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|2008-12-24, 02:32
|Link #1801
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I'll work backwards on this one. Deal with more recent points, then work on leftovers from previous posts.
Besides, if Arf does tap more of Fate's mana pool than Fate herself, what happens when Fate needs that energy after her limiter release?
The only deployment I utterly disagreee with was making Erio and Caro stand the midnight shift. They're what, 10? They were at HQ at just past 7pm on Sept 11 and were scheduled to be there until the conference ended at 6 or 7pm on Sept 12, that's 24 hours on duty! They're in the millitary and all, but they're still just 10! At the least, they should have let them sleep and called them in just before the conference starts.
I've already said I don't mind seperating the captains from their devices, there's some rationale for it (however paperthin and farfetched it may seem to you) but this was nuts!
In no. 2, you can't guarantee any (HQ) unit that gets Arf will be willing to let her go. Especially if no one in RF6 has any say in her deployment.
I think that pretty much precludes 3 and 4 from happening.
1. Shamal and Zafira smack the drones that get too close to the building. They are successful for a while.
2. Otto shows up and starts bombarding them.
3. Shamal shifts her priority to blocking her attacks. Zafira shifts to covering her from drones.
4. Drones take the opportunity to get around them into the base. But Shamal and Zafira have no choice but to hope that Vice can intercept those that get to close to the personnel.
|2008-12-24, 06:04
|Link #1802
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Come to think of it, if the Jail faction did consider the training field as a potential refuge for the RF6 personale, what they can do is:
Both situations are bad. The first is a desperate defense that could swiftly deteriorate into a "sit, wait and die" situation, but the latter is worse in the sense that the prey will have no cover and will fall like wheat before a sharp scythe (metaphorically speaking, of course).
|2008-12-24, 10:29
|Link #1803
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Join Date: Jul 2007
If familiars are rare (as you postulated previously, and is probably true based on evidence so far) then the base layout of the limiter will assume no familiar-like demands. Given this, they are going to have to make some re-engineering choices anyway for Fate's limiter. In fact, in a parallel pipeline configuration, they won't have to modify to just clamp Fate (one pipe), while to clamp Fate and Arf requires modification! Even in a serial pipeline configuration, it is not at all clear why clamping Fate and Arf would be the easier clamp.
Difference number 2. Your familiar can execute magics independently. This is not true of most spells.
In any case, the very premise of a familiar is that any capability loss the mage suffers through making and feeding one is compensated by the gain of an additional maneuver and fire element. In short, Fate should have a net advantage with Arf at her side. If she blows that advantage (say by sending Arf with the Forwards, thus getting into deeper crap in Ep21), that's a use that's probably not anticipated by the creator of the familiar process (or maybe they will say the use shows her priorities and in that sense is correct).
To be fair though, we don't see them through a lot of the guard process. Maybe they took naps in turns and we didn't see them.
1) The correlation of forces improves in the HQ, which will at least be something.
2) The option now exists to send someone ELSE back (or even two) and maintain the same approximate combat potential at GF.
Preparation of a position means to arrange for things that will improve your survivability or your ability to kill enemies. Such as barricades, trenches, barbed wire, mines (OK, I guess the last one won't be TSAB but you get the point) ... etc.
A guy who gets shot 10 seconds in from a stray shot while fighting from a well-fortified position still had a prepared position - he was just unlucky. A person who fights for 2 hours but has to use shields constantly because there is nothing else to protect her from fire is still fighting from an unprepared position. If that person had a prepared position, she might have lasted 4 hours because she can save a lot of effort from not having to make shields.
Can you honestly say that glass-heavy roof of RF6 (and we can SEE how thin the roof's 'crete was from the wreckage) is "the strongest material possible?"
In general, soldiers would prefer a roof on their heads - if it is actually cover-grade strong, like a bunker. That's why I'm forking them off to a position that can be turned into a defensive position 500m (according to you) away. Hiding under a roof that does not have strength is actually a potential hazard since the durn thing might collapse on the first blow and squash you. It is kind of like hiding behind concealment - it gives a false sense of security and if it is the only (or one of a few) concealment it basically tells the enemy exactly where to shoot up.
Imagine this. You lead an infantry squad. Your choices are reduced now to lying on the grass dispersed or trying to hide out in a (the only) small but very visible hut. The enemy has RPOs and RPGs that will turn the hut into cinders with a few hits, and they probably won't have compunctions doing so to be safe. Sure you won't consider trying to lie in the grass and hoping the enemy doesn't spot you until you can get the jump on them?
Besides, since you argue that they don't have pseudomatter but they can generate holograms and forcefields that match it, arguably the same argument goes for your idea. Furniture made of your system would have most of the same advantages.
|2008-12-31, 09:55
|Link #1804
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
I wanted to reply earlier, but I just never found the time to properly compose it until now.
It'd be easier to wrap the base in pseudomatter armor once they come under attack. That they didn't is either because such a system doesn't exist, they couldn't afford it, or it got disabled already.
|2009-01-19, 22:45
|Link #1805
Once and Current Subber
Join Date: Dec 2005
So I had a thought while perusing a volume of Japanese history.
We've all talked before about how the whole "let's get all of our brass into one place and disarm them" meeting is, from a military perspective, really really stupid. It had occurred to me before that there might be an explanation of "oh, it's traditional, and that's why we keep on doing it," but that explanation was a little unsatisfying. WHY would there have been such a tradition? Why would that have ever seemed like a good idea? What, at the end of the day, is the bloody point?
But if you think of it, not as a military strategy meeting, but a kind of "sankin-kotai" procession, it makes a lot of sense.
Recap on Japanese history... the sankin-kotai was the system that the Tokugawa shogunate used to keep the various daimyo (lords of each domain) in line. Each daimyo was required to travel to Edo in alternate years and live there, as well as to keep most of their families there full-time. Hugely expensive, as each domain had to fund their capital estate and retainers as well as a long procession to get the lord there and back safely and in style.
It didn't make a whole lot of sense to the daimyo, exactly, but the system wasn't to benefit them at all. The entire point of the exercise was to demonstrate their submission to the rule of the shogun, create a very real vulnerability in the daimyo (it's a lot harder to rebel when you're in the capital and surrounded by Shogunate troops, heh), and expose potentially-rebellious nobles ("What, you're not coming to Edo? Obviously you're plotting something! We'll crush you at once.")
I could see how Midchilda could have a use for such a custom. Powerful mages could certainly turn less-developed alternate realities into their own private fiefs, build armies, and declare independence or make war on the center, as it were. Making everyone above a certain level of power and importance head home and get together under conditions of mutual vulnerability would definitely help things stay united - it's a good opportunity to snap up actual rebels who show up, and those who don't show up are obviously up to something, right? (Or, at any rate, they're insufficiently committed to the idea of the central rule that they're not willing to follow a direct order that places them in a vulnerable position, which is not quite the same thing but pretty similar...)
So I ask myself, why didn't someone just make the parallel so that it was obvious? Or maybe it's just sufficiently obvious to Japanese viewers, the vast majority of whom are familiar with that system, that it didn't even bear repeating? In other words, maybe the reason we think the TSAB was being so dumb is just one big culture gap?
Comments, please. I might just be smokin' the good stuff here.
|2009-01-20, 01:10
|Link #1807
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Doesn't kill the metaphor. Obviously travel times are faster when you can warp rather than having to ride in a palanquin. ;p And disarmament in the Shogun's presence was also very much SOP.
I'm just throwing this out there. It's probably not reflective of anything at all. But it's at least mildly plausible and more palatable than "writers were idiots, full stop"...
|2009-01-20, 01:53
|Link #1808
Sword Wielding Penguin
The writer's aren't idiots. They just have no idea how military tactics and strategy operate. Some of the mistakes they've made are things you could learn not to make playing against BOTS in an RTS game. Their strategy shows how n00b they'd be in a game of starcraft. ZERG RUSH with mook units or toss in some elites... Or both if you've built up for it... and try to cover for your superweapon.
Hell, realisticly, if we applied Jail's drones to the real world... say the Pentagon... Even if the president was secretly ordering the Secretary of Defense to let Jail do his thing, his drones would NEVER be allowed to get within five hundred miles of DC.
Intercepts would occure at the six-hundred mile range... Not: Just outside the city limits.
The first line of defense in a defense is having some kind of network that can track the enemy approach from way beyond their ability to actually strike so you can either evacuate, or launch a counter attack in advance. (Or both.) The fact that the drones could get right up to the bay in Cranagan on a regular basis is borderline criminal negligence. I could understand not being able to pin them down once the intelligence network was knocked out. But there should have been some kind of long range perimiter around Cranagan that would detect the drones until that intel was knocked out, so that even if you don't know where they are, you know they're X-hundred miles out and have to still clear the distance. Enough to get your aces rearmed and back topside to kick ass well before arrival.
