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does a fabulous job! highly recommend!...
Dyson DC41 Purple Upright Vacuum (Refurbished)by Dyson
ITEM#: 14916185The DC41 upright vacuum is engineered for outstanding cleaning performance and ease of use. This Dyson vacuum has the strongest suction at the cleaner head, which automatically self-adjusts for different carpet lengths and hard floors.
- Material: Plastic/electronics
- Dimensions: 42.4 inches high x 15.4 inches wide x 13.4 inches long
- Weight: 17.4 pounds
- Includes: Combination accessory tool, stair tool (Mini-Turbine tool sold separately)
- Motor: 235 AW
- Capacity: 0.55 gallon
- Cord reach: 35 feet
- Hose reach: Approximately 14 feet
- Model number: 23740-05
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Vacuums like an Animal!
As a man, I must admit that purchasing a vacuum cleaner is not really that exciting. However, upon receiving and assembling the Dyson I quickly understood why these have so much hype. The design and technology on this machine is very impressive, and dare I say, "cool". I normally try to avoid refurbished products, but am glad I changed my tune for this purchase. It was good as new and did a great job cleaning in its first use. Emptying the canister is a breeze and the filter(s) cleaning directions are straight forward. I think I'm going to be a Dyson customer for life.Read More
Should be relabeled to:Wild and quiet dust monster
I put it together in 5 min without even looking at the instructions. I am an engineer after all, I write instructions, I don't read them. Who does anyways. This is such a simple and easy unit to put together in 4 easy steps of push and click kind of actions, no tools or rocket scientist crazy instructions. So my wife did not seem very happy with my surprise decision to sell off her old Miele vacuum cleaner on ebay in order to buy this unit at an unheard of price on overstock not even counting the 5% credit. I was hoping she was going to keep using the other small dyson DC26 we have and not notice that the Miele had moved to somewhere else. I did a good job, but I new that the Dyson stand up DC41 unit would be superior. Well she found it was missing before I received the DC41 . It was a little commotion, but I survived. So today I got the DC41 Monster animal machine. I put it together, showed her the features. Cleaned the carpets and floors on the living and dinning room and the full size addition without changing the power cable. Once I was done, mind you in less than a few minutes, her jaw dropped when she saw the amount of dog hair and dust on the vacuum dust container. Then I proceeded to show her how the wand could be disconnected and extended to cleanup the spider webs on the ceiling of our cathedral ceiling that she could not reach before. Then her silence spoke more than any words. I knew I made the right choice, because if I didnt I would be hearing "I want the old one back", which she did saying when she found it missing. I know I will probably never hear "You did a clever thing. well done. No way". Anyways the silence says it all. Buy this unit and you will ask yourself "How did I ever leave without this?" Save some time on the vacuum workload side and get the floor and carpets cleaner than ever. I am sold on this machine. Oh did I say that it is about half as loud than the "quiet" miele unit? Compare it to the regular dynosaurs air polluting stuff available everywhere it is even 1/4 of the sound level (about 6 dB lower). Very cleverly designed. It definetely turns on a dime. It was easy even to reach under the coffee table given it is completely clear range of motion backwards. The support feet engage and disengage so easy it is amazing. Oh well I am writing too much. Get yours and forget everything you thought you knew about vacuum cleaners. Oh forgot one last major reason to get this? No more expensive "hepa" filters to buy . That just sealed the deal. Brilliant.Read More
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does a fabulous job! highly recommend!Read More
Two years later - still loving this vacuum!
We won't buy another brand again. The price has been worth it already. Over two years have passed and we are still pleased. Refurbished - never would have known!Read More
ok vacuum
I have mixed feelings about this vacuum. It picks up animal hair ok, but gets overheated and shuts off if you don't constantly keep the filters clear. I HATE the wand attachment - it is clumsy and makes the vacuum sound like it is going to explode when you try to clean the stairs, etc.Read More
For the money this should be better.
Second time I have sent this vacuum in for repair-poor cheap rollers keep breaking. for the money this should be better.Read More
Amazed at the dirt it collects
I purchased this vacuum because I have wood and tile floors with heavy wool and some thin synthetic rugs on them. It moves easily between the two surfaces without sucking up edges and unraveling the rugs (as previous vacuums had done). It is amazing the amount of pet hair and dirt it sucks up. I vacuum on a regular basis and and still amazed at the amount of pet hair it collects. It is a comfortable weight for an upright and it maneuvers easily. So glad I finally broke down and purchased this vacuum.Read More
Questions & Answers
This comes with the Combination accessory tool and stair tool.
"The description also does not mention the ball. What so special about the ball?"
Dyson Ball upright vacuum cleaners use patented Ball technology to overcome the steering limitations of fixed wheels. They ride on a ball, which turns on the spot so you can steer with ease, changing direction with just a turn of the wrist. The ball itself is made of glass-reinforced polypropylene – the same material used in the manufacture of car dashboards. It combines high impact strength with resistance to distortion. The ball also holds the heaviest component (the motor) – positioned towards the base for a lower center of gravity and greater stability.
"This one doesnt mention anything about being good for picking up pet hair like the other animal dysons. is it as well?"
Thank you for your interest. This item has received generally positive reviews. It appears it is doing its job. Please feel free to contact us again with any further questions.
The Dyson DC41 Animal upright vacuum cleaner is ideal for pet owners, designed to help remove more dirt, dust, allergens and pet hair from your home.
"Do you have the turbo head is stock and would this also be included with purchase ?"
If you are referencing the mini turbine head you can find it with sku 11976946. This item will not be included with the item.
"So if I order this vacuum, will it come with the mini turbine head, just like any other Dyson DC41 Animal? Please do not answer that we are out of stock. It is a yes or no question. Thanks."
Includes: Combination accessory tool, stair tool
"Does this item come with the mini turbine head?"
Please read previous questions.
"Does this come with the mini turbine head like those on the Dyson website? I thought the whole factory "animal" attachment kit was included..."Combination Accessory Tool, Stair Tool, Mini Turbine Head""
I'm sorry, this product is currently out of stock.
NO! It does not include the mini turbine head. Not sure why it is called an "Animal" if it doesn't include the only attachment that qualifies it as an "Animal".
since there are 3 reviewers who complained about that overstock.com labeled this as an "animal" dyson, it should come with a mini turbine head. i ordered this, and it didn't. i called customer service and explained to them either a) send the animal head or b) please re-label the vaccum and don't call it an animal. overstock.com sent me the animal turbine head free of charge.
"Can I purchase the 2 year warranty at a later date from purchase?"
You have 10 days from date of purchase to add the warranty.
"does it come with the turbo head like it should"
Unfortunately this item is out of stock. We currently do not have inventory to check, and cannot guarantee the item will be restocked.
"What is the factory warranty on this vacuum?"
From product details: Warranty: 180 day Limited Manufacture
"will this item come with attachments and manual like it should it purchased brand new?"
It includes the manual and the listed attachments.
"what was the issue with this vacuum"
There probably wasnt one. Most refurbs are just open box. Once the box is opened it has to be labeled refurbished
"Is it chordless"
No, it is not cordless. The cord reach is 35 feet.
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
As a sales manager who looks to push every available button to get the most out of your salespeople in this tough year, it makes sense to factor in the psychology of salespeople in your decision-making. By playing to the psychological traits of your people, you can set the conditions that will lead to improved sales success. That means understanding the salesperson archetype, ego and emotional needs.

 Increasing Sales Activities by Encouraging the Happy Losers

 Psychologist and anthropologist G. Clotaire Rapaille has spent a business lifetime researching the impact of culture on business and markets, helping large companies understand how to operate effectively in different global environments. Rapaille feels that salespeople are essentially the same in all cultures, and he call the archetype the "Happy Losers"—people who relish the challenge of dealing with what is likely about 90 percent rejection. They are willing and able to keep a good, happy attitude because the thrill and challenge of the chase is what drives them. Ultimately, winning against the odds keeps them in the game. Happy losers they are somewhat like gambling addicts who know they'll lose most of the time, but hang in there for the occasional thrill of winning.

 Psychologist Herb Greenburg noted in 1964 that one of the basic qualities for great salespeople is "ego drive"—the need to conquer separate from the desire to earn money. Greenburg notes that this need stays present despite the reality of frequent sales failures.

