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Julia WhittyJun. 11, 2009 8:25 PM
The first ever worldwide census analysis of caribou/reindeer numbers reveals a nearly 60 percent decline worldwide in the last three decades.
This dramatic decline across the circumpolar world is a result of a bad intersection between global warming and industrial development, according to the data published in Global Change Biology.
Global warming is affecting the herds in three of four season. The spring green-up in the Arctic now arrives earlier—before the migrating herds arrive, depriving mothers and calves of quality feeding. Warmer summers cause more intense insect blooms that harass the herds and affect their ability to feed. Winters produce more freezing rains that ice over and make inaccessible the lichens the animals feed on during the dark months. I wrote about a particularly bad freezing rain event a year ago.
Meanwhile industrial development in the boreal forest has driven the decline of many herds.
The analysis raises serious concerns not only for the animals but also for people in northern latitudes who depend on caribou/reindeer for their livelihood.
For all of us, really.
Elizabeth GettelmanJun. 11, 2009 6:22 PM
We're just hours away from saying goodbye to rabbit ears for good. Are you one of the nearly 3 million that isn't ready? Will tomorrow begin a new era in hi-tech government surveillance? Could you care less? Well, however you feel about the boob tube, the consequences of such a massive switchover are significant, particularly for all the parts we'll no longer use.
Hopefully all those government-subsidized converter boxes will keep millions of old-fashioned sets out of electronic wasteland, but what of the beloved antennae? Ever thought of designing a use out of the elegant, retractable numbers? Maybe we could all donate them to music schools to be repurposed as batons. Would they work on drums? As pointers for teachers? Tomato cages?
Toss me your bright ideas in the comments.
Kiera ButlerJun. 11, 2009 3:00 PM
From the annals of the dark side of Disney, we bring you news that citizens of Burbank, California, are suing the media giant for allegedly dumping toxic chemicals, including a known carcinogen, in their community since 1998.
According to the Burbank Leader, citizens hired Delaware-based watchdog group Environmental World Watch Inc. to test local waterways for chromium 6 (also known as hexavalent chromium), which increases risk of lung cancer in those who inhale it. The group reported "significant quantities" of the toxin downstream from Disney's facilities.
Unsurprisingly, Disney has been tight-lipped about the case so far, but a spokesperson did call the allegations "completely baseless."
This all comes on the heels of the company's big we're-going-green announcement earlier this year, when execs outlined plans to conserve energy and reduce emissions and waste. If it turns out the dumping accusations are legit, Disney'll have quite the PR problem to imagineer its way out of.
Julia WhittyJun. 10, 2009 7:25 PM
Farmed fish taste like crap. Now we know they're crap for the environment too. Consider this: Steelhead trout bred in hatcheries are so genetically impaired that even if they survive and reproduce in the wild their offspring are significantly less successful at reproducing.
The study in Biology Letters suggests adding hatchery fish to wild populations could hurt efforts to sustain the wild runs.
The data reveal that fish born in the wild from hatchery-reared parents averaged only 37 percent the reproductive fitness of fish with two wild parents. Fish born in the wild from one hatchery-reared parent and one wild parent averaged only 87 percent the reproductive fitness
Most significantly, these differences were detectable after a full generation of natural selection in the wild.
The problem arises from the fact that fish who do well in the safe world of the hatcheries are selected to be different from those that do well in the predatory real world.
And, no, using wild fish as brood stock each year does not solve the problem. Exactly that type of steelhead were used in this study. Yet apparently even one generation of hatchery culture produces strong negative effects on wild fish.
The implications reach far beyond steelhead. Captive breeding is a cornerstone of recovery efforts for many endangered species. This study raises doubts that such programs actually work.
This research was based on years of genetic analysis of thousands of steelhead trout in Oregon's Hood River in field work since 1991. Scientists genetically fingerprinted three generations of returning fish to determine who their parents were and whether they were wild or hatchery fish.
That's the beauty of long-term research. May we fund more of it.
Want to know what's better to eat—if you must eat the wildlife of the sea? There's even an iPhone app to guide you through the menu.
Ben BuchwalterJun. 10, 2009 2:03 PM
During his failed campaign for president, John McCain had some pretty clever ideas about climate change. And no, not "drill, baby, drill." In an uncharacteristic moment of clarity, McCain proposed that the US government offer a reward of $300 million to any individual who invented a more efficient car battery.
Will President Obama embrace McCain's idea and urge Americans to get creative about clean tech? As environmental sustainability becomes an ever hotter issue, individuals and companies have come up with bright, green ideas, including more accessible solar panels, smarter suburbs, and more creative vehicle designs.
Such strategies have been incredibly helpful in terms of reducing what we use, but none so far have introduced the kind of significant technological innovation that is needed to reverse our gas guzzling, energy hoarding culture. As Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu told Congress in March, the scientific community needs technology that is "game-changing, as opposed to merely incremental." MIT chemist Daniel Nocera, for example, invented a chemical catalyst last year that distills hydrogen from water to produce energy. Nocera explained that on a large scale, this process "could take care of the world's energy needs." President Obama should give Americans an incentive to create such energy-saving technologies in other environmental fields as well.
Josh HarkinsonJun. 9, 2009 7:01 PM
"Don't Mess With Texas," perhaps the most famous state slogan in history, began as an anti-littering campaign. Having grown up in the Lone Star State, I remember a TV ad showing two fighter jets swooping over a highway, presumably about to strafe some guy who tossed a can out of his pickup. Well, turns out San Francisco is about to do Texas one better. Today, the city's Board of Supervisors made it illegal not only to throw that can out the window, but also in the trash; a new law will require you to recycle it. I can't wait for the bus ads featuring a gun-packing hippie: Don't mess with San Francisco.
Of course, San Francisco's strong recycling norms aren't unique along the Left Coast, which, as we noted in our recent Waste Issue, takes those curvy green arrows much more seriously than folks in New York. Recycling is already mandatory in San Diego and Seattle, where trash collectors shame offending homeowners by posting notes on their trash bins and leaving them unemptied on the curb. Still, San Francisco might up the ante. SF Weekly notes that its proposed fines for not recycling--$100 to $500--are ten times higher than Seattle's.
San Francisco is already the least trashy city in America. In May, it announced that it recycles 72 percent of its waste. And most homeowners and more than a fifth of apartment dwellers compost (under the new law, everyone will). Fascinated by how the city where I live achieves such high numbers, I recently began following my garbage. I've tracked it from the can at my apartment building to its eventual reincarnation, learning a lot along the way about the obstacles to going "zero waste," as the city hopes to by 2020. Check back tomorrow for the first installment of this colorful--and stinky--trash saga, which will appear on this site throughout the week.
Julia WhittyJun. 9, 2009 6:32 PM
Exposure to dioxins during pregnancy harms the cells in breast tissue which in turn impairs the ability to initiate breastfeeding or to produce enough milk.
The data are demonstrated only in mice at this point. But the researchers from the U of Rochester Medical Center believe dioxin exposure may account for at least some of the 3 to 6 million mothers worldwide who cannot breastfeed.
