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The temperatures have cooled down in April but not the Ricebirds' streak as they picked up two more wins with a sweep over the Greyhounds. The first game was 7-1 in favor of Stuttgart and 16-7 in the second game. This improves Stuttgart to 10-8 overall.
The Stuttgart Ricebird baseball team was in action on Monday night as they hosted Newport in conference play. The temperatures have cooled down in April but not the Ricebirds' streak as they picked up two more wins with a sweep over the Greyhounds. The first game was 7-1 in favor of Stuttgart and 16-7 in the second game. This improves Stuttgart to 10-8 overall.
Neither team was able to score in the first game until the bottom of the third inning when Hunter Harris scored off a Dontrell Brown single to left field. Aaron Lockwood picked up another run when Jon Curtis brought him home on a single to right field. This put Stuttgart up 2-0 after two innings.
Good pitching by Curtis and good defense by the Ricebirds kept Newport in check for another inning. Stuttgart was able to add to its total in the bottom of the fourth when Jay McGee scored after Jacob Clawson hit a grounder to short stop. McGee was on base by virtue of a walk to start the inning.
Newport did score one run in the game during the top of the sixth inning. A double to left field brought the Greyhound home to cut the Stuttgart lead to 3-1.
The Ricebirds put the game away in the bottom of the sixth inning when four runs were added to the total. Taylor Daniels doubled to start the inning and advanced to third on a passed ball. This put Daniels in scoring position and on the next passed ball he was able to run home for the score. Clawson hit a big line drive to right field which was good for a triple and two runs as McGee and Regan Counce crossed home. Wayman Johnson then entered the game as a courtesy runner for Clawson and scored when Lockwood singled to right field. This put Stuttgart up 7-1 and this is how the game would end.
Curtis pitched a complete game for Stuttgart going seven innings and giving up one run on eight hits. Curtis struck out five batters and only walked three.
Clawson was the big batter in this first game as he had two hits in three at-bats. Clawson was credited with three RBIs. Brown and Harris each had a stolen base.
Stuttgart fell behind early in the second game as Newport started off strong with a two-run first inning. Stuttgart was unable to answer and the scored stayed 2-0 until the bottom of the second.
McGee was leadoff batter and reached on an error by the Newport pitcher. Clawson advanced McGee on a sacrifice fly which moved McGee to second. A wild pitch moved McGee on to third and with a passed ball; McGee was able to come home for the first Stuttgart run of the game. Counce was next to score as a home run to left field tied the score at 2-2. The Ricebirds were not done as Gere Elam scored on a Brown single. Lockwood was able to move to second and, following a stolen base, he was able to come home on another passed ball. By the end of the second inning, Stuttgart led 4-2.
This lead did not last long as Newport was able to take advantage of some Ricebird miscues to put four runs on its side of the board. Newport now led 6-4 after 3.5 innings.
Stuttgart did get one run back in the bottom of the third when McGee was brought home by Clawson.
The Stuttgart defense shut down Newport for next two innings but the Ricebird offense came alive. Three runs were added in each of the next two innings as Lockwood, Brown and Curtis picked up a run apiece in both the fourth and fifth innings.
Five more runs in the sixth put the game out of reach for Newport at 16-7. A triple by Curtis scored three of the five runs as Elam, Lockwood and Brown were able to cross home. Counce and Carter Ward added the other two runs.
Harris pitched a full game for Stuttgart. Harris gave up seven runs on seven hits with only two of the runs being earned. Harris also walked two batters but struck out eight in the game.
Brown, Curtis and Daniels had three RBIs each with Curtis also having three hits. Lockwood and Brown scored three runs each.
"Feels like the kids were focused and ready," head coach Kevin Youngblood said. "They stuck with the game plan all the way from the start. Our plan paid off. I am very proud of our selfless kids!"
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I want dual range AWD for my '95 Legacy
Posted 03 May 2008 - 11:07 PM
So, I've gone through many-a-sleepless night thinking of how to better equip my outback-strut-lifted '95 legacy...
I know John will do me a dual range 5 spd from an EA '80's car, but i fear the spline differences in the front axles and am just not that interested in so much modding in my daily driver... I know I know, ForesterRanger LOVED his dual range forester, and its still kicking it hard on Oregon forest roads!!
But, I'd like to go with the 4.11 gearset of later-model year outbacks, and I like the AWD 5 spd, BUT we didn't get dual range AWD in the states..
BUT you cool kids down under did, y mi amigos en Sur America y America Central tiene los transmiciones tambien...
SO, I'm looking into how i can get a late 90's era dual range AWD from,an outback-like legacy ( I think they were Loyales down under, right?)
I also think you guys down under have aftermarket lower range gearsets you can put in these things too, right?!??
Is this possible, and how can I begin getting this together?
Now in Moab, UT
Just left Flagstaff, AZ
Posted 04 May 2008 - 01:50 AM
How much are you willing to pay? That way if I find one I'll get it and strip it down to what you need for cheaper freight. I'd say you'd be looking at AROUND $200 freight and $200 - $400 for the box.
I need to go the the wreckers soon so I'll have a look if there are any there (can pick them up cheap at the right place).
What you would need is a pinionshaft, front diff with crown wheel to match pinion, center diff and rear casing and custom lever to enable low range.
You owuld also need to get someone, or do it yourself, to fit the pinion shaft and shims for the diff.
If you want the whole gearbox from a Forester (the one with the 4.11 ratio) and standard dual range that would cost probably $300 shipping and $600 - $800 for the box.
But if your going to the effort of putting a EA82 low range you may as well just build the gearbox with the minimum you need from the EJ D/R.
Posted 04 May 2008 - 02:43 AM
axles are not very scary...
Posted 04 May 2008 - 07:29 AM
Posted 04 May 2008 - 10:23 AM
or, take an EA D/R box, use a FT4WD output shaft, EJ 4.111 ring/pinion, EJ center diff, adapter plate, EA82 flywheel, XT6 clutch kit, and you'd be set. exactly what you're looking for, and using all USDM parts.
Posted 04 May 2008 - 05:12 PM
You run into trouble trying to use the 4.11 or 4.44 crown wheel and L lower low range gears . These crown wheels need to be modified to give clearance on the low low gears .
It's probably easier to run the DR 3.9 box and L low low's , but even then you have to modify the L's range shift fork because it doesn't have the right shape for the EJ type detent ball/spring system . The L's LR detent mechanism is in the top of the gearboxes extension (shift rod not cable ) .
Cheers A .
Posted 05 May 2008 - 02:28 AM
BTW, the Forester D/R gearbox has a 1.44 to 1 low range. And I'm pretty sure it is a 4.11 diff.
Posted 19 May 2008 - 12:49 PM
Hmm, so it seems a bit more complicated than I thought..
This may be lengthy and I'm trying to wrap my head around all the options subys have been doing over the years and generations, so I'm going to try to articulate my understanding of what's around, so please bear with me on this....
I'm in the states and as i understand it, and please correct me if I'm wrong
(because a LOT of you all know MUCH more than I do, although I'm getting more and more knolwdge through all of you everytime i log on)
, it goes something like this...
ea subys (motors and trannys) are first and second gen FWD/4WD (dual range in later first gen and in all second gen) subarus (like dl, gl wagons and brats (brumbys down under?) and loyales and leones) and had 1.59:1 low range gearing... These were 3.90:1 gearded final drive 4-5spd (5 speed dual range 3.90:1 came out in '89?) manuals and 4 spd automatics... there's a bunch of different stuff in there like push-button 4wd, then later full-time 4wd (the beginning of AWD) and different gearing in things like DXs and such later on...
ej cars (like mine) began the 2.2 liter fuel injected motor and were are full time AWD and came around with legacies in the early 90's with the new body styles (I think from 90 or 91?).... My 95 is the second generation of new body style of new generation subys, and is a 5spd 3.90:1 final drive...