 Applying Failure to Your Strategy

 So, in a year where hearing "no" more often is expected, the best way to manage might be to let your salespeople know that you understand how tough it is to lose, while encouraging them at the same time to lose more. By that I mean that you have to motivate your people to increase the activities that lead to more closes—more phone calls, more face-to-face calls and more proposals…the very activities that will fail more often in a down business year.

 Find ways to drive failure. Create contests, incentives or recognition programs for people who fail the most, knowing that more failure will lead directly to more winning. Who can log the most failed calls, meetings and proposals? How can you hold these people up in front of their peers for their persistence, guts and perseverance?

 Growing Best Practices by Stroking Egos

 While sales managers do their best to provide training for their salespeople in best sales practices, it can be argued that most salespeople still do not sell as much as they could because they don't have enough sales skill knowledge about their own unique market and client types to operate at the highest possible level. Knowing that the sales ego—albeit large—has a need to be appreciated, managers can take advantage of that fact to encourage solid and top salespeople to share their best practices specific to their target market and clientele. Requesting that performers share information is an excellent way to stroke sales egos by setting their ideas and talents on a pedestal for all to see.

 One of the most compelling reasons for implementing or expanding a best practices process is that it gives you the opportunity to share the secrets of top sellers' success with the middle majority—the crucial middle 60 percent of your sales channel that can have a huge impact on your success if they can be moved up a notch on the performance scale.

 Capturing best practices can be accomplished in a captive sales force as you appeal to the ego of salespeople to share their great ideas, recognizing contributors by name. It can also be accomplished in an independent sales channel by sharing great best practices contributions, while keeping the dealer or distributor and contributor's names secret.

 • First, position your sales intranet, incentive platform or CRM software as the focal point for collecting best practices ideas.

 • Second, create a rules set to drive the type of ideas that you are looking to capture.

 • Third, actively communicate availability of your best practices functionality to your sales channel and create an incentive program or contest to promote active input of ideas into the site.

 • Fourth, use a cross functional team of salespeople and mangers to evaluate and rank the ideas implemented.

 • Fifth, reward and recognize great best practices submissions as a way to say thanks and to encourage repeat submissions.

 • And finally, sixth, as you use your intranet or CRM software to share great sales ideas, also be sure to integrate them into your standard sales training process.

 In any year, but especially this year, give your happy losers reasons to lose more—and to win more. Take advantage of the vast knowledge base that your sales channel team represents by implementing or expanding a best practices process that can help improve the capabilities of your team for years to come.

 SMM columnist David Chittock is president of Incentra, focused on helping leaders achieve their business goals by "increasing the value of the people vital to success" through integrated incentive and recognition solutions. He manages a diverse business that offers strategy creation, web performance platforms, print and electronic communications, administration, training, program analysis and rewards fulfillment around the globe.