The study is published online in Toxicological Sciences and shows that dioxin has a profound effect on breast tissue by causing mammary cells to stop their natural cycle of proliferation as early as six days into pregnancy and lasting through mid-pregnancy. Exposure to dioxin causes mice to produce 50 percent fewer new epithelial cells. Normally mammary glands cells proliferate rapidly during early to mid-pregnancy. Dioxin also alters the induction of milk-producing genes that occurs around the ninth day of pregnancy.
Dioxins are generated by the incineration of municipal and medical waste, especially plastics, and emitted through the air to settle onto crops, pastures, and waterways. People acquire the toxins through eating contaminated meat, dairy products, fish, and shellfish. The toxin settles in the fatty tissues and natural elimination occurs extremely slowly.
The team is looking into whether the harm occurs directly in the breast or if it's found throughout the body but manifests uniquely in the fatty mammary tissue. They're also studying a hypothesis that dioxin exposure might cancel the protection pregnancy normally awards against breast cancer.
Makes the UN's call to ban all plastic bags seem farsighted. So how about banning municipal- and medical-waste incinerators?
Jen QuraishiJun. 9, 2009 4:49 PM
Quick hit: a UN environment official wants ALL the plastic bags in the world banned immediately due to the damage they cause to oceans and wildlife. Plastic bags, as we've reported before, is a problem in oceans not only because there's so much of it, but because wildlife eat it and feed it to their young, resulting in starvation. The UN official's statement was accompanied by a new UN report that shows plastic makes up 80% of all litter found in the ocean.
Mark FollmanJun. 9, 2009 3:43 PM
Guest blogger Mark Follman writes frequently about current affairs and culture at markfollman.com.
The June issue of the Atlantic has a look at the mind-blowing Oasis of the Seas, a gargantuan ocean liner forthcoming from cruise company Royal Caribbean International. Its unprecedented scale of apparent luxury surely required feats of engineering. But any awe that inspires would seem to wash away with apprehension of the ship's untold economic and ecological hubris.
A decade ago, a large cruise ship typically carried in the neighborhood of 2,000 passengers and 1,000 crew members. But in an industry intently focused on swelling its profits no matter the non-fiscal costs, bigger is always better. Ordered in 2006 for $1.4 billion (on the crest ahead of the economic meltdown), the Oasis leaves those old numbers far in its wake. "In November," writes Rory Nugent, "Royal Caribbean will take delivery of a true sea monster. Now in its final phase of construction, the Oasis of the Seas will be the biggest (longest, tallest, widest, heaviest) passenger ship ever built—and the most expensive. It will dwarf Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and cast shadows dockside atop 20-story buildings. A crew of 2,165 will tend the expectations of up to 6,296 passengers."
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Stephen Robert MorseJun. 5, 2009 6:34 PM
It all started at happy hour. Most wise decisions do. With a bunch of us gathered around a twelve pack of Red Stripe and bag of stale Tostitos, Kevin Drum's cat blogging became the topic of conversation. Earlier in the day, I'd bragged that we, the latest crop of MoJo interns, could overtake Kevin's traffic, and after consuming a single screwdriver the brilliance hit me for real. What's the only thing better than a cat blog? The only thing better than the Obama dog blog? A frog blog.
Within an hour, we found ourselves at the 6th Avenue Aquarium in San Francisco's Inner Richmond district. When we asked the clerk if there were any frogs available, he nonchalantly pointed to an empty, unmarked tank and said, "Sold out." Despair. We'd come all this way for a frog and didn't want to wait a week for another shipment to arrive. As my colleagues pondered purchasing an amphibian of a less-rhymophile friendly genus, I took one final look at the "empty" frog tank. Inside, I noticed a pair of eyes slightly protruding from below the water's surface. It was no mistake; one frog remained who'd been left for dead. When I explained the situation to the employee, he said, "Grab a net." After first removing some bettas (Siamese fighting fish) from their perch atop the frog tank, we successfully extracted the frisky little fellow from his lonely home and immediately treated him to a feast of three crickets.
After spending the night in my apartment and enjoying amenities such as my roommate's singing, man's new best friend found his way into MoJo's offices this morning after a 40 minute bus ride. (You know how guys who walk their dogs get tons of attention from women? It doesn't apply to guys with frogs.)
So welcome to our inaugural post of Friday frog blogging. We hope that readers will pitch in to choose a name for our new friend. Balloting will close in one week, on Friday at 6am Pacific Time. Thereafter, look for This Week In Frog.
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Post Game Thoughts: Jets 0 49'ers 34 Tweet
The good news is the Jets 2-2 in a division that looks wide open. The bad news is that nobody believes the Jets are one of the teams that has the ability to win it. Dont expect too much about this game here, as there is always once a year where Ill just vent about the team and this is the game to do it.
I guess putrid is the best word to describe this output. Im not sure I can remember the last time the team looked this bad on offense. The 49ers have a fine defense, but there was nothing, outside of a beautiful DaShon Goldson pass breakup, that made me think the Jets had no chance to move the football. Were the Jets shorthanded with the loss of Dustin Keller and Stephen Hill? I guess so, but its no excuse. Hill was probably going to be benched anyway and Dustin Keller isnt the difference between 0 points and 24 points. The problems just run so deep on the team and now it looks like WR Santonio Holmes could be done for the season. Holmes has his issues with the team, but he is far and away the best talent the team has on offense and injury to him is a disaster of epic proportions, not just for 2012 but even moving forward.
I know the guy who everyone wants to pile onto, and we will get to him, but I want to start this week with the Jets offensive line and just talking in general about the unit. When the Jets had an identity in 2009 and 2010 it was because of the play of this line. It didnt matter that the QB behind them was suspect. They set the tone for the game from the first snap. Hit a guy in the mouth and let him know what the next 60 minutes was supposed to be about. The Jets invested so much in that line. At the time some of us wondered if it was too much, myself included. You had two first round draft picks, two solid high priced free agents, and a solid guard in his prime. Those two first round draft picks are there, but the high priced free agents have been replaced by nothing players, and the solid guard is no longer in his prime. In hindsight the loss of RT Damien Woody to retirement killed the team. In listening to Woody speak in the media and reading him on Twitter now that he has embarked on what seems to be a successful career change, you can feel the passion he has for the game and still has for his old teammates on the Jets. You need those type of players in the locker room. Those guys who keep everyone else in check and seem to have the ability to raise the play of everyone around them. I think we all assumed that Nick Mangold was going to be that guy but I dont know if that disposition is there. You cant question his play on the field, but I dont think he has been through the ups and downs enough to be that guy that raises the play of everyone.
