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Television is a ruthless machine. Hits tend to land hard and loud, win acclaim and echo long after the curtain falls. Failures slam quickly and brutally, and those around them pick their bones with all the charm of a pack of vultures.
The Ten Network found that out this week when its new talent show Everybody Dance Now landed with a thud. Without a solid grasp on the ratings ladder the clock begins to tick. Channel Seven's The Master lasted a week. Channel Nine's Live from Planet Earth lasted three. How long Ten can sustain Everybody Dance Now, pared back to an hour a week and with planned ''tweaks'', remains to be seen.
But the problem is not Everybody Dance Now, though improvements could undoubtedly be made to its format, structure and production values. The problem is congestion and the local commercial TV industry's inability to manage it. For the audience, watching commercial TV is very often a case of it never rains but it pours.
The solution is not for networks to avoid putting their local shows up against one another. That may be idealistic but it is impractical. Commerce is built on the idea of competition and while Australia's commercial networks live in a licensed oligopoly - hardly an open market - they are driven by competition with each other.
At the same time, networks tend to err on the side of congestion: the launch weeks of the ratings year, the weeks after the Easter long weekend, now the post-Olympic weeks. In all cases too many programs crowd the market and casualties become inevitable. Ten, in particular, has form. The launch of The Renovators into a congested market last year proved disastrous. It appears Everybody Dance Now is destined to follow suit.
The traditional response has been to look at the show, format or audience in an attempt to understand what has gone wrong. Commercial networks would be better off looking for answers closer to home. It's the strategy that needs work. Until then, history will continue to repeat itself.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - A.J. Burnett knew the Milwaukee Brewers were going to run whenever they got the chance. So did catcher Mike McKenry. And manager Clint Hurdle. And just about everybody else on the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Burnett tried to hold runners on first. He attempted pickoffs at second. He worked quickly. He even pitched out on occasion.
It didn't matter. The Brewers stole a season-high six bases while rolling to a 5-1 win on Monday night to end Pittsburgh's three-game winning streak.
``I did what I could,' Burnett said. ``Mike did what he could. It's not for not trying. They're going to run on everything and when you have speed most of the time it's going to play in your favor. It's my fault for not keeping them off the bases.'
Burnett (3-4) allowed four runs in seven innings and pushed his National League-leading strikeout total to 72, but the Pirates couldn't keep the struggling Brewers from winning for just the second time this month.
``It was hard for us to get into sync tonight in any area,' Hurdle said.
That always seems to be the case against the Brewers, who have dominated the series between the clubs over the last several years.
Marco Estrada (3-2) allowed three hits over seven innings to improve to 4-0 in his career versus the Pirates. He walked one and struck out five and used every inch of PNC Park as Pittsburgh watched a handful of promising shots to the outfield die on the warning track.
``He has been and tonight was another case,' Hurdle said. ``He moves the ball around the plate in the strike zone. The changeup is a big pitch for him. The breaking ball is a big pitch for him. He spots it well. We haven't had a lot of success against.'
Norichika Aoki went 3 for 5 with three RBIs and two stolen bases for the Brewers. Jean Segura added three hits and three stolen bases as Milwaukee ran wild against McKenry.
``It's the same as every night, we just try to stay aggressive on the basepaths and if you can go for the next base, we go for it,' Aoki said. ``That just showed tonight.'
The Brewers came in just 1-9 in their last 10 games and played without star Ryan Braun, given the night off as a precaution after a neck issue that bothered him earlier this season against Los Angeles flared up.
Milwaukee hardly needed him, not when they were turning every single into extra bases. McKenry was thrust into the starting lineup while Russell Martin nursed a neck issue and though he has proven to be an offensive spark at times, his defense remains suspect.
McKenry allowed the New York Mets to steal four bases on Sunday, and things only got worse at the start of a 10-game homestand - all against sub-.500 teams - the Pirates hope will allow them to make inroads on streaking St. Louis in the NL Central.
The trouble started early. Aoki doubled to lead off the game and Segura reached on an infield hit. Segura promptly dashed to second even though McKenry called a pitchout. Aoki scored when Carlos Gomez's chopper to the mound skipped of Burnett's glove and rolled away.
Burnett escaped the first by allowing just the one run, but Aoki and Segura struck again in the fifth. Logan Schafer led off with a double and moved to third on Estrada's sacrifice bunt. Aoki followed with a double then swiped third and scored on a swinging bunt by Segura.
The Pirates, meanwhile, could manage nothing against Estrada, who gave Milwaukee's beleaguered pitching staff a much-needed quality start. The Brewers have the worst ERA (4.70) in the NL, a number that took a serious uptick when Estrada was shelled in his previous start, giving up eight runs in 3 1-3 innings against the Cardinals.
There were no such issues against the Pirates. The Pirates touched him for a run in the seventh on Pedro Alvarez's RBI-groundout but by then he was staked to a 4-1 lead thanks to a bumbling sequence in Burnett's final inning of work.
Schafer hit a dribbled to first to lead off the seventh but reached when Gaby Sanchez couldn't collect the ball and step on the bag. Schafer then moved to second when Burnett threw wildly to first trying to keep Schafer near the bag. One batter later Aoki dribbled a grounder that Burnett mishandled for his second error of the inning. Schafer scored and Milwaukee was firmly in control.
``Nothing really went our way out there,' Burnett said.
NOTES: Pittsburgh 2B Neil Walker went hitless in four at bats after returning from the 15-day disabled list with a hand injury ... Pittsburgh RHP Charlie Morton, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, is scheduled to pitch four innings for Double-A Altoona on Thursday ... The series continues Tuesday. Kyle Lohse (1-4, 3.53 ERA) starts for the Brewers against Pittsburgh's Jeff Locke (3-1, 2.95) ... Pirates closer Jason Grilli left the ballpark for a few hours Monday afternoon due to a personal issue but the NL leader in saves returned by the middle of the game.


