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Similarly, most major league teams don't necessarily rely on their third basemen to be the face of their organizations, but they know that if they don't have solid players at the position, they're not bringing home a World Series trophy.
Our top third basemen of 2005:
1. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees: You get what you pay for: all $25 million a year for the finest everyday player in baseball. Everyone worried how A-Rod would do moving from shortstop to third base. His AL MVP award answers that question, doesn't it?
2. Chipper Jones, Braves: It was four years ago when someone had the bright idea that Jones no longer could be a productive third baseman. So, the Braves moved him to left field. Oops. The Braves found out in a hurry they couldn't find anyone better defensively at third, and they moved Jones back there for the 2004 season. He missed six weeks of the 2005 season with a strained foot, but he still managed to hit .296 with 21 homers and 72 RBI in 109 games, and he made only five errors.
3. Eric Chavez, A's: Playing through shoulder pain for much of the season, Chavez hit 27 homers and drove in 101 runs. He also won his fifth consecutive Gold Glove award. Chavez's .966 fielding percentage was only the fifth-best mark among AL third basemen, but he ranked second in total chances (438) and double plays (28) while finishing in a tie for third in assists (302).
4. Aramis Ramirez, Cubs: Ramirez not only hit 31 homers and drove in 92 runs, but he also was the reason why first baseman Derrek Lee, who won the NL's batting title, saw so many hittable pitches. In the field, Ramirez handled bunt plays almost as well as any third baseman in the game.
5. David Wright, Mets: There's a reason why folks believe he may wind up as the best position player in Mets history. You want power? Check out his 27 homers and 102 RBI. You want a good eye? Look at his .306 batting average and .388 on-base percentage. Durability? He played in 160 games. Defense? OK, he had 24 errors and a .948 fielding percentage.
6. Morgan Ensberg, Astros: The biggest surprise of the Astros' season hit 36 homers and had 101 RBI to win team MVP honors. No NL third baseman had a finer first half than Ensberg. He had 24 homers and 65 RBI to earn an All-Star berth. Ensberg also established himself as a fixture in the infield, where he made a respectably low number of errors (15).
7. Adrian Beltre, Mariners: Sorry, Mariners fans, but you didn't see the real Adrian Beltre this past season. He was the latest big-time free agent to struggle trying to prove he's worth the cash. But he still hit 19 homers and drove in 87 runs. He hit 13 homers with 51 RBI during the final three months of the season while he contributed solid glovework all year.
8. Hank Blalock, Rangers: The Rangers were willing to trade Blalock to the Marlins in a deal for starter Josh Beckett, but they admittedly would have missed their third baseman. Blalock led the league with a .973 fielding percentage, and his 92 RBI placed him in a tie with Ramirez for sixth among third basemen .
9. Melvin Mora, Orioles: Mora hit 27 homers — placing him in a tie with Chavez and Wright for fifth among third basemen. His on-base percentage was low (.348), but he still batted .283. Mora, a right-handed hitter, hit .304 with 17 homers and 66 RBI against right-handers compared with his .232 average with 10 homers and 22 RBI against lefties.
10. Troy Glaus, Diamondbacks: He's the prototypical power-hitting third baseman. He bounced back quite nicely from his rotator cuff surgery, hitting a league-high 37 homers at his position. Yet, on gimpy knees, he made 24 errors, tying him with Wright for the highest total among third basemen.
11. Mike Lowell, Red Sox: OK, so he stunk offensively this past year. So his $9 million salary the next two seasons forced the Marlins to trade him and starting pitcher Josh Beckett to the Red Sox. But this Gold Glove winner made only six errors in 135 games at third base last season, the lowest error total ever recorded by an NL third baseman who appeared in that many games.
12. Joe Crede, White Sox: He didn't have a bad season for a guy playing with two bulging disks in his back. Crede hit 22 homers with 62 RBI in just 129 games. Crede peaked at the right time, too, hitting .379 in September. He also ranked third among third basemen with a .971 fielding percentage.
13. Garrett Atkins, Rockies: This kid surprised the Rockies by playing decent defense. He also wound up with 89 RBI, the fifth-most by a NL rookie since 1980. He could actually force minor league sensation Ian Stewart to the outfield in two years.
14. Scott Rolen, Cardinals: He may be the finest pure third baseman in the game. Now, if only he could stay healthy. Rolen played in just 56 games this past season and missed the last half of the season with torn cartilage in his left shoulder. Really, he wasn't the same after colliding with Dodgers first baseman Hee-Seop Choi on May 10. Rolen hit a meager .235 for the season.
15. Aaron Boone, Indians: The real Aaron Boone might have showed up the last four months of the season. He batted .284 with 12 homers and 45 RBI from June 4 until the end of the season, raising his batting average from .151 to .243. In the meantime, he continued to play steady defense.
16. Joe Randa, Padres: So who was the true Joe Randa— the one that batted .289 with 13 homers and 48 RBI in 92 games for the Reds, or the one that hit .256 with four homers and 20 RBI in 58 games with the Padres? Apparently, the Padres were convinced it was the latter, trading for Nationals third baseman Vinny Castilla and signing backup Geoff Blum.
17. Pedro Feliz, Giants: The Giants must find a home for Feliz, but with the outfield apparently filled, they might play him every day at third base. This past season, he hit 20 homers with 71 RBI. He might not ever win a Gold Glove, but he proved he can handle third base with a .969 fielding percentage in 79 games there.
18. Bill Mueller, Red Sox: He has little power, virtually no speed, he won't carry a team, but he's one of those guys that help a team win. Mueller hit just 10 homers with 62 RBI, but he made only 10 errors.
19. David Bell, Phillies: You don't pay a guy $4.5 million to hit just .248 with 10 homers and 61 RBI. He batted .400 against lefties this past season but .199 against righties. Bell did finish third among NL third basemen with 430 total chances and 304 assists, though.
20. Corey Koskie, Blue Jays: The Blue Jays couldn't wait to get him this past season, signing Koskie to a three-year, $17 million contract. Now, they can't wait to get rid of him. Koskie had an injury-riddled season, playing in just 97 games with 11 homers and 36 RBI. He has not played in more than 140 games since 2001.
21. Brandon Inge, Tigers: He certainly won't dazzle you at the plate, but he flashed some spectacular defense at third, particularly for a converted catcher. He has quick feet and a strong arm. There's no reason why he can't find a permanent home at third.
22. Vinny Castilla, Nationals: Castilla was woefully mediocre for the Nationals, batting .253 with 12 homers and 66 RBI as he was bothered by tendinitis in his knees. His low error total (11) couldn't make up for this lack of pop at a power-hitting position.
23. Rob Mackowiak, Pirates: A jack-of-all-trades, Mackowiak proved that he can handle third base. He hit just nine homers with 58 RBI but didn't embarrass himself defensively, committing only eight errors.
24. Edgardo Alfonzo, Giants: This wasn't quite the guy the Giants envisioned when they paid him $26 million over four years in December 2002. He will be fortunate to be more than a utility player in 2006.
25. Nomar Garciaparra, Cubs: He showed that he can still hit, but no one is sure how he will do in the field. He filled in admirably for a short period at third, but it's anyone's guess whether he can play there every day.
Who's No. 1?
Alex Rodriguez hit .321 with an AL-best 48 homers and 130 RBI to go along with a .421 on-base percentage and a .610 slugging percentage. He ranked first among third baseman in every relevant offensive category. He made just 12 errors and is considered perhaps the finest defensive third baseman in the AL outside of the A's Eric Chavez.
Case closed.
Really, the only debate here is whether A-Rod should have won the AL MVP award. Yet, considering A-Rod's defensive prowess and that Red Sox DH David Ortiz could lounge on the bench in between at-bats, why was the vote even that close?
After all, A-Rod did hit more home runs than Ortiz (48-47). He scored more runs than the AL MVP runner-up (124-119). He had just 18 fewer RBI than Ortiz (148-130). His batting average was 22 points higher than Ortiz's. And yes, A-Rod's team won the American League East.
