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All I care about is them being competitive. This is a big 5 game swing and will be interesting to see if DP plays tomorrow night.
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Have to be happy with the start. Tough opener vs NJ, but two regulation wins since for the 2-1 start.
Let's see if they can keep it up, but very encouraging to see.
All I care about is them being competitive. This is a big 5 game swing and will be interesting to see if DP plays tomorrow night.
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LOL and the DP saga continues.
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I'm not familiar with the amnesty clause, are you surprised it wasn't used with him?
Anyway, at least they are scoring right now even though they can't close out games yet..
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IMPRESSIVE night in Pittsburgh.
Thursday night at the Pru Center sets up as battle for first in the Atlantic division.
The first 5 minutes or so the Isles looked scared and thought this was going to be a rough night but they suddenly started to play. It's good when the opposition doesn't beat you when they aren't bringing their A-game.
Okposo needs to finish his plays consistently. I mean he was probably rushed up but he's been in the league already!
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Great win last night. Good to see them finally not let up in the third period for once. Hopefully they can keep it up. Big game Thursday, one they should have a good shot at winning, as opposed to previous years when you'd look at the next game coming up and say "Oh, the Devils. Chalk that one up as an L."
Nice to be optimistic about this team for once, because it hasn't happened in a long time.
Of course, by me posting this, the annual early-to-mid season slide will happen any time now!
Nice OT win. Playing good O, and pretty good D, even though 4 goals allowed.
Great two points.
3-1-1 road trip. Could not have asked for better, despite the blown point in Winnipeg...
PS: What did the Devils do to Deb Kaufman? Yikes.
^^ good thing Center Ice cuts the feed right after the OT goal, then.
Flip to NHL Tonight, blonde is easy on the eyes.
Nice win for you guys, it was an exciting, back and forth game. Isles are playing some good hockey. Grabner and Tavares are great, I can see this team being very good in the near future. I can't believe Tavares didn't get muscled off that puck by Salvador on his goal, that was impressive. He seems to have made great strides with his strength on the puck and on his skates.
A very nice Road Trip for the Isles. Now to keep it going! Heading to the Sunday game with the Kids. Lots of hard workers on the team which is good.
Go Isles!
Last night's game has to be a confidence booster. Enjoying the isles again for a change..
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If a couple of the young guys can continue producing on the offensive side, this team could be very dangerous. Would love to see Ullstrom continue his strong play. Also nice to Cizikas get his first goal - he seems like a high energy grinder.
Does anyone know the down low on Neiderreiter? What's his problem?
I'm a huge Rangers fan, but I always have kept close to what the Islanders have been up to...the last few years they've been doing a great job of picking up some very good young talent...and now you are not only continuing to see the effort on the ice and improvement, but the results are starting to come (goals, wins, etc).
They may catch lightning in a bottle this year due to the shortened season, but if they can continue to develop, watch out for them over the next fews seasons. By the time they get to Brooklyn, they'll be making a big push for the big prize. Sucks for Long Island, though...
Considering no FA's want to play for the Isles, Snow has made some great pick ups, especially Moulson and Grabner.
So pleasantly surprised when Moulson signed a three year extension.


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- Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa came to America as an illegal immigrant
- He was a migrant farm worker and a railroad welder
- He attended Harvard Medical School and became a U.S. citizen
- Quinones-Hinojosa operates on brain tumors at Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa insists, "I just think of myself as a regular guy."
It's an incredible statement from someone who grew up in an impoverished Mexican village, illegally hopped the fence into California, attended Harvard Medical School and now works at Johns Hopkins Medicine as a neurosurgeon.
"I've never been one who declines adventure," he says.
Early life
The oldest of five children, Quinones-Hinojosa as a child had nightmares that he had to save his mother and siblings from fires, floods, avalanches, says his memoir, "Becoming Dr. Q," which he co-authored.
His interest in medicine may have stemmed from this sense of responsibility, along with his baby sister's death from colitis (the memoir is dedicated to her). At 6, though, he wanted to be an astronaut.
His father owned a gas station, and Quinones-Hinojosa worked there at age 5; his family lived in an apartment in the back. But as Mexico's economy took a dive, the business collapsed, along with the family's livelihood. Quinones-Hinojosa's father had to sell it for almost no profit. They later learned that gasoline had been leaking out of holes in the underground tanks.
The family used to eat meat once a week, but that became a luxury of the past. After the station was sold, they had to make do with flour tortillas and homemade salsa, he wrote.
Short visits to California's San Joaquin Valley, where Quinones-Hinojosa's uncle Fausto was a foreman at a ranch, gave Quinones-Hinojosa a glimpse into the United States -- and the American dream. At age 14, he spent two months there pulling weeds, making money to bring back to his family.
"That hard-earned cash proved that people like me were not helpless or powerless," he wrote.
As a teenager, Quinones-Hinojosa thought he would become an elementary school teacher. Despite his excellent grades at a teacher-training college, however, he was assigned a position in a remote, rural area; only politically-connected, wealthy kids got jobs in cities, he wrote. Quinones-Hinojosa's salary would be paltry.
His uncle agreed to let him work a short stint again at the California ranch to supplement his income, as doubts began to accumulate about his future as a teacher. A plan began to form in his mind.
Passage into the United States
Quinones-Hinojosa had $65 in his pocket when, the day before his 19th birthday in 1987, he decided to cross into the United States for a longer stay. He wasn't thinking about laws, he just wanted to escape poverty so that he could go back and feed his family, he says.
Risking arrest, deportation and even death, Quinones-Hinojosa had a plan: He would cross the border in a "Spider-man climb" up an 18-foot-fence, hop over the barbed wire and make a leap into California, he wrote.
Just when he made it across, border agents picked him up and sent him back to Mexico.
Someone else might have just gone home -- but not Quinones. An hour after his attempt, he went back to the very same place to try the exact maneuver again, only faster. This time, he was successful.
With his uncle's assistance, Quinones-Hinojosa ended up back in the fields in the San Joaquin Valley. The vast farming terrain was teeming with corn, grapes, tomato, cotton, cantaloupe, broccoli, cauliflower. He lived in a trailer.
"There's a lot of sentiment against immigration nowadays, but at the time, when I came, the U.S. welcomed me," Quinones says. "They needed my labor and I needed them. "
Quinones-Hinojosa remembers driving a tractor and seeing agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service pass by. They would take other workers away, but somehow, he avoided being caught.
Had he been picked up right then, he might not be a neurosurgeon in the United States today. He lets out a laugh at this -- "It's crazy. I never thought about it that way, to be honest with you, but you're absolutely right."
Quinones-Hinojosa had wanted to make enough money for food for his parents and siblings -- who later came to the United States as well -- and intended to go back to Mexico after saving money. "When you're making $3.35 an hour, you realize that that dream is going to take a lot longer," he says.
Next he got a job as a welder for a railroad company. An incident at age 21 almost cost him his life. He was repairing a valve on a tank which previously carried liquified petroleum and, ignoring warnings, went in after a metal nut that tumbled inside.
He was unconscious by the time workers, including his father and brother-in-law, got him out, and woke up later in a hospital. A doctor told him he would have died had he stayed there two minutes longer.
"As if transformed, I no longer cared about the trappings of wealth or dreams of riches that had motivated me before," he wrote in his memoir.
A different education
Quinones-Hinojosa spent two years at San Joaquin Delta College, taking classes during the day and continuing work for California Railcar Repair in the afternoon. He never knew the difference between "community college" and "university," but an American friend and his family helped him understand, and encouraged him to apply to larger, more prestigious institutions to further his education.
To his surprise, Quinones-Hinojosa got offers from several universities, he recalls. He chose University of California, Berkeley, because of the scholarship the school offered, but also because he learned it was the epicenter of a social movement in the 1960s. He enrolled at age 23.
But the environment wasn't entirely supportive. A teaching assistant once told him, "You can't be from Mexico. You're too smart to be from Mexico." He said nothing, but the comment stung. These words would later spur him on to prove people like this wrong.
Next stop: Harvard Medical School. When he matriculated, the U.S. population was about 18% minority, but faculty at medical schools was only about 3.7% minorities, Quinones-Hinojosa wrote in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine. While a student, he earned his U.S. citizenship in 1997.
One of his medical school classmates told him no one could pronounce "Alfredo Quinones," and suggested he change his name to Alfred Quinn. Instead, he lengthened his name to Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, honoring his mother's family. It was also in medical school that developed the nickname Dr. Q., which is what his patients still call him today.
The brain clearly showed itself as Quinones-Hinojosa's destiny one Friday night in medical school when the hospital was near-empty. A prominent brain surgeon stopped him and asked if he wanted to see brain surgery.
"He goes, 'Let's go right now,' " Quinones-Hinojosa says. "He puts scrubs on me and I walk into the OR to see this magnificent patient that was awake and was being mapped for brain surgery."
Today, Quinones-Hinojosa specializes in the same surgery.
"Alfredo is an outstanding surgeon, and takes very humane and very skilled care of patients with brain tumors," says Dr. Henry Brem, chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine. "His mission is to not only deliver the best possible care, but also to do cutting edge research in order to better understand the diseases and to ultimately find better therapies for those diseases."
Despite Quinones-Hinojosa's prominent career, longtime friend Edward Kravitz, professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, describes him as down-to-Earth: "He's easy to talk to to. He puts his hand out to shake your hand, and it's this wonderful warm grip. He's super friendly. Nothing at all pompous about him."
Operating on the brain
As a migrant farmer, Quinones-Hinojosa's work was full of hazards. With the machinery he operated, a wrong move could mean his finger or hand might be gone; he could even have lost his life. One machine he sat on, for picking tomatoes, he called "the astronaut chair." He had to manage it with both hands and arms.
These days, at Johns Hopkins, he has a different "astronaut chair" -- where he sits in the operating room, using his hands, feet and mouth to control instruments and a microscope.
"All that practice began when I was working in the fields," he says.
Quinones operates on about 250 brain tumors every year. He uses his operating room as an extension of his laboratory. He wants to learn the motor pathways of the brain, what makes the cells "move like spiders" and how to attack them.
He's working on a method to use human fat cells to fight brain cancer. From the fat, researchers derive mesenchymal stem cells, which appear to be effective in identifying cancer.
"It's almost like you give a hunting dog something to smell," Quinones said. "We give the cells the smell of cancer juice and they go back and chase these cancers incredibly well."
You can tell how much Quinones-Hinojosa loves what he's doing now by the way he talks about the brain.
Brain cancer, he says, is "the most devastating disease that affects the most beautiful organ in our body: the brain. I'm biased because I'm a brain surgeon, I study the brain, but I am not biased -- It is the most beautiful organ in our body."
Mary Lamb, 56, of Annapolis, Maryland, learned she had large brain tumor -- a non-cancerous meningioma -- in 2008. Nervous about her first appointment with Quinones-Hinojosa, she found him to be "a ball of energy," who was confident that she would be OK.
"He's just so kind and so friendly and he feels like he's somebody that you've known all your life," she said.
The morning of the surgery, Quinones-Hinojosa eased Lamb's fears. "He told me, 'No matter what happens in the rest of the world, I will not leave you, you are my concern,' " she remembers.
Lamb's tumor has not returned, and she organizes fund-raisers for Quinones-Hinojosa's research. The events have raised more than $40,000 in the three years.
"I guess that's the thing that makes him so kind and so compassionate, is where he came from," she said.
The American dream
In some ways, Quinones-Hinojosa, now 45, is a "regular guy." He wants his three children -- 7, 11 and 14 -- to be happy. He tries to exercise to keep himself in good shape, especially for the half-marathons he runs with patients to raise money for brain cancer. He uses the expression "holy guacamole."
There have been so many moments in his life when a combination of luck and determination carried him through. Under different circumstances, he might not have made it.
He's still conscious of the idea of the American dream. He says it was encapsulated by the pride he felt last year when he was an invited speaker at an awards ceremony for middle-schoolers with high GPAs, and got to present an award to his oldest daughter.
"The American dream doesn't mean you have a big house or a fancy car," he said. "That's not the American dream for me. The American dream is the ability to give back when you are so privileged to be able to do what I do. It's: How do you figure out how to give back at least a little bit? That to me is the American dream."