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February 25, 2013
The Morning Heresy is your daily digest of news and links relevant to the secular and skeptic communities.
Yowza. Cardinal Keith O'Brien of Scotland resigned today in the midst of allegations of sexual advances on priests.
Good stuff: Harriet Hall and Amy Davis Roth begin the healing.
Bad stuff: Egyptian author of The Arabic Theology, Youssef Zeidan, may be charged with blasphemy for his book.
Christian pastor in Pakistan, Asghar Nizam Ranjha, is accused of blasphemy for allegedly defiling a Bible:
The police investigator in the case supported his claim, though he said that he had instructed the pastor to apologise and to flee his post at the church as local Christians had been whipped up into a murderous frenzy.
Following the assassination-by-machete of Bangladeshi atheist blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider, protests erupt in Dhaka over ongoing reposts of Haider's material and other Islam-critical pieces.
CFI-Indiana chief Reba Boyd Wooden blogs on the insanity in the Indiana legislature as they consider bills to require two transvaginal ultrasounds (!) to get a prescription for pregnancy-ending medication, and another on school vouchers, saying, "Watching this train wreck is infuriating."
American Atheists gets a new public relations director, Dave Muscato.
Kimberly Winston reports on the weekend's Secularism on the Edge conference, where organizer Jacques Berlinerblau says:
I think we should have had this conference 25 years ago. What happened then is that secularism had its butt handed to it by the Christian right, Islamists around the world and the ultra-Orthodox Jews. Secularism was sleeping.
Oh, this is bad. Discoverer of Bigfoot DNA apparently references April Fool's hoax papers in her own report. And then someone goes and shoots a Bigfoot on a Navajo reservation.
Atheist Nebraska state legislator Ernie Chambers filibusters a prison work program bill by ripping religion a new one.
The White House steps in on DOMA, asking the Supreme Court to overturn it.
Chris Smith at The Revealer asks a tough question:
When mental illness and religion begin to intersect, how does one differentiate between dogmatic devotion and detached derangement?
Uh-oh. One study suggests that of academics who cite scholarly papers in their own work, only about 20% have actually read what they cite.
Candida Moss in the Chronicle of Higher Education tells us that perhaps Christians didn't have it so bad in olden tymes:
There is almost no evidence from the period before Constantine, traditionally called the Age of Martyrs, to support the idea that Christians were continuously persecuted.
Sharon Hill rounds up a series of reports of mass psychogenic illness.
UK's National Secular Society lists its nominees for Secularist of the Year.
Hospitals in the Louisville region are incorporating more alt-med, justified thusly by one administrator:
We asked: What is the community saying they want? We want to give them the best of that world.
Connecticut's Middletown Press on the growing popularity of "touch therapy," explained by its practitioner thusly:
[It] uses the same principles as acupressure, except that no pressure is used. It works by using touch to free up places in our bodies where our energy might be blocked.
The Scotsman looks back on 80 years of the Loch Ness Monster legend.
Bill in Oklahoma state legislature would allow any employer to deny contraceptive coverage, as requested by a local cardiologist who says contraceptive pills "poison" a woman by denying her the role of motherhood.
Tiny electrode tattoos could allow you to control electronics....WITH YOUR MIND.
Ben Radford at Discovery News: New study actually does not support the claim that acupuncture helps with allergies.
Salon has a list of 10 atheist celebrities, in case you're wondering.
This bird crap looks like Jesus, so they say. (But Mr. Jesus is very far away.)
Quote of the Day
Donald Clarke at the Irish Times on homeopathy as snake oil:
Actually that's unfair to snake oil salesmen. Their product has an active ingredient.
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Hughes will get whatever Wnibel Sanchez gets which is wayyyyyyyyy too much.
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Hughes will get whatever Wnibel Sanchez gets which is wayyyyyyyyy too much.
Phil Hughes projected salary for 2013 is 5.7M. He's arbitration eligible for the 2013 and 2014 season.
I think a deal 5 year 51M dollar deal is a fair extension at this point. We can buy out the 2013 and 2014 years as well as keep him through the 2017 season.
2013: 6M -- 2014: 9M -- 2015-2017: 12M annually
This way we get, in theory, his prime years (26-31). He would still be young enough that if he pitches well enough during his contract, he can possibly sign another multi year deal after he turns 31.
Just a thought.
everybody seems to be somewhat open to trading cano and letting adams play second. wasn't cano an option to replace arod at 3rd when he opted out? maybe thats an option they could explore for next year
Joba since August 2007.
Theyve had their chances.
I'm not saying trade them outright but I would certainly prioritize a Lee for 3 years over them and Nova as well. We passed on Haren who wouldve fit the one year mold perfectly.
I dont think we should pass this up. It unloads a troublesome offensive player (consistancy, not power, that is) and it gives relief to a still somewhat fragile rotation. CC was very spotty last year and who knows age wise what Pettitte will bring to the table.
This rotation is one injury away from a shambles if we are not careful and I believe the old baseball axiom goes something like "you can NEVER have enough pitching."
If you want to give the kids a chance, give Gardener a chance in OF but I wouldnt so easily dismiss Lee.
Texas is on the verge of getting Justin Upton in a blockbuster trade with 4 teams.
What a joke.
Swisher is rumored to be going to the Orioles, (nice out field with Jones and Markakis), and if we trade Granderson, then Justin Upton or Hamilton is really all that is left with Ichiro waiting in the wings...any thoughts?
Schierholtz Moving Toward Deal; Yankees In Lead
By Luke Adams [December 5 at 9:27am CST]
Having generated plenty of interest since hitting the free agent market last week, Nate Schierholtz is making "good progress" toward a new deal, according to ESPN.com's Buster Olney. Olney adds that the Yankees are the early favorites to land the 28-year-old (Twitter links).
Schierholtz was traded by the Giants to the Phillies in the deadline deal that sent Hunter Pence to San Francisco. For the season, the outfielder hit .257/.321/.407 in 269 plate appearances. Despite a potential arbitration cost of around $1.6MM, according to MLBTR's projections, the Phillies elected not to tender Schierholtz a contract for 2013.
Why not RA Dickey over Cliff Lee...Dickey could be signed for 2/26!
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Allen first took the reins at Underhill in 2003 and returned in March last year, only to leave three matches into an eight-game contract to become Notts County manager.
The 46-year-old was sacked by County in February and succeeds outgoing former Northern Ireland manager Sanchez for the final three games of the season, with the Bees three points above the relegation zone and without a win in eight matches.
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Hopefully they announce soon what players from the rookie camp will get an invite to the main camp
What's the chances of any of the following making the team this year?
I used to hear a lot of talk about Blacker, it's died down quite a bit these days
Holzer is ahead of him in the depth chart
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Hey does anyone know if other teams send scouts to these camps? or if they're even allowed to? If so have any been spotted at the leafs camp watching our spects?
Holzer should be a good option as the #6 or #7 this year and his cap hit is right in line with that. Depending on who stays and who goes between now and the start of the season will be interesting. There is a logjam of 3rd pairing defensemen in Toronto. Sad fact is that Holzer is probably the only one of them being paid like a 3rd pairing guy.
I wouldn't give up on reimer just yet
Neither would I. But I certainly wouldn't hand him the #1 job until he earns it. All we've seen is a sample size. Until last year we were always a team that played well at the end of the year when we were out of it. We finally get into it last year and we choke. I'm not saying Reimer won't pan out.. but we need some ****ing insurance between the pipes.


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AMC says Season 3 of its Seattle-set crime drama "The Killing" is to begin with a two-hour premiere June 2.
Executive produced by series creator Veena Sud, the fresh episodes will focus on a new case, which will be resolved over the course of 10 episodes, ending with a two-hour finale.
"We learned so much from the first two seasons of "The Killing" and are thrilled to be bringing it back with the elements that the fans loved," Charlie Collier, AMC's president and general manager, said in a statement Friday.
"Veena's captivating storytelling along with the performances of Joel and Mireille, and the rest of the exemplary cast, will remind audiences of what they loved about the series and provide a season of suspenseful television."
"From the beginning, Veena Sud has invested 'The Killing' with some of the richest characters on television, testing and sometimes trampling the traditions of the television procedural -- and we're indebted to AMC for the opportunity to present a third season," said David Madden, president of Fox Television Studios.
"We're particularly excited by the new moves of our returning leads, Sarah and Holder, brought to life so beautifully by Mireille and Joel, as well as the addition to our stellar cast of Peter Sarsgaard in his television series debut, the brilliant Elias Koteas and Amy Seimetz, and a cluster of newcomers whom we hope will dazzle the audience as this new season unfolds."


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Man that looks ace.
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Man that looks ace.
^ Sucking at life ... lol sorry had to do it
Contrast into Hawtin...
Sooo... how much more expensive will tickets get if I delay on this? I'm not totally sold with the acts that have been announced but...
I don't know if anyone has seen this yet.
Heidi - I think it will stop at $65/70. Max. What are they at now? $55?
Edit- Gigger- thanks for the link. Sounds like we have a promising lineup coming our way.
They're at $65 + $5 service fee.
I'm on the fence but am trying to figure out how much the weekend trip would cost me. :)
I really doubt they'd wait this long to announce anything that great. Make me eat my words, Insomniac. Please do.
Well, I hope they do. Too expensive to travel otherwise. I'm anxious to see what is announced on Thursday :)
Richie, Dubfire, Locodice, D. Ramirez, Mark Knight would all get me there.
TECHNO STAGE? I'm so glad I bought my ticket today.
That would be part 2 of convincing me to go..
did someone say techno? im in
Holy shit this is exciting. I'm so happy I bought a ticket a while ago and booked a room. We are going to party so fucking hard. I do not think there would be this much hype if they weren't bringing something proper.
I hope to be posting something like this on Thursday...
Speaking of rooms, any tips on which hotels in that area are decent? I've looked around and find mostly stuff with poor reviews or which is 5+ miles away.
The Hiltons are good but they might be sold out. The one we are all staying at is according to Cara. But the other one might still have rooms.
I like your logic about crossover from ULTRA. Who on the ULTRA lineup could also play the techno stage?
Yea the Hiltons are sold out. There's one in Fontana but 10 miles seems like further than I'd want to go for this (not sure what the cab situation is like, or parking - though I would probably not want to drive).
Dare I say... can you feel it?
Techno Stage? Rumors of Hawtin and Cox? Noisia and Netsky in the bag? Free UV sterilized water? App? Burning Man art?


