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D.D. Goodson is finally making some highlights.
The 5-7, 170-pound junior, one of the standouts of Colorado's spring drills, appears to have found a home at slot receiver after some forgettable moments at defensive back, running back and on special teams during his first two seasons with the Buffs.
Goodson, who requested this latest position switch after the coaching change, has been a quick study in Mike MacIntyre's version of the pistol offense.
During Friday's scrimmage at Folsom Field, Goodson contributed to the Buffs' offensive onslaught with five catches for 64 yards and two touchdowns.
"I feel really comfortable at the slot position and at the receiver position in general. I played it a lot in high school and got a feel for it," said Goodson, a product of the same Texas high school (Lamar Consolidated) as former CU receiver Michael Lewis. "The coaches are working with me and we're all making plays out here."
Paul Richardson grabbed most of the attention and a 75-yard deep ball from Nick Hirschman. The speedy receiver, who blew out a knee a year ago and missed the 2012 season, finished with 125 yards and two touchdowns.
Nelson Spruce had five catches for 115 yards, Tyler McCulloch had four catches for 62 yards and a touchdown, and Jeff Thomas also looked the part with three catches for 52 yards and a touchdown.
"Having all these weapons, it really makes us more diverse in the passing game," quarterback Connor Wood said after completing 18 of 22 passes for 269 yards and three touchdowns. "(Goodson) really does a great job getting open. He's very quick."
Goodson was redshirting during the 2011 season until a rash of injuries in the secondary forced former CU defensive coordinator Greg Brown to look for volunteers.
The redshirt was burned and so was Goodson during his first two starts against high-scoring Oregon and USC.
Last season didn't start off any brighter as Goodson muffed a punt that helped Colorado State seize the momentum in the Rocky Mountain Showdown.
At tailback, Goodson only carried the ball four times for 18 yards on a 1-11 team.
"It's all a learning experience," Goodson said. "I learned a lot of stuff and got a lot of awareness on defense, I got my feet right and learned how to avoid tackles at running back. It all works in the game of football, and I just apply that to the receiver position."
Troy Walters, a diminutive receiver who won the Biletnikoff Award at Stanford and played eight seasons in the NFL, might be the perfect position coach for Goodson.
"I always tell the guys to use their size to their advantage. If you're smaller then there are advantages, like using your quickness to avoid contact," said Walters, who is MacIntyre's wide receivers coach. "(Goodson) is a good kid, a young man that just wants to help the team out. He went to Coach Mac and felt like he could help the team out as a receiver. We moved him to receiver to see what he can do.
"He's got a strong build and he is good with his hands. He has been a pleasant surprise."
MacIntyre has been impressed with Goodson's almost seamless transition from running back to receiver in such a short period of time.
And also with the new slot receiver's toughness.
"He even had a dislocated finger from Thursday's practice that he popped back in place and was able to catch the ball," MacIntyre said. "I thought that was good."
The nine touchdowns surrendered and 517 yards allowed through the air might give defensive coordinator Kent Baer nightmares over the summer, but this confident crop of wide receivers believes they will be able to find the end zone on fall Saturdays.
"I really love this offense because we throw the ball around a lot," Goodson said. "As a receiving crew we call ourselves, 'The Playmakers.' We're trying to make plays every practice, every scrimmage, and then when games come around. ...
"I feel like I'm in a good spot right now, I'm comfortable."
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Well, that was, erm, swift.
After a two-month whirlwind romance, rumour has it Taylor Swift and boy-bander Harry Styles are moving in different directions.
Just a week after the lovebirds rang in 2013 together and shared a public smooch as the clock struck midnight in New York's Times Square, the couple has reportedly called it quits.
So what supposedly put the kibosh on their relationship?
"They are both really busy and never in one place for long. Harry's really upset about the split and is really sensitive about it," a source dished to tabloid magazine Life & Style.
"His friends told him to be careful and that it was never going to last, and he feels a little foolish now that it's fallen apart so quickly."
News that the 23-year-old country-pop superstar and the 18-year-old One Direction singer were dating again surfaced late last year.
The Never Ever Getting Back Together singer was spotted hanging out with Styles as she rehearsed for her performance of State of Grace at the American X Factor studio in LA in mid-November.
X Factor co-host Mario Lopez also dished on his radio show that he saw the pair walking off "hand in hand" on the show's set.
The pair first met at the Kids' Choice Awards back in March after being introduced by Justin Bieber. They reportedly dated briefly, before going their separate ways after Styles was snapped smooching with American model Emma Ostilly in Auckland back in April.
Swift and Styles spent Christmas apart, but jetted off to the island of Virgin Gorda, the third-largest of the British Virgin Islands, on New Year's Day to spend some time together.
And that's when, according to the Daily Mail, the proverbial hit the fan.
"Yes I can confirm they have split up," a source told the website.
"They were on holiday and had an almighty row. They are two young stars at the top of their game so who knows what will happen in the future."
"They had a fight," an insider tells Us Weekly. "[Harry] said something he shouldn't have...This [breakup] is definitely going to be for good."
"They are 100 per cent over," chimed another source.
Page Six reports that Swift cut the trip short after a "blowout fight" and flew back to the States on January 4.
Swift looked "glum and introspective" in a snap showing her sitting alone in a boat on her way to the airport, spouted the Mail.
Styles, on the other hand, decided to stick around the neighbourhood to attend a party on Richard Branson's Necker Island, where he hung out in a hot tub and mingled with fans until the early morning hours, according to Business Insider.
"Richard Branson heard Harry was staying nearby so invited him to come check out Necker," a source tells the website. "So when Taylor left for the states, Harry went to Branson's island for the day to let off some steam."
Added the source: "He did plenty of partying and was definitely enjoying himself while hanging out with guests. He returned to Virgin Gorda in the early morning hours looking like he had a raucous night."
Styles headed back to the UK solo on Sunday, and was spotted at Heathrow airport.
Swift was previously dating Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s son Conor Kennedy, 18, but the couple called it quits in October.
Her other exes include Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner, John Mayer and Jake Gyllenhall.
There's been no official word from either of their reps on the split reports.
On Saturday, Swift set tongues wagging when she shared a lyric from her song I Knew You Were Trouble on Twitter, prompting some fans to speculate there was trouble in paradise.
"...'til you put me down," she wrote. The preceding lines go, "Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in. So shame on me now. You flew me to places I've never been".
Swift opened up about her love philosophy in the December issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, and spilled on what she will not tolerate in a relationship.
"I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you," she said.
"It's a conscious thing; it's a common-sense thing. If I was in that situation, if I were them, would I be doing this to me? Would I ever do this to them? If the answer is no, then they're not treating me fairly. I just don't ever want to end up in a relationship that isn't fair ever again."
The chart-topper, whose love life provides endless inspiration for her songs, also told The New York Times Magazine that she once told a boyfriend she wouldn't write a song about him - but she went ahead and did it anyway.
Asked by the mag if her boyfriends ever say "Look, whatever happens, just don't write about me," Swift replied, "The only time that has ever crossed someone's mind was when we were in the process of breaking up."
She added: "Of course I was like, 'Oh, don't worry, I won't'. And then I did.
"Look, it's not like it was written somewhere in the fine print that I write songs about my life. If we break up, I'm going to write about it. But I'm probably also going to write about when I fell in love with you. So there's an upside."
Let the breakup songwriting commence.
Meanwhile, those cheeky One Direction lads have dropped the video for their new single, Kiss You.
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And finally...
* Mariah Carey says Nicki Minaj posed "unsafe work environment" on American Idol.
* Laurence Fishburne granted restraining order against an ex-con claiming to own his home.
* Heidi Klum overshares about getting "wild and crazy" in bed.
* Snakes on a Plane director David R. Ellis dies at age 60.
* Guillermo Del Toro says he was approached for Disney's new Star Wars trilogy.
* The Spice Girls reunion is apparently OFF, everyone. And the Mirror points the fickle finger of blame at Victoria Beckham.
* Mum claims seeing domestic violence is root of Lindsay Lohan's problems.
* Joan Collins, Stephanie Beacham up for Dynasty revival.
* Nicole Kidman back in character on the Grace Of Monaco set.
* Snapped: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's hot date in London.
* Second inquest into death of Amy Winehouse confirms singer died of alcohol poisoning.
* Kim Kardashian and Kanye West drop a whopping $11m on Bel Air mansion.
* Listen: David Bowie turns 66 and releases his first song in a decade.
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NEWARK, N.J. — Rutgers said it would reconsider its decision to retain men's basketball coach Mike Rice after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs.
NEWARK, N.J. — Rutgers said it would reconsider its decision to retain men's basketball coach Mike Rice after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs.
The videotape, broadcast Tuesday on ESPN, prompted scores of outraged social media comments as well as sharp criticism from Gov. Chris Christie and NBA star LeBron James.
Athletic director Tim Pernetti was given a copy of the video in late November by a former employee. He suspended Rice for three games a month later, fined him $50,000 and ordered him to attend anger management classes.
In an interview with WFAN Radio in New York on Tuesday, Pernetti said university president Robert Barchi also viewed the tape last fall and agreed with the punishment.
But ESPN's broadcast prompted an outcry, led by the governor himself.
"Governor Christie saw the video today for the first time and he is obviously deeply disturbed by the conduct displayed and strongly condemns this behavior," spokesman Michael Drewniak said. "It's not the type of leadership we should be showing our young people and clearly there are questions about this behavior that need to be answered by the leaders at Rutgers University."
The Miami Heat's James weighed in with a tweet: "If my son played for Rutgers or a coach like that he would have some real explaining to do and I'm still gone whoop on him afterwards! C'mon."
Rice, who was hired by Pernetti three years ago, is 44-51 at Rutgers, including 16-38 in the Big East, after going 73-31 in three seasons at Robert Morris. The Scarlet Knights went 15-16 this season and 5-13 in the Big East.
"You have to be always cautious about public reaction, because the reaction the public is having is the same I had when I saw it (the film)," Pernetti told the radio station. "I am factoring everything into what we do going forward. The most important thing I am factoring in is trying to make sure that we don't do harm to Rutgers University, because we are small slice of the pie here at this great place. I don't want to put any negatively on the university when we have a lot of real good things going on."
Pernetti said he understands why many are asking why Rice wasn't fired after the initial investigation.
"I spent more time with that option on whether we should fire Mike or not than any other option," he said. "At the same the results of the investigation where we ended up, the determination was made to suspend him. My biggest concern as the AD is that I am always trying to protect the interests and reputation of the university and that's what makes this one so difficult. There is a lot of hindsight, 20-20, .... that there will be no other option than to terminate Mike. I made that decision. I am accountable for it. I have to live with it."


