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like that one
Except the one pictured is an EA81 core, and that stupid site lists it as fitting EA82's as well. God I wish the parts places would get it right.
They are NOT interchangable.
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Posted 30 November 2006 - 02:47 PM
like that one
Posted 30 November 2006 - 02:55 PM
Except the one pictured is an EA81 core, and that stupid site lists it as fitting EA82's as well. God I wish the parts places would get it right.
They are NOT interchangable.
Posted 30 November 2006 - 02:58 PM
sheesh i just wanted the picture, not the exact part
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Posted 01 December 2006 - 02:14 PM
The subaru cores are about the same as their radiators. It's a two-row unit, about 8" by 6", with metal tanks. The problem is that back flushing them really does no good at all because the inlet and outlet tubes are about 4" apart on the same tank. The pressure just runs right out the other side, or forces the gunk farther into the core....
I guess I'll have to take a picture cause clearly none of you people have seen one.
Posted 01 December 2006 - 05:49 PM
I have to disagree. I have never had one apart, but there has to be a divider in the header tank. if not, the hot coolant would go right out and there would be no flow in the core and it would act like a clogged core all the time. At first the core would be full of hot coolant, but the fan would quickly remove that heat and the output would be barely warm. In the picture posted above, you can see the crimp or divider.
Posted 01 December 2006 - 07:54 PM
There is no control valve on EA82's. Your core is probably partially clogged. Sadly there's really no good way to fix them as the inlet and outlet pipe of the core are on the same side and close together. Forcing high pressure water into the core will just shove stuff further into it. Replacement is the best option - cores aren't expesive, and installation takes about 6 hours total.
Thermostat's almost always fail closed and cause too much heat. If your guage reads about 1/3 up it's plenty hot if your core is working properly.
Posted 02 December 2006 - 12:48 AM
Darn.... cause my friend's new EA82 never gets above cool (compared to icy cold if it's off). I was hoping we could pressure out the core, but It seems that they're prety hard to clean huh. I've sold subaru's before because the heater core was clogged, rather than replacing it because it's such a pain to get to (okay, it also had alot of other stuff wrong, but that was part of it)
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now for the point of all my ranting.. why does the defrogger feel and sound like it blows harder at idle than it does under accelleration? kinda odd i thought.. but its my first soob
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Would blocking the radiator help???
Posted 14 December 2006 - 01:04 PM
If the temperature gauge shows normal engine temperature, no. It would increase the risk of overheating. Very bad. If the engine temperature is below normal, get a new thermostat.
This reminds me of a mod I do on my EA82s. There is a vacuum actuator that opens a flap door to draw outside air for the heating system. The only setting that does not use outside air is AC MAX. I added a switch and a vacuum solenoid to allow my choice of recirculated or outside air in all modes. It allows you to get more warmth while the engine is getting up to temperature. Also, if your'e leaking oil on the manifold, you don't have to smell it so much.
It would improve heat output, since the reciculated air is not as cold as the out side air.
Posted 14 December 2006 - 07:43 PM
would the out side temps mess with my thermostat? It works fine in less it is around 20 degrees or less.
Posted 14 December 2006 - 07:47 PM
The thermostat is the thing that controls the temperature of the engine. Only indirectly effects the heater. The engine is supposed to be about 190 degrees F. I have noticed that very cold (like under 20F) will keep the engine slightly cooler than on a 70-80 degree day. Like a needle width or so. I don't think that difference would be terrible noticable in the heater output - by feel.
If the engine thermostat is stuck open, the engine will not get up to operating temperature. This causes higher fuel use because the ECU will be running rich to make the engine run smooth while still cold. If it is run rich enough, long enough, it could eventually kill the catalytic converter.
There is no thermostat in the heater control system. All 4 EA82 4x4 wagons I have owned had good heat. Sure, it takes a little longer to warm up in very cold weather.
In the morning here, I start the car, drive downhill top the highway. A little over 2 miles. By 1-1/2 I can get silghtly less cold *recirculated* air on blower speed 1 or 2. Once I am up the ramp, switch to speed 4. Once I get warm, switch to fresh air, slower blower speed. Not scientific - I never had reason to take readings, etc.
BTW starting from a garage at 40 F makes a huge improvement in the warm up of the inside of the car time.
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The third annual Memorial Golf Tournament will be held this Saturday and Sunday. It is a two day event of competitive golf and two days of honoring those who played so often at the Kenai Golf Course.
We remember Rita Botelho, an individual who worked for many years at the course. She played and worked hard and had a sincere desire to improve the course for everyone. We all remember her dedication to the game of golf. We also remember Butch Anderson, part of the legendary "Wild Bunch", a great individual who loved the game of golf and life in general. He enjoyed life to the fullest. He, like Rita, played hard and worked hard. We also remember Bill Zubeck, a man who could do almost anything. He could move a forest and help build a golf course, which he did. He could move stumps and build a practice area, which he did. He devoted his time and talents to the Kenai Golf Course in so many ways. We remember his attention to detail, and his desire to help in all areas. We also remember Bill Groeneveld, a mountain of a man with a personality that engaged everyone. He always had something positive to say. He loved the game of golf and played often with his brother. We will miss his great smile and his words of wisdom. We also remember George Navarre, a man who did so much for the Kenai Peninsula Borough. He was a brilliant man with a sincere desire to help everyone. We will always remember his great personality. He loved the game of golf and he loved playing at the Kenai Golf Course. And, of course, we will miss Donnie Morgan as we discussed in our column last week. I would like to encourage everyone to participate this weekend. What better way to honor those who have meant so much to us all. The tournament will be a stroke play tournament broken up into divisions based on handicap. If you would like more information, please contact the clubhouse.
This week we are in the process of plugging, overseeding, and top dressing the greens. This process will greatly improve our greens. The greens will be more receptive, softer, and will grow much better. I know it is a shock to see the greens all plugged and torn up, but in a week they will be better than ever. I would like to thank Keith Stuart, Jerry Norris, Logan Haralson, Dan Young, along with Dusty and Willy, for all their hard work. Good job, guys! This past week another one of those great Kenai windstorms took its toll on the Kenai Golf course. We lost and additional ten trees. Jerry Norris will again be busy with the chainsaw. He had just finished cutting up the 90 or so trees that we lost earlier in the year. So, Jerry, now you will have even more firewood for the winter. The tee box on #13 has taken shape. We will let is settle over the winter and smooth it out and seed it early next year. I have received a lot of positive feedback on this project.
This past Sunday the August KGA Event took place. 27 golfers in two categories participated. Everyone enjoyed the competition and the comradarie. The competition was very keen. First low net in the second division was won by Laurie Baggett with a net score of 69. Second low net was won by Mike Houghton with a net of 70. Third low net was won by Bob Bush with a net score of 78. In the first division, first low net was won by Mark Griffin with a net of 74, followed in second by Todd Eskelin with a net of 76. Third low net was won by Gordon Griffin also with a low net of 76. Todd Eskelin won in a card back.
Mark Griffin and Gordon Griffin won low gross with scores of 81, followed by Chris Morin with an 82, and Todd Eskelin with an 83. Other notable gross scores included Mike Houghton with a personal best of 86 at the Kenai Golf Course. Good job, Mike! Keep up the good golf! Closest to the pin on #5 was won by Mike Houghton with a shot of 2'8". #9 was won by Doug Jung with a shot of 15'. Doug also won hole #10 with a shot of 4'10". On hole #14 Chuck Rupenthal won with a shot of 8'. Closest to the pin on the 2nd shot on hole #18 was won by Todd Eskelin with a shot of 9'2-1/2" and he made his birdie. The following people won skins in the 2nd flight: Mike Houghton with three, Joe Deveaux and Tyler Yamada with one each. In the first flight Chris Murray won two skins; Greg Harrington, Mark Griffin, and Todd Eskelin each had one skin.
On a cold, windy, and rainy night, Men's night took place last Thursday. The team of Joe Deveaux and Paul Zimmerman won the event with a score of even par. This next Thursday will be BIG THURSDAY. After a couple of weeks of bad weather, let's get this event back on track. If you need more information, please contact the clubhouse. Men's Night starts at 6:30.
Remaining August Tourney:
Sunday, August 26th: Kenai Golf Association Tourney
Sat. & Sun., Sept. 1st & 2nd: Memorial Tournament
Sat. & Sun., Sept. 8th & 9th: The Kenai Open
Friday, Sept. 14th: Glow Ball Tournament
Sat., Sun., Mon., Sept. 15—17: Atigun Cup Playoffs
Sunday, September 23rd: Kenai Golf Association Tourney
As always, see you on the course!
The third annual Memorial Golf Tournament will be held this Saturday and Sunday. It is a two day event of competitive golf and two days of honoring those who played so often at the Kenai Golf Course.


