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Simply put, I'm sold on Smoral's combination of stuff, mechanics, and physical stature. What he lacks in track record, he makes up in upside. He's commonly projected to go in the back half of the first round, in part because he missed his senior season, but I like him for the Reds at 14. In fact, he's actually my favorite pitcher in the draft class. For me, he has top of the rotation potential and represents a very good option for the Reds.
Russell is intriguing. When I looked at him, I was looking at him in the context of third base. And, I thought his swing and offensive potential were more than adequate at third base. However, there are many pundits who think he has a legitimate shot to stick at shortstop, which would obviously make his bat all the more valuable. Wherever he ends up on defense, I think he has the type of bat that could make him an impact talent. He'll need to refine his swing (shorten) and his approach (improve to the opposite field), but there's something there.
As for Dahl, he's rated as the best strike zone judgment in the high school class and the 3rd purest hitter in the high school class. Throw in a plus arm and plus speed and that's enough to overcome the few negatives. I can't speak to his desire or drive, so I'll take those with a grain of salt. And, while he doesn't effectively use his lower half, it hasn't slowed him down to this point. And, it's not an uncorrectable flaw, so if the need arises he could rework his swing to incorporate more of his lower half. As it stands, his plus hit tool and good bat speed help offset the largely upper body swing. And, as a table-setter, he can get by with gap-to-gap power. In an organization short in on-base skill, Dahl would be a welcome addition.
Here are some final thoughts on some of the other available options:
- Andrew Heaney -- As I mentioned in his write-up, I have concerns about his durability given his failure to effectively incorporate his lower half into the delivery. I love the combination of performance and polish, but the mechanics don't work for me. If he can avoid injury, he's more of a high floor type prospect, as he lacks top of the rotation upside.
- Richie Shaffer -- After seeing Shaffer's swing, I'm sold on his ability to hit and hit for power. After seeing him at third, I'm sold on the need to move him to first base. His defense lacks fluidity, as his movements and fielding actions are stiff and rigid. I'm not at all convinced he has the footwork or agility to handle the hot corner at the upper levels. We could use an impact bat and it's possible he could handle leftfield, but we have a 1b locked in at the MLB level for a few more years and to be in the mix with the 14th overall pick the bat had better be special if the defensive value is negligible. You always go best available player in the MLB draft, but I don't think Shaffer fits that description at 14th overall.
- Victor Roache -- I don't like the swing, especially the hand action, and don't think it'll play against advanced pitching.
- Stephen Piscotty -- If he could handle third base, then he'd be on my list of players to draft. Like Dahl, he uses a quiet lower half, but Piscotty does a better job of incorporating his hips into his swing. I wonder if Piscotty has a David Freese like future. Somewhat unheralded. Unclear if the power will develop. Defensive position uncertain. But, has a hit tool that is rare and that carries him up the ladder. Still, the risk is too high at 14th overall to find out.
- As for the top of the draft pitchers, I like Mark Appel and rate him higher than Kevin Gausman, Kyle Zimmer, and Lucas Giolito. There is no runaway winner at the top of the draft and I wouldn't put Appel in the Trevor Bauer, Shelby Miller, Dylan Bundy class of pitchers, but, of those pitchers who fall in the consensus top-tier among pundits, he's the best bet and could develop into a legitimate #1 starter. Appel just has a bit more risk than the typical top of the draft pitcher. Even so, I'd have to say I like Smoral every bit as much, if not more than Appel.
- I haven't looked deeply into Mike Zunino, but my first impression isn't that positive. I'm not wild about his build or his swing. Still, the general consensus is strong on him, so maybe a more in-depth look at would have uncovered a more impressive Zunino than what I saw in my cursory look.
- Again, I didn't spend much time look at players who were locks to be off the board by the time the Reds drafted at 14, but Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton are impressive talents. I would have no objection if the Astros had decided to select either of them at 1.1 and it wouldn't surprise me if Correa turns out to be the best player in this draft.
Over the last offseason, the Reds did a very good job of utilizing their farm system. However, they utilized it by trading away a large portion of the upper level prospects. As a result, the Reds are thin down on the farm and have needs all across the organization. So, while you always go "best available player" in the MLB draft, it's especially true for the Reds who have to restock every position and level in the system. It starts with the 14th overall pick, but the Reds have 5 picks in the first three rounds. A solid draft would go a long way towards restocking the farm system. And, if the Reds are going to continue to contend in the future, they'll need cost controlled young talent to fill in around the expensive veterans.


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Dynamo midfielder Boniek Garcia has been called up by the Honduran Football Federation for the club's upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Mexico and Panama.
Honduras manager Luis Fernández Suárez called in 23 players to the squad, including four players from Major League Soccer (San Jose's Víctor Bernárdez, New England's Jerry Bengtson, Seattle's Mario Martínez and Garcia).
Los Catrachos will host Mexico in San Pedro Sula on March 22 before heading to Panama for a match against Los Canaleros on March 26.
Garcia has been a mainstay for the Honduran national team with 79 career appearances and one goal. The 2012 Dynamo Newcomer of the Year started, played 90 minutes and recorded an assist in the squad's 2-1 win over the United States on February 6. Honduras current sits in first place in the overall standings.
The top three teams from the Hexagonal will advance to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with the fourth-place team entering a playoff against the winner of the Oceania region.
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A long flat head. Good for blending, glazing or covering large areas. This brush is made to the same specifications as the Short Flat/ Bright but with a longer bristle length for greater spring and freer marks. This brush style is often used with more fluid colour.
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This listen only covert earpiece for 2 pin Puxing radio has excellent voice quality, is small and more concealed than any other earpiece and enables you to use a radio without attracting attention. The clear acoustic tube is hidden behind the ear and cables routed under clothing. It is ideal for noisy and quiet environments as it helps block out ambient noise and incoming radio traffic is private to the wearer and impossible to hear by someone stood nearby.
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In daily life, sometimes we can find the business meetings which are digressive of the main point. Because of many aspects, the business meeting is not effective. Before holding any meeting, you should consider to call the meeting when the condition is critical to have the meeting. You also need to structure it well so the meeting can meet its goal.
Before holding a meeting, you should prepare some things such as the business books, flip charts, overhead projectors, personal organizers, notebook papers, spiral notebooks, slide projectors, and the transparencies.
