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Useless post, if you have to trash Apple so much, why do you bother to trash up our forum with your posts?
Let's see... Should I wait to buy a new iPad mini... Or finally get the 3rd Gen iPad... Hmmmmmm... I'll get a new iPod touch which is like a mini iPad, I'll get a 3rd Gen full size iPad and I'll finally get a 250gig hard drive for my iPod classic... So many decisions... When we get a touch device with a storage capacity of more than 64gigs Im gonna be so happy... Still kinda sad that every iDevice got a makeover and upgrade and a new smaller iPad will be coming out, but still no love for us high storage capacity wanting iPod classic lovers...
As cool as an iPad mini might be I hope they show us an updated iMac!! I've been holding off purchasing one for 6 months now because everybody keeps saying a new one is coming!
Wow... That 17 year old kid fanboy fanboy is susceptible and can't stand not-a-fanboy censure. I must say a mature person can take criticism without getting offended and turning it to a positive. These replies have gone to facts to emotions. Truly, if i was Samsung or any other competitor to apple. I would focus on creating the next best device that is completely different from apple like the Samsung galaxy 3. The sg3 is sexy and I prefer the look over iPhone 5 and it's right behind the specification of iPhone 5. In this case I prefer the transformer prime over iPad. It all comes down to preference and knocking out competition. Only reason why I would get iPhone or ipad or Mac is to say i got one. There specification are satisfying not the greatest just satisfying and there products all work together. These are just my opinions. iPad mini sounds nice though i still prefer the transformer prime. Still gotta wait for the specification to come in then we can talk.
A:I have no problem what so ever admitting to the galaxy sIII to being a great phone, In fact, because it is. It is an amazing piece of hardware. Never once have I said it's bad, or anything, if my friends ask what android should I get? First thing I say is galaxy sII
B: You say the iPhone is resized and recycled? Alright well what about the Galaxy SIII Mini? Or have you not heard about that? Because there is a new phone called the Galaxy sII mini, made and manufactured by Samsung. Smaller, and cheaper internals and no LTE, So in fact, the sIII is also resized and recycled.
C: lastly, did I ever once mention because this is an apple related forum you are not allowed to post? No, because you can. Look at Gizmodo, ever since apple sued them for the iPhone 4 incident they have been a non-apple forum and really do not like them, yet I can post there.
To recap I am not mad, I'm just pointing out that he does not need to complain about apple on every post, because I do like to enjoy reading the articles without a constant "apple sucks don't buy it." You're opinion is your opinion and you're entitled to it, bashing a company doesn't make you a better person or you're opinion better.
P.S. on a side note on your name, making an account today just to combat my name? Just shows how truly immature you are. Name calling, really? Lets move out of elementary school shall we?


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Basically they have royally screwed themselves for years to come.
Apparently this went on in subsequent years (including last year). It's crazy that they got away with this for so long.NEW YORK (AP) -- New Orleans Saints players and at least one assistant coach maintained a bounty program the last three seasons for inflicting game-ending injuries on opposing players, including Brett Favre and Kurt Warner - a pool that reached as much as $50,000 and paid specific amounts for "cart-offs" and "knockouts," the NFL said Friday.
The report said the pool amounts reached their height in 2009, the year the Saints won the Super Bowl.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz1o0HaV3SK
Also - I'm guessing Peyton Manning and/or Tom Brady's bounty must've been off the charts.

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By John Ornellas --
The date was Dec. 7 1941. I was a 9-year-old lad, leaving the completion of a 6 a.m. Sunday religious service in Oahu. My stroll home covered a dozen downhill blocks. I observed a lot of thick smoke in the distance, and it did not bother me, because at that time, of the year, farmers would burn the 8 foot-high sugar cane plants prior to harvesting the canes. What puzzled me was the numerous aircraft in flight. Normally, we never saw military planes on weekends, especially on Sundays.
When I arrived home, my curiosity prompted me to climb one of our tall papaya trees adjacent to our home so I could get a better view of the planes from our roof. I then noticed a red sun under the wings as they passed over. It quickly registered in my young mind that something very strange was going on. I also heard, what I realized later, were machine guns firing.
About 7:30 a.m., my mom heard an emergency message on the radio, announcing that the Japanese aircraft had just bombed Pearl Harbor. She knew I was on the roof, so she screamed at me to get down, and we all retreated to our basement. Our home was a mere 11 miles from Pearl Harbor.
My oldest brother was employed at Hickam Field Air Force Base, which was adjacent to Pearl Harbor, and he often went in on Sunday mornings to get caught up on his responsibilities. About five miles from our home, several armed US military men flagged him down and ordered him out of his car and gave him cab fare to return home. They merely told him they had to get to Pearl Harbor on the double, so they confiscated his car.
As part of the master plan on Saturday night, Dec. 6, the Japanese Consulate arranged an all-night party at Iolani Palace in Honolulu. All the US military brass, police officials and political leaders were invited to that party. As part of the sneak attack strategy, the objective was to intoxicate all attendees, so that there would be no leadership over personnel when the bombing raid started at sunrise Sunday morning. My dad, a police officer, happened to be working the security assignment at the party, along with several military police.
Thank God, the Japanese Navy pulled the biggest logistical blunder of all time. Their aircraft carriers headed away from the islands far before the planned timing. Many planes did not carry enough fuel to return to the carriers, forcing the pilots into kamikaze action. It was a high honor for those pilots to die for the Emperor. So they tried to do as much damage as possible with machine gun fire at homes, buildings, cars, etc. before crashing their planes into ships and buildings. Unknown to most, if all the aircraft had in fact been able to return to the carriers, the master plan was to proceed to phase two, and that was to the California coast for a bombing raid.
Short hours after the bombing raid on Pearl Harbor, Japanese informants loyal to America alerted US authorities to caches of military rifles and ammunition buried in several junk yards on Oahu. Those junk yards were owned and operated by Japanese loyal to Japan.
My dad, after being involved in digging up and confiscating the weaponry, later learned that this arsenal buildup had been going on for several years.
Japanese merchant ships would unload weaponry onto fishing boats called sampans that were owned and operated by Japanese. In turn, it was delivered to junk yards, again owned and operated by Japanese. The shallow buried weaponry was to be dug up Sunday morning by local Japanese who were loyal to Japan's war plans, and used to take over and control Hawaii's citizens, including American citizens of Japanese ancestry.
President Roosevelt had been warned many moons prior to 1941 about a planned attack by Japan but chose to ignore it.
He officially declared war on Japan immediately after the sneak attack. This automatically gave the US military the power to declare martial law over Hawaii. An immediate dusk to dawn curfew was enforced for all citizens. My school, along with many others, was taken over by the military to be converted to hospitals for our wounded combatants. No lights were allowed at night for several months, in fear of another attack.
Automobiles, driven after dark, had to paint headlamp lenses black except for a tiny 1-inch diameter hole in the center.
The military organized many citizens to be block wardens. The responsibility of the wardens was to enforce the black out curfew. Every citizen was issued a gas mask, which became our constant companion 24 hours a day for two years, in fear of a poison gas attack. Gasoline was rationed, based on absolute proof of necessity to drive. Basically, every commodity was rationed, including food.
Six months prior to the attack, my parents decided to have a new home built. They hired a Japanese contractor to build the two-story home. My dad was baffled by the fact that the contractor built in numerous frills that my dad never asked for.
He installed an elaborate phone system, with jacks in every room. We occupied the completed home in October 1941.
Within hours after the attack, my dad learned that our contractor had been arrested by the U.S. military.
He was one of many high-ranking Japanese army officers who had been planted in Hawaii over the years. The arrests occurred swiftly, thanks to Japanese informants loyal to America. Our home was obviously intended to be the headquarters of our contractor, to direct combat actions of the local Japanese who were loyal to Japan's goals.
Remember all the phone jacks and the buried weaponry? Our family would have probably been the first victims.
The master takeover plan of Hawaii by the Japanese failed miserably due to several major factors.
Japanese planned no army invasion by ship after the bombing because their planted military officers were to take control of Hawaii from within.
Swift and decisive action by our military and law enforcement officers, responding to loyal Japanese informants, led to a complete breakdown of the planned takeover from within.
Bombed airstrips were repaired in a few days to accommodate arriving U.S. aircraft from the West Coast. Within a few weeks, there were more military men and women in Hawaii than the local population.
The sneak attack, and the two years of living in fear of further aggression, left a permanent impression in my life, and a precious appreciation of my America.
Editor's Note: This commentary was first printed on Dec. 8, 2001. John Ornellas is a Lake County resident.


