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The All-Star break came at the wrong time for the reigning MVP, but LeBron James picked up right where he left off prior to his trip to Houston this past weekend.
Although it wasn't a 30-point, 60-plus percent shooting effort, it was still more than enough to allow the Miami Heat to win their eighth straight game.
James filled the stat sheet with 24 points on 8-of-15 shooting to go with 11 assists, six rebounds and four steals in the Heat's 103-90 triumph over the Atlanta Hawks.
James averaged 30.8 points on 71.7 percent shooting during an unprecedented six-game stretch where he tallied at least 30 points on 60 percent shooting from the field.
He came up shy of extending his streak to seven in Miami's final tilt before the break, a victory in Oklahoma City over the Thunder. James finished with 39 points and shot a 14-of-24 (58.3 percent) clip from the floor.
Dwyane Wade added 20 points for the Heat, who outscored Atlanta 40-17 in the fourth.
"Everybody felt comfortable on the offensive end. And then defensively, we were in tune with everything they were running," James said. "We got stops and we didn't have turnovers."
Josh Smith, one of the most-discussed names as a possible trade chip prior to Thursday's deadline, had 10 points, nine assists and nine boards for Atlanta, which had won three of its last four tilts going into the break.
"Just try to tune everything out, it's pretty much everywhere. So it's hard for it not to come up," Smith said of the swirling trade rumors. "Just focusing on basketball."
Al Horford netted 27 points on 12-of-15 shooting in defeat.
The Hawks built a 73-63 advantage heading into the fourth, but the Heat got hot to begin the final frame and clamped down defensively to take over the contest.
Atlanta didn't record its first point until Smith's runner dropped with 8:27 in the period. Miami, though, had already built a 76-73 advantage prior to Smith's bucket as the visitors started the stanza on a 13-0 run.
Shane Battier hit a pair of 3-pointers during the burst. Following a pair of Battier and Ray Allen triples a bit later, which were sandwiched around a Horford alley-oop layup, the Heat built an 86-79 cushion midway through the stanza.
Miami led by as many as 14 down the stretch.
The Heat jumped out to a 24-17 edge after a quarter of play, but Atlanta outscored the visitors 32-21 in the second to take a 49-45 spread into the locker room.
Game Notes
James netted 18 points in the first half ... The Hawks had 28 assists on 36 made field goals ... Atlanta had reached 100 points in each of its last five tilts heading in.


