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Benton Reed
|Scottsboro, Ala./Scottsboro HS
2011 Track and Field: Moved to longer distances as a sophomore... Set a personal-best in the 5000m run at the Shamrock Invitational with a 15:44.68s mark... Was runner-up in the 5000m run at the Governors Invitational with a 16:13.79s run... Set a personal-best in the 10000m run at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships with a 33:25.04s mark; he placed 10th.
2010 Cross Country: Competed in seven meets... Finished a season-best 24th at Vermont, with a 27:36 mark... Season-best 26:12 mark came at the Willamette Invitational, where he finished 105th.
2010 Track and Field: Set a personal-best in the 3000m run at the Hoosier Hills with an 8:50.79s mark, where he finished 16th... Part of medley relay team that won the Niswonger Invitational with a 10:21.87s mark... Finished eighth in the mile run at the A-Sun Indoor Championships with a personal-best 4:27.86s mark... Set personal-bests in the 800m run (2:03.99s, 32nd) and the 1500m run (4:06.98s, 13th) at the Spring Break Open.
2008-2009: Finished 16th, second best for the Bisons, with a time of 19:38.15 on the 6-K course in the Mid-America Opener in Evansville, Ind. (8/30). ...Ran a time of 16:03.40 over a 5-K course to finish 19th in the Belmont-Vanderbilt Opener (9/5). ...Finished 22nd (27:33.11) over an 8-K course in Vanderbilt Invitational (9/20). FInished 120th (27:10) in a field of 371 runners in the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational in Chicago (9/27). ...One of the top three runners until sustaining an injury. ...Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
High School:All-State XC & Track. … 2007 XC captain. …2008 Track captain. …1600m 4:12. …Mile 4:28. …Two- mile 9:49. …5K 16:15.
Personal: Parents are Gill and Elijah Reed. ...Both parents are Lipscomb grads. …His mother played for the Lady Bisons basketball team. …Enjoys TV show That 70's Show… Favorite pro athlete is Chipper Jones of the Atlanta Braves. …Favorite MLB team is the Atlanta Braves. …Hobby is juggling. ...Major is Business Management... Chose Lipscomb because he wanted to run and go to a Christian School.


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As the Senate moves toward passage of comprehensive immigration reform, Texas' two senators have been bit players in the legislative theatrics, adding a handful of minor amendments to a plan that was crafted by others.
But Texans are likely to take center stage when the immigration drama reaches its denouement in the House of Representatives — on both sides of the leading wedge issue of modern American politics.
Two conservative Texas Republicans — Reps. John Carter of Round Rock and Sam Johnson of Plano — have been part of the House "Gang of 8" that reached agreement in principle Thursday on a bipartisan immigration proposal. The House group, which also includes liberal Democrats such as Xavier Becerra of California and Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, hopes to formally draft legislation by early June.
On the other side of the debate, conservative Texas Republicans Lamar Smith of San Antonio, Louie Gohmert of Tyler and Steve Stockman of Friendswood have staked out leading positions among opponents of comprehensive reform.
"As the largest state delegation in the GOP House caucus and the state which also has the second-largest Hispanic population, Texas Republicans will have a Texas-sized influence on immigration reform in the House," said Mark P. Jones, chairman of the political science department at Rice University.
For Republicans, that influence comes with significant political risk in Texas, where the Latino population is growing rapidly and Democratic-leaning Hispanics could eventual threaten long-standing GOP dominance of Lone Star politics.
"Unlike the case for most House Republicans, the future of the Texas party's grip on power at the state level will be profoundly affected by the failure of this reform legislation," Jones added. "If the legislation fails to pass, the Republican Party will be blamed and its image among a majority of Hispanics will deteriorate even more."
Texas' GOP lawmakers are whipsawed politically. With the party's staunchly conservative base unalterably opposed to compromise, Texas Republicans could face primary challenges if they vote for comprehensive reform.
"If you look at the demographics, they can bet on the short-term (politics) or bet on the long-term," said Rep. Joaquin Castro, a San Antonio Democrat. "And there are some long-term (Republican) thinkers out there trying to build coalitions."
Texas' out-sized role on immigration legislation in the House reflects the high stakes for the state in the policy battles being fought. More than half of the nation's border with Mexico runs along the Rio Grande in Texas. Nearly four of every ten Texans is of Mexican origin. More than 1.5 million undocumented immigrants live in Texas, 7 percent of the state's population. Local school districts, hospitals and law enforcement regularly grapple with the fallout from the nation's failed immigration policies.
Members of the Texas congressional delegation agree that the current system is broken. But they divide sharply over the solution. Most Republican activists remain unalterably opposed to any plan that includes any form of a pathway to citizenship for any people currently living in the U.S. without proper legal documents.
"We must continue to respect the rule of law and appreciate that there are millions of people who are waiting in line to come here legally," said Harris County Republican chair Jared Woodfill III.
Woodfill says Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose amendments to tighten border security were voted down last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee, "clearly has his finger on the pulse of the Republican base. "
In the House, Gohmert and Stockman are likely to reprise Cruz's role as a leading critic of compromise. Smith, the former House Judiciary Committee chairman, is more of an inside player, trying to push the House's version of immigration reform to the right.
"I think it has to be done very carefully, methodically, and not quickly," Smith said. "If it's not done right it can do a lot of damage to American workers, to American taxpayers, and to our country."
Because Republicans maintain a healthy majority in the House, no immigration legislation can emerge without the backing of a significant bloc of conservatives. If an immigration deal prevails, it will be because of lawmakers like Carter, a former Central Texas judge, and Johnson, a highly decorated Vietnam Prisoner of War. The two Texans have been involved in closed-door talks for more than four years in an attempt to craft a compromise.
"If anyone brings enough credibility to the debate to overcome divisions within the House, it is Sam Johnson," said Cindy Rugeley, a Texas Tech University political science professor. "A person can disagree with Sam Johnson, but he is a very hard man to not like and to not respect. I believe he wants to get something done on immigration, and he understands that will require compromise."
Rep. Kevin Brady, a Republican from The Woodlands, said he is encouraged by the involvement of Texans in the House talks.
"We're all looking forward to the House proposal because we have very strong conservatives like Sam Johnson and John Carter and border-security leaders like (Texas Rep.) Ted Poe leading this," said Brady, who remains critical of the bipartisan Senate plan.
Reform supporters are hoping to be able to attract the eventual support of a handful of pro-business Texas Republicans, including Brady, Poe, Roger Williams of Weatherford and Kenny Marchant of Carrollton, with a plan that assuages their concerns about border security and electronic verification of legal status.
Lawmakers from both parties point to Poe, a former state district judge from Humble, as a bellwether of Republican willingness to pass any immigration deal.
"Ted has changed to be more open," said Rep. Gene Green, a Houston Democrat. "I'm glad he's looking at options instead of just saying no."
While Democrats remain in the minority, a trio of Texas freshman — Castro, Pete Gallego of Alpine and Marc Veasey of Fort Worth — are expected to play high-profile supporting roles in building a bipartisan coalition.
"We have an extra responsibility as Texas Republicans and Democrats to be constructive," said Castro.
Gallego, whose district has a large population of veterans, has been pushing hard for a provision that would create a path to citizenship for the undocumented spouses of U.S. military personnel killed in the line of duty.
"I'm frankly very optimistic," said Gallego. "But it clearly is a process that is going to be very slow and methodical."
While Castro shares his colleague's optimism, he added a cautionary note: "We're not going to just accept anything."