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I just had a stray thought enter my mind while reading a couple of threads on the forums. I was looking at the Bray Wyatt thread and people were talking about how he's out for 6 months due to a shoulder injury, and how he can fill the time by building a stable and cutting promos.
Let's assume Bray builds a stable, and gets guys to do his dirty work for him. Let's assume that it's played
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Let me preface this by saying that the product now is a little more interesting than where it was a year or two ago. I watch RAW and SmackDown every week. I'm not someone that doesn't watch it and cries that it's PG that's ruining everything.
With that said, here are four things that I think are hurting the product. This is my opinion and it's not intended to reiterate what everyone
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Improved curve keeping Cobb ahead in count
ARLINGTON -- Alex Cobb had a nice outing in his first start of the season, tossing 7 1/3 scoreless innings against the Indians on Saturday night. The right-hander likes the way his improved curve has helped his pitching repertoire.
Specifically, he has not had to rely on the changeup as much as he had previously.
"[The curve is] huge," Cobb said. "Not only for a put-away pitch."
Cobb had relied a lot on swings and misses with his changeup, hoping that the hitters would chase the pitch outside the strike zone.
"This curveball allows me to start off the count early with a get-me-over curveball, and usually they'll be taking it if it's not the pitch they're looking for," Cobb said. "So being able to get ahead in the count is huge. I wasn't able to do that so much with my changeup. It's more a hoping-they-chase-type pitch, and this is more in the zone."
Cobb noted that the curve he throws now arrives to the plate faster and it has a tighter spin, which keeps it from being identified quickly by the hitters.
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Joyce returns to site of college championship
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Matt Joyce fondly remembers the last time he was at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery.
Sitting in the visitors' clubhouse before an exhibition game against Tampa Bay's Double-A affiliate, the Biscuits, Joyce talked about the 2005 NCAA Division II championship tournament.
Joyce, though he said he was 0-for-6 in the final game, was part of the champion Florida Southern Mocs.
"I remember running in from right field and jumping on the dogpile," Joyce said. "We played all the 'We Are the Champion' songs on the way home."
Stacy Long is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I normally don't cut and paste press release text, but want to make an exception to that rule with Coach's (COH) quarter.
"During the holiday quarter we drove modest growth and continued to gain overall traction on our key strategies. We posted strong international results, leveraged the Men's opportunity globally and strengthened our digital capabilities. However, we were disappointed by our performance in North America, where the holiday season proved challenging. Most broadly, the consumer was impacted by a muted macroeconomic environment, while in the Women's handbag category competition intensified and promotional activity increased. Importantly, we maintained our pricing strategies despite the retail climate, protecting our brand proposition."
'Modest growth'
Modest growth during a holiday season, and on a very hyped company (numerous Buy ratings reiterated pre-earnings on super-lofty valuation assumptions) no less, will force the market to readjust. Specifically, the market will readjust to one thing: a probability for continued modest growth with higher-than-normal downside risk given clear fundamental challenges in the business, as implied in the commentary.
'Disappointed by our performance in North America, where the holiday season proved challenging'
This tells me Coach has set unrealistic expectations for the Street, something confirmed by too much inventory being on the books relative to sales after the holidays. In other words, market dynamics have begun to shift quicker than Coach's management has internally planned. This causes #GuidanceRisk.
'Women's handbag category competition intensified and promotional activity increased'
This is perhaps one of the first times in the eight years I have covered Coach (even thinking back to the 2009 period off the top of my head) in which it acknowledged intensified competition. As I said throughout the holiday season, Coach's product looked straight-up stale and the soft traffic reflected that (not sure what others were seeing).
A simple exercise I did at peak holiday time was to stand back and look at Coach and Michael Kors stores that are positioned next to one another to get a feel of the traffic and how the product looked visually. The bottom line is that Michael Kors crushed Coach in this non-spreadsheet test as it also did when applying the test to department store shop in shops. By the way, yes, Coach appeared to be abnormally promotional at department stores since the first week of December.
In the last paragraph of the press release, Coach notes "near-term challenges in North America," a comment that I think will hang over any modestly positive tidbits on the earnings call. To me, there are structural issues in play, such as aggressive international and men's expansion plans, in addition to intense competition from very viable competitors that do not square with the stock's present valuation. Moreover, I just do not see the appetite for splurge on the part of the aspirational consumer (this was on display in Tiffany's (TIF) holiday bomb).
October 24, 2012 Client Note: You Should Relax with the Coach Hype Playaz
Looking at the market's response to Coach's earnings, you would have thought the company had returned to high-growth mode and was deserving of its premium P/E multiple relative to others in specialty retail. Heck, opening up the hood on Coach showed these fun facts: (1) 5.5% same-store sales gain, a sequential acceleration amid an improvement in factory store sales, plus a non-horrendous consumer response to products that are designed from Coach's extensive catalogs (Legacy line) (2) announcement of a new $1.5 billion share purchase plan that was rumored to be in play given Coach's cash balances and dwindling authorization on a previous program (3) the true profit margin story was not as a bad as appeared when excluding recent international distributor acquisitions. Of course, it was so very refreshing to see China sales pop 40% when so many other companies, from industrials to Nike (NKE), are experiencing tepid gains at best inside a slowing macro environment. But, #HonestAbe thinks Coach is not where to look in retail and here are the reasons why.
- A +5.5 same-store sales figure resulted despite a major new program launch across gender, lightyears away from anything produced by Michael Kors even while a significant chunk of marketing dollars were thrown behind Legacy in stores and in the digital sphere (Facebook). Coach had two important quarterly drivers in Legacy and improved traffic at factory with coupons and in that context a stronger same-store sales reading should have been delivered. Takeaways: competitive threats, validation of Burberry comments on aspirational consumer weakness.
- #HonestAbe is well aware the Street loves to extract anything that doesn't fit with a majority-held Buy rating (I have played the game and know the drill), but Coach's reported margins will continue to be under pressure for the next few quarters as newly-acquired businesses are integrated. That, in turn, should cap the earnings upside that is needed to first validate Coach's present P/E multiple and then expand it.
- The rate of China total sales growth slowed quarter over quarter to +40% from +60%. That's the deal and it happened as Coach continued to trumpet strong purchase intent/trends.
- Shipments to North American department stores down AND planned lower into a holiday season, indicating share loss on the sales floor. This fits well with my checks on Coach's presentation on the department store floor. It's being out-merchandized.


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January 12, 2013
Overthinking It
Bargain Bin Free Agents
At this point in the offseason, few impact free agents remain on the market, save for Scott Boras clients who've been hurt by the new CBA's draft pick compensation system. Assuming Mike Napoli and Francisco Liriano eventually ink with the Red Sox and Pirates, respectively, only seven of the top 50 free agents have yet to find a home.
However, there are still some decent values waiting to be dug up by teams that are willing to look in the bargain bin. Last year, injury reclamation projects like Bartolo Colon, Oliver Perez, and Pat Neshek, bench bats like Jonny Gomes, Jeff Keppinger, Wilson Betemit, and Gregor Blanco, and unremarkable relievers like Fernando Rodney all went on to have strong seasons after signing in January, most of them with contending teams. (Rodney, who entered the year with a 4.42 ERA in his previous five seasons, became one of 2012's best stories, posting a 0.60 ERA and finishing fifth in AL Cy Young voting.)
None of those players made many headlines by signing, but several of them proved pivotal in their teams' playoff runs. Here's a look at 10 low-profile free agents who are still unsigned and could have a similar impact this season.
Travis Hafner
Last season, Hafner roughly matched his career walk rate and Isolated Power and bettered his career strikeout rate, but his overall line was dragged down by a BABIP 80 points below his career average, which may have been the result of bad luck. If that luck turns in 2013, Hafner could be a potent weapon against righties and a league-average hitter against lefties, at least until his next injury. But he'll have to find an AL team with an opening at DH, since it's been almost six years since he last wore a glove in a game.
Scott Hairston
Luke Scott
Ben Francisco
Kyle Farnsworth
Erik Bedard
The walking wounded
Joey Devine
Dallas Braden
Pedro Feliciano
Grady Sizemore
A version of this story originally appeared on ESPN Insider .
Ben Lindbergh is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @benlindbergh
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Part of the assumption underlying this column, and I see it everywhere in baseball writers' discussions of free agency, is the notion that it is the draft pick compensation holding back the signing of Boras clients like Lohse or Bourn. Maybe the problem isn't the draft pick, it is just the plain vanilla routine of exorbitant salary demands coupled with ridiculous numbers of years in the contract. Boras always had this problem, so why is it the draft pick issue now and not merely his demand for long contracts for players on the wrong side of 30?
Jan 12, 2013 07:15 AM
I just made note of this because I have not seen any of the typical "Lohse wants five years @ $15M per year" or "Bourn wants $20 million per year for six years" stories.
Jan 12, 2013 13:51 PM
Farmsworth to Detroit? Could be cheap option and sign to short-term deal.
Jan 12, 2013 16:55 PM
I'm kind of amazed that the new CBA didn't get more opposition from the players' association. Each part of it is designed to reduce the amount players earn, from draft day up until they receive a qualifying offer.
Jan 12, 2013 19:20 PM
There could be a letters of understanding written easily enough to amend the CBA. Maybe the union agreement on added HGH testing, or a similar concession, paves the way for that to happen.
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Ellsbury scratched with right calf tightness
Yanks center fielder to also sit Monday; club calls move 'precautionary'
TAMPA, Fla. -- Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was scratched from Sunday's starting lineup and will also sit out Monday due to tightness in his right calf.
The Yankees called the decision "precautionary," and Ellsbury insisted he would have played through it during the regular season. The 30-year-old outfielder said he went through a normal workout Saturday, when his calf started to feel a little tight. He felt the same way when he reported to the clubhouse Sunday morning, so the club decided to take him out of the lineup.
"I let them know I was fine to play. That was the first thing I told them: 'I'm good to play,'" Ellsbury said. "They were kind of holding me back -- well, not holding me back -- they just said, 'Hey, let's just get this thing 100 percent."
Ellsbury said he hopes to return to the field Tuesday against the Red Sox, his former team, if he feels healthy by then. Considering Ellsbury's injury history and how much of his value is based on his speed, however, the Yankees seem content to wait.
"It doesn't sound like it's much, but thankfully it's March so we can make sure it's not going to be much," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "We'll make sure we take care of this, and if that takes a few days or a week, so be it."
Ellsbury had been scheduled to make Monday's road trip to Bradenton, Fla., to face the Pirates. But coach Rob Thomson, who's serving as the manager here while Joe Girardi is leading the Yankees' group in Panama, said Ellsbury will sit out that game as well.
Signed this offseason to a seven-year, $153 million deal, Ellsbury has spent a significant amount of time on the disabled list in two of his past four seasons. Cashman said that did not add to his level of concern over Ellsbury's current condition.
"I really just take it as a tight calf in Spring Training. Because he's an important player, you back off and make sure," Cashman said. "You'd like to have as many of your guys available to us when the bell rings, when those games count. Since these games don't count, I want to make sure everybody knows that we don't want to put anything added because his name is Jacoby Ellsbury.
"We don't want to all of a sudden say, 'We've got to get it out there so everybody feels good.' No. Everybody will feel good when he's out there when it counts, so that means giving it time."
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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My recommendation would be to pack along these Earthbath Grooming Wipes ($15) as a substitute for the pet spa. Since they are all natural, they can be used on all of your furry friends, plus they are free from alcohol so they won't dry out your pet's skin, and have a nice green tea deodorizer that is a-ok for your pets. The best part is, you're not only giving your pet a nice rubdown, but you're helping to make a cleaner planet too. All of Earthbath products are 100 percent biodegradable, so you can rest easy that the camping spot you're checking out will be just as beautiful in years to come.


