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Clinton's statement may set a new standard for politically motivated evasions of basic truth and decency. Seriously: What difference does it make? Just for low-stakes starters, there's a guy in California who was put in jail basically because the Obama administration said his stupid, irrelevant video trailer for "The Innocence of Muslims" was to blame for anti-Americanism in Libya and beyond. President Obama went to the United Nations and bitch-slapped free expression in front of a global audience on the premise that "Innocence" was the cause of the attack on Benghazi. Our own U.N. ambassador, Susan Rice, took to the talk shows to peddle a line that was either wilfully misleading or simply totally wrong (Rice was the admin's point person in early appearances about Benghazi partly because, as Clinton explained yesterday, she doesn't like doing Sunday morning shows!).
Contra Clinton, it makes a great deal of difference because understanding how this all happened is the first step to making sure it doesn't happen over and over and over again.


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A MAN has been interviewed by police after nine vehicles were entered win Stourport.
Officers say they are linking the offences to six others in the same part of the town since the weekend.
Property was taken from some of the vehicles, many of which were parked outside homes but left unlocked.
The criminal activity took place in Chiltern Close, Abberley Avenue, Cherry Tree Walk, Kings Arms Lane and Oak Apple Road on Tuesday night.
Nothing was stolen from some of the cars but others had property taken including sunglasses, cash and a Nokia mobile phone.
They are being linked to another six incidents between last Saturday night (26th) and Monday morning when cars were entered in Ribbesford Drive, Cranberry Drive, Hafren Way, Thirlmere Road, and The Ridgeway.
Two sat-navs, golf shoes, jeans, joggers and a USB cable were among the items stolen from those vehicles.
Following the latest offences, police received a call on Wednesday from a resident who said someone was lying in an alleyway at the back of Kings Arms Lane.
Officers attended and a 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of stealing from cars.
They also recovered a sat-nav and bank cards, which are believed to have been stolen.
"It may be that some people do not realise items have been taken from their cars so we would advise them to check and let us know if they find anything missing," said Sergeant Jan Shore.
"Sadly many of the vehicles which were entered had been left unlocked and this is an open invitation to thieves.
"We have Police Community Support Officers delivering leaflets at homes in the area today alerting them to these incidents and urging them to keep their vehicles secure at all times when they are left unattended.
"It is also extremely important that people do not leave valuable items in their cars such as sat-navs - if you don't want them stolen take them with you."
Anyone with information for the police about the thefts should call the non-emergency number 101, quoting 116-S-300414.

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Catherine Gastador predicted her secret romance with an older man would end in violence. And that's exactly what happened when the 23-year-old woman was found strangled and stabbed to death inside her Wolseley apartment.
Court documents obtained by the Free Press paint a troubling picture of the rocky relationship between Gastador and Mario Valdez, the 39-year-old brother of her adoptive mother who has now admitted to killing her in 2010.
Valdez pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Monday and was given a 13-year sentence under a joint-recommendation from Crown and defence lawyers. He claims he killed Gastador after she refused his demands for sex following a night of drinking.
Valdez pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of obstruction of justice and was given three years, in addition to 10 years for manslaughter.
"The facts here are extremely disturbing," said Queen's Bench Justice Deborah McCawley. The Crown dropped a more serious charge of second-degree murder, citing the "circumstantial" case they had against Valdez and his extreme intoxication at the time of the slaying as factors.
Valdez had been dating Gastador for several years without the knowledge of other family members, court was told. In 2007, Gastador obtained a restraining order against Valdez. She cited a series of violent incidents that left her fearing for her safety in a case that was eventually red-flagged by justice officials and referred to a provincial victim's services agency for investigation.
"I am concerned that he is able to use anything around him as a weapon. Especially if he had been drinking," Gastador wrote in her affidavit to a provincial magistrate. "I truly fear him. He is very violent, he has no respect for any of the family members... and he does not fear anyone. He has emotionally and physically hurt me and I want it to stop."
Gastador filed another affidavit months later in which she seemed to recant her earlier statements. "It was a mistake. I was also a bit intoxicated and I've recently learned that I too become a bit violent when I've had a few to drink. I believe that he was just holding me down from making violent moves towards him," she wrote. "I feel awful and greedy to be fully blaming him for what was my fault also. He is my favourite uncle. He is a very giving and generous family member. I do not feel a threat coming from him anymore because now I understand that it is ME that needs to control my alcohol consumption. I need to learn to only drink what I can handle."
On the night of the killing, Valdez had been out drinking when he sent Gastador a series of sexually-explicit texts. She refused his demands, ending her final note to him by calling him a "loser."
Valdez then went to her apartment -- he lived in the same building two floors down -- and killed Gastador before launching a detailed plan to cover up his involvement, court was told. Valdez sent further text messages to Gastador after she was dead, telling her he was at his other residence across the city. Police ultimately broke the case open by tracing Valdez's movements through cell-tower information.
Valdez got his 14-year-old son and a nephew to lie to police about his whereabouts, then had them moved to Vancouver so they wouldn't appear in court to testify against him at his preliminary hearing.
Gastador was studying to advance her career in law and began working at Fillmore Riley in early 2010 as a legal assistant.
"I'm thinking she got brainwashed," Ed Gastador told the Free Press of his daughter's relationship with Valdez. They adopted Gastador as a baby in the Philippines and brought her to Canada at the age of eight.


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ASCO Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
A large study evaluating ovarian cancer screening showed that using both a CA-125 blood test and transvaginal ultrasound to find early ovarian cancer did not reduce the risk of dying from the disease and resulted in unnecessary follow-up procedures. The CA-125 blood test measures the amount of a tumor marker called CA-125, which may be found in higher levels in women with ovarian cancer. A transvaginal ultrasound uses sound waves to create pictures of the ovaries. Both tests are used to evaluate the symptoms of ovarian cancer, its stage, and the effectiveness of treatment.
In this study, nearly 80,000 women ages 55 to 74 were offered annual CA-125 testing for six years and transvaginal ultrasound for four years, or they received the usual care and were not offered these screening tests. Researchers followed the women for 13 years to see whether the number of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer was different between the two groups, and whether the women who did not receive screening had an increased risk of dying from ovarian cancer.
The results showed that there was very little difference in the number of women who developed or died from ovarian cancer. It was diagnosed in 212 women who received screening compared with 176 who did not, and 118 women who received screening died from ovarian cancer compared with 100 women who did not receive screening.
Researchers also found a high number of false positive test results for the women who received screening. A false positive is when a test result indicates a person may have cancer when they do not. When screening indicates a woman may have cancer, additional procedures are needed to check for cancer, such as surgery to get a sample of the ovaries to check for cancer. These types of procedures have risks that would be considered unnecessary if a woman does not have cancer.
What this means for patients
"There hasn't been a good method for the early detection of ovarian cancer. CA-125 and transvaginal ultrasound are useful in measuring disease, so we evaluated whether these tests would identify ovarian cancer early, at a stage in which it is more likely to be cured," said lead author Saundra Buys, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City. "This study shows that the available screening tests are not effective and may actually cause harm because of the high number of false positives. These results point to the continued need for more precise and effective screening tools for this disease." Screening with these tests is still appropriate for women with a strong family history of ovarian cancer or for women with symptoms or if abnormal changes are found during a physical examination.
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Wow. Fifty posts and nobody pointed out the obvious.
Kordell Stewart was a terrible QB. Period.
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Wow. Fifty posts and nobody pointed out the obvious.
Kordell Stewart was a terrible QB. Period.
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
He was Slash therefore people looked the other way.