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SC12 Early on the last day of the SC12 Student Cluster Competition, I hit a couple of morning meetings and then went wandering around the competition area. Most of the teams had at least two or three reps in the booths monitoring the systems and just sort of hanging around. They had turned in their final scientific results the night before, so all that was left to do was wait for the results and then tear down their systems in preparation for the trip back home.
Team Chowdah (aka Team Boston, aka Team Mass Green) had a single team member in their booth. Fortunately, it was one of the identical twins, meaning that when you take into account creepy twin parallelism, the booth was really being manned by 1.5 or maybe 1.8 team members. (I'm not sure how well they scale, particularly when separated by distance. Team advisor Dan said that they had run some tests, but he didn't have the data with him.)
My first thought was that Team Chowdah had hit all of the vendor parties and, in typical Boston style, ended up in drunken fights, or getting arrested, or both. I was assured that even though the team did hit several (many) of the vendor parties, cooler heads prevailed and everyone had a lot of safe and sane fun. We talked about the competition, future ideas for systems, and how we can crank up the pressure on competitors. My idea? Put each team on a large pallet and suspend it from the rafters at the beginning of the competition. As each team completes tasks, its platform is gradually lowered until it reaches the floor. Maybe it could be a new "Thunderdome Division" of the SCC? ®
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The Steelers aren't going to the playoffs, which means they won't need to figure out how to win in the postseason without tight end Heath Miller.
Coach Mike Tomlin announced Monday that Miller will require surgery to repair injuries to his ACL and MCL suffered in a 13-10 loss to the Bengals that was already painful enough for the Steelers. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports those injuries are tears and the Steelers website adds mention of a possible PCL injury as well.
"Unfortunately his season comes to an end," Tomlin said. "He has been rock solid for us and we really appreciate his efforts. We understand injuries are a part of the game, but unfortunately it brings his season to a close."
The injury ends another excellent season for Miller. He has 71 catches, the second-most of his career, and set career highs with 816 yards and eight touchdowns. His ability to be ready for training camp and the start of the season will be up in the air for a long while. He's signed for the next two years for a little more than $11 million overall.
Tomlin also announced that running back Baron Batch had surgery to repair a fractured arm. He's done for the season as well.


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Qt ported to Mac OS 9/X, BeOS
Trolltech have announced that they have successfully ported Qt to the Macintosh platform. A demo can be downloaded here, and screenshots can be viewed here, here, and here.
Re: Qt ported to Mac OS 9/X, BeOS
We ship our own, slightly enhanced, version of ICE in 2.2.
By Waldo Bastian at Wed, 2001/05/23 - 5:00am
Re: Qt ported to Mac OS 9/X, BeOS
>>To what extent does the KDE code rely on X11? I think it'd be wise to start taking out the X11 specific code
>>We have a good start with QT. Even if we're not interested in porting KDE to other operating systems,
QT already runs on the framebuffer, so does konqueror embedded.
Unfortunatly it stops there. Having KDE on the framebuffer in its current state would absolutly suck. Just imagine, no HW accel(except blitting), no 3d, no remote applications, no xlib/gtk/motif/x support.
You people like to blame X for everything, but you really don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about.
Matt Newell
PS. Sorry for being a dick, but I am sick and tired of people spreading FUD about X.
PPS. You guys really need to get the HTML security stuff fixed, plain text sucks.
PPPS. What would be really cool is if Konqueror had text formatting for line edits by using a subset of html tags. This could be fairly easily done by using the QT3 richtext control. Maybe if I get time this summer:)
By Matt Newell at Wed, 2001/05/23 - 5:00am
>>QT already runs on the framebuffer, so does >>konqueror embedded.
Yes, that's why I used that as an example. KDE on the framebuffer wouldn't be very useful (yet), but in this crazy open-source world, someone's bound to try it. ;)
>>You people like to blame X for everything, but >>you really don't have the slightest idea what >>you're talking about.
X is fine, I'm not blaming it for anything; we all know that X has its shortcomings (need I enumerate them here? probably not), but if it wasn't for X, I'd be staring at a tty right now. I'm just saying that if anything new (and good, and network-transparent, like X!) comes up, we should be open to it. We're already replacing old X programs with (better?) KDE-ized ones, so the legacy X apps we need aren't that many.
>>PS. Sorry for being a dick, but I am sick and >>tired of people spreading FUD about X.
Yeah, well I'm sick and tired of the "word" FUD. ;-)
By Johnny Andersson at Wed, 2001/05/23 - 5:00am
Check out Berlin
Berlin is basically pre-alpha at this point, but between it and ggi there is some COOL stuff happening. X is good, but even the best software sometimes ages after several decades. Even the great TeX, possible the single best piece of end user work ever, lacks some useful abilities, like handling jpg and png natively, which would require restructuring. X was built for dumb terminals - most networked computers aren't dumb terminals anymore. (Although at my school sometimes it feels like they've had a lobotomy... WHY did we have to pay for NT just to remotely display X applications?)
Ahem. Anyway. If X gets updated, great. If Berlin storms in, great. If both happen, best of all. Then we get to decide on merits, and since they are both open they can ultimately talk to each other if someone wants that to happen. You gotta love open source.
By CY at Sat, 2001/06/30 - 5:00am
Multi-platform KOffice
To be able to run KOffice whether I'm sitting in front of a system running MS Windows, Linux, *nix, *BSD, BeOS or OSX ... now that has the potential to really make someone in Redmond sit up and take notice.
It would be a very liberating experience too. I'd be effectively free to float between OS's as I chose. It would also do wonders in attracting new developers from all kinds of places.
Just imagine if KOffice ran on Windows and rivaled MS Office to the point where ordinary MS users were happy to use it as their first choice. It would really open the door for new people to try out Linux (or any non-MS platform) with minimal risk to their data.
This could create an incredible amount of leverage. Yum :)
By Macka at Wed, 2001/05/23 - 5:00am
Re: Multi-platform KOffice
Microsoft Office will not be easily detronized.
The future Office suite will be nothing but the multimedia player. You will be able to edit your documents in it, you will be able to listen to mp3 (or whatever music), you will be able to watch streaming video, you will be able to create multimedia presentations, browse internet, chat etc. And if KDE goes right way, and I am sure it does, you will be (very soon) able to do all above mentioned things in Konqueror. Integrated. Konqi's toolbar will not look like it looks today. It will have 5-6 buttons when you launch it: Office, Multimedia, Internet, Control, Development. Click on Internet button and whauu, you have a browser, click on Control button - you get Configuration tools (now Kcontrol), click on Development button and you get Kdevelop embedded in Konqueror etc. KDE already has some of these things but partially: in Kcontrol, in Konqueror, KOShell.
By Martina at Wed, 2001/05/23 - 5:00am
The Mac is where KDE/GNOME will be decided.
I can't emphasize enought what a good idea this is.
Anything that's good for the Mac is good for Linux, and a toolkit that makes Windows/Mac/Linux porting easy is the best thing that could happen for Linux.
Because every ISV that doesn't have a Mac version of their product wants to have one. Linux is a distant third for most of them (though that could change).
Still, even though they'd like it, they don't have those Mac ports.
Because it's hard!! And (in my case at least), they told themselves back in '95 that they'd be able to use MS's WIN32 cross-development tool to get there easily and then found out that it didn't work completely and was withdrawn from the market (actually, I've heard that it works now, but only MS has access to it). And the current Mac market isn't big enough to justify the cost of maintaining 2 code bases.
No matter how good KDE and GNOME are, they're not going to get mainstream support on those merits alone. But Windows/Mac/Linux from one code base is too good to ignore.
So, TT. You should advertise this and advertise it hard. One suggestion, though. The price has got to come down to the same ballpark as VC++ or Metrowerks. Not because Intuit can't afford it, but because you need to get that snowball rolling. At least come up with an exception for GPL'd apps. Anything to get the buzz going.
By Rob at Wed, 2001/05/23 - 5:00am
Re: Qt ported to Mac OS 9/X, BeOS
The BeOS port ain't that exciting yet as it requres X11 for BeOS. The GTK port is closer to finishing, as it already runs without the need for an X server.
By stew at Wed, 2001/05/30 - 5:00am
You guys... are cool.
I'm one of those weirdos who know a bunch about Windows, MacOS *and* Linux.
I use Linux at home, I try (miserably, since we have this horrid Lotus Notes solution) to use Linux at work, but I've always liked the Mac and stood up for it when them close-minded Window/Linux-fanatics have been whining about how little you can do with the MacOS (which I must add, is complete and utter nonsense and always has been, but that's entirely beside the point).
I seriously dislike Java Swing apps, because they try (often miserably, may I add) to emulate what the operating system is supposed to do for you. A good example is scroll-mousing, which I haven't figured out how I'm supposed to get up and running in a Swing app. This is due to this (in my opinion childish) solution of emulating widgets that don't really talk to the underlying operating system at all... this whole virtual machine thing just gives my the creeps when it comes to GUI apps. You are supposed to be able to choose an operating system by the features it has. If I want to use MacOS, it's because I want the Aqua thing, the menubar in one place, the scroll-mouse thing working and so forth. If I want to use Windows, It's because I want the cold steel-look and manubars all over the place. I *don't* want applications to look and feel different than the ones of my neighbor, and I *do* want an operating system's user to decide for himself what he/she prefers in a GUI.
First of all, I must congratulate you on the dual-license for X11. Furthermore, I must congratulate you on *not* also using the dual-license in the Windows/Mac versions. This is not because I'm a Linux-fanatic (on the contrary I'm perfectly satisfied with the marketshare of Windows/Mac/Linux as it is), but because I think commercial apps belong to commercial operating systems, and open-source apps belong to open-source operating systems. Two satisfied consumer-groups which I believe must be kept apart up to a considerable extent, and are not meant to be mangled too much together. The open-source people should have their playground, and the closed-source group should have theirs. The groups have incredibly different goals & needs, and that's how I believe it's supposed to be. I wouldn't legislate anything, but rather use a form of encouragement... exactly the form you're using. *Allowing* Windows/Mac developers to create open-source software, but encouraging them not to do so, by making them pay for their GUI library. Furthermore, due to the dual-licensing, *allowing* Linux developers to create closed-source and commercial software for UNIX, but encouraging them to do open-source by letting them have the code for free as long as they only do open-source applications. Quite obviously, the Windows/Mac communities are *not* trustworthy enough to be given the free version, simply on their word for that they'll only develop open-source software with it. The open-source community (mostly Linux/BSD, I assume) however, is.
Whoof. I just can't stop babbling about this. ;)
Now, using the native components of every operating system, writing in a programming language that is supported by every single home computer operating system I'm aware of, is just beyond belief.
I write open-source software in my spare time, but I'm tellin' ya... the moment I'm capable of writing something useful in Qt on X11 with the GPLed version... I'm going to buy myself a copy of Qt for Windows and Mac, compile my applications on those platforms, and release them. Then I'm gonna sit back with a cigar and a beer, and think "Long live TrollTech". Sounding like a fanatic, I know, but this is just so great. :) Cross-platform C++ programming without even having to buy myself the operating systems I'm developing on. So much money and time is saved, and you deserve a piece of the pie for your work.
Furthermore, maybe this will open people's eyes towards the Mac and other exotic platforms. :) Maybe people will actually try them out before judging, thus, strengthening the all-so healthy and badly needed commercial competition in the operating system market. You guys might really, REALLY make a difference for operating systems like MacOS and not to mention BeOS. Just promise us you won't sell out to Microsoft. ;)
Just... great work, ladies and gentlemen. ;) I can't say it often enough. Great, f***ing work.
And for the bottom, I agree to what someone above mentioned... this is the best learning tool I've found for C++. I've tried Borland C++Builder and VC++, but they always either do *everything* or *nothing* for you. I'm writing a package manager for UNIX in Qt, doing fine so far, and I plan on writing some Internet applications as well. I've never been able to learn so much C++ in such a short period of time... well, with the exception of Gtk--, but still, you're still a little bit ahead when it comes to an easy API.
By Helgi Hrafn Gun... at Fri, 2001/09/14 - 5:00am


