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Discussion in 'The Howard Stern Show' started by cah155, Jan 9, 2013.
What a creepy looking guy
Pasty skin, diabetic, obese, can't get it up. . . .
His wife must be a picture of happiness.
She's probably happy that he can't get it up.
He has his own TV show. WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?!?!?
It looks like he's mid heroin nod
Fat creep. Mix in a salad and some over-18 porn once in a while
He looks like one of those guys you watch boarding the plane and pray to god the douche doesn't have the seat next to you. Especially if he's dragging his greasy, fast food along. Then again, he'll be seated next to his lover Bababooey.
Can't imagine listening to those two assbags pontificate for hours while trapped like a rat. Ear rape.
"soon me and Gary will share room and fuck 24/7. Maybe find some young teen to do anal with"
Probably?! I'm willing to wager money she is ecstatic that he can't rise to the occasion…
That's a big bag from McDonald's what's in there?
hes in character
That's the pic he chose to post?
Look how the chest collapses into the gunt.
Thank god fast food mania is over


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AR-42 in Treating Patients With Advanced or Relapsed Multiple Myeloma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, or Lymphoma
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01129193
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : May 24, 2010
Last Update Posted : February 23, 2017
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RATIONALE: AR-42 may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of AR-42 in treating patients with advanced or relapsed multiple myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or lymphoma.
|Condition or disease
|Adult Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-cell Lymphoma Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma Cutaneous B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue Hepatosplenic T-cell Lymphoma Intraocular Lymphoma Nodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder Prolymphocytic Leukemia Recurrent Adult Burkitt Lymphoma Recurrent Adult Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma Recurrent Adult Diffuse Mixed Cell Lymphoma Recurrent Adult Diffuse Small Cleaved Cell Lymphoma Recurrent Adult Grade III Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis Recurrent Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma Recurrent Adult Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma Recurrent Adult Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Recurrent Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Recurrent Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Recurrent Grade 1 Follicular Lymphoma Recurrent Grade 2 Follicular Lymphoma Recurrent Grade 3 Follicular Lymphoma Recurrent Mantle Cell Lymphoma Recurrent Marginal Zone Lymphoma Recurrent Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome Recurrent Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Refractory Multiple Myeloma Stage III Adult Burkitt Lymphoma Stage III Adult Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma Stage III Adult Diffuse Mixed Cell Lymphoma Stage III Adult Diffuse Small Cleaved Cell Lymphoma Stage III Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage III Adult Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma Stage III Adult Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Stage III Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Stage III Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Stage III Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage III Grade 1 Follicular Lymphoma Stage III Grade 2 Follicular Lymphoma Stage III Grade 3 Follicular Lymphoma Stage III Mantle Cell Lymphoma Stage III Marginal Zone Lymphoma Stage III Multiple Myeloma Stage III Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome Stage III Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Stage IV Adult Burkitt Lymphoma Stage IV Adult Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma Stage IV Adult Diffuse Mixed Cell Lymphoma Stage IV Adult Diffuse Small Cleaved Cell Lymphoma Stage IV Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage IV Adult Immunoblastic Large Cell Lymphoma Stage IV Adult Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Stage IV Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Stage IV Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Stage IV Cutaneous T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Stage IV Grade 1 Follicular Lymphoma Stage IV Grade 2 Follicular Lymphoma Stage IV Grade 3 Follicular Lymphoma Stage IV Mantle Cell Lymphoma Stage IV Marginal Zone Lymphoma Stage IV Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome Stage IV Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Testicular Lymphoma Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
|Other: Pharmacodynamic Studies Other: Fatigue Inventory Other: Pharmacogenomic studies Drug: AR-42
|Phase 1
I. To estimate the safety by estimating the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and describe the dose limiting toxicity (DLT) of AR-42 administered orally three times weekly (Mon, Wed, and Fri preferred) each week for 3 weeks during each 28-day period to adults with advanced or recurrent chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), lymphoma, or multiple myeloma (MM).
I. To characterize the pharmacokinetics of AR-42 in this patient population. II. To analyze patient samples for descriptive information regarding AR-42 pharmacodynamic changes in this patient population.
III. To obtain pilot data regarding efficacy at the MTD as measured by partial and complete responses in each disease subgroup during protocol expansion in stage III.
Patients receive oral AR-42 three times weekly on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for at least 30 days.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|44 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase I Study of AR-42 in Relapsed Myeloma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, and Lymphoma
|Actual Study Start Date :
|May 4, 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 7, 2017
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 31, 2017
Experimental: Arm I (Hematologic Malignancies)
Patients will receive orally administered AR-42 three times per week (Mon, Wed, and Fri preferred) in cycles of 28 days (3 weeks of 3-times-per-week dosing followed by a 7-day off-treatment period).
Other: Pharmacodynamic Studies
Assess at baseline (pre-dose day 1 of cycle 1), approximately 24 hours after the first dose, pre-dose days 2 and 3, and pre-dose day 19 for histone acetylation of tumor cells (CLL patients) or mononuclear cells (PBMCs for lymphoma, myeloma, and solid tumor patients).
Cytokine studies will be collected pre-dose on days 1, 2, 8, 15, 19 of cycle 1, day 1 of cycle 2, and pre-dose days 1, 8, 15 of cycle 3.
Other Name: correlative studiesOther: Fatigue Inventory
Brief Fatigue Inventory should take each patient approximately 5 minutes to fill out this survey per instance on day 1 of every cycle.
Other Name: quality-of-life assessmentBriefOther: Pharmacogenomic studies
Baseline germ line DNA from buccal swabs will be collected for analysis of drug (AR-42) metabolism SNPs and other biologic SNPs that might predict immune or disease response to therapy. Pharmacogenetic status of key metabolizing enzymes (eg, CYP3A5, UGT1A8) and transporter proteins (SLCO1B1, ABCG2) will also be considered for their role in drug clearance in individual patients.Drug: AR-42
Administered orally three times per week (Mon, Wed, and Fri preferred) in cycles of 28 days (3 weeks of 3-times-per-week dosing followed by a 7-day off-treatment period).
Experimental: Arm II (Solid Tumors)
Patients will receive orally administered AR-42 three times per week (Mon, Wed, and Fri preferred) in cycles of 28 days (3 weeks of 3-times-per-week dosing followed by a 7-day off-treatment period).
Drug: AR-42
Administered orally three times per week (Mon, Wed, and Fri preferred) in cycles of 28 days (3 weeks of 3-times-per-week dosing followed by a 7-day off-treatment period).
- Adverse events described using the NCI CTCAE criteria [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]
- Clinical benefit [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]
- Duration of response [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]
- Time to progression [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Patients must have CLL, prolymphocytic leukemia, or lymphoma (Hodgkins or Non-Hodgkins) as defined by 2008 WHO criteria or multiple myeloma as defined by IMWG criteria
- Patients must have received at least one prior antineoplastic therapy, must have progressed after at least 1 prior therapy, and for whom no standard therapy is available or whom decline such options; prior autologous and/or allogeneic transplant is permitted
- Prior biologic therapy or prior radiation is permitted; however, at least 28 days must have elapsed since the completion of prior therapy and patients must have recovered from all therapy-associated toxicities to no greater than grade 1 at the time of registration
- Patients with symptomatic disease may receive palliative corticosteroids up to 1 week before initiating therapy
- Patients must be off any prior chemotherapy for at least 28 days or 3 half lives, whichever is longer, and all therapy-related toxicity must have resolved to grade 1 or less
- ANC >= 1000/uL
- Total bilirubin < 1.5 mg/dL
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5x institutional upper limit of normal or estimated creatinine clearance >= 50 ml/min by MDRD (original or abbreviated), or measured creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min
- ECOG/WHO performance score of 0-1
- Patients must be able to swallow capsules
- Patients or their legal representatives must be able to read, understand and provide informed consent to participate in the trial
- Women with potential for child bearing must have a negative pregnancy test at screening; both men and women are required to use appropriate contraception during study
- Platelet count >= 50,000/uL
- AST and ALT =< 5x the institutional upper limit of normal
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study
- Patients with malabsorption or any other condition that in the opinion of the principal investigator could cause difficulty in absorption of drug
- Breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with AR-42
- Patients with malignant cells in the cerebrospinal fluid or parenchyma within the preceding 3 months or patients with primary CNS lymphoma are not eligible
- Patients with uncontrolled autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) are not eligible
- Patients receiving concurrent corticosteroids less than 1 week prior to protocol therapy other than for physiologic maintenance treatment or control of AIHA or ITP
- Concurrent use of complementary or alternative medicines that in the opinion of the principal investigator would confound the interpretation of toxicities and/or antitumor activity of the study drug
- Patients with a "currently active" second malignancy that, in the opinion of the principal investigator, will interfere with patient participation, increase patient risk, shorten survival to < 1 year, or confound data interpretation
- Patients with a mean QTcB > 450 msec in males and > 470 msec in females
- Patients who are receiving concurrent antineoplastic therapy
- Any other medical condition, including mental illness or substance abuse, deemed by the principal investigator to likely interfere with a patient's ability to sign informed consent, cooperate and participate in the study, or interfere with the interpretation of the results
- Patients with significant cardiovascular disease, including a myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months or unstable cardiac arrhythmias are not eligible for the study
- Known HIV infection
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01129193
|United States, Ohio
|The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
|Principal Investigator:
|Craig Hofmeister
|The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Craig Hofmeister, Principal Investigator, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01129193 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2010-01082 ( Registry Identifier: Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) )
P30CA016058 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|May 24, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 23, 2017
|Last Verified:
|February 2017
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Myeloma
Neoplasms, Plasma Cell
Lymphoma, Follicular
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
Lymphoma, B-Cell
Hodgkin Disease
Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
Burkitt Lymphoma
Lymphoma, T-Cell
Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic
Plasmablastic Lymphoma
Mycosis Fungoides
Sezary Syndrome
Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous
Leukemia, T-Cell
Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic
Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral
Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis
Lymphoproliferative Disorders

