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Wapak opens season 6th at Piqua tourney
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The Wapakoneta Redskins opened their 2013 season with a sixth-place finish out of 18 teams Monday in the Homan Invitational at Piqua Country Club in Piqua.
The Redskins totaled 349 strokes as a team.
Drew Wayman led Wapak with an 80 for 18 holes.
"Drew played steady throughout the round, as he recorded 10 pars and eight bogeys," Wapak varsity coach Kenny Wayman said. "He hit the ball well, but the greens were the culprit for a really good round."
Elsewhere for the Redskins, Bobby Crow added an 84, Nick Bruns shot an 87 and Ryan Hunlock posted a 98 to finish the scoring.
"Bobby started the round 6-over-par after three holes. However, he came back and shot only 6-over-par for the remaining 15 holes," Wayman said. "This was Nick's first varsity tournament and I thought he played extremely well under that situation."
Wayman evaluated his team's performance in its entirety Monday.
"Overall, I thought we played well, considering it was the first tournament of the year. We have little varsity experience coming back from last year and I thought we handled ourselves exceptionally well," Wayman said. "This was a good tournament to get our feet wet, and hopefully we will just get better throughout this week's tournaments."
Wapak will resume its schedule beginning at 8:30 a.m. today at the Cardinal Invitational at Arrowhead Golf Course in Minster.
Tecumseh was the team champion in Monday's tournament, totaling 308 shots, led by medalist Connor Estes' 72.
The St. Marys Roughriders placed 11th overall Monday.
Team Standings
1. Tecumseh 308; 2. Minster 326; 3. Troy 335; 4. Tipp City 341; 5. Northmont 345; 6. Wapakoneta 349; 7. Greenville 353; 8. Urbana 355; 9. Versailles 361; 10. Piqua A 361; 11. St. Marys 366; 12. Miami East 372; 13. Milton-Union 372; 14. Graham 383; 15. Lehman Catholic 386; 16. Sidney 387; 17. Covington 408; 18. Piqua B 492.
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Chelsea star Juan Mata says former Barcelona manager - and reported Blues target - Pep Guardiola would be a 'great coach' for whatever team he decides to join following his sabbatical.
Guardiola left Barcelona at the end of last season in order to spend more time with his family, and has since been linked with a return to management in the summer with Chelsea.
Roberto di Matteo was sacked as Chelsea boss on Wednesday following defeat to Juventus in the Champions League, and has been replaced buy former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez until the end of the season.
But Guardiola has been touted as a possible long-term successor to Di Matteo at Stamford Bridge, and the Barcelona legend was recently reported to be interested in taking over Chelsea during the summer.
Mata, meanwhile, would be one of the main draws for Guardiola were he to join Chelsea, given the young Spaniard's ability to execute the slick Barcelona inspired tiki-taka style.
And the young Spaniard believes Guardiola will be an instant success, whether he decides to join Chelsea or not.
"Guardiola is a great coach who knows all the players" Mata told the GQ magazine. "I think that he would be a great coach for any team. "
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A day of confusion and farce surrounding Yaya Toure has seemingly ended with the player expressing his unhappiness at Manchester City.
The City midfielder initially appeared to contradict claims from his outspoken agent that he could quit the club this summer because he felt under-appreciated and disrepected.
But, communicating his thoughts via Twitter, he quickly backtracked and made statements in favour of his representative. Much later, an earlier tweet suggesting people should not accept the word of his agent, Dimitry Seluk, was deleted.
Adding to the absurdity was the apparent suggestion from Seluk that one of Toure's main gripes was the club's failure to mark his 31st birthday last week.
This was soon exposed as untrue by the electronic media as a video published by City last week, in which Toure was presented with a birthday cake, was widely circulated. Many also pointed out that the club had tweeted a happy birthday message at the time.
This then threw the spotlight back on Seluk, who has a reputation for making outlandish claims.
But Seluk, in one of a number of interviews conducted with various media outlets to restate his case throughout the day, then clarified his remarks.
"He got a cake but when it was Roberto Carlos's birthday, the president of Anzhi gave him a Bugatti," he told the BBC, although he did add he did not expect City to give Toure a car.
The complaint appeared to be that nobody from a senior position at the club had wished Toure many happy returns.
City did not comment on any of the developments, but with Toure having only signed a four-year contract in 2013, their position is one of strength.
Seluk also has a track record of threatening his client's exit from clubs. He did so in each of the past two seasons at City and also at his previous clubs, notably Barcelona.
In fact last year Seluk demanded Toure's latest contract discussions be concluded by a certain deadline, only for that date to pass and Toure - with little apparent complaint - to sign a month later.
Seluk, however, insisted he was not trying to engineer talks over another new contract.
He said: "It's not a question of money or contract, believe me. He has everything he needs. For Yaya what is the most important thing is human relationships."
That emphasised again the issue of Toure's birthday, which does appear to be a bone of contention.
Toure tweeted: "Everything dimitry said is true. He speaks for me. I will give an interview after world cup to explain."
Toure's stock is currently high after an outstanding 2013-14 season in which he scored 24 goals, 20 of them in City's victorious Barclays Premier League campaign.
But Seluk told talkSPORT: "Honestly, it's not 100 per cent that he will stay at Manchester City, it's better to say 50-50.
"I tell you this is not about (birthday) cake, more importantly it is about attention. Yaya can buy cake for everybody and it's no problem from him.
"When Yaya is on the pitch he works very hard for the entire 90 minutes.
"He takes the ball from his own half and runs the entire length of the field and scores beautiful goals, there aren't too many players who can do this.
"He has motivation to play well for City, he fights for City, but he feels he fights for the team and the club forget about him.
"It's very upsetting for him. When the club celebrated winning the Premier League, everything was good. Yaya had a great season and everybody at Manchester City was together.
"But nobody said congratulations to Yaya for his performances, and that made Yaya think the club don't respect him and don't give him enough attention.
"Of course it's not a question about the money, his relationship with the club is the most important thing to Yaya.
"The attention a player has at a club, the more motivation they have for the future there."
There was a further complication in that Seluk also suggested in another interview that Toure's tweets did not always come from the player himself.
Seluk said on Sky Sports News: "Before that was not really from Yaya. After that Yaya put what he wanted and not what he asked persons to do."
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The Town of Estes Park Board of Trustees, the Estes Valley Planning Commission, and the Larimer County Commissioners will meet at 2 p.m. April 9 in rooms 202/203 at Town Hall, 170 MacGregor Avenue.
Topics on the agenda include Comprehensive Plan modernization, flood recovery, and suggested amendments to the Estes Valley Development Code including new regulations for breweries, distilleries and wineries; assembly spaces for weddings and wedding receptions; accessory dwelling units; grading permits prior to development approval; and attainable housing income levels.