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ACUP Conference Taking Place in Phoenix
More than 80 college and university in-plant managers are meeting in Mesa, Ariz., right now for the 49th annual Association of College and University Printers (ACUP) conference. The first two days of the event featured some excellent presentations and discussions on topics like building a strategic business plan, equipment justification and customer service.
The very first session featured several in-plants sharing their success stories and strategic plans for growth. One of them (Bob Donahue of Franklin University) started a new in-plant only a few years ago. He detailed how it has grown and become an integral part of his university. Likewise, Ken Toy, of Harvard University, described how he has expanded his mailing operation to include printing services. Mark McCarty gave a presentation via Skype from his office at Missouri State University about how he brought digital color printing to his drastically downsized in-plant and turned it around.
A panel on wide-format printing, moderated by IPG Editor Bob Neubauer, drew enthusiastic questions from managers interested in expanding their wide-format business and getting into latex inks. Panelists Gary Warren (Ohio State University), John Wesseling (University of Cincinnati) and Paul Roberts (University of New Hampshire) shared some unique applications they have printed with their devices.
Tuesday afternoon featured eight different roundtables on topics like 3D printing, right of first refusal, document scanning, revenue opportunities and more. Managers shared information and had some very interactive discussions.


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A Rochester Institute of Technology graduate and leader in New York's farmworker human rights movement received the 2012 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.
Librada Paz '03 (mechanical engineering technology) is a western New York council member for the Rural and Migrant Ministry, a 31-year-old organization that focuses on erasing the systemic violence and human rights violations that America's farmworkers and migrant laborers face. She also is a former farmworker herself.
"I do not have the words to describe how honored I feel to receive this award," says the Brockport, N.Y., resident. "I wasn't expecting that high of an honor."
The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award was established in 1984 to recognize people who stand up to oppression at grave personal risk in the nonviolent pursuit of human rights. Paz joins 43 others from 26 countries as the recipient of the 29th annual prize. She received the award during a presentation on Nov. 14 in Washington, D.C.
At the age of 15, Paz and her sister migrated from Mexico to the United States and began working in the fields. She lived with large groups of people in sub-standard housing, worked long hours in grueling heat and moved between New York and Florida to follow seasonal crops. As a young female farmworker, she was the victim of physical and sexual abuse.
She settled in New York after 15 years and obtained her immigration status. That is also when she pursued her dream of going to college and selected RIT after talking to professors, who helped her zero in on mechanical engineering technology.
Paz says she continued working in the fields to pay for RIT. She also raised her son, Brandon Nieves, who is now a hospitality student in the College of Applied Science and Technology.
"For me it was amazing to graduate from a private school like RIT," she says.
Martin Gordon, an associate professor in CAST, says Paz was one of the most inspirational students he has known.
"This is a great example of someone using their RIT education in unexpected ways," Gordon says. "The Mechanical Engineering Technology program has always prepared its students to solve real-world problems. Libby has certainly been instrumental in tackling a very difficult real-world problem."


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The current icon is incredibly bad, in my opinion. The artwork should be one or the other; not a merge of both. The power button icon wouldn't be the best choice (since it contains more than shut down options), so just a plain gear would be fine. Looks good that way in the Faenza icon theme.
I also agree with ELD- the icon looks like a button that does something entirely different on another mainstream OS. Might be a great way to cause confusion, especially given that they'd be in the same place on the screen.
Oh well. I'm just waiting for the new icons to begin rolling out


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People with money have power and ought not be antagonized.
In the 1930s FDR entered the White House and raised taxes/fees/regulations on American businesses.
As a direct result those American businesses closed their doors and laid off employees rather than comply and give their money to the US government.
And the Depression became the Great Depression.


