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Jason & Janell Boldt of Reinbeck are pleased to announce a new addition to their family. They welcomed Dalton Theodore into the world on February 15, 2012 at 1:34 in the afternoon. He weighed 8 lbs. 13.4 oz. & was 21 inches long. Big brother, Devin, is excited to have a buddy to play with soon. Proud grandparents are Jerry & Jan Schultz of Gladbrook and Terry & Mary Boldt of Traer. Great-grandparents are Arlene Wrage of Traer & Bev Schultz of Marshalltown.
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Teddy Bridgewater threw for 212 yards with four touchdowns to power seventh-ranked Louisville to a 72-0 rout of overmatched FIU at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
Bridgewater played three quarters and completed 17-of-22 passes. Six went to DeVante Parker, who had 74 yards and two scores in the lopsided triumph.
"It was just a great overall performance in all three phases of the game," Bridgewater said. "We just went out today and competed and played a complete game."
Senorise Perry, Dominique Brown and Michael Dyer each had rushing scores for Louisville (4-0), which was coming off a solid road win at Kentucky last week and wrapped up its non-conference slate. The Cardinals will take next Saturday off before their first American Athletic Conference matchup at Temple in two weeks.
FIU (0-4) was shut out for the second time in three weeks and has been outscored by a combined 187-23 in its four losses this season.
The Panthers came away with a 24-17 win at Louisville two years ago, but were never in this one. FIU trailed 38-0 at halftime and managed just 33 yards offensively in the opening 30 minutes.
"We had a tough day doing everything...throwing the ball, running the ball, blocking, and catching," FIU head coach Ron Turner said. "It's where we are."
Louisville dominated the first quarter, holding FIU to just seven yards while opening a 10-0 lead. Bridgewater threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Parker on the Cardinals' first possession, and John Wallace kicked a 26-yard field goal to cap the second series.
The Cardinals poured it on with four second-quarter touchdowns.
Perry reached the end zone on a 26-yard run early in the period and Brown accounted for 78 yards on two carries for the next Louisville score, following a 77-yard jaunt with a 1-yard touchdown to make it 24-0 with 9:18 left in the half. Bridgewater threw a 9-yard scoring strike to tight end Gerald Christian and added a 6-yard connection to Parker for a 38-point cushion heading to the break.
The carnage continued at the start of the second half when Charles Gaines returned the opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown. Bridgewater played two more offensive series and threw a 34-yard TD pass to Eli Rogers for a 51-0 spread after the extra point was blocked and guided a 35-yard drive that ended in a 3-yard scoring run by Dyer with 1:35 left in the third quarter.
Backup quarterback Will Gardner tossed an 11-yard TD strike to Michaelee Harris and Brandon Radcliff ran nine yards for a score in the fourth to account for the final margin.
Louisville's defense yielded a school-record 30 yards overall and just two first downs. The Cardinals, meanwhile, totaled 464 yards of offense.
Game Notes
Parker has caught a touchdown pass in 10 straight games dating back to last season ... The coaches agreed to play with a running clock for much of the second half ... Louisville has now won two of the three meetings, including a 28-21 triumph at FIU last year.


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Seen the squid at Te Papa, but still want more on colossal squid?
Then tune into SKY's Discovery Channel on Sunday 11 January 2009 at 7:30pm to see the New Zealand premiere of the "Colossal Squid" documentary.
The doco was filmed during the great defrost and examination in April last year. The crew came back to film the move of the squid from the thawing/preservation tank to the shiny new display tank in August. Discovery Channel also helped Te Papa with the preservation of the squid.
Brief excerpts from the documentary feature in the exhibition audiovisual but you won't want to miss this chance to see the documentary in full!
If you don't catch it on Sunday 11 January the doco re-run times are:
Monday 12 January at 1.30 am
Monday 12 January at 8.30 am
Sunday 18 January at 3.30 pm


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You're in luck, gentlemen! I've just gotten the flux capacitor up and running again, and I've come back from the fall of 2014 with footage of our O-Line at work against MSU's defense.
because the damn movies never work...
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Sir/Ma'am, I enjoy your nerd humor.
What's a flux capacitor?
2.2 Gigawatts, 2.2 Gigawatts
And if you were serious about not knowing, "Mcfly? Hello? Anybody home Mcfly?"
Serious Back to the Future fail.
"Make like a tree, and get out of here."
- Biff, villain for Back to the Future
Thanks for the random post that doesn't connect to anything that has happened today.
post of the day
It that some sort of Rocket Truck? Holy Jebus
if Denard was a truck...
I was hoping for this to be a thread from THE KNOWLEDGE. Needless to say I am disappointed.
Haha same here.
The title was a little too coherent to be THE_KNOWLEDGE, but anything from the future gets me a little chub.
good job, you made me lol :D
Fall can't come soon enough.
I was hoping this post was from THE KNOWLEDGE, but it worked out pretty cool anyway.
Just wait until Will Campbell moves back to his natural position on the offensive line . . . then things are really gonna get wild.
What have we sunk to that we have to get riled up about what we predict will happen in 2014? JFC.


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Ray Roy sets up a polling station as they prepare for voters on primary day on Jan. 31, 2012 in Tampa, Florida.
Will tonight's Florida primary mark the beginning of the end of the GOP nominating season?... Or just the end of the beginning?... Polls close at 7:00 pm local, but because some Florida counties are in CST, networks won't call the race until 8:00 pm ET at the earliest… Will February be the cruelest month for Gingrich?... And will it allow for Romney to do something BIG?... Romney's balancing act… His negatives spike with indies… An ideological split over unemployment benefits… And OR-1 and FEC filing day.
*** The beginning of the end? With Mitt Romney's expected victory at tonight's Florida primary, The New York Times asks a very good question: Will it mark the beginning of the end of the GOP nominating season, or will it merely signal the end of the beginning? On the one hand, Romney winning Florida would give him a victory in the largest, most diverse, and electorally important state so far. It would demonstrate his ability to bounce back from a major setback (the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary), as well as his organizational and financial strength. And, as our recent NBC/Marist poll suggests, a Romney win in Florida would represent his most impressive showing with conservative GOP voters outside of New England. As we've written before, Romney wouldn't ever be a shoo-in for the Republican nomination until he won a GOP contest with support from the conservative/Tea Party base of the party. Florida might give him that kind of victory tonight.
*** Or is it just the end of the beginning? On the other hand, you could argue that the Republican nominating contest is far from being over. For starters, Newt Gingrich has vowed to "go all the way to the convention." After all, Hell hath no fury like a presidential candidate who believes he's been scorned. Ron Paul's campaign will continue, too. Remember, even after John Kerry won all the early contests in '04, Howard Dean didn't end his campaign until after Super Tuesday and after Wisconsin. What's more, there's a LONG way to go mathematically. After tonight's contest, just 115 delegates (or projected delegates) will have been awarded, but it officially will take 1,144 delegates out of a total of 2,286 to clinch the nomination. So we're just 5% of the way through, and don't be surprised if you hear that stat from Gingrich today. Finally, every time we think this race (or Newt Gingrich, for that matter) is over, we find out we're wrong. And why are we wrong? Because it's clear the activist conservative base (read: tea party) just isn't satisified with Romney and they aren't going to roll over this fast. What has been clear is that this Republican nominating contest -- even if we're just 5% of the way finished -- has taken a toll on Romney, especially among independents (more on that below).
With a comfortable lead in the Florida polls, Mitt Romney is displaying confidence ahead of today's Republican presidential primary. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
*** The skinny on tonight's primary: Polls close tonight in Florida at 7:00 pm local. Yet because some of the state's counties are in the Central Time Zone, that means the earliest the networks can call the race is at 8:00 pm ET. At stake are 50 delegates (Florida lost half of total when it was penalized for moving up to Jan. 31), and it's winner take all.
*** Will February be the cruelest month for Gingrich? As we've said before, February promises to be a cruel month for Gingrich and a pretty good one for Romney. Per NBC's John Bailey, the next contests are Nevada and Maine (Feb. 4); Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri (Feb. 7); and Arizona and Michigan (Feb. 28). After all, Romney won Nevada -- which has a large Mormon population -- four years ago, and he also won in his home state of Michigan. In addition, the caucus format in Maine, Colorado, and Minnesota will benefit strong, organized campaigns like Romney's and Paul's. Note: Missouri's primary on Feb. 7 is non-binding; its results have no bearing on allocating the state's delegates. Lucky for Gingrich, that's the case since he's NOT on that beauty contest ballot.
*** Will February allow for Romney to do something big? So we all know that February is going to be a cruel month for Gingrich. But what does Romney do in the meantime to improve some of his shortcomings? It almost seems as if Romney needs to do something BIG, something that adds to his narrative – which, right now, is that he's a really rich guy who understands how the economy works (though Dems would add "how the economy works for HIM). What is the lesson we learned from Herman Cain? He took off (albeit temporarily) because he was selling something big (his 9-9-9 flat tax plan). By the way, when was the last time Romney talked about his 59-point economic plan?