In watching the 49ers line play today it just reminded me of the old Jets. Smack guys around, push them off the line, and beat them up. It is everything that the Jets want to be and everything that they are not. Is Shonn Greene a good running back? No, but he was the same lousy running back 4 years ago when people couldnt wait to get him on the field more. Look at Thomas Jones, the former back who split time with Greene. Mediocre in 2007, exceptional behind the improved 08-09 version of the line, and back to nothing when he went to Kansas City. Everything is based on the play of those 5 guys in the front and they arent doing the job. They dont do it consistently. They dont do it all at the same time. And most importantly they dont make the other team think they can do it. You cant be a good football team when that is what you get from up front. The Jets dont have good skill players. Everyone knows that. But they havent had good skill players since what 2004? This isnt anything new. When you have 5 guys that work as one and make the other team say here we go again every time they get on the field it makes up for almost every deficiency that is on that offense with them
Now we will get to Sanchez. He is a disaster at the position. There are things that are correctable in a QB and things that are not. I dont know if he is correctable. People like to compare Sanchez to Eli Manning. What made Eli Manning a poor QB early in his career was poor decision making prior to the snap and just some poor technique throwing it. While the poor looking throws still happen from time to time you can teach players how to make better reads and Manning has become one of those players. Sanchez is just all over the field. I dont know if there is a QB in the NFL that has more interceptions around the line of scrimmage than Sanchez. Maybe that can be corrected, but I tend to think thats a physical problem that isnt going to go away, much like those wobbly balls Eli throws from time to time. But the passes after those bad plays are the signs of a player that doesnt have the mental makeup to succeed. That is something that clearly can not be coached up. Id imagine most Jets fans have watched most of Eli Mannings career since they are on TV every week in the NY market. There was never a time when you watched him do something bad, and there were plenty of times he did, and then get either gunshy or play like he was thinking about his last pass.
When you watch Sanchez get into pressing situations the ball sails on him. It is nowhere near any target. There is nothing physically wrong with what he does that needs to be fixed. He just cant pinpoint a target with his mind elsewhere. Its been the most depressing thing watching him in his career. You want to see the icewater in his veins mentality. The guy that bounces back from a 3 pick first half and throws for 500 yards. That only two times I can recall where you can point to those type of games were as a rookie against the Dolphins in a game where he threw a late interception to kill a comeback and the game against the Steelers in the playoffs, which is probably going to go down as his most promising game despite the fact that it ended in defeat. But for the most part he doesnt seem to be capable of putting all the bad behind him and moving his team forward. The Jets, for better or for worse, built a team beginning in 2011 that was going to focus on defense with the anticipation that Sanchez would develop into a top tier QB that carried suspect talent around him with Holmes as his star fallback option. Two years later and its about time to give up. There isnt a third down he can pick up. There isnt a tough pass he can make. He doesnt have the cache that makes his teammates come into that huddle and think he is the guy that can do it.
If the Jets had any faith in Tim Tebow he would be the starting QB right now. The problem is they traded for him because of what they saw firsthand last season and then again against the Steelers, and now that they got an up close look they realized all the criticism he got from John Fox and John Elway before pressure seemed to force them to start him was warranted. They know he isnt an upgrade and he is going to be just as much of a problem with this team. But the offense needs a solution. They need an answer. They can not keep going with what they have on the field right now. Signing Chad Johnson or Plaxico Burress is not the answer, even though I am sure you will hear their names mentioned and maybe there are some in the front office that believe that is the issue. The Jets need a heart transplant. A teams heart on offense is either 5 guys in the front or 1 guy standing behind the center. Its too late to probably fix either spot, but the priority for this team needs to be finding a starting QB and/or a high quality veteran lineman to set a tone and bring the best out of the team.
I think we can all agree that it is over for this group. What we witnessed today had nothing to do with the loss of Darrelle Revis. It had everything to do with a defense that is too slow, too old, and too untalented to compete. Everyone put their head in the sand when it came to the defense last season. They never could make a critical stop last season. You could never count on them to win a game when the offense didnt have it. Their drive efficiency was average. Last year the Jets transitioned into a bend but dont break defense, but when that happens it usually means the issue is in the 11 guys on the field and as a coach you are working around them. The Jets and most of the fanbase wanted to look at the blatant problems. Fix the offensive turnovers and get rid of Eric Smith and things will be fine. Its one thing for fans to believe that and another for the guys in the front office to only see the overt picture.
The fact is Calvin Pace is awful. The fact is Bryan Thomas is awful. The fact is Bart Scott is awful. Not one of them would start on another NFL team. On top of that David Harris is not good. When your front 7 dont compete your defense does not compete. Watch the way the 49er defense hit the Jets today. Shoulders to the gut. Shoulders to the thigh. Every hit coming through the TV speakers like a hit from a boxing movie. Now watch the Jets. One hand around a shoulder pad. Flailing arms grabbing for an ankle. Overrunning of plays. Everyone stands upright. The best fundamental tacklers on the team come in the secondary. Its a joke. If the 49ers played that game today straight they would have run for 400 yards. It is an embarrassment.
The Jets miss the Bart Scott of 2009 and 2010. I have always been a harsh critic of Scott because of the amount of money he makes, but he brought a quality to the defense that isnt measured in statistics. His fire in the defensive huddle and in practice had this team playing at 110%. His effort within the games and his willingness to put his body on the line to allow others to make plays had such an impact on this defense. Everyone wonders what happened to Harris these last two years and the reality is Scott is what happened. Scott made Harris so much more effective that he really was. Scott gave Harris a clear shot at ball carriers. Now that Harris is left to his own merits it is apparent how not great he really is. His inability to bring down ball carriers, when you carry a price like he does, is insane.
The Jets, just like on offense, miss those veterans on the defensive line. Its not that Shaun Ellis, Marques Douglas, and Trevor Pryce were necessarily good. It is that they were smart and disciplined. They had been through wars in the league and knew what it took to shut down running lanes and make things easier on everyone else playing more glamorous roles. Sometimes you need guys who are teachers out there to teach these younger guys how to prepare and how to react to different situations. Players will always rely on other players for advice much more than coaches, who they open tip toe around for fear of losing playing time or losing a job. Coaches can only teach so much. Veterans help youngsters apply those teachings to real games. The teachers are gone for those players. They might be there for the linebackers, except the Jets have no young guys to teach, other than DeMario Davis who doesnt seem to ever get on the field.
The 49ers picked on Kyle Wilson all day long. If Alex Smith was an acceptable QB Wilson would have been pulled. He cant play at this level. I couldnt believe I saw him wagging his finger at Mario Manningham after Manningham toasted him for about the 5th time on the day only to see Smith overthrow him for probably the 5th time that day. The technique is terrible and he has no feel for covering. Any receiver that gives him a little move is going to be wide open on the outside. I wouldnt be surprised if the Jets bring in a veteran corner next week. Laron Landry is all over the field in coverage, and by that I mean lost. Its just terrible to watch.
As you watch this defense falter you have to wonder if the Jets coaching staff is simply not doing its job. The job of a staff is to develop young talent and as the pieces have changed the defense has gotten worse. There are guys in the league who simply cant play, ala Vernon Gholston, but when you swing and miss every time you have to wonder if the problems come from elsewhere. They havent been able to develop Wilson into a viable player. Kenrick Ellis is nowhere. Quinton Coples is nowhere, though at least its very early in his career. Muhammad Wilkerson has not been impressive. Their greatest success has been Mike DeVito who is a capable two down player for the team. That is not to say that players havent improved (Cromartie and Pouha are both far superior to the pre-Ryan days), but those are veterans doing better not first and second year players bumbling around and trying to learn about the NFL. Right now it just looks like it needs to be blown up.
Special Teams
The team got a punt blocked which was pretty impressive since nobody was really even rushing for San Francisco. At least they got it out of their way in a meaningless game. The kick and punt return game is no longer a strength of the team. The new kickoff rules have killed the Jets special teams.