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WEARING A NEWLY PURCHASED VINTAGE BOLERO//isn't it bananas??
This sequinned bolero I am wearing was purchased on eBay early last week and I was thrilled to see that it was as much as a beautiful trainwreck in person as it was in it's pictures-they colors are hideous in the most fabulous way. Its like a bad piece of folk art reincarnated as a tacky 80's relic.
I haven't worn this out yet but I can already hear my friends going 'oh what is jane thinking this time...' :-P
I really should have taken a better picture of it-will do so soon.
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Good morning. There's a lot going on today, so we'll be quick with the top headlines, including some of the news we've already posted about:
-- "Irene On Track To Soak N.C., Barrel North Toward New York."
-- "Explosion At U.N. Building In Nigeria; Bomb Suspected."
-- "Libya: Opposition Pushes On; Gadhafi Still On The Run."
-- "Bernanke To Speak: Interest Is High, But No Surprises Are Expected."
-- "Mexico Gunman Set Casino On Fire, Killing At Least 53." (Los Angeles Times).
-- Japanese Prime Minister Kan "Bows Out, Says He Did Best He Could." (The Japan Times)
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The Ups, Downs and All Around of Hunter Pence
This season has been quite a roller coaster ride for Hunter Pence. And Tuesday's extra inning win over his old team, the Astros, was a microcosm of his year so far.
Ups – Pence gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead in the 6th inning with a solo home run to right field. It was the first time in a long time he got ahead of pitch and sent it the other way. Brian Schneider had a 2-run homer in the 1st inning which accounted for the other 2 runs to that point.
Downs – With a 3-1 score in the 9th, thanks to 8 amazing innings pitched from Cliff Lee, the wheels began to fall off. Chad Qualls did his Jekyll and Hyde routine again, giving up hits left and right. But even after the Astros crept closer, cutting the lead to 3-2, Hunter Pence had another bad moment.
On a single to right with a man on third, Pence fielded the ball nicely, freezing the runner. But after he exchanged the ball to his hand, it fell out off his hand, bounced off his knee and skidded away, allowing the run to score and tie the game. This is a really original error; I have never seen anything like it.
All Around – What comes around, goes around, or so they say. And luckily for Pence, the game came full circle as he was given a chance to redeem himself in the 10th inning. The walk-off homer he smashed to left was made even more sweet by the fact that it came off a pitch from former Phillie, and Pence's former teammate, Brett Myers. Ah, redemption!
The one thing I can tell you about Pence for sure is that he is not boring. As far as what may be in store for Pence next, I do not think even he knows….toss a coin.
The Phillies are in Chicago next for 2 games starting tonight at 8:05pm against the Cubs. Vance Worley stayed in Philly to have a sore elbow checked out so Kyle Kendrick will start instead. There has been no word on Worley's condition yet…stay tuned.
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ARDMORE, OK - Crews from Oklahoma City and Durant have been brought in to help put power lines back up after an intense storm uprooted trees and blew down power lines Tuesday night in Ardmore.
OG&E says nearly 1,200 Ardmore residents were left without electricity after last night's storm. They say they hope to restore it by the end of the day.
Fred and Mary Paul have lived in their home off Myall Street in Ardmore for 30 years.
"We just stayed in the house and watched it blow because it must have been 70-80 mph winds," Mr. Paul said.
They say they have seen their fair share of storms while living in southern Oklahoma, but call last night's impressive.
"And the wind was so intense we couldn't even open our back patio door to go out," Mary Paul said.
"Our street department is out right now cleaning up the debris. Hopefully they will have all of that cleaned up today. Their second job is to try to get the storm drain cleaned out because we are expecting more rain later on this week," Ardmore emergency manager Amber Wilson says.
Wilson says since there was no warnings issued with last night's storm, they don't have an exact reading of wind speed.
"it was just one of those freak deals, a microburst and you cant really predict that."
Although the storm did leave behind a mess.
"We have a lot of trees down, some of them uprooted."
Emergency management says no one was injured, there was no major property damage. And we got some much needed rain.
But resident like Mary Paul say Mother Nature had their full attention last night.
"No we are not really pros at storms. We try to stay out of their way."
Carter County emergency management says we've received somewhere between one and 1.5 inches of rain. They want to remind everyone we are still under a state wide burn ban.


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PoleRiders is a flash game, and the only way to really understand it is to play it. It is better with two people, and playing alone is far less interesting. Now that I have your attention, PoleRiders takes the idea of pole vaulting and adds a slightly bizarre twist. Instead of trying to vault over a horizontal pole, the object is to use the vaulting pole to kick a ball suspended in midair into an opponents goal. This is the latest in a series of games by Dr. Bennett Foddy who also made QWOP and GIRP.
Dr. Foddy's games are unique to say the least, and worth checking out. Despite his latest game's name, all of them are safe for work and most only require one player. The best part is that all are free, but the good Dr. Foddy isn't going to turn down money and most can also be purchased, so if you like his work go give him a few dollars. Or just enjoy some free flash game goodness.
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Ok. I'll see how best I can.
Ok. I'll see how best I can.
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson = Greatest Ever Manager
"One from ten leaves zero." - Eric Williams, former T&T PM
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Ok. Thanks. Those will be changed accordingly soon.Originally Posted by David
might be an idea to add something about club cricket to the FAQ section.
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Any big changes in the works?
Signatures are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.
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1107 Wickets @ 26.91 . BB 7/38
First CW player to reach 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100 FC wickets
I'll have to talk to Reuben about that.
Well this thing has stalled hasn't it. I'll see if I can update the site over this holiday season.
Anyone want to take this over from me? Busy until June really so I can't update this and Reuben's nowhere to be seen and I don't remember the link to get to the update site. I lost all my info so I don't have it and accidentally deleted the email with the link.
I'm building a new site using Microsoft Frontpage. It will be basic to start out, and will hopefully get more complex and attractive as I liberate time to do some proper coding. Hopefully the site will be up within the next week or so. I'd like someone to help me by designing particular graphics for use on the site though.
Would anyone like to put a hand up for this?
Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."
Particular graphics like what?
Also, Camps, what e-mail does one use to get in contact with you?
Initially, team logos, an official CWBCC logo, and small symbols indicating player types (eg batsman, bowler, allrounder, wicketkeeper). Can anyone knock up something decent of this sort within the next couple of days?
Contact me at bugs at tstt dot net dot tt.
I shoved this in the staff forum ages ago, but thought it might be of use in a proper webpage.
Players' one-day (possibly also first-class) shirts with numbers on the back, seeing as we don't have any real player pictures. Could be expanded to CWXI ODI and Club Cricket as well.
Obviously they can be done by a better designer in a better programme than Excel.
My younger brother is a pretty good with photoshop. Currently he is busy with his SAT. He should be able to help out once he is free after 2 weeks or so with stuff not done till then..
Hmm well, here's a possibility for the Red shirt...
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The Effects of Portfolio Assessment on Writing of EFL Students
The primary focus of this study was to determine the effect of portfolio assessment on final examination scores of EFL students' writing skill. To determine the impact of portfolio-based writing assessment 40 university students who enrolled in composition course were initially selected and divided randomly into two experimental and control groups. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted in this study. In order to appraise the homogeneity of the experimental and control groups Comprehensive English Language Test (CELT) was employed at the beginning of the study. The pre-test was applied to both the experimental group and control group. Later in the study, a post-test of dependent variables was implemented for both groups. Data analysis was carried out by SPSS 16 statistical computer program .The statistical techniques being applied were the Levene statistic of One-Way ANOVA and the Paired-sample T-test. The results of the study revealed that that students whose work was evaluated by a portfolio system (portfolio-based assessment) had improved in their writing and gained higher scores in final examination when compared to those students whose work was evaluated by the more traditional evaluation system (non-portfolio-based assessment).The findings of the present study highlighted the fact that portfolio assessment could be used as a complementary alternative along with traditional assessment to shed new light on the process of writing.
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Activision recently tooted their sales horn for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 after it secured a cool $1bn in just 15 days. However according to NPD data for US retail, it sold less than Modern Warfare 3.
Combined Xbox 360 and PS3 sales puts Modern Warfare 3 at 8.8 million copies sold during its launch month, while Black Ops 2 managed just 7.4 million. This is the blockbuster series' first decline.
It made them money, is this necessary ?
Lets make an article for every single game franchise that doesn't do as well as the previous installment....
Talk to me when we see the lifetime sales. A decline in the beginning means nothing, lifetime sales if black ops 2, will tell us if its declining or not.
That's because the US game market is dying. Despite Black Ops II and Halo 4 (two massive, MASSIVE games) and the WiiU all launching in the same time frame, the game industry sales as a whole have been down 11% compared to last year.
That's pretty bad.
Sounds about right. That seems in keeping with the overall decline we're seeing in the US games industry as a whole. Unlike some, I don't think a 10% dip in sales in the US during the current economic climate is anything to be overly concerned about.
The previous years saw a spike due to the Wii's sudden popularity, then they saw another surge of interest in Kinect when the Wii started to fall out of the public eye. The spike in interest in those two products no doubt created a bit of a bubble these past 5 years when it came to consumer spending in the US and frankly now that the bubble's burst I'm surprised the industry isn't down more.
7 days less of tracking + Halo 4 launched the week before. Need I say more?