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1965 Pontiac Tempest - Ten Weeks
This '65 Pontiac Went From Unwanted To Unbelievable
Some people spend a lifetime building a cool car. Sometimes, they start with a vision and keep at it until the vision sparks to life and rolls out of the garage. Often, there isn't a vision; just a meandering through time and parts as the car comes together. All too often, the vision for the car changes every few years, prolonging the buildup as parts are sold off to purchase new ones and the car changes from street machine to Pro Street to super street to Pro Touring. The example of Grant Craft's 1965 Pontiac Tempest couldn't be farther from this last example. A mere 10 weeks passed between desire to have a car like this built, and driving the vision down the road. It took creativity, cunning, and care from engine builder, chassis fabricator, and car builder Jeff Schwartz of Schwartz Performance. But this was more than a random phone call to a car builder and a check.
Grant and Jeff first met in 2005. Both owned Ultima GT-R kit cars. Before you think cheesy side pipes and ill-fitting fiberglass panels, know that the Ultima is a supercar built on a space frame that can handle up to 1,000 hp, all in a car that weighs less than 2,200 pounds. Got your attention? One of these cars spanked the Ferrari Enzo's lap times on tracks in Europe. A few years ago, Grant called on Jeff to build an LS2 for his Ultima. Jeff had a reputation for building killer engines that start with the initials "LS," and he delivered a Magnacharged, 660hp winner to Grant. The next year, he invited Grant to do Hot Rod magazine's Power Tour with him in his Ultima. Doing an event like Power Tour together is intense. You're pretty much together every hour of the day. Grant and Jeff learned that they had a common appreciation for performance cars, and they shared a good number of opinions and ideas about how cars should be built.
Fast-forward to the spring of 2009. Grant was approaching his 40th birthday and wanted to do something cool. Grant was raised in Australia, but has lived in Hong Kong for the past 15 years. Since moving away from Australia, he hadn't been able to see his brother, Duncan, as much as he would have liked. Power Tour that year was scheduled pretty close to his birthday. He hatched a plan to find a car to do the tour in, and he and his brother would fly stateside to do the event. He called Jeff to see if he had any projects laying around that he could takeover. As it turned out, Jeff had a Pontiac Tempest that he couldn't hawk on eBay. The car was a parts car for another customer's project. Jeff suggested that they could toss one of his chassis under the car, an LS engine in it, and do something quick with the body. This was a mere 10 weeks before the Power Tour was set to begin, so there wasn't a lot of time. The two exchanged emails and phone calls for a couple of weeks to hash out the details. Once an agreement was reached, the countdown began. The body was dropped off at Imperial Blasting the next day and the project was officially kicked off.
The motif was dictated by the tight time frame. There just wasn't time to do show-quality bodywork and paint. But how do you convert a parts car to a cool car? Grant's father was always into vintage cars. As kids, he and his brother were often watching their dad and his buddies thrash their old stuff around the track. His favorite class was pre-'65 touring cars, so it was decided that this car would take on a road race/NASCAR flair. Something a little edgy, a little rough, and with a very purpose-built look.
The body was mostly straightened, but it didn't need to be perfect. Things like holes for missing trim were left. The glass was flush-mounted, and most of the glass is actually Lexan. The car was shot in PPG DP90 satin black epoxy primer. Fiberglass front and rear bumpers were fitted to continue the spray-bomb appearance of the car. The finishing touches on the exterior came in the form of die-cut vinyl lettering that mimic race car sponsorship decals, but maintain a uniform look to this pseudo racer. An era-correct "389 cu.in." was applied to both sides of the hood, and a large number 65 on the doors. The finishing touch was a logo for the car, designed by Wally Goto in the likeness of nose art found on World War II planes. The car was developing a sinister look that was a bit seductive, so Goto created a Temptress. A voluptuous Cougar with devil's horns, pitchfork and tail, complete with the Pontiac arrowhead as a tip.
The interior called for the same Spartan approach. Window nets were hung while the door panels were abandoned. The factory dash was left with a smattering of the original switches. Race car equipment included the addition of a full cage, racing seats, and Simpson harnesses. A full rack of Auto Meter Pro Comp Ultra-Lite gauges was installed in a stainless panel with a turned look to it, playing off a Pontiac design cue. Jeff's crew applied bedliner to the floor for a tiny bit of sound deadening (and painted metal would have scratched anyway).
To deliver the kind of performance that the looks promised, the car uses a combination of Schwartz Muscleup chassis. The chassis features mandrel-bent rails, and custom front and rear suspension. The chassis is 200 percent stiffer than the original frame, and is capable of delivering over 1 g of lateral handling. The front suspension features a custom A-arm upper, and single-tube lower control arm. This car uses Bilstein adjustable coilover shocks, but the chassis also fits Ride Tech ShockWaves. The chassis also mounts rack-and-pinion steering and integrated sway bar. The rear suspension is a four-link with a sway bar. The Pontiac uses a Dana 60 with 3.55 gears and a posi.
With the upgraded chassis and a mini-tub job for the rear, the GM A-body can sit on 275/35ZR18 BFGoodrich g-force T/A KDW tires in the front and 335/30ZR18s in the rear. The tires are mounted on XXR wheels, 18x9.5 up front and 18x13 in the rear. That's some serious meat, and exactly what would be needed to lay down some serious times on the road course.
Grant and Duncan arrived on June 2, 2009 to help Jeff's team at Schwartz Performance wrap up the car. It took nearly five sleepless nights to get the car finished, but June 6 found the trio in Racine, Wisconsin, for the start of the event.
While that sounds like the end of the story, it was really just the beginning. For Power Tour, Jeff had just dropped in an LS3 engine. Shortly after the event, he built an LS9 engine. Well, it was mostly LS9. Jeff bored an LS9 block and assembled a reciprocating assembly made of Wiseco pistons, K1 rods, and a forged LS9 crank. The heads were massaged, and an LS7 cam was selected to activate the valves. An LS3 intake manifold was used, along with a 90mm drive-by-wire throttle body. Jeff created a custom wiring harness and used a Corvette ECU. The engine is backed up by a Tremec TKO 600 five-speed transmission rated to take more than 600 lb-ft of torque. The combo smokes down the quarter-mile at 12.36 at 117 mph, but can also cruise at more than 20 mpg on the highway.
In less than six months after completion, the car won more than its share of trophies and awards, including taking top honors in the muscle car class at Car Craft magazine's Real Street Eliminator. It's also participated in Pro-Touring.com's Run Through the Hills and Motor State Challenge. The race-inspired motif that was driven by a short time frame actually turned into a visual statement that matches the car's DNA and stands apart from all of the show cars. That was 10 weeks of effort well invested.
|'65 Pontiac Tempest
|Grant Craft Hong Kong, China
|Chevy 378 small-block
|LS9, bored to 4.070 inches
|LS9 dry-sump system, LS9 pan
|Rotating assembly:
|LS9 forged crank and K1 H-beam rods; forged Wiseco pistons
|Cylinder heads:
|Massaged LS9 aluminum castings with original valves
|LS7 211/230-at-.050 hydraulic roller, .591/.591-inch lift
|LS9 components, Patriot dual valvesprings with Titanium retainers
|LS3 intake manifold, 90mm drive-by-wire throttle body
|Schwartz Performance 1 7/8-inch stainless steel headers, dual 3-inch Magnaflow mufflers
|Power adder:
|NOS dry fogger system
|Fuel system:
|Holley EFI pump, Aeromotive filters and regulator
|GM coil-on-plug, MSD plug wires
|Be Cool radiator and fan
|501 hp at 6,300 rpm and 450 lb-ft at 5,100 rpm
|Built by:
|Schwartz Performance
|Tremec TKO 600 five-speed
|Rear axle:
|'69 Dana 60 with 3.55 gears and posi
|Front suspension:
|Schwartz Muscleup tubular front suspension, Bilstein coilovers, Schwartz Muscleup spindles, QA1 rod ends, 1-inch splined sway bar with billet endlinks
|Rear suspension:
|Schwartz Muscleup four-link, Bilstein coilovers, QA1 rod ends, 3/4-inch splined sway bar
|Baer Pro Plus six-piston calipers and 14-inch rotors front and rear
|XXR 18x9.5, front; 18x13, rear (rear wheels widened by Weldcraft)
|BFGoodrich 275/35ZR18 g-force T/A KDW, front; BFGoodrich 335/30ZR18s g-force T/A KDW, rear


