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Quad processor lust
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Posted 23 November 2005 - 02:59 AM
"It's much better down there... It's a better place..." Enzo, Le Grand Bleu.
Posted 23 November 2005 - 02:21 PM
How have you configured it RAM, video card etc?
What are your thoughts about its performance with Photoshop?
Nikon D2X - Subal Housing
Lens:70-180mm, 12-24mm, 17-55mm & 10.5mm
Strobes: SB800 Inon Z220 x 2
Posted 23 November 2005 - 05:07 PM
I configured the machine as such
4GB 533 DDR2 Non ECC SDRAM - 4x1GB ( will add more as the budget allows )
500GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm - already have a heap of externals
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 256MB SDRAM ( 7800's are on a 8 week backorder )
I figure that I can always upgrade the machine once the wife has started to swim in her new pool.... it may get her to coool down a little.
My motivation in getting this machine is two fold. Firstly I wanted the grunt more for video work and secondly I had an offer I couldn't refuse for the oldmachine ( 2.7DP , 8gig Ram , 2 x 400 )
HDV & related software just run better on new machines and I hate having to deal with the spinning ball of death.
Posted 23 November 2005 - 09:06 PM
Congratulations and Happy Thanksgiving!
Thomas C. Kline, Jr., Ph. D.
Oceanography & Limnology
Currently used housed digital cameras: Canon EOS-1Ds MkIII, EOS-1D MkIV, and EOS-1DX; and Nikon D3X. More or less retired: Canon EOS-1Ds MkII; and Nikon D1X, D2X, and D2H.
Lens focal lengths ranging from 8 to 200mm for UW use. Seacam housings and remote control gear. Seacam 60D, 150D, and 250D, Sea&Sea YS250, and Inon Z220 strobes.
Posted 30 November 2005 - 03:03 AM
There is no comparison between the two machines.
Its a bit like the VW & the Porsche.........
Just added another 4 gig of ram (total 8 gig now , still have space for another 8 ) - it really flies now.
My poor old power book hasn't been out of it's case in days !!
Posted 14 December 2005 - 11:30 AM
And what kind of battery would you use??? LOL
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Jason Stipp: I'm Jason Stipp for Morningstar. It's Black Friday today kicking off the official retail holiday shopping season, though I think some retailers got a jumpstart this season.
Here to talk about the prospects for retailers on the holiday shopping is R.J. Hottovy, our director of consumer equity Research.
Thanks for joining me, R.J.
R.J. Hottovy: Thanks, Jason.
Stipp: First question, we have seen retailers opening on Thanksgiving, I saw an ad for "all November Black Fridays." Is the importance of this one single day to retailers diminished over time?
Hottovy: I think so. What we've seen over the last couple years is that, as you mentioned, retailers are starting earlier and earlier in the holiday season, but there is still a strong emotional attachment with the phrase "Black Friday," and so what we see is a lot of retailers trying to capitalize on that, starting Black Friday sales as early as October, and we're starting to see that from more and more different retailers too, not just bricks-and-mortar retailers, but we've been seeing it from Amazon and a lot of the online players as well.
Stipp: The National Retail Federation put a report out, and they said they expect a little over 4% growth this holiday season. Does that jibe with what you're expecting for holiday retail sale receipts?
Hottovy: Generally what Morningstar is expecting is between 3% and 4% growth this holiday season. We're categorizing it as a good but not great holiday season. Last year was a pretty strong holiday season from Black Friday through Christmas.
This year we think that when you're lapping those tough comparisons, plus combined with all price competition that we're going to see in the market this year. A number of retailers--Best Buy, Target, Walmart--have all announced price matching initiatives to varying degrees. When you throw that all together, it's probably going to be a 3%-4% growth year, but not quite as strong as we saw last year.
Stipp: So, good but not great. When you look under the surface, though, are there any areas … of particular strength for certain types of goods or certain types of retailers, and any areas that might be a little bit weaker?
Hottovy: I think the old standbys this holiday season are going to be continue to be strong, and that's portable electronics. Best Buy's management commented that 75% of consumers out there plan to buy some sort of portable electronic devices this holiday season. So, tablets, e-readers, smartphones, I think, will be key categories once again this year. I think video games will do well, too. We've got a couple of new platforms on that side. We also think home improvement and home furnishing goods might actually be something that has a bit of a comeback this year with what we're starting to see in terms of stabilization in the housing market. So a retailer like Williams-Sonoma might do very well, but overall we think it's going to be a fixation on which retailers can give consumers the best value, all in all.
In terms of weaker categories, I'm not seeing anything per se, but what we're seeing … from the higher-end consumer, which really has been driving a lot of the retail sales and overall economy the last couple years, there is some concern about the fiscal cliff, and so there might be a slight deceleration on some of those luxury items this holiday season.
Stipp: You mentioned Amazon and some of the online retailers before. How do you expect them to fare versus the brick-and-mortar stores? Are they going to have an edge this season?
Hottovy: I think we're going to see continued shift to online sales this year, and I think Amazon will have a good holiday season. I'm hesitant to call it a great one, but I think they'll certainly have a good season, where you see a lot of people, a lot of consumers, gravitate to Amazon and other online channels. We're expecting mid-teen growth for the holiday season this year in online sales.
That said, there are a number of retailers who are starting to become more aggressive on pricing this year to stem the losses. On top of that, too, a number of retailers are also getting creative with their own online platforms to compete with Amazon as well--offering same-day shipping, exclusive products online. So, it hasn't been lost on a lot of brick-and-mortar retailers that you have to have a competitive online presence as well.
Stipp: So, you mentioned overall that we're probably going to see some price competition. When you look at some of factors behind that, like inventories and when in the past we've seen pricing get really aggressive, when do you expect to see prices come down and to what extent do you think they may come down over this season?
Hottovy: Inventories right now are in a pretty clean position across most of the retail. Retailers have been much smarter about not getting themselves into situations where they have to resort to extreme markdowns right before the holiday season, which is traditionally just as much part of Christmas as anything else.
This year I don't think we're going to see much of that. I think you're going to start with a pretty low price point or a competitive price point right away, but I don't think you're going to see the aggressive markdowns. You might see some right before the end of the holiday period, but honestly, I think that inventories are so lean right now, it's not going to be that year where you're going to see the 60% to 70% off, unless it's certain categories that just aren't selling.
Stipp: What about the consumer sentiment and also the consumer willingness to pay up for certain things? Are consumers just really rejecting any price increases or pricing power that retailers have tried to put on recently?
Hottovy: I think we saw last year where consumers were willing to tolerate some price increases, and a lot of that was just because it was so broad-based across all retailers to fight increased commodity costs. This year we haven't seen as much in terms of the commodity-cost side, so I think what we're going to see is a lot less retailers actually raising prices, and by extension we're going to see a lot of consumers who are unwilling to pay any higher prices. So, it's all about that everyday value and getting it at cheapest prices, which I think favors a lot of retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target--companies with lower cost structures than a lot of their specialty peers.
Stipp: R.J., it's always interesting to watch the retailers in this all-important holiday season. Thanks for the insights on the dynamics this year.
Hottovy: No problem. Thanks, Jason.
Stipp: For Morningstar, I'm Jason Stipp. Thanks for watching.

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I have a comment form on my website which is on every page (it's built into the template). I'm trying to use the hidden field method to combat spamming of the contact form.
I am trying to set up my form so that if a bot fills in the hidden field they will be sent to a dummy thanks page (form_thanks.html) and no email will be sent to me, and if the field is blank then the email will be generated and the user will go to the real thanks page.(thanks.html). The client does not want to use captchas or questions (e.g. 2+1 = [] ) as we want to keep the comment form as clean and simple as possible.
This is my form code:
[INDENT]<form action="../scripts/FormToEmail.php" method="post" id="commentForm" name="commentForm" >
Your name:<input name="name" type="text" id="name" class="required" required=="required" />
E-Mail Address:<input name="email" type="text" id="email" class="required" required=="required"
Phone Number (optional): <input name="phone" type="text" class="digits" id="phone"/>
Message: <textarea name="comments" type="text" id="comments" class="required" cols="80" rows="4" required=="required"></textarea>