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SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, n.d.
Speech regarding the problem of possible severance of relations between the Western powers and Soviet satellite countries, n.d.
Talk given by C. Visoianu on the occasion of Union Day commemoration, January 24 (no year). In Romanian
"Le Corps Diplomatique a Moscou" (The Diplomatic Corps in Moscow), 1937 July
Eastern European Conference resolution adopted concerning a declaration made by U.S. President D. Eisenhower regarding the satellite countries, 1952
Hitler, Adolf, letter to the King of Romania, 1940 July 15
Paris Peace Conference, 1946
"Romania at the Peace Conference," 1946
La Roumanie Devant la Conference de la Paix" (Romania at the Peace Conference), 1946
Peace treaty draft between Romania and the Allied Powers, 1946. In Romanian
Report on the way the first communist government was imposed in Romania by Molotov and his audiences with the King, reprint, New York Herald Tribune, 1947 October 23
Romanian elections, 1946 November
Romanian-Bulgarian relations, 1946 August
Romanian-Soviet relations, 1939-1940
Austin, Warren R. (U.S. representative to the United Nations), 1949
Gallin, J., 1952
O'Hara, Gerald, Archbishop, 1951
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SUBJECT FILE, 1949-1955. The Romanian National Committee (Washington, D.C.)
"Persecution of Religion in Romania," 1949 November
Reorganization, 1953-55
"Suppression of Human Rights in Romania," 1949 September
INCREMENT, 1977 May.
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Badman tells Niko to go to Wallkill St in South Bohan. Stop in the marker and watch the cutscene. Follow the dealer on foot, being carefull not to spook him. If the dealer does get frightened, he will start running. This will not fail the mission, but it is more difficult to keep up. Roman will call during the mission, and the phone may scare the dealer, so hang up the phone as soon as it rings. Follow the dealer into the apartment building, but don't kill him.
The dealer will meet his suppliers on the top floor of the building. The door may be locked, depending on whether or no you spooked the dealer. If it isnt, push the door open and start shooting; if it is, shoot the lock to open the door. Kill the three people inside. After this, Niko will call Little Jacob and tell him the dealer and his suppliers are dead.
Tip: Before following the dealer, be sure to set your cell phone to "quiet" because you'll get a call from Roman as you follow the dealer, possibly spooking him and losing your element of surprise.


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Federal police have arrested another man as part of a long-running investigation into drug trafficking and the alleged involvement of customs officers based at Sydney airport.
The Wednesday morning arrest of a 24-year-old Tennyson Point man brings the total number of people arrested as part of Operation Marca–the codename given to a multi-agency probe focusing on drug importation and corruption–to 10.
Fairfax Media reported that a 22-year-old courier allegedly linked to Sydney Airport Customs officers was arrested in Sydney on Saturday.
Both men are scheduled to appear in Sydney Central Local Court on Wednesday.
In a statement released this morning, the AFP said it will be alleged in court that the men imported approximately 10kg of pseudoephedrine into Australia in March 2010, and were assisted by an Australian Customs and Border Protection officer based at Sydney airport.
Federal police arrested eight people in 2012, including three Commonwealth officials, who were charged with a range of corruption and drug importation related offences.
AFP Commissioner Tony Negus said these latest arrests show the progress in the fight against organised crime and corruption.
"These arrests are another significant step forward in this investigation," Commissioner Negus said.
''The AFP and ACLEI investigation continues and further arrests are anticipated as the allegedly corrupt syndicate is dismantled."
On Saturday, authorities swooped on a courier accused of importing drugs with the alleged help of Sydney Airport Customs officers amid fresh revelations that some of the drug mules involved in the scandal risked the death penalty by moving drugs through Singapore.
Among other developments in the growing customs corruption scandal, a Fairfax Media investigation can also reveal that up to four customs officers suspected of involvement in serious corruption remain working at the airport.
Also still working at the airport are a small number of suspected corrupt baggage handlers who have links to alleged drug trafficker Joseph Harb and are holders of federal government Aviation Security Identity Cards.
The couriers are accused of helping to import millions of dollars worth of drugs into Australia since at least 2009.
It's understood that anti-corruption investigators from the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, along with their federal police counterparts, are planning to make several more arrests in the coming months.
Fairfax Media - which reported the existence of the corrupt airport cell last December - can also reveal that most of the suspected corrupt customs staff have been identified as belonging to a small team of officers who worked shifts together at Sydney Airport.
Because this team of officers worked in the same international passenger checking team, known as a ''stream'', they were able to work together to move bags filled with contraband past the various security checks required at the airport.
On at least one occasion, it's believed a courier transited through Singapore airport with his load of drugs before flying into Sydney.
The suspected corrupt customs officials also advised couriers on how to move large bundles of drug money out of
Australia, in breach of laws that require any cash amount over $10,000 to be declared to customs. Some of the money earned from the drug sales has gone to the coffers of the Comanchero outlaw bikie club.
It appears that an alleged ringleader of the group would wait until certain customs staff were working the same shift before giving the green light for couriers to pass through the airport after flying from overseas destinations with their drug loads. This happened around every three months.
Staff who were not initially corrupt were convinced by this ringleader to perform certain tasks in return for payments of several thousand dollars.
A serious challenge for the multiple agencies working on the customs probe, code-named Operation Marca, is dealing with officials who may not be charged due to insufficient evidence but who are strongly believed to have still engaged in corruption or serious misconduct.
As many as 20 officers from Sydney airport may fall into this category.
Another major challenge for the investigation will be finding enough evidence to arrest senior organised crime figures, including a well-known Sydney Lebanese crime boss, who are tied to the corrupt cell but have kept at arm's length to avoid detection.
The two customs officers so far charged by Operation Marca are Adrian Lamella and Paul Katralis, who have both been remanded in custody on serious drug trafficking and corruption charges.
Katralis is re-appearing in court today.