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Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny questions Tottenham's quality
Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has criticised arch-rivals Tottenham as the race for fourth heats up.
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Spurs can push the Gunners down to fifth place by winning their game in hand against third-placed Chelsea on Wednesday - but Szczesny believes the quality of Andre Villas-Boas' squad simply isn't high enough.
The Pole, whose late save secured a 1-0 win at QPR on Saturday, told Arsenal Player: "If we win our next two games it will be enough because either Chelsea or Spurs will drop points because they play each other.
"If you look at Chelsea's fixtures, they have Tottenham and Everton left and they won't be easy games. And Tottenham do not have enough quality, so there you go...
"I would settle for another two 1-0 wins in the rest of the season and a place in the top three.
"Even if we have games like the QPR one, it might have been boring at times, but we couldn't care less at this time. We just got the three points.
"Hopefully it will be back to the old days and hopefully we will get back to winning trophies as well."
The Gunners host Wigan next Tuesday before travelling to face Newcastle in their final game of the season.
Arsenal would be joint fifth with Spurs had the Pole not denied Loic Remy with an excellent save in the dying stages of Saturday evening's London derby.
The save drew high praise from Wenger, who may have Lukasz Fabianski available for Sunday's game at Wigan, but Szczesny played down his contribution towards the win.
"I don't think it was a great save," he said. "I am not getting too excited, it's about the team's defending.
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My hat is off to you nihil. By unplugging and manually selecting the other drive in the raid 1 array that is still good I was able to boot into windows with no problem. I have updated the iastor.sys drivers and program which I hope will stop the issue from happening again. I have made some copies of important files and whatnot just in case this BSOD comes back. The other drive is basically useless and dell will be sending me out a replacement soon.
I can't believe dell told me to format or reinstall windows and start over...what a bunch of crap.
I do get a message now while I type this response that the second hard drive in the raid 1 array is gone and I was wondering what I should do about that. Can I make this drive in a non-raid drive? Or should I just wait for Dell to send me a replacement hard drive and then recreate the array by using that as the new no. 2 drive? Just wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions after this near total loss of data. My raid array shows its status as degraded, which I am sure is because it is missing the other drive in this mirror setup.
I have called up and informed both Dell and Intel about this issue and demanded that they get the word out on this problem hopefully others won't have to go through the same crap I did.
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Meridian, Miss. The scene out of Moore, Oklahoma Monday afternoon was eerily similar to that of parts of Mississippi and Alabama back on April 27th, 2011. Homes and buildings were destroyed and people looking for loved ones, but in both cases, the Red Cross was there to help. Right now, East Central Mississippi Red Cross Chapter Manager Linda Lauderdale says that the Red Cross' main goal is take care of the immediate needs of the community.
"We're setting up shelters, shelters have been set up. We've got mobile kitchens moving in to provide for those who've been forced out of their homes."
Just as Meridian's Red Cross sent help to the coast after Isaac, they plan on sending help to Oklahoma under the Red Cross' new "One Red Cross" Initiative, but they may have to wait a few days due to the possibility of severe weather in their region.
"Right now, our local staffing volunteers are calling up our volunteers to check their availability for deployment. We're monitoring the weather in our own area before we deploy out our Emergency Response Vehicles and our trained volunteers to ensure that they're not needed here before we send them to Oklahoma."
With severe weather season in full swing and hurricane season fastly approaching, Lauderdale says downloading the Red Cross' smartphone app can help you prepare for these types of situations.
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PRINCETON, N.J.- Fresh off a 14-rebound, 11-point outing against Bryant in the Dartmouth women's basketball season-opener, sophomore forward Abbey Schmitt (Winnetka, Ill.) earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors. She shares the honor with Harvard's Temi Fagbenle.
Schmitt, who was playing in her first collegiate game after sitting out the 2011-12 season with an injury, posted a game-high in rebounds and becomes the first freshman to have a double-double in her debut since Elise Morrison had 11 points and 10 rebounds in her debut in during the 2003-04 season. She becomes the first Big Green player to earn Rookie of the Week since teammate Milica Toskovic (Santa Barbara, Calif.) claimed the final honor last season.
The Illinois native came to Dartmouth averaging 17.0 points and 9.5 rebounds at New Trier. She was an IBCA All-State second team selection and a Chicago Sun Times All-Area selection throughout her prep career. She was also an ESPN All-Area team selection.
Dartmouth is back in action on Tuesday (Nov. 13) when they welcome 2012 WCC Champion, BYU, to Leede Arena for the 2012-13 home opener. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. and is the first game of a Dartmouth basketball doubleheader with the men's team taking on New Hampshire at 7 p.m.


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First of all, that tape has DEFINITELY been sped up in some spots. There's one point where a slot guy goes in motion that you can tell is half-speed or three-quarters speed, but it looks like he's running a 4.1 forty.
Regardless, he still looks good. Do you know if he's ever participated in martial arts of any sort? I know he said he's a wrestler - and he must be decent if he's traveling all the way to Ohio for a tournament - but some of his moves look like he's taken judo classes or something.
All that being said, he almost looks more like a middle linebacker than a defensive end. I wish he wouldn't reach so much and make all those one-handed, grab-the-jersey tackles. But that's what high schoolers do if they're strong enough, I guess.


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Pitchford Paces Huskers Past WIU, 62-47
Lincoln – Walter Pitchford led four Huskers in double figures, as Nebraska improved to 2-0 on the season with a 62-47 win over Western Illinois Tuesday night.
Pitchford, a 6-foot-10 sophomore, totaled a game-high 14 points, including a trio of 3-pointers, to pace the Big Red. Sophomores Shavon Shields and Terran Petteway added 13 apiece, while Leslee Smith came off the bench with 10 points and five rebounds in 20 minutes.
Petteway nearly recorded a double-double, finishing with 13 points and nine rebounds in 28 minutes, as Nebraska had a 34-30 advantage on the glass and forced 15 Leatherneck turnovers.
Pitchford and Smith keyed a decisive first-half run, as the Huskers (2-0) used a 23-7 spurt to seize momentum and build a 17-point first-half cushion. Leading 8-7 after a 7-0 WIU run, Smith came off the bench for two quick baskets and a pair of free throws to stake the Huskers a 16-9 lead. Moments later, Pitchford's conversional 3-point play started a run of eight straight points for the Florida transfer as his second 3-pointer of the half pushed the lead to 13 points at 24-11.
A 3-pointer from Jabari Sandifer stopped the run for the Leathernecks, but baskets by Benny Parker and Shavon Shields sandwiched between a Pitchford 3-pointer put the Huskers up 31-14 and the Huskers took a 19-point lead into the locker room.
Nebraska shot 56 in the first half, including 4-of-8 from 3-point range, while holding Western Illinois (0-2) to 32 percent in the half and 38 percent on the night, including 4-of-19 from long range.
Petteway carried the Huskers in a sluggish second half, scoring 10 of his 13 points in the final 20 minutes, as Nebraska cooled off after halftime. Despite shooting just 32 percent in the second half, the Huskers led by as many as 23 points on several occasions, the last being at 58-35 with 4:56 remaining after a Petteway 3-point play, and cruised to a 15-point win.
The Huskers return to action Sunday afternoon as they take on South Carolina State. Tipoff at Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 2 p.m. and the game will be carried on the Husker Sports Radio Network and shown online on the Big Ten Digital Network.
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*-Tim Miles collected his 300th career win tonight. He is now 300-238 in 19 seasons as a head coach.
*-Sophomore transfer Walter Pitchford finished with a career-high 14 points, including three 3-pointers. Pitchford has hit at least two 3-pointers in each of his first two games.
*-Shavon Shields reached double figures for the fourth straight game dating back to last season, finishing with 13 points in the victory.
*-Nebraska has not trailed in either game this season, as both of its first two games came against teams which reached the postseason in 2012-13.


