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Grizzly Bear
(Ursus arctos horribilis)
A symbol of America's wildlands, the grizzly or brown bear is one of the largest North American land mammals. The grizzly bear's historic range covered much of North America from the mid-plains westward to California and from central Mexico north throughout Alaska and Canada. Today, the grizzly bear is found in only about 2 percent of its original range in the lower 48 states.
Grizzly bears need a very large home range (50 to 300 square miles for females; 200 to 500 square miles for males), encompassing diverse forests interspersed with moist meadows and grasslands in or near mountains. In the spring, bears usually range at lower elevations and go to higher altitudes for winter hibernation.
Larger than the black bear, male grizzly bears stand about 7 feet tall and weigh from 300 to 600 pounds (and occasionally more than 800). Females are smaller, usually weighing between 200 and 400 pounds. Although a standing grizzly is commonly perceived to be a threatening pose, bears stand when they are simply curious or surveying their surroundings. Otherwise they generally remain on all fours.
Unlike the black bear, the grizzly bear has a rather concave face, high-humped shoulders, and long, curved claws. The grizzly's thick fur, which varies from light brown to nearly black, sometimes looks frosty-looking, hence the name "grizzly," or the less common "silvertip." The grizzly has shorter, rounder ears than the black bear.
Except for mating and caring for the young, grizzly bears primarily lead solitary lives, spending most of their time foraging, or looking for food. The grizzly is North America's largest omnivore, meaning it eats both plants and other animals. About 80 to 90 percent of the grizzly's food is green vegetation, wild fruits and berries, nuts, and bulbs or roots of certain plants. Grizzlies also eat a great deal of insects, sometimes tearing rotten logs apart and turning over heavy stones in search of the adult insects or their larvae.
Most of the meat in the grizzly's diet comes from animal carcasses, or carrion, of big game animals, although it will sometimes prey on elk or moose calves or smaller mammals. For grizzlies along the west coast of Canada and in Alaska, salmon is an important food source.
The grizzly bear must eat enough to store huge amounts of fat needed to sustain it through its long winter sleep. The grizzly's ability to eat large quantities of rich food and store fat without suffering from heart disease or cholesterol problems is of great interest to medical scientists. If scientists can determine how grizzlies accomplish this, that information may be useful in preventing human heart disease.
At the top of the food chain, adult grizzly bears have little to fear from other wild animals. Grizzly cubs may fall prey to mountain lions, wolves, and other bears if they stray too far from their mother.
Early in the fall, grizzly bears begin looking for a proper place to dig their dens, and may travel many miles before finding a suitable area. Generally, they seek a high, remote mountain slope where deep snow will serve as insulation until spring. Grizzlies often dig beneath the roots of a large tree to create their dens. Obstructing roots are chewed up, and loose rocks and earth are thrust through the narrow entrance by the powerful strokes of the grizzly's forepaws.
The grizzly bear will generally enter its den in October or November. During the next 5 to 6 months, the grizzly will not consume water or nourishment but will use up its accumulated fat.
Male grizzly bears usually emerge from the den in March or April, while females emerge in late April and May. When a grizzly comes out of its den, the first food is sometimes carrion from animals that did not survive the winter. A grizzly will usually travel to lower elevations to reach vegetated areas.
Mating season is from June through July. Grizzly bear embryos do not begin to develop until the mother begins her winter hibernation, although mating may have taken place up to 6 months before. As with other bears, if the mother has not accumulated enough fat to sustain herself as well as developing cubs, the embryos may not implant (develop). In January, usually 1 to 3 cubs, each weighing only a pound or less, are
USFWSborn. The cubs gain weight quickly and often have reached 10 to 20 pounds by the time they come out of the den.
Cubs remain dependent upon their mother's milk for almost a year, stay with their mother for up to 3 years, and reach breeding maturity at about 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 years. In some cases they may not breed until 8 1/2 years of age. When they do reach breeding age, females usually only breed every 3 years. Males compete with each other for breeding opportunities and seek females each year. Grizzlies usually live to 15 to 20 years of age, and a few survive for up to 30+ years.
Between 1800 and 1975, grizzly bear populations in the lower 48 states decreased from estimates of more than 50,000 to less than 1,000. The grizzly was eliminated from much of the West by the late 1800s. As mountainous areas were settled, development contributed to an increase in human-caused mortality. Livestock depredation control, habitat deterioration, commercial trapping, unregulated hunting, and the perception that grizzlies threatened human life were leading causes of the animal's decline.
In 1975, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the grizzly bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, meaning it is considered likely to become endangered ("endangered" means a species is considered in danger of extinction within all or a significant portion of its range). Many of the current threats to the survival of grizzly bears are associated with degradation of habitat due to rural or recreational development, road building, and energy and mineral exploration. Habitat destruction in valley bottoms and riparian areas is particularly harmful to grizzlies because they use these linkage habitats to travel from one area to another when they are searching for food. Some private landowners and companies are trying to help grizzlies by voluntarily protecting grizzly linkage habitats.
The biggest threat to the grizzly is human-caused mortality. Some grizzly bears are accidentally killed by hunters who mistake them for black bears, which are legal game. More commonly, grizzlies may become food conditioned because of the availability of human-related "attractants," which include garbage, pet foods, livestock carcasses, and improper camping practices. Food- conditioned bears seek out human use areas for these foods and can become dangerous. Bears can also become habituated to people when they lose their normal avoidance response. An example of habituated bears are road-side bears feeding on natural foods that do not flee when vehicles stop. This can eventually lead to conflicts between people and bears and to grizzly bear mortality -- not only in human-populated areas of the grizzly's range but if attractants are not stored properly also at back country recreation sites.
Today, in the lower 48 states, grizzlies can be found in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Washington. The six ecosystems in the conterminous U.S. identified by biologists as containing suitable habitat for grizzly bears are: Yellowstone (northwestern Wyoming, southwestern Montana, and eastern Idaho), Northern Continental Divide (northwestern Montana), the Cabinet-Yaak (northwestern Montana), Selkirks (northern Idaho and eastern Washington), the North Cascades (Washington), and Bitterroot (central Idaho and western Montana).
There are more than 500 grizzlies living in the greater Yellowstone area. In addition, there are more than 500 grizzlies living in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, about 30 to 40 in the Selkirk Mountains in northern Idaho and northeast Washington, another 30 to 40 in the Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem in northern Idaho and western Montana, and less than 20 in the North Cascades. There are no known grizzly bears in the Bitterroot Ecosystem at this time. In Alaska, where grizzlies are called brown bears, they are estimated to number more than 30,000. There are more than 25,000 grizzly bears in Canada.
The grizzly bear recovery effort has met with some successes thus far. Grizzlies in the Yellowstone ecosystem are now delisted. We know less about the grizzlies in the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem, but a project finishing in 2007 will give us a better idea of population size in this ecosystem. We still have more to do to reach recovery in this ecosystem. Much work is needed to help the bears in the transboundary Selkirks, Cabinet-Yaak and North Cascades ecosystems. The Bitterroot ecosystem also requires much effort to reach recovery.
These successes have been largely due to a cooperative effort among several organizations called the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee. Established in 1983, the committee includes the USDA-Forest Service, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, State agencies in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Washington, and the Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The committee coordinates habitat management, research, and education and outreach for the grizzly bear.
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4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420
Arlington, VA 22203
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I am a new mac user and love the widgets that come with it. however what is the difference between the dashboard widgets and the Yahoo widgets and which one do people use and which is better?
They both seem pretty cool
I tend to stick to the ones Apple has at the site http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashb...ategories.htmlwww.idadgraphics.com
I started using PS from finding this forum and all the help I have gotten here thru the years is immeasurable
thank you MacForums and all it's members
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The difference between Dashboard Widgets and Yahoo Widgets (formally known as Konfabulator) is that you call up the Dashboard Widgets on basically a windown blind across your desktop, and then you make then disappear (using F12). The Yahoo Widgets are permanently on your desktop and arrangable there. Basically, to see the Yahoo Widgets you can use Expose to clear all of your windows, and with Dashboard you use F12 to call them up on top of all of your windows.
I stick with Dashboard myself just because there's no need to have both. To users running Panther though Konfabulator is sweet.
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thanx for the response. does anyone know which uses more RAM and slows down the computer?
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my guess is that dashboard (apple) is much better and faster. the yahoo ones (used to be called konfabulator) aren't my favorite. Bascially before the dashboard program came out there was a program called konfabulator. you could run widgets just like on dashboard. but then apple came out with tiger which includes dashboard. so there is no need to install another program to use the now yahoo widgets. its pointless. dashboard is smoother and more integrated anyways. in other words...the yahoo ones were for before tiger came out. most people who still use them have 10.3 (panther) or lower or they have windows. i reccommend that you stick with dashboard.
01-18-2006, 01:17 PM #6HazelGirlGuest
i know this post is old but i just want to say that i have used both and i find dashboard much, much better...faster and less buggy. I used yahoo widgets on my PC and it was horrible...a lot of th times, the widgets wouldnt work or they wouldn't show up one day. dashboard on the other hand has been more usable.
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Apple has continued its big cat naming convention and released the developer preview of its OS X Mountain Lion operating system. This ninth release of the OS introduces new features in the shape of Apple-branded functions including Messages, Notes, Reminders, and Game Center, as well as Notification Center, Share Sheets, Twitter integration, and AirPlay Mirroring.
NOTE: Mountain Lion is the first OS X release built with iCloud integration in mind — Apple's cloud service first announced in June 2011 for data storage and download to multiple OS X and iOS devices.
The developer preview of Mountain Lion also introduces Gatekeeper, a security feature that is said to provide complete control over what user apps are installed at any one time. Mac users will be able to upgrade to Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store in late summer 2012.
The developer preview of Mountain Lion also features the new Messages app, which replaces iChat and allows users to send unlimited messages, high-quality photos, and videos directly from one Mac to another Mac or iOS device. Messages will continue to support AIM, Jabber, Yahoo! Messenger, and Google Talk.
The new release is described as including "hundreds" of new APIs to give developers access to what Apple calls new "core technologies and enhanced features" within OS X. The Game Kit APIs tap into the same services as Game Center on iOS, making it possible to create multiplayer games that work across Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
According to Apple's official release statement, "A new graphics infrastructure underpins OpenGL and OpenCL and implements GLKit, first introduced in iOS 5, to make it easier to create OpenGL apps. Using Core Animation in Cocoa apps is easier than ever, and new video APIs deliver modern 64-bit replacements for low-level QuickTime APIs. Enhanced Multi-Touch APIs give developers double-tap zoom support and access to the system-wide lookup gesture. Kernel ASLR improves security through enhanced mitigation against buffer overflow attacks."
Mountain Lion also introduces AirPlay Mirroring, a technology designed to wirelessly send a secure 720p video stream of what's on a Mac to an HDTV using Apple TV.
The company says that more than 100 million users have iCloud accounts and the new iCloud Documents pushes any changes to all devices so documents are always up to date — plus, a new API helps developers make document-based apps work with iCloud.


