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Alvarez: Ticket demand for Badgers-Cornhuskers highest he's ever seen in Madison
They�ve accumulated over the last 21-plus years�16 as football coach and five-plus as full-time athletic director:
The back-to-back games against Michigan and Ohio State in the 1993 Rose Bowl season; the victory over Penn State in �98 to clinch another trip to Pasadena; the victory over Iowa in �99, which brought another Big Ten Conference title and a national rushing record for Ron Dayne; and the upset of No. 1 Ohio State last season.
Nebraska�s visit to Madison this week, the Cornhuskers� first Big Ten game, could rise to the top of that list.
�I don�t remember any game with more anticipation than this game,� said Alvarez, who coached 102 games at Camp Randall Stadium and has seen his successor, Bret Bielema, coach in 38 more there. �There is no doubt in my mind that the demand for this ticket is higher by far than any other ticket since I�ve been here.�
Nebraska fans follow their team as well as any fan base in the nation, so Alvarez anticipates Camp Randall Stadium will be inundated by the �Children of the Corn.� Alvarez knows that as well as anyone. He played linebacker for the Cornhuskers (1965-�67) and acknowledged some of his tickets went to Nebraska followers.
�They�re going to find tickets,� said Alvarez, who is UW�s honorary captain this week. �They�re going to pay scalper�s prices. Those people are avid fans. I�m not going to worry about that. They�re not going to take over the stadium.
�But there will be an abundance of them.�
Nebraska officials received the standard ticket allocation of 3,000 for the UW game. They received more than 20,000 requests from season-ticket holders.
UW officials anticipate anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 Nebraska fans will make the trip to Madison, regardless of whether they have tickets. Those fans are expected to be dressed in black so they stand out in the stadium and on TV.
�I�m excited to go to Madison,� safety Austin Cassidy said, �(but) I don�t really care what the fans wear.�
Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne told Alvarez the Cornhuskers had a healthy cheering section when they played at Notre Dame on Sept. 9, 2000.
�He said when we took the field they had maybe 20,000 fans in the stands,� Alvarez said. �They found tickets.�
The highest price for a ticket on StubHub is $5,000 for a seat in the Buckingham Club. The most expensive ticket for an outdoor seat was $1,250.
Brian Moore, director of UW�s ticket office, told UW administrators in August that he couldn�t get his hands on a ticket no matter who was asking.
�It is the most in-demand ticket that any of us have seen here,� said associate athletic director Justin Doherty, who joined the UW staff in December 1994. �That comes from our ticket office, from my experience here and from Barry�s experience here.�
Festivities will be plentiful.
Nebraska officials have scheduled a rally at UW�s Union South, with more than 800 people scheduled to attend.
The alumni associations are planning a joint function to be attended by the governors of both states. Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany is scheduled to be on campus.
�It�s going to be busy as hell,� Alvarez said.
Badgerville, UW�s first-year endeavor held before home games on the grass practice field just north of Camp Randall, has a capacity of 5,000.
It is scheduled to open at 3 p.m. and will remain open through the game. Fans will be able to watch the game on two large-screen TVs. There is no admission charge to this area.
Alvarez wants Nebraska fans who do not have a ticket to have a comfortable place in which to watch the game. He doesn�t want a repeat of the �94 Rose Bowl, when hundreds of UW fans were victimized by ticket scams and milled outside the Rose Bowl with nothing to do.
�They want to be a part of history,� Alvarez said of the Nebraska fans. �They want to experience Madison. They want to see the campus. They want to be here to be a part of it.�
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Rodney's suspension cut to two games
Tigers closer not available to pitch Monday or Tuesday
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
The original suspension, handed out last Tuesday, was three games. Rodney immediately appealed it and made his case by phone Monday afternoon. He reiterated his argument that he didn't intend to throw the ball into the box, and that he was truly sorry for throwing the ball into the stands in the first place.
While he had a game taken off his suspension, he said his fine remained $3,000.
"It's a lot of money," Rodney said.
The Tigers' five-game losing streak, which ended with Sunday's win over the Blue Jays, didn't leave Rodney with any save opportunities while his suspension was on appeal. Sunday marked the first time since then that he finished out a victory, and it wasn't a save situation. He pitched three other times, largely just to get some work and stay fresh.
Manager Jim Leyland didn't want to talk about the matter. However, he mentioned Sunday that he would have to rest Rodney on Monday anyway after he pitched in the previous three games.
Normally, setup man Brandon Lyon would fill in as Detroit's closer, but he also pitched in the first three games of the series. Leyland was still hoping to have him available, but wasn't sure.
Still, the suspension will be over by the time the Tigers leave town for a nine-game, three-city road trip to Minnesota, Cleveland and Chicago that could determine the American League Central race. The Twins and White Sox are both looking up in the standings at the Tigers, who have a 5 1/2-game lead and a magic number of 15.
Rodney can work out with the team before the game and throw on the side, but he can't be in the dugout or the clubhouse once the game starts.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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April 04, 2008
Classifying lenses: the telephoto lens
This is part of an ongoing series of short articles about lenses and how they are used on Digital SLR cameras. The series currently contains the following articles:
These lenses have focal lengths that are longer than normal. Wildlife and sports photographers favor the longer versions of these lenses (200mm and up) as they allow you to get in close to the subject while still shooting from a distance.
Many portrait photographers like the shorter telephoto lenses such as 85mm or 135mm. These focal lengths make it easier to create a shallow depth of field, blurring the background and isolating the subject.
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April 03, 2008
Classifying lenses: the wide angle lens
This is part of an ongoing series of short articles about lenses and how they are used on Digital SLR cameras. The series currently contains the following articles:
Wide angle
Lenses with focal lengths that are less than normal are refered to as wide angle lenses. These lenses are best suited for capturing large areas and are preferred by landscape photographers who desire to capture stunning vistas. As lens manufacturing technology has improved, extremely wide angle lenses have been created, as well as fish-eye lenses that give a nearly 180° field of view. The wider a lens is, the more noticable the barrel distortion that these lenses create becomes. Many photographers use this distortion to artistic effect (whether you appreciate the art is another matter).
Wide angle lenses create images that have a lot of depth to them - they exagerrate the apparent distance between foreground and background. This tends to introduce distortion into images in a couple of ways.
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Classifying lenses: the normal lens
This is part of an ongoing series of short articles about lenses and how they are used on Digital SLR cameras. The series currently contains the following articles:
What is normal?
A normal lens is one that creates an image that is very close to how our eyes perceive the world. In other words, images made with these lenses "look normal." There are no distortions introduced, or apparent compression of space that you might get with other lenses.
What is normal for a given camera depends on the size of whatever is doing the imaging. The formal definition is a lens whose focal lenght equals the diagonal of the image size. So a view camera with a 4" × 5" back has a diagonal of 154mm (96 × 120mm), and therefore a normal lens would be a 150mm lens. A large format 8 × 10 camera would have a 300mm normal lens.
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Classifying lenses: the crop factor
This is part of an ongoing series of short articles about lenses and how they are used on Digital SLR cameras. The series currently contains the following articles:
Crop Factor
Most digital SLRs use sensors that are slightly smaller than the size of 35mm film. Film has an image diagonal of 43mm, while these smaller sensors have image diagonals of 27mm. The lenses they use are still designed to create an image on a piece of 35mm film. What happens is that the image that is created is effectively a crop of what the image would have been if it were a full frame or film camera. The ratio of full frame to the smaller sensors comes out to 1.6, and many times these cameras are referred to as having a 1.6 crop factor.