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Adventure Scouts USA team meetings are designed to appeal everybody, including those who hate meetings. In our meetings, we get things done, and we have FUN doing it. The following guidelines will help your Team get the most out of its meetings.
Our Scouts Choose, Organize, and Lead Their Own Meeting
One of the unique qualities of the Adventure Scouts USA Scout Programs is that our Scouts choose, organize, and lead their own programs. The consequence is our Scouts strengthen their critical thinking skills and their ability to work with others. We consider our Scouts a part of the present rather than just a part of the future, therefore our Scouts take on the responsibility of governing their own meetings. If in doubt, it's done by a Scout!
When to Schedule a Team Meeting
We recommend Team Meetings be scheduled to start at either a few minutes before or a few minutes after the half hour or hour mark. For instance, meetings should either be scheduled to begin at either 7:27 or 7:33. Scheduling meeting start times using this type of format encourages our Scouts and Members to appreciate the special quality of attending our meetings and that they should arrive prior to or on time. Since the Scouts themselves decide what activities to include in each meeting, every minute of every meeting counts – a Scout arriving just a few minutes late or leaving just a bit early will miss out on important information and FUN activities with their friends.
How Long the Team Meetings Should Be
The ideal meeting length is an hour and a half. This time frame allows Scouts to get things done and have FUN, yet leaves time for homework, family outings, or other extracurricular activities in which Scouts participate. Teams can and should schedule time for additional meetings and brainstorming sessions.
Parliamentary Procedure
The Congress of United States uses a form of the parliamentary procedure for its meetings, and Adventure Scouts USA follows this example for certain portions of the meeting. Using the parliamentary model minimizes interruptions and inefficient use of time. Scouts respect the opinions and ideas of their fellow Scouts by taking on the roles of both speaker and listener. Parliamentary procedure is used during portions of the meeting in which decisions are made; it is meant to make the meeting orderly, but not to interfere with democracy, every vote counting, brainstorming, consensus or FUN.
Room Requirements
Arranging Seats
During our Team meetings our seats are nearly always arranged in the form of a circle. This invokes the legend of Camelot and of King Arthur's round table. Forming the chairs into a circle, at our team meetings, supports the principle that all within the Adventure Scouts USA Scout Programs are equally valued. Our Scouts organize, create, and lead their own programs. Since they have the opportunity to choose their own programs, it is important every Scout is motivated to participate. Democratic participation, with each having one vote, encourages meaningful participation. The level of participation of our Scouts increases because the Scouts in the Adventure Scouts USA Scout Programs are the ones who vote on their activities and also because they play a role in leading the activities.
Other Requirements
There should an American Flag in the room.
Scouts do not wear name tags, to give them the opportunity to learn each other's names.
When Guests are Present
When guests are present, they need to be introduced to the Scout Programs of Adventure Scouts USA and given an idea of what we are and what we do. In the case of a potential new Scout, siblings, parents, or other young people attending the meeting, a full orientation to our Scout Programs should be made. Our Scouts go over the Scout Promises, Scout Code, Scout Motto and Scout Spirit, along with What Adventure Scouts USA Is, and the Scout Movement. Scouts then go around and comment on what those words mean to them.
We want those who are or may become a permanent part of a team to understand exactly what they are joining and why others have joined. Scouts can also ask the guests what they would like to get out of their possible participation.
When Guests are present for the Activity Buffet, they too should receive information about our Scout Programs, however an abbreviated version is fine. Scouts can briefly go over the Scout Promise, Scout Code, Scout Motto, Scout Spirit, and a brief history of Adventure Scouts USA so our Guests who interact with our Scouts can understand the importance of it.
All-Meeting Activities
Occasionally Scouts will vote to participate in an activity which will take up the entire meeting. On those occasions, most of the meeting will be skipped, but the two portions of a meeting which must always take place are Best of America and the announcements. Examples of activites which will take up the time of an entire meeting can be found on the Meeting Activities document, included in your starter kit.
Theme Dinners
Scouts generally hold a theme dinner every 4-6 weeks, but they are free to hold a themed dinner at any meeting they choose. Examples of possible theme dinners are listed on the Theme Dinner Document.
All dinners do not have to be themed dinners. Themed dinners will take up a large amount of time as Scouts and families are costumed and the meeting place is decorated according to the theme. If our Scouts just want to have dinner with their meeting, that is also possible.
Special Instructions for Rising Star Scout Teams
Rising Star Scouts also have a "Good Time" candle. The candle burns as long as the meeting is orderly and everyone is having FUN. It is blown out if things get out of hand. If the candle burns out completely during a meeting, the Scouts receive a reward at the end of the meeting.
Rising Star Scouts will also need refreshments to be served during the meeting. Because we healthy choices, carrot and celery sticks, trail mix, granola bars, etc. are good choices along with 100% fruit juices. Scouts take on the responsibility of bringing refreshments after the first meeting.
The First Few Meetings
For the first several meetings, there be no team officers, so adult Team Counselors will need to make the decisions. Please remember, however our Scout Programs are by and for our Scouts and Team Counselors should elect team officers and allow Scouts to run their team meetings as quickly as possible. Our Scouts choose, organize, and leader their own meetings, programs, and activities. If in doubt, it's done by a Scout!
Materials should be prepared ahead of time and brought to the meeting. Scouts should receive copies of What Adventure Scouts USA Is, the Scout Movement, the requirements for the first Personal Achievement Award, the Scout Code, Scout Motto, Scout Spirit, and Rising or North Star Scout Promise, and information forms they need to fill out. Scouts should also recieve a Team Sheet. On the Team Sheet is the contact name, their phone number, email address, where the team meets and a map to the location. Also included is the basic feel of the team, what the Scouts like to concetrate on (i.e.: video games or camping), and where other teams in the area are located. Bring these items to the first five meetings as more Scouts will be joining.
In order to get Scouts into the groove, if possible, they should have an Activity Buffet section from their first meeting. This will require Team Counselors to choose the Guests for the Activity Buffet ahead of time. The number of Guests can vary according to the number of Scouts, but there should be no fewer than two Guests because it is essential the Scouts get the opportunity to choose. Detailed instructions can be found in the document "How-To Hold an Activity Buffet", included in your starter kit.
Scouts should also have a Did and Do section of the team meeting. This portion of team meetings is intended for Scouts to demonstrate the Challenges they have achieved. During initial meetings at the beginning of a team, Team Counselors can use this time for Scouts to achieve some Challenges. Anything needed for Did and Do should be on hand. Examples of Challenges which can be accomplished during this time are found in your Weekly Planner. Scouts will be encouraged that they have already finished a Challenge!
A New Scout
Whena new Scout coomes to the meeting, there are certain protocol to follow. First, they need to be given a full orientation, as does any new member or when a parent, sibling or other family member of a Scout attends. Secondly, there is a meet and greet in which our Scouts can get to know the new Scout. A handful of Scouts are chosen, 5-10 depending upon the size of the team, to learn more about the new Scout. Each asks the new Scout a few questions, whatever they want, such, as "What's your name?" "Do you have any pets?" "What kind of sports do you like?", etc. This is to help get to know the new Scout. A couple of the Scouts who spoke to the new Scout should also call a couple of days after the meeting to see if they enjoyed themselves and if they have any comments or suggestions. The Scout who asks the questions should be rotated, so eventually everyone on the team gets a turn.
Participation of All
Each and every Scout participates in team meetings. If accommodations need to be made to ensure full participation, the Team Leader should strive to meet those needs. For example, if our Scouts are involved with sports or any other organized activities, we make an effort to accomodate them such as finding a convenient meeting time. In another example, we embrace diversity within the group and a Scout who uses sign language for example could share that informtion with the group for the benefit of all. He or she may simply share an example of signing, prepare a presentation or performance in sign, or teach the entire Team how to sign a few simple words or phrases.
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i have a buddy that was just given a 78 bus and he's getting ready to go through it to see what it needs. body's straight, interior's okay, underside looks good, engine's tired. so i'm trying to get him to stuff my SPFI EA81 in there and i need visual reference.
any pics of any sube engines in transporters of that body style would be appreciated!
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There's not a whole lot to say about this; Spurs were just absolutely excellent in absolutely every aspect. They played with rhythm, tempo, beat and belief, at disconcerting pace and with scorching intensity. Inter did not.
FULL-TIME: Spurs 3-0 Inter
Res ipsa loquitur.
90+1 min Zanetti lugs his body forward and espies Jonathan outside him, staring across the line so as not to stray offside. He receives the ball, having strayed offside.
90 min There shall be a trio of added minutes, served on a bed of Milanese pain.
90 min It's been a long time since I've seen Spurs play with this level of viciousness. No messing around with tactics, just hard running, imaginative passing and intimidating confidence. Football is a simple game.
87 min Spurs indulge in some more cute passing, but with a purpose, Parker dictating. Eventually he releases Walker, charging along the touchline as though he's young and fit or something, the shameless bounder. His cross is easy enough for Handanovic to collect, but it's the thought that counts - Spurs are holding nothing back here.
85 min "Cassano in the house!" bellows Cassano. In space on the right wing, he arcs a low cross to the back post, but it's just too strong for Guarin.
83 min It's taken a long time - far longer than it should, which is as much the fault of the various coaches as it is of the player - but Aaron Lennon is there now. If he can just add a few more goals, he'll really be something, because his pace and low centre of gravity make him obscenely hard to mark.
82 min Lennon takes a knock of some sort, so leaves to be replaced by Naughton.
80 min A lull in proceedings allows the crowd to get after Lee Dixon again, but the Spurs players show some compassion, Gallas breaking forward and arranging a shot for Holtby. Skipping across the face of goal from right to left, he drills a shot that's semi-blocked by Chivu before finding its way into the arms of Handanovic.
77 min Spurs, though they were knocking the ball around to olés a moment ago, have slowed a little, and must be careful - because, as Peter Drury teaches, "3-1 is a very different scoreline from 3-0". Then, Lennon pulls away from Pereira - or Poor Pereira as he shall henceforth be known - and he's pulled down, resulting in a yellow card and another farklempt face.
75 min Has Aaron Lennon ever tripped over his arms?
73 min Villas-Boas asked Bale and Lennon if they fancy staying on. They do. Meanwhile, Palacio somehow finds himself in front of goal, bending his run to receive Chivu's long pass with Gallas not paying requisite attention, and Friedel saves smartly with his foot - but he oughtn't to have had a chance.
72 min Guarin wriggles past Gallas, who hangs out a leg which is jumped over. It's possibly a foul, but Guarin dived too, and he's booked.
71 min Holtby replaces Sigurdsson.
70 min More exceptional football from Spurs, Parker bundling through midfield and appearing to head right, before stabbing a reverse ball back inside for Lennon. He takes a touch, nutmegs Chivu, skates through, and sees his shot saved by Handanovic.
68 min Indicate the way to my habitual abode, I'm fatigued and have a desire to retire. I consumed an alcoholic beverage sixty minutes ago, and it's traversed straight to me cerebrum. Wherever I may perambulate, on land or sea or atmospheric vapour, you can always hear me chanting this melody, indicate the way to my habitual abode.
This, in Italian, is being whistled by the entire Inter team.
66 min It's been a fair old while since Inter have visited the Spurs half, and they win a free-kick, Cambiasso launching it for no one, but Vertonghen doesn't receive a call and nods behind. The corner is nonsense and Lennon picks the ball up on the edge of the box, finding Defoe on the burst and he screeches forward with Bale to his right and Walker to his left. With open routes to either, he elects to shoot and gets nowhere.
64 min Dembele, who has been excellent despite carrying a knack, swaps with Livermore.
63 min Parker, dragging his little self forward, sidesteps a ball outside him to Defoe, haring into the box on its right side. Stuttering his gait to intimate a shot, he takes the ball on one more stride before hammering an effort into the same portion of side-netting.
61 min Bale, now consuming the right wing, vaults into his stride and floats past Chivu and then inside him, lacing a drive into the side-netting that deceives a chunk of White Hart Lane into thinking it's a goal. And you can forgive them their assumption.
60 min Some calm.
58 min We're back on the romantic poets, with Joanne Beasley: "I know footballers are a different breed, but l hope spurs players know Shelley, when he said, 'Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon'. Yeah, ok. Probably not.
Lennon is more a Byron man, but there's no resting going on here. Inter are already a cringing, crying mess, and Spurs are in sadistic mood.
57 min Keith Campbell is even idler than the Inter defence, and we thanks them both for enhancing our evenings.
55 min Kovacic slinks off, replaced by Guarin.
This is defending so miserable it's weeping in a corner with a half-empty bottle of Kwik Save gin. Bale arcs the corner, Vertonghen jumps in the air, the defenders hum and ha, and the ball's nodded down, not into the corner, and Inter are now playing to avoid a pasting.
