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What IS space?
Then nothing I said was false. Absolute zero is an artificial construct. Space is nothing.
You believe in the fairytale of dark matter? How is that different than the fairytale of God?
There are all kinds of theories but no proof.
Math is a language. Language can be falsified or used for lying...or obscuring the truth.
I don't know what space is. I'm just reasonably sure it's not nothing, because nothing wouldn't have properties like temperature.
And actually, I wasn't saying that matter doesn't move. Although, I can see why you would say that, since one interpretation of quantum theory is that gravity is simply the curvature of space-time (which again brings up the question of just what space is). But even without that, we still have electromagnetism, which also creates motion.
I'm not married to the concept of either dark matter or dark energy. They make sense, at least in context, but I ran across a really interesting article last night which said that the existence of singularities within a model of physics indicates that something in that model is broken. In my opinion, they're simply us grasping at a way to explain why things in the universe happen the way they do.
Here's an analogy that might help you to envision it. Take a rulerstick, and use it as an example of space. So imagine that each second, the space between each inch marker doubles. So the 0-inch mark would be twice as far away from the 1-inch mark after one second. But it would be twelve times as far away from the 12-inch mark after the same time frame - thus it would seem to be moving twelve times faster even though none of the relevant points moved at all. Stack up enough inches, and you'd end up with something that seemed to be moving faster than the speed of light from the perspective of the original 0-inch marker.
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They clog our intersections with Hertz rental cars when we're late for work. They plug grocery lines when all granny needs is a gallon of Lucerne. And they march to the boat launch clad in XTRATUF boots - sans mud and salmon guts, as if they scribed the "Great Book of Alaska Faux Pas.'"
But most tourists - the same ones who give the local economy a shot in the rump each summer - come to the central Kenai Peninsula with good intentions.
They descend on our turf not to irritate or annoy, but to experience a unique region with their friends or family, the people they love. And chances are, if you are a full-time resident, you've hosted someone from "outside."
When it comes to fishing, "host" isn't such a bad role to play.
Visitors allow us to participate in those tourist activities we trash among our inner circle, but secretly enjoy.
The chartered, freezer-filling halibut trips out of Homer. The guided excursions down the Kenai for the elusive 70-pound king salmon. The 18-hour days full of casts, nets and stories.
Hosting guests gives us the perfect excuse to indulge - and run until our tank is empty.
"It's summer in Alaska," a friend recently told me as I grumbled about fatigue. "You can sleep this winter."
Since visitors come in all shapes and sizes, we get a little of everything when opening our doors.
In July, the roof under which I live tripled as a daycare, fraternity house and retirement home.
There was little Zack, all 14 months of him, the blonde-haired son of my roommate's brother. Zack wasn't much for fishing, but he sure liked to cry, especially in the morning.
My alarm clock needed a break, Zack, so thank you.
There was Brian, my 37-year-old brother, who would excel as a spokesman for the Mexican beer Tecate based on the commitment he displayed to the cold beverage during his four-day visit.
His arms might still be sore, too, from hauling in a pair of 40-pound kings, fish I wouldn't have seen had he not made the trip. We fished at least eight hours each day he was here and up to 12 on some because I didn't want to send him home empty handed.
For me, that sort of dedication - or addiction - only comes out when someone special is in town.
And there were my roommate's parents, the quietest of our guests, who may or may not have departed with their sanity after spending nearly a month here.
At least they've got plenty of fish to show for it.
The next visitors, my parents, arrive in about a week. Chief among our plans are to kill halibut, silver salmon and rainbow trout.
But there will be more, many more, adventures made possible by their visit.
So instead of laying on the horn next time traffic bottles up in Soldotna due to part-timers, remember that many of them are en route to see family or friends - people like you and me.
July is messy on the Central Peninsula, but it's also unique. So have fun. Embrace it.
Be a good host.
There was a day when your XTRATUF boots were spotless, too.
Wesley Remmer is a reporter with the Peninsula Clarion and a fishing enthusiast.

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I have so much to be thankful for this holiday season. First and foremost, I'm thankful for my supportive family. When I was presented with the opportunity to take the helm at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network – to make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities – my wife and three children were eager to join me and to begin a new chapter.
If you have ever started a new job, you know that the first 90 days are like trying to drink water from a fire hose. You receive massive amounts of information and introductions that are nearly impossible to digest. To succeed, you have to set priorities – focusing on what needs to be addressed first.
Since being named President & CEO of Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network, I've received a number of supportive inquiries from friends and family, colleagues and other health-care executives. Most of the questions I received are a variation of the same theme – Why Good Shepherd? And, why now?


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Feb. 14, 2013
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) - Duke Mondy scored 16 points, including the deciding free throw with 4 seconds left, and Oakland defeated South Dakota 76-75 on Thursday.
Corey Petros had 17 points and 13 rebounds and Drew Valentine had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Golden Grizzlies (14-13, 9-4 Summit), who have won six in a row since a 97-78 home loss to South Dakota.
After Juevol Myles' free throws tied it with 22 seconds to play, Mondy made one of two free throws. Myles missed a shot to win at the end.
Travis Bader added 16 points for Oakland, which shot 46 percent from the field.
Myles led the Coyotes (8-17, 4-9) with 23 points and Brandon Bos scored 22. South Dakota, which shot 50 percent in each half, has lost four in a row.


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Anyone who's ever played GTA knows a respray fools the cops and army.
"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher." - Ambrose Bierce
Langeveldt: I of course blame their parents.. and unchecked immigration!
GingerFurball: He's Austrian, they tend to produce the odd ****ed up individual
Burgey: Be careful dealing with neighbours whose cars don't have wheels but whose houses do.
Uppercut: Maybe I just need better strippers
1) Ross is Boss.
2) See point 1.
Leading the charge against nuances being used in posts.
Overrated XI M Bracewell, Burns, Rahane, Don Voges, Bairstow, Alecz Day, Donovan Grobelaar, Luke Ronchi, Faulkner, Dan Christian, Permaul
Rarely, if ever, get this stressed during exam periods. Slightly concerned atm.
do you think people will be allowed to make violins?
who's going to make the violins?
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Thanks for that Turbi, an excellent read.
R.I.P Craigos, you were a champion bloke. One of the best
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"How about you do something contstructive in this forum for once and not fill the forum with ****. You offer nothing." - theegyptian.
"There's more chance of SoC making a good post than Smith averaging 99.95." - Furball
"**** you're such a **** poster." - Furball
The reactions from some people in relation to the Royal Commission announced into child *** abuse by members of the Catholic church is pretty much text-book cognitive dissonance. Would be hilarious if not so serious.
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Haha, have heard about those. Re-offense rates are actually astounding good apparently. Low, I mean.
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Why does every single job available want a minimum of 2 years experience in the industry?
Even finding retail stuff is easier said than done.
It's not what you know it's who you know etc.
10pm on the night before my last exam, feeling smug about it, discover whole section of the course I'd completely missed. Strongly considering use of the following:
I just might have discovered a nice short-cut to doing this **** so I think I'll be okay. We. Shall. See.
Better than the panic button you hit during said exam when you realised you've written down complete bull**** for 5/6ths of it
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The Prairie City-Monroe Mustangs (8-7) showed up to the West Marshall-hosted tournament on Saturday looking to make a statement, and it's clear that mission was accomplished with two wins and an aggregate score of 23-3 for the day.
The Mustangs took on the Trojans in their first game of the day, coming away with an 11-3 victory. PCM scored in every inning but the seventh, as they poured on the runs.
Freshman center fielder Clay Cooper led the team with four hits in five at-bats. Those four hits drove in four runs and included two doubles. Cooper also scored a run and stole two bases.
Chase Keuning drove in two runs with three hits in his five trips to the plate. He doubled and scored two runs. Junior Zach Uhlenhopp went 3-for-3 at the plate with two doubles and two runs scored. He drove in a run, as well.
Keith Timmons started and got the victory for the Mustangs, only surrendering one earned run in five innings pitched.
The second game featured something special by Mustang pitcher Tyler Townsend. In the team's 12-0 win over Grundy Center, Townsend threw a perfect game. He pitched all seven innings without allowing one Spartan to reach base, striking out five. He helped his own cause at the plate with two runs driven in on a base hit.
Ron Marshall had two RBI in an 0-for-2 showing. Ethan Kain drove in a run and scored two more. Nathan Vande Wall went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and two stolen bases. Trey Lindsay scored two runs and stole two bases, as well.
C-M wins one of two games in Newton tournament
After taking out the Cardinals in the first game of Newton's tournament on Saturday, the Tigerhawks of Colfax-Mingo went up against the Chariton Chargers in the tournament championship.
The Chargers entered the game having lost only twice this season, and although the Tigerhawks gave them a fight, the Chargers lived up to their record, beating C-M, 6-3.
C-M got on the board first, scoring two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning on a two-RBI double from senior catcher Austin Yoakum. The Chargers struck back with four runs in the top of the fifth. They added two more in the top of the seventh, and although the Tigerhawks mounted a small rally on a solo home run by Jake Alexander, the Chargers closed out the victory.
Senior Caleb Anderson started and finished the game for the Tigerhawks, taking the loss. Anderson gave up 12 hits and six runs in his five innings of work. He also scored a run.
Senior Michael Brown was the only Tigerhawk to record multiple hits, singling twice in his three trips to the plate.
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Marshall tournament
The baseball team for the Collins-Maxwell/Baxter Raiders (1-10, 0-9 HOI) headed to West Marshall for a tournament on Saturday, splitting its two games and picking up its first victory of the season.
The Raiders started the day off with a 5-2 loss to the host Trojans.
West Marshall got on the board in the first inning with two runs. CMB answered with a run in the second, but a three-run rally by the Trojans in the bottom of the fifth was too much for the Raiders to handle.
Senior Zach Hartgers pitched all six innings for the Raiders, taking the loss. He gave up four earned runs on six hits and four walks. He also struck out five Trojans.
There was only one RBI for the Raiders, and it came on a solo shot off the bat of sophomore left fielder Bryce Kemp.
After starting the year on a disappointing, 10-game losing streak, CMB was able to pick up a win over the Grundy Center Spartans, 6-2.
The Raiders got out to a quick 4-0 lead after scoring two runs in each of the first two innings. They picked up solo runs in the fifth and sixth innings, as well, and although things got a little dicey for starter Nate Bishop in the seventh inning, he was able to end the game and put away the Spartans.
Bishop struck out seven Spartans over seven innings, while walking five and giving up five hits.
Sophomore third baseman Seth Balke had two doubles in four at-bats and drove in one run. Senior Aaron Haupert had an RBI double. Freshman Brady Stover and junior Cory Logan each drove in a run each.


