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Do you get sore and tired hands from using the mouse so often? Well, mine does. 6 to 8 hours of writing articles for my 3 blogs is more than enough to sore an arm joint. It was worse when I was working for my previous company, handling the redesigning of the entire web portal by myself. There was a lot of pointing, dragging and dropping activities with the mouse.
It's actually important to take preventions before carpal tunnel syndrome hits. I would love to switch to another OS that has lower mouse needs, but because I'm a hardcore gamer and several hardware pieces of mine are unsupported, I have to stick to Windows for the time being. Anyways, below are 2 common methods that you and I can take to run programs faster and minimize mouse use.
- Use Windows Shortcut
- Use Launchy
This is the best shortcut method for anyone who is using Windows. We can bind 'ctrl' + 'alt' + 34 other keyboard keys to programs that are used often. However, it has to be in the Start Menu. Here's an example on how to bind shortcut keys to Windows Calculator.
Mouse over to :
Start Menu > All Programs > Accessories > Calculator > 'right click' > 'Properties'.
Click on the 'Shortcut' tab and look for the 'Shortcut key:' field. In this example, I hit down the 'ctrl' + 'alt' + 'L' keys together and press 'OK'.
You're done! Pressing the 'ctrl' + 'alt' + 'L' keys will now bring out the calculator. Avoid the hassle of having to point here and there to get to the program that you want.
Seriously. I have bound shortcut keys for several common files and folders such as 'bittorrent' folder (yeah, you can also bind folders but a folder shortcut needs to be placed in the start menu), Firefox, Winamp, Filezilla, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, 'Programs Uninstaller' and a few others. The time taken to set up short cuts is well worth it.
Thanks to Josh who has started developing Launchy since 5th of March 2005. It's small in size and free. It takes up a mere 7MB of memory to run. Users can easily hide / unhide the text box by pressing 'alt' + 'space bar'. Below are 3 common commands of Launchy that I find useful.
- Run Desktop Applications
- Search Google
- Check the Weather
Type in application name and get a list of files that match.
Type 'google' > press tab > type search query > hit Enter
Type 'weather' > press tab > type city / state > hit Enter
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Could everything life needed to get started been coded in at the Big Bang?
|September 20, 2013
|Posted by News under Design inference, News
Wouldn't it be sort of like all the dominoes are set up, and then someone just gives them a push?
And the push only goes one way, right?
Yet here's the remarkable part: Even the destruction of order evidences immense original design.
Even a dead cat is more organized than a pile of scree, never mind the live one.
9 Responses to Could everything life needed to get started been coded in at the Big Bang?
Hi News,
Fantastic post. In answer to your question: some time ago, I wrote a post entitled, Is the Intelligent Designer an interventionist? A reply to Felsenstein and Liddle (20 May 2013) which addressed this very question. I commented on non-interventionist models of how Intelligent Design might work, that had been proposed by Professor Michael Behe in The Edge of Evolution and by Dr. Elizabeth Liddle in a post entitled, Is Darwinism a better explanation of life than Intelligent Design? (14 May 2013). Here's an excerpt from what I wrote:
It is important to note here that neither Behe nor Liddle envisages a deterministic universe: both of them posit scenarios in which mutations occur. To a naive onlooker, these mutations might appear random, but in fact, the outcome of these mutations has been carefully planned by the Designer. In other words, we are not dealing with a front-loading scenario here, in which the outcome of each and every mutation could (in principle) be predicted from a knowledge of the laws and initial conditions of the cosmos. Rather, what Behe and Liddle envisage is a Designer who selects not only the laws and initial conditions of the cosmos, but also the outcomes of indeterministic events, such as mutations.
This is an important point, as physicist Dr. Robert Sheldon has argued in a highly persuasive article entitled, The Front-Loading Fiction (July 2, 2009) that front-loading wouldn't work. The clockwork universe of Laplacean determinism, which endeavors to specify all future outcomes simply by selecting the laws and initial conditions of the cosmos, won't work because in a quantum universe like ours, "no amount of precision can control the outcome far in the future," as "[t]he exponential nature of the precision required to predetermine the outcome exceeds the information storage of the medium." Nor will it do to suppose that the universe unfolded according to a cosmic computer program, since "Turing's proof of the indeterminacy of feedback; the inability to keep data and code separate as required for Turing-determinacy; and the inexplicable existence of biological fractals within a Turing-determined system" would all render the outcome of any such program inherently unpredictable. In fact, the only kind of universe that could be pre-programmed to produce specific results without fail and without the need for any further input, would be one without any kind of feedback, real-world contingency or fractals – and hence, one devoid of organic life.
For his part, Sheldon envisages an incessantly active "hands-on" Deity, Who continually maintains the universe at every possible scale of time and space, in order that it can support life. That's perfectly fine by me. But what Behe's and Liddle's thought experiments show is that a Deity can be actively involved in the history of life, without necessarily being an interventionist. All the Deity needs to do is select a cosmos with the history He intends, from among countless alternative possible universes.
A follow-up comment by me on the same thread can be viewed here, with responses by gpuccio and Bilbo I.
Because the most minute deviation in the early stages would lead to huge differences billions of years later when the proper sequencing needs to come together for all the different proteins and regulatory sequences, it would require a completely deterministic universe, with no room whatsoever for quantum uncertainty (unless quantum uncertainty is not real and everything, right down to the spin of every single electron in the universe, and every velocity and momentum of every particle is totally determined). I am not sure why there is an obsession by some to have absolutely no creativity by God take place after time zero. This seems to me to be a completely arbitrary rule imposed for purely subjective reasons. Yet the same people have no problem at all with human free agents thinking of things and bringing them to pass, changing the course of natural events with first causes that originated in the mind, while God is not permitted any such privileges. What exactly happened when Jesus fed the 5,000 that can be explained solely by the initial conditions of the big band and the laws of physics?
But KD, the question some of us ask is, is it possible? I don't know what kind of a universe I would want to live in; I live in this one and try to understand it. So what I wonder is, how much post-BB input must there be? – O'Leary for News
So what I wonder is, how much post-BB input must there be?
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
–Albert Einstein
"The daily sustenance of the universe by God's power may be one continuous miracle which we see as a set of immutable laws of nature."