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I just saw the piece on Real Sports with Bryant Gumble where these quotes were lifted.
It is an outstanding story, and I strongly recommend everyone watch it.
And to be fair to McNabb, he really was pushed into saying the "they don't get criticized like we do" comment.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill
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Have you ever walked into a barbers and asked for a haircut only and had the price quoted in "numbers of hairs cut?" If you found this barber, would you get your hair cut there?
Now hairdressing industry specialists tell me that everyone knows that there are around 120,000 hairs on the average human head, with blondes having the most, and redheads having the fewest. The technical challenges of styling hair is clearly linked to the number of hairs and the cost of a cut in terms of effort is also correlated, so it's a perfectly reasonable way of pricing a cut. In fact with current rates in london going as low as 8.3p per kilostrand there has never been a better time to get your hair cut. In fact why not sign up for our monthly rate and guarantee a cut every 4 weeks for just £7.50.
The above discussion sounds absurd – yet if we replace the analogy of hair with that of bytes in mobile data we see a direct comparison. The mobile industry has a problem in that it spends too much time thinking about the problems from the perspective of the industry, and too little time thinking about what consumers might want. The advent of flat rate data tarrifs is starting to change this – with significant growth in the usage of mobile data. How do we continue this trend? Focus on what consumers want, and provide it in a way that they can understand. Avoid the temptation to provide consumers something that works "from the industry perspective" – remember all those unsuccessful barbers who price by the number of hairs cut.


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13/13 K-State Travels To Texas Saturday
13/13 K-State Travels To Texas Saturday
Feb. 22, 2013
Game Notes | Live Stats | Live Audio | Info on Longhorn Network
Game 27
13/13 Kansas State (21-5, 10-3 Big 12) at Texas (12-14, 4-9 Big 12)
Saturday, February 23, 2013 * 7:01 p.m. CT
Austin, Texas * Frank Erwin Center (16,540)
Television: Longhorn Network
Paul Sunderland (play-by-play); Bruce Bowen (analyst);
Kaylee Hartung (sideline reporter)
National Radio: ESPN Radio (Sirius 84)
Marc Kestecher (play-by-play); Will Perdue (analyst)
Radio: K-State Sports Network
Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play); Stan Weber (analyst)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 113/XM 193 (home broadcast)
Live Stats: http://www.kstatesports.com/multimedia/ksu-gt-live-stats.html
Live Audio: http://www.k-statesports.com/allaccess (free)
Twitter Updates: twitter.com/kstate_gameday
vs. Texas: K-State leads 14-10 (5-6 on the road)
Last Meeting: K-State won 83-57 (1/30/2013 in Manhattan)
13/13 Kansas State (21-5, 10-3 Big 12)
Head coach: Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee `78)
School Record: 21-5 (1st season) * Career Record: 334-160 (15th season) * vs. Texas: 1-1
Texas (12-14, 4-9 Big 12)
Head coach: Rick Barnes (Lenoir-Rhyne `77)
School Record: 354-151 (15th season) * Career Record: 556-285 (26th season) * vs. K-State: 9-8
No. 13/13 Kansas State (21-5, 10-3 Big 12) returns to the road on Saturday, as the Wildcats travel to Austin, Texas, to face the Texas Longhorns (12-14, 4-9 Big 12) at the Frank Erwin Center at 7 p.m. The squad will play three of their last five regular season games on the road, including trips to Baylor (March 2) and Oklahoma State (March 9). Saturday's game will broadcast nationally on the Longhorn Network with Paul Sunderland (play-by-play), Bruce Bowen (analyst) and Kaylee Hartung (sideline reporter) on the call. K-State and Texas have been two of the winningest teams in the Big 12 over the past seven seasons (since 2006-07) with the Longhorns (163) posting just two more wins than the Wildcats (161) over that span, as they rank second and third, respectively, to Kansas (219). After Monday's 71-61 win over West Virginia, K-State kept pace in the Big 12 standings, as the Wildcats remain in a tie for first place with No. 9/9 Kansas with 10-3 league records. No. 14/14 Oklahoma State is just one game back in third place with a 9-4 record, while Iowa State and Oklahoma are two games back in fourth place with 8-5 marks, as the Big 12's Top 6 teams are separated by just three games with five games to go in the regular season. The Wildcats have posted a solid 5-2 record on the road this season, which includes Big 12 road wins at West Virginia (65-64), TCU (67-54), Oklahoma (52-50) and Texas Tech (68-59) to go with losses at Iowa State (73-67) and Kansas (83-62). The squad has drastically improved their play on the road in the Big 12, posting a 28-26 record over the past seven seasons after winning just 10 of 80 road games in the league's first 10 years.
Saturday's contest will be televised on the Longhorn Network and available only through providers distributing the network. It is available in state of Kansas on Cox Communications (Ch. 272) and AT&T U-Verse (Ch. 609). It also can be found on Verizon FiOS TV, Grande Communications, Consolidated Communications, En-Touch Systems, E-Tex Communications, Bay City Cablevision, Mid-Coast Cablevision and Texas Mid-Gulf Cablevision. More information about the network can be found at espn.go.com/longhornnetwork/faq#2a. The game will not be available on ESPN3/ WatchESPN platforms or K-StateHD.TV.
K-State dropped in both major polls on Monday, falling three spots to No. 13 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll and two spots to No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches poll. It marks the ninth straight week that the Wildcats have been ranked in the AP poll, while the No. 10 ranking on Feb. 11 was the highest in the AP poll since placing No. 6 on Dec. 13, 2010. The program has now been ranked in the AP poll at least one week in each of the last four seasons. K-State is 250-94 (.727) all-time as a ranked team.
Texas (12-14, 4-9 Big 12) enters Saturday's contest with wins in two of its last three games since the return of sophomore guard Myck Kabongo, who returned on a Feb. 13 after a 23-game NCAA suspension. The Longhorns are averaging 63.9 points on 40.9 percent shooting, including 27.9 percent from 3-point range, while holding opponents to 63.5 points on 36.8 percent shooting, including an NCAA-best 26.8 percent from beyond the arc. One of the Big 12's youngest starting lineups with three freshmen and two sophomores, the squad is led by sophomore Sheldon McClellan (13.6 ppg.) who is one of six players averaging better than seven points per game. Kabongo is averaging 12.7 points since his return, while sophomore Julien Lewis adds 10.5 points with a team-high 35 3-pointers. Sophomore Jonathan Holmes is tops in rebounding at 6.7 per contest. Veteran coach Rick Barnes has won over 500 games in his career and is 354-151 in his 15th season at Texas. He is 9-8 vs. K-State, including 5-3 at home.
A season-high 17 points from Thomas Gipson and a career-best 12 from Omari Lawrence helped No. 18/21 K-State post an 83-57 win over Texas in the teams' last meeting on Jan. 30 at Bramlage Coliseum. Gipson and Lawrence were part of a 45-point outburst by the K-State bench, which was the largest of the season and the most since the opener with North Dakota. The Wildcats also took advantage of 18 Longhorn turnovers, scoring a near season-high 33 points off turnovers.
This will be 25th meeting between K-State and Texas with the Wildcats holding a 14-10 lead in a series that dates back to 1971. The Longhorns hold a slight 10-9 edge since the start of the Big 12, including a 6-3 mark at home. However, K-State has won five of the last seven meetings, including victories in three (2007, 2009, 2011) of its last four visits to the Erwin Center.
