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The question is about finding the limit using the fixed point rule. You can do that using the quadratic equation, not sure if that is what I should do. The question is this:
x0 = xn+1 = xn^2 -1/2 (n= 0,1,2...)
Generated by this function f(x) = x^2 - 1/2 appears to converge to a limit between -0.5 and 0. Assuming that this convergence does occur, find the value of the limit.
This question came after learning the fixed point rule, which I don't understand. If you have a link or knowledge about that; that would be useful.


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Wis. woman: Sheriff said OK for her to arm herself
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Milwaukee woman accused of firing a gun says the sheriff said it was OK for her to arm herself.
Police approached 36-year-old Makisha Cooper Saturday about firing a gun. Cooper told police she heard Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. on the radio "that she could own a gun to protect herself."
Clarke aired a radio ad last week telling Milwaukee-area residents not to count on a rapid police response to 911 calls and instead to take a gun safety course.
Cooper told police she fired a gun once outside a house after getting into a fight with her niece.
In a statement, the sheriff says "there is no parallel" between this case and what he said.
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Folly Lane are pleased to announce that they shall be attending St Charles Primary School throughout the next school term, where we hope to enhance our clubs exposure within the Swinton community and awareness to kids who might not yet have experienced the greatest game on the planet.
Further discussions are progressing with other schools, where hope to have a presence in a number of schools within the district.
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John Paul II is without a doubt the pope who has broken the most records in the Church's history.
First, his pontificate is on the longest on record. He was the head of the Catholic Church for 26 years: only Pius IX and Saint Peters pontificates lasted longer than John Paul II.
Then he is also the most travelled pope. He left the Vatican more than 1,500 times for official trips. He visited 129 countries and travelled more than 1 million kilometers. Thats like going around the globe 30 times. If you a sum up the time he was on trips, you could say he lived outside of Rome for more than 2 ½ years.
He also held huge summits in both big cities and small islands with less than 100 inhabitants. The powerful, needy, the healthy and the sick, the young and, old all paid close attention to Pope John Paul II.
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"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
Thus sayeth the Lord.
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Cosi fan Tutte - The Opera
The Met: Live in HD will return with one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's comic masterpieces, the opera "Così fan Tutte," on Saturday, April 26. Metropolitan Opera Music Director James Levine will conduct the performance of Mozart's barbed romance, a comic opera that shows the complications that ensue when two friends decide to test their partners' fidelity.
The cast is filled with charismatic young Met stars, including Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard as the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov as their lovers, and Danielle de Niese as the feisty maid Despina.
Renée Fleming, an alumna of SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music, will serve as the host for the Met Live broadcast.
"I don't think I have heard a more vibrant, masterly and natural performance," New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini said of the production. "This winning cast performed like a crack comedic theatre troupe."
Mozart's "Così fan Tutte" will screen live from the Metropolitan Opera stage at 12:55 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 at Potsdam's Roxy Theater. There will be an encore screening at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 4.
The opera will be performed in Italian, with English subtitles. The approximate running time is four hours, including one intermission.
The 2013-14 season of The Met: Live in HD is sponsored in the North Country by SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music and J.S. Cinemas.
All productions will be shown live worldwide on Saturdays. There will also be encore presentations offered on Sundays locally. Doors open a half-hour before show time, and there is immediate seating for advance ticket holders.
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Tickets prices are the lowest available in the nation: $18 for an adult, $15 for senior citizens, $12 for students and $9 for youth age 18 and under.
Tickets are available by calling the Community Performance Series Box Office at (315) 267-2277, or visiting the Roxy Theater or Northern Music & Video in downtown Potsdam or the CPS Box Office in the lobby of Sara M. Snell Music Theater. You can also reserve tickets online by visiting www.cpspotsdam.org or www2.potsdam.edu/cps/eventpgs/methd.html.
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The Hawaiin Islands have got to be among the most heavenly places on earth. My wife and I were able to see glimpses of four of the islands. So it's going to be difficult to limit this blog post to five things, but I'll try. This will be even more difficult since I have to use one of the five to tell you that we almost didn't make it out of Cleveland. Here goes.
1. When planning a Hawaiin Island Hopping Cruise, I don't recommend flying out of Cleveland in late February. The worst blizzardof the year hit the night before we were supposed to depart.
2. Taxi drivers in Oahu are as bad as the hotel shuttle drivers in L.A. It was almost better than a coaster ride at Cedar Point.
3. When on Maui, the Road to Hana is a must. Be warned, it is a very challenging drive, but beautiful beyond words.
4. Volcano National Park on the Big Island is amazing. The miles-long lava flows, new and old, tell the tale of the formation of the islands. But the Kona coast was my favorite stop.
5. Last, but by no means, least is Waimea Canyon on Kauai. The long, winding road to the overlook is tough, but you'll be glad you made the trip. The clouds move in and out quickly so be patient when you arive.
The island hopping cruise has advantages and disadvantages. You get to sample several of the islands, but it is just a sample. You don't have time to really, truly explore. But these teasers will ensure that you plan return trips. Who knows? Maybe you'll even make it a one-way trip.
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Bungle Releases First Statement On 10-Year Partnership With Activision
Microsoft isn't going to publish Bungie's next intellectual property, Activision is. Your mind might have melted a bit, but don't worry, the rest of the industry is still reeling from it, too. What's behind Bungie's decision? The studio should be making the rounds with the press this morning to explain themselves, but Bungie released a brief...
Industry Shocker: Halo Developer Bungie Studios Signs Deal With Activision
[UPDATE: For more on this story, check out our Bungie interview, and comments from Microsoft, Sony and Bungie.] As the drama surrounding Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward continues to unfold, Activision has dropped a new bombshell: the company has signed a 10-year publishing agreement with Bungie to bring its "next big action game...
Halo 2 Refuses To Die, Gamers Still Playing Over Xbox Live
You think you know dedication? You don't know dedication!...OK. Maybe you do. But still. There's a group of Halo 2 fans that are currently refusing to finish the fight despite Microsoft pulling the plug on the original Xbox Live service last week. The devoted gamers have had their systems on and connected for over a week, and while...
Xbox Live: In Memoriam
Microsoft plans to pull the plug on the original Xbox Live service at some point today, but already we can't help but miss our good friend. Back when we were young, it taught us how to play socially with others yet allowed us creative freedom to sound like robots when we wanted to verbally assault someone in-game with impunity. You were good...
Bungie Won't Rule Out More Halo Games, But They're A Long Ways Off
It would be insane for Bungie Studios to categorically rule out working on another Halo game after Halo: Reach is released later this year on Xbox 360. Even though internal Microsoft developer 343 Industries is not-so-secretly working on whatever's coming after Halo: Reach, it's always possible Bungie could come back to Halo. The studio is...
Bungie "Saddened" By Xbox Live Disconnection News, Fans React Somberly
April 14 will mark the end of an era for Bungie. Halo 2, the game that launched the studio into triple-A status and made headlines worldwide, will no longer be playable online. Microsoft is disconnecting the original Xbox Live servers as part of an internal restructuring, thus preventing games built on the original Xbox Live from functioning...
Soon, You'll Be Able To Have More Than 100 Xbox Live Friends
Microsoft is tired of answering this question: when can I have more than 100 friends on Xbox Live? The answer is soon. Microsoft made the most significant move in this direction yet, announcing the dismantling of the original Xbox Live servers. On one hand, unless Microsoft develops an interesting alternative (say, a downloadable version), Halo...
Bungie Says Halo: Reach's Story Will Be More Akin To Halo 3: ODST
Starting with Halo 2, the complicated mythology took hold of the story in Halo games. Bungie, in my eyes, successfully reigned in the problems with that path in Halo 3: ODST, which allowed you to enjoy a Halo story without being left out because you haven't read a Halo encyclopedia, too. According to Bungie, that's going to be the approach for...
X-Play Breaks Down the Best Games of the Decade
The past decade in gaming featured some of the best games ever created, and X-Play is here to document that with this three-part look at the best that the aughts had to offer. Watch these videos and let us know if you agree or disagree with Adam and Morgan's assessment of the best of the 2000's. Is your favorite game represented in the...
