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It's a brisk January day on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, but Yousef Husain enjoys the chill in the air. He is a Kuwait native looking forward to a change in climate and a change in academic opportunities as a new student in CU-Boulder's International English Center (IEC).
Yousef is following in his father's footsteps as an IEC student. His father, Salem Husain, enrolled in the IEC's intensive English courses in the mid-1980s. So when Yousef was selected for a scholarship to study in the U.S., the Husains started researching language programs and their research quickly steered them toward CU.
"He immediately applied here," Salem said. "I showed him the map. I opened the door, but then it was up to him to decide."
It didn't take long for Yousef to share in his father's affinity for CU-Boulder.
"I liked seeing the mountains and the school in between, and I like that the school has a good ranking," Yousef said.
"He was very impressed," Salem added.
Salem and his wife came to Boulder in the beginning of January to help Yousef settle in at the IEC and Boulder. For Salem, it was as if he was "coming home" again. He had not been in Boulder since he completed his English language coursework in 1985. Back then, he had hoped to stay in Boulder to earn his computer engineering degree at CU, but the terms of his scholarship required that he enroll at a different university.
"I learned English here, but I couldn't make my dream of going to school here," he said. "It's like he (Yousef) is completing my dream, but now it's his dream too."
Yousef is looking forward to the start of the IEC sessions where he hopes to improve his English and eventually enroll in the computer engineering program in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
The IEC offers five, eight-week sessions of intensive English as second language instruction for non-native English speakers who are preparing to enter a college or university in the United States. Many IEC students, including the Husains, attend IEC classes with the goal of matriculating to CU-Boulder degree programs.
After merely one week, Yousef feels at ease at CU-Boulder, and the Husains are comfortable leaving their son to his studies in his new "home away from home." Father and son shared a mutual déjà vu feeling about being in Boulder.
"We were having dinner and Yousef said 'I feel like I have been here before. I feel like I have seen this before,'" Salem said. "That's a good sign."


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Instructions for Sideloading B&N Booksbklvr896 Dec 11, 2011 3:10 PM
Hi all,
I'm writing up some instructions for my mom to help her with sideloading her BN purchased books to her Nook Simple Touch. She's been having trouble with her WiFi access at home, so until I can get up to her house to figure out the problem, she's sideloading the books. Which is fine, except I have to walk her through it each time. So I wrote these instructions.
I would appreciate any feedback on the instructions keeping in mind that they have to be very specific for her, no assuming she understands or knows what I'm referring to.
Thanks for any feedback.
If you don't have WiFi access and you buy a book from B&N, you can download it the PC and then sideload it to the Nook. Sideloading is simply a fancy term for copying the book from your PC to the Nook. So how do you do this?
- Buy the book
- Open Nook for PC on your computer
- Nook for PC should automatically sync to your online account and download the book. If it doesn't, click on the sync icon in the upper right corner.
- Make sure that My Library – All Items or My Library – eBooks is selected on the left.
- If the sort button doesn't say Recent, click on it until it does. This will put your new books at the top. (Note, in the instructions for her, I have a picture of this)
- Once your book is downloaded to Nook for PC, connect your Nook to the computer.
- You should see a popup window that says "DEVICE DETECTED". Click yes.
- Now you should see a file sharing window. The left white box is the Nook, the right white box is your computer (desktop).
- Click on My Library next to the word Desktop.
- Find the book you want to transfer and click on it to highlight it. If you want to transfer more than one book, hold down the control key on your keyboard and click the next book you want to transfer.
- Click on the left facing double arrow between the two white boxes. This will transfer the files.
- Now you should see the books in the left (Nook) white box, indicating they have been copied onto the Nook. (Note: They will still be on the desktop side also.)
- You have completed transferring the books to the Nook. Now you need to eject the Nook and disconnect from the computer.
- Open Windows Explorer (File Manager), locate the Nook drive on the left pane. Right mouse click and select eject.
- Open the Nook to the library and your books should be there. If you have the sort order set to recent, they should be at the top. If not, they'll either be in author or title order.
Alternate to step 7. If you already have your Nook connected when you load Nook for PC, then click on "My Stuff" on the left and click on the button at the top that says "Manage Devices" to open the file sharing window.


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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Injury Prevention and Safety
Child skull fracture
My daughter is 3 1/2 years old, and we were involved in an accident where the impact was on the front passenger side of the vehicle. She had a bruise on her right eye which led me to believe that her car seat may have shifted towards the impact of the wreck. However, she was taken to the hospital 4 days later when she developed black eyes and it was found that she had a skull fracture and some bleeding. The skull fracture was on her left side of her head, which is very puzzling. Is this possible? If so are there documented medical cases, and where could I find such cases or articles?
Yes, it is possible as a result of what is called the coup-contrecoup type of closed head injury. In this situation the brain suffers damage directly under the area of impact, but a second injury of equal or greater magnitude occurs directly opposite the point of contact. This occurs because the brain is suspended in the cranium or skull in cerebral spinal fluid with long nerve tracts extending from deep within the brain down into the spinal cord. When the head suffers a blow, the brain is first injured directly beneath the point of impact and then secondarily on the opposite side as the brain hurtles across the skull and slams into the bony plates opposite the point of impact, bouncing back yet again to the original site of injury. Children's bones are much more porous than adult bones and hence are far more likely to fracture than are adult bones.
In addition to the direct injury and secondary injury, such a severe blow also results in what is called diffuse axonal injury from the stretching and shearing of nerves in the brain as they move to the contrecoup injury site across the skull. This may result in abnormal brain function for sometimes lengthy periods as the nerves swell in response to the injury and then eventually heal. It is not possible to know what the exact outcomes of any injury will be, particularly for children, since their brains have more flexibility in healing (plasticity) and in the transfer of skills to other neurons than do the brains of adults. There is no way to predict how many cells are affected or their degree of recovery.
Your daughter's injury highlights the critical importance of using optimal restraint systems for children precisely in order to protect their brains, the most likely body part to be injured in a motor vehicle accident. Because children's heads are so large and heavy compared to the rest of their bodies, their heads function like bullets in an accident, pulling the child forward toward impact. Children should be in approved and properly installed car seats and booster seats until they are 80 pounds in weight AND 4 feet 9 inches in height. Research shows that up to 80% of child restraint systems are installed or used incorrectly.
If you are interested in reading more, enter coup-contrecoup injury or diffuse axonal injury or closed head injury into a search engine - these terms should lead you to additional information. I hope this information is helpful.
Mary M Gottesman, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN
Professor of Clinical Nursing
College of Nursing
The Ohio State University


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Crispy and full of zing, these classic Gingersnaps live up to their name and they're so simple to make. This recipe comes from our bakery and uses our Gluten Free All Purpose Flour. If that particular flour blend doesn't appeal to you or your family, try this recipe for gluten free Crispy Ginger Cookies.
For a fun holiday dessert, make these into ice cream sandwiches- simply place about 1/4 cup of softened vanilla ice cream (dairy or non-dairy will both work fine) between two gingersnaps and gently press. When ice cream has filled to the edge, roll the edge in festive sprinkles. Then wrap in plastic and freeze for at least 30 minutes to an hour. Enjoy!
Gluten Free Gingersnap Cookies
- 1-1/2 cups Butter
- 1-1/2 cups White Sugar, plus some for rolling
- 1/2 cup Molasses
- 2 Eggs
- 4 cups Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour
- 1-1/2 tsp Xanthan Gum
- 1 Tbsp Baking Soda
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Ginger
- 1 tsp Cloves
1. In medium bowl, cream butter, sugar, molasses, and eggs.
2. In large bowl combine dry ingredients; stir into butter mixture.
3. Refrigerate for several hours
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
5. Scoop out dough, and shape into ½ inch balls.
6. Roll into granulated sugar.
7. Arrange at least 3 inches apart on a baking sheet (they spread while baking).
8. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes. (Baking less time will give you a chewy cookie; baking more will make them crisp).
