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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. - Jud Dillard had a couple of firsts this week.
The freshman on the Tennessee Tech men's basketball team made his
first collegiate start on Feb. 6 against Morehead State. In that
game, he recorded his first career double-double. But Dillard is no
stranger to the Ohio Valley Conference's Freshman of the Week
title, which he received Monday for the third time this season.
Dillard went off for a career-high 25 points against the Eagles, and collected a career-high 12 rebounds. He connected on 9-of-12 shots in the game, and also finished with two assists and two steals. The scoring outburst was the second 20-plus point performance for Dillard this season. He set his previous career-high with 23 points against Austin Peay in January.
"Jud has been playing really well for us," TTU head coach Mike Sutton said. "He is aggressive offensively, he can finish at the rim, and he is a tremendous rebounder."
Dillard averaged 17.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in two games during the week, as he scored nine points for the Golden Eagles against Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 4. He hit 12-of-21 shots (57.1 percent) for the week, and 10-of-18 free throws.
On the season Dillard is averaging 9.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game this season, and is among the leagues most accurate shooters, hitting 59.2 percent of his field goal attempts. But Dillard seems to play at his best against the best competition. Against the top four teams in the OVC this season, Dillard is averaging 13.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, and hitting 64.7 percent of his shots.
Dillard was also named Freshman of the Week on Dec. 14 and Jan. 25.
Dillard and the Golden Eagles will return to action on Tuesday with a visit to in-state rival Austin Peay. Tech will return home for a pair of contests at the end of the week, hosting Murray State on Feb. 11 and UT Martin on Feb. 13. The Murray State game will be Pack the House night at Eblen Center.
For more information or to purchase tickets please visit or call the Golden Eagle Athletics Ticket Office in Eblen Center at (931) 372-3940 or visit TTUsports.com.


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EVANSTON, Ill. — Jordan Hall has gone from all action, to no action, to out of action in a matter of three weeks.
Ohio State's leading rusher was in street clothes on Saturday for the Buckeyes' game at Northwestern. According to an Ohio State official, Hall was sidelined with "a tweaked knee."
Hall entered Saturday as Ohio State's leading rusher, carrying the ball 69 times for 427 yards (a 6.2-yard average) and a team-best eight touchdowns.
However, Hall saw his work load diminished significantly in a Week 5 win over Wisconsin, in which he carried the ball one time for five yards after carrying the ball 68 times in the first four games of the season.
Twice in the past week, OSU coach Urban Meyer accentuated the importance of getting Hall involved with the offense, including minutes after OSU's 31-24 win over Wisconsin last Saturday.
Then on Monday, Meyer said, "Jordan Hall has got to be involved."
With a bye week Oct. 12, OSU will wait until Oct. 19 to attempt that.
Christian movement
Ohio State linebacker Ryan Shazier changed his number from 10 to 2 for Saturday's game in honor of defensive back Christian Bryant, who broke his ankle in last week's 31-24 win over Wisconsin and will miss the remainder of the season.
With Bryant out, OSU's starting defensive series had Corey "Pittsburgh" Brown at safety and Tyvis Powell at Star (nickel).
Mark-ed improvement
Senior running back/return man Venric Mark made his return to the Wildcats on Saturday for the game against Ohio State.
The 5-foot-8, 175-pounder from Tomball, Texas, had been hampered by an injured leg. He had missed the past three games against Syracuse, Western Michigan and Maine.
Despite missing three games, Mark is the active leader in punt return average at 16.3 yards per attempt and ranks fifth amongst active players nationally with 1,881 kickoff return yards.
Mark made his presence felt quickly. By halftime, he had nine carries for 42 yards and two catches for 50 yards.
Ohio ties
There is no shortage of Ohio ties in the Northwestern program.
Linebackers coach Randy Bates is a 1983 Ohio State graduate, director of player personnel Chris Bowers is a native of Lima and director of football performance. Jay Hooten was an assistant at Ohio State for six years, including in 2002 when the Buckeyes won the national championship.
The Wildcats have 17 players on their roster from Ohio. Among them are freshman offensive lineman Sam Coverdale (Kenston) and redshirt freshman punter Zak Kucera (West Geauga).
Ohio State put a potentially electric tandem back for kickoffs with freshmen Dontre Wilson and Ezekiel Elliott back deep. However, each of the Wildcats' five first-half kickoffs were booted into the end zone and not returned, keeping the fast freshmen from doing any damage.

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It's not a ridiculous premise to think the Bears could have two new starters at defensive end next season. Likely? No, but changes are on the way at a crucial position.
Corey Wootton, who spent most of the 2013 season at three-technique, is a free agent, but should be one of the top priorities to bring back. The Bears all but admitted that Shea McClellin's position is not defensive end and Julius Peppers' cap number makes him a question mark to return.
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We'll assume the Bears remain in a 4-3 base defense when looking at five defensive ends who could help upgrade the pass rush, and that the stud of the class expected to get the biggest haul, Greg Hardy, is out of the Bears' price range.
Justin Tuck: In his ninth NFL season, Tuck had 11 sacks and 21 QB hits. The Bears' top three defensive ends combined for 24 hits of the quarterback. Tuck is the one on this list who would qualify as a veteran for a short-term deal who wouldn't break the bank. He turns 31 in March, is a locker room leader and has missed only five games in the past seven seasons.
Michael Bennett: Martellus Bennett has said he will do his best to recruit his brother Michael. Playing on a one-year, $4.8 million contract in Seattle, Bennett had 8.5 sacks and 25 QB hits in 2013. His plus-20.9 pass-rush grade was third on PFF among 4-3 defensive ends. Bennett, 28, didn't get a long-term deal last free agency, and probably would want one this time around.
Michael Johnson: Johnson played on the franchise tag last season, and isn't expected to get it from the Bengals again. His sack numbers dipped, which could bring down his price tag. Still, Johnson was ranked fourth overall on PFF and second in run defense with a plus-21.2, but had only 3.5 sacks to go along with 23 quarterback hits.
Lamarr Houston: He told reporters he is unsure if the Raiders want to re-sign him, but coach Dennis Allen said he'd love to have Houston back. In 2013, Houston had six sacks and 10 tackles for loss. He will turn 27 in June and has not missed a game in his four NFL seasons. He is the biggest of the targets at 300 pounds. He led defensive ends with 54 "stops," a tackle that constitutes an offensive failure, on PFF.
Willie Young: The Bears could pluck Young from the Lions. The 6-foot-4, 251-pound end turns 29 in September and started 15 games after zero starts from 2010 to 2012. He had three sacks and was solid against the run, plus his 48 QB hurries were third among 4-3 DEs. The Lions have a new staff and depth at defensive end with Ziggy Ansah and Jason Jones.


