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MOUNT MORRIS – College is where musician Jeff Elbel finally found himself.
Elbel, 46, graduated from Mount Morris High School in 1985, and from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990.
He remembers his first year when he was moving into the residence hall.
"I heard somebody on the floor above me playing guitar out of his window," Elbel said. "I went up and met him, he was playing a song by The Who. That's how we started our first band together when we were freshmen."
That first band, called Greenhouse Effect, played in Champaign in the late 1980s. Now, Elbel is the front man of Jeff Elbel + Ping, a band that plays nationwide, not only in Illinois but also in Michigan, California, Wisconsin and Washington.
Elbel, now a NASA consultant living in Wheaton, explained how he came to name the band Ping.
"It's a computer geek term. It's when one machine sends out a signal to another machine trying to establish a connection.
"We're very much about trying to create something with the people that are there. We're very involved in people and people are part of what's happening. We try to be a fun band."
Depending on the gig, Elbel can perform as a soloist or with any combination of the band's 11 members, who hail from Illinois, Texas, Missouri, California and New York, and include his sister, Ginger Gonzalez of Dallas. The instruments include organ, electric piano, bass, flute, drums, rhythm guitar and violin.
During a performance in Dixon at the end of last year, Ping was a trio.
"Ping started as something I could do on a different scale," he said. "It is deliberately designed to be more portable. Ping material is written so we could throw the band together and play it wherever we were going to play.
"Calling it Jeff Elbel + Ping allows me to go out as a soloist as well."
Elbel writes the band's music – "heartland rock 'n' roll with a good groove and a rhythm and blues influence," he describes it.
Ping recently released "Gallery," its first full-length studio recording since its 2005 album "The Eleventh Hour Storybook."
His upbeat music has a strong storytelling focus, and he is always writing new material. He finds inspiration for his lyrics in "everything around me."
One song, "Time Enough at Last," was inspired by a favorite "Twilight Zone" episode.
It "tells the story of a man who got all he ever wanted and lived to regret it," Elbel said.
"Anything can be turned into a song," he said. "Find something that's not only true to you but to somebody else, too."
Elbel + Ping play wherever they can, Elbel said.
In addition to singing and songwriting, Elbel has a mixing and mastering studio in Wheaton called The Happy Club.

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I have beaten a dead horse but, walt jocketty has to make a move for this bullpen or a offensive bat, I realize what he's doing with russ springer and izzy but, something has to be done from the outside where a guy who is doing good in the market can come over here and make some immediate impact, the reds will not win this division within their own system, I'm the biggest diehard reds fan this side of the country but, you guys know as much as i do, things need to be done and hopefully walt will make a move, I just hope the cards don't make a move and we don't respond because they could run away with this NL central.
I still have hope in my reds, we have had a great season soo far, and today looks like another loss but, still we will be 4-3 on this homestand, as long as they go to houston and milwaukee and eek out a 8-5 record in the next few games, i'll be please, yall have a good day!! back to work for me. thoughts?


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Nation's only lesbian Latina sheriff to seek 3rd term, says she expects to once again be a GOP target
JOHN WRIGHT | Senior Political Writer
Seven years ago, she became the first female, first Hispanic and — of course — the first openly LGBT person elected sheriff of Dallas County.
She remains the only lesbian Latina sheriff in the nation, and she's one of only two female sheriffs in the state.
But as she prepares to seek a third four-year term in 2012, Lupe Valdez said she no longer gives much thought to her pioneering status.
"I don't even pay attention to that anymore," the 64-year-old Valdez said recently. "What I want to hear is, 'She's a good sheriff.' What I want to hear is, 'She's making a difference.' What I want to hear is, 'Changes are for the better.' That's what I want to hear. It doesn't matter whether I'm Latina or lesbian or whatever I am. The important thing is that we put in place a good, functioning sheriff's department, which is what we've done."
In 2004, Valdez was one of four Democrats — along with three judges — who broke a Republican lock on countywide elected office. Her victory over Republican Danny Chandler shook the Dallas establishment and served as a harbinger to the countywide Democratic sweep of 2006.
Since then, the county has remained solidly blue, and with President Barack Obama again atop the ballot, the incumbent sheriff is a heavy favorite to win re-election.
But Valdez, long a preferred target for Republicans as they seek to win back the county, said she isn't taking anything for granted. For one, there are rumors she could again face a challenge in the Democratic Primary — as she did in 2008.
The candidate filing period begins Nov. 28 and runs through Dec. 15.
"I'm worried about both," Valdez said when asked whether she's more concerned about the primary or the general election. "I don't ever assume anything. That's how you lose, so I never assume anything. I'm really hoping that I don't have a primary opponent."
Not having a challenger from within the party would allow her to "focus and save money and go ahead and gather more money so I can hit whatever's coming on" in November, Valdez said. She confirmed recent reports saying her fundraising is lagging and that she's failed to amass much of a war chest.
"We all know that I'm going to be the [GOP's] target for Dallas County," Valdez said. "Last time I was the target for the state of Texas. I wouldn't doubt that's going to be the case again."
"We know there's a pendulum switch every so often," she added. "I'm not going to assume anything, because I may be right on that pendulum.
"And even in 2004, when a lot of Republicans were elected, I was elected. So that says to me, whichever way it goes, I need to work so that I can get elected. I don't assume anything. The only thing that I'm assuming is that I'm going to work as hard as I possibly can."
The only Republican who's publicly declared his intent to run for sheriff, former State Rep. Thomas Latham, said this week he doesn't believe Dallas County is as blue as some may think.
"I think what this county has is a large number of swing voters," Latham said. "I think the flow is going the other way."
Latham said he believes Valdez's Republican challenger in 2008, Lowell Cannaday, "got caught up in the Obama situation."
"There was so much enthusiasm for him [Obama], and I don't think that enthusiasm exists any longer," Latham said. "I think the enthusiasm is now on the other side."
Latham, 64, a former commander for the Garland Police Department, called Valdez "a nice lady" but said she doesn't have the experience to effectively oversee the department.
"I think there's a lack of leadership in the sheriff's department," Latham said. "I think there are some management issues down there that need to be addressed."
In each of her previous election campaigns, Valdez has come under attack for her sexual orientation, and she said she fully expects that to happen again in 2012.
"What can they attack me on?" she said. "They can't say I'm not doing my job … so what are they going to attack me on? 'She's a lesbian and she's trying to push the gay agenda.' Please tell me what the gay agenda is, so I can figure out how not to push it."
Latham, for his part, said he doesn't plan to bring up Valdez's sexual orientation and doesn't think it's an issue in the race.
But he added that if someone else brings it up, he'll respond by saying, "I wasn't raised that way."
Asked what he meant by that, Latham said: "I'm Southern Baptist. Southern Baptists don't believe in that."