Instead, the enemy, their drones, and their elites are allowed to get well within twenty miles of Cranagan, a hugely populated city, before anyone things "Maybe we should go destroy them now..."
Ya'know... if they approached from the ocean, they'd stick out like a sore thumb. If they approached from land directions... someone would notice and call in about hundreds of flying drones if they were low enough to terrain mask.
Which leaves only Quattro's obnoxious IS to explain things, but then she's not there every single time.
Such things could have been more dramatic if the writer's had done that kind of research. Instead of the TSAB's gaping holes. You could actually depict them as capable and tough, but Jail's Cyborgs were JUST THAT GOOD to get drones inside a 500 mile radius perimiter and into striking range quickly AND manage to not only survive doing so, but achieve the mission objective with trivial losses.
|2009-01-20, 02:01
|Link #1809
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
The existence of teleportation renders engagement at a distance obsolete. What they do need are sensors that can zero in on teleportation signatures. The thing is, they do have this tech onboard TSAB ships. The question remains, why don't they have protocols for rapid engagement of teleported advesaries?
|2009-01-20, 02:52
|Link #1811
Sleep beneath the flowers
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Lording above all of humanity >;3
Age: 28
Midchilda's dependency on magic for, well, everything is probably what makes an AMF such a deadly thing.
|2009-01-20, 03:00
|Link #1812
Sword Wielding Penguin
Part of such a defensive measure, is if the enemy can teleport in, have teleport barriers ready. If the enemy tries to come in, you pick up the signature and snap up a barrier. Barring the way. The wide area barrier seems to be a decent backbone of mages at least early on in the series before we got to strikers... And then it was forgotten. I mean, what better way to contain the enemies than to slap up a barrier of this form and trap them in a pocket dimension?
That effectively keeps a person, no matter how close, at 'arms length' from criticals.
Given how barriers seemed to work to keep things out AND in equally well if you don't have brute magical power or the key or an effective decryption method... Slapping one up around the facility you're protecting, and another one at the destination of a detected teleport, you'd effectively have the enemy bogged down just as if you had them at 600 miles. They'd have to find a way to breach both barriers, which burns time and ruins the ambush.
Then there's another problem with the teleporting. If it worked so well putting people in place, you could just as easily yank people out.
Quite frankly, would I be one to modify TSAB protocalls to make sense. Overland and air traveling targets would be intercepted WAY outside of range as it should be. And teleporters would get double barrier treatment while anything sensitive in range of teleporters would get another double barrier treatment.
You telelport, or try. But find your teleport interrupted because you can't jump into a barrier that easily. Or if the barrier reaction was slow, you're "Caught in a box." And have to break out, and once you've done that, there's another box you have to break INTO to get to the objective.
Area denial pretty much the core of the strategy. "I see you, and you can't even get NEAR here without some kind of big fight..."
Now, for magical 'radar'... No.
See, this is another one of those writers didn't think it through, and thus the TSAB as a fictional entity have criminal negligence levels of stupidity. Because if the enemy is wandering around evaiding your super high end Magic Sensors because they have AMF clouding them, you more than have the tech that can pick up thermal signatures, regular radar detection... Hell, if your sensors that use magic are capable of taking background readings of areas... big bubbles of -NO READINGS- stick out just as much as -LARGE METALIC OBJECTS-.
Any of which, if properly written, would come to the mind of someone who was an expert in the field of detection.
"We've got enemies who can't be detected because they use AMF which magic can't detect through."
"Well, that makes it easy then. Just put some routines on to alert us to any anomalies that look like holes in the sensor sweeps."
There's more to stealth than not reflecting radar signals back to source.
|2009-01-20, 06:11
|Link #1813
Adeptus Animus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 30
On the subject of radar, the TSAB could very much detect the AMF generating drones, so that isn't the reason they managed to sneak up on the HQ.
However, ATC, you seem to forget that the TSAB did have a Barrier in place to prevent teleporting in. Unfortunately for the TSAB, Jail had Cinque in place to sabotage it. From that point on, preventing enemies from teleporting in becomes impossible, as its obvious that Barriers that prevent entry need big generators to keep going -as evidenced by A's, in which Fate, Yuuno and Arf easilly managed to get into the Barrier created by Vita-
Teleporting enemies out has its own complications. As far as we have seen, it works by placing a circle underneath whats being teleported and porting it. Any target aware of that would simply move out of the way. Then there is also the fact that the drone AMF would interfere with the teleporting proces, rendering it inacurate, if not impossible.
From my point of view, the strategical error you are maiking is that you seem to be aproaching Jail as an enemy army, I.E. the chances of seeing them coming are high. GDI, if you will. Instead, you should try to treat Jail as a terrorist group. Like Stealth GLA. You have no idea where they are, no idea where they are coming from, and no idea where or when they will strike until they are there. Jail's drones and cyborgs made use of sewers and other undeground entrances in adition to attacking from the sky and teleporting in.
In fact, one could say that the moment Cinque destroyed the generator powering the bases main defences, the TSAB was doomed to fall. From that point, the drones were teleported in, disrupted the defensive lines, and allowing further entry by air or ground.
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|2009-01-20, 07:46
|Link #1814
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|2009-01-20, 09:11
|Link #1815
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Strictly speaking, we are not even sure whether the thing has an anti-teleport ability at all. Our enemies didn't exactly seem awfully interested in teleporting inside the building. The shield apparently wasn't even raised at the beginning (Dieci's shot hit the building direct), yet no one tried any teleports that we can see.
On the broader issue of Middie sensors, they definitely don't have a lot of variety, and their general hopelessness in detecting anything without a large energy signature is legend (the one time we saw it, detection vs two non-mage girls is 300 yards - maybe a dedicated search would squeeze out a bit more range...). On the other hand, what they have are reasonably suited to TSAB's purpose, which is mostly against large energy (mostly magical) events. When a large event happens, the sensors do seem to cue in very quickly and automatically, with apparently excellent resolution and even finds a way to present a visual a lot of the time. Also, it apparently works through walls and mud, at least for the target types of interest, which makes it more useful as a general purpose TSAB sensor than line of sight limited methods like radar, thermal and visual sighting.
The lack of long range air surveillance is curious to us, but not so much considering their dominance. They don't have conventional enemies and even air travel of all kinds seems strictly limited. Under such circumstances, they may have decided to forego the expense of dedicated active emitting radar-type surveillance.
It is probably assumed that if a really dangerous flying threat actually appears, it'll have a high energy signature, and will be detected adequately on the regular surveillance system (if it is a "pop-up" threat, probably the radar system would have trouble picking it up until it powers up as well), and a less dangerous flying threat would have a low energy signature, so it is less important if it was detected at a closer range. And of course there's the whole teleport thing too. But they won't really appear because their primary targets are criminals which probably won't be so conspicious as to fly.
|2009-01-20, 09:31
|Link #1816
Adeptus Animus
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|2009-01-20, 09:43
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|2009-01-20, 10:53
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|2009-01-20, 11:17
|Link #1819
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Join Date: Dec 2005
The US has a vast array of powerful radars searching for incoming Russian missiles. Why can't these radars be re-tasked to search for Arabs with suicide vests?
'cause it doesn't work that way, duh. ;p
Personally, I think the whole "barriers? We're not gonna bother with a barrier" thing is mostly related to the terrain they end up fighting in. For the most part, it's "ruined city" (boy, they have a lot of that), so protection of the civilian populace is not an issue.
But there's another aspect to it. Say you see a team of drones and you erect a barrier such that the drones and your defenders are inside the barrier. Then... team of drones 2 arrives and merrily wrecks their objective. Or substitute "Numbers cyborg" or "hostile mage" or "flying spaghetti monster" or whatever. When you're defending something, removing yourself from the same reality as the thing you're defending is not necessarily a good idea!
We don't ever see anyone thrown into a barrier without the person casting the barrier being in with them as well, do we?
|2009-01-20, 15:26
|Link #1820
Sword Wielding Penguin
See, now what you're doing is rationalizing the writer's inabilities to apply correct military logic procedures to their writing by trying to link things that aren't really spoken about.
It's the point I'm trying to make here. The TSAB come across as foolish in military perspective to military junkies because the writers didn't do their research.
If they HAD done their research, they'd have written the scenarios a lot better. Getting anywhere NEAR cranagan would have been a feat, and an assault with a successful objective in there would have actually been... awesome.
Because if real soldiers and actual military understanding were involved in the writing. The drones wouldn't be allowed NEAR the City without Jail showing TRUE cunning and jumping through all the hoops. The detection network would be tuned in to dealing with them as well as power spikes. (You can't seriously tell me that after ten plus years of Jail doing his thing, someone's not going to have set up sensor detection suites tuned specificly to picking up the signatures of drones, AMF, or their side effects.)