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High school exams and testing are serious business, and freshmen will find a world of difference from their middle school experience.
At the mid-point of the academic year, the four freshmen we are following are knee-deep in exam time and shoring up their first semester grades. Academic experts say it's an eye-opener for many.
"A lot of kids have a hard time transitioning from middle school to the high school, and having to take an exam," said Bruton High School first-year principal Vicky Corlett, who moved up this year from Bruton feeder Queens Lake Middle School. "You mean I have to remember the whole year?"
Students who are having academic problems should have been identified long before this time of year and have plans in place to help them, said Newport News Public Schools Lead Secondary Supervisor Renita Williams.
"What you find at this time of year is that teachers are really preparing ninth-graders to take exams, many of them for the first time." Williams said. "They haven't taken that type of a comprehensive summative test, and so they're preparing them for those."
With exams looming for many later this month, local school administrators say it's important to plan ahead to review material and ask for extra help if it's needed. Parents should know the exam schedule and check on what their children are bringing home to prepare for tests.
High school classes cover more material at a faster rate, so organizing notes as class work accumulates becomes very important.
"Because now is the time that they need to go back through that notebook, and back through the work that they've been doing for the past semester to use it as a basis for review, " said Nancy Sweat, secondary English supervisor for Newport News Public Schools.
Students taking selected classes associated with the state's English, math, social studies and science Standards of Learning also must take state tests in those courses.
A big factor in high school is the high percentage of a student's grade determined by exams.
"One thing they're not used to, and is a change coming from middle to high school, is the exam that counts for a big percentage of their grade — 20 percent of their semester grade is the exam," Corlett said. "A lot of kids are learning how to study and prepare for those exams."
Corlett said that test-time assistance for students at Bruton includes review sessions, study guides, a list of keys to taking multiple choice or short answer tests or a mix of both, and home-study tools.
Kelsey Sweeney, a freshman at Menchville High, is caught up on schoolwork she missed during the two weeks she was out for foot surgery in December and her grades are all back up, she said. Now she's focusing on exams, and plans to study more than she did in middle school.
"Definitely, that can make your semester grade, especially if it's borderline," Sweeney said. "I'm definitely going to study a lot more, get together with people and get together with the teachers if I'm confused or don't understand."
Kecoughtan High School freshman Andrew Green said he has As and Bs in all of his eight classes except for Algebra II/Trigonometry. And that C "is basically my full effort," said Green, who studies more for that class than any other and often asks his teacher for help.
"There's a much larger workload and more projects and tests," he said about the end of the semester in high school as compared to middle school. "There's still plenty of work in the middle of the quarter, but a lot more toward the end."
Caleb Beck isn't worried about the exams he'll take later this month, but he's still taking them seriously.
"These are my grades," Beck said. "I'll probably start next week studying a little bit each day."
Hampton High freshman Shalia Knight is taking seven classes but only has two final exams, because she's exempt from the rest, and one SOL test, she said. She is currently an honor-roll student with all As and Bs.
"I'm doing good," Knight said. "I was struggling in Spanish but I brought up my grade. I just stayed back after school and got some tutoring and made up some tests and quizzes. I should have a B."
Corlett said exams, and the additional accountability of high school, are the biggest hurdles for freshmen.
"To see the kids come up from eighth grade as freshmen, and also the kids realizing this is my future," Corlett said. "These grades count for me going to college. If I don't do well, it's not a matter of repeating a grade, it's a matter of I don't get those credits and I don't get toward my goal of college or whatever it is, or I don't get to play sports. They get to see the direct impact more than in middle school."
Parents also need to stay involved, Sweat added, because freshmen are forming habits they will carry through high school.
"In elementary school, everyone knows as a parent how to be involved, to check the homework and look in the book bag," Sweat said. "Then we think, 10 years later when the child's in high school, we let them go.
"And to a certain extent, you do have to give them some practice with that freedom. But it's not free rein, by any chance."
Staff writers Samieh Shalash and Tyra M. Vaughn contributed to this report.
Tips for test time
Tips for test time
•Have a plan; don't wait until the night before
Review and go over notes
Take advantage of after-school review sessions
For parents, now your child's exam schedule
Get plenty of sleep
Follow a proper diet
Cut back on work hours, outside of school activities
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Archimandrite Melchisedek installed as the seventh Bishop of Pittsburgh
June 30, 2009
The Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Orthodox Church in America held Divine Services for the consecration and installation of Archimandrite Melchisedek (Pleska) as the Seventh Bishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania on Friday June 26 at St. Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Cathedral, Allison Park, PA.
The Sacred Rite of Consecration and Installation was presided over by His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah and the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America.
Bishop Melchisedek was born Thomas Alexander Pleska, in Dayton OH, August 20, 1942. His father, Alexander Peter Pleska, was born in Byelo-Russia near Brest-Litovsk, and immigrated with his parents to the US in 1925. His mother Johanna (Eugenia Stachuk) Pleska was born in Cleveland, Ohio, of Ukrainian immigrant parents, and baptized in St. Theodosius Cathedral.
At the time he was growing up in Dayton there was no Orthodox parish present, and he and his sister received their Christian formation in local Protestant parishes and taken to the "Russian" Church in Cleveland for important Holy Days, and other visits. It was as an adult that Bishop Melchisedek describes himself as becoming a member in the Orthodox Church at Christ the Saviour Church in Cincinnati, OH, under the pastorship of Fr. Daniel Rentel.
After high school, Thomas Pleska first attended the University of Michigan School of Music and then Miami University in Oxford, OH, where he completed a BA with a major in Philosophy, with aspirations to eventually receive a doctorate and teach. After graduating he entered the business world, first in a stock brokerage and later in real estate.
In the early 1980s, he made the decision to take a Master of Divinity degree at St. Vladimir's Seminary. During his studies, under the deanship of Protopresbyter John Meyendorff, Thomas was encouraged to consider ordination. Through several encounters with monastic spiritual fathers, including Elder Dionysios of the Simono-Petras Monastery on Mount Athos and Archimandrite Dimitry Egouroff, a monk of Old Valaam, he also made the decision to take the monastic tonsure after ordination.
Thomas Pleska was ordained to the Diaconate in 1985, on the feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple, November 21, by Bishop Job. In 1986, on the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25, he was ordained to the Priesthood by Metropolitan Theodosius.
In the Fall of 1986, Fr. Thomas accepted the position of Instructor of Dogmatic Theology at St. Tikhon's Seminary. During his time teaching at St. Tikhon's, he served as chaplain at the Holy Myrrhbearers Women's Monastery in Otego NY, and as interim pastor at the Churches of the Holy Trinity in Pottstown, PA, St. Michael in Old Forge, PA, and St. Basil in Simpson, PA. It was also at this time that he made his acquaintance with the Elder Sophrony and his monastery in Essex, England.
From 1989 to 1998 Fr. Thomas served as rector of Saints Peter and Paul Church in Meriden, CT.
In 1998, Fr. Thomas traveled to Greece where he served first at the Monastery of the Holy Cross, an international women's community in Thebes. In 2003, he was transferred to serve as chaplain at the women's monastery of St. George the Great Martyr and to serve his own brotherhood at the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Petras.
In 2004, he was tonsured to the Great Schema, taking the name Melchisedek, and raised to the rank of Archimandrite.
On April 2, 2009, Archimandrite Melchisedek was elected Bishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania by the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America. He returned to the United States and during Holy Week 2009 he celebrated the divine services in various parishes of the Archdiocese. He has begun to familiarize himself with the Archdiocesan parishes and institutions and has become active in the administrative duties of the Archdiocese.


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In 2013, I expect the adoption of cloud solutions to accelerate across all market segments. In addition, the convergence of cloud solutions and IT outsourcing (ITO) will grow as enterprises continue to operate under financial pressure, and they seek to reduce costs and provide business agility for new business initiatives. This will put more pressure on traditional VARs to rapidly transform their business models, fueling increased industry consolidation as multiples become more attractive to buyers. Additionally, mobility will become an increasingly attractive market opportunity as mobile devices surpass PCs and laptops as primary computing platforms and clients are forced to sort out BYOD, mobile device management and data security concerns. New vendors will drive the mobility market.