The first thing you should do is deciding whether the meeting is important or not. It is related to the issue whether the issue is involved to the individual or the conference call. You also need to determine the person who needs to come to the meeting. It is better for you to keep the number of the attendees in small number. The main reason is having the large meeting is not as effective as having the small meeting. By this way, the discussion of the meeting can be more focused.
To make the meeting is more effective, you should set the definite starting and stopping time. During the meeting, one of the attendees should prepare the agenda. Remember to explain the purpose of the meeting. If you have many goals, you should decide which goal has the command priority. Help the attendees understand more about the meeting progress by using the visual aids like the charts, slides, and the handouts. It is better for you to begin the meeting in the designated time. You should start the meeting whether everyone is present or not.
You can start off the meeting directly to the point. You also need to allocate the time for each issue. Moving through issues will let the discussion but discouraging digression or the repetition. It is recommended for you to use the timer.
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It's Autumn in the superior hemisphere, which in some cultures is considered a season of change. Okay I might have made that up, but it's just the kind of useful whimsy to inspire you about the theme for our final competition of the year! Old And New is an open prompt for you to develop a story for your animation around. There are no restrictions other than the use of something old and something new as major aspects of your story (and also the huge list of restrictions below that you should read). How you choose to represent them is the challenge we are presenting you. This competition will let you harness your own creativity and give you a good chance to practice the basics of developing a good story for your animation.
We are giving you the seeds but what they grow in to is up to you. Judges will look at how you've transformed the theme into your own original story - and a good story begins with an idea. You could make a sick action flick about a kung fu master facing off against his student or a sentimental art piece about the bond between parent and child. A pretentious expose about how much better 90s cartoons were or update a classic film with walkie talkies to reflect modern progressive values. These are all horrible ideas but you get the point. Don't worry if your idea isn't original, the originality comes from how you execute the story. Are you up for the challenge?
Don't forget we would like all entrants to make a thread in the Works In Progress forum and keep it updated with your progress as you animate your submission. Doing this is not a requirement but we will be granting bonus points to those that keep their thread up to date, so make sure you make your thread to collect those points! Here are some past examples of the kind of thread we want you to make:
- Evangelion - 1st Place (Pro) Film Tribute Competition - exceld
- Gurren-Lagann - 3rd Place (Pro) Film Tribute Competition - Irian
- The Hobbit 3 - 1st Place (Intermediate) Film Tribute Competition - Barthimo1
- Super Mario - 2nd Place (Pro) Game Tribute Legion 2 - Syrius
- Metal Stick Rising - 3rd Place (Pro) Game Tribute Legion 2 - Xrebellion
Entry Scoring
Submissions will be scored on the following criteria:
- Story - Animation contains proper elements of a story such as setting, characters, plot, exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution
- Animation - Demonstration of technical animation skill. Things such as timing, rhythm, arcs, squash, stretch, etc. will all be taken into account.
- Art - Artistic ability. Includes aspects such as scene composition, use of color, perspective, lighting, attention to detail, etc.
- Direction - Your ability to direct an animation, taking in to account things like intent, story telling, emotion, use of music, use of sound effects, etc.
- Originality - We're looking for entrants to try new things! The more you set yourself apart the better.
- Posted Old and New Selections in Competition Thread
- Created WIP Thread
- Kept WIP Thread Updated
The animation itself accounts for the majority of total possible points, but final ranking is not determined solely by how good your animation is. The above criteria will be scored out of 30, with 3 extra points for following the Extra section.
Lateness Penalty
These competitions are designed to last a total of 2 and a half months, but we understand that life can get in the way. If you're in need of more time, you can ask for an extension but be warned, there will now be a 0.35 point lateness penalty off the final score for every day past the original deadline you take, and we can only give up to an extra week before we need to move on to the next competition, so use this option wisely. Time management is a good discipline to have; this is to remain fair to those who put in the effort to finish on time.
Competition Begins
The competition officially commences, entries can be submitted any time after this.
Final Due Date
All entries must be submitted by this date! Entries are no longer accepted after this day.
Winners Announcement
Judges will spend the week reviewing and scoring entries. The final results will be posted this day.
How To Enter
To enter the competition all you need to do is reply to this thread with your Old and New selections. Every few days we will collect the names of people who've posted and add it to a list of participants which everyone will use to keep track of who's entered and their progress. You may still submit an entry even if you don't make a WIP thread or announce your choices here, but you will be at an automatic disadvantage to those who do! When you have finished your entry, ensure you've met all the requirements listed below and send me a private message with your PayPal email address and a link to the SWF or video download of your entry. We will collect submissions and announce the winners according to the timeline above. We will be releasing the submitted animations on a weekly schedule after the competitions ends, so remember not to leak your entry anywhere until two days after it goes up on official StickPage channels! If you do not supply a PayPal email address you will not be able to receive your prize if you win.
These must be followed in order for your submission to qualify. Failure to meet these requirements will automatically disqualify your entry.
- Must mainly focus on stick figures
- Must be a complete finished animation, cannot be split into multiple parts
- Must have sound effects & music
- Must contain a minimum of 90 seconds of animation excluding any introductions or credits
- Must have a 16:9 aspect ratio with no letterbox
- Must contain official StickPage branding (download Flash package here or MP4 video package here), applied in the following ways:
- Introduction - A brief animated introduction to be placed at the very beginning of your animation, after any preloaders and before any other introductions
- Main Menu Link - If your animation is a SWF and has a menu, a link to StickPage must be present somewhere in it
- Watermark - A StickPage watermark must be present in the lower left-hand corner of the animation throughout playback, must be a link to StickPage if it's a SWF
- Credits - StickPage must also appear during the credits, must be a link if it's a SWF
- All released versions of the animation must contain the StickPage branding described above
- Must not be released until a two days after it goes up on official StickPage channels
- Must have a PayPal account to receive prize
- Cursing - StickPage is frequented by a diverse range of people of various ages and cultures, and as such we tend to air on the side of caution when it comes to a controversial subject like whether or not swear words are appropriate. We would rather you avoid swearing completely within an animation.
- Extreme Gore - In the past some talented animators have gone a little overboard with their graphic depiction of violence and gore in their animation, and it left some viewers feeling uncomfortable. To avoid upsetting our viewers we may ask you to tone down some gore if it's too much. This is only in very specific circumstances where the depiction is realistic enough to affect viewers. Your average stick figure cartoon violence is still perfectly fine!
