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Provo • With the pace of the game much to their liking, the BYU Cougars own a 44-35 lead over Mercer on Monday night at the Marriott Center in an NIT second-round game.
Brandon Davies scored 15 points in the first half, and Matt Carlino added 13.
Both teams shot well from 3-point range, as BYU made 6 of 10 long-range shots and Mercer made 5 of 8.
The Cougars couldn't have asked for a better start, as Carlino hit a pair of 3-pointers and Brock Zylstra added another to give them a quick 11-3 lead.
Shots kept dropping for BYU over the next 10 minutes, and when Nate Austin made a layup, the Cougars had a 28-11 lead with 8 minutes, 55 seconds remaining in the half.
But Mercer found its stride after that, and the Bears crawled back into the game.
A couple 3-pointers by Langston Hall spurred the uprising, and Mercer trimmed the big deficit to four, 32-28, with just more than four minutes left in the half.
Five straight points by Davies righted the Cougars, however, and they took a nine-point lead into intermission.
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No. 13 Kentucky Sweeps Past North Carolina in Opener
Aug. 24, 2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. - For the seventh time in eight seasons and in front of a boisterous crowd of 1,621 fans the No. 13 Kentucky volleyball team began the season with a win earning a 3-0 sweep of North Carolina (25-23, 25-22, 25-14) on Friday evening. It marked the first sweep in a season opener since the 2007 squad captured the same result against Wright State.
"Very happy with that win, obviously with the first match of the season you don't know what to expect," Kentucky coach Craig Skinnersaid. "Our concentration at the end of game's one and two I think were the difference in that match and us being able to perform when the match is close is a good sign early."
Kentucky improves to 1-0 on the season and North Carolina, a team receiving votes in the coaches' poll, drops to 0-1 in the early going. UK will face Lipscomb at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday morning in the second session of the Kentucky Classic before drawing Long Beach State at approximately 8 p.m. tomorrow evening. Long Beach State captured a 3-0 win over the Lady Bisons in the first match of the Classic earlier tonight.
"Great crowd, great energy and very knowledgeable and that is a sign of our program continuing to get better," Skinner said. "You see a lot of people you have never seen before in the stands, it's a huge advantage for us and I hope they come back tomorrow."
Sophomore Lauren O'Conner led a balanced offensive attack that combined for 45 kills on .262 hitting as senior setter Christine Hartmann dished out 37 assists. O'Conner paced all attackers with 12 kills as five players for the Wildcats notched five or more kills on the night. Senior Ashley Frazier narrowly missed on a double-digit effort with nine kills followed by eight from the hand of junior middle blocker Alexandra Morgan which matched a career high. Junior Whitney Billings posted seven followed by five from freshman Sara Schwarzwalder.
Morgan led the defensive charge with a team-leading six blocks to accompany a .467 hitting clip. O'Conner set a new personal standard with five blocks on the evening, while Hartmann contributed four.
Senior libero Stephanie Klefot guided the back row effort with a match-high 13 digs. Billings pitched in with eight, and sophomore Jackie Napper added six. Freshman Shelby Workmanwas impressive in her first collegiate match with five digs while adding a kill from the back row.
The opening two sets were close as the Tar Heels gave the 13th-ranked Wildcats everything they had.
O'Conner got the Wildcats off to a great start with six kills on a blistering .545 hitting clip in the opening stanza. The teams exchanged points until the Wildcats broke free for a three-point rally to make the score 15-13 highlighted by back-to-back blocks from O'Conner. UNC clawed back and tied the score again at 21 before the Wildcats finished the set on a 4-2 run and claimed a 25-23 opening frame win. Kentucky's defense forced the Tar Heels into a set-clinching attacking error.
The second set featured a similar back-and-forth battle with the teams swapping points all the way until the score reached 19-19. Kentucky notched four straight points with Billings igniting for a pair of kills and Klefot contributing an ace to make the score 23-19. North Carolina struck back for thee of the next four points before a block from Morgan and O'Conner capped the set in favor of the home squad for a 25-22 second set win and a 2-0 lead into the break.
Morgan led the way in the second stanza with five kills on a .625 hitting clip without committing an error. She also turned back two attacks in the frame. UK struck for 19 kills on .324 hitting to break free from Carolina.
Following the break Kentucky dominated the final frame with a 25-14 match-clinching set. O'Conner led the offensive effort with four kills on .500 hitting while the defense combined for 4.5 blocks to force the Tar Heels into a -.067 hitting percentage and a mere eight kills in the set.
UK opened to a 6-1 advantage and never looked back. The Wildcats stretched their lead to a match-high 11 points at 20-9 following consecutive miscues from the visitors. Hartmann torched the defense with an ace and the Wildcat defense flustered Carolina into two attack errors over the final four points for the win.
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UPDATED: NEWS ALERT from The Calhoun-Liberty Journal/CLJNews.com
3:26 p.m. UPDATE —- Five-year-old Caleb McMillan was found in the woods behind Lake Mystic Baptish Church in Bristol by the Liberty Correctional Institution dog tracking team. A deputy said that despite going through lots brush and briers, the little boy had only a tiny scratch on his neck. No other marks. He's now home with his relieved parents.
3:12 p.m. UPDATE —- CALEB HAS BEEN FOUND!
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office, Liberty Search and Rescue and a tracking team from Liberty Correctional Institution are currently combing the area behind Lake Mystic Baptist Church in Bristol for a five-year-old autistic boy who was reported missing from his Pea Ridge Road home Saturday, Sept. 24.
Caleb McMillan was last seen playing in his backyard around 12:30 p.m. He is between 3 1/2 and 4 feet tall with dark skin, brown hair and blue/green eyes. He was wearing khaki shorts and a blue and brown striped shirt.
Tracking dogs have picked up a trail leading them behind the church and some toys Caleb had been playing with have been found in the area.
Searchers are asking bystanders stay outside the perimeter they have established as tracking dogs do their job.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Liberty County Sheriff's Office at 643-2235.


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Ted Simons: Good evening and welcome to "Horizon." I'm Ted Simons. The second regular session of the 49th Arizona legislature convenes Monday. Here to talk about the session's potential impact on the attorney general's office is Arizona attorney general Terry Goddard. Budget cuts to your office?
Terry Goddard: Absolutely, the dominant factor of the upcoming legislative session is the budget. I need to fight every day to keep further devastation from the law enforcement ranks and it's something that we've been hit very hard and I'm very concerned that further slicing is going to really hurt the security of Arizonans, and that's a big deal.
Ted Simons: Governor Brewer says she's not happy about it either and wants to work with the office to get funding back in there.