9. Cool on wire racks.
10. If desired sprinkle with more granulated sugar.
Makes approximately 48 cookies.


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Fall 2011 New York Fashion Week: Lela Rose
2011 Fall New York Fashion Week: Lela Rose
Lela Rose, known for her feminine cocktail dresses and bridal gowns, took an artful turn for Fall. Using the abstract paintings of Gerhard Richter as her inspiration, Lela applied graphic brushstrokes to sheath dresses and skirts. Even the combination of colors and textures — a sheer-paneled top sat above a wine-colored feathered skirt and knee-high socks — had a graphic motivation behind it. Lela's use of fabrics, which were pretty unto themselves, brought the artistic idea into focus, like veiled tulle that looked as if it had been brushed across the models' decolletage or the embroidered mohair and metallic silks that gave the collection a complex richness. There were simple highlights as well, including a sharp caramel-colored peacoat and a gorgeous camel coat with a sea green shell.
- Trends: Graphic prints, brushstrokes, metallics, jacquard, feathers, sculpted shoulders.
- Colors: Aubergine, sea green, camel, crimson, ombré.
- Key Looks: A metallic floral organza full-length skirt paired with a simple cashmere crewneck sweater.
- Accessories: Lela's new collection for Payless.
- Who Would Wear It: Girls who embrace artsy, unique pieces but still want to be feminine.


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Hunting the BearLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
"I told you," cried Sid Shadier. "I came up north to track and kill the great brown bear that attacked that family of campers. On my second day I found his tracks, and by nightfall I was hot on his trail. Early the next morning I sighted him heading east. The sun was shining in my eyes so I couldn't see much more than his silhouette. The bear was uncanny. He lost me several minutes later when he cut through a stream. Knowing he might hide and charge me, I got behind a rock and squinted into the sun to search for movement. Suddenly a shadow came up from behind me. Panicked, but certain it was the bear, I whirled around and shot. To my horror I shot and killed Dan Manly."
"That story won't stand," said Shadow.
Why not?
AnswerShadier said he was squinting into the sun hoping to locate movement of the bear. It would be impossible for a shadow to come up from behind him. All shadows would be cast in the opposite direction.
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Having worked on Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank, PS4 lead architect Mark Cerny has found a new platform star in Knack.
The title centres around a scientist who, after studying ancient relics for years, finds a way to bind them together and bring them to life in the form of Knack.
Knack can embrace relics into his body to grow into a huge machine and he can also absorb ice, metal, and other substances into his being.
The bad guys come in the form of a goblin army threatening to destroy mankind and Cerny describes the gameplay in Knack 'a little bit like Crash Bandicoot and a little bit like Katamari Damacy.'
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Brain ChainLanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
A brain chain, is a list of words, that are connected in one of four ways.
1. They rhyme.
2. They are synonyms.
3. They are anagrams
4. They differ by one letter.
This example is a word chain: file, life, lice, slice, piece
Note: The first and last word of the chain are not connected.
Make the following words into a brain chain. And just to make it harder, I added an extra word. Good Luck!
AnswerThe chain is: vehicle, van, fan, buff, rough, rouge, paint, saint, angel
Or backwards, of course.
The word that is extra, was "puff"
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Bullpen may be an option for recovering Phelps
NEW YORK -- Injured Yankees starter David Phelps made 50 throws from 60 feet Monday and said everything felt good as he recovers from right elbow inflammation.
The righty, who is on the 15-day disabled list, said he hasn't experienced pain in more than a week and hopes to be back on the mound in three weeks if there are no further setbacks.
"I'm expecting to move forward," said Phelps, who had a precautionary MRI on Monday and saw a doctor before Tuesday's game.
"It all depends on wanting to make sure everything goes smooth so we don't have a setback at this point in the season," he said. "So it might be a little more careful than trying to rush things, but I don't think it should take that long."
Manager Joe Girardi indicated that, in an effort to get Phelps back quicker, he could use him out of the bullpen to get his strength built back up -- using some appearances to act as bullpen sessions.
"How we use him probably depends on how much time it takes him to get back," said Girardi. "Obviously we feel it's important that he sees the doctor today, and we'll go from there. He hasn't been off that long to where, if he's a starter, obviously it would take longer, because [for] a bullpen guy, it doesn't take as long.
"It's something that we can talk about. I think the biggest thing is to make sure that he's healthy and he can throw a bullpen and get ready to go. ... If we feel that we need him as a starter, how long does that take? And how long would it take to get him back as a reliever? And then you go from there."
Jamal Collier and Jake Kring-Schreifels are associate reporters for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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BERKELEY — A memorial observance honoring former South Africa President Nelson Mandela will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 14 at Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus.
Mandela, who died Dec. 5 at age 95, was the central figure in the anti-apartheid movement and Sproul Plaza in the 1980s was the scene of ongoing protests against apartheid and calls for divestment of university investments in institutions with ties to the South African government.
The memorial will include music by Kev Choice, Rico Pabon, Rasheed Shabazz and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir. Speakers will include State Assembly Speaker John Pérez; UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks; Pastor Michael McBride, founder of Berkeley's Way Christian Center; and Gabby Shuman and Marcel Jones of the UC Black Student Union. The observance will conclude with a candlelight vigil.
Sproul Plaza is on the Cal campus near the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way.


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Rape, a social issue? No! Its government failure.
Posted by Sandeep Shelke on January 12th, 2013
In 1971 rape cases were 2,487 and those in 2011 were 24,206. Population of Bharat in 1971 was 54,81,60,050(54.81 Crores) and in 2011 was 1,21,01,93,422 (121.01 Crores).
i.e. 0.0004537% women were rape victims in 1971 which means there was average 1 rape victim in 2,48,600 people. Which has grown to 0.002000176% women in 2011 means on an average 1 rape victim in 50000. A jump in rape crime by 5 times in 4 decades.
What the hell is happening? Where are we heading?
Why this society is deteriorating (I don't think my society is deteriorating but few media divas feel so)?
I think it's the governance failure. I think the law machinery isn't natural, its biased. Takes hell lot of time to deliver justice and in process leaves victim to face the heat while accused is on bail.
It's the government and leadership failure. Law punishes drunken driving convict with 2 years imprisonment (while s/he can kill people on road). But punished the non-licensed (?) liquor drinker with 7 years imprisonment (For drinking illegally, which is certainly less dangerous and drunken driving).
That's the problem I'm talking about. We need to get rid of this governance failure and for sure rest of the things would fall in line. To achieve better and lean governance lets come together. http://freedomteam.in is the platform for those who can catalyse this change i.e. establish liberty.
Data source: NCRB
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Dunn contemplating 2014 as final season
CHICAGO -- Adam Dunn has begun to think about his Major League Baseball future with 39 games remaining in the 2014 season.
And while the slugger certainly isn't ready to make anything official, Dunn told MLB.com on Saturday that this current campaign could be his last one.
"I would say there's probably a really good chance actually. But again, I'm not making any decisions or anything yet," Dunn said. "It's going to definitely be a different offseason. I'm not going to play just to play. I'm not going to play just to hit 500 home runs. I'm not going to do this or do that. We'll see."
Dunn entered Saturday's contest with a .228 average, .351 on-base percentage, 19 homers and 49 RBIs for the White Sox. He readily admitted that the game is still fun for him, which has always been a major factor in Dunn deciding to stay active, but with his three children getting older, the man with 459 career homers over 14 years wants to be there for them with his wife, Rachel.