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CSB and SJU ranked highly in Open Doors 2013 report
November 11, 2013
The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University are ranked No. 2 nationally among baccalaureate institutions with students who participate in mid-length study abroad programs, according to Open Doors 2013, the annual report on international education published by the Institute of International Education which was released Monday, Nov. 11.
CSB and SJU, which share the No. 2 spot with Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., had 360 students study abroad in mid-length programs during the 2011-12 school year, according to the most recent data released by IIE. Mid-length duration study abroad programs are those lasting one semester, one quarter or two quarters (CSB and SJU operate under the semester system). CSB and SJU were the highest ranked Minnesota colleges in the category.
It was one of four categories that CSB and SJU were ranked among the top schools nationally for study abroad and international students studying in the United States.
- The 2013 report found that CSB and SJU ranked No. 4 nationally among baccalaureate institutions for total number of study abroad students, with 546 who studied abroad in 2011-12.
CSB and SJU have been ranked among the top six nationally in this category for the past nine years. CSB and SJU were ranked No. 2 in this category among Minnesota colleges.
- The report also found that CSB and SJU ranked No. 34 among baccalaureate institutions for undergraduate participation in study abroad, with a 66.7 percent undergraduate participation rate in study abroad.
"We are very proud to remain among the leaders of semester-long study abroad participation rates at a time when more students are trending toward shorter-term international programs," said Peggy Retka, director of Education Abroad at CSB and SJU.
"CSB and SJU are also experiencing growth in short-term program participation and we are working to remain strong in semester-long participation. We have launched two new semester study abroad opportunities for the 2013-14 academic year and work continuously to update our existing programs so that they stay relevant to the missions of CSB and SJU," Retka said.
A total of 283,332 U.S. students studied abroad during the 2011-12 academic year, an increase of 3.4 percent from the previous academic year. The United Kingdom was the top destination, with 34,660 students. A multi-country destination (Rome and Athens, and Italy and Germany) topped the CSB and SJU list, with 75 students.
CSB and SJU offer 20 semester-long study abroad programs, including 16 faculty-led programs. In addition, the Office for Education Aboard coordinates with offices and academic departments to offer more than 20 short-term international options each year, including credit-bearing study abroad, internships and volunteer programs.
- Open Doors 2013 also reported that CSB and SJU ranked No. 15 among baccalaureate institutions with 263 international students for the 2012-13 academic year. CSB and SJU were ranked No. 2 in this category among Minnesota schools.
"The CSB and SJU community continues to be enriched by a strong number of students from a wide variety of countries and cultures," said Alex Schleper, director of international admission at CSB and SJU. "The international students also benefit from and value the excellent academic program, the small classes, beautiful campuses, friendly atmosphere and globally minded environment that CSB and SJU offers."
The number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities increased by 7.2 percent to 819,644 students during the 2012-13 academic year, according to the report. This represents a record high number of international students in the U.S. China had the largest group of students studying in the U.S., with 235,597 students. China also had the largest delegation of students at CSB and SJU, with 89.


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The wireless phone company gave itself a significant competitive advantage by signing deals with the National Hockey League and National Football League, the CRTC ruled Monday.
"Canadians shouldn't be forced to subscribe to a wireless service from a specific company to access their favourite content," Konrad von Finckenstein, chairman of the CRTC, said in a statement.
"Healthy and fair competition between service providers will promote greater choice for Canadians."
The decision followed a complaint from Telus Communications (TSX:T) last January after it failed to secure the rights, first from the two sports leagues and later from Bell (TSX: BCE).
The NHL content includes games and video highlights, while the NFL content includes prime-time games and playoff games, including the Superbowl.
Telus argued that the exclusivity of Bell's deal had a negative impact on Telus's ability to compete in both the broadcasting distribution and wireless markets.
Bell's position was that Telus could still broadcast content not covered by those deals and had presented no evidence that without the content, it couldn't compete.
But in its ruling, the regulator said Bell's exclusive deal put Telus at an undue disadvantage.
"Although the Canadian mobile content distribution market is an emerging market, it is likely that sports will be a primary driver in the mobile video market and there will continue to be an increase in consumers' desire to have access to popular premium sports programming over mobile devices in Canada," the ruling said.
"This serves to increase the likelihood that the arrangements between Bell and the NFL and NHL would have a significant adverse impact on Telus's ability to attract mobile subscribers for its broadcasting content."
The CRTC ruled Bell Mobility must file a report within 30 days explaining how it will ensure Telus has access to the NHL and NFL content at reasonable terms.
The company can ask the CRTC to reconsider or it can appeal the ruling to the Federal Court of Canada.
A spokeswoman for Bell said the company is reviewing the decision.
"Bell does not control how the major leagues sell their rights in Canada," Jacqueline Michelis said in an e-mail. "We do not have the right to sub-license or re-sell this content," said
"The CRTC is imposing itself directly in how independent, and in this case international, content owners sell their content rights in Canada. We don't have the ability to act on the CRTC's behalf in the way they're demanding."
There is a risk in the CRTC's decision, said telecom analyst Mark Goldberg.
"If the CRTC says to Bell it is illegal for you to enter into an exclusive arrangement and the content provider makes a determination that the only way that they will sell content in Canada is under an exclusive arrangement, then the only possible outcome of that is that the content won't be available in Canada," he said.
Telus welcomed the ruling, saying all it wanted was the same distribution access as Bell.
"What (the CRTC) is trying to do here is to ensure from a consumer perspective they have ease of use, more attractive and flexible packaging across all platforms and more affordable rates," said Michael Hennessy, senior vice president of government and regulatory affairs for Telus.
"That's really their goal and the only way you can do that is to ensure all distributors of context get access to the broadcaster."
But Goldberg suggested there's no proof it's actually in the best interests of consumers.
"What would happen if Bell kept that exclusive? Well, for Telus or Rogers, they would either have to find some other really compelling content or they might have to drop prices," he said.
"Isn't that more of a consumer benefit than all of the carriers having all of the same content?
The CRTC decision comes days after Bell and Rogers (TSX:RCI) teamed up for a $1.07-billion bid for a majority stake in the Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, giving them ownership of the NHL's Maple Leafs, the NBA's Raptors and the Toronto FC soccer club.
While the two companies are fierce rivals in the mobile communications business, the deal was built on consumers' growing hunger for sports content broadcast on mobile devices.
Anything the two companies choose to do with mobile content as part of that deal will fall under the CRTC's new vertical integration policy, announced this fall.
It says that programs designed primarily for television cannot be offered on an exclusive basis for mobile or Internet services.
Telus filed its complaint about the NHL and NFL deal prior to the new policy announcement, but Monday's decision by the CRTC does provide guidance, Goldberg said.
"It provides some clarity about what the CRTC will do in cases where it finds there was discrimination," Goldberg said.


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HP Takes Q2 Hit, But CEO Vows Better Execution
No matter how you look at them, the numbers were tough for Hewlett-Packard's second fiscal quarter: Personal systems sales were down 20 percent to $7.58 billion while Enterprise Group sales dropped 10 percent to $6.81 billion -- the latter including a 12 percent drop in industry-standard server sales and a whopping 37 percent plunge in business-critical systems sales.
But there were silver linings to the results. The company's earnings were higher than anticipated, fueled by better-than-expected performances from the company's enterprise services and printing businesses. And the company generated $3.6 billion in cash flow from operations. All that caused HP shares to rise in after-hours trading.
And in an exclusive interview with CRN, HP CEO Meg Whitman vowed to stay competitive in the server market against rival Dell.


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NASHVILLE (AP) - The Belmont University College of Law has announced that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will speak at the school's first graduation next year.
Law school Dean Jeff Kinsler said Wednesday it will be an especially great honor to have the justice address Belmont's initial law graduates. The commencement is scheduled for May 10, 2014. The college anticipates about 120 graduates completing the three-year program.
Belmont announced last week that the American Bar Association has granted its law school provisional accreditation. New schools must have two years of provisional accreditation before being granted full accreditation, but graduates are entitled to the same recognition.
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The Nevada softball team's quest for an NCAA Regional championship fell short on Sunday as the Wolf Pack fell 4-3 in the title game to UCLA at Easton Stadium.
The loss ends Nevada's season at 44-18. UCLA advanced to the NCAA Super Regional with the win.
The Wolf Pack led 3-2 at one point in the game and the contest was tied at 3 going into the sixth inning. But the Pack gave up a solo home run in the bottom of the six and could not get a rally going in the seventh inning.
UCLA took a 1-0 lead in the first inning but Nevada came back to take a 2-1 advantage in the third inning. Singles by Kym Silagyi and Noelle Micka put runners on the corners with two outs. Junior Brittany Puzey delivered a double to the gap to score both runners and give Nevada the lead.
UCLA got the runs back in the bottom of the third inning, though the damage could have been worse. The Bruins got two runs quickly and chased Nevada starter Jordan McPherson. Fellow senior Richelle Villescas came on and stabilized the game, however. UCLA had the bases loaded with just one out and two runs in but Villescas got Monica Harrison to pop out to first and then induced a ground-ball out from Jenny Schroeder to get out of the inning.
Nevada came back in the top of the fifth to manufacture a run to tie the game. Nevada did not hit the ball out of the infield as Silagyi singled to first and moved to second on a sac bunt from pinch hitter Katie Stith. Silagyi went to third on pinch hitter Michelle Beach's groundout to third and then Micka scored Silagyi with an infield single to shortstop.
But Samantha Camuso led off the sixth inning with a home run off Villescas and that gave the Bruins the 4-3 lead.
For more on the Nevada softball team and the NCAA Regional, visit www.nevadawolfpack.com and the Wolf Pack's "NCAA Region Headquarters." The online feature has stories, stats, photos and more, including a daily blog from senior infielder Kristin Stith.