Outbacks (in the states) started in 96 (with 3.90:1, 5 spd and 4.11:1 automatics (4EAT), but were dialed in in 97-99 and came with 4.11:1 final drive 5 spd gear boxes then...
In the states these were all single range 5 spd, 4.11:1 from 97 on...
As I understood it, Latin america and I thought australia and europe got dual range 5 spd 4.11:1 in their outbacks and imprezas...
Foresters came on the scene in 98 and have always had 4.11:1 5spd gearboxes (or 4EAT), but the later model turbos came with 4.44:1, 5 speed or 6 speed manual trannys...
So i thought i could get a dual range 4.11:1 geared 5 spd that would bolt into my 95 legacy (i know I'll need a 4.11 rear diff too) and i would maintain full-time AWD but add a lower gear through dual range not offered in north america..
So here is where my understanding may be wrong.....
I think the dual range AWD is more like 1.18:1 rather than the 1.59:1 low range of the EA dual range 4WD, BUT with the aftermarket lower range gears you can bolt in
(like from scorpion: http://scorpionsubaru.com/low.htm), then a dual range AWD would be better than 1.18:1 low range....
SO, I also know folks here in the states have put older-school AE dual range 4WD trannies in new gen EJ cars (like forester ranger's old forester, and another guy's OB in Montana, both done by Mudrat).. I know this takes an adapter plate to marry the EA tranny with the very slightly different EJ motor's bolt pattern....
AND the EA tranny's spline pattern is different from the EJ motor's spline pattern for the front axles...
SO this can be corrected for by using 93 impresa FWD inner CV axles (which go into the EA motor) married to my existing 95 legacy EJ outer CV splines (to go into my 95 front end)....
SO, my question is this:
is my understanding on Australian and Latin American dual range AWD correct, or are there different gearing issues?
I wanted to avoid so much modifying (like splicing front axles and adding an adaptor plate) and just bolt in a lower-gear-modified dual range AWD that would keep my performance clutch...
BUT, now I'm leaning more towards the AE dual range swap (like forester ranger's old forester), to get the more legit dual range functionality of true 4WD...
I'll try to be on the forum more to keep this dialogue going and see where I end up with this modifying stuff...
Thanks again,
Posted 20 May 2008 - 08:25 AM
And this is for the US as well as Australia.
EA81 4WD D/R boxes were 3.7 and 3.9 (to me it seems totally random which models get which ratio) with a 1.49 to 1 low range.
EA82 4WD D/R boxes were 3.7 and 3.9 (same as above) and came with 1.59 to 1 low range. Loyales did not come in D/R.
EA82t 4WD/FT4WD D/R boxes ran 3.7 diff and 1.19 to 1 low range.
For Australian EJ D/R boxes:
Liberty's (legacy's) from 89 to 97(?) gad 3.9 ratio with a 1.19 to 1 low range.
Outbacks ran the same low range, but not sure of diff ratio.
Foresters (not sure on year) came in 4.11 ratio with a 1.44 to 1 low range.
I have been told the 1.59 to 1 low range will not fit with a 4.11 or 4.44 diff (unless the crown wheel is machined).
For a easy and affective bolt in dual range gearbox for an EJ you probably want the Forester gearbox.
For the middle of your post:
You can buy the scorpion gears or easily modify the EA82 low range to fit in a Liberty gearbox, alitte more work and you can fit it in the Forester and outback boxes.
You can just get the inner joint cups from an EA car and put them on your axles I believe. A bit greasy, but saves buying new axles. The cup is just the part that holds the ball joint and slots onto the spline out of the gearbox.
Propshaft would also need work (longer I think).
For the last part:
Just buy a Forester Dual range from where ever... It really does sound like what you want. Its not the best, but its a no mod (except shifter linkages) setup. So many people are asking questions about gearbox mods after I done my Brumby (I really shouldn't of shared all that info) but really not very many are ready to do that kind of work and because they don't undertand what is involved they get carried away thinking its easy just because its doable I guess. Oh well. I've put info on this subject in so many posts now that the word it out for good and there are going to be a lot of confused people. Sorry about that
Posted 21 May 2008 - 10:39 PM
Posted 22 May 2008 - 01:17 AM
Most EDM EJ-powered subarus came with dual range AWD too. Legacy's, Imps, and forrestors all had DR/AWD EJ-bellhousing boxes in them. So it's not just a latinamerica/australia deal. One other thing I would look into is whether the JDM market had them. There is a regular trade in JDM engines and transmissions for honda's, and it probably wouldn't be that hard to convince an importer to throw in a few subie trannies into a container.
I looked into this this winter.....we had a MNSubaru club member who was living in Japan, and was regularly shipping over cool JDM stuff (mostly grills, wings, fog light covers and wheels). So I had him research EJ D/R trannies, and he came up completely empty handed......
Posted 22 May 2008 - 03:23 AM
Posted 26 May 2008 - 02:44 AM
Posted 26 May 2008 - 04:27 AM
Oh... I would of thought you'd have plenty of imported ones..
ive only evers seen 2 EJ D R legacys here. they arnt common here. been looking to get hold of one for ages :-\
Oh well, I'm sure theres plenty here in Australia willing to help (for a price, cos thats all that aussies are really into lol).
Posted 26 May 2008 - 09:10 PM
But for NZ, Aus transmissions would be the cheapest.
Posted 03 July 2008 - 02:37 PM
So I have an EA in my 95 legacy, and (e.g.) Loyales and GL wagons are EJ??
SO, to continue this dialogue...
I'm interested in the proposition of a DR AWD 4.11 geared tranny (to mimic a US 96-99 AWD with 4.11 gearing, rather than my '95 3.90 geared tranny... Thusfar it seems I'd probably want an australian forrester DR 5spd (for the 4.11 gearing), rear end (4.11 geared) I can get here easy enough..
So, it sounds like australia has plenty of them, but shipping would be the bugger... Would anyone have an appoximate cost for buying the tranny, then a freight cost for shipping to the states from down under?
I understand Europe has PLENTY as well, but purchasing from there may be more spendy, though shipping may be cheaper...
Any estimates on purchase of a DR AWD 5 spd, then freight cost??
While I'm interested in the dual range AWD, I am now very seriously considering the EJ 5 spd DR swap some others have done (to get dual range in a new gen suby, somewhat opposite of getting an EA 2.2 or 2.5 block into an older, second or first gen suby)
Thanks again, and many apopleze for such a lenghty delay in response...
Posted 03 July 2008 - 02:42 PM
So I have an EA in my 95 legacy, and (e.g.) Loyales and GL wagons are EJ??
other way around
Posted 29 October 2012 - 12:41 PM
I have a DR Ej 5MT now!! :headbang::headbang::headbang:
Posted 29 October 2012 - 05:47 PM
ive only evers seen 2 EJ D R legacys here. they arnt common here. been looking to get hold of one for ages :-\
There's piles of them kicking around in Auckland, in the Pick-A-Part yards. I've even seen a couple in the one here in Christchurch, although they may have been push-button 4WD D/Rs.
Posted 30 October 2012 - 12:01 AM
Shipping to the US from the Europeon Domestic Market (EDM) Where I know they're common would be cheaper than shipping from Australia.
But for NZ, Aus transmissions would be the cheapest.
Well... Shipping from LADM (Latin American Domestic Merket) Will be even Cheaper, I drove some Dual Range Legacies, there are Few with Push Buttons, Recently I drove a 2009 Dual Range Forester here, and we're Extremly Near to USA, but the Problem is to Find the EJ Transmission alone = Mission:Impossible.
Here you Must buy the Entire Vehicle. More info ~► Here.
Kind Regards.
Posted 30 October 2012 - 12:04 AM
... I have a DR Ej 5MT now!! :headbang::headbang::headbang:
I'm Really Glad to Know That, please Update this thread with the Install info & Pics!