Again, if Cranagan were DC and the Pentagon was HQ, its security would be considered paramount over just about everything. There would be five times redundant sets of multiple security patterns to deal with, and a policy of No Nonsense to suspected threats. If it LOOKS like a hostile, it's a hostile until proven otherwise, you'd have interception scrambled if someone SNEEZED wrong. Jail would be forced to operate more covertly than overtly, because any sizable force he were to mount would be met with a sledgehammer BEFORE he could move into position.
But, as the writing stands, the TSAB lacks any kind of real doctrine or procedure for keeping opponents at arms length from their most IMPORTANT city. Magical teleportation or not, they allowed Jail to get sizable forces within striking distance of the city on a regular basis. At the least, they should have forced Jail to constantly come up with new methods of approach.
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With a friend in town visiting the city for the first time, after a busy day of hitting the usual tourist spots, we headed down to Robson Street to ease our hunger pains. Given the chilly weather of the day, we both had a craving for something hot. Our first stop… Ap Gu Jung (1642 Robson St.). Probably named after the neighbourhood in Seoul of the same name, best known for its trendy shops and restaurants/bars, I'd known of this place but had never actually gone in until today. Just past five p.m., the place was already quite busy with most of the tables on the main floor occupied, and the two sections of the second floor already quite boisterous with what appeared to be birthday celebrations. A good start I thought after our group of four was quickly seated. Scanning the scene, I noticed that remnants of the previous tenant (one of my friends who is a much longer resident of the city than I, noted that it used to house a Greek restaurant) were still apparent in the wall décor and the mismatched lighting fixtures in the space. After deciding on sharing a big Budae Jjigae (the Korean stew that has its origins from the Korean War, when leftover foodstuffs from American soldiers were used when food was scarce and cooked up together in a pot of hot water), and of course the requisite Kalbi (beef short ribs). The Budae Jjigae came out first and it looked alright but the first spoonful of the soup was a cause of disappointment as it was nowhere near as spicy as it should have been, nor had the right depth of flavour, and the slices of sausages were overpowering the base taste of the soup. The Kalbi looked fantastic as the hot plate came from the kitchen already cooked, but the first bite was again a letdown as the flavour was just not there. It wasn't the meat itself but rather the marinade was just not strong enough. The attentive service, and there were plenty of them around, were quickly asked if they could bring some dipping sauce to help out and they did, but I really wished the meat had the flavour already cooked inside. Granted it was only two items off the menu, but oh-for-two in my opinion left me with a bad taste in my mouth (literally), and I am not sure if I will be back anytime soon. If I'm in this end of Robson, I think I'd much prefer the nearby Jang Mo Jib, or Norboo.
After some shopping up and down the strip, our group was in the mood for some drinks so after debating a few places, we went with Chungdam Ahn (just off Robson on Cardero Street). It bills itself as a Korean 'izakaya' and stepping inside felt like I'd instantly been transplanted to Seoul, a place I've been to many times, into one of its restaurants/bars popular with the twenty-something crowd. It was pretty spartan with the design, with a few booth along the back and some tables in the centre of the floor. A kitchen was visible along the wall where the main entrance is. Dimly lit, the place also had music playing, which got louder as the night grew longer. They had a decent menu filled with 'anju' items – the kind of dishes you'd find in places where alcohol is the main thing and side dishes are needed. We picked one of my favorites, Dubu Kimchi (fresh uncooked tofu served with cabbage kimchee sautéed with chopped green onions in a sesame soy sauce and slices of pork/bacon) and it tasted just right and was the perfect accompaniment to the Makgeolli (a sweet, milky rice based alcohol). As well, a dish of Pajeon (Korean pancake, similar to Chinese green onion pancake), containing green onions and squid. This was very authentic and flavourful as well. I was quite surprised by the quality of the food here, thinking they would be more an afterthought in this drinking establishment. I'll be back to try more things on the menu, with or without the Makgeolli.


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A few weeks ago I was contacted by Gold 'n Plump to see if I wanted to review their new line of Chicken sausages and brats. It's not often that I do a product review, since I (a) have to know the product is free of tree nuts and (b) want to find local, healthy products that work for our family. This one fit the bill.
Growing up in Minnesota, the Gold 'n Plump brand of chicken is a familiar one to me – as they are a Minnesota company. I appreciate the way they farm:
- Farmers are local & independent {and have been since the company started},
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While 100% organic chicken is the ideal, the reality is that sometimes you have to do the best with what you have and where you are at the moment. We certainly enjoy the Gold 'n Plump chicken – esp. their natural line of chicken products. They also have a new line "Just Bare" chicken, that is also excellent. So, when we had the chance to sample their new chicken sausages, this was a product I was excited to try.
We first sampled their Apple & Maple Breakfast Chicken Sausages – served them alongside Martha's Buttermilk Pancakes, and fresh fruit.
The flavor was subtle, but wonderful.
We cooked them according to the package directions – using a frying pan. However, we'll have to work on perfecting the cooking technique, as they did not cook as directed!
Next, we tried the Chicken Brats & the Hot Italian Chicken Sausages for a family BBQ.
We boiled the chicken brats in beer, just like we do with all our brats, for a comparison.
We were hoping they'd be great because regular brats have over 22 grams of fat & these clock in at 7 grams. A good tasting brat that is good for you too!? I'm in.
The result: 4 out of 4 family members approved!
My dad took one bite of the Hot Italian Sausages and said "these have some kick!", and my husband polished off two of them.
My mom and I agreed the brats were fantastic! Just as a brat should be – from the texture to the flavor, and wonderful boiled in beer. They actually remind me of brats, rather than other chicken sausages which have more of a hotdog consistency.
Thanks, Gold 'n Plump for allowing us to sample these new products! We'll certainly enjoy these again before the summer ends.
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Finally, Christmas break! This will be said by many high schoolers as they are released from school on Friday afternoon. Lately, I have heard students expressing excitement to sleep in, to have no homework and to hang out with friends. Kayli Folkert's plans for Christmas break are to stay home and hangout in between her speech practices. Hanging out with family and friends seemed to be a popular answer from the seniors that I asked at Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School.
Other students have more things planned that include travel to different states. An anonymous person answered that they are going to Texas, and Cortney Crozier plans on traveling to Branson, Missouri to see their Christmas shows.
Apart from the things that we want to do over winter break, there are things that we have to do. Kayla Fobian answered, "Working at the Reinbeck Daycare and spending time with my family." Working is something that she has to do, but I am sure that she is going to enjoy the money that she receives. Erin Wentzien stated that she had basketball practice, as do many other athletes this winter. Athletes don't take breaks, and this is how they are able to get better everyday. These are just a few of the things that students included in the things that they have to do over break.
One of the most unique, and fun, responses that I received was from Abbie Walton. She told me that she planned on having a Pinterest craft day with her friends. For those of you that don't know, Pinterest is an Internet site that has pictures, recipes, videos, ideas and almost any other thing that you could imagine. It sounds like it will be a great day, and I look forward to seeing what they make. This is what you can expect from teenagers on their much anticipated winter break. The break will start Friday the 21st, but will come to an end on January 3rd. I hope that everyone has a great winter break!


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The second mission pack for Saints Row: The Third is hitting today. The "Gangstas in Space" pack sees the heroes guiding up-and-coming actress Jenny Jaros through her Hollywood journey during the filming of the space-gangster epic.
As part of the pack, you'll get the Aegian alien ship, alien gang customization options, and two new homies: Kwilanna (played by Jaros) and Space Brutina. The pack should be rolling out to all systems later today, and to Europe and Asian regions tomorrow morning.
Gangstas in Space is the second pack included with the DLC Season Pass, after Genkibowl VII. One more mission pack is planned after this one, but if you'd rather buy them piece-meal, they cost $6.99 (560 MSP) each.


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Though Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is still not formally announced, that hasn't stopped publisher THQ and developer Relic from talking about the RTS sequel. The latest revelations come from Relic marketing manager James McDermott in an interview with Eurogamer, covering topics including custom armies.
"Looking at what we had real success with with Dawn of War II - Retribution, with the DLC, and with customisation and building their armies and collecting being a big part of what 40k fans really love, we want to make that a big part of DoW 3," McDermott said. "There's going to be lots of opportunities to expand and build your own custom mega army. That's definitely an area we want to invest in. We see a good opportunity."
Customisation is a staple of the tabletop miniatures wargame, from paint schemes and replacing figures' components with snazzier parts to flat-out inventing new factions. The most recent DoW only supports relatively limited custom paint options. How exactly will it all work in Dawn of War III? Until the game's revealed, who could possibly say. But custom armies!