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LONDON (MarketWatch) — The U.K.'s benchmark stock index rose Friday, with BP PLC shares extending gains after Transocean Ltd. settled claims with U.S. authorities over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
The FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.18% gained 0.7% to close at 6,089.84, finishing the week 2.8% higher.
BP BP, -3.06% BP., -2.01% rose 2.7% in London, adding to a 2.4% advance scored Thursday, when Transocean RIG, -6.13% agreed to pay a total of $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines in relation to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. BP was leasing the drilling rig from Transocean at the time of the disaster. See: Transocean reaches Deepwater Horizon settlement
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Other energy shares were also on the rise, moving higher after U.S. payrolls data showed 155,000 jobs were added in December, broadly in line with what was expected. See: U.S. gains 155,000 jobs in December
Shares of Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDSB, -1.40% RDS.B, -2.23% added 1.1%, while BG Group PLC UK:BG climbed 0.8%. Oil prices, however, moved lower in New York. See: Oil drops below $92 as FOMC minutes boost dollar
Meanwhile, mining shares posted some of the biggest losses in the London benchmark, tracking losses for metals futures. Kazakhmys PLC KAZ, -1.07% lost 1.8%, Antofagasta PLC ANTO, -0.66% fell 2% and heavyweight Rio Tinto PLC RIO, +0.51% RIO, -1.08% RIO, -0.88% gave up 1.2%. See: Gold and silver futures tumble after Fed minutes
Shares of Fresnillo PLC FRES, -0.08% also dropped, down a sharper 4%, after UBS cut the precious-metals firm to neutral from buy.
Additionally, Anglo American PLC AAL, -1.21% slipped 0.6%. The miner said it has sold its 70% stake in the Amapa iron-ore operation in Brazil for an undisclosed price. See: Anglo American sells stake in Brazil iron-ore site.
Also on the move, shares of Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC RR., -0.71% rose 0.7%. The power-systems company said it won a $52.2 million contract to support AE 1107C engines for V-22 aircraft operated by the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force. See: Rolls-Royce gets $52.2M US-military services pact.
Outside the major index in London, shares of Balfour Beatty PLC BBY, +0.53% gained 2.2%, as the infrastructure firm said it has been awarded a five-year highway maintenance contract worth 150 million pounds ($243.8 million). See: Balfour Beatty: £150M pact to maintain highways.
Also on investors' mind in the U.K., the Markit/CIPS U.K. business activity index slumped to 48.9 in December from 50.2 in November, marking the first contraction in service-sector activity in two years.
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For those who are in love with animals around. Jokes apart, non veg preparations bring out some best tastes. Explore the rich non- veg recipes, belonging to various regions.
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But I must correct Mr. Edroso. There are 5 errors in the statement "when young Ann Althouse refused to eat the carrots on her dinner plate, her parents just sighed and got out the Cap'n Crunch."
1. "Cap'n Crunch is a product line of sweetened corn and oat breakfast cereals introduced in 1963," and I was already 12 in 1963. My sweetened corn cereal of choice was Corn Pops, born in 1951, like me. Here I am explaining my cereal preference to 2 guys including a guy who looks like my dad and has a name like some guy in my adopted home town, Guy Madison.
2. Since carrots were never cooked in my 1950s childhood home, but were served raw, I liked them. Now, if it were something like spinach, which my mother always served with slices of hard-boiled egg on top, I would have avoided it, perhaps, along with the other kids in the family, with some simple commentary like "ew, spinach."
3. My parents never sighed about anything like this. At most, they would inform us that we were saying something that wasn't good "dinner conversation" and they would continuing modeling what was to their ear good dinner conversation.
4. My parents wouldn't get up from the dining table and go back into the kitchen to get different food if we didn't want to eat what we were served. They might say something like "That's dinner" and then move on, in the usual fashion, to good dinner conversation.
5. I was left to my own devices at the dinner table, devices I pursued silently and without parental comment or intervention of any kind: I drank milk, I ate plenty of potatoes, and I sprinkled sugar — copiously — on the wedge of iceberg lettuce. Later, after I was excused from the table — we said "May I be excused?" — I ate all the ice cream I wanted.
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Althouse probably thinks of her blogging self as a shorter, snappier Maureen Dowd, but she doesn't have the detached hollowness at the heart of MoDo's mean-girl act; she's usually petty, often smug, and when she gets like this, downright creepy.Enjoy the party!
If it were a dinner party and she started in on this, people would probably laugh at first, mostly out of politeness, but a strained silence would ensue as she went on and was obviously getting into it. Then she realizes that not only is everyone else silent but almost everyone is averting their gaze; she clears her throat, murmurs "Well, anyway," and drains her wine glass. The guests can hand-wave it away as an odd tic (although one or two might reach for their list of handy excuses on the occasion of subsequent invitations), but on the blog it sits there, generating a veritable miasma like the stench of garbage left in a warm apartment for a week.
Fortunately from her perspective, unfortunately from anyone else's, she's got her regulars to reinforce her behavior, with Meade piping in with a HuffPo piece about the amount of lead in the White House lawn, and she'll have a virtual dinner party at which she's always the toast of the town.


