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O'Reilly Book Excerpts: Mono: A Developer's Notebook
How to Write a Basic Gtk# Program with Mono
Editor's note: O'Reilly's upcoming Mono: A Developer's Notebook walks you through nearly 50 mini-projects that will introduce you to the most important and compelling aspects of the 1.0 release. This article, which shows you how to install Mono on Windows, how Gtk# works, and how to write a simple Gtk# program, is just the sort of mini-project you'll find in the book.
Gtk# is the Mono API for the GTK+ user interface toolkit. While Mono implements Windows.Forms, Gtk# is a completely open source alternative, and the look-andfeel of choice for Mono programs running on Linux. This lab demonstrates how to install Mono on Windows and write a simple Gtk# program.
Any user interface programming toolkit defines a way for delivering events from the user to the program. Whereas with non-interactive programs the flow of control is under the programmer's direction, interactive programs must respond to the events they receive.
In Gtk#, the flow of control is governed by the main event loop. The program yields its control to the main loop, which is responsible for processing input events. Whenever events that the program is interested in happen, handlers for those events are called and control given to the main program.
Mono is an open source implementation of the Common Language Runtime. It includes the Gtk# user interface libraries.
Related Reading
Mono: A Developer's Notebook
How do I do that?
First, install Mono and Gtk# on your computer. The Mono Windows installer can be downloaded from http://go-mono.com/download.html. The Gtk# Windows installer can be found linked from http://gtk-sharp.sourceforge.net/.
Check you have the Visual C++ runtime, msvcr70.dll, in your C:\Windows directory. This can be downloaded for free from Microsoft.
Because Mono is still under aggressive development, issues arise periodically. Check out the Gtk# Windows Beginner's Guide, at http://www.nullenvoid.com/gtksharp/wiki/index.php/InstallingBeginnersGuideForWindows Follow any instructions given there for the version of Gtk# you downloaded.
Now set up the
MONO_PATH environmental variable to
refer to the bin subdirectory of your Mono installation,
for example C:\Program Files\Mono-0.31\bin. Ensure
PATH variable also includes this directory.
Now that Mono is happily installed, on with the lab.
We will construct a basic Gtk# program using a window
and a button. Both of these raise events, and need
add handlers for those that the programmer wants to
process. Example 2 shows the program listing.
Example 2. Basic Gtk# application: 01-basics/Main.cs
// 04-gtk/01-basics
using System;
using Gtk;
class MainClass {
public static void Main (string[] args)
Application.Init ();
Window w = new Window ("Gtk# Basics");
Button b = new Button ("Hit me");
w.DeleteEvent += new
DeleteEventHandler (Window_Delete);
b.Clicked += new
EventHandler (Button_Clicked);
// initialize the GUI
w.Add (b);
w.SetDefaultSize (200, 100);
w.ShowAll ();
Application.Run ();
static void Window_Delete (object o,
DeleteEventArgs args)
Application.Quit ();
args.RetVal = true;
static void Button_Clicked (object o, EventArgs
System.Console.WriteLine ("Hello, World!");
Use a regular text editor to save the source in Main.cs and compile it like this:
$ mcs Main.cs -pkg:gtk-sharp
$ mono Main.exe
When you run the application, you will see a window as in Figure 8: the button takes up the entire space in the window. Click the button a few times, and you'll see the output on the terminal as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 8. Gtk# window with a button
Figure 9. Terminal output
How does it work?
The Gtk namespace is imported with using Gtk. The basic Gtk# tasks of initialising the toolkit are performed by the Application class. Specifically, there are three static methods of interest.
If you want your
application to
check whether it
can use graphics,
use the
- Init causes the Gtk# library to be initialized. You won't get very far without doing this.
- Run causes the flow of control to enter the main event loop.
- Quit causes the event loop to terminate when control is returned to it.
The creation of the window and its button is a trivial matter: there are more interesting examples in the other labs. What is more relevant here is the hooking up of the event handlers. Every widget (user interface element) in Gtk# is capable of raising a variety of events. Many of these are derived from the basic Widget class, from which all the Gtk# widgets inherit. Typical events include Focused, sent when the widget receives user focus, and DeleteEvent, sent when the widget is deleted.
The event handlers need not be static methods if they need to access an object instance. The only difference is to assign them prefixed by the instance.
When an event is raised, the assigned handlers are
invoked. Events can have any number of handlers
assigned. Example 2 shows the handler
Window_Delete being added for the event
Window_Delete handler does two things of interest.
First, it instructs the main loop to exit when control
is returned to it. Secondly, it sends true back as a
return value via the args object. This stops any subsequent
handlers getting the event.
The handler for the Button is much the same, and is more typical of the general widget event handler. Buttons have some specialized events, of which Clicked is the most useful.
The assignment of the handlers has been shown in full to give some hint as to the underlying implementation. However, it's possible to take a shortcut and write the two lines as follows:
w.DeleteEvent += Window_Delete;
b.Clicked += Button_Clicked;
What about...
An introduction to programming with Gtk# can be found as part of the documenation shipped with Monodoc. Refer to the Mono for Gnome Applications section of the Mono Handbook, available from the Monodoc table of contents. As ever, another excellent source of reference material is the Gtk# API reference itself in Monodoc. You can either install Monodoc from http://go-mono.com/download.html or read its contents online at http://go-mono.com:8080/.
To understand more about delegates and events, refer to Chapter 2 of C# Essentials, 2nd Edition by Ben Albahari, Peter Drayton, and Brad Merrill (O'Reilly, 2002). A good introduction to the GTK+ toolkit can be found in the GTK+ 2.0 Tutorial, available at http://www.gtk.org/ tutorial/. Although specific to the C language implementation of GTK+, the tutorial contains a lot of theory about the toolkit that we will only gloss over in this book.
A document outlining the changes available in C# 2.0 can be found linked from Microsoft's C# website, at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/team/language/default.aspx.


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'Strong' showing for Glenn in Bi-County championship
LAKEVILLE — With less than a minute remaining in the Bi-County championship game, John Glenn's Jake Strong received one word of instruction — go.
The 6-foot-2 sophomore went, and never really stopped, until the Falcons' basketball team celebrated a stunning 34-31 victory over host LaVille in the 48th annual TCU Bi-County Tournament finale Saturday at LaVille's Dale E. Cox Gymnasium.
Strong, the tourney MVP, scored the go-ahead bucket with 31 seconds to play, grabbed a crucial rebound in the waning moments, and drilled a pair of clutch free tosses with 3.5 seconds to play as the Falcons captured their first tourney title since 2007.
"I was pretty confident," Strong said of the go-ahead basket. "I was struggling to hit shots, but I knew I had it in me. My teammates kept telling me they knew I could do it. I give a lot of credit to my teammates.
"I think we bonded well as a team this week," he added. "Our team chemistry is great; we came together as a team."
After LaVille senior guard Andrew Hostetler drained a trey from the right wing to hand the Lancers a 31-30 lead with 46 ticks on the clock, Strong seized the initiative. Strong took his man one-on-one, drove deep down the right side of the lane and banked in a short runner with 31 seconds left.
"We told (Strong) to go and he did," Glenn head coach Travis Hannah said. "He's going to be a good one."
The Lancers missed a couple of opportunities in the ensuing trip down the floor. A Hostetler triple try kicked long and was chased down by LaVille senior forward Jeff Haygood whose off-balanced 10-foot putback caromed off the rim to Strong with 3.5 seconds left.
Following Strong's successful one-and-one, LaVille threw deep, and after a loose-ball scramble, Glenn senior Nathan Stegemiller secured possession and the Falcons' 14th Bi-County crown.
"This is my first one," Hannah said of the Bi-County title. "It's meaningful, because last night they recognized (former Glenn head coach and 10-time Bi-County champion) Gordon Mosson. He won a bunch of these, and we're happy to bring the trophy back to John Glenn, where we think it belongs."
Defensively, the Falcons' sticky man-to-man defense, with an occasional 1-3-1 zone mixed in, held the Lancers to 11 of 39 overall from the field and 2 for 16 from 3-point range. On the strength of that defense, Glenn, which entered the tourney 1-8, denied LaVille its first Bi-County championship since 1974 and avenged last month's 52-36 Northern State Conference loss to the Lancers.
"We've been preaching defense, and defense kept us in the game," Hannah said. "We go stretches where our offense struggles. We're a young team, so it takes us time to make adjustments. During those times when we're not scoring our defense can keep us in the game.
"I'm proud of our kids," he continued. "Over Christmas break we had a few 20-year reunion practices; those are practices they'll talk about when they come back for their 20-year reunion. We're getting better, but we're not there yet when you look at our sectional."
Sophomore guard Drew McDonald scored a team-high 10 points for the Falcons. His old-fashioned 3-point play handed Glenn its first lead of the evening — 23-20 with 7:25 left in the final frame. He also nailed a pair of 3-pointers in the first half as Glenn overcame early deficits of 9-1 and 12-4.
Stegemiller added eight points — all during the second half — including a triple from the right wing off a skip pass from McDonald to put the Falcons up 26-20 with 6:25 left in the game. Junior Austen Hayes pulled down a team-best seven rebounds and knotted the game at 20-all with a conventional 3-point play with 7.4 seconds to go in the third stanza. Freshman Alec Runyan added four rebounds for Glenn.
"I thought Drew held us in the game in the first half offensively," Hannah said. "Alec Runyan, as a freshman, played one heckuva game. Nathan Stegemiller hit some big shots and wins his first Bi-County as a senior. I'm proud of our seniors; they get to go out on top."
Sophomore guard Blake Berger tallied a game-high 12 points and dished out three assists for LaVille. W.B. Hawkins Award winner Nick Amor followed with 10 points.
Meanwhile, one night after dropping 24 points on Triton, Hostetler managed eight points on 2 of 13 from the field. Strong, with plenty of double-team help from his teammates, stuck to Hostetler all night and permitted the Lancers' sniper few uncontested looks.
"(Hostetler) is a tough player," Strong said. "I respect his game. It was fun to guard him."
Also for LaVille, Haygood ripped down eight rebounds, swiped three steals, and blocked a pair of shots.
Glenn welcomes Knox Friday, while LaVille hosts Rochester Tuesday.
• JOHN GLENN 34, LaVILLE 31
At Lakeville
Score by quarters
Glenn: 4 10 20 34
LaVille: 12 16 20 31
GLENN (34): Alec Runyan 2, Austen Hayes 5, Tyler Prentkowski 3, Drew McDonald 10, Jacob Strong 6, Calvin Kretchmer 0, Nathan Stegemiller 8; Totals: 12 5-6 34.
LaVILLE (31): Cameron Gurtner 0, Blake Berger 12, Landon Manuel 0, Ryan Bettcher 0, Jeff Haygood 1, Andrew Hostetler 8, Alec Baker 0, Nick Amor 10; Totals: 11 7-8 31.
3-pointers: Glenn 5 (McDonald 2, Stegemiller 2, Prentkowski), LaVille 2 (Hostetler); Turnovers: Glenn 12, LaVille 5; Rebounds: Glenn 23 (Hayes 7), LaVille 21 (Haygood 8); Assists: Glenn 8 (Strong 3), LaVille 5 (Berger 3); Steals: Glenn 1, LaVille 4 (Haygood 3); Fouls (fouled out): Glenn 11 (none), LaVille 10 (none); Records: Glenn 4-8, LaVille 9-4.