text: Mike Rubendall Tattoo Artist Magazine Issue #28 Preview Interview By CIV Mike Rubendall: You have one shot to make it right. For me the permanence of a tattoo was a heavy thing and I wanted to make a smart decision. I remember as a kid looking through magazines I'd always admired Filip's work, it always had a tremendous impact on me. I saw what could be done with tattooing and, first and foremost, I wanted to go out there and see what he did different from what everyone else was doing to get the results he was getting, you know? That was a big part of the reason why I had him do my arms, because I wanted to watch him; I wanted to see it done right. However, at the time I think it was too early in my career to pick up what he was throwing down. I could have soaked up more knowledge if I had waited to make that trip later in my career. Well, who really knows how things would have turned out? I do know it still gave me a whole different mentality and perspective on tattooing... CIV: Yeah. Watching Filip is not like watching other people tattoo. MR: Exactly. It was brilliant to see. He has the ability to make the client who's wearing the tattoo look like they were born with it. CIV: When you get to sit and watch somebody tattoo for that long, or get tattooed by somebody like Trevino, all the hours you spent with Trevino, or all the hours you spent with Filip—was there something else imparted? Like the work ethic that those guys have? Just the straight warrior shit that those guys do? And do you take that on? When you're sitting with them for that long, do you discuss a burnout factor from working that hard? MR: No, I don't believe in burnout. I think you can work through burnout periods. I think we all share a common factor; we create this out of love, not for money, or fame—well, I'll speak for myself. And the constant, deliberate practice of tattooing everyday, it pays off. I have adopted a weird belief system. I don't believe in failure, or burnout. I just feel like you can program your brain to do anything. Your brain is like a computer. If you think you're going to burnout, you're absolutely right- you're going to burnout... CIV: Yeah, like Trevino can sit and tattoo for 12 hours straight. MR: Yeah, exactly. That guy's a machine. CIV: So you think it's a state of mind? MR: Yes, I think it's 100 percent a state of mind. Absolutely. CIV: I like that. It's a good concept. Kind of touching on the same thing, you were talking about doing it for so many years, and what you put into it is what you get back, so when did you start to feel like, "Okay, I don't suck anymore?" MR: I think it's a 10-year marker. I feel like you can never be content with your work at any point of your career, and you can always grow, but I felt at 10 years, that's when I was finally getting the hang of it. I felt confidant in what I was doing and started coming into my own. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uUy3KBdBfg&w=560&h=315] (Mike Rubendall can be found at Kings Avenue Tattoo in New York City.) Mike Rubendall is featured in Tattoo Artist Magazine issue #28. Click here to order issue 28:


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Sony is paying $1 million for the film rights to Walter Isaacson's authorized biography, Steve Jobs, reports said.
After Jobs died last week, Isaacson's publisher Simon & Schuster pushed up the release date on the book by a month to Oct. 24. Based only on pre-orders, the book is already No. 1 on Amazon and is the No. 1 e-book at Apple's iTunes store, according to the Associated Press.
Isaacson's 448-page tome is based on more than 40 interviews with the Apple co-founder and more than 100 conversations with friends, family members, colleagues and competitors. Jobs gave his full cooperation towards the book but had not read it as of mid-August.
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Jobs took the search to find a biographer seriously, personally choosing Isaacson, a former CNN chairman and editor of Time magazine. Jobs had previously been leery of reporters. In 1984, Jobs chose a Time reporter to write about the creation of the Mac, but then abruptly cut off contact when he reported on an aspect of his personal life, Deadline Hollywood reported.
So far, the only film about Jobs is TNT's "Pirates of Silicon Valley," a film based on the book, Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer, which highlights the strange and strained friendship/competition between Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. And no, Jobs is not the hero -- no one is.