"Kids are getting there in age and they realize when you are home, and they realize when you are not home," Dunn said. "My mom and dad were always there, every practice, this and that.
"When I do talk to them and they do ask, 'Are you coming to this practice?' and I can't, they get it, but they just don't get it. That will be something that I'll definitely sit down and figure it out."
After agreeing to a four-year, $56 million deal with the White Sox before the 2011 season, Dunn has hit .202 with a .323 on-base percentage and 105 homers during his South Side tenure. He understands interest might not exist in a 34-year-old free agent, although Dunn still possesses power and on-base potential. But Dunn wants to make that decision well before talk of his future employment takes place.
"I'm going to do it early [in the offseason]. I'll sit down and think about it," Dunn said. "I've never done it before. I don't know exactly how I'm going to sit down and think about it, but I've got a couple of months left to figure it out and see what happens.
"Again, I want to make my decision based on me and not on that [contractual interest]. If there is interest and I don't want to play, I'm not playing. If there's not and I do want to play, that's going to be the problem."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Dear Athlete Heat Event Management LLC would like to thank all who have supported the last three years of the Hoppin Mad Mud Run and the many devoted followers of this Event. Unfortunately, it has become clear in the last week that we do not have the 100% support that all events like this need. We do not put on races that are not top-quality events, we feel it is in our best interest to cancel the Hoppin Mad Mud Run at Woodsom Farm in Amesbury MA. We hope that at some point in the future we can bring back an event that will showcase Woodsom Farm and its beautiful course. Heat Event Management is dedicated to delivering events that promote an active lifestyle and give back to the communities in which the events take place. Our company provides a unique experience for all participants. It is in that spirit that we would like to offer you a free transfer to one of the National Farmers Market Races that will be held in South Hamilton on May 25, 2013 and/or Newbury MA on October 5th 2013. For more information please go to www.freshfoodrun.com. Please contact us at [email protected] for a race transfer to one of the NFMA Fresh Food Races or refund of your Hoppin registration fee. All transfer and refund requests must be in no later than June 30th 2013. Refund checks will go out in July. (We do not refund active.com fess. That's a fee charged by active and goes directly to active and not the event companies.) We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing you at our future races. Warm regards, Heat Event Management LLC
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Students Create a Computer History Exhibit
Inspired by a trip to the Goodwill Computer History Museum in Austin, CS students create their own computer history exhibit in Mood Bridwell Hall.
This fall ACM CS Club Co-Advisors Suzanne Buchele and David Williamson took interested students to the Goodwill Computer History Museum in Austin, a now annual event. Students enjoyed seeing computer systems from years past and hearing about the short but rich history of computer technology!
The field trip to the computer history museum got our ACM CS Club excited about doing our own mini-computer history museum exhibit, with a lot of help and resources from our advisor David Williamson and leadership from museum curator Jefferson Ellinger. Club members had a lot of fun deciding on the exhibit and putting it together. The current exhibit is on the history of Apple is housed across from the elevator in Mood-Bridwell Hall. We plan to change exhibits at least once per semester.


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Correia keeps rolling as Twins offer support in rout
Lineup tallies 12 hits to back righty's six frames of one-run ball
DENVER -- Hard-luck starter Kevin Correia again pitched well Saturday. And this time he came away savoring a victory rather than just the satisfaction of a job well done as the Twins beat the Rockies, 9-3, at Coors Field.
Correia (5-11) had lost his past three starts, and the Twins had been shut out in his two previous games. But Correia pitched at least six innings for the seventh straight start -- he has gone that far in 38 of his 50 starts with the Twins -- and lowered his ERA during his last seven outings to 2.30 (43 innings, 11 earned runs) despite a 3-4 record.
"I've lost a lot of games," Correia said. "I've always said I'm going out there trying to get a win. I'd rather go out there and give up more runs and get a win than go out there and pitch great and get a loss."
Correia helped his cause with a run-scoring double in the fourth that plated the Twins' fourth run. It was the last allowed by Rockies starter Tyler Matzek, who worked six innings.
The Twins scored twice in the first, which could have been an even bigger inning. They had runners on first and second with two outs when shortstop Troy Tulowitzki leaped to catch Sam Fuld's line drive and end Matzek's 30-pitch inning.
Brian Dozier led off with a double, his liner striking Matzek (1-4) on the side of his left leg and going well past the third-base line into foul territory. Matzek then fielded Eduardo Escobar's grounder and with Dozier well off the base, threw low to second, allowing Dozier to move to third. Both runners scored on Kendrys Morales' double.
"It's always nice having a lead," Correia said. "Although 2-0 in the first, you're going out there and it's Colorado and you're not going to go out there and go, 'OK, I'm just going to hold this 2-0 lead the rest of the game.' You know it's going to change a little bit."
It changed in Correia's favor when Escobar led off the third with a home run, his third of the season. Josh Willingham led off the fourth with a double and scored when Correia poked an opposite-field double to short left field with two outs.
That was quite enough for Correia at Coors Field, where he has ample experience. He made his Major League debut there on July 10, 2003, in a relief outing for the San Francisco Giants. The veteran Correia, who turns 34 next month, is 3-3 with a 3.35 ERA (48 1/3 innings, 18 earned runs) in 16 games, six starts at Coors Field.
"I think the way I pitch kind of helps me [at Coors Field]," Correia said. "I don't throw a lot of big breaking balls. ... It kind of plays into the way I throw the ball. I have a lot of experience here, and I think that helps a lot."
Charlie Blackmon, who went 5-for-5, was thrown out at the plate to end the third on a key play. He was on second with a runner on first when Justin Morneau hit a ball that second baseman Dozier backhanded and, much to Twins manager Ron Gardenhire's disbelief, let fly toward the plate.
"When he let it go, I honestly didn't know where he was throwing the ball," Gardenhire said.
Knowing that Morneau, his former teammate, runs well and runs every ball out, Dozier realized he had only one play.
"It took me a bunch of steps to my right, so I knew if I tried to plant and throw to first, I wouldn't have [Morneau]," Dozier said. "I knew Blackmon was pretty much going all the way [from second], because he probably thought it was a single [to the outfield], so I had to throw on the run. It just happened to be a decent throw."
After calling Blackmon out, crew chief and home-plate umpire Angel Hernandez initiated a review to see if catcher Eric Fryer had blocked the plate without possession of the ball in violation of Rule 7.13. The call was confirmed.
Matzek made his seventh career start and threw 93 pitches, including 30 in the first. Rockies manager Walt Weiss said, "I thought after the first inning it was a very solid outing. He gave us six innings. They got two early. He settled in and gave us some length and put us into position, but the game got away from us late."
The Twins broke the game open with three runs in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Chris Parmelee delivered a two-run single against Chad Bettis, who relieved Matzek. Bettis gave up a single and two walks to load the bases for Parmelee, who lined Bettis' first pitch to center. Dozier followed with a sacrifice fly that made it 7-1.
The Twins will end their road trip on Sunday, which will mark their 20th game in 20 days leading up to the All-Star break. Phil Hughes, who is 9-5 with a 3.70 ERA, will take the mound.
"We got to go out and swing the bats and give him a chance to get another win," Gardenhire said. "He's pitched very well for us, and we always feel good when he's on the mound."
Jack Etkin 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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16 July 2012
Detroit Tigers trade rumors have recently been centering around Justin Upton of the Arizona Diamondbacks, but the thought was that he would be able to veto a move to Detroit if the clubs were able to agree on a trade. Detroit, along with Cleveland, Kansas City and Oakland, was on his no-trade list when he signed his current deal before the 2010 season.
There had been talk that the list had since changed, with ESPN's Buster Olney reporting last week that the New York Yankees were on the new list. The other three teams remained unknown.
