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The Big East Conference has made its decision, handing out their postseason honors for the 2012 football season.
Offensive Player of the Year went to Louisville Cardinals' quarterback Teddy Bridgewater who threw for over 3,400 yards, had a completion percentage just under 70%, and achieved 25 passing touchdowns to a mere seven interceptions.
He was second-best in passing yards, first in completion percentage, first in touchdown passes, and had the fourth least amount of interceptions thrown in the Big East.
Defensive Player of the Year was awarded to Rutgers Scarlet Knights' linebacker Khaseem Greene who attained 5.5 sacks this season to go with two interceptions.
Greene had the second-most sacks among all Big East linebackers and first among conference linebackers in interceptions. He was fourth-best in both sacks and interceptions among all Big East defensive players this season.
Special Teams Player of the Year was achieved by Temple Owls' running back Matt Brown who had 790 total yards over 31 kickoff returns for an average of 25.5 yards per carry, and ran one kickoff back for a touchdown. On 17 punt returns, Browns attained 241 yards for an average of 14.2 yards per carry.
Brown's 790 kickoff return yards were first in the conference, while his average of 25.5 was third. He was the only Big East player to return a kickoff for a touchdown.
As far as punt returns, Brown's 241 yards were second-best, while his average of 14.2 yards sat atop all Big East punt returners.
Rookie of the Year went to Owls' linebacker Tyler Matakevich who amounted double-digit tackles in seven of the nine games he participated in.
The Syracuse Orange were not honored until the all-Big East first and second team rosters were released.
Offensively, both offensive tackle Justin Pugh and wide receiver Alec Lemon were given the nod for the Big East's first team honors; Lemon was the only player among all Big East teams to be voted to the first team unanimously.
Pugh returned from a shoulder injury with the Orange below .500 at 1-3. With Pugh, Syracuse would go on to lose a mere two of their final eight games. With Pugh back on the line, the rushing attack achieved no less than 120 yards on the ground in seven of those final eight games and scored a touchdown in all eight games, with multiple rushing touchdowns in five of the eight matches.
In Syracuse's final six contests, Pugh and the rest of the offensive line did not allow a multiple-sack outing by any defense they faced, giving up a mere three sacks in those six games.
Lemon caught 70 passes this season for a total of 1,063 yards, averaging 15.2 yards per carry and scoring seven times through the air.
He ends his collegiate career as the leader this season in receptions and receiving yards, eight in yards per catch, and fourth in touchdowns.
For Syracuse, Lemon has reached and surpassed the most career receptions in school history, setting the new bar at 199 receptions.
On the defensive side of the ball, safety Shamarko Thomas was the lone Syracuse player to be selected to the first team. He led all Orange defenders in solo tackles (60) and total tackles (84). Thomas also attained a sack and two interceptions on the season.
He tied for first in interceptions among all conference safeties.
Orange quarterback Ryan Nassib and defensive end Brandon Sharpe were placed on the all-Big East second team for offense and defense, respectively.
Nassib completed 283 of his 448 pass attempts (63.2%) for a total of 3,619 yards, and finished the regular season with 24 touchdowns to nine interceptions.
He was first in the Big East in completions, first in passing yards, third in completion percentage, second in touchdowns, and had the fourth least amount of interceptions.
In this season, Nassib placed himself atop almost every statistical category for a Syracuse quarterback in the team's long storied history.
Sharpe got to the opposing quarterback for six sacks this season, which placed him third overall among all Big East defenders and first overall for defensive ends and defensive linemen as a whole.
Upon hearing of the Big East awards, some of the Syracuse players took to social media to give their opinions.
Center Macky MacPherson, who was not placed on the first or second Big East team, along with all of the Orange linemen outside of Pugh said, "Wow. I can't believe this... beyond angry. Feel straight #disrespected. But don't worry, I'm gonna come back from this…We all will."
Fellow offensive lineman, Justin Pugh, who was honored on the first team shared his take on the decision to keep his fellow linemen off the list. "How does the best offensive line in the big east only have 1 guy on the first/second team?," expressed Pugh. " I've seen every other OL play...that's not right."
On the other side of the ball, Syracuse defensive tackle Deon Goggins, who was not chosen for either team shared his take, saying, "Tired of being disrespected on both sides of the ball. Str8 up. Politics of the game…#I'llShowEm."
On offense, Syracuse's three players chosen in total placed them over only South Florida, who had two, tied them with UConn, and put them behind Louisville, Cincinnati, Rutgers, Temple and Pittsburgh, who all had four.
On defense, Syracuse's two players chosen in total tied them for last place with Pittsburgh, placing them behind South Florida and Temple, who both had three, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Rutgers, who each had four, and UConn, who led all Big East teams with five.


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March 15, 1918 – March 9, 2013
Jane Frankowski of North Tonawanda, a former bar owner, died Saturday in the Schofield Residence, Kenmore. She was 94.
She was born in Buffalo. During the 1950s, she owned and operated the Pastime Bar and Grill in the city's Black Rock neighborhood.
She is survived by a daughter, Janice Czarnecki.
Services will be at noon today in Colucci Funeral Home, 625 Oliver St., North Tonawanda.

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Skip to comments.Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at Home
Posted on 09/03/2005 8:17:02 PM PDT by zahal724
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died Saturday evening at his home in suburban Virginia, said Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg.
A statement from the spokeswoman said he was surrounded by his three children when he died in Arlington.
"The Chief Justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his dues on the court until a precipitous decline in his health the last couple of days," she said.
Rehnquist was appointed to the Supreme Court as an associate justice in 1971 by President Nixon and took his seat on Jan. 7, 1982. He was elevated to chief justice by President Reagan in 1986.
My prayers and condolences are extended to his family and friends. May they look to the Lord to find help and comfort in this time of need. Prayers also for President Bush as he searches for a sucessor in this most important job.
Rest in peace, God be with the family.
I wonder if Carville's fax machine has exploded yet?
Oh hell... Now it's really going to hit the fan.
RIP, Justice Rhenquist.
He is at peace with his wife now.
Oh no...
God rest his soul. Amen
We need more people like him, ones that don't morph the Constitution to their own socialist ideals.
LOL! I was wondering how they were going to blame President Bush for this, too.
Oh Lord.. RIP Judge Rehnquist.
I still love his line to the Lamestream Media...
LSM: "Are you going to retire?"
Rehnquist: "That's for me to know and you to find out."
Where's Howard Dean?
Almighty God,
we remember before you today your faithful servant William;
and we pray that,
having opened to him the gates of larger life,
you will receive him more and more into your faithful service,
that, with all who have faithfully served you in the past,
he may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ our Lord,
Prayers to his family.
"Bush, Jews Blamed"
Prayers for his family. I grew up in the same city where the Chief Justice was from, Shorewood Wisconsin.
As for his replacement, President Bush it's good to be king.
Clarence Thomas for CJUS.
Very, very sad. Rest in peace Justice Rehnquist and may God comfort your family.
Did they get this wrong, seeing reports that he died at a Northern Va hospital?
Rest in peace.
How long before the jackass machine cranks up to full speed?
Well, Bush supports God. God allegedly made humans mortal. Rehnqueist died because he was mortal. Therefore it's Bush's help for supporting God and not working to overthrow him.
Because, after all, at most all Saddam Hussein had were a couple of canisters of sarin, whereas God has killed millions of people in the last couple of years with natural disaster. Yet Bush has nothing but good words to say for this tyrant!
I hope the next Chief doesn't emulate the gold stripes on the robes. Sorry, Chief...Into paradise may angels lead thee.
WOW. Prayers for his family...he was truly one of the great legal minds of our times.
Prayers up!
You left out Karl Rove.
Boy, is that an understatement or what? Let the games begin.
I am sorry to hear this and would like to extend condolences to his family, friends and to the judges and staff an the Supreme Court who will surely miss him.
I have to admit, those things made him look like a Starfleet Admiral...
It is not GW Bush's fault,in reality its a good thing.GW can appoint someone now.What a hoot
The good Judge tried to do his duty for as long as he could.
May God rest his soul and comfort his family.
With prayers for his family and our President that he may he be guided in his choice.
He will be remembered most for designing and constructing the custom robe and stage he used in the House chamber for the impeachment of the 42nd President of the United States.
Pride goeth...
I suppose I would do the same, especially if people were thinking I should "retire".
Potential DU Rant: "Karl Rove poisoned Rehnquist to divert attention from Bush's miserable failure with Hurricane Katrina."
I'm happy he died at his home. Its got to be easier that way.
Indeed. God rest his great, wise American soul. We owe him a debt of gratitude. Till the end, he tried to do what was right for the United States, voting against Kelo.
I now find myself desperate about what's going to happen. Ann Coulter is not a Roberts fan. I hope that he's conservative, but more so, I hope that the next one that President Bush appoints is infinitely more conservative. I don't remember who it was, but David Brooks had expressed a wish in his column about what the nominee should be and then he said 'like xyz' - can't remember who it was.
I'm comforted tonight by the thought that the Rehnquists know what a great American their father was. Certainly, we at Free Republic won't soon forget.
RIP Judge Rehnquist.
Whats the connection to Howard Dean?
When it rains, it pours...
I am so sorry to hear of the news. When is the last time a justice died in office? It must be decades.
Now we are going to have another huge battle. Beyond Roberts, the successor to Rehnquist will have a tough time getting through.
With Katrina, the Roberts hearings, and now this news, poor Cindy Sheehan will be all but forgotten. ;)
Rehnquist fought until the end. Obviously one hell of a man.
I was startled to see this on Fox a few minutes ago. I didn't know he'd suddenly begun to fail. Rest in peace, Justice Rehnquist, and may God comfort your family.
May his soul, and the souls of all the Faithful departed, rest in peace.
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Austintown places third at sectional tourney
AUSTINTOWN - Austintown Fitch placed third as a team at the Division I sectional tournament and advanced five wrestlers to next week's district tournament.
The Falcons crowned two champions at the sectional, where the top four wrestlers at each weight class advanced to the district tournament on Feb. 21-22 at Mentor High School. Camran Rezapourian took first at 170 pounds, and Jake Franks won the 220-pound weight class. Others moving on for Fitch were Andrew Fairbanks (106), Zach Mackall (145) and Ron Shadd (285). The Falcons scored 136.5 team points. Aurora won the event with 200.5, and Solon was second with 188.5.
Boardman's Mario Graziani won the 145-pound title. He and Anthony Mancini (152) moved on to the district tournament at Mentor High School on Feb. 21-22.
Girard takes nine to district tournament
ROOTSTOWN - Nine Girard wrestlers placed in the top four to lead the Indians to runner-up finish at the Division III sectional tournament.
The top four wrestlers in each weight class advanced to the district tournament at Garfield Heights High School on Feb. 21-22.
Winning individual titles for Girard was Dakota McCloskey (106), Ed Sigurani (138), James Cupan (160) and Nick Cardiero (170). Other placers for the Indians were Nick Hall (120, second), Dominic Gainey (126, fourth), Zane Chase (132, third), Matt Deal (145, third), Chris Morgan (152, third), Robert Golden (195, second), Moufid Sayej (220, fourth) and Ben Norman (285, fourth).
Girard scored 252 points, second only to Rootstown's 278.
Jackson-Milton finished third with 158.5. The Blue Jays' Devin Seka claimed the 126-pound championship. Terry Stockton (120, third), Nick Vergalito (132, fourth), Tyler Jeffries (third, 138), Tyler Staton (145, second), Anthony Italiano (182, second) and Corley Lamb (285, second) also placed.
Liberty took sixth with 99 points and advanced four wrestlers to Garfield Heights. Morgan Weinreber took third at 126 pounds, Daryl McLendon was third at 160, Logan Weinreber finished fourth at 170 and Danaryll Green placed third at 220.
Brookfield advances three to next round
BEACHWOOD - Brookfield's trio of Zach Jamieson, Zach Hackett and Gavin Miglets placed at the Division III sectional tournament at Beachwood High School.
Jamieson was the high finisher for Brookfield by placing second at 170 pounds. Hackett was third at 195, and Miglets was fourth at 113. The top four wrestlers in each weight class advanced to the district tournament at Garfield Heights High School on Feb. 21-22.
The Warriors placed 10th as a team. Berkshire won the sectional with 191.5 points, and Beachwood was second with 173.5.
Pymatuning Valley's Mitch Skleres (third, 113), Cody Miller (third, 138), Collin Winkler (third, 170), Brandon Muha (fourth, 182), Austin O'Baker (second, 195) and Shawn Shreves (first, 285) moved on for the Lakers.
Advancing for Grand Valley was Cody Rhoads (second, 126), Luke Baldwin (first, 160), Glen Zaller (first, 195) and Jerome Walker (third, 220).