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Can you guess the Simpsons character whose first name is a Presidential middle name? If you said Milhouse, named after Richard Milhous Nixon, then you're off to a great start. In this game, Jonathan Coulton spices up the names of U.S. Presidents by "expanding" their middle names to include other famous people or characters.
Let's welcome our next two contestants: Scott Sanders and Tim Kilroy.
EISENBERG: So we have two dads here that are both really into American history. All right, Tim, who is the weirdest president, in your mind?
TIM KILROY: Jimmy Carter.
EISENBERG: The way you said it was weird too.
KILROY: Yeah.
EISENBERG: So that's good. And why?
KILROY: He was attacked by a rabbit.
EISENBERG: He was attacked by a rabbit?
KILROY: Yeah.
EISENBERG: Yeah, that is weird. I'm going to say you're right on that one. Scott, do you have an answer for that?
SCOTT SANDERS: I'm gong to go with Martin Van Buren.
EISENBERG: Wow, I like the way you think.
SANDERS: Yeah.
EISENBERG: And what's your reasoning?
SANDERS: Oh, his name's just weird, that's enough.
EISENBERG: Coulton, what game are we going to play with these guys?
JONATHAN COULTON: Well, this game is called Presidential Middle Names. And we are going to spice up the names of US presidents by expanding their middle names to include other famous people or characters. So what we're looking for is the full expanded presidential name.
For example, if is said, this president convinced his best friend Bart Simpson to break into then Watergate Hotel, you would say "Richard Milhouse Van Houten Nixon."
COULTON: So that's Richard Nixon, whose middle name is Milhous and then in the middle we have Milhouse Van Houten, who is Bart Simpson's best friend. It's a very easy game.
COULTON: Okay, here we go. After this man became the first son of a president to become president, he wrote the theme for "Sanford and Son" and produced Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
COULTON: Tim?
KILROY: John Quincy Jones Adams.
COULTON: That is right.
COULTON: After his predecessor resigned in disgrace in 1974, this vice president turned president led Santa's sleigh through the fog one Christmas Eve.
COULTON: Tim?
KILROY: I got nothing.
EISENBERG: You just wanted to ring in.
KILROY: Yeah.
EISENBERG: Okay, that's cool. Do you want to...
COULTON: Scott, do you want to ring in and say that you don't have anything?
SANDERS: I don't.
EISENBERG: Let me give you a hint. Can you think of a president who resigned in disgrace?
KILROY: Nixon.
COULTON: Okay, can you think of who came after that president?
KILROY: Ford.
COULTON: Uh-huh. So now, what we're looking for is the first name of that president.
KILROY: Gerald.
COULTON: Okay, good, great, we're doing it. We're doing it. And then, do you know who might have led Santa's sleigh through the fog one Christmas Eve?
KILROY: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
SANDERS: Oh, I know that. Yeah.
COULTON: Right, okay, great, great. That's all components.
KILROY: Okay. Gerald Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Ford.
COULTON: Yes.
EISENBERG: Wow. Right, because both of them share the middle name Red-Nosed.
KILROY: Yes.
KILROY: See, I thought it was "the."
COULTON: I have no idea if it's appropriate to give you a point, Tim, but I'm going to.
KILROY: Thank you.
SANDERS: No point.
COULTON: A five-star general and former supreme commander of NATO, this president was obsessed with the log lady, people speaking backwards in dreams, and the question, who killed Laura Palmer?
COULTON: Scott?
SANDERS: Dwight David Lynch Eisenhower.
COULTON: You got it.
COULTON: And Scott's on the board. High fives all around.
SANDERS: That was awesome.
COULTON: That was awesome. This president, who campaigned under the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too," beheaded two of his six wives before he died, only a month into his term.
COULTON: Scott?
SANDERS: Benjamin Henry Tyler.
COULTON: No.
SANDERS: Okay.
COULTON: Not to be rude about it, but no.
SANDERS: No, that's cool.
COULTON: Tim, do you want to have a guess here?
KILROY: So, it's - I don't know.
COULTON: Audience, do you know who it is?
COULTON: William Henry VIII Harrison. Since this president spent over 12 years in office, he had plenty of time to write the screenplays for "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle."
COULTON: Scott?
SANDERS: Franklin Delano Nora Ephron Roosevelt.
COULTON: Yes.
COULTON: And unbelievably, it is a tie score.
EISENBERG: It is a tie.
KILROY: Does the audience get to play too?
EISENBERG: Well, we'll find out, I guess. This president split his time in the Lone Star State between clearing brush on his ranch in Crawford and using martial arts to fight crime.
EISENBERG: Tim?
KILROY: It is George Herbert Texas Ranger Walker Bush.
COULTON: I feel like Tim got close but he got a couple of things wrong.
COULTON: Scott?
SANDERS: George Walker Texas Ranger Bush.
COULTON: That is correct.
EISENBERG: Scott, well done. We will see you again at the end of our show for our Ask Me One More final round.
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Wigan Athletic seem to find themselves on the brink of relegation every year and somehow manage to find a way to survive.
This year is no different - Roberto Martinez's side are again flirting with relegation, but after a good run of form, can they beat the drop once more?
Here is a look at Wigan's fixtures and their chances of surviving:
Manchester City (A)
West Ham (A)
Tottenham (H)
West Brom (A)
Swansea (H)
Arsenal (A)
Aston Villa (H)
Why they will survive?
Wigan Athletic have made a habit of coming out of these situations. The familiarity of the situation and the belief of Roberto Martinez men that they have been their and done it will hold them in good stead.
Their current form is also impressive which has given the indication that Wigan will do the business like the past many years. They also have a game in hand over the other relegation candidates which might be the key in the battle for survival. Their late goal against QPR to earn a point last weekend could also prove key in their battle to beat the drop.
Why they will go down?
They are involved in the FA cup which might be a distraction they don't need at the moment. Having planned great escapes before could also mean that the players might get complacent and take things for granted.
They will survive, but only by the skin of their teeth.
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With a chill wind blowing outside and the threat of snow in the forecast, Steve and Ann White of New Market, Ala., thought Friday would be the perfect time to go boating.But not on the water, they said. Instead, they chose to check out hundreds of boats dry-docked inside the Nashville Convention Center for this weekend's 25th annual Nashville Boat & Sportshow, which continues through Sunday.
"Well, of course, it's too cold out on the lakes right now, but it's warm and dry in here," said Steve White, 62, a retired financial planner. "This is our third or fourth time to come to the Nashville show, which is our favorite. We came up last night and stayed in Franklin, and did some shopping, too."
The Whites said they're in the market for a pontoon boat to take their grandkids out on Tim's Ford Lake near Tullahoma, just 20 minutes from their home.
While they weren't quite ready to buy at the show, just the fact that they were there looking was good news for the boat dealers they stopped to talk to, a group of businesspeople particularly hard hit by the recession.