I dont think I have ever seen Rex Ryan so upset with his team than he was today. I dont usually watch the post game press conference but I did today and he was just disappointed. There was no sugar coating anything. This wasnt like I thought we had a good week of practice and then throwing out some positive stats in a loss. It was just a coach that had never seen his players get beat the way they did venting on a podium. Reading between the lines I think Ryan has finally come to the realization that the new practice rules hurt his team, which is a point I made last season. At the time Ryan blamed the sluggish play on lack of a real training camp, but its not that. When you have a team with average and below average talent they need to play perfect football. You only get that way in live practices. Without the contact you see the end result on the field which is no different than the Herman Edwards teams that could never tackle. The new rules turn everyone into that type of coach and Rex needs to learn how to work around it.
Ryan was extremely frustrated with the Tebow questions and more or less walked off after being prodded about a QB switch. There were times when he sounded as if he knew he needs to make a QB change, even using the Im not considering a change at this time line, but he also stood by the fact that he felt Sanchez was the guy. The poor play from the QB has put Ryan in a terrible position because it is now a media QB controversy, if not one in his locker room. Again it comes down to belief. I dont believe anyone in the Jets locker room believes Sanchez is the guy. The way he carries himself does not seem like someone you lean on when the chips are down. For as bad as Tebow was in Denver those guys all believed he could do it in crunch time.
You heard it during the game when the announcers questioned why Tebow was not put in the game in the 4th quarter. I think that would have been a crazy move because Tebow cant play and it creates an even bigger media firestorm once that kind of switch is made, even in junk time in a blowout loss. But people have taken notice that after an entire preseason of hiding Tebow there is no effective use of Tebow. The 49ers brutalized the Jets with the Wildcat today while the Jets struggle to use the same plays they sold the world on back in August via their secrecy policy. The real story is that the Jets brass knows Tebow cant play and dont want to feed into it. But this is what happened in Denver and eventually the switch was made. Tebow is far more effective getting a lot of snaps than he will be in limited showings.
Its not something the Jets can hide from anymore. Sanchez is playing terrible and you have Tebow standing there with his helmet on and every play just hoping to get it. The TV footage of one guy with his helmet on late and the other with it off standing next to him just shows one guy hungry and one guy who cant wait to escape a terrible game. The questions came fast and furious about him in the post game. People are starting to wonder if the salary of Sanchez is what is keeping him in the games. Rex cat let it get to him the way he seemed to today, but sometime soon he has to make a choice and either start Tebow or stop this nonsense of Tebow coming in as TE, FB, WR, whatever else to justify the presence of him on the team.
Ryan gave the guys the day off tomorrow to search within themselves for answers. The problem is I dont think that can work. Again it goes back to the makeup of the team. When you watch the type of game they played today how can you even think they care. How can you even think that they are embarrassed by what went on today?
Teams get beat all the time in the NFL. Teams get blown out all the time by better teams. But very rarely do you see a team just give no effort on the field. You may be able to point to one or two plays that just turned into massive point swings that deflated the team. There are teams who may try to make the score respectable even knowing they have no chance to win. When the Jets got wiped out by the Patriots a few years ago you saw a team that played mistake prone football that was clearly overcome by the situation. It was just bad play and the Patriots rubbed the Jets nose in it. But there was no such situation here. This was a day where 46 guys showed up to collect a paycheck and go home. No heart. No desire. Just give up. Its the same attitude this team had in week 17 last year when they no showed the game against the Miami Dolphins.
The type of play the Jets gave was unacceptable for an NFL franchise. If this was 2005 or 2008 we would be saying that the coach has lost the team. We wont say that today because Ryan is far more popular than Edwards and Eric Mangini, but that was the type of play that occurred today. What was the worst thing about it is that the 49ers seemed to believe the Jets had no heart. The 49ers tried for big play after big play because they felt the Jets had a glass jaw and they couldnt recover from a big momentum score. This was long before the game turned into a rout. It was their gameplan going into the game. It wasnt a Revis thing either. They targeted his replacement, but it was a statement about what they thought about the Jets offense not what they thought about Wilson.
The Jets have been trying to tip toe around the fact that their drafts have been terrible since 2008 and free agent track record mediocre by bringing in Tebow and hanging onto those two title games in 2009 and 2010. Their moves have reeked of a team trying to hold things together until they can get the financial flexibility to really overhaul the team. But today is the worst case of all scenarios. Its still early in the year and there is always hope, but when you have 10 straight quarters of bad football you have to begin to think it may be time to just blow things up. Get back into the high end of the draft and hope you do better than you have done the last few years. Get rid of the bloated contracts to build up the cap room to actually bring talent into the locker room. The Jets probably have 11 or 12 starters that would not start on other teams which is far too many especially when some of them are making big dollars. Hopefully Rex is right and they can find something within themselves to fix this because it is going to be a long season if this is the product the Jets put on the field for the remainder of the season.


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THE Australian market finished lower as weaker commodity prices weighed on the nation's biggest mining stocks.
RBS Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said big mining companies suffered the largest falls, while the rest of the market was peppered with varying results.
"The local market is mixed on a whole range of areas and we've pulled back into the defensives," Mr Chatterton said.
"Tuesday's budget didn't really do anything for investor confidence so we are taking our cues from overseas."
Among the major mining houses Rio Tinto shed 1.9 per cent, or $1.09, to hit $54.68 while BHP Billiton lost 0.79 per cent, or 27 cents, to touch $33.76.
Gold miner Newcrest fell 5.3 per cent, or 84 cents, to settle at $15.02 following a sharp drop in gold prices.
Three of the big four banks finished in negative territory, with only Commonwealth Bank going forwards, gaining 18 cents to $73.83.
National Australia Bank fell two cents to $33.05, ANZ fell 12 cents to $29.86, and Westpac lost 27 cents, to $31.40.
Among the defensive stocks, Wesfarmers jumped $1.40, or 3.3 per cent to $44.20 while Woolworths rose 32 cents, or 0.93 per cent, to $34.71.
Graincorp shares were flat at $12.75 after it announced its first half profit had fallen by 34 per cent due to costs from its purchase of several food companies.
Australia's largest grain handler is working with American food giant Archer Daniels Midland to complete a $3 billion=plus takeover.
The Australian share market is expected to trade within a tight range ahead of Thursday night's release of US housing starts data for April.
* At 1615 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 26 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 5,165.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 29.1 points, or 0.56 per cent, at 5,144.2 points.
* On the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 31 points at 5,170, with 28,473 contracts traded.
* National turnover was 1.5 billion securities worth $4.3 billion.
Originally published as Aust stocks down on commodities weakness


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BYU-Idaho hosts career fair
REXBURG, Idaho - Students attended a career fair at Brigham Young University–Idaho Thursday.
The fair was an opportunity for both students and employers in East Idaho to connect. With 36 percent of college-educated workers employed in fields that don't require a degree, the region is doing it's best to make sure recent graduates find employment.
BYU-Idaho student Karlie Willden is graduating this spring and wants to find a job in communications. She said after talking to friends with minimum-wage jobs, she knows how important it is to start looking for work as soon as possible.
"I want to be able to have a career that I'm proud of," said Willden.
Career Services Director Steve Zollinger said although students may only find internships at the fair, they will give them the experience they need to find lasting employment.
"Internships are such a huge part of a student's education, and frankly it's a big part of business and industry. It's a good way for them to test drive students to see if they may work into a full-time position. So it works out well for everyone," he said.
