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The Yankees have allocated approximately $243,500,000 -- nearly one-quarter of a billion dollars -- on two pitchers in the last three days. ... Well, it's only money.
Canadian Blog Awards: Results should be forthcoming in the next week or so. (I know you are all very curious!) I do know that 741 total votes were cast in the sports blog category.
December 12, 2008
Yankees Sign Burnett For 5/82
by allan at 7:06 PM
5 comments:
- phil said...
More specifically, Best Sports Blog and Best Progressive Blog will be announced tomorrow.
- December 12, 2008 at 8:32 PM
- redsock said...
PERFECT!!!!!! L and I will get our results together!
- December 12, 2008 at 8:54 PM
- L-girl said...
Oo, big day. What will we wear to the awards ceremony?
- December 12, 2008 at 10:02 PM
- accudart said...
Good luck, a return to first would be deserved!
- December 12, 2008 at 10:28 PM
- Zenslinger said...
Holy Christ, Yahoo!'s got an article from an AccuScore guy that says the addition of Burnett adds seven wins for the Yankees. Seven? That just cannot be right.
- December 13, 2008 at 12:43 PM
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"We are thrilled to return our premier race to NBC Sports," said NYRA Chairman C. Steven Duncker. "They have done a terrific job covering horse racing, including their Kentucky Derby and the Preakness broadcasts over the prior decade. With an excellent production team that has pioneered innovative camera angles, and a tremendous group of on-air talent that offers unique insights into the races, NBC Sports will be a great partner for the Belmont Stakes."
The 143rd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes will be held Saturday, June 11 on a card that also features five additional graded races, including the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan, the Grade 1 Foxwoods Just a Game, and the Grade 1 Betfair TVG Acorn.
NBC Sports today announced they have renewed the rights to the Preakness Stakes, and they already had previously announced a renewal for the Kentucky Derby.
"Everyone at NBC Sports Group is delighted that the Triple Crown has been reassembled. We are now uniquely positioned to significantly expand the reach of these iconic events with extensive coverage on VERSUS," said NBC Sports Group Chairman Dick Ebersol. "As we previously announced, we are continuing our long-standing partnership with the Kentucky Derby. To add this extension with the Preakness while reacquiring the Belmont gives our new NBC Sports Group the three most important events in thoroughbred racing. And we want to thank Churchill Downs Incorporated and CEO Bob Evans for his leadership in paving the way for the Triple Crown to return to NBC."

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A St. Charles Township man faces a felony possession of child pornography charge after authorities found unlawful images on his computer, according to the Kane County Sheriff's office.
Refugio M. Padilla Jr., 34, of the 7N200 block of Barb Hill Drive, appeared in court Friday, when a judge set his bond at $70,000. He must post 10 percent of that to go free while his case is pending.
Sheriff's Lt. Patrick Gengler said Naperville police conducted the majority of the investigation that led to Padilla's arrest, then turned it over to the sheriff's department when they learned he lives in St. Charles Township.
The sheriff's office carried out a search warrant Thursday morning and found the illegal materials in Padilla's home, Gengler said.
Padilla is due back in court Jan. 30 at the Kane County Judicial Center in St. Charles.


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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A pair of attacks in southern Afghanistan in the past 24 hours killed 18 people as Taliban fighters escalate their activity while U.S.-led foreign forces reduce their presence and hand over primary security responsibility to Afghan troops.
In the most recent attack, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a police checkpoint and a bank today. At least six people died -- four of them civilians, one police officer and one private security guard. Another 24 people were wounded.
Another 12 people were killed in an ambush involving a roadside bomb in Helmand province yesterday evening.
Separately, a NATO service member was killed by insurgents in the country's east, according to a military statement.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for any of the attacks.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed at least three militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border.
They say two missiles hit a room of an abandoned seminary in Mussaki village in North Waziristan Saturday. Militants from Turkmenistan were among those at the seminary but the nationality of the dead was not immediately known.
The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.
North Waziristan is home to a mix of Pakistani, Afghan and al-Qaida-linked foreign militants.
The U.S. drone program causes extreme tension between Pakistan and the United States. Washington says it needs to send drones after militants because Pakistan refuses to engage them militarily. Pakistan says the strikes violate its sovereignty.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Witnesses say hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Iraqi cities to protest lawmakers' perks despite an intense security crackdown.
Organizers say the aim of Saturday's protests is to demand an end to generous pension benefits granted to members of parliament, although demonstrators also voiced long-standing grievances about the poor state of public services.
Authorities in Baghdad refused to permit demonstrations there. They put in place extraordinary security measures, such as blocking bridges and deploying large numbers of rifle-toting soldiers and police in major squares.
Iraqi authorities cracked down firmly on anti-government protests the erupted at the start of the Arab Spring in early 2011. A new wave of ongoing protests against the Shiite-led government erupted in Sunni Muslim areas in December.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- An aide to Yemen's prime minister says the senior official escaped unharmed after unknown gunmen opened fire on his convoy.
Ali al-Sarari tells The Associated Press the gunmen were riding in a vehicle without license plates. Al-Sarari said they opened fire at the three-car convoy of Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Bassindwa, spraying the speeding vehicles with bullets.
Al-Sarari said some of the vehicles were pockmarked but Bassindwa escaped unharmed. It was not clear who was behind the attack but militants have carried out a number of assassinations, mainly against security officers.
Meanwhile, Yemeni security officials say suspected al-Qaida-linked gunmen have shot and killed a senior intelligence officer. The attack took place in a southern province where the intelligence official had organized local tribes in a campaign to weed out militants from the area.
Tunisians protest Islamist gov't as crisis deepens
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Thousands of Tunisians have marched through the capital calling for the resignation of the Islamist-led government as the nation's political crisis deepens.
Saturday's march was organized by a coalition of opposition groups known as the National Salvation Front, which is calling for the resignation of the government and the dissolution of the assembly elected in 2011 to write the constitution.
The assassination of an opposition politician in July, the second in six months, has sharply polarized the country and prompted a walkout from the 217-member assembly by some 60 opposition deputies.
Negotiations mediated by the main labor union have yet to bear fruit.
Since the overthrow of its dictator in 2011, Tunisia has struggled with its transition to democracy.
Suspected sect members in Nigeria kill at least 24
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- A security official says suspected Islamic sect members have ambushed and killed at least 24 members of a youth vigilante group in northeastern Nigeria.
The attack, which occurred Friday when the Civilian Joint Task Force vigilantes were on a mission to find sect members, also left 36 people missing, the official said on condition of anonymity because he is not permitted to speak to the media.
The attack took place near Monguno town, 158 kilometers (98 miles) from the city of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital where the Boko Haram Islamic ideology started years ago.
The official said Saturday that about 100 Nigerians were ambushed by sect members dressed in military uniforms.
Two attacks earlier in the week killed at least 20 vigilantes.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea says it rescinded its recent invitation to a U.S. envoy because Washington perpetrated "grave provocation" by allegedly mobilizing nuclear-capable bombers during recent military drills with Seoul.
Bob King, the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights, had been scheduled to visit North Korean on Friday to seek the release of an American detainee.
An unidentified North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said in remarks carried by state media late Saturday that his country intended to allow King's visit although the U.S. and South Korea were conducting annual drills.
But he says the visit could not take place because the U.S. allegedly infiltrated B-52H strategic bombers into the sky above the peninsula during the exercises. He called it "the most blatant nuclear blackmail" against the North Korea.
Australian PM makes final major campaign pitch
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made his final major campaign pitch to revive his Labor Party's chances at elections this week, promising tax breaks for small businesses and more work for local contractors on infrastructure projects if his government is re-elected.
Rudd officially launched his center-left party's campaign in his hometown of Brisbane on Sunday. It is the capital of Queensland, a battleground state for swing seats that will decide the election Sept. 7.
Rudd was dumped as prime minister by his own government colleagues in 2010, only to regain the top job in a similar leadership wrangle in June. On Sunday, he dismissed opinion polls that show opposition leader Tony Abbott's conservative coalition is headed for a clear victory.
PRAGUE (AP) -- An official says a passenger train in eastern Czech Republic smashed into a herd of cattle, killing 17 of them. No people were injured.
Martin Drapal, spokesman for Czech Rail Safety Inspection, says the train heading from the town of Krnov to the city of Olomouc hit the animals two hours before midnight on Friday.
The damage to the train is estimated at about $5,000. Drapal said in a statement Saturday that the train track had to be closed for almost five hours after the incident.
Trains in the country collide with animals from time to time but such a massive crash is exceptional. Authorities are investigating why the cows were on the track.


