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The Federation's grip is tightening and Roj Blake and the crew of the Liberator have nowhere left to hide. As time runs out, old friendships are shattered and new alliances are forged. Choices are made and battle lines are drawn across the galaxy. A path of betrayal, lies and deceit leads to only one destination...
Toward a deadly confrontation that will change everything.
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"Re-imagining the Seventies series as a set of audio adventures, this new take on the Blake's 7 story is fresh and energetic and has a personality all of its own. 4 Stars." (Sci-fi Now Magazine)
"Good but not great"
As with any series of this nature there are going to be highlights and lowlights, and to date this series has been excellent, however of the three episodes published to date, this is perhaps the weakest of the three.
The characters (and possibly the actors) are still coming in to their own, and the rivalries that exist within the crew are all there, it is just starting to feel a little weak in some places.
Not to give any of the story away, but the 'baddies' of the show are rather one dimensional, and the back-story is weak. Yes, this is a retelling of an old TV series, and that would give the author and the cast some room to play, and yet the opportunities are missed.
I have no doubt that there will be future episodes, and the background histories will come to light (or perhaps you need to listen to the prequals) but the speed of each episode means that the secondary characters come across unformed, and this makes them seem one dimensional.
The actors and audio effects cannot be faulted, and the listener is left with a real sense of the action as it unfolds. If you like this kind of sci-fi story then this is a good listen which is only let down by poor characters.
I hope that this series continues to grow and improve along the way, I just think that they should slow down the narrative to create bigger (and more believable) characters.
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KATY, Texas - A former investigator has been accused of driving a motorcycle while intoxicated in a wreck that killed his colleague.
Fort Bend County sheriff's deputies said Moses Perez has been charged with intoxicated manslaughter with a vehicle after an internal affairs investigation.
Deputies said the crash happened in Katy on Oct. 28, 2012. Investigator Shelley Nicodemus, 45, was a passenger on the motorcycle when it crashed on the feeder road of Interstate 10 near Pin Oak Road.
Detectives said Perez appeared to have hit a curb. That caused the motorcycle to skid, investigators said.
Nicodemus' body was found about 30 feet from the motorcycle, investigators said. She died at the scene.
Perez was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital. He suffered head and back injuries.
According to deputies, the internal affairs investigation showed that Perez was in violation of sheriff's office policy. That finding was followed by an order for termination at the sheriff's office on Feb. 22.
Perez decided to retire from the sheriff's office effective Feb. 22 in lieu of termination, deputies said.
Perez was indicted by the Fort Bend County Grand Jury on Monday and turned himself in at the Fort Bend County Jail on Wednesday morning. He was released after posting bail on a $10,000 bond, deputies said.
Perez was a detective in the burglary and theft unit of the criminal investigations division. He had been with the sheriff's office in various assignments since July 2, 1990.
Nicodemus worked in the special crimes unit and the criminal investigation division. She had been with the sheriff's office for about 20 years.
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Righty comes within one inning of throwing back-to-back shutouts
ATLANTA -- When the Nationals need a win these days, they turn to their elite pitcher.
Which one, you ask?
Although most fans logically think Stephen Strasburg or Gio Gonzalez, and would be right to do so, right now it means Jordan Zimmermann.
"You want to be a stopper," said Zimmermann, who improved his record to 5-1 by throwing eight shutout innings and allowing only two hits while striking out eight in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Braves. "We had been struggling. They've been beating up on us so far this year. You definitely want to get the first win."
The Nationals got that win and started May off on the right foot by getting something they hadn't seen in a while, a home run, and something they've seen quite often, a well-pitched game from Zimmermann.
The win snapped the team's nine-game losing streak to the Braves and its five-game skid at Turner Field.
"We needed that one bad, and [Zimmermann] pitched a blueprint game," said manager Davey Johnson. "[They have] some good fastball hitters, and he just came right at them. He could throw any of his pitches over about any time. That was one of my tougher hooks."
The win had a tense moment, however, as outfielder Bryce Harper left the game in the middle of the sixth inning, appearing to have injured himself during an at-bat in the top half of the frame. Harper winced after trying to check his swing on an 0-1 pitch before grounding out on a wicked smash to first baseman Freddie Freeman with the next pitch, and was replaced by Roger Bernadina in right field.
The swing aggravated the bruise Harper suffered during Tuesday's game; he is optimistic that he'll be able to play on Thursday.
"That check swing got me," said Harper. "That was the biggest thing -- having all my force going to the ball and then stop. It got me to the point where I couldn't breathe and I had to catch my breath. It didn't feel very good."
Two innings earlier, Harper's leadoff walk led to the game's only runs.
Ian Desmond followed the walk by blasting a hanging 1-1 curve ball from Atlanta starter Paul Maholm (3-3) over the wall in left-center to break a scoreless tie. The homer, Desmond's fourth of the year, extended his hitting streak to a team-high eight games and was the Nats' first in 31 innings. The last one came in the fourth inning on April 27, when Harper went deep against Cincinnati's Alfredo Simon.
Desmond credited the swing to a tip he had received from former Braves third baseman Chipper Jones.
"Tonight I just wanted to stay balanced and just make sure I stayed on my legs," said Desmond. "Chipper actually told me that. I saw him the other day, sitting behind the screen, and I just thought, 'Stay on my legs.' Good things happen."
The two runs were more than enough for Zimmermann (5-1), who shut out the Braves on two hits over eight innings, lowering his ERA to 1.64 and extending his shutout streak to 18 innings. He has allowed three hits in 17 innings over his last two starts and given up only eight runs all season in 44 innings.
Zimmermann retired the final 17 batters he faced on Wednesday, with the last hit -- a double by Maholm -- coming with one out in the third inning. A key was his relentless pounding of the strike zone, as he threw 72 of his 107 pitches for strikes.
"He's obviously got everything working right now," said catcher Kurt Suzuki. "He's pitching up in the zone, down in the zone, in and out, he's really mixing it up with his breaking balls, he's throwing breaking balls for strikes. He's got it working. Even during the game, he keeps it loose. He's really fun to work with."
Zimmermann and Suzuki were in sync the entire night.
"Zuki and I have been on the same page pretty much every start," Zimmermann said. "Everything he put down tonight I was thinking about throwing before he put the fingers down. So it's definitely easy when you and the catcher are on the same page."
The Braves couldn't get a read on that page.
"He had his fastball going and he mixed everything in a little bit," said Atlanta outfielder Justin Upton, who had the Braves' only other hit, a two-out single in the first inning. "For the most part, he was just pounding the zone with his fastball, and we were behind it all night."
The only issue was whether Zimmermann would throw back-to-back complete games. Although he said he felt good, he also felt good about his manager's decision to bring in closer Rafael Soriano.
"I knew some guys needed to get some work in, and Sori hasn't pitched in a few days," he said. "I knew he wanted to get him out there. I'm happy with that."
He was even happier with the Nats' closer and former Brave, who pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his eighth save in his first appearance since, coincidentally, April 27.
The Nats feel better about themselves heading into Thursday night's finale.
"We put up a lot better at-bats tonight, played a lot better defense," said Desmond. "That was a fun game. We played our style of baseball. Hopefully, we can roll with it."
Jon Cooper is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Fifty years ago, Goodooga Central School, in north-western NSW, had 200 primary school students, half of whom were Aboriginal, taught in wooden buildings under tin roofs.
By local dispensation, students could go home whenever the temperature in the shade under the veranda reached 105 on the old scale - 41 degrees. This happened about 10 times a year.
Most of my younger brothers and sisters attended, after a two-hour each-way bus trip on dirt roads; I was away at boarding school from the age of 10. Also boarding, from age 12 or 13, were most of the non-indigenous children of the local pastoralists. The nearest high school was about 140 kilometres away. Four or five Aboriginal children were doing early high school by correspondence, under supervision by Goodooga primary teachers. Some of those students - alive or now dead - ended up with university degrees.
For the past 40 years, since the time of Gough Whitlam, the size of the airconditioning plant at Goodooga Central School has exceeded the size of the school my brothers and sisters attended in those days before my father became ill and the family went off to Sydney and serious educational choice.
