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Oct 17 2005, 04:32 AM
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I think the work which Cresho and Bam have put into building nice looking themes for the zaurus is great and thanks for the effort. I know how painstakingly difficult and timeconsuming it is to work out all the little details. However, might I make a suggestion to the packaging of those bundles. It would be great to separate out several categories:
icon packs which add/remove icons for the application
colour schemes
decorations and styles - title bars, scroll bars, buttons
if each was in a separate package, then one could install multiple style packages and choose between them and only would have to replace the icon packages without loosing the styles and colour schemes.
Oct 17 2005, 08:36 AM
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that is exactly what i was about to suggest to bam. There is no reason to have a bluegant and a gant since you can already modify colors with the built in zaurus appearance as long as the theme is in there. There is no software or tab icon which gives you an option to change the look of the icons though unless you use the tab settings which would painstakingly take you 4 hours to do the change mannually.
I opted for the ipk install since all it does is replace icons and saves space on the pda.
For this one though, the theme needs to match the icons. I already started replicating the guy's style and have started creating some icons. Not gona be a short ride since .......probably gona take me 4 months to finish the ones needed at this rate. I am how ever gona put out the ipk icon pack and ill leave it up to bam to finish the buttons and taskbar. Then, we will see if version 1.2 gets married or stays devorsed.
But at the end, since we just want this to be a simple change, I opted in keeping everything in just one file.
details about the files i am doing.
the original files are very small. 64x64. Im using photoshop and the files are ending up as 128x128. After I am done with the needed ones, I will mass batch convert them to the file sizes needed. I have the style ready using illustrator and I have a texture background ready which looks identicle to the original authors. I also have the shadowing per line pixle which casts that nice look from the black line border to the texture surface. It's not difficult to replicate but it is alot of work.
Oct 17 2005, 12:29 PM
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cool. sure whatever I can do to help, Actually BlueGant is just a continuation of Creshos Gant theme, just tweaked and added to. All we need is someone to do a "Theme Manager" so the individual can select different themes easily, rather than use an ipk, which needs o be installled/uninstalled, with the theme manager you can just simply overwrite it
Oct 17 2005, 12:33 PM
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version 1.2 of "what"? I need the icons to see what your looking for....
actually This weekend I will be looking into making something dark, just preliminary but hey whay not?
actually the theme manager needs to just control install of icons, the rest is already built in separtly via rom application "appearance"
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The state says the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission has failed to make a $500,000 rent payment.
The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/SHfIjn) says the stadium's landlord, the California Science Center, delivered the past due notice on Monday. News of the default was made public Tuesday.
The Coliseum could run out of money by the end of March. The rent money is used to pay for public safety and maintenance of Exposition Park. It also supports the Science Center and California African American Museum.
The commission wants to turn stadium management over to the University of Southern California but negotiations are stalled.
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A BENDIGO Football Netball League night grand final is unlikely in the near future, according to league chief executive Steven Oliver.
BFNL chairman Paul Byrne and Oliver have indicated in the past they'd like clubs to consider a night grand final in the future.
However, the resounding success of last Saturday's BFNL grand final day makes it hard for the league to switch its premier event to an evening timeslot.
A crowd of more than 8500 paid a league record gate of more than $66,000 to watch the three football and five netball grand finals at the QEO.
"We couldn't have scripted it any better,'' Oliver said yesterday.
"A big crowd, perfect weather and exciting finishes to the senior football and A-grade netball finals.
"There were no issues with crowd behaviour... everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
"We couldn't have asked for anything better. It will be hard to top next year on and off the field."
Oliver has been a supporter of the BFNL trying a night grand final.
"It's a year-to-year proposition,'' he said.
"You only have to go back a couple of years, or even last year, and see grand final crowds were down a bit.
"This year everything went well. We'll continue to disucss it (a night grand final), but at this stage I'd suggest it would be hard to change the format in the near future."
Oliver said night finals in the first three weeks of this year's finals series were popular.
"We haven't got the overall figures yet, but our crowds were up going into the preliminary final,'' he said.
"Grand final numbers were certainly up as well.
"We were fortunate through the finals series to have good weather.
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Aggregator Meltwater and the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) have said they remain confident that the courts will support their case in the dispute with the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) over new licence fees, despite the NLA's decision to take the matter to the High Court.
Yesterday the NLA said it had started proceedings against Meltwater and the PRCA to help speed up the process of determining whether its new licences – introduced in January, which affect commercial services using links to its newspaper members' content – are legal. Meltwater and the PRCA have referred the licences and the NLA to a Copyright Tribunal, but the agency is concerned that the Tribunal does not have the powers to make the ultimate decision on the licences' legality.
The PRCA and Meltwater released the following joint statement:
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While we understand that the industry will want clarification on this issue, we do not see this development as cause for concern.
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HUNTLEY — The Huntley girls soccer team used a combination of constant offensive pressure and strong defense to get past nonconference opponent Hersey on Friday afternoon.
The Red Raiders scored a goal in each half and goalkeeper Jessica Galason turned away six shots to complete the shutout for a 2-0 win.
Sophomore forward Taryn Jakubowski scored each of the Red Raiders goals. In the 25th minute she received a feed from Abigale Enrici and was able to fire a shot past Huskies' goalkeeper Morgan Harris to take a 1-0 lead.
"I just tried to fight off the defender and get to space and just shoot it," Jakubowski said.
Her second goal required no shaking of the defender as Alyssa Kaufman was fouled in the goal box for a penalty kick, which Jakubowski took with 11:54 remaining in the match. She scored in the lower left corner but had to re-take the shot after moving before the whistle.
Once she reset, she shot the ball in the same place and scored for a 2-0 lead.
"I just need to listen better," she said with a laugh. "But I felt confident retaking it and the same spot was open."
Her two goals gave Huntley its first win of the season, but the win is just a small piece in the bigger picture for Huntley (1-1).
In recent seasons, Huntley has had often played one of the most difficult nonconference schedules in the area.
The reason for the heavy dose of tough opponents, as coach Kris Grabner explained, is to get his team ready for conference play and, ultimately, the postseason.
"As we got better and better over the years, we tried to set up a schedule that was as challenging as possible," Grabner said.
This season is no different as the Red Raiders opened their season against two strong teams. They lost to a Palatine team on Wednesday that has one of the top keepers in the state.
The Red Raiders rebounded handed Hersey (4-1) its first lost of the season, Friday. The Huskies had already beaten strong teams such as Carmel, Prairie Ridge, Lake Forest and Cary-Grove. Huntley will finish its homestand against Elk Grove and Belvidere North.