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A strange, revealing thing happened last year in college football when we were least expecting it.
The forward pass became important again.
We bring this up now because while the spread option is all the rage, an event earlier this week at Michigan showed once again those who win are those who throw the ball.
Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner was granted a redshirt season by the NCAA, giving him two more years of eligibility in Ann Arbor. Two more years to clearly illustrate the importance of a quarterback's arm over his legs.
"I'm just happy to be able to help the team as long as I can," Gardner said in a video interview released by the school.
The problem: This significant news—huge for an emerging Michigan program—wouldn't even have warranted a second look had the Wolverines not stumbled into what they had on the bench while trying to figure out a way to win with what they had on the field.
That's right, despite all of the flash and dash and dynamic ability of dual-threat quarterback Denard Robinson over the last four years, there was one underlying, overlooked issue that prevented Michigan from winning big games: His passing skills consisted solely of chucking jump balls and hoping for the best.
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So when Robinson injured his throwing arm late in the season and Michigan needed a quarterback, the Wolverines finally settled on the player former UM coach Rich Rodriguez recruited to Ann Arbor and wanted to build his program around.
"We had high hopes for Devin," Rodriguez said. "We saw him as a Pat White kind of player. A guy who could change the game with his arm and his feet."
Somewhere along the way, the system Rodriguez invented years ago at Division II Glenville State, nurtured as offensive coordinator at Clemson and perfected as coach at West Virginia, has become more about the quarterback running than anything else.
It's exciting and worthy of all those late night television highlights, but what does it really accomplish when you have to win a game?
"Teams that can throw it well off that (set)," says Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, "are those that are most dangerous."
Translation: We'll eventually figure out how to stop or limit the run (Michigan's opponents in big games did against Robinson), but dealing with a true dual-threat quarterback—who can throw it efficiently—changes everything.
Want to see how important the forward pass is to teams that run spread option and use spread option principles? Watch how lost the Notre Dame offense looked against Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game.
Watch how inept the Florida offense looked in the Gators' only two losses of the season, where quarterback Jeff Driskel threw a combined four interceptions (he had five total for the season) against Georgia and Louisville.
Watch how utterly unstoppable the Texas A&M offense looked against Alabama and Oklahoma and just about any other team the Aggies faced.
Watch Nebraska in just about every big game with dynamic quarterback Taylor Martinez—and watch how it invariably comes down to him making plays (see: not making) in the passing game.
"The concept is a good one; you spread everyone out and force the defense to cover sideline to sideline," said Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart. "But you better be good at both options or it gets predictable—in a hurry."
That brings us back to Gardner, who found himself in the Michigan starting lineup by chance. Robinson got injured, and backup Russell Bellomy played poorly. The next thing you know, the quarterback turned wideout turned quarterback was heaving beautifully thrown deep balls the following week against Minnesota.
While he's not the runner Robinson is—or even the runner Driskel is— Gardner is good enough to force defenses to pursue him in the zone read option, the foundation of the quarterback run in the spread option. Michigan won three games with Gardner as the starter, then lost to Ohio State (a game it could have won) and blew a late lead in a loss to SEC heavyweight South Carolina (where Gardner played his best game of the season).
It's a different Michigan team now because it's a different Michigan offense now.
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Grateful to Mets, Byrd mentors young players
PHILADELPHIA -- If not for the Mets, Marlon Byrd knows he may never have received another chance to play in the Majors. So in addition to being thankful to the organization, Byrd has paid the Mets back by mentoring some of their younger players.
Now a member of the Phillies, Byrd spent much of last season working on hitting with Lucas Duda, Josh Satin and other Mets players, going as far as to text Duda Tuesday morning with the Mets coming to Citizens Bank Park.
"He's one of those guys, I love his work ethic," Byrd said of Duda. "He wants to get better. He doesn't want to hit 15 home runs. He wants to hit 30. He knows he has that power. It doesn't matter what field he's playing on. He knows he can play the game."
The respect goes both ways.
"He's a hard worker," Duda said. "He essentially just told me ways to work, and just kind of refined my swing a little bit. He was a big help."
Byrd, who hit 21 homers in 117 games for the Mets last season, parlayed that success into a midsummer trade to Pittsburgh and a two-year, $16-million contract with the Phillies over the winter. Before that, Byrd had been mired in baseball purgatory, playing winter ball in Mexico while trying to overcome the stigma of a performance-enhancing drug suspension.
"They helped me renew my career," Byrd said of the Mets. "There weren't many teams that wanted to take a flyer on me. Why the Mets did? I don't know why, but I'm glad they did. I'm glad I could actually play well for them since they gave me that chance."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Weather news continued depressing crop futures Monday. The corn market remained under pressure early this week after the latest forecasts indicated current heat will be followed by cooler and milder conditions through late July. Thus, a large fall harvest seems virtually assured. The weekly Export Inspections report was neutral. September corn settled 7.25 cents lower at $3.64/bushel Monday, while December lost 6.5 cents to $3.72.
The soy complex traded rather mixed. As in the corn market, forecasts for favorable weather through late July depressed new-crop soybean and product prices. However, announcements of sizeable bean and meal sales this morning apparently supported old-crop futures. August soybean futures slipped 1.0 cent to $11.7575/bushel in late Monday action, while November futures tumbled 13.75 cents to $10.715. August soyoil slumped 0.43 cents to 36.14 cents/pound but August soymeal added $0.4 to $380.7/ton.
Monday's Export Inspections data may have supported the wheat markets. Prospects for fine midsummer weather also seem to spur selling of wheat futures Monday. Still, one has to suspect prices would have fallen even lower if not for the uncertainty surrounding the Black Sea situation and the supportive result on the midmorning Export Sales report. September CBOT wheat dipped 2.25 cents to $5.30/bushel at its Monday settlement, while September KC wheat slid 5.75 cents to $6.28/bushel, and September MWE wheat sagged 7.0 cents to $6.2325.
Wholesale strength boosted CME cattle. Beef prices dove last Friday, but CME cattle futures began this week strongly. That seemingly reflected a big midday bounce, as well as renewed confidence about short-term cash price prospects. August live cattle jumped 1.33 cents to 152.95 cents/pound as Monday's CME session ended, while December climbed 0.80 cents to 155.35. Meanwhile, August feeders soared 1.38 cents to 213.02 cents/pound, and October leapt 1.35 to 213.90.
Slumping pork quotes undercut hog futures. CME hog traders apparently believe cash prices hit their summer peak last week, especially after the CME cash index suffered a surprisingly large drop last Friday. Bears were further discouraged by a substantial setback in pork prices at midsession. August hog futures plunged 1.97 cents to 125.10 cents/pound closing Monday action, while December edged up 0.30 cents to 103.90.


