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Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: Haswell-E To Feature 8 Cores, X99, DDR4by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014 8:00 PM EST
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Grebuloner - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkIf X99 can be what X79 was supposed to be, I might upgrade my SNB-E earlier than the Skylake-E I was planning on. I am disappointed on the consumer core count...don't want to pay for a 2P Xeon when I don't need the validation, etc., just the cores. Reply
extide - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkGet an E5 16xx v2 then, they go to 8 cores and are available right now. Reply
f0d - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkcant overclock it though Reply
buffhr - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkActually the E5 1650v2 has an unlocked multiplier same as 3930k c2 just with ECC support. Reply
jmke - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkwhy would you want to overclock the CPU? ;-) Reply
ddriver - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkWhy would you not? Reply
ImSpartacus - Saturday, March 22, 2014 - linkBecause it has excellent performance & thermal characteristics out of the box.
Overclocking the CPU requires superior cooling or settling with a warmer/louder chassis. If you're overclocking your GPU (which actually needs it), then you don't want to waste cooling potential on your CPU. Reply
sephirotic - Sunday, March 30, 2014 - linkModerate and small ovverclocks ALLWAYS is always nice performance-price wise. Is liky buying a more expensive processor. multi core processors have poor performance for single core applications and low clock by default. Overclocking mitigates that.
Talking about 8 cores, the superior cooling is not really that much since the purpose is to increase single and double threaded applications, not multithread where you can limit the overclock. For only 2~3 cores stressed, a 30% overclock would hardly increase thermal load to noisy leves if you use any 12cm aftermaket coolers. Intel's stock cooler is noisier in full load than any cheap 30 usd 12cm tower heatsink. The extra heat dissipated would hardly impacts in the case air sorrounding the GPU. specially with a tower heatsink that directs the heat generated directly out of the case, differently from the low profile cooler intel uses.
So sorry to say that, but you clearly isn´t a overclocker and got all the points and drawbacks wrong. Reply
Bohefus1 - Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - linkyou clearly don't have a grasp of the english language Reply
BMNify - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkmore cores without AVX2 or better are not worth the money today for most generic uses, such as x264 UHD encoding etc Reply
f0d - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkactually handbrake scales pretty much linearly with more cores - i have tested it with my 3930k Reply
BMNify - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkyes it does for the old AVX SIMD portion , but compare that to the later AVX2 optimizations and you get up to 70% ish better data throughput for a given 1080P/UHD highest visual quality encode, you should try using a generic FFMPEG/AVCONV bat script as that gives you better throughput when tuned over the handbrake GUI... Reply
twtech - Friday, March 28, 2014 - linkIt's a chicken-and-egg problem. Somebody has to put a larger number of cores in the hands of end-users so that development tools and software will have a increasing reason to catch up. Reply
f0d - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linki was also disappointed at how many cores came out on consumer x79 - sure there was the ability to use xeons but you cant oc them so my 6 core 5.0ghz 3930k would have been just as fast or even faster than any 8 core xeon (for encoding videos which is what i mostly need the cores for) Reply
Samus - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - linkMaybe this will finally be a legit reason to upgrade my x58, i7 975, which coincidently was the first DDR3 platform, and triple-channel at that. Reply
munim - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkWould X99 be coming out too early for Sata Express to be implemented? Reply
JMcGrath - Sunday, April 13, 2014 - linkI have been looking for a definitive answer to this very same question myself - or even if (or when) X79 will receive SATA Express.
However, I am going to go out on a limb and bet on the fact it WILL be included.
Considering Z87 Boards are already seeing SATA Express models (search ASUS Z87 DELUXE/SATA Express), and add the fact that even consumer boards such as H97 - as well as Z97/Z99 - will feature SATA Express, I see no reason X99 would not!
Whether X99 has *native* support or not remains to be seen, although this may be a feature left for (perhaps intentionally) FLEX IO.
Either way, I am not too worried about it. I had put a hold on my new build going all the way back to a 3930K which I exchanged for a 4930K waiting and hoping for implementation on the X79 boards (which unfortunately seems will not come). Although I have finally decided to just proceed with my build on a high end X79 motherboard (still deciding between the RIVE Black, X79 Dark, P9X79-WS, etc).
Even with 2 (possibly 3) GTX 780 Titan Black's, or Flagship Maxwell GPU - 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes is more than enough to support 2, 3 or even 4 top GPUs and a SATA Express Controller!! Unless you are planning on running more than 4 SATA Express SSDs there would be no issue, at which point you would run into CPU limitations before On-board or discrete controller issues. Reply
Scabies - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkAhh, finally DDR4! Reply
iwod - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkHaswell-E will be new Xeon E3 with 8 Core?
i.e Broadwell wont be availbe on Server / Desktop ( Except that one with Iris Pro )?
Slight confused here. Reply
Kevin G - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkHaswell-E will be the basis for Xeon E5 v3 that should ship by the end of the year. It will use socket 2011v3 which has support for DDR4.
Broadwell on socket 1150 will be the basis for the next generation of Xeon E3 v4 chips due earlier next year. Reply
iwod - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkOk I am confused ( I haven't been following Desktop CPU for a long time )
Did Intel ever had a LGA 2011 i7 Desktop Chip? Because i couldn't not find any on Intel Ark website. They were all 1155. Even the 3rd Generation.
If yes, then why is this 8 Core new to Desktop. Since on server side there are already 8 Core IvyBridge E5 v2 based on Socket 2011 as well.
Broadwell is delayed on Desktop. Mobile coming first. So the 2015 year of Skylake we will see a Desktop Broadwell?
Um this is all a bit strange, at least the way things work are no longer predictable with the Tick Tock timeframe. Reply
f0d - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - link"Did Intel ever had a LGA 2011 i7 Desktop Chip?" yes there was many 3820 3930k 3960x 4820k 4930k 4960x
"If yes, then why is this 8 Core new to Desktop" because they were all 4 and 6 core cpus Reply
BMNify - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - link"The shift to DDR4 memory has been expected for a number of quarters. "
actually its clear that while DDR4 will give you a potential 1.5x to 2x better ram data throughput, it all seems far to little far to late now, i still cant see the masses of industrial cloud installations etc wanting to pay for the limited benefit when its clear for a long time now that ratified HMC (hybrid memory cube) at lower power and 17x's the data throughput are also almost here in bulk manufacture, it just takes the orders to the foundries to make it happen...
""More than 100 developer and adopter members of the hybrid memory cube consortium (HMCC) this week announced is has reached consensus for the global standard that will deliver a much-anticipated, disruptive memory computing solution. Developed in only 17 months"
"More than 100 leading technology companies from Asia, Japan, Europe and the U.S. have joined the effort, including Altera, ARM, Cray, Fujitsu, GlobalFoundries, HP, IBM, Marvell, Micron Technology, National Instruments, Open-Silicon, Samsung, SK Hynix, ST Microelectronics, Teradyne and Xilinx. Continued collaborations within the consortium could ultimately facilitate new uses in HPC, networking, energy, wireless communications, transportation, security and other semiconductor applications." Reply
jasonelmore - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkall those companies dont matter unless intel is on the list. they have to bake support into their platforms, or you will see hardly any adoption given ARM's market share in the server market Reply
BMNify - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkyou seem unaware that in fact Intel where one of the original developers of HMC at the fall Intel Developer Forum in September 2011.
customers like Intel and AMD are not consortium members, it is generally thought that they opted not to be involved in the open standard in order to develop their own way of using the technology. Intel demonstrated a prototype HMC device during the fall Intel Developer Forum in September 2011, deeming it the fastest and most efficient DRAM ever built..."
http://www.i-micronews.com/upload/image/PG/compare... Reply
BMNify - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkhttp://blogs.intel.com/intellabs/2011/09/15/hmc/
Reinventing DRAM with the Hybrid Memory Cube
By Bryan Casper on September 15, 2011
"Today, Intel CTO Justin Rattner is demonstrating the Hybrid Memory Cube, the fastest and most efficient Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) ever built.
I want to give you some background on how and why we collaborated with Micron on this new memory technology. One of my research passions is helping to design computers to be faster and more energy efficient.