— Lambert Dolphin
As far as front loading of 'random' mutations into the initial conditions of the universe to generate all of life, with no intervention from God afterwards, besides what Dr. Sheldon has already forcefully noted in opposition to that position,,,
The Front-loading Fiction – Dr. Robert Sheldon – 2009
Excerpt: Historically, the argument for front-loading came from Laplacian determinism based on a Newtonian or mechanical universe–if one could control all the initial conditions, then the outcome was predetermined. First quantum mechanics, and then chaos-theory has basically destroyed it, since no amount of precision can control the outcome far in the future. (The exponential nature of the precision required to predetermine the outcome exceeds the information storage of the medium.),,, Even should God have infinite knowledge of the outcome of such a biological algorithm, the information regarding its outcome cannot be contained within the system itself.
This 'random' front loading scenario is unfeasible because 'randomness' in the universe is found to be almost directly synonymous with the entropic processes of the universe:
Excerpt: It is often said that entropy is an expression of the disorder, or randomness of a system, or of our lack of information about it (which on some views of probability, amounts to the same thing as randomness).
It is also important to note that when computer programmers/engineers want to build a better random number generator for a computer program then a better source of entropy is required to be found by them in order for them to achieve the increased randomness they desire for their program:
Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator
Excerpt: From an information theoretic point of view, the amount of randomness, the entropy that can be generated is equal to the entropy provided by the system. But sometimes, in practical situations, more random numbers are needed than there is entropy available.
It is also very important to note how pervasive entropy (i,e, randomness) in its explanatory power for the universe,,
Shining Light on Dark Energy – October 21, 2012
Excerpt: It (Entropy) explains time; it explains every possible action in the universe;,,
Even gravity, Vedral argued, can be expressed as a consequence of the law of entropy. ,,,
The principles of thermodynamics are at their roots all to do with information theory. Information theory is simply an embodiment of how we interact with the universe —,,,
Also of interest, the maximum source for entropy (randomness) in the universe is now known to be black holes,,,
Entropy of the Universe – Hugh Ross – May 2010
Excerpt: Egan and Lineweaver found that supermassive black holes are the largest contributor to the observable universe's entropy. They showed that these supermassive black holes contribute about 30 times more entropy than what the previous research teams estimated.
And the destructive power of 'random' entropy is not limited to the destructiveness of black holes but the bounded entropy (randomness) of the universe (Boltzmann's constant) that happens within the space-time of the universe is found to be destructive to information in the cell as well,,
"Is there a real connection between entropy in physics and the entropy of information? …. The equations of information theory and the second law are the same, suggesting that the idea of entropy is something fundamental…"
Tom Siegfried, Dallas Morning News, 5/14/90 – Quotes attributed to Robert W. Lucky, Ex. Director of Research, AT&T, Bell Laboratories & John A. Wheeler, of Princeton & Univ. of TX, Austin in the article
Maxwell's demon demonstration (knowledge of a particle's position) turns information into energy – November 2010
Excerpt: Until now, demonstrating the conversion of information to energy has been elusive, but University of Tokyo physicist Masaki Sano and colleagues have succeeded in demonstrating it in a nano-scale experiment. In a paper published in Nature Physics they describe how they coaxed a Brownian particle to travel upwards on a "spiral-staircase-like" potential energy created by an electric field solely on the basis of information on its location. As the particle traveled up the staircase it gained energy from moving to an area of higher potential, and the team was able to measure precisely how much energy had been converted from information.
Demonic device converts information to energy – 2010
Excerpt: "This is a beautiful experimental demonstration that information has a thermodynamic content," says Christopher Jarzynski, a statistical chemist at the University of Maryland in College Park. In 1997, Jarzynski formulated an equation to define the amount of energy that could theoretically be converted from a unit of information2; the work by Sano and his team has now confirmed this equation. "This tells us something new about how the laws of thermodynamics work on the microscopic scale," says Jarzynski.
Now having a empirically demonstrated direct connection between entropy and the information inherent within a cell is extremely problematic for Darwinists because,,,
"Bertalanffy (1968) called the relation between irreversible thermodynamics and information theory one of the most fundamental unsolved problems in biology."
Charles J. Smith – Biosystems, Vol.1, p259.
"Gain in entropy always means loss of information, and nothing more."
Gilbert Newton Lewis – preeminent Chemist of the first half of last century
Thus, Darwinists (and Theistic Evolutionists) are found to be postulating that the irreversible 'random' events of entropy of the universe are creating information when in fact it is now shown that these random entropic events in the cell, and the universe, are doing exactly the opposite of what Darwinists, and Theistic evolutionists, claim they are doing or can do. These 'random' entropic events are found to be consistently destroying the information in the cell rather than ever creating it. It is the equivalent in science of someone claiming that gravity, every once in awhile, can make things fall up instead of down, and that is not overstating the bizarre situation we find ourselves in in the least with this unsupported postulation. Of course, a Theistic Evolutionists could imagine that God could somehow, in His infinite knowledge, circumvent the constant destruction of information by the entropic processes of the universe, but alas he would be left without any evidence whatsoever that that is what has been done or is being done, and at least the Theist, who believes God constantly sustains and also intervenes in the universe from time to time, could point to the sudden appearance of life in the oldest sedimentary rocks and, as well, to the suddenness of the Cambrian explosion (and other subsequent 'explosions' of life) to argue forcefully against that unsupported 'front-loaded' position of theitic evolutionists.
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The law that entropy always increases holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature. If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations — then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, The Nature of the Physical World (1915), chapter 4
Romans 8:18-21
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Phillips, Craig & Dean – When The Stars Burn Down – Worship Video with lyrics
The Future (Heat Death) of the Universe
Excerpt: After all the black holes have evaporated, (and after all the ordinary matter made of protons has disintegrated, if protons are unstable), the universe will be nearly empty. Photons, neutrinos, electrons and positrons will fly from place to place, hardly ever encountering each other. It will be cold, and dark, and there is no known process which will ever change things. — Not a happy ending.
