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By motherof3
from Independence ks
Comments about New Sprouts® Fresh Picked Fruit & Veggie Tote:
These are truly the BEST play food ever!!!! This is my 3rd child and we had the cheap plastic food for the other two that it seemed like we were throwing away an item every time we played with it. This is well designed, durable and looks like REAL food!!!!!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By boghill
from Allen Township, PA
About Me Classic, Practical
I saved a lot of fisher price playfood from the early 80's. This line of food is the only comparable one I could find for our granddaughter.She loves it and played with it almost exclusively after Christmas!
This set is so cute!
By MNErin
from Fridley, MN
I have just discovered the new sprouts line of play food and I absolutely love them! The food are realistic looking yet fit in my daughters hands well (shes 19mos old) theyre a little bit rubbery so if she chews on them not a big deal and theyre durable. I was so excited when I got this for her for Christmas I gave it to her right away and then ordered other sets to actually give her on Christmas. At first the bag struck me as small because when I'd ordered it online I thought it would be bigger until I saw it with my daughter and its her perfect size. super pleased I would recommend these toys to everyone shopping for play food!
Exactly as pictured..great quality...
By Nana
from South Portland Maine
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I love the colors and details. They certainly look like real fruits and veggies. I love the textures as well. I have no complaints.
Great Toddler Toy
By Meg
from Chicago, IL
I bought this product for my daughter's daycare class. They are durable and fun and the bag is a great way for them to carry the fruit and veggies. They also like putting things in the bag.
The Tote is so cute
By kaydiddle87
from utah
I love the New Sprouts line of food. I can't say enough about this play food. It is perfect for little toddler hands and preschool hands. It is also durable and not like the cheap food you find. I don't have to worry about the play food cracking or breaking if stepped on. This set is so cute. I love the little tote. We play grocery store and set up a little store. My little boy puts what he wants in the bag and takes it back to the play kitchen. I love that he can take what we do in real life and use his imagination at home.
Durable & Realistic
By theteacherswife
from iowa
I received this to review from LR and absolutely LOVE the Sprouts play foods! This is very durable and realistic for kids to play with. I love that it comes with a wide variety of fruits/veggies that you might normally find in play food like apricots! And if you accidentally get hit by flying play food this stuff hurts WAY less than wood food! Just saying! Overall - definitely a great product and the only type of play food I would buy.
Great quality, lots of fun!
By Angeleskaxxi
from NC
About Me Practical, Stay at home mom
I bought this product to accompany a play kitchen we purchased for our 20-month girl and 4-year-old boy. There is nothing I dislike about it. The little tote is a cute print, and well made. All the fruit and veggie pieces are easy to identify, the colors are gorgeous, a great size (although the lettuce could be a tad bigger, for scale's sake) for little hands to hold and the material is fantastic, just as described, a soft rubbery plastic. They are sturdy enough to stand up to my kids' less-than-delicate pretend play, and I see a lot of it coming! Greatly recommend!
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Each piece of food is made of a durable plastic material, so these will last through a lot of rough and tough boy play!! They all look like real fruit and veggies too.If you have a young tot who enjoys play cooking, this is a great toy for them!!
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from MA
Exceptional quality. My daughter loves it! It has been a great addition to our play kitchen to help with hands on learning and teaching healthy eating. We are very pleased with this item!


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I just finished up Fallout 3.... man am I disappointed. I can't believe they created this HUGE world, and once you beat the final mission the game ends and you can't explore the world, finish up other missions, exc .... and whats up with a lev 20 cap on the EXP?? I think that's pretty low.....
I wish they would of took some pointers from other sandbox/open world games on this one and it could of been a lot better...
I loved the game as a whole but it still let me down.
Fallout 3
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Posted 10 March 2010 - 01:27 PM
Posted 11 March 2010 - 11:23 AM
I don't think the game was too bad.After spending over 40 hours I finished up with the game and I found the game is unbelievable. I love everything about it, I love the style of post apocalyptic games and this one does a great job. I wasn't sure if I would like Fallout 3 on release because I never really cared for Oblivion or understood why so many did. Just not my style of game I guess because I love Fallout 3.
Posted 11 March 2010 - 06:33 PM
I loved the game.... I just hated how it ends. I wish after the story the world was still open for you to explore and I wish some dungeons had respawning enemies to give it some replay value.... a leveling system of more than 20 levels would of been nice too.
Posted 11 May 2010 - 05:05 PM
That sucks man, most people just get the Broken steal add-on which fixes alot of bad bugs/glitches and lets you play after the main storyline is ended. It also has alot of missions that are definitely worth the money. Also I'm pretty sure fallout game of the year is cheap, and that comes with all the add-ons which is a TON of extra stuff.
Posted 13 October 2010 - 08:50 PM
one of the add on packs changes the level cap to 30 instead of 20 i forget which one though
Posted 23 January 2012 - 02:18 PM
To be entirely truthful, I am disappointed with it, because there are too many glitches and general struggle with the game. I bought it and was so rapid getting home to play it then suddenly I was just like... oh nooooooo, this hub is understandable from the initial hour of the game, in which character making and account exposition are wonderfully rush together.
Posted 16 March 2012 - 09:45 AM
I recommended Fallout3. It is really interesting to play but after level 10 enemies become more complicated, and powerful after that very hard to win next step.
Posted 03 July 2012 - 05:58 AM
I really wanted to live Fallout 3. I really did. I tried it. And then I took it out of my Xbox and it never went back in. I thought it was buggy and boring.
Posted 03 July 2012 - 06:01 AM
how long did you try for? i swear first like 45 minutes i had in i was thinking i will take it out then it started getting more and more addictive..
I really wanted to live Fallout 3. I really did. I tried it. And then I took it out of my Xbox and it never went back in. I thought it was buggy and boring.
I really wanted to live Fallout 3. I really did. I tried it. And then I took it out of my Xbox and it never went back in. I thought it was buggy and boring.
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I am a newbie and have read the tutorials and everything is somewhat working. My biggest problem is the choppiness at times and not sure what the culprit could be??
first I will specify what setup I am running.
Currently have a compaq desktop with:
Sempron LE-1300 (S) 2.3 GHz (45W)
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I have a N Wireless Card Installed and an N300 router
I stream to my PS3 which is wired to the router. which sends video and audio to my home theater processor via HDMI and then that to the Tv via HDMi for video. It works pretty well considering, but it is still choppy at times... What can I do to fix this??? Is there anything that can be done to settings, or router or is it computer issue??? Is it just a fact of life dealing with wireless streaming and nothing can be done, but maybe adjust settings???