A portion of my creative energy over my career has been to improve the interconnect within computer systems so that communication between the microprocessor, DRAM, storage and peripherals is faster and lower power with each successive generation. In other words, I'm an I/O guy.
One of the biggest impediments to scaling the performance of servers and data centers is the available bandwidth to memory and the associated cost. As the number of individual processing units ("cores") on a microprocessor increases, the need to feed the cores with more memory data expands proportionally.
Legacy DDR-style of DRAM main memory isn't going to cut it for much of the future high-end systems. Being an I/O researcher, my initial efforts to solve the memory bandwidth problem were focused exclusively on the I/O to improve the circuits, connectors and wires that help to form the connection between the microprocessor and memory...." Reply
iwod - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkWell iGPU is heavily bottlenecked by Memory Bandwidth as well. So why Isn't Intel bringing this to Market instead? Reply
BMNify - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkgood question, perhaps anand can ask them Reply
BMNify - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkyou also seem unaware as regards "they have to bake support into their platforms, or you will see hardly any adoption given ARM's market share in the server market" that in fact many of the best server kit is in fact now using ARM SoC IP NoC (Network On a Chip), CoreLink CCN-508 that can deliver up to 1.6 terabits of sustained usable system bandwidth per second with a peak bandwidth of 2 terabits per second (256 GigaBytes/s)
its also interesting to note that with the defined "short-reach (SR) and ultra short-reach (USR) interconnection across physical layers (PHYs) for applications requiring tightly coupled or close-proximity memory support " and the generic current CoreLink CCN-508 that can deliver up to 1.6 terabits of sustained usable system bandwidth per second with a peak bandwidth of 2 terabits per second (256 GigaBytes/s) at processor speeds scaling all the way up to 32 processor cores total..... at least on paper
Intel's Knights Landing Xeon Phi due in 2015 with its antiquated QPI interconnect and its expected ultra short-reach (USR) interconnection only up to 500MB/s data throughput seems a little/lot short on real data throughput by then, Intel seem to need to go to Wide IO/HMC and a far better ultra short-reach interconnect ASAP it seems.... Reply
Khato - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkSo many errors I have to wonder if it's all intentional?
So, what are some examples of these 'best server kit' that use ARM's CoreLink CCN-508? Which was only announced late last year by the way, hence why there are no products using it yet. Second, it's an on-chip interconnect and hence that peak bandwidth isn't anything special.
As for Knight's Landing, QPI is an external interconnect use for communication between packages through common PCB traces and capable of over 25 GB/s. And you know that Knight's Corner already has a peak memory bandwidth of 352 GB/s, right? Care to take a guess at the sustained bandwidth its on-chip interconnect is capable of? I'd imagine not since you want to pretend that ARM's CCN-508 is something awesome and revolutionary. Reply
dstarr3 - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkI have the sneaking suspicion that X99 is going to crammed full of new interfaces and technologies that haven't quite reached maturity yet... Reply
georgekn3mp - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkWow and I thought my SB-E 3930k with 16GB Quad-channel 1866 DDR-3 RAM was fast...
well at least I could re-purpose my Raided SSD's and the dual GTX670 with an X99 board...but then just the Has-E CPU and DDR4 and mobo would cost as much as the dual GPU and pair of SSD cost me in 2012. I would hope for more than a 10% increase overall...
But going from 40-50 GB/s memory bandwidth to whatever Quad-DDR4 has PLUS two more cores (4 more threads) would make a bigger difference than the upgrade from SB-E to IB-E that I skipped? Reply
chizow - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkToo little too late for me for this E platform, got tired of waiting for a worthy successor to X58 that was on par with Intel's Mainstream Performance platform and it never came, so I caved and built two Z87/Haswell rigs instead. Haswell-E and X99 would've been great if it came last year, but I got tired of Intel dragging their feet. Reply
semo - Monday, April 21, 2014 - linkYou got tired of waiting on Intel so you bought Intel products instead? Well that's the reality. Back to the bad old days of pre Athlon 64. At least they are still shrinking the nodes for now but it is a shame that there is almost no competition in the home CPU and chipset market Reply
azazel1024 - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkI hope that means that Haswell-E and Broadwell-E will be 6/8 core chips and not a single 8 core extreme chip, a 6 core and then a quad core or two on the low end. I'd really like something markedly faster than what I am running now for heavily multithreaded tasks (Lightroom, Photoshop, Handbrake). My biggest issue is, I can't justify shelling out a $300-400+ premium over high end quad core processor just to get a hexacore.
So I am hoping that means that the lowest end Haswell-E/Broadwell-E is going to be a Hexacore processor now...and in the same $300-400 price range that the current low end Ivy-E quad core processor is.
I can justify $100-200 dearer price tag to increase my core count by 50%. Reply
Ytterbium - Monday, June 09, 2014 - linkSeems like there will be 6's at low end and 8 for extreme. The x820K was kind of pointless, worse performance on high end platform. Reply
toyotabedzrock - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkThis seems like a badly thought out release plan. If your targeting enthusiasts you don't release a Cpu with last years design and the new mainstream design at the same time. Reply
lilmoe - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkI've yet to see the value in Intel's E-Series chips, at least not with *that* difference in price. Reply
DnaAngel - Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - linkThey have their uses, especially if you run highly threaded applications. I never saw the justification in the top end E's , but the k versions are manageable at $500 ish. Like the IVB-E 4930k. If they stay true to the numbering scheme, the go to Haswell-E would be the 5930k.
I dont mind paying $500ish for an 8 core 16 threaded CPU. Tie that in with DDR4 and X99 and 2 GTX 870's, but I don't plan on grabbing up the upgrade till Summer '15. Gives manufacturers time to refine boards (r2.0's) and DDR4 to stabilize in price with revisions to its speeds etc. Hopefully by next summer, Asus will of released a Rampage Black Edition X99 based Motherboard. Rampage V I presume. As an upgrade to the Rampage that will be available with Haswell E's launch. Reply
Stuka87 - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkLooks like I am going to push off building a new system a bit longer than. My aging gaming box plays the majority of things fine, so I can hold off a little longer. Reply
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I AM MY FATHERS SON - Monday, May 12, 2014 - linkGarbage, garbage, garbage! Z87 was a real disappointment. Z97 looks even worse.
GIVE ME BANDWIDTH! Reply
DnaAngel - Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - linkThere wasn't really any new technologies for Z87 to grasp. Another reason why it pays to only do new builds every 3-5 years. The only reason one would need to get Z87 was if they are coming from a much older platform. Of course there are 2 sides to every argument and the elitist who upgrade yearly will have something to say, but for the rest of us, money doesn't grow on trees and we have to be more strategic in upgrade cycles. My rule of thumb is to save up for a decent build with some longevity in mind, build it, then save for the next one in 3-5 years. $5-$10 out of each paycheck put away, adds up pretty good over that 3-5 years. Essentially funding the next upgrade and easy on the wallet, instead of forking out all at one time. Reply
vknyvz - Friday, August 15, 2014 - linkIt's time to upgrade, I am still on my 950 yup 1st gen. Been waiting for the 5th Gen but my motherboard is crashing 5 times a day :(.
All I need to know will the x99 chipset will support 5th Gen CPUs or there will be a new chipset. Or x99 will support Broadwell but there will also be another chipset (now i wouldn't like not having the latest) because I gotta update Haswell-E my system is crashing.... but when comes out I will definitely drop in a Broadwell. Reply
Insight - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - linkIn my thinking, back in the day, updating to a new computer was due to rapidly changing tech introducing new things. From monochrome and a 640Kb maximum memory limit in the old personal computer days up to just a few years ago. For everything I do on a computer I don't see a need for a new one any time soon. I am on the X58chipset with the 1366 socket. No games require a new chipset that I know of. I don't do photoshop or any other kinds of things that require resources that exceed those of my system. In the grand scheme of things, if it becomes faster and cheaper I would make the jump. So far I don't see anything newer that is that much faster and certainly is not cheaper. Reply


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At 7am AEST on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.43 US cents, up from Wednesday's local close of 105.09 US cents.
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In this first part of our preview of WWE's special event 'Extreme Rules' this Sunday May 4th on the WWE Network we look at the under card matches. In the second part on Saturday we will then preview the three upper card/ main event matches for this "pay-per-view."