"We're seeing an upturn in interest that we haven't seen in a while," said Blanche Wolfard, one of the owners of Drake's Creek Marine Works Inc. in Hendersonville, a major exhibitor at the show. "The boat show kicks off our season, and we're really hoping for a better year in 2011. The downturn has been tough on boat sales in general, and on big boats in particular."
Among the big boats are ones like the 46-foot yacht Drake's Creek Marine has on display in the convention center, which has a special show price of $713,000. It comes complete with a "very nice forward stateroom," Wolfard said.
But there are lower-priced offerings at the company's exhibit as well, including 19-foot runabouts starting under $25,000.
The annual show usually brings several good prospects, even though some don't come ready to buy, said Wolfard, who has been in the businessfor 25 years. "Some of them will show up again when summer starts."
Lavonne Hawkins, 72, of Sewanee was scouring the show for a pontoon boat to replace one that she and her husband, Jerry, have owned for several years.Read more at http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110108/BUSINESS01/101080308/Turnout+for+Nashville+Boat+&+Sportshow+encourages+vendors
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Barry University is sending four teams to the NCAA Division II Championships.
Barry is the only school in the country that will have its men's and women's tennis and men's and women's golf teams competing in the NCAA Championships, which begin Wednesday.
The Buccaneers women's golf team is making its third consecutive and fourth overall trip to the NCAA Championships, to be held this year at the 5,928-yard, par-71 Rock Barn Golf & Spa in Conover, North Carolina. The No. 3-ranked Buccaneers were the runner-up at the South/Southeast Regional. The four-round tournament runs Wednesday through Saturday.
Barry's No. 1-ranked women's tennis team is making its fifth straight and 19th overall appearance in the NCAA Championships. The Bucs (24-1) will play No. 42 Indiana (Pa.) at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Round of 16 at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida, where Barry won the 2011 national title. The championships run through Saturday.
The Buccaneers No. 3-ranked men's tennis team is headed back to the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row and the 18th time overall. Barry (23-2) meets No. 10 Drury (23-2) at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Sanlando Park, the site of the Bucs' 2010 national title. The championship will be decided Saturday.
Barry's No. 1-ranked men's golf team is headed back to the NCAA Championships for a sixth straight year. The Bucs will be making their eighth overall trip to the championships, which will be held this year at The Meadows Golf Course's 7,034-yard, par-71 layout in Allendale, Michigan May 19-23. Barry captured the 2007 NCAA title at The Meadows.
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Submission + - Vermont Bans Fracking (cnn.com)
eldavojohn writes: Vermont is the first state to ban fracking (hydraulic fracturing), a process that was to revolutionize the United States' position into a major producer of natural gas. New York currently has a moratorium on fracking but it is not yet a statewide ban. Video of the signing indicates the concern over drinking water as the motivation for Vermont's measures (PDF draft of legislation). Slashdot has frequently encountered news debating the safety of such practices.


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The Cardinals getting Mujica saved their season, it took most of the game out of Matheny's hands and slotted the last 3 innings rather than him using random guys in the 7th and 8th depended on situation.
More hijinks go the Cardinals way
Error the right call on the LaRoche toss. Have to stop any thoughts of insurance runs now or Stammen will be yanked.
Well, Cards are probably gonna take game 1. Or at least it looks that way as Holiday is plunked to have the bases loaded no outs.
Huge AB here! Craig could do big damage.
OK. Now this is bad news. Stammen out as predicted. Another run won't be a big deal. Another 2 or 3 would mean a Nats loss. My view anyway. Disappointing outing for Stammen.
Error, Single HBP and the Nats have the sacks packed with no ours. I think people are starting to catch on to just how lucky they honestly are, if they do win the WS they will have 3 of the 4 worst records to even do so and already have 2 of the 3 worst if they don't.
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Lisa Dorman of Wewahitchka is an original Sister.
Lisa Dorman of Wewahitchka is an original Sister.
She was present at the beginning, when the Semper Fi Sisters Beach Blast, consisted of 12 Marine moms and wives on a four-day beach escape from the stresses that come with a loved one deployed to a war zone.
Dorman has been in the middle as the Semper Fi Sisters have grown, not only in participation in the Beach Blast, but also within the expanding network of home front organizations reaching out to troops, a network confined only by the internet.
She has seen that escaped iced by the weekend-ending packing party, when, this year, the Semper Fi Sisters will send 1,000 �Boxes of Love� to troops in war zones.
Dorman has seen the Beach Blast become inclusive not just of Marine moms, wives and grandmothers, but also women with loved ones deployed with the Air Force, Navy, Army and, new this year, the Coast Guard.
So Dorman will be there Oct. 17-20 when the Semper Fi Sisters, now numbering nearly 80, arriving in Gulf County from 23 states, as far west as California, as far north as South Dakota, for the fourth annual Beach Blast.
�From San Francisco to Wewahitchka; it is really phenomenal, it really is,� Dorman said of the growth of the Semper Fi Sisters and their Beach Blast. �Even the Marine Corps is getting up on it. They realize they have to watch out not only for the soldiers, but for the military families too.
�The value of the event is invaluable to the women involved; you just can�t put it into words. Every woman is going to home from this event with names and faces to put with sisters. When you go home from this you know there are people who care.�
The foundation of the Beach Blast is the sisterhood.
As Dorman explained, while there is a special bond between son or daughter and dad, there is a unique umbilical between those offspring and mom.
That bond is at the heart of the Beach Blast because, Dorman said, that �different bond with their children is something only another mother can understand.�
Dorman�s son, Matt, is on his third deployment, his first in Iraq, the last two in Afghanistan. He will turn 25 this month, less than a decade removed from high school and all of it spent in the military, much of it in war zones.
�He�s seen and done things no young man his age should have to,� Dorman said. �He�s done it because he loves his country, he loves the Marines, he loves his job.
�But he also has barely seen his son (now 3). He knows to do his job takes its toll on his family.�
In part, that is where Semper Fi Sisters picks up the rope.
The goal, to be a rock on the home front, to provide support, love and a mix of stoicism in order that their sons, husbands, brothers, grandsons, can do their jobs.
The task gets no easier with additional deployments, Dorman said. Being a veteran Sister is no easier than a �newbie.�
�In a way, yes, it is easier because we know what is coming, but no, it is also worse because you know what to expect,� Dorman said. �It�s a roller coaster. But Semper Fi Sisters is like a sorority without any of the pettiness. We are looking out for each other. We are looking out for the ones coming up.
�My son has brothers who are watching his back; I have sisters looking out for my back.�
Those Sisters will convene later this month to laugh a bit, cry a bit, eat a lot and just relax, attempt to get away, to enjoy the beach.
There will be an educational element, also, with mini-sessions addressing and dealing with the maze that is the military as well as issues such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Sisters will hold a blood drive at WindMark Beach, their headquarters for the weekend.
