the customary complaints.
"Mr. Caillouet ... when you are going to follow Robert's Rules of Order, I will consider it," said Councilman Daniel Lorraine, violating one of Robert's rules, one that prohibits council members from addressing one another personally during debate.
The idea of imposing a sense of decorum on themselves might seem strange to some of the council members, but it is clearly needed.
Too often, the council becomes mired in personal, bitter argument that detracts from its ability to work with a common purpose.
On at least one recent occasion, the debate turned into a physical confrontation between two councilmen outside the meeting.
It would be naive to think that any body could work on issues of public concern without disagreements or differences of opinion.
There are ways, though, to settle differences and work with each other without the personal attacks that have been so common in Lafourche over the years.
Robert's Rules of Order is an excellent place to start.
"What I do not like about the resolution — it says we 'shall' follow. It could be a request," said Councilman John Arnold.
The councilmen themselves, though, have proven time and again that they simply cannot be trusted to follow accepted forms of decorum. Instead, they need the structure of civil debate as a requirement.
Before long, the council members will get used to speaking civilly about the actual topics at hand rather than launching personal attacks. That is the noble goal, at least.
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Yvonne, do you want to be the guest teacher next week?
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Yvonne, do you want to be the guest teacher next week?
Ha ha ha...
I kind of spoke too loudly, didn't I?
Hmmmm... let me think about it. (
(I'll let you know today sometime.)
We could always co-teach it. You could send me what you'd like to say, and I could add my nickel's worth.
Can you do more than one person?
Seriously, this is the only thing that came to mind:
Angelina and Brad Pitt
Must really think they are it
To say it's okay to forgo marriage
With twenty kids in their baby carriage
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Little Bo Peep
ah, an ode to Little Bo Peep,
who counted sheep - one, two- when she couldn't sleep,
but then she dozed - snore, snore - too long one morn,
and woke to find her flock was -snip, snip- shorn.
the original was
ah, an ode to Little Bo Peep,
who counted sheep when she couldn't sleep,
but then she dozed too long one morn,
and woke to find her flock was shorn.
but I then thought it too metered.
May God's gentle grace be with you.
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This is super, Leah!
Re: Little Bo Peep
Good job, Jim. It's hard to write "good bad" poetry, isn't it?
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I took this at "face value"... did I overdo the "quite long" rule?
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..in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son... Hebrews 1:2
LOL Beth! I don't know how this one slipped by me earlier. I've been in and out for the last three days--that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it.
This made me LITERALLY laugh out loud.
Oh no, I don't think you took it too literally, not at all. This is perfect!
Okay, I suppose three about myself was a bit much...
So here's one about someone famous.
Ken Mattingly
Took the news begrudgingly
Kicked off the Apollo 13 crew,
But big red measles he never grew.
Isaiah 40:30-31 (NIV)
Perfect, Allison! It pokes fun at him, but not in a satirical or hurtful way. Cute clerihew.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Wrote scads of rhymes and then some,
Could have been well known as an author but lived solitary life instead,
Then one day her poems were famous--too bad she was dead.
Whew, Jan, this was tough--trying to do math without numbers!
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine...
Proverb 17:22
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Oh, but Verna, you did a great job! And you used one of my favorite poets, too.
You'll find next week easier.
clerihew-first attempt
I wrote my first one about my hubby who thinks he should be famous, and combined him with some one who really is famous (sort of)
Rocky Lynn Johnson
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Especially when he says the line "do you smell what the Rock is cooking?"
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Apartment in el Arenal
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Floor No.2
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|Adolfo Cuellar, 41001 Sevilla, ספרד
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Its excellent location makes it ideal for enjoying the city. Less than five minutes walk away, have the "Town-Hall", beautiful example of Baroque architecture, "The Cathedral", monumental building of Gothic architecture and famous "La Giralda" Tower and main icon of the city.