James Cameron Strikes Back At Halo Fans Criticizing Avatar
Are you a Halo fan? Have you seen Avatar? You're going to want to pay attention to director James Cameron's response to my question about the influence Aliens had on Halo and vice versa. One of the common responses to the first trailer for Cameron's Avatar was "whoa, that looks like Halo." Of course, moments later, most people...
Sessler's Soapbox: A Decade of Gaming
It's the end of the year. The end of a decade. The end of an era. What better time to sit down and look back at what the past decade of gaming has brought into our homes. Such is the subject of the last Soapbox of 2009. Adam sits down to talk about all the games and gaming trends that have come and gone since the year 2000. Some good, some bad,...
This Reader Unlocked Every Halo Achievement (Even That Halo Wars One)
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Halo: Legends Animation Collection Detailed And Dated
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"Significantly Less" Than 1% Of Halo Players Have Every Possible Achievement
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Halo Waypoint Is Actually Part Of Halo's Story...But It's A Secret (For Now)
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Bring your BFF out for some miniature golf during our Girlfriends Day from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Aug. 24 at Cypress Creek Adventure Golf. Buy one game at regular price and your friend gets a game free. For more information, call 767-4273.
The Jubilee Choir seniors of First Baptist in Hinesville sang to the Goldenheirs during their monthly meeting July 3.
Joe Gillam of Hinesville took the Courier along as he drove more than 1,000 miles of U.S. Highway 84 from Hinesville to West Texas.
Members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will join the Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters to perform "Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands" at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, in the Archie B. Myers Sr. Fine Arts Center in Darien.
Even though it had a false start, Hinesville's annual observance of National Night Out took place Friday evening on Central Avenue without the threat of rain that forced its rescheduling Aug. 2.
HINESVILLE: Liberty Stadium Cinemas
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) - Officials on Tybee Island are exploring the idea of using a bed tax from hotels and motels to pay for adding sand to its beach.
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) As eager as you are to take on that new challenge, it would be best to temper that spurt of "Ram"-bunctious energy until you have more facts to back up your decision to move.
The Coastal Courier traveled with Shane Amason when he attended the Billy Lancaster Forestry Youth Camp at the Georgia FFA/FCCLA Center in Covington while on summer vacation. Amason was one of 38 kids invited to attend this camp to learn more about Georgia Forestry.
Registration is underway for children selected through a lottery to attend a state-funded pre-K program at one of the two Fort Stewart Child Development Centers.
The Art of War may have ancient Chinese roots, but a new Hinesville Area Arts Council exhibit shows that some today see war strategy and depictions as a craft.
The first time I heard of figs was in church. Adam and Eve sewed fig leaves together for garments after they ate fruit from the forbidden tree. The word fig appears in the Bible 50 times.
We Americans are pretty trashy. No, I am not talking about the Hollywood celebrities who represent us so well on the global scene - although many of them are pretty trashy, too. We Americans generate a lot of garbage. Although we only represent 5 percent of the world's population, we generate more than 30 percent of the world's garbage, according to the National Recycling Coalition. Their estimates range from 4 pounds to a whopping 7 1/2 pounds of trash generated per person per day in our country. Trash is produced at an alarming rate of 1,609 pounds ...
What part did Christian Bale play just before returning to the cape and cowl in "The Dark Knight Rises?"
Savannah's Place for Art, Culture and Education is registering students for its fall visual arts classes and workshops. Day and evening sessions are offered for children, teens and adults of all skill levels. Sessions run Sept. 17-Oct. 27 and Oct. 19-Dec. 14. Both sessions will be at the Department of Cultural Affairs S.P.A.C.E. studios at 9 W. Henry St.
Looking back and reading old diaries that were written by people in Liberty County during the awful Civil War makes me thankful for the times ...
Q. What did you learn from attending the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony?
Pearl Harbor remembrances are spanning generations in Liberty County.
During my visit to Miami last month I had the opportunity of eating one of my favorite seafood items and best of all it was ...
"Incarnate" could best be described as a mishmash of "Inception" meets "The Exorcist," but don't think of that as a good thing.
Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and their team are headed back to Georgia. They plan to film episodes of the hit series American Pickers throughout the ...
Most of us are now deep in the hurry-scurry preparations of the holidays, having survived Black Friday and Cyber Monday!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Liberty County.
Technology permitting, the Coastal Courier plans to live-stream the 2016 Liberty County Chamber of Commerce's 20th annual Illuminated Christmas parade.
Last week we watched a special documentary on the History Channel about great men who have made America; J. P. Morgan, Alexander Graham Bell, John ...
Thanksgiving is tomorrow. As usual that means lots of turkey, stuffing, mash potatoes, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, biscuits or corn bread, gravy, sweet potato ...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
You Heard It Here First: Mike Taylor joins Amazing Radio
It's with great pride to announce that your Humble Curator will be hosting a weekly show on Amazing Radio. The two-hour program airs Thursdays from 10p GMT, 5p ET & 4p CT starting tomorrow. This won't interfere with my work for KUT and DIY Radio so if you like hearing me and the music I play, well, there's just more to love.
Amazing Radio is based in Gateshead, England, and available throughout the UK on DAB (digital) and online worldwide. Amazing is the only national UK radio station dedicated exclusively to playing new and emerging music and my friends, that is no joke.
Amazing Radio is affiliated with Amazing Tunes, where music lovers can stream songs uploaded to the site, create playlists, buy music and grab free downloads. Artists can upload their music and keep 100% of all sales profits. Registration is super easy. It'll take just a second, so go there right now and do it.
Each of my shows will not only be archived but you can listen to the station on a time-shifted basis from each US time zone. I'll embed each show's archive here on the blog shortly after they're available, or you can visit my page on the Amazing site and stream it from there. Believe me when I say there's a lot to like and I know you will.
As with KUT & DIY, I'm honored be joining a lineup full of fantastic music radio people, all known for their keen ear for discovering and presenting new, exciting sounds. I hope you'll listen.
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- DoubleAJanuary 25, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Congrats Mike - seems like a great fit. I'm glad that the internet is giving you more and more opportunities to do what you do best - introduce us to new bands and music.ReplyDelete
How many months ago did you break that Gotye song? ;)
Good work as always Mike. Congrats on the new gig. Listened in a little to ar today and was digging it. Sounds like a good fit.ReplyDelete
Hope to see you at south by this year.
- Hydrogel SteveJanuary 25, 2012 at 10:05 PM
News of more hours of Mike Taylor shows is always good news! Looking forward to it (and I had also noticed your call on Gotye before I started hearing it on pop radio during my morning commutes!)ReplyDelete
That's great news, Mike. Congratulations. I still miss WOXY, but your shows keep that spirit alive.ReplyDelete
this is the coolest match-up yet! thanks for all you do mike!ReplyDelete
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Back on the trail again
As many of you know, Jasper had surgery to repair a torn cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) at the end of May. After several weeks of limited mobility he was finally allowed to roam the backyard without a leash and even go on short hikes. Dani and I had a rare day off together last Monday, so we headed to Wallace Falls. Jasper and I sometimes go here in the fall or winter to do a long loop up to Wallace and Jay Lakes, but this trip would be much shorter.
We started off from the already crowded parking lot and soon made it to the junction with the Woody Trail. After descending to the river, Jasper immediately tanked up on water. Then we continued all the way to the lower falls overlook and picnic shelter where we took a nice break. We returned via the Greg Ball Trail and the road to the trailhead for a total of 4.7 miles. It was a little more than we had intended, but Jasper did fine. Well earned milkshakes from the Alpen Inn were enjoyed on the way back.
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The Green Bay Packers had a rough start against the Carolina Panthers but they were able to bide their time and they ended up on top.
The Packers still need some adjustment though, First, the Pack needs to look at their passing defense and figure out what went wrong allowing Cam Newton to throw for over 400 yards. Next, we see that Packers have the ability to make a comeback after trailing which is in part from the ability to stop teams in the red zone. Lastly, the Packers were able to spread the ball to multiple receivers and James Starks should look to get the start next week.


