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One of the first rules of weight management is to limit nutritionally empty calories. So at seven calories per gram, it is a no-brainer that alcoholic beverages should be avoided when trying to shed extra pounds. However, when it comes to your health and your weight, there are other factors to consider when deciding if alcoholic drinks can fit into your lifestyle.
The American Heart Association recommends that for those who choose to drink, moderation is best. This means averaging one to two drinks daily for men and one drink daily for women. Drinking more than what's recommended can increase the risk of hypertension, breast cancer, obesity, stroke, accidents and alcoholism.
Many studies, such as those investigating the Mediterranean diet, have suggested a potential protective benefit to the heart from moderate alcohol intake. The polyphenols in wine, especially one called resveratrol, have been touted to have the ability to raise HDL ("good" cholesterol), lower LDL ("bad" cholesterol) and decrease blood clots. Because even mild alcohol intake can be harmful for certain people, the overarching recommendation is that these potential benefits are not reason for nondrinkers to start drinking.
Consumption of alcohol can interfere with the quality of your sleep. Many people will fall asleep quicker after consuming alcohol, but their sleep during the second half of the night will be more disrupted. Therefore, alcohol should not be used as a sleep aid.
Drinking may actually increase calories consumed from food, too. Studies show that drinking before eating can contribute to a 20 percent increase in calories from food consumed at the meal. When you add in the liquid calories, there is a 33 percent increase in calories consumed at meals with alcohol. If drinking at meals is a regular occurrence, extra pounds can be packed on quickly.
Remember that a standard serving of alcohol is a 5-ounce glass of wine, 1.5 ounces of liquor or a 12-ounce beer. When ordering drinks in a restaurant or bar, portion sizes served are often larger. Although a serving of liquor like vodka, rum or whiskey contains around 100 calories, cocktails have much more calories due to juices, syrups and mixers that are added. Therefore, alcoholic beverages can vary widely when it comes to caloric content. For example, while a 9-ounce pina colada has close to 500 calories, a 12-ounce light beer contains just 100 calories. When choosing to drink, the type and amount of beverage consumed makes a significant difference in how calories will stack up.
When making mixed drinks at home, you can opt for light juices with fewer calories. Juice from flavorful, nutrient-dense fruits such as pomegranate, lemon and lime can add a boost of flavor without needing to rely on heavy mixers or syrups. Use sparkling water or ice to help dilute refreshing spritzers, sangrias and champagne cocktails. Also, when serving alcoholic beverages be sure to offer plenty of no- and low-calorie drinks and non-alcoholic beverages.
For many people, moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages can fit into a balanced diet for weight management. However, smart choices must be made to help stick to your daily calorie budget. The overall impact of alcohol on your health should be considered when choosing whether to drink alcohol.
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Larzizou needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 152 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
Hello talented designers!
We are a new startup; we want to make it possible for leisure & business travelers as well as for lovers to book hotel rooms for the day through our website !
Mostly two types of people will book rooms through our website –
(1) Leisure and business travelers, who need a private space to rest, refresh or work
(2) Couples (licit and illicit, but mostly illicit), needing a private space to carry out their affairs
As the two types of clients are generally mutually exclusive, we don't want to be too obvious one way or another (that the market is sex or business driven). So we just want something professional (which does not equates boring).
We need a homepage and a logo, we will use the homepage design to make inner content pages (about us, terms & privacy, etc.).
- No preference for color and/or tones, let your creativity speak, as long as it conforms to the general feeling we are trying to convey…
- …the general feeling we are trying to convey is one of elegance, exclusiveness, high class, luxury, peacefulness, ease, comfort, cleanliness, professionalism, and discretion, not something aggressive or oppressive or shady
- We tend to prefer highly readable websites, and since there is a heavy amount of information to convey on the homepage, we want the design to take a large space of the page (i.e. not a narrow strip)
- Don't waste everyone's time and copy designs from themeforest, templatemonster, or any other website. You will get caught and reported. We only want unique designs and true designers.
- No coding is required; however, we might contract you later to create a HTML/CSS version if you have the coding skills
- There may be opportunity for further work for the winning designer.
- All font files used should be included or a link to download them
- Lots of feedback will be given to help you guide your design ;)
- On the upper left corner, the logo/name, with next to it / below a short one liner ("Work. Rest. Play?")
- The top menu items/navigation menu should make it possible to change the language & currency, and in small tabs or links or a combination must be the following titles:" home", "how it works", "why book with us","members/sign up", "affiliate with us", "contact us", a "book online or call us at 1 800 - XXX - XXXX", and live chat (e.g. hotels.com. booking.com; oyster.com, all do a good job not to clutter the space too much).
- Very obvious on or near the top of the page (e.g. oyster.com), before scrolling down, there must be in big the following sentence "Flexible & discreet booking of luxury and boutique hotel rooms for the day", that explains the concept.
- A large pictures slide show, but it is not a necessity (see hotels.com)
- Facebook & twitter & rss icons, facebook "like" button near the top
- A spot/box on the page to display basic info about the concept in 3-4 bullets points (e.g. "Book a luxury hotel room a few hours of the day", "no credit card required", "lowest price guaranteed", "50-70% off overnight lowest rates on average)
- Footer: not sure of the exact links to be in the footer, so please use standard examples, such as "about us", "contact", "career", etc.
Sites we like:
- Oyster.com
- Hotels.com
- Checkyourroom.com
- Tablethotels.com
- Mrandmrssmith.com
- Splendia.com
- Booking.com
Sites we don't like:
- http://www.dayuse-hotels.com
- http://www.between9and5.com (not too bad, clean, but not too great, not compelling, and too neutral)

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The Parts of a Corn Seedling (Zea mays, Monocotyledon)
Monocotyledon: Monocotyledon embryos have one cotyledon that absorbs food. Monocots usually have narrow leaves with parallel veins, and flower parts in multiples of three. They are mostly herbaceous (non-woody) and include grasses, lilies, and orchids.
Root system: The part of a plant that is usually below ground, anchors the plant, and absorbs water and minerals.
Coleoptile: A sheath enclosing the actively growing part of a grass.
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This illustrated guide to a soybean seedling (Glycine max,Dicotyledon) is designed to help students recognize and learn the plant's individual parts. Along with an explanation of dicotyledon embryos, it includes a short description for the following labeled parts:
- root system,
- cotyledon,
- axillary buds,
- petiole,
- compound leaf, and
- leaflet.
Completion Time
Less than 1 period
Teacher Tip
Supplement a study of biodiversity with an activity drawn from this illustrated guide to soybean seedlings.
- Distribute copies of The Parts of a Soybean Seedling to students.
- Divide the class into small groups, giving each one a soybean seedling to examine.
- Have the groups investigate the commercial uses of soybeans—paying particular attention to which parts of the plant are used—and then report their findings to the class.