Terry Goddard: I hope that's what it means. I'm still waiting for the phone call. There's a lot happening, I want to be hopeful. I want to be positive and upbeat because I think we need to start this year, this new year with a much more positive attitude about trying to put Arizona right. We're halfway through the fiscal year. Still don't have a balanced budget. $1.4 billion out of whack. That's intolerable.
Ted Simons: You sound like a man who is about to announce his candidacy for governor. Want to do it here?
Terry Goddard: I'm getting close. I hear that people are fed up with the lack of leadership at the capitol and this is something that is -- is -- grating on people's nerves and they're tired of it.
Ted Simons: Why would anyone -- considering what's going on in the state, why would anyone want to be governor of Arizona?
Terry Goddard: I'd be happy to go into that, because, you know, this is -- this is a fabulous state. We're having some very hard times and I think the challenge, and what I have to take very seriously on whether or not to get into the race, whether I can bring a level of leadership and new answers to help get Arizona back on its feet. But I'm confident we're going to recover. The question is how well and fast we do it and the lack of leadership, the vacuum that has afflicted the state capitol is something we have to get past.
Ted Simons: One of things that concerns folks, we're talking on this program about federal healthcare and we'll have congressman Shadegg and Steve Forbes talking about the federal plan. The governor wants you to look at that plan because there's concern we're going to get hit upside and sideways. First, are you going to review it?
Terry Goddard: The governor sent me a letter on New Year's Eve saying I should look in what we call the Nebraska exception and I wrote back saying, it's not law yet. There's nothing really to look at in terms of a constitutional challenge. I like -- like many, many Americans and Arizonans feel that cutting Nebraska a special deal is intolerable from a pure equity taxpayer point of view and I'm confident that's going to get written out of the law before it gets to the president. If it doesn't, I'll take a hard look at it as to whether we can make a constitutional challenge.
Ted Simons: The other attorney general who signed on to the letter, showing concern about the healthcare, mentioned the arbitrary and capricious nature of states having to pay for other states and these things is in their mind unconstitutional. Is that something you will look into it?
Terry Goddard: The letter had a conspicuous lack of legal authority. And we've had capricious actions by congress in the past. I don't like them but I'm not sure they raise to a constitutional standard. What I think is important is we focus on the capricious acts in Arizona. The slicing and dicing going on that really need to be protected. State parks, for example. I don't think Arizonans sit comfortable with finding our real treasures closed and maybe even sold.
Ted Simons: Speaking of arbitrary and capricious, there are some who see that in the county and some are criticizing you in not being aggressive and pursuing investigation into their activities. How do you respond?
Terry Goddard: One of my hopes are for the new year is that we can have peace in Maricopa County. There used to be peace in the middle east, but we've moved it closer to home. I watch with real anguish about what's going on in Maricopa County and there used to be a balance of powers between the supervisors and the sheriff and county attorney and that's been disrupted. And by appointing the chief justice to be a special master in this issue has put a much needed perspective and perhaps calm into the equation and I certainly want to wait and see how the process works. It's not for the attorney general to come in and be a nanny for county government, anywhere in Arizona and that's clearly a last resort.
Ted Simons: Up to and including going after the judges as the county attorney seems to be doing in terms of bribery and such. Still, the attorney general's job is to wait until something more concrete, more necessary of an investigation?
Terry Goddard: Well, I can't talk about investigations in public. Unlike some other people that like to do that. I believe I'm ethically bound not to. But the bottom line is that we've got a very important principle of the rule of law at stake. And it's very important that we not attack judges. There are procedures for appeal if a judge makes a mistake. So this attack on a judge I think is inappropriate. Just as important as the former judge was served with an interview day, he stood up and defended his client in public. We've had other attacks on parts of the criminal justice system that make us all very uneasy. Like looking at former chief justice Ruth McGregor's performance very carefully. She has a calm demeanor and great perspective and she's just left the bench and no ax to grind in this area and I think she's one person who can bring a new perspective to the war and lack of maturity. We don't have people acting like adults in Maricopa County and taxpayer money is being spent in the millions of dollars on fights between county agencies and in this time of tremendous budget shortfall is intolerable.
Ted Simons: I know that consumer fraud is a big issue. As far as the legislative session is concerned, what would you want to focus on most, concentrate on most?
Terry Goddard: There are a couple of consumer protections I want to see. We've had thousands of Arizonans taken advantage of who want to modify their loan and tried to work with their mortgage company without success and then scam artists come in and do nothing. We -- but there's more. And I hope the legislature will pass something that says upfront fees for these services will not be allowed. That will do a great deal to drive them out of town. The other thing is payday loans. There's been an effort to make them permanent in Arizona. That's going to come back in this legislative session because this is the year that payday loans are scheduled to be sunset.
Ted Simons: Thanks for joining us. We appreciate it.
Terry Goddard: My pleasure.


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Editorial staff on the newspapers will increasingly operate as one newsroom, cutting across media platforms – online, tablet, mobile and print – and across geographies.
A briefing document given to staff on Wednesday said many stories would be published digital-first, including some exclusives, and there would be a greater focus on the use of video and social media.
Reporters will no longer be aligned to one platform but will cover topics and produce stories for all platforms.
Topic editors will lead a team of journalists and will report to platform editors, under a news director and editor-in-chief.
Fairfax editorial director of metro media
Mr Linnell told The Australian Financial Review the restructure would protect the "local voice" of all publications. "That's the signal that we have to send," he said. "The whole trend around the world has been towards localism and hyper-localism. That [losing local coverage] is the last thing we want to do and the last thing we will do. I'm not going to walk away from local coverage."
The editorial changes are being done against a backdrop of Fairfax announcing a broader restructure last week that will involve the cutting of about 1900 jobs over three years, switching broadsheet newspapers to tabloid formats next year and shutting big printing presses in Sydney and Melbourne by mid-2014. Fairfax has agreed to an invitation from the ACTU to consult on the announced changes at the company, a move welcomed by the union that represents printers.
"Fairfax has not, according to the communications we have received, begun to implement any job cuts," the secretary of the AMWU's national print division, Lorraine Cassin, said. "Fairfax has stated that they will hold proper consultations, and we welcome that."
But the ACTU has blasted News Ltd over it going ahead with about 115 redundancies without consulting employees or unions. The cuts were mostly in News's digital operations but included job losses in Cairns, Townsville and the Gold Coast. ACTU secretary
"We want to see what the business plan is, what these companies think the restructuring will look like going forward, what does it mean for their future operations . . . whether it's in journalism, whether it's the printers, whether it's at call centres or the design centre," Mr Oliver said.
"And we're clearly of the view that that process has to be undertaken in good faith. But I can certainly say the action of News Ltd yesterday is by no means an action of good faith.