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Johnny Depp said goodbye to his dear friend Hunter S. Thompson back in 2005 — the actor is the one who paid the bill for the gonzo journalist's outlandish and elaborate funeral — but sometimes it feels as though the late writer is still around. "Hunter? He never leaves," Depp said with a wistful chuckle, "he's just always going to be there."
Depp is certainly helping to make sure the iconoclastic author doesn't fade from memory. The actor portrayed Raoul Duke, Thompson's ever-slippery narrator and tripped-out alter ego, in Terry Gilliam's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998) and now he's returned to voice that role again for a desert-highway cameo in the animated adventure "Rango." Depp has the title role in "Rango," too, as a quirky little lizard on a spiritual journey through an Old West-style adventure, and he says that Thompson's mad Duke also contributed to the personality of the reptile in the Hawaiian shirt.
This fall, Depp will be on the hunt for the Hunter spirit again when he stars in writer-director Bruce Robinson's "The Rum Diary," which also features Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart and Giovanni Ribisi. The movie, filmed back in 2009, is based on the Thompson novel of the same title that was written in the early 1960s but not published until 1998. Depp plays a besotted freelance journalist named Paul Kemp who ends up in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at a newspaper where the writers are fueled by booze, lust, disappointment, ego and adventure. Thompson wrote the book at age 22 and it was intensely informed by his own escapades in Puerto Rico, an island he traveled to in 1960 for a gig at an ill-fated sports publication.
The names may change — and, with Rango, even the species — but Depp will have brought Thompson to the screen in spirit four times with the release of "The Rum Diary." It's not lost on Depp that Thompson will be almost as persistent a presence in his career as Jack Sparrow, the fey and decadent swashbuckler from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films.
"It's been a gas to do," Depp said. "He's part of me, you know? You know Hunter was one of my best friends and one of my favorite people that ever lived."
Thompson died at age 67 in a gunshot suicide — his relatives said he was weary of the pain and prognosis associated with his assorted medical maladies — and his ashes were fired out of a cannon at his funeral, which also featured fireworks and about 250 guests, including George McGovern, Jack Nicholson, Ed Bradley and Sean Penn as well as Bill Murray, who also portrayed Thompson on screen ("Where the Buffalo Roam," 1980) . At the time, Depp explained the event to the Associated Press as a loving farewell: "All I'm doing is trying to make sure his last wish comes true. I just want to send my pal out the way he wants to go out." [Update: An earlier version of this post used the word "shotgun" instead of "gunshot" to describe the Thompson suicide. The former is incorrect, the latter is accurate.]
Thompson's legacy is his larger-than-life persona — gun-toting, drug-gobbling master of the absurd and ferocious foe of the hypocritical — as well as gonzo journalism, where the writer steps to the center of the story he or she chronicles with a fire-breathing gusto. His best-remembered work appeared in the pages of Rolling Stone and in books such as "Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs," "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" and "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72."
It was "Rango" director Gore Verbinski who hatched the idea of inserting the Thompson look-alike at the wheel of a convertible that collides with the title chameleon in the animated film. "The beauty of that is here's Gore, who is just fearless, and he goes and he puts that in the movie based on a riff," Depp said. "We were talking about the lizard and the Lizard Lounge [hallucination scene] in 'Fear and Loathing' and then, 'Hey wouldn't it be funny' if this and then, pop-pop-pop, it's in there. I recorded the Raoul Duke character's voice and then of course Rango's voice as well. And when we did it, I was back in the Hunter gear, you know? It's an interesting thing, let me tell you. And to have two characters that I've played on screen meet, that was sort of interesting. I'd like to have that happen more often."
So perhaps we might see Depp's version of Thompson step aboard the Black Pearl someday and exchange pirate grins with Sparrow? "I'd do it," Depp said without hesitation. "Time travel is always an option."
— Geoff Boucher
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So, what's your point?
No Ray Lewis. No Ed Reed. No Rex Ryan. Still better than the Jets D.
Baltimore is the team the Jets try to be. They're playing very stout defense all 4 quarters, and the offense is resourceful enough to get it done and not beat themselves.
Flacco is turning into a pretty damn good QB. Minimizes turnovers and picks his spots well his cannon arm. Very smart and the guy has developed a lot.
I don't think Geno will ever come close to being as good as Flacco until he makes his dropback quicker and learns to play under center.
So, what's your point?
The difference is Baltimore has John Harbaugh, and we have Rex Ryan. They have Ozzie Newsome, we had Mike Tannenbaum.
The Ravens experiment should end this season, and Rex should be fired. Then bring in an offensive-minded head coach who knows how to control a locker room and develop players.
John Harbaugh is class. As good as it gets.
I get really sick of people slobbering all over the Ravens. I'll concede, they win games and the won the biggest one last year, can't change that.
Living in Baltimore area, I watch a lot of the Ravens. I have never seen teams so consistently shank the way teams shank against the Ravens. Patriots, last two years...should have wiped the floor with them. Gronkowski, Hernandez, Welker, plus couldn't beat Lardarius Webb and some other guys (well they did two years ago but only because Lee Evans, Lee Evansed).
Even the Denver game. It was a decently even game. Terrible Pey-Pey interception late lets them back in it. No problem, Broncos score again go up 7. Rahim Moore makes one of the worst game-on-the-line defensive plays I've ever seen. A high school safety could have made that play. Even still...only a tie. Over a minute, two timeouts, Peyton Manning oh and Prater kicking in Denver. This is easy. No!...3 Knees.
Vikings, just last week, should have beat them three times! Managed to lose. Decide to kick it short to Jacoby Jones. Huh????
Then tonight. Calvin Johnson, Reggie Bush, Nate Burleson. Shouldn't have been too hard. No, Stafford goes full-retard.
How about Ozzie's awesome free-agent acquisitions this year? Michael Huff...GONE. Marcus Spears...GONE. Genius "Ozzie Moves" in March. Dumervil has exactly 0.5 more sacks than Calvin Pace.
What about some of their recent draft picks. Jimmy Smith is experiencing the first year he hasn't been benched since being a 1st round pick. Terrance Cody barely made the roster. A lot of others already gone. Upshaw, another 1st rounder, looking not too much more than average. Matt Elam, only a rookie but will leave some to be desired.
James Ihedigbo is one of their starting safeties. Let that sink in.
They are a good organization and they do things well, but there are also a lot of horseshoes left from when the Colts played in Baltimore.
Its like how the Jets are the best team that game plans against the Jets. Most teams seem to do that against the Ravens.
Two quick facts...
1. The Ravens couldn't score a single TD tonight
2. The Jets offense scored more points than the Ravens this weekend. And, it was against a better, 10-4, team
But yeah, Flacco and the Ravens are awesome.
What is a "pretty damn good QB" to you guys? Simply better than we have? Flacco has got to be one of the most overrated players in the entire league and I don't understand all the love for the guy. For that contract and all the talk you guys would surely expect someone with less than 17 ints (third most) on the year, surely better than +1 td/int spread for the $100m man, especially with Ray & Torrey catching balls and balancing the field. He should surely be able to put the team on his back and lead a dominant offense, right? Surely not someone who didn't crack 4k yards last season and won't this season either. Surely not, right? We can't be talking about the same guy who struggles to complete 60% of his passes and hasn't reached that mark since 2010, right? Look, the dude played lights out last post-season, and that is the only time that he has. His prior runs in into the playoffs have handicapped the rest of his team. He plays a decent game today and everyone is all over him and he's Joe Cool again, I just don't get it. Over the last few years he has been your prototypical average,yet stable QB. This takes nothing away from his run last year, but I'm sorry I just don't get it.
Ravens D has a much better secondary, which makes the front seven stronger. We have the better front seven, but a horrendous secondary


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OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 30, 2013) – There wasn't much Oklahoma Christian's men's tennis team didn't accomplish in 2012. National title? Check. The No. 1-ranked singles player in the NAIA? Check. National coach of the year honors? Check.
The Eagles left the NAIA in style with the program's second national championship. As the university begins the transition into NCAA Division II, OC has moved into the National Christian College Athletic Association, along with several other former top NAIA tennis schools, including Fresno Pacific (Calif.), the team the Eagles stunned 5-4 in last May's NAIA championship match in Mobile, Ala.
There's another title out there to be had, and with four starters and a key reserve back from last season's 20-3 team, the odds would appear good the Eagles will challenge for it under longtime coach Kris Miller, who earned his fifth Intercollegiate Tennis Association NAIA men's coach of the year award in 2012.
The Eagles will begin the 2013 season on Friday in Abilene, Texas, first playing Tyler (Texas) Junior College in an exhibition before taking on NCAA Division III Trinity (Texas) later in the day. OC will face Abilene Christian (Texas) on Saturday.
"We only have six players, which is kind of tough, especially if somebody gets hurt," said student assistant coach Renardy Guelfi, who was a member of last season's title-winning team. "But we are preparing the guys to be in shape. They are working hard to make sure they're not injured."
At the top of OC's lineup will be two of the nation's best small-college players. Junior Bruno Tiberti ended last season ranked No. 1 in the NAIA and was named as the Ward-Ballenger Outstanding Player at the NAIA Championship, while senior Martin Poboril was No. 9. As a doubles duo, they were ranked No. 2.
Poboril reached the semifinals of the ITA Division II South Central Regional in Abilene last fall, while Tiberti fell in the third round. In doubles, they reached the regional title match. Both are starting off a bit lower in the preseason ITA Division II national rankings – Poboril at No. 33, Tiberti at No. 41 and No. 8 as a doubles duo – but they figure to move up as the season progresses.
Who plays at the No. 1 position and who plays at No. 2 will differ from tournament to tournament, much as it did last season.
"We feel like it's important to always be mixing it up, to make sure other coaches see that it's not predictable," Guelfi said. "That will keep them from arranging their lineups against us."
Last year's No. 3 player, Jaime Sanchez-Canamares, plans to take a redshirt season in 2013, leaving that spot open. Guelfi said any of OC's four other players – Nicolas Auruccio, Josip Smoljan, Julio Pulido or Paulo Roessle – could play in that spot.
Auruccio held down the No. 6 singles spot during OC's NAIA tournament run and finished the season with a 6-4 singles record – including 2-1 at nationals. Pulido played at No. 5 or No. 6 most of the season and went 10-1 before a late-season injury kept him out of the national tournament. Roessle, a senior, went 5-1 in singles, playing at No. 5 or No. 6.
Smoljan is the wild card. The freshman redshirted last season but had an impressive fall, reaching the quarterfinals of the South Central Regional in singles and the semifinals in doubles, teamed with Roessle. He is No. 12 in the regional preseason rankings in singles and No. 4 in doubles.
"It's been a headache to decide who is going to be third," Guelfi said. "Not because we don't have a No. 3, but because all of them are working so hard and putting a lot of effort into it and improving. That makes it hard for us to decide. They are all playing good and have evolved from last year."
As they are unsure about how the singles lineup will fall, OC coaches also still are looking to determine the best doubles pairings, although Tiberti and Poboril are certain to continue their successful partnership. Guelfi said initially, the Eagles will pair Smoljan and Roessle, and Auruccio and Pulido.
OC's schedule figures to be nothing short of brutal, with 11 matches against opponents that finished in the final Division II top 50 rankings last season and only three home dates.
On OC's schedule are preseason No. 3 Lynn (Fla.), No. 4 Barry (Fla.), No. 5 Hawaii Pacific, No. 11 Abilene Christian, No. 15. St. Edward's (Texas), No. 18 Incarnate Word (Texas), No. 19 Cameron, No. 24 Midwestern State (Texas), No. 29 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), No. 38 Delta State (Miss.) and No. 47 Southeastern Oklahoma State.
The Eagles' home opener won't be until April 4, when they host Midwestern State at Oak Tree Country Club in Edmond.
If everything goes as planned, the Eagles will finish the season at the same place they made their 2012 title run – in Mobile, Ala., this time for the NCCAA Championship.
"They aren't thinking that we're already good," Guelfi said. "They are always trying new things, changing things that need to be changed. They are always looking for improvement. That is good."