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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — They may not make the most conventional pets, but if you treat them right, they'll help you make breakfast.
Chickens and chicks have become a popular purchase in the area, serving families not only as unlikely companions, but as a source of their own private stock of fresh eggs.
Over the distant cheeping sounds of four-day old chicks in their crates and under photographs of idyllic farm scenes at the Rosedale Mills feed store on Route 31, nearly 80 interested locals came out on Thursday to swap tips and tricks about raising the animals at the biannual "Chicken Chat" event hosted by store owner John Hart.
"Four years ago, when I started Chicken Chat, I think about 15 people came out to that first event," Hart said. "Every year it just gets bigger and bigger. We used to sell maybe a couple hundred chicks a year. Now we sell a couple hundred chicks a week, and thousands of chicks in a year."
A lifelong farmer with nearly 160 chickens of his own, Hart has no problem seeing why people are drawn to the idea.
"Raising chicks is fun, and they become really attached to humans," he said. "Plus, it teaches kids responsibility, and you really feel rewarded when you get the eggs. The fresh taste, you just can't beat it."
Backyard chicken farming is not just a Hopewell phenomenon. There are many websites that offer chicks and chickens for sale, along with hundreds of chat boards to exchange tips on the subject, inquiries on how to get started, ideas for the best types of coops to use in urban or suburban areas and recipes for the fresh eggs gotten from the birds.
In the past, the U.S. Postal Service has said the number of packages it ships across the country containing chicks or chickens has skyrocketed — increasing 7 percent between 2008 and 2009 alone, according to a New York Times report. And a recent study conducted jointly by agricultural supply chain Tractor Supply Co. and the American Livestock Breeds Conservatory reported that around 3 percent of U.S. households were home to backyard chickens in April 2012.
That same study indicated that even among non-chicken owners, interest in purchasing the birds for their eggs was high. That trend was also reflected at the Chicken Chat, where nearly two-thirds of the attendants raised their hands when asked if they did not yet own chickens. When asked by Hart how many of those attendants were interested in purchasing the birds, about the same amount of hands in the audience went up.
Hart said that the world-wide attention garnered by an ordinance passed in Hopewell Township two years ago played a big role in piquing locals' interest in raising the birds.
Among other specifications, the ordinance restricted the number of days in a year roosters would be allowed "conjugal visits" with hens, in hopes of reducing noisy crowing sounds in local neighborhoods. Roosters accused of prolonged crowing would be barred permanently from the henhouse under the statute.
First reported in The Times, the story was soon picked up by the Associated Press and Reuters and made international news, mostly under pun-filled headlines referencing raunchy farm animal antics.
"We started getting a lot more people in here buying chickens after that," Hart said, laughing. "It certainly raised awareness about the idea. For the people who paid attention to that story and came to the meetings, it helped them realize how easy it is to raise chickens."
He acknowledged that the explosion in business is also part of a broader national trend of more organic products and local food sourcing.
"When you get an egg straight from the chicken, you know it's safe. There's nothing added. No hormones," he said. "People want to know where their food is coming from. There's more awareness now."
His partner Beth Scheuerlein agreed. She said helping people turn that awareness into action is one of the main reasons she and Hart started Chicken Chat.
"The organic farming and local sourcing is really huge now, especially in suburban and urban areas," she said. "The people with the knowledge are on the farms, but the people with the interest are in the cities. We're trying to bridge the gap."
That knowledge was helpful for Chicken Chat attendee Helen McGovern.
"I came here for information I couldn't get just from a magazine," the Kingwood Township resident said. "I like hearing the tips and tricks from someone who raises chickens in real life."
She said she liked the idea of raising chickens because she liked having control of her food and knowing exactly where the eggs were coming from.
Jane Morrell of Basking Ridge said the fresh food she is producing will reach well beyond her own kitchen. Morrell runs a web-based organic dinner delivery service with her husband, and she said she would love to add organic eggs to the menu.
"I have my own garden, but the eggs would add another fresh factor to the food," she said. "There are farms around me, but the eggs are not organic. That's really hard to find."


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When Machinery Technician Third Class (MK3) Andrew Curran graduated Bowman High School in Santa Clarita eight years ago, he had no idea what the future held for him.
Curran spoke of the good job he held at Six Flags Magic Mountain, meeting and greeting people and snapping souvenir pictures.
Eventually becoming bored by the repetitious nature of the job, Curran said he decided to "put some excitement in his life." Learning that the Coast Guard allowed for a choice of career, Curran grasped the opportunity.
His journey began in Cape May, New Jersey, where a recruit learns there are only two ways to do things: the Coast Guard way or the wrong way. After the usual weeks of "seasoning," Curran graduated.
Having a bent for things mechanical, Curran chose to strike for a position as a machinery technician. After special schooling and hands-on training, Curran, now MK3 Curran, joined the crew of a C.G. Cutter based at Port Angeles, Washington.
He subsequently served in Puerto Rico and then Hawaii, where Curran, now married with a 2-year-old baby, asked for and was assigned to Station Lake Worth inlet in sunny Florida.
Now in his sixth year as a Coast Guardsman, MK3 Curran talks about "going for 20 years." He wisely seeks moves within the Coast Guard that will enhance his career upon retirement.
MK3 Curran is looking forward to being certified as a crew member and an engineer. The job will enable him to join with crews as the required engineer on their patrols, which are wide-ranging from search-and-rescue to migrant and drug encounters.
His peers and crew look forward to seeing what excitement lies ahead for Curran.