Big E Langston (C) versus Wade "Bad News" Barrett (number one contender)
Peter Schifani:
After going through an eight man tournament to be crowned number one contender it certainly seems Barrett is poised to capture his fourth Intercontinental Championship. Hopefully he is just being used to "transition" the title to someone like Cesaro in the near future.
Mark Eddinger (Motorsports101):
Wade Barrett has been gaining momentum with his Bad News gimmick. He is on a roll in the ring and on the mic I've got some bad news for Big E and that is that there will be a new I/C Champion Sunday night.
Paige (C) versus Tamina Snuka
Peter Schifani:
After her surprising win over AJ Lee the night after 'WrestleMania' Paige has been on a little roll through the lower tier Divas on the roster, now she faces a second generation wrestler who can certainly take her out with her power and size. We don't expect it to happen here though, Paige will defend.
Mark Eddinger (Motorsports101):
Paige surprised the WWE Universe on Monday Night RAW the nigth after 'WrestleMania' XXX by winning the Divas Championship away from AJ Lee when most people didn't even know of her. I think her Divas matches over the past several weeks have been some of the better matches in a long time for the division. Paige will knock off Tamina here but a return of AJ could happen at 'Extreme Rules.'
Triple Threat Match
Rob Van Dam versus Jack Swagger w/Zeb Colter versus Cesaro w/ Paul Heyman
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This match basically needs to be a "vehicle" for Heyman's new client to roll through his former partner Swagger and the recently returned RVD. Hopefully after this, while Cesaro's push continues, he will eventually get a shot at the Intercontinental title.
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Cesaro had gained so much momentum at 'WrestleMania' by winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and then the next night jumping ship from the Real Americans to be a Paul Heyman guy. Heyman brings talent to the top so I expect the "King of Swing" to take the victory in the match.
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Alexander Rusev w/ Lana versus R-Truth and Xavier Woods
Peter Schifani:
Rusev crush…Lana looks "ravishing" and Truth and Woods take a loss in a double accolade as the finisher. Enough said.
Mark Eddinger (Motorsports101):
Alexander Rusev has crushed everyone in his way so far granted the competition has not been very strong. The handicap match stipulation will do nothing to slow his "Bulgarian Brute" strength and he will beat R-Truth and Xavier Woods.
Pre-show Match (first ever "WeeLC" Match)
El Torito versus Hornswoggle
Peter Schifani:
Tables, ladders and chairs…Oh My!…this match should provide some comic relief at the open of the show as midget action is rarely seem these days in pro wrestling. El Torito will win this over Hornswoggle with his more athletic maneuvers.
Mark Eddinger (Motorsports101):
Watching the two battle it out a few times has actually been sort of entertaining and adding the "WeeLC" stipulation will make this intriguing. Everyone love TLC matches so I assume even between El Torito and Hornswoggle it will be exciting. I'll pick El Torito, the bull, to win.
Well there you go, our thoughts on the lower card matches for 'Extreme Rules' on Sunday. On Saturday we will preview the top three matches of the night and give our thoughts on winners for them.Tags: Big E Langston, Cesaro, Divas Championship, Extreme Rules, Intercontinental Championship, Paige, pay-per-view, Wrestling


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Business Software Alliance and Bahrain Ministry of Information intensify anti-piracy collaboration through mass public destruction of pirated CDs
Business Software Alliance and Bahrain Ministry of Information intensify anti-piracy collaboration through mass public destruction of pirated CDs
Disposal sends a strong message of non-tolerance towards software piracy
Business Software Alliance (BSA), the leading global organisation that is the voice of the world's commercial software industry and its hardware partners before governments and in the international marketplace, recently joined Bahrain's Ministry of Information in publicly destroying thousands of unlicensed CDs. The move emphasizes the Bahrain Government's proactive stance towards anti-piracy as it seeks to establish itself as a secure international IT investment destination.
The unlicensed CDs were disposed of in the presence of authorities, concerned parties, and media after they were confiscated during a series of raids across Bahrain. The move intended to show profiteers the seriousness and scope of the government's anti-piracy campaign. The Bahraini government has been coordinating with the BSA on various educational programs to enhance public awareness on the impact of piracy and the consequences to violators of intellectual property rights.
"Bahrain is highly committed to preventing the various detrimental social and economic effects of software piracy; this highlights our aggressive efforts to establish Bahrain as a piracy-free region," said Jamal Dawood, Director of Publication, Bahrain Ministry of Information.
The BSA and the Bahrain Ministry of Information recently co-hosted an anti-piracy road show at the Bahrain Sheraton Hotel as part of regional efforts to enhance public awareness of intellectual property rights issues. Both parties previously signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2007 to improve the Ministry's management of copyright issues.
"Piracy and unlicensed software have become one of the most pervasive crimes of our times and yet much still needs to be done in the region and throughout the world to combat this rapidly-evolving global issue. Our strong partnership with Bahrain is a major step in securing a move towards a piracy-free Arab World, which will contribute significantly to the region's shared goal of sustainable social and economic development," concluded Jawad Al Redha, BSA Co-Chairman in the Middle East.
BSA has been leading global efforts against illegal software usage through initiatives that focus on educating consumers and providing much-needed assistance in conducting anti-piracy enforcement activities.
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YOKOHAMA – Playoff basketball raises the intensity and a sense of desperation fills in the air in a win-or-go-home contest.
That was evident from start to finish on Saturday afternoon. Here's what you first need to know: Bob Nash's Toyama Grouses topped Reggie Geary's Yokohama B-Corsairs 88-67 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium before a rowdy crowd of 2,014 supporters.
That forced the teams back on the floor for a decisive 10-minute mini-tiebreaker — dubbed Game 3 — to determine which team would advance to the Final Four next Saturday at Ariake Colosseum to take on the Niigata Albirex BB-Akita Northern Happinets winner.
Yokohama gutted out a 19-14 tiebreaker triumph to book a repeat spot in the Final Four.
Geary summed up the team's triumph this way: "Obviously another historic day for the B-Corsairs organization. We're going to our second Final Four in our second year. It really just shows the quality of what the players and staff and organization are trying to do here."
Falling flat in Game 2, the B-Corsairs regained their swagger and dominance in the tiebreaker. This effort impressed Geary.
"They truly did show the heart, the fight and the resiliency of a champion today," Geary said. "They had all the reasons in the world to hang their heads after the second game, but we really approached the third game with the right attitude and got off to a great start. And that great start and that attitude sustained us there when things got a little shaky there at the end."
All-Star guard Burns credited his teammates for a unified effort in the mini-game.
"Obviously I'm proud. The team came out and responded in the last 10 minutes like we all expected that we should do," said Burns, who announced he has "slight celebration plans" with his teammates before beginning preparations for the Final Four.
"Toyama was a tough challenger and had a great season," Geary told fans after the game, standing at halfcourt. "And how about these guys (the B-Corsairs)? . . . All year they fought. . . . Everything that they were in control of they took responsibility for this season. I'm so proud of them."
"We'll do our best to bring home a championship," he added.
Fans witnessed the B-Corsairs jump out to a 7-0 lead in the early going of the tiebreaker, with Thomas Kennedy scoring the first five points on a layup and a 3-pointer, and Minoru Kimura adding a jumper. Toyama was called for a 3-second violation and traveling in a sloppy first 5 minutes of the mini-game, and trailed 11-4 entering the second period.
Yokohama stretched the lead to 14-4 before Toyama mounted a comeback. An Angel Garcia 3-pointer sliced the lead in half, 14-7, and after a Yokohama turnover, Masashi Joho's layup made it 14-9.
After a Burns offensive foul, the Grouses had a chance to make it a one-possession game, and Ira Brown delivered a putback to pull Toyama within 14-12 near the 2:40 mark. Brown went to the free-throw line with 1:18 left and sank both shots as Toyama crept within 16-14.
But Brown missed two free throws with 46.8 seconds left, shots that could've tied the game.
Burns made the second of two free throws with 11.1 seconds remaining for a 17-14 Yokohama lead. Kenji Yamada drained two fouls shots with 5.1 seconds left for the game's final points, and a Garcia 3 was off the mark, an airball, as time expired.
