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Hello! My question is about running a 5K with hurt muscles. My daughters are in Girls On The Run, Kansas, and we have decided to run our first 5K. As my fit 9 & 11-yr. olds have been training with GOTR, I have been doing the Couch 2 5K workout over the past several weeks so I can run with them (I'm 48 & so-so shape). Since starting, I tore my soleus(grade 2 tear) which dr. told me to rest until no pain (5 wks) but now it's great. My prob now is with my hamstrings. I recently tried to increase the length of my running stride (from little old man shuffle to some semblance of normal) and my hamstrings now feel like they've got charlie horses in them after about 1/2 mile of running, no matter what length of stride. I am very scared to tear up anything since my soleus took so long to heal and it would ruin any chances of me running this upcoming 5K with my girls (in 1 week). Any and all suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks!!
I am new to running so take my option with a grain of salt.
If I were you I would ask myself if I can realistically run a 5K so slowly and carefuly (including "little old man shuffle" and walk breaks) as to not hurt my hamstrings. If I thought it's possible for me to take it easy and not get hurt then I would just run for fun (not speed). It does take some discipline and control though. If I were not confident that I can slow down enough I would probably skip the race.
There are many races but we only have one body. I think your girls and you will be better off if you don't get hurt.
P.S. I don't know why you are trying to lengthen your stride but you might want to look into learning about "proper" running form. Speed doesn't necessarely come from longer strides. Here is a good starting point:
Good luck.
Try using a foam roller on your hamstrings to reduce the soreness. Here is a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBA64htscxQ&feature=related Hopefully it will clear up in a couple days.
You probably tried to lengthen your stride by reaching forward with your feet. This doesn't work well and tends to add stress to your legs. Learning good form will serve you much better. The site SlowestTurtle list makes some good suggestions and could serve as a good starting point (though I have some differences of opinion on some of it).
That was so helpful! Thank you!
I will try the foam roller. And, yes, I did try to lengthen my stride by reaching forward with my feet. Thanks for the correction...so much to learn, but I really do enjoy the stress relief that comes from running, so this I will press on, even at the slow turtle's pace.
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Post subject: Oh my god! Old people!
Seriously what is with old people?? Last month I took three of my kids into town and some old man was walking by mumbling to himself about the amount of children people have these days and it's for the money etc. Then today after Kieran's nativity play some old woman nearly backed into us in the car THREE times because she couldn't be bothered to wait two minutes. We'd parked in the nursery car park and she was blocked in and there was a tiny gap between the end of her car and the side of hers which she wouldn't have got out in a million years but instead of waiting for my OH to get back out of the nursery with Kieran's bag she tried to reverse out three times. I opened the door and told her he would only be two minutes and she and what I assume is her son or son in law acknowledged me but she got back in and tried again. Then one of the people who worked there walked past and she tried to collar her to get us to move so I shouted out the window I'd already told her we'll only be a couple of minutes and she is just being impatient. I swear.. she really annoyed me! The whole episode only lasted five minutes and she nearly backed into another car that was passing between our cars too. Old people.. grrrr!!!! Rant over lol
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:32 am
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In general I find old people rude, arrogant and obnoxious, I know there are some that are lovely tho
Just yesterday in the super market an old lady barged past my 3 yr old and bashed him in the head with a bag, she couldn't miss that she did it, she just didn't care.
In the cafe another decided she HAD o barge past my daughter's wheelchair and actually shoved the wheelchair, with lily-Ann in it, out of her way!!!
Old people say kids these days are terrible but I find old people worse!
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:01 am
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I row with old ppl on a weekly basis when i bus it to town
the last one was cos me an lex was in the push chair bit an she was trying to tell me it was for disabled ppl in the end i screamed at her 'well u aint effing disabled an your in the other one so whats your problem' she didnt know what to say an soon stfu, i find most old ppl very frigging rude!!!
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I think most of them forget what it's like to have a young family. This woman wound me up so much I just felt like having a right go at her but I didn't although if she'd tried to back out one more time I would have. I do have respect for older people and i'll always offer to give up my seat etc but some of them are SO rude.
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god dont even get me started!!! to think they have the cheek to say my generation dont have manners or respect - i have always held doors open, helped carry shopping to cars, given seats up on buses (even when 7 months preggers) and never had a sodding thank you!!! they honestly think they can get away with anything like a little old lady who comes in where i work ( we call her the pie lady! ) she always comes in buys a pie - whilst saying you must think im from wigan with all the pies i eat - goes back over to "look" at the other ones a slips another pie under the one in her hands and trys to steal it - i noticed her do it once and said as she was on her way out dont forget to pay for your pie love and she stopped got all flustered went and put it back and left. then came back in a minute later saying i was just coming to ask you which pie you thought was better thats all (ummmm then why were you trying to walk out the door with it hidden???) then last week she asked one of the other supervisors is it ok if i take these leaflets (from the post office which is in store) so the super took them to see what they were and she had 9 birthday cards hidden between them!!! super said you can have the leaflets but you have to pay for these so she got all flustered again and said oh my how did they get there!!!!
the third super thinks she should be allowed to get away with it cause shes old but everyone else is like yeah shes old so she should know sodding better!! grrrrr!!!
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I hate when old men do that pervy comment thing too "Ooh if I were thirty years younger" Noooo! lol baabaa that's so deliberate and crafty lol though if she keeps coming back after doing it maybe she's genuinely confused as you just wouldn't have the cheek, would you?
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she knows shes doing it we watch her on the camera sometimes as she looks for the aisles no-one is down and looks around before knicking stuff if someone walks down before she knicks it she'll either pretend to read the label or she'll try and distract you from what shes doing by asking questions and doing the oh im a little old lady who wouldnt think of doing anything bad until your not looking that is then i'll bloody take what i can get my hands on!!! shes been caught 2 in the past month and after each time she wont come in for a week then she starts coming back in everynight. if she comes in tonight while im working i'll be following her around the shop!!!!
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good on you - and it's always the kids / teenagers that get into trouble / gets followed.
Maybe you should have a sign put up that they write about teens - 'only 2 old people in the shop at any one time'
There would be uproar if they did that! Discrimination is meant to be illegal but shops still put these signs up for school kids. I hated that when i was at school, you had to go into the shop in turns and be made out to be a criminal when you hadn't done a thing wrong. Very ageist as it goes to show from this topic that old people can be worse!
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i also have had many issues with old people and have been told i shouldnt of had children if i could afford them!! i was on the bus at the time and told her that my partner worked 60 hours a week to pay for me and my children and just because she was old didnt give her the right to judge me!! made me so angry as i was just sitting there doing or saying nothing to her stupid old bag. my nan also thinks now she over 80 she can say and do what ever she likes x
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What also makes me laugh is when they then proceed to tell you their age! My OH will now respond with telling them how pleased he is for them and tells them how old he is too!
Our grandparents are all in their 90s so I don't really give a [*CENSORED*] that someone has made to their 80s when I don't know them!
Just to put a positive note... I am impressed by the elderly who have done amazing things with their lives, such as be in the 2nd WW.
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Its the old drivers I cant stand. They take up the parent and chid spaces because they think they are disabled ones and if you park in disabled (which I would never do unless I was with my mum who has a blue badge) you get shouted at or given dirty looks.
I had someold guy try to drive in the side of my car today cause he was in the wrong lane and ony ndicated after he was over the white ine, in line with the front of my car. And they say its the younger ones who driver carelessly!!


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Tuesday, 10th July, 2012, 05:00 AM #1
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The approach to Daily abilities does not seem meaningfully different than previous editions. Assuming a given adventure-length only works if there are strong mechanical reasons why the party doesn't rest as early and as often as possible, and D&D has never had that. Leaving it to the DM to balance the game by constantly inventing story reasons why the party can't rest doesn't cut it. The issue is least significant in 4E because everyone has similar amounts of Daily power. Truly balancing 5E's predominantly Daily classes vs predominantly at-will classes is impossible without strong constraints on day length.
