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I just looked at my dm's and several of them are displayed as a message larger than 140 characters.
When you message someone, is your avatar on the right or left? Mine is always on the right. No matter if I message the person or if the person messages me...
Oh well. It doesnt really matter anyways.
I just find this entire story very hilarious.
I just read the WHOLE transcript (it is long)
Unless I missed it, Teo says it did NOT impact his play in the NC game
I thought you had to be smart to go the Notre Dame.
Then again, USC was his second choice
I believe he was hoaxed, and he lied to cover his *** (look at the reaction some are giving him for having an online GF). Which I still think is stupid because in 2011/2012 online relationships are more and more common
I think he should have sidestepped all questions after Dec 6, or simply gave a "no comment" when asked.
That or he is gay and this is his cover.
EDIT: Deadspin is looking worse and worse IMO. They got a LOT of details wrong, and while I get that is par for the course the 80% confident quote keeps coming back to me. Plus I heard a journalist say on the radio 80% is a ******** number 80% basically means I am guessing and hope I am right
He also says that she asked him for his bank acct #. That is interesting as it does now provide the "what is in it for the hoaxer" explanation.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I posted it as a joke yesterday, but I am more and more serious.
There is money to be made on a Manti Teo twitter story movie.
Every time I think it cant get weirder, it does.
First she is dead. Then she is dead. Then she is running from drug dealers.
On a more serious note, and I want to believe Manti, but I have one HUGE problem. I can get past looking at online obituaries, I can get past not seeing her ever (on FT or SKYPE), but I CANNOT understand why you never visit your sick GF. I mean, if you care about her why the hell not visit her. And some if the time she was in the hospital he was on summer break.
That along makes me question that maybe he knew it was a scam before he is letting on.
That, or he is one of the dumbest and heartless people ever. I always google family members when they pass (to post links on facebook and via email) but I sure as hell would hope I would visit a sick GF, even if we only met on the internet.
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This too
Ok, yes folks, online relationships are more and more common.
However, online relationships for 3 years where you never actually see someone's face are not.
Like Since, my girlfriend has dragged me into watching Catfish (but I'll admit I started to at least be kind of interested in the outcomes) and I would say it's not uncommon for a long relationship based only online.
Think about it, you meet online, you believe it's love, you just stop after a year because you haven't met? I mean, you've gone this far. I think it's crazy that someone could get back with a cheater, but people do it. Why wouldn't you still be in love with someone that is saying maybe they're just afraid to meet you? It's not a betrayal. If you can fall in love with someone you haven't met, it's not out of the question that you could let it drag on for years.
His justification for this was weird.
It was on and off, and we did not meet as early as media are saying
Also, I have only received on DM (I am not a huge fan of twitter) but I swear mine was really, really, really long.
From yahoo answers, and I know this is far form official "I believe if it longer than 140 characters, some apps will use twitlonger to make the messages longer. Officially it is 140 characters."
From twitter:
note about DM fails: Your service provider may split SMS messages greater than 160 characters into multiple messages. In this case, the second message will post as a normal Tweet because it doesn't begin with d username, as the first message did. Please be careful to ensure that your messages are under 160 characters, including the d command and username.
I know this is me judging because I was in college and did stupid **** all the time, but to me if you do that you are just not very smart. You have to ignore a LOT of red flags
CARSON, Calif. (AP) - When Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o ordered two dozen white roses delivered to 21503 Water Street, he says he thought they were headed to the home of his dead girlfriend, Lennay Kekua. In fact, the man implicated as the ringleader of a false-identity hoax and many of his relatives have lived in the single-story, stucco bungalow, according to publicly available records and interviews with neighbors.
Water Street, in a working-class community 13 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, adds another element to the Te'o-Lennay Kekua hoax: the house six doors down, at 21403 Water, belongs to a family named Kekua - an uncommon Hawaiian name but the same one as the fictitious girlfriend at the center of the ruse.
Two members of the real Kekua family told The Associated Press they had never heard of a "Lennay Kekua."
The Kekua fabrication came to light Wednesday, when Deadspin.com revealed that the story of Te'o's girlfriend dying from leukemia last September was a fake - because Lennay Kekua never existed.
Deadspin suggested Ronaiah Tuiasosopo was the person responsible for carrying out the hoax. Te'o said Friday he had been contacted by the 22-year-old Tuiasosopo, and that the man had admitted to masterminding the scam. Members of the Kekua family and others in the neighborhood told the AP on Saturday that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo had lived at 21503 Water St. and has visited it since moving out about a year ago.
The AP reviewed a compilation of documents about the property from a variety of sources, such as real estate and bankruptcy records.
In specifying where he had sent the roses, Te'o said Friday in an interview with ESPN that he still didn't know who lives at 21503 Water Street or of any possible connection between the address and the hoax.
But he did say he knew the residents had accepted delivery of the bouquet. "They sent me a picture of the roses, of them getting it," he said. And they also sent a photo of the flowers that Te'o's parents had delivered "as proof" that their tribute to the nonexistent girlfriend had been received.
Publicly available records indicate that Tuiasosopo used to live at 21503 Water Street. One neighbor said Saturday that Ronaiah had lived in the house for several years, until about a year ago. Another neighbor said that in her 27 years living on the block there had always been a Tuiasosopo living in 21503, including Ronaiah, his father and an uncle, Navy.
Multiple public records indicate that Navy, who played football for Utah State and the Los Angeles Rams, was a brother of former USC football player Titus Tuiasosopo, Ronaiah's father. A neighbor said Navy had lived at 21503 until his death in 2011.
A Cadillac still registered to Navy Tuiasosopo was parked in the driveway of Titus Tuiasosopo's home in Palmdale, about 90 miles north of Carson, on Saturday. Titus is the pastor of Oasis Christian Church of the Antelope Valley in Lancaster, Calif., and Ronaiah is active in the church band, and most recently has been living with his father.
In a joint interview Saturday, Barbara Kekua, 78, said she has lived at 21403 Water Street since it was built about 50 years ago. Her daughter, Kris Kekua, 45, grew up there, and moved back two years ago, across the street to 21406 Water, to be near her mother.
The two Kekua women said they do not know why their name was chosen for the scheme.
Kris recalled that when the story of Lennay Kekua's supposed death made national sports headlines last fall, friends asked if she was related. "I'm like, 'I don't know who that is,'" she said.
Kris said she had grown up with Titus and Navy on the block.
Facebook messages from Teo to a friend where he doubts if this is a hoax. The messages are dated 2010
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A day after Manti Te'o spoke publicly for the first time since it was revealed the story of whom he considered his dead girlfriend was a hoax, a friend of the former Notre Dame linebacker came to his defense, recalling a scene from this past spring that appears to validate the purported April 28 car accident in which Te'o was told "Lennay Kekua" was involved.