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Stonesoft Press Release, Helsinki, Finland — April 15, 2013 — The Stonesoft 3202 appliance has received the "recommend" status in the latest Next Generation Firewall test by the world's leading independent network security research and analyst organization NSS Labs.
The latest 'recommend' status is already the fourth in a row, demonstrating Stonesoft Security Engine platform's solid track record. Stonesoft is the only European security vendor who has reached the "recommend" status in NSS Labs' 2012 and 2013 Next Generation Firewall as well as the latest Intrusion Prevention System and Network Firewall Group Tests.
The 2013 Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Comparative Analysis Report evaluated nine leading NGFW products for security effectiveness, performance, enterprise management capabilities, and total cost of ownership. It is the second group test for NGFW conducted by NSS Labs. The first test was conducted in 2012.
The NSS engineers found the Stonesoft Management Center interface to be very solid, and intuitive, and were pleased with the broad operating system support. In the false positive testing where the products were tested with clean traffic, "the Stonesoft 3202 showed excellent capacity for correctly identifying traffic and did not fire IPS alerts on non-malicious content".
The NSS Labs test report also points out that "Stonesoft is one of a very limited number of NGFW vendors that fully normalizes data before inspection. This allows the device to decode accurately the malicious traffic, ensure minimal or zero triggering of false positives during evasion handling and, more importantly, to handle effectively all variations of common evasion techniques".
All of Stonesoft's appliances that have received the 'recommend' status in NSS group tests are equipped with Stonesoft's ground breaking single software code based transformable Security Engine platform that is capable of multiple cyber security product roles, including FW/VPN, IPS and UTM.
"I am proud that we have reached the "recommend" status now already for the fourth time in a row. This proves the strength of our transformable Security Engine platform – regardless of the chosen product role; it provides our customers with comprehensive, uncompromised network security. We demonstrated solid performance throughout all categories of the NSS Labs Group Test and in addition were positioned a clear leader in the overall enterprise management score, among others", says Antti Kuvaja, Director, Product Management, Stonesoft.
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For the Heck of It? Spit Happens
The Yankees have begun somewhat of a winning streak, beating the Royals 10-4 on Sunday and following it up with a 5-3 win last night over the Rays. David Robertson nailed down his first save of the season, giving the Yanks their first taste of life without Mariano Rivera.
Although he didn't make it easy on himself – and he never does – Robertson slammed the door.
Andy Pettitte is set to make his return to the Bronx on Sunday, as he will start against the Seattle Mariners. Pettitte hasn't exactly been dazzling in his minor league warm-up starts. Nonetheless, he will look to aid the inconsistent and banged up rotation.
Tonight David Phelps will take the hill vs. Tampa Bay, hoping to roll the Yankee win streak over to three games – that is, barring a rainout.
Yes, it's been a soggy day here in New York.
While things are OK in Yankee land, something happened on Sunday that was all over baseball; something dirty. Something that I just had to write about and express my opinion on.
The Washington Nationals hosted the Philadelphia Phillies, and lost 9-3. In the first inning, Philadelphia starter Cole Hamels beaned 19-year-old rookie outfielder Bryce Harper with a 93 mph fastball, right on the back between the "3" and "4" on his jersey.
Harper recovered and eventually made Hamels pay for it, stealing home plate straight up later in the inning. The Nationals also received retribution by retaliating, plunking Hamels in his first turn at bat in the third inning.
After the game the media questioned Hamels about the HBP. His response:
"I was trying to hit him," he said. "I'm not going to deny it. That's something I grew up watching, that's kind of what happened. So I'm just trying to continue the old baseball because I think some people are kind of getting away from it."
Basically the message Hamels sent was, "Welcome to the big leagues, kid."
I'm sorry, but that's just not a good enough reason to intentionally hit someone. It's a classless act of shameless unsportsmanlike conduct. The way it appeared, Hamels almost seemed proud of himself after the game; happy he got a piece of the new kid everyone is talking about because of his ability and talent.
Unlike Hamels, Harper showed some class afterward. He called Hamels a good pitcher and in a lot of ways brushed the bean ball off his back, not making much of the situation. Harper proved he has a lot of, I'll say, Jeterian qualities.
Now in certain circumstances, intentional HBPs are…I don't want to say "acceptable," but understanding. A hitter can be plunked but for a good reason, such as last year in David Ortiz's case. He flipped his bat, showed up the Yankees, and as a result CC Sabathia hit him with a pitch later in the Yankees' series vs. Boston.
It's just business. And even I have been guilty of such actions, when it was called for.
In fifth grade I played CYO basketball. I was on a travel team and we had a long season; not a lot of my teammates had ever played organized ball before and we took our lumps pretty hard. As a matter of fact we didn't win a single game that entire season.
One game we were getting absolutely pounded, losing by a significant margin. Late in the fourth quarter, the other team didn't bench its best player; he was still in the game, knocking down 3-point field goals like it was nothing.
I contested one of his last shots from outside the arc, trying my best to throw him off-balance so that he would miss the basket. It didn't faze him, though. He put the ball up through my arms and into the net for another 3-pointer, following it by pumping his fist in celebration.
His team and its supporters went bananas for him, cheering and hollering as loud as they could.
As any player with pride and an ego would, I didn't take kindly to it at all. There was absolutely no reason he still needed to be on the floor with his team winning by that much. Not to mention he came off about as conceited and cocky as any player I had ever faced.
When the final buzzer sounded and the beatdown was over, our teams lined up to slap hands, as all teams do following a game in honor of sportsmanship. I made sure to be the last player in line – he was lined up first on his side.
I figured that would be the best way to execute my little retaliation scheme.
When no one was looking, I hocked the biggest loogie of my life, and then spat it into my right hand. I smeared the matter all over my palm, making sure it was saturated with my slime.
He looked at me with a huge, egotistical ear-to-ear smile on his face as I approached him.
"Good game!" he said to me, with enthusiasm.
As he received a handful of my snot and saliva, I grinned back at him.
"Yeah. Good game."
Right away he became angry, as any player would after being spat on. He tried to confront me, but my teammates separated us before any other kind of altercation ensued.
He may have shown me up on the court, but I got the last laugh.
It wasn't long after that I quit playing organized hoops and started playing baseball. The next season I began my Little League career and played baseball through my second year in High School – and never again did I spit on my hand and slap an opposing player with it after a game.
Yet at the same time, I never again faced an athlete as full of himself as that one basketball player.
Was it the nicest way to get retribution? Absolutely not. It was disgusting, actually.
Did it need to be done? In my mind, yes. He had to dish what he served.
As a competitor, you can't let someone get away with being a show-off. The same way the Yankees couldn't let Ortiz get away with the arrogant bat flip, I couldn't let that kid get away with making me and my team look like a bunch of losers.
A message had to be sent – and I made sure to send it.
But going back to the topic at hand, and to bottom line it, Harper didn't deserve to be hit by Hamels. He didn't show-off; didn't show-up the Phillies. In no way did the situation call for a bean ball, and for Hamels to openly admit he hit Harper simply as a so-called "welcoming" to the majors is absurd and nonsensical.
Had Harper crushed a 450' homer off Hamels, and then danced his way to home plate – the way that kid remained in the basketball game and hit a 3-pointer when his team was already up big, and then reacted as if he had just won the NBA Finals – I would understand it; the situation would call for it.
But the way Harper has conducted himself so far – as a gentleman – it was totally unnecessary. I can only hope the next time he faces Hamels, he does take him deep.
Hamels deserves it. The same way that player deserved a handful of my slobber.


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Release Notes: Numerous major enhancements including integration of scheduling and workflows, Oracle compatibility, a skinnable interface with pull-down menues, a data dictionary, graph production via SVG, a date range query, a folder to organize forms and other objects, and major code review and cleanup.
Release Notes: Image management added. It is used by defining a form-item that has action="image". Once rendered in a Web-browser, the image item allows uploading of images. Each Web-form can support an unlimited number of image-handling items in addition to other data entry items. Thumbnail images are automatically created and stored with the orignal images in the file system (uses PIL: Python Imaging Library). Word/Phrase lists from the "Local Text Multi-Lingual System" can now be transported as XML documents in order to facilitate their sharing and merging across applications and installations.
Release Notes: This is a major upgrade release with significantly expanded online data analysis capabilities (multi-level drill-down, N x N contingency table, Chi-square test) and integrated localization/in-context multi-lingual support. Works with Zope 2.3.3 and PostgreSQL 7.1.
Release Notes: This is a major upgrade release with several new features and bugfixes. OIO Server's report generation/online analysis capabilities are more fully implemented, the basic framework for Role-based access control at form-level has been implemented, and two new form components have been added ("Hip Range of Motion", an interactive Javascript component, and Text area for editing of multi-line text with scroll bars).
Release Notes: The OIO Server now has added capabilities to export data sets to other programs (Excel, SAS, SPSS etc) through comma-delimited or XML file formats. Patient records are now portable between OIO Servers through XML files that contain patient identifiers, data schema (=OIO form), and patient data. Site administration (Add User) is now available through a simplified browser interface. Several new functions have been added to the Online Data Analysis Section (NOT, OR). Some annoying bugs have been fixed. New Installation and HowTo documents have been added to project support site at Sourceforge.net.
Release Notes: A fix for a serious bug in oio-0.9.4's Regular Expression template module. This bug results in form data being submitted even after the alert box was displayed, which defeats the whole purpose of having the validation code.
Release Notes: Allowing the incorporation of Java Applets into Web-forms for data input without programming, client-side validation through Regular Expression (template), and data merging and drill-down querying across Forms (and versions).
Release Notes: Forms created with OIO and hosted on any OIO server can be downloaded as XML files. This opens the door to the creation of forms libraries, where forms can be cataloged, peer-reviewed, indexed, searched, and easily shared on the Web. The first public forms library is now online at OIO's main site.