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St. Kate's Newswire :: St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN :: News and Events
St. Catherine University holds inaugural MPAS White Coat Ceremony
The first-ever class of Master of Physician Assistant Studies students at St. Catherine University donned their white coats in a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.
Held in Our Lady of Victory Chapel, the ceremony celebrated each student's entry into the physician assistant profession with the presentation of a white lab coat. The students also took a pledge to uphold the ethical and professional standards of the medical profession.
The Master of Physician Assistant Studies program at St. Catherine University was accredited in March, allowing the first class of students to enroll in September 2012. The program is only the second accredited physician assistant program in Minnesota, according to the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
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Each role has its own progression built into the game, with a number of titles available to it for each rank (or overall level) your character gains within its home Agency. There's also a separate weapons experience track that unlocks skills and improvements for the game's various weapon families. "So, as opposed to one monolithic level ding that you're shooting for, we have this very broad assortment of dings that you're going for at any given moment," says Milton.
Clothes define even more than your class, however. The game's Alias disguise system - if we're talking A-Team dynamics, this one is the Face - is at the heart of non-combat gameplay. Don a disguise and an alias rating tracks how deep your cover is - "like ammo or health, as AI perceive you, they're doing damage to that alias rating as sure as if they were shooting you," says Milton. That can be mitigated by using an "act natural" skill or doing something inconspicuous - stopping at a bar for a drink, for example.
The example in the demo is a simple tail through city streets, but Milton describes a more elaborate nightclub infiltration that is almost a maze puzzle, and says team dynamics for the alias system are also in the works. Intel gathering through photography and other means is another major non-combat mechanic for the game; collecting intel in turn unlocks missions and operatives, and feeds into the crafting system.
The demo takes us behind a flower-shop façade into a UNITE field office. The office is home to some light relief in the form of a Q-Bert arcade machine (although even this ties into the game world - clearing it will unlock an operative) and some comical Q-style R&D vignettes (again - take pictures for intel and more unlocks). Mini-games, which will naturally include casino games, will be roughly divided between "Flash-style" diversions like Q-Bert, and more physical in-game interactions, with some - on a hacking, lock-picking or surveillance theme, say - integrating with mission play.
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The demo we're shown takes place in the game's second act, set in Europe (the two locations we catch wind of in our time at the studio are Prague and Panama). The Agency seems to feature an unusually structured storyline for an MMO - albeit one that's some hundred hours long - with acts in which multiple plots, including separate paths for Paragon and UNITE, gradually converge on a single bad guy.
The globe-trotting, Earth-set theme necessarily means the game is going to be geographically broken up rather than a single contiguous world. It'll be based on a hub-and-spoke system with social hubs leading to private and public encounters - some of the spokes may be gameplay challenges, we're told, which leads us to suspect that the game's vehicles may come into play here. "So, you know, it's Diddy Kong Racing", Milton sums up, adding that there will be combat areas simultaneously open to large numbers of players. "We're not going to segregate everybody, we want to have happenstance encounters between players who find themselves magically in the same space shooting at the same bad guys."
In another break with MMO tradition, missions are designed to be playable by either solo players or groups - and not by scaling the bad guys' hit points to match, either. Rather, there will be several levels of objectives to a mission, with bronze ratings advancing the story and being simple to solo, silver requiring a high-level skill or several players, and gold a well-organised full party, with better rewards to match. Most missions are intended to last half an hour or so; while there may be some that require groups, they won't be part of the main story arc. Milton mentions one intriguing prospect: group encounters that are "crossovers" between AI and player-versus-player threat in the same space.
Just as important as your teamwork with other players, however, will be your roster of operatives. These collectible NPCs - essentially characters as equipment - are perhaps the bravest concept in The Agency: the one with the most potential, but also fraught with challenges in terms of design and content-creation for SOE's Seattle team. There will be some 400 of these operatives, varying in rarity, quality and value; your roster can include 50 to 100 of them, of which you'll be able to have an active "hand" of five to ten. Some operatives might have extremely limited runs - say 100 in total - and become very valuable as a result.


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After the "great compromise," we are led to believe a "red ribbon" supercommittee is going to solve our financial problems by cutting our spending by trillions, a committee composed of 24-karat liberal spenders. This is kind of like hiring Bonnie and Clyde to guard a bank vault.
I remember another such commission, Simpson-Bowles, and what decisive action the Obama team took about their recommendations. It got about as much attention as a whirlwind on the moon. Keep in mind the Dems specialize in crisis management; i.e., everything they are involved with, they create a crisis.
Rumor has it defense is going to be in the cross hairs. Any time Dems have an opportunity to cut defense, they go full bore. Our defense spending is only 3.5 percent of gross domestic product now and the Obama team is trying to cut it to 2.7 percent. Through 2016, defense growth will be virtually zero and will necessitate a reduction of some 47,000 troops. This is a time when the world has never been a more dangerous place to live.
We have spent a trillion on stimulus. We will spend trillions on Obamacare, billions on shovel-not-ready projects, but no additional money for defense. Last year, our outlay on entitlements was 10 percent of GDP. In the meantime, China is building a blue water navy and advance fighter aircraft, Iran is on the verge of having a nuclear bomb, North Korea has one, the Mideast is short fused powder keg, and our southern border is a terrorist sieve.
Due to Obama's foreign policy, we have lost our credibility with our eastern European allies when he pulled the antiballistic shield to placate the Russians. He has thrown the only reliable ally we have in the most volatile region of the world, Israel, under a tank.
To give our military another kick in the gut, the Dems abolished the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which was the best way to deal with this issue. All anyone had to do was behave and keep their mouth shut.
Another fiasco being pushed is to place women in combat units. I have nothing against women, but these policies are insane. Combat is no place for women.
These changes have all the earmarks of a distraction from the intended role of the military and a command nightmare. Our military is not a place for social experiments.
To further demoralize the troops, the supercommittee may cut back on GI pensions and other benefits. There are no "peace benefits" to be mined out of our present defense outlay, like Bill Clinton did, because there is no peace.
Obama has made it very clear that he and his party are no friends of the military. This man and his cronies have wrecked the economy and will do the same to the military. We diminish the military at great peril to our nation.
It is doubtful we can endure another 15 months of this administration. Four more years and we are doomed. If it should happen, I believe Proverbs 26:11 would best describe this seismic blunder: "As a dog returns to his vomit, so as a fool returns to his folly."