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Or the moon landing [xkcd.com].
(Obligatory I know, and someone else undoubtedly will beat me to it)
(Obligatory I know, and someone else undoubtedly will beat me to it)
Nope, you got it first - you win the prize*!
*Contest prizes may not actually exist.
Sure it does: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-Prize [wikipedia.org]
Most people on Slashdot are in the US or Europe. Fixing Russia's educational system or culture is not our problem. People in the US and Europe who genuinely believe that hurricanes are caused by god's hatred of gay people, or that 9-11 was a conservative conspiracy to kill liberals, is our problem.
"Senator Dole, why should people vote for you instead of President Clinton?"
"It makes no difference which one of us you vote for. Either way, your planet is doomed. DOOMED!"
In Russia?
Listen, I remember a show on Americans on television accusing Russia of having a weather altering device about 15 years ago (following a year we had a lot of reported weather activity. I don't recall what year or what weather events occurred, except that it was a year that many potatoes were ruined by floods in the Midwest.
It's called "SUV".
Actually that is also a myth. Well more of an exaggeration. Autos do contribute to CO2 production but they are not the big problem. The big problem are coal fired power plants. Yes every little bit hurts but the SUV has gotten an unfair amount of blame because it is such visible example of people choosing to waste fuel.
no, the problem is selfish and greedy attitudes, and "but he's worse" finger pointing.
running of suburban SUVs or subsidized coal fired power stations are both just symptoms of this.
The big problem is CO2 production to the atmosphere. It doesn't matter if its a car or a plant or a human breathing that creates the CO2, we need to find more efficient ways to deal with it. For a plant, it might be storing the emissions till they can be converted into something useful (like seperating the C from the O2 to get oxygen and DIAMONDS!). And with vehicles it's making them emit less and less CO2.
What we need is for people to look at whats emitting CO2, and reduce it, regardless of what else is em
I was going to post something but the idea of making a power plant split the 0 from CO2 just about put me into a fit of laughter.
That would be unburning the coal. And would take more power than you got from burning it in the first place.
Please just stop at this point you almost made mr=y drink come out my noise. BTW you are emitting CO2 but I suggest that you do not stop as that would be bad.
Really the point was that when people rant about SUVs they are looking at the spec in someone else's eye but missing
What? You also have a giant immersion heater in the Yukon river?
You American bastards!
yes yes it is....
you see the Russians have been trying for years to stop our agents...
See! See my russian friends! Your failure to make big trouble for Moose and Squirrel has allowed US to create the best doomsday machine ever.
Rocky P Squirrel is our BEST climate change scientist.. and His Moose friend is a failed Magician in disguise... He really is the money behind the brains....
Technically, the problem with heatwave in Russia and floods in Pakistan comes from unusual change to local jet stream, which typically separates hot and cold fronts. This ear, jet stream was a bit unusual, on one hand bringing the heat front far north to Moscow (and parts of eastern Europe), and at the same time interacted with seasonal monsoon clouds in Pakistan causing them to become larger then normal and causing floods.
Now, if US indeed has a way to change direction of jet streams, most of the things described by conspiracy theorist are indeed possible. Problem is that energy carried by jet stream, and potentially required to significantly modify it's direction is quite immense, and would probably be detected easily even if such a feat was possible.
This is of course, hypothetical, and if someone has a degree in meteorology with specialization in jet streams and their impact on weather patterns would be welcome to chip in. Is it hypothetically possible to affect small portions of the stream to cause a domino effect? If so, even a scale suggested by parent would be workable.
Didn't a bunch of whackjobs a few years ago try and claim that Hurricane Katrina was the result of some Weather Control Device created by the Axis of Evil?
No. Don't be silly. That's just crazy talk.
It was the Russians that did it with THEIR weather manipulation device.
"So, Conspiracy Theories are
Have you been reading the same Slashdot as the rest of us? I'm just glad when the article links don't go to YouTube videos of drunk squirrels.
Isn't Slashdot itself a Commie Pinko Cyber-Warfare Conspiracy to lower IT productivity in english speaking countries?
We already made the unfounded claim that all natural disasters and climate related problems on the Earth are due to women dressing immodestly.
Don't you remember?
There was a moderate earthquake while the scantily clad women were trying to prove that immodest dress didn't cause earthquakes.
Pretty funny actually.
> There was a moderate earthquake while the scantily clad women were trying to prove that immodest dress didn't cause earthquakes.
Links please
BTW, seems that killing and eating animals can cause women to become scantily clad: http://blog.peta.org/archives/nude/ [peta.org]
Hey, do you think I can get an article posted if I post a link to a paranoid rant about Obama's birth certificate?
Only if you are a political scientist spreading propaganda in addition to being a wackjob conspiracy theorist.
Then it's ok.
But try the one about his Connecticut-issued Social Security Number.
All your precious bodily fluids belong to us.
Wow, I have to disagree with you, that site is amazingly ridiculous. At least HAARP is actually shooting radio waves at the upper atmosphere, which means there is at least something could fool the ignorant that the US may be messing with the weather (a basic understanding of radio waves will clear this up for you, though).
Alexi Chiu is just downright out there. Wear this ring and take my Gorgeouspil(tm) and within one day your bones will start to restructure! You will be beautiful and immortal!
The saddes
The one bought last year doesn't look deadly enough:
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What other nation is fighting in the war?
You don't get it, man. Like, government "leaks" are just distractions to shift attention away from their true goals. But the true genius is how they make everybody believe they're incompetent! Don't you see?!? If everybody thinks the government is incompetent, then nobody's going to believe they're capable of pulling off such a HUGE conspiracy, and anyone who tries to tell the truth, like me, is labeled as a raving lunatic!
Somehow people think we can come up with a grand scheme to manipulate the weather of foreign nations, put it into action, _and_ keep it quiet, yet our government can't figure out how to win a simple war and keep the documents classified during it (WikiLeaks/Afghanistan)?
Well yeah. Wars necessarily involve many thousands of people and many planners at all levels. Even if you have a genius general, their subordinates still have to make decisions, and the general is unlikely to have a complete view of the th
The best part is.. This is great.. It's filed under "Science".. I would have chosen Idle, but Conspiracy theories are Science now and fully
Actually it's filed under both science [slashdot.org] and idle [slashdot.org] so to be fair it would have been blocked if you took the time to block 'idle' in your preferences. I've probably outlined how to do that a hundred times in posts [slashdot.org] and heavily recommend it so we don't have to continually put up with discussions on why Slashdot is so craptacular. Your other option is to just stop reading it all together as I'm sure most of the people that complain don't bother to tweak the preferences options that have been there since as long
Because it combines two things Slashdot seems to love: Global warming and the US being evil.
I thought it was funny. Maybe there should be a "Unintentional Comedy" section.
If something like this makes the front page at slashdot, what's next? Roswell aliens, JFK Conspiracy theories, how about the 9/11 conspiracy saying the fed's were behind everything? Is it possible to have the slightest bit of editorial standards at this website?
Failing that, I want an article saying Roswell aliens killed JFK and caused 9/11.
If it was real you would think we would pick better targets such as:
Oh but I guess picking bad targets must be part of the conspiracy because that would hide the conspiracy. But then, knowing that I know that they know that I know then they would pick good targets.
That was my thought.
These guys need to wake up: the cold war ended decades ago, when Russia fell to pieces.
We tried... The origional version had only 2 settings... Good and Evil.
we tried evil and it started targeting Washington DC..
So the scientists redesigned it to have levels of evil and it seems that it's not a fine enough of an adjustment yet.
OK I'll take the bullet and get the meme out of the way so we can focus on serious-business
"In Soviet Russia, Climate changes you!"
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these devices. We could terraform Titan!
One might be a "Political Scientist" in much the same way as one might be an "Honest Politician".
Political science is a legitimate field, the study of politics as a social phenomenon. In this instance it's completely irrelevant to the topic, suggesting they mentioned it primarily because it includes the word "science" and makes it sound like he might have more of a clue about HAARP's abilities than your average internet conspiracy theorist.
Couldn't possibly happen, because the Russians have prior art on this: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Russian_Woodpecker [wikimedia.org]
The conspiracy-theories for the Russian Woodpecker were primarily mind control and weather modification.
But then again, if they didn't patent it, maybe we could use it after all.
Sarcasm alert - I know that citing patents and prior art against secret government weapons is silly. Sometimes the secret government weapons are, too.
That would be Auroral, not Aural
We only come up with crude versions of a technological idea...
The Japanese roll all of our technological breakthroughs into perfection and spread it around the world.
... is the AUTOMOBILE!
Duh duh duuunnnnnnnn!
Seriously, wasn't Putin saying something a few years ago that he would welcome global warming, inasmuch as Russia would benefit due to longer growing seasons, more tractable land, etc.?
Here we go: 'Putin pointed out that "an increase of two or three degrees wouldn't be so bad for a northern country like Russia. We could spend less on fur coats, and the grain harvest would go up".' [newscientist.com]
According to the article, there was some disagreement if this was just snarky or held a "grain" of truth.
Putin is actually quite correct. Russia is one of the few countries on that planet which would significantly benefit from global warming. Most of its populated areas are well above and away from the reach of any rising water levels, and the climate in them would only get milder. On the other hand, it would result in a lot of permafrost in Siberia thawing - some of that would end up suitable for agriculture, but even where it's not the case, it would provide for easier access to natural resources stored within.
I suspect it might be why Russian official science organizations are very much in denial about the whole AGW thing...
However you feel about HAARP, Russia also has a similar program (in terms of hardware)
American climate weapons fits in a bit too well with:
Dictators must have external enemies. And people in non-democracies tend to believe in conspiracies -- after all, they live in one.
Let us hope this is a crank, or we should be sad (and scared!) about where Russia is going...
I assume it is the Russian oil's fault. Countries with too much of their export income from natural resources never become democracies, if they weren't one already. (See "Resource curse".)
To me, the most amusing aspect of this conspiracy theory is that it so perfectly mirrors the conspiracy theory that Tom Bearden (www.cheniere.org) has been spouting over the years, i.e. that the Russians developed "scalar electromagnetic" weapons during the Cold War, and have been using them to create earthquakes, steer hurricanes at the U.S. (e.g. Katrina), and cause most of the unusual weather (heat waves, cold snaps, droughts, etc.) that the U.S. has experienced in the past couple of decades.
So now I gue
News for Nutcases. Stuff that oh my god the evil government control rays and the zionist lion tamers with the hurting my brain Matters.
It's just a big microwave pointed at the sky. It illuminates a stream of charged particles which circle the earth at high latitude, known as the electrojets. By heating and cooling this stream of particles in the ionosphere, we were able to modulate a signal onto the electrojet (since it's conductivity is temperature dependent), turning the electrojet into a gigantic low frequency antenna. We used the signals generated to study the ionosphere and magnetosphere of the earth.
As much as I would like to be able to claim that it can be used to control the weather, such far-fetched notions are pure fantasies, spawned from the minds of those who don't understand the physics of space plasmas. Or have any notion of what a plasma is. Or how weather patterns are created. I mean hell, we were barely able to use it to generate a coherent signal using the electrojet (already quite the feat of science). How the hell could we use it to affect the weather???
Yes, yes, yes... that's all very nice, but how good is it at making popcorn more efficiently?
That's exactly what the conspiracy would WANT you to say...
As much as I would like to be able to claim that it can be used to control the weather, such far-fetched notions are pure fantasies, spawned from the minds of those who don't understand the physics of space plasmas. Or have any notion of what a plasma is. Or how weather patterns are created. I mean hell, we were barely able to use it to generate a coherent signal using the electrojet (already quite the feat of science). How the hell could we use it to affect the weather???
Let's put on the tinfoil propeller-
This can be defeated by the: Guided Universal Indepednant Not Near Earth Survival System, or GUINNESS.
Go to the HAARP website, and look up the online data [alaska.edu]. Call up the Magnetometer Charts, specifically the archives.
Look at a few of the charts, zoom in, zoom out, change the dates, play with it a bit.
1. Go to a "history timeline" website, one that specifically deals with major events in the last decade. This is a reasonably okay one? [mapreport.com]
2. Go back to your magnetometer chart. Zoom in to a 2-week data range, starting 1 week before a major event, and ending 1 week after.
3. Look at how the dataline is relatively flat. RELATIVELY flat, mind you, compared to the other data.
4. Look at the massive spike either just before, or right AT the event. For example, look at the data for the morning of 9/11.
5. Now look at the data for every single major security scare, national security event, or even a major natural disaster where everyone got worked up into a froth, or there were a lot of people injured or otherwise killed.
Isnt' that interesting?
Now then, I am NOT suggesting that HAARP was responsible for 9/11 or the Haiti earthquake. Please, don't even go there.
What I am suggesting, is that major catastrophes have an effect on the magnetosphere, effects that can be measured.
Now here's the $100,000.00 question?
Exactly what is it surrounding these events that is affecting the earth's magnetosphere? Radio traffic? Cellphone traffic? Pumping up the satellite feed to overcome interference?
Some have suggested that human emotions are responsible. That's a bit of a reach, though. Isn't it?
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Special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons puts Kevin Huber's 57-yard moon shot through a car wash with 1:48 left in Sunday's 13-6 victory over the Patriots at Paul Brown Stadium as one the top five punts of Huber's five-year career.
And all he told Huber as he trotted out to the Bengals 2 and the rain coming down a little harder than before but not as hard as it would in the final 1:48 was "get it out."
The Bengals knew the Patriots return team, coached by Simmons's mentor Scott O'Brien, would apply some pressure.
"I'm too busy coaching 10 other guys during the game. I'm relying on him to coach himself," Simmons said. "Yes. In that situation, against that team at that time in the game, it was a heck of a punt."
On Sunday when Huber dropped the towel to punt, it was that wind that may have been more of a factor at about 15 miles per hour and spraying his face mask.
"For the most part, the wind was pretty consistent toward their tunnel. So was our sideline toward the north end zone. So I knew it was going to be a little bit in my face, left to right," Huber said of the punt that came with his back to downtown. "I just decided to go right into it vs. trying to go across the wind. Go to the left, right into the wind. Going to the right, it would have been knocking the ball down.
"And we were on the left hash. It would have been closer to getting the ball out of bounds. I didn't really want to go left hash trying to get the ball out of bounds right. I just decided to go left."
A total of 57 yards later, Julian Edelman, who the week before had become, of all things, the league's all-time career leader with yards per return, was held to nine at his 35 when he got backed up and pinned on his right sideline.
Then the rain really came. Sideways.
"We punted just in time for them to get on offense and have all that rain. I couldn't imagine when I had to punt at the time - it was coming down pretty good," Huber said. "We didn't get out there and snap the ball right away. It came down a little bit heavier from when we were in the huddle, when we were standing out there it got a little bit heavier."
The Bengals wanted to slow down the operation because even though they had a pretty good idea what O'Brien was going to do from Simmons's five-year apprenticeship with him at the turn of the century, they had to take care of the look the Pats showed.
"They had eight guys in the box and they brought the left corner in, so first things first, make sure the right protection with eight guys in the box, make sure everybody knew what they were doing," Huber said. "If we're out there and there's one second left on the play clock, I'd rather have that than it was fast and we have it blocked.
"A lot of the stuff (Simmons) learned was under Coach O'Brien, so we knew everything they were going to do, they knew everything we were going to do. Maybe a few looks. But pretty consistent what those guys do."
Those four other top five punts? They may have all come in Pittsburgh. Three from last year's 13-10 victory alone could qualify. Take your pick.
There was the 64-yard punt to the Steelers 7 with 5:59 left in the first quarter that set up cornerback
And in the 2009 game at Heinz Field in a game the Bengals led, 12-9, Huber drilled a 48-yarder standing on his 2 that put the Steelers at midfield late in the third quarter on the way to an 18-12 victory.
JONES ACQUITTED: On Tuesday a Hamilton County Municipal Court judge found Bengals cornerback
MORE THAD: John Kryk, the NFL columnist for The Toronto Sun, put together an interesting list of 10 things to know about Thad Lewis, the Bills quarterback making his second NFL start of his career against the Bengals this Sunday (1 p.m.-Cincinnati's Channel 12) at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Among the highlights are he said he's familiar with the Bengals defense because he was with Cleveland for a spell last year, he hasn't been in a hurry-up attack scheme since college at Duke, and he never ran read-option until he ended up with the Bills six weeks ago.
"I'm pretty familiar with them, from having been in Cleveland for two years. So I've studied them four times, actually. And you've got to go off what you see," Lewis told Kryk. "No guessing. Just make sure you see the right things and play, and you'll be all right. They play as a unit, but the defensive line is something. They can disrupt you. So if we can do a good job of running the football and getting the ball out like we should be, we'll be fine."