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Former Gold Coast Suns footballer Alik Magin's decision to join the Bendigo Gold boils down to one thing – opportunity.
In a boost for Bendigo's decision to go stand-alone, the 21-year-old midfielder chose the Gold as his best pathway back to AFL after being delisted by the Suns and missing out in this month's rookie draft.
"No other opportunities with any other AFL clubs came along, so I thought it was best to move to Victoria and play VFL," Magin said yesterday.
"I was always looking at playing at a stand-alone side, even if it was Frankston, Port Melbourne or Bendigo.
"That's what I based my decision on, where I'd get the best opportunity to play and I seemed to think that Bendigo was the right option the whole time."
Magin played eight games for the Suns, mainly as a half-forward, after being taken at pick 80 in the 2010 national draft.
In round 21 last season he booted two goals and had 13 disposals against grand finalists Hawthorn.
Originally from the Sunshine Coast, Magin said it would be tough to move away from his family and home state, but he was looking forward to learning from Gold coach Aussie Jones.
"From someone like him that has so much AFL experience, he knows what it's like to be at the top," Magin said.
"I can learn so much from him next year and moving forward, he'll push me along the way."
The Gold's new coach played 226 games for St Kilda.
Looking to add some top-level experience to a young list, Jones swooped after Magin wasn't rookie-listed by an AFL club.
"He's very unlucky not to be on Gold Coast's list still and he's a perfect candidate for us," Jones said.
"He's played AFL footy, he wants to get back onto an AFL list and he sees us as the opportunity for a perfect springboard.
"What it does is show that a guy that's been in an AFL system and wants to get back there has done his research and believes our footy club is the best avenue for him.
"It's a big coup for us too, because he has done his research and we came out on top."
Jones said the Gold had at least two more experienced recruits to unveil soon.
"We'll definitely have two more signings of guys coming off VFL lists, but we just haven't signed them yet," he said.
"We're still in contact with a lot of guys from Vic footy, Tassie footy and Darwin that are floating around the AFL fringes."
Magin, whose older brother Rhys was an Essendon rookie and also played for the Bendigo Bombers, will join the Gold for pre-season training on January 9.


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Just maybe Manager Don Mattingly was onto something with his belief that as Hanley Ramirez goes, so go the Dodgers.
Ramirez went very well Saturday, and coincidentally or not, so did the Dodgers.
The shortstop hit two home runs, drove in five runs and scored four times against the Pirates, leading the Dodgers to an easy 12-2 victory before a Dodger Stadium crowd of 49,455.
Ramirez went four for four, scored four runs and then called it a day after launching his second monster home run of the game. The five RBIs and four runs scored matched his career highs. He now has six consecutive hits overall.
The Dodgers happily followed suit, pounding out 14 hits. Adrian Gonzalez had three hits, Matt Kemp and Justin Turner had two each, and Kemp, Turner and Drew Butera each drove in two runs. A regular slugfest.
Hyun-Jin Ryu threw a perfect game through the first seven innings of his last start while clinging to a 1-0 lead, but this time found himself in a very different circumstance. The Dodgers had an 11-0 lead after four innings.
Ryu (6-2) was hardly as sharp as he was Monday against the Reds, though still reasonably effective. He went six innings, giving up two runs on 10 hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out four.
The Dodgers gave him a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Ramirez and Kemp singled in runs, but the Dodgers put it away against Pirates right-hander Brandon Cumpton with four runs in the third inning and five more with two outs in the fourth.
Andre Ethier was safe on a two-base error by left-fielder Starling Marte, who caught the ball on the warning track but dropped it when his glove hit the wall, to start the third inning. After Puig was safe on an infield hit that extended his streak of safely reaching base to 32 consecutive games, Ramirez singled in his second run.
Mattingly had just said Friday night the Dodgers' mediocre play might be tied to the inconsistent play of Ramirez, who was their most dynamic hitter last season.
A Gonzalez double, Kemp sacrifice fly and Turner single all drove in runs to complete the rally.
The Dodgers went right back to their high-octane attack in the fourth inning. This time Ramirez started it with a two-run homer to start the scoring. He added his second home run, a solo shot, in the sixth.
And it was rare romp, the victory snapping the Dodgers' three-game losing streak.
Jamey Wright pitched the final three innings to actually get a save out of 10-run victory.


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The mounting irregularities of closed-source proprietary e-voting systems clearly show the need for a new approach to securing elections in the U.S. -- one centered on the use of open source technologies, writes Paul Venezia. 'It's time for us to make good on the promise of open elections and open our e-voting systems as well,' Venezia writes, outlining the technical blueprint for a cheap, secure, open source e-voting system. The call for open voting systems has grown louder as of late, with several projects, such as Pvote and the Open Voting Consortium, demonstrating how the voting booth could benefit from open source code. Such systems are already securing elections in Australia and Brazil.


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BOSTON -- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library will host two free commemorative programs marking the first anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings:
A Concert of Hope and Peace
Sunday, April 13
3 to 4 p.m.
The Hawthorne String Quartet will perform pieces from Mozart and Previn, among others, and author Richard Hoffman will read a selection of poems, in a concert of hope and peace marking the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings.
"26.2: Beyond the Finish Line"
Tuesday, April 15
7 to 8:30 p.m.
WBUR's Tom Ashbrook will host a live broadcast with Jill Lepore, Jonathan Katz, James Carroll, Eileen McNamara, Kevin Cullen, Regie Gibson and Farah. The event will include musical tributes by Bill Janovitz, Patty Larkin and Amanda Palmer. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the broadcast will begin at 7.
Registration information can be found at jfklibrary.org/forums.


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Being not exactly an Iceland expert but at least a guy who's been to Iceland and read a lot about it, I feel as though I must weigh in on the country's proposed ban of internet pornography.
Actually, my motives include one of the more sordid, ulterior type: in a few months the nascent travel-writing-exploring-do-gooding company GiveLiveExplore will publish its first e-book, which happens to be a little tome of mine called Tales of Iceland or 'Running with the Huldufolk in the Permanent Daylight'. Much more on this fascinating development later, but for now you can check out the website, which is mostly in its teaser stage.
Therefore, as far as you people are concerned, you haven't met a guy who knows as much about Iceland as me. Now about this porn ban, let's do a one-hand-other-hand kinda thing:
On the one hand, there is much to admire about the spirit of what Iceland wants to do. Occasionally described as "the most feminist country on the planet," Iceland has banned strip clubs, printing and distributing porn, and has criminalized the John, not the hooker—the most effective method of curbing prostitution.
As a guy who finds modern porn mostly repulsive and pathetic, I think there's a lot of credence to arguments that the Wild West of the internet is producing a huge catalogue of pornography that more or less caters to male rape fantasies and worse. Child pornography appears to have become a permanent scourge, and the ease of the internet allows the worst instincts of men to prevail in what they view as a victimless crime.
If I were growing up today, it would probably take me till I was about five years old to figure out a way to find porn, and only that long because I'm by nature bad with technology. I do think the ubiquity of pornography is having a negative effect on modern men—if only in that they enjoy real, actual sex with women less because the pornographic ideal now involves things no sane woman would be subject to (unless you're this small blonde girl I met in a bar in New York in 2010, in which case—yikes…). To be fair, my record is not perfect, and I probably slip up when drunk and find my way to some porn site two to three times a year, but in this age for a single guy that's nearly goddamn heroic. The sole reason I stay away from porn, though, is totally selfish: I like having sex, and I want to keep it that way.
Nevertheless, whatever the consequences of ubiquitous porn may be, when limiting freedom of expression, erring on the side of the expression we don't like is always preferred. This is where Iceland will find itself in a problematic place. While there is clearly great societal benefit to banning child pornography and prosecuting the people who view it, what happens between consenting adults should always be protected. And while this may sound silly when talking about pornography, one person's smut can always be another person's art.
For instance: Will Iceland prohibit couples from filming each other with iPhones and then uploading those films to their computers? What about if they share those films with some friends who are into that kind of thing? Oh, and what constitutes "violent pornography"? How tender must a man be during the scene to get past the censor? And what kind of panel will view all this porn and decide what sexual acts are too aggressive or too degrading? If the woman in the act is choking the man, is that okay? What about a woman spanking a woman? Is all anal sex off-limits or just if it looks a bit too uncomfortable? What if someone makes a regular feature film depicting graphic sex or rape? Will that be allowed? Just because we don't want violence against women to exist doesn't mean it then goes away, and artists will naturally always be drawn to that which society refuses to acknowledge—especially in liberal, progressive countries full of artists like Iceland. So what if a female artist uses aggressive sex within her art to make a point about the objectification and brutality leveled against women? Will that make the cut? What about a documentary on this very topic? And what if it's not classified as porn but displayed in an art museum? Over in London, I went to the Hitachi Gallery and saw a really interesting/disturbing display that mostly consisted of the genitals of a bunch of impoverished Ukrainians. It was not exactly good jerk-off material, but you could see how someone might get off on it. Would Iceland prohibit that photographer's images from being viewed on the internet?
Let's be real, I could sit around all day thinking of these hypotheticals, and get nowhere except for a rather nasty case of priapism.
Suffice it to say, Potter Stewart's maxim about hard-core pornography ("I can't define it, but I know it when I see it.") is as silly today as it was in Jacobellis v. Ohio. Anything that challenges assumptions, the status quo or a preferred cultural norm could be defined as pornography by someone. Hell, Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" was banned from the U.S. for over thirty years for being "pornography," and truth be told, all the people today making my argument about the negative effects of internet porn were making the same arguments about "Tropic of Cancer" back then. "Porn" will always be a cultural judgment and nothing more. Therefore it's our responsibility to defend everything to the limit of what goes on between two (or three or five) consenting adults because we all benefit from the free expression of free societies.
Also, if you're that blonde girl from New York in 2010, there's an upcoming Icelandic judicial case in which your testimony may be needed.