The meeting will be a roundtable approach for outcome-based land-use planning in the Estes Valley, with the Town Board and County Commissioners providing direction to the Planning Commission and staff. Members of the public are encouraged to attend and observe the work session, but public comment is not included in the agenda.
The Estes Valley model for land-use regulations in Colorado in unique. The Town of Estes Park and Larimer County partnered in the mid-1990s to develop the Estes Valley Comprehensive Plan - a unified version of land-use planning in both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the Estes Valley. In 2000, they jointly established the Estes Valley Development Code and the Estes Valley Planning Commission. The Planning Commissioners are appointed by elected officials of the Estes Park Town Board and the Larimer County Commissioners. The Planning Commission reviews development and subdivision proposals within the entire Estes Valley, although the final decision-making authority lies with the county commissioners and the town board for their respective jurisdictions.
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CLEMSON, S.C. - Despite 10 hits, Maryland was only able to score twice and lost game one of Monday's doubleheader to 19th-ranked Clemson, 3-2, at Bob Kingsmore Stadium.
The Terps (28-22, 9-17 ACC) loaded the bases in the ninth, but Tigers' closer Scott Firth struck out the last two batters to prevent the tying run from scoring.
Maryland starter Jake Stinnett turned in another solid outing. The junior righty gave up two earned runs on five hits over 7-2/3 innings. Stinnett retired 10 straight Clemson batters from the second inning through the fifth.
Clemson (31-15, 16-10 ACC) broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth scoring two runs that proved to be the difference in the game. With Thomas Brittle at first, the Tigers put the hit-and-run on and Steve Wilkerson hit a chopper that bounced over LaMonte Wade's head at first. The ball rolled down the right-field line and scored Brittle. Wilkerson ended up with a double.
Wilkerson moved to third on an errant pick-off throw by Stinnett and later scored on sacrifice fly by Garrett Boulware. The Tigers took a 3-1 lead into the seventh.
The Terps attempted to muster some late-innings heroics with a run in the eighth. Charlie White and Jordan Hagel each singled with one out to give Maryland runners at the corners. Clemson reliever Patrick Andrews was then called for a balk to score White.
In the ninth trailing by a run, Wade singled to left center to lead off the inning. Two batters later, Anthony Papio singled to the same spot. Maryland loaded the bases on the next pitch when Blake Schmit was hit in the back. But Firth composed himself and struck out Greg Olenski and White to close the game out.
The Tigers manufactured the opening run of the game concluding with a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the second. Shane Kennedy singled to right center and stole second two pitches later. After moving to third on a ground out, Jon McGibbon slapped one through the left side to put Clemson up 1-0.
Maryland tied the game at one in the sixth. With White at third, the Terps called a safety squeeze. Kevin Martir popped up the bunt for an apparent out. But Clemson first baseman Jon McGibbon, who was charging on the play, misjudged the ball and it sailed over his head allowing White to score.
Blake Schmit finished 3-for-3 to lead the team in hits. Hagel and White each went 2-for-4. White scored two runs and stole his 39th base of the season. White is one stolen base shy of tying Maryland's career record.
Stinnett took the loss to even his record at 5-5. Zack Erwin got the win for Clemson to improve to 4-0. Firth earned his fourth save of the season.
Maryland and Clemson close the series tonight with a 7 p.m. contest to broadcast on ESPNU.


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Click here to vote for your favorite food item. You can vote for one restaurant per day every day through this Sunday. To make it easier to find your favorites, they are grouped in the following neighborhoods (subject to change based on number of entries): Downtown Minneapolis, North Minneapolis/North Metro, South Minneapolis/South Metro, St. Paul/East Metro and Twin Cities West Metro.
Then, purchase your tickets to the second annual Charlie Awards on Sunday, November 11, 2012, at the Pantages Theatre in downtown Minneapolis at 2PM. A VIP brunch sponsored by Mpls.St. Paul Magazine will precede the show at 11:30AM at The Brave New Workshop. There will also be an after-party sponsored by Minnesota Monthly from 3:30–5PM. in the IDS Center Crystal Court.
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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Sacramento Kings didn't fare well in their last trip east and hope this time will be different. The Kings are set to start a season-long seven-game odyssey Wednesday against the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Kings will also visit Toronto, Brooklyn, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago and Minnesota on the 12-day trip and went 1-3 the last time on the road from Feb. 7-12. They own an 8-20 road ledger this season and have lost eight of the past 10 outside of California's capital.
Sacramento closed out a quick homestand with Monday's 96-89 victory over New Orleans, as DeMarcus Cousins contributed 23 points and 12 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas tallied 22 points and five assists, while Rudy Gay added 14 points for the Kings, who ended a three-game slide and evened their record over the past eight games.
"Although we got this win today, I still think we can get a lot better," said Gay, who is one of three Kings to average 20-plus points and has scored that many in five of the last six games (24.8 ppg).
Gay is averaging 20.7 ppg since joining the Kings via trade with Toronto.
The Kings had a 68-59 lead heading into the fourth quarter and Gay later knocked down a shot for a 83-73 advantage. Reggie Evans recorded his first double-double of the season with 10 points and a season-high and game-high 13 rebounds off the bench.
Milwaukee has an NBA-worst 12-47 record this season and won for just the third time in the last 11 tries with Monday's 114-88 besting of the Utah Jazz.
Ersan Ilyasova scored a game-high 31 points on 13-of-14 shooting and Ramon Sessions and Zaza Pachulia added 14 points apiece for Milwaukee, which had a 30-21 lead after the first quarter and later scored 40 of the 59 points in the third stanza.
The Bucks, who had 28 assists and shot 56.8 percent for the game, made a blistering 81.1 percent of their shots in the third quarter and sank 12-of-12 free throws. Their largest lead was at 33 points with three minutes to go.
"It's so much fun to be out there when you share the ball," Pachulia said.
It was Milwaukee's largest margin of victory this season. The team has scored 50 or more points in the first half in each of the past four games, posting an average of 57.8 points over the first 24 minutes in that span.
Milwaukee has shot better since the All-Star break with an average of 104.6 ppg. It was scoring 92.3 ppg before the hiatus.
The Bucks have a 7-24 home mark and will visit New Orleans on Friday. They won both matchups with Sacramento last season after losing three of the last five games in this series.


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- In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa and melted chocolate. Gradually beat in 1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar. Lightly coat hands with confectioners' sugar; roll chocolate mixture into 1-in. balls. Roll in remaining cocoa or confectioners' sugar. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.
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"Thor: The Dark World"
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1 hour, 52 minutes
I remember reading "Thor" comics as a kid, though he was always a second tier hero for me. My favorites were always "Spider-Man" and "The X-Men," but there was something really cool about the idea of an ancient god, brought back to life in modern times, fighting alongside my favorite comic book heroes. The existence of Thor as a comic book hero is interesting, considering the whole concept of superheroes is basically our way of dragging the divine down from heaven to fight our battles for us. It's hard to imagine Jesus or Buddha on the pages of a comic book, battling evildoers, but a tall, blond hunk who shoots lightning and wields a giant hammer? He's made for it.