Please do not fill<input type="text" name="<?= $default_1 ?>" />

<input name="FromPage" type="hidden" id="FromPage" value="" />

<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" />
<input type="reset" name="Clear" id="Clear" value="Clear Form" />
The class 'lastname' is set to hidden. The form works but spam still gets through as all emails are sent regardless of whether the hidden field is filled or not.
I've been trying to add code to FormToEmail.php to tackle this but have been unsuccessful.
The additional code I have added is :
$decoy = array('d_name','d_password','d_pw','d_user','d_username','d_comment');
$default_1 = $decoy[array_rand($decoy)];
if ($decoy == $value)
header("Location: http://www.mywebsite.com/form_thanks.html");
else header("Location: http://www.mywebsite.com/forms/thanks.html");[/INDENT]
I'm thinking that if the $decoy field has a value then it's probably filled with spam and they should be redirected to the dummy page at form_thanks.html and if its blank, it's most likely genuine and then they should be sent to thanks.html and an email submitted. I'm not sure how to redirect the spammer and end the submission, whilst allowing genuine comments to be submitted and then sent to the thanks page.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
redirecting someone to the pretend "thanks" page is hilarious. It's playing the same game as they are.
Anyways, if what you say is true you can do this:
<input type="hidden" name="abcd" value ="qwerty" />
if(isset($_POST['abcd'])) header('Location: fakethanks.php');
captcha is just to tell a human from computer.
You can easily trick a computer into telling you that it's a computer Think about how a spammer will attack your form:
he'll try hitting it with some script like this first:
input name value
input2 name2 value2
Remember this, spammers are out for $$, they don't want to prove they can reverse engineer some stupid little form generator. All you have to do is be harder to spam than the next person, and in a few years that standard will be raised; unfortunately spam is so last century, we're combating phishing now.
Thanks for your reply, the idea behind the 'fake' thanks page was really just so I could make sure this worked when testing out the form.
I tried adding your code but it didn't work unfortunately. I've been reading up on various simple ways to help combat spam on a contact form and read about this hidden field method. e.g. http://blog.primalskill.com/5-layer-spam-filter/ and http://devgrow.com/simple-php-honey-pot/ both mention something similar.
I think the problem is the form is still validating either way, whether the hidden field has text in it or not.
Thanks again.


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City of Eli's?
March 19, 2009
City of Eli's Cheesecake
The Sears Tower is now the Willis Tower, why not rename Chicago the "City of Eli's Cheesecake"? This question was proposed by a reader of the Tribune. "Meanwhile, the name calling isn't confined to the Mayor's critics. A reader of the Tribune muses that since the Sears Tower is being renamed, the city of Chicago might not be far behind. I don't know about you, but living in the City of Eli's Cheesecake might not be too shabby." (the Windy Citizen) What an awesome change that would be!