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Topic: ASCO 2012 - My thoughts
Hello Everyone,
We know personally what it means to be part of The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation. Most of us were looking for a place where we would find critical information about this very strange word and diagnosis. When people find this website - they know they are not alone in this fight. The work of the CCF has connected people around the world. The website is very user friendly. You can find help, see what's working, discuss with others treatments they have or are experiencing, find hospitals who are treating and so much more - you can also get involved to raise awareness.
When I attended the first ASCO Meeting 3 years ago - our exhibit was way in the back of the exhibit hall and the questions we received were mostly "what is CC?" or "it is so rare" or "this is too rare a cancer to get noticed". This year at ASCO 2012, I was totally overcome with so many emotions when physicians, researchers, nurses, other exhibitors and advocates - stopped by our booth and thanked us for what we are doing to raise awareness. So many told us that they give their patients information about the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation - because "We are the Voice of CC". Many said that a cancer - that 6 years ago many, doctors included, had a hard time pronouncing the word - now they are aware and they are also aware that there is a need to get involved. Many from other countries wanted to know if we were going to expand to Europe and beyond.
Stella and I attended the ASCO President's Reception and at the two that I had attended in years past - other advocates sat with us and we all talked about what we were doing. This year - it was so different - a brilliant woman who is a medical oncologist, surgeon and the Director of the Breast Cancer Center at Yale, sat with us - a female GI Oncologist from Indiana University Melvin and Simon Cancer Center sat with us - and a brilliant man who is a biologist and oncologist at Harvard Medical School and Mass. General Hospital (who also received a very notable award at ASCO) also sat with us. They did not just sit with us - they sat and talked with us for a long time - all three were totally interested in talking about the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation and how it is such a tough disease - but they all agreed that with the CCF raising awareness - things will change - we just have to stay the course. They told us that we are similar to what another rare cancer was many years ago (myeloma) and they have really grown and made great strides in research and treatments, due to raising awareness and their perseverance. This was so exciting - to know that people in the medical field are listening and they are listening thanks to the vision of the founders of the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation.
On the flight home from Chicago, I tcould not stop thinking about the strides that are being made in cancer research - with the big news of the "cancer bomb" T-DM1 used to treat HER2-positive, a very aggressive and deadly form of breast cancer. The drug is still experimental - so not available yet - but there is hope that it can reach the market within a year. This has the capability of paving the way to other great treatments. There has never been a better time to support and promote awareness of the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation - we must keep the momentum going. At ASCO it was very evident that the caring, collaborative, and dedicated work of the CCF is getting noticed and I believe it will lead to great discoveries. I was truly honored to represent the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation at ASCO 2012 and I want to do so much more to help. I know that when I first found the site - I wished I never knew what cholangiocarcinoma was - but I am very proud to be a part of CCF. I will never stop caring and trying to help others who are battling this cancer or who have a loved one that is.
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What did I say during my series preview? The Caps would be fools to try to beat the Rangers at our own game. They are far more explosive offensively than us, at least in terms of raw talent, and for them to sit back and try to out forecheck and outdefend us would be foolish. Sure, they *COULD* win a 7 game series against us like that, but, they would almost assuredly manhandle us if they opened things up against us and run and gunned us right out of the playoffs. Instead the Caps sat back, let the Rangers pound them with some hit, let the Rangers wear their D down with hits, let the Rangers manhandle their D below the hashmarks, and the Rangers came out with a 3-1 win.
Sure, the Caps hit 4 goal posts. So what? How many times against them in the playoffs did WE hit a ton of goalposts and have nothing to show for it? Those pucks gotta go in the net, not almost in the net.
Does this win make me now supremely confident about our chances? No, we still don't match up well against this team at all in terms of the players skill sets, however, if the Caps continue to try to force this series into a low scoring affair, they will give the Rangers every opportunity to steal wins here and there, and those wins can fairly quickly add up to 4. We've got 1 banked, now we just gotta win 3 of the next 6. Play .500 hockey from here on out, and the Rangers advance. Win game 2, and the odds become extremely tilted in our direction.
Remember, last time the Rangers didn't have Richards, Kreider, Hagelin or Callahan when last these teams met. Sure, they could shut down Gaborik, as every team has done so far. But the Rangers have far more offensive weapons than they did, they will be able to put in 2ish goals a game, something they weren't able to do last time around when the Caps also tried to out defend the Rangers in a playoff series. This isn't last years Rangers team where the Caps could play a more defensive game and still manhandle us.
Speaking of Gaborik, I want to just make my stance on him crystal clear. I think he's actually played quite well. He had the same amount of shots on goal as Ovechkin had in far fewer minutes. He's the #1 reason Brad Richards was able to score as the Defense completely focused on him and let Richards do whatever the hell he wanted to before he scored. It's also the same reason Richards was able to score on the 5 on 3 against the Sens, as the Sens defense focused completely on shutting down Gabby.
Gabby is the #1 focal point of the opposing teams. Shut down Gaborik. I don't blame them either. Without Gaborik this team is far less formidable. But, they are still a good team. We have Kreider, Richards, Hagelin, Callahan, Stepan, etc. Hopefully we will get back Boyle and Dubinsky. This team has more weapons than the last time the Caps played us. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Gaborik neutralized completely in these playoffs, scoring here or there, but for the most part held in check. If he does, it's going to be up to the rest of the team to pick up the slack. Remember, the more you focus on shutting down 1 guy, the more that opens up time and space for everyone else. Does Richards score his goal if the Caps D basically gives him the shot rather than leaving Gabby alone? Nope. The Rangers need to out secondary-score the opposition. I said this over on the HFBoards prior to the series. The key to this series will be how the Rangers 2nd line plays, NOT how well their first line plays.
Speaking of the second line, we do have to talk a little bit about Chris Kreider. The Boston kid who stepped right into the playoffs and right into the Rangers hearts was….again, the Rangers best forward on the ice. That's 2 games in a row for those of you keeping count. The Hagelinesque skater who is built like a tank blasted a slapper through Holtby and secured the win, throwing in an assist on Richards goal to boot. Wow. How do you top this? The Caps are going to soon learn, if you focus completely on Gaborik, this kid is going to start torching you from the 2nd line. Don't forget about Stepan either, perfect pass to lead Kreider for the goal too.
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Nars Larger Than Life Long-Wear Eyeliner
Nars Larger Than Life Long-Wear Eyeliner Reviews
BEST. LINER. EVER.Nars Larger Than Life Eyeliners have become my favorite for the following reasons. 1) Fastest dry time ever. It dries in 30 seconds, which is so much faster than other liners such as Make Up For Ever or Urban Decay. Try this test. Mark your and and wait until 30 seconds has passed, then rub your hand and you'll notice how this does NOT budge. You also get very rich colors too (Via Veneto is a pure...read more jet black). I also love the shade Rue Bonaparte (perfect beige for lining your waterline to create an open-eye look). Since this eyeliner won't budge (at least it's less prone to budging and smearing), less mess is made (you have to worry less about your liner melting off). Second--this pencil is retractable. DO NOT try to sharpen it (you have NO idea how many people I know have ruined it because it looks and feels like a traditional pencil). Also, there is a cap at the bottom end of the pencil which you can remove and VOILA!! A sharpener for your pencil. Nars is always a brand that not only delivers excellent quality products, but also chic gorgeous packaging. This pencil is very creamy. If you like Urban Decay or Make Up For Ever pencils, the creaminess is identical, so it's easy to create your looks with minimal effort. A couple things that could be improved-- first--this pencil is NOT waterproof. It is water resistant Although it is the closest thing to being waterproof, if you cry TOO hard or get wet, you're going to have to reapply. The next thing is that this pencil dries SO fast that you have to work a bit fast to apply the product (Nars created products aimed towards the working woman who has little to no time to put make up on). Let me elaborate--when I put some on on my waterline, I have to work fast to make sure it's an even color. If I miss a spot that looks a little bit sheer, this dries so fast that when you go back to apply some on that spot, your liner starts to "wipe off" completely clean and you have to reapply the liner. Also, these pencils are a bit more expensive than UD or MUFE pencils (one Nars pencil runs at 23 dollars). To me it is worth the price because you get a remarkable pencil that has amazing lasting power. Play around with these pencils at Sephora and you might just fall in love with them too. — 5 years, 2 months agovolta | 566 reviews
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Bad for contactsSo many nice things about this liner but it is a disaster in the waterline. I bought the shade Rue Bonaparte (nude) specifically to use in the waterline. This liner goes on smooth and creamy and looks amazing. It seems to wear well, but I know at least some is coming off because it ends up in my eye. I guess I could get over this annoyance except that it sticks to my contacts and WILL NOT COME OFF...read more. Didn't matter how much I rinsed them. I had to scrap a pair of lenses because there was a nude blob blocking my vision. I thought maybe I had applied it sloppily and tried again extremely carefully. Same result. The colors are great and it applies well, but I just can't get behind this product. It is definitely overpriced. — 3 years, 8 months agoazdrienne | 120 reviews
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The Best of the BestI recently asked a make-up professional which pencil eyeliner was the best for long wear. She pointed me straight to this miracle worker! I bought the "Via Appia" color, a dark bronze color, hoping to achieve a more subtle smokey eye. I can't go back to drug store eyeliners after using this! The color is magnificent and the metallic sheen adds a touch of sparkle to my eyes. It glides on smooth and...read more controlled (no accidental raccoon eyes) and gives a precise look. The color stays on all day which for me, is vital in an eyeliner. The color and line look flawless hours after application. And bonus! the pencil is self-sharpening so you don't have to worry about lugging around a mini-sharpener on the go. I can't wait to buy the black and navy colors! I highly recommend this eyeliner. — 3 years, 11 months agomoriarty.kt | 213 reviews
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The winners keep catching breaks.
Micron's (MU) been a monster, but it cooled amid talk of capacity being added in DRAMs and Flash. But then you take out a big factory with a fire own by Hynix, a big competitor, and all of the people who thought it was rolling over, especially the shorts, get a huge jolt and it goes higher. This story feels a lot like the Thai flooding that took out capacity for the disk drives. I think that Sandisk (SNDK) and Micron can go higher.
Best Buy's (BBY) similar. How many people hated this stock going into this year? How many people had given up on this company? Today, it's Merrill Lynch going to Hold from Sell. What's amazing to me is that these people all held out for so long with their negative views. It just never came in.
Or how about Ford (F)? This stock's been lagging badly of late as people figured rates are going higher here and sales in Europe aren't that strong. After this number today and the raising of production, you have a stock that now just looks like it's recharging.
This process of stocks that have been pretty much written for the moment and then coming back on good news is very bullish. But also VERY lucky. If you get rates to stabilize and job growth remaining positive, then you can stay lucky.
I am not sure about the bonds. I think that the bond sellers can come in on a dime and bang down whatever they want to. They are absent today despite strong data.
We've got a tug of war between rates going higher and job growth. The latter makes it so the hard-goods sales of Best Buy can still be so strong that the sellers have to change their tune.
Job growth makes it so that auto sales can stay strong. You need a car to keep that job, or those two jobs or three.
Lots of luck and lots of jobs vs. bonds and Washington. They just keep going at it. When the government looks functional -- as it does on Syria -- and bonds are tame, as they are today, the luck and the jobs win out.


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"What in God's name is wrong with you?"
Erwin "CATastrophe" Schrödinger (12 August 1887 – 11 September 2001) was a scientist, and felicider, who contributed greatly to the development of 9/11.
edit Biography
edit Early years
Schrödinger spent his days locking innocent cats in boxes with poison, being the Antichrist and brilliant scientist that he was. That is until one day bumped into Hitler (that lovable kid who wanted to promote racial equality) and turned him into the monster that we know him as today. If being the sole cause of WWII and the Holocaust wasn't bad enough, this guy just kept on jerking it out while he watched and laughed as it happened.
edit Middle years
If you thought Erwin got better throughout his life then you're right, because he got better at being a general monster with no regard for anyone else. After WWII he was contacted by Stalin, who was impressed by Schrödinger's demonic nature, and invited him over to the USSR. He helped the Russians develop the Atomic bomb in secret, caused the cold war, the Vietnam war, and the Korean war and helped spread communism. Schrödinger tried to convince Stalin to nuke America but by that time Stalin had just died (God bless his little soul) and the new head of the Soviet Union kicked him out, seeing him for the horrible godless monster that everyone already knew him for.
edit Later years
After being thrown out of the Soviet Union he wandered around from place to place, going into buildings just to take a dump on the restroom floor and pee all over the toilet paper. I mean, who does this kind of stuff? He managed to keep his passion of killing cats alive until he went on vacation in the Middle East, where he meet Osama on a beach volley ball court. After the game ended, the two were impressed by each other's skills on the court and became best friends. After awhile Schrödinger was asked by his best friend Osama to help him attack America. Schrödinger, living a long "fulfilling" life, offered to personally hijack a plane and crash it into the Twin towers, which he did on September 11th 2001 resulting in his desperately needed death doing all those evil deeds that I'm pretty sure he did.
edit Personal life
Schrödinger married Annemarie Bertel, although why she married him remains a mystery today. He also suffered from Ailurophobia, the fear of cats, which caused him to kill cats out of fear until he eventually began to enjoy and even look forward to killing those helpless cats. Schrödinger's obsession with cats soon grew out of control and one afternoon when he was unable to find cats to remove for the world of the living he threw his wife out of a window to release some of his stress. Later, when the police showed up, he shoved her dead body in a box and came up with a paradox that he could use to help him in court. Using this paradox he got away with the murder of his wife and would later make a similar version of his paradox involving cats that he would become known for.
edit Scientific activities
edit Schrödinger's Cat
The Schrödinger's Cat paradox outlines a situation in which a cat in a box must be considered, for all intents and purposes, simultaneously alive and dead. Schrödinger used this paradox to keep PETA off his back. Schrödinger's Cat is one of Erwin's lesser know contributions and is almost completely unimportant and there is no point in further discussing it.
edit Schrödinger's Kettle
Schrödinger began his scientific career from a young age, and quickly became noted for his approaches to scientific problems. One of his teachers was once quoted, "He seems to take multiple approaches to problems, all at the same time!" This was a good sign for things to come. A child prodigy, Schrödinger penned his first scientific law, Schrödinger's Kettle, at the age of 10. It simply states: "A watched kettle never boils" Indeed, he was right. A watched kettle never boils. However, Einstein later theorised that a heated one does. --> Einstein Heat makes a kettle boil theory.
edit Schrödinger's Quantum Economics
Erwin Schrödinger was a contributor to Quantum Economics for several reasons. He was once quoted: "Anything and everything that happens in the economy is magic." This statement is the bedrock upon which Quantum Economics was founded.
edit Schrödinger's Cut
Schrödinger's Cut was a thought experiment proposed by Erwin Schrödinger. Consider a cubicle in which there is no method for an employer to observe the employee contained therein (a so called black box cubicle). An employee is then placed in such a cubicle with access to a corporation's assets. While the actions of the employee are unmonitored, Schrödinger proposed that the employee existed both in a state of having embezzled and a state of honest work. Only by way of a painful audit can the wave-function of the employee's innocence collapse to a single classical economic state (a process called a cut collapse).
edit Schrödinger's The Schrödinger Equation
The Schrödinger Equation was perhaps Schrödinger's greatest contribution to Quantum Economics. It states:
Or, simplified:
Mathematicians have been baffled by this confounding identity, but no one can deny that this enigma has absolutely no know use whatsoever.
edit Legacy
If there is one good thing you can say about Schrödinger, it is that he won a Theoretical Nobel Prize; or if you want to sound more important you could say that he was dedicated.


