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Mar 03, 2011
Press Release Pitfalls: Prevent Math Mix-Ups
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Last month, senior editor Amanda Hicken wrote "Avoid Common Press Release Pitfalls: Advice from our Eagle-Eyed Editors," highlighting four of the most common types of mistakes PR Newswire editors have caught, and how to avoid them in your press release.
That blog post was the first in what is going to be a new series on Beyond PR, Catching Up with Editorial, where some of our editors will be highlighting a great catch that was made for a client during the course of that month, related mistakes or inconsistencies Editorial looks for in releases, and how you can make similar catches before the release is even submitted to PR Newswire's Editorial department.
We will also be letting you know how many catches we make on your releases every month. In January and February, the Editorial department made a total of 22,038 catches in approximately 25,108 releases. This works out to be a catch on nearly every release!
This month we're going to focus on the math that shows up in your release. You probably wouldn't think that a group of editors would be the most math-savvy bunch since Editorial is mostly made up of journalism, public relations and English majors. However, there are many instances of math in a press release, and your editors are working hard to make sure we are adding, subtracting and multiplying for the right answers.
Below are some examples of possible math mix-ups that can occur in your release.
Inconsistencies in lists – exactly how many people won that award?
A lot of press releases talk about employees being honored, contracts being won, foundation efforts to local charities. But you could trip up your best efforts by not listing the numbers you state. If your headline states that the company has won four contracts for the coming year, you would be advised to make sure that you mention all four. An easy way to check your own numbers is to use a bulleted list, and then all you would have to do is count your bullets! Four contracts are claimed in the headline – four bullets, one describing each contract.
A recent release showcased this method, using the bulk of the release to talk about a recent event it had sponsored and mentioning that it had sponsored two more. At the end of the release was a short bulleted list, describing the two other events. Three events were named – three events were mentioned.
Those numbers don't add up!
Another inconsistency that is a little easier for us to catch is when dollar amounts don't match. One of our editors, Heather Howard, made a great catch recently for a foundation when she noticed a difference in the amounts that were given. The headline and first paragraph of the release gave the amount as "$88,700." Later in the release, the amount was broken into two separate amounts, one of $70,000 and one of $17,000. That showed a $1,000 discrepancy in the total. Heather reached out to the client, and they asked us to change the headline and first paragraph to reflect the correct amount, $87,700.
Not all of the numbers will be that easy for us to catch – in a lot of our clients' earnings statements, Editorial may not know which column should add up exactly. But, any time that an editor has a question or a situation arises that we don't know which number amount is correct, we will always reach out to you for confirmation.
Finances, finances
With the first quarter earnings period just about over, Editorial is seeing fewer releases about the year's progress and the long columns of numbers that go with them. Every quarterly earnings period is a time of heightened concentration, with editors preparing themselves to look for some of the following mix-ups:
- Day and date slips: Sometimes, templates are used in writing conference call or year end results releases. Unfortunately, that also means that sometimes an outdated date is left in the release! Our editors will try to check every date listed in a release – is the 6th really a Monday? – and many times will use the "Find" function in Microsoft Word to check if the year is listed correctly throughout the release.
- Comparing text and tables: In the earlier example, when editor Heather Howard noticed a discrepancy between the amount in the headline and the amount later in the text, she did the math and called the client. When our editors process financial tables, they will compare what is stated earlier in the release to what shows up in the financial tables. When the release gives the amount of net income in the final quarter of 2010, the editor will compare it against the financial tables and check the heading of the table as well, to make sure that it is for the correct span of dates.
- Footnotes: A lot of financial tables will need footnotes or references. Editors will take a look at the release itself – taking into consideration how many there are and whether they're listed as numbers or letters. Editorial will then compare this information with the end of the table and make sure that if the financial table lists four footnotes, that footnotes 1, 2, 3 and 4 appear. And if the end of the financial table reference says "Please see Schedule X for the notes," then Schedule X will get checked for the correct number of notes.
As Amanda wrote in the first Catching Up with Editorial post, every release really needs the second set of eyes that Editorial will give it, but we hope that these tips will help you catch these issues before the release leaves your desktop and comes to us.
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Author Kate Goebbel is a communications professional at PR Newswire, and loves to consult on press release techniques, SEO and results. She infrequently tweets at @kate_city and can be found on LinkedIn.
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It's slightly ironic that some of the numbers in this story don't add up. In 'Those numbers don't add up,' the discrepancy is actually $1,700, not $1,000 ($70,000 + $17,000 = $87,000). We've all been there and know how easy it is to miss little things like this!
Amanda, you're absolutely right! In PR Newswire parlance, kudos on a great catch. I suspect our author Kate didn't have one of her colleagues in Editorial review the story. As you correctly, it's very easy to make simple mistakes. That's why the editorial review we include is so important. 🙂
You're right – in this case, the error was in my transcribing something that was sent to me by someone else. The discrepancy should have been $17,700 – not $17,000. My supervisor would remind me that we should never type out an amount sent to us by a client – we should always copy and paste! Thank you for seeing that, Amanda.
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RA Dickey: 5-20, 5.08 ERA, 4.32 xFIP, 204 1/3 innings: My guess is that Dickey avoids becoming the 2011 Brian Kingman, though a huge area of concern is that multiple times this season, he's gone away from throwing his knuckleball. Without that weapon, Dickey is merely a Double-A pitcher with a better vocabulary. The xFIP (fielding-independent ERA) suggests he'll get better results even with his current process.
Jonathan Niese: 8-12, 5.03 ERA, 4.12 xFIP, 193 1/3 innings: Niese has been better than this throughout his career so far, and that xFIP again suggests he'll improve by doing nothing differently going forward. Definitely take the over here.
Chris Capuano: 12-16, 4.78 ERA, 4.14 xFIP, 173 1/3 innings: Clearly, Capuano has been a competent starter for the Mets. The big question is health, of course, but he's certainly looked recovered from his recent injury woes. Something worth noting when evaluating Capuano vs. Chris Young- Capuano's fastball velocity is right in line with where it was at his peak success. Young's was down considerably. Aside from velocity being a reasonably good indicator of a pitcher's success, it is an awfully good indicator of a pitcher's health. I'll take Capuano at a slight over going forward.
Mike Pelfrey: 12-12, 5.74 ERA, 4.81 xFIP, 169 1/3 innings: I expect Pelfrey to return to the pitcher he's been for years, which will mean more innings at a lower ERA. The xFIP so far is a bit higher than past seasons, but around 180 innings at a 4.70 ERA clip sounds right from here.
Dillon Gee: 8-0, 4.44 ERA, 4.63 xFIP, 105 1/3 innings: Ah, a perfect example of the uselessness of won-loss record. Gee has pitched to the meh performance one would expect. Interestingly, as per ERA+, he's been the best starter by far among the five currently in the rotation, and his ERA+ is a relatively poor 85.
Overall, this is a thoroughly average group. However, they've been pitching far below that average, in terms of results. I expect this to improve. It will take a return from Johan Santana, however, and no further injuries (though Pat Misch can provide similar results to the current ones) to assure the improvement.

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I must warn you, all these trade rumors are making me thirsty … er, I mean, I don't know at how many of these trade-deadline hypotheticals I will be able to even take a guess or a stab …
I'm sure, though, youse will want to discuss tonight's game in Boston, the season to date, the stretch run and, of course, the trade deadline.
