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In Scandinavian folklore, a troll is a big, slow idiot beast that eats people and turns to stone in the sunlight. After some jiggering throughout history, a troll became an asshole who assholes his way through life in an asshole way, but does so knowingly. This is key. The difference between a troll and any asshole is that any asshole doesn't even get that they're an asshole. They live in asshole ignorance. Trolls do it on purpose, but they do it so well that it becomes an all-consuming brand of psychotic assholery that some people refuse to believe is real, because how could it be? How could this person be such an asshole all the time if it's not genuine, unintentional assholery? Well, there are some signs to look out for, and I will guide you through it using four of the world's most prolific trolls. Because I'm helpful like that.
4 Nancy Grace
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Ugh. That's how every story on Nancy Grace should begin, owing to her detestable and repugnant nature. If goodness smelled like roses, Nancy Grace would smell like a Magnum condom dredged from the bottom of a cistern in a Mumbai sewage treatment plant.
Grace has made her entire career out of loud mouthing her way through tragedy at the expense of good sense and tact. She doesn't care if she's right, or if she has all the facts, as long as she can sensationalize something terrible and get people to listen to her shrill caterwauling long enough to justify the network cutting her a paycheck. In a more perfect world, they'd simply toss her a raw steak and lock her back in the enclosure with the other shaven apes, but life isn't fair, so here we are.
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"When we dated, Nancy had the worst ass beard."
In a stunning and gut-churning twist, there was a time when Nancy Grace was an actual legal professional. People's fates were partially in her hands for real, and not just as a result of her slinging blame like so much poop on her nauseating television shows. Fortunately for us, her shittier nature put a swift end to her legal career, as she had convictions overturned thanks to her withholding evidence and playing "fast and loose" with facts. So basically the shit she does on TV now is the shit she did in courtrooms when she was a lawyer -- she's a scumbag liar who prejudges people based on her ass-brained understanding of the situation.
I'll give Nancy the benefit of the doubt these days when it comes to trolling -- either what she's doing is willful trolling or she's electrodes-in-the-urethra-to-celebrate-Arbor-Day insane. But her mean-spiritedness makes me feel like this isn't mental illness, just twatishness. She's a twat.
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"I'll see you next Tuesday. Get it? Get it!?"
During the Elizabeth Smart case, Grace repeatedly called one suspect guilty on television when it turned out he wasn't. After the death of the Ultimate Warrior, Grace insinuated that his death was related to drugs, which it wasn't, along with the deaths of numerous other wrestlers who also hadn't been linked to drugs. This has been Grace's problem since she hatched from the pit -- she takes one potentially relevant assumption and rides it like a dying pony into the ground, regardless of whether there's any need for it. She's a reactionary, thoughtless slug of a human. If a bag of farts could wear blouses from Big Lots, it would be Nancy Grace.
Now, if we're being rational, we know that Grace actually graduated from law school, so technically she has to have at least some brains mixed in with the shit in her head, and that means she has at least a minimal understanding of the actual criminal justice system and the very basic, very easy to understand presumption of innocence. It's literally impossible for her to not be aware of it. And that means she's willingly and flagrantly ignoring it. And why? Because that gets her simian hide on the news and in social media. It's how she gets noticed. Otherwise she's just an irrelevant sack of poop with a terrible haircut. She's trolling for relevancy in a desperate attempt to maintain influence. She doesn't care about the people she pretends to be championing, and she couldn't give half a shit for justice. She wants to be seen, like the world's most foul stripper -- look at me and give me recognition and money. That's all. Fuck that filthy barnacle.
3 Michael Bay
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Is Michael Bay a legit filmmaker or a glorified monkey with a film camera and a penchant for titties and splosions? Is there necessarily a difference? Any forum on the Internet (known in some circles as the Hallowed Halls of Intellectualism) that discusses movies will endlessly debate the merits of Michael Bay's film history, and more often than not the decision will fall on the side of "shitastic." People love to hate Michael Bay movies, even though every Michael Bay movie has made more money than every other Michael Bay movie and we've all seen them.
The question now, in 2014, after a solid 20 years of Michael Bay movies, is how can you still believe he doesn't know what he's doing? Ever since Bad Boys in 1995, Bay has been criticized for his heavy reliance on explosions over dialogue and body counts of innocent bystanders in the dozens (if not hundreds) over any kind of accountability or responsibility for his central characters. He makes action movies that are built on a solid foundation of images that would flash through the head of a 15-year-old while he masturbates on a roller coaster in a thunderstorm.
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"There's something in my eye!"
Every new Bay movie is met with the same derision as his previous works. Just look at the animosity already directed toward his unreleased next feature, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which Bay is only producing, not directing. Fans have reacted in a way that suggests that Bay's influence has ruined the legacy of cartoon turtles that eat pizza and fight a big alien brain while receiving spiritual guidance from an elderly rat. No one can ruin that. That's the dumbest fucking sentence I have ever typed. Michael Bay could literally film himself fucking a real turtle with a nunchuck and it would be no less artistic than the source material. But the general consensus already is that Megan Fox was a terrible casting choice and the turtle effects look shitty. Because we've all seen bipedal man-turtles, and these ones don't live up to our expectations.
I would argue, after Transformers 2, in which a robot literally had low-hanging testicles that were visible on screen and noticed by all, that there is no way that Michael Bay is accidentally making bad movies. The movies he has directed have made over $4.6 billion worldwide. No one is $4.6 billion stupid. That's in defiance of nature and goodness. Michael Bay does what he does on purpose for $4.6 billion reasons. Everyone talks about his movies. Everyone goes to see them, and everyone bitches enough to make everyone who hasn't seen them take a look to see what the big deal is, and that roller coaster keeps thundering through the wank storm.


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Big data and basketball: A 'magic' combination
Orlando Magic CEO on the benefits of big data
These days, decisions have to be made in the board room almost as fast as they're made on the basketball court. And that's a challenge since customers and businesses are churning out data faster than ever. Blink, and you'll miss an opportunity.
SAS Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer Jim Davis sat down with Orlando Magic CEO Alex Martins to discuss those challenges and analytics in sports. Whether using analytics to improve the game or to improve customer relationships, Martins understands the pressures and opportunities of doing it right.
Jim Davis: Are analytics changing the way you do business?
Alex Martins: We adopted an analytics approach years ago, and we're seeing it transform our entire organization. Analytics helps us understand customers better, helps in business planning (ticket pricing, etc.), and provides game-to-game and year-to-year data on demand by game and even by seat.
For example, analytics helps us forecast ticket sales. It has helped transform the game itself. Moneyball is truly at play in professional sports now. GMs and analytics teams look at every aspect of the game, including movements of players on the court, to transform data to predict defense against certain teams. We can now ask ourselves, "What are the most efficient lineups in a game? Which team can produce more points vs. another lineup? Which team is better defensively than another?"
We used to produce a series of reports manually, but now we can do it with five clicks of a mouse (instead of five hours overnight in anticipation of tomorrow's game). We can have dozens of reports available to staff in minutes. Analytics has made us smarter.
Davis: What is big data to you?
Martins: Big data helps us understand customers better. It helps us gather personal preferences to customize the experience they have with our organization. Big data helps us forecast our business – on a year-to-year, game-to-game, hour-to-hour basis – to determine demand for a specific seat. Before, we priced seats on lower vs. upper bowl. Now, based on our big data, we can measure demands for specific seats, not whole sections. Big data helps us figure out what to charge for tickets by opponent and by game.
Big data helps us predict our business moving forward. It has helped by giving us a predictive renewal model – the core of our business is season ticket holders. SAS helped us create a model based on use of tickets, merchandise purchases, season ticket holder events and more to help us predict who we need to reach out to for renewal.
Davis: What are the critical decisions you rely on?
Martins: The core of our business is our season ticket holder base. We work hard to get 10,000 season ticket holders every season. We have to determine what will create greatest opportunity to sell out every night.