"It's a good start to the season where we get tested early," Grabner said. "We want to win games but we also want to be prepared by the end of the season."
The Red Raiders have reached sectionals in each of the past seven seasons but haven't been able to advance.
Friday's win was a step in starting to play good soccer as Jakubowski and the rest of the offense were able to solve a talented group of Hersey defenders, while Rachel Zobott led the defense in shutting down Hersey's offensive skills.
"We're athletic enough to score on weaker teams," Hersey coach Darren Llewellyn said, "but a stronger team like Huntley was able to limit our chances.
"They're solid. You can tell they play well together and their midfield and front line is stronger than even they might think."
Huntley got off just four shots on goal against Harris, but the ability to possess the ball and control the pace of the match proved the players ability to adapt, which is something that Grabner was excited to see at this point in the season.
"Our goal is to just get through that dang sectional," he said. "These team's back line has been so good, we just have to learn to beat that and score goals when it's tough and that will help us out down the line."


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A NEW tourism blueprint for the Great Ocean Road is calling for a big jump in resort tourism facilities to be built along the world-class route to accommodate more than 10 million visitors a year by 2030.
The report, funded by industry and state and federal governments, calls for an additional 3440 guest rooms in the Great Ocean Road region over the next 20 years.
Under a high growth visitor estimate, up to four new ''large resorts'', five new backpacker hostels, five new caravan or tourist parks, up to a dozen new hotels, 50 bed and breakfasts and 90 farm-stay accommodation options would be required, the report states.
Priority projects around the Great Ocean Road include a $100 million Port Campbell Precinct and Loch Ard Interpretive Centre and a $35 million Great Ocean Road tourist resort near Port Campbell.
''This will ensure that touring markets are appropriately catered for in close proximity to the iconic product, and provide incentive for visitors to stay longer in the region,'' the report says.
Also singled out is a need for ''signature accommodation'' at Moonlight Head, including 20 luxury suites, day spa, restaurant, guest lounge and bar.
''There is not a signature accommodation provider in the Great Ocean Road Region. However, there are a number of settings which provide opportunity for world-class branded accommodation.''
The report predicts the Great Ocean Road will attract up to 3.3 million additional visitors a year by 2030, including a doubling of international visitors.
Tourism Minister Louise Asher says in the report: ''The Victorian state government will continue to work with industry and the Commonwealth to support the implementation of the destination management plan.''
Councils have already began lodging applications for greater development along the Great Ocean Road.
Planning Minister Matthew Guy has on his desk an application from Corangamite Shire Council to rezone 1155 hectares across 20 sites to facilitate tourism development, including 50 hectares west of Port Campbell for resort development.
But not everyone is happy about the plan to dramatically increase tourism accommodation in the region. Marion Manifold from the Port Campbell Community Group said the new destination management plan did not include ''community consultation or consideration of what the community wants.
''The proposal for a large 'integrated resort' just west of Port Campbell and a major tourism facility at Loch Ard Gorge will overturn years of community consultation and government policy,'' she said.
''The report's emphasis is on economics and fails to consider environmental impacts which are integral to government policies. The Port Campbell coastline is of national significance and of exceptionally high conservation value, and tourism is dependent on protecting these qualities.''
The report outlining the expected increase in tourist numbers and calling for the boost in tourism facilities comes at the same time VicRoads is warning the government that millions of dollars extra are needed for repair works on the Great Ocean Road, The Sunday Age revealed.


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Artemisia Sousa, 90, of Warwick, widow of Humbert Sousa, died November 20, 2011 at Orchard View Nursing Home, East Providence.
Born in Fall River, Mass., she was a daughter of the late Manuel and Maria (Torres) Nogueira. A Katherine Gibbs graduate, she was a secretary at Rhode Island and Miriam Hospitals.
She leaves a brother, Gilbert Nogueira, two nephews and two nieces, including her caretaker, Nancy Walters. She was the sister of the late Manuel Nogueira Jr. and Beatrice Couto.
Her funeral was held Nov. 26 from Silva-Faria Funeral Home, 730 Bedford St., Fall River, with a Mass in St Anthony of Padua Church. Interment was in Notre Dame Cemetery. Visit www.silvafaria.com.


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PRINCETON – Gov. Pat Quinn recently proclaimed Feb. 17-23 as National Court Reporting and Captioning Week.
The recognition pulls together a nationwide effort to highlight contributions of stenographic court reporters and captioners.
Denise Johnson of Princeton is one of Bureau County Courthouse's official court reporters. Throughout her 30 years in the career, she has seen many changes in the field. The most obvious, of course, is the advancement in technology.
Her involvement in the career began when she was in high school and worked as a part-time legal secretary for a lawyer in Princeton.
"One day, he brought me over to the courthouse when a trial was going on. He wanted me to sit in there and just watch the court reporter," she said.
Although Johnson's heart was set on going to school to become a full-time legal secretary, she later found herself in the secretarial program at Southern Illinois University and becoming more interested in court reporting.
"I used to just sit and watch the girls practicing on their machines ... It was just intriguing to me," she said.
She switched her full attention to the stenograph machine and finished her degree. "Court reporting has been a really good fit for me," she said. "It incorporates everything I'm good at."
Johnson said the most important skills to know for the job is spelling, typing, proofreading and knowing the difference between homonyms.
Of course, knowing the shorthand machine and the language it produces is the heart of the job.
"Once you learn the language, you have to do it really fast and really accurate because you only get one chance when your sitting in the courtroom. It's very fun to me. It's very challenging," she said.
At times, the job can get intense when people in the courtroom mumble, speak quietly or talk over each other.
"My job is made much easier with clear or slow talking," Johnson chuckled. Stenographic skills translates to a multitude of career options-including court reporting, live-event captioning for the deaf and captioning for broadcast and specialized videography.
A common question most people ask about the career is whether or not it will be replaced with future technology.
Johnson said she isn't afraid.
"For one, conversations can be so fast in the courtroom. You also can have multiple speakers at one. There's no technology out there that can distinguish who is talking," she said.
Johnson said in the '90s, the government tried to replace court reporters with technology, and in turn created a self-inflicted issue, which produced a large shortage of court reporters.
"They tried to replace us with machines and put a hiring freeze on court reporters," she said. "But the reality is, you need a court reporter to run the technology and transcribe transcripts."
The hiring freeze created a decrease in the number of attendees in the required programs needed to receive a court reporting license, which resulted in the programs being dropped, according to Johnson.
"There were about 400 court reporter schools (in the state) when I was going to school; now it's dropped to more like 100 schools today," she said.
A future issue hanging in the balance, Johnson said, is of the 600 official court reporters in the state, the average age is about 52.
