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Each Castaway is one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and Gilligan is Satan.Ginger is Lust (obviously). Mary Ann is Envy: she is jealous of Ginger's beauty. The Professor is Pride: he's proud of being an annoying know-it-all. Mr. Howell is Greed (obviously). Mrs. Howell represents Sloth: she has never lifted a finger to help on any of the escape plans, except the Honeybees one. The Skipper represents two sins: Gluttony, and Wrath (for how he treats Gilligan). This leaves Gilligan. Gilligan is the person who put them there. He prevents them from leaving by foiling all of their escape plots. Also, it is his island. Therefore, Gilligan is Satan. Crazy? He does wear red in every episode. (Adapted from this site.)
- The Professor's summary of their experiences in Rescue From Gilligan's Island all but hangs a lampshade on this theory.
- The reason Skipper is two sins instead of, say, Gilligan being Gluttony, is that Wrath was the original first mate, and the Skipper ate him and absorbed his wrath-power. Gilligan (Satan) replaced him, which is why they don't Just Eat Gilligan.
- So that means Gilligan's Island is Hell??? Somehow I never pictured Hell as a tropic isle...
- Or they're in purgatory for committing said sins.
Each Castaway, including Gilligan, is one of the Seven Deadly Sins.Pairings are the same as the previous entry, except the Skipper is Anger only, and Gilligan is Gluttony. Really, if they wanted to have each of the Deadly Sins plus Satan, how hard would it have been to have eight castaways? Having one character represent two sins is aesthetically unsatisfying, and likely invented by unimaginative people who confuse obesity with gluttony. The Skipper may be fat, but he doesn't appear to eat any more than any of the others. Gilligan, on the other hand, is often portrayed as constantly eating whatever he can get his hands on.
- No, Mrs. Howell = gluttony and Gilligan = sloth. Gilligan as sloth is easy to explain; Mrs. Howell is gluttony because she constantly surrounds herself with her possessions in a hedonistic way.
- Partly confirmed, according to Inside Gilligan's Island! Google Books shows a bit of the book, and it does in fact say that each castaway represents one sin. The pages explaining which is which aren't present, but someone at Cracked read it and wrote about it, giving four sins—Gilligan's Sloth, the Professor's Pride, Ginger's Lust, and the Skipper's Wrath.
- According to this link, the other three sins are listed as Mary Ann as Envy, Thurston Howell III as Avarice/Greed, and Lovey Howell as Gluttony.
The Castaways are the subjects of an experiment run by The Professor.Nobody could be that polycompetent at so many sciences and Bamboo Technology and still be unable to fix a 3-foot hole in a boat. Whether the Professor arranged for the wreck or not is unknown, but since arriving on the island, he has taken advantage of the controlled environment to perform fiendishly subtle experiments on the others. When he doesn't directly sabotage escape attempts himself, he uses Gilligan — who is known to be dangerously susceptible to hypnotic suggestion — as his fall guy.
- Incidentally, a version of this scenario appears in the novel Gilligan's Wake.
The Castaways are the subjects of an experiment run by Gilligan.This is why Gilligan sabotages all attempts to get off the island but is immensely helpful on the rare occasions when the problem is coming from the island. He's using Obfuscating Stupidity so heavily that his experiment is almost double-blind.
The Castaways are the subjects of an experiment run by a Government Conspiracy.The Professor can't fix the hole in the boat because the Mind Control won't let him. As in the above scenario, Gilligan is under further mind control to sabotage any escape attempts. Further details are available here(pdf).
The Castaways (except The Professor) are the subjects of an experiment by the Dharma Initiative.The Professor is an overseer working for Dharma. The characters of LOST are another version of the same experiment; by extension, the Dharma Initiaive are still very much organized. The purge was faked to draw suspicion away from them.
- Then Gilligan must be the will of the island personified. Why else would he sabotage their attempts to leave the damn place?
- And all the guest stars are either Dharma or Others. It was filmed long enough ago for it to be either/or.
The castaways did Just Eat Gilligan.The entire series is a round-robin story they're telling to ease their tortured consciences as they sail back home.
The castaways are all a figment of Gilligan's imagination.After being marooned on the island during a lone boating trip, Gilligan went insane and invented the entire story of the show. The other castaways are a combination of personality with simple, broad concepts (like the Seven Deadly Sins); they never think of eating Gilligan because the entire show takes place in Gilligan's mind. Their attempts to escape the island are sabotaged each time because Gilligan himself, mad though he is, acknowledges that he will never escape.
- Or, the castaways were real, on the boat. Gilligan only met them briefly, so only knew them as charicatures. They died in the shipwreck and Gilligan hallucinates them because they were the last people he ever interacted with.
Gilligan is a former gang hitman who turned on his boss, killed him, and stole a bunch of money.He probably thought he could get away with it, too. But when he realized they were closing in on him, he got the job on the ship, caused the wreck, and has been sabotaging all the repair efforts ever since.
- Debunked by question: how did Gilligan control the weather?
The Castaways are eating Gilligan, and the entire show is his Dying Dream.That's why the episodes change over time and become more vivid (going from black and white to color), sillier and more surreal, and (just like movies) lengthier, and still always lead back to the island. That's why Gilligan eats so much— he associates death with food imagery, and his constant eating represents a sublimated desire for revenge. His sabotaging every "escape attempt" is also driven by revenge fantasies. Why else would they keep running into cannibals? And several episodes have revolved around eating things, or having things in one's mouth, that turned out to have negative consequences— radioactive vegetables, mind-reading seeds that brought out everyone's darkest secrets, poison mushrooms, explosive tooth fillings...
There never was a show called "Gilligan's Island."The subject of this entry is just the longest continuous "Twilight Zone" episode ever produced.
There was no professorThe Professor was killed early on, and the other castaways create a shared delusion to avoid dealing with his death. Think about it:
- No one with a science background would come up with some of the dumb ideas he has come up with.
- He still uses more scientific terminology correctly than their imaginations could produce
- Mr. Howell, being a Harvard man, may have picked up enough in college to fill in the gaps in terminology but not be actually competent enough to do anything really well on his own.
- The Professor has his own hut, which is rarely seen and which seems to be just storage for random junk the few times it is seen.
- He is just "the Professor."
- His name was given in the pilot episode; it's Prof. Roy Hinkley.
There was a professor — but he was a professor of psychology, not engineering.The rest of the crew slayed him before he could realize that they're all homicidal madmen. The other islanders then used him as an increasingly grotesque rotting meat puppet to come up with an idea each week. This is why he had some reasonable ideas in the first couple of episodes but tries increasingly impossible things as time goes on. (This also adds the disturbing implication that Ginger and, in one episode, Maryanne tried to go necrophile in the second season.)
Gilligan deliberately sabotaged all attempts to get off the island.Basically, Gilligan is a case of Obfuscating Stupidity. Gilligan is, in fact, a highly trained government agent tasked with keeping a small segment of the population alive in an isolated environment to survive the imminent nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union. Once the war is over and everyone else in the world is dead, Gilligan will reveal all this to his fellow islanders and they will restart civilization.
They aren't really stranded on an uncharted desert isle.It's a peninsula, and they all fail Geography forever.
- Win!
- No one ever bothered to map out the entire island, although some of them have talked about "the other side of the island," no one ever bothered to go to the beach, pick a direction and start walking?
- In some episodes, when the camera looks out from the beach toward the lagoon, you can see buildings in the background.
The Professor doesn't want to get off the island.Think about it. He's the only eligible man stranded on an island with Ginger and Mary Ann. Would you want to leave?
- So Gilligan and the Skipper are gay?
- This theory has been advanced by the actor who played The Professor in interviews - the logic being that the professor is trapped with two hot women on an island where the only competition is an old, married guy, a fat guy constantly throwing a temper tantrum, and an idiot who causes no less than half of everyone's misfortunes. He'd practically win by default.
- Alternately, the Professor doesn't want to leave the island via a repaired Minnow, because he realizes that they have no idea where they are in the vast Pacific — they got blown to the island in a storm, remember? — and would probably wind up dying of thirst in the open sea rather than being rescued. Rather than have the others outvote him and decide to risk it because they're sick of being stranded, he pretends the boat is beyond repair so they'll remain safely on land, where there's food and fresh water and hot chicks.
- Jossed on multiple occasions they use the islands longitude and latitude to figure out when a storm will come. Even if they didn't know the exact location they would know which way to go to at-least reach the shipping lanes.
Gilligan is a reincarnation of an actual headhunter demigod... and he may not be alone.He is unaware of the many ways in which his powers regularly manifest because in this particular lifetime he happens to be retarded. However, this is not only why he is so hard to kill or injure, but also why he seems to be mystically drawn towards bizaar accidents that trap people in cannibal/headhunter territory. Incidentally, the reason that there continue to be cannibals and headhunters so close to Hawaii is that to each generation, there is a a chosen, blah blah blah blah blah. perhaps the last one was a cartographer. Sub-hypothesis A: There is also a group of "Watchers," (think "Highlander" rather than "Buffy") who study these demigods. This explains not only how the Professor is fluent in actual speech of languages that supposedly no Westerner has heard in centuries, and that very few have even seen crude approximsations of in print, but also... pretty damned much everything else about him. Sub-hypothesis B: There is a duo of souls, not an individual. Which is yin and which is yang, I have no idea, but there is a tie between the two. And wherever they are born, they will be drawn toward what they must learn, and when the region needs them, they will be drawn back to it. And between them, they only get less than 300 IQ points. This particular incarnation of the Professor got lucky, since this particular incarnation of Gilligan only uses about 80 points. Hell, come to think of it, there may have been some kind of supernatural malfunction that only this particular generation split the line into two diections. Perhaps the Kupa Kai elder gods decided to try for a backup plan after they saw their reborn god shove the 123rd crayon up his nose.
The castaways are not really trying to leave the island.Because they fled Hawaii ahead of an incoming Soviet nuclear attack. This is why the Professor has usable equipment and the Howells and Ginger packed so much clothing. Other than the primitives on the next island, most of the stuff they encounter is either their own imaginations running wild or supernatural/superscience After the End weirdness typical of 1960s-1970s disaster scifi.
The entire show is the delusion of one of the castaways who is adrift in the SS Minnow.One castaway survived the storm that the SS Minnow encountered and was the only one left alive onboard after the winds died down. They are adrift w/o adequate food nor water (it was only a three hour tour after all) and is suffering from exposure,dehydration and as a result of hallucinates about the island and all of the "adventures" that happened there. Which explains why the escape plans never work,potential rescuers are all sociopaths and relatively simple ideas like patching the hull and/or building a raft are ignored. Take your pick as to which one it is.
Gilligan and the Skipper are not actually loversThey're actually only pretending to be gay in order to gain Ginger and Mary-Anne's trust in a wacky plan.
The castaways are just ordinary people that happen to have become stranded.They're not representatives of the Seven Deadly Sins or of the seven stages of drug intoxication or anything of the sort.
Gilligan is Maynard G. Krebs' middle name.After being kicked out of the house by his father sick of his son's aimlessness, Maynard made his way to Hawaii, where he found a job as a first mate on a tiny boat. He went solely by his middle name.
Gilligan doesn't want to leave the island.Being stuck on an island with the other characters is the best social situation Gilligan has ever been in, and he doesn't want it to end. This is why he sabotages all attempts to leave the island, but works so hard to keep the others safe from threats on the island. And as pointed out above, the show isn't called "The Island That A Bunch Of People Were Stuck On".
The Professor is really The DoctorThe island is really a location inside the TARDIS, and five of the other 'castaways' are companions of the Doctor who were locked in when Gilligan (secretly The Master) decided to contain the Doctor in his own pocket universe to fulfill some secret desires...
The Island is the same island we see in Fantasy Island and LOSTDue to its Weirdness Magnet status, the resort the castaways started was never really successful, so when a mysterious man in a white suit offered to buy the Howell family out, they jumped at it (Thurston and Lovey had since passed away, and their heirs were nowhere near as sentimental). Mr. Roarke, an employee of Dharma, was able to harness the island's Phlebotinum in order to make his guests' dreams and wishes come true (in exchange for hefty fees, which the Initiative collected for much-needed capital). When he was Kicked Upstairs his replacement tried to continue to run the resort, but he was nowhere near as competent as Roarke and it fell on hard times along with the rest of the Initiative.
The Island is PurgatoryThe boat sunk, everyone drowned or was consumed by sharks and the island is purgatory. Getting off the island would be the equivalent of going to Heaven but to tie into the Seven Deadly Sins theory, the cast cannot get over their vices enough to leave the island.
Gilligan was a social outcastBefore he met the rest of the cast Gilligan was an outcast who never made any friends so he joined the rest of the crew as a way to get away from society. Being stuck on the island was pretty much a blessing in disguise for him because he'd at least be surrounded with the few people he considers friends and should they get off the island or be rescued then it would be back to the life he used to have. So Gilligan purposely sabotaged any attempt in getting off the island and his constant rescuing the others from danger is just to throw out any possible temptation of killing him.
Why the Castaways had so much clothingEven the wealthiest man isn't going to bring chests of clothes on a "Three Hour tour" unless the tour was one way. It's a three hour trip from one island to the next. If they had been coming back to that marina the Minnow left from, it would have been Six-hour tour. Since you are not returning, naturally you bring your luggage with you. Some of the Castaways (Mary-Ann, the Professor) were only staying on the destination island for a day or two, while others (Ginger, the Howells) were going to stay for several weeks.
- That is pretty freakin reasonable, and explains so much.
The Real GilliganEveryone knows there were many groups who wanted Kennedy assassinated. (Don't get ahead of me, now!) The Russians, Cubans, Chinese, Koreans, the Mob, Grey Aliens, Blue Aliens, Grey Men, the Illuminati, etc. But they know that it would be too suspicious if Kennedy were shot and stabbed and poisoned and hanged and...so on. So they had to choose one person, one patsy, who would get all the attention. But they had to have one other person, hidden away, to make sure the deed got done. This other person would be hastily sent to an isolated area, away from civilization, with plenty of supplies, and just a few other people for companionship, all alone, on a deserted island... It was Gilligan. The Man on the Grassy Knoll was Gilligan. That's why they had those supplies. That's why nobody who visited the island ever mentioned the castaways. That's why they didn't go stir crazy after fifteen years. That's why after they were rescued in the movie, the castaways weren't the constant center of media attention. The media were told to stay away from them. And in the movie, Gilligan had a piece of a Soviet spy satellite. The Feds didn't care about it because it was outdated by then. One more interesting tidbit: The day the pilot episode completed filming was November 22...guess what year? Of course, you will think this is ridiculous. But that's what the conspirators want you to think. They wanted the truth to be something so ridiculous that if anybody found out, nobody would believe it! You aren't supposed to believe that Gilligan killed Kennedy!
Ginger or one of the Howell's have a touch of seer to them.
- The kind of pre-cognisance that would have convinced them to bring all that clothing, though not necessarily know why.
The American government set the castaways up to get lost.Six villages wanted to get rid of their idiots. (The Howls are married, remember, so they'd count for one.) In all the time that the castaways spent on the island, they managed to build themselves elaborate bamboo huts, furniture and even a hot tub, but couldn't patch up three holes in their boat. All seven castaways are not only uncommonly stupid, but they all suck at their jobs. Ginger seems more interested in seducing than acting; the Professor obviously has no idea what he's talking about; the Howls try to invest their money in the silliest ideas; Skipper got them lost in the first place; Gillian is Gilligan; and Mary Anne...well, she's so innocent, she might not be "stupid" per say, but maybe she just had the bad luck of being assistant to the Professor at the time. The point is, the social circles that these people supposedly belonged to didn't want them, and arranged for them to be stranded on purpose. The passengers were given free tickets, Skipper and Gilligan were assigned to the boat, and the tour was deliberately set on a date where there would be a storm. No one has "found" them yet because no one is really looking for them.
The so-called "Japanese sailor" was actually Dr. Boris Balinkoff in disguiseWell, they WERE played by the same actor.
The castaways are actually Westworld-style robotsThe castaways are robots, and the guest-stars are actually guests. That's why the guests usually win, and are never seriously injured even when they lose. The castaways are programmed to go about escape-efforts incompetently, and to never get more than moderately angry at Gilligan's screw-ups. The entire area is probably named something like Castaway-World, or Tropical-Island-World.