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The West Australian Nationals have had a setback in their bid to win more federal seats after
The WA Nationals will focus on retaining Mr Crook's seat and winning the northern electorate of Durack from Liberal MP
There may also be three-cornered contests – when the Liberals and Nationals fight for the same seats – in Victoria and South Australia at September's federal election. Mr Crook told colleagues a month ago he didn't intend to recontest the seat, which he won from Liberal
Two years ago, the Liberals endorsed Katanning farmer Rick Wilson, a strong supporter of the deregulation of wheat exports, as their candidate in O'Connor. A parade of Liberal frontbenchers are visiting the seat as the party seeks to win it back .
The Nationals and Liberals are yet to seal a coalition agreement in Victoria, but both may contest Mallee and possibly the Labor-held seats of Bendigo, Ballarat, Corangamite and McEwen.
The Nationals also intend to run against sitting Liberal MP
No three-cornered contests are planned in NSW.
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III. Ahsoka and Anakin
I. First Impression
Anakin opened the door of their suite and looked up past the brown folds of Jedi cloak to a masked alien face. He did not recognize this Jedi, nor the orange-faced youngling standing next to him, one of her pudgy hands gripping his trouser leg. She could not have been older than five, not if her species aged like Anakin's.
Without looking around, he called out, "Master Obi-Wan?"
The tall alien said, "Good day."
Anakin heard the footsteps and rustlings of Obi-Wan's approach from within the young Master's room before Obi-Wan passed in front of him to soberly shake the visitor's hand. "Master Plo. It's good to see you."
Plo said, "And you. The entire Temple waited to hear of how things fared at Naboo."
"I'm glad to be alive."
"If you need to talk…"
"Come in. Have some tea."
The Force grew cold and hollow, and Anakin realized with some surprise that he knew that both Plo and Obi-Wan were thinking about Qui-Gon. They would bond over their shared friendship with the older Master. Anakin would give them their quiet time, their tea—and then he would mourn again, when he asked Obi-Wan how Master Plo had known Qui-Gon.
But for now, as Plo sat down on the couch in the middle of the anteroom and Obi-Wan turned his back to them all to attend to the hot water dispenser, Anakin saw that the youngling Master Plo had brought was standing in the middle of the room, looking around with wide blue eyes.
"Hi," he said. She waved at him, focused on examining the room, or at feeling its dimensions with the narrow, hollow cones above her forehead. He recognized her species as the vivid Togruta; one of the Jedi Masters looked similar, but with long, flowing head-tails instead of these stubby ones. Anakin had seen a few Togruta on Tatooine before, but had never had the opportunity then to read about each species like he could here. He knew that the Togruta youngling was partially echo-blind now; that only in her late teenage years would her senses be refined, until she could locate movement around her without her eyes, and without the Force.
"Anakin," Plo said, "Good to finally meet you. Welcome. This is Ahsoka Tano. She was brought to the Temple recently as well."
Was Master Plo saying that Anakin was as childlike as she was? Anakin felt that he needed to show his independence—but part of the way he could do that was by being polite, by making the person he was speaking to think that their two priorities were the same. He had sold worthless scrap this way. "Is she your Padawan?"
"No—she is too young. She will be paired with a Master one day. Now she should be in the crèche—but when I pass by she looks at me and I can't resist letting her have some time out." Plo could not smile like a human, but a tilt of his head and a fondness in the Force gave the same impression. Anakin smiled with him. Obi-Wan approached and put a tray set with two steaming cups of tea down on the table.
Anakin could have sat down next to him, but there was melancholy and remembrance gathering between them like the steam, and so he sat down on the carpet and patted it for Ahsoka to come sit next to him.
She did, and her robe pooled around her.
"Hi," he said again. "I'm Anakin. I helped stop the droid army on Naboo."
They did not speak after that, because she seemed more interested in crawling about the room, exploring beneath the couches and in the corners, than in hearing about Anakin's exploits. Eventually he went to his room and thought about Qui-Gon, and listened to the low voices from the Masters who were, in their adult way, grieving. Ahsoka followed Plo back to the crèche, and Anakin's training began in earnest, and they did not see one another again for a long time.
II. Conflict.
For weeks they were stationed on a world which reminded Anakin of another planet, from earlier in the war, where he had eaten grubs and other insects because they had been tastier than the Republic rations. But here, war was no longer new. There was no thrill in going out and catching things; he kept what energy he had for when he would need to expend it. He washed ration bars down with water.
But one day he saw Ahsoka sitting behind a wooden barrier, eating something that stained her hands red. He saw that it had a tail before he ducked back out of her view and composed himself.
"Padawan?" He stepped out in front of her; she looked up from a hunk of purplish meat. "What are you eating?"
"I saw one of the native predators eat one; it's fine."
"It's raw."
She wiped her mouth on her gauntlet. "Master. I'm a Togruta. We don't get sick like you do just because we eat something as soon as we've got it."
He sat down next to her, looking out at the camp where under the setting sun the clones' tents squatted like caterpillars. "Right."
He had never really thought about her as alien before. An alien, certainly, but a Jedi child.
"Do you talk to other Togruta at the Temple often?"
She replied, "Shaak Ti and a few others get together sometimes. Tell stories, tell us about Shilli and our culture. That's where I ate like this first."
"Hmm. I wonder if anyone would bother to make a group like that for Tatooine."
"There're plenty of humans."
"But they've all got different cultures."
"Sure, but…most food at the Temple is based on yours. Humans aren't very distinct."
"I just wouldn't mind being with desert people for a while." People, he meant, who understood a culture of slaves. So that he wouldn't forget what the evil he was trying to fight really looked like, no matter how much he sometimes wanted to trade every sandy day on Tatooine for new memories of shining Coruscant and brighter-shining Padme.
Ahsoka looked out at the sun.
III. Their Finest Hour
Through the Force and on the clones' HUDs, the cluster of droids could clearly be seen from five blocks away, and so the Republic troops progressed confidently through the empty city streets. The clear, white walls around them bore the long black streaks of laser fire. The disk-shaped cleaning droids that constantly patrolled the city would occasionally delve into one of these fissures, extend its painting arm, and be engulfed in a waterfall of sparks.
The CIS never saw their foe coming. The clones swept in below and the Jedi above. Anakin saw Ahsoka leap, kick herself off a wall fifteen feet up. His breath caught as his first foe turned, ran into the sweep of his blade, and Ahsoka's readied their blasters.
But over his own whirling hands, he saw her Force-push the row of droids in front of her, scattering them into the sky. The laser shots went high and then Ahsoka was among them like a predator dropping down from a tree, green blade whirling.
He fell into the rhythm of battle after that. Few times had Anakin felt as immortal as this; the Force danced him around all oncoming attacks, and the droids fell like so much scrap metal from Watto's shop—
Until it was him and Ahsoka and three clones, their armor scuffed to gray, against a handful of droids backed up against a wall, and one of the clones fell dead into Ahsoka's arms.