But now Fox Sports is reporting the full list:
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Justin Upton can block trades to four teams, major league sources told FOXSports.com: the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs.As far as acquisitions go, Upton would be a nice one. He's young (just 24 years old), good (a career .831 OPS and a two time All-Star), and carries a manageable contract (he'll be owed about $42 million from now through 2015), but all this means that he would be quite expensive to pry away from the desert.
Young All-Star caliber players signed to non-burdensome long-term deals require hefty returns. For the Tigers, that means probably giving up top prospects Nick Castellanos AND Jacob Turner, and that could be just the beginning of the negotiation process.
Upton is currently in the middle of a down year (.264/.347/.388), but he would still be an upgrade in one of the corner outfield spots for the Tigers (both with his bat and his outstanding range defensively), and I doubt the Diamondbacks would let the off-year affect their trade demands.
Matt Snyder is the editor of The Tigers Den. He can be reached on Twitter @snyder_matthew.


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About half of all women will have at least one urinary tract infection (UTI) in their lifetime. Many will have several bouts of this often painful and uncomfortable condition.
UTIs are among the most common reasons for women to visit a doctor and can involve the bladder and/or the kidneys.
Women get more UTIs than men because their urethra is fairly short and straight, making it easier for germs to travel into the bladder. Men are actually 10 times less likely than women to get a UTI in their lifetime.
Some women are more likely to get an infection during certain times in their menstrual cycle, such as just before a period.
UTIs are also more common in pregnancy because the drainage system from the kidney to the bladder widens so urine does not drain as quickly. These infections can cause increased blood pressure and a smaller, premature baby so it's vital to have them treated promptly.
Cystitis, in which the bladder lining becomes raw and inflamed, is the most common lower urinary tract infection in women.
Bladder infections are not serious if treated promptly. But recurrences are common in susceptible people and can lead to kidney infections, which are more serious and may result in permanent kidney damage.
So as soon as you have any of these symptoms, you should see your doctor:
Those women who get recurrent UTIs become very aware of the early signs of a developing an infection. A faint prickly feeling during urination is usually the first sign.
Cystitis has often been dubbed the "honeymoon disease" because it seems to come on for some women after sex.
While the sex act may have brought on the infection by pushing bacteria up into the bladder, cystitis is not a sexually transmitted infection. Ways women can reduce their chances of getting cystitis after sex include:
According to Kidney Health Australia, sometimes mild cystitis can be treated by:
UTIs are caused by bacteria so while the above treatment options can relieve the symptoms, they will not kill the germs.
The infection may pass on its own but you may need to go on a course of antibiotics. Sometimes a low-dose antibiotic may be prescribed for long-term use if the UTI is persistent.
Remember, bladder infections left untreated can spread to the kidneys, which can be very serious.
There's conflicting evidence about cranberry products preventing cystitis. It's believed a chemical in cranberry can prevent certain bacteria from attaching to cells that line the bladder. The theory is that this helps to prevent bacteria from infecting the bladder. Therefore, cranberry may help to prevent (rather than cure) cystitis.
But while cranberry is no magic cure, it may help to reduce the number of cystitis bouts, so may be worth a try.
This article was written by Fiona Baker for Kidspot, Australia's best family health resource. Sources include Kidney Health Australia.
Last revised: Tuesday, 5 July 2011
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22 points on 6-15, 0-1, 10-12 shooting. 4 boards, 3 turnovers, 6 fouls in 28 minutes.
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22 points on 6-15, 0-1, 10-12 shooting. 4 boards, 3 turnovers, 6 fouls in 28 minutes.
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10-12? That's a great night for him.... about as high a percentage as I ever remember him shooting.
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yeh that's gotta be one of his best shooting nights ever. but something the atlanta fans will find out about him is the 6 fouls in 28 min. al had a nasty habit of picking up fouls in bunches and getting in trouble in that dept.
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I WONDER Does Danny Granger know you are supposed to play 48 minutes of the game.
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I WONDER Does Danny Granger know you are supposed to play 48 minutes of the game.
We just got real lucky twice: left a guy open and did not block out.
WTF Are you doing Dunleavy
Same play again - wide open, they get the rebound, then a steal.
JO got hit there, that was a foul.
JO goes to the hole without drawing a foul more than just about anyone I've ever seen.
How many times has JO got stuffed by Nocioni tonight?...ridiculous
Quis is back in to handle Chicago's speed. Chicago turns the ball over. Momentum goes our way. JO Scores. This is rocket science, I'm telling you.
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
If you've done 6 impossible things today?
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ummm 18 points for jermaine....on 21 attempts....ouch
WTF was that?
JO was just lazy on defense.
How many times has JO been quadruple teamed?
He shouldn't have complained about the call - the refs made it because they thought he was going for the intentional foul
I can't believe that crap play. That's the fourth offensive rebound late in the game.
One Chicago team down, one more to go.
Nice win!
Indy beats Chicago...
Hmm, I like the sound of that.
Could Tinsley learn anything tonight? Nah - nevermind.
The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.
Jermaine thinking he's the biggest shooting guard in the history of the NBA tonight.
pacers almost choked but hey a win is a win...
Yeah maybee that he needs to be 15 years older to play half as good as DA
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Low Impact Development (LID) is an approach to environmentally friendly land use development. It includes a suite of landscaping and design techniques that attempt to maintain the natural, pre-developed ability of a site to manage rainfall. LID techniques capture water on site, filter it through vegetation, and let it soak into the ground.
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For some reason they've escaped responsibility and culpability, virtually ignored when they should be the center of attention.
If you want to blame someone for the hands-off attitude toward player behavior in college football; if you want to know why off-field problems are increasing at an alarming rate, look no further than the most important job at every university in America.
Want to know why Jeremy Hill still is playing at LSU? Because King Alexander allows it to happen.
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Just watch the video. Watch Hill, LSU's star sophomore tailback, coldcock a man outside a Baton Rouge bar, and think about this: If you're the president of LSU, is this really someone you want representing your university?
If you're the president of LSU, is this really someone you want to give a third chance to; a player who has been convicted of two serious crimes—the first (carnal knowledge of a minor) of which earned him a sentence of probation he was currently serving when the second incident occurred.
So I emailed Alexander, who has been president at LSU for all of four months, to see if he could explain why Hill is still playing at LSU—and if he approved of it.
Needless to say, I got no response.
But understand this, everyone: If university presidents have the power to hire and fire coaches, to realign conferences and negotiate and approve multi-billion dollar television contracts, to create a fourth division and pay full cost of scholarship stipends that further distance the haves from the have nots in the game, you better believe they should be held accountable for discipline decisions when one of their football players breaks the law.
Never has there been a more powerful group of men and women with absolute control of so much money and influence—and all protected by the veil of academia.
It's brilliant, really. University presidents have perpetuated this myth, this front, of hiring athletic directors to run athletic departments, all while making every major decision within nearly every athletic department.
Except the ones that matter most.
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We can ignore it no longer. We can't sit back and blame the immediacy of social media, or the Internet, or—I can't believe I'm even writing this—camera phones, as the reason we see more instances of players behaving badly.
Players are running afoul of the law more because they're allowed to do so. They're allowed to do so because the men and women with the most power at each and every university refuse to take a stand.
University presidents have built this behemoth of an organization that oozes cash with a federal tax-exemption, and they've stuck a poor sap with a million dollar salary at the top to take the heat for their bizarre and bewildering decision-making. Mark Emmert doesn't run the NCAA, people.
Mark Emmert works at the behest of university presidents. They make decisions; he carries them out.