The image above should help make this clearer. This is Tunnel View looking east over the Yosemite Valley toward Half Dome. The circle is the image that is projected on the back of a 35mm camera. The red rectangle represents 35mm film, or the area of a full frame sensor. Note that the circle is a bit larger than that area, and in practice probably has even a bit more overlap.
The yellow rectangle represents the area of a 1.6 crop sensor. Notice that nothing about the projected image has changed. The smaller sensor simply records a smaller area of the image, like a croppped area of the image.
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March 20, 2008
One of the key reasons for owning a DSLR is the ability to change lenses to suit a particular subject. There are zoom lenses and prime lenses. And there are wide angles, normals, and telephotos. And there are specialty lenses like macros and tilt/shift lenses.
When shooting people, you can use any of these lenses depending on what type of image you want to create. For portraits, the most flattering images typically come from normal to the short end of a telephoto lens, somewhere between about 50mm to 100mm. Several zooms cover that range, and both Canon and Nikon have primes aimed at the portrait photographer. Canon's 85mm f1.2 L is considered by many to be the ultimate portrait lens, but costing nearly $1,800 it is a subject for another site to cover.
The 50mm lens is another sweet spot, particularly for those of us shooting on cropped sensors, as that puts the effective field of view at 80mm for a 1.6 crop factor. Canon sells three versions of a 50mm lens — the $1300 f1.2 L, the $300 f1.4, and the $90 f1.8.
All of these lenses have pluses and minuses. The f1.2 takes fantastic pictures with wonderful bokeh, but is big, heavy and expensive. The 1.4 is reasonably priced and fast, with some pleasing images, but can be soft around the edges. And the f1.8, or nifty-fifty, or plastic fantastic, is cheap, light, sharp and fast, but is slow to focus, especially in low light, and has the least pleasing bokeh of the three. But did I mention it is cheap? It is a great lens for the photographer on a budget (and Nikon sells a similar prime).
After a while, however, you might find yourself wanting a better build quality that is more responsive to your focusing needs; something like the f1.4, but that is sharp from edge to edge.
Enter Sigma. They appear to have recognized this particular need and recently announced a new 50mm lens. The specs look great (from their site):
- Standard lens with large maximum aperture of F1.4.
- It creates sharp images with high contrast and ensures superior peripheral brightness.
- Incorporates molded glass aspherical lens, perfectly correcting coma aberration and creating superior image quality.
- Super multi-layer lens coating reduces flare and ghosting.
- Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) ensuring silent, high-speed AF.
Now we wait to see if the lens lives up to expectations, and to see how expensive it is. If they can hit these sweet spots, Sigma may just have a hit on their hands.
(Thanks to Derrick Story for the heads-up on the new lens.)
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March 19, 2008
Toothbrushing Illustration How-to
I recently published a life-hacker style post about my toothbrushing routine on another blog. I decided it would help to have an illustration, and figured, I'm a photographer, I should be able to provide just what I need.
I visualized what I wanted in my mind, and then thought about how to achieve that image. I decided a shot of me, toothbrush in hand, mouth full of toothpaste, grimacing into the bathroom mirror would be just the shot.
But mirrors are notoriously reflective, making it very difficult to get shot of one without also seeing the camera, off camera flashes, etc. And bathrooms tend to be lacking in spaciousness. Not to mention that the shot I was visualizing shows me face on, looking directly into the mirror, something like the picture below:
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November 16, 2006
No (or at least fewer) excuses
Nikon today announced the D40, a $600 entry into the low end DSLR market. This 6.1 megapixel camera includes several features aimed at the amateur enthusiast who is probably making their first slr purchase. From in camera editing features (cropping, red-eye reduction, etc.) and 8 shooting mode presets, to the ability to preview how changing a setting, such as f-stop or shutter speed, will effect the image (via sample photos on the 2.5" LCD screen) and an animation that explains the relationship between aperture size and f-stop number, Nikon is clearly trying to bridge the gap between point and shoot cameras and DSLRs.
I'm not so sure that "the end is neer," but it will be interesting to see how well this sells once it becomes available in December.
More thoughts on the Nikon D40 from around the web:
- Phil Askey's thorough hands-on preview at dpreview
- New York Times: A Digital S.L.R. That Gives Hints on What an F-Stop Means
- MacWorld: Nikon D40 DSLR costs $599
- Derrick Story: Nikon D40 - DSLR for the Masses?
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November 08, 2006
Some advice from the internets
The Tech Lounge offers up 10 reasons you might want to buy a DSLR, and a few reasons not to as well. And if you do end up buying one, or are in the market for a new memory card or two, you might want to read this post from David Pogue about whether the new high-speed cards are worth the investment.
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February 21, 2006
New Camera, Lenses and Printer from Canon
Every year towards the end of February photo enthusiasts from around the world descend on Orlando, Florida to attend the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) show. Much like never buying a product from Apple right before MacWorld in January, it's probably best to wait for the announcements various companies will make at PMA before buying anything photo related near the beginning of the year.
This year PMA runs from February 26-March 1, but that hasn't stopped my favorite photo company from making some pre-show announcements. Canon has announced a new camera, two new lenses and a new printer. And if you can afford to drop the cash for any of these, you might not be in the low end of the market. But it's nice to dream…
I'll start with the printer. Compatible with Macs and PCs, the imagePROGRAF iPF5000 is a 12-color printer (red, blue, green, gray, photo gray, cyan, photo cyan, magenta, photo magenta, yellow, regular black and matte black). It switches automatically between regular and matte black, which is a boon to those who favor black and white prints. Plug-ins are included for both Canon's Digital Photo Professional software and Photoshop. Printing at 1200x1200 dpi (2400x1200 is the maximum resolution), a 16.5 x 23.4 inch print will take about 3 minutes.
All this will set you back $1,945. Yep, not in the low end.
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February 17, 2006
The Megapixel Myth
David Pogue recently posted some interesting insight from a reader regarding just how many Megapixels we need in a camera. In a previous column Pogue quoted Chuck Westfall of Canon's camera marketing group as saying, "Seven- and eight-megapixel cameras seem to be more than adequate. We can easily go up to a 13-by-19 print and see very, very clear detail."
His reader wrote in to agree, stating that, "Round about 6 megapixels was always going to be a tipping point, because at that density, the average person won't see any difference in quality when using a standard lens and printing at reasonable size." This agrees with what Ken Rockwell has been saying for some time. In fact Rockwell goes so far as to say that for the average person, "a 3 MP camera pretty much looks the same as a 6 MP camera, even when blown up to 12 x 18!"
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The Canon Digital Rebel
Also known as the 300D, this is Canon's entry level DSLR. Street price is about $700 with the 18-55mm kit lens. This is the camera I have been using (and learning to use) for about a year now.
Since it occupies the low end of Canon's DSLR offerings, it does not have all the bells and whistles of it's more expensive brethren, but I have yet to exhaust all the possibilities with it.