Kind Regards.
Posted 31 October 2012 - 01:05 AM
let us know!
Posted 31 October 2012 - 02:23 AM
How long was it on the boat for?
And how long did it take you to install it?? I hope it's well worth the effort!! I know it will be.
What are the specs again? If it's got a dodgy low range the L series low range is well worth the effort!
Posted 31 October 2012 - 10:21 AM
There's piles of them kicking around in Auckland, in the Pick-A-Part yards. I've even seen a couple in the one here in Christchurch, although they may have been push-button 4WD D/Rs.
Even Better!!!
True 4wd
Posted 31 October 2012 - 09:25 PM
I've seen many Push Button LADM (Latin American Domestic Market) Specs Dual Range EJ Subies in my Country, but...
...Why you call them: "True 4WD" ?
Kind Regards.
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Adam Blair's weight loss has changed his game.
The selection of the Kiwi team has, in general, drawn little criticism and, for me, it's a sign there is confidence these players will more than trouble the Australians.
The debate has been about who was left out and even I was surprised by a couple of omissions.
Adam Blair has just been brought into the side for Jeremy Smith, who is now out for a shoulder operation, and Blair can count himself lucky. I don't think he has had a very good season and at no stage did he play to his potential.
After leaving the Storm, he reduced his weight, under instruction from the Tigers, and was ineffective in his role. The weight loss reduced the impact he would normally have going into contact and I think Blair lost a little confidence.
His inclusion reduces the ability of this team to play Australia quickly. By that, I mean we won't be looking to beat the Aussies up with size; the selectors have chosen a pack of forwards who use footwork at the line with the ability to make metres.
The Storm pairing of Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor indicates that and, coupled with Simon Mannering, the team is mobile.
Sam Kasiano, Frank Pritchard and Ben Matulino have amazing footwork for big boys and their added size gives presence.
Unfortunately, I do not see that with Blair. Someone like Sika Manu, who has just finished the campaign with Melbourne Storm, would have been a better option, given his size and metre gains through the year. He also fits the bill where current form and match fitness were a priority when selecting this team; a major plus over Blair with less than a week to the fixture.
Blair will give what he can but he tends to back his way into the defensive line when attacking with ball in hand these days - and that's where he loses impact. He has the ability to stand and offload in the tackle, but so do the other players who have momentum at the line.
We are missing a little old-fashioned mongrel in the team and, despite riding a fine line, Jared Warea-Hargreaves will be missed. His coming off the bench injects enthusiasm - which is what a team playing Australia demands - and he has plenty.
He has also improved and increased his 'hard yards' game in a Roosters outfit displaying little confidence as the season wound down, so he may be a little unlucky not to be included.
Despite these small reservations, I have confidence the Kiwi team can beat Australia in Townsville. They will win if they deal with the obstacles in front of them; the heat, parochialism, media, history and doubt.
Which one will be the most difficult to deal with? Only the individual can answer and apply it within the team.


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Deputies with the Camden County Sheriff's Office will soon receive a heftier paycheck.
Deputies with the Camden County Sheriff's Office will soon receive a heftier paycheck.
Sheriff Franklin announced Monday that the Camden County Sheriff's Office has been awarded $196,461.03 in salary supplementation.
The grant period begins July 1, 2013 and runs through June 30, 2014.
The DSSSF Grant is made available through the Missouri Department of Public Safety and is applied for annually.
The funds are generated by a fee placed on civil process, which are served by sheriff's offices across the state.
The grant allows the Sheriffs' Office to supplement the deputy's annual salaries without additional cost to the county's budget.
The grant covers the additional salary and all benefits associated with the increase.
Currently Camden County starts a patrol deputy at $26,622.96 and a corrections deputy at $21,665.28, the grant will supplement these salaries up to $28,000 annually.
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Peterborough forward Nicky Ajose has joined Bury on loan until the end of the season
Peterborough forward Nicky Ajose has joined npower League One side Bury on loan until the end of the season.
Last Updated: 26/01/13 12:48pm
The loan will begin on Friday with the former Manchester United striker training with his new teammates this week.
The 21-year-old, who helped the Shakers clinch promotion from the fourth tier with 13 goals in 32 appearances during a loan spell in 2010/11 from Manchester United, has spent the majority of this season on loan at Crawley.
Having scored three goals in 22 appearances for the Reds, he returned to London Road and appeared in Posh's 3-0 FA Cup third-round defeat to Norwich earlier this month.
Subject to Football League confirmation, Ajose will be available for Kevin Blackwell to select for his side's trip to Shrewsbury on Saturday.


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USU Alumni Band July 13: Bastille Day and the Music of France
Tuesday, Jul. 08, 2014
Utah State University presents its Alumni Band in performance July 13 at 7 p.m. on the USU Quad. The popular outdoor concert is free and open to all.
"This concert will focus on the music of France in honor of the proximity to Bastille Day on July 14," said Nick Morrison, the band's conductor and senior associate dean in the Caine College of the Arts.
Morrison also said that Michael Bankhead, head of the Department of Music at USU, will be conducting the majority of this Sunday's program.
Bankhead will conduct Mon Coeur s'ouvre a ta voix by Camille Saint-Saens that features vocal soloist Cindy Dewey, head of the voice program at USU. He will also conduct March to the Scaffold by Hector Berlioz, La Belle Helene overture by Jacques Offenbach and La Marseillaise, with soloists from the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre.
Morrison will conduct several selections, including Concertino for Flute by Cecile Chaminade with a "solo" by the entire flute section. He will also conduct Strike up the Band and I'll See You Again which are the band's standard opening and closing tunes.
"Bring a picnic dinner, a blanket and some nice brie and a baguette!" said Morrison. "We'll see you on the Quad at 7 p.m."
Following the July 13 concert, upcoming Alumni Band concerts are July 27 and Aug. 10. All Alumni Band performances begin at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Concerts will be held on the USU Quad. The July 27 concert is scheduled in the Kent Concert Hall. In case of inclement weather, the other performances will also be held in the Kent Concert Hall.
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Awesome awesome game. Anyone who hasn't played it, try it out. Even if your just going to rent it (although I recommend buying this gem) just play it. One of the best games I've played in a while. Very little story, very little items, very little to do, but what is there is pure genious. It's not perfect, but a classic nonetheless.
|2005-12-27, 13:59
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Ohhh I want to play this game so bad mates.
Unfortunately it won't be released in Europe until Febuary. But the good news is that Ico(it's spirtual predessesor) will be re-released after having become very rare most places. You mates should defintely check out Ico aswell. It's so amazing.
One of the first game I would classify as "art".
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-I'm trying to get enough enough strength too. The strength and health tranfers over to the new game if you use loaded data from the end of the game, so I'll probably end up beating the game like 4 times to get up there. The strength bonuses from the colossi should be more then enough after that.
|2005-12-27, 22:26
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And you could play over the game 4 times if you really like it but their is away to get the max Grip bar on your 1st playthrough but it takes some effort all you have to do is EXPLORE you can find alot of fruit trees and white tailed lizards. And here is a Tip if you did not notice or figure it out yet thier are white tale lizardss at every save point.
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does it have the shaky tecture effect... allot of PS2 games have that and it makes my eyes hurt like hell... games that don't are MGS3 and most of God of War... some of it is pretty bad to though
I'm thinking about renting it... but I don't know from waht Tycho said about it... it makes me not want to play it.
|2005-12-27, 23:34
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Yeah I noticed the white-tailed lizards (though not on my first playthrough, skipped over them completely), but they don't give much extra stanima. I've gotten like 12 on hard mode (if that has anything to do with it) and my stanima meter hasn't grown much, maybe a 2-3 mm in radius. The fruits on the other hand give you quite a bit of health (my health bar is over 2/3 of the screen). I definitely would play it 4 times =P.
|2005-12-29, 00:26
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I played this game a while back. The story is original and the graphic could be better, but a good game nonetheless. The only thing I'm complain about is that I can beat the game in 4hrs on hard mode....