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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has launched the Bluetooth Developer Portal to form a programmer resource supporting application design that integrates with this low energy connectivity technology and helps developers create applications using standardized Bluetooth data profiles.
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NOTE: The Bluetooth Core Specification v4.0 details the Bluetooth Core System as consisting of an RF transceiver, baseband, and protocol stack. The system offers services that enable the connection of devices and the exchange of a variety of classes of data between these devices. Many features of the core specification are optional, allowing product differentiation.
"Because Bluetooth technology is a cross-platform global standard, the opportunity for app developers is bound only by their imagination," said Michael Foley, Ph.D, executive director of the Bluetooth SIG. "The Bluetooth Developer Portal aims to help unleash some of this creativity. For example, SIG member company Wahoo Fitness already has more than 80 smartphone applications that work with the company's heart rate monitor. This is just one device. Imagine the possibilities when you consider there are seven billion Bluetooth devices."
"With 16,000 members and five million Bluetooth enabled products shipping daily, the ubiquity of our ever-growing network of devices is what separates Bluetooth technology from other wireless technologies," said Suke Jawanda, chief marketing officer at the Bluetooth SIG. "Now, with the launch of our Developer Portal we expect to see more innovative products and applications from our members, adding new functionality to the gadgets we use daily and making them better with Bluetooth technology."


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Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the start of another school year here at Bucknell. I hope you have had a great summer and are looking forward to a very full and enjoyable academic year.
Wendy and I are thrilled to have joined you at Bucknell, and are grateful to everyone for the warm welcome you have given us and our son Cole. You have already made Bucknell feel to us as if it has always been our home, and I deeply appreciate the kindness you have extended to my family and me. As we start our first fall semester with you, I thought you would value having a summary of activities at the University over the summer.
First and foremost, we proudly welcome the members of the Class of 2014 and our new transfer students to Bucknell. The new group of first-year students joins us from 34 states across America, plus the District of Columbia and 34 other countries, the largest contingent of international students in Bucknell's history.
We are honored by the trust that all of these new students and their families have placed in the University, and are delighted they have become part of the Bucknell community.
It was wonderful to be with the Class of 2014 during a variety of their Orientation events, and I thank all the faculty and staff who shared in these events, including Tuesday night's Convocation and Candlelighting, the academic sessions over the weekend, and the welcome dinner last Friday. Special thanks and congratulations to all those in our Student Affairs Office involved in putting together the comprehensive Orientation events and especially to the dedicated and enthusiastic students who served as Orientation Assistants and Orientation Leaders.
We also are proud to welcome to Bucknell our 12 new tenure-track faculty, who were selected to join this tremendous learning community after intensive national searches. I have no doubt that they bring to the University the deep commitment to excellence as teachers and as scholars for which our faculty is so widely respected.
This academic year will be the first at Bucknell for our new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. George Shields, who joined us in July. Dr. Shields previously served as the founding dean of science and technology at Armstrong Atlantic State University, and prior to that role served as a professor of chemistry at Hamilton College, where he was the Winslow Professor of Chemistry and served as chair of the department. We look forward to the many contributions that we know George will make to Bucknell and the excellence of the college.
I know we also have a variety of new staff about to start their first academic year at Bucknell. To them we extend a warm welcome and our best hopes that this year marks a great beginning to a long and wonderful experience at the University.
As the year gets underway, there have been a number of changes and improvements to the physical spaces of the campus. These include the following:
This year we will see important steps forward in the plans for building Academic West and new student housing. We will discuss Academic West in detail with the Board of Trustees at the upcoming Board retreat in late September. The plan is to place Academic West on the southwest side of the Bertrand Library. It will provide space for numerous classroom and academic offices, and will have the added benefit of creating a domino-effect in opening up offices across campus as the faculty currently in other office space move to Academic West. I consider the creation of new faculty offices and classrooms the single most important issue we must address in the University's physical plant.
We will discuss new student housing possibilities with the Board later this year. Throughout the summer, my colleagues in the administration and I have been evaluating in detail a variety of options for developing these new facilities so that they meet Bucknell's needs as cost-effectively as possible, and we look forward to continuing that dialogue with the trustees.
This summer, the University crossed an important milestone in the comprehensive campaign. The campaign goal is currently $400 million and, as of July 1, our alumni, families, faculty, staff and friends had committed more than $150 million in gifts and pledges to the campaign. In addition, the University has secured almost $20 million in state and federal support, by far the most it has ever raised from such sources. I want to commend President Mitchell, our trustees, the development and alumni relations staff, and the many others in the University community who have worked so hard to attract these resources to Bucknell. Most of all, I want to thank our donors. More than 29,000 individuals have now made commitments to the campaign, a meaningful sign of how far the University's impact reaches.
As the campaign goes forward, we intend to make the case for investment in the University with unprecedented energy and intensity. I believe investing in a great university like Bucknell is one of the most important ways an individual can help the lives of others, and I very much look forward to talking with Bucknell's many supporters and friends around the country and the world about the University of which we are all so privileged to be a part.
The summer has given Wendy and me a chance to begin meeting many colleagues on campus, and in these first few days of the school year, we have met many students and families. For us these encounters have been the best part of our move to Bucknell. We heard time and again when we considered coming to Bucknell that the people here are wonderful, and everything in our experience has certainly confirmed that view. My goal this year is to visit with every academic department and to meet as many of you as I can. I am looking forward to it, and hope you will continue to help me put faces with names.
The new academic year promises much ahead, including not only the items mentioned above, but also searches for the dean of engineering, the dean of students, and the vice president for development and alumni relations, among other major objectives. Discussions among the trustees about the promise of Academic West will take on new depth and seriousness. Other possibilities for the continued success of the Campus Master Plan and the campaign will come to fruition. But most of all it promises to be a year in which all of us, whether we are new students and colleagues or old Bucknell hands, get to share the experience of beginning many new friendships.
Wendy joins me in thanking you for your contributions to the high-quality of the experience here at the University, and in extending our best wishes for a wonderful start to the academic year.
John C. Bravman
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Sending a team to the US Youth Soccer National Championships has always eluded the Idaho Youth Soccer Association.
That is until the 2013 US Youth Soccer Region IV Championships when Boise Nationals Italia (ID) of the Under-15 Girls age group, became one of the many regional finalists in Idaho history with one exception. Italia's opponent, Carlsbad Elite 97/98 (CA-S) had already qualified to the National Championships via the US Youth Soccer National League.
Translation, Boise Nationals Italia would be the first to represent Idaho in the National Championships as the regional representative.
"It's really exciting to be the first team Idaho sends to the National Championships," said Italia coach, Mark Prince. "At the same time, there is some pressure considering all of the great teams from Idaho that failed to make it."
After placing second in their group, Boise defeated La Roca Premier WR (UT) 3-1 in the quarterfinals and WST 97 Copa (OR) 1-0 in the semifinals. In the finals, Boise Nationals got a small taste of the level of competition they will see at nationals when they faced off against Carlsbad in the Region IV finals and ultimately lost 3-0. Carlsbad put on quite the show at the Region IV Championships, shutting out all of their six opponents while scoring 19 goals of their own.
"Carlsbad is a very good team, and I don't want to take anything away from them," said Prince. "But I wish I hadn't told the girls we were heading to nationals no matter the outcome. I think it changed the way we played."
Prince explains how he leaves the team goals up to his players, and how originally all they wanted to do was qualify for their first Regional Championship, let alone punch their ticket to Nationals.
"I guess we are going to have to set some new goals," said Prince with a laugh.
With a stacked field featuring three of the four teams that qualified to the 2012 National Championships returning this year - Ambassadors FC (OH-N), Tennessee SC 16 (TN) and defending national champs MSC Coyotes Green (MD) – and opponent Carlsbad among others, Prince finds himself asking one question: "Why not us?"
"This team has been together for three years, and they are getting better every day," said Prince. "We know it is going to be tough because we are facing the best, but we will be ready."
You can follow the Idaho girls as well as the others seeking to claim the national title here, http://tournaments.usyouthsoccer.org/events/2013-National-Championships/Schedule/U15-Girls/Division+1/.