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MALMO, Sweden – Controversy mired the end of Sweden's 2-1 semifinal victory over Russia as one of its defencemen could face possible supplementary discipline.
Jesper Pettersson was serving a minor penalty in the last minute of the game, but raced out of the box when time expired to go after Russian defenceman Andrei Mironov.
Mironov had just checked Swedish forward Oskar Sundqvist from behind.
Pettersson and Mironov exchanged wild blows. Mironov was left with a bloody nose.
Pettersson will have a hearing with the International Ice Hockey Federation discipline committee on Sunday morning.
"I see once of my teammates get hit from behind," said Pettersson, who was given a roughing minor on the play, his third penalty of the game. "I just skate there and stand up for my guy."
When asked if he was worried if he would be suspended for Saturday's gold-medal game, Pettersson simply shrugged.
Russian coach Mikhail Varnakov had no problem with the post-game altercation at Malmo Arena.
"All the players had high emotions," said Varnakov through a translator. "I see nothing criminal in that stuff.
"It was just a couple guys showing emotion. It wasn't a whole team against another team."
Oscar Dansk was the key factor in the Swedish win.
Although the netminder allowed a weak goal to Damir Zhafyarov, which allowed the Russians to pull within one with 13:23 left in the third, he was perfect the rest of the game.
"He was awesome," Swedish forward Alexander Wennberg said. "He made a lot of saves and saved us.
"He's so confident in his game. He is helping our team stay calm in this situation. Today, you can't ask for more."
Dansk, a goaltender with the OHL's Erie Otters, survived a goal-mouth scramble in the final minute to preserve the win.
He made 26 saves in the contest.
"I think it's great game for him," Russian defenceman Nikita Zadorov said. "We have a lot of chances to score but we didn't.
"A couple times he make great saves, but I think we should score those goals."
Sweden got on the board first with a power-play goal from tournament scoring leading Filip Forsberg.
Forsberg, a Nashville Predators prospect, one-timed a pass from Elias Lindholm with 49.4 seconds left in the opening period.
Forsberg now has 12 points, tied for tops n the tourney with Finland's Teuvo Teravainen, who had two goals and an assist in a 5-1 semifinal win over Canada.
Sweden extended its lead 4:55 into the third period when Sundqvist beat Russian goalie Andrei Vasilevski on a breakaway.
The Sundqvist goal came right after the Russians failed to convert on a four-minute power play.
The Russians were 0-for-5 on the man advantage in the contest. They entered the game with the tournament's more effective power play at 43.5 per cent.
"Sweden played really good on the PK," Zadorov said. "Hard to play against these forwards. They know how we are going to play.
"I think we just have to play better PP next game."
Zadorov said the Russians would be motivated to win bronze on Sunday.
But the Swedes, who have yet to lose in the tournament, are going for gold on home ice.
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Attorneys Dale W. Lee and Cynthia D. Quinn join UH Manoa School of Law administrative teamUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU — Honolulu attorneys Dale W. Lee and Cynthia D. Quinn have accepted appointments at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's William S. Richardson School of Law. Lee will be the law school's new chief operating officer/senior advisor and Quinn will serve as the school's first director of external relations and communications.
In their new positions, Lee and Quinn will assume many of the duties of the associate dean's position, which has been restructured. Current Associate Dean Carol Mon Lee is planning to retire after 10 years as associate dean at the School of Law.
"There can be no replacing Carol Mon Lee," said Dean Aviam Soifer, "but we are pleased to be able to call on several outstanding people undertaking new positions to begin filling the gap and building on the strong foundation she leaves behind."
Lee, a practicing lawyer since 1974, is currently a senior litigation partner at the Honolulu law firm of Kobayashi, Sugita, & Goda. He has been an adjunct professor at the School of Law for several years and will continue to teach. In 2004, he served as president of the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association, and in 2006, he served as a member of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association. He is a graduate of ʻIolani School, Brown University (A.B., American Civilization), and Southern Methodist University School of Law.
Quinn, a 1988 graduate of the UH Mānoa law school, is currently a senior associate at the law firm of Bronster Crabtree & Hoshibata, and a full-time assistant professor of law and program chair for the Justice Administration and Law Programs at Hawaiʻi Pacific University's College of Business.
As the school's first director of external relations and communications, she will lead the organization and communication of the wide array of events, accomplishments, public service, and outreach efforts of the school, which now boasts over 2,000 alumni, nationally and internationally. In addition to her administrative duties, Quinn will also be teaching at the School of Law, starting with administrative law in January.
Quinn served both as a deputy and special assistant to Attorney General Margery S. Bronster for the State of Hawaiʻi in the 1990s. She is the volunteer board president of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaiʻi and serves as a national board committee member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. She is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools and has a bachelor's degree in political science from UH Mānoa.
Soifer added, "We are extremely pleased to have such exceptionally talented people join our staff, and it is a great bonus that each brings both great practical and teaching skills to the School of Law."
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jgsketch necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Buyersagents.com is a site that connects prospective real estate buyers with a local buyer's agent and or a property of their choice. Buyersagents.com operates nationally and specializes in buying homes. A buyer's agent is specialized in the many detailed aspects of purchasing real estate. They work with the buyer in a real estate transaction.
We are expanding our site and presence in the US. So we are looking for a new site rather than a re-design. We would like new colors, a new look and new graphics.
Our target audience will be broad based in demographics. They will range from early 20's to elderly. They will be educated and are looking to buy their second or first home.
The site should be professional, modern, stylish, and trustworthy and appeal to a broad base of demographics. The site needs to be intuitive, easy to read and in particular the interface on the homepage that allows users to, either find a local buyer's agent or search for property , must be clear and easy to see and operate. We are looking for a clean design so the visitor's eye is immediately drawn to the space on the homepage where they enter information to have a local buyer's agent contact them or where they can search for property. This experience of requesting that a buyer's agent contacts them or searching for a home to purchase should be the natural outcome of the homepage design and should be uncluttered and easy on the eyes.
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As long ago as the late 19th century, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz referred to Lisbon as the city of pastries. He himself was particularly partial to ovos moles – thin waffles filled with a sweet egg custard. Cakes and pastries are still very much part of city life in Lisbon today: They are served for desert, with super-sweet espresso in the afternoon or on the beach, where you can buy cream-filled donuts called bolas de berlim. Life is hard enough as is.
The absolute stars of the pastry parade are pastéis de nata, little puff pastry tarts filled with vanilla cream. Tourists form long lines outside the Antiga Confeitaria de Belém, the pastry shop where the originals are made. Lisbon's residents buy their pastries downtown in places like the venerable Pastelaria Versailles, which opened in 1922 and still features an Art-Nouveau interior decorated with mirrors and chandeliers, as well as waiters sporting bow ties. Piles of pastries and sweets are temptingly displayed in meter-long showcases: bolo-rei, a Christmas cake containing candied fruits, individual puddings, toucinho do céu, an almond cake whose name translates as "bacon from heaven," choux-pastry éclairs, little cakes covered with marzipan and bolos de arroz, wonderfully fluffy rice flour muffins.
Legend has it that these delicious tidbits were created for the first time when nuns, who starched their wimples with egg white, used the leftover yolk to make highly caloric little cakes. Loving sweet pastries is evidently not a sin in this small Catholic country but a veritable gift from God.
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Just a day after Zero Dark 30 foundered at the Oscars, taking just a single technical prize, the high-profile US senate investigation that may have helped scupper the drama's awards season has been quietly dropped.With Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal having previously won best film in 2010 for The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark 30 – about the hunt for Osama bin Laden – was one of the early frontrunners for this year's Oscars and took many of the critics' prizes that preface the bigger awards ceremonies. But then disquiet grew over the film's depiction of the CIA's alleged use of torture in the hunt for the leader of al-Qaida.
In January the US Senate intelligence committee launched an investigation into whether Bigelow and Boal were granted "inappropriate access" to classified CIA material after the committee's Democratic chair Dianne Feinstein and member John McCain, the former Republican US presidential candidate, expressed concern about Zero Dark 30's torture scenes. In an article on the Guardian website Naomi Wolf later compared Bigelow with the Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl.
The film soon became a political football, with the film-makers furiously defending their right to include fictional elements. "It's a movie. I've been saying from the beginning it's a movie," Boal said last month. "That shouldn't be too confusing. It's in cinemas and if it's not totally obvious, a CIA agent wasn't really an Australian [Jason Clarke] that was on a lot of TV shows and Jessica Chastain isn't really a CIA agent; she's a very talented actress. But I think most American audiences understand that." Speaking at the New York Film Critics Circle awards, where she won best director, Bigelow said: "I thankfully want to say that I'm standing in a room of people who understand that depiction is not endorsement, and if it was, no artist could ever portray inhumane practices; no author could ever write about them; and no film-maker could ever delve into the knotty subjects of our time."
Zero Dark 30 received unexpected support from leftwing film-maker Michael Moore, who defended the drama as "a disturbing, fantastically-made movie" that "will make you hate torture". But the damage was done in the eyes of Oscars voters, especially after Academy member David Clennon called for a boycott.
When the Oscar nominees were announced on 10 January, Bigelow surprisingly missed out on a nod for best director and her film was left to compete only for best picture, best original screenwriting (Boal), best actress (Chastain) and two editing prizes. On Sunday night, Chastain lost out to Silver Linings Playbook's Jennifer Lawrence and Boal was defeated by Django Unchained's Quentin Tarantino. Zero Dark 30 ultimately had to be content with a single gong for best sound editing, in a tie with James Bond movie Skyfall.
A congressional aide, speaking anonymously, yesterday told Reuters the Senate intelligence committee had closed its inquiry. Studio Sony, which produced the film, had no immediate comment and neither Bigelow nor Boal has yet made a public statement.
This article originally appeared on guardian.co.uk
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Through the first 20 games, the Minnesota Twins share the dubious honor of having the American League's least productive offense with the Kansas City Royals (4.05 R/G). While there are numerous sources for this dip in production, ranging from Joe Mauer's absence to the lethargy of the right-handed bats, there appears to be an easily identifiable and correctable modification to the lineup that would improve the offense: remove Alexi Casilla from the number two spot.
As I alluded to yesterday, Bill James's research shows that a bunched lineup (a lineup constructed with the best hitters grouped together) is the most optimal alignment of the talent. Taking it one step further, James noted in his 1986 Abstract that the correlation of run production and the position in the batting order is strongest to that of the number two hitter. The 2009 Twins have a .515 OPS out of this slot (thanks to Brendan Harris). Only the lowly Royals have less production with their .499 OPS from their two hitters. The two most potent offenses, Texas and Toronto, also share the highest two spot production with .951 and .867 OPS respectively.
Under the current structure, the Twins are sending Denard Span (.737 OPS but a robust .378 OBP), Casilla (.456 OPS), Justin Morneau (.868 OPS) and Jason Kubel (.941 OPS) in sequence to the plate. Casilla stands out as the weak link. For a two hitter, Casilla has demonstrated borderline plate discipline. He exercises the highest chase percentage among qualifying second baseman (39 percent out of zone swings) resulting in a high quantity of groundballs. His 64 percent of worm-burners on balls in play is a league-leader and nearly half of his pop flies (46 percent infield/fly ball) are not even leaving the infield area (also the highest total in MLB). Speed has been his saving grace as he has legged out three infield hits to keep his batting average above .150.
Among other things, Casilla has been an absolute out-machine. His .456 OPS is lowest in the American League among those with a minimum of 60 plate appearances and behind only the Giants' immortal Emmanuel Burriss (.433 OPS) and the Padres' Brian Giles (.454 OPS) in all of baseball. This productivity is reminiscent of Nick Punto's appalling 2007 season – except Punto managed to maintain a .566 OPS through the first 20 games of that season but the Twins scored just 4.60 R/G. By the end of May, Punto and his sub-.600 OPS were booted down to the eighth and ninth positions in the order but by then it was too late for the Twins as the team would finish 63-67.
In 2008, when Casilla hit .313/.351/.424 in 273 plate appearances through July 28th, it caught most people by surprise. At three seasons at the Triple-A level, Casilla had hit .257/.344/.316 in 532 PAs, not lending an indication that he was capable of slugging above .400. Following an injury in July Casilla's batting line reverted to.225/.302/.289 in 164 PAs after his return to the lineup in August. Most people convinced themselves that Casilla's abilities were closer to his first portion of the season rather than the latter. In truth, his actual production probably lies in-between the two samplings.
The options for Gardenhire are limited. When the Twins face a left-handed pitcher, Brendan Harris is a decent solution (career .792 OPS versus LHP), but Harris's defense at second is a downgrade from Casilla. Catcher Jose Morales is another candidate for the two-spot as his .839 OPS is currently third on the team while hitting line drives 35 percent of the time.
These both are short-term answers to a long-term problem however. Harris is a streaky hitter and Morales's produrct is sure to curtail as his line drive rate regresses back to the norm. The definitive remedy lies on the man returning on May 1st. Inserting the career .856 OPS hitter in Joe Mauer into the second slot ensures additional at-bats for the team's best hitter and provides a continuation of the four best hitters on the Twins' roster.