--Kansas State's 21-5 start is the seventh-best start in school history after 26 games and the best since the 2009-10 team went 22-4. The 1958-59 team posted the best start after 26 games (25-1), while the 1950-51 squad was just two games back at 23-3 and the 1947-48 and 1957-58 teams went 22-4. It is the 26th 20-win season in school history, including a school-record seventh consecutive 20-win season. The 10-3 start to Big 12 play ties two others for the best since the league's inception in 1997 and the best since the 2009-10 team also went 10-3. It marks the sixth time in the last seven seasons that the Wildcats have reached 10+ wins in conference play. K-State saw its season-best eight-game winning streak end vs. No. 3/2 Kansas on Jan. 22, which was the longest winning streak since the team won 10 in a row from Nov. 21, 2009 to Jan. 3, 2010. Four of the five losses are to current Top 10 teams in No. 3/3 Gonzaga, No. 7/7 Michigan and No. 9/9 Kansas (twice). K-State faced three Top 15 teams (No. 4 Michigan, No. 14 Gonzaga and No. 8 Florida) in non-conference play for the first time. The team won double-digit non-conference games for the seventh straight season, including its first regular-season Top 10 non-conference win (No. 8 Florida) since 1981.
--Bruce Weber's 21-5 record is the second-best start by a first-year K-State head coach in its 109-year history with only Zora Clevenger (15-2, 1916-17) posting a better mark. The best campaign by a first-year coach is still held by Clevenger, who led the Wildcats to a 15-2 mark in 1916-17. The eight-game winning streak (Dec. 18, 2012-Jan. 19, 2013) was the second-longest by a first-year coach and the longest since Clevenger's 1916-17 squad ended the year with 13 straight wins. He is just the fourth first-year Wildcat coach to have won 20 games, joining Bob Huggins (23, 2006-07), Frank Martin (21, 2007-08) and Lon Kruger (20, 1986-87).
--K-State is having a terrific start to the 2012-13 athletics season, as the Wildcats have one of the best records among BCS schools when combining football and men's and women's basketball. As of Thursday, the school's 45 wins tie for 17th nationally and its .692 winning percentage (45-20) places 20th. K-State is one of 20 schools (along with Big 12 brethren Baylor, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State) with 40+ combined wins among its three major sports. If you take into account the success of the volleyball team, which won 20 matches and advanced to NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats are 66-29 (.695) since August 24. K-State is one of three schools (Florida and Louisville) to finish in the Top 15 in football (12th) and currently rank in Top 15 in men's basketball.
--K-State has built a solid resume, as the Wildcats boast a No. 19 RPI in the latest ESPN rankings. The squad is one of five Big 12 schools in the Top 50 of the ESPN RPI, including Kansas (4), Oklahoma (18), Oklahoma State (31) and Iowa State (44). K-State is one of 17 teams with five wins over Top 50 RPI teams, which includes eight of the nation's Top 10 teams.
--The Wildcats have been one of the best in February the last five seasons, posting a 30-7 (.811) mark in the month since the 2008-09 season, including a 16-3 mark at home. Three of the seven February losses have come to Kansas (2009, 2012, 2013).
--The three-man senior class of Jordan Henriquez, Martavious Irving and Rodney McGruder could be one of the best-ever in school history. The trio currently boast a 95-35 (.731) record during their playing careers, which ranks third on the all-time wins list by a class. They are two wins away from posting the most wins by a senior class in school history (96 by Victor Ojeleye and Jamar Samuels, 2008-12). They are the fourth straight senior class to tally 90 or more wins in their career, while they are attempting to become just the second in school history (1989-90) to advance to the NCAA Tournament in four straight seasons.
--Sixteen of the 26 games have been at home (including a home game vs. No. 8/9 Florida in Kansas City's Sprint Center), where the Wildcats have won 16 of their last 17 home games, including 15 of 16 at Bramlage Coliseum. The team's 12-game overall home winning streak and 11-game streak at Bramlage ended in a 59-55 loss to No. 3/2 Kansas. The 11-game streak tied three other teams for the fourth-longest in the arena's 25-year history, including the longest since winning 14 in a row in 2011-12.
--K-State is 5-2 in road games this season, winning at George Washington (65-62), West Virginia (65-64), TCU (67-54), Oklahoma (52-50) and Texas Tech (68-59) to go with losses at Iowa State (73-67) and Kansas (83-62). The loss at Hilton Coliseum snapped the Wildcats' six-game winning streak in road games, including five-game streak in Big 12 play, which dated back to last season and was the longest since 2010. The Wildcats have improved their play on the road in the Big 12, posting a 28-26 record over the past seven seasons (which began in 2006-07) after winning just 10 of 80 road games in the league's first 10 years (1997-2006).
--K-State received its first national ranking of the season on Dec. 24, appearing at No. 25 in the AP Top 25, and earned its best ranking at No. 10 on Feb. 11. The No. 10 ranking was the highest since checking in at No. 6 on Dec. 13, 2010. The Wildcats dropped to No. 13 in the AP poll and No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches poll on Feb. 18, which marked the seventh straight week the team has been ranked in both polls. The Wildcats have a 250-94 (.727) record as a ranked team since first being ranked in 1949-50.
--K-State ranks in the Top 50 nationally in six categories, including 16th in assist-to-turnover ratio, 22nd in assists, 31st in scoring defense, 34th in turnover margin, 42nd in turnovers per game and 46th in scoring margin. The Wildcats place in the Top 5 in 14 of 21 Big 12 categories, including tops in scoring defense, assist-to-turnover ratio and offensive rebounds and second in 3-point field goal percentage, assists and turnover margin. In Big 12-only games, the squad ranks first in 3-point field goal percentage, assists, turnover margin and assist-to-turnover ratio and second in scoring defense and 3-point field goals.
--Monday's meeting with West Virginia marked the 12th time K-State has faced a former head coach (Tex Winter, Lon Kruger and Bob Huggins) with the Wildcats winning five (including four this season) of those occurrences. Prior to this season, the last victory over a former head coach came in a 95-80 win over a Kruger-coached UNLV squad on Dec. 12, 2009. K-State lost twice to Winter (Washington in 1971 and Long Beach State in 1978), while the Wildcats are now 4-4 against Kruger in his stops and 2-1 against Huggins at West Virginia (2011, 2013). Interestingly enough, the Wildcats are 6-0 against head coaches prior to them coming to K-State. The school went 1-0 against Winter at Marquette (1953), 3-0 against Jack Hartman at Southern Illinois (1964, 1968 and 1969), 1-0 against Kruger at Texas-Pan American (1986) and 1-0 against Huggins at Akron (1988).
--The 67-61 win over No. 8/9 Florida in the Hy-Vee Wildcat Classic on Dec. 22 was the first regular-season, non-conference Top 10 victory since knocking off No. 8 Minnesota at home, 62-52, on Dec. 21, 1981. Overall, it was the 12th non-conference Top 10 win (and first since defeating No. 3 Purdue, 73-70, in the 1988 NCAA Tournament), including the seventh in the regular season.
--K-State had a tremendous semester in the classroom, as the team had a cumulative 2.839 GPA (the highest in 12 years) during the Fall 2012 semester. A program-best eight players - Adrian Diaz, Rodney McGruder, Angel Rodriguez, Brian Rohleder, Ryan Schultz, Shane Southwell, Will Spradling and Nino Williams - were named to the Fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll on Jan. 9. McGruder (first team) and Spradling (second team) were selected to the Academic All-Big 12 Teams.