They will put the finishing touches on the event on Saturday when they gather to pack 1,000 boxes, names and addresses of deployed soldiers supplied by Soldier�s Angels, a volunteer-operated clearinghouse of outreach to deployed troops which has assisted Semper Fi Sisters the past three years.
And these Sisters will be putting faces and voices and in some cases antics to names and handles on the internet, tightening the ties that bind them as war binds their loved ones.
�The community can have pride in knowing they are opening their arms to us and in doing so they are honoring our soldiers and they are honoring us, too,� Dorman said. �With all the selfishness out there today, these young people volunteer to serve their country. It is amazing.�
If you would like to donate an item or money for shipping to the Semper Fi Sisters� effort to pack 1,000 �Boxes of Love� to troops overseas, please visit www.semperfisisters.com.


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This week's Famitsu reviews include a near-perfect score for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
Posted Dengeki PlayStation Metal Gear Rising score.
So it's between this, Bioshock Infinite and GOW Ascension.Hmmmm. Tough choice.
Buy the game. Finish it. Sell it. Buy another one.
That's what i do ^^
Couldn't s/he just rent it from Gamefly or even in town video rental stores instead perhaps for five days or more then return it ? lol
Agree, But no rental stores in my country. Besides, This way i support the developers and play all the games i want. The people i sold them the games never buy new ones so it's not like i'm preventing a profit for the developers..
For me is bioshock and god of war for sure, MGR not so sure. Demo for MGR didn't really sell me on the game
Find a place that rents games for 6-7 hours at a time and save a fortune.
lol jk
You can trade games too. There's a really good system for trading games here:
blasphemy to the ears of a game collector!!!
"...its nice to see one high profile release surpass somebody's expectations."
There must have been some mediocre expectations for 6s and 7s to surpass expectations.
Your days are numbered my friend, enjoy it while it last..im not hating, just saying :)
Why is that Godz Kastro?. lol
I may die today though. Because of today. It's 14Feb. It's the revolution day in my country :D
If i didn't comment tomorrow it means i'm dead :P
Lol @ the game getting a great score and people still hating on it.
Dunno , it's not even the same month for all 3 games , you could easily pick MGR in feb , then Gow in march , then Bioshock a week later after its release in april .
Yeah not so easy for me.Don't exactly have a ton of money to spend on games even when there are spaces between them. Got to make my choices and stick with them
@ SAE.Don't like to do that either. But I will keep that in mind
"Now your just being NASTY!!!"
All jokes aside I cant flippin wait.. Been waiting 4 years for this game.. MGS + P* match made in heaven.
near perfect score for Rising! i mean the game is made by 2 great studios, what could possibly go wrong?
can't wait!
edit: why whenever i comment i get tons of disagree? i just don't understand it! grow the hell up ppl!!!!
I think they thought you were being sarcastic
^^ Nope he got disagrees just for being j-blaze lol.
If you've changed your attitude, change your name as well. Else you'll keep getting punished for past sins.
I'll be completely honest j-blaze, I disagreed simply because of who you are, and that you're a known troll.
1. Preorder all of them from best buy and effectively pay $40 per title.
You'll have to sign up for gamersclub unlocked which is $15.
So hey if you only buy 3 games this year (and who does that honestly. you will buy more) you'll effectively spend $45 per title.
2. Now if you were smart like me you would have purchased best buy gift cards when they had a deal on them where if you buy $50 store credit you got an extra $10 card for free.
3. Had you also combined this deal with a 5% cash back on your credit card for the quarter you would have gotten even more savings.
4. Then if you had made sure to only put the $5 minimum, you could pay even less because best buy offers price matching against the other retailers including online. So if amazon has it for even less you might get even more savings.
Currently I'm preordered for 5 games for 2013 and i'm spending $33 before any price-matching i match to pick up each games on release day.
So really if you had done your homework ahead of time then you wouldn't have to eat can after can of dogfood until your tears smell like dogfood.
I imagine this is the type of nonsense that corporations do to avoid taxes only more lucrative and rewarding. This is why they should eliminate loopholes/deductions. Otherwise we're just going to play the game and the ignorant will suffer. Whatever.
Or just go spend 60 bucks and buy the damn game lol. I'd rather spend 10 more dollars and have the 3 hours of my life back from doing all that.
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In all honesty Famitsu reviews are worth next to nothing. I'll wait for more credible reviews.
well it depends on what you like but overall GOW is the best of the three
Actually no... in my opinion, Bioshock Infinite will most likely be the best of the three and most likely be one of the best games this year... witch doesn't mean GOW Ascension is going to be a bad game, but probably won't be as good as Bioshock Infinite... but to be sure, better wait for their releases and judge for my self.
Agreed. God of War: Ascension is going to be one of the best games of this year! I don't think Bioshock Infinite will be as great, doubt it will match the first game but hopefully it'll be better than the second. I don't care for Metal Gear Rising after that horrendous demo.
I really just dont have any interest in this game.
haven't since it was announced and all the video I've seen on it haven't turned me on.
Good to know its another solid game though.
I think i will pass on this one.I only play true MetalGear games not a Bayonetta and Vanquish knockoff.The demo really represents the franchise for the worst and gets away from what true form of the series is.Im sure you guys will love it but in my onion only this is total rubbish and a slap in the face.The reviews that have come in are fom the western part of the world and they love there fast paced silly gameplay.
Wow incredible score for Metal Gear Rising, shame Famitsu's review's are completely all over the place...
I didnt like the demo for this at all, don't know how it scored so high.
Can't wait to buy the PS3 version with no screen tearing and v-sync.
Platnuim studios : D
Metal gear is doing pretty good so far with the critics.. The demo was decent & loved the fact u can slice up/destroy most of the environments.. Might get it if I keep seeing good reviews for it
Awesome, I can't wait for next week to get Rising.
I'm not doubting Metal Gear Rising...I'm really not. It is probably amazing
It's Famitsu they always give Japanese games nearly perfect scores. Resident Evil 6, FF13, the new dmc (it's still japanese at heart as a franchise)
INB4 9.5 on IGN! The game is AMAZING! Rising that is..
Don't get your hopes up...
mmm...I did not like the demo at all. The camera is a piece of crap like in every other PG games (with the exception of Vanquish). It is way to close in order to see what the hell is happening around you. And the stealth is implemented in a quite weird manner. Also the pacing does not seems to be that good.
And the fact that famitsu gives great scores to most games (including FFXIII) does not gives a bonus in my books either.
Any MGS fan will get this game. Even it's gets -10 from reviews i will still get it.
Not me. I consider myself a pretty big MGS fan. However, I thought the demo was horrible, so no buy from me.
Not this guy.I love this franchise but this game is just terrible and any MGS fan will pass on this knowing this is nothing like the MGS series.It can get a 10/10 and still will never reach my collection of games even if its on sale for $10.