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The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.
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Luke 12:35-38
Jesus said to his disciples: "Gird
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ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed
are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on
his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will
gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to
wait on them. And should he come in the
second or third watch and find them prepared in
this way, blessed are those servants."
Introductory Prayer: Lord,
you watch my every action, know my every thought,
and guide my every path. I love and trust
in your will. Thank you for this time of prayer.
From it may I receive the spiritual energy I
need to keep my eyes firmly planted on you today
and to remain confident that you are always at
my side.
Petition: Lord, help me
always to be alert to the needs of others.
1. Watch and Pray: Being blindsided is
no fun. Those unexpected surprises are particularly annoying when
we feel someone should have warned us. "Please make sure
you tell me about this next time" is a
familiar refrain. When it comes to the questions about the
afterlife, if we are blindsided we will have no
one to blame but ourselves. Christ has given us
more than adequate warning. Neither death nor his coming in
glory to judge humanity should catch us off guard.
The key to preparedness lies in his admonition to
his disciples: "Watch and pray" (Matthew 26:41).
2. Master
or Servant: Imagine Jesus' joy in welcoming one
of his "good and faithful servants" into heaven. He
said that he will sit us down and serve
us dinner. That beautiful image reminds us that the hard
work of being faithful will not lack its reward.
More than anything, it points to Jesus' gratitude: the
Master becomes the servant for his loyal disciples. After all
that the Lord has done for us, what else
would we rather do than to give Christ the
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3. The Long Haul: Jesus
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at the "second or third watch of the night." Being
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pan. We know that there will be "ups and
downs," moments of two steps forward and one back. Through
it all we are called to persevere. Going the
distance is not easy, but how beautiful it is! Pope
John Paul the II gave us an indelible example
of perseverance. When we heard that he had passed
away, all of us felt sadness until we considered the
joy of imagining the embrace between him and the
Lord he loved so much. May our own example
bear witness to our desire to persevere — to stick
with the commitment of fidelity until the Lord calls
us home.
Conversation with Christ: Whether life
is long or short, Lord, I have to be ready
for whatever your providence brings. I want to persevere,
but so often my love is undermined by my
fears and frailty. Give me the strength I need.
Resolution: I will review my life choices to make
sure that I am persevering in all that I have
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Building a Bridge in Tabletop
January 24, 2012,
Founder Jason Solarek sketches the underlying network that supports Bridge.
By Allison Zisko
Linda Tabas, owner of The Pink Daisy in Yardley, Pa., has a lot of tabletop to offer in her 1,000 square-foot store. She carries what she calls "a cross between Bloomingdale's and Neiman Marcus" that includes brands like Vietri, Casafina and Juliska for everyday use and Vera Wang, Royal Crown Derby and Anna Weatherley for bridal customers. But there's only so much merchandise you can carry in 1,000 square feet of space, and this is where Bridge comes in.
As a maintenance-free service for retailers, the network also removes a lot of tedious work for small-store owners. "The best thing it's done for me is that there are 21,000 SKUs on my website that I don't have to update or do anything with," Tabas said, although she still has to monitor the close to 3,000 branded SKUs she carries that are not part of the Bridge network. Since she implemented Bridge two and a half years ago, part of a complete website overhaul, Tabas said her Internet sales have gone up roughly 50 percent a year. And although not all of that business is directly attributable to Bridge itself, the network has boosted business at The Pink Daisy. "It's reinvented my whole store and given me more success than I would have had, especially in this economy," Tabas said. Sales of Arthur Court, BIA, Mottahedeh and Haviland have increased, for example.
The seven-year-old Bridge carries 27,000 products from more than 40 luxury tabletop brands, and more than 40 retailers participate in the program, according to its creator, Jason Solarek. Solarek likens Bridge to Facebook in that it gives you a quick view of all vendor activity at one time and in one place. There is a tiered pricing system. Bridge offers retailers a free e-commerce door, or basic website, that contains certain brands, and then builds off that with additional brands at a price of 2 cents per item per month. Solarek, a web designer, can also customize websites and incorporate the Bridge network into a retailer's own site for a seamless look.
Vendors who participate in the program pay nothing, but they are required to regularly update their suggested retail prices and their product photography. Solarek said many of them are happy to do so because they prefer to maintain control over their brand image in the marketplace.
"It works very well for us," said Tim Kutz, vice president at DeVine Corp., which was one of Solarek's first customers. DeVine Corp. worked closely with Solarek to develop the program. "The more SKUs that we can get out on the Internet, the more sales we can generate." For example, Raynaud, one of the high-end brands distributed by DeVine Corp., can show all 40 of its dinnerware patterns, something most retailers are unable or unwilling to do.
Many vendors regularly maintain their product photography and pricing ("that's part of our normal, day-to-day life," Kutz said), and with the push of a button, they can send that information out to hundreds of people at once through Bridge.
One potential drawback of the system is retail pricing. While vendors want retailers to adhere to MSRPs, some small independent retailers may feel hampered by it and unable to compete against larger stores that discount their prices. This is, of course, an issue that bedevils the industry online and off.
Solarek, who is trying to promote Bridge to trade buildings and foreign embassies as a product catalog, believes his idea is part of the future of retailing. "I'm trying to give them something that's quick, cheap and functional," he said.
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MLB.com Columnist
Lyle Spencer
Richards dominates, Trout homers as Angels roll on
Righty tosses seven shutout innings; All-Star CF belts 22nd long ball
ARLINGTON -- Garrett Richards has been more dominant and precise, but the results Friday night once again had All-Star written all over them.
A day after learning he'd narrowly missed making the American League All-Star team in a Final Vote won by White Sox southpaw Chris Sale, Richards shut down the Rangers for seven innings in the Angels' 3-0 victory at Globe Life Park.
"I wanted him to go [to Minnesota for the All-Star Game]," said All-Star center fielder Mike Trout, who homered in support of his Southern California roommate. "The numbers show he deserved it. I'm disappointed. He should be there. He's going to pitch in the second half with a chip on his shoulder. He's nasty enough as it is."
Moving to 11-2 with a 2.55 ERA, Richards used his head as well as his strong right arm in furthering the frustrations of the struggling Rangers, losers of 20 of their past 23 games. Five times they left runners in scoring position against the 26-year-old Oklahoman.
"I'll probably end up carrying that with me the rest of the year," Richards said in reference to his snub in the All-Star selection process. "It might be some motivation for the whole year."
After Trout homered against losing pitcher Nick Tepesch in the fourth for the first Angels hit, All-Star shortstop Erick Aybar and David Freese delivered RBI singles for seventh-inning insurance. The Angels have won eight of the past nine and 17 of 21.
Only in his final inning did Richards manage to put away the Rangers in order. He allowed five hits and finished with eight strikeouts. Rangers leadoff man Shin-Soo Choo went down on strikes three times.
"That guy is really tough to see," Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus said. "The year he is having is for a reason. You can't recognize what's coming. He really threw pretty well."
Richards' maturity is most evident in game-changing situations.
"Any time you have runners on base, you have to make adjustments," he said. "It's part of pitching. My biggest improvement from years' past is I don't panic when guys get on base."