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(The Gorilla)
Brain a kid he is three years old, he lives with his mother in Rome in Italy, once they decided to go to the zoo at the weekend, when they arrive there Brain wanted to see the gorillas so he ran to them and he climb the fence and he falls 18 feet, he is on the ground and he doesn't move, Brain is with the gorillas now, and the seven gorillas walk to him.
One of the gorillas was a mother her name is binti, and she has her baby on her back, binti picks up Brain, she carried him to a door and she stands at the door, she holds Brain and she pats him, binti is a good mother, then a man comes to the door , binti gave Brain to the man, Brain goes to the hospital , his arm was broken, but he was ok, Brains mother was happy , she thanked the gorilla binti for carrying Brain out
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Once there was a young girl her name was Tasha, she has six puppies, Tasha lives with Gray, and they live in California.
It was raining there, it was raining hard, the water full the streets, and the water is in the houses and it comes in to gray and Tasha's house, so gray started running to his car with his clothes, he runs with his books, then he took the TV to his car .
Oh no! Tasha and her puppies! They are in the yard, gray runs to the yard, the water is two feet deep, and he was looking for Tasha, where she is? Oh no she is swimming there, and where are the puppies? Oh there they are in the food bowl, it is Tasha's food bowl, and she is pushing the bowl with her nose, because the water covers all over her body only her face, then gray threw a pole for her and she was trying to catch it but it was difficult for her because of the big hard waves of water, so the water took her away from the place of the pole, Tasha was trying to protect the puppies from falling in the water, then she saw a broken tree swimming in the water, so she swam to the broken tree and she climb it and she put the food bowl with puppies on it, gray ran fast to her place and he threw another pole to her, she caught the pole and gray pulled her to a safe place, and she was happy for surviving her six puppies.
So the puppies got a smart brave mother
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Jack and Ann are married, they live in New York, they are not happy together, because they are different in every thing, like Jack smokes, Ann don't like smoking, Jack like watch football on TV, Ann don't like football, and Ann likes loud music, Jack doesn't like loud music, and Jack snores at night so Ann cant sleep and that's $$$$ering her.
One day Ann looks at the house next door it is for sale, so Ann buys the house and moves in it, now Ann lives in the house next Jack .
Now Jack can watch football on TV and smokes and snores at night.
And Ann can listen to loud music, and she can sleep well, now Jack and Ann are married and happy
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Ross SysCon builds UL-rated stainless steel control panels of virtually any size or complexity. Shown is a single axis control system in a NEMA-4X stainless steel enclosure for soft start and variable speed control of a ribbon blender. A 4-in. color touch screen is mounted on the panel door for control and viewing of agitator speed, load, cycle time, and forward/reverse agitator direction. A variable frequency drive, emergency stop button, fused rotary disconnect switch, branch circuit protection, interlocking safety circuitry, and fan shrouds are included as well. This UL-rated panel is built to conform to NFPA 79 standards.
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It seems as though RIM is on pace for the release of their new OS. Between new devices showing up, future rumored devices and sneak peaks of OS 6, the slight questionable buzz that had been surrounding us is becoming a faint roar. Little bits of news, videos and software updates, are giving the BlackBerry community something more to look forward to.
The Official BlackBerry Developers Blog just updated their front page to encourage BlackBerry developers to be a little more patient. They suggest that it won't be long before more information will be available to help developers transition over to the new OS. For both Java developers and web developers, they will be introducing new user interface controls, Universal Search integration, and a Barcode Capture API, redefining BlackBerry Widgets as well as an in-depth discussion of the new Webkit browser.
Looks like there are many interesting things ahead and I am very excited to see how everything comes together! What about you?


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May 17, 2009
White and red
First, the 2008 Torbreck Woodcutter's Semillon from the Barrossa Valley of Australia. I found this for $8 locally, which is aberrant pricing. Still, at $15 or so, this is a seriously nice wine for summer. Light gold in color with a slight greenish cast, this is fresh smelling, lemony with light wax and mineral notes. Nothing complex but just so beautiful and pure, I loved this. The flavored followed, with bright, crisp lemon and steely notes, pure and focused but with just enough fat to give a sense of richness. This is excellent Aussie semillon, exemplifying yet another wine category beyond the usual shiraz that merits your attention. I don't know if this is worth aging, but semillon from down under can have surprising cellarworthiness.
Then the 2000 Thunder Mountain Star Ruby, a Bordeaux variety blend from the Cienega Valley of California. Check out this old Elevage post from 2005 when I detailed the sad but uplifting story of this winery. Sad in that Milan, an old acquaintance from wine board days, is no longer with us. Uplifting because he was a homebrewer who went pro and made excellent wines like this one.
So how's this bottling holding up? From that old post, I see that I found this wine tight and needing age. Nearly four years later, it's rocking good. Certainly in no danger of fading, but this is drinking really nicely. Lots of berry, cassis and barrel toast on the aroma, all nicely integrated as age does for good wine. There's some tobacco in there and other spicy notes. The flavors follow, with lovely fine tannin that's beginning to resolve. This has terrific balance and a long finish, just what I look for wine a wine. Four years ago I said this could easily go for 10+ years, and I still feel that way. You can drink it now or over another decade. Thanks Milan.
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I'd have no worries about giving the Torbreck Semillon an additional 5-10 years in the cellar. Barossa Semillons tend to be a little more forward than the traditional Hunter Valley Semillons that can give Shiraz a run for its money in the "Greatest Australian Wine" category. The fruit for Torbreck wine comes from five different vineyards within a short distance from the winery. The vines range in age from about five years up to 100, with the younger components being handled in stainless steel, while the fruit from the older vines undergoes élevage in very neutral (5-6+ year old) barrels. After blending, this gives the Woodcutter's Semillon fruit and complexity. While not showing the enamel-removing acidity in its youth that the best Hunter Semillons exhibit, this wine has the balance and the structure to evolve. A bottle of the 2002 Woodcutter's White (100% Semillon) opened a couple of weeks ago was delicious. At $8/bottle, it's a steal.


text: The 100 greatest women in music, according to VH1. The list only covers the last 20 years, so there are some extremely talented omissions, and then you have Miley Cyrus making the list, which kind of made me chuckle. They also have Adele ahead of Whitney, which is ok by me since I like her music better than Whitney's anyway. Here's a link to the whole list. I think they're going to be airing these over the next few days.