*** Romney's balance-beam act: Right now, Newt Gingrich has an interesting assortment of allies. Fred Thompson. Herman Cain. Michael Reagan. What do these folks have in common? They are conservative talk-radio heroes. (And you could even add Sarah Palin, who wants the GOP nominating contest to continue, to this group.) This presents a challenge for Romney: Yes, the lesson he and his campaign learned from South Carolina is that they have to continue to pummel Gingrich, and the Romney campaign today is holding a conference call with Nevada allies to hammer Newt in that state. But at the same time, Team Romney can't entirely alienate Gingrich and his conservative supporters. So how does he walk that fine line? He eventually needs these folks in the tent.
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From governor's son to presidential contender, a look at the life of Republican Mitt Romney.
*** Romney's negatives spike with independents: It's also clear that this whole race -- at least so far -- hasn't helped Romney's image among the very people needs to win over if he's the GOP nominee: independents. According to our recent NBC/WSJ poll, Romney's negatives with independents jumped 13 points in the past month -- which saw eight nationally televised debates since our last poll, as well as now four bitter GOP contests -- and 20 points since November. In November's poll, he stood at 21%/22% with indies; by December, it was 21%/29%; and last week, he was 22%/42%. (Full write up here.) That should be a major red flag for the Romney campaign. One thing's clear: Romney might have emerged as a better debater from the bruising primary process, but it has taken a toll on his image with the middle. And there's probably no one who wants this fight over with sooner that Romney.
*** Ideological split over unemployment benefits: At first glance at two policy questions in the NBC/WSJ poll, there appears to be broad support for extending the payroll tax cut until the end of the year (55% good idea, 17% bad idea) and continuing to provide unemployment benefits for those out of work up to 99 weeks (52%/33%). But when you dig into the numbers, very different pictures emerge. For the payroll tax cut, support is broad and non-ideological. But for unemployment benefits, it's the opposite -- a real partisan divide emerges. Among Democrats, it's 69%/18%, independents 57%/26%. But with Republicans, the idea is wildly unpopular -- 29%/55%. It also breaks down along racial lines, with whites being much less likely to think it's a good idea (47%/38%) versus African Americans (78%/11%) and Hispanics (56%/25%). Interestingly, among those who think the economy will get better over the next 12 months, 65% say it's a good idea. But among those who say the economy will get worse, just 35% say so.
*** On the trail: Before tonight's polls close in Florida, Gingrich makes a handful of stops in the Sunshine State… Santorum holds his primary-night watch party in Nevada -- not Florida… And Ron Paul stumps in Colorado.
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Historian, author, member of Congress and speaker of the House — a look back at his public life.
*** OR-1 and FEC filing day: Also, don't forget that today's the special congressional election to fill David Wu's vacant seat in Oregon. Politico: "Democrat Suzanne Bonamici holds a comfortable lead over Republican Rob Cornilles in public polling heading into the last day of balloting in the vote-by-mail special election to replace disgraced former Democratic Rep. David Wu. Republicans glumly acknowledge there's little reason to expect the kind of upset the GOP scored last fall." The DCCC spent A LOT of money on this race; some might argue TOO much. But as they will argue, a loss of this special would have been DEVASTATING to their national narrative of keeping the House in play. So overpaying to avoid that storyline was worth it to them. And it's FEC filing day, and we'll also be able to see the contributions to the Super PACs.Countdown to Nevada caucuses: 4 days
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For Cate Blanchett.
And worship.
Cate and her husband Andrew Upton attended an Audi event today in Sydney. She is, as usual, f-cking perfect. Love everything.
Including the fact that she's a working mother of 3, balancing a hot Hollywood career, codirecting a theatre company, and doesn't martyr herself in every magazine article about being Superwoman. Cate simply gets it done. Without forcing you to label her a hero. Pragmatic, no drama, no posturing.
She is.
The Best.
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From the Vault: Chicago gang produces musical
Here's an ad that ran in the Herald's June 14, 1967 issue. But weren't the Blackstone Rangers a gang? In the summer of 1967, the Rangers, one of Chicago's most powerful gangs, had made peace—and they were producing a musical. Directed by nationally famous activist and singer Oscar Brown, the Rangers starred in "Opportunity(…)


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Modders, start your engine! Runic yesterday launched the official Torchlight 2 editor 'GUTS', which it says lets people "modify almost everything" in the action-RPG, "from item and skill balance, to level layouts, animations, quests, and much more." Why, we can all learn modding, but if you're not so inclined just lie back and wait for the sweet mods to roll in.
Industrious creators have been making mods for a while now using unofficial, unintuitive tools, but now it's all shiny and official and tied up nicely with a bow in GUTS. Runic has released a tool to convert existing mods to the new mod format too.
GUTS uses the Steam Workshop to upload and download mods. Handily, you can set it to automatically download mods from the Workshop when you try to join an online game running any.
Runic also dropped a hefty update yesterday, adding new Nether-Realm portals, more side-quests in the first two acts, and new unique and legendary items. Plus, more importantly, you can now befriend an alpaca, panda, stag or headcrab pet to accompany you on your adventures.
If you fancy making mods--and yes, even you can make one--check out Runic's GUTS wiki.
To celebrate the launch, Torchlight 2 is half-price on Steam until April 8. That's $9.99 for one copy or $29.99 for four.


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U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren wants cuts in spending to be a part of any deal that comes out of the "fiscal cliff" negotiations between the White House and congressional leaders.
An agreement that emerged Monday between the White House and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell would raise taxes by about $600 billion over 10 years. The plan also did not address how spending cuts to the Pentagon and numerous domestic agencies would be averted.
While the deadline to prevent tax increases and spending cuts was technically midnight, passage of legislation by the time a new Congress takes office at noon Thursday – the likely timetable – would eliminate or minimize any inconvenience for taxpayers.
Economists in and out of government have warned that a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts could trigger a new recession, and the White House and Congress have spent the seven seeks since the Nov. 6 elections struggling for a compromise to protect the economy.
Hultgren, a freshman Congressman who won re-election in November in the 14th District, said he found the nature of the negotiations – behind closed doors – to be frustrating. He shared his views Monday afternoon in a phone interview with the Daily Chronicle.
"My fear is that so much focus has been put into increasing taxes and not what got us into this situation," said Hultgren, R-Winfield. "How do we stop spending money we don't have – I don't think that's happening in those discussions."
While there is a chance that Congress will meet the midnight
deadline, Hultgren had said he's prepared to cast votes either late Monday or sometime today. His spokeswoman Laura Finch said Monday afternoon that House leadership asked members to stay close to the Capitol tonight.
"If the Senate passes something tonight, the House will be here to address it in one way or another," Finch said.
With markets closed because of the New Year's holiday, that gives Congress a little breathing room, Hultgren said.
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Manteno, of Illinois' 11th District, said it's time for the Senate and White House to act on the impending fiscal cliff.
"The House has acted time after time after time – well before the Jan. 1 deadline – to offer a balanced approach that stops the defense 'sequester' and tax hikes on all Americans," Kinzinger said Monday afternoon.
Under the tentative agreement discussed Monday, the Bush-era tax cuts would be extended to individuals and couples earning up to $400,000 and $450,000 a year. People earning more than that would be taxed at 39.6 percent, not 35 percent.
Hultgren, who represents a portion of DeKalb County, said he is not a fan of tax increases, but added that he would approach any plan with an open mind.
"I'll look at it," Hultgren said. "I am convinced that our problems are not because we're under-taxed. Our problem is that we spend too much. Both our parties have been spending too much for far too long."
That said, Hultgren said he would not want to see planned spending cuts totaling $109 billion go through. He described this as being a "meat ax approach" and said there are much more effective ways to cut spending.
Like his congressional counterparts, state Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, said he also thought the spending being done in Washington was unsustainable. He hoped for a permanent solution, because a temporary one would just deepen the cliff.
"[The deal] doesn't solve the problem," Syverson said. "It doesn't address Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. That's the frustrating thing. It raises very little revenue when you look at the total budget."
Syverson compared the fiscal cliff with Illinois' unfunded pension liability, which is reportedly approaching $100 billion and increasing by $17 million a day. The longer it takes to solve the problem, the harder the fall will be, Syverson said.
"Every time we push it off, it becomes more painful and painful," Syverson said.
Both Hultgren and Kinzinger said they are hoping for a resolution.
"I'm hopeful that we can come to a conclusion that will avert another recession, but it's unclear at this time whether that is possible," Kinzinger said.
• The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Match No. 11
Friday, October 12, 2007
No. 10 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. UC Davis Aggies
Harder Stadium
Kickoff 7:00 p.m.