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Four deer run through the upper branches. They are the keepers of the power of the Four winds, and are named Duneyr (Rest), Durathor (Slumber), Dvalin and Dain. Dvalin was once a Duergar, the son of the great Duergar leader Dvalin the Old. Dain was once an Alfar lord. Duneyr and Durathor were both mortals from Midgard. All four agreed to take on the forms of immortal deer and control the winds that blow from world to world.
This does not mean that they necessarily control the atmospheres of the various worlds. However, there are "winds" - currents of energy, really - that "blow" from world to world, and can sweep things and beings with them. Magically skilled folk can learn to "ride" these currents, but attempting to control them for one's own purpose will bring one or more of the Wind Deer down upon you. While they do not engage in combat as such, their control of the winds means that they can sweep you quite literally off of Yggdrasil and into Ginnungagap.
The Guardians of the Four Directions are four Duergar known as Austri, Vestri, Sudri, and Nordri. Actually, it is unknown as to whether they are or ever were actually Duergar, or (more likely) whether they are divine entities who simply take on Duergar form. They are quite capable, and often do, take on other forms as well - elemental spirit-forms, birds, horses, dragons, etc. The Duergar of Nidavellir worship them as gods, and consider them to be divine entities who give the race of Duergar the honor of taking their forms. The four of them can be called on to help out if you have lost your way, as they know all the paths between worlds (and many within worlds) like the backs of their hands. They like to be invoked and poured for at gatherings and workings, but other wise do not require much in the way of offerings.
So I'm pretty sure the winds (which aren't called by the cardinal directions), are different from the directions themselves.