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Yesterday, I turned in my new book to my editor at St. Martin's Press! This is my latest book since "The Comedy Bible" and I've been working on it for 1 ½ years. If (before I started this project) you'd told me that I could write for nine hours a day -- I would have said that it's impossible. I'm like most comics. We write when inspiration hits us, which is usually while driving, working out at the gym, or having sex - in other words, anytime other than actually sitting down to write. Inspiration rarely strikes when it's supposed to.
So how am I able to make a deadline?
Fear. Yes, the power of the threat of humiliation over writing a shoddy book -- not to mention having to return a substantial advance -- is a great motivator.
The results? At night I'm dreaming about the book. I'm up at 5am working for 4 hours, then a gym break, and then another 4-hour stint.
Of course, now that it's done, I plan on having a life, seeing what my peeps are doing on FB, taking a Sierra Club hike, getting my roots done, and actually getting out of the house. But, if you're having a hard time finishing projects, I've learned a lesson I want to share with you. We all can't wait for a book deal, an HBO special, or a starring role in a sitcom to motivate us.
You have to show others that you can finish what you start before they'll invest in you. So -- here are some tips to complete your projects:
1. Have a deadline with consequences. We've all seen deadlines come and go with nothing done. That's why you need a deadline where you are accountable to someone else and there are grave repercussions if you don't hit your deadline. Find what motivates you. (Humiliation? Having to pay money if you don't finish? A trip to Maui if you do finish?)
Then, find someone to hold you accountable to complete your project, so that if you don't get it done, they will be handing out the punishment, or reward.
2. Spin only one plate at a time. Many of us are spreading ourselves thin by trying to do stand-up, put together a speech, write a book, and not doing any of them well. Focus on one project and don't start another until you've completed it. We funny people tend to have a lot of ideas. Just know that ideas are worthless unless they are nurtured, evolved, and developed.
3. Money is a great motivator. Before putting all your resources into a project, make sure it's time well spent. There should always be a realistic possibility of making money off your project, or advancing your career.
4. Passion only gets you so far. You need passion to get any project out of first gear. But just like a fizzled love affair, passion wanes and you find your marriage to your idea in trouble. So, pick a project that's not only meaningful to you, but also meaningful to others. Doing things for others sometimes can keep you going when your own ambition fails.
5. It takes a village. Very few people have what it takes to create alone. Have regular meetings with supportive people and assess your progress. Go to social.comedyworkshops.com to find a Comedy Buddy.
6. Make your goals manageable and incremental. Start with small commitments and keep them, like weekly writing one blog or one minute of new material.
7. Have a huge reward for yourself when you finish. Thank yourself for following through with a trip, a party, or a binge night. Go ahead, you deserve it!
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7 Steps to Completing Anything: The Power of the Deadline
9 comments:
- Lyn Fisher said...
Congrats on completing the writing of your book. It's a huge job. Can't wait to read it!
Way to go Judy! WHOO HOO! I can't wait to get a copy of your new book! This weekend is going to be an amazing weekend up at Sunshine with so much fresh snow in the past week. I am off to Chicago in the morning for the 25th Anniversary of the Association of Applied & Therapeutic Humor Conference. Looking forward to seeing all of my Humour family. Have a terrific day celebrating you! Until next time . . .
Laugh & Play Everyday!
Cheryl Oberg
Edge Of A Smile Inc.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Gabrielle Birchak said...
CONGRATULATIONS JUDY!! I LOVED the Comedy Bible and so I can't wait to read your new book. Thank you for your deadline advice and THANK YOU for being such a wonderful inspiration!
- Unknown said...
Way to make that next book happen Judy. I still refer all my comedy students to your first book, because it is the one I have from 23 some years ago, maybe I should refer them to the new one? I will soon be on the roster at LaRoche Productions too, so my comedy to speaking career is segueing nicely. Hope to see you out on the road one day.
So, are you taking yourself to Maui now?
Kat Simmons
Lake Tahoe, NV
- KAYODE George said...
Good advice...Very practical, sometimes I find myself trying o balance too much and have to focus in on one thing at a time in order to get the most out of it.
Congratulations on the new book, its sure to be a best seller.
- Vegas Linda Lou said...
Great advice! One of the biggest obstacles in the creative process is the lack of accountability. We're accountable only to ourselves, and we're too forgiving when we have nothing to show for ourselves. Yet when it comes to projects for our day jobs--which we probably can't stand--we're very industrious. Too bad we put other people's priorities ahead of our own.
Looking forward to your book! Congratulations!
Linda Lou
Author, "Bastard Husband: A Love Story"
- Patra Gupta said...
As a writer and performer, I love reading and implementing your tidbits of advice, particularly this one as I'm a huge procrastinator mainly because I have trouble focusing on one thing at a time and a zillion ideas hit me at a time...and I'm still hesitant to take ADD pills, so these are good (healthier) principles I can use. If you have any more notes on 'overcoming procrastination' please send 'em along will yer. Cheers Judy!
The Comedy Bible is a must have if you want to do it right. Judy can take ANY situation, no matter how not funny it may seem at the time and turn it into sidesplitting fun for all and more often than not, it is a source of healing for the person that is swimming in that bad for life cesspool of negativity. Judy says, "Bad for life's are GREAT material. Bad for life, good for comedy. Take it from me, the career criminal and chronic relapser. Judy erased all that guilt and shame I had in me and showed me that it can really be funny. Solitary confinement for 6 months, UGH!!! Not to Judy, she would say, That's GREAT Jimi. She's the best of the best and you won't be scared to get up on that stage after she gets done with you. You'll want to do it every night.
Hi Judy,
I have an idea for a fantasy style sitcom or dramady. I'm not surwe how to get it started? I have several episodes in my head. Not sure how to write a piolet or the proper way of writing a half hour teleplay? Help!
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SANTA CLARA -- One of Anquan Boldin's first tasks on the 49ers is to fast-track his chemistry with Colin Kaepernick.
Boldin passed a physical Wednesday to formalize last week's trade from the Baltimore Ravens, and he recently got in touch with Kaepernick, who's in his first offseason as the 49ers' starting quarterback.