"I think being on the field every day is a strong requirement (for MVP), and doing it from both sides of the field," Rodriguez said shortly after he won the award. "There's probably 15 or 16 offensive categories, if you want to be a baseball junkie. I may have led in 10 or 12 of them. I think being a balanced player and saving a lot of runs on the defensive side was a major factor."
Most would agree: Rodriguez is the finest third baseman in the game.


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Novak: McCain to name VP this week
posted at 8:05 pm on July 21, 2008 by Allahpundit
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If it's true — and a few GOP sources who spoke to Politico have their doubts — then it's probably Romney, right? Consensus has it that he's at the top of the short list and if you want to maximize Mitt's fundraising it makes sense to roll him out as soon as possible.
So why, then, is McCain suddenly headed to New Orleans to meet with Jindal on Wednesday?
That's not your exit question, actually. This is: Assuming McCain goes first and it's not Palin, how does that affect Obama's options in possibly picking a woman? I tend to subscribe to the Limbaugh/KP theory that Barry O wants to avoid putting Hillary or Sebelius on the ticket if at all possible lest that combo seem too "diverse" for some voters, but if McCain makes a play for female voters by choosing a woman, Obama might have no choice.
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What State do you live in? Do you have any clue about the Murkowski Republicans? How about the Knowles Democrats? How about the old fashioned types… Hammond Republicans?
upinak on July 21, 2008 at 11:38 PM
How about plain old conservative Republicans that don't care for her excessive corporate taxes and redistribution of wealth policies.
lowandslow on July 21, 2008 at 11:43 PM
How about plain old conservative Republicans that don't care for her excessive corporate taxes and redistribution of wealth policies.
lowandslow on July 21, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Ok with what you just said, do you know anything about Plain then what was just "put out there" in the MSM?
Palin cut the damn budget so much so that the Legislature here started whining to the point that they started calling their voters. I was totally FOR it, but even my Senator called me and whined and I told him to stuff a sock in it. I didn't vote for him!
Or the fact she has cleaned up many of the Senators who were in "league" with the Oil sub "Veco" whom were also supposedly republican AND were taking bribes, some as small as 1400 dollars.
I really think this is more a Media frenzy issue. And you not living in my State wouldn't understand WTF you are talking about since you do not live here!
upinak on July 21, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Smell the Coffee:
Heh. You named that jpg, didn't you?!
Jaibones on July 21, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Smell the Coffee,
and I can't tell if you're serious about the Vogue image, but you must know that's a photoshopped image. Right?
Jaibones on July 21, 2008 at 11:55 PM
I really think this is more a Media frenzy issue. And you not living in my State wouldn't understand WTF you are talking about since you do not live here!
Good grief, what do you think your state is some mystical place where exorbitant corporate taxes and free money giveaways are solid conservative values? Your state ain't that complicated. The only difference between Alaska and most states is the peoples sense of entitlement which doesn't fly very well down here.
lowandslow on July 21, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Jaibones on July 21, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Jai nope that is really her. I have that issue actually!
Check this Pic… Vets.
lowandslow on July 21, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Good then STFO! I sure as heck don't need more self rightous rejects such as yourself up here screwing up my State! I happen to enjoy meeting most people from the lower 49.. you are that 2% that think that you are entitled to an opinion when all you care about is how much Oil you can get.
upinak on July 21, 2008 at 11:59 PM
upinak on July 21, 2008 at 11:59 PM
That's okay upinak, I still like you, you're a hoot.
lowandslow on July 22, 2008 at 12:12 AM
That's okay upinak, I still like you, you're a hoot.
lowandslow on July 22, 2008 at 12:12 AM
DANG IT! I was trying to make one enemy tonight. I guess I can begin anew tomorrow!
Just remember, I know where all the bears like to eat… don't tick this woman off!
upinak on July 22, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Please pick Romney, we need someone who actually understands the economy. There is no one else more qualified.
Palin is only being considered because she is a woman. Jindal has done nothing of note, except he is hard core anti-abortion and thinks creationism is science neither are reasons to be VP.
Romney for VP
PDS sufferers need to watch this.
Mr. Wednesday Night on July 22, 2008 at 1:29 AM
Jindal needs more time and grooming. Plus he needs to prove his metal in Louisiana.
I'm not for Romney because he'll take the enthusiasm, what little there is, away from Evangelical Christians. If you believe in the existence of more than one God they'll have an issue voting for you.
Which leaves us with… I sure dunno.
Mojave Mark on July 22, 2008 at 1:32 AM
Palin. Young, female, conservative, governor experience and photogenic; people could see her as the next pres after McCain AND she pulls-in female votes.
Do it and you win, McCain.
Bishop on July 22, 2008 at 1:33 AM
Juan "Mexico First" Hernandez…
DfDeportation on July 22, 2008 at 1:38 AM
…if McCain makes a play for female voters by choosing a woman, Obama might have no choice.
Exactly! Go first and take Palin. It'll put Obama in a serious bind, and he just might oblige us with a big mistake.
Maybe this guy had it right all along:
Mr. Wednesday Night on July 22, 2008 at 2:07 AM
If Maverick passes on Palin and picks another white guy in a suit I might as well stop watching news until past Christmas. At least by then the ass-whoopin that Obamby and his band of "Hope and Change" zombies hand down to Maverick will be history.
CapitalistPig on July 22, 2008 at 2:08 AM
Jindal and Palin are young, they are the future.
peacenprosperity on July 21, 2008 at 8:41 PM
I couldn't agree with you more. Jindal is doing such a great job with my neighbor state and he needs to finish the job instead of getting scooped up by McCain. And plus there are some of us who, when they graduate from college here in Texas, would like to go intern under him :)
I mean hey, some of us need a good conservative to get wisdom from, god knows Rick Perry wouldn't do a damn bit of difference in shaping our young conservative minds here in Texas.
lgodfrey88 on July 22, 2008 at 8:08 AM
McCain has the imagination of dried paint on my bathroom wall. Therefore I predict he will pick another middle aged white guy who is about as exciting as he is! Get ready for another candidate that will NOT upstage McNumbnuts!
sabbott on July 22, 2008 at 8:50 AM
CapitalistPig on July 22, 2008 at 2:08 AM
McCain apparently holds a grudge against Romney and that is coloring his choices. John McCain is a walking temper tantrum, against GWB, evangelicals, social conservatives, real Republicans, etc…..
Why are we supposed to overcome our dislike and vote for a man who indulges in these decades-long grudges against anybody that rubs him the wrong way?
highhopes on July 22, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Palin. Because I've absolutely got to have something to vote FOR in this election, and it won't be Mitt. If we want Mitt involved in economics, make him Chancellor of Cash or something.
Doc56 on July 22, 2008 at 9:34 AM
PDS sufferers need to watch this.
Mr. Wednesday Night on July 22, 2008 at 1:29 AM
Mr. Wed.. did you post this for Palin or for Halcro? Halcro is a POS who is ticked he didn't get voted in… and a complete jerk, talk about a man who has some serious ego issues.
upinak on July 22, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Let me put it this way: I'm sooo sure John McCain will pick Governor Crist as veep,
Oh I hope so. After McCain/Huckabee, McCain/Crist is the next biggest joke ticket ever and will be SOOOO easy to make fun of. Maybe McCain could host a bachelor reality show for Crist; help him pick a first lady.
I can't take the Veep selection seriously since I don't accept our Presidential candidate. All I can hope for is good entertainment value; Mitt's too serious. McCain is going to cut his leg's out from under him. He'd be better off staying out of it until 2012.
austinnelly on July 22, 2008 at 11:48 AM
I have know people up in Alaska(who voted for Gore and will support McCain now if he picks Sarah), all Alaskans are high on Sarah. If McCain picks her, I'd bet even the polar bears would campaign for him
ConservativePartyNow on July 22, 2008 at 12:01 PM
It's like I said: the smart money seems to be on Romney or Palin. Either's a decent choice.