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You might think this is just another Monday night edition of
The Bachelorette
, but you'd be wrooonnnggg. It's actually the culmination of an epic two-night drama-bomb extravaganza, or as producers thought when they looked at the schedule, "Oh, crap! The NBA Finals
the World Cup are on ABC? Better double up one of these puppies!"
I don't know how excited I am for the double feature, or for Andi's season so far, for that matter, because four hours of this delicious trash can be a lot even for the most hardcore of Fandis (and yes, I'm sticking with that term). There's a lot going on, and very little of it is rainbows, unicorns and butterflies. It's actually been pretty dark.
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Part 1 Recap: Unleash the Darkness >>>
If Andi is able to happily end up with one of these guys, I reckon they might have gotten the toughest part of their relationship -- surviving the show -- out of the way. Already, we've seen Ron lose a friend, listened to Dylan's tragic multi-death backstory, watched a former contestant's third chance get denied, heard about a dude getting digits immediately after a group date, shuddered as operatic Bradley shed tears over desperately wanting to be loved and planted the seed for 25-year-old Marcus' pending jealous "no one has what we have"
Fatal Attraction
moment. And don't forget the emotionally-motivated "y'alls."
And again, that is not including Eric's death, which is impossible not to think about as his and Andi's relationship blossoms, especially considering no one but him seems to posses the combination of likability
confidence. It's either one or the other with these guys, except maybe Josh, but he seems too good to be true. And he's a
professional baseball player. Who knows what he's doing now?
So how can Andi possibly top aging 50 years and desecrating a classic Boyz II Men song? Can you say running the train and playing with some balls? All aboard! Choo-CHOO!
Uncasville Beckons
Andi is continuing her quest for love at the romance capital of the world, Uncasville, Connecticut, because there's no greater aphrodisiac than the Constitution ... State. Farmer Chris backs up this point by saying the one place he's always wanted to visit, in the whole wide world, is New England. Way to shoot for the stars, buddy.
The first date card arrives, and it goes to high school haircut Dylan. It reads that their relationship is picking up steam because they'll be riding the Essex steam train up the Connecticut River, but I'm expecting her to pull the emergency brake once he lays his tale of tragedy on her. Even though he's nowhere near the front of the pack, I hope he at least gets the timing right.
They sip champagne while he peppers her with questions about her ideal date and her longest relationship, but it's all fodder for him to open up about himself. He had an eight-year relationship that ended badly, but the girl is engaged now, so he's happy for her. It was tough, though, because the breakup happened the day after his brother's funeral. And boom, there it is.
He quickly bottles it up and changes the subject to the fact that he once swam across the river, and then things get weird. It's like a teaser for the saddest story ever. It's obviously difficult to talk about, but once you start, you can't stop. You either go or you don't. I feel like this is more of a therapeutic way for him to get this all off his chest, to the world, and Andi is just the catalyst.
The Most Fun Meal Ever
They sit down for dinner, and Dylan offers commentary about the things he is doing at that very moment. He says he's on a train and eating dinner, and that he lives nearby. Andi is growing tired of the titillating observational banter, so she just tells him to get it over with already. What follows is a slightly longer, more detailed version of what Dylan told Chris on Sunday night, so there's no need to dive into the details again.
He breaks down while telling the story, and she just listens with a sad and knowing "Yeah, this is never going to work out" look on her face. He doesn't want her to feel bad for him or keep him around because of this, and I hope for his sake that she doesn't.
You just don't end up with the first person you share that kind of information with, but she cries that he had to go through these awful experiences. It's just too much at the start of a relationship in this type of situation, but she gives him the rose anyway. Now let's just hope that because this is all out in the open now, he'll be able to loosen up and have some fun.
This Date is a Real Slam Dunk
Another date card arrives, and Andi wants to know who of JJ, Chris, Andrew, Eric, Nick, Marquel, Cody, Tasos, Brian, Patrick and Josh actually has game. And while coach Brian clearly has the advantage on this group date, the real winner is Marcus, who by exclusion scores the second one-on-one date.
What the guys don't know is that WNBA's Connecticut Sun play their home games at the casino's arena, so they're about to be emasculated by some female pros -- Swin Cash, Tamika Catchings, Elena Delle Donne, Lindsey Harding and Nneka Ogwumike.
Brian can spin the ball on his finger and Marquel can almost dunk, but the women smoke the guys. And like with Boyz II Men, the consensus is that if Andi is basing things on the game, she should probably stay single.
Splitting Up the Bromance
Because getting destroyed by supremely-talented women is only fun for so long, the guys will be splitting up into two teams and squaring off for a shot to continue the date with Andi. The losers will be heading home with only the balls they couldn't get in the basket.
It's Eric, Nick, Brian, Cody, Andrew and Marquel (Rosebuds) versus Chris, Josh, Tasos, JJ and Patrick (Fives of Hearts), and things get chippy pretty quickly. Brian is clearly the most skilled, raining three pointers, but none of the guys look as terrible as I expected. It's all tied up at halftime, but the Rosebuds turn up the heat in the second half and nearly shut out their opponents the rest of the way.
Andi bids the Five Failures adieu, and Josh is pissed over the loss. He says he's not a sore loser and then does everything in his power to prove otherwise, much like how a racist always prefaces their racism with a hearty "I'm not racist." They sit dejectedly in their locker room and pine over how much harder they played than the team that handily beat them, and their sorrow is quickly swallowed up by the cheers of the victors.
Skill vs. Romance
After coach Brian's dominating performance in the game, he is certain the rose is his to lose. But does Andi feel like rewarding on-court feats? Or will she go with romance? She takes her six winners to the Hard Rock Cafe in the casino, and Eric gets the first one-on-one time. She feels their relationship has stalled since their first date, so she wants to address the situation.
He feels exactly the same way, and he thinks the dual realization is a breakthrough, but she's not feeling it. He tries to open up more about his family and his travels, but she's correct in that those two topics are really the only things they've talked about. He adds some stuff about leaving his religion, but the connection is chilly even though she claims the spark has been rejuvenated.
Brian and Andi return to the basketball court, where he teaches her some moves before arranging a high school "If I make a half-court shot, what do I get?" moment. It is literally the exact same way I orchestrated my second kiss ever, with my first girlfriend, when I was 15. He swishes the shot, and she is so impressed and turned on that she really wants him to lay one on her. But instead, he misses the signs and just gives her a hug. C'mon, Brian, if 15-year-old me can go for it, so can you! He admits that he clearly read her desire for a kiss, but regrettably let the moment pass.
No hesitation from Nick, though, who manages to strategically place a hand on her butt while they smooch. Still, she gives the rose to the MVP both on
off the court, and Brian gets the vote of confidence and reassurance that he sorely needed.
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Rappelling in Love with Marcus
Andi is sure that Marcus is the total package, here for the right reasons and to find love with her. And since she's desperately afraid of heights -- the date card said "The sky is the Limit" -- it's a leap of faith day. They will be strapping in and rappelling down the face of the hotel, a mere 30 stories high. I get this is some people's biggest fear, and the wind is pretty intimidating, but you have to recognize that you're not going to die on national TV. Then again, it's not my phobia.
She hesitates in hilariously messy fashion, but he sweetly walks her through it with off-topic banter about her mom and golf, and they celebrate their accomplishment with their lips. They could've filled up the last hour of the show with the slow progression down the facade, but thankfully the show isn't live. Meanwhile, the other guys are watching from the room as they rappel past, and Marcus suggests they kiss in front of them. Andi respectfully declines.
They retire to dinner at the Griswold Inn, the oldest continually run tavern in the country, and he covers up the rose with a napkin because it makes him nervous. And that's a "You Don't Know You're Beautiful" 1D moment for Andi, because clearly he doesn't realize what a catch he is. He hasn't dated in three years because he got crush-dumped by his ex, so she ends the suspense, and roses and saliva are exchanged.
They cap off the date with a Jon Pardi concert, where they dance, sing and liplock the night away. It seems like a perfect opportunity to slip off and squeeze in some blackjack. Instead, Marcus tells her that he's falling in love. Too early, bro.
Yet Another Explosive Cocktail Party
Aren't these things supposed to be fun? It's drinks and conversation, not the Thunderdome. But it wouldn't be
The Bachelorette
without some doins a transpirin', and this time, an anonymous secret admirer and an early favorite are taking center stage.
Andi gets a special delivery love letter from one of the guys, and it tells her that she has every quality the author is looking for in a soulmate. It's either really sweet or really creepy, depending on who penned it.
The guys are stressed out and tense when Andi enters the room, and Tasos asks for the first alone time. Instead of their usual spontaneity (I think their next fun task was to see how much of her hand she could fit in his mid '90s ear gauges), he just wants to chat and asks her how the experience is going for her.
She is in the midst of diving into a well thought out answer when Brian interrupts, pulls her away and requests the kiss he botched on the basketball court. And according to Andi, he's a really good kisser.
Marquel Fresh (her new nickname for him) always makes her laugh, and he teaches her some standard self-defense techniques that involve her wrapping her arms around his head. Then he strategically places a pillow over his lap before being interrupted by Eric, who turns the tables on her.
Eric Explores Being a D*ck
He's been toiling over their previous conversation, and he's come to the conclusion that she's the one not being genuine. After all, he's been sharing some pretty heavy stuff, and she's saying he's not opening up? I mean, he told her about SYRIA. And
leaving his religion
. Who doesn't swoon at that kind of stuff? Then he says that he came on the show to meet a real person, not a TV actress, and her face turns to stone, y'all (the raging white hot anger of a thousand burning suns).
Yeah, that is not something you say to a girl, and Andi is well aware of that fact. We can all see how this is going to end, but we might as well watch the fireworks before the grand finale, right? I guess there wasn't enough drama in this episode, so time to manufacture some.
He calls her interactions with him a poker face, and she's hurt and taken aback.
, he says, is the real Andi, but that's a backfire. She's reduced to tears, and the other gentlemen take notice. She points out that he's continually calling her fake and insulting her, and this is so far past healthy that she doesn't want to waste his time anymore and sends him on his way. She's not going to fight for someone who doesn't believe in her, and if he says the word "acting" one more time, she's going to lose it, "ees okay" style.
A Tirade of Y'Alls
As Eric stoically takes his leave, tearlessly upset that he made Andi cry, he laments that love and family are what life is all about, and if Andi misunderstanding what he was trying to say is what points him in the right direction, so be it. But he's more ready than ever for that love and family, and it's quite sad that his dream will never be realized.
As for Andi, she turns her rage on the remaining guys with a slew of y'alls. If any one of y'all thinks this is a joke, and if any of y'all think she's fake, then there's the door. She's trying to be natural for y'all, and she's just plain exhausted. And she doesn't mean to yell at y'all, but if y'all don't think it's real, then leave, because it's so real to her.
In Memoriam
Instead of a rose ceremony, which just doesn't feel right after Eric's final appearance on the show, Andi and Chris Harrison dedicate the last 10 minutes to the charismatic explorer who tragically died in a paragliding accident shortly after his exit.
He won over Andi early on and played a central role in the season in only four weeks, but his departure was painful for her. He wasn't as open with her as some of the other guys, and the relationship just didn't live up to that great first date.
Still, she wouldn't have handled anything differently in the context of how it played out, even if it wasn't an ideal final conversation to have. Eric's accident and passing came immediately after the final hometown date, and Andi and the whole
family gathered to grieve together. She was caught up in the whole experience, but this incident put everything into perspective and helped her focus her priorities.
PS: The Roses
So after Eric left, there was a cocktail party and a rose ceremony that ended with Tasos being the only guy not to get a rose. But the producers felt showing that would be disrespectful to Eric's memory, so they went with the tribute instead. I understand the thinking, but I guess we'll have to wait until the
Men Tell All
to hear from our Greek wedding coordinator again.
It's a rather abrupt ending, and shocking because I don't think anyone saw Eric leaving this early, especially after their first date just last week (our time). At least this won't haunt Andi over the course of the next several weeks of dates, until the top three are revealed, and it will be interesting to see how it affects her final few decisions.
Brian is still my frontrunner, as I think most of the others have a fatal flaw. The one-on-one dates went to Dylan and Marcus, who at 26 and 25, respectively, strike me as the two who are least emotionally prepared and just not mature enough to handle this process. That's a definite for Dylan, but Marcus' fate is going to come down to how he handles his jealousy.
As for the others, Andrew, Patrick, JJ and Cody are all shopping in the No Chance department. Josh is too good to be true, and Marquel is an unlikely sleeper thanks to Andi's favorite color being black. That leaves only Nick and farmer Chris to compete with Brian and, I guess, Marcus in my final four. And I'm not feeling particularly optimistic about any of them.
Reactions to Eric Hill's Final Scenes on
The Bachelorette
Who do you think offers Andi the best chance at happiness, and who are you rooting for and against? What do you think about Eric's parting words? Honest and accurate? Or mean-spirited and pain-inducing? The journey for love continues in two weeks (June 16 at 8pm on ABC), with some serious mime-on-mime action. Sure beats the somber tone of this one. See you then. And RIP Explorer Eric.
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WHETHER it is fighting the battle of the bulge or helping Hunter residents breathe easier, for 15 years Hunter Medical Research Institute has been adding to the region's medical understanding.
The institute this week marked its 15th birthday by announcing plans that will take it to its 20th anniversary.
The institute was born out of dinner and a few drinks at Maitland Town Hall in August 1990 when the Hunter Medical Research Co-operative Ltd was launched as a Community Advancement society.
It grew into a formal institute that officially began in 1998 with one fund-raising manager, 89 researchers and $90,000 for grants.
Founders saw an opportunity to create a research hub linking the region's major hospital, university and community.
A major goal was to attract government funding for research that would directly improve the health of Hunter residents.
Today the institute has 28 staff and more than 1100 active researchers employed through its partners the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Health.
It handed out grants totalling $2.4million in 2011.
Darren Shafren, who was the institute's first Young Researcher of the Year, has taken his work using the common cold to treat cancer to the private sector with huge success.
Hunter Medical Research Institute director Professor Michael Nilsson said the institute had become a leading national research centre and was recognised internationally for its stroke, asthma and cancer research.
''We have some really top players; some internationally renowned people in our programs,'' he said.
The institute's board has approved a five-year strategy that includes more research that translates into practical health measures, professional fund-raising and facilitating the launch of private biotech companies.
They are establishing a world-class imaging centre at the back of their new multimillion-dollar building that will allow researchers to study biological processes at a cellular level.
There are also plans to establish a cancer and mental health research centre at Calvary Mater Hospital.