K-State has proven to be a balanced team across the board with eight players averaging four or more points, including just two in double figures, and five averaging three or more rebounds per game. Senior Rodney McGruder (14.8 ppg., 6th in Big 12) and sophomore Angel Rodriguez (10.7 ppg.) are the only Wildcats averaging in double figures, while three others - Will Spradling (8.7 ppg.), Shane Southwell (8.1 ppg.) and Thomas Gipson (7.6 ppg.) - are averaging better than seven points per contest. The team has seen 10 players collect 76 double-digit scoring games with McGruder (20) leading the way, while the squad has seven players with 50 or more field goals made with McGruder's 145 the second-most of any player in the Big 12. The 10 players with double-digit scoring efforts ties Baylor the most in the Big 12, while K-State joins Iowa State and West Virginia as the only league schools with seven different players with 50 or more made field goals. In all, the Wildcats have had six players lead or share the lead in scoring led by McGruder (12). Gipson (5.3 rpg.) and McGruder (5.3 rpg.) pace the squad in rebounding, while Jordan Henriquez (4.6 rpg.) also averages better than four rebounds per game. The team has seen eight players either lead or share the lead in rebounding with McGruder pacing the squad in seven games.
The Wildcats have also been diverse in other categories, including seven players with 10+ assists and eight with 10+ steals. Rodriguez has dished out a team-best 122 assists (75 in Big 12 play) with six players either leading or sharing the lead in assists. Rodriguez also has a team-high 35 steals (25 in Big 12 play), while eight have either led or shared the lead in steals. Four players -- McGruder (31.9 mpg.), Spradling (30.0), Rodriguez (26.3) and Southwell (23.7) -- are averaging more than 20 minutes, while five others are averaging 10+ minutes. Seven players have at least one start with McGruder and Spradling starting all 26.
The switch to a four-guard lineup has proved to be a pivotal decision by Bruce Weber, as the Wildcats are averaging 68.2 points on 45.2 percent shooting, including 37.8 percent from 3-point range, since making the change 17 games ago. The squad has posted a 14-3 mark in those 17 games, including victories over No. 8/9 Florida, No. 22/21 Oklahoma State, Oklahoma (twice), Iowa State and Baylor. Although the team scored nearly 71 points in their first nine games (before the switch), they are shooting nearly five percent higher from the field (45.2 from 40.8), four percent higher from 3-point range (37.8 from 33.3) and posting more 3-pointers (7.0 from 6.0), while dishing out more assists (16.2 from 15.6) and producing fewer turnovers (11.4 from 12.8) in the last 17 games. The Wildcats have connected on better than 45 percent from the field in 10 of those games, including 50 percent or better on six occasions, while shooting better than 40 percent from 3-point range in eight games. Rodney McGruder is averaging four more points per game (16.3 from 11.9) on nearly 10 percent higher field goal percentage (47.2 from 37.8) in the last 17 games, while Shane Southwell has improved his average from 6.3 points in first nine to 8.7 points in the same span.
K-State has found more of an offensive rhythm in Big 12 play, where the Wildcats lead the league in 3-point field goal percentage (39.3) and assists (16.0) and second in field goal percentage (45.2) and 3-point field goals made (7.8) 13 games into the conference season. The squad has connected on 43 percent or better from the field in 10 league games, including better than 50 percent against West Virginia (twice) and Iowa State (twice). The team has shot better than 40 percent from 3-point range in seven league games with 9+ 3-point makes in five contests, including 11 vs. Baylor on Feb. 16. Rodney McGruder ranks fifth in Big 12 games in scoring (15.8 ppg.), seventh in 3-point field goals made (2.0), eighth in 3-point field goal percentage (40.6) and ninth in field goal percentage (47.4), while Angel Rodriguez is second in league-only contests in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6) and steals (1.9), third in assists (5.8) and free throw percentage (83.0) and 18th in scoring (11.2 ppg.). Shane Southwell is third in 3-point field goal percentage (44.8), seventh in 3-point field goals made (2.0) and eighth in steals (1.3) in Big 12 games.
K-State has been solid protecting the ball, as the Wildcats rank first in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3) and second in turnover margin (+2.7). Thus far, the squad has produced a Big 12-low 11.9 turnovers per game, while forcing its foes into an average of 14.5 turnovers (fourth-most in the Big 12). The team has 14 or fewer miscues in 19 games, including a season-low six on three occasions, while they have forced their foes into 18+ turnovers seven times, including a season-high 26 by Lamar.
Seven Wildcats have posted an even or positive assist-to-turnover ratio this season, including its four primary ball-handlers (Angel Rodriguez, Martavious Irving, Shane Southwell and Will Spradling) combining for 304 assists to 136 turnovers (2.2 ratio). The current ratio for the quartet is a solid improvement after posting a 1.4 ratio (302 assists to 211 turnovers) as a group in 2011-12. Rodriguez (2.3) ranks second in the Big 12 and 33rd nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio, while Spradling's team-best ratio (2.6) is outside the minimums to rank. Spradling, who has 68 assists to 26 turnovers, led the squad with a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio a season ago, while Rodriguez has made a notable improvement (122 assists to 53 turnovers) in the area after posting a 1.2 ratio (101 assists to 85 turnovers) as a freshman. Irving has also drastically improved his ratio (1.9 from 1.5) with 53 assists to 28 turnovers, while Southwell has a solid 2.1 ratio (61 assists to 29 turnovers) after posting a 1.6 ratio last year.
Adding to the K-State's balanced attack is the production from its bench, where the Wildcats are averaging 21.6 points, including a 561-423 edge over foes. The team has collected at least 20 points from its bench in 14 games, including a season-high 45 points vs. North Dakota on Nov. 9 and Texas on Jan. 30. Reserves have scored nearly half of the team's points five times this season with Thomas Gipson posting the scoring lead against North Dakota (13), Delaware (12) and Texas (17), while Shane Southwell had a game-high 16 points vs. Alabama-Huntsville and Nino Willams tallied a career-high 17 points against No. 22/21 Oklahoma State. The rebounding leader has come from the bench in 10 games with Gipson posting team-highs vs. Delaware (6), Texas (7) and Iowa State (7). Since moving back to the bench seven games ago, Gipson is averaging 9.7 points on 54.9 percent shooting with 4.7 rebounds in 19.6 minutes per game. In that same period, Martavious Irving has also provided a lift from the bench, averaging 5.9 points on 45.5 percent, including 56.3 percent from 3-point range, in 17.9 minutes per game. Over 40 percent (378) of the team's rebounding total and nearly 35 percent (561) of the scoring total has come from the bench this season.
K-State is averaging 17.9 personal fouls per game this season, including 19.4 per game in its 13 Big 12 games. Opponents have knocked down 314 free throws in 466 attempts, an average of 12.1 makes per game, with the Wildcats countering with 325 makes on 478 attempts for an average of 12.5 makes per game. The 13 Big 12 opponents have combined to shoot 56 more free throws than K-State (261 to 205), while scoring 178 points (13.7 FT/m) to just 147 (11.3 FT/m) for the Wildcats from the line.
K-State has continued to be one of the best defensive teams in the nation, ranking 31st in scoring defense (59.5), 34th in turnover margin (+2.7) and 54th in 3-point field goal percentage defense (30.8). In all, the Wildcats rank either first, second or third in five Big 12 defensive categories, including first in scoring defense and rebounding defense, second in turnover margin and third in rebounding margin. The team is fifth in 3-point field goal percentage defense and sixth in field goal percentage defense.