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I notice you say you planned on 6s but you charge a 2s. So did you charge 3 of them or only one?? LOL......OR.....did you leave all the packs back at the house on the charger?? Trick question??
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no, i meant to say, after i charge my 2s, i strap it on top of 4s and hit the street for a test run and did'nt turn out well. i got a good distance and turn around, i take it easy on the throttle until the speed picked up and floor it and just right after it passed me, it literally flew up in the air about 4 feet and skid about 20 feet, good thing it skid straight in the middle of the street upside down lol. from a distance, i turn left to right with the steering control and i got no respond...and bad thoughts quickly running thru my head but, when i got there to pick it up its just one of the batt got unplug. everything else looks good except for the body and wheels all scratched. from now on i'll keep it on 4s lol.
Awesome build mate...I want to join the gang too!!
I've got a list of questions I want to ask you about your build, thinking of doing something very similar maybe late this year. It will be difficult trying to justify another truck to my wife.
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lol, anything i can do for a friend. you can always take her for a nice vacation like the last time
i made a front under tray defuser, i hope this will help flow the trap air around that area lol.
its made of plastic cutting board.
Ok just received all the parts to do my axles like yours... Hoping to have it done this weekend.
On road with a pf8 body and tenshock 5200kv so I can keep using 2 cell. My 4 cell are all for my planes and helis. Not hard cases.
Oh, and I'm using a strc lcg chassis instead of the rally chassis.
Well, here's what's sitting on my work bench... There's enough parts left over for a full on rally (need chassis, body, tires and electronics)
I am using T-RCE shock towers on this to try them out. The diffs are FLM aluminum cases too. This will be fun I think.
That's a good question... I may have to look into that. I'd like to have something that could kind of "seal" the underneath of the car.
i know 1 guy did a XO-1.......shortened the wheelbase to fit a PF-8 body. i'm thinking of doing the same but, i dont know yet.
so far i did the front defuzer i posted above. working on the side and rear lol.
How do you feel about the handling after the mods you have completed so far? Is it a major improvement over stock? For the cost of all the parts I am starting to think i might just buy an xo-1.
Hey mate...what are the dims of the suprasale slicks you have? I am looking for the height and width please .
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i video another short run at a dusty parking lot
Yours seems to handle great, looks like it would give the xo-1 a run for its money. Durability seems to be another plus, if I do the rally. Still have another day to debate....
Are you running your Mamba Monster in there mate?
I think I am going to build myself a rally. I have a Tekin RX8 2000kv combo, not sure what to do with it...it might be a bit overkill for this rig...I just shredded all 4 of my 1/8 buggy road tyres on my eSlayer today...and they were taped .
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Still undecided for motor and esc...
I should have everything in a few weeks...not sure how I am going to explain this one...savings depleted once again . All for the hobby mate...I have shelved my SlayVo GT build, your rally build looks way more fun.
As always...another great build mate .
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its been a while since i visited the traxxas site...the moderators here really didn't like me...so i've been staying away...but aside from that...i just wanted to congratulate u on a fine build Humay....u are truly an inspiring individual...keep up the good work...u have a loyal follower in me...and i have always looked to ur builds for inspiration...thanks!!!!
i did some few adjustment on my front diffuser, due to the kick up the diffuser also pointing up, so i tuck in a foam enough to get it straight with the bottom chassis. i dont not have any movement of the body whatsoever now that i got it all secured, i can push down the hood part and i can actually see the suspension goes down and not the body flex down lol.
also move my antenna tube next to the reciever box.
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Maybe I am seeing things but does that battery hold down fit the emaxx? Looks like the same holders to lock it into. This one is 29mm just a little bigger than 28mm that I have. Wonder as if I get a battery that is larger than I have.
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I see you are running the 1/8 slicks from suprasales. How have they held up for you and what do you think about them. I purchased the same set and also a set of on roads from them.
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that would be awesome running it on 5s and with that high mah your run time will be much longer too.
i have 4000's right now and get like 30-40mins running 4s thats near full throttle runs and fast take off's plus braking though i have brakes set at 25%. 6500 will give me maybe what 45-60mins maybe. 5s will be ran flat mostly maybe dirt but no pot holes or off road too much
ooh yeah esc cant handle 5s darn forgot about that ooh well 4s will be good enough till i get another esc perhaps
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Submission + - Scottish Council Stops Child Photographing School Dinner (blogspot.co.uk)
History's Coming To writes: "A Scottish primary school child under the pseudonym "Veg" has been blogging about school meals, including a photograph and comments on the nutritional value, taste and presentation. Veg has developing a worldwide following, with children from all over the world sending in pictures of their meals. The school and Veg's father have been fully supportive throughout. But Veg has been taken out of class by the head teacher and told to stop taking photos because Argyll & Bute Council (who control the school) don't like the publicity it is generating."


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WAVERLY, Iowa—Grace Gilmore (So./Edina, Minn.) backed up her first-round 76 with a final-round 79 to finish sixth, and Shannon Holden (Fy./Simi Valley, Calif./Royal) matched Gilmore's final round score and ended up in eighth place, but No. 25 Carleton College dropped back one place from round one to finish fifth at the Wartburg Invitational.
Gilmore, trailing by two shots entering the final round, saw playing partners Kenzie Rottinghaus of Grandview College (Iowa) fire a 73 to win medalist honors at three-over par 147, while UW-Eau Claire's Kate Engler posted a two-over par 74 to finish one shot back in second. Gilmore's 11-over par 155 was two back of third place and one behind the St. Thomas duo of Erin Dingmann and Doyle O'Brien, as she ended alone in sixth place. Gilmore's total was a new 36-hole career-best by 11 shots and the fourth best two-round total in school history.
"Grace has been playing so well lately, and I was really impressed that she carried it into the tournament weekend," Carleton head coach Eric Sieger said. "She worked hard on her game this summer and has been really receptive to some new ideas we've had for her, and she's stepped up and given us a second veteran player in the line-up who can go low."
Holden, meanwhile, recorded her third straight sub-80 round of the young season, finishing solo eighth at 13-over par 157.
"Shannon's ball striking was magnificent this weekend, and if we can get a few putts to drop for her I think she can take it even lower," Sieger said. He noted the Holden rolled in about a 10-foot birdie putt on 18 to break 80 after missing from short distance for birdie on the previous two holes.
The Knights, though, couldn't find a low score on a day that saw the field post five scores of 76 or less. Trailing leader and 22-ranked St. Thomas by only three shots entering the final round, Carleton received a gutty 81 from Kelsey Moede (Jr./Lake Oswego, Ore.) but counted a 93 for its fourth score.
Moede had perhaps the most bizarre day of her decorated career. She had to drain a 30-footer for double bogey on the first hole, then birdied the next two holes. She followed that with another double, a par and then a triple before playing the final three holes on the front nine in even par. She was a bit steadier on the final nine holes, but did suffer one double bogey in that stretch. All told, she played five holes in 11-over par, but the other 13 holes in two-under.
"Kelsey battled hard and I was proud of her for turning it around," Sieger said. "She knows she's capable of playing much better, and we will get her on track by next weekend."
The Tommies, meanwhile, fired a final-round 312 to edge NAIA Grandview by four shots at 634. Following the Vikings (638) was tourney host Wartburg, which posted a final-round 316 to end at 639. UW-Stout ended fourth at 649, followed by Carleton's 657, seven ahead of No. 25 UW-Eau Claire.
Carleton is set to host the D3 Classic at The Jewel Golf Club next weekend in Lake City, Minn. The large majority of the MIAC schools will be there, along with UW-Stout, UW-Eau Claire and Wartburg, among other non-conference schools. Tee times start at 11 a.m. on Saturday.