GOAL! Spurs 3-0 Inter (Vertonghen)
52 min Every time Inter have hinted the merest hint of doing something, Spurs break and show them how it's done. They win a corner from the right.
51 min Inter break along the left, and Palacio whipdrags a shot a foot or so wide.
50 min Meant to stick this up at half-time, but in the excitement, I forgot myself. Last night, there was a brilliant documentary on the life and career of Laurie Cunningham, which you can watch here.
48 min Spurs haven't quite started at the same narcotic speed they did the first half, but have still crafted two decent situations in the Inter box. Then, Pereira fells Bale on the right, just by the corner of the box and protests with his best indignant face. Bale makes as if he's going to shoot and instead floats a ball over the top for Vertonghen, in numinous solitude eight yards out. He should score, but instead waves a leg at it and watches the ball squirt wide.
46 min Juan Jesus, there's only Juan Jesus has gone off, and Palacio, who scored twice off the bench at the weekend, is on. He'll play close to Cassano, with Pereira dropping deeper into midfield.
Zanetti, meanwhile, saves Inter, anticipating a one-two between Sigurdsson and Defoe to reach the ball first and shovel it away.
"Scott Parker performs a unique trademark 360 degree turn almost every time he gets the ball," observes Sean Welch. "He looks like a drunk Dalek but it always works."
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Are we in a South Park episode?
I was waiting for this. Here's Nathan Jones on Sigurdsson: "'Easily the best I've ever seem him play?'. There speaks a man who never saw Swansea City in the second half of last season - he was better than this almost every week.
And the Joe Allen/Dembele thing: apart from the wages, Rodgers needed a midfielder who fitted his style. Liverpool needed a ball-player more than a box-to-box midfielder - rightly or wrongly, I'm sure Rodgers would argue they've got Gerrard for that."
When I saw him, which wasn't every week, he scored good goals but didn't do that much otherwise. I'm not sure you can call Joe Allen a ball-player, and there's no way Liverpool wouldn't be improved by Dembele.
Half-time emails. Let's start with the oddest, from Mr Henry Rowe. "As an American student and Spur huddled in the darkest corner of the Knott's Berry Farm theme park in California frantically updating your feed while "physics day" goes on around me, I would like to say thank you. Also, Lennon's improvement in his movement off the ball under AVB has been as fantastic as it has been under reported."
What on earth is physics day, and why need it take place in Knott's Berry Farm? Anyone?
That was an exceptional half from Tottenham, miserably though Inter played. They attacked with pace, guile and goddamn fury, Dembele and Sigurdsson dominating midfield and Bale and Lennon terrorising down the flanks. If they'd added a goal or two more, that would not be an unfair reflection of the hiding they've distributed, but they must be wary - Inter could easily have pulled a goal back, and you'd expect them to improve in the second bit.
HALF-TIME: Spurs 2-0 Inter
45 min There shall be a single, solitary minute of additional time.
42 min Inter should score, but obviously they avoid so doing. With Spurs condensing play and holding the Villas-Boas high line, there was no pressure on the ball, allowing Casano to pick a pass for Alvarez, alone and palely loitering on the left edge of the box. Taking a stride or two to set himself and telegraphing precisely his intention, he managed to drag a wasteful effort wide of the far post before cutting in from the right and firing wide of the same one - this time the near post - a minute later.
40 min Soxanomics with Brian Tisinger: "Dembele cost the same amount as Joe Allen. I will now go find a corner to go cry in before I start looking up how much Aguero cost compared to Andy Carroll."
Aguero is on significantly better wages than Carroll, I'm sure, and also, like Dembele, unavailable to Liverpool. But yes, those were curious purchases.
Apurs force another corner, Bale crossing from the left and some defender or other turning it behind on account of Assou-Ekotto in the same timezone. The corner comes to nothing.
38 min Inter are mooching around like they're here for a quick power walk. They are not here for a quick power walk. More Spurs pressure, and Sigurdsson - who's had an outstanding half, easily the best I've ever seem him play - thuds a shot that forces Handanovic to scramble low to his right.
36 min Defoe and Sigurdsson combine on the left, and the latter makes light of hooking a tricky bouncing ball in the direction of Bale's head. He glides upwards once again, and in what looks like a carbon copy of his goal, glances wide this time.
35 min Number of emails wondering if Inter fans sing "Juan Jesus, there's only Juan Jesus": 58,092.
33 min In all the excitement, I neglected to report the stick Lee Dixon, here for ITV, has been getting off the crowd. Not exactly witty, but unarguably pointed.
32 min Inter are looking very interim here. This cannot be coincidence. I blame the Chelsea fans.
30 min Inter win a corner, which Cassano attitudes towards Ranocchia. He manages to unite forehead and ball, but only to float an tame effort wid.
29 min Spurs are playing Fifa 98 here, passes zipping one to the other with immense surety of thud. An exchange between Parker and Dembele results in nothing of note, but they're playing exceptionally well - Inter are going to have to score in this game, because if they don't, the tie will be over.
27 min Spurs re going to score again. They win a corner on the left and take it short, before Sigurdsson larrups a long, high cross for Vertonghen, minding his own at the back post. He gets a little underneath it, but still manages to arc a header from whence it came, forcing Handanovic to tip behind for another corner that comes to nowt.
24 min Poor Zanetti.
21 min Sebastian "F-ed" [his insertion] Fjeldstad is here to calm us down. "Maybe it's a Spiritual message?", he suggests. "The UEFA Europa League - BE. One. With it....?"
Well Spurs are Zen, alright. Zen in a bad mood, on Sunny D.
Spurs are too quick, too strong and too damn arsed for Inter. Dembele, central and thirty yards from goal, pops into a little recess and sends a ball wide to Lennon, who has learnt to play football these last two or three seasons. His low cut-back is scooting perfectly into the path of the onrushing Sigurdsson, but Defoe intervenes, takes a touch and turns, to pagga a left-footer at Handanovic - who can only parry the ball a couple of yards out. While his defenders contemplate the vagaries of existence, Sigurdsson bousts in and dispatches number two, which is a decent enough way of describing Inter's efforts so far.
GOAL! Spurs 2-0 Inter (Sigurdsson)
17 min Inter hjave managed a couple of combinations in the last minute of so, and work the Spurs right flank, Cassano moving away as low cross finds Kovacic via a couple of bobbles. His snapshot is on target, but it flicks off someone and goes behind - for no corner.
14 min Spurs are going to score again. Bale and Parker exchange passes, Bale now on the right, and as his nips past Gargano on the outside, he finds a leg and plunges over it. He's booked, and will miss the return leg. Good call from the ref, that was Micropose F-19 simulation.
12 min Inter are still in the footballing coffee lounge.
10 min Back to away goals, Simon McMahon reckons as follows: "Football is different to a lot of other sports in that it has no mechanism within its scoring system to reward pressure or territorial dominance. Whilst I agree that all goals should be created equal, until something else is introduced to reward attacking play - a penalty awarded every 10th corner, say, or after hitting the woodwork twice - I fear it is here to stay."
It's here to stay, but I don't see why we should reward anything other than goals.
8 min Almost another goal for Spurs, who really mean this. Various short passes rat-a-tat-tat between Sigurdsson, Dembele and friends, the ball ending up with Bale, wide on the left. He squares for Defoe cutting in from the adjoining channel, darting back outside Chivu, and suddenly the shot's on. He flagellates a typical low vaporiser, but one that the aptly-named Handanovic beats away. That was a good chance.
This is an absolutely bazzing header. Sigurdsson, out on the left touchline, checks inside onto his right foot and whips over a cross towards Bale, who glides upwards several aeons prior to Cambiasso and glances a ridiculously perfect header inside the far post. Nice.
GOAL! Spurs 1-0 Inter (Bale)
Send him to left-back.
4 min Lennon and Walker turn Pereira again, but Lennon can't quite catch up with the return pass. Pereira might wind up wishing he'd stayed at home - probably the most I've had in common with a ftbllr.
4 min What do you do when Canada's out of commission? Blame Redknapp is the answer, and Richard C Simpson wades right in. "Maybe because he has enhanced the fluid attacking of Redknapp but also instilled better tactical awareness, and learnt from initial errors like dropping Dawson. Far better than 'arry who blames the players when they lose and takes credit on all wins. A chancer."
Do you do tombstones?
2 min Lennon and Walker launch into a supersonic one-two, Walker's clipped low cross slightly behind the insidling Bale, and he misses his kick.
2 min More ironic footballers with Philip Wainwirght, and the two I'm letting him keep are jazzers, I must say - Keith Curle and Steve Bull. It's true, Steve is not a male cow. Someone call trades descriptions.
1 min Spurs set us off, as we watch through a camera standing somewhere down by the world's core.
We missed some good noise. Cheers, ITV. Spurs players try and undo all the crowd's good work by huddling. That something I'd want addressed if I were a Spurs fan.
"The Uefa Europa League...be one with it." Anyone any ideas what means? Marriage? Any kind of intimacy? Join it in a regression?
White Hart Lane is packed, the players are coming out, it's all going down. Time to pay some bills.
Differing opinions on young Andre. Jarrell Anthony reckons how good he is remains to be seen: "It's a fair question, as we're definitely less of an attacking threat then we were at our best last season. The difference is that we're more versatile now; we have more way of winning/not losing. Under Harry it seemed that we everything had to be 'right' for us to play well/win...that's not the case anymore, which points to a bright future. And consider that this is without two of our more important players from the last two seasons. In short, he's made Spurs...well, less like Spurs."
Yep, I'll have that - the classic Spurs aspect appears to be disappearing. Philosophise that!
Mojo, on the other hand, disagrees. "I don't think that Dembele was a no-brainer. Losing Modric was a blow but inevitable. To replace him with a like-for-like player was never going to happen. After all who is as good as Modric that isn't already at a bigger club already? So instead he chose to strengthen the spine of the team with a combative technically proficient footballer with an eye on winning and retaining possession."
Not so sure about that - Dembele was perhaps the best midfielder in the division outside the top two last season, and there are very few who can run past people in the middle of the pitch.
Mark Noble. There's another one. Meanwhile, Ned Boulting has praised the calmness of William Gallas. Forreal.
Anzhi hangover, with Ianto Brychian: "Good evening Daniel."
"Good evening Ianto".
"It sounds as if the game was Shitov on a stick. In a similar vein, I believe Letchkov was the most talented comedy name footballer while his team-mate Yankov was the best named."
Letchkov is a belter. There are also some good ironically-named footballers: Leon Best is one, Felipe Melo another.
Hubert O'Hearn knows a hobby-horse when he sees one. "You know Daniel, I really hate the 'away goal rule'. Maybe it's just me or the matches I've watched, but first legs tend to become the most conservative, constipated non-events imaginable. The home team is committed to not letting the away team score; the away team is committed to not losing 2-0. Now if say shots on target was the tie-breaker, THEN you might have some action! Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? You've just survived the Newcastle somnabulist-fest...I'm sure you have thoughts."
Completely agree - not so much because of the effect it has, but more because it subverts the essential truism of football that all goals, however they're scored, are equal.
A question. It's going to come out wrong, so please excuse me, but what is the improvement brought about by Andre Villas-Boas? Signing Dembele was a no-brainer, and mainly, his team are relying on the brilliance of one individual to win tight games against teams they should beat fairly comfortable.
NB I'm not saying he's no good - but I'm struggling to grasp how everyone can be so convinced.
I'm regretting this already. Here's lyrical genius Matt Dony:
"Once, there was this team who
Relied almost entirely on Bale to score goals
And when
They went to Miiii-laaaan,
They shook
And lurched all over the field.
And they couldn't quite explain that
They always seem to fall short.
Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm, mmmm."
It was a matter of time - here's some Spurs pessimism from Michael Philip: "If there ever was a game for AVB to show some common sense, it would be this one. Spurs have a crucial PL game this coming weekend and as nice as a shiny shiny performance tonight might be, to go to Anfield knackered, injured and lose, will put this 'event' into perspective. I'm a Spurs fan of some 50 years..." he justifies.
Come, come - "this 'event'" is a European knockout tie, it means something. You'll remember 1984, for example. And why should they be knackered? They're footballers, they're playing football, and as if Arsenal are picking up five extra points.
So, what does it all mean? Well, Spurs are actually trying to win this competition - and well they might, because why the merry wives of Windsor wouldn't they? Inter are too, but that's a given as they're not obsessed with nonsense, not being an English side.
As far as changes go, Defoe returns for his first game since February, in place of Adebayor - that's a little odd, as he's no lone striker - and Friedel and Gallas replace Welshman Lloris and Dawson respectively.
For Inter, Kuzmanovic, Guarin, Schlerotti and Rocchi all drop out following the win over Catania - from 0-2 down - and Rannochhia, Kovacic, Pereira and the naughty Cassano return.
Tottenham Hotspur: Friedel, Walker, Vertonghen, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Dembele, Parker, Lennon, Sigurdsson, Bale, Defoe.
Subs: Lloris, Caulker, Naughton, Dawson, Livermore, Carroll, Holtby.
Internazionale: Handanovic, Zanetti, Ranocchia, Chivu, Juan Jesus, Gargano, Cambiasso, Alvarez, Kovacic, Pereira, Cassano.
Subs: Belec, Benassi, Pasa, Mbaye, Jonathan, Guarin, Palacio.
Watching his back: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
29 years, they're alive here still,
Trying to get up that great big hill, of hope
Football destitution
They realised quickly well before they should
That the world was made up of this spoon of wood, oh man!
Failure's what it means.
And so they cry sometimes when they're lying in bed
Just to get it all out,
That Tottenham dread
But now, but now they feel a little peculiar
When they wake in the morning and they step outside
Contemplate their team, they get real high,
And they scream from the top of their lungs,