Richards gives staff leader Jered Weaver credit for helping guide him through mental elements of the game. Richards will join Weaver (2011), Frank Tanana (1977), Nolan Ryan (1979) and Chuck Finley (1990) as the only pitchers in franchise history with at least 11 wins and an ERA of 2.55 or lower at the All-Star break.
"Having Weav on the team the last few years, he's shown me different things and mindsets that have really helped me," Richards said. "He's an asset on the team -- a veteran, somebody I can lean on sometimes."
On the heels of a season-high 15 runs and 17 hits in the series opener, the Angels were quiet in the early going against Tepesch. The 6-foot-4 right-hander retired the first 10 hitters he faced before leaving a 1-0 pitch in a location Trout liked. The All-Star center fielder lifted it over the wall in left center for his 22nd homer of the season.
"Sinker down, middle in," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said when asked if the pitch was in an area favored by Trout. "Mike likes it in a lot of places."
Trout's nine homers in Texas are the most he's hit in an opposing stadium. The ball carries to the middle of the field, where most of his bombs land. This one traveled an estimated 418 feet.
"Yeah, this is a fun place to play," Trout said, grinning. "We didn't have a hit, so I was just trying to put a good swing on it and get on. I wasn't trying to do too much with it."
His roomie back home in SoCal, meanwhile, kept cleaning up messes with his 97 mph heater and darting breaking pitches that found good locations in pressure situations.
"The biggest thing for Garrett is commanding his two-seamer," catcher Hank Conger said. "His slider is one of the best in the league. It really looked like any other start, honestly. He's always wanted to start, and everyone knew that. He goes out every time thinking this is an important start. I'm really happy for him."
The Angels gave Richards some breathing room in the seventh and ended the night for Tepesch on consecutive singles by Pujols, Josh Hamilton and Aybar. An All-Star for the first time, Aybar produced his 49th RBI of the season, cashing in Pujols.
Neftali Feliz, the Rangers' former closer, replaced Tepesch and yielded an RBI single to Freese.
Richards left two runners stranded in each of the first two innings, walking one hitter and forcing hot-hitting Jake Smolinski to depart with a left elbow contusion after hitting him with a pitch.
"That was a two-seamer to Smolinski that got away from Garrett," Conger said.
Richards left Adrian Beltre in scoring position after a single extended his hitting streak to 15 games in the third. Carlos Pena and Leonys Martin stole bases and advanced to third on Conger throwing errors, but Richards clamped down each time.
Kevin Jepsen worked a scoreless eighth and turned it over to Joe Smith, who notched his 13th save. It was the first Angels shutout of the Rangers in Texas since 2009.
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Sept. 12: 'The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards' by Kristopher Jansma
Nov. 14: 'Evel Knieval Days' by Pauls Toutonghi
Jan. 9: 'We Need New Names' by NoViolet Bulawayo
March 13: 'Man Alive!' by Mary Kay Zuravleff
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HOUSTON - KPRC Local 2 asked viewers on Facebook and Twitter what questions they had about West Nile virus, and we got the answers from health experts.
"We have more than 670 cases in people here in north Texas with 18 fatalities," David Rancken wrote. "If people cases of West Nile are supposed to be rare, how many people could be walking around here with West Nile and don't even know it?"
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 80 percent of people infected with West Nile virus show no symptoms and probably have no idea they have contracted it.
Up to 20 percent of those infected with West Nile virus may experience headaches, body aches, nausea and vomiting. Only about one in 150 people infected develop severe illness.
West Nile virus is spread by infected mosquitoes, but in very small numbers it has been spread through blood transfusions, organ transplants, breast feeding and pregnancy.
West Nile virus cannot be spread through casual contact, like touching or kissing.
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There is no specific treatment for West Nile virus. Health officials said mild cases usually improve on their own. Severe symptoms require hospitalization.
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The CDC reports very few dogs and cats have been infected with West Nile virus, but it's highly unlikely that pet owners would notice any unusual symptoms or behavior.
Like for humans, there is no specific treatment for pets.
There is no data showing the virus can be spread from dogs or cats to people.
The CDC recommends not using repellant with DEET on animals, mostly because they can ingest it by licking themselves. It's best to check with a veterinarian for a mosquito repellant appropriate for your pet.
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GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) -- The maternal grandparents of Josh Powell's two sons say the boys were playing happily Sunday and didn't want to visit their father.
Charles and Judy Cox tell KIRO-TV that the grandmother talked them into a supervised child custody visit with their father.
When the boys arrived at Powell's Washington state home, their father barred a social worker from entering and then lit the house on fire. All three died.
Charlie and Braden Powell shared a bedroom in the Cox's Puyallup (Pyoo-AL'-up) home since last fall, when they were removed from their father's custody.
The Coxes are parents of Susan Powell, who has been missing since 2009. Josh Powell was a person of interest in her disappearance in Utah.


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Did you know?
The Nama name for Port Nolloth is Aukwatowa, which means, 'Where the water took away the old man.'
The relatively humble Port Nolloth Museum in the tiny seaside town of Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape, contains collectibles that go back hundreds of years.
Inside the museum are porcelain shards from shipwrecks; slave bracelets washed up from a doomed vessel called the Black Joke in 1600; old medicine bottles that still reek of citronella oil and liquorice powder; pieces of china dolls; a Nama bible; ostrich-shell fragments used by the Khoi and San for water containers; and Khoi clay pot pieces.
You will see snoek teeth, whale barnacles, ancient matchboxes from the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg, and millstones from a nearby farm where flour for Port Nolloth's bread was ground. You will also discover that a crayfish can bend a R2 coin with its claws.
But once you've delved a little into the fascinating history of this little mist-shrouded hamlet, where the boats still bob out at sea on their moorings, each seemingly disparate piece in the Port Nolloth Museum falls into place.
Port Nolloth was founded in 1854 to serve the copper mines of the interior. The copper was dragged 150km across Namaqualand from mines in the Springbok area by mules pulling a narrow-gauge railway trolley.
Once the copper was depleted, Port Nolloth went to sleep. But not for long, because diamonds were discovered offshore in the 1920s, and it has been the main income for the town ever since.
Because of the rough seas of the icy Benguela current, there are only about four good diamond-diving days to every month. And that's when the little boats and their hardy crew chug out through the channel past the constantly clanging bell buoy into the open seas.
Many fortunes have been made and lost in Port Nolloth, and it still remains one of South Africa's most intriguing frontier villages.
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Port Nolloth is about 650km from Cape Town. Go north on the N7, turning west at Steinkopf.
Best time to visit
The daisy season, usually from late August till early October. At this time of year you get a spectacular flower show en route.
Around the area
Port Nolloth is the gateway to the whole Richtersveld, so visit the Richtersveld Transfrontier Park and little villages like Lekkersing and Eksteenfontein as well.
Tours to do
There are a number of Richtersveld tours available – see the listed websites.
Get around
Drive from Cape Town or Upington.
What will it cost
Museum: R5 per adult; children for free.
Length of stay
Budget for at least two days in Port Nolloth. Beware – you might extend your stay once you've met some of the locals.
What to pack
Pack for wind, mist, rain, as well as reasonable weather.