For this competition we're once again offering up a $5,000 prize pool across 15 placements! Check out our prize breakdown below:
1st - $1500
2nd - $900
3rd - $550
4th - $400
5th - $350
6th - $300
7th - $250
8th - $200
9th - $150
10th - $100
11th - $60
12th - $60
13th - $60
14th - $60
15th - $60
FAQ & Help
Not sure on something? Feel free to post questions in this thread! Common answers or good questions will be added below.
What is aspect ratio?
Aspect ratio is the ratio between your video's width and height. Usually represented as X:Y, where X relates to the width and Y relates to the height. For this competition we are requiring a 16:9 aspect ratio, which means no matter how large your video resolution is, for every 16 units of your with you need 9 units in height. If you are not sure your animation is the correct aspect ratio, you can quickly use an aspect ratio calculator at this link by putting in your own animations width and height. 16:9 is a common aspect ratio for video and displays. Standard resolutions for the 16:9 aspect ratio include 640x360, 960x540, 1280x720, & 1920x1080. Typically if you are making an animation it is recommended you animate at either 1280x720 or 1920x1080 if you can for the highest fidelity results, but that is not a requirement. With vector animation software such as Flash you can animate at a lower resolution and scale up with virtually no quality loss, but lines will look thicker and imperfections in detail become more noticeable.
What is letterbox?
In video, a letterbox refers to the matte (black bars) that surround footage that was shot in an aspect ratio different from the video's. The black bars fill in the space from the edge of the video container to the edge where the footage begins. You will most likely recognize this as the black bars you see on the top and bottom of some movies. This happens because some movies are filmed with a 16:10 aspect ratio while most standard widescreen televisions have a 16:9 aspect ratio, so to fit the film in the television the letterbox needs to be added digitally. For this competition we do not want any letterbox, your animation should take up the entire width & height of the canvas.
Here are our entrants and their progress so far!
Announced: 36 | Progress Threads: 24/36
RHG v. Dojo Duels
Superstition vs Science Fiction
Rock Hard Dropout
The Merge
武士道戦隊 | Takeshidō Sentai
Meta : You can (not) redo.
story about childhood
My Console
Two Heavens or whatever else ill be able to come up with
FA x SP
old vs new
One vs One
dragon eyes
League of Reworks
1v1 stickman battle!!!
Time Turner's Return
Harsh Intentions
John jobs
Die o' man of mine
Xithen VS Texon
Hot Steel
The Legend of Zebulon


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Here are five mistakes consumers commonly make with their debt (and ways to avoid them).
1. Depleting Your Emergency Fund
If you have a substantial amount of cash in your savings account, allocating a vast majority of it to get out of debt may seem like the wise thing to do. However, the problem with this approach is that it fails to get to the root of the problem. The ultimate goal should be to get out of debt and stay out of debt, and not simply write a fat check to serve as a temporary patch. It is more sensible to jump-start your management efforts and cut costs elsewhere in your spending plan because emptying out your emergency fund can mean even greater debt if an emergency arises and you do not have an adequate amount of cash on-hand to cover the costs.
2. Having No Plan of Action
Taking a lax approach to your debt is a recipe for disaster. You may eventually achieve your goal, but the process may be lengthy and tedious. Just imagine a college student who randomly takes courses that appeal to them without ever looking at their transcript to see what's needed to graduate.
Save yourself the headache and devise a detailed debt repayment plan that incorporates your financial goals.
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Making the minimum payment each month may give you more flexibility in your budget, but you more than likely will never get out of debt. In most instances, particularly if the outstanding balance is high, the minimum payment may only cover interest (or not much more), leaving you with an untouched principal balance.
Instead of making this mistake, allocate as much money as possible toward your monthly payment, even if the amount is way more than the minimum, to ensure that your payment efforts are not in vain.
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Advancing cash from one debt source to another solely for the purpose of making your monthly payments may cause you to end up in a bigger financial crunch than you initially bargained for. If your financial situation is dire and you're robbing Peter to pay Paul just to make timely payments, reach out to the creditors and request that they grant you some sort of temporary relief until you are able to sort things out. In addition, refrain from using any sort of financing to pay for purchases unless it is absolutely necessary.
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Both your statements and credit reports paint a picture of where you stand in terms of your debt obligations. Ignoring these documents can be very costly and time-consuming down the road if inaccuracies exist because errors that are not promptly reported may be more difficult to dispute.
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President Obama used his first formal appearance since his re-election to call on Congress to immediately make tax cuts permanent for the middle class, declaring on Friday that Tuesday's result was a repudiation of congressional "dysfunction" and proved that Americans want Republicans to compromise.
Whether the wealthy get tax cuts along with the other 98 percent of taxpayers, the president suggested, could be part of broader negotiations to reduce longterm deficits. In the meantime, he said, taxes on the rich should be allowed to increase at the end of the year.
''This was a central question during the election," Obama said in a brief speech at the White House, where he was surrounded by supporters who frequently applauded. "It was debated over and over again, and on Tuesday night we found that a majority of Americans agreed with my approach."
The remarks were the first Obama has made to the public since his victory speech and he used the opportunity to exert maximum pressure on Congress, where the White House appears to be on a collision course with Speaker John Boehner and his House Republicans. The White House said after Obama's remarks that the president would veto any bill that extends tax cuts for families making more than $250,000 a year.
''Our job now is to get a majority in Congress to reflect the will of the American people," Obama declared.
But even as he was laying down his marker, the president expressed a general willingness to compromise and said he was looking forward to meeting with Boehner next week to begin discussions. Boehner's proposal is directly at odds with Obama's, though the speaker also took a conciliatory tone this week.
Obama and Congress must act before the end of the year if they want to avoid the expiration of personal income tax cuts that were put into place during the administration of George W. Bush and then extended by Obama and Congress two years ago. Additionally, payroll tax cuts also are scheduled to expire. Deep spending cuts scheduled as part of a 2011 debt deal also are scheduled to take effect. Taken together, these provisions would result in $500 billion a year being taken out of the economy, pushing it over what is being called the "fiscal cliff." The Congressional Budget Office says the scheduled changes together would be enough to trigger another recession.
Obama's comments indicated he wants to take partial action before the end of the year to avoid tax increases on the vast majority of Americans and the potential economic disruption that would result, while handling separately the more complex tasks of overhauling the tax code, cutting government spending, and reducing the costs of entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security.
Earlier Friday the speaker said all of the Bush-era tax cuts -- including those for the rich -- should be extended until next year to provide more time to work out a bigger deal on taxes and spending cuts.