In the past, we had a touch point program with sales reps who interacted periodically throughout the year, without knowing a lot about the customers. Now the analytics allows us to model out the perfect circumstance by which a season holder will renew. We now know who their favorite players are, and can reach out to them with things that make a difference, and make it personal. Through our scoring model, we can reach out to them with resell and merchandising options that appeal to them personally. Predictive modeling is where we succeed.
Davis: You can buy the best data repository, best analytics or fastest platform, but you won't succeed unless you deal with cultural issues within your organization. What are the issues that organizations face in terms of adoption and how to get over them?
Martins: You have to have belief and buy-in at the top of the organization for analytics teams to have support to grow your approach. Other CEOs in the NBA have been slow to adapt. A lot of our execs and coaches are used to how it's always been done. Saying "I know in my gut that guy can play" without data to support it makes it hard to adapt. Our teams have developed models and forecasts that hit on the money. It only takes a couple of proof instances to help transform folks into believers of analytics. Our analytics team reports to the CFO. We meet biweekly to see how it's working, what we want to do in the future. For us, you have to have buy-in from the top down to transform it across all the silos.
Davis: You've heard us talk a lot about high-performance in-memory analytics – loading billions of rows in memory to turn processing time from hours to minutes. Have you thought about what that means to your organization?
Martins: Getting real-time data is the next step for us in our analytical growth process. On a game day, getting real-time data to track what tickets are available and how to maximize yield of those tickets is critical. Additionally, you're going to see major technological changes and acceptance of the technology on the bench to see how the games are played moving forward. Maybe as soon as next season you'll see our assistant coaches with iPad® tablets getting real-time data, learning what the opponent is doing and what plays are working. It'll be necessary in the future.
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HASBROUCK, NY — The Concerned Citizens of Hasbrouck, in cooperation with Big Sky Productions, will present "Shorts and Sweets for April Fools"—an afternoon of short stories with homemade desserts—on Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m.
Selections will be read by Big Sky's artistic director Carol Montana, and will include stories by Robert Fulghum, Neil Gaiman and Thomas Meehan.
Admission to "Shorts and Sweets for April Fools" costs $10. Proceeds will benefit the programs of the Old Stone House, a historic landmark that was built around 1810 by early settlers of Hasbrouck in the Town of Fallsburg. Call 845/985-7783.


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Southport's beaver problem: better to manage the animals than to kill them
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Feb. 13, the News-Ledger published a story about city-sponsored trapping of a beaver colony discovered in Southport's Bridgeway Lakes area. You can find the original article here. Below is a response.
By Heidi Perryman, Ph.D.
Trapping, as you know, is a short-term solution that will need to be repeated again and again when new beavers return to the area. It almost always makes more sense to keep the beavers you have, solve any problems they are causing directly, and let them use their naturally territorial behaviors to keep others away.
Protecting trees is an easy fix. Wrap them in a cylinder of galvanized fencing, leaving enough space for the tree to grow. Or try the less obtrusive abrasive painting. Paint the trunks with a latex paint that matches the color of the bark, adding heavy mason sand. Beavers dislike the gritty texture and will not chew.
[adrotate group="10″] Remember that beaver-chewed trees will 'coppice' which is an old forestry term referring to hard cutting back a tree so that it grows in bushy and more dense. This is why beavers are so important to the population of migratory and songbirds – their chewing creates prime nesting real estate for a host of bird life. Willow is very fast-growing and if the stumps are left in the ground they will replenish quickly.
Why should a city learn to tolerate beavers? They are a keystone species that create a dramatic impact on the spaces they cultivate – even urban and suburban spaces. Here in Martinez we have documented several new species of birds and fish since they colonized our creek, as well as otter and mink! In addition, beavers are considered a 'charismatic species' which means that children love to learn about them and they provide a great educational tool for teaching about habitat, ecosystems and stewardship. Why not involve the local Boy Scout troop in planting willow shoots every spring?
Take Amtrak to our sixth beaver festival this summer and see it all for yourself!
The author is president and founder of "Worth a Dam," whose organization can be seen at www.matinezbeavers.org.
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Cruise aboard the Sea Scout cutter
A pair of brunch cruises aboard the former Coast Guard Cutter Morris will serve as a fundraiser for the Delta Youth Maritime Association.
The brunch cruises will be held Feb. 24 & 25, and a dinner cruise is offered on the 23rd. Donation: $75 for brunch or $125 for dinner, tax-deductible. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 775-3732.
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Car thief takes the bait
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The bait this time was a Cadillac Escalade. A thief took the bait in West Sacramento last Tuesday, Feb. 12.
According to police reports and information from West Sacramento Police Department Lieutenant Tod Sockman, local police and the CHP left the specially-equipped Escalade alone at the corner of Westacre Road and Merkley Avenue for some time.
Then they waited to see what happened.
The "bait car's" sensors tripped on the night of Feb. 12.
At 8:52 p.m., a signal from the car reported it was on the move. Police responded.
"Officers got directly behind the moving vehicle," said a police report. Then, using a remote control, they "locked the doors and deactivated the engine. A felony vehicle stop was performed by marked police units."
[adrotate group="9″] With officers at the ready, the Escalade's unauthorized driver was then called out near West Capitol Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard. But the suspected thief made a break for it, "bailing on foot" until pursuing officers took him into custody just south of the vehicle stop.
Into jail for allegedly trying to steal the "bait" car went Jason Daniel Moore, a 29-year old resident of Hobson Avenue.
The News-Ledger asked Lt. Sockman if the "bait cars" were left unlocked or with the keys inside. He said methods vary from case to case, but the keys weren't left in this Escalade.
"In general, they have to work for it," he added.
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Castillo wants to be 'parent advocate'
By Steve Marschke
News-Ledger Editor
"I'm a parent advocate," sums up 32-year old Francisco Castillo of Southport, who is one of five people running for a vacant seat on West Sacramento's school board.
Castillo said that what originally drew him into the school board race was his family's need to camp at night outside their local campus, Bridgeway Island Elementary School, in order to secure a spot in that school's kindergarten program for one of their two young children.
"We got there at 2 a.m.," he recalls. "I said, 'Wow, something needs to be done about this.' Not that I had a solution. . . but that sparked an interest in my getting more involved with my son's education."
Because both Castillo and his wife were working parents, they needed to ensure their older child got a place in the morning session at that campus, and there weren't enough slots to meet the need. Thus the all-nighter.
Castillo came to San Francisco from Nicaragua when he was five, and was raised by a single mother from about the age of eight. She was not comfortable getting involved in her son's American schooling.
"She avoided attending parent conferences, not because she didn't want to go, but she didn't have the information and access," he told the News-Ledger. "She spoke Spanish."
Now, he considers parental involvement to be one of the "pillars" of his education platform.
"What are the resources we can give parents to tell them 'your child's education is important, your involvement is urgent?" he asked rhetorically.
[adrotate group="7″] "There are even businesses in West Sacramento and outside West Sacramento that can provide some of the resources that help support parental engagement."
Those "engagement" tools could include the use of technology, he said.
"There are different ways to get parents involved and we need to think outside the box."
Castillo also wants to expand Washington Unified School District's preschool programs.
"There's a lot of research that says that. . . in the long run, it will help them academically," Castillo commented.
His third "pillar" is college preparation and career education.
"The numbers are pretty evident," he reported. "Only eight students of our high school seniors last year are considered college-ready . . (The others) need to take remedial classes because they're not college-ready."
Castillo said he was referring to California State University tests provided to college-bound kids at River City High.
He sees a lot of potential value from creating new and better partnerships between the school district and the City of West Sacramento, along with making deals with business partners in the region and beyond.
"How do we partner with Silicon Valley and bring some of those resources to West Sacramento?" asked Castillo. "I don't think we're thinking on that level. We think of West Sacramento as just the city of West Sac. We need to go outside the city. We don't need to reinvent the wheel, there are programs already out there."
Castillo's "day job" is actually in the field of education advocacy. He works as deputy national press secretary for StudentsFirst, a nonprofit that "helps pass policies that put the interests of students first. . . in working with state legislators."