"I'm excited to get to work with him," Boldin said. "He's a special kid, smart guy, very athletic. Hopefully I can help him grow as a quarterback."
Kaepernick made only his 10th career start when the 49ers lost 34-31 in last month's Super Bowl to the Baltimore Ravens, who went ahead on the opening series with a 13-yard touchdown catch from Boldin as part of his six-catch, 104-yard effort.
Boldin emphasized that his chemistry with Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco didn't happen overnight. They started working together shortly after Boldin got traded in 2010 from the Arizona Cardinals.
"It took like a year for us to get on the same page," Boldin recalled. "Hopefully Colin and I get together and kind of shorten that window."
A week after the Super Bowl, Kaepernick started working out at CES Performance in Duluth, Ga., where he was joined by young receivers Chad Hall, Ricardo Lockette and A.J. Jenkins.
Coach Jim Harbaugh, speaking at Wednesday's NFL owners meetings, laughed off any notion Kaepernick might become complacent after his breakout season.
"Satisfied is a word that confuses him, that confuses us, just knowing who he is," Harbaugh told the NFL Network. "The neat thing about Colin is he loves the game and wants to be great, and it's not self-centered. It's about the team."
Kaepernick's reputation as a fastball-throwing quarterback doesn't scare Boldin, who noted he's played with other big arms in his 10-year career.
Boldin learned of his trade upon landing in Senegal for a five-day relief mission with fellow NFL receivers Larry Fitzgerald and Roddy White. Upon his return, Boldin said he got in touch with Kaepernick to see when they could meet and start working on their "trust factor."
Boldin will likely line up as a starting wide receiver with Michael Crabtree, Kaepernick's favorite target. Mario Manningham started 10 games before a season-ending knee injury Nov. 23, and he may not be ready to start the season.
Boldin would like to be part of the 49ers longer than the one year remaining on his contract, at a salary of $6 million. But he said he's not aware of any potential extension, nor was he demanding one.
Aside from leading the Ravens in regular-season receptions (65 for 921 yards), Boldin fueled their playoff run, producing 22 receptions for 380 yards with four touchdowns, which are as many as he had in the regular season.
New 49ers kicker Phil Dawson, who left a 14-season tenure with the Cleveland Browns, has seen Boldin's capabilities the past three seasons as AFC North rivals. Boldin had three touchdowns in a 2010 Ravens victory over the Browns, and he tallied nine catches for 131 yards in a 2012 rematch.
"He knows how to rise to the challenge at that moment in the game when your team needs a play," Dawson said. "Not every guy in the league can do that. ... Anquan Boldin is the kind of guy who steps up in crunchtime and makes the big play."
Boldin's teams have reached the playoffs the past five seasons, a streak starting with the 2008 Arizona Cardinals' Super Bowl run. His arrival marks the third straight year the 49ers have signed a wide receiver coming off a Super Bowl-winning team. His predecessors were Brett Swain (Green Bay Packers) in 2011 and Manningham (New York Giants) last year.
After donning No. 4 throughout his Browns career and in college at Texas, Dawson is opting for No. 9 rather than try seizing No. 4 from his holder, Andy Lee. Dawson's one-year deal is worth $2.25 million, including a $1 million signing bonus, according to ESPN.
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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Henderson County cancels school after no power
Published: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 7:01 a.m.
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With reports that several Henderson County Schools are without power this morning, school officials canceled school around 7 a.m. Tuesday, Jan.7. The day will be considered an annual leave day.
Parents were notified of the cancellation by an automated phone call this morning.
According to an outage report from Duke Energy, there were 7,492 power outages in Henderson County and 3,208 in Transylvania County at 7 a.m.
Anticipating below zero temperatures, area school officials announced delays yesterday. Originally, Henderson County Schools were supposed to be on a two-hour delay.
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The scarlet, orange and golden yellow leaves of fall is one last look at beauty before winter hits.
The drive to New York offers fantastic views in itself, but getting off the highway and into the forests certainly offers a leaf adventure.
Just three hours from home, the areas of Chautauqua and Salamanca, New York offer brilliant colors and more.
Here are just a few things you�ll discover along the drive.
Traveling through Allegany State Park is a back woods drive of vibrant colors. The park is located in Salamanca and offers hiking, fishing, camping and much more.
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The countryside colors of the back roads makes for a spectacular day. Spend a night or two at Seneca Allegany Casino and Hotel in Salamanca. It is loaded with AAA four diamond amenities and room views offering an "in the forest" feel.
Take your appetite with you. The hotel offers a large dinning selection, from great steaks at the Western Door to a specialty pasta at Patria Italian Restaurant. The 413 rooms and suites are beautiful, comfortable and perfect for relaxing on a get a way. You can keep busy with a little gaming at the casino, live music, indoor pool, spa treatments or take in a show with big name entertainment.
Visit www.senecaalleganycasino.com for more details.
Heading back west, travelers will find Chautauqua and the "Colors of Chautauqua." From Labor Day through November, dozens of workshops are offered at Chautauqua Institution. Travelers will also find an impressive list of area fall festivals which pay honor to the areas agricultural heritage including Busti Apple Festival, Festival of Grapes, the annual Quilting Festival held at Chautauqua Institution and the Red, White and Blues Festival.
Andrew Nixon Executive Director of at the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau said they are working to broaden the leisure learning experience for visitors beyond the summer program at Chautauqua Institution by introducing "Colors of Chautauqua." It is a collection of several dozen classes, tours, dinners, tastings and hands-on work experiences meant to entertain while engaging the mind in a new way.
Visit www.tourchautau.com for more information.
For a beautiful relaxing trip cruise Chautauqua Lake on the Chautauqua Belle Steamship.
The Belle is a steamship with a history as one of a few original steamships left in the U.S. The ship takes you on a narrated tour of the lake. Also offered are many special cruises.
Check the times of operation as cruises are limited in the fall.
Visit 269belle.com for an up to date schedule.
Peek "N Peak ski resort hosts many fall events including a fall festival. The resort has beautiful autumn scenery, spa, resort hotel with an indoor outdoor pool and much more.
Visit www.pknpk.com to plan your trip.
The area of Chautauqua County, located in the southwestern corner of the state, is the largest grape growing region. Be sure to check out the new Grape Discovery Center located in nearby Westfield, New York right in the middle of grape growing country.
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Meteorologists from the National Weather Service in Birmingham will conduct the annual Storm Spotters training class on Feb. 4.