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Justin Lofton (No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado) is fastest in the second practice for the Camping World Truck Series Drivin' for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park.
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Ford), driving the No. 22 Fitzgerald Glider Kits Ford Mustang, won the Pole Award for the Alsco 300 with a lap of 184.382 mph.
Brandon Jones (NASCAR XFINITY Series regular) held off a late-race, spirited charge from Riley Herbst to win the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards General Tire 150 Thursday night under the lights at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Christopher Bell (No. 20 Rheem Toyota) had the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in the XFINITY Series final practice for the Alsco 300.
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular Brad Keselowski, driving the No. 22 Fitzgerald Glider Kits Ford Mustang, tops the speed chart in the Final Practice session for the XFINITY Series Alsco 300 at Charlotte (NC) Motor Speedway.
Kevin Harvick will lose his car chief Cheddar Smith and get docked 30 minutes of practice time on Saturday for failing to get through pre-qualification inspection.
After posting the fastest speeds in ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards testing and practice, Todd Gilliland did the next best thing, winning the General Tire Pole for Thursday night's General Tire 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Jamie McMurray posted the fastest lap in the first round of qualification with a 191.04 mph trip around the track. He slipped to 189.940 in round three, however, and will roll off the grid seventh.
Jeffrey Earnhardt replaces Reed Sorenson in the No. 55 for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and he qualified 37th with a lap of 178.974 mph.
With a lap of 191.836 mph, Kyle Busch beat Joey Logano by .091 seconds and will lead the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway field to green Sunday night.
Jimmie Johnson's struggles continue. He qualified 23rd for the Coke 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a lap of 186.625 mph.
Martin Truex Jr. posted a lap of 188.679 mph and failed to advance to the final round of qualification for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He will start 15th.


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Ashley Cole is set to become the latest member of England's 100-club next week - but there is likely to be more interest in Roy Hodgson's midfield department when he names his squad to face Brazil..
Cole will be the seventh player to reach the landmark providing he faces the Samba stars at Wembley next Wednesday, following on from Peter Shilton, David Beckham, Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Billy Wright and Steven Gerrard, who reached the milestone in Sweden last November.
Notoriously reluctant to speak with the media, there is unlikely to be any great fanfare for the 32-year-old, beyond a possible picture, and Cole has long since accepted any admiration for his undoubted talents will be tempered by the distaste for some of his general behaviour.
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Visitors to the Armoury of Dr Samuel Rush Meyrick 1820-1830
A transcription of the visitors' book for the armoury of Dr Samuel Rush Meyrick when it was situated at 20 Upper Cadogan Place, London, between 1820 and 1830 is now online. Much of the arms and armour formerly owned by Meyrick was acquired by Sir Richard Wallace in 1871 and is now in the Wallace Collection. The visitors' book was generously donated to the Wallace Collection by Mrs Daphne Lucas in 2003.


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Richman, San Andreas
- For the Richman in Los Santos, see Richman, Los Santos.
Richman is a district located in the Northern landmass (north of Aye Valley) of San Andreas in Grand Theft Auto 1. It is based on Richmond District. The district is bordered by water to the north, Atlantic Heights to the east and Telephone Hill, Wood Hill, Soviet Hill and Sunrise to the south.