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On the first installment of our 383 engine build, we covered the rotating assembly. Now we'll put the finishing touches on the engine assembly so we can install it. we wrapped up Part 1 by handling the clearance issues with the cam and rods. Now the cam timing should be checked. We're concerned with maximum power potential, and cam timing is critical.
Most things in life are a balance-when you make a performance gain you lose somewhere else. Cam timing is no different. Retarding the cam typically makes more power at high-rpm and makes the idle choppy. Advancing the cam allows better low-rpm throttle response and hurts horsepower at the big end. This is where our Virtual Engine dyno software came in handy. We could advance or retard the camshaft to see power gains and losses. Be careful to look over the entire rpm band, watching for the changes in horsepower and torque when cam timing is adjusted.
To start, you need to be sure the cam timing is correct according to the camshaft manufacturer, then make changes if desired. There are many informative web sites that discuss cam timing. Take the time to read the theory and then put it into practice. Today's cam manufacturers have precise equipment that is rarely incorrect, but a slight indexing error will make cam timing off. It could be multiple things, including crankshaft index, cam gear, crank gear, or even timing chain variations, causing cam timing errors.
There are also other factors to consider. For instance, in our engine build, the Keisler-supplied, Tremec five-speed with 3:27:1 First gear, along with 10.4 compression, and the 3:73 rear axle ratio allows us to benefit from some cam retard to help top-end power. If we had an automatic transmission with a 1,400-rpm stall speed torque converter and 2:59 rear gear, advancing the cam would be in order to give some off-the-line zip. To ensure our cam would stay in perfect timing for many hours of engine operation, we used a Comp Cams High-Tech Roller Race timing set; Comp Cams pushrods and rocker arms actuate the valves with precision at high rpm.
Now the timing chain cover is on we could cover up the bottom end, but we had concerns about oil capacity. There aren't many alternatives when it comes to extra-capacity oil pans, especially in the '84-'86 Corvette cast-iron cylinder head engines. These early C4 engines have the two-piece crankshaft rear main seal, leaving these engines in an oil-pan quagmire that no one wanted to deal with. That is until Canton Racing Products stepped up and custom-built a Road Race oil pan with adequate ground clearance. The Canton oil pan has an 8-quart oil capacity and a built-in windage tray with the same 7-inch depth as the original GM pan. Canton now offers the oil pan in one- and two-piece rear seal versions with the dipstick on the right or left side. For those of you that have the later '91-'96 L-98 and LT engines, you can also use their pan since they provided a provision for the oil level sensor. The original clunky Delco starter can also be used.
Moving on to the valvetrain-smallblock cylinder head design has become huge over the last few years. We all know that combustion engines are air compressors. Efficient air flow equates to power gains. Edelbrock Performer RPM aluminum cylinder heads (PN 60999) completely assembled had been purchased previously for this project, so all we had to do was clean them for installation. The Edelbrock cylinder heads have 64cc combustion chambers with 2.02-intake and 1.60-exhaust valves, allowing .575 valve lift, so an aggressive lift camshaft can be used. GM D-port heads will coil bind at .495 valve lift in most cases when using stock components. Always check for valvespring coil bind and piston-to-valve interference, no matter what the numbers say.
The stock tuned-port induction system that produces great low-end torque but severely restricts high-rpm horsepower was previously replaced with an Accel SupeRam plenum and runner kit intake-manifold assembly. The large SupeRam plenum provides low-end torque, and the shortened, large-diameter runners allow high-rpm breathing. We dumped the '85 Corvette fuel-control system and went with the FAST bank-to-bank, fuel/igniton, computer-control system to get as much power and low-speed drivability as possible. Laptop tuning makes the system very user friendly, and the computer's operating speed is greatly enhanced over the OE '85 system.
A key component when adding any induction system is figuring out the proper fuel-injector flow rate so we don't lean out the engine at high-rpm and have a meltdown. Having too much fuel is not as catastrophic, but low-speed drivability and throttle response would suffer. High-rpm performance wouldn't suffer, but you have to get there, and unless you're driving there all the time, fuel efficiency would be terrible. RC Fuel Injection has a great web site (www.rceng.com) that has the formulas necessary to size the injectors correctly. When we loaded our desired 475 crankshaft horsepower, number of injectors (8), 50-psi fuel-rail pressure, 0.80 injector duty cycle, and our 0.47 brake-specific fuel consumption desired, our combination required 32 lb/hr or 320cc/min injector flow. This flow rate addresses wide-open throttle performance which will be limited to short intervals. With this info, we then decided on 30-lb/hr fuel injectors to keep the throttle response crisp. If we planned on running a long-distance, wide-open throttle race, we could increase our fuel pressure to 75 psi, giving us plenty of fuel at top end.
The next question that needs to be answered is what injectors do we buy? Aftermarket Bosch clone injectors are reasonably priced, so we got a set of 30 lb/hr and sent them to Cruzin Performance for a quick injector performance test to be sure of equal fuel delivery to each cylinder. The results weren't good: 12-percent flow differential and one injector cap was leaking fuel already, and the injectors were never run in an engine. We opted to try a fresh set of Bosch EV 1 fuel injectors, and the results were much better: 2-percent flow differential and no leaks. Using the original Bosch injectors cost more up front, but the engine and engine compartment will not suffer from smoke inhalation or shrapnel.
The only ingredient left is the ignition system. We used the Performance Distributors Mini VIP voltage step-up regulator that boosts system voltage to the precision-built Performance Distributors computer-controlled distributor. Their Mini VIP step-up voltage regulator will boost our coil voltage to 18 volts under high-rpm to light our Bosch Platinum Plus Four spark plugs with ease. We're glad we have the Performance Distributors Live Wires to keep all the voltage contained. One wrong touch with an inferior set of wires, and we'd be knocked to the ground
You'll notice from our photos that we have the engine installed less the intake and distributor. Since we had to run some additional wiring under the intake, this was the easiest way to assemble the complete engine.
All that's left now is the dyno run. Stay tuned!
On The Web
* Bosch
Spark plug info
* Cruzin Performance
Fuel-injector performance test facility, Fuel-injector cleaning facility
* RC Fuel Injection
Technical information injector-flow rate charts
* Virtual Engine
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US-India Ties Strong, But Work Needed on Nuclear Agreement
MUMBAI, September 10, 2012 — U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy Powell joined President Emerita of Asia Society Vishakha Desai at a private dinner and discussion on strengthening bilateral ties between the United States and India. The occasion also celebrated Desai's 22 years of distinguished service at Asia Society and marked the launch the Desai-Oxnam Innovation Fund in recognition of the 39-year long combined service of former Asia Society Presidents Vishakha Desai and Robert Oxnam. Powell and Desai discussed a range of issues, including Powell's desire to focus on the bilateral economic relationship and enhanced security cooperation during her tenure.
Commenting on U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Powell said that the U.S. would continue to maintain a diplomatic presence in the region: "Unlike 1989, the United States is not going to disappear out of Afghanistan. We are going to have a diplomatic presence… We hope that India… will play a commercial role in Afghanistan." She remarked on some of the notable changes being made by India in such avenues as power, iron mining and police training in Afghanistan.
Alluding to a recent Asia Society study on Chinese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the United States, Desai observed that India's FDI in the U.S. is greater than that of China's.
Responding to Desai's question on the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement, Powell said that a few roadblocks need to be overcome. India has not yet joined international agreements on trade in nuclear technology, which the U.S. had hoped for: "It is moving a little more slowly… but it is a part of what we would have hoped would come out of the civilian nuclear deal. The other piece is the hope that Americans would be able to compete on a level playing field for creation of nuclear energy in projects in India." Leaders of private companies in the U.S. that manage nuclear energy development are not yet comfortable with the way that current legislation imposes liability in the case of accidents. Powell said that U.S. companies believe that the legislation in its current form does not meet international liability norms.
For more on the discussion, watch our video highlights, below.
To hear Ambassdor Powell speak at Asia Society New York earlier this year, click here.
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Thinking about this trade for longer, I feel the points raised in this thread make for a strong narrative as to the reasons why the Royals did this now, and the ways that this could help, perhaps even beyond face value. Also, I didn't consider the Davis factor much... I mean, still with youth on his side, his strong results in relief really could also be a sign of a pitching advancement than just a role change. If the scouts see something they like with him, the option years on that contract could turn into the most valuable thing in that trade. He certainly would not be the first talented pitcher that took some time to become a rotation force, heck he wouldn't even be the first guy involved in this trade that fits that description.
At the same time, the Reds didn't give up the top hitting prospect in baseball for Rolen. They essentially gave up some stuff that seemed overhyped at the time, and in hindsight, the players looked even worse. Time might very well tell the same for the package the Rays received, especially Montgomery, and Leonard, but, I think a team like the Royals needs to take the chance on the Myers' of the world, because for a smaller market team, guys like that gives a team the best chance to be a sustainable force.
Perhaps becoming sustainable is a few zipcodes out of the dictionary for the Royals considering they still need to make a few steps just to become relevant again, but man, if Myers is that good, this is going to hurt 10 times worse than the success they could get out of it on the other side of the coin. Also, the timing of this could be woldly inappropriate. Two years from now if Hosmer/Moustakas and co. establish themselves as being able to turn the Royals into big time contenders, maybe trading the high end prospects to get the cherry on top makes more sense. Or maybe with their system they can do both? It certainly would seem much more palatable right now if Francouer was actually a 'thing' rather than being a replacement level part. This certainly wasn't quite the same "trading from a positional surplus" that the Reds did in the Latos deal. The timing of the Latos trade, and the parts we gave up certainly seemed to fit perfectly with the rest of the puzzle that Jocketty had put together.
I can't argue much with what the Rolen comparison did for the Reds. If Shields is able to do the same for the Royals, then they are not going to regret this one. But I feel like there must have been a cheaper price to pay for that effect without removing one of their best chips that also fit their roster well (but at the same time, I can't think off the top of my head another available piece that could have performed that role so well).