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PSV and Vitesse Arnhem both win to create a three-way tie with Ajax at the top of the Eredivisie
PSV Eindhoven and Vitesse Arnhem both won to create a three-way tie with Ajax at the top of the Eredivisie.
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Ajax play on Sunday with the chance to restore their three-point lead, but the chasing pair did everything in their power on Saturday.
PSV were 3-1 winners at bottom club Willem II.
Mark van Bommel opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time and despite Jordens Peters equalising in the 54th minute, the visitors wrapped up the points thanks to Ola Toivonen (76) and Timothy Derijck (82).
Vitesse continued their fine form with a 3-0 defeat of NAC Breda.
The prolific Wilfried Bony scored the first and last goals, with one in each half, and Renato Ibarra netted the second in the 50th minute.
FC Twente were 2-0 winners over Roda JC, with Luc Castaignos (44) and Nacer Chadli (56) on target.
Two of the sides hovering above the relegation places, PEC Zwolle and RKC Waalwijk, drew 1-1.
Florian Jozefzoon (seven) put RKC in front after seven minutes but Youness Mokhtar restored parity in the 21st minute.


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Set the cycle to gentle cycle on cold with minimal rinsing and one load larger than it actually is (i.e. small load should be set to medium load).
5.How the standing inflatables(inflatable cone, inflatable ivory, inflatable column, etc.) work?
The standing inflatables include a sturdy and light weight base that contains a blower and lights.Set the base,
screw in the bulbs, attach the fabric, and plug in.
6.Blower's maintenance and storage
1) To keep the air blower clean, you can use a dry cloth to wipe the surface of the air blower.
2) You should not clean the air blower. With a chemical solution as this may damage the coating and plastic parts.
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Graffiti is a top-shelf paintball. It has great marking attributes, superior accuracy, and reliably breaks on-target. These superior characteristics have made Graffiti the world's most popular paintball. It is at home in both the woods or on the speedball field. All paintballs are fresh and arrive on a weekly basis. All cases of paint are opened before shipment to ensure that there are no broken paintballs. Once the package has been inspected then it will be re-taped and initialed to verify that it has been checked. All cases of paint are then wrapped in a bubble wrap and placed in a box surrounded by packing paper. Sorry but there are no returns on paintballs that are shipped out. We take every precaution to get you your paint in the best condition and in the shortest time.̴Ì_


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Goonies director, Richard Donner, reveals that there will be a sequel to the 1980s adventure classic!
Goonies never say die, and apparently neither does the possibility of a follow-up film 30 years later. How do you feel about this? Should Chester Copperpot's search for One-Eyed Willie's treasure have ended with Mikey and the gang, or is there more mystery for an new generation kids from the goon docks?