Vanceone on July 22, 2008 at 1:11 PM
If Romney makes the religious bigoted voters mad then that is simply another reason to nominate him. McCain needs someone who understands economics and that is NOT Jindal or Palin. Why Romney:
– B.A. Brigham Young University, 1971
– J.D. Harvard University, 1975
– M.B.A. Harvard University, 1975
Political Experience:
– Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-2007
Professional Experience:
– Vice President, Bain and Company, Incorporated, 1978-1984
– CEO, Bain Capital, Incorporated, 1984-1998
– CEO, Bain and Company, Incorporated, 1991-1993
– President, Salt Lake Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, 1999-2002
Romney Vetoed More Than 800 Budget Line-Items (707 were overturned by the liberal Massachusetts Legislature)
– Romney convinced the unfriendly State Legislature to grant him unilateral power to make budget cuts in 2003
– Romney unveiled $343 million in cuts to cities, healthcare, and state agencies in 2003
– Romney successfully consolidated the social service and public health bureaucracy in 2003
– Romney eliminated half of the executive branch's press positions, saving $1.2 million in 2003
– Romney successfully forced Medicaid recipients to make co-payments for some services in 2003
– Romney successfully pushed for legislation forcing new state workers to contribute 25% of their health insurance costs in 2003
– Romney proposed to revolutionize the Massachusetts state pension system by moving it to a defined contribution system in 2003
– Romney pushed to revamp the Pacheco Law, a union-backed measure that makes it nearly impossible to privatize state services in 2003
– Romney called for the privatization of the University of Massachusetts medical school in 2003
– Romney proposed measures to eliminate civil service protection for all municipal workers except police and firefighters and exempt low-cost public construction jobs from the state's wage law in 2003
– Romney proposed easing pricing regulations on Massachusetts retailers in 2003
– Romney Vetoed A Provision That Would Have Renewed A Prescription Drug Tax in 2003
– Romney proposed easing decades-old state regulations on wetlands in 2004
– Romney Vetoed Retroactive Pay Increases For State Employees in 2004
– Romney proposed cutting the state's income-tax rate from 5.3% to 5.0% in 2004, 2005 and 2006
– Romney succeeded in passing a bill preventing the capital gains tax from being applied retroactively in 2005
– Romney signed legislation that provided property tax relief to seniors in 2005
– Romney signed legislation establishing a two-day tax-free shopping holiday in 2005
– Romney fought for welfare legislation increasing the number of hours each week recipients must work and establishing a five-year limit for receiving benefits in 2005
– Romney aggressively pushed to deregulate Massachusetts' "Soviet-style" auto insurance industry in 2005
– Romney Vetoed a bill limiting the ability of out-of-state wineries to ship directly to Massachusetts consumers, calling the legislation "anti-consumer" in 2005
– Romney used his emergency fiscal powers to make $425 million worth of cuts in 2006
– Romney Vetoed the employer mandate that requires businesses with 11 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance in 2006
– Romney Vetoed an increase in the minimum wage from $6.75 to $8.00 in 2006
– Romney Signed a bill streamlining the state's cumbersome permitting process for new businesses in 2006
– Romney Line-Item Vetoed $100,000 For A Gazebo On Sunset Lake In Braintree in 2006
– Romney Vetoed $150,000 For The University Of Massachusetts To Study The Winter Moth in 2006
– Romney Vetoed $4 Million To Research The Efficiency Of The Internal Combustion Engine in 2006
– Romney has ruled out the option of raising Social Security taxes, embraced the idea of reducing the growth rate of future benefits, and supports personal accounts in 2007
Romney Economic Stimulus Plan:
– Permanently Reduce The Lowest Income Tax Bracket to 7.5%
– Permanently Eliminate Payroll Taxes On Employees Over The Age of 65
– Make Middle-Class Savings Tax Free
– Institute Immediate 100% Expensing Of New Equipment Purchased By A Business
– Reduce The Corporate Tax Rate To 20% Over Two Years
– Make The Bush Tax Cuts Permanent
– Roll Back Tax Rates For All Americans
– Kill The Death Tax
– Make The Research And Development Tax Credit Permanent
– Oppose Any Increase In Social Security Taxes
– Prevent The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) From Hurting More American Families


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Connection problems
Since around halloween i have not been able to connect. The game will take 5 minutes to log on, quit and give an error, log on but not find any players, or I will freeze in while playing a game. This has happened to me before in may but it was fixed in a couple weeks. My internet connection is fine, and have no problem with any other online game. I am running on 1.09.041 in MD, US. Just thought i should bring this to your attention and see if anyone else is having this problem.
Do you mean since the launch anniversary (~16th)??
It was Halloween only yesterday right? I get an "error syncing models" every time I try to logon normally since Oct 16. Contact Sony customer support. A lot of people have this problem, Sony need to fix it.
I am using a complicated workaround to play in the meantime. A quick overview is in the thread http://forums.naughtydog.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Error-syncing-models/td-p/115782 I can give you more detail if you want to try something like this.
Minus the 5 min login...I have these issues, and a few ot...
Minus the 5 min login...I have these issues, and a few others. ND is not responding. A friend of mine is having similar issues. This thread seems to hold the most info so far for this: http://forums.naughtydog.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Game-Freezes-At-Loading-Screen-Then-Having-Money-An...
Still no fix though.
I've saw your sollution tttty_twtster, a VPN to your work...
I've saw your sollution tttty_twtster, a VPN to your work network infrastructure.
If you can play at that infrastructure, it means that your home network is broke some where and this was discussed before, some functions found on routers for home use doesn't work like DMZ or Port Forwarding because it doesn't NAT the private IP or if it does it corrupt the packet header, that is why some times you find users logging in with their private IP address instead of public IP.
To make a long story short, instead of using VPN configure the PS3 PPPoE with your ISP account.
Thanks for the suggestions Wuemura
But I have tried setting up the PPPOE connection on the PS3. Exactly the same error, everytime. Just for fun I tried it again after I read your post and it gave the same result.
I am at a loss as to where the problem could be. I have tried two different routers on my home connection, both of which worked for the 9-10 months prior to the anniversary date. I can connect with either of these routers if I connect via VPN to my work's nework and use their connection as my gateway. I can connect via my iPhone 3G tethered to my laptop sharing that connection to my PS3.
But I can't connect on either router with the PS3 inside or outside the DMZ, nor with UPnP on or off, ports forwarded or not. I always get the error syncing models message. However if I delete the game data file (main one, not the 1.09 version) and go through the resync livedata process I can get to the lobby most times, however I can't party up with friends, and my friend's party status is very slow to update (like 20-30 seconds up to 2 minutes). But once I have to exit MP for wahtever reason, I cannot reconnect again due to this error syncing models.
Maybe its a problem with my ISP somehow, but I don't know enough to know how to start asking questions etc with them.
Nobody seems to want to know about this issue. I have contacted Sony customer support in two countries. One replied that their technicians also couldn't connect to multiplayer and that I should contact the game developer for a solution. The other country replied that this is a game specific problem that I need to follow up with the game developer onn their website.
From the game developers, they finally responded to say that they don't have customer support resources and help out when and if they can on various problems.
Kind of a stalemate then isn't it. I used to play daily, now due to the difficulty I have to go through to connect, I might play a couple of times a week and I can see that dwindling as I lose interest and get lazy to setup and wait for the connection every time I want to play.
Anyway, rant over. The point of my message was to say that bridging my router and setting up PPPOE on the PS3 gave no improved result whatsoever.
wanted to pick it up again, but couldn't
a few months back, i was really hooked on this U2. i got the plat and ventured into multiplayer and was having a great time. eventually i put it away to make room for other things. well a few days ago i tried playing it again and have been runnning into the same problems i read here. i dl'd and installed the 1.09 patch and tried gettin online. LiveSync (or whatever it is) went fine, and i went to match making. i sat and waited for a game to be found but nothing happened. i waited for 5 minutes and all it was doing was telling me "looking for close game... looking for players" etc etc. so i decided screw that and went to single player to play for fun. no dice. i chose a chapter and waited for that to load. it sat at the loading screen with the phurba dagger spinning at the bottom right of the screen. now im searching the forums to make sure its not just my game thats screwed. seems to be a pretty common thing among U2ers. just my 2 cents...
@tttty_twtster, can you post your modem statistics like:...