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What Linus actually did and how safe the passwords are in Linux KERNEL?
Recently, I am confused with some concepts in Linux,
1. When I read man pages some pages have the author names. And the commercial apps like vlc, Mozilla and so on are from concern manufactures. Most of apps are under developed by some one or by community and integrated with Distributions.
so, What exactly Torvalds did/wrote ? In other words, what exactly the Linux Kernel is?
If I use "c" pgms and some device drivers for my use, Can I say that I use Linux or I know Linux ?
Bcoz, most of the questions out here in other posts are totally new to me, and making me to think that
for my "c" pgm , I am using a Linux distribution which has "gcc", and am not using/learning Linux? right?
2. Linux kernel source is an open source. So, how the passwords are protected ? If a person see the code section of password storing, can't that person do reverse operation to get the password ?
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Hey folks, I'm new to Java and am making a transition over from C#. I'm not very advanced with it but had been learning it until I made a switch to Linux. Just started reading Sam's Teach Yourself Java 6 in 21 Days so hopefully I pick it up ok. Seems like a fun language and probably one I'll like better. What with me being a big supporter and advocate of open source code as opposed to proprietary languages :-q:-q:-q ehem MS ehem.
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"A.R. Mitchell was the 'King of Pulp Fiction Covers,' or the Norman Rockwell of pulp fiction western," said Mary Burke, of FCA. "He was an illustrator and he did a lot of covers. We have almost 100 pieces we have on loan to us. We have eight original paintings and 32 original sketches and we have (other) memorabilia."
The show also will feature local western artists from around the area, which will include photographs, paintings and sculptures.
In addition, Tom Hirt will bring in some of his handcrafted hats while others will feature vintage western saddles, tack and equipment, branding irons, hand painted reins and hand made bridles. A firearm that was used regularly on the Wells Fargo stage that ran between Cripple Creek to Florence also will be exhibited along with other firearms from that era. In the gift shop, attendees will find a plethora of jewelry and other merchandise for sale.
Those who browse through the show will have the opportunity to listen to Charlie and Betty King play a variety of music, enjoy western themed refreshments along with wine and soft drinks.
As part of the First Friday event, the show is free and open to the community.
Other weekend events are listed below:
Author and Prayers for Prisoners International director Jan McLaughlin, of Cañon City, will sign copies of her book, "Light for the Journey," from 1-8 p.m. in Words of Life Christian Bookstore at 613 Main St. as part of the First Friday event.
"How Flowers Changed the World" exhibition will feature the artwork of George R. Douthit, III from 5-8 p.m. in the First Friday art event at The Artists Gallery at 416 Main St. The event includes a delightful evening of poetry, fine art and refreshments. For more information, call 719-345-4070 or visit theartistsgalleryonline.com.
Potluck, Open Mic will be offered from 5-8 p.m. in the Florence Senior Community Center, 100 Railroad St. Dinner at 5 p.m. Enjoy country and gospel music. Suggested donation is $2.
The Cañon City Middle School Falcon Theatre will present "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at 7 p.m. in the CCMS auditorium at 1215 Main St. Tickets are $5 for reserved seating, $4 for adults, and $3 for students and seniors.
All-you-can-eat breakfast fundraiser for the Deer Mountain Community Organization members will take place from 7-10 a.m. in Chili's at 106 Latigo Lane in Cañon City. Full breakfast includes scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, pancakes, juice and coffee for $7 for adults and $5 for children under 12. The fundraiser is to help the members establish a community center on Copper Gulch Road between Cañon City and Westcliffe. For more information and tickets, call Becky Girdler at 942-4776.
Saturday Night games and treats will be offered from 5:30-9:30 p.m. in the Florence Senior Community Center. $2 suggested donation.
Breakfast will be served from 8-11 a.m. in the VFW Post No. 4061 at 215 Cottonwood Ave. Meals are $5 for adults $5, $2.50 for children 12 and under. Groups may call ahead at 275-9886.