John Pepelnjak, a junior political science and computer applications major at Notre Dame, told ESPN.com that he was playing video games with Te'o one night this past spring in Te'o's Dillon Hall dorm room when Te'o received an anticipated phone call from multiple males that Te'o believed to be the brothers of Kekua.
"As a close friend of Manti's, I feel obliged to tell a story about a situation that I had witnessed in which his feelings for Lennay were made very real," Pepelnjak said in a statement. "Back in late April or early May, I want to say within the first couple days following the supposed car crash, I can testify with 100 percent certainty that he spoke on the phone with Lennay's 'brothers' and that he did NOT create this hoax. Manti and I were playing video games in his room, and he received a phone call that he had been anxiously awaiting. Manti desperately wanted to understand what had happened and what kind of condition she was in."
^Somebody is getting some 50-yardline seats for their senior year!
and that somebody is John Pepelnjak.
lol @ she claims to be a Victoria's secret model. If that is not a clue for "I'm some dude pretending to be a hot babe online" I don't know what is.http://espn.go.com/college-football/...tion-was-prank
Facebook messages from Teo to a friend where he doubts if this is a hoax. The messages are dated 2010
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I think it's pretty simple. It's a hoax, he's a victim, but he lied after finding out about the hoax to keep from looking like a dumbass.
The big question I have is WHEN did he find out.
2010? 2011? 2012?
Not that is matters. His name is ****. Reminds me of the Lou Holtz poem from back in the day. I cant find it but it is similar to this:
Guard Your Name
You got it from your father,
it was all he had to give
So it's yours to use and cherish,
for as long as you may live.
If you lose the watch he gave you,
it can always be replaced.
But a black mark on your name, son,
can never be erased.
It was clean the day you took it,
and a worthy name to bear.
When he got it from his father,
there was no dishonor there.
So make sure you guard it wisely,
after all is said and done.
You'll be glad the name is spotless,
when you give it to your son.
Ah, now that makes more sense. I just couldn't see this massive hoax without there being some sort of end game. That's a lot of effort to put in for nothing but the sadistic lulz.
And, yeah, I think deadspin may come to regret printing the 80% bit. I know it was technically credited to someone else, but they chose to include it.
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Seattle -Garry oak rescue at Martha Washington Park
Aug 18 - Help rescue rare garry oaks before Labor Day! Join in at this fun filled work party.
Aug 18, 2013
from 01:00 PM to 05:00 PM
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The Friends of Martha Washington Park, in cooperation with Seattle Parks, are beginning monthly work parties to rescue the stand of Garry oaks at Martha Washington Park.
Work parties are the 3rd Sunday of each month.
The nine (count 'em, 9!) Garry oaks at MW Park are remnants of what is believed to have been a large savannah that stretched from Seward Park to Pritchard Island. Together with about 20 oaks at Seward Park, they represent the last Garry oaks on public land in Seattle.
Learn more about other rare remnant oak-woodland at the site of a proposed Cross-Base Highway.
Please come and help us remove ivy, clear blackberries from the hillside, and prepare the area for eventual plantings of native meadow and shrub species.
We will have some tools, but please bring hand tools and gloves if you have them.

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Napoletana Pizzeria
1910 West El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040; (map); 650-969-4884; napoletanapizzeria.com
Pizza style: Neapolitan-style
Oven type: Wood-fired
The skinny: Solid renditions of Neapolitan-style pizza with the added twist of an upscale version stuffed crust pie
Price: Pies, $12 to $17
Costas Eleftheriadis, the owner and pizzaiolo at Napoletana, says he got a taste for pizza when visiting family in Naples. Eleftheriadis is half-Italian and half-Greek, if the name didn't tip you off already. The former commercial pilot and flight instructor gained some pizza bona fides beyond his heritage when he earned his VPN certification in May of 2010. He doesn't trumpet these credentials though—a small certificate hangs over his workspace towards the back of the restaurant—but instead lets the pies that come out of the oven advertise his allegiances.
It was the already-installed wood-fired oven that convinced Eleftheriadis to take this space in a strip mall. He says it's not the perfect oven—he wishes the floor were made of a single stone rather than three, which would result in more even heat distribution—but it burns plenty hot. While I sat watching him makes pies, his laser thermometer gave back a reading just over a thousand degrees, torrid enough to cause polka-dots of char to form almost instantaeously on the edge of the pizza closest to the oven's flame. Pies cooked in around 60 seconds.
One might hope for a bit more rise from the crust at Napoletana, but it has that tangy flavor from the char, and a gossamer layer of crispness around a tender interior. A chewiness develops as pies sit for a moment outside of the oven. Slices have Neapolitan-style droopy tips which seems to be the main point of contention amongst lovers and haters on Yelp, who act out a subdued pizza culture war in their reviews of Napoletana.
Eleftheriadis makes his Margherita with a medium-flavored sauce of Italian Roma tomatoes and fresh mozzarella. He applies whole leaves of basil generously which begin to blacken in the heat of the oven. (The color scheme of this pie more closely echoes the Yemeni flag than the Italian flag.) The only salt on the pie comes from a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese, and I wondered if some crystals of actual salt on top of the finished product might have made this pie really sing. But augmented with a pour of olive oil, the end result was still a faithful and tasty rendition of the Margherita.
Though Napoletana's Carcerato at first appears just like the Margherita, it conceals something far more unique. The giveaway is a crust that rises higher on one side of the pie than the other, where the bread encloses a cylinder of ricotta cheese.
Our waitress told us that, in Italy, these pies usually contain ricotta in only a quarter of the crust, but Eleftheriadis increased the cheese due to customer demand. I can see why the Italian version models restraint. With the rich ricotta at its center, this crust reminded us of cannelloni, but the cheese had enough sweet notes that it almost could have been dessert. In fact, chewing through a slice to reach that tube of fat-filled bread would be a pretty good way to cap a meal.
Napoletana offers a range of pies with Italian meats, and a few that play with smoked mozzarella. We kept it simple by sampling the restaurant's namesake pie, the Napoletana, basically a Margherita plus housemade sausage. The crumbles of pork offered lots of good fennely flavor, though serving it in such small pieces stole some of the pleasure one might have derived from biting into larger, meatier chunks. The basil on this pie had suffered a particularly brutal scorching.
Along with the oven, the space that houses Napoletana Pizzeria came pre-equipped with a mural of San Francisco streets. Mountain View residents should feel pleased that they don't have to make the 45-minute trip to those streets in order find themselves a likeable rendition of a Neapolitan-style pie.
About the author: David Kover is a San Francisco-based freelance writer and food enthusiast. He occasionally gets his tweet on at @pizzakover. He recently started Schmendricks, an attempt to bring Brooklyn-style bagels to San Francisco.