text: In Short: Feb. 7-13, 2013 By Staff reports February 6, 2013 Story Share Grace Martin Taylor exhibitThe Art Store, 1013 Bridge Road, opens an exhibit of Grace Martin Taylor's masterworks with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Some of the pieces have never been exhibited in West Virginia.At 5:30 p.m. Bob Bridges, an assistant art professor at WVU and curator of the WVU Art Collection, will speak. He has a book on Taylor scheduled for publication later this year.Call 304-345-1038 or visit www.theartstorewv.com.Art expo and craft fairThe free Sweetheart Expo & Craft Fair runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Women's Club of South Charleston, 214 D St. Local artisans will display wares including stained glass, jewelry, candles, handbags and soaps. Visit www.facebook.com/sweetheartexpocraftfair.Sesquicentennial commemorative coin event In honor of West Virginia's sesquicentennial this year, the Division of Culture and History has a commemorative coin series tied to monthly programs at the West Virginia State Museum in the Culture Center. Visitors earn a coin emblazoned with a symbol relating to West Virginia for each month they participate.Spring programs are "At Home: Victorian Life in the City" Saturday, which includes a coin featuring the state bird (cardinal); "Pre-Statehood: Victorian Life in the Country" March 9, with a coin featuring the state insect (honey bee) and "The History of West Virginia's State Symbols" April 27, with a coin featuring the state seal.Programs run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the museum's Education Center. They feature a display of artifacts, videos, documentaries and hands-on projects. Call Nancy Herholdt at 304-558-0220.Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. tickets On April 6, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. will perform a benefit concert for the Community Music Association and Junior Achievement of West Virginia at the Municipal Auditorium. The concert will feature new and old tunes from Murphy, as well as an appearance by the Charleston Ballet.Tickets are $25, $35 and $40 and go on sale Tuesday. Get them at the Civic Center Box Office, by calling 800-745-3000 or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com.Blues competitionThe 21st annual River City Blues Competition will be held at the Lafayette Hotel in Marietta, Ohio, on Feb. 15-16. Of the 16 participating bands, four are from West Virginia, including Teays Valley's Chaz Humley and the Effects. Performances begin at 8 p.m. Friday and 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $15 Friday, $20 Saturday afternoon (12:30 to 6 p.m.), $25 Saturday evening or $55 for a weekend pass.Call Mary Ann at 304-422-2944 or Peggy at 740-376-0222 for tickets.Drum workshopJim Donovan, formerly of the Pittsburgh-based jam band Rusted Root, will bring his Drum & Chant Workshop to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 520 Kanawha Blvd. W., from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 16.The class is for drummers of all skill levels ages 17 and up. Drums are provided.Discover how to energize your brain and clear your mind; lessen resistance, fear and apathy; create deep relaxation and stress relief; expand conscious awareness; unblock energetic and emotional congestion; and open creative thinking and expression. You'll learn about ecstatic drumming rhythms, vocal toning and mantra, rejuvenating breathing exercises, visualization and more. Space is limited, so advance registration is recommended. Cost is $35. If spots are still available the day of the workshop, the cost is $45. Call Chris Higgins, at 304-881-7037, or register online at www.jimdonovandrums.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 3 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 4 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 5 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken New school year starts Thursday on 'Community' Previous Story Movies and music mix well for W.Va. Symphony Next Story


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There's a revolution happening in the use of big data, and Apache Hadoop is at the center of it.
Excitement around Hadoop has been building since its release as an open source distributed data processing platform five years ago. But within the last 18 months, Hadoop has taken off, gaining customers, commercial support options, and dozens of integrations from database and data-integration software vendors. The top three commercial database suppliers--Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft--have adopted Hadoop.
IBM introduced its Hadoop-based InfoSphere BigInsights software in May, and last month Oracle and Microsoft separately revealed plans to release Hadoop-based distributions next year. Both companies plan to provide deployment assistance and enterprise-grade support, and Oracle has promised a prebuilt Oracle Big Data Appliance with Hadoop software already installed.
Will Hadoop turn out to be as significant as SQL, introduced more than 30 years ago? Hadoop is often tagged as a technology exclusively for unstructured data. By combining scalability, flexibility, and low cost, it has become the default choice for Web giants like AOL and ComScore that are dealing with large-scale clickstream analysis and ad targeting scenarios.
But Hadoop is headed for wider use. It's applicable for all types of data and destined to go beyond clickstream and sentiment analysis. For example, SunGard, a hosting and application service provider for small and midsize companies, plans to introduce a cloud-based managed service aimed at helping financial services companies experiment with Hadoop-based MapReduce processing. And software-as-a-service startup Tidemark recently introduced a cloud-based performance management application that will use MapReduce to bring mixed data sources into product and financial planning scenarios.


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Doctor lands fellowship from UPMC, gains post at Sochi GamesFebruary 9, 2014 10:59 PM
SOCHI, Russia -- When talking to Dr. Gloria Beim, details emerge that only begin to explain how she emerged to become Team USA's chief medical officer at the Sochi Winter Olympics, supervising more than 70 medical professionals in charge of keeping United States athletes in shape to pursue their dreams.
There is the one about Beim starting college when she was 14 because she had basically run through all the available curriculum at her Montessori school. Then there is the one about her spending time each day of the past eight months learning to speak and comprehend Russian so that she can be fully communicative in Sochi. And in between those examples, which span the breadth of her development into one of the top orthopedic surgeons in the country, there is the one about how a young woman with a Columbia University medical school degree broke into a man's game by coming to Pittsburgh.
Beim had heard about the sports medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, run by Dr. Freddie Fu and Dr. Christopher Harner, and she wanted one of the spots, badly. But at that time, in the mid-1990s, UPMC had never had a female fellow in its program. How could she make it happen? Well, she would run into Fu at conventions and meetings each year and introduced herself.
"Dr. Fu," Beim says, "is bigger than life."
Beim made enough of an impression to gain an interview. But, on the night before she was scheduled to fly from New York to Pittsburgh, there was a major snowstorm, and her flight would be cancelled. She called to Fu's secretary and begged for her to reschedule, but she said this was the only day for interviews. Beim figured that fate had stepped in and cruelly rendered its judgment. She was not going to be a fellow at UPMC.
But then, a break! Two of the other candidates, who were students at Harvard, also had been snowed in. So Beim was told she could interview the next day in Pittsburgh.
Her adventure was just getting started. Little did she know that Fu had been in a serious skiing accident at Seven Springs a week earlier. He had five fractured ribs and a broken clavicle. Being Fu, though, he was back at work. Maybe it was just her nervous energy, but, when making a joke with Fu at the interview, she slapped him on the back. Fu grimaced. He was in pain. He told her about his injury, and Beim was mortified. Once again, she thought she was done at UPMC.
"She thinks I won't offer her a job," Fu recalls.
Somewhere, deep down, likely beyond his clavicle, Fu couldn't shake this feeling that he had to have Beim in his program. She would be his first woman fellow, and he would waste no time pushing previously set boundaries.
Fu assigned her Pitt football, men's basketball and wrestling.
"I challenged the system," Fu says. "I assign a fellow to any sport I want, but I really wanted to test the culture. The players, the trainers, I wanted them to learn to work with a female, and I thought that she was up to the task to do it."
That year, Beim performed a lot of ACL surgeries. She wrote a lot of papers. She did not sleep much. And, funny enough, she had earned her stripes by suffering a knee injury of her own. She was on the sideline when a Pitt football player ran into her, hyperextending her knee.
After that, given the clavicle incident, Fu called it even.
"I told her later, 'Now you hurt your knee, we've paid it back,' " Fu says.
Beim has spent her entire career paying back Fu's faith in her. She moved to Crested Butte, Colo., to open her own practice, believing that she wouldn't be nearly as prepared if not for her year in Pittsburgh. In 1997, she began working with USA Cycling, and in 2000, she began volunteering her services with the United States Olympic Committee.
The 2004 Athens Games were her first Olympics. She skipped on Beijing in 2008 to have a baby daughter and rejoined the cause for London in 2012.
"There's something special and magical about Olympic athletes," Beim says, "particularly during the period of the Games. I can't explain it. But the energy and the passion and the excitement, and the ability to witness history and greatness, is so special. I'm just so thrilled that I get to do it again."
In Sochi, she will be the go-to person for all USOC medical personnel. It will be a lot to juggle, but nobody can say she isn't prepared. In a recent phone conversation, Beim was able to blurt a stream of Russian words. As usual, her preparation is the difference.
"This is biggest honor I could ever dream of," Beim says. "I'm going overboard."
And in Pittsburgh, Fu isn't hiding the pride he feels in Beim, and the movement she helped start for more diversity in his program.
"I have 44 trainees," Fu says. "You have a critical mass. Once we created an environment where you want to find the best, whether it's male, female doesn't matter. It's a philosophy. You see what Gloria achieved."
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says research and investment in the next generation of farmers will gain attention for rural America in 2013.
Vilsack shared his outlook for the year with attendees at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 94th Annual Meeting in Nashville. The drought of 2012 made it a tough year, bringing on challenges for America's producers. Vilsack said 2012 proved farmers, ranchers and producers are resilient and willing to embrace new technology to improve production.
While acknowledging the impact of key events in 2012 on the year ahead, he encouraged attendees to take advantage of opportunities a biobased economy presents.
"We must create new agricultural products that provide a renewed opportunity for the next generation of American farmers," Vilsack said.
Vilsack focused on research and investments in rural America through research and collaboration. One of the opportunities lies in biofuels and research and loan support will promote the development of new-generation refineries.
A newly created "USDA Biobased Product" label will help promote production of feedstocks to be converted into biofuel. The label will link manufacturers of more than 25,000 plant-based products with buyers.
Other priorities the secretary listed this year include passage of a five-year farm bill, a strong safety net and continuing the country's commitment to enhancing trade.
Reuters reports rural America doesn't have the political power it once had due to a declining population, but its presence can improve through alliances with immigration reform groups, anti-hunger advocates and the renewable energy community. Alliances can shine new light on agriculture to emphasize its role in food, fuel, conservation, recreation and other areas.