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July 2011—Even before recent research confirmed the powerful preventive effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on HIV transmission, demand for improved and expanded HIV treatment had been escalating around the world. Late last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) released treatment guidelines encouraging physicians to initiate ART far earlier than previously recommended, a target that stands to further intensify demand for anti-AIDS drugs.
In Asia, the goal of expanding HIV treatment runs head-on into reality. The gap in this region between those who need ART and those who are getting it is among the widest in the world—only 29 percent of the 1.5 million in need are being reached, a figure well below the global average of 37 percent. Drugs to prevent mother-to-child transmission reach just 26 percent of those in need compared with a global average of 45 percent. Complicating the picture are increases in treatment failure and the emergence of resistance to first-line ART drugs.
Acting on the imperative of treatment expansion despite its steep challenges, TREAT Asia and other groups in the region have baded together to form the Asia Treatment Working Group with the aim of promoting treatment access and higher quality HIV healthcare. The Asia-Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+), the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), Médecins Sans Frontières–Access Campaign (MSF), and TREAT Asia have launched a series of projects with support from key UN agencies including UNAIDS and UNICEF.
Each organization involved in the Working Group brings its own expertise to the joint endeavor—from TREAT Asia's proficiency with research and APN+'s skill with community mobilization, to ITPC's policy experience and MSF's knowledge of access issues.
One main objective of the partnership is to help implement the new WHO guidelines, which recommend a lower threshold for ART and the use of more potent and effective drugs such as tenofovir for first-line treatment. Currently stavudine (d4T) is the first-line drug of choice in most resource-limited countries because of its low cost, but it presents a host of long-term problems. TREAT Asia has helped make the new WHO guidelines clearer for community groups and activists by developing, translating, and producing community-friendly fact sheets on the revised guidelines that have been translated into seven regional languages with more to come.
"Shifting to tenofovir will be a giant step for the region," said Jennifer Ho, TREAT Asia's manager of community programs. "The push is to stop using sub-optimal drug regimens so you don't have to go to second-line. Instead, you invest more up front so you don't have to take the second step. This is what optimizing treatment is—improving the regimen."
Drug access is another important concern for the Working Group, particularly in reference to ongoing global trade negotiations that threaten access to generic antiretroviral drugs. But the availability of medicines can be a local issue as well when it comes to maintaining supply chains to ensure that drugs are in stock when and where patients need them. To analyze treatment access at the community level, the Working Group is creating a database that will track how far people have to travel to get their medicines and whether they are consistently available.
With the aim of expanding interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), the Working Group hosted a regional community forum in Bangkok in April. "This information is highly complex and technical," said Ho, "so it made sense for TREAT Asia to develop the content. We did the same for a previous forum on drug resistance."
The Treatment Working Group is also providing technical support for a six-country survey of maternal and child health, including PMTCT, led by Women of APN+. Preliminary analysis has indicated multiple violations of HIV-positive women's sexual and reproductive health rights and has raised serious concerns regarding the quality of PMTCT across all surveyed countries.
Summarizing the aspirations of the coalition, Ho declared: "It's time to bring the quality of treatment in Asia up to what the Western world has had for 15 years."
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She missed him OHMOREANDMOREEVERYDAY
He promised her OHOHALLTHESUGARCOATEDLIESSHEBELIEVED
She missed the way he would brush his fingers against her skin, creating a delicate web of tingles ANDOHOHOHHOWSHELIEDOHHOWTHISWASHERFAULT
She missed the way he would attack her with rough kisses on her neck, shoulders, mouth, cheeks. ANDOHTHESWEETVICTORYOFITALLWASTOOMUCHTOBEAR
She missed the way he would hide, beg, cower ANDOHOHITWASALLHERFAULT!
She missed the way he would let out a choked cry as she removed her blade from his abdomen, watching him writher ANDOHOHOHHOWSHEENJOYEDITHOWSHEDIDOHYES
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MIDDLEBORO -- The Plymouth County Republican Club and Middleboro Republican Town Committee will hold a forum for candidates for Congress in the 9th District from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at town hall.
Republicans Mark Alliegro, John Chapman, Vincent Cogliano Jr. and Daniel Shores plan to attend.
For more information, contact Chuck Kowalker at 508-923-9945


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Water Main Repair Shuts Off Pleasant Valley Residents
The City of Wichita Falls is currently repairing a water main break at the intersection of Old Iowa Park Road and Talley. This line feeds water to the residents of Pleasant Valley, who will not have water service until repairs are completed early this afternoon.
The City of Pleasant Valley mistakenly issued a Code Red notification to the City of Iowa Park and City of Wichita Falls indicating that their water was going to be shut off. Water service to these two cities is not affected by this break and will continue as usual. The repair is expected to be completed sometime between 1:30 and 3:30 pm today. For more information contact the Public Information Office at 761-7401


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A Tap on the Glass - Vol. 43 - Finding Passion
I was talking with Cindy at the CVTA office earlier this week and Cindy was remarking how much she appreciates the opportunity to work with our membership.
…and it gave me pause, for thought.
It's a question that I'm betting you've paused and asked yourself on more than one occasion…and I'm not referring to recent discussions with your significant other….
Do you have passion?
Do you feel like something is missing in your life?
Are you finally waking up to the fact that you've been distracting yourself with the unnecessary?
Just how much time do you really have to spend on that Facebook account or let people know your every move on Twitter or Foursquare?
Working a 9-to-5 job just to scrape together a living isn't the most fulfilling way to live. In fact, it's more debilitating than energizing.
Taking the leap from 9-to-5 to what is your PASSION is hard, but if you really want fulfillment, it's just what needs to be done. I've been subliminally making this suggestion to members of my own family for some time now…in hopes they'll listen. Occasionally, I even listen to myself.
There are a lot of excuses you can use, and a lot of obstacles that will come in your way. Some will be valid. Some will be excuses.
What it all boils down to how determined you are to create the life of your dreams. To be happy.
This is not for everyone. In fact, it's not for most people around you.
It requires an amazing amount of discipline, motivation, courage and, of course, passion. There's that word again.
It demands that you embrace being uncomfortable and that you learn to deal with confusion.
When I went from being an on-air personality in '87 to pursuing my passion, it wasn't easy, but looking back now, it was worth it.
When you live an unconventional life, you grow much faster than someone who's looking for security, comfort and convenience.
If you really want to stay stuck—let "overwhelm" take control. When you're looking for your passion, it'll feel like you have an unlimited amount of options, but when you really prune them down and are honest with yourself, you'll see that you're left with just a handful.
It's easy to look at everything you're interested in and count them as options, but when you REALLY stop and listen to your heart, you'll see what is true and what is not.
We've been brought up to believe a lot of things that are false. It might be a good idea to pause and observe what beliefs are running your life and ask yourself if they are beneficial for where you want to go. A lot of people have difficulty with this, because they're justly afraid of what they're going to see! Which brings me to….
When you're about to dive into something new, you will be afraid, and your mind will try to stop you. Anything unpleasant should be avoided. That's what we automatically believe, right?
You will often sabotage yourself because of underlying fears. Many have told me that they cannot decide what their passion is. I don't have answers. No one can truly answer that question, but one. Look in the mirror.
Realize that choosing a passion and running with it isn't going to define your life, it is just the beginning.
BUT, if you don't take action, you won't get anywhere. Focus on getting started instead of being perfect.
Missing Out
When you have a lot of options in front of you, the biggest fear of missing out is always present.
When I started, I knew my passions were self-improvement, natural health and financial freedom. Most importantly, was making a difference in SOMETHING.
I still have those fears, but I welcome it as part of the process of pursuing what I love.
While I was afraid of missing out, I also knew that if I didn't pick one, I'd miss the train. You can either pick one, or miss out on them all. It is up to you.
The feeling of missing out and wanting to do everything at once is an illusion. You can't do them all, and even if you tried, you'd probably fail horribly.
Again, this is just the beginning of your journey, so pick one passion and go.
When I've asked friends and associates what their biggest obstacles were when trying to find their passion, time frequently made the top three.
In the end, it's not that you don't have enough time; it's that you fail to prioritize.
If you're watching TV, watching the news and doing stuff that doesn't need to be done, you don't really want to go after your passion.
If you really wanted to find your passion, you'd make time, wouldn't you?
So what if you work all day and have a family? There are people who've been in much worse situations and made it work. Why not you?
Excuses are irrelevant, because they are always manufactured by your mind.
There may be outside influences that certainly make them feel valid, but if you REALLY look at the situation the excuses you're using are almost always self generated.
If you want to live the life you've always lived, go ahead and accept your excuses.
But if you're ready for something else, you have to throw your excuses out the window.
It doesn't matter what kind of excuses you have, because they can always be overcome. Maybe not today or tomorrow or this year or next. But they CAN be overcome, once you make up your mind to do and BE whatever it is you have a passion for.