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It might look like a complicate recipe, but a little effort once in a year can bring to you delicious moments throughout the rest of the year.
4 carrots, peeled and cut on the diagonal into 1/2-inch slices
4 inner celery ribs, cut on the diagonal into 1/2-inch slices
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
3/4 pound small fresh button mushrooms
1 jar (7 1/2 ounces) pepperoncini (pickled green peppers)
1 (3-ounce) can pitted black olives, drained
1 (5-ounce) jar pimiento stuffed Spanish olives, drained
1 (12-ounce) jar baby kosher dill pickles, drained and sliced 1/2 inch thick
1 (7 1/2-ounce) jar pickled onions
1 (6 1/2-ounce) jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 (7-ounce) can imported olive oil packed tuna, drained
1 (2 ounce) tin anchovies with capers, drained
For the sauce:
1/2 cup ketchup
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
3/4 cup canned tomato sauce
1/4 cup tarragon vinegar, plus more for jars
1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 clove garlic, minced
6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Cayenne pepper
Sea salt, preferably gray salt
Place all of the prepared and drained vegetables in separate bowls and reserve their juices.
In a large saucepan, combine ketchup, Worcestershire, horseradish, tomato sauce, tarragon vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, lemon juice, and cayenne. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Season, to taste, with salt.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it generously. Blanch the cauliflower for about 2 minutes; it should still be crisp. With a skimmer, transfer the florets to a tray to cool quickly. Repeat with the carrots and then with the celery, cooking them just long enough to remove their raw taste; they will be cooked more later. Add the white wine vinegar to the water and blanch the mushrooms for 1 minute (the vinegar will keep the mushrooms white). Drain and spread the mushrooms on a tray to cool quickly.
Add the cauliflower, carrots, celery, and mushrooms to the sauce. Add the juices from the canned and jarred vegetables. Add the pepperoncini, olives, pickles, onions, and artichoke hearts and toss well.
In sterilized canning jars, place 1 teaspoon tarragon vinegar (this will guarantee freshness). Load the sauced vegetables into the jar, using a wide-mouthed funnel to avoid a mess.
In one of the large pans that you have used, add olive oil, tuna, and anchovies and mix well. Top each jar with some of the tuna mixture. Cover and refrigerate, or allow to cool on the counter before serving. This will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Sterilizing Jars
Properly handled sterilized equipment will keep canned foods in good condition for years. Sterilizing jars is the first step of preserving foods.
Jars should be made from glass and free of any chips or cracks. Preserving or canning jars are topped with a glass, plastic or metal lid, which has a rubber seal. Two-piece lids are best for canning, as they vacuum-seal when processed.
To sterilize jars before filling with jams, pickles or preserves, wash jars and lids with hot, soapy water. Rinse well and arrange jars and lids open sides up, without touching, on a tray. Boil the jars and lids in a large saucepan, covered with water, for 15 minutes.
Use tongs when handling hot sterilized jars, to move them from boiling water. Be sure tongs are sterilized too, by dipping the ends in boiling water for a few minutes.
As a rule, hot preserves go into hot jars and cold preserves go into cold jars. All items used in the process of making jams, jellies and preserves must be clean. This includes any towels used, and especially your hands.
After the jars are sterilized, you can preserve the food. It is important to follow any canning and processing instructions included in the recipe.
Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello. Read more at: http://www.rfgkitchenrelax.blogspot.com/2013/09/calabrese-hot-antipasto.html


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Women's Interhall: McGlinn and Pangborn battle in semifinals
Observer Sports Writers | Friday, November 9, 2012
By RICH HIDY
Sports Writer
No. 2 McGlinn will take on No. 6 Pangborn on Sunday in a regular-season rematch with a trip to the finals on the line.
McGlinn senior captain Emily Golden said the Shamrocks (5-1) will be especially focused as the favorites.
"I'm expecting our team to come out fighting for our lives on Sunday," Golden said. "Even though we're a higher seed, we're preparing for this game as if we're the underdogs because Pangborn was our only loss in the regular season. They're a very solid team, but we wholeheartedly believe we are capable of beating them."
Golden said McGlinn made a number of mistakes in its 13-0 loss to Pangborn (4-2) on Sept. 23, lapses which caused the Shamrocks to fall behind in the game.
"Last time we played Pangborn our offense shot us in the foot, and I take full responsibility for that as the [quarterback]," Golden said. "I threw three interceptions and made some really dumb plays that prevented us from scoring any points. If you don't score points, you can't win. It's as simple as that."
The Shamrocks are looking to right the ship and improve from their only loss of the year this time out.
"We're definitely looking for a little redemption," Golden said. "At the end of the day, this is going to be a really great game between two teams who will settle for nothing less than playing in the Stadium."
To arrive at the semifinals, Pangborn (4-2) upset No. 3 Cavanaugh 18-12 on Sunday. Senior captain Colleen Bailey said the Phoxes will need to put forth a strong effort to keep its unexpected playoff run alive.
"We are looking for everyone to give 110 percent and leave it all on the field," Bailey said.
Bailey said Pangborn's game plan is to get off to a fast start.
"We can't let the little mistakes affect us," Bailey said. "We need to come out with our best foot forward from the get-go."
Bailey also said the Phoxes will use their team chemistry to propel them to a win.
"We want to maximize our ability to have each other's backs and to support one another as a team," Bailey said.
Pangborn and McGlinn face off at LaBar Fields at 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Contact Rich Hidy at [email protected]
Pasquerilla West vs. Walsh
By KIT LOUGHRAN
Sports Writer
With the first round of the playoffs behind them, familiar foes No. 1 Pasquerilla West and No. 4 Walsh are set to square off in the semifinals Sunday.
Both teams are coming off tight victories in Sunday's quarterfinals. Pasquerilla West (7-0) went to overtime against Ryan before escaping with a 19-12 win behind sophomore quarterback Lauren Vidal's touchdown run. Walsh (5-2), meanwhile, managed to secure a close 12-7 victory over Welsh Family.
Walsh senior captain and safety Lauren Dunn said the Wild Women are prepared to take on the Purple Weasels.
"We really know our strengths and weaknesses," Dunn said. "We are going to continue sticking to our game plan."
In the other camp, Pasquerilla West senior captain and defensive lineman Meghan Schmitt said the Purple Weasels are employing a new strategy.
"In practice, we've been seeing a lot of new things about our players," Schmitt said. "We are looking to switch up some of our players' positions to improve our game."
Schmitt said Pasquerilla West plans to switch senior safety Maria Harmon to receiver and sophomore center Colleen Doyle may take snaps at quarterback.
Pasquerilla West and Walsh have met twice already this season, once in a scrimmage and a second time Sept. 25. In the regular season matchup, the Purple Weasels defeated the Wild Women 18-12.
"We have an advantage to already playing each other," Dunn said. "We look to exploit their weaknesses and limit their strengths."
Dunn said Walsh will rely on both strong offense and defense to exact revenge on Pasquerilla West.
"Our game starts with our [senior] quarterback, Kat Leach," Dunn said. "She and her receivers take care of the offensive game plan, and our defense works to stop the other team's ball movement."
Schmitt said the Purple Weasels will look for strong performances from junior offensive lineman Elaine Rousseau and freshman defensive end Katie Ferrara.
Schmitt also said team chemistry has been important so far this season.
"We all get along really well, and wanting to be out on the field and keep practicing has led to great success," Schmitt said.
The Purple Weasels and Wild Women kick off Sunday at 4 p.m. at LaBar Fields.
Contact Kit Loughran at [email protected].