The class is free and open to the public. People who wish to become Storm Spotters, people who want refresher training, members of the amateur radio community, public safety and corporate personnel who work outside can attend. Current Storm Spotters are expected to take at least one class per year to remain active in the program.
The class will be held Feb. 4 at the Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue Services Training and Logistics Facility at 2015 McFarland Blvd. E.
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News 12 First at Five / Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012
GROVETOWN, Ga. -- A new, retro restaurant is set to open Thursday in Grovetown and the buzz is in the air.
"We're as ready as we can be. We're very excited, looking to have a great opening, and we've got people talking about camping out to be the first ones in tomorrow," said General Manager Mike Mulherin.
"It's a new design, so for the guests who have been coming to Steak 'n Shake for years and years and years, it's a little bit different look for them," said Store Manager Pat Leonard.
The restaurant already has more than 6,000 fans on Facebook.
"A lot of buzz going on about it," Mulherin said.
"Steakburgers and milkshakes and milkshakes of all varieties. It's the best in the United States," Leonard said.
The franchise originally planned to hire 150 people to run the 24-hour diner.
"We're down to 130 employees, and I say that's down, but that's a lot of employees," Mulherin said.
And they were flooded with people looking for jobs.
"As of now, I think I'm right at 1,000 applications," Mulherin said. "People are excited about Steak 'n Shake and they want to be a part of a new restaurant -- first time in Augusta. People are excited and they also need to work."
Steak 'n Shake isn't the only new business moving to Columbia County. The Evans Fitness Club is set to open in December.
"Just about anything and everything in the fitness world you will find in this building," said Owner Mike Montarbo.
The 53,000 square foot gym is set in the heart of Evans. They plan to start hiring next month.
"Employment opportunities ranging from child care, sales staff, personal training staff, sports specific training staff," Montarbo said.
Columbia County has one of the lowest unemployment rates at 7.8 percent. That's lower than the 9.3 state average, but there are still thousands of people looking for work.
"In today's economy, everybody could use a job," Montarbo said.
And at Steak 'n Shake, those 130 lucky employees are ready to go to work.
"We're glad to be here, we're looking forward to seeing everybody. Please don't all show up on Thursday," Leonard joked.
Steak 'n Shake will not open 24 hours until January, but they do start serving up those steakburgers on Thursday.
Evans Fitness Club is set to open on Dec. 12. They're proud of the fact that almost 100 percent of their contractors and sub-contractors are local, creating even more jobs for this area.
News 12 will keep you posted when they start hiring. They plan to start with about 50 employees.


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Woodland coaches break down Class S final
The Woodland football coaching staff won't be making the 50-minute trip to Rentschler Field this morning. But head coach Tim Shea and offensive coordinator Tim Phipps have a pretty good idea of what Ansonia and North Branford will bring to the table in the Class S state final.
In fact, they know the Chargers and Thunderbirds all too well.
Woodland faced the Class S finalists a total of three times. The combined score of those games was 165-69. The Hawks know how much talent will be on the field this morning.
North Branford is a fairly substantial underdog, but the Woodland staff doesn't doubt the fact that the Thunderbirds belong playing for their first state title in more than three decades.
"They have 19 seniors and are a tight-knit group," Shea said. "(Quarterback Brandan Basil) is a lot bigger than I thought and is a good leader. I think (Ansonia coach Tom Brockett) is right in his assessment in saying that they're the most balanced team they've seen since St. Joseph in 2010."
Phipps, the mastermind behind Woodland's record-setting offense, said if he had to prepare against North Branford again, he would focus on establishing the run while attacking the deep middle with the pass to negate the Thunderbirds' outside speed.
"You really have to establish the run game, which is something Ansonia does very well," Phipps said. "(North Branford) came out with an odd-front defense (against Woodland). If they want to do that against Ansonia, that would be tough."
For North Branford's defense against Ansonia, Shea said it's almost a pick-your-poison scenario.
"You have to try to contain Newsome," he said. "You have to stop the run first and hope they don't get you with (Andrew) Matos or (Raeshaun) Finney over the top."
It's a pretty unpopular opinion to say that Ansonia will score fewer than 35 points, so the game could come down to what North Branford can do on offense.
The Thunderbirds average about a quarter-point less than Ansonia, but they haven't yet faced a relentless defense like the Chargers, either.
"People forget Ansonia defensively is the meanest, fastest, most athletic group around," Shea said. "I think we have some pretty good knowledge of that. Ansonia matches up well with everybody."
The Chargers love sending extra pressure with linebackers, something that wreaks havoc on opposing offenses.
"One of (Ansonia's) strengths is that they can pressure the quarterback," Phipps said. "You have to try to run the football on them. That's a tough task. You have to keep their blitz off-balance to help out your offense."
If Phipps had a third opportunity to plan an offense against Ansonia's D, he would make sure movement and confusion were at the top of his priority list.
"In retrospect, I would do a lot of motioning and shifting," he said. "If you have the speed on the outside and a quarterback that can be amazingly accurate and a receiver that can be very physical to work the outsides, you have a chance."
Both Shea and Phipps are rooting for the Chargers to bring home their 18th state title. "It will be a good game," said Shea, "but I think Ansonia has a little more in the cupboard."
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The Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held this December in Geneva, with member states convening to assess the bioweapons nonproliferation regime and discuss ways to improve it. But is it worth trying to strengthen the BWC? Since its inception, the treaty has been plagued with well-recognized deficiencies: It lacks an implementing body, a verification protocol, an ability to investigate alleged violations, universality (it has only 163 member states), and industry support. Even after signing and ratifying the treaty, some member states (the Soviet Union, Iraq, and South Africa) contravened it by pursuing clandestine bioweapons programs. Yet despite its weaknesses, the BWC is an important part of the nonproliferation regime; improving it -- with or without a verification protocol -- is in the best interest of biosecurity.
A failure, along with significant successes. The BWC's lack of a verification protocol (agreed ways in which treaty compliance can be confirmed) is perhaps its most controversial and well-known shortcoming. Despite more than six years of hard work and intense negotiations by member states on a proposed verification protocol, in 2001 the United States withdrew its support for the proposal, effectively killing the protocol. The failure to reach consensus was perhaps no surprise, given that the proposed protocol included many contentious stipulations that were seen as intrusive, including investigations of unusual outbreaks and visits to suspicious sites. Some concluded that the protocol had been doomed from the start.