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Fifth Annual Brain Blast Scheduled for Friday, March 22nd
In celebration of Brain Awareness Week, the fifth annual Brain Blast celebration will be held on Friday March 22nd from 3-5:30 pm in the Johnson Hall of Science lobby. This event will feature faculty and students leading various hands-on and interactive exhibits that highlight the wide variety of neuroscience research being conducted at SLU in an effort to teach individuals of all ages about brain function. Walk at your own pace through the various exhibits to learn about the lobes of the brain, taste, sensation and perception, concussions, and more! It is slated to be an afternoon full of science and fun! This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by SLU Neuroscience Program, Beta Beta Beta (Biology Honorary) and Psi Chi (Psychology Honorary).
Brain awareness week (BAW) is a global campaign founded by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. Hundreds of BAW events take place each year all over the world.


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This audio compilation is WKYU-FM's entry in the category of Best Political Coverage for the 2013 Kentucky Associated Press Broadcasters competition for radio.
Our entry features reports by Lisa Autry leading up to and following the 2012 Vice Presidential Debate at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
You'll hear Lisa's preview of Centre College, and how the small liberal arts school has landed two coveted Vice Presidential debates in 12 years. Lisa's story takes you to the bucolic community of Danville and the Centre College campus, where some of the individuals responsible for helping land the second VP debate explain what makes the school an attractive choice.
You'll also hear Lisa's report from "spin alley" following the debate. Lisa's story takes you inside the circus of pundits, politicians, and journalists who work to shape the messages that came from the debate.
As an NPR affiliate station, we have access to NPR's national political reporting. Lisa's reports were written and produced in a way that would compliment--and not overlap-- the national political reporting we would have on during shows like Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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Bassist Flea Balzary and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer from the Red Hot Chili Peppers joined the multi-genre, multi-dimensional music maker, Damon Albarn, as part of Africa Express.
The music project has helped bring Western musicians to Africian nations and African musicians to perform collaborations in the United Kingdom. Flea and Klinghoffer were two of the lucky musicians who got to perform in Ethiopia because of the "profound" Damon Albarn co-founded initiative.
"Josh [Klinghoffer – guitarist] and I went to Ethiopia as part of Africa Express with Damon, who was so kind to invite us, said Flea in an interview with NME. "What an amazing place it is. We meet all kind of people, artists, poets, intellectuals. It's like another world."
"We had such a good time," Flea continued. "One time me and Josh went to this orphanage and we took these two little amps and we just started rocking and they left just started laughing. Like three hundred kids standing all in this circle, all from this orphanage and we just started rocking. Just the two of us. They thought it was the craziest thing. It was righteous man. It was a really profound experience."
African musician Baaba Maal explained his own experience in an interview with the Guardian. 'It's always felt like a journey on an African train," said Maal. "You set off without any sense of expectation whatsoever…but along the way you meet some amazing people."
This isn't the only time Flea has worked with Albarn. Alongside drummer Tony Allen, Flea and Albarn make up experimental side project "supergroup" Rocket Juice and the Moon.
"Supergroup sounds pretty silly," said Flea about the band. "Damon and Tony are two musicians I admired plenty before I worked with them. Damon's an amazing musician, and his storytelling ability on a song like Poison seems to be in his blood."


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Dementia is not a normal consequence of aging. However, as we age, our memory is not as good as it used to be. Of course, nothing is as good as it used to be. But in the case of memory, we worry that it could be Alzheimer's. What is the difference between the normal forgetfulness of aging and Alzheimer's disease? What follows are twelve warning signs of Alzheimer's disease and how they differ from normal aging.
1. Absence of the "Ah-ha" factor. A warning sign of Alzheimer's disease is the absence of the "Ah-ha{ experience, that is, the absence of the sense of recollection. People with Alzheimer's disease forget that they have forgotten. They forget often, never recall, and repeatedly ask the same question, forgetting the earlier answer.
When I was a young woman, I saw exactly this symptom in an elderly widow. She was my landlady. I rented an apartment in her house across the street from my brother and his family. She had taken to greeting me when I came home from work and chatting before I went upstairs to my apartment. One day I mentioned to her that my brother and his family were moving to another state. She was visibly startled. She grasped the banister. Her eyes widened. "What!" she exclaimed. "Your brother is moving! But he's lived here for so long!"
We talked about why he was moving and where and when. I then asked her about her health and her relatives, the usual polite small talk. As I turned to go into my apartment, I said how much I would miss my niece and nephew when my brother moved. She was visibly startled. She grasped the banister. Her eyes widened. "What!: she exclaimed, "Your brother is moving! But he's lived here for so long!: I looked at her in amazement. But she wasn't putting me on. This same scenario was repeated again a few minutes later. Within the span of five minutes, she had forgotten what she had just heard twice before.
What's normal? Forgetting names and appointments on occasion or losing your train of thought when interrupted.
2. Difficulty performing familiar tasks. People with Alzheimer's disease forget how to make a telephone call, how to use the microwave, lose track of the steps in making a meal they've made many times before.
What's normal? Walking into a room and forgetting what you came for. "I know I came in here for a reason. Now what was it?" Needing the help of a teenager to work your VCR, forget TIVO.
3. Difficulty with language. A person with Alzheimer's may forget simple words like clock of broom or toothbrush. Clock becomes the thing that tells time. Broom becomes the thing that sweeps the floor. Toothbrush becomes the thing I use to clean my teeth.
What's normal? Having trouble finding the right word, but not the name of your spouse.
4. Disorientation as to time and place. People with Alzheimer's can become lost in their own neighborhood, forget where they are and how they got there, and not know how to get home again.
I witnessed someone in just this situation about two years ago. I live in a condominium development where the villas are situated around an oval green. There is a walkway around the green and a pathway from the back door of each of the villas leading to the common walkway. One warm, sunny afternoon I was cleaning the oven. All of a sudden, I became aware that there was someone in my living room. I screamed before I realized that my unannounced visitor was my across-the-green neighbor. He was standing in the middle of my living room in his bathing suit and a straw hat, holding a towel. He looked as bewildered and startled as I was. After the initial shock, I regained my composure and asked him as calmly as I could what he was doing there. He was on his way home form the pool. "I thought this was my house,." he said. "They all look alike, you know." I agreed that they did. I showed him where his house was - directly across the green from mine - and watched him wobble his way to his back door, and then I locked mine.
A person with Alzheimer's disease can wake up in the dark at six in the morning, look at the clock and think it's dinner time.
What's normal? Forgetting the day of the week and/or the date, but usually not the year.
5. Poor judgment. A person with Alzheimer's may dress inappropriately, wearing pajamas and a bathrobe to go shopping or a coat on a hot day or no coat on a cold day.
What's normal? Forgetting to bring along a sweater or a jacket on a chilly night.
6. Problems with abstract thinking. A person with Alzheimer's may not be able to recognize numbers or understand how to use them. This disability manifests itself in financial chaos. Checks do not get written, bills go unpaid, credit cards get maxed out, taxes are ignored.
I have a friend who became aware that something was wrong with her older sister when her sister called in a panic because she had received a notice that her house was going to be auctioned off for unpaid real estate taxed. The house was worth close to a million dollars. Her sister was a very wealthy woman. She had spent her career in financial management.
What's normal? Having trouble balancing a checkbook.
7. Misplacing things. A person with Alzheimer's may put things in bizarre places. For example, they might put laundry in the dishwasher, mail letters in the breadbox, plant their keys in a flower pot. Then they forget where they've put them and think they've been stolen.
What's normal? Misplacing eyeglasses or a purse or a wallet or not being able to find your car in a crowded parking lot. When you can't find your house keys, that's normal. When you can't find your house, that's Alzheimer's.
8. Changes in mood or behavior. People with Alzheimer's may exhibit rapid mood swings - from calm to tears to anger - for no apparent reason. For example, they can burst into tears in public.
What's normal? Occasional feelings of sadness or moodiness, but usually for a reason.
9. Changes in personality. The personality of people with Alzheimer's can change dramatically. A macho man may become a milquetoast. A reasonable, rational, soft-spoken woman may become a Calamity Jane, angry, paranoid, and subject to outbursts of temper.
What's normal? To become even more like yourself rather than less. Whatever traits you had in the past become more pronounced with age. If you were a stick-in-the-mud in your youth, you can become even more stuck in the mud as you age.
1). Loss of initiative. A person with Alzheimer's my become very passive, staring at the TV for hours and losing interest in activities they formerly pursued with enthusiasm.
What's normal? Becoming tired of the routines of work, household or social obligations.
11. Diminished or lost sense of smell. This seemingly unlikely connection often occurs as much as two years prior to the beginning of mental decline in people with Alzheimer's. The sensation of smell is carried by the olfactory nerve from the nose to the midbrain. The midbrain shows damage early in Alzheimer's, and this accounts for the loss of the sense of smell. The loss worsens as the disease progresses.
In a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in September 2000, scientists gave a "scratch and sniff" test to elderly people who were suffering from mild cognitive impairment, but not Alzheimer's. Of the 30 people who did best on the test, none went on to develop Alzheimer's disease. Of the 47 who did poorly, 19 went on to develop Alzheimer's.
A diminished sense of smell by itself should not be considered a definitive sign of Alzheimer's, since it can be caused by many other factors. But it can add one more helpful piece to the diagnostic puzzle.
What's normal? Diminished sharpness of all the senses. Nothing tastes as good as it did when you were a kid.
12. Sundowning. As the sun goes down, restlessness increases and sometimes continues through the night until morning with symptoms of increased confusion, anxiety, agitation, and disorientation. The person with Alzheimer's rambles through the house, turns on lights, decides to cook a meal or go for a walk. Sundowning seems to peak in the middle stages of Alzheimer's but lessons as the disease worsens. It is thought to occur because of the poor sleep quality in Alzheimer's disease.
What's normal? Normal adults awaken four or five times a night as they get older, but with Alzheimer's, awakenings may total 15 or 20 a night.
Mary Lou Williams, M. Ed., is a writer and lecturer in the field of nutrition. She welcomes inquiries. She can be reached at 267-6480.