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RobotDeathSquad, on Feb 20 2003, 09:09 PM, said:
arniie, on Feb 20 2003, 09:41 PM, said:
so no one bombs our continent."
no they just fly planes instead.
Why would other contries bomb you... in most wars you do a fine job of killing your own.
You were saying earlier about US citizens not being war mongering etc etc blah blah.... but the WHOLE reason countries dislike USA is because you so damn arrogant... you think you the best at everything... which i'm afraid just isn't the case.
Oh come on, We are pretty damn good at a whole fucking lot of things. You have got to admit that.
woah, nobody's denying that fact, Sloth made the perfect points right there i think,
i think what he meant is that The States is not not good at alot of things that they do, but that they get involved often where they are not wanted, and can not keep to themselves.
I have only one example on this, Many of Bush's backers are leaders of major oil companies, and who has the oil? Iraq has lots of it. Lets say that all cars were powered by hydrogen fuel cells, and oil was not needed for anything.
If that was true, i can honestly see there being no conflict


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Matsumoto's Rescues
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Forward Jon Matsumoto was on his way home from a Rampage game, the AT&T Center in his rearview mirror, when his wife spotted two stray dogs near a tattoo parlor on Houston Street.
One of them appeared pregnant. Jon stopped the car. Kristen Matsumoto, an animal lover, stepped out to check on the canine with a sagging belly. She noticed the dog was a male in distress. A mass the size of a cantaloupe hung from its stomach. A large scar covered the left side of its face. Teeth were missing.
The second dog, a female, had less severe trauma: an open flesh wound on the back left side, random cuts on her legs. Jon and Kristen took the strays home for the night, then drove them to the Animal Defense League the following day.
The dog with the stomach mass underwent surgery and survived. A hospital worker gave him the name, "Rampage." Veterinarians treated the wounds of the second dog. The worker called her "Silver Star."
"Both of them are doing great," Jon says.
The rescues inspired the Rampage to start a collection drive to address the stray dog population near the AT&T Center. The team is encouraging fans at all seven Sunday home games to bring pet food, towels, blankets, paper towels, pet shampoo and plastic grocery bags for the Animal Defense League, a no-kill shelter in San Antonio.
"We are not asking fans for money," says Jon, who will donate $20 to the Animal Defense League for every goal he scores this season. "We are asking them to bring things that might be around the house. Like old blankets, dog treats and plastic bags."
The growing number of strays near the AT&T Center mirrors a citywide problem. The city and local animal shelters take in more than 50,000 stray cats and dogs a year, says Hugo Vital, communications director for the Animal Defense League. "In addition to that, solid waste management picks up over 30,000 dead cats and dogs a year," Vital adds.
The series of Rampage collection drives -- "Matsumoto's Rescues" -- will reinforce a message of responsible pet ownership.
"If we spay and neuter our pets, they will not be able to reproduce, which will drastically reduce the stray population," Vital says. "We couldn't be happier here at the Animal Defense League to partner with such a responsible and well-known organization as the Rampage."
The Matsumotos own a rescue dog -- "Rooney" -- from Jon's first stint with the Rampage. In January 2012, while the Rampage were playing .500 hockey, general manager Mike Santos acquired Jon from Charlotte in a three-player trade. Jon jump-started the team's offense, scoring 10 goals and adding 16 assists in 35 regular season games.
He scored 13 points in the postseason, and helped the Rampage win their first playoff series in history. In the second overtime of Game 5 against Chicago, Jon assisted Roman Derlyuk for the game-winning goal.
During the season, the girlfriend of former Rampage defenseman Tyson Strachan rescued several stray puppies. Jon and Kristen took a mixed breed and named it Rooney. "We fell in love with him and never gave him up," says Jon, who is also fostering a Chihuahua.
When Jon rejoined the Rampage in September, he and Kristen recognized the stray population around the AT&T Center had not improved. The Rampage already plays host to an annual event -- Pucks and Paws Night -- that benefits an animal welfare charity. So why not enhance that effort with a project that will benefit more strays?
At every Sunday Rampage game, the Animal Defense League will bring dogs ready for adoption to a "Matsumotos Rescues" table at the AT&T Center. Silver Star is ready for adoption but not Rampage.
Though he has recovered from surgery, Rampage faces a new challenge: heartworms. Jon says he should recover and the Matsumotos hope for a perfect ending to this story.
"Rampage and Silver Star have the same mother but are from different litters," Jon says. "We don't want them to be split. We are hoping someone will take both dogs."


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While my wife and I lived in Egypt, I sometimes visited the monastic settlements of Wadi Natrun in the Western Desert. And once, with a friend, I traveled for hours into the Eastern Desert to visit the isolated Monastery of St. Anthony, which can be considered the birthplace of Christian monasticism.
I've never had much desire to be a monk, but, coming from the noise, chaos, pollution, traffic, crowding and sheer stress of Cairo — the population of which, today, is somewhere in the vicinity of 17 million — I could better understand why someone might flee to the stillness of the desert. In a certain mood, I could even partially envy the monks.
"The world is too much with us," wrote William Wordsworth (who himself withdrew to concentrate on his poetry in the quiet solitude of Dove Cottage, on Grasmere in the beautiful English Lake District). "Late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers."
There's much to be said for simplicity.
"Pray without ceasing," counseled the apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:17. But doing so is terribly hard. We're easily distracted, and there are many things to distract us. "Purity of heart," the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard explained, "is to will one thing." But it's awfully hard to focus on one thing — or, for that matter, on much of anything — amidst project deadlines, clamoring children, demanding customers, dirty diapers, endless errands and all of the other clutter that constitutes what's often called "the thick of thin things."
We find ourselves juggling multiple obligations and responsibilities, including difficult church callings. We try to find a bit of time for leisure and recreation while, all too often, feeling guilty about the many important things that we're leaving undone. And, on those rare occasions when we imagine that we're finally getting matters under control, we suddenly remember that we haven't been doing our genealogy, or reading our scriptures regularly, or going to the temple enough, or keeping in contact with ailing Aunt Margaret the way we should. We sometimes call it "multitasking," but, almost always, it could also be called, at least in part, "failure."
Fortunately, "we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do" (2 Nephi 25:23). For those who sincerely try to be his disciples in deed as well as in word, the atoning grace of Christ will cover the gap that always exists between what we want to be, and should be, and what we are.
This is, apparently, the way the Lord wants it. It's the test, and the school, that he designed for us.
"Talent develops in silence," wrote the German playwright and poet Goethe, "but character only in the stream of life." We're not to be of the world, but, apparently, we're to be in the world (see John 17:14-16).
The Lord could presumably have granted Abraham a "promised land" where his posterity had peace and security without predators, no tempting or rival religions in the neighborhood, and fruit that practically plucked itself. Instead, he gave them parched Palestine, always threatened (and often overrun) by more powerful states in the region and in the eastern Mediterranean, where they struggled to remain faithful among pagan Canaanites, Philistines, Hellenizers and Romans.
There are far easier places to live than the arid Great Basin, but the Lord didn't lead Brigham Young and the Latter-day Saints to any of them. "The place which God for us prepared, far away, in the West," needed irrigation, cooperation and strenuous pioneering. "This is a good place to make saints," Brigham concluded.
Most of us today lead easier lives. We needn't worry about Assyrian invaders, nor even about Mormon crickets. But we still face challenges, and our often frantic pursuit of entertainment and excitement can be among them. That's why God gives us responsibilities.
A former Augustinian monk, the great Reformer Martin Luther, eventually married a former nun, Kathryn von Bora. Together, they had six children and raised four orphans, and numerous accounts indicate that the adjustment wasn't always smooth, that the children weren't always easy or orderly. Accordingly, Luther, having known both, concluded that "marriage is a far better school for character than any monastery."
Confronting multiple and often conflicting tasks, constantly distracted, and learning (sometimes painfully, after resistance) to subordinate our preferences to the needs of others, we grow in ways that simpler, easier lives could never afford us.
Daniel C. Peterson is a professor of Islamic studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University, where he also serves as editor in chief of the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. He is the founder of MormonScholarsTestify.org, the general editor of "Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture" online at www.mormoninterpreter.com and he blogs daily at www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson.