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First off this may be way to early for this thread, but the lack of talent is wavering to even the dedicated here on this board. If the Pacers fail to make the playoffs for the second straight year we are going to have to rebuild. O'Brien is not a rebuilding type coach. We might have a top 10 pick this year. So do you draft for JOB and retool or do you ship out what you can and pick a RAW player. Looking at the draft class and we have a lot of 1 and done players. Shawne was a 1 and done and he has yet to grasp this complicated sytem. Lets be honest here. Jim O'Brien demands his players to be self-motivated and they have to have a high bball IQ. There are very few players in the NBA, let alone college, that are highly intelligent, self-motivated. And the ones that fit the bill have minimum availability.
Is O'Brien's future in jeopardy here for the security the organization's future? Is it even a consideration?
The Pacers need change (paging Obama). And many of you think that Walsh, Bird, the Simmons, heck the whole state of Indiana are incapable of that. We know that Bird has to be on the phone. If we get picks and drop whatever self-motivated, intelligent players we have (Dunleavy is here, Foster?) then what will be going through the mind of Obie?
Is our coach willing to wait not just this year, but maybe the next two to get the team he needs to compete? Do we want that?
Is it this black and white:
Secure the future:
trade Foster and JO for expiring contracts and picks (maybe young talent)
use picks to get Raw but promising players (face it there will be a one year period where even Beasley and Gordon need to adjust. Look at Durants numbers, high TO and low FG%)
Salvage the Present:
Trade Diogu, Daniels, and Williams for veterans, late picks, rights to age Euros
Draft seasoned college stars or Euro players
Now I realize that this presentation of philosophy is banking on the idea that young college stars cannot fit in JOB's system. Some may but how do we know for certain? From previous stars, what indications do we have that the young ones are ready for a step like this? Our pick would have to be a viable 2 option at least in this system.
Your thoughts are encouraged.


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GROUPS which help vulnerable people across Worcestershire have been fired a warning that there is no guarantee they will get "transition" money before massive cuts arrive.
Worcestershire County Council is coming under big pressure to do a u-turn on scrapping £8.5 million from its Supporting People funding.
The cash goes towards helping the homeless, call alarms for the elderly and disabled, training for young people, and support in areas like domestic abuse, debt and substance abuse.
Councillor Marcus Hart, the cabinet member for health and well-being, is being pressured to offer some transition money rather than chop it in April.
But he says given the financial pressures the authority is under he could offer no promises.
It comes after bodies like Festival Housing said the council is looking to "chop and hope" to balance the books.
Cllr Hart said: "That is certainly not our intention, I don't want to 'chop and hope' and it isn't what I want to do as a politician.
"We're in a slightly odd period where the consultation over this has finished and we are getting around to the decision process.
"The two words that came out of the consultation the most was 'transition' and 'pace', but I can't give any guarantees what any transitional arrangements might be.
"When we make our decision we will of course consider it carefully."
The county council spends £15 million every year on its Supporting People budget, but wants to slash it 60 per cent.
It is part of plans to shed £103 million by 2018, largely due to unprecedented cuts in Government funding and major demographic pressures.
The likes of Worcester Community Housing, the Citizens Advice Bureau and scores of voluntary bodies will lose out if the cut is finalised, and all are asking for a stay of execution.
It has also been opposed by rival politicians, who still insist the council should look elsewhere for savings.
Councillor Chris Bloore, from the Labour group, said: "We are effectively asking these people who get valuable services due to this money to go it alone."


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What does an agronomist or crop consultant do when researchers at a major land grant university claim existing soil tests for potassium are so faulty as to have little if any value? As a full-service ag retailer, how do you respond to their argument that "an extensive survey of more than 2,100 yield response trials confirmed that KCl (potassium chloride) fertilization is unlikely to increase crop yield." With the research only published this past October, the entire issue may still be news to you, but it is a subject likely to come up with customers. To date, little discussion has been had ... publicly.
"There has been a noticeable silence," said Richard Mulvaney, co-author of "The Potassium Paradox: Implications for Soil Fertility, Crop Production and Human Health." "The public deserves a scientific discussion of the data."
Why the silence? It is not for lack of author credentials, depth of material, nor for lack of review. Lead author Saeed Khan, Mulvaney and Timothy Ellsworth are all professors in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The paper cites 500 peer-reviewed, university-produced research papers on the subject of KCl. First submitted to the Soil Science Society of America Journal in 2012, peer reviewers recommended against publishing without giving any science-based reasons. The authors then turned to Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, a less well-known journal, but one willing to present the controversial findings.
"The Potassium Paradox" revisited research Khan carried out for his Ph.D. in the late 1980s. It included multi-sample, bi-weekly soil sampling for K in corn/soybean rotation plots, including one that had received no K fertilizer for 15 years. Sampling was carried out year round from March 1986 to March 1990. Soil K testing was performed on the field-moist samples before and after air-drying, common practice for commercial labs.
Variations from day to day throughout the year and throughout the four years were dramatic, as were the variations between test results. However, both tests showed steadily increasing K levels in the plot where no K was applied.
"I told my advisor that soil K testing does not work," recalled Khan.
Due to Khan's return to work in Pakistan and health issues of his advisor, the research was never published. Nearly 20 years passed until Khan worked with Mulvaney and Ellsworth on several projects related to soil nitrogen management. Discussions led them to review his earlier research and the published literature concerning KCl fertilization. The three researchers agreed on the importance of a comprehensive review of the scientific literature and were careful to focus their efforts on peer-reviewed and university publications as the most objective resource available. The process took five years.
"Farmers have been led to believe that the soil K test was not perfect, but was the best we had and was rated up to 80 percent effective in the Illinois Agronomy Handbook," said Mulvaney.
"In fact, it doesn't work, and it never will. How do you manage what can't be measured?"
Paul Fixen, senior vice president, International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), doesn't agree with some of the paper's conclusions; however, he does agree that many of the questions raised are valid. Although the authors may not be hearing much official response, Fixen said the paper was a hot topic of discussion at a recent annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy. He questions reference selection and interpretation by the researchers. However, he said he had no argument with much of the paper.
"There have been gaps in the science of assessing soil K plant availability and predicting needs," admitted Fixen.
"Those questions have been on the radar screen of the scientific community for the past few years, and concerns have been intensifying for a number of reasons."
Fixen cited the increasing cost of K as an input, as well as the impact of long-term reduced tillage and resulting stratification from what some call "nutrient uplift," biocycling from the root profi le to the surface. Adding to the uncertainty and difficulty in tracking K and predicting response is that these changes may be affecting basic soil mineralogy.