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This morning it seemed as if today would be uneventful. The market was calm as investors held their breath ahead of tomorrow's unemployment data. But around noon EDT the markets took a nosedive, and as of 12:55 p.m. EDT the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) has lost 95 points, or 0.63%. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) is down 0.49%, while the Nasdaq is lower by 0.55%. The jobless-claims number that came out this morning was not enough to get investors buying. The number of claims fell 11,000 from last week to 346,000 -- right in line with expectations.
A few Dow losers
Shares of Chevron (NYSE: CVX ) are down 2.2%, making it the Dow's worst performer as of this writing. Since the price of crude oil is moving higher and there is little news regarding the company today, the likely cause for the decline is yesterday's Barclays downgrade. The analyst downgraded Chevron shares from "overweight" to "equal weight." Additionally the price target was lowered from $145 to $133. The main reasons cited for the change were valuation concerns and capital expenditures.
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) could also be experiencing a downgrade hangover today as shares drop 1.7%. Yesterday analysts from JPMorgan Chase claimed that the company would likely report lower-than-expected results for the coming quarter because of weak PC sales around the world. Additionally, Morgan Stanley and Bernstein Research reiterated their sell-equivalent ratings due to the flagging PC market.
These reports may also be having an effect on Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ) today: Shares of the partially PC-reliant company are down 1.6%. Some would argue that HP is not really a PC company anymore. However, while the company receives a large amount of its revenue from areas besides PC sales, at the end of the day HP still needs to sell personal computers if it wants to stay alive. A large part of CEO Meg Whitman's strategy is lowering the company's reliance on that industry, but HP is only 18 months into a five-year turnaround plan.
HP may be rapidly shifting its strategy under Whitman's leadership, but does that make HP one of the least-appreciated turnaround stories on the market, or is this a minor detour on its road to irrelevance? The Motley Fool's technology analyst details exactly what investors need to know about HP in our new premium research report. Just click here now to get your copy today.


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Eatonville church members receive honor in Washington
Locals' video earns fame in 'Let's Move' campaign
UPDATED 7:58 AM EST Mar 07, 2013
Two churchgoers from Macedonia Missionary Baptist in Eatonville will be recognized Thursday for producing a winning video.
Deacon Lavon Williams and parish nurse Tonja Williams created the film for the Communities on The Move video challenge last summer.
It's part of first lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign, a healthy living initiative.
At 3:15 p.m., the duo will be honored for their efforts at the White House.
To see live video from the event, visit whitehouse.gov/live.
For more on Let's Move, visit letsmove.gov.
Copyright 2013 by WESH.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Season ends for the Rangers after 5-2 loss to the Rays
Photo: Tom Fox/Staff Photographer
Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Sean Rodriguez (1) catches a long ball by Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre (29) in the ninth inning of the Wild Card tiebreaker game at the Ranger Ballpark in Arlington, Monday, September 30, 2013.
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The McCoubrey Centre for International Law is hosting a two-day conference for research students and early career scholars. The theme of the conference is "Beyond Responsibility to Protect: Towards Responsible Use of International Law?"
The key idea is that international law increasingly requires states not only to abstain from breaking the law, but also to pro-actively protect common interests or values of the international community. Seen from this perspective, sovereignty is not merely about rights, but also (perhaps, primarily) about duties; in particular, that States have a responsibility to take steps to prevent breaches of international law, especially the commission of heinous crimes.
The principal aim of the Conference is to explore these ideas in greater depth. An equally important goal is to critically evaluate and challenge the concept of R2P. Two approaches are of interest. One way would be to reject the narrow definition of R2P and question why R2P is only considered in the context of States, as an attribute of sovereignty. Today, the world is dominated by the action of the so-called "other" subjects of international law. Be they actors, subjects or, simply users of international law, these "players" are proven to be significantly influential at the international level. This opens the debate to the role of the private factor -and especially of multinational corporations-, of international organisations entrusted with the responsibility to safeguard fundamental values, such as peace and security, as well as of the states that are hidden behind the institutional veil of the organisation. A second critical approach is to question the entire legal basis for R2P. Such a deconstructive approach could challenge the legal basis in positive international law of what may be seen as another expression of the ideology of droits-de-l'hommisme. Consideration may also be given to the principle of due diligence or the absence of a concept of state fault for failure to comply with obligations of means in the ILC Articles on State responsibility.
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• consider the means for the fulfilment and the limits of the obligation;
• explore critical challenges for the notion of R2P.
In addition to considering these themes, proposals are welcomed on topics including theories of the humanisation and the constitutionalisation of international law, and on how the themes relate to specific fields of international law, such as jus ad bellum, criminal law, humanitarian law, human rights, environmental law, cultural heritage, law of the sea, trade law, international organisations, EU law and investment law.
The McCoubrey Centre is very pleased to have Professor André Nollkaemper giving the keynote speech. In addition, all panels will be chaired by leading academics, who will be invited to comment on the papers.
Submissions: Interested participants should provide an abstract of no more than 500 words by the 18th of March, 2013 to firstname.lastname@example.com. If you wish to discuss topics or ideas informally please contact the organising committee at this email address.
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Professor Richard Barnes; Dr. Vassilis P. Tzevelekos; Mr Carmino Massarella; and Ms Nneka Okechukwu.
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Born: August 21 1984 , Johannesburg
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Other teams: Kent, Essex
Batting Style: Right-hand batsman
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium-fast
Dexter is a batting all-rounder who captained Middlesex to the LV= County Championship Division Two title in 2011. He was born in South Africa but holds a British passport and was a late-season signing for Kent in 2005. Dexter had been playing as overseas professional for Sudbury and had just returned to South Africa for his 21st birthday party when he was unexpectedly called up by Kent. He made his debut in the crucial championship clash with Nottinghamshire at Canterbury, which Kent needed to win to keep their title hopes alive, and hit an unbeaten 79 in the first innings. ...


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Hillary Sticks With Bill
Forget that ongoing speculation that it will be Splitsville for the Clintons once they leave the White House. Putting to rest these rumors yesterday, Hillary Rodham Clinton told an interviewer from Buffalo, New York's WKBW-TV, "I've been with my husband for more than half my life. We've been together -- this will be our 25th year of marriage -- and we have so much between us and so many shared experiences and a lot of love in our family, and I certainly intend to spend the rest of my life with him."


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Should authors decide whether their revised paper is re-reviewed??
According to the Journal of Biology…Yes!! In an editorial released on Tuesday, new Chief Editor Miranda Robertson introduces us to a new policy at her journal, one she believes will begin to remedy the frustrating problem of iterative re-review prior to publication. By eliminating this process, the thought is that the journal will more appropriately re-claim its proper role; namely, as an entity of cutting edge research dissemination rather than one that "polices" the quality and accuracy of the research.
Sounds like a great deal…for the authors. But what about for the readers of the manuscripts who are used to believing that they have the comfort of peer-review protecting them as they apply their healthy skepticism when reading a manuscript? Doesn't this blur the lines between unpublished and published work? And as for the editors, how will they make very difficult technical decisions in fields that are not in their immediate area of expertise without consulting an expert (i.e., reviewer)?
If data are being published without peer review in journals claiming to be peer-reviewed, this is a problem. This policy seems to me like it will place J Biol somewhere between a peer-reviewed journal and a pre-print server. The reason I say that is because although the paper will have gone through one round of review, upon resubmission, which masochistic authors are actually going to check the box "please send this back to the reviewers, especially the one who wanted me to do lots of extra work"?? Rather, the authors are going to take this golden opportunity to convince the editors (and editorial board members) that the requests of the reviewers are "beyond the scope of the current work", or that "these other controls provided in the revision are just as good to address the previous concerns", or that the "new data we added greatly enhances the impact of this study". In other words, a lot of data will be released for public consumption without having been scrutinized by a reviewer. Isn't that what happens with a pre-print? At least with a pre-print server, one understands that the work may still be preliminary. But if one is not a regular reader of J Biol (or their editorials), won't the typical assumption be that all data in the study was subject to refereeing?
There is a reason we review papers. It is because the editors and editorial board members are not experts in all disciplines and techniques. We identify 2-4 people that are highly-experienced in said disciplines and techniques, and allow those experts to come to some consensus on the value and accuracy of a study. This often leads to multiple rounds of review, with the authors adding new data to prove their points. Shouldn't these new data be meticulously examined just like the data provided in the original version? Why wouldn't authors just provide the safe experiments, and then toss in some more suspect, but perhaps provocative, results after the first round? If they do, would the editor feel comfortable making a decision on the paper without the assistance of a true expert? If the editors reject the paper, won't the authors just go ahead and appeal that decision, perhaps even asking the editors to consult the reviewers in an effort to assuage the discomfort of the editor with the new data?
The arguments in favor of this policy, beyond the one given at the beginning of this post regarding the role of the journal in the scientific process, are weak. J Biol should have stuck to this high road instead of ticking off a list of debatable and more dubious supportive statements. The high road point?
…the policing function of journals (especially but not exclusively the high-profile journals) is in danger of overwhelming their primary function as publishers.
This, I think everyone can agree on. The way to fix this problem is where things diverge, and there is no quick-fix. As for the other support for adopting this policy?
- Authors can cite many examples of having a difficult time with a reviewer [Of course, but discuss these issues with the editor and sort out a compromise in each situation…that's our job.]
- The content of the paper is the responsibility of the authors, not the reviewers [True, but then, why are journals frowned upon with every retraction? Why would a journal want to publish flawed studies, and then just point fingers at the authors? That's a great way to lose not only submissions, but readership.]
- Seriously flawed papers still make it into the published literature after iterative review [True, but why adopt a policy that actually increases the likelihood that this will happen?]
- This policy will save the reviewers time [Yes, at the expense of losing those reviewers who disagree with a policy that marginalizes their efforts made and valuable time taken to improve a paper.]
- Sometimes reviewers dislike Nobel Prize-winning papers [Was that anecdote actually an argument for this policy?]
- Since journals still ultimately have an obligation to their readers, to hedge their bets, J Biol will include the concerns raised by the reviewers, and not necessarily addressed, in Commentaries that accompany all published works [No comment.]
This policy may save time in the dissemination of some papers; those only requiring textual changes or other minor revisions. But, many journals operate in this manner anyway when reviewers pass a paper and only require some t's to be crossed. When this type of revision is submitted, it is thoroughly checked and sent to production straight away.
I don't agree with this experimental policy, but will take a scientific mindset and wait for the data to roll in on how well it improves the dissemination of accurate knowledge.