Despite its shortcomings, the treaty has wrought major achievements. It was the first international legal agreement that outlawed an entire class of weapons, and today the international community views bioweapons as morally repugnant and unacceptable, condemning any nation that engages in bioweaponeering. In addition, the BWC provides a forum for ongoing international engagement and dialogue on issues related to biological and toxin weapons. Without the treaty's regularly scheduled review conferences and expert meetings, concerns about bioweapons might fade from the global stage, only to be resurrected after the next bioterrorist attack.
Two BWC initiatives instituted after the 2001 debacle are also considered particular successes: the annual intersessional work programs, which deal mainly with bolstering national voluntary compliance measures, and the BWC Implementation Support Unit (ISU), which has increased the number of countries voluntarily submitting confidence-building measures reports.
Yet unfortunately there is still no agreed way under the treaty to verify whether a country has an offensive bioweapons program, nor is there an agreed way to find out if sub-state actors, much less individuals, are engaging in offensive bioweapons development.
No protocol, no problem? Only seven months remain until the Seventh BWC Review Conference. Given the past failure to adopt a verification protocol, now is the time to explore other strategies to move the treaty forward. My colleagues Malcolm Dando and Jonathan Tucker have written extensively on alternative ways to strengthen the BWC. Dando advocates for, among other things, educating scientists about the dangers of dual use and using member states' mandatory reports on confidence-building measures to improve transparency. Tucker proposes acknowledging the convergence of biological and chemical technologies by instituting closer ties between the BWC and the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Kay Mereish, deputy director of the Department of Homeland Security at the National Center for Medical Intelligence, sees additional ways to improve biosecurity and the BWC. Mereish, who was chief biological weapons inspector in Iraq for the UN Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission and participated in many UN Special Commission inspections there from 1994 to 1998, visited Princeton University in February 2011 to discuss her personal views on the issue. Mereish compared the inspection activities of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the UN-mandated inspections in Iraq from 1991 to 2003 and considered the results in the context of the proposed BWC verification protocol.
The FDA conducts inspections in the United States and abroad to verify corporate compliance with safety regulations. The inspections include on-site data auditing, sampling and analysis, and bioresearch monitoring. If compliance is not met, corporations incur financial penalties and are barred from selling or developing their product. The FDA inspections not only confirm for the government that corporations are in compliance with regulations, but also assuage outside observers' concerns.
The UN inspections in Iraq were similar to the FDA inspections in that they used data auditing and sampling and analysis. From 1991 to 2003, UN inspectors conducted on-site inspections there, using information supplied by member states and detailed declarations from Baghdad. But unlike FDA inspections, these verification measures failed to assuage the concerns of the international community. Given that the proposed BWC verification protocol neither included criteria that would trigger inspections nor permitted sampling and analysis, Mereish raised the question: How effective would a BWC verification protocol even be? Indeed, is a BWC verification protocol really needed?
Alternatives abound. A verification protocol is far from the only way to strengthen biosecurity. Mereish suggests four alternative approaches:
- The meetings of the BWC state parties should be modified to include a large technical component that coincides with the annual BWC meetings, rotating the location of these technical discussions between the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Closer interactions between the BWC regime and the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries could enhance connectivity and transparency with the delegates.
- The internet should be better utilized as a way for BWC member states to publicly share information on biosecurity and biotechnology. Only Australia and the United States make their confidence-building measures declarations available to the public. Other states release their data only to the United Nations, making the information unavailable to nongovernmental organizations, scholars, and others; further, the United Nations has no mandate to translate the reports into one of the six main UN languages, which greatly reduces their utility. Many open-access, online resources, such as ProMED mail and Argus, provide more detailed information than even the reports on confidence-building measures mandated by the BWC; these resources should be supported at the national and international level.
- International institutions such as the World Health Organization, World Organisation for Animal Health, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, along with national agencies such as the US Agency for International Development, should be strengthened and expanded. "One Health" efforts including surveillance of human, animal, and plant diseases should be encouraged, expanded, and supported.
- Human-to-human, scientist-to-scientist, and laboratory-to-laboratory cooperation and interaction are more important to biosecurity than are formal protocols or declarations, and such cooperation must be encouraged and maintained. In the same vein, academic exchanges, visiting scholars, and scientific conferences are important to fostering international goodwill. Unfortunately, the classified nature of national biodefense programs counteracts the openness and transparency essential to science, damaging global trust and collaboration. Biodefense facilities in BWC member states should host scientific exchange programs, and states that are unwilling to establish such programs should at the very least open their biodefense facilities for visiting delegations.
The BWC established an anti-bioweapons norm and has kept alive a global dialogue on the inherent dangers of biotechnology research. Yet in order to strengthen the BWC and improve global biosecurity, much can and should be done without waiting for state parties to agree on a verification protocol. Both the BWC's intersessional work programs and the ISU should be renewed and strengthened at the upcoming review conference. Cooperative endeavors that encourage openness and transparency, such as scientific exchanges and internet-based data-sharing, should be facilitated by BWC member states and international organizations. These broad-based efforts, which would ideally include scientists, business executives, public health professionals, and diplomats, would strengthen the treaty regime by assuaging fears about bioweapons -- and would do so without a protocol.
Acknowledgments: I would like to thank Dr. Kay Mereish for her helpful comments on the drafting of this column.
(Editor's note: The Bulletin's May/June digital journal is a special issue on the Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference.)


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Is it just us, or do there seem to be more TV cooking competitions these days than stars in the sky? The latest riff on the "Top Next Master Iron Star Chef" theme hails from none other than Anthony Bourdain, the self-styled bad boy of the culinary world.
ABC's new "The Taste," which will air Tuesday evenings, adds celebrity coaches and a blind elimination element to the usual food competition framework. Think of it as "The Voice" to "Top Chef's" "American Idol" -- without the silly chairs, but with an abundance of outsize personalities.
In addition to the always entertaining and outspoken Bourdain, the judging panel boasts three other familiar faces, including Brian Malarkey, who competed on "Top Chef" in Season 3 and now runs seven restaurants in Southern California and Arizona, including four named after types of fabric -- Herringbone, Gabardine, Burlap and Searsucker (yes, that's how it's spelled.)