''I'm proposing that we avert the fiscal cliff together in a manner that ensures that 2013 is finally the year that our government comes to grips with the major problems that are facing us," Boehner said.
As he did earlier in the week, Boehner indicated that the House is not prepared to accept increases in tax rates.
''We both understand that trying to find a way to avert the fiscal cliff is important to our country," Boehner added, referring to the upcoming negotiations with the White House. But, he added, increasing tax rates for the wealthy "will slow down our ability to create the jobs that everyone says they want."
The Republican speaker said he is open to producing new tax revenues as part of an overall tax-code overhaul that would include rate reductions. But he would not get specific.
''It's clear that there are a lot of special-interest loopholes in the tax code, both corporate and personal," he said. "There are all kinds of deductions, some which make sense, some don't."
Most scenarios circulating in Washington to delay the start of the "fiscal cliff" until next year have included postponing the automatic budget cuts that would be triggered by the current law. But Boehner on Friday would not discuss how the spending cuts -- enacted through something called a budget sequester -- would fit into his call for a delay. Obama also did not discuss specifically how he proposes handling the sequester.
Congress reconvenes Tuesday and the fiscal cliff will be the main topic.
''I hope some of the passions of the campaign are slowly being put behind us so we can begin to move on this," said U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, the D-Springfield who is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the panel in charge of writing tax policy. "The peril that awaits of simultaneous tax increases and spending cuts is going to damage an already fragile economy."
Neal said there are not enough so-called tax loopholes and deductions that could be closed to make up for the government's gaping deficits, and argued that tax rates must be raised on the wealthy to make the numbers add up. But he said it is doubtful any meaningful breakthrough will occur before the end of the year.
In the next five weeks, he said, there is time to begin drafting an outline of what needs to be done, perhaps identifying tax loopholes that both sides can agree on closing. He said he expects both sides to show a willingness to compromise.
''It's about legacy now," Neal said of Obama and Boehner. "They understand the perils of not doing anything."
But Boehner leads a House Republican caucus that has demonstrated a willingness to push the country to the brink of economic crisis to oppose debt, deficits, and tax increases. In 2011, House Republicans' refusal to raise the debt ceiling almost resulted in a US credit default. The impasse was broken by the sequester deal, which set up the automatic spending cuts that now loom.
In the Senate, some moderate Republicans, such as retiring Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, say they are pushing for a fix in the lame-duck session of Congress that takes place in the coming weeks before the newly elected lawmakers are sworn in. "This is a very consequential moment," she said.
The White House is hoping that the House will be more sensitive to broader voter opinion and economic conditions in the wake of the election.
Obama argued Friday that acting separately on middle-class tax cuts before they are set to expire in January could quickly and easily eliminate a major portion of the uncertainty around the fiscal cliff.
''If Congress fails to come to an agreement on an overall deficit reduction package by the end of the year, everybody's taxes go up -- including the 98 percent of Americans who make less than $250,000. That doesn't make sense. We shouldn't need long negotiations or drama to solve that part of the problem."


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Find Bigfoot: Win A Fayetteville House
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 12th, 2012
That's right. There's an incredible offer out there. If you can prove Sasquatch exists by turning in a body, there is a "debunker's" (they probably prefer the world "skeptic's") group who will give you a free house in Fayetteville. Fayetteville, Arkansas, that is. One assumes you have to go live there to enjoy it. Fayetteville seems to always be in the news. But more on that in a moment. How about some details on this "prize"?
Being skeptical myself, sometimes, of such offers, I post what might be metaphors of the types of houses available for such a prize. Okay, just sharing my Midwestern sense of humor.
This offer was posted last Sunday:
Hello everyone. From time to time the Fayetteville Freethinkers have offered rewards for evidence of paranormal powers demonstrated under careful and proper observing conditions. It's been reported that Arkansas is in 3rd place for having a lot of "Bigfoot" activity, so on behalf of one of our members, we are offering the reward of a house in Fayetteville to anyone who can catch Bigfoot and bring him in.
The following affidavit provides the legal details and is presented to demonstrate the full legitimacy and legally binding nature of this offer:
If you have Bigfoot, contact this attorney.
So, despite the fact this Fayetteville Freethinkers group has been having fun and heaping ridicule on the recent "illegal Bigfoot search permit" charges (see here), in this situation they have gone all legal on Bigfoot seekers.
If you find a Bigfoot, they are bound legally to give you a house.
Why should we not be surprised that in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where the media has focussed so much attention on a college football coach being injured in a motorcycle wreck with his young former volleyball player along with him, the Fayetteville Freethinkers would exist??
Should we be shocked this is happening in Fayetteville? Of course not.
In earlier Fortean Times columns and then in my 1983 book, Mysterious America, I wrote: "Cryptologic or coincidence? Jim Brandon should be credited with calling attention to the name Watts/Watkins/Watson, and its entanglement with inexplicable things. Some other names involved in mysterious events pinpointed by Brandon are Bell, Mason, Parsons, Pike, Vernon, and Warren. The influence of such names as Mason, Pike, Warren, and Lafayette, for example, issues, in some cryptopolitical and occult way, from their ties to the Masonic tradition."
Those familiar with my writings know of my musings on "The Fayette Factor," which have been highlighted by Jeff Rense's site and Todd Campbell's site, Through the Looking Glass, as well as several others.
So, if it's real, if you bring in proof of a Bigfoot then you can own a house in "livable condition" in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas!
Thanks P.D. for the news tip.
Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world's leading cryptozoologists, some say "the" leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson's Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct). Loren Coleman's daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.


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ScienceDaily (June 2, 2011) A multicenter clinical trial led by a researcher at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center will evaluate a new approach to treat triple-negative breast cancer, an often-aggressive type of cancer that is more common among African-Americans and young women. The study will help researchers determine if an experimental drug, entinostat, can reprogram tumor cells to express a protein called an estrogen receptor to make them sensitive to hormone therapy.
Saranya Chumsri, M.D., an oncologist at the Greenebaum Cancer Center and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, is the principal investigator of the newly opened National Cancer Institute-funded study. The trial is based on laboratory studies by Angela H. Brodie, Ph.D., an internationally recognized University of Maryland breast cancer researcher, and her colleagues. Their research, recently published in the journal Cancer Research, found that entinostat can cause triple-negative breast cancer cells to become sensitive to a hormone therapy such as an aromatase inhibitor. Dr. Brodie pioneered the development of aromatase inhibitors, a class of breast cancer drugs that reduces the level of estrogen produced by the body, thereby cutting off the fuel to cancer cells.