For the Record
UC Santa Barbara continued to roll last week, posting home victories over No. 25 UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton to remain perfect in Big West play. With the Fox Soccer Channel cameras rolling, Chris Pontius scored three times and Alfonso Motagalvan also found the net as the Gauchos routed the Anteaters 4-0 in front of a season-high crowd of 5,543 at Harder Stadium in the College Soccer Game of the Week Wednesday night. Santa Barbara's offense finally cooled off Saturday against Cal State Fullerton, but the defense turned in a third consecutive shutout against league foes and Pontius was the hero yet again, punching in the game-winner in the 78th minute to lift UCSB to the 1-0 win. With the pair of victories, Santa Barbara improved to a season-best four games over the .500 mark at 6-2-2 and moved into first place in the Big West standings at 3-0-0. The Gauchos, who have gone unbeaten in the last five, enter competition this week having won six of their last eight overall.
UCSB On the Web
UCSB fans that cannot make it out to Harder Stadium this Friday can catch the Gauchos' showdown with Aggies live online by logging on to to www.kcsb.org. Two of KCSB's finest in John Greely and Juan Salas will have the call. KCSB's radio broadcast will not be available for the match.
Wednesday's Match Postponed
UCSB's Big West Conference match with Cal State Northridge, scheduled for Wednesday, October 10 at 2:00 p.m., has been postponed after the untimely passing of Matador soccer player Jay Singh at his home in San Bruno, Calif., it was announced Monday. The match has been rescheduled for Wednesday, November 14 at Matador Soccer Field. Kickoff is slated for 1:00 p.m. The midfielder was in the midst of a redshirt year in his first season at CSUN after transferring from Loyola Marymount, where he played two seasons for the Lions.
Scouting the Aggies
With Wednesday's scheduled match at Cal State Northridge postponed until mid-November, UCSB will host UC Davis Friday night in its only contest this week. This weekend's match marks the 16th meeting between the budding conference rivals, with the Gauchos leading the all-time series 10-3-2 after defeating the Aggies 4-0 to open conference play September 29. Chris Pontius, Eric Avila, Jon Curry, and Martin Hedevag all found the net and the defense held down a team that was averaging over three goals per match as the defending national champs sent a message to the rest of the league with the convincing win. The two teams split their two meetings in 2006, with each squad posting a 1-0 win on its home field.
Davis enters week three of conference play with an overall record of 6-2-1 and a 1-1-0 mark against conference foes after picking up its first-ever victory as a member of the Big West with a 2-1 win over UC Riverside last Wednesday. The Aggies, who will play at Cal Poly Sunday, have not cracked any of the national polls this season, but are ranked No. 8 in the current NSCAA/adidas Far West Region Top 10 (The Gauchos are No. 2). UC Davis finished with an overall record of 9-7-2 and went 7-3-2 against the BWC in 2006.
As a team, the Aggies lead the Big West with 25 goals scored, which is three more than the Gauchos have put in, while their defense has surrendered 14. The team's average of 2.78 goals per game also leads the conference. Junior midfielder Sule Anibaba leads the squad and ranks second in the Big West with six goals to go with one assist for 13 points, while sophomores Paul Marcoux and Chris Leer have combined to find the net nine times. Senior goalkeeper Brian Wickers has started all nine contests between the posts and owns a goals against average of 1.51 with 28 saves and two shutouts.
Gaucho Faithful Come Out In Full Force For Conference Opener
Not only was the coaching staff pleased with the outcome of last Wednesday's Big West home opener, but there was a lot more to smile about after the final attendance figures came in as a grand total of 5,543 strong were on hand for UCSB's 4-0 dismantling of UC Irvine. For the second year in a row, Santa Barbara set a new regular season attendance record as the 5,543 screaming fans that packed Harder Stadium eclipsed the previous high of 5,475 that was set October 3, 2006 when UCSB battled UCLA in the NSCAA College Game of the Week. The all-time Harder Stadium record for attendance was set in 2004, when 11,215 fans watched Santa Barbara defeat Virginia Commonwealth 4-1 in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. Last season, an unbelievable 8,784 turned up two days after Thanksgiving for the Gauchos' quarterfinal match-up with Northwestern, a game UCSB won 3-2. There is no denying it now...Harder Stadium is unlike anywhere else in college soccer.
An Eye On The Polls
UCSB continued its climb in the national polls for the third consecutive week after posting victories over 25th-ranked UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton. Santa Barbara moved up in the weekly NSCAA/adidas coaches poll for the second straight week, and enters the third week of Big West play with a ranking of No. 14, up four spots from last week's No. 18. In the media polls, the Gauchos moved up two spots from No. 12 to No. 10 in the current College Soccer News Top 30, which is their highest ranking since the third week of the season. UCSB also moved up in the Soccer America Top 25, holding the No. 11 position this week, up one spot from the No. 12 slot the team enjoyed last week. Lastly, UCSB climbed five spots in the the SoccerTimes Top 25 and comes in at No. 11 after securing the No. 16 slot a week ago in it's biggest climb of the week.
View From The Top
The Gauchos waisted little time grabbing sole possesion of the top spot in the Big West Conference standings this season, winning their first three games against league foes and outscoring the opposition 9-0 in the process. Picked to take home the conference crown for the sixth consecutive year, UCSB is currently in first place with nine points, which is five points ahead of second place Cal Poly at 1-0-1 and six in front of third place UC Davis at 1-1-0. And while Santa Barbara is one of just two Big West squads to have already played three conference games, no other team has scored more than three goals in league play. At this point in the 2007 Big West Conference season one thing is clear: the defending champs are head and shoulders above the competition.
Gaucho Offense Continues To Impress...
Entering last week's contest with UC Irvine, UCSB had scored 10 goals in its previous three games, including a 4-0 win at UC Davis September 29. The Gauchos continued to find the net with ease against the Anteaters, scoring three times in the first half and then again late in the second for a second consecutive 4-0 victory. And while Santa Barbara scored just once in Saturday's 1-0 win over Cal State Fullerton, the Gauchos had multiple scoring chances in the match and out-shot the Titans 17-10. After scoring two goals or less in the first five games of the season, UCSB has now scored four or more in three of the last five, including a five goal outburst against Columbia September 21. The defending national championships rank second in the Big West with 22 goals scored and a per game average of 2.20 through 10 matches this season. A total of nine different players have found the net in 2007.
And Defense Keys Big West Success
Before the start of Big West play the Santa Barbara defense had recorded exactly one shutout in its seven non-conference matches -- a 2-0 win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee September 7. That was then, this is now. The Gauchos enter the third week of league play having held the opposition scoreless in three straight after defeating Cal State Fullerton 1-0 Saturday night. In fact, UCSB has not allowed a goal in over 322 minutes of play spanning the last four matches. The last time Santa Barbara gave up a goal was at the 57:05 mark of its showdown with No. 6 Harvard September 23. While the Gaucho offense has been very impressive to start conference play, the most compelling stat is the fact that UCSB has recorded three straight shutouts in those games. This marks the first time any team in the BWC has held its first three conference opponents without a goal since the Big West reinstated men's soccer in 2001.
Pontius Named CSN, Soccer America National Player of the Week
Junior midfielder/forward Chris Pontius was named both the College Soccer News and Soccer America Player of the Week for the week ending October 7 after scoring four of the Gauchos' five goals last week to lead the team to league victories over 25th-ranked UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton. In front of the Fox Soccer Channel cameras, Pontius put on an absolute show and contiuned his recent offensive onslought, scoring a career-best three goals, including the eventual game-winner in the 26th minute as UCSB routed UCI 4-0. The Yorba Linda, Calif. native became the first Gaucho to record a hat trick since Tyler Rosenlund tallied all three goals in UCSB's 3-2 win over Northwestern in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals last season. Pontius came up big again in the Gauchos' contest with Cal State Fullerton Saturday, heading in the game's only goal in the 78th minute. Pontius, who was also named the Big West Player of the Week, has now scored a goal in Santa Barbara's last four matches and leads the conference with eight through 10 games, a total that ranks third nationally. He has now put in six of the team's last 10 goals over UCSB's current five match unbeaten streak and also leads the conference with four game-winners and 17 total points. The Gauchos are 4-1-1 when Pontius has found the net this season.
An Unlikely Source
One of the biggest surprises for head coach Tim Vom Steeg on the offenside end after the first 10 games has been junior Alfonso Motagalvan. An excellent defensive midfielder, Motagalvan has had a career year offensively as well and, along with Chris Pontius, had a big week for the Gauchos in their wins over the Anteaters and Titans. The native of Gilroy, Calif. was the only other player to score a goal for UCSB in the two contests, finding the net in the 30th minute of the 4-0 rout of UC Irvine. Motagalvan almost scored his second goal of the game less than 10 minutes later, but his header on a Ciaran O'Brien corner kick hit the cross bar and Pontius was right there to bury the rebound. Motagalvan was credited with an assist on the play. He then earned his second assist of the week when he sent a left-footed cross high to the left post, where Pontius was waiting and headed in the game-winner in the Gauchos' 1-0 victory over Cal State Fullerton Saturday. For the year, Motagalvan is tied for third with three other players in terms of goals scored with two, and is tied for the team lead with three assists.