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I work for an NHS hospital (not in IT, I'm a nurse) and we have this terrible network that runs mostly on novell netware and is such a shambles that you require one password to get onto the system (which you have to annoyly change every 21 days), another password for your email once you are on the system, and to use the internet, a firewall password. Depending on which computer you log onto you'll be able to get a your space on the server. Thats not mentioning the specialist areas such as the patient administration system, X-ray, pathology etc each having their own set of rules!
Now nurses are generally simple IT creatures with little clue to how these things actuall work. I know a little about IT and the whole system baffles me. Its real life equvilent is the car thats had its fan belt replaced by a pair of tights, the engine runs on old chip fat, has different colour doors and panels and only starts when you whack a solenoid with a sledgehammer.
What Linux systems could replace this ancient relic with a nice up to date way of getting single sign on and off you go with access to what you're allowed to and restricted from what you are not?


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An Impeachable Offense
by Jacob Hornberger, Future of Freedom Foundation
Make no mistake about it: President Obama's 90-minute telephone conference call with a group of congressional "leaders" to consult about his plans to initiate a military attack on Syria does not comport with the U.S. Constitution, the higher law that the American people have imposed on federal officials.
The Constitution is clear: The power to declare war lies with Congress, not the president. Like it or not, under our form of government the president is prohibited from waging war without a declaration of war from Congress. If someone doesn't like it, he's free to start a movement to amend the Constitution to enable the president to both declare and wage war.
From a legal standpoint, it makes no difference that previous presidents have waged wars without the constitutionally required congressional declaration of war. Prior violations of the Constitution do not operate as an implicit amendment of the Constitution. If Obama proceeds to carry out his threat to initiate war against Syria, he will be committing a grave constitutional offense.
The Framers did not want President Obama or any other president to have the omnipotent, dictatorial authority to send the entire nation into war on his own initiative. They knew that rulers inevitably embroil themselves in things like "saving face," "maintaining credibility," and "showing toughness."Details


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The BBC coverage of the World Athletics Championships has included some excellent montages from Championships past – both Moscow's Olympic moment, and past World Championships.
What strikes you, apart from how dated the footage looks, is that they are almost always taking place in front of packed crowds.
The montage of past 100m finals, the most popular spectator event in Athletics, showed this markedly.
It seems that in the 80s and 90s the audience for Athletics was greater than it has been in the 00s and now in the 10s.
This year's 100m final was played out in front of a half-full Luzhniki Stadium - and that's only half full of the reduced capacity stadium. Morning sessions have long been desolate affairs, London Olympics as the startling exception, but the evening sessions are being sparsely attended in Moscow too. What has changed? Are people just not interested anymore?
It can't be claimed to be a one-off case of morose Muscovites. World Athletics Championships have downsized from sellouts in the grand cities of the world - the likes of Rome's Stadio Olimpico and Tokyo's Olympic Stadium – to reduced capacity shows in Moscow and Daegu.
Berlin 2009 counters that argument, but even on 100m final day in the German capital there were plenty of seats not occupied.
Have years of drug scandals diminished athletics' appeal? That must be part of the answer, although an Olympic Games wherever in the world shows that the appeal of the blue ribband event of the Games is healthier than ever when set in the right context.
Without the extra glow of Olympism though, the sport is clearly in something of an audience doldrums.
Drug stories alone can't be the only answer – Cycling provides a neat counter-argument there, more popular than ever despite years of abuse and arguably the biggest sporting scandal of all time, eclipsing Atheltics' own dark days of Ben Johnson.
What about the customer experience of Athletics? Is it just not exciting enough for the modern day audience? Much was made of London 2012's musically enhanced stadium experience last summer, but I think the problem goes a bit deeper than that.
There are long spells in an evening of Athletics where there is simply nothing happening. Or if there is something happening it is the distant site of someone hurling a discus. A lot of the time there just isn't much going on.
Should the programme be shortened in order to have more events in any given session? Should separate morning and evening sessions be scrapped to squeeze the action together a bit more? Or is that simply punishing the athletes' recovery to cater to the short attention spans of the audience?
I don't know the answer, but the banks of empty seats in Moscow, for the World Championships of the sport no less, suggest that something needs to change to bring back the appeal and the crowds.
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Following Fabricio Coloccini's impressive return from injury in Saturday's 0-0 draw at West Ham United, teammate Steven Taylor believes the Newcastle skipper is vital to the club staying in the Premier League this season.
Having missed 12 consecutive games prior to the clash at Upton Park with a back injury, the Argentinian's commanding display at the heart of the Toon defence handed the club their first clean sheet away from home since January.
And Taylor is just relieved to have his centre-half partner back in action in the black and white shirt.
Talking to the Sunderland Echo, Taylor said, "We have a great partnership together.
"The defence against West Ham was very good along with the midfield. We needed that. The fans wanted a response from the Liverpool game, and they got one."
The Magpies were given a further boost last night (Tuesday), when Wigan Athletic failed to take advantage of their game in hand, losing 3-2 at home to Swansea City.
"We can only concentrate on ourselves," added Taylor.
"In the past two years Wigan seem to do well at this time of the season, but we can't rely on what they do. We just need to focus on ourselves. If we get three points, it could help put this to bed and move us up the table."
Newcastle remain level on points with Norwich and rivals Sunderland, and three points ahead of the Latics, who occupy the final relegation spot. QPR and Reading have already been sent down to the Npower Championship.
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Should Sparky have been fired after 1970 or 1972 or 1973?
Playoffs are a crap shoot. Baker handled a worst case scenario as best as anyone could. Plus the fact that they were one swing of the bat from winning the series in the final game after being down 6-0 says volumes about Dusty as a manager.