6quantummanSeptember 20, 2013 at 7:11 pm
Or alternatively God already has one answer to the program he is running in the far future, i.e., the Omega Point, and is continuously looping back in time to refine and improve the answer to get a better result. That would also solve the unitarity (multi-path) problem proposed by Feynman.
God cannot see into the future.
8mjazzguitarSeptember 21, 2013 at 9:06 am
God created time and is not limited by time. He's not in the present looking into the future because He is in the future.
Mung says: "God cannot see into the future."
You obviously are not talking about the God of the Bible, so I'm wondering what god you believe in.
And how do you know that he cannot see into the future?
Just curious.
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The Werewolf's Guide to Life cuts through the fiction and guides you through your first transformation and beyond, offering indispensable advice on how to tell if you're really a werewolf, post-attack etiquette, breaking the news to your spouse, avoiding government abduction, and how to not just survive, but thrive. You cannot afford to not read this book. Your very life depends on it.
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This was one of the stranger choices I have made on Audible, and I am really glad I took the risk. Pretty much what it says - an owner's manual for your new werewolf body. The narrator is perfect - he has a dry, clinical style that remains interesting and easy to listen too. He could just as easily be talking about how to refinish your dining room table, yet manages to convey a sense of authenticity that reinforces the excellent writing. Too bad most 'real' manuals are not as thorough or well-done as this one. I laughed out loud more than once, and thoroughly enjoyed The Werewolf's Guide to Life from 'cover' to 'cover'.
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Very funny book; who knew what those poor werewolf's had to go through each full moon.
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I expected this book to have me laughing hysterically because of the ridiculousness of the notion but instead it was delivered as purposeful lesson with a little bit of dry humor. I actually liked it. Seeing as I am a deeply immersed Patricia Briggs fan, this book shed a little bit more light on the lives of the werewolve when it is without a pack which this book recommends. It's undoubtedly challenging and makes me appreciate my humanity. When you listen the best approach is compare it to your life and thank GOD you are who you are. Human or otherwise. We all have tough and difficult lives but everything is a trade off. When you compare problems, your problems will always be preferable.
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I strongly recommend passing on the book to anybody you suspect of having been bitten by a werewolf. It is a must have for a fledgling werewolf hunter or a deluded fur chaser.
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Prosecuting counsel Mary Rose Gearty told the jury that despite these inconsistencies, it was clear the witnesses were not colluding in any conspiracy.
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Discussion Questions
The Gospel of Judas : A Novel
1. Which character in The Gospel of Judas did you most closely identify with? Explain why.
2. There are three important female characters in the novel - Madaleine; Magda; and Leo's mother, Gretchen. What role does each woman play in Leo's life? How does each woman's life experience contribute to Leo's understanding of the world and his own place in it?
3. What did you think was the most surprising moment in the novel? Why?
4. Have you had a pivotal moment in your own life that made you re-evaluate everything that came before?
5. What do you think is at stake if Father Leo Newman validates the scroll? And if he denies its authenticity?
6. What do you imagine is the significance of Leo Newman's name? In what way does Leo's character change in the course of the novel?
7. There are three storylines running through the novel. In what ways do they overlap, intersect, resonate? How did the novel's structure influence your reading of the book and your enjoyment of it?
8. The Gospel of Judas has been described as a novel of betrayal and resurrection. Can you trace these themes through the narrative? Do you think Leo's resurrection in the present-day passages is a triumph or a failure?
9. Discuss the contrast between the Italy of Leo's youth and the Italy of his adulthood.
10. Does The Gospel of Judas remind you of any other literary thrillers you've read? How are the books similar? How are they different?
The Gospel of Judas : A Novel
- Publication Date: September 5, 2012
- Genres: Fiction
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This low-impact exercise engages the legs, glutes, and backside as you do swimming kicks supported by an exercise ball.
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to Do Swimming Kicks With an Exercise Ball1Put your exercise ball someplace open. Make sure there's nothing around that could fall over or impede your movement.
to Do Swimming Kicks With an Exercise Ball2Kneel facing the exercise ball with your arms at your sides. Lean forward so that your upper torso touches the ball, and slowly roll forward so that you start to curl around it. Touch down with your arms on the other side of the ball and then carefully lift your legs off the ground until they are parallel to the ground.
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to Do Swimming Kicks With an Exercise Ball1Once you've made sure you're stable, simply begin kicking back and forth with your legs, as if you were actually swimming. Don't move so vigorously that you lose your balance; just make it so you feel the effect that the exercise has on your muscles.
to Do Swimming Kicks With an Exercise Ball2Kick for the recommended amount of time (or until your muscles tire out).
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To wrap up the season in style, the team traveled to the lovely land of Escalante. Surrounded by an amazing landscape, the team enjoyed relatively "easy" plots after the arduous hikes of Twitchell Canyon. With all the team plot work for the season complete, they took the long way home along Hell's Backbone road for some truly spectacular views. On Friday Doug and Anna were joined in the field by international Dixie NF volunteer, Carolina Barros Godinho. They headed to wrap up plots in the Sunset North burn area which were truly the last plots of the season. Although the weather was pleasant albeit a bit cold in the morning, they were all surprised to find themselves walking through snow! It melts much slower on those north facing slopes in the high country. But they trucked on, counting the last of the Utah Junipers and Pinyon Pines for the year. With plot work complete, they headed to the office to focus on site closeout. Tasks for the last week of work included: ensuring all data is entered correctly and thoroughly, ensuring all photos are uploaded and properly named, and composing a final report summarizing the season. In addition, the team is grateful for the opportunity to be attending the Interior West Fire Ecology Conference November 11-14 in Snowbird Utah. This provides not only a great opportunity to network with ecologists from many different agencies but also a chance to promote SCA fire programs. The team has been working hard on a poster to showcase the work accomplished in Dixie and Fishlake. For more information about the conference visit: http://humboldt.edu/iwfire/
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Belfast has a long tradition of shipbuilding the image below which is undated shows a ship being built on the shore near Belfast. The earliest written account of shipbuilding goes back to 1636 when it was recorded that a vessel of 150 tons had been built by the Presbyterian clergymen of the city.
In July 1791, William Richie set up the first official shipbuilding industry, employing ten men. In July the following year he launched the 300 ton Hibernia, by 1812 Richie had two shipyards employing 120 skilled men and apprentices.