McDermott also backed up THQ core games head Danny Bilson's remarks that Dawn of War III will combine elements of the first two with new elements and MMO aspects. DoW 3 "is going to have a much larger strategic component to it, more of a global battle going on with little tactical things, sort of MMO-like," McDermott explained.
"We're trying to leverage even more so on the Games Workshop tabletop game, and then combine that with the game mechanics people have said, 'If you were to make a DOW3 we would like this kind of balance of things,' and what we think would be good for strategy games as a whole."
Bilson had hinted in 2010 that Dawn of War 3 might be free-to-play, depending on how well the F2P Company of Heroes Online was received. Considering that it shut down in February this year, you can probably scratch that out.
McDermott also teased the announcement Relic is due to make at the Gamescom show in August, saying "There is something cool and I think people will be really pleased to hear about it." If we all wish hard enough for a surprise Homeworld 3 announcement, it might just come true.


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Release Notes: multiTail.pl now supports colors. A bug regarding deduplication regarding "blocked files" is fixed.
Release Notes: This release adds support for handling sparse files and progress reports based on periods of time.
Release Notes: This version delivers some bugfixes plus the new chapter "Internals" in the documentation.
Release Notes: This version adds the ability to select via special marker files whether files in directories are backed up or compressed. It's possible to store special files in archives if your target file system doesn't allow you to store them natively. There are minor fixes.
Release Notes: Bugs were fixed. If you use storeBackupMount.pl, you will have to adjust your options. Other scripts also have a few new options.
Release Notes: This release can make an estimation if a compression might reduce the file size. E.g. when traveling, you can make backups without access to the master backup, and integrate these backups later into the central one. Backups can be replicated (automated), so you can generate copies of your backups (e.g. on another external disk). storeBackup can validate your backup via checksums. With storeBackupCheckSource.pl, it can validate unchanged files in the source directory against checksums in the backup, e.g. to recognize bit rot.
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UH Manoa's HAW-FLYPM Prograrm Receives USDA's Highest Honor
UH professor Ronald Mau and team members awarded 2004 Secretary's Honor AwardUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Arlene Abiang, (808) 956-5637
External Affairs & University Relations
HONOLULU — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded its 2004 Secretary's Honor Award to Ronald Mau, an entomologist and professor in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at UH Mānoa, and fellow members of the Hawaiʻi Fruit Fly Area-Wide Pest Management (HAW-FLYPM) core team. The most prestigious award presented by the USDA, it recognizes outstanding contributions to agriculture, to the consumers of agriculture products, and to the ability of the USDA to serve rural America.
In addition to Mau, the USDA recognized HAW-FLYPM team members Roger Vargas, UH graduate and project head, and Eric Jang with the USDA-Agriculture Research Service (ARS) in Hilo, and Lyle Wong with the Hawaiʻi State Department of Agriculture. Their development of an effective and sustainable area-wide program to suppress fruit flies in Hawaiʻi will enable the expansion of fruit and vegetable production in rural Hawaiʻi.
"These awards highlight the dedication and talents of ARS employees who contribute in so many ways to improving the world around us," said ARS Acting Administrator Edward B. Knipling. "The accomplishments of each of these honorees exemplify public service at its best."
The HAW-FLYPM program aims to develop and implement environmentally acceptable, biologically based, sustainable pest management strategies that reduce use of insecticides while suppressing fruit flies to economically manageable levels for the benefit of Hawaiʻi. It is funded in partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi's Cooperative Extension Service, USDA — Agricultural Research Service and the Hawaiʻi State Department of Agriculture.


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As the title suggests, I've have some trouble studying for my algebra exam upcoming in regards to solving for X.
If my writing is unclear, you can view the problem in pdf format here: http://www.csus.edu/math/courses/IADPra ... mFormC.pdf
The first problem (20) I believed I was doing right, but I receive two of the available answers
Root (-x +1) +1 = x
My approach to the problem
A. Moved 1 over to get Root (-x+1) = x-1
B. Squared both sides to clear the root and to get -x +1 = (x-1) (x-1)
C. Moved all to the right side to get x^2 -x
D. Quadratic formula to get 1 (+-) root 1 over 2
E. Answer 1 or 0
Correct answer is C. 1
The second problem (45)
2x^2 +x -3 over x-1 = 5
My approach to the problem
A. Multiplied both sides by x-1 to get 2x^2 +x -3 = 5x -5
B. Cleared to one side to get 2x^2 - 4x + 2 = 0
C. Quadratic formula to get 4 (+-) 16 - 16 over 4
D. Answer 4 (+-) 0 over 4, or 1
The correct answer is no solution (is this because when 1 is plugged back in the denominator is 0, so it's no solution because 0 =5?) Under what circumstances would there be All Real Answers as this was also a possible choice for my answer selection
The last problem perhaps belongs to geometry, but I will post it here since it was included in my algebra exam
This problem requires viewing the triangle drawn in 16 in the pdf
My approach was reading up on SOH CAH TOA
Being SIN i chose the opposite side (I believe is 4) and the Hypotenuse 5
However, the answer was 3/5 which has me confused as I thought the opposite side was opposite of hypotenuse, and adjacent being the short one.
Thanks for viewing and or solving


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Many people are enthralled by conspiracy-theories. I am not so riveted by "Whodunit" theories as I am finding out the reasons behind evil deeds, cover-ups and the resulting after-effects. This year marks 50 years since the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Regardless of how many assassins there were: one, two, three, or more shooters...it makes no difference since even if "conclusive proof" were presented : President John Fitzgerald Kennedy still was killed, and knowing that pinpoint information won't bring him back to life, now.
Being a native of Kansas, I saw Dealey Plaza in Dallas, for the first time in the year 2001. I have been there many times since; both on-foot and driving my own vehicle over the 'x' on the street. That assassination may be the Granddaddy of all conspiracy theories, but I feel that too many people are dwelling in-vain as to 'how many assassins were involved', instead of looking at 'motivations', 'ramifications in the aftermath of the shooting', and probably the most overlooked mystery: 'Why did our American Government seal-up records, testimonies, photographs and even extracted a small section of street-curbing damaged by bullets for 75 years ???'.
The lame excuses were either: "National Security" or to "Protect the Living" or "Spare the sensibilities of the victims' families". A few speculators claim that the successor to the presidency Lyndon B. Johnson was fearful of a potential "World War Three" with Cuba or with the Soviets. To that, I say: "balderdash, the American people could always handle the truth". Undeniably LBJ and then-F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover had a much too cozy professional relationship with each other. It almost reminds me of the near incestuous relationship between our current President and the Attorney-General of the United States, Eric Holder. When a discreet, impartial distance is needed --- and if it doesn't exist: the American People lose CONFIDENCE in what is being OFFICIALLY TOLD US.
I despise 'fiction'. I like 'reality'. Film-director Oliver Stone raked-in lucrative box office proceeds from his titillating film "JFK", yet the movie produced no hard breakthrough evidence. The man took liberties are recreating the scenes and the scenario. In my opinion, it was more flimsy than The Warren Commission's Report, itself. Oswald's assassin, Jack Ruby, reportedly wanted to "talk" outside of Texas. His request was denied and he was labeled a kook. Well, in my opinion: even if he was a kook, it would have done no harm to have temporarily transferred him to Washington DC and let him do all the talking he wanted to do.
My late Dad lived and worked in Dallas for a year, circa the year 1954, before returning back home to Wichita, Kansas. That was well before JFK was elected President. My Dad voted for JFK in the 1960 election and he often told me that "you'd have to see Elm Street in Dallas for yourself". My Dad passed-away in 1997; so I never got to visit the city with him. When I first saw Dealey Plaza with my Mom in 2001, I remarked to her: "Elm Street is more of a sudden downgrade of a ramp, than a street". I never envisioned that part ! The Zapruder film makes it seem like a somewhat level street; and the film gives a viewer an optical illusion of it being level when, instead, in reality, the downgrade is at a pronounced dramatic angle akin to a downward ramp eventually merging onto today's modern Interstate I-35.
I am not taking any opinion 'pro' or 'con' as to whether the Oswald was the sole assassin. I believe he was involved in the crime somehow, beyond any shadow of a doubt. Whether he had a primary-role or accomplices or was a 'patsy': it makes absolutely no difference. He was implicated in it. The President was murdered. And Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit was likewise murdered. I just hate that The Warren Commission and Oliver Stone's movie more or less overlooked many key items in doing recreations. One pivotal factor was the absence in recreations, of two cars. The subsequent recreations should have had both the Presidential Lincoln limo and the Secret-Service follow-up limousine, a 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood, with men standing on each side on running-boards. This follow-up car was nicknamed "the Queen Mary II" due to its large girth. My family had a 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood when I was a young boy. Our Cadillac was pure white whereas The Queen Mary II presidential follow-up car was painted black. That model was a huge whale of a car. A unique aspect was that a person refueling had to press a button on a tail-light which made an arc on a hinge to reveal the gasoline-cap. My folks delighted at seeing gas-station attendants who couldn't figure out where the gas-cap was located-at.