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SanDisk Announces Optimized iNAND Extreme eMMC for Bay Trailby Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/19/2013 9:33 AM EST
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k2_8191 - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkFinally light of performance improvement is shed on eMMC, right? (mm, bad pun)
I hope smartphones and tablets won't be bothered by slower-than-USB2.0-memorysticks eMMCs in near future. My smartphone's storage is almost 5MB/s or less even in sequential reads... Reply
Black Obsidian - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkYes, it would be nice to have everything but the most budget devices be able to turn out decent storage performance.
Equally nice would be if certain manufacturers (Apple foremost among them) stopped charging $100 for an extra $10 of flash. Reply
thesavvymage - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkwhy should they? The market has proven time and time again that they are willing to pay that amount. If there was a manufacturer that thought they could make more money by giving you more memory per dollar, they would Reply
Impulses - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkWould be nice if some of those devices also had USB 3.0 ports, otherwise those higher sequential speeds are of more limited use... Though I'm not sure how consumers and the market would react to the larger micro port (kind of a step back ergonomically, although I guess they can always fall back on USB 2.0 for charging). Is there an OTG spec for USB 3.0? Reply
kyuu - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkAwesome. This should greatly improve the experience on Win8 tabs. Hopefully this stuff is getting into tablets right away. Reply
robl - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkThanks for the update! Anand, what are your thoughts on eMMC vs. a real SSD using M2 or one of the newer small form factors? Is it pricing? Or the interface? (likely both) I'd pay an extra $20 to finally get SSD performance on my tablet. Everything on my old N7 crawls to a halt when it's downloading or updating applications. The music stutters or stops, the UI freezes on and off, response to power and volume buttons is really poor. It has quad cores, but my guess is that the storage gets swamped by the simple update process and everything else starves. It's a real poor user experience IMHO. Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkI think the problem is that "real" SSDs use too much power (in comparison). Reply
Impulses - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkAre you running it near it's storage capacity limit and did you run the most recent update? Reply
robl - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkYup, I have 1GB out of 8GB free, and the latest update for hopefully for auto-trim. Thanks for the good thoughts, probably time for an upgrade. I'm just not sure if it's the storage that needs radical improvement or the latest Android upgrades slowing down the CPU. Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkIn the short term, phone/tablet SoCs only offer eMMC controllers. Long term isn't just more power; but that going from a single eMMC chip to an SSD controller, ram for the controller, and 2 (minimum) flash chips would take up too much PCB space. eMMC is a one chip solution not just for cost/power reasons but also because there isn't space in a phone for anything more. Reply
robl - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkThanks - I forgot about space/integration costs! I wonder about some of the new USB3 storage keys. They're compact & fast, but may not handle multiple access as well. Perhaps an alternative to eMMC? Reply
jona32 - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkI wonder how much these would cost compared to Samsung's. Samsung's eMMC 4.5 chips have 150/60 MB/s sequential reads/writes and 3500/1500 read/write IOPS. Reply
tuxRoller - Thursday, September 26, 2013 - linkThese numbers don't seem any better than what the new xiaomi has promised.
I mean, isn't NAND+eMMC controller just, well, the normal situation? Is the difference that it is a single package? Reply


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The Princeton Tigers took top honors in Class A in Saturday's L-P Invitational golf meet.
Zach Hicks paced the Tigers at 78, with Cole Evenson one stroke back. Also scoring for the Tigers, who finished 14th overall in a field of 23 schools, were Hunter Schultz (81) and Ian Nichols (97), with Derec Roberson (102) and Miles Rose (103) rounding out the scorecard.
Hall finished 22nd (396) paced by Pete Mautino's 89. Also for Hall were Nick Scheri (101), Zach Vanderpool (102), Nathan Alfano (105) and Malcom Bernabei (107).
Three Rivers: Bureau Valley's Ryan Young earned first team Three Rivers All-conference honors, which is accumulated on points throughout the season. He finished seventh in the conference meet.


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The MBA congratulates the Hon. Margot G. Botsford on her appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court. Botsford will bring her keen intellect and superior work history to a post she well deserves.
"Justice Margot Botsford's appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court will serve to enhance the outstanding reputation of our state's highest court. Justice Botsford is respected amongst peer jurists and attorneys from throughout the commonwealth because of her thoughtful approach to cases, exemplary work ethic and high intelligence," immediate MBA Past President Mark D Mason said in a statement issued on Friday, Aug. 31. "I am certain Justice Botsford will maintain her unfailing commitment to the administration of justice. The MBA congratulates Justice Botsford on her esteemed appointment."
Botsford's appointment follows a thorough review, which included an evaluation by the Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Appointments. The committee of two dozen attorneys from across the state reviews, evaluates, votes and reports on the qualifications of individuals under consideration for judicial appointments – including clerk-magistrates – to all courts of the commonwealth.
"We're trying to ensure only qualified, competent judges are selected. It's a role committee members take very seriously," said MBA General Counsel Martin W. Healy, who serves as the committee's executive secretary. "Ultimately it benefits the public. These are public appointments with life tenure."
The committee, which began its formal role in 1961, is an independent entity and its votes are kept confidential. The committee considers several aspects of an individual before it takes a vote and submits a report to the governor and/or the Governor's Council, which must approve and appoint the candidate. Among the qualities considered are integrity, reputation, knowledge and ability in the field of law, professional experience, judicial temperament, financial responsibility and commitment to public service.