In this Phase II trial, doctors will treat newly diagnosed postmenopausal patients with entinostat and an aromatase inhibitor called anastrozole (Arimidex) before they have surgery to remove their cancer. Researchers will analyze tissue from the tumor and blood samples to evaluate whether the treatment is effective. After surgery, patients will receive standard treatment, such as chemotherapy and radiation.
"We hope that entinostat will make the tumor cells more sensitive to the drug anastrozole, causing the tumor to shrink or, at the very least, stop growing," Dr. Chumsri says. "For patients with triple-negative breast cancer, chemotherapy is currently the only drug treatment option, and it has a lot of side effects compared to hormone therapies like anastrozole."
Triple-negative breast cancer is unique in that it lacks three common receptors in the cell — estrogen, progesterone or human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2), which are the targets of drugs widely used today to treat breast cancer. As a result, this cancer can be very difficult to treat; it doesn't respond to therapies that target estrogen and progesterone receptors, such as tamoxifen (Nolvadex), fulvestrant (Faslodex) and aromatase inhibitors (Femara, Arimidex and Aromasin), or to HER2-targeted therapies such as trastuzumab (Herceptin) and lapatinib (Tykerb).
About 15 to 20 percent of breast cancers are triple-negative. For unknown reasons, there is a higher prevalence of this type of breast cancer among African-Americans, young women and women with the BRCA1 gene mutation. African-American women are twice as likely as white women to have this type of cancer, which can be very aggressive and spread to other parts of the body, such as the lungs, liver and brain.
The clinical trial is based on laboratory studies by Dr. Brodie, a professor of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, and Gauri J. Sabnis, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in collaboration with Saraswati Sukumar, M.S., Ph.D., a professor of oncology and pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Their research showed that entinostat can sensitize triple-negative breast cancer cells to treatment with an aromatase inhibitor, and when combined with an aromatase inhibitor, also reduce the growth and spread of tumors in animal models.
"Adding to her long list of remarkable achievements, Dr. Brodie has continued her research into aromatase inhibitors, searching for ways to overcome tumors' resistance to treatment," says E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., vice president of medical affairs at the University of Maryland and dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. "This multicenter clinical trial led by Dr. Saranya Chumsri is an excellent example of how our scientists turn discoveries made in the lab into new treatments that may benefit patients."
Entinostat is an oral, selective histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor. This anti-cancer agent is being developed by Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and is being investigated in other clinical studies for the treatment of advanced estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, advanced colorectal cancer and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Triple-negative breast cancer patients in this clinical trial will take entinostat weekly and anastrozole once daily for two to four weeks while they are waiting to have surgery. Researchers will use blood tests and tissue analysis of tumors to evaluate the effectiveness of the combination therapy.
Researchers hope to enroll a total of 41 patients at 20 sites, including the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center. The centers involved in the study are affiliated with the University of Chicago Phase II study research consortium and the California Cancer Consortium.
Dr. Chumsri says that if the results of this trial are positive, researchers plan to launch a larger study to test the combination therapy on women whose cancer has metastasized to other parts of the body. "These women have limited treatment options. Hopefully, this treatment would give them a longer period in which their cancer is not progressing, with only minimal side effects compared to chemotherapy," she says.
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Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily or its staff.


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S.F. chefs Phan, Patterson take James Beard awards
For the second time in three years, a San Francisco restaurant was named the nation's outstanding restaurant by the James Beard Foundation.
The award, the equivalent of the best picture trophy at the Oscars, went to the Slanted Door and was handed out at the foundation's annual festivities Monday in New York.
Chef-owner Charles Phan opened the original Slanted Door in the Mission District in 1995, eventually moving it to its current location in the Ferry Building in 2003. It remains one of the toughest reservations in town.
The San Francisco restaurant pioneered using organic California ingredients in Vietnamese food, while giving an upscale perspective to a cuisine that had been traditionally pigeonholed as cheap eats.
The Beard Foundation gives the annual award to a restaurant that has set national standards in food, service and atmosphere for at least 10 years. In 2012, Embarcadero hot spot Boulevard won the same award.
Phan and Slanted Door were not the only winners. Daniel Patterson of San Francisco's Coi won the regional award for best chef in California, Nevada and Hawaii, marking the seventh time in eight years that a Bay Area chef has taken regional honors.
Other local nominees this year included Corey Lee of Benu, and Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski of State Bird Provisions; Phan won the same award in 2004.
For Patterson, it was his sixth consecutive nomination in the category, but he said the award was more about his restaurant staff.
"I'm so happy for my team, because it's something they share in," Patterson said. "It's a great feeling to have this recognition, but it's really a recognition of what a group of people have done."
The Restaurant at Meadowood, one of two Bay Area restaurants to boast a perfect three Michelin stars, took home the award for outstanding service. Jensen Architects of San Francisco won the design award for large restaurants for Healdsburg's Shed - a modern interpretation of a grange.
The rest of the major national awards were geographically scattered, but it was a good year for female chefs.
April Bloomfield was named best chef in New York City for her cooking at the Spotted Pig. Bloomfield also is a chef-partner of San Francisco's Tosca Cafe.
Boston chef Barbara Lynch was named outstanding restaurateur, while Nancy Silverton of Los Angeles notched the other big prize, outstanding chef.
Several locals also were honored at Friday's James Beard Awards for books and journalism.
Popular quarterly Lucky Peach dominated the journalism awards, earning five wins, including one for East Bay food writer John Birdsall. His essay, "America, Your Food Is So Gay," won the food and culture writing award.
Civil Eats, a Bay Area website focused on sustainable food and agriculture issues, was named publication of the year.
The Chronicle Food & Wine section was one of three finalists for food coverage in a general-interest publication; the award went to the Wall Street Journal.
Online: For a complete list of winners and other James Beard coverage, go to www.insidescoopsf.com.
Paolo Lucchesi is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @lucchesi


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National Rifle Association backtracks on 'weird' gun group
The National Rifle Association has learnt the hard way not to mess with Texas.
After chastising some of its Texas supporters for bringing long guns to fast-food outlets to demonstrate their commitment to gun rights, the NRA has been forced to apologise and say its criticism was a mistake.