The organization tries to "elevate the teaching profession," "empower parents through information and choice," and create "fiscal transparency and responsibility," he said.
Does providing parents with "choice" mean advocating charter schools?
Speaking for himself, Castillo replied that "I support providing parents with excellent educational options, whether that's public charter school or traditional public school. A lot of parents in West Sacramento (currently) send their kids over to Clarksburg, to the charter school there."
He believes that charter schools are an option – but they need to be held accountable, and even shut down if they don't perform.
How about providing school vouchers, so parents can easier send their children to private schools?
"I'm still kind of thinking about that one," Castillo answered. "There's a lot of research that shows that low-income families benefit from vouchers."
The candidate said he perceived Washington Unified's school board – before the November election – to have been somewhat "polarized," but he believes that with new members on board, it has made a lot of progress in the past few months.
He likes the can-do spirit of the City of West Sacramento, and hopes the school district can repair some relationships with the city and enjoy the fruits of a better partnership. As a former staff member of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, he saw some of that happen in the City by the Bay.
"When I was working for him, he appointed the first-ever liaison to the school board. . . It made sense, because the city was providing resources to the school district, and the district was able to work with the city to get a lot of things done. We all know there's been some tension (in West Sacramento) between the city and the school board."
Castillo and his family have been in West Sacramento for about five years, he reports. In addition to working for Mayor Newsom, his resume includes service on San Francisco's youth commission, and working at a teen center and for several nonprofits. He attended San Francisco public schools, earning a political science degree from San Francisco State.
What does he see as the job duties of a school board member in WUSD?
"A school board member is someone who can help craft a strategic vision for the district," said Castillo. "A school board member can't do anything alone," but requires the ability to be part of a team, he added.
"The school board gives the superintendent a clear vision and clear direction about where we need to go. . . it's not about micromanaging."
He was asked whether the district's schools could be called "excellent," "good," "fair" or "poor."
"I think the district is 'good,'" he responded. "We can strive for excellence. We can get to that same path the city is taking as far as being an excellent city."
How is the district doing in student test scores, and how much does that matter?
"Bridgeway Island is excellent – their API is around 780, it's doing great," he answered. "It's not the only thing that measures (performance). "I think (the district) is doing fairly well, and improving every year. The north part of the West Sacramento is where the schools are struggling a little more."
Castillo said there's a perception – with some validity – that there is a difference between how the "north" and "south" are handled in WUSD.
"It seems like we don't pay much attention to the north area of West Sacramento," he said. "Because (Southport) is a newer area, it tends to get more of the resources."
It's important to put the resources where they're needed, wherever that may be, he added.
"I think there's a sense of the 'South of West Sacramento' and the 'North of West Sacramento.' How about 'all of West Sacramento'?"
Castillo believes the district is in pretty good financial shape.
"I have to give 'props' to the superintendent, his staff and even the board," he commented about their money-handling. And the passage of state Proposition 30 will bring a "surge of money" to the district following several years of cost-cutting.
Where should the money go?
"One idea would be having it go to the classroom. . . but it's the kind of vision we have to decide as a school board, with the input of the superintendent," he answered. There might be "holes to fill," he said, like restoring school bus routes cut during the economic hard times.
Castillo reports that he has been endorsed by West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon, by Mayor pro tem Oscar Villegas, school board president Mary Leland and vice president Katie Villegas, by county supervisors Mike McGowan and Matt Rexroad, and by Laborers Local 185, among others.
He invites interested people to contact him – and provide suggestions – by phoning (916) 668-9659, emailing email@example.com, or visiting www.castilloforkids.com.
"I don't have all the answers," Castillo commented. "Some of the best solutions come from the community."
Editor's note: This interview is the fourth in a series. Each of the five people running for a seat on the Washington Unified School District has been invited to talk to the News-Ledger about the issues. The final interview will appear in print on Feb. 20.
The ballot will be an all-mail ballot, with votes due by March 5. Ballots may be dropped off at a location on the first floor of city hall, 1110 West Capitol Avenue.
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Register for kindergarten Saturday
West Sacramento's local elementary schools will accept registration for kindergarten and transitional kindergarten students on Sat., Feb. 23, from 9 a.m. to noon. Bring your child's birth certificate, social security card, immunization records, proof of physical (dated after Aug., 2012, for kindergarten students) and a copy of your PG&E bill for address verification, to your local campus. For kindergarten, child's fifth birthday must be on or before Oct. 1, 2013.
Questions? Contact Bridgeway Island Elementary at 375-7778; Elkhorn at 375-7670; Riverbank at 375-7700; Stonegate at 375-0960; Southport at 375-7890; Westfield at 375-7720; or Westmore Oaks at 375-7730.
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Fundraising with firecrackers
If your church or nonprofit is interested in getting a permit to sell fireworks in West Sacramento during this year's Independence Day (July 4) season, go to the information session scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m. in the city council chambers, 1110 West Capitol Avenue.
The permit lottery will accept applications March 1-31. For more information, contact City Clerk Kryss Rankin at 617-4500.
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Man convicted for growing marijuana on public land, patrolling with gun
Last month, a Yolo County jury found 57-year-old Fidel Alvarez guilty of "cultivation of marijuana" and "possession for sale of marijuana." The jury also convicted Alvarez of being armed during the commission of these crimes.
According to the office of Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig:
Last September, agents from the Yolo County Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Mountain and Valley Marijuana Investigations Team discovered a marijuana grow one third of a mile off Highway 16 in Yolo County on public lands. The marijuana grow contained over 500 plants that were only a few days away from harvest. Agents discovered Alvarez walking through the field of plants dressed in camouflage clothing and carrying a .22 caliber rifle with a homemade flash suppressor.
Alvarez admitted to agents that he had been hired by drug dealers in Richmond to come and tend to the marijuana plots. He stated that he was going to receive a percentage of the profits from the sale of the marijuana. Experts testified that the plants would produce somewhere between 250 and 500 pounds of marijuana which would have a street value of $250,000 to $500,000, said the D.A.'s office.
"These marijuana grows on public lands are dangerous and the cause of numerous acts of violence across the state," said prosecutor Michael Vroma, in a press release. District Attorney Reisig commented on the environmental impact. "The toll these marijuana grows have on the surrounding environment due to chemicals and fertilizers is immeasurable," said Reisig in the same release.
Alvarez will be sentenced on February 25 by Judge Timothy L. Fall. Alvarez faces up to four years in prison.
Editor's note: the News-Ledger asked the D.A.'s office for a few more details about this case, but the requested information was not provided.
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BLM Utah to Host Resource Advisory Council Meeting/Conference Call
Salt Lake City—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will host a meeting/conference call Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., MST.
The Utah RAC formed a subgroup to review BLM-Utah's draft three-year strategy for managing National Conservation Lands. In June 2013, this RAC subgroup provided the BLM-Utah State Director with recommended changes to the draft strategy. The upcoming meeting and conference call is being held to discuss these recommendations.
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Seven national top-10 team finishes
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—Central College freshman Aaron Anderson (Clarion, Clarion-Goldfield HS) won the 133 pound title in the Bronze Division of the Auggie-Brute-adidas Open wrestling tournament at Augsburg College (Minn.) Saturday.
A large field in the non-scored meet was split into three divisions based largely on experience level. Anderson was 3-0, capturing the crown by technical fall after gaining two wins by major decision.
"Aaron had a terrific day and finished with a great championship match, winning by tech fall," coach Eric Van Kley said. "He was strong offensively all day."
Jon Heffner (freshman, Lehigh Acres, Fla., Riverdale HS) placed second at 165 pounds in the Silver Division. He went 3-1 and was outlasted in the title match by a 3-2 decision.
"Jon did a great job getting to the finals," Van Kley said. "It was hard-fought match and he just came up short.'
Central also had strong showings from Zach May (freshman, Mount Pleasant) and Chris Hallinan (junior, Waukee). May took second in the Bronze Division and finished at 2-1. Hallinan was fourth in the Silver Division at 149 and went 2-2.
"Both Zach and Chris performed well and battled hard today," Van Kley said.
