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McKINLEYVILLE -- The rain did little to cool off the Jacks-Wildcats rivalry.
Playing in less-than-ideal weather, the Humboldt State and Chico State softball teams gave and took each other's best shot resulting in a California Collegiate Athletic Association Sunday split.
With periods of rain affecting both squads, the Wildcats took game one 8-7 while the Jacks rebounded for an 11-8 nightcap win.
Tonya Walker's sixth-inning three-run shot gave Humboldt the edge in game two while Desiree' Gonzalez's two-run blast gave Chico the runs it needed in the opener.
"It was great to come back in the second game like we did," Humboldt State head coach Shelli Sarchett said. "It was a tug-o-war kind of day. Neither team was willing to give in in either game. We would score and they would answer right away and vice versa. What we have to do -- when the chips are down -- is we have to focus and trust ourselves and our abilities."
The senior pair of Walker and Sarah Fox were the hard-to-retire Jacks of the day.
Walker reached base in eight of her nine plate appearances with a 3-for-4 day. All three of the centerfielder's hits were extra base hits with a pair of doubles to go with the three-run home run. She also drove in six runs, scored twice, drew four walks and was hit by a pitch.
Fox produced a 5 for 6 afternoon with a double, two runs and five RBI.
Humboldt (8-4 in CCAA play, 18-5 overall) did snap a three-year series losing streak to Chico (5-7, 7-10).
Game 1
HSU went on the offensive with four runs in the home second.
Tiffany Hollingsworth doubled and Julie Pena walked, before Fox doubled the day's first run home. The Jacks added two more runs when Darian Harris and Dani Randall had an RBI each as they were hit by a pitch and walked with the bases loaded for a 4-0 lead.
Leading 4-2, Walker doubled in Alison McKibbon, who was hit by a pitch, in the fourth.
Chico State's Alex Monlina blasted a grand slam to put her club ahead, 6-5, in the top of the sixth.
Leading off, Walker was hit by a pitch the home sixth and was sacrificed to second. Randall belted a ball high over the left field fence to put HSU back on top, 7-6.
Following a leadoff single and one out, the Wildcats' Desiree' Gonzalez hit her team's second homer to center field to edge ahead, 8-7.
Fox singled in the bottom of the seventh, but could get no further offensive help to end the game.
Hollingsworth doubled twice to go with Fox's double and single.
Game 2
The momentum swings continued.
Walker doubled home a pair of runs in the second and Fox a two-run single in the third for a HSU 4-3 lead.
For the fourth inning in a row, Chico State put runs on the board with three to push back ahead, 6-4.
Fox singled and McKibbon doubled to open the home fifth. After two outs, Harris pulled a line drive over the first base bag for a two-run double to tie, 6-6.
The deadlock did not last long. Chico State inched back in front with two unearned sixth inning runs, 8-6.
In the bottom of the sixth, Hannah Williams and Hollingsworth drew walks to start the inning and were sacrificed to second and third. Fox continued her hot day with a solid single to left field to tie the game again, 8-8.
With Fox still on base and Andrea Chavez, who walked, joining her with two outs, Walker connected for her fourth round-tripper and 11-8 lead.
Katie Obbema took over after one batter in the top of the seventh to induce a double play and pop out for the final out to save her fifth game.
Madison Williams improved to 5-0 on the year. The freshman logged 2.1 innings where she allowed two hits, no earned runs and fanned a pair.
Walker drove in her season-high five runs on the double and home run. Fox accounted for four other RBI with three singles. Harris' two-run double had the other two RBI.
The Jacks will look for better weather this week to continue their home stand. HSU will entertain San Francisco State in a four-game series starting Friday, March 7 at noon.


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Release Date: 07/22/2014 |
Album Rating: 3.5Just a note to moderators, this album came out on the 18th in Australia.
Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Offdamn that rating chart, surprised trebor hasn't been here yet
Digging: Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights
Heard a couple songs off this and it was pretty damn boring
Digging: Langhorne Slim - Lost At Last, Vol 1
Album Rating: 3.0Are they still singing sad songs about the same chick as the last two eps?
EDIT: Also where is this streaming?
Album Rating: 2.5Just got this in the mail today. A couple listens in it's pretty good. I dig it. These guys are really chill, too. Talked for a little bit at Warped. Put on o e hell of a show too.
Album Rating: 3.0The fact that there isn't a stream out is ridiculous for a band like this.
Album Rating: 3.0Everyone seems to hate this band now, I don't find them all that bad.
Album Rating: 3.3No for pop punk they are a pretty great band. People seem to think because they sing about dramatic personal topics, they are bad but that's what pop punk was built on. The lyrics are definitely better than the old days of pop punk IMO. Besides, singing about your personal experiences is nothing to be ashamed of. It brings out the passion needed for this kind of music. Before I sound like a fanboy, I was a little unimpressed by one of the singles for this. I'll be checking out the rest of the album.
sleepy eyes
bony knees
Album Rating: 3.0I swear this album better not be ridden with that.
Album Rating: 2.5They actually don't use either of those phrases. Great album.
Album Rating: 3.5They've gotten less repetitive lyrically, I think the main problem is that the bassist writes most of the lyrics. So the vocalist kinda struggles at times to sing about someone else's thoughts/feelings.
i really can't find anything about this band and their countless contemporaries entertaining for more than a few seconds.
Album Rating: 3.5When you say their contemporaries are you talking The Wonder Years, Transit, etc.? Or the shit ton of TSSF-clone bands on PureNoise records? If it's the latter you might like this album because they've moved away from that sound a bit.
Album Rating: 2.5These guys are about as middle-of-the-road as pop punk gets.
ap.net hates these guys apparently. so tempted to listen now
These lyrics are just horrendous.
probs not gonna check this unfortunately
Album Rating: 3.0This isn't too bad. Really dig Summer.
The biggest problem with this band is they seem to grow everywhere but lyrically, still stuck on the same girl with the same typically cliche lines.
Album Rating: 3.0These guys really don't do much to catch my attention. Summer & ...And We're Just Changing are pretty great though.
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In Episode 40 of Happywork TV, I talk about the next commitment in my book "Happywork."
The commitment is a LONG one. Watch the video to see what you think.
Short version: treat people with dignity when you have to fire them or lay them off. Try to imagine it's your own special little son or daughter getting the axe, and then act accordingly.
Why should this even matter? Hey, why shouldn't it? Why can't we expend a little extra effort to treat each other better. Besides, those people you're terminating can (and should) be walking, talking ambassadors for you. Yes, even the one you've terminated can (sometimes) see the wisdom in your decision, or more likely, can vividly remember how you treated them on exit. And they can tell and retell that story to countless people. So give them a good story to tell! Try to provide a soft landing for them. Don't fire them in front of a bunch of people. Don't lay people off with an email, letter, or phone call.
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Basic sound worked fine. Card features were not available (rear channel/headphone) Received also a message: I thought you might want to point out that the mx300 will NOT work in smp mode in nt4, not with the diamond nor the aureal reference drivers. Diamond and Aureal have been promising a fix 'any day now' for about 6 months. They claim there are problems with "some users," but i've yet to find anyone who can get it working properly. The good news is that according to my friend at microsoft, the win2k final mx300 drivers WILL work in smp (although none of the beta ones do).