The 1,547 points surrendered through the first 26 games are the fewest in the shot clock era (1985-86) and the fewest since the 1982-83 squad allowed just 1,488 points (57.2 ppg.) through the first 26 games. The current 59.5 points per game scoring average is the third-lowest since 1951 behind only the 1981-82 (56.5 ppg.) and 1982-83 (57.2 ppg.) squads. The team has held 19 of its 26 opponents to 65 points or less, including nine to 55 points or less, while eight have been held under 40 percent shooting from the field and eight to 25 percent or less shooting from 3-point range. The defensive effort has been even better in the first half, as the Wildcats are holding its 26 opponents to just 26 points on 38.7 percent shooting, including 29 percent from 3-point range. They have held six opponents to 20 points or less in the first half. The team's defense was nearly historic in the 87-26 win over Alabama-Huntsville on Nov. 13, as the 26 points allowed were one shy of the Bramlage Coliseum record of 25 set against Savannah State on Jan. 7, 2008. The Chargers' 16.4 field goal percentage was only surpassed by Savannah State's 15.5 percentage.
A trademark of Frank Martin-coached teams were their ability to score points off of opponent's mistakes and Bruce Weber has continued that legacy. The Wildcats are out-scoring their opponents, 432-305 (an average of 16.6 points per game), through the first 26 games in points off of turnovers. The squad has posted 10 or more points off of miscues in 21 of 26 games, including 20 or more points on seven occasions, with a season-best 34 vs. Lamar on Nov. 12. The team has out-scored its 13 Big 12 foes, 229-151 (an average of 17.6 points per game), in points off of turnovers, including 20 or more points in wins over TCU, Oklahoma and Baylor and a near season-best 33-point effort against Texas. They are 16-1 when scoring more points off of turnovers. The Wildcats are out-scoring their opponents, 378-231 (an average of 18.0 points per game), in points off of turnovers in their 21 victories, while are being outscored 74-54 (an average of 10.8 points per game) in points off of turnovers in their five losses.
K-State is forcing its opponents into 14.5 turnovers per game (fourth-most in the Big 12), including a season-high 26 by Lamar, while turning the ball a Big 12-low 11.9 times per game. The 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks 23rd and first in the Big 12 with Angel Rodriguez boasting the league's second-best assist-to-turnover ratio and ranking 42nd nationally. In Martin's five seasons, the Wildcats averaged 18.2 points per game off of turnovers. Nearly 25 percent of the points scored from 2007-12 came off of offense generated from miscues. The school has scored 500 or more points off of opponent turnovers in six straight seasons.
Although they have dropped games to No. 3/2 Kansas and Iowa State by a combined 10 points, the Wildcats have been successful in close games this season, posting a 12-2 record in games decided by 10 points or less and a 6-2 mark in games decided by six points or less, including six Big 12 wins. Angel Rodriguez, who knocked down the game-winning free throws in the last five seconds in the win at Oklahoma on Feb. 2 and was 6-of-6 in the last 2:24 in the win over Iowa State on Feb. 9, paces the team in free throws (26), attempted (29) and percentage (89.7) in the last five minutes of games. Will Spradling, who is also impressive from the line in clutch situations (21-of-26 in the last five minutes this season and 79-of-96 for his career), went a combined 10-of-10 from the line in the last 35 seconds in wins over Delaware, George Washington and Texas Southern. Rodney McGruder (12-of-15) and Shane Southwell (8-of-10) have all been solid from the line in the last five minutes of games. In the 65-64 win over West Virginia on Jan. 12, Southwell knocked down two free throws in the last 21 seconds and also blocked the game-winning shot with one second left. With the score tied at 50-all at Oklahoma, Rodriguez knocked down a pair of game-winning free throws with 5.6 seconds left. The team went a combined 9-of-9 from the line in the last five minutes vs. Iowa State.
Rebounding had been a source of strength earlier in the season, but has now become a source of concern since the start of Big 12 play, where the Wildcats rank seventh in rebounding margin (-1.0), eighth in defensive rebounds (20.1), ninth in rebounds (30.8) and 10th in offensive rebounds (10.5). Since switching to a four-guard line-up 17 games ago, the squad is averaging 32.4 rebounds, including 11.1 offensive rebounds, with opponents posting 30.8 rebounds, including 10.3 offensive rebounds. In the team's first nine games, they averaged 42.6 rebounds, including 18.2 offensive rebounds, while its foes posted 34.1 rebounds, including 11.3 offensive rebounds. The Wildcats out-scored their opponents, 153-99 (+54), in second chance points in its first nine games, but has since held been outscored 184-178 (-6) in second chance points in the last 17 games. In its three league losses, K-State has been out-rebounded by 32 (111-79) and allowed 32 more (46-14) second-chance points. In contrast, in its 10 league wins, the squad posted a +19 rebounding edge (318-299) and posted 25 more (120-95) second-chance points.
K-State still boasts solid overall rebounding numbers, where it ranks first in offensive rebounds (13.6), third in rebounding margin (+4.0) and seventh in rebounds (35.9). Overall, the Wildcats have out-rebounded their foes by a 933-830 margin, including 353-277 on the offensive end. The team is 17-0 this year when out-rebounding its opponent, but just 4-5 when it is out-rebounded. K-State has at least 10 offensive rebounds in 21 games with a season-high 29 against North Florida on Nov. 18.
McGRUDER AMONG ELITE COMPANY
Senior Rodney McGruder (1,413 points & 603 rebounds) became just the 11th player in K-State history to crack the 1,300-point plateau against Kansas on Jan. 22, while also cracking school's all-time Top 10 scoring list. He sits in eighth place on the all-time scoring list after passing Chuckie Williams (1,364; 1972-76) with 22 points against Iowa State on Feb. 9. He is now one of four players in school history with at least 1,400 points and 500 rebounds in a career, joining Rolando Blackman (1,844 points & 607 rebounds), Bob Boozer (1,685 points & 824 rebounds) and Cartier Martin (1,546 points & 546 rebounds). He became the first Wildcat player with 1,400 points, 600 rebounds and 100 steals in a career against West Virginia on Monday.
McGruder ranks in the Top 10 of 12 other career categories, including consecutive starts (93, 3rd), games (126, 4th), 3-point field goals attempted (450, 4th), minutes played (3,366, 4th), 3-point field goals (174, 5th), 3-point field goal percentage (38.7%, 6th), double-digit scoring games (77, 6th), starts (93, 7th), consecutive games (102, 8th), steals (102, 8th), field goals (509, 9th), and field goal attempts (1,124, 9th). He ranks in the Top 15 in five Big 12 categories, including field goals (2nd), scoring (6th), minutes (9th), field goal percentage (14th) and 3-point field goals (14th) . He ranks fifth in scoring in Big 12-only games (15.8 ppg.), while he is seventh in 3-point field goals, eighth in 3-point field goal percentage and ninth in field goal percentage.
McGRUDER NAMED PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR FOURTH TIME
Senior Rodney McGruder earned Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week honors for the fourth time in seven weeks on Jan. 21 after helping K-State run its winning streak to eight games. McGruder's four Big 12 Player of the Week awards break his tie with Michael Beasley (three, 2007-08) for the most by a Wildcat in a single-season, while McGruder's five overall weekly awards are the most-ever by a K-State player in the Big 12 era. He first won the weekly honor as a junior on Dec. 26, 2011 then this season on Dec. 10 and 24, 2012 and again on Jan. 7. McGruder posted back-to-back 20-point outings for the first time this season, as he averaged a team-best 20.5 points on 55.6 percent shooting (15-of-27), including 46.7 percent (7-of-15) from 3-point range, with 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals in 36 minutes per game in wins over TCU and Oklahoma. McGruder opened the week with a 21-point effort in a road win over the Horned Frogs then followed with a 20-point outing in a win over the Sooners. He has now collected 20 20-point games in his career with the Wildcats posting an impressive 17-3 mark in those contests.