According to CNN Money, out of the nearly 3 million recent grads in the country, most hold minimum-wage retail positions.


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In this article, I am sharing five of my favorite books on data structures and algorithms, which I think are a great read and can help every programmer to master data structure and algorithms.
I have chosen these books because of different reasons. Some books are really easy to read and their focus is aligned to my expectation, some of them are really comprehensive and can be used as reference material, and few of them offers different perspective of using data structures and algorithms e.g. while solving a real world problem or helping to crack interviews at Google, Amazon, Microsoft or Facebook.
It's hard to judge your knowledge of data structure and algorithms by knowledge based questions because that's not how they are used in a project. It doesn't help to know about every single detail of a Car if you can't even drive.
These data structure and algorithms books have helped me to find and fill in gaps and taught me a lot of things about different data structures e.g. stacks, queues, linked list, arrays, hash tables, heaps, trees, and graph. If you are using a different data structure and algorithm book, which is good and not on this list, you can share with us.
Top 5 Data Structure and Algorithm Books
must-reads books on Algorithms for software programmers and developers.
String related algorithms, cryptography and data compression algorithms and some interesting problems. This book is one of the most engaging and readable books on the topic of algorithms and worth of every penny spent on it. Only thing, I found this book lacks is that it only covers Algorithms and not data structures, as it can not be used as a reference book. It's the best to use is as a companion, along with a much more comprehensive book on data structures and algorithms.
my own implementation in Java while going through it, which certainly helps in long run. Remember, getting an objective feel of what is data structure, how does it work is quite different than implementing same data structure by yourself, and then trying different things e.g. finding cycles in linked list or finding middle node of linked list in single pass, is a good exercise after you implemented linked list data structure in Java. Combining back to the book, you can certainly buy this book on readability, clear and concise explanation and, more importantly, nontrivial examples. One of the best book to learn data structure and algorithms for beginners.
That's all on my list of must read books data structures and algorithms. This list is equally useful to both Java and C, C++ programmers, or better any programmer because it's a common programming concept and used in all kind of projects, written in different programming languages. At least one book on data structures and algorithms must always be on a programmers self, along with some timeless classic like Clean Code and Effective Java.


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No TEDxPeachtree, o bioeticista Paul Root Wolpe descreve uma série supreendente de experiências de bioengenharia, indo de animais de estimação híbridos a ratos com orelhas humanas. Ele pergunta: não seria a hora de estabelecer algumas regras básicas?
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Anyone here own or have shot a lot one of Kimber's Aegis models? I'd like a 1911 style gun in 9mm for target shooting and these look wonderful. I'd love to hear some firsthand experience with them.
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Anyone here own or have shot a lot one of Kimber's Aegis models? I'd like a 1911 style gun in 9mm for target shooting and these look wonderful. I'd love to hear some firsthand experience with them.
I was interested in the Aegis also when I saw the ad. My wife fell in love with, and bought a SA EMP. It has been flawless. If I wanted a small 9mm 1911, I'd go with an EMP - or use my wife's. :buttkick:
I have had an ultra aegis II for about three months now. It indeed is a very nice looking, and shooting pistol, I love it, I also have a ultra caryy II, the aegis is a custom shop gun, and you can definately tell difference, also the aegis II is a 9mm. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!
I picked up an Ultra Aegis II yesterday. So far I am really happy with it. It is very accurate and the only function problem is 3 of the 5 mags don't lock the slide open when empty. My wife has an EMP. Both are very nice pistols. I have shot the EMP quite a bit. The Aegis is a bit more accurate, and has a better carry melt. I like the bobbed safety better too. The only thing I would like the Aegis to have is a combat hammer. I don't care for the bobbed hammer. You can't go wrong with either of them.
Called Kimber about the mags not locking the slide open when empty. They are supposed to send me a new slide stop. I hope that is the cure.
Got the new slide stop. I ran about 40 mags through it at the range yesterday. Slide locks open on all 5 mags now. I have run about 600 rounds total through it. It has had no fail to feed, fail to fire, or fail to eject, NO JAMS OF ANY KIND. So now that the slide locks open as it should it became my carry gun today!
I have been looking at the 9mm in the Kimber, I like the 4" and the 3". I would first change out the thumb safety and the hammer, just personal preference. Still not sure about the Kimber or the EMP. I have heard a lot about the EMP, about 50/50 on good and bad. My next purchase will be a 1911 in 9mm. I love the 1911, but the 45acp is killing my pocket, lol .


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A Gold Rush Hotel in the Gateway to Yosemite
The Groveland Hotel • Groveland, CA
Escape Kit
- A Two-Night Stay for Two in a Really Nice or Extremely Nice Room
- Wine Tasting for Two at Gianelli Vineyards
- A Bottle of Champagne and Chocolate-Covered Strawberries in Your Room
- $35 Voucher for Dinner at The Cellar Door
- Combine Unlimited Vouchers for an Extended Stay
Just 30 minutes from Yosemite National Park, this cozy hotel has held on to that Old West feel.
The Destination
In the heart of California's Gold Country, Groveland has always been a bit wild. The town was originally named "Savage's Diggings" after the first person to discover gold here, Mr. James Savage, then briefly went by Garotte before settling on Groveland in 1875. Things are more civilized these days, but Main Street retains some of the historic saloons and storefronts as reminders of its colorful past. And speaking of wild lansdcapes, Yosemite National Park is just a 30 minutes away.
The Digs
The Groveland Hotel is a treasure left from the Gold Rush days. Each of its Victorian-style rooms boasts a unique character, while the amenities—complimentary Wi-Fi, iPod docks, coffee makers, down comforters, and more—are thoroughly modern. You'll awake to a full Innkeeper's Breakfast each morning, and in the evenings, you can stop by the on-site restaurant, Cellar Door. From succulent baby back ribs to seared ahi tuna, the menu pairs California-style cuisine with a Wine Spectator "Best of" Award of Excellence wine list. Massages and other spa treatments are available for purchase. And if you drive here in your Tesla, you're in luck: The hotel has the only charging station in the region.
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Google will Retire 'Chrome Frame' in January 2014
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When Google introduced Chrome Frame in 2009, it was their intention to help those running legacy versions of Internet Explorer have access to and enjoy a modern browsing experience. Now that more people are using modern up-to-date versions of Internet Explorer and other browsers, Google has decided that Chrome Frame's work is done and it is time to retire it.
As of January 2014 Chrome Frame will no longer receive support or updates, so if you are one of the people using it, then you will need to find an alternative solution that works best for your needs.
From the Chromium Blog post: Today, most people are using modern browsers that support the majority of the latest web technologies. Better yet, the usage of legacy browsers is declining significantly and newer browsers stay up to date automatically, which means the leading edge has become mainstream. Given these factors we've decided to retire Chrome Frame, and will cease support and updates for the product in January 2014.
Enjoy a quick trip down 'Memory Lane' with the following intro video for Chrome Frame…
You can learn more about the upcoming retirement (and download Chrome Frame if desired) using the links below.
Retiring Chrome Frame [The Chromium Blog]
Google kills plugin that remakes Internet Explorer in Chrome's image [Ars Technica]
The end for Google's Chrome Frame [The H Security]
Download Google Frame [Google]
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Does anyone know an easy way to search multilingual pages using the search as described in tutorial 4?