I think most people know why you all are passing.
Starts with multi and ends with platform.
I still have no interest in this title regardless of the franchise/devs it's affiliated with. I feel there are stronger releases coming far too close to this one, that push this title to the backseat!
to many good games coming out...must resist
That game for the WiiU called Tank! Tank! Tank! really should have been called TankU.
This is not your typical mgs game so no just because it has metal gear in the name its not going to get all metal gear solid fans to go out & buy this but if your a metal gear solid fan & a fan of ninja gaiden, dmc, god of war type games then you will prolly pick this up. It definitely is a fun & badazz game but definitely not your typical solid snake metal gear type game which mgs fans love so much.
Of course they're going to give Rising a perfect score, why the hell did I take my time to click the link anyway...
wow! almost a perfect score. who was the a-hole that gave it a 9?
That's a great Famitsu score, gonna give this game a shot.
Anyway, it smells Kojima in there, even if he's not directly involved !
cant wait to see mgs hotdog schnitzlefest uber 2013
Rising is going to be awesome. Contender for action game of the year.
I'm still on the fence for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
the controls stink, the camera is wack, maybe it was just me, but it just felt clumsy, the stealth is weird, the game itself feels great and looks great but something was off


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There was a QST magazine article about half a decade ago about using the prius traction battery and what amounted to a VFD to provide emergency power. Which is nice, except for the Prius legendary HF RFI problem. You can hear a prius from quite a distance on the radio due to interference; the irony of providing emergency power for radio gear using a prius which interferes with the radios was not lost on many readers. I guess for the VHF FM only crowd it works pretty well.
I cannot find the article in goog
Chevy Volt comes with a 110V charging cord. Of course, it takes ~8-10 hours to charge at that voltage due to current limits. the charging station you can install gives you 220V and supposedly cuts that to 3-4hrs. so it can do either.
My understanding is that you can't charge one of these from regular wall current but need at least 220V
Nope, you can charge using 120 V, but it takes a lot longer. 120 V charging is defined as level 1 charging, while 240 V is level 2 charging. There's also a level 3 charging for very fast charging, which I think from memory is only being tested in Japan right now.
Search on SAE J1772 for more details.
Yup, although I suspect that linemen take precautions just the same.
At work they have some 33kV supply lines running 3-phase. They needed to do work on expanding the lines, and I noticed that the first thing they did was attach cables to short the three lines together using large fiberglass poles with tools attached (the lack of a spectacular display demonstrated that they had turned off the power successfully). The place I work is actually pretty anal-retentive regarding safety so the chance of a breaker
Imagine the car owners surprise when his car is trying to power the entire neighborhood and the power inverter burns out in a few seconds.
I'm sure they'll have some safety device.
Its a nice story, and VERY popular to retell, but if the drop line fuse is not blown, trying to backfeed an entire subdivision will instantly stall the engine, if not burn out the alternator and/or blow the drop fuse.
The actual failure mode is the drop fuse blows, the lineman tries to replace it, your generator happens to be out of phase with the national grid, and either the fuse pretty much detonates in the linemans hands, or the generator literally blows up, as in crankshaft sheared off and piston flys t
Actually, linemen have, in fact, been electrocuted by improperly connected generators. This is NOT an urban legend.
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=38786 [electricenergyonline.com]
It doesn't surprise me much as I have heard industry rumors of doing similar things with the smart grid and basically using EVs as a storage medium. Yes I work in this industry so
As a side note I have also used a car to heat up the garage in the winter to work on it or just change oil. Basically you go and attach a vent hose (aluminum dryer vent works great) to your exhaust and route it out the door. Then start your vehicle and let it run for half an hour. In my uninsulated garage I can get the temp up near freezing from below zero (Fahrenheit). Once warm shut off the car and change your oil. If there is one thing a car engine is good at it is producing heat.
The problem with generating electricity is that you can't (normally) store electricity -- so generating capacity is dimensioned for the peak load. A lot of excess capacity is available at night -- some of which you can't just shut off. It takes a long time to power up a coal/nuclear power plant. In mountainous regions the night excess is used e.g. to pump water uphill, back into a lake that is part of a hydroelectric plant.
Charging the car at night when rates are low makes sense, and running a few lightbulbs or a TV set doesn't use the amount of power you need for driving.
The problem with generating electricity is that you can't (normally) store electricity -- so generating capacity is dimensioned for the peak load. A lot of excess capacity is available at night
Yes and no. I suspect less excess is available than you might think. Excess capacity costs money, and utilities have spend decades either finding customers for that excess or finding ways to minimize it's generation or not generating it at all.
running a few lightbulbs or a TV set doesn't use the amount of p
I did initially think 'Why on earth would you go to the trouble and inefficiency of this with an expensive electric car?' and then the penny dropped. It's in Japan, where they were having rolling brownouts due to the nuclear disaster and the loss of capacity, and are still under threat of blackouts over the summer.
No, there is absolutely no black or brownouts, it was considered at first, but once everybody was asked to stop wasting electricity with aircooling at full blast with windows open on every shopping mall the demand became actually 30 to 40 % lower than the year before. This with the fact that the summer is really cool compared to usual means that Tepco is FAR from being maxed out. Check the operation Yashima website to have data: http://kanmisikou.net/lab/power/ [kanmisikou.net]
You know, this would be really really useful here in Vietnam where the extraordinary growth rate coupled with communist era bureaucracies/corruption has left power supplies lagging far behind demand. I would dearly love a generator I could use to power my abode when the power goes out (typically in the hottest part of the day which in Vietnam is pretty hot!). This is probably true of a lot of developing countries.
Also in my previous career in the film industry having a powerful generator that is not only mobile but transports itself (and cargo and crew!) would be a godsend for shots not on the studio lot.
You know, this would be really really useful here in Vietnam where the extraordinary growth rate coupled with communist era bureaucracies/corruption has left power supplies lagging far behind demand. I would dearly love a generator I could use to power my abode when the power goes out (typically in the hottest part of the day which in Vietnam is pretty hot!). This is probably true of a lot of developing countries.
Also in my previous career in the film industry having a powerful generator that is not only mobile but transports itself (and cargo and crew!) would be a godsend for shots not on the studio lot.
But could most people in developing countries afford a Leaf? And, if they could, where would the extra power come from to keep recharging them? If the electrical infrastructure is not up to the task before adding a bunch of electric cars, how will it support them. This isn't something that applies to just 3rd world countries. California is concerned that their electrical grid cannot support wide spread adoption of all electric vehicles, too.
Whether in a Nissan Leaf or a a dedicated storage pack, a batte
My bad, I thought the Leaf was a hybrid (like a Prius)! So you're right, having lots of Leafs (Leaves?) would make things worse not better. However that's for society as a whole which is usually the last thing on the average person's mind around here.