Throughout its history Belfast has had several shipyards the most famous of which is Harland & Wolff which was established when Edward Harland a young engineer from Yorkshire, purchased a shipyard belonging to Robert Hickson for £5,000. In 1861 he took Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (From Hamburg Germany) as a partner. The yard went from strength to strength, and at its zenith in the late 1940's during the war years 1939-45 the yard built 139 naval ships, including 6 aircraft carriers, 47 corvettes, 29 minesweepers, and 9 frigates, in addition 130 merchant ships were built. All this amounted to an average of one ship a week, it was not unusual for as many as twenty ships of varying size to be on the stocks at any time.
The German air force in an attempt to curtail the shipyards output, carried out bombing raids during April and May of 1941, nearly 1,000 people died in these raids. During this time Southern Ireland although a neutral country sent fire engines and crews form Dundalk in County Louth as well as several other towns, in the republic. 60 % of the works were destroyed but by 1943 all was completely rebuilt. It is the contention of some that gorse fires were lit along the east coast of county Down to guide the bombers to their target.
Probably the next most famous yard was Herdmans, no trace of the yard exists today save for the Herdman channel dredged in the Lough
The dry-dock at H & W was built in the 1970's its dimensions are 556m (1,823ft) long 93m (305 ft) wide and has a depth of water over the sill of 8.38 m (27.48 ft) it is reputedly the largest in Europe. The dock is straddled by Samson and Goliath the giant traveling cranes which dominate the skyline of east Belfast, these cranes were manufactured by Krupp industries of Germany, who incidentally are said to have manufactured the crematorium's for the German government during the last war. The two cranes are identical they are 140 M (459 ft) wide with a lifting capacity of 840 tons, to a height of 70 M (229 ft) On the south side of the dock are four traveling tower cranes, two are 60 ton Henson's lifting to 25 M (82 ft) the others are Stothers and Pitt lifting 9 tons to 40 m (131 ft) Samson and Goliath straddle the tower cranes
The dock gate is fabricated from steel and resembles a ship in its construction. To flood or empty the dock the procedure is as follows, lets assume the dock is dry the dock gate which is hollow will be full of water. Sluice gates are opened allowing water from outside to flow in, when the levels inside and out are the same the water is pumped out of the dock gate, when this happens the gate begins to float up from the rubber seal on the dock sill, when it rises sufficiently it is pulled to one side with large winches allowing entry or exit to the dock. The dock can be divided into two by a removable gate this enables half of the dock to remain dry while the other half is flooded.+
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A view of sunrise over the north east coast England
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srgabreu (0) 2005-06-04 12:52
Hi Ken!
What a great sunrise!
At first sight it seemed to me more like a sundown, due to the dramatic atmosphere crated by the framing and colours.
Excellent work!
:D Sérgio
inisheer (317) 2005-06-04 13:03
Vertical format is not common for landscape, it works well here. Colours are great and I like the smooth water surface due to the long exposure time. Good job.
Hi ken,this is not an easy shot to take ,but you have captured it well.
MoosicMan (1231) 2005-06-04 13:32
Hello, Ken,
It's a marvellous shot, sure. I especially like the colors. I did a double-take, looking at the water in the foreground, it made me think it was ice, then I saw this was a full second exposure and realized it was the motion of the water that gave it that icy look. Excellent!
Zepi (22848) 2005-06-04 13:58
Hello Ken ,
Très belle prise de vue,jadore ces couleurs
Superbe lumière et cadrage impeccable !
Beau travail
galip (106) 2005-06-04 14:02 [Comment]
eza1701 (3345) 2005-06-04 15:23
Nice photo Ken, excellent colours and good use of the filter to allow you to use a small aperture for great depth. The slow shutter speed has a great effect on the water making it look like barren land.
Emvee (417) 2005-06-04 16:34
Very nice, look like the sky is on fire. The flat rocks on the foreground add something to the picture. Good way to start the day...
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Today on the MPR News Update: The NRA breaks its silence over the elementary school massacre in Connecticut. Also, news about the shuttered St. Paul Ford plant, legislative agendas for environmentalists and same-sex marriage proponents, a mobile food shelf that's become a model for the nation, and a "Christmas Carol" from "tha hood."
SCHOOL SHOOTING RAMPAGE: The nation observed a moment of silence this morning on the one week anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, and at a press conference in which reporters weren't allowed to ask questions, the NRA blamed the media for the massacre. News Cut posted Twitter reaction. And yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden met with senior cabinet members and law enforcement officials from across the nation, including Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek, to talk about ways to curb gun violence. (We'll have more Minnesota reaction to the NRA event later today.)
FORD PLANT: A plan to demolish the Ford assembly plant in St. Paul has won approval from the city's zoning committee, a key step toward reusing the site. The plant quit making Ranger pickup trucks a year ago, and the auto maker has been developing a phased plan to tear down the century-old plant.
DAYTON SURGERY: Gov. Mark Dayton expects to be hospitalized for a few days next week for back surgery. The governor's office says that Dayton is going to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester to have spinal surgery on his lower back next Thursday.
EMPTY SEAT: A pending special election in southern Minnesota has DFL and Republican party officials looking for legislative candidates. State Rep. Terry Morrow, DFL-St. Peter, triggered those searches this week when he announced plans to resign his House District 19A seat to take a job in Chicago.
GOING GREEN: Asian carp and other invasive species, silica sand mining, groundwater supply and waste management are likely to be hot topics in St. Paul when the legislative session opens. Rep. Jean Wagenius, DFL-Minneapolis, who will chair the Finance Division of the Environment Committee, is inviting experts on key topics to educate committee members before they even start to consider bills.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: The advocacy group Minnesotans United for All Families is shifting roles from a group that worked to defeat the constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage to a new role in which it will work towards the legalization of same-sex marriage.
NURSES' CONTRACT: Union nurses in the Twin Cities announced late Thursday night ratified a new three-year contract with 13 health care facilities in the Twin Cities. The Minnesota Nurses Association said it has approved a contract negotiated with health care providers that belong to the Minnesota Hospitals Association.