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Bergeron returns, leads Bruins past CanucksBy MIKE SHALIN
The Sports Xchange
October 19. 2017 11:31PM
BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron celebrated his return to the ice with a goal and three assists and rookie linemate Anders Bjork had two goals and an assist to power the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
Brad Marchand had a goal and two assists and David Krejci and David Pastrnak both posted a goal and an assist as the Bruins evened their record at 3-3.
The win could be costly though as Krejci had to leave after two periods with an upper body injury.
Boston scored three goals on the same five-minute power play in the first period after defenseman Erik Gudbranson received a major and game misconduct for boarding Frank Vatrano. That turned a 1-1 game into a 4-1 affair in just 97 seconds. The Bruins made it 5-1 before the Canucks (2-3-1) came back with two goals in 34 seconds late in the second period.
But Bergeron converted a Pastrnak pass into a virtually open net behind goal Jacob Markstrom, who replaced Anders Nilsson after the fourth goal.
Derek Dorsett, Thomas Vanek and Bo Horvat scored for the Canucks against Anton Khudobin (26 saves), in goal for Boston with Tuukka Rask in concussion protocol and out of the lineup.
Bjork, scored his second and third goals of the season and had a breakaway later in the first period but shot the puck wide.
NOTES: The Bruins placed C Ryan Spooner (groin) on IR and activated RW David Backes (diverticulitis) from IR and sent LW Peter Cehlarik back to Providence ... LW Kenny Agostino, just recalled, made his Bruins debut. ... Bruins LW Tim Schaller, of Merrimack, N.H., played in his 100th NHL game.


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14 May 2012
Name: Matthew Lennen
Country: USA
Personal Website: facebook.com/1320motorsports
Vehicle: 1995 Toyota Supra Turbo
Car Club Affiliation: 1320 Motorsports
Horsepower: Last year, 1000 WHP. This year, approximately 1300 WHP.
Engine/Performance Info/Modifications:
Last Year's Setup:
- Custom Justice Racing Engines motor using custom spec Wiseco pistons
- BrianCrower rods
- ARP hardware
- HeadGames MotorWorks cylinder head using Ferrea valve train
- Kelford custom cams
- OEM Parts by Elmhurst Toyota and Gates Racing
- Motor fed ethanol through Goodridge teflon plumbing
- 2150cc injectors on a Fuel Injector Clinic fuel rail
- Power transmitted to the ground via BoostLogic built OEM auto transmission
- Weld V-Series drag wheels with Mickey Thompson Tires
- Tuned by magician Ray Wilson at PFSupercars to the most powerful 71mm turbo automatic car as well as Fastest Supra on a 26" tire
- Engine parts from Real Street Performance (rods/bearings/billet main caps/hardware/etc)
- Custom Wiseco pistons
- HeadGames MotorWorks cylinder head with Ferrea valve train
- Kelford custom cams
- OEM parts from Elmhurst Toyota Belts
- Pulleys from Gates Racing
- Machined and assembled by Justice Racing Engines
- Motor fed air through a Sound Performance sheet metal intake manifold and via either a Precision 7275 or 7685 turbo (2 setups)
- Some races on BoostLogic built factory Toyota automatic trans
- Other races on ATI Racing TH400 Transmission and custom built torque converter
- Fueled via Fuel Injector Clinic 2150cc injectors on a Fuel Injector Clinic Fuel Rail (through Goodridge teflon hoses/fittings)
- Tuning and custom fabrication by Ray Wilson at PFSupercars
- Chassis work (10pt chromoly cage w/chute) by HFR Fabrication
Wheels & Tires Info/Modifications:
- Weld V-Series 17" front skinny
- Weld V-Series 15" rear wheel
- Mickey Thompson ET drag tires
Suspension Info/Modifications:
- HKS drag coilovers
- Custom rear upper A-arms
Exterior Info/Modifications:
- Lots of stickers
Interior Info/Modifications:
- 10pt chromoly cage from HFR Fabrication
- Custom switch panel for fans/line lock/boost controller/etc
- Trans temp gauge
- ProEFI CAN Gauge
- 2-tone black/grey leather on factory seats
Audio/Multimedia Info/Modifications:
- Runs 8's and still has stereo system
- This year should run 7's with it
- Real Street Performance (2012)
- PFSupercars Fuel Injector Clinic Precision Turbo (2012)
- ATI Racing (2012)
- Goodridge Gates Racing
- Elmhurst Toyota HeadGames MotorWorks
- Ferrea
- Kelford Cams
- HFR Fabrication
- Mickey Thompson Tires
- Sound Performance (2011)
- Champion Toyota (2011)
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MACON, Ga. (April 9, 2007) - In a week where almost any member of the ETSU softball team could have been named Atlantic Sun Player of the Week, senior Stephanie Gaynord (Manassas, Va.) received the honors by the league office Monday afternoon after her dominating efforts over Belmont and Lipscomb this past weekend.
Gaynord's stats speak for themselves as she posted four outstanding performances over the weekend, hitting an astonishing .833 (10-12) with a double, four home runs, seven RBI and 11 runs scored. The senior leadoff hitter also recorded a massive slugging percentage of 1.917.
The shortstop kicked things off Friday by going a perfect 6-for-6 with two home runs, two RBI and six runs scored as the Bucs swept the Bruins, 10-2 and 13-3. She also tied the school record for most hits in a single game with her 4-for-4 performance in game two against
The Bucs have now won four straight games as they have scored 48 runs on 47 hits over this stretch, and improved to 20-20, 7-3 in the Atlantic Sun, and set a new ETSU record for its offensive output during the four-game stretch.
The Atlantic Sun Conference hands out Player and Pitcher of the Week awards weekly during the 2007 softball campaign.
The 12-member league headquartered in