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Who doesn't want to save money? The siren call of sales lures us all, and few are able to resist stocking up. Then, as we're wandering the colorful aisles, we question ourselves: Do I have mustard? Are we running low on mayonnaise? So we stick it in our cart, thinking this would save us a trip. But unnecessary and duplicate items quickly clutter up valuable space in cabinets, and if the item isn't needed to begin with, it's money sent straight down the drain.
In my own home, I'll admit to a never-ending supply of black olives and matza-ball mixes. In the home of a recent client, we discovered no less then four open boxes of dark brown sugar and three open containers of confectionary sugar. In another home, I pulled out four open bags of shredded mozzarella cheese from various sections in the refrigerator.
All the above scenarios could easily be avoided by one well-known, easy habit: keeping a shopping list. As my wise sister always says, if you don't already know what it is, then you don't need it. Sales aren't necessarily a sale. They are but a decoy to get you to spend more then you planned. Buy what's on your list, and you will have bought what you really wanted and needed.
So how to keep a list? I keep a current list on both my fridge and as a memo in my phone. This way, when my husband is out shopping and has forgotten the list at home, I can easily text him what I need.
Keep the list updated by adding staples when you're running low, but before you run out, i.e. flour, sugar, barley, and the ingredients in the recipes you plan on making that week. I buy duplicates of staples that run out quickly such as milk, cheese, eggs, bread, cleaning supplies etc. and buy another set when I'm down to one.
When there is a sale on items you do use on a regular basis, buy just one extra. I guarantee the sale will come around again.
Oh, and Costco? It's the devil. I know it's tempting to buy the trillion gallon jug of olive oil, and the box of granola bars that will keep you in a steady supply until 2015, but few people have the storage space for such large quantities of food, and most often, by the time you're half way done, the food has either gone bad, or you've gotten sick of it. If you don't have room to store an item, then resist buying it. I will admit that Costco does have a lovely selection of produce. So if you have a large family who can actually finish six heads of lettuce within a week's time, Costco could be a good choice for that.
In my opinion, the best way to save money is just not to shop. Make the most of each shopping trip by buying only what you really need. The less often you walk into a store, the less money is leaving your wallet and the less time you spend on this time consuming chore, leaving more time for other, more fun activities, like cooking.
This leads us to another, well known, timesaving tool. Freezing. Many people groan at the idea of freezing, preferring freshly baked goods and a steaming hot brisket straight from the oven. If you have the opportunity to take advantage of a leisurely Friday or days before Yom Tov to cook and bake, then by all means, do what makes you happy. But if you're like most women I know, who are struggling to balance work and family, then let's bite the bullet and say in a loud clear voice: I can't do everything!
Now, I'll admit, I don't particularly enjoy being stuck in the kitchen, chopping and stirring. As a working mom, with Shabbos every week, and Yom Tov seemingly always around the corner, doubling recipes and freezing extras is the perfect way to add more time into my busy schedule.
Here are a few tips I've learned along the way through trial and error:
The first time I make a recipe, I leave the cookbook out on the counter until I see how it came out, in terms of too sweet, salty, family preference, labor intensive etc. Then, I immediately make a notation next to the recipe to remind myself for future attempts.
Some foods freeze better then others, i.e. chicken, meats, cakes, bread and soups, though many experienced balabustas swear that everything can be frozen. I'll never forget my sister-in-law's boast that she made the entire Succos in the summer, including stir-fried vegetables and apple cobbler.
Once I have found a successful recipe, I make doubles of it and freeze half right away. The food does not have to cool off before going into the freezer, though you would save money on your electrical bill by waiting a bit.


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Mom's Cheese Pie Recipe
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"My mother brought this Old World recipe with her from the Ukraine," says Anne Kulick of Phillipsburg, New Jersey. A sprinkling of cinnamon enhances the pie's subtly sweet flavor.
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- 2 large eggs
- 1 sheet refrigerated pie pastry
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
- 1-3/4 cups ricotta cheese
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Separate one egg. In a small bowl, lightly beat egg white; set aside. In another small bowl, combine egg and egg yolk; set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface, unroll pastry; cut in half. Roll out one half of pastry into an 8-in. circle. Transfer to a 7-in. pie plate; trim pastry even with edge. Brush with egg white; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
- In a large bowl, combine the cheeses, confectioners' sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, salt and egg mixture. Pour into prepared pastry.
- Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry. Brush remaining egg white over pastry; sprinkle with remaining cinnamon.
- Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Mom's Cheese Pie in Cooking for 2 Spring 2009, p33
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text: The advisory committee that plans the town's annual Sweetser Lecture Series recently announced its lineup of three speakers for 2013. The lecture series will kick off March 20 when Ty Burr, an author and Boston Globe film critic, delivers a talk on "Fame Games: How 100 Years of Movie Stardom and Celebrity Have Changed American Society." He will be followed on April 10 by author and Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen, who will speak on "Humanizing a Sociopath: Putting Skin on the Mythical Bones of Whitey Bulger." And on May 1, historian and author Stephen Puleo will discuss "The Caning: The Assault That Drove America to Civil War." All the lectures will be held at 7:30 p.m. in The Savings Bank Theater at Wakefield High School. Net proceeds will benefit local charities. Tickets are $10 per lecture or $25 for the series, and may be purchased at the door or in advance. For more information, call 781-245-7231.


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In this video I interview Mari Smith, author of The New Relationship Marketing and Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day.Mari shares how rel (Businesses need #listening skills!
Biz story telling is all about relationship marketing. In this 8 minute video, learn more about relationship marketing in today's technology climate and gain great tips for how to do this more to gain more business. The video is with relationship marketing expert and fellow San Diego resident Mari Smith.


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Walking through the pits at an NMCA event, you wouldn't necessarily think it's a racecar. In fact, it looks decidedly out of place. Yet, there it is with the hood up, contingency decals plastered on the glass and a big number "1" designating this car as the defending class world champion. Ask who owns it and you'll find this is Andy Warren's championship-winning 1971 Caprice.
"When I first got the car, I was just looking for something different," Andy Warren says. "My dad and I found it in a local Bargain Mart newspaper. It was one owner, garage-kept with 95,000 miles, and they were asking $1,500 for it. I wound up getting it for a good price and used it as my daily driver for a few years. My friends thought I was crazy for building something that big, but I felt I was up to the challenge.
"I took it to the track the first weekend I had it," Warren continues. "Later on, I put headers and Flowmasters on it—and it ran 9.60s in the eighth-mile with a 2-bbl carb. Then I added an Edelbrock intake with a Quadra-Jet and drove it around for a long time like that. Later on, we built a mild 406 for it and put in some 3.90 gears, which got it into the 8.70s, which was pretty quick for a street car."
Of course, this wasn't just any street car. One of the biggest Chevy coupes ever built, the Caprice was the top of the line in a family of fullsize Chevrolets. Close cousins included the Buick LeSabre, Olds 88, and Pontiac's Bonneville. With a 121.5-inch wheelbase (the station wagon version was a bit longer), this boulevard monster offered Chevrolet buyers a premium ride, space, and luxury that one magazine said was a better value than a Cadillac. Nearly half a million Impala coupes and sedands were built that year, but Caprice production totalled only about a quarter of that. With a starting price of just over $4,000, V-8s were standard. Buyers had the choice of 454 or 402 Turbo Jet big-blocks or the 400 Turbo Fire 2-bbl small-block engine.
While they were racing the car locally, Warren and his brother had attended some of the old Edelbrock Pro Series street car events and found them to their liking. When the NMCA took over the series, he began looking at its Nostalgia Muscle Car class and found that his big Caprice fit within the rules perfectly. Designed to be a small-tire foot-brake class for American-made cars up to 1979, this class runs off of an NHRA Sportsman ladder with a .500 tree with a handicap start, with 10 different index classes ranging from 10.00 to 14.50 seconds. Modifications are severely limited to keep the costs at a minimum, and the cars as close to original as possible.
Warren attended his first event back in 2004, where he redlit during the first round, but he entered the final race of the year at Memphis and won it all in just his second start. Warren was hooked at that point, but even so, finding consistent success proved to be tough. He finished 19th in the final standings in 2005 and then a sixth place and two runner-up finishes during the next three years. The year 2009 saw him break through with his first series championship, which he defended successfully the following year. After the final event of 2011, Warren locked up an unprecedented third series title in Nostalgia Muscle Car.
"Paying attention to the weather conditions outside and on the track really helps make a difference in racing," Warren said when asked about the secret of his success. "Seat time really helps, too. Doing local bracket racing helps you know your car and to stay sharp on the tree."
When we photographed it, Warren's championship-winning Caprice was utilizing tubular lower control arms, upper/lower A-arms, an anti-roll bar, and a transmission crossmember that were custom-made by TRZ Motorsports. Afco adjustable shocks are used on all four corners along with Aerospace four-wheel disc brakes for sure-footed stopping power. Out back, a 10-bolt rear with Moser 33-spline axles, braced tubes, and 4.56:1 gearing helps plant the 28x10.5 Mickey Thompson drag slicks, which are mounted on M/T Pro 5 ET Drag wheels.
Knieriem Racing Engines in Louisville, Kentucky, built the engine combo, which uses a 4.125-inch bore with a 4.000-inch stroke in a Dart Iron Eagle block to produce 427 cubic inches. Making up the reciprocating assembly is a Scat crank and connecting rods, which motivate the 13.1 Ross pistons. The architecture on the top end consists of a set of Dart Pro 1 aluminum heads with 2.000-inch intake and 1.600 exhaust valves with a Comp Cams solid roller camshaft. Topping that is a Dart single-plane intake with a single Quick Fuel 850-cfm carburetor. An MSD lights the mixture that's provided by a Fuelab pump, while Dynatech stepped headers route the spent exhaust gases rearward through Flowmaster Outlaw mufflers. Backing that up is a column-shifted TH350 Turbo transmission with stock gear ratios built by ATF in Davie, Florida. Ultimate Converter Concepts provided the 6,000-stall torque converter.