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Pancreatic enzymes flow normally, not only into the duodenum, but also into the blood stream.1-4 The circulating enzymes are apparently excreted, at least in part, in the urine.5,6 Increased levels of amylase and lipase in the blood and urine constitute an important factor in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.7-16
Recent study by Appert and associates17 from this laboratory, and by Hiatt and Bonorris18,19 have demonstrated that amylase and lipase, infused intravenously, disappear from the blood without being excreted in the urine in appreciable amounts. The present study was undertaken to confirm and extend the latter observations.
The study has been divided into two phases. The first phase (in vivo) has consisted of monitoring the disappearance of amylase and lipase from the plasma after the intravenous autoinfusion or homoinfusion of pancreatic juice or homogenate into mongrel adult dogs. Since the earlier study involved very large doses
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People power: how citizen science is changing the face of environmental research
Zooniverse is my new favourite form of procrastination. In seconds, I'm transported to the wilds of the Serengeti to search for warthogs and wildebeest and note down what they're up to. Moments later, I'm skimming the ocean floor to identify and measure exotic sea creatures, without the ungraceful task of donning a wetsuit.
And I'm far from alone.
Across the globe, a growing army of volunteers are taking part in citizen science. They don't wear white coats and they rarely have PhDs but they're helping environmental researchers learn about topics as diverse as the distribution of invasive species; the locations of disease outbreaks; and the impacts of extreme weather events, at unprecedented geographic scales. Such is the interest in this growing phenomenon, I was recently asked to write a briefing for Parliamentarians on the subject.
Recent advances in technology are driving interest in citizen science -- including the use of smartphones (now owned by 51% of the UK population), crowd-sourcing (one million volunteers on Zooniverse classify more images and audio files than a professional scientist could ever achieve) and remote sensing technologies. And with volunteers reportedly motivated by the opportunity to gain employment skills, use their expertise and meet new people, it seems both parties stand to gain from these collaborations.
Empowering communities
Over the last six years, the Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) project has encouraged more than half a million people to explore their local green places, many of whom were from disadvantaged communities. By inviting the public to monitor their local trees, lichens (a measure of air quality) and even earthworms (their numbers were highest in people's back gardens: somewhere inaccessible to professional scientists), communities across the UK have reconnected with the natural world and taken part in science for the first time.
But it's not all about observing wildlife. Citizen science is also helping communities collect the necessary evidence to lobby local government. Upset at the noise from a local scrapyard, residents in the London borough of Deptford took data collection into their own hands. They presented the local authority with evidence that the operation violated noise limits and, as a result of their environmental activism, the Environment Agency revoked the scrapyard licence.
Too good to be true?
There are still some hurdles to overcome, as my mother unwittingly demonstrated the other day. "Let's do the Big Butterfly Count when you visit next weekend" she said. "Let's do it at the National Trust gardens, there'll be more butterflies there". Unsurprisingly, if people only measure butterflies in the areas where they know their numbers to be higher, their results might give a false impression of the state of butterfly populations across the country. Similarly, volunteers have differing levels of expertise and equipment which may affect the accuracy and consistency of results.
That said, research by the University of East Anglia has demonstrated that volunteers and professional scientists can yield very similar results in a study that compared coral reef fish surveys conducted by the two groups. To improve data quality, many citizen science projects now offer volunteer training courses and species identification guides, add filters to prevent data entry errors on websites and smartphone apps; and encourage participants to upload photographs to confirm more obscure sightings (for example, a rare species outside its typical range). But the perception among some of the potential users of citizen science data (such as policy makers and academic journal editors) is still one of poor quality data: a source of frustration for many working in the field.
I'm certainly a citizen science convert. The opportunity to conduct valuable environmental research while simultaneously enthusing people about the natural world is a clear win-win. Not to mention the fact that my mindless meanderings on social media have now been replaced by Safaris in the Serengeti. Seriously, check out Zooniverse.


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The Bearcats are set to open practice in a few short days. It's that time of the year already people. The need to get into basketball mode for all of us is rising as the temperature keeps on falling. To do that, let's showcase one of the most photogenic Bearcats, Justin Jackson. Justin Jackson still not having a proper nickname is a little disappointing. When you think about it, no one on the team has a real nickname. Cashmere Wright gets called Cash. Sean Kilpatrick gets called Killa. I call Cheikh Mbodj '13' but it's not a nickname if only I say it. We should call Ge'Lawn Guyn '50' because he looks like 50 cent.
There is a resemblance. That is not being racist. I hope. We are going to have a contest to give out the best nickname to one of the Bearcats before the season starts. For now, let's bask in the glow of Justin Jackson.
God I love Justin Jackson. My favorite one of those pictures, besides the Justin Jackson WTF Bitch pose is the one where he is passing. It's like he knows that's a great pass. Magic Jackson.
Anyway, I can't close out a Justin Jackson photo explosion without JUSTIN JACKSON MEAN FACE


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- G. K. Chesterton
Today's tale is one of gullibility, the French, cheese and women.
The world of women's beauty care is a mystery to me. I'm sure I'd be on the hit list of a dozen European skin care institutes if word got out I shampoo with Lava soap.
On the bright side, I've never had anyone approach me to ask: "Pardon me, Mister Partner - but isn't that the absolute wrong shade of bronzer to go with that Stetson?"
As a guy, I would never have even conceived the idea of eye-liner.
"You're going to take a sharp pencil and draw an oval around your eyeballs? The ones you see with? You're going to do this while driving a car at 80 mph? Are you nuts?"
Women use their faces as an artist uses a brush and canvas. Sometimes the end result is like sunrise over a dewy meadow. Sometimes it's a clown painting in the dentist's office.
Women get away with splashing all manner of things on their faces.
Like cheese.
Yes, cheese.
I'm not making this up. Why would women use cheese to accent their glowing inner beauty?
Are they lonely and trying to attract mice?
Now if a guy - let's just call him California Sen. George Runner - were to walk around with cheese on his face, someone might sheepishly offer a little dabbing gesture while pointing to his cheek:
"Uhh, George. Think you got about six pounds of brie there the napkin didn't catch from lunch."
Or: "George. May we call room service and order you a slice of Black Forest ham and some Ritz crackers to go with that?"
Or: "Hey, George! What happened to all the pepperoni?"
Actually, our 17th District rep could show up in a grass skirt, shrunken-head necklace and Green Bay Packer cheese hat and not attract attention in Sacramento.
If he were a Democrat.
Here's an Important Guy Health Tip:
Never - EVER - ask a woman: "Excuse me, Myrtle. What in the great apes of Edgar Rice Burroughs is that stinky stuff melting off your noggin?"
Psychiatrists call any unnecessary male negative attention to a woman's face a - say it with me - "Death Wish."
La Mort Desir.
If you bump into any woman whose head is partially encased in cheese, far better to say, as they do in France:
"Garconnet bonjour vox yeux sont aussi bleus que l'ocean de mon amour pour vous est grand."
"Boy howdy your eyes are bluer than the deep blue sea and my love for you is most immense."
We speak of cheese faces today thanks to Ms. Gilberte Van Erpe. Recently, she was arrested by Paris police for creating a bogus facial dairy products empire.
The French woman allegedly set up a pyramid scheme defrauding thousands of investors in her "Magic Cheese" beauty products company.
I can just see me sent to the mall to retrieve some esoteric line of cosmetics.
"Now which beauty jar did the little woman want me to bring home? Maybelline or Magic Cheese?"
Madame Van Erpe claimed her line of cosmetics was a miracle worker. After immersing your puss in a wheel of Munster-Géromé, you could dive in looking like Barbara Bush Sr./Martin Van Buren (ever wonder why you never see them in the same place?) and come out looking like supermodel Eva Longoria.
French cheese as make-up.
J'espere que votre éruption est aussi virulente que la mienne.
I hope your rash is in every manner as virulent as mine.
Madame Van Erpe created these cheese kits and claimed they were the latest beauty rage in Paris. At about $350 a unit, she bilked investors out of a staggering $400 million.
Except for the tonnage of dollars, you'd think the venture capitalists involved were from Palmdale, where it would seem perfectly reasonable to walk around with fondue under your baseball cap.
But the marks were mostly from France and South America, which is sort of like Palmdale, only with shrubbery.
Desole pardon.
Excuse me.
I am such a fool. I am scratching to earn a buck and it was there, all along, right in front of me: the secret to millions. You go to Piggy Wiggly. You buy a few thousand packages of Kraft Camembert de Normandie and appear on Oprah.
You slap a few slices on Rosie O'Donnell and yell: "Hey! Look! Haley's Comet!!"
When the audience turns to look, you pull a trap door. Rosie falls through and is replaced by Halle Berry.
Even for the French, it's so wrong.
Que les flammes de I'Islam consument votre train de vie degenere!
Would but the flames of Islam incinerate your despicable lifestyle!
I'm a guy. I'm shaking my head. No. I'm wincing. Botox? Can you imagine someone sticking a needle into your lip so you look like a horror movie victim recently stung by giant wasps?
In search of the Land of Forever Teenagedom, women would even listen to Daffy Duck sporting lime-green Espedrilles, an ascot and a lisp if he had a new beauty product:
"Here. Take theeeth two live thhhhkunks and preth them firmly againsthh your eyes. They'll eliminate unthightly crowth's feet!!"
Dear me. Crow's feet? Whatever happened to the more gentle "laugh lines?"
I guarantee after Daffy's infomercial aired, you'd have a million blinded women resolutely clutching polecats to their faces while screaming and slamming into mailboxes.
(If you have, or know of someone who has, suffered S.E.I. (Skunk Eye Injury) or who has been threatened or scared by a skunk, or has bumped into a mailbox while thinking of a skunk, call SCV attorney Bill Lively at (661) 287-3600. Some toll charges may apply. Some may not.)
Cheese beauty products.
Une mode qui en a encore pour un bon quart d'heure.
It's certainly going to be the latest fashion - for at least another quarter of an hour.
We must have compassion.
If you're out a few thousand bucks after being duped by something so idiotic, the last thing you ever want to hear in a big Western twang is: "dites le fromage!"
Or, as we say in the Anglais:
"Say cheese!"