In the meantime, the population of Goodooga has shrunk, particularly after an all-weather bitumen road brought the isolated little town, on the Queensland border 500 kilometres inland, several hours closer to bigger communities to the east.
That one of the closest of these is Lightning Ridge, with 7000 residents, underlines the change. Most of old white Goodooga now bases itself there.
Fifty years ago, Goodooga, with 400 residents within 50 kilometres, was a metropolis compared with the Ridge, which had about 150 on a good day. Lightning Ridge now has a primary school and a high school with a collective 810 students; Goodooga, by contrast, now has only 56 kids, all but one of whom, at the 2011 school census, was Aboriginal. Goodooga town is now largely Aboriginal; the district identifying Goodooga as its spiritual capital now has at most 300 people within 50 kilometres.
The cost, these days, to the Commonwealth, the NSW government and the parents of the 56 children at Goodooga Central School is $56,000 a student a year.
So far as I can establish, because government and the My School website makes comparison as difficult as possible, that is the highest figure for any school of more than 50 pupils in Australia.
For such a sum, one could send each child to SCEGGS ($25,775 a year) or Kincoppal ($21,477), The Kings School (23,458) or Newington ($21,415) and have enough money left over to send the parents, and their pre-school infants, business class to Paris for a month's holiday each year.
The average income of an Aboriginal male over the age of 15 at Goodooga is about $350 a week; for women in the same cohort, about $30 more.
Perhaps 40 per cent of the Aboriginal children who attended the school with my siblings 50 years ago are still alive. In Canberra, 96 per cent of that cohort would still be alive.
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, which administers the My School and NAPLAN data, assesses the socio-economic status (SES) of Goodooga at about 606, right near the bottom of a scale which puts the national average at 1000, and top schools such as SCEGGS up at 1207, Kings at 1180, Telopea Park at 1160, and Radford College at 1201.
Goodooga rates well, if that is the word, for remoteness, size, Aboriginality and disabilities: it is up there, or down there, depending on the way one puts it, with Birdsville (571), Lake Nash (548), Kintore (616), Yuendumu (556), Papunya (512) Wilcannia (592), Amata SA (601) Pipalyatjara (672) and Cunnamulla (641).
Yet there is no obvious correlation between how much a school is costing the community, and the indices of disadvantage. It is, for example, a notorious fact that the Northern Territory government has been misappropriating money given to it for remote Aboriginal education, and spending it instead in Darwin. But even after five years of the Closing the Gap program, the cost per student of educating a child at Yuendumu is only $18,800, at Papunya $25,000, at Kintore ($28,600), and Wadeye ($19,700).
Each of these, and many others, is far more disadvantaged and remote than Goodooga.
Comparisons are odious, but it is not apparent why Wilcannia (at a cost of $25,000 a student), Brewarrina ($24,000), or Leonora WA ($20,600) cost so much less than Goodooga; or, for that matter, why Goodooga costs so much more than the schools in the Northern Territory.
It is not a mere matter of size. There are some very small schools with fewer than 25 students at considerable public expense (White Cliffs, with seven pupils costs $60,600 a student, for example); and another of my old home towns, Quambone, had 23 students costing $41,000 a head in 2011). Nor, based on the NAPLAN results, is it a matter of experiments with education, school management or clear outcomes in literacy, numeracy or any other educational achievements. These vary from school to school, but have no apparent relationship with funding, with remoteness or other indices of disadvantage, including the extent of use of English, or the possession of books, at home.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has promised 2013 is the year the federal government will attempt to progress into firm policy and timetables the recommendations made by the Gonski review of school funding. Gonski says all schools should be funded at a base level - indicatively about $8000 for each primary student and about $10,500 for secondary students. These should be topped up by loadings which recognise the need to better support students from poorer, or indigenous backgrounds, those with poor English, those in remote and very remote areas, and those with disabilities.
Gillard says that no school will be worse off as a result of the funding reforms. Reform is focused on greater equity of access to education, and on reducing what Gonski has described as a ''concentration of disadvantage'' in many schools and areas. Such concentrations, he says, affect school performance, but also teacher morale, community alienation from schools, and difficulties in attracting and retaining good teachers and students. As school reputations worsen, middle-class parents often respond by sending their children elsewhere, accelerating the drift.
This is particularly pronounced in many rural communities, particularly in NSW, where the bar, or source of discrimination, is not so much Aboriginality, but dependence on the welfare system.
In some country towns, most of the middle class (including middle-class Aborigines) now send their children to Catholic schools, with government schools increasingly concentrated with children of the underclass.
In Coonamble, in western NSW, for example, the SES rating of the public primary school, with 211 students (82 per cent Aboriginal) is 659. Half a kilometre away is the Catholic primary school, with 166 students (14 per cent indigenous) and an SES rating of 1035, above the national average.
Many rural whites, in short, do not want their children educated alongside people they characterise as ''no-hopers'' without much of a work ethic. The class divide in Coonamble is now such that only an American-style ''bussing'' operation could change it.
A good deal of attention with the Gonski proposals has been on whether the richer private schools - or government schools in well-heeled areas such as the ACT, Darwin or Sydney's northern suburbs - will suffer, immediately or in the long term. Gillard has promised they will not, even if, implicitly, their grandfathered advantage (so far as it is improved by government funding) may recede in time.
But perhaps there should be as much attention to grandfathering any tiny advantages out bush, even if they are difficult to justify. I cannot account for why Aboriginal children at Goodooga have three times as much money spent on them a head as Aboriginal children in central Australia - and nor can I see anything in the way of a dividend from this improved spending, despite the assumptions of the Gonski review. But I am pretty sure nothing will improve for Goodooga, or anywhere else, by removing what it has in the name of some spurious equity.
Goodooga's results - and what our society offers by way of an education for those in Goodooga - are still markedly inferior to those received by children in Canberra, whatever the expense.
The idea of more equity in school funding is obviously attractive and desirable. But an election winner? I very much doubt that the average voter - a declining proportion of whom, in any event, have dependent children, will notice any difference in particular schools as a result of the implementation of Gonski. Goodooga - and Aboriginal communities - certainly won't.
No regression analysis of current funding - intended to set ''equitable'' allowances for disadvantage - will make much difference to evidence of that disadvantage. The disadvantage is not primarily about money or resources, about where the money comes from, or to which schools it goes. It is about teaching, something about which the Gonski review, worthy as it is, says little.
For the record, I note that relatives of mine teach in some of the schools I have mentioned. The record should also state that Goodooga school raises an average of $2000 a student a year in ''fees, charges and parent contributions''.
A check of a random number of ACT government schools suggests that this is about six times as much, per head, as the average ACT government school.
>> Jack Waterford is The Canberra Times' editor-at-large.


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GAZ (which stands for the Gorky Automotive Plant) was effectively bankrupt when Bo Andersson (pictured) was hired by owner oligarch Oleg Deripaska in 2009. "It was a nightmare. We owed $250m to suppliers, but within ten months we managed to pay them all back," says the former Swedish brigadier general who remade himself as a car man working for General Motors. Read more


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Jonathan adlers rugs are different from many out there. Not so much in their design as in their weight and materials. These are what he calls his llama wool rugs. Thinner and flatter than plush rugs, they are very durable and have a needlepoint or kilim look and feel.


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Winner: David Miller '13L
1st Runner-Up: Steven Harkins '12L
Best Brief Winners:
Best Brief: Peter Choi '12L and Nathan Jensen '13L
Runner-Up Brief: Rudy Burshnic '12L and Steven Harkins '12L
A distinguished panel of senior judges from three different federal circuit courts will decide the 2011 John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition at the Washington and Lee School of Law. The finals will be held Friday, October 21, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the Millhiser Moot Court Room, Sydney Lewis Hall.
The competition will be judged by the Honorable Judge Bobby Ray Baldock, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; the Honorable E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and the Honorable Emmett Ripley Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
The judges will also be available on Friday for a Q&A discussion with students. This session is scheduled for noon in Lewis Hall Classroom C.