Also, for the people have been up to the graden. What ALL is up there besides the furits that make your health go down....? I haven't been up there yet, because for something reason. The Grip is at is limit and I'm on the right wall, so how come I can't get up there...? Can someone answer? Thanks.
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^ Just to add to that. It was also made by the same people responsible for ICO. I refer to them as the ICO team constantly on another forum. I've enjoyed both the games they have released and I can't wait to see what they come up with for the next gen.
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I finished this game recently and it was not just a good game but has somehow become a deeply personal experience for me. I was so moved by its overwhelming aesthetic sensitivity that I was in tears by the end of it. ...I think I'm starting to sound like a sentimental geek but it's just that I am influenced very strongly by beautiful things. Whether it's art, music, the shape of trees or even people who sing softly to themselves as they walk behind me. To find these things in video games makes me happy
Spoiler for the ending of SotC and ICO:
A small detail of this game (and also ICO) that I appreciated was that they used made up languages. I think american voice actors can ruin any good dialogue scene.. infact I hate them to the point where I will scoff out loud like a jerk!
Also, I recently got the OST and though it's very beautiful, it seems to have a lot more songs then I can remember from the game. :< The next time I play I will have to pay more attention!
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The next issue of the Morris Daily Herald you pick up will contain prep girls basketball results. It seems too early for that, but it always does.
Some years, basketball can immediately grab the spotlight on the local prep scene. The fall season is sometimes over by the time the first games tip off. That won't be the case in Tuesday's paper, and there's a good chance it won't be the case for another week or two beyond then.
Coal City and Morris are both state quarterfinalists in football and will play their third-round games this afternoon. Morris is also competing at the Sandburg Girls Swimming and Diving Sectional today, though having any of its athletes extend their seasons will be difficult now that standout diver Alyssa Applebee has graduated.
I've spent a lot of time around the Coalers the past couple of weeks, having covered their first two playoff games and visited them at practice a few times while working on follow-up coverage. Having not seen them during the regular season, I knew only the obvious about the Coalers prior to their first playoff game against Peotone — that their defense is pretty good, that senior Ryland Tondini was having a nice season running the ball.
Obviously I've learned a good deal more about the team in the past several days, and I've shared much of that with you in the numerous stories I've penned about the team. But there are a few more tidbits that I haven't been able to work in that are worth sharing.
While planning a feature on the Coal City defense this week, I asked Coalers coach Lenny Onsen if there was a member of the defense who hadn't gotten much publicity. Onsen brought up a few names before getting to safety Collin Anderson.
Anderson's numbers don't jump out at you. His 53 tackle points (the Coalers award two points for a solo tackle and one for an assist) rank 11th on the team. None of his tackles have been for a loss, and he has no takeaways.
Onsen was complimentary of the job Anderson has done "in the huddle," calling defenses and making sure the Coalers aligned properly. I asked Anderson about that role this week in practice.
"Me and the middle linebacker are really the only ones who talk, whether it's to correct something or to pump guys up if they get down," Anderson said. "There's a lot of pressure because if I make one bad decision, it's usually a touchdown."
I asked Anderson if he enjoys that pressure.
"It's tough. I have to be in the right place at all times, and that's hard to do," he said. "There's so many places you can have to be, especially when we're playing Cover-1, because if we blow a coverage in that, it's going to be on me."
Another thing worth mentioning is the atmosphere from Saturday's 12-10 second-round Coalers win at Geneseo. Bob Reade Field is a high school football field unlike any I've ever visited. Its most notable feature is a video scoreboard. If one of the Maple Leafs' players makes a tackle or carries the ball, his photo and name are instantly displayed after the play is over.
Geneseo attracted a great crowd, and for a team that had to travel nearly two hours, the Coalers also brought a nice number of fans. That only added to the excitement as the Maple Leafs marched down the field on a potential winning drive late in the fourth quarter. Coal City's fans made some serious noise, especially when a 44-yard field-goal try went wide to essentially seal the win.
Today, Alleman must make a commute from Rock Island to Coal City that is only slightly longer than the trip the Coalers made last Saturday to Geneseo.
"We're not thinking about them having to travel. We're just happy to be back on our home field," Onsen said. "We love playing at home, and we're expecting a big crowd."
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2003-04 Women's Basketball
Apprentice 50, BC 47
Karin Schaller posts first career double-double
By Ben Risinger, SID
November 21, 2003
TIFFIN, OHIO - The Bluffton College women's basketball team (0-1) opened up to a very close game, but couldn't pull out the win on Friday night. The final score was The Apprentice School 50, Bluffton 47. Bluffton put up a good fight to the Builders as The Apprentice School has been the United States Collegiate Athletic Association national champion two out of the last three years.
Sophomre Karin Schaller (Jenera/Arlington) had a double-double for the first time of her career. She posted 15 points and 18 rebounds for the Beavers.
Early in the game Bluffton found themselves down 13-7 to go on a 7-2 run to tie the game 15-15 with left in the first. The Beavers then led until two minutes left in the first half, 18-17, to find themselves down by two going into halftime, 21-19. In the second half Bluffton would tie the score twice but never regain the lead. With left to play the Beavers would be down 48-45 when Schaller picked up the foul. She would hit both free throws to tighten the score to 48-47 in favor of The Apprentice School. After the Builders took possession Tiffany Johnson of The Apprentice School would make a bucket with five seconds left for the final of 50-47.
Senior Lindsay Bacon (Troy/Troy) was the other Beaver in double digit scoring with 14 points for the evening. Freshman Tanya Rickenberg (Defiance/Paulding) led the team with five assists.
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How else are they going to transfer her to The Bold and the Beautiful :lolQuote:
I guess they gotta do SOMETHING with Chelsea, eh? Now they're reinventing a past for her. Oh sure, I can see the writers sitting around a table and the best of the bad ideas they came up with was "ok, picture this, sure she grew up as a con artist with her mom and was a skanky lil bartender as she ran a scam on Billy to get him tossed in a foreign jail where they'd lock him up and throw away the key but at one point she was interested in fashion and had such God-given talent that now she's married to a super rich guy and has nothing but time on her hands and can hook up with a new BFF who's a pseudo-stylist herself and Chelsea will be a.... {wait for it... wait for it}... a fashion designer! Yeah, that's it... a fashion designer... WE CAN SO SELL THiS!!!"
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That's the best they could do?
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As guitarists, we are certainly obsessed with our tone these days. It seems like you can't get into any discussion or other dialog about the instrument without getting heavily into the "tone" issue. The tone you produce comes from so many places that there really is no one place we should overly obsess about.
The first thing to realize is that the main source of your tone is what simply comes from your very own fingers! How that translates through the strings, the fretboard, the guitar, and finally the amp is what really makes up the whole "tonal" spectrum for you, and what eventually and truly becomes "your sound." Obviously, what I look for most is simply how truly all of those elements translate by the time it reaches the amp, and your ears. What you hear should be what you are feeling and most of all what you are wanting to hear! All the links in the chain can have an effect on your eventual sound, and no aspect should be overlooked. Everything, right down to even the pick you use can have a changing effect on your sound, and before getting into effects and other "stomp boxes" you first must make sure you are happy with the actual sound you are making. The natural approach at first is best, meaning what you sound like basically with your guitar plugged into the amp with just a cord between you. This will tell you what your pickups are doing for or against you, and will help you determine just how "real" what you're getting truly is.