As for the adventure building rules, I hope they're more than just a simple XP budget. A given amount of XP on one encounter is inherently much more difficult and dangerous than that same XP spread out across many encounters.
Tuesday, 10th July, 2012, 07:50 AM #3
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You know, the answer to that third question kind of sounds like they're saying that 5E won't actually be that modular at all... If modules won't be adding new character abilities and everything will play pretty much the same whether you are using a grid or not... Then what exactly are modules going to add? If they're just going to be another form of rules supplement (like the firearms rules they mentioned) then how are they doing anything new or useful at all?
Also, I'm not a fan of the "expected adventuring day" style of character balancing. If the game mandates a certain amount of opposition each day in order to maintain even a semblance of character balance, then I'm going to be very disappointed. I've been complaining about that problem forever, and it still won't go away.
Couldn't they at least create a "no daily abilities at all" module? Too bad that's kinda impossible with the guidelines for what they intend to put into modules they just mentioned...
WotC is continuing to disappoint me with what they say about 5E.
Tuesday, 10th July, 2012, 08:30 AM #4
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And here a re-post of the questions with the actual answer without the marketing speech (warning: some sarcasm):
Do you think there's a place for Spell Resistance and/or Damage Reduction in D&D Next?
By the current rules set: Spell resistance - yes, Damage Reduction - no
What kind of things are you guys looking at to reduce the "5-minute work day" that daily abilities can often bring to the game?
Nothing. We even leave all semblance of encounter design behind and base math on our expected "Adventuring Day" to be enforced by the DM.
Is the plan with D&D Next for different classes to have different attacks/actions they can do when using the tactical rules modules?
Or is the plan for the module not to really add any more options/complexity to characters?
There could be "core rule themes" that add options like firearms to the core rules.
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Tuesday, 10th July, 2012, 11:44 AM #5
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I know some dont like their mechanics up front like in 4th ed but I dont see them as overriding other dynamics and styles of pacing.
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You know what? Yesterday I played a game where I faced a grizzly when I was only a few points from dropping dead. Why? Because the bear was attacking us (And we played a game where your hp at level 1 is 30, and you regenerate 1d6 per night)
Oh, and no tactical options at all.
Lets face it, all 4e mechanics to prolong the adventuring day failed. Because after all, your resources get lower over the course of the day, and if not, there is no possibility for the DM, to make harder and less hard fights, if you ecpect all resources to recover after every fight. This is exactly what makes 4e look like a skirmish game.
And it is exactly what makes you not try to think how NOT TO FIGHT, or FIGHT WITH UNFAIR ADVANTAGE to preserve resources.
Really, as bad as scry and teleport attacks are, the problem are those spells, not the fact that resources are used up over the course of the day.
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The second question is concerning on the level that it seems like they are devoting a great deal of attention to adventure-based balance, resource management, and metagame concepts like XP. All of which are things that really don't have much to do with the core ruleset, and the success or failure of which doesn't affect the game much as a whole. Hopefully this is just a response to a question, not a sign that they're confusing forest and trees (again).
The last question, on the other hand, is a better philosophy. The more you can shift rules mechanics away from being on the character sheet, the simpler characters will be, and the more tools the DM will have to create his game of choice.
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Tuesday, 10th July, 2012, 04:34 PM #8
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That second answer....
The answer on daily spells reminds me of a Play By Post game I invented.
The game was based on the total encounter strength of the adventure. A cakewalk battle was worth 1 encounter power. Challenging encounters where worth 3. And boss battles were 5.
Then characters gained resources based on the encounter strength of the whole adventure. The default adventure was 10 encounter points.
The fighter starts with about 4HP. Everyone else starts with between 0.5-4 HP.
Then everyone got +50% HP per Encounter point of the encounter.
So in a default adventure at level 1, the fighter had 20 HP and the wizard had 5.
But in a shorter AD&D style cautious 5 pt game, the fighter might have 10 HP and the wizard 2-3.
The wizard starts with 2 spells per day and 1 more per encounter point. The sorceror starts with 10 mana and 5 mana per encounter point. The rogue gets 1 Lucky points plus 1 more per encounter point.
It was designed so with basic scheduling everyone ran out at once. You could nova or conserve resources if you wanted to though.
It seems like the developers are doing the same. The game is designed that every resource runs out at the same time. Basically,in the past pre4E editions, each resource (HP,spell slots,power points) was designed separately and sometimes arbitrarily. So they ran out at different rates. Also every class was not given to the resources equally compares to the encounters of the adventure. So each class ran out of resources at a different rate. So someone always ran out quicker. And whoever ran out first begged the rest to stop.
In 4E,they partially solved it by making HP the only resource that mattered when it came to stopping. But it did this by jamming everything else in a rigid AEDU system.
So NOW they are giving back every resource their uniqueness BUT making them drain at the same rate. So now if you run out early,that is a personal choice and not a systemfeature.
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So what happens if as a DM I want to run an adventuring day that lasts longer than what you planned for? What if the PCs decided they want to use up resources more quickly that what you planned for?Essentially, when we design a class, we try to build that class toward a target adventuring day, and to make sure that if the class has daily expendable resources, it has enough of them so that it will reach the "end of day" target around the same time it starts running low on expendable resources.
So far in Caves of Chaos, we've had to retreat from each lair at least once to rest up. I'd find it much more satisfying if we got to clear out a section before resting, but we run out of daily resources (especially hp) before that can happen.
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In other words, having # spells per day isn't the cause of the one-encounter-and-rest problem, the problem is actually (# spells per day / # challenges), where the problem was caused by a low number of challenges?Originally Posted by Rodney Thompson
Okay. So the problem isn't that dudes can "go nova," the problem is that they're not then forced to slog through more encounters bereft of their novas?
Yeah, all right. But as long as resting remains in the hands of the PC's, how ya gonna enforce that?
I've got some ideas, and I've done some math.
Essentially, the idea is that your rewards for the "adventuring day" come at the end of the day, and that if you take a break before the end of the day, you don't get your rewards, and the challenges you're expected to face replenish.
I still don't want to play a wizard with at-will magic. I am perfectly fine crossbowing it up half the time or more. Though I agree with Rodney's evaluation of player psychology here, I would say, "If you want magic to come free and easy all the time, that is what Warlocks are for. If you want big booms and a few of 'em, THAT is what Wizards are for."Originally Posted by Rodney Thompson
It's mostly about what you expect from the experience vs. what the experience delivers. As a wizard, I EXPECT to have to carefully ration my spells. If I want to do something magical all the time, I should play a Warlock, not a Wizard.
Q3: Huh.
I like the idea on the face of it that most modules won't require you to do anything markedly different with your character. I like the idea of using an "archer" theme for "sharpshooters," of engineering character abilities to be broad and flexible, rather than narrow and specific. I'm very fond of the idea that the effects need to be big and dramatic, regardless.
Which means I can kiss those fiddly 4e "shift one square/push two squares/teleport your WIS modifier/skip three squares horizontally/etc." plastic-pushing bits goodbye.
Our 5e fighters will not be steping-shifting-steping-moving-pushing-stepping.
They may very well be knocking that ogre across the room, though.
That's cool. That's encouraging. That makes me a little less freaked out by the fact that everyone at WotC seems to really really <3 minis combat.
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Irving-based Omni headquarters to move to Dallas this summer
Here's the latest from DMN business reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs on Omni Hotels heading to Dallas:
–Workers with Omni Hotels & Resorts, Gold's Gym and TRT Holdings can expect to move into their new corporate headquarters in Oak Lawn in late July or early August, an Omni spokesman said Tuesday.
The three companies, all owned by billionaire Robert Rowling, are moving from Irving to a project under construction at the Old Parkland Hospital business campus on Maple Avenue.
That project is being developed by Crow Holdings. Its chairman and chief executive, Harlan Crow, was initially one of the chief opponents of a proposal to build a city-owned hotel. City voters approved the plan and now the city owns the Omni Dallas Hotel, which is attached to the Dallas Convention Center.
The plan to move the three headquarters to Dallas was announced a year ago, shortly after the downtown Omni opened. The workers are now spread out in three Irving office buildings.