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A Washington County woman is in the hospital after Bay County Sheriff's Deputies shot her.
It happened about 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at a home on North Blue Springs Road, just across the Bay County line in Washington County.
A woman who lived there, 62 year old Mary Ethel Loflin, called a National Crisis hotline, which referred the call the Washington County Deputies.
One of them arrived a little after noon.
Loflin, who was standing on the porch and armed with a rifle, allegedly fired at him, but missed both times. That set-off a stand-off that went on for 2-hours.
Both Sheriff Bobby Haddock and Frank McKeithen phoned the woman, trying to convinced her to surrender.
A member of the Bay County swat team fired a non-lethal round that hit the woman, knocking her to the ground, but they say she recovered and pointed her weapon at them.
That's when several swat officers fired, hitting the woman.
Paramedics were already standing by and immediately life-flighted her to Bay Medical Center, where she underwent surgery.


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My granddaughter and her friend at the Puyallup Fair this year. (Its actually the Western Washington Fair, but has always been known as the Puyallup) tfl.
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Having eight players bound for free agency may be taking a toll on the Jazz and could be partly to blame for the team's late-season collapse, coach Tyrone Corbin said Friday. "It may have a little something to do with where we are," Corbin said. "We can't do anything about it. We've got to play our way through it, that stuff we can't do anything about until it's time to do something about it." The struggling Jazz (34-34) have 14 games left in the regular season and play at the Western Conference-leading Spurs on Friday. San Antonio is expected to get All-Star point guard Tony Parker back in the lineup after the French national team star missed eight games with a sprained left ankle. The Jazz were five games ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers in the West and appeared a virtual lock for a postseason appearance the morning of the trade deadline (Feb. 21). However, they have lost 10 of their last 13 games and slipped out of the playoff picture entirely. They are 1½ games behind the Lakers for eighth and three games behind Houston following a 100-93 loss to the Rockets on Wednesday. "I just thought that we would be in a better place at this stage of the season," Corbin said. "Although the schedule has been tough, we've played tough stretches of the schedule. I thought we'd be better in this stretch right now. I thought we'd be playing better." Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson headline a large group of Jazz players who will be unrestricted free agents once the season ends, and Corbin said factors such as wanting to produce bigger numbers and not getting hurt could impact individuals' performances at this point in the year. "All that stuff could come into play," Corbin said. "I've been a free agent before. You've got a lot of things that come into play now." Corbin said he would not change his starting lineup Friday, despite openly criticizing the effort and defense of that unit in Wednesday's loss. On Thursday, Corbin said the team's practice was "as good as it can be" after a bad loss, but that the mood of the team was "concerning."
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Local Invention Could Save Lives During Fires | News
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Like so many of us, Al Shaw was deeply impacted by the events on September 11, 2001. The images of people jumping to their deaths from the Twin Towers were burned into his memory.
So the Western New Yorker changed career paths and ventured into the business of fire prevention.
Al's first invention was Fireline 520, a system of fire barriers used mostly in stadiums and public buildings.
But his newest invention is his best, Al says.
It's called the Butterfly Smoke Seal. The product can be placed under and around doors to keep smoke out of a room. Al says they're great for homes, dorm rooms, hotels and offices.
2 On Your Side was there as the product was tested during a fire training session at Niagara County Community College in Sanborn.
The product is now available for sale by SkyMall, and Al hopes to be in the big box stores nationwide in the coming months.
You can learn more about Al and the Butterfly Smoke Seal by watching our special report in the video player.


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The founding of the Center for Advanced Film Manufacturing was recently announced in Martinsville-Henry County during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Patrick Henry Community College.
Through a public-private partnership, the center will offer a 28-credit Advanced Film Certification Program. Students will take classes at Patrick Henry Community College and New College Institute, while receiving access to hands-on training with machinery and equipment at nearby Eastman Chemical and Commonwealth Laminating & Coating. In March, Eastman Chemical announced plans to acquire Commonwealth Laminating & Coating.
Advanced film experts at Eastman Chemical and Commonwealth Laminating & Coating are advising on curriculum and will participate as part-time instructors. The companies will also offer internships and all graduates of the program are guaranteed an interview at Eastman Chemical.
The Martinsville-Henry County region has become "the window film capital of the world," producing more than 30 percent of the global supply of coated and dyed film.
Performance or advanced films are terms used to describe any film applied to another material, such as a glass window. Films come in the form of tints, laminates, coating and composites, providing benefits such as tints on car windows to reduce glare, tints on office building windows for privacy, additional strength to industrial windows for security, and the addition of photovoltaic materials to solar panels to capture the sun's energy.
Students can apply to the Advanced Film Certification Program on the PHCC website, and the first class will commence in fall 2014.
Virginia is home to more than 200 plastics companies, and the Center for Advanced Film Manufacturing will help ensure the Commonwealth has a well-trained workforce pipeline to maintain its leadership in this industry sector. To learn more, click here.
Two employees at Eastman Chemical stand proudly in Martinsville-Henry County, "the window film capital of the world." Photo courtesy of Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corp.
Patrick Henry Community College (PHCC) began offering tours of its Fab Lab this summer. The Fab Lab is short for digital fabrication laboratory, which gives students and local businesses access to 3D design and prototyping equipment to create new products and inventions.
The Fab Lab concept originated at MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms. In November 2011, PHCC, the New College Institute and Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation sponsored a two-week visit from the Mobile Fab Lab of the Carolinas. During that time the lab received more than 300 visits from interested students and community members.
Working with the same partners, PHCC was able to obtain funding from the Virginia Community College System to purchase equipment and establish its own Fab Lab.
Located at the The Artisan Center in Martinsville, the 1600-square-foot Fab Lab houses a Roland MDX 20 mini mill, Roland CAMM-1 Servo GX-24 vinyl cutter, Stratasys uPrint SE Plus FDM 3D printer, Morgan Industries Morgan Press G-100T Injection Molder, Formech 686 Vacuum Former, Universal Laser 4.60, Routermate 4' x 4' CNC router and Torchmate 2' x 4' CNC plasma cutter.
The 10 Dell workstations in the lab offer open source software, which allows entrepreneurs and students to seamlessly continue their work at home or in other locations.
The Fab Lab has generated a lot of interest among students and business partners in the community. Lab Coordinator Matthew Wade estimates the lab has seen more than 100 visitors since its soft launch in April.
The lab will host a grand-opening event this fall to coincide with its first class, a basic manufacturing class that will teach students and entrepreneurs how to use the equipment in the lab to bring their ideas to life.
"Inventors can create designs with our software, use the vinyl cutter and CNC mill to fabricate and carve out a circuit board, and then utilize our 3D printer to produce a working model of their new product idea," said PHCC Lab Coordinator Matthew Wade.
The PHCC Fab Lab is another example of the cutting-edge technology available at Virginia's colleges and universities, helping prepare a strong pipeline of technically-skilled workers. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's recent Enterprising States study, Virginia is the No. 1 state in STEM job concentration and has the No. 1 share of high-tech businesses.
To learn more about Virginia's leading higher education system and workforce preparation programs, click here.
A view of the Patrick Henry Community College Fab Lab in Martinsville, Va.
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Please join KLRU's Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with Deepak Chopra
Date: February 21
Time: 11:30 a.m. Doors open at 11
Location: KLRU's Studio 6A (map).
RSVP: The event is free but an RSVP is required. RSVP now
Deepak Chopra travels the world to share his message about mind-body connections, exploring the relationships between physical, emotional, social, spiritual and mental wellness. He has earned enormous popularity working as a physician, a bestselling author of more than 64 books, a columnist, a radio host and a sought-after lecturer who routinely makes lists of the world's most engaging public speakers. His books have addressed an astonishing range of topics, including stress, aging, relationships, yoga, sexuality, DaVinci, pregnancy, joy and the relationship between science and religion. We thank the Long Center for bringing Chopra to Austin.
We hope you'll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith continues a second season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor. The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS stations from California to Florida. We hope you'll be there for the second season of this exciting program. Overheard airs on KLRU at 7 p.m. Thursdays and 12:30 p.m. Sundays. Episodes are also available online at klru.org/overheard