The first "Thor" film was successful, though most comic geeks contend it was a little ho hum for their tastes. I tend to disagree. I thought it was fun and made for a perfect lead-in to "The Avengers." Whatever you thought of the film, however, most people agree the one thing it definitely did right was the casting of Chris Hemsworth as the aforementioned tall, blond hunk. He brought the character to life perfectly, and in the sequel, this week's "Thor: The Dark World," he really gets to let his Norse flag fly.
Set approximately two years after the events of the first film, "The Dark World" sees Loki, Thor's villainous brother, imprisoned in the Asgardian dungeon, while our hero travels between the nine realms, quelling rebellions and restoring order. He is being groomed to take over for Odin, to rule in his stead, but first he'll have to deal with his biggest challenge yet — the return of the Dark Elves, an ancient race from a time before light was introduced into the universe who want to steal the all-powerful "aether" and use it to return the cosmos to the prehistoric blackness.
Yes, it sounds a little silly, and it is, but the brilliance of these films, and others in the Marvel universe, is that they acknowledge that silliness, even embrace it. Goofy cosmological throughlines are the bread and butter of most continuing storyline comic books, and these Marvel films are doing a masterful job of slowly introducing the audience to this idea. What reads as sillly at first glance is really just the language of comics and all this vast mysterious universe stuff lends itself perfectly to cross-over stories with a slew of characters. "The Avengers" anyone?
Most of the major players from the first film have returned, most notably Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, who, along with the returning science team of Kat Dennings and Stellan Skarsgaard, has much more to do this time around. Everybody, in fact, has more to do, which may account for the generally better critical reception the film is getting. The action is bigger, the emotional beats are stronger, and the scope is broader.
A bigger story, on the other hand, brings a more convoluted plot. As the film rolled on, with its quantum phase shifting and inter-dimensional alignments, it didn't take me long to get lost. After seeing the movie, I'm still a little unclear what exactly the aether is or how the good guys stopped it. (Spoiler alert! They stop it.) That's not the worst thing in the world, however. The movie's not really about the aether — it's about Thor coming to terms with Loki and Jane coming to terms with Thor, and Odin coming to terms with both Loki and Thor, and opening up about how he really doesn't like Jane. In all this, the movie works perfectly, and if its a little vague about what exactly Malekith the Dark Elf really plans to do with the aether, well, so be it.
Marvel Studios just keeps getting better — proving it can not only make engaging, powerful stories about lesser known heroes like "Iron Man" and "Thor," but weave together an incredibly vast over arching story without the whole house of cards falling in. It's funny to think of "Iron Man" as being not particularly well-known, but before the first film, he was mostly only known to comic book readers, and not even to all of them. The film rights to Marvel's big money characters, "Spider-Man," "The X-Men," and "The Fantastic Four" are all currently owned by other studios, and the upstart production company had to take a gamble that, when compared with name recognition, compelling stories would win the day. "Thor" is certainly a good example of that.
Grade: A
"Thor: The Dark World" is rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and brief language.
Chris Jenness is a freelance graphic designer, artist and movie buff who lives in Nikiski.


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Following months of Dick Tracy jokes and speculation over its launch, LG has finally confirmed that its watchphone will be available in the UK next month.
LG's GD910: in the UK next month
The LG Touchscreen Watch Phone – also know as the GD910 – will be sold by Orange in the UK, but only for a "limited time period".
Orange has yet to confirm how much the futuristic timepiece will cost, but it has previously been speculated that the device will cost about £1000 ($1458/€1140).
The network operator said that the "handcrafted" device will be available "at an exclusive price point" – which is undoubtedly code for 'expensive' – on either pay-as-you-go or SIM-only options.
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Sacramento Paddle Pushers is open to anyone who loves to kayak as a novice or expert, is new to the sport or simply interested in learning how to kayak. Our group is open to every experience level, after all, we were all beginners at some point :)
The vision for this group; education and kayaking basics, kayak-in camping, car camping, lots of local paddling, exploring new lakes and rivers, long weekend trips to the coast, paddling and comradery with other paddling clubs in Sacramento and beyond. We'll adventure out to where ever our little hearts decide to take us. There are so many wonderful lakes right here in our home state of CA. All ideas will be considered. Most, if not all, of our events are better suited to those who have their own kayak, SUP or canoe.
Hikes and bike rides will occur as part of our group events quite often, or may be the main event when it's too cold to be on the water, so we can excersise our hearts to the fullest.
If you have a canoe, SUP, kayak or other type of floating device you use to enjoy the water, feel free to join us as well! This group has FUN, FUN, FUN!
Don't have a kayak?? Ask Lynn to bring you a 12ft Sit On Top to a local event. Cost is $30 to transport to/from the event, payable thru PayPal.
Or, if we're paddling on Lake Natoma you can rent a kayak either at the Aquatic Center or Willow Creek (CCK). **I NO LONGER RECOMMEND RENTING FROM THE ADVENTURE SPORTS BOX AT NEGRO BAR**. Please be aware of each location's rental return times and fees.
You can also rent from The Headwaters Kayak a Locally owned shop in Lodi (headed up by Dan Arbuckle) or California Canoe and Kayak (CCK). CCK has a 'loaner' program and with a deposit that will be applied to your purchase, you're able to 'demo' their kayaks and keep for up to 5 days at a time. This is a great way to try out many different kayaks and see what's the best fit for you.
Inflatable Kayaks; I typically don't recommend these to anyone who wants to kayak frequently, be able to paddle quick if the wind picks up, or just to be able to keep up with the group. Consider you also have to inflate and deflate before/after each paddle. However, IF this is your only option, it's at least an option until you can obtain a non-inflatable kayak.
I also encourage everyone in the group to check out and join the other kayak groups or clubs who offer Kayaking as a sport, in the greater Sacramento or Central Valley area. This will give you as many options for events as possible and allow you to meet others who enjoy this wonderful sport. For starters; Sacramento Sea Kayakers (SSK), California Canoe & Kayak (CCK), Lodi Paddle Club...so many groups, so little time ;-)
If you have a favorite place to paddle, please join us and post your idea. Word of mouth is one of the greatest ways for us to all learn about new places to adventure out to!


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Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Hakeem Oluseyi, an astronomer at the Florida Institute of Technology and president of the African Astronomical Society, says his goal is to put one research telescope in every country, starting with African and Southern Hemisphere nations because there is now an amazing opportunity for small telescopes to discover and characterize new planetary systems, as well as measure the structure of the Milky Way. "Astronomers are no longer looking at high-definition pictures but at HD movies, scanning for objects that change and for transient ones," says Oluseyi. "A 4-inch telescope was used to discover the first exoplanet by the transit method, where you watch the brightness vary." Small telescopes capable to doing real science are a lot cheaper than people think. A 1-meter telescope costs $300,000 but reduce the size by 60 percent, and it falls to just $30,000. For example the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) uses hardware costing less than $75,000 to look at millions of very bright stars at once, over broad sections of sky, and at low resolution to see if the starlight dims just a little — an indication that a planet has crossed in front of the star. The KELT team has already discovered the existence of a very unusual faraway planet — KELT-1b, a super hot, super dense ball of metallic hydrogen so massive that it may better be described as a 'failed star' and located so close to its star that it whips through an entire "yearly" orbit in a little over a day."