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Fedora 17 Installation Guide
amd catalyst 12.6 beta can work well with fedora 17. http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst126beta.aspx
Steps to install for HD5xxx and newer cards
1. You need kernel 3.3.7-1 or 3.3.7-3 . Get them from: (Download kernel, kernel-devel and kernel-headers)
Kernel 3.3.7-3: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=321331 Kernel 3.3.7-1: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=319972
2. Amd Catalyst 12.6 beta
Amd Catlyst: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst126beta.aspx
Even if you have kernel 3.4.0-1 or higher, this procedure will work! So dont panic! I will take kernel 3.3.7-3 as example, you can use 7-1.
1. Install the kernel: sudo yum --nogpgcheck install kernel-3.3.7-2.fc17.x86_64.rpm (nogpgcheck is needed sice koji packages are not signed)
2. Remove existing kernel-devel: First do: rpm -qa | grep kernel-devel . Then remove the kernel-devel-3.x.x package you see, by using yum erase kernel-devel-3.4.0-1.fc17.x86_64 (or whatever package you are using)
3. Install kernel-devel sudo yum --nogpgcheck install kernel-3.3.7-2.fc17.x86_64.rpm
4. Now, you need to remove kernel-headers. You need to use rpm, sice yum wont uninstall it because of dependancies. Use: rpm -evv -nodeps kernel-headers-18.104.22.168.fc17.x86_64 (or your kernel headers version, check with rpm -qa | grep kernel-headers)
5. Reboot to kernel 3.3.7-3 and install AMD-ATI Catalyst 12.6 BETA driver.
6. now edit yum.conf and exclude kernel updates. do: sudo nano /etc/yum.conf and add this to the end: "exclude=kernel*" This will prevent kernel from upgrading. When a new version of Catalyst is available, check for the kernel it supports and upgrde your kernel by uncommenting this line.
Installing on Older Cards (HD4xxx and below)
If you have an HD4xxx series card, Catalyst 12.4 is the newest driver to support it (as of June 4, 2012). This won't work with X version 1.12 (the one packaged with Fedora 17). To downgrade to X version 1.11, use the following commands (as root).
Note: I'm assuming x86_64
IMPORTANT: I'd highly recommend going down to runlevel 3 first. You can do this using the following command in one of the text consoles (<CTRL> + <ALT> + <Fx> where x is 1-9, just try them until you get to a console)
systemctl isolate runlevel3.target
Commands for downgrading X:
yum erase xorg-x11-drv-intel
yum --releasever=16 install libxcb* xcb-util startup-notification*
yum --releasever=16 downgrade *xcb* xorg*
You may also need libxcb.i686 from the Fedora 16 release. The intel driver has additional dependencies, and those with AMD/ATi cards don't need it anyway.To solve the issues with the new kernel source, use the steps in
3.4.0 has been pushed as the most recent kernel update. This will require recompiling the drivers in addition to commenting the two lines out of
uaccess_64.h. Make sure you've rebooted into the new kernel before compiling the driver. To compile go to the directory where the
amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run file is and type:
./amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run --extract fglrxYou will then need to edit
./fglrx/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/kcl_ioctl.c and add the line
DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, old_rsp);on line
220 directly under the end of the multi-line comment. You also need to edit line
4157 of
./fglrx/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c to be
for_each_possible_cpu(p). After this, execute
./fglrx/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/make.shas root. If you get an error about no make target for
libfglrx_ip.a, then copy the one from
./fglrx/arch/x86_64/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod to
./fglrx/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/ and try again.
Finally, run
./fglrx/common/lib/modules/fglrx/make_install.shas root then
rebootto check your results, which I do by seeing if this command correctly outputs a temperature.
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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Union leaders and management officials for Northern California-based Raley's are back at the bargaining table in a last-ditch effort to avoid what would be the first strike in the chain's 77-year history.
Officials on both sides haven't released any details of Saturday's talks, except to say bargaining resumed - with the help of a federal mediator - at 9:30 a.m.
If labor leaders and the chain's managers don't reach an agreement by midnight, union workers at the grocer's 128 stores in Northern California and Nevada could walk off the job.
Both sides are at odds over a proposed wage freeze, elimination of premium pay for Sunday shifts and health care benefits.
Raley's management had threatened to impose a contract with its terms on Thursday, but when a federal mediator became involved in the talks, the company said it would hold off until midnight Saturday.


text: So I noticed some of you have been displease about the Redskins signing and have some questions about the Salary Cap and its rules. Here is a link with some pretty informative answers. Question 1.13 answers "what happens if a team goes over the Salary Cap?" Hope you enjoy!! GO PHINS!!! http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/faq.asp


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th Oct 2012 18:10 UTC
Steve Ballmer has just announced that in the first three days of being on sale, more than 4 million people have bought the Windows 8 upgrade. This doesn't count OEM installations or Microsoft's own Surface - just individual upgrades. Definitely a promising start for Windows 8, but then, these are most likely enthusiasts (I'm one of those four million), so we still don't know a whole lot. I'm patiently waiting for the response from regular consumers.
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RE[2]: It's Another Windows 95!!
by grumpyoldman on Tue 30th Oct 2012 21:12 UTC in reply to "RE: It's Another Windows 95!!"
RE[3]: It's Another Windows 95!!
by lucas_maximus on Wed 31st Oct 2012 07:15 in reply to "RE[2]: It's Another Windows 95!!"
It isn't only that, I get a brand new OS for very little and as a web developer it is usually a good idea to keep up with newer tech.
Personally the upgrade process was almost painless. There were quite a few reboots (most were very short) and I had a running OS in about 30 minutes after I got hold of the upgrade media.
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My grandmother – Nana – suffered a stroke in February and her health in recent months has been sliding. For weeks my mother has been indicating that Nana has been having trouble focusing and not always been 'present'. I had not seen my grandmother since I visited her in mid-October. At that time, she looked weak but was still very much aware of her surroundings so when I was told she had suffered another mild stroke earlier this week and had been admited to the hospital, I decided to call in sick and pay her a surprise visit.
The 20 minute drive into the suburbs looked like a winter wonderland and provided me time to contemplate what I would say when I saw her. I was concerned that due to the stroke or medications she might not be alert, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that nothing was further from the truth. We had a wonderful conversation reminscing of stories from the past, talking about family members and the current holiday season.
At times the conversation was tinged with sadness, and it made me realize how very aware she was /is of her mortality. When sadness would enter her voice, I would acknowledge what she said and let her know I shared her sentiments, but I did not let her dwell on the moment or forget about how lucky we both were to have our family so close (both in proximity and emotionally). That was what our morning together was like; conversations about nothing in particular and enjoying our moment alone together. If I noticed she was sad, I would use my humor or wit to lift both our spirits.
However, when it was time to leave, I could not help but notice that the vivacious grandmother I knew most of my life has in recent years seen her spark dim. My grandfather passing away a decade ago followed by an accident a couple years ago that resulted in her taking a bad fall and now most recently her faltering health has changed the grandmother I have known most of my life. Today's visit made me long to be back in my grandmother's house like when I was a child. My memories of those years bring me tremendous comfort, and I will continue to wrap them around me like a thick blanket to ward off the cold feeling I had when I turned my back to leave her room in the hospital earlier today.


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Jarrow formulas® IP6 is 500 mg of purified Inositol Hexaphosphate (IP6) from rice bran extract. IP6 is a phosphorylated structure of inositol that is typically found in plants rich in fiber. IP6 is a naturally occurring cellular molecule. It plays an essential role in the body's messaging system and affects multiple bodily processes.
IP6 may aid the cell's natural defense systems against damaging hydroxyl free radicals through chelation with reactive iron. Thus, it may have anti-cancer activity as has been studied in various clinical trials. These studies have found that when cancer cells interact with IP6 in the lab, IP6 minimizes their reproduction. Other studies have suggested that IP6 may help thin the blood (blood thinner).