"The statistic is ... in about the next 10 years, 75 percent of the work force is retiring," she said. "In 10 more years, the shortage is going to really be bad."
Johnson is a strong advocate for the court reporting career.
"I tell people, this is one career path these days that, if you started and finished and got licensed, there is 100 percent job placement," she said.
To Johnson, the career is here to stay forever.
"You will never not have court transcripts. They are always, always going to be needed," she said.
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Gloria McClure, 71, of Van Wert died Dec. 29, 2012, at Clarke County Hospital.
Services were 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, at Kale Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., Osceola. The Rev. Butch Black officiated. Interment was in Van Wert Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family for a fitting tribute to be decided at a later time.
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One out of six women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime, and college-age women are at the greatest risk. In addition, 70 percent of assaults against female college students occur in campus-related facilities, primarily in residence halls and fraternity houses. Females are not the only targets; one out of 33 men will be assaulted in his lifetime.
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No body was found, and was purportedly "eaten by animals". Conspiracy theories live on!
Kudos to hiker that turned in what he found. I suspect many people would not have turned in the thousand dollars or so in cash had they made the discovery.
Maybe he found several thousand, and decided to turn in enough to be realistic.
Kudos to hiker that turned in what he found. I suspect many people would not have turned in the thousand dollars or so in cash had they made the discovery.
"If it's not yours, don't take it." Why do some people find basic ethics so hard?
Not to mention the questions that would come up when the wife says, "I wonder what happened to the $1000 he always kept in his pocket, just in case he needed some cash." (Maybe she would, maybe she wouldn't, but that's a big chance to take.)
I suppose you could take the cash and then not report the find at all, thus preventing anyone from even asking you that question, but gods -- the poor widow and all his friends and stuf
"Not to mention the questions that would come up when the wife says, "I wonder what happened to the $1000 he always kept in his pocket, just in case he needed some cash.""
Well....since they haven't found the pocket...I could think of an out
Gotta be him tho, no other small plane pilot has $1000 left in his pocket after filling the tank for takeoff....
Yes, and he'll be picking up a reward [youchoose.net] for his honesty, assuming it's still on offer.
I'm sure he'll get plenty from interview deals as well.
Kicking as in "cryptmaster kicking" or just "zombie kicking" ??
Other sources are providing more information. According to CBC [www.cbc.ca], the plane slammed into a mountain.
Anderson said no remains were found in or near the aircraft, but said the crash was so severe that "I doubt someone would have walked away from it."
The plane appears to have crashed head-on with the mountainside before disintegrating, he said. The aircraft's engine was found about 90 metres from where the fuselage and wings were found.
Yes being a sail plane pilot is good experience if your engine quits. But have you ever flown a Citaboria? I have. Here is how you land one: The plane has no "flaps" so don't worry about those. While at pattern altitude (about 1,000 feet above ground) when you are on down wind abeam of the numbers. Put the engine to down to idle. Make two left turns and the plane will land right on the number. basically you loose that 1,000 feet "way fast" the Citaboria glides like a rock. You really have to keep the nose down or you run out of airspeed. By comparison any two seat trainer flys like a sailplane
If the engine quits that plane is going to land within only a couple miles at best. That said there was a road within walking distance of the crash site. Any reasonable pilot still in control of the aircraft would have at least attempted to aim for a clear area. I don't think he was in control when it hit the ground.
My gues is the caue was either a mechanical, non engine failure of the structure or control system or a medical problem.
Last I heard, they were saying he appeared to have hiked at least a half kilometer from the crash site, to where his cash and ID were found.
This isn't to say that he isn't dead now, or that someone else found the crash site and (for reasons unexplained) took his ID and a grand in cash from it, then hid them where the hiker later found them, but the simplest explanation is that he survived the crash.
So the fact that they found the plane does not automatically make anyone claiming he is alive "crazy".
that someone else found the crash site and (for reasons unexplained) took his ID and a grand in cash from it, then hid them where the hiker later found them
My guess would be that "someone" would have been something like a raccoon or a buzzard.
My guess would be that "someone" would have been something like a raccoon or a buzzard.
That certainly explains why when I'm killing rats and spiders they keep dropping gold and broadswords.
Last I heard, they were saying he appeared to have hiked at least a half kilometer from the crash site, to where his cash and ID were found.
I saw several accounts, authorities say it was a "hard crash" as in "smashed into the side of a mountain at full speed" and that there is no chance whatever that he survived the carsh.
Madera County Sheriff John Anderson told reporters that searchers "found enough wreckage to determine that it was in fact the aircraft" Fossett was flying solo when he disappeared last Sep
At that high an altitude, if you get clouds/ fog, you can run into a mountain at 10,000 feet, even if you're a good pilot ( who forgot to check his map).
NTSB said that the wreckage looked like high velocity impact, with little chance of survival.
Exactly... An engine failure in something as slow as a Citabria would be easy to to "pancake" as they call it. Chances are he never saw the mountain which is very easy to happen..
Exactly... An engine failure in something as slow as a Citabria would be easy to to "pancake" as they call it. Chances are he never saw the mountain which is very easy to happen..
Fossett was an experienced pilot. He wouldn't have been flying in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) in the vicinity of a mountain below the minimum sector altitude, at least not intentionally.
Given that he was in a different area than he was expected, I suspect Steve had some sort of medical problem that incapacitated him. If the airplane was trimmed properly, it could have flown for a while before impacting the mountain at cruise speed.
I don't know what it is but the end result looks like controlled flight into the ground.
Fossett was a very good pilot. An engine failure at altitude would have given him enough time to send out a distress call unless he was very close the ground when it happened. So maybe but it could have been any number of things. From the report of the crash it sounds like it hit hard and fast.
For the family this is probably a relief since now they can have some closure hopefully.
I don't know what it is but the end result looks like controlled flight into the ground.
Yeah, I don't get the "statistically, dollars to donuts it was engine/fuel-related", because statistically, CFIT is a much more common cause of air accidents than engine or fuel problems. Fuel problems are actually one of the *least* likely causes, be it contamination, starvation or exhaustion.
There were reportedly clouds at around the altitude he'd have been flying at that day obscuring mountain peaks like this one. I think the most likely cause at this point is he was flying in a cloud and ran into the mountain. It happens, even to airliner pilots with sophisticated ground proximity warning systems. General aviation pilots usually have either no such equipment, or rudimentary ground avoidance equipment. I'm not sure what, if anything, his plane would have been equipped with, but even if it had such equipment, it wouldn't necessarily have been enough to prevent a CFIT accident.
Now it's up to the NTSB to tell us why this happened, although, statistically, dollars to donuts it was engine/fuel-related.