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One of my clients in the banking industry has an application that constantly gets data feeds with details of financial transactions worldwide. Recently, my client's application reached the point of getting about 130,000 records per day, or about three million records per month. Because my client is currently required to store a year's worth of data, their TBL_TransactionDetails table, which stores transactions, now contains more than 35 million records.
With the number of companies using the application constantly growing, my client predicts that the number of transactions per day will increase at least three to four times within the next year. To efficiently archive stored data and increase query performance, I implemented table partitioning in my client's environment. Because bank requirements are constantly changing, flexible partitions were a must. I also faced the challenge of dealing with always present future dated transactions. A transaction's business owner, for example, might schedule a single transaction to execute on a particular future day or schedule some type of financial activity on a regular basis and enter all these transactions in the system with future statement dates. Of course, the percentage of such future dated transactions isn't that high, but these transactions always exist in the system. These always present future dates required me to modify the well-known "sliding window" algorithm to be able to handle records with future dates. Here's how you can implement the modified algorithm in your environment to partition a table.
Creating and Loading the Table
In this article, we will deal with the simplified table structure, which Web Listing 1 shows. Data is loaded into the table and recorded in the system via the Statement Date column, which is represented by the integer column in the YYYYMMDD format. I chose to use the Statement Date (DT) column as the partition key. To align the table and indexes and minimize table fragmentation, add a partition key to the table's primary key. As a result, the primary key will consist of two columns: DT and TransactionDetailID (the IDENTITY column). Note that for future dated transactions, having TransactionDetailID in the primary key isn't enough to guarantee that the record will be placed in the correct partition. Adding DT to the primary key ensured that records will be placed in the correct partition and prevents records from being moved to a different partition when we split the Future Dates partition.
I chose a month as the unit of partitioning. Every month, transactions that have a statement date older than 12 months from the current date will be removed from the table. Therefore, create at least 12 monthly partitions for the past year. In addition, create a partition for the current month, two partitions for the following two months, and a partition for all other future dates. Having a partition that contains future dates solves the problem of having transactions with a specified future date. Dedicating two partitions for the next two months minimizes the amount of data that will be moved when the Future Dates partition is split.
Once a month, I run a job that manipulates the partitions in this table. Based on my client's current storage requirements, partitions that contain transactions older than 12 months are deleted from the table. At the same time, the last partition, which contains the future dates, is split, and a new one-month partition will be created off of that partition, keeping the number of partitions the same (16). This is my version of the "sliding window" algorithm.
If you decide to decrease the number of stored months (e.g., storing only the last nine months worth of data), the same job would remove the last four partitions from the table and split the partition that contains future dates. If you decide to increase the number of stored months (e.g., storing the last 15 months worth of data), the same monthly job would split the leftmost partition into two partitions (these partitions will be empty at the beginning) and then split the partition containing future dates. Note that data won't be deleted from the table the following two months because the empty partition will be switched out and new records will be placed into the new partitions. Now let's look at creating the filegroups that will hold the partitions.
Mapping Partitions to Filegroups
You can use the code in Listing 1 to create the sample MyDB database, which will contain the filegroups that the partitions are stored in. Originally, the MyDB database had only one filegroup (PRIMARY), which held a single .mdf file. Following recommendations from project REAL (www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/realpart.mspx), map each partition to its own filegroup, with one file in each filegroup. Doing so will let you be more flexible with the placement of the files and the backup and restore strategy.
A new partitioned version of the TBL_TransactionDetails table will be placed in partitions across the newly created 16 filegroups (FG1 through FG16). Each partition will contain of one .ndf file. Initially, place all the files from these filegroups into the same folder as the .mdf file. (Later, you can move some or all of them into a different drive or folder.) The initial size of these files should be based on the anticipated number of rows in each partition. You can use the code in Web Listing 2 to create the new filegroups. The code in Web Listing 3 creates files in each filegroup.
You can reuse filegroups when you implement the sliding window algorithm if there's no change in the number of partitions. When the partition with the oldest data is deleted (i.e., switched out), the new partition will be placed in the same filegroup. In the event you need to add new filegroups, simply run a corresponding stored procedure that accepts the folder location and initial file size as parameters. After creating the filegroups, you can move data from the original table in the \[Primary\] filegroup to a partitioned table.
Converting a Non-Partitioned Table into a Partitioned Table
The process of moving data to a partitioned table consists from several steps. First, rename the original non-partitioned table to TBL_TransactionDetail_Old. Next, create the partition scheme and partition function. Because we are using a month as the unit of partitioning, records with a different month portion of the Statement Date will be placed on a different partition. The last day of the month will be the partition border.
Following recommendations by Kimberly Tripp, create a LEFT partition function. Using a LEFT partition function means that values in the partition function are defined as upper borders for the first 15 partitions. The reason I suggest using a LEFT partition rather than a RIGHT partition is because LEFT partitions optimize MERGE operations. (A solution using RIGHT partitions is described in "Maintaining Partitions" at www.sqlmag.com/Articles/ArticleID/45877/45877.html?Ad=1.) For example, if you run the monthly partitioning process on 10/15/2007, the following values will be in the partition function: 20060930, 20061031, 20061130, 20061231, 20070131, 20070228, 20070331, 20070430, 20070531, 20070630, 20070731, 20070831, 20070930, 20071031, and 20071130. These 15 numbers define 16 partitions. These borders belong to the LEFT partition, and the Future Dates partition will include values starting with 20071201. The script that creates this partition function is similar to the code in Web Listing 4. When you automate the process, these values are calculated relative to the date when the job ran. The partition function includes the last days of 13 previous months, the last days of the current month, and one future month.
The partition scheme is defined by the code in Listing 2. Next, create a partitioned table on the partition scheme PS_TBL_TransactionDetail, using the command shown in Listing 3. Note that I changed the seed for the IDENTITY column in this command. Before I configured partitioning, the maximum value of the IDENTITY column (in my case) was almost 1,500,000. I used this value as the new seed. Keeping the old seed of 1 would have created duplicate records when new records were inserted into the partitioned table.
The script that initially populates all the partitions uses a loop. In each iteration, it
1. selects the next available filegroup
2. defines it as the default filegroup
3. calculates the borders for the next partition that will be placed on this filegroup
4. creates the TBL_Temp table in the new filegroup with the same structure as the TBL_TransactionDetail table
5. inserts the proper records into TBL_Temp from the TBL_TransactionDetail_Old table. (Note that you can combine steps 1 and by using the SELECT INTO command, which runs faster than the INSERT INTO operation.)
6. uses the SWITCH operation to load the records from TBL_Temp into the partition on the default filegroup
7. deletes the TBL_Temp table
After the data is inserted into the table, recreate the primary key and the required indexes on the partitioned table using the code in Listing 4. After all the indexes have been created, make PRIMARY the default partition because all the other tables are located on this filegroup, using Listing 5. Then you can verify the final data allocation by using Web Listing 5.
Creating an SSIS Package to Handle Monthly Operations
After the data is successfully copied to a partitioned table, run the job that executes the SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package that either removes the partition with the oldest data and splits the Future Dates partition, creates new extra partitions on the left if it's required to increase the length of time transactions are stored, or removes extra partitions with the oldest data if it's required to decrease the length of time transactions are stored. Figure 1 shows the package structure. The first task executes the Insert_TBL_TrxDet_Partition_Log stored procedure, which inserts records into the log table TBL_TrxDet_Partition_Log and removes old log records. Then, the Get_Operation_Type stored procedure determines the type of operation each package will execute. The only parameter of this stored procedure specifies how many full months of data should be kept in the partitioned table. It returns 0 if no new partitions are required, >0 if new partitions must be created, and <0 if a few partitions must be dropped.
The ArchiveAndSplitTrxDetPartitions stored procedure shown in Figure 1 is called if no new partitions are required. Note that if there isn't 12 months of data prior to the current date (or a value in the parameter @KeepMonths), the stored procedure will quit running. This stored procedure
8. checks to see if it's time to archive data
9. finds the partition with the oldest data and makes a filegroup where it's stored as the default filegroup
10. creates a new table called TBL_TransactionDetailArchive under the default filegroup with the same structure as partitioned table TBL_TransactionDetail
11. switches the partition with the oldest data to a new table called TBL_TransactionDetailArchive
12. changes the partition function to remove the lowest boundary by merging the two furthest left partitions
13. drops the TBL_TransactionDetailArchive table
14. assigns the freed filegroup to be the next-used filegroup in which the new partition will be created
15. alters the partition function to add a new boundary on the right for next month
16. writes the statistics into the log table
17. assigns \[Primary\] to be default filegroup
The VerifyPartUp stored procedure in Figure 1 ensures that there's always a partition for the current month, the following two months, and future dates. If there are less than two partitions between the partition that stores the current month's data and the partition for the future dates, a new filegroup will be created with a new partition in it. This procedure includes the following five parameters:
- @KeepMonths. This parameter dictates the number of months to keep data.
- @sActionID. This parameter provides the ID of the log record.
- @iUseSpecificFolder. If this parameter is 1, the new filegroup will be created, and its file can be specified in next parameter folder. If this parameter is 0, new files will be created in the same folder as the .mdf file.
- @sSpecificFolder. This parameter says that if a new filegroup is created, its file can be placed in this folder.
- @iSizeNewFileMB. This parameter specifies the size of a new file in the newly created filegroup.
If the VerifyPartUp stored procedure determines that new filegroups (a maximum of three) are required, it adds a filegroup to database, inserts a file in the specified folder of a specified size, designates the new filegroup as the default filegroup, and specifies that the next new partition will be created in this filegroup. At the end of the procedure, the stored procedure modifies the partition function by splitting it for future dates.
The IncreaseTrxDetPartitions stored procedure shown in Figure 1 is used when you're required to increase number of months to store the data. This procedure creates a new filegroup with a single file and designates this new filegroup as the default filegroup; then it assigns this filegroup as the next-used for the new partition coming off the leftmost partition. The new partition then becomes the leftmost partition, and it has a right border one month earlier than before. Obviously, it will be an empty partition at the beginning.
The DecreaseTrxDetPartitions stored procedure shown in Figure 1 is used when you need to reduce number of months to store the data. This procedure does the opposite to the previous stored procedure. It finds the filegroup with the leftmost partition and makes this filegroup the default filegroup. Then it creates a new table called TBL_TransactionDetailArchive on the default filegroup that has the same structure as partitioned table, switches the earliest partition out into this table, changes the partition function to remove the lowest boundary, and merges the two leftmost partitions. At the end, it drops the staging archiving table TBL_TransactionDetailArchive, designates \[Primary\] as the default partition, and removes the file and filegroup in which the switched out partition was located.
The results of the execution of this and all the other procedures are then logged. Finally, the Setup_Default_Filgroup stored procedure ensures that \[Primary\] is the default filegroup. See Web Listing 6 for more details about the configuration and execution of the SSIS package.
Partitioning Tables with Always Present Future Dates
The method described here shows real picture of maintaining and moving data in partitioned table that contains future dates. If your table partitioning requirements are constant, then your automated process would basically execute only one stored procedure, similar to the ArchiveAndSplitTrxDetPartitions stored procedure. But if you have changing data storage requirements in your partitioned environment, you'll need to implement this method as an SSIS package, as I just discussed.