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The world of Azeroth is filled with creatures great and small, and a multitude of animal types are represented, both realistic and fantastic. From the beginning, we've had real-world animals such as lions, tigers, bears, ostriches, spiders, bats, hyenas, vultures, and wolves alongside mythological creatures like dragons, centaurs, werewolves, and demons. The Burning Crusade expansion added moths and wasps, dragonhawks and warp stalkers; Wrath brought in rhinoceroses, mammoths, giant worms, and minotaurs; and now, with Cataclysm, we've seen the inclusion of monkeys, mastiffs, eels, fish, sharks, and the much-anticipated fox.
Blizzard is broadening the World of Warcraft bestiary with each new expansion, but there are plenty of animal types left to draw from. How about a tamable sugar glider or a chinchilla vanity pet? Speaking of vanity pets, I'd love to see some of them turned into game mobs. Who wouldn't want to fight (or tame!) a mutant rabbit or Rodent of Unusual Size? With the addition of Vashj'ir, Blizzard has already opened the door for any number of sea creature models. How about a manta ray to join the existing whales and sea turtles?
Is your favorite animal or mythical creature represented in World of Warcraft? What would you like to see added to WoW's bestiary?


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Topic: Thanks to the BFFC
I want to give a big shout out to everyone shout participates here on the forum. Some of you have noticed me whining about living in Japan and it does get really lonely here. I have, however, found a place where I can share my passion with like-minded folks who come at the topic from more-or-less the same cultural context.
I really appreciate all of you and I appreciate the chance to be a part of the BFFC.
I know, I know, this sounds like a hallmark greeting card. but it is tougher than you might think living in a foreign country for ten years without people to share your interests.
Thanks guys and gals.
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Seven air-traffic control towers in Southern California will close next month as a result of forced federal budget cuts, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday.
The FAA had considered closing as many as 189 towers at smaller airports across the nation, including 14 in Southern California. The agency must cut $637 million from its budget by Sept. 30 as part of $85 billion in so-called sequestration cuts across the federal government.
Southern California will lose towers in Fullerton, Oxnard, Riverside, San Diego, Victorville, Pacoima and Lancaster. Four more will close in Central and Northern California.
All of the towers that will shut down April 7 are certified by the FAA but operated by contractors. Overall, contractors run nearly half of the nation's towers, handling about 30% of the air traffic. Only three towers have been closed during the 31 years the program has existed, according to the U.S. Contract Tower Assn.


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One of about 2000 Deluxe models made, this came with the overhead valve engine, instead of the common flathead, and Heather became interested in finding something like a red Rambler she looked at during a Clairemont car show about a year or two ago. It cost about 6 thou on EBay, the second time it was listed (the first time the reserve was not met during bidding) and since then, almost everything has been rebuilt or replaced... and all for under 20 thou. Closer to 18 for the car, total upholstery at Jim's on Armour in Kearny Mesa, engine and trans rebuilt, and lots of paint (I've got to ask again who did the paint so well and at a good price) and chrome.
Future improvements (not that you or I could tell any are needed) will be some exhaust, and trim.


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World Building:
Category: Civic
Location: Greensboro, United States of America
Architect: Rural Studio, Auburn University
WAF Entry: 2008
Award: World Architecture Festival 2008 - Category Commendation
Photograph by: Timothy Hursley
The Hale County Animal Shelter in Greensboro, Alabama, is a project, like many in that area, born out of necessity. Hale County is one of the poorest counties in Alabama's poverty-stricken "Black Belt". In 2005, Hale County found itself in danger of a lawsuit: It is the duty of every county to provide a suitable county pound, as is stated in Acts 1990, No. 90-530, p816. § 7. In August of 2005, four architecture students and soon to be builders started research and design for The Hale County Animal Shelter. An $80,000 budget was allotted for the project's construction and thus all decisions were always calculated against monetary constraints. For Hale County Officials, this meant the project had to be inexpensive to build but last, efficient to run with minimal personnel, and easy as well as economical to maintain. The designers' role trespassed that of traditional architects as they found that research regarding laws for shelters, hierarchy of leadership regarding its maintenance as well as estimated costs to run such a facility were needed in order to inform design decisions regarding personnel, program and size of the facility. Fundraising totaling $100,000 in material and cash donations, actual construction of the building, and the establishment of a Humane Society were also among the roles undertaken by the students.
The building's orientation responds to the main wind patterns of the site providing the building with natural ventilation and fulfilling the 8-12 changes of air per hour needed by dogs to stay healthy. Also, its proximity to the road and easy access increase public awareness and use of the building.
The facility's linear plan allows for a clear distinction of private and public areas. Its design channels visitors through the building without the use of signs and also allows one part-time employee to have clear views of the facility necessary for safety of both the animals and the public. A viewing corridor, open 24 hours, gives maximum exposure to the animals which will help increase adoptions and other fees to help sustain the facility.
Two carefully positioned windows bring natural light but block direct sunlight. Natural light ensures that the animals maintain healthy diurnal cycles, decreasing stress and disease, as well as energy bills. In the winter, the 12 dog pens are heated with a radiant flooring system, heating the slab where the dogs are laying. Other heating systems would have proved costly and inefficient because heat would rise away from the dogs. The office and exam room are designed to be compact spaces that can be heated and cooled with conventional easy to maintain window units.
Design decisions had to always be weighed alongside practicality of construction and costs. The lamella roof, a diamond patterned structure, was chosen not only because the roof's shape channels incoming wind through the building but also because it allowed the construction of a wide span roof to be built by four people without the use of cranes (minimizing costs, since labor was donated). In addition, because the lamella roof is a modular system, the shelter is free to adapt to the facility's future needs.
The roof consists of pre-cut 2"x8" yellow pine, tongue and groove boards and corrugated galvanized metal. These materials and the shape of the roof are an echo of the old barn structures found across the South, shapes and textures that belong to this area.
The interior materials, flat galvanized metal sheets cover both the interior and exterior of the office pods, which will never have to be painted and can be easily washed. The stainless steel cages use bars that will need no replacement, versus the conventional chain link used in many other shelters that tends to be eaten and climbed by the dogs as well as rust. The floor is concrete, covered with an industrial epoxy that does not encourage bacterial growth and allows for ease of cleaning. Thus all materials are strong and maintenance free, another way the design helps Hale County meet its budget constraints.
The lamella roof was assembled in the 3D computer program Rhinoceros, all measurements for the 2x8's that formed the diamond pattern were taken directly from the model. The steel legs and their connection to the roof were also calculated this way. Construction started with the design and building of a jig. (See pictures) The jig allowed the four design-builders to build the roof in 13 sections. Once the pre-cut 2x8's were assembled on the jig and connected with bolts, it could be raised with integrated hydraulic jacks and connected to the short steel columns. The jig would then be lowered and rolled on four wheels to start the process again. The building was stitched together section by section, and in a little over two weeks the main frame for this 46m (150') long building was finished. Once the roof was finished, all plumbing and radiant flooring, as well as main electrical pipes were installed and the slab poured. The pods, office and exam rooms are standard wood construction, with the exception of steel beams that allow for a cantilever that emphasizes the entrance and bathing area. Construction lasted a little over a year, and in August of 2007, the building was able to celebrate its completion alongside many of the community members who had long been awaiting the needed animal shelter.
Since its completion, The Hale County Animal Shelter continues to surprise visitors who realize "it's very cool in here" and that natural ventilation really works, just as it still does in the many Victorian houses of the South. It now flanks one of the main highways in Greensboro, a long slender structure that hovers overlooking the nearby pastures and catfish ponds awaiting its canine and feline residents. Known by many locals as the "Quonset Hut", the animal shelter sits proud to be able to provoke wonder and awe by the simplicity of its form, the complexity of its structure and the beauty of conventional materials.
Lead Architect »
Rural Studio, Auburn University
Hale County Humane Society
P O Box 476
Greensboro, AL 36744
Phone: 334-624-8120