Dollars to donuts the CRASH was gravity related...the engine/fuel is just a side problem!
Exactly. Gravity is just an unproven theory. Intelligent Falling [theonion.com] is clearly to blame.
What are the random internet nutcases right about anymore?
It took them this long to find the plane because they had to fake up a wreck!
In relation to the search we had on Slashdot some time ago, I wonder where he was. I remember looking all over trying to report whatever I could.
Also, unless it's changed, I don't think the nay-sayers are wrong yet. They found his plane but IIRC they have not found a body.
This is what I want to know. I know I spent a good few hours scanning those fresh satellite photos... I want to know how close I got. =P
They're saying that the damage looks like he flew straight into the side of the mountain and that it was extremely unlikely that it was a survivable impact.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/02/steve.fossett.search/index.html [cnn.com]
Don't they usually have the option of ejection and parachuting in modern planes?
Eject,no, not unless you're in a jet fighter.
Parachuting possibly, depending on the plane style, etc, but you'd have to realize you were in trouble and proceed to jump out. Perhaps he had a heart attack, stroke or otherwise wasn't in control of the plane when it collided. Perhaps he didn't have time to get out once he realized his situation, or he stayed at the helm trying to correct it the whole way it. That there was a lack of communications from him leads me to believe that it is likely that he had a a
Don't they usually have the option of ejection and parachuting in modern planes?
No. This wasn't an F-16. And it looks like the kind of accident where the pilot's first sign that he was in trouble was approximately 0.2 seconds before impact.
If nothing was wrong with the plane, he probably flew it right into the side of the mountain under power, not realizing the mountain was right there until it was, well, right there. If something was wrong with the plane, he probably could have successfully glided it to a survivable impact. There's rarely any use for a parachute in a small, single
The day Steve Fossett was lost I was driving from San Francisco
to Las Vegas by way of Barstow. Just after Barstow we entered one of those huge desert storm systems, a line of thunderheads
stretching North and South, and all of a sudden it rained so hard
and the wind blew so hard that it was hard controlling the car,
even when we slowed to 20 MPH. Soon after we left the storm, I
heard about the disappearance of Steve Fossett on the radio.
I have been convinced ever since that moment that that storm
killed him. I cannot see how a light aircraft could have flown
through it, and yet it came up pretty suddenly. Looking at the
map, I might still be right.
I have been convinced ever since that moment that that storm killed him.
Barstow is 256 miles [google.com] from Mammoth Lakes. Granted, that's by car, but it's a fairly straight-shot route.
That's like saying a thunderstorm in New York City killed someone in Washington DC
Have you ever seen a MCC squall line? [wikipedia.org] Coherent bands of severe weather and linked thunderstorms can easily span distances of 300 miles.
That's like saying a thunderstorm in New York City killed someone in Washington DC
Your example, set on the Atlantic seaboard, tells me you have no familiarity with continental severe weather. Yes, the same storm system someone experiences in place "X" can kill someone at about the same time in place "Y" 200-300 miles away. Predominately, in a north or south direction. (Tha
As mentioned in another post, as best as I can tell from the news articles, this [gass.ca] is a Google Earth view of the area he went down. The Minaret Lake area is where the hiker found his ID and money, and the Minaret Peak is near where his plane hit.
The crash site its near Minaret Lake in Amsel Adams Wilderness (as mentioned in SF Chronicle and Wired). The hiker who found the site went far, far north-west from his home in Mammoth Lakes - way up in High Sierras. Its is a gorgeous place, and very remote.
I suppose the investigators are not too keen on having clueless media dudes descending on the area so they have been coy about the actual location, describing it as "near Mammoth lakes"
I think it is becoming clearer that Fossett survived the crash, and was shortly adopted by a bear, and is currently living in a cave, having forgotten his human status due to traumatic brain injury.
Maybe you need to stop being so dismissive of people who think he is still alive.
I think it is becoming clearer that Fossett survived the crash, and was shortly adopted by a bear, and is currently living in a cave, having forgotten his human status due to traumatic brain injury.
*sigh* More of this? You he's-alive-and-adopted-by-bears people are crazy nutjobs. It's the he's-alive-and-adopted-by-wolves people who have their fingers on the pulse of truth. Wake up!
It's an all-too-common occurrence in aviation. It even occurs to big, commercial flights. For example, Eastern Airlines flight 401 [wikipedia.org] (in 1972).
By all accounts his plane was equipped with an ELT and a radio. Presumably he would have used one or both if an engine failure or other mechanical problem occurred and he had some time while gliding.
James Stephen Fossett (born April 22, 1944; missing September 3, 2007; declared legally dead February 15, 2008[1][2]) was an American businessman, aviator, sailor, and adventurer and the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. He made his fortune in the financial services industry, and was best known for many world records, including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor,
I, like many of us, participated in that mechanical turk thing a few days after the crash to try to find his airplane in satellite photos. Did we cover that area? I kind of hope not.
A summary of various comments above: it was outside the turk's search area, and google earth still doesn't have recent photos of the crash site even now.
The google earth blog [gearthblog.com] however has a kml file of the crash location [gearthblog.com] based on the no-fly zone coordinates and some additional guesswork,
I looked at it and couldn't see any wreckage, certainly nothing we could have seen during the search.
Right, based on the NOTAM [faa.gov] the center of the no-fly zone is at 37.658889N,119.125556W [google.com].
As someone that's hiked that area long ago, when they mentioned the search would begin on the John Muir Trail between Dorothy and Shadow Lakes. That is a *heck* of a lot of VERY rugged forest area above 8000ft. It's not like there's a long snow-free time up there, or a whole lot of people at any given time either.
That they were able to find the wreckage is awesome. That's one great reason why we pay taxes people.
Prior searches focused on land east of the Glass Mountains. Another *huge* area.
As an FYI, the
>> That's one great reason why we pay taxes people.
Not quite.
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/01/2057200 [slashdot.org]
Though I can't say I'm pleased at the thought of paying taxes that will go to searching for swashbuckling billionaires who crash their private planes into national parks. Seems like people in that category can handle a few invoices for the extra services they require.
I remember that about 25 years ago in Alaska we had a number of cases where the Citabria would crash because a wing came off. (And the Citabria was supposed to be aerobatic-certified aircraft. It just wasn't rugged enough for bush flying.) As I understand it, an AD was issued that should have corrected all the defects, but just knowing the problem existed is enough to dismiss early conclusions as to the reason behind the crash.
I saw this in the Chicago Tribune (and submitted it to slashdot, still pending) =/
There are links from the AP, UPI, the Salt Lake City paper; the news is all over. Why does the summary link to an international paper and a snarky British IT rag (the Register)?