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Rocky road ahead, but Farm Bill still doable
LINCOLN—Farm-bill politics this year reflect the broader political dynamics in Congress these days—the triumph of ideology over consensus, said a University of Nebraska-Lincoln public policy specialist.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives finally approved a new farm bill earlier this month, but one that stripped out the food-stamp provisions that have been part of the package for decades. The House bill now heads to an uncertain future in conference with the Senate version, which includes the nutrition elements.
It's likely to take many months to sort out, perhaps going past the ostensible Sept. 30 deadline to the "real" Dec. 31 deadline, said Brad Lubben, UNL public policy specialist.
The political environment has changed, Lubben said. Redistricting of House districts has made many of them less competitive between the parties.
"Redistricting has left us with fewer competitive races and some members have to worry more about their primary races than the general election," Lubben said. In that environment, members from both parties are likely to take their cues from their respective political bases. That leads to increased ideology and less bridge-building consensus.
Lubben pointed out that while conservative Republicans are taking the heat for the House's split of farm and food legislation, liberal Democrats, too, have contributed to the current standoff.
"Politically speaking, the food side of the coalition abandoned the coalition too. ... Back in June, the food side was arguing they shouldn't take any cuts and the farm side should shoulder all of the proposed budget cuts," Lubben said.
That bill proposed less than 3 percent in cuts for food programs and more than 10 percent in cuts for farm and conservation planks. It still didn't get enough Democratic support, Lubben said.
As for what happens next, House Republicans are suggesting action on a nutrition-only bill that could also become part of the farm-bill conference process. If that fails, they could go into conference without an official position on the nutrition package. That could put them in a weak position in negotiations with Senate colleagues, Lubben said.
Lubben said a nutrition- only bill that could get House approval likely would have even bigger cuts than the bill proposed in June, meaning it would draw few Democrats' votes. But any package that emerges from conference with both farm and food-program planks is likely to be "a bill that (House Republicans) like even less" than what they've previously opposed.
"It seems clear that the final version from conferencing with the Senate would be something left of what the House passed in July and probably left even of what they failed to pass back in June," Lubben predicted.
Still, many conservatives are getting exactly what they sought, Lubben said. "Far right interest groups pushed for separating farm and food programs in the farm bill ... They wanted an ideological debate on both parts," he added. "Of course, some of those same conservative groups were then disappointed that the farm-only legislation passed the House without substantially more reforms and budget cuts that what had failed back in June."
"There are some very rural, very conservative districts where representatives voted against the bill both times. Are those districts that really dislike government spending more than they like farm programs? It could be."
The path ahead is challenging, but Lubben pointed out, "We are a step closer."
"I've been optimistic for two years that we would get a new farm bill done based on the fact that we know it's got to be done," Lubben said. "I'm still optimistic."
Then, he added with a laugh, "maybe it's not well founded."
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Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe and was perhaps the first to form. It is among the ten most common elements on Earth as well and one of the most useful for industrial purposes. Under normal conditions of temperature, hydrogen is a gas. Designated as H, hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table because it contains only one proton. Hydrogen can combine with a large number of other elements, forming more compounds than any of the others. Pure hydrogen seldom occurs naturally, but it exists in most organic compounds, that is, compounds that contain carbon, which account for a very large number of compounds. Moreover, hydrogen is found in inorganic compounds. For example, when hydrogen burns in the presence of oxygen, it forms water.
The lightest and simplest of the elements, hydrogen has several properties that make it valuable for many industries.
It releases more heat per unit of weight than any other fuel. In rocket engines, tons of hydrogen and oxygen are burned, and hydrogen is used with oxygen for welding torches that produce temperatures as high as 4,000 degrees F. and can be used in cutting steel. Fuel cells to
Generate electricity operate on hydrogen and oxygen.
Hydrogen also serves to prevent metals from tarnishing during heat treatments by removing the oxygen from them. Although it would be difficult to remove the oxygen by itself, hydrogen readily combines with oxygen to form water, which can be heated to steam and easily removed. Furthermore, hydrogen is one of the coolest refrigerants. It does not become a liquid until it reaches
Temperatures of -425 degrees F. Pure hydrogen gas is used in large electric generators to cool the coils.
Future uses of hydrogen include fuel for cars, boats, planes, and other forms of transportation that currently require petroleum products. These fuels would be lighter, a distinct advantage in the aerospace industry, and they would also be cleaner, thereby reducing pollution in the atmosphere.
Hydrogen is also useful in the food industry for a process known as hydrogenation. Products such as margarine and cooking oils are changed from liquids to semisolids by combining hydrogen with their molecules. Soap manufacturers also use hydrogen for this purpose. In addition, in the chemical industry, hydrogen is used to produce ammonia, gasoline, methyl alcohol, and many other
important products.
1. What is the author's main purpose in the passage?
A. To explain the industrial uses of hydrogen
B. To describe the origin of hydrogen in the universe
C. To discuss the process of hydrogenation
D. To give examples of how hydrogen and oxygen
2. How can hydrogen be used to cut steel?
A. By cooling the steel to a very low temperature
B. By cooling the hydrogen with oxygen to a very low temperature
C. By heating the steel to a very high temperature
D. By heating the hydrogen with oxygen to a very high temperature
3. The word 'readily' in line 22 could be best be replaced by
A. completely
B. slowly
C. easily
D. usually
4. The 'combining' in line 35 is closest in meaning to
A. trying
B. changing
C. adding
D. finding
5. The word 'them' in line 21 refers to
A. fuel cells
B. metals
C. treatments
D. products
6. Where in the passage does the author explain why hydrogen is used as a refrigerant?
A. Lines 8-10
B. Lines 15-18
C. Lines 20-21
D. Lines 24-26
7. What does the author mean by the statement in lines 21-24: Although it ..................... easily removed'?
A. It is easy to form steam by heating water.
B. Water can be made by combining hydrogen and oxygen.
C. Hydrogen cannot be separated from oxygen because it is too difficult.
D. Oxygen is removed by combining it with hydrogen and heating it.
8. How does hydrogen generally occur?
A. It is freely available in nature.
B. It is contained in many compounds.
C. It is often found in pure form.
D. It is released during hydrogenation.
9. The author mentions all of the following as uses for hydrogen EXCEPT
A. to remove tarnish from metals
B. to produce fuels such as gasoline and methyl alcohol
C. to operate fuel cells that generate electricity
D. to change solid foods to liquids
10. It can be inferred from the passage that hydrogen
A. is too dangerous to be used for industrial purposes
B. has many purposes in a variety of industries
C. has limited industrial uses because of its dangerous properties
D. is used in many industries for basically the same purpose
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It only seems like yesterday that I was doing this for Ike Taylor. Silverback is the latest Steelers player to get the AFC honor.
We're on pace for 4 separate AFC Defensive Players of the Week this season. I'm betting Troy is gonna be one of 'em. Now I gotta find a pic of him surrounded by two adoring fans, just in case.
Congrats, Silverback. Go slam a Browns fan this week to celebrate.


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Sullivan Launches Conversations with the President
- 03-27-2013
- By Jeffrey R. Wakefield
President Tom Sullivan has inaugurated a new program this semester called Conversations with the President, a series of monthly conversations on specific topics with faculty, staff and students.
Two of the meetings have taken place, both with faculty: "Fostering Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research" and "Mentoring and Encouraging Faculty Development and Promotion." A third session, "Ways to Enhance Academic and Career Advising," with students, is scheduled for Monday, April 22. Sullivan plans to host a similar event for staff in late spring focusing on ways to enhance professional development opportunities and recognize and reward staff for their contributions to UVM.
Sullivan described the program as a way of institutionalizing the listening tour he embarked on in his first months at UVM in the summer and fall of 2012.
"I learned so much talking with people in the state and, especially, here at UVM that I wanted to make this outreach a permanent feature of my presidency," he said. "The goal is to seek input from talented and engaged members of our community on some of the challenging issues we face and opportunities we can seize."
The program also gives him the opportunity to provide information and background on efforts the administration is planning, Sullivan said, which he hoped participants would share with fellow faculty, students and staff.
To date, faculty and students were chosen based on recommendations from deans.
"Participating in one of the conversations with the president provided a unique opportunity to hear perspectives of faculty from across campus," said Michael Giangreco, a professor in the Department of Education and Center on Disability and Community in the College of Education and Social Services. "I appreciated President Sullivan taking the time to meet with faculty face-to-face in a small group, ask key questions, listen and share his own thoughts about strengthening UVM."


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HOUSTON - A 15-year-old Houston-area girl has been hospitalized after being attacked by the family's two pit bulls and suffering more than 100 puncture wounds.
Kasandra Benavides was mauled Wednesday afternoon while giving the 8-month-old dogs some food and water.
KHOU-TV (http://bit.ly/12svtso) reports Kasandra suffered leg injuries and required stitches but is expected to recover. A spokeswoman with the Memorial Hermann Health System says Kasandra was in fair condition Thursday. Further details on her injuries weren't released.
Juan Ruiz says his daughter helped raise the dogs and he says the animals never displayed any aggressiveness before the attack. Animal control officials have placed the two dogs in quarantine.
Ruiz says he doesn't want the dogs back at the family's home in northeast Harris County.


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Stevens Triathlon Swims, Bikes and Runs to Glory
Stevens Athletics competes in Division III of the NCAA, but at least one team regularly takes on opponents from Division I and Division II. That team is Stevens Triathlon, a club team made up of 16 fit co-eds who compete in multi-stage distance competitions of swimming, bicycling and running legs against much larger universities such as Rutgers, Northeastern, Syracuse and Penn State.
The team of nine men and seven women kicked of the 2012-2013 season this month – its seventh season in history – with its first of five Olympic distance and Sprint distance races. Stevens placed fourth among men and fifth among women in the Park City Triathlon in Bridgeport, CT on Aug. 26.
Stevens hopes to remain a top competitor in the Northeast Collegiate Triathlon Conference (NECTC), where the team has finished second out of 21 opponents for the past two years.
"We expect to remain a strong presence in our conference," said Luke Niezelski '14, team president.
Last season almost ended in disappointment when four Stevens triathletes suffered flat tires during the bicycling portion of the NECTC championship. But despite their bad luck, Stevens still placed second as a team.
This season, Stevens will have to overcome a different kind of adversity. Its two best triathletes – Nick Walulik and Amanda Nauman – graduated in 2012. However, a group of strong beginners have joined the roster.
"They should help us fill the void," said Niezelski.
Stevens Triathlon also has a long history of success to build on which should help them in the long run.
"We've had people go to Nationals every season and we've been the top Division III team at Nationals for the past two seasons," said Niezelski.
The team's success could come from its strenuous training regimen. Stevens has one 1-2 hour team practice every day, plus a solo practice in which triathletes train on their own time.
"Practices aren't mandatory but almost everyone always shows up," Niezelski said.
However the team finishes, Stevens triathletes gain a lot from competing in their sport. Most of the roster is former swimmers, cross country or track athletes who became burned out with their sports.
"Triathlons let us still be active without having to go through the grind that our perspective sports have turned into," Niezelski said.
Learn more about Stevens Triathlon at http://www.stevensducks.com/club_sports/triathlon/index.asp.