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Janice Nissen of Keizer passed away at the age of 89 on May 19, 2014 while in hospice care.
Janice Oetinger was born in Portland and attended grade school at the Madeline and then Grant High School. She then attended Oregon State University from 1943 to 1946, graduating with a degree in Home Economics.
She married James C. Nissen of Seattle, Wash. in 1950. Subsequent corporate transfers took them back to Seattle, then to Salt Lake City, Utah; Whittier, Calif. and St. Louis, Mo. before eventually returning to the West Coast in 1969. They lived in Novato, Calif. for several years, with one last move down to Orange County before they retired and came home to Oregon.
Janice and Jim had three sons: James Nissen of Campbell, Calif.; Robert Nissen of Littleton, Colo. and John Nissen of Ballard, Wash. Janice and Jim also have seven grandchildren.
Janice was always involved in various activities during her retirement, including being president of the McNary Women's Golf Association. She was also on the Salem Hospital Auxillary, was active in the Meals on Wheels Program as well as devoting much time to activities involving her college sorority, Pi Beta Phi, over the years.
Janice is survived by her husband of 63 years, Jim Nissen of Keizer.
A Memorial Mass is scheduled at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 21 at St. Edward Catholic Church in Keizer, with a reception at the church to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Keizer Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services. Please share your thoughts and memories of Janice at www.keizerchapel.com.


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Jules Eickmeier altered a whirl-a-gig that she picked up at a craft store. Photo at left. Jules also made the no-sew drawstring gift bag shown at right. "I used a high fiber paper and double sided tape to create this drawstring gift bag." Jules downloaded the image from Gypsy Rose Paperie (no longer in business). She printed it onto iron on fabric and used Lumiere paints to create highlights.
Edleen has been working on a lot of Valentine's projects lately as well. At left is shown a Valentine-themed door hanger! You can see more projects here on her blog.
Amy Wilges whipped up this basket (at right) as a teacher's gift in just 1/2 hour. "The 'box' is a white lunch sack cut down. The base it sits on is a 12×12 sheet (trimmed a bit) and rolled to make "legs" for the box to rest on. Basically all is cut and curled paper. Chatterbox paper & trim, MM chipboard swirl, MME woven label, Hero Arts gemstones, felt heart hand cut by me and rubbed to make 'fuzzy'." Amy will be wrapping the whole basket in clear wrap. You can see more photos of it here on her blog.
Jill Brush posted some new Valentine cards up on her blog. You can see them all here and one photo at left.


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"OULTON, (or Oldton), a parish in the hundred of Mutford, county Suffolk, 2 miles W. of Lowestoft, its post town, and 1 rile from the Mutford Bridge railway station. The village, which is large and of irregular form, is chiefly agricultural. It is bounded on the S.W. by that part of Lake Lothing called Oulton Broad, and by the river Waveney. A portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the fisheries. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £450, and the glebe comprises 50 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich, value £378. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient Norman structure, with a square tower containing five bells. The interior contains brasses of a priest, bearing date 1310, and of a Fastolf of Oulton High House. The edifice was once cruciform, but both transepts have been taken down, and other parts are in a dilapidated condition. The register dates from 1659. The parochial charities produce about £1 per annum. There are a parochial school, and a school for adults. The Mutford union poorhouse is in this parish.
Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
- Oulton Union Workhouse Burial Ground, N of Lothingland Hospital, Cemetery
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- Chapel [now U. M. Church], Commodore Road-Mutford Bridge, Free Methodist
- Chapel [Oulton Corner Methodist Church], Oulton Road North-Lowestoft End, Primitive Methodist
- Oulton Rock Methodist Church, Hall Road, Primitive Methodist
- Commodore Mission Hall, Commodore Road [Temporary site], Evangelical
- Commodore Mission Hall, Gorleston Road-Hall Road, Evangelical
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(TheSpread) – Rich Rodriguez took Arizona to a bowl game in his first season as head coach, can he lead the Wildcats to a championship in 2013?
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According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Arizona has been given 250/1 odds to win the 2014 BCS National Championship. The Wildcats have been given odds of +800 to win the Pac-12 Conference and odds of +300 to win the Pac-12 South.
After failing to win at least eight games in the 2011 and 2012 season, the Wildcats relieved Bob Stoops of his coaching duties and turned to Rich Rodriguez. In his first season, Rodriguez led Arizona to an 8-5 record, picking up a 49-48 win over Nevada in the New Mexico Bowl to end the season.
This year, Rodriguez has a team with some promise, as the Wildcats have 17 starters back from the 2012 squad, including all 11 starters on defense. Granted, the Arizona defense struggled last season, allowing 35.3 points and 499 yards per game, but a full season under Rodriguez' system should lead to improvements for the 2013 season.
Where Arizona was strong, was on offense. The Wildcats averaged 38.2 points and 526 total yards per game in 2012. This year's squad will have to break in a new quarterback in senior B.J. Denker, but Arizona does return its stud running back, junior Ka'Deem Carey. Carey rushed for 1,929 yards and 23 touchdowns in 2012 and he also had 36 receptions for 303 yards. Carey has the attention of the country, as he has been given 40/1 odds to win the 2013 Heisman Trophy.
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For a look at the odds for the Arizona Wildcats during the 2013 College Football Season, see below.
2013 College Football Season Odds – Arizona Wildcats
BCS National Champion Odds: 250/1
Pac-12 Champion Odds: +800
Pac-12 South Division Odds: +300
Heisman Trophy Odds: RB Ka'Deem Carey 40/1
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Welcome to the Gifted and Talented information site. We have great things happening in Weld Re-8 and excited about the direction we are going.
One big change for us was the addition of a Gifted and Talented Screening test for all students in second and fifth grades. It's called the NNAT2 (Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test). This screener helps us identify students that may not have been recommended to the program before for a variety of reasons. We are already seeing the results of the screener by doubling the number of students identified this school year from last year! We are also very happy to have the support of the Colorado Department of Education through a grant that provides funding for the screener itself and the administration of the test.
Another big change for us was being able to identify students in areas other than Math, Language, or Other. Again, the state has been very diligent and valuable in helping districts understand all the areas of giftedness, how to identify students, and how to provide programming to address students' strengths and areas for growth. We are now seeing students with gifts in music, art, leadership, specific academic aptitude (science, social studies, etc.), and creative thinking. It is a busy year for the building GT coordinators and myself, the GT team, but we are eager to take these changes and make them into successes.
We have continued to provide more enrichment activities for your child and work diligently in that direction. In the past year we have provided students the opportunity to explore their strength areas and move toward their goals through college fieldtrips, Mad Science classes/lessons during and after-school programming, and classroom pullout activities. Each school can attest to the individualized programming they have established based on the requests of the students. Activities like choir, art, chess, and other clubs, and providing time during lunch and after-school for Gifted and Talented student social interaction. We are working toward a clear line of communication between the district, teacher, student, and parent and plan to use this website often to achieve that need.
We look forward to partnering with you in helping your student explore their strengths and experience success at school and in life. Please don't hesitate to contact me at any time for more information or answers to your questions.