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With the low-carb craze sweeping the nation, it was only a matter of time before the world's largest soft drink companies jumped on the bandwagon. Coca-Cola's low-carb option, C2, is already in stores. It offers great flavor with half the carbohydrates and half of the calories.
Pepsi Cola will be launching its version of a low-carb cola tomorrow. It's called Pepsi Edge and it's already in local stores.
Clinical dietician, Cheryl Martin of the Ingham Regional Medical Center says it is not the carbohydrates that matter, it's the calories. She says the fact that the sodas have half the calories is a step in the right direction.
We did our own taste test in downtown Lansing. Most people could notice a small difference between the regular and the low-carb options, but many said they would drink either the C2 or the Pepsi Edge.
In the ultimate challenge, Pepsi Edge beat C2 when three out of four people choose Pepsi Edge in a blind taste test.


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Republican primary challenger Chris McDaniel puts the nation's $17 trillion debt at the center of his bid to represent Mississippi in the Senate, bashing six-term Sen. Thad Cochran as a profligate spender who has contributed to a problem that McDaniel considers "immoral."
At the same time, the potential tea party hero pledges support for Mississippi's military installations, defense contractors and public education system – all of which depend on hundreds of millions of federal dollars.
"We have to put aside some of our personal interests if we're going to save this republic," McDaniel told voters at a recent campaign stop on the state's Gulf Coast, then added, "I'm going to fight for the shipyards and our military."
Such attacks on Cochran for his years of steering federal money to his home state, mixed with promises to "fight for Mississippi" if elected to Congress, put McDaniel squarely in the rub faced by many conservative Republicans. Their opposition to higher taxes and increasing the nation's borrowing limit is sacrosanct, yet they find it difficult when talking to voters to detail what spending they'd cut to balance the nation's books.
"The thing that's really preposterous about some of these candidates is that they're against everything – except the things that voters are for," said Republican campaign consultant Bob McAlister, a veteran of several presidential campaigns in South Carolina. "Everybody wants to gut everything except that which affects them."
McDaniel led Cochran, 76, in the state's June 3 primary but failed to win the majority required to avoid a runoff. They meet again Tuesday in an election that gives tea party conservatives their best shot this year at knocking off an incumbent Republican senator.
For his part, Cochran has almost embraced McDaniel's attacks. The former Appropriations Committee chairman, who would likely return to his old post in a Republican-led Senate, seeks a seventh term with the promise to "do more for Mississippi." He discusses the government's debt and deficit only when asked.
"I think the debt is a problem we need to address and we do have in place a budget process that has undergone reforms and changes over time," Cochran said in an interview. "I want to be sure that we continue to be restrained when we are imposing taxes on the American people, be sure they're fair, the funds are really needed, and they're used consistently with the authority of the law."
As is the case for many tea party-backed candidates, how Washington raises and spends money is at the heart of McDaniel's campaign. The 41-year-old state senator wants to amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget, which this year would require shaving $500 billion out of the nation's $3.7 trillion in spending. That is about what the country will spend this year on Medicare.
He endorses repeal of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, including the insurance subsidies, and promises never to vote to raise the limit on how much debt the government can carry "unless it comes with serious spending cuts right then, not in some future Congress."
McDaniel emphasizes often that tax increases aren't an option, and says he would vote against any comprehensive plan that leaves any taxpayer – individual or corporate – with a higher tax burden than they have today.
Early in the campaign, McDaniel called the federal government's role in education "unconstitutional." That led to attacks from Cochran supporters, who noted that federal dollars pay for about a quarter of what Mississippi spends on its classrooms. McDaniel now says Mississippi doesn't necessarily have to go without that $800 million it gets from Washington every year for education.
He praises Mississippi's military outposts and private shipyards, which are driven by Pentagon contracts. Campaigning in the agricultural heartland of the Mississippi River Delta, he recently declined to say whether he'd support or oppose farm subsidies.
Changes in Medicare and Social Security, which account for about 40 percent of federal spending, "should only affect younger workers like me," McDaniel said. In describing his mother, a retired schoolteacher, he said, "She paid into the system, and she's due money back."
He cautions voters only generally that "hard choices" are ahead, but maintains that there are no conflicts in his positions.
"Naturally, if our central government was doing the things it was supposed to be doing … then there would be more than ample money to take care of the issues we need to take care of," he said.
McDaniel does mention some spending he'd eliminate, but his examples make for a tiny fraction of the budget: $1.5 billion to maintain empty government buildings, various research studies (usually with individual price tags of less than $1 million) and $146 million for first-class airline upgrades for federal workers.
Those are details that don't necessarily matter in Tuesday's runoff, said veteran Republican adviser Katon Dawson.
"Opposing `out-of-control' government spending is a winner in Republican primaries," Dawson said. "Whoever gets the high ground on that issue probably wins."
Associated Press writer Jeff Amy in Magee, Mississippi, contributed to this report.