You may recall Ludo Lefebvre's name -- and ego -- from Season 2 of "Top Chef Masters." The French-born, Los Angeles-based chef is known for LudoBites, his pop-up restaurant and cookbook of the same name.
Nigella Lawson has a "Nigella Bites" line as well that includes a Food Network show and companion cookbook, although any toothy similarities end there. We have yet to see the British food writer and television star throw any on-air tantrums.
The new series kicks off at 8 p.m. Jan. 22 with a two-hour episode that pits 16 chefs -- pros and talented home cooks, coached by the famous foursome -- against one another in a series of blind taste tests inspired by various culinary themes and challenges. Bourdain and his fellow judges/coaches will send losers packing, based on the taste of a single spoonful -- and without knowing whose dish was whose. Details: http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-taste.


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WASHINGTON (January 7, 2013)—U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Monday Chuck Hagel is "well-qualified" to be the next Defense secretary.
Levin, who will oversee Hagel's confirmation hearing, said in a statement Monday that the former Republican senator has a wealth of experience in national security and is a strong advocate for the men and women of the military.
Sen. Jim Inhofe, the top Republican on the panel, mentioned concerns about Hagel's policy positions and vowed to seek clarification during the hearing, and Texas' new U.S. senator, Ted Cruz, said Sunday he would have a problem voting to confirm the nomination.
In the House, Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Hagel is the wrong man for the job.
The Virginia Republican said Hagel has espoused incendiary views about Israel that are out of the mainstream.
Only the Senate votes on the nomination.
The president, in announcing the nomination Monday, said Hagel is "the leader that our troops deserve."
Facing a potentially tough fight to get Hagel confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Obama praised the former Nebraska senator's independence and bipartisan approach, and said that Hagel, a Vietnam veteran, understands war is not an abstraction.
Hagel, a moderate Republican, has the support of some of his former Senate colleagues but is drawing opposition from others who accuse him of being soft on Iran and insufficiently supportive of Israel.
Mr. Obama also announced Monday he has tapped White House homeland security adviser John Brennan as his nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.
Mr. Obama appeared with Brennan Monday in the East Room of the White House to name him as his pick to succeed former CIA chief David Petraeus, who resigned in November after admitting to an affair with his biographer.
Brennan is a 25-year veteran of the CIA and among Mr. Obama's closest advisers.
Mr. Obama called him a friend.
The president praised Brennan as one of the most skilled and respected intelligence professionals.
Brennan's post also requires Senate confirmation.


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Ever wanted to know what it's like to own a bar in Dublin? A couple thousand Reddit users sure did!
Gar Cummins, who runs The Thomas House bar and music venue in the Liberties neighborhood of Dublin, opened up to the users of Reddit in an 'Ask me Anything.'
For the uninitiated, AmAs are Reddit conversations in which one person takes questions from 'Redditors' who can ask anything they want. They've been conducted by everyone from President Obama to Bill Murray to Madonna to average Joes around the world.
Cummins opened up the floor for questions – from how many pints of Guinness he serves each day to the difference between pubs and bars – and diligently answered them over the course of two days.
The conversation continued for 5,190 comments and made it to the front page of Reddit.
Here are some of the best exchanges:
On average how many glasses are lost per day? (You know, someone drops it, or "accidentaly" [sic] leaves it in their pocket, etc). And what's your favorite Irish Beer?
Porterhouse Hop Head is my favorite Irish beer. It's amazing. I would say between 10 and 30 glasses go "missing" a night.
How the hell do you cover those losses? Are glasses just much cheaper than I think?
Glasses are free from the breweries. Except for Guinness glasses.
Is running a bar a fun job? It seems like you get to just hang out with people all day and they give you money.
It can be fun but it's the most exhausting thing I have ever done. There is literally a new emergency every week. From plumbing to electricity, everything will fail when you really need it to work. But yeah I get to hang out with random people every day.
If you own a bar in Ireland isn't it technically a pub? Never heard an Irishman call a bar a pub.
All pubs are bars, but not all bars are pubs.
How often do you get a tourist come in and say "top o'th'mornin"? How do you react to this?
I high five them.
What is the biggest misconception that tourists have of Irish pubs?
If there's any misconception it's that there will be musicians in the corner with fiddles and tin whistles and bowls of stew all over the place. That happens the odd time. I think most of them get "it" when they walk in and see the decor of the place though. We are always more than happy to point tourists in the direction of more "traditional" pubs if that's what they are looking for.
What's the most stereotypical Irish thing you have witnessed in your pub?
Falling asleep while standing up. Ordering 3 pints at last orders and failing to finish one of them. Trying terribly to chat up members of the opposite/same sex.
Did God really invent alcohol so the Irish wouldn't take over the world?
The Irish invented alcohol so God wouldn't take over the world.
Has anyone ever asked for something really ridiculous? I was also wondering if there are ever any bar fights.
Nothing too crazy. The worst thing is when people come in and order stuff without looking at the taps or in the fridge. People come in and ask for a pint of Budweiser. We don't sell Budweiser, so they get a long hard stare. . . Bar fights in our place are incredibly rare. We are very much a self-policing bar. We don't have door staff or anything. We refer to our customers as "Defenders."
So, many tourists I suppose. What are the stereotypes that [apply the most]?
Japanese people are very polite. Most American males were in the military at some stage. Germans drink hard. Spanish people take HOURS to drink one drink. That's not across the board though.
What is some Irish bar culture that would leave tourists flabbergasted?
Kicking out time is like open day at the zoo. Most people just do not want to go home.
Do Americans or other tourists get dirty looks when they enter the pub like in the movies?
Never. Ever.
How do you feel about the Canadian/American sort of "Irish Heritage" obsession and the desire to recreate aspects of it over here? . . . I know this isn't strictly bar-related but I'm always curious. A lot of people don't see "Canadian/American" as a primary identity/nationality (I've been asked when I said I was Canadian "No, really, what are you?) but I know if I said "Irish" most folk actually in Ireland would roll their eyes at me.
I think that family legacy and heritage is a powerful thing. It can draw people to far flung corners of the world in search of information. I have nothing against anyone claiming to be Irish. I'm a human being, I was just born here. I like some aspects of our nation and I hate some others. If someone wants to mix and match I have no issue with that at all.
On average, how many pints of Guinness do you sell a day?
It all depends on the day and if I have the [music] venue open too. Could be between 50 and 400, there's no real standard number.
What percentage of your beer and overall sales [is] Guinness?