Kabaya paced Yokohama with seven points in Game 3. Joho led Toyama with seven points.
"I think that today's game was exciting," said Kennedy, who had two steals in the tiebreaker. "Even though we had a letdown in the first game . . . we really came out focused, gathered ourselves and went out there as one unit and fought back to get the win."
The Grouses, who are in their seventh season, ended years of disappointment by beating the Chiba Jets in their first-round series last weekend. They made major strides this season under Nash, the first-year bench boss.
Toyama went 37-21 in all games. Yokohama is 37-18 entering the Final Four.
Addressing the press after the game, Nash said, "I thought the fans were treated to two great games today. I thought in the second regulation game we played extremely well. We hit a lot of 3s and blew the game open and played extremely well.
"We had to do that in order to have an opportunity to play the overtime game. Otherwise, we would've been going home earlier. I love my players for the effort that they gave. We had faith in each other and it started on day one in training camp and carried over throughout the season and it showed tonight on the floor."
Although the Grouses fell behind 14-4 to start Game 3, "we never wavered and we gave ourselves an opportunity to win," Nash said. "We had an opportunity to tie the game from a couple of people, and we just came up short. It could be from the long season that we've had and the many minutes that our guys have played. . ."
"I have to give Yokohama credit. They did a marvelous job in the overtime period (tiebreaker). They hit big shots . . . and Kabaya hit a shot at the end of the first quarter to give them a bit more comfort. It was just their night. They executed well down the stretch and got good baskets and forced us to foul, and instead of losing by two or one, we lose by five," Nash said.
Game 2's third-quarter outburst made that possible. Toyama outscored the hosts 31-12 in the quarter to take a 69-46 advantage into the final period. Knowing that they needed a victory in Game 2 to force the mini-game tiebreaker, the Grouses played with impressive energy in the third quarter to take a commanding lead and put the B-Corsairs in a giant hole with 10 minutes left in the game. Ryuichi Horikawa had 10 third-quarter points, while Mito and Garcia both had seven.
The Grouses were 6-for-7 on 3s and 10-for-15 overall from the field in the third quarter, and got an extra boost from Brown's four blocked shots in the quarter. Conversely, Yokohama couldn't buy a basket with a blank check from Donald Trump. The B-Corsairs were 1-for-16 from the field in the quarter, including 0-for-9 on 3s.
"I'll take the blame for that," Geary said when asked about his team's performance in third quarter. He admitted a few defensive lapses and missed assignments on defense happened .
Tatsunori Fujie, who was 1-for-8 from 3-point range in the series opener, made his fourth 3 of the game for the first points of the fourth quarter, putting the Grouses in front 72-46.
More than anyone, Brown, who played at Gonzaga University, which reached No.1 in The Associated Press Top 25 Division I poll this season, and Garcia imposed their will — their determination to win — on the game.
Garcia finished with 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the third-seeded Grouses. Mito had 19 points, Fujie poured in 12, Jeremy Jacob had 11 and Horikawa 10. Brown chipped in with seven points and five blocks and nonstop hustle that carried him throughout his 37 minutes.
The Grouses were 13-for-23 overall on 3s; the B-Corsairs went 4-for-25.
Burns had 17 points for Yokohama. Kennedy scored 14 and Kabaya had 11.
Burns and Kennedy combined for 62 of Yokohama's 86 points in Game 1. In the rematch, captain Kabaya, who hails from Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, scored the B-Corsairs' first six points to stake them to a 6-3 lead, He hit a pair of free throws and nailed a pair of jumpers. Then he dribbled around, drawing multiple defenders before zipping a past into the post for Faye Pape Mour, who converted a layup to make it 8-3.
Garcia sank a 3-pointer and drew contact from Mour seconds later, sending Garcia to the foul line for a bonus shot. The four-point play cut it to 8-7 at the 5:56 mark of the opening quarter. Then Yokohama's Burns entered the game with 5:35 to play in the first quarter. Mito put Toyama ahead 9-8 on a jumper. The B-Corsairs quickly reversed order, when Kenji Yamada drilled a 3-pointer for an 11-9 B-Corsairs lead.
Near the 2:25 mark of the opening quarter, a Garcia 3-ball put Toyama back in front for a few seconds — that is, until Minoru Kimura's 3-pointer from the left wing sailed through the bottom of the net.
Burns' runner in the lane accounted for the final points of the quarter as the hosts took a 23-19 lead into the second stanza.
Garcia scored 12 first-quarter points, avoiding foul trouble which sent him to the bench early in the opening period on Friday night. Garcia had 13 points in Game 1.
The B-Corsairs trailed 38-34 at halftime.
Kennedy had a quiet first half (two points, both from the charity stripe) after scoring 30 in Game 1. The Grouses gave him little room to operate and quickly cut in front of him — double teams were frequent — whenever he got the ball.
Garcia was the top scorer (16 points) for both teams before intermission and Mito had 10 points. Kabaya and Burns had nine and eight points, respectively for Yokohama.
Early in the third quarter, Mito and Fujie flushed wide-open 3s from the left wing as defenders were too slow to rotate. And Garcia's left-handed jam — the dagger in an 8-0 quarter-opening spurt — prompted Geary to call a timeout at the 8:18 mark. Toyama was in front 46-34 at that point.
Then Fujie canned another 3 from practically the same spot, and Brown blocked a Kabaya jumper as the Grouses showed ferocious intensity at both ends of the floor.
The surge continued, though. Garcia dropped in a layup off his fingertips, Mito canned a jumper and followed up with a long offensive rebound and a streaking burst of speed to the hoop for a layup. And then Garcia knocked down a baseline 3 to beat the shot clock to increase the margin to 58-37 near the midway point of the quarter. In all, it was a 20-3 spurt to open the half until Garcia's shot clock-beating shot.
Nash said his squad exceeded expectations this season, adding that when training camp began, he didn't know what this team would accomplish. But he characterized it as a "great season" and said the franchise took an important big step by advancing to the second round for the first time. There's no easy way to success," he said, comparing his team's journey to that of someone climbing stairs to reach their destination.
Meanwhile, for the B-Corsairs, attaining success for two straight postseasons has been a labor of love. And Kabaya said, "I'm happy to return to Ariake, happy with our effort (in the second round)."


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This article reminded me that I need to pay more attention to where I shop. If I ever encountered anything this bad, I would certainly take my business elsewhere. As it is, I try to support atheist/agnostic businesses when possible. See http://www.4atheists.com/atheist-market.html.


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Vietnam Veterans' Bond Forged Again With Kidney DonationServing together in Vietnam, John Middaugh and Henry "Bill" Warner forged an Army-brothers bond they knew was profound and lasting. A world and nearly a half a century away from the war zone where they'd counted on each other, Middaugh put himself on the line for Warner this month in a new way: by giving one of his kidneys.
Orlando Center To Unveil Tuskegee Airmen MonumentThe Orlando Science Center is holding a Veteran's Day event to unveil a new monument to the Tuskegee Airmen.
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Cambridge-Isanti football kept the hammer down on Duluth Denfeld to post a 34-0 shutout in the Aug. 29 home-opener. The win got the Bluejackets off to a 1-0 start in the Mississippi 8 Conference.
The game began with the C-I crowd hearing big hits on the opening kickoff coverage (photo at right). The Hunters tore off two long runs for first downs, but Max Knowlton recovered a botched pitch to stop the visitors.
The Jacket offense was stopped on a fourth-down run on that chance, but Hunter Vavra forced a fumble on Denfeld's ill-fated fourth-down attempt on the ensuing possession. This time, the Jackets took advantage of the short field when Vavra broke off two good runs to set up Max Knowlton's untouched one-yard sweep into the end zone.
A Vavra sack and a Spencer Simon tackle-for-loss ended the Hunters' next series in three plays. The Bluejackets made it 14-0 when John Solberg connected with Knowlton on a 20-yard pass with 1:14 left in the half.
Vavra sprinted 20 yards for the Jackets' third TD late in the third quarter, then he made it 28-0 on a 2-yard run on the team's next possession. The senior got the hat trick by scoring off a blocked punt two minutes later. The Jacket defense continued to swarm well to limit the Hunters to five total first downs.