Many different types of pickups, in various configurations, are available to the guitarist these days, and whether you are playing humbuckers or single-coil pickups will have an immediate effect upon your sound right off the bat. It's almost as if these two kinds of pickups also represent two "points of view" when it comes to your overall tone. In the end, it's your call, but you should definitely try both to see just how they 'speak" for you. Then there are other choices such as whether you're playing a maple fingerboard, or a rosewood or ebony board. These also have an altering effect on your sound, as they are different woods, with varying densities. One can even tell the difference if you play acoustically at first, and feel the vibrations that particular finger board is giving you back through your fingers.
The guitar body itself, the density, the kind of wood, etc. all play into the sound as well. I tend to like lighter weight guitars that have a good resonance that you can actually "feel", whether you are plugged in or not. I have actually even bought some electric guitars just by checking them out acoustically, even before playing them amplified!
So, never forget that the tone you want really starts with you and your fingers, and everything after that should do the job of reproducing how you want it to sound. If you're not quite sure of what that sound is yet, feel free to experiment and to see what works best for you…only after that, can you even begin to start to add other sound-altering devices, such as effects pedals, and the like.


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Yesterday, I saw a tweet by a Buckette who responded to a comment on one of my tweets by saying this:
Tressel became the fall guy. The Board figured that if Tressel resigned, the penalty against OSU w/b lessen from NCAA
Yes, Tressel became the fall guy for - wait for it - Tressel! He has no one to blame for this mess but himself.
But my favorite defense of Tressel was the one I saw over the weekend. I was on Amazon looking up one of The Vest's books for a post idea and stumbled across this review posted after Tressel resigned:
Jim Tressel is a Man of Integrity. People of Integrity expect to be believed and when they are not, they let time prove them right. Even Jesus had players who betrayed Him. (emphasis MZone)
Apparently this insightful reviewer is referring to Judas, who played middle inside linebacker for Jesus's stacked 32 AD team. As most of you know, Judas thought he was good enough to start but he turned out to be the 12th man on the Apostles that season. And unfortunately for Judas, back in those days everybody played both ways (ironically, this also made Judas the first documented case of oversigning).
But I kid. I really do. Because I think it's perfectly legit to compare the situation of a lying college football coach to, you know, THE LORD. And anybody who disagrees with me is acting like Hitler.
So the question isn't 'Why would you compare Tressel's situation to that of Jesus?' but rather 'Why wouldn't you?'
|Sermon on the Porch: Jim Tressel addresses his flock after they show up at his house
ED. NOTE: Some will say I've crossed a line in the religious sand with this post. And maybe I have. I admit it's pretty risky to use The Almighty in a comedic post about college football. Especially when we all know the only respectful way to bring up the Lord's name is when equating His divine story to that of a disgraced former college football coach in an Amazon review.
|The Life of Tressel: OSU fans always look on the bright side
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ROME, Ga.—The Birmingham-Southern volleyball team fell to Millsaps 3-1 in the first round of the Southern Athletic Association Championship, Friday evening at Berry College in Rome, Ga. The second set went to 46-44, setting a single-set NCAA record for points.
BSC, who was the fifth seed in the tournament, falls to 20-9 with the loss and will face eighth-seeded Oglethorpe tomorrow in a consolation match at 11:30 a.m. Eastern.
In the first set, the teams were tied at 13-13 before the Majors used a 12-2 run to close out the set and win 25-15, hitting .652 along the way.
The second set was one for the ages, with the teams battling to a 46-44 Millsaps win, setting an NCAA (all divisions) record for points in a set since the 25-point scoring format took effect in 2008. The previous Division I record was on Oct. 23, 2009, when Manhattan defeated Rider 45-43; the Division II record was on Nov. 12, 2011, when Washburn defeated Emporia State 35-33; and the Division III record was on Sept. 14, 2011, when SUNY Geneseo defeated Rochester 42-40.
The Panthers came back and won the third set, 25-23, to bring the match score to 2-1 in favor of Millsaps, but the Majors won the fourth set in decisive fashion. BSC took a 10-7 lead before Millsaps took over, out-scoring the Panthers 18-4 after that to win 25-14 and win the match 3-1.
Junior Katie O'Bar led the Panthers with 14 kills, followed by junior Meredith Lee with 12 and senior Alex Bothe with 10. Lee and Bothe also both had double-doubles; Bothe grabbed 20 digs for her 11th double-double of the season, and Lee had 10 digs for her 10th double-double of 2013. Sophomore libero Lauren Bedford had a team-high 22 digs, and sophomore Emily Dang led with 23 assists. Sophomore Katie McCormack also recorded 10 assists, and O'Bar led at the net with five blocks (2 solo, 3 assisted).


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It's So Easy to Fall in Love…
…especially when he gets his first career "W." On a normal day, I would be gush-gush-gushing it up about my sweet Francisco Cervelli and his career-high 4-hit game yesterday, AND that he threw out a runner trying to steal. Don't get me wrong, I am SUPER proud of Cervelli. He needed a game like that. But unlike so many Yankees fans, I knew Cervelli was capable of success like that (even when he struggled, I still believed in him).
I love you, Francisco.
But what I really love is when I watch a game, and grow pleasantly surprised by a certain someone's effort out there on the field. Mmmm…and I'm SUPER proud of my SUPER Nova….
Novaaa ♥
On Ivan Nova's debut, I was more excited than anything else. I had heard so much about him, and was elated to finally see him pitch. I thought I loved him then – especially after he threw "at" Bautista. Nova pitched very well that night, but the Yankees lost. So my admiration for him was pushed aside, because I was angry about the loss. But yesterday, it was all Nova….and we won…and HE won….
Now I have this little fantasy of Nova being this rookie sensation who carries the Yankees on his shoulders, and helps them repeat as World Champions. Oh, Ivan! In his postgame interview, he said he is never nervous. Oh, how macho! His confidence level is through the roof, and yet he doesn't even come off as arrogant. Nova is quite the guy. Maybe my fantasy will become a reality – maybe Nova really CAN carry my Yankees!
Maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself.
Or maybe not.
Okay, okay…I know Ivan Nova has had just 2 Major League starts. But he pitched against two of the hottest hitting teams in the AL. The Blue Jays have hit more homers than any team in baseball (even if they aren't all legit…ahem Bautista). And the White Sox have a better team batting average than the Yankees do, at .270. So I don't think his success is a fluke. The Jays and White Sox are quality hitting teams. I can see Nova succeeding in the postseason against even better hitting teams….
The Yankees's starting rotation has been pretty icky this entire month, aside from CC. The Yankees need a guy they can depend on to give them a real chance at winning every 5 days. And with the rotation now being "reevaluated," I think Nova will be that guy.
Franciso Cervelli is used to me gushing about him for entire blog posts (actually, he probably doesn't even know I exist…but please don't say that…it'll break my heart). I don't think he, or any of the other Yanks, would mind if I talk about Nova all day long.
And if Ivan Nova really can carry the Yankees, then EVERYBODY will be talking about him.


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I need to get in contact with you,
If you try to fail, and succeed.
Which have you done ?
Just reposting to get back towards the top,
You are not allowed to do that
What can I help you with Toolpusher?
Have you set up a Google alert for Carbon Monoxide yet?
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You are not allowed to do that
I need to talk on a land line,
You want the office line,
or how do you want to do it.
If you don't feel comfortable posting info here I am in chat right now
Otherwise your office number would be great.
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I didn't see you in chat
I'm there I will be there till about 8:00 pm
I'll try again it wouldn't let me in.
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What's It Like to Be a Boy?
Not ripping your clothes is a constant challenge. Somehow barbed wire just jumps out at you when you walk by. Outreaching knobs and latches snag your clothes when you pass. Your pants end up with holes in them. Your buttons rip off when you wrestle.
Dishes slip out of your newly-large hands. Pictures on the wall just seem to slide off when you walk near them. Even ceiling moutned light fixtures are not safe from a boy's antics. Keeping a watch on your arm while doing boy things is always tricky. That is, if you don't lose it first.