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Chestnut Hill Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award.
The award recognizes Chestnut Hill's commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.
To receive the award, Chestnut Hill Hospital achieved for 12 consecutive months 85 percent or higher adherence to all Quality Achievement indicators and achieved at least 75 percent or higher compliance with six of 10 Get with the Guidelines-Stroke Quality Measures during that same period of time, which are reporting initiatives to measure quality of care.
"With a stroke, time lost is brain lost, and earning this award demonstrates our staff commitment to providing care that has been shown in the scientific literature to quickly and efficiently treat stroke patients with evidence-based protocols," said Teresa Kelly, CNO, Chestnut Hill Hospital.
In addition to the Get with the Guideline-Stroke award, Chestnut Hill Hospital has also been recognized as a recipient of the association's Target: Stroke Honor Roll, for improving stroke care.
"Following the Get with the Guidelines-Stroke program, our staff uses the time soon after a patient has had a stroke, when they are most likely to listen to and follow professional guidance, to teach them about stroke," said Kelly.
Studies demonstrate that patients who are taught how to manage their risk factors while still in the hospital reduce their risk of a second heart attack or stroke. Patients take home customized education materials that are based on individual risk profiles.
According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke is one of the leading causes of death and serious, long-term disability in the United States. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, someone dies of a stroke every four minutes, and 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.
The seriousness of this medical condition is being recognized by those at Chestnut Hill Hospital. T heir hard work and determination is paying, off and they are receiving this well deserved recognition.