You can also see and visit beautiful buildings such as the Reales Alcázares, the India House and the Museum of fine arts (with an excellent art gallery which includes painters such as Juan de las Roelas, Alonso Vázquez, Herrera El Viejo, Valdés Leal, Murillo, Zulbaran, El Greco,...). You can find fine examples of Baroque architecture in countless churches existing in the environment: El Salvador, La Magdalena, San Antonio Abad,... and the majestic Plaza de Toros, beautiful baroque layout.
Ultimately with pleasant walks, no need for taxis or any other vehicle, you can enjoy the city and its culture and gastronomy, since it has in its environment of numerous restaurants, bars, cafes and taverns. And if you are fan or have interest in knowing our best Flamenco has very close, in the same neighborhood, local such as "El Tablao Flamenco de el Arenal" and "El Patio Andaluz". All leisure bars, taverns, flamenco flamenco,... located on both banks of the river Guadalquivir and the close and popular quarter of Triana have less than five minutes to finish a few nights dream.
Does not require a deposit
Please, call us, 30 minutes before.
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Nice apartment for two person in good location for exploring Seville.
Easy communucation to and from the airport by bus.
Very friendly and helpful host. He came around immediately to fix a problem with a door lock.
Nice appartment, very well located. Ricardo is a nice guy and Sevilla is a great place to stay for a couple of days.
We had a graet stay in Sevilla. Ricardo is very friendly. The apartment is small but very complete and clean. It is in the heart of the city, a very good base to explore all of Sevilla's highlights. Super! We can recommend it. Trudi and Nico
The apartment is nice and very functional: the spaces are so cleverly distributed and there are so many windows and balconies that you feel perfectly at ease. The kitchen is fully equipped and absolutely efficient.
The flat is strategically located in the very heart of Sevilla, close to the river and a few minutes' walk from the cathedral.
Everything in town is easy to reach and you will not need bus or tram at all.
There are bars, restaurants, supermarkets just behind the corner.
We had not the chance to meet Ricardo in person, but his father - who greeted us - was very kind and helpful.
All in all we had a magnificent impact and a lovely experience.
Typical spanish apartment (which means small windows, so no much light) situated on a ideal location if you want to discover Sevilla by foot. Located in a little street without trafic, equipped with everything you need. We had a wonderful time there, slept very well! Our host Ricardo was kind and friendly.
Great little apartment. Clean with all the basic necessities included. So close to all the main sites, transport links, restaurants, bars. The bus station is only about a 10-15 minute walk away. Ricardo is a very friendly host and really accommodating. He came to meet us when we arrived quite late in the evening and even invited us to join him on a roadtrip! Really greatly recommended.
Nice flat in the historic center of sevilla, quiet fonctionnal and quiet. We recommend it to everyone !!
The apartment has a great location, in a couple of minutes you're in the old town. The interior is simple, but all you need is there. Ricardo was a great host, he gave us many useful hints and prompt replied our requests. Thank you.
La ubicación del apartamento es muy buena, ya que tienes todo lo que hay que visitar relativamente cerca, el anfitrión es muy amable y te ayuda con cualquier duda. Muy recomendable
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Liverpool Message Board
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Jul 19, 2013 15:01 Flag
Who knows what is truth, what is exaggeration, and what is purely made up when it comes to the press reports, but despite all the speculation on a move, the club and BR seem to be fairly insistent they are in control of the situation.
From what has been published I'd put the situation down as this: Arsenal are the only club to have actually bid at around 30M, but might raise this to 35 or even 40M. Real are being coy, but are either playing the long game hoping to #$%$ him up late in the window for less than 30M or are just toying with Suarez to provide cover for whoever they really are after.
But additionally its often said that it takes one big move to happen to get the market moving; it frees up money for other deals, and or presents clubs with real need to secure players after they've lost out on a deal. The Cavani deal may have done this, however in the Suarez case it might have done the opposite. Yes Napoli now have cash and Real and Chelsea have to look elsewhere, but its also set a bar of 55M on which to gauge other players valuations. For me that makes the 30M bid look extremely low for a player with still 3 years left on his contract. Take into account how much Chelsea may have bid for Rooney and it only means the price tag for Suarez goes up even further.