Sam Apland (sophomore, Woodridge, Ill., Downers Grove South HS) was third in the Silver Division at 174 pounds. Bryan Connolly (junior, Naples, Fla., Gulf Coast HS) was fourth at 133 pounds and Keegan Overbey (junior, Ceres, Calif.) was sixth at 157. Craig Connolly (freshman, Naples, Fla, Gulf Coast HS) was sixth at 149 pounds in the Bronze Division.
Van Kley was pleased with the performance from the underclassmen.
"We wrestled a few younger guys today and I was impressed with their heart and perseverance," Van Kley said. "They won a lot of close matches and really competed well. It's another positive step in the right direction."
Central takes a break for Thanksgiving before returning to action Dec. 1 for the Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.) Invitational at Milwaukee, Wis., at 9:30 a.m.


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Originally Posted by Uchiha Lorenzo15
so wat ur saying is god is created nor destroyed, which means god is energy cause energy is created nor destroyed just past on....... so god is energy and energy is god. and by saying that energy is the creator and energy was the main part of the big band.
No, not saying energy is God or God is energy. Energy cannot be God, because energy needs a cause, it can be created, it needs a creator and can vary (you know e=mc2 [Energy = to Mass x square of Speed of light]), but God doesn't. As I said God is not created and is eternal. So God is the Creator or Cause of "energy".
Plus Big bang has a begining, so does that energy, but God does not.
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There used to be a time, something happened in our past that destroyed the peace and harmony that one existed, something cataclysmic possibly. Thats why the world can be a better place, but everyone must make themselves better, which most are not willing to do.
Originally Posted by Tsujan9484
If god do really exist...then this world should have been a better place. Every country would have been in peace and prosperity. Everyone should have been happy and in joy. But do you see these happening?
No! Hence God does not exist. He is just a shoulder to cry on if you are all alone.
I believe in me, the goodness in me, the goodness in everyone.
I personally don't believe in god because i don't understand how he could be real.
Originally Posted by Mante
No, not saying energy is God or God is energy. Energy cannot be God, because energy needs a cause, it can be created, it needs a creator and can vary (you know e=mc2 [Energy = to Mass x square of Speed of light]), but it condractics with the characteristics of God. So the cause or creator of that energy is God, the Merciful. And as I said God is not created and is eternal. Plus Big bang has a begining, so that energy does too, but God does not.
no no no you can not create energy it is not living nor dead. and who are you to say energy needs a cause last time i checked the bible says that god just created everything with out exactly explaining what he created. the only reason you know about e=mc2 because of a man who studied it with his own hands and has the proof. not because he heard a voice in his head tell him what it is.
Believing in a higher being you think is there sometimes restricts your thinking and you may never see past some things. For me personally, ever since i stopped being a christian i've become more peaceful and no longer bound by the rules and obligation of christianity is awesome. I'M FFRRRREEEEEEEE
God does exist. I seen him so had other folks I believe. And Jesus Died for our sins so we can have a chance to be accepted into Heaven. I think people dont want to believe cause they have had tragedy happen in their lifetime or something like that. For all the non believers just pray and He will show himself to you in some way shape or form. You just have to have Faith that Jesus died and was resurrected on the third day. God is there. We live in his Grace daily.
Believe and get knowledge cause Judgement is upon us
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I believe that a belief in God or in something else is a great thing.
It gives people a reason to maintain hope.
As humans we are naturally afraid of death, because it is unknown to us.
The idea of an afterlife, a Garden of Eden or Heaven, which can be reached through good deeds in life, motivates people to do what they can to help others.
I know, many people don't follow the ethics of their declared religions.
But, faith allows people to feel secure and safe.
Look up Pascal's God-shaped Void. Everyone has it, but at one point, as a result of an event in life, this Void can become, well, nonexistent.
Eh, I don't believe in God, but I have nothing against the dude. I've never put too much thought into beliefs and religion because it has honestly done more harm then good, not just one particular religion, but both religion and science. I don't try to find an explanation for my existence because I know it is nearly impossible to prove, I am just happy to be alive, and I live my life the best way I know how and being the best I can be, that way I have no regrets of dying and will be prepared for what comes next.
I believe in God because I would go nuts trying to think all of this was just coincidence and how apes evolved when they are no longer evolving. I do believe a big bang happened but I believe god set it in motion because where did all that energy come from and if there was no first human. Where did the first apes come from...or first fish...or first living creature all together on earth. Just a thought
TO those who don't believe in a Supreme Being. You have to first understand the characteristics of God to get a better understanding.
First I would ask how You define what God means. Also tell me the qualifications to be "God". If I were to reason with you I need to know how much you know.
Am i like the only Muslim around here?
Some things were not meant for men to understand... i am a christian and occurances in my life drasticly matured my faith. Faith is the key word i see many on this thread take forgranted , disregard (sorry for spelling) or just fail to fully understand or care for but it is highly important.
There are many things unseen in this world so i cant be so niave to believe the only thing i see is what i get. Thats just a portion of my 2 cents tho... wanna keep it simple..
Many of you are saying who created God? How do we know he exists? Now it's kinda obvious that many don't actually read the Bible or just read the first few chapters (that's not nearly enough). Many people also find the Bible very confusing since it never puts things bluntly. If you really want to know about God you wouldn't be sitting here questioning everything, you would be going out there and finding your own revelation about it. Many people just don't want to know or associate themselves with this anyway so they don't bother. For those who don't believe in God here is something that changed my views, maybe this is what you all looking for.
It is too long for me to write so here's the link, read this: http://presenttruthmn.com/william-branham-doctrine-god/
I prefer to believe in God for the reason that I refuse to believe that everything was created by sheer chance of the right molecules and electrical impulses being in the right place at the right time. Science says that the brain is but a bundle of neurons that send messages to one another, just a few electrons travelling down a piece of string. For me, religious or otherwise, that is a terrible thought. I cannot comprehend the notion that the soul doesn't exist, the soul has to exist. I ask you, have you felt love? Have you felt anger, have you felt happiness, sadness, and every other emotion in between? Emotions cannot be simply messages, they're too powerful and too meaningful to be chance. I don't think I'm expressing myself very well; what I mean to say is, if we live in a world where emotions are just impulses created by the brain's reactions to our sensory organs, then I would not want to live in this world. I believe in God, and I believe that Jesus was a real person, but even if that is not true and they don't exist, it is undeniable that the human soul exists.
Just look at the world, the universe even; how could something so beautiful be created by a random explosion at the beginning of time? For those who ask "What existed before God, who created him?" ask yourselves this; before the big bang, what existed? Nothingness?
I don't ask people to believe in God or try and force my religion on them, but I do ask these questions to make them think. If science is right, and there is no God, no purpose for the universe, then wouldn't that also mean that we as humans have no purpose either? We exist to simply exist, created by chance and born by chance? I refuse to believe that my entire consciousness - who I am, what I'm doing here, my relationships, my family, my emotions, everything - has come into being merely because two random people met and did their thing. I have to have a purpose, I must have been created. That's all the proof I need.
But that's just me. I can understand how people don't believe in religion, that's their point of view, and it's not my place to try and change their mind. But I believe in a God who created us for a true purpose, and that is my opinion, right or wrong.
Personally, I don't believe in a god; I believe in what can be explained by science. Though this might be due to my thing against religion. Now, before you all start flaming me, let me make one thing clear. I have nothing against people who have faith; everyone can have their own opinion, and believe in their own god. Nobody knows the complete truth about whether a god exists (which is why it's called faith), so it would be wrong of me to assume I'm correct. However, I have issues with religion; not faith.
For one thing, have you ever seen all those fancy cathedrals, churches, and shrines? Well religions such as Christianity are supposed to teach people to be humble and giving; yet here they are spending money on building hugely expensive churches. Wouldn't this money be better spent in providing the starving children in Africa with food, shelter, and access to basic medical help? If a religion truly believed in being humble, then they should worship in a humble building. From what my perception of god is (even though I don't believe), he isn't going to condemn you if you don't worship him in a fancy building with stained glass windows. And as other people have stated, I don't think it's right how religions try and force you to live a certain way, and are convinced that you're going to hell if you don't.