During an appearance on an NRA-hosted radio show, Chris Cox, the executive director of the group's lobbying arm, said the original criticism was written by a staffer who was expressing his personal opinion. The statement, posted on the website of the lobbying arm, the Institute for Legislative Action, said the demonstrations in Texas were counterproductive, scary and "downright weird".
"The truth is, an alert went out that referred to this type of behaviour as 'weird' or somehow not normal, and that was a mistake," Mr Cox said. "It shouldn't have happened," he added, because the NRA "unequivocally" supports open carry laws.
"It was a poor word choice in an alert that went out," Mr Cox said. "But again, the underlying point here is: What is the best tactic to win? That's what we're interested in. We're not interested in distractions. We're not interested in arguing with the national news media over this. We're interested in winning."
The original post surprised many, given the NRA's strong advocacy of gun rights.
"Using guns merely to draw attention to yourself in public not only defies common sense, it shows a lack of consideration and manners. That's not the Texas way. And that's certainly not the NRA way," the post said.
Open Carry Texas, one of the groups behind the recent demonstrations, had said that if the NRA didn't retract the statement, Open Carry would withdraw its support from the group.
Tov Henderson, an Open Carry member, told WFAA-TV in Dallas that the NRA's clarification was refreshing.
"Getting the clarification from them that it wasn't an official stance and that it was just a low-level employee ... it makes sense," he said.
Texas has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the nation but openly carrying handguns remains illegal. Long guns can be carried openly, but those gun holders can be charged with disorderly conduct if anyone around them feels threatened and complains.
The open carry demonstrations have upset some people and fast-food chains including Chipotle, which last month asked protesters to leave their weapons at home and not bring them to the chain's restaurants.


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Lloyd can`t marry
At least not if he stays in California. Or several other states. The intolerable Prop 8 passed by a narrow margin yesterday banning gay marriage.
Here's Rex Lee, better known as Ari's long suffering assistant Lloyd, yesterday having lunch after voting. Lloyd looks presciently pouty.
Photos from Splashnewsonline.com


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Letters written by Mrs. Gordon, 1870-1882, to friends and family, describing her journalistic and legal work and her activities on behalf of woman suffrage. (21 letters in one folder).
Letters written to her. Arranged alphabetically by author, and chronologically thereunder. A partial list of correspondents follows the Key. Most of the letters relate to the woman suffrage movement, especially in California, but also at the national level. Some reflect Mrs. Gordon's legal activities, and her earlier newspaper work. Letters from her husband contain information concerning the Civil War and his life and medical practice in Mokelumne.
Unlisted letters, A-Z
Unidentified letters
Miscellaneous accounts, 1876-1880
Calling and business cards
Invitations and memberships
Ephemeral materials relating to politics and suffrage
Clippings re Mrs. Gordon and the suffrage movement
Allen, Ira
Letter, Dec. 27, 1869, re arrangements for a woman suffrage meeting in Watsonville.
Ames, Fanny (Baker), 1840-1930 (Mrs. Charles Gordon Ames)
Letter, Feb. 2, 1870
Anthony, Susan Brownell, 1820-1906
7 letters, 1869-1877
Avery, Alida C
2 letters, 1877, re woman suffrage in Colorado.
Bacon, George Andrew, 1847-1930
Letter, Aug. 16, 1865
Bancroft (A.L.) and Company, San Francisco
Letter, June 19, 1877, by Cosville Libby
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
Letter, Nov. 15, 1875
Blake, Lillie (Devereux), 1833-1913
Letter, n.d., re suffrage convention in New York.
Broughton, W. W.
Letter, Oct. 8, 1870, re woman suffrage in Santa Cruz.
Carr, Jeanne C. (Mrs. Ezra Slocum Carr)
2 letters, June 8, 1878 and n.d., re suffrage movement in California. Enclosure to 1878 letter: letter from Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Undated letter written on verso of letter from Laura J. Watkins.
Chandler, Lucinda B.
Letter, July 22, 1871, re woman suffrage in Massachusetts.
Clapp, H. K.
Letter, Dec. 23, 1871, re floods in Carson City, and re activates of Susan B. Anthony.
Curtis, Celia
2 letters, 1869-1870, re woman suffrage in San Francisco.
Denio, Angie S.
Letter, Oct. 23, 1871, re woman suffrage in Vallejo.
Doten, Lizzie, 1829-
2 letters, 1861-1864
Eddy, Almira H.
2 letters, 1878-1881, re her role in the suffrage movement from 1869, and her later views on the subject.
Foltz, Clara (Shortridge), 1849-1934 (Mrs. Jeremiah Richard Foltz)
4 letters, 1878 and n.y., re suffrage movement in California.
Fox, Dorus M.
2 letters, 1862, re civil war.
Freeman, Abraham Clark, 1843-1911
Letter, Dec. 16, 1871, re California law relative to separate property of married women.
Gage, Matilda (Joslyn), 1826-1898
4 letters, 1874-1880, re work for woman suffrage.
Ginn, John I.
Letter, Sept. 15, n.y.
Goodrich, Sara Knox
5 letters, 1878-1881, re work for woman suffrage in California.
Gordon, Charles H, 1833-
32 letters, 1863-1868. Early letters re Civil War experiences at camps in Rhode Island; later letters re life in Mokelumne, local politics, his own writing, comments on his wife's work and on suffrage activity in California, and information on his medical practice in Mokelumne.
Griffing, Emma, 1841-
Letter, Sept. 5, 1871, written on behalf of her mother, Josephine Sophia White Griffing, re woman suffrage.
Griffing, Josephine Sophia (White), 1814-1872 (Mrs. Charles Stockman Spooner Griffing
Letter, Sept. 11, 1871, re woman suffrage. See also Griffing, Emma.
Griffith, John L.
Letter, Dec. 16, 1870, to Samuel J. Alden, on behalf of Mrs. Gordon, who wished to speak in Georgetown on woman suffrage.
Hinton, Richard Josiah, 1830-1901
Letter, Mar. 5, 1877, re San Francisco Daily Evening Post.
Hutchinson, Abigail Jemima, 1829-1892
Johnson, J. A.
Letter, May 22, 1875
Kirby, Georgiana Bruce
Letter, Dec. 31, n.y., re woman suffrage in California.
Leavitt, Mrs. C. C.
Letter, Jan. 3, 1870, re arrangements for Laura Gordon's lecture tour in the Nevada City-Grass Valley area.