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Discussion in 'Artwork Zone' started by Hostile, Jun 26, 2004.
Beat me to it by a whisker.
My apologies. Is it just me or is Lee Ann Tweeden extremely hot?
Yea, I was just about to say,
Forget Henson, look at LeeAnn!
She is indeed.
huh, what, I just watched that video clip and Henson was in it? All I noticed was some cute babe. Have to replay it to catch the Henson part...
Good interview. What is the story about a wedding dress?
And is it just me, or is there something freaky about his eyes?
It's just you.
I think its a miracle he able to keep his eyes off her chest for the whole interview.
Based on this I am going to have to say he's a cool customer. Dealing with blitzes and checking off reads should be no problem for him. Especially if he's wearing that wedding dress.
probly just a rookie hazing thing.
I'm impressed he was even able to talk....
He had articulate intelligent answers and responded without a lot of long "Uhhhhh"s or generic answers. Ok Ok there were generic answers and he has probably been asked those questions 8 billions times, but my point is he seems like a smart person. Which is much better than a dumb DHenson.
I agree with Jason Sehorn 100%... baseball is boring.
Did anyone hear the interview she did with Corby (Hardline) yesterday?
Corby is no Ted Koppel but she came across as a real ______.
I agree. Good observation. If nothing else, he should be able to be relaxed while all those LBs bear down on him.
It could mean he's a cool customer, or it could mean he just isn't interested in breats.
For the sake of the cowboys organization, let's hope it's the former, not the latter.
I've been impressed with Henson's abilities from day one in college....but GEEEEZZZZ, can these guys be MORE boring?
"I'm just going to do the best I can and I look forward to the competition"
"I'm just thankful for the opportunity"
"I'm going to take it a day at a time"
SOMEONE please shoot me!
When I was a kid, I rooted my butt off for Joe Pepitone. Why? Because he was funny .
Hit in the arm by a pitch one game, he takes his base. Next batter, single to right, Pepitone limps into third base.
After the game, the reporter asks about it.
Pepitone reponds, "I forgot and thought I had been hit in the leg."
OK...it's not George Carlin or Eddie Izzard...but it sure beats, "I'm just happy that I had a chance to get to third so I could be in a position to score a run."
Better safe than sorry. These players today realize that the media is always around them and that one false step means that you're public enemy #1 (see Parcells re: Jap Plays). So they practice their lines and cliches to make sure that they'll never stray too far out of where they want to be. Especially for a guy like Henson. An amazingly large group of people (here, around the nation, etc.) expect him to be the future leader of the Dallas Cowboys. Drew knows this and is just trying his best to not do anything early on (while he is still building his public image) that he'll have to pay for in the future.
Dude, that's Troy Aikman in your sig, not Roger Staubach.
Don't start with me Rack.
That's a debate that I don't think this site could even handle (let alone the old one). I mean damn, if people think that the QC/Testaverde/Henson controversy is nasty, what do you think is going to happen when we throw 2 Dallas Cowboys/Super Bowl-Winning/Living-Legends/Hall of Famers (Aikman in 2006) into the ring with each other? It would not be pretty. Entertaining but not pretty.


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The following situation is typical for many production plants: After a routine quality check, the production process is stopped or an already produced batch is suspended, because the analysis results were not within the relevant critical values. But does the tested product really deviate from the specifications? The quality control managers are convinced of this because modern analysis instruments provide results with very low tolerances. The sample in question was tested several times and the result was confirmed. The question is why the product does not match the specifications although the production parameters have not been changed in any way.
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Watch: Inside Courtney Love's Closet
Everyone's favourite hot mess opens up her wardrobe.
Earlier this week we got to go on a tour of Courtney Love's West Village townhouse, and now, courtesy of Stylelist, we get to go on a tour of her closet. As you might expect, the queen of grunge / everyone's favourite hot mess has amassed an impressive collection of clothes over the years. Love apparently customizes her vintage dresses, which explains all the antique lace and Edwardiana. As one of the forerunners of the 'kinderwhore' movement, she's also got a staple of baby doll slips. And, for someone who was told by Karl Lagerfield that she would "never get laid in a tutu", there's a whole lot of tulle. Her glove collection is worth a mention, too — "I'm big on a glove," Love says, as she runs us through a basket of pumpkin, pewter and chocolate finds.
Then there's the designer stuff. Her shoe collection includes a pair of purple pumps personally sent to her by Marc Jacobs, 90's Prada and the highly-coveted Christian Louboutin 'Maralena' stilettos — the $2,445 shoe that was voted 2010's 'Sexiest Shoe of the Year' by Saks Fifth Avenue. There's threads by Erdem, Oscar de la Renta and Vivienne Westwood. But her most worn item of the past few years is, surprisingly, a classic Chloe blouse.
But the best thing about the video is the Love-ly lady herself. She's true to form on camera. Cigarette flailing in hand, she makes countless candid (and quotable) quips.
On piano shawls:
"What the hell do you do with piano shawls? How do you make a piano shawl into a dress? This one of my answers."
On packing for holidays:
"And yes, for the Hamptons, an Herve Leger bandage dress, dammit!"
On a pair of purple pumps that Marc Jacobs sent her from his controversial Perry Ellis grunge collection:
"This is what got Marc Jacobs fired, and he sent them to me in Seattle. I burnt the whole collection because I was so terrified."
On where she keeps her oldest vintage:
"I don't have it here. I store it because people will steal it. If I find something and it was Kurt [Cobain's], it's gone."
On Vivienne Westwood:
"I'm really big on Westwood, even though my boobs have popped out twice now."
If that's not a heavy enough dose of Courtney for you, she's still got her online entrepreneurial efforts. She's moved her Ebay store, Courtney Love Couture, over to Etsy, which is awesome because you can now peruse her list of 'favourites'. Then there's her personal style blog — What Courtney Wore Today, which chronicles her day-to-day sartorial choices.


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Often, however, the statements users will need to enter will include non-ascii symbols (like an arrow sign or a turnstile). Is there any way I can have my program allow users to enter these symbols by assigning key bindings to them? Something like 1 = the turnstile symbol, 2 = the arrow symbol, etc. So if the user presses the "1" key on their keyboard when prompted by raw_input() what will appear on their screen is not "1" but the turnstile symbol.
Anyone know how I might go about doing this? Or can anyone point me in the right direction to find out for myself? I'm finding it difficult to Google for help because I don't know the right language to use in describing what I'm trying to do.


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King's men march to provincials
St. Albert Curling Club rink is experienced and dangerous
Saturday, Jan 25, 2014 06:00 am
The Jamie King rink is bringing its A game to the Boston Pizza Cup provincial men�s championship.
The St. Albert Curling Club foursome of King (throws lead rocks and calls the game), second Jeff Erickson, third Scott Pfeifer and last-shot gunner Blake MacDonald are in better shape to win the Brier qualifier after last year�s 3-3 provincial showing.
�We�re more prepared than we�ve ever been,� King said. �Compared to last year, we�ve done more practicing since our last (World Curling Tour) bonspiel at the end of November, which was the same thing as last year. This year we kind of made more of a conscious effort to practice more. We�ve been throwing rocks on a fairly regular basis at the St. Albert Curling Club, where the boys have been playing on a fairly regular basis sparring on the (Hootie and the Old Fish) Thursday night league team.�
Provincials start Feb. 5 in Lacombe as King�s men strive to become the first St. Albert team to represent Alberta at the Brier since Hec Gervais in 1974 and Tom Reed in 1975.
�We�re looking forward to it,� King said of the team�s second crack at provincials together. �We�ve known each other far too long so we were pretty comfortable going into last year and this year we kind of know each other�s tendencies a little better.�
King and Rob Schlender bypassed the 2014 provincial playdowns with Alberta Tour qualifying berths.
The No. 3 seeds in last year�s 12-team draw as one of two Alberta Tour qualifiers are 14-9 in four spiels this season after losing the Spruce Grove Cashspiel 5-4 in an extra end to Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton on Nov. 24.
�In comparison to last year our record isn't probably as good,� King said. �Consistently, we�ve probably played the same in every spiel. We haven�t really gone up or down much.�
In previous spiels the King quartet reached the quarter-finals at the Shoot-Out at the Saville Centre after winning it last year, finished 3-3 at the Curling Classic in Vernon after reaching the final last year and made the semifinals at Medicine Hat.
�At Spruce Grove we actually hadn�t played in a few weeks and we didn�t start off that well but by the end we were playing OK,� King said. �We didn�t have the hammer in the extra end, it was straight ice, and Blake made a great shot. He literally came about half an inch short on his draw on a freeze and if he had gone that extra inch further I don�t think Brendan Bottcher had a shot and we would�ve won the game. It just kind of fudged coming into the house. It was a great game.
�In the Saville spiel right at the start of the year we played quite well going through the first part and then in the playoffs we lost (7-3) to John Shuster, who just represented the U.S. in the Continental Cup. He played fantastic and they beat us but we played pretty good in that one.
�In Medicine Hat we played OK and made it to the semis. We were playing pretty good in the playoffs but ran into a hot team from Saskatchewan in Randy Bryden (and lost 7-6).
�In Vernon we just kind of struggled in the last two ends of the C qualifier (and lost 7-6 in eight ends to Jeff Richard of Kelowna after leading 6-3 after six). We should�ve won that game easily.�
Last year King�s star-studded lineup scared the daylights out of the highly-touted Kevin Martin and Kevin Koe rinks at provincials in Leduc, but lost to Martin in an extra end with the hammer in the A semifinals and made Koe draw for the winning point in the 10th end in the C finals, which featured a Hail Mary triple-takeout by Koe with his first shot in 10.
�It just kind of reaffirmed to us that if we�re playing as good as we can with the talent we have on this team, there is no reason why we can�t beat anybody out there,� King said. �There are teams like Martin and Koe that if they�re playing as good as they can and if they�re on their game they�re going to be extremely tough to beat but with guys like Jeff, he�s won a few provincial titles in junior, and with Scott (one of the inaugural six inductees into the St. Albert Curling Club�s wall of fame in 2011) and Blake, their records speak for themselves as world (and Brier) champs. They've got a tremendous amount of talent.�
King is no slouch either as the 2003 and 2005 provincial finalist and alternate for Koe�s 2010 Brier and world championship team with MacDonald on board.
But his biggest claim to fame is spearheading the Hootie and the Old Fish to an unprecedented nine President�s Cups in 21 years as the St. Albert Curling Club playoff champions.
Last year marked the seventh Edmonton and area Tournament of Champions title for King, his dad, Craig, Brian Pfeifer and Ralph Killips. They were joined by long-time alternate Elson Keown, as well as MacDonald, the younger Pfeifer and Erickson throughout league play, club playoffs and the Tournament of Champions when the team�s elder statesmen were on vacation.
�The young guys have been playing the last couple of weeks because the old guys are on holidays down south,� said King, the team�s Hootie. �We�re having fun. As per the norm, it�s more about throwing a few rocks and getting together and having some beers and pickled eggs after the game and socializing.�
The Old Fish have a big game Thursday at 8:30 p.m. against the Hoekstra firefighters.
�I think it�s for first place so it should be good,� King said.