Ok, I'm done ranting about religion; but to all of you out there that do like religion, I mean no disrespect at all; I'm simply sharing my view, and again, I have nothing against people who believe in a higher power, or god, and i respect their faith.
I was brought up a Christian, so yeah, I do.
The existence of God as the creator of the universe is negated by the fact that the space-time continuum is infinite.
Having no beginning nor end, the universe continues into infinity, our present having arisen from an infinite past which leads into an infinite future.
Thus there never was a creation and it is therefore false for God to be envisioned as creator of the universe.
I believe there is something. Not any God I've ever heard of though.
I mean, how can you look out there, at the gorgeous universe, and not believe in something? There probably is some sort entity which is much, much greater than us. Not necessarily that which created the universe, but at least something greater than the organic life on this planet.
Also, please stop posting religious and controversial threads. They always turn into a flame war.
i believe in GOD.............
This thread isn't closed, wow, yes I do.
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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North ReviewBy Morgan Webb - Posted Oct 31, 2011
Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a buggy, unbalanced mess of a game that doesn't even feel like it takes place in the LOTR universe.
The Pros
- Hanging out with your giant eagle friend will make you excited for The Last Guardian.
- Accurately represents the way spiders die - not upside down with their legs in the air like most insects, but right side up.
- It is a long game (maybe this is a con).
The Cons
- Doesn't actually feel like you are in the Lord of the Rings universe.
- Egregious balance issues plague all elements of the game, including combat, leveling, and loot.
- There are an inexcusable number of bugs and glitches.
Lord of The Rings: War in the North Review:
I will admit to playing, and even enjoying, a mindless crappy game because of the Lord of the Rings license. This is not one of those times. Lord of the Rings: War in the North is an action RPG that fails on many levels, not the least of which is that it doesn't actually feel like it takes place in the Lord of the Rings universe. You have a man, an elf, and a dwarf traveling together on what amounts to a sidequest. They try to make you feel like a part of Frodo's main story by having you run into the fellowship at Rivendell, but it really just makes you feel like there's something more interesting going on somewhere else.
I'm not a fan-girl, I'm a fan-elf
It's true, I don't need to replay the story of the main fellowship, we've all seen it and done it a thousand times. I would have been open to following a band of heroes who set out to fight a dragon, or kill an evil orc king, or accomplish some random task that was utterly unrelated to the fellowship. However, quest aside, there really isn't anything very LOTR about the game. Since elves and dwarfs and wizards are all part of standard fantasy lore, their presence alone is not enough to make the game feel like it belongs to that world. You do run into some characters from the films, but they are so stone faced and bland you can't wait to stop talking to them and get on with it.
From Dusk to Dark
When you play a game of this type, you expect certain class archetypes. The person with the staff and magic is likely the healer, the dwarf is melee and probably a tank, and the guy that's left is probably a well-rounded combination of ranged and melee combat. However the characters all just end up as melee characters. The magic wielding elf never seems to have enough power to keep the projectiles coming, and since power regenerates insanely slowly you just end up whacking enemies with your staff. Her healing dome spell is slow at the best of times and useless in the later levels as Uruk Hai and other enemies can smash it immediately. The dwarf and the ranger both have incredibly overpowered arrows but you never have enough of them. This is especially frustrating when enemy archers are positioned out of melee range.
Your AI compatriots however, never run out of ammo. They can shoot arrows all day long. Too bad their aim sucks. This is especially shocking as my reticule just has to be somewhere in the vicinity of the target to get a hit. Despite this, the game is strangely hard. Hard maybe isn't the right word, because you don't feel like any of the game's challenge is skill based - no one gets better at this game. If you can hit the X button and roll around, you will eventually make it through. It feels hard because it never seems like your armor, skills, and weapons are well matched for your opponents. The situation is not helped when your compatriots choose to take a stand in the middle of an exposed walkway flooded with arrows, rather than over by the side where they are shielded by a wall. Or there are two trolls and 10 Uruk Hai hammering you with huge swords, and your buddies are off in the corner happily shooting their infinite arrows at the infinitely respawning low level grunts. You just watch and think "There? Really? That's the best spot you could find? Sigh, well, we'll be doing this one over again."
I could go on forever about how they should have made arrows lower power but more abundant, or that the loot drops were rare and always useless, or how your spells never had enough power to bother with. The basic issue was balance. Most of the pieces were there, but the game wasn't properly balanced so you always felt underpowered. You never, ever, felt strong or awesome, you always felt like you took too much damage and couldn't deal enough. Your spells weren't the big fiery panic button they should have been, they were incredibly underpowered, even when they were fully leveled up. You even fought zombies, that video game trope of the easy to kill baddie, and you had to hack away a ridiculously long time to kill them. These are all balance issues, and they could have been solved with a modicum of time and skill, but since it wasn't done, the game is sunk.
Other issues include an annoying and useless repair mechanic, an anemic rune mechanic, a complete lack of loot, a menu system so bad you end up writing down lists of item specs because it's the only way to compare new items to those already equipped, and a debilitating lack of pertinent information. For example, it would have been really nice to see the health bars of your friends.
Oh, and you like trolls? I hope so because you are going to fight a lot of them. Here's a tip. Hit. Roll. Hit. Roll. X. B. X. B. Trolls are tedium defined.
One of the worst sins is that the game is buggy. One of my AI allies somehow got stuck in an overhang 8 feel off the ground. Arrows would freeze and hang in midair. Bosses would seemingly get confused and stop, or rapidly float back and forth, stuck on some invisible path.
We Merry Three
The game supports three player co-op (which is so odd, why not two or four like everyone else? I suppose it's because the engine couldn't possibly have handled four players, it could barely handle three), and it is helpful to have a real person in there fighting with you. When you invite someone into your game, they enter at their own level. Say you are level 20 and your friend is level 5, and you invite him into your game. He still has his level 5 armor, skills, and weaponry, meaning it's impossible to invite a lower level person into later levels. You will have to take your high level to his low level game. It's OK, because playing against enemies way below your level will be the one time you feel awesome in this game.
Single player issues still plague multi-player, for example It still would be incredibly helpful to see other player's health bars, instead you just have to give a running narrative of your health over your headset.
Multi-player is not immune to bugs either. Frequently enemies would disappear the moment they died. I don't mean they would fall to the ground and fade away or animate out in a puff of smoke, I mean they would blink out. It's a bit disconcerting when the enemy you were just hitting is no longer there.
Things I Like
I like that if you fill the enemies with arrows the arrows are still sticking out of the enemy until he dies, and some guys are running around with tons of arrows in them. I like that if I am playing as the dwarf he takes the lead in conversations, and if I am playing with the elf she takes the lead. I like the eagle character model and animation, as well as that of the dragon and the Nazgul mounts. I like the way the elf's coat moves in the wind. I like...umm...nope. I'm out.
Things I Hate
I wanted to like this game. I am a big Lord of the Rings fan and was ready to enjoy this experience. I would have been quite receptive to a mindless Dynasty Warriors-style hack and slash, or a Diablo-style dungeon crawler. What I got instead was an unfinished mess that should be played and studied as an example of bad game design, and it didn't even feel like Lord of the Rings. There is no excuse in this day and age for such a buggy mess. I am very sorry to say you should avoid this game at all costs.


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Nokia Corp., the largest maker of mobile phones in the world and a leading supplier of smartphones, will finally unveil its lineup of smartphones at Nokia World event next week, according to a Microsoft Corp. executive. While no details about the lineup are clear, it is clear that Nokia will try to address different parts of the market with them.
"Nokia will announce its rollout plans with Windows Phone [at Nokia World], among other things. It made an evaluation early on, and saw our roadmap for this year and next year, and it decided to bet the whole company on Windows Phone based on that. We've seen that other hardware makers have seen this occurrence as an accelerant, which in turn helps both Microsoft and Nokia. I'm also excited about naming some new OEMs that will be coming onboard [with WP7]," said Andy Lees, president of Microsoft's Windows Phone division, in an interview with AllThingsD, reports Engadget blog.