There options range from fully automatic, which lets the camera make all the decisions for you with regard to exposure and focus, to fully manual, where you are in charge of everything from ISO and shutter speed to f-stop and focus.
Since it is a digital camera, the time it takes to learn how all of these options work together to create a compelling image is greatly reduced. Being able to view the results immediately on the LCD viewer means making quick adjustments and reshooting is possible. And having all the EXIF data available when comparing shots on the computer makes it easier and faster to understand the relationship between ISO and noise, or f-stop and depth of field.
For me, this has been a great first SLR.
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February 14, 2006
Why Low End?
Admittedly the hobby of photography is an expensive one. Digital SLRs (Single Lens Reflex) cost on the order of $1000 and up. And then there are the lenses, which can go for more than the cost of the camera body—some many times more. And what is the point of having a camera that can accept multiple lenses if you don't have more than one lens to put on it?
Then there are tripods, carrying cases, flash units, storage cards, batteries, light meters, reflectors, and backgrounds. And you also need a computer to process the images, and software for the computer, and a printer to print the photos.
All of this costs money. The barrier to entry can be pretty intimidating. I know it took me quite a while to make the plunge. And as the name of this site indicates, I'm sitting at the low end of the range.
Over the next few weeks I'll be posting about what equipment I have, and why I have it. From there I'll discuss what I am learning about how to take better photos, and maybe be able to help you in your photography. I'll leave comments open as I can so that you can chime in with your thoughts on whatever subject I am tackling.
I will also be sharing my photos with you, and maybe some interesting stories as they come up.
If there is anything else you'd like to know, or want me to cover, let me know in the comments.
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sudo aptitude install swat
Most probably the service has not been started. Try
cat /etc/inetd.conf|grep swat
If you get a line with swat like
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in it then do
sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart
and to make sure it is working by going
sudo netstat -pea|grep swat
and you should get
tcp 0 0 *:swat *:* LISTEN root 14109 4453/inetd
The numbers may be different. If you get that then do the firefox thing again.
This sucks! Why should you have to type in all those commands. It should just work. I mean, what has swatting a pea with a static net got to do with connecting to a windows share? Why do you have to swat all this stuff anyway? There is no flies on windows so just install that and have no problems. Because I dont like to be told to wait when I want to have a tcp in the stream and have to swat all these flies. You Linux guys are so dumb. Windows just works and I don't have to type in all that foreign crap. I just want to use my computer, ubble ubble ubble ubble linux sucks ubble ubble ubble crap linux ubble ubble ubble.


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I grew up in a home where no television set was allowed in the living room. We were allowed in there, but no television. The TV was in the family room, and that was that. Living rooms were for talking, entertaining, reading near the fireplace. But not for watching TV.
When my parents moved to a one-floor condo and sold us the house, my mother insisted on a place with three bedrooms: one master, one guest room/home office and one for – ta da! – the television. Again, no TV in the living room. That third bedroom was made into a den, the doors of the 6-foot closet removed and a perfectly sized television storage unit installed in the alcove.
My mother, the room repurposer.
I was reminded of this while working on my story today on rethinking the rooms of our homes. I know several people who have swapped their living and dining rooms because they feel the spaces work better. I've seen young couples with no dining room furniture use the place as a playroom for their kids – or just as an open place for them to tumble, dance, stage shows. And some homeowners with second-floor loft areas have created cozy reading nooks or cool home offices.
Years ago, while I was renting a house that had a fairly good-sized "bonus" room off the back of the kitchen, my imagination worked overtime thinking of things that room could become. A greenhouse? A gallery? Oh, the possibilities.
In our current home, we have done our own version of repurposing rooms in fairly simple ways. About 10 years ago or so, we transformed our third bedroom from a guest room to a playroom for our young daughter. It was an idea that popped into my head in the middle of the night. I had been wanting to create a safe place for her and her little friends to play, and quite frankly, I really wanted a place to corral her toys.
I just didn't want to send her off to the basement.
The bright third bedroom seemed the perfect spot. We had other areas where overnight guests could sleep. A playroom would be used everyday. A guest room? Several times a year.
The really nice part of this transformation was that it cost very little money to set up. Three white bookcases – two tall, one short – were brought up from the basement and anchored to the wall. These cases, the style of which screams "first apartment," fit perfectly. I invested in some inexpensive solid blue and white plastic storage bins that look like miniature laundry baskets. These held books, toys, puzzles, art supplies, doll clothes, etc. My daughter and I filled them, labeled them and lined them up on the shelves, alternating blue and white.
I then hung blue denim valances at the windows, which already had pull-down shades. Her kitchen set was shoved against another wall, various costumes and hats draped on peg hooks, her table and chairs placed in the middle of the room. Artwork came cheap. It was all her own.
After working so well for so long, the playroom is now back to being a bedroom. But the living room has gone through a few transformations of its own over the years, most recently as part music room.
You'll find several instruments in there. And a lot of music. But still no TV.
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Where do you get good Texas food in Washington, D.C.?
Put a Georgian in the White House and everyone makes fun of his accent. A Californian draws attention to dyed hair and plastic surgery. A president from Arkansas? Feel free to call him "Bubba."
Ah, but put a Texan in the White House, and what else can we talk about but food? Think about it. The elder Bush suffered through two major incidents during his term, both food-related: vomiting raw fish in Japan, and the broccoli controversy. So a new Bush in Washington brings the promise of new food-related faux pas--unless, of course, W finds some good old familiar Texas food on his new turf.
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Thus the fate of an administration, a country, yea, the entire Western World, potentially hangs on this week's Burning Question: Where can you get good Texas food in D.C.?
Texas food means barbecued brisket, Frito pie, chicken-fried steak, and the like. And while such a refined critic as Washington Post food editor Jeanne McManus says with some sarcasm, "I can honestly tell you I have no idea where to get GOOD Texas food," those with more plebian palates answer readily (as long as you take the time to explain the word 'plebian.' And 'palate.' This is Texas, after all).
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There is only one place in the entire D.C. metro area for decent Texas food. Congressman Charlie Stenholm; Anne Chettle of the High Speed Ground Transportation organization (and therefore a lobbyist); Jayne Schoonmaker, one of the ubiquitous staff members on Capitol Hill; and pretty much everyone else runs down to Capital Q near the MCI Center. "We're the real thing," claims owner Nick Fontana, a Port Arthur native. Capital Q dished out chili and cornbread for a recent party hosted by Stenholm. They hauled barbecued brisket and smoked chicken up to Philadelphia at the behest of Dick Armey. They serve Frito pie on occasion, although Fontana says "it's a special item because people here don't know what the hell it is." They even serve Shiner Bock and Lone Star.
Nobody in D.C. prepares a good Texas chicken-fried steak, at least according to Schoonmaker. But Whitey's in Arlington is "acceptable." Washington also supports Austin Grill and Cactus Cantina for Tex-Mex.
But for the feel of Texas in the heart of big government, you gotta go to Capital Q. It's 1,200 square feet of good old cafeteria-style Texas dining.