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A 75-year-old Mineral Wells man has been honored as the Texas winner of the Home Instead Senior Care® network's Salute to Senior Service® award.
Lee Downs is being recognized for his dedicated community service, including his work at Veterans of Foreign Wars. Downs volunteers as a veterans service officer, helping veterans and family members with their paperwork to obtain benefits, medical care and other services.
As one of 50 state winners, Downs earned $500 for his charity of choice – donated by Home Instead, Inc., franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network and contest sponsor. Downs also will have a spot on the Salute to Senior Service Wall of Fame on SalutetoSeniorService.com where his nomination story has been posted. As a state winner, Downs now will be considered for the national Salute to Senior Service award.
The Salute to Senior Service program was launched last year by the Home Instead Senior Care network to honor seniors' commitments to their causes and communities.
"Lee represents so well the dedication and commitment that make senior volunteers such a value to their communities," said Jeff Huber, president of Home Instead, Inc. "He has proven once again that age is meaningless when it comes to making a difference. So many charities, nonprofit organizations and faith communities could not do the work they are doing without selfless volunteers such as Lee."
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We had a situation like this arise, where one child was able to do something, and had already done it well and had REALLY helped out, but was still technically under the age limit. We'll call him VHK: Very Helpful Kid. The powers-that-be wanted to find a way to ensure that VHK could keep doing what he was doing (because he was a huge help and they didn't want to lose that), but put some conditions on participation for others his age to make sure that they were taking the volunteer job seriously and weren't just going to goof around. What happened is that they passed a couple of rules for kids under a certain age. First, the kid has to volunteer a minimum of X hours WITH a parent supervising before he/she can work alone. (This will likely weed out the kids who have nothing better to do for an hour and just want to do the volunteer thing b/c it sounds more 'fun', or weed out the parent who has the volunteer commitment and tries to have the kid do it instead. ) Second, there was an job duty quiz that the kid has to take at the end. The questions are situational, like "I'm allowed to do X when I'm working; true/false" and "If X happens, then I should do: A, B, C or D.So our VHK was basically grandfathered in because he had already put in loads of hours and had already proven himself (and he helped create the quiz, which helped b/c it was from a kid's point of view.) For your situation, you could grandfather in your older kid, but say that your younger kid needs to work WITH his parent for X number of hours. If the parent has already lied and already doesn't watch her kid, then when you put the responsibility back on her that she must work WITH the kid (like the kid is within arms reach at all times or it doesn't count as working WITH him), I'd wonder if she'd decide it was just more trouble than it was worth.From our experience, I know all too well how you can't use age alone as a means of deciding whether or not someone can do the job. So you have to figure out what rules can include the right people and exclude the ones that aren't right for the job.
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GrayceM wrote:I just thought of another... When Edward is doing CPR he says something like, please come back (or don't leave) me Baby.
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dazzel21 wrote:No measure of time with you will be long enough, but lets start with forever."
dazzel21 wrote:The whole Edward's speech/toast during the wedding:
"It's an extraordinary thing to meet someone who you can bare your soul to and who will accept you for who you are. I've been waiting, for what seems like a very long time to get beyond what I am, and with Bella I feel like I could finally begin. So I'd like to propose a toast to my beautiful bride, No measure of time with you will be long enough, but lets start with forever."
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To be a little fair to Cole, he does report survey results:
How does banning laptops work in practice? My own sense has been that my class is much more engaged than recent past classes. I'm biased, I know. So I conducted an anonymous survey of my students after about six weeks -- by computer, of course.Assuming no defects in the survey -- actually, I'd like to see the whole thing -- I wonder why students don't voluntarily set the laptops aside if they are so happy without them? Are they helpless addicts who require compulsory rules to do what they want to do? Or do they like the exclusion of tools they worry that other students might be using more effectively? Maybe the 30 percent who don't like the no-laptop policy are ace note-takers on the keyboard who feel awkward and disabled handling a pen.
The results were striking. About 80 percent reported that they are more engaged in class discussion when they are laptop-free. Seventy percent said that, on balance, they liked the no-laptop policy. And perhaps most surprising, 95 percent admitted that they use their laptops in class for "purposes other than taking notes, such as surfing the Web, checking e-mail, instant messaging and the like." Ninety-eight percent reported seeing fellow students do the same.
Why are law types so fond of rules and repression? It makes me sick.


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Build a Web-Based Bug Tracking App, Part 2by Jesse Liberty
In a previous column, I began work on a very simple bug tracker that I could use to keep track of bugs (and their squishing) in my own small projects. In this column, I will add a number of additional features that make the product significantly more useful and that illustrate what I hope will be interesting techniques in building web-based applications.
- Grid will display the date the bug was originally reported, as well as the date it was last updated.
- Ability to filter for open bugs only.
- Ability to filter for "my bugs" only (bugs assigned to me).
- Implement cancel in the bug reporting page.
- Mark "show stopper" bugs in red.
In addition, the new code will enforce two new business rules:
- Once a bug is given a short description, that field can not be changed.
- Only QA can close a bug (the programmer can mark it "fixed," but only QA can mark it "closed".
A number of features will be hard-coded in the interest of making the article more readable.
Filtering Bugs and Displaying the Original Reported Date
To begin, you'll want to make a copy of the previous application (which you can download from my website) and, if you have not yet done so, use that same downloaded code to create (or restore) the database. Note that since the publication of the earlier article I have renamed the
TimeRecorded field in
BugHistories and have set it as a
DateTime field that will be filled by parameters in the appropriate stored procedures.
Recording the Original Reported Date
To get started, modify the
Bugs table, and add a single column,
DateFirstRecorded, of the type
DateTime. This will require a modification to the stored procedure
spNewBug to ensure that the
DateFirstRecorded field is populated when a new bug is created.
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[spNewBug]
@ModifiedBy varchar(100),
@ShortDescription varchar(50),
@LongDescription ntext,
@Severity int,
@Notes ntext,
@Status int,
@Owner varchar(100),
@TimeRecorded datetime
Begin Transaction
declare @bugID as int
--declare @Placeholder as varchar(50)
Insert into Bugs (PlaceHolder, DateFirstRecorded)
values (@ShortDescription, @TimeRecorded)
select @bugID = @@identity
if @@error <> 0 goto errorHandler
insert into BugHistories ( BugID, BugHistoryID, TimeRecorded, ModifiedBy,
ShortDescription,LongDescription, Severity, Notes,
Status, Owner)
values (
@bugID, 1, @TimeRecorded, @ModifiedBy, @ShortDescription,
@LongDescription, @Severity, @Notes, @Status, @Owner)
if @@error <> 0 goto errorHandler
commit transaction
goto done
rollback transaction
That done, the remaining changes all happen in the application itself.
As a start, add two check boxes to the TBTReview.aspx page: one to signify that you want to see only your own bugs, and the other to indicate that only open bugs should be displayed, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Checkboxes
Note that while I was at it, I changed the label control to display yellow, bold print on a red background; we'll use this later to indicate whether or not a record was updated or added.
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After one trip to New York City to help victims of Hurricane Sandy, a local business owner is getting ready to leave again.
Frank Kivett from Kivett's Happy House Realty in Morehead City is once again collecting supplies for people who are still homeless in New York.
After dropping off a truck full of donations from locals last week, he says those affected still need a lot more. "We've done it for the floods down east, we've done it for the floods in South River, I drove my truck to Mississippi after Katrina so its something we've done for a long time. It's just that we all need to give back. Our whole purpose on this earth is to do good for others."
Kivett will be taking donations until Wednesday night and plans on leaving with a truck load Thursday morning.
Some of the things needed are underwear, cleaning supplies, kids clothes, warm clothes and linens. You can drop these items off at his office on Arendell Street just before the Beaufort bridge.