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Kingston's KHX3200UL memory is next in our roundup, and came to market at almost exatly the same time as OCZ's PC3200 Platinum Revision 2 memory. Many of you may remember that Kingston is a relatively new player in the high end memory markets, with the HyperX line still under two years old. However, Kingston has made a name for itself within the HyperX's short time at market, becoming one of the enthusiast memory segment's leading players.
Above is a picture of the KHX3200UL module. Like most memory targeted at the enthusiast segment, the KHX3200UL has an aluminum heatspreader that covers the actual Samsung TCCD memory chips. The price of Kingston's KHX3200UL memory is in tune wit the other kits mentioned today, running around $ 255 at most online retailers.
And here we we have another picture of the two KHX3200UL modules that came in the kit pictured above.
And finally here we can see the SPD Timings table of the KHX3200UL modules, running 2-2-2-5 latencies at 200MHz like all the other memory tested today.


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Corporate Whistleblower Center Now Urges Employees With Proof of Medicare Fraud At Skilled Nursing Facilities To Call Them About Reward Programs
(PRWEB) December 17, 2013
The Corporate Whistleblower Center says,There is little oversight for billing practices for procedures and treatments involving Medicare at many hospitals, or healthcare facilities in our opinion. Skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes can be cash cows for people who want to take advantage of the system. Because of this, opportunities for whistleblowers to come forward and be rewarded are very real, and we'd like to talk to anyone with well documented proof to call us anytime at 866-714-6466.
Penalties for Medicare fraudas well as the rewards for whistleblowerscan be astronomical. Recently, The Ensign Group, which operates skilled nursing facilities throughout the United States, agreed to pay $ 48 million to settle allegations that it submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare for services that were not medically necessary. According to the suit, from 1999 to 2011, allegedly six different skilled nursing facilities routinely submitted false claims to the government for services that included physical and speech therapy, even though they were not medically necessary for the patients. This was allegedly done to increase their Medicare reimbursement.
The two whistleblowers in this case will both receive a portion of the $ 48 million settlement.
Taking advantage of senior citizens and their conditions in order to bilk the government out of taxpayer dollars is not something that should be tolerated by anyone, says the Corporate Whistleblower Center. We are asking all insiders who have documented proof of ongoing Medicare fraud to contact us at 866-714-6466. We keep all calls confidential, and we will explain the whistleblower reward program and process to you, then help you get your case to the best whistleblower attorneys in the country. http://CorporateWhistleblowerCenter.Com
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Sterling rose against all of its major rivals this week on signs the Bank of England may suspend quantitative easing, reducing concern it's flooding the market with new currency. The dollar slid as minutes of the Fed's September meeting showed some policy makers were open to boosting purchases of mortgage- backed securities. The greenback may extend its decline when the central bank releases its Beige Book business survey next week.
"There's no good news for the dollar," said Dale Thomas, head of currencies in London at Insight Investment Management, which oversees about $121 billion. "The underlying trend is still for a gradual recovery of the global economy and a weak dollar." The dollar will remain a "funding currency" for investors to buy higher-yielding assets as U.S. borrowing costs stay low, Thomas said.
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The two-time Academy Award winner (and former "Bosom Buddy") will play real-life journalist Mike McAlary under the direction of George C. Wolfe. McAlaray was a reporter for the Daily News who won a Pulizter for his reports on the Abner Louima case before his death on Christmas Day 1998.
Shortly after Ephron's death this past summer, producers released a statement confirming their support for the project; though Hanks' involvement had long been rumored, today was the first official confirmation that he would be starring.
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Study finds removing corn residue for biofuel production can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions; may miss mandated 60% GHG reduction
21 April 2014
|Contribution of modeled CO2 emissions from SOC to the life cycle of biofuel from corn residue. Error bars are ± one standard deviation. Liska et al. Click to enlarge.
Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The findings cast doubt on whether biofuels produced from corn residue can be used to meet federal mandates for cellulosic biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 60% compared to gasoline.
The study, led by assistant professor Adam Liska, was funded through a three-year, $500,000-grant from the US Department of Energy, and used carbon dioxide measurements taken from 2001 to 2010 to validate a soil carbon model that was built using data from 36 field studies across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Using USDA soil maps and crop yields, they extrapolated potential carbon dioxide emissions across 580 million 30-meter by 30-meter geospatial cells in Corn Belt states.
|Changes in SOC
|Changes in SOC occur via two dominant processes: soil erosion by water and wind; and soil respiration where SOC is oxidized to CO2. Crop residue conventionally has been left on the field after harvest to reduce soil erosion and maintain the SOC stocks and soil fertility of the Corn Belt.
|Liska et al. note that accurately measuring SOC change is limited due to high spatial variability in SOC stocks, inability to detect a small annual percentage change, short-term studies, and failure to express SOC results in an equivalent mass basis to account for changes in soil bulk density. Furthermore, when crop residue is removed, it is essential to determine whether SOC loss is due to erosion or respiration, to accurately estimate the resulting net CO2 emissions.
A massive amount of data was used to produce the results. Liska and his colleagues analyzed the data using high-performance computer clusters in the Holland Computing Center (HCC) at University of Nebraska-Lincoln that employ parallel programs to speed up computation. The uncompressed input data totalled ∼3 terabytes (TB) and the uncompressed output data totalled > 30 TB.
The program split each state's input file into ∼40 megabyte (MB) files, and then executed computations on the smaller files in parallel. The output files were then joined together in a single state file, for each of the 12 states. If input files had not been split, the computational speed would have been significantly reduced owing to opening and closing of files and because loading an entire large disk file into memory at once is infeasible.
Removal of corn residue for biofuels can decrease soil organic carbon (SOC) and increase CO2 emissions because residue C in biofuels is oxidized to CO2 at a faster rate than when added to soil. Net CO2 emissions from residue removal are not adequately characterized in biofuel life cycle assessment (LCA). Here we used a model to estimate CO2 emissions from corn residue removal across the US Corn Belt at 580 million geospatial cells. To test the SOC model, we compared estimated daily CO2 emissions from corn residue and soil with CO2 emissions measured using eddy covariance with 12% average error over nine years.
The model estimated residue removal of 6 Mg per ha−1 yr−1 over five to ten years could decrease regional net SOC by an average of 0.47–0.66 Mg C ha−1 yr−1. These emissions add an average of 50–70 g CO2 per megajoule of biofuel (range 30–90) and are insensitive to the fraction of residue removed. Unless lost C is replaced, life cycle emissions will probably exceed the US legislative mandate of 60% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared with gasoline.—Liska et al.
The results showed that the states of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin had the highest net loss of carbon from residue removal because they have cooler temperatures and more carbon in the soil.
Total annual production emissions, averaged over five years, would equal about 100 grams of carbon dioxide per megajoule—7% greater than gasoline emissions and 62 grams above the 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as required by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act. They found the rate of carbon emissions is constant whether a small amount of stover is removed or nearly all of it is stripped.
… development of other bioenergy systems, such as perennial grasses or forestry resources, may provide feedstocks that could have less negative impacts on SOC, GHG emissions, soil erosion, food security and biodiversity than from removal of corn residue.