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About a year ago, the Samsung Galaxy S created a stir on the Android block when it pranced out with its 4-inch Super AMOLED display. While there's plenty of tech chatter surrounding its successor, the Samsung Galaxy S II, the Samsung Infuse 4G ($200) is essentially the same phone, and it's coming to AT&T on May 15th. This Android 2.2 device ratchets the Super AMOLED screen madness up to 4.5-inches for great color reproduction and brightness — even in direct sunlight. It also packs a higher speed 4G antenna compared to other slowpoke "4G" phones like the Atrix 4G or HTC Inspire 4G — giving the Infuse download speeds of up to 21Mbps compared to 14.4Mbps. Pockets will cheer too that it's 9.24mm at its thickest point and tapers to 8.99mm, knocking even the svelte iPhone's body image down a few pegs. All of design goodness is backed up with a 1.2GHz processor, 1.3MP front camera, and 8MP rear camera with LED flash and 720P HD video capabilities. Samsung Media Hub, U-verse Mobile, U-verse Live TV, and a special free version of Angry Birds ship with the device as well, so say sayonara to working once it arrives.
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SHERIDAN — The development of the new Tongue River Elementary school was halted Tuesday night at the Sheridan County School District 1 Board of Trustees meeting after an update from Superintendent Marty Kobza led the board to reject all construction bids received to date.
The school was to begin development this summer and the project was scheduled to be complete by November 2015 to relocate students from the current TRE building, which requires significant roof repairs.
"Everything shows that roof is going to fail long before the kids are out of there," SCSD1 Business Manager Jeremy Smith said. "If the roof needs to be addressed it has to be addressed whether the building is empty or full and now it's going to be full so hopefully that will bump us up on their priority list."
The rejection became necessary after all bids for construction services came in more than $3 million in excess of the amount budgeted by the Wyoming Legislature.
The School Facilities Commission had been working with architects on the building which came as a protype previously built in Cody and Buffalo.
A process of value engineering had been completed more than a dozen times, meaning architects out of Idaho employed by the state had gone through every design aspect and eliminated costs wherever possible.
After plans were complete, formal bids for construction were requested and four bids were received, each coming in over $15 million in total cost.
The building was expected to cost approximately $230 per square foot and the bids were around $280.
"When we talked today in the culminating meeting it was determined that many others are coming in significantly over budget as well because the market is flooded," Kobza said Tuesday at the board meeting. "There is construction going on everywhere and it's the availability of the workforce; they just don't have them so they're bidding things high."
Kobza went on to explain that since the School Facilities Commission does not have the authority to authorize an additional $3 million in spending they have asked the district to take a couple of steps before they approach the Legislature with a supplemental budget request.
First, they would like the building to again be value engineered to see if there are any other costs that can be cut.
Secondly, they have asked to the district to wait until the fall and then rebid the project during the slower construction season.
If after those steps are taken the bids still come in above the approved budget, the School Facilities Commission may consider a supplemental budget request.
"If this new approach gets approved we're looking at a fall 2016 move-in," Kobza said. "Our hands our pretty much tied at this point."
A significant amount of outside infrastructure work needs to be completed that was not part of the bid package of the elementary school and Kobza plans to ask if they may move forward with those processes this fall to have them complete prior to breaking ground on the school.
The district must work with the Wyoming Department of Transportation to realign the intersection in front of the district's bus barn, among other road changes and enhancements, and will also work with Montana-Dakota Utilities to run utility lines through the property and move another line currently in place.
Kobza remains positive that the project is only delayed and not canceled.
"The fact that we've used a prototype and value added this thing as much as we have, it's hard to argue with this project," he said.
Nevertheless, the news Tuesday was hard for many to hear and board Chairman Johann Nield vocalized the shared disappointment saying, "We thought for sure it would be a slam dunk and it wasn't, so here we go again."
One piece of more uplifting news was shared during the board member reports portion of the meeting as Trustee Karen Walters reported the Tongue River Valley Joint Powers Board had reached their public funding goal to receive a donation match from the county to bring a natural gas pipeline to the valley.
"It seems this thing is finally going to become a reality after a lot of blood, sweat and tears of a lot of people," Smith added.


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Dear beloved readers, I would like to say that I had a recent encounter with a respected comedian/actor by the name of Mike Epps concerning another side of him. It shows that Hollywood don't know when it comes to him being approached to do other films and how he managed to get where he is now.
Besides wanting to know for myself, it was also a question that many people have written in to me about him. So I thought that I would ask the man himself. This brother was so real and down-to-earth about his struggle as a young man growing up in the Midwest with a huge family, being one of the main bread-winners and having to deal with the pre-written script of being a Black man here in the United States.
Dealing with wanting to be a positive person and yet still having to be faced with the so-called rite of passage that every brother from the 'hood and beyond has to cope with—these are the same old challenges Mike Epps and I discussed.
This brother truly expressed his love for his mother who was so challenged by the burden of poverty when he and his family were growing up in the Midwest that it drove the sister to a point of not being able to identify with his success. In his words, this cold world drove her crazy, literally!
When he told me that, I broke down in tears because I know the pain of having someone so close and supportive of you not able to draw from your success. It was sad to see his face when he was telling me that story.
This young lad always reflected back on what his momma taught him about how to treat people and what to watch out for along his journey through time. He also draws upon his life experiences, like the one in which he was incarcerated and allowed the chance to reflect about his value to his community "like most African American males in this world." This brother thinks at the speed of light. His philosophy is that there are no simple solutions, but only intelligent choices in this life and his career.
The core of his mental fuel is the many great actors that he watched as a child that helped to ease the hunger pain, literally. Another component was his desire to make it out of the State of the Hood conditions that he and his family were in!
Personally, I think part of this brother's philosophy is to ease the pain through laughter and kind words, especially to the people that made him capable of feeding his family: "His many fans." Trying to get this brother to not talk about his gratitude to his fans was almost impossible to do. He wanted them to know that although he cannot reach them all, his dedication to them is well served in the way of being the best man he can to his family.
Hopefully one day, we will see you with your own show called the "Mike Epps Show" or perhaps you can get the great thinkers in Hollywood to put you in a movie like Ice Cube is doing with the kids and the family. We would love to see that. Whom do we need to talk to?
I want all of my readers to support this brother because he is definitely one of Hollywood's funniest and our Holly-Hood's Greatest Mental therapists for us who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. And being a product of our own environment here in the hood who has dealt with the very elements that people deal with daily, Mike, keep yourself rolling in the pursuit of happiness because when we see you on the screen with great actors like Ice Cube in the movie "Next Friday," you inspire many of our people who support your career and give them a chance to live and overcome some of the pain that we see in our wonderful world called the "HOOD."
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Jose Reyes, shortstop for the Miami Marlins, will cut off his famously long hair on MLB Network on Friday, according to a tweet form his agent Chris Leible.
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Due to team policy, Reyes will be forced to cut his hair prior to the 2012 season. The All-Star shortstop had previously played his entire career with the New York Mets, who had no such policy, before signing a $106 million deal with the Marlins this winter.


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A joint effort by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop new technology for issuing mortgage-backed securities needs cost controls and a schedule, the auditor of the Federal Housing Finance Agency said.
The two companies have already spent $65 million on the FHFA-mandated project, known as the common securitization platform, and are currently spending an additional $5 million to $7 million each month, the FHFA Inspector General said in a report released today.
Starting the project "without any clear idea of what it would cost or, indeed, what it could cost, seems an inauspicious beginning," the report said.