FIRST FLU DEATH: The Minnesota Department of Health has reported the first flu-related death of the season. The victim was a man in his 60s who had underlying health problems.
HUNGRY MINDS: The holiday break can be a hungry time for some Minnesota families that rely on free school lunch to keep their children fed. That's true for many families at St. Paul's Maxfield elementary school. A program that started at Maxfield two years ago is now helping fight hunger at dozens of elementary schools around the country.
DICKENS, BUT DIFFERENT: Ever since its publication in 1843, "A Christmas Carol" has been a staple of the holiday season. The Charles Dickens novella has sparked countless adaptations, including a unique reimagining by a Minneapolis theater company. The show swaps the Victorian-era backdrop for a modern-day, inner-city setting.


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Lavon Police Chief Mike Jones said he's never heard of anyone putting padlocks on fire hydrants. Neither have Mayor Charles Teske and Fire Chief Jon Scott.
But that's the situation they're facing in this small Collin County city on the eastern shores of Lake Lavon.
They say the Lavon Special Utility District, which supplies water to Lavon and surrounding areas, has put locks on fire hydrants to deter water theft.
But they fear it could result in something far more serious when firefighters are called to battle a blaze.
"They're putting stealing water above public safety," said Teske, who supplied first responders with bolt cutters after city officials were unable to resolve the deadlock with the water district.
The Lavon Special Utility District didn't respond to repeated requests for comment on Friday. The city discovered the locks several months ago.
"We have keys for most of the locks. If we don't, we use bolt cutters," said Scott, chief of the Nevada Volunteer Fire Department that serves Lavon and other communities.
However, he added, some of the fire hydrants have been equipped with a special kind of lock that would require a saw to remove.
So far, he said, the extra time it takes to disable the locks haven't resulted in any injuries or lost structures.
"We had once instance where a mutual aid fire department came to our city [to battle a house fire] and they didn't have a key, " Scott said. Fortunately, firefighters were able to get water from a backup engine while the fire hydrant lock was being removed with bolt cutters.
"It's something that's definitely a public safety hazard," Scott said.
After checking his records, Jones could only find one case involving theft from a fire hydrant in the city.
In 2007, a construction worker was caught siphoning 2,000 gallons of water into a tanker truck. The water district settled it as a civil matter, he said.
Jones said he would only have the authority to remove the locks in an emergency. Otherwise, the utility district "owns the right to deliver water in that area and they own the hydrants," he said. "We know of no law that addresses this situation."
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has oversight of water utilities and districts.
However, officials said this type of dispute would fall under the jurisdiction of the district's board of directors. "Due to the lack of jurisdiction, the TCEQ would not intervene," a spokeswoman said in an email.
Teske said he got the same response when he sought outside help.
"They're a special utility district, and they're fairly well protected," said the mayor, noting that the City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a resolution asking the Lavon Special Utility District to remove the locks.
"I just want them to think about this and do the right thing," he said.


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The Aztecs played an exhibition game against the UCSD Tritons on Monday night at Viejas arena. Unlike their previous game against CSUSM, The Aztecs jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. The game was never close and the Aztecs cruised to an 80-56 victory. Coach Fisher played his bench extensively in the second half. This was their last game before they face #9 Syracuse on Friday in 'Battle on the Midway.'
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While the game was technically sold out, I would rate Viejas Arena as two-thirds full. The student section was full and once again deafening. There were very few, if any, UCSD fans at the game.
Effective 3 point shooting could be a problem for the Aztecs this season. The Tritons very rarely were able to get any penetration against a much taller Aztec defense, but still managed to score 56 points. They shot 36.4% from three point range, almost half of their points coming on three balls. The Aztecs zone defense seemed slightly more packed into the key than usual. Maybe this was just a strategy against a small UCSD team, but if it continues better perimeter shooting teams could give the Aztecs trouble.
Chase Tapley's shooting ability can take over games. With the majority of the defenses focus being on Jamaal Franklin, Tapley is often open on the outside. Whether he shoots the three or steps in for a mid range jumper, he can be a deadly shooter. The addition of Winston Shepard and emergence of DeShawn Stevens only help spread the floor for Tapley.
The Aztecs offense faced a decent 2-3 zone defense, similar to what they will face Friday against Syracuse. The main difference is that the Syracuse guards are all 4-6 inches taller than what they Aztecs saw on Monday. The Aztecs will have to rely on outside shooting a bit more, something they have struggled with so far this year (below 30% both exhibition games).


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According to Entertainment Weekly that program has run out of money and Governor David Paterson isn't planning to reinvest. Because of economic concerns Warner Bros. feels they'll need to move to Vancouver to cut costs. So we're right back where we were and all of the money put into this program has now been lost. Well not lost because the incentive was so popular it brought a number of high profile shows to NYC like 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, and Gossip Girl. But the intent was to help drive the economy in the city, and with Gov. Paterson not backing the future of this incentive all of the potential is up in the air.
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>Running 101>rookie runner wondering what plan to use to aim for a half marathon
A little background, I began couch to 5k about a year ago, stuck with it but had to dial back as I pushed harder than my body was ready, although I never really injured myself, my knees started to object to stairs and heels. By this summer I was ready to add one hour runner, I have been very comfortable adding those miles, always feel comfortable at the end, and could go a little further. I should add I have never been a runner, active yes, but hated running as it always seemed a struggle so I am thrilled that I have figured it out and enjoy stepping out my house with my dog and going for a run.
I have raced 3 5ks, an unusual 4.2mile bridge run, and I am entered in a 5 mile and 6k in the next few weeks.
So now I am ready to add another goal, there is a half marathon in March which I thought might be a good goal.
That said realistically running 3-4 days is about all I can manage, especially as the weather is going to start causing me problems and I find treadmills hard on the knees, plus I train regularly in another sport which is my priority.
If you look at my times and wonder why race times have been slower or the same than training it is because I am aided in training by my dog, we run canicross style. Over the last year I feel like I have learned to pace myself, and find that my times are slowly improving as I increase my distance. The only other thing I can think of is I do not run/walk only run.
So the question is what sort of plan should I follow.
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Be sure to keep it slow as you increase your mileage.