The Davis Competition is an appellate advocacy competition held annually at the School of Law. The competition consists of two components: the submission of an appellate brief and the presentation of oral arguments before a panel of judges. This year's problem was based on US v. Jones, a case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court involving warrantless GPS tracking.
The finalists in oral advocacy for this year's competition are Anthony Roddy Flynn '12L, Steven Harkins '12L, David Miller '13L, and Matthew Rasmussen '12L. The best brief finalists are Steven Harkins '12L and Rudy Burshnic '12L; David Miller '13L and Ashley Ludlow '13L; Nathan Jensen '13L and Peter Choi '12L; and Anthony Roddy Flynn '12L.
During the competition, students write briefs individually or in teams of two, and all participants argue alone. Competitors advance from the initial rounds based upon their performance on the brief and their oral advocacy skills, both on-brief and off-brief. Advancement in later rounds is based purely on oral advocacy. 70 students participated in this year's competition.
The Davis Competition is named in honor of alumnus John W. Davis, who joined the law school briefly as its third faculty member in 1896. Widely regarded as one of the finest advocates of the 20th century, Davis argued before the U.S. Supreme Court 139 times before his death in 1955.Email This Page


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Today is International Women's Day! It's a day set aside to honor the hard working, dedicated, compassionate, inspirational women of the world. Here at Fair Trade USA we are proud to celebrate the women of Fair Trade. Whether it be a single mother on a flower farm in Ecuador or a community leader running a cocoa cooperative in Ghana, these are the women who helped make Fair Trade what it is today.
The guest blog below comes to us from Divine Chocolate, a Fair Trade partner that is celebrating International Women's Day in a very special way. Enjoy!
Today marks the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. In honor of the occasion, Divine Chocolate is celebrating the incredible women cocoa farmers of Kuapa Kokoo. We're offering chocolate lovers and Fair Traders around the country an exciting opportunity to support our women farmers while enjoying a bar of Divine Chocolate!
Another Reason Women Think Chocolate is Divine
Kuapa Kokoo is a farmer's cooperative of 45,000 members who supply the cocoa for each bar of Divine. The role of women in Kuapa Kokoo is significant- from their participation in all levels of decision making, their advancement in leadership roles (including having a woman president of the union), and Kuapa's commitment to the economic empowerment of women.
The women of Kuapa Kokoo are trained in small business enterprises such as batik and soap making and the raising of crops for sale in the local market. The women can then borrow from the credit union to make their business operational, allowing for additional income to be earned for the family in the off season.
Economic empowerment not only equips women with the resources they need to provide for their families, it increases their influence in their family and communities. As many Kuapa Kokoo women have said, participating in the women's groups gives them a tremendous sense of pride.
Christiana Ohene-Agyare, the National President of Kuapa Kokoo, once told Divine, "being a member of Kuapa Kokoo has taught me that whatever a man can do, a woman can also do and even better."
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Lawmakers in Washington are working hard to write and pass laws that would have fuel efficiency standards in the U.S. changing drastically in coming years. While some in Washington support the new standards for vehicle efficiency, others oppose the standards. Along with mandating better fuel economy across a carmakers fleet, Washington is also seeing green and renewable fuel alternatives for vehicles.
In the U.S., ethanol has been added into the fuel we run in vehicles for years. Ethanol is as high as 10% in fuels today and some that are against ethanol, which is derived from corn, claim that the biofuel is increasing the price of some food items in America. A report published by the GAO claims that the use of ethanol has driven the cost of some food items up as much as 20%.
With all of Washington in cost cutting mode in an effort to shore up the federal budget lawmakers are looking at everywhere money can be saved. One place that some in the Senate want to save money is by repealing the subsidy on ethanol. The
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Growth Energy, and ethanol association, CEO Tom Buis said, "The Senate missed an enormous opportunity to take real action on deficit reduction and energy policy when it failed to put oil subsidies and giveaways to the same test as ethanol."
On the other side of the coin, Kate McMahon coordinator of biofuels campaigns for Friends of the Earth said, "Senators scored a win for the public and for the environment by voting to end this $6 billion giveaway." She continued saying, "[the Senate delivered a message] that the ethanol industry's days of living high off the taxpayers' hog have come to an end."
The effort to end the ethanol subsidy now goes to the House for voting. White House spokesman Jay Carney says that the Obama administration supports a reduction in the ethanol subsidy, but does not support a full repeal. Some claim that 39% of the corn produced in the U.S. is currently going into fuel tanks. With the costs to reach the
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Bioidentical hormones are made in
the laboratory and are based on compounds found in plants (usually soybeans or
wild yams).
After the plant-based hormone is
processed, its structure is said to be identical to the
progesterone, or
androgen hormone your body produces. (Well-designed
studies have yet to prove this theory.1) A compounding
pharmacist can offer you a custom-made formulation in one of many forms, such
as a capsule, skin cream or gel, tablet to dissolve under your tongue,
suppository, or nose spray. Some commonly prescribed estrogens and
progesterones are bioidenticals, such as Estrace (estradiol). A major difference between custom-made formulations and commercial products is that commercial products are
regulated and tested for purity and potency and compounding pharmacies are not.2
Just like synthetic hormone therapy, bioidentical hormones
are prescribed to increase or stabilize a woman's hormone levels.
This is generally done during perimenopause, when hormone levels change
unpredictably, and after menopause, when the hormones drop to low levels.
The most important fact to remember about taking bioidentical HT
is that its risks are not yet well understood. It may have the same breast cancer, stroke, blood clot, heart disease, and dementia risks that synthetic HT has.1
CitationsNorth American Menopause Society (2010). Estrogen and
progestogen use in postmenopausal women: 2010 position statement of the
North American Menopause Society. Menopause, 17(2):
242–255. Also available online: http://www.menopause.org/PSht10.pdf.Fritz MA, Speroff L (2011). Postmenopausal hormone therapy. In Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility, 8th ed., pp. 749–857. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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HOUSTON - A Houston mother is facing charges following Thursday's near drowning of her son at a pool at a northwest Houston apartment complex
Houston police said Linda Harden, 33, has been charged with injury to a child by omission.
Detectives said Harden told them that she was aware the pool at Oakwood Garden apartment complex on Antoine near Tidwell was closed, but that she helped her son jump the fence surrounding the pool so he could go for a swim.
Police said Harden told them when her son jumped into the water, he hit his head on the bottom of the pool and stopped moving.
Police said when paramedics arrived, Harden had already moved the boy back to their apartment. Paramedics revived the boy and rushed him to Texas Children's Hospital.
"Are you serious," said Krystle Jackson, a mother of two. "If you know the pool is closed, why would you still let your child jump in the pool? Then he ends up hitting his head."
Police said while Harden was at the pool with her son, she left her other three children, ages 2 to 4, alone.
"I would never … I don't even leave my 10-year-old alone, and he's more independent," said Jackson.
Police said another aspect of this investigation involves injuries to the boy's head and what appear to be appear "old injuries" on the 7-year-old.
Harden was arrested and booked into the city jail.
Harden's other three children are now in the custody of Children's Protective Services. ?
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This week Simply Ming is on the road traveling to the exotic Azores to learn how to make one of the region's most famous dishes - Cozida - a one-pot meal that's literally cooked underground by the Earth's volcanic heat. Rising to the challenge, Ming also serves us his own take on this national dish.
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Topic: Freaky coincidence
So an odd thing happened this evening. A little background...I work fulltime as a computer programmer/software engineer but I have been going to graduate school in the evening. I started a graduate program in Mental Health Counseling with an eye toward counseling people with life threatening and terminal illness. I did this after having had breast cancer and thyroid cancer and before I was diagnosed with CC. I had to drop out of school once I was diagnosed with CC since I had surgery and chemo and really couldn't handle work, school, illness and treatment. I just started back at school this semester and am in a class with 15 other individuals, mostly in their early 20s.
So here is the freaky part...tonight at class (this is 10 weeks into the semester) one of my classmates sat next to me while waiting for the class door to be unlocked. I looked over and saw she was wearing a "cause" bracelet...I looked closer and saw a tree with green leaves...then I said " what is your bracelet for?" and reached over and turned it around and it was a cholangiocarcinoma bracelet!! He uncle was diagnosed with t in December of last year and died 4 weeks later!! I said "that's the cancer I had" and she said "you are still alive!!"