The city of Dallas approved more than $2.3 million in tax abatements to help offset the cost of the move.
Omni and Gold's Gym will take up most of the building, with Omni using two floors and Gold's using another floor. TRT, which has the smallest of the three staffs, will occupy part of one floor.
The new digs also will give the companies room for growth, but the move pulls at least 300 workers out of Irving.


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Last year I made my return to competitive Irish dancing at the Mid-Atlantic Oireachtas for 2011. Three other friends and former dancers joined me, and we competed in the adult ladies four-hand competition, which we wound up winning.
The itch to compete, however, hadn't subsided. This year, I found myself competing in an 8-hand adult ladies competition with seven other friends and former dancers, all from the Early-McLoughlin School of Irish Dance, based in New Jersey and New York.
This year's Oireachtas is my 18th consecutive time attending. I wasn't competing for a few years prior to 2011, but that's changed now.
This year's Mid-Atlantic Oireachtas was chaired by Jean Hagen Duffy, ADCRG; Colleen Schroeder, TCRG; and Maureen O'Grady, TCRG. The honorees were Kerry Kelly-Oster, Deirdre Shea and Christine Boland. The competition saw dancers of all ages and expertise from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York come together to compete and qualify for National and World competitions.
I said it last year, but getting to come back to the same school and same teachers where you first began is an experience like no other. Six other ladies, who were returning to dance for the first time, joined me and another girl who was on my 4-hand last year. We had all grown up dancing together, so getting to head back to class together was great fun.
Coming back into class, we realized everything and nothing had changed all at the same time. The style and caliber of dancing is far superior to anything we were used to during our time competing in our not-so-distant teenage years. The once 'fancy' moves like feathers and 'bicycle' kicks look outdated compared to the speed and agility of today's top dancers.
At the same rate, when my team began practicing, it was back to basics. Our beloved teacher Patsy was again yelling at us to kick our butts, and of course, to keep the chatter down. We couldn't help but laugh and, of course, abide.
Thankfully, by doing a traditional ceili dance, we wouldn't be subjected to having to learn the new tricks of today's solo dancers. Ceili dances are uniform across the board, save for some very minor interpretation. Execution - dancing, timing, appearance - outweighs creativity in ceili dancing.
As retired dancers who had done the Cross Reel 8-hand several times in competition before, we knew exactly what needed to be done and how it needed to be danced. Getting there, however, would take some practice.
We committed ourselves to at least an hour and a half of practice a week - a measly comparison to our Oireachtas preparations of years passed. Our achy feet and legs would have us believe otherwise, though.
Week after week we improved as a team. Getting our counts memorized, knowing exactly where to 'cut' into a skip-two-three or not, keeping our arms steady and even - it took work, but we muscled through.
We were all excited to be back in each other's company though again, reminiscing about the past. Our shared experiences of competitions and dance classes cultivated the friendships we would end up carrying with us outside the dance halls and into the present.
Read more: Wigging out at the Mid Atlantic Regional Oireachtas in Philadelphia
Soon enough, Oireachtas was upon us. Thankfully, our adult competition was held in the afternoon on Sunday of the three-day weekend event, meaning we could get in more practice time once in Philadelphia - as well as some socializing in the lobby bar.
Sunday rolled around quickly though. We piled on the makeup, whipped our hair up under faux hair pieces and bedazzled crowns to take the stage once again, together.
To say we were nervous sidestage is an understatement. We were a perfect storm of nerves, excitement and anxiety. We tried to stretch out our old muscles a few more times, and made sure our shoes were all double-knotted. It had been so long for some of us since we were in this situation - about to dance at the Oireachtas! The stress! The pressure! The fun!
Thankfully, we were surrounded by other competing teams who had a better grip on their nerves. One team kindly pointed out that one of our team members' cape was unpinned before wishing us good luck on stage. I'm happy to report that the sometimes catty competitiveness of teenage competitions evidently subsides with age.
Getting back on stage is surreal. The stage feels bigger than you remember. But to look around and see your team smiling, perhaps nervously, perhaps dumbly, back at you waiting for the music to start is a thrill like no other for a competitive dancer. When the music does start, you find your legs and feet taking care of all the work.


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Ebay Boss Expects 'Uproar' From Small Business Over Online Tax
(Update: This story has been corrected, see below)
Amazon, along with the giants of traditional retailing, have lined up in support of the Marketplace Fairness Act, a law currently before Congress that would create a new national standard for charging state sales taxes on products bought online.
From Amazon to Wal-Mart, from the AFL-CIO to the Obama administration, support for the act is broad and bipartisan . But eBay remains a vocal opponent of the bill.
That's not because the company is opposed to the idea of online sales taxes, or much of the content of the Act, eBay CEO John Donahoe said during a visit to the WSJ today. Instead, its opposition is based on a single-issue concern: it believes small online sellers — who make up the majority of its customers — will face crippling costs complying with the law, and wants them to be exempted from the new system.
"All we're saying is we're, trying to look out for the interests of the smallest businesses," he said. While levying and collecting the taxes would be a matter of software upgrades, the real risk is that "this bill allows the state taxing authorities to audit anybody, to question anybody, to go after anybody."
If a small online seller — perhaps a home business with just a few staff — faced simultaneous tax audits from a number of different states, the costs in complying with the audits could be ruinous. The result, Mr. Donahoe said, is that "the same stuff will sell, just by bigger sellers. The small guys will bear the burden."
Along with some other interest groups in Washington, eBay has been pushing to increase the threshold (see update below) exempting small businesses from the law — the exact definition of "small" remains up for debate — but the company is unsure if this will happen. If it doesn't happen now, Mr. Donahoe said, it will eventually, "because congressmen will be bombarded by online small businesses saying taxing authorities in other states are ruining my life."
Companies as big as eBay or Amazon have the resources to deal with compliance issues across America's thousands of different tax jurisdictions, but smaller companies will likely need help from an outside service provider. "Someone's going to make money off how you respond when a state sends you these letters," Mr. Donahoe said, but "we're not going to get into that. What we will will do is organize the hell out of small business when that happens, and there'll be uproar in Congress."
Also worth a read from Mr. Donahoe's visit to the WSJ: his interesting take on whether the online marketplace and its PayPal payments unit will eventually start accepting bitcoin.
UPDATE: This story has been corrected. We originally said eBay was pushing for the bill to include an exemption for small businesses — the bill already includes such an exemption, for businesses with revenues of up to $1 million. eBay is pushing for this exemption threshold to be increased. We also said "Pretty much the entire online shopping industry" supports the bill — along with eBay, the NetChoice coalition of online businesses opposes the act, as do some other online businesses. Amazon is the most prominent online seller supporting it.
See also:
Backers and Opponents of Online Sales Tax Ramp Up Lobbying – WSJ
Another Backer of Internet Sales Tax Law: The White House – Corporate Intelligence


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NEW ORLEANS -- The Warriors' defense locked down in the second half, and Golden State snapped a two-game losing streak by beating the New Orleans Pelicans 97-87 on Saturday.
Effort on the defensive end became a concern after the Warriors allowed a combined 250 points in losses to Denver and Oklahoma City. It looked as though it could be problematic again after the Warriors yielded 29 first-quarter points to a Pelicans team playing without three starters.
But despite playing the second half of a back-to-back, the Warriors found their defense in the second half to win their sixth straight game in New Orleans. Golden State surrendered just 18 points in the third quarter and only 15 in the fourth, and the Pelicans shot 38.6 percent for the night in dropping their eighth consecutive game.
"The second half, we regrouped, we battled defensively, we took care of the basketball," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "Just a quality win for us. These are the games you've got to put in the bank when you have the opportunity to."
The Pelicans were without injured starters Ryan Anderson, Jrue Holiday and Jason Smith -- robbing them of three of their top six scorers and their second-leading rebounder in Smith. Jackson knew this was a game the Warriors couldn't lose.