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Hi Allie..... I just started running this year as well... I ran multiple "training" runs of my targeted race distances before the actual race. I started w/ 5K's and progressed thru 15K's this year. The one time I ran a Half Marathon (training run), I realized at 10 miles that I was beginning to feel pain. It took me weeks to recover. It's great to set your goals high,,, as long as you know when to adjust! I'd hold off signing up for a half Marathon Race until I could comfortably cover that distance pain free. Good Luck!!!!!


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So can one good break lead to another?
The Habs would like to believe they are back in the Eastern Conference final, which they now trail 2-1 to the New York Rangers. But realistically, unless the team's top players, such as defenceman PK Subban, start to pick things up, the series could still come to a swift conclusion.
"I still think we have a lot more to give," Subban said following Saturday's practice at Madison Square Garden. "I don't think we've played our best hockey game yet in this series. I think there's still another level for us to get to and we've got to get to it.
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Jet Lag, No Way To Avoid It?
Well, there goes that theory.
I woke up abruptly at 2:00am this morning after returning from my trip to India on Saturday afternoon. After laying in bed for two hours, attempting to go back to sleep -- I finally got out of bed and decided to call it a night. Frustrating jet lag.
This development relatively unexpected for me as I managed my sleep and awake time pretty well. I thought I was in the clear from any possible jet lag until this morning.
- I slept good amounts of time on both the Chennai to Frankfurt and Frankfurt to Los Los Angeles flights.
- I had a great dinner out and was able to stay up on Saturday night until almost 10:00pm and got a full night worth of sleep.
- I did not need any naps on Sunday to make it through the day and went to bed at a fairly normal time, 11:00pm.
On my first trip to India, this was all I needed and I was pretty much in good shape. On the second trip, all bets were off as I was already getting sick -- and I was doomed to a couple of zombie like days. Let's hope that I am not in the jet lagged state for too much longer from this trip!
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I first had that opportunity to volunteer at Nightwatch three years ago as a student and I continue to volunteer to this day. Nightwatch is so much to so many people. What makes it so amazing is difficult to describe but easily seen if you have the opportunity to visit. Rather it be the smiles on peoples faces, the chatter in the corner, the vision of groups of people playing scrabble or seeing a person be able to sit down and feel safe for the first time in the day. As a social worker in the field, Nightwatch is to me an inspiration, it gives me hope and reminds me why I got into this field in the first place. Nightwatch does what many nonprofits don't do, they let people be themselves and allow for a clean and safe place to socialize with other people. Very few if any places exist that just allow people to be themselves and to come as they are. If it wasn't for Nightwatch so many people would not have the opportunity to do what so many of us take for granted, the ability to socialize other people and to be treated like a person instead of a nuisance. I honor Nightwatch and what they do, they run flawlessly and on a shoestring budget. Nightwatch is very well deserved of some assistance as they provide so much to so many.
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A strong stigma against AIDS in Japan is hampering access to treatment in the world's second-largest economy, activists said on Wednesday, even as experts warn an explosion of the deadly disease may be looming. HIV is spreading fast in Asia, home to 60% of the world's population, and experts warn that the fight must be intensified or the region risks having the epidemic spin out of control, much as it did in Africa.
The issue will be taken up at an Asia-Pacific AIDS Conference in the western city of Kobe, July 1-5.
Affluent, well-educated Japan may be one of the world's most advanced nations, yet it is also the only such nation where HIV cases have not dropped dramatically, a situation that AIDS activist Hiroshi Hasegawa blames at least partly on prejudice against both the disease and its sufferers. "In Asia many people cannot gain access to AIDS treatment due to poverty, but in Japan many people cannot access treatment because of the strong stigma," He said at news conference.
Hasegawa, who is in his early 50s, is openly gay, rare itself in conservative Japan, and in 1996 became one of the first Japanese to announce publicly that he was HIV-positive. "The way the problem presents itself in different countries varies due to social and political factors, but the situation is the same," he added.
In 2004 there were 1,165 new HIV cases reported in Japan, the highest annual figure yet and more than a tenth of all reported cases since 1985. Some experts warn that cumulative numbers could jump to 50,000 by 2010 due to such factors as decreased condom use and increased sexual activity among teenagers. Nearly half of all 17-year-old girls have had sex, up from around 17% in 1990. For boys, the figure is 40%, nearly double the 1990 figure, health ministry data show.
Official indifference is also seen as a factor. "In Japan, AIDS policy is handled by one bureau in the health ministry," Hasegawa said. "But in many other places, it becomes a national campaign, taken up by the nation's top leaders."
Hasegawa said the stigma against AIDS in Japan is partly due to squeamishness about frankly discussing sex in either homes or schools--a reluctance many see as ironic in a nation where pornography abounds. Minimal coordination between government ministries has hampered AIDS teaching in schools, where sex education itself is the focus of debate between those who want more detailed education and others who say schools are already too explicit. There is also a widespread view that the only people in danger are special groups such as gays or hemophiliacs, some 2,000 of whom became infected due to tainted blood products. (Reuters)


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Andrew Palau and local church leaders team up for Love Ethiopia
Thousands of believers are working together to share the Gospel as part of the Love Ethiopia initiative.
They are spreading the Good News through evangelistic festivals across seven Ethiopian cities, including capital Addis Ababa where Don Moen is leading worship.
The goal is to reach every level of society across the nation with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ and promote greater unity and collaboration among churches in order to multiply the long-term impact of the campaign.
The festivals are being run by a core team of local representatives and volunteers led by the Evangelical Churches Fellowship of Ethiopia, Mekane Yesus and Kale Heywot.
They feature children's activities, professional BMX shows, live music and clear Gospel presentations.
Ethiopia is a special place for Palau and his wife, Wendy, as it was there that they adopted their daughter, Sadie, five years ago.
In the three years that followed, Palau worked on a continent-wide campaign to reach 10 capital cities of Africa in 10 years with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Ethiopian church leaders caught the vision for outreach on home turf when they travelled to Burundi in 2011 where Palau had just finished an outreach in the capital city of Bujumbura.
They invited him to work together on a similar evangelistic effort in Ethiopia, which kicked off on October 28 and is due to end on November 17.