The FHFA, the regulator and conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ordered the joint project in 2012 as a way to save money because both companies needed to replace their outdated systems of collecting data to issue mortgage-backed securities.
The FHFA agreed with the auditor's recommendations is already working on establishing cost estimates and timelines for completing the project, FHFA Deputy Director Wanda DeLeo said in a response memo accompanying the audit.
Mel Watt, director of the FHFA, said last week that he would scale back the securitization platform effort so it would focus on developing a common security issued by both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two companies currently each issue their own mortgage bonds.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy home loans and package them into bonds on which they guarantee payments of principal and interest.
Auditors said the two companies have had trouble executing large-scale technology projects in the past.
"Congress, financial-markets participants, and taxpayers have been left without certainty that the project should proceed, or that, if it does, it will achieve its stated objectives in an efficient and effective manner," the report said.
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Anthropology Update 18 June 2012
An anthropology update, with several blog-posts analyzing disjunctures between media reporting and anthropology, and a selection ranging from political economy to Pinterest.
Education, Genetic Ancestry, and Blood Pressure in African Americans and Whites, Amy L. Non, Clarence C. Gravlee and Connie J. Mulligan
Racial disparities in blood pressure may be better explained by differences in education than by genetic ancestry. Future studies of ancestry and disease should include measures of the social environment.
Summer Reading Series: Tricia Wang's List
I've chosen several ethnographic monographs about how people learn capitalism. I am quite obsessed with this topic because what I see happening in China is people learning capitalism – like learning how to be a consumer, investor, borrower, and credit card users. Insurance ads are plastered to billboards, malls are open til midnight, and teenagers are learning how to shape their identity through products. Though I've always felt helpless when I am observing "capitalism." Coming from a sociology department, I've been heavily trained in Marxist theory. Marxism helps me understand how labor is a commodity and how people become alienated from their own work. But Marxism doesn't help me understand why consumers want commodities, how financial markets work, and why capitalism continuously mutates. I've found three monographs that addresses the questions that Marxist theory doesn't address and that will hopefully help me better understand my field site.
Idle gossip?, Anne Buchanan
It's interesting that this paper is getting so much notice since anyone who has taken an anthropology class in the last 50 or 100 years will know that cultural anthropologists have long recognized gossip's function in a group. The study of gossip is the study of how people behave and this has been true at least since anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski lived and worked among the Trobriand Islanders in the early 1900s, but gossip probably came into its own as a subject of significant import in the field in the 1960s.
Ancient Urban Sustainability, Michael E. Smith
While this description is too provisional and subjective to produce definitive results, a few implications can be drawn. First, a range of factors must be considered in explaining the longevity or success of ancient cities. These include soil quality, rainfall, imperial conquests, and local demographic processes. Second, different causal factors came into play at different periods. Classic period urbanization was part of imperialism, whereas earlier cities were formed and flourished for largely environmental reasons. Third, these results suggest that if archaeologists were to assemble parallel data form other survey projects, we would learn quite a bit about why some cities flourished for many centuries while others did not.
The cradle of fly-in/fly-out reindeer herding in Europe: greetings from Khongurei, Stephan Dudeck
Knowledge does not get transmitted to the young generation anymore. Anthropologists talking with elders about that memory may become an incentive for younger people to listen–but it will never replace the practice of living as a family in the tundra.
A few questions for the anthropology grad students in the audience, Ryan Anderson
Anthropology is what we make of it. And I happen to be curious, despite some of the grim predictions about our field (and academia in general) that happen to be lurking out there, what we're all going to do with this thing we call anthropology. So let's hear it.
Identity Making with Pinterest, Angela K VandenBroek
The anthropologist in me finds it more interesting that, when all "real life" limits are removed from the context, our self knowledge is still shaped by them and our "in real life" selves.
Expropriate Goldman-Sachs: Jumpstart jobs for a green economy, Jason Antrosio
We need public borrowing to jumpstart job creation for a green economy. Expropriation and public ownership solves the political impasse.
Living Anthropologically, 16 June 2012
Giving Marx some credit, Ryan Anderson
The NPR Planet Money blog has a new piece about the latest version of the Mastercard in Germany: The Karl Marx MasterCard.
Digging into the reportage: Archaeology and the media, John R. Roby
Two examples of recent stories on archaeological topics: the possibility that Neandertals made at least some cave paintings in prehistoric Europe; and a claim that bones from the biblical John the Baptist have been found in Bulgaria. I'll go through the reported evidence for the claim, and talk a bit about what I mean by looking critically at the evidence and conclusions, and the space between them.
What Did the Amazon Look Like Before European Contact?, Heather Pringle
Michael Heckenberger, an archaeologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, adds that the study serves as a badly needed reality check to much of the blue-skying of the past, when researchers developed sweeping models for the entire Amazon region, an area roughly the size of the continental United States. "We've really just scratched the surface in this region [archaeologically]", Heckenberger concludes, "and I think we need to be very cautious in creating highly generalized models of what such a vast areas would have been like."
Call for Papers: Child raising across cultures, Special Issue Editor Jock Wong
Anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists have written a large volume of books and journal articles about parenting in a diverse range of cultures. These studies have contributed immensely to our understanding of the cultural beliefs and values in a variety of cultures. However, most of these studies unintentionally describe these beliefs and values in ethnocentric terms. This is because language and culture are inextricably linked, and when we use a language to describe another language or culture, we run the risk of imposing the categories and values of the metalanguage onto the object of study. . . . A forum to be published in a special issue of the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research in 2013 will be organized to discuss child raising practices in various cultures. We invite contributions that focus on linguistic aspects of child raising practices.


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Two pharmaceutical associations have added their names to the growing list of supporters for a bipartisan Senate bill that would allow consumers to use pretax dollars to purchase over-the-counter medicine without a doctor's approval.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association are backing the Restoring Access to Medication Act, sponsored by Sens. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Pat Roberts, R-Kan. The NACDS and NCPA are members of the Health Choices Coalition — which sent a letter of support to the senators — and represent consumers, physicians, insurers, and employers.
The Affordable Care Act requires patients with flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts to see a physician and obtain a prescription for OTCs. The Restoring Access to Medication Act would repeal that provision.
"These medicines save consumers billions of dollars annually through reducing unnecessary doctors' visits, less time lost from work, and the cost advantage of OTC medicines," the coalition wrote in its letter to the senators.


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Weird, i dubbel checked the code so that's not it. But now i only get unknown device so i first go look what the problem is
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Weird, i dubbel checked the code so that's not it. But now i only get unknown device so i first go look what the problem is
i update 2 drivekey today and i heven't any error...1 was a3p125 and the other a3p250...you check the code for the spi or the code for actmel?
i checked the code for the atmel update, the spi update didnt want any code. Weird, it stopped recognizing my drivekey but now i tried again and i can see its a3p250 again. I will try later on today.