As far as the affordability goes though, the wealth distribution in Vietnam is very bad. Lots of motorbikes but also some Mercedes, Bentleys and Maybachs. I figure anyone whose stolen... I mean made enough money to afford a car can afford a Leaf.
When we had 2 hurricanes hit here in N Fla in 2005 I did it with my Nissan Altima and 2 400 watt inverters I got from a car stereo store. No generators to be found *anywhere*, I had myself my wife a 3 year old and a newborn to worry about.
One inverter kept the fridge and freezer going, the other ran a few flourescent shop lights and some low wattage fans.
No power for 10 days, had power back for a week, then no power again for 7 days. Didn't live in luxury, but we were mostly comfortable in the evenings an
the pros mostly use those loud generators on the other side of the trucks with "welding grade" extremely heavy gauge extension cords.
Just sayin, in case you wanna try it on the cheap, you don't need to buy a new car, just some (expensive) extension cords.
The "rave" guys did the same for their audio. That's how I know. In that case, once the subwoofers get louder than the gens it doesn't really matter, I suppose.
So I've been thinking about this a little and here's a couple of drawbacks I see:
The charging/generating circuit won't be able to power the whole house.
On the contrary. An electric car has much more power than the typical house. Accelerating a 1 ton mass to 65 mph in 15 seconds takes 50 kilowatts. You can turn on all the appliances in a normal house and not get close to that.
Forgot a factor of 1/2 in there. It takes 25 kilowatts. Still, plenty to power a house.
Oh, the batteries certainly have the juice to do it. However, the charging circuit can't handle that amperage. I suppose if you attached a monstrous inverter directly to the batteries, you could possibly do it. But the charging station you put in most houses in Japan and the US can only support maybe 30 amps at 220/240v. That's a couple of circuits for lights and the fridge and you're tapped out. If you're using the standard household plug circuit, that's only 12 amps at 110v. That's not enough to run
Supposedly Nissan has developed a new charger that can be used for this purpose.
With modern electronics, the inverter doesn't need to be that monstrous. Similar kind of power electronics is needed inside the car to control the motor(s) already, and I'm sure it's not monstrous. And 30 amps at 220V is more than you need for a few lights and a fridge. A fridge is something like 300W. That's only 1.5 amps.
If you live in the US, you may be overestimating your grid reliability--it's not what it once was. With increasing automation, secondary distribution grids have become very good at rapidly isolating individual faults, so that their impact is minimal. However, that same design makes them vulnerable to multiple faults. When a natural disaster causes damage in many locations, the grid operators have to take down the entire system until everything is fixed. That can take one to two weeks, leaving tens of th
I don't doubt that. But the chance of that actually happening is still very low. Sure, it may start to get worse over the coming years. I have no doubt it will given how little this country spends on infrastructure maintenance. But here's the thing. Grid reliability is the only thing that lets people rely on electric cars. If the grid starts crashing more often, the draw for pure electric cars will vanish and most people won't buy them. Why buy a car that you can't reliably charge? The very thing th
Using the leaf battery pack, I show it having 24kwh of capacity that will run my house for a few hours. Not massively useful that's only marginally better than the 5kw gen that will run my whole house save the electric drier.
Depending on the hybrid they can be efficient generators. The battery pack actually helps as it can run at max efficient output and charge the batteries with the excess and cycle on and off. This is one of the big potential advantages for hybrid work trucks.
Cost of operation is gener
A 240V, 30A circuit won't feed as much as you might think. That circuit could feed four 15 amp 110 circuits. That might power your fridge, several lights and maybe a TV. Forget an electric cooktop (usually a 220V, 50A circuit). Though you may be able to get away with just one burner. No way can you run your A/C system. Electric heat? Not a chance. You'd probably have to choose between running the gas powered furnace and the television (a hard decision for some I know).
30 amps just doesn't cut it for
Residents are not* billed hourly rates, just daily rates at the most, eliminating the rationale.
Businesses are billed minute or hourly, so it makes sense for them, but they consume way more than the battery can put out, eliminating that rationale.
I have a double meter in my house. The electric company puts a special pulse on the line, once at night, and once in the morning, that makes the meter switch from one counter to another.
You can choose between several tariff plans. You can have them switch the meter in the evening, or you can have them switch at night, or not switch at all.
These meters are very common around here.
Good idea if you have an electric car. But backup gas powered generators are a few hundred dollar to a couple of grand at your local hardware store.depending upon power output.
Not to mention, that I don't want to be trying to power the entire neighborhood from my personal generator. I would like to hope there are regulations that ensure a properly licensed person would be connecting a system like this, so the proper safety features are enabled. The 2 problems with this are:
#1 There are a lot of asshats out there that will try to connect something like this themselves and bypass safety features.
#2 There are licensed electricians that are asshats too.
At first thought, this seems to be a good idea but precautions must be followed. How many people will use this system without making the necessary alterations to your house circuit box? I had an emergency power generator and made the needed changes to disconnect the house from the power companies lines when the generator is being used. Without these changes, the generator (or electric car) will push the electricity out to the power grid. What a lineman (repairing downed wires) considers to be a dead wir
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Carlos Quintanilla, MBA '80, receives 2011 Distinguished Latino Alumni Award
In accepting the award on behalf of her husband on October 29, Clara Quintanilla expressed his gratitude for the honor and spoke warmly of Johnson. "Beyond the fine education that Carlos received at Johnson, Cornell is a special place for both Carlos and me," she said. "This is the place where Carlos and I met more than 30 years ago."
Quintanilla is president of Quintanilla, Hache y Asociados (QHYA), a family-owned and -operated business that focuses on investments in the Mexican financial sector and on developing industrial parks in the United States. A leader in the Monterrey, Mexico financial community, he founded and actively participates in several financial services companies, including securities brokerage houses, asset management companies, and banks.
What initially propelled Quintanilla into action in the financial sector was "a disaster that, to Mexicans, was the equivalent of the recent residential mortgage meltdown in the United States," he says. "In 1982, less than two years after my graduation from Johnson, Mexico defaulted on its sovereign debt," which caused a devastating devaluation of the peso relative to the U.S. dollar and other currencies. As a result, there was a wave of defaults by Mexican corporations that relied on foreign currency to service their debt. In turn, this had a negative effect on many international banks with Latin American debt exposure.
"I always wanted to strike out on my own and thought that the Mexican crisis gave me the right opportunity," he says. "So I partnered with a friend to set up a distressed debt investment firm to invest in Latin American debt, and we began a long and successful history of investing in emerging markets debt. Our initial success gave us enough liquidity and optimism to be a very active participant in the Mexican financial sector."