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Daphne Oz's Perfect Pot Luck Pasta Salad
Pasta Salad Minus the Guilt
For more great recipes visit The Chew's site.
Cooking Directions
For salad:
Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Brush both sides of bell peppers, squash, onion, and zucchini lightly with olive oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill vegetables until tender and brown, about 4 minutes per side for peppers and squash and 3 minutes per side for onion.
In a large pot with salted water cook pasta according to package instructions. Place in a large bowl. Cut grilled vegetables into 1-inch pieces; add to pasta in bowl.
For dressing:
Whisk lemon juice, red wine vinegar & lemon zest in small bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in 1/3-cup oil. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper.
Add dressing, tomatoes with juices, and all remaining ingredients to salad; toss. Let stand 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
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Main Ingredients: lemon juice, pasta, bell pepper
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Pigs at the trough – and proud of it
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- Rick Swart
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Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith are probably no more braggadocio than the average member of Congress, but it is no less repulsive to listen to them congratulate themselves for bringing home the pork.
Like members of Congress across the land, Wyden and Smith are portraying themselves as legislative Santa Clauses for bringing home millions of dollars worth of 'gifts' approved recently as part of the $555 billion omnibus-spending bill. The gifts were charged to your account with the Internal Revenue Service, which will be due and payable April 15.
In an announcement issued on Christmas Eve, our illustrious senatorial team presented $360 million worth of Oregon projects, which should make fodder for pleasant conversations with constituents back home during the holiday recess. No doubt the folks in Umatilla, in Smith's home stompin' grounds, will be delighted to hear of the senator's success in snagging $450,000 for a new exposition center at the county fairgrounds while the people in Portland get the bill. Wyden can likewise expect a rousing round of applause the next time he attends a Portland City Club meeting and talks about the $78 million he landed for an 8.3-mile, light-rail extension to the MAX in Portland, the cost of which will be borne by people in Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina.
Imagine scenarios like these unfolding in town hall meetings from Maine to California and Florida to Washington. One hundred members of the nation's most exclusive country club fanning out into the heartland bearing gifts to the needy - a new military base here, a senior center there, a highway project everywhere - a little something for everybody.
The list of goodies goes on for 696 mind-numbing pages, which were delivered to members of Congress just one day before the bill was approved, which means A) they didn't read the document before they voted on it, or B) they are speed readers.
To be sure, Omnibus 2008 is quite a list, if you have the time and stamina to read it. Here are a few highlights:
• $13 million for flamingo washes in Nevada, compliments of Nevada Sen. Harry Reid.
• $250,000 for wolf monitoring, compliments of Idaho Sen. Larry Craig.
v$200,000 for mussel recovery in West Virginia, complements of Sen. Robert Byrd.
• $292,000 to Jewish Family Services of Delaware for a 'naturally occurring retirement community,' courtesy of Sen. Joe Biden.
• $2.7 for a volcano observatory in Alaska, thanks to Sen. Ted Stevens.
Name your poison, because there's plenty to go around: $300,000 for tick-borne disease research in Rhode Island, $878,000 for a catfish genome study in Alabama and $4 million to look into the Formosan subterranean termite in New Orleans.
Things really get crazy starting on Page 524, which is a section of Omnibus 2008 that has to do with military spending. The numbers in this section are so huge they're expressed in thousands of dollars instead of single dollars like the other shopping lists. For example, a base camp that is going to be built in Bulgaria next year by the U.S. Army shows up as a line item for $51,000, but the instructions at the top remind the reader he or she must multiply that number by 1,000 to come up with the real price tag: $51 million, a figure by the way that is enough to cover medical outreach programs such as HIV screening, teen pregnancy centers and drug and alcohol rehab proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services in 31 American cities.
It is clear every state has a vested financial interest in keeping the military spending spree going, which is why Omnibus looks like a shopping free-for-all. Military construction in 2008, which is a miniscule fraction of the armed forces budget, accounts for $64 million for Alabama, $307 million for Alaska, $193 million for Arizona and $5 million for Arkansas, and those are just the 'A' states. California gets a whopping $700 million. Those expenditures, and similar expenditures for the other 46 states, do not include a dime for big-ticket items like aircraft, ships, bombs, bullets and tanks. Those are extra, buried in another massive shopping list, so keep that in mind as you ready your check to the IRS. Oh, and don't forget the war in Iraq. That'll be another $31 billion.
If all of this is starting to sound like pigs grunting at the trough, maybe it is. The sad part is it happens every year in one big gluttonous fell swoop, usually around Christmas - and then the perpetrators go home and brag about it.
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Judicial Commissioner Gordon Lewis has said that he ruled both James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja 'not guilty' after he was not comfortably satisfied with the evidence at hand. He added that the witnesses present at the hearing were 'hopelessly biased' and it was the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) lawyer, Adam Lewis' 'conflicting versions of the two-push theory' which helped him make the final decision.
In a report published on ESPNCricinfo, Lewis is reported to have said, "During that submission Mr [Adam] Lewis posited his 'two push theory' for which there was not an iota of supporting evidence. And that submission I suspect came from Mr Lewis' frustration in trying to make sense out of two totally conflicting versions of the evidence. It was an effort to find an explanation for the inexplicable, based on the conflicting evidence the tribunal had heard."
"The extent and force of that contact is unknown, despite Jadeja's response in cross-examination, that the push was hard and caused him to break stride. That evidence seemed to me to be a recent embellishment, as Jadeja had not previously said this nor had any other witness."
"I couldn't see who exactly he was heading towards. As Jadeja was turning, Dhoni stopped him and turned him back and they both then proceeded up the stairs to the changing rooms."
"According to Anderson's version of the incident it was Jadeja who was the aggressor and without provocation. In the corridor, as they approached the steps that led upstairs, Anderson said that Jadeja suddenly turned around and aggressively came towards him and 'got right up in my face'. He said he instinctively put up his hands as Jadeja still had a cricket bat in his hand. He said that he put up his hands in a defensive manner because of the way in which Jadeja came at him. Anderson claims to have been completely taken aback by Jadeja's 'aggressive action'.
According to Anderson, Jadeja's action in walking back to stop in front of him caused Jadeja to block Anderson's way and the way of his team mates who were coming behind him. Anderson said he then used his right arm to push Jadeja's shoulder to get him to turn around and go back towards the Indian dressing room. He agrees he said words along the lines, 'F*** off and get in your dressing room'.
"Importantly Anderson denies pushing Jadeja in the back or in any way provoking him after entering the corridor. Obviously one version of the facts must be untrue, but the existing CCTV image is unhelpful and the witnesses hopelessly biased in favour of one party or the other."
"I considered then the different standards of proof pertaining to charges at different levels under the Code, and with a level 3 charge the penalty could be four to eight suspension points or 2 to 4 Test matches. In monetary terms the loss of between $A40,000 and $A80,000 approx. In my view with potential penalties that severe, for me to be "comfortably satisfied" pursuant to Article 6.1, something close to beyond reasonable doubt was required.
"I then turned my mind to downgrading the charge to level 2 pursuant to Article 7.6.5. I considered whether I could be comfortably satisfied that an offence at that level had been committed when the sanction for a first offence potentially equated to between $A10,000 and $A30,000 (the fees payable as half of Anderson's fee in the second test and his payment for a further full test match). When a Tribunal is dealing with someone's livelihood, sanctions of that magnitude in my view, certainly require a standard of proof that is more than on the balance of probabilities and again I was not satisfied that an onus requiring a standard of proof at that higher level, had been discharged.
"As I reflected on the evidence and the final submissions made by the representatives of the parties, I turned my mind to a possible downgrading of the charge to level 1. At this point, Mr. Lewis' final submission became relevant. He was helpfully guessing at what might have happened and inadvertently inviting me to do the same. And whatever a Tribunal should or should not do, is to guess to achieve an outcome. In short I do not know on the evidence, and to the relevant standard of proof, what happened in the corridor leading to the stairway in those few seconds after the batsmen and fielding side came in for lunch. I cannot be comfortably satisfied as to the truth of either version of the evidence."