By contrast, President Kennedy was riding in a newer 1961 Lincoln Convertible, with a chassis much lower to the ground and sleek. As the Presidential limo drove on that downward slope of Elm Street, the big Cadillac (which already was higher) took on an even 'higher' appearance on the down-slope. Anyone who has watched the videotape of the motorcade knows that the whale of a Cadillac was tailgating the smaller Lincoln, so closely that Secret Service Agent Clint Hill was able to leap from the follow-up car onto the Presidential Limo in his attempt to shield President and Mrs. Kennedy. That Cadillac and the standing Secret Service men were meager Security in hindsight. Nevertheless, it was some security and if the huge Cadillac was shadowing the smaller Lincoln limo, that "shield" would offer greater (or expanded) coverage as a "shield" as the Presidential limo rolled downward on Elm Street. To my knowledge, few people have discussed that aspect. Admittedly, Oswald was allegedly in the Sixth Floor of the Texas School Book Depository Building and his rifle had a scope. From the sniper's nest, he would have been firing downward; yet as the target moved further and further away the trajectory would have been more slanting: Were the standing Secret Service Agents and the Queen Mary II car, any type of obstacle to Oswald's alignment of the cross-hairs? Or did Oswald just "point and shoot"?
Granted, Oswald was an ex-Marine who had attained sharpshooter status. He bought an Italian-made 6.5 mm Carcano rifle that was a World War II surplus rifle, manufactured in the year 1940. He allegedly tried to kill retired U.S. Major General Edwin A. Walker. Testimony was given that "Oswald disliked General Walker". Well, few people realize that Oswald sent a 'hot letter' to then-Texas Governor John Connally , former Secretary of the Navy ---strongly protesting his (Oswald's) dishonorable discharge from the Marine Corps. It is documented that Connally replied back to Oswald saying he (Connally) was no longer Secretary of the Navy and Oswald should re-direct his protest-letter to Connally's successor.
Nobody will ever know the "full truth". But, to me, this information is pertinent. If someone has a personal grudge against ANY of the occupants of that Presidential car: the human temptation would be a motive of anger of Oswald toward Connally. Oswald had a known beef with Connally, and it seems ludicrous that Oswald would forget about Connally. If anyone received a dishonorable-discharge from the Military and mad as blazes: that obviously has some bearing on motive. Was Connally the true target and Kennedy accidentally killed by a botched aim ?
The Carcano in question was a bolt-action rifle. I've never shot a Carcano rifle. Although I hold a Possession and Acquisition License from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P), I am a relative novice at fast firing of such a weapon. Much conjecture has been made as to whether Oswald could fire that rapidly with accuracy. Yes, I believe it could be done under ideal circumstances. However, with the bustling crowds, the moving target and every eyewitness account saying at least one shot 'missed' but struck a concrete curb, scattering concrete fragments which wounded a bystander on the street a man named James Tague. I'm not entirely convinced of the 'accuracy' part. The one thought that lingers in my mind: Was Oswald actually aiming for Connally and hit Kennedy instead ?
Numerous witnesses reported a gunshot hole in the front windshield of the Presidential Limo SS-100-X. After the assassination, the car (the Lincoln) was taken back and rebuilt by Hess and Eisenhardt of Cincinnati, Ohio, who only in the aftermath made it bulletproof and armor-plated. That hole in the front windshield concerns me since numerous witnesses indicated a large gaping hole at the right-rear of President Kennedy's head, consistent with an exit wound. By contrast, photographs of Kennedy's body during the autopsy show that the President had a wound not only at the base of the neck, but what appears to be an entry-wound some FIVE-inches BELOW THE NECKLINE "about" the level of the third thoracic vertebrae . The photos of the bullet-holes in his shirt and coat match the location of wounds to the body.
Regardless of which direction the bullets came from, or who fired them: take a look at what changed after John F. Kennedy's assassination: the Vietnam War escalated; less than 14 months later America's sound money of silver dimes, quarters, and such went from being minted with 90% silver to a near worthless 'clad' coinage system. I had numerous cousins serve in Vietnam, and JFK didn't send them...but LBJ did. Kennedy sent a comparative handful of "Advisors" to train Vietnamese and by clear distinction, Johnson got us into a quagmire of an unpopular war. Johnson's successor: one Richard M. Nixon took America "off the Gold Standard" , setting the stage for the turbulence of fiat (paper) money which only has value based on promises and a kiss. If the promises aren't backed up by solid collateral, you have an Economic Depression, such as what we're witnessing now. Nixon's successor Gerald R. Ford admitted to doctoring The Warren Commission Report by manipulating descriptions/diagrams that President Kennedy suffered gunshot-wounds in his neck----instead of really in his back, five inches below the collar-line.
Gerald Ford jiggered the Commission's assistant counsel, Arlen Specter (who later became a U.S. Senator) to have diagrams drawn showing a false trajectory, in and out of President Kennedy's neck; and supposedly into Gov. Connally's body. Mr. Connally himself rebutted the so-called "single-bullet theory" to no avail.
One thing is clear: this Nation lost its innocence the day John F. Kennedy died. It also lost (perhaps forever) a majority of public-confidence in Government Accounts of almost any meaningful Subject. Cover-up's continue to this very day. I am not trying to reconstruct what transpired on that awful day of November 22, 1963. JFK was shot and killed. That sad fact is undisputed. But, I would like people to look beyond the "Who done it?" and focus instead on "Unsealing records" that were sealed for 75 years. Demanding transparency in government is more important than knowing how many assassins or how he (or they) pulled-off his (or their) plot a half-century ago. President Kennedy is dead. But, the challenges of "The New Frontier" (his Administration's goals) live on today.
Conspiracy-theorists only pose their theories to appease their insatiable desire to satisfy curiosity. Many so-called 'authors' peddle their books and pamphlets to make a living. I find that pathetic and almost deplorable. Let us get past that scurrilous and voyeuristic tendency. The CIA, the Mafia, Castro and others are easy scapegoats...even JFK's back-brace have been speculated-on. To me, causation means NOTHING. After-effects mean EVERYTHING. However, mark my words: Look at the after-effects. If (if) Lee Harvey Oswald wanted to impress Castro (or anyone): he would have immediately confessed, when he was asked. Oswald may have acted alone, although some of the bewildering evidence makes a person's jaw drop in wonderment. The severe down-slope of Elm Street and President Kennedy's head jerking violently backwards, plus a piece of his hair and skull landing on the limousine's trunk, makes a person wonder. It almost defies principles of Physics and Ballistics.
The year 2013 is a time for Remembrance; but it's also a time for Logic. "And, so my fellow Americans: Ask Not, what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your Country". Those words should still resonate today; but in a new way. Let future American Presidents not retreat into a post-1963 bubble. It is a fact of life that sometimes good men and women die. Let us downsize American ego. Let us insist on transparency in Government. Yes, classified or secret "National Security" data need not be revealed. However, since nearly 50 years has passed since JFK's assassination: the time has come to Un-seal everything. Whether it was one lone assassin or a conspiracy: that answer won't re-shape American Destiny. However, if we look beyond and purge the shadowy veil of sealed records, it would go a long way toward getting our nation back to trusting what is said rather than by believing the rumor-mill. Let us restore American confidence. Let us begin anew, today.


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Thread: connection issues
11-12-2006, 10:58 PM #1dial up with ibook
Anyone using dial up on their ibook? And is it possible to get different speeds on the same phone line but different connection spots in the house?
Reason I ask is that I'm on dial up and my emac is quite speedy staying at about 26000 (sometimes faster)bps. Yeah, I know -- not fast like DSL but it's all I can get out here. My ibook is hooked into a different phone connection box in the house (same phone line) but only stays at around 16200. right now it's at 21600 bps and it is much slower acting than my emac. I keep getting disconnected when I'm on my ibook too but hardly ever when on the desktop emac.
I keep thinking maybe a loose connection in my phone cord or something... I don't know.
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I was a bit worried over it after having the problem with that total access program on it. Someone said it could have messed up OS. But I'm at work right now on my ibook (using wireless) and it's as fast as can be. So, I think OS is fine - it's just slow dial up Can't wait for our area to get DSL!!