For me I would consider selling him abroad for the right price. But that price looks to be 40 or even 50M at a minimum when you look at the going rate. But I'd very much like to avoid selling him to a prem club. One I'd hate to play against him, but second it just makes no sense to sell him to a club we have to leapfrog in order to get back to the top 4.
I know Suarez turns some fans off with his non footballing antics, but end of the day, he is one of the best strikers in the world, and selling him would severely hurt our chances of a top 4 spot this season. But I think the odds of him staying are increasing.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A Yahoo! User Jul 23, 2013 23:53 Flag
Hiya Dave,
Your ''absence of proof is not proof of absence'' remark has been proved to be true with regards to the earlier *Suarez to Arsenal links* by the tabloid.
Apparently Arsenal have tabled a second bid in excess of £40m which activated a clause in Suarez's contract according to various reports this evening.
I read on one of the Arsenal blogs that 'it means that Arsenal can negotiate personal terms and, if he agrees to them, then Liverpool are put in a #$%$ bargaining position as they'll have a wantaway player on their hands'. Any idea if that is what the clause in his contract meant?
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A Yahoo! User Jul 24, 2013 00:08 Flag
Follow-up............... just read that Liverpool have rejected Arsenal's 2nd bid.
Normally a clause in players contracts means that there's a minimum bid price which usually trigger the clause. I'm still unclear why Suarez and his agent agreed to a clause that meant absolutely nothing for them.
Hi Dave
I mentioned this a while ago - I think the club need to hang on for the right valuation or tell the player that he needs to stay another year. I'm pleased with BR's comments on the subject.
Having said that, my suspicion is that we are simply waiting for the right fee and I'm waiting for Suarez to go on strike to force it!
Wait and see I reckon.
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dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Jul 19, 2013 17:11 Flag
I think your right, if a minimum number is not met the club won't budge, and the figure of 50M has been mentioned after Cavani went for 55M. Personally I think a sit down with the player and telling him if Real come in for at least X, and before August 1, you can go, if not its one more year at Anfield with the option to go to any CL club next summer for X- something.
That way he can go to Madrid if they really do value him, but one way or another after this season either with us or someone else he's guaranteed CL football the following season. He's only 26 so think he can wait one year without hurting his career. Question is will it hurt his ego?


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Join the Plymouth Historical Society in welcoming Maggie Stier to Pease Public Library on Tuesday, March 13th as she discusses the "Old Man of the Mountain: Substance and Symbol."
The story of the Old Man of the Mountain is a story of New Hampshire itself, reflecting our history, arts, literature, As the multi-faceted story of this icon unfolds, the audience will be challenged to think about the different and evolving ways that this image has touched the public imagination over its 200 year history. The presentation will include images of paintings, literary passages, souvenirs, and film clips of interviews with those closest to the Old Man, and conclude with a discussion of current efforts to memorialize the state symbol.
This presentation is made possible through a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council and is part of their Humanities to Go! program.


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- Apr 1:
- Even star Paul Walker's death couldn't stop 'Furious 7'
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- 2 charged with stealing piece of Paul Walker death car
- Dec 4:
- Appreciation: Paul Walker was rock-solid guy in life and films
- Paul Walker didn't die on impact, autopsy report reveals
- Paul Walker's daughter Meadow didn't see crash, publicist says
- Paul Walker's daughter Meadow didn't see crash, publicist says
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- 'Wheel of Fortune uses 'The Fast and the Furious' answer days after Paul Walker's death
- Upcoming Paul Walker films still on track for release
- Dec 2:
- Paul Walker, Roger Rodas fatal crash described by witnesses
- Dec 1:
- Roger Rodas, driver in crash that also killed Paul Walker, mourned by friends and colleagues
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- Paul Walker, 'Fast & Furious' star, dies in car crash
'Fast and Furious' actor Paul Walker and friend Roger Rodas were driving more than 100 mph in a Porsche Carrera GT supercar when Rodas lost control, causing a fiery crash that killed both men, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office reported Friday.