Where to stay
Bedrock Lodge Cottages are perfect seaport accommodations - they're refurbished diver's houses and retain many nautical touches.
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The CFPL Iowa Author Series presents a feature-length showing of "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), winner of seven Academy Awards, with commentary by Grant Tracey, Professor of Film Studies, Creative Writing and Popular Culture, UNI.
Dr. Tracey will explore the film's Iowa connection to writer MacKinlay Kantor and to Webster City, the film's depiction of how returning veteran servicemen were forced to adapt to a much changed environment.
Join us in the Large Meeting Room for cinnamon rolls and orange juice. This program was made possible by Friends of the Cedar Falls Public Library.
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A man lies on the ground detained by police after a shootout outside the prime minister's office at Palazzo Chigi, in Rome on Sunday. Reports say two paramilitary police officers were shot and wounded as new leader Enrico Letta was sworn in about 1km away.
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Auntie's " Two Napkin" Fiesta Burger - Revised Edition
You'll need at least two napkins to eat this burger, one for your face and one for your lap. I like to serve this burger sliced in half so it can be handled like a taco. For less mess added presentation, wrap the bottom half of each half burger burger in parchment paper. Either way you serve it remember to have those extra napkins on hand:-)
Avocado Dressing:
1 cup of sour cream
1 California avocado smashed
1 Tsp of fresh squeezed lime juice
1 Tsp of fresh cilantro (chopped)
Kosher Salt
Fresh ground black pepper
2 lbs of ground roud
1 Tbsp of finely chopped Jalapeño
1/2 cup of finely shredded Vidalia onion (including onion juice)
1 Tbsp of cumin
1 Tbsp of chili powder
1 Tsp of kosher salt
1 Tsp of ground black pepper
Colivata Extra Virgin Olive oil, for brushing on the grill rack
6 large Keiser buns (slided)
6 slices of Monterey Jack cheese
3 cups chopped Ice burg lettuce
3 Roma tomatoes seeded and diced Hot Sauce (or favorite hot sauce)
Directions To make the dressing, combine sour cream, smashed Avocado, lime juice, cilantro and mix well, add salt and pepper to taste. Chill until ready to use. Preheat a gas grill to medium-high. To make the patties, combine the ground round, jalapeño, onion, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Mix well then divide the mixture into 6 equal portions and form the portions into round patties. Once the grill reaches the desired heat, brush the grill rack evenly with olive oil then place the patties on the rack, cover, and cook about 7 minutes on each side until it reaches the desired doneness (Medium-well.) During the last minute or so of cooking time, lower the temperate of the grill to Medium-Low and place a slice of Monterey Jack cheese on each burger, place the buns on the grill cut side down and cover the grill. Continue cooking approximately 1 minute or until cheese has melted and buns are lightly toasted. To assemble the burgers, spread an even amount of the avocado dressing to the cut side of each bun bottom and top, sprinkle an even amount of chopped lettuce, about ½ cup to the bottom buns, place the patties on top of the lettuce (cheese side up), add a single layer of the chopped tomato on top of the cheese and to finish it off add a couple dashes of hot sauce to taste. Add the bread tops, slice burger in half and serve. Makes 6 burgers
My niece Rachel helped me develop this recipe. She calls me auntie and we went through a ton of napkins, thus the name Auntie's "Two Napkin" Fiesta Burger.


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Iron Man 3 crosses $1bn global box office
Disney executives have announced that Marvel Studios' summer blockbuster Iron Man 3 passed $1bn at the worldwide box office on Thursday [16].
The film will cross $700m on Friday and as of Thursday stood at $698.9m. The North American tally stands at $301.9m. The actual worldwide total is $1.0008bn.
Iron Man 3 becomes the second Marvel Studios release to reach the milestone after Marvel's The Avengers and the sixth Disney release to do so after Avengers, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Alice In Wonderland, Toy Story 3 and Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
It is the fourth biggest superhero film in history and the 16th biggest release globally.
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Lenovo Vibe Z smartphone was launched in November 2013. The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels at a PPI of 401 pixels per inch.
The Lenovo Vibe Z is powered by 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and it comes with 2GB of RAM. The phone packs 16GB of internal storage cannot be expanded. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Lenovo Vibe Z packs a 13-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Lenovo Vibe Z runs Android 4.3 and is powered by a 3000mAh non removable battery. It measures 149.10 x 77.00 x 7.90 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 145.20 grams.
The Lenovo Vibe Z is a single SIM (GSM) smartphone that accepts a Micro-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, FM, 3G and 4G. Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer and Ambient light sensor.
How to download Turtle Or Soup form Lenovo Vibe Z?
- Check the Android version to verify compatibility of Turtle Or Soup with Lenovo Vibe Z.
Find Android version: go to "Settings" - "About the phone" - "Android version". Make sure Turtle Or Soup is compatible with Lenovo Vibe Z.
- Click the download button to download Turtle Or Soup in Lenovo Vibe Z.
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ONE man was found shot dead in a Sydney park. Another was killed on Mother's Day.
The case of Nikolas Argiropoulos, 24, who was found dead in Ballast Point Park, Birchgrove, on March 22, has been complicated by the stabbing death of James Polkinghorne in May, Newtown Local Court heard on Thursday.
Miguel Silva, 26, of Casula, was accused of helping Mr Polkinghorne avoid police over his involvement in the death of Mr Argiropoulos.
Mr Silva's sister, Jessica Silva, 22, is accused of murdering Mr Polkinghorne, her former boyfriend, during a struggle at her parents' home on Mother's Day. She is on remand.
Miguel Silva is charged with being an accessory after the fact to Mr Argiropoulos's murder.
The police prosecutor, Sergeant Rodney Hackett, opposed bail, saying it was a serious allegation and Mr Silva allegedly ''assisted the deceased in avoiding prosecution''.
But Sergeant Hackett said Mr Polkinghorne's death meant the exact details of the shooting of Mr Argiropoulos were not known. ''The police can't determine who was the shooter because Mr Polkinghorne is dead,'' Sergeant Hackett said.
Sergeant Hackett told the magistrate, Margaret Quinn, that Ms Silva was one of several witnesses in the case.
Mr Silva's lawyer, Adam Houda, argued the case against his client was weak and that he should be released on bail because he had no previous convictions.
''There is no allegation that my client was involved in the killing,'' Mr Houda said.
Sergeant Hackett said text messages were sent from Mr Silva's phone to Mr Argiropoulos and Mr Polkinghorne.
But Mr Houda said the messages did not prove any links between the men over Mr Argiropoulos's death.
Ms Quinn granted Mr Silva bail with several conditions, including that he report to Liverpool police regularly and surrender his passport.
Mr Silva's parents were in court, as was his pregnant fiancee.
Mr Argiropoulos's father, Nikos, was also in court. The matter will be mentioned in Central Local Court next month.


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The Timberwolves released their Las Vegas Summer League roster on Monday, full of some familiar names and sprinkled with several newbies. Take a look at the roster itself:
As you may remember, a number of these players were on last year's roster as well – Lorenzo Brown, Brady Heslip, Othyus Jeffers – as they look to catch on with the Timberwolves or another team around the league. That isn't going to be the focus though for many Pups fans, who will naturally have their eyes on this year's draft picks, Karl-Anthony Towns and Tyus Jones. Look for both players to carve out a good amount of PT under Head Coach Ryan Saunders in Las Vegas.