She had sensed the coming of the fall, if not the death; she doused her lightsaber and caught the man under the arms. His armored body, so much taller and heavier than hers, shielded her from oncoming fire. She struggled under his weight but held him up, her eyes wide, her legs shaking.
The clones finished the droids while she held him up.
Anakin flitted to her side the moment he could, not sure whether to tell her that the battle is over.
She lay the clone down and folded her legs beneath her to sit on the sidewalk beside him.
She said, "I thought we had won. But I felt the laser meant for him and couldn't move in front fast enough."
Other clones gathered around, and silently they mourned their brother.
When Ahsoka finally rose, Anakin clasped her shoulder, feeling how sharp were her bones. Had she been eating enough? Such skinny shoulders. He said, "Feeling for your men is a sign of a great spirit. Keep that."
She glared at an invisible point in front of her. "I'd rather not."
It had been said so many times, proven so many times, but he could think of little else to say then, "Battles don't often turn out as gloriously as they appear. It's war—the losing side could turn around and win at any moment. There's just so many minutes in a melee like this. There's no such thing as a finest hour."
IV. Each Other's Creation
Luke refuses, but Vader stalks away into the clue-black corridors of Bespin, finding his way back through the smashed banks of machinery and the gates which only the Ugnaughts know, and he is not discouraged. Because Luke does not know that Vader has had an apprentice before, that before he was Vader he had known how to train someone who did not believe they needed to be trained.


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A few weeks back I started comparing different tubes in my amp. To make my comparisson a little easier, I replace the tubes of one channel only and than listen for the difference in the left and right channel, using a mono recording on one of the XLO test cds.
As it turned out, the right channel always sounded a little thinner than the left channel.
So I swapped the speaker cable from left to right to see if this was coming from the CD player or the amp. As it turned out, the right channel continued having the thinner sound.
Than I disconnected my speakers and hooked my Radio Shack digital Voltmeter to the speaker to get a ohm/resistance reading. Guess that due to the cross over my meter was not able to read any resistance = not 0, but unable to read.
So I unscrewed the mid bass drivers on my Sapphire III and meassure the lead on the drivers direct, thinking than maybe one of the voicecoils on my Sapphire III midbass driver has gone bad.
Reading of the lead where:
Right speaker:
Coil #1: 3.8 ohms
Coil #2: 5.1 ohms
Left Speaker:
Coil #1: 3.2 ohms
Coil #2: 2.9 ohms
I did not disconnect the crossover from the driver, since the leads are solderd to the driver.
What could cause this difference in reading?
Guess this difference explains why my right speaker sounds thinner than the left speaker.
I bought my Sappire II in '91 and upgraded them last year to the Sapphire III status. I also placed the High pass cross over part from my sub one in front of the mid driver cross over.
I also checked the lay out and hook up several times of the new Sapphire III crossover while assembling and after assembling of the new cross over.
Any idea what is "wrong" with my Sapphire III ?
Any other suggetsins on trying to trace down the problem?
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I have the Sapphire II's upgraded to the IIIs also. I liked the sound of the II in the mid. Very detailed, almost edgy, sort of up front. The tweeters we a little harsh which prompted the upgrade. When I took the units apart to upgrade the xo, I found the guy before me had connected both lines from the xo to one voice coil on the Focals. I corrected the situation. Now while they sound good, are more forgiving and have a much better stage, I kinda miss that detail. I guess I have to break my ears again.
I know exactly what you mean.
Due to the thinner midbass the highs were more prominent and therefore you/we could hear more detail. At least so we thought.
But I believe that the correct wired Sapphire III sounds more pleasing and correct.
At the same time, while fixing my crossover, the connector pins on the Scan Speak tweeter brock of. What a pain in the .....
Had to cut of some of the plastic covering the extended leads to reconnect the wires. I wished Scan Speak had given their tweeter some better hock up connectors like the old Focal tweeter had.
I agree. I have these awful internal wires the are coated in what looks like teflon. A lot of it. They are so stiff one could push it through drywall. I almost tore the tweeter post off as you did. Next time I pull the speakers open I am changing the internals to zip cord :!).
Yes, I know what wire you got in your speakers, stiff lick heck.
When I upgraded to the SApphire III, I bought a pair of Kimber 4 TC - about 5 ft each from audiogon.com for $ 50. I than cut them to legth of about 1 1/2 ft each. Still a little stiff.
You may want to try Cardas internal hook up wire, if you ever want to replace those stiff Audioquest hook up wires.
Sorry, forgot to mention that this is a Focal" 7K011DBL
with double voice coils
I went back and took a closer look to the cross over and the schematic and found that I did not connect one of the coils correctly. Changing it corrected the problem.
Now the meassurements are 2.9 and 3.2 ohms in the right driver.
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Re: sgi kernels
If you look once per hour, does the available memory slowly vanish?
There appear to be some memory leaks in Mathematica, or it may be
caching things, I don't really know what, and I have noticed that it's
sometimes useful to store intermediate results to disk, nuke the
kernel, and resume. There is an option on the kernel and on the front
end to display a memory use "thermometer", so it's pretty easy to track
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Disney-ABC TV today filed paperwork seeking approval from Los Angeles County for a huge 56-acre production facility on property it has long owned in the Santa Clarita Valley. It would include a dozen soundstages, almost doubling the number it has now in LA County. Predictions are for a $533 million economic boost to the region and about 2,854 new full- and part-time jobs. It'll be called the Disney/ABC Studios at the Ranch, located on the western edge of Disney's 890-acre Golden Oak Ranch.
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2854 jobs? If Disney/ABC didn't absolutely suck to work for, this would be exciting news.
I always find the people who do poorly in life and in their jobs always have the worst opinions of any employer they've worked for in the past. Perhaps it's time to take a good look in the mirror and see the real problem.
So long as the EIR is good, and they address traffic issues, I'm all for it.
Now that's the smartest thing Disney has done to leverage the full assets of the Disney Ranch since the APPLE DUMPLING GANG RIDES AGAIN.
Thank you, Mr.Iger, The Disney Board of Directors, and all the employees creating, supporting and implemenenting this project.
The ranch has been a major asset to location filming in LA County for decades. With the addition of these production facilities
it will only add to the idea of keeping filming here in LA.
And for that alone the entertainment community should be estatic.
One comment though, please leave in place your mgr at the ranch
Steve Sleigh. He is a good guy. He knows production and knows how to keep Golden Oak Ranch in continued good condition for all of us to use for making films and tv.