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LEADERS Worcester Wolves strengthened their position at the top of the British Basketball League with a 117-60 victory at bottom-of-the-table Birmingham Knights.
For long periods, coach Paul James was able to give a run out to the normally lesser-used members of his squad and they responded, with Stefan Djukic rampaging to a career-high 30 points.
Behind Djukic, Will Creekmore tallied 17 points and ten rebounds, while Alex Owumi nabbed 13 points and grabbed 12 boards.
Martyn Gayle and Brent Benson were Birmingham's only double-digit scorers, with 17 and 14 points respectively.
James, whose side have now won 12 games in a row in the league, said: "I was pleased that I was able to give everyone plenty of minutes, and no one disappointed me.
"Individually, Stefan Djukic was superb with 30 points and that's fantastic for him."
The tone was set early as Birmingham fumbled successive possessions while allowing their visitors to race to an 11-0 lead.
Michael Gayle helped reduce Birmingham's deficit to 15-7 but that was the closest they got to their opponents.
Owumi sank the last basket of the initial quarter to extend his team's lead to 29-11.
Reserve guard Caylin Raftopoulos thrilled a large band of travelling Worcester supporters by floating home consecutive triples to move matters to 47-18.
The last play before half-time typified Wolves' dominance as Creekmore and Djukic teased Birmingham defenders until the latter mercifully ended the torment by jamming the ball into the basket.
It was Creekmore and Djukic who largely continued the heavy artillery after the break.
Knights' star man Benson took 25 minutes to open his account, by which point his team were trailing 71-28.
Entering the final ten minutes, a powering 86-38 lead was added to by Calvin Morant-Hudson and Daniel Belgrave, who sank a trio of three-pointers.


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Melampus wrote:JACK <> I'm no SR expert, but my observations. You can be upsetting bevel geometry by trying to get close with your EP. Tape the spine as illustrated in the video I attached, and run the stone flush.I understand what you mean. My choice to use the EP was based solely on laziness. When sharpening knives I have stones for the EP that will eat steel very fast. This razor needed the amount of work (steel removal) that I didn't want to spend the time it would take using the bench stones I have. Also, the stones I have to speed the process are diamond. I didn't want to risk removing too much spine due to my lack of skill. The EP solved my problem of lack of skill and being in a hurry. The edge had significant chips that needed to be removed. However the sites and info you placed below were very enlightening as to how a tiny chip may still be sharp enough inside to still work. But these chips were obvious to the naked eye and I wanted them removed. When the edge was chipless and smooth I started using my ceramic stones. I didn't want to use diamond, no matter fine a grit, on a razor. I don't know if this is a good opinion or bad. I've read about using tape on the spine and that makes sense. I think I may start restoring used razors as a hobby and tape would be an obvious method. I don't see an attached video however.As for the strop questions, I have found naked leather stropping absolutely necessary before every shave. Generally speaking, loaded strops are to bring back an edge before a full honing is necessary & then to refine the honing upon its completion, not to daily finish an edge before shaving. Hanging strop to bench strop, I reckon is preference, but the hanging is a classic due to efficiency. 40 laps on a bench seems like it would take forever. As for, convexing. Again, I'm no expert, but the point of a stropping is to align the edge of the edge, not to convex. And in fact, if you are convexing, you are effectively rounding of your edge... not good! Check these out: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/wonder-photos-reveal-unsuspected-facts-about-razor-blades-and-shaving/http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/04/22/how-to-buy-and-restore-vintage-straight-razors/ Lastly, I have never heard of anyone shaving right off the stones. Always stropped.
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A MAN has been charged with a string of driving offences after two people were injured in a quad bike crash in Nelson on Thursday.
Gulhassan Khan, 23, from Reedley Road in Brierfield, handed himself over to police in Royal Blackburn Hospital following the incident in Manchester Road.
He has been charged with failing to stop at the scene of a road accident, driving without due care and attention, driving without insurance and driving without a licence.
He was released on bail until November 30.
A 77-year old woman and her 56-year-old son remain in Royal Blackburn Hospital with serious injuries, although they are not believed to be life-threatening.
The elderly woman suffered serious head injuries, losing skin from the back of her head and breaking a leg, shoulder and ribs.
Her son was left with two compound fractures to his ankle and a broken leg.
A female police officer who fainted at the scene has been discharged from hospital.


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Everywhere I turn, it's Pelfrey, Pelfrey, Pelfrey!
There has been plenty of talk around New York today about Mike Pelfrey's recent resurgence as a good pitcher. Granted, it's only been three starts and a save chance, but he's looked great since his ho-hum last season when he had a 5.03 ERA.
He's been a revelation so far this season, putting up numbers that many in the baseball world expected but did not get in 2009. His record of 3-0, with an ERA of 0.86 and 1.0 WHIP is tops on the team, beating out ace Johan Santana.
Whether or not he keeps this up remains to be seen, but right now, he's the savior of this team, statistically and literally, accounting for half of the wins and the only save.
Andrew Marchand of ESPNNewYork.com says Pelfrey is giving the Mets a reason to believe. ESPN's fantasy expert Eric Karabell talks about how Pelfrey is still available in 83 percent of standard mixed leagues. Marty Noble of MLB.com would like to remind you, however, that in addition to a masterful performance by Pelfrey, Jose Reyes got out of his funky town and went 4-for-4 in last night's 4-0 blanking of the Cubs.
Oliver Perez will try to keep the win streak going as he takes the mound tonight. He's going to try to improve upon his last outing, which was sabotaged by a breakdown in the bullpen. He pitched 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball to a tough Cardinals team. A win tonight would ensure Perez's first, as well as the Mets' first series victory.