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Steelers notebook: Game ball to Suisham after winning kick
PITTSBURGH -- Shaun Suisham walked out of the Steelers' locker room Sunday night with the game ball, his prize for kicking four field goals, including the game-winner in a 19-16 victory over Baltimore that snapped the Ravens' two-game winning streak at Heinz Field.
Each of the previous three meetings between the teams had been decided by three points, so Suisham said he wasn't surprised to be on the field in the final seconds with the outcome on the line.
"That's my job. I'm happy that I did it," Suisham said of the 42-yard kick that crossed through the uprights as time expired. He previously hit from 34, 28 and 38 yards. "A lot of guys out there did their job tonight, too."
- Jason Worilds started at outside linebacker for rookie Jarvis Jones, who was held out as a precaution as he recovers from a concussion.
Coach Mike Tomlin said Jones passed a concussion test Friday but doctors recommended he sit out another week.
"We brought doctor Micky Collins over on Saturday," Tomlin said. "He administered manual tests. He didn't get to a level of comfort. We believe that the doctors we have are some of the best in the world. We rely on their level of expertise. He handed down that judgment. We didn't second-guess it."
Right tackle Marcus Gilbert, who went into the game with a quad strain, couldn't make it out of the first quarter. Guy Whimper replaced Gilbert, and the Steelers used reserve tackle Mike Adams in some double-tight formations as an eligible tight end.
"Guy Whimper came in and gave us good work," Tomlin said.
- Tomlin suggested his decision to put Emmanuel Sanders, and not Felix Jones or Antonio Brown, deep on the Ravens' fourth-quarter kickoff was a gut feeling.
Sanders caught the ball 7 yards deep in the end zone and appeared to take it all the back for a touchdown but officials ruled he stepped out of bounds at the Steelers' 37-yard-line. The Steelers drove for the game-winning kick.
"He's a capable guy," Tomlin said of Sanders, who is listed as the No. 3 deep returner behind Brown on the depth chart. Backup Markus Wheaton was inactive. "He's got a skill set. When called upon he's capable of delivering. Obviously, he's a starting wide receiver for us and it's not something we want to do all the time. But at the appropriate time we'll dial his number, and I thought he delivered."
Sanders said he would wait until he had the chance to watch the play on television to decide whether the call was correct. Replays in the stadium were inconclusive, and referee Bill Leavy said the call was not subject to review.
"I have to go back and look at it," Sanders said. "It sucks because I wanted that touchdown, but the ball ended up being at the 37-yard-line and we got a win."
- Extra points: The Steelers improved to 20-15 against the Ravens during the regular season, including 11-7 at home. ... The Steelers converted 7-of-12 third-down attempts, including 6-of-8 in the first half. The Ravens were 2-of-6 on third down in the first half. ... Brown's 47 receptions are the most by a Steelers player in franchise history after six games.
JOHN DUDLEY can be reached at 870-1677 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNdudley.


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i think you will find they would take out the nunchuck and wiimote from the new one if you didnt send back the old one.
I've been explaining to my mom how much I wanted a Wii and never stopped bugging her about. Yesterday Wal-Mart got some in so my brother who works there and phoned my mom and she rushed over there a got one for me. She never ever ever buys me anything. So when she got back home she woke me up. It was noon. And she gave it to me. I was so excited. When I opened it was my first time actually seeing a wii not throug a t.v. And my first time holding the Wii mote. Well anyways when I went to turn it on the LED turned blue and my light turned green. But then my Console would just shut down. So I did everything the wii people told me to do. And It never worked. So know i'm holding a Wii Mote in my hand wanting to play while another Wii is on it's way.
I got a question though. I did the quick ship thing where they ship me a new one and when I get the new Wii i ship my old one back. And they of course needed a credit card. Now when i go to ship it back. If I dont give back the wii-mote and the nunchuk do you think they would charge me the whole price of the wii or just the wii-mote and nunchuk? Or will the shipment just not come with a wii-mote and nunchuk?
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That away, when you criticize them, you're a mile way and you have their shoes.
i think you will find they would take out the nunchuck and wiimote from the new one if you didnt send back the old one.
If You Add My Wii Code, Please PM me with your code so i can add you. THANKS
send it bak man thats just f'd
You should have sent the Wiimote and nunchuku back with it. I do believe that was included with the purchase...wasn't it?
Never Underestimate.
lmfao...i have never heard of somone so desperate to play that they keep the old controller....thats like sending back a plasma television and keeping the remote...
I don't need a ps3 i already have a toilet i just pwnd u sony!
pm me if you actually understand my sig...
They will probably charge you for it, if they got a credit card #, but you will need more then one remote anyways when your friends find out you got a Wii!
Nintendo rocks my socks!
Why are you so gay?? Your bashing and flaming all over the place.Originally Posted by scubasteve
Besides, if I was getting a new wii/plasma television, I would keep the motes/nunchucks and remote controls respectively. For the former, because of the lack of them in stores, and the latter because it's always good to have an extra OEM remote laying around.
that story made me cry.
hehe jk
gl with new Wii
Wii on 25/12/06 - Ps3 on 10/07/07
PSWii Owner
Brawl: 1976-9887-4438 Bowser Player
I wager they won't have the remote and nunchuck shipped with it because they save on shipping cost by not having them included. I know if it were a PC or a laptop from Apple or Dell they would ship only the required components and not a mouse, keyboard or powerpack.
Currently own: Wii Sports, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Live in Chicagoland? Lets trade.
I think Phelyx was the only one that understood the story. I haven't shipped it yet. I ship it to them once my new one comes in. The new one will come with a prepaid box thingy so i can ship my old one back for free.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That away, when you criticize them, you're a mile way and you have their shoes.