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Classic Ghiradelli® Holiday Basket
It's almost impossible to choose a favorite Ghirardelli® chocolate, so we didn't even try. We simply place them all in a beautiful gift basket, add a satin bow and deliver it all to you. Gather 'round the decadent milk and dark chocolates, rich, hot drink mixes and cookies. Enjoy!


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Arts Alliance to celebrate Earth Day with event, exhibit
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- Published on 12 April 2013
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Members of the Franklin County Arts Alliance invite the public to celebrate Earth Day with a special event and exhibit at the Cultural Arts Center (CAC). The Terra Firma Exhibit will be available for viewing from Monday, April 15 through Friday, April 26. On Earth Day, Monday, April 22, the CAC will be open from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for earth oven and herb demonstrations. For more details, see the April 11 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Looks good I like the deeper gold color. I also like the front lip they put on that!
I think the gold looks kinda cheesy. I would paint them black with a silver lip.
Haha. So we're still at 50/50. Anyone else have an opinion?
I suppose I could paint them something different...


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I broke it! Jumping a patio with chairs, fire ring, and the 2x6 border as obstacles. Also launching off a 2' wide wooden thrown together ramp. Shock came loose from the cap and lost the bladder. Was going to tephlon tape it till I got a bladder but ended up kicking the shock cap into the lake.....parts are ordered.
Ultimate Slash 4x4, HCG Slash 4x4, Ruckus 2wd
took my new slash build apart to prep for the lcg shassis took the motor/esc out of mine put it in the wife's lcg dyed lcg chassis black gonna run pro4 4600kv and mmp ,little tekno ,little traxxas, was gonna use the driveshafts but I seem to have twisted them already lol
Slid into a curb running pretty fast.
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Ran the stock system on 3s and tried to avoid flipping over. As a consequence, I hit my foot at full speed.
New oil in all four shocks after I blew a cap and lost parts. Found you can't overfill with oil or the cap will pop off with little pressure on the shock
Ultimate Slash 4x4, HCG Slash 4x4, Ruckus 2wd
Bought a new 3S battery, slipper clutch and am changing out the shock oil to 60W at the moment.
Nothing today but I dogged it out yesterday at the bmx track!!!!!
Slash 4x4 - 2.8 Trenchers
getting the lcg build together
Crashes into a brick enclosed mailbox using a 3S lipo and broke my right, front A-arm.
I just ordered a new Slash 4x4 LCG Platinum! Can't wait!
Is owning 27 RC's too many? No way!
finished my lcg build will post pic's and info of it later as I am getting ready to do a build for my brother waiting on front and rear diffs. nothing special just something he will have fun with when we hook up. will post pics later on that too as I have just rebuilt my computer hard drive took a ride on the wild side.
Looks as though you might be in need of a chassis brace. I think a brace may have prevented that damage.
"enjoy your ride"
my pinion loosened up and damaged da spur gear a lil bit.
how can i make sure the pinion doesnt break loose again? use loctite?
Changed out the 50 weight in the shocks to 37.5 weight; and then found I have a bent shock shaft...
"To the hobby store!!"
Today i installed a full led light kit in my shell. Then I installed a new RPM bumper and light canister set. Then I wired in 4 LED's that arent included with the RPM KIT. Drilled out the RPM Light canisters for larger 5mm LED's
The 10 LEDs in the body can be turned off an on via a switch in the body, and the light bar is always on, but can be easily unplugged via the wiring harness..
a few new parts for the sl4sh today
with a bunch more on the way.
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Today, i went out for my first bash session of the spring! But I forgot to check the bearings... After maybe 10 minutes of real fun, the truck started to sound pretty wierd. I tought it was a rock caught somewhere, but in fact, it was the rear pinion bearing that just exploded, and then, the slipper bearing and the spur bearing wnt on me... So i let you imagine what will i do tonight!!!
Have Fun with your SLASH!!!
Summit RX8/1550kv-Slash4x4 MM2/2400kv Twin-V Merv.
Was bashing with a friend and the rotor of the VXL motor broke so now I am out till the new castle sct comes in the mail.
Ultimate Slash 4x4, HCG Slash 4x4, Ruckus 2wd
Got battery extension kits for my LCG ultimate and regular slash 4x4. Will install them tonight or tomorrow. Changing to lipo batteries and keeping nimh ones as back ups
Nice wheels and tires. What are they. What's the size of them and will they fit on stock slash 4x4.
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Installed the aluminum adaptor on the slipper clutch and put on the sway bar kit for my slash 4x4. Also got the traxxas blue aluminum motor mount which I'll install a little later, lol!, I should a put the motor mount in when I did the aluminum adaptor but forgot and went on to install the sway bars, haha!!, oh well maybe later tonight or tomorrow. I also got a new clear traxxas body and I'm thinking of what color(s) to do, maybe bright green and black but not sure yet. I could use orange and white since I have those colors but we'll see. Heading to hobby shop on Sunday to check out some colors.
I have painted my new Ford Raptor body!
Summit RX8/1550kv-Slash4x4 MM2/2400kv Twin-V Merv.
Nice paint job on the raptor
I like the silver and blue color combo as well.... One of my favorites!
"enjoy your ride"
Woke it up from its long winter nap.Went out and ran a pack through it to test out the goodies I added to it this winter.Fun stuff!!!
I ran mine at a baseball park with the stock tires on 2s then 3s and then with my 2.8 trenchers on 2s then 3s.
Put in my traxxas blue anodized motor mount. Installed easy and looks nice. Charging up 2s lipo and will see how well it works out after a few runs.
Got some strc shock body's! They have threaded shock body's too!
Got me a set of black proline wheels and medium compound trencher tires. Tires are a little taller than the stock traxxas ones, about 1/2 inch taller so I hope they work out and fit the slash good. Looks like they may rub the body when jumping or bumpy rough surface. They look really nice though, can't wait to try em out, just waiting for glue to cure before using them
I rebuilt and refilled the front and rear differentials, installed a full set of Proline Powerstrokes, installed the center differential kit, installed a new pinion, and serviced a few bearings that needed attention. Also installed the VXL Esc fan. Very productive day! This is the first time I've actually had her apart and everything went pretty smooth. A LOT easier to work on than my T-maxx lol
How can you defeat what you can't kill?!
I like the red, carriers in red will complete the look....
"enjoy your ride"
did this 2 days ago but i think its cool enough to share
braided sleeves and heat shrink on the wires. matching my green theme
installed the RPM front bulk head and SRCT steering bell crank last night
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Jayson Stark has some rumors for you today:
A source familiar with the Roy Oswalt talks tells Rumblings they're "going nowhere" at the moment. And there are increasing questions at this point as to whether Oswalt is going to get traded, period, unless the price drops considerably. As we reported yesterday, the Astros have asked teams for four players -- one front-line young player off the big league roster, two high-end prospects and one second-tier prospect. And at this point, said one source, "nobody is even close..."
One Club Official (who apparently checked on Roy, was farted on, and stopped being interested):
"The dynamics in Houston are different. Seattle was motivated to trade Cliff Lee. Arizona was motivated to trade Dan Haren. I don't really know how motivated Drayton is to move Roy Oswalt. I think he was trying to do this as a favor to Roy. But now he's got the agent [Bob Garber] trying to direct it and dictate terms. And I can promise you that ticks Drayton off to no end. So I just don't know how motivated he is to do it at this point."
So now the Dodgers are looking into Ted Lilly, but "seem to be waiting on pursuing Lilly hard until they determine first whether they can deal for Oswalt."
A new wrinkle in the rumor mill: The Padres have been linked, by Stark, to Jeff Keppinger.
With Tommy Manzella nearing - kind of - his return from the DL, hot-hitting Angel Sanchez could slide over to 2B. Sure, Sanchez has 737 minor-league starts at SS, but he has made 67 starts - not a lot, granted - at 2B.
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Having feared that there were simply no rumors today, Jayson Stark has a couple
3 comments:
- Mitch Ballings said...
Hello, I have just received this information from the Phillies clubhouse. The Phillies are willing to send J.A. Happ and Shane Victorino to the Astros for Roy Oswalt. I'm not sure how close this deal is to getting done but it may very well happen in the next 48 hours.
- July 27, 2010 at 3:02 PM
- The Constable. said...
Noted. We'll see if you're right.
- July 27, 2010 at 3:40 PM
- Reuben said...
VIctorino? Ok, who would replace him in CF in Philly, for starters? From what I've read, Domonic Brown is a RF; Werth has played 87 games there in his career, and with Ibanez in LF, you'd think they need a real mover in CF.
Then there's the question, obviously, of where he'd play in Houston.
Don't quite see how this would make sense at all.
- July 27, 2010 at 4:18 PM
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Miss Utah's pageant answer fails to 'create education better'
Posted by Austin Tedesco June 17, 2013 11:23 AM
Marissa Powell started off so strong. Last night, Miss Utah got a question about women earning less money than men despite being primary earners in the 40 percent of American families with children. Powell's response?
It's almost like she knew she was going to talk about education no matter what. Then just look at that smile as she slowly realizes she has no idea what she's talking about. It's great. Ironically, as she tries relating the issue to how education has failed women, education unfortunately turns around and fails her.
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FORT MYERS This week, Scanlon Auto Group will celebrate the official opening of its new Lexus dealership located at 14200 South Tamiami Trail in Fort Myers.
This new two-story state-of-the-art dealership encompasses 77,800 square feet offering a high-end showroom with customer lounge, business offices and employee training rooms, indoor drive-through drop-off area with eight service advisor stations, indoor new vehicle delivery area, retail merchandise and parts area, a 43-vehicle climate controlled service area and a two-bay car wash.
"We are very proud of this new facility and have already had rave reviews from our clients," said Jay Scanlon, vice president of Scanlon Auto. "The Lexus name is associated with quality, luxury and superior customer satisfaction, and that is exactly what we wanted our new dealership to mirror."
Construction features of the new building include poured concrete, a 45-foot glass curtain wall, Roman classic travertine stone throughout the front faade, and walnut veneer doors and trim throughout the interior.
The customer lounge features a multi-tier Rulon wood panel ceiling with custom lights, three large flat-screen TVs and complimentary Wi-Fi service. A staffed refreshment bar awaits guests and customers.
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company has served as the construction manager. Schenkel Shultz was the architect.
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company and GMA architects are currently remodeling Scanlon's former Lexus showroom, located next door, into a new Acura dealership. The 11,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to be completed by late spring 2014.
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GORHAM, ME-Host Southern Maine exploded for 27 unanswered points in the first half and went on to defeat the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's women's basketball team, 89-60, in the first game of a Little East Conference doubleheader at the Warren G. Hill Gymnasium Saturday.
UMD led early, 9-4, but USM used their 27-0 run midway through the first half to take a commanding 43-20 lead at halftime, and maintained a sizable lead throughout the rest of the game.
Junior forward Colleen Moriarty (Canton, MA/Canton HS) led the Corsairs with 13 points and nine rebounds. She was the only UMass Dartmouth player in double figures. Haley Jordan of the Huskies led all scorers with 22 points, Courtney Cochran added 16, Jordan Grant scored 12, and Nicole Garland and Abby Hanson each had 10.
Cochran had 12 rebounds as USM outrebounded the Corsairs, 51-32. UMass Dartmouth made just seven of 16 shots from the free throw line and shot 37.5 per cent from the field to 50 per cent for Southern Maine.
"We let Southern Maine get the best of us on both ends of the court, and we failed to execute defensively against a highly potent offensive team," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Amanda Van Voorhis. "I'm disappointed that we failed to compete, and we really took on the appearance of a team that was not prepared to play. We put together a better offensive half in the second half, but we failed to play defense and we really let an opportunity get away from us."
The Corsairs dropped to 9-5 and 2-3 in the Little East Conference with the defeat, while the Huskies improved to 11-4 and 3-2 in LEC play with the victory. UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they visit Rhode Island College in the first game of a Little East Conference doubleheader next Tuesday evening.