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Readers eat their way through The Chronicle's Top 100 restaurants
RESTAURANTS After eating their way through the Top 100, it's back to ramen from here on
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, April 2, 2009
March 3 was a dreadful night. The sky - a menacing shade of gray - opened up to unleash torrents of rain, the likes of which the Bay Area hadn't seen all year. But Scott White was not deterred. Come hell, or a lot of water, he was going to dinner at Masa's. It was his final stop on a yearlong quest to hit all of The San Francisco Chronicle's Top 100 Restaurants.
This Sunday, readers from around the bay may embark on similar journeys, as - pens in hand - they rifle through crisp copies of 2009's Top 100 issue of The Chronicle Magazine. Many will tally their totals against the list assembled by executive food and wine editor and restaurant critic Michael Bauer.
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For 46-year-old White, it's a call to action. When the 2008 issue came out, "I realized I'd only been to three of these restaurants," says White. "My family said, 'Dude, you've got to go out there and start eating.' "
And so he did - big time.
White booked Redd, Cyrus and the French Laundry, packaging it as a gift for his wife's birthday. Yet White isn't your average big spender.
The San Ramon father of two makes his living as a painting contractor. His diet - prior to the past year, of course - consisted of In-N-Out, Applebee's or meals at home. A fancy dinner? That would be Black Angus.
"Redd was the best food I had ever eaten," White says, adding that things only got better at the next two. "It was shocking to me to experience a multicourse meal with wine pairings. My whole system was on overload."
From there, checking restaurants off his list became an obsession. White gained 25 pounds in 12 weeks, working his way through 50 restaurants, and thought he might have to stop. Then he went on an Alaskan cruise.
"I started to lose the weight, I think, when I hit the buffet. My palate had been altered so much that I literally picked at my food."
His wife stopped accompanying him after about the first 20 meals, so White took friends or, more often, ate solo at the bar, where he would strike up conversations with his neighbors, sharing his tattered copy of the magazine (or bible, as he refers to it), entries from his leather-bound journal and plenty of food.
White speaks of four-star meals at La Folie, vegetarian feasts at Ubuntu and philosophical conversations with local chefs. Some of the best moments, he says, were bonding with his teenage kids at Nopa and Pizzeria Picco.
But for Meredith Cooper, another Top 100 passionista, good restaurants and philosophical chefs are secondary to a little fierce competition.
"A friend of mine was going through the list a few years ago, and she was curious to see how many she had been to," says Cooper. "I counted mine and then a few other friends jumped on board."
They decided to make it a contest, to see who could hit the most restaurants by the time the next magazine came out. The rules are simple: One point for every restaurant visited. Whoever earns the most points gets a meal of her choice at one of the remaining restaurants - in addition to bragging rights.
And they take the competition seriously. Cooper recalls a heated debate over Amber India - she had been to the one in San Jose, but only the Mountain View location was listed in the magazine.
"One of my friends had the nerve to e-mail Michael Bauer to make the decision," says Cooper. The result? No point.
Cooper also says that eating through the Top 100 has made for some good date nights.
"We actually noticed a trend. Whoever happens to be in a new relationship that year tends to win." And, says the Mountain View resident, the competition has dictated the way she has dined for the past three years.
"My parents were in town and I tried to plan everything around the Top 100," she admits. "I said, 'If we're going to dim sum, it has to be at Koi Palace or Yank Sing.' "
Cooper also says she's been inspired to eat at a lot of places she wouldn't go otherwise.
But how, especially in this economy, can diners afford it?
Cooper's crew isn't as concerned with visiting all 100, and she says they try to knock off the cheaper places first, saving more expensive restaurants for special occasions. White says you have to plan carefully.
He would, he says, eat a lot of Top Ramen and Costco lasagna when he wasn't eating at a Top 100. On restaurant days, he simply wouldn't eat anything beforehand. He also took on a lot of extra painting work to fund the adventure.
In the end, White printed T-shirts with a list of all 100 restaurants and what it took to get there: 382 hours and $18,420.95.
When the new list comes out Sunday, White will be in New Orleans - he's volunteered there every year since Hurricane Katrina hit, driving out with a truckful of painting supplies to help rebuild houses. This year, he might just check out the local cuisine as well.
But he's prepared to help others take the Top 100 challenge. As the last line on his T-shirt says, "Who's next?"
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Can Greg Oden Play Significant Role in Miami Heat's Playoff Push?March 4, 2014
While the Miami Heat aren't—and shouldn't be—counting on a major contribution from Greg Oden as they lurch toward a possible three-peat, the hard-luck center has put himself in a position to move the needle for the defending champs.
This is a scenario—should it occur—that would have been unfathomable a year ago. Impossible, really. And it would make for a remarkable feel-good story for anyone with a working human heart and a posture toward the Heat that isn't most aptly described as "rage that precludes basic empathy." People who can feel things should feel good about Greg Oden.
The center is a nice man who has suffered greatly. He's been through a terrible and very specific sort of agony that most of us could scarcely imagine. His story is Tragic with a capital "T." Tragic in the Athenian sense.
Let's stretch some imaginative muscles here: You're Greg Oden, or someone like him—which is to say, someone with a world class ability. You're one of the top people on the planet at something consequential and you have the work ethic to match it. You love this thing that God, or chance or whatever force makes such determinations has gifted you. You treasure it.
And then one day, right when you've reached the highest level where people ply this trade—right when you're about to hit your zenith as a (Pilot? Architect? Lawyer? Surgeon? Author?)—it happens: The ability, the greatness that resided in you, is wrested away. You lose it entirely because of an injury, an accident—whatever. It's gone. You can't do it anymore. Not at a high-level, not at all. You're through. Your sine qua non stripped. Where a man once stood, a withered husk now inertly sits.
Meanwhile, while you're withstanding this devastating psychological torment, hundreds of thousands—no, millions—of people are savagely criticizing you in public for the fact that you're not dominating in this discipline you once dominated so completely.
To their eyes, the failure isn't some fluke, some random fluctuation in a complex universe that you had zero say over—but something that you did. You're a bust. You messed up. You are not a victim of this thing—this sudden, spontaneous disintegration of a unique brand of greatness—but the perpetrator of it.
You're either hated or pitied, some pathetic wretch with filthy fingernails and a change cup in hand—chewed up and spat out by life.
Oh, and you're 22 years old.
This is, roughly, with a bit of psycho-artistic license, what Greg Oden has gone through these last five seasons, with leg injuries of more varieties than a supermarket has of mustard taking an axe to what should have been a brilliant basketball career. Maybe even a Hall of Fame career.
Oh, yes. Let's not forget this. Oden's rival, the player he was compared to in the months preceding the 2007 draft—the player he was deemed by nearly every pundit who put a prediction on the record to be superior to—has blossomed.
Kevin Durant is a superstar in such a way that the expression "superstar" doesn't quite articulate. He's now crafting one of the greatest offensive seasons in NBA history—one which is only marginally better than the one he assembled a year ago—and appears headed toward his first MVP award. While Oden mourns what could have been, he's had to watch Durant actualize it.
Oden admitted to Grantland's Mark Titus, a former AAU teammate, that this was especially difficult.
"I'd be lying if I said that it didn't suck to see Durant doing so well," he said. "Only because every time he had a good game in those first few years, I knew I was going to get a bunch of crap from all of my haters. But that doesn't mean I dislike him as a person or anything like that. He's a good guy and one of the three best players in the league right now. The only reason it hurts to watch him play is because I know that if I got the chance to show what I've got, I could be making All-Star teams like he and Horford are, too.
"That's the worst part about all of the injuries and the criticism. It would be one thing if I had been healthy for five years and just sucked when I was on the court. But I can't prove what I can do because I can't stay healthy. Not having control over the situation makes it tough."
Oden has had every reason to waive the white flag in the face of this searing, unrelenting, open-nerve pain. To give up, succumb to drugs or alcohol or despair in the way victims of awful injustices sometimes do. He would, eventually, have been forgiven and forgotten. But here's the salient thing about Greg Oden, the heroic thing about Greg Oden: He didn't do that. He hasn't given up.
After missing the entirety of his rookie season, all but 21 games during his junior year in the NBA and failing to play a minute of professional basketball in 2010-11, 2011-12 or 2012-13, Greg Oden is back. And, while he's not the player he once was physically, his statistical signature isn't altogether different from what he offered before his body betrayed him.
Consider the numbers. According to Basketball-Reference, in 2008-09, the brief pinnacle of his professional career, Oden averaged 14.8 points, 11.6 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and 0.7 steals per 36 minutes to go along with a true shooting percentage of 59.9. In 2013-14, after all he's gone through, Oden is thus far posting 14.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, 1.8 blocks and 1.2 steals with a true shooting percentage of 60.8.
His win shares per 48 minutes are, so far this season, at .164, per Basketball-Reference. This is 64 percent above the league average and just a hair below his .179 career mark. (Kevin Durant, for the record, is at .203 for his career.)
Granted, usage plays an enormous role here. Oden is playing just 8.4 minutes per game so far in 2013-14, down from 21.5 and 23.9 during his first two professional seasons. It stands to reason that, in a bigger role, his production would take a dive—permitting that his body didn't break down first.
But, in the context of the Heat's plan for Oden, that's fine. The team doesn't need him to play often to contribute. That was never the plan. Given his age (he's 26) and potential, the Heat might still carve out a long-term role for Oden. But for now, he's a third-string center, a big man to spell Chris Andersen when he's worn out from spelling Chris Bosh. And relative to other players with similar responsibilities, Oden has been great.
According to NBA.com, of the 46 backup centers who have played fewer than 15 minutes per game, Oden is fifth in true shooting percentage, 10th in usage, 12th in net rating, 8th in offensive rebounding percentage, 13th in blocks and 13th in steals. These aren't numbers befitting a former No. 1 overall draft pick, sure, but nor are they what you'd expect from a man who'd been out of basketball for three full seasons.
And he's getting better. On Monday, ESPN Heat beat reporter Michael Wallace opined that the big man is quietly rounding into form for Miami.
Oden is gaining both confidence and rhythm—albeit one possession at a time—with his role and playing time having slightly increased in recent weeks. He is coming off modest season highs in both minutes played (13) and points (eight) during Saturday's victory.
The progress seems likely to continue, according to Pat Riley. The Heat president says his training staff has gone through pains to tailor a program that will enable Oden to produce when Miami needs him the most.
"Our training staff has done an incredible job of getting to a perfect time, through trial and error, of exactly how many minutes he can play, what his knee feels like the next day and how they're treating him, which is allowing him to play every night," Riley told Wallace. "I just cross my fingers and knock on wood every day that he stays healthy. And if he does, he's going to get better. And if he gets better, than we'll get better. That's why we brought him in."
The Heat are, in every meaningful sense, LeBron James' team, but in each step along the way of their recent run, they've received significant contributions from unexpected places. Mike Miller's seven three-point shots in Game 5 of the 2012 NBA Finals. 18 points on six triples from Shane Battier in the finals' clincher last year. Everything the Birdman has done since coming to South Beach.
With Miami seemingly on a collision course headed for Roy Hibbert and the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals and, possibly, an NBA Finals rematch with Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs looming as well, the team may need a similar boost from Oden to join the rarefied ranks of three-peaters. It's a boost that he, incredibly, seems prepared to provide.
Four months, or four years from now, we might not look back at the 2014 Finals and shake our heads at that beautiful and unlikely moment when Greg Oden lumbered off the bench in the deciding game and—like a limping Kirk Gibson, or a battered Willis Reed—tapped into something magical to carry his team to a title.
But I sure hope we do.