"We played physical, unselfish defense which is a trademark of Bluejacket Football. Our special teams blocked a punt and finished with a scoop & a score," said C-I Coach Mike Hennen. "It was a great team win as every member of the team contributed in the effort."
• Next up: The Bluejackets travel to Duluth East Sept. 6. The Greyhounds were defeated 64-12 by St. Francis last week.
Cambridge-Isanti 34, Denfeld 0
First Downs 12 5
Rushing 41/162 34/63
Passing 9/3/0 6/1/0
Passing Yds 93 6
Total Yds 255 69
Bluejacket Individual Stats:
Rushing: Vavra 10/80, 2TD; Chromy 20/56; Knowlton 6/16, TD; Wilkes 3/9. Passing: Solberg 8/3/0- 93 yds, TD. Receiving: Kuehn 1/52; Knowlton 2/41, TD. Tackles: Vavra 9 (sack), Kuehn 6, Simon 4, Lane 4, Johnson 3, Chromy 3. Kicking: Samsa 4/5 X-pts; Schintz 1 punt 25 yds.


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If Northeast Georgia Medical Center's new payment policy works as planned, it could have a ripple effect on the rest of the local health care community.
As of June 1, patients who come to the emergency room without a serious or life-threatening condition will be asked to pay up front for their care.
Uninsured patients will be charged $150; insured patients must pay the emergency room co-payment specified in their health plan. People who do not want to pay these charges can seek treatment at a primary care facility, which is exactly what hospital officials are hoping that they'll do.
"We exist for emergencies," said Jim Gardner, president of Northeast Georgia Health System.
For many years, the hospital has struggled with how to deal with people who come to the ER for routine health care. These patients are known as "nonemergent," and they account for fully one-third of the 100,000 patients treated in Northeast Georgia Medical Center's emergency department each year.
Gardner said patient volume has grown so much that the ER needs to devote its resources to treating heart attacks, trauma victims and other serious cases, not earaches and sore throats.
"When you're as large as we are, it gains a certain critical mass, and we've reached that point," he said.
The problem is, there's a federal law that requires hospitals to treat anyone who comes in with a true emergency, no questions asked. Each patient must be evaluated to determine the severity of their condition.
Technically, hospitals are not obligated to treat once the patient has been diagnosed with a nonemergent condition. But in the past, most ERs treated patients anyway, since they had already been through the intake and examination process.
Those days are gone. Many hospitals, in metro Atlanta and nationwide, have already implemented an advance payment policy for the ER.
"We're actually very late to this game," Gardner said. "Up to now, we've been hesitant to request payment up front."
But what happens is that people who don't pay up front often don't pay at all. The hospital has to bill them repeatedly, turn them over to a collection agency, and eventually write it off as bad debt.
Though the $150 fee may come as a shock to some patients, it's only a fraction of the $1,000 or more that an average ER visit actually costs.
"In the scheme of what it costs to run an ER, it's a nominal amount of money," Gardner said.
He emphasizes that not everyone will have to pay that much.
"All patients, elective and nonemergent, are eligible for the hospital's very generous charity discount (based on income and federal poverty guidelines)," he said. "Part of our mission is to provide care for people who don't have the means."
The medical center has already revised its payment policy for elective procedures, such as CT scans, MRIs and minor surgeries. Before undergoing the procedure, uninsured patients must pay 25 percent of their total expected cost, or $500, whichever is less. They're also asked to sign a promissory note for the balance.
Gardner said the policy has worked fairly well since it was implemented in April.
"We've had to reschedule maybe 20 patients because they didn't have the money at the time, and 90 percent of those were rescheduled fairly quickly," he said.
As for the ER, Gardner wants to make it clear that no patient who has a true emergency will ever be denied treatment.
"One hundred percent of patients receive a thorough screening," he said. "We rely on the physician's judgment to determine whether the patient is emergent. It's not based on ability to pay."
And people can still get treated in the ER for minor ailments, as long as they're willing to pay the fee.
But they will also be offered a list of other, much less expensive treatment options. Patients who can't get in to see their regular doctor, or who don't have one, can go to a walk-in clinic such as Northeast Georgia Health System's Quick Care.
Low-income or uninsured patients may be referred to Good News Clinics, Medlink Gainesville, or the Hall County Health Department.
The hospital has been trying to educate patients about their primary care options, but so far only at the point when they've already been treated in the ER.
"(That approach) wasn't working," Gardner said.
Health system spokeswoman Cathy Bowers said Quick Care received 15,708 visits from October 2007 through April 2008, compared to 14,769 during the same time period a year earlier. But the increase in patient volume at Quick Care was not matched by a corresponding drop in ER visits.
Gardner said the health system is not changing its ER policy in order to be punitive.
"It's about making sure the health care dollars in our community are spent as wisely as they can be," he said. "The ER is four to five times more expensive than going to a walk-in urgent care (clinic) or your personal doctor's office. We're trying to encourage a change in behavior."
That change may come slowly. At Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, which adopted a similar ER policy last fall, spokeswoman Ryan Duffy said they've yet to see a big drop in ER visits.
"But the referral list has been a great tool for our community physicians," she said. "Sometimes patients are new to town or visiting from out of town, and they go to the ER because they don't know where else to go."
Duffy said many of these patients are grateful to be given a list of alternatives. But there has been griping from patients who habitually go to the ER in search of free care.
"We've had some challenges," Duffy said. "You're never going to make everyone happy."
If the policy works in Gainesville, it could mean more business for local clinics and doctor's offices. Patients who have insurance or who can afford to pay the full cost should have no trouble finding primary care. For low-income patients, however, the options are somewhat limited.
The Hall County Health Department charges uninsured patients on a sliding scale based on income. But its primary care clinic, which has one full-time and one part-time physician and one nurse practitioner, is not equipped to handle a huge influx of new patients.
"We do see referrals from the ER for people who do not have a medical home," said nurse manager Alan Satterfield. "It probably takes about two weeks to get a scheduled appointment. But we're able to take walk-ins, depending on appointment volume. If we have a lot of no-show patients, we can take more walk-ins."
Patients at the extreme low end of the income scale can get free medical and dental care at Good News Clinics, where director Cheryl Christian said she expects to see an increase in patients as a result of the hospital's new policy.
"We anticipated this happening and have tried to plan for this," she said. "We have some slots saved for walk-ins."
Christian said the nonprofit clinic, which is funded through donations, has received a two-year, $150,000 grant from the Health Care Georgia Foundation that will allow Good News to hire another nurse practitioner.
She added that the clinic has already been trying to educate patients about proper use of the ER.
"We encourage them to call us if they have a sore throat rather than going to the hospital," she said.
Christian believes the medical center's payment policy will help people make better decisions.
"I think some people truly don't know they have other options (for health care)," she said. "But I think others just go to the ER out of habit. Appropriate use of the ER will benefit all of our community."


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A man in his twenties was taken to hospital with a nose bleed and shock after a crash this morning.
The driver of a car which smashed into a lamppost in London Road, Morden, was treated for his injuries by paramedics but was taken to St George's Hospital as a precaution.
Ambulance crews were called at 9.19am this morning to reports of a road traffic collision.
The accident closed the road and police advised people to avoid the area while it was dealt with.


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ALEXANDRA Burke gets messy after a gig – launching a Happy Birthday cake at
one of her backing dancers.
The Bad Boys singer grinned as she chucked the chocolatey treat at the
birthday boy himself.
But it was all in fun, and he seemed to see the funny side as he cleared the
sponge off his forehead.
The gig, at London club G.A.Y., was to launch Alexandra's second album,
Hearbreak On Hold.
But the star was recently disappointed to discover that her new single, Let It
Go, has not been playlisted by Radio 1 and Global Radio group.
Alex, 23, said: "Obviously it's disappointing. But what can I do?
"The main thing for me is I'm proud of my music and the fans all love
what I'm doing.
"They have all been great. I'm no longer with Simon Cowell's label –
perhaps this says it all."
that came on top of heartbreak for the singer, when she split from Tottenham
footballer Jermain Defoe after he cheated on her.