Junior Shane Southwell has made quite the jump in his productivity in year three, as he is averaging 8.1 points on 44.9 percent shooting, including 45 percent from 3-point range, with 3.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 23.7 minutes per game with 17 starts in 24 games played. That production has been even more of factor during the team's last 17 games (of which the team is 14-3), as he is averaging 8.9 points on 42.2 percent shooting, including 43.3 percent from 3-point range, with 3.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.1 steals in 27.1 minutes per game in 17 starts. He ranks second on the team in field goals (54), 3-point field goals (29) and assists during that stretch, while he is third in scoring and steals. Southwell had a huge game in the win against West Virginia on Jan. 12, as he knocked down two free throws in the last 21 seconds to give the Wildcats the lead then blocked the game-winning shot with just one second remaining. He first set his career-high for points (19) against No. 3/2 Kansas on Jan. 22 then matched it against Baylor on Feb. 16 with 19 on a career-best six 3-pointers. He has now posted double-digit points 11 times in his career (9 K-State wins), including seven times this season. He entered the 2012-13 campaign averaging just 2.5 points on 36.1 percent shooting with 2.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 14.8 minutes per game with 62 games played and 19 starts.
Sophomore Angel Rodriguez has made steady improvement from his freshman to his sophomore season, as he ranks first or second on the team in six categories, including first in assists (122) and steals (35) and second in scoring (10.7 ppg.) and double-figure scoring games (15). He has helped the Wildcats rank first in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio and second in assists and turnover margin, while he places in the league's Top 10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3, 1st), assists (5.1, 3rd) and steals (1.5, 6th) and ranks second in conference-only assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6) and steals (1.9) and third in assists (5.8). He has scored in double figures 15 times, including 20-point games against Iowa State (20) and Baylor (22), to go with game-highs against Lamar (19), George Washington (17) and Gonzaga (14). He tallied his first career double-double in Feb. 16 win over Baylor with career-bests in both points (22) and assists (10). In Big 12 play, he is averaging 11.2 points, 5.8 assists and 1.9 steals in 29.2 minutes per game. He earned Phillips 66 Big 12 co-Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career on Monday after averaging 19.5 points, 8.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals in helping K-State split games with Kansas and Baylor.
Junior Will Spradling has been a model of consistency from the free throw line, knocking down 49-of-55 opportunities, including going 10-of-10 in the last 35 seconds in wins over Delaware, George Washington and Texas Southern. His effort has raised his career free throw percentage to 84.1 (174-of-207), which is the second-highest in school history behind Steve Henson (90.0; 361-of-401; 1986-90). Spradling has not only been stellar on the free throw line, but he ranks first on the team in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.7). He also places eighth in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage (37.0) and 10th in 3-point field goals (1.5). He ranks first on the team in 3-point field goals (40), second in assists (68) and third in scoring (8.7 ppg.) and double-digit scoring games (12), while he matched his career-high with 19 points vs. West Virginia on Monday. Since going scoreless against Kansas on Jan. 22, he has posted double-digit efforts at Iowa State (15), Oklahoma (12), Kansas (10) and West Virginia (19).
Since returning to the bench seven games ago, sophomore Thomas Gipson has become a big presence in the paint for K-State, as he is averaging 9.7 points on 54.9 percent shooting with 4.7 rebounds in 19.6 minutes per game. His scoring average and field goals in that span are third on the team behind Rodney McGruder and Angel Rodriguez. He has scored in double figures in four of the seven games, including a game-high 17 points against Texas on Jan. 30 to go with a team-high seven rebounds in 21 minutes. Gipson, who had started 13 consecutive games prior to coming off the bench vs. Texas, posted his individual high in a Big 12 game, while his 16 points against Iowa State on Feb. 9 gave him double-digits for the ninth time this season. He came into the Texas game, averaging just 4.7 points on 45.5 percent shooting and 2.8 rebounds in 16.0 minutes per game in Big 12 play. He had arguably his best all-around game against Texas Southern on Dec. 18 with 14 points, 12 rebounds and career-bests in blocks (4) and steals (3) in 26 minutes. It marked his fourth career double-double, but the first of the season. The 12-rebound effort tied his season-high that he also had against George Washington. He is the team leader in rebounding at 5.3 per game.
Senior Martavious Irving has provided a scoring lift from the bench of late, posting double figures in three of the last six games for the first time in his career. He has scored 10 points each in the two road wins at Oklahoma and Texas Tech to go with another 10 against Iowa State on Feb. 9. In the last seven games, he is averaging 5.9 points on 45.5 percent shooting, including a team-best 56.3 percent shooting from beyond the arc with nine 3-pointers, in 17.9 minutes per game. Although his numbers aren't high enough for Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year mention, he has still been one of the major factors for the team's success with 4.5 points, 2.2 assists and 1.8 rebounds in 18.2 minutes per game. He is one of five players with 20+ 3-pointers.
After playing in just 15 games his first season (including a medical redshirt in 2010-11), sophomore Nino Williams is starting to emerge as an impact player for K-State. He has played in 25 of 26 games with 11 starts, averaging 4.9 points on 47.3 percent shooting (53-of-112) with 3.6 rebounds in 14.3 minutes per game. He had career week in wins against South Dakota and No. 22/21 Oklahoma State, in which, he averaged 16.5 points on 66.7 percent shooting with 6.0 rebounds in 22.5 minutes per game. He tallied a career-best 16 points vs. South Dakota on 7-of-10 field goals before eclipsing that mark with 17 points off the bench against the Cowboys on 7-of-11 field goals. After scoring a combined 17 points in 11 games from Jan. 12 to Feb. 16, he came through in a big way in the win over West Virginia on Monday, scoring 13 points on 6-of-8 field goals in 23 minutes.
UP NEXT: TEXAS TECH (9-15, 2-11 Big 12)
K-State returns home to host Texas Tech (9-15, 2-11 Big 12) in its next-to-last home game on Monday at 6 p.m. on ESPNU.


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A 43-year-old woman who swindled thousands of pounds in benefits has been spared jailed.
Tracy Cooper-Miles, of Abbotts Close, Stourport, pleaded guilty to four charges of failing to notify Wyre Forest District Council and the Department for Work and Pensions her partner was living with her.
Between July 7, 2008 to March 1, 2009 and November 29, 2010 to May 29, 2011, she was paid £4,033 in Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit and £4,474 in Income Support to which she was not entitled.
Kidderminster Magistrates sentenced her to to four weeks in prison suspended for 12 months when she appeared in court on Thursday, March 6.
Cooper-Miles was also made subject to a curfew requirement. She will be electronically tagged for three months and prevented from leaving her home from 10pm to 6am.
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The Arizona Fall League, regarded throughout professional baseball as the "graduate school" for the Major Leagues' top prospects, has had over 1,200 players who came through the league reach the Majors. In addition, 18 former Fall League managers/players have gone on to manage a Major League club. With such a high number of talented players and managers to choose from, the selection of the Hall of Fame inductees is difficult.
To qualify for consideration for this prestigious honor, a player must have achieved recognition at the Major League level as a Rookie of the Year, a league MVP, an All-Star or a Gold Glove or Silver Slugger Award winner. Players meeting these criteria are placed on the AFL Hall of Fame ballot for consideration by the AFL Selection Committee, comprised of baseball executives who have participated in the Fall League's growth over the past 14 years.