Mr. Lees, who reportedly stressed that Nokia will unveil a number of Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango"-based handsets at its show, also indicated that the mobile phone giant will have differentiating hardware and software and will thus provide something more than just a Windows Phone handsets like other makers.
It is widely believed that Nokia's first Windows Phone device will be the Nokia 800. What we do possibly know about the first Nokia Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango"-based smartphone from Nokia - the Nokia 800 - is that it sports a curved 3.7" AMOLED multi-touch display with unknown resolution and does not sport any hardware buttons on the front side. The handset is presumably powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 (up to 1GHz Scorpion ARM Cortex-A8 core, Adreno 200 graphics processing unit, 720p video, up to 12MP camera, integrated 3G, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSPA support and so on) system on-chip, sports 8MP camera, GPS navigation and other innovations.
Based on unofficial information, Nokia is preparing several smartphones, including code-named Sun (presumably with with 12MP camera and dual-core SoC), Saber (single-core SoC, 8MP camera), Sea Ray/Searay (with multi-touch screen) and something featuring a QWERTY keypad smartphones based on Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" operating system for the "initial" lineup release.
In total, there are twelve Nokia Windows Phone 7 devices planned to be released in 2012. All of them are likely to somewhat resemble Symbian-based products, but should naturally offer clear advantages over the platform that is fading away.
The actual code-name of the Nokia 800 is unknown. Based on unofficial specifications and design, it is clearly not the Sea Ray handset shown back in June, 2011, but is likely the Saber.
Nokia World 2011 event takes place in London, the UK, in October 26-27, 2011.
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I think I even read/heard/saw once how DEN fans don't have much faith, at times, with Carmelo at the end of games? Not sure if I dreamt that or not.
I could/might agree with this assessment, but I saw with my own 2 eyes Anthony almost beat Lakers all by himself. He was an absolute bull. I also watched him carry Syracuse to a championship.
So, he's proven he can win, and has winning inside him.
I imagine if you put Melo with Shaq and then Gasol, and put Bryant on a team with Keyon Martin and the Bird.... Well, we might say that Kobe is Rice and Melo a HOF player.
I think Felton-Stat is the perfect duo to put Melo with. Toss is a Fields (jack of all trades) and a Big who can rebound and defend, and you'll get a title.
Now, I do agree that I wouldn;t sell the famr (in other words, give up 3 of these 4: Fields, Chandler, Gallo & Randolph). But if I could get Melo only sacfricing 2 of them.... I have to do it.
I just remember that LAK series.... and I think his best bball is still ahead of him.


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In less than two weeks 6,000 spectators will head to Westby to watch one of the region's biggest ski jumping tournaments: the 90th annual Snowflake Ski Jumping Tournament.
This two-day tournament brings in about 30 skiers from all over the world including Canada, Finland, Sweden and Slovakia.
But before they arrive, everything from the tournament schedule to the hill jump and the snow itself, has to be set and ready.
And that can only be made possible by hundreds of hours of hard work from volunteers.
As the snow-maker outside works to cover the Snowflake Ski Club in Westby, Trgve Thompson keeps a watchful eye across the street in the clubhouse.
"Every couple of hours I go over there and make sure it's not frozen (and) everything is working," said Thompson.
Thompson is donating his time to make this year's annual Snowflake Ski Jumping tournament a success.
Thompson has volunteered every year for the past four decades.
"It's just been a long time," said Thompson. "Let's just say a long time."
He's done just about every job there is, from making the snow to maintaining the bonfires.
"Just about anything within reason for an old fart like me," said Thompson.
The tournament, the high-flying skiers and the thousands of spectators are just some of the things that keep him coming back every year.
"It's just fun," said Thompson. "I get to meet people from pretty much all over the world."
Thompson is one of the 30 volunteers that is helping make the event possible.
And the public relations manager for the club, Scott Yttri, said the volunteers have been the backbone of the event since it began 90 years ago.
"It's our heritage," said Yttri. "All of us sit down there in the clubhouse and wonder why we have to put on the clothes and do what we do, and our fathers before us did it and our aunts and uncles, so it's kind of in our blood. It's just the Norwegian way."
Yttri is anticipating a great tournament this year to match last year's success. He said this year the cold weather is on their side.
"We just about didn't get it off because of the warm weather, but the hill held up there and we got a good tournament last year," said Yttri. "So we're looking for a great tournament. The skiers, they'll be here in the area around Thursday next week for the Friday night Saturday jump."
The event is something Thompson looks forward to every year, and while he said he pretty much lives and breathes it, there is one thing he won't do.
Putting on a uniform is as close as he gets to actually jumping down the hill.
"That's as close as I get, yeah," said Thompson. "Take my word for it, it doesn't fit that well."
Thompson said helping with the Snowflake Ski Jumping Tournament runs in the family.
Thompson's father helped back in the day, Thompson currently does and his son is a judge for the tournament.
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Farm livin' is the life for me!
Feelin' my oats, I saddled up and made my way to Stonewall Farms ("like" 'em on Facebook) on Sunday to check out the Sullivan County Horse Council (www.schs-nc.org) 2013 Gymkhana series, featuring female equestrians in a variety of classes and age groups. There I observed "barrel runs" and a display of expertise and showmanship, including the ladies (and horses) decked out in all things pink, supporting the local efforts of the Susan B. Komen "Race for the Cure" cancer awareness drive. I did my best to sound like I knew anything about riding, but I think the girls were onto me, so I snapped a bunch of pics, admired their skills, and headed out to yet another farm, shooting red, green and gold along the way. This one (www.imaginealpacas.com) was right up my alley, as my ongoing love affair with the gentle giants continues to blossom, and I was excited to meet the alpacas and take a tour of the facility with genial hosts Ed and Denise Burkart, who did nothing to dissuade me from wanting a pair of these gorgeous creatures to come home with me and the wonder dog.
Denise spent much of her life in the medical field and keeps the pack animals healthy, with a lab on premises, while Ed (according to him) "shovels s*#t" all day, and "keeps the boys in line." My visit to the alpaca farm was sparked by it being National Alpaca Farm Days, and the Burkarts hosted events throughout the weekend, including feeding and educational lectures, crafts for the kids, hands-on visits with the animals and demonstrations on fiber spinning and wet and dry felting. I visited the little store on the premises (which is open year 'round) and picked out something for myself, but succumbed to the dog sweater that Dharma wanted instead. Of course, she got her way, but I have several alpaca farms on my radar, which I plan to visit in the coming weeks and am already putting something aside, so that I too, can be warm and cozy all winter long. Feeling like Old MacDonald was exhilarating, and I'm glad that this little piggy chose to not stay home.
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Upgrading to four-wheel discs with Stainless Steel Brakes' bolt-on kit
In the old days when trucks were for work and musclecars rolled out of Detroit assembly lines, disc brakes were touted as an "upgrade." Salesmen would proudly declare, "…and this baby's got front discs." Today, salesmen key on airbags and cup holders, cars have discs at all four corners, and no one gives it a thought–except those of us riding around in 30-year-old American iron. Disc brakes provide more positive mechanical action, respond linearly to pedal effort, dissipate heat faster, and just plain stop the car more quickly and with fewer quirks than drum brakes. While Mopars could be had with optional front disc brakes, four-wheel discs were the realm of exotica, found only on sportscars like Corvettes or high-end imports such as Aston Martins and Jags. No, it wasn't the territory of Coronets and Dusters.
Making up for the low-grade factory braking hardware is a simple proposition today. The parts to upgrade any corner of a classic Mopar to disc brakes are readily available in kit form. Unlike some of the older conversions, which adapted racing components to Mopar applications, these modern kits utilize durable OE quality components, with such niceties as parking brakes, weather seals, and off-the-shelf availability of replacement pads. Our '70 Duster, sadly, was fitted with 10-inch drums all around. Hard braking provoked poor directional stability, and braking capacity soon degenerated as a result of brake fade–safe enough for low-speed commuting, but not up to the job of halting a high-powered hot rod.