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- Group Stories : Girls Night Out 2 (toy Story)
Girls Night Out 2 (toy story)
... my wife Angel, Lisa, and Lori are working on Vanessa and Kim's pussy very well with the viberators and dildos which have been brought out. The two other women have put on strap-ons and have joined the other girls in fucking, sucking and massaging Vanessa and Kim. The girls are moved down to the edge of the tables they are on and are about to get fucked with the strap-ons. My wife and Lisa and Lori have lubed up the other girls very well. They all start kissing and sucking the tits of the two girls with the strap-ons while they are fucking the two girls on the tables. This goes on for quite a while and then they proceed to take out the anal beads from the girls which have been getting throughly fucked for the last thirty minutes. When this happens I would think they would let the girls rest for a few minutes but this would not be the case. My wife, Lisa, and Lori are ready with the lube and go to work on the asses of Vanessa and Kim. I did not think an ass could stretch this much for I think Lori actually got her fist up Kims ass past her knuckles. The whole time the other girls are having an all out assault on each others tits pussies and asses. The girls are ready to be fucked in the ass after about five good minutes of the finger fucking which has been given. They lube the strap-ons good and sink them to the hilt in both Vanessa and Kim. These girls are not being very easy with them by this point. They are slamming into their asses like women on a mission. The other girls by this time are gathered around the tables and are holding down Kim and Vanessa to keep them from coming off of the tables. From my vantage point I can hear the girls screaming for more and harder, harder, harder. Being the first time I have seen anything like this in person and not on porno tapes is a turn on like nothing I could have imagined it would be. This fucking goes on for fifteen or twenty minutes and Vanessa and Kim finally collapse on the massage tables. They are in a constant state of orgasm shaking violently and sweating. When the girls pull out of their asses they are left gaping open and you could have easily slid three fingers inside each one with no problem. The girls back off and let them calm down a little while they break open a bottle of wine. They all come out onto the patio area behind the house and open the hot tub and they all get in after a few minutes. They are all still playfull and kissing and sucking on each others tits.
While they are in the hot tub they start talking and picking on each other about various things from the past. I guess most of it was from previous parties and they were even talking about the husbands from what I could hear. The two women I didn't know were Cindy and Pam as I found out from their conversations. They were from a couple of towns away from us and these house hold parties were supose to be just sex toy parties which have turned into an all girl sex party from the converstions they were having while drinking wine and sitting in the hot tub. They were into the fourth bottle of wine when they stared getting out and started drying each other off. You could teel then they were well on their way to be very loose. After they turned the hot tub off I could hear every word which was said. Kim was concerned that I might come home early since it was friday night and catch all of them partying at my house. They were all outside and stark naked. This was not uncommon for my wife as we are outside all the time nude.
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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson picked stronger side after City defeat
Sir Alex Ferguson says Manchester City's loss caused him to rethink his starting XI for the game with Everton.
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City's 3-1 defeat at St Mary's meant United knew a win on Sunday would take them 12 points clear of their fierce rivals in the Premier League table with 12 games remaining.
Despite the temptation to rest players ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Champions League last 16 first-leg tie at Real Madrid, Ferguson selected a strong side and was rewarded with a 2-0 win over the Toffees.
When asked if he changed his mind over his starting line-up, Ferguson told Sky Sports: "Yes I did. I thought I'd make seven changes but when the City result happened yesterday I thought it would be a more important game today for us because it gives us a comfortable lead.
"We knew if we got a result today it would put us in a fantastic position. We can make changes later in the season."
Ryan Giggs was selected by Ferguson and rewarded his manager with an impressive display and the first goal to set United on the path to victory, meaning he has now scored in every season of the Premier League.
When asked about Giggs, Ferguson responded: "We've used up all the superlatives. He doesn't need any himself because his legacy lives on. He is a fantastic human being. At 39 years of age he is up and down that pitch all day and has fantastic energy. It is great to see."
Last season, United threw away a 4-2 lead late in the game to draw 4-4 with Everton at Old Trafford but Ferguson was pleased to see his side initially overcome a positive start from the Toffees before closing out the win.
"I thought for 20 minutes Everton dominated. They had possession and a couple of chances and were a threat from them with good delivery from (Leighton) Baines," said Ferguson.
"We saw that through and in the second half played much better without scoring the goals.
"They must remember bad experiences and that was one last year. In the last 15 minutes they showed a steely determination to make sure nothing happened."
After losing the title to City last term, there has been a keen desire for the Red Devils to regain their superiority.
And Everton boss David Moyes is not alone in believing that is what will happen.
"I think 12 points against a club like Manchester United is a big gap to make up," said Moyes.
"Football doesn't always go the way it is meant to be but it looks a lot.
"To be that amount of points ahead is a big thing at this time of the season."
Another to think United are already champions is Ray Wilkins who told Sky Sports HD that the endeavour of the club's players and the passion of their manager will ensure they seize league silverware in May.
"Mathematics always creeps into it, but the desire and work ethic they have, which is what beat a dogged Everton side, should pull them through," Wilkins said of United, who squandered an eight-point lead with six games remaining of last term to see themselves overhauled by City.
"They are a very talented group of guys but when they graft like that it makes it very difficult for the opposition - and Sir Alex really wants to wrestle the title back.
"He doesn't want the guys across the road to be the kingpins and, for that reason, I think he classed this game against Everton as more important than the Real Madrid game on Wednesday, though that will be a classic encounter."


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I'm having a hard time figuring this problem out, using this image:
The distance AD and BC is 18 feet. The distance between DC is 12 feet. And for clarification, the 8 degrees is between the vertical by AD and the actual AD pole, if that makes any sense.
I need to find the length of the brace AC and the distance AB between the supporting poles at the ground level. If the image is too hard to see, I'll re upload it as a larger document. The bottom left corner is A, bottom right B, top left D, top right C.
I started out trying to find the "invisible" triangle's angles where the 8 degree is one corner, with a right triangle top left, and 82 degrees for the remaining angle up by D. Which if that is true makes the angle ADC 98 degrees. I also got 21.63 feet as the distance AC from the pythagorean theorem; but then I realized the triangle isn't a right triangle so i'm not sure if it can be used. With the law of cosines that side is 22.98 feet so that's more likely. Anyways after this I get weird numbers and get confused; I have no idea if what I did is right and where to go next.