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Xavier and FDA host major pharmaceutical conference that focuses on protecting public health
Challenges include drug shortages and counterfeit drug products | February 21, 2013
Xavier is partnering with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and pharmaceutical manufacturers to present the 2013 FDA/Xavier Pharmalink Conference on campus from March 11-14. The focus of the conference is the protection of public health in light of continuing challenges to the FDA posed by drug shortages and counterfeit drug products.
Congress and the FDA recently addressed these growing concerns by passing legislation to enhance the safety and quality of drugs in the United States. The conference brings together representatives from the FDA Office of the Commissioner and leading companies such as Pfizer, Merck and Eli Lilly to discuss implementation of the new FDA Safety and Innovation Act and how it will impact current manufacturing practices of the pharmaceutical industry.
Featured speakers of the 2013 PharmaLink Conference include John Lechleiter, CEO, president and chairman of Eli Lilly; Steve Solomon, Office of the Commissioner of the FDA; Hussain Mooraj, a partner with Global Lead Life Sciences Supply Chain at Accenture; and Michael Davidson, vice president of Pfizer.
The PharmaLink Conference is part of Xavier's mission to make a difference in communities served by the University. The conference focuses on maintaining quality in a global pharmaceutical supply chain by creating real solutions for the pharmaceutical industry to put into action. Xavier is collaborating with these experts from the pharmaceutical industry and FDA leaders to foster innovation while upholding the FDA mission to maintain safe, available and affordable drugs for patients in the United States.
More information about the conference and registration are available online. Learn more about Xavier's health-related academic program offerings, including upcoming conferences, at the Xavier Health website.


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved Titanium® 5 L5 and Master Guard® 10 vaccines as an aid in preventing disease caused by Leptospira borgpetersenii hardjo-bovis in beef and dairy cattle. Leptospira, which often infect calves at a young age and easily spread within herds, ultimately can cause reproductive failure and significant economic loss. Now producers can vaccinate cattle that are not pregnant or nursing with Titanium 5 L5, and all cattle 5 months of age or older with Master Guard 10, to protect against this costly organism.
"Dairy and beef producers are well-aware of just how expensive abortions and other reproductive problems caused by 'lepto' can be," says Charlie Higdon, business unit manager, AgriLabs. "Research estimates that at least 59 percent of dairy herds1 and 42 percent of cow-calf operations2 have cattle with L. hardjo-bovis. Since the organism is spread within herds through urine and milk, and the disease it causes is difficult to diagnose, prevention through vaccination is smart business."
The challenge of L. hardjo-bovis
Leptospirosis has long been a health challenge in cattle. Extensive research to better understand this costly disease has identified that L. borgpetersenii hardjo-bovis is the only species of L. hardjo found in the United States.
Once cattle have L. hardjo, which colonizes in the kidneys and reproductive tract, they can shed the organism in urine, placental fluids, milk and other infected fluids for weeks to months after infection. As herdmates come in contact with these fluids — or even contaminated water or small cuts in the skin of infected animals — infections can spread quickly.
"What's particularly challenging about leptospirosis is that it is so difficult to diagnose, since the signs often are mild or similar to other health problems," says Higdon. "Infertility is the most significant symptom; additional signs can include decreased reproduction efficiency and milk production, abortions, stillbirths and calves that are weak. Herds rarely experience a rash of abortions to signal an L. hardjo problem, even when the disease is widespread."
Since a combination of tests is needed to obtain the sensitivity and specificity for an accurate diagnosis, controlling disease caused by L. hardjo-bovis through vaccination is an important consideration for both dairy and beef operations.
L. hardjo-bovis vaccines
Because cattle themselves are L. hardjo-bovis carriers and even calves can be a host when born, vaccination is the most commonly used method for control and prevention. The goals of an effective vaccination protocol are to provide long-lasting immunity, prevent clinical signs, and prevent renal colonization and urinary shedding.
"Research shows that there are differences among vaccines, which is why it's so important for producers to work with their veterinarians to examine which one is right for their herd," says Higdon. "Because of these new USDA approvals, dairy and beef producers now can use both Master Guard and Titanium vaccines with the confidence they will aid in preventing disease caused by L. hardjo-bovis."
Both Titanium and Master Guard vaccines are available exclusively from AgriLabs distributors. The newly labeled Titanium 5 L5 HB is packaged in convenient five-, 10- and 25-dose boxes, and Master Guard 10 HB is available in 10- and 25-dose boxes.
"While we are adding "HB" to the names of Titanium 5 L5 and Master Guard 10 to call attention to the new USDA approval, the vaccines themselves remain the same," says Higdon. "This means that people can continue using the Titanium 5 L5 and Master Guard 10 vaccines already in their refrigerators, knowing the cattle they vaccinate will receive the same protection against L. hardjo-bovis."
About Master Guard 10 HB
Master Guard 10 HB is a combination modified-live and killed vaccine that provides five-way viral and five-way Leptospira protection in a single dose, while enabling cows to maintain milk production. Master Guard 10's killed Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD, types 1 and 2) and Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) fractions offer safety at any stage of lactation; its modified-live Parainfluenza3 (PI3) and Bovine Respiratory Syncitial Virus (BRSV) fractions maximize immune response. Now approved to prevent disease caused by Leptospira borgpetersenii hardjo-bovis, Master Guard may be administered to healthy dairy and beef cattle at least 5 months of age, including pregnant cows. Master Guard vaccines are manufactured using continuous Signature Cell Line® production for serial-to-serial consistency and quality.
About Titanium 5 L5 HB
Titanium 5 L5 HB is a modified-live vaccine that provides five-way viral and five-way Leptospira protection. Titanium was the first vaccine to protect against both type 1 and type 2 BVD, and also offers safe, smooth protection against IBR, PI3 and BRSV. Now approved to prevent disease caused by Leptospira borgpetersenii hardjo-bovis, Titanium 5 L5 may be administered to healthy dairy and beef cattle that are not pregnant or nursing. Titanium vaccines are manufactured using continuous Signature Cell Line production for serial-to-serial consistency and quality.
About AgriLabs
AgriLabs (www.AgriLabs.com) is an award-winning animal health, sales and marketing organization with distribution throughout the United States. Through technology transfer and cooperative development agreements, AgriLabs has introduced state-of-the-art products for the beef and dairy industries. AgriLabs' vaccine brands include Titanium, PULMO-GUARD®; and MpB Guard®. AgriLabs' leading nutritional brands include Colostrx®, Achieve® and Respond®. The wholly owned ProLabs (www.prolabspets.com ) division focuses on new product development of companion animal products into the over-the-counter channel.
1Bolin C. Leptospirosis: Clinical signs and pathophysiology. Bovine Conference on Investigating Pregnancy Wastage, Kansas State University, May 3, 2003. 2Powell J. Hardjo-bovis in beef cattle – A new challenge. University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service. Beef Champs. February 2005.
Master Guard, Titanium, PULMO GUARD, MpB Guard, Colostrx, Achieve, Respond and Signature Cell Line are registered trademarks of Agri Laboratories Ltd.