Emmert doesn't stand up and make a grandiose statement about football never again being more important than academics at Penn State if he wasn't given the green light by the NCAA executive council—which just so happens to be a group of influential university presidents who talk to other presidents before making any moves that may or may not harm/help the organization.
But when something within the NCAA goes awry; when an investigation of an athletic program is soiled by a rogue investigator; when enforcement seemingly picks and chooses who gets harsh/preferential treatment; guess who gets lambasted for the ills of the organization?
The same guy who late last week declared the NCAA was out of the jersey business. The same business university presidents set up and approved decades ago.
Yet these are the same men and women who publicly proclaim they hire people to run athletic departments while they focus on academia. Make no mistake, athletic directors and conference commissioners (who also work at the behest of university presidents) do fantastic work running a monstrously unwieldy business. Imagine what this dysfunctional model would look like without those dedicated and determined men and women.
Coaches, meanwhile, are paid to win. Though some are truly in it to win and help develop young men, there's little doubt that for the majority winning and losing is the difference between employment and color commentary on radio and television.
LSU coach Les Miles should be criticized for keeping Hill on the team. He should be ripped for the farce of declaring he allowed "the team" to vote on Hill's status.
But if you really want to blame someone, why not look all the way at the top?
Watch the video again. Imagine sitting in the president's chair at LSU, seeing that video and knowing you're protected because you've hired others to run the athletic department.
Know this, King Alexander: Jeremy Hill is representing your university every time he steps on the field.
And every time he coldcocks someone.


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Three of the 11 House Democrats who oppose marriage equality hail from Texas, according to The Hill.
They are Henry Cuellar of San Antonio, Gene Green of Houston and Pete Gallego of Alpine.
With the U.S. Supreme Court taking up two marriage equality cases last week, The Hill contacted all 20 Democrats in the House who either oppose marriage equality or haven't taken a position.
Gallego is a freshman who defeated Republican Francisco "Quico" Canseco in Texas' only swing congressional district last year. During that race, Canseco sent out a mailer falsely accusing Gallego of supporting marriage equality.
Contacted by the Hill, Gallego's staff confirmed that he opposes marriage equality. Gallego has said he supports civil unions.
According to the Hill, "Green said the choice should be left to the individual states but didn't address DOMA, which he'd voted to uphold, or say whether he personally supported gay marriage."
Cuellar's office did not respond to the Hill's inquiries. Neither did the office of freshman Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela, who is among nine additional Democrats in the House who have not indicated their position on marriage.
On the bright side, Texas Democratic Rep. Ruben Hinojosa for the first time publicly indicated that he supports marriage equality, according to the Hill.
As for Cuellar, Green and Gallego, it would appear as though they are running out of time to get on the right side of history.


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A federal jury has convicted a Vallejo woman concealing assets from her father's bankruptcy estate to pay off her gambling and shopping debts.
Myra Holmes, 55, was convicted Tuesday of bankruptcy fraud, bank fraud and making false statements to a bank. The guilty verdict followed a three-week trial before U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Davila in San Jose.
The jury acquitted Holmes on two other counts of making false statements.
The case was the result of a multi-year FBI investigation.
Prosecutors said Holmes concealed the fact that she had received from her father his half-interest in a Vallejo residence in which she was living. Her father previously had declared bankruptcy, but Holmes took control of his interest in the property without paying into the bankruptcy estate or receiving a court's permission.
Prosecutors also said Holmes drained the equity from the property through a fraudulent refinancing mortgage loan application. As a result of the scheme, Holmes received about $147,000, which prosecutors said she spent on shopping and gambling debts. The expenses included debts from Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, Macy's and Spiegel.
By the end of April 2006, prosecutors said Holmes had spent all of the money, which to this date has not been repaid.
Holmes faces up to 35 years in prison and more than $1 million in fines. The judge ordered her to remain out of custody on a $50,000 bond until her sentencing on July 1.


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My sister had the sirs procedure on Nov. 25th. The procedure went well but she has been having some real serious 'night sweats'. Of course she is having the expected lack of energy but her sleep has been seriously effected due to these sweating spells. It is really dragging her down. She is on a declining regimen of steroid therapy since the procedure. I thought I read somewhere(and I have read a lot!) that this is one of the effects of the steroids or the sirs procedure. Anyone able to shed a little light on this for us?
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With his good looks, natural charisma and penchant for making moody, plot-driven music videos, it's been long inevitable that Adam Levine of Maroon 5 would eventually be a star outside of just pop music. He's already well on his way there, with his coaching stint on The Voice, his recurring role on American Horror Story, and his ability to keep a straight face during performances of he and 50 Cent's "My Life," but now he's taking another big step on his road to Adam Levine, Entertainer: Hosting Saturday Night Live.
Levine will be playing master of ceremonies on SNL January 26th, though neither he nor his band will be performing—he'll be leaving those responsibilities to rapper Kendrick Lamar, making his program debut. Adam will be busy anyway, networking with whatever cast members might be able to introduce him to Jon Hamm or James Franco or someone who can get him cast as a sleazy tennis instructor in the next Judd Apatow movie. At the very least, Levine should end up with a cameo on Smash or Go On or something. Vertical integration (or something)!


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MIAMI (AP) - The jury mulling the fate of a Florida man accused of killing Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor is back for day two of its deliberations.
Jurors began considering the case of Eric Rivera Jr. Wednesday evening and deliberated a short time. The 12-person panel is coming back Thursday morning to continue.
The 23-year-old Rivera faces life in prison if convicted of Taylor's slaying in November 2007. Testimony showed Taylor was fatally shot during a failed burglary at his Miami-area home by a group of young men from Fort Myers.
Rivera confessed to police but testified that his statement was coerced and that he didn't kill Taylor. Prosecutors say Rivera's confession is overwhelming evidence of guilt.
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TORRINGTON -- In March 2009, when Julia Sloan opened Brazen Betties on Torrington's Main Street, the venture was a leap of faith and confidence.
With her business plan actually developed as a college project, Sloan realized a dream with the opening of a boutique where she could showcase -- and hopefully sell -- not only her own jewelry and fashion accessory designs, but also those of other Connecticut designers.
Now, just over three years later, Sloan is looking ahead to a little "me time." She announced the closing of Brazen Betties, effective June 9.
"Today has been such an emotional day," she said late Thursday afternoon.
Sloan announced the store closing on her Facebook page. Word quickly spread through the community -- and to fans of the store in particular.
"Friends and customers have been in all day wishing me well," she said. "This has been a truly amazing adventure and I've met some wonderful people. Torrington has been just so supportive."
It wasn't without a little emotion that Sloan talked about both the past and the future.
"It's been a bit of a rollercoaster, especially today," Sloan said. "I have a real sense of relief, but there's also some sadness, too."
The relief comes because the pressures and responsibilities of running a small business owner will no longer hinder her dreams.
"The Brazen Betties brand will still live and grow," she said. "But for it to do that, I have to have a creative outlet and time for ideas to grow.
"With a brick-and-mortar business, there's so much time spent on just the business itself -- promoting and growing it -- that I've not had the time to pursue the design that I love," she said. "It's time for me to strike out and explore all these design ideas I have. And I can do that without the overhead of the business."
Those design ideas will be jewelry and accessories, as well as doing more fashion design "full force." Additionally, she needs to feed her artist side that loves, among other things, painting and photography.
Once the doors close on Brazen Betties -- the store, not the brand -- Sloan's work will be based from home, but much of it may not actually be done at home.
"I'm looking forward to traveling and designing while I'm traveling, no matter where that might be," she said. "It would be great to have the right studio space as a place to work, but for now my designing will happen wherever I'm inspired."
Once you've put your heart and soul into a business, stepping away is never easy. But if you do it on your own terms it makes things the decision a bit more palatable.