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Community gearing for day at Capitol
Designed to increase awareness of the Crossroads area in the state legislature every two years, local residents and officials will once again converge on the state capitol for Howard County Day at the Capitol Wednesday, Feb. 9.
According to Terry Wegman, executive director of the Big Spring Economic Development Corporation, there are a full slate of activities planned for the day-long event.
"For those who are planning to take advantage of the bus we have chartered, we'll be leaving from the east parking lot at Howard College's Dorothy Garrett Coliseum at 4:30 a.m.," said Wegman. "It's $40 to take the bus, and that includes transportation to and from the Capitol and a box lunch while we're there.
"Food and drinks on the bus will be the responsibility of those traveling, and on the way back we'll be stopping off at Cooper's Barbecue, which will be Dutch treat. We expect to arrive back at Howard College at approximately 11 p.m."
Wegman said the time at the Capitol will be well spent, featuring a number of events to help highlight Big Spring and Howard County.
"They will read the resolution on the floor of the House and Senate proclaiming Feb. 9 Howard County Day in Austin," said Wegman. "We'll have a box lunch on the east grounds of the Capitol, as well as have a Coke and Blue Bell Ice Cream reception, followed by a group photo on the Capitol steps."
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He's on fire! Those were the words heard from Marv Albert back in 1993 and 18 years later it is back on next generation systems in the form of the On Fire Edition. Along with NBA 2K12, this will be a basketball video game worth picking up and is sure to be nostalgic for those old enough to remember the original NBA Jam. Sneakers have made their way into basketball games as of late as they are an important accessory and NBA Jam: On Fire Edition is no exception. The Air Jordan 2011 will appear in player exclusive form for Jordan Brand athletes such as Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Kevin Martin just to name a few. We previously showed you what Ray Allen would be wearing in this game but now we have a better look as to what the JB roster will wear on cout as well. Check out more of the Air Jordan 2011 PEs after the jump and let us know what you think. via Jumpman23.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Roy's may not require the Cardinals to pick up his 2012 option
Apparently the Cardinals are willing to dangle top pitching prospect (albeit at Low-A) Shelby Miller as trade bait:
The Cards' most compelling potential trading chip for most teams would seem to be 2009 first-round Draft pick Shelby Miller, a right-hander who has been on a roll lately at low Class A Quad Cities. Farm director Jeff Luhnow was given the opportunity on Wednesday to classify Miller as untouchable, but declined to do so. He said the right-hander quite surely would not be moved for a two-month rental player, but that for a longer-term upgrade, any and all prospects could conceivably be in play.
Miller was the Cardinals' 1st round pick (19th overall), and is a 19-year old RHP from Brownwood, Texas. He has 81 strikeouts in 57.1IP with a 4.40 ERA/1.34 WHIP.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss seconds the rumor that Roy is willing to work with the Cardinals about that pesky $16 million option:
Oswalt lists the Cardinals among his preferred landing spots. He has also told acquaintances with ties to the club that he would be willing to be more flexible regarding his 2012 option. As rumor of the Cardinals' interest in Oswalt spread Wednesday night, several players embraced the potential move.
Who does Strauss see as return pieces for the Astros?
The Cardinals suddenly possess a surplus of outfielders when Ryan Ludwick (calf strain) returns from a rehab assignment. Jon Jay and Allen Craig have been particularly impressive in Ludwick's absence. With Holliday and center fielder Colby Rasmus entrenched in the team's plans and Ludwick under control through next season, the club could include one of its younger outfielders in a deal with young pitching.
After having a night to think about it, I still hate the idea of seeing Roy in a Cardinals jersey for the next year and a half.
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So do I. I want to wreck their entire future if we trade with them. Basically a "give me every single halfway decent prospect in your farm system" situation.
We need to clearly win the deal for me to want to trade Oswalt to the Cardinals. Like... by a lot.
- July 22, 2010 at 6:35 AM
Shelby Miller is just the starting point. I'd want everything ELSE too. And maybe make them send one of their MLB players over to another team to get us even more prospects.
Yeah. That might do it.
- July 22, 2010 at 6:37 AM
- Joe said...
We want Rasmus, Miller and someone else of value. I think this Cardinals reporter forgets we have a deep outfield too in the minors. We dont want your C outfielders. Take them back. We want Rasmus, Miller and other young pitchers because you are in our division. I wouldnt do a deal with them, unless the Cards want to cripple themselves in the farm.
- July 22, 2010 at 12:15 PM


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5 comments:
- empidog said...
Well I can get all my 80s kit out again...Horray
- 8 September 2011 at 16:37
- brainfartsofabiketart.com said...
And to think I was just getting bored of the colour of my S-Works disco slippers...
- 9 September 2011 at 21:29
Oooh, I do love a bit of dayglo. (Showing my age) I once got Chas Roberts to respray my frame in a neon pink and yellow fade. He did it, but the look on his face said it all....
- 9 September 2011 at 22:04
- Bianchista said...
neon done tastefully is gonna be huge this winter! :)
love it.... already eyeing up those embro booties and gloves.
Ian - i demand to see pics of said frame, sounds epic!
- 10 September 2011 at 01:04
- se7en said...
Wow! It's me!!
- 12 September 2011 at 14:27


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Many, if not most Americans, are always on the lookout for the BBD-the Bigger Better Deal. We clip coupons, buy lottery tickets, and get a bit of a thrill when we get two for the price of one. A swingin' deal on a Corvette is nothing less than cause for celebration, and that's exactly what Bob Thompson of Redlands, California, offered his stepson, Charles "Rocky" Isbell. The result was the pair's joint purchase of this '74 Corvette. It has in fact been a sweet deal, though as often happens (and this is a good thing), things aren't turning out exactly as planned.
Bob and Rocky share a love of Corvettes, though they came about it at different times in their lives. Bob got interested about four years ago, when he made his annual trip to Northern California to play in a golf tournament with his schoolhood chum Bob Hannah. Hannah took Thompson for a ride in his '61 roadster, and that, as they say, was that. Four months later, Bob Thompson bought a '60, began attending Southern California Corvette events, and joined a club, Corvettes West.
Rocky's story, on the other hand, is a bit different. Despite the fact that he's only 16 years old, Rocky has already been hooked on Vettes for a number of years. A self-proclaimed car guy, he clearly remembers the '76 Corvette his father owned when he was only seven years old. And as is often the case, childhood exposure to a Corvette creates a lifetime of enthusiasm.
Things came to a head about two years ago. Rocky had saved over $2,500 from his paper route, and although he was still two years away from his driver's license, he was thinking ahead. As Rocky puts it, "I was looking for any car I could afford." He did a little better than that, as it turned out. Bob Thompson was thinking about the Bigger Better Deal, and it didn't take much to convince Rocky that Bob was right. "We decided," Bob recalls, "that he (Rocky) could make more money than the bank was paying him in interest if we bought a Vette and restored it." Rocky immediately agreed to go along with the plan, and so the search was on. The two planned to find a good-running car that needed cosmetic work.
As with his '60, it didn't take long for Bob to find a likely subject. It was luck that led to this discovery, however, rather than the work and research he'd put in previously. Bob and his wife Liz (Rocky's mother) were spending a day in the mountains in Lake Arrowhead, California, when Bob spotted a yellow Corvette at a gas station. There wasn't a "For Sale" sign on the car, but Bob wanted to ask some questions, so the couple stopped. The '74 four-speed coupe was in fact for sale. The paint was dinged and chipped, and the interior was a bit shabby, but the body was straight and the replacement 350 powerplant had less than 1,200 miles on it. Bob decided that this was the car, and, after driving it (he calls the engine "awesome") made the deal for $5,000.
Rocky had no idea that any of this had happened, much less that a deal had been finalized. That came one day after school, when Bob asked Rocky to come downstairs so the two could talk. Bob wasn't even able to finish his sentence. "He said 'I found...'," Rocky recalls, "and I said 'Yes!'" That, however, is where the deal changed. It was love at first sight. "The day Dad bought it, I decided to keep it," Rocky declares. Bob agreed to let Rocky buy out his share of the investment, and in one fell swoop, Rocky went from Corvette investor to Corvette owner.
Though the car ran and drove, it still needed some work. Rocky is the wrench-man in this operation, so he got to it. Spending time on the '74 after school and on weekends, he's proved his mettle. When asked what he's done on the car, Rocky mentions two things he's justifiably proud of: fixing the alarm wiring so that the device works properly, and temporarily rigging the boots on the vacuum-activated headlights so that they would work as well. But he's done more than that. Rocky is an enthusiastic auto shop student, and plans to attend the "Hot Rod" program at Wyoming State University when he graduates from Redlands High School. He has also replaced the '74s alternator, carburetor, hood latches, window handles, and power steering lines. With help from Dave Hart, a friend from Corvettes West, Rocky replaced the coupe's brakes. He also installed an electronic tachometer in the Vette to work with the later-model truck block the previous owner had dropped in, and also touched up the coupe's paint. Rocky deferred to more experienced hands when it came to rebuilding the differential and installing the Flowmaster exhaust system. Working on the car has had another benefit, by providing a chance for what Rocky calls "father-son bonding stuff." Under the extension that Bob built onto his garage to house the Vette, Rocky does the work, and Bob hands over tools while enjoying a cold brew. But there's also some frustration for this young Corvetter. Although he's 16, Rocky hasn't had the opportunity to take Driver's Ed and get his license. "I own it, but Dad has to drive it. I can trust him, but I don't know how much...he sure likes to drive it." Rocky has gotten to drive his Vette, but only briefly, and in out of the way places. You only have to watch him around the car to know that is hasn't been enough-which comes as no surprise.
Though he's not sure that he'll use the car as a daily driver (much as he'd like to), Rocky's anxious to drive his Vette to school, where he can utilize the auto shop facilities and maybe even paint the car. And though Rocky claims to be joking when he says he only bought the car because it's a "chick magnet," there's no doubt that he's looking forward to being seen at school in a first car this cool.
The original deal has certainly changed, and it could change more (Bob maintains that the '74 should be kept close to stock; Rocky wants to add a '78 Pace Car hood and spoilers, and has youthful visions of side pipes and a black-with-blue-flames paint job). The only things that are certain is that Rocky has a great-running car, and he's thrilled to own it. The rest? It's all part of the fun. You may know you're getting a great deal, but you don't always know how it's gonna turn out.