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In UVM speech, renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates announces genome project to inspire inner-city children
- 01-23-2013
- By Lee Ann Cox
Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates -- public intellectual, MacArthur "genius" Fellow, recipient of 51 honorary degrees -- is a true storyteller, irreverent and irrepressible, speaking before a crowd as he might at a friend's dinner table, deep and rich as the topic might be. So it was as he delivered this week's Martin Luther King celebration keynote address, riffing a musical performer's "bad" hat, the shaved-headed Gates describing his college Afro as making "my man" Cornell West's unmistakable silhouette look like a crew cut.
He was at UVM for the second occasion that paid homage to the civil rights movement and the work of great African Americans. In 2007, when he received one of those honorary degrees, he met commencement speaker Georgia Congressman John Lewis, one of King's "lieutenants" who had been a hero of Gates' since he was a teenager. "It was a bit like being in a time machine and watching our greatest generation in the race come alive on that stage here at the University of Vermont," he said. "It was a magical, truly inspirational and transformative day."
In his own speech, following a historic day in which the first black president was inaugurated on the country's only holiday honoring an African American historical figure, Gates called it a "combination of identity politics unimaginable not only in 1968 but even a few years ago. If Dr. King miraculously came back for a visit he'd die all over again."
But Gates was quick to question how revolutionary the change has been, citing a host of grim statistics including the fact that nearly half of black children who begin kindergarten do not graduate from high school and that the percentage of black children living beneath the poverty line was 34.9 percent in 2010 compared to 36 percent in 1969, the year after King died. And he notes a rift that he says was entirely unforeseen -- a division between middle class blacks and those living in poverty, two nations, he says, within the African American community itself.
Tangled roots
The stats quickly segued into more storytelling as Gates launched into his passion for genealogy, an interest born at an early age when his family buried his very white-looking grandfather, father to Gates' white-looking, soft-haired father who, following the service, took then 9-year-old Gates and his brother into his grandfather's home and dug up a picture of their great-grandmother, a slave, whose dignified picture he projected on screen. She had five children, all of whom, Gates said, "looked white… You don't need a degree in genetics to figure out who fathered (them), right?" His father also showed them her obituary from 1888, which read, "…died this day in Cumberland, Jane Gates, an estimable colored woman."
"The last thing I did before I went to sleep was I looked up the word 'estimable,' because I didn't know what it meant, and I thought, 'Wow, she was a very special lady, and maybe that means that I'm special too.'" Gates doesn't make the connection directly, but it's a feeling, before Yale and Cambridge and Harvard and all the awards, that may have prompted his middle-of-the-night inspiration for a new curriculum project that he first announced in the talk at UVM.
After taking the audience through the tales that led to his widely popular PBS documentaries, using modern genomic science to trace the early ancestors of celebrities from Oprah Winfrey to Quincy Jones to Tina Turner, he discussed a just-completed curriculum funded by the National Science Foundation to make a stab at addressing the crisis of class he had discussed within the African American community. After seeing deeply emotional reactions from superstars, Gates said, "how transformative could it be to an inner-city child who has no healthy sense of identity?"
He explains, "No matter how dark the African American, no genealogy company has ever tested an African American who is 100 percent African. (Comedian) Chris Rock, who was in my last series, is 20 percent white…. if we did the DNA of all the black men in the NBA… 35 percent descend not from a black man at all, but from a white man. Just like I do."
So the hope is to try the project out with middle school kids, help them trace their family trees as far back as slavery, where the paper trail ends and then, with parental permission, test their DNA, revealing more about their ancestry. In the course of the project, the students will learn how to interview their families, how to perform archival research by tracing their ancestors on the computer and to understand some of the science behind the genetic testing while they wait for results.
Maybe the answers could spark the same reaction as "meeting" an estimable great-grandmother suggesting to a young Gates that he might be special.
"Dr. King's tragic assassination in April of 1968," Gates told the audience, "manifested itself in the quest, indeed in the demand, that black people had the right to have a past, because having a past was the key to identity and identity was the key to agency, to action, taking hold of and control of one's fate… to use this resurrected past to foster dignity and self-respect."
Gates discovered for himself that his ancestors are essentially half Sub-Saharan African and half European. "That," he said, "helps to illuminate the unity of the human species."
And maybe it will help the little girl President Obama imagined in his second inauguration speech on Monday, Martin Luther King Day, who "born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else" – not just in our eyes but also in hers.