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South Korea's Tae-Mi out-pitches Carly Rae Jepsen
Throwing the first pitch at a baseball game is a ceremonial rite of passage for many celebrities. It's the equivalent to getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame or a wax statue at Madame Tussauds. Mariah Carey has done it; Victoria Beckham threw the first pitch at an LA Dodgers game; and Justin Bieber showed off his over-arm action when he was just 16.
Perhaps one of the worst celebrity first pitches in recent memory is Canadian pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen. The pride of Mission, B.C., best known for her song "Call Me Maybe", was invited to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a Tampa Bay Rays versus Houston Astros game in Florida back in July. What happened, however, was nothing short of embarrassing: the ball veered to the left, barely making it past the pitcher's mound.
Comparatively, the celebrities showcased at South Korean baseball games have us beat. At a recent game between the Doosan Bears and the SK Wyverns in Seoul, South Korean actor Tae-Mi performed what can only be described as a kick-ass throw.
The 23-year-old actor who appeared in the 2011 Thai-Korean martial-arts movie The Kick, pulled off a high-kicking backflip before lobbing the ball.
Tae-Mi's jaw-dropping stunt follows another entertaining first-pitch by South Korean rhythmic gymnast Shin Soo-ji, who spun upside down on one leg before throwing the ball at a Doosan Bears-Samsung Lions game in July.


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The summer of high-definition re-releases continues today with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD on Live Arcade. Developer Robomodo used the original levels designed by Neversoft, who has since refocused their efforts towards the Call of Duty franchise, while updating the graphics and mechanics. The game includes seven levels, eight characters, four multiplayer modes, new music, and Facebook integration for sharing scores.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD announced for PSN, XBLA
After a brief hiatus, Tony Hawk will be returning to the digital halfpipe in a new HD double pack this summer, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD. The download-only release, currently in development at Robomodo, will be available for the 360 and PS3 for $15. The game is said to include the best elements of the original releases while also giving "them a fresh update to create an all new skateboarding experience."


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WASHINGTON -- In the more than three decades since the national moratorium on the death penalty was lifted, there is no reliable research to determine whether capital punishment has served as a deterrent, according to a review by the National Research Council.
The review, partially funded by the Justice Department's National Institute of Justice, found that one of the major shortcomings in all previous studies has included "incomplete or implausible" measures of how potential murderers perceive the risk of execution as a possible consequence of their actions.
Another flaw, according to the review, is that previous research never considered the impact of lesser punishments, such as life in prison without the possibility of parole.
"Fundamental flaws in the research we reviewed make it of no use in answering the question of whether the death penalty affects homicide rates," said Carnegie Mellon University professor Daniel Nagin, who chaired the council's study committee.
Nagin said Wednesday that the panel reviewed the work of "dozens" of researchers since a 1976 Supreme Court decision ended a four-year national moratorium on executions.
"We recognize that this conclusion may be controversial to some," Nagin said, "but no one is well served by unsupportable claims about the effect of the death penalty, regardless of whether the claim is that the death penalty deters homicides, has no effect on homicide rates or actually increases homicides."
The council's review comes exactly a week after the Connecticut Legislature voted to abolish capital punishment for future crimes following a lengthy debate that cited a lack of evidence about deterrence among the reasons for its repeal in favor of life in prison without parole.
"For decades, we have not had a workable death penalty," Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy said following the vote. "Going forward, we will have a system that allows us to put these people away for life, in living conditions none of us would want to experience. Let's throw away the key and have them spend the rest of their natural lives in jail."
Malloy has pledged to sign the legislation, which will leave 33 states with the death penalty.
Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, which closely tracks capital punishment in the U.S., said deterrence has always been "hard to measure," partly because of the time it often takes for states to carry out executions.
In Connecticut, for example, there are 11 people on death row, but only one person has been executed in the past 52 years.
As a result, Dieter said, the issue of deterrence has faded from the public discussion about capital punishment. It has been overtaken, he said, by such considerations as whether the death penalty remains an appropriate punishment for particularly heinous acts.
"If the death penalty is going to be justified, it has to rest on other grounds," Dieter said.
Isaac Ehrlich, the University of Buffalo's Department of Economics chairman, stands by his research that supports capital punishment as a deterrent to homicide.
"This is not the first time people have raised questions (about the research)," Ehrlich said, rejecting the council's claim that prior research did not account for murderers' considerations of the possible risks.
"A lot of murder is calculated, and people do take into account what might happen to them as a result," he said.
Kevin Johnson writes for USA Today.
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GTA4 on 360/PS3
We suspected something was up when we saw Table Tennis exclusively on Xbox 360, and when Sony didn't make any announcements for a new Grand Theft Auto game at yesterday's conference we were downright suspicious. Now it's confirmed by Microsoft's Peter Moore and another tattoo -- Grand Theft Auto 4 is coming to the Xbox 360. That's October 2007, but with exclusive Xbox Live content for Microsoft's players. But wait -- now Rockstar has announced that the game will also be coming to PlayStation 3 and that both versions will hit simultaneously on October 16th, 2007. You have to love Rockstar -- one of the only companies in the industry that will not only announce a release timeframe this early, but nail down an exact date.
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Community college breaks ground for $26M building at N.C. Research Campus
Talk about transformation. Six years ago, Kannapolis was "ground zero for economic dislocation in our state" said Dr. Scott Ralls, president of the N.C. Community College System.
Pillowtex had closed its doors, forcing more than 4,300 area residents out of work in the biggest layoff in state history.
Now, Kannapolis is home to the $1.5 billion N.C. Research Campus and potentially thousands of biotechnology jobs, which will be filled in part by workers trained at the new branch of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.
Ralls, Research Campus founder David Murdock and others ceremoniously broke ground Friday for the long-awaited, $26 million RCCC building.
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Jessica Calls Out Her Childhood Crush
Jessica Alba kept it casual to do a little apartment hunting in Beverly Hills with her family, but then she slipped into her adorable yellow dress to pick up a surfboard for Choice Hottie at the Teen Choice Awards. We were big fans of her look (find out how she did her minimalist makeup here), but apparently the boys weren't always going crazy for Jessica. In fact, in her acceptance speech she called out the first boy who rejected her as a kid. She said,
"I would like to dedicate this award to a young man who has been on my mind for the last 19 years: Ross. Ross didn't love me. I was pigeon-toed, I had a sway back, I was slightly cross-eyed, buck-toothed, I sucked my thumb. Look at me now, Ross! Look at me now!"
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United Nations, Oct 29 (IANS/ITAR -TASS) The UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, is expected to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during his visit to the country, UN secretary-general's deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
"He (Brahimi) hopes to meet with President Assad, but at the moment we cannot say exactly when it will happen," said Farhan Haq told ITAR-TASS Monday.
According to him, the UN and Arab League emissary also intended to meet with Syrian officials and representatives of the internal opposition.
According to the UN secretary-general's spokesperson, Brahimi "will stay in Damascus a few days".
According to previous reports, the envoy arrived in Damascus due to "the need for additional contacts with the Syrian side" on issues related to the preparation of Geneva II, the second peace conference on Syria, which UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes to convene in November.
Brahimi in recent days has been touring the Middle East in support of the efforts to convene the Geneva II conference. The Algerian diplomat has visited Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Oman and Turkey.
He had a telephone conversation Oct 26 with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
According to the Russian foreign ministry, the parties agreed to continue the joint work to convene a peace conference on Syria, including during consultations in Geneva in the Russia-US-UN format, scheduled for Nov 5.
Russia is expected to be represented by its two Deputy Foreign Ministers, Mikhail Bogdanov and Gennady Gatilov. The American delegation will be led by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman.
The main obstacle to setting the date for the Geneva 2 conference is the Syrian opposition's unwillingness to take part in negotiations with Damascus.
Over the weekend, 22 extremist groups, which are part of or cooperate with the Free Syrian Army, announced that they would boycott the peace conference.


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- Hoopville surveys the Ivy and writes, "Cornell will continue rebuilding, especially with Nolan Cressler's transfer, but Shonn Miller, who missed the season due to injury, is now healthy and working his way back for next season. As good as this year was for the Ivy League, next year has the potential to be even better."