@tttty_twtster, can you post your modem statistics like:
1. Attenuation (dB)
2. SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio or Signal to Noise Margin)
3. CRC Error.
4. FEC Error
5. Packet drops.
Things to consider about SNR:
6dB or below is bad and will experience no synch or intermittent synch problems
7dB-10dB is fair but does not leave much room for variances in conditions
11dB-20dB is good with no synch problems
20dB-28dB is excellent
29dB or above is outstanding
Things to consider about Attenuation:
20dB and below is outstanding
20dB-30dB is excellent
30dB-40dB is very good
40dB-50dB is good
50dB-60dB is poor and may experience connectivity issues
60dB or above is bad and will experience connectivity issues
Something like this? (sry about formatting I just copy paste)
Mode: G.DMT
Type: Interleave
Line Coding: Trellis On
Status: No Defect
Link Power State: L0
Downstream Upstream
SNR Margin (dB): 16.5 10.0
Attenuation (dB): 4.0 0.0
Output Power (dBm): 12.3 7.8
Attainable Rate (Kbps): 12841 1323
Rate (Kbps): 9379 1107
K (number of bytes in DMT frame): 272 33
R (number of check bytes in RS code word): 6 12
S (RS code word size in DMT frame): 0.5 4
D (interleaver depth): 0 0
Delay (msec): 0 0
Super Frames: 11121263 11121261
Super Frame Errors: 5 0
RS Words: 1512491832 189061437
RS Correctable Errors: 1719 4
RS Uncorrectable Errors: 16 N/A
HEC Errors: 1 0
OCD Errors: 0 0
LCD Errors: 0 0
Total Cells: 4182314446 0
Data Cells: 198415960 0
Bit Errors: 0 0
Total ES: 5 0
Total SES: 0 0
Total UAS: 19 0
Statistics -- ATM ATM Interface Statistics In Octets 9526...
Statistics -- ATM
ATM Interface Statistics
In Octets 952609648
Out Octets 903578352
In Errors 0
In Unknown 0
In Hec Errors 0
In Invalid VPI VCI Errors 0
In Port Not Enable Errors 0
In PTI Errors 0
In Idle Cells 0
In Circuit Type Errors 0
In OAM RM CRC Errors 0
In GFC Errors 0
AAL5 Interface Statistics
In Octets 952609648
Out Octets 903578352
In Ucast Pkts 8301224
Out Ucast Pkts 5654022
In Errors 1
Out Errors 0
In Discards 0
Out Discards 0
AAL5 VCC Statistics
VPI/VCI CRC Errors SAR Timeouts Oversized SDUs Short Packet Errors Length Errors
0/100 1 0 0 0 0
@tttty_twtster, keep an eye on the Upstream SNR Margin fo...
@tttty_twtster, keep an eye on the Upstream SNR Margin for variation because 10dB is the limit to a "disaster" in online games, here is my DSL basic information to compare:
Mode: ADSL2+
Type: Fast
Line Coding: Trellis On
Status: No Errors
SNR Margin (dB): 29.4dB (down) / 25.6dB (up)
Attenuation (dB): 15.2dB / 16.8dB
All error related information: 0 / No errors.
Since using PPPoE doesn't help, looks like the problem is something else, the last item to troubleshoot is your PS3 HDD, if possible get a new HDD with low storage space like 20GB / 60GB @5400RPM, install the system software and download all updates from Uncharted 2 to see if this works or not.


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Hi, I am Troy Campbell, a professor at the University of Oregon.
I study what people love, like, and find most important. From our favorite hobbies, to our most cherished beliefs, and yes, even the state of feeling nerdy, I study what aspects affect us, how we can be better people, why we sometimes lie to ourselves, and how we can enjoy life more.
That's the fun way to say what I do. More formally, I explore how identity and beliefs affect consumption, behavior, and marketing. Most of the days I spend in a lab, silent and serious, but with some playful desk decorations and endless podcasts to brighten days of data analysis. My work seeks to advance theory that has an impact on the world from improving policy communication to improving a day at Comic Con. As a former Disney Imagineer and a former nonprofit marketer, I've seen the smiles and good that quality research can bring people. See my research overview for ways my recent scientific publications try to do just that.
My dissertation explores how believing one has expertise in a consumption category (e.g., with wine, film, or poetry) affects identity, consumption enjoyment, and engagement. The main take away is that businesses shouldn't just make great products, they should make people feel great at using the products. It's more complicated than that of course, but that is the gist.
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'Let Us Be Moe Scientific About Anti-Sciene' in Scientific American
'The Future of Social Influencers' in OPB
'Persuasion in a Post-Truth World' in Stanford Social Innovation
'Making Experiences Better' in Jefferson Radio
'Why Facts Do So Little' in ATTN
'30 Under 30' in Pacific Standard
'Testing Sports Rituals At Scale' at SXSW
'Enabling Dissenters' in Politico
'Climate Psychology' in Washington Post
'Star Wars Fandom' in Huffington Post
'Solution Aversion' in Wired
'Why People Fly From Facts' in Scientific American
'Going Viral' on becoming the most viewed research press release in Duke University history. Duke Today
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The value of Islamic bonds issued in the first 11 months of 2013 has reached USD 103 billion, relatively lower than the USD 131 billion figure recorded in the same period last year, according to the Zawya Islamic Sukuk Monitor. Despite its lackluster sukuk volume, 2013 still emerged as the second best year for the industry. The challenging circumstances surrounding the sukuk market, however, have stifled efforts to expand the sector's assets this year.
Geographically, the drop can be attributed to a reduced issuance from Malaysia, which has sold USD 68 billion to date this year, down from a hefty USD 96 billion last year. Other countries that issued less sukuk in 2013 include Qatar, Indonesia and Pakistan. The sukuk market failed to reach record levels despite increased issuance in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Turkey and the entry of new players such as Nigeria, Oman, Maldives and Luxembourg.
The Irish Stock Exchange accounted for USD 8.5 billion of sukuk listings through 14 deals, positioning itself as the exchange of choice for sukuk in 2013. Nasdaq Dubai came in second, buoyed by the vision of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum to make Dubai the world's capital of the Islamic economy and the global capital of sukuk. London Stock Exchange (LSE) retreated remarkably this year, grabbing only three deals worth USD 2.2 billion, down from USD 11.37 billion as a result of 15 deals last year. Nevertheless, LSE remained the largest sukuk market in terms of number of Islamic bonds listings historically. Meanwhile, Muscat Stock Market joined the fold with listing of the first Omani sukuk from Tilal Development.
London, Kuala Lumpur and Dubai continue to battle it out to be the world's sukuk capital. As they compete for the title, both Saudi Arabia and Turkey are rapidly emerging as potential hubs without even coveting the crown as they quietly and steadily contribute to the growth and diversity of the global sukuk market, while putting in place the necessary reforms to advance the sector's cause.
Saudi firms sold more than USD 14 billion in sukuk in 2013, a figure that will surpass USD 15 billion with Saudi Electricity closing its deal this month - making it the second largest issuer of sukuk after Malaysia. Saudi issues include both international and domestic issuance, coming from a variety of sectors including government, banks, food, agriculture, oil and gas, petrochemicals and real estate.
Turkey, on the other hand, introduced domestic short-term sukuk bills to add to its portfolio of sovereign sukuk, and is now witnessing an influx of Islamic bond issuance from its banks, followed by corporates.
Towards the end of the year, discussions about North Africa as the next major destination for sukuk had waned as the region continues to suffer from political instability. Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe are now candidates to fill that role next to the GCC and South East Asia. South Africa and the United Kingdom are also in a better position and are more likely to sell sovereign sukuk than Egypt or Libya, for example.
As we wrap up the year, we see a healthy pipeline and bright prospects for the sukuk market. The need to fund infrastructure projects in some growth cities will more than compensate for the loss coming from cities with unstable environment. Indeed, sukuk continues to play a key role in the growth of the niche Islamic finance industry.