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Motorcycles. Mayhem. Murder.One minute you're on the road, riding. Not a care in the world. Then some guy in a suit comes along, says he's got a deal for you and your gang. But when you come to, you've got a lump on your head, the law on you back, and a feeling in your gut that the road you're on is about to get a lot rougher...
Beat up. Busted. Mad. Ben's been double-crossed before. But this time they messed with his gang, they trashed his bike, and they're about to come back for more.
Chain saws. Tire irons. Semi trucks. Everything's coming after Ben at once. Trouble's riding his back so tight it makes the leather squeak. He's got to out-fight it, out-smart it, and out-run it if he wants to survive.
Suits. Cops. Minivans.The society that cast him out long ago wants him back -- Dead or Alive. A faceless legal system wants Ben for murder. A greedy executive wants him for money. A mysterious woman wants him for revenge.
Kicking graphics, brutal puzzles, and a head-on collision of action and adventure! Movie-quality sound and a full digital score featuring the Gone Jackals - an authentic hard-hammerin' biker band! A cinematic adventure game combining both 3D and 2D animation. Full Throttle paints its hardened road warriors against the backdrop of a futuristic setting. Ben, hardcore biker and gang leader, has been framed for the murder of a prominent citizen, Malcom Corley. Separated from his gang and a fugitive from the law, Ben determines to find the true murderer, clear his own name, and rescue the sole heiress of the Corley Motorcycle Company. The game balances between a rich storyline and action-packed scenes which include explosive gang wars, first-person road sequences, and a climactic showdown between the rival gangs.
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Max Scherzer won his ninth straight decision, and the Tigers beat Kansas City 3-2 to snap the Royals' six-game winning streak.
Scherzer became the first Tigers starter to begin the season 9-0 since Vern Kennedy in 1938 by pitching seven sharp innings.
He limited the Royals to three hits and two runs, while striking out six and walking two.
Aaron Crow (2-2), who was a college teammate of Scherzer's at Missouri, took the loss after pitching out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh.
Crow hit Miguel Cabrera with a pitch to start the eighth. Cabrera advanced to third on Prince Fielder's single to right on a full count and scored on Victor Martinez's sacrifice fly to left. That was the first run allowed by the Kansas City bullpen in 21 innings.
In Arlington, Texas, Corey Kluber allowed one run over eight innings as the Indians beat the Rangers to snap an eight-game losing streak.
The Indians also ended a 12-game road losing streak.
Mark Reynolds had RBI single in the fourth off Derek Holland (5-3) that put Cleveland ahead to stay. Drew Stubbs added a two-run single in the fifth and scored on a single by Nick Swisher, who had only two hits his previous 28 at-bats.
Kluber (4-4) went to Coppell High School, which is less than 40km from Rangers Ballpark. The right-hander struck out three with three walks and benefited from three double plays.
Lefty Holland, who pitched a season-low 4-1/3 innings, was 4-0 with a 2.40 ERA in his previous seven starts.
In St Petersburg, Florida, Matt Joyce hit one of three homers off Jon Lester to help the Rays beat the AL East-leading Red Sox.
Joyce, one day after being hit by a pitch that sparked a bench-clearing scrum, put the Rays up 7-3 on a two-run shot in the fifth that ended Lester's night.
Desmond Jennings homered twice, while Evan Longoria also went deep for the Rays. Roberto Hernandez (4-6) allowed three runs and seven hits over seven-plus innings.
Lester (6-3) had his winless streak reach five starts, including three losses, since beating the Rays on May 15. The left-hander gave up seven runs, eight hits and seven walks in 4-2/3 innings.
In Baltimore, Maryland, Miguel Gonzalez allowed one run over eight innings, while Nick Markakis hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh inning as the Orioles beat the Angels.
Light-hitting Ryan Flaherty contributed two well-timed hits for the Orioles, whose third straight victory put them a season-high nine games over .500 (37-28).
The Angels lost their fourth in a row, despite a home run by Mike Trout that traveled an estimated 136.5m.
Angels center fielder Peter Bourjos made the defensive play of the night, robbing J.J. Hardy of a two-run homer in the first inning.
After retreating toward the warning track, Bourjos pressed his body against the wall with a perfectly timed leap, stuck his glove well over the 2.1m barrier and caught the ball.
In other AL action, it was:
‧ Mariners 4, Astros 0
‧ Athletics 6, Yankees 4
In a game highlighted by a heated brawl in the seventh inning that involved both players and coaches, Tim Federowicz hit a go-ahead three-run double in the eighth inning to help the Los Angeles Dodgers rally for 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.
Arizona starter Ian Kennedy, manager Kirk Gibson and coach Turner Ward, along with Dodgers star rookie Yasiel Puig and hitting coach Mark McGwire were ejected after the prolonged bench-clearing scuffle.


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Cruises allure more honeymooners
(NewsUSA www.newsusa.com)- There are 2.5 million weddings in the United States each year, and the weddings business is a $40 billion annual industry, including the ceremony, reception, bachelor(-ette) parties and honeymoon. Increasingly, newlyweds are opting for a cruise for a cost-effective and carefree honeymoon.
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I was doing the build step for apache http server, and I kept getting this error saying something could not allocate memory. I did some searching, and I didn't exactly find an answer, but it seems that the problem may have been that my server just didn't have enough memory to execute the make in one go. So I kept on trying, and that seems to have worked (still working on the apache installation).
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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is warning the public this month about fraudulent phone callers
seeking to deceive people into revealing sensitive personal health and financial information. The callers, who claim to be representatives of CDPH, contact people to inquire about a surgery or medical procedure in hopes of obtaining personal information such as bank accounts and medical history. CDPH does not make such calls.
Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the CDPH and state health officer, said the public needs to be careful about sharing their personal information.
"People should be cautious about unsolicited phone calls regarding their personal health," said Dr. Chapman. "These
callers can be very convincing but no one should ever give out their financial or medical information during an initial
telephone call. If you receive one of these calls, you should hang up immediately and report it."
Based on complaints received by CDPH, the callers are often male with heavy foreign accents and primarily target women, some of whom may have had surgical mesh or bladder sling surgery. The callers may hint at offers of compensation and attempt to lure consumers into giving out private information.
If you receive such a call, do not provide the caller with any personal information such as your address, date
of birth, social security number, any banking or credit card information, or any health-related information.
Instead, hang up and contact the Attorney General's Office at (800) 952-5225 or online at Attorney General's Office to report the call. Consumers can also file a complaint with the
Federal Trade Commission at File A Complaint.


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KLRU's Linda Lehmusvirta has received the 2016 Media Awards Gold Medal of Achievement for Best Overall Broadcast Media, from the GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators for her work as producer on Central Texas Gardener.
A total of 11 Gold Medals were awarded at the 2016 GWA Awards & Honors Dinner, held on Monday, September 19.
This national award recognizes individuals and companies who achieve the highest levels of talent and professionalism in garden communications. The 2016 competition had more than 250 entries in 56 categories, and Silver Awards of Achievement were given to 59 pieces of work making them semi-finalists for Gold Awards. Lehmusvirta was one of those awarded a silver medal for her work on Central Texas Gardener.
"The GWA Media Awards showcase the writers, photographers, editors, publishers and trade companies that have pursued excellence in gardening communication in print or electronic communications," says Kirk Brown, president of GWA. "The Media Award winners have been judged by industry experts and show significant distinction and merits that exemplify exceptional work."
You can watch Central Texas Gardener on Saturdays at noon or by visiting the website where you can also read all of the blogs.