I mean, if it's a story about something they found in Antarctica then IHT is a good link. If it's something about a British hacker then El Reg is a good link. If it's about Australia then an Australian paper os a good link.
Google News has this on its fr [google.com]
Mammoth Lakes is about 10,000 feet, or 30,400 meters, above sea level, and snow makes already difficult terrain largely impassable and could bury plane wreckage.
Engine/Fuel related? I kind of doubt it. I know the area. If the plane's engine quite at that altitude he could had still landed at Manmoth airport. He had more then a mile of elevation above the valley floor and the distance was not great. Even if not at the airport there was a road within WALKING distance of the crash site.
I've flown a Citobria they are very strong plans and can be put down on a very short space and crash landed on a few hundred feet of road way.
I strongly suspect that something else
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If only Crisis Core had come out on Vita instead of PSP. Imagine how amazing it would've been... I REALLY hope they'll do something for the Vita though!
Exactly. FFX HD will be amazing, but I wouldn't complain about having an original, too.
Well... Bring us Type-0 on the Vita, and make a new game!
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I knew that I wanted to make some sort of quick bread and that I wanted to play around with chia seeds, since they're a newer item on our product list and we don't have many recipes calling for these nutritious little seeds. I didn't have much time, so I quickly scribbled down a recipe based on other quick breads I've made, whipped up the dough and baked it in the oven. The results were surprisingly divine. Our customer service department devoured it in just a few hours.
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2 Tb Chia Seeds
¼ cup Lemon Juice
½ cup Rice Milk
½ cup Margarine
½ cup Sugar
1 ½ cups Unbleached White Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
¼ tsp Baking Soda
¼ tsp Salt
2 Tbsp Sugar
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
Combine the chia seeds, lemon juice, and rice milk. Let stand for 15 minutes.
Cream together the margarine and sugar until smooth. Slowly add the chia seed mixture and blend well. Add the dry ingredients and blend until just combined. Scoop into a greased 8-inch loaf pan and bake at 350°F for 45-50 minutes. When taken out of the oven, combine the sugar and lemon juice for the glaze and pour evenly over the top. Slice and serve when cooled slightly. Makes 10 servings.


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For Scott Verplank, staying on top of his diabetes with frequent blood glucose testing means staying on top of his game for the Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour.
When Scott Verplank tees off, he has more to consider than the other golfers he's up against on the course. From 32 years of having diabetes, Verplank has learned that he must test his blood glucose often because of its impact on how he feels—and his success on the course.
His strategy of testing frequently is working. Verplank recently represented the United States in the 2005 President's Cup, alongside Tiger Woods and 10 others.
"I'm a nut about testing because I have to know what my blood glucose level is to perform my duties as a professional golfer and to give myself my best chance to perform well," says Verplank, who uses a OneTouch Ultra glucometer for its speed and accuracy. "I test 10 times a day—every hour on the course. I've got to know what's going on."
Good BGs Are Worth a Million
There's a lot riding on every one of Verplank's golf games—another reason that his testing regimen is so important. Verplank's game brought him more than $2 million in tournament winnings, which ranked him 19th on the 2005 PGA Tour Money List at press time.
Stress, tension and all the emotions he feels during a tournament—and even on normal practice days—all have an effect on blood glucose.
"I can't always control when there's going to be extra stress or adrenaline," Verplank says. "Testing is my best remedy to stay on top of my control, and then I adjust my insulin and food to [my results] while I'm out on the golf course."
Diagnosis and a Coma at Age 9
When Verplank was diagnosed, standard diabetes care left little room for flexibility. He attributes this to the lack of technology available for fast and accurate tests.
Verplank recalls feeling very sick and missing school for about a week. His mother thought it was the flu. Even after a visit to the pediatrician, it was a friend of the family who suggested that his condition might not be the flu.
"So Mom took me back to the doctor," Verplank says. "I remember walking in. He looked at me and told my mom to take me to the emergency room. I remember sitting there in the back seat. My chest was pounding, my heartbeat must have been at maximum for a 9-year-old. I had terrible chest pains. That's the last thing I remember. I was in a coma for a long time."
When he woke from the coma days later, Verplank was told he had diabetes.
"I was a little guy sitting there, and they told me I couldn't have ice cream anymore," he says. "That was 32 years ago. It's amazing which things stay in your mind."
Back then, he says, the available information and technology were poor compared to today. He was started on pork-based insulin and told he couldn't eat candy.
"The instructions were, We're going to teach your mom and dad how to give a shot to an orange,' " he says. "And that's all it was."
The Tournament Challenge
Now, with the help of technological advances, Verplank is able to stay on top of his testing to be sure his diabetes stays in control for his game.
"I check 10 minutes before tee time, targeting about 150 before going out to play," Verplank says. "I've been playing professional golf almost 20 years, but I still have an adrenaline rush on the first hole, so I always have to take a little insulin at the second hole."
Once every so often, his blood glucose does the opposite, so he still must test on the second hole.
"Adrenaline and stress can change my blood glucose quite a bit," he says. "I get on less of a rollercoaster after the round is underway. I continue to check and adjust to stay steady throughout the day."
Amazingly, he says, at the President's Cup tournament in Washington, his blood glucose number went down before the second hole. "Unfortunately, it affected me for a couple of holes."
Verplank can't take time out during a tournament for some apple juice or a sports drink. "I can drink it, but I can't stop and sit down for 10 minutes," he says. All snacking and testing is done as he walks down the fairway. "I don't stop the game for anybody. I may not feel good for a couple of holes, but the game goes on."
The Final Score
Verplank says he's been fortunate. "My eyes are good and my overall health seems to be pretty good. I don't have a lot of signs of any kinds of complications—just normal signs of being 41," says Verplank, whose A1C is usually 6.7% or 6.8%.
"I thank the technology, testing supplies, pump and improved procedures for helping me stay stable versus going downhill."
His Message to Others
Each individual has to be aware of his or her own diabetes and take charge of it, Verplank advises. "People with diabetes should get advice from doctors and experts, but ultimately, you have to apply it to yourself and make your own decisions based on what's important to you and what you'd like to accomplish. Everyone's goals are different— just like their dreams and aspirations are different."
Verplank often meets children, parents and grandparents who were recently diagnosed with diabetes. His message to them is to have patience.
"I try to tell them to take care of themselves, and then they can do whatever they want," he says. "I've been lucky that even with diabetes, I've been able to pursue a childhood dream and get to live it. Hopefully, one day they'll find a cure; but in the meantime, you can live with diabetes and you can control your own life and your own destiny. You don't have to let diabetes control you—you have a better chance to be in charge of it."