So my drivekey is version 1.0 white sticker, soldered the to the injectus. the program can see my drivekey as a3p250. i download the 250.dat file with my drivekey serial. then i start infectus, go to actel firmware and put the infectus on jtag programmer. then i go to tools and start open infectus, from there i load the dat file and click on program. Thats it right?
ok is correct only one thing...when you start infectus programmer and it finds your a3p250 don't select jtag programmer under actel firmware but press directly tools-open infectus & c.
about spi is impossible to flash by injectus...i have tried by infectus, programmed as spi programmer but it doesn't find the spi on drivekey, but i see that the important update is for the actel
Ill try when i get home from work, by the way, the first time i tried flashing, it actually started updating, but when is finished i got the message varification failed, is it the same with you? And i use win 7 ultimate 64 bit.
mmm i never have errors during verifing...i have xp but i don't think is a OS problem...maybe try...not use your pc during the process maybe is a little bit instable the programmer
I will check if it updated correctly this weekend. I also own a yellow sticker drivekey so that will be next.
About the keys on the sticker of the drivekey, that is only to download the update, but the update remains the same for every drivekey, i own 2 ps3key's and its from the same team (drivekey, wiikey and ps3key), they also use the codes but if i check the files with a hex editor they are exactly the same. Just so you know. So you can use the same update for any drivekey you update. The code is for you to know that it is a legit drivekey, not some kind of clone.
If you are unsure you can email them and they will say the same. Or you can check yourself, you said that you update them alot. I use total commander to compare the files.
i use ultra compare trial version but this is the result
I think thats because its encrypted, forgot to mention. When i get home ill try the ps3key firmware and see if i get the same like you with thd drivekey fw
i know there is an aes key but maybe i wrong...ps3key.com is down but check it


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dbo: Leica is is also kind of philosophy.
People nagging and complaining about those masterpieces are just prooving enviousness. Either because they can't effort a Leica or just because they're too poor in skill to apprehend what its made for.
For those who desire to own a Leica, and are short of money - well then, Leica have some bridge and compact cameras in their line-up. But be warned, they're expensive, too.
The Leica R series was no more philosophical than a Canon or Nikon.
The M series survives because dispensing with the reflex mirror allows short focal length lenses to have back elements very close to the film/sensor plane. That is a good compromise for certain types of photography. Not a philosophy.
In the next few years high definition electronic view finders will surpass optical view finders (i.e. their angular resolution will be as good as your eye, or the primary sensor, and the advantages of using the primary optics will then dominate).
Before then Leica need to solve the problems of tight angles of incidence on digital sensors, and then replace or reposition the M to be the best in class electronic viewfinder camera capable of getting the best out of the existing M series lenses, and having its own new lens series optimised for the new situation. And improve body build quality.
I doubt that Leica can do this. Perhaps they should sell themselves to Apple.
Amnon G: Seems to me like it would make sense to have the LCD super hi-res (e.g. 921,000 pixels) without color filters. It would make it match the sensor and give superior brightness and reviewing ability, losing color only in the menu system which seems a great compromise to make for the benefits.
Having a crappy screen on this camera is inexcusable. Not the right place to save a few $$ and definitely doesn't serve potential customers.
Ixstorm, you should try using an M body with a lens on, rather than just handing the body, before you make disparaging comments to pedromeyer.
Or maybe just try thinking.
Then you would discover / remember that you can't use the wonderful _OPTICAL_ viewfinder to inspect the photographs _AFTER_ you have taken them.
Maybe you should also try using an iPhone. Then you would discover that its not just a much better as a camera, than any M series is as a phone, but its also much better for reviewing the photographs that it has taken, then the M series is.
And if you weren't such an Apple hating bigot then you might go on to discover that the new iPad with a 2048x1536 screen and RAW format processing built in, is the best mobile extension to an M8/M9 available.
Leica lenses are beautifully built and my Leica M6 is beautifully built, but the build quality of my MacBook pro and iPhone 4 makes my M8 look cheap and nasty. Seriously.
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This is the second pu-erh I've tried.
Honestly, I don't care for them at all. I don't like the smell of this one. It smells almost fishy to me. I don't know why. I did the 30-second steep, toss and then re-steeped.
I did load up on the milk and sugar, but I still don't really care for it at all. I don't mind the cinnamon part of it, but I do wish there was more to this tea. I feel like it needs more than just the cinnamon.
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2/17/2008 (1:07 pm) by deadkings
I am looking to upgrade one of two machines I inherited for my home recording studio, and I was looking for some feedback into the two solutions I am debating. The two main uses I need the upgrade to address are: 1) virtual instruments, which use huge sound libraries and audio samples, and 2) audio effect inserts, which are quite taxing on CPU.
My options are:
Dell Dimension 8250
Pentium 4, 2.8GHz
Upgrade to 1.5GB PC1066 RDRAM
Cost: app. $340
or 2)
Dell Optiplex GX 260
Pentium 4, 1.8GHz
Upgrade to 2GB of DDR333 PC2700 SDRAM
Cost: app. $130
I have seen a lot of reviews online about how RDRAM was disappointing, but what makes me hesitate is that currently both machines, having been wiped and reinstalled in very similar ways, are running with 512MB of RAM, but the Dimension is noticeably faster, even with the most basic applications. In addition, I have already been recording on the Dimension and it performs very well in spite of the relatively small amount of memory it currently has.
Therefore, somehow I feel like the combination of 2.8GHz and RDRAM is worth more than the extra 512MB of SDRAM I could get on the Optiplex with a 1.8GHz CPU, in spite of saving $200.. Does that make sense?
I could also upgrade the Dimension to 2GB of RAM, but that would be getting too costly for what it is. Given my budget, the 1.5 upgrade seems optimal.. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Many thanks,
2/17/2008 (4:53 pm) by Sal Cangeloso
Tough call. RDRAM was not great and it was expensive (still is) but that is the more powerful machine. The 8250 was a solid system back in 2002/03.
That said I would not put a serious amount of money into either. For $340 you could almost buy a NEW computer, instead of upgrading something old. Maybe try to find some cheap RDRAM on ebay? Or refurbs from some low cost online store? I'd just not worth it to sink a lot of money into systems that are that old. Especially RDRAM which is going to useless as soon as the system dies. DDR is basically phased out, but that is really cheap and can be used in a lot of systems that are still working well.
2/17/2008 (5:01 pm) by awesomeo
Your Rambus based system is faster mainly because the processor is much faster. Rambus is much more expensive for a number of reasons, but it will outperform your GX 260. Remember that upgrading Rambus requires you to install in pairs.
You could also buy a new motherboard, dual-core processor, and RAM for a price comparable to upgrading your 8250.
2/17/2008 (6:33 pm) by deadkings
yeah these are exactly the misgivings i have about investing more into the 8250 and RDRAM right now.. i am kind of nervous about getting second hand RAM, too.. i like the idea of getting a new motherboard with dual-core processor.. do you have any particular that you would recommend?
would the best bet be to find a motherboard that allows 800 MHz DDR2 PC6400?
even better would be if i could find one with 4 slots that will allow me right now to install 2x2GB of RAM with XP Pro, and in a couple of years allow me to wipe it out and upgrade to a 64-bit system with another few gigs of RAM.. Does that sound feasible? but then i'd need a new case, no?
2/17/2008 (7:32 pm) by awesomeo
I would not recommend installing 4 gigs of RAM in any 32 bit system. You will not see more than 3-3.5 gigs and it can cause stability problems.
You'll need a cheap video card for any motherboard without integrated video:
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Most cases are standard, but with Dell, you never know. I think most parts will fit fine, but you might have a problem with the power supply. Also, you'll probably want to get a SATA hard drive since most motherboards now only come with one IDE connector.