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Given that Universal and Disney have new production facility plans in motion, I wonder what the impact will be in my home state of MA, where they are planning 3 studio locations, including a $500 million project under some ex-Paramount executives at Plymouth Rock Studios. Will there possibly be enough production needs for all of these facilities to be utilized? What if Mass. cuts back on its 25% tax credit – is Plymouth Rock, et. al. in Mass. doomed?
Production will go to where ever they can to get a better deal. Best visual locations, best stages, best support facilities/crews for the project, etc., have nothing to do with it…..whoever gives the best deal gets the project.
It's all a crap shoot!
As a former Paramount employee who was working under some wonderful people (who were all slaughtered by Mr. Goodman) while living in the Santa Clarita Valley, I would like to say..
Now if they could just use it to produce things that would actually be profitable and that we would actually want to watch that would be grrrrrreat.
Production begins on the back lot portion in January. Been in the works for the better part of 5 years. Almost broke ground last October. Everybody wants and needs this to happen. It great for TV production.
56 acres isn't "huge" for a commercial facility…
250 to 300 homes might occupy the same space…or 20% of a housing development…


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This UK, Chatham, Kent-based band was originally conceived in the late 70s by the Pop Rivets roadies Mickey Hampshire and Banana Bertie as Mickey And The Milkshakes. Often appearing on the same circuit as fellow Medway town bands the Dentists and the Prisoners, they performed as a psychobilly outfit, supporting the Pop Rivets from time to time with Wreckless Eric cover versions. Pop Rivets leader Billy Childish (William Charlie Hamper, 13 December 1958, Chatham, Kent, England) then began writing with Hampshire and in 1980 formed a new version of Mickey And The Milkshakes. Eventually settling on a line-up of Childish and Hampshire (guitars, vocals), Russ Wilkins (bass) and Bruce Brand (drums), they started recording a string of albums featuring various R&B classics plus original material. After the first album they truncated their name. Later on, when John Agnew replaced Wilkins, they began to refer to themselves as Thee Milkshakes. In addition to...


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Any stress on muscles can cause damage. Stress can be from too much weight, like a laundry basket, or overworking the muscles without proper rest. Muscles can also become fatigued when sitting in front of a computer or working around the house. To massage the muscles and help counteract the stress on muscles, Dr. Fluitt suggests using trigger point exercises often.
Trigger point therapy applies pressure to key areas of the body to release tension and bring blood flow to the area. Trigger point therapy is performed by a provider on a patient. Here at Austin Preferred Integrative Medicine, Dr. Fluitt will perform a full evaluation and determine what areas of the body trigger point therapy will be most effective. The patient will then be instructed on how to properly perform trigger point using balls and foam rollers.
By using proper trigger point techniques, the patient is able to apply pressure to the affected muscle by using either a ball or foam roller. Once the pressure is applied and the user takes a deep breath, the trigger point of the targeted muscle is forced to relax, and the spasm is relieved. When preforming trigger point exercises, three to five minutes of pressure within each muscle group is all that is needed. This method is recommended before and after workouts and prior to stretching. Massage the body within the home and it will only enhance performance during training, racing and everyday life.
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MADISON, Wis. ( Stockpickr) -- Professional traders running mutual funds and hedge funds don't just look at a stock's price moves; they also track big changes in volume activity. Often when above-average volume moves into an equity, it precedes a large spike in volatility.Major moves in volume can signal unusual activity, such as insider buying or selling -- or buying or selling by "superinvestors." >>5 Stocks Under $10 Set to Soar Unusual volume can also be a major signal that hedge funds and momentum traders are piling into a stock ahead of a catalyst. These types of traders like to get in well before a large spike, so it's always a smart move to monitor unusual volume. That said, remember to combine trend and price action with unusual volume. Put them all together to help you decipher the next big trend for any stock. With that in mind, let's take a look at several stocks rising on unusual volume today. >>5 Stocks Poised for Breakouts Tessera Technologies Tessera Technologies ( TSRA), through its subsidiaries, develops, licenses and delivers miniaturization technologies and products for electronic devices worldwide. This stock is trading up 2.8% at $20.62 in recent trading. Today's Volume: 338,000
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Volume % Change: 50% >>3 Big Stocks on Traders' Radars From a technical perspective, TSRA is ripping higher here right above some near-term support at $19.16 with decent upside volume. This stock has been uptrending strong for the last four months, with shares soaring higher from its low of $15.44 to its intraday high of $20.69. During that move, shares of TSRA have been consistently making higher lows and higher highs, which is bullish technical price action. Shares of TSRA have now started to move into breakout territory, since the stock has taken out some near-term overhead resistance at $20.44. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in TSRA as long as it's trending above today's low of $19.64 and then once it sustains a move or close above its 52-week high at $20.85 with volume that hits near or above 359,186 shares. If we get that move soon, then TSRA will set up to enter new 52-week high territory, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets if we get that action are $22 to $25.


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By Holly Wise
Killeen Daily Herald
Killeen Fire Department Station 8 firefighters were the guests of honor at their own fire station Monday when they were served lunch by a staff of three from Killeen's Olive Garden restaurant.
"We chose (this fire station) because a lot of our team members are serviced by this one," Olive Garden service manager Lorinda Stewart said as she handed plates of tiramisu to servers Chris Willock and Roberto McGee.
Willock and McGee volunteered to accompany Stewart and serve the firefighters.
For the eighth consecutive year, 685 Olive Gardens across the country delivered lunch Monday to police and fire departments, emergency rooms and military organizations as part of the restaurant's Hospitaliano! lunch.
"It's cool because every one of our Olive Gardens does it on Labor Day," Stewart said.
Last year, Killeen Police Department employees received the meal, which included spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna, breadsticks, salad and dessert.
Stewart said they brought the food already prepared.
"We wanted to come and serve it," she said.
KFD Battalion 2 Capt. Linda Brooks said the firefighters work every third day, and "whatever day that falls on is our day."
"It was excellent," Brooks said. "This is the first time we've been served."
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Amazing Aerial Photos Show Thick Fog Covering Dallas
A dense fog has rolled into Dallas and north Texas this morning, grounding most flights and causing less than a tenth of a mile visibility in some locations.
A dense fog has rolled into Dallas and north Texas this morning, grounding most flights and causing less than a tenth of a mile visibility in some locations.
For the last month and a half, Foley farmer Greg Novak has been busy building a 50-foot tall snowman.
Last night's storm was loud and powerful. Most of the intersections that were deemed impassable are now passable. There is still a crew at I Ave but from the looks of it they were getting ready to clear out...
Tornadoes can strike at anytime and with the recent storms in Moore and Northern Texas, it is now more important than ever to know the warning signs and have a plan in case of these deadly storms were to form in the local communities. Here are the American Red Cross' tips to be aware and prepared for a tornado.