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In this episode, can the Japanese characters carved into this cane unlock the mystery of a family's past in a World War II relocation camp? Elyse Luray tries to trace an unusual wooden telescope to its Revolution-era ancestor. And Wes Cowan explores a story of California Gold Rush hype in the form of an unusual drawing.
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The parent Chicago Cubs have named Cougars infielder/designated hitter Rock Shoulders the organization's Minor League Player of the Month for April.
Shoulders batted .370 with five home runs and 16 RBIs in 22 April games. Thirteen of his 30 hits went for extra bases.
"I'm just blessed to be named the Minor League Player of the Month. It's always an honor to get something like that," Shoulders said before the opener of Friday's doubleheader against Bowling Green. "I'm just blessed to have the ability to play the game I've been playing in. Hopefully I can keep it going for the rest of the year. Help my team get some wins."
Traditionally hitting fifth in the Cougars' lineup, Shoulders has batted two spots behind slugging first baseman Dan Vogelbach, who has blasted four home runs since April 22. Aiming to get Shoulders more innings defensively, the Cougars plan to play him in left field about once a week. Shoulders also has been taking ground balls at third base recently.
Shoulders, the Midwest League Player of the Week for April 15-21, was drafted by the Cubs in the 25th round in 2011.
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Difference between Starsurfer M and GO 129
I am wondering what the difference is between the Starsurfer M and GO 129. According to the specs the GO 129 has a lot of simularities to the Carve 133. The Starsurfer M looks a lot like the Areo Kombat 127. Besides this the Starsurfer M is specialy aimed for both adults and children and the GO is especially for adults.
My wife and me are searching for a board for having both fun and performance. At times we also will have friends surfing on it on a basic level. My wife is already using footstraps, surfing in harness and planing around. For me it will be just a board for having fun with lower winds.
Both boards seem to fill these demands very nicely, but which is the better option?
Thanks in advance, Hans
|6th December 2006, 05:26 AM
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RE: Difference between Starsurfer M and GO 129
I'm not with starboard, but here's what I think:
Either the GO or Carve would be good for you and your wife. But none of the boards you mention are big enough for adult beginners to learn on. So if you really want to teach your friends you would have to get a larger GO (170 + liters), a START, a Rio, or a Phantom. I'd probably go for the Phantom or the Rio M.
|8th December 2006, 02:17 AM
RE: Difference between Starsurfer M and GO 129
Thanks, the board will besides our own use at times be used by friends which partly are novices in the surfing business. If they are really a starter I will rent a board at the local shop at the beach.
Acording to me the Go 129 is very simular to the carve 133 which means both stability, comfort, perfomance and fun. A true allrounder as it seems to be. However the Starsurfer M also seems to fill these demands.
Hope this gives new insights in my question!
Thanks, Hans
|8th December 2006, 06:16 AM
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RE: Difference between Starsurfer M and GO 129
Hi Hans,
The reason I recommended the Carve or GO is because I have ridden the Carve 133 and liked it, and I have heard good things about the very similar GO 129.
On the other hand, I have only heard complaints about the Starsurfer.
The starsurfer is the same shape as the Kombat / Aero, which, according to some people on this forum, doesn't plane well for it's size. It's also heavier than the Kombat / Aero which probably reduces it's planing ability more. But if you usually have lots of wind, and want a board that has good highwind control for it's size, the starsurfer might be ok. Hopefully someone from starboard will answer your question, too.
|8th December 2006, 04:56 PM
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RE: Difference between Starsurfer M and GO 129
I have had a go on a large starsurfer and it's actually quite a nice board. It is heavier than the aero but not by too much. It's quite tough and may be a good learning board for the lighter adult. Another big advantage is that it costs loads less than the carve.
If you need performance then it's not the board for you, but if you need a fun board that works well on the flat or even in light wind wave conditions then it is not a bad board
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WACO, Texas – The University of Oklahoma volleyball team made quick work of Baylor in a 3-0 road win on Saturday afternoon. The Sooners improved to 16-4 overall and 4-2 in the Big 12, while the Bears dropped to 9-13 and 1-5.
Oklahoma, which has won nine of its last 10 contests against Baylor, picked up its eighth straight-sets victory of the season, by scores of 25-13, 25-13 and 25-19, and first in conference play.
"We played pretty solid," said head coach Santiago Restrepo. "We worked a lot this week on blocking and defending. We did, overall, a very good job of that. I think our serving passing did very well today and that was key."
Senior middle blocker Sallie McLaurin (Midwest City, Okla.) moved into 10th all-time on the career kills list at OU with 1,182 as she knocked down 13 kills, including the score on match-point, to lead the Sooner attack. McLaurin, who notched the 1,000th kill of her career back on September 7, passed Margaret Page (1983-87) with her second kill of the match. She hit .600 on 20 attempts for the match, marking the third time she hit .600 or better on the season and sixth time hitting .500 or better.
"[Sallie] had 13 kills, only one error and hit .600," expressed Restrepo. "That's exactly what we want. We're very excited to have her playing this well in matches on the road."
Sophomore setter Julia Doyle (Plymouth, Minn.), coming off a career-high 53 assists a week ago, dished out 31 assists and picked up six digs in the win. Defensively, sophomore libero Taylor Migliazzo (Kansas City, Mo.) totaled a team-leading 14 digs.
Sophomore outside hitter Kierra Holst (Coppell, Texas) contributed to the offensive effort with eight kills, while senior Keila Rodriguez (Gurabo, Puerto Rico) and redshirt-freshman Madison Ward each added seven. Rodriguez hit .263 and Ward hit .294.
The Sooners hit .302 for the match and held the Bears to -.010. Baylor's team leader in kills was Adrien Richburg with five. Setter Amy Rosenbaum collected 17 assists and chipped in with four digs and three kills.
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(RNN) - Mickey Rooney, the freckle-faced, quick-witted child star of stage and screen who went on to have one of Hollywood's longest running careers, has died, according to media reports. He was 93 years old.
Rooney's squeaky clean on-screen image and boyish charm led him to star in more than 200 films, including the Andy Hardy series, one of the longest-running movie franchises.
Born Joe Yule, Jr. in 1920 to vaudeville actors for parents, Rooney was on the road only weeks after his birth. Literally born into showbiz, he grew up in the backstage areas of theaters across the country.
After his parents split up when he was a child, Rooney and his mom headed to Hollywood, but they struggled financially.
He first appeared onscreen in the 1926 film Not to be Trusted, but got his big break in a series of short films for kids in the Mickey McGuire series.
His mother tried to legally name him Mickey McGuire, but only the first name stuck. He'd take the last name Rooney after the series ended in 1934.
Shortly thereafter, he signed with what was then Hollywood's premiere studio, MGM, and went to work churning out pictures, including the Andy Hardy series, which made him a household name.
In 1938, the studio paired him with a then up-and-coming Judy Garland and a legendary on-screen partnership was born.
The all-American boy-girl singing and dancing duo would go onto make nine movies together, including Babes in Arms and Babes on Broadway. They'd also become lifelong friends.
Rooney would become Hollywood's top actor at the box office from 1939-1941.
He married Ava Gardner, his first of eight wives, in 1942, after the pair had only known each other a few months. Not anxious for one of his studio's hottest commodities to turn in his bachelor card, MGM owner Louis B. Mayer tried to stop the marriage but eventually relented.
However, the marriage was short-lived and the pair split a year later.
In 1944, still at the top of his game, Rooney left Hollywood to join the military, serving 21 months in Europe entertaining troops on the front lines. He earned a Bronze Star for his service.
When he came back to the states, it seemed Hollywood had forgotten him. The roles stopped coming like they used to and his child-actor star began to fade now that he was grown.
He starred in his final movie with Garland, Words and Music, in 1948 and his final Andy Hardy movie, Love Laughs at Andy Hardy, in 1946. At 26, Rooney had outgrown the boyish Hardy role.
In 1954, he worked on a short-lived TV show called Hey Mulligan, which was canceled, having the dubious honor of competing in the same time slot as the popular Jackie Gleason Show.
During this time, he collected a few more wives and a few more divorces. His fifth wife, Barbara Ann Thompson, was murdered in 1966 and Rooney spiraled into depression. He also battled gambling and pill addictions.
As he watched his good friend Judy Garland battle the addictions that eventually took her life, he committed to defeating his own, once and for all. He eventually sought help, kicked his demons for good and his life began to turn around.
He married his eighth wife in 1978 and the marriage stuck. He then reluctantly accepted a role in the Broadway show Sugar Babies, the role that revitalized his career.
In 1983, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Oscar.
He continued to act into his 80s and 90s, appearing in Night at the Museum in 2006 and even making a cameo alongside Kermit the Frog in 2011's The Muppets.
Rooney has four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one he shares with wife Jan.
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DALLAS (AP) — James Harden drove to the basket with his potent left hand, intent on breaking a late tie against the Dallas Mavericks.
His layup attempt never reached the rim.
Elton Brand's critical block led to a pair of tiebreaking free throws by O.J. Mayo, and Dirk Nowitzki hit several big shots and finished with 19 points to turn back a Jeremy Lin-led rally in the Mavericks' 105-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.
"I had two or three. Which one was it?" Brand said when asked about the block, managing to keep a straight face for a few seconds before breaking into a big grin.
He knew which one it was.
"He's one of the best finishers in the league," Brand said. "I just tried to do what I could to get a stop right there."
The Mavericks, who won a season-high fourth straight game, got plenty of stops on Harden. The NBA's fourth-leading scorer finished with 20 points but had just five midway through the third quarter and was held to 5-of-23 shooting. He barely extended his career-best streak of games with at least 20 points to 22.
Lin was the bigger threat in the fourth quarter. With Houston trailing 93-82, he hit two free throws and consecutive driving layups to start a 15-4 surge that tied the score at 97. He also had a 3-pointer, but missed three of six free throws down the stretch. One would have given Houston its first lead since the first quarter, and the last cost the Rockets a chance to tie with 57 seconds left.
"Well, if I could hit a free throw that would be nice," said Lin, a 78 percent foul shooter who had 19 points but went 6 of 10 from the line.
Mayo's free throws put Dallas ahead 99-97 with 1:02 remaining, and Lin had a chance to tie it after drawing a foul call that Dallas didn't like. His miss gave the Mavericks the ball back with the lead, but Mike James missed a long jumper. Harden couldn't get a good look at a layup on the other end, and Nowitzki won a scramble for the ball and made two more free throws.
The Rockets had a last chance to tie, but Lin committed their 16th turnover trying to get the ball to Chandler Parsons, who had 18 points. Harden, Lin and Parsons — Houston's three outside scoring threats — combined to make 17 of 50 from the field as the Rockets shot 39 percent and lost a season-high fifth straight coming off their second five-game winning streak, also a season best.
"Turnovers, missed layups, missed good shots," Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. "We just go through stretches where that comes back, and we've got to fight back after that."
Mayo had 18 points despite 3-of-14 shooting because he was 12 of 13 from the line. Shawn Marion also had 18 points to go with nine rebounds, while Brand had 11 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks.
Six Mavericks finished in double figures for the second straight game, but Dallas was looking to Nowitzki in key stretches. He hit a 3-pointer late in the third quarter to stem a Houston rally and had another big jumper after Lin pulled the Rockets within a point with 3:40 left.
"I had some good looks," said Nowitzki, who has scored in double figures in nine straight games after a slow start in his return from knee surgery that sidelined him for the first two months. "That 3 at the end of the third helped me get my rhythm. Sometimes all you need is to see the ball go through the hoop one time."
The Mavericks shot 38 percent and had a subpar night at the line before Nowitzki, Mayo and Dahntay Jones combined to make eight straight in the final 1:02.
Harden had gone more than two quarters without a basket when he stole a pass and converted a three-point play on the other end midway through the third. He ended up with five points during a 10-2 run that pulled Houston to 71-69.
NOTES: The Mavericks didn't trail in Monday's 113-98 win over Minnesota, the first time this season Dallas led from start to finish. It also was the first time the Mavericks had three players with 20 or more points in a game. Darren Collison scored 23 and Mayo and Brand added 20 apiece. … Collison and Mayo had nine assists each against the Timberwolves, making it the first time since 2002 that two Dallas players had at least 20 points and nine assists in the same game. … Houston's 18 points in the first quarter matched a season low for a Dallas opponent in the first. … James' 10-day contract expires at midnight Thursday. He played critical minutes against the Rockets, increasing the likelihood that he'll stay around.
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I used a harsh adjective the other day to describe the GOP's opening offer on fiscal cliff talks with the White House: pathetic. Fairness demands the same adjective to be applied to the White House bid. It, too, is pathetic.
To review the bidding: The GOP agreed to new tax revenue but set no dollar amount or enforcement mechanism. In a lopsided exchange, it demanded extension of the upper-income tax cuts, cancellation of the sequester cuts and assorted entitlement reforms.
In other words, the goodies Republicans want now, with a gauzy promise to accommodate Democrats down the road.
Now comes the White House — three-and-a-half weeks after the election — with its own restated intransigence. The White House asks: $1.6 trillion in tax revenue, $50 billion in new stimulus spending, and a reversion to the Clinton-era tax brackets for the wealthiest Americans. Oh, and what would in effect be a permanent increase in the debt ceiling.
This is less than what the president was willing to give House Speaker John Boehner last year. Okay, an election's intervened. But it's also less than what he set out in last year's budget, which didn't' have the debt ceiling demand.
This is not negotiating, it's chest-thumping.
At this point, my friends in the White House are getting ready to chide me for resorting to the false comfort of a plague on both your houses phony equivalence.
Their argument is: We have already anted up and specified, in our budget, several hundred billion in mandatory spending cuts, including $340 billion in health care savings. By the end of the decade, the White House argues, the health savings are more than what was contained in the Simpson-Bowles recommendations.
Meanwhile, the administration argument continues, Republicans have not budged one iota — more precisely, 1 percentage point — on tax rates. Until that happens, any offer we make would be negotiating against ourselves. Been there, done that, during the debt ceiling debacle.
Roger Fisher and William Ury, in their classic book, "Getting to Yes," spell out the test of a successful negotiation. "Any method of negotiation may fairly be judged by three criteria: It should produce a wise agreement if agreement is possible."
"It should be efficient. And it should improve or at least not damage the relationship between the parties. (A wise agreement can be defined as one which meets the legitimate interests of each side to the extent possible, resolves conflicting interests fairly, is durable, and takes community interests into account.)"
That seems like a pretty sensible standard to apply to the cliff conundrum. And by that metric, we are getting precisely nowhere. Actually, by any metric we are getting precisely nowhere. We are not getting to yes, we are getting to the edge of the cliff, and beyond.
Yes, President Obama won the election. But negotiating, especially with an adversary with whom you have a continuing relationship, cannot be premised on the notion of vanquishing the other side.
The White House would do well to acknowledge the enormous symbolic significance of the Republican about-face on tax revenue and help the GOP find a face-saving way to sell a revenue-raising, entitlement-reforming package to its members.
To take one example, if the president wants to stick to his $1.6 trillion revenue figure, what combination of higher rates and loophole closing would it take to get there? Rather than make an offer, the White House, to jump-start discussions, could present a menu of options, with various combinations and trade-offs needed to get to particular dollar amounts. Think of it as more Chinese restaurant than I'm here/you're there negotiation.
And let's get serious: The president has not said that the top rate needs to revert to 39.6 percent. He's only said it needs to be higher than the current level. Do the math — 37.3 percent anyone? In private conversations with me, Republicans have been less insistent on the current rates being carved in stone than they sound publicly.
But the danger is that the White House stance backs them into a corner from which they can't emerge. The administration should be searching for a face-saving way out for the other side.
There are three goals to keep in mind as the cliff — okay, the slope — draws closer: First, to avoid the damage, psychological and actual, of jumping off/sliding down. Second, to achieve a longer-term solution to the debt. Third, to set the stage — or at least not poison the well — for talks on other issues (immigration reform, for one) down the road.
All three, I worry, are at risk.
Ruth Marcus is a columnist and editorial writer for The Washingotn Post. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com