Rueckner Makes A Name For Himself
Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Bryant Rueckner has been very effective for UCSB this season, starting all 10 matches between the posts. The Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. native has posted a goals against average of 0.76, which is third among Big West keepers and ranks second with four shutouts. He has also tallied 23 saves. But what is more impressive is the fact that Rueckner has already accomplished something in his first 10 games as the starting keeper that All-American Dan Kennedy only did twice in his four-year career and Kyle Reynish never did at UCSB: record three straight shutouts in conference play. Rueckner has faired quite nicely in the first three games of his career against league foes, not allowing a goal in 270 minutes of play -- something that has not been done since Kennedy blanked Santa Barbara's final three opponents of the 2002 conference season.
Iro, Avila Named to Hermann Award Watch List
Senior defender Andy Iro and junior midfielder Eric Avila were recently named to the 2007 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List, marking the first time in program history that two Gauchos were selected for the prestigious list that will eventually determine the NCAA Division I Player of the Year. The defending national champions are one of only two schools in the nation that had multiple players named to the Watch List, joining senior goalkeeper Matt Allen and junior forward Byron Dacy of Creighton. UCSB has now had a total of four players named to the list after Iro received the honor in 2006 and former teammate Tyler Rosenlund was selected in 2005. The winner of the M.A.C.'s Hermann Trophy will be determined by a panel of NSCAA Division I member coaches. A list of 15 semifinalists will be announced in November, and three finalists will be named in early December in conjunction with the NCAA Division I College Cup. The final three will be invited to the Missouri Athletic Club on Friday, January 11, 2008 and the winner will be announced during a nationally-televised news conference that evening.


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Thai golfers maintained their grip on the Myanmar Open as big-hitting Kiradech Aphibarnrat took the sole lead with a two-shot cushion at the halfway stage yesterday.
Overnight joint-leader Kiradech carded a five-under-par 67 for a total of 13-under 131 to lead countrymen Chawalit Plaphol and Thanyakon Khrongpha in the US$300,000 event, the first on the Asian Tour calendar.
Australian Marcus Both, Joonas Granberg of Finland and Hung Chien-yao of Taiwan were a further shot behind on 134 at the close of the second round at the Royal Mingalardon Golf and Country Club.
The remaining 11 Taiwanese players failed to make the cut.
Defending champion Kieran Pratt, who beat Kiradech in a play-off last year, was disqualified for arriving late for his tee time while overnight co-leader Chapchai Nirat of Thailand shot a 72 to lie tied 10th.
Kiradech mixed six birdies with a lone bogey yesterday to follow-up on his opening round 64.
"I've had a lot of experience in the last few years of being in contention and winning," Kiradech, 23, said. "Right now, I'm not thinking about winning yet because it isn't the last day yet. I have two more rounds and I want to do my best and give myself a chance."
The Thai could have carded a lower score to widen the gap at the top, but struggled a bit with his putting.
"I feel my putting stroke isn't as smooth as it was yesterday but I won't do much change, just tweak a bit of my back swing," he said.
Both, twice a winner on the Asian Tour, made the turn on 29 with seven birdies, but the 33-year-old lost steam in the back nine with consecutive bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes to finish on six-under 66.
"It was nice. It might sound very stupid, but I didn't play that well," said Both, who hit the second-lowest first-nine score on the Asian Tour.
"I sort of hit everything nicely on the greens and holed everything. I had nine one-putts on the front nine. That was pretty much the reason why. I hit it okay but not amazingly well. It sort of caught up with me on the back nine," he said.
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Five School of Music alumni—Brian Dozoretz ('94), Rosie Newton ('10), Jennifer Middaugh ('94), Matthew Saccuccimorano ('89) and Dana Billings—played on a recording recently nominated for "Best Song" in the Alt. Country category at the 12th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMAs).
This year, submitting musicians for the IMAs—honoring artists who broaden the definition of commercial success and represent the diversity of the global Indie scene—will be judged by the likes of industry monoliths including Tom Waits, G. Love, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Judy Collins and many more.
One of five songs nominated in the Alt. Country category, the song "Poor Quentin" was written and performed by local singer-songwriter Bronwen Exter, appearing as the eighth track on her 2012 release "Junkyard." Exter is an asset in the performance community of Ithaca, returning to her hometown of Newfield, NY to make music after a decade of living in New York City.
John Donohue, arts and entertainment writer for The New Yorker, has said her voice is "like a warm mist capable of obscuring all of life's problems."
Sharing in Exter's recent accomplishment, IC alumni were heavily involved in the instrumentation and arrangements on "Poor Quentin" and the album "Junkyard."
Dozoretz, Manager of Recording Services at the School of Music and an active musician in the Ithaca community, played upright bass on the nominated track and did the entire record's final CD mastering.
Featured on the song were Newton on violin, Billings (a SRT major) on drums and Middaugh on vocals. Saccuccimorano produced, recorded, and mixed the entire CD.
The IMAs are known for being the only international program that connects artists to new revenue opportunities and an audience of more than 1 billion music fans.
Created by Music Resource Group, publisher of the music industry's trusted former print and current online contact databases, The Musician's Atlas & AtlasOnline, The IMAs has unrivaled access to industry gatekeepers, performance, promotion & distribution opportunities.
The 12th Annual IMA winners for all categories will be announced in late April or Early May, 2013.
Wish this outstanding group of musical alumni luck in the competition!
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Experts debate best way to encourage more organ donors
The story of the 10-year-old girl in Philadelphia who recently got a lifesaving lung transplant has drawn attention to the need for more organ donors.
The case of the 10-year-old girl in Philadelphia who needed a transplant with adult lungs to survive tugged at the nation's heartstrings.
Every day there are similar dramas playing out around the country with patients competing for the few available hearts, kidneys, livers, lungs and other lifesaving organs.
In the wake of the legal and ethical wrangling the case entailed, many wonder what can be done to change this situation. Getting more people to register as donors is one avenue, but some say it's easier said than done, so other ideas are being debated.
"The one thing that the American public can do to help people like Sarah (Murnaghan) is to register to be a donor," says David Fleming, president and CEO of Donate Life America, a national non-profit advocate for organ, eye and tissue donation.
Registering to be a donor "is a gift," says Art Caplan, head of the division of medical ethics at New York University Langone Medical Center. "We rely on voluntary choice and altruism. There is no money, payment or incentive to do this."
STORY: Hearing on hold over lung transplant rules
Most polls show that more than 90% of people say being an organ donor is the right thing to do, Fleming says. But only about 109 million Americans — about 45% of adults over 18 — are registered as organ, eye and tissue donors in their states, he says. In the absence of a person being a registered donor, families are asked at the time a loved one dies to consent to organ donation. Consent rates are significantly lower in such situations.
There aren't nearly enough donors to meet transplant needs. Nearly 120,000 men, women and children await organ transplants in the USA. "We have 18 people dying every day, just waiting for an organ to save their lives," Fleming says.
Most people volunteer to be a donor when they are getting a driver's license at their state's Department of Motor Vehicles, and people can go online (donatelife.net) 24/7 to sign up, Fleming says. After they volunteer, their name is added to an electronic registry as a consented donor to be used for transplants.
Even if people register, chances are they'll never be a donor because they died from an illness or an accident that left their organs too damaged for anyone else to use, Fleming says. An organ donor is typically brain dead and on a ventilator, which is only about 1% of all deaths, he says.
Organ donors are usually people who die of head injuries resulting from such events as car accidents, gunshot wounds, swimming pool accidents or child abuse, and they're on life support, Caplan says.
Donors can't have infectious diseases, cancer or be over 90 years old, and when they are dying, they need to be on life support so the blood and oxygen is still getting to their organs, he says. "It's relatively hard to be an organ donor because most people don't die on life support, and even when they do die on life support, they are usually too sick to have healthy organs to donate."
Some experts such as Caplan suggest the nation should consider changing the way it thinks about all this.
Instead of asking people to "opt into" the system by indicating their willingness to be a donor, these experts say the assumption should be that everyone in the country should be considered a donor unless they "opt out." The latter proposal is called presumed-consent or default-to-donation.
"We have this voluntary opt-in system, but why don't we shift the system and have a default-to-donation system?" Caplan says.
He says other countries such as Spain have had some success with getting more organs with an opt-out system. Before the USA goes to this method, he says, it should be tested in a few states.
Joshua Sonett, chief of General Thoracic Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, says there would be plenty of organs if we had an "opt-out" system.
Fleming doesn't like the idea. "We would be moving from a system where we honor your wishes to be a donor to an (opt-out) system where it's the government's right to procure your organs unless you opt out." Fleming says many people would think this violates their personal rights, which could send them rushing to sign opt-out forms.