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When she was a freshman during the 2010-11 girls basketball season, Maggie Flynn watched teammate Juliana Cavallaro score her 1,000th career point for Venice High.
"That was unbelievable," Flynn said. Two years later, Flynn saw another Indian Laura Hackett reach the 1,000-point plateau.
"It was so cool," Flynn said. "I decided I want to get that."
On Jan. 17 against Ida Baker in Cape Coral, Flynn stepped to the free throw line and made her first of two attempts.
Before the official handed her the ball for her second attempt, he rubbed his hand across the TF 1,000 lettering on the ball.
"That's how I knew," Flynn said. "I knew I was close."
The game was halted briefly and her Venice teammates hoisted posters and gave Flynn a basketball they all signed. Flynn returned to the free throw line and made her second free throw.
"I'm so happy I accomplished my goal," said Flynn, who joins Shirah Levine (1998), Amy Miller (2000), Kaydi Lyons (2004), Lisa Hough (2005), Natalie Gaudreau (2007), Cavallaro and Hackett in the 1,000-point club at Venice.
An offseason injury at a summer camp slowed her progress toward 1,000 points. Flynn chipped a bone at the bottom of her femur that sidelined her for two months, including the first six weeks of the high school season.
"It was a little bit of a setback," said Flynn, who did not tear any ligaments or muscles.
Physical therapy helped her return Dec. 13 for the Indians' home game against North Fort Myers, a 42-28 Venice victory.
"It's starting to improve a lot and it's definitely showing," Flynn said. "I feel a lot better. I'm not 100, but definitely 80 percent."
A strong run down the stretch earned the Indians the second seed in Class 6A-District 11 and a home game Wednesday against third-seed North Fort Myers. A win puts Venice in the district final and earns the team a berth in next week's regionals.
"My team has been really close for a long time," Flynn said. "Last year we went through a transition, getting a new coach. It was all about getting better for this year."
Jim Davis took over last year for John Flynn, Maggie's father, whom she played under for two seasons.
"Yeah, my freshman year was pretty difficult," Maggie said. "We fought constantly. He helped me so much. It was difficult at first, but I got used to it. I realized I can't be yelling at him."
A gymnast for 11 years, Flynn also competed in track and field, running the 100-meter dash, on the 4x100 relay team and pole vaulting, but will likely pass this season coming off her injury.
Playing basketball "every day" since seventh grade, Flynn plans to play in college and has verbally committed to St. Leo University.
"When I went on my visit, I really enjoyed the team," said Flynn, who took an official visit to St. Leo on Sept. 26 and also considered Flagler College, University of West Florida and Nova Southeastern. "They weren't as good as St. Leo's for me. They have great team chemistry, caring coaches," sha said. "It's a nice school and great fit for me."
Flynn knows her scholastic career is coming to a rapid close.
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Gerlach blanks Cavs
The pitching just doesn't seem to run out for the Wapakoneta Redskins ACME team.
This time, it was starting pitcher Marshall Gerlach's turn to baffle opposing hitters.
Gerlach limited a solid Coldwater Cavaliers ACME team to three hits and never allowed a runner to reach third base as the Redskins nailed down a 5-0 win Wednesday.
"He continually worked ahead in the count tonight," Wapakoneta ACME head coach Willie Sammetinger said. "He is tough to score on when he is getting ahead in the count."
Gerlach needed only 75 pitches to get through the game, throwing 53 for strikes. He struck out six.
In the other dugout, Coldwater starting pitcher Matt Selhorst was doing a pretty good job himself keeping hitters guessing. He had limited Wapakoneta to two hits and faced the minimum 12 batters before the Redskins finally got to him in the fifth inning.
Redskins designated hitter Chandler Kaeck got the inning started with a one-out walk and went to second on a passed ball. The extra base wasn't needed, as Gerlach plated the game's first run with a triple passed the right fielder's extended glove on a 3-2 pitch. Wapakoneta right fielder Andrew Hines followed it up with a single to left for a second run.
The Redskins added three insurance runs in the sixth inning when shortstop Josh Apple starting things with an impressive bunt towards third for an infield hit. He scored on catcher's Brandon Schreiber's single and a throwing error by the catcher that left Schreiber standing on third base. First baseman Brandon Miller drew a walk, and back-to-back hits by Kaeck and Gerlach plated two more runs.
While the Redskins had a mediocre eight hits, they did again what has become common for the team. They were able to string them together. Of the eight, six came in the fifth and sixth innings. The hits again were back-to-back in the fifth and hits were back-to-back twice in the sixth, sandwiched around a walk.
Sammetinger said it is as much the tough pitching available in the area as it is anything.
"We only had two strikeouts so we were putting the ball in play," Sammetinger said. "There is some pretty good baseball around here. Just about everybody you see pitches pretty well.
"I believe hitting is contagious," he said. "You can have 10 to 12 hits in a game but if you don't string them together it is hard to score runs. We are stringing them together."
Selhorst was outpitching his counterpart for the first four innings, throwing 31 of 40 pitches for strikes. However, he slowly began to fizzle as the game went on and the Redskins took advantage. However, his performance was still noteworthy.
"He kept us in the game," Coldwater ACME head coach Tom Brunswick said. "He threw a good game too. He is used to only going one or two innings at a time so he got a little tired."
Brunswick said it was a lack of hitting and baserunning miscues that costs his team the most.
"We need to start hitting," Brunswick said. "Hitting is contagious and we need to have someone get it started. We scored one last night and were shutout out here tonight. It's hard to win games with that."
Wapakoneta is now 15-2 on the year while Coldwater falls to 16-5. Wapakoneta travels to Marion Local tonight, while Coldwater plays Parkway.


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CINCINNATI — The Browns punting unit was a smoothly running machine until it broke down Sunday at the worst time possible.
Spencer Lanning, who was averaging 45.7 yards a punt when he awoke Sunday morning in his hotel room, had one punt partially blocked and one blocked and returned for a touchdown by the Bengals in a game the Browns gave away, 41-20, on a dreary day along the Ohio River.
The partial block went nine yards. The snap from Christian Yount appeared to flutter and Lanning had to adjust to catch it. Safety Shawn Williams tipped the ball and it sailed out of bounds at the Browns 38.
Five plays later, the Bengals took a 14-13 lead.
Lanning did not blame Yount. the Browns' long snapper.
"I caught it clean, walked up field and hit my line," Lanning said. "The guy barely got a piece of it."
Lanning lined up to punt two stalled possessions later. Bengals linebacker Jayson DiManche broke from Lanning's right, ran by Barkevious Mingo and swatted the ball. It bounced crazily. Safety Tony Dye tried twice to pick it up before gaining control. He ran 24 yards for a touchdown and a 21-13 edge.
It was the first time since 1993 a Browns punt was blocked and the first time since 1990 an opponent returned a blocked punt for a touchdown.
"It seemed like a clean operation," Lanning said.
"My head's down as soon as I catch the ball. So I'm not really sure what happens up front. I believe in our guys and it just wasn't good enough today."
Mingo took blame for letting DiManche fly by him. Chris Ogbonnaya was in the area but had other responsibilities. He saw DiManche out of the corner of his eye and tried to pick him up but barely scraped him.
"That's my responsibility," Mingo said. "I didn't do my job. The guy made a great play, blocked a punt, (they) picked it up. I've got to do better than that."
Lanning punted seven times, including the block, for a 33.0 yard average.
Clamping down
Bengals receiver A.J. Green had five straight 100-yard receiving games before Sunday. Joe Haden held him to two catches for seven yards.
Haden had two interceptions in the same game for the first time in his four years in the NFL and scored his first NFL touchdown on a 29-yard return in the first quarter. It gave the Browns a 13-0 lead.
Haden disagreed when the reporter suggested Haden's day was wasted.
"Not wasted," Haden said. "I'm always out there trying to help our team win any time I can. With the pick-six, I'm just a little upset right now. Just a little upset."
Haden has a team-high three of the Browns' eight interceptions.
Throw it up there
Jason Campbell threw 56 passes (27 completed) Sunday. That was the third most in team history. Colt McCoy threw 61 against the Titans on Oct. 2, 2011, a game the Browns lost, 31-13. Brian Sipe threw 57 on Sept. 7, 1981 in a game the Browns lost to the Chargers, 44-14.
Injury report
Browns linebacker Craig Robertson left the game with a knee injury. Wide receiver Armanti Edwards suffered an ankle injury.
He said it
The Bengals' season was about to go down the tubes. The Browns led, 13-0, and the Bengals showed no sign of life on offense until Cincinnati defensive end Michael Johnson tipped a pass that fell into the hands of linebacker James Harrison. The Bengals scored a touchdown off the takeaway and three more Browns errors, including the two flawed punts.
"I guess we'll continue to major in thrilling at this point," Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said. "We showed great resilience, perseverance and the ability to come back today."
The Bengals lost two straight games in overtime before beating the Browns.
Bad day passing
Both quarterbacks had their troubles throwing the ball. Campbell's passer rating was 44.3. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton completed only 13 of 27 passes for 118 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. His passer rating was 62.7.
"It's a big win for us," Dalton said "Cleveland, they've done a lot of really good things. For us to come out and get a big win in this one and kind of do it with a bunch of different ways of scoring points was really good."
Numbers lie
The Browns had 15 first downs to only 10 for the Bengals. They outgained Cincinnati, 330-224, and won the time of possession, 32:24 to 27:36.