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This is target driver for QLogic qla2xxx (22xx++) Fibre Channel adapters.
This driver starting from version 3.1 supports 16G Hilda QLogic chip based adapters (post-Hilda QLogic chips not supported) and has many other important improvements. This driver should also support FCoE, but that has never been verified. It has passed intensive internal SanDisk tests. It is stable and production ready. This driver is in stable maintenance mode in favor of the QLogic git tree driver (see below). This is the recommended driver to use in production at the moment.
You can find the latest updates for this driver in the SVN trunk.
The latest QLogic maintained version of this driver with full support of the latest QLogic chips for both FC and FCoE you can find in git://git.qlogic.com/scst-qla2xxx.git. That version also supports T10-PI functionality. It is maintained by QLogic, hence located in the QLogic's git. See SVN root README for instructions how to integrate it into the SCST build tree. However, not all improvements from the SVN trunk target driver have been integrated in this driver yet, so it is not as stable and functional as the SVN trunk driver.


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Didnt know where to put this but my question is how do i make the grid bigger? or is this not possible.
total newb here so any help is appreciated, TY for answers.
Want to do this to make it easier to measure things for myself.
Can i make the grid bigger?
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Use your communication skills in order to speed things up. This will also fulfill your own desires. Do not travel without a purpose. You will have to face some problems. This will turn out to be total waste of time.