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Many men know how to care for their cotton sweater in contrast to their wool sweater, and maybe it is because wool is perceived as a delicate material. However, wool is actually stronger than many other fabrics and is more resistant to dirt, but there are some few guidelines to follow, which will keep your woolen pieces on point for many years.
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As wool is a natural material coming from animals, heat can damage its good qualities such as the structure and shape. Therefore ironing or steaming your wool is not a good mix. If your woolen piece gets minor wrinkles, simply hang your woolen piece in the bathroom while showering and the damp in the air will make you wool in shape again.
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Instead of washing you wool pieces, dry-clean it is the basic method. Simply hang your wool piece on a wide coat hanger in frosty weather or use a soft brush, and you will have a woolen piece that lasts.
When storing wool, make sure not to expose your wool to heat, light, and insects. Heat, we have already covered and light can fade your pieces over time. Insects also can damage your wool pieces, so make sure to have mothballs in your closet when you store it. If your are hanging your woolen garments, use a wide wooden coat hanger, which will keep the shape .


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VANCOUVER, Canada –When Landon Donovan returned from international duty, he promised to become a better leader to a team that was mired in the lower half of the Western Conference standings and deliver he has.
Donovan has tallied a goal or an assist in five of the LA Galaxy's last six games and is once again expected to lead the offense on against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday. A result would add to what has been a banner week for Donovan, who tallied his 100th career assist during Saturday's victory over the Portland Timbers. Perhaps making the match even more special is the fact that Donovan's father Tim—who is Canadian—has traveled to Vancouver and will be in the stands for Wednesday's match.
Below are Donovan's thoughts following Tuesday's training session…
(Playing Vancouver…)
DONOVAN: "We're feeling good about where we are right now. We're very confident and we have a good stretch of games. Whether it's good or bad, we played them very recently and I'm sure that they're going to remember that and in front of their home fans, they're going to want to make sure that doesn't happen again."
(On the two team's proximity in the standings…)
"With the way that we started the season, you wouldn't have expected this, even three weeks ago. We're very aware of where we are in the standings and where they are. We know that they've gone through some changes recently, but they're a team that plays well here and they're going to be up for it tomorrow."
(On his impressions of the city of Vancouver…)
"I love Vancouver, I've been here many times and I've always really liked this city. This is my first time at BC [Place] since it's been renovated and I think that it's fantastic. It's going to be a lot of fun tomorrow."
(On Vancouver's Scottish midfielder Barry Robson…)
DONOVAN: "I think that he's been pretty effective so far. This league takes some time getting used to, but he looks like he's pretty comfortable. Once he gets integrated a little more than you can tell that he's talented and he's got a really great left foot, he's going to make this team a lot better especially once [fellow Scottish DP] Kenny Miller gets playing too.''
(On his 100th assist mark and the difference between assists and goals…)
DONOVAN: "I'm proud of it, very proud of it. I guess what I'm most proud of is the consistency and doing it for a number of years, like Jaime did. I've always tried to take pride in the fact that I can do it year after year, and this is a good milestone."
"To me, they're pretty similar. Obviously, a goal is more exciting, but I'm equally proud of this. I always wanted to be a player who can score but can also help my teammates out, so this is meaningful."
(On joining Moreno in the 100 goals and 100 assists club…)
DONOVAN: "For the years that Jaime played in this league, I always thought he was the best player in this league. He was a good player, but he was also a good pro, and he was a good teammate, and guys around the league liked him. He was always fun to watch, and the few times I had a chance to play with him were a lot of fun. In my mind, he'll always be remembered as one of the best ever to play in this league."


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helen castanedo on 10 Aug 14Insights drawn from neuroscience not only provide educators with a scientific basis for understanding some of the best practices in teaching, but also offer a new lens through which to look at the problems teachers grapple with every day. By gaining insights into how the brain works-and how students actually learn-teachers will be able to create their own solutions to the classroom challenges they face and improve their practice. see video


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Robert Morris hopes to address this week allegations of physical confrontations with players and former coach Mike Rice during his three seasons with the Colonials.
Athletic director Craig Coleman could speak on the matter Monday or Tuesday, after the school wraps up an internal investigation looking into the claims, according to a university official.
During Eric Murdock's interview with ESPN, aired last Tuesday along with the video of Rice's abusive practices at Rutgers, Murdock pointed out what he had heard about Rice's tactics at Robert Morris, a Northeast Conference school in suburban Pittsburgh, where he coached from 2007-10.
"It's amazing to me how he got this far in this profession," Murdock said, "first of all, because what I understand is at Robert Morris there were five coaches-versus-player brawls in practice."
Last Wednesday, Robert Morris athletic director Craig Coleman issued a statement on behalf of his school not long after Rice was fired from Rutgers.
"He is obviously an intense coach, and his passion for the game was mirrored by our student-athletes on the court," Coleman said. "The behavior on the video is quite unfortunate, but it is not indicative of Coach Rice during his tenure at RMU."
A star on the rise three years ago after leading Robert Morris to consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, Rice, 44, now finds himself a flashpoint for what is - and what is not - considered appropriate coaching behavior.
The drive to succeed that made Rice such a success at Robert Morris wasn't part of a switch that Rice flipped on whenever he entered a huddle. It was always on, regardless of the situation.
Rice once knocked out one of his father's teeth while they were playing against each other. Former assistant coach Andy Toole, now head coach at Robert Morris, once called Rice "crazed" by the game. Rice went 73-31 in three seasons with the Colonials.
Born in Pittsburgh, Rice spent his childhood by his father's side, learning the Xs and Os while serving as a ballboy and engaging in lengthy debates over the dinner table. Mike Rice, Sr., was the coach at Duquesne from 1978-82. While in middle school, Rice, Jr., once stood up in the middle of the Duquesne locker room and told the Dukes they weren't playing hard enough. The players taped him to a training table as a way of thanking him for the pep talk.
In his second tourney appearance, the Colonials snared a No. 15 seed and took second-seeded Villanova to overtime before losing 73-70 in 2010. Under the glare of the national spotlight, Rice showed a bit of the over-the-top behavior that would become his calling card - and ultimately his downfall. He erupted at the officials in the waning seconds of the game, screaming profanities at them as Robert Morris' bid for the upset fell short.
It was dismissed as a coach getting caught up in the crucible of the tournament. Rice even signed a contract extension later that month, proof of the confidence Coleman had in the direction of the program and the man leading it.
Jimmy Martelli, an assistant coach at Rutgers who resigned last week after the video went viral, was also at Robert Morris with Rice, though it is unclear if he ever witnessed or took part in any of the alleged brawls with the Colonials.
"I am sickened that as an assistant coach I contributed in any way to an unacceptable culture," Martelli said in a statement last week. "Wednesday, I resigned from Rutgers and I hope that coaches on all levels will learn something important from these events. For my actions, I am deeply sorry and I apologize to the players from the bottom of my heart."
Rice, who brought Martelli with him to Rutgers in 2010, went 44-51 at the Big East school, and posted just a 16-38 mark in the conference. The Scarlet Knights went 15-16 this season and 5-13 in the league. Incidentally, when Rice was suspended for the video in November - the same video he was fired for last week - Rutgers went 3-0 without him.


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Bobcats' Michael Kidd-Gilchrist hospitalized after blow to head
By Ben Golliver
Bobcats rookie forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was hospitalized after taking a blow to the head during a 109-95 loss to the Rockets in Houston on Saturday night.
Kidd-Gilchrist, the No. 2 pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, appeared to take a knee to the back of the head from teammate Jeff Taylor and lay motionless on the court for a number of minutes. He was eventually wheeled off the court on a stretcher with his neck immobilized.
The Charlotte Observer reported that Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap told reporters that Kidd-Gilchrist was able to move his extremities and that he was communicating with medical personnel.
The Bobcats issued a release late Saturday night indicating that Kidd-Gilchrist had suffered a concussion, but that X-rays and a CT scan were negative for additional head and neck injuries. He was hospitalized overnight as a precaution and will be subject to the NBA's concussion protocols, which require a player to pass a series of tests and receive clearance from Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher, the head of the NBA's concussion program, before returning to the court.
With a little less than 11 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and the Bobcats leading 80-79, Kidd-Gilchrist attempted to contest a running lay-up by Toney Douglas in transition. Taylor, trailing the play, appeared to contact Kidd-Gilchrist as he came back to the court.
Kidd-Gilchrist departed with four points, five rebounds and one block in 20 minutes.