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"Many cultures (including some in Europe) do, in fact, eat horse."
Some on purpose.
O reader, I bring to you a topic of great significance. The blogosphere has been riven by controversy after a horse tried to play football on twitter. Should horses play football on twitter? Should horses not play football on twitter? This is the great modern give-and-take of discourse. This is the First Amendment. This is America.
The Anti-Horse Alliance is led by one Adam Jacobi, an Iowan who loathes all hooved mammals you cannot eat. I must agree that a thousand pounds of lovely-seeming meat just, like, composted or whatever is a waste and is hateful. In addition, he says the idea of horses playing football is anathema. He has many fine reasons for this take.
Horses can't understand football. Horses aren't completely stupid, and their skills at dressage lead me to believe that an end zone celebration involving a horse hot-steppingcould be PHENOMENAL, but football is a very complicated sport with rules and regulations governing virtually everything, and I just can't imagine that a horse would be able to abide by the rules of the line of scrimmage and the snap. False start penalties everywhere, even for just a twitch of the tail. "Set" means "set," horsie.
And so forth and so on.
The Coalition of the Horse Willing counts the esteemed Spencer Hall in their ranks.
Horses can qualify academically in the NCAA. Provided they get a learning disabled qualification, a horse should be able to stay eligible at several SEC schools. Auburn and Ole Miss come to mind first, but let's not single out those schools alone, but yes, mainly Auburn and Ole Miss. Horses may also succeed--neigh! even thrive!--at the C-USA, Sun Belt, and MAC level.
I fear that both these men have missed the mark on the original question so badly that they have embarrassed themselves in the manner of a 50-year-old white Christian male who demands credit for such, also on twitter. They will live down their shame in time.
That shame: by debating whether or not horses should play football they fail to ask the question "what sport should horses play?" Football is an ill fit. Basketball is preposterous, hockey promising but problematic, track and field faintly ridiculous, and horse racing completely out of the question. It's obvious, though. It's right in front of your face, and thus two or three feet below a horse's face.
Horses should play soccer.
THEY HAVE MORE FEET. More feet equals more skill. Leo Messi in fact has a foot that branches just below the ankle into ten toe-sized feet. Horses cannot match this, but with four feet they have double that of the average American, and are therefore twice as good at soccer than said average American, four times better than many World War I veterans, and eight times better than Robbie Findley.
PREHENSILE LIMBS NOT REQUIRED HERE. The McDonalds inside of which horses play soccer beautifully has a sign outside that says "NO SHIRT NO SHOES NO FINGERS NO PROBLEM."
HORSES CAN UNDERSTAND SOCCER. It's mostly a matter of booting a ball around without whistles and the like. Much simpler than football. Also, horses came from Europe! QED.
While I think a horse hockey team would be pretty good since the goalie would occupy the entire net, you'd probably have to shoot it. I digress.
TURNING HORSE ANKLES INTO A MIST OF TENDONS AND DEATH IS SANCTIONED IN SOCCER. In football, exploding someone's ankle is not a penalizable offense except in certain situations. Anyone turning a leg into a spray of horror gristle in soccer is generally shown a red card. The tendency of horse legs to fall off with little provocation is an asset to the team, if not the horse in particular. Go team.
SOCCER DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRESS GENERALLY AVOIDS THE NCAA. Horses do not have to take tests to sign with Liverpool or whatever.
POOPING ON THE FIELD IS PROBABLY STILL NOT GOOD. But they do play on actual grass. The cost savings. Think of them.
AMERICA CAN USE THEIR ATHLETES ON AMERICAN SPORTS. Horses are a great untapped resource in our race to dominate the globe's favorite sport, allowing us to both have LeBron James and LeHorse Soccer.
This is the First Amendment, that I can say that horses playing football is a terrible idea… unless it's the other football.
"Don't tread on me"
–Horse America.
See you at the World Cup final. Bring carbonated oats, baby.
"Many cultures (including some in Europe) do, in fact, eat horse."
Some on purpose.
Also, Europeans are eating a little more horse than we knew: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/09/world/europe/uk-horsemeat-probe.
My feeling is that someone at UM should form a Buzkashi club team: http://www.afghan-web.com/sports/buzkashi.html.
Bolivian President Evo Morales Evicts Banished MGoBloggers
The story has been updated to cover-up the true nature of the happenings. From the original cached report, we learn
Bolivian President Evo Morales declared Wednesday he was expelling banished MGoBloggers from the country, accusing the website of conspiring against his government.
"Surely to think that you can still manipulate us economically, politically -- those times are past," Morales said at May Day celebrations in La Paz, according to the Bolivian national news agency.
The Bolivian leader asserted that MGoBlog.com had sown divisions and destabilized the country and his government. Ejecting banished MGoBloogers was also a message to Brian, "who says that Latin America is the Siberia of the Internets," Morales said.
The censored article can be found at Bolivia Deports Banished MGoBloggers
Do you want the last 3 minutes with your wife back?
Sorry, I'm dyslexic.
I am absolutely with you on that. I wish I could get in a time machine and stop me from reading that post, but more importantly not clicking on the video.
You're as horsist as Jacobi. Horsies deserve the same opportunities as we do.
That's completely unfair. Brian's not saying horses shouldn't have the opportunity to play football, just that for their own good they should try soccer instead since they'd be better at it. Similarly, it wouldn't be heightist to tell Dikembe Motumbo that he shouldn't become a jockey but should give basketball a shot instead, though a rule absolutely forbidding him to try might be heightist.
You're probably the kind of person who thinks girls shouldn't take math classes.
Brian had a bit too much coffee
We aready have proof that horses can play football.
They're even smart enough to officiate the games.
But show me evidence they can play soccer.
(And did anyone else in our non-soccer fan crowd have to Google Robbie Findley to make sure he wasn't a quadriplegic?)
Although I think technically this is just one hand ball after another, our horse plays soccer. (Note: I have followed the META post about embedding religiously, but I still can't see this. Try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yetov3P03G8.)


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[A] leading expert in the field is Dr. Maressa Hecht Orzack, the director of the Computer Addiction Study Center at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. She opened a clinic for Internet addicts at the hospital in 1996, when, she said, "everybody thought I was crazy."Well, playing computer solitaire obsessively really is a problem. But just strip it out of your computer and move on. You won't get the shakes or anything. If you're at the point of spending a lot of money or checking into an institution to cure your problem, step back and reason it through. You could simply get rid of your internet connection or your computer and eliminate the problem. The same applies to the "addiction" to watching television. You always have the option to remove the TVs from your house. Then you'll need to find something else to do. Don't plunge into indulgent notions of yourself as weak and diseased.
Dr. Orzack said she got the idea after she discovered she had become addicted to computer solitaire, procrastinating and losing sleep and time with her family.
"I think using the Internet in certain ways can be quite absorbing, but I don't know that it's any different from an addiction to playing the violin and bowling," said Sara Kiesler, professor of computer science and human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. "There is absolutely no evidence that spending time online, exchanging e-mail with family and friends, is the least bit harmful. We know that people who are depressed or anxious are likely to go online for escape and that doing so helps them."Yeah, I agree with Kiesler. Or maybe you just think I just haven't gotten to the first step of admitting I have a problem. I think if you find yourself passionately absorbed in something, the question should be whether it is a good thing, not whether you are passionately absorbed.
It was Professor Kiesler who called Internet addiction a fad illness. In her view, she said, television addiction is worse. She added that she was completing a study of heavy Internet users, which showed the majority had sharply reduced their time on the computer over the course of a year, indicating that even problematic use was self-corrective.
She said calling it an addiction "demeans really serious illnesses, which are things like addiction to gambling, where you steal your family's money to pay for your gambling debts, drug addictions, cigarette addictions." She added, "These are physiological addictions."