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March 9, 2010
Senior Ariana Gnekow has been named the UCSBgauchos.com/Golden 1 Credit Union Athlete of the Week for her performances that helped the UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team to two victories last week as part of the team's current five-game winning streak.
On Wednesday at UC Irvine, Gnekow tied her career-high with 12 points, 11 of them coming in the first half, as UCSB narrowly held on for a 57-55 victory. Gnekow, who hails from Santa Ynez, Calif., pulled down five rebounds while handing out an assist and nabbing a steal in the game.
However, the starting guard saved her best performance in a UCSB uniform for her final regular-season game. On Saturday at Cal State Bakersfield, Gnekow had her first career double-double by scoring a new career-high 13 points and pulling in a personal best 13 rebounds. She was one of two Gauchos with a double-double in the 80-75 victory as she also had two assists, a steal and was 6 of 9 from the field.
For the week Gnekow shot 10-for-15 from the field, including 2 of 3 from downtown.
Gnekow has become a fixture in the Gauchos' starting lineup in the team's past 12 games and she has been a big reason UCSB has won eight of those contests. She was awarded with the Big West Hustle Award on Monday, a first for the program.
Gnekow and the Gauchos take on Pacific in the opening round of the Big West Tournament on Wednesday at noon.


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By Michael Aneiro
Morgan Stanley muni analysts are now willing to lavish muted optimism upon the muni market, as MS removes its "cautious" market call and replaces it with a "constructive" outlook. Here are Morgan Stanley muni strategists John Dillon and Matthew Gastall to explain:
We are now removing our "near-term cautious" outlook and replacing it with a constructive outlook. Since we voiced our cautious call on February 28, benchmark municipal yields for 5-, 10- and 30-year paper, have increased by 21 basis points (to 1.21% from 1.00%), decreased by 3 basis points (to 2.37% from 2.40%) and decreased by 20 basis points (to 3.52% from 3.72%), respectively. Following the upward yield adjustments, shorter maturities now offer better value than just six weeks ago.
Although our base case is still one of rising yields, for investors interested in adding duration, value in the 20-year range is worth mentioning due to year-over-year (YOY) adjustments and outperformance we have recently seen (17-basis-point decrease in yields)…a flattening dynamic that may continue as the year progresses and rates eventually rise.
MS says muni issuance has increased lately but remains manageable, and that the back half of the muni yield curve has found more buyers while short-range maturity yields have increased substantially, providing the "better entry points" MS had previously advised investors to wait for. MS adds that muni credit quality continues to improve and that "investors appear focused on acquiring paper ahead of what could be sparse supply in the summer months."


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – UCSB Athletics and the Santa Barbara News Press radio will team up to broadcast a vast majority of UCSB Baseball's games this season, with 30 games being carried over the air by KZSB AM 1290 and online through UCSBgauchos.com and another 17 games airing exclusively online.
Key games on AM 1290 include the Feb. 19 home opener against UCLA, a Mar. 12 matchup against Notre Dame, and a May 21 away game at UCLA. Each and every conference game will also air on AM 1290, starting with a Mar. 28 faceoff at Hawai'i and ending with the season's final game at UC Davis on May 25.
UCSBgauchos.com will simulcast each KZSB broadcast, and will also carry every midweek game as well as key non-conference series against USF and Cal Poly.
The Voice of the Gauchos, Gerry Fall, will return as the play by play man for all baseball broadcasts.
For the entire broadcast schedule, click here.
Excitement is building for UCSB's 2013 squad, as the Gauchos have been touted in a number of national publications.
Baseball America ranked the Gauchos current freshman class as the No. 12 recruiting class in the nation, hailed head coach Andrew Checketts as one of the best head coaches under 40 in the nation, and tabbed junior shortstop Brandon Trinkwon as a Preseason All-American and the best defensive infielder in the nation.
In addition to that praise, the Collegiate Baseball News ranked UCSB's recruiting class at No. 18, Perfect Game named Coach Checketts a "Coach On the Rise," and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association selected sophomore lefty Andrew Vasquez as a preseason All-American.
To make sure you are there to see the action, consider one of our many season ticket options. Full season tickets plans start at under $2 per game, and upon purchase, season ticket holders will receive a $10 credit to the Gauchos Shop. Any credits must be redeemed in person at a game and not through the online shop. To purchase season tickets, call 893-UCSB or visit the online ticket office here.
For the 2013 UCSB Baseball schedule, click here.
You can support Andrew Checketts' vision for a winning program by following the "Gaucho 9" blog, with news, updates, and commentary on everything UCSB Baseball.