Soil CO2 emissions from residue removal, however, can be mitigated by a number of factors and management options. As residue is a source of N2O emissions, residue removal would lower these emissions by ∼4.6 g CO2e MJ−1, or ∼8% of SOC emissions. The lignin fraction of residue can also potentially be burned to produce electricity, off-setting coal- generated electricity and saving emissions of up to ∼55g CO2e MJ−1. Furthermore, use of improved soil and crop management practices, such as no-till cover crops, forage-based cropping systems, animal manure, compost, biochar and biofuel co-products, could replace the estimated SOC loss after residue removal. These management options require more research under different residue removal practices to ensure SOC stocks are maintained where crop residue is removed.—Liska et al.
Liska said his team tried, without success, to poke holes in the study.
If this research is accurate, and nearly all evidence suggests so, then it should be known sooner rather than later, as it will be shown by others to be true regardless. Many others have come close recently to accurately quantifying this emission.—Adam Liska
Until now, scientists have not been able to fully quantify how much soil carbon is lost to carbon dioxide emissions after removing crop residue. They've been hampered by limited carbon dioxide measurements in cornfields, by the fact that annual carbon losses are comparatively small and difficult to measure, and the lack of a proven model to estimate carbon dioxide emissions that could be coupled with a geospatial analysis.
The research has been in progress since 2007, involving the coordinated effort of faculty, staff and students from four academic departments at UNL. Liska is an assistant professor of biological systems engineering and agronomy and horticulture. He worked with Haishun Yang, an associate professor of agronomy and horticulture, to adapt Yang's soil carbon model, and with Andrew Suyker, an associate professor in the School of Natural Resources, to validate the model findings with field research. Liska also drew upon research conducted by former graduate students Matthew Pelton and Xiao Xue Fang. Pelton's master's degree thesis reprogrammed the soil carbon model, while Fang developed a method to incorporate carbon dioxide emissions into life cycle assessments of cellulosic ethanol.
Liska also worked with Maribeth Milner, a GIS specialist with the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Steve Goddard, professor of computer science and engineering and interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and graduate student Haitao Zhu to design the computational experiment at the core of the paper. Humberto Blanco-Canqui, assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture, also helped to address previous studies on the topic.
Adam J. Liska, Haishun Yang, Maribeth Milner, Steve Goddard, Humberto Blanco-Canqui, Matthew P. Pelton, Xiao X. Fang, Haitao Zhu & Andrew E. Suyker (2014) "Biofuels from crop residue can reduce soil carbon and increase CO2 emissions," Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate2187
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Assuming that there is NO CO2 nor methane released from stover left in the field may not be an accurate assumption. With 100 million acres of U.S. farm land planted in corn, that stover left rotting in the field may not add up to zero green house gases emitted.
People say that ALL the stover must remain in the field to return the nutrients back to the soil. Studies show that half can be removed with no affect on the following years crop. The stover must decompose for nutrients to be leached back into the soil with rainfall, to say there is NO gas produced during this decomposition does not seem credible.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas, this study does not mention CO2 produced by stover rotting in the fields as a factor.
"can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions"
How can you say it increases CO2 emissions when you do not account for the CO2 produced in the field? When you gasify stover you get bio char carbon as an end product that can be returned to the soil. If you do not take that into account, how can you say it decreases soil carbon?
They are saying that the soil erodes and releases CO2 without stover cover. That assumes that you remove ALL stover and till the land, no till farming has advantages. They also assume that the cellulose ethanol will be made by fermentation, you can gasify and synthesize ethanol from corn stover returning the bio char carbon to the land. This is a flawed study.
"Rapid increase in volume and types of waste agricultural biomass, as a result of intensive agriculture in the wake of population growth and improved living standards, is becoming a burgeoning problem as rotten waste agricultural
biomass emits methane.."
The study just measured the soil carbon if you remove ALL the stover. It is recommended that your remove HALF the stover. This provides cover for no till farming while preserving the soil carbon. You have less CO2 and methane emitted in the field from stover rot and you can gasify the stover, returning carbon to the land.
If part of the stover is returned as biochar year after year, the total amount of carbon in the soil will be much higher than business as usual.
Even without stover removal, the carbon content will not keep on increasing, but levels off quite fast. Biochar remains in the soil for >100 years.
In addition, energy crops or algae/bacteria sludge (grown in mineral-rich wastewater) can be carbonised for fuel production and the (mineral rich) biochar also returned to these fields, adding to soil fertility.
Bacteria growing in the biochar on the fields love to fixate N2 to nitrates, adding more to soil fertility
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Some of us are bathroom singers. We prefer to sing a song while taking a shower. Do you know that it is healthy? Well, singing also has some health benefits.
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Singing is nothing but a process of releasing your inner energies that are locked up. It is a process of tuning your mind to the vibration of health and happiness.
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And when you sing inside a bathroom, you are not worried about who is listening, who is finding fault with you, who is criticising you and that is why you tend to be yourself while singing in shower. Now, let us discuss about the health benefits of singing.
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When you are singing, you tend to breathe in more oxygen. Also, singing is a good exercise for the muscles of your neck, throat, jaw and face.
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On the heels of the Downtown results, next up in the 2011 Wing Tournament is the Northside/Eastwood bracket. Shifty's Bar and Grill took on Gianni's Bronx Style Pizza, with Change of Pace faced Original Italian Pizza.
Northside / Eastwood Opening Round: Game 1
(1) Shifty's Bar & Grill's "hot" wings: 4 points
(4) NY Gianni's Bronx Style Pizza's "hot" wings: 3 points
The closest match-up to date pitted Shifty's hot wings against Gianni's hot wings.
While Gianni's "dart" style wings, a mix of hot, garlic, and barbecue flavors, should not go unnoticed, their hot wings were barely edged out by Shifty's. For the first time in the tournament, blue cheese actually had to play tie-breaker.
As a 4-seed, Gianni's puts out strong competition with wings that have a great skin and a good balance of slight crunchiness covered in a very vinegar-based Buffalo sauce. Make sure you have napkins for these! While hotness and amount of sauce may have been in favor of Gianni's, Shifty's homemade sauce was slightly more classic and even contained tiny pieces of tomatoes and chilies hiding among the wings.
Shifty's also boasted tender meat (5 out of 5 on my account) and were great bar wings overall.
Downsides of Shifty's was a rather disappointing lack of heat (which was more like a strong mild) and a sauce that tended to dry out midway through the meal. Gianni's weren't bad for take-out and on this visit were a winning combo with their delicious sheet pizza, but Shifty's takes the battle with larger and more consistent wings, tender meat, good flavor, and perfectly chunky blue cheese.
Winner: Shifty's Bar & Grill
Northside / Eastwood Opening Round: Game 2
(2) Change of Pace's "Hot / Extra Crispy" wings: 5
(3) Original Italian Pizza's "Hot / Char-Grilled" wings: 1
Don't let the lop-sided score fool you: both of these competitors faired very well and were above average in most cases. OIP was able to pull out perfectly tender char-grilled chicken coated in a hot sauce that had a great peppery flavor. Change of Pace was highlighted by jumbo chicken wings covered in an excellent and traditional Buffalo sauce with a lingering heat that, in terms of this bracket, was refreshing to taste. I'd do OIP again for take-out wings, but this one goes to Change of Pace. While their brand contained an above average amount of tendons, it's hard to resist their classic flavor and what were otherwise perfect and traditional Buffalo wings in all other aspects.