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Just Giving [justgiving.com]
JustGiving doesn't seem to be quite what the OP is asking for.
Kickstarter accepts pledges from people that are paid only if the overall fundraising goal is met. Let's say the overall goal is $100 and you get nine people each pledging $10. If nobody else signs up and the overall pledge amount never reaches $100, nobody pays.
JustGiving seems to be a traditional donation processor, meaning donors pay immediately. They can't postpone payment until a fundraising goal is met.
What you want is all-or-nothing fundraising.
As mentioned further down this thread [slashdot.org]*, StartSomeGood.com [startsomegood.com] does exactly that, except they allow you to both set an overall fundraising goal and a "tipping point" if you like. No money changes hands unless the tipping point is reached, and then after that, further donations are paid immediately until the overall goal is met. If you want, you can make the tipping point the same as the overall fundraising goal, such that 100% of the donations are collected in an all-or-nothing fashion.
And according to SomeSomeGood's website, two other competitors who do all-or-nothing fundraising are Pozible.com [pozible.com] and 33needs.com [33needs.com].
* I am reposting this because the best answer was unfortunately posted by an Anonymous Coward and remains at Score: 0. In the hopes of this getting seen by more people, I'm reposting it with a karma bonus.
The AC's original comment:
Hey there--
StartSomeGood.com exists for exactly this purpose -- to help social good initiatives raise funds and grow a community of supporters. We use a similar model to Kickstarter, but with a "tipping point," which is the amount of funds you need to start doing good in the world. Definitely have a look, and if you have any questions, please reach out to me directly: alex at startsomegood dot com
Alex Budak
Co-Founder StartSomeGood
Odd that a UK centric site would be a
It's own guidelines?
No charity or cause funding.
From the kickstarter guidelines:
No charity or cause funding. Examples of prohibited use include raising money for the Red Cross, funding an awareness campaign, funding a scholarship, or donating a portion of funds raised on Kickstarter to a charity or cause.
that you've probably thought of is to get a big donor to pledge matching funds. My old college did this, with a dude pledging to match everything that was raised. Helps to have a suitable candidate for this kind of thing though, and my college is about 500 years old.
But good idea with the charge-when-target-reached site.
Soliciting charitable donations is still a very personal thing. Especially if you intend on getting beyond the nickle and dime range (under $50 US). It requires directly talking to potential donors. What's the benefit to your organization - you have 30-seconds, tops. They think they know what you want and why you want it. Money, but what are you really asking for? Operational (smells of on-going funds)? Grants (one time). Equipment? Services? What? Target your pitch to them in terms of what they alre
Hey there--
StartSomeGood.com exists for exactly this purpose -- to help social good initiatives raise funds and grow a community of supporters. We use a similar model to Kickstarter, but with a "tipping point," which is the amount of funds you need to start doing good in the world. Definitely have a look, and if you have any questions, please reach out to me directly: alex at startsomegood dot com
Alex Budak
Co-Founder StartSomeGood
http://www.yourcause.com/ [yourcause.com] is specifically geared towards charities.
The OP's question was "but only charge donors if the goal is reached?"
I looked at this site and its FAQ and I don't see where they mention they have a goal-cutoff point.
Did you see that?
Seriously, I would think it take an attorney 2-4 hours to set up a trust account to hold donations under your terms, to be spent if your goals are met, or refunded if not. Of course then you'd have to track donations, but, uhm, you're doing that anyway aren't you???
There used to be a cool site for this even before Kickstarter, called fundable.org, but apparently it went under. See some more info here: http://www.fundable.org/online-fundraising/ [fundable.org]
That page says that they're in the process of rebuilding it but until then they recommend:
http://www.chipin.com/ [chipin.com]
http://www.thepoint.com/ [thepoint.com]
Also search the net for 'charity crowdfunding' to see if you stumble into anything interesting.
Good luck!
Disclaimer: the UK is not the US, but I would be surprised if there are major differences in principle.
I'm concerned you have set up a charity but appear to have no knowledge of basic charity operation nor accounting - you HAVE arranged for accounting, I hope? In UK, you trustees who manage the charity have to prepare and file statutory accounts (in a very specific format, a UK charity's accounts differ substantially from those of a business' even down to some basic principles) as well as having other statu
Alternatively you could have your donation link just be so people email you a pledge as above, and just make a note that these pledges are binding financially as long as $XXX,XXX in pledges is reached
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without the "need for government subsidization."
ALL sources of energy receive subsidy. some examples : Oil (how much did all those wars cost?), coal(damage to public health=hidden subsidy), nuclear(research since the forties)
Actually the oil industry in the US gets money from the government. This is because getting oil out of the ground in the US isn't very economically viable anymore.
Maybe the last few months it wasn't necessary anymore because the oil price was high. But people really do (maybe did) get paid to do so.
I pay about $0.10/kWh. (1000 W per Hour)
a 1000 W system, which produces ~8KWh per day
Pardon my ignorance, but shouldn't a 1000 W system produce 24 kWh per day, since there are 24 hours per day? Or is the 1000W input, and the 8kWh output?
The sun does not shine 24hours/day... at least not on our planet.
Does the angle of the sun come into play here? Is it really the same at 4PM as at noon? Or is 1000 W an average?
A number like 1000W would refer to the peak power output that you'll get from it with the solar cells perpendicular to the sunlight with optimally clear skies. Since the earth receives a maximum of about 1100W/m^2 of solar energy, and ordinary silicon cells are about 12% efficient, you can expect such a system to be a little less than 10 m^2 in size.
4pm is not noon, no. First off, the lower the an
Technically it does. You might just have to chase it around a little.
Divide that by pi to account for the varying angle of the sun through the typical day and you'll see it's quite close to the 8kWh they're claiming as an average.
What you're doing this: \int{sin(x)dx_{0}^{pi}} \over \int{1_{0}^{2pi}}
The assumption here being that you can approximate the output as P*{sin(x) : 0<=x<=pi ; 0 : elsewhere}
The short Answer is "NO". The reason for this is you never figure on more then 5 hours of Peak Sun unless you're at the equator, where you can figure 8 hours. The reason for this is pretty simple. It's called Axial Tilt, resulting in our seasons.