Somewhat conspicuous by their absence, Andrew Wiggins, Gorgui Dieng, and Shabazz Muhammad will all be in Las Vegas with the team but aren't expected to play in Summer League, per Timberwolves.com. While it isn't normally the case for players in their third year or beyond in the NBA to play in Summer League, it was an interesting call-out on the press release that further pushes the #EyesOnTheRise.
The Wolves will play a minimum of five games in the Las Vegas tournament, with the first three already scheduled:
- July 10 vs. Los Angeles Lakers, Thomas & Mack Center, 8:30pm CT
- July 11 vs. Chicago Bulls, Thomas & Mack Center, 5:30pm CT
- July 13 vs. Utah Jazz, Thomas & Mack Center, 9:30pm CT
Similar to last year's Summer League preview, let's take a deeper look at a couple players on the roster …
All Eyes On:
Karl-Anthony Towns – naturally. For the first time in team history, the Wolves were able to draft the best player at the top of the draft. Towns has the potential to be a cornerstone for this franchise for the next decade and it all starts later this week in Las Vegas!
Intrigued By:
Adreian Payne – I still don't see why expectations are so high for Payne given last season's results. Can he be a solid contributor? I think so. Is he a 30+ minute player that is going to average a double-double? I don't think so but there are clearly many fans that have something similar to this in their heads when discussing Payne's future with the Wolves.
What do you think Wolves' fans? What are you looking forward to seeing the most when the Pups hit the court in Las Vegas?
Good luck and good health to the Timberwolves over the next few weeks in Summer League play!


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Clark Jones is a member of local comedy collective The Starting 5, alongside with comics Calvin Evans, Lem Slaughter, Sean Munroe, and Quincy Brown. He's been doing standup for over 4 years at this point, working regularly at rooms like Zanies, Jokes & Notes, and Up, as well as hosting Two Black Dudes and an Open Microphone, a monthly open mic night at Town Hall Pub.
Tonight (December 13th), Jones will be recording his headlining set at Jokes & Notes for his upcoming DVD, entitled Here's My Problem. What follows is the text of an email interview; I talked with him about his background with The Starting 5, as well as his experiences in comedy so far.
Can you tell me more about the Starting 5? How did you all start working together?
The Starting 5 came about from just working the south side circuit really putting emphasizing a new wave of "urban" comedy. There were comedy groups that existed before us that we respected (Last Laff, CYSK) but we serve a market that many have adopted as cerebral comedy at our home club Jokes and Notes. Our crowning moment thus far has been having our own show at the 2012 Just For Laughs Chicago festival. I like being around the Starting 5, they make me sharper and I want to know what they're going to do next.
This is the 4th installment of the group's DVD taping series, what are you planning to do with the footage once all 5 of your guys' sets are recorded? Something like a single DVD with a collection of the best bits from everyone's sets edited together or separate, individual releases?
Each of us plan to film our DVDs for sale at shows we do (gotta have merch) but also as a motivation to come up with a brand new 30 minute set. I don't plan to use these jokes ever again...pssyyyyyyche. But no, I plan to write new material, but not let this material go yet, because there's a country full of people who haven't laughed at it yet.
You're definitely a talented dude, and confident enough in your skills to record a special, you've mentioned that the original title for your special was "Here's My Problem...I Don't Know Shit About Comedy." How much of that is self-deprecation and how much do you actually believe that?
The title comes from the honest to God truth, Comedy constantly reminds me I dont know shit about it. Its that girl you're dating that constantly frustrates you, has the upperhand, and when you think you understand it, she throws you for a loop. When you hear a Chris Rock or even a Seinfeld talking about the toughness of the business, or even bombing, its comforting but it makes you wanna succeed that much more. I wish I knew more about comedy, but I fail a LOT more than I win.
In addition to The Starting 5, you're also the cohost of Two Black Dudes and an Open Microphone at Town Hall Pub, which has run for over 4 years at this point. What have you learned from successfully hosting a mic for so long?
"2 Black Dudes" is like my comedy home. If I could record the DVD there on a packed night... It would be a terrible idea, but it's where I would be most comfortable. You gotta have a place where you can try anything, and the hope is to get to a place where everywhere feels like that place. We've had some of my favorite comedians come through there, and I definitely would not be as close to being a decent comic if it wasn't for the work Will and I have put in every month.
Me being a diabetic is a topic I have recently discussed more in my stand-up because I never wanted it to define me, but fuck it, it is what it is. I think Patrice O'Neal's passing kind of set me off to just be loose. I never met him but, I'm sure he would have traded any joke, TV show, opportunity, show just to not have it. Thats why Its crazy to ever be jealous of another comic because you never know what they're going through to be that "genius" that you see on stage. Everybody has their demons they fighting, one stage at a time.


text: CdrTomalak 272 Report post Posted May 4, 2013 (edited) My pacman clone is progressing, and I am now at the point where I need to slow down the game loop. However, there are points where I switch textures which causes a subtle slow-down (I think - it's hard to tell), so my thoughts turn to regulating the game loop speed - i.e. I don't want to see any slowdown whatsoever. Rather than putting a wait command in the loop, what other techniques are there? I'm sure there are loads out there, so please feel free to point in the way of your favourite article. I'm basically doing research at the moment before going ahead with anything. Essentially I want to choose a game speed which means there will always be room for a little extra processing overhead, and the user will not notice a thing. It's running too fast at the moment! On average about 350 FPS. Thanks in advance! Edited May 4, 2013 by CdrTomalak 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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I have been gardening for bees for the last 12 years and have noticed an increase during this period. I live in a low lying area and the garden is sodden with pools of water lying across it. Usually during warm spells in the winter the queens come out of feed on Mahonia etc, that I have planted. Sadly I have not seen any during this wet spell. Could they have drowned ??
Hi Cheryl,
first of all welcome to the forum, always good to have "Newbies" join the site and hopefully the Trust.
Like you, I also have a worry that a lot of our new queens will drown in this horrendous weather we are having.
As I live on the Somerset & Dorset border, my main concern is for the Rare and Beautiful Shrill Carder Bee (B Sylvarum) which are found in about 7 sites in the UK, the Somerset Levels being one of them. Which as you would have seen on TV and in the papers, still remains flooded !!! The villages of Muchelney and Thorney are for the best part only accessible by rubber dingy or tractor & trailer. Last year I walked a lot around these areas and saw a few Shrill Carders…... but this year….. I do worry !!!
As the nest searching queens fly fairly late, often not until the beginning of May, it will be some time before we know :(
Hi Peter,
Lets hope things turn out better than we think, nature surprises us, in my experience. Yes I have been watching the news and have been horrified by the floods on the levels. I do so hope for all our sakes and for the wildlife, this ghastly weather finishes…....
Will be in touch if I see any queens, in fact any bees…....
the recent weather has been apocalyptic. The south-west has got an awful hammering. Although I can't be sure I feel that we will lose some hibernating queens due to flooding.
But as Cheryl says nature surprises us. And there is a silver lining. Bumblebees have adaptations to maximise their survival rate. One of these is that new queens at the end of summer can disperse quite far to find hibernation spots. This means that a successful nest that has produced many queens is not putting all its eggs in one basket so to speak. Also I believe that they try to choose hibernation spots on higher ground for instance on banked ground.