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Marcus Smart didn't have to wait long to make an impact at Oklahoma State.
The Cowboys won their way into championship game of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in November, where they had the opportunity to face sixth-ranked N.C. State.
"We talked about how that was a statement game for us," Smart says, "to go out and prove—not to other people, but just to ourselves—that we could play with the best of them."
Turns out, with Smart playing beyond his years as a freshman point guard, the Cowboys can play with the best teams in the country. Oklahoma State beat the Wolfpack by a stunning 20-point margin, and Smart turned in equally stunning numbers—the five-star recruit had 20 points, seven assists, seven rebounds, four steals and four blocked shots.
"I definitely had a lot of things working, but I also had five turnovers that game," Smart says. "Being a point guard, I have to limit those turnovers. I mean, if N.C. State was playing to the best of their abilities like we know they could have, that could have been a very drastic game for me with those five turnovers because the game could have went the other way."
That attitude, that "what can I do better next time?" approach, is a big reason why Smart changes everything for the Oklahoma State basketball program. He has won at every level—state high school championships each of his final two years at Marcus High in Flower Mound, Texas and a gold medal in the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championships in Brazil this summer—and is determined to transform an Oklahoma State team that has missed the NCAA Tournament each of the past two seasons.
Florida coach Billy Donovan led that Under-18 team and raved about Smart's leadership skills. And Smart said the opportunity to play point guard for that squad—which included several current and future college stars—was a huge confidence boost and helped define his vision of what a point guard should be.
"In my mind, a point guard is a leader, somebody who is there to help others around him get better and do anything that he has to do for the team," Smart says. "That's not just scoring, but the other aspects of the game, contributing to get the win. That's what you have to do."
To that end, it probably shouldn't be surprising that Smart—who, at 6-4, 225 pounds, is built more like a linebacker than a point guard—leads the Cowboys in rebounding at 7.7 per game, to go with his 14.2 points, 5.8 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.
There are, of course, areas that need work. He has turned the ball over five times in three of his six college games, and he is shooting just 45.5 percent (20-of-44) from 2-point range and 20.8 percent (5-of-24) from beyond the 3-point arc.
"I've been working on my shot a lot more now, and I definitely think I'm a better shooter than what I've shot," he says. "But everybody has their days where the shots aren't always going to fall, but it's how you respond and the things you do when your shot's not falling."
That's where he really causes headaches for opponents. He's big enough to post up guards, and he's adept at getting into the lane and scoring or dishing or drawing fouls on post players coming over to help.
"Marcus Smart is a very, very good guard," said Virginia Tech coach James Johnson, who had the task of game-planning for Smart this past Saturday. "He does a lot of things (well)."
Knowing how dangerous Smart is with the ball, Johnson made sure his players did everything they could—helping often, trapping off ball screens, etc.—to get the ball out of Smart's hands. Coaches aren't the only ones who recognize Smart's abilities.
Opposing fans catch on quickly, too. At Virginia Tech, the frenzied student section needed a villain as their Hokies, the team from which nothing much was expected in preseason, were delivering body blows to the Cowboys midway through the second half.
Erick Green, who finished with 28 points, was their hero, and everyone wearing a Virginia Tech uniform was worthy of their vocal affection. The crowd needed a focal point on which to direct their negative energy, which was in ample supply, too.
They found one in Smart.
The freshman had been involved in everything that afternoon. He drew two quick fouls on Green in the game's opening minutes—he was fouled by Green on a post-up on Oklahoma State's first possession and then drew a charge on Green when the Hokies were trying to make a simple inbounds pass. Smart grabbed the big rebounds. He initiated the Cowboys' offense. He found open looks for teammates all over the court.
He was Oklahoma State's motivator, both with his play and with his verbal encouragement.
Smart was doing the things leaders do, and it was driving the Virginia Tech fans crazy. Then, when he drew a foul on Marquis Rankin—one of five he drew on Virginia Tech players during the game—and protested a foul called on him shortly after, the crowd had enough. For the last 11 minutes of the game, every time Smart touched the ball, boos rained down. It didn't matter whether he was bringing the ball up the court or just whipping a pass around the perimeter; the crowd seemed to relish booing Smart as much as they enjoyed cheering their Hokies.
The crowd might have had the last laugh—the Hokies won the game—but it wasn't at Smart's expense. The freshman point guard played 37 minutes and didn't commit a single turnover, despite the crowd's best efforts to get under his skin in the first true road game of his college career.
"I think he handled it pretty good," Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford said. "I thought he competed. It wasn't one of his best games, but he competed."
Smart finished with 18 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and a pair of steals. And his coach was right. That wasn't one of his best games.
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British Airways just announced that Andy Kerswill is the new director of engineering following Garry Copeland's promotion to managing director of operations. (Congratulations Garry!)
I met Andy a couple of years ago when he was general manager at BA Engineering, but recently he's been managing director at BA CityFlyer. (BA Engineering has a strong engineering apprenticeship program and Andy is a product of that, so he has worked his way up the whole ladder.)
It's going to be a big year for BA: it is scheduled to get its first Airbus A380 and the Boeing 787.


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It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Guy Raz is away. I'm Jacki Lyden.
One of the largest hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. is bearing down on the East Coast. Hurricane Sandy expected to make landfall tomorrow in the mid-Atlantic. Its top winds of about 75 miles per hour are modest by hurricane standards. But Sandy is massive. President Obama has this advice for those in Sandy's wake.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: My first message is to all the people across the Eastern Seaboard, Mid-Atlantic, going north, that you need to take this very seriously.
LYDEN: NPR's Joel Rose joins us now from Asbury Park, New Jersey. Joel, hi. What can you tell us about what's going on there?
JOEL ROSE, BYLINE: So far, there's not a whole lot of rain. We are getting quite a bit of wind, and the ocean is sort of an ominous gray color with whitecaps bursting, you know, higher - much higher waves than you'd normally see on the Atlantic Coast. So, you know, there actually are still some beachgoers out here just taking in the sights, checking out the waves, but the town is more or less deserted. I think most people have made their way to higher ground.
Parts of New Jersey are under a mandatory evacuation order. This isn't one of them, but Barrier Islands up and down the coast have been evacuated. That includes Atlantic City, which is more or less where forecasters are expecting the storm to make landfall tomorrow.
LYDEN: Now, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that nobody's more cynical than he, and people should get off the beach. And I guess he's not the only public official to be talking tough.
ROSE: That's right. And New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered an evacuation for some of the low-lying parts of New York City. That includes like Battery Park City in lower Manhattan, some of the beaches in Queens and in Staten Island. Forecasters are very concerned about the possibility of storm surge in the waterways around New York City. That includes New York Harbor, the Raritan Bay, Long Island Sound. They're concerned that water levels may peak at six to 11 feet higher than is normal. So that's a great concern, and Mayor Bloomberg has ordered evacuations of some low-lying areas.
There's been a major shutdown of mass transit in the whole Eastern Seaboard, really. Amtrak has canceled service - virtually all service in and out of New York City. A number of regional rails, commuter rail lines are shut down from Maryland through New Jersey and up into New York. And the New York City subway is shutting down this evening. So travel will be difficult at best up and down the Eastern Seaboard.
LYDEN: Joel, I know you're not a hurricane expert, but still, this is a thousand-mile-wide swath from Virginia to New England. Why is it so dangerous?
ROSE: Well, the storm is expected to lose a lot of its steam when it hits land, and, you know, that's going to create a potential for major power outages up and down the coast as well as major flooding. The storm is expected to just drag to almost a halt as it hits land, and that's going to be dumping rain. And that means high wind and rain for millions of people over the next few days. And that just creates all sorts of complicated problems.
LYDEN: Absolutely. And pulling in cold there and maybe some snow, so that is why they've called it Frankenstorm. Well, thank you for standing by there in Asbury Park.
ROSE: Thanks.
LYDEN: That's NPR's Joel Rose speaking to us from Asbury Park, New Jersey. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.