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Pujols to miss remainder of 2013 season
Timing of rehab for torn plantar fascia in left foot forces decision
By Alden Gonzalez / 8/19/2013 9:08 P.M. ET
ANAHEIM -- Albert Pujols' faint hopes of returning before the end of the Angels' trying season were officially put to rest on Monday, when the organization announced their expensive, superstar first baseman was being shut down for the remainder of 2013.
The news wasn't altogether surprising, considering the partial tear in Pujols' left foot would've had him back by mid-September at the earliest, but it did bring clarity. Pujols -- owed $212 million from 2014-21 -- can now fully rehab from his injury, have a normal offseason and focus solely on coming back strong next spring.
"It was not an easy decision, as competitive of a player as I am," Pujols said. "But I also understand wanting to look past this season."
Pujols had been playing through a severe case of plantar fasciitis on his left foot since the middle of Spring Training, prompting him to start 65 of his 99 games at designated hitter while having difficulty running. On July 26, on a ninth-inning, two-run single off Grant Balfour in Oakland, he sustained a partial tear of the left plantar fascia, which naturally accomplished what invasive surgery would've done and shut him down for at least six weeks.
Pujols, who removed the protective boot on Friday, said he's feeling "pretty good." He's working out, doing some cardio, and estimated being at 90 percent in a couple weeks. But the Angels are 15 1/2 games out of first place entering Monday's series opener against the Indians, and there's little need to come back in September.
So, Pujols -- vehement about not giving up on 2013 when he met with the media on Aug. 1 -- ultimately conceded.
"It was a decision in the organization, because I don't make decisions here," Pujols said, referring to owner Arte Moreno and general manager Jerry Dipoto. "I put my uniform on and get ready to play."
For more than a decade in St. Louis, Pujols was the most consistent force in baseball, batting at least .300 with 30 homers and 100 RBIs in each of his first 10 seasons. But the Angels haven't seen that yet. The 33-year-old struggled mightily to start 2012, batting .212 with one homer in his first 36 games. He turned it around, somehow finishing the year with a .285 batting average, 30 homers and 105 RBIs, but plantar fasciitis reared its ugly head in March and Pujols was never able to shake it off in Year 2.
He'll finish 2013 eight homers shy of 500 and two RBIs short of 1,500, with career-lows in batting average (.258), homers (17), RBIs (64), OPS (.767) and games played (99).
But he'll probably never deal with plantar fasciitis on his left foot again, and he'll have a lot of time to get strong for next spring.
"I want to be out there and play. It's no fun being on the bench for four hours, but I also understand that it's not only this year -- I have eight more years left and hopefully more," Pujols said.
"I feel pretty good. I'm still going to do my activity to get myself ready for next year. At least now I have in my mind that I'm definitely not going to come back this year so I can pace myself knowing I don't have to come back right away."


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As I sit to write this column, I am torn about my feelings when it comes to defense in the fantasy game. It's like finding yourself liking a Taylor Swift song.
The innovators of the fantasy game figured out a way to make a defensive unit of 11 guys play as active a role as individual players on the offensive side, a rule that seems to deserve some plaudits. It also, however, seems to mean that there are 10 more chances of someone ruining my week from that roster spot.
(The backup inside linebacker tripped on the chalk of the 40-yard line and missed that interception? )
So just how do we weigh this group of individual players when it comes to the fantasy position? Well, the Seahawks and the 49ers are toward the top of all preseason rankings not necessarily because of any specific player, but because of how well they work as a unit.
Then there are the Bears, though, who are also a good unit but look a little better because of special-teams standout Devin Hester's potential to break off a touchdown run on every return.
Hark! Dost my ears deceive me? Was that just a positive fantasy spin?
It was, and it might even feel good.
So, sure, the Broncos received a tough hit this week when linebacker Von Miller received a six-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy, but he is still just one of those 11 players on the field at any one time. Miller is eligible to return for a game against the Colts on Oct. 20, so he will be around by the time the playoffs roll around and you really need him.
Phew! I feel more positive than a motivational poster.
That must mean it's time for a sleeper pick, that traditional optimistic spot for fantasy prognosticators. So here I will tell you that the Rams tied for the most sacks in the NFL last season with 52. That put them in a lock for the top spot with the Broncos, whom we already established were rather good.
I'm like a proton, Richard Simmons and the pointy end of a battery all wrapped into one.
Oh no, the Ravens won the Super Bowl last year, which is a good thing, but now their storied defense has to fight for a repeat title without Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. Wait, they signed Elvis Dumervil though? Release the balloons.
Even if you go wrong with whatever team's defense you draft, it isn't like everyone else in your league is going to be carrying two backup units on his bench. It is a forgiving position that you can fill and/or replace from the waiver wire if need be. One needs to be aware of what these teams offer (so you don't end up with the Jaguars or Raiders), but it isn't a spot that doesn't stand to break your team, as the potential good squads go deep this year.
And, with that affirmation, I end the unorthodox, all-optimism section of this column. But don't worry — we are never, ever, ever going to do that again.
Thompkins is worth a pick
If you need some the pessimism, there was the Patriots' preseason game against the Lions on Thursday. It was the third exhibition game, the one that is supposed to give you a feel for where a team is and not be the one where Ryan Mallett throws more touchdown passes than Tom Brady.
In the interest of lingering positivity, however, let it be noted that rookie Kenbrell Thompkins caught eight passes for 116 yards.
Granted, lead wideout Danny Amendola did not play in the game, which artificially enhances everyone else's receiving numbers. Thompkins also went undrafted this year, so he probably isn't Randy Moss-in-waiting.
But there apparently is enough interest by the Patriots' brass in seeing him play that he was targeted 12 times Thursday, a week after veteran receiver Michael Jenkins was released. As a Patriot, there is always the local caveat of jumping at Thompkins too early because we want him to be great, but if it is toward the end of a draft, one could probably do worse than selecting someone who could be Brady's second-favorite target.
Well, third-favorite once Rob Gronkowski returns, anyway.
The deeper we get into August, the more we have to question just when Gronkowski will return. Putting the Patriots' tight lips aside, it seems that the tight end has little (as in virtually no) chance of starting the regular season on the field.
He will, however, start the season on a roster in every fantasy league, meaning backup plans will be needed. So let it also be noted that fellow Patriots undrafted rookie Zach Sudfeld caught three passes for 36 yards Thursday, too.
Then handcuffing strategy of drafting backups is generally used with running backs, but being unorthodox and doing it with Sudfeld and Gronkowski (Jake Ballard did not catch a pass Thursday after all) may have some merit.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Animals have cornered the market on adventure shows. Crocodiles, snakes and honey badgers have gobbled up their 15 minutes of fame — not to mention sharks, which have a whole week of programming devoted to their awesomeness. Chris Martine, associate professor of biology at Bucknell University, thinks its time the world found out that plants are cool, too.
Martine describes himself as an "adventure botanist." He shares his passion for finding and sharing interesting, amazing plants across the globe in a web-based show. "Plants Are Cool, Too!" highlights the wild, wonderful and occasionally weird world of botany.
"It's really easy for young people to find shows about animals, but they can't find an equivalent type of programming for plants," Martine explained. "There are gardening programs, there are programs that tell you what plants to use for cooking — but until now, there were no adventure botany programs that show you the coolest plants on earth."
"Plant Are Cool, Too!" also shines a spotlight on the botanists who are involved in the lives of these plants. "I see the show as a fun way to engage people and get them interested in the green world," said Martine.
The first episode focused on plants with stomachs (yes, stomachs.) In the latest episode of "Plants Are Cool, Too!," Martine headed to Idaho's Clarkia fossil bed to find 15-million-year-old leaves preserved between layers of rock.
"It's an amazing site," said Martine. "It qualifies as one of the most special plant fossil sites on earth."
Viewers of the 15-minute-long "Plants Are Cool, Too!" episode will get a glimpse of what the world was like after dinosaurs became extinct (about 65 million years ago) and before humans arrived (less than 1 million year ago). "It's a period of time we don't think about very often," said Martine. "It's a world that was warm and wet, and there were trees like we see in the southeastern U.S. all over the Arctic Circle, and big mammals walking around eating them. That whole ecosystem is preserved in this particular spot in Idaho. It's pretty cool."
Martine plans to involved Bucknell students in future episodes. He arrived at Bucknell in July as the David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics and Research. "It will be a really fun way to engage Bucknell students in botany in a different way," he said. As for future episodes, Martine is scouting local locations for skunk cabbage and hopes to travel to Patagonia to find dung mosses.
Until then, viewers can watch the first two episodes of "Plants Are Cool, Too!" and share their questions and comments with Martine on YouTube, or tweet them to @MartineBotany. Adventure botanists are busy, but he promises to answer as many as he can.
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Scientists Measure How Quickly Plant Genes Mutate 67
eldavojohn writes "A recent study puts observed numbers on genome mutations in plants. This kind of research is becoming more popular in understanding evolution. The research 'followed all genetic changes in five lines of the mustard relative Arabidopsis thaliana that occurred during 30 generations. In the genome of the final generation they then searched for differences to the genome of the original ancestor.' A single generation has about a one in 140 million chance of mutating any letter of the genome (which has about 120 million base pairs). Sound like bad odds? From the article, 'if one starts to consider that they occur in the genomes of every member of a species, it becomes clear how fluid the genome is: In a collection of only 60 million Arabidopsis plants, each letter in the genome is changed, on average, once. For an organism that produces thousands of seeds in each generation, 60 million is not such a big number at all.' The academic paper is available in Science, though seeing more than the abstract requires a subscription."