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The 1UP Show: Season 2 - Episode 3
GRAW, Metal Gear love, J-RPGs, and a DDR dance-off.
Happy Friday and welcome back to another episode of the 1UP Show, our weekly video podcast where we eat, drink, and talk videogames as if our jobs depended on it. In case you're just joining us for our adventures in modern gaming, shuffle on over to our official 1UP Show homepage where replay syndication is in effect twenty-four-seven. Go peep it and tell a friend (or two) today.
This week's show is special because Ubisoft has finally lifted its iron curtain on our single most-anticipated Xbox 360 game this spring: Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter. Not only do we go in-depth with multiplayer discussion and direct-feed footage (which you also may have seen earlier this week with our hands-on multiplayer preview), but the 1UP Show gets world exclusive access to direct-feed of the incredible single-player game... which if you spy the footage, looks phenomenally close to what they tried to achieve with the GRAW target video they released E3 2005.
Meanwhile, 1UP's Jane Pinckard and EGM's Shane "Kun" Bettenhausen wrap their heads around two up and coming Japanese RPGs, Enchant Arm on Xbox 360, and Grandia III for PS2. The obvious question here is, as the first RPG of any kind for the fledgling console, how does Enchant Arm stack up to a proven, but older-generation franchise like Grandia III? Tough questions, and even tougher answers await. Just kidding. Enchant Arm thoroughly underwhelms and Grandia III (save the voice acting) genuinely excites.
Finally, we drop in on Konami's 2006 Gamer Day event where they showed off and announced Rumble Roses on Xbox 360, as well as interesting side projects from Kojima Productions in the form of Metal Gear Saga and the Metal Gear Solid Digital Comic. Watch as lovely Jane flirts with Metal Gear Acid 2 creator Shinta Nojiri (in Japanese, no less!) while yours truly raps with Saga director Ryan Payton about what it's like to be Hideo Kojima's bitch.
All this, and more (e.g., EGM's Dan "Shoe" Hsu giving us the lowdown on his recent Peter Moore interview, and 1UP intern Jared's DDR dance-off against Konami's Bemani champion) in this week's episode of the 1UP Show. Word, life, and see you next week!
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Another good one.Posted: Feb 01, 2006 12:00AM PST by KB_CRASHFIRE
Another great show. I can't wait for GR to come out. Keep it up guys. -CRASHFIRE
No audio at work..Posted: Jan 30, 2006 12:00AM PST by reklesgemini
so much for that.
Nice show.Posted: Jan 29, 2006 12:00AM PST by ranron
This is a nice show and I will definitely continue watching more of this. Your connection is also fat as I can get 3MB/s download speed (3 min download for the QT High) which is excellent. It's also nice to see the high resolution 640x320 video. For the people who watch the episodes and complain about download speeds, stream it or download while you sleep (if you sleep). =P Back to 1Up.com, I think you guys should offer DivX which offers better quality, although bigger file. (Or will it be too big?). Amazing show.
Hey 1-UP! heard of BitTorrent?Posted: Jan 29, 2006 12:00AM PST by Krylez
Come on, you all know most of us have BT clients installed. How about you enter the year 2005 with a .torrent link for your 1UP show videos. We all get excited when a new episode is released only to be frustrated by the slow ZD servers. Do you read the forums? Do you forget about us asking you for a torrent every damn time? Do you like seeing us pissed off?
Yay For PostcastPosted: Jan 29, 2006 12:00AM PST by EXTomar
Its a fun show but I'm very glad that its available as a Podcast. So <i>Enchant Arm</i> is cheesey? Oh well. I still hold out hope that there will be a RPG game on the XBox that doesn't feel rushed, slapped together, or half hearted.
Stop Making The Files So Goddamn Huge!!Posted: Jan 29, 2006 12:00AM PST by yam83
C'mon, 1up, even with DSL, that is a ridiculous filesize for such a short show. Can't you hire better compression coders?! OR............ release this shit via BitTorrent.....it beats the hell out of direct downloads.
Hitting your stridePosted: Jan 29, 2006 12:00AM PST by Spudnuts
Best. Show. Yet. You guys are finally hitting it from blocks to tape. Virtually all of the scripted stuff has been expunged and the interviews were informative, entertaining, and almost completely devoid of market-speak. It wasn't too cute or too narcissistic. Thankfully, no forced comedy/skits. This show is now definitely a much-watch for me each week. Stellar.
RE:atomicoasisPosted: Jan 28, 2006 12:00AM PST by i_am_the_wheelman
That is the same thing that has happened to me.WTF is up?
Cant Download?Posted: Jan 28, 2006 12:00AM PST by Xx Slim Dogg xX
I cant download the 640 x 360 version of either the windows media or quicktime. It gets to about 20-30 % and just stops. I could download the lo res quictime version though. Anyone else have this problem ?
iTunes feed broken?Posted: Jan 28, 2006 12:00AM PST by atomicoasis
For the last two weeks I haven't been able to get my iTunes subscription to update the 1UP podcast. The last episode that came in through the feed was season 2, episode 1. All I get now is an exclamation mark next to the feed when I update it. Did you get removed from iTunes?
E3 has startedPosted: Jan 28, 2006 12:00AM PST by chaos and mayhem
Great episode, last comment about E3 was actually very interesting. E3 has started, let the games begin!
Great ShowPosted: Jan 28, 2006 12:00AM PST by dollardillon
I can't believe that eNCHANT arM IS such crap.
does the PSP format work yet?Posted: Jan 28, 2006 12:00AM PST by lightswitchsam
i haven't been able to get any of them to work so far, possibly because they don't start with MVxxxxxxx or whatever sony's stupid way of doing things requires...any tips?
Leaving the interview in Japanese was very cool!Posted: Jan 28, 2006 12:00AM PST by Mat525
I didn't know Jane could speak Japanese, that was awesome! Very good show this week, with Nojiri-san's hardcore game talk. Damn that man is one hell of a Nintendo fanboy! The Ryan interview and the Metal Gear Comic was very interesting. And who knew gamers cared about Peter Moore so much lol!
GRAW & Jane mmmmmPosted: Jan 28, 2006 12:00AM PST by Sci_Fi_Neurofunk
GRAW looks absolutely amazin and it'll be my 1st game on the xbox 360 along with Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Jane is a smokin babe. She looks so damn cute and easy to get along with. Too bad she probably has a bf. If not hit me up Jane ;).
I LOVE the greatest 200 games of their time... listPosted: Jan 27, 2006 12:00AM PST by Keefman -X-
It was a great read. I remisnisced and agreed and related to a lot of what was said. It made it feel good to be a gamer.
Dan is AwesomePosted: Jan 27, 2006 12:00AM PST by Docc34
I would like to take some time to talk about Shoe for a minute. I have been following you and Crispin for years and I think it's about time that somebody in the industry started taking jabs at other companies that's feeling themselves a little to much, and aren't doing that great. Dan I thank you so much for the Peter Moore interview. I think it's the realest interview that I have ever seen in an magazine. I think it's important to talk about the short comings in companies and let them know ,from a consumer point, the way that were feeling. Everyone knows that the 360 is amazing and I still have to get one, but there were things that was promised and wasn't delivered. Everyone got on Sony and now look who done it. Also I think that it is a marketing scam, because they are going to have some just when people get there taxes back. Clever. I know that I got off of the subject, but I thought that the episode was awesome. Keep it up guys. 1up forever!
another good episode but wow on GRAWPosted: Jan 27, 2006 12:00AM PST by Justaren
see i like your show better the G4TV....seriously one they dont know how to rate games and to really into a game being buildt you know...but anyways.... for some reason every show... white guy is always smokin..hahahah but on to the episode GRAW- wow...i just cant wait for this anymore... im glad they pushed it back and optimizing and makin the game really a game you know...i know some people may hate the fact that the gun is not on there but Ghost Recon is known to just have the reticule..no hate on that.. but the 3rd person GOW type view..im lovin it... i cant wait to get my hands on it and go CO-op with my buddies.... kill the mexicans..hahahha j./k 1st feedback... im outs Justaren dont forget ithahhaa
Why not use bit torrent?Posted: Jan 27, 2006 12:00AM PST by Lazy_Dude
For some odd reason downloading using zdmedia server is extremely slow to me (about 7-9 kbps). I really don't know what is up with that since I have no problem downloading from other websites. Are the servers have some sort of limited download speed to particular countrie (in Asia)? Why not put this show on bit torrent?
Date issues aside...Posted: Jan 27, 2006 12:00AM PST by charliekwalker
I love the show...Keep up the good work!
It's 2006 not 2005Posted: Jan 27, 2006 12:00AM PST by charliekwalker
Hey guys, not to be a nipicker or anything but it's 2006, not 2005. the last three episodes have been dated to 2005 on the 1upshow page... seriously fix it.
Ahh Janes backPosted: Jan 27, 2006 12:00AM PST by minusman26
Hey.....whats up with the flirting.....anyway another great show...can't wait for next week
GRAW = MY NEXT GAMEPosted: Jan 27, 2006 12:00AM PST by down_south_hustler
I am so glab that they delayed this games.