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PATIENTS in Lancashire have missed out on government money to fund extended opening hours for GP surgeries.
Across England more than seven million patients will benefit from the new measures, in which surgeries will offer access to GPs outside normal hours and by methods including phone, email and Skype.
Practices in Rossendale and Hyndburn had applied to be part of the scheme, but when the successful bids were announced yesterday, none in the East of the county had made the list.
Prime Minister David Cameron announced the £50m GP Access Fund in October - and has now said that 1,147 practices will take part.
Most East Lancashire practices do offer some extended opening outside the core hours of 8am until 6.30pm Monday to Friday, but this currently averages at just three hours per week for a single practice.
But Russ McLean, chairman of the Pennine Lancashire Patient Voices Group, said that even if the East Lancashire practices had received the government cash, it would not have solved staffing problems faced by general practices.
Health chief bosses have already stressed the need to start diverting NHS funds away from hospitals and into primary care.
Russ McLean said: "Patients aren't as stupid as the government seems to think they are.
"The £50 million that they're giving is a drop in the ocean as to what's needed in primary care. We need a massive investment of money to take on more GPs.
"GPs are leaving in their droves, they're opting for early retirement because they can't cope with the stress and the strain. GPs are the first point of call for patients. And unless there's massive investment then I'm afraid that no amount of money will make any difference."
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This article was published 28/9/2012 (1789 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
There is no greater validation of a player's talents than the ability to excel no matter what system he is implemented in.
Lost in the doldrums of a 3-9 season, the accomplishments of the defensive line of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers has flown under the radar this season because deficiencies in other areas have been too hard to look away from.
Yet, once you do, you will see a unit that is not only poised to three-peat as the CFL's most prolific pass rushing entourage, but a group of men whose abilities have not been downgraded by adversity.
Last year there was a convoy of fresh-faced Canadian football newbies that arrived on the scene for the Blue and Gold. Players like Bryant Turner, Jason Vega and Kenny Mainor were all new to the franchise and relatively new to the CFL. They were initially instructed by the late, great, Richard Harris, and then forced to transition to the stylings and teachings of Casey Creehan after last year's tragedy.
Adapting to a new coach mid-season is difficult enough, let alone when the philosophies and teachings were as different as these two coaches. Under coach Harris, the basic premise was to respect and anticipate the run on first down, and to get after it in second and long and obvious passing situations.
Under coach Creehan, the ideology was to stop the run on the way to the quarterback, with an emphasis on being vertical at all times. In fact, we often skipped over inside run period in practice on day two or three to focus entirely on pass rushing situations.
Regardless of the merit of either system, the point of this disclosure is it is never easy to adapt from one coach to another, and to try and adjust to different mentalities.
This aforementioned group, though, not only bought in on the fly last year, but put forth an 18-game regular-season effort, in conjunction with a handful of others, that had the defensive line of the Bombers respected and feared throughout the CFL landscape, finishing first statistically in more categories than any other.
It was easy to see players like Vega, Turner, Mainor and Fernand Kashama had ability and potential, but what initially kept insiders from granting them their due was the lingering consideration of whether they were simply products of the system they found themselves in.
Under the unorthodox teachings (at least in the CFL) that Casey Creehan introduced halfway through the season, it was fair to say most, if not all, of these players flourished.
The scheme emphasized quickness, avoidance and athleticism to propel these players into the backfield, which played to their strengths. There were few brute strength components, and getting upfield in a hurry no matter what look the offence presented was the mandate, and they were well suited to comply.
Yet as we know, there was more than just a turnover of players during the 2012 off-season. The defensive line group was introduced to their third coach in less than a year, and had to adjust and react, once again, to different mentalities from yet another coach. In addition, though Tim Burke remained the defensive co-ordinator for 2012, the changes to the defensive philosophy and style were noticeable with the departure of Creehan. Now, with the promotion of Burke to head coach, this group has had to adjust to the style and play calling and attitude of another co-ordinator.
Some players can only find success if they are matched to a particular scheme that is suited to their talents. What has impressed me most about the Bomber defensive linemen this year, is that they have shown how legitimate and universal their talents are.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Looking for a good place to watch the Super Bowl? Many Orlando destinations are offering special deals so you can watch the big game and enjoy all the commercials.
- Wall Street Plaza, Downtown Orlando. 16-foot LED screen on the street, free draft beer from 5 to 6 p.m.
- Miller's Ale House. $50 for reserved seating and an all-you-can-eat buffet with free drinks from 5 p.m. until the game ends.
- Splitsville Luxury Lanes at Downtown Disney. $75 per person, admission includes appetizers and open bar from 6 to 9 p.m. Another $20 for open bowling.
- Piper's Downtown Orlando. $40 for the all-you-can-eat-and-drink special. Starts one hour before kickoff and runs to the end of the game.
- Ain't Misbehavin' Tiki bar and Grill, Winter Park. For $30 in advance and $50 at the door, all-you-can-eat wings and an open bar from 6 p.m. until the end of the game.
- Flanagan's, Altamonte Springs. $35 for all-you-can-drink domestic bottles and drafts and mixed drinks (no shots) starting at 6 p.m., plus a ribs and pulled pork buffet for the duration of the game. Also giving away a TV during halftime.
- Carlos'n Charlie's, Lake Mary. For $40 there will be all-you-can-eat wings, ribs, a nacho bar with homemade queso, a fajita bar, soups and desserts along with all-you-can-drink Miller Lite and Coors Light. The game will be shown on a 100-inch screen along with seven other flatscreens throughout the bar. Prizes will be given out during breaks.
- The Station, East Orlando. Enjoy Super Bowl Sunday with $2 Jack Daniels Lynchburg Lemonades, $6 Miller, Coors, or Yuengling Pitchers, and 8 wings and a pitcher of beer for $10. There's no cover and you can watch the game on a 16-foot HD projector.
- Friendly Confines, Waterford Lakes. $15 gets you 10 wings, a domestic pitcher and a side of fries. Super Bowl Bingo from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- World of Beer, UCF and Dr. Phillips locations. $40 per ticket for
'Bottomless Pint' of Terrapin Rye Pale Ale or Crazy Mountain Amber and
free food an hour before kickoff and snacks during half time. Raffles and prizes.
- Wildside Bar & Grille, Thornton Park, College Park. Bucket and Boneless Buffalo Wing specials all day.
- Teak Neighborhood Grill, Orlando, $20 admission for tailgate party that includes a mini bistro burger-eating contest. $40 gets unlimited draft and bottled beer, a variety of liquor and an all-you-can-eat premium buffet.
- Brick House Tavern + Tap, Orlando. $2 16-ounce drafts and $5 snacks and preferred game viewing.
- Beth's Burger Bar, Orlando. 10 percent off burgers, two-for-one wine and $10 beer buckets.
- Windy City Restaurant and Bar, Winter Park. $15 all-you-can-eat pizza and wings and $15 all-you-can-drink draft beers.
- Tibby's New Orleans Kitchen, Winter Park. $60 includes open bar for the first 3 quarters, $3 schooners during the 4th quarter, two appetizers an entree and beignets.
- Tijuana Flats, various locations. Free $10 gift card for anyone who places an order for $50 or more.
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POLICE are hunting for a man who tried to abduct a woman in Worcester.
The man grabbed the woman as she was taking a shortcut through the car park at Asda in Lowesmoor on Sunday morning on her way to work.
The woman walked past a man sitting on a metal bicycle bar at around 7.15am before he got up and followed her for a short distance.
He grabbed her from behind, put his hand across her mouth and pushed her into some nearby bike racks and up against a concrete wall.
The woman struggled and, in a matter of seconds, he released her running off into St Martin's Quarter.
Detectives have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to about the attempted abduction.
The man caught on CCTV at around the time of the assault was described as having dark hair, wearing a baseball cap and a dark jacket which was either a gilet or similar.
He was also wearing lighter long sleeved clothing underneath, jeans or trousers and white trainers.
Detective Inspector Andy Price of Worcester CID said: "We do not know what the man's motives were for assaulting the woman and we are thankful he has stopped it after just a few seconds.
"However, we are concerned this man could pose a serious risk to the public and we need to find him as soon as possible.
"As such we are releasing footage of a man caught on CCTV at the time of the incident.
"We need to speak to him at the earliest opportunity because we believe he could play a central role in our investigation.
"If anyone knows who he is, then please contact us straightaway.
"I would also like to appeal to the man directly to contact us himself."
DI Price can be contacted via the non-emergency police number 101 or information can be passed on anonymously through the independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111 or visiting crimestoppers-uk.org and quoting the reference number 169s 23/02/14.