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BenQ DW1620: An Elegant, Robust DVDR Surpriseby Kristopher Kubicki on 9/29/2004 10:32 AM EST
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amdfanboy - Monday, October 04, 2004 - link*Test* Reply
chucky2 - Friday, October 01, 2004 - linkAs a follow-up to reviewing the LG GSA-4160BI drive, it'd be nice if you do review the drive that you use the lastest revision of the firmware, which I belive is available here (http://us.lgservice.com/b2c/jsp/SubSys.jsp?SYS=SWL... by choosing DVD-Writer.
In fact, I think the latest revision of firmware for each drive should be used so as to be fair to all drivers involved.
Thanks either way for doing the review, even if you don't include the LG!
Chuck Reply
deathwalker - Thursday, September 30, 2004 - linkA final thought on my original post...the Pioneer 108 is $79 at newegg and this BenQ is $77...for a $2 difference give me the pioneer any day of the week. I'll pay $2 more for a company that has been doing it right for a long time vs. a company that is still tring to figure out how to do it right. Reply
deathwalker - Thursday, September 30, 2004 - linkWell..just call me a stick in the mud..but..if the chipset in use on this burner is a version of the one that was in the NU-082, then they can keep it. I have a NU-082 and it is quite possibly the worst optical device i have ever put in a computer..and just to think I bought it due to the praise it recieved from AnandTech. Having gotten that off my chest..keep up the good work guys I know you do your best to bring us quality reviews with objective analysis. Reply
WooDaddy - Thursday, September 30, 2004 - linkA couple of questions:
- What is Mount Rainier?
- Will the overview include a table of features per drive? In particular I'd like to see things like HD-Burn and DVD-RAM read capablities, etc.
- Bitsetting disks .... why not just burn all discs in DVD-ROM format anyway? Is there a benefit to burning in the other? DVD-ROM is supposedly more compatible anyway. (This is a question, not a statement.)
And last but not least,
- Why won't Ian STFU!? Geez... Quit acting like a hater... If Anandtech doesn't have something you like, do you own damn website. oh wait.. YOU DO! So go do it! (Kris, I know you wanted to say that.)
For the record, IAN YOU HAVEN'T EVEN DONE A REVIEW ON THE DVR-108 YET! NOR HAVE YOU DONE A REVIEW ON ANY DRIVE WITH 16X -R MEDIA...
You do have a nice website and whole helluva comprehensive reviews. But because you're such a d|ck, I'll wait for Anandtech to come out with their review.
assemblage - Thursday, September 30, 2004 - linkI don't like the mouseover images you all are using. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - linkIan: Got any 16X -R media for us to test it with?
Kristopher Reply
Ian@CDRlabs - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - linkIt says Pioneer DVR-108 above the specs.
Why no 16x -R writing tests? Reply
chucky2 - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - linkI'd really like to see how the LG GSA-4160BI drive stacks up in the roundup...with a current price of $86 + $4 shipping, it'd be interesting to see how it compares to the larger names like Sony, Pioneer, etc. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - linklennylim: Fixed.
Kristopher Reply
Compddd - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - linkIs the Pioneer DVR-A08XL still the best one though? Reply
lennylim - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - linkFirmware link is incorrect, although it doesn't take much to figure out what it should be. Reply
Fionavar - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - linkDid you say weeks on the round-up? I hope it is much sooner than that as I need a new DVD player and at the moment I am seriously considering the NEC ND-3500 ... the specs and the fact that it comes with the full Nero 6 package is a seeller - of course your round-up might tell me otherwise ... Reply
Resh - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - linkWhy did you guys put this out before the round-up? Seems to indicate you think this one is better than the rest, which makes one wonder about the point of the round-up.
Anyway, get the damn thing out so I can buy one already. :) Reply
Basse - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link...and some are missing!
Looking forward to reading the roundup :-) Reply
Basse - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - linkCheck the mouseover images, they seem a tad large. Reply
UlricT - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - linkuuhhh... what is this here?
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"...Unfortunately, the drive lacks DVD-RAM and Mount Rainer support. The drive claims slightly quicker than average access times as well.
Make a special note of some of the neater capabilities of this drive, including DVD-RAM support,..."


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Art party in the garden!
Gallery switches Square One out for new outdoor gala
Saturday, Jun 07, 2014 06:00 am
Saturday, June 7 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Tickets are $25 in advance ($20 for members and participating artists) or $30 at the door.
After June 7, the exhibition will be open to the public during regular hours until June 20
ArtWalk to be held tomorrow, Thursday, June 5, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Art Gallery of St. Albert
19 Perron Street, St Albert
For more information, call 780-460-4310 or visit www.artgalleryofstalbert.ca.
The Art Gallery of St. Albert has rethought its annual major fundraiser but you can�t say that it�s going to start at square one. Square One was its last title but art lovers are now getting their hats and flowery dresses ready as they eagerly await the Gallery Garden Party.
�It�s good to keep it fresh and keep offering people something new,� said interim director Jenny Willson-McGrath.
Square One only had two incarnations after the long-standing annual Art Auction gala was relegated to the annals of history. But Square One still wasn�t what a lot of the gallery�s supporters and patrons were hoping for. A focus group last year helped organizers to develop this new concept.
One of the most noticeable changes that people will notice, apart from the name, is the artwork itself. Square One featured 1� x 1� foot paintings and 1� x 1� x 1� foot sculptures. Now, anything goes for the most part, Willson-McGrath added.
�There�s no real dimension requirement like Square One. We did put an upper limit on the sizes and the values to keep it affordable for patrons to purchase artwork. It�s all of a really, really high quality.�
Ticket holders will get to enjoy exclusive first access to the art for sale and auction. There will also be live music, prizes, and a botanical art bar, plus a cash bar and hors d�oeuvres including tea and cake.
The garden tea party atmosphere will help to support the educational programs and exhibitions of St. Albert�s public art gallery plus the proceeds will be split with the participating artists.
The list of contributing artists is still as long as ever and features more than 60 recognizable names and even a few new ones. The theme encourages attendees to put on their best garden party attire too.
Along with the gala festivities and art sales, there will also be a raffle and silent auction and live art that will also be auctioned off.
�I have a really positive outlook for it.�
Ticket sales are brisker than usual too, she said, but there are still some left.
She hopes to continue to get more feedback from event attendees in order to keep improving the fundraiser.
Other details
The change also means that local art lovers who usually make the gallery their starting point during summer ArtWalks will get less of a full gallery show but more of a sneak peek at what�s in store for Saturday.
�Visitors might get a little bit of a taste. We�re going to be under construction at that time and we�re not going to hide it! They�ll see how these things come together: the unglamorous side as much as the glamorous side.�
There will be some of the artwork available for viewing but Willson-McGrath said, �We�re keeping a lot of it under wraps so it�s a special surprise for the party guests.�
On ArtWalk night, however, they will get to see local artist Julie Kaldenhoven at work on a painting that will be available for purchase at the garden party.
Patrons and passersby will also have the chance to stop in on a new �photo opportunity� of sorts in front of the gallery. Last month�s photo booth for the High Energy exhibit proved to be immensely popular with guests who shared many of their photos on social media.
�We�re hoping to get as many snaps of the public as possible, posing in our Gallery Garden Party themed photo booth.�


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Listen carefully. If you don't make a sound you just might hear it. Or not.
That's the thing with silence. It's an absence, not a noise. The way white is not a colour. With their World Cup opener scheduled for today, the England football team is an absence of colour and sound.
How refreshing.