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Maybe just a misspelling. But could not a device to keep your back straight also be made out of wood? Very common:
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Many driver's seats in cars for sale feature "lumper support" as well. And a few have "lumpbar" support to make you really uncomfortable.
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"Lumpbar support." That's a keeper. Only about but the spelling is creative enough to make me think that it is more than a typo. The users may be thinking of a bar that makes a lump in the sacroiliac region of a seated driver to avoid bad-posture backaches.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
I think you're right, Kem. The image of the "lumpbar" inside the seat, as an alternative to Ken's "lumber", came to me later.
I went poking around for other lumpy words. Lumbago is a great word for lower back pain, coming down to us unchanged from L.L. The lumbus led to our word loins. There are one or two instances of lumpbago out there, but what I did find of interest was a probable Spanish eggcorn: lumbajo, with the situation of "lower" made explicit. Lots of examples out there. Here are two, the first for a masseur in the classified ads from Spain, that should be mostly interpretable even for non hispanophones (cansancio is tiredness):
CERVICALES, lumbajo, ciática, insomnio, cansancio.
The second describes aches, pains and sudden cramps, like back pain, that are a normal part of pregnancy:
la panza se pone contraida gradualmente cuando esta del todo contraida suele dar como dolor de regla y a veces como de lumbajo al minuto afloja y desaparece.
http://www.planetamama.com.ar/site/foro … 44f6e3244c
"Lumpar" is a common substitution for "lumbar." An appropriate word for the section of the spine with large, lumpy vertebrae that poke into seat backs.
: " I had an MRI for rotator cuff injury but they did a lumpar Spine MRI."
: "Yes, they should do an MRi without contrast of the lumpar spine."
: "The driver side also offers lumpar support,"
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Suicide bomber kills MP at funeral of tribal leader
Latest update : 2011-12-25
At least 20 people, including parliament member Mutalib Bik, died after a suicide bomber struck a funeral for a tribal leader in north-east Afghanistan on Sunday. Some 50 others were wounded in the attack.
REUTERS - A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people, including a member of parliament, and wounded 50 in Afghanistan's northern city of Taloqan on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks in a once-peaceful region.
The attack occurred while prayers were being read at the funeral of an influential tribal leader. All victims were civilians.
"People were gathering for a funeral when a suicide bomber detonated himself," Mahmod al-Hussain, a senior police detective for the northern Takhar province, told Reuters.
The once-peaceful northern Takhar province has seen a series of high profile attacks and assassinations over the last year, including the killing of a top police commander in May.
Al-Hussain said a member of parliament, Mutalib Bik, was among the dead and is seen to be the primary target as the attacker came close to him before setting off the bomb.
Bik was a former anti-Taliban commander and a former provincial police chief.
Takhar does not have any major permanent base for foreign troops. German troops supervise the area from a base in neighbouring Kunduz province.
The attack may further complicate NATO efforts to prepare for the start of a security handover from foreign forces to Afghan soldiers and police in some parts of north Afghanistan.
"This reprehensible attack on a funeral further illustrates that the Taliban and other insurgents are waging a murderous campaign against innocent Afghan civilians, including women and children," the U.S. embassy said in a statement.
Witnesses said the attacker was around 30 years old and dressed in traditional clothing for the region.
President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack.
"This attack once again shows the malicious and un-Islamic intentions of the terrorists, who don't even want Muslims in Afghanistan to hold religious ceremonies in a peaceful environment," he said in a statement.
Officials gave conflicting figures for the casualties.
While local police said the death toll was at least 20, Karzai's office put the number at 10. The interior ministry said 19 were killed and 40 wounded.
Hundreds of men and women were standing outside the hospital in Taloqan, waiting to hear about their family members as people were being brought in on stretchers into the facility.
"Everybody was running when I heard my brother yelling for help," said Hubaidullah, a witness, recalling the explosion.
The hardline Islamist Taliban so far declined to comment on the attack.
Despite the presence of tens of thousands of Western forces in Afghanistan, the United Nations and other groups say violence is at its worst since U.S.-led Afghan forces toppled the Taliban from power in late 2001.
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Physical Therapy
After Bella's terrible accident, she's left with major, lasting injuries. As a result, Edward wants her to see a Physical Therapist. What new disasters will Bella get herself into this time?
This is gonna be several chapters long, so please keep checking back for updates. I might be slow though, so sorry in advance!
1. Being Home
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Bella's POV
I had been back from the hospital for a week and a half and everyone was already hounding me. Even time I took a breath, every time I moved a fraction of an inch. No one would leave me alone!
After getting out from the hospital, I had been confined to this wheelchair. I hated the thing, but Edward seemed to like the idea of it. In it, I was safe. From myself, maybe. But from the outside world, I was a constant victim. Everyone hovered to make sure I was ok, that I had taken my pain pills, that I wasn't dying. And Alice took the time to hold me prisoner to go over wedding plans. Which I saw as completely futile, since I was stuck in this chair until I could walk again, which was indefinitely at this point, as far as I was concerned. Which was why I was in trouble now…
"For the last time, Edward, I refuse to go to a physical therapist. I've been through enough pain already, haven't I?" I had been arguing this point for several days now. It hardly worked, he just ended up feeling guilty.
"Bella, this is my fault. But, don't you want to walk again?" He didn't wait for me to respond, since he knew that I wanted that desparetley. "Bella, my father knows a great doctor you can see. He'll be very gentle with you. And I'll be there. So you have nothing to worry about. Besides, I already made you an appointment for tomorrow. So you are going."
I gaped at him. He went ahead and made a doctors appointment for me. Without my permission. How unfair was that? And yes, with my legs as badly damaged as they were, I wouldn't be able to walk without the doctor. But I wasn't ready yet. I wanted time to mope. And time to put off the wedding. And the pain. Pain was not good, and I was still on many pills to manage it.
Sometime during my mental ravings I must have started hyperventilating, as Edward suddenly put both hands on the sides of my face and turned me so that I was looking deep in his eyes. "Bella, you will be fine. I promise. I won't let you get more hurt. I promise."
I nodded my head. Of course I would trust him. And he always got his way. So I was stuck going along with his plan, and I was stuck being ok with it. Because he wanted this and promised I'd be ok. Why was I so pathetic sometimes?
Edward's POV
I knew she was uncomfortable with the idea of going to the therapist for her injuries. But it was not negotiable. Which was why I took the liberty of scheduling an appointment for her as soon as she got out of the hospital. It just so happened that it would be the next morning. It was what was best for her. She just didn't see it at this point. One day she would thank me. Hopefully.
After she calmed down from the initial shock, she went about her routine as usual. Or as well as she could. Now that she was in the wheelchair she couldn't do everything she once did. Like go up or downstairs without being carried. Thankfully, Charlie didn't mind me doing this when he knew I was in the house. So, all I needed to do before She began getting ready for bed was carry her up before I made my official exit, then double back in through the window. Nothing really out of the ordinary there, minus the carrying her part. She just had to alter her before bed habits, however. For example, she could brush her teeth and such, but she couldn't take a shower without Alice's help in the mornings. And dressing was a hassle for her. So, in the mornings Alice took care of that. As far as Charlie knew she just dealt with single nightgowns in the nighttime, since getting clothes off was easy for her. If Charlie knew that I was helping her get into her pajamas, he would have a fit. Not that we weren't behaving. I made absolutely certain to be as gentlemanly as possible. A fact that drove her completely insane. And me, as well. But she was still human, something else that she didn't like. I guess I was just failing her in general this week. Not that she cared. She just loved me all the more for it.
Bella had returned by now and was trying to extricate a particularly holey pair of sweats and tank top out of her dresser. "Love, let me help you. You can barely reach into that drawer as it is."
"Thanks for reminding me. Love you too," she glowered. She had been in such a bad mood as of late. I felt like everything I did was only irritating her. Of course, I couldn't blame her. It was my fault she had been in the accident.
I pulled out the clothes that she had selected and moved to lift her out of her chair. She didn't like this part, supposedly it hurt her to be shifted, even with my gentle movements. I could feel her nails trying to dig to my skin. If she wasn't careful, she would break them right off. Just the fact that she was on the verge of that worried me. She shouldn't feel pain like that. But she was being brave about it. She refused to whimper, and her breathing was very controlled. She was working so hard to be normal. And I had a sneaking suspicion that it was so I wouldn't worry about her condition. No matter what she did, though, I would always worry.
I helped her as gently as I could into her pajama's, and then helped her move so she was laying correctly at the head of the bed. As always, I was afraid to move to lay down next to her. But that was the one thing that she had to demand from me. She claimed that my cold skin helped her manage the pain while the pills where kicking in. So I eased myself into her bed next to her and took her, carefully, into my arms.
It wasn't long before she was fast asleep. And once she had reached a deep enough sleep she started talking. She began with her usual comments about Forks, and she said my name a few times. At one point she even started complaining about Alice's continued attempt to force wedding plans onto her. Some of her comments were quite colorful, which was a bit out of character for her. I vaguely wondered about where she had picked up such language, and figured it was probably from her mother's side of the family. But then her ravings became much more serious. She started worrying a lot about why I was making her go to the physical therapist. She was afraid that I wouldn't love her as much if she couldn't walk again. She didn't want to be more imperfect for me. As if she could be anymore perfect in my eyes? I couldn't imagine how I would be able to make her understand that this was about her, not me. I truly would spend an eternity trying to get her to understand how much I honestly loved her.
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Licorice Cookie Strips Recipe
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If you like the flavor of licorice, you'll love these crispy cookies. When our six children were young, I often made them for lunches or after-school snacks. Flattening the dough logs with a fork gives them a pretty look. Once they're baked, it's a breeze to cut them into strips.
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- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons aniseed
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts.
- Divide dough into 10 portions; shape each into a 12-in. log. Place 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a fork to 1/4-in. thickness.
- Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes; cut diagonally into 1-in. slices. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: about 8 dozen.
Originally published as Licorice Cookie Strips in Quick Cooking November/December 1998, p32
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"My husband's favorite is black licorice, so I had to try these. Now I have to make them at least once a month. You simply MUST eat them with vanilla ice-cream - it's outrageously luscious!"


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Matthews, Tomberlin & Turner leaders on court, field
More than just teammates on the court, three of the seven seniors on the Fred T. Foard boys basketball team are hoping to set a new standard for Tigers.
Spencer Matthews, Daniel Tomberlin and Jordan Turner have as close a bond as any on the team, having played not only basketball together, but were members of the Foard soccer team, as well.
To read more of this story, pick up the Friday edition of Catawba County's community newspaper, The Observer News Enterprise, at newsstands throughout the county.


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The Monocacy Aqueduct
I've been reading this weekend about the Monocacy Aqueduct, a bridge which carried the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal over the confluence of the Monocacy River and Potomac River. It was constructed between 1829 and 1833 and was one of "eleven stone aqueducts designed to carry the canal across the major river tributaries that drain into the Potomac River along the canal's route." [1] It spans 516 feet, has seven arches, and was constructed primarily of stone quarried from nearby Sugarloaf Mountain. [2]
Because the canal was used to carry war materials and men, Lee twice ordered it destroyed. The first directive was to General D. H. Hill who conducted preliminary raids into Maryland in early September, 1862. Hill was also to "disrupt the B&O Railroad." [3] According to the Smithsonian Associates in an article here, lock keeper Thomas Walter, convinced Hill to drain the aqueduct rather than destroy it. While sympathetic to the Southern cause, Walter did not want to see the structure destroyed. [4]
Hill's men cut banks holding out the Potomac River and put large boulders in the canal but all damage was largely repaired within two months.
More on the Monocacy Aqueduct later.
Interesting fact: The locks built on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal were based on hydraulic designs by Leonardo da Vinci.
Because of the importance of waterways through the Civil War, I've renamed and expanded "the rivers" page on WigWags to "the waterways" page.
[1] "The Monocacy Aqueduct: An Icon of American Civil Engineering," The National Park Service, http://www.nps.gov/archive/choh/History/Structures/Monocacy.html, access online August 2, 2009.
[2] nps.gov, http://www.nps.gov/choh/photosmultimedia/index.htm?eid=118223&root_aId=109#e_118223, accessed online August 2, 2009.
[3] Joseph L. Harsh, Take at the Flood: Robert E. Lee & Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862, (Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1999), 71.
[4] "The Monoacy Aqueduct," The Smithsonian Associates, CivilWarStudies.org http://civilwarstudies.org/articles/Vol_5/monocacy.shtm, accessed online August 2, 2009.