I have the problem that the search only returns results from the default language (English) stored in the SiteTree table. When I am in a translated page I would like to search either
- - in the current language/translation only or
- - in all languages (preferably with results in my current language first) and with the language code visible in the search results
I will investigate further but I imagine that others had the same problem before.
(I found the patch ticket #2267 but it did not work at all.)


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The Hand of Ethelberta HTML version
28. Ethelberta's - Mr. Chickerel's Room
The question of Neigh or no Neigh had reached a pitch of
insistence which no longer permitted of dallying, even by a
popular beauty. His character was becoming defined to
Ethelberta as something very differently composed from that
of her first imagining. She had set him down to be a man
whose external in excitability owed nothing to self-
repression, but stood as the natural surface of the mass
within. Neigh's urban torpor, she said, might have been in
the first instance produced by art, but, were it thus, it had
gone so far as to permeate him. This had been disproved,
first surprisingly, by his reported statement; wondrously, in
the second place, by his call upon her and sudden proposal;
thirdly, to a degree simply astounding, by what had occurred
in the city that day. For Neigh, before the fervour had
subsided which was produced in him by her look and
general power while reading 'Paradise Lost,' found himself
alone with her in a nook outside the church, and there had
almost demanded her promise to be his wife. She had
replied by asking for time, and idly offering him the petals of
her rose, that had shed themselves in her hand. Neigh, in
taking them, pressed her fingers more warmly than she
thought she had given him warrant for, which offended her. It
was certainly a very momentary affair, and when it was over
seemed to surprise himself almost as much as it had vexed
her; but it had reminded her of one truth which she was in
danger of forgetting. The town gentleman was not half so far
removed from Sol and Dan, and the hard-handed order in
general, in his passions as in his philosophy. He still
continued to be the male of his species, and when the heart
was hot with a dream Pall Mall had much the same aspect
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Rivals United page 6 draft.
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The rubble of razed, demolished, and totaled homes scattered across the clangrounds. Many of which he remembered having a raucous time and a merry drink with comrades, now reduced to refuse and mere memories.
The fresh resting places of the warriors who had fallen defending the clan against the invaders. Many of whom he had left alive and healthy and had expected to see the same after his raid, only to see their maimed and mutilated corpses upon his return.
The wails of new orphans crying for the parents who would never wake from their eternal slumber. Many of which he had messed around and goofed off with, now abandoned in a cruel twist of fate.
Kane looked around at the remnants of the village that used to be the proud home of the Dynio for the hundredth time since the attack three days ago and saw thdestruction and desolation, all of which was due to his complete incompetence.
"Dammit! Dammit! DAMMIT!!!" Kane slammed his sword into the wall of one of the destroyed houses. The force caused the stone to shatter as it if it were glass before a sledgehammer. It had been three days since the mysterious clan had attacked the clangrounds. Kane and his men had eventually been able to break through the tactics and force them to retreat. But the devastation they had inflicted remained. Almost half of the Dynio clan had been killed, including their clan's leader. A lot of the survivors hadn't gotten through it unscathed either, with injuries ranging from scratches and bruises to lost limbs. Kane cursed himself for the umpteenth time for going on that raid. He'd taken many of the clan's better warriors with him, leaving the clangrounds unable to probably fend off the ambush. It was his fault that everything had happened.
Suddenly Kane felt a presence come from behind. He heard the distinct swish of metal cutting through air. Instinctively he turned and raised his sword in defense, just in time to block a massive battle-axe from taking his head off. The force of the collision wrenched the blade out of hands and sent it spiraling leaving him defenseless. Kane looked up at his attacker and scowled. "What the hell do you think you're doing Zethenia?" he yelled. The tall woman tried to slice Kane again.
"Giving you a much needed kick in the ass, Kane Stroame," she replied. Kane jumped back and avoided another slice. He grabbed his weapon from where it had fallen and confronted his opponent. Almost born for the battlefield, Zethenia Arcil was in the top-tier of Dynio warriors and the greatest female fighter the clan had seen in generations. With her curvaceous body, and taut, smooth skin, she was the envy of the Dynio females, and with her subtle, yet iron bands of sinewy muscle underneath her stunning form, she could beat the pants off of most of the males in the clan. She was both beauty and beast. Zethenia stood a full head taller than Kane, and he was no shorty. He'd never been able to best her in an arm-wrestling match yet. Kane's magic skill, battle sense, and agility gave him an advantage over her reckless style, but she was still a formidable opponent.
"What are you talkin' about?" he asked.
"I'm sick of watching you throw Zethenia swung her axe in an arc, causing a row of icicles to form in the air and fly towards Kane. Kane released a wind wave, thinking to cancel out the barrage. However, when the two attacks met, the wave wasn't able to deter the shards of ice from continuing their path towards him. Kane narrowly missed getting pierced by one of the icicles, saved by his reflexes. However, even his reflexes couldn't stop a couple from grazing his thigh. Kane managed to stay standing, though the sharp pain didn't help matters.
"Pesky Ice magic," Kane said through gritted teeth. The magic was a rare sight in the Dynio clan. Zethenia was currently the only one that could use it. She stared at him with contempt. The savage look in her wild, violet irises made it difficult for Kane to look her in the face.
"You've lost your edge, Kane. I was holding back on that attack; your wave should have knocked my icicles away easily. You wanna know what happened? You're so hung up on how the clan got attacked while you were away! You're letting yourself go soft. You've been moping around long enough. You're not honoring any of the people who died by throwing a pity party and man up. If you really feel like it's your fault and redeem yourself, go and avenge their deaths by teaching those guys who attacked that they've messed with the wrong clan! The time for mourning's over, so get your ass in gear already! What are you waiting for?"
Kane didn't answer Zethenia and looked at the ground instead. The words stung, because they were the truth. He had been using his comrades' deaths as an excuse to wallow in pity, but not anymore. Kane raised his head and looked Zethenia in the eye. "I guess it is high time I get my head out of ass," he admitted. Zethenia saw the light of new resolve in Kane's grey gaze and grinned.
"Those are the eyes I wanted to see." She strapped her axe to her back. "Before you go start that quest for revenge, we have to take care of the survivors first. Follow me."
Kane followed Zethenia to the center of the clangrounds, where the Dynio had set up a make-shift hospital. One of the men, Aboron Volison spotted them and ran over. He gave them a crisp salute.
"Clanhead Arcil. The people from Fregurd have arrived!"


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Advice on deck repair
I have a deck repair that I need some ideas on. The floor joists appear to be cantilevered into the brick work of the house. At least I can tell you that there is no band joist against the house.
In any case the original builder sealed the joists to the building with roof tar. There are two problems with this. Problem one, the tar cracked and seems to be letting rain water into the wall cavity. Problem two is that it just looks like crap.
So the question is, how to make a repair that will be long lasting, and look a little better?
The owners idea is to chip away the tar, and fill the cavities with spray foam. I think this would only be a short term fix. As the deck moves due to moisture and humidity changes the foam would lose it's seal (true?). Plus it would also look awful.