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1013 Old World 3rd Street
Milwaukee, WI 53203 (map); 414-273-8709; milwaukeebrathouse.com
Cooking Method: Grilled
Short Order:German sausage bar serving up a great burger, with or without a bratwurst patty
Want Fries With That? Fries are limp and anemic; try the standard tots or baked beans instead
Price: Belly Buster Burger, $11; Wisconsin burger, $10.50; w/tots, +$1; sausage sampler app, $11.95
Milwaukee's German heritage can't be denied, and one of the areas where its influence is most apparent is in food, especially sausage. (And beer, but that's another blog!) In fact, when President Obama made a campaign visit to Milwaukee on Saturday, he made an unscheduled stop at Usinger's, one of the biggest sausage makers in Southeastern Wisconsin. Lucky for Milwaukee Brat House, they are located directly across the street and got to serve up brats to the President and his entourage.
Naturally, they serve Usinger's sausages. And because sausages and burgers are cousins in the great family of cookout/tailgate/backyard barbecue foods, they go pretty dang well together. Sometimes even in the same sandwich.
If you can't decide on a brat or a burger—and you're really hungry—just get both at once. The Belly Buster Burger ($11) combines a half-pound Angus beef patty with a third-pound brat patty, topped with sautéed onions and Wisconsin cheddar. It's definitely a mouthful and a little ridiculous, but that's half the fun.
The burger patty, requested medium but cooked medium well, was super juicy with pronounced crisp, blackened grill marks. It tasted fresh and mild, and though it was a little underseasoned, the heavily seasoned brat patty compensated for that. The difference in texture between the beef and sausage is striking when put together like this, especially since sausage in patty form is denser than in log form. As long as you know to expect that, though, I think it's easily worked around.
I gilded the lily a bit and added bacon as well. It was lightly smokey and not overpowering, which I liked against the heavily seasoned bratwurst.
If you deconstruct this burger to eat it—and you might have no other choice—be sure to dip the brat in Secret Stadium Sauce. Made famous at the old home of the Brewers, County Stadium, it's a richer version of ketchup with a background of "sweet" spices: cinnamon, cloves, allspice.
The Wisconsin burger ($10.50) featured the same beef patty—again, slightly overcooked but still very juicy and very good—topped with cheddar, fried cheese curds, and roasted red peppers. The cheddar was a bit of a mystery. It was almost like a sauce, but it was definitely real cheese and reminded me of Kenji's cheese slice Burger Lab.
I'm not really sure how the roasted peppers echoed the Wisconsin theme, but combined with the cheddar, they created a delicious pimento cheese effect. The curds got a bit soggy, but they had the authentic spongy texture.
Fries can definitely be skipped. They're thin cut, anemic, and boring, despite the token sprinkle of Parmesan. The tater tots are a much better choice, but you can also pick from onion rings, baked beans, and potato salad for the included burger side.
Since no trip would be complete without more sausages, I recommend the sausage sampler app ($11.95). You get one each of grilled bratwurst, Polish, and Italian in red sauce, all around a bed of kraut, sautéed onions, mushrooms and roasted red peppers. All the sausages have a snappy casing and are cooked perfectly. The pretzel bun gives a bit of a reprieve from rich, greasy meat.
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I believe we had a thread for each of the top few picks last year. Here's some stuff on Hamilton.
"Hamilton is a freakish athlete with the same type of tools that makes Tampa Bays Carl Crawford an all-star, plus the ability to play center field if shortstop doesnt work out. There is some risk with Hamilton as he hasnt played baseball at the same high level as most top prospects, and he comes from a rough background (like Crawford) that will take some maturity to overcome. Crawford, by the way, was just the 52nd overall selection in the 1999 draft. A bonus of picking Hamilton in this spot is the ability to spread his bonus money out over a five-year, multi-sport contract due to his football scholarship to Mississippi State."
"Hamilton is an exceptional talent with sub 6.5 speed in the 60-yard dash and the ability to use it on the base paths. In addition to a good glove, a strong arm and solid switch hitting ability, he has a good feel for the game. Signed to play football at Mississippi."