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Wigan gets much of his inspiration from things British--Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Queen's carriage, Henry VIII and his six wives--and the artist's works reside in his home country, too. The David Lloyd Group of Surrey, U.K., holds most of Wigan's collection, which is insured for 11.2 million pounds--about $22 million.
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MVC Asynchronous Controller : The Basics
When I first saw the Asynchronous Controllers introduced in MVC 2, I couldn't wait to start playing around. I thought that it would be a really easy to get up and running with a simple example, but after searching online for a few working examples - pretty much all of them used an event based pattern that wasn't easy to understand. In this blog post I am going to run through a really simple example that will show you the basics of Asynchronous Controllers, and show you how easy they really are.
There are some massive benefits to using Asynchronous Controllers with MVC. If your application is I/O or network limited, adding an Asynchronous Controller can help your application stay responsive. It's also a really sexy way of handling long running operations without blocking your application. In this post, I am going to run through a simple example using an Asynchronous Controller and show you just how easy it really is to get up and running. The easiest way by far is using the Task Parallel library. I have also blogged about the Task Parallel Library using Parallel Invoke, for more information please read this post.
Right, let's get started. In Visual Studio, create a new empty MVC application and add a new controller. I've called mine HomeController. Then you need to change the Controller so that it inherits from the AsyncController base class instead of the Controller base class.
Next up, I am going to add a method called IndexAysnc(). Asynchronous actions are written in a similar fashion to standard synchronous requests. It is important to name the Action Methods correctly, as they need to end in 'Async' or 'Completed'. In a synchronous controller, you would normally only have one Action Method per HTTP action. However, in an Async method, you get both Async and Completed appended to the name - but the View name will still be Index. So in this example, our URL will still be /Home/Index
If you notice in the method above, it is making use of the Task.Factory.StartNew() method that comes with the Task Parallel Library. It is a great way to add threading to your application and it also makes the code really streamline. Inside the StartNew() method I am adding some simple code to download the HTML from this website, but you could replace this with any custom long running method of your choice. Next, add the final part of the async method (Completed). If we follow the naming convention, it should be IndexCompleted.
You may also notice that in the code above that I am using AsyncManager.OutstandingOperations. This notifies the MVC pipeline of how many operations are pending completion. This is necessary because MVC has no way of knowing what operations were kicked off by the action method or when those operations are complete. When the counter hits zero, the pipeline understands that it needs to complete the overall operation.
This is just a simple method that returns the data to our view, from here you can return anything that was executed asynchronously to your View. It's that simple! If you would like to run through this example the project is available for download, please click here to download.
Andrew Herrick - 1/17/2012
This is a great intro into Async, however I am trying to get my head wrapped around why I would use this? In your example, what would be the difference in just having the first request go out, updating data, then doing the second request? It would still take just as long to display the view?
Todd A. Wood - 1/17/2012
The Asynchronous name lures you in but your UI experience is still linked to the longest pole in the tent. There is no advantage for a single long running task as the AsyncController will take as long as a standard Controller. Few real world scenarios when you need to issue two independent LRTs.
Ariel de Llano - 1/17/2012
If the first task takes, let's say, 2 seconds and the second task takes 2 more, doing the two tasks synchronously will take 4 seconds total, doing it with an async controller will only take 2 seconds as the two tasks run in parallel.
mark erickson - 1/17/2012
Yes, thanks for a good article on a tough subject! @Andrew, I'm still new to async, but I think *this* async example cuts the *server* tasks into smaller pieces so the server workload is more efficient (= faster average responses for everyone).
Drogon - 1/17/2012
Very clear demo, thanks! But I'm still perplexed about one thing: Wouldn't this same thing be possible using a synchronous controller, making 2 parallel calls in the action method and then returning when all callbacks are completed?
mark erickson - 1/17/2012
@Drogon I'm no expert but thats kind of how async works: Server Thread#1 does DownloadString("data") until Begin() Thread#1 is released Thread#2 does DownloadString("moredata") until Begin() Thread#2 is released Eventually, both "data" and "moredata" come back--End() Thread#3 Renders Response
Asynchronous Controllers is intended for IO bound operation. Your example is CPU bound and DownloadString call is synchronous. Use DownloadStringAsync or BeginRequest to get the real benefit of Asynchrony in ASP.NET
Martin - 1/18/2012
The main advantage to using AsyncController is that you are no longer blocking IIS threads so while that work is being done IIS can process more requests
Jarman - 1/18/2012
As Martin said, the primary benefit is to allow your server to process more requests. This article is pretty good: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee728598.aspx
Khoi Pham - 1/20/2012
I think some important information was left out in this post. Firstly you need to understand that execution of your task will not have access to the HttpContext unless you run it in the current SynchronizationContext. Secondly, be aware that unobserved exceptions can kill the w3p.exe process!
Tun Hein - 1/23/2012
This is a nice stuff. But I was wondering, If we can use this in cascading dropdown circumstances.
Elliot - 12/4/2012
Thx for the article. Definitely makes sense for two http calls like in the example. Now, I keep seeing people saying that asyc controllers allow IIS to have more of its threads back. But IIS threads aren't blocked after they pass the request to clr threads are they?
Elliot - 12/4/2012
Actually on second thoughts I am confused about the example. How is it better than a normal action method that waits for the two tasks to complete?
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Three persons were killed and over 15 injured in two separtae incidents of bomb blasts in Guwahati and Tinsukia in Assam.
Police informed that suspected United Liberation Front of Asom militants detonated a bomb at Anthgaon area in the heart of Guwahati at around 6.30 on Saunday evening killing one person and injuring four.
Two more persons were killed and at least 11 others injured when a bomb went off inside a Maruti [Get Quote] car at Devipukhuri area in Tinsukia town of eastern Assam on Sunday evening.
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There are two kinds of sports games: very serious simulations that try to realistically model the sport in question, and the other kind—the ones that live up to the arcade heritage of video games with power-ups and giant-headed characters and other wackiness.
Here are 10 of them: the most gloriously silly sports games ever.
The Mario & Sonic Olympics series occasionally produces weirdness like villains from the Mario and Sonic games doing synchronized swimming routines to "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy," but that's nothing compared to the Dream Events.
Dream diving has you leap from a flying pirate ship, racing to the ocean while steering through hoops and collecting stars. Dream fencing is straight-up sword battles. In the dream equestrian event you steer a wagon full of eggs through waterfalls and off cliffs while a wizard on a broomstick hurls burning bales of hay at you. That would certainly liven up curling.
There are lots of games where American football gets reimagined as an ultraviolent futuresport with chainsaws, robots, and lasers. Blood Bowl goes in the other direction, turning gridiron into a fantasy game played by Goblins, Dwarfs, and Halflings, though one that's just as bloody.
Designed by Europeans, it's a satire of the armor-wearing American version of the sport as seen by people who murder each other over soccer matches. Since J. R. R. Tolkien wrote Orcs with football hooligan dialogue it makes a kind of sense, but only just.
Blitz: The League takes the aesthetics of those game show deathmatch versions of football and applies it to the present day. It's fictional League football with no referees and players free to brutalize each other, every broken bone shown in x-ray slow-motion.
Fun fact: Blitz: The League was refused a rating (effectively banning it) in Australia not for violence—though it opens on a player getting his thumb ripped off—but because of its portrayal of steroids as a handy way to increase stamina.
A character voiced by Dennis Rodman invites women to his private island for a fighting competition but, shocking twist, there isn't one. So they take a holiday and play beach volleyball in bikinis instead.
Dead Or Alive Xtreme is a volleyball game only in the loosest sense of those words. Between matches there are other activities, and you can buy sexy outfits for the ladies who then pose in them. "I only play it for the volleyball!" some fans say. Sure, and you only read Playboy.com for the listicles.
Perhaps because of how boring it is to play regular golf, there are plenty of weird golf games. Vertiginous Golf is minigolf on floating islands and Ribbit King replaces golf balls with frogs. Outlaw Golf takes the cake by letting its cast of wacky golfers refill their "composure" bar by beating up their caddies.
It was popular enough to not only get a sequel but two spin-offs with celebrity commentators. Outlaw Tennis features Stephen Colbert, and Outlaw Volleyball has Steve Carell.
In Japan World Cup you bet on horse races and watch the results. That's it. But as you hear the serious commentators present today's riders, you realize something's off. One of the horses is wearing a domino mask, another has two riders. One is actually a bull, or two people in a pantomime horse costume. And then the races begin.
Each time something more bizarre happens. Some competitors launch into space, or use a drill to ram the lead horse's butt. By the third game in the series you're watching a yeti leap onto the back of a Trojan horse and steal its rider to use as a whip. The word "Japan" has become a lazy synonym for "weird" on the internet, but in the case of Japan World Cup it's totally accurate.
In Diabolical Pitch you are a baseball player who loses an arm and has it replaced with a cybernetic super-limb. That's not the weird bit.
Next, you are trapped in a carnival fever-dream hellscape and must use that cyber-arm to hurl balls at evil clowns and threadbare mascots and occasionally a panda who is also a cannon or an elephant in a flying saucer. That right there is the weird bit.
In a bar called The Inventory characters from different media mingle and play poker. Ash from Evil Dead, Brock Samson from Venture Bros., and Strong Bad, the guy with boxing glove hands who reads emails from the Homestar Runner webcartoon, are all here. So are characters from games like Team Fortress 2, Portal, and Sam & Max. The Poker Night series lets you play with all of them—but only the most insane characters from each.
If poker is a game about reading the tells of people to play the player and not the game, Poker Night destroys that by making every one of your opponents a bundle of psychotic tics and threatening one-liners who barely knows their own mind. Are they bluffing? Half the time they don't even know.
A kind of opposite land Teen Wolf, in Basketball Nightmare you control a team of human players who are pitted against werewolves as well as entire teams of vampires, skeletons, cyclopes, samurai, and Japanese water demons who look like turtles.
And yet even with all that going on Basketball Nightmare is only the second-strangest video game about basketball. (No, the strangest isn't NBA Jam, though it is pretty odd.)
Barkley, Shut Up & Jam: Gaiden is the strangest basketball game. It casts you as Charles Barkley in a dystopian future where basketball is banned because you performed a move so powerful it killed millions: a Chaos Dunk. As Barkley you must avoid the secret police led by your enemy Michael Jordan, defeat villains who plan to conquer the world using the basketball from Space Jam, fight a tedious number of Final Fantasy-style battles, and do it all with your amazing b-ball combat skills. It climaxes with a battle against the evil "Shadow Barkley" on a spaceship.
Crazy as it sounds, Barkley, Shut Up & Jam: Gaiden is popular enough that its creators managed to crowdfund a sequel, raising $120,335 for it. That's enough money to make something even more twisted.
Jody Macgregor lives in Melbourne, Australia. He writes about games for PC Gamer, ZAM, and Rock, Paper Shotgun, and writes about music for The Big Issue, FasterLouder, and inthemix. He's on Twitter at @jodymacgregor.
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NCAA Basketball betting line favors Gauchos over Hornets
Sacramento State Hornets vs Santa Barbara Gauchos Odds
Santa Barbara looks to cover the Gauchos-Hornets pointspread on Saturday and improve its overall 8-17 mark when they host Sacramento State in college basketball wagering action.
The Gauchos are 8-17 so far on the season, and 10-13 ATS vs. the number. The Hornets, meanwhile, are 12-12 and 8-10-2 ATS. OVER/UNDER bettors have seen Santa Barbara go 9-11 and the Hornets go 7-11 on the totals.
View Sacramento State vs Santa Barbara Odds and Stats.
Betting Line:
Bettors looking to back visiting Sacramento State before tip-off in this one found them as 7.5-point underdogs over at Sportsbook.ag earlier.
Power Rankings / Prediction:
According to new college basketball power rankings here, it's the No. 239-ranked Gauchos and the No. 234-rated Hornets in this matchup. Computer formulas aimed at predicting NCAAB scores point to a 67-62 win for the Hornets on Saturday.
How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Santa Barbara's No. 246 nationally ranked offense (64.6 points per game) against a Hornets defense that sits as the No. 180 at 66.6 PPG. The Gauchos have been averaging 42% from the field, less than the Hornets have managed so far this season (42.5% on average).
Defensively, Sacramento State features the nation's No. 145-rated defense on the road, allowing 68.2 points per game. Santa Barbara, meanwhile, comes in at No. 223 nationally in scoring at home.
Last time out for Sacramento State, they were a 78-64 loser as they battled Northern Colorado on the road. They failed to cover in the match as a 6-point underdog. The Hornets endured a 78-64 loss at the hands of the Bears on Saturday, despite a 13-point effort from Cody Demps at Butler-Hancock Pavilion.
Santa Barbara was a 54-45 loser in their most recent outing on the road against UC Riverside. They failed to cover the 1.5-point spread as favorites. The Gauchos endured a 54-45 loss at the hands of the Highlanders on Wednesday, despite a 15-point effort from Alan Williams at Student Center.
Sacramento State Hornets Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 0-10
Before playing Weber State are 1-9
After playing Northern Colorado are 2-8
After a loss are 5-5
Santa Barbara Gauchos Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Hawaii are 0-1
After playing UC Riverside are 8-2
After a loss are 3-7
A few Hornets at Gauchos trends to consider:
Sacramento State is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Santa Barbara's last 5 games
Santa Barbara is 15-6 SU in its last 21 games at home
Santa Barbara is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
Santa Barbara is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
Next up:
Sacramento State home to Weber State, Thursday, February 28
Santa Barbara at Hawaii, Thursday, February 28