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On Tuesday, the Neosho R-5 Board of Education discussed safety issues at South Elementary.
On Tuesday, the Neosho R-5 Board of Education discussed safety issues at South Elementary.
Last week, Neosho police responded to a call of an intruder on campus. Neosho Police Chief David McCracken said someone had walked through the parking lot of the school. Police searched the grounds and wooded areas around the school, but found no one, McCracken said.
Tim Crawley, assistant superintendent of business and finance for the district, told the school board Tuesday administrators reacted quickly, putting the campus on lock-down status. A Watch Dog dad dropping off someone at the school scared the intruder off, Crawley said.
The district has been talking about enclosing the buildings at South Elementary as part of its long-range plan for district improvements and as an additional add on to the construction of a FEMA shelter. Under this plan, the separate school buildings will be enclosed under one roof, and doorways widened in order to be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Cari Southern, a member of the South School PTO, said the organization was interested in using its funds for a project to enhance school safety, such as a fence, but was reluctant to do so and have it torn down shortly afterward during an enclosure project.
"Even before this incident happened, parents were discussing we would use that money to build a fence, but we didn't want to put it up and then tear it down," she said.
Southern said while she recognizes the school has put new security measures in place, such as calling ahead on walkie talkies — more accessible than an intercom system in areas such as the playground — and designating a bus drop off area and a parent drop off area instead of having children enter the building through three separate entrances, concerns remained.
Crawley mentioned one of the summer maintenance projects, installing cameras at South Elementary to monitor the campus.
Southern said South principal Lee Woodward told her the day after the intruder incident that the school had not received many telephone calls.
"I said 'Well, there's no reason to call — you handled it perfectly,' but the threat is still there, the opportunity for threat is still there," Southern said. "I know there's long-range plans, and that's great, but we have kids in there right now. What do we do in the interim? There are days there aren't a watchdog dad there.
"I'm an accountant. I don't want to pay for a fence that will, in 18 months, be torn down. What do we need to do to secure the location? Do we need a resource officer up there? I'm all for cameras and calling ahead, but for me that means we know in 15 minutes that a kid's been taken, not an hour."
Currently, the district is conducting a telephone survey to get input from district patrons on enclosing add on projects in conjunction with the FEMA shelter. Meanwhile, board president Brett Day said the district plans public input sessions as well, and encouraged PTO members to attend and voice their concerns.
"People who don't have kids going to South don't know about this particular issue, but I bet it will be important to them," Day said. "And if we can start building some consensus on what our priorities in the district are, we can go somewhere.
"In the meantime, we're not going to ignore the short-term either. We've got to get this long-term plan put together, but the safety of our kids is important to us. So that's something we will be looking at as well. When you deal with limited resources, sometimes it takes a while to get where you need to be."
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But wait - if you ask Google Flu Trends, we're in the midst of an outbreak that is shaping up to be the most extensive on record. Never before this week have so many people searched for the terms that Google believes are likely indicators of the influenza virus. If Google's algorithm is accurate, that should translate to a volume of doctor visits that significantly exceeds that of the H1N1 outbreak in October 2009. The media usually loves a good health scare. So why isn't anyone sounding the alarm?
Because, four years after Google Flu Trends launched, the CDC still drives the bulk of national media coverage, suggesting that health reporters aren't fully comfortable putting stock in Internet algorithms that go back only a few years. Yet Google's figures may deserve far more attention than they've been getting.
By the CDC's latest "outpatient surveillance" estimates, roughly 5.6 percent of Americans visiting the doctor are reporting respiratory illnesses, or flu-like symptoms. That's a large number, significantly higher than the national baseline of 2.2 percent or the 2.3 percent peak of last year's mild flu season. But it's not entirely out of the ordinary.
But here's the thing: The CDC's current estimates aren't all that current. Because they are based on after-the-fact reports from more than 3,000 health care providers around the country, the numbers can tell us only how many people were suffering from the flu a couple weeks ago. Today's CDC FluView figures, for instance, come from the week of Dec. 23. We won't know until Friday how many people visited the doctor with respiratory symptoms during the week that began on Dec. 30.
That's where Google comes in. In fall 2008, the company's charitable arm, Google.org, unveiled Flu Trends, a site that scans millions of Google searches from around the world to track flu activity in near real time. According to a study published in Nature in February 2009, the system can detect outbreaks nearly two weeks before they show up in the official CDC reports. And the site can tell you on any given day what countries, states and even cities are likely seeing the largest number of cases.
Today, Flu Trends is painting a foreboding picture. On a global scale of green (minimal flu activity) to bright red (intense flu activity), the United States is the reddest country in the world. Zoom in, and the red stretches are almost unbroken across the country's eastern two-thirds. (Hang in there, Connecticut!) Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Houston and Denver are among a slew of cities tagged with the "intense" rating.
But the really ominous chart is the one that shows the trend line for the nation as a whole. It roughly agrees with the CDC that flu activity in December was about in line with the "moderately severe" peak in 2007-2008. But if Google is right, the CDC's snapshot came just as the outbreak was gaining steam. Since mid-December, the trend line has rocketed past that of all previous years and now towers over that of the October 2009 H1N1 pinnacle, suggesting a CDC outpatient surveillance figure of an unprecedented 8.9 percent.
If that turns out to be accurate, the CDC's Michael Jhung says this year's would be the most widespread flu outbreak in decades. Jhung, a medical officer in the CDC's influenza division, said he wouldn't be shocked if that turns out to be the case, since his own models hint that the virus has not yet reached its peak. But he isn't ready to go out on that limb just yet. "Is it going to be a more severe season than last year? I think without question," Jhung said. "Is it going to be a more severe season than a couple years ago, or the previous 10 years? We don't know, and won't know until the end of the season."
Perhaps not. But Google's track record is disconcertingly impressive. In the four years leading up to the Nature paper in 2009, its estimates lined up with the eventual CDC data with amazing accuracy.
It seems almost certain that the most recent CDC figures are underestimating the outbreak's current magnitude. Don't be surprised to see a flurry of increasingly dire warnings and media reports in the weeks to come. The CDC's Jhung recommends that everyone over the age of 6 who has not yet gotten a flu shot do so now. Even if you've already caught one strain, he said, there are still two others that the vaccine can protect against.


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Americans love deals on designer items, and scammers know it. Clothing, shoes and handbags are among the most popular items for counterfeiters, so do some homework before you buy.
Before you go ahead and jump on that deal, check out a merchant -- especially one you're unfamiliar with -- ahead of time. Go online, put the merchants name in a search engine, and the words "rip-off" and "complaint" and see what other people that have dealt with them are saying.
Look for security features like a seal or a sticker a real manufacturer will add that's hard to reproduce.
Some major labels will offer advice on avoiding counterfeits on their company websites.
Beware of low prices simply too good to be true.
Use a credit card for purchases, which can offer greater protection than a debit card in the event or fraud.
If you do get duped, don't try to resell the merchandise.
Demand your money back regardless of the return policy. And loop in your local or state consumer protection agency.