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Cowen's John Kernan and team explain why Nike's (NKE) financial results signal good things to come for Finish Line (FINL), Foot Locker (FL) and Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS):
Nike's North American revenues increased +6% in Q1:17 (Aug 2016), a sequential improvement over Q4:16 (May 2016) but down from high-single digit-to-low double digit growth reported through much of its FY16. We think the N. American market, in particular, is being impacted by the brand resurgence of adidas given its increasing visibility and strong product cycle, and ongoing competition with Under Armour (UA). Adidas (ADDYY) reported +29% revenue growth in N. America, (+32% constant currency) in Q2:16 (June 2016) and its product pipeline and rising brand awareness positions it well for further market share gain throughout the balance of this year vs. its peers. Foot Locker, Finish Line and Dick's Sporting Goods should all benefit from the ongoing athletic cycle and increased brand diversity, lessening reliance, to some degree, on Nike.
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I hate for the first reply to be negative, but at the moment it is all I have to contribute.
Thus far I have only read one nominee, Huso's The Last Page, and I will not be voting for it. Frankly, it was a mess; not so much bad as sloppy. Above average ideas with a below average execution.
Northern Irish fantasy author Paul Kearney is, for my money, the closest author we now have in spirit and talent to David Gemmell. Like DG, Paul writes economic, fast-paced action stories which have a strong moral centre and great atmosphere. He's perhaps a tad more cynical than DG, though not as nihilistic as some other authors. He also has terrific, well-realised characters, great worldbuilding skills and a tremendous ability to write battles. He is, without hesitation, the finest realiser of battles in epic fantasy working today.
In 2010 he had a new novel released, Corvus, the sequel to his excllent Ten Thousand. Whilst the first book recounted the Xenophon by Anabasis into a fantasy world, the sequel takes its inspiration more from Philip II's conquest of Macedonia and Greece, and the rise of his son Alexander. However, Corvus is less slavishly reliant on the history than the preceding book and Paul throws in some great surprises. At its centre is the character of Rictus and the battle he wages in his soul as his cynicism over idealism and military adventurism gives rise to hope that Corvus can unite the Macht as a single nation and end the bloodletting. His adversaries are as superbly-realised, the sieges and battles without equal in the modern field and the story unfolds with pace and verve. Paul also had his earlier, five-volume Monarchies of God sequence reissued in two omnibus editions. A vast secondary world epic packed into a modest page count, Monarchies features cannons, gunpowder, werewolves (not the Twilight, thankfully) and huge battles on land and sea, with a finely-laced sense of tragedy unfolding as well.
Also worth seeking out is one of Paul's earlier books, A Different Kingdom, in which a young boy growing up in Northern Ireland discovers a gateway to another world and forges a connection to it which haunts him for the rest of his life. An Irish Mythago Wood, it's a rich and different type of fantasy.
Hi Iron Cow,
A lot of the publishers do send out mails for the next round of voting, they like to see who the fans pick from them and then when the second round is announced send out updates to people on thier lists letting them know which titles are available to vote for.
Hi Adam, For my money Joe Abercrombie is the man currently. I know i dissed his title last year due to large amount of profanity but this time i stuck it out and actually purchased The Heroes. Very entertaining and not quite so nasty. I am enjoying it immensely!
I have to say I'm really keen on James Barclay's 'Elves: Once Walked with Gods'. I read it as soon as it came out, having really enjoyed several of James's earlier books, and I thought he surpassed himself. His version of elf culture is really well thought through, but quite different from the usual Tolkien-inspired versions. His elves are split into a number of different 'tribes' (for want of a better word), who have very different approaches to life. The most militaristic are, however, extremely violent, whilst simultaneously very honourable - almost like Elvish ninjas! Anyway, the book itself is a great read, and it really made me eager to see what happens in the next volume of what is, I think, a projected trilogy.
Cheers, Patrick.
I've voted for R.A. Salvatore The Bear even though I haven't read the book yet, and I must stress the have part as I definitely will. This is the 4TH Book in The Saga of the First King based in the fictional world of Corona.
Mr Salvatore is probably one of the best fantasy writers I have read so that's why he gets my vote. He's basically the reason why I got into Fantasy. He's most famous for the Demon Wars Saga also based in Corona and his Forgotten Realms novels. If you enjoy descriptive, intricate battle scenes whether it's between two foes or two armies R.A. Salvatore is the author for you. Along with the wonderful colourful characters and subplots within subplots that every novel of his contains that I have read so far (31 and counting). I couldn't recommend him more.
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - February 1, 1989, New Braunfels, Texas Tile basic intent of the district's creation was to levy a system of user fees on the visitors to Comal County and the Guadalupe River and Canyon Lake arca. Walls, who will receive a $1,5(X) monthly salary plus $125 a month for insurance, will be responsible for carrying out board member requests and stipulations and spearheading committees. In other action, the board approved a budget, which will be considered for approval by Comal County Commis- See DISTRICT, Page 2A Good day Get ready for some cold weather because a front spawned in Alaska is headed this way. The high today is expected to reach 80 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. The low tonight will be 50 degrees. The high Thursday will be 50. The low Thursday night will be 32 and the high Friday will only reach 37. Inside: CLASSIFIED............................4-7 B COMICS.....................................10A SPORTS...............................11-13A TV LISTINGS.............................10A WEATHER...................................2A Stammtisch Cross Street will be closed to through traffic from Live Oak to Plum Street beginning today. The closure is necessary for sewer work. The street is expected to reopen to through traffic Feb. 7.... Air Water and Earth organization will present a program on Texas eaves Thursday al 7 p.m. at the New Braunfels Holiday Inn. George Vcni of the Texas Cave Coalition, who is trying to get two bills passed in this year's state legislature to protect Texas caves, will present a program. Anyone interested is invited.... Catholic Schools Week is being celebrated this week in a grand fashion by Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School. Parents, family and friends are invited to a special Parent/Teacher Club meeting scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. in the parish hall. Family and friends of Saints Peter and Paul also arc invited to the Open House Friday at 3 p.m.... The American legion Comal Post 179 Sergcant-at-Arms is asking all eligible veterans to join the American Legion and become members of the Honor Guard and Drill Team. You can show your patriotism, enjoy fellowship with oilier veterans and bring recognition to New Braunfels, as well as the American Legion. For more information, call the post home at 625-0179 after 3 p.m.... New BraunfelsWednesdayFebruary 1, 1989 25 Cents Vol. 137, No. 58__707 Landa St., New Braunfels, Texas 78130 (USPS 377-880) 512-625-9144_Two Sections, 22 Pages Project L I > t Water district hires • ' •' a i 'a'A i " nearing- new administrator Young reader agrees on skateboarding issue Canyon cannot afford another district defeat Both of Canyon's varsity basketball teams took it on the chin Tuesday night, with the boys falling to Kerrville Tivy and the girls losing to Schertz Clemens. Both teams face the prospect of having to win the rest of their games to have any hopes of making the playoffs. See Page 11A Texas Education Agency is urging educators to review immunization records of all students who were immunized against measles before their 15th month or before 1980 to counter the spread of the illness among school-age children. The Texas Department of Health has confirmed 344 measles cases, 35 percent of which have occurred in school-aged children. The outbreak began in the Houston-Harris County area, where IO to 15 measles cases were confirmed. No cases have been reported in Comal County. The health department recom mends all students who received the measles vaccine before 1980 be reimmunized if an outbreak of measles occurs on their campus. Nurses for schools in the Comal and New Braunfels independent school districts said immunization records are reviewed before December and a report to the Texas Education Agency is made. "It's a law in Texas that we review the records," said Gwen Mills, nurse at Carl Schurz and Seale Elementary schools. SM RECORDS, Pag* 2A The Greater New Braunfels Arts Council is sponsoring the Pegasus Production of The Firebird, an adventure through magic and music, to local students this week. School children will be treated to the shows featuring life-sized puppets $uch as Princess Vasalisa and the wolf manned' by puppet masters Beth Hassrick and J.D. Watson, both of New York City. The two folktales are highlighted with the musical composition of Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird Suite." The troupe performed for Saints Peter and Paul and Seele schools Tuesday and for the public this morning. The Firebird will be at Mountain Valley Elementary this afternoon and at Memorial Primary Thursday and Friday with a performance at Lone Star Primary Friday. Hassrick and Watson are in the second week of a two-month tour. (Photo by Deryl Clark) February classes in Comal lSD's Community Education program offered in the Garden Ridge area include: T-shirt or sweatshirt painting, aerobics, adult water exercise, swimming lessons, record keepin and tax tips, tennis, defensive driving, quilting, and cooking classes with Eva. For more information about any of these classes, call Carolyn at 651-6197. Preregistration is required; if fewer than seven show interest in the class, it will be cancelled.... SM STAMMTISCH, Page 2A Editor: In reference to the letter published in your Jan. 25 paper from Jodi McDonald, I am in total agreement with her. I believe that skaters have been stereotyped unfairly. See Page 4A ,f 10 MO09 I a 7. T'?