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Now let's see what happens during the tests in overclocked mode when we increased the clock generator frequency. I would like to remind you that most mainboards overclocked our test processor to 4.1 GHz. The memory in this case worked at 1370 MHz with 6-6-6-18-1T timings. ASRock and Biostar mainboards went only as far as 3.9 GHz, but they allowed higher memory frequency of 1627 MHz with the same exact timings.
In most tests we clearly see two groups: those that managed to overclock the processor to the maximum of 4.1 GHz, and those that stopped at 3.9 GHz. However, ASRock and Biostar mainboards do not fall behind the pack in 7-zip, which is quite logical considering that they have memory working at higher speed and it has significant influence on the performance in this application. There is not much difference between these two groups in games and 3DMark, because it is the graphics card performance that matters most here.


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While Jim Harbaugh has gotten acclaim for getting the most out of the San Francisco 49ers' roster he inherited, he hasn't gotten the most out of his own 49ers' draft picks. In grading the Niners' draft picks in the Harbaugh era, that much is clear.
Nonetheless, he's still managed to sprinkle in the occasional star among his lot of non-contributing draftees.
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Their grades are related to their production in correspondence to where they were selected. Also, with the most recent draftees only having six games under their belt, potential will factor into these grades as well.
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Game 162: That's all, folks.
It's been an interesting season. I'm upset we're not going to the playoffs, because I would have liked to see Derek Jeter's final season end in a slightly less depressing fashion, but at least we ended the year with a win and finished above .500, which were two things I wanted to see happen above all else. I'll still be maintaining this blog throughout the playoffs, and then intermittently through the off-season when stories of note happen. Also, congratulations are in order for Ryan Zimmerman, he of the Washington Nationals — there's nothing quite like waiting until the last game of the season to throw a no-hitter, I suppose.
Michael Pineda pitched our final game of the season, ending with a final line of 6.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, and 10 K. His stats for the season were a 5-5 record with 1.89 ERA. Not bad. Esmil Rogers, who relieved him, didn't do such a good job, coughing up a further four runs, bringing the score to 9-5. Thankfully none of our other pitchers gave up any further runs, and we were able to maintain the lead. I'm never too fussed about how we win, just that we do.
Derek Jeter played his final game as a Yankee yesterday afternoon, exiting in the 3rd inning after getting an RBI single. His last home game ended with an RBI single, and his last game in general ended with one as well. Lovely bookends. As it was, the offense was pretty well spread-out amongst the lineup, Jeter included. Jose Pirela went 2-4 with 2 RBI, Ichiro went 1-3 with 2 RBI, Chris Young went 2-4, Chase Headley went 1-4 with an RBI, and Austin Romine went 1-2 with an RBI. Overall, a very wonderful effort from everyone, and I liked seeing that we didn't limp into the end of the season. Onwards and upwards!
Game 160: This will never get old.
I love beating the Red Sox. There's such a joy, such a feeling of whimsy that overtakes me whenever it happens, I'm always left waiting for it to happen again. I know that the games are meaningless for both teams, and that no matter what, the standings won't be affected, but that doesn't mean I don't want us to whip their whiny asses into a nice lather, then dump them in the fetid Charles.
Chris Capuano did much better tonight than he did during his last start. His final line was 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, and 5 K. Against any team that's great, but against the Red Sox, that's absolutely hysterical. Our relievers combined for 1 H and 1 ER, along with 4 K, garnering David Robertson his 39th save of the season, making up for last night's oopsie that no one is actually all that upset about anyway.
The offense wasn't all that much to write home about, but it got the job done, and we're guaranteed to finish with a winning record, and considering the games are meaningless, Joe didn't even play the A Squad. Francisco Cervelli went 2-3 with an RBI….which is basically the only interesting thing about the lineup tonight. Tomorrow's game is probably going to be similar as far as the lineup and pitching are concerned, as there's no use burning through the good players when the season ends Sunday. I just hope Sunday night's game gets 100% effort, as that's Derek Jeter's absolute last game, home or away, and I'd like him to go out in style, if at all possible. I want a 15-inning pitcher's duel that lasts 5 hours and requires everyone to pitch, including position players. Make it a real, legendary Yankees/Red Sox game.
Game 159: Captain Clutch.
I've called Derek Jeter "Captain Clutch" many a time, and it's never been more appropriate than right now. It was only fitting that Derek Jeter should score our first run of the night, then our last in the bottom of the 9th. It was his last home game, the last time he'd ever wear the navy blue and white pinstripes in the Bronx, and in an almost scripted fashion, just like his 3,000th hit being a home run, he wins the game for us. On the first pitch, no less. When he announced his retirement before the season started, I reflected on the fact that I became a fan in 1994, before he joined the team. In those 20 years, I've only known one Yankees shortstop. It'll be strange as hell to see someone else taking the field next year, no #2 hovering in the on-deck circle, but I suppose that's what goes through the minds of baseball fans when their favorite players decides to hang up their cleats. BTW, how extremely emotional and awesome was it for him to be greeted afterwards by Joe Torre, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams, and Tino Martinez? They were all key cogs in the dynasty era, and they were all there to usher the last one in. I won't lie, I teared up. I also found it incredibly classy that the Orioles were applauding the whole time. They're going to the playoffs, so this loss didn't affect them, but they still lost….yet they all stood at the top of the dugout, clapping. Class acts, those boids.
I don't even care that David Robertson blew the save. DO NOT CARE. It's probably the only time in the history of my baseball fandom that I've ever been happy to see such a scene practically dropped into a hitter's lap. Good on you, D-Rob, that was marvelous. If I was a more cynical sort, I'd say you did that on purpose. He also lucked into the win as well, so there you have it. Hiroki Kuroda pitched a masterful eight innings, giving up only 2 ER on 3 H, walking none, and striking out nine. Everyone deserves a steak dinner, yes, even David Robertson. He allowed Mystique and Aura to take the stage one final time.
The game was all about Derek from the start, so we'll lead off with him – he went 2-5 with 3 RBI. Brian McCann, interestingly enough, got 2 RBI without a hit. That can be done, you know. Jose Pirela went 2-4. There's your offense. It wasn't much, but who the hell cares?
On a personal note, I'm going to miss Derek Jeter. He's a great guy, a class act all around, he was never embroiled in scandals and bad press. He's the kind of player professional sports need more of. Enjoy retirement, Jetes. You've earned it.
Game 156: We did WHAT to the Orioles?!
The Yankees never fail to amuse me sometimes. The Orioles are arguably the best team in the American League, yet we manage to one-hit them, at home, in the last week of the season. It's never a dull day with us, is it? We're four games back from the second Wild Card slot, and while I don't think we're going to quite make it, I'm at least grateful that we're putting some effort into ending the season on a positive note, rather than just shuffling and limping toward the end.
The pitching tonight was superb, as you no doubt already noticed. Michael Pineda pitched 7.1 innings, giving up 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, and 8 K. Shawn Kelley, Rich Hill, and David Phelps pitched the final 1.2 innings, giving up no hits, walking one, and striking out three. It was absolutely dominant performance, and it was great to see. Well, listen to. At least in my case, anyway.
Compared to the last game, where all the hits were confined to the top of the batting order, this time nearly everyone got in on the action, with only Gardner, McCann, and Young not getting a hit…..which is funny because Gardner and McCann were two of the three batters I was talking about earlier. Derek went 1-3 with 3 RBI, Chase Headley went 2-4 with an RBI, and Jose Pirela went 2-3 with an RBI. So all around, a lot of great effort from everyone involved. Well done. Let's do it again tonight.
Game 155: Welcome back, Tanaka.
If you sang that to the tune of "Welcome Back, Kotter," give yourself a hand, because that's what I wanted you to do. Masahiro Tanaka made his first start in what felt like ages, after sitting out with an injury. We could have used him a few months ago, but it's better to have him healthy now so he'll be 100% for next season, instead of pitching through it anyway and being useless by February. As you know, I want the team to finish above .500, so every little bit helps.