"There are two dominant types of clays in Midwest soils: smectite, an expanding clay, and illite, a non-expanding clay that traps K between its layers," explained Fixen. "What mineralogists are seeing is if you create a higher K environment, over time you may convert smectite clay to an illite-like clay. Soil test extracting solutions don't detect K trapped by illite clays."
He noted that so-called fixed or nonexchageable K is neither fixed permanently nor very nonexchangable. The pools of fixed and exchangeable K are more variable within a season than previously thought. This suggests that nutrient uplift may create a big reserve that slips back and forth between exchangeable and nonexchangeable pools.
"There is a lot of stuff we don't understand very well," said Fixen.
Perhaps even more controversial and of greater concern for fullservice ag retailers selling KCl is the statement mentioned above on yield response. The 2,100 yield response trials, including 774 grain production trials in North America, showed KCl as 93 percent ineffective at increasing yield with yield reduction more likely.
"There were cases where soybean yields were significantly decreased with KCl applications, and one reason is that K depresses calcium and reduces uptake," reported Mulvaney. "The chloride in KCl competes with nitrate uptake. You don't want anything competing with N."
The authors are quick to say that sandy or shallow soils and certain crops, such as alfalfa hay, sometimes benefit from K applications. However, they recommend using potassium sulfate (K2SO4) instead of KCl, noting that unlike chloride, sulfur does not depress nitrate uptake. With most soils and crops, and in particular grain production, the researchers argued that frequent K applications are not needed.
Fixen argued in turn that acting on the authors' position could be economically damaging to farmers. He noted that an IPNI soil test summary of 700,000 samples from Iowa in 2010 showed 70 percent of samples testing below Iowa State University's (ISU) new critical level of 200 ppm K and 49 percent testing below 160 ppm (by dry test). He added that an ISU data set showed that the soil test does work, though it has limitations, some of which are removed with the fi eld moist soil procedure.
"How does one draw the conclusion they draw when one of the most extensive K data sets in North America showed this kind of response?" asked Fixen, who noted the annual removal of K in harvested grain. "The K has to come from somewhere."
Khan credited K mobility and abundance in the soil. He compared crop removal (in the case of grain) to removing a cup of salt from the ocean and expecting salinity to change. As K uplifts to the surface, the mass of K in the soil profile is essentially untouched, he argued.
He pointed to the famed Morrow plots in continuous corn for 137 years. "In 1955, a K test was 216 pounds per acre in a plot with no K ever added," he said. "In 2005, it was 360."
Where Fixen and the University of Illinois researchers do agree is the need for on-farm trials. Mulvaney added that ag retailers, agronomists and crop consultants have a vital role to play here.
"Help farmers establish split trials on their farms," he said.
"Now is the time for farmers to utilize precision technology to check for a yield response to K. It can only improve management of K."
Noting that it can take months for scientific review and reaction to an article, Fixen advised against throwing the baby out with the bathwater. "Our old soil tests are serving us pretty well, but as Ronald Reagan said, 'trust, but verify,'" he said. "There is no better way of verifying than maintaining comparison strips using precision ag technology. If the strips show up, you know you have a problem. If they don't, you aren't shorting the crop. Replicate to eliminate other problems like drainage. It's an easy thing to do."


text: Dibo might be Huggins' most intriguing signee By Mitch Vingle May 11, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- FORMER CASPER (Wyo.) College basketball standout Remi Dibo was wrestling between scholarship offers from Memphis, Washington State and West Virginia when he took a recruiting visit to Morgantown.Mountaineer assistant Erik Martin had handled the process to that point. Yet when the player arrived in Morgantown, Martin handed Dibo over to head coach Bob Huggins.To say Dibo was surprised is an understatement."It's like [Huggins] has a double personality," Dibo said. "He's not the same off the court as when he's on the court coaching."The calmer, more relaxed Huggins - as opposed to the more demanding, animated on-court Huggins - won Dibo over."He's a respectable man," Dibo said of the coach. "He looked at me eye-to-eye when we talked. Me and him definitely had a connection. That's why we're now talking about me signing and playing at West Virginia."The signing of Dibo has been the latest news in a most interesting off-season for Huggins and WVU. Recently, the Mountaineers signed two Top 25 junior college players in Jonathan Holton (No. 13, according to Jucorecruiting.com) and Dibo (No. 24).Huggins might not be finished. There are whispers Keaton Miles could also be on his way out of Morgantown, which would open yet another scholarship.But this Dibo signing is intriguing. According to Casper coach Dan Russell, the 6-foot-9 forward's choice boiled down to WVU and Memphis. The player added Washington State. Russell said Kansas State, Texas A&M, Washington and Wyoming also offered. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Gonzaga also were interested."He has to be one of the most recruited guys at the junior college level I've seen in a while," Russell said."After my visit [to Morgantown] more than 30 schools tried to reach out to me," Dibo said before specifically pointing to Minnesota. It's happened many times in the past. When word gets out Huggins is recruiting a player, other coaches respond and try to jump into the mix. This time, though, Huggins had an ace up his sleeve: familiarity."It was pretty easy for me because my senior year in high school I went to Mountain State Academy [in Beckley]," Dibo said. "I already had a taste of that Mountaineer culture."Soon the "Mountaineer culture" will get to know Dibo as well. He's back in France now, but will return to Morgantown for the second semester of summer school. The prediction from here: he'll be a fan favorite, a la former foreign import Deniz Kilicli.See, Dibo is originally from Montreuil, France, near Paris. He speaks broken, yet understandable English. ("It wasn't too pretty had you caught me five years ago," Dibo laughed.) But WVU fans will certainly love his spirit."Because I went to Mountain State, everyone at WVU knew about me," Dibo said. "Then I went [to Morgantown] and got a feeling for college life there. I felt there's definitely no match for that school." He spoke about visiting WVU's new practice facility."It showed me they really care about basketball and me," Dibo said. "You can't ask for more."We spoke about his early visits to the United States. Dibo first jumped the pond to attend an AAU event in Las Vegas during the 2008-09 season."I learned [the United States] is the country with the best level of talent," Dibo said. Get the drift?But let's drill down to Dibo the player. Obviously, he can play. Kentucky coach John Calipari once offered him a scholarship before pulling it for Terrance Jones. Dibo has played for the under-16 French national team. He once pushed Mountain State past national power Oak Hill Academy in the ESPN Rise Basketball Invitational.And this past season, he averaged 18.2 points, connecting on 41.9 percent of his 3-point attempts, and averaged 4.9 rebounds for Casper. He hit 82.7 percent of his free throws.Those last few sentences have to be sights for the sore eyes of WVU fans."Offensively, the sky's the limit for him," Russell said. "He's a tremendous shooter and has a great handle for his size. Defensively, he's a presence inside with his size and athleticism."Huggins likes Dibo's size and length. The hope is he can help the Mountaineers inside and, defensively, on the perimeter as well as on the boards rebounding."He needs to work on his rebounding and defense," Russell said. "I think his international background has really helped though. Here, he's learned to be more physical. But he needs to learn to be more physical and take pride in it."Dibo was a JUCO second-team All-America selection. In one game, he had six 3-point buckets - in the first half alone. That's why I believe of those signed by WVU, Dibo is the most intriguing."He's a play-away four [power forward]," Russell said. "He's just so skilled and versatile offensively. He's been a matchup nightmare for teams here. A unique talent."Russell, an assistant at Casper last season, has watched Dibo's numbers rise. Ditto his maturity."He's matured a lot," said the coach. "He speaks the English language very well. He's very intelligent. And very charismatic."The people in West Virginia will love him."Especially if he can score.Reach Mitch Vingle at 304-348-4827, email@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/MitchVingle. 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LAKEPORT -- The City Council and Lake County Board of Supervisors won't be meeting any time soon to discuss the disputed South Lakeport annexation.