Typically, with a major, international campaign about to get underway, the commotion coming out of the England camp would be unbearable. This player or that would be making audacious predictions; the domestic press corps would be writing home about beckoning history, referencing 1966 as some sort of holy year, a pilgrimage of memory. There would be an almighty clamour.
Not this time.
Since landing in Brazil via Miami, the England players and coaches have been models of serenity, and the reporters dispatched to cover them have picked up on the unexpectedly tranquil vibe.
"Refreshingly different" was how Luke Edwards described the Three Lions in the Telegraph, adding "this appears to be the first national squad in years to have become genuinely popular in the eyes of the public."
An infusion of youth has had something to do with that, as have restrained expectations. It's all combined to create, as left-back Leighton Baines told the Football Association's official website on Friday, "as good a group as there's been" during his time as an international.
Even manager Roy Hodgson, who went for a walk on the beach during the week, has warned against over-confidence.
"I must advise caution," he remarked ahead of this afternoon's match against Italy. But, he continued, "I'm not trying to play down the fact that the future looks quite bright and there are interesting times ahead."
Those times are still some ways off in the distance--or at least likely to arrive after this World Cup rather than during it.
For now there is simply quiet, which for England is its own kind of victory.
Just listen.
Spot kicks
Italy is expected to be without AC Milan full-back Mattia De Sciglio against England. The 21-year-old has a thigh injury, which means Azzurri manager Cesare Prandelli could move Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini to the left. England boss Roy Hodgson will not have the injured Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain at his disposal, although Danny Welbeck (thigh) could be fit in time for kick-off.
The pitch in Manaus was so dry ahead of England-Italy that stadium officials opted to spray-paint the grass in order to hide the dry patches. The heat and humidity will likely see the match in the Amazon port city take on flat tempo, and substitutions could have an especially vital role as a result.
Daley Blind enjoyed a breakout, international performance on Friday. The versatile Ajax man, who can also play as a deep-lying midfielder, was used as a wing-back for the Netherlands against Spain and set up spectacular goals by Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben.
The offside rule has already become a subject of controversy at the World Cup, with several goals incorrectly disallowed by officials. Incidentally, this is the first World Cup to feature goal-line technology. The next one, or more likely the one after that, could see the introduction of a robust video replay system.
Demonstrations continue to take place throughout Brazil, although for the time being many protesters have found a unique balance between their calls for social progress and supporting the Selecao--as we saw during last summer's Confederations Cup. All that could change, however, if Brazil go out of the tournament before the final. It is, as they say, "ouito ou oitenta." Eight or eighty. It's one extreme or the other.
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"Nobody Special" was originally written as a bedtime story for children. But as more and more "grown ups" laughed in the right places and were touched by its message, it also became a bedtime story for big people and, hopefully, it will make you sleep better at night:
This is the story of Ruby Begonia Gardner and her search for Specialness. Travel with Ruby as she meets one kooky character after another; characters like BeBe Beautiful, Justa Fever, GaGa Glitter, and Ronald Triumph, who each play their part in helping Ruby Begonia to learn life's most important lesson of all.
I have made it possible for you to read the entire book by clicking on PREVIEW BOOK! (Be sure to enter full screen by clicking the icon at the lower right corner of the bar.) Yes, it would be great if you actually purchased a copy of my book as a keepsake but that is not why I wrote the story. If you are at all touched by its message, please pass it on.
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- Publish Date Mar 30, 2012
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Can you post your macro and the example that produces the expansion you included in your previous message? My earlier answer was based on a conjecture about how your macro behaved, and it would be easier to provide a complete answer if I can see exactly what you're doing. Ryan Todd O'Bryan wrote: > It does, but I'm confused. Does that mean that any macro I define that > includes something like a contract has to require every predicate it > could conceivably want? How do I define a macro that will allow me to > specify a predicate later, maybe even one that didn't exist when I > wrote the macro? Or is that not possible? > > Or, and this kind of makes sense as I'm writing it, is there a way to > tell a macro to wait to evaluate something in the location it's used, > rather than in its own scope? > > Todd > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Ryan Culpepper <ryanc at ccs.neu.edu> wrote: >> Todd O'Bryan wrote: >>> I feel like I'm getting there, but macros still do things that confuse me. >>> >>> According to the Macro Stepper, I've written a macro that expands to: >>> >>> (module fields racket >>> (#%module-begin >>> (require "tables.rkt") >>> (require "../date-utils.rkt") >>> (begin >>> (define-struct >>> date-field >>> (contract) >>> #:transparent) >>> (define (create-date-field >>> #:contract >>> (contract db-date?)) >>> (make-date-field contract)) >>> (provide/contract >>> (create-date-field >>> (-> #:contract any/c date-field?)))))) >>> >>> At the next step of the expansion, I get the error: >>> >>> expand: unbound identifier in module >>> db-date? >>> >>> The only problem is that "../date-utils.rkt" provides db-date? and if >>> I put everything inside the #%module-begin into its own DrRacket >>> definitions window, it runs without error. For some reason, db-date? >>> isn't available when it's needed, but I can't figure out how to make >>> it available. >>> >>> What am I doing wrong? >> Is your macro defined in "tables.rkt"? If that's the case, it doesn't matter >> whether the module where it's *used* imports date-utils, but whether the >> module where the macro is *defined* imports date-utils. That's the idea of >> hygienic macros; they're lexically scoped. >> >> You can use the macro stepper to check an identifier's binding by clicking >> on the identifier (here, the reference to 'db-date?'), then opening the >> "Syntax properties" pane using the Stepper window. It'll tell you what >> bindings, if any, the identifier refers to. >> >> Did that help? >> >> Ryan >> >>
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Did you know?
The Drakensberg is home to the oldest fossilised dinosaur eggs in the world.
On the lower slopes of the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Park, which straddles the border between South Africa and Lesotho, you will spot small herds of eland that migrate seasonally between the higher slopes of the berg and the sweeter grasses of the plains.
This is just one of Lesotho and South Africa's transfrontier park success stories. Through the collaboration between the two countries, animal populations in this mountain paradise have rallied and today large troops of baboons roam the mountainside and there are regular sightings of blesbok, oribi, duiker and, occasionally, the elusive leopard.
The wildlife is just one of the attractions of this Drakensberg transfrontier nature reserve. For many, the main feature is the mountain range itself - one of the most important water catchments in southern Africa. The Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Park boasts some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in the world.
This distinctive landscape is not only home to many species of animals and birds, it is also home to the highest concentrations of rock art south of the Sahara. There are approximately 600 known sites and almost 40 000 individual images, painted by the indigenous inhabitants of the area over a period of at least 4 000 years.
The transfrontier commitment between South Africa and Lesotho is more than a decade old and continuous efforts are being made to improve access to the area, known for its fabulous hiking trails and endless views.
Other attractions in the area include important palaeontological sites such as those where the oldest fossilised dinosaur eggs in the world were found, and key sites of late Iron Age settlements that define Basotho origins. South Africa and Lesotho are currently working on a 20-year strategy to guide their partnership.
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The most accessible areas of the Maloti-Drakensberg Tranfrontier Park are the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg World Heritage Site in KwaZulu-Natal and Golden Gate National Park in the Free State province. Both are easily accessible by car.
Best time to visit
The area can be visited year round, but bear in mind that winters are usually bitterly cold and snow is common.
Get around
Self-drive is best though organised tours are also an option.
Length of stay
Anything from a few days to several weeks.
What to pack
Pack warm clothes, even in summer when evening temperatures can plummet.
Where to stay
There is a range of accommodation in the area to suit all budgets.


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