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Corsair TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF G
Optimized for the latest Intel DDR3 chipset, primarily the P35, X38, and the upcoming P45/X48 chipsets, the Corsair Dominator PC3-14400 DDR3 1800MHz 2GB RAM Kit TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF G is among the best possible performance solutions presently available to the consumer market. The TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF G DDR3 kit is the highest performance offering from Corsair, and is aimed at ultra-enthusiasts.
By using Dual-path Heat Xchange (DHX) Corsair has designed their TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF G PC3-1800 kit to offer performance enthusiasts the best possible overclocking results. This solution is expected to be adopted by ultra enthusiast choosing to build DDR3 systems, looking for maximum overclock headroom and reliability from their memory modules.
Benchmark Reviews is approaching the conclusion to our High-Speed DDR3 Overclocking and Review Series, which has featured over one dozen different DDR3 kits. Many of the kits we have tested so far have achieved extremely uncommon overclock speeds, while other kits impress us with their combination of performance and value. So far, we have reviewed two of the three worlds fastest DDR3 kits: Patriot PDC32G1866LLK PC3-15000 DDR3 1866MHz and Super Talent PC3-14400 DDR3 1800MHz W1800UX2GP. Today we are especially pleased to test the Corsair Dominator PC3-14400 DDR3 1800MHz 2GB RAM Kit TWIN3X2048-1800C7DF G. You might say that we have saved the best for last, because this kit is amazing!
While the Patriot PDC32G1866LLK kit may presently hold the title for the fastest DDR3 module produced, there are several others that overclock to nearly the same speed... or faster. Because of the very limited quantities and slowly growing demand, the prices are almost as high as the speeds; which makes it difficult to recommend the kit that is best for any particular need. Even when I approach a term like "best", not even an experienced analyst like me can tell you which DDR3 product is "the best kit" because at this early stage the concept of "best" takes on a relative meaning. But in terms of fastest ... well, it looks like Benchmark Reviews should have no problem helping you with that dilemma.
Many of the readers will probably not consider DDR3 an important part of the hardware market just yet, and in a few ways I can agree with them. It's expensive, and it's not going to change their system from a 2 to a 10. But I think that this argument only exists if you have missed the point: DDR3 is a more efficient replacement over DDR2 in many different ways, but high-speed DDR3 is intended for overclockers and enthusiasts almost exclusively. In a year from now, expect to have DDR3 pressed into your new motherboard. However for today, the demand behind DDR3 and its high-speed variants is best met by the growing number of hardware enthusiasts which push their equipment well past the stock settings.
All of this is great news for the overclocker, the hardcore gamer, and the hardware enthusiast; which has been the case every time high-end system memory parts arrive on the market. It wasn't all that long ago we all had SDRAM with 1 and 1.5CL timings, and then DDR arrived with CL3. Nobody complained then, so I'm not sure why they are starting now. It was the exact same story when DDR2 arrived to replace DDR; which nearly doubled the timings. So from a technical standpoint we should appreciate that the timings have only gradually increased with the clock speed, because history has proven this to be difficult.
EDITORS NOTE: Benchmark Reviews has also published the article DDR3 RAM: System Memory Technology Explained
About the company: Corsair
Products to Meet the Demands of Performance Computing
Corsair has been a leader in the design and manufacture of high-speed modules since 1994. Our focus has always been on supporting the special demands of mission-critical servers and high-end workstations, as well as the performance demands of extreme gamers. While maintaining this core focus, in recent years, we've also brought our expertise, technology leadership and legendary quality and reliability to memory and other technology products for the more mainstream consumer.
Memory That Meets The Toughest Demands
As a pioneer in high-speed module design, Corsair is a trusted supplier to many computer manufacturers. In high-density memory solutions, Corsair has always been one of the first suppliers to achieve advanced qualifications on Intel, Tyan and SuperMicro server platforms. We also work closely with other major server platform manufacturers to release product that is 100% compatible with their latest server products.
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With more high-speed experience than anyone in the industry, we know the importance of design features like tightly-controlled trace lengths, controlled impedances, clock trace design, unbroken power and ground planes, and selectively plated gold. Corsair Memory has developed an industry-wide reputation for quality, compatibility and performance.
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Our flagship memory products are the DOMINATORTMline of performance memory, which is designed for the unique demands of the serious enthusiast community. Featuring patent-pending Dual-path Heat Exchange (DHX) technology, the DOMINATOR family maximizes on performance, minimizes on heat, all the while running with heighten reliability and stability. The DOMINATOR line has set world performance records and won numerous awards. Corsair's mainstream performance memory solutions are the XMS family. The XMS family includes XMS2 DHX, featuring innovative DHX technology now in the mainstream; XMS Xpert, the first modules with real-time display of parametric data; XMS Pro Series, gaming memory with real-time activity LEDs; and XMS2, high-performance DDR2 modules with black heat spreaders. The XMS Family also includes DDR1 solutions in XMS, available in either black or platinum heat spreaders.


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Unlike their counterparts in other regions, distributors in and around the nation's capital report consistent and strong sales.
Wholesalers that truck produce to the many supermarkets, restaurants, institutions and other produce channels in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., region report favorable demand and business.
They say the region's economy didn't suffer as much as other areas, which were more dependent on manufacturing.
"The produce economy here is good, said Gus Pappas, president of Pete Pappas & Sons Inc. in Washington, D.C. "We are very busy. Business is good and rarely do we have a slow day."
The region's many government workers and contractors help keep the economy afloat a little better than many other metropolitan areas, distributors on the Maryland Wholesale Produce Market report.
"With the government cutbacks in spending, it could hurt us a little but we haven't seen any dramatic effect of that yet," said Tony Vitrano, president of the Tony Vitrano Co. in Jessup, Md. "We're holding steady and maybe doing a little better."
Business outside the immediate capital region remains strong for distributors including Jessup-based Lancaster Foods Inc., which distributes to retail warehouses throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
"Business is thriving outside of the Baltimore-D.C. region," said Jerry Chadwick, Lancaster's vice president of sales and marketing.
"The Baltimore and Washington, D.C., region as a whole has weathered the economic crisis and recession quite well. In this produce economy, sales have been very strong and we continue to expand our geographic reach."
Lancaster distributes to supermarket chains with numerous divisions and warehouses from Maine to Florida.
Sales are humming for foodservice distributor Keany Produce Co. in Landover, Md.
A strong job market is attracting many young professionals, said Kevin Keany, president.
"There is good business in Washington, D.C., as well as the entire region," he said. "There has been so much money on the side. Developers are starting to invest in this marketplace. There's a real resurgence in the city. It's been sort of a boom."
Still recovering
For Sal Cefalu, owner and director of Jessup-based CGC Holdings, the parent company of G. Cefalu & Bro. Inc. and Capital Seaboard, produce sales remains challenging.
"The economy is good but not great," he said in late July.
"People have gotten to the point to where if they have money, they're not holding onto it as tightly as they did a few years ago. They're trying to get back to normal if they have money and have a job. They are out there eating in restaurants and doing their activities."
Cefalu said the region's real estate picture is improving. He said prices are inching higher and owners that sat on many properties are beginning to market them.
Despite the cheers of a strong area economy, many still cite somewhat slower retail and foodservice traffic, said T.J. Rahll, operations manager of Edward G. Rahll & Sons Inc. in Jessup.
"It seems like everyone's complaining a little on all ends, but I don't think they've been too bad (business)," Rahll said.
"There's a lot of retail competition in this area. It's really vicious, the competitiveness around here in the produce industry.
"The foodservice jobbers have had a tougher time than many in the industry. We're seeing a little more turnover in that end with people getting out of that business."