The hibernation stage is a very tough stage for bumblebees and it is normal for a proportion to be lost even in the absence of the worst weather in 100 years.
Let's be hopeful.
Here is Anthony's take on hibernation
Your comment is uplifting and gives me hope. Many years ago now I raised some areas of the garden and dotted broken pots in the mounds with the hope they would be useful to bees at some point. At the end of the day, there s a wildlife garden here which will be full of wildflowers when the Spring arrives….....bulbs winter flowering shrubs are all waiting for them if warmer weather arrives. Lets hope the Spring holds some warmer weather.


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•Before the race, you and your friends will each get a goody bag of glow accessories and paint to adorn yourselves to the height of glowy fashion
•Now to brave the seas of foam (industrial machines spewing foam to the beat of some hot music), the rain storm of UV glow water (volunteers will spray a rainbow of glow water as you run past), and the dust cloud of neon powder (volunteers will toss handfuls of neon goodness to make sure you are covered in color and glowing like a champ)!
•Once you have triumphantly reached the finish line you will be greeted by a celebratory dance party and a chance to show off your accumulation of glow and your fabulous dance moves.


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Several days in advance, tint 30 oz. rolled fondant gray. If desired, knead 1 tablespoon Gum-Tex into gray fondant. Roll out 1/16 in. thick. With Cutter/Embosser, cut various sizes and shapes of buildings (project as pictured includes 65 buildings); place on cornstarch-dusted parchment paper to dry.
Dust dried buildings with desired colors of Pearl Dust or Color Dust stirred into lemon extract. Add tip 55 ant tip 46 yellow royal icing outline windows. Let dry. Attach sticks to back of 3-5 buildings with royal icing; let all dry.
Tint 4 oz. rolled fondant green. Roll 1/2-1 in. sized balls of green fondant; elongate some into cone/pearl shapes. Indent surface of round fondant ball "bushes" using small end of tip 13; place on cornstarch-dusted parchment paper to dry. With scissors, cut v-shaped "branches" into surface of cone-shaped fondant "trees"; let dry.
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THE weather last week was rain, rain and more rain!
We had a home fixture on Saturday against Leek CSOB and we were desperate to get the game on after two Saturdays of being rained off.
It was becoming boringly monotonous; speak to a local referee of the required level on Friday night and arrange to meet at the ground at around 10am on Saturday morning.
The ref would step gingerly on the pitch in his best brogues and immediately decide what we already knew, that the pitch was unplayable. The local ref would then inform the match ref of the state of play and the postponement would be rubber-stamped.
Last weekend I had arranged a 10am face-to-face with one of my referees. They are now on speed dial on my phone.
I opened my curtains on Saturday morning and, surprise surprise, it was raining.
I couldn't believe when I got to the ground, the pitch was wet but it was playable. Darren Handley, en route to reffing the FC Halifax v Cambridge Utd Conference match agreed with my assessment. Game on!
The Colls committee got to work and the ground was soon ready for action.
We didn't expect a big crowd, CSOB don't usually fetch many. But my phone was suddenly red hot handling enquiries about the game.
The NWCFL fixture list had been decimated by the incessant rain and people wanted their non-league fix.
A crowd double our Saturday average turned up to watch the teams come out to the 1976 Thin Lizzy Classic 'The Boys Are Back In Town'.
The teams enter the arena to a different tune every game and this number was chosen by club stalwart Wild Billy Fearick. It's a nice touch and brings the spectators closer to the players.
There were lots of supporters/officials of other NWCFL clubs in attendance including at last half a dozen from our neighbours LR.
Their game was a casualty and they must have been intrigued by the fact their ex-keeper and manager Phil Priestley was making his Colls debut.
They were more nosey rather than noisy neighbours, but in true LR style they did barrack Phil unmercifully every time he was in the vicinity of the ball.
Colls got a 4-0 victory which was a major tonic after three consecutive league defeats in "Dark" December.
Special mention goes to Mitch Leece who bagged a couple of goals and took the opposition man-of-the-match award.
There was an impeccably observed minute's silence in tribute to Mitch's dad, Andy, who died suddenly at the beginning of the year and Mitch showed true endeavour and skill in the game.
It was nice to get a football game on. Saturdays are rubbish without a match.
All the pies went before half time and the demand for programmes outweighed supply.
Hopefully some of the new visitors will return.
The only downside to the day for the majority of the Colls committee was the regular score updates from Reading.
You can't have everything!


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Votive Stele
Limestone, 142.2 x 81.9 x 62.9 cm
Location: Chinese Loggia
Accession Number: S8w4
The front of the stele presents in high relief the Buddha Sakyamuni in the center, whose right hand is held in the "fearless gesture" (abhaya mudra) and his left hand in the "charity gesture" (vara mudra). He is attended by the young disciple Ananda and the old disciple Kāsyapa, both with shaven heads and attired in monastic robes. The Buddha is further flanked by the bodhisattva Maitreya to his right, who holds a flask, and the bodhisattva Manjusri to his left. The two bodhisattvas respectively embody Compassion and Wisdom. The iconic ensemble as such, unique in China, gained currency in the early sixth century. The bodhisattvas exemplify Mahayana, or "Great-Vehicle" Buddhism, which is devoted to universal salvation. The monk-disciple figures are identified with Theravada, or "Small-Vehicle" Buddhism, which is preoccupied with personal salvation. Hence the bodhisattvas are shown on a larger scale than the disciples. Their aggregation suggests the Chinese Buddhist effort to subsume Theravada teachings under Mahayana Buddhism. This is partly the message conveyed by the Lotus Sutra, which is the doctrinal basis for the stele here. The bodhisattvas Maitreya and Manjusri are the two primary interlocutors of Sākyamuni who preaches the sutra.
The universal salvation advocated by the Lotus Sutra is further dramatized in the scene carved in low relief on the back of the stele, based on the chapter "The Emergence of Many-Treasure Stupa." The Buddha Sakyamuni, about to enter Nirvana, or the "Great Extinction," joins Prabhutaratna, the ancient Buddha from the past and distant land, in the latter's stupa, which hovers in the air. Sakyamuni then transports the entire ensemble witnessing the spectacle into Buddha's realms.
The Lotus Sutra also urges the "voice-hearers" to practice the bodhisattva's way by transcending their self-absorbed discipline and embracing universalism and altruism. The two figures on the sides of the stele, an iconographic hybrid, visualize this moral. Their headgear suggests the attributes of a bodhisattva while their monastic robes identify them as disciple figures, sometimes equated with "voice-hearers." Their lesser standing relegates them to the sides of the stele. However, their partial possession of bodhisattva traits as symbolized by the headgear signals their eventual conversion to the bodhisattva way.
The stele base shows, on its two sides and back, ten Spirit Kings, indicated by their heads and the objects which they hold. They are, starting from the Buddha's left side, the Lion King, Bird King, Elephant King, River King, Mountain King, Tree King, Fire King, Pearl King, Wind King, and Dragon King. Drawn largely from the Nirvana Sutra, which was often studied in conjunction with the Lotus Sutra in medieval China, the set of images refer to the gathering of nature gods from all quarters to attend to the Buddha's passing into Nirvana. Having paid their final homage, they seat themselves on the sides, which explains their sitting posture in the relief carving.