My only thought for a more permanent fix is to flash it out somehow. The deck boards are 2x6'es so I have an inch and a half to secure something to the house. The problem with this fix is that I feel the flashing would need to "float" beneath the deck board to allow for deck movement. So, how do I secure the deck board back after flashing?
Help me out folks.
spray foam would serve no purpose here. Flashing would need to be configured to shed water away from the joists and be cut into the brick and sealed with mortar or caulking above the joists. The joists would not be attached to the flashing. Use a polyurethane caulk to seal the space around the joists where they enter the brick. If the space is large, fill with the correct size foam backer rod first. A mason supply house will have this stuff. It is not the same as spray foam, more like a foam rope.
I have seen small decks built this way, with standard framing lumber cantilevered through the side of the house. Since this is standard lumber, it will not last long outside in the weather, my guess is <10 yrs. It should be preassure treated wood. The other problem you already understand, sealing the hole is not simple, and it will have to be redone periodically. What Bob suggested.
Thanks Bob, that makes sense. My only other thought was to use a rubber roof type membrane, and secure it to the brick face similar to the way I used to do when erecting exterior walk-in coolers. If I install it right I can provide a slight droop between each of the joists to allow the water to run away from the house. I would still want to seal the cavities around each of the joist where the enter the brick veneer.
Bill, fortunately for the homeowner the deck is constructed from PT boards, so rot is not yet an issue. This is one funky deck. I can't say I've ever seen one installed like this before. I don't know if it is truly cantilevered, (secured to the interior joists) or if it was installed during original construction before the brick veneer was completed. Suffice it to say that I would never build one like this myself.
Let me know what you guys think of the rubber roof idea. I will be talking with the owner tonight.
if there are no post it must be cantilevered
build a roof over the deck ,only way to be sure with those kinds of details
If you can get a piece of flashing bent into a Z shape it could be notched into the top of the joist 1/4",just enough to to keep water from running back on top of joists.
thing with the cantilever joist is you can get alot of water following the joist
back into the house from the bottom
relying on caulk as the primary moisture barrier well....
use window flashing tape in instead of the roofing membrane. It will be easier to handle and a bit sticker. Pressure Treated wood resists rot, this does not mean it will never rot. the protection wears off. If in contact with a cement product, other wood, wrong nails or earth it's life span is decreased.
Measure and install solid blocking between joists, with front face flush with exterior of brick. Install flat flashing between joists on the blocks and extending down over the tops at lower bricks below hole. Seal with window tape to joists, not brick. Install L-flashing with 1/4" lip to joists only, caulk joint underneath where both meet, and on joist where flash contacts it. Install cap flash in mortar joints of brick, overlapping L-flashing. Don't nail inside of deck board at brick side to rupture flashing. L-flash and cap would float by with deck movement, each secured to different things.
At circle detail, where cap flash would be into brick grout and decking would be shingles: http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...ils/#Figure_02
Be safe, Gary
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Wimberley is home to LOTS of cats:
and sometimes cats get LOST!
The purpose of this blog is to help you find your lost cat by giving you a place to announce to the neighborhood that your cat is missing.
Do that by posting your info on the Lost Cat page [see tab above]. The other purpose is to provide a comprehensive list of all the Rescue and/or Shelter Services in Wimberley and Hays County, Texas [links on the right].
Are you looking for a lost a cat?
- FIRST — check out the San Marcos Animal Services [find out if your kitty had been found and turned over to them link on the right].
- SECOND — post your information on the Lost Cat page and it will be sent to everyone who is subscribed to this blog.
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Q: I'm an editor at a travel magazine and I have an apostrophe problem. How do I refer to the duties of a maître d'? Is it maître d's, maître d"s, or something else?
A: I can't find any style manuals that address this issue directly, so I'll have to tippy-toe into unknown waters.
But first let me recommend the cowardly solution. Why not avoid the issue? You could say the maître d'hôtel's duties or the duties of the maître d'. If you insist on facing this possessive problem head on, though, here are my thoughts.
You have two needs for an apostrophe in this case: the apostrophe of elision (the one that stands for the missing e in maître d' or maître d'hôtel) and the apostrophe of possession. If any reference book did advise you to use both apostrophes, I'd say it was nuts. So I'd go with maître d's as the possessive.
One clue you could use to justify this is that The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.) says the plural of maître d' is maître d's. American Heritage is a dictionary that makes single letters (like d) plural by adding an apostrophe plus s ('s). With maître d', however, it drops one of the apostrophes.
In other words, the dictionary pluralizes maître d' as maître d's, not as maître d''s. One can only assume that it would have done the same for the possessive, if it had dealt with the issue.
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Paris Hilton's Boyfriend Cy Waits Attacked Outside L.A. Courthouse
Paris Hilton's boyfriend Cy Waits suffered a bit of a mishap when he and Hilton went to court to testify against an alleged home intruder yesterday in Los Angeles. According to Us Magazine, a very fired-up fan broke through the crowd, splashed water on Waits' face and grabbed him by the neck. Hilton tweeted about the incident, "That other psycho intruder just punched Cy in the back of the head as we were walking into the court house. So scary!"
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It turns out this guy, who later identified himself to E! News as Jim Rangford, was the same intruder who showed up at Hilton's house on a bike a few months ago. Rangford claims that he only wanted two things: an autograph and to ask Hilton's dad Rick for permission to propose to the heiress.


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$5000.00 for Flowers
siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh...Weddings are so expensive. Oh Well
ETA: DD & her DF have worked hard and saved to [ay for their wedding. They are doing ALL they cato keep the costs down. DH & I are happy we can give her this "splurge"
I never got that..
They just die! lol
I wanna make her day PERFECT ....My Baby Girl is worth it ....yea, I'm one of those moms ;0)
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I never got that..
They just die! lol
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I dont remember precisely what I spent but it wasnt more than a couple hundred, max. My entire wedding wasnt even close to five grand and it was a decent wedding.
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- - WFA - King of the Streets Results WARNING - Dont read, if results are not desired (http://www.mmaforum.com/other-mma-amateur-mma/1306-wfa-king-streets-results-warning-dont-read-if-results-not-desired.html)
Brief WFA REPORT....IN PROGRESS (SPOILERS)
Rob McCullough (sp) vs Harris Sarmiento
Razor Rob wins Unanimous Decision in one of the most boring matches I have ever seen.....about 45 superman punches thrown and clearly over 100 leg kicks (no exxageration on that one)
Ricco Rodriguez vs. Ron H20 Waterman
Ricco weighed in at 298 lbs and it showed LOL hes disgustingly gross in this fight, and Waterman, at 40 years old is still a beast. Ricco wins after the first round when Watermans left eye is swollen shut, pretty good fight sad to say, hell of alot better than the first fight.
Art Santore vs Ivan Salaverry
Fight of the night so far.....Ivan dominated the first round, and then the second with BRUTAL head kicks, and eventually caught him with one square in the face which rocked him, busted him open, and Ivan got the mount and finished it, late in the 2nd round
Jason Mayhem Miller vs. Lodune Sincaid
Mayhem comes out with his breakdancing team, and platinum "grill", Lodune gets a cheap pop when announced as a former TUF superstar hahaha. Mayhem is also announced from Parts Unknown LOL and has a yellow stripe going from the front to the back of his hairline, what a clown.