We found that Stainless Steel Brakes Corporation (SSBC) offers bolt-in conversion kits to upgrade drum brakes to discs at either end. The promise of improved braking captivated our interest. We like the idea of retaining our original front spindles for an easy installation, as well as the double-drilled wheel bolt pattern, which would allow an upgrade from the Duster's small bolt pattern.
While adding discs to the front end is a major step forward, we wanted to ditch the puny 10×13/4-inch A-Body rear drums at the same time. We ordered SSBC's basic Mopar disc brake conversion kits for the front and rear of the Duster.
Beyond the basic kit, SSBC offers a number of optional upgrades, including lightweight high-capacity aluminum calipers and slotted rotors. Installing the system proved easy and with no surprises, which is a good thing. A better thing was the improved braking performance. With the stock drums, which we had fully rebuilt, slowing the Duster down at the track from 110 mph was a handful. There was no telling which way it would want to go, but it was certainly not straight.
With four wheel discs, the stops became controlled and predictable. Unlike single-purpose lightweight drag brakes, off the strip, the SSBC kit has the capacity and durability to deliver the goods under "performance street" duty. This was definitely the dope for our dual-purpose Duster.


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I returned to work three months after my baby was born, he is now six months. I feed my baby before leaving to work and I can only pump twice at work. He gets one or two bottles of formula a day. The first months were working out fine, I was able to pump four to six ounces per session.
But in the last couple of weeks I have been getting more and more frustrated because now if I am lucky I can get two or three ounces. And if I am really lucky I can manage to squeeze out four ounces in sessions of thirty minutes. All last week and today I wasn't able to get any let downs. I have even tried to manually express my milk hoping that would help. After I am finished pumping I am tired and exhausted. I am relaxed and calm in the begining but towards the end I am just mad. I am even considering not pumping anymore, I go through all that just to get four ounces a day!
When the baby is with me he seems full and content and on the weekends he is fine also. It's just the pumping that isn't working out. I asked the doctor if it would be ok to stop pumping and he said that as long as he got bm once a day he would be fine.
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Baked Sweet Potato Fries
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Recipe Servings: 6 portions
4 sweet potatoes, unpeeled and cut into wedges
¼ cup chopped fresh sage
½ cup packed light brown sugar
½ cup Lucini® Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil®
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
In a large bowl, combine the sweet potatoes, sage, brown sugar and oil. Season with salt and pepper and toss. Spread on a large baking sheet. Bake for 40 minutes. Serve immediately.
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JPMA Elects New Board
May 4, 2009-- Home Textiles Today,
The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association has elected its new board of directors for 2009–2010.
Greg Mansker of Chicco USA, chairman, succeeds Tony DeSimone of Fisher Price, who is now immediate past chair. Brenda Berg of Scandinavian Child was elected vice chairman and Tom Sparno of Evenflo Co., Inc. was elected treasurer.
Joining the board is incoming director, Keith Schneider of PEM America.
Directors continuing to serve include: Michael Halak of Graco; Scott Krueger of Westwood Design; Luanne Lager of Regal Lager; Jason Macari of Summer Infant Products; Rick Rosati of Bureau Veritas; Ken Waldman of Jack Design; Kerry Williams of Go-Go Babyz; and Alan Wolkin of Colgate Juvenile Products. Lager and Williams were re-elected to new three-year terms after having been appointed to complete unexpired terms from previous board members who resigned.
JPMA is a national trade organization of more than 300 companies in the United States, Canada and Mexico, primarily prenatal to preschool product manufacturers, importers, and distributors marketing under their own brands to consumers.
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Written by The Shape 1973 on 28.02.2012 at 23:40
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Written by AngelofDeth on 22.04.2012 at 09:21
Written by The Shape 1973 on 28.02.2012 at 23:40
The subject matter is dark
?? the lyrics are so girly!, they are cringeworthy and unbearable at times. such as....
"So here I am and I'm beautiful
and all my friends would say the same
So here I am; and you cannot deny that I am someone you'd embrace
I am the queen; I'm pure and loved by everyone"
and all the shit about the baby and the family... ugh.. sure later on the abuse shit is dark but overall the theme was not pulled off well imo.
Written by The Shape 1973 on 22.04.2012 at 10:59
The lyrics you quote are from where the girl escapes in to her own imagination, the only place where people like her and to escape the hatred of her parents. Isn't that dark?


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Librarians were one of the few professional groups concerned, on a daily basis, with metadata, taxonomies, and knowledge organization. But in our new environment of global information services, growing digital content and always-on connectivity, every industry has become deeply concerned with these issues.
Ted Fons
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Ted is responsible for and directs the performance of WorldCat global metadata management. He ensures the effective coordination of hundreds of projects related to the WorldCat database, and will extend and expand the utility of WorldCat metadata for electronic resource management. WorldCat, the largest database of catalog records representing items held in libraries worldwide, continues to grow at an extraordinary rate due in part to improvements in batchloading capabilities and loading large national bibliographies. Ted also contributed to OCLC's new report, Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want.
Joel Summerlin
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Joel has been wrestling with metadata for more than a decade—long enough to know that the metadata will usually win, but that the battle is still worth the effort. His primary focus has been on cataloging and classification, development and maintenance of controlled vocabularies, and the ways that metadata can enhance (or impair) search and retrieval.
After brief stints as a cataloger and a reference librarian, he moved into the corporate world as a thesaurus developer at Corbis, where he managed the vocabularies used to describe one of the world's largest image collections. At Associated Press, he manages a squadron of taxonomists and linguistic experts who steadfastly labor to channel the onslaught of news content into increasingly manageable, useful, and valuable categories. He has an MFA and an MLIS degree, both from the University of Washington.
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Eugene started his career with Nortel in 1981 upon graduation from the Faculty of Management Studies at the University of Toronto. He has worked in various groups within BCE including Finance, Information Systems, R & D, and Corporate Office with significant international assignments in Asia, Europe and South America Eugene holds a Bachelor's Degree in economics, a Master's Degree in Business Administration and is a Certified Management Accountant. Mr. Roman works out of Waterloo, Ontario
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- UK governance at the time of the financial crisis: calls for change
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- Young, Suzanne; Thyil, Vijaya
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- The financial crisis in the UK began in late 2008 and the consequential economic recession has brought to the attention of media, commentators, policy makers and academics the importance of corporate governance. This research explores UK governance, what it means, what are its influences and how it is changing at the time of this financial crisis. The researchers conducted a series of qualitative interviews in five UK companies across a spectrum of industries (including institutional investors) in late 2008. Three key propositions were investigated: Proposition 1 is that board characteristics, the importance of which are pronounced by agency theorists are not the only key factor in 'best practice' governance. Proposition 2 is that shareholders and stakeholder involvement in governance will improve governance practices. Proposition three is that key to understanding governance failures is examining cognition and behaviours inside the black box of decision-making. Propositions two and three were supported by the interviews. The main conclusions are that the importance of good governance in establishing trust again at the time of the financial crisis is key and changes seem to be called for in a number of areas: in enhancing shareholder voice; better disclosure in explaining variations to the application of the principles of the Combined Code, in explaining risks, and in how decisions are made; and ensuring that executive remuneration is more clearly linked to profits, costs of capital and risk and reflects long-term value creation.
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- Corporate Ownership and Control, Vol. 6, no. 4 (Summer 2009), pp. 568-574
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- 2009
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- 1501 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability; 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment; 1503 Business and Management
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- Corporate governance; Board of directors; Global Financial Crisis; Shareholders
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- Virtus Interpress
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Police: Landlord lied about tenant putting her head through wallMarch 23,2013BENNINGTON A South Stream Road landlord was arraigned on Monday on a misdemeanor charge of calling in a false alarm after police said he falsely accused one of his tenants of putting her head through a wall and causing damage and destruction to her Beech Street apartment.