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Striped bass decline still in question
Last week Captain Jim White, a noted author and charter captain (www.whiteghostcharters.com), said, "Researches have said as much as 75 percent of the striped bass [in the Chesapeake Bay] are infected by mycobacteriosis and they are dying from the disease. "Captain White presented this and other information about striper decline at the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association monthly seminar meeting held last week at the West Valley Inn in West Warwick.
Captain White continued to say that the striped bass stock has been on the decline since 2003 and related that scientists believe it will continue to do so for the next four or five years. Mycobacteriosis was cited as one of the causes of decline. He said, "Additional reasons for decline include poaching, a drastic reduction in food supply [fewer Atlantic Menhaden to eat due to overfishing of this species] and possibly overfishing by commercial and recreation anglers."
White said, "Because of these and other reasons the species is on the decline, so what I am saying is that fish managers and regulators need to take action to prevent the species from crashing."
Captain White said that at their December meeting the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), which regulates fishing regionally, decided not to reduce striped bass commercial and recreational quotas. "This was a mistake," said Captain White. "They had Addendum III on the table but declined to do anything." Addendum III suggested a reduction in the commercial and recreational striped bass harvest for 2012.
Positive striped bass news
At their meeting ASMFC members deciding not to change striped bass harvest amounts pointed to results from a 2011 survey conducted by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) that suggested the production of a strong class of young-of-year striped bass in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay. The 2011 year class represents the group of fish hatched this spring. The news was positive and seemed to have influenced fish managers at the meeting. This class of striped bass is expected to grow to fishable size in three to four years; the bass migrate north in the spring to as far as Maine and then migrate back to the Chesapeake Bay area in the fall. The 2011 study recorded more than 27 fish per seine haul, significantly higher than the historic average of 7.5 fish per seine haul. This is a significant increase from recent years, during which catches of young fish were average. Follow link for study release: www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/striped_bass_survey_results.php.
Malnutrition accelerates mycobacteriosis
In a past 2009 No Fluke column on mycobacteriosis (visit www.noflukefishing.blogspot.com, search mycobacteriosis), it was reported that striped bass were starving as they wintered in the Chesapeake Bay because of a reduced supply of Atlantic menhaden (their primary food) due to commercial over fishing. Lack of food has been substantiated by tag-recapture data studies from spring spawning grounds in Maryland and Virginia. Fish captured in autumn are the same size as fish that are starved in a lab for two months. Malnutrition makes the population vulnerable to mycobacteriosis. The disease causes loss of scales, skin ulcers, severe weight loss and lesions in striped bass. Officials estimate that 60 to 75 percent of the striped bass in Chesapeake Bay are infected. This study was conducted in 2008; preliminary reports on a new study indicate that the effect of mycobacteriosis on striped bass may not be this bad. Watch for the release of this study in the future.
Where's the bite
Mackerel, squid and porpoise off Newport. Dave Henault of Ocean State Tackle, Providence, said, "Customers caught large numbers of both mackerel and squid at the Goat Island causeway bridge in Newport this week. The mackerel were so thick that porpoises were crashing them in and around Newport."
Cod fishing was slow this week, however anglers going out for cod continue to catch large numbers of black sea bass and large scup. The Seven B's (www.sevenbs.com) and Francis Fleet boats (www.francisfleet.com ) are fishing for cod and black sea bass. Larry Norin fished the Francis Fleet Saturday and reports the following on the RISAA blog, "[Me and] 25 others were out on the Frances Fleet. The weather was awesome, 50-plus degrees and calm seas with a light wind out of the SW. Oh, and an hour or so of pouring rain from noon to 1 p.m. was awesome partially because my rod was constantly bent over. We had a two-hour ride out south and mostly east of Block Island. We drifted almost all day except for the last hour. The drift speed was very slow, under .5 knots and we were fishing in about 100 feet of water. Most people used clams all day and a few jigged with not much luck. None stop action all day; the only disappointment was that the cod never showed up [two keepers on the whole boat]. I caught and released about six cod that were 18 to 20 inches. I caught my limit of black sea bass [four fish in the 20-inch range] and limited out on porgies; some were 17 inches and 2-plus pounds. I also caught some ocean perch, red hake, and two huge Christmas eels. I didn't see any pollock or other species except one blue fish and a few dogfish here and there. On the ride home, we stopped to watch a whale do its thing and splash a few times right next to the boat."
Captain Dave Monti has been fishing and shell fishing on Narragansett Bay for over 40 years. He holds a captain's master license, a charter fishing license, and is a member of the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council. Your fishing photos in JPEG form, stories, comments and questions are welcome ... there's more than one way to catch a fish. Visit Captain Dave's No Fluke website at www.noflukefishing.com, his blog at www.noflukefishing.blogspot.com or e-mail him at email@example.com.


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PROPHETSTOWN – Fred W. VanDeWostine, 84, of Prophetstown, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Prophetstown.
Fred was born July 13, 1928, in Geneseo, the son of Fred B. and June (Bentley) VanDeWostine. He married Florence Brooks on July 13, 1944, in Davenport, Iowa. Fred was a member of Leon United Methodist Church in Prophetstown and Geneseo Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed farming, collecting Jim Beam bottles, key chains, playing cards, and bowling.
Survivors include his wife, Florence of Prophetstown; one daughter, Sylvia (Jim) Lane of Rock Falls; three sons, Lyle (Becky) VanDeWostine and Gene (Carol) VanDeWostine, both of Prophetstown, and Denny (Karen) VanDeWostine of Bettendorf, Iowa; one sister, Leah Abbit of East Moline; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Shirley Toxqui; one sister; and two brothers.
A gathering will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home, 46 Grove St., Prophetstown. The memorial service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Gary Brooks officiating. Burial will be at Leon Cemetery in Prophetstown.
In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Nursing Home, 310 Mosher Drive, Prophetstown, IL 61277; and Leon Church, 17173 Lomax Road, Prophetstown, IL 61277.
Visit www.mcdonaldfunerahomes.com to send condolences.