Why the 5 hour figure is simple and it's called Winter. That's when you have less sunlight that provides energy due to angles of incidence. Sure a PV panel can provide some output if faced directly at the sunrise but until 9am it's going to continue increasing as th
they mean 1$ per maximum possible output wattage. (so a 1000000$ for a 1MW peak power plant)
I see. so 1MW system can deliver 1000 kWh every hour. At $0.11 running 24/7 it could theoretically bring in $964,000/year and basically pay for itself. Assuming everyone had to pay 11 cents (industry probably pays a lot less, these are just so numbers I made up).
1) Solar panels produce direct current, not alternating current. Direct current is almost impossible to transmit across any meaningful length of electric cable.
2) Converting DC to AC is possible, however there are efficiency losses and thermal losses - these come out of your "profit"
3) At some point you are going to need to replace your solar panels - they only last 15-25 years. You need to set money aside for this, unless you plan on shutting down your plant at the end of 15 years.
Direct current is almost impossible to transmit across any meaningful length of electric cable.
Humorously, you have it exactly wrong. The longer the cable, the (relatively) cheaper the cost of HVDC conversion gear vs the rest of the project.
The power delivered by a AC line is based on the RMS voltage. However you have to insulate to peak, which is somewhat more. Insulation is a pretty major design constraint, as arcs to the ground or towers is kind of a waste of power...
As a very rough guess on a medium length line you can push about 1/4 to 1/3 more power for the same cost if you switch to DC.
The power levels I'm talking about are a couple GWs, distances of dozens of miles, costs vaguely around gigadollars. Capital costs of about a buck a watt per 50 miles, lets say. You can see the motivation of placing plants nearby cities, rather than in the middle of nowhere.
You can do long distance AC, and they used to, it just costs a heck of a lot more.
Back in the original AC vs DC battle it was damn near impossible to raise DC voltages and damn difficult to lower them without wasting a large part.
With AC a simple power transformer could raise the voltage on the lines. In the old days AC had a massive transmission line voltage advantage. These days it has the RMS disadvantage.
Hmm? I thought the whole reason we use AC (thanks to Edison winning the argument with Tesla) was because there is less loss over long distances when compared to DC. Edison wanted One Big Plant generating power, and Tesla wanted many small, local plants. I guess I will have to re-read this - I apologize, I'm a biologist not a physicist.
You mean the argument that Edison *lost* - he was the big proponent of DC, while Tesla and Westinghouse were behind AC.
Wow, umm no.\\
Go back and check your history. Edison LOST that argument with Tesla. Tesla wanted AC because it was better for running motors and was more efficient for long distance transmission. Edision wanted DC because its arguably safer.
It is high voltage that is more efficient for long distance transmission. The difference between AC and DC for that is that AC is relatively simple to step up in voltage with a relatively simple machine, a transformer.
Tesla wanted AC because it
... was more efficient for long distance transmission.
With the technology of the time, sure. Modern semiconductors have made high voltage DC-DC conversion pretty darn efficient though:
"For long-distance transmission, HVDC systems may be less expensive and suffer lower electrical losses" -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvdc [wikipedia.org]
better for running motors
Also, brushless DC motors have also made AC pointless (to an extent).
Edision wanted DC because its arguably safer.
Edison wanted DC because it was what he had started working with, and he wanted to keep using it.
The ironic thing though is that high voltage DC is actually kind of dangerous to work with, more so than similar AC voltages. This is because of the way inductance and capacitances behave as the frequency increases. As the frequency increases a capacitance starts to look more like a short, while an inductance starts to look more like an open. At DC (IE, at 0 Hz), it is the opposite. In DC, an inductance will
I pay about $0.10/kWh. (1000 W per Hour)
The figure in the OP is highly non-standard usage. In the US, only the kilowatt is a unit of energy.
I pay about $0.10/kWh. (1000 W per Hour)
What it probably means is they're scammers. Capital costs for coal and nuke run from $1.50 to $3.00 per watt installed. They're claiming $1 per watt. The problem is no matter how unconventional the heat source, no matter how magically free, the employee lunchroom costs $ per plant, the parking lot paving costs $ per plant, the pipes from the magic heat source to the turbines costs $ per watt, the turbine itself costs $ per watt, the water pumps and filters cost $ per watt...
PERHAPS they mean the capital
I pay about $0.10/kWh. (1000 W per Hour)
What it probably means is they're scammers. Capital costs for coal and nuke run from $1.50 to $3.00 per watt installed. They're claiming $1 per watt. The problem is no matter how unconventional the heat source, no matter how magically free, the employee lunchroom costs $ per plant, the parking lot paving costs $ per plant, the pipes from the magic heat source to the turbines costs $ per watt, the turbine itself costs $ per watt, the water pumps and filters cost $ per watt...
PERHAPS they mean the capital cost of their magic heat source alone costs about $1 per watt. The problem is some recent historical nukes (not in the backwards USA, but civilized countries like France, etc) have come in at $1.50 per watt total plant cost delivered. So, on one side, their costs probably will decline as they are new vs the very mature nuke industry. On the other hand, can you build an entire thermal electric plant for well under 50 cents per watt? Then again, can a new tech be nearly as reliable as ancient technology nuke plant?
My impression (and damn these mindless 'articles') is that this is an ultimate goal. That figure isn't unreasonable even if it's cheaper than a coal fired plant. Small scale repetitive parts may well bring down capital costs compared to large purpose build structures - the employee break room is not the big ticket item in a nuc plant. Even if they don't get to the $1/watt figure, you have to remember that typical costs for nuc plants especially have enormous subsidies from the government in terms of was
the pipes from the magic heat source to the turbines costs $ per watt, the turbine itself costs $ per watt, the water pumps and filters cost $ per watt...
RTA, there are no pipes, turbine, pumps, nor filter. It's photovoltaic. I don't know whether they can beat a nuke plant in the real world, but the relative simplicity of this system compared to a nuclear power plant is certainly striking.
Capital costs for coal and nuke run from $1.50 to $3.00 per watt installed.
Absolutely meaningless because I am damned sure a coal burning station or a nuclear power plant do not have exactly the same lifetime. When dealing with capital costs you are interested in a return on your investment. The only way to calculate this is by knowing not only how much it costs up front, but how much it will cost per unit of time and how long it's expected to work. If it stops working before you get your money and opportu
Slow your roll, man! "Scammers??!!!"
RIGHT NOW you can purchase thin film solar panels for $1/watt. Now, this doesn't include the inverters, which add more cost, nor labor or mounting hardware...but we are actually a lot closer to the threshold than you think.
The theory is that if $1/watt is the installed cost of solar panels, including labor and inverters, and you don't have to pay for fuel, and the maintenance costs are very small, it would be cost competitive with conventional power sources. The cost s
But I can buy a whole French Nuke plant, delivered, the whole thing, not just a reactor, for $1.50/watt. Or maybe that was the Russian plant. And it runs 24/7 for years at a time... You're just talking about panels. Not mounting systems. Not active trackers, nor wiring, nor a control building.