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Medford Mail Tribune, May 17, on shopping for health insurance.
A funny thing happened on the way to health care reform: Insurance companies began to compete with each other, right out in the open.
A comparison of premiums that health insurers propose to begin charging next year went online last week. Not surprisingly, prices varied, even for identical plans.
More surprisingly, the differences were sometimes substantial. For example, one company listed a monthly premium of $169 for an individual policy to cover a 40-year-old nonsmoker in the Medford area. Another company's quote was $419 for the same plan.
You can see the proposed rates at www.oregonhealthrates.org/files/medford_individual.pdf. Keep in mind that these are only the first proposals. The rates have not been approved by the state, and won't be available for real comparison shopping until October.
What's more, depending on your income, you may be eligible for a tax credit to cover some of the cost. You can find out whether you are eligible by using the online calculator at /coveroregon.com/cal
Here's where the funny thing comes in. No sooner had the rates gone up on the Oregon Insurance Division website than two companies asked for a do-over.
Providence Health Plan asked to lower its rates by 15 percent. A spokesman for Family Care Health Plans, whose rates turned out to be the highest posted, said the company would ask to lower its rates even further, according to The Associated Press.
Does this sound like a government takeover of the private marketplace? Hardly. It sounds like competition.
Does it sound like "socialized medicine?" Not exactly. Private insurers are still providing coverage, and care will be delivered by the same doctors and hospitals who are providing it now, not by the government.
The state will approve proposed rates in July. In October, the full CoverOregon website will go live. Coverage begins in January 2014.
There are bound to be bumps in the road as the new system gets put together. Initially, some people will likely pay more for coverage, because companies are not allowed to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. In the long run, costs should come down because nearly everyone will be covered — and because companies will compete on price.
But one thing is clear: Real comparison shopping, which has been nearly impossible in the past because policies varied so widely, will become much easier, because companies are required to offer the same three basic plans, labeled bronze, silver and gold to reflect how much they pay — and how much they cost.
A great many details remain to be worked out between now and next January.
But the fact that companies already are jockeying for position on the list of proposed premiums is a positive sign.
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Jean Powell, 76, of Wichita Falls, passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012.Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Owens & Brumley Funeral Home of Wichita Falls.A daughter of the late Melvin and Hassie Belle (Weems) Anderson, she was born Sept. 13, 1935, in Velmore, Texas. She retired from Helen Farabee where she worked as a case manager 20 years. She was an excellent cook and enjoyed reading and working crossword puzzles, and loved her pets dearly. She is survived by her daughter, Daury Lynn Powell of Wichita Falls; her son, D.W. Powell and wife Tina; a granddaughter, Charli Girardi-Northcutt, all of Midland; and her brother, Sonny Anderson of Big Spring.Condolences may be sent to the family at www.owensandbrumley.comPaid obituary


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Ok, so I recently purchased Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition from Steam for $30. A lot of people loved the game, and I wanted to give it a shot. Plus, Dragon Age: Inquisition would be releasing for PS4 fall 2014. The problem is that most people that liked DAO did not like DA2. My question is: Should I buy and play Dragon Age 2 after playing Origins, or just skip 2 and buy Inquisition? Thanks for any help!
DA2 was OK in my opinion. It wasn't as good as DAO, but it was enjoyable. It is going to come down to your preference as a player. I would try it out first, if you're able to without buying it, and see what you think. The combat is different and the writing isn't as strong. If you can enjoy it as it's own game then you'll be alright, if you're constantly comparing it to DAO as you play through it you'll be disappointed. But even though I enjoyed it I only played it once and was done with it so, take that for what you will.
i would if you are planing to get DA3 just for the continuty.
Yes you should get Dragon Age 2 and here are couple reasons why:
1. Its a fun game.
2. It continues the story by carrying over data from Dragon Age: Origins.
3. It's data will be imported into Dragon Age 3.
Just keep in mind that just because its different from Origins, does not make it a bad game. Its fun, has cool characters, and cool story. Just remember there are not as many options like Dragon Age: Origins.
Dragon Age 2 isn't that bad of a game, I think it's good :) but it's up to you, I'd just recommend getting it because when you buy DA3 you MIT not be able to understand what's going on because you've missed out on important facts from DA2 that will pass onto DA3, cause there are certain things that are important
Up to you. I personally did not like it the only good thing for me is the combat is better.
Dragon Age 2.... Probably the single greatest copy paste job I've ever seen.
The combat is great, the story is alright, and you'll feel like you never made any progress because everything is recycled. lol


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The announcement prompted the head of the House Public Health Committee to warn that lawmakers were unlikely to approve any further spending on marketing and outreach for the exchange until the rates are released.
Information on the cost of insurance plans offered in the Arkansas marketplace created under the federal health care law will be released a little more than a week before consumers can begin signing up, state insurance officials said Thursday.
The announcement prompted the head of the House Public Health Committee to warn that lawmakers were unlikely to approve any further spending on marketing and outreach for the exchange until the rates are released.
State Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford told lawmakers he was confident the federal government would approve the plan rates for Arkansas' exchange, an online health market where consumers can get private health insurance, subsidized by the government. Bradford said he expected four insurers to participate in the exchange, which is expected to serve about 500,000 people.
"As of today, we feel very confident it will be signed by all parties," Bradford told members of the House and Senate public health committees.
About half of the Arkansans who will sign up for insurance through the exchange will do so under an alternative to the Medicaid expansion called for in the federal health overhaul. Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe and the Republican-led Legislature earlier this year approved a plan to use the expanded Medicaid funds to purchase private insurance for low-income workers through the exchange.
State officials say they're still waiting on federal approval of the plan.
Rep. John Burris, the House panel's chairman, said he understood why the rates weren't coming out until shortly before open enrollment begins but recommended that Bradford hold off on seeking approval for any more marketing or outreach contracts. The Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday is expected to review a nearly $4.5 million contract to promote the exchange.
"I think you're going to have a hard time getting approval for any money tomorrow without knowing the rates," Burris, R-Harrison, told Bradford.
Bradford said he didn't have any plans to delay seeking approval for the contract, which would pay for television, radio and newspaper ads as well as billboards and direct mail pieces between Oct. 1 and March 31.
"That whole piece there is designed to tell people how to get on the exchange," Bradford told reporters after the hearing. "It's an educational process, and people are crying out for information."
When asked what would happen if the panel wouldn't approve the contract, Bradford replied: "I don't know. I'm a pretty positive thinker, so I'm hoping we don't have to cross that bridge."


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by David Crane [email protected] DropMaster, Inc. has developed a new, expendable airdrop delivery system, called CopterBox. CopterBox is an autorotating, disposable aerial resupply system, and appears to be a superlative, off-the-shelf product. It is specifically designed to be quick to assemble with minimal training, easy to deploy with or without a static line and to be lightweight for a single ... Read More »
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The popular web filtering (URL redirector) squidGuard has a new home. squidGuard has moved to shalla.de.
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Although there are no transgender characters on the series, Drian Juarez, project manager for the Transgender Economic Empowerment Program at Los Angeles's Gay and Lesbian Center, finds the promo exploitive [sic]. In a statement released to the press, Juarez says, "What is clearly intended to be a humorous promotional ad for the show depicts the two lead characters, dressed as women, standing at a urinal. Sadly, it's very common for people to promote fear of sharing the bathroom with transgender people as a means to further their prejudice. We're frequently portrayed as sexual predators using the bathroom to make sexual advances."Here's the ad:
Kinser also quotes Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign:
"We've seen a lot of offensive things on TV over the years, but this really takes the cake... The so-called 'comedy' of Work It is based on the premise that male-bodied people who unsuccessfully attempt to present themselves as women are worthy of ridicule. The problem is that most transgender women find themselves in this situation, at least temporarily, during their transition process. And due to the prohibitively high costs of transition-related medical care and widespread insurance inequities, many may be visibly transgender for their entire lives."Speaking of what takes the cake, the best comedy movie ever made uses the same premise of 2 heterosexual men who dress as women. Is this premise to be avoided because it has something to do with an actual problem actual experienced by some people who may be sympathetic?
If the answer is yes, how many other subjects for comedy would you place off limits to protect the feelings of real people with real problems? Bad marriages, diseases, death, accidents, ugliness, mental illness, farting... ugh! Practically everything funny will be off limits! Or... I don't know... maybe you could still make a comedy about "human rights" activists who starchily insist that nobody laugh anymore. It could be about a group of TV writers — like the old "Dick Van Dyke Show" — except the network has added a "human rights" activist to their team, and she/he shoots down every comic idea they have.