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In competitive forensics, to pick up means to win a round.
Dharshan: I heard you won the last round?
Ben: Yeah, I picked up.
Ben: Yeah, I picked up.
作者 bitterspice 2005年5月30日
-1 to shout out in jamaican
1 to get some shit
2 understanding
3 a delivery
4 and ofcourse to pick something off the ground
1 to get some shit
2 understanding
3 a delivery
4 and ofcourse to pick something off the ground
well there u have it i win. i have the most real defintitions
A type of kick-ass truck that is really awesome. These types of trucks are often sung about in country songs.
Man, did you see Dave and his new pick up truck? It is hot!
作者 RandomChick00 2008年9月01日
werds used to pickup hoes
I used da pickups "Did you wash dem pantz wif windex, cause I can sees mysef in dem".
作者 j74 2006年11月17日
To kiss someone, using tongue.
'Last night I picked up with Amy'
'Me and Amy are gonna pick up tonight'
'Me and Amy are gonna pick up tonight'
作者 dontbesilly,wrapyourwilly. 2008年3月21日
Basically a friend with benefits character. One who is easily picked up then used for sex or other physical/sexual stuff. BAD TO BE CALLED BY BEST FRIENDS MOMS!!!
Katrina is such a pick-up. She fools around with anyone with a name and favorite color.
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Written comments on this request for extension of approval of information collection requirements should be submitted by January 25, 2013.
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Robert H. Squibb, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; Telephone: 301-504-7923 or by email to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
In the Federal Register of October 4, 2012, and October 17, 2012 (77 FR 60682, 77 FR 63800), the Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the collection of information required in the Safety Standard for Omnidirectional Citizens Band Base Station (16 CFR Part 1204). No comments were received in response to that notice.
The Safety Standard for Omnidirectional Citizens Band Base Station Antennas establishes performance requirements for omnidirectional citizens band base station antennas to reduce unreasonable risks of death and injury that may result if an antenna contacts overhead power lines while being erected or removed from its site. Certification regulations implementing the standard require manufacturers, importers, and private labelers of antennas subject to the standard to test antennas for compliance with the standard and to maintain records of that testing.
The records of testing and other information required by the certification regulations allow the Commission to determine that antennas subject to the standard comply with its requirements. This information would also enable the Commission to obtain corrective actions if omnidirectional citizens band base station antennas failed to comply with the standard in a manner which creates a substantial risk of injury to the public.
We estimate that about five firms manufacture or import citizens band base station antennas subject to the standard. We estimate that the certification regulations will impose an average annual burden of about 220 hours on each of those firms. That burden will result from conducting the testing required by the regulations and maintaining records of the results of that testing. The total annual burden imposed by the regulations on manufacturers and importers of citizens band base station antennas is approximately 1,100 hours.
The hourly wage for the testing and recordkeeping required to conduct the testing and maintain records required by the regulations is approximately $61.75 (Bureau of Labor Statistics: total compensation for management, professional, and related workers in goods-producing private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs), for an estimated annual cost to the industry of $67,925.
Dated: December 20, 2012.
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Morning showers and storms may finally be coming to a close. Scattered showers will be diminishing in Benton, Carroll, and Madison counties during the next hour.
There has been a lot of lightning already today - and we may have a few more isolated storms with more lightning, hail,... and heavy downpours later today or overnight.
Rainfall totals have been rather impressive throughout NW Arkansas. It's a shame we had to go through all of the severe weather (lightning and hail) to get it - but hopefully these showers will make a dent in our rainfall deficit.
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BAY CITY — Walk through Reggie's Amusement & Records in Bay City's South End and take a stroll through music history.
Thousands of vinyl records — from John Lennon's 1973 "Mind Games" to Shaquille O'Neal's 1996 "You Can't Stop the Reign" — line the walls of the music shop that opened nearly half a century before iPods were invented.
"We were the first ones here and we're still here," says owner Reginald Niedzinski, as he gazes around the store filled with music paraphernalia and gaming accessories.
Although record sales aren't what they used to be when Beatlemania took over the U.S., music industry officials and record store owners have hope of vinyl's resurgence.
Vinyl was the fastest-growing music format in 2010 with 2.8 million units sold, according to The Nielsen Co. and Billboard's 2010 Music Industry Report. Vinyl album sales were up 14 percent compared to 2009 and accounted for about 1 percent of all album sales.
"The younger people have gotten interested in vinyl again," said Judy Wegner, owner of Records & Tapes Galore, 303 Court in Saginaw. "Some of them find their parents' old stuff and then they become interested in it that way."
Wegner said her music shop, which sells new and used records, has seen a substantial increase in vinyl sales.
"We always had some vinyl, but now we've gone to about 50 percent in the store," Wegner said.
Since 2008, U.S. vinyl record sales have increased about 55 percent, according to Nielsen statistics. In 2010, 71 percent of vinyl sales were at independent music stores.
Niedzinski said sales at his store, 1824 Broadway, have always been "up and down," with a lot of the store's business coming from vinyl record collectors.
"We get a lot of people from out of town in the summer time," said Niedzinski, adding people from as far away as Europe have walked into the store looking for particular vinyl records. "The interest never really died. Here, there was always somebody looking for records."
The vinyl record resurgence has even caught the eye of some national retailers, including Best Buy.
About 100 Best Buy stores — including the Saginaw Township location at 4460 Bay and Midland location at 1200 Joe Mann — carry a selection of new and classic vinyl albums, following a test period that began in fall 2008, according to Laura Wilson, a Best Buy spokeswoman.
Wilson said Best Buy also sells more than 14,000 vinyl titles online at www.bestbuy.com.
Romaine Kryszak, manager of Reggie's, said large retailers carrying vinyl records isn't a threat to her smaller shop, which only carries new vinyl records. That's because they've been in the business long enough to know that music enthusiasts know where to get original vinyls, she said.
"The original covers today are almost worth more than the vinyl record," said Kryszak, as she points to an original 1964 "Meet the Beatles!" vinyl record, which is for sale for $350. "There's nobody around like this anymore."


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Mon, 30 Dec 2013
Austria 2013
last shows of the year at Papierfabrik, Graz and Sakog, Trimmelkamm were great!! not even any snow up there ;)
Peace and love for 2014!
Sun, 22 Dec 2013
Berne 2013
respect to Chris Flo and all the dachstock crew in Berne!!
Mon, 16 Dec 2013
respect to all CSO crews in Milano - pleasure to be in Cantiere and visit SMS, also Cox 18 - la lucha continua!
Mon, 09 Dec 2013
CZ and SK
I love Praha - first show there was Nov 1995, and it still rocks! Thanks to DsmackU, Lukas, Marcel @ Barrak, evolution deja- vu and MMC!
Mon, 02 Dec 2013
Exeter and Bangor
great to be back in the UK for the last time in 2013 -Exeter Phoenix, phonic FM gig was a great success on Fri, Hendre Hall was fantastic on Saturday!!! Next stop Prague!
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Bristol Trinity
as usual in Trinity Centre Bristol the vibes were great - beautiful decor - upful crowd.. big up Keiran and the Babylon crew...
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this is a little-known but intense sexual move. wait around in a dark, secluded thicket until a defenseless, elderly woman wanders by. Ask her if she's ok, but just close enough for your microwave oven to blow her pacemaker haywire. Then, bend her over a park bench, throw her poodle skirt over her broken hips, and fuck her like osteoporosis is going out of style until her blue wig falls off. then steal her motorized cart and ride off into the darkness
i was so fucked up from that varnish that i did the lysiak
by little bitch smurf March 16, 2003
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Can you define these popular missing words?
hit her with the motorized cart. get out of the cart and start screaming "ITS MILLER TIME!!!" then take all of her skin. disguise yourself in her skin on you and walk into the social security office. get her money and cart on off into the sunset for your next old woman. best places to find old people are: wegmans on weekday mornings, voting booths, and florida.
i knew i had a problem when i was getting my jollies from doing it lysiak style.
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text: New Cumberland police Lt. Jeremy Krzys assists at the scene of Friday's fatal accident at state Route 8 and Allison Road, just south of the Hilltop Drive-In Theater. Pronounced dead at the scene was William C. Main, 78, of New Cumberland, the Hancock County Sheriff's Department said. Main was driving a Hyundai southbound on Route 8 (Veterans Boulevard) when he lost control on the east side of the road, went over an embankment and collided with a tree, Sheriff Ralph Fletcher said. The cause of the accident, including whether weather conditions were a factor, remains under investigation. The Chester and Lawrenceville Volunteer Fire departments and Chester-Newell Ambulance Service responded. (Photo by Stephen Huba)