He says European countries using the opt-out method "are not doing any better than we are. I truly believe it would be a disaster if it happened here. I think we'd have millions and millions of people register not to be donors."
Fleming says the biggest obstacle to having more donors is procrastination. "No one thinks they are going to die anytime soon, so we think we have plenty of time to sign up."
And there's the problem of fear. Some are afraid the medical profession won't work as hard to save them if they've signed up as a donor, and that's simply not true, he says.
Many decisions about being an organ donor are made at the DMV and the ICU, which are not the best places, he says. It's better to talk about it at home with your family, he says. "It's a serious decision. I don't think it's an easy decision for everyone."
He asks people to keep this in mind: Donors can save seven lives with their organs going to different people, and the tissues from a donor can improve the lives of up to 50 people.
If you haven't registered to be an organ donor or aren't sure if you have, go to donatelife.net/register-now/, then click on your state and sign up, Fleming says.


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Speakers from both sides dominate public hearing on budget; council to vote later this month
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In the hours leading up to the San Antonio CIty Council's budget meeting on Wednesday, Pastor Gerald Ripley, the man who's spearheading the campaign against domestic partnership benefits for city employees, posted on his web site that "Demonic forces are converging over S.A. for the purpose of establishing immorality as a right at the government level."
The meeting, held in City Council Chambers, was convened expressly to discuss items from the proposed budget, which awaits a vote on Sept. 15.
Even though a few speakers addressed other topics, the majority of those who came to the podium were there to discuss DP benefits.
While Pastor Ripley's rhetoric didn't reach the same level when he actually addressed the council, some of his followers appeared to take a cue from his Internet posting.
One speaker said the "evil" of homosexuality is "eating us up." Another, a woman holding a sign advocating heterosexual marriage, said that San Antonio would be under the "dark cloud of Satan" if DP benefits are granted.
One man said he used to work at a psychiatric hospital where there was a ward just for homosexuals and that giving these people DP benefits was immoral. One speaker admonished the City Council not to do the "politically correct thing but the morally correct thing."
Activists from the LGBT community, the majority of whom got to speak early in the meeting, stayed on message. That message was that offering these benefits would make the city more competitive in hiring and retaining top talent, and that no employee should be treated like a second-class citizen.
One at time, each of the GLBT speakers made their case in addressing and debunking their foes' other objections: Cost (less than 1 percent of the total budget); abuse of the program (two forms documentation will be required); and extending DP benefits isn't an endorsement of same-sex marriage, as some religious extremists have suggested.
"Finally, offering these benefits is the right thing to do for the hundreds of city employees who serve us daily," activist Randy Bear told the council. "For those city employees who could benefit by this, it's the right thing to do to be able to look them in the eye and tell them we value them as much as their fellow employees."
One religious leader who spoke in favor of granting the benefits was Rabbi Barry H.D. Block from Temple Beth-El, who came armed with a letter signed by more than 30 religious leaders.
"All of the undersigned are deeply committed to the sanctity of marriage. We are equally aware that not all members of our society have equal access to state-sanctioned marriage. Like the sanctity of marriage, equal rights and equal opportunity for all human beings and all loving couples are values we all hold dear," read the text of the letter.
Protestors stood outside City Council chambers while Pastor Gerald Ripley denounced the DP benefits proposal.
Pastor Ripley, who admonished this reporter for trying to take his photograph, came to the podium and began by saying, "It's been implied that 2 percent of our citizens are treated like second-class citizens. When homosexuals go to the Spurs' game they can sit on any seat on the bus. They can drink from the same water fountains. They can go into any restaurant or any theater. They can buy a house in any neighborhood. Therefore, I say to you, there are no second-class citizens in our great city."
Ripley went on to say using the term "second-class citizens" to curry political capital was unfortunate and beneath the dignity of those making the case. He also made the unsubstantiated claim that 70 percent of voters objected to offering the benefits.
What followed in Ripley's address came almost word-for-word from a fact sheet with 14 talking points that had been posted on his web site in the days leading up to the budget meetings.
Two controversial characters followed Pastor Ripley in speaking out to the City Council against DP benefits.
The first was former talk show host Adam McManus, who was fired for budgetary reasons last year from KSLR-AM, a local Christian radio station. During his time on-air, McManus encouraged his listeners to speak out in 2007 against Police Chief William McManus and in 2009 against Mayor Julian Castro because they served as Grand Marshals for the Gay Pride Parade. In 2006, McManus tried to start a boycott of H-E-B because the grocery chain had contributed $300 to PrideFest.
Also present was Pastor Charles Flowers of the Love Demonstrated Ministries who was arrested in 2007 for dragging a girl behind a van after she failed to keep up during a running exercise at his Christian boot camp near Corpus Christi. In 2006, Love Demonstrated Ministries reported private and government contributions totaling $314,673 to operate the boot camp, with nearly 89 percent of the costs, $278,549, going for salaries.


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AIDS after death
Dec 8, 2008
my wife works as an undertaker. Does the AIDS virus live after death and can she contract AIDS from working with body fluids of corpses?
Response from Dr. Frascino
See below.
Dr. Bob
HIV Risk Post Mortem (RISK OF HIV FROM CORPSE OR CADAVER) Nov 14, 2008
I am an embalmer at a local funeral home and yesterday I was exposed to the blood of a person who is HIV positive. The person had spent approximately 2 days at the Medical Examiner's and was refrigerated to a temperature of roughly 35F-40F. I went through the entire embalming procedure and when complete I took off one of my gloves and noticed that one of my fingers was very wet. The glove had a small hole in the tip of the index finger section that allowed what I can only assume to be blood and various embalming chemicals onto my skin. I had no cuts or other abrasions but my skin had been exposed to the various liquids for quite some time as it exhibited the pruning effect that comes from prolonged exposure to fluids. Due to the various pathology courses we're required to take I know certain things about the HIV virus and I know that it is very fragile outside of the body and that touching the blood is very low risk as long as their is no way for it to breach your own skin, but this sort of long term exposure was not covered and I'm not sure just how worried I should be. I'm exposed to stuff like this everyday but because of my protective equipment I've never been directly exposed to this. Is there a serious chance that I may have been infected?
Response from Dr. Frascino
Your HIV-acquisition risk is essentially nonexistent. HIV cannot permeate intact skin. Plus, the guy had been on ice for two days!
See below for other cadaver questions. (By the way, Six Feet Under was one of my all-time favorite television series.)
Dr. Bob
please help doc, from firefighter!! Feb 22, 2007
hey doc, how goes it? doc i am the lousy firefighter who has not stopped asking questions,and who invited you to our station but still you wouldnt come. but here goes another one. doc i was removing a dead person from a collapsed building when i got in contact with his blood, the person has been dead for 2+ days. am i at any risk of getting HIV?? and another thing, is the fluid that fills the blisters on second degree burns infectious ?what if they are not fresh blisters?is the skin good enough for HIV stability for more than minutes or hours?? thanks a lot.
greetings doctor, i am an ambulance worker, and i had a recent blood exposure and i would like to know how much HIV risk i have. i was removing a dead body from a collapsed builing after 3 days of the collapse, the body was dead since 2 days, and by accident i got some of the dead person;s blood on my fore arm and hands. is there and rick of HIV transfer from such an exposure?and is the outer skin of a person suitable to make the virus survive for more than minutes or hours? example is the fluid that fills the blisters on second degree burns?thanks a lot
Response from Dr. Frascino
So what are you, an ambulance worker or a firefighter or both? And does that offer to visit the station still stand?
First off, if HIV-infected fluids come in contact with your skin, there is essentially no risk if your skin is intact.
Next, let me review the conventional wisdom about HIV in body fluids. HIV can be transmitted if these infected fluids come in contact with mucous membranes or non-intact skin:
blood and blood products semen and pre-cum cervical and vaginal secretions menses
HIV can be present in, but is not transmitted through, the following fluids:
saliva tears blister fluid
HIV is not present in the following body fluids (unless contaminated by visible blood):
urine feces vomit sweat
Finally, the lifespan of an HIV particle in the body is approximately 24 hours. Once a person dies, the virus can no longer reproduce itself.
Consequently, your HIV risk from the situations you describe are nonexistent. Also, I would hope you would be wearing gloves when performing such duties.
Now stop worrying so much, OK Firefighter-Ambulance-Guy?
Stay well.
Dr. Bob
HIV in a corpse Sep 18, 2008
Dear Dr Frascino
I work for a NGO in the HIV-field in South Africa. One of our patients asked the interesting question of "How long can the HIV virus survive within a corpse?" This is not a sexual question, but is relevant in many cultures in SA where family members wash the body of the dead.
I have done some research but was unable to find an answer. We often refer people to this website so I thought I might ask you. Also I wasn't sure in which category to place this question but as this forum is one of the most read ones, I thought I would post it here. Please help if you can.
Thank you for all the good work you are doing with this website. Here in South Africa it is a real help.