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Undergrad's Summer Research Explores Kids' Brains and Obesity
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Rising senior Vienna McLeod is spending her summer administering a questionnaire and set of computer tasks for her research project -- funded by two UVM undergraduate research awards -- that investigates the effect of childhood obesity on brain function. With advising from Professor Connie Tompkins, McLeod, an exercise and movement science major, is hoping to provide data that will help scientists determine whether the onset of obesity at a young age affects development of executive brain function of the frontal lobes.
That's important, she says, because the brain undergoes critical development throughout adolescent periods. At some point, the brain's developmental changes become irreversible, and executive brain functions like planning and inhibition, for example, could have lasting impact on weight control. McLeod says there's a "chicken or the egg" mystery when it comes to the brain and obesity, and cracking it could be helpful for battling the nation's epidemic. Which comes first? Is executive dysfunction causing obesity, or is obesity leading to executive dysfunction? The developmental years are key to gaining more insight, she says.
It's research McLeod hopes to continue in grad school, where she'd like to add brain imaging to her toolkit for studying this complex subject. In the meantime, she has more research study participants to find and test, a Fulbright Fellowship application to complete, and research results to analyze and hopefully publish.
Local parents with kids aged 8-18 can help with that first hurdle. McLeod is looking for children of healthy weight or obese to complete her set of questions and computer tasks. The questions, some of which are answered by the child and some by the parent, explore dietary and exercise habits. The computer tasks measure brain function through a word association and gambling game. If you're interested in participating, email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.


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November 1, 2011 > Special Cheeni for Tots Hindi class held during Diwali
Being bilingual has no downside. From having enhanced logical skills, to being able to further appreciate different cultures, to improving one's IQ, the benefits of speaking more than one language are endless.For the past one and one half years, Cheeni For Tots has been teaching Hindi as a second language, to children age three to eight, at the Fremont Main Library.On October 25, over 80 kids and parents participated in a special Diwali session in which the new online version of their bilingual language-learning system was unveiled and made available to the local community via the Alameda County Library website.Cheeni For Tots teaches children Hindi in a unique, innovative way. The program uses moral stories, fascinating fairy tales, and fun pictures to get kids engrossed in and excited about learning. The program even encourages basic cultural learning among tots by teaching phrases such as "Namaste" or explaining a cultural holiday. Children come together and learn in an interactive way with their instructor, repeating lines from stories and jumping up-and-down to Hindi songs.Besides the personal instruction, Cheeni also uses online materials to supplement its story-time at the library. Through its bilingual language-learning system, it employs audio, video, and interactive graphics to make Hindi learning easy and efficient. "Talking Boards" are available online to tots and parents involved in the program, where kids, as co-founder Rakhi Sharma put it, "will be able to touch, hear, and feel the graphics, so that kids of all learning-types can start to enjoy learning."The program started one and a half years ago when Sharma, a Harvard-trained software engineer, decided to bring her love of language learning to more people. And now, with the online version of her bilingual language-learning system, she has fulfilled her goal of "combining in-person efforts to online efforts." Sharma is thinking of expanding to other languages. "Once I perfect the Hindi system, I am thinking of moving on to Spanish," she says of her future aspirations.Her ways of teaching Hindi have indeed proven to be popular, not just among the tots, but among their parents as well, who attend the story-times and use the Talking Boards with their children at home. "Parents like me (who don't know Hindi) can first learn the language from basics," says one parent in the program.During the special Diwali session at the library, tots dressed up for the occasion, and learned about why the festival is celebrated. This special evening for the new online language system was even attended by a special guest - well known Bay Area singer Alka Bhatnagar.So, if you want to join-in in the fun and learn more, visit http://guides.aclibrary.org/languages or cheenifortots.com.


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Plenty of police officers and squad cars with flashing lights hit the Walmart in Round Lake Beach on Monday night, but it had nothing to do with crime.
For the 17th consecutive year, the Round Lake Park Police Department operated Lake County's original Shop with a Cop program. About 85 children from low-income families participated and received everything from necessities such as warm winter coats to toys through private donations raised by Round Lake Park police.
While each child had $100 to spend with their new officer pals leading them around the Walmart, Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko told the volunteers not to worry if the tab ran a little over. Officers had calculators to keep a running total.
"These are tough times," Filenko said, "but these are the kids with the toughest times."
After meeting at W.J. Murphy Elementary School in Round Lake, the uniformed police placed the children in their squad cars with lights flashing and trekked north to the Walmart for two shifts of shopping. Roughly 40 cops participated from Round Lake Park, Deerfield, Round Lake Heights, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake and the Lake County sheriff's office.
Round Lake Police Chief Michael Gillette was among the cops armed with a shopping cart. He escorted Johnethan Falcon, 6, and Jose Falcon, 12, both of Round Lake Park.
Taking little Johnethan by the hand, Gillette first helped the boys buy winter jackets and made sure the apparel fit properly. The boys worked their way to buy some shoes and a present for their mother before getting to the fun stuff -- toys.
"What kind of Legos do you want? All of them?" Gillette asked Johnethan.
"Yeah!" Johnethan replied.
Johnethan wound up with a couple of selections from the Lego City series. Jose's toy choices included a pair of Hexbug microrobotic creatures.
Gillette made a positive impression on Jose. "He's cool," the boy said.
Round Lake Park started Lake County's first Shop with a Cop in 1996. This year's children came from referrals by Round Lake Area Unit District 116 and local churches, said Filenko.
At its height, 350 children were served one year by Round Lake Park's Shop with a Cop, Filenko said. However, he said, the numbers no longer are as high because many other Lake County police departments have since launched similar programs.
Monday's festivities at Murphy Elementary School included hot dogs, popcorn and prize raffles for the kids. The children received stuffed animals, mittens and hats before they went shopping.