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Back to the discussion of Service Domains: changes and ownership through governance.
Two readers have responded with interesting considerations.
MMahesh, your response brings about an important element of SOA: that of the separation of description from implementation and to IoD's point, if the change in question is only one of functionality and not SLA change or QoS change, then the Domain Owner has less of a say in this.
It thus appears that the service consumer expects a certain function (Service description) and a certain QoS. If these are satisfied, then the consumer if typiclaly happy.
Thus the change might not even affect the consumer, in which case the question is whether non-consumer affecting changes should be reported.
In some cases, I would like to point out that this may be warranted: where there is a deviance from a reference architecture, and i.e., of compliance. Now if the change makes sense then it must be propagated through the governance process of vitality which ensures continued relevance of the compliance criteria (eg a reference architecture or reference model) .
Key takeaways:
1. provider and consumer roles have their own concerns and governance applies to each individually and then to both to maintain a healthy service eco-system.
2. Change the implementation if you want (provider) or change it if you have to (consumer) and you are not getting your QoS or functionality. This ability to have the power to choose from various providers who suit your needs (functioanl and operational (QoS)), is a key feature of SOA.
3. Service Domains define a sphere of responsiblity, both functionally, operationally and financially.
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Test the reliability of your packet sizes with the spray command.
$ spray [ -c count -d interval -l packet-size] hostname
Number of packets to send.
Number of microseconds to pause between sending packets. If you do not use a delay, you might deplete the buffers.
Is the packet size.
Is the system to send packets.
For more information about this command, see spray(1M).
The following example sends 100 packets to a host (-c 100), with a packet size of 2048 bytes (-l 2048). The packets are sent with a delay time of 20 microseconds between each burst (-d 20).
$ spray -c 100 -d 20 -l 2048 pluto sending 100 packets of length 2048 to pluto ... no packets dropped by pluto 279 packets/sec, 573043 bytes/sec


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All of the projects are coming along nicely. We are sweating, lifting, moving, shoveling, hoeing, raking and doing it all with great attitudes and open minds.
The Hopi group has been helping re-cement the village plaza and have helped in the clean up of old buildings and structures. The village plaza is a special place for the Hopi. Later this month they will hold their sacred snake dance, and our group feels good about helping the village prepare for this tradition.
Also, there was a lot of flooding that took place last week and many parts of the village were covered in water and mud-puddles. Our group dug an extensive system of trenches through the village and that ran off to the side of the mesa in order to drain the water. This was a great help to the Hopi and again our group is satisfied with being able to help wherever it is needed.


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Britain is nevertheless right to withdraw, because its forces have become part of the problem. Winston Churchill's solution to the problem of difficult wars was to declare victory and then leave, and that is more or less what Mr Blair tried to do when he announced the proposed troop reductions in the Commons yesterday. A British and Iraqi operation to clear Basra of the worst elements had been successful, he said, and Iraqi forces were ready to take over while the British withdraw to a single main base from which they will be able to support the Iraqis, protect supply lines, and secure the Iraq-Iran border. Over time, more British troops will be able to leave. But this is a case of being able to declare the mission fulfilled only by constantly redefining and reducing it. General David Petraeus, the new American commander, is engaged in a similar enterprise in Baghdad, attempting to clear and calm the capital in order to win the Iraqi government some time. The hope is that he succeeds in getting a breathing space for the Iraqis, but what a comedown from the ambitions of even a year ago. In the south, nobody doubts that life in Basra is improved, although still far from secure, or that the Iraqi troops trained by the British are somewhat readier than they were a few months ago. But Iraq is in contention between powerful forces. The outcome of that battle is one which Britain can shape in only limited ways, and the capacity to do so will shrink even further as first British and other coalition units, and then, inevitably, American ones, withdraw. How will the struggle between different Shia groups in the south work out, and how will that affect the balance of power in Baghdad, or the security of the supply lines feeding American units in the capital who are face to face with Shia militants there? The risk of British troops becoming either bystanders or victims, or both, is real.
Britain's soldiers will come home, but the Iraqis have to stay. Britain and America began by offering them liberation. The best that can be done for them now is to find a little extra time, but even that will be limited. We cannot do much more, we cannot do better. The prime minister is right when he says that the next chapter in Basra's and Iraq's history will be written by Iraqis. That passes the responsibility to them, but it should not take away from Britain's responsibility for the chapter that is closing.


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Wirelessly posted
There is no rumor of it leaking, just a lot of hoping that its even gonna pop..
Wirelessly posted
There is no rumor of it leaking, just a lot of hoping that its even gonna pop..
OK what the hell I'm in...
Transitions are not part of the radio file are they? I considered a straight .140 install, but I'm worried that I won't get the same quick/consistent transitions as .191
Is there a significant difference in speed (straight .140 vs. .191)? I'm still trying to sort out what I'm going to miss from .191 if I do a straight .140, versus a hybrid that has the .140 radio and most .191 files.
QUESTION!! lol.. umm if i did a .140 with all of the java files from .191 and a restore from .191 to enable the flick scrollin... how yall think that would work? .. lol umm and bigger question.. would i still have bbm?
I'm torn between straight .140, straight .191, or a hybrid 5.0 lol. But I'm leaning towards keeping the full .191 - I just really miss my camera at times. But the speed is just so much...better than anything before it IMO. So I think I'll stay.
But don't let that stop anybody from leaking a high .2xx build for the Storm . Does anybody know what the latest build for the 9530 is, and if there's a remotely possible leak on the horizon?


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In September 2008, RIKEN officially ceased development on their nurse robot RI-MAN, designed to lift patients out of bed and wheelchairs. Setting out to improve the robot, RIKEN has created RIBA (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance). Inheriting RI-MAN's functionality, RIBA can detect faces and voices with its embedded sensors but can process sensor data up to 15 times faster thanks to a more powerful CPU. Additionally, RIBA has improved strength enabling it to hold patients weighing up to 61kg (135 lbs), whereas RI-MAN was only able to hold 18.5kg (40 lbs). RIKEN contends this is the world's best strength-weight ratio for robots.
RIBA, which weighs 180kg (400 lbs) and stands 140cm (4'6″) tall, was made to look like a cuddly teddy bear to avoid frightening patients. RIBA has tactile sensors embedded in its arms underneath pliant urethane foam rubber developed by partner Tokai Rubber, which detects slippage and helps hold a person comfortably.
Motor noise has been reduced from 60.0dB to 53.4dB, for more quiet operation, and RIBA can move autonomously, following human workers by itself. It can also be moved around by human workers through a haptic guidance system by simply pushing it, so as not to require any special devices. Moving on a set of omni-directional wheels, RIBA should have no trouble navigating tight spaces.
Robots designed to help cope with Japan's aging population will need to be more productive and reliable than ever. In the future, RIKEN plans to advance the study of nursing care robots by improving the robot's lifting strength and its ability to deal with more complex environments. They plan to implement trials in nursing homes in the next few years.
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I like her, but when down to Jael and her, I have no choice...
I like her, but when down to Jael and her, I have no choice...
I agree with you, I think Kathleen has more potential than Diana. Diana just blah...Originally Posted by Kahlen_rocks;2263438;
Kathleen's picture was simply horrid.
And she had no idea what was going on around her.
Poor girl couldn't understand the consept of Anti-Fur to save her life.
I think that for once Tyra and Co. made the right choice.
I wish you had a favourite beauty spot that you loved secretly/'Cos it was on a hidden bit that nobody else could see/Basically, I wish that you loved me/I wish that you needed me/I wish that you knew when I said two sugars, actually I meant three. - Kate Nash, "Nicest Thing"
don't get me wrong, but diana didn't catch the concept either, and even if kathleen didn't catch it, at least the photo's decent to be the first one.
However, she wouldn't make a winner (modelling wise, ANTM wise, Realitytv wise), an we all know that, her time would've came one day.
Shooting with the elephant, it reminds me of an ancient
dinosaur, because they are in the dinosaurs family ,
=== Jade, Cycle 6===
she was so funny...I liked her
but I guess it has become a trend that If you love Tyra too much like Kathleen (and Christian before her) you will be sent home first.
In the interview she says she does understand the concept but was misunderstood at panel. I can imagine you are very nervous at panel and choose your words very carefully to not say something wrong.. and when it goes wrong I wouldn't know what to do.
I liked her very much and I'm dissapointed she went so early! There are girls who I think should've got the boot before Kathleen, like Cassandra, Diane or Natasha. This is the third time one of my favorites gets the boot first! (Kathy, Christian)
"A group who forms a unit that excludes people on the persuasion that you hate a person [Paloma] is bullying and it's bitchy. Who instigated this [Jordan] is an absolute moron and who took part in it and encouraged it [Anika, Danica, Sophie, Alice] are even bigger morons." - Charlotte Dawson. Amen!
Yeah... I REALLY take that back. She strikes me as severley unintelligent too.Originally Posted by breezez_air;2246275;
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I don't wanna get fat like you
Don't even believe in the F Word...FAT
...Perhaps you meant PEE AYTCH AY TEE
Yeah...I did
- Stacy Ann and Whitney- ANTM 10
Has anybody watched Kathleen's close-up interview on the CW site? Her hair has changed. She got long sort of wavy black hair now. As ugly as her old hair was, I kind of miss it It was part of her character.
Her three foot tall hair and even bigger personality were all that made her stand out to me.Originally Posted by potatowedgie;2264298;
OMG, I loooved this girl and I'm so sad she left. She was so funny and real and now I have to find another favorite