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Are Device Independent Wireless Internet Applications Possible?by Keith Bigelow
As 2003 approaches,the point at which wireless Web users are expected to outnumber wireline users, there's little talk of the challenge to build wireless applications for them, applications to reach reach all of these users (as opposed to segments of these users whose devices support proprietary protocols).
Open source tools, apps, and projects are expected to consume the proprietary, wireless Internet, just as they consumed the wireline Internet with implementations of TCP/IP and HTTP. Further, the combination of open Internet standards and open implementations of these standards will fuel the convergence of the wireless and wireline Internet.
Dominant Wireless Infrastructures Today
There are two major wireless Internet technologies in broad deployment today,WAP and i-mode, with a third, Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), being adopted by PDA and handset manufacturers. The analyst group Eurotechnology reported in November 2000 that the global adoption rate of these technologies was about 60% for i-mode and 39% for WAP. 81% of these wireless Internet devices are in use in Japan today, with the rest scattered throughout Korea, the European Community, and a very tiny percentage in the United States.
By "proprietary", the author means that there is no mechanism that exists for a corporation, non-commercial entity, or individual developer to contribute, implement, or extend these technologies without licensing or payment. Thus, proprietary is contrasted by "open", which implies that such a mechanism exists.
A handset or PDA manufacturer that intends to implement any of these technologies must obtain licenses from Sun, the WAP Forum, or NTT DoCoMo. In the case of WAP, developers are further threatened by patent litigation by Geoworks, which claims to have a patent on WML, and is pursuing patent license royalties from all companies that implement the language.
Each of these wireless technologies today is proprietary and offers dramatically different implementations. Clearly, this presents a daunting challenge to any entity hoping to provide either content (news, sports, stocks, etc.) or applications (games, entertainment, corporate field force automation, etc.) to a global audience. i-mode, which has 21 million subscribers as of this writing, uses Compact HTML (cHTML) for its presentation technology. WAP devices use the Wireless Markup Language (WML) for their presentation technology. The J2ME presentation technology is not a mark up language like cHTML or WML but, rather, Java code. In each of these cases, the technologies are copyrighted and licensed to device manufacturers (both handset and PDA vendors), and there are no open specifications or implementations of them.
The global wireline Internet, however, is built around non-proprietary standards and open implementations. History demonstrates that the underlying data transfer protocol (TCP/IP), the presentation and file transfer protocols (HTTP, FTP), and even the presentation technologies themselves (HTML 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and its successor XHTML 1.0) were successful precisely because they were open standards, which any vendor, non-commercial entity, or developer could implement.
Today's nascent wireless world reminds one of the Internet's early days: instead of conflicting implementations by Netscape and Microsoft of HTML and associated scripting facilities, we have WML/WAP, and cHTML/i-mode for Web phones and handhelds, and SMS for pagers . Like the early days of the wireline internet, wireless internet developers struggle to test their code on as many phones and devices as possible. The implementations of proprietary technologies are so inconsistent as to force a "write once, test everywhere" strategy. Indeed, an entirely new industry has sprung up, as a result of these conflicting implementations, which promises to test and then certify that content or applications that one develops will actually run on implementations of the intended protocols and devices. (See http://www.anywhereyougo.com/, a firm offering to certify that content and applications written to the WAP specification actually function on devices that claim to implement the WAP specification.)
As in the wireline Internet, however, proprietary and conflicting implementations are unsustainable. To succeed, the wireless Internet will move to open standards, and this migration has begun already.
What We've Learned from the Proprietary Wireless Internet So Far
The goal of this paper is not to harangue the existing wireless Internet implementations. The early presentation technologies and protocols substantially improved the wireless landscape by demonstrating to the world technologies and business models that were valuable and, in some cases, valueless.
Lessons from WAP
WAP is something of a contradiction in its technology, implementation, and intent. WAP is nearly open in its intent, with a strong leaning toward heterogeneous carrier networks and handsets. WAP is carrier and handset independent, meaning that any carrier can implement the specification and any handset manufacturer can implement the presentation technology inside a WAP browser. The size of WAP Forum, more than 500 members, demonstrates the compelling benefits of an open handset and carrier approach. However, this openness is clouded by a closed WAP Forum which only gives rights to its paying members, and which hose a technology implementation that worked with no existing tools and no existing development paradigm. I list below some of the compelling technology advantages, most of which were re-implementations of existing wireline Internet standards, as well as the technical and business flaws.
WAP Benefits:
WML is an XML language, which provides an outstanding mechanism to ensure that a document is well-formed, valid, and portable. Dominant Internet technologies such as Java and corresponding .NET technologies from Microsoft completely embrace an XML approach to application development.
WAP provides a lightweight scripting language, which is fairly easy to learn scripting language, inheriting from its Internet cousins JavaScript, VBScript, and ECMAScript.
WAP, as demonstrated by the chart above, has strong adoption among carriers and handset manufacturers, and holds second place in terms of handset units deployed.
WAP Problems:
It has high carrier and developer Costs, requiring a gateway to transcode Internet content and protocols into WAP content and protocols. These gateways are costly, inconsistently implemented, and offer no compatibility test suite to ensure that applications and content are predictably transcoded by the competing vendors who implement the gateways, which leads to high deployment and debugging costs.
Application and Content developers must acquire new, or upgrade existing, tools in order to author WML pages, as traditional web development tools are generally incapable of properly authoring and checking the syntax of WML documents. They must learn new application development concepts (cards, decks, etc.) that are non-trivial.
Due to the necessity of the WAP gateway to transcode content and protocols, there are security concerns about data being decoded and re-encrypted between the server of origin, hosting the application, and the WAP gateway as it transforms HTTPS to WAP/WTLS.
Lessons from i-mode
In the i-mode implementation by NTT DoCoMo, carriers and businesses around the world have witnessed the first viable wireless Internet business model for developers of wireless content and applications. Not surprisingly, NTT learned most of these lessons NTT by observing the wireline Internet.
Under the i-mode network, content and applications developers are able to sell their content for a monthly fee. All three elements of the network are satisfied: the end user receives the content they require; the developer is compensated for creating the content; and the carrier derives income from a commission drawn from the developers' fees, as well as per-packet network revenues.
Further, i-mode has taught carriers and businesses the technical benefits of a nearly open wireless implementation. Specifically, the i-mode network's use of cHTML has resulted in three key business technology benefits:
Rapid Application and Content Development -- because existing HTML developer tools easily author cHTML pages, existing skilled employees can rapidly create i-mode content and applications.
Reduced Costs of Implementation -- because no gateways are required to transcode content or applications in order for that content to reach end users' devices, carriers need not purchase gateways, nor absorb the costs of testing an application to determine its compatibility with different gateways.
- Superior Security -- because there are no gateways on an i-mode network, there is no capacity for security breaches at a gateway, and thus there is end-to-end security for applications and content.
i-mode also taught a rather significant lesson, the impact of which is only now being realized:
Note, NTT DoCoMo has purchased a 16% interest in AT&T Wireless. The i-mode protocol will be brought to the United States and rest of world via the AT&T network as well.
Renegade Implementation -- a proprietary network protocol like cHTML/PDC-P is not easily shared by other carriers, and thus even a handset capable of viewing cHTML cannot access cHTML content if the end user is a SprintPCS, Nextel, or KDDI subscriber. NTT DoCoMo has exclusive control of the protocol, the presentation technology, and the billing mechanisms. Thus, for all the benefits listed above, these benefits can only be realized on the NTT network; developers who want to contribute to, implement, or modify the specifications cannot.
Surprisingly, for a company that learned so many lessons from the wireline Internet, i-mode does not implement any scripting language. The end user experience is limited by the static nature of the pages.
Finally, although NTT DoCoMo was the first to implement Java on the i-mode network, the implementation is a proprietary derivation of the Java 2 Micro Edition specification and not compliant with the tests that Sun provides to ensure application portability between handsets and carriers.
Lessons Learned from Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
Sun, with its "the network is the computer" approach, handles wireless development in a way that demonstrates its background in enterprise application development and deployment platforms. Sun's historical strength within the telecommunications marketplace was not lost on the Java team, and all of the expertise of Sun has been brought to J2ME. Indeed, with J2ME, Sun has completed the evolution of the Java 2 Platform. Java, first implemented as a client technology, then embraced as a portable server technology, has come full circle to find a place on wireless Internet client devices in the form of J2ME.
Benefits of the J2ME platform include the following.
J2ME applications persist on the client -- the single greatest asset to the J2ME approach to wireless applications is the fact that J2ME applications reside on the client and can function on the client device even when the device cannot connect to the network. Network dropouts are inconsequential when the application can persist on the device, capable of caching newly entered data until a new connection is established.
J2ME applications are secure -- the J2ME application developer has full access to HTTPS for end-to-end application security.
J2ME applications are cost effective to carriers -- like i-mode, J2ME requires neither transcoding nor gateways, thus lowering infrastructure costs and simplifying testing.
J2ME applications are pervasive -- nearly every handset, PDA, and carrier has adopted the J2ME specification.
Applications are far more graphically rich, with far higher control of the end user experience (full-motion graphics, business logic executing on the client, etc.)
Constraints of the J2ME platform are as follows.
J2ME in not yet pervasive -- while every manufacturer has licensed the technology, there are precious few devices on the market today (approximately 1 million). New cellular phone adoption has been extremely rapid, however, although with current market conditions this is unknown.
J2ME designers are not HTML/WMP/cHTML designers -- J2ME requires that a content or application developer re-author their application to target J2ME devices (a problem shared with WAP and i-mode). However, a designer can purchase an upgraded tool to author WML and learn these skills. In contrast, a designer is unlikely to take a crash course in Java programming to learn to design presentations in Java, thus forcing the designer to work with Java developers in order to implement their application.
J2ME applications may have installation overhead -- in the USA, carriers have commented that J2ME/MIDlet applications must be installed on the device via a process of connecting to a PC (not unlike how Palm Pilots are synchronized with their PC hosts). This overhead will be costly for large organizations. Note, this is a choice of the carriers, however, as the J2ME applications rolling out in Japan install dynamically over the network.
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Sista Felicia and The Mrs Will Be At Stage Fort With Iced Tea Mason Jars For Today's Cape Ann Farmers' Market!
She'll also have GMG T-Shirts available for all you FOBs!
Stage Fort Park from 3-6:30
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Vandy downs Arkansas in SEC Tournament
Posted: March 14, 2013 at 9:07 p.m.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Kedren Johnson hit all four of his free throws in the final 19.8 seconds, and the 10th-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores upset No. 7 seed Arkansas 75-72 Thursday night in their first chance at defending their Southeastern Conference tournament championship.
The Commodores (15-16) lost the top six players off that title team with three now playing in the NBA. They will play No. 2 seed Kentucky in the quarterfinals Friday night in a rematch of last year's championship game.
Arkansas (19-13) lost for the 12th time in 13 games away from Fayetteville including three times on neutral courts. Not even the fans calling the hogs helped it feel enough like home as the Razorbacks last led at 7-4.
Rod Odom led Vanderbilt with 20 points, Kyle Fuller had 19, Johnson finished with 13 and Dai-Jon Parker 11.
BJ Young led Arkansas with 16 points. Marshawn Powell had 13 and Michael Qualls 10.
The loss was the Razorbacks' sixth straight in the SEC Tournament.


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Cooler weather expected for weekend, forecasters say
By Lisa Burnett
This article was published July 2, 2014 at 10:47 a.m.
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Though storms are expected in the southern part of the state Wednesday, forecasters are predicting a cool and dry Fourth of July weekend.
Isolated severe storms are possible throughout Wednesday into the early evening in the southern part of the state, "south of a line from Glenwood to DeWitt," National Weather Service meteorologist John Robinson said in an email. Some of the storms will drop heavy rain, he said.
Weather service meteorologist Lance Pyle said after a cold front moves through the state Wednesday, cooler, drier weather is expected throughout the weekend.
"A high-pressure system is coming in from the north, bringing cooler and drier air that will last through much of the weekend," Pyle said. "Friday and Saturday should be cooler as far as the Fourth of July is concerned."
Pyle said the cooler weather is expected to begin Wednesday night, with the low temperature in the low to mid-60s.
"It's going to be a little cooler than it has been," he said.
Forecasters expect the lows on Thursday and Friday to be in the low 60s, with the high temperatures in the mid-80s.
Temperatures will rise on Saturday and Sunday, Pyle said.
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DontDrinkDatKoolAid says... July 2, 2014 at 6:55 p.m.
This will be great.
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dddka .... I would have figured you for one that could care less about climate.
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Well somebody may accuse me of trolling for suckers FSM, seeing that you posted here.
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