For coming off an injury that had him out for a while, he did a fantastic job — 5.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K. He's really going to be an incredibly solid part of the rotation next season, if we can just keep him encased in bubble wrap the whole time. Warren, Betances, and Robertson pitched in relief, with D-Rob picking up his 38th save of the season. They did a great job, and since I seldom have opportunity to praise them, I'm doing it now.
Well, one thing I can say for the offense is at least we didn't leave 11 men on base or go 3-13 with RISP. We went 2-8, but that's still better. Brett Gardener went 2-5 with 1 RBI, Brian McCann went 2-3 with 3 RBI, Derek Jeter went 2-4 with an RBI, and Ichiro went 2-4. Unfortunately, with the exception of Ichiro, all of our offense was concentrated in the first three batters. Gardy leads off, Jeter hits second, and McCann hits third. No one after him, except for Ichiro, got a hit. That's pretty damn depressing. I'm glad we won and all, don't get me wrong, but that's a whole lot of nothing from literally everyone else. We start a series against Baltimore next, and the last game of the series on Thursday will be Derek Jeter's final home game — we close the season against the Red Sox in Boston, and won't that be a delight. So, four more home games for Mr. November. Where does the time go?
Game 153: Wow, three in a row!
I'd like to think the Yankees secretly read my blog, thus understanding just how pissed off I've been at them all season, and now they're trying to butter me up by playing smart baseball and winning games. I'm on to you, fellas. *taps side of nose* It's just too bad they're figuring this out in the last two weeks of September, instead of several months ago. Imagine how different our playoff outlook would be then?
Hiroki Kuroda pitched tonight, kicking all kinds of Blue Jay ass, lasting 6.2 innings, giving up 2 ER on 7 H, with 0 BB and 7 K. Outman, Rogers, and Warren pitched the remaining 2.1 innings, giving up a combined 2 H and 0 ER, walking one and striking out three. Warren picked up his 3rd save of the season, as well.
As far as offense goes, it wasn't great, but it got the job done, which in the end is all that's really important. Jacoby Ellsbury went 2-3 with 3 RBI before leaving the game with a strained hamstring, but since it's September 19, it's not as crushing a blow as it otherwise would have been. I still hope he's alright and won't have any issues come Spring Training next year. Derek Jeter went 2-4, and Brian McCann went 1-4 with an RBI. On a personal note, I can't honestly say I know why Carlos Beltran played tonight, given the fact his wife lost their unborn child. If ever there was a time when it was perfectly acceptable to sit the rest of the season, it would be for that. My good thoughts and positive vibes are with them both right now.
Game 152: We're trying at least.
Walk-offs are nice, certainly, but I don't think I've ever heard of a walk-off error before. In that I mean, an error allowed a runner to score, hence the Yankees winning the game. Definitely a new one, but the outcome was more than acceptable. We've actually won two whole games in a row now, though how long that'll go on……I haven't a clue.
Shane Greene took the mound last night and pitched a damn good game — 6.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K. It's a shame he didn't factor in the win, because he deserved it. For any of our starters to make it into the 7th inning is a big deal, especially the pitchers that come from the back of the rotation. Dellin Betances, Shawn Kelley, and David Robertson (who got the win) all pitched in relief, but the only one who crapped the bed was Shawn Kelley. He gave up 2 ER on 2 H, allowing the Jays to tie the game. Not cool. Thankfully Adam Lind had butterfingers and we were able to squeak away with a win, even if we didn't play like we deserved to.
On that continued note, at least we managed more than five hits, which is something. Jeter went 2-4 with an RBI and Stephen Drew went 2-3 with an RBI….and that's really it. The offense was fairly spread out, but when two players have half your hits and two-thirds of your run production, things may look spread out, but that'll just make it all look worse.
Game 151: We're in second place!
One should also bear in mind that we're 14.5 games behind the Orioles, not that it actually matters anymore now, but still. Woohoo, second place. I should take comfort in the fact we didn't get swept, but right now, my main goal is finishing the season above .500. I can't even remember the last time we finished the season below that mark. I'd like to not have my memory refreshed, TYVM.
Brandon McCarthy pitched 7.0 innings, giving up 2 ER on 4 H, giving us another great pitching performance that this time didn't lead to a loss. Dellin Betances pitched the 8th, and David Robertson pitched the 9th, picking up his 37th save of the season. Between them, they gave up only one hit and struck out four. As has been something I've remarked upon quite a bit since returning to this blog early last month, our pitching, for the most part, hasn't been the problem. It's been spotty yes, but on the whole, it's done better than it's done poorly. The problem has been the offense being woefully inconsistent. Now, about that….
We scored a grand total of four runs this entire series. No runs in the first game, one run in the second game, three runs last night. We nearly managed to hit upon the Fibonacci sequence, there. The fact we only scored three runs is undercut by the fact we only managed four hits, so yet again….yeah. No one stuck out, no one did anything of great consequence. It was a boring, painful, win. I'd rather those than a loss, but I don't like seeing so many of our players slumping at the same time. Derek Jeter's batting average right now is .249. .249. He's retiring in eleven games with an average that is right now, approaching the Mendoza line. How that can not be anything other than depressing?
Game 147: We couldn't do that yesterday?
Hey, we won. I'd get excited, but it wasn't much of a victory. Not that I begrudge the Orioles anything, they're clearly a great team. They've more than earned the success they've achieved this season. I may hate other teams, but I can admit when they're better than us, and a whole lot of folk are better than us this year. At least winning this afternoon meant we can't get swept, which I'm accepting as the victory we can take away from this series.
Shane Greene was our starter today, lasting 5.1 innings, giving up 2 ER on 7 H, while walking one and striking out nine. I would have liked to have seen him last the entire 6th inning, if only for it to register as a "quality start," but he got the win, so it all came out the same in the end. David Robertson picked up his 36th save on the season as well.
Chris Young stole home today, proving that not all things that come from the Mets are bad. He's been downright fantastic for us in the short time we've had him thus far. Richardson and McCann clocked our other two runs. We only had four hits as it was, so it's not like we did a whole lot today. Going 1-5 with RISP and leaving six men on base certainly didn't help, Baltimore's outstanding pitching aside. Let's hope we can at least force a tie tomorrow evening with a win.
Game 144: I have no idea how the hell we managed to win this game.
If I could post an accurate representation of my face after last night's game, I would, but as there is no graphic representation of what I was thinking and/or feeling at the time, I cannot. Suffice to say, "shocked" comes as close as can be done. I had the game on in the background as I was doing other work, considering we were being no-hit, and it wasn't exactly like I wanted to listen to that, but I'm a fan so I did. Then things started to get interesting. Huzzah indeed. Our win also brought us to within 4 games of the second Wild Card slot, which while improbable….isn't necessarily impossible.
Michael Pineda pitched a solid, thankfully deep game last night, lasting 7.1 innings, giving up 4 ER on 10 H. Could do without all those hits, but at least the Rays weren't able to capitalize on all of them. Though at the time, considering we were being no-hit, it wouldn't have mattered if he gave up no hits himself or 100. Special kudos go out to Alex Cobb, who took a no-hitter into the 8th inning. I normally don't highlight opposing pitching unless they throw a truly spectacular game, either in victory or defeat, but he deserved it. I wasn't rooting for the no-hitter, but I was still impressed by how dominant he was. Good job. I'm still glad you lost, though.
As is our wont sometimes, the offense didn't show up until damn near the last second. No-hit until the 8th, when Chris Young (a name that will come up again) smacked a double into center, we didn't do anything. We did the exact definition of "nothing." Then things got interesting. After Chris Young's double, Martin Prado, another name you've been reading a lot about here, hit a HR, bringing the score to 4-2. Then in the bottom of the 9th, Chris Young came up to the plate again and hit a 3-run HR to win the game, 5-4. All in the span of maybe 30 minutes, not counting commercial breaks. Young ended up going 2-4 with 3 RBI, Martin Prado went 1-1 with 2 RBI in a pinch hitter situation, and Ichiro got our only other hit, going 1-4. I like winning, but let's try not to wait until the last damn second, please.