You might think it's hot now, but Mother Nature is just getting started.
Summer this year is set to hit much of the United States hard, according to a series of excessive heat warnings issued by the National Weather Service Thursday.
While living in Lawton, OK we enjoy such luxuries as a beautiful open sky, exciting-to-watch sports teams, and some of the friendliest people you'll ever meet, tornado season is one of Oklahoma's less-endearing qualities. We all know natural disasters can't be averted and that sometimes all the preparation in the world doesn't help. If your home and family are the unfortunate victims of a tornado's wrath, here are some tips for rebuilding your life and house!
On Saturday night, hundreds of people across the Midwest were watching the local weather news tracking the several tornadoes reported to have headed their way! The National Weather Service reported on Sunday morning that they have recorded about 100 different tornadoes sweeping through the Heartland! The Associate Press reported that in Woodward, OK 5 were killed and more than two dozens were injured! We put together the best tips list on what to do in case you get separated with your family! Check it out!
Our state of Oklahoma is famous for it's ever- changing weather. It gets especially temperamental during the spring season. Most of us have witnessed tornadoes touching ground, felt the gust and the strong winds, and seen the lightnings slashing the sky in halves. We don't panic when we hear the sirens going off after all we know exactly what to do.
Some Midwestern states woke up this morning to torn up property and mass ciaos in their towns. 15 confirmed tornadoes touched down across Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana overnight according to the National Weather Service.
The weather has been absolutely crazy this year! I was chatting with family members in Minnesota today and they are having a huge winter snow storm. Schools are closed and the power is out. Our winter this year has been mild compared to the last couple of years, don't you think?
After a long hot Summer, we were all ready for a change of weather here in Oklahoma. We got it. We have had several days of rain over the last couple of months and now Old Man Winter is about to come a calling.


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Bach Around the Clock - March 24, 25, 2017
Stay tune for further details. We promise it will be AMAZING.
Schedule will be posted shortly.
For more information, contact Albinas or Manon at 504 670-2520.
Bach Around The Clock is a large Festival of Music: it includes about 300 performers, local and out of state, and offers 29 hours of consecutive musical performances in celebration of the 330th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach which falls on March 21.
The Festival takes place on the weekend nearest that date. Bach Around the Clock presents a Wide Variety of Music, representative of the community at large, thereby including many different forms of Music as well as Dance, Yoga, Musical Theater, and other Surprises. The program has received the Mayor's Arts Award and many other recognitions.
"The aim and final reason for all music should be nothing else but the Glory of God and the refreshment of the the soul".
Here are some links to what has been:
Albinas at the organ plays Eugene Gigout's Toccata with Nanette Ledet dance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH-beSxdbH0 played @ BATC 2010
Albinas plays his work Adagio d'Amore at the piano With Aaron Lind's Acro Yoga quartet
Albinas plays his work Dance du Feu on the organ with Aaron Lind's Acro Yoga quartet
Bach Around the Clock offers very diverse music and musicians all celebrating the birthday of J.S.Bach – Come experience everything from early baroque, to opera, blues, rock, jazz and classical organ, and of course, some Bach, too.
Here is a sampling of four Piano/Cello Beethoven pieces by Kent Jensen (Cello) and Albinas Prizgintas (Pianos) - ENJOY!
Over 300 performers - FREE Admission – sleeping bags welcomed
29 HOURS of Music, Dance, Yoga, Theatre, Poetry
In the past, our program included Albinas Prizgintas, on organ, piano and harpsichord playing BACH with other exceptional performers including the jazz legend Ellis Marsalis, pianist, Delfeayo Marsalis, trombonist, and Victor Atkins, pianist
Other program participants were:
*Navy Band Brass Ensemble
*"Ain't Misbehavin" directed by Troy Poplous and performed by The Talented in Theatre Arts of MacDonogh 35
*Xavier Concert Choir directed by John Ware
*Michaela Fiesta Flamenca and her ensemble perform Tangle into Tangos
*The Bottom Feeders,12 men from Minnesota singing American folk songs and sacred chants from Africa to Italy, Japan to India
*LPO Chamber orchestra, New Orleans Concert Band, Slidell Community Orchestra
*YOGA choreography by Nanette Ledet, Aaron Lind
*Loyola Orchestra directed by Jean Montes
*Loyola University Woodwind virtuosi directed by John Reeks
*New Orleans Trombone Choir, High Ground Drifters Blue Grass Band, Chip Wilson, guitarist
*GNYO Orchestra and Sinfonia directed by Kent Jensen
*Pianists, Saxophonists, Clarinetists, from UNO, Loyola,
*Morella and the Wheels Of It, and many many more…..
This is a community oriented cultural event, reviewed by NPR on several occasions and awarded many awards. In addition to music, you will find dance, yoga, martial arts,poetry, and other art forms.
This is a great artistic event and we welcome you to join us. NOPD security and Refreshments provided – Sleeping bags are welcome for Friday night. Remember that you may come and go as you please but please be respectful of others
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Thank you for your patronage. Albinas and Manon look forward to seeing you this year and we welcome you to join us.
Here is an image from our event in 2009! Please join us in 2011 to make this a very special tribute to BACH


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Debates occur in settings like classrooms and school tournaments. They may also be a part of your political process, as politicians debate important issues before elections. You can learn how to judge a debate by knowing its basic format and by understanding your role as judge.
1Understand the basic debate format and terminology. Debates are structured arguments or discussions. Teams alternate speeches, where they present their own arguments and refute those of the other team. While debaters may use emotion, they should not yell or be rude to one another or to the audience.
- Each side must present and prove their arguments. Affirmative teams will be arguing for a particular issue or resolution. Negative teams will be arguing against it. Sometimes, teams do not know what side they will argue until the debate is ready to start.
- Each side has a chance to present their own arguments, as well as to offer rebuttals to the other side's arguments. No new arguments or evidence can be brought up during a rebuttal.
- Some debates include cross-examinations, in which one side can question the other side. There are no limitations as to the questions that can be asked, as long as debaters are courteous.
2Identify the type of debate you are judging. Examples include Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary, Public Forum, and Policy (Team) debates. Know which one you are judging so you can properly enforce its time limits and rules.
- Lincoln-Douglas debates provide one team the opportunity to present their argument, and then the other team to cross-examine them. Then Team 2 presents their argument and Team 1 cross-examines them.
- Parliamentary format is as follows: Prime Minister (constructive), Leader of the Opposition (constructive), Member of the Government (constructive), Member of the Opposition (constructive), Leader of the Opposition (rebuttal), and Prime Minister (rebuttal).