I can get satellite BUT, the companies are either VERY expensive or they don't have dial up access number for when on vacation (if I can't get wireless service). So, dial up at home it is for now.
11-19-2006, 10:50 AM #4connection issues
Since I have switched ISP's, I'm having weird issues with my connection. I don't know if it's the ibook or my ISP or my phone line. Hope someone can help.
I have dial up at home - I keep the phone line plugged into ibook. Before I switched ISP's, all I had to do was open ibook and click on connect and I was connected. Now.... I have to unplug the connection from the ibook and re-plug back in each time. If I don't, it says, no dial tone found or cannot connect.
This has me stumped as to whose fault it is. As soon as I unplug and re-plug back in, it connects fine.
11-25-2006, 12:10 PM #5ibook problem or server??
I don't even want to use my ibook at home! I have a desktop eMac also that i use. I have two questions with 2 problems -- first, I have to ALWAYS unplug the phone cord line off ibook and when I open the lid, then I plug in otherwise it won't connect. It never used to do this. Is something wrong? It started to happen when I switched ISP's.
Second.... this ibook is SOOOO slow in loading web sites. My older eMac is so much faster. I'm on dial up at home. I'm wondering if it could be servers??
On the eMac, I'm using Camino and on the ibook I'm using Safari. But... when I take my ibook to work with me, I'm using their wireless service and it's extremely fast with no slow ups at all using Safari.
So, I'm stumped. I'm getting about 24000 bps on the eMac and about 21000 on the ibook. I have tried using the exact same hookup area as the eMac and it makes no difference. I thought it had something to do with the phone jack but that doesn't seem to be the case.
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Don't Know What You Got 'Til It's Gone
Written by Duana
I really get prickly when people talk about 'movie actors' vs. 'TV actors'. You can disagree with me and that's fine. But consider this - how can it be considered more skillful to present a character in 90 minutes, supported by lots of sweeping vistas or explosions or fill-in-your-trope-of-choice, when they might have to maintain said character over 22 half-hours or hours – multiplied by several years?
So let's give the most praise to Charlie Sheen that anyone will allow, and say that the lead of a super-successful sitcom is probably working long hours. Whether or not you think it's a difficult or challenging job, it's probably a 14 hour workday 5 days a week for 8 months, plus a month, including weekends, of press.
It's a long haul.
So the news that Hugh Grant was in, thought about it, got really close, and got back out again doesn't surprise me all that much.
A movie is a fast-paced, balls-out 12 week endeavor. (Sometimes 10 weeks, sometimes sixteen. You get the idea.) It comes, it goes. So it was good or it was bad, it's over, it's behind you. By the time it comes out, you're onto the next project.
But a show – a show is a job. It's as unglam as you can get. There are all kinds of people that maybe you like or maybe you don't, but the pace is too fast and the stakes for ratings are too great to change anything or fix problems or do anything but put your head down and keep going.
Unlike films, actors in TV spend precious little time lounging in their trailers waiting for the set to be ready – many people work very hard to make sure that that very expensive actor is not waiting around being 'wasted' for more than five minutes, ever.
To really cry about celebrity problems (warning – may induce nausea), yes you're making $1 million a week – but you're working too long to actually spend it.
(Yeah, I know. You can roll your eyes all the way out of their sockets now).
In short, though it is an extremely lucrative job, it is a long grueling one. Still, lots of people would jump at the chance, right? To star in an incredibly successful show to know where your money is coming from for the next three years -
But what do we know about Hugh Grant? He's grown too old to be adorably foppish. He never got around to putting a ring on Elizabeth Hurley. He doesn't care about working that much. (I know the word is he's not getting offered parts, but if he were starving, there would be all kinds of roles he'd be bound to take) So, in short, he's a commitment-phobe. He was terrified at the amount of permanence this kind of a high-profile grind-it-out role would require.
So he walked away from the money, which is variously reported to be $1m an episode (or not).
Which is, in a way, kind of respectable. No?
As for the fate of the show – it's a completely new show no matter who they build it around. So if they're ever going to make it happen, with James Marsden or whomever they find (purely speculation) they need to have all the other parts that make the show firmly in place. If I'm Jon Cryer, I sit back, relax, let them sort through and find whoever they can land on - and then renegotiate with the ferocity of a Tiger Mother.
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text: Medfield High School will hold separate orientation sessions for parents of eighth-graders and parents of current students on Feb. 27 in the school's auditorium. At 6:45 p.m., parents of next fall's freshmen will hear a presentation by administrators and guidance counselors, to be followed by tours of the building led by members of the senior class, and a reception in the school foyer. At 7:30 p.m., a program for parents of students in grades 9 through 11 will outline what they can expect in the coming school year.


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Aspirin may cut risk
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of breast cancer recurrence
Regular use of anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin or ibuprofen may lower the risk of breast cancer recurrence in some overweight women, a new study found.
Researchers at the University of Texas took blood from 440 women who were diagnosed with invasive, estrogen receptor alpha-positive breast cancer. Nearly 26 percent of the women were overweight and 58 percent were obese. They re-created cancer cells, fat cells, and immune cells in the lab and injected the blood into these cells. Blood samples that were taken from overweight or obese women caused the cancer cells to grow faster than blood taken from women who were not overweight. Blood from the obese patients contained more fatty acids, which caused inflammation and promoted tumor growth, the study found.
The researchers then looked at the patients' medical records and divided them between those who regularly took anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin or ibuprofen — known as NSAIDs — and those who did not. Women with a body mass index greater than 30 who took NSAIDs reduced their rate of recurrence by 50 percent and were disease-free for more than two years longer than women who didn't take the pills.
The findings suggest that taking NSAIDs could help reduce inflammation in tumor cells, especially among overweight or obese breast patients, the researchers wrote.
BOTTOM LINE: Regular use of anti-inflammatory drugs may lower the risk for breast cancer recurrence among some women.
CAUTIONS: The study cannot determine which overweight women will benefit from taking NSAIDs.
WHERE TO FIND IT: Cancer Research, Aug. 14
Infants who don't get vitamin K shots less likely to get vaccines
Parents who refuse routine vitamin K shots for their newborns at birth may be more likely to refuse subsequent vaccines for their child, a new study by Canadian researchers found.
Researchers looked at data of nearly 300,000 infants born in Alberta between 2006 and 2012. Only .3 percent of infants did not get a vitamin K shot, which prevents a potentially fatal bleeding disorder. Children who did not receive the vitamin K shot were nearly 15 times more likely not to have any other recommended vaccines by age 15 months compared to children who received the vitamin K shot.
Parents who refused vitamin K for their children were more likely to have a delivery attended by a midwife than a physician. They were also more likely to deliver at home or at a birth center compared to a hospital.
The findings suggest that parents' choice of a health care provider and place of birth may reflect their ideas of medical interventions for their children, including vaccines, the researchers wrote.
BOTTOM LINE: Parents who refuse to have their newborn receive a routine vitamin K shot may be more likely to subsequently refuse other vaccines for their child.
CAUTIONS: The study did not look into the reasons why parents refused the vitamin K shots.
WHERE TO FIND IT: Pediatrics,
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2002-03 Men's Basketball
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Bluffton falls at Anderson, 70-58 in Heartland Conference TournamentBy Tim Stried
February 25, 2003
Bluffton College led 29-26 at halftime, but #2 seed Anderson University came back to take a 70-58 win over the 7th-seeded Beavers Tuesday night in the opening round of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament at Anderson's O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.
Bluffton led by as many as eight points in the first half and junior Brad Boyles, who finished with a game-high 19 points, scored Bluffton's first eight points of the second half to give the Beavers a seven-point lead at 37-30 with 16:01 left in the game.
Anderson came back to take a 42-40 lead with 12:10 remaining and the lead would go back and forth for the next five minutes-a span that would come to an end at a crucial point for Bluffton. With the Beavers leading 49-47, Anderson went on a 10-0 run to go up 57-49 with 3:44 left to play and Bluffton wasn't able to regain the lead.
Back-to-back buckets from senior Mike Leimeister, including a 3-pointer, and a layup from Boyles cut the lead to just three points at 59-56 with 2:12 remaining, but another Raven run, this time a 5-0 spurt, sealed the win for the hosts, who will take on Mount St. Joseph Friday night at Hanover in the HCAC semi-finals.
Leimeister, the HCAC's leading scorer at 22.2 points per game, was held to nine points in the contest, which marked his season low and was the first time since Feb. 9 of his junior season that he didn't score in double-figures.
Freshman Darren Clark scored eight points while freshmen Simeon Talley and Eric Sweet both chipped in six points.
Senior Marcus Bixler dished out nine assists in the game, which was his second-highest total of the season.