On the front of the stele base is inscribed the votive, dated 543, which states that a "disciple of Buddha" named Luo Zikuan and seventy other people made the Sakyamuni statue for the emperor, seven generations of forebears, and the living beings. They hope that the sentient beings of the Dharma world will all convert to the Buddha's way. The inscription thus succinctly recapitulates the visual rhetoric of the sculptural program with its aspiration toward universal salvation.
Source: Eugene Yuejin Wang, "Votive Stele," in Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 180-182.
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Welcome to the Program in Communication Sciences and Disorders
The graduate programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders are dedicated to the advancement of science and art associated with the study of all aspects of human communication, and the prevention and treatment of its disorders across the lifespan. The programs offer advanced education and training in the processes of individual human communication (speech, hearing, language, and upper aero-digestive disorders), disorders of human communication, and swallowing and remedial procedures for such disorders. Graduates are prepared for positions in a variety of professional settings: school systems, community speech and language centers, rehabilitation centers, hospital clinics, private practice, state departments of education, health departments, federal agencies, and colleges and universities.
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The University of Findlay has honored alumni Debra Layport Newman during homecoming weekend at the annual Alumni Association Breakfast. Newman, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974, was honored in recognition of more than two decades of leadership of the business community in Laguna Niguel. She has served as president and CEO of the Laguna Niguel Chamber of Commerce and has been involved in the community in the areas of dance, ballet, musical theater and strength, core and endurance training.
Navy Seaman Apprentice Parker Kraft, son of Raelene and stepson of Joshua Schiller of Laguna Niguel, has completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. The eight-week program included naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. Kraft is a 2010 graduate of Aliso Niguel High School.
Shanne Ho, a senior director of property management at Seabreeze Management Company in Aliso Viejo, has been named to 2013 Board of Directors of the Orange County Regional Chapter of the Community Association Institute. The Rancho Santa Margarita resident will serve a three-year term beginning Jan. 1.
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The Mission Viejo Rotary has selected Mission Viejo council member and Rotary past president Dave Leckness as its Business Leader of the Year. He was honored at the Rotary District 5320 Business Leader of the Year Awards and luncheon. He has been dedicated to Rotary's Four Way Test, which focuses on truth, fairness, goodwill and how beneficial the action is when it comes to his personal, business, and political endeavors since joining Rotary more than a decade ago.
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PHILADELPHIA - Al Bagnoli, who has served as the George A. Munger Head Coach of Football at the University of Pennsylvania since 1992, announced on Wednesday that he will retire from the position following the 2014 season. Effective December 1, the head coaching duties will transfer to the Quakers' current defensive coordinator, Ray Priore, who will enter his 28th season along the Franklin Field sidelines in 2014.
"It is with mixed emotion that I announce my resignation as Head Football Coach, effective at the conclusion of the 2014 season," said Bagnoli. "It has been an honor and privilege to be part of the tremendous tradition and success Penn has enjoyed throughout its long, storied history. I remain appreciative of having the opportunity to work with an exceptional group of student-athletes; a tremendous coaching staff; an active, caring and generous alumni group; and a supportive athletic administration. I want to offer my sincere appreciation to all for making my job so enjoyable during the past 23 seasons.
"I am eagerly looking forward to this upcoming season and feel we have the potential to be an excellent football team," he continued. "I also remain optimistic about the long-term health of the program. I am confident Ray and his staff will work exceptionally hard and build upon the past success we have enjoyed."
Said Priore, "I am honored to assume the duties as head football coach at the University in December. Since joining the staff as a young coach in 1987, it has been my dream to follow in the footsteps of the legendary coaches who have walked the sidelines of historic Franklin Field. I wish to thank Coach Bagnoli for allowing me to be a part of his staff for the last 23 years. As a mentor, he provided me the guidance and support to grow as a coach. His knowledge, leadership and ability to manage have earned my deepest respect."
"I am pleased to announce this transition at the head of our football program," said Penn's Director of Athletics, Steve Bilsky. "Obviously, Al will leave big shoes to fill, putting together arguably the finest coaching career in the history of Ivy League football. However, Ray has been there every step of the way alongside Al, and I am confident that he will take the lessons he has learned and forge his own path as he tries to keep that tradition of success going over these next several years. Before this transition takes place, of course, I look forward to watching Al add to his amazing legacy with one more run at the Ivy League title this fall."
Bagnoli is clearly one of the living legends in his sport. The nine-time Ivy League champion is the active wins leader in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), owner of the second-highest winning percentage in Ivy League history, the only Ivy coach to ever capture nine outright titles, the winningest coach in Penn's 137-year football history and is one of just six coaches in FCS history to record 200 career wins.
In 32 years as a head coach, Bagnoli's 232 career wins are eighth-most all-time among FCS coaches and are oppossed by just 91 losses. His career winning percentage (71.8%) is third among active FCS coaches. The Central Connecticut State alumnus has accumulated 146 of those wins at Penn (schoolrecord) and 110 against Ivy opponents (second all-time). His .714 winning percentage against Ivy opposition is second-best in the history of the league.
Penn's dominance under Bagnoli, who holds a winning record against all seven Ivy League opponents, is no more evident than at Franklin Field, where the Red and Blue hold two winning streaks of 16 games or greater under the current head coach. The Quakers rattled off 16 victories at home from Oct. 17, 1992 to Oct. 21, 1995 and won 19 games in a row from Sept. 23, 2000 to Nov. 22, 2003. Bagnoli is 80-32 (.714) all-time at Franklin Field.
Entering his 23rd season at the helm of the Quakers in 2014, Coach Bagnoli lays claim to more outright Ivy titles (nine) than any other program has in its entire history. Most recently, Penn won three of four Ivy League outright titles between 2009-12 -- the second time the Quakers have pulled off that feat under Bagnoli, while no other program has done it once during his tenure. In addition, Bagnoli has logged back-to-back undefeated Ivy League seasons three separate times—no other coach has ever accomplished the feat on even one occasion.
Following three straight losing campaigns, Penn went 7-3 in Bagnoli's first season, and then rattled off an NCAA FCS-record 24 consecutive victories with undefeated campaigns in 1993 and 1994. The Quakers then posted another pair of undefeated Ivy seasons in 2000 and 2001 before most recently repeating that feat during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. During those title campaign's Bagnoli's Quakers accumulated the three longest Ivy winning streaks in league history, including a 20-game Ivy unbeaten streak from 2001-04 and more recently, a string of 18 straight Ancient Eight wins from 2008-2011.
Priore has been a part of all that success under Bagnoli. A 10-time Ivy League champion, Priore started at Penn in 1987 as the assistant linebackers coach and was responsible for the outside linebackers the following two seasons. He was kept on staff when Bagnoli took over and led the defensive ends for eight years before taking over the defensive backs and defensive coordinator duties. The 2013 season marked Priore's 16th as Penn's defensive coordinator and secondaries coach, and his ninth as the associate head coach. He also served as the special teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator during his tenure at Penn.