What are the chances that I would meet up with someone else who had someone close to them who had CC and in a 16 person class in college at age 57??
She was very excited that I was still living and said she needed to call her aunt and tell her.
I feel so honored and grateful to represent hope for chlangiocarcinoma!!
So the bracelets are out there, bring awareness and comfort to many people.
I am buying a lottery ticket tomorrow
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Local strawberries are just beginning to make it to market in the Northeast and I'll admit I'm not anywhere near tired of baking with them. When I spied a vintage recipe for something called Strawberry "Long Cake," I knew I had my next baking project.
As I've mentioned before I appreciate Strawberry Shortcake in all forms—especially when strawberries are at their seasonal best. This recipe turns out a wonderfully moist and buttery cake loaded with juicy baked strawberries. It's sweet, but not overly so, and would be equally at home as a breakfast bread or a dessert. Best of all, it's easy to put together and only takes only about an hour to assemble and bake, so before too long you can dig in to a warm slice.
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Knit this classic ladies round neck cardigan, a design from the Rowan archive that is now available to purchase online. Designed by Martin Storey using the lovely dry handle summer yarn Creative Linen (cotton and linen), this stocking stitch cardigan has set in sleeves and is a wardrobe essential!
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text: Maybe it's just me, but why is the Cape Hatteras surf report on here always overcalled. Even when the buoy is reading 0.7 at 11 seconds, it says its 4-5 feet. Today is looks there is no swell, really just some wind chop at 5 seconds and they say its 3 feet plus. I've looked at the pictures many days and it looks knee high when they are calling it 4 - 5 feet. Has anyone else noticed this? The surf is good there, but they are making it seem as consistent as the West Coast.


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Etro Spring 2013
If you were searching for a quick definition of Etro, you'd probably picture something along the lines of a civilized Italian bohemianism steeped in a long-held expertise in Orientalist print. That's the family heritage Veronica Etro has been working to modernize for her generation, and this season, like Miuccia Prada, she turned to Japan as her starting point. Her take on the print was hand-painted florals, with variations on the kimono and judo outfits, and maybe a nod toward the seventies Japanese designers Kansai Yamamoto and Kenzo Takada as an influence for the shapes.
Her opening looks managed that well—a cream pantsuit with flowers decorating the sleeves of the jacket and the flanks of the cropped trousers; a few martial arts–accented wrap-over belted jackets capturing the short, wide-sleeved silhouette that's very much of this season. The Kansai theme came in jumpsuits with circular-cut sleeves, bordered with a wide black band-cum-frill.
Really, though, this collection looked most relevant—that is, most relaxed and wearable—when Ms. Etro allowed herself to veer away from interpreting the à la Japonaise theme too literally. That came when she sent out a section of sequined stripes—a jacket and shorts in tobacco-and-black, and a pair of black-and-cream fluid pants, with a slouchy, gray-banded knit—that had the audience perked up and scribbling notes. After that, it was slightly hit or miss. Hit: when she defined the tunic-over-pants look of the season in a long, slim, casually elegant one-shouldered print dress with narrow pants peeking out from beneath. Miss: when she contrived to modernize kimono dressing with cutout shoulder lines on jackets and dresses or showed half-ponchos over trousers or half-wrapped dresses, producing garments that looked as if they could cause a lot of wardrobe malfunctions. Still, there was lot to like here. If the collection were more edited and condensed, that like might turn to a kind of love.


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FORMER Upton rowing club star Zac Purchase struck gold on Saturday as he married his long-term girlfriend Fliss Hill at St Paul's Cathedral.
The rower, who clinched second place in the lightweight men's double sculls with teammate Mark Hunter at the London Olympics, and Miss Hill tied the knot at a ceremony in the Chapel of the Order of the British Empire.
The couple, both 26, met at King's School, Worcester, and were joined by about 150 guests, including friends, family and Olympic rowing colleagues including Hunter.
During the ceremony, the congregation sang I Vow To Thee My Country, Be Thou My Vision and Jerusalem.
Speaking after the ceremony, Canon Mark Oakley, who presided over the wedding, said: "It was a very beautiful wedding.
It was full of family and friends and some rowing colleagues.
"I thought today, actually, Zac Purchase won his gold medal. He looked a very happy man and she looked radiant."


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The new season of The Vampire Diaries starts on the CW on September 9th! I (Stacey) am pretty addicted to the show and yes, I have not kept it secret that Ian Somerhalder (he plays Damon, the REALLY dark and broody brother) is one of my celebrity crushes. So I'm pretty excited about the start of the new season, are you?!?!?!?! (and yes, this was an excuse to post a picture of Paul and Ian hehe)
Any who, on to the real reason for this post, even though I could gush all day hehe.
A while back, Heidi Kling, author of Sea, said she was writing an piece for a Vampire Diaries anthology, A Visitor's Guide to Mystic Falls, and I was excited for more info. Recently we got that more info and a chance to give a copy away! How could we pass up sharing a book that has one of our favorite authors talking about one of Stacey's favorite TV shows?
So here's the scoop on A Visitor's Guide to Mystic Falls:
"The Vampire Diaries" brings together today's best YA writers of the supernatural to talk about the show's first season: the characters, the storyline, the magic, the town. From a history of the Salem's witches from whom Bonnie is descended to family therapy for brothers Stefan and Damon, the anthology is guaranteed to keep the show's viewers entertained—and make them see Mystic Falls, and the rest of The Vampire Diaries, in a whole new way.
Some of your favorite authors have contributed and Vee and Red (Vampire-Diaries.net) are the guest editors for this anthology from BenBella Books.
And here's how you can win!
- Leave a comment below with what your favorite thing is about The Vampire Diaries the TV show. It can be that you get to see Ian every week, or that you like the dynamic between Damon and Stefan, whatever you'd like. And click CONTEST CLOSED to fill out then entry form.
- Make sure you leave your name in your comment
- This contest will end at 11:59 pm central time on September 20th
- The book will be shipped directly from BenBella Books in late September – so this contest is open to US & Canada residents only – otherwise all our stand rules apply
Thank you to BenBella books for this giveaway. A Complete Visitor's Guide to Mystic Falls is unauthorized and not affiliated with The Vampire Diaries books or TV show.


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Zeal and Enthusiasm Described in the Qur'an
Throughout this book it has been discussed how believers eagerly live by the principles of the religion, how they derive pleasure from their struggle, and how they will be rewarded with great favors and honor in the sight of Allah. Attention was drawn to the intent, determination and courage that zeal grants to believers. Also dealt with is how the verse, "You will be superior if you are [true] believers"135 manifests itself in those who strive sincerely.
Similarly, the failure of those who do not strive sufficiently and lag behind, although they certainly acknowledge the existence of Allah and the Hereafter, was described. Also explained was the loss they will suffer and the great regret they will feel and their lament, "If only I had been among those who vigorously embraced the religion..." They were reminded that they might well be among those whose lives were in vain and invited to adopt faith wholeheartedly while they still have some time. Those who live among believers and read the Qur'an yet display a different kind of character from that of the believers have been summoned to sincere faith and to be among those who are "foremost" in good deeds.
The good news has been recalled of the mercy Allah grants to those who eagerly embrace Islam, while those who live among believers and observe at close range the perfection of Qur'anic values and of Allah's religion yet do not respond to them as they should were cautioned that they might yet end up in great loss. As Allah advised in the Qur'an:
Once again, all people of intelligence are reminded to listen to the voice of their consciences and eagerly respond to Allah's invitation. That is because man has the chance to live his life only once. Thus he is tested only once. By the time death comes upon him, there is no second chance.
The life of this world passes "in a blink of an eye." In the present life if one follows his conscience and exerts his willpower for a limited period of time, he will enjoy the bliss Allah grants for all eternity. But should he turn away from the true religion, saying, "I would rather follow my own desires," he will lose eternal bliss as the price for this short and imperfect life, which is both an unprofitable exchange and an unwise choice.