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$256 was the final bid on this one :wow: I was in the fray for a little while but....
too high of a bid?
I just paid $250.00 shipped for one off of mcb. according to some of the opinions on here that is a little high but finding one unmolested these days is hard to do so its up to you and your wallet.
IMO that's pretty high. The black bodies seem to go for more. Maybe pricing is going up on these.
has been on ebay lately but then its ebay.


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A new Prudential study, " The LGBT Financial Experience," dispels a number of myths and sheds light on the financial experience and challenges of the LGBT community. While the study finds significant differences in the financial experience of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans, it highlights a mutual sense of confidence in the future and overall good financial health, counterbalanced by significant concerns about retirement and equality of financial rights. "We explored the financial landscape for LGBT Americans to better understand the financial challenges and concerns of the community as a whole, as well as same-sex couples and LGBT parents," said Charles Lowrey, chief operating officer, U.S. Businesses. "While we found the LGBT community to be largely optimistic about the future, like most Americans the community was affected by the recession and is very concerned about being able to retire." The study found that the LGBT community is in relatively good financial health with a median household income of $61,500, above the median U.S. household income of $50,000. Although gay men report earning more than lesbians individually ($49,000 vs. $43,500 median personal income), when it comes to household income, lesbians, who are more likely to live in dual -income households, have higher household income ($63,700 vs. $62,300). While the combined household income of gay male couples is the highest overall at $103,000, these couples constitute a minority (19%) of the LGBT community. As a part of the survey, Prudential developed a Financial Confidence Index. With an overall LGBT Financial Confidence Index score of 48 out of 100, the LGBT community is reasonably confident about their finances and the economy. Gay men reported being more confident than lesbians, and Gen Ys more confident than Baby Boomers. The financial services industry's attention to the specific financial planning needs of LGBT Americans ranks lowest on the Financial Confidence Index. The survey also found the LGBT community tends to own three core financial products – life insurance, an employer-sponsored retirement account and a savings account – and adds to these products as they age, become parents or establish long-term partnerships. Overall, more than half own a life insurance policy, with almost two-thirds of legally recognized couples having a policy. In contrast to the general population, lesbians are as likely to own life insurance as their male counterparts. Close to a quarter of Boomers own individual stocks, and 10 percent of legally recognized couples own annuities. Close to 4-in-10 LGBT individuals and nearly half of LGBT couples in a legally recognized relationship work with a financial professional, similar to the general population. Underscoring financial planning challenges related to the legal status of relationships, 61 percent of LGBT individuals see their financial planning needs to be different from the general population. Although the LGBT community does not need financial professionals to be part of the community, 75 percent say it is important that a financial professional understands the unique needs of the community. Despite this, almost nine out of 10 LGBT individuals say they have never had a financial professional contact them about their specific LGBT financial planning needs.
"We recognize that the LGBT community faces a number of unique challenges when it comes to financial planning," says Sharon Taylor, senior vice president, Human Resources. "We hope that the insights from the study will enable both Prudential and the financial services industry to better meet the LGBT community's financial needs."At a time when Baby Boomers are retiring in significant numbers, the top financial concern among the LGBT community is retirement. While most LGBT Baby Boomers describe themselves as financially secure, approximately one -third say they are falling behind or on the edge financially, and almost half are not confident that they will not outlive their savings or be able to maintain their standard of living in retirement. "The LGBT Financial Experience" also highlighted one of the key drivers of concern about retirement – the legal status of LGBT relationships, which can have a significant impact on financial planning. LGBT respondents report being very concerned about the lack of Social Security or pension survivor benefits for same-sex couples, as well as legislation that negatively affects LGBT rights. Tax treatment, benefit inequality and inheritance rules for same-sex couples closely follow as major issues. "The LGBT Financial Experience" 2012-2013 Prudential Research Study was conducted by Community Marketing Inc. of San Francisco, Calif., which surveyed a diverse group of 1,401 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Americans aged 25-68 from urban, suburban and rural communities throughout the 50 states in August 2012. No income or other criteria were required to participate. Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential's diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and investment management. In the U.S., Prudential's iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit http://www.news.prudential.com/. 0234652-00001-00


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Authorities in Florida said it took a sheriff's deputy, five firefighters and a public works employee to rescue eight ducklings from a storm drain.
Authorities were called after witness Belen Artidello was unable to lift the grate on her own.
The deputy, firefighters and works employee Donoban Brown went to the scene. Brown used a big mechanical arm to pull out the grate and its surrounding concrete but the rescuers suffered a setback when the ducklings retreated into a small drain pipe.
The rescuers lured the little ducks out with bread but they soon fled back into the pipe.
The ducklings were eventually coaxed out of the pipe and a firefighter blocked its opening by dropping his jacket into the drain.
Capt. Sean Duncan was then lowered into the drain and collected the ducklings in a cat carrier. The babies were reunited with their mother.


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Time to walk the beaches
June 28, 2013
When people ask me where the fish are I immediately tell them in the water, at the beaches. Snook are there for the catching along with tarpon, jacks, Spanish mackerel and sharks....
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PHOENIX – A jury on Thursday returned guilty verdicts against a man charged in the 1991 killings of nine people, including six monks, at a suburban Phoenix Buddhist temple.
Johnathan A. Doody was 17 when he was accused of participating in the slayings at the Wat Promkunaram temple.
He was found guilty in 1993 and sentenced to 281 years in prison. But an appeals court threw out his conviction in 2011 after ruling that investigators improperly obtained his confession.
Deliberations during his second trial were halted several times, including once when a juror was removed from the case after complaining it had become too emotional. The judge eventually declared a mistrial in October after the panel failed to reach a verdict.
Doody's third trial began Dec. 4. He has maintained his innocence.
Jurors got the case on Jan. 13 and Wednesday was their fifth full day of deliberations. Jurors found Doody guilty on Thursday of nine counts of first-degree murder and numerous burglary and robbery charges.
Doody's sentencing is set for March 14. He faces multiple life sentences.
The verdict brings an end to a bizarre case that saw three trials over about 20 years on the same charges.
He was spared the death penalty in his first trial.
Prosecutors couldn't seek the death penalty in Doody's retrials because of a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision that prohibits authorities from pursuing that punishment against defendants who were younger than 18 years old when the crime occurred.
Allesandro "Alex" Garcia pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced to life in prison in exchange for his testimony and a promise that prosecutors wouldn't seek the death penalty.
During the retrials, Garcia described for jurors how the crime was Doody's idea, aimed at stealing about $2,600 cash and valuables from the monks.
Garcia said he tried to persuade Doody not to kill the victims after the robbery, but Doody was determined to leave behind no witnesses.
Police eventually found the stolen items at Garcia's house, where Doody was staying at the time.
Doody's brother and mother were members of the temple, but neither were there the night of the shootings.
Defense attorneys said Garcia was lying and only implicated Doody to avoid a death sentence, pointing out for jurors how he initially implicated four other men from Tucson who were later found to have had nothing to do with the crime.
Prosecutors argued both men are equally culpable and that Garcia had no reason to fabricate his story.
In his confession, Doody said he went to the temple with Garcia but claimed he was outside when the shootings occurred. The appeals court's decision meant prosecutors couldn't use Doody's confession at his retrials. They instead relied largely on Garcia's testimony.