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Imagine the excitement for Nate Romine, a true freshman, when he was told he was about to make his first career start. Oh, and that start would be at home against Notre Dame.
Keep imagining, because Romine was never told.
"I didn't get an official, 'Hey, you're starting,'" said Romine, who grew up a USC fan in California and watched many epic contests against the Fighting Irish. "I was just going with the ones and doing what they told me to do, pretty much."
In starting, Romine became the fourth quarterback to do so for Air Force this season - the most in the country. To put that into perspective, the Falcons have started five quarterbacks over their past nine games dating back to the Armed Forces Bowl last season. In 100 games during Chris Petersen's tenure at Boise State, the Broncos have started just six quarterbacks.
Sophomore Karson Roberts seemed prepared to return to the starting position after suffering a concussion Oct. 10 against San Diego State. But the injury limited his practice time and prompted coach Troy Calhoun to opt for Romine, though word leaked to the press box an hour before the game that Roberts would be the starter.
"A little bit in the back of my mind, too, you just don't want a guy to get drilled on back-to-back outings," Calhoun said. "That was a consideration, also."
Romine led the Falcons with 76 rushing yards on 21 attempts and completed 6-of-10 passes for 37 yards. Two of his passes were dropped and he was part of two turnovers - one on a fumble and another when his pitch to tailback Anthony LaCoste was not corralled.
"For a guy in that kind of environment, Nate did some good things," Calhoun said. "His eyes were plenty wide."
Romine said the week leading up to his start was, if not confusing, certainly not perfectly clear. On Tuesday he was told that he and Roberts would rotate first-team reps during the week of practice. Then, on Wednesday and Thursday, he noticed that the reps were primarily going his direction.
When the game started, he knew to go in with the first team simply because he hadn't been told not to.
"I was just assuming leadership," Romine said. "And I think that's what coaches kind of wanted."
As for the game, Romine said he was able to keep his nerves in check despite the opponent.
"It was no different than getting my first start in high school football," he said. "You get a little, I wouldn't call them butterflies, but you're anxious, you're excited, this is your chance to do something.
"It was just another game and it was a chance to leave my mark, so I was excited."


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BARC hits the streets
Thirty-nine dogs and cats received free spay/neuter and wellness services today and 15 more pets within the area are scheduled to receive the services in the coming weeks. 78 pets also received free rabies vaccinations.
By Photos by Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle
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Framework: CN026 – cn026_0121
1 - Primary or Horizontal Divisions
21 - Secondary or Vertical Divisions
Part of series: CN026 Concept 026 – Credits and Acknowledgments
Series Keywords: credits, contact information, acknowledgments
At the end of presentations, it is often important to provide contact information, credits and acknowledgments, and follow-on information sources. These animated frameworks run passively as a presenter makes final comments or for a quiet period after the presentation. There are frameworks to run either vertically or horizontally that contain from 8 to 25 frames to hold information and/or graphics. You'll like this neat way to provide additional information that you don't wish to present.
Each of the frameworks are animated to run completely through in 1 minute, but you may want to change this according to the time allowed to provide your follow-on information. You will be able to add your text, formatting, and pictures without ungrouping the framework, thereby keeping your animation intact. Be sure to review the tutorial to learn how to do this. If you want to work with ungrouped frameworks, the tutorial will instruct you how to reanimate the framework.


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I Had some parts laying around, left over from previous builds. Instead of binning them, I decided to build yet another bike light
Intended for road use. Not the brightest, but still usable.
This is the host; a nine-LED flashlight, powered by 3 x AAA:
Out go the nine LEDS and battery pack, in go:
SSC P4 U-Bin
Driver, 800mA 3,6 - 9 VDC
Lens, ~10°
LED and driver are glued to an aluminium disk, pressed against the lens in the head by the main body of the flashlight. The end-cap switch is made waterproof and re-used.
The shiny disc in the beam is the old 9-LED light engine.
This is the 'Pre-mod' output:
Versus the 'Post-mod' output:
To complete the lighting system, a 6xC NiCd battery pack with Tamiya connectors. At 2400mAh it should provide ~200 Lumens for 3 Hours +.


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March 25, 1921 – June 3, 2014
Burial Date June 20, 2014
Obituaries » GOLDIE E. HEDGES
HEDGES, GOLDIE B., 93, of Northfield, died June 3, at Central Vermont Medical Center. She was born in Northfield on March 25, 1921, the daughter of Carlisle and Eva Mae (Wiley) Willey. She attended Northfield schools. She married Charles R. Hedges in Hinesburg in 1946. He predeceased her on June 23, 1986. She had worked for Gilpin's Restaurant, Nantanna Woolen Mill for 30 years and for Paul Dutton as a caretaker, all of Northfield. She was a member of St. John The Evangelist Church in Northfield, Northfield Senior Center and lifetime member of Sorrell Maynard American Legion Post Women's Auxiliary. She was a frequent volunteer at the senior center and was active with the Meals on Wheels program. She loved playing various games, bingo, dice game, board games to name a few; she also was quite skilled at many crafts. She especially loved spending time with her large family. Goldie had an incredible quick wit and sense of humor, cherished by all who knew her. Survivors include her six children, Robert Hedges and wife Rosanne, of Hinesburg, Barbara Hedges, of Northfield, Peggy Bartlett and husband Clyde, of Alburgh, Sandra Abascal and husband Michael, of Northfield, Gladys Bean and husband John, of Northfield, Gloria Lyford, of St. Albans; her sister Elsie West, of Northfield; 16 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and close buddy Elvis, "the bird." In addition to her husband, Charles, she is predeceased by siblings Cullen Willey, Doris West, Inez Willey; granddaughter Lisa Shepard; great-granddaughter Brooke Trombley; and son-in-law Mickey Lyford. There are no calling hours. A private graveside service is planned. A gathering for family and friends to celebrate her life will be held Friday, June 20, at noon at the American Legion Post on Depot Square in Northfield.


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Just in case you didn't know what the combat of Mass Effect 3 looked like, EA and BioWare have released a curiously-titled new trailer for Gamescom. The "Combat Reveal" video shows how you'll control Commander Shepard and use squad tactics to defeat the larger, more aggressive enemies of the trilogy's end.
Oh, and there's grenades.
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Chicken slaughter now legal in Electric City
You will soon be able to slaughter chickens in Electric City, legally, as a result of action taken by the city council Tuesday night. It takes five days for the ordinance amendment to take effect.
The action amends the city's "chicken" ordinance that passed last month and stated that you couldn't legally slaughter chickens within the city limits.
So residents who already have chickens, or move forward on having up to six hens, can, if they so desire, slaughter a chicken for Sunday dinner.
The chicken ordinance stirred up a few folks in the city who could see Electric City turning into a giant farmyard with chickens running everywhere.
Not to be, though.
A check with the city on Tuesday revealed that only four residents have asked for copy of the city's chicken ordinance. There hasn't been any money put down for a permit, City Clerk Jackie Perman noted.
In order to raise six chickens in the city, you have to have a chicken coop inspection, which costs $50, a one-time charge. Then you have to have an annual chicken license that's $15 more.
City officials stated last week that there were three residents who already had chickens, even before the ordinance passed.
Those living in the city on properly zoned acreage don't have to pay to have farm animals.
Got a cow, a horse, a sheep? Never mind, no charge.
On acreage sites in the city, you can have 15 fowl other than roosters, 15 quacking ducks, 15 geese, 15 guinea fowl, not over 15 rabbits, one horse, mule or cow, or three goats.
The ordinance states that you have to keep the farm animals on your own prioperty.