The only wise thing to do is to cease one's obsession for the life of this world and seek the rewards of the Hereafter. For once a person meets the angel of death, he will have no time to think about the pleasures he enjoyed in worldly life or the things he deemed to be so important. Once the soul "reaches the collar bone," he will no longer recall any pleasure he experienced in the life of this world and will only face the terror of the Day of Judgement.
However, if a person devotes his life to Allah and zealously embraces Islam, he will have no reason to fear torment and will attain peace of heart and mind because his record is clean. Having no fear, he will joyfully say on that Day:
While there is still a chance to earn a blissful end, why would anyone choose instead to fear the exposure of his record and suffer eternal regret and torment? The only thing required for a happy ending is to follow one's conscience and sincerely and enthusiastically live by the values of the Qur'an. The only way to feel peaceful and to derive pleasure from this world in its real sense is this way of life. If one would rather "make the most" of life in the material sense, he will soon realize that he has gained nothing from it.
That is why this book invites all people to make a judgement of conscience. They are encouraged not to consider whatever deeds they have done so far sufficient to procure the best of the Hereafter but rather to continue with the zeal, exuberance and effort of the prophets. They are invited to be of those who compete to become foremost in the race to Allah, to attain Paradise and everlasting mercy. Allah praises those who embrace Islam eagerly and promises them gardens in Paradise abounding with blessings:


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AMD Catalyst 9.12 Hotfix Enables Crossfire Eyefinity & DisplayPort Audioby Ryan Smith on 12/18/2009 12:00 AM EST
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Porkfist - Monday, December 21, 2009 - linkI noticed a difference in the fan settings. My 4890 used to idle at about 43 degrees C, and the fan would kick back and forth between 0% and 50% as it kept crossing the threshold between the two settings. On for two seconds off for two seconds, rinse and repeat. You could barely hear it, but it was loud enough to distract me. That was annoying. Now it runs in the upper 40s C and hovers in the upper 30% range for fan speed, and I can't hear it anymore. That makes me happy, baring any other issues I should come across. Reply
Scali - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkI installed the 9.12 hotfix on Vista x64, but the version number still says 9.11, both in the Catalyst control panel and in Device Manager.
The driver date is 12/14/1009 though. OpenCL also appears to be GPU-accelerated. The 'terse' version number is also 8.682.2.0.
So it looks like the drivers installed properly, they just aren't labeled 9.12.
Now I wonder what these drivers are. Are they really 9.12 drivers with additional fixes? In which case, why is the driver version at 9.11 then?
Or is this 9.11 with some experimental code (earlier OpenCL betas were also labeled 9.11), so it doesn't contain the other 9.12 fixes and performance upgrades? Reply
franzius - Saturday, December 19, 2009 - linkThe hot-fix drivers don't carry a specific version number. They will show whatever prior version you had in your system. You are good to go.
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Scali - Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - linkYea, it's a bit strange though.
I tried installing the regular 9.12 drivers, but that didn't seem to work after installing the hotfix (I suppose it didn't overwrite some of the files because they were newer).
So I uninstalled all drivers, then reinstalled regular 9.12... Then my version appeared as 9.12... And then I installed the hotfix drivers again, and now it's still reading 9.12.
I just hope that next month's regular release will finally have official OpenCL support.
I'm not sure what is happening with OpenCL right now. In SiSoft Sandra I only see my CPU listed (which is an Intel btw, not AMD), not the GPU. But when I run some of the Stream SDK OpenCL samples, they seem to run much faster than they did on the CPU. Reply
Mr Perfect - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkThey might fix it, but as of 11:20am, the release notes say he Hotfix supports the following OSes. Man, I wonder what Linux Vista is like! =D
* Operating System:
o Windows® 7 32-bit Edition
o Windows® 7 64-bit Edition
o Windows® Vista 32-bit Edition
o Windows® Vista 64-bit Edition
o Windows® XP Vista 32-bit Edition
o Windows® XP Vista 64-bit Edition
o Linux Vista 32-bit Edition
o Linux Vista 64-bit Edition Reply
Someguyperson - Saturday, December 19, 2009 - linkDon't forget about Windows® XP Vista! Reply
sliderule - Saturday, December 19, 2009 - linkLinux Vista, that's OS X right? lol Reply
niva - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkLOL @ Linux Vista, good catch! Reply
Bull Dog - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkI cannot say thank you enough for posting about these Catalyst 9.12 Hotfix drivers. I might have missed these drivers and have still been stuck in hell until the fixes appeared in the official driver release.
"The desktop mouse cursor becomes enlarged at random while using Windows 7"
has just made my day! I've been battling that issue ever since I got my 5870. Reply
LordanSS - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkI was one to jump on the bandwagon and got myself a 5870 card a month or so after it was released.
After the news that ATI/AMD would be increasing prices due to problems at TSMC, I was afraid of how big the price bump would be here in Brazil. As it is, I paid the equivalent of $750 for the card. If the prices went up by $50 in the US, prices here in Brazil would be reaching $900 easily, and that was something I wouldn't take.
With the Catalyst 9.11 release back then, and to this day with the 9.12, there are still many issues lurking for me. Most notably, the "giant mouse cursor" problem, and the annoying fact that the computer slows down to a halt if watching certain video types on fullscreen. Drivers haven't fixed my issues yet (nor did BIOS updates to my M3A78 Pro from Asus), and all I have left to do now is wait and hope. Didn't have these many problems with my 4870 before it. =/
Still... when everything works fine, the performance is just awesome. And Dirt 2 looks just fantastic, heh. Reply
ClownPuncher - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkTry the 9.12 hotfix. It is a full driver package, so no need to apply 9.12 wqhl first. Reply
LordanSS - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkYep, giving the hotfix a try... as far as the mouse cursor goes, so far so good. Nothing going giant yet, which is a good sign. Reply
Goty - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkIs the giant pointer issue limited to the 5000 series cards? I've got a 4670 in my HTPC running Windows 7 and haven't noticed anything yet, but that may just be due to the fact that I run WMC all the time. Reply
LordanSS - Saturday, December 19, 2009 - linkYes, as far as I know, the giant mouse cursor is related to the 5000 series cards. Never had such a problem with my 4870.
As for the hotfix drivers, yeah it has indeed fixed the giant mouse problem (thankfully). Only thing remaining are the massive slowdowns when watching certain videos fullscreen... =/ Reply
OCedHrt - Sunday, December 20, 2009 - linkI would check your driver installation or your codecs for this one. This is definitely not a card issue and can be caused by many things not related to video. Reply
therealnickdanger - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkI know that Flash 10.1 is still beta, but I was kind of hoping for some better support from ATI with 9.12. Any word on that? Reply
ClownPuncher - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkFrom what I hear, there are improvements across the board for flash now. Having not tested it myself, yet, I can't say for sure how accurate this is. Reply
hadphild - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkCan you do 6 screens now?
If so I will be buying 2 card for xmas. Reply
yacoub - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkyou have six worthy displays? and a reason to use them all? sounds ridiculous Reply
hadphild - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkI have 6 Projectors that can handle 1920 x 1080 each. So with will be amazing to get a massive display of 5760 x 2160 as a test to show clients what over 4k video will be like. Reply
therealnickdanger - Sunday, December 20, 2009 - linkNow you just need a 4K video source! Reply
phaxmohdem - Friday, December 18, 2009 - linkjizzed in my pants. Reply


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School Board analyzes post-retirement program
By Tom Lappas, Citizen Editor 09/23/12
A program that pays retired Henrico school system employees a percentage of their final annual salaries in exchange for their part-time work within the system saves considerable money on substitute teacher expenses but could provide even more value to the system with several adjustments.
That was the conclusion of an in-depth analysis completed by county and school system finance officials, who presented their findings to the School Board Sept. 13.
At the beginning of the current fiscal year in July, the board increased the requirements of retirees who participate in the Post-Retirement Earnings Plan (PREP) program, mandating that they work at least 28 days during the school year in order to receive pay equal to 20 percent of their final annual paychecks. Eligible retirees may participate in the program for a maximum of seven years; 388 participate currently.