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The dish on Long Island's restaurant and food scene.
Lucharito's, a Mexican restaurant with a "luchidor" (Mexican wrestler) theme, came into being this past December. As owner Mark LaMaina tells it, the place was born after his previous enterprise, Butta Cakes — a cupcake cafe with breakfast, lunch and, on weekends, dinner — was virtually destroyed by superstorm Sandy.
The new incarnation features table service as well as a beer and wine menu. In March, said La Maina, he expects Lucharito's to have a full liquor license and offer about 25 different tequilas.
On the moderately priced menu: roasted pork tacos ($3.50), a "shrimprito" burrito filled with cilantro lime shrimp ($9.25) and "demon de pollo" nachos topped with adobo marinated pulled chicken plus the works.
Lucharito's is at 119 Main St., Greenport, 631-477-6666.


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From wesley wolcott of pullman, Washington on 1/17/2013.
The concept of this washer seemed like a good idea. However once I got it I wasn't sure, I've never really . . .
8/27/2012 – I am interested in recommendations for CLEANING a glass (5-gal) carboy. Overall, the carboy is in great shape (no films, build ups etc), it's in good enough condition I would consider it "new". I have SanStar for sanitizing it, but I haven't done an initial cleaning. What should i use? I read about 10:1 bleach cleaning (10 parts water) I've . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Both Super Grunge Remover and One-Step are great for cleaning glass carboys. See links belowI would NOT use bleach for that or any other purpose related to brewing. It's an effective sanitizer, but not that great of a cleaner. 10:1 ratio is also WAY too much bleach. We've smelled/tasted too many beers ruined by the use of bleach. Just . . .
5/17/2010 – what is your phone number?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We can be reached at (425) 355-8865Our toll free order number is (800) 850-2739
1/26/2008 – I live about an hour (if traffic is good) from the address on your website. Do you have an actual store or is everything here based solely online?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Yes, we have an actual brick-and-mortar store in Everett, WA. People actually walk in and buy stuff!Our address is:Homebrew Heaven9121 Evergreen WayEverett, WA 98204Heck, you can actually call us on the phone, too! It's 425-355-8865. A person will actually answer as long as it's business hours!
5/2/2005 – What is the difference between sanitizing and Cleaning?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: BIG difference. Cleaning is the removal of any grime, oils, residue etc. Sanitizing is the removal of bacteria, molds etc. that can affect your brewing. It is possible to have a surface that is clean, but not sanitized, for instance (and visa versa).
3/7/2005 – What are your thoughts on using bleach to sanitize things???
Response From Homebrew Heaven: We don't like it, having tasted too many beers that were ruined by using too much bleach, or by insufficient rinsing. People often bring in a sample of their beer, and ask "what's wrong". I hate telling them it's their sanitizing BLEACH. Ugh. If it's all you HAVE, by all means use it temporarily in VERY VERY small amounts, but Iodophor . . .
9/22/2004 – Okay, do you have to be able to perform magic in order to get the inside of a siphon hose dry? I know that if you don't keep your siphon hose clean it is the most likely to develop bacteria. Which in turn can do your body some damage, what my friends and I like to call, "screaming Apache butt piss." I clean my siphon hose exceptionally well . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Well...the only time this hose has to be sanitary is just before you use it. A little moisture, as long as it's clean, shouldn't be an issue. Before use, however, it makes sense to run a little sanitizer thru the tubing so that it is clean AND sanitized. After using, give it a rinse and forget it. Mornings with the wife should be reserved . . .
3/4/2004 – Regarding cleaning bottles: is using a bottle washer a replacement for a bottle brush? We have been rinsing (after inital pour), soaking, scrubbing then sanitizing before bottling. Can we just bottle wash, sanitize then bottle?? Thanks for answering you've got a great supply website.
Response From Homebrew Heaven: It sounds like you do way more than I do. Frankly, I have never had a problem with a bottle that was rinsed after being used, and then sanitized before filling. As long as your bottles don't accumulate a lot of "crud" between uses, I see no reason for all that scrubbing. I'm sure you will find people who disagree with my approach, . . .
12/1/2003 – Hello,Just getting back into it after a few years off. In any case I find being sanitary the largest pain in the arse during the process. I am so consumed about sanitation it bugs me. So I have the following questions. After sanitizing my equipment, like the funnel, siphon hoses, fermenter etc, how long can they sit in the open air before . . .
Response From Homebrew Heaven: Wow. You ARE consumed about sanitation. I believe you've taken it too far. Making beer is really no different than making soup, and common kitchen practices are usually sufficient for brewing. I have never had an infection, and after working in a brewship for 10 years, I have only "heard" of a few from customers. Yes, things like fermenters . . .
11/19/2003 – After a long hiatus (about 10 years), I am returning to the homebrewing world. Is it a good idea to replace my plastic equipment (fermenters, tubing, etc.) or will a good dose of sanitizer bring it back into safe, usable condition?
Response From Homebrew Heaven: I would keep the fermenters. As long as they are not too crusty, and a good cleaning will restore them. Cleaning is different than sanitizing, of course, so after a thorough cleaning, use something like Iodophor to make sure it has been sanitized as well.Siphon hose is known to harbor bacteria, however, and is inexpensive to replace. I . . .
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Not necessarily barefoot, but it may be that too much cushioning can actually cause injuries. Runners who wear cheap shoes statistically get injuries less often than those who wear expensive shoes. So, there are some fancy new shoes out that aim to provide better traction and protect your skin from abrasion, while having a minimal amount of cushioning between your foot and the ground.
It's interesting if you take a close look at the heel strike of a traditional running shoe vs. a pair of these new minimalist footwear:
The new footwear, although it looks weird, does appear like it is softer on the ankle. If it became a new fad, like crocs, I'd buy a pair.
What footwear do Buddhist monks typically wear? Jesus sandals?
And what shoes do you wear?
Definitely the most uncomfortable shoes I've ever worn was a pair of big, black, steel-toed army boots I used to wear. The cushioning wasn't very soft and they were heavy, so it wasn't a very good work boot.


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What would be the best way to rescale a background image in a div when the viewport is made smaller?
Thank you in advange.
It depends on the image and also what you want to achieve.
Using background-size you can now scale background images for modern browsers (ie9+) in a variety of ways. Scaled images are never as good as the original of course but results can be satisfactory depending in the image used.
However sometimes by shrinking an image you lose the important part of the image as it goes smaller and you mat be better off just centering the normal size image in the background. You could also use media queries and when the viewport reaches a certain point swap the image for a smaller more pertinent one. The downside of course is loading two images instead of one.
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Why can't you just float it to the right as before and let it scale with the layout as you are doing for the other images in the header?
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Hi Paul. Thank you for that.
Why can't you just float it to the right as before and let it scale with the layout as you are doing for the other images in the header?
Do you mean with the max-width property?
Yes you can use a percentage width in combination with min and max width to stop the image getting too big or too small.
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MARIN'S public employee pension reform organization, Citizens for Sustainable Pensions, attracted almost 200 people to its recent session featuring public-pension guru John Dickenson. It was one of the largest gatherings ever to discuss what was once an arcane topic: the fiscal implication of government pensions.
The Mendocino County-based publisher of YourPublicMoney.com delivered a college-style lecture on the fate Bay Area counties face as a result of unfunded public pension liabilities.
Dickerson presented a tale of woe forecasting that essential public services will need to be cut to fund this debt.
Of the counties that manage their own retirement, Marin is in the best condition. While funding the already-vested pensions dictates that Marinites will inevitably endure worsening roads, decreased fire prevention and less mental health care, they will suffer less than Sonoma, Contra Costa or Alameda residents.
Rhode Island's liberal Democratic state treasurer Gina Raimondo was lauded by Dickerson as his "No. 1 pension reform hero." The key to reforming the Ocean State's troubled retirement system, he contended, was making the issue bipartisan and not demonizing public employees.
Rhode Island law allows modifications to existing pensions. Over union opposition. Raimondo led the way toward suspending cost-of-living increases, raising the retirement age to 67 and creating a defined benefit/defined contribution plan that shares the plan's investment risk between retirees and taxpayers.
Prominently in the audience was Marin County Employee Retirement Association administrator Jeff Wickman and county administrator Matthew Hymel. Both were applauded for their consistent willingness to meet with pension reformers.
Notable by their absence were Marin's five county supervisors. The elected officials who did attend included San Rafael's Mayor Gary Phillips and Councilman Andrew McCullough, Larkspur's Councilman Larry Chu, Sausalito's Councilwoman Linda Pfeifer and Southern Marin Fire District Director Peter Van Meter. Novato supervisorial candidate Toni Shroyer and even progressive San Rafael Council candidate Greg Brockbank made an appearance.
MARIN-SONOMA Assemblyman Marc Levine made the national news. The San Rafael Democrat was a guest on Fox & Friends. He was interviewed by the conservative news channel's morning co-host Gretchen Carlson, who described California as "the so-called Nanny State." She quizzed Levine on his legislation to ban smoking in condominiums.
Being on GOP-oriented Fox scores Levine a point with Republicans who formed a key component of his electoral majority in last November's top-two Assembly run-off. Simultaneously he pleased liberals for proposing a law further restricting tobacco smoke. That's called a win-win.
THE Mill Valley housing wars are about to reignite, shades of the disastrous Miller Avenue Precise Plan that caused much community division.
City Planning Director Mike Moore has submitted a draft housing element to the Association of Bay Area Government pursuant to ABAG's controversial One Bay Area Plan. That's the regional agency's much-criticized initiative calling for higher-density housing projects throughout Marin.
Mill Valley's small coterie of housing activists are delighted. The draft contains everything that they dreamed of, including what's effectively a housing commission. The local panel's job will be to enforce the housing element's call for higher density subsidized housing.
The town's neighborhood associations, just comprehending what the draft includes, are on the war path. Neighborhood leaders, fearful of over-development, are meeting to develop a strategy to modify the draft, bringing it in line with the town's traditional "small town character." That's a term that housing activists, planning staff and some on the city's council would eagerly jettison.
Given that 2013 is a Mill Valley election year, expect to see the fight over the contents of the new General Plan's Housing Element and Mill Valley's official reaction to One Bay Area's dictates as prime election issues in November.
Columnist Dick Spotswood of Mill Valley now shares his views on local politics twice weekly in the IJ. His email address is email@example.com.