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April 23, 2013
HOUSTON - More than 350 student-athletes from all 16 Houston Athletics teams recently participated in the 10th annual Cougar Pride Thank-a-thon, thanking donors that support the athletic programs at the University of Houston through Cougar Pride. The Thank-a-thon began on a Monday night and continued through the following Thursday evening. Student-athletes came together to make personal phone calls to each and every donor in an event created by Cougar Pride in 2004.
"We are extremely grateful for the support we receive to fund student-athlete scholarships," said Associate Athletics Director for External Relations Jeramiah Dickey. "It is important for us to thank those that continue to contribute and what better way to do so than to have those that are truly affected to thank them. It is important for all involved to understand it is not about the benefits received but the opportunities their donations provide. We believe in the student-athlete experience and our Cougar Pride members provide them opportunities they might otherwise not receive."
This year, Cougar Pride raised $3.1 million in donations from generous Houston Athletics supporters. Each gift to Cougar Pride, no matter the size, directly improves the lives of every Houston student-athlete.
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The plans for the Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce Seafood and Farmer's Market are still moving forward with an anticipated soft opening in the middle of December.
"I'm pretty confident it will happen," Chamber President-elect Steve Timcak said, due to the couple of meetings still to be held. "I don't think the permitting is going to be a problem."
The location of the market is anticipated to be at the crossroads of the island center between the ballfield and the Garden Club's park. The market would run every Saturday from the middle of December until April or early May.
Due to the amount of space the site can accommodate, the market will include approximately 30 booths.
Timcak said they are currently looking for someone who would like to be the site manager during the market. He said the position does not include the traditional site duties, but rather the person will be responsible for minor disputes, as well as observing and making sure booth compliance is taking place.
In exchange for the position, Timcak said, the individual will receive a free booth for his or her service.
"A pretty good opportunity for someone," he said.
Timcak said they already have several seafood and produce vendors lined up for the market. He said they are still looking for more vendors - possibly individuals that want to earn money for their families.
In 2011, the Florida Legislature passed the Cottage Food Bill, Bill 7209, which allows individuals to manufacture, sell and store some types of "cottage food" products from their home kitchen. The cottage foods include breads, cakes, cookies, candies, jams and jellies and fruit pies.
According to the bill, the annual income that is made through selling these products cannot exceed $15,000. The sale of the product can only be made from the cottage food operator directly to the consumer and not through the Internet, mail order, consignment or through wholesale.
"I think that is a remarkable thing," Timcak said about the state Legislature trying to help individuals.
The best part, he said, is that individuals can make the cottage foods in their home kitchen and sell in the public without any licensing having to take place.
The operation of cottage food, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, does not require a license or permit from them.
According to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the item that is being sold has to be labeled with, "Made in a cottage food operation that is not subject to Florida's food safety regulations."
Timcak said individuals can bake their favorite pie and sell it at the market.
Those interested in obtaining a booth at the market are encouraged to call the Chamber of Commerce at 239-283-0888.


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I thought you couldn't watch the first couple of days at all f_o_s
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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
Managed to catch the morning and tea sessions. Fell asleep for a solid three hours in between. Handily I have every morning-after off for the rest of this test so can freely screw around with my sleeping habits completely.
Trying to decide on tomorow's breakfast, have been told Subway do a good breakfast Sub.
I'm feeling little thick headed, but aiming for same routine tonight. Kip 7.30-11.30, watch til 3.30 or so, exercise, shower, hour or so's play then hour and a half's more kip from 6-7.30.
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I've had approx 3hrs sleep at best in the last 37 and am reduced to speaking small words very slowly amidst very poor sentences. I am like a walking copy of the Daily Mirror with fewer ****.
Plan for the next three hours is finish boarding duty ASAP before three hours' shut-eye ahead of the morning session. I can then get 40 mins at lunch and 20 mins at tea before getting stuck in from 5am onward with a shower 7.30ish. Only teaching 9.30-10.40 tomorrow, followed by sitting through a musical performance about some ecofriendly nonsense that is guaranteed to send me out like a light. Must ensure I sit next to a child who understands the Ashes and will nudge me firmly in the ribs BEFORE I start to snore.
On the plus side, I'm getting shedloads of marking done.
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Will try to stay up as long as possible tonight, but already a bit knackered from exam **** so reckon ill only make it till Lunch
uuuuggggghhh want sleep
How England perform in the first hour will dictate how long I stay up tonight. If they have a good first hour I'll stick it out as long as I can and more than likely skip my lecture in the morning; if they fail to take a wicket or are bowling pies I'm off to bed.
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Don't remember ever seeing threads like this when Australia tour England - obviously the aussie posters on this forum are a bunch of work shy bums who don't have to worry about getting up in the morning
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My eyes are so heavy now.Might just pour the coffee straight in them,might be able to see more then.
Work tomorow, if anyone buys tickets for the midnight Harry Potter that finishes at 2.50 I am going to throw Nacho cheese in their face.
Going to miss Jimi taking the last 5 wickets in the first hour no matter what though.
I had a huge bowl of porridge. Might try McDonalds' Festive Burger at lunchtime. Having a few beers tonight so there will be no funny sleep patterns, just a case of surviving as long as I can tonight.
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You may have missed the open house this past weekend for this property in the heart of the Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, but you can still peek inside. This $3.49 million home is located at 18 Maymont.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A proposal to increase funding for Nebraska's property tax credit program has advanced out of a legislative committee.
The Appropriations Committee voted 5-0 on Friday on a bill that would pull an additional $25 million each year out of the state's general fund.
The fund was created in 2007 to offer property tax relief in Nebraska. It's expected to receive $113 million from the state's general fund this year. The amount contributed has stayed flat over the last few years while statewide property values have increased.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Al Davis of Hyannis, told committee members this month that the yearly transfer strikes a balance between property tax relief and allowing the state to pay its bills.
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But keep in mind that bittorrent is only as good as the number and speeds uploaders can give downloaders (or leechers in the case of bittorrent). Don't bother trying to use the bittorrent if you wanna download this more than 2 weeks after today.
There are a number of other benefits, like no more wading through pages of mirrors trying to find one that works and isn't full. You could probably use it as an rsync replacement, but I'm not sure that would work well. Still, it will iron out file corruption that gets introduced in mirrors sometimes.
Written on a Mac, released on XBox, way delayed for release on the Mac.
I found it more ironic that their "design lead" had a statuette of Rikku from FFX behind him... maybe he'd rather be at Square.
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After years of very general talk about the aerotropolis concept, Memphis City Council members are ready for leaders of the effort to bring it in for a landing in specific terms that work with plans in smaller areas of the district around Memphis International Airport.
In a briefing Tuesday, March 19, before a set of public hearings in the area that begin Thursday evening at Whitehaven High School, what caught the ear of most on the council was the question of who would govern a master plan.
Leaders of the effort, which is being coordinated by the Greater Memphis Chamber and the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, want some kind of body to govern a development master plan that would work like the Downtown Memphis Commission has. That includes the ability to raise funds with a fee on business owners within the boundaries of an aerotropolis district.
"The question becomes when do you pull the trigger," council member Harold Collins said of the organization. "It's sitting on the desk ready to go but we can't pull the trigger until we have a conceptual idea that's manageable for everybody."
The funding from businesses in the district is a pool of money to finance other projects already in place but a new scramble to fit those pieces into a new plan would shatter a hard-fought unity.
"Go to the business community once we get the idea in place and get them to all agree so we don't have the discord and move forward and everybody knows what will happen," Collins said of the plan to have a coordinating authority to hold the funds and use them.
"If you haven't talked with neighborhood groups – I'm being nice. They won't," Collins said of groups that endured years of public hearings by state transportation officials about improvements to the Elvis Presley Boulevard streetscape before the plans were set in stone.
Work began this month on the intersection of Elvis Presley and Brooks Road, which is the start of the improvements that will go south to Shelby Drive.
Collins questioned aerotropolis consultants about their knowledge of what was in some of the renderings and found them lacking, starting with the intersection of Winchester Road and Elvis Presley.
"It's Bluebird Estates and Twinkeltown," Collins said. "Those are $100,000 homes plus. … Graceland has a project in play already and I would hope that the group begins to coordinate with everybody. … I'm concerned that our consultants who are global are not really connected to what's going on."
The idea of a specific area around Memphis International Airport planned for uses that center on the airport from residential and commercial to tourism and manufacturing is a long-term pursuit by the Airport Authority and the chamber.
But what is emerging remained too general for many at the council executive session.
"To me the whole focus of this should be about how we create jobs," said council member Kemp Conrad. "It's not anywhere in the presentation."
Council member Wanda Halbert questioned why the boundaries didn't venture into her district or deal with several rounds of cuts in passenger flights in and out of Memphis International Airport.
"I'm struggling," she said. "While we're talking about this big capital infrastructure with the aerotropolis project, what are we doing about the inside of the airport and getting some flights back in?"
Meanwhile, leaders of the Crosstown Development Project are asking the city of Memphis for $15 million toward a $175 million project.
Memphis City Council members got a look Tuesday at the "ask" as well as the financing and goals of the project centered on the old 1.5 million-square-foot Sears Crosstown building.
No council votes on the funding are scheduled and the council reception was much more friendly than it was for the aerotropolis presentation.
City Housing and Community Development director Robert Lipscomb said the administration of Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has not committed to providing the amount.
The money would be used for blight work and infrastructure including some demolition on the site.
Developers are seeking $14 million in new market tax credits and another $25 million in federal "historic" tax credits. They have raised $25 million from "philanthropists" with a sustainable debt of $86 million.
A total of 600,000 square feet is committed to leases with eight tenants including Church Health Center, ALSAC/St. Jude – the fundraising arm of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital – and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.