Daily Regimen
Verplank uses a Medtronic MiniMed Paradigm insulin pump with NovoLog insulin. His pump is programmed to deliver a .5 unit basal for 12 hours during the day and a .6 unit basal from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
"I bolus according to what I'm going to eat and my number prior to eating," he says. "On a normal day I take about 32 to 34 units. On tournament days, I'm more in the mid- to high 20s. I've been lucky to be able to keep it down. Since I switched to Novolog, I've been able to take less insulin. I've gone down about 3 or 4 units a day, which is fairly significant over the long haul. It just works very efficiently in my body."
Balancing Meals on the Road
Maintaining a balanced diet is a great challenge for Verplank while he travels with the PGA Tour.
"Balancing my diet on the road, in different cities and different restaurants and on different time schedules each day, is definitely the hardest part," Verplank says. "But I try to eat a balanced meal whenever I can."
Verplank tries to eat a good breakfast on tournament days and snacks as necessary while he plays.
"One reason I test a lot is because I may tee off at 8 a.m. one day and at 1:30 p.m. the next day. So it's hard to be on exactly the same insulin regimen every day when I'm doing completely different things," he says. "Fortunately, I've been doing it so long that I know the ups and downs."
Non-tournament days feature workouts every morning, preceded by a higher-carbohydrate breakfast. He then eats a lunch with more protein and fewer carbohydrates and a normal dinner. "
I don't snack really, except on the golf course," he says. "I enjoy a nice meal before I go out and start the day. When I'm out on the course, I often eat a sandwich halfway through the day."
Verplank says he has enjoyed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches since he was a little kid. "I'm pretty well versed in how it affects my blood sugar. I haven't given up a little grape jelly here and there," he says. "I have a granola bar or a protein bar later in the round."
Some days he just has to try his best at balancing his medication, carbohydrate intake and exercise.
"I'm human," he says. "Overall, I have great control over it. But every day is a new day. If you have more good days than neutral or bad days, that's doing pretty good."
Scott Verplank—Fast Facts
|Turned pro:
|Birth date:
|July 9, 1964
|Family life:
|Husband, father of four
|Edmond, Oklahoma
|Oklahoma State University
|Awards and Honors
|Champion, NCAA Individual Title
|Golf World Player of the Year
|Sponsored by Novo Nordisk, Brooks Brothers and TaylorMade
|On the Course
|Placed #16 on the 2005 PGA Tour Money List
|Member of the 2005 United States President's Cup Team
|Placed second at the U.S. Bank Championship and The Players Championship
|Finished second at the Ford Championship at Doral; followed up with a T3 at Bay Hill
|Ryder Cup Team Member
|Tenth on the PGA Tour Money List
|Winner Bell Canadian Open
|Eight top 10 and 16 top 25 finishes to include T5 Tour Championship and T7 PGA Championship
|Winner RenoTahoe Open
|PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year
|Winner World Cup of Golf—Individual Title
|Ten top 10 finishes, 18th on the PGA Tour Money List
|Winner Buick Open
|Winner of the Western Open as an Amateur


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Microsoft is once again planning to alter the way its Start Screen works in Windows 8.1 Update 1. While the software giant originally released Windows 8.1 last year with an option to bypass the "Metro" interface at boot, sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed to The Verge that the upcoming "Update 1" for Windows 8.1 will enable this by default. Like many other changes in Update 1, we're told the reason for the reversal is to improve the OS for keyboard and mouse users.
Wow, a touch interface does not work with a mouse and keyboard. Who saw that coming.
I expect photos of many people eating crow.
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It is a problem yes - only for hardware that is found to be unsupported however. What I take issue with is the original commenter's comparison with the (largely 16-bit) VxD concept as proof that Linux kernel modules are inferior in implementation. The facts as I see them just don't support this conclusion in any objective way.


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I am having trouble updating firefox with SuSE Linux 10. I downloaded the firefox 126.96.36.199 rpm and installed it with yast2.
For some reason my check for updates tab is disabled. I have spent hours trying to figure out how to install the update manually but can't seem to find the solution. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all.


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Civil War Railroad Page Updated
By way of housekeeping, I've updated the Popular Series Posts page on the right nav bar titled Civil War Railroads here with the latest series of posts titled "Stewards of Civil War Railroads."
Above: United States Military Railroad 4-4-0 locomotive W.H. Whiton (built by William Mason in 1862) in January 1865 with Abraham Lincoln's presidential car, which later was used as his funeral car.
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I took the uncut negatives from the "Holga Experiments #1" album and had them scanned in at the lab so that I could see what the full, multiple exposure, panoramic image truly was. The scanner shifted the colors a bit, but all in I was very excited about the outcome of the images in their full sprocket filled glory.
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Szalai fires 10-man S04 into group stages
The striker struck twice - his second in the dying minutes - to break the hearts of the home side and kick start his side's poor start to the season
A late strike from Adam Szalai saw 10-man Schalke beat PAOK 3-2 on Tuesday night and record a 4-3 aggregate victory to book their place in the group stages of the Champions League.
The striker got the first goal of two goals on 43 minutes when he prodded home left-footed from inside the area, only for Stefanos Athanasiadis to equalise in the second period before Jermaine Jones was sent off for the visitors.
Julian Draxler then restored Schalke's lead, but PAOK drew level for a second thime through Konstantinos Katsouranis. However, Szalai had the final say to deny the home side their first appearance in the Champions League group stages.
Schalke brought in Atsuto Uchida and Felipe Santana at the back following their 2-1 Bundesliga defeat to Hannover at the weekend, while Jefferson Farfan, their goalscorer in the first leg, returned on the right.
PAOK coach Huub Stevens, going up against his former club, recalled Dimitris Salpingidis and Stefanos Athanasiadis to his forward line after the pair started on the bench in their side's 2-0 defeat to Panaitolikos on Saturday.
Schalke are yet to win a game in the Bundesliga game this season but started well and were the first to threaten. Just two minutes in, Jones headed down at goal from a corner only for Jacobo to save well with his feet.
However, the home side regrouped and applied pressure of their own, despite not having any fans to cheer them on at the Toumba Stadium, as their supporters served the first of a three-game ban following crowd trouble during a Europa League tie with Rapid Vienna last year.
The lively Miroslav Stoch was next to threaten for the home side, with the winger beating two Schalke defenders before shooting straight at Timo Hildebrand.
But just as it looked as though neither side would find a breakthrough before the half-time whistle, Szalai found the back of the net for the visitors.