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A Russian hobbyist was such a fan of The Avengers and the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier that he decided to build a replica of it for his own amusement. It's not as big, but perhaps they can use it for the Ant-Man movie.
We can't be the only ones slightly freaked out by this Taken/Finding Nemo trailer mashup.
Because he's running out of things to keep himself busy with, here's James Franco directing a Samsung Galaxy Note ad starring... James Franco, of course!
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Hi guys,
I was hoping someone can help me. I've been stuck on a problem for some time and I can't seem to find the solution.
My task is to take elements from a List<string> and put them into a generic linked list.
I've figured out how to use the listIterator and used that to cycle through all the names.
It works as long as I put in System.out.println(x); to the screen.
When I try to place the values into the LinkedList I get a never ending NullPointerException.
Here's the code if it helps:
//from main in a main source
List<String> words3 = Collections.unmodifiableList(names2);
aLinkedList wordlist = new LinkedList(names3);
//from the linkedlist source
public aLinkedList(List<String> words){
ListIterator<String> itr = words.listIterator();
while (itr.hasNext()) {
String name = itr.next();
// System.out.println(words);
// for(String word : words) {
// System.out.println(words);
// }
I was trying different things and that's what the //'s were for. Thanks for any help.


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The Worldnutdaily has been furiously pimping a new book by William Murray, the son of American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair. They're doing it the way they always do, with advertisements disguised as fake articles where they "report" the author's thoughts about whatever is in the news right now. And their latest fake article is a real doozy. Did you know that the Supreme Court's health care ruling is all O'Hair's fault? How's that, you ask? Wait until you see this tortured bit of sophistry.
Engel v. Vitale, decided on June 25, 1962, determined it wasn't constitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer or encourage its recitation in public schools…
This decision paved the way for the Supreme Court to rule on June 13, 1965, (Abington School District v. Schempp) that school-sponsored Bible reading in public schools was unconstitutional.
Consolidated into this case was Murray v. Curlett, which was a suit filed by the founder of the American Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, who argued that her young son shouldn't have to be exposed to Bible readings in Baltimore public schools.
First of all, the Schempp decision was handed down in 1963, not 1965, and on June 17, not June 25. But more importantly, I'm amused at how oblivious the wingnuts are to their own inconsistencies. Remember, these are the people who claim that the individual mandate is tyranny! Fascism! The beginning of the Fourth Reich! And yet they are still outraged that the government can no longer force schoolchildren to recite government-mandated and written prayers and force them to read the Bible.
So what does any of this have to do with health care reform or the individual mandate? Nothing, of course, but William Murray has an amusingly idiotic argument to make. Murray, you see, converted not only to Christianity but to a particularly stupid version of it.
In an interview with WND, Murray spoke of the Engel v. Vitale case as one of the key Supreme Court decisions that inevitably led to the federal government getting involved in health care.
"Though it wasn't as far-reaching and it didn't affect the lives of everyday Americans as much as this case did today, the case [Engel v. Vitale] was a precursor to the case that removed Bible verses and prayer from school," said Murray, whose book, "My Life Without God," documents what his young life was like growing up with a committed communist like O'Hair as his mother.
"The 1963 case was one of the troika of cases that worked to destroy the basic family unit," Murray explained. "One of the striking things about Obamacare is that it was pushed and promoted out of its necessity because of the breakup of the family. There is no one to take care of the family, because of this.
"Medical care since the time of Genesis was always a family responsibility," Murray said. "But because government has interfered in the family, and because it has eliminated the three-generation household and eliminated the ability for families to take care of their own, the individual mandate becomes mandated.
"That necessitated intervention, in the eyes of the state," he concluded.
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[anti-abuse-wg] whois access
Michele Neylon :: Blacknight michele at blacknight.ie
Thu Dec 15 19:02:41 CET 2011
On 15 Dec 2011, at 16:42, russ at consumer.net wrote: > Thanks for all the replies. > > As for passing through the IP of the requesters of the whois records I have asked about this several times. ARIN told me they don't support it and RIPE won't answer my inquiries. Are there standards for that or any other information about setting up some sort of ip address pass-through or proxy for whois queries for the RIR's? You want bulk access. Stop pretending that you don't > > As I understand it the fact that the abuse contact is not associated with the object record is a design flaw. It seems to me this matter should have been dealt with before the RIPE blocking initiatives. Why? Because it puts you out? > > The definition of "personal data" in Directive 95/46/EC is not really useful when you talk about protection of the data. It's European law. Saying it's "not really useful" won't change that > This definition groups information that is mandated by law to be public with truly private or sensitive data. For instance, company "Example.com" has an e-mail address "president at example.com." The company is legally required to file documents declaring who their president is and make that publicly available so the address "president at example.com" falls under this definition. Now if you have his private cell phone number that is also "personal data" but it is not mandated to be public information. The cell phone number deserves a high level of protection while but the e-mail address does not so treating them the same is not useful. In any case I have no desire to access persoanl contacts or other data other than contact information meant for public consumption. > > If I understand things correctly the so-called "bulk access" option is using a "-r" which would not display the abuse contact. Since getting the abuse contacts is often the main purpose of the query this does not seem to be viable option. In actuality I am not requesting "bulk access" and I don't save any of the data myself. My system is a pass-though where the users get the data and I package the data with other functions. It may appear as if it is bulk access because it all comes from a single IP but it is not. The same thing happened with ARIN several years ago. Once I showed them the web site they agreed that is was a pass-through system and removed the block. Now we have a situation where different RIR's have different policies for the same type of whois requests. In my case I use a commercial whois component from hexillion.com and i cannot go in and change the queries just to RIPE without going back to the software vendor or completely reprogramming my site. I have plans to do that anyway but I cannot do it overnight or during the Christmas season because someone at RIPE woke up one day after 13 years and decided to block my site. > > One purpose of the database is to provide access to the public for IP address allocations. While it is true people can visit the RIPE database themselves it is not practical Practical according to who? > (the person suggesting this has ads in his signature for a business that combines several services people could get on their own). I assume that was aimed at me? If it was why don't you just say so instead of trying to be "clever" ? > > As I see it the problem lies with ICANN/IANA. They are contractually obligated with the US Department of Commerce to "ensure the authentication, integrity, and reliability of the data in performing the IANA requirements, including the data relevant to DNS, root zone file, and IP address allocation." Obviously there should a single WHOIS interface with standard policies and procedures for accessing it and not this hodgepodge system where users of the data have to deal with each RIR separately. IPs in the RIPE region are clearly delegated to RIPE by IANA. IANA has completed its function. > > The funny part about this whole thing is that I contacted a busines that provides whois services (they are not a spammer or harvester). Who? The only companies I know of that provider "whois services" are doing so by harvesting data from other people's systems. > One of the first things they told me was that they use a distributed IP address system for requests to avoid the blocking. Which tells me that what they're harvesting. If their usage was "legitimate" then they would be able to get whitelisted > the current policy forces legitimate business to use hacking techniques to access data that is supposed to publicly variable. The current IP address blocking scheme has no practical purpose other than preventing DOS attacks. Harvesters continue collected data using distributed IP's while small sites like mine suffer and possibly get run out of business. So you want to make money out of our data? And you're upset that EU law and RIPE's policies slows you down? > The impression I have is that the people doing the blocking have no concern whatsoever about the collateral damage they are casing or the fact that their actions have little or no purpose. Then if someone complains they are often ignored or ridiculed. > > Thank You > > Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions ♞ Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection ICANN Accredited Registrar http://www.blacknight.com/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://blacknight.biz http://mneylon.tel Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 US: 213-233-1612 UK: 0844 484 9361 Locall: 1850 929 929 Facebook: http://fb.me/blacknight Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845