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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Natalie Achonwa had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead seventh-ranked Notre Dame to a 57-51 victory over No. 19 Ohio State on Friday night in the Carrier Classic.
Kayla McBride added 16 points and Skylar Diggins 11 for the Fighting Irish, who improved to 23-3 in season openers under coach Muffet McGraw. Not that it was easy in the first women's game played on an aircraft carrier — the USS Yorktown.
The Yorktown was bathed in bright sunshine at the start, leaving players on both teams squinting. Once the sun set on Charleston Harbor, the converted flight deck turned downright chilly.
None of that stopped Achonwa and Notre Dame.
Tayler Hill scored 15 of her 18 points in the second half for Ohio State.
Notre Dame built a 10-point lead over the first four minutes of the second half, Achonwa scoring from the inside to put the Fighting Irish ahead 35-25.
The Buckeyes, though, chipped all the way through the lead behind Hill's play. Her driving basket cut Notre Dame's lead to 47-43 with 4:52 to go and moments later teammate Amber Stokes stole a mid-court pass and took it in for an uncontested layup.
But Achonwa followed with a jumper to again extend the lead.
Hill, who led the Big Ten in scoring last season at 20.4 points a game, hit two foul shots with 2:30 to go that brought Ohio State as close as it would come after that, 50-47.
McBride answered for Notre Dame, extending her left arm amid several defenders for a basket. Achonwa made both ends of a one-and-one and the Fighting Irish had locked things up.
Diggins, the Irish's All-American, was 2 of 10 from the field but went 7 of 8 at the foul line.
Stokes added 10 points for Ohio State, which had won 17 straight season openers before this one. Ashley Adams finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Buckeyes.
Ohio State coach Jim Foster and McGraw both eagerly accepted the opportunity to open the season on the carrier, which served in World War II, Vietnam and recovered the astronauts of Apollo 8 in 1968 before she was decommissioned in 1970.
Both teams paid tribute to the military in their uniforms, the Buckeyes wearing a camouflage design while the Fighting Irish had camo accents down the sides with a red-white-and-blue USA on the back where their names are.
While the setting was extraordinary, the early basketball was not.
Hill missed her first five shots and was 1 of 8 in the opening half. Then again, the Buckeyes played the first 20 minutes with the bright sun in their eyes.
Notre Dame, which played into the basket in front of the carrier's massive command tower, struggled to find the basket, too, going 10 of 31 in the first half. Diggins and McBride were both off target, leading to a combined 5-for-16 performance in the period.
Still, Diggins kept shooting and her driving basket with 2:58 left put Notre Dame up 23-20. The Irish extended the lead to five points on Markisha Wright's inside shot.
Adams cut things to 25-22 at the break for Ohio State.


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Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are the picturesque pair at the MET Ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 2) in New York City.
The 28-year-old Australian Victoria's Secret model wore a Marchesa gown with an embroidered white leather strapless flared dress with draped silk tulle overlay and Nicholas Kirkwood ivory lace platform sandals.
The Costume Institute Gala Benefit celebrates the opening of the "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" exhibition, featuring the late designer's iconic work.
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Crisp, Anderson go on the disabled list
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Athletics outfielder Coco Crisp and left-hander Brett Anderson have been put on the 15-day disabled list.
Oakland selected the contract of catcher Luke Montz from Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League and recalled right-hander Dan Straily from the Triple-A team before Wednesday's series finale against the Los Angeles Angels
Crisp strained his left hamstring trying to beat out an infield grounder in the 13th inning of Monday's 10-8, 19-inning win over the Angels, and the roster move was made retroactive to Tuesday. Anderson aggravated his right ankle in the 18th inning trying to field a ball.
Crisp is hitting .283 with five homers and 12 RBIs in 24 games and is second in the AL with 24 runs. Anderson is 1-4 with a 6.21 ERA in six games.
Montz has not played in the major leagues since 2008 with Washington.