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The Real Housewives of New Jersey aired its second episode last night and during the aftermath of last week's christening brawl, I received some tweets and conversation about new cast member Melissa Gorga on the subject of her likability so far.
In short, not too many people I talk to care for the new Housewife at this point in time. In any other case this wouldn't be such a 'newsworthy' subject, but we all know that first appearances mean everything, and for Melissa and her hubby (and Teresa's brother) Joey Gorga, the last two episodes have not been too flattering for either of their 'characters.'
Last night's episode showed more Teresa bashing from Camp Gorga as Melissa and Joey pleaded (and whined?) their side of last week's brawl to Kathy and her husband Rich, who listened with not only sympathetic ears, but critical ones as well. I seriously like Kathy and Rich, because they know that regardless of who did what, at the end of the day the whole civil feud is ultimately petty to them and needs to be squashed quick. However, the two still remain on the fence in the matter, but the blow up between Teresa and Kathy after the last night's fashion show might persuade the Wakiles to become life long card members of the We Hate Teresa Giudice Fan Club, which I pray doesn't happen... to an extent. Read More...


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Coalville Mail
It was launched in 1990. It's published by Leicester Mercury Group Ltd, part of the Northcliffe Media group of regional newspapers, which in turn was part of the Daily Mail & General Trust until November 2012 but is now the major constituent of the Local World group. It's the local freesheet companion to its paid-for daily title for the whole county, the Leicester Mercury. The editorial offices are in Leicester.
It has no website of its own; its web presence is through the Mercury's website.
It comes out on Thursdays.
- Coalville Mail
Leicester Mercury Group Ltd
St George Street
- 0116 251 2512
- 0116 262 4687
Latest posts in England - East Midlands
Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper
The country's largest independent weekly freesheet as of 2011, taken over by Northcliffe Media in June 2012
Peak Courier
Weekly freesheet tabloid covering the Peak District and NW Derbyshire
Retford Times
Weekly tabloid sold in Retford and Worksop, northern Notts and Gainsborough in Lincolnshire
Retford Guardian
Weekly freesheet tabloid newspaper for the Nottinghamshire town of East Retford


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This has always been one of my favorite photos that I scanned from my grandmother's collection. This is Mathias Firmenich, my great-great-great grandfather on my father's side. From what I gathered from research and from obituaries, Mathias was born in Cologne, Germany, February 11, 1840. He came to … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2008
Sunday Photo: Mr. Firmenich
Well, I was going to write an article asking for some help, but I think I found my answer. When I was a kid, we used to visit my great grandmother (or who I thought was my great grandmother at the time.) As far as I can remember, we always called her "Tanta." I always thought this was her name, but … [Read more...]
Sunday Photo: Tom Corrigan Family
Today's photo comes from my Irish roots, just in time for St. Patrick's day. The original photo is my grandmother's collection. This photo was taken in Ashland, Wisconsin, year unknown, but I'd guess around 1892 or so looking at the ages of the children. Based of the number of children in this … [Read more...]
The Toney Family
I've been doing a little research on my wife's family tree. Back into her paternal line, she is connected to the Toney family through her great-great grandmother, Idona Toney. This line is traced back a few generations through Wisconsin, Ohio, and finally Virginia. Fortunately, this family seems … [Read more...]
Sunday Photo: Zalewski Family and Others
I'd thought I would try a weekly photo post since I have a good collection of photos and it may help spur a research idea. I got the idea from Miriam over at AnceStories. This week's photo is from my Zalewski collection. The original photo is my grandmother's collection. … [Read more...]
Where was my Y-DNA and mtDNA in 1808?
I saw a post over at The Genetic Genealogist about this and I thought it'd be interesting to check my information.Though, it's kind of a downer since I don't really know exactly where my Y-DNA or my mtDNA was in 1808. I can only trace my Zalewski line back to about 1858 with Frank J. Zalewski, in … [Read more...]


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As 2012 closes another Wimbledon, it's a time to reflect on the latest championship success from Roger Federer. The Championships of Wimbledon is the North Star of tennis in displaying to the world who is ruler of his era. Success is prized forever.
Each year's Wimbledon champion is also linked with all who have preceded him. Occasionally, his match may define a mini-era or signal a shift of a new chapter or mini-dynasty to come. There are only a handful of truly defining matches.
The following is a look back at eight Gentlemen's Singles matches that represented a particular mini-era in Wimbledon's history.