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As carriers look to grow revenue, they are finding it increasingly difficult to take market share from competitors in standard lines due to the soft pricing environment and maturity of the business. They also are evaluating ways to put their excess capital to use in new markets, often through organic expansion or acquisition. We have observed a recent upsurge in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, specifically with insurers looking to expand into specialty lines. Excess & surplus (E&S) products—a non-admitted form of specialty insurance—are less encumbered by government regulation than standard lines and address emerging and unique risks. As a result, this market can be more profitable and less sensitive to cyclical trends, allowing for greater flexibility in the coverage offered and rates charged.
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Kodo, the Japanese drumming (and more) ensemble, has traveled the world for 30-odd years (including a stop in Columbus March 14 - read our print piece and get details here), but has maintained its home on an island in the Sea of Japan since the early 1970s.
Read the history of Sado island and Kodo's decision to locate there at this link from the Kobo website. We talked to Kodo company manager Jun Akimoto about life on Sado.
"The idea is to be together not just for rehearsal but also in daily life," he said. "It's a great place to live for both practice and preparation."
Akimoto wanted to be very clear about a couple things. One, that Kodo's base on Sado is collective, but "it's not communism." Nor is it a commune per se, or a camp, or retreat (although it has been used as such for some visiting artists), or a place where Kodo performers are "kept." In addition to touring, Kodo members travel to and from Sado, and welcome visitors as well, including for an annual festival featuring guest artists of very kind from around the world.
That said, the island was historically a haven for exiles, outspoken thinkers and artists deemed politically dangerous to Japan's rulers. Eventually Sado became a bastion of Japanese culture and art, and retains, beyond Kodo's base, many practices of the old way in Japan.
Akimoto pointed out that Kodo's new artistic director, the cosmopolitan Tamasaburo Bando, who is from Tokyo and is a revered kabuki icon in his homeland, "is enjoying the very different atmosphere" of Sado.