The crash happened in Valencia, when the two took the Porsche out for a drive following a charity event. Rodas was behind the wheel when the car spun out of control, hitting a light pole and a tree before bursting into flames on Hercules Street at Kelly Johnson Parkway in an industrial park.
The coroner's report also details the injuries of both men. Rodas died of multiple traumatic injuries sustained in the collision and Walker died of a combination of traumatic injuries from the impact of the collision and injuries sustained in the subsequent fire.
Walker suffered a broken jaw, collar bone, elbow, several broken ribs, a broken pelvis and a spinal fracture. There were traces of soot in his trachea, meaning that he was briefly still alive when the fire started, but the report indicates that both men died within seconds of impact.
Rodas suffered multiple blunt traumatic injuries during the crash, including a broken jaw, skull fractures, broken ribs and pelvis fractures.
Both bodies were so severely burned that they could not be identified visually. According to the police report, the rare Porsche was "almost split it half."
Both men tested negative for any alcohol or drugs and the coroner's office has ruled the collision an accident. The final cause of the collision has not been determined by sheriff's investigators with the Santa Clarita station, who are investigating, but they have said since the day of the accident that speed played a role.
Also Friday, two men pleaded not guilty in connection with the theft of a piece of the Porsche Walker and Rodas were in when they died.
Anthony Janow, 25, and Jameson Witty, 18, appeared in a San Fernando courtroom to answer to one felony count each of grand theft of personal property and two misdemeanor counts each of destroying evidence and resisting, obstructing and delaying a peace officer.
Investigators allege the pair followed the tow truck taking the remains of the Porsche to a sheriff's impound yard following the crash.
While it was stopped at a red light, the pair allegedly took a T-top panel of the car's roof. A photo of the car piece was later posted on an Instagram account in Witty's name. The photo has since been removed, and a the account was later made private.
According to the district attorney's office, Witty and Janow were told prior to the theft by a sheriff's deputy that they could not take any part of the car.
If convicted, the men each face a maximum sentence of four years and six months in county jail.


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A Look At What Scares Investors Most
Stocks have come so far, so fast that it is making investors nervous.
With the S&P 500 up 30% last year and another 6% this year, leaving it just 2% off its July record, some see a bubble. Even some mainstream advisers recommend caution.
"For investors concerned about short-term performance, I have been urging people to get a little more defensive and raise a little more cash to create a little more firepower for later," said David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial Inc., which oversees $810 billion.
Some fear a bear market, meaning a pullback of 20% or more. Mr. Joy expects something smaller. Others say stocks already are past their troubles and it is time to buy.
A central question is whether market excess is as bad as before the collapses of 2000 and 2008. In 2000, speculative fever infected many large stocks. In 2008, excesses in housing and lending markets almost caused a depression.
The market looks different today. But fears remain, notably because unprecedented Federal Reserve intervention has distorted markets and stimulated borrowing in ways that are hard to evaluate.
Here is a look at some of the big issues on investors' minds currently.
The Federal Reserve. Many believe this bull market's main driver has been the central bank's decision to hold interest rates at their lowest levels since World War II and to stimulate markets by buying more than $1 trillion in bonds.
Now, the Fed is ending the bond-buying and preparing to raise interest rates next year. The prospect of higher rates, Mr. Joy said, could unsettle markets. But he and many others add that investors should be able to shrug that off because the Fed intends to move slowly and keep rates low for years.
"I don't see a big problem but rather a source of temporary uncertainty" with stocks falling 10% or so late this year, he said.
Adam Parker, Morgan Stanley's chief U.S. stock strategist, said he thinks the pullback is already over. "I think this is a buying opportunity," he said.
High Prices. "Our clients are concerned that the market has come so far in the past five years that stocks are expensive," said Scott Wren, senior stock strategist at brokerage firm Wells Fargo Advisors in St. Louis.