Uchida poked a ball into the Hungarian's path and he nudged the ball past Jacobo with his left foot to give the German side the lead.
PAOK almost hit back five minutes after the break as Stoch turned well in the box, but nobody could get on the end of his teasing cross.
However, PAOK were level just three minutes later as Athanasiadis was played in by Stelios Kitsiou and slipped the ball past Hildebrand.
Schalke's cause was hindered by Jones's dismissal on 64 minutes after he received a second yellow card for a foul on Salpingidis, but Draxler's tidy finish three minutes later put Schalke ahead once again.
The 19-year-old was slipped in by Meyer, with the Germany international rounding Jacobo before slotting home to make it 2-1.
PAOK were not finished though, and equalised again through Katsouranis, as the centre-back got his head to a Stoch free-kick and looped his effort over Hildebrand and into the net.
But in the last minute, the home side's hearts were broken as Draxler cut in from the right and put it on a plate for Szalai to sidefoot home and conclude a thrilling encounter.


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leave the poster alone already. it's no big deal, just was a post in the wrong forum by mistake. sheesh
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Matchups: Thunder's parts create a greater whole than RocketsApril 20, 2013
Omer Asik and Kendrick Perkins excel at protecting the lane, though Perkins' strength in one-on-one matchups won't come up almost at all in a series against the Rockets. Asik has become vital to the Rockets by controlling the paint and defensive boards and triggering their break. He finished the season third in the NBA in rebounding per game. Though Asik is rarely used as a scorer in the low post, he has been more of a threat as a pick-and-roll finisher, averaging 10.1 points per game, a role he will have to play against Oklahoma City's outstanding help defense. He had 33 double-doubles this season after getting one in his previous two seasons in the NBA.
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Serge Ibaka brings a shot-blocking ability that no one in the series comes close to matching, leading the NBA with 3.03 per game. But he has become a much more well-rounded forward, capable of knocking down mid-range shots as a pick-and-pop option setting screens for Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. He made 57.3 percent of his shots this season. Ibaka is especially effective in Oklahoma City's hard traps on screens, capable of being disruptive on the perimeter and still getting back inside. The Rockets' Greg Smith played just two minutes next to Asik in the three games against the Thunder. His strength defensively is in one-on-one matchups inside, but he won't be in those situations often. The Rockets could use Smith as a post-up threat offensively to keep Ibaka at home and prevent him from roaming as a weak-side shot-blocker.
Small forward
Chandler Parsons moved into the starting lineup as a rookie specifically to match up against Kevin Durant. Parsons has the combination of length and quickness needed to have a chance against Durant, and he will seek to take advantage of the Thunder's emphasis on Durant on the offensive end by beating him down the floor on breaks the other way. Parsons, the Rockets' second-leading rebounder and scorer, had 22 games scoring at least 20 points. Durant has typically gotten his numbers against the Rockets, but in several games, he has misfired down the stretch. A three-time NBA scoring champion, Durant was second to Carmelo Anthony this season, averaging 28.1 points.
Shooting guard
The Thunder will put their top perimeter defender, Thabo Sefolosha, on James Harden, but also give him tons of help, especially in pick-and-roll action. Harden has struggled and excelled against his former team, shooting just 9-of-34 in the first two games against the Thunder before scoring a career-high 46 in the victory at Toyota Center when he made 14 of 19 shots including going 7-of-8 on 3-pointers. Harden has struggled recently, shooting a combined 39 percent in March and April. Harden averaged 25.9 points per game, the most by a Rockets player since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1995-96. Harden has been the second-most effective ballhandler in the NBA in pick-and-roll offense, but Oklahoma City is among the league's best pick-and-roll defensive teams.
Point guard
Jeremy Lin has made 48.6 percent of his shots against the Thunder, averaging 14 points per game. The challenge has been on the other end, where Russell Westbrook was sixth in scoring in the NBA, averaging 23.4 points this season, including 23.3 points and 7.7 assists against the Rockets. The season began with a preseason game in which Westbrook repeatedly and easily posted up Lin inside, but Lin did a much better job in the matchups during the season. Still, Lin's strengths defensively are in help defense and rotating. He struggles in isolation situations, which are Westbrook's strength. Lin remains one of the league's more effective point guards in pick-and-roll and on the break and will need to get touches on Westbrook in those situations.
Kevin Martin has had an outstanding season off the Oklahoma City bench, making up for much of the scoring, if not the playmaking, lost when the Thunder sent Harden to the Rockets. Nick Collison has been a force on the offensive boards and as a threat in pick-and-roll. Reggie Jackson has emerged as a solid option at point guard while splitting the position with veteran Derek Fisher. The Rockets' bench has been more inconsistent. The Rockets will need the perimeter shooting of Carlos Delfino, especially on the weak side. The Rockets also could use Delfino in small lineups against the Thunder as they did in the win in Houston to move Ibaka out of the lane and create spacing. Patrick Beverley could be used to defend Westbrook.
Scott Brooks' success with the Thunder is often overlooked, but Oklahoma City has improved every season since he took over for P.J. Carlesimo when the Thunder were 1-12 in the 2008-09 season. They have gone from a first-round matchup with top-seeded Los Angeles in 2010, to the Western Conference finals against Dallas in 2011 and to the NBA Finals against Miami last season. The Thunder are the Western Conference's top seed with the league's best point differential. Coach Kevin McHale has guided the Rockets through a dramatic transformation with only one player, Parsons, on the team from the start of his first season to the start of his second season in Houston. He also has retooled the Rockets' style, making them the NBA's fastest-paced team. The league's youngest and least-experienced team, the Rockets are in the postseason for the first time since 2008-09.
Prediction: Thunder in five games.


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May 11, 2011 by Marcy Bonebright, Staff Writer
Recently, there has been a lot of public outcry against police officers using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to spy on supposed criminals. Now, it looks like the criminals are giving the police a taste of their own medicine.
According to a Foxnews.com article, police officials are worried that social networking is putting officers at risk.
The article stated: "Criminals are using [social networking] sites to identify and investigate law-enforcement officers, including undercover police. In addition, hostage-takers and suspects who barricade themselves in buildings are monitoring social media to track police movements in real time, and gang members are launching their own surveillance operations targeting police."
The criminals likely got the idea to use social networking to this end from police, though.
According to iNews880.com, this practice is extremely commonplace, and police from different precincts are sharing the secrets of online surveillance with other officers. "Gang expert George Chavez, a police detective in Wisconsin, said today in an interview that gang members feel secure in putting up information on the Web. But he says police are using tactics to gain access to their sites to gather pictures of suspected gang members and find out about proposed meeting places and activities."