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May 2011 In Box - Letters to the EditorPosted in Features on May 1, 2011
4x4 Of the Year
Hat's off to a superb Feb. '11 issue. It's probably my favorite issue to date. The 4x4 of the Year section was put together well, with solid backing behind your decision. I was a little surprised that Lexus/Toyota didn't select the 4Runner Trail Edition for the contest despite the V-6. I think it may have fared better than the GX given its power-to-weight ratio, clearance, and so on. The 4BT Bronco and Ultimate Avalanche ("Fred DED") stories were great too! Keep up the good work.
West Jordan, UT
Thanks for the vote of confidence. We knew the Land Rover LR4 won fair and square, but sometimes people just don't understand how the test works.
4x4 of the Year Choices
4-Wheel & Off-Road has been my favorite magazine for something like 10 years, and I've seen tons of letters to the editor whining about the 4x4 of the Year test. I swore I'd never be "that guy," but something in the latest test bugs me. For years 4WOR has asked 4x4 manufacturers to keep using solid axles. We all know that they're a better choice for serious off-roading. Yet in the 2011 4x4 of the Year article, you guys sang the praises of the two vehicles with four-wheel independent suspension and spoke pretty negatively of the solid rear axle in both vehicles so equipped. While I realize that this was done in the name of objectivity, it seems pretty counterproductive. I would imagine that as a magazine devoted to real off-roading, you guys would at least word it in a way that doesn't imply that solid axles are such a bad thing. Please don't turn into Car & Driver. I like 4WOR as it is!
John Pope
Via email
Good comment, John. What is often left out is the fact that a solid axle properly esigned and built can outdo an independent suspension system. However, we have to be unbiased and can only test what is eligible and what we are given each year, hence the comments. I'd like to put one of those fully independent rigs against, say, the winner of our 2001 4x4 of the Year test and see how the new ones fare, because we called that rig the Kung Fu Master and it was solid-axled front and rear. Give me a '99-'04 Jeep Grand Cherokee any day.
Constructive Critisism
While reading the 4x4 of the Year report (Feb. '11) I noticed the comments both negative and positive concerning electronic brake-based traction control systems. An easy way to increase the effectiveness of these systems is to upgrade the brake pads. The upgraded pad material produces greater friction, which helps reduce stopping distances on-road while allowing much greater progress with lifted wheels off-road. My '04 Disco runs EBC Green Stuff pads. This simple modification allows the ETC to work better and avoid the "momentum" approach to wheeling an ETC-equipped vehicle. Keeps the body damage down while wheeling Rausch Creek and the former Paragon too! Try it out. On a good ETC system like the Rover it makes a world of difference. Enough to support our A-to-Z FAB #513 Ultra 4 rig anyway! Great article, by the way. Keep it up!
Jason Anthony
Via email
Jason, good point, although we've never done any definitive testing this way. We have to keep the 4x4 of the Year vehicles stock for testing, but your letter makes us think that we could do more tests on the vehicles afterward. The brake-based traction control systems are not going away and only getting better. The Luddite in us still loves our old lockers and carbs, but the tech geek in us appreciates new technology and can only hope it gets better.
Speaking of Altered Reality
You guys need to get back to reality. The 4x4 of the year doesn't have an average price of $55K and an average 12.5 mpg. What year are you in? The fact that you never recognized the greatest four-wheeler ever, the Jeep TJ Rubicon, and continue to test leather-covered luxo land yachts is not part of my year or world. Scratch one of these little soccer mom trucklets and it will cost more than a set of tires to fix.
As for the Raptor, you only put it in to lose, and to add some off-road credibility to the article. No way would you have a two-year winner. Wouldn't help the ad revenue for the mag, even if it is the best by a long mile.
As for your Ultimate Adventures, dang, I wish someone would build me an $80K toy to thrash. You guys got a great job thrashing a field that costs more than most readers' houses for your annual tests. The point is, why should anyone else care?
Steve Bush
Marietta, GA
Sorry, Steve, the reality is vehicles cost that much now. Are you stuck in the '90s? And you say we never recognized the Jeep TJ Rubicon. Where were you in 2007 when we tested it? You actually have to read the articles we print, not just look at the pretty pictures and read part of the captions.
And your comment on ad revenue? Oh, come on, I beg you to go back through the years and look at the winners of each year and figure out how the advertisers all changed their ad schedule because we did or did not pick them as a winner. I dare you. Let me know what you find, as I already know.
As for the Ultimate Adventure trucks, you must realize that those trucks are dream machines, a dream truck for our readers to imagine what could be done on a beyond-normal budget, a dream truck that maybe you don't copy completely but hopefully you take something away from, whether it's how we mount the winch, how to put rear steer in a fullsize truck, or just a funky paintjob. As magazine writers we don't rake in big bucks either. Like you, we mostly rent homes and clip coupons, but we can dream of amazing trucks to build for our off-road trip and hopefully you like them. Unrealistic, yes, but so is the model in Playboy, but that doesn't mean you don't like looking at her. If you had the chance to build something crazy and over-the-top and then see what it does off-road, wouldn't you? That is why we balance those buildups with low-budget projects throughout the year.
More No Whining!
Rick, don't let them beat you up. I showed up to a welding show after work that had an oxy-acetylene cutting contest. "Who could cut a 10x10 H-beam the fastest?" I blew off the best time by 18 seconds. That's not a big deal, but what pissed off the other welders was that I was dressed in flip-flops, shorts, and a tank top! The moral is that a good, intelligent welder knows not to stand under his or her spray. That goes for outhouses too!
I've retired from national defense and over the years have welded everything from lawnmowers to M1 Abram tanks in every position you could get in with every type of safety equipment there is. Experience is number one, and all I have to say to the finger-pointers is, "My cow died and I don't need your bull!"
Thanks for your continuing contribution to four-wheeling, your staff, magazine, and devotion to safe, responsible off-roading.
Keith R. Bankston
Paso Robles, CA
Thanks, and I'm still laughing about your dead cow!
Péwé My Ride
I have been reading your magazine since I was 15 years old, and I am 32 now. I love what you guys do, and I even don't mind all Jeeps in every issue. I have a cool idea for you guys. Pick a reader and Péwé his ride (like "pimp my ride"), only make it a cool off-roader. It would be neat to see some average Joe's ride get some help. I don't mean a nice paintjob but rather some cool mods a lot of us can't afford. Thanks for keeping the mag cool over the years.
Ted Carlson
Kemmerer WY
Brake System Tips
I think your mag is great. It has a great variety of helpful information. However, there are the occasional errors. The first section I look at is the technical articles. In the Feb. '11 issue you ran a how-to on upgrading a brake system ("Better Braking"). Two of the photos did not have enough explanation. Photo 2 shows what appears to be red Loctite brand thread locker. While I agree with using chemical thread locker, this product requires 500 degrees of heat in both the bolt and the component to remove the fastener after curing. If you have to make a repair on the trail, good luck. Photo 4 shows a fair method for compressing the piston, but caution must be exercised when doing so. If the vehicle has ABS, a flake of rust may be forced into the control unit, causing a failure of that system. This could be a very expensive mistake. The best way to do this is to open the bleeder screw to relieve the pressure rather than pushing the fluid back to the master cylinder.
Chuck Burns
Payson, AZ
Good point on the caliper pushback, Chuck. I have to disagree on the red Loctite though, as I have used the sweet-tasting stuff for years and, while it is tough, have never had to heat anything to 500 degrees or get a breaker bar out. Maybe that's a good shootout though? Hmm, nice idea!
More Breaking Brakes
I have come to the conclusion that 4WOR is the best publication in its field. I also must take issue with some advice given in the "Better Braking" article (Feb. '11). You recommend using antiseize compound on caliper slide pins. I have learned from experience that anti-seize will expand and deform slide boots and other rubber parts that it comes in contact with. Synthetic caliper grease works but can dry up after a period of time. Dielectric grease, in my opinion, is the best option in this application. It is silicone based, will not harm rubber components, and holds up quite well to heat. I would appreciate any input you have on this subject.
Ben Allen
Crosby, MN
The truth, Ben, is that we have never had antiseize swell and seize. But then again we don't live in your cold climes so it certainly is possible. Maybe we'll stick to dielectric grease from now on. Anyone have more input on this? Drop us a line!
Reader Rant No Whining!
Geez, I get sick of self-righteous people whining about nitpicky things. Who has time to police the magazine articles to find out who is not wearing their seatbelts, who is welding in sandals, etc.? I think personal safety is a personal choice. If one chooses not to take advantage of personal protection, then that is their choice. Maybe they will be weeded out by natural selection and as a whole the population will become smarter and we won't keep saving stupid people to continue to perpetuate stupid genes.
Once, as I was getting a ticket for not wearing my seatbelt while driving down the road in St. George, I asked the officer how he could justify writing me a ticket as a guy rode by on his motorcycle without a helmet (or seatbelt, mind you). He said, "Well, I can't" as he handed me a ticket anyway and bade me good day. Usually I do wear my seatbelt. If I would have died in a fiery crash that day I would only have myself to blame, not Dennis Boyer from Naples, Florida, for not pointing it out for me (In Box, Nov. '10), or Rick Péwé for not being a better role model. Enjoy the magazine for what it is.
Finally, I'm not whining here, but I noticed my Chevy wasn't in the SAS Chevy section of Readers' Rides in that same issue. This isn't a threat here, but I'll just keep sending pictures. LOL.
Steve Talbot
Veyo, UT
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New England Law | Boston
New Name Adopted in 2008
The school adopted a new name, New England Law | Boston, as it entered its second century. In written communications, this can be shortened to New England Law on second reference.
The new name includes New England Law's Boston location. The school takes great advantage of its location in the heart of the city, with exceptional adjunct faculty drawn from local law firms, courts, and government offices, and with ready access to placements for clinics and internships.
The new logo's crest and bridge celebrate Boston and recall the spirit of graduate Leonard P. Zakim '78, the late civil rights leader for whom the city's now iconic Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge is named. The logo also includes the year that New England Law was founded, 1908, which highlights the school's long heritage.