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Posted: Sun 29 May 2005, 10:09
Post subject: If a Lobster can - anyone can
I installed Vector 5.0 Beta. I was not expecting much (it seems I had already installed - or attempted to install 4.3 at an earlier time and either been unsuccessful or unimpressed - seem to remember I was unable)
Anyways - 4.3 is one little Beast.
Barry said Vector Linux is fantastic. It is. Not as fast as our little dog for sure but very pleasing to use and very similar to a Puppy on Ice with a fluxxy box nearby . . .
Barry has made it the official environment for development compiling - so he is happy. GuestToo is already using Vector. I hope John Murga will be happy with it, I certainly am - just have to learn how to compile some source code now . . . in my quest and dreams to be semi-developer
Jesses is getting all excited about a potential GUI front end for tinycc - it is all go . . .
We can learn about presentation from Vector. I must say slypheed claws is a lot better looking than sylpheed - is it a lot bigger?
So pleased I decided to download and install Vector 5.0 Beta
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Posted: Sun 29 May 2005, 16:43
Post subject: So.. What to use?
I'm New to the forum.
I've been playing with Puppy for a little while and finally decided to start compiling the drivers and applications I'd like to use with Puppy.
( I also want to send it to my father for him to try linux and I want to be prepared in case he needs extra drivers)
I've already installed VL5.0STD. and have Mandriva LE2005.
I've been using 1.0.1, Should I start using 1.0.3 to compile in VL5.0STD. Can I compile for 1.0.1 in VL5STD while 1.0.3 is published?
On the desktop I am a Fedora Core 3 user.
It's funny that I decided to go heads down into Puppy at a crossroads.
Thanks for the advice and I hope to be around here more fequently as I really like this puppy.
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Posted: Mon 30 May 2005, 08:44
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Well, you can compile apps in VL5 or Mandriva, but beware of slightly different library versions. GTK 2.4 and XML2 are two to watch out for.
You can't compile kernel drivers for Pup yet, as you will need to install the same kernel on VL5 as Pup 1.0.3 will be using ... which is not yet finalised.
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Posted: Wed 22 Jun 2005, 22:35
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I currently don't have an environment set up for compiling for 1.0.3
would a previous version of VL (4.3 for example) be a good choice of distro to build for the 2.4 kernel in 1.0.3?
Do you know of any distros that might be using a kernel close enough to puppy 1.0.3 that I could grab a precompiled app off them?
EDIT: I just saw on the Project page that apps compiled for Mandrake 9.2 have a good chance of working for puppy, so if that's till true I think I'll start there.
EDIT AGAIN: Feather Linux runs kernel 2.4.27 too so maybe we can borrow from there too.
Mandriva LE 2005 user and puppy newbie
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The kernel isn't a "real big" issue when compiling apps.....As long as the gcc versions are "close" and the required libraries are there there is not too much of a problem.
Tho I did have trouble compiling a 2.4.27 kernel with gcc 3.4.3......but that's not much of a concern....
If anyone wants a custom kernel or module compiled just drop me a line and we'll go from there.
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some new wireless NICs start to use rt2500 chipset, a native driver for Puppy would be a plus
bladehunter wrote:
If anyone wants a custom kernel or module compiled just drop me a line and we'll go from there.
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A little while ago I got Puppy and was very impressed with the level of usefulness in it.
So I came back to see if any new release was going out and found this news about Vector Linux...
Well, it turns out that I am regular contributor to VL (not a coder tho), and of course it is very
nice to see that you are using it as your compiling environment.
It would be great if both projects can help each other, Vec (Vector's leader) feels the same way about this.
Feel free to contact me or step by our forums
Let me know.
Best regards. UKBill.
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Posted: Fri 15 Jul 2005, 22:22
Post subject: Vector
Perhaps there is code or coding that is required on both distros?
Perhaps there is graphics and other resouces that can be shared?
For me it is a question of looking at what another distro is doing well and emulating and improving within the potential of a particular distro.
As you are familiar with both distros, what do you feel we can learn gain from Vector? (I suppose the same question (but altered slightly) could be asked on the Vector forum.
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Well for one maybe package management we have a modified checkinstall in VL that not only produces packages from source also finds the deps and makes a nice litlle slack tgz file that slapt-get can understand. As your distro matures you will find installing packages will become a much bigger deal than anticipated..WE have the tools already in place but i would like to see the niche players agree on a package management system we can all benefit from my vote is slapt-get (also gslapt) and the slackware tgz package system. Just my 2 cents worth.
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I installed Vector Linux 4.3 and thought it was a nice OS. I couldn't get it to run properly on my cursed little old laptop, so I kept looking for an alternative. I ran across another nice Slackware-based distro called Minislack. It's very well put together, but is much more hands-on than Vector (especially in package management). Still, both are nice, and I think Vector would be a good partner for Puppy.
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Is Vector going to have a Linux 2.6.x version out soon?
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Craig wrote:
Is Vector going to have a Linux 2.6.x version out soon?
I should think you could compile your own.. Anyway, I am running the Dynamite release of VL and it comes with a 2.6 option. You cannot chose it during the installation, but it shows up in the bootloader
fake it until you make it
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Post subject: Vector 5.1 Standard Edition
Vector 5.1 Standard Edition came out on Tuesday
Kernel 2.6.12
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Barry, I'm just reading this all and need to comfirm this. Are you moving away from T2?
What package management are you trying to work with? The PPM can be recoded to incorporate others. I did it.
I'd love a team to help code a new Package manager that doesn't exist and would work for ALL distros. Most of the code and program exists, it just needs a small modification to become this creation.
I'm trying to capture what has given puppy its greatest strengths...and then force it to breed with Slitaz and sabayon in a staged deployment system(puppy is integral in scaling for a range systems). Honestly, Im ready for a new system that ALL nix users can come together on. Puppy forum has been THEE learning ground for THE BEST linux distro scripting. Period. NOT the cleanest per say, but the most evolving scripts and interfaces out there guys. IT has played a big role in what else has gone on. The others all have major strengths to contribute too. ...Too much seperation of the linux group. Especially in the primary objective of a Open source full alternative to the rest.
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This thread is from 2005, which in Internet time = aprox 1850
Barry is currently compiling for a completely different processor
A package manager/appet for Arch, Debian, Android and Puppy would be most welcome . . .
x86 developing too
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Cesc Fabregas says Barcelona will have to be on top of their game when they face Real Madrid in the second leg of their Copa del Rey Clasico.
The Catalans recorded a 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu in the first leg, and Fabregas is aware that los Blancos will pose a stern test in the return fixture, particularly given his side's laboured form in recent weeks.
"It's vital to score. We cannot go into the match and wait to see what happens. In last year's Copa del Rey Clasico we had a good result from the away leg yet we were nearly eliminated from the competition," Fabregas told Barca TV.
"Real Madrid are very dangerous and in order to go through we'll have to play the best football we're capable of.
"We had our chances to make it 0-2 in Madrid [in the first leg]. In the return leg we have to be as effective as possible, because they are very effective.
"We have to be on target in front of goal if we want to get to the final."
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OCALA - The trial of a man charged in the death of his 5�-month-old cousin is expected to begin sometime in mid-2012.
Rishi Ramgoolie, charged with first-degree murder, appeared in court Monday morning for a status conference.
His attorney, Jeffrey Marty, said they will decide on a start date for the trial during the next status conference, scheduled for May 10.
Ramgoolie allegedly had been taking care of the infant in January 2008 and provided conflicting reports to authorities as to what caused the child's death.
An autopsy report showed the infant had multiple skull fractures to her head that indicated she had been struck more than once.
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Mad Men's Linda Cardellini announced on Friday (June 7) that she and her long time beau Steven Rodriguez got engaged on Tuesday (June 4), JustJared.com can confirm!
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"I was surprised that it was happening at that moment, yes," Linda said. "We were actually with some of the people I love most: my sister, and my cousins and one of my best friends Maura [Tierney]…and we were sitting, and he started getting choked up and then he got on his knee. It was very beautiful."
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This week, the Daily News and High Cheese will be taking an in-depth look at the Phillies roster moving forward, breaking down the state of each position as it relates to the future and the present. In Tuesday's newspaper, Ryan Lawrence will look at the infield. Earlier today, we looked at first base. Now, let's move on to second base.
I. 2012 production, Phillies second basemen (NL rank out of 16 teams in parentheses)
BREAKDOWN: There are two important distinctions to make when evaluating the state of the Phillies at second base. The first is the distinction between Chase Utley at his current level of performance and Chase Utley at his peak level of performance. The second is between Chase Utley at his current level and the average major league second baseman at his current level. Let's deal first with the latter category. Utley finished the season second among Phillies regulars with a .365 OBP and a .793 OPS. During his three-month stint on the disabled list, his replacement, Freddy Galvis, posted a .254 OBP and .617 OPS. In other words, the Phillies produced 11 percent more base runners out of the second base position with Utley there than they did with Galvis there. The aforementioned NL ranks show that the Phillies still have one of the best offensive second basemen in baseball…when Utley is in the lineup. The big question, of course, is how often will Utley be in the lineup next season, which is the last year of his contract. Can he maintain the level of production he displayed over the final three months of 2012 for all six months of 2013? Utley and the Phillies have expressed confidence that he can, but they really do not have much of a choice. In reality, he remains a big unknown.
Take, for example, Utley's performance in the first half of his return compared with his performance in the second half of his return. In his first 42 games he hit .247/.360/.473 with 8 home runs in 178 plate appearances (.833 OPS). In his last 41 games he hit .265/.370/.384 with 3 home runs in 184 plate appearances (.754 OPS). The contact, walk and strikeout numbers all remained even, but the power suffered a significant decline. Even if Utley is able to stay in the lineup for all six months of the regular season, there is some reason to wonder how his performance will hold up (his numbers showed a similar pattern after he returned from the disabled list in 2011). Again, we get back to the two important distinctions. The vast majority of major league teams would be thrilled with a .260 batting average and .370 on base percentage out of second base. But Utley's final numbers this season were below average for a No. 3 hitter. In the NL in 2012, three-hole hitters combined to hit .283/.356/.469 with a home run every 25.5 at-bats. Utley hit .256/.365/.429 with a home run every 27.4 at-bats.
II. Future Salary Commitments (Edited to reflect lux. tax threshold increase to $189 mil in '14)
2012: Chase Utley, 34 years old, $15.0 million (6.82 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2013: None
FLEXIBILITY: Utley has some trade appeal because of the production he still brings to the second base position. Of course, that appeal is mitigated by the uncertainty about his health that is sure to exist after two straight seasons in which a chronic knee condition caused him to miss at least two months. The Phillies' flexibility is also limited by a no-trade provision that, according to FoxSports.com, allows Utley to block deals to all but eight major league clubs. That being said, the Phillies have given no indication that they would explore a trade of Utley prior to the start of the 2013 season. They already have a void at third base that could be filled by the light-hitting Galvis. Opening up another void at second base would not make sense given the lack of options available on the trade or free agent markets.
III. 2013 Organizational Depth Chart
- Chase Utley, 34, $12.14 average annual value signed through 2013
- Freddy Galvis, 23, pre-Arb (1.000 ST) under club control through at least 2017.
- Kevin Frandsen, 31, arb-eligible (est. 4.000 ST) under club control through at least 2014.
- Michael Martinez, 30, pre-arb (est. 2.000 ST) under club control through at least 2016.
- Cesar Hernandez, 23, AAA
BREAKDOWN: The Phillies thought enough of Galvis to ponder moving Utley to third base, although that experiment has been shelved for the foreseeable future. Frandsen spent the majority of the season at third base but is a natural second baseman who made a strong bid for consideration as a utility man in 2013, hitting .314/.352/.417 combined between AAA and the majors. Hernandez is a prospect who hit .291/.329/.404 in AA and AAA this season, but he is by no means considered a sure-fire second baseman of the future. At this point, he still projects as more of a utility man, although like any young player he still has potential to develop into more than that.
IV. Potential for personnel upgrades
TRADE POTENTIAL: At this point, there are no obvious second basemen who will be shopped this winter.
FREE AGENT MARKET: The Phillies may have pushed harder on an Utley move to third if there were a bona fide everyday second baseman available on the free agent market, the position looks to be thin. Kelly Johnson (31 years old) had a down year in Toronto, although he has some solid power seasons under his belt. Jeff Keppinger (33 years old) had an excellent season for Tampa Bay while splitting time between third base and designated hitter, so he could profile as a hitter the Phillies would have interest in. Orlando Hudson (35) has seen his production decline the last three seasons. He finished 2012 with a .572 OPS. It is doubtful that the Phillies would view Ryan Theriot (33) as an upgrade over Galvis. Other names on the market include Jeff Baker (32), Adam Kennedy (37), Jose Lopez (29), Maicer Izturis (32), Mike Fontenot (33) and Marco Scutaro (37)
V. Second base: In conclusion
Like first base, the Phillies' have little ability to pursue an upgrade. They will not have to worry about one if Utley can stay on the field for an entire season. But they will have a huge offensive void if he can't. Galvis still must move that he can play everyday without being an offensive liability. Frandsen could provide a better offensive option than the Phillies had when Utley was on the shelf this year. Long story short, whether the Phillies can improve on what they got out of second base this year will be dictated by Utley's health rather than any offseason moves.
The long-term outlook is fuzzy at best, as next year's free agent market is not looking much better than this one.