As she approached the third anniversary of Brazen Betties, Sloan began taking stock of where she was both professionally and personally. But for her, the line between the two is clearly blurred.
"With the anniversary approaching, I started doing a lot of thinking," she said. "I really feel good about what I've accomplished, but I started looking at the store with fresh eyes. I came to realize that I've done what I can with the store. I've reached a plateau.
"Now it's time to decompress a little and refocus on my creative side," she added.
If you think all this means Sloan will disappear into the sunset, think again. She'll be participating in craft fairs, will be part of Torrington's popular Main Street Market Place as a vendor, and in other events around town. Her final event as a brick-and-mortar store owner will be closing day when she hosts a street fair, 4 - 8 p.m. If it's raining that day, the final event and the store closing date will be moved to June 16. "If the weather doesn't cooperate, then Brazen Betties will be open one more week," she said.
"And the Brazen Betties brand will be hosting events around town," she added. "When I see things happening, I just can't help myself. I want and need to be involved because I still see great things around the corner for Torrington."
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Violinist and art historian Victoria Martino is internationally recognized for her commitment to championing the neglected oeuvres of major composers and artists. Her experience as a scholar and critic in the fields of music and art has led her to the unfortunate conclusion that most of her professional colleagues around the world tend to limit their expertise to a very narrow repertoire.
Martino has been working for the past two decades to redress this imbalance by systematically focusing her performances and lectures on works by great composers and artists that have been overlooked for the simple reason that they have not been included in mainstream trends and fashions.
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What's the first thing you do with a chart after you've inserted it? For many users, it's modifying the chart to make it look exactly the way you want it to look. Sometimes that means fiddling around with the data, or adding elements like data labels or a trendline, or figuring out how to format the chart to make it look fantastic. Unfortunately, this is a step that many users struggle with. While Excel boasts many powerful features, it can be challenging to know and locate the exact features necessary to format your chart the way you picture it in your mind. With Excel 2013, we made it our mission to simplify this process and to enable users to quickly customize their charts in a few simple clicks.
As a first step, we've made some great improvements in our chart insertion experience (which we've blogged about here) to help users get off on the right foot. Once you've inserted your chart, you'll notice the new, on-object chart customization buttons that appear near the top right corner of your chart:
These new buttons show up whenever your chart is selected, providing easy access to the most common and useful chart customization features! While the ribbon is still a great place to access all of the robust features that Excel offers, we've done a careful inventory of what formatting and customization tools our users take advantage of most frequently, and brought those tools closer to the chart and right at the user's fingertips. This blog post will focus on the first button, which launches a feature called Chart Elements.
There are many different elements you can add to a chart to help you clarify your data: from axis lines to trendlines, from data labels to data tables. Furthermore, each element has many different options; for example, a trendline can be one of six different trendline types! It can be difficult to keep track of all these elements, what they're called, what they are, and fully understand which ones work best for your chart. That's where our new Chart Elements feature comes in:
Clicking on the Chart Elements button will launch a simple and easy-to-use checklist of all the different elements you can add to your chart. Adding and removing any chart element is as easy as a single click! This feature also supports Live Preview, so even if you don't know what each element is, you can easily preview what the chart would look like with any element added by hovering your mouse on the element. For example, we are Live Previewing a Data Table on this chart by simply hovering the mouse over "Data Table" in the checklist:
The Chart Elements feature also has built-in chart type awareness and will intelligently update itself to provide the most applicable set of options based on the type of chart you are using. The checklist will only show elements that are applicable to your specific chart type – all non-applicable elements will be automatically hidden to reduce confusion and clutter. For example, pie charts do not support axes lines, and area charts do not support trendlines; in both of these cases, the Chart Elements checklist will show only those elements that can be added to pie charts and area charts respectively:
Additionally, even though each element type may have multiple types (e.g. gridlines can be horizontal or vertical, major or minor), the Chart Elements feature will help you determine the most appropriate element type based on the chart type. For example, if you check "Gridlines" on a bar chart, Chart Elements will automatically add major vertical gridlines, whereas checking "Gridlines" on a column chart will automatically add major horizontal gridlines.
However, this doesn't mean that you are restricted to using only the recommended element type. For our more advanced users who wish to have more control over chart element options, simply mouse over the element and click on the arrow to trigger the fly-out menu to access fine-grained options:
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text: The 'man from Van' hoping to lift WVU By Mitch Vingle July 20, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Much has been made of WVU's air travel during Big 12 play.If, however, the Mountaineers make waves this season, it just might come by Van. More specifically, it might come via Van native and Mountaineer safeties coach Tony Gibson, who returned to his home state six months ago.If Mario Alford, the nation's No. 1 junior college receiver recruit, starts, it's because of Gibson's efforts in landing the player. If Brandon Golson, ranked the No. 4 junior college linebacker, starts, it's because of Gibson.And if former Florida State quarterback Clint Trickett starts for the Mountaineers, it's because of Gibson."When Clint graduated [from FSU] and decided to transfer, Rick [Trickett] called me and asked if we needed a quarterback," Gibson said. "I said he'd have an opportunity to compete. And it went from there."Clint Trickett will not only have a chance to compete, but to win the starting job. And the back story makes the angle even more compelling.As WVU fans know, there hasn't been such uncertainly surrounding the QB position - or the team for that matter - for a while."It's like 2005," said Gibson, who was also a WVU assistant that year for now-Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez. "I don't know where we were picked to finish in the Big East, but we ended up going with a young, freshman quarterback and a freshman running back. Thankfully, they turned out to be superstars." The running back, of course, was Steve Slaton. The quarterback was redshirt freshman Pat White, who took over for Adam Bednarik. Mountaineer fans know of White's wild college career success. What they might not know is White was recruited - twice, a second time when the player flirted with major league baseball - by the aforementioned Rick Trickett, Clint's father and the now-embattled Florida State line coach who worked with Gibson and Rodriguez in Morgantown in '05.WVU was picked to finish third that year in the Big East, which is a little like being picked eighth in the Big 12. The Mountaineers were coming off an 8-4 record. This year, WVU is coming off a 7-6 mark.Anyway, Gibson's help, especially in the area of recruiting, helped lift the Mountaineers to their rise in 2005 and beyond under Rodriguez. His return, as well other coaching additions like Ron Crook, JaJuan Seider, Lonnie Galloway and Brian Mitchell, is something that should not be overlooked. Ditto the addition of tailback Charles Sims. ("He's a stud," Gibson said. "Off the hook, just a great looking kid.") Ditto Clint Trickett's arrival."Obviously, I knew about him," Gibson said of the QB. "Rick was here with us for six years. I knew Clint was a good athlete and a winner."He has great leadership skills. I watched him on TV. And every time he went into games he made an impact. He throws the ball well. He's very knowledgeable. You don't see him get rattled. And whenever you have a coach's kid it seems to work." Gibson, though, will be in charge of the team's safeties, parts of a secondary that did anything but work last season."The kids have been great," Gibson said. "Karl Joseph is a great player and I'm looking for big things from Darwin Cook. He had a disappointing junior year and we talked at length about it. "He's hungry to have a big senior year. I think he'll have a bust-out season."As it stands, Joseph will be backed up at free safety by K.J. Dillon and Cook will be spelled at strong safety by Travis Bell. Dillon, though, can also play the spur linebacker, nickel back or strong safety positions. Bell can play nickel, corner or free safety. Freshman Daryl Worley is also with Gibson.We'll see if the man from Van and the other new WVU coaching additions can help."I really like this staff," Gibson said. "It's as good of a staff as I've ever been on. These guys can coach; they can recruit, and no one has a big ego. Nobody thinks they created football. It's just a bunch of guys who get along, want to win and have fun. I think the kids really respond to that."As in 2005, he hopes.Reach Mitch Vingle at 304-348-4827, firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/MitchVingle. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Reunions: Sept. 26, 2017 4 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 5 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent Geno Smith drops in on his way to the NFL Previous Story Slusarciuc wins Public Courts women's open the second time around Next Story


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A hearing was held at 52-3 District Court for an Oakland Township man who is charged in connection with breaking a golf club on the arm of his golfing partner midway through a round at Westwynd Golf Course, reportedly after the victim asked the score.