_~ WE?T Mrcpoprrqf T r~' ti U I ppnnm, ~ ' SH t }Tr- Z'KUQtfirnr t * - tb .'•"lf I T P -A 1 i c 300 A PL I Nrz Tnrr 'uuyHOLLOW pi ^ 7 6 0 n a mies fl€W Ut Xiv nails • %> it This first column lends itself beautifully for a short introduction. I am a native Texan who grew up in southwest Texas in Zavala and Dimmit counties. I have been an Extension agent for more than IO years. See Page 1B CROSSWORD.............................3A DEAR ABBY...............................4B EDUCATION................................9A ENTERTAINMENT.......................4B HOROSCOPE............................10A KALEIDOSCOPE.....................1-3B OPINIONS....................................4A WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's chief economic forecasting gauge rose a healthy 0.6 percent in December after having fallen during the previous month, the Commerce Department said today. The December jump in the Index of Leading Economic Indicators, which is designed to predict economic activity six to nine months in the future, followed a 0.2 percent decrease in November and a 0.5 percent rise in October. The index has alternated between dips and gains for the past nine months, which many economists believe is a signal the economy is headed for a slowdown in growth that would help keep inflation in check. The economy grew a robust 3.8 percent in 1988, but die slowest quarterly performance in two years was recorded during the October-Dccembcr period, when the increase in the gross national product was held to an annual rate of 2 percent. Although President Bush plans to adopt his predecessor's forecast that the economy will grow at a 3.2 percent rate in 1989, many private economists believe the Reagan administration's predictions for growth, interest rates and inflation were too optimistic. Six of the nine available components of the economic index contributed to December's increase, while two detracted from it. The biggest boost came from an increase in manufacturers' orders for consumer goods. Other business barometers that contributed to the increase were: rising stock prices, more orders for new plants and equipment, rising prices for raw materials signaling a strong demand, increased demand for business permits and growth in the inflation-adjusted money supply. The indictors that made a negative contribution were a shortening in die length of the average work week and an increase in weekly unemployment claims. One indicator, the time needed for See ECONOMY, Page 2A trying to pawn rifle A San Antonio man, attempting to pawn a rifle Tuesday, was caught by the owner who was searching for his stolen merchandise, said a sheriff's office detective. James Whitley, Route 8, Box 185T, was attempting to rind his stolen guns at pawn shops on Austin Highway in San Antonio when he found John Baker pawning one of the guns, said Sgt. Detective Dennis Koepp, Comal County sheriff's office. "(Whitley) pursued him, caught him and brought him to the pawn shop and called police," Koepp said. The victim already had recovered one of his three guns stolen in another San Antonio pawn shop when he found Baker, he said. Baker, 18, remains in the Bexar County Jail awaiting transportation back to Comal County. Justice of the Peace Pct. I Harold Krueger recommended a $25,(XX) bond, Koepp said. Whitley's residence was broken into Jan. 30 and three rifles were stolen, finish By DAVID BUILTA Staff Writer The Landa-Fredericksburg Watershed Project is nearing completion and areas disturbed by the improvements are being reconstructed. Inlets, which will allow water to be transported to Comal Canal through a pipe system, have been placed along Fredericksburg Road, Wood Road, Inspiration Drive, and Parkview. The drainage project extends from Comal Canal in front of the Lower Colorado River Authority Power Plant through the LCRA property, along Wood Road, through Inspiration Drive, down Lockencr Avenue and back to Wood Road and Walnut Avenue. Water will be transported to Comal Canal via underground pipes with an 84-inch diameter decreasing to 60 inches at Wood Road and Walnut By STEPHANIE DAVIS Staff Writer SATTLER — Plans for a successful and busy year are on the Water Oriented Recreation District board member's agenda after hiring a new administrator and approving a $62,000 budget Tuesday in a special meeting. Betty Walls, board member since the district's inception in 1987, is the new administrator after a unanimous vote from the board. After moving to die WORD office in the Comal County Courthouse Walls said she plans to immediately start tackling projects concerning tax collections and public relations. "Our collections are a big concern right now — the delinquent taxes," Walls said after the meeting. "We feel that some of those are holding up to see if we arc really going to stick to our guns — this is real." During the first quarter of collections, three river outfitters didn't pay taxes and in the second quarter approximately IO businesses were delinquent, she said. If river outfitters fail to pay taxes their licenses will be suspended, such as die first quarter delinquents were Jan. 16, she said. Tamez resigns constable post Comal County Constable Pct. 4 Fidel Tame/ announced his resignation today in a workshop meeting of Commissioner's Court, a month after being reelected to die position. Tame/ announced he will become a deputy with the Comal County sheriff's office under the leadership of Sheriff Jack Bremer. "I deeply regret doing it but because of an opportunity to become a full-time peace officer I must submit by resignation," Tame/ told commissioners. ITic resignation is effective Feb. 3. Comal County Judge Fred Clark praised Tame/ for the work he has done in Precinct 4. 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Reading a newspaper and sipping on coffee, Henry anxious waited out in the lobby with Keith as they awaited the news. Though he tried not to show it, his insides felt tied in knots. Things for Henry have been an uphill battle ever since losing his wife. The thought of losing his son as well….he just couldn't bare it.
"I'm sorry Natalie couldn't be here son." Henry said as he flipped the page.
"I uh….didn't tell her," Keith muttered under her breath. Henry gave him a sharp look but didn't question it. "She had plans with her mom to go prom dress shopping and I didn't want her to be stuck in the hospital with me. I'd rather her spend time with her family and have fun."
Henry smiled behind his paper as he listened to how selfless his son was at times.
"What do you think of this one?" Natalie asked as she walked out of the fitting room with a princess style ball gown. It was peach colored with sequence.
"That's a lot of dress, Natalie." Her mother chuckled.
"It is really hard to walk in. I don't like it." She said as she patted the poof with her hands. "What do you think Cynthia?"
"Eww!" She squirmed. "How about this one?" Cynthia asked grabbing a dress off the rack.
"I'll go and try it on," Natalie said taking it from her hands.
"Whatever dress you get, you need to tell Keith so his tuxedo can coordinate the dress," Her mother pointed out. "You know when I went to prom, they wore powder blue or black tuxes; nothing like these fancy styles." Mrs. Anderson pointed out. "So many years ago." Natalie let out a laugh from the fitting room.
"So…what do you think?" Natalie questioned as she came out the dressing room with a sweet-heart neckline dress. The color was plum and the dress was form fitting but had a slight train in the back.
"I love it!" Cynthia said as she ran and gave Natalie a hug. "I think Keith will too!"
"You think so?" Natalie questioned looking in the three-way mirror. "Mom?"
Mrs. Anderson put her hands together and then put one over her mouth. "Natalie, you look stunning. You are going to take their breath away when you walk through the door. It even matches the jewel in that ring you have on…." Mrs. Anderson gave her a mistrustful look. "Natalie is that a….?"
"No mom, calm down!" Natalie replied still observing herself in the mirror. "It's from Keith. It's a promise ring to be with me for all eternity." Mrs. Anderson let out a sigh of relief.
"You don't like him that much, Mom?" Natalie defended.
"It's not that, Natalie. I just don't' want you to settle down too early is all. You've already given so much of yourself."
At this point, Natalie dissociated herself from Mrs. Anderson's lecture and focused on thoughts of Keith.
"Mr. Zettestrom, they're ready for you." The nurse came out and greeted Keith with a smile. "Second door on the left."
"My favorite," Keith joked. "I just love this place."