The outreach is being helped out by Next Generation Alliance partner evangelists Alan Greene, Richard Hamlet, Reid Saunders, Keith Cook and Blair Carlson.


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Today, in Austin and on other blogs on Lubbockonline.com, we see this zeal to purge debate, to oversee a chamber free of any presence of opposition. Some writers appear to be excited and delighted to have the opportunity to clear the hall and knock heads. Throughout time we have seen the push to dominate public opinion that has occurred across political parties and societal groups. The infamous photos from the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, President Nixon's plotting to crush political opposition, files maintained by J. Edgar Hoover on public figures to be used to influence action. No one group has exclusive possession of the high moral group.
It is this pronouncement that order will be maintained and "mobs will not be tolerated" that we can anticipate a confrontation that both sides are hoping for. Governor Perry and his Lt. Governor David Dewhurst are licking their lips for the chance to deploy State Troopers into the galley and demonstrate their authority. Some on the side of women may be welcoming the heavy handedness of a forced removal. The State Troopers are caught in the middle enforcing a rule from those who will likely be quick to order the action.
I have little doubt but that SB5 will be quickly passed in the Capital building and a great cheer will be heard from those who celebrate the victory. Never mind the bogus reasoning that the bill makes women safer by forcing clinics to be certified as ambulatory surgical centers. This line of thinking would then suggest that all medical practices should do the same or otherwise move back into the hospital setting so that, if even one person needs a higher level of care than found in the general physician's office, they can be "saved" by forcing the office to be equipped for that rare instance.
These are the same lawmakers who, in their own filibuster, read from the phone book to fill in the time. They changed the rules when Senator Wendy Davis stood in defense of reason, and squashed her filibuster on meaningless points of procedural process and not being germaine.
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No matter what happens with ObamaCare, Wilsey says Wellcare Health Plans (WCG) stands to benefit from the evolving U.S. health-care system. He says he likes the company because it is trading at 13 times forward PE, its sales have increased by 24% year-over-year and it has a healthy balance sheet. As a managed-care company, Wilsey believes WCG will have a bright future as the population's average lifespan increases, and he says now is a good time to buy it as it is "a very strong company [that's] not very expensive."
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over the weekend we watched cannibal the musical. obscure, yes. as hilarious as i remembered it? yes. it was one of the first movies trey parker and matt stone (the dudes who make south park) made back in their school days. god, i forgot all about how much i love that movie. it's one of those that you quote and quote and quote to death. plus, singing. plus, cannibals. i highly recommend it for silly time / drinking time / hanging out with friends time. as with all parker/stone things if you're easily offended you will probably hate it. just warning you now.
in a perfect storm of irony jesus christ superstar came up on easter. please make a note to yourself: if you do a crazy movie closet challenge and you suggest to your husband that on easter you have a crazy zombie movie marathon he will tell you, "no, that's against the rules." and make you watch sexy flowy-haired lazy-eye 70's jesus dance around in his fancy pants instead. immediately followed by the silence of the lambs.
this evening we start the next section {dun dun dun....}: DVD seasons of tv shows. they're all really good shows that i like (obviously, that's why we bought them) but the sheer time commitment to this part is really intimidating. i know we can make it if we try!
so up tonight: season one of the animaniacs.
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- Rachel
You're so lucky. Micah made me get rid of all my vhs tapes. I hid Funny Girl from him, but that was the only one I got to keep. He says something about it being sacrilege to watch vhs tapes on a 60 inch, 1080i television or some such crap. Men who love technology suck.
Thanks to you, the animaniacs theme song is now running through my head. All day it will be, "we have pay for play contracts..."
- April 8, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Josey
I totally want to try this challenge. We don't have as many movies as you, but we do have a lot!! Maybe once we get moved into the new house that can be our new challenge!
- April 8, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- Bradshaw
I'm going to point out a few things.
One, I can't tell you HOW many times I was asked if I was the other Warner sister (*gasp* I just put my last name on the interwebs).
Two, if I tried to do one of these, I would be watching movies in alphabetical order. Because I am OCD like that.
Three, well, I don't have a three, but it just seems wrong to have only one and two.
- April 8, 2010 at 1:56 PM
Technically, the films are in alphabetical order, by genre...
Thats the kind of OCD we are. It could be worse though they used to be alphabetical by director by genre, we've cut loose a wee bit.
- April 8, 2010 at 2:25 PM
- Alicia
If I had to watch all my VHS tapes, I'd be doing so until 2012. I still have a ton of them.
And Ted Neeley is not so sexy anymore. I saw him in JC Superstar a few times in the past 10-15 years. He's still a kickass Jesus though:)
- April 8, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Alicia
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- April 8, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Bradshaw
@Mr the Grumbles--So you have them in alphabetical order by genre but didn't watch them in alphabetical order? This doesn't compute. Though I am glad you're cutting loose a bit.
- April 8, 2010 at 3:42 PM
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Bradshaw, the VHS's aren't in any kind of order because we don't care about them and VHS tapes are stupid. Starting now everything will be alphabetical by genre.
- April 8, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- Bradshaw
I can't tell you how much better that makes me feel. :)
- April 8, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Ashley, The Accidental Olympian
I mean, lets be honest, My Best Friends Wedding is a CLASSIC so there is no shame in loving it. Secretly, or openly.
I'm in the openly corner seeing how in high school my best friend and I learned the dance to the opening number.
We sure were cool back then.
- April 8, 2010 at 6:59 PM
- gidmars
I still have your Pokemon movie though. Marek just wanted to watch it the other day, and I was like, "Oh dear, have I screwed up their movie project?"