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Second Goal in as Many Days for Junior Forward
HANOVER, N.H. – Down 2-1 late in the game Sunday afternoon at Vermont, the Yale field hockey team fought back to tie the score on a goal by senior midfielder/back Mary Beth Barham with 27 seconds left. The Bulldogs' heroics then continued in overtime, with junior forward Brooke Gogel scoring the game-winner at 2:40. It was the second goal of the weekend for Gogel, who scored her first career goal Saturday at Dartmouth.
With six goals, this weekend marks the Bulldogs' best two-day offensive output of the season. After coming up one goal short in a 4-3 loss at Dartmouth Saturday, Yale (4-8, 1-3 Ivy League) took an early lead Sunday when junior midfielder Erica Borgo scored an unassisted goal 2:21 in.
Vermont (1-13, 0-3 America East) tied it 20 minutes late on a penalty corner goal by midfielder/defender Sally Snickenberger.
The score would remain 1-1 for more than 40 minutes, as junior goalie Emily Cain (five saves) dueled Vermont keeper Stephanie Zygmunt (15 saves). The Catamounts broke through first, with midfielder Whitlee Burghardt scoring at 66:38 to make it 2-1 Vermont.
Yale peppered Zygmunt with 11 shots on goal in the second half, but it wasn't until the final minute that they were able to get one past her. Off a penalty corner, freshman back Molly Wolf sent a shot toward the left post and Barham was able to deflect it in to tie the game in dramatic fashion.
Gogel's game-winner in overtime came when she and freshman forward/midfielder Nicole Wells worked a give-and-go to perfection while catching Vermont in transition. With Zygmunt charging out of to try to shut down the angle for a shot, Wells sent the ball over to Gogel. Gogel tapped it into the empty net for the victory.
Yale hosts Penn next Saturday (12:00) for Alumnae Day, part of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of field hockey at Yale.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (firstname.lastname@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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CHARLOTTE – Duke is the favorite to win the expanded Atlantic Coast Conference, though new member Syracuse has the preseason player of the year in C.J. Fair.
The Blue Devils earned 50 of 54 first-place votes from media members at the league's "ACC Operation Basketball media day Wednesday. Syracuse – which joins the ACC along with Pittsburgh and Notre Dame from the reconfigured Big East – was picked second, while North Carolina was picked third.
The Tar Heels received one first-place vote.
Virginia was picked fourth, followed by Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Maryland, Boston College, Florida State, North Carolina State, Georgia Tech, reigning champion Miami, WakeForest, Clemson and Virginia Tech.
In addition, Duke freshman Jabari Parker was picked as preseason rookie of the year.
This will be Maryland's final year in the league before leaving for the Big Ten.


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It's been more than a month since Stephen Strasburg has suffered a loss. The 25-year-old right-hander leads the Nationals against the Miami Marlins Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Even though the Nationals posted a 9-2 victory Saturday, time is not on the side of the Nats as the season begins to wind down. With 21 games left, the Nationals are still eight games behind the Cincinnati Reds for the second wild card spot.
Strasburg has done his part to help the Nationals. He's 1-0 over his last six starts and hasn't lost since July 30 at Detroit. During the span he's tossed a shutout and has been involved in two early exits, one due to a rain delay and the other via ejection.
All told, Strasburg has given up only six earned runs over his last five starts, covering 26 2/3 innings. He's coming off a no-decision at Philadelphia Monday, when he allowed two hits and an unearned run while fanning 10 over six innings.
Strasburg is 5-3 with a 3.64 ERA in 12 starts versus the Marlins.
Jacob Turner takes the mound for Miami. The righty is coming off a no-decision on August 31 at Atlanta, when he tossed 5 2/3 innings in an 11-inning loss to the Braves. He went 0-1 in two starts with a 5.73 ERA against the Nationals last season.
Pitching at Marlins Park has proved successful for Turner. He's 3-1 in eight home starts this season, compared to a mark of 0-4 on the road.
Ryan Zimmerman hit a pair of home runs Saturday for the Nationals. Wilson Ramos drove in a pair of runs as did Tyler Moore, while Jayson Werth had three hits and scored once for the Nationals, who have won three of four. Tanner Roark (5-0) gave up just four hits and struck out four in his first career start to pick up the win.
"We got off to an early start hitting-wise and scored a couple of runs. That takes a lot of weight off your shoulders when you're pitching," Roark said.
Adeiny Hechavarria and Jeff Mathis each drove in a run for the Marlins, who had won four of five coming in. Nathan Eovaldi (3-6) lasted just three innings in the start, giving up five runs on nine hits.
"I just wasn't locating any of my pitches," Eovaldi said. "The fastball command was off and then I wasn't really throwing any of my breaking ball pitches for strikes."
Washington's Denard Span has an 18-game hitting streak.
Washington leads the season series, 10-4.