"This would've been a terrible loss," he said. "When you look at them being short-handed, when you look at us coming off two losses, we had to bounce back, and I'm proud of my guys."
Stephen Curry scored 28 points despite a 2-of-9 night from beyond the arc. David Lee had 22 points, eight rebounds and even added two blocks. Andrew Bogut was very active with 10 points -- on 5-of-5 shooting -- 15 rebounds and a season-high five blocks.
The first quarter belonged to New Orleans' Anthony Davis, the second-year big man who was the No. 1 overall pick in 2012. He made his first five shots and had 15 points and five rebounds in the opening quarter.
"We gave Davis quite a bit in the first quarter," Lee said.
Davis still had a big night with 31 points and 17 rebounds, but the Warriors were able to control the extent to which he affected the game.
"Our first half wasn't great. We've still got some work to do there," Bogut said. "But in the second half, we defended. We made every opportunity for them tough."
The Warriors can now look ahead to a stretch in which 11 of the next 14 games are at home. That comes after playing an NBA-high 25 road games in their first 42. They're careful to not breathe too much of a sigh of relief as they head home -- especially with the owners of the NBA's best record in town Monday in the Indiana Pacers.
"Just because you're going home doesn't mean success is going to happen," Curry said. "We already proved that theory wrong against Denver before we went on this trip. We're excited to go home, but we have to keep the same energy that we had in the second half tonight."
The Warriors trailed by 11 in the second quarter before going on a 9-0 run to close the gap by halftime. New Orleans was up 54-52 at intermission.
Golden State took a 60-58 lead with 7:46 left in the third on a Curry reverse layup. It was the Warriors' first advantage since it was 2-1, but they never trailed the rest of the night.
The lead pushed to 12, but New Orleans went on a 10-0 run. That's when Jordan Crawford, playing his second game with Golden State, hit a fall-away jumper, then buried a 3-pointer to extend the lead again. He finished with 10 points off the bench.
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Volunteers must be 18 years old or older and participate in a 90-minute training, with the last of the trainings being held tonight and Wednesday.
Every two years, the county's Human Services Agency performs a tract-by-tract count of homeless people, families and encampments. On Jan. 24, teams of volunteer will spread out by foot and car to record the number of homeless in their assigned census tracts.
Required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the data is used locally to create homeless services through the San Mateo County HOPE (Housing Our People Effectively) Committee, which is co-chaired by San Mateo County supervisors Carole Groom and Don Horsley.
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like 1
1Having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to: there were other suits like mine in the shop they were like brothers she looked nothing like Audrey Hepburn
More example sentences
- I also noticed he had a corduroy suit in his bag just like mine.
- He is like a brother to me and has got me through a lot and has always been there.
- The firework went off right above the car, it was like a bomb, and it frightened the life out of Declan.
similar to, the same as, identical to
1.1In the manner of; in the same way or to the same degree as: he was screaming like a banshee you must run like the wind
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- She seems to be the only one who manages to keep him from screaming like a baby.
- If I ever see octopus again I will either collapse in a heap or scream like a maniac.
- Paul was trampled on by the home team and screamed like a pig.
in the same way as, in the same manner as, in the manner of, in a similar way to
1.2In a way appropriate to: students were angry at being treated like children
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- Even France's old colony of Algeria treated him like a returning hero on his recent visit.
- We don't want to keep moving around all the time, but we have no choice and we are sick of being treated like animals.
- She is married and loves her husband but he treats her like a child because he is much older than she is.
1.3Such as one might expect from; characteristic of: just like you to put a damper on people's enjoyment
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- Where is my son? It's not like him to be late.
- It's just like you to blame me for something I obviously didn't do!
- It was so like James to use every opportunity possible to boost his own ego.
characteristic of, typical of, in character with
1.4Used in questions to ask about the characteristics or nature of someone or something: What is it like to be a tuna fisherman? What's she like?
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- As I sit looking at their photos, I cannot imagine what it must be like for their family.
- Those of you who wonder what it must be like to live with a writer, wonder no more.
- I cannot imagine what it must be like to see your best friend die in front of you.
2Used to draw attention to the nature of an action or event: I apologize for coming over unannounced like this why are you talking about me like that?
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- Why do we continue to treat teachers like this, when they have the most important job?
- It seems you have been through a lot with this person but that does not mean it gives him the right to treat you like this.
- The bill is the only thing I expect to ask for in a classy restaurant like this!
3Such as; for example: the cautionary vision of works like Animal Farm and 1984
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- How did it help you and your work, working with an established artist like Henry Moore?
- On Sunday the church services will focus on the work of agencies like World Vision.
- Players, particularly young ones like those at City, need to feel confident to perform.
such as, for example, for instance;
in particular, namely
1In the same way that; as: people who change countries like they change clothes
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- I didn't like the idea of it, but the guy was just doing his job, like I was doing mine.
- The French bounced back really well, like we expected them to as Six Nations champions.
- When he came in from Saints last season he possibly expected people around him to think like he did.
2As though; as if: I felt like I'd been kicked by a camel
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- Well, it's not like anything exciting is happening today, is it?
- It's like all the bad qualities that some adults have are being copied by many kids.
- At times I had to slow down because the car made it feel like you were going slower than you actually were.
1Used with reference to a person or thing of the same kind as another: the quotations could be arranged to put like with like I know him—him and his like
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- You probably know the fundamental law of all magnets: opposites attract and likes repel.
- The problem with league tables is they never compare like with like.
- How many wars does it take before he and his like learn that there are no winners in war, only losers?
1.1 (the like) A thing or things of the same kind (often used to express surprise or for emphasis): did you ever hear the like? a church interior the like of which he had never seen before
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- This is not just a movie, it is a cinematic experience the likes of which I have never seen before.
- You are playing a new breed of football, the likes of which the country has never seen.
- Hong Kong developers haven't seen the likes of this rental market since 1997.
equal, match, equivalent, counterpart, twin, parallel
rare compeer
1(Of a person or thing) having similar qualities or characteristics to another person or thing: I responded in like manner the grouping of children of like ability together
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- The ICC statute itself suggests that the new court will not treat like cases in a like manner.
- The artist beamed and continued in like manner giving me enough copy for a small report.
- There were a number of matters of a like nature which went before the Federal Court.
similar, much the same, comparable, corresponding, resembling, alike, analogous, parallel, equivalent, cognate, related, kindred;
1.1British (Of a portrait or other image) having a faithful resemblance to the original: "Who painted the dog's picture? It's very like."
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- Who painted the dog's picture? It -- it's very like.
1 informal Used in speech as a meaningless filler or to signify the speaker's uncertainty about an expression just used: there was this funny smell—sort of dusty like
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- I just - you know, I just kind of like mind my own business.
- Ben Kweller and his band certainly did that alright - they like totally rocked, man.
- And then she said I was right! I was like so amazed!
2 informal Used to convey a person's reported attitude or feelings in the form of direct speech (whether or not representing an actual quotation): so she comes into the room and she's like "Where is everybody?"
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- She's got her Nativity play coming up, and she's like, 'Mummy, I'm going to sing on the stage like you.'
- I'm trying to work, and this guy is looking over my shoulder and after a while I notice and I'm like, 'What are you doing?'
- So I decided to go swimming with Peter, and we did for a little bit. Then he's like, 'Do you want to see my car?'
The use of like as a conjunction meaning 'as' or 'as if' ( I don't have a wealthy set of in-laws like you do; they sit up like they're begging for food) is considered by many to be incorrect. Although like has been used as a conjunction in this way since the 15th century by many respected writers, it is still frowned upon and considered unacceptable in formal English. In more precise use, like is a preposition, used before nouns and pronouns: to fly like a bird; a town like ours. See also go1 (usage).
and the like
- And similar things; et cetera.Example sentences
- I owe some of my initial successes to old friends at Oxford who put me in touch with publishers and the like.
- I've spent the entire day sorting and washing baby clothes and the like.
- The boot includes hooks for shopping bags and the like and the exterior is enhanced by alloy wheels.
like anything
- informal To a great degree: they would probably worry like anythingMore example sentences
- There's a green haze on the trees, and the snowdrops are blooming like anything.