Not breaking things is extra difficult. Yesterday alone included dropping a sharp object on the kitchen floor and denting it, and then dropping a stapler on the hardwood table and denting it. Perhaps it has to do with the need to do science experiments with every thing you handle. Last summer's breakage expenses included a truck window. Ammon was loading firewood onto the back of someone's truck as a service project, and accidentally jammed a log against the back of the cab window, shattering it. That was a pricey budget deduction. Last month, it was a broken bow to his violin. Whatever it is, breakage is a real and ongoing issue for boys!
My current theory is that teenage boys are kids in mens' bodies, and still trying to learn to handle and direct all the sudden and unexpected muscle power. They mean well, but things do break ever so easily when you are a teenage boy!
Mom, don't get too mad at your teenage or soon-to-be-teen boys. They really don't mean to break a thing. They really mean to be very sensitive and very careful. It is just all this strength unleashed . . . it is hard to keep it in good control! It feels like driving a car for the first time. These boys will soon be men and off on important duties. Enjoy now!
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Earlier this year, the University announced a drive to increase its footprint and reach for African students. In support of this, Microsoft recently announced its offering of 1000 UoPeople scholarships for African students. This is the institution's largest scholarship programme to date and opens the doors to higher education for so many African students.
"Increasing access to post-secondary education in Africa will create a significant impact on the African youth. By empowering them to be the future generation leaders of their communities, countries and the continent, equipped with world-class education, we believe they will be able to take Africa to its rightful place on the world stage" says President Reshef.
The University of the People will be scouting across South Africa for at least 100 deserving students to take advantage of the Microsoft 4Afrika scholarship. "We are also seeking out other corporations that may take up the challenge to sponsor more students in Africa and we anticipate that South Africa will be a major source country for our scholarship programmes," said Reshef.
Founded in 2009, UoPeople has partnered with several prestigious brands and educational institutions such as Yale University for research and the New York University to accept students. In addition, the University works with Microsoft for scholarships and access to its certificate programmes, mentoring, internships and employment opportunities; and Hewlett-Packard, for general support, scholarships for women and internships.
The organisation has gained widespread support of leading academics with its President's Council chaired by New York University President John Sexton and includes Oxford Vice-Chancellor Sir Colin Lucas, Rector Emeritus of the Academy of Paris, Michèle Gendreau-Massaloux, and UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, among others. UoPeople is supported by The Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Hewlett Foundation and companies such as HP, Google, Microsoft, Western Union and Estee Lauder and many more. UoPeople has received the support of almost 1.2 million people on Facebook and garnered media coverage throughout the world.


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September is National Coupon Month and I'm in to celebrate those slick little slips eight days a week.
Laugh if you want, but I see coupons for exactly what they are: free money.
I'm not the only bargainista who sees it that way. Scissor-wielding tightwads saved nearly $4 billion using coupons in the first half of this year. But consumers could be saving up to $10,000 a year using coupons, says a new Largo-based Valpak survey.
Just for giggles, I dug up some history thanks to Coupons.com and NCH Marketing, which distributes the RedPlum inserts in Sunday's paper.
Founding father of coupons: Credit goes Coca-Cola inventor John Pemberton. The Atlanta pharmacist offered certificates try the new fangled soda pop for free in 1887.
Most frugal cities: Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa, Nashville and Charlotte. I am disappointed to report that Miami ranked 35th.
First grocery coupon: C.W. Post offered the a penny-off coupon on Grape Nuts cereal in 1895.
Celeb cheapskates: Kristen Bell, Jay Leno and Lady Gaga, who tweets about using coupons at the grocery store. Bell says she's been known to steal coupons out of neighbors' mailboxes.
Coupons: By the Numbers
305 billion: Coupons circulated in 2013
2.9 billion: Coupons redeemed in 2013
$3.7 billion: Amount consumers saved using them in 2013
$10,000: Average yearly amount consumers could save using coupons
1887: Year first coupon was created
$450 billion: Potential savings of coupons in circulation
5: Top coupon retailers are Walmart, Kroger, Target, Walgreens, Pulbix
88 percent: Percent of consumers who use some coupons at the grocery store
9: Average weeks before a coupon expires
42: Percentage of coupons requiring purchase of two products.
8.1: Percent redemption has declined due to shortened expiration dates, expanded purchase requirements.
Sources: Coupons.com, NCH Marketing, Valassis and Savings.com
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Louise is the person who engraves the champions' names on the Stanley Cup. Each September, she collects the Stanley Cup and takes it to her studio at Boffey Promotions in Montreal. Through the year, Boffey Promotions does all manner of metal engraving, from jewellery to watches to special corporate gifts, but in the month of September, Louise St. Jacques, who is a partner in the business, knows that she will have but one focus the Stanley Cup.
"I started working at Boffey Promotions part-time. I was getting trained while I was going to university," explained the delightful engraver, who laughed and continued, "I got so good, they had to hire me!"
The process is fascinating, but nerve-wracking for Louise, who insists on working without anyone nearby. "When we get the Cup, we remove all the bands," she explained. "I work only with the band, not the cylinder." The Stanley Cup is carefully disassembled, separating the bowl, the neck and the five rows of rings that make up the body of the trophy. The Cup is hollow, but has a cylindrical foundation that keeps the trophy sturdy through months of carrying, traveling and being passed from celebrant to celebrant.
The band being engraved is clamped onto a circular jig that creates a steel background for stamping. Special hammers of different weights are used to strike against a letter-punch to sink each letter into the silver. "They give me at least a week to do the engraving. It's very stressful -- you don't want to make a mistake. I don't want to hear the phone ring or have anybody come by while I'm engraving the Stanley Cup." Louise works for ninety minutes, then takes a break. Each name takes approximately a half hour to inscribe. "I just do a little bit at a time," she admitted. "The entire Cup takes around ten hours, but that's not continuous. "
"I double check on the spelling of every name. If it's not a name I'm used to, I check again," said Louise. She can't afford to make a mistake. "The sterling (silver) is soft, so if I had to, I could remove an error by banging the letters from behind but that would take an awful long time." Louise uses a small hammer and series of letter stamps to inscribe each name, plus a line held with a piece of metal to keep the names as straight and level as possible. She adds, "Each letter is done individually. I rely on my eyesight to make sure that the letters are spaced all the same."
Once a ring is filled with the names of championship teams, which took place after Tampa Bay won the Stanley Cup in 2004, the bands on the Stanley Cup are moved. "I remove the upper band and it goes to the Hockey Hall of Fame," explained St. Jacques. "Rim number two goes to number one -- they all move up one and we add a new band at the bottom of the Cup."
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Louise St. Jacques loves hockey. "From living in Quebec, I'm automatically a hockey fan," she chuckles. "I grew up watching Guy Lafleur and that whole gang. It was a magic time to be a hockey fan growing up in Montreal." But the apple doesn't fall far from the tree -- Louise has a fifteen-year-old son, Eric James, who is also a hockey fan. "He's playing hockey and loves it. But he's really funny when he sees the Stanley Cup," smiles the proud mother. "He calls it, 'My Cup.' He says, 'Mama, there's my Cup on TV!' But he's grown up with the Stanley Cup. One year, I was working on the Stanley Cup when he was just three weeks old." Each year, Louise takes a picture of her hockey-loving son in his hockey sweater. "It's great to see how much he's grown by standing beside the Stanley Cup."
The names of the Stanley Cup champions are immaculately and indelibly etched for all time one-thirty-second of an inch deep into the gleaming sterling silver of the Stanley Cup. "It is a privilege to engrave the names on the Stanley Cup," smiles St. Jacques. "A real honour. It is exciting every single time!"
On Tuesday, we'll report on attending the Pittsburgh Penguins' home opener, and the banner raising ceremony, and get the players' reactions to seeing their names on the Stanley Cup for the first time.