I bet I could build a PV ish plant using these $1/watt modules for maybe $1.50/watt. But that only outputs "nameplate power" half the time over the course of a year... Hmmm. Just nuke it.
Scammers is a bit harsh
I always suspected that PV technology was just missing a glowing crystal ball.
To the stars, Merlin!
If you are using concentrators for solar power you really ought to consider a thermal cycle like a brayton turbine or a sterling engine, rather than solar cells. Thermal cycles tend to have higher conversion efficiencies, the equipment is more reliable, and their power output is more easily converted to grid voltage ( AC as opposed to DC ). Solar cells also tend to see reduced lifetimes when used with very concentrated light. The advantage with cells is pretty much that they don't need concentrators to work, since they don't rely on a high temperature. They can also be used in places where space/weight is an issue, such as on sailboats, rooftops or sattelites. Thus if you are already using a bulky concentrator to get the light intensity up, you may as well use a sterling engine.
If you are doing a thermal cycle with concentrators, you need a *big* system. Small thermal engines aren't much more efficient than garden variety solar cells. (And presumably, concentrated solar would use high-tech cells that rival the efficiency of big heat engines anyway.) That means that you have to use a complex "power tower" arrangement with a field of precision synchronized mirrors pointed at one huge collector. You also need a big cold sink for thermal cycles; most power plants use a bunch of water for that, which is hard to come by in the desert.
The solar cell approach would also have the advantage of mechanical simplicity, and the ability to add capacity in small self-contained increments.
If you are using concentrators you either take a huge loss because solar cell output drops off at high temp (and suffer shortened service life) or you end up with a cooling system for the cells. Once you have the cooling system you should just yield to the physics and accept that the best use of concentrated sunlight is in heat, not direct conversion to electricity. Solar cells only convert a few frequencies (three in the article for this story) while dumping the light over to heat uses much more of the s
So? At the end of the day, overall net system efficiency is what matters. Heat engines will always be saddled with the laws of thermodynamics, which force them to waste much of your enhanced spectrum. Solar cells, without the limitations of the Carnot cycle, can convert more of the available energy in the part of the spectrum that they *do* use.
Solar cells also don't need to be cooled to the same low temperatures that the outlet of a heat engine requires to run efficiently. In the desert, that's much easier
The problem is the Carnot eff at a relatively cool nuke plant is still around/over 33%. Good luck finding a production off the shelf solar cell with decades of operating experience that can dream of reaching 33% efficiency.
If you're willing to try "exotic" PV units, I want to try "exotic" carnot units, like maybe a century old binary fluid system like the old fashioned two stage mercury and water system. Maybe something a little less toxic that vaporized mercury. A century or so ago those ran around 50%
Presumably, most of the cost in this system is the concentrators, not the PV cells. So, perhaps the PV cells can be replaced when they deteriorate without driving the overall system cost up too much.
Instead of using expensive PV cells, the solar telescope uses commercially available triple-junction solar cells
In fact, triple-junction cells are far more expensive than garden-variety PV cells. The cost savings come from the fact that sunlight is concentrated onto a much smaller area of cells. And this is hardly the first company that has applied that idea; for example, see Energy Innovations, Inc. [energyinnovations.com]
Roger Angel has designed a new type of solar concentrator that uses half the area of solar (PV) cells used b
If only somebody would invent some sort of device that could store electricity for later use.
Then I could finally ditch the diesel generator I have to drag around to keep my mp3 player running!
Look into the efficiency of a battery sometime. Unless you buy really expensive ones you lose about half of the energy putting it into and getting it back out. More losses if you are putting in AC and needing AC back out. And the really good (from an efficiency pov) lithium-ion batteries don't suffer many charge discharge cycles before hitting the 50% capacity point generally considered as replacement time. We currently have zero methods to store electricity that are cheap enough and effective enough for use on the grid. All electricity is generated as needed, with vast arrays of 'peaking power' generation capacity that largely sits idle. Believe me, if there were a good way to store electricity the industry would be using it already.
Worse, while electricity can be sent large distances, it is best to generate close to the point of use because of the line losses. So even if we were willing (and shot enough enviromentalists) to cover our deserts with solar arrays we would lose most of the power heating the lines getting it to where the customers are. Same for wind, it mostly occurs in areas where there aren't many people... or more accurately windmills near populated areas attracts more environmentalists.
You pump water up hill at night, then use it for power during the day.
Yes fish blend.
Uhh, ever heard of compressed air and salt caverns? That method is cheap and allows storage of large amounts of energy.
The sound you are hearing is not a diesel generator, it is the background "melody" of your songs. You need to stop letting your grandchildren (whose existence I infer from your five-digit UID) upload the music which is on your mp3 player.
Energy consumption is largest during the day, and thus solar can actually help do some load leveling. Yea, you can't get all the energy from solar, but having the plant peak in power output around noon is actually a good thing.
Who ever claims that solar is for everyone despite a minority of kooks? Anyone sensible knows that you need to store excess generated energy in batteries for later or to have a backup generator for when night comes. What you are doing is the classic strawman.
If electricity is cheap in the daytime and scarce/expensive at night, the market will figure it out.
Maybe that means people have incentive to charge their cars at work. Maybe it means entrepreneurs buy excess electricity on the spot market during the daytime, use it to pump water uphill, and use the potential energy of that water to generate more expensive electricity at night. (Is that process lossy? Sure! But the market will only reward it if it provides a net benefit, so it's all good. Same for battery / ultracapacitor / other technologies -- if they're a good fit for the problem, someone will make money using them; if not, they won't).
(Is that process lossy? Sure! But the market will only reward it if it provides a net benefit or focuses supply to a few producers, so it's all good.
Fixed that for you. No need to even yield net benefit if you can choke supply. Ask OPEC.
We have an energy surplus at night, due to things like nuclear facilities that run at the same output no matter the demand. Really, we need to expand our power system to handle larger peak energy during the day, when everyone is running their air conditioners. Expanding into more nuclear is politically difficult. Gas and Coal are polluting. Solar would help us during the day, when power usage is highest.
So no, no one energy source can be our only generation point. But solar could definitely help when i
... And when we get the energy
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Roger Angel is an astronomer. He's done good work on telescope design. Hence the fascination with mirrors.
There have been many elaborate schemes for solar power using collecting optics. [solar-concentrators.com] The mirrors and supporting machinery usually end up costing more than you save by having less silicon area. Flat solar panels are simple to install, can be made resistant to high winds, and require minimal maintenance.
Solar concentrators have a disadvantage that they only work on clear days. On cloudy days, the light won't concentrate, and they're useless. Still useful in some areas with lots of direct sunshine, but not where I live, for instance.
The article seems imply that the fact that it requires so much maintenance is good because it's all local. But no matter where the maintenance jobs are, they cost money, and thus make it uncompetitive...