Quintanilla's interest in the other side of his business – industrial real estate – was triggered by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). "While the U.S. and Mexican governments were working on NAFTA, there was a real estate crisis in Texas," he explains. "Following our investment philosophy to look at distressed situations that might have a clear upside potential, we thought that if NAFTA passed, the daily truck crossing through the Laredo-Mexico border was going to grow exponentially. Back then, Mexico was the second largest trading partner of the U.S., and 60 percent of all the U.S.-Mexican trade was done through Laredo. We were convinced that to support all the post-NAFTA trade activity, many warehouses would need to be built in Laredo. So we bought 200 acres there at very distressed prices for the purpose of building industrial parks along the Rio Grande."
Quintanilla's shrewd purchase paid off handsomely. After NAFTA passed in 1993, the daily traffic through the Laredo-Mexico border skyrocketed, with 12,000 trucks passing through daily. "Over an 18-year period, we developed five industrial parks with more than 350 warehouses spread over 500 acres." He goes on to say, "The success of these projects gave me a lot of satisfaction because we built these hotspots of economic activity in places that were completely undeveloped and, in the process, we created many jobs as well as tax revenue for Laredo."
Although his entrepreneurial ventures place great demands on him, Quintanilla is committed to making time for public service. He has served on the boards of several Catholic schools and charitable organizations and is well known in Monterrey for his philanthropic works. A chemical engineer with a degree from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Quintanilla currently serves on the University of Michigan Engineering Advisory Council.
He serves on the Johnson Advisory Council and, along with other alumni, is helping to initiate a Cornell-Queens EMBA program in Mexico. With his wife, Quintanilla has recently created an international scholarship to help future Latino Johnson students. Cornell is fortunate in benefitting from his gifts of service, advocacy, wisdom, and funding.


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The interests of the United States in a prize cause shall be represented by the United States attorney for the judicial district in which the prize cause is adjudicated. The United States attorney shall protect the interests of the United States and shall examine all fees, costs, and expenses sought to be charged against the prize fund.
In a judicial district where one or more prize causes are pending the United States attorney shall send to the Secretary of the Navy, at least once every three months, a statement of all such causes in the form and covering the particulars required by the Secretary.
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Pinconning school district thanks SSCS on behalf of swim team
Discusses starting a girls swim team
STANDISH — Administrators from the Pinconning Area School District visited the Standish-Sterling Community Schools District school board meeting on Monday, April 11, to say thank you for allowing Pinconning's first-year varsity boys swim team to practice with the SSC team, during the winter season.
Pinconning Superintendent Darren Kroczaleski, Athletic Director Jennifer Thunberg and board members Vice President Gary Yaros and Treasurer Mike Bauer opened the meeting by giving the SSCS board a letter of thanks.
"I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Standish-Sterling Community Schools District for allowing Pinconning High School to field its first ever varsity boys swim team," Thunberg said.
The Spartans practiced all season at the Standish-Sterling Central High School pool.
Thunberg said she was surprised by the willingness of SSCS staff to help get the team started.
"When I approached Athletic Director Ben Welmers about this proposal, he was very helpful and accommodating," she said. "I was even more impressed that coach (Noriene Izzo) welcomed our boys with open arms, and even gave up her time to represent them during our winter assembly."
Thunberg said that the boys who participated were glad they did. She said the PASD would like to see the team compete again next year.
"While Standish-Sterling Central and Pinconning are rivals in athletics, this was a prime example of how a rivalry does not have to be unfriendly and uncooperative," she said.
The SSCS board asked Thunberg if there was any interest in starting a girls team next fall.
"We have not had any girls show interest, yet," she said. "I can tell you that our boys were very adamant that they wanted to have the opportunity to swim," she said. "I have not had any girls show interest, but I have not thrown the idea of starting a team back out to them."
Thunberg said if there were an opportunity to start a girls team, she believes that girls would show interest.
Pinconning and SSC co-coach of the boys swim teams Jim Balten said he and Izzo have encouraged Pinconning to get a girls team together.
"Hopefully, that is in the process of happening," he said.
Balten said he hopes to see boys from this year's group compete again next year. "There were seven boys this season," he said. "We told them to bring their friends next year."
Thunberg said that PASD is grateful for the opportunity given to their students.
"This speaks volumes about the type of people you have working in your school district," she said to the board.
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SEATTLE (AP) -- The National Weather Service says the stagnant air that has been held over the state for nearly two weeks by a high pressure temperature inversion should clear out Tuesday night in Western Washington and Wednesday in Eastern Washington.
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Melbourne Storm 2010 Season Preview
2009 could not have been a better year for the Melbourne Storm. Reaching the Grand Final for the 4th year in succession and winning it for the second time, their play was sometimes regarded as boring. But when it counted on Grand Final day, they put in a stellar performance to shut down a red hot Parramatta outfit.
2010 shapes as somewhat of an interesting year for the boys from Victoria. The club farewelled one of their greatest players in the history of the club - Dallas Johnson, and also bid farewell to promising youngsters Will Chambers and the exciting Joseph Tomane.
On the staffing front there have been also been two major changes for the Storm in 2010. Within the administration of the club, CEO Brian Waldron has switched codes to take on the Melbourne Rebels job, while on the coaching front long-time assistant head coach Michael McGuire has left for greener pastures to take up a role as head coach with the Wigan Warriors in England. But the significant factor that has not changed however, is the stability with head coach Craig Bellamy.
Bellamy has once again proven that he is fantastic at identifying talent to replace those lost due to salary cap by purchasing the likes of Sione (John) Kite, Todd Lowrie, Luke MacDougall and Chase Stanley for the 2010 season, along with promoting promising youngsters in Aiden Tolman and Matt Duffie.
The first month of the 2010 season is set to be difficult for the Storm who have been hit with a spate of injuries to key players such as Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk, Greg Inglis, Brett White, and also new recruit Chase Stanley who was vying for the starting centre position vacated by Will Chambers. Further disruption comes in the form of their new home - Melbourne Rectangular Stadium - not being ready until May, forcing them to play home games out of Etihad Stadium for the opening eight weeks.
The 2010 season will likely start slow for the Storm while players regain peak fitness, however, once they are firing on all cylinders you can count on the combination of Bellamy and the Melbourne Storm being in the finals mix once again in 2010.
Signings: Gains: Chase Stanley (Dragons), Sione (John) Kite (Bulldogs), Todd Lowrie (Eels), Luke MacDougall (Knights), Ateala Vea (Sharks) Losses: Dallas Johnson (Catalans, ESL), Joseph Tomane (Titans), Will Chambers (Queensland RU), Wairangi Koopu (retired).