- Public Forum debates alternate between teams presenting their arguments. Between rounds, however, there is a period called crossfire, where each speaker in the round is allowed to question the other speakers.
- Policy debates (or team debates) allow each team two periods of time in the first half of the debate to present their arguments. The second part of the debate consists of two periods of rebuttals.
3Enforce debate rules. Debates can take place as school competitions, speech tournaments, or classroom assignments. Each one may adhere to different rules and guidelines. Read those beforehand so you are aware of them. However, there are some general rules and responsibilities every judge needs to uphold during a debate.
- Do not give any feedback during the debate. Share this information only after the debate is over. This is especially important if you are judging a competition or tournament.
- Enforce time limits. Each segment of the speech has a specific time frame. Do not allow debaters to exceed their time limit. In some cases, debaters may finish their sentence when time is called, but they may not say anything more than that.
- Debaters may not have outside help. Do not allow them to talk with others who are not on their team or to utilize electronic devices during the debate.
4Listen carefully. Take notes of each side's arguments. Indicate strengths and weaknesses. In some cases, you will be given a worksheet or ballot to write on. Otherwise, bring your own notebook paper.
- Note when a specific argument has been dropped. One side may bring up a weak point, but if the other side does not refute it, that argument has been dropped. In that case, the "point" goes to the team who used the argument, however weak it may seem.
- Evaluate evidence. As debaters speak, they should cite the sources they are using. If any seem unreliable, irrelevant, or outdated, take note. In some cases, you may ask a debater to verify their evidence.
- Identify any fallacies. Fallacies are arguments that sound logical, but really are not. If you are not familiar with different types of fallacies, do a little research before the debate to learn about them.
5Choose a winner. Judging a debate is somewhat subjective. However, it is important that you do not allow personal bias or beliefs about the issue to influence who you choose as winner.
- Decide who presented the most logical argument. Some teams have a solid reason for their side of the issue. If it is a strong reason, supported with the appropriate evidence, you can deem them the winner.
- Determine who presented the most comprehensive argument and responses. In some cases, teams may not have a strong argument, but a set of smaller, more comprehensive reasons for their side of the issue. They may also have strong rebuttals to the other team's arguments. In these cases, you may deem this team the winner.
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Tuesday Practice Timings
Practice got underway at 8.30am on Tuesday with the US Team teeing off from the 1st and Europe from the 11th. Read on for the groupings.
Practice Timings – Europe
From the 11th tee
8.30 Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Edoardo Molinari
8.45 Peter Hanson, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood
9.00 Luke Donald, Ross Fisher, Padraig Harrington, Ian Poulter,
Practice Timings – USA
From the 1st tee
8.30 Zach Johnson, Hunter Mahan, Steve Stricker, Tiger Woods
8.45 Stewart Cink, Jim Furyk, Matt Kuchar, Jeff Overton
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Well the good Captain Schettinos alleged behavour could be contrasted with Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger who had to ditch his aircraft in the Potomac.
What did he do? Not dive out of the nearest exit. He and his Co Pilot disregarding their own safety walked the entire length of a sinking aircraft to see if everybody was out before leaving.


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Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2009
Former vice president Dick Cheney has warned that President Barack Obama's anti-terror policies risk exposing the United States to a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack.
In his first interview since Obama's inauguration, with Politico Tuesday, Cheney was unapologetic about the bitter controversies surrounding his own influential role in president George W. Bush's "war on terror."
Cheney said Obama would regret his commitment to closing down the Guantanamo Bay internment camp and ending harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects.
"These are evil people. And we're not going to win this fight by turning the other cheek," he said in the interview, conducted at an office near Cheney's new home in Washington's Virginia suburbs.
He said the "ultimate threat" facing the country since the September 11 attacks of 2001 was if extremists can unleash "a nuclear weapon or a biological agent of some kind" in the center of a US city.
"That's the one that would involve the deaths of perhaps hundreds of thousands of people, and the one you have to spend a hell of a lot of time guarding against," Cheney said.
"I think there's a high probability of such an attempt," he added.
"Whether or not they can pull it off depends whether or not we keep in place policies that have allowed us to defeat all further attempts, since 9/11, to launch mass-casualty attacks against the United States."
Leading up to the end of the Bush administration, both the outgoing president and Cheney gave a series of exit interviews defending their conduct in the "war on terror" and insisting they had left the nation safer.
Politico said Cheney declined to criticize Obama personally, but was eager to attack the Democrats in general over a mammoth economic stimulus bill under debate in Congress.
He said he had spoken to Bush about a week ago, for the first time since they left Washington on January 20. Politico said Cheney had recovered from the back strain that kept him to a wheelchair at Obama's inauguration.
Cheney said Bush was "fine."
"We had a pleasant chat on the phone. It was a private, personal conversation -- not about policy. We're both citizens, civilians."
Cheney, a former defense secretary and White House chief of staff who is regarded as the most powerful vice president in history, recapped that he is working on his memoirs.
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i thought he looked more like Daniel Stern form the "Home alone" movies, great comedic actor. and was good in "the diner"Originally Posted by AJane
i thought he looked more like Daniel Stern form the "Home alone" movies, great comedic actor. and was good in "the diner"Originally Posted by AJane
hey Shyra, great pic and welcome to the fort
Hey Holly, how YOU doin"?
Great new pics, everyone!
It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever. -- David St. Hubbins
Thanks for sharing, shyra.
Thanks everyone for the compliments! What a great pick-me-up! No one's ever said Mr. looks like Gary Sinise or Daniel Stern, but my dad says if you threw a black wig on him, he'd look like Howard Stern! (thanks a lot, dad! ) Actually several people have told me he looks like Harry Connick Jr., & the guy from the Drew Carrey Show (I can't remember his name - the tall skinny friend)
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Thank you everyone and glad it didn't break anyone's computer. lol
I'm not even going to guess the year but I'll say a sleek 'vette with curves in the right places.Originally Posted by roseskid
This is a fun thread! It's great being able to see what everybody looks like. Here's a recent(ish) pic of me. It's a bit small and blurry, but it was the only fairly recent one I could find where I was not either a) drunk or b) just looking drunk
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Definition of Public and Private Goods
A public good is a good that fulfills both of the following two criteria: Nonrival. One individual's consumption of the good does not affect any other individual's consumption of the same unit of the good. Examples include lighthouses, television, parks, military defense, and streets with little traffic.
Nonexclusive . It is not possible to exclude anyone from consuming the good. The examples above are usually nonexclusive. A private good is, instead, a good that does not fulfill any of the two criteria, i.e. one that is both rival and exclusive. Most goods are private goods.


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