I would say that a good 20% of my sales are just Guinness.
Not really a question but more of a request...can you come to the States to teach bartenders how to pour a proper pint of Guinness?


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If you're a Facebook fan who owns a dog or dogs, you've undoubtedly encountered the wonderfully wacky "Texts From Dog" series by October Jones. Now the hilarious musings, which started as a Twitter feed to remind Jones to buy food for his 13-week-old puppy, have been gathered into a snarky little book (Mariner, $9.95) perfect for stocking-stuffing. Ironically, the publicity material tells us, Jones was mostly terrified of canines as a child in Birmingham, England. The eponymous Dog, we learn, is the runt of a five-pup litter born on a farm in Wales. "He spends most of his time napping, watching TV and, of course, texting."
Here's a sample exchange:
Dog: I'm watching TV.
Jones: Stop touching my stuff.
Dog: Are the people you see on TV actually trapped inside it?
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.rmvb files have been getting "Data corrupted" error on PS3 since PMS 1.10, and this issue only happens on Mac platform
I think I figured out why...
In MEncoderVideo.java, there is a boolean called "directpipe", and starting from revision 281 (PMS 1.09), it's value changed from "false" to "Platform.isMac()"
This created a special handling on Mac platform and broke the support for .rmvb files.
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Since I don't know the purpose of this special handing for Mac and FreeBSD, I decided to only allow .rm and .rmvb files to skip the route.
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After a three-tier grant review process, Monroe City R-I School District was selected as one of 11 winners in Missouri. In Missouri, a total of $155,000 is being invested in rural education.
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Suzanne Wood, PhD is a Lieutenant Commander and Medical Service Corps Officer in the US Navy Reserve, and has over 22 years military experience. For the past six years, she served as Deputy Program Director and Navy/Coast Guard representative for the Army-Baylor Graduate Program in Health & Business Administration.
She is a Fellow, American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE), and past chair for the Lewis E. Angelo Professional Symposium, a professional meeting for U.S. Navy health care executives. She also serves as Fellow, Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Most recently, she joined the faculty of Saint Louis University as Assistant Professor, Health Management & Policy, where she teaches resident and distance-learning courses in management, strategy, and leadership.
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To value firms and price stocks, financial economists and accountants typically rely on "hard information," looking at a firm's fundamentals through the lens of balance sheets, income statements, and related quantitative information.
While undeniably useful in assessing firm value, the quantitative focus may have limitations, says Professor Paul Tetlock. "Firms like to portray themselves in a favorable light. And analysts may have conflicts of interest and other human imperfections," Tetlock says. "If so, qualitative data that isn't represented in quantitative analysis may also be informative about firm value."
News stories presented a natural testing ground for Tetlock to explore this theory. Does so-called "soft information," as conveyed by the language used in news stories, uncover relevant market information that standard tools of financial analysis do not? Could soft information help shed light on firm value, or predict events such as a firm's positive earnings announcement?
Tetlock worked with Maytal Saar-Tsechansky of the University of Texas at Austin and Sofus Macskassy of Fetch Technologies to use textual analysis to convert this soft information into hard information. The researchers first examined all Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires stories for references to all firms in the S&P 500 index between 1980 and 2004. Then, they matched the references back to corresponding firm codes in databases containing stock price, accounting, and analyst forecast data.
When the researchers combined these data with their simple counts of positive and negative words in each story, they found that the market tended to respond more to negative words. The researchers hypothesized that soft information could be indicative of a firm's future profitability. To test this, they examined firms with many negative words written about them in the month prior to their quarterly earnings announcements: these firms' profits fell short of stock analysts' forecasts and were lower than their profits from the same quarter in the prior year.
"In theory, analysts should have already picked up on the news and acted on it," Tetlock says. "The analyst forecasts came at points in time when the analysts had an opportunity to respond to all the negative words in the news. Despite that, analyst forecasts were too high relative to a statistically optimal forecast that took the news into account."
So the market reacted to negative news stories, but did it react too much, too little, or just right? Were investors taking the information available in these stories into account when pricing a firm? "We found that they do, to a degree," Tetlock says. "But the one-day market reaction to a story seems to be insufficient, in the sense that stock prices of firms continue to fall on the next day and even a little bit thereafter." This underreaction lasts only a week or so, suggesting that the market corrects itself fairly quickly.
To try to better understand whether the market really was underreacting to the value-relevant information in these news stories, the researchers then compared news stories that specifically mentioned firm earnings to stories that did not mention earnings at all. Perhaps not surprisingly, the researchers found that earnings stories are better predictors of firm earnings and elicit stronger market responses, implying that such stories are more relevant for valuation.
Yet the researchers also discovered that the degree of market underreaction to earnings stories is even greater than the degree of underreaction to other stories. "It is as if the market can tell the difference between value-relevant and value-irrelevant news, but it doesn't fully appreciate just how important value-relevant news is," Tetlock says.
Nor does the market fully appreciate just how irrelevant value-irrelevant news is, according to follow-up research conducted by Tetlock. "News about current events often unfolds over a long timeframe," he explains. "For somebody who hasn't been following the firm constantly, it can be challenging to sort out what's old and what's new. So stories often refer to old events to give context for readers to interpret a given news event." Essential though it may be, older news is decidedly less relevant — or should be — for the market.
To assess whether investors might confuse old news with new news, Tetlock conducted further research that measured the degree of textual overlap between a news story appearing on a given day and the prior ten news stories for that same firm, expecting that a story with more textual overlap with older stories would also contain more old information. Tetlock found that the market responded less strongly to stories containing a lot of textual overlap with previous stories, implying that the market did recognize that such "stale stories," as Tetlock called them, were less value-relevant. Notably, despite the lower degree of reaction, the market still overreacted to stale news: firm returns were high on a day when positive stale news appeared, but tended to be low in the following week, suggesting that the market was correcting for its initial overreaction.
An investor could use a relatively simple portfolio trading strategy to capitalize on either the market overreaction to stale news or the underreaction to relevant news. To bet on the underreaction, one could buy shares of firms with the fewest negative words in news stories and sell shares of firms with the most negative words on the day the news comes out. In a simulation, Tetlock, Macskassy, and Saar-Tsechansky waited to buy at the close of the trading day when negative news appeared, resulting in 20 percent annualized returns. But trading costs are the catch: the strategy calls for daily trading, which could lead to extremely high costs. Investors who are able to accurately interpret the tone of the news and keep the cost of executing trades down could net considerable profits from this strategy. Less ambitiously, investors could use the tone of news to help them time their already-planned purchases and sales of stocks, potentially saving a bundle of money.