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Port au Prince, Haiti, Sep 14, 2013 / 06:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A rehabilitation clinic for the handicapped in Port-au-Prince will soon be opened in honor of Father Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, an Argentinean priest who will be beatified Sept.14.
The new clinic will be called "Kay Gabriel," which means "Gabriel's House." The inspiration behind the initiative is an Argentine physical therapist named Norma Lopez, who has been working in Haiti since the earthquake in 2010 that devastated the country.
Lopez works with a team of volunteers that care for adults with neurological disorders, as well as special-needs children and their families.
The idea for "Kay Gabriel" came after Lopez began working with the survivors of the earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 10, 2010. Hundreds of Haitians injured by the quake began seeking treatment at Saint Damien Hospital and pushing the underdeveloped health care system to its limits.
The story of a little girl named Johane was of particular relevance to founding of the home.
Johane was asleep at the time of the earthquake and suffered a fractured skull when her house collapsed. Doctors said there was no hope she would recover. She lay immobile in her hospital bed and was barely able to breathe. A feeding tube was her sole means of receiving nourishment.
Doctors said Johane needed surgery to alleviate a massive brain hemorrhage, but there were no surgeons to perform the procedure.
Lopez explained that she was drawn "to pray to God from the bottom of my heart for the intercession of Fr Brochero that Johane would survive the severe brain damage she suffered."
Though she realized there were slim chances for Johane's survival, Lopez continued to pray each day for the girl. One day, a group of Italian surgeons decided to take Johane into surgery in order to alleviate some of the pressure on her brain.
Johane showed some improvement after the operation, and Lopez was moved by the desire to start a treatment program for other children in need.
"We began building Kay Gabriel, a name we chose in gratitude to that priest who interceded before God," she said.
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delta cams now...change ignition timing?
Posted 03 March 2004 - 08:11 PM
I now have delta cams that some of you run and I was wondering if I should alter the timing for better results...the cams however, work awesome the way they are now, I was just wondering if there was room for more power from changing the timing:)
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Just play and see what happens?
Posted 08 March 2004 - 09:40 PM
Originally posted by nutt7
...the cams however, work awesome the way they are now,eric
Hello Eric,
What exactly do you mean by the cams work awesome on your car? What improvements did you notice and where in your powerband? Someone 'slaved' for the past week or so to get some DeltaCams in my XT6 and I think all that's needed now is a timing adjustment to get the car started (I hope). I'll play with it tomorrow to see how to get it started.
In the meantime, I'm just curious as to what to look for. I've already gotten plenty of responses but you can never hear enough.
So what did you notice?
Posted 10 March 2004 - 09:45 PM
keep in mind, I replaced my mech. fan and did the typical intake box mod at the same time. I believe the cams made most of the difference though...
Oh yes, ignition timing is stock (25' BTDC) I havent tried changing it yet.
hope this helps,
WJM, I dont know the deal with yours, but an absolute noticable difference was present upon the installation of my cams...good luck getting it figured out
Posted 10 March 2004 - 09:48 PM
The SPFI is starting to wake up to the cams...ive hacked the muffler off and fixed a few fuel system issues, and replaced the O2 sensor...as the one on the car was ripped apart and no wire present...
So...i am hoping these mods will wake up some more power, that and i am about to run out of disty space to advance the timing, its at about 27 deg now.
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Posted 13 March 2004 - 09:46 AM
Originally posted by WJM
Oh I know that there is a BIG difference on the turbo cars...I know this...my RX experienced that...
The SPFI is starting to wake up to the cams...ive hacked the muffler off and fixed a few fuel system issues, and replaced the O2 sensor...as the one on the car was ripped apart and no wire present...
So...i am hoping these mods will wake up some more power, that and i am about to run out of disty space to advance the timing, its at about 27 deg now.
I just wanted to let you know that I haven't noticed any low end gain with the DeltaCams. Actually, there's a low end LOSS. I went to a dragstrip briefly last night. I didn't have time to stay long as I had to go to work today early. Anyway, I wanted to confirm what I was feeling on the street with the cam. The low end loss was significant enough to worsen my 60ft time from my normal 2.4 seconds to 2.7 seconds. I'm not sure if it had to do with the cams or the 'tight' cold air box I made before going to the strip. The night before when I was 'tweaking' my fuel pressure on the road, I didn't have a cold-air-box made and the front tires chirp during WOT from a dead stop.
Even still, I do not notice any low end power gain nor top end gain. However, at the dragstrip I had a 1mph gain that I couldn't attain last year through many many dragstrip runs. That's not a lot. I need to get on a dyno to test out where my air/fuel ratio is at exactly and maybe play with the timing.
My stock base timing is 20 degrees. I set it at 22 degrees before going to the track. I am running 93 octane.
I'm noticing some of you are talking about timing being advanced substantially. Snowman, how substantial was/is your timing advance? I don't want to go overboard. I thought I was on the brink of going overboard if I went beyond 2-3 degrees advanced. Qman's running an extra 10 degrees of advanced. That's unheard of and SCARY. If our cars can handle this though and this is what works best with the cams, I'm willing to try anything.
Just trying to do my homework before going to the dyno. If I can get away with 6-8 more degrees of timing advance, that'd be awesome.
Posted 13 March 2004 - 10:04 PM
Overall, ive only noticed that if I go past 6k, there is power, where there was none to be had before. So.....im guessing that this is not a non turbo grind fo-sho.
Miles Fox had emailed me, something interesting....
"its the turbo cams. they have no overlap to make power. make the spfi open ports
and you will have GOBS of bottom end, but a pipe will make it a dog
i did this with a carb, spfi block, camd were a dog, but it hauled a 2 axle
trailer with the car the cams came form on top.
go back to an spfi cam, i bet you there is a difference"
So....i think i will do that, just to see, and since i need the cams for something else anyhow.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A five-run bottom of the seventh topped off by a walk-off base hit gave the Maryland softball team a 10-9 win over Binghamton Sunday in the Maryland Miken Invitational. Junior Mandy Gardner's second hit of the day gave the Terps their second win of the weekend.
The Terrapins (6-14) trailed by four heading to the bottom of the seventh vs. the Bearcats (2-8), then rallied with a series of five hits to win it. Junior Shannon Bustillos singled to score two more runs. Senior Nikki Maier hit a base hit to tie the game, then Gardner stepped up to knock in Bustillos for the win.
To start things off, Binghamton took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Lisa Cadogan sent an RBI double to the left field wall for the advantage.
Gardner evened the score with a deep home run to center to lead off the bottom of the third. Senior Melissa Mancuso kept the offensive rally going with a single to left center, then McCann got on with a base hit to left. Lindsey Schmeiser gave Maryland a 4-1 lead with a two-out, three-run homer over the centerfield wall.
The Bearcats (2-7) took the lead back with a seven-run top of the fourth. Binghamton got the bases loaded off of a hit batter, a walk and an error with no outs. Mikala King hit a home run for a 5-4 lead. Jessica Bump hit an RBI single to make it 6-4. Sydney Harbaugh reached on a Terrapins' error that brought in another run and Tiffany McIntosh singled to make it 8-4.
Mancuso led off the bottom of the fifth with a bunt single. Sophomore Liana Newton followed that up with a well-placed loop single hit just over third base and McCann got on to load the bases with another bunt single. Strange put another Maryland run on the board to make it 8-5, but was out on the play that ended the rally.
Binghamton added a run to make it 9-5 in the top of the seventh when Lisa Cadogan hit a solo shot to left.
Freshman Maddie Martin started in the circle and pitched 3.1 with five earned runs off three hits. Sophomore Kaitlyn Schmeiser came on in the top of the fourth and allowed just one earned run off four hits in 3.2 innings.
Next, the Terrapins will welcome Hampton to Robert E. Taylor Stadium for a 5 p.m. doubleheader Tuesday. Admission is free and parking is free after 4 p.m. Live stats will be available on UMTerps.com and live updates can also be found at http://twitter.com/#!/TerpsSoftball.