- The Ivy League is seeking a new tv contract reports the Ithaca Journal. The IJ writes:
Cornell's men's basketball team was 2-26 this season with one of those victories against Division III Oberlin College, but coach Bill Courtney said "even though you're bad, being on TV helps.""We were able to hang tough with a good Bonnies team (81-57 loss), and kids saw it and think, 'Hey, their record is bad, but they're fighting and right there in the game,' " Courtney said. "And then Brown, we lose in overtime (81-75) so it's like, 'Yeah, their record stinks, but they're not that bad.' "That's what kids saw," he said, "so now when I go out and recruit juniors in high school, they know because they've seen us and they think, 'They're right there, they're not that far off.' "Courtney might be right about the exposure for his struggling squad this past season, but generally speaking, the more competitive the teams being featured are, the better. This past men's basketball season was historic for the Ivies, with five teams qualifying for the postseason... "It's the best brand in the world, honestly, when you talk about a true student-athlete," Courtney said. "And the more we can put that out there, the better."
- Cornell graduate and former Big Red team manager, Yanni Hufnagel (Cornell '06) is headed for an assistant job at Cal just weeks after he recruited Nolan Cressler to Vanderbilt. Anchor of Gold writes, "Hufnagel came to Nashville in May 2013 and had an instant impact on the recruiting trail. The charismatic assistant helped the Commodores land six recruits for 2014 and 2015 along with Cornell transfer Nolan Cressler. After a pair of rebuilding seasons, his work had set Vandy up for a big comeback in the next two seasons." The move has confused some in college basketball circles. Just a year ago Hufnagel called the Vandy position a "dream job" and his "last stop" on his assistant coaching career and someone had to "pinch him" to ensure it was a reality. Granted situations change. But the move is curious.
- City of Basketball Love writes, "There have been some memorable teams to unexpectedly make their mark in the NCAA tournament in the past few years. From the 2009 Villanova Final Four team to the 2010 Cornell Sweet 16 team, underdogs stories have dominated the press during March Madness. The tough part is, these teams sneak into our hearts for a few weeks, but are then easily forgotten. What happened to the members of that Cornell team that took down Temple and Wisconsin and captivated the nation? Have you ever wished for a curtain call for some of the teams that made their mark? Now there is a way to relive these teams, and see them play at least one more time. The Basketball Tournament, known by TBT, is a new basketball tournament launching this June in Philadelphia that features some of these teams from all over the nation all playing for one big prize...There are plenty of notable teams in the field, such as those Villanova and Cornell teams...The opening round of the tournament will be held June 6-8 in a location to be determined in Philadelphia, where they will cut the field to the final two teams. The Basketball Tournament is looking at Philadelphia University's facility to hold the majority of the games...Right now, there are 62 teams signed up online to participate in the 32-team tournament..."
- See also Rumble in the Garden for a mention of Cornell in The Basketball Tournament.
- Here is a link to a video interview from March 2014 with Jeff Foote (Cornell '10).
- Former Cornell assistant coach Nat Graham reportedly has joined the staff at Penn.
- Former Cornell assistant coach Paul Fortier was inducted into the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame.
- Check out the now updated profiles, including senior year honors and accolades, of Cornell's five incoming recruits for next season. The class consists of Riley Glassmann (Fremd HS) Palatine, IL, 6-5, G, William "Will" Bathurst (Olean HS) Olean, NY, 6-3, G, Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof (Gonzaga HS) Washington, D.C., 6-7, F, Pat Smith (Archbishop Wood HS) Warminster, PA, 6-5, F, and Kyle Brown (Newport HS) Bellevue, Washington, 6-3, G. Will Bathurst was named First Team All State Class B by the New York Sports Writers Association. See also the Buffalo News and WIVB for the story. Per the Buffalo News, the Western New York Chapter of the Basketball Coaches Association of New York also selected Bathurst as the Small Schools Player of the Year.
- Cornell's 2014-2015 Schedule will be highlighted by Cornell's participation in ESPN's Charleston Classic. Visit the Cornell team page at the Charleston Classic for more information. In this ESPN-produced event, Cornell is guaranteed three (3) games against the field of eight (8) participants and all games are broadcast on the ESPN family network. Potential opponents in Charleston include: Miami, South Carolina, USC, Penn State and Akron with two additional participants to be named at a later date. The two unconfirmed additional participants are Charlotte and Drexel. Cornell's thirty (30) games for the 2014-2015 schedule is rumored to include the following:
1. Loyola, MD (away)
2. UMass-Lowell (home)3. Binghamton (away)4. Colgate (home)5. Siena (away)6. St. Peter's (home)7. Howard (home)8. Radford (away)9. Canisius (home)10. Buffalo (away) (Guarantee Game)11. BCS Guarantee Game TBD (away)12. BCS Guarantee Game TBD (away)13. D-III Game TBD (home)14. Charleston Classic Game15. Charleston Classic Game16. Charleston Classic Game17-30. Fourteen Ivy League Games


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The U.S. Olympic rowing teams have been outfitted with new, antimicrobial training suits ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to the Associated Press.
The suits, which are manufactured by athletic apparel company Boathouse Sports, are one piece, and feature an anti-microbial finish.
The company also makes the team's competition suits, which do not feature the anti-microbial design. The rowers have the option to use the practice suit in competition, and the entire team must wear the same uniform.
The concern about bacteria comes as the waterways being used for the rowing and canoeing events at the games have been found to be heavily contaminated.
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Technologies To Watch
Alternative Energy
Cheaper and less environmentally destructive energy will come from many new sources, but fuel cellsdevices that generate voltage from the chemical reaction of renewable sources like oxygen and hydrogenhold the most promise. DaimlerBenz, Ford, Nissan, and Toyota have already developed cars with hybrid power sources, where fuel cells are combined with fossil fuel power.
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is also experimenting with hydrogen-powered fuel cells in portable electronic components. "We were able to replace $8,000 in traditional batteries with $250 in hydrogen," says Dr. Bob Nowak, a darpa program manager. Twenty years out, fuel cells will be used in all types of products, including handhelds, notebooks, and cell phones.
Even more important, fuel cells could become a primary energy source for homes and businesses. - Sebastian Rupley


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Second Basemen of the Future
The information age has brought great prosperity to the minor leagues--prospect lists were as deep in 2007 as anytime in recent memory. As teams have learned to steer clear of overly dogmatic approaches to the draft and filter through only the most useful information, it's as if the minors have twice as many good prospects as they've had in some years. However, while a pinnacle of prospect production seems to have been reached, a subset of the population is as weak as ever: second baseman.
"Second basemen are the bastard children of Major League Baseball," Nate Silver wrote in his article on PECOTA's take on second base prospects, but perhaps more pointedly, second basemen are the bastard children of minor league baseball. In Baseball America's 18 years of doing prospect lists, the position has held the fewest spots; only 51 names have been listed at the position. The 2007 list had just one name--Alberto Callaspo--the lowest total since 1992, when no second baseman made BA's top 100.
However, when second baseman are included in prospect lists, they should be watched, as Baseball America has had more success prognosticating the position than any other. Of the 51 names on lists in 18 years, just four players have not made the Major Leagues: Sergio Nunez, David Espinosa, Jake Gautreau, and Jayson Nix (well, them and Marcus Sanders--he's currently in A-ball). Furthermore, just eleven other players have less than 1,500 Major League at-bats, meaning 68.6 percent of ranked prospects went on to have fruitful careers in the Major Leagues. While Nix, Chad Hermansen, and Jose Ortiz were all disappointing players, careers of guys like Delino DeShields and Mickey Morandini have been forecasted correctly, and the quality of prospects like Rickie Weeks and Howie Kendrick correctly identified.
What's more, 20 of the 29 Opening Day second baseman (Craig Biggio pre-dated BA) were once ranked in the top 100 by the organization. While Silver mentioned in his article how seldom Major League second baseman are always honed as such--and he's right, because just nine players in the last three drafts have been listed at the position--it's surprising to note just six of the Opening Day second baseman were shortstop prospects in the minors: Kaz Matsui, B.J. Upton, Jose Castillo, Ian Kinsler, Aaron Hill, and Kelly Johnson.
Next winter, it's likely the 2008 prospect list will have as many second base prospects as the 1992 list did--the graduation of Callaspo, Kendrick, and Dustin Pedroia leaves the pickings pretty slim. Eric Patterson might not get his due, but he doesn't have great numbers or the tools of his older brother. Elliot Johnson is bad at nothing, but his failure to impress scouts will keep him off of BA's prospect lists. And while Mark Reynolds refuses to stop hitting, his defense leaves something to be desired.