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The modern enterprise's need for speed has ushered 10 gigabit-per-second (10G) Ethernet into the limelight, making it the predominant LAN technology of choice for higher speeds and higher rates of utilization.
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This page lists 404 papers that use ENCODE data, published by authors not funded by ENCODE. The ENCODE project tracks these papers to assess impact of the resource and to provide examples of how the resource can be used. The ENCODE lists below are non-overlapping; each paper is only assigned to one list. This page also has a separate list of 144 papers that use modENCODE data, published by authors not funded by modENCODE. Please contact Mike Pazin at NHGRI to suggest publications to add to these lists.
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GRAND JUNCTION Colo. (kkco)--The Central Warriors are set to host the Green Mountain Rams Friday night at Stocker Stadium.
Central's first string quarterback Micheal Price will not be in the lineup due to a concussion he suffered in last week's game.
This test against 12th ranked Green Mountain will help them prepare for league play, which begins in two weeks.


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CICERO – After eight years of negotiations, the first shovel of dirt will be dug for Cicero's Walmart supercenter.
Cicero and Wal-Mart officials will gather for the groundbreaking of the super store at 1 p.m. July 10.
The event will take place off of 34th Street and Cicero Avenue, near the northeast section of the former Sportsman's Park property, just east of the Wirtz distributing building.
The 190,000 square-foot Walmart will be built on a 24.6 acre site. The cost of the site was $7.5 million.
Wal-Mart plans to build spaces on the property for smaller retail businesses, primarily restaurants.
Walmart also owns Sam's Club in Cicero, which is ranked the number one performer of all Sam's Club operations in the U.S., according to Cicero spokeman Ray Hanania.
The store is expected to open in 2014.


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johnlvs2run wrote:ReemZ wrote:I am so glad I was not attempting to drink anything at the moment
I am so glad to have made a worthwhile contribution!
Not yet, not yet..........did you edit a wiki yet?
johnlvs2run wrote:wolfden wrote:You need to see gentoo documentation as it covers almost everything you will need
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... =1&chap=10
Thank you, Wolfden. I will check it out and see what happens.
I know what will happen! You will learn!


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Saturday: Dartmouth (2-7, 0-3 Ivy) at #13/15 Princeton (7-3, 3-0 Ivy)
Location: Princeton, N.J.
Date: Saturday, April 14, 1 p.m.
Series Record: Princeton leads, 51-7
HANOVER, N.H. — Despite taking a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, the Big Green fell to Yale on Saturday, 13-11 for their seventh loss of the season. The Bulldogs outscored Dartmouth 8-3 in the second and third quarters to secure the victory.
Senior Kip Dooley (Minneapolis, Minn.) led the squad with three goals and two assists, and junior Nikki Dysenchuk (Darien, Conn.) added three goals.
Dartmouth heads back out on the road with a 2-7 record overall and a 0-3 mark in the conference. After starting the season 2-0, the Big Green have dropped seven straight with three of the losses coming against ranked opponents. Dartmouth is 1-4 on the road this season.
Through nine games, the team has seven players with double-digit points, 15 who have recorded a point and nine with a goal and an assist. Senior Drew Tunney (Greenwich, Conn.) leads the team in points with 28 on nine goals and 19 assists. Dysenchuk is second with 11 goals and six assists for 17 points. Junior Chris Costabile (Sykesville, Md.) is third with 15 points on 14 goals and one assist. Sophomore Mike Olentine (Princeton, N.J.) and Dooley are tied for fourth with 14 points. Olentine has eight goals and six assists, and Dooley has nine goals and five assists. Adam Hull (Saint James, N.Y.) leads the freshman class with two points on two goals.
Senior Fergus Campbell (New Canaan, Conn.) has started all nine games for Dartmouth this season. He has an 11.48 goals against average, a 2-7 record, 90 saves and a .476 save percentage in 517:18 minutes.
The team is averaging 8.89 goals per game, while allowing 11.67 goals against. The Big Green take 33.4 shots per game and grab 26.89 ground balls per game. The team is 10-for-39 in man-up situations for a conversion rate of 25.6 percent.
Through nine regular season games, the Big Green have two players who have scored in each game. Dysenchuk leads the duo with 17 points on 11 goals and six assists. He has had a season-high three points three times.
Sophomore Brendan Rotanz (Westport, Conn.) is the other member of the group, totaling 13 points. He has registered a goal in each game and had two goals in a game three times.
Dartmouth enters the game at Princeton fifth in the country in caused turnovers per game. The Big Green force 9.22 turnovers per game with Detroit leading the nation at 11.36.
Junior Pat Flynn (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) is the team leader, causing 1.11 turnovers per game.
For the second time this season, Dartmouth had two players score three goals in a single game. In the loss to Yale, Dooley and Dysenchuk each had three goals. Dooley also added two assists. It was the second time this season each player had three goals in a game. Dooley also recorded three in the loss at Harvard, and Dysenchuk tallied three in the loss to Cornell.
The other game this season the Big Green had two players with three goals was in the 11-10 victory against Sacred Heart. Tunney had three goals and six assists and Costabile scored seven goals.
The only other Dartmouth player to score three goals in a game this season was Olentine in the loss to Bellarmine.
Dysenchuk recorded the 50th point of his career when he tallied his first of three goals on Saturday against Yale. He finished the contest with three goals and now has 52 points in his career. The junior has 37 goals and 15 assists in 36 games.
Dysenchuk became the third Big Green athlete to eclipse the 50-point mark this season. Tunney recorded his 50th point in the loss at Hofstra, and now has 24 goals and 29 assists in 29 career games.
Costabile registered his 50th point earlier this season in the win over Sacred Heart. The junior now has 58 points on 47 goals and 11 assists.
The active career leader for Dartmouth is Dooley. The midfielder has 45 goals and 39 assists for 84 points in 49 games.
Entering the week, Tunney was in the top 10 in the country in assists at 2.11 assists per game, which put him ninth in the nation. Steele Stanwick of Virginia leads the country at 3.3 assists per game.
The 13th-ranked Tigers enter Saturday's game with a 7-3 record overall and are 3-0 in the Ivy League. Princeton played two games in the past week. The team lost at Syracuse last Saturday, 10-9, but rebounded with a win at home against Rutgers on Tuesday, 13-4. The Tigers have won five of their last six games.
Sophomore Tom Schreiber leads the team with 40 points on 22 goals and 18 assists. Junior Jeff Froccaro is second with 17 goals and six assists for 23 points. Senior Alex Capretta has 21 points on 14 goals and seven assists, which puts him third on the team.
Senior Tyler Fiorito has started nine of the 10 games for Princeton. In 547:22 minutes, he has a 6.69 goals against average, 92 saves, a .601 save percentage and a 6-3 record.
The Tigers average 11.10 goals per game, while allowing 6.90 goals against. The team takes 37.2 shots per game, and is 11-for-32 in man-up situations for a 34.4 percent conversion rate.
Dartmouth and Princeton will meet for the 59th time on Saturday. The Tigers lead the all-time series, 51-7. The series started on April 11, 1953 at Princeton. The Tigers won the game 16-5. Last season the teams played each other in the New England Lacrosse Classic at Gillette Stadium with Princeton winning, 8-4. It marked the first neutral-site contest between the two programs. Dartmouth last won at Princeton on April 26, 2003, 13-6.