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Yeah, but for solid state hard drives this is quite a leap. I'm starting to think winchester drives are going to be extinct within 5 years.
Not unless the price still comes waaaaaaaaaaaaay down. It's not a technical difficulty of making it, I think BitMicro or whoever it was showed off a 900GB SSD in a 2.5" form factor. I don't remember the read/write specs but I think those too beat the crap out of any normal HDD. That trumphs everything a regular disk does, even on capacity. The downside is price, looking at the SSDs available now there's a 100:1 premium per GB. That might work out in a business laptop where 32GB SSD is more useful than 320G
As usual - the lifetime of a product also requires the consumers to buy a new hot version.
Well, consider this: NAND is commonly used in solid state drives. I doubt companies like Dell, Lenovo and Apple would sell computers configured with SSD:s if they sucked it down with only a few cycles. This was a problem in early versions, but things have improved much and will surely improve to a point that makes it practically "unbreakable".
Not really.
There's still cycle time limits. The main issue came from NOR flash, which is different from NAND. NOR flash came first (mid-80s), and the very early versio
It could significantly increase the usefulness of suspend/resume at the OS level. The limits on writes is a headache, but it would be possible to treat flash devices as additional swap space, making it theoretically possible to have hot-swappable swap devices as per some rather ancient mainframes. (Virtual swap space can be larger than the physical space directly available to a machine.)
Perhaps flash drives will not have the sheer storage volume of current magnetic disks in near future, but even if they can be used widely as a primary OS + Application installation drive, it will still benefit a great majority of people on desktop.
Servers (particularly the database which is a frequent bottleneck) and notebook computer of course will also reap th
Try do random access on the next USB-flash stick you have access too.
That's a USB issue, not a flash issue.
The reason is that USB does things in transactions, and has to schedule all the transactions with priority. This is because of USB's fundamental flaw - it requires the host to poll devices. So a host will poll interrupt devices first, then handle isochronous transfers (bandwidth and time dependent traffic). Leftover bandwidth is then allocated to control and then bulk traffic. A USB host can do this on
Flash has always been relatively fast (slowed by USB 1.1 "interface". Now maybe USB 3.0 is needed or PATA/SATA internal boxes.
One place this may really help is cameras. The shutter lag is still bad, and this might help.
One place this may really help is cameras. The shutter lag is still bad, and this might help.
If it's shutter lag that bothers you, get a decent camera. Today. Flash RAM isn't the problem here. ANY DSLR made in the past five years has quite acceptable shutter lag for most people. The higher end models have shutter latencies better than any "normal" camera ever made. There are even a couple of point & shoots with reasonable speeds. Check out the reviews on DP Reviews [dpreview.com].
Happy snapping.
That's pretty disturbing for a response to an article about silicon. Got issues?I felt like coming downstairs on Christmas day to see my parents brutally butchered, the dog raped, and my presents smashed right before the jerk leans down and tells me that there is no Santa Claus... and he killed the Tooth Fairy and shoved her up the Easter Bunny's ass
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In the previous 52 issues, here are the updated rankings based on number of cover appearances (some of the images are inset pics not the main photo).
1. Joshual Morrow 11 covers
2. Eric Braeden 10
3. Sharon Case 9
3. Tamara Braun 9
5. Maurice Benard 8
6. Deidre Hall 7
6. Jason Thompson 7
8. Drake Hogestyn 6
8. Alison Sweeney 6
8. Laura Wright 6
8. Michelle Stafford 6
I'm quite happy to see two same sex couples on the cover! Still waiting for the Nuke cover though for two years.
My only fear is "Otalia" fans will buy a million copies off the newsstands and SOD will swear that Joshua Morrow sold all those copies.
With the new issue here, we've now gone a full year since an African American has appeared on the cover.
Upon further examination, I did find one cover with an African American actor, a tiny picture of Kristoff St. John back in September.
UPDATE #2: The home subscriber cover is basially the same as newsstands except it DOES not including GL's Otalia/Frank.


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Half-Blood Prince Diary Contest Opens
Jun 03, 2009
For the month of June, our Contest Crew has devised a new contest which asks you to write a diary entry from the point of view of an adult Order of the Phoenix member about the Battle of Hogwarts. In a diary entry of less than 500 words, relate the events of one of the Order members, detailing their personal experience of one or more of the events found in the chapters "The Lightning-Struck Tower," "Flight of the Prince," "The Phoenix Lament," and "The White Tomb." All diary entries should fall within the bounds of the Harry Potter book canon.
Readers over the age of 13 and not involved in the judging process may submit one, original, PG-13 appropriate entry to [email protected] before June 30, 2009 at 11:59 pm (EDT) with "HBP Diary Entry" in the subject line of the e-mail. Please copy-paste the story into the body of the e-mail and include a name to be used for authorship (real name or Leaky Lounge name). The first place winner will receive a custom made wand donated by Wizard Wood Wands.
Complete information about this contest can be found on the Contest Page, while Lounge discussion of all of our contests is located via this link. Additionally, thanks go out to SiriusBSirius for devising the original idea for this contest. We are still accepting ideas for future contests, so please check out this page to submit your ideas. If your idea is chosen, you will receive your very own custom made wand donated by Wizard Wood Wands.
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How did you pick your screen name?
I got the idea from Twilight.
How did you come to read Twilight and which book is your favorite?
My friend told me to read it because I needed a book to do my book report on. Twilight and Eclipse are my favorite.
Who do you like best: Edward, Bella, or Jacob?
Who is your favorite minor character?
Is Alice a minor character? If so, then Alice. If not, then Jasper or Emmett.
What are your hobbies?
I don't really do anything.
Where are you from (general area like Montana, not exact town!)
How old are you? (In general, like teen, 20's, 30's, 40's etc)
Early teens.
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Had a great trail run with James and his dog Maurie down in Ipswich, Massachusetts. James was in the area visiting family, and I decided to meet up with him for something we had both hoped for and received: A long trail run with absolutely no trace of snow!
We met at the elementary school which also serves as the start/finish for the Stonecat 50, and we ran two modified loops of the 12.5 mile route. We got thrown off track a few times, but never by much.
First loop went great, as we just trotted along at a slow pace (James also had a big run yesterday, 24 miles on roads) and we chatted about everything, including some preliminary plans for the Massanutten 100. I'll be pacing James at that race, which is an honor and it will no doubt be a lot of fun.
Somewhere along the first loop, we encountered the horrific stench of something dead and decaying. It was very strong and had both of us gagging. We never saw the rotting corpse of whatever it was, but boy, did it stink. I've smelled plenty of dead things before, but nothing could quite compare to this.
We finished up the first loop and ran back to our cars to replenish our water and also stretch a little. Afterwards we were off for our second loop. During one of our wrong turns, we encountered a gargantuan, wicked steep hill that neither of us had ever seen before while running here. We were clearly off course, but decided that to not to tackle such a hill would be a waste, so we decided to get to the top and then run back down it before finding the correct trail. I marveled at James' speed while running down the hill, especially one that steep. That boy can really book it.
As this loop went on, we both began to feel a little tired from our respective death marches from the day before. By the time we hit mile 20, we both felt we were on the verge of bonking. Neither of us really brought any food, and had only eaten one Larabar each during the run. Maurie the dog, however, looked very fresh and continued to take the lead with great energy. That's one neat dog.
But we brushed our lack of energy aside and ran on. Fortunately, neither of us really totally bonked, and we even picked it up a little the last couple of miles. We both agreed it's finishing off runs like this that really can help mentally.
After we reached our cars, we stopped for pizza in downtown Ipswich. I mowed down an entire large pizza with no problem. Yep, I guess I was hungry.
Worth noting the Asics shoes and Nathan waist pack continued to perform excellently. Money well spent.
Ran 25.2 miles @ 9:52/mile pace.
Very hilly.
Lower 40s, overcast.
Shorts, long sleeved shirt, short sleeved shirt.
Not sure what's up with the elevation there in the last mile, but the rest appears to look relatively okay:
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Sundays with Maurie (and James)
Posted by Jamie Anderson at 3:16 PM
3 comments:
- Trail Monster Running said...
For a moment there I thought you were going to say that Maury might be able to satisfy your hunger. Another great thing about running with a dog, if you get completely lost and hungry you can eat him!
- Runner NYC said...
Color me impressed (as usual!)!!
- James said...
Jamie is as generous as he is humble! The Lara Bars were his, and because I forgot food Jamie totally shared what he had with me. Thanks Buddy!
He also cheerfully encouraged me through some tough tired moments. We are going to have fun at Massanutten!
WOW, The stench made me gag, literally. It was a big dead thing in a swamp. Luckily Maury didn't find it!
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This is part of a series of posts about the QuiltCon Block Challenge. You can see more photos of blocks submitted for this challenge here, and in the Block Challenge Flickr Group.
For the quilt back, I decided to spice things up with a few more of the challenge blocks.
The blocks were made by (left to right):
- Tamara Howard
- Lisa Hirsch of the Kansas City MQG
- Jan Myers
- Carol Turznik
- Andrew Montejo of the Los Angeles MQG
- Pamela Gavin of the Bakersfield MQG
The rest of the back is Kona Jade Green and Kona White.
I'll be posting more photos of the finished quilt tomorrow!
As a way of giving something back to QuiltCon's host city of Austin, Texas, we're going to use the blocks that aren't selected for this quilt to make quilts for each of the 46 beds at the Austin Children's Shelter. This will be MQG's first large-scale charity project and we look forward to both using the many beautiful blocks we received for the challenge and getting as many guilds as possible involved in the process! Participating guilds will receive a package of 7 or more blocks (much like the groups of blocks being shown in these blog posts) to expand into a 68″ X 88″ Twin bed quilt. This can be accomplished by adding blocks, adding negative space, or some combination of the two. The quilts will need to be machine quilted, bound, washed, and shipped to Austin in advance of QuiltCon. MQG will also be interested in hearing about each guild's process and will feature the completed quilts in a series of blog posts in Spring 2013.
If your guild is interested in this project, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com to let us know.