Although these specific strategies are very short-term, Tetlock notes the possibility that the same principles apply to long-term market reactions to firm news: the market may not fully distinguish value-relevant and -irrelevant news. "A discerning investor has a greater potential to profit from interpreting the news by really digging into what's behind the negative news and its implications for firm value," Tetlock notes. "In that sense, the paper's message is quite consistent with the ideas of Warren Buffett.
"In our complex modern economy, it's tough for investors to distinguish value-relevant and -irrelevant news. They qualitatively get it right but quantitatively don't fully appreciate the distinction," Tetlock says. "As long as others aren't appropriately responding to the news, investors can find value in analyzing it more carefully."
Paul Tetlock is the Roger F. Murray Associate Professor of Finance in the Finance and Economics Division at Columbia Business School.
Paul Tetlock
Professor Tetlock's research interests include behavioral finance, asset pricing, and prediction markets. One area of his research examines how firms' stock market prices respond to the content of news stories. His 2007 Journal of Finance study on the impact of negative words, such as "flaw" and "ruin", won the Smith-Breeden Prize for the best article in asset pricing. His research...
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I liked this quote when I read it. It seemed appropriate to the "living in the moment" philosophy that I've been trying to adhere to (and not always successful in doing!).
"No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve in quality as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing it is to reach the finale.
The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it.
It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them."
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To qualify, students must be enrolled full time and achieve a 3.5 or higher grade point average on CMU's 4.0 grading scale for the spring term.
The following are students are on the Dean's List: Jessica Graver, Bowling Green, Marine Biology major; Chelsie Jakuboski, Troy, Pre-Nursing major; Kelsey Vanzant, Troy, Pre-Education major; Alyson Conn, Hannibal, Pre-Nursing major; Mackenzie Bock, Maywood, undeclared major; Andrea Davis, New London, InterdisciplinaryStudies major Skylar Mittag, New London, Marine Biology major; Dannielle Sharp, Perry, undeclared major; Camilla Decker, Shelbina, Early Childhood Education major.
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Every so often I turn on the server too early and my playstation hasn't finished starting up so I have to restart the server to detect it. A 'rescan' button to search for renderers again would be awesome.
This functionality may already be implemented automatically but I would rather press a button than wait X seconds :3
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BERKELEY -- Cal's defense has endured a steady diet of running quarterbacks through its first four games, but that changes on Saturday when pass-happy Washington State visits Memorial Stadium.
"Now we can let all the dogs loose, go up field and go get 'em," defensive tackle Viliami Moala said. "Let the big men up front eat first."
It only seems like the Cougars (3-2, 1-1 Pac-12) throw the ball on every play. WSU coach Mike Leach -- co-originator of the Air Raid offense that is the basis for what Cal (1-3, 0-1) now does -- has his team throwing the ball about 77 percent of the time.
And quarterback Connor Halliday, expected to play after spraining an ankle last week against Stanford, has a strong arm but little interest in running the ball.
That should be a welcome relief to Cal's defensive line, which has just four sacks through four games, partly because it's been preoccupied with boxing in running threats such as Ohio State's Kenny Guiton and Oregon's Marcus Mariota.
"I feel we've been containing them pretty well," nose tackle Deandre Coleman said. "It's important for us to pressure him, get sacks, force turnovers."
Coach Sonny Dykes has been somewhat critical of his defensive line, expected to be the most veteran group on that side of the ball. Now the line faces a bigger challenge due to attrition at end, with injuries claiming Brennan Scarlett and Sione Sina, and Chris McCain dismissed from the team.
"I've been a little surprised we haven't been more productive, honestly," Dykes said. "We haven't seen a lot of straight drop-back passes. Quite frankly, we haven't put people in a lot of those situations. A lot of sacks come as a result of putting people in third and longs."
Opponents have run the ball so effectively against the Bears -- who are allowing a conference-worst 262.5 rushing yards per game -- that foes rarely are forced into must-pass situations.
Against the Cougars, who are averaging just 60.6 rushing yards per game, a pass rush becomes more important.
"That needs to get better. We need to pressure this week and get some sacks," Dykes said. "We've got to make the quarterback uncomfortable."
Dykes credited Leach as having the biggest influence on him as a football coach of anyone he's been around.
"I've always respected Mike for being himself," Dykes said. "Sometimes in a world of coaches, whatever the flavor of the month is is kind of what people like.
"Mike's original and one of a kind. He taught me about being authentic. Players can see through bull. There's no bull with him."
His résumé far exceeds his achievements at Cal, and includes being the first Michigan athlete to earn 12 varsity letters, serving as an assistant coach under Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma, and as head coach at Nebraska, Miami and Illinois, where he coached Dick Butkus.


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Identification of putative human T cell receptor delta complementary DNA clones.
Division of Tumor Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
A novel T cell receptor (TCR) subunit termed TCR delta, associated with TCR gamma and CD3 polypeptides, was recently found on a subpopulation of human T lymphocytes. T cell-specific complementary DNA clones present in a human TCR gamma delta T cell complementary DNA library were obtained and characterized in order to identify candidate clones encoding TCR delta. One cross-hybridizing group of clones detected transcripts that are expressed in lymphocytes bearing TCR gamma delta but not in other T lymphocytes and are encoded by genes that are rearranged in TCR gamma delta lymphocytes but deleted in other T lymphocytes. Their sequences indicate homology to the variable, joining, and constant elements of other TCR and immunoglobulin genes. These characteristics, as well as the immunochemical data presented in a companion paper, are strong evidence that the complementary DNA clones encode TCR delta.
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MoDOT and the city of Osage Beach have reached an agreement on not only revamping the Key Largo interchange but also possible development of an outer road that would open up Osage Beach Parkway.
It was incorrectly stated in an article recently that MoDOT has pushed for a one-way, eastbound outer road from Y Road to the west end of the Parkway. In fact, a two-way, east-west outer road has always been considered. The outer road would open up the west end of the Parkway to through traffic.
The Osage Beach Board of Aldermen last week asked MoDOT to provide cost estimates and design details of a two-way outer road and include funding in the agency's 2014 budget.
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