Four council members voted unanimously Tuesday directing staff to send a letter to the supervisors declining the request for a joint meeting. Councilman Tom Engstrom was absent from the evening meeting at City Hall.
The letter stated the council "stands ready to work in good faith with the BOS regarding annexation and the negotiation of a tax-sharing agreement, which would be beneficial to the public at large, the property owners, and both the city and the county."
The city's desire to incorporate almost 200 acres south of its current boundaries on South Main Street has been a point of contention between the two jurisdictions and their governing bodies.
Rather than hold a joint meeting, the council supported more negotiations between two council members, two supervisors and county and city staff.
Council members accused county officials of discounting pre-annexation agreements and failing to bargain in good faith to this point.
Additionally, the correspondence rebuffed county claims that the city's proposal to loop its South Main Street and Parallel Drive water mains was a tactic to better position the city for annexation approval.
City officials argue the project, which would connect existing mains by adding lines in the county's jurisdiction south of the city limits, is a necessary water-system improvement, regardless of whether the city incorporates the area.
"In short, the city has grown frustrated of the county's persistent efforts to interfere with the city's current operations, and its plans for the future and its residents/ratepayers," the letter stated.
There also appears to be no joint meeting to discuss the Lampson Field wastewater agreement -- a topic that council members felt was not ready to place on their agenda. They asked that county and city staff confer about the issue.
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mmm wrote:hi:) i did speak with one monk, unfortunately, the conversation did not give much insight on that occasion. Also, the few weeks i spent there were filled with so much delight in the Buddha-Dhamma i was uhm... swept away. The Sangha's excellence transformed my view of life and i considered that my experience could wait, at that time, due to numerous new and wonderful experiences i was having.
Ben wrote:It sounds like a dream or hypnogogic state.
If it were me - I wouldn't be concerned about it.
Just some interesting phenomena rising and falling.
I would caution you not to invest it with any 'meaning'.
Wishing you all the best with your meditation.
Yana wrote:Don't maintain awareness near sleep/in between sleep/or half sleep.When you sleep,sleep.Feel the drowsiness,let go and sleep.
Mahasi Sayadaw wrote:That is why meditators should always note diligently. One should not relax one's effort, thinking, "this little lapse should not matter much." All movements involved in lying down and arranging the arms and legs should be carefully and unremittingly noted. If there is no movement, return to noting the rising and falling of the abdomen. Even when it is getting late and time for sleep, the meditator should not stop the noting. A really serious and energetic meditator should practise mindfulness as if forgoing sleep altogether. One should go on meditating until one falls asleep. If mindfulness has the upper hand, one will not fall asleep. If, however, drowsiness is stronger, one will fall asleep. When one feels sleepy, one should note as 'sleepy, sleepy,' if one's eyelids droop, as 'drooping'; if they become heavy or leaden, as 'heavy'; if the eyes smart, as 'smarting.' Noting thus, the drowsiness may pass and the eyes may become clear again. One should then note as 'clear, clear' and continue noting the rising and falling of the abdomen. However determined one may be, if real drowsiness intervenes, one does fall asleep. It is not difficult to fall asleep; in fact, it is easy. If you meditate in the lying posture, you soon become drowsy and easily fall asleep. That is why beginners should not meditate too much in the lying posture; they should meditate much more in the sitting and walking postures. However, as it grows late and becomes time for sleep, one should meditate in the lying position, noting the rising and falling movements of the abdomen. One will then naturally fall asleep.
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mikenz66 wrote:Hi Yana,Yana wrote:Don't maintain awareness near sleep/in between sleep/or half sleep.When you sleep,sleep.Feel the drowsiness,let go and sleep.
mmm wrote:OK that's the end of my account, i just wonder if anyone experienced could give me some advice, maybe there is happiness to get out of this somewhere.
Yana wrote:I understand the importance of maintaining continuity having practiced this before,
but it is a set back if you haven't developed one pointed concentration. It is much better to develop mindfulness in a wake position than it is near sleep....:
Yana wrote:We all should practice Mindfulness but it's better to practice it in a position where there are less distractions,obstacles and hindrances.
mmm wrote:wonderful replies, thank you to everyone. I feel like i should intensify my practice the more i am surrounded by kalyanamitta
mikenz66 wrote:Well, of course this is a matter of opinion and experience and different teachers and student are likely to have different advice. Personally I don't do one-pointed concentration much. And I've never had a lucid dream or the other specific problems you describe. Of course, everyone has obstacles, but I've not had problems associated with maintaining attention as much as possible when close to sleep.
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Now that DialgaChomp loses Claydol, along with Unown G , how badly do you think DialgaChomp will be hurt? No more deck cycling for Special metals either. What are your opinions on how well this deck will do next format?
Now that DialgaChomp loses Claydol, along with Unown G , how badly do you think DialgaChomp will be hurt? No more deck cycling for Special metals either. What are your opinions on how well this deck will do next format?
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The deck will do well.
1. Every other deck loses Claydol too. DialgaChomp is so lucky to get what it needs with supporters (Interviewer's question).
2. Huge bodies are arriving. Vileplume, Gengar Prime and Mew Prime are prime examples of the things that will be ultimately suffering in front of Dialga G Lv.X (although Gengar may have an out with Gengar Lv.X).
3. The deck should be able to fit in Skuntank + Toxicroak G against Machamp. The psychic energy is already played there, so charging Toxi won't be a problem. Stadiums go well with Deafen and might give outs to some matchups (Galactic's HQ against evolution decks, Conductive Quarry provides an energy supply).
I'll be sure to play it next season, as it doesn't really carry any fatal autolosses.
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The only thing the deck loses is 1-1 Claydol, so yes, the deck will still be, if not more of a threat next season.
ITs still going to be played like the other SPs will, they will just add 2-1 Toxitank to counter Machamp.