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NORMAN, Okla.--Despite a last minute comeback effort, the No. 34 Oklahoma women's tennis team (2-1) fell to No. 12 Alabama (2-0) Sunday at the ITA Kick-Off in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The Sooners jumped out to an early start with sophomore Emma Devine and freshman Morgan Chumney continuing their winning streak by defeating Maya Jansen and Danielle Spielmann, 6-3.
After an hour of play, senior Hermon Brhane and sophomore Zita Engbroks clinched the doubles point for Oklahoma with a 7-6 victory over Alabama's Carmen Blanco and Luicelena Perez.
After taking down the No. 19 doubles team and No. 90 singles player on Saturday, senior Whitney Ritchie got her third upset of the weekend, taking down No. 76 Danielle Spielmann, 6-2, 6-2. The win gave OU their first singles point of the day.
With a 2-0 lead and three wins in the first set of singles at the No. 3, 4 and 5 positions it seemed like the Sooners had a quick win ahead of them. However, Chumney, Devine and senior Mia Lancaster dropped their second and third sets to give the Crimson Tide a 3-2 lead.
Brhane made the match exciting, winning her match, 6-7, 7-6, 1-0 (10-7), to even the score at three.
The last minute effort wasn't enough and junior Abbi Melrose fell in her second and third sets, giving Alabama the 4-3 win.
"It was truly an amazing effort today, and I could not be more proud of our effort," head coach David Mullins said. "We did all we could but just came up a couple of points short in the end. Unfortunately the super tiebreakers didn't go our way today. All credit to Alabama for their great comeback."
The Sooners will be back at home Friday, Jan. 31 to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes at 2 p.m.
ITA Kick-Off Championship Results
1. Mary Anne Daines/Erin Routliffe (UA) vs. #50 Mia Lancaster/Whitney Ritchie (OU) 6‐6, unfinished
2. Morgan Chumney/Emma Devine (OU) def. Maya Jansen/Danielle Spielmann (UA) 6‐3
3. Hermon Brhane/Zita Engbroks (OU) def. Carmen Blanco/Luicelena Perez (UA) 7‐6
Order of Finish: 2,3
1. #106 Hermon Brhane (OU) def. Mary Anne Daines (UA) 6‐7, 7‐6, 10‐7
2. Whitney Ritchie (OU) def. #76 Danielle Spielmann (UA) 6‐2, 6‐2
3. Maya Jansen (UA) def. Morgan Chumney (OU) 4‐6, 6‐4, 10‐8
4. #68 Erin Routliffe (UA) def. Mia Lancaster (OU) 6‐7, 6‐0, 10‐5
5. #69 Emily Zabor (UA) def. Emma Devine (OU) 3‐6, 6‐0, 10‐5
6. Natalia Maynetto (UA) def. Abbi Melrose (OU) 4‐6, 6‐2, 10‐8
Order of Finish: 2,3,5,4,1,6


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Lobster for LunchOctober 13th, 2012 , by Suzanne
We headed up the coast to Bar Harbor. There is not much fall color in Maine. This is a huge disappointment to HH. I keep telling him that if the color was at its peak on the coast then we would have missed it completely in New Hampshire and Vermont. He is not comforted.
After two sedentary days - one on the plane and one in the car we had planned a long afternoon hike in Acadia National Park. But the sky was cloudy and the mist threatened to turn to rain. I put my parka over my camera and we took several short walks. One was on top of Cadillac Mountain. In spite of the clouds, my pictures of the bay and the islands turned out great. Another was around the Marina in Northeast Harbor.
By far the BTD highlight of the day was lobster for lunch. We stopped at Angler's Restaurant in Seaport, Maine. They had a special on their Lobster dinner. It came with salad, vegetable of the day and potatoes. The vegetable of the day was green beans, so I asked if I could have double green beans instead of potatoes, and they were agreeable.
Every other time I have eaten lobster, it has come on my plate whole. The chef at Angler's separated the lobster in 4 pieces. I joked with our server, saying that I was glad they had pity on a Texan who wasn't experienced with lobsters. I enjoyed every bite.
HH does not like picking food out of shells or off of bones, so he had a crab roll instead.
We are staying at a charming old whiteboard resort that has a gazebo overlooking the bay and an outdoor hot tub. By nightfall the rain had started in earnest, so we didn't get to enjoy the view or relax in the tub. We picnicked in our room. I fixed HH a turkey sandwich with fruit. I enjoyed canned asparagus and salmon.


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From NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro
Just how angry is the public with the country's two leading political parties? Angry enough that the conservative, libertarian-leaning Tea Party movement is more popular than either the Democratic or the Republican parties, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
The Republican Party maintains its net-negative favorable/unfavorable rating in the poll, with 28 percent viewing it positively and 43 percent seeing it in a negative light.
For the first time in more than two years, the Democratic Party also now holds a net-negative fav/unfav, at 35-45 percent.
By comparison, the NBC/WSJ poll shows the Tea Party movement with a net-positive 41-23 percent score.
Yet looking inside those numbers, more than three-quarters (76 percent) of those who say FOX News is where they get their news see the Tea Party movement positively, versus just 4 percent who see it negatively.
That's a stark contrast to how viewers of the competing cable networks CNN and MSNBC see the movement. More of those viewers have a negative opinion of it (36 percent) than a positive one (24 percent).
Those who get their news mostly from broadcast TV (either NBC, CBS or ABC) are split -- 28 percent view it positively, versus 27 percent who view it negatively.
The entire NBC/Journal poll comes out at 6:30 pm ET.


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Throughout Tuesday and into Wednesday, many of the hacked sites remained unavailable or intermittently accessible, as a battle unfolded between hackers and site owners, with each attempting to wrest control from the other by adjusting the domain name system (DNS) settings for the hacked sites. Website disruptions varied geographically, complicated by DNS registries in different parts of the world receiving updates at different intervals.
The affected domain names were all registered through Australia-based Melbourne IT, which confirmed Wednesday that its systems had been compromised by hackers. The company said Wednesday that it had restored the hacked DNS credentials, locked those records to prevent further changes, disabled the legitimate account credentials that hackers had used to access its systems, and continued to investigate the intrusion.
The hack attacks come as the United States and its allies -- including the Arab League, Australia, Britain, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Turkey -- debate launching a military intervention in Syria in response to a large-scale chemical attack last Wednesday in the suburbs of Damascus. The attack, which killed hundreds of people, has been attributed to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, although the government has denied that allegation.
[ What caused last week's stock exchange outage? Read Nasdaq Outage Explored: 7 Facts. ]
Sean Sullivan, security advisor at F-Secure Labs, said the SEA's Tuesday hacks amounted to online "warning shots" directed at the United States. "Bottom line: if the United States launches a cruise missile at Syria ... there will definitely be a 'cyber' response," he tweeted Wednesday.
The SEA has previously hacked media outlets' websites and Twitter feeds for advancing what it sees as a negative view of the Syrian regime. Victims have included the Associated Press, CBS News, NPR, the BBC and satire site The Onion.
As of Wednesday morning, the SEA's own website remained unavailable, suggesting that it was the focus of a distributed denial of service attack.
The first signs of the SEA's Tuesday DNS hack campaign appeared when the Times website became unreachable. Shortly thereafter, Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said in a tweet that the website disruption "is most likely result of malicious external attack." The Times later released more details, although as of Wednesday morning its site -- and that article -- remained largely unreachable.
The Times website's DNS settings as well as some registration details were compromised by hackers Tuesday, with the "admin name" altered to read "SEA," address changed to "Syrian Arab Republic" and email changed to "[email protected]" Connecting directly to one of the Apache servers used by the Times returned a message that read "Hacked by SEA" before the connection was closed, the SANS Institute reported Tuesday.
The SEA Tuesday also claimed credit for the attacks via Twitter. "Hi @Twitter, look at your domain, its owned by #SEA :)" read one tweet, which linked to Whois details for the Twitter domain listing "SEA SEA" as the admin name. After compromising the DNS settings of the various websites, the SEA rerouted some website visitors to hacker-controlled servers, and may have also intercepted email and traffic heading to and from the affected domains. "All three domains use Melbourne IT as their domain registrar. Once access to the registrar is obtained, the SEA can redirect all DNS, email and Web traffic going to these sites to a server of their choosing," HD Moore, chief research officer at Rapid7, told Threatpost.