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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will allow Yemen's outgoing president to come to the U.S. temporarily for medical treatment, a move aimed at easing the political transition in Yemen, a key counterterrorism partner.
A senior administration official said Ali Abdullah Saleh would travel to New York this week, and probably stay in the U.S. until no later than the end of February. U.S. officials believe Saleh's exit from Yemen could lower the risk of disruptions in the lead-up to presidential elections planned there on Feb. 21.
A presidential spokesman in Yemen said Saleh had left the capital of Sanaa earlier Sunday on a jet headed for the Persian Gulf sultanate of Oman. An official close to Saleh, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the trip, said the president would undergo medical exams in Oman before heading to the U.S.
The U.S. official did not say whether Saleh planned to return to Yemen, Oman or elsewhere after finishing his treatment in the U.S. The official was not authorized to discuss details about Saleh and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Yemeni embassy in Washington said Saleh planned to return home in February to attend a swearing-in ceremony for the country's newly elected president.
The mercurial Saleh, who ruled Yemen for more than three decades, agreed to transfer power to his vice president late last year in exchange for immunity from prosecution. He had faced months of protests calling for his ouster, to which the Yemeni government responded with a bloody crackdown, leaving hundreds of protesters dead and sparking wider violence in the capital with rival militia.
Even after agreeing to leave power, Saleh continued to wield his influence behind the scenes, and U.S. officials believed getting him out of Yemen was necessary in order to ensure the February elections took place. The U.S. also worried about instability in a nation grappling with growing extremism, including the dangerous al Qaeda branch known as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Still, Saleh's request last month for a U.S. visa put the Obama administration in the awkward position of either having to bar a friendly president from U.S. soil or risking appearing to harbor an autocrat with blood on his hands.
As U.S. officials weighed Saleh's request, they sought assurances that he would not seek political asylum or any type of permanent relocation in the U.S.
"We wanted to make sure that there was an understanding that it would be for medical purposes and that's what it is for," John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, said Sunday.
Saleh was badly burned and wounded during a June rocket attack on his compound in Yemen. He sought medical treatment in neighboring Saudi Arabia for three months. American officials had hoped he would remain there, but the Yemeni leader returned and violence worsened anew.
Protesters and human rights groups have criticized Saleh's immunity clause and insisted he stand trial for his alleged role in protester deaths.
Brennan said there was a divide in Yemen over Saleh's future, with some Yemenis supporting Saleh's decision to seek medical treatment in the U.S. In the short-term, he said, it was imperative to ensure that the February elections take place.
"We thought it was important, given where Yemen is right now as far as moving forward with its political transition, to do what we can to support the government and the elections that are scheduled for the 21st of February, and that seems to be on track," he said.
Yemeni Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi is expected to be rubber-stamped as the country's new leader in the elections, in which he is expected to be the only candidate.
Brennan spoke with Hadi on Sunday, and told him the U.S. was encouraged by his leadership during a difficult period of transition. With fresh demonstrations likely in the weeks leading up to the elections, Brennan urged Hadi to ensure that Yemeni security forces exercise restraint.
The Obama administration's approval of Saleh's visa brought back memories from three decades ago, when President Jimmy Carter allowed the exiled shah of Iran into the U.S. for medical treatment. The decision contributed to rapidly worsening relations between Washington and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's revolution in Tehran, with Iranian students occupying the U.S. Embassy in Iran a month later.
Fifty-two American hostages were held for 444 days in response to Carter's refusal to send the shah back to Iran for trial.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from the staid chambers of the Senate, Secretary of State John Kerry has been presented with a full plate of global crises as he plots his maiden voyage abroad: Egypt in chaos, Syria engulfed in civil war, moribund Mideast peace talks and North Korea threatening to detonate an atomic bomb while Iran moves closer to developing one of its own.
As he seals his transition from legislator to diplomat with his first official trip overseas, Kerry will have to deal with all of these unresolved diplomatic crises even as he looks to put his personal stamp on American foreign policy by cementing traditional trans-Atlantic ties with U.S. allies and preparing for President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to the Middle East.
Washington-based diplomats say the former Massachusetts senator and 2004 presidential candidate is likely to embark on his first trip as secretary to Europe and the Middle East in the last week of February.
The exact itinerary has yet to be determined, but Kerry is expected in several European capitals and Israel, the Palestinian territories and possibly Egypt, according to the diplomats.
The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. The State Department declined to comment on Kerry's potential travel plans.
The trip will highlight some of the issues Kerry has been most deeply engaged in over 28 years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the last four as chairman: U.S.-European cooperation over such issues as pacifying Afghanistan and fighting climate change, addressing the rising terror threat from North Africa and finally pressing Israelis and Palestinians into finding some kind of path toward a two-state peace agreement.
With each problem, there is no easy answer — an old adage of diplomacy that Kerry learned well as an unofficial Obama envoy to Pakistan, Syria and elsewhere, but never before as the point-man for administration policy.
Just hours before Kerry was sworn in to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton, militants provided a stark reminder of the inherent danger in American diplomacy as a suicide bomber struck the U.S. Embassy in Turkey. And in the days since, Japan claimed that China locked weapons-targeting radar on a Japanese destroyer and helicopter amid an escalating maritime dispute between the Asian powers.
"This is a complicated time in the world," Kerry told a visiting group of college students in marked understatement on his third day at the State Department.
Thus far, he has spent most of his time to getting to know his staff and speaking to foreign leaders, and little time publicly talking geopolitics. He echoed the White House's call last week for tougher European Union action against Hezbollah and decried Pyongyang's threat of a third nuclear test. And at his first official news conference Friday, he warned Iran to seriously approach upcoming nuclear talks with world powers and declared that the Obama administration was exploring new options — primarily diplomatic — to stem the violence in Syria.
Going abroad will be a bigger challenge.
In Europe and the Mideast, Kerry will come face-to-face on foreign soil with demanding allies and estranged partners. He'll have to introduce himself — again — to people around the world who may often distrust America's overwhelming military and diplomatic power, or fear a more withdrawn U.S. foreign policy might empower international rivals such as China or rogues like Iran to expand their international influence.
For the U.S., the powder keg of the Middle East is providing particular concern right now. The attack in Turkey, while blamed on leftist militants and not Islamic radicals, raised the specter yet again of the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, siege on a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, for which no one has been brought to justice five months later. And there has been instability across the countries where the Arab Spring was supposed to usher in a new era of democracy.
Egypt is struggling to plow forward while the Muslim Brotherhood-led government and opposition battle over the future shape of their political system. Hardline clerics are trying to justify sexual assaults on women protesters and issuing death edicts against opposition leaders.
In Syria, the regime of President Bashar Assad — whom Kerry previously tried to coax into closer relations with the United States — is locked in fierce clashes with rebels across the country in some of the heaviest fighting in months. Some 60,000 people have been killed in the Arab country's two-year civil war and the violence is increasingly threatening to expand beyond Syria's borders, as illustrated by Israel's recent strike against a weapons convoy headed for Hezbollah.
Obama called for Assad to leave power in August 2011, but the U.S. has yet to devise a strategy to make that happen.
"We're taking a look at what steps, if any, diplomatic particularly, might be able to be taken in an effort to try to reduce that violence and deal with that situation," Kerry said last week, speaking to reporters for the first time as secretary of state.
The U.S., meanwhile, is trying to shore up its alliance with its closest ally in the region — Israel.
The White House announced last week that Obama will make his first presidential visit to the country in the spring.
Kerry's solo trip to Israel is meant as a preparatory visit, but neither he nor the president will unveil any new initiative to end more than six decades of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians, U.S. officials said.
Instead, the talks will focus on building trust for longer-term peace efforts between the parties, as well as shared U.S.-Israeli concerns over Syria and Iran. Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
The same subjects are likely to be main topics of conversation when Kerry hosts Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, a key mediator between Israelis and Palestinians, on Wednesday.
Kerry then welcomes Thursday to the State Department the U.N. secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, through whom the U.S. has directed its diplomacy with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.
The United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia are sending senior negotiators to meet with an Iranian delegation in Kazakhstan on Feb. 26, hoping to end years of stalemate with the Islamic republic over uranium enrichment activity that much of the world sees as the foundation to future nuclear weapons production. Iran insists its program is designed for peaceful energy and medical research purposes.