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Testbed and Methods
During our comparative testing of the GeForce 8800 GTX graphics cards we used the following hardware platforms:
- AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 CPU (2x2.60GHz, 2x1MB L2)
- ABIT AN8 32X mainboard (nForce4 SLI X16) for Nvidia GeForce cards
- ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe mainboard (ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200) for ATI Radeon cards
- OCZ PC-3200 Platinum EL DDR SDRAM (2x1GB, CL2-3-2-5)
- Maxtor MaXLine III 7B250S0 (Serial ATA-150, 16MB buffer)
- Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 sound card
- Enermax Liberty 620W power supply (ELT620AWT)
- Dell 3007WFP monitor (30", 2560x1600 max display resolution)
- Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2, DirectX 9.0c
- ATI Catalyst 7.2
- Nvidia ForceWare 97.92
Since we believe that the use of tri-linear and anisotropic filtering optimizations is not justified in this case, the graphics card drivers were set up in standard way to provide the highest possible quality of texture filtering.
ATI Catalyst:
- Catalyst A.I.: Standard
- Mipmap Detail Level: High Quality
- Wait for vertical refresh: Always off
- Adaptive antialiasing: Off
- Temporal antialiasing: Off
- High Quality AF: On
- Other settings: by default
Nvidia ForceWare:
- Texture Filtering: High quality
- Vertical sync: Off
- Trilinear optimization: Off
- Anisotropic optimization: Off
- Anisotropic sample optimization: Off
- Gamma correct antialiasing: On
- Transparency antialiasing: Off
- Other settings: by default
We selected the highest possible graphics quality level in each game. We didn't modify the games' configuration files. Performance was measured with the games' own tools or, if not available, manually with Fraps utility. We also measured the minimum speed of the cards where possible.
We tested the cards in three standard resolutions according to our testing methodology: 1280x1024, 1600x1200 and 1920x1200. One of the goals during this test session was to evaluate the effect of the amount of GeForce 8800 GTS graphics memory on the performance. Besides, the technical specifications and cost of both graphics adapter modifications allow us to expect pretty high performance in contemporary games with enabled FSAA 4x. Therefore, "eye candy" mode was enabled everywhere, where it was possible.
We enabled FSAA and anisotropic filtering from the game's menu. If this was not possible, we forced them using the appropriate driver settings of ATI Catalyst and Nvidia ForceWare. We ran the tests with disabled FSAA only for those games that do not support FSAA due to the specifics of their engine or use FP HDR. The thing is that the GeForce 7 family cannot perform FSAA together with floating-point HDR.
Since our goal was to compare the performance of two graphics cards that only differed from one another by the amount of onboard memory, MSI NX8800GTS-T2D640E-HD-OC was tested twice: at its default frequencies and at clock frequencies reduced to the level of the reference Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS - 513/1188/800 (1600) MHz.
Besides the MSI graphics card our today's test session also included the reference Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB and the following other testing participants:
- Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX (G80, 576/1350/1900MHz, 128sp, 32tmu, 24rop, 384-bit, 768MB)
- Nvidia GeForce 7950 GX2 (2xG71, 500/1200MHz, 48pp, 16vp, 48tmu, 32rop, 256-bit, 512MB)
- AMD Radeon X1950 XTX (R580+, 650/2000MHz, 48pp, 8vp, 16tmu, 16rop, 256-bit, 512MB)
For our tests we used the following games and benchmarks:
First-Person 3D Shooters
- Battlefield 2142
- Call of Juarez
- Far Cry
- F.E.A.R. Extraction Point
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Prey
- Serious Sam 2
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Third-Person 3D Shooters:
- Hitman: Blood Money
- Tomb Raider: Legend
- Gothic 3
- Neverwinter Nights 2
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- X3: Reunion
- Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars
- Company of Heroes
- Supreme Commander
Synthetic Benchmarks:
- Futuremark 3DMark05
- Futuremark 3DMark06


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After a freak jousting accident, SpongeBob and Patrick are transported to a medieval version of Bikini Bottom.
Gary runs away from home when SpongeBob forgets to feed him.
Mr. Krabs turns the Krusty Krab into a hotel; SpongeBob's record of failed boating tests causes Mrs. Puff to lose her job.


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GV Now
Student entrepreneurs compete for $10,000
Posted on March 21, 2011
Watch the next generation of West Michigan entrepreneurs in the 4th Annual Grand Valley State University Business Plan Competition. Seven undergraduate student groups will compete for total prize money up to $10,000 in startup capital and the opportunity to lift their business off the ground.
During their presentation, contestants have 10 minutes to pitch their business model, and what it will take to get their business operational. The competition is an opportunity for entrepreneurial students to think through business opportunities that prepare a business plan and learn the fine art of pitching ideas to investors.
The competition is sponsored by Grand Valley's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Seidman College of Business.
GVSU Business Plan Competition
Tuesday, March 22
6-9 p.m.
Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center
Pew Grand Rapids Campus
Judges include:
Michael Hollander, vice president and regional market manager with Business Banking Group, 5/3 Bank
Michael Hyacinthe, founder of Urban Liberty
Mark Olesnavage, president of Hopen Therapeutics
Mary Reagan Shapton, founder of Reagan Marketing+Design
Jody Vanderwel, president of the Grand Angels
Featured students include:
MILES SMITH, Simplistic Innovation
Miles is a sophomore and an international business major. His company seeks to break into the niche market of the fishing industry. Smith developed a new product designed to reduce the loss of fishing lures caused by underwater snags.
FRANK LEONARD, Keg Regulator
Leonard is a senior and an operations management and marketing major. His company aims to prevent skimming (stealing) of draft beer at bars while also assisting with marketing and research concepts and distribution of draft beer.
DANIEL GREER & MIKE PATTERSON, InventEFFICIENCY
Greer is a sophomore and an accounting and marketing major, and Mike Patterson is a senior and a finance major. Their company's mission is to help small- to medium-sized hospitals close the gap between larger hospitals by providing unmatched inventory management strategies.
JOE PRESUTTI & CORY CAIN, Suckers for a Cause
Presutti is a sophomore and a finance and business economics major and the president of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO). Cain is a business major and the past president of CEO. Suckers for a Cause seeks to create and distribute a unique line of hard-candy suckers that will support non-profit organizations and other charitable causes.
EMILY TEALL, Seven Seeds Enterprises
Teall is a sophomore and an anthropology major. Her intermediary business negotiates supply contracts between ecologically conscious small-scale farmers and food producers, and the dining services of educational institutions.
JEREMIAH CORNELL & MU YANG, The Great American Culture Company, LLC
Cornell is a senior and a marketing major, and Mu Yang is a junior and an international business major. Their organization hires American college students to help international students adapt to life in America. Employees will meet up with international students two-to-three times per week for activities such as going to the beach, camping and going to the mall.
LUKE RICHARD, G.R. Greens
Richard is a senior and a philosophy major. His business will grow produce to sell at both a retail and wholesale value.
For more information, contact the GVSU Center for Entrepreneurship at (616) 331-7257.


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Threat description
The Classloader files are Internet Explorer (IE) homepage hijacker trojans that infect IE through malicous web pages, which host exploits targeting the Java classloader byteverify vulnerability in unpatched versions of IE.
Automatic action
Once detected, the F-Secure security product will automatically disinfect the suspect file by either deleting it or renaming it.
More information on scanning and removal options available in your F-Secure product can be found in the Help Center.
You may also refer to the Knowledge Base on the F-Secure Community site for more information.
Contact Support
For further assistance, F-Secure customers can request support online via the Request support or the Chat forms on our Home - Global site.
Technical Details
These trojans usually change the browser start page and search settings and download other trojan/spyware components on the system. These trojans are distributed on malicious web pages that contain references to the trojans. Usually the classloader files are in a .zip or .jar archive along with several other files.
The Classloader based trojans install themselves from a malicious web page that contains a reference to the trojan. The trojan uses a vulnerability in the classloader system of Microsoft Java runtime, that allows the malicious applet to break out of the sandbox, and gain same access as any other executable running with users permissions.
After being executed these trojans usually download executable components that are either further parts of the trojan or spyware being dropped by the trojan.
Using the latest version of Internet Explorer and keeping up-to-date with the latest security patches is the easiest way to protect against possible infection from Classloader trojans, as this fixes the web browser vulnerabilities needed for the trojan to work.
Suspect a file or URL was wrongly detected? Submit a sample to our Labs for analysis
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Research level
This level contains open areas as well as caves lit by numerous light sources. Lighting is calculated on the per-pixel basis.
The AX800 PRO finds it hard to contend with the GeForce 6800 GT that has more pixel pipelines and a certain speed bonus from version 3.0 pixel shaders employed on this level. Overclocking the AX800 PRO doesn't help much here.
The "eye candy" mode with its full-screen antialiasing and anisotropic filtering is another matter: the AX800 PRO takes its revenge of the GeForces. It roughly equals the GeForce 6800 GT at the nominal frequencies and the GeForce 6800 Ultra at the overclocked frequencies.