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The Montreal Casino, an institution owned and operated by the Quebec government, is openly violating one of its most cherished pieces of legislation — Bill 101.
There are 3200 gambling machines at the Casino, and many of them function in English only.
The OQLF says since 2007 there has been one or two complaints a year about the French, or lack thereof, at the Casino.
Jean-Pierre Leblanc with the OQLF says they are working with the Casino to get the machines modified, but it may take years.
"I can't give you a date, because it's a continuous process; new machines are coming," Leblanc says. "We have a person here that works with them but it is a long process."
Loto-Quebec says it does buy French versions when possible, but goes with English-only machines if requiring French means delivery delays.
It says gamblers should find French instructions on the sides of each of the English-only machines.
Last week CJAD host Dan Delmar's company received a complaint because it's web site was not bilingual. The OQLF said he had six months to translate his web site or threatened legal action.
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Hello again, this is another blog post in the series that Chris Paine and I are writing about our mobile application working with Netweaver Cloud. In my previous post I covered the basics of creating the application in PhoneGap, with the promise to cover more on local storage and how to handle data discrepancies between local versions and server versions.
What is Local Storage?
With HTML5, we have been introduced to this nifty little thing called local storage. Well the name is pretty self explanatory; local storage is the ability to store data on the device. This comes in really handy in our Timesheet app because we wanted to store settings, projects and entries on the device so the user could still use the app while offline.
The main three statements you will be using in local storage are the following:
localStorage.setItem(key, value);
var value = localStorage.getItem(key);
How am I using it?
I'm glad you asked! Local storage plays a major part in the app, as it holds not only the entries that a user has created/changed/deleted, projects and settings, but it also stores the authentication data to communicate with the server. As Chris has mentioned earlier in his blog post, we are using basic authentication when communicating with the server through ajax calls. In a nutshell, when a new device is added, a pairing ID is provided which is then input into the app. We use that pairing ID to get an id and secret (which serves as the password) and store it on the device, so it can be used for authentication every time an ajax call is made.
User settings, such as default hours, default start and end times, etc can be shared across a user's devices. These settings are stored on the device once they have successfully paired it. The same goes for any existing entries a user has, and projects. The example is shown below of the ajax call to pair and the subsequent functions to save the settings, entries and projects.
url: url,
dataType: 'json',
crossDomain: true,
success: function(data) {
// Save the id and secret to local storage
localStorage.setItem("PairingID", data.Devices.Id);
localStorage.setItem("PairingPWD", data.Devices.Secret);
localStorage.setItem("UserID", data.Devices.AssociatedUserId);
// Now load the settings for the first time with defaults
$.mobile.changePage("#home", { transition: "flip"});
error: function(xhr, options, error) {
function loadInitialSettings()
var url = baseURL + '/UserSettings/' + localStorage["UserID"];
url: url,
dataType: 'json',
crossDomain: true,
beforeSend: function(xhr) {
var requestAuth = "Basic " + encodeBase64(localStorage["PairingID"] + ":" + localStorage["PairingPWD"]);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", requestAuth);
success: function(data, textStatus) {
alert(textStatus + ' getting initial settings ' + data);
localStorage.setItem("DefaultEntryType", data.defaultEntryType);
localStorage.setItem("DefaultStartTime", data.defaultStartTime);
localStorage.setItem("DefaultEndTime", data.defaultEndTime);
localStorage.setItem("DefaultHours", data.defaultHours);
localStorage.setItem("email", data.email);
localStorage.setItem("DefaultBillable", data.defaultBillable);
localStorage.setItem("Monday Checked", data.monDetails.default);
localStorage.setItem("MonStartTime", data.monDetails.startTime);
localStorage.setItem("MonEndTime", data.monDetails.endTime);
localStorage.setItem("MonHours", data.monDetails.hours);
localStorage.setItem("Tuesday Checked", data.tueDetails.default);
localStorage.setItem("TuesStartTime", data.tueDetails.startTime);
localStorage.setItem("TuesEndTime", data.tueDetails.endTime);
localStorage.setItem("TuesHours", data.tueDetails.hours);
localStorage.setItem("Wednesday Checked", data.wedDetails.default);
localStorage.setItem("WedStartTime", data.wedDetails.startTime);
localStorage.setItem("WedEndTime", data.wedDetails.endTime);
localStorage.setItem("WedHours", data.wedDetails.hours);
localStorage.setItem("Thursday Checked", data.thuDetails.default);
localStorage.setItem("ThursStartTime", data.thuDetails.startTime);
localStorage.setItem("ThursEndTime", data.thuDetails.endTime);
localStorage.setItem("ThursHours", data.thuDetails.hours);
localStorage.setItem("Friday Checked", data.friDetails.default);
localStorage.setItem("FriStartTime", data.friDetails.startTime);
localStorage.setItem("FriEndTime", data.friDetails.endTime);
localStorage.setItem("FriHours", data.friDetails.hours);
localStorage.setItem("Saturday Checked", data.satDetails.default);
localStorage.setItem("SatStartTime", data.satDetails.startTime);
localStorage.setItem("SatEndTime", data.satDetails.endTime);
localStorage.setItem("SatHours", data.satDetails.hours);
localStorage.setItem("Sunday Checked", data.sunDetails.default);
localStorage.setItem("SunStartTime", data.sunDetails.startTime);
localStorage.setItem("SunEndTime", data.sunDetails.endTime);
localStorage.setItem("SunHours", data.sunDetails.hours);
error: function(xhr, options, error) {
function loadProjectsFromServer()
var url = baseURL + '/projects/' + localStorage["UserID"];
url: url,
dataType: 'json',
crossDomain: true,
beforeSend: function(xhr) {
var requestAuth = "Basic " + encodeBase64(localStorage["PairingID"] + ":" + localStorage["PairingPWD"]);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", requestAuth);
success: function(data, textStatus) {
alert(textStatus + ' for projects load');
$.each(data.projects, function (index, value) {
// Save to local storage
var key = 'Project_' + value.projectCode;
localStorage.setItem(key, value.projectName);
error: function(xhr, options, error) {
function loadInitialEntries()
alert("Inside loadInitialEntries");
var url = baseURL + '/entries/' + localStorage["UserID"];
url: url,
dataType: 'json',
crossDomain: true,
beforeSend: function(xhr) {
var requestAuth = "Basic " + encodeBase64(localStorage["PairingID"] + ":" + localStorage["PairingPWD"]);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", requestAuth);
success: function(data, textStatus) {
alert(textStatus + ' getting initial entries ' + data);
$.each(data.entries, function (index, value) {
$.each(value.lineEntries, function (index, value) {
var key = value.date + delimiter + value.id;
var values = value.date + delimiter;
values += value.projectCode + delimiter;
values += value.hours + delimiter;
values += value.startTime + delimiter;
values += value.endTime + delimiter;
values += value.comments + delimiter;
values += value.billable + delimiter;
values += value.status + delimiter;
values += value.modified;
// First check if the date modified is more recent than the one in storage
var currItem = localStorage.getItem[key];
var currValues = currItem.split(delimiter);
var localDate = new Date(currValues[8]);
var serverDate = new Date(value.modified);
if(localDate > serverDate)
$('#pop_msg').html('Are you sure you want to overwrite the entry for ' + value.date + ' with an older version?');
$('#pop_overwrite').popup('open', 'pop' 'window');
localStorage.setItem(key, values);
error: function(xhr, options, error) {
As you can see, all the ajax calls are done with basic authentication using the id and secret received earlier which has been encoded. All data is sent and received in JSON format, so when a GET is performed, all I had to do to save to local storage was assign the relevant data to storage keys.
Something you need to know about local storage
Since all the stuff we've been looking at is in JavaScript land, all the variables are type agnostic. However in local storage, you are only allowed to save in a string format. So if you take your JSON data that has just been received and try to save it directly to storage, it won't work. If you'd like to save an entire JSON object into local storage, all you have to do is convert it to a string; I've used JSON.stringify(<JSONobject>) and you can find the source .js here).
Other than that little piece of information, everything about local storage is very straightforward.
Comparing values
When you are downloading data from the server onto your device, you need to consider if that data that is coming from the server is more up to date or not. In our case, settings and projects would always be downloaded and saved as this data would always be saved on a device and immediately updated on the server. So the information would always be accurate coming back.
However, in the case of time entries, we need to check the integrity of the data because the app provides only the option to submit all entries at once. Let's take for example the scenario where I have an entry on my iPhone for the 21st of January and I've saved and sent it to the server. Say for instance I also have that entry downloaded on my iPad because I set it up as another device. I modify the same entry on the iPad and send it to the server.
Then I go back to my iPhone (because I have a short attention span) and change the same entry on it. Now, if I perform a sync on my iPhone, which will download all the data for my user, the version for that entry is more up to date on my iPhone than the one coming from the server. This is when we introduced the modified date into the JSON object, and made it into a UTC date so the time zone doesn't make a difference.
In this case, when I sync, the app will ask me if I want to overwrite my data with older data from the server. If I choose yes, the data will be overwritten, but if not I can complete my changes and send it to the server first before syncing. This is the bit of code that is doing the check:
var localDate = new Date(currValues[8]);
var serverDate = new Date(value.modified);
if(localDate > serverDate)
$('#pop_msg').html('Are you sure you want to overwrite the entry for ' + value.date + ' with an older version?');
$('#pop_overwrite').popup('open', 'pop' 'window');
localStorage.setItem(key, values);
Obviously it might get a bit tedious checking for every discrepancy, so if you find the volume is too high, consider implementing a global overwrite flag so they can just say something to the effect of "Replace All".
So there you have it. Local storage is a powerful tool that can be used in your web/hybrid apps, as it reduces your dependency on a server connection, and it's so easy to implement.
Key Learnings
- Local storage values are only saved in string format
- Local storage values will remain on the device until the app is deleted
- When getting data from a server, you may need to check for the most recent data before overwriting
- Consider a sync option so the user can manually decide whether or not to download data
Hope you enjoyed this blog! Stay tuned for more from Chris and me.
Disclaimer: The above code, examples etc. are supplied with no guarantee to them actually being fit for use. Copy at your peril!


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The influence of European integration on consensus democracy is being investigated in a cooperative research project of universities from the three Benelux countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. This project will result in a book which will be presented mid 2012. The project holds regular meetings, the last of which was held on October 14th and 15th in Luxembourg. An earlier meeting was held in January in The Hague and the next one will be held in Brussels in the spring of 2012. At this meeting public professionals will also be invited.
Most of the research into the functioning of consensus democracy, carried out in line with political scientist Arend Lijphart, gives an overview of the political system. Consensus democracy is herein compared to systems with a culture of political majority. Consensus democracy is characterized by less delineated differences between winners and losers in the political game.
Even though consensus democracy is a elitists model of decision making, it does leave more room for political minorities. The existence of political minorities (political parties which will never get an absolute majority) in the Benelux-countries has led to a tradition of coalition cabinets. In the past these were often large coalitions, but the basis for these is increasingly narrow, as shown by the current minority cabinet in The Netherlands that has to do with fragile tolerance support. A motto which has always been strongly linked to consensus democracy is: the government governs. About European affairs, the governments in all three countries have always had a huge information advantage.
The special thing about this book project is that it looks at how consensus democracy functions in separate institutions, more than has been done before. The central question is: will the consensus tradition be enhanced or weakened by European integration?
One of the analyses is aimed at the parliaments of the three countries. Astrid Spreitzer (University of Luxembourg) and Arco Timmermans (Montesquieu Institute) look at the changing rules of the game and, more importantly, at the political and behavioural patterns of the players in the three parliaments. Those parliaments differ constitutionally on some points but show differences in another aspect as well: the consensus politics in the Netherlands, more so than in Belgium or Luxembourg, have come under huge pressure mainly because of European integration.
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Due to increasing patient volumes and growth of the practice, Chelsea Rheumatology is relocating from the Health and Wellness Center to a new office in the Professional Building on the Chelsea Community Hospital Campus, effective January 3, 2012.
The new address is:
Chelsea Rheumatology
14650 East Old U.S. 12
Suite 301
Chelsea, MI 48118
Chelsea Rheumatology will be located on the 3rd floor, just opposite of the elevator. Patients will now have access to on-site laboratory, radiology and pharmacy services located on the 1st floor.
The practice continues to participate with many insurance plans, including Medicare, Blue Cross, Blue Care Network, Priority Health, and several others.
Chelsea Rheumatology's phone number remains the same at (734) 433-4596.