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Fresh local strawberries, though late in arriving, are plentiful at last and better than ever. I've already made one batch of strawberry preserves, four loaves of strawberry bread and several desserts from the luscious fruit.
Fresh local strawberries, though late in arriving, are plentiful at last and better than ever. I've already made one batch of strawberry preserves, four loaves of strawberry bread and several desserts from the luscious fruit.
Now, if only local tomatoes would ripen. We've waited many long months since September for a tomato sandwich, and we're growing antsy for thick slices of ripe, juicy tomatoes fresh from the garden tucked between two slices of Sunbeam white bread slathered in mayonnaise — the kind of sandwich that drips down to your elbows when you take the first bite.
I remember my first tomato sandwich. "Miss Lucy," I asked my aunt's kitchen factotum, who was aptly named Lucy Cook, "may I have a sammich, please?"
"Say sand-wich, not sammich, and I don't have anything to make one with, honey."
"Don't you have bread and may-naise? And a 'mater?" She pondered, answered yes and promptly made a tomato sandwich for me.
Sandwiches are popular all over the country, but in the South particularly, the tomato sandwich reigns supreme as everybody's favorite.
Of course, the top 10 sandwiches in our blessed plot of Dixieland would have to include the following: fried bologna — a thick slice of bologna fried in butter or bacon grease till nicely browned in the middle with curled crispy edges on white bread; pimento cheese — grilled in butter and mashed flat; egg salad; chicken salad; a chopped sandwich (local-ese for barbecue); a cheeseburger with mayonnaise and pickles; peanut butter and banana (add bacon and you have Elvis' favorite); a hot dog all the way; and the good old all-American BLT.
Legend has it that the fourth earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, invented the concoction when he couldn't stop playing poker (or whatever) long enough for a proper meal, so he asked for meat between two pieces of bread that he could eat out of hand.
However, goat herders, travelers, plowmen and the like had been carrying their lunches, cheese, sausage and whatnot on slabs of bread for centuries, and all through the Middle Ages meals were served on trenchers made of a hard, flat bread.
There are versions of sandwiches in all cultures: Tacos, spring rolls, sushi, gyros, pasties all fall into the category. Brits gave us dainty little tea sandwiches made with things like watercress and shrimp paste, the French gave us croque monsieur (fancified ham and cheese), Italy's gift is the panini, bocadillos are from Spain, and my own mother gifted the world with her cream cheese and olive on canned Boston brown bread.
How about a culinary trip around the USA, following the sandwich trail? I'd start in New England with the lobster roll, luscious chunks of the red guy mixed with mayo and served on a grilled hot dog bun. Take a quick side trip to Rhode Island to sample the grinder, Italian meat and cheese on a long, hard roll with oil and vinegar, and never, ever mayonnaise.
Stop off in New York City for pastrami on rye, of course, thin slices of the spicy meat piled high on hard bread with mustard. Don't miss the city of brotherly love for a Philly Cheesesteak, made like the original version with Cheez Whiz.
It's Louisville for a Kentucky Hot Brown, open-faced turkey on thick bread with bacon and Mornay sauce. I'd be sure to tarry awhile on the Eastern Shore for a Maryland soft shell crab sandwich.
Hey, here we are in the Carolinas. It's North for the above chopped sandwich and South for a yummy roadkill burger (if columnist Gene Owens has anything to do with it). Aha, the Sunshine State — it's time for Cuban: roast pork, cheese, pickles and mustard on Cuban bread. Hmmm, make that roast 'gator. Next stop, N'awlins. I'll take the oyster po-boy; you can have the muffuletta with olive salad, good meat and good cheese. In Texas it has to be chuckwagon steak on a bun. Or is that chicken fried steak? Or are they the same?
On to the West coast for a BLAT, bacon, lettuce, tomato plus avocado — that's California for you. Go up the coast and you'll snack on what else but a salmon sandwich.
Oops, I forgot the interior of the country — how crass of me. There's my favorite, the Denver, made of eggs, peppers, onions and ham. There's the Reuben — love the tangy sauerkraut. You don't want to miss Chicago's famous Italian beef.
They all sound delicious, don't they, with the exception of the squashed Carolina polecat. But given a choice, most of us would still go for that fresh, home-grown kitchen sink tomato sandwich first.
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Your response:He's letting the market come back to him, the more places that get their spots locked up faster the more leverage he picks up with the rest of the guys. The way things have played out so far are a positive for us now we just need the Phillies to make a big move and we could end up with a new CF and keep Ludwick.
And, with that, I am out of this conversation. I will just wait and see how it all shakes out.Exactly right Hero.
Furthermore, I did not read anything about FREE AGENT MARKET only in the above comments. So you may want to be a little more specific in your posts.
if you wait to long they might. I don't doubt Jocketty, im just saying it is possible to wait too long, but its not even winter meetings yet so obviously its not too late
While they may be a better team than us I don't believe that trade really pertains to us. We both lost in the Division Series and we both had the best records in baseball. I believe in making our team the best in our division because once you get to the playoffs its pure luck. Look at the Cardinals and Tigers from last year. Look at the Cardinals the year before. Anything can happen in the playoffs so all we should worry about is making the Reds the best team in the NL Central every year.
While the Nats now have a top of the order hitter and can use Harper to drive in runs they still appear to be losing 100 RBI and 33 HR guy from last year who was 6th in MVP voting and won the SS and GG at 1B or a monster in Michael Morse of the 2012 team so they aren't the same 2012 team getting better. If Harper isn't ready to hold down the 4 hole yet they could run into some issues next year.
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Here is an article from 2 weeks ago with comments from Jocketty:
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Look, I'm not saying I didn't want Span or that Jocketty shouldn't go after him to wait for cheap free agents. I happen to think he would have been a good fit but for whatever reason he saw the cost as prohibitive. However, the silver lining I take from this is that as other teams fill OF needs, the leverage of the available free agents goes down. The Reds can't afford $15M a year for Upton or $20M a year for Hamilton and guys like Ludwick are not going to just settle this early in free agency. Their agents are going to try and get as much money for as many years as they can. So maybe a guy like Bourn sees the market dry up and, like other Scott Boras clients, decides to play for a winner on a 1 year deal and give it a shot again next year. The Reds could then squeeze him in on a Ryan Madson type deal. Ludwick may take a 2 year deal with the Reds when there are only 2-3 teams vying for his services rather than 5-6.
I apologize if I came off as snarky before, that was certainly not my intent. I was just trying to understand your point of view
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Police in Victoria are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal collision between two cars and a street sweeper at Foster in South Gippsland.
A 51-year-old Leongatha woman was killed shortly after 8am (AEDT) after her car collided with the street sweeper.
"Investigators have been told that a BMW sedan was travelling east on the South Gippsland Highway, near Lundstroms Road, when it collided with a street sweeper," police said in a statement.
"From initial inquiries it appears the BMW had just overtaken a car, also travelling east, when it collided with the sweeper which was travelling west.
"As a result of the collision, the sweeper then collided with the car that had been overtaken by the BMW resulting in the death of the driver."
It was also confirmed that both the female driver of the street sweeper and the male driver of the BMW were taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries and leg injuries respectively.
Police have asked for any witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
The death was the third on Victorian roads today.
A 60-year-old man died after a two-car collision on the Maryborough to Dunolly Road at Bet Bet.
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The largest of the sections, and located in the central halls, the racing and performance section houses all of the go-fast goodies that we Mustang lovers demand. Companies like Eagle Specialty Products, Trick Flow Specialties, and Aeromotive call this section home. But the fun doesn't end there.
One could spend an entire day in the wheels and accessories section, and nevermind getting lost in the tools and equipment section. There are even entire sections devoted to restoration parts, collision and refinishing, trucks, and even car care. The event is open to exhibitors from 9 to 5 for four days, and it's nearly impossible to see the entire show in that amount of time.
This year, nearly 1,500 new products were featured in the New Products Showcase. Other than parts on display, the SEMA Show offers attendees educational seminars, product demonstrations, special events, networking opportunities, and the looming backdrop of fabulous Las Vegas, which can easily consume the other 16 hours of each of the four days.
More than providing a stage for manufacturers, retailers, and shop owners to meet and mingle, SEMA works behind the scenes to oppose laws that could potentially kill our hobby, as well as cataloging a library of products in an online database. For 46 years, SEMA has been the voice for everything aftermarket in the automotive industry.
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Spell/Grammar Checker in forums
Hello, just want to see what you guys think about having either a spell or grammar checker or both on the forums. For me I think it would save me a lot of time checking my spelling and grammar before I post. I already know of one member who would like a grammar checker to make sure his posts are coherent but I want to know who else would think it would be a good idea or not.
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: AnimeSuki Forums
Keitaro, no amount of grammar and spelling checks can improve the posts that some people on this forum make.
Besides, I can't even begin to fathom the amount of programming something like this would require. The idea is pretty good, but I can't imagine it being feasible. Then again, I'm not GHDPro.
|2004-03-07, 17:55
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cho~ kakkoii
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 3rd Planet
I think a spell-checker is a great idea. Not sure about a grammar checker though because most of the word documents that has a grammar checker is confusing to say the least and most of the time these grammar-checkers find faults in sentences if the sentence lacks any apporpriate punctuation. With the aid of a spell checker overall posting quality should improve a little. In some of the section of the forum we can use all the improvement we can have.
P.S. If you find any spelling mistake in my post, it is because this forum lacks a spell checker.
|2004-03-07, 18:20
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Nothing More
Join Date: Mar 2003
Age: 38
Personally I'm happy using the tools I already use to check my posts -- more flexible I my opinion. I wouldn't be against one though.
|2004-03-07, 18:25
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Inactive ex-WoW addict
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Trondheim, Norway
Age: 38
I just open the other IE window where I have the GameFAQs boards, copy/paste and press "Preview and Spellcheck Message". I'm a bandwidth thief. Well, I post there too, so I guess I can be excused.
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Evangelist of the Kazoo
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: AnimeSuki Forums
A good place to find a Spell Checker is http://www.spellcheck.net. It checks up to 20000 characters.
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|2004-05-01, 19:25
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It's bacon!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Up and to the Left
Age: 38
http://www.iespell.com/ works good on Internet Explorer.
|2004-05-01, 21:24
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Uhm...a spell check would be a tool that the person posting could use to make sure their post doesn't have a bunch of mispelled words before posting. Then they could choose to fix errors or ignore them, like for other languages or lingo. A spell/grammer check tool may help some people who don't speak (read: type) English very fluently and those who just like to make sure they haven't made an error.
|2004-05-05, 12:14
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Cardboard Box
Age: 32
proper spelling and grammer is overrated. the way people spell certain words and word their sentances is what makes each person unique. it is like an accent in verbal conversation: if we don't have those little things that make us sound different, then we are no different than a bunch of robots (or japanese people) with changing opinions.
|2004-05-07, 09:39
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mushroom County, Mario World
Age: 30
This is the best addition to the forum that could be made. Especially now that mods are hunting for people who don't use their English correctly.
It's good for speed typing too. I often find myself having to edit posts for having typos. But the best solve to the case would just be to use word. Copy paste you reply in their and it takes out almost all typo's etc.
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|2004-05-08, 15:15
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Smooth and Curvy...
Join Date: Jun 2003
I like the spell check idea most of the time I'm in a hurry to post and my finger slips.
I usually notice the error after I post or alittle bit later. Then I have to see those little italicized words on the bottom of my post (last edited by Cammie) Grammer checker? well... thats a good idea but lots of people use lots of slang.
|2004-05-09, 15:02
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Tekkaman Blade!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bakersfield, CA, USA,
Age: 30
A spell check would be nice. It gets really annoying when MS Word says I spelt "anime" wrong, though. It'd be really hard though, because many anime names will show up as mispelt, then changed to some totally different word.
If we need a grammar check, I think we should ask kj1980 to write it. He's Japanese, but types better english than 90% of the forum.
Now that I mention it, isn't that sad? Most of the Americans can't type "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs," but can understand "|-|3|p m3!" Sort of funny...
|2004-05-09, 15:14
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Well that's because a lot of people are not enough aware of what they're writting...
It's sad, but it's true...
Still it would be a great idea, since there are people who can't even type a sentense without making like 10 mistakes...
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CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Montee Ball says he shook off the offseason in Wisconsin's opener. That doesn't bode well for Oregon State.
A Heisman Trophy finalist last season, Ball ran for 120 yards and a touchdown in the No. 13 Badgers' 26-21 win over FCS-level Northern Iowa last Saturday.
In addition to the letup in the offseason, Ball had missed part of fall camp because of a concussion he sustained when he was attacked by several men near campus in the early morning hours of Aug. 1.
"If you watch the game, you could see I was a little rusty," he said. "If I pick up my feet on a couple runs, I'm gone. I'm out of there."
Ball scored 39 touchdowns last season to tie Barry Sanders' NCAA record. He finished the year with 1,923 yards rushing and 2,229 all-purpose yards, second in Wisconsin history only to Ron Dayne's 2,242 yards in 1996. Ball capped the season by rushing for 164 yards and a touchdown in the Badgers' 45-38 loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl.
When the Beavers visited Camp Randall last season, Ball ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns in the Badgers' 35-0 shutout.
Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema was puzzled by comments that Ball had a slow start to this season.
"I found it amazing that 120 yards, three receptions and whatever it was, 150, 160 all-purpose yards with a touchdown is a bad day," Bielema said. "I guess we'll take those bad days whenever they come."
While Ball has been able to get the rust out, the Beavers haven't. Oregon State will be playing its season opener on Saturday at Reser Stadium.
The Beavers were supposed to host Nicholls State last weekend, but that game was postponed out of concern for student safety because of Hurricane Isaac. The Colonels' campus is in Thibodaux, La.
No makeup date for that game has been set.
Oregon State players were disappointed the opener was put off, but it did give them a bit more time to game-plan for the Badgers.
"It doesn't substitute for getting to play a game, but it's a silver lining for the whole thing," coach Mike Riley said.
Preparations hit something of a snag when Bielema wouldn't turn over the game film of the victory over Northern Iowa to the Beavers -- claiming that Oregon State didn't have any film to exchange because the team didn't play its opener.
Riley nonetheless secured the film, which gives the Beavers a closer look at new Wisconsin quarterback Danny O'Brien, a transfer from Maryland who takes over for Russell Wilson, now with the Seattle Seahawks.
O'Brien completed 19 of 23 passes for 219 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Northern Iowa.
Oregon State went 3-9 last season to finish out of the postseason for the second straight year. An issue of particular concern was the Beavers running game, which averaged just 86.9 yards a game. That's low for a team known in the past decade for stout running backs like Steven Jackson and Jacquizz Rodgers.
Riley announced late in camp that redshirt freshman Storm Woods would start at running back, beating out sophomores Malcolm Agnew and Terron Ward. Woods, a 6-foot, 202-pound Texan, was on the practice squad last season and impressed the coaching staff with his work ethic.
Part of the problem last season was poor blocking by the offensive line, but that has been a point of emphasis for the Beavers in fall camp. The team has set a goal of 1,800 yards on the ground this season.
On the other side of the ball, the Beavers had a tough time last season defending the run. Oregon State gave up nearly 200 yards a game on the ground, worst in the Pac-12 Conference.
"That's where we have to make our biggest improvements as a team in that area -- both running the ball and run defense," Riley said this week.
Saturday's game will be the Beavers' latest season opener since a Sept. 9, 1989, game against Stanford.
It is the first time a Big Ten team has ventured to Corvallis since 1971, when the Beavers defeated Iowa 33-19. It also marks the third time the Beavers have played the Badgers: In addition to later year's loss at Camp Randall, the Beavers also lost 23-20 in Madison in 1961.
Wisconsin is the highest-ranked nonleague team to play in Corvallis since the Beavers upset then-No. 13 BYU 24-19 on Oct. 8, 1977.
"I've been saying it's as big a nonconference game that Oregon State has ever hosted," Riley said. "I think it's awesome."