Winner: Change of Pace
Northside / Eastwood Second Round: Championship Game
(2) Change of Pace's "Hot / Extra Crispy" wings: 4 points
(1) Shifty's Bar & Grill's "hot" wings: 3 points
Shifty's sure likes a close match-up, but it just wasn't enough to surpass Change of Pace. Both even had excellent blue cheese (some of the best in the tournament) with a slight edge going to Shifty's for a chunky style, which I'm a fan of. Honestly, I was hoping Shifty's would bring the heat with their wings, seeing as how they come in various styles like fatal, xtra hot, and f-bomb, to name a few. But Change of Pace's were actually hotter. Shifty's great chicken meat and excellent homemade sauce flavor wasn't enough to pass Change of Pace's jumbo wings the contained a slightly crispy skin covered in a great classic wing sauce.
Winner and champion of the Northside / Eastwood bracket: Change of Pace
There you have it. Change of Pace will take on Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in the Final Four. Stay tuned for the remaining 2 brackets. And Pulled Into Syracuse's 2011 Wing Tournament Champion will be crowned within the next couple weeks.
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Sad to reveal the the truth about The Gentle Barn, I too thought this was a wonderful organazation, until recently receiving some very negative information about the GB not being on the up and up, being in the animal rescue circle, this type of news travels fast for the safe care of "our" animals. The Gentle Barn is currenting under investagation from the Attorney General, for good reason, mis-use of donations, as well as not caring for their animals as they state. I was on a GB blog today, 2/20/13 and yesterday 2/19/13, for the little filly with the deformed legs, from South Carolina, it is, as with all animals a very sad story. I received the information and decided to share this information with other bloggers, as always with these poor sweet animals, people will donate their last dime to help them, I posted on this particular site with the filly as I had noticed that the GB had put this post up seveal times, it is a heartbreaking picture. I suggested that the donors Google the GB to see what others had to say. Long story short, I also suggested this morning that we ask the GENTLE BARN to post pictures of the filly getting transfered from South Carolina to Kentucky for her surgery, her arrival there, the name of the vet and the hospital that is to do the surgery, as well as a picture story of this little gals recovery. I also mentioned "The 60 sad Cows from California" it was a huge donation effort on the part of GENTLE BARN, the cost was $200, 000, which was for the cows and the barns that were to be built. They did in fact raise this amount, then all news of the 60 cows was taken from all sites, and to this day not one barn has been built nor one of the 60 cows has anyone seen. Google all on the 60 sad Cows. After posting this today Gentle Barn deleted everything myself and others wrote about them and their practices. As well as all links to this page. They left all the postings that praise the GB and of course the ones that are donating to them, this action in itself speaks volumes.
If you continue to read all of these reviews, there is one from a lovely couple whom donated alot of time and money for the "60 Sad Cows" project and was also going to help with building of the barns, they are now banished from the Gentle Barn. There is also emails to and from this couple from Ellie and Jay that you can read yourself, it is very disturbing. Number one priority is of course the animals and their care, this must be stopped as soon as possible, secondary yet very important, is the donations going to these unscrupulous couple that are taking from big hearted anmal lovers even if it is their last dime. We must get them to prove their transparency with the animals and the donations. PLEASE HELP.


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Super Marvel vs Capcom: Hype Train to Comic Con; Now Boarding! Lupinko @ post 500+
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Strider Hiryu
"All I know is dat shit will be goin' clockw0rk, hype bitches cuz he be comin' for ya neo"
A reference to Clockw0rk, a notable player of MvC3 who played against another player Neo in a money match. Clockw0rk played Strider/Doom/Sentinel
snuck a silhouette of Strider into one of his twitpics
Phoenix Wright
Roughly translates to: Phoenix Wright's name in Japanese followed by HYPE and what looks like a little dude pointing.
Chuck Greene
or Frank West? Doesn't matter, it's an easy model swap.
[GameFAQs theory of whether it's Chuck or Frank; possibly invalidated by Lupinko being unsure himself]
Just around the release of MvC3, it was found that Frank West and Dr. Octopus folders were listed in the directories containing character files on the MvC3 retail disc. No textures, models, animations, sounds or artwork were found on the disc.
"You know combining orange juice and chocolate milk actually makes a great drink, I recommend it, gives you the boost and nutrition"
Refers to a recipe in Dead Rising that combines Orange Juice and Milk.
"I'm as far beyond master chibi as he is far beyond you
I am eternal
Your detective skills are useless against me
Annoying insects
I cannot be harmed
Watch me and tremble, for I bring the purity of oblivion to your world
My beautiful cryptic devices, the chibi filth has soiled things"
All of these are direct quotes from Apocalypse (altered with some references to an SRK member Master Chibi) in the 90s X-Men anime, and can be found in
this video
Also, Lupinko
tweeted this.
and linked several
Apocalypse videos
""fuck, keep in mind, i don't have yellow fever, i just know a hot girl when i see one" @Barlog_WINS , 2011"
Yellow Fever is a reference to a particular liking to Asian women, and Jubilee happens to be Chinese. Also could be an obvious reference to Jubilee's classic yellow jacket she wore.
"We all know Alysson Court is the one true Jubilee (and Claire Redfield!), Catherine Disher, Cedric Smith, Lawrence Bayne, I could go on & on"
Direct reference of Jubilee. Makes Jubilee a questionable leak due to the crypticness of the rest of the riddles, but falls in line with lupinko saying he threw us a bone.
"My need to feed"
"I gotta find it fast"
"To keep me alive"
Vampire-ish talk. Jubilee is currently in vampiric form in the comics.
"No more freebies going forward."
Immediately after saying he threw us a bone recently in the thread, people guessed Jubilee and within 15 posts lupinko replied with this, suggesting he practically gave this one away.
We've got a new franchise in Asura's Wrath. Wouldn't he be awesome as a character in MvC3? http://fb.me/JQCrnZNL
First mention recently of character a character that would be cool as an inclusion in MvC3. Notably, before Sentinel's official announcement for inclusion in MvC3, the official MvC3 twitter also made tweets about Sentinel.
"sup bitches, all i got 2 say is dat dis is one reddest motherfucker, gaddaymn
non-parental advisory version: someone very red
Asura is indeed very red, and the video link quotes Star Trek's Wrath of Khan, putting the two pieces together it would imply that Asura is in the game.
(organized by likelihood)
"time to sleep, and no, i will not rely on mr sandman, haha man this has been some night"
Not relying on Sandman may be a reference to Spiderman 3 where Venom requested his assistance in taking down Spiderman.
"Hey does anyone remember the movie babe? the one about the talking pig? that was a good movie, james cromwell was dope in it"
James Cromwell plays Captain Stacey in Spiderman 3.