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Ten months ago, Hobby Lobby heir Mart Green aroused both suspicion and relief among Oral Roberts University's faithful. The retail whiz announced that his affluent family was planning to pump $70 million into the heavily indebted, scandal-scarred liberal arts school in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In May, Green generated even more excitement on campus when he announced that student dorm rooms would be rewired. The increased amperage will allow a curling iron and a computer to be plugged in simultaneously without blowing a fuse. But Green isn't just redoing the campus electrical grid; he's rewiring ORU's body, mind, and checkbook. Currently serving as ORU board chair, Green recently said, "ORU must restore its broken trust, its battered reputation, and its beaten spirit."
In October 2007, the tragic unwinding of ORU's trust, reputation, and spirit began as three whistle-blowing professors filed a wrongful termination suit. They charged that Richard Roberts, president and son of founder Oral Roberts, and his board-member wife, Lindsay, misspent school funds, including $39,000 for a shopping spree for Lindsay, a $29,411 trip to the Bahamas aboard a university jet for one of the couple's daughters, and a stable of horses for their three daughters, among many other accusations. (The Robertses have denied any wrongdoing.)
Initially, the Greens debated whether to help. The family typically donates to successful ministry ventures with well-established accountability measures. They had never staged a ministry intervention before. When the family gives a chunk to charity, it's given collectively. The privately held Hobby Lobby chain of more than 380 arts and crafts stores has estimated annual sales of $2 billion and $200 million or more in profits. ...1


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"All of you coachella 'regulars' have nasty boy pussies and itchy dick4's on your asses.
Why don't you all make like a tree and get chopped down and die. You all have been dreadfully mean to me.
I Hate you. All of you. None of you will ever get to see a womans chest meat or finger blast hott cougies like me.
Fuck you all. Consider this my resignation.
Fair the well, you elitest scumbags."
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WASILLA — Cassie Nix only briefly met Anthony Keller the morning of Oct. 2 — in fact, she doesn't remember the meeting clearly — but that's all it would take for Keller to become Nix's hero.
That's the day Keller, a 15-year-old high school sophomore from Wasilla, saved the life of her 5-year-old daughter, Taylia Hardy.
"I couldn't breathe, I was hyperventilating," Nix said about what she remembered after her daughter was pulled, blue and unresponsive, from a hotel hot tub. "I can't tell you, it's the worst thing ever, ever. I kept thinking, 'This is how it feels to lose a baby.' I started praying. I couldn't even cry, and I remember thinking how fast this was going by."
It was coincidence that brought Keller and Nix to the Quality Inn hotel in Kenai that day. Keller was visiting a friend and Nix, also from Wasilla, was on the road attending a football game for her 9-year-old son. Before checking out, little Taylia went to the pool with a family friend and her son for a last swim.
"My friend took her son and my daughter swimming, and just as I was standing up (from breakfast) people started yelling, 'There's a baby drowning!'" Nix said. "I have a handicap, so I can't move very well, but I was trying to get there fast. By the time I got there, my friend had pulled her out of the hot tub."
Apparently, Taylia jumped into the middle of the 5-foot-deep hot tub to retrieve a ball and didn't have a life vest on, Nix said. Her friend noticed the girl at the bottom of the hot tub and pulled her out.
Keller was in the lobby at the time and heard the commotion and went into the pool area to see what was happening. At first, he said he was trying to calm Nix and her friend down. Then he heard the question that changed his and Taylia's lives.
"Does anyone know CPR?"
Turns out, Keller does. In fact, he was certified in child CPR this summer during a Knik Tribal Council class.
"I was at the hotel and some guy came running out to the office and said there's a drowning," Keller recalled. "I ran back to the pool and I guess she was drowning in the hot tub. Some lady pulled her out and pretty much everybody was just freaking out. I was the only one there who knew CPR. After I gave her 30 chest compressions, then I gave her some breaths, and she started breathing again."
Hearing Taylia cry after Keller's actions was "the most beautiful sound ever," Nix said.
In the month since the accident, Nix said she thinks daily about Keller's actions and how close her daughter came to death.
"Every day I look at her, and the shock's worn off a little bit, but not a lot," she said. "Several times a day I look at her and go, 'Wow.' Like, when she's annoying and I think, 'I'm so glad she's annoying me right now.'"
But Keller's actions have drawn notice from more than this grateful mother.
On Nov. 14, Wasilla Mayor Verne Rupright presented the teen with a proclamation from the city honoring him for his lifesaving efforts.
In the proclamation, the mayor and city "acknowledge and thank Anthony Keller for his heroic actions in stepping forward and taking charge in a life-threatening emergency that saved the life of a young girl. … Anthony is a fine example for other youth in our community."
In addition to Nix and her daughter, Kenai Fire Chief Michael Tilley was on hand for the proclamation presentation. The chief said he's impressed with Keller's actions and deserves recognition as a hero.
"From what was described to me, the child was unconscious and blue in nature, which obviously makes you believe she was not breathing," Tilley said. "Having someone like Anthony step up ultimately saved the girl's life."
For someone in the emergency services field, not every call ends so happily, he said.
"Sometimes in the fire department and police department, we have to see some pretty disturbing things and sometimes the outcomes of our efforts aren't always on the positive side," Tilley said. "It was very encouraging to see someone this young to have the maturity and the courage to step up. … He saved a life that day."
As for Keller, he said he learned CPR for a reason; his mother has trouble breathing and is asthmatic. So, he took CPR classes at the Knik Tribal Council —in fact, he failed the first time, so took it again this summer. But he didn't expect to put his knowledge to work so soon.
"Someday I knew it would come in handy, but I was thinking it would happen to my mom," he said. "But no, I didn't think it would come so quickly."
When he heard the girl cry after she started breathing again, "I felt really relieved," Keller said. "I felt like I did an amazing job and was happy I was there. That just went through my mind the rest of the day; that she didn't die. It really didn't hit me until about and hour or two after, though. When it was happening, I was calm. Then, after I started thinking about how she could've died, I was like, 'whoa.'"
Some people are labeled heroes whether they earn those titles or not, Nix said. In Keller's case, she said he will always be her hero.
"Saying thank you seems so stupid, there's nothing I can say," she said. "You can't put it into words. Of course, of course he's my hero. He saved my baby's life."