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Google (GOOG) are up $27.38, or 2.4%, at $1,150.35, after the company yesterday said it would buy automation startup Nest Labs for $3.2 billion.
The Street today pondered a number of different rationales for the deal, which they believe came at a substantial premium, but a premium not unwarranted by the strategic value of Nest's technology.
Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, reiterating an Overweight rating on the shares, and a $1,263 price target, writing that "purchasing Nest may seem strange for Google, but we believe that diving deeper into the acquisition sheds more light into the move."
It's about automation, writes Munster:
In our opinion, there are three core benefits from acquiring Nest. First, Nest fits into Google's theme of automation with the continued development of robots and self-driving cars. Second, the acquisition could ultimately give Google a better window into home power consumption and ultimately the smart grid of the future. Third, Nest gives Google a world class design team that could influence future hardware products. In total, while we believe the purchase price may seem expensive, we believe that Nest will prove to be worth the cost and fit well within Google's vision connecting the world's information, now including home power consumption […] While there are no public revenue numbers for Nest, we believe the company could reasonably be on or near a 1 million unit run-rate between the company's thermostat and the recently launched smoke detector. At a $230 ASP between the $249 thermostat and $129 smoke detector (note that a single home could use multiples of each device), would imply a revenue run-rate of $230 million and a 14x multiple on that rough run-rate estimate. In the past Google has had success in paying high premiums to prevent other bidders (YouTube for $1.65 billion with essentially no revenues). While we believe Apple is also interested in home automation, we note Apple has never bought a consumer electronics hardware company and likely was not a bidder on Nest despite a connection with the CEO.
Topeka Capital Markets's Victor Anthony reiterated a Buy rating, and a $1,313 price target, writing that "Google is placing a bet that it can connect the more than 115mm homes in the U.S. and eventually millions more globally."
It's about owning connectivity, writes Anthony:
Nest Is One More Piece Of Google's Goal of Owning Both Home and Business Connectivity and the Eventual Monetization Opportunities with Voice and Android. Google is a hotbed of product evolution and innovation (Glass, self-driving cars, Chromecast, Nexus products) as well as other forays into the home with Google Fiber. Google Voice technologies combined with Android and all of the above provides a window of opportunity to voice-enable devices not just in the home but for health, financial services, manufacturing, shipping, and dozens of other business sectors hungry for ways to reduce errors, time, and costs. A multi-billion dollar opportunity exists for Google in the connected and embedded systems market.
Cowen & Co.'s John Blackledge, reiterating an Outperform rating on Google and a $1,110 price target, writes that the deal "should provide GOOG a larger role in the connected home via Nest's Learning Thermostat and the recently introduced Nest Protect smoke detector."
He notes Google was an early investor in the startup: "GOOG was an existing investor in the firm, along with Kleiner Perkins, and Shasta Ventures and, according to press reports, this transaction took place just days after closing series D financing which amounted to a $150MM raise at a $2BN valuation.
It's about people and patents, he writes:
We look at this acquisition as part of GOOG's strategy to platform-extend GOOG's reach (similar to Android for mobile devices) and to reinvent a pervasive legacy industry (like Google Fiber). GOOG will also add some top-tier talent in the acquisition including two members of the team that helped develop the iPod/iPhone as well as intellectual property as Nest has 100 patents, 200 on file and 200 ready to file. We have limited information on financials for Nest, but GOOG appears to be paying a large premium. However, 1) as an existing investor, GOOG has a good understanding of the asset they are acquiring; and 2) with $57BN+ in cash on the balance sheet, this is a relatively insignificant cash outlay. In general, we think GOOG has a solid track record of identifying strategic assets (e.g. YouTube, Android, among others) and creating significant shareholder value […] Nest is reportedly shipping 50K thermostats per month at $250 retail price equating to a ~$150MM revenue run-rate, which implies a 21x EV/Revenue multiple, not factoring i) shipment upside after plugging in Google's powerful platform benefits, ii) any value for the patents, iii) revenue from the recently introduced smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, and iv) new products/services.
In other Google news, Wells Fargo's Peter Stabler today raised his rating on the shares to Outperform from Market Perform, and raised his "valuation range" to $1,300 to $1,350, from a prior $900 to $1,000, writing that he sees a combination of short-term and long-term positive trends for the ad business:
Based on commentary from SEMs and leading e-commerce platforms such as Mercent. (Kenshoo reporting holiday season PLA spend +94% yr/yr). While the robust growth in PLA spend is off a low base due to the transition to PLAs in late Oct 2012, we view the increasing ratio of PLA ads to text ads as a positive and incremental to Google's advertising revenues on a replacement basis due to higher click/conversion dynamics. We raise our Q4 2013 advertising revenue forecast to $14B from $13.6B (+16.2%yr/yr vs. +12.9% yr/yr previously) […] Midterm: We introduce our YouTube revenue model and proprietary analysis of Nielsen television quintile data. Simply said, Nielsen quintile data clearly points to online video as an ideal campaign supplement to aid reach of light-viewing linear TV consumers, a critically important audience for most TV advertisers, in our view. Further, we believe recent updates to YouTube (Nielsen OCR, G+ comment integration) will increase the platform's advertising appeal and address key past concerns of brand advertisers. Embracing Viewable Impressions is another leadership move that firmly convinces us that Google sees a major brand advertising opportunity, and understands the importance of transparency to brand marketers […] Enhanced Campaigns (EC), Local, And The Internet Of Things. Though we believe the near-term impact is mixed, we believe EC positions Google well for a landscape beyond today's array of form factors. As we anticipate the number of connected devices to grow exponentially over the next five years, we believe Google's implementation of EC to be a prescient and strategic move with positive long-term ramifications for Local and connected device search.
Stabler touches on the Nest deal at the end of his report, briefly, writing "Lastly, we believe Google's purchase of Nest Labs ($3.2B, all cash) clearly points to an intention to play a leadership role in the connected home, offering a complement to Google's connected car ambition."


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NTSB this morning issued its latest list of most wanted safety improvements, adding one aviation-related issue--fire safety improvement--and removing "pilot and air traffic controller professionalism" from last year's list. The board also tweaked runway safety improvement, broadening the issue by terming it airport surface operation improvement.
The revised list of 10 items includes two aviation-specific issues: airport surface safety and general aviation safety, plus the aviation element of fire safety. On that, NTSB said:
Three cargo fire accidents in the past 6 years have resulted in the deaths of two flight crews and the total loss of three aircraft. Two of those accidents involved Boeing 747-400 freighters. The NTSB involvement in these accident investigations revealed deficiencies in the fire safety strategy employed both for fire detection and fire suppression. The construction material for cargo containers was also identified as being directly related to the fire protection of cargo compartments.
The cargo fire accidents NTSB cited are UPS Flight 1307, ABX Air Flight 1611, and UPS Flight 6.
Here, with links to each issue item, is NTSB's full list of most wanted improvements for 2013:
• Improve Safety of Airport Surface Operations
• Preserve the Integrity of Transportation Infrastructure
• Enhance Pipeline Safety
• Implement Positive Train Control Systems
• Eliminate Substance-Impaired Driving
• Improve the Safety of Bus Operations
• Eliminate Distraction in Transportation
• Improve Fire Safety in Transportation
• Improve General Aviation Safety
• Mandate Motor Vehicle Collision Avoidance Technologies


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Dogs are sometimes skittish, not skiddish.
Everything listed above, and add...per se. It's per se. Not persay. Makes me nuts.I worked in dog rescue for many years. You would think people would know that it's a German (or Australian :-) ) shepherd, not shepard. Dogs are sometimes skittish, not skiddish. The female has a litter of puppies, not puppys. After they're weaned, she'll need to be spayed, not spade, before she can be adopted.
Oogle instead of ogle. Oogle isn't a word.
Lightning versus lightening. Lightening is the act of making something brighter or paler. Lightning is zappy electricity from the sky. If somebody is "struck by lightening", I don't expect him to be hurt.
I wish all those people getting pregnate would stop breeding.
Oh, forgot my favorite one.. "Viola!"No. A viola is a musical instrument. The word you are looking for is voila (and yes, the a should be accented, I just don't know how to make that on my keyboard).Under absolutely no circumstances, ever, should it be "Walla!"
Definately....Capitalizing the first letter of every word, or every other letter. Especially irritating when you're trying to roleplay and one of the participants will not stop typing like that.
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Release Notes: This release adds the tool virt-builder to rapidly and securely create new virtual machines. User-Mode Linux (UML) can now be used as a backend (instead of KVM). virt-resize and virt-sysprep can use URIs to work on remote disks. Bindings have been added for the Go programming language. This release supports the systemd journal, setting qemu caching mode, and ARM (32 bit) and PowerPC 64.
Release Notes: This release adds SVirt for secure containment of guests. It supports disk hotplugging and up to 255 disk images at once. New support for: POSIX ACLs, Linux capabilities, Windows dynamic disks, and Lua bindings. Multiple enhancements to virt-sysprep. Supports rsync to synchronize disk images with the host filesystem (both ways). Dozens of bugfixes.
Release Notes: virt-sysprep has been rewritten and expanded. virt-sparsify can find more sparseness in Linux guests. virt-make-fs can make btrfs. virt-edit preserves all IDs and file permissions. FUSE is included directly in the core API. Over 30 bugs have been fixed.
Release Notes: New virt-alignment-scan, virt-sparsify, and virt-sysprep tools were added. Virt-resize can now resize Ubuntu guests, and fix alignment issues in Windows and Linux guests. 'guestmount --live' works. Systemtap support was added. Virt-cat now supports Windows drive letters and paths. Erlang bindings were added. 18 bugs have been official fixed, and many more unofficially.
Release Notes: Virt-inspector can now extract OS icons from VMs. Virt-resize can resize guests using btrfs. Guestfish can be used to append to files. Virt-ls supports an easily greppable output format Virt-win-reg supports HKEY_USERS. Java is now a first class supported language. Many incremental improvements throughout the virt tools.
Release Notes: The --live option allows use with live virtual machines. New tools include: virt-copy-in, virt-copy-out, virt-tar-in, and virt-tar-out. Support for Windows drive letter mappings. virt-resize now works with 32-bit machines. You can use virt-inspector on live CDs. The new event API allows you to capture log message events and more. More support for progress notifications for long-running commands. The Java and Ruby bindings have been improved. Inspection has been improved for Windows guests.
Release Notes: This major release adds full support for Debian, Ubuntu, and ArchLinux. More tools including "virt-filesystems" for listing out filesystems and partitions. Command line options have been unified across tools. Support has been added for the guest filesystem graphical browser. There are also plenty of new example programs to learn from, and many bugfixes.
Release Notes: This is a major new stable release concentrating on performance improvements (in some cases 4-5 times faster). It has a new core inspection API for examining unknown VMs, fast guestfish -i inspection, and fast virt-df. virt-edit supports non-interactive edits. guestfish and guestmount can access libvirt domains directly. There are many new APIs.
Release Notes: This is a major update. Guestfish can create prepared disk images. Virt-resize can fully resize many Linux and Windows guests. The FUSE module now has write support. There are dozens of bugfixes.
Release Notes: New tools were added: virt-cat, which performs "cat" on files from a VM; virt-edit, which edits files in a VM; virt-resize, which resizes a VM; virt-rescue; and virt-win-reg, which makes Windows Registry changes to a VM. Many new C APIs and multiple bugfixes were added.