In 2009, Priore finished as runner-up for the National Coordinator of the Year award after guiding Penn's defense to the top of the FCS. The Quakers finished No. 1 in the nation in total defense (217.6 ypg) and scoring (9.6 ppg), and were second in the FCS in rushing defense and pass efficiency defense. In all, Penn finished in the top 10 in the nation in eight defensive categories en route to an undefeated Ivy League championship season.
Thirty-eight members of Priore's defense have been named first-team All-Ivy over the past 10 seasons. In addition, 35 members of Priore's secondary have been named All-Ivy over the past decade, including four that have signed NFL free agent contracts.
Bagnoli, Priore and the Quakers will continue their quest for a league record-tying 17th Ivy title with preseason practice in August and the season opener at Jacksonville on Sept. 20.
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The best, most enduring multiplayer gaming experiences keep it simple. They boil down mechanics to their most basic, staking out the middle ground between twitch reflexes and player strategy. The old-school incarnations of Warlords are fondly remembered as great early multiplayer games: In arcades, and more notably on the Atari 2600, up to four players could simultaneously duke it out in Pong-style battles, trying to defend their corners from a deadly blip that could chip away at their battlements and, eventually, kill their king. The new, updated version of Warlords re-creates the same simple vibe in the living room, recruiting the massive Xbox Live community to the battlefield.
Tweaks to gameplay are minor. Castles are made of more individual blocks, which stretches battles and makes them more siege-like. The best new wrinkle tickles the risk-vs.-reward nodes in the gamer brain: In older outings, players could catch and hold the fireball, releasing the projectile at their leisure, which frequently led to dull stalemates. Now, grabbing the ammunition has consequences. A destructive blast of plasma eats away at the player's own defenses every second they bogart the hot potato. There's really only one downside to the new version: Retro versions of Warlords were played with a paddle controller, a dial that allowed for finer, more nuanced movement. Warlords suffers slightly from the less-precise play forced by analog sticks.
Beyond the game: In Japan, Nintendo DS owners who bought Arkanoid DS also scored a paddle peripheral that could be plugged into the bottom of their handheld. No Western game-makers have attempted to re-create that kind of control on consoles.
Worth playing for: Players can opt to try out the arcade version of the game, which is brutally difficult in comparison to the new "evolved" mode.
Frustration sets in when: Inclusion of the Atari 2600 game would have been nice. The Xbox Live masses are still engrossed by Grand Theft Auto IV and Call Of Duty 4. It's pretty tough to scrape up four players for an online match.
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I would like to know if someone can tell me a solution for the following problem.
If I have the following list
row = [a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, xx, a7, a8, a9, a10]
This is effectively a row at a cinema or theatre. I would like to write a program that is able to find blocks of available seats for this row (xx is an unavailable seat). For example If I wanted a block of 5 seats my program would say that they are available and would return a1-a5.
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I've recently been informed by my host that my site is causing very high server load, although I don't really know how I can find out what is actually causing it. I tested to make sure and yes, its my site (and my coding).
The speed of the scripts is fine, and I have optimised all of 20 or so mySQL queries to less than 0.001 seconds. I use mod_rewrite quite a lot too, but I don't see how this could cause such a rise in server load.
Is there any way of finding out whether a certain function or operation is causing the high load?
Are you considering the fact that it could be lots of visitors?
My visitor count is around 1,000 visitors per day average whom make around 35,000 pageviews. As I've heard from my host there are other sites on the server with this many visitors and apparently they do not incur such load.
IS that 20 queries on ONE page??
Err yes. I could probably reduce it to 15 but that would replaced by some extra include()s.
Maybe we can help you reduce that? Personally I have 2 queries on my pages (1 for articles and 1 for categories) and I have reduced that by Caching my pages as HTML pages. Caching should definately help you, unless your data has to be truly dynamic.
Yeah I'm caching a lot now, but I'm having to include() the cached components. Is this faster/lighter on the server?
Including isn't too intensive. Well if you have only a few it's ok. But it looks like that 20 query page could be the problem.
Ask you host whether the server load is due to mysql or just in general (ie. because of many page views to php, etc).
I have quite a lot of includes--more than queries, however, my host has suggested the problem could be to do with mySQL.
I've reduced the amount of queries to 9 average now, but most have been replaced with a new include.
Are you just moving the query into an include? If so, that defeats the purpose.
Are you using Joins in your queries effectively and also re-using your data so that you don't need to constantly query the database. You might want to subject you table structure and queries to the MySQL forum here and see if they can help you reduce it.
petesmc: Let me make this clear: I'm not stupid (moving the query to the include, :lol: ).
I've already optimised the queries themselves quite a lot and thus do not take up much time and hopefully this means not much server load is generated.
Well then only thing I can think of is to move to a new server. You are serving 1 million page views a month, I think that warrants a dedicated server.
Joins are your friend. Learn them. Use them. See the Join. Feel the join. BE the join!!
Image handling is also a HUGE {$server load}++'er... If you are using GD or IM anywhere ensure you cache EVERYTHING you make iwth it.
If the queries all take less than a millisecond, then 20 queries on one page should not be a problem. I would guess that the problem would be somewhere else.
If you have SSH or telnet access, you can use ab (Apache Benchmark) to test how much time each page request is taking on the server. Note that you must use the copy of ab that's on the same server as the site itself for the results to be meaningful. Usually ab is in /usr/local/apache/bin
ab -n 100 http://www.example.com/
That command will request http://www.example.com/ 100 times, and come up with an average load time per request.
It is the median time that is most meaningful on a crowded server. I'd try to keep it below 100 ms (0.1 seconds) per page request.
mmj, and how do you do it if you don't have telnet access?
You would probably have to write a script to do it yourself. However you'd have to make sure that the benchmarking itself doesn't take up huge amounts of their server load too of course
You might want to set up an Apache server on your local machine and test the whole thing on your local machine. It won't give you an accurate idea of how well it will run on a busy shared server but it will give you an idea of how long each page takes to load.
There is a big traffic jump on arcadexl.com according to alexa.
Have you got a lop off loops ot repeative actions happening?
CapitalWebHost: Yeah, I try to make use of JOINs in mySQL. I don't think there are any more oppurtunities to use JOINs on the home page, though.
mmj: I tried to get my host to install APD though for some reason he couldn't make it compatible. I will be able to speak with my host about using ab.
realestate: There sure is a big jump, going up by 150 uniques per day per week. Too bad I keep getting my site suspended for this load
noddy: I have quite a few mysql_fetch loops, though this has been reduced now due to caching.
There are still a substantial amount of queries on the page though they are mostly to do with sessions (not-cacheable) and the latest scores which cannot really be cached to provide the effect I need.


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KING'S Hall pupil Magnus Larsen claimed third place in the British Schools Cycling Association Criterium Championships – despite being the youngest rider in the race.
The event was held over a very tight and twisting circuit of one kilometre at Darley Moor in Derbyshire with competitors in the Under 9 race having to complete ten laps.
Despite a fast start two of the riders managed to establish a gap between themselves and the main group leaving a bunch sprint for the bronze medal.
In the final straight Larsen unleashed a highly impressive sprint, with a straight line speed of just over 30mph, to take third place comfortably.
Larsen is lying third in the best all-rounder competition and is now in training for the national hillclimb in Hampshire followed by the track championships in Brighton.