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As the pharmaceutical companies grapple with ways to grow revenues, reduce costs and compete with the generics, one area worthy of heavy focus is the overall effective tax rate.
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A short article from from Wildmind:
How to get into Jhana
http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practi ... into-jhana
With metta,
SarathW wrote:While pīti is physical, sukha is emotional.
The third and fourth jhāna factors are vitakka and vicāra
Is above correct?
SarathW wrote:He says:
While pīti is physical, sukha is emotional.
The third and fourth jhāna factors are vitakka and vicāra
AN 5.28: Samadhanga Sutta (Thanissaro Bhikkhu Translation) wrote:And furthermore, with the fading of rapture, he remains equanimous, mindful, & alert, and senses pleasure with the body. He enters & remains in the third jhana, of which the Noble Ones declare, 'Equanimous & mindful, he has a pleasant abiding.' He permeates and pervades, suffuses and fills this very body with the pleasure divested of rapture, so that there is nothing of his entire body unpervaded with pleasure divested of rapture.
Nina Van Gorkom wrote:Another jhana-factor is piti, translated as 'rapture', 'enthusiasm' or 'happiness'. Piti arises also with akusala cittas, but when it is developed in samatha it is a jhana-factor. The 'Visuddhimagga' (IV, 94) states concerning piti:
...It refreshes (pinayati), thus it is happiness (piti). It has the characteristic of endearing (sampiyayana). Its function is to refresh the body and the mind; or its function is to pervade (thrill with rapture). It is manifested as elation. But it is of five kinds as minor happiness, momentary happiness, showering happiness, uplifting happiness, and pervading (rapturous) happiness.
According to the 'Visuddhimagga' (IV, 99) the jhana-factor piti is the 'pervading happiness' which is the root of absorption and comes by growth into association with absorption.
When piti is developed in samatha it inhibits the hindrance which is ill-will (vyapada). However, keen understanding is needed in order to know whether there is akusala piti which arises with attachment or kusala piti. Even when one thinks that there is wholesome enthusiasm about a meditation subject, there may be clinging. The jhana-factor piti takes an interest in the meditation subject without clinging. Wholesome piti which delights in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha or in another meditation subject refreshes the mind and then there is no aversion, no boredom as to kusala.
Another jhana-factor is sukha. This jhana-factor is not bodily pleasant feeling (sukha vedana), but it is somanassa or mental happy feeling. Sukha which is developed in samatha is happy feeling about a meditation subject. However, as we know, happy feeling arises also with attachment. Panna should know precisely when happy feeling is akusala and when it is kusala. The jhana-factor which is wholesome sukha inhibits the hindrances which are restlessness and worry (uddhacca and kukkucca). When there is wholesome happy feeling about a meditation subject there is no restlessness and no worry.
Piti and sukha are not the same. Sukha, which is translated as happiness, bliss, ease or joy, is happy feeling. Piti, which is translated as joy, rapture, zest, and sometimes also as happiness, is not feeling; it is not vedanakkhandha, but sankharakkhandha (the khandha which is all the cetasikas, except vedana and sanna). When reading the English translations, we have to find out from the context which cetasika is referred to, piti or sukha.
The 'Visuddhimagga' (IV, 100) states concerning the difference between happiness (piti) and bliss (sukha):
And wherever the two are associated, happiness (piti) is the contentedness at getting a desirable object, and bliss (sukha) is the actual experiencing of it when got. Where there is happiness there is bliss (pleasure); but where there is bliss there is not necessarily happiness. Happiness is included in the sankharakkhandha; bliss is included in the vedanakkhandha (feeling). If a man exhausted in a desert saw or heard about a pond on the edge of a wood, he would have happiness; if he went into the wood's shade and used the water, he would have bliss...
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Mkoll wrote:upekha wrote:You can read the book "The Experience of Samadhi" free here at Google books.
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That doesn't appear to be the whole book but rather a preview with most pages missing, including the interviews which are in the second half of the book.
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LOS ANGELES: ''Oz the Great and the Power'' clicked with moviegoers. Disney's 3-D prequel to ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' earned $80.3 million and debuted at No. 1 at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
''Oz'' reportedly cost $200 million with another $100 million in estimated marketing costs.
The film stars James Franco as the wizard and Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz as the three witches he encounters in the mystical realm of Oz.
The Warner Bros. 3-D action extravaganza ''Jack the Giant Slayer'' stomped out second place with $10 million.
The Universal comedy ''Identity Thief'' captured $6.3 million at No. 3.
The FilmDistrict revenge drama ''Dead Man Down'' starring Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace opened in the No. 4 position with $5.43 million.