The S&P 500 has nearly tripled since March 2009. It trades at 18.5 times its companies' reported profits for the past 12 months, according to Birinyi Associates. The long-term average is 15.5.
Stocks clearly are expensive but not off the charts as in 2000, when the S&P 500 was near 40 times earnings. Stocks were about this expensive before 2008. But the big problem in 2008 wasn't valuation; it was housing and lending.
Joseph Mezrich, head of quantitative investment strategy at Nomura Securities, measures the earnings gains needed to justify stock prices. Stocks now price in 7% earnings growth, which is normal, he said.
"The way I value the market," he said, "there is no bubble at all." The S&P could rise another 5% and it wouldn't be overvalued, he said.
Earnings. "For our clients," said Mr. Wren of Wells Fargo, "the number one concern is that the economy is going to slip into recession again."
Corporate profits are rising at a single-digit percentage pace, down from big double-digit gains earlier in the recovery. Mr. Wren has been telling clients these gains are fine and sustainable, but they still hold more money in cash than he recommends, he said.
"Ultimately," said Mr. Parker at Morgan Stanley, "the trajectory of earnings is what matters" for the future of stock prices and "I don't know of anybody who thinks earnings are going down in the second half of the year."
Geopolitics. Many analysts blame recent stock volatility on conflicts involving Ukraine, Russia, Iraq, Syria and Israel.
For stocks, only two aspects of geopolitics have mattered much in the past: energy prices and major U.S. troop involvement. With the latter unlikely, analysts are focusing on energy.
With oil supplies plentiful, attention centers on a possible Russian cutoff of natural gas to countries including Germany. A European recession would hurt U.S. corporate profits.
"Energy markets are a concern if there is any interruption in supply," said Mr. Joy of Ameriprise, but he and others said it would take a big energy-price jump to hurt U.S. stocks much.
Speculation. Many worry that Fed cash injections and low interest rates have led to excessive investment with borrowed money.
Several market corners appear overheated, including biotech and social media companies, junk bonds, some real-estate investment trusts and securities backed by bank loans. Junk-bond prices sagged in July but have already begun recovering.
Investing with borrowed money using stocks as collateral, called margin debt, is at a record in dollar terms. But as a percentage of total stock-market value it isn't near 2007 extremes, said independent market analyst Phil Roth.
However, investing today is dominated by hedge funds, which use other borrowing sources that are hard to track, Mr. Roth noted. Because no one knows how much they have borrowed, the uncertainty worries many people. If hedge funds have to raise cash because of declines in risky investments made with borrowed funds, no one knows how many mainstream stocks they might sell.
Many other potential problems are hard to gauge: the seriousness of China's housing bubble, the strength of its financial system, the risk of global terrorism, the risk of another European financial blowup.
But by traditional measures, markets don't look as excessive as in 2000 and 2008.


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ENGLEWOOD � Denver Broncos cornerback Tracy Porter missed practice Thursday to see a doctor about symptoms he continues to experience after a seizure he suffered in August.
Porter is hoping to get medical clearance to play Sunday night against the New Orleans Saints, his former team.
Porter, who had no history of seizures, wasn�t allowed to fly to the Broncos� last game at San Diego on Oct. 15 after he began experiencing light-headedness and a racing heart � similar to the symptoms he felt before his seizure, team spokesman Patrick Smyth said.
Smyth emphasized Porter didn�t suffer a second seizure but was left back in Denver as a precaution. Porter returned to practice on a limited basis this week.
Porter, whose seizure was first reported by The Denver Post on its website Thursday afternoon, wasn�t in the locker room during the 45-minute media access period Thursday but later tweeted, �I would like to thank EVERYONE for the prayers and wishes. It really means a lot to me.�
The last time Peyton Manning and Drew Brees squared off � in the 2010 Super Bowl � it was Porter who stole the spotlight, returning an interception 74 yards to seal the Saints� 24-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts.
Porter had sidestepped questions about the nature of his illness earlier this week. He also said earlier this week that he was eager to face his former teammates and optimistic he�d be cleared to play.