- On one side there is a tremendous financial crunch and on the other the ministers are spending money like anything.
- We've got to fight like anything to recover the position that we had even in 1945.
(as) like as not
- Probably: she would be in bed by now, like as notMore example sentences
- That'll keep me busy tomorrow and, like as not, the day after that, too.
- I shall suffer some indigestion tomorrow like as not, and serve me right.
- Art supplies are available on the Internet, of course, and cheaper, like as not.
like enough (or most like)
- archaic Probably: he'll have lost a deal of blood, I dare say, and like enough he's still losing itMore example sentences
- The result of the enterprise would most like have a different outcome.
like ——, like ——
- As —— is, so is ——: like father, like sonMore example sentences
- My research shows that it's pretty much a case of 'like father, like son' - kids learn how to deal with difficult situations from their parents.
- I hadn't expected her daughter to be taught to follow in her footsteps. Then again, like mother like daughter, hmm?
like so
- informal In this manner: the votive candles are arranged like soMore example sentences
- First spread the cream, and then place the preserves on top like so.
- Come here and turn around and put your arms up like so.
the likes of
- informal Used of someone or something regarded as a type: she didn't want to associate with the likes of meMore example sentences
- This is where you are likely to find the likes of Mick Jagger, Elton John and other superstars.
- The sound has been compared to the likes of Pavement, The Pixies and Talking Heads.
- There was a certain romance in crime when we felt that the likes of Michael Corleone were behind it all.
more like
- informal Nearer to (a specified number or description) than one previously given: he believes the figure should be more like $10 millionMore example sentences
- A couple of fights will build my confidence up and the training will be more like five times a week.
- This would not be a case of losing valuable seconds to get to the fire but more like quite a few minutes.
- If you look at total jobs lost, it's more like 1.1 or 1.2 million.
- (more like it)8.1 Nearer to what is required or expected; more satisfactory.Example sentences
- French apple tart with cinnamon, that's more like it.
- Meanwhile, next door - this is more like it - The Proclaimers are about to get down to some heavy-duty havering.
- 'That was more like it,' he said, after making birdies at each of his last two holes.
of (a) like mind
- (Of a person) sharing the same opinions or tastes.Example sentences
- In most matters he and Black were of like mind, however.
- We seem to be of like mind when it comes to football and football matters.
- Both father and son share a passion for politics and strong beliefs in the importance of family values, although they have not always been of a like mind politically.
Middle English: from líkr; related to alike.
Words that rhyme with likealike, bike, haik, hike, mic, mike, mislike, pike, psych, psyche, shrike, spike, strike, trike, tyke, Van Dyck, vandyke
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Syllabification: like
Definition of like in:
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verb[with object]
1Find agreeable, enjoyable, or satisfactory: I like all Angela Carter's stories people who don't like reading books I like to be the center of attention
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- He was one of those kids who was good looking, clever, good at sport and liked by everybody.
- I'm liking Craig Ferguson more and more as time goes by.
- One thing I particularly like about living here is that it's dead quiet at night.
be fond of, be attached to, have a soft spot for, have a liking for, have regard for, think well of, admire, respect, esteem;
be attracted to, fancy, find attractive, be keen on, be taken with;
informal be crazy about, have a crush on, have a thing for, have the hots for, dig, take a shine to
enjoy, have a taste for, have a preference for, have a liking for, be partial to, find/take pleasure in, be keen on, find agreeable, have a penchant for, have a passion for, find enjoyable;
informal have a thing about, be into, be mad about, be hooked on, get a kick out of
1.1(In the context of social media) indicate one's approval of or support for (someone or something) by means of a particular icon or link: more than 15,000 Facebook users had liked his page by Monday morning
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- You have to follow them or like them on Facebook to get an invite, which creates more buzz.
- The trouble is that big brands pay people to create Facebook profiles to "like" their brand and share with their "friends".
- I have a facebook page with 10,000 + followers and a recent post had 21 people liking it and 5 comments.
2Wish for; want: would you like a cup of coffee? I'd like to rent a car [with object and infinitive]: I'd like you to stay [no object]: we would like for you to work for us
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- However, as I work flat out, it's difficult to find as much time as I'd like for this.
- He was very special to me and I would like for everybody to know what a wonderful man he was.
- I have nothing against Mick and would have liked him to stay on as manager until the end of the season.
2.1 (would like to do something) Used as a polite formula: we would like to apologize for the late running of this service
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- Inquiries are ongoing and police would like to hear from anyone who may have seen this man.
- We would like to apologise to Mr Murphy for any distress that this failure has caused.
- I would like to thank all of the fans for the support and understanding they have shown.
2.2 (not like doing/to do something) Feel reluctant to do something: I don't like leaving her on her own too long
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- Democratic politicians may not like to admit this; yet it is an obvious truth.
- They may not like to acknowledge it, but they have reason to be grateful to winemakers in the new world.
- While she does not like to discuss it, they do regard themselves as a couple.
2.3Choose to have (something); prefer: how do you like your coffee?
More example sentences
- I knew that she didn't drink coffee and that she liked her tea strong and sweet.
- Why do I care if my neighbour likes the guys instead of the girls?
- The violent action thriller starred Richard Roundtree as the superfly sleuth who likes his women hot, his villains iced and his coffee black.
2.4 [in questions] Feel about or regard (something): how would you like it if it happened to you?
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- Now just think about that, how would you like it if your daughter went out with someone you went to high school with?
- How would he like 140 lorries a day passing his house for at least five years?
- Neil, how would you like to come see a movie with me tomorrow?
feel about, regard, think about, consider
1The things one likes or prefers: a wide variety of likes, dislikes, tastes, and income levels
More example sentences
- Explain anything the babysitter needs to know about your child, such as bedtime or feeding routines, ways to comfort and likes and dislikes.
- Before getting married, we didn't know each other's likes and dislikes, each other's desires to have or not have children, and each other's desires as to state of residency.
- Joanne, a dementia nurse, noticed that the most anxious and volatile of her charges became calm and happy when their individual likes and dislikes were noticed and respected.
1.1(In the context of social media) an indication of approval of or support for someone or something, expressed by means of a particular icon or link: pages that rank well are likely to receive high numbers of likes because they are highly visible in the search engines
More example sentences
- I posted a link to an article about this issue on the company's facebook page, it got a few likes, then they removed it about 10 minutes after I posted it and replaced it with their press release.
- Within twelve minutes, it had accumulated sixty 'likes' (users who show approval by clicking on a heart).
- Now, there's a "Let James Go to Prom" page on Facebook that has tens of thousands of likes already this morning.
if you like
- Use low-fat dairy products if you like which still add flavour with just a minimum amount of fat.
- It's cordless, so you can then pick it up and bring it right to the table, if you like.
- You can feel sorry for me if you like but really it's not necessary.
- They're spending ten billion to not have to spend twenty billion, if you like.
- To understand showbiz you have to realise that there is a great snobbery, a pecking order if you like, and movies are at the top.
- Whatever the pub there is always one thing, good or bad, to set it apart - its own unique selling point if you like.
I like that!
- Used as an exclamation expressing affront.Example sentences
- Well I like that, gang up on me why don't you?
- 'I like that,' she said indignantly. 'How utterly selfish of him.'
like it or not
- informal Used to indicate that someone has no choice in a matter: you're celebrating with us, like it or notMore example sentences
- Nobody likes change but things will change whether we like it or not.
- Whether we like it or not, the vast majority of children these days have mobile phones.
- The fact is that his decision will, like it or not, generate public interest.
not like the look (or sound) of
- Find worrying or alarming: I don't like the look of that head injuryMore example sentences
- He didn't like the look of either of them, and from the glares both of them gave him it was obvious that the feeling was very mutual.
- 'I don't like the sound of the plans,' he said, 'and I'm going to support those opposing the development.'
- But I don't like the sound of such totalitarian measures.
what's not to like?