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On three new species of Pteruchus Thomas from the Triassic of Nidpur, M.P., India
Bhowmik, Nupur; Das, Neelam
Palaeontographica Abteilung B Band 288 Lieferung 1-4 (2012), p. 5 - 39
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The present paper contains an account of three new species of the corystosperm pollen organ Pteruchus from the Middle Triassic beds of Nidpur, M. P. India. The new species P. glandulatus, P. lobatus, and P. truncatus differ from each other in the nature of central axis, disposition and length of the microsporophyll stalk, angle of divergence of the stalk from the central axis, lobing of head margin, number and shape of microsporangia per head and cuticular details. In all the species, the central axis has square outline in cross section and bears spirally arranged microsporophylls. In P. glandulatus, the stalked microsporophylls appeared to arise in low spirals from nodal regions leaving wide, naked internodal areas. The central axis also shows secretory body like structures. In P. lobatus, the microsporophylls are closely placed, short stalked and borne almost at right angles to the central axis. The head is hemispherical and has a deeply lobed margin. The pollen sacs are "cigar"-shaped and contain bisaccate pollen grains in pollen masses. In P. truncatus, the short stalked microsporophylls are borne in low to high spirals on the central axis at angles ranging between 45º–90º. The elliptical to orbicular head has an entire to occasionally shallowly lobed margin and the pollen sacs are large, "banana"-shaped with untapered truncated apices. The species of Pteruchus described here are very different from all other species so far reported from the Nidpur beds.
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Columbus Discovers U.S. Championship Game
Georgia shuts out New Hampshire 8-0 to secure U.S. Championship bid
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Williamsport hath no fury like a Little Leaguer scorned.
On the coattails of five Josh Lester RBI and one big Kyle Carter home run, Columbus, Ga., cruised to a dominant 8-0 win over New Hampshire Thursday night at Howard J. Lamade Stadium, claiming the final spot in Saturday's U.S. Championship.
The trouble started for Portsmouth, N.H. in the second. After starting pitcher Keegan Taylor gave two free passes to Brady Hamilton (hit by pitch) and Ryan Lang (walk), Matthew Hollis laid down a one-out sacrifice bunt to advance both runners into scoring position with Carter on deck. But Carter has already taken 53 pitches deep this year and with first base open, the New England champs weren't about to risk an early deficit.
"We didn't want Carter to hurt us," New Hampshire manager Mark McCauley said. "We had the base open."
An intentional walk to the slugger loaded the bases for Lester, who entered Thursday's game with a .333 batting average. With two out and a 1-2 count, Georgia's No. 2 hitter ripped a triple to the right-centerfield gap to go up, 3-0.
"That was huge," Georgia manager Randy Morris said. "A big home run swing like that – the game was tight and that was just huge."
"It just motivates me," said Lester. "When they walk him, I just want to get a hit more."
Lester wouldn't be on the hot corner for long. With two down, Cody Walker came to the plate and took Taylor to right, bringing Lester around for the fourth and final run of the inning.
But if New Hampshire didn't learn its lesson the first time, Lester made sure it got the message in the fourth. With a runner on second and one out, New England again pitched around Carter.
"I'd probably do the same thing," said Morris. "I'd probably walk him and take my chances too."
"It gets frustrating," Carter said. "But I know Josh is behind me. I knew he was gonna hit."
And while Carter may not like it, Lester sees the move as a win-win situation.
"It's fine," he said. "Because when they pitch to him, he hits. When they don't pitch to him, I hit."
Portsmouth learned that the hard way, as Lester cashed in on his fourth and fifth RBI of the outing with a base-clearing double up the middle.
"I felt real confident," Lester said. "I knew that I could get another hit."
"I can't say enough good things about their No. 2 batter," said McCauley.
Then again, there had to be a reason McCauley and his Portsmouth squad walked Carter twice, and they were reminded of it in the bottom of the fifth.
With the score 6-0, a runner on first and two outs, New Hampshire pitcher Mark Pearson found himself facing Carter, and for the first time of the outing, the New Hampshire side pitched to him. And he made them pay.
"I was thinking I had to still be relaxed in there, see my pitches," he said. "I didn't really know if was it was gonna go, so I still ran it out."
But it went. With one mighty swing, Carter slugged his second shot of the tournament over the centerfield fence to bring home two more insurance runs and drive the score to 8-0.
"I think when Carter hit that home run, you know why we did it," McCauley said of the pair of intentional walks. "That kid out there is one of the best kids here, if not the best."
Carter was not only dominant with a bat Thursday night but on the rubber too, pitching a three-hit shutout.
Even so, it was New Hampshire that appeared to come out swinging early. And while the New England champs didn't get their first hit until the second frame – a Billy Hartmann double that kissed the third baseline into left field – the Portsmouth players were sending balls well into the outfield.
"I thought I was gonna get killed in the first inning," said Carter. "They were hitting at my feet, my head – I didn't know what to do."
"We felt good in the first inning," said McCauley. "Even though we didn't score we were making good contact. We felt like we could hit him, and we did in the first inning. We just couldn't keep them from scoring."
In the end, the Georgia sticks ruled the night. And according to Morris, there is more – and better – baseball to come.
"I don't mean to sound crazy," he said, "but we have yet to play our best baseball."
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My T-Bolt is rooted/S-Off via the instructions on this site. I have Das BAMF 1.63 froyo flashed on it right now, but I've tried a couple of the ROMs and kernels developed here by the awesome chefs.
Do I just flash the radio and ROM here via CWR directly over the Froyo based ROM, or do I need to flash the full leaked ROM first? (On my previous Samsung Omnia, when we went from WinMo 6.1 to releases of 6.5, we had to flash a full ROM first, then we could flash the chef's creations)
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The Pooler City Council Monday night approved DP Partners' site plan for a 71-acre warehouse project that will be located off Dean Forest Road, about a mile north of Interstate 16.
LogistiPort at Savannah will consist of one 689,400-square-foot warehouse and one 337,280-square-foot warehouse that will be used for port-related warehousing.
The project is expected to begin during the first quarter and be completed in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Two items that had concerned some residents were pulled from Monday night's budget. Enmark Stations Inc. withdrew its petition for a conditional use to allow construction of a convenience store/gas station at 860 W. U.S. 80. Also, Coastal Towers Inc. withdrew its petition to allow construction of a telecommunication tower facility at 890 Pine Barren Road. The council said notifications would be sent to adjacent property owners if either item is resubmitted by the petitioners.
The council approved the engineering proposal for the Pooler Parkway sidewalk project. The 1.4-mile sidewalk will extend from Sangrena Drive to Pooler Parkway, then along Pooler Parkway to Godley Station Boulevard. The work is to be funded by the Georgia Department of Transportation.
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