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by Richard Koman
Freenet - one of the Big Three of P2P (the others, of course, are Napster and Gnutella) - has mostly been written about, even by founder Ian Clarke, as a censorship-proof network, where no one knows where a specific piece of information exists. Even the owners of Freenet nodes don't know what content exists on their computers. But Freenet is much more than an anonymity system: Clarke has built into it the seeds of a radically new Internet.
What he'll do with those seeds at Uprizer, his Santa Monica, Calif.-based company, is anyone's guess. All Clarke will say is that they're working on "network infrastructure," a phrase that qualifies as the P2P equivalent of "How do you like this weather?" The one slogan on Uprizer's Web site, however, gives a hint about Clarke's attitude about the current buzz around P2P: "P2P is a technology, not a bandwagon."
What makes Freenet technology radical is the way information is propagated across the system. On the Web, a person puts up a document on a server and clients ask for it. The more popular the content is, the more difficult it is to make it available. If your document is a new book by Stephen King, your server starts to buckle under the load, your bandwidth slows to a crawl, and not only the popular document, but all documents on your server become less and less available. To alleviate the problem, you have to add more servers, more redundancy.
In Freenet, as Clarke explains in this interview, a request for information not only delivers the information to the requesting node, but also replicates the document on the nodes closest to the requestor. This has two effects: information moves closer to people who want it and the more popular information is, the more copies of it exist. Unlike the Web, the more popular content is, the more - not less - available it is.
To give you a flavor of this fairly lengthy interview, here are a few choice tidbits:
On the distribution of content:
"On Freenet, popular information becomes more widely distributed, which means that you're not going to get what some people call "the slashdot effect," whereby an extremely popular piece of information becomes unavailable. The availability of information on Freenet increases in proportion to its popularity."
On Freenet's conceptual forebears:
"The intention of the original Arpanet was ... to create a decentralized system, the idea being that if there was a nuclear war, the only two things to survive would be cockroaches and the Internet. ... I think that really Freenet in some ways is the realization of the original creators of the Internet."
On the Domain Name System:
"One of the initial applications for Freenet that occurred to me was to replace the Domain Name System, because Freenet can attach a piece of information to an identifier. So the identifier might be the name of the computer and the piece of information might be the computer's IP address. So one of the opportunities will be for Freenet to replace this mechanism."
On Intel's attempt to jump-start a standards process:
"Trying to come up with standards for something like peer-to-peer is a little bit like trying to decide what color you should be painting your house before you've even started to build it."


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In an effort to upgrade security, BioWare is changing the way that players will be able to login to their account for Star Wars: The Old Republic. As of April 2, instead of using your email address to access your characters, you will need to login with your screen name instead.
The company detailed the change in a blog post and an email to subscribers. The move is an effort to decrease the likelihood of account hacks and takeovers, especially with the Rise of the Hutt Cartel digital expansion coming in the near future.
Although the change won't take effect until next month, BioWare is urging players to start logging in using the new system as soon as possible.


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The Garden's Jumbotron played back the memories in the first quarter: that sugary-sweet shooting stroke; that lightning release; that warm smile; that day when the Big Three was first assembled; that day when they brought this city a championship.
When the tribute video started to roll Sunday, loud boos rained down. Yet, as it continued, applause started to build, then cheers, and then the crowd rose to its feet.
Ray Allen noticed this stark transition and translated it to mean that Boston fans ultimately appreciate his time here more than they despise him for leaving to join a bitter rival.
"We all have history together," Allen said after making his first trip back to the Garden since leaving the Celtics last year to sign with the Miami Heat.
"That always comes to the forefront. It always surfaces. People remember the great times, and those times are a part of my life, they're a part of my family, they're a part of who I am."
But when Allen, who played with the Celtics for five seasons starting in 2007, actually checked into the game, the niceties ended.
"I didn't expect to get booed the whole time, throughout the game, that I touched the ball," said Allen, who had 21 points after making 7 of a season-high 17 shots in 38 minutes.
"That was interesting."
And booed he was. The only cheers he received from then on were for missed shots.
But near the end of regulation, with his new team trailing his former team, the NBA's all-time leader in 3-point field goals buried another from long distance to give the Heat a 78-77 lead with 4:38 left.
And when Boston seemed like it might pull away for a win, Allen hit another clutch 3-pointer with 25.1 seconds left that pulled the Heat to within a point.
Was their former teammate going to beat them in their old building? This seemed possible for the Celtics, but this never came to pass, as they held on to win in double overtime, 100-98.
When the game ended, Allen sat down and reflected.
He described experiencing "a sense of calmness when I got here, just knowing that I'm always a New Englander. That doesn't change."
But the walk to the visitor's locker room was one Allen called "very weird."
"It's been a long time since I've been on that side of the hallway," he said.
When the tribute video played, Allen said "all those emotions came streaming back from all the great things we did here."
Heat star LeBron James said he was surprised to see a tribute video playing at all.
"But this is a class organization," James said of the Celtics, "and I was happy for Ray and I bet his family was happy as well."
Before the game, Celtics coach Doc Rivers reiterated how he never wanted Allen to leave — and that he was never upset that Allen joined one of Boston's rivals.
"Listen, I wanted him to stay here, but if you're going to leave – [Miami is] a pretty good place to go: 80 degrees, no state taxes, and playing with three pretty good, young players."
Allen signed with Miami not long after the Celtics began courting Jason Terry, another 3-point specialist at shooting guard. There were also reports of a decayed relationship with Rajon Rondo, among other issues.
In the end, Allen turned down a three-year deal from Boston in favor of South Beach.
"I had to decide what was best for my family," Allen said. "I'll tell you, it was disappointing for us to have to go, but we had to make that decision. It's unfortunate. We loved this place. We loved playing here. But circumstances presented themselves to us in the way that they did, and we had to move on."
Allen stressed that he has no "bad blood" for anyone involved with the Celtics and that the organization has always been good to him and his family.
And through the boos and cheers Sunday, through the very weird and interesting, the sense of calmness and strangeness of walking to the other side of the hall, Allen seemed sure of at least one thing:
"I know that I'll always be a Celtic in my mind, no matter what anybody else says."Baxter Holmes can be reached at email@example.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @BaxterHolmes.


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I'm a Richard Justice fan. I know there are many AC readers who aren't, and that's fine. I can certainly understand and appreciate that. And I know all the reasons why I shouldn't like him. But I do.
In his blog post this morning, Justice has the following nuggets:
Drayton seems to be sliding farther and farther from reality almost everytime he opens his mouth...
...Baseball's worst franchise? Yes, that's where the Astros are at this point in their history. No other franchise combines such a perfect storm of bad. The Astros are bad at the big league level. They're bad at the minor league level. They're financially trapped as well. They've got too much money wrapped up in too few aging players, and their owner is going to lower the payroll...
...Incidentally, anyone that tries to tell you this mess should be laid at the feet of Tal Smith and Ed Wade either is clueless or has an agenda.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Justice brings his weekly heat
Labels: Drayton McLane, Ed Wade, Richard Justice, Tal Smith
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- October 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM
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"...Incidentally, anyone that tries to tell you this mess should be laid at the feet of Tal Smith and Ed Wade either is clueless or has an agenda."
Either my interpretation skills are off, or Dick just called Jorge Ortiz his bitch right there.
- October 27, 2009 at 10:32 AM
..YESSSSSS...he stumped JJO...I love it...'cause it's no secret that JJO is an idiot loser..m.
- October 27, 2009 at 11:02 AM
...who is JJO anyways...??..m.
- October 27, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- The Constable. said...
Anonymous #2: JJO is Jose de Jesus Ortiz, beat writer for the Houston Chronicle.
- October 27, 2009 at 12:17 PM
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ExE122 writes: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings makes several comments about mistakes that were made over the past year. Hastings claimed, "We moved too fast with it", and explains that he still thinks Internet video will dominate in the coming years. From the article: 'Hastings also faced tough questions about last month's double-bomb disclosure: Netflix now expects to lose money for all of 2012, and it is looking to raise cash in a secondary offering of its stock.'