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Pirate Latitudes (Hardcover)
Hard to Find
"Crichton's ultimate adventure."--San Francisco Chronicle "Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action....A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure."
--USA Today "Riveting....Great entertainment....The pages and minutes fly by."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer #1 New York Times bestselling author, the incomparable Michael Crichton ("One of the great storytellers of our age" --Newsday) takes to the high Caribbean seas for an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates, lost treasure, sword fights, duplicity, and hair-breadth escapes in the New World.
Praise For…
"Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action…. A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure…. History as entertainment…. Crichton has done his homework."
-Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today
"Unabashed fun."
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"Offers unexpected turns and plenty of yo ho ho's."
-Richard Eisenberg, People (3 out of 4 stars)
"It's not an ironic pirate novel. It's not a pirate novel with a secret gimmick. It's simply an entertaining tale filled with crafty privateers, despicable villains, treasure hoards, double crosses and a sea monster. Go figure."
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|Mark Loughridge
Despite solid profit growth, IBM's 4-percent year-over-year revenue decline for its third fiscal quarter disappointed investors Wednesday, prompting them to drive down the company's shares nearly 5 percent in after-hours trading.
IBM laid the blame for its third fiscal quarter revenue shortfall clearly on the China market and on a very disappointing double-digit fall in hardware sales.
"Obviously, this was a tough quarter for us," said Mark Loughridge, IBM senior vice president and CFO.
[Related: Nirvanix Files Chapter 11, Works With IBM To Migrate Customer Data]
IBM on Wednesday reported revenue for its third fiscal quarter, which ended Sept. 30, of $23.7 billion, down 4 percent from the $24.7 billion IBM reported in its third fiscal 2012 quarter.
Third-quarter income was $4 billion on a GAAP basis, compared with $3.8 billion in the third-quarter of 2012, an increase of 6 percent. IBM reported earnings per share of $3.33, up 11 percent. Non-GAAP income was $4.4 billion, or $3.62 per share, compared to last year's $4.2 billion. A 9-percent drop in revenue from growth markets led the revenue decline, Loughridge said. That, in turn, was led by a 22-percent fall in revenue from China, which Loughridge said was caused by that country's transitioning to a new economic development plan that is expected to impact IBM's business there for another couple quarters.
The U.S. market, on the other hand, was nearly flat, with a revenue drop of about 1 percent, while other "major" or non-growth market did well, he said.
"This is the best major market performance since the first quarter of 2012. ... Clearly, we need to improve our business, particularly in the growth markets," he said.
One bright spot from the falling revenue was a lowering of the amount in performance pay IBM recorded for the third quarter of $175 million, Loughridge said. "IBM has a pay-for-performance culture," he said.
IBM did well in all its major businesses except hardware, where the company's Systems and Technology Group reported a 17-percent drop in revenue to $3.2 billion. Loughridge said growth markets accounted for about two-thirds of that drop. Half the drop was attributed to the Chinese market, where hardware sales fell 40 percent excluding mainframe sales compared to last year, he said.
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Loaded .132 yesterday, and my battery and memory have been leaking like crazy. 3 or 4x how it was on .122.
Is there a solution for this leaking memory yet?
Do any of the hybrids here address this issue?
What are your OS reccomendations for using Weather bug..... or is there a better app out there?


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Hurricane Sandy, Twitter Fact-Checking, And The Impact Of False Information
from the fast-lies-and-faster-debunking dept
For instance, take senior editor for The Atlantic Alexis Madrigal, who clearly seems to think there should be concern in how the public reacts to social media posts purporting to be news amidst ongoing events. Madrigal notes that because of the way platforms like Twitter and Facebook work, the opportunity for disseminating false information and/or pictures is great. He says this is particularly the case on Facebook, whose algorithm for what users view favors pictures (real or fake) over anything else.
I'm not one for writing GET OFF MY LAWN posts about the social web. People have been creating and spreading bullshit since language was invented. But the way that the sites work is part of the problem. Right now, social networks are platforms of decontextualization. They could make creating chains of attribution easier. They could preserve the data embedded in photographs better. Instagram and Facebook, especially, in their closedness, make it more difficult to find any given source of information. Sooner or later, all the networks are going to have to take on the responsibility that comes with being millions of people's window on the world. Facebook, in particular, optimizes what you see for what you're most likely to click on. Is that the appropriate way to deal with news about a massive, dangerous storm?While on the face of it, his argument about how we consume news differently on social media makes a great deal of sense, but I also think there is a major flaw here. That flaw is that Madrigal is confusing the platform and the usership of the platform. Is there authoritative weight to professional news media when it comes to trust? Of course. Does that weight disappear when we move the platform off of the television and onto social media? Of course not. Why would it? Facebook's algorithms may, as Madrigal goes on to say, favor photos, whether they are real or fake, but that's the platform, not the public consuming from the platform. In the same manner, one could say that television as a platform wants vibrant, explosive video when it comes to news. It's what the platform is built for. But that doesn't mean we discount video news footage as being universally overblown or exploitative. There is good, trustworthy footage, and there is bad footage. There are good, trustworthy social media follows and their pictures, and there are bad ones. It's simply a platform change.
Not only that, but the social media platform is particularly adept at mass-debunks of fake news and photos. Mike detailed as much in his post on one false reporter, but I'm sure most of us experienced this on Twitter and Facebook as well. For every Facebook picture post or tweet showing one of those false photos, there were 10 comments or responses debunking them. To his credit, Madrigal himself was instrumental in this, as he notes.
The first decision we made was to focus on photographs. Those are relatively easy to debunk or confirm. And we could take advantage of the preference for visuals that I noted above. Then, we realized that we needed a way to post the photos without adding to the problem. So, anytime we posted a fake photo, it had a prominent (digital) red sticker on it that said, "FAKE." And I put, in text overlaid on the photos, how we knew it was fake with a shortened URL to that information. That way, even if people did cut and paste those images, the key information would remain attached to them. In fact, the branding practically encouraged people to take the images and post them to social media.He, of course, wasn't the only one. There were a great many trusted news sites, both digital and paper, that worked quickly to inform the social media universe what was real and what wasn't. Which is why, on the larger scale, all the hand-wringing is a completely moot point. Madrigal makes the argument that all social media pictures are the same, as though users don't consider the source. This is obviously nonsense. We follow sources we trust because we trust them. There is an incentive to not post blatantly false information: trust and followers. Becoming a known source of bullshit means you won't be paid attention, which is the opposite goal of social media.
Another take on this situation sees this clearly. As Jared Keller of Business Week writes:
Twitter proved effective not just as a newswire, but as a medium for distributed fact-checking. As quickly as the falsehoods emerged, journalists and city officials moved to swat them down. BuzzFeed's Jack Steuf quickly revealed the identity of @ComfortablySmug, who issued a public apology Tuesday night.This is because, as I mentioned, the incentive for factual reporting is abundantly clear: followers and trust. Can a single line or picture of nonsense go viral? Of course. But the more viral it is, the greater the community of fact-checkers to which it is subjected. This is an important continuation of thought that many critics of social media never complete. There are some that love to claim that anybody can make something up on the internet. That's true, but the point is that anybody else can then debunk it. It's true of Wikipedia, it's true of Facebook (amongst friends), and it's true of Twitter. People love something sensational, but ultimately they're bigger suckers for the truth.