It was the third change made in the past three years by the board, which is seeking to squeeze more value from the 32-year-old program while reducing its annual cost. The PREP budget has dropped from its peak of $8.9 million in 2009 to $5.6 million during the current fiscal year. Prior to this year's change, PREP participants received 22 percent of their final paycheck in exchange for working 24 days a year.
The program was created in 1980 as a way to provide a benefit to employees, encourage early retirement and save the school system money. During its budget process this spring, the School Board sought specific data to better determine the effectiveness and value of the program. But last week's work session was proof that categorizing that value is a challenging exercise.
Though it's relatively easy to determine the cost savings that results from using PREP retirees as substitute teachers – since there is a standard rate of pay for substitutes – it's much more difficult to determine the value of administrative retirees who perform a variety of other responsibilities, Henrico Finance Director Gene Walter told the School Board.
Walter and his staff studied 507 PREP participants who entered the program during the past seven years and whose replacements were hired immediately upon their retirement. (The study didn't include nearly 50 other participants whose former positions were eliminated, he said.)
Of those 507, 317 were retired teachers whose combined participation during those seven years saved the system $1.18 for each $1 it spent on the program, Walter said.
But Walter and his analysts could not determine a dollar-to-dollar estimate for the other 190 participants because their roles within the system were less defined and often entailed duties for which the system wouldn't have hired temporary help.
School system officials recommended that the board consider a number of changes to the program that would make it easier to determine a clear value for each dollar spent in the program, including:
• assigning every participant to serve either as a substitute teacher (if qualified) or to fill another capacity with specific and direct calculable benefit to the system (such as SOL remediation);
• capping the maximum allowable salary to a participant at $90,000 annually;
• increasing the number of required years of Henrico service from 10 years to 15 years for eligible retirees and reducing the number of required years of service in the Virginia Retirement System from 16 to 15;
• requiring that interested participants notify the system of their intent by Dec. 1 annually and begin their participation the following July 1 (as opposed to the current system, which permits entry throughout the year – a minimum of 30 days after retirement – and makes budgeting for the program less predictable);
• grandfathering all current participants under the current standards until they have completed their seven years or dropped out of the program.
"We have determined that there's a large responsibility on everyone's part here to develop something that's going to be very beneficial and cost-effective and also value-added to the school system," Superintendent Pat Russo said during the work session. "That's where we want to move this program."
Current guidelines require that participants be at least 50 years old without having attained the age for full, unreduced Social Security benefits. The program initially was designed in part to serve as a bridge between retirement and Social Security, HCPS Finance Director Kevin Smith told the board. Using current standards, 854 current school system employees would be eligible to participate in the PREP program if they retired, HCPS Human Resources Executive Director Howard Banks said.
The board is expected to discuss the recommendations and the PREP program again at a meeting next month.
Henrico promotional company changes name
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Henrico-based brand merchandising company NewClients, Inc. has changed its name to Boost Promotional Branding.
The company is one of the nation's largest in the branded merchandise industry. Founded in 1981, its serves more than 5,000 clients – including many Fortune 500 companies – nationwide. > Read more.
Lidl competition offers shoppers chance to win NYC trip
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Three Lidl shoppers will win trips to New York City to receive a first-look at the Esmara by Heidi Klum collection and attend an international runway event debuting the collection. The contest is open to residents of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina – the three states in which Lidl currently operates grocery stores. The chain opened two stores in Henrico County last month. > Read more.
Glen Allen advances in 14U Babe Ruth World Series
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The Glen Allen Babe Ruth Baseball League 14-year-old all-star team advanced to the single-elimination round of the 14-year-old World Series, which the Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association is hosting at RF&P Stadium in Glen Allen. > Read more.
Earnhardt gives Redskins a ride
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Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88, stopped at Richmond Raceway Aug. 8 in advance of the track's NASCAR weekend in September. He was joined by five players from the Washington Redskins, who were in town for the team's training camp, which concluded Aug. 14. The day in Richmond gave Earnhardt and the Redskins players an opportunity to see how the athletes compete in their respective sports. > Read more.
READ Center a finalist for $25k grant
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The READ Center is a top-200 cause finalist in State Farm's Neighborhood Assist program, making it eligible to earn a $25,000 grant to support adult literacy in the Richmond region. The 40 organizations from across the nation with the most votes will win grants.
The READ Center, based in Henrico, provides classroom instruction and one-to-one tutoring to adults with very low literacy. > Read more.
READ Center a finalist for $25k grant
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The end of the 2014/15 NBA regular season is now official for the Minnesota Timberwolves, who finish the year with a (largely pathetic) 16-66 record. As you likely know, the Oklahoma City Thunder entered the game with a chance to make the playoffs as the 8th seed with a victory and a little help down in New Orleans.
There wasn't much doubt going into the evening with the plethora of injuries the Timberwolves have amounted over the past few weeks and months, along with a strong desire to have the most ping pong balls in the NBA lottery. The 16 wins on the season equates to the third worst record in the team's history. You'll find a bullet point list of things to consider for the Wolves' offseason below.
The Thunder … well, they have Russell Westbrook. Without Kevin Durant, the Thunder have struggled to hold onto a playoff spot and will retool in the offseason. The Pelicans took care of the Spurs Wednesday night and will take the 8 seed in the Western Conference.
The Pups starting lineup consisted of Zach LaVine, Kevin Martin, Andrew Wiggins, Adreian Payne, and Arinze Onuaku. Interesting stat/number from this season – Wiggins is only one of ten players to start all 82 games this season. That number is extraordinarily low and concerning. "Hello reduced NBA game schedule!"
OKC opened up with Russell Westbrook, Andre Roberson, Dion Waiters, Enes Kanter, and Steven Adams.
The Thunder got off to an 8-0 start and the game was essentially decided at that point, despite several attempts by the Wolves to make it a closer contest. At the end of the 1st quarter, the Thunder held a 47-29 advantage. You read that correctly. Westbrook had 23 points at the end of the first 12 minutes. Did I mention this game was over when the score was 8-0?
Let's just run through the score at the end of each quarter:
- Halftime: Thunder 76 – Wolves 54
- End of 3rd: Thunder 106 – Wolves 85
- End of game: Thunder 138 – Wolves 113
Rather than say anything else about the season ending loss, here are a number of thoughts on this franchise as it heads into another playoff-less offseason. We'll look to cover some of this in a lot more detail at the appropriate time.
- I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I truly believe that Andrew Wiggins isn't getting enough credit for his rookie season. His month to month averages improved as the season progressed, he played in all 82 games, and he never hit the rookie wall. That's un-freaking-believable!
- Flip Saunders must get off of the sideline as Head Coach. Sorry Flip, but you have to get out of the way of your own self.
- I hope to see Ricky Rubio and Kevin Garnett on the court, fully healthy, next season for this team. I don't expect early 2000's KG by any stretch, but their combined passion for basketball would be glorious.
- Speaking of Rubio, we are on the border of hitting the dreaded "injury plagued" rumor with him. If he can't stay healthy next season, this franchise is in a lot of trouble. A lot.
- While Karl-Anthony Towns (or Jahlil Okafor) is heavily preferred, even without either player on next year's roster, the Wolves need to find a new home for Nikola Pekovic. That isn't going to be easy.
- The Wolves would also be better served to find a new home for Kevin Martin.
That's it for this season's game recaps folks. What are your thoughts on the forthcoming offseason? Where are, or should, the focus be put on the court, on the sideline, and/or in the front office? Let us know in the comments below.


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Last January, I found myself staring at the cool, clear water of west Africa's Lake Nyos. I was hot, tired, and covered with dust after a jeep ride over Cameroon's dirt roads, and all I wanted to do was jump in. But I was more than a little scared, because this innocent-looking lake has a tendency to explode.
That's what happened back in 1986, when there was an eruption of deadly gas so devastating that observers thought a nuclear bomb had gone off. The gas killed 1,700 people in its path.
So I had traveled to Nyos, invited by a team of scientists, to see what was being done to stop the lake from spewing its lethal gas again.
The 1986 eruption kicked up huge waves that crashed into the rocks around the lake. But most of the deaths were caused by a huge burst of carbon dioxide (C[O.sub.2]) gas that was released from the water.