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That last pitch was a statement.
What if this wasn't a rhetorical question?
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
for one night anyway: SUCK IT PHILLIES
I dont care, Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. Hes in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.
One of theTop 3 wins of the season....
1st pick of the 2022 baseball amateur draft
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
That's one of the best wins of the year right there.
Barry On Baseball Also blogging at Banished to the Pen.
This was big for the Reds - to come back after a beating and get runs off Lee and then get more when they needed it after losing the lead. Got to give them confidence for tomorrow and Thursday!
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
This is the kind of baseball the Reds have to play. Now, there are no doubts that this team can compete with the best of them come October.
Take that, Phillies. And if you're not down with that, I got two words for ya.
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Every year, we meet up with some of the top manufactures in the pontoon and deck boat world to test their newest models. All of these reviews are compiled in a special Boat Test issue that comes out during the first part of the year. Here is one of the best 2012 models. Enjoy!
Sweetwater 220 SL
Our First Impression
Our industry could use great all-around models like this Sweetwater that has just enough bells and whistles, while still coming in at a good price-point. The black and tan colors throughout as tested help increase the higher-end feel the engineers were going for when they designed this one.
Consumer Test
Rated for up to 12 passengers, we love the floorplan on this 24-footer. For starters there are a total of four lounges onboard, two in the bow and two rear-facing ones in the stern. But a nice added touch is the bench seat opposite of the helm that faces forward and with the removable table, the first-mate can really get comfortable. All the furniture uses GX48 soft-touch vinyl, which really makes a difference on the look and feel of this model.
Below three of the four chaise lounges is additional storage space and built into the port bow lounge is an easy-to-use pop-up changing enclosure that stands nearly 6 feet tall when open and includes snaps for the curtain on the floor.
Also worth noting is the contour and unique styling of the fiberglass helm stand that includes rocker switches, easy-to-read gauges and a Sony stereo where you can insert your iPod to help make listening to your tunes even easier.
One of the most comfortable seats onboard is the adjustable helm chair that slides, swivels and reclines, but if we had to be picky, we wish the access to the rear lounge storage compartment was a little easier and the door didn't hit into the back of the chair. We realize we're just being picky here and by sliding the chair all the way forward it is easier to access, but a side door might be a better option.
Outside the rear gate is a large swim deck, complete with a fold down ladder and a large ski/tow bar that is one of our favorite options on this model.
Inspection Test
Three 25-inch diameter pontoons are the solid base of this boat and the chambered tubes include a keel as well as lifting strakes. The lifting strakes are on both sides of the optional center pontoon and on the insides of the outer tubes. The C-channel cross-members are bolted to the plywood deck and are on 24-inch centers overall. There is a full-length splash skin and the wiring as well as weld quality below deck is above average.
Up top there is over 17 feet of usable deck space inside the gates with a very open floorplan. The wiring below the helm console is bundled and protected and we found the hidden areas to be well finished as well.
Performance Test
It's amazing how much the optional fast-planning center pontoon (part of the G-Force TOTAL package) improves the handling of this Sweetwater. She slightly banks in the sharp corners and smoothly moves across the water. The Evinrude 150 E-TEC is just large enough for the power-hungry drivers, yet is just right for those long days on the lake. At full speed we reached a top speed close to 40 miles per hour and she had a quick 0 to 20 mile per hour time of 5 seconds flat, which we weren't expecting, but were pleasantly surprised.
Who Should Buy It
You can really spread out and get comfortable on this model, but the layout and plush seating are just two reasons why this pontoon will appeal to a lot of different families. As far as amenities, this Sweetwater has just enough and when you combine the looks with a great 150 E-TEC outboard you have the recipe for a fun day out on the water.
Why We Love This BoatJust enough amenities and power to appeal to a lot of families looking for a solid and well-built pontoon.
Just Being PickyThe storage compartment below the rear-facing lounge behind the captain's chair is a little hard to access and might not get a lot of good use because of the door location that's close to the helm seat.
Notable StandardsColor-coordinated bimini, soft-touch GX48 vinyl, 4 lounges, stereo with MP3 input, 4 speakers, rear boarding ladder and table.
Options on Test BoatTriple tube sport package, changing room, ski/tow bar, Sony stereo upgrade with iPod input, 4 stainless speakers, Lowrance X4 depth finder and hydraulic steering.
Vital Stats & Specs
Number of Occupants - 12
Price As Tested With Power - $36.9K
Maximum Speed - 37.5 mph
Wild Ponies - 150hp
No. of Gates - 3
0-20 MPH - 5.0 seconds
Ladder Steps - 4
Ladder Measurement - 3' 1"
Beam - 8' 6"
Hull Design - Three Pontoons
Dry Weight - 1,914 lbs.
Fuel Capacity - 24 Gallons
Tallest Rail Onboard - Sides 25.5"
Lowest Rail Onboard - Bow/Stern 25"
Changing Room Height - 5' 11"
Test DriveRPM vs. SPEED vs. D-A
600 3.0 mph 72
1000 4.1 mph 74
1500 6.0 mph 78
2000 8.9 mph 81.5
2500 13.9 mph 89
3000 17.2 mph 92
3500 20.3 mph 98
4000 24.0 mph 95.5
4500 29.0 mph 105
5000 32.6 mph 107
5500 37.1 mph 108
5600 37.5 mph 108.5
Price As Tested $36,910
(Boat and Motor)Elkhart, Ind.
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Revenue reached $10.56 billion, up 9% from $9.66 billion in the previous year Analysts estimated revenues of $10.62 billion.
"FedEx Corp. results were driven by improving yields, record holiday package shipping and exceptional performance at FedEx Ground," said Frederick Smith, FedEx Corp. chairman, president and chief executive officer. "We expect our solid performance to continue in our fourth quarter, capping off a strong fiscal year."
Looking ahead, FedEx projects earnings to be $1.75 to $2.00 per share in the fourth quarter. Analysts expect the company to earn $1.98 per share for the quarter.
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Got the mmp to go with my cm36 ! Waiting on the hr mount!
I'll have to check that out when i get home. not allowed to watch youtube on work computers..lol...I also found one were a guy ran a slash across a pond was like 360ft or so was pretty impressive...will be taped with a go pro mounted to it or taped from land. just not sure if my buddy will be down on letting me strap his go pro to it...lol
Did you order directly from HR? I'm able to order HR through my lhs, which is nice no shipping....
I ordered it from toadz. Should be here tomorrow
Did a speed test with the castle link 9201kv!
This came in today
I have 2 projects going don't know which to do first!
with the small 3.25 foams i will start with 28/45 gearing on 2 cell . then i can figure out some things like motor kv under a load
Shaping up pretty good!
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Should it be a problem running it on 3s for short burst? It says max 2s, so 3s would over rev it, but the MERV is small n light, do you think it's alright?
With our little batteries voltage will drop below 3.7v and I will test it with 2s to get an Idea of the kv under load bet its around 8500 or lower. Voltage might even go lower. 8500x3.7 x3 is 94350.
with the eagle tree I can measure max rpm too. I am going slow as in 2 cell and not too tall 28/45 gearing and small light foams
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Cool bro, I'm following ur build closely as I can. I'm on the fence between 7300kv and 9300kv for my BB, but with a few bits left to buid my roller I'm not in a ruch. I even ran my Jato a bit.
You got the tools to give the most data, I hope you can time one of your data recorded sessions so I can analyze the results.
Worse comes to worse I can record it as its plays on my computer send it to photobucket then post it
Very nice, screen capture the playback and upload it, very interesting.
At only 2.64 lbs without batteries this merv is going to rip!
having problems
on acceleration it cuts out like not enough voltage. on one run ran good and eagle tree showed voltage drop to 6.2 volts but when it was cutting out it wasn't too low.new esc and new motor might put the neu or 5200kv in to see if it clears up.
any ideas?
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I had the same issue with my 5700kv first pack or two . But ran it today again and it seems to have cleared up. Cant say i never really notice if the lights on my mmp changing or anything.
only cuts out when i hit the throttle from a roll . if i rev it up while holding it everything is normal
i am going to charge up one of my spc 5400 50c and try it just to rule battery problems out. it did drop to 6.2v
Last edited by 50togo; 11-09-2012 at 08:29 PM.
Sounds like a cold solder joint to me. Had that happen to me when I was workin on my losi micro "pan" build. I'd rev just fine in the air but as soon as it was on the ground I couldn't get past 1/8 throttle before it'd cut out. Was one of the motor leads on the esc. Just had to heat them with the iron and all was good afterwords.
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something to check!
i don't know messing around out front(which isn't easy-small street with cars parked on both sides) i got up to 35 then drove down and back up did it
something to check!
i don't know messing around out front(which isn't easy-small street with cars parked on both sides) i got up to 35 then drove down and back up did it
Mine does it with the tires off the ground, but it only does it with big blocks and not my 1110/1y.
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I wanted to try to rule out batteries as a problem. So put one of my spc 5400 50c batteries and took it out front.
I did some light passes, gave it a little more didn't have a problem. Switched over to 2 1800 65/130 batteries first pass was good second pass after I got up to around 20 gave it about half throttle cut in and out.
Stopped it and went back to the big 5400 and it cut in and out! Now I am stumped ! Resting voltage on the 5400 is 7.92 and 7.86 for the smaller batteries. Seems like when the motor and esc are around 120 degrees or when the battery voltage drops below 8 volts it acts up
Add a capacitor between the ESC battery wires, a few of the BB MERVs I checked out had acceleration issues worsening as the batteries run. Adding a capacitor smoothed out the problem.
Last edited by SiNiST3R; 11-10-2012 at 12:57 PM.
Any specs on one?
Gimme a bit, I'll get some for you.
Castle does make a "Cap Pack" for this type of application, but might be a lil overkill and comand too much restate under the lid.
You can actually grab an cap from RadioShack if it's strong enough, I'll check the single cap specs I've seen used and working on BB MERVs and pos up specs
Quoted from Castle
""CC CapPack is useful in all brushless motor applications, where it serves to give just that little boost needed to overcome ripples in the battery voltage caused by hard acceleration or long battery wires. Remember, ripple voltage is hard on an ESC, adding the CC CapPack can help reduce the load on the controller's on-board capacitors.""
Could also be worth it to analyze the wiring set up your using to see if you can shorten u the batt wires as much as possible, if not already shortened up.
i was just looking at the cap packs
on my other merv i shortened up the wires and then ran into problems when i used the eagle tree v4 because they were so short. i will will order the cap pack and try it out .worth a try! thanks
when it runs good on 2s even with 40% punch and some throttle curve with 28/45 on dirt hawgs as soon as the power comes on it will wheelie very easily .i will run it with my 3.25 foams when i get this problem fixed
let me know on the radio shack ones too .i have one up the street
Will do, the cool thin is you can usually grab a cap from R/S for a buck, where the same thin sold for RC applications they charge 10 to 25 bucks.
Virtually all capacitors will work, just the strength that's in question, too small won't help much, but to work best you need more than what's needed.
Here is a video I found on the tube you might like
hard to see it but i froze it right when it turns red. thanks again
No Prob, glad to help hope this solves your problem, although I'm pretty confident it will.
In the video it's wired in through the RX, but personally I find wiring it embetween the ESC batt wires to be the best place for the cap.
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finally came in! i will see if this helps .will test it tomorrow IF it doesn't rain!
Grabbed the Castle CapPack, eager for your results, No low voltage after that.
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rain all day!
crumby, but looks serious. id like to see how she goes
took the new erbe out to try it in the mountains and brought along the 9000 . the cap seems to solved the problem! on 2s this car runs like it is running 3 cell very fast but even with 40% punch and a mean throttle curve the front end will come up at any speed!
Can't wait to see what kind of speeds you get on your speed runs with that setup, that cap pack looks crazy though might not be a bad idea to give a try in a larger rig since my lil merv never seams to cut out wiht the novak edge2s an my novak edge 2s with the 2cell traxxas pack.
If mine didn't cut out I wouldn't use it!
I will have to weigh the front end down and put my small foams on it
keep us updated...very interested
Who's looking for a great deal on castle! http://www.castlecreations.com/promos/black5day.html
Might grab another BB to play with 40.00! Mmp 99.00
A mmm for the merv! I have seen it done but don't really need it! Unless you have a erbe and could use a spare
Last edited by 50togo; 11-20-2012 at 10:57 AM.
Yea i'm thinking i might just have to buy something, but might just be a MMM tho. lol
does that motor go over the shocks? that thing might leave black marks a quarter mile long!
yep it just covers the shock bolts
rips pretty good! i do notice the extra weight up top.rolls over easier then my small block merv


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Redemption! It wasn't pretty, but the Flames managed to beat the "other brother Darryl."
After L.A. scored that first goal, and Rob Kerr mentioned that the Kings had not lost this year at home when leading after one, I have to admit I lost faith completely. Well, I didn't really have a lot of faith to begin with, so it wasn't hard.
I thought that Blake Comeau and Lee Stempniak, both had good games for the Flames. Which is what you need with the likes of Tanguay, Moss, Glencross and others still out. And Stajan back in, that's a liability. The good news is that they expect Tanguay to play on Saturday against the Oilers.