"You must be the one Nurse Jewel warned me about. She told me to keep my guard up for your wit."
"She forgot to mention my charm." Keith responded as he took a chair in front of the doctor's desk. "He'll be in a minute, I know. Thanks." Keith tried to not act impatient but truth be told; he was. Inside him, he knew he would get to hear one of two things: he has a fighting chance or a dying breath.
"Mr. Zetterstrom, glad to have you back." Dr. Reddy said as he reached out his hand to Keith.
"Doc." Keith said bluntly.
"I've been reviewing your file and you have made a lot of progress over the years. Your white blood count cells are down and that is good; it shows your body is not fighting infection." The doc flipped through Keith's file. "Your previous surgery went significantly well."
"And? But? I don't know what to ask doc. Cut to the chase." Keith said eagerly.
"Keith, we're going to start you back on chemo and radiation therapy. Though you are making strides in the right direction…" As the doctor continued, Keith sat in disbelief.
"So you're saying I am not in remission?"
"Keith, I would like your father to come in now." Dr. Reddy then pushed a button on his desk to summon Henry. Moments later, Henry entered the room and observed his sons face.
"We'll get through this, Keith." Henry said as he placed his head in my lap. "Am I losing my boy, Dr. Reddy?"
Dr. Reddy removed his glasses and placed them on the desk. "I don't know. Biologically, the cancer has spread to some of his organ. Spiritually, Keith is a fighter. He has the mentality. He has beaten this before."
Henry's eyes flung to the ground as his body turned a pale yellow. He bit his lip to try and keep the tears from coming. "How long?"
"It's a complicated answer."
"How long does my boy have?"
"A few months…a year….maybe two if we're lucky."
Keith slammed his hands on his desk before knocking his chair over and running out of the door. He ran out of the hallway kicking walls as he ran. He had no destination in mind. He kept running.
"Let him go," Dr. Reddy stated as Henry got up to chase after his son.
"Well today was a productive day," Mrs. Anderson said as they pulled into the driveway.
"Yeah it was," Natalie agreed giving her mom a hug. "I'm going to go and see Keith but I'll be back tonight. I love you, mom and Cynthia. Bye!" Natalie waved as she transported herself into her vehicle.
"Be careful!" Mrs. Anderson called after her daughter.
Authors Note: I am sorry for the somewhat gloominess in this chapter. I am afraid it may continue down this path for the next few chapters. I really hope you are enjoying the updates though! I am trying to finish this story before college starts back. I've been reading all the updates and everyone is doing so well! All the "Keith" writers are so talented!


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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Idaho - The Idaho State Police are investigating a nine-vehicle crash in Jefferson County that damaged a home and three parked trailers Friday evening.
ISP said the collision happened around 6:45 p.m. at 100 N and Lewisville Highway. Mark Tanner, 33, of Shelley, was driving westbound on 100 N. Kristopher Barnett, 42, of Menan, was driving northbound on Lewisville Highway. State Police aid Tanner failed to stop at a stop sign, and struck Barnett's vehicle on the passenger side. Tanner's vehicle continued, striking a Dodge Dakota parked at a home. His vehicle came to a rest after striking the home where the Dodge was parked. Meanwhile, Barnett's vehicle also continued, eventually striking a car, a motor home and three trailers parked at another residence. One of the trailers was pushed into a 1989 Honda Accord.
ISP said Tanner was not wearing his seat belt and was taken to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center by ambulance. Barnett was wearing his seat belt and was not taken to the hospital. None of the other vehicles were occupied, and the residents of the home were not injured. The crash is still under investigation by the Idaho State Police.


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This is a discussion on Getting a new gun in Jan. 2011 within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by alafan I get a monthly bonus check and my wife told me today for my birthday on Jan. 25 th. i get ...
You can find a Colt Rail Gun in your price range if you shop around.
Colt may be the way to go. Like i said never owned a 1911 so if for some reason i dont like the 1911 for what ever reason the resale value would be good. But with the following the 1911 has i dont see me not being happy with it. Ill check out the prices online. Thanks Biker
Actually Biker later on in the thread, he said the HK was an idea.
I do agree with Bikers choice of a Colt Rail Gun. Those are very nice.
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I took that to mean, "Other than Springfield." Obvisously some took it to mean, "Othan than a 1911."Thinking about a 1911 prob. a springfield. But never owned one before. Yall got any other ideas.
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My wife and i speak to each other about anything we spend. We are just that way. She dont mind me spending money but she knows nothing about guns and knows better then go to a gun store and say ' I want to buy a gun for my husband but i dont know what to get. Heres my money i trust you to give me a good deal on a good gun." lol


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3 Days Until My BirthdayMature
"How are you feeling today?" Gram asks me as I waltz into the kitchen.
I grab an apple off the counter and think. "I'm…feeling…okay." I manage to say. Even though okay isn't what I'm feeling, it's the closest thing to it. "You?"
Gram smiles and I drop my apple. You see, Gram never smiles. Never. She just smirks but never full on smiles. I'm so shocked by it all I almost don't hear her answer. "Excited."
"What?" I ask picking up my now bruised apple.
"You asked me how I felt and I said I was excited." She smiles again and blatantly eyes her garden tools. "Do you have to be somewhere?"
Uh oh. A thing everyone knows about Gram is that she loves gardening. Her garden is the best in the whole town. When she eyes her gardening tools and asks you a question, the outcome is that you'll probably be on your knees trying to plant some petunias for her or whatever.
"Yeah…" I say. My eyes wander to the floor as I wait for my knees to give way. I don't. I've found this loophole in 'diel'. If I were to be asked a question like this, I would tell a little lie and then decide to do what I just lied about therefore escaping the wrath of 'diel'. "I'm going to the library. I'll do a bit of reading for leisure and this report I have to do."
"Look at me." Gram orders. I do and she holds my gaze. I hold hers back. She's trying to get me to confess to lying but it won't work. After a while, she smiles and I'm shocked again. "Alright, be home by six. We have some planning to do."
I nod and make my way out of the house and into the front yard. There are no shuttles in sight so I decide to phone Riley for a lift. "Hey."
"And to what do I owe the honor of this phone call?" He greets.
I explain my predicament. "Can you give me a lift to the library?"
Riley laughs in answer. "No."
"Come on, Riles. Help your girlfriend out." I say rolling my eyes.
"Stop rolling those beautiful eyes of yours, Paige, and get in the car." He says on the phone. I hang up and see him round the corner with his car. He stops right in front of me with the engine running. "Get in, babe."
I slide into the passenger seat. "You jerk." I say, kissing him on the cheek.
He pecks me my cheek too. "But you love me."
"That fact is not lost on me, Riles. To the library!"
The drive to the library is quiet save for the radio. As soon as we pull up, Riley looks at me. "Hey."
"Hey." I smile. I'm always shy whenever I'm with Riley.
"Are you excited?" I remember Gram and I shiver. Riley takes it as an answer. "Why not?"
"It's not that. Gram said the same thing and she smiled. Riles, she smiled. It was creepy." I shiver again.
Riley frowns. "Yeah? Tell me all about it."
I get out of the car. "Later, alright? I'll call you to pick me up." I slam the door and Riley drives away.
Now looking at the library steps, I'm reluctant to go inside. I have to because my lie said that I had to do a bit of reading. If I don't, I'd be dead three days from my eighteenth birthday and I don't want to be a dead girl three days from her eighteenth birthday. I trudge up the stairs and enter the building.
The library is a beautiful place. There are miles and miles of shelves full of books. There are two big rooms for computers and the entryway is as grand as a ballroom.
I wave at Mrs. Jones and make my way to the secluded chairs at the very back. The back has a reputation for couples hooking up there to escape the watchful eye of Mrs. Jones, so it's given a wide berth which is a shame since this is where the comfiest chairs are. When I reach a table, there are still books on the table from the last user but I just shove them aside. I sit on a plush red chair and inhale the dust of the books.
My eyes wander to the book in front of me. It looks so worn and tattered. I hate books like these. I always get the impression that its previous owner never took care of it but Gram says it means that the story is so well loved that people always read it. With that in mind, I pick it up and look at the cover. It shows a puppet with strings on a work table.