"The most recent message may not look like anything but it is indeed related to the recent bits of info. If you watched a certain show in the late 90s based on a phenomenon that was thought to be originally a fad. It will all become more clear to you.
three unrelated people @ lolgamefaqs if pieced together, pulled a Dave Kujan
The 4kids dub of Pokemon often referred to Rice Balls as jelly donuts. The first link is Niitsuma, the producer of MvC3, eating 12 Jelly donuts. lupinko eventually gave this away by linking directly to this in the third link. Additionally, although I can't find it at the moment, someone on SRK noted that the donuts video was uploaded the same day Viper was announced, creating a vague link through the words viper and venom.
At the height of the guessing, lupinko mentioned "Sigh, go to page 39.". On
Page 39 of this thread at GameFAQs
we find guesses as to which character inclusion he is teasing, implying someone got it here. On this page we find the connection between Pokemon and the donuts, as well as a connection to Eddie Brock because he always made the rice balls in the original 90s anime, which was considered to be a fad at first.
"just remember the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
in this case, a message didn't exist
so you can say maybe, medium is the message
hmm, I wonder if Sid the Kid will be the same after that concussion of his"
Lupinko mentioned that all of these tweets are related. Sid the Kid, is a nickname for Sidney Crosby, a Canadian hockey player that plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In reference to the medium tweets, it is possible that as he's not revealing the message, and so because it doesn't exist, medium is the message.
"the buds, the rags, the pens, and the sabres?"
This tweet refers to four hockey teams that Tim Horton, a Canadian and founder of Tim Hortons, was a defenseman for: The Maple Leafs, Rangers, Penguins and Sabres.
"hahaha, this is still awesome yugiohabridged.com/page-ep48 "
Also mentioned on page 39, is someone identifying the episode of Abridged there as Penguin Ex Machina. A connection to the Penguins, a team Tim Horton played for. However this tweet was later removed because it overcomplicated things.
"one of the best to ever play
Was a reference to go to page 39 in the Gamefaqs thread for the answer. Coincidentally 3+9=12.
"lol canucks can't live without this http://twitpic.com/5mvxe5"
A picture of an Ice Cap, sold at Tim Hortons all across Canada. For the uninformed, Canucks = Canadians. At this point, Tim Horton is an important central theme. From his wikipedia, it is noted he died on Twelve Mile Creek (reference to the 12), and on the Creek's wiki page, one of the references is Brock University. Eddie Brock. Venom.
Much of this summary is attributed to dantemustdie of SRK fantastically compiling all of the facts and bringing the connections together, possibly in the fashion lupinko thought we hadn't.
"Hey does anyone remember the movie babe? the one about the talking pig? that was a good movie, james cromwell was dope in it"
James Cromwell voiced Virgil in the 2007 Dante's Inferno film.
"speaking of the late tony jay, he was also virgil and megabyte! not to mention having a role in twins"
A reference to Tony Jay voicing Virgil the Lemurian in the Mighty Max TV series, and Tony Jay voicing Megabyte in the DmC reboot. Virgil and Dante are twins.
Doctor Octopus
Just around the release of MvC3, it was found that Frank West and Dr. Octopus folders were listed in the directories containing character files on the MvC3 retail disc. No textures, models, animations, sounds or artwork were found on the disc.
"just remember, imma continue to use my playa hatin' degree, so watch out mofos"
The playa hatin' degree bit can be interpreted as a reference to a Ph.D or a doctorate, as a reference to Doctor Octopus.
"Hey does anyone remember the movie babe? the one about the talking pig? that was a good movie, james cromwell was dope in it"
James Cromwell voiced Captain Stacey in Spiderman 3, who was killed off by Doctor Octopus in the comics.
"sup bitches, all i got 2 say is dat dis is one reddest motherfucker, gaddaymn
non-parental advisory version: someone very red"
Mephisto is indeed very, very red.
Bruce Campbell was in all three of the Spiderman films, and Mephisto is a Spiderman villain.
"The greatest trick the devil ever did was convincing the world he didn't exist"
This statement could be a reference if Spiderman is the "he." Mephisto is the one who made it so everyone forgot Spiderman was Peter Parker after he revealed his identity.
All the references to Ghost rider may have just been allusions to Mephisto, as Ghost Rider is one of his minions.
"what a great line to jam to in the mornin', "can't get you outta my head like kylie minogue", ah fun times"
"Can't get you outta my head" is something Rogue apparently says often in reference to her having Ms. Marvel in her head. Also, Rogue rhymes with Minogue.
"speaking of old marvel casts, lenore zahn is amazing as is richard fucking grieco aka best ghost rider ever as he killed galactus so hard"
Lenore Zahn is a former voice actor for Rogue.
MegaMan Starforce
"Let me hit you with the ryuusei sound This is how it goes down
We back again in the LAB now To turn it out
We gon get you out your seats now Y'all know what's it all 'bout"
An M-Flo lyric and therefore possibly not a leak. However, the bit about the sound is possibly a reference to the Starforce series which is based upon sound waves/frequencies.
Ryuusei no Rockman is the Japanese name for Megaman Starforce.
"so i was wondering, do they still make jello commercials? i mean isn't it amazing that there green and blue and all other wacky colours
of jello? it's like some sort of wizardry or something like dat"
As pointed out in the source, Wizards exist in the Star Force Universe, such as Omega-Xis, who is green and blue. Omega-Xis EM Wave changes into Megaman Starforce. It is also of note that Megaman Starforce is blue and his buster is green.
Dr. Strange/Mandarin
"just remember, imma continue to use my playa hatin' degree, so watch out mofos"
The playa hatin' degree bit can be interpreted as a reference to a Ph.D or a doctorate, as a reference to Dr. Strange.
"so i was wondering, do they still make jello commercials? i mean isn't it amazing that there green and blue and all other wacky colours
of jello? it's like some sort of wizardry or something like dat"
Due to the inclusion of Dr. Strange villains in the game already, people are pointing towards Dr. Strange because of the reference to Wizardry and his colourful use of magic. However, Mandarin and Mysterio have also notably rocked Blue and Green colour schemes (as well as purple and other jello-y colours).
Additionally, MasterChibi on SRK mentioned that one of Gill, Mysterio or Dr. Strange is in the game.
Ghost Rider
"hahaha, this is still awesome yugiohabridged.com/page-ep48
just remember the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
Chindogg's summary is concise so I'll quote the entire thing:
I'll copy what I wrote in SRK to conclude what I considered before everyone went apeshit over Sigma.
This is a stretch but here me out. Lupinko mentioned that the answer is on page 39, presumably on Gamefaqs, where there's mention of a Yugioh episode "Penguin Ex Machina." Penguin Ex Machina is very similar to Deus Ex Machina, a thing that seemingly solves a problem out of nowhere when an insolvable problem happens. In an earlier tweet, Lupinko posts a youtube video of the Fantastic Four fighting Galactus, seemingly unbeatable, until Ghost Rider shows up and beats him down with the Penance Stare within 20sec.
Also, notice all the hockey references in the tweets. There's actually a Minor League hockey team the Fernie Ghostriders. In an earlier tweet also, Lupy makes a reference to the Devil. Ghost Rider originally gained his powers from the Devil before Marvel retconned it into Mephisto. Given this information, I am concluding that Ghost Rider is what he's been alluding to for most of the day.