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DAVENPORT, Iowa -- One of the Mississippi River bridges linking the Quad Cities has closed to allow work on the span.
The Quad-City Times reports the Centennial Bridge linking Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois, closed Sunday. The contractor can keep the bridge closed up to 35 days, with traffic resuming by Sept. 6.
The Illinois Department of Transportation says the closure is needed to replace expansion joints and beams across the width of the bridge. Crews have been working on the bridge since June as part of the $3.35 million project, which also includes concrete repairs to several piers and the deck as well as steel repairs to the structure.
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Sorry lol anyone a little worried????
I gotta have time to buy our house atleast next year hahaha
Living life.
Haha just like the jello commercial " "see you guys on the 22nd"
It's 12.17am 21.12.12 in Sydney. I waited 17 mins just to be sure...I'm not dead. Crisis over
ill race on the 22nd
All I need now is to set a new lap record.
The mayans didn't count leap-years, the world should have ended years ago...
End of story.
Matthew 7:7
I just watched a program on the Mayains . They have found other Mayian calenders that date far into the future 1000,s of years.
people today at school were all frantic because of tomorrow
All I need now is to set a new lap record.
The Mayans did not mention December 21st specifically, simply because we are on a Gregorian calendar as opposed to the Lunar calendar they went by. The Mayans referenced the date as the first day of the winter solstice, which is December 21st.
Either way, its all garbage. At the time I'm writing this, it is 1:30 PM, Friday, December 21st in Auckland, New Zealand. As far as I know, their world hasn't ended.
I shot an elephant in my underwear last night...
^^that's cheating! haha...
The world will not end, no one knows when the world will end..
God is good.
Ahhhhhh its coming lol
2:30am 12/21/2012 here in Florida. It's a mess!!!! World is ending!!!!
Simply the best. The beautiful Traxxas SRT and TCP
Ten more minutes...
That was ...fun.
I need to get to bed I need to run to liquor store for some rum and hobby shop for some lipos to make sure I'm stocked up.
Buddy of mine is Marine in Okinawa and his wife just said hey have zombies running around. It's almost 6 pm 21st there.
Maybe I'll get 2 bottles of rum...
When I glanced at this post title i thought it said "Anyone a Pepper"
Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too.
HAAAAAA!!!!! its friday here at 6:30 and the world is still normal
All I need now is to set a new lap record.
i thought it was 12midnight tonight!!? ('tonight' being on the 21st of Dec. of course.... end of the day..... not 12:01am on the 21st?! #notthatitwillmakeadifference
Sent from my super super fast iPhone 4S in white!
I heard it's suppose to "end" at 2:00.. but then I hear that everything lines up at 1PM and it suppose to be darkness and really cold for 3 days.. no power either..
God is good.
I wonder if anyone racked up all their credit cards and took massive vacations spent all their money in trusting our guess as to what the Mayan calendar really meant...
I still feel they just ran out of ink.... Or got tired of carving the calendar into stone... Or maybe it was the "Mayan Stoneworkers Union" went on strike for better wages? Beats me...
At least it is a hoax...
Let there be Peace On Earth my fellow RCr's....
All Lives Matter
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Well I'm still here too. I guess there's no way of avoiding the in-laws for Christmas...
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
I'm still here!
This would be pretty interesting:
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Mayan guy just jump out of the stone calendar and yelled. "YOU JUST GOT PUNKED" This just in, Planet X burned up in the earth atmosphere. NASA claims it's the Golfball from the moon. News at 11...
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"Its not the end of the world and I still feel fine "
that is until you get sick, troy! haha.. lol
God is good.
wish me luck on my race
All I need now is to set a new lap record.
Good luck!
God is good.
Good luck on the race but it may already be over by now.
I guess we made it.
On a different note, I've decided to pull my air rifle out of the closet and brush up on my technique. I need to try a few different brands of ammo to improve accuracy.
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
finished 6th on b-main, not bad for my first race
All I need now is to set a new lap record.
Nice job! Keep practicing and you'll get first soon!
God is good.
it was the sct 2wd open class
All I need now is to set a new lap record.