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Yep, SP's will still be around next season. They will still dominate, sadly.
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Throwing out some counter cards for the mix:
Scizor Prime,
The Lunarsoul tech (Lunatone SV Solrock CS),
Rapidash AR with Wild Guard and Ponyta with acension,
and, cards that would snipe Dialga G lvX,
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Getting into a single deck.
^I can't exactly tell what you are trying to say there.. You know those are all PokeBodies, right?
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I'm just listing some cards that may be on some peoples minds. also throwing in the upcoming Umbreon (unduanted I believe).
And yes, I do know that, but If someone really wants it to work, they will thow some cards in to get Dialga G off their back. For example, Gengar LvX might be used with the Lunasoul tech. Flygon LvX might be teamed up with Flygon LvX to do serious LvX snipe.
Getting into a single deck.
That new energy exchange unit trainer looks like a great way to get special metals, so I think with that the deck can survive without claydol.
Umbreon UD is an interesting tech against DialgaChomp. Does it run ANYTHING other than the base Dialga G that doesn't have a Pokepower or Pokebody? Because Umbreon shuts it down completely if no.
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[D][C] Quick Attack: 30 damage. Flip a coin, if heads this attack does an additional 30 damage.
Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: Psychic (-20)
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To answer the OP, besides Claydol and Unown (G), DialgaChomp loses nothing to the rotation and it gains Energy Exchange Unit, which is rather sexy for grabbing those SP Metals and DCEs early (and it makes sure that you don't draw your Basic Energies too fast; you can just shuffle them in and Cyrus for them later).
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There is also Umbreon MD that would drop weakness and retreat costs.
and personally, I feel that eeveelution decks might make a comeback.
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With July more than half over and the All-Star break fully in the rearview mirror, a single topic dominates baseball these days: the approach of the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline. Clubs are sorting out whether they're buyers or sellers and trying to assess how new Draft-pick compensation rules affect their valuation of players, all while also trying to, you know, win ballgames.
From now until the Deadline, we'll be checking in on the trade news around baseball, with help from MLB.com's reporters. The countdown is under way.
Street of Angels: Padres closer Huston Street has become the first major domino to drop in the trade season, as the Angels acquired the right-hander on Friday in a six-player deal highlighted by Street and Angels top prospect infielder Taylor Lindsey.
San Diego is also expected to receive pitcher R.J. Alvarez, shortstop Jose Rondon and another Minor Leaguer in the deal, with Double-A pitcher Trevor Gott going to Los Angeles along with Street.
The right-hander can earn $7 million as part of a club option in 2015. He is expected to bump Joe Smith out of the Angels' closer role.
The Price could be right: The David Price - Ben Zobrist - Seattle Mariners rumors kept-a-flyin', with Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reporting that the Rays have mentioned Seattle right-hander Taijuan Walker and other prospects in potential deals for Price, a link-up that was first reported by FOXSports.com's Jon Morosi.
Heyman said talks between the clubs "are ongoing and fluid," and that they don't all include both players. The Mariners are also looking at bats, Heyman wrote, and have kicked the tires on Marlon Byrd (Phillies), Dayan Viciedo (White Sox) and Josh Willingham (Twins).
Philly's latest: Heyman wrote a lengthy post on Friday listing the Philadelphia players who could become available if general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. decides to go into full sell mode, and it mentions half the team's roster.
The two most intriguing potential pieces for playoff contenders are lefty starters Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee, but it remains to be seen what Amaro decides there.
Tiger time: Morosi tweeted Friday that the Tigers are talking to the Rangers about their closer, Joakim Soria, and that Detroit is also engaged in conversations with San Diego about reliever Joaquin Benoit, who pitched for Detroit last year.
Windier city? Morosi also tweeted that Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro is drawing plenty of interest from around the Major Leagues, but that "the Cubs do not plan to move him this month," according to sources.
Giant steps: Meanwhile, CSNBayArea's Andrew Baggarly wrote on Twitter that the Giants are thinking about signing second baseman Dan Uggla, who was released by the Braves on Friday.
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FAULTY CCTV cameras which could help police investigate a terrifying armed raid has not been fixed — because of high winds.
Robbers burst into the Co-op in Market Street, Westhoughton, armed with a bat and a screwdriver. They dragged a female shop assistant across the floor by her hair — tearing out lumps — before kicking her in the ribs and fleeing with cigarettes and cash.
The four CCTV cameras close to the shop, could have captured crucial footage of the raid at 10pm on January 6.
But repairs to two cameras — and the installation of two new ones which Westhoughton Town Council approved funding for at a meeting on December 9 — had been put on hold.
Westhoughton Town Council said Christmas and New Year had delayed the work but also "high wind and gales".
A Town Council spokesman said: "The first new camera was to be fitted just before Christmas but due to the high wind and gales, is was unsafe to use a cherry picker.
"Obviously, there was then the delay of Christmas and New Year.
"When the CCTV engineer came to fit the two new CCTV cameras in January, he also checked the cameras and corrected the two which were not operating properly."
Another camera on the Post Office building opposite was working but had panned round and was facing the wrong way at the time of the robbery.
Witnesses said the robbers fled from the store in a dark Vauxhall estate car, and some of the faulty cameras may have been able to capture the escape — had they been working.
In the aftermath of the Co-op raid, Cllr Christopher Peacock, for Westhoughton North and Chew Moor, said the town council would help police with footage from recently installed CCTV cameras.
He added it would not be appropriate for him to comment on the reasons for the delay in the cameras being repaired.
Town councillor Cllr David Wilkinson voiced concerns that repairs had not been carried more quickly as it had been revealed the cameras were faulty at a public meeting about a month before the Co-op robbery.
Cllr Andy Morgan, for Hulton, who has questioned whether town councils are financially worthwhile, said repairs should have been done "as soon as physically possible", given that Betfred in Market Street was also victim to an armed robbery two days earlier.
He added: "The town council argues the fact that they are paying for this CCTV and uses it as justification for their precept.
"It meant a poor woman at the Co-op went through a terrifying ordeal, and the cameras that could have been so important to the police were still not on."
The faults with all four cameras had been reported to Westhoughton Town Council by the monitoring station.
Cllr Wilkinson said: "We should review the whole process of repairing cameras and reporting incidents to do with them.
"The purchase of new cameras, and discussion the old ones, was mentioned in open session and rightly reported on.
"The fact these cameras were left not functioning for weeks after this despite the information being in the public domain is concerning.
"It may have given ideas to criminal elements of the community who have heard about it."
But Cllr Peacock added: "I appreciate it's a difficult one, but I don't seriously think that the people behind this acted knowing any of these cameras were in need of repair.
"This is not the reason this incident took place."
The police declined to comment on the matter given investigations are ongoing and have so far made no arrests.