C[O.sub.2] is normally harmless. But because carbon dioxide is heavier than oxygen, …
Have you seen the TV ad that shows a fearless sport utility vehicle (SUV) driver charging down a dirt road and swerving around an avalanche of rocks? Or the one in which an SUV owner steers off the pavement, apparently to blaze his own trail through the wilderness?
The message in those commercials seems to be that free-spirited SUV buyers can drive their oversized vehicles anywhere, at any speed, with no risk to themselves, other motorists, or the environment. But the message from highway safety advocates and environmentalists is something different. They say SUVs are among the dirtiest and most dangerous vehicles on the road.
Despite their name and the fact that SUVs are classified as light trucks rather than passenger cars, SUVs carry passengers more often than they do equipment. And as passenger-carrying vehicles, SUVs are more than twice as likely to be involved in a rollover as are passenger cars, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). A rollover is an accident in which …
One chilly morning last March, in the shadow of Wyoming's snowcapped Teton mountains, wildlife biologist Joel Berger threw his head back and howled like a wolf. His nose tilted toward the sky, his long gray ponytail snaked down his back, and his frost-covered mustache curled around his chin. Then he fell silent, took a pocket watch from his jacket, and peered through binoculars at a big, shaggy moose standing by a frozen streambed less than 30 meters (100 feet) away.
The moose, which Berger had previously named Xena, had been nibbling on some pine saplings poking through the snow. On hearing the howl, Xena raised her furry head, perked her floppy ears, and stared at Berger, who promptly started his watch. Xena glanced side to side, as if she might be nervous about a wolf being in the area–but not nervous enough to abandon her lunch. In less than a minute, she returned to her meal.
"If that had been a wolf-savvy moose, she would have been up and gone," …
One April night three years ago, Henry Porras came home after a long day at work and immediately sensed something was wrong. "No one was home, doors were hanging open, and the dogs hadn't been fed," said Porras. "Then one of my daughter's friends drove up and yelled, `Come quickly! Rosanna collapsed on the soccer field.'"
Arriving at the field, Porras found his wife, Katy, watching in horror as paramedics fought to save their daughter's life. "Rosanna had just turned 15," said Porras. "I knew one of the paramedics. When he saw me, he just shook his head."
Later, at a nearby hospital, Rosanna's parents learned that she had suffered a massive heart attack. Her chances of surviving were slim. "The doctors told us the heart attack had caused Rosanna's brain to go without oxygen for [as long as] ten minutes," said Porras. "We knew we would just have to pray for a miracle. That miracle never came."
Three days later, Rosanna was pronounced brain dead. An autopsy revealed …
For thousands of years, storytellers have enthralled audiences with the sad, mysterious tale of Atlantis. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato first put down the story in print in 400 B.C. As the story goes, Atlantis was a continent that was ripped apart by a sudden catastrophe and plunged to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean 11,000 years ago.
Many people have speculated about the exact location of the lost continent. Now, a French geologist says Atlantis was located right where Plato said it was–at the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar, a channel of water that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Jacques Collina-Girard, of the University of the Mediterranean, said he found Atlantis while studying the migration patterns of Upper Paleolithic people from Africa to Europe. The Upper Paleolithic is a period between about 40,000 years and 10,000 years ago during which humans made major advances in language and technology.
Collina-Girard made a map of what the channel would have looked like 11,000 years ago, when sea …
Tom Pitchford will never forget the winter of 1996, when dead manatees washed up on the beaches of Florida's west coast like cargo from a sinking ship. Altogether, 149 of the state's famous endangered sea cows died during a six-week period, and no one knew why. "It was like a whodunnit mystery," said Pitchford, a biologist at : the Florida Marine Research Institute, who trucked many of the carcasses back to the lab to determine their cause of death.
"I picked up the very first one," said Pitchford. "When I put my arms in the water to tie a rope around its tail, I remember thinking it was a big animal that looked like it was in great shape–except for the fact that it was dead." That thought haunted Pitchford again and again as dozens of seemingly healthy manatees continued to wash ashore. Months of work by hundreds of scientists finally identified the killer: a red tide, or poisonous bloom of algae (simple, plantlike organisms).
For centuries, one type of …
America's love affair with lawn games began in the second half of the 19th century, a time in the nation's history when the dream of owning a plot of land–and having enough leisure time to enjoy it–was being realized by a burgeoning middle class. It did not take long for the outdoor games that proved so popular at private clubs, vacation resorts, and country estates to filter down to backyards of more modest means.
Croquet, lawn bowling, horseshoes, badminton, and other playful pursuits were enthusiastically promoted in Victorian-era books and magazines, for such activities were viewed as evidence of a family's refinement as well as a prescription for overall good health. Moreover, lawn games allowed Victorian men, women, and children to play together outdoors while maintaining the period's strict codes of public and private conduct. "Lawn tennis is a game for everybody," stated the 1895 Montgomery Ward catalogue, which, along with other mail-order firms, provided a common source for 19th-century lawn games.
Lawn tennis sets were pricey–$7.67 to $13 in …
The game is a blend of American football, soccer, and Frisbee throwing. Teams of seven try to pass the Frisbee down a seventy- yard field into an end zone. The opposing team gains possession if it intercepts the Frisbee, the team on offense drops the disk, or the offense takes more than ten seconds to make a pass. Players are not allowed to run with the disk or make contact with opposing players, and games are played up to a certain number of points without regard for time.
From the beginning, ultimate was a decidedly nonconformist game. Unusual among sports, it has no officials. In accordance with an honor system created by the Maplewood founders, players call their own fouls and are supposed to maintain a "spirit of the game" that emphasizes fun over a win-at-all-costs mentality. Historically, the "culture of the game says 'play by the rules' rather than 'do whatever you won't get called for,' " says James Parinella, who plays for the U.S. national club champion team …
Lea sighed. She could feel the pain in her head beginning to expand again. It seemed like that happened almost every day now, and it was definitely getting old. She didn't want to take more medication, but what choice did she have? She certainly couldn't study for her English test or write out her science experiment results when all her concentration was on putting up with the pounding. Maybe it was time to talk to a doctor.
Lea isn't alone. Millions of people suffer from headaches in this country, and a growing number of them are teenagers. Almost three-quarters of teens report that they have at least one headache a month, while 10 percent say they have headaches every single week. According to the Migraine Information Center of the Journal of the American Medical Association, more than 1 million school days are lost each year by students with headaches. What is causing this pain, and what can possibly be done about it?
A Myriad of Causes
The reasons behind headache …
On a cool, sunny day in January, I embark on a treasure hunt in New York City, where I live. I don't have a map with dotted lines and an X marking the spot where the treasure is located. Instead, my guides are satellites circling 19,300 kilometers (12,000 miles) above Earth.
I'm playing a game of geocaching (GEE-oh-kash-ing), a popular new pastime that takes advantage of the Global Positioning System (GPS), a network of 27 satellites orbiting the globe. With a GPS receiver, you can determine the exact latitude and longitude of your current location on the planet. GPS was designed for navigation by the U.S. military, but the system is now widely used by scientists, fishermen, hikers, and many others. Geocachers use GPS units to find caches whose coordinates have been posted on the Internet.
I've recruited Ryan Jacobs, 18, to help me locate some of the caches in New York's Central Park. Ryan is a freshman at Baruch College in Manhattan. We're both novices at …


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The Bureau of Justice Statistic's (BJS) Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) collects, standardizes, and publishes statistics about the federal response to crime and the operation of the federal criminal justice system. BJS seeks an agent to implement the Federal Justice Statistics Analytic Resource Center (FJSARC) project. This project is designed to provide scientific and technical support to BJS for methodological research, statistical analysis, and reporting of findings using data from the FJSP. The FJSP produces annual, cross-sectional data files (Standard Analysis Files, or SAFs), which represent the federal criminal case processing stages from arrest and prosecution through pretrial release, adjudication, sentencing, appeals, and corrections.
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WASHINGTON -- The shy Canadian emerges from the caucus room in a grey summer suit and blinks his basset hound eyes. Dozens of reporters are waiting for him in a hallway of the United States Capitol. We corner the Canuck against an elevator door and press him on this and that.