Porter, who was lifting weights with former Saints teammate Jeremy Shockey when Shockey had a seizure in May 2010, suffered his seizure in mid-August and was held out of a preseason game against Seattle that week. The cause of the seizure was undetermined, and he returned to the field the next week.
Porter had a monster debut for Denver in the season opener, breaking up five passes, collecting eight solo tackles and returning an interception for a touchdown that sealed the Broncos� 31-19 win over Pittsburgh � his NFL-leading third career game-sealing score since 2009. That performance earned him AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors.
He hadn�t had any more symptoms until two weeks ago while preparing to leave for San Diego.
Porter returned to practice Monday for noncontact work after the Broncos� bye.
Asked if Porter�s condition had worsened, coach John Fox noted Porter was �limited� Wednesday and then was absent Thursday, so �you fill in the blanks.�
�Right now, Tracy is being evaluated,� Fox said. �When he�s cleared to physically be able to practice, he�ll be out there. I don�t know all the symptoms. When we figure out how to deal with the illness, then he�ll be out here.�
Champ Bailey said he was concerned about his fellow cornerback �because it�s a question mark. You don�t really know what�s going on. I try to help all the young players here, but in this situation, there�s not much I can do. But we�re all praying for him, and hopefully he�ll be back sooner rather than later.�
Safety David Bruton, whose locker is next to Porter�s, said his teammates just want him healthy even if that means missing more games.
�That�s one of our brothers. We�re not just here as co-workers; we�ve built a friendship, a bond, and we care about each other, so it extends beyond football,� Bruton said. �We care for him and wish him the best, and we�d love to have him back with us some way, somehow.�
That said, �it depends on how he feels and how the doctors feel,� Bruton said. �It�s not our say. If he can go, that�s great. If not, Chris and T.C. both stepped up big the last time when Tracy couldn�t go.�
Chris Harris collected two interceptions at San Diego, and Tony Carter picked off another pass as the Broncos overcame a 24-0 deficit for a 35-24 win that put them in a tie with the Chargers atop the AFC West at 3-3.
On Monday, Porter said he was his backups� biggest cheerleader two weeks ago.
�I was jumping up off the couch when those guys intercepted the ball. I wanted to be a part of it, but those guys are my teammates so I�m not mad that they did it and I didn�t,� Porter said.
Porter signed a one-year, $4-million free agent deal last spring with the Broncos, where he�s trying to help Manning secure that second Super Bowl title that he denied him Feb. 7, 2010, with his big play.
Now, he�s hankering for a chance to pick off Brees.
�It will be great to intercept Drew, to make him mad and put my team closer to a victory,� Porter said. �But I still have to be in the right place at the right time like I was in the Super Bowl.�
In comments on a conference call before the nature of Porter�s illness became public, Brees said it will be strange seeing Porter in a different uniform.
�I had four great years with Tracy, going against him in practice every day,� Brees said. �You know, he obviously was a big part of what we were able to accomplish here the last four years, and it�s always weird to see a guy like that who was such a big part of what you did, and all of a sudden he�s on the other side in a game.�
With the league�s worst defense � they�ve allowed 2,793 yards over the first six games, most since 1950, the Saints (2-4) miss Porter�s presence in their defensive backfield.
�Tracy plays the deep ball better than any corner I�ve seen,� Saints safety Roman Harper said. �He can run. He�s very physical at the line, and he�s very smart. He�s a very confident player. I love the dude to death. I know he misses us, and we miss him, too.�
AP freelancer Guerry Smith from New Orleans contributed to this report.


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When NAS hosted its last air show in 2008, an estimated 100,000 showed up over the 2-day period.
If the numbers are anything like that this weekend, the event should have a huge impact on this area's economy.
The Blue Angels never disappoint, and that also goes for the restaurants and hotels in the cities they visit.
"We are going to have a lot of people in our area," said Suzy Johnson, Meridian-Lauderdale County tourism director.
"I hope to see a lot of them here," said Stephen Crissey, manager of Buffalo Wild Wings. "That would be really nice."