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HTC Corp has bowed to arch-rival Apple in a patent lawsuit that has hit the local smartphone maker's shipments to the US, the largest of its export destinations, because of weaknesses in its patent portfolio and also because of a lack of government support.
This makes HTC the latest victim of intellectual-property rights disputes as it has become the norm for large global technology companies to wage patent wars to deter their rivals from catching up.
It is true that HTC can now focus more on inventing new products and redirecting resources to promoting its products to win consumers over from Apple and Samsung, as company chief executive officer Peter Chou (周永明) had always hoped.
However, the concern is how much HTC will have to pay Apple in royalties for the next 10 years. Will the royalty payments become a burden to HTC at a time when it needs to spend heavily on global marketing as well as on research and development (R&D)?
Taiwanese companies are particularly vulnerable to these patent disputes and have rarely won. Many are also tight-fisted regarding investing in R&D, as well as slow to develop their own patents.
HTC only spent 5.1 percent of its total revenues, about NT$3.43 billion (US$118 million), on R&D in the first quarter of this year. During that period, it made NT$67.79 billion in revenue. Apple spent about US$700 million on R&D, accounting for 2 percent of its revenue of US$35 billion in the quarter ending June 30 alone. Samsung allocated 6 percent of its revenue to R&D during the same period, about the same US dollar amount as Apple.
HTC registered 264 new patents locally last year, according to the Intellectual Property Office's records, ranking 10th and lagging far behind the No. 1 patent inventor, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, which has 3,968 patents. HTC was not even in the top 20 in 2009.
Besides, the lawsuit is taking place in the US, which puts Apple in an even more advantageous position because of patriotism. In the fourth quarter of last year, HTC's new 4G handsets were temporarily stopped from entering the US by the customs agency, a very rare event.
Dogged by patent disputes and accelerating competition, HTC is on the brink of swinging into loss this quarter as the company forecasted that its profit margin would plunge to just 1 percent from 14.9 percent last quarter, after reporting the smallest quarterly profits in seven years for last quarter.
The government seems to have little influence in this sector, but should allocate more resources to help companies collect information about the dynamics of the world of patents. In the absence of such state aid, corporate executives should shoulder their responsibilities and reconsider their investment strategies to minimize the potential damage of patent litigation.
However, there is much more the government can do to protect local technology firms' intellectual property and help companies safeguard competitiveness.
Proposed punishments for corporate espionage offenders are not enough to curb growing trade secrets thefts by Chinese companies. The Cabinet gave the go-ahead two weeks ago to a proposal to impose stricter punishments on corporate spies after AU Optronics Corp filed a lawsuit against two high-ranking former executives for stealing company secrets. Prior to that, revision of the Trade Secrets Act (營業秘密法) had been suspended by the government for about six years.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has proposed a maximum five-year jail term for those convicted of corporate espionage, as well as a fine of up to NT$50 million. The current law does not mandate prison sentences for violators.
In the US, punishments are much heavier and jail terms can be as much as 10 years in similar cases.
The government should do much more to protect local companies because the technology sector remains a central pillar of Taiwanese exports.


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These Beatles albums are just some of our collection of albums, we have aquired our collection from all over the states, from estate sales, auctions, garage sales and anywhere we happen upon hidden treasures...
We have been fortunate to find hundreds of albums, including Elvis, Rolling Stones, James Brown, Beach Boys, Four Tops, Four Seasons, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Lee Lewis, Grateful Dead, George Harrison... All the old Rock n Roll greats! Even found some 45's with the original sleeves!
We will dig through hundreds of albums in boxes to find those great artist. We have even bought entire boxes from sales in order to take home and find those choice albums, it is always exciting to discover the great ones!


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Deduction Filing Deadline Draws Near For Owen Property Owners
While Indiana real property owners have until the end of the year to file for property tax deductions, Owen County Auditor Angie Lawson is urging individuals to file as soon as possible.
"With the holiday season and winter weather approaching, property owners should file deduction applications as soon as they are able," Lawson said. "We don't want anyone to miss out on a deduction because they missed the application deadline."
Deduction applications must be completed and dated by December 31, 2010 and filed with the Owen County Auditor's Office on or before January 5, 2011 for the taxpayer to receive the eligible deductions on 2011 property tax bills.
Deduction applications are available at the county auditor's office or may be downloaded from the Department of Local Government Finance website: www. in.gov/dlgf/2344.htm.
In addition to meeting all other eligibility requirements for the desired deduction(s), the applicant for the deduction must own or be buying the property under contract on the date the application is filed in order to receive the deduction.
Persons filing for deductions on annually assessed mobile homes still are required to apply for the deduction during the 12 months before March 31 of each year.
For more information, visit the Department of Local Government Finance's Property Tax Deductions website listed above.
Specific questions about property tax deduction eligibility should be directed to the county auditor at 812-829-5000, or 812-829-5042 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily except legal holidays.
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Civilization V is preparing two new downloadable content packs, set to release on Steam and other select digital services on August 11. The Korea civilization and scenario pack and Wonders of the Ancient World scenario pack will be available for $4.99 each, or as a bundle for $7.49.
The Korea pack gives you both the civilization and the "Samurai Invasion of Korea" scenario. You can take on the role of Sejong, king of the Choson Dynasty, with Turtle Ships and Hwach'a artillery. The samurai scenario lets you play as Korea, China, Manchuria, or Japan, as the Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi looks to send his warriors to Korea.
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The Wonders pack adds the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Statue of Zeus, and the Temple of Artemis to your civilizations, each with its own set of benefits. In the included scenario, you can play as one of five civilizations in a race to build amazing structures, while those other civilizations are looking into useless things like science or philosophy. Suckers.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. Keeping your kids safe while they're in school is the number one priority of School Resource Officers who patrol the halls.
A new training course rolled out in 2014 is designed to get officers ready for any situation in schools, from suicide threats to gun violence.
Mesa County law enforcement is leading the way with this curriculum as officials say the School Resource officers have already gotten the extensive training now required.
Seeing an officer walking the halls of your high school might be intimidating, but Rocky Baldozier, the SRO at Grand Junction High School said he's created a tight bond with the students. "We all get along. There are times where I have to discipline them if they break the law, but they understand it's nothing personal," he said.
Before he started patrolling these hallways, the Grand Junction Police Department sent Baldozier to a 40 hour training course covering all the issues he might come up against, like cyberbullying, threats, harassment and drugs. Another topic is counseling students. "You have to have empathy. You have to have concern. You have to really show really you care and if you don't care in this line of work, you really have to find something else to do," he said.
The intensive training he went through is similar to the new Peace Officer Standards and Trainings Classes (or POST) recently announced by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. The POST curriculum includes 12 hours on the roles and responsibilities of an SRO, 12 hours on the duties of mentoring, suicide prevention and bullying, and 20 hours of risk assessment and emergency planning, including single-officer responses to an active shooter. "We certainly will take advantage of that training as well as we're always looking for continuing education to help not only our SROs, but all of our officers," says GJPD Sgt. Dave Krouse.
The training was introduced after Suthers' office met with members of the Colorado Association of School Resource Officers. Although the training Baldozier went to wasn't a requirement at the time, but just a way to be better prepared, at least one member of each agency will now be required to attend the course. "By requiring officers to do that I think it's a great service to the school and community and safety to the kids," he said.
While our cameras were following Baldozier through the hallways at Grand Junction High School, it was easy to see the students felt comfortable telling him personal things about their lives. He gives credit to the training for helping him learn how to communicate on their level.


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Release Notes: Many debugger-related enhancements and bugfixes (stepping over multiple instructions, instructions tracing, registers and memory can now be modified, and breakpoints finally fixed). VDP enhancements (interrupts, planes switching, 2-cell vertical column scrolling, sprites boxing, sprites priority, collision, and overflow). ARM-specific CPU cores (Cyclone 68000 and DrZ80, which are much faster on the Raspberry Pi). MJazz has been implemented, and joystick/joypad/keyboard bindings have been completely reworked.
Release Notes: Improvements: VDP (sprite masking and half-submitted commands, fixing many games), joystick handling, and ROM region (auto) selection. New features: FM2612 debugging and the ability to bind arbitrary commands to joystick buttons.
Release Notes: M68K debugger support, screen initialization refactoring, prompt support (with commands and interactive configuration), improved ZIP archives support, international (non-US) keyboards support, scale2x filters, and other UI-related changes. Windows (W32 and W64) binaries are now also available.
Release Notes: This release reduces CPU usage, fixes OpenGL regressions from version 1.28, improves memory handling routines (this allows more games to run), includes hqx filters, improves fonts handling, and adds miscellaneous bugfixes.
Release Notes: This release adds emulation improvements (YM2612, SN76496, CZ80), a new optional dependency on libarchive to manage compressed ROMs, saved files compatible with the Gens v5 format, console regions which can be set with a commandline option, and OpenGL, sound buffer management, and various other enhancements/bugfixes.
Release Notes: Since 1.26: Z80 emulation with CZ80, Game Genie codes can now be entered interactively. There are various bugfixes.
Release Notes: The ability to toggle fullscreen mode from within the emulator has been added, and various bugs have been fixed.
Release Notes: This release includes OpenGL rendering support, a fix for some sound timing bugs on FreeBSD and very fast Linux machines, a fix for the SDL joystick code, and a couple of fixes for problems with save RAM in Shadowrun and Shining Force.
Release Notes: New code for screenshots, updates to Z80 emulation (so sound in Sonic and Aladdin games is synchronized properly), and fixes for compilation problems with SDL 1.1 and GCC 2.96.
Release Notes: Fixed a small bug that caused MMX to be improperly detected on some Linux systems.