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The Timberwolves travel to Oklahoma City on Friday night to take on the defending Western Conference champion Thunder. Minnesota comes into the game off of a victory against Philadelphia Wednesday night to move their record to 20-31 on the season. The Thunder come into Friday's game off a loss to the Rockets in Houston the same night, dropping their record to 39-15.
While these two teams are heading in very different directions this season, they tend to match-up well against one another and always seem to be enjoyable games to watch. That wasn't necessarily the case when Minnesota traveled to OKC on 1/9, as they were blown out of the building, 106-84. This could have been a product of the Thunder returning the favor for their loss at the Target Center on 12/20.
A quick note about the trade deadline from Thursday – the Wolves made exactly zero moves to their roster and I have to say that I am not disappointed. Derrick Williams can only help his trade value from now until the 2013 draft. The team isn't good enough to push Ridnour or Barea off to someone else for a short term rental (since we aren't making the playoffs this season). Finally, a semi-kudos to the team for not making a salary dump move to save a few dollars in Glen Taylor's wallet. Net/net, this team will be very active again this summer and has a full stock of assets to leverage.
While the Wolves stood pat, the Thunder made two minor moves that probably make them a bit stronger for the playoffs. In separate trades, they sent Eric Maynor to the Blazers for a trade exception and acquired Ronnie Brewer from the Knicks for a 2nd round pick. (I wonder if James Harden's explosion Wednesday night aided their desire to make this move and get a little bigger in the back court.)
Oklahoma City remains a powerhouse in the Western Conference and have high aspirations come playoff time. Led by perennial all-stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, the team will look to work its way through the Western Conference and once again challenge for the NBA Championship. Anything less is likely to be seen as a disappointment to fans.
With that mindset, this preview has been done in conjunction with the 'Welcome to Loud City' blog on SB Nation. Here are the questions that we posed to J.A. Sherman from the team's blog. He passed along a few Wolves-related questions as well, and you can find those questions and our answers on their site.
Here's were my questions for Trey …
Thunder Question #1 for Trey:
As a fan of the Thunder, can you please explain the mindset of "championship or bust" to us Wolves fans, who have been continuously tortured since 1989? Do these expectations make the games easier or harder to watch regularly? Would you consider anything less than a conference championship a failure?
As a Thunder fan, it's certainly nice to have "championship or bust expectations." It's like being the Yankees of the NBA and the team has only been in the city since 2008. It makes the game easier to watch because you're always dissecting the team's play, no matter the opponent. Even if they're on top for most of the game, it's still fun to see what Durant and Westbrook are going to do next. Of course there are blowouts and nobody likes watching 48 minutes of a 20-point game, but it's worth the price for 50-win seasons and Finals appearances.
This season, anything less than a conference championship would have to be considered a disappointment. I doubt there is anybody in the organization that feels any other way. After taking the step last year with their WCF win over San Antonio, it's hard to imagine the Thunder would be satisfied with anything less. They've got the same two stars and although they sent Harden to Houston, Kevin Martin is still a good enough scorer to give them substantial firepower off the bench.
Thunder Question #2 for Trey:
Is there a particular weakness for the Thunder and/or do you fear that there might be something in the current construction of the team that could be exploited down the stretch and in the playoffs? Coming off Harden's performance Wednesday, does an elite wing worry you?
I think one thing that showed up against Houston and also against the Heat before the All-Star Game is the fact Oklahoma City has problems running their offense while down late in games. I think it becomes too much Durant and Westbrook one-on-one rather than finding a good shot every possession. People tend to blame Westbrook because he's the point guard. However, it's just as much Durant's fault. They both tend to force shots when the team is trailing late. Could a team in the West exploit this? I don't think so because I'm not sure the Spurs or Clippers can develop big leads against the Thunder and force them into those one-on-one situations.
Well, if you consider LeBron James a wing, which I do, then I would be extremely worried. Harden and LeBron are obviously different players with much different arsenals and Harden is great, but in a seven-game series I'm not worried about him taking over for four victories. However, LeBron has dominated the Thunder this season. They don't have an answer for him right now and unless newly acquired Ronnie Brewer can give him problems, the Heat could be looking at a second straight Finals victory over the Thunder.
Thunder Question #3 for Trey:
Rather than ask you a question about Durant or Westbrook, let's go deep into the rotation. What are your thoughts on Hasheem Thabeet? Do you think he has a long term future in the league? Is there a light bulb there that might go off? Finally, how would you grade his (limited) performance thus far?
I'm not sure Hasheem Thabeet has a long-term home in Oklahoma City, but he is putting up better numbers than last year's backup center Nazr Mohammed. He seems to be a popular player in the locker room and usually give Scott Brooks quality minutes, but it's hard to see him developing into much more than a 10-12 minutes kind of player.
I would give him a B so far this season. Like I said, he's outplayed Mohammed's production from a year ago, but with his size and frame you would think he could have more of an impact every night. Unless the Thunder moves Kendrick Perkins for somebody with more of an offensive game in the future, I can't see the Thunder hanging on to Thabeet. This is already his fourth team since being drafted No. 2 overall by the Grizzlies in 2009 and I doubt it's his last.
To see our Pups-related Q&A, please click here.
We hope you enjoyed the preview for this Friday's match-up between the Pups and the Thunder. Again, you can read more from J.A. at the Welcome to Loud City blog or follow them on Twitter. As always, you can read more from John on Twitter.


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HOUSTON - A tree stopped an SUV from slamming into a northeast Houston house Monday.
The crash happened around 2 a.m. on Parker at McGallion.
Homeowner Alex Saldana said he feared the worst when he heard a loud crash outside his home.
"It's a bad way to wake up thinking a car ran right into your daughters' room and it's been a problem, recorded accidents all around this area," Saldana said.
The SUV crashed into a tree near his two young daughters' room.
Houston police said the driver lost control and went off the road into Saldana's yard. He was trapped inside his vehicle after the crash because of all the tree limbs.
Saldana came out of his house, grabbed a garden hose and doused a small fire that had ignited.
The homeowner said drivers keep running off the road in the area.
"Something has to be done about slowing traffic down on Parker because the next thing is going to be my house," he said. "It's uncomfortable to be at home and not sleep right because you're afraid someone is going to run into your house."
The driver's name and condition have not been released.
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BOLTON SUNDAY LEAGUE: Michael Rice double maintains Queen Anne's 100 per cent winning record
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TWO Michael Rice goals and one from Mark Truffas maintained Queen Anne's 100 per cent winning record in Group A of the Champions League with a 3-1 victory at Newbury.
Martin Brown scored a hat-trick and Arron Munks got the other in Farnworth's 4-2 win at Hulton Wanderers.
In Group B John Harvey scored four as leaders D Havilland made it four wins out of four with an 8-2 home win against Mosesgate.
Josh Orrell, Kieron Marsh, Bob Tatie and Andrew Hamilton got the others for the winners with Dave Booth and Mark Barrett replying for Mosesgate.
Groups C and D are tight, with second-placed Queen Lizzy inflicting a first defeat in four on C leaders Deane.
Stuart Bassnet, Ady Nugent and Austyn Mort scored for Lizzy with Gareth Cunniff on target for Deane.
It was a similar story in Group D with the leaders, Astley Bridge Elite, having their 100 per cent winning record erased in a 4-1 defeat at Westhoughton.
Ste Haydock, Declan Horrocks, Lewis Sandford and an own goal clinched Westhoughton's first win.
Brindley made it two wins and one defeat in their three games when Lewis Porter scored the only goal of the game at bottom club Astley Bridge.
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DETROIT - Another cold start with mostly cloudy skies this Wednesday Morning.
The radar shows rain and snow in Central Lower Michigan moving towards Metro Detroit.
But, most of it will dry out before it arrives.
We may see a few isolated rain and/or snow showers this morning and then again this afternoon.
We will start with lows in the low 30s and then highs only in the mid to upper 40s today.
Winds will make it feel colder WNW 7-15 mph.
There will be limited moisture so if it snows, we won't see any accumulation.
Southeast Michigan is stuck in a cool pattern which means our weather will be familiar the next few days.
A few light rain and/or snow chances tomorrow morning and Friday morning with cool air stealing the weather headlines once again.
Lows near freezing and highs struggling in the mid to upper 40s.
Some neighborhoods could see 50 degrees as we all sit about 10 degrees below average.
There are no big storms heading our way anytime soon.
We will see slightly warmer temps into early next week and the next chance for a more widespread rain comes Tuesday morning.
It looks like we will warm up a bit as we head towards Halloween next week.
There will be limited moisture so if it snows, we won't see any accumulation.
Wednesday is another raw day with lows in the low 30s and highs in the upper 40s and mostly cloudy skies. Winds NW 7-13 mph will again make it feel cooler all day.
Follow the your cool neighborhood temps, rain and snow on radar, and an early look at your weekend forecasts on the new ClickOnDetroit app (it's free!) in your app store.
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