Bluffton's defensive pressure kept the Beavers in the game as Anderson scored 17 points under their HCAC-leading average and shot just 41.1% from the field for the game, including 21.4% from 3-point range. Bluffton also turned the ball over just 15 times, which marked its lowest total in the past four games, and is an impressive statistic considering that Anderson led the HCAC this season in forced turnovers per game at 19.4.
However, the Ravens took a 47-27 advantage in the rebounding department, including 22 boards at the offensive end, and AU grabbed more rebounds than any other opponent BC has faced this season. In addition, Bluffton was just 1-for-2 from the free throw line, both numbers garnering season-low honors by far. The Ravens were whistled for just 12 personal fouls in the contest.
Bluffton sees their season come to an end at 10-16 overall, which duplicates its record from last season.
Tuesday night marked the end of the collegiate basketball careers of Bluffton seniors Marcus Bixler, Derek DeNero and Mike Leimeister. That trio combined to score 1,079 points this season, which ranks among the highest scoring totals for a senior class in BC history.
Final statistics and a season recap will be released next week.


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Fla. cop praised after buying boots for barefoot homeless man
In a city recently lambasted as being among the nation's most hostile to the homeless, officer's good deed was celebrated at a Wednesday conference
By Mike Clary
Sun Sentinel
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Moved by the plight of a barefoot homeless man who reported his shoes had been stolen as he slept, Officer Rolando Rivera first gave his word that he would help.
Then, after a visit to a department store, he gave Brian Espeut, 35, a brand new pair of $44 boots and a $15 package of tube socks.
"Brian, it appeared, was broken," Rivera, 43, wrote in his report of the May 4 incident. "I felt it would be negligent of me to leave Brian open to harm and with a lasting lack of trust for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department."
In a city recently lambasted as being among the nation's most hostile to the homeless, Rivera's good deed was celebrated at a Wednesday news conference.
In recent weeks city officials have approved measures designed to crack down on people living on the streets by beefing up prohibitions on storing possessions outdoors and defecating in public. In the works are proposals to outlaw panhandling and soliciting at intersections, to keep people from sleeping on public property and to place new restrictions on groups feeding the homeless.
Michael Stoops, founder of the Washington D.C.-based National Coalition for the Homeless, has described the ordinances aimed at the homeless as among the most severe he has seen in the organization's 30-year history.
"Activists come in here and say, 'Police are out to get the homeless, criminalize the homeless,"' said Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler. "That annoys me. Things like this [Rivera's act] is what happens day in, day out."
Rivera, a police officer for nine years, said he was abashed by all the attention his act of kindness generated. "I didn't do it for the publicity," he said. "This was just an ordinary guy who needed help."
Capt. Frank Sousa said Rivera's actions were singled out for recognition after the officer's detailed incident report made its way to city commissioners. Earlier in the day, police officials asked Officer Sandi Downs-Keesling, who works with the homeless daily, to hunt for Espeut and invite him to the news conference.
She could not find him, she said.
Downs-Keesling has had four interactions with Espeut, however. The most recent was in January when he requested a shelter bed during a cold snap. He listed his hometown as Deerfield Beach, she said.
Espeut was arrested for tresspassing on Broward Boulevard on April 22, according to police records.
Rivera said he was sitting in his patrol car, in uniform, working an off-duty job at Riverwalk when Espeut approached him about 6 a.m.. "He was pretty much in tears," Rivera said. "He was distraught, depressed."
Rivera told Espeut he could not leave his post until 7 a.m., but promised to help.
When Espeut disappeared, Rivera said, he went home to shower and rest briefly. But he returned to the area later that morning and found Espeut in Esplanade Park. "As relieved as I was to see him, he was surprised to see me," the officer wrote.
He asked Espeut his shoe size, Rivera said, and told him to stay put. The officer then drove to Searstown, at 901 N. Federal Highway, and bought the size 11 work boots and socks.
Back in the park, Espeut had waited. "There, in a state of pleasant surprise and sincere appreciation, he put on the socks and boots," Rivera wrote. "They were a good fit."
Four days after that encounter, Rivera said Espeut called. "I wanted to thank you," Espeut said in a message that remains on Rivera's cell phone. "I've had so many compliments from friends on my boots. The boots are great. Thank you."
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|3 years 37 weeks ago
|Who the fuck is Biff from Chi
Who the fuck is Biff from Chi Phi? Biff Tannen?
It's a criminal matter. If this happened to say, corporation X where the CEO and Board were implicated in a crime, and the Attorney General said "corporation X must close it business" why should Molly in marketing, who had nothing to do with this suffer the consequences? Just like PSU's right tackel shouldn't have to bear the consequences of others.
|3 years 37 weeks ago
|This was a criminal matter,
This was a criminal matter, not an NCAA matter. The NCAA overstepped their bounds and essentially forced the penalty without due process.
|3 years 37 weeks ago
|This is a beyond stupid
This is a beyond stupid perspective. Everyone involved is in jail, facing jail, fines or dead. Meanwhile the student athletes, fans and students get penalized. Sanctions should never have been levied against innocents.
|4 years 14 weeks ago
|What are you talking about?
What are you talking about? Every game is already on TV. This is to make people like my parents, who would never watch a game, pay a quarter to get BTN on their local cable packages.
|4 years 14 weeks ago
|This is the stupidest move ever.
They dilute the product on the field, have zero fanbase and contribute nothing to football or basketball, the ONLY sports that matter.
It's a move motivated by greed to get cable packages on local networks. It's a transparent money grab that's insulting to every existing member of the conference.
|4 years 14 weeks ago
|"If it's not a revenue
"If it's not a revenue positive sport, then it's not a sport." - DB
|4 years 34 weeks ago
|I need courses in reading
I need courses in reading comprehension and college football histroy because I forgot about the minor NCAA violations Kiffin committed during his one year at Tenneessee. Thanks for the advice. Keep up with the name calling, it's a good way to come out on top of mature arguments.
Under your rule, we should all get points on our license because of Aldon Smith. We should pay penalities on our investments because of Madoff.
For the millionth time, the NCAA penalized PSU without due process. No investigation. No hearing. It's like a dictatorship.
|4 years 34 weeks ago
|Isn't the entire Penn State
Isn't the entire Penn State administration (former President / AD) facing jail time and massive fines as a result? Not to mention life in prison for the actual offender. Why not throw the current players in jail as well? How about Paterno's corpse? Let's just blow the whole town up while we're at it!!!
Also you're equating the Reggie Bush scandal with Sandusky? Kind of sick on your end. And I don't think Kiffin had anything to do with that, I think it was just Carroll or some boosters.
Collateral damage here isn't fair to the players.
|4 years 34 weeks ago
The players are the innocent bystanders. This was an institutional / administrational failure on the part of Penn State, not a player failure. Since then, they've clean housed and instituted checks to ensure failure does not repeat and paid penalities.
So why should all personnel currently on board with the school, none of whom that had anything to do with Sandusky, receive his penalties? It makes no sense.
Again, the NCAA did not follow their own protocols. They handed penalties without due process. They make up the rules as they go along.
|4 years 34 weeks ago
Do you really think that termination, show cause penalties and (I guess in this case) jail time isn't enough of a deterrent?
To end the cycle of cheating, you severely punish those at fault, not those that had nothing to do with the offense.
|4 years 34 weeks ago
So if it were up to you, not only should the people held responsible for crimes get punished, but innocent bystanders should be punished as well.
Hopefully you never get into a position of power.
|4 years 34 weeks ago
|The remainder of the sanctions should be overturned
Frankly, the NCAA (and Delany) overstepped their own bounds with the sanctions. They didn't conduct their own investigation, relied solely on the Freeh report and threatened the new administration that had nothing to do with the crimes of Sandusky.
No one affiliated with the crimes are currently at PSU. Why should the current administration be at fault. Isn't jail time and termination for those accountable enough?
|4 years 34 weeks ago
|Wasn't aware of the break issue
Wasn't aware of the break issue, but that still doesn't make it right. I don't believe they have special packages for the students for the major games. It's not like all these games are noon on Saturday. There are midweek night games, many of which against crap teams, that cut into other stuff. When I was a student, it was hard enough to make all the games, much less my other commitments.
Brandon's concerned about getting the arena crowded for two things: 1) sales of concessions, merchandise, etc. and 2) apperances on tv. He could not care less about the individual.
|4 years 34 weeks ago
Sometimes there are other commitments (studying?) that need to be made rather than seeing Michigan wax the floor with SC State, UMass-Lowell, Concordia, Wayne State, Coppin State, Houston Baptist and Holy Cross.
Also, there are some games during the break period when students aren't in town. There's a way to fudge these numbers to justify milking every cent out of the student body.