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With everyone looking to get a little healthier these days, the "superfood" business thrives. Super fruits seem to be able to do it all -- combat heart disease, cure erectile dysfunction, remedy chronic fatigue syndrome, guide you to the Promised Land. OK, maybe that last one was made up. But there is often little research to back up what's on the labels.
Last week, researchers at ConsumerLab.com tested three major brands of coconut water, Zico Natural, Vita Coco and O.N.E. for potassium, sodium, magnesium and sugar content. Only ZICO Natural contained the stated amount of all four ingredients listed on its packaging.
"The recent study about coconut water only proves what ZICO has been claiming all along—our coconut water provides all-natural health benefits and keeps athletes properly hydrated to help them reach peak performance," said ZICO Coconut Water CEO Mark Rampolla.
In an interview with ABCNews.com, Michael Kirban, CEO of Vita Coco, defended his product, noting that Vita Coco and O.N.E. are natural products, while Zico Natural is from concentrate, which allows researchers to include an exact amount of each ingredient.
"We see fluctuations, both positive and negative, by about 10 to 15 percent," said Kirban. "The FDA allows for up to a 20 percent variant from the stated amount. We're never going to be exact with a natural product."
O.N.E. CEO, Rodrigo Veloso, made a similar point.
"Other similar products, made from concentrate, may be engineered to cause for less variation than going directly from the freshly harvested coconut to the package," Veloso said in an emailed statement. "Nonetheless, O.N.E. is taking the claims seriously and is thoroughly investigating the accuracy and validity of the claims made in the report."
Coconut water is only the most recent fad drink to hit the shelves. With its potassium and hydrating benefits, many people, especially those who value a good workout, have been drawn to it.
Many superfruits boast high amounts of antioxidants, which help fight free radicals that damage or kill cells. Studies found that people who eat a diet high in antioxidants have a lower risk of heart disease, cancer and several other diseases. No one is arguing that these foods don't bring health benefits, but many wonder if they have any more than the standard berries in your grocery store.
"Consumers are always searching for the quick fix -- the magic answer -- and I suspect, for something different," said Connie Diekman, director of university nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis. "The problem is that magic answers to health don't exist. It is all about our overall approach to eating, activity and lifestyle."
So, here, without further ado, are seven of some of the most popular "superfoods" in stores today.
|Coconut Water
While different brands of coconut water welcome consumers with their tropical packaging, experts say there is very little research to prove that there is anything particularly magical about the drink.
"It is high in protein, doesn't have a lot of taste and does not contain a huge amount of ... plant nutrients," said Leslie Bonci, director of sports nutrition at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. "Unlike most juices, which are low in sodium, coconut water has 252 mg per 8 ounce serving. Coconut water does contain phytohormones, which have antioxidant and anti-platelet properties, so there may be health benefits, but it is very expensive."
But there is one benefit that's hard to argue against.
"Coconut water is low in calories," said Keith Ayoob, associate professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. "That's a real plus, because it's very easy to overconsume beverage calories."
|Acai Berry
In 2009, this dark purple fruit blew up in popularity after Dr. Oz highlighted the lovable berry on "Oprah" as one of the secrets on her "mac daddy" anti-aging checklist. Oz told the crowd that acai berries contain twice the antioxidant content as in blueberries. Several juice companies market the fruit as one that helps prevent heart disease, cancer, aging, and encourages weight loss, just for starters.
But in 2009, the Center for Science and Public Interest warned consumers that there is no evidence that the Brazilian berry helps anyone shed pounds, and discouraged people from enrolling in the online, supposedly free, clinical trials for the product that were popping up on Internet ads and email listserves.
"I do think people hear the words tropical rain forest, and assume this is better than what they can find in the grocery store," said Bonci. "Yes, acai does contain antioxidants and phytonutrients, and also contains polyunsaturated fats and fiber, as well as anthocyanins. However, the anthocyanin content of grapes or blueberries is higher, and these fruits are less pricey."
While not as popular as the acai berry, mangosteens are enjoying popularity as a fruit-turned-juice, for which companies tout benefit claims of anti-fatigue, anti-obesity and anti-depression. The mangosteens come from tropical evergreen trees in the Pacific and contain a high concentration of antioxidants.
"Mangosteens are high in polyphenols, a type of antioxidant, and so they have anti-inflammatory properties, but so do more common berries," said Ayoob.
Bonci agreed, noting that it is also high in xanthones, another type of antioxidant.
"[There] may be some application with regards to inflammation, insulin resistance, cancer prevention or slowing cancer progression, and immune system boosting, but there are not a lot of studies, and like the other juices, said Bonci. "This is still very costly."
Similar to the acai's popularity, the pomegranate has gained ground as a superfood high in antioxidants. "Preliminary evidence indicated some health benefits from pomegranate juice, but as research has evolved, the evidence does not support it being any better than any other darkly colored, strongly flavored fruit or vegetable," said Diekman.
While the pomegranate is an excellent source of antioxidants, like many of the other fruits mentioned, it carries another heavy price tag.
"The price of pomegranate juice is double what grape juice is, and the health benefit is similar," said Bonci.
|Goji Berries
This little red fruit, also known as a Chinese wolfberry, looks similar to a cherry tomato. Native to southeastern Europe and Asia, many marketers of goji berry supplements and juice claim the fruit can stave off diabetes, high blood pressure and age-related eye problems.
But the berries come with a hefty price tag.
"They cost about $30 for an 18 ounce bag and, although they may have health benefits, the [cost] may outweigh the health value," said Bonci. "Also, some goji juices contain tiny amounts of goji berries and lots of sugar, so what you think you are getting, you may not be."
The noni fruit, not nearly as popular as its other superfood counterparts, is native to Southeast Asia and Australasia. It is marketed as a juice that supports the immune system and heart health and increases energy.
Bonci noted that the noni fruit contains high amounts of vitamin C and potassium. But so high "that it may be problematic for those with kidney disease." She even noted that a study published in the Canadian Journal of Herbalism suggested that noni may be a highly addictive narcotic painkiller.
"These are [all] good nutrient sources, but none of them can compensate for a diet that isn't good overall," said Dr. David Katz, director of the Yale Prevention Center. "There is no evidence of health benefit linked specifically to the intake of any of these."
Wheatgrass, often consumed as "shots" in smoothies and healthy shakes, comes from the common wheat plant known as Triticum aestivum. The food contains B vitamins, beta-carotene, vitamin C and potassium. Marketers claim that consistent consumption of the product cleanses the body and slows the aging process.
It's certainly a healthy food, "but you would need to consume a lot of wheat grass to equal what you might get in a spinach salad," said Bonci.
"These juices, and the many more that will flood the market in the future, can fit into a healthful eating plan as long as they are not over-consumed ... and that they are a part of an eating plan that focuses on more fruits, vegetable, whole grains and lean meat and low-fat dairy," said Diekman.
With that said, Diekman encourages people to eat whole fruits instead of the juice and supplement alternative when experts do not fully understand their overall health benefits.
"It's hard to resist the lure of the silver bullet," said Katz. "We probably all really know that good health requires a real commitment of eating well [and] being active. ... Marketers know we want this kind of magic, and so they do a very good job of suggesting their product provides it."


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... over Gift of the Naaru, their heal-over-time racial that is apparently not usable in shadowform. Hiigara, a Draenei shadow priest that just hit level forty, thinks that Draenei facemelters are being discriminated against by being unable to use their racial because of shadowform's prohibition against holy spells. A very, very, VERY long and interesting conversation follows over whether Gift of the Naaru should count as a holy spell -- does it take into effect plus healing gear? What color do your hands turn when using it? Can it be counterspelled or spell locked? I haven't seen this much discussion about a racial trait since ... well, I guess Will of the Forsaken, which still gets complained about every day.
I sort of agree that if Gift of the Naaru was usable in shadowform, it would largely be a way for people to try to sneak past shadowform's prohibition on healing spells. But on the other hand, it's not like warriors and mages are classes that were intended to heal, and they can definitely use Gift of the Naaru. And priests don't have it easy in WoW (except for the stupid shadow priests that dot people, mount up and ride away, leaving only a trail of purple fire and an angry dead person.)
What do you think? Should GoTN be usable in shadowform, or should shadow priests stick to their pew-pewing?


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Bibi's Bible StudyMay 30, 2012 at 03:04:24 AM
It is the Jewish people's most unique national symbol, our constant anchor for 3,300 years, the foundation of Jewish tradition, culture and nationhood itself. It is the Torah.
So imagine my dismay every time an Israeli leader acts in an official capacity with seeming disregard for the Torah's dictates. How I yearn to see an Israeli prime minister stand before heads of state while donning a kippah – as if to simply say: I am representing the Jewish people.
And imagine my pleasure to hear that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a weekly Bible study session at his home, joined by a few dozen rabbis, academics, archeologists and linguists.
Netanyahu knows a thing about Bible study. His father and father-in-law were both noted scholars, and in 2010, Netanyahu's 15-year-old son Avner won Israel's National Bible Quiz, beating out 12,000 other students.
At the start of the first Bible study session, Netanyahu said:
"The Bible is the foundation of our existence. It unites the Jewish people, as it has throughout the generations. It also serves not only as a foundation but also as a map and compass. The Bible is always relevant vis-à-vis today's problems and challenges. It inspires, it is a source of life for our people and it is important to expand Bible study and love of the Bible among all parts of the nation."
When it comes to Israeli Prime Ministers showing regard for the Torah, Netanyahu has good precedent in Menachem Begin. During his tenure from 1977-83, Begin held Torah study sessions at his home every Saturday night. At auspicious occasions Begin would remove a kippah from his pocket and recite Psalms, as he did in March 1979 when signing the Camp David peace accords on the White House lawn.
Apocryphal or not, the story sends a message that certain things are important, like calls from the U.S. president, and other things are even more so.