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Reno, NV - At Party America, there's a whole section devoted to party supply's for Sunday's big game. Only you won't find anything that says 49ers there.
"Sold out. As soon as we got it, in three hours, it was gone," says Nina Robbins, assistant manager at Party America.
That's the tough reality Malena Raymond is facing. The Reno resident is hosting a 49ers themed party this weekend.
"I thought I was ahead of the game a little bit, since the party's not until Sunday," she says. "But I guess there are a lot of fans in Reno."
"Going around to different stores, it's the same thing," says Robbins.
The only other place we were able to find some 49er party supplies was Party City off Northtowne Lane. But the manager there says his store is also selling out quickly.
"I think it's just an exciting time for the west coast," says Kathleen Cooke, a 49ers fan who was shopping at Party America. "and Colin kaepernick from UNR. I think this whole community is so involved in his success and the 49ers success and it just makes it that much more exciting."
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Is social shopping making a comeback?
At one point social shopping was hailed as the future of ecommerce.
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Whilst social elements, such as sharing buttons, have been integrated into retail websites, the overall vision of social shopping has not yet come to fruition.
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Here's how North Carolina members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending June 20.
Here's how North Carolina members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending June 20.
2015 MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS: Voting 340 for and 73 against, the House on June 20 passed a $570.4 billion military appropriations bill for fiscal 2015, including $79.4 billion for war in Afghanistan and other theaters. The bill (HR 4870) funds a 1.8 percent military pay raise and bars prisoner transfers from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, while providing $39 million for suicide prevention programs; $350 million for a joint missile-defense program with Israel; $5.8 billion for procuring 38 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and $220 million to develop a new rocket engine to end U.S. reliance on the Russian-built RD-180. The bill also fully funds the military's new post of "sexual victims counsel" to help service personnel deal with legal issues after they have been sexually assaulted.
A yes vote was to approve the 2015 military budget.
Voting yes: Democrats, G.K. Butterfield, David Price and Mike McIntyre, and Republicans Renee Ellmers, Virginia Foxx, Richard Hudson, Robert Pittenger, Patrick McHenry, Mark Meadows and George Holding
Voting no: Republican Walter Jones
Not voting: Republican Howard Coble
COMBAT BAN IN IRAQ: By a vote of 165 for and 250 against, the House on June 19 refused to prohibit the expenditure of funds in HR 4870 (above) to support U.S. combat operations in Iraq. The vote occurred as President Obama announced he will deploy as many as 300 U.S. military advisers, but not combat forces, to help the Iraqi government defeat a growing insurgency.
A yes vote was to bar funding of U.S. combat forces in Iraq in fiscal 2015.
Voting yes: Jones
Voting no: Butterfield, Ellmers, Price, Foxx, Coble, McIntyre, Hudson, Pittenger, McHenry, Meadows, Holding
UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT CHILDREN: Voting 130 for and 292 against, the House on June 19 refused to provide $41.5 million in HR 4870 (above) to the National Guard so that it could help federal border agents deal with thousands of unaccompanied Central American children who have been illegally entering the U.S. in recent months. The funds were to have been transferred from elsewhere in the $570.4 billion military budget.
A yes vote was to allocate $41.5 million to the National Guard for border control.
Voting yes: Jones, Coble, McIntyre, Hudson, McHenry, Meadows, Holding
Voting no: Butterfield, Ellmers, Price, Foxx, Pittenger
DISPUTE OVER MISSILE SILOS: Voting 187 for and 233 against, the House on June 19 refused to strip HR 4870 (above) of a congressional requirement that the Department of Defense keep on "warm standby" status 50 Minuteman III missile silos that are slated for eventual elimination under the New Start arms-reduction treaty with Russia. Overall, America has 450 land-based ICBM silos, which form one leg of the nation's nuclear triad, along with strategic bombers and submarine-launched nuclear weapons. At issue on this vote was whether the decision on when to shut down the 50 silos should rest with members of Congress or national-security specialists in the executive branch.
A yes vote was to ensure the White House and Pentagon have decision-making authority over silo closures.
Voting yes: Butterfield, Jones, Price
Voting no: Ellmers, Foxx, Coble, McIntyre, Hudson, Pittenger, McHenry, Meadows, Holding
2015 BUDGETS FOR DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES: By a vote of 95 for and three against, the Senate on June 17 advanced a bill (HR 4660) that would appropriate fiscal 2015 budgets totaling $126.2 billion for the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Justice and Transportation and dozens of related agencies, including science units such as the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. The bill remained in debate.
A yes vote was to start debate on the bill.
Voting yes: Democrat Kay Hagan and Republican Richard Burr
In the week of June 23, both chambers will continue to debate fiscal 2015 appropriations bills.


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This comes up a lot at baseball games. As a woman who wears all kinds of hats, I've made sure that I've got my hatiquette (sorry...) sorted out.If a woman's hat is a woman's hat (as in, meant to be an accessory to an outfit), it stays on.If the hat a woman is wearing is a "man's" hat or a sports cap (like a baseball cap), it comes off. As someone who wears a stetson as outwear in the weather, I take mine off. I have no idea about the cowboy hats in this one, but if it were to follow the "general" working/sports hat etiquette above, they come off. HOWEVER, it may be perfectly acceptable in that realm of hat culture to leave them on.Of course, I'm not going to question someone's patriotism over it.
I would bet that a lot of the non-performing women do have their hats pinned on and integrated into their do's, even if the hat is a cowboy hat. I don't know how the performers do their hats, but I suspect they're following the lead of the rest of the subculture in leaving them on.
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Ralph Nader's presidential campaign turned in more than 11,000 signatures Thursday in efforts to get on the Nevada ballot - more than double the number of names of registered voters required from independent candidates.
Nader spokesman Kevin Zeese said the signatures were turned in a day ahead of a Friday deadline. All the names were collected in Clark County, encompassing Las Vegas, and election officials there must now start a verification process and advise the secretary of state of the results.
Steve George, spokesman for Secretary of State Dean Heller, said the verification process should take about two weeks, and if Nader ends up with at least 5,000 valid names he's assured of a spot on the November ballot.
The Democrats' national party chief, Terry McAuliffe, has urged Nader to quit rather than face the prospect of being the man who gave the nation another four years of President Bush.
But Nader's name on the ballot in Nevada won't be a negative for Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry, Kerry-Nevada spokesman Sean Smith said.
Smith said Kerry and Nader have worked together on issues such as health care and consumer protection, adding Kerry respects Nader but "we believe voters are going to want to vote for somebody in Nevada who can beat George Bush - and that's John Kerry."
Nevada-based GOP consultant Mike Slanker said Bush "probably" benefits from having Nader's name on the Nevada ballot. "Everything matters in a race that will be as close as this," he added.
Slanker also said splinter-party and independent candidates seeking high offices in Nevada tend to have less of an impact than in other states because there are so many of them on the state's ballots and "voters are a little more conditioned to it."
Bush got 49.5 percent of the Nevada vote in 2000, while Democrat Al Gore got 46 percent and Nader got 2.5 percent - so even if Gore had received all of Nader's votes he still wouldn't have won here. This year, five electoral votes are at stake.
A new AP-Ipsos national poll has found Bush slightly leading Kerry 49 percent to 45 percent with Nader at 3 percent. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. A month ago, the Bush-Kerry matchup was tied and Nader had 6 percent.
Nader said Sunday that Democrats who see his independent campaign as a threat to Kerry's candidacy are afraid of the democratic process. He also said the Democratic-Republican party lock on the electoral system hurts the country.


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Try placing it out in the sunshine for several days. I worked at a camp for disabled children awhile back and we used that technique for everything that got to smelling. ( You'd be surprised at what we came across at that camp) you also might try carpet cleaner.
She has been saved!I was just not happy with how she smelled. DH thinks I am a bit of a freak and that I have a nose like a blood hound. I can smell anything even days later. she was just not clean enough.So planning on a kill or cure (was going to look at removing the wires from the main "box" and re soldering them back on if we had to) we opened her up. Her wiring we shocking easy to remove. It all comes out in one unit. The paw pads are held in place with a small pocked of cotton with a single stitch. once the stuffing was taken out it was childes play.All her inner fluff and plushiness went in to a light pillowcase and got washed at 60C with the oxi stuff I use on her nappies. Then she was tumble dried on high with lavender oil. Putting her back together took about 15mins. Baby Girl is cuddling her as we speak and she smells nicer now than when he got her new. thank you for the suggestions. I am off to find forums to post this on so other mummys and daddys can save there child's bedtime toy. The funny thing is, I really wanted to just pull her apart to begin with but didn't as I was sure I would destroy her. As it was, it meant I just wasted a weekend
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text: I have been a very bad blogger lately and I suppose those hot summer days are to blame. Believe it or not, this is actually the first editorial I post on my blog with Kate Moss. You may have noticed that I am very much into photography right now, that has a raw and almost documentary kind of feel. I also feel so connected to this particular style because of my background in street photography. By the way have you noticed this wall covered with Kate Moss portraits on my photographs of Art Basel?


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While Super Meat Boy developer Team Meat works away on its mysterious next project, one half of the dynamic indie duo has revealed more of his own new side-project. The Binding of Isaac will be released on PC via Steam in August, Edmund McMillen has announced.
The Binding of Isaac is "a roguelike shooter based on the dungeon structure of Zelda (NES)," McMillen explains. "At its core is controls like Smash TV/Robotron in a randomly generated semi RPG world filled with powerups items and special abilities."
With no RPG levelling system, you'll be powering up purely with passive upgrades and items. "90% of items in the game stack, so as you progress your character will change into a monstrous powerhouse not only in stats and abilities but also in appearance," said McMillen. As you'd expect from a rougelike with Zelda influences, items will also be used to solve "micro puzzles."
It's being made with Florian Himsl, who McMillen previously worked with on Tri-achinid and Coil. Super Meat Boy music man Danny B is providing the soundtrack.
The price hasn't been revealed yet, but Edmund assures, "it definitely wont put much of a strain on your wallets."


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A second suspect has been charged in the death of three family members in Mississippi.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says 30-year-old Cedric D. Mason of Jackson was arrested late Wednesday on two counts of capital murder and two counts of kidnapping.
Meanwhile, 42-year-old Timothy Ladell Burns of Jackson has been charged with two counts of murder and arson and is being held without bond following his initial appearance Wednesday in Copiah County Justice Court.
Authorities found the family's wrecked and burned vehicle Saturday in a remote area southwest of Jackson.
Investigators say Burns led them to the bodies of 7-year-old Jaidon Hill, 30-year-old Atira Hughes-Smith and 34-year-old Laterry Smith at an abandoned house about a mile from the vehicle.