The preliminary exam Monday was the initial evidentiary hearing in the case against Glenn Steven Lott, which moves to Oakland County Circuit Court at the end of this month.
Glenn Steven Lott, 59, was charged with felonious assault -- also known as assault with a deadly weapon -- after the dispute on the 13th tee of the Oakland Township course.
Lott faces a felony that potentially carries up to four years in prison if a conviction occurs.
The victim, 65, told deputies that Lott then used the broken club to stab him in the same arm, cutting him several times. He said he was able to drive his golf cart to the clubhouse while the other members of the foursome held down Lott, the alleged attacker.
Lott eventually broke free and chased the West Bloomfield man in the foursome's other golf cart, "screaming the entire time that he was 'going to get him,'" reported Oakland County sheriff's deputies in a release.
Witnesses said that Lott left the course before deputies arrived.
The victim, who was treated at the scene by Oakland Township firefighters and emergency personnel, stayed and was interviewed.
He refused transport to a local hospital, but later received several stitches at a local urgent care facility.
According to court documents, Lott's arraignment in Oakland County Circuit Court is scheduled June 28 at 8:30 a.m.
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Soria, who signed with the Rangers as a free agent in the offseason and is coming back from Tommy John surgery, strained a pectoral muscle on the right side of his chest and will be shut down from throwing for two to three weeks. The injury occurred last week while he was throwing live batting practice in Surprise, Ariz.
"We were hoping he would be back in late May, somewhere between May 15 and June 1," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said. "Now we're looking more like July 1, maybe late June or early July. The silver lining, if there is one, is that it's completely unrelated to his arm and his elbow. It was one of those freak deals. It was his fourth or fifth live batting practice and it happened."
Soria spent five years as the Royals closer, saving 160 games in 2007-11 and being named to two All-Star teams. But he underwent elbow reconstruction surgery on April 3, 2012, and missed the entire season. Since it was his second Tommy John surgery, the Rangers were giving him extra time to come back. The Rangers had signed him in the hopes that he could eventually return as an eighth-inning setup man in front of closer Joe Nathan, and that is still the plan despite the setback.
"It's just another issue that we have to deal with," manager Ron Washington said. "Hopefully we can get this out of the way and when he finally gets here, he'll be ready to go."
The Rangers need all the healthy pitchers they can get, but their relievers went into Monday's game with the Angels with a collective 1.96 ERA, the lowest for a bullpen in the American League. Tanner Scheppers has been the Rangers' primary right-handed setup reliever and has not allowed a run in eight appearances.
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XBMC Linux port questions and answers... - paperclipmonkey - 2007-05-01 16:33
In the sourceforge svn there is now a linuxport branch.
Can anyone explain if this is a full port of xbmc to linux?
If soo.....Whooooa!
X86 only?
- paperclipmonkey - 2007-05-01 18:09
From readme file in SVN - This is an initial port of the skinning tool to Linux. Later on it will include the remaining XBMC functionality. I have tested this to work with Ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10.
- paperclipmonkey - 2007-05-01 19:45
Can anyone give me more information on this please?
Is there a time frame for dev at all?
Is it going to be kept up to sync with Trunk often?
Any plans for cross platform, as SDL works on windows, apple and NIX?
Getting XBMC to boot on a APPLETV would be a perfect upgrade to the xbox platform, HD output, 40gb HDD by default, optical output, 802.11n wifi, could even boot from USB.
Thanks for any info.
- HarshReality - 2007-05-01 21:02
As I mentioned above if you think its going to be a full linux port of xbmc then you have a long wait. Spiff and JM hav already expressed their views on the subject.
- yuvalt - 2007-05-01 23:33
My plan is to have a fully working Linux port. Yes, it will take a while to get everything working that's why I decided to begin with the skinning tool first and then take it from there. The first milestone of compiling and linking is behind me, although don't expect it to run. Most of the guilib has been ported (including TTF, texturebundles, mouse, keyboard) but as I said there's still a lot of work until the skinning thing is complete.
We have decided to put it on a separate branch until it stabilizes and then decide whether to have it part of the main trunk or merge it occasionally, depending how many changes there will be in the code. That's why I decided not to change all the WIN32 api calls, but rather implement them in Linux (this is very partially done yet).
There is no time frame for that but I'm working on it with another guy and we get a lot of support from the other team members (pike, jm, spiff, etc).
The reason that I moved it to use SDL is so that we can later on port it to other platforms (APPLETV is a good example but I can also think of the PS3).
I will keep you posted occasionally on progress and if there are any Linux programmers who want to join the effort of development, please let me know.
- pike - 2007-05-02 06:41
here's the README for the linux port
(mostly posted so it's easy to find)
- skruven - 2007-05-04 20:03
I hope you fix so we can stream RAR archives in the linux port
- Livin - 2007-05-05 20:02
I wish you the best on this... you would allow XBMC to go to the next level!
I know you have tons of community support!
Linux port screenshot - yuvalt - 2007-05-07 00:27
Just a quick update on the port...we are working hard to make the UI usable on Linux. Thought I would share a screenshot with you guys. Still lot of work.. I'll keep you posted.
- swmike - 2007-05-07 13:23
skruven Wrote:I hope you fix so we can stream RAR archives in the linux port
Under linux it's easy to make a wrapper using "rarfs" to get this working. I use this with Freevo to make mplayer play media files within rar archives.
It means you have to play using some filesystem mount, so no ccxstream or alike.
- nate12o6 - 2007-05-07 15:43
Cant wait!
Wow - deeceefar2 - 2007-05-08 06:30
I never thought this day would come; keep up the good work everyone. I'm really in awe this is actually happening. I'll be happy to help beta test if you need.
- t029248 - 2007-05-08 18:03
deeceefar2 Wrote:I never thought this day would come; keep up the good work everyone. I'm really in awe this is actually happening. I'll be happy to help beta test if you need.
I agree, when it's available for testing i will we happy to do so, including providing feedback... I hope it stays easy to config, Media Portal Config is nerve wrecking.
Linux port questions... - Gamester17 - 2007-05-09 15:30
These questions goes out to Yuvalt however if anyone else care to fill me in then please do:
Question-1: I read that you deviced not to change all the Win32 API calls, but rather implement them in Linux. How do you handle that? Have you implemeneted a re-usable wrapper or common library based on code from the WINE project, or? if not (yet) would that be good idea (to borrow code or library parts from the WINE project)?
Question-2: How do you handle DirectX API calls (2D/3D video, sound, input devices, etc.), have/will you implement those in Linux or SDL or change them in XBMC? Again maybe add a wrapper from selected code parts or libraries from the WINE project? There are also other open source projects with related wrappers like for example http://sourceforge.net/projects/dxglwrap/ (a DirectX to OpenGL wrapper), though the WINE project is probebely more up-to-date(?).
Question-3: Does the OpenGL renderer handle overlay for video (overlay texture like for example the menu on top of video)
Question-4: How do/will you now handle multiple output modules/renderers (auto-detect or static on build)? By the way, please keep API open for future Video Acceleration possibilities (for GPU assisted video decoding).
Question-5: How do you handle the skin texture compression format? can the same packed/compressed xpr skin-files be used under both Linux and Xbox/Win32? If not should we plan to migra to a other texture compression format that can be compatible under all operating-system and be decompressed/unpacked xpr using both DirectX and OpenGL?