- informal Used as a rhetorical expression of approval or satisfaction: cleaner air, cooler temperatures, and mountain views—what's not to like?More example sentences
- He's tall, he's gorgeous, he's built, he's intelligent what's not to like?
- What's not to like about her? "
- Tall (enough), dark, handsome, what's not to like?
1If it suits or pleases you: we could go riding if you like
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2Used when expressing something in a new or unusual way: it's a whole new branch of chemistry, a new science if you like
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text: QSpace Collection: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7675 2016-08-30T18:56:43Z "Would you like fries with thaaaat?" Investigating vocal fry in young, female Canadian English speakers http://hdl.handle.net/1974/12416 Title: "Would you like fries with thaaaat?" Investigating vocal fry in young, female Canadian English speakers Authors: Goodine, Abbey; Johns, Alison Abstract: The vocal fry register has previously been detected in the voices of young women. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which vocal fry is present among young female Canadian English speakers and to investigate the attitudes people have towards speakers who exhibit vocal fry. To investigate the presence of vocal fry, we collected data from 21 female participants in an interview setting. The majority of participants exhibited vocal fry in their regular speech patterns, and this feature was more pronounced at the end of a phrase. Vocal fry is quite common at the end of a phrase or sentence; however, its use as a social marker has not been thoroughly studied. To investigate attitudes towards speakers with vocal fry, we collected data using an online questionnaire. Overall, we found the 56 male and female participants to hold negative attitudes towards speakers with vocal fry and positive attitudes towards speakers without vocal fry. Findings from this study will contribute to the growing literature on this vocal register. 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Testing Canada's 'honour': Does orthography index ideology? http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8649 Title: Testing Canada's 'honour': Does orthography index ideology? Authors: Grue, Dustin Abstract: Recent studies in orthographic variation have assumed identity-driven motivations for spelling choice (Lipski 1975, Schieffelin & Doucet 1994, Sebba 2000), linking this motivation to national ideological positions. In the Canadian context, Heffernan et al. (2010) propose a method for representing the connection between national sentiment and orthography using quantitative measures and, using data extracted from the University of Alberta's student newspaper The Gateway, demonstrate a strong quantitative correlation between anti-Americanism and a decrease in the use of American spelling variants. This paper tests the ideology/orthography connection using Heffernan et al.'s method on data from the University of British Columbia's student newspaper The Ubyssey and finds an insignificant connection between ideology and orthography. However, this correlation appears to be indicated differently across different article genres. Observations are made on the methodological difficulty of establishing the orthography/ideology connection. 2014-03-10T04:00:00Z Didja know? A comparative study of affrication across word boundaries in Canadian and American English http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8520 Title: Didja know? A comparative study of affrication across word boundaries in Canadian and American English Authors: Little, Carol; Knowles, Thea Abstract: The present study investigates affrication across word boundaries as an allophonic process that distinguishes Canadian English (CE) and American English (AE). Ten CE speakers and ten northeastern AE speakers were recorded reading aloud a monologue containing words pairs with a word final /t/ or /d/ followed by a word initial /j/ (e.g. 'did you', 'what you', 'and yet'). Compared cross-dialectically, AE speakers were found significantly more likely to produce affrication than CE speakers, particularly in final /d/ contexts. Both groups were more likely to produce affrication with a /d/ rather than a /t/. Dialectal as well as phonological factors may account for the results discussed in this survey. We propose a hierarchy of factors affecting word-boundary affrication. 2013-12-12T05:00:00Z Past tense formation with irregular lexical verbs in Canadian English http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7803 Title: Past tense formation with irregular lexical verbs in Canadian English Authors: Glickman, Tara Abstract: There is a set of lexical verbs in English ending in /-l, -m, -n/ (e.g., to spill, to dream, to burn) that receives a different form of the past tense in British versus American English. While in American English these verbs typically receive the regular past tense form /-d/ (e.g., spilled), in British English the irregular devoiced form /-t/ (e.g., spilt) (occasionally accompanied by ablaut) is more common. The form of the past tense in these verbs in Canadian English is, however, less categorical. The main objective of this study is to examine variation in the usage of the past tense in this set of lexical verbs in contemporary Canadian English. The investigation consists of three components: (a) informal interviews of Canadian and American university students to examine their usage of the past tense for these verbs in casual speech, (b) a formal survey to assess how Canadians perceive the usage of the variable past tense forms and (c) a corpus-based comparison of both past tense forms using Canadian and American corpora. The findings suggest that the majority of Canadian English speakers have mixed usage of /-t/ and /-d/ past tense forms. 2013-02-04T05:00:00Z


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SAN JOSE -- San Jose State won't be taking much of a break despite not having a game this week.
"This is a get-better week," coach Ron Caragher said Monday of the first of two byes on SJSU's schedule. "I need this football team to approach this week as an opportunity to improve, to hone in on fundamentals and to get after it and stay well-conditioned."
Caragher said bye weeks often carry the connotation of a time to rest and get healthy, but, two games into the season, the Spartans are in good shape on the injury front.
"Some people take a bye as a time to go back, heal up, get treatment. That's not our approach," Caragher said. "We're going to go out and hit the ground running tomorrow."
The tempo at practice should be increased with starting units squaring off against each other. There's a high-tempo practice scheduled for Sunday before the team begins fully preparing for its Sept. 21 game at Minnesota.
"The one thing you can lose in bye weeks is that game speed if you go two weeks without actually playing a game," Caragher said. "I find it beneficial to have an up-tempo high practice at game speed."
Quarterback David Fales was back to connecting on a high percentage of passes (67.4 percent), although the Cardinal mostly limited the Spartans to short, underneath routes.
SJSU recorded 22 first downs despite having only nine possessions. That's after having just 15 first downs on 12 drives against Sacramento State.
"We did move the ball, we did have some long drives," Caragher said. "Usually when you have over 20 first downs, you win."
Redshirt freshman Jarrod Lawson and walk-on freshman Osirius Burke have moved ahead of Jelks. Lawson had four carries against Sacramento State, and Burke had his first college carry against Stanford.
"When you play running back, there's so much more than running the football," Caragher said. "You need to understand pass protection schemes and complementary routes in the passing game.
"I'm confident that Jelks will come along."
Because it is a nonconference road game of which the Mountain West Conference doesn't hold television rights, SJSU will not receive the bonus money normally allocated for games on major national networks.
That arrangement calls for $500,000 bonuses for Saturday games and $300,000 for other days of the week if the game airs on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, NBC, CBS or Fox. The Spartans will receive bonuses for their Sept. 27 game against Utah State on ESPN and their Nov. 22 game against Navy on ESPN2.
Follow Jimmy Durkin at Twitter.com/Jimmy_Durkin.


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BIO-Europe 2012
Meetings, Trends and Partnerships:
Four years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, global capital markets still haven't recovered – especially in biotechnology. Along with VCs, Big Pharma is a significant contributor to that financing pool, which is why biotech companies depend on major players' appetite for innovation to survive in turbulent times. The BIO-Europe conference helps firms making those and other connections. With more than 3,500 attendees from 1,600 companies, the event is the number one partnering platform in Europe.


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The ASUS O!Play Gallery takes all-around high definition enjoyment to the TV with the ASUS exclusive O!Direct streaming function, extensive internet-based services and content management. The multi-role design of the O!Play Gallery offers easy connectivity with the iPhone/iPod and the latest USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s devices and support for 7.1-channel Dolby® TrueHD audio. It provides a true home entertainment center that's perfect for video, photos and music, with support for all major media formats.
The O!Play Gallery allows users to plug and play media content from an iPod and iPhone in full HD on the living room TV, with no additional software needed. The intuitive remote control with a built-in rotary wheel bundled with the O!Play Gallery helps users make their multimedia experience fun and easy to use.
The ASUS exclusive O!Direct function offers consumers fast and reliable one-click streaming of content from PC to TV. Hassle-free streaming brings broader enjoyment in the living room in both wired and wireless modes, without the need for USB storage devices and their storage restrictions.