Mayhem dominates the majority of the first round, spending half of it on Sincaids back.....get the RNC with about 40 seconds left in the first round to secure the victory
Vernon Tiger White vs. Loyoto Machida
To be honest, I took my buddy home during this fight because he fell asleep lol but Machida won Unanmous Decision
Bas is on now, and I'll get back with a report soon
Bas Rutten vs Warpath
Bas dominates the first round with wicked leg kicks, Warpath is limping and Bas damn near cripples him with one big shot with about 2 to go in the first round. Warpath is unable to continue and Bas' return after 7 year abscense is a good one
Main Event Up Next!! WAR RAMPAGE
Quinton Rampage Jackson vs. Matt The Law Lindland
In one of the best fights Ive seen in a long time, full of HUGE slams, submission attempts and just heavy leather being thrown Rampage wins Split Decision in a fight that could have gone either way.
2 times during the fight Lindland looked to have Rampage tapped out (once in a RNC and once in a Guillatine) but somehow Jackson got out of them both. Very impressive showing for the 2 of them, they are already talking about a rematch, only if WFA "ups my pay...chachinggg" to quote Rampage LOL
Overall a decent card, next one is in October
King of the Streets - WFA **spoilers!!**
Just watched WFA's comeback show - King of the Streets. The main event was Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Lindland.
Lindland dominated the fight, staying close to Quinton and keeping him on defense the entire time. Quinton was almost choked out twice. When it was all said and done, Quinton got the split decision in what I view to be a terrible decision. But judges don't typically like Matt Lindland's style, and he suffers in decisions because of it. I must say this - Quinton was in shape! He fought a very hard fight, and wasn't even breathing heavy during the post fight chatter in the ring. I was amazed by his cardio!
The gem of the night was the return of Bas Rutten! He fought a big guy named Villareal (after Kimo tested positive for steroid use and was not allowed to fight). Bas looked so happy to be back in the ring! And man was he ripped and in shape! He hit Villareal seven or eight times with huge right hands, hardly slowing the big guy down. Realizing the big punches weren't doing the job, Bas switched to leg kicks. After five or six vicious kicks, the big man went down and could not get up. Awesome win. I have just one request Bas - send a tape of your fight to Arlovski!!!
Jason Mayhem Miller stomped some dude from the first season of the Ultimate Fighter. Easy win for Mayhem.
A bit of a mystery man - Lyoto Machida - made his USA debut, fighting Vernon Tiger White. It was a good stand up fight, though not as lively as I like. But Machida easily handled Vernon. Machida has wins over Rich Franklin and BJ Penn, so we had big expectations for him. But he seemed cautious in his first U.S. fight, although I get the feeling he's the real deal. His style is a combination of Karate and Jiu Jitsu. I'm thinking he's here to stay.
Ivan Salaverry literally whooped Art Santore! Salaverry looked awesome, picking Santore apart for a couple of rounds and then basically beating Art to a bloody pulp for about 30 seconds until the referee stepped in. This was a true ass kicking! Another fight where leg kicks played a big role! I see Salaverry as a real threat at 185. If he comes back to UFC, watch out Rich Franklin!
Well, that about covers it. Good show WFA! We hope you guys are here to stay.
Yes a video would be great, I have been looking around for one but I haven't been able to find it so far, well at least the Bas video.
Go To Youtube..i Just Saw The Bas Fight There
WFA - King of the Streets Results WARNING - Dont read, if results are not desired
Well, Quinton Jackson wins a split decision over Matt Lindland, this was a great fight, Lindland threatened Jackson w/ submissions (chokes) rear naked and guillotine, Jackson slammed him hard in the first and slammed him on his head in the second..............Bas Rutten beat Ruben Villareal quickly in the first with leg kicks. the big man just collapsed due to Ruttens leg kicks. Rutten first came out and socked him hard with a few right hands but then decided to go to the leg kicks which worked. Other notable bouts were Ryoto Machida beat Vernon White by Unamious Decision. Jason Miller choked out Lodune Sincaid in the first round. Ivan Salaverry took Art Santore out in the 2nd with TKO (STRIKES)....Ricco Rodriguez handed Ron Waterman a TKO due to doctor stoppage at the end of the first round. And Marvin Eastmen and Jorge Oliveira came out with a Draw..........
Thoughts, comments? I feel Bas Rutten is a badass and needs to fights some real opponents and shouldnt even think about retiring.
Rampage SLAMS Lindland last night GIF
okay so I stole this from someone on another site lol which im sure some of you will realize....but anyway, if you missed WFA last night, this is some of what you missed (keep in mind it was a hell of alot better in real time)
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11 August 2015
We get a lot of customers telling us they have been told their key is a 'special security key' that requires an expensive magician to make more copies and quote £15 + per key with a 4 week lead time....
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After a short tender process we are pleased to announce Lock and Key have won the contract to supply one of the UK's largest high security master keyed systems.
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The new Yale Platinum 3 star cylinders launched by Yale in August 2016 have been a great success with it being adopted by a number of the UK's largest window and door manufacturers.
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Some days ago, I read this cool article about the built in health monitoring features of ASP.NET. Funny that I never stumbled across that - I always implemented my own health monitoring.
The other day I played around with the health monitoring feature and it looks really great. As a quick reference here's a short description of the elements of the health monitoring facility:
This element describes which events are to be captured. The type attribute references one of the event types derived from WebBaseEvent. All events of that type or a derived type are captured. For example, to capture all kinds of errors in the application, type would be set to System.Web.Management.WebBaseErrorEvent, for events regarding the application lifecycle (start, restart, stop etc.) one would use System.Web.Management..WebApplicationLifetimeEvent. You can further filter on a specific range of error codes (e.g. as defined in the WebEventCodes class).
The machine wide web.config has already defined numerous event mappings for you, so it's unlikely that you need to define your own:
The bold part is the name of the event mapping.
Providers describe how to process an event. ASP.NET comes bundled with a good selection of providers that cover most needs, for example:
Again, ASP.NET has some standard providers defined:
As you see, you'll have to setup a mail sending provider yourself, but this is shown in the article mentioned above.
EventMappings and Providers won't do you any good unless you define a rule. It's the rules that actually activate the health monitoring system: they link providers and event mappings. Use the "eventName" attribute define the set of events to be captured and the "provider" attribute to decide what to do with those events.
You can configure additional settings, like
Instead of defining the settings above with each and every rule you can – and should - use profiles instead (see below).
As with the other elements there are two prefab rules, both of which use the EventLogProvider to write events to the Windows event log:
As mentioned above, profiles are used to centralize the configuration of the settings minInstances, maxLimit and minInterval. Simple define a profile, name it and use this name as the value of a rule's "profile" element. Nothing fancy, but useful.
Two profiles are defined in the global web.config:
Finally, we have the buffer modes. If you enable buffering on a provider (buffer="true") you also need to define how the buffering is done by referencing a specific buffer mode (bufferMode="name of a buffer mode"). According to the documentation, buffer modes only apply to the SQLWebEventProvider, but I haven't checked that.
The global web.config defines four buffer modes, ranging from least aggressive buffering for critical events to large buffers for non-crucial events:
For details of the configured values, look at your global web.config or at the documentation.
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Very good article still havng a little trouble figuring out hoe to get buffering for e-mail event providers before an event message is sent to the user.
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