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It was about 2 years ago that Emma, Jim and myself started talking and writing about the 'marketing wind tunnel' that we as an industry seem to have gotten ourselves into (this blog has plenty of past pieces). The thinking being that, because we all broadly follow the same consumer insight led and validated process, we produce far more sameness than difference.
In the light of this, it's fascinating to see Tyler Brule's latest 'Fast Lane' piece in the FT where he inveighs against the same issues, but this time in the context of magazines, airlines, hotels and shops. It's well worth a read for those who haven't yet seen it (and always gratifying to see an FT journalist cry 'Bullshit !' on corporate excuses):
"Spend a bit of time at a US newsstand and it's clear that the crisis in the magazine industry isn't so much about plastering covers with hash tags, the problem is that everything looks and feels alarmingly the same.. We've come to a point in our popular and consumer culture where uniformity isn't just stifling innovation, it's also making consumers number and dumber.
…Magazines should focus on what their most loyal consumers are looking for – something new to read."
From our point of view, many presentations and a number of articles later, the response we get from marketing teams is a consistent 'Yes we agree, but how do we change things within the context of my organisation?' (sub-text: 'where I don't feel I have the power to do so myself '). Quite possibly the subject of our next initiative. Bring on the organisational change consultants!


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The Ryan Nomination, The Obama Re-Election Campaign, and the Left
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The Ryan Nomination, The Obama Re Election Campaign, and the Left
When the Communist Party and other leftists decided it was a priority to elect President Roosevelt in 1936, they didn't slow down their labor organizing and civil rights agitation - they escalated it. ...
Obama supporters who want progressives to take precious energies away from grass roots movements to re-elect the president are, whether intentionally or not, sabotaging long term possibilities of democratic change. And they are NOT following the example of radicals from the Depression Era who built the industrial labor movement. ...
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ranking system Ranking System (without XP)
Fenrir posted a topic in Feedback & SuggestionsEvery since I started playing, I've always tried to think of a ranking system; that didn't make it just another FPS multiplayer "CoD" copy cat/rip off. Some had to do with only lvling up when you win a game, while losing a game would either do nothing; or you'd be penalized and face the possibility of being demoted (similar to how ranked matches work in MOBAS). The only problem with this is some times, you'll join a game and it'll be close to being over and would make joining each server a bit risky. A good offset for this would be not counting those matches, but there are times when you'll join an almost full server, and when the game is over; everyone disconnects, which in return makes that server baron and boring. Obviously this could be possible further down the line, but who knows. Aside from that one, I recently just came up with one that isn't a ranking system, but a "Rating System". This is great for every class, but mainly SL (Squad Leaders). There are many times where I'll get into a game, and I'll recognize SL from a game I had played with days, if not a full week ago; and know he is a good leader. There have even been times where I've been recognized (some good and some bad). What if there was a way, where at the end of each match (unless you were only in the game for 10 minutes or less) everyone gets the opportunity to rate their SQUAD members and ONLY THEIR SQUAD members, on either a scale of 1-10 or even custom titles (that pass a profanity filter) i.e: Great SL, Horrible Medic, Troll, Follows Orders, Team Player, Crap Mic, ext., While SL can rate other SL. Then once a title is made (Green being good ones, red being bad ones) it appears next to there name when scrolled over it in the player menu or at the end of a match. At which point, if there is a title there that a player likes and agrees with, the can give it a +1. If they don't, they can give it a -1, good or bad. For example, if you had a great SL and you see someone gave him the title "Great SL" you can +1 that, but then you see "Bad SL" or "Bad Mic" and you didn't see any of those to be true, you can give them a -1. If a negative title gets enough -1s, it will be removed. This would be great for any player/class. Good Medic, Great Scout, Team Player, No Mic, Lone Wolf, CoD Player (lawl). Adding something like this makes it so we have a ranking system with out any type of XP. Players can maintain a their "Rank" in being a good medic, SL, or just a good player in general. And if a player has a negative (red) title they want to get rid of, the have know exactly what to focus on. Whether its buying a new mic or simply realizing THIS ISN'T FREAKING CoD!! There's a lot of room for trolling, but I feel like a majority of the community takes this game pretty serious and it wouldn't be taken advantage of. Please give me your feedback on what your thoughts on these ranking/rating systems and even some ranking systems that you've thought of.
Predicted Updates
osmannoah posted a topic in QuestionsDo you guys think there will be any new cool updates coming up like new ranking system or vehicles! :o
Ranking System?
(303rd)Pvt.SLiPYCaT posted a topic in Feedback & SuggestionsI know ranks have been brought up in the past, and had this been a month ago I would have said and I did say no to having any kind of ranking system. But now that I've played from day 1 of alpha release, I retract my statement. I strongly feel a ranking system of some sort would be good. No perks or any BS, simply unlock kit/roles as you progress. When you first start playing SQUAD maybe only be allowed to play as a regular ol gunner kit/role then unlock more kits/roles as play time progresses. 1. Gunner 2. Aimpoint 3. ACOG 4. Grenadier/rocket launcher 5. Medic 6. Sniper 7. Squad Leader Or something similar, obviously there will be more kits/roles in future updates. If the roles/kits were earned it would cause less stress to experienced players because new players couldn't just grab the SL or specialist kit/role. Then all players can rest assured that anyone who grabs the SL kit/role is actually experienced and knows what's expected of them. This can be a great thing to help new players learn to play the game the right way.
Opinions On A Ranking System?
Daruth posted a topic in QuestionsYou may think by me making this post that i actually want a rank up system. Well you would be very mistaken as i don't want a ranking system in SQUAD as even though it gives more of a 'pull' (to come back and play) its just not what i'm looking for in this game. I could go into detail as to why im sick of most games now having a rank up system but this post is directed to the community to see your thoughts and opinions on the matter to help out the dev team. Please reply with thoughts below - Thank you Daruth "see you in battle!"
Giving Players More To Lose If They Die, Thus Making Them Behave Like Real People.
omoplata posted a topic in Feedback & SuggestionsHi, So, even though PR is very realistic, people would still take in game risks that they probably wouldn't take in real life. To make them behave more like real people, I suggest giving players more to lose if they sacrifice their lives. Such as experience points. The more you play (or win), the more points you get, and you become a more effective soldier. For example, your firing may becomes more accurate, you have more sprint, etc. Maybe certain kits and positions are available only to people who have a certain number of experience points. If two players want the same kit, or a certain position, the player with the most experience points gets it. If you die, your experience points go down, or go to zero and you have to start all over again. I understand that this is a big step, since this might affect gameplay significantly. So the devs can give servers the option to implement the experince point system or not. What do you guys think?
Ranking by votes
Hubboe posted a topic in Feedback & SuggestionsAs the title suggests. Ranking by means of votes. At the end of a round squad members will get a simple quiz regarding their SL. SL Leadership: bad-average-good-excellent SL Mission success: bad-average-good-excellent SL Decision making: bad-average-good-excellent And on the same token SL will get a short quiz on the performance of each individual squad member e.g. (enter name) 'Rifleman' Role fulfillment: bad-average-good-excellent (enter name) 'Rifleman' Compliance: bad-average-good-excellent Average score will dictate how fast the player gets ranked up. Keeping the ranks at a minimum will also help avoid ranking competition which might spoil the game's sphere. Here is a real life adaptation of military ranking that could be used. For SL/TL: Officer Cadet - Second Lieutenant - First Lieutenant - Captain For SL: Officer Cadet - Second Lieutenant - First Lieutenant For Squad members: Private - Private First Class - Specialist


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