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Nope, the sc is just tied/clipped to the sewn on loops of grosgrain webbing. Theres enough tension to lift the bottom of the bag snugly to the hammock. Probably a 3 foot length of 1/8" or 3/16" sc at each of the bag will be plenty. Adjust accordingly for your bag and hammock combo to get the right length. Or leave the sc long for use with other hammocks.
That was a mummy style bag.
Plenty of other folks had done this prior to my attempt and many after. Do a search for pod or sleeping bag and you'll find many references.


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Cliff Gaddy
|Gulfport, Miss.
|High School:
2009-10: Two-year letterwinner … will look to compete for time among the Top 8 singles positions this spring … posted a 3-1 singles record during the fall season.
2008-09: Did not see any action after taking a season off.
2007-08: Notched an 8-2 record while playing primarily at No. 6 singles … also posted a 5-0 doubles mark playing at a variety of positions.
2006-07: Logged a 5-3 singles record and a 4-0 doubles mark during his rookie campaign.
High School: Earned four letters in tennis and one in soccer at Gulfport High School … was selected as the Team MVP following his senior season … four-year member of the school's Honor Roll.
Off the Court: Member of the
Outing Club at W&L … math major.


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Five seniors started for Grayslake Central on Saturday night against visiting Johnsburg on Senior Night, including guard Danny Reed, who poured in a game-high 20 points.
It was heartwarming to see all the seniors and their parents on the gym floor before the game tonight, said Reed, who knocked down 2 of his teams trio of 3-pointers and connected on all 6 of his free throws. It was a nice experience.
What wasnt so nice for the Rams was the ability of Johnsburg to nullify the home teams zone defense with 8 3-pointers in a 67-56 Fox Valley Fox Division game. Junior forward Drew Talbot hit 3 of those 3-pointers off the bench in the second quarter and wound up scoring 11 points, while senior forward T.J. Sigmund drilled a pair of 3-pointers on the way to tallying a team-high 17 points. Senior forward Mike Conroy added 10 points and a team-high 6 rebounds for the Skyhawks (8-10, 2-3).
We talked before the game about valuing our possessions and I thought we did a good job with that, said Johnsburg coach Mike Toussaint. Talbot had a great first half and we shot the ball well tonight, which I think was a product of our good ball movement.
We play about 10 or 11 guys regularly, so the guys are fresh when theyre in there. And theres usually one or two guys who have a hot hand and the guys find them.
Johnsburg scored the opening basket and never trailed. Benefiting from their hot shooting and some Grayslake Central turnovers, the Skyhawks led 39-26 at intermission and 57-33 after three quarters before playing third-stringers for much of the final eight minutes.
This game was pretty indicative of our season, said Rams coach Brian Moe, whose team dropped to 2-15 overall and 0-5 in the division. We had good and bad streaks and we turned the ball over at a ridiculous rate. If I knew what caused us to keep doing that, Id have corrected it by now. They play a 2-3 zone and we throw it into their hands in the passing lane.
I knew they were a good 3-point shooting team, but instead of putting hands in their faces, we chased them with our hands down.
In addition to Reed, junior forward Alex Lennartz was a bright spot for Grayslake Central with 16 points.
We had the mindset coming into the game of getting a win for the seniors, but it didnt work out that way, said Lennartz, who grabbed a team-best 6 rebounds. We had some good intensity at times, and if we can just maintain those bursts of energy and stick with it, good things can happen.


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Brady Hoke released the following statement last night:
"We appreciate the work Jerry did in his two seasons here with the defensive ends and continuing to help build the foundation on our defensive line," he said. "We wish Jerry, Natalie and their entire family nothing but the best. "You always hate to lose members of your staff, but you know going in that at a program like Michigan, other schools and NFL teams are going to come after them. However, I am confident that we will name a new coach who fits in very well with our staff soon."
FWIW, here's Bob Stoops' statement (Jerry Montgomery video interview as well):
"Jerry Montgomery is a talented coach who further strengthens our staff at the University of Oklahoma," Stoops said. "I have closely followed Jerry's progress as he has ascended through the coaching ranks. I have been impressed by his ability to recruit some of the nation's top student-athletes and then develop their skills once they arrive on campus. We are excited to have Jerry and his family join the Sooners."
Jerry Montgomery:
"It's truly a privilege to join the University of Oklahoma," said Montgomery. "Coach Stoops and his staff have an unbelievable reputation in the coaching community, and I'm excited to get to work with them. I'm very appreciative that I was able to work with Coach Hoke and our student-athletes at the University of Michigan. There were very few situations that could have convinced me to leave Ann Arbor, but the opportunity to join Coach Stoops and a storied program like the University of Oklahoma was one of them."
For information enthusiasts:
Might as well use this thread as today's open discussion on possible replacements. Maybe today's the day that rumors start swirling? I'd have to think that they'd name a replacement by Monday.


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University leaving MIAA for Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Press release:INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. & KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Truman State University (Mo.) is the newest member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) after the league's Council of Presidents voted unanimously Thursday to accept the Truman Bulldogs into the conference. The Bulldogs will begin play in the GLVC in all sports beginning in the fall of 2013, competing as the league's 16th member. "The GLVC Council of Presidents unanimously endorsed Truman State University's application for membership because of their tremendous portfolio in both academics and athletics, which has been enhanced in recent years by the outstanding leadership of University President Troy Paino," said Dr. Thomas George, Chancellor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Chair of the GLVC Council of Presidents. Founded in 1867, the public liberal arts and sciences university boasts more than 6,000 students on its Kirksville campus, located in northeastern Missouri. "We are pleased to be joining this great Division II conference," said Paino. "Truman has taken this step because of our geographic location, academic fit and a broader access to conference championship events for our student-athletes." Truman will be the seventh Missouri school to join the GLVC since 1995 and the sixth to do so in the past eight years. "This is an exciting time for the University and this move will not only help us establish and renew rivalries with fellow GLVC schools, but it will also bring the Bulldogs to areas in which we recruit students and have high concentrations of alumni," said Director of Athletics Jerry Wollmering. Truman will be joining three other GLVC schools who are among 24 institutions nationally that have more than a 90 percent academic success rate. "The Great Lakes Valley Conference is pleased to welcome Truman State University to one of the premier NCAA Division II conferences in the country," said GLVC Commissioner Jim Naumovich. "The success that Truman has displayed both in the classroom and on the field will be a tremendous fit in the GLVC. As the conference landscape has shifted in recent years, the GLVC has looked to identify and admit schools within the league's geographic footprint that will strengthen the conference both academically and athletically. We have found a leader in both fields in Truman and we welcome the entire Bulldog family with open arms." The GLVC was established in 1978 and is currently one of the largest NCAA Division II conferences in the country, featuring 16 schools and 18 sports, including the addition of football this fall. The conference was established primarily in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky but has moved westward to include four Illinois schools, six Missouri schools and one school from Wisconsin among its membership. The current members of the GLVC are: Bellarmine University (Louisville, Ky.), Drury University (Springfield, Mo.), Kentucky Wesleyan College (Owensboro, Ky.), Lewis University (Romeoville, Ill.), Maryville University (St. Louis, Mo.), McKendree University (Lebanon, Ill.), Missouri University of Science & Technology (Rolla, Mo.), Quincy University (Quincy, Ill.), Rockhurst University (Kansas City, Mo.), Saint Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Ind.), University of Illinois Springfield (Springfield, Ill.), University of Indianapolis (Indianapolis, Ind.), University of Missouri-St. Louis (St. Louis, Mo.), University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, Ind.), University of Wisconsin-Parkside (Kenosha, Wis.) and William Jewell College (Liberty, Mo). The addition of Truman marks the league's fourth expansion in the past five years. Maryville and Illinois Springfield joined the GLVC in 2008 and William Jewell became a member in 2009. With the departure of current member Kentucky Wesleyan in May 2013 (admitted to new Division II Great Midwest Athletic Conference), Truman will officially be the league's 16th member when it begins competition in the fall of 2013.
Truman currently supports 20 sports, including all seven of the GLVC 'core' sports (men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball) in addition to men's and women's track and field, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's tennis, and women's golf. Truman no longer competes in GLVC-sponsored men's golf, but does boast wrestling and men's and women's swimming – a sport that the GLVC is determined to sponsor in the future. Specific details regarding scheduling, divisions and travel partners will be determined with GLVC officials during the months ahead. The Bulldogs will compete in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association for the upcoming 2012-13 academic year. "While we are excited about joining the GLVC and believe it is in the best interest of Truman moving forward, it has not been an easy decision to leave the MIAA," said Paino. "We are honored to be a founding member of that great athletic conference and look forward to celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year."