After the storm passed, BuzzFeed's John Herrman argued that Hurricane Sandy established Twitter is a truth machine that, under the right circumstances, systematically vets and destroys rumors as quickly as it propagates them. "Initial misinformation has consequences, and a consensus correction on Twitter won't stop any number of these rumors from going viral on Facebook," Herrman writes. "There, your claims are checked by your friends; on Twitter, if they spread, they're open to direct scrutiny from people who might actually know the truth." In the echo chamber of social media, truth is louder than fiction.


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Leaders from throughout the region meet in Jupiter later this week for the fourth annual Regional Climate Leadership Summit, and the timing couldn't be better. Or worse, depending on your perspective.
Pounding surf and high tides from Hurricane Sandy's passage have put the issue front and center, especially in Fort Lauderdale.
There, the sea wall along the coastal State Road A1A in Fort Lauderdale has been overrun by the ocean. It has reduced the road from four to two lanes, perhaps permanently.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel reporter Brittany Wallman says the problem has taken Broward County officials by surprise and that the bigger concern for leaders there is the effect on coastal real estate and especially the way it looks to the potential tourist.
"This is something that no one expected. They're still a little bit in shock and haven't figured out what the long term plan is. They never really had analyzed 'hey, how much time do we have before the sea eats A1A?'"
Wallman says the state has temporarily used concrete barriers taken from a massive construction project at nearby Interstate 595 to hold the water back.
But politicians are wary of alarming visitors, and Wallman adds that they are walking a fine line.
"This is the worst kind of publicity that they can get, especially right now when we've got the most fabulous weather. Tourists could be salivating over us walking around in tank-tops. But, instead, they're looking at workers in hazard orange and this mess between a road and beach."
Not to mention the dangers to the real estate market. Hundreds of waterfront homes are threatened by the encroaching seas.
The state was also counting on millions of dollars from the federal government for beach renourishment projects,which now seem pointless.
Instead, officials will be looking at new methods to stem the tide, including breakwaters and additional jetties.
While Broward leaders don't exactly know the future plan is, all agree something must be done quickly.
Broward's mayor, Kristin Jacobs, is among the leaders from around the region attending this week's Climate Leadership Summit. Scientists from around the nation will also be in attendance. The conference meets Thursday and Friday at Jupiter Beach Resort along, yes, A1A in Palm Beach County, which is also witness to the ravages of sea-level rise.
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AMES, Iowa - North Dakota distance runners Nick Lindstrom and Sam Saccoman each enjoyed career performances in the 3,000-meters today at the Iowa State Classic.
Lindstrom, a sophomore from Shakopee, Minn., recorded a personal-record time of 8 minutes, 36.96 seconds. Teammate Saccoman, a junior from Hibbing, Minn., ran the race in a PR time of 8:39.81.
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|Jeff wins big over FC
|Written by George Browning
|Tuesday, 18 September 2012 00:00
The Floyd Central Highlanders fell at home to the Jeffersonville Red Devils, 63 – 15.
The first quarter did not go well for the Highlanders. Despite all of their efforts to score, Jeffersonville held them down to nothing and managed to put up three touchdowns in the process, making the score at the end of the quarter 21-0.
The second quarter was not much better for Floyd Central. Although they still didn't score, they managed to beef up their defenses some. The Red Devils went scoreless for more than eight minutes until their fast players managed to get through for a touchdown with 3:41 left in the half. It was only in the last minute the Jeffersonville snuck through again and made the score 35-0 going into the half.
Just over two minutes into the second half, the Red Devils managed to score again. After a few plays and being sacked, the Highlanders eventually found themselves fourth and 11 with the ball on Jeffersonville's 35 yard line. They decide to go for it and Bryce Smith passes the ball to Collin Engle who runs it for 29 yards to set up Floyd Central for their first score of the game. After a few small plays on the goal line, Gabriel Kennedy runs the ball in for a touchdown. The kick is missed however and the score is 42-6.
However Jeffersonville answered right away with points of their own. They return the ball to their own 39 yard line, but on their first play, they manage to sneak past the Highlanders defense and bring the score to 49-6 with 3:47 left in the third quarter.
The Highlanders started the fourth quarter off with a field goal by Ryan Lenz from the 12 yard line. On the Red Devils next possession, Victor Aemmer intercepts the pass and gets all the way to the one yard line. The highlanders get the ball in to bring the score 15-49 with 9:07 left in the game. An attempted two point conversion is no good, though.
The Red Devils return the favor, scoring on their next drive, then intercepting the ball. After the Highlanders put up a fight, Jeffersonville gets the ball into the end zone bringing the score 63-15 with2:34 left on the clock. After a fumble, Jeffersonville recovers the ball and runs out the clock to win the game.


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Who are you, Kelly? Post the article.
Other than the sarcastic undertone, it doesnt really say anything interesting.
Struggling Steelers Defense Prepares For Challenge Of High Powered Jet Offense… Wait, That Can't Be Right, Can It?
September 12, 2012 **·**
By PFM Staff
"Huff… puff.. come back… stop… please."
In what may be the highest profile matchup of the NFL season's second week of contests, the struggling Pittsburgh Steelers defense must brace itself against the onslaught of the New York Jets high-powered offense and, no wait, that can't be right, can it?
The porous Pittsburgh defenders currently rank 25th in the league in points-per-game allowed, and 17th in third down conversions surrendered. *While recording a mere two sacks on the year, the floundering unit has yet to recover a single fumble, intercept one pass, or, hang on here a second this can't possibly be accurate? *Is it? *Really?
"Highest rating in the division, *****es. Suck it, Brady."
The Jets, meanwhile, surge into the match boasting the NFL's highest scoring offense with a whopping 48 points. *QB Mark Sanchez and his lofty 123.4 rating is currently tied for the league lead in touchdown passes and okay hold on, there's no way in HELL that's correct? *It is? *What the f…?
The game will be critical to both teams as New York attempts to stay in first place in the AFC East, while the Steelers hope to climb out of the AFC North's basement and, no, that's it, stop, we're going to need some fact checkers on this because none of this can possibly be true. *Jesus Christ, it IS?
Well there you have it, apparently. So expect the much-maligned Pittsburgh defense to, we suppose, crumble and collapse as the mighty Jets offensive machine attacks them through the ground, the air, whatever. The once-proud Steel Curtain will learn the hard way that in today's bizarro NFL landscape, you don't stop Mark Sanchez, you can only hope to contain him, obviously.


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