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By Dimitra DeFotis
Analysts at Dahlman Rose and Sterne Agee renewed their bullish stance on Schlumberger and its deepwater prospects Tuesday following last week's earnings report.
Dahlman Rose Analysts James Crandell, Doug Garber and J.B. Lowe trimmed their 2013 earnings estimate for oilfield services giant, but reiterated their buy rating and $92 price target. Sterne Agee analysts Stephen D. Gengaro and Grant Fox also reiterated a Buy and raised their price target from $89 to $93, saying Schlumberger is "well positioned to generate strong earnings growth and robust free cash over the next several years." They also cheered Schlumberger's dividend increase.
Traders aren't as bullish. Michael Purves, Chief Global Strategist and head of equity derivatives research at Weeden & Co., advised investors to cash out of Schlumberger Friday "and wait for re-entry points" as we noted here.
Shares of Schlumberger (SLB) were up $1.32, or 1,7%, to $77.82 in the last hour of trading. Rising oil prices, in light of increased security risk getting buzz, should give oilfield services stocks a boost.
On Friday, Schlumberger reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.08 per share. A 24% increase in Gulf of Mexico revenue, due to improved deepwater rig activity, offset weak pricing for land drilling. Gengaro and Fox say in the Eastern Hemisphere, rising profitability will come in 2013-14, though they remain "worried about the magnitude of margin growth near term as geopolitical noise and limited pricing gains slow the progress."
Crandell et al at Dahlman think the stock deserves a multiple of 19 times, representing a roughly 50% premium to the Standard & Poor's 500 multiple, which is "justified, in our view, due to SLB's exposure to the multiyear growth anticipated in international E&P spending." They add:
"While the international business had a weaker-than-expected quarter due largely to seasonal slowdowns in the North Sea, Russia, and China and contract delays in North Africa, we expect it to be the main source of growth in 2013. The Middle East/Asia and Europe/CIS/Africa regions should be particularly strong in 2013 while Latin American growth may be slightly hindered by flattish Brazil activity. We expect the international top line to rise 12.4% in 2013 with 22% margins."


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Dickey talks Cy Young, future at Gehrig Awards
By Mark Newman / MLB.com | 11/07/12 11:00 PM ET
Dickey hopes to win NL Cy Young00:00:40
R.A. Dickey, David Cone and Bob Costas on Dickey's chances of winning the NL Cy Young Award
NEW YORK -- On a night when he was formally announced as one of three finalists for the National League Cy Young Award, Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey was honored Wednesday at the 18th annual Lou Gehrig Sports Awards benefit dinner that raised more than $800,000 for the ALS Association's Greater New York chapter.
"Just to be mentioned in the same sentence as Lou Gehrig is a real honor in itself," Dickey said. "What it represents tonight transcends statistics or metrics, it's much more about the spirit of what Lou Gehrig represented -- his perseverance. That's what the honorees tonight are here for -- to carry on the torch of persevering and enduring. Much of those qualities are what it's going to take to beat this disease, so it's nice to be a part of it."
The 20-game winner and 2012 NL strikeout leader was honored, along with former Mets teammate Jose Reyes (now with the Marlins) and former tennis player and Emmy Award-winning broadcast commentator Mary Carillo.
Dickey beat the latest storm in New York by flying in from Nashville on a 5:45 a.m. flight, after a flight two hours later had been canceled. He said before the dinner that "there has been some progress" on discussions about a contract extension with the Mets, and he said winning the Cy Young -- the winner between finalists Dickey, Gio Gonzalez of the Nationals and Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers to revealed next Wednesday on MLB Network -- would be meaningful, not only to himself, but also to teammates and the club.
"We just really started talking about it. I'm hopeful," Dickey said of contract talks. "I love being a Met, I want to be a Met, and hopefully we can work something out. There's not a whole heckuva lot to report, but there is progress."
Players generally like to get such matters resolved before the next season begins, and Dickey said he is no exception.
"I've voiced that," he said. "It can become a distraction. I know this year I was trying to work something out and it became a little too much for me at times. I just would rather focus on the season at hand, and being so close to free agency at that point, it doesn't make a lot of sense if you could do something in the offseason, that you would work on it during the season."
Dickey said he was surprised by the announcement earlier in the day that the Mets and Jason Bay had decided to part ways. Might that free up some financial resources to make his extension an easier matter to accomplish?
"It may. I have no idea," he said. "I wouldn't know where to begin on that, because I don't know what they're thinking, as far as the money they may have freed up. They may want to go out and get another outfielder, or make a splash in the free-agent market where otherwise we wouldn't be able to. Whatever makes our team better is what I hope happens, that's for sure.
"I think Sandy [Alderson, GM] has a very intentional plan, that he's been disciplined in trying to implement, and hopefully the pieces fall in place and we're competitive really quickly. We also have a lot of money coming off the books in '14, so that'll play a part, too."
Dickey said he has been trying not to think about the Cy Young matter. But he wants it. During the dinner, presenter Bob Costas prefaced his introduction of Dickey by noting that he would vote for Dickey had broadcasters been given this right to vote.
"It would put a silver lining on an otherwise sad season," Dickey said. "That's one. Two is it's something fantastic to celebrate with the fan base. I tell you what, I've never had an experience like I did in the final three or four games this year, with people coming to the park and the show of support. To be able to almost as a gift give that back to those guys would be a real treat for me. It would mean a lot to the Mets organization, too.
"So there's a lot at stake, and what kid doesn't want to win a Cy Young, right? So I'm hopeful we'll get a shot at it."
As for his chances, he added: "I don't really know, because I don't know the minds of the people who vote. As long as I don't know that, it would be tough for me to speculate on my chances, because everyone has different criteria, it seems. I'm one of three. I've got a 33-percent shot."
Does he have a goal for 2013 after that spectacular season?
"Yeah, don't try to win 20 games. That's my goal," he said. "If you try to do that, things can crumble. That sounds kind of bizarre, but I'm not going to treat any game any differently than I treated any game this year, or in 2011 or in 2010, and hopefully it'll end up in the same place. But I'm not really into setting lofty goals like that. I just want it to be what it's going to be, because I've poured in heart and done the things I've wanted to do, as far as preparation and execution."
Last offseason, Dickey climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro as part of an effort to bring attention to the Bombay Teen Challenge, which helps girls in need in India. He said that cause will pull him across the country this offseason as well.
"Just as a followup to that trip, I'm planning a trip to India with my girls, to serve with the outreach that we helped support with the Bombay Teen Challenge," he said. "We're going to be working with some of the girls who have been rescued. I think my girls are going to be teaching them to make friendship bracelets, and I'll be working in a clinic and hopefully we're going to be able to treat some of the girls who were rescued."