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The Ottawa Senators unveiled their new throwback jersey in Thursday night's home opener against the Colorado Avalanche. The jersey was originally worn by the Senators during their first stint in the NHL from 1917-1934 and is affectionately known as "the barber pole jersey."
Throwback uniforms have been all the rage in NHL jerseys in recent years. Fans love them, and teams are finally listening and going back to the styles that were so popular before the RBK uniform switch.
But where does the Sens' new look rank among other retro jerseys that have been worn by teams?
Keep reading to find out.


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Hello everybody. This is a summary of this week's development changes in OpenSimulator. Except where otherwise specified, the changes described here appear only in OpenSimulator's cutting edge 'master' branch in OpenSimulator's Git source control system. Only changes that I think will be interesting to end users are listed. Please do not attempt to use code taken directly from 'master' in any production environment. Sometimes this in-development code may not work or may even cause data corruption. If you are not a developer or tester, please treat this summary instead as a preview of what will be coming up in the next release. The latest official release is OpenSimulator 0.7.5 (released on February 9, 2013).
The letters and numbers in brackets after some entries tell you the latest git commit to which they apply.
This week in OpenSimulator ( 3f0fa9f – a37c59b ).
General news
- The first OpenSimulator Community Conference (OSCC13) took place! It was a great success and feedback from attendees was extremely positive. I hope to write my own blog post about it soon.
Features & bug fixes
- I made the server not reply to UUID -> avatar user name requests that it cannot resolve, rather than returning "Unknown UserUMMTGUN9". This is a measure to stop the viewer permanently caching the "Unknown UserUMMTGUN9" binding for a particular UUID when the correct binding may be available later on (1d24668).
- I made a UUID.Zero user ID always resolve to "Unknown User". This is to prevent debug log spamming when UUID.Zero requests are made because no valid user is present. No real user should use UUID.Zero as their ID (8502517).
- I fixed llGetLinkPrimitiveParams() to abort and return the existing list of parameters when given an invalid link number, rather than throwing an internal Exception. This is the same as current LL grid behaviour. This patch was an extension of one contributed by Talun (60cf42c).
- I fixed a bug where using PRIM_LINK_TARGET with llGetLinkPrimitiveParams() would not return any data if there was only one parameter request following the link number (f99dae0).
- I doubled the time spent waiting for a UseCircuitCode packet on avatar login or teleport. This may resolve issues on teleport for some OpenSimulator installations (f4d82a5).
- Oren Hurvitz of Kitely contributed a patch to make the UUID gatherer correctly record assets used in light projection, particle systems and collision sounds. The UUID gathere is used for transferring Hypergrid assets and in determining which assets to save for OpenSimulator Archives (OARs) and OpenSimulator Inventory Archives (IARs) (f126773).
- I made new regions rated General by default instead of Mature. On General regions, scripted object sounds will play by default instead of requiring the user to switch their viewer to Mature level (c06a9ff).
- Robert Adams of Intel continued to work on the BulletSim physics plugin for OpenSimulator, this week fixing the slight jump when an avatar stops walking (35a636).
- Oren Hurvitz contributed a patch to improve giving of items between avatars on different simulators (cbdfe96).
- No news this week.


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Holiday Hours: Christmas & New Year's
Businesses, schools and government offices will be taking breaks over the next week as the nation celebrates Christmas and New Year's. Christmas falls on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, and New Year's on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2016.
Christmas is now a state holiday but it wasn't always. The General Court under the control of the Puritans outlawed the holiday in 1659.
Too much eating, drinking, wassailing and other festiveness for the colony's righteous rulers. Even after the ban was lifted, Christmas was treated as a regular day until its popularization during the Victorian era. Thank goodness. Can you imagine Norman Rockwell not painting Stockbridge at Christmas?
The Puritans weren't big on New Year's either, preferring to eschew partying for quiet reflection. They did, however, like a good resolution, as Stockbridge's the Rev. Jonathan Edwards proved a prime example (70!).
Schools and public colleges are closed for Christmas vacation, with most local school systems closing after a full day on Monday or Tuesday. School reopens on Monday, Jan. 5.
Tired of cooking? The Berkshire Visitors Bureau has a list of restaurants that are serving on the holidays.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25
(Most stores close early on the Dec. 24, some restaurants and bars may be open later)
Liquor stores
Most retail (convenience stores & gas station may have limited hours)
BRTA not operating
Local, state and federal offices
Public libraries
Stock market
Ski areas
Convenience stores
New Year's Day, Jan. 1
(Most stores close early on the Dec. 31, some restaurants and bars may be open later)
Retail businesses open but may have limited hours
Public libraries
BRTA not operating
Local, state and federal offices
Public libraries
Stock market
Ski areas
Convenience stores
- Town Hall is closed on Thursday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 25. Reopens Monday, Dec. 28.
North Adams
- City Hall closes at 1 p.m. on Dec. 24 and will be closed Friday, Dec. 25. City Hall will be open on New Year's eve regular hours, and closed for business on Friday, Jan. 1. City Hall will be open at 11 a.m. on Jan. 1 for the inauguration of the mayor and City Council.
- The transfer station will be open Thursday, Dec. 24, from 7 to 11 a.m., closed Christmas and reopens regular hours on Saturday, Dec. 26, from 7 to 3.
- City Hall will be closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25, and New Year's Day, Jan. 1.
- Berkshire Museum closes at 2 on Christmas & New Year's eves; closed on both holidays.
Send closures to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Officials Evacuate Residents as Typhoon Approaches
Thousands of residents in the country's northeast are evacuated
Fierce Storms Claim Lives in Midwest
At least 13 people are dead after fierce storms that tore through the Midwest overnight.
Taliban Claims Responsibility to Bombing
The Taliban says the blast was to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden
Obama and Cameron Vow Military Ops will Continue
Military operations in Libya will continue until Moammar Gadhafi stops his attacks
Mississippi Pastor Urges Congregation to Trust God
A Methodist pastor in Redwood, Miss., has urged her congregation to trust God as floodwaters...
Police Raid Meth Lab at Hotel in Walla Walla
Police in raided a Walla Walla motel to get to a methamphetamine lab
NW Rivers Swell from Snowpack
A unusually wet spring and higher than average snowpack are swelling rivers
Massive Fire at Melbourne Factory
A massive fire at a factory in Melbourne, Australia has been brought under control
Category: General News
Hillary Clinton Blood Clot
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the hospital being treated for a blood clot. It's related to a concussion she suffered earlier this month after falling in her home.