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2-29-08 - The Dallas Cowboys announced today that the team's training camp for the 2008 season will be held in Oxnard, California at the city's fields that are located adjacent to the Residence Inn River Ridge on West Vineyard Avenue. Following the 2008 camp, the team will return to San Antonio for the 2009 camp and the future years that are a part of the Cowboys' long term contract with the City of San Antonio.
"We were aware of the potential for this development when we signed our current agreement with San Antonio," said Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones. "We explored all of the options for the upcoming season and determined that Oxnard was a very good solution. San Antonio remains the long term home to Dallas Cowboys training camp, and we are grateful to the City of Oxnard for welcoming us back for 2008."
The Cowboys partnership with the City of San Antonio and the Alamodome extends through at least the 2011 camp. A prior scheduling commitment at the Alamodome for the summer of 2008 brought about the need for an alternative location for the team's training camp this year.
Dallas held its training camp at the Alamodome last summer as the first year of a long term partnership with the City of San Antonio. Prior to that, the team held training camp at the Oxnard location from 2004 to 2006.
The exact starting date for the 2008 camp has yet to be determined pending the NFL's release of the Cowboys preseason schedule. The reporting date will be during the week of July 21 to July 25.
Dallas Cowboys Training Camps
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1961 St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
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Moon and Antares [1]
The Moon follows a bright star across the sky in the wee hours tomorrow: Antares, the "heart" of Scorpius. They rise around 2 a.m., and are low in the south at first light, with orange Antares well to the right of the Moon.
Even though the Moon is close to the scorpion, it's not actually in Scorpius right now. Instead, it's in the next constellation over: Ophiuchus, the 13th constellation of the zodiac.
There was a kerfuffle about the zodiac earlier this year. In an interview, an astronomer was explaining how the constellations have shifted relative to the Sun since they were first drawn thousands of years ago. Because of that shift, the Sun doesn't cross the constellations of the zodiac at the same time of year as it did then.
A lot of people interpreted the remarks to mean that astronomers were getting ready to re-draw the zodiac. That's just nonsense, though. Earth wobbles on its axis like a spinning top. That changes the dates at which the Sun crosses through the borders of each constellation -- a process that never stops.
And the Sun actually crosses 13 constellations, not 12 -- the 13th is Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer. The amount of time the Sun spends in each constellation depends on the constellation's width along the Sun's pathway. So the Sun actually spends more time in Ophiuchus than it does in Scorpius.
So astronomers aren't changing a thing about the zodiac. Mother Nature handles that all by herself.
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The Oregon Court of Appeals this week published its first opinion, State v. Collins, assisted by a student in a new class taught by Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence Paul J. De Muniz JD'75.
De Muniz retired last year as chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court and sits on the Court of Appeals as part of his retirement. His judicial writing class, offered for the first time this semester, instructs students how to draft appeals court opinions. Third-year students win admission to the class through a lottery and the size is limited to five. Each student works with De Muniz on crafting an opinion for a case assigned to him.
"Law students work on drafting opinions, like performing the role of a clerk," De Muniz said. "Doing this kind of work sharpens their analytical skills and their writing skills. You learn how to write with a particular voice, you learn how narrowly focused you have to be and how disciplined you have to be in choosing certain words."
Student Jamee Asher helped craft the opinion, which involves the reliability of eyewitness testimony in an 11-year-old criminal case. The opinion reaffirms the decision of the trial court, which denied the defendant's claim that eyewitness identification in his case was inadmissible because, among other reasons, a pretrial photographic lineup was unduly suggestive.
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For more information, please visit www.columbiacampaignforathletics.com.
Construction is complete on The Campbell Sports Center, the flagship of Columbia's athletic renewal. The first new athletics building since the Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center was built in the mid-1970s, The Campbell Sports Center is the new cornerstone of the revitalized Baker Athletics Complex.
This signature presence at 218th Street and Broadway sends a powerful message—to student-athletes, to coaches, to the campus community, to alumni and to the sporting public—about Columbia's commitment to athletics. The Campbell Sports Center is already making a tangible, immediate impact on the athletics program.
The Campbell Sports Center offers student-athletes and coaches what they need to achieve excellence: a state-of-the-art facility featuring a theatre-style meeting room, conference rooms, a strength-and-conditioning center, a student-athlete lounge and study center, a hospitality pavilion, and coaches' offices. The Campbell Sports Center fosters Columbia spirit and transforms the student-athlete experience by creating an attractive year-round hub for student-athletes, coaches, staff, and administrators.
As The Campbell Sports Center celebrates our teams, it also honors one of our most accomplished athletics alumni: the captain of the 1961 Ivy League Champion football Lions, former Columbia head football coach, "Coach of Silicon Valley," and Chair of the University Trustees, William V. Campbell '62CC.
We are thrilled to celebrate the opening of The Campbell Sports Center!
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POTTSTOWN — For the first time in recent memory, there will be no tax hike for borough taxpayers in 2013.
With a unanimous vote Wednesday, the borough council adopted a $40 million preliminary budget that requires no increase in real estate taxes.
Last year, council adopted a $39 million 2012 budget that raised property taxes by 1.68 percent.
"I'm really thrilled," Finance Director Janice Lee said. "We really worked at it."
The preliminary budget must now be advertised and a final budget is likely to be adopted in December.
But unlike previous years, when difficult choices and disagreements about where to cut or who to lay off dominated budget discussions, this budget was put together with only three drafts, Lee said.
"In other years, it's take as many as 10 drafts," she said.
"The requests from the managers were all reasonable, it was really a team effort," said Lee.
The key to the whole thing, said Lee, was more spending or, to be specific, the need to take out a loan to begin several capital projects, including the construction of a new borough garage, the purchase of some large trucks and pieces of heavy equipment and a new web page now being developed.
In doing so, the borough decided to roll in the remaining payments on the 11-year-old borough hall and pay it off.
Borough taxpayers were paying more than 5 percent interest in that mortgage which, after 10 years of minimum payments, not had major balloon payments coming.
"Our debt payment last year was $695,000 and was going to be for the next five years," Lee said.
However, using the loan money to pay off the mortgage, the lower 2.99 percent interest rate dropped the borough's annual debt payments to about $300,000, Lee explained.
"We shifted that millage right into the general fund," she said.
That helped a lot with the $635,001 increase in spending, which is due mostly to contracted increases in police wages, Lee said.
The only other expense increase of note, Lee said, is that each of Pottstown's four fire companies was provided with an $8,000 increase in the donation from the borough.
"Expenses and revenues are both up," she said.
There's good news in that revenue number.
Lee said the boroughs revenues from property transfers are up significantly, meaning firstly that sales of existing homes are moving briskly and also the permit fees and transfers from the construction and sales of the Hanover Square town homes now going up at the former Mrs. Smith's Pies site at the corner of South Hanover Street and Industrial Highway. Adding to those revenues are property sales at Manatawny Village, the senior housing complex off Manatawny Street.
"There's been an incredible amount of activity," she said of real estate transfers.
Also up, Lee said, improvements are being seen in earned income tax.
Between workers coming for the new VideoRay facility in the old Levitz building on High Street, and the Sly Fox Brewery in the Circle of Progress near the airport, that budget line is looking good and feeding into the $11,535,878 general fund, the largest portion of the overall borough budget.
The millage for the general fund then, will remain at 6.715 mills and the overall millage, including all borough funds, will remain 10.212 mills.
The borough has only been able to get to this more stable fiscal condition, Lee said, because of slow methodical repairs to its practices.
"We've definitely streamlined our processes over the past couple of years; we're collecting back fees and taxes we didn't used to collect and we're improved our billing systems," said Lee.
"It's just been a culmination of a lot of little things," she said.
"When I started here, our available cash at any given time was just $5.6 million and now its $16.5 million," said Lee.
"We've finally been able to get to this point," she said.
"So next year the county is not raising taxes, and the borough is not raising taxes," said Lee. "Hopefully, the school district can do the same."
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Chelsea captain John Terry has urged his teammates not to lose sight of the importance of finishing in the Premier League top four this term.
The Blues face a crammed fixture list in April, with their league commitments allied to participation in the latter stages of both the Europa League and FA Cup.
However, the former England skipper believes it is vital that the west London club does not miss out on Champions League football next season by concentrating too much on silverware.
"We must win and keep winning games in the league and really push," he told reporters. "Because that is what this club feeds off - the Champions League. We must be involved in that."
Chelsea lost its last Premier League fixture against Southampton, but has a chance to atone when it takes on Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Rafa Benitez's side is two points clear of fifth-placed Arsenal in the English top flight.