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that looks awesome, thanks so much for the feedback and links! gonna think a little more but i like this direction!
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If not for the much-publicized blown call last week in Vancouver, the Stamps would be riding their first two-game winning streak of the season into tonight's regular-season finale. The Bombers saw their post-season aspirations snuffed out last weekend in Edmonton, where the Esks posted a 40-34 victory.
The Red and White earned their second win of the season by blasting the Bombers 49-27 at McMahon Stadium Aug. 7. Calgary has won six of the past 10 meetings and seven of 10 in Winnipeg, although the hometown Bombers hammered the Stamps 52-17 last year. Calgary leads the lifetime series 88-83.
CALGARY -- LB Wesley Robertson is in for DL Antwone Young (knee) and WR Craig Spear makes his CFL debut in favour of long-snapper Bill Chamberlain (broken hand).
WINNIPEG -- DB Cedric Dickenson checks in for DB Raheem Covington.
WHEN CALGARY HAS THE BALL -- For QB Khari Jones, the worst part about playing for Winnipeg this season was not being able to face the Bombers' pourous secondary, which has given up an average of 312 yards per game through the air. Jones, who returns to Winnipeg for the first time since last month's blockbuster trade, should be able to improve on the 140-yard passing day he had last week in B.C. although S Wes Lysack, also part of the deal, immediately improved the Bombers' defensive backfield. Jones should have plenty of time to look downfield against a Winnipeg pass rush that ranks last in the league with 22 sacks. Rookie WR Nik Lewis, who scored a pair of touchdowns when the teams last met, could have a big game as he looks to become the fifth Stamps freshman receiver to crack the 1,000-yard barrier. Stamps K Clinton Greathouse will want to keep the ball out of Keith Stokes' hands. The return specialist, who has already taken one to the house against Calgary this year, leads the CFL in punt return yardage (958), kickoff return yardage (1,098) and combined yards (2,575).
WHEN WINNIPEG HAS THE BALL -- The Stamps' defensive front will be going after QB Kevin Glenn, who is now the No. 1 man. With 44 sacks on the season, Calgary is in the hunt for the league crown, neck-and-neck with Saskatchewan (45), Montreal and Hamilton (both 44). The Bombers pivot can alleviate some of that pressure by getting the ball into the hands of all-star running back Charles Roberts, who leads the league in touchdowns (13) and sits second in rushing with 1,408 yards. SB Milt Stegall hasn't put up the numbers he's used to but still set a club record with his seventh 1,000-yard campaign and found the endzone twice last weekend in Edmonton. Former Stampeders FB Scott Regimbald has scored one touchdown since joining the Bombers.
Stamps LB Brian Clark spent his last four seasons with Winnipeg while DB Milo Lewis suited up for the Bombers the previous two campaigns ... Stamps DB Joey Boese is second in the league in defensive tackles (89) behind Toronto's Kevin Eiben (107) ... The Stamps are minus-1 in the give-away/takeaway department. The Bombers are minus-7 ... Former Stamps S Wes Lysack is third in the CFL with five interceptions ... LB Joe Bonaventura, LB John Grace and RB Scott Deibert have each registered a blocked kick this season ... A number of players from both teams played for the University of Manitoba: Stamps LB Scott Coe, OL Travis Arnold and Winnipeg FB Wade Miller, OL Matt Sheridan and S Wes Lysack ... Calgary OL Jeff Pilon was originally drafted by Winnipeg in 1999 while the Stamps selected standout DL Doug Brown in 1997 ... Stamps C Jamie Crysdale will play in his 205th consecutive game ... A Stampeders win would equal last year's mark of 5-13.
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Sox look to keep rolling vs. Yanks
Sox look to keep rolling vs. Yanks
"Hey man, what's up?" he said to a security guard with a smile.
Ramirez is home again in New York, where he grew up and attended high school -- maybe just in time to break the invisible lock that has stunted his bat's productivity early this season.
Sure enough, in his first at-bat this season at Yankee Stadium -- where, coming into the series, Ramirez owned a .313 batting average with 24 homers and 67 RBIs -- he ripped a single into center field. It came at a good time for Ramirez, who after Friday's win said he's happy to be hitting in the Bronx. Now he's ready for Game 2 of the second stanza of baseball's greatest rivalry.
Ramirez had run into some bad fortune in Baltimore. Gusts of wind knocked down what would have been a homer but instead became an out. Still, manager Terry Francona said the numbers he's used to seeing from Ramirez will come.
"He's just too good a hitter," Francona said. "He's run into a little bit of bad luck."
Francona has said it at least five times -- Ramirez will figure out his problems at the plate. Meanwhile, regardless of entering this series with a .192 batting average, Ramirez is never counted as a sure out.
"Even when he's struggling, I bet if you ask other pitchers, they're not excited to see him up there," Francona said.
Tim Wakefield (2-2, 2.08 ERA) will take the mound Saturday. He is tied for second in the league with four quality starts. That is quite a contrast when compared with how the Yankees' starters have performed thus far.
But the Red Sox, sitting atop the American League East with a record of 15-7, won't hold anything back against the Yankees, despite New York's early-season pitching shortcomings.
Yanks gear up for lesser opponents
Chamberlain springs curve on Sox
Notes: Peace of mind for Posada
Bauman: Game mirrors Classic duel
Sox don't take lead for granted
Notes: Matsuzaka pushed back
|Yankees win 10-8
9/15: Red Sox 10,Yankees 1
9/14: Yankees 8, Red Sox 7
2005: Yankees 10, Red Sox 9
2004: Red Sox 11, Yankees 8
Having been with the Red Sox when Boston erased a 3-0 deficit and beat the Yankees in the 2004 AL Championship Series, Francona knows his team needs to focus on the hour, the minute and the moment at hand.
"We've preached so much about staying in the moment and trying to win tonight," he said. "And that's what we do. So I can't honestly tell you that I looked up this morning at the paper and said, 'Oh boy, [the Yankees'] record is this -- what a surprise.'"
Dustin Pedroia, who entered the series struggling at the plate, batting just .184 with two RBIs, has excelled defensively as of late. Francona pointed out how, earlier this season, Pedroia walked over to shortstop Julio Lugo with runners on base to double-check their defensive assignments.
"This is a young kid who did this," Francona said. "That's impressive. He understands how to play the game."Pitching matchup
BOS: RHP Tim Wakefield (2-2, 2.08 ERA)
Wakefield simply has been pitching well. Tied for sixth in the American League with a 2.08 ERA, the knuckleballer has allowed just 20 hits in 26 innings. He's holding opponents to a .204 average. But Wakefield dropped his second game on Monday vs. Toronto, allowing three runs in a 7-3 loss. He struck out five and walked two in his effort against the Blue Jays. NYY: RHP Jeff Karstens (0-1, 14.54 ERA)
Karstens goes for the Yankees only a week removed from giving up seven runs in a loss to the Red Sox. The 24-year-old right-hander will be making just his second start of the season. Player to watch
Derek Jeter must like the knuckleball. In 81 career at-bats against Wakefield, Jeter has three homers and eight RBIs to go along with a .321 batting average. The Yankees' captain had a strong start to this series, gathering three hits on Friday. On the Internet
Gameday Audio
Official game notes On television
FOX On radio
WCBS-AM 880 AM, WQBU-FM 92.7 FM (Espanol) Up next
Sunday: Boston (RHP Julian Tavarez, 0-2, 8.36) at New York (RHP Chien-Ming Wang, 0-1, 5.68), 1:05 p.m. ET
Monday: Off-day
Tuesday: Oakland (RHP Joe Blanton, 2-1, 3.55) at Boston (RHP Curt Schilling, 3-1, 3.27), 7:05 p.m. ET
Caleb Breakey is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Celtic Manor Ryder Cup legacy 'broadens golf's appeal'
Wales is said to be viewed more often as a golfing tourist destination since it hosted the Ryder Cup a year ago.