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Udupi: Railways to Introduce 4 Summer Special Trains via Coastal Belt
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (RD)
Udupi, Feb 26: Indian Railways has announced that it will introduce four summer special trains from April to June, in order to provide additional benefits to passengers of coastal Karnataka and to meet the holiday demands.
The said special trains will chug off from Dadar in Mumbai to Ernaculam via Udupi and Mangalore on Every Wednesday from April 9 to June 6. In the same way a train from Ernaculam to Dadar on the same route will run on every Thursday from April 10 to June 5.
Another special train will run between Dadar and Kochuvili passing through the Konkan railway route on every Saturday from April 12 to June 7 to Kochuvili and vice-versa on every Monday beginning from April 14 to June 9.
A special Shatabdi express will chug off between Dadar and Margao in Goa from April 9 to June 6 on every Wednesday.
Another special train would run from Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) to Karwar, beginning from April 5 to June 7and vice-versa on daily basis, stated the press release of railway department.
Advance booking from Mar 1: The advance booking facility will be available for all the four summer special trains from Saturday March 1, stated city station master of Konkan Railway (KR).


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On screen and in her music she flirts with insanity
Actors are generally masters at saying a lot while revealing zilch: boundless platitudes about cast and crew, nothing remotely personal, or indeed interesting. Perhaps they don't have media training in France, because over the time it takes to drink a coffee, Stéphanie Sokolinski has talked about how she hates a former co-star and why starring in Augustine, a film about the first woman to have hysteria diagnosed, has wreaked havoc on her mental stability.
Or perhaps this openness is a product of her other life as Soko, a 26-year-old Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter of the most unguarded nature. "I don't consider


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This reader question comes from Tim, an expat living in Japan:
"I'm an avid follower and have a question that I wonder if you could answer. I'm American and have lived in Tokyo long-term. Because I'm a resident of Japan, I do most of my spending in Japanese Yen and have access to Japan-based ANA and United mileage credit cards. My question is this – as mainly a Star Alliance flyer and doing all my flying out of Japan, do I go for the Japan ANA or United Visa card?"
The ANA program is pretty good for certain redemptions thanks to its distance-based chart that means flying from the East Coast to Europe only requires 43,000 miles roundtrip in economy and 68,000 miles in business class.
However, ANA has a lot of downsides including the fact that it tends to impose very heavy surcharges on award tickets, you can't change an award once you start travel, whereas United miles are extremely flexible and are pretty much my favorite frequent flyer currency thanks to the fact that you can use them on so many Star Alliance partners like ANA but without paying those huge fuel surcharges.
Instead of getting the United MileagePlus Explorer card, though, if I were you, I'd actually consider getting the Chase Sapphire Preferred since you can transfer the points you earn using it to United (among 10 travel transfer partners including British Airways who is partners with JAL, and Korean Air as well as Hyatt, Marriott and more).
Like the Explorer, the Sapphire card has no foreign transaction fees – so you don't have to worry about using it in Japan and having to pay an extra 3% – and you earn 2.14X points per $1 on all travel and dining, which the United Explorer card does not give you.
Then if you want to splurge and put some friends or family visiting you up in the Park Hyatt Tokyo, which I personally love, but which costs north of $1,000 a night, you can also transfer your Ultimate Rewards points to your Hyatt Gold Passport account and redeem for award nights at 22,000 points per night, which is an outstanding value.
The current sign-up bonus on the Chase Sapphire Preferred is 40,000 points when you spend $3,000 in 3 months and the $95 annual fee is waived the first year so it's a no-brainer. If you already have the card, though, then I'd go with the MileagePlus Explorer card since United is a much more user-friendly mileage program and has much lower fees than ANA.
For more information check out this post: ANA Award Taxes and Fees Overview
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
|Intro APR
|Regular APR
|Annual Fee
|Foreign Transaction Fee
|Credit Rating
|16.24%-23.24% Variable
|Introductory Annual Fee of $0 the first year, then $95
|Excellent Credit


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Saturday 10th December
Posted at 8:54PM Thursday 18 Oct 2012
A host of famous faces from TV, Film and Publishing which included Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Penry-Jones and Steven Berkoff gathered on the black carpet for a gala awards ceremony celebrating the very best offences of the year at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. The awards ceremony, now in its fourth year, formed a crescendo to ITV 3's six week season of crime and drama programming including a specially commissioned documentary series called Crime Connections, featuring crime writers, actors, producers and directors.
Winners on the night were:
Specsaver's Bestseller Dagger 2012: Kathy Reichs
CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year sponsored by Constable and Robinson: Gene Kerrigan, The Rage
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications: Charles Cumming, A Foreign Country
CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger, sponsored by Goldsboro Books: Wiley Cash, A Land More Kind than Home
Gene Kerrigan's The Rage won the CWA Gold Dagger. His suspense driven storm of violence set in the backstreets of Dublin proved unbeatable, an immense accolade given the literary oomph of his co-nominees: MR Hall's The Flight, Chris Womersley's Bereft and Vengeance in Mind by NJ Cooper, previously Chair of the Crime Writers' Association.
Gene Kerrigan commented: "I'm aware of the writers who have previously received the Gold Dagger and I'm honoured to have my name on the same page."
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller was taken home by Charles Cumming for A Foreign Country. Despite being regarded as one of the best of the new generation of British spy writers, A Foreign Country was by no means assured of success, pitted as it was against some monumental thrillers: Megan Abbott's Dare Me, which revealed the bitter power rivalries of a cheerleading squad, Robert Harris's much lauded The Fear Index and Neal Stephenson's Reamde which portrays the world of hacking.
Charles Cumming said "For spy writers, the Steel Dagger is our Booker prize, so I'm thrilled to have won such a prestigious award. Some great writers have picked up the Steel Dagger, including Henry Porter, Dan Fesperman and Tom Rob Smith. I'm honoured to have joined their ranks."
The CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger was awarded to Wiley Cash, named the best new crime author of the year for A Land More Kind than Home. Cash toughed it out against serious competition from Tanya Byrne's Heart-Shaped Bruise, Tom Wright's What Dies in Summer and Ewart Hutton's Good People to win the title for his tale of the smarting underbelly of religious fanaticism of his Deep South youth.
Wiley Cash said "As an American writer, it's a shock and a real honor to win an award in a genre with such a proud British tradition."
The Bestseller Dagger was awarded to Kathy Reichs. All five shortlisted authors were also inaugurated into the Crime Thriller Hall of Fame alongside such all-time greats as Colin Dexter, Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Kathy Reichs said "Given the extraordinary company in which I find myself nominated for this award, I can't express how shocked and delighted I am. This is truly an unexpected honor."
Amanda Ross, creator and executive producer of the Awards, said: "This has been a fantastic year for the genre, and it was great to see so many star authors and actors at the event."
The cream of acting talent is also recognised at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards with categories for Best UK and International Crime Series, Best Actor, Best Actress in a Crime series and Best Film. The British public also voted for their favourite detective duo by phone vote. Winners are as follows:
Best Detective Duo:
Lewis - DI Robbie Lewis & DS James Hathaway
The Film Dagger
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)
The TV Dagger
Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The International TV Dagger
The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)
The Best Actress Dagger
Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions, Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox 21/Channel 4)
The Best Actor Dagger
Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The Winners of the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012 are as follows:
The CWA Gold Dagger – sponsored by Constable & Robinson
The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker)
The John Creasey New Blood Dagger – sponsored by Goldsboro Books
A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam)
The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger – sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)
The Specsaver's Bestseller Dagger 2012:
Kathy Reichs
Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
No Exit Press acquires Heydrich historical thriller
A Place Free Of Judgement - Winning Book Cover Design Announced
Qi Announce The First Annual Quite Interesting Book Of The Year Award
Lbf's Quantum: Publishing & So Much More Joins Forces With Nielsen Bookinsights Conference (formerly The Books & Consumers Conference)
Ian West appointed Sales Director (Designate) at Turnaround Publisher Services
Orion To Publish The Wrong Child by Barry gornell
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