"Pinocchio." I read. I open it and the pages are so yellowed with age, I'm afraid that if I turn one, it would turn to dust. The first line jumps out at me:
How it happened that Maestro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child
I tentatively leaf though the book and soon, I'm so engrossed with the story.
"Is that you, Evans?" I turn around and see Cassidy Conta smiling down at me.
"Hey, Cass." I say. "What are you doing here?"
Cassidy laughs and sits down beside me. "I was going to ask you the same thing. I'm here to pick up a book for dad." She waves a brown bag around. "I just saw you here and I knew I had to say hi. What are you reading?" She leans closer to me.
"A book." I say evasively. I didn't want her in on the cool story. It's my discovery.
Cassidy laughs. "We are in the library. What's the title?"
Damn Cassidy. "Pinocchio." I say through gritted teeth. "Before you ask it's about a puppet who wants to be a real boy."
Cassidy is looking at everything but me. "The puppet whose nose gets bigger every time he lies?"
I narrow my eyes. "Yeah. Have you read this before?"
"Me? Oh no. It's just a story anyway. Not true. I have to go now; my dad might kill me if I'm late. See you later Paige!" I watch her run towards the exit and yank the door open. She looks back at me one more time before she's gone.
I go back to my book. I'm at the ending where Pinocchio is a real boy now and everyone is happy. "The end." I say, shutting the book. I find the book I need for my biology report and check it out. Outside, I pick up my phone to call Riley. "Where is my chariot, squire?" I laugh into the phone.
"Not approaching there at the moment, your highness. Can you manage taking the bus? I have to do some things."
I try not to hide my disappointment. "Okay."
"I'm really sorry I can't pick you up, Paige. I just really need to do some things." He grunts in the phone.
Is he working out? He isn't going to pick me up because he's working out? "What are you doing?" I ask curiously.
I hear him sigh. "Stuff for my dad, Paige. You know how he gets on my case whenever he's around."
I did. "I'm sorry for asking. I'll just call you later."
Riley must hear my disappointment. "I'll come over to your house, later. I love you, Paige."
"I love you too."
Gram and I are in the living room with of millions of papers scattered around us. "Ugh! I give up gram! This is impossible!"
Gram gives me her hardest stare. "Paige, you know as well as I do that you have to finalize everything. Remember that it was you who wanted to have a party."
I sigh. "I never knew party planning was so stressful! Can we just forget about this and just have some cake?"
"Paige, honey, I have guests who would want to meet you. They're from all over the country too. Would you want to burden them a drive for nothing?"
No, I did not. "We can just have cake with them and a few of my friends."
Gram smirks. "Isn't that a party?"
"No, Gram, it's a get together." I look at her. "Did you find someone to help you out at the garden?"
Gram hands me the guest list. "I changed my mind. I had to do something else. I trust that you wisely went to the library?"
I laugh and stand up to get us some drinks. "I'm alive aren't I?" I maneuver around the papers and smile when I'm successful. "I read this cool book called Pinocchio. I wish I could've checked it out for you." I disappear into the kitchen. When I come back, Gram is pale. "Gram? Are you okay?" I don't care anymore if I step on some papers. "Here's some water." I hand her one of the glasses.
She takes a big sip from it. She looks into my concerned eyes and sighs. "Nothing, child. I just remembered something."
"Really? What?"
"That you're almost an adult is all. Now," she says, handing me the glass to clap her hands. "Let's get this all sorted so we can go to bed."
I sit down again beside her. I'm worried. "Actually, I'm good for another couple hours. I don't have to do anything else anyway." Gram nods and I search for the guest list. I read through it. "Why isn't Mrs. McAlister invited to my party? Aren't you best friends?"
Gram waves my question away. "We had a little fight a few weeks ago. We're not speaking to each other."
I continue reading. "Gram, I don't know half of these people. Who's Charlotte Ames?" I say frowning.
"They're relatives. Charlotte is your mother's best friend. She used to visit you and your parents before."
I feel a lump at the base of my throat. I try sipping some water but it's still there. I don't like talking about my parents. They died when I was three because of a fire at our old house. Dad's mother, who happened to be the closest living relative I had, took me in. I've been living with Gram for fifteen years. When I was younger, I'd try desperately to draw pictures of my parents from my memory because I couldn't remember them all that well. I felt that failing to remember them made me a horrible child.
"-would like to meet you." Gram says.
"Who would?"
"Charlotte is coming a day before your birthday to help prepare."
I nod just as my cell phone rings. I smile as I pick it up. "Hey, Riles."
There's silence on the other line. "You're not mad at me?"
I try to put on my most annoyed tone. "I'm plenty mad at you, Riley Chester Crawford."
"Shit." I hear him say. We both know that I would only say his full name when I was really mad. I smile wider; I can imagine the cute little crease on his forehead whenever he was anxious.
"You can make it up to me, tomorrow. I hope you have an amazing day planned." I say giving up on my charade and giggling.
There's silence on the other end. "I hate and love you so much right now." He says laughing. "And I will make it up to you tomorrow. I'm really sorry about earlier, babe."
"I didn't mind." I say.
"Well, I do. I promise tomorrow will be so extravagant it will make your birthday party look weak."
"I look forward to it, bye." I hang up and let out the giddiest, girliest shriek I didn't even know I had in me.


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The Oxford-based company, which provides three-dimensional mapping software used in special effects for films and games, said its full-year pre-tax profits fell to £700,000 from £3.7m a year earlier.
The group's technology has been used in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as well as Assassin's Creed games and films including Black Swan.
It had enjoyed strong growth, smashing analysts' expectations a year ago, yet the failure of the Guardian Project dragged on its results in the 12 months to the end of September.
Nick Bolton, the chief executive of OMG, said: "A significant amount of good work and a number of important, positive developments have taken place this year which are, to a degree, masked by the financial results announced today."
The company said the economic conditions facing the entertainment industry had affected its profits but the single largest factor was the failure of the Guardian Project.
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Serving Size 1 tea bag (1 g)
Servings Per Container 18
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|Total Fat 0 g
|Sodium 0 mg
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|Sugars 0 g
|Protein 0 g
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|30 grams
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Ingredients: Organic Licorice Root, Organic Slippery Elm Bark, Organic Marshmallow, Organic Wild Cherry Bark, Organic Cinnamon Bark, Organic Fennel Seed, Organic Orange Peel.
Caffeine Guide: zero
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Certified Organic by CCOF
.18 lbs
100% organic herbal tea
Includes licorice root, slippery elm bark, cinnamon and more
100% Kosher and non-GMO
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Cottonwood Recreation Area
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The Cottonwood Recreation Area is a popular fishing area in a large ponderosa pine and aspen forest setting. The campground offers 21 camp sites (12 tent and trailer sites 9 secluded tent sites) around Cottonwood Meadow Lake. Other facilities include picnic tables and fire grates, drinking water, two boat ramps, and a campground host.
The Cottonwood Trailhead accesses 12 miles of trails (open to hikers, horseback riders, and mountain bike riders) and other activities in the area include boating (electric motors only), bird watching, wildlife viewing, fishing, and swimming.
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Fellow Students,
The Student Government Association is very excited to inspire school spirit by bridging gaps through the interorganizational community, inviting participation, encouraging communication while embracing Memphis and upholding the values of CBU. We hope that through the Lasallian Principles of showing respect for individuals as unique people and a spirit of community, we can truly promote every student's intellectual, social, and career interest on this campus. We aim to foster greater transparency from the Executive Council and a clearer understanding of SGA's initiatives and processes. Most importantly, we will work with you to provide a more wholesome, diverse college experience that is tailored to your own visions for our growth and development as a university.
Maria Dopico
SGA President 2016-2017
The Student Government helps provide support to on-campus student organizations, increases awareness of issues as they relate to the student body, and provides students with an opportunity to have their voices heard at all levels of the CBU community.
SGA Office Phone: (901) 321-3535
The CBU Student Government office is located in Rozier Court.
The Student Government President hosts a President's Meeting during the first week of each month, where upcoming events, policies, and more are discussed. If you miss this meeting, please see below for a copy of the meeting minutes