Buffalo Wild Wings has rearranged schedules to make sure all hands are on deck.
"Actually I didn't allow people to get time off because of the people we are expecting to be in town," said Crissey.
"We are pulling them from all over," said Johnson. "I think we are going to have a heavier concentration from the west and east side and the northern part of the state."
Johnson said she doesn't believe we will see as many people from south Mississippi as the last air show, as the Blue Angels just performed in Biloxi last weekend.
The tourism bureau has been preparing for this for quite a while now, advertising in Mississippi and Alabama.
"We don't advertise locally because our goal is to bring people from out of town, because we want them to spend the night," said Johnson. "That is what we are all about, heads and beds."
The big question is, will spectators will make the air show an overnight trip? But regardless, it's anticipated that the air show will be a big payday for the local economy.


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SANTA CLARA -- The 49ers subtracted one of their high-spirited, special-teams aces from the roster Wednesday as Blake Costanzo headed to the season-ending, injured-reserve list.
Linebacker Kion Wilson was signed in a corresponding roster move. Wilson played for 49ers linebacker coach Jim Leavitt at the University of South Florida and was team captain his 2009 senior year.
Costanzo's injury is not immediately known. He played 10 snaps on special teams and five at linebacker in Thursday night's 23-3 loss at Baltimore in the exhibition opener. Costanzo, an eight-year veteran, re-signed in June after parlaying his 2011 stint into a two-year contract with the Chicago Bears.
Costanzo was one of several veteran special-teams aces battling for a roster spot, including Kassim Osgood, Bubba Ventrone, C.J. Spillman and Craig Dahl.
Other 49ers assigned to injured reserve this training camp are running back Kendall Hunter and wideout Chuck Jacobs, both with anterior cruciate ligament tears. The team has yet to announce what it will do with Glenn Dorsey, who's recovering from last week's surgery on a torn left biceps.
Wilson was cut by the Pittsburgh Steelers on July 24. He previously saw time with the San Diego Chargers and Carolina Panthers, getting promoted from their practice squads to their active rosters in 2010 and 2011. Leavitt was USF's coach when Wilson transferred there in 2008.
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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Sprint Is Next to Give Free Trial Periods a Shot
Sprint lost thousands of customers with a difficult network overhaul that hurt quality while work was under way. Now it is trying to win them back.
Chief Executive Dan Hesse on Monday said the voice portion of the overhaul is almost complete and launched an offer that will give new customers a 30-day trial period. Those who aren't satisfied will have their phone cost refunded and service fee waived.
The move follows T-Mobile announcement last week of an offer that gives customers an iPhone to use free for seven days.
Sprint's network troubles date back to a disastrous 2005 merger with Nextel that left it with a pair of incompatible networks and declining service quality.
In the past three years, Sprint has replaced equipment at tens of thousands of cell sites across the country and is on pace to cover 250 million customers with so-called LTE service, the most advanced network technology currently in use, by the end of the year.
Still, Sprint remains behind industry leaders Verizon and AT&T in overall network quality, according to RootMetrics, a network-quality rating firm. In Chicago, for instance, where Sprint says it has completed more than 700 site upgrades in the last six months alone, its scores have shown great improvement since 2012, according to RootMetrics. Yet Sprint still ranks last in network quality among the big four carriers in the first half of 2014, RootMetrics said.
Sprint has been losing customers for years, shedding about 2.5 million of the most valuable contract customers in the last five quarters.
Over the long term, Sprint is hoping its network can become its key competitive advantage. The carrier has a vast trove of spectrum in the 2.5 gigahertz band that eventually will allow it to offer faster data speeds and allow more customers to stream movies and data at the same time. Those capabilities, which the carrier calls Sprint Spark, is currently available in 27 cities.
Sprint on Monday also said it would carry the new Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport, an exclusive, as it attempts to horn in on the smartphone fitness gold rush. It is also partnering with Under Armour on an app that will allow people to track multiple health apps on the Galaxy S5.