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Had help solving previous problem of viewing Website on company computers. Could view on outside computers but not company ones. Problem was the webpage was addressed without the www. in the script just http//:. A new record was added to the DNS server with www which allowed for the webpage to resolve. That was for the .com. Which can now be viewed by all.
Now there is an issue with the .net for the same site. Can see site on all computers but company ones. Thought with the fix since .net was pointing to the .com url, the redirect would work with no issues. Do I have to create a new record with www in the DNS server for the .net to get it to work?
Have you tried it? And not that this is not a PHP problem is it!
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UAE. Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are pushing ahead with multi-billion dollar railway projects, and key contracts are set to be awarded soon as the energy-rich Gulf states seek to boost local infrastructure to meet rising demand.
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, is expanding its railway network by adding 300-plus kilometres of railway lines after commissioning the 1,400-km North South Minerals line earlier this year.
The new lines comprise three projects -- the Ras al Khair to Jubai, the Jubail to Dammam line and an internal Jubail network.
Tenders for the first of these projects will be launched in two weeks, while tenders for the remaining two will be out in December and early next year, Rumaih a-Rumaih, chief executive of Saudi Rail (SAR) told reporters at the MEED rail conference.
"So far we have signed 17 billion riyals (US$4.5 billion)of contracts for our railway projects, from stations to wagons, locomotives and buildings since we started and more will be awarded," he said.
"Expansion is a must to meet our transport needs for freight and passengers as well as for creating an integrated gulf railway."
SAR also plans to award the construction contract for six passenger stations for the North South Minerals line in the fourth quarter, he said, adding passenger operations will start in 2014 between Riyadh and Al-Haditha on the Jordanian border.
The line now serves freight operations carrying 10,000 tonnes in 104 wagons.
Gulf states, under pressure to meet the infrastructure demands of growing populations, have announced multi-billion dollar plans in recent years.
The UAE will start construction work on its US$11 billion federal railways projects before the year-end, with contracts to be awarded within weeks," Etihad Rail chief executive Richard Bowker told the conference.
The first phase of the project will link the port of Ruwais to Shah and Habshan in the western region of Abu Dhabi.
The first train will run in 2013, Bowker said, adding phase two will connect Abu Dhabi to Jebel Ali in Dubai while the third phase will connect the northern Emirates.
Gas-rich Qatar is also pressing ahead to build a US$35 billion countrywide railway network ahead of the soccer world cup in 2022. The 350-km network, which includes a metro in Doha, a country-wide rail line and a light rail is scheduled to be complete by 2020, said Geoff Mee, deputy CEO of Qatar Rail.
The first construction contracts, which include nine packages for the metro and elevated railway line, will be awarded next July. "We are on track and we are going to the market place in early 2012 to pre-qualify companies," he said.
The metro will account for about 50 percent of the total project cost, he said, adding the project was fully financed by the government.
"The railway is important for trade between Qatar and Saudi and the rest of the Gulf and once you have it, everything is possible," Mee said.
A planned gulf-wide railway network is in the design stage, with construction to commence in 2014, Rumaih said.


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COOPER, TX - Two Hopkins County jail escapees have been captured in Delta County, Texas.
A law enforcement source tells News 12 Brian Allen Tucker of Sulphur Springs and John Marlin King of Cumby were apprehended just about an hour ago in Cooper found hiding in a barn.
This comes after news reports earlier today that the duo were last seen at a relative's house near the Hopkins/Hunt county line.
The relative reportedly fed the two men, left and called police. The search then began for a stolen black 2010 Saturn Vue.
The inmates fled Tuesday morning from the jail in Sulphur Springs, about 20 miles south of Cooper, by scaling a fence or slipping through a gap.
Tucker faces a capital murder charge in the 2011 slaying of Bobby Riley of Mahoney. King last month was sentenced to 40 years in prison in a drug case.
We'll have much more on this developing story tonight on News 12 at Ten.


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In September 2009 I threw my hat into the ring, deciding to enter the Umstead 100 Miler on 27 March 2010, near Raleigh, NC. I have only attempted (and finished) one other 100 mile trail run, that at Massanutten, VA back in 1998. So I figured that if I ever was going to run another 100 I'd better do it soon, frankly, before I was too old and slow.
As some or many of you may know, Umstead is a popular race that fills virtually immediately. On-line registration opened at noon and the race was filled less than 10 minutes later. In consideration of the fact that not all prospective entrants have Internet access, a number of slots were held open for snail-mailers, so when I didn't make it thru the narrow on-line window I immediately mailed off a hard copy entry form.
That route proved problematic as well. My app did not make it in time to snag a guaranteed entry, but I was placed on a waiting list. The waiting list is being used to feed entrants into the race as official registrants drop for various reasons.
Disclaimer: All of the above is simply to state the facts as I know them, and NOT to complain in any way about the entry procedures put in place by the race director. Believe me, I am awe of and grateful to all those RDs out there who sacrifice so much to put on a race. This is the free market at work—the RD can set up any rules desired for his/her race, and if one wishes not to be governed by same, then you take your entry application elsewhere.
No, the point of this post is just to comment upon the psychological state in which I find myself. I am WAY down on the wait list; in fact, I started out as # 51 of 53, so I am by no means guaranteed a slot. Due to some wait listers already getting entry and others dropping, looks like I am currently 30th in line. Based upon prior years, I'd guess that my chance of entry is in the 50-75% range. So if I am serious I need to commit to some serious training.
And there's the rub—I had a real good race at the JFK 50 miler back on 21 Nov 2009, but my training since then has been marginal. I credit (or is debit a better term since I'm being negative?) this to the fact that here in the Keystone State we have had pretty crappy weather the past several weeks in terms of snow, cold temperatures, and a bunch of some seriously windy days. Now I am NOT a treadmill guy—they are a tool of Lucifer as far as I am concerned—so running outdoors is my venue. It's just been tough to get in those weekend 10 to 20 milers to maintain my long-distance threshold.
My plan to is to get out this weekend for a 20, then on the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday do a 30 or so. Looks like I may just have to run on local roads, depending whether the C&O Canal towpath and the Appalachian trail remain seriously snow-covered. I don't mind running in some snow, but what remains down right now is iced over, packed down, and refrozen multiple times, not the kind of tread that I'd like to tackle for several hours of running.
More to come later. The refund deadline at Umstead for entrants to get their money back if they drop is 1 Feb. Hopefully the picture will clarify some at that point as to my chances for entry.
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Friday, January 8, 2010
100 Miler Limbo
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Just added you as a favorite after reading your reply on the ULTRA email list. Great blog. JFK 2009 was my first ultra...and hooked me. It's all they say it is. So, that led me to tell my always-ready-for-a-new-adventure running partner that we were going to do a 100-miler in 2010. We really wanted Umstead, but as you stated, it's near impossible. So, then we looked at MTT. Again, we looked too late to realistically get a spot (They at 125+ on the wait list). So, now we're shooting for Big Horn. Looks like a great adventure. Look into it...maybe we'll see you there. Keep blogging. Love it.ReplyDelete
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Boulder appears likely to begin charging shoppers 10 cents for each paper and plastic bag they use at the grocery store.
The Daily Camera tells us city council members voted 7-1 Thursday in favor of an ordinance establishing the fee, which would begin in July. Because part of the original proposal was changed, a fourth reading of the plan is set for Nov. 15.
The fee would apply to paper and plastic bags at food retailers, including convenience stores and Target, but gas station stores would be exempt if food sales are less than 2 percent of their business.
Councilman George Karakehian voted against the proposal in an effort to persuade his colleagues to reconsider the fee and change it to a ban on plastic bags.