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Hairless and skinny.
Hairless and skinny.
Yes, but I need to see more.
fit 12 on keychain they a twink?
or dat 24?
go check wit cleopatra cause straight worlds so a many tags
hold ya chains
chess bored a onless 1 squareping
A young guy age-18-21 most likely smooth to light hair, slim cute, nice body/face.
Some people put guys in the 30's and call them twink and they are far from it....
These are 2 twinks
You cant change the way the wind blow's, but you can change the angle of your sail to take you somewhere else!!
Skinny and hairless. Young, short, usually a bottom. Big lips and usually fem
I make my bed with the stars above my head and dream of a place called home.
By my definition, twinks:
* are white/Caucasians. I don't think of "twinks" as any other race.
* are young in fact and in appearance. As in "could pass for a high school student".
* have a minimum of body hair between their nose and feet - maybe a bit under the arms, a bit around the pubes, but that's about it.
* weigh less than average. No curves anywhere.
* have a generically "cute" face. Nothing "rugged", just sort of androgynously "cute".
* aren't too bright.
I realize I'm putting myself on the line with that last bit. But please note that I'm not saying everybody who meets the other characteristics meets the last one. Just if you there's a pretty smart kid who has the other characteristics, I wouldn't think of him as a "twink". I tend to think of "twinks" as...well, simple. Young, inexperienced, pretty shallow, enjoying idle chit-chat about this and that. And please note I'm not putting myself above them. I don't think I'm "better" than twinks. I'm just not in the same social sphere.
Skinny, young, cute or pretty face.
is a idea fa you
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Sponge cake with cream filling.
In his autumn, before the winter, comes man's last mad surge of youth
Twink: gay male between 18 and 26, slim with little to no muscle definition, very little or no body or facial hair, "cute" face, generally very young in appearance and attitude. Twinks are usually Caucasian and blond, though not necessarily so.
I have nothing against ethnic guys with curves...I just wouldn't use the term "twink" to describe them.
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Where the hell did the term Twink come from anyway? If I were in that group and got called that I'd be pissed.
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I don't think twink is just an age or a bodytype, it's an attitude.
melts in your mouth, not in your hand.
then you are way hot
Blond hair, bottom, sort of albonish eyes or very pale colour and when talking sounds like thuhthathuthithuh,,
Thinner, cute young looking face, dresses slightly nicer than most guys, has a good haircut all the time
18-22 cute young jock boy type.
a twink is just something someone calls themselves to advertise they are a bottom.
One step above a street-lizard but better attired.
What it means is that you don't have to agree with something for it to be a fact...
An example taken from another part of this forum: a fact is that Earth is round, yet these people don't agree with this.
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DeKALB – With subzero temperatures and strong winds predicted today, public buildings, schools and colleges in DeKalb County have planned to close their doors today.
All local public school districts are closed. The Northern Illinois University campus will be entirely shut down, with classes canceled and employees not expected to report to work. Classes will not resume until 8 a.m. Wednesday.
All DeKalb County public buildings including the courthouse will be closed as well because of roads and weather conditions.
Meteorologist predictions for gusty winds paired with more snow prompted District 428 to cancel Monday's classes, Superintendent Jim Briscoe said. He said the temperature was not the determining factor. Classes could be canceled in the district Tuesday as well, Briscoe said.
"It's the winds and light snow and the fact that we're expecting more snow," Briscoe said. "It could create some dangerous driving conditions."
The DeKalb County Sheriff's office responded to several accidents over the weekend related to ice- and snow-covered roads. Gov. Pat Quinn's office Sunday issued a statement urging Illinois residents to stay inside.
"As we head into another bout of extreme winter weather, our public safety workers are working around the clock to keep people safe while keeping roads open for those who must travel," Quinn said in a written statement Sunday. "I urge all residents to stay warm and check on your friends and relatives who may need assistance during the dangerous cold. And please keep your pets indoors during this winter blast."
Briscoe said district officials would continue to monitor the weather to determine if school should be canceled Tuesday. High temperatures Tuesday are predicted to be in the subzero range, according to Accuweather reports.
"As of Wednesday it looks as though we could get back to school," Briscoe said. "All we can do is wait and watch."
Other closures include Family Service Agency and Sycamore Park District offices, programs and community center. Voluntary Action Center will provide limited service.
Help from the cold
The frigid temperatures and persistent snow has generated some good activity. This winter's brutal cold encouraged a dozen DeKalb agencies to collaborate on their efforts to keep people safely inside.
Among those participating in the discussion is Family Services Agency's Executive Director David Miller. He said the group is working to compile a list of agencies and faith-based organizations that offer shelter and resources for people who are homeless, temporarily displaced or otherwise don't have a place to go to seek shelter.
"This is really a starting off point," Miller said. "We are putting together a list so we know where to point people. If we coordinate we can be much more effective."
Other agencies involved included the DeKalb Police Department, DeKalb Fire Department, Salvation Army, Hope Haven, Kishwaukee Family YMCA, Voluary Action Center, the DeKalb Housing Authority, DeKalb Township, the DeKalb Park District, the DeKalb Public Library and Feed 'em Soup.
DeKalb City Hall, 200 S. Fourth St., serves as a warming shelter when it is open during regular business hours, and it also can be opened after hours in an emergency situation where other facilities don't have room.
So far this year, the city has not had to activate city hall as an emergency shelter because other agencies have taken in those in need, Police Chief Gene Lowery said.
"As of right now, we have met the need," Lowery said. "But we're addressing the availability of shelter in general. It doesn't matter who it is. No human being should be out when it's this cold."
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Soriano, Navarro get key hits, Cubs beat Padres
- Associated Press
- March 10, 2013 - 7:05 PM
MESA, Ariz. - David DeJesus took the jeers in stride, placed the winning bunt just so and posed with the championship belt a few minutes later.
The Chicago Cubs' center fielder defended his title in the team's annual 64-man bunt tournament before Sunday's 9-3 win over the San Diego Padres.
This is the second year that manager Dale Sveum ran the event. It was a way to work on the craft in a fun way, setting point values based on where bunted balls came to rest.
And it's become a big deal in camp, with almost the whole organization in attendance on one of the backfields for the finals.
DeJesus beat Nate Hale, who played collegiately and works in the club's video department for the prize money, a reported $3,400. It was clear that most around the field were rooting for Hale, but DeJesus came through on his last bunt in five rounds of eight attempts.
"It's always easy to (root for the underdog)," DeJesus said. "The guy with the belt, people be hatin.' But it's all right."
The good time was a precursor for what came later when the Cubs' hitters broke loose.
Pitcher Travis Wood and DeJesus singled to start the sixth inning before a two-out, two-run double by Alfonso Soriano and a two-run homer by Dioner Navarro against Tim Stauffer.
The Cubs began the day last in the NL in team average (.247) and on-base average (.307) although regulars Anthony Rizzo (World Baseball Classic) and Starlin Castro (hamstring) have been out of the lineup for some time.
"We're not going to know anything until we get all eight (regulars) out there," Sveum said. "We are going to have to be creative in the lineups. It's not going to be a prolific offense, but it will keep the line moving better than it did last year."
Christian Villanueva added a two-run homer for the Cubs. He has three hits this spring and all of them are home runs.
Padres starter Jason Marquis threw four scoreless innings and allowed two hits. Reliever Andrew Cashner made his first appearance and had a clean seventh inning after coming back from thumb surgery stemming from a hunting accident in December.
"We didn't see any sign of thumb (trouble) which he has shown through all of his workouts," Padres manager Bud Black said. "It hasn't been bothering him at all. It was encouraging."
Mark Kotsay hit a two-run double in the third inning off Cubs starter Scott Feldman.
NOTES: Cubs minor league 3B Junior Lake was a lineup scratch due to a sore right arm. The timetable for his return was expected to be short. ... Cubs starter Matt Garza (back) was being reevaluated to see if he is ready to begin throwing from the ground after being shut down on March 3. The right-hander originally hurt it on Feb. 17. ... Padres INF Logan Forsythe was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis and will be out three to four days.
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