But an editorial on PCMag.com argues that social network spying has become commonplace — not just for police and criminals, but for everyone.
"To get the details you want, you can look over people's Facebook pages and LinkedIn pages to get a reasonable amount of background info. You can then check if they have a Twitter account. If so, what do they harp on? Do they use a goofy name? If they have a blog, they'll probably link it on one of these services. If they do, what is it about?" the editorial said.
"But people should at least be aware that they might be scrutinized based on their online information, even when it is supposedly 'private.' While I cannot view people's private postings, you can be sure the government can."


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Thus, we're going to take a short blogging vacation to recharge the ol' batteries.
As always, thanks for reading.
Benny & Yost
Rants, comments, thoughts and funny - mostly funny - on all things Michigan and college football.
If you have ideas, tips, links or pictures for the blog, e-mail us at: MichiganZone at gmail dot com.
Thanks for checking out the M Zone. And if you enjoy the site, please pass the link on to a friend or two. We'd sure appreciate it.
Make sure you set those on fire when you're done with them. You know, so they're ready for the next patron to use.
Also, thanks for this wonderful sight. I don't think football has ever made me laugh this hard.
Hey, next time you guys need a break I'm sure my fellow Penn State bloggers and I could take over for you, trust me we would be fair and balanced - just like Fox News.
In all seriousness, I feel your pain - everyone needs a break now and then, I think your fans can cut you some slack, especially this time of year.
The real reason Yost and Benny needed a break was to market their latest gig - (SFW)
Yost as Christmas elf and Yost as kid in the back - an uncanny resemblance.
I feel your pain Yost & Benny. After watching the M basketball choke the last game against tOSU - I need a break too. How does a 6'11" starting center on any Big 10 team miss an open dunk in the final minute of a game against the #1 team in the nation ? Pathetic.
On a positive note -- baseball season has started.
That pic is like a car wreck. You don't want to look but you can't help it. Have a nice vacation and thanks for the laughs from your Gamecock friends.
So you guys are Dutch. See ya on the other side of this mini-vacation, Goldmember x2.
So I pull up MZone today expecting a BIG discussion of Pettway's hairdo in the Ohio St. game - which was nothing short of OUTSTANDING!! If someone on the UM hoops team has carved the winged helmet in his hair in the past, forgive me - we don't get a lot of Wolverine hoops news down here low these many years;)
Instead I get this bit of news. Well, if anyone's earned a break it's you two guys. Stay loose, boys.
It's pictures like this that I'll miss while you're gone - ooh, wait, that didn't come out right...
yeah, Beast....that was a scary post.
hope you boys get some sun on those lilly-white arses o' yours!
hurry back? :-)
ps--Andy: it's called Roy Tarpley Syndrome. Characteristics? 1) Big Man 2) in the paint 3) with the ball 4) PUTS IT ON THE FLOOR before 5) MISSING THE DUNK.....
thanks for wasting my study time everyday, without it I would probably would go postal on campus. enjoy the break
when can we expect you back?
The towel boy at this fitness center is not getting paid enough...
Does this mean that I actually have to do work while I am in the office?
I'll miss the guys. I'm getting emotional, a little verklempt.
"Tawkst amungst yourselves"
Here's a subject - If Michigan runs the table next year, will the schedule get them in the MNC game is SoCal and an SEC are also undefeated? Here's Michigan's schedule-
Sept. 1 Eastern Michigan
Sept. 8 Oregon
Sept. 15 Notre Dame
Sept. 22 Penn State
Sept. 29 at Northwestern
Oct. 6 TBA
Oct. 13 Purdue
Oct. 20 at Illinois
Oct. 27 Minnesota
Nov. 3 at Michigan State
Nov. 10 at Wisconsin
Nov. 17 Ohio State
Roy Tarpley would smoke (and snort) Courtney Sims out of the gym. No comparison.
Eastern has moved to Oct 6th date. We now open with ASU. No, not another PAC 10 team. Appy State.
Read on
Yeah, I knew that, I cut/pasted from the Michigan Rivals (or Scout) site without really paying attention to what I was doing.
site in question-
(damn, since I already started this threadjack, what's yet another CIS-
I found a HTML coding for dumbasses site and I tried to figure out how to type a phrase, such as "Click Here" and attach a hyperlink to it, but I tried and tried on another blog, but couldn't get it to work. Is it easy enough for someone to post the exact keystrokes here for example on "click here" and attach say www.cnn.com or something, just so I know what html coding to use? I hate posting a link and have line breaks in it, or worse it runs out margin off the right side and you can't see it all.
Oregon should be ranked. Wisconsin will be, as will Ohio State. Penn State and Notre Dame will hopefully be ranked as well when Michigan plays them. With that being said, almost half of UM's schedule will potentially be against teams ranked in the top 25. Two of them will be OOC.
And you never know: By the time UM plays MSU; they might have a good run going and be ranked as well. It would be a little hard then to argue against UM receiving a place in the title game if they run the table.
Couldn't disagree more about the sked.
ASU -- why the fuck is Michigan playing I-AA? Like an ealier poster said, I hope there's 99,999 in attendance for that game.
Oregon -- quality game
Notre Dame -- overrated team, overrated coach, overrated pussy freshman QB.
Penn State -- could be a quality game
Northwestern -- down on their luck
Eastern Michigan -- again, why the fuck is Michigan playing I-AA? Oops I mean the 104th ranked I-A team.
Purdue -- down on their luck
Illinois -- Will Zook selling his soul to the devil pay off so soon?
Minnesota -- down on their luck
Michigan State -- Sorry, no matter how much that Cincy coach tries to polish a turd, it still smells like shit.
Wisconsin -- quality game
Ohio State -- redemption?
So out of 12 games, I count 4 quality matchups and two on the fence. The other 6 are just plain stinkers! NW, EMU, and Purdue... boy that's a heckuva stretch.
I think a 12-0 record looks nice... until you peel back the covers and turn on the light to get a sober glimpse of what you took home from the bar last night.
how to add a hyperlink
you will need the use of <> for the purpose of demostration I am going to reverse the >
>a href="http://www.foxnews.com"< Click Here >/a<
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Nice! Thanks MGoBlue94!
Foxnews, it's fair and balanced!
Here's a link to the OK girl here on MZone in case others were also missing her-
Grope Here
ooc... lol. So much better than watching benny and yost get ass matter (Bob and Tom Show reference) all over their exercise equipment.
Not that I watch a lot of TV, but I did happen to check out a few minutes of American Idol the other night. Did anyone else notice a certain contestant from last season trying to do her best Oklahoma girl impression????
Thank heaven there isn't one of those leg-spreader machines in this gym.