Questsion-6: How do you handle the out the multiple modules (ALSA vs. OSS vs. DirectX DirectSound? auto-detect or static on build, or does SDL handle it?
Question-7: How well does the DLL loader in XBMC handle loading players such as paplayer, mplayer and the dvdplayer under Linux? Does the players (or the DLL loader) have to be modified or can they be loaded 'as is' under Linux? Maybe a common Win32 registry emulator is needed as well?
Question-8: Have you already implemened IR (infrared) remote support under Linux?, if not may I recommend Lirc and Wlirc (maybe add as a library/module to libSDL?). If possible maybe even replace the Xbox IR library (from the XDK) with a ported version of lirc/wlirc to stay consistant across platforms.
Questions-9: Have you already looked into using Valgrind for debugging under Linux? (see http://valgrind.org and http://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_and_Valgrind). It can probebely help find memeory-leak bugs, etc. indirectly for XBMC on the Xbox as well, (ie. fix them for Linux and they will be fixed on the Xbox and Win32 as well).
Question-10: Have you/we decided on any Linux porting guide-lines?, like for example:
* Code documentation (DocBook, rst, or doxygen for the code documentation steps)
* Modular design (independent modules made upp by localized/isolated code libraries without dependcies)
**XBMC should still compile and run if a module is disabled/removed
* Cross-platform / cross-compiling; aim to compile and run on at least, Xbox, Win32 (Windows XP) and Linux
* Aim for the GUI/interface to run smoothly on a low spec computer (less than 1Ghz)
* Avoid harddisk trashing (access read/write), utilize RAM memory, no harddrive paging. Aim to run on Solid-State (CompactFlash)
* Fast load and boot times for end-user perception (other thing can still run/start in the background without the user knowledge)
**15-seconds or less from when the end user press the power-button on the computer til he/she can browse the GUI
PS! Great stuff with the Linux port so far, keept it up
- yuvalt - 2007-05-09 19:50
Gamester! Great to have you back... long time no see
Regarding your questions:
1. No, we have implemented by ourself the missing functionality. I looked into the Wine source (and in fact ran the Win32 skinning tool with Wine). One thing I can say - Wine is a big mess and I couldn't actually take anything from there since the code is so complex.
2. We didn't implement DirectX, instead we ported all the GUI stuff under guilib to SDL. We are still uncertain of the performance of this and we may end up porting the code again to OpenGL (although I doubt we'll do it). Again, I looked into Wine and it was extremely complicated.
3. We didn't implement this yet. We are still discussing what's the right thing to do and how to do all the conversions efficiently.
4. As I said video rendering is not done yet. We will need to look into Xv which is the X11 extension for video output, which is accelerated to some extent for NVidia and ATI.
5. Just ported the XPR unpacking code. Nothing too much about it.
6. Currently we use SDL_mixer but this is for the GUI sound. I think SDL_mixer uses ALSA. We'll need to see if this is enough, especially for digital output.
7. Still not implemented.
8. That is my plan as well. From looking into lirc, all I can say is that is quite complicated.
9. I used it once to find a memory leak and it indeed worked. Some devs use Kdevelop, which is integrated with Valgrind.
We have not decided on any guidelines. I think we are currently experimenting. So far the GUI seems a bit slow since it's really build to be run with 3D acceleration. We will either need to disable some features or support OpenGL or both.
One of my goals is to have this run from a USB flash memory with paging disabled.


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SUNNYVALE — In 48 hours of intense genius, bonding and pure geekdom, teams of young engineers and digital artists focused nonstop on white boards and laptop screens to each create a video game, an endeavor that normally takes a few months to several years.
The 30-plus programmers camping out on the linoleum floors of Cogswell Polytechnical College classrooms were among the more than 16,000 game developers in 63 countries participating in the Global Game Jam, a two-day, noncompetitive marathon of video-game creation.
Similar conclaves were held in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. Fueled by Maui potato chips, trail mix and caffeine in various forms, programmers worked nonstop, by turns catnapping here and there.
Why did the time frame have to be so compressed?
"If you have a lot of time, you procrastinate," said Dustin Bayer, 20, a sophomore at Cogswell, a 125-year-old institution that's become one of the pre-eminent schools in video game design and digital cinema.
And there's nothing like a deadline to concentrate the mind. Beginning Friday afternoon, "we spent a couple of hours throwing out terrible ideas," said Zach Childers, 21, a sophomore.
In his group, there were the initial glitches — only one of the computers could connect to the Internet — and subsequent ones — when team member Troy Norcross, 27, twice lost hours of scripting after the Unity engine "hiccuped."
The frenetic programming did somewhat reflect the real world of game industry, notorious for its crazy pace, followed by a lull after a game is marketed and programmers are laid off.
The theme this year in the event, which encourages collaboration and learning, was "heartbeat."
Childers' team drew on elements from all its members to create "Healer," where players seek to keep the allies' hearts beating, survive the enemy's attacks, and find a heart. But partly because they tried to create a more complex, 3D, game, not all the elements came together in time.
And yet, even if they were not loving every moment, the game designers said they enjoyed the experience, just as survivors speak nostalgically of a past ordeal.
"Not many people can say they've created a game in 48 hours," said Bayer.
The program-athon also gave budding game designers a chance to network with new people, learn skills and gauge their abilities against others.
"During the event, I'm cursing everything that exists," said Davain Martinez, 20, a junior who purchased and learned a new software program as he went along, to provide sound effects for his team's game, "Shot Through the Heart." In it, a rock-star heart tries to survive bad cholesterol and groupies to find true love.
"To be a game developer, you have to love what you do," said Joshua McCoy, 19, a DeVry University junior.
And it's more than knowing computer code. A good game designer must be a Renaissance man — or for the few out there — woman. "You need to know a little bit of everything — what's happening in the world, history, religion, music," said Martinez. The designer creates an online experience based in the real world.
"This is not just a hobby, it's an art form," said Albert Chen, assistant professor of digital arts engineering game development at Cogswell, a campus of 330 students just north of Bayshore Freeway in Sunnyvale.
In keeping with the lighthearted mood while doing something incredibly difficult, Chen held an applause contest for the favorite game.
It was close — "Dude Cell Delivers," about a cute blood cell hefting an oxygen canister, seemed as popular as "Allergy Alliance," characters trying to survive attacks by peanuts, shellfish and fields of flowers.
But "Healer," the unfinished game that one of its creators lamented was broken, won the prize — a stalk of celery.
It was enough to clear woozy minds and inspire thoughts of getting together again next year. "I'm coming back," said sophomore Kevin Wang. 21. "But I'm bringing a sleeping bag."
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It's been almost a week since a dramatic celebrity hair change happened, and we were starting to wonder if the trend was slowing. But Chrissy Teigen decided to start the weekend off right by not only chopping her locks, but also changing up her color.
Now that her bridal days are behind her, Teigen lopped off some inches from her chest-length strands, transforming her mane into a chic on-trend "lob." Then she added some honey blonde color to the ends for a fresh ombré look. And she shared the below snap, featuring her glam squad, on Twitter.
chop chopped and blond! thank you @RitaHazan and @JCMaciques!! pic.twitter.com/dVmpUmITQf
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Ombré has become a huge trend in Hollywood, this season and we think Teigen's fresh hue (courtesy of celeb colorist Rita Hazan, who also works with Katy Perry to Beyoncé) suits her.
As for the cut, it's going to take the star some getting used to — she's already having ponytail anxiety. "Oh man. love my short hair but it makes for the saddest ponytail ever. pony fail phony tail. I can never be a show horse now," she Tweeted.
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