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I give serious serious points to Larry Brown for the timeout, class act, but I can't help thinking, there were 15 frickin seconds on the clock, and more than that when Tay hugged Reggie, which honestly really started my crying fit, BUT ANYWAY--------
I can't help but feel there was soooo much time come on, there has been an 8 points in 8.9 seconds, it would have been the perfect very last Reggie moment.
I do understand that the ending was really perfect, it gave my hero the perfect send off and respect he deserved, but I can't help but grasp for that little piece of hope, which really was visible. Screw Reggie's age, he can run with Rip all night, he's in better shape than most youngens.
Basically, the end of Reggie's career, if he would have attempted to win the game and failed, would not be the same; it would not be as tear jerking and special to us as it was, but I can't help but have the thoughts I have.
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A research group's report outlining the high energy costs and impacts of operating a desalination plant underscores local efforts to control the potential costs of California American Water's proposed facility.
The report from the Pacific Institute, an Oakland-based nonprofit organization that conducts research and analysis with a focus on global and regional freshwater issues, concludes that desalination is so energy intensive — consuming more energy per gallon than most other water supply and treatment options — that it replaces water reliability risks with energy price risk.
The report, released this week, noted that desal plants not only require additional energy to produce water, but also to deliver the water and dispose of the brine and other waste.
In addition, the report found that desalination plants can cause an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, thus "running counter to the state's greenhouse gas reduction goals" as expressed in legislation such as AB 32, which requires the state to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by the end of this decade. It suggested a few ways to reduce emissions, including cutting a desal plant's total energy requirements, powering a plant with renewable energy and purchasing carbon credits.
The report, "Key Issues for Seawater Desalination in California: Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions," is the third in a four-part research series on desalination by the institute. The report can be seen online at www.pacinst.org/reports/desalination_2013/energy.
The report comes as Cal Am's Peninsula water supply project, a $400 million proposal that includes a desal plant north of Marina at its core, is under environmental review through the state Public Utilities Commission. A draft environmental impact report, due this summer, is expected to address energy demand and use issues.
Limited options
The project is designed to provide a new water source to offset the impending loss of a major portion of the Peninsula's supply due to a state-ordered cutback in pumping from the Carmel River that takes full effect starting in 2017.
"There's no question that desalination is an energy-intensive technology and that energy use is a large contributor to desal costs," said Cal Am spokeswoman Catherine Bowie.
But Bowie said the Peninsula's options "are very limited" because of the level of conservation the community has already achieved, limits on groundwater pumping, and the regulatory and permitting hurdles related to building new dams. She suggested that "most experts would agree that desalination has to be a part of our future water supply."
Efforts to cut costs
Bowie said Cal Am representatives are working on a couple of fronts, in cooperation with local officials, to try to minimize energy costs and the plant's carbon footprint.
First, the proposed water project could include a groundwater replenishment element backed by the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency that would enable Cal Am to build a smaller desal plant, capable of producing 6.4 million gallons per day instead of 9.6 million. The groundwater replenishment project uses about six times less energy than the desal plant would, Bowie said.
In addition, the water project includes the use of aquifer storage and recovery, backed by the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, which is designed to bank water for later use and allow the desal plant to operate on a steadier basis, thus avoiding the energy use spikes and dips associated with residential and commercial water demand.
At the same time, Bowie said Cal Am has approached Pacific Gas & Electric Co. about the plant's power demands and is working with the water project governance committee on an analysis of available alternative energy sources, including landfill gas power from the Monterey Regional Waste Management District at the Marina landfill.
Mayors' conditions
The Peninsula mayors' water authority has called for requiring Cal Am to seek the lowest available power rates for the plant, as one of the authority's conditions for supporting the project, by agreeing to purchase electricity from a municipal utility, generating on-site power or seeking other low-cost power sources.
Finally, Bowie said Cal Am expects desal plant energy-recovery technology to continue to improve, offering increased power savings in the future.
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SENSITIVE: Please don't read this if things are too upsetting to you. For those who don't wish to read this, I will just say Lauren is in the SICU and relativly stable. For those who wish to know more, I have included some details. Just scroll down. Thank you for your concern.
I am in the SICU waiting room. I hope this will be coherent. So much has happened that it seems so unreal. As you know, Lauren had her surgery on Wed. I slept in the room with her and the docs became very concerned about some of her liver functions. They decided at 4:00am on Friday to go back to surgery and she was in surgery for another eight hours where they took a vein from her leg and tried to rebuild her portal or hepatic vein. Sorry I can't remember which one, but I think it was hepatic. It was not functioning properly. That was successful and she was taken back to the SICU. In the early evening around 5:30, her blood pressure crashed and they felt she was bleeding inside. They prepared a sterile field right in her room and opened her up right there. If everything would not have gone as perfectly as it did, she would have been gone. There were about 30 doctors and nurses all working together. We all sat at the nurse's station right outside the room and watched in part awe and part horror. They were paging all over the hospital for blood, different medical equipment, crash cart, and everyone came running and did their part. You could not possibly make a movie that was this dramatic. Luckily, Dr. Sonnenday was there to operate. I have a charm I wear every day with Lauren's pic on the front and a saying on the back that says "Lauren Patrice- Forever in my heart." Along with it I wear a St. Peregrine medal (Patron Saint for cancer). I squeezed those two together and prayed so hard for a miracle. God heard my prayer because I was thinking and praying for him to give me a sign that he heard and at that moment I heard laughter which I didn't think was appropriate. My husband, Mark, leaned over and said, "Sometimes laughter is a good thing when people are stressed." They had fixed the bleed from the artery and the mood changed. It was such a relief. She is by no means out of the woods, but is a little more stable today. She is on dialysis and a ventilator. She is also still open at the abdomen where it is packed and dressed in case any other complications arise, but if she improves, could go back to the OR tomorrow or Mon. to be closed. I cannot stress to you how much these doctors and nurses did to save Lauren's life. I am forever grateful to them. I better go now because I am rambling, but I felt so bad as to not update you, my wonderful friends. Thank you for the prayers. Lauren is fighing with all her might. Love to all.
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Even getting 'Glee' star Jonathan Groff naked can't make 'Twelve Thirty' interesting
In classic 18th century picaresque novels, young men bounce bawdily from maiden bed to maiden bed, banging a few horny housewives in between, usually in service of a comic satire of sexual liberation peppered with commentary on politics and cultural mores. They are lascivious and funny — that's what gets people reading them. It's what makes them part of a genre.
Twelve Thirty follows a similar structure — Jeff (Glee's Jonathan Groff), a flirtatious young man, claims sexual inexperience but gets laid more often than beige carpeting during a remnants sale, bedding two sisters and their mother. But the thing is, the film isn't especially (at all?) funny; it has a frank, raw energy (there's a good deal of sex and nudity) and it's character-driven with intensive exposition, but it doesn't amount to much.
Twelve Thirty is ripe with sexual liberation and tons of quirk, but the quirkiness feels forced. Writer-director Jeff Lipsky's style echoes indie filmmakers Henry Jaglom and Hal Hartley: It's sophisticated and smart in a cocktail-party-chatter way, but the emotions are treated with academic aloofness. You don't feel the movie, you merely experience it.
Lipsky doesn't mind addressing sex, or even showing sex pretty explicitly, but he prefers to talk about sex. And talk and talk and talk. (The title, I'm guessing, is a joke about having a "nooner" — after it's over, you still need to find something to talk about from 12:30 on.) So, we get a few tantalizing moments of a naked Groff (and some naked ladies, including a surprisingly perky Karen Young), but much, much more conversation. If the dialogue were scintillating, that might suffice. But while the characters are painstakingly conceived (Young's character, the mother of two girls, is a furrier who still sleeps with her gay ex-husband), there's not much insight and the chats generally go nowhere (two British women turn up for moments of colorful backstory, then disappear). The film does take a dark turn bordering on cruelty or madness, but then ends as suddenly as it began. Huh?
The film itself has as much a crisis of identity as Jeff himself: It's a romantic comedy in search of comedy. And romance.
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Who was fired: Chan Gailey (16-32, three seasons).
What happened: The Bills went 4-14 in the AFC East during Gailey's tenure, simply not good enough. After making a big splash in free agency last offseason by signing Mario Williams, the Bills raised expectations then failed to meet them. Gailey's specialty is offense, and he could never fix the Bills' defensive woes. They finished 26th in the NFL in points allowed. No lead was really safe until the clock ran out. Four times this season, the Bills allowed 45 points or more.
What's being said: "When the organization spends money in free agency, fans, media, and even the players expect immediate results," said a former NFL general manager. "It didn't happen here, and that disappointed every in Buffalo. In the end, that probably cost Chan."
What's next: The Bills need a franchise quarterback, because Ryan Fitzpatrick didn't blossom under a QB mentor like Gailey. Look for the Bills to bring in another quarterback, either through trade, free agency or the draft. However, it remains to be seen if general manager Buddy Nix will be making those decisions or if he will also be replaced.
What they need: A consistent wide receiver threat opposite Stevie Johnson and more talent on defense. Their inability to prevent big plays, and to get the defense off the field in crucial situations, made it difficult to win consistently. The 2013 draft will be critical.
Who would fit: According to SN correspondent Jay Skurski, Syracuse coach Doug Marrone, Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, or just-fired Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt could be fits to groom a young quarterback. If they opt for a defensive-minded coach, 49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio could be on their list, as well as Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer.
How good is the job? It's difficult being in the AFC East, where the Patriots rule. The Bills have missed the playoffs the past 13 seasons, which is the NFL's longest drought. Coaches come and go here on a regular basis. However, the Bills underachieved in 2012 and could quickly reach .500 if they improve defensively and cut down on turnovers. The Bills were once a perennial Super Bowl contender under Marv Levy, but that was a long time ago and fans are starving for success. The next coach that gets the Bills back go being contenders could probably run for mayor.


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SOMERS, Wis. -- The Oakland men's swimming and diving team ranks 23rd in the nation after winning the Eastern Michigan Swim and Dive Invitational and earning six NCAA 'B' qualifying times, announced Collegeswimming.com on Tuesday.
This marks the first time in the Division I era that the Golden Grizzlies have been ranked in the top-25 nationally.
OU earned 1,078 points at the EMU Swim and Dive Invitational at Jones Natatorium and earned the win over the defending Mid-American Conference Champion Eastern Michigan by only three points. Anders Jensen earned two NCAA 'B' qualifying times, with two top-25 performances including finishing with the sixth-fastest time in the country in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 46.73. Amr el Sayed and Mario Rusnak also earned two NCAA 'B' cuts as el Sayed earned them in the 200 and 500 freestyles and Rusnak in the 100 and 200 butterfly events.
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I wrote a rough draft of a comment and decided to save it and edit it for later. But when I pressed "Save" the whole message just seemed to disappear. I then went to my profile page and found something like "manage your files" and when I checked my "drafts" it said I had none.
Has anybody been using "Save" successfully. Maybe it's just me---I'm not using it right.
Being able to save might help me participate on this forum better. It takes me a while to formulate and organize my thoughts.