In clubs around the nation the stereotype of players as white middle class men is also said to be changing, with more youngsters involved.
That is the verdict of people involved in ensuring the event leaves a legacy.
Since the tournament at Celtic Manor in Newport over 40 tours have been held for foreign reps interested in bringing overseas players to holiday in Wales.
Visit Wales, the government body responsible for tourism, says the latest available figures, for 2010, show a rise of 21% in holidaymakers listing golf as their primary reason for visiting Wales, which is worth about £42m to the Welsh economy.
A financial impact study carried out by Ryder Cup Ltd concludes that the tournament at the Celtic Manor Resort injected an additional £82.4m into the south Wales economy, with an estimated £28m of that going directly to Newport companies.
"Interest in Wales has not subsided since the Ryder Cup, there is an increased awareness of Wales as a golf tourism destination," said a Visit Wales spokesman.
He added that since the Welsh Government launched its Events Wales Strategy last year the plan has been to develop a "broad portfolio of high profile events which make the most of our unique heritage, culture and landscape, and enhance Wales' international profile and reputation".
Wales has recently secured an Ashes test match for 2015 and the British Senior Open Championship is to be held in Wales three times between 2014 and 2024.
Meanwhile, it was announced last week that the Womex World Music Expo is to be held in Cardiff in 2013 along with the Rugby League World Cup.
'Financial rewards'
Matthew Evans, leader of Newport council, said that while the Ryder Cup was a "fantastic" occasion, the economic downturn has muddied the waters when it came to the success of its legacy.
Mr Evans said: "It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for Newport to host the Ryder Cup and I would host the tournament again tomorrow if we had the chance. It really did put Newport on the map.
"One of the best things to happen to Newport as a result of the Ryder Cup is that people are interested in what is happening in the city.
"We are still getting interest and publicity a year on and expect more media interest in the build up to the tournament in the USA next year.
"Many local businesses gained directly as a result of the event although we always recognised it was not going to bring financial rewards for everyone, especially in view of the economic climate."
In the past 12 months, Golf Union Wales say that 40% more boys under 18, and 60% more girls have taken up membership, thanks to the 'Securing the Future' Ryder Cup Legacy Fund.
Ryder Cup Wales Legacy facilities officer Ellen Jones says: "This is as much about educating golf about the public, as it is educating the public about golf.
"Across the board membership of golf clubs in Wales has fallen by around 2.5% this year, but those clubs who've worked with us have seen their membership increase by roughly the same figure.
"It's about improving facilities and accessibility yes, but it's also about helping to sweep away politics and stuffiness, and helping golf clubs see the business case for being more inclusive.
"I think the junior figures in particular tell their own story.
"Gone are the days of golf being the preserve of white middle-class men.
"If nothing else, the Ryder Cup legacy in Wales is that golf is now truly a sport for everyone."


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Mensch und Maschine Software SE (MuM) is a leading European supplier of Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), Product Data Management (PDM) and Building Information Management (BIM) software with locations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, UK, Poland, Romania, Spain, USA, Brazil, Japan and APAC. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Wessling near Munich. In 2015, group sales of over EUR 160 million were achieved with 731 employees.
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TORONTO - Those werent your father or your grandfathers Pittsburgh Steelers out there on Sunday.
Steelers football was kind of forced to take the week off.
No Rashard Mendenhall, a basically immobile Ben Roethlisberger that spent most of the day settling for screens and little dump passes, and an offensive line that was life and death to field five healthy offensive linemen.
Mike Tomlin could not play Steelers football. He had to adapt and he did just that.
With a Steelers drive apparently stalled at the 50, Tomlin sent Daniel Sepulveda in to punt. But with the Tennessee special teamers retreating to set up a return, Sepulveda stepped up and threw to a wide open Ryan Mundy for a 33-yard gain.
Two plays later Hines Ward would haul in his first of two touchdowns and the Steelers would go on to rout the surprising Titans 38-17.
Not everything is fixed in Pittsburgh, but that cloud of anxiety that had surrounded this team for the better part of the first four weeks was certainly lifted by this performance.
Yes, the offensive line still resembles more of a MASH unit than it does an NFL offensive line, but even on that front there was some progress.
Max Starks, the guy who got cut in training camp because he came in too heavy (like theres such a thing as an offensive lineman being too heavy) returned and played admirably despite the fact that he still looks the same size he did when he got cut.
Steeler Nation held its breath a little when Maurkice Pouncey had to leave the game temporarily with an ankle injury. But he returned and looked to be as effective as ever.
If there was one area in which the Steelers looked exactly like the Steelers of old it was in the secondary, led by Troy Polamalu. Pittsburghs last line of defence made Matt Hasselbeck and his Titan receivers work for every yard they got.
Up front, the Steelers front seven, ripped all season for their sieve-like run defence, held Chris Johnson to just 51 yards on 14 carries with 21 of that 51 coming on the Titans first play of the afternoon.
Coming into the game, the Pittsburgh run defence was ranked 22nd in the league giving up 119.5 yards a game on the ground. Other than Johnsons 51 yesterday, the Titans only got another 15 yards on the ground for a total of 66.
Thats the Steelers run defence of a year ago showing up again and thats without James Harrison, who will be out a while longer after breaking an orbital bone around his eye.
The Steelers even got their first interception of the season, as unorthodox as it was.
A Hasselbeck throw got tipped at the line and linebacker LaMarr Woodley came down with the jump ball for the first pick of 2011.
Roethlisberger was no where close to top form as he limped on and off the field, but Pittsburghs conservative play calling helped him get through the game without too much in the way of contact.
Defensive tackle Jurrell Casey was the only one to get a clear shot at him and recorded the only Titans sack of the afternoon.
Most importantly for the Steelers, they once again looked like a defence that can intimidate and you havent really been able to say that all season about this club until now.
It was nice to see Ward get into the end zone a couple of times but football can really do without the Dancing with the Stars post-touchdown celebrations ... Rashard Mendenhall was dressed and available to play but was not used. His injured hamstring was given a little more time to heal. Isaac Redman got the start but it was the seldom-used Jonathan Dwyer who stole the show, racking up 107 yards on 11 carries, the majority of it on one 76-yard run. Dwyer had not seen the field this season and only appeared in one game for the Steelers last year ... Seattles Tarvaris Jackson left Sundays game with an apparent shoulder injury, although indications last night were it was actually an injured pectoral muscle. Either way, considering how Charlie Whitehurst played in his absence, Jackson making a return as the starting quarterback would appear to be a long shot.