If you buy a ticket to the game, it's up to the buyer to attend, not the seller.
|4 years 38 weeks ago
|That's like saying turkey
That's like saying turkey sandwiches are statistically the best sandwiches....
|4 years 38 weeks ago
|I don't get your comment. My
I don't get your comment. My point was that the pro-style will typically work moreso than the spread. That said, If you want to incorporate spread tactics in the pro style, there's a time and a place. But to think that the most successful offenses shouldn't be one big RichRod / NW jet, spread offense, is totally ignorant.
|4 years 38 weeks ago
|Nope, I don't believe I
Nope, I don't believe I did.
Listen, you can have spread concepts in a pro style attack (zone read on a short down to go play, spread the field in a red zone situation, etc.). Even the Patriots run that. But at the end of the day, it really does fall on execution, sound offensive line play and a QB that doesn't suck for an offensive team to be successful.
|4 years 38 weeks ago
|So you're saying Michigan
So you're saying Michigan doesn't have the talent comparable to a Northwestern? So they need to resort to quick snaps, no huddles, to beat them?
|4 years 38 weeks ago
|Double post
Neg bang away
|4 years 38 weeks ago
|Last Check
Last check Bama uses the huddle and that seems to be working out well for them.
Stanford uses the huddle and that seems to be working out well for them.
I think too much emphasis is placed on huddle, non-huddle, pace, etc. The best teams are the ones with the best talent and their ability to execute, not the ones that solely rely on a gimmicky type offense. Defenses are quick to adjust...just look at the "wildcat."
|5 years 5 weeks ago
|Dear Rutgers
GTFO of our conference.
|5 years 5 weeks ago
|Eliminate Replay
Replay slows the end of game down, it's used as a crutch and an excuse by the officials, and it almost never gets the right call anyway.
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|Have idiot Delany and the greedy conference presidents
Have idiot Delany and the greedy conference presidents ever considered staying at 12? They're diluting the product and profits while eliminating any identity this conference had.
They can spew all this leaders and legends BS, but these are disgusting unethical, greedy people.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|Gus Johnson
Gus has been terrible over the past year. Perhaps it was his meteoric rise, but he constantly messes up names, doesn't understand game theory, and talks too much. He now yells at total nonsense. He's brutal.
I'll take Nantz's wine and cheese club announcing over Gus. At least he gets the names right and understands time and score.
The color person I like is Dan Dakich. Funny, smart and he gets the sport.
|5 years 26 weeks ago
This has zero to do with michigan academics and a sense of arrogance. Outside of my 4 years at michigan, i've lived in nyc pretty much my whole life. No one has ever talked about rutgers. They are a bad fit. They cant sell out their 48,000 seat stadium.
It's a mid major program. They dont belong in the B1G. It's fine the way it is.
|5 years 26 weeks ago
|No one cares about Rutgers
No one in NYC cares about Rutgers. They don't move the needle, not even a fraction. NYC is and will always be a pro sports city.
The B1G does not need another Minnesota in terms of on-field performance in fooball and basketball. We already have a Minnesota.
On top of that, everytime Michigan plays Rutgers or Maryland, they play Wisconsin or Penn State one less time.
Since ND doesn't want to be in its natural footprint, the B1G is perfect the way it is with the addition of Nebraska. We should be extremely pissed if Delany pulls this stunt.
|5 years 28 weeks ago
37-17 Mich
|6 years 13 weeks ago
|I will say
at least he acknowledges this poll as unscientific.
|6 years 13 weeks ago
|This is a highly unscientic poll...
Brian has a platform to express his opinions and views on a subject matter and then uses the same platform to poll his readers. This skews the readers feelings and makes them vote differently.
It's no different if I gave a 3,000 word essay arguing ice cream was better than pizza, and then polling people on what they prefer, ice cream would get a more favorable score.
This poll should be trashed.
|6 years 17 weeks ago
|On this topic
Can Brian get his facts straight and preface every post he writes "if it's not Michigan, it's evil". Joe Pa was not a child rape enabler. He fucked up and should've done more as he said, but please, he didn't open the shower curtain to Sandusky's victims so to speak.
The block quote totally misquotes him as well. With the initial portion directed towards the victims and the last two sentences addressed towards his supporters standing on his front porch. Brian horribly manipulates the quote and loses credibility and integrity in my book. (I'm sure he'll lose sleep over this).
Finally, no reference of the 1000s of lives and minds he cultivated to become great members of society. As if he did nothing other than letting children get raped. This is one of Brian's worst written pieces ever. Shame on him.


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With the beginning of every new year comes resolutions and inevitably, vows to "eat better" or lose weight so we thought we would go to the BEST POSSIBLE source for advice: Nutrition guru, Dr. Walter Willett, Chairman of Nutrition of the Harvard School of Public Health and author of the best-selling "Eat Drink and Be Merry" .
Walter not only gave us some great tips, he introduced the newly-released " HSPH Healthy Eating Plate", a VAST improvement of the USDA Plate, which according to Walter, has some SERIOUS flaws. The HSPH Eating Plate is much more explicit and defines the best foods that correspond to each portion of the plate. It also corrects "errors" of the USDA Plate (Once again, as with the USDA Pyramid, concessions were to the dairy industry and other mega, agri-business conglomerates.)
BTW, we also illustrated the HSPH Healthy Eating Plate with brand, new easy and delicious recipes from my new book, Simple Asian Meals. Walter gave his thumb's up on the dishes so here's wishing you a healthy, happy, and pleasurable- eating new year!


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Belkin, the consumer and small-business networking, storage and electronics provider, is expanding its reach with the planned acquisition of Cisco's Home Networking Business Unit, which includes Cisco's Linksys business.
With the acquisition, Belkin gains one of the best-known brands in the consumer and SOHO wireless networking business, with a 30 percent share of the U.S. retail home and small-business networking market, the Playa Vista, Calif.-based company said Thursday.
Linksys, which manufactures wireless routers, switches and related equipment as well as networked video cameras, has had a stormy relationship with Cisco that mirrors that of other consumer-facing products Cisco has carried in the past.
[Related: Cisco Restructures Consumer Unit: Flip Shut Down, Layoffs Coming]
Cisco in 2003 acquired Linksys in a $500 million bid to take advantage of what the company called a fast-growing home networking market.
The company also made other acquisitions in the consumer IT space, including a $590 million acquisition in 2009 of Pure Digital, maker of the then-popular Flip video cameras. Two years later, Cisco killed the Flip video line.
Linksys-for-sale rumors began popping up as early as May 2011 following Cisco's shuttering of its Flip video camera business. The company also shut down its Umi personal telepresence offering.
Cisco in December hired bankers to assist in the sale of Linksys.
Belkin said it plans to keep the Linksys brand and will offer support and honor warranties for Linksys products as part of this transaction. The company did not disclose the value of the acquisition but said it is expected to close in March.
Hilton Romanski, vice president of corporate business development at Cisco, unveiled the planned sale of Linksys to Belkin in a blog post in which he did not hint about the difficulties Cisco has faced in the consumer IT market.
Belkin and Linksys together will create a world-class consumer networking technology provider, Romanski wrote. "Linksys will enhance Belkin's capabilities to meet the needs of OEMs, as well as provide access to a large user base. Belkin and Cisco intend to pursue a strategic relationship focused on a variety of initiatives including retail distribution, strategic marketing and products for the service provider market," he wrote.
NEXT: Belkin Plans To Use Linksys To Dominate Market


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McDaniel names Hampton to Arkansas Ethics Commission
By David Harten
This article was published January 15, 2014 at 2:15 p.m.
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Former Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation president and long-time educator Sybil Jordan Hampton has been appointed to the Arkansas Ethics Commission, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's office announced in a news release Wednesday.
Hampton, 69, a Little Rock native who graduated from Central High School in 1962 as the first black student to attend 10th, 11th and 12 grades there, retired from the Rockfeller Foundation in 2006 as president emeritus.
Hampton's term on the commission will run to 2019. She replaces Rev. J. Barrington Minix, Sr.
"Dr. Hampton has spent her lifetime serving the public in the fields of education and philanthropy, and I am grateful for her willingness to continue to serve the people of Arkansas on the Ethics Commission," McDaniel said in a statement.
Hampton serves on multiple boards, including the Little Rock Club, the Blue and You Foundation of Arkansas Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging Community Advisory Board.
The ethics commission most recently was responsible for issuing $11,000 in fines against Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, who announced he would resign his post effective Feb. 1.
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Partime says... January 15, 2014 at 8:47 p.m.
Mrs. Hampton is a wonderful lady and she will do an excellent job!
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jmoz says... January 16, 2014 at 8:44 a.m.
How interesting that the unethical attorney general is responsible for appointing members of the ethics commission. Irony of ironies.
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