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hello M,
Although there have been no specific studies of HIV survival in corpses before or after embalming, no instances of HIV transmission have been reported from an exposure incurred in performing mortuary services. HIV is extremely fragile. For an extra level of safety, I would advise the family members to use the same precautions when washing the body of the dead as they used when the individual was alive. (See below.) This would include using rubber gloves for contact with non-intact skin or possibly infectious bodily fluids.
Dr. Bob
Worried. May 1, 2006
If you defile a corpse of someone who had died of AIDS, is it possible to contract it even after their death?
Response from Dr. Frascino
If you are defiling corpses, worrying about HIV/AIDS is certainly not your biggest problem.
Dr. Bob
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After two years as a BAR, I still don't reliably get fins on my LPR rockets in a reliably perfect manner, particularly when there are multiple fins in line (like main fins plus higher canard fins).
I have built bevel fin guides:
And found them good but inaccuracies in construction techniques in my hands mean that while my fins are straight with respect to the long axis of the tube, and multiple fins (main plus canards for example) are coplanar, sometimes I'm off noticeably in that the fin plane doesn't intersect with the center of the tube. Further, the way I built it, if the canard fins are far up on the rocket there's not really room to attach them. I can think of design changes to address this, but I've found I prefer a tool that lets me get all three on at once.
I've also bought and beefed up the Estes fin tool, by putting a solid 1/2" bolt in it for greater center mandrel stability:
It's a good starter tool but I'm looking for something beefier and that has better vertically-stable guides for the fins. I know that variations on the theme Estes chose are commercially available, and would probably suit me well. But, I really wanted to build something I could adapt as my needs (and whims) change.
And so, it begins.
I will document my efforts here. I think I'm about 80% complete, and just haven't had time to document things. Stay tuned, over the coming week I'll document my stuff here. Let's see how it turns out!
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CJ Rockett is one of the busiest downtown Norwich property owners you've probably never heard of. Over the past 24 months, his Denison Capital Partners firm has quietly picked up 18 parcels — mostly in the downtown and Greeneville areas — with one aim in mind.
CJ Rockett is one of the busiest downtown Norwich property owners you've probably never heard of. Over the past 24 months, his Denison Capital Partners firm has quietly picked up 18 parcels — mostly in the downtown and Greeneville areas — with one aim in mind.
"Our motto is 'clean, safe living,' and we have high hopes for Norwich," said Rockett, a managing partner in the firm. "We are cleaning out those neighborhoods. Unless you're a young family or kindly old man that has lived there for 30 years, you're out."
That aggressive tack is earning him praise from the Norwich Community Development Corp., but Rockett, 32, says it's also behind some legal issues.
The Norwich resident is facing several criminal charges in Norwich Superior Court, including first-degree threatening, stemming from a Dec. 21 incident in which a bomb threat was made to New London Superior Court, allegedly with Rockett's cell phone. According to the arrest warrant, the court employee who received the threat said the caller's voice matched the voice on a message Rockett left with authorities later that day.
Rockett, 32, pleaded not guilty to all charges on Tuesday in New London, and the case has been transferred to Norwich. He is free on $25,000 bond and is due back in court June 4.
Rockett denies the allegations, saying one of his tenants used a mobile application to make it appear as if Rockett made the call, a practice known as "spoofing."
"This is just one of these things I have to deal with while kicking out the drugs and prostitution," Rockett said of the bomb threat charges, adding, "This is one of the speed bumps I have to go over when I clear out the ghetto and I have 150 people trying to ruin my life."
Rockett says the city has no hope for broad urban renewal without an image boost. The latest venture of his Stonington-based company is the restoration of a 148-year-old building at 50-52 Broadway.
"He is an aggressive gentleman and he works hard, but he is not just a person fixing up buildings and making them attractive. He is a caretaker for the community," said Jason Vincent, vice president of Norwich Community Development Corporation. "He will force change within buildings that he has control over if it's not contributing in a positive way to the community, and I don't know many people with that kind of courage."
Vincent said Rockett is doing work in troubled neighborhoods and supports his claim of innocence against the legal charges.
"CJ is doing some very challenging work in our city and some of the people he engages with are not society's best members and probably know ways to manipulate the system," Vincent said. "My gut reaction is this is out of character with who he is as an individual, and it's likely to be a result of the hard work he's doing to clean up the properties he's doing business in."
Rockett, who grew up in New York City and lives on Thermos Avenue in Norwich, said he was lured into Eastern Connecticut's real estate market during the housing collapse, when banks were looking to shed properties at historically low interest rates.
To date, Denison Capital Partners has acquired 96 units in 20 properties in Norwich, Jewett City and Plainfield — including the 10,298-square-foot building at 102-110 Main Street in Norwich, spending roughly $500,000, according to property records.
It also owns a commercial building at 191 Franklin Street and apartment units on Cliff, Lake and Union streets.
"Norwich has the feel and beauty. There's definitely the possibility that we can make it a hip place," Rockett said. "We have a lot of energy and I've got a great team, and we really want to rebuild downtown."
Jesse Craig, of Colchester, the contractor managing the Broadway refurbishment, said the structure was in dire shape when his three-man crew arrived in late January.
Since then, more than 100,000 pounds of debris have been removed and new wiring, windows and plumbing have been installed.
"This is my baby. My pride and joy," Craig said. "We've rebuilt it from the inside out. We had to chase cats out of here."
Craig said the 3.5-story structure, which housed a ceramics shop, should be completed by August. From there, Denison will go through the city's permitting process to obtain a certificate of occupancy.
Mary Bartlett, who lives on Broadway, said she is happy to see attention being paid to the building.
"I think it's great," she said. "It's going to take businesses to bring more foot traffic downtown."
Vincent said several investors have already expressed an interest in moving in, and Rockett has been in talks with NCDC about accessing a portion of the $3.38 million downtown revitalization bond to help with code corrections.
But as one project finishes, Rockett said his company will continue its push into Norwich neighborhoods on the hunt for promising development opportunities with strong tenants.
"I feel like it's going to be one of those snowball effects," he said. "You could say we're very busy."


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SOUTHBORO -- Sevcon Inc., which makes drivetrain controls for electric and hybrid vehicles, last week reported higher revenues but lower profits for its fiscal fourth quarter.
For the three-month period ending Sept. 30, Sevcon reported net income of $285,000 (8 cents per diluted share), up from $58,000 (2 cents per share) in the same period a year earlier.
Quarterly revenues were $8 million, down from $9.4 million a year earlier.
For all of fiscal 2012, Sevcon reported net income of $35.5 million, up 10 percent from the $32.3 million recorded in fiscal 2011. Net income was nearly $1.2 million (35 cents per share), up from $712,000 (21 cents per share) for fiscal 2011.


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Q: What ten letter word starts with g-a-s?
A: Automobile.
Automobile starts and RUNS on Diesel
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To be politically correct we must remember there are a few of us that theirQuote:
Which inspires a spelling joke:
Q: What ten letter word starts with g-a-s?
A: Automobile.
Automobile starts and RUNS on Diesel
It's just that they deserve MORE respect than that.
We have to draw the line somewhere, or else the next thing you know Candace will be posting jokes about tractors. Did you know that tractors and other assorted farm machinery are really close to my heart ?? Yes, I've always been very hurt by the fact that these wonderful bits of equipment can be discarded after a lifetime of hard work. And then you get someone like Candace coming along and making jokes about them....HAH !!! I mean, what total disregard. How insulting. I'm flabbergasted.
No tractors were harmed in the posting of this joke. Honest. ;)
A farmer has three sons.
One day, his oldest boy comes to him and pleads with him that he is graduating from school and would really like to get a car.
His father says, "Son, come with me." He takes him to the barn and points to the farm tractor and says, "That tractor is needed here on the farm and I promise that as soon as it's paid for, we'll get you a car."
The boy was not too happy but he did understand that situation and said, "Okay, Dad."
A week later, his second son (10 years old) approaches him wanting a new two-wheel bicycle. Well, he gets the same excuse. "as soon as that tractor is paid for."
Shortly, a few days later, son number 3, his youngest, comes bugging him for a tricycle.
Again, ol' Dad gives him the lecture about the tractor being paid for first. While leaving the barn, the young boy, more than a little disgusted with the whole thing, sees a rooster mating with one of the hens and promptly goes over and kicks the rooster smooth off the hen's back, mumbling to himself the whole time.
His dad says, "Son, why on earth would you do something like that? He didn't do anything to you to deserve that!"
The little boy looks his Dad right square in the eye and says, "Hey, nobody rides anything around here until that d*** tractor is paid for!"
The Day After
While walking down the street one day a Member of Parliament is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
'Welcome to heaven,' says St. Peter. 'Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts you see, so we're not sure what to do with you.'
'No problem, just let me in, 'says the man.
'Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity'.
'Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven,' says the MP.
'I'm sorry, but we have our rules.'
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.
They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly and nice guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises....