"Something something the Constitution something the Constitution something something Second Amendment the Constitution the Constitution," I can make out from the back of the scrum.
Our quarry is, in the precise words of fellow Republican John McCain, a "wacko bird."
He is a 42-year-old first-term Tea Party Texan who already has been labelled "a schoolyard bully" on the floor of the Senate, a "first-class pain in the butt" by The Washington Post, and "sort of the Republican latest flavour" by the former governor of New Mexico.
"If standing for liberty and standing for the Constitution makes you a wacko bird, then count me a proud wacko bird," I heard him tell an audience of cheering conservatives in March.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph's Duane Gibson Jr. all-around game made him the most outstanding player on the 2013 Associated Press Division IV all-tournament team.
Gibson had 22 points in the Vikings' 87-63 title game win vs. Leipsic on Saturday along with 22 points in a semifinal win over Troy Christian. He also had 14 rebounds and 17 assists in the two games.
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Applied Micro's X-Gene: The First ARMv8 SoCby Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/14/2011 1:44 PM EST
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Andypro - Monday, November 14, 2011 - link"APM's performance estimates put a 3GHz X-Gene at roughly half the integer performance of a 2.4GHz Sandy Bridge."
Yet the chart at the top says X-Gene vastly outperforms Sandy Bridge per core in SpecINT? I can't read the tiny text in the image, but I must be missing something big. Reply
MantasPakenas - Monday, November 14, 2011 - linkthe tiny text reads the core count :) so at the top you have 32 cores, then 16 and so on... so if 32 core ARM outperforms 4 core sandy bridge 2x, then per core it still doesn't add up, but then I can't read everything that's written in tiny text either... Reply
Kristian Vättö - Monday, November 14, 2011 - linkFull size pic is here: http://images.anandtech.com/galleries/1532/Screen%... Reply
shiznit - Monday, November 14, 2011 - linkSince they are talking about single socket performance, I'm assuming they mean you can fit so many ARM cores in one socket that eventually you will pass a Sandy Bridge socket in perf/watt. Reply
Doormat - Monday, November 14, 2011 - linkIts chips like this that make the MacBook Air on ARM rumor seem like it can and will become a reality. It wont be soon, but by 2014-15, its almost a "why wouldn't they?" question, opposed to a why would they... Reply
shiznit - Monday, November 14, 2011 - linkAs an owner of both a 2010 MBA and a 2011 and having seen the drop in battery life and the increase in heat in the new model, I am looking forward to a fast ARM SOC for laptops. Reply
dagamer34 - Monday, November 14, 2011 - linkConsidering Apple bought 2 chip design companies in the past 3 years, I can only assume that they think they can design a better chip than Intel which is low power and has great battery life.
And when you think about what people actually do on the web most of the time, browse the web, check e-mail, chat on IM, most of that stuff is not CPU-demanding. In fact, arguably, CPUs from 5 years ago would be fine for most day to day work. But getting more battery life out of our machines is really key. Reply
eio - Monday, November 14, 2011 - linkLarabee in ARM flavor, on a new process node Reply
dew111 - Monday, November 14, 2011 - linkIntel Atom and competitive in the same sentence? Really? I mean, if their development speeds up, Atom could be very competitive. But with current products they are quite a ways off versus AMD's Brazos, let alone ARM, for power/performance. Reply
hooflung - Monday, November 14, 2011 - linkThis sounds exactly like something that is going to have a derivative in a future gaming console. Good buy red ring of death. Hello 16 core armv8 soc + hd6000 graphics under a single lid. Reply
bjacobson - Friday, November 18, 2011 - linkwhat would keep them from moving to ARM? The internet runs Linux, so I don't see why it would be a big deal to recompile and jump. Reply
dertechie - Saturday, November 19, 2011 - linkI'll believe it when they ship product and have the implied claims verified by 3rd parties. I know the performance numbers are for a picked benchmark (that is apparently very friendly to large numbers of RISC cores), but the implication is "X-Gene is going to wipe the floor with x86 (specifically Intel)".
I have no problem believing they can build high performance ARM cores (they just have to architect for it, and they did that).
I do have a problem believing they can do 3 GHz clock speed and vastly improved IPC for that small of a power penalty, with interconnects at 400 Gbps (that is 50 GB/s, or 50 lanes of PCIe 3.0). Interfaces that fast aren't cheap to run, power wise. Something smells fishy. The ARM ISA may be nice and efficient, but it's not magic, it doesn't obviate physics.
Plus by 2013 when these come out, Haswell will integrate more onto the chip (more power savings), and Atom (the real competition here) will be at 22 nm, and probably much improved architecturally. Reply
mitcoes - Monday, October 22, 2012 - linkI have just read the space can be shrink in more than 90%
The energy costs cut by almost half
And we do not know the SoC prices but I bet it will be far below intel ones.
As you can put 2 SoCs or 3 to beat Intel performance, even at a desktop cpmputer will make it cheaper.
But we do not know the price yet
i will not have any problem in having a desktop system with 3 or 4 of this - cheap SoCs - and as they say the space and the energy cost is lower than x86 solutions perhaps for servers will be a good product too. Reply


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Hi all, boy this thread has gotten really good. My thanksgiving turkey came out great. Very moist and sweet. Wings and legs were a little overdone but I'll chalk that up to the learning curve. Should have foiled them about halfway through. All told though, got many compliments on the bird.
DC 10, interesting thought about the pea gravel. Where inside the smoker are you using that? What brand of smoker are you using? Also thanks for the heads up on the insulator blanket. I'll have to check out Cabelas and get one. I really want to use the smoker in colder weather but find it tough to keep the temps up when it's really chilly.


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Journalist Michael Kinsley once defined a political gaffe as when someone "accidentally reveals something truthful about what is going on in his or her head." In other words, a gaffe is when a political player accidentally tells the truth. This appears to be what happened in a recent Washington Post story.
Tens of millions of Americans disapprove of the way both Republicans and Democrats in Congress are doing their jobs. According to the hometown paper for America's political class, this makes them "Haters."
You read that right.
According to The Post's view of the world, there are now three teams in American politics: those who approve of Democrats; those who approve of Republicans; and the "Haters."
This is how the paper officially labeled people like me, even as it notes that we're a "significant and growing share of the electorate."
This wasn't just a casual reference by a lazy journalist. Not only did the paper of the political elite produce tables and graphics with the "Haters" label; it also had an entire article about how "Haters Gonna Hate."
It truly boggles my mind to think that this is the label it intentionally and thoughtfully chose.
From my perspective, I can think of many more appropriate terms to describe those who disapprove of the way both parties in Congress are behaving. If I were going for complete descriptive neutrality, I might define the three groups as Democrat supporters, Republican supporters and other (or perhaps neither). A more colorful approach would be to describe the third group as the adults needed to supervise the behavior of Congress.
It's hard to find anybody who would disagree with the group's perspective of Congress. We're talking about a Congress that can't produce a budget but did produce an unworkable health-care law. Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress think it's OK for the National Security Agency to read our emails and listen to our phone calls. Both parties are comfortable with crony capitalism and happy to steer sweetheart deals to their friends and allies.
Even worse, election practices that protect incumbents mean that 90 percent of us have absolutely no say about who "represents" us in Congress. We are simply assigned to a congressman or woman who cares little about what we think.
Given those realities, people who disapprove of both parties in Congress might best be described as realistic or pragmatic.
A pragmatist can readily concede that the overwhelming majority of those in Congress were good people who went to Washington with a true desire to serve their country. At the same time, we can plainly see that those elected politicians entered a corrupt and dysfunctional institution, which makes it hard for even the good guys to do good things. We don't need to hate anybody to recognize that Congress is doing a lousy job.
What troubles me more than the performance of Congress, though, is how The Washington Post came up with the designation of "Haters." Was it an unconscious mistake, or a deliberate attempt to stigmatize those who don't share the political class worldview?
In either case, The Post is wrong. Those of us who disapprove of both parties in Congress are simply waiting for Congress to do something worthy of our approval.
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