Thomas R. Dwyer Jr., 57, pleaded innocent to the charge in Bennington criminal court Monday. He was released without bail.
In an affidavit, Cpl. Andy Hunt, of the Bennington Police Department, said Dwyer called police on Feb. 27 around 3:40 p.m. Based on Dwyers description, three police officers and the Bennington Rescue Squad were dispatched to the apartment.
However, the tenant told police she didnt put her head through the wall. She said there was a hole in the wall put there by her ex-boyfriend three weeks previously and that she had reported it to Dwyer the day after it happened. On Feb. 27, she told police, she was having a problem because there was a raccoon in the ceiling of her apartment.
Dwyer told police he had been in the basement of the building and heard a loud bang. He said the tenant told him about the raccoon but he didnt believe her. Dwyer admitted that when he saw the size and shape of the hole in the wall, he assumed she had put her head through the wall.
Hunt said he told Dwyer he was being charged with providing a false alarm, and Dwyer then denied telling police his tenant put her head through the wall until he was told the call was recorded.MORE IN This Just InPolice: Chase
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Special Collections in Belk Library & Information Commons will host an open house in the Rhinehart Room (4th Floor) on Thursday, October 24, 2013, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., in honor of North Carolina Archives Week! This year's theme is "Home Grown! A Celebration of Food Culture and History."
You are invited to join us for a display of items from our collections and to learn more about Special Collections and archives in general. Come view cookbooks and recipes from the Appalachian region; letters from the 1800s discussing farming practices; photographs featuring food-based festivals, cooking demonstrations, and Appalachian State University's Food Services; a farm map from 1922; and much more. Please email inquiries to Cyndi Harbeson, email@example.com.
During Fall Break, why not break your academic-only fast with some high-fiber fun reading? Here are some places to find great suggestions in and from the library and where to browse our newest arrivals:
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Need Audiobooks? Look here on the 2nd Floor for adult fiction and non-fiction:
Other titles are available in the IMC Collection for Young Adult Books. Refining your search to 'Books on CD' in the Classic Catalog will show you most titles.
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Want to browse more or see readalikes for your favorite authors and books? Try our Database Novelist Plus (Go to 'Article Databases and E-Research Tools' from our Homepage, it will be found under the 'By Name' section under the 'N's.
Or you can stop by the Reference Desk in the center of our First Floor and speak with a librarian anytime for some suggestions!
A new exhibit, The Art of Kenneth Baldwin, is now on display in Special Collections on the fourth floor of the library.
Kenneth Baldwin (1914-1999) was a self-taught artist born in Black Mountain, North Carolina. He spent most of his life in Greenville, South Carolina. In June 1943, Baldwin joined the Army, where he worked as a camera technician in Central Burma, India, and China. The Kenneth Baldwin Artwork collection includes approximately fifty sketches and paintings, primarily in charcoal, pastels, and watercolors. The art illustrates the peoples and scenery of India, Burma, and China as well as documenting aspects of army life. Original works from Baldwin's collection are displayed in this exhibit.
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Are you feeling the mid-semester crunch? A library tour will help you with your research and writing assignments. If you missed the libray tours at the beginning of the semester, Sign up for a tour now. The tours are 30 minutes long and meet in the library atrium.
Submit a photograph that reflects an experience during education abroad that has influenced how you view the world. A photo jury will select 20 photographs to be displayed in the Belk Library Atrium between Nov. 13-Nov. 19. All members of the campus community may vote for their top choice. The winner will be announced at the closing ceremony for the Appalachian Global Symposium on Nov. 20. For more details about the contest and to submit your photo go to: http://international.appstate.edu/outreach/iew/photo-contest.
Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Belk Library -- Room 114
Admission: Free, open to the public
Students, faculty and community members are invited to attend the Academy Award winning film, A Separation. There will be a showing of the film on Tuesday, Oct 8 at 5:00 pm in the library, Rm 114. Discussion after the film will be led by Anousha Shahsavari, an artist and language teacher from Iran. Faculty who teach courses that would benefit from a better understanding of families and society in Iran are encouraged to ask their students to attend.
The event is presented by ASU Library in conjunction with the Muslim Students Association as the first event of the Muslim Journeys "Let's Talk About It" Program series of book and film discussions. The Program is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association. This series follows upon the Muslim Journeys Bridging Cultures Program begun in Spring 2013
ABOUT THE FILM: A Separation is a 2011 Iranian film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. The film focuses on a recently separated Iranian couple and their daughter and the cascading social and legal conflicts that unfold after the husband fires a lower-class care giver of his elderly father who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. This powerful drama explores conflict that cuts across gender and class at the heart of Iranian society. Rotten Tomatoes rates the film a 9 out of 10, describing it as "morally complex, suspenseful, and consistently involving." Roger Ebert described the film as providing "a useful portrait of Iran today" and showing "a more nuanced nation" than is often depicted in cinema generally seen by Americans. "The writer-director's only agenda seems to be to express empathy."
AWARDS: A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to win the award. It also received the Golden Bear for Best Film and the Silver Bears for Best Actress and Best Actor at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. It also won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 9 out of 10 rating describing it as "morally complex, suspenseful, and consistently involving."
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What do Robin Hood, Jack tales, and castles have in common? Find out in the two exhibits, "Medieval Folklore & Stories" and "Medieval Life," in Plemmons Student Union, now on display through October 8. Library resources from Special Collections and the Instructional Materials Center related to the medieval period are on display just as the Southeast Medievalists Association comes to Appalachian State University for its annual meeting.
Students and Scholars Exchange: Meet, Greet, and Eat
October 9, 2013 | 5:30-7:00 pm | RCOE Rm 124a
A Panel Discussion and Conversation with the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) Scholars
Students, Did you know that Appalachian State University is currently hosting an international group of 21 teacher-scholars from four continents? Please come out and meet these teachers and learn about education and life in their home countries. Countries represented include: Argentina, Bangladesh, Chile, Colombia, India, Lithuania, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
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This Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, the North Shore Decoration Day Symposium will be held on campus. For those interested in learning more about the North Shore and Decoration Day, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection in Special Collections contains materials documenting this history. Of note are:
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During the first few weeks of September, dancers in Collaborative Process (DAN 4830) have visited the Library twice to learn about its resources: once, on September 10, to learn about library resources for their final papers, and again on September 19, to explore how physical space affects their creative processes. One visit involved sitting in a computer classroom; the other involved actually dancing on the main staircase and in the first floor atrium. In both cases, they used the Library's resources to explore dance intellectually and physically.
Associate Professor of Dance and the class's instructor Emily Daughtridge explained the less-traditional, but creative use of the Library's resources that her class experienced on the Thursday the 19th:
"The students were members of my Collaborative Process class, which is a course for senior Dance Studies majors. The students in Collaborative Process are exploring the nature of creativity in collaborative work, crossing disciplines and group processes. [Thursday's] class, guided by invited guest and chair of Theatre and Dance, Marianne Adams, took inspiration from Postmodern era dance artists such as Trisha Brown. These artists are interested in exploring, dancing and choreographing in relationship to the elements, be they architectural, cultural, etc., of a given environment, or "found" space as it may be.
"During [Thursday's] class the dance students explored improvisational performance in the library rotunda and in the large open stair case. Both spaces provide unique spatial dimensions, architectural features, viewing perspectives and the opportunity to negotiate movement and interactions not only with fellow dancers but also with unsuspecting pedestrians. In addition Ms. Adam's gave the dancers the following prompts to consider: the shape of the space, the initiation/intention of the movement, and the awareness of being a part of a greater whole."
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The McHenry Public Library would like to inform the public of upcoming closings.
For safety reasons, the library will be closed to the public from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 20 so that two HVAC units can be installed on the roof.
Also, for the Thanksgiving holiday, the library will close at 5 p.m. Nov. 21 and remain closed on Nov. 22.
The drive-up book drop will be open during these closings, and the website will be available to manage patron library accounts, renew items, pay fines and do research.
For information, visit www.mchenrylibrary.org, call 815-385-0036 or stop by at 809 N. Front St.