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him.
'Now it's time to visit heaven.'
So, 24 hours pass with the MP joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.
'Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity'.
The MP reflects for a minute, then he answers: 'Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell. '
So St. Peter escorts him to the lift and he goes down, down, down to hell.
Now the doors of the lift open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and rubbish.
He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more rubbish falls from above.
The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. 'I don't understand,' stammers the MP. Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of rubbish and my friends look miserable.
What happened?'
The devil looks at him, smiles and says, 'Yesterday we were campaigning.....
Today you voted.'
Q: How can you tell if a tree is a dogwood?
A: By its bark :D
Glad I finished my coffee before reading that, Wom. :p
For centuries, Hindu women have worn a dot on their foreheads. Most of us have naively thought this was connected with tradition or religion, but the Indian embassy in Washington DC has recently revealed the true story.
When a Hindu woman gets married, she brings a dowry into the union.
On her wedding night, the husband scratches off the dot to see whether he has won a convenience store, a gas station, a donut shop, a taxi cab, or a motel in the United States.
If nothing is there, he must remain in India to answer telephones and provide us with technical Computer advice.
The dot. LOL John that is so funny
No wonder we were all mesmerized. Disney programmed us!
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Morning Five: 07.07.11 EditionPosted by nvr1983 on July 7th, 2011
- The big news yesterday was the death of Armen Gilliam, who starred at UNLV and led the 1987 Rebels to a 37-2 record and a Final Four appearance. Gilliam died while playing in a pickup game near Pittsburgh and although initial reports suggested that he had died of a heart attack in fact the cause of death will not be officially determined until an autopsy is performed at a later date. In addition to his playing career at UNLV and in the NBA, Gilliam also coached at Division III Penn State-Altoona. No announcements have been made yet regarding funeral services for Gilliam, but we expect a big turnout like NC State had for Lorenzo Charles this past weekend if the Gilliam family chooses to do so.
- Georgia Tech transfer Brian Oliver announced yesterday that he would be heading to Seton Hall. Oliver, who averaged 10.5 PPG and 4.5 RPG last season as a sophomore including a 32-point outburst against Syracuse. Despite a disappointing end to his season where he missed the last eight games due to a broken thumb, Oliver likely would have remained at Georgia Tech if not for the firing of Paul Hewitt. The Pirates were able to win Oliver's services over a handful of teams and after he sits out a season they should have a potential All-Big East performer in Oliver.
- Apparently one game over .500 in three seasons is enough to get a contract extension in college basketball because Stanford announced late yesterday that they were giving Johnny Dawkins a two-year extension through the 2015-16 season. After a relatively promising 20-14 record in his first season in Palo Alto, Dawkins has seen his Cardinal team fail to break .500 in the past two season and may have worked his way out of one of the top jobs in any sport–head coach at Duke. Perhaps Dawkins can turn things around on The Farm, but he has his work cut out for him in a Pac-10 conference that is no longer as weak as it was a few years ago.
- Most of the attention in the US for the U-19 World Championships has been on Team USA and its college stars, but as Luke Winn reports college fans may want to start paying attention to the Australian team as several of their players may be heading to college campuses near you in the very near future. While some schools (St. Mary's) dominated the Australian recruiting scene in recent years, the players have started to shift their focus to other schools and Winn reports the current favorites for the present group of Australian star U-19 players are Butler, Boise State, and New Mexico.
- With the summer circuit heading up Dave Telep has ten major storylines to watch for this month. You will find a lot of talk about all the big names that you are probably familiar with from various recruiting sources online and although we love the big-time showdowns (LeBron James destroying Lenny Cooke is our personal favorite) our favorite part is waiting for the relative unknowns to emerge as major prospects. It was just a year ago when Anthony Davis went from a decent Chicago-area prospect who wasn't even getting much attention from in-state school to the top prospect in his class in the eyes of many recruiting analysts.


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Atlanta, Houston to meet in RBI softball championship
MINNEAPOLIS -- Atlanta entered the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) World Series softball playoffs as a No. 4 seed, with just one win through three days of pool play.
Atlanta's lone win came in an 11-0 decision over fellow No. 4 seed St. Louis on Monday. St. Louis exited the playoffs early Tuesday morning with a 0-5-1 record. But Atlanta head coach Richard Lee wasn't watching his team earn its first win -- he was already scouting the competition.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Atlanta entered the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) World Series softball playoffs as a No. 4 seed, with just one win through three days of pool play.
Atlanta's lone win came in an 11-0 decision over fellow No. 4 seed St. Louis on Monday. St. Louis exited the playoffs early Tuesday morning with a 0-5-1 record. But Atlanta head coach Richard Lee wasn't watching his team earn its first win -- he was already scouting the competition.
Knowing where Atlanta stood in the standings, Lee was fully aware his team would draw reigning champions Santo Domingo in the first round of the playoffs Tuesday morning.
The early scouting paid off, as Atlanta upset the No. 1 team -- which had a perfect 5-0 record going into the playoffs -- 9-4, drawing a rematch with Cleveland for a trip to the RBI World Series championship game on Wednesday at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium at the University of Minnesota.
"I had to sell it to them," Lee said of the tournament. "We came here with just one pitcher, and we know that one pitcher can't pitch five or six ballgames. … They didn't like it, but I said, 'We've got to lose, so that way we can get to the last-place seed and play the No. 1 team.'
"I said, 'If ya'll want to beat the best team, we've got to come in last.' It's do or die. You've got to take the best team with a fresh pitcher, we've got a chance or winning. That was our goal, and it worked. We're going to the championship."
It was a bold move, but it paid off.
Shouting "nobody scores" as it took the field in the bottom of the seventh while holding a 3-2 lead over Cleveland, Atlanta worked a 1-2-3 inning and booked a trip to the championship game on Wednesday against Houston RBI, which pulled off a 1-0 upset of its own over the other No. 1 seed, Harrisburg.
Atlanta's semifinal game was a rematch from Sunday's 11-0 loss, in which Cleveland routed the Georgia squad. Cleveland capitalized off several defensive mistakes on Atlanta's part in that game and kept momentum at the plate. Tuesday was a completely different story.
LaKaylin Lee, who pitched all seven innings for Atlanta and gave up only six hits and no walks, went 3-for-4 at the plate, scoring two runs and driving in the go-ahead run.
With Kendalyn Arceneaux on third, courtesy running for catcher Nicole Lyday, who reached on a base hit, Lee drove her third single of the game just beyond the infield gravel to score Arceneaux and claim the 3-2 lead.
Lee scored Atlanta's first two runs as well. In the fifth, Kayla Cato drove in Lee on a base hit to knot the game at 2. Lee, who led off the inning with a base hit to right, profited on a Cleveland defensive miscue, which gave her more time to score and allowed Cato to reach second.
The two paired up in the first to give Atlanta the initial 1-0 lead. Lee again led off with a base hit to left field, and Cato followed two batters later with a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Lee from third.
"She pitched well and she hung in there," Richard Lee said. "And then she hit well. So she put on a clinic, and I appreciate that."
Cleveland made things interesting. After a 3-1 win over Nobu Yamauchi RBI earlier in the day to reach the semifinals, it battled back from a 1-0 deficit and held a 2-1 lead for a short time.
Trailing 1-0 before its first at-bat, Cleveland evened the score at 1 in the second, as Alexandra Scali roped a double to left field, scoring Erin Wolansky. One inning later, Cleveland took a 2-1 lead, as Lauren Peak led off and reached on a misplayed ball at second that led to a base hit. After stealing second, a fumbled catch on Peak's attempt to steal third allowed her to score.
Although Cleveland strung together three more hits over the remaining four innings, the team couldn't get timely hits to create a threat, leading to the defeat.
After taking an 11-0 defeat at Cleveland's hands Sunday, the victory was a little sweeter for Atlanta.
"Whatever happened Sunday, that's the past," Lee said. "It's a new day. I told them yesterday, when we got our first win over St. Louis, it's a new week."
Meanwhile, Houston profited off a rematch of its own with Harrisburg. The two met on Monday, a game in which Harrisburg kept Houston at bay for five innings, piling on five runs before the Texas club was able to score. Houston took the loss, 5-2, but found success in its second chance.
Houston starting pitcher Monica Montelongo worked 6 1/3 shutout innings and gave up just five hits.
Montelongo's success on the mound spelled victory for Houston, as it scored just one run on five hits. In the second, Alexus Gonxalez drove in LaShonda Jones for the 1-0 lead. Harrisburg threatened in the seventh, but Houston turned a double play to claim the open spot in the championship game.
Harrisburg's lack of offense was a testament to Houston's defense. Harrisburg reached the semifinal after it routed St. Louis, 13-0, earlier in the day. Lexus Allen threw a perfect game, striking out 11 of 15 batters.
Before the rematch with Harrisburg, Houston used a walk-off double from Montelongo to score Cameron Lavergne for a come-from-behind 4-3 win against Hoboken.