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Neurobiologist Paul Patterson, the Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, will discuss "Gut-Brain-Immune Connections: Modeling an Environmental Risk Factor for Autism," during the next UC Davis MIND Institute Distinguished Lecturer Series presentation.
The lecture will take place on Wednesday, March 13, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the MIND Institute auditorium at 2825 50th St., Sacramento. It is free and open to the public, and no reservations are required.
Patterson will review his research team's use of a mouse model of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk factor — maternal infection, or maternal immune activation (MIA) — to explore potential connections between gastrointestinal (GI) problems, the brain, and behavior. Adult offspring of mothers experiencing immune activation for one day during gestation display ASD behaviors. MIA offspring also display leaky gut, or decreased intestinal barrier integrity, and corresponding changes in levels of related proteins. Postnatal treatment with the human bacterium B. fragilis for one week permanently ameliorates these abnormalities and normalizes many of the ASD-related behaviors.
These results reinforce the potential relevance of the gut-brain axis for ASD, where manipulation of intestinal bacteria can influence GI physiology and behavioral performance. The findings also raise the possibility of testing a probiotic therapy in individuals with ASD and GI symptoms. A collaboration with researchers at the MIND Institute has recently validated the rodent MIA model using non-human primates.
Patterson graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa and holds a PhD in biochemistry from Johns Hopkins University. A former Harvard Medical School neurobiology professor, he is co-author of The Origins of Schizophrenia and author of Infectious Behavior, an examination of the immune system in autism and schizophrenia. A member of the California Institute of Technology faculty since 1983, he serves on the scientific advisory boards of several foundations, including the International Rett Syndrome, John Douglas French Alzheimer's, Autism Speaks, and Hereditary Disease foundations.
Future Distinguished Lecturer Series speakers include:
- Bradley L. Schlaggar of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discussing "Development of the Brain's Functional Networks" on April 10
- Craig Newschaffer, founding director of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute in Philadelphia, explaining "Autism Outcomes and Risk Factors: What Can We Learn from Health Care Claims?" on May 8
- Stephen Scherer of the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto on "Interpreting the Many Autism Risk Genes" on June 12
All Distinguished Lecturer Series presentations are free and open to the public, with no reservations required. The MIND Institute Resource Center, specializing in information and resources relating to neurodevelopmental disorders and related conditions, is open one hour before and 30 minutes after each presentation.


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Markets have seen increased volatility since Congress failed to come to a budget deal and forced the U.S. government to shutdown. As the shutdown drags on, equity markets have fallen as the Oct. 17 deadline quickly approaches. Should Congress fail to act by then, the U.S. government will risk defaulting on their obligations and the possibility of another great recession. The uncertainty surrounding these risks has caused markets to tumble as nervous investors sell stocks ahead of a possible default.
With the deadline drawing nearer many traders are asking themselves how they can protect their long equity positions in the event a deal is not reached in time. A trader has many options available. They can short index futures, buy puts on index ETFs, or use options on futures to buy downside protection. While all of these products offer viable hedges, the ability of options on futures to set up a low premium hedge is unparalleled. Options on E-mini S&P 500 futures will offer the cleanest and most cost effective hedge.
Using options we can calculate an implied downside move ahead of an event such as the debt-ceiling deadline. Looking at E-mini S&P 500 future options on the Nov. 8 expiration, we see that the market is implying a move of around 57.00 points. We calculate this by using the price of the at-the-money straddle. Using this implied move we can calculate a downside target of 1603.00 by expiration and then use that level to set up our trade.
Trade: Buying the ES Nov 8th Weekly 1620-1600 Put Spread for 4.00 Risk: $200 per 1 lot Reward: $800 per 1 lot Breakeven: 1616.00
This trade is a low cost way to protect against potential losses in a long equity portfolio. This trade is established for a relatively small amount of premium and offers a trader a very efficient and cost effective hedge.


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I've been doing a "bit" of .net development lately and i had a problem where i would get
a variable of type object and it's type in a string. So I wondered how to convert it to proper type at runtime.
The solutions is one of those things that is unbeliveably hard to find because you don't really know what
to search for, but when you find it, it seems unbeliveably simple. :)
Here it is:
string sType = "System.Int32";
object o1 = "123";
object o2 = Convert.ChangeType(o1, Type.GetType(sType));
Type t = o2.GetType(); // this returns Int32 Type
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I often wondered why is there no ISortable interface of somekind in .Net.
I recently needed to sort items in the context menu in alphabetical order.
Sorting them was the begining of a journey which produced this class.
It sorts simple objects like int, string, etc... as well as complex objects
that have properties you wish to sort on.
I've removed the code because I published version 2 of this class which is better and can be found here.
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I had to convert a project from .Net 1.1 to .Net 2.0 this week.
It built ok with a few warnings. Amongst others there was this one:
Warning: 'System.Threading.WaitHandle.Handle' is obsolete: 'Use the SafeWaitHandle property instead.'
That's cool, no problem, right? As it turns out it's not just replacing one property with another.
Handle property is IntPtr type and SafeWaitHandle is a class.
So .Net 2.0 has a new class called SafeWaitHandle which represents a wrapper class for a wait handle.
Why it's there is well explained on BCLTeam's blogs here.
So what to do?
It preety simple in the end.
instead of
just use
where _Event is...
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If there was one thing that was going preety steadily on my nerves in VS2005 was region collapsing/opening with mouse.
So i was determined to find a shortcut for it.
And I found so much more...
Every shortcut there is in Visual Studio 2005 is listed here.
All SSMS keybard shortcuts are listed here.
These two pages are the holy grail of fast development if you ask me :))
oh and by the way.... collapsing/opening a region is CTRL + M + M. Yes, hit M twice while holding CTRL.
And do try CTRL + I... it's pure pleasure. a hint: Incremental Search :) <-- select text...
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I've stumbled accross this post today that explains the Rozenshtein method of pivoting data.
It's quite interesting. I haven't seen the SIGN() function being used at all in SQL server in practice yet so this is kind of cool if you ask me :)
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I ran into this little gem today while doing some deletes and forgeting Delete syntax :)))
There is now Output clause for DELETE, INSERT and UPDATE statements.
It outputs the affected rows into a table variable, a simple resultset or into a table.
I guess auditing is possible this way too now.
create table test(id int identity(1,1), name varchar(100))
insert into test (name)
select 'name 1' union all select 'name 2' union all select 'name 3' union all
select 'name 4' union all select 'name 5' union all select 'name 6' union all
select 'name 7' union all select 'name 8' union all...
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Here's an interesting way of contencating values in one column. It makes use of the new XML capabilities.
use master
select column_name as col1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns
WHERE table_name = 'spt_values'
select (select column_name as col1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns
WHERE table_name = 'spt_values' for xml raw, elements, type).query('
for $col1 in (row/col1)
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The House I Live In
40 years. $1 trillion. 45 million arrests. This is the war on drugs. An inside look at America's longest war.
A film by Eugene Jarecki. WINNER of the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Film at the Sundance Film Festival.
FEARLESS! A model of the ambitious, vitalizing activist work that exists to stir the sleeping to wake.- NEW YORK TIMES
2012's BEST DOCUMENTARY! The House I Live In should be seen by everybody.- FORBES
About the film
As America remains embroiled in conflict overseas, a less visible war is taking place at home, costing countless lives, destroying families, and inflicting untold damage on future generations of Americans. Over forty years, the War on Drugs has accounted for more than 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever before. Filmed in more than twenty states, The House I Live In captures heart-wrenching stories from individuals at all levels of America's War on Drugs. From the dealer to the grieving mother, the narcotics officer to the senator, the inmate to the federal judge, the film offers a penetrating look inside America's longest war, offering a definitive portrait and revealing its profound human rights implications.
While recognizing the seriousness of drug abuse as a matter of public health, the film investigates the tragic errors and shortcomings that have meant it is more often treated as a matter for law enforcement, creating a vast machine that feeds largely on America's poor, and especially on minority communities. Beyond simple misguided policy, The House I Live In examines how political and economic corruption have fueled the war for forty years, despite persistent evidence of its moral, economic, and practical failures.
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Run time: 110 min.