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If these are really some of the names that the Steelers are looking at then I would say that we are not as far off as I thought on some of our predictions! Many of these names are guys who we have discussed at length here at SA!By Jim Wexell
Posted Feb 23, 2007
INDIANAPOLIS Move over Mel Kiper, theres a new draft expert in town. His name is Mike Mayock and hes played the game and actually watches the college prospects on coaches tape.
Mayock has become the new superstar in draft reporting and he recently held a conference call with the combine reporters.
Here are some of Mayocks comments that pertain to prospects who interest the Steelers:
My take on Paul Posluszny is he might not be as explosive. He might be narrow through the hips, all these things they take shots on him for. But when you put the tape on, the kid makes plays all over the field. I think one of those playoff teams, somewhere 22 through 32 in the first round, I think one of those playoff teams is going to say, Wow, hes a tough kid, smart kid, he flies all over the field and he can come in and play for us.
(Amobi Okoye) weighed in at 287 pounds, which was really light at the Senior Bowl. That was down about 15 or 18 pounds. He was the quickest I had ever seen him. I graded him on tape as a second-round pick. At the Senior Bowl, hes a first-round kid. I know a lot of teams that think hes a top-15 type player.
(Leon Hall) is my top-rated corner right now. I think the kid thats going to blow up (at the combine) is Chris Houston from Arkansas. Leon Hall, I think hes got a good burst, tremendous change of direction. The question has been his recovery speed and his long speed. My spies where hes working out right now tell me hes going to surprise people and run worst-case scenario low 4.4s.
(After Gaines Adams at defensive end) Then you get Jarvis Moss from Florida. Hes highly athletic, can rush the quarterback, not real strong at the point of attack but (is) the second-most athletic defensive end in the draft. Ive got Adam Carriker from Nebraska as my No. 3 because I think he can match up in any defense. He can play a 3-4 defense as a defensive end; he can play in a 4-3 as either a base end or even kick inside the tackle. Then theres Jamaal Anderson from Arkansas. Some people think hes a top-five or top-10 pick. I see some inconsistencies in his game. His motor isnt there all the time. The guy thats dropped the furthest is Quentin Moses from Georgia. He was supposed to be a top-five pick. Right now people are wondering if hes even a first-round pick. I think there are some really good football players in the second round, like (Victor) Abiamiri from Notre Dame, Tim Crowder. Anthony Spencer from Purdue is a bit of a tweener. Hes one of the top two or three pass-rushers in this draft.
The guy I think is going to surprise people this week is Chris Houston. I mentioned him earlier. He completely shut down Dwayne Jarrett from USC. Hes the best press cover corner probably in this draft.
I dont think Dwayne Jarrett has the skills today to get off the line of scrimmage against quality NFL corners. Ive heard some rumors hes running poorly and wont test himself this week.
I like Steve Smith from USC. I like him better than Dwayne Jarrett. I also like (Anthony) Gonzalez from Ohio State. I think theyre going to be solid NFL players.
Reggie Nelson is kind of a borderline late one, early two. He makes plays. I think theres some question about his long speed. He can be as smooth as some of the elite safeties that go in the first round. What he does this week is important.
I think (Antonio Pittman) should have stayed another year. I think hes probably going to be a mid to late second-round pick. Hes a really good football player. What he has to prove is that he can be a three-down back, that hes strong enough, physical enough, tough enough that he can play on all downs as opposed to a change-of-pace back where your value isnt as good.
(Lamarr Woodley) is a little bit of a tweener. They will ask him to stand up and do some linebacker drills along with the Spencer kid from Purdue. Theyll be the two highest profile kids of the defensive ends who are going to be asked to stand up and play some outside linebacker. If he can run 4.6 at his size, that would be tremendous. Whats going to be more important is how he moves in the linebacker drills. I think hes going to be a solid second-round kid. It just depends whether its a 4-3 team or a 3-4 team.
I have Tony Hunt higher than most people. Hes my No. 3 running back. I have him in the second round, and then I have Brian Leonard in the second round.


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25 Things You Should Know if You Are HIV-Positive
Definitions Used in the 25 Things List AboveZiagen hypersensitivity is a dangerous allergic reaction characterized by skin rash, fever, nausea, fatigue, and sometimes breathing problems.
CD4 T cell percentage refers to the percentage of lymphocytes that are positive for the CD4 marker. It may appear on a lab report as "% CD4 Pos Lymph." A change in the CD4 percentage of 3 or more points is significant.
CMV stands for cytomegalovirus, a herpes virus that can infect the eye and other parts of the body.
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver, whatever the cause. Symptoms include poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, and fever. The urine may become dark and the skin and eyes may become yellow.
Skin lesions caused by Kaposi's sarcoma appear as violet patches and are often found on the soles of the feet, roof of the mouth, or tip of the nose.
Lactic acidosis is a buildup of lactic acid in the blood, whatever the cause. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and rapid breathing.
MAC stands for Mycobacterium avium complex, which is also known as MAI, or Mycobacterium intracellulare. This is the most common bacterial opportunistic infection associated with HIV.
Symptoms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma include enlarged nodes, loss of appetite, trouble breathing, weight loss, dark patches on the skin, fever and night sweats.
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas, whatever the cause. Symptoms include severe pain in the upper mid-abdomen and fever.
PCP stands for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, the most common AIDS-associated type of pneumonia.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- All seems to be well with the Cleveland Indians one night after their All-Star catcher had an argument with a starting pitcher.
Victor Martinez, Josh Barfield and Jason Michaels drove in two runs apiece to help the Indians beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 Sunday night.
Barfield went 3-for-4 and scored two runs and Casey Blake also had three hits for Cleveland, which bounced back one night after Martinez and teammate Cliff Lee had an animated discussion during an 8-5 loss to Texas. The Indians also held a closed-door meeting after Saturday night's game.
Martinez did not comment on any disagreement with Lee.
"It was nothing," Martinez said of the meeting. "Nothing to worry about. We try to play hard every day. It was just nice to win."
Martinez, an All-Star catcher, made just his 15th start of the season at first base. His RBI single in the fifth put Cleveland ahead 3-0 and ignited a three-run inning. He added a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Cleveland won three of four against the Rangers and moved within a game of first-place Detroit in the American League Central.
Indians starter Paul Byrd (8-4) did not allow a hit until Marlon Byrd tripled with two outs in the fourth. He allowed two runs and three hits in 5 2-3 innings.
Byrd had lost his past four starts on the road against the Rangers. He also had a 9.45 ERA in those outings.
"I didn't really shake the trouble in this park," Byrd said. "I walked three and ran into a lot of trouble. I'm very glad we got the win but I'm a little frustrated with the finish, but we picked up a game on Detroit and I'm fired up about that."
Robinson Tejeda (5-9) allowed five runs, three earned, and five hits in five innings for Texas. Since going 3-1 in April, Tejeda is 2-8 with a 7.93 ERA.
Tejeda acknowledged he's having problems repeating his pitching motion.
"It's hard right now because I'm not getting deep in the game," Tejeda said. "My confidence is still good. The only thing bothering me is the walks. It seems like every time I walk someone they score."
Before the game, Cleveland manager Eric Wedge downplayed Saturday night's players-only meeting. When asked about possible tension between Martinez and Lee, he said: "They had a discussion during the game, but nothing beyond that."
Wedge said Saturday's meeting was good for his team.
"I think it's important for the guys to get together," Wedge said. "They're such a close group anyway. They wanted to get together (Saturday) and that's a good thing. I encourage that."
Texas slugger Sammy Sosa was not in the starting lineup after getting hit in the head by a pitch Saturday. Sosa said before the game that he was fine, and manager Ron Washington said he plans to have Sosa back in the lineup Monday night against the Seattle Mariners.
Rangers catcher Gerald Laird left the game in the second inning with a bruised left hand after he was hit on an inside pitch from Byrd. Preliminary X-rays were negative and Laird's status is day to day.
Adam Melhuse replaced Laird behind the plate.
Third baseman Travis Metcalf's error in the fourth inning put runners on second and third for Barfield, who hit a two-out, two-run single to left to put Cleveland ahead 2-0.
Blake led off the fifth with a double, and Martinez followed with an RBI single to center.
Jhonny Peralta walked one out later. After a groundout, Michaels lined a two-run single to left to give the Indians a 5-0 lead.
Cleveland added another run in the sixth when Barfield scored on a wild pitch.
Byrd escaped trouble in the fifth when he walked the first three batters. But Byrd struck out Metcalf and induced Kenny Lofton's double-play grounder.
"That was a big missed opportunity," Washington said. "Byrd is not known for walking people. We just couldn't cash in."
Texas got within 6-3 in the sixth inning on RBI doubles from Frank Catalanotto and Melhuse, and a run-scoring single from Brad Wilkerson.
Cleveland 1B Ryan Garko, who has a 15-game hitting streak, did not play. ... Marlon Byrd had three hits.


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Parker steps up comeback with goal
England midfielder Scott Parker stepped up his comeback from a long-term Achilles injury on Monday night by scoring for Tottenham's Under-21 side against Aston Villa.
Parker, who made a long-awaited return to Premier League action as a late substitute against Swansea on Sunday, completed 68 minutes and has now started twice in the space of a week for Spurs' U21s, having played a full match at Sunderland last Monday.
Parker will now be pushing for a permanent role in the first team over the course of the busy festive period, with the 32-year-old having been assured of a place in Andre Villas-Boas' side once he proves his fitness.
"Parker will play regularly for us and it is a massive boost to have him back," Villas-Boas said. "We appreciate the importance of this player and he can play in the same team as Sandro and Moussa Dembele."
Parker's return may be perfectly timed with Villas-Boas suggesting the secret to success for his Spurs team this season may not be their attacking flair, but their work rate and determination in the midfield as shown against Swansea.
"The players showed the desire to put the opponent under pressure for the whole game against Swansea," he said. "It's difficult because it demands that you put yourself physically in profit for the team.
"You have to be aware because Swansea move the ball quickly, they don't just lump it, they look to outplay you, to get in behind with their movement and the position of the ball. That makes it so difficult and that's why the players were tactically perfect.
"We won the ball a few times and could have taken the lead earlier but it was a satisfying win and a tremendous effort from the players. In the end, they got their reward."