Kelly Erickson is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Shea's Late Goal Lifts US Past Costa Rica, 1-0
Brek Shea scored his first international goal off a feed from Landon Donovan in the 82nd minute Tuesday night to give the United States a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica and the top spot in its Gold Cup group.
Seconds after Sean Johnson made a brilliant save off a corner kick, Joe Corona cleared the ball, setting up the winning sequence. The veteran Donovan, trying to work his way back into a starring role on the national team after a self-imposed hiatus, took the ball on the right side. He quickly spotted Shea, who came on just five minutes earlier, streaking down the middle.
Donovan's pass hit Shea in stride, and the Stoke City player sent a left-footed shot from 15 yards off goalkeeper Patrick Pemberton for the winner, the Americans' eighth straight, a team record.
They will play El Salvador on Sunday in Baltimore, while Costa Rica meets Honduras.
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Four-year-old Charlotte Reid could not wipe the smile off her face as she scooted around her school for the very first time yesterday.
Charlotte's rare genetic disorder trichothidystrophy (TTD), means she is allergic to sunlight and just a small exposure can leave her blistered and in pain.
Charlotte also cannot sweat, even when she's feeling hot from TTD, so she can only be in rooms with air conditioning.
Just 12 months ago her parents thought she would never attend school, but a trip to America to see a specialist led them down a new and happy path.
"It's awesome, I've never had my scooter at school before," Charlotte said.
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Charlotte's mother Sunny Reid said it was unbelievable to think her daughter was finally at school.
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Charlotte has joined her older sisters Sarah, 9, and Emily, 12, at the school, much to their pleasure.
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ECTOR, TX-Ector residents met with TxDOT Thursday voicing their concerns about the intersection of Highway 82 and FM 898. They said it's unsafe and only an overpass will fix the problem.
TxDOT said an overpass on FM-898 and Highway 82 was part of a plan drawn 30 years ago. But financial constraints and competition for funds statewide forced them to put the overpass on the backburner and that's not sitting well with residents.
Jim Glaser passes through the Highway 82, FM-898 intersection everyday and said he's had too many close calls with heavy traffic.
"It's such a terrible intersection. You have to look 5 or 6 times trying to put yourself in between heavy traffic and you just barely get across two lanes. If they're making it 4 lanes, it would be impossible," he said.
Right now, TxDOT is widening Highway 82 from two lanes to four from the Grayson county line to Bonham. Glaser said an overpass should've been part of the project.
"The land was purchased with a promise of an overpass would be built in approximately 7 years and that's nearly 15 years ago and we're still being told it's in the future. So I think the future is now for us," he said.
Glaser and dozens of other Ector residents called this town meeting with TxDOT hoping find out why the overpass has not been built. TxDOT Assistant Area Engineer, Noel Paramanantham, said the overpass was part of a plan drawn back in the 1980's while Highway 82 was being built but there have been setbacks.
"Ultimately as a longterm solution, we'll have an overpass in this location. Again there's no actual time frame for this, it could be a short time frame, it could be a long time frame, but it all depends on the available funding," he said.
Paramanantham said building an overpass will cost about $5 million and that project will be competing for grants with other projects in the state. But listening to residents concerns will help TxDOT determine if any alternative modifications for the intersection would fit the budget.
"If there are some safety issues, we will address those. It will not be in the form of an overpass but it could be other modifications that can be done, geometry of that intersection, other turn lanes," he said.
"I'm hoping that it will make them cognizant of the fears and the safety that we have for our families in the area and that they will start appropriating funds so that they can be building this overpass," said Glaser.
TxDOT said as the traffic flow and population increases around that intersection, the more urgent it will be to build an overpass. Residents also signed a petition for the overpass at the meeting, so far it has over 300 signatures.


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Non-resident Active Military and Dependent licenses are available at all hunting and fishing license sales outlets around the state. All other Active Military licenses, Hunter Education Deferral licenses, and the Louisiana National Guard Non-active Member license can only be purchased at designated LDWF offices and supporting documentation is required for each.
For more details on the cost and required documentation needed to purchase these hunting and fishing license options, go to www.wlf.louisiana.gov and click on "Licenses/Permits", then click on either "Hunting" or "Fishing" and access the new license information chart via the "2006 Hunting and Fishing License Changes" link.
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7-26-05 - Something that could save countless lives has come out of the tragedy of the London bombings. The acronym I.C.E. stands for "In Case of Emergency," an acronym rescuers want on everyone's cell phone.
If you own a cell phone, you know how convenient it is to have dozens of numbers at your fingertips. But its one number that emergency responders need to be able to find to give you the best treatment possible.
That's where ICE comes in. It would hold your emergency contact number, a husband, wife, mother, or father. People that know what your medical history is and can sign off on emergency medical help.
"ICE" was the idea of a British paramedic who saw the need first hand while treating dozens of wounded victims in the London bombings. Local police and firefighters are already instructing their officers to look for this information.
To make your ICE number is easier to find, try putting a dot or quotation marks around the letters which moves it to the top of your contacts. Also, if your phone won't allow you to enter the same number twice, try putting a one in front of the number.
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Alan Garner's corn sprouts would be about three times the size they are now if the weather would warm up and the rain would stop.
Now, the sprouts, only a few inches high, are fighting to grow properly despite being drenched with constant moisture and subjected to cool temperatures.
Garner's corn leaves have turned purple and yellow, indicating the plants are stressed and too wet.
That makes sense to state agricultural statistician Dave Kleweno. He says the Lansing area is experiencing about an extra inch of moisture and temperatures between two and six degrees below normal this year.
The abnormal conditions may determine how many corn ears a plant will grow and how many kernels each plant will produce. The profitability of the plants - which will be shipped out to become poultry and cattle feed or turned into whiskey or plastic- could be reduced if weather conditions don't improve soon.
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By Michael Aneiro
Again we have a rating agency cutting a major sovereign rating on a Friday afternoon at the close of market hours. Much like S&P pulled a late-Friday downgrade on the U.S. 18 months ago, Moody's just stripped the United Kingdom of its erstwhile triple-A rating, downgrading the domestic- and foreign-currency U.K government bond ratings by one notch to Aa1 from Aaa with a stable outlook. Moody's cites three drivers for the rating action:
- The continuing weakness in the UK's medium-term growth outlook, with a period of sluggish growth which Moody's now expects will extend into the second half of the decade
- The challenges that subdued medium-term growth prospects pose to the government's fiscal consolidation programme, which will now extend well into the next parliament
- And, as a consequence of the UK's high and rising debt burden, a deterioration in the shock-absorption capacity of the government's balance sheet, which is unlikely to reverse before 2016.
At the same time, Moody's says the UK's creditworthiness "remains extremely high" because of the country's significant credit strengths, which it enumerates as follows:
- a highly competitive, well-diversified economy
- a strong track record of fiscal consolidation and a robust institutional structure
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Fenerbahce have been banned from next season's Champions League and Besiktas from the Europa League over match-fixing allegations, UEFA has announced.
The UEFA control and disciplinary body confirmed Fener would be banned from Europe for three seasons in total, with the third deferred for a probationary period of five years.
It is the Turkish giants second exclusion from Europe's top competition after they were banned from the 2011-12 Champions League due to the match-fixing scandal.
A UEFA statement read: "The CDB carefully analysed the situation of both Fenerbahce and Besiktas and has pronounced the following sanctions:
"Besiktas is not eligible to participate in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League.
"Fenerbahce is excluded from participating in the next three UEFA club competitions for which it would qualify, including the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League season. The ban for the third season is deferred for a probationary period of five years."
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That's what this board has turned into. Posters who have an IQ of their shoe size. Who can't or won't elevate their place in life and live in their parents' basement. It's the same spew coming from those idiots who were "living" in the park.
No real argument that could really be a debate. Just pure idiocy.
There was a time where this equaled maybe 35% not it's about 70%.
Not to mention all the trolls that the mods let in - let alone that at least one mod belongs in this group. I'm sad to see the forum "Occupied" by these people but it is what it is.
Troll on, scum.
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wahhhhh people don't agree with me so they are all idiots
I'm in.
And, I love your sig, JerseyJet. Good to know I'm not the only one on here who still hates Tebow.
So where is the food line?
Oh, and you really needed to make a thread about this?
Funny thing is they are all claiming we are going to be overwhelmed both here and in the stadium by Tebowzombies. Maybe they consider it a pre-emptive strike?
Rich Kotite is agreeing with this thread...


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Net::Twitter::Role::SimulateCursors - Make paging work like cursoring
version 4.00003
use Net::Twitter; my $nt = Net::Twitter->new( traits => ['API::RESTv1_1', 'SimulateCursors'], );
This role simulates the cursoring method used by some Twitter API methods. It's useful for providing compatibility with Identi.ca, for instance, that does not support cursoring and requires paging, instead.
Marc Mims <email@example.com>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.