Note that lupinko later clarified that the Penguin Ex Machina tweet was removed because of overcomplication and not being the one he was referring to.
"eat your heart out nic cage, all bow down to the real fucking ghost rider
richard fucking grieco"
An explicit mention of Ghost Rider, we got one for Jubilee before, but were told there would be no more freebies.
"hmm, I wonder if Sid the Kid will be the same after that concussion of his"
Someone going by the name Sid the Kid
makes custom Ghost Rider Mighty Muggs
"lol canucks can't live without this http://twitpic.com/5mvxe5"
It is noted that the Fernie Ghostriders have a Tim Horton player of the week, this is a picture of an Ice Cap sold by Timmies.
Tim Hortons commercial celebrating hockey as it brings together millions of Canadians. Featuring a lot of hockey sticks. Gambit wields a Bo staff, a kind of stick. Additionally, Taylor Kitsch who played Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is Canadian.
"You should all abandon chibi as he is only one of the horsemen
Gambit was notably one of Apocalypse's 4 horsemen, as Death.
"The most recent message may not look like anything but it is indeed related to the recent bits of info. If you watched a certain show in the late 90s based on a phenomenon that was thought to be originally a fad. It will all become more clear to you.
These tweets were in reference to Pokemon. In the late 90s, Pokemon cards were a worldwide phenomenon, and turned out to be way more than just a fad.
Batsu Ichimonji
"don't be a foo and stay in schoo"
Reference to Rival Schools, the series Batsu comes from.
"Let me hit you with the ryuusei sound This is how it goes down"
An M-Flo lyric and therefore possibly not a leak. One of Batsu's moves is the Ryuusei Kick.
@FabsRubio wut? i just throw things real hella far
lupinko replied to someone asking if any of the new characters have the stones (Powerstone) with this. Via Karsticles' wrap up, this is possibly a hint at Shoma Sawamura as he has a fast ball move with infinite range.
"trying to see if something old fits in the car engine, wonder how that would work out
personally for this kind of matter, going old skool may sound interesting but could be pulled off wrong"
Possibly a reference to putting someone from the old Rival Schools series, or TvC into MvC3 and it's engine that could be pulled off wrong as they don't play the same.
"Get ready to die cause it's gonna get rough"
Cable is known for saying "Time to get Rough" in his MvC2 incarnation.
"And in my mind
I'm a, blind man doin' time Look to my future
cause my past is all behind me
Is it a crime to fight for what is mine"
2pac lyrics from Only God Can Judge Me that can be interpreted as a reference to Cable's backstory revolving around time travel and fighting for the world's and his own survival.
"too bad that guy didn't allow john to get dem aids, smh no more aegis reflector
whoops my bad, loljohn, more like loljames"
First things first, MasterChibi
explicitly stated that these tweets were in reference to the opposite of anything thus far, and therefore a disconfirmation of a character
. This is very important, because it suggests Cable is disconfirmed.
Okay this one is huge, and there were so many people guessing so many things everywhere so I'll just summarize without going into a massive amount of detail. Lupinko corrected his first tweet with the second, meaning that "this guy" didn't allow James to get the aids in time. James Howlett is the birth name of Wolverine.
Aegis Reflector is one of Urien's moves in SF3. Urien and Cable share a voice actor. Lawrence Bayne. "No more Aegis Reflector" may mean no more Cable.
In this video, we see Cable preventing Wolverine from getting aid from Bishop after Wolverine got knocked into the techno-organic virus by Apocalypse. Possibly being the final nail in the coffin for Cable's disconfirmation. The general consensus is that Cable is the one who's been disconfirmed.
crimsonspider89 summed it up alternatively here as well
"And in my mind
I'm a, blind man doin' time Look to my future
cause my past is all behind me
Is it a crime to fight for what is mine"
2pac lyrics from Only God Can Judge Me coinciding with references to Daredevil being blind, with the mention of crime possibly being a reference to Daredevil as he is a lawyer. It is important to note that MvC3 leaks suggested that Elektra was cut from the game to keep sides balanced when Frank West was cut, and that's why The Hand's Hideout stage looks out of place in the retail game without representing characters, especially after Niitsuma stated that each stage would have some connection to a character in the game.
"dat robochick would give anyone dat h.a.r.d.a.c"
Roll is the most likely reference here, because she is the only robotic female that comes to mind, however, the HARDAC and Batman:TAS references surrounding this tweet seem to imply a deeper reference that hasn't been cracked yet.
Apparently Niitsuma has been seen recently with Roll's VA.
Megaman X
"dat blade runner
fun fact, william sanderson pretty much played the same character in both blade runner and batman tas :D"
It is noted in the source that the Megaman X plot and Blade Runner's share similarities. The robochick tweet was tweeted around the same time as these, potentially having a connection.
"Get ready to die cause it's gonna get rough"
"Get ready to die" is a Urien quote, and "Time to get rough" is a Cable one. The source points out that both Urien and Cable share the same voice actor, Lawrence Bayne. The only other two VAs he did were for Erik the Red and Fabian Cortez, with Erik the Red once being a secret identity for Scott Summers, or Cyclops.
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Sheridan County is getting into the garage sale spirit and is hosting a sale of its own Friday morning.
Several items that were once government property will be sold off, and profits from the sale will go back into the county's general fund.
Sue Allender, Deputy County Clerk, has the details.
Items up for grabs include furniture, computers, cabinets, and even historic courthouse lights. Again, the sale starts at 7 Friday morning.


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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Alpharetta is home to the 100th location of Pollo Tropical. With a grand opening Aug. 16, the store manager, Larry Anderson, held a giveaway for a lucky winner to take a free trip for two to Miami. So long as they left immediately.
Atlanta resident Frances Yancey won. She called her husband to tell him the good news.
"Honey, go home and pack your bags," said Yancey. "We won."
Pollo Tropical is a Miami-based company with restaurants throughout the Southeast. They specialize in grilled chicken plates with a Caribbean flair. The Alpharetta location features beer and sangria drinks as well as table service. It is the fourth location in Atlanta and the second for Anderson, who will also open another location in Cumming in October.
"They are different and unique," Anderson said of Pollo Tropical. "They are a growing company."
The new location employs 65 people.
Alpharetta's Pollo Tropical is located at 10900 Haynes Bridge Road.


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New Report Highlights Projects To Fight Obesity
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A new report details the stories of 17 school and community projects in Kentucky that organizers hope will help reduce obesity.
The Kentucky Health and Family Services Cabinet says the state is third highest in national rankings of overweight and obese children and sixth in adults.
The agency says the Partnership for a Fit Kentucky and the Shaping Kentucky's Future Collaborative released the report, "Community Guide to Reducing Obesity."
Elaine Russell of the Partnership for a Fit Kentucky and the Kentucky Department for Public Health's Obesity Prevention Program says people are working together statewide to encourage healthy eating and regular physical activity.
Locations include Hopkinsville, Louisville, Booneville, Lexington, Covington and Science Hill.
The report is available online at http://fitky.org . For more information, contact Russell at Elaine.russell(at)ky.gov or (502) 564-9358.