The O!Play Gallery can be upgraded to house a 3.5" hard drive with a fast SATA 6Gb/s connection, also becoming a large-capacity storage device. Users can transfer media content via USB 3.0 from PCs to the O!Play Gallery, up to ten times faster compared to USB 2.0. O!Play Gallery provides the faster speeds needed to handle high definition content, resulting in a smoother, more enjoyable experience. The O!Play Gallery also includes the MyLife calendar function which can quickly organise photos to create photo diaries to share with others easily.
The O!Play Gallery is built around abundant online entertainment services such as YouTube, , Flickr, Picasa and thousands of online TV stations and radio streams. The O!Play Gallery also includes a Gracenote software* interface which turns the media player into a powerful audio library manager by providing access to the online Gracenote database so users can access metadata of their music library. Extensive metadata support means album covers, artwork, information and even genres become available and viewable on the big screen.
The O!Play Gallery supports the most popular formats, even ISO format, in HD quality. Audio is projected in spectacular 7.1-channel Dolby® TrueHD surround, which easily integrates with home surround sound setups and brings out the full audio experience with no compromise or loss of fidelity. Users are guaranteed an impeccable performance in every aspect of their multimedia.
*Installed 3.5" hard drive is required to use the Gracenote service.
ASUS Unique Selling Points
- Asus O!Direct: Fast and reliable one-click streaming of content from PC to TV.
Key Selling Points
- Rich online entertainment services: Tons of Live content is just a few clicks away including, YouTube, Internet TV and Internet Radio.
- iPod/iPhone Support: Enjoy Your iPod and iPhone Entertainment on your big screen TV, simple plug and play.
- Gracenote support: Extensive metadata support means album covers, artwork, information and even genres become available for songs stored in the internal 3.5" hard drive.
- Super-fast HD content transfer speeds: with USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s connectivity resulting in a smoother, more enjoyable experience.
- Full HD 1080p and Multiple Formats Support: supports the most demanding and popular formats.
- Dolby TrueHD 7.1-channel Support: Dolby TrueHD digital surround takes full advantage of Blu-ray sound quality with 7.1-channel audio output.
- Wireless Technology: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n Built in.
Key specification
- Supported Formats Video : MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, RM, RMVB, VC-1, H.264
- Video File Extension : TRP, MP4, MOV, Xvid, AVI, ASF, WMV, MKV, FLV, TS, MTS, M2TS, DAT, MPG, VOB, ISO
- Audio : MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC, AIFF, Dolby Digital AC3, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS digital Surround, Dolby True HD (Passthrough), Dolby True HD (Decoding), Tag ID3
- Image : JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF
- Subtitle : SRT, SUB, SMI, SSA, TXT
- File Systems: FAT16/32, NTFS, HFS/HFS+
- Wireless Technology: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
- Internet Content & Service: YouTube, Internet TV, Radio, Flickr, Picasa
- Dimensions: 230 x 178 x 60.5 mm (WxDxH)
- Weight: 720 g
- Power: 12 Vdc, 3 A
- Power Consumption: 10 W
- Note: Container formats can contains different video, audio codecs - it cannot be guaranteed that all codecs (variations) are supported.
- iPod/iPhone/iPad Port
- 1 x DC Power In
- 2 x USB 2.0 Port(s)
- 1 x USB 3.0 Port(s)
- 1 x eSATA Port
- 1 x S/PDIF (Coaxial + Optical)
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port (10/100 MBps)
- 802.11n Wireless Networking
- 5 -in-1 Card Readers ( SD/CF/ MS/ MS Duo/ MMC)
In The Box
- AC Adapter
- Power Cord
- Remote Control
- Quick Start Guide
- CD (User Manual)
- Product Description
- Asus O!Play Gallery - digital multimedia receiver
- Product Type
- Digital multimedia receiver
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 23 cm x 17.8 cm x 6.1 cm
- Weight
- 0.72 kg
- Internet Streaming Services
- Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, Picasa, Flickr, Gracenote
- Internal Storage
- Hard disc drive - 0 GB
- Audio
- Stereo
- Remote Control
- Remote control - infrared
- Product Type
- Digital multimedia receiver
- Width
- 23 cm
- Depth
- 17.8 cm
- Height
- 6.1 cm
- Weight
- 0.72 kg
- A/V System Recommended Use
- Home
- Features
- Drivebay HDD compartment, Samba client, Bittorrent client, Samba server, iPod ready, DLNA support, USB 3.0 compatibility
Audio System
- Output Mode
- Stereo
- Digital Audio Format
- Dolby Digital output, DTS digital output, Dolby True HD digital output
- Optical Digital Output
- Yes
- Coaxial Digital Output
- Yes
Digital Player (Recorder)
- Internal Storage
- Hard disc drive - 0 GB
Network & Internet Multimedia
- Functionality
- Digital audio playback, digital photo playback, digital video playback, Internet radio playback, BitTorrent P2P client, Internet video playback
- Internet Streaming Services
- Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, Picasa, Flickr, Gracenote
- Connectivity
- Wireless / wired
- Connectivity Protocols
- IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet), IEEE 802.3u (Fast Ethernet), IEEE 802.11n
- Network Protocols Supported
- Supported Audio Formats
- MP3, WAV, AC3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, AIFF, FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- Supported Video Formats
- MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, ASF, AVI, MKV, MOV, VOB, FLV, RM, TS, M2TS, H.264, RMVB, VC-1
- Supported Pictures Formats
- Supported Non-Multimedia Formats
- ISO image
- Yes
- Type
- CompactFlash Card , SD Memory Card , Memory Stick Duo
Remote Control
- Type
- Remote control
- Remote Control Technology
- Infrared
- Connector Type
- USB 3.0 - rear , Ethernet ( RJ-45 ) - rear , SPDIF output ( TOS Link ) - rear , HDMI output ( 19 pin HDMI Type A ) - rear , SPDIF output ( RCA phono ) - rear , USB 2.0 ( 4 PIN mini-DIN ) - rear , IPhone / IPod docking - rear , USB 2.0 ( 4 PIN USB Type A ) - front , USB 2.0 / eSATA - front
- Included Accessories
- Remote control, power adapter
- Type
- External
- Power Consumption Operational
- 10 Watt


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Thief of Hearts released today! Pick up your copy from Amazon today!
Trying desperately to escape an abusive husband, Melissa Stacey drives until she reaches the town of Bandit Creek. She doesn't know why she has stopped here, but as she sits looking at Lost Lake, she realizes that she too is lost. She has no family, no friends and no hope of ever escaping her cruel husband. Her hopelessness drives her to make a rash decision.
After being warned by Bandit Creek's town drunk/prophet, depending on who you spoke to, Gabriel Waters rushed to save her. He didn't know who she was but Old Jack told him he had to hurry or he'd be too late. He arrives at the shores of Lost Lake in time to see a woman disappear below the surface.
What happens next is a story of how two people, brought together by tragedy and fear, can find each other and solace in the discovery of true love. Love that can be found everywhere, even in Bandit Creek. After all everything happens in Bandit Creek.


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fish is lookin hairy, disgruntled, and all-together badass; trey, the same ginger-bearded, marvin the martian donning wildebeest we all know and love. (perhaps a little zombieish as he jumps on his own little drum set during crosseyed and painless.) on paper this show seems a little song-based, maybe due to a tv airing, but it nonetheless has some supreme jams.
set numero uno: nice little debut as an opener with beauty of my dreams..i'm always a dancin' man when it comes to cavern, and waste is a beaut. dirty tweezer; page and mike layin down a smooth groove initially, leaving trey to take this one over halfway through and go metal apeshit on germany.
dos: free is quite a journey, with trey's drumset adding some extra texture there. next to halloween 96's, this is probably my favorite Simple; just, heavenly. when the circus comes, you're not gonna jump up and head-bang, but it's still my favorite slow song. big jam to end the show was a dainty david bowie fit for a ballerina. page sets the pace coming into the jam, turning mr. bowie's 40th birthday celebratory tune into quite a tear-jerker, which builds and builds with the assistance of trey, who once again poops all over the german crowd, until this compact bowie peeks with grace.
lovin the theme encore, trey executes like tom cruise on a seemingly impossible mission to melt face.
only negative i could muster, once again, is that there seems to be a high amount of typical encore-esque, "piss-break" songs peppered throughout. but hell, its phish.
highlights: set 1: crosseyed and painless, tweezer
set 2: free, simple, bowie (theme encore)


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Originally Posted by winneythepooh7
OK here's what I have simmering on my stove right now and it smells delish:
Creamy Curry Pumpkin Soup:
2 Tablespoons of butter
1 onion chopped (carmelize the onions before adding other ingredients)
1 teaspoon of chopped garlic (I added extra)
2 teaspoons of yellow curry powder (I substituded red curry paste I had in the fridge from a recipe last week)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of pepper (I added extra)
2 small cans of chicken broth
1 large can of plain pumpkin puree (not the sweetened pumpkin pie filling) (I used 2 small cans....)