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- Posted January 13, 2014 by
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London, United Kingdom
Umbrella Companies
Benefits of Umbrella Company
Although majority of workers want a limited company to take care of their business processes, there are times which umbrella agencies can be a better option. By understanding all the advantages that you can enjoy in a umbrella company and match them with your expectations and goals in your contracting profession, then you will be able to come up with the best business model for you.
The first and most important step is having clear reasons why a contracting profession is the best for you; for independence, opportunity to set and balance your life and work, a chance to maximize the profits of your experience and skills and so on. After analyzing all these together with other benefits which come along with it such as receiving payments since you work in your own home and other tax benefits, you will be able to rethink and opt for an umbrella company.
Instead of working as limited company where you will have a lot of work load, an umbrella company will handle the tax issue, payroll and other business processes on your behalf. Working under an umbrella company saves you from setting up only to close down a limited company after few months. It will clear the problems such as increased levels of taxation which are associated with falling in IR35 rules.
After joining the umbrella company like a contractor, you directly become a flexible worker of that particular agency, holding on the autonomy of a contractor. It will enable you enjoy all the advantages of working like a limited company without any fear of falling under IR35.
Such agencies can also work as contractor's administration and accountants as well as pursue payments, ensuring that your national insurance and taxes as paid as per scheduled. These services remove some of worst time consuming jobs working as limited company or a contractor giving you enough time to concentrate on your job.
For you to become a member of an umbrella company, you must pay some regular fee during the time of work. This varies from one company to the other. However, you need to analyze all the benefits and disadvantages of an umbrella company with that of a limited agency in order to come up with the best decision. Your nature of employment as well as personal circumstances must also be considered.
The main advantage of umbrella companies is that they provide you with an alternative path into contracting those who do not want to set up their personal limited company due to their own reasons. However, you must be sure of all the available business models and understand clearly what you really want to achieve in the contracting career. This will put you in the perfect position which will enable you have a rewarding and independent career.
Finally, the decision to work under an umbrella company isn't binding. In case you feel the need to change the business model, you can switch into a limited company.


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Dr Richard Heron, President, Faculty of Occupational Medicine
Richard is the President of the Faculty. In his day job, he is Vice-President Health and Chief Medical Officer at BP. Richard is responsible for strategic development of the BP Group Health agenda including Employee Wellbeing, Occupational Health and Hygiene requirements for over 80,000 employees and Community and Public Health matters in the countries where BP operate. He trained in internal medicine in the UK and New Zealand before specialising in Occupational Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He is a past President of the UK Society of Occupational Medicine. Richard is married to Helen and has three daughters. He and his family are keen runners.
Dr Sally Coomber, President, Society of Occupational Medicine
Sally Coomber trained at Newcastle Medical School, completed her GP training then went on to specialise in occupational medicine at Addenbrooke's Cambridge. She has more than 25 years occupational health experience; 17 years as Consultant Occupational Physician in the NHS during which she developed a specialist interest in the mental health of doctors. In 2011 she was appointed Clinical Lead to the Faculty of Occupational Medicine's accreditation scheme – an opportunity to improve the quality of occupational health provision in the UK. In January 2015 she was appointed Deputy Director Occupational Health and Staff Wellbeing for Public Health England. In 2016 Sally became President of the Society of Occupational Medicine. She is a Fellow of the both the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and of the Royal College of Physicians.
Nick Pahl, CEO, Society of Occupational Medicine
Nick is CEO of the Society of Occupational Medicine, which aims to improve the health of the working age population across the UK. It is a national leader in supporting professional development and education in occupational health. He is also currently vice Chair of the Research Council for Complementary Medicine and on the steering group of the Professional Associations Research Network. He was previously CEO of the British Acupuncture Council, Assistant Director in a London NHS Primary Care Trust and has held senior posts of a national hospice charity and Marie Stopes International. Nick has completed a Windsor Leadership Trust and ACEVO next generation CEO training, has a diploma in management, a degree in Economics and an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.


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Pete Evan's Louisiana Liver Pâté with Andouille Sausage
Louisiana Chicken Liver Pâté with Andouille Sausage, Cherrykraut, and Seeded Crackers
by Pete Evans
Serves 8 to 10 as an appetizer
For the crackers
1 cup (5½ oz.) golden and/or brown flaxseeds
½ cup total mixed seeds, such as pumpkin, sunflower, sesame
1 tsp. cumin seeds or fennel seeds
½ tsp. fine sea salt; more as needed
For the chicken liver pâté
1 lb. chicken livers, drained
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 Tbs. duck fat
1 small yellow onion, chopped
1 medium clove garlic, minced
3½ oz. andouille sausage, chopped (about 1 cup)
1 Tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1/2 tsp. paprika
½ tsp. fresh thyme leaves
1 small bay leaf
1 Tbs. brandy
1 cup lower-salt chicken broth
For the cherrykraut
1 lb. packaged, undrained sauerkraut, such as Bubbies or Boar's Head
1 small Granny Smith apple, cored and finely diced
2 oz. (½ cup) dried sour cherries, chopped
1 medium clove garlic, minced
1/8 tsp. cumin seeds
1/8 tsp. fennel seeds
Make the crackers
Put the flaxseeds in a medium bowl and pour in enough water to just cover them. Put the mixed seeds in another medium bowl and pour in enough water to just cover them. Let the seeds soak at room temperature until the flaxseed water appears gelatinous, 8 to 16 hours.
Drain and rinse the mixed seeds and add to the flaxseeds and their liquid. Mix well and drain the entire mixture again, without rinsing, to remove any excess liquid. Transfer the seed mixture back to a bowl and stir in the cumin seeds and salt.
Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 200°F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking mat (parchment and waxed paper will not work here).
With a silicone spatula, thinly spread the seed mixture to the edges of the mat. Bake, flipping the cracker sheet halfway through, until the center feels dry to the touch, 4 to 4½ hours. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with more salt to taste while still warm. When cool, break the cracker sheet into uneven pieces and set aside or store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Make the chicken liver pâté
Put the livers on a paper towel and pat dry to remove excess moisture. Season all over with salt and pepper.
Heat 1 Tbs. of the duck fat in a 12-inch skillet over high heat until it's shimmering hot. Working in batches, add the livers to the pan in a single layer and leave undisturbed until browned, about 1 minute. Flip and brown on the other side, about 1 minute more. Transfer to a plate and set aside to cool. Repeat with the remaining livers.
To the same pan, add 1 Tbs. of the duck fat, the onions, and garlic. Season generously with salt and pepper. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, until golden, 5 minutes. Stir in the sausage and cook until lightly browned, 3 minutes. Stir in the parsley, paprika, thyme, and bay leaf.
Add the brandy and cook, stirring, until almost evaporated, 1 minute. (Careful, the brandy may flare up.)
Remove from the heat and stir in remaining the 1 Tbs. duck fat, the chicken livers, and any juices on the plate. Discard the bay leaf and let the mixture cool slightly, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
Continue pulsing, adding enough chicken broth, 2 Tbs. at a time, until a smooth paste forms. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer the pâté to a medium bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until completely chilled and the flavors have melded, at least 2 hours. Remove from the refrigerator 15 minutes before serving, stir, and adjust seasoning if necessary.
Make the cherrykraut
Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl. Refrigerate until completely chilled and the flavors have melded, at least 2 hours. Remove from the refrigerator about 15 minutes before serving and toss.
Serve the chicken liver pâté and crackers with the sauerkraut on the side.
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