Link, H.
19 letters, 1860-1864, re spiritualism.
Maguire, James George, 1853-1920
Letter, Jan. 30, 1880, congratulating her on her admission to the Bar and on the success of the mandamus case instituted by Clara Foltz and Laura Gordon. Also comments on woman's rights in Washington Territory.
Mulford, Prentice, 1834-1891
Letter, Dec. 31, 1869, giving advice re woman suffrage.
Murphy, R W
Letter, June 11, 1878, re her acceptance as a delegate to a convention, and re his interest in the suffrage movement.
Palmer, Cynthia M
4 letters, 1870-1871, re woman suffrage in Nevada City.
Patton, Abby (Hutchinson), 1829-1892 (Mrs. Ludlow Patton)
2 letters, 1880-1881. Letter from her husband, Ludlow Patton, also included.
Pratt, R H
Letter, Dec. 8, 1870, re the suffrage movement in Carlin, Nevada.
Ringgold, Charles S
2 letters, 1879, re the passage of a section of an act relating to woman suffrage in California.
Safford, A. P. K ., 1828-
Letter, May 1, 1877
Safford, Jenny L. T.
2 letters, 1870-1871. 1870 letter re suffrage movement in San Diego.
Sargent, Ellen Clark (Mrs. Aaron Augustus Sargent)
7 letters, 1871 and n.d., re woman suffrage. Some refer to writing the history of the movement in California.
Savage, Myron H.
Letter, Mar. 15, 1882, requesting a statement on woman suffrage.
Schenck, Elizabeth T.
Letter, July 20, 1871, re suffrage.
Spencer, Sara Andrews
Postcard, July 12, 1880, re suffrage.
Sprague, Mrs. C. H.
Letter, Mar. 18, 1880, re woman suffrage in Woodland.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902
Steele, Rowena G
9 letters, 1880-1882. Letter, July 21, 1880, written on verso of letter by David Terry to Mrs. Steele. Some re legal case Mrs. Gordon handled for Mrs. Steele.
Stevens, Emily Pitts
2 letters, 1871, written from the office of the San Francisco Pioneer, re woman suffrage.
Stow, Mrs.
Letter, July 25, 1881, re woman suffrage in San Francisco.
Tallmadge, Frank W.
14 letters, 1856-1861
Terry, David Smith, 1823-1889
5 letters, 1877-1878. Some re woman suffrage. See also Steele, Rowena G.
Van Valkenburgh, Ellen R.
Letter, Oct. 13?, 1871, re woman suffrage in California.
Walcott, Josephine
4 letters, 1878-1879, re woman suffrage in California.
Wallis, Sarah (Mrs. Joseph S. Wallis)
4 letters, 1871-1881, re woman suffrage in California.
Waterhouse, L. G.
Letter, July 22, 1881, re woman suffrage in Pacific Grove.
Watkins, Laura J.


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RICHLANDS � Up 12-7 at halftime over Richlands after having one touchdown pass dropped and another touchdown reception called back because of holding, Northside coach Bob Eason was not exactly resting easy.
RICHLANDS � Up 12-7 at halftime over Richlands after having one touchdown pass dropped and another touchdown reception called back because of holding, Northside coach Bob Eason was not exactly resting easy.
�I was a little concerned,� Eason said.
He need not have been as the Monarchs used their formula for success once more in the second half to win going away.
The Monarchs turned in another stellar defensive performance, which included holding Richlands to 46 yards on offense through three quarters, combined with a running attack that saw Dwayne Johnson rush for 209 yards and Blair Adams added 107.
The result was Northside came away with a 40-13 victory Friday night to remain undefeated with two games left in the regular season.
�It feels good,� middle linebacker DeJarvis Eaddy said.
It should. The Monarchs, ranked No. 2 in The Associated Press 2-A poll, are now 9-0 and 5-0 in the East Central 2-A Conference heading into back-to-back home games against Clinton (4-5, 2-3) this coming Friday night before a likely clash for the league title with East Duplin (8-1, 5-0) on Oct. 26.
And to think some of the Monarchs from a year ago questioned whether this year�s team had the right stuff.
�It�s amazing,� Johnson said of the unbeaten mark. �The running backs and all the players from last year said we weren�t going to make it anywhere. So I took it to heart and the whole team took it to heart. We told them we were going to make it.�
For a half, however, the Wildcats (3-6, 2-3) looked like they might have a chance at an upset. But the Monarchs scored on first three possessions of the second half and continued to dominate defensively to put Richlands away.
�They deserve a lot of credit,� Richlands coach Mike Natoli said. �They�ve got a great defense. That�s obvious. Look how many points they�ve given up all year because they�re fast and they�re aggressive and they�re well-coached.�
Northside has allowed 60 points in nine games.
The Wildcats suffered a big blow when senior linebacker and H-back Ian McClusky, arguably the heart and soul of his team, injured his hand three minutes into the game. McClusky tried to come back but was unable to, ending the game with his arm in a sling.
�We got them off-balance with some of the things we planned on doing,� Natoli said. �But Ian McClusky getting hurt really, really hurt us because he was a big part of our game plan offensively. So when he went out we had to really water down what we wanted to do. It�s not an excuse. But we had to simplify some things.�
Northside scored on its opening possession, driving 71 yards on seven plays to go up 6-0 on a 13-yard run by Adams. Trey Eason�s extra point was blocked, and it took only seconds for Richlands to take the lead after that.
Ladarius Marshall took a handoff on a reverse on the ensuing kickoff and sped down the sidelines in front of the Northside bench for an 82-yard touchdown that gave the Wildcats a 7-6 lead with Trey Smith�s PAT.
Northside appeared ready to regain the lead on its next possession, but a wide-open Josh Cabrera dropped a sure touchdown at the Richlands 30-yard line on third-and-7. Cabrera would, however, more than make up for the miscue later with a touchdown reception and a pair of interceptions, including one he returned 52 yards to set up his team�s final score.
The Monarchs did take the lead on their next series when Adams scored on a 10-yard run to polish off a drive that included a 17-yard run by Adams and an 18-yard run by Johnson. That made it 12-7 after the 2-point conversion failed with 10:50 left in the first half.
It stayed that way until Northside�s opening possession of the second half.
After a 34-yard run by Johnson on a pitch around the right side, quarterback Courtney Piatt scored on a 1-yard sneak to make it 19-7. The Monarchs made it 25-7 on their next series on Piatt�s 15-yard pass to Cabrera just eight seconds into the fourth quarter.