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150 California Street
150 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
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150 California is a 23-story, Class A office tower featuring more than 202,000 square feet of premier office space located in the heart of the Financial District in San Francisco. Developed by Equity Office Properties Trust in 2000 and owned by Morgan Stanley Real Estate, the building's prime location offers convenient access to all forms of public transportation, services and world-class shops and restaurants.
150 California was originally designed with energy efficiency in mind. Building standard lighting is T-8 with electronic ballasts along with compact fluorescent for down lights. Motion sensors for lighting control exist in 95% of all areas in the building. All of the exit signs throughout the building are LED. Our Energy Management System is direct digital control. Every floor incorporates digitally controlled VAV boxes with perimeter heating, which are controlled by wall mounted electronic zone sensors. Variable frequency drives on all of our supply and return fans optimize the air flow within the building, along with an optimized start/stop program that learns and adjusts for warm up. Our chillers operate with variable frequency driven pumps as well to control chilled water flow to the supply fan coils based on flow demand requirements. All restrooms incorporate motion sensors for lighting and low flow toilets and urinals coupled with low flow sink fixtures.
CB Richard Ellis was awarded the management of 150 California in 2007 and quickly put the building on its list for ENERGY STAR benchmarking and LEED-EB certification. With the strong commitment by ownership, efforts are being made to continue to operate more efficiently through participation in the PG&E sponsored Retro-Commissioning program.
Morgan Stanley Real Estate recognizes that the climate is changing and that emissions from human activity are one of the leading factors requiring immediate attention. Environmental sustainability is one of their primary concerns. Therefore, Morgan Stanley Real Estate has initiated a group-wide sustainability strategy that addresses electrical consumption, requiring all assets to participate in the ENERGY STAR program and benchmark their property's energy consumption. As a world leader in third-party real estate management, CB Richard Ellis has a unique insight into how the occupancy and use of commercial buildings impacts the environment and may alter the climate through harmful emissions. As the industry leader, CBRE feels that it is their responsibility to make their clients aware of the options available to them, and to the benefits gained by reducing this environmental impact through intelligent operating practices. 150 California prominently displays their ENERGY STAR at the building. Existing and prospective tenants are looking more and more to building ownership and management to run energy efficient and environmentally friendly buildings.
"It was great to come to this building in 2005 as Chief Engineer knowing fully that 150 Cal had energy efficiency built into it, I looked forward to benchmarking it to see where it was in terms of Energy Star certification. The 2 years of balancing systems, making operational adjustments and documenting energy consumption vs. occupancy paid off, we were rewarded with a rating of 86 right out of the chute! I, along with the ownership, management and engineering teams look to the future to increase our efficiency by investing in new technologies for a greener building."-- Michael A.Smith, Chief Engineer, CB Richard Ellis Technical Services
Please note: Narrative information in this profile has been provided by PPF OFF 150 California Street, LP or a representative of this facility. Other building information was verified and submitted to EPA at the time of application. Building energy performance, operating characteristics, and ownership/management may be subject to change over time.
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Facility Type: Office
Total Floorspace: 249960 sf
Year Constructed: 2000
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Shinedown Unity-Official Video
Shinedown is one of the newer bands that has had a lot of success in recent years, and based on their long list of hits, it's no surprise. We get a lot of requests on KLUB Rock for the band, especially for their latest 'Unity', from their most recent album 'Amaryllis'. Check out the official video.
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The euphoria that came with the $200 million lease offer to the Marion County Hospital District is wearing off.
The euphoria that came with the $200 million lease offer to the Marion County Hospital District is wearing off.
The trustees of the district, which owns 421-bed Munroe Regional Medical Center, agreed during their monthly meeting Monday that they are ill-equipped to oversee hospital issues that will remain their responsibility for years to come after a lease with Naples-based Health Management Associates begins.
"The amount of work between now and Oct. 30 (the potential lease closing date) is going to be tremendous," said trustee Chairman Jon Kurtz.
The infrastructure and resources the hospital once provided the trustees, all of whom also sit on the hospital governing board, will be gone once the lease begins.
That will leave trustees without so much as a telephone, office, staff, bank account or checkbook.
Meanwhile, hospital staff warned trustees there are a slew of Munroe issues that will require work after the lease is made final.
One example is the Recovery Audit Contractor program, which involves the audit of hundreds of Medicare billing cases, Munroe Vice President of Compliance L.T. Slaughter said.
The program was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources for all states. It is allowed to review cases dating back three years.
Slaughter said the hospital is currently defending about 250 Medicare billing cases against the RAC, and the number could climb to 500.
Medical billing cases could involve dozens of medical and billing pages and require doctor testimony, which would have to be paid for, said Steve Purves, the outgoing CEO and president of Munroe.
In addition, appeal cases could continue for up to two years before they are settled. Munroe wins about 60 percent of RAC cases, Slaughter told trustees.
Trustee lawyers warned there are also lawsuits against the hospital, and trustees will have to hire new lawyers to oversee those cases.
Rich Mutarelli, Munroe's executive vice president and chief financial officer, also warned about tax issues, hospital reports and the work of recovering billing receivables that are owed to Munroe. It's estimated that those receivables could amount to well over $30 million.
"The work is just astronomical," Kurtz said during the meeting. He called for a special July 15 trustee meeting to address these issues.
Kurtz asked that trustees and hospital administrators think of health care companies that could oversee those pending hospital issues.
Kurtz said he already has talked with one such company, Tennessee-based Spectrum Health Partners, LLC. Kurtz said Spectrum would need about a week to say how much it would charge for the services.
Kurtz said after the trustee meeting that he expected the services to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars — or perhaps more.
Meanwhile, Hewitt EnnisKnupp, a Chicago-based investment company, is overseeing the unwinding of Munroe's pension plan. Even though the pension plan is fully funded, ending it will still cost trustees an additional $11 million to $16 million.
The trustees will also consider where to invest its $200 million lease payment from HMA. Currently, trustees are considering temporarily handing that money over to Marion County Clerk of the Circuit Court David Ellspermann to invest alongside other county investments.
Munroe is owned by the state-sanctioned Marion County Hospital District and is overseen by seven trustees who are appointed by the County Commission.
The trustees currently lease the hospital to Munroe Regional Health System Inc.
The decision to lease Munroe came after a failed attempt at creating a hospital tax. The measure failed in November and Munroe leadership said it must lease the hospital to a separate company to invest and keep the hospital competitive.
The trustees intend to use the lease money to fund local health care programs.
As for previous hopes to create a joint Marion County Commission- and trustee-appointed committee to help identify county health care needs, trustees are now saying that task will be handled well into the future.
"After listening to all that we have to do, we really need to focus more about getting through this process," said trustee Joe Hanratty.
Trustee Larry Strack agreed.
"Let's get our house in order … and the money in the bank" before forming an advisory committee, he said.
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