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Squidheads appeared mid R. 2,009 along with various other alien species, some evolved from older forms of life, some from the backasswards planet in the middle of nowhere.
Squidheads fill the underworld fringe cities, working for anyone willing to print up some flats with 100 on them. Generally if a squidhead lacks one of these specific 'Bills' they tend to do whatever they can to receive or retrieve another, going even as far as serving in sweatshops, raiding their parents' money jar (which is sure to be full of these), or stealing, though they may insist that they were just 'borrowing' said 'bill'.
Nonetheless they will often be killed on sight in most empires if they are not being used for some labor, or are imprisoned by the now resurgent SpaceCops. Where they are imprisoned is not currently known but it is believed in keeping with their more 'civil' ways the SpaceCops deposit them on quite habitable swamp worlds, with plenty of basic colonization gear. But it is believed that by using some unheard of knowledge they produce modified engine parts then open these planets for trade with the wider galaxy if they are not wiped out first.
They have the spider gymnastics ability due to suction cup feet.
Rumors of another of purple type of squidhead, called squid-trons (short for squid-darktron) are thought to be cooler than their green counterparts.


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From: NM, United States
Genre: Folk, world, jazz
Jazzy folk music by a hippie chick! erika may's fluid, sensuous and captivating voice has been compared to Norah Jones, Ricki Lee Jones, Blossom Dearie, and Susana Baca. Her songs, lyrics, and music are inspired by cool jazz, hot Spanish flavors, sinuous gypsy melodies, and fiery Middle-eastern rhythms.


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Crossbow is proud to announce the 1.1 version of XSensor for IOS 4.0.
The first release of XSensor generated approximately 5000 downloads, and has helped many iPhone users and software developers characterize, log, and develop applications for the sensors in the iPhone in real-world scenarios. The new release adds additional features to plot and log the new 3-axis gyro sensor inside the new iPhone 4 model. By the way, the smart inertial navigation gurus in Crossbow's engineering department have tested this gyro and it is not too bad for a consumer product.
The new release of XSensor also adds logging for the phone's GPS receiver (lat, long, altitude units). The application also reports and logs attitude data as computed by the iPhone's built-in attitude estimation algorithms which include gyro-assisted roll, pitch, and heading. These values are conceptually like the data from a Crossbow NAV440 or GNAV540 in that they blend readings from the accelerometer, gyro, and magnetic sensor into an attitude and heading estimate. The difference however is that in this area, Apple has a very long ways to go. We have tested the attitude estimation from the core motion API under real world dynamics (e.g., flying in a plane) and, well, from the perspective of a Crossbow AHRS engineer, they won't keep you on target.
The new 1.1 release of the XSensor application is free for data-logging up to 30seconds. Users, who wish to log data from the phone for extended periods, should purchase XSensor Pro for $9.99.
Users who purchased past versions can upgrade for free.
We always welcome feedback which has been frequent and positive for this nifty little software application. Have Fun!


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The Central Connecticut lacrosse team crushed Long Island by 10 goals on Thursday afternoon. The 21-11 victory improves their record to 7-8 on the season and 2-6 in Northeast Conference action. The Blue Devils were led by eight points from sophomore Mackenzy Ryan.
Central jumped out to a 9-6 first half lead against the Blackbirds. The Blue Devils scored early as junior Cara Momnie delivered a goal only 25 seconds into the game. Sophomore Meaghan McCurry had the assist on the play.
The teams traded goals with Ryan scoring Central's second goal unassisted at the 27:55 mark. Senior Michele Conway scored an unassisted goal and then Ryan found sophomore Betsy Vendel for a score to tie the game at 4-2.
Sophomore Ali Roche scored a goal and junior Ashley Perkoski scored a pair as the Blue Devils went on a four goal run late in the half. Ryan netted her second goal of the game to cap the streak, which finished off the Blue Devils first half scoring at nine goals.
After the break Long Island cut the Central lead to 9-7, but the Blue Devils responded quickly with goals from Conway and Perkoski making it an 11-8 game.
The Blue Devils pulled away in the second half. Ryan added her third, fourth and fifth goals of the game, while Momnie recorded her second and junior Ashley Mara scored her first. McCurry registered three scores in the run as the Blue Devils put the game out of reach at 19-10.
The Blue Devils cruised to a 21-11 victory in the final minutes.
Ryan finished with a game-high five goals and also made three assists. Perkoski and Vendel each finished with six points. Vendel had two goals and four assists, while Perkoski scored four times and helped twice.
Conway and McCurry each posted three goal, one assist performances. Momnie had two goals and Roche and Mara had a single goal to make up the 21 for the Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils close out the regular season on Saturday at NEC rival Wagner.


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Reference for K-12 teachers, recreation directors, and recreation leaders. Textbook for physical education, recreation, and kinesiology pedagogy majors taking teaching methods courses.
John Price Bennett, EdD, has been teaching dance to people of all ages, from preschool to older adults, since 1969. He is a professor in the health and applied human sciences department at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he has taught dance since 1992. His primary teaching areas in dance are pre-K-12 children's creative dance, folk, square, ballroom, and Latin dance. His major focus in his teaching and research is on the preservation of our intangible cultural heritage through the medium of dance and bringing people together through dance.
John has written more than 100 publications and given more than 350 presentations throughout his career, and he stays in high demand to teach dance and provide staff development across the United States and abroad. He has been bestowed with many honors, including the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Honor Award for 2004 for meritorious service. He has served in many capacities on AAHPERD committees and is a member of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education and the National Dance Association (NDA). He has received numerous state and national teaching awards.
Pamela Coughenour Riemer, MA, has been teaching physical education since 1969 and has had recreational dance as a major component of her curriculum. Currently she is a teacher in the Scotland County School System in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Her teaching integrates the North Carolina Standard Course of Study across the entire curriculum. Her physical education program was a North Carolina President's Council on Physical Fitness Demonstration Center for 14 years.
Pamela was named North Carolina Secondary Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 1990-1991. She was the creator and choreographer for the Sycamore Lane Dance Company that has performed at 10 state AAHPERD conventions and 3 national AAHPERD conventions along with more than 200 presentations and staff developments on a state, national, and international level. She was one of the authors for the current North Carolina Standard Course of Study dance component. Pamela has served on the board of directors for the North Carolina Dance Association and is a member of AAHPERD, the NDA, and the North Carolina Dance Association. She was hired as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Defense to teach and demonstrate her techniques for teaching recreational dance in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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