At that point, Northside had outgained Richlands 260 to 46 yards.
Johnson upped the lead to 33-7 when he broke free on a draw for an 81-yard touchdown before the Monarchs finished off their scoring on a 2-yard pass from Piatt to Matt Lafferty with 3:20 left in the game after Cabrera�s long interception return.
Richlands scored its only offensive touchdown of the night with 1:03 left against Northside�s reserves when running back Daniel Negron passed to Cody Braxton for a 3-yard score.
But it was far too little far too late as Northside remained undefeated as the Monarchs continued to prove their former teammates wrong who questioned how good this year�s team would be.
�That was the talk,� Eaddy said. �They said, �We were top of the game,� and that we were going to fall down like an empire. But it�s my senior year, and we took it serious and our seniors took it serious. We keep rolling.�
Northside 6 6 7 21 � 40
Richlands 7 0 0 6 � 13
First Quarter
N � Adams 13 run (kick blocked) 9:04
R � Marshall 82 kickoff return (Smith kick) 8:49
Second Quarter
N � Adams 10 run (pass failed) 10:50
Third Quarter
N � Piatt 1 run (E. Eason kick) 6:37
Fourth Quarter
N � Cabrera 15 pass from Piatt (kick failed) 11:52
N � Johnson 81 run (Smith pass from Piatt) 8:57
N � Lafferty 2 pass from Piatt (Eason kick) 3:20
R - Braxton 3 pass from Negron (pass failed) 1:03
First downs 11 13
Rushes-yards 45-344 35-79
Passing 18 61
Comp-Att-Int 2-8-0 5-20-2
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards 7-70 7-67
Punts 2-40.0 7-24.1
RUSHING�NS: Johnson 14-209, Adams 19-107, T. Eason 4-27, Miller 2-9, Gordon 1-0, Wilkins 1-(-2), Piatt 4-(-7). R: J. Harrington 9-32, Horne 14-29, Negron 3-11, McQueen 9-7.
PASSING�NS: Piatt 2-4-0 18 2 TDs. R: J. Harrington 4-17-58, Negron 1-1-0 3 TD, McQueen 0-2-1 0.
RECEIVING�NS: Cabrera 1-15 TD, Markee 1-3, Laffery 1-3 TD. R: Braxton 2-36 TD, Monssen 2-20, McQueen 1-5.


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Q: How to set the initial position of a modal dialog?
A: There are at least two possible answers to this question. Both answers I will provide here handles the WM_INITDIALOG message.
First add a handler for the WM_INITDIALOG message to your dialog box class (this can for instance be done by using the ClassWizzard if you use a a version of VC++ prior to VC++ 2002). The message handling function for a WM_INITDIALOG message is the OnInitDialog function.
The following implementation positions the dialog at the screen coordinates x,y inside the dialog class itself:
Another possibility is to set the position when you create the dialog. To achieve this you have to add a public CPoint member variable to your dialog. This variable will hold the dialog's initial position.Code:BOOL CYourDlg::OnInitDialog() { CDialog::OnInitDialog(); // Calculate your x and y coordinates of the upper-left corner // of the dialog (in screen coordinates) based on some logic SetWindowPos(NULL, x, y, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOZORDER); return TRUE; }
Then you use almost the same implementation of the OnInitDialog as above. The only difference is that you use the x and y coordinates from m_point.Code:class CYourDialog : public CDialog { public: CPoint m_point; //.... };
Now, when you create the dialog you set the m_point member to what suits you:Code:BOOL CYourDlg::OnInitDialog() CDialog::OnInitDialog(); SetWindowPos(NULL, m_point.x, m_point.y, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOZORDER); return TRUE; }
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While most of their friends spend spring break on vacation or relaxing at home, six engineering students will be hard at work. As their senior design project, they are building and designing an all-terrain vehicle to compete in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Baja Competition May 19-22. They are the first team from Geneva College ever to compete.
The SAE Baja Series originated at the University of South Carolina in 1976, and since then, it has become a premier design challenge for engineering students worldwide. Each team is given a 10-hp, Briggs & Stratton Intek Model 20 engine. Around that engine, they must design and build a prototype of a rugged, single-seat, off-road recreational vehicle that is safe and can withstand a four-hour, strenuous off-road race.
"To build it so it doesn′t break down over the four-hour race is probably the hardest challenge," says team captain and electrical engineering major Nick Bloom.
Bloom, along with mechanical engineering majors Logan Kibler, Philip Ritenour, Matt Susa, Scott Miner and Frank Caccioti, also have the option to enter their vehicle in smaller competitions, including an acceleration race, rock crawl, and hill climb. Not only will points be added up from the main race and smaller competitions, but the students will also be graded on design and cost efficiency.
As first-time competitors, Nick and his team face a significant disadvantage in the competition. They will compete against 100 other teams, most of which will have 12-25 members. And while veteran competitors can build on their schools′ past models and experience, newcomers must build their vehicles entirely from scratch. But despite the odds, the Geneva team is determined to build a vehicle that can complete the course.
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In order to compete, the team must raise a total of $10,000 to cover the cost of vehicle parts and fabrication, safety equipment, registration and travel to the state of Washington. So far, the Geneva College Engineering Department has been their biggest financial backer, and the team is also seeking support from alumni and the community. Don Bolland Sr., owner of Bolland Machine in Chippewa, Pennsylvania, has generously shared materials and expertise, and the team has also received advice and encouragement from the veteran team at Grove City College.
As the first vehicle to represent Geneva in the SAE Baja Series, the students have named their vehicle the GT-1. Regardless of the outcome of this year′s competition, they know their efforts could pave the way for the GT-2, GT-3 and on. Their hope is that the competition will become a tradition of the engineering department and that future teams will modify the vehicle and build on the work they have done.
"At the beginning of last semester, I was thinking it would be a miracle if we could get a running car. These guys continue to surprise me," says Dr. David Che, the team′s advisor.
Will next year′s SAE Baja Series feature the GT-2? The team will find out in May when they travel to Washington to compete. For now, they hope to have the GT-1 completed by April 17 to debut at Founder′s Day weekend.
The team is still working hard to raise funds. If you would like to support them financially, please contact Nick Bloom at firstname.lastname@example.com or 717-701-0477.
Click here for photos and more information on Geneva′s SAE Baja Series project.
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