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The Federal Reserve and five of the world's other major central banks just announced "coordinated actions ... to ease strains in financial markets" and make more credit available to consumers and businesses by pumping money into the global financial system.
In a statement released at 8 a.m. ET, the Fed says:
"The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are today announcing coordinated actions to enhance their capacity to provide liquidity support to the global financial system. The purpose of these actions is to ease strains in financial markets and thereby mitigate the effects of such strains on the supply of credit to households and businesses and so help foster economic activity."
Translation, according to The Associated Press: The central banks are making it easier for financial institutions to get cash, especially dollars, that they can lend — hopefully at lower interest rates. The central banks are doing that, in part, by lowering the cost of "existing dollar swap lines by 50 basis points," Reuters adds.
The AP says: "Stocks surged following the news. Germany's DAX was trading 4 percent higher as were Dow futures in New York. The financial system has been showing signs of entering another credit crunch as Europe's debt crisis has shown alarming signs of spreading."


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Democrats in California capital reel from scandal
- Written by JULIET WILLIAMS, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — So far in 2014, each month has brought news of another arrest or conviction of a Democratic California state senator. The latest was Wednesday's arrest of Sen. Leland Yee of San Francisco on federal corruption charges, news that roiled the capital and led one of Yee's opponents in the race for secretary of state to call the Legislature a "corrupt institution."
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 26, 2014 file photo, California state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, right, leaves the San Francisco Federal Building in San Francisco. So far in 2014, each month has brought news of another arrest or conviction of a Democratic California state senator. The latest was Wednesday's arrest of Yee, on federal corruption charges, news that roiled the capital and led one of Yee's opponents in the race for secretary of state to call the Legislature a "corrupt institution." (AP Photo/Ben Margot,File)
Democrats hold large majorities in both chambers of the Legislature and should be flying into election season this year, easily passing legislation and setting the agenda after taming California's busted budgets and turning their Republican rivals into a "superminority" in the nation's most populous state.
But now their dominance could be dampened by new revelations of dirty dealings by Democrats in the state Senate. One senator was convicted of voter fraud and perjury, and two others face federal charges for alleged misdeeds that include accepting large financial bribes for friends and family in exchange for legislation and orchestrating weapons and drug trafficking to help pay off campaign debts.
U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein of California joined a growing list of officials Thursday in distancing themselves by demanding Yee's resignation. The Democratic leader of the state Senate, President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, warned Yee to resign or face suspension by his colleagues, saying "he cannot come back."
Yee has only announced he is dropping out of the secretary of state race.
"I know what people are thinking. This is the third incident the Senate has had to deal with," an emotional Steinberg said. "We are going to do everything in our power to uphold the integrity of the Senate and do the people's business and still have a great and productive year."
Yee's lawyer says the senator plans to plead not guilty to charges of accepting more than $42,000 to influence legislation and introduce an undercover FBI agent to an arms trafficker.
Yee, who sometimes challenged Democratic leaders, had been best known publicly for his efforts to promote government transparency and public records, for which he was celebrated just last week by the Society of Professional Journalists. He also introduced several bills last year to restrict gun possession.
SPJ issued a statement Thursday saying the group will not take any action on the award until the case against Yee is resolved.
Republicans, who have been struggling to regain their political footing, have sought to capitalize on the wave of criminal charges as a way to undo Democrats' dominance in the Legislature. Republicans have repeatedly tried to expel Sen. Rod Wright of Inglewood after he was convicted of perjury and voter fraud in January for lying about his legal residence in Los Angeles County. Democratic leaders have blocked those efforts, though.
Wright and Sen. Ron Calderon of Montebello, who was indicted on federal corruption charges in February, are on voluntary paid leave from the Legislature. Prosecutors say Calderon accepted about $100,000 for himself and family members in exchange for promoting legislation to expand Hollywood tax credits and protect the interest of a hospital that benefited from a provision of the workers' compensation law.
Sen. Joel Anderson, a Republican from Alpine who has led the expulsion efforts, blamed Democratic leaders for creating a culture of tolerance for illegal activity.
"If you refuse to act and you shirk your responsibility to act, is it a surprise that senators don't take ethics as seriously as they should?" Anderson said.
John Burton, chairman of the California Democratic Party, said he does not think voters will hold all Democrats accountable for the actions of three rogue operators, but he said the allegations are worrisome.
"It's a concern, one, because they're all Democrats, but more than that, it's a concern for the institution that I was honored to not just serve in but to lead, and nothing even close to that happened under that membership," said Burton, who was Senate President Pro Tem from 1998 until 2004. "But you just don't know."
Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, agreed that the actions reflect poorly on lawmakers of both parties. He prepared a resolution calling for Yee's immediate suspension.
"We all get painted in the same brush," he said. "The problem is manifesting itself, but people hold us all to the same standards."
Yee's arrest also comes at the height of fundraising season as lawmakers are introducing bills and holding hearings on them in the Legislature. On most weeknights at this time of year, lawmakers and lobbyists scuttle between bars and restaurants in downtown Sacramento, where they shake hands and collect checks for their next political race.
Two of Yee's opponents in the race for secretary of state used his arrest to draw attention to their calls for broader political reforms. The secretary of state's office oversees California elections and campaign-finance reporting.
Derek Cressman, a Democrat and former director of the good government group Common Cause who seeks strict limits on contributions and more disclosure about donors, said Yee's arrest is clearly part of a broader pattern in the capital. He called the Legislature corrupt.
"The constant begging for campaign cash clearly has a corrosive effect on a person's soul, and the only solution is to get big money out of our politics once and for all," he said, adding that the bar for public office "should be higher than the bar for staying out of prison."
Dan Schnur, another secretary of state candidate who has called for a ban on fundraising during budget season, said Yee's arrest is a reminder of why Californians have so little trust in their elected officials. He said he hoped it would "prompt the Legislature to take much more aggressive and meaningful action to fix a broken political system than they have been willing to do to date."


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Lauren M. Wilson - Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:36 PM
The Huntington County School Corporation will receive three new Thomas Built fuses this winter, after the board of trustees approved their purchase on Monday night, July 15.
Assistant Superintendent of Business and Classified Staff Jon Bennett reported that each bus will be purchased for a price of $88,183.43 and three old buses will be traded in at a value of $6,500 each.
Also, the building East Park Drive in Huntington that previously housed the Instructional Service Center, and prior to that the Huntington Public library, is now open for bid. Bennett reported that ads have been placed in local newspapers, and a full bid packet may be found at the corporation's website.
In other business:
• Superintendent Tracey Shafer reported that 10 General Education Diplomas (GED) were awarded in the previous month.
• Six new teachers were hired. They are Anna Davis, German, at Huntington North High School; Matthew Furthmiller, math, Huntington North High School; Jessica Jones, math, Huntington North High School; Megan Piper, third grade, Flint Springs; Kristina Sordelet-Hans, third grade, northwest; Stefni Stutzman, social studies, Huntington North High School.
• A new textbook was approved for the expository writing and advanced placement Spanish courses offered at the high school.
• Bennett reported a cash balance of $2.6 million in the General Fund, $787,284 in the Capital Projects Fund, and $2 million in the Transportation Fund.
• An updated Digital Curriculum Policy was approved, which states that students who rent an iPad from the corporation may not have the option to purchase it at the end of the school year.
The next meeting of the school board will be held on Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. at Horace Mann Educational Center, located at 2485 Waterworks Rd., Huntington.


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World Championships- Russia to Play for Bronze
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Russia was defeated 2-1 today in their semifinal matchup against Finland, meaning the Russians will now play Sweden on Sunday in the bronze medal match. Goaltender Alexander Eremenko allowed 2 goals on 19 shots in the game to take the loss. Eremenko, who is a long time veteran of the Russian national team in international teams, entered the tournament as backup to Lightning prospect Vasily Koshechkin but outplayed the young netminder to take his starting job for the medal round.
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