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Plaxico Burress is ready to get back to work.
The veteran wide receiver says he still thinks there's plenty of football in him and he sees no reason why he can't play for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday against Cleveland. The Steelers (6-4) signed the 35-year-old Burress on Tuesday to shore up an injury-depleted receiving corps.
Burress spent the first five seasons of his career with the Steelers before moving to the New York Giants and New York Jets. He says it's a little strange returning to Pittsburgh, but that in some ways it still feels like home.
Burress joked he told Steelers fans to dust off the No. 80 jersey in their closet and make sure it still fits.
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One thing that sets a major artist apart from the wannabes is the ability -- the need, actually -- not to coast on success.
So after The Reminder, Feist's breakout record, won five Junos, bagged a Grammy nomination, sold one million copies worldwide and ended up on just about every best-of-the-year list in 2007, who wouldn't make
The Reminder II?
Clearly, Leslie Feist wouldn't.
At first, it's natural to wonder whether Metals isn't a retreat, a deliberate attempt by the singer-songwriter to be just another indie darling again. If immediately catchy past songs such as "1234," or "My Moon My Man" are what you were hoping for, you won't find much of that here. Metals is a deeper, darker and more introverted album.
Granted, the confidence, authority and playful eclecticism of The Reminder are, to some extent, missed. Where that album gave a distinct setting and identity to just about every song, Metals mostly sticks with a more monochromatic sound, with only subtle dynamics. Where The Reminderwas exuberant, Metals has the feel of solitude.
But the big question is: Is that bad news?
Not for the listener, it would seem. The Celtic-flavoured, spidery, finger-picked guitar pattern that starts off the opener "The Bad In Each Other" -- which one can easily imagine Robert Plant covering -- announces that a major player has returned. The reassurance is confirmed by the heartbreakingly beautiful chorus of the hushed and cryptic "Graveyard," which follows.
"Bring them all back to life," Feist pleads in a voice as lithe and vulnerable as we've come to expect.
Not that the settings get stuck in downbeat mode. Even "Anti-Pioneer," perhaps the sleepiest song on the album, lights up at the end with almost Beatlesque strings. The disc's string and horn arrangements, by Feist and returning MVPs Chilly Gonzales and Mocky, consistently keep the proceedings on the right side of chamber pop.
Feist's sense of songcraft is also mercifully intact, if less flamboyant. A lot of the time, notably on "Caught a Long Wind," her approach to writing and arranging evokes Kate Bush in her glory years. The verses of "The Circle Married the Line," with their quasi-Dylanesque simplicity, also illustrate her continued way with a melody.
Bleakness peeks through the often cryptic lyrics, particularly in the self-doubting "Undiscovered First" and the pulsating, tense "A Commotion." Luckily, Feist sounds hopeful as she leaves her last words on the gentle, wistful closer "Get It Wrong Get It Right."
In the end, long-term effort might be required to find all the hidden corners in the beauty of Metals, but the prognosis is good: Feist's latest album could ultimately turn out to be as satisfying as its beloved predecessor.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
--Bernard Perusse, Postmedia News
Adam & the Amethysts
Flickering Flashlight
Montreal's Adam Waito and band have made a very cool sophomore album that fits nicely beside Fleet Foxes. It's all choral psychedelia ("Prophecy"), bedroom prog ("Flickering Flashlight"), hymnal surfer reverie ("Dreaming") and, on "Gitche Gumee Yeah Yeah," a dash of square-headed white-boy funk. With luck and justice, Waito could well end up being our next breakout artist.
Rating: 4 out of 5
--Bernard Perusse, Postmedia News
DJ Shadow
The Less You Know, the Better
Seemingly forever traumatized by the career-catapulting success of his trip-hop-era classic 1996 debut Endtroducing …., San Francisco Bay Area icon DJ Shadow has turned into a bit of an eccentric ever since. He does little to disprove that assessment on this fourth album. Leaving behind the jarring hyphy beats of his 2006 album The Outsider, he continues to wander in all directions at once. The album opens with funky breakbeat "Back To Front (Circular Logic)" followed by the heavy metal-infused "Border Crossing," jazzy rap jam "Stay the Course" (with guest rhymes by Talib Kweli and Posdnuos) and the wistful "I've Been Trying," which harkens back to the dreamy folk-soul he has explored sporadically in the past. What this album lacks in flow and consistency (there are a few stinkers) it makes up for in whimsy, yielding random bursts of inspiration.
Rating: 3 out of 5
--T'Cha Dunlevy, Postmedia News
Essentially a sincere pop-folkie from Ontario, Valerie Anne Poxleitner claimed the 2009 Juno for Best New Artist by adapting synth-pop accents, shivery beats and a gleeful retro style. She's no pop puppet -- a songwriter since 18, she turned a religious upbringing and peppy sweetness into her own kind of indie. But there's a steep buy-in for the genre itself, let alone Lights' hummingbird vocals and Alanis-esque syllabic emphasis. One moment it's the buzzing lo-fi beats of "Everybody Breaks A Glass," then we're submerged in the giddy pop of "Timing Is Everything" and "Peace Sign." There are stumbles, too, such as the insufferable "Heavy Rope," with all the seams on her construct showing. Still, the GagaNation will likely approve.
Rating: 3 out of 5
--Mark Lepage, Postmedia News
Zola Jesus
(Sacred Bones Records)
Goth is all about drama, and Zola Jesus (aka Nika Roza Danilova) had her share -- raised in pioneer isolation in the Wisconsin woods by a dad who hunted for dinner. Naturally, she is an electropop siren. We knew from Night that she's a romantic. On Conatus, she is expansive, and frankly ambitious, folding her Siouxsie Sioux vocals into an aural world of echoes, beats, shadows and variety: the stomp'n'creep of "Vessel," the pulsing "Hikikomori," pagan-electro anthem "Seekir," the spooky and sad "In Your Nature" … it's a panorama of goth/industrial influences, with the big incantatory voice of a star.
Rating: 4 out of 5
--Mark Lepage, Postmedia News


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Women in Combat
The U.S. military will now allow female service members to fight in direct combat
Until now, women have only been serving in combat unofficially. (Stephanie Sinclair)
More than 200,000 women currently serve in the U.S. military. They make up about 15 percent of all service members. Until recently, women were barred from officially serving in combat units. Combat units engage directly in battle during an armed conflict.
That all changed on January 24, when the Department of Defense ended the policy that excluded women from serving in direct-combat positions.
"Women have shown great courage and sacrifice on and off the battlefield . . . and proven their ability to serve in an expanding number of roles," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.
About 237,000 positions that have been closed to women could now be open