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The University of North Dakota women's and men's swimming and diving teams enjoyed success in and out of the pool under first-year head coach Chris Maiello. Both squads finished with winning dual records, improving on last season's marks and established numerous school records. Highlights of the season included:
The UND women boasted a 9-7 dual meet record while the men improved on last season's 2-10 record to post a 7-5 mark. North Dakota enjoyed eight combined wins over regional rivals South Dakota and South Dakota State this past season.
2013-14 marked the first season in the Western Athletic Conference for the UND men. North Dakota's women's program
Austin Smith became the first UND male to win a WAC championship, winning both the 100 and 200 breaststroke. His 100 time of 53.29 gave UND its first-ever male winner and an NCAA-B cut. He turned the trick again in the 200 breast, this time breaking both school and conference records with a 1:56.15 time. The previous WAC mark had stood for 16 years before Smith smashed it on Saturday of the league meet.
North Dakota athletes were recognized eight different times this season with "Athlete of the Week" accolades from the conference. Richard Eberle picked up a league-best four Male Diver of the Week awards while Austin Smith won the Male Swimmer of the Week twice. Rachael Waldbillig (Female Diver) and Morgan Lynch (Female Swimmer) were also recognized once this season.
All told, 15 different school records were broken during the 2013-14 campaign. On the women's side, senior Morgan Lynch broke her old school record in the 500 Freestyle by lowering the mark to a 4:55.73. Senior Camille Merwin broke the oldest women's team record to date in the 200 Breaststroke on Saturday morning at the WAC Championships. She swam the event in 2:16.49 edging the old record set in 2002 by .04. Sophomore Ali Church teamed with Lynch who both swam under the 1000 and 1650 Freestyle school records. Church split a 10:18.03 at the 1000 while Lynch split a 10:14.19. They continued on to finish the mile in 17:12.12 and 17:06.82, Church finishing 9th and Lynch finishing 7th, respectively at the conference meet. The men began the WAC championships with a school record breaking performance in the 200 Medley Relay (1:27.46). Noah Lucas clocked a 4:21.27 (NCAA B-Cut) in the 500 Freestyle then sophomore Colin MacQuarrie tied the 50 Freestyle school record with a 20.27 on Thursday at the WAC meet. Senior Rick Eberle erased his previous 1-Meter Diving record raising the mark to 327.95 (Zone Qualifying Score). The 200 Freestyle Relay bested another school mark with a performance of 1:20.58. Junior Austin Smith smashed his previous school record in the 100 Breaststroke lowering his school record yet again in a dramatic come from behind victory with a time of 53.29 (NCAA B-Cut) and becoming the first North Dakota Men's Swimming and Diving WAC Champion. The 400 Medley relay lowering the school mark by over a second to a 3:15.96. Smith earned his second WAC championship title in dominant fashion claiming the 200 Breaststroke in a 1:56.15, earning his second NCAA B-Cut of the meet, smashing his own school record by over three seconds and securing the first UND Men's WAC Championship record in the event. The final event of the WAC meet saw yet another record fall for UND as the familiar team of Lucas, MacQuarrie, Dan Jacobson and Adam Gannon took down the 400 Freestyle relay record with a time of 2:59.39. Eberle would later take down his own platform mark with a 290.55 score at the NCAA Zone meet.
North Dakota sent three divers to the NCAA Zone meet in Minneapolis, Minn. Seniors Richard Eberle and Rachael Waldbillig wrapped up phenomenal careers and joined Michael Golling at the postseason event. Read more
Finishing in the top three individually at the WAC Championships netted UND six different All-WAC First Team honorees. The four through eight finishers at the league meet, along with any second or third place relay, also earned second team accolades-- a total of 20 second team mentions for North Dakota.
Richard Eberle (3-meter diving, 1-meter diving)
Noah Lucas (500 free)
Austin Smith (100 breast, 200 breast)
Adam Gannon (200 medley relay)
Austin Smith (200 medley relay)
Colin MacQuarrie (200 medley relay, 50 free, 100 fly)
Noah Lucas (200 medley relay, 200 free,)
Michael Golling (3-meter, 1-meter)
Ian Ballantyne (100 breast)
Richard Eberle (platform diving)
Courtney Funk (50 free)
Morgan Lynch (500 free, 1650 free)
Erin Grabanski (200 IM, 100 back)
Allison Tonsager (50 free)
Ali Church (200 free)
Camille Merwin (100 breast, 200 breast)
Alexis Eissinger (platform diving)
Academically the Women's team was ranked 33rd as a CSCAA Scholar All American Team for their work in the Fall with a 3.41 cumulative GPA. The men also performed well in the classroom, ranking 35th as a CSCAA Scholar All American Team for their work in the Fall with a 3.17 cumulative GPA. Read more


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Tebow Booed At Yankee Stadium
Tim Tebow has work to do if he's going to win over New York sports fans.
The new backup quarterback for the Jets was booed at Yankee Stadium on Sunday night when he was shown on the giant video board — even though he was wearing a Yankees cap.
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Sitting in the third row next to the Los Angeles Angels dugout, Tebow cracked a smile and acknowledged the camera. There was a smattering of cheers, but most of the initial reactions were boos.
Tebow was acquired by the New York Jets from Denver in a much-hyped trade last month. He is expected to back up starter Mark Sanchez, even though Tebow rallied the Broncos to the NFL playoffs last season and became a polarizing sensation in the process.
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MotoGP racing is landing on the shores of the USA soon with the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas arriving at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas on April 11-13. Get set for awe-inspiring action and speeds as Repsol Honda riders Marc Marquez—the reigning MotoGP champ—and Dani Pedrosa lead the charge competing on the premier Honda RC213V.
Get the behind-the-scenes look into both the technical and hospitality trucks of the factory Honda Motocross team.
VIDEO: American Honda announces the addition of Sayaka Kaneshiro to Team Honda Muscle Milk for the 2012 Women's Motocross Championship series. Kaneshiro will join three-time Women's Motocross Champion Ashley Fiolek aboard a factory prepared Honda CRF250R.
Team Honda Muscle Milk rider Trey Canard underwent surgery Tuesday night after sustaining a back injury at Saturday's Supercross event at Dodger Stadium. The purpose of the procedure was to stabilize the injured area.
The final Motocross National of the season held at Southern California's Pala Raceway in Pala, CA, saw the Honda Red Riders put in some of their best performances of the season on their Honda CRF250R and CRF450R race machines. American Honda Racing's Ashley Fiolek wrapped up her third WMX title, while her teammate Justin Barcia finished third in the 450 class.
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Montana Western's Amanda Kortum joins the elite group of Space Grant Scholars and Fellows nationwide.
Amanda Kortum, a junior biology major at the University of Montana Western from Ekalaka, Mont., is the 2009-2010 recipient of a Montana Space Grant Scholarship. The Space Grant Scholars and Fellows nationwide includes about 1,900 individuals. Kortum's inclusion in this elite group is a tremendous success.
"This honor reflects Kortum's past achievements as well as present and future commitment to the aerospace sciences and engineering," Montana Space Grant Consortium Interim Director Angela Des Jardins said.
"Amanda is a tremendous student with deep interests in all areas of science, which have driven her to pursue a vigorous biological research project here at Montana Western," biology professor Michael Morrow said. "Her love of basic scientific research and her outstanding academic record make her a very deserving recipient of this award and recognition."
Currently, Kortum is working in the Montana Western research lab assisting professor Morrow with his biomedical research. She is also conducting her own research with Canidida albicans pathology.


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Here's the concept: contrast what is known about an ancestor in their youth with the way they were in their maturity or old age. You see, there was Eric Burdon giving a knock-out performance and yet I could see in my mind's eye his young face super-imposed over the old rocker before me belting out "We Gotta Get Outta This Place." His age hadn't taken a thing away from his talents but rather added a new and deeper dimension to his performance. So I wondered if that was also true of ancestors? Let's try one and see, shall we?
Here are two photos of my paternal grandmother, Helen Zeller Kelly (1894 - 1985). The first one was taken when she was just a girl and the apple of her father's eye. Her father, Gustav "Gus" Zeller (1858 - 1925) was a very successful barber with a large barber shop with bathtubs and all, right on Main Street in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. The large and prosperous coal mining community insured that there was a constant steady stream of men who needed a bath, hair cut and shave. Gus invested his earnings in property which were mostly rentals. And nothing was too good for his only daughter.
Look at her outfit! And that big grin on her face! Her hat, her stance, and that fur muff all of it tells of a well-off life and its enjoyment. I love this picture of her because she looks so young and carefree. And, I think, lovely and very sweet. Was she a tad spoiled? Oh, perhaps:) She always got her way!
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