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No sprites or background graphics ever drawn, scanned in and digitized. They are all written in assembly, usually.
This idea of having artists create artwork for video games just might catch on.
This is not entirely true. Many graphics are also procedurally generated. But I agree, I've never heard of anyone drawing graphics by hand and scanning them in.
I have started working on my own game as well. I worked in film, and am using story boards to design the game before I have my programmers do the graphics in C and assembler. This is the first time a story board has been used in game development, as far as I know.
I think you are putting the emPHASis on the wrong word in the headline. It's "The VIDEO GAME drawn by Hand", not "THE Video Game Drawn by Hand".
Not even the idea of a video game drawn like pen on paper is original. I remember many years ago playing a game called "Pencil Whipped", which was a Doom-like FPS made entirely of hand-drawn figures on paper. It went one better though because all the sound effects were done by the creator making noises and onomatopoeia. It was awesome and hilarious.
Yeah. It's impressive that he's gotten this far, but the credulous, easily-impressed headline (and story) left me similarly annoyed. It's basically some manga nerd remaking the classic 80s graphical adventure games. Instead of calling it what it is, they decided to run it as some kind of revolutionary, radical new approach to video games. The guy himself isn't necessarily responsible for that, though. He has no control over how the media present his story. Sounds like an decent guy with a decent proje
It's basically some manga nerd remaking the classic 80s graphical adventure games. Instead of calling it what it is, they decided to run it as some kind of revolutionary, radical new approach to video games.
Whatever, man. I'm just happy that hand-drawn games are back... and at a higher resolution than ever. Gonna play some Quest For Glory now, seeya in a few weeks.
Can't we just appreciate this post for the blatant slashvertisement it is? There is literally nothing that's special about this game.
Aren't most indie games made by guys who think their ideas are underrepresented and underappreciated in mainstream gaming?
I dunno, but as a gamer, it's my firm opinion that the right ideas are under-represented in gaming. The right ideas being embodied in Mechassault v1, and to a lesser extent, v2. They had *everything* right in v1, based on the tech of the day. Redo it with no changes except more polys and perhaps some additional environments and put the damn online gaming system back up... I'd pay $500 f
Personally, I like games that are entirely abstracted down to strategic considerations. Art makes games worse. Chess doesn't need art. Go doesn't need art. Crap games need art.
So I assume you only play chess on lines scratched in the dirt, using rocks and leaves as pieces?
Because if you have ever played with anything like an actual chess set, you're contradicting yourself.
I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned The Kingdom of Loathing [kingdomofloathing.com] web RPG.
I think an image search [google.com] would be better suited for the uninitiated.
I signed up about a decade ago, and this thing was a huge time sink every day at 4pm at work for a good three years.
Being turn based and turn limited, like the old school BBS door games of yore, one always seems to end up having 5-6 accounts just to get more play time.
Curse you interwebs, my old account still works!
is a bit lacking. Actually there is no animation, it just shows you a still picture of a monster and when you attack it or it attacks you, red X's flash on the screen and hit point numbers change.
At least that's the impression I got watching the video in TFA.
for example, "And Yet It Moves"
There are good reasons not to listen to artists in game design. There are often excellent suggedtions on the look from the artists so I don't want to sound like I don't think they're valuable but most of their game design ideas ore not well thought out.
In the end, programmer art is better then artist code.
'I was disappointed with how little input the artists had into the overall game design,
Most people who program the games are also artists in their own right. Yes, on the Venn Diagram of games, "Good programmer" and "Good artist" is a thin sliver, but this isn't news to anyone -- there's a reason that despite so much money being in entertainment, only a small fraction of games achieve wide-scale success -- you can't force more people into that sweet spot.
That said, the industry would benefit from being able to isolate the programming/engineering aspect of the video part of video games from the creative aspect of its design; But to do that you need tools that are sophisticated, highly adaptable, constantly maintained, robust, and yet capable of being used by a non-programmer. In short, what you need is the gaming equivalent of the Linux Desktop.
The Year of the Linux Desktop hasn't come for the same reasons the Year of the Artist-friendly Game Development hasn't happened; The outlay of resources, coordination, and project management skills needed to build what would essentially be an operating system for video game design, dwarfs what any amateur community can do; And even professionally, organizing it all under one roof is still prohibitively expensive. It would be on the same scale as the NSA's current data center build project -- it would need hundreds of millions in capital, cooperation from a half-dozen competing industries and technology, and fundamentally goes against the current market paradigm.
Nobody wants this because if it actually succeeded, it would rewrite all the rules of personal computing, and our entire industry. A lot of people would lose a lot of money because they're invested in the current state of affairs... which is keeping supply scarce to keep prices high. Injecting artists who do this for fun, and have plenty of free time and energy to devote to quality games, would utterly destroy the bottom lines of companies like EA Games that depend on locking you in and squeezing every penny out of you in DLC and DRM.
Well there's that, but there's also the fact that just because you're good at making pretty art, doesn't mean you're also good at making a fun game experience.
I personally would rather play a fun ugly game than a beautiful boring game.
I was honestly intrigued, but quickly disappointed. It seems to be running on a 3d engine, with the textures "drawn by hand." Interesting style, but claiming the game is drawn by hand isn't really selling the truth. At least add some hand-drawn animations or something. Right now it looks like a cross between Wolfenstein 3d and a random flash game, with textures that are "drawn by hand."
Anyone remember Pencil Whipped?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy_tEPkvYhU [youtube.com]
'Now I'd like to just continue making indie games until I fall over dead at the keyboard'
That's interesting...because it seems EA would like their employees to continue making EA games until they drop dead at their keyboards!
If you're going to talk about hand-drawn games drawn and programmed by one guy, and you're talking new games, you kind of can't ignore Dust: An Elysian Tail.
It's an exploration platformer with RPG elements, and it's all drawn, animated, and programmed by one person - Dean Dodrill - who had done some art for games previously, but decided it'd be fun to learn to program. And came up with Dust:AET.
I mean, finishing a game on your own at all is impressive these days, as is doing the art for it, no matter what technique you use. But compare the gameplay video in the linked article with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK8M70cKxXw [youtube.com]
It's in color, fully animated, and utterly gorgeous. And just came out on Steam. (I didn't intend this to sound like an ad, but it's a damned good game. Not perfect, but good.)
Take a look at the art books behind some of the big titles, especially the Japanese ones. Squaresoft has published some stunning art books. Lucasarts (back in the day) had some brilliant artists at work, pushing pencils or styluses. There's tons of concept and finished artwork produced by artists. There has to be.
There's no button on your keyboard which says, "Create cool picture".
I mean, I get it, this title *looks* like it was drawn by hand, but still... A Wacom tablet and a sheet of paper aren't ter
Dude, you could have saved a bunch of time with this neat software called photoshop...
I don't get the appeal. He could have achieved the EXACT same effect by just using a digital medium and drawing. After all, he just scanned them in and used a digital medium to clean them up anyways... Just because it took him a lot more work to achieve a simple outcome, does not make it better. Drawing digital textures, in color, would take a lot more skill and time. So this isn't even about skill. It is about doing a bunch of needless work just because he could. Nothing is wrong with that, but emphasizing
This process can check if this value is zero, and if it is, it does something child-like. -- Forbes Burkowski, CS 454, University of Washington