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As 2012 draws to a close, farmers and ranchers across the nation are awaiting word on the fate of President Obama's proposed changes to estate taxes.
According to NPR, although most of the "fiscal cliff" debate has focused on income taxes, another battle could be brewing over estate taxes.
Jared Bernstein, an economist for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, says the estate tax has likely been overshadowed during the debate because only the richest two in 1,000 estates would be affected by it.
Currently, only estates valued at over $5 million would owe estate taxes. If the president's proposal is approved, estates valued at $3.5 million and up would be taxed.
The tax rate would also increase 10 percent from 35 to 45 percent.
The plan, according to Bernstein, would bring in an extra $120 billion over the next 10 years.
If no deal is struck in Congress, the estate tax could go up to 55 percent and it could be applied to estates valued at $1 million and up.
Pat Wolff of the American Farm Bureau Federation says many farmers and ranchers are worried about that scenario as family farmers could be affected. She says it's not unusual for farmers to have about 80 percent of their wealth tied up in the land, which could mean that families could have to sell off a portion of their land to pay the tax.
Advocates for the estate, or death tax say farmers and ranchers would be able to pay the tax in installments in lieu of selling off land to pay the tax.
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A vegetarian or vegan diet, if handled properly, can be beneficial for children. It's important to be careful, however, because many of the foods that are ommitted in a vegetarian or vegan diet are rich in the nutrients that kids need to grow up healthy and strong.
Vegetarians do not eat meat, but they do eat products from animals. There are two types of vegetarians; lacto-vegetarians who eat milk and milk products along with plant-based foods, and lacto-ovo vegetarians who eat milk, milk products, and eggs along with plant-based foods. Vegetarians do not eat meat, poultry, or fish.
Anyone who doesn't eat red meat but eats fish or poulty is not a vegetarian.
Vegans eat only plant-based foods. They do not eat any animal products at all, including milk or milk products or eggs. Vegans do not eat cheese, yogurt, or milk. They also do not eat meat, poultry, or fish.
Following a vegetarian or vegan diet is not as simple as excluding meat or animal products from your child's diet. You have to provide appropriate food substitutes for the nutrition that animal products provide.
Meat is one of the primary sources of protein in the modern diet. You will need to ensure that your child gets enough protein. Good protein sources include nuts, tofu, and soy, although your child will have to eat considerably more of these proteins to meet her daily needs.
Kids need calcium for strong teeth and bones. Fortified soy milk and soy cheese are great substitutes for cow's milk and cheese. Including soy substitutes in your child's diet can help ensure that she gets enough calcium as she grows.
Eggs contain protein and vitamin D. But, you can substitute flaxseed in your child's diet to get the same nutritional benefit. Sprinkle a little flaxseed in the foods you make, including baking, to ensure that your child gets enough protein.
Although vegetarians and vegans have different dietary habits, both eating plans can be healthy for adults and children. If you prefer your child to follow a vegetarian or vegan diet, make an appointment with your child's doctor and a qualified dietician to develop a plan that meets all of her dietary needs.
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Last revised: Monday, 31 May 2010
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You too, huh? I had about an hour or two total yesterday to put into it, and loved it. I love what they did with 2fort.
All I play now is the Call of Duty 4 Beta which is great. I'm honestly on the fence on buying Halo 3 partly because of this. One thing going for H3 is hopefully a great story for the 1 player/co-op game.
I'm interested in Team Fortress as well.
Bioshock, went through it 3 times in about 10 days to get all the achievements. Great freaking game, really brilliant, primarily the story and graphics. They needed some more "spells" though.
I really liked Gears of War, but Bioshock was more impressive. Different of course, but just more immersive. Hey, both kicked butt and were tons of fun to play through (multiple times).
Quake Wars gets this all wrong with certain classes being REQUIRED to complete assignments which leads to entire teams of say an certain type of soldier.
This game has had a lot of thought going through it and it shows.
Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles. Different than the others, but still fun.
Tales of Symphonia. Just got this, interesting system.
Legend of Zelda. I've just restarted this, I'm in the middle of the game (probably towards the end), I gotta figure this out.
Madden 07 Wii. Beat Cincy 52-14. Yay.
Mario Strikers. Good ol fashion beatdowns. Fun.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
NBA 2K8 Demo is on Xbox Live right now. CLE vs SA, 1 half, no stats, no playcalling, no other options really. I'm impressed. I was interested anyway but this is smoother than I expected. Hope the whole game is this tight.
liked 2K7's demo better, to be honest.
Live 08's demo impressed me so much more. Gameplay is so much improved from last year.
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finally upgraded my PC...so I'm having some fun when I have a few spare minutes...
Fifa 08 - a bit disappointed with the overall look of the game - hard to tell it apart from last year's version. As for gameplay I'm not liking the current shooting scheme - way too many blown opportunities...guess it is more of a simulation then eh?
Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion - It is such a huge game...a bit sad i don't have enough time to really get into it...but liked what I've seen so far
Bioshock - total eye candy - love the big daddies...a bit easy considering that you never really die....
Enemy Territories: Quake Wars - not the fragfest that I thought it would be. Has a little bit of a learning curve in regards to missions/objectives...but once you get used to it its good
Halo 2 : had to wait till it came to PC to play it...fan of the solo campaign.
Looking forward to:
Gears of War
Unreal Tournament 3
NBA Live 08
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
Halo 3 ..... and I am absolutely already getting waaaay too impatient for Mass Effect.
-- Steve --
Gears of War for PC - Sweet game! well worth the wait...
Hellgate London - addictive even with its few flaws
Guitar Hero 3 for PC didn't even know it was out for PC, when I saw it in Gamestop I had to have it.
WoW Always a classic.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Xbox 360
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Super Mario Galaxy. If you haven't played this yet, you haven't really played video games. An amazing game, incredibly creative levels, and superb orchestrated music. Go play now. It's SOOO much fun.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
I played it a little earlier today, and it is good.
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I've heard such good things it's tempting to buy a Wii at some point. More likely I'll just hope I run into someone who owns it so I can give it a try.
Super Mario Galaxy is another must have game for Wii owners. The graphics look great for a weaker system.
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3rd party companies just need to put a little more effort into their projects, but the quality of games are getting better, especially with controls. MOH: Heroes 2 just came out, and it's controls are probably the best for FPS for Wii. FPSs can be really amazing once they get the controls down. And they need to stop porting games to Wii.
The games are only going to get better.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Crysis - a ****in' beauty
Hellgate: London - was fun at first - losing its appeal after a while though...
I hope so, Nintendo needs time to put out all their hits.
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Honestly, I'm just waiting for SSB Brawl. Yeah, that may convince me to buy a Wii.
Assasin's Creed. I'm kinda getting tired of FPS, seems thats all there is coming out these days.