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DANVILLE, Calif., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- When the Danville d'Elegance Foundation set its sight on showcasing care for those afflicted with the debilitating Parkinson's disease, its more than 200 volunteers stepped in to provide passion and support to what has now become an annual tradition within the historic town of Danville. With a mere six years under its belt, the Danville d'Elegance Foundation, through its annual Danville Concours d'Elegance weekend of fundraising events, has already proven itself as "the little Concours that could" — raising more than $1 million to benefit Parkinson's research and patient care.
The yearly event is one in which car collectors, automotive enthusiasts and the local community gather together to leverage "Cool Cars for a Cause." For 2010 alone, weekend events including a Gala Dinner/Auction at the famed Blackhawk Museum, secured more than $250,000 in donations, earned through unique auction items, gifts, contributions and sponsorships, which benefitted both The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) and The Parkinson's Institute. This year's Danville d'Elegance weekend will be held September 17-18, 2011 and is presented by Elan Pharmaceuticals, 2011 Presenting Sponsor for the Danville Concours d'Elegance. Elan Pharmaceuticals is a leader in neuroscience-based biotechnology, with principal research and development, manufacturing and marketing facilities located in Ireland and the United States.
Since its inception in 2004, the Danville d'Elegance Foundation has aligned with The Parkinson's Institute in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has furthered its association for Parkinson's research by also aligning with MJFF, and specifically Team Fox, the grassroots community fundraising arm of MJFF. Seventy-five percent of the proceeds from the Danville events are donated to MJFF, with nearly $200,000 donated to MJFF from the Danville d'Elegance Foundation in 2010.
2011 Inaugural "Tour d'Elegance"
To further the passion of car enthusiasts throughout the community and the Bay region, for 2011, an additional automotive element has been added to the weekend of car desire – a "Tour d'Elegance" program which will include a cavalcade of cool cars that will be taking a scenic drive from the Danville/Lafayette area up to the beautiful Calistoga region through a series of back-roads and nearly untraveled paths.
Beginning at the Lafayette Park Hotel and heading to Calistoga for an outdoor lunch on the majestic 80-acre Diamond Creek Vineyard grounds, participants can tour in their own vehicle, (either current model or collectible), or take part in a selection of brand new luxury and exotic choices provided by sponsoring manufacturers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Lotus, Jaguar and BMW. Entry fees begin at $150 and registration can be found at www.danville-delegance.org . This year's "Tour" celebrates the memory of legendary race car driver Phil Hill and the 50th anniversary of his earning the momentous World Driver's Championship as America's First Formula One Champion. Phil was a great supporter of the Danville d'Elegance Foundation, and succumbed to Parkinson's at the age of 81.
According to Jim Edlund, Co-Chairman of Danville Concours d'Elegance, the initial program began with both a passion and a cause, but has evolved to become a mainstay in the community that touches the heart of all involved. The event itself is run by more than 200 volunteers, all with a personal connection to the Parkinson's cause.
"When we first began in 2004 we were hoping to create a broader awareness of Parkinson's disease, but didn't want it to be just a fundraising effort – we were looking to enrich our support through activities that spark passion and create community involvement," said Edlund. "Since cars have always held a universal emotional appeal, we've found that by blending the intrigue that both collectible and technologically enhanced modern day vehicles provide, with a cause that touches so many, we've been fortunate enough to exceed our goals each year."
About Danville d'Elegance Foundation
Danville d'Elegance Foundation is dedicated to supporting organizations in their pursuit to find a cure for Parkinson's disease, while specifically raising funds to benefit the advancement of Parkinson's research and patient care. Since 2004, and through the generous support of corporate and personal sponsors, the Foundation has raised in excess of $1 million for this debilitating cause. All of the annual weekend activities for Danville d'Elegance are planned, supported and completely run by a team of more than 200 volunteers, a majority whose lives have been touched by Parkinson's disease. The Foundation's funding efforts are aligned with both The Michael J. Fox Foundation and The Parkinson's Institute.
For more information, please visit www.danville-delegance.org – or feel free to contact Deb Pollack (t) 805-320-9248 (e) firstname.lastname@example.com or Bill Bauernfeind (t) 925-596-1964 (e) firstname.lastname@example.com .
About The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
As the world's largest private funder of Parkinson's research, The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to accelerating a cure for Parkinson's disease and improved therapies for those living with the condition today. The Foundation pursues its goals through an aggressively funded, highly targeted research program coupled with active global engagement of scientists, Parkinson's patients, business leaders, clinical trial participants, donors and volunteers. In addition to funding more than $250 million in research to date, the Foundation has fundamentally altered the trajectory of progress toward a cure. Operating at the hub of worldwide Parkinson's research, the Foundation forges groundbreaking collaborations with industry leaders, academic scientists and government research funders; increases the flow of participants into Parkinson's disease clinical trials with its online tool, Fox Trial Finder; promotes Parkinson's awareness through high-profile advocacy, events and outreach; and coordinates the grassroots involvement of thousands of Team Fox members around the world. Now through December 31, 2012, all new, returning and increased giving to The Michael J. Fox Foundation will be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis with the $50-million Brin Wojcicki Challenge, launched by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki.
To learn more, visit www.michaeljfox.org or www.facebook.org/michaeljfoxfoundation
About The Parkinson's Institute
The Parkinson's Institute (The PI), located in Sunnyvale, Calif., provides comprehensive patient care, while discovering new treatment options to improve the quality of life for all Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. As America's only independent non-profit organization combining research and patient care for PD under one roof, we are committed to changing the landscape of movement disorder treatment and research. Since its founding in 1988, The PI has helped thousands of PD patients better manage their disease, developed new treatments for PD, and published groundbreaking research aimed to close the gap between science and practical care. By focusing on all three avenues of PD – cause, care and cure, The PI is a powerful force in PD research.
To learn more about The Parkinson's Institute, visit: http://www.thepi.org/
About Elan Pharmaceuticals
Elan Corporation, plc is a neuroscience-based biotechnology company committed to making a difference in the lives of patients and their families by dedicating itself to bringing innovations in science to fill significant unmet medical needs that continue to exist around the world. Elan shares trade on the New York and Irish Stock Exchanges. For additional information about the Company, please visit www.elan.com.
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text: The political landscape in California is on the verge of drastic change. On Monday, the state's Citizens Redistricting Commission is expected to give final approval to a new map of congressional and legislative districts. Those newly drawn districts, combined with a new primary election system, are likely to shake up California's political status quo for the first time in two decades. Guest host John Ydstie talks to Bruce Cain, director of the University of California Washington Center, about the national implications of redistricting in California.


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Posted: Friday, August 30, 2013Department: Utilities
The block of West First Street between Fayette and Thomas streets will be closed to through traffic from Sept. 3 through Sept. 13 to install a new water line.
During the week of Sept. 2, the following streets will be affected by the repair or replacement of water and sewer pipes:
Detours will be posted for all closures. For more information call CityLink 311.


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In Mr. Joe's class, 1/4 of the students failed the final exam. Of the remaining class, 1/3 scored an A. What fraction of the class passed but didnt get an A?
i got c) because I made the teacher have 100 kids, and 1/4 = 25 failed. then 75 (remaining) x 1/3= 25 got an A. The rest of them is 50 kids, and 50/100 = 1/2, so thats why i got c.
the answer is d. i tried working backwards but it didnt help.


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I have been told there are populations of bighorn sheep and mountain goats on Mt Evans west of Denver. I will be traveling to the area the 3rd week of June, and was hoping to maybe see some sheep during my trip to Colorado.
Anybody been to Mt Evans that can talk about where to find the sheep? Whats the road like to get to the top? I know they talk about it being the highest road in the USA, but then why do people always go to Pikes Peak instead?
Not afraid to do some hiking and or work with a spotting scope if somebody has any other good recommendations for finding sheep in the area. Have also spent time in the past out by Georgetown and Empire spotting for sheep without success.
Any tips for sheep viewing in June would be helpful. Thanks.


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Keith Martin-Smith's Only Everything podcast recently had on entrepreneur Robb Smith. This thirty-eight minute interview covers a lot of ground, discussing the collapsing economy, the historical background of the situation and what the future is likely to be. A pretty wide-ranging conversation, moves along quickly, and there's some good nuggets for consideration. Worth listening to.
From Only Everything:
Robb is a social entrepreneur who works on "transformational era" systems at the intersection of human development, education, spiritual understanding and civilizational sustainability. He holds a uniquely grand view of what's happening in the world today and what makes Millennials unique.
We get into nothing short of the future of the world economy, human happiness, and where we're heading in the next 5-6 decades.
We discuss:
- How World War II transformed the American economy and fueled the emerging consciousness counterculture of the 60′s and the success of Gen X in the 90′s
- How this economic foundation is in the process of collapsing
- What happens when a culture like ours, focused on finding lives of "meaning", has the economic rug pulled out from under it (hint: crisis)
- How companies like Air B&B represent the downside and problem with technology interacting with brick-and-mortar industries, such as hospitality
- Why it's better today to be a Chinese teenager today than an American one (and not what you think)
- Why the next great economic wave and business movement will and must move away from a winner-takes-all mentality to a "win-win" mentality, as represented by B-corps and conscious capitalism.
- The hidden trap that Millennials are facing with coming of age in a digitally social time (individuation in a social space is a paradox that is not unfolding well for them)
- … Plus … the beautiful and unique message Robb has for his own children, which includes but radically transcends the idea "you are special and can be anything you want to be"
Podcast at Only Everything.
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