We could go through every second baseman in the minors and continue to find flaws, but in the end, it's probably not logical that all of them will fulfill our expectations of nada in the career MLB at-bats column. Prospects slip through the cracks--that's the business, and all we can do is learn from past mistakes and try to correct them. With that said, here's a look at the nine Opening Day second basemen missed by Baseball America, and some reason why they should have been on our radar:
So in the end, we have a mixed bag of the powerful (Kent, Uggla), the controlled (DeRosa, Polanco), and perhaps even the toolsy (Cano) as players that defied the odds and made the Major Leagues. Given the holes at the position in the minor leagues, I had to go to some unusual places to find a list of future big league second baseman. Ranked in order of prospect goodness, here's five that will make it to the show:
1. Jemile Weeks, 2B, University of Miami-Florida
The best true second baseman alive and not in the Major Leagues, Weeks has the potential to join his brother as the only second basemen to crack a prospect list's top five. That he's been hurt most of this season has done nothing to deter Weeks' stock for the 2008 draft--his performance last summer with Team USA locked in a place in the first round. Weeks is best known for his speed, but he produces good power thanks to fantastic bat speed. He's a better defender than his brother and a good leadoff man. The organization that drafts him should get a quick return on their investment.
2. Brent Lillibridge, SS, Atlanta Braves (Double-A)
Enjoying the rare combination of being billed as underrated by both Kevin Goldstein and PECOTA, while nevertheless rating as a Baseball America Top 100 prospect. The Braves acquired the shortstop in the Adam LaRoche deal, but with Elvis Andrus a level behind and Yunel Escobar a level ahead at the same position, it makes sense to move Lillibridge across the bag. Goldstein has written that Lillibridge has "no real weaknesses in his game," and while he does strike out a lot, Lillibridge offers a rare combination of discipline, power, and speed.
3. Hector Gomez, SS, Colorado Rockies (Low-A)
I put Gomez in my Pioneer League top five prospect list for Baseball America, and behind Bryan Morris, no other prospect received as much push from managers to take the top spot. Some in the Rockies organization like Gomez more than Troy Tulowitzki, but the latter has the better arm, and should stay at shortstop thanks to seniority. This will probably leave Gomez, who shouldn't debut in Coors Field until about late 2009, at second. While he's struggled out of the box this season, his bat control and surprising power are still receiving high praise.
4. David Adams, 2B, University of Virginia
A tier behind Weeks on the 2008 draft board, Adams is still an underdog to make it beyond the first two rounds. A defensive wizard at second base, Adams has all the tools to rise up the ladder once he hits the minor leagues. While you'd like to see fewer strikeouts, he has become a disciplined player at Virginia, and teams will find he is a perfect no. 2 hitter. Adams adds enough power and speed to keep defenses honest, and with a good junior season, he could rise to the first round next June.
5. Justin "Red" Turner, 2B, Cincinnati Reds (Low-A)
Off the board with the last selection, but Turner deserves mention as he was one of the last cut from my Pioneer League Top 20. The consummate coach's player, it was no surprise to hear managers rave about Turner's baseball IQ, defense, and plate approach last season. A product of the Fullerton program that develops baseball players, I think Turner will be able to outsmart his competition all the way up the ladder. A good defender that never gets cheated, Turner won't crack a top 100 list anytime soon, but he could be 2010's Ryan Theriot.
Bryan Smith is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Giving Tuesday is only one week away and its time to start sending out your Eden Projects UNselfies. What exactly is an UNselfie you may ask... well, here's a quick explanation and some pointers on how can you share some of your own Uselfies on your social media accounts.
Some of you may be quite familiar with taking selfies while others of you have never taken even one. Regardless of your position on selfies, we would like to encourage all of you to take your very first Eden Projects "UNselfie". An Unselfie turns the regular selfie upside down by making the cause you're supporting (The Eden Projects), rather than yourself, the focal point of the picture. The goal is to inspire others to give and educate your friends and family about the work we are doing. It's really simple, just.....
1- Print out the EdenProjects Unselfie Sign here or make one of your own by writing, "The Eden Projects, Plant Trees | Save Lives, edenprojects.org" or something similar on the paper.
2- Take your picture holding the piece of paper up in front of you.
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That's it!! It really is simple but is a great way of helping us reach our Giving Tuesday goal of planting 500,000 Trees and providing 25 people with employment for a whole year. So start posting your UNselfies and don't forget to donate because together we can make a difference by planting trees and saving lives.
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Forbes Island offers a partial validation if you park in the official Pier 39 lot, $8 for up to six hours.
The restaurant specializes in personalized, catered events --guests are invited to rent out the whole island, or simply one of the dining rooms, for a unique wedding reception, company party or other celebration.
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Armenia's total public debt increased by 0.13 percent and stood at nearly $4.557 billion as of late June 2014, Arka news agency reported citing the National Statistical Service of Armenia.
The country's foreign debt decreased by $15.7 million during the reporting period and exceeded $3.850 billion.
The Armenian government accounted for over $3.373 billion of the country's foreign debt (a decrease by $9.5 million).
At the same time, Armenia's Central Bank accounted for nearly $477.3 million of the country's foreign debt (a decrease by $6.2 million).
Armenia's domestic debt increased by $21.7 million and stood at $706.5 million as of late June.
Around $671.7 million fell to the government bonds purchased by country residents. The government bonds in the foreign currency amounted to $26.5 million, while loans and domestic guarantees stood $6 million and $2.3 million, respectively.


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Jalapeno Cheese Pie 2
Recipe by Juenessa
This recipe came from Southern Living. It is adapted from the cookbook, Cooking Texas Style: Tenth Anniversary Edition by Candy Wagner and Sandra Marquez. The heat of the peppers is soothingly coated with lots of cheese, so don't be afraid of the jalapenos! If you want a milder taste, just do half a jar of peppers--which would be about 4 of them. Stir in some leftover chicken or sausage for an easy brunch dish. With only 3 ingredients, what an easy dish to prepare! It's really delicious too!
Top Review by Andi of Longmeadow
Oh my, what can I say about something so easy, but so inviting in it's presentation, and so sinfully delicious to devour. All three of my favorite foods! This was lightening fast to prepare, and I cut them into bite sized pieces for an appetizer before dinner. The only change was I added fresh jalapenos instead of jarred, and shredded jalapeno jack cheese too. Thanks so much, Juenessa,we will be making this often!
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- 1 (11 1/2 ounce) jarwhole jalapeno peppers, drained
- 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 6 large eggs, lightly beaten
Directions See How It's Made
- Cut peppers in half lengthwise, and remove seeds.
- Rinse with cold water, and drain on paper towels.
- Mince peppers.
- Sprinkle half of cheese in an 11 X 7-inch pan; top with peppers and remaining cheese.
- Pour eggs over top.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until lightly browned and set.
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Scandal Control 101: Don't 'Yadda, Yadda, Yadda'
While reading this week's New York Magazine, the article "The Yadda Yadda Conundrum" stuck out at me. "Yadda, yadda, yadda" is an expression, of course, made famous in an episode of "Seinfeld"—it's what Elaine says when glossing over a major part of a story. Here's why the phrase is relevant today: David Letterman's intern-banging scandal dropped out of the news pretty quickly. Why? Because he told his whole story, or at least enough of it to satisfy us. Tiger Woods, on the other hand, gave a public apology with so many holes in it that it begged the question, "What exactly did you do?" Each missing detail just fed our need to know more, which has led to the whole uncovering of so many salacious details, it's hard to keep track of them anymore. Ditto for the Salahis, who crashed a White House State Dinner, and have since repeated that they were invited without telling us how or by whom. Basically, Tiger and the Salahis "yadda, yadda, yadda"-ed past what we wanted to know. And, thus, they turned themselves from news blips into full-scale obsessions, leading to so much digging into their past that it will be hard for them to ever bounce back from the scandal. This theory strikes me as very astute. If Tiger and the Salahis had just told us what was up, would there have been such fall-out? [NY Magazine]