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The accident occurred about 4:30 p.m. when the woman hit the back of a tow truck that had stopped to assist a disabled vehicle in the center divide, said Seaside fire Battalion Chief Troy Leist. She was trapped in her vehicle and had to be extricated, he said.
The accident blocked northbound traffic, and southbound lanes were closed for a time to allow a medical helicopter to land, the California Highway Patrol said.
The highway was fully reopened at 7:30 p.m., the CHP said.
Another vehicle hit debris from the accident, but there were no other injuries, Leist said.
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Topic: Experiences From March 2001
This post is copied with revisions and updates from my "Introduction" Forum. In more closely looking at the format of this tremendous cholangiocarcinoma Web site, I realize perhaps my Introduction should have been more general, with possibly the Experiences and treatments given in more detail in this "Experiences" Forum.
I hope this repetition does not bore those who read my lengthy Introduction:
In March 2001, when I was 67, it was accidentally discovered that I had cholangiocarcinoma and could expect to be around for only a year or so, although I could be lucky and last longer. Unfortunately I told the doctor we'd have to go for the longer option -- a year wasn't enough. Why? Well after retiring as a librarian for about 36 years, I began my retirement project -- to restore a 1937 Studebaker. By Mar. 2001 I had auto parts all over the house, in the garage, basement, back porch, maybe some under the bed, and also in 257 jiffy bags (identified on used library catalog cards, of course). I knew I'd need more than a year to complete the restoration, and, certainly, my wife could not get the car back together!
In May 2001, at the marvelous Univ. of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center the skilled oncology surgeon performed a major liver resection -- removing the left side of my liver which contained about a 10.5 cm mass--but with clean edges and no evidence of cancer in a nearby lymph node.
I was "spot-free" for about a year until Apr 2002 when the growth metastized to the right side of the liver. At this point, in my case, because of the number of diverse spots, I was told liver resection was not an option -- and neither was a transplant, since the cancer would just reappear in a transplanted organ.
I then began a clinical trial of OSI 774 (now Tarciva) at the Univ. of Wis. Comprehensive Cancer Center--Madison in May 2002. OSI 774 was very new and I was the fifth person in Wisconsin to go on that Phase II Trial. Within two months some spots had disappeared and the few remaining were contained. Tarciva is a targeted drug with minimal side effects -- allowing most normal activities My side effects included upper body rash, some diarrhea, dry eyes, and (of all things) shallow but numerous and painful in-grown toe nails! The Tarceva worked for 18 months Nov. 2003 when the remaining spots began to get larger. (During that time, I concentrated on finishing my auto restoration. Maybe the paint fumes, lacquer thinner, and other chemicals in the body shop also "threatened" the cancer!)
Shortly after stopping Tarciva, I had successful surgical chryoblation of some of the spots in the liver -- a procedure not avalable for CC two years earlier. However a couple spots were to close to a vital vein to be treated.
In Feb. 2004, upon recovery from the surgery, and to treat the remaining spots, I went on a clinical trial of Gemcitabine (Gemzar) & Epothilon B. This treatment did not work for me although I had the usual challenging side effects including low white cell count and hair loss.
In May, 2004, I began a trial of Oxaliplatin & Capacitabine (Xelodia) (5-FU in pill form). Amazingly, that worked for 16 months, until Oct. 2005, although the many side effects following each treatment were a challenge to deal with. After a while I just accepted the routine and found other things to keep me busy. (Having a "ton" of hobbies helped.) That trial was stopped in Oct. because the spots became almost indistinguishable, but also because my plateletes took too long to recover between treatments (7 weeks at the end).
After 4 months, Feb. 2006, the spots returned and I went back on Oxaliplatin/Capacitabine "off study". It was then I found out about the compassionate nature of Medicare. Medicare said they would not cover the drug--which was only approved for cancer in the liver originating in the colon, not cholangiocarcinoma in the liver which originated in the bile ducts. Medicare said they "would not approve it, I could appeal, but it wouldn't do any good. Did I have any other questions. No? Well, have a nice day." My options were: to pay $12,00 for each treatment, or convince the insurance to pay, or work with the drug company for a better deal. After a couple stressful months, the insurance was willing to pay. Unfortunately we found the drugs no longer when I had my CT Scan two months later.
In July 2006 I began a trial on Panzem -- which didn't work, and for which I found the side effects very difficult to deal with. The trial I was on required me to take Panzem orally precisely every eight hours. After I took each dose, I had absolutely no appetite and no energy. And, just when I was feeling better, I was scheduled for another dose!
In November 2006, I had SIR Spheres (radioactive beads) (also a new procedure not available two years earlier) inserted in the liver through a cather. Of course Medicare wouldn't pay for that either although the secondary insurance came through again! In December, I had a CT scan which showed the growth had stabilized -- which was the best the doctors' had hoped for. My next CT scan is scheduled for Feb. 2007.
I hesitate to mention physicians by name other than to say the UW-Madison Compreshensive Cancer Center is tremendous -- one of the best in the country -- and in collaboration with other well-know centers such as Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, etc.
Below are two additional things I had or learned about since getting CC.
CT Scans: I have never liked the CT Scans I get every two months, but I've finally learned how to deal with them.
1) Our local procedure requires me to drink the barium contrast (either the night before or in the morning, depending on the extent of the scan). At first I took it quickly to get it down, then spent considerable time sitting on the "commode"! Now I relax in my Lazy-Boy, pretend the barium contrast is a cocktail and just sip it while reading a book. No problem doing it that way.
2) The lab technicians have always had trouble inserting the large needle in my arm for the dye at the time of the scan. My veins would roll and they'd have trouble "chasing them down". So I began putting Emla cream (lidocaine/prilocaine) on the injection spot about 2 hours ahead of time and now feel absolutely nothing when they insert the needle. I no longer "fear the needle" -- since I can't feel it!
Chemo Infiltration: A final note: over 1 1/2 years ago nearly 1/2 hours worth of Oxaliplatin (quarter of the bag) was infiltrated into my arm (not in the vein where it was supposed to go) by mistake. That caused pretty substantial pain for a number of months, and lots of scar tissue formed in the forearm, but I still have full use of the arm. If anyone else has had this unlucky experience I'd be glad exchange thoughts with them. I used a lidocaine patch to help sleep at night.
I keep very busy with cars, local history research, genealogy (I now have over 9,000 entries on the Web), photography (over 4,000 Web photos), and try to keep up with the grandkids.
I apologize for "repeating" much of my "Introduction" under "Experiences", but hope my experiences will give encouragement to others. In general I feel everyone should never loose the faith. Always stay as positive as possible. Be active in other pursuits, and realize each new day brings new treatments not previously available.
Jerry Daniels
Platteville, WI