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Speaking of dumping core... they seem to have some funny ideas about privacy in the US.
I'd never understood all the talk of cubes on slashdot. Surely, I thought, that's only for call-center workers? Workers whose employers don't care about them, and aren't content with treating them as interchangeable work units — they need the workers to know how low is the esteem in which they're held.
And then you look around in San Jose and Santa Clara, and they're ubiquitous. Walk through the world's largest (and, granted, sunniest) industrial estate, and look in the windows, and all you see are these high-walled cells. Even really nice-looking buildings, such as Nvidia's, are furnished like this.
It's like Brazil without the dentistry.
So I can see now why slashdot has so many ads for knick-knacks to clutter cubicles with. I always thought it odd, because I saw the slashdot crowd as primarily male, and the collection of knick-knacks as primarily a female preoccupation. (Not that men don't have collecting instincts; they just seem to be more of the "complete the set" persuasion.)
Something I don't get, though, is why the natives seem happy with the situation. For the bunch of Brits I know, it was intolerably depressing. Within a day, the cube walls were partially dismantled, and we now have some kind of Mondrian take on open-plan. The natives, though, seem to like things the way they are. Where they have glass panels between cubes, they've covered them over with posters. Where there would be natural light, they've drawn the blinds. There's now a natural light gradient directly proportional to the Brit density.
So maybe, I wonder, they like their privacy?
And then I need to go [that's a euphemism, like the sign where I live that promises a fine for anyone "walking their dog" on the lawn], and I'm confused. I'm confused about many things, though I've had some explained.
For example: the reason there are urinals so low a dog could use them is, I'm told, because they have to be usable by people in wheelchairs. The only wheelchair user I know is female, so I can't ask whether she'd seriously consider using a urinal. (I could, of course, but her answer wouldn't be interesting in the directly pertinent sense.)
So at least I don't have to worry about the secret army of midgets that infests public restrooms.
The real wonder, though, are the toilet stalls.
The first thing you notice is that they don't go down to the ground. You can recognize the occupant of the end stall by their shoes, socks, and belt buckle. That's how high they start.
They don't go up very far, though. Certainly nowhere near the ceiling, and not even above the height of a tall man. During those parts of the operation where you stand, I can hold a face-to-face conversation with a coworker who happens to be using a urinal. I know this, because I've done it. You can't not talk, because it's too weird otherwise. Like being buried up to the neck, naked, next to one another. I call that weird.
The doors seem to have unnecessarily fiddly handles. Call me Mr Burns, but I don't like touching anything I don't have to. I know how many people don't wash their hands. I like things I can operate with a kick or an elbow nudge. Not a "handle" so small it has to be grasped between thumb and forefinger like a china teacup.
Most taps (faucets), strangely, seem to be sensibly designed for elbow use. Though observation suggests that most people either don't realize this, or don't care. Maybe they haven't watched enough hospital drama?
[Apologies, while I'm here, to whichever member of staff at Dave+Buster's had to climb over (or under) to unlock the stall I locked from outside, just to see if the lock was as stupidly designed as it appeared to be. It was, and I was left with a door only unlockable from the inside, locked from the outside.]
Not content with stall walls being too short (in both vertical directions), a lot of the doors don't fit either. There are gaps wide enough to see through, both on the lock side and the hinge side. (This is actually less common, and doesn't seem to apply to most restaurants. Prior observations do.)
I used to think the unisex toilets in "Ally McBeal" were a joke. I'm no longer quite so certain.
And now I'm left thinking of Midsummer Night's Dream, and the references to Calista Flockhart/Helena's personage, her tall personage, compared to Anna Friel/Hermia's minimus, of hindering knot-grass made. And whether either of them would be visible to talk to.
Will my idea of a person's height forever be tarnished by the question of whether their head would be above or below the stall wall?
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Early Life:
Born in London in 1713, John Turbeville Needham was a Catholic and but he did become a priest. He was in fact ordained in 1738, however he preferred to spend his time as a teacher and tutor.
Contributions and Achievements:
John Needham established Académie impériale et royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles in 1773 and remained its director until 1780. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1768. He carried out microscopical observations with Buffon in 1748. Needham later conducted a learned correspondence with Bonnet and Spallanzani on the issue of generation.
He faced harsh criticism from Voltaire, because he had tried to establish that tiny microscopic animals, or "anguilles" in his own words, can be developed spontaneously by natural forces, yet in a sealed container. Voltaire, who firmly believed in pre-existing germs, thought that Needham's ideas could possibly create much controversy as they appeared to endorse materialism and atheism.
Needham also made important contributions to botany and explained the mechanics of pollen.
Later Life and Death:
John Needham died on December 30, 1781. He was 68 years old.


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S.A. becomes command HQ for Dallas tornado response
Emergency-management officials meeting here when storms hit North Texas.
Updated 7:49 am, Wednesday, April 4, 2012
As tornadoes and powerful thunderstorms pounded the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, people you would expect to lead the response seemed out of position, attending the annual Texas Emergency Management Conference in San Antonio.
But there — in a meeting hall of the Convention Center, 275 miles south of the devastation — municipal and state agency leaders put tables, chairs and computers together, quickly assembling a mobile version of Texas' emergency operations center.
"It's just a little after three hours after the reports of the first tornado, and we've been functioning in there for at least 2½ of those hours," Texas Division of Emergency Management chief Nim Kidd said late in the afternoon. "I don't know how we could have had a faster response time."
Separated from the rest of the convention floor by a cordon of yellow police tape, dozens of people worked the phones and monitored giant screens that showed the latest storm projections, loops of radar images and live streams of coverage from Dallas-area TV stations.
"It was kind of a madhouse," said San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood, who arrived soon after the command post was set up.
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Hood said the San Antonio Office of Emergency Management and several other entities were helping the state's efforts. The fire department here deployed a medical strike team of four employees to the stricken area.
"You've got representatives from all over the state here in San Antonio; so it only made sense to pull everybody together and start working," he said.
It was a frustrating experience for conventioneers from North Texas stuck outside the yellow tape in the convention hall or watching a series of flat-screen monitors set up by the National Weather Service at the agency's convention booth on the floor above.
"You feel kinda helpless," Elizabeth Disco-Shearer, president of Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, said as she stood at the weather service booth watching the radar loops. "You want to be home, being able to respond."
University of North Texas student Patrick Hays, who is studying emergency management, was in the same crowd, trying to see what was happening in Dallas because his mother works in an office tower downtown.
He called it "uncanny" that "the biggest storm of the year comes by" to hit Dallas during the emergency-management conference in San Antonio. "So far, the only thing I'm thinking right now is that I wish I could be there with my family."
Getting back fast was going to be difficult. American Airlines announced a suspension of all operations at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, its largest hub, for the rest of the day because it had to inspect its airplanes for hail damage.
By the end of the day, people in the affected communities finally had time to begin to tally the damage.
"It's just really frustrating. We're down here getting better prepared, and this stuff happens when we're down here," said Stacy Singleton, the fire marshal of Burleson, a city south of Fort Worth.
He was getting updates and pictures on his iPhone — one of the images appeared to show a tornado barreling toward a school in Johnson County.
"I'm still waiting on further news," he said.
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