1 can of coconut milk (I used 2 cups of organic cocount milk that they sell next to the soy milk)
mix everything together and cook for 20 minutes.........
Thank you
I am going to make this sometime this season.
"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values." - Atlas Shrugged
The soup came out really good, however, next time I would probably put less curry paste in. It was VERY spicy.
In fact, I think next time I may just try making it without.
I made it tonight, with curry powder rather than paste, and it's fragrant and well-seasoned, but not too hot.
I wonder if it would work well to sub in vegetable broth for the chicken. I really like it and would like to make it when we have a couple we hang out with over, but the wife's not a meat-eater. I imagine it wouldn't make much of a difference.
"Even when I've f*&%ed up, I've spun it into a learning experience that's brought me to bigger and better things."
So I'm making some of my own chili right now. With plenty of kidney beans. Mmmmmmmmmmm. I have to have chili with beans. No exceptions!
I'm using lean 93/7 ground beef. I prefer to use 85/15; the extra fat adds a little flavor. But I wanted to cut out some calories. Give me some credit. You cook two pounds of that.
I use the Carroll Shelby mix, which has a nice bag of spices, salt, cayenne pepper and masa, which is essentially Mexican corn flour. You add the beef (or any other meat as you prefer), tomato sauce (I use two cans of diced tomatoes), and water. You can add beans; I use one can of medium chili beans.
You use the spices and the salt to taste. You use as much cayenne powder as you want to get it as hot as you like. I like mine medium, so I use half of the cayenne packet. The masa is optional; if you like thicker chili, you put the masa in about 1/3 cup of water and pour it in the chili.
You turn the chili up on high heat until the chili starts to boil, then you simmer for 15 minutes (or 20 if you used the masa flour).
I'll make some cornbread muffins with that, and that makes me dinner for about four days. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I've always been different, with one foot over the line
Winding up somewhere one step ahead or behind
It ain't been so easy, but I guess I shouldn't complain
I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane
I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane
Nobody knows if it's something to bless or to blame
So far, I ain't found a rhyme or a reason to change
I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane
I've Always Been Crazy, Waylon Jennings (1978)
I made this tomato and sausage risotto for dinner tonight. It turned out SO well! I used spicy chicken sausage from Trader Joe's and less parmesan than the recipe called for; otherwise, I followed it pretty closely and it tasted great.
I'm somewhat obsessed with that site, even though I can't try most of her recipes because I'm moderately lactose-intolerant and usually too lazy to cook all that food for one person. (But hey, when I'm not, I get dinner and several lunches out of one recipe! )
I've made the pumpkin soup with veggie broth before and it came out fine.
Tonight I am making Wordsmith's Cincinnati chili. I put it in the crock pot around noon so it should be ready to eat when DH and I have dinner around 8 or so when DS goes to bed.
It reminds me of the hot dog sauce they serve at some well-known places I grew up with.
What did you do for seasoning?
J makes it with a seasoning packet made by Cincinnati's chili parlors, which his grandpa mails to us for authenticity! But I know that you can find recipes online that break down the spices in the seasoning. It's one of those "closely guarded secret" things, but most I've seen involve unlikely ingredients like curry and cocoa.
Cactus has been a welcome local addition -the prickly pear blades. The fruit is OK, but I like the green part better.
I browned the ground beef, then just dumped everything together in my crock pot.
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 pounds ground beef
1/4 cup chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 bay leaf
1/2 (1 ounce) square unsweetened chocolate
2 (10.5 ounce) cans beef broth
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1.Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 6 minutes.
2.Add beef, in batches if necessary, and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until browned.
3.Add chili powder, cinnamon, cumin, allspice, cloves, bay leaf, chocolate, beef broth, tomato sauce, cider vinegar, and red pepper. Stir to mix well. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
4.It is the best if you now refrigerate overnight.
5.Remove the bay leaf. Reheat gently over medium heat. Serve over hot, drained spaghetti. Top with shredded cheddar cheese.
I totally did not read everyone's earlier post so this is in no reply to anyone's post. I just wanted to vent so here I am on this thread to vent.
Ok, so I'm Asian and 1/2 a year ago I married this irish/italian/german guy and he likes the normal American food (pizza, speghetti, burgers and steaks etc). Well I always liked lasagna and wanted to try it, and I tried it once and it turned out sort of ok. It was with no ricata cheese (however you spell it). Just a mixture of mazarella and 5 italian cheese with an egg. Then you do the normal meat with speghetti sauce, then noodle, then cheese mix, then meat then noodle and repeat. It was ok. Today I tried it with the ricatta cheese and it was a disaster.
I did invite another couple over to be friendly with my husband's co-workers. They did not come over, thank goodness. The lasagna was instantly thrown out. Another good thing about inviting them over was the fact that just because I was about to have guests over, I cleaned and organized everything super nicely! I also went to Ikea to buy a lot of decorations (picture frames, candles...). Anyways so the good thing about inviting her and her not coming over was that the food suck, and our house is super clean. Although we still have not invited anyone over at all for dinner/hang out at our house! which sucks! And I've been here 1/2 a year and still haven't really made any friends! What is wrong with our age?
Ok, enough of that. But I told my husband that instead of 1 hour of preparation for lasagna, we are for now on... just going to buy the already made lasagna from the store and bake it. Saves 1 hour of time and also the fear that it might turn out terrible.
In all honesty, I never bother with lasagna, because, really, it's just a casserole made of the same ingredients that go into a bowl of pasta or a pasta bake, and those two are far less farting around. Lasagna has always been highly overrated, to me. Preparation is finicky, for something that tastes essentially no different than your average simple baked pasta dish. If I had to have lasgna, for some reason, I'd doubtless go the premade route.
Anyone have any cauliflower recipes? Besides mixing it with broccoli or other veggies and steaming it?
My dad went to Amish country in PA last week for work and brought back a bunch of veggies from a farmers market. I got a head of cauliflower bigger than my friend's 3 month old. I just steamed it, but not sure what to do with it. I've never prepped one myself--and any time I've eaten it, it's been with other veggies.
This soup looks interesting....http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Caulifl...up/Detail.aspx
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Originally Posted by pisces2473
Anyone have any cauliflower recipes? Besides mixing it with broccoli or other veggies and steaming it?
My dad went to Amish country in PA last week for work and brought back a bunch of veggies from a farmers market. I got a head of cauliflower bigger than my friend's 3 month old. I just steamed it, but not sure what to do with it. I've never prepped one myself--and any time I've eaten it, it's been with other veggies.
This soup looks interesting....http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Caulifl...up/Detail.aspx
I've never tried it, but I saw this recipe on Dr. Oz's show and I really want to!
Melted cheese?
Roasted in the oven with EVOO and maybe some garlic or other spice of your choice?
Tonight I am baking acorn squash in the oven with a mix of brown sugar and other "fall" spices and butter. I have been marinating steaks in teriyaki sauce all day so we will have that on the grill.
I am also making mashed sweet potatoes from the box.
Originally Posted by winneythepooh7
I am also making mashed sweet potatoes from the box.
Mashed sweet potatoes in a box??
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