Predicted best lineup: 1. Billy Slater 2. Matt Duffie 3. Dane Nielsen 4. Greg Inglis 5. Anthony Quinn 6. Brett Finch 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Aiden Tolman 9. Cameron Smith 10. Jeff Lima 11. Adam Blair 12. Ryan Hoffman 13. Todd Lowrie Interchange: 14. Brett White 15. Sika Manu 16. Kevin Proctor 17. Ryan Hinchcliffe
Player to watch: Kevin Proctor After showing glimpses of potential in 2009 , the 2010 season is set to be a huge year for the "Proctologist". He is already a cult figure in Melbourne being labelled the new sideshow Bob (due to his tremendous haircut), however his talent more than warrants the reputation he has been gaining. Proctor is a tough, hard-nosed second-rower who has great vision within the game. He will most definitely be in the mix for a starting position at some point this season. Look for him to be an even more apparent fixture in the Storm line up now Bellamy


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Submission + - Could Nearby Star Host a Baby Solar System? (discovery.com)
astroengine writes: "With the help of Europe's Herschel Space Observatory and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, a team of astronomers have made a lucky discovery about TW Hydrae, the nearest star to the solar system that plays host to a protoplanetary disk. Not only have they gained a more precise estimate of the mass of the material inside the protoplanetary disk, they've also found that it may produce a system of worlds similar to that of the solar system. TW Hydrae may look like the solar system did over 4 billion years ago. Interestingly, TW Hydrae is also a star that would normally be considered too mature to host a protoplanetary disk. "If there's no chance your project can fail, you're probably not doing very interesting science. TW Hydrae is a good example of how a calculated scientific gamble can pay off," said Thomas Henning, of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg."


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Lots of good points here..
i am an AS fan- i really hope he figures it out... because the potential is great.
I do think he has the athletic ability to play FS- but not the cerebral nature required to play it in the NFL. (or at least in the Steelers scheme)
He is- as tomlin put it- a "run and hit" type player. figure out the responsibility - run to the point- hit the target.
I agree, his more natural position in the NFL is SS, and i am looking forward to see how he plays in that role, during these next pre-season games.
I also agree that Troy is too injury prone- and almost certain to miss 4-6 games. I also think that, ultimately Polamalu will end up retiring from football, relatively early in his career, due to the combined affects of these injuries. (this could happen within 2-4 years) Or, maybe as pointed out on another thread- the team lets him go- due to salary cap / value issues regarding a 10 games a year player.
Either way- AS could be an important player for the steelers- when he begins to understand his responsibilities within this scheme.


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THOMASVILLE | The traditional postgame Fourth of July fireworks display had nothing on the hitting pyrotechnics the HiToms provided in their 10-5 Coastal Plains League victory over Gastonia on Friday night at jam-packed Finch Field.
THOMASVILLE | The traditional postgame Fourth of July fireworks display had nothing on the hitting pyrotechnics the HiToms provided in their 10-5 Coastal Plains League victory over Gastonia on Friday night at jam-packed Finch Field.
The Tommies crushed four home runs — two each from Austin Crutcher and Alec Paradowski — while banging out 10 hits total against the Grizzlies.
"I don't know that I've ever had two home runs in a game before," said Paradowski, a 5-foot-9 second baseman at Wofford. "That was a pretty cool feeling."
No doubt. Paradowski's second homer was a two-run shot that was never a doubt over the right field fence. The HiToms were leading 8-5 at the time, so the runs provided a satisfying margin of comfort — especially since the Grizzlies had been nipping away earlier in the game, closing to within 7-5 after trailing 7-2.
"We just needed a couple more insurance runs," said Paradowski. "I got a pitch that I could do something with and I didn't miss it."
Paradowski juiced a 2-0 inner-half fastball into the gathering twilight. See ya.
His first homer came in a two-run third inning to give the HiToms a 3-2 lead.
"That one was a 1-2 slider that he (pitcher Ryan Otero) was supposed to throw away and missed it in," said Paradowski. "I didn't miss that one, either."
The HiToms never trailed after that blast.
Crutcher put the Tommies on the board in the bottom of the second inning with a shot to center field that left everybody scratching their heads. Gastonia center fielder Thomas Bess back-pedalled on the ball until he ran back-first into the wall, then fell on his rump to the ground in a sitting position. A few moments later the umpire finally signalled home run after it was clear that Bess wasn't hurt.
Gastonia went up 2-1 with a pair of runs in the second, then Paradowski hammered a ball into the dogwoods past the fence that caromed back into Finch Field.
The HiToms were leading 3-2 going into the bottom of the sixth when Crutcher jacked a solo shot to left, igniting a four-run outburst where a wild pitch and an infield error accounted for three more runs.
Meanwhile, HiToms pitcher Pat Dyer — all lanky 6-9 of him — kept handcuffing the Grizzlies in key situations despite giving up 10 hits in seven innings of work. Dyer, who got the victory, fanned nine batters while walking just one.
"He's been pitching like that for us most of the season," said HiToms coach Austin Love. "He's been very effective for us.
"But it's good to see our hitting coming around," added Love, whose team is now 1-1 in the second half of the season. "I think this could be a turning point in our season. We've been leading the league in most hitting categories, we just haven't been able to put everything together yet."
Notes: Paradowski went 2-for-5 with four RBIs. … Crutcher was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs. … Glen Batson and Spencer Mahoney each added two hits for the Tommies. … The HiToms travel to Forest City on Saturday. … Finch Field welcomes the Team USA against team Japan at 5 p.m. Sunday.


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Equus reveals the Bass 770
Vintage styling with modern day technology. Now where've we heard of that before? Oh, yes! The amazing Porsche 911 by Singer: a nineties 911 that's had its genetic code spliced with important DNA from newer Porsche models. Well, that logic has now been given a shot of Americana thanks to the Equus Bass 770.
Under the full aluminum silhouette of a 1960s fastback Mustang, there's the supercharged 6.2-litre LS9 V8 engine from the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. For people who don't remember Jeremy's review, that block develops 640bhp and 820Nm of torque. This is a lot more than Steve McQueen ever experienced in Bullitt.
According to its makers, this big engine allows the Bass 770 to get from 0-100kph in 3.4 seconds - that's Ferrari 458 Spider fast - and max out at 320kph. It's not just big power either. It's fitted with carbon ceramic brakes, a magnetic suspension system with adjustable shock absorbers and a double clutch gearbox. New school indeed.
And as you can see, they've tinkered with the design slightly. It now has a slightly grumpy-looking face and the classic 'stang badge has been italicised - most definitely for legal reasons. Even so, it still has that hardcore, muscle car look and the beating V8 to go with it. Inside it's got all the mod cons: USB connectivity, sat nav and ISO fix so you can scare your kids.
But, like the Singer, it all comes at a price... Rs 1.56 crore. And that's only for the basic one. You can pay more to have a designer customise your car to whatever spec you desire. We'd probably do that and spec a different name because Equus Bass 770 isn't very Muscle car is it? Equus is actually a Hyundai sold in some parts of the world, Bass is a fish (or something that comes out of subwoofers) and 770 is one of the big, scary numbers Rachel Riley tells you to solve on Countdown. It's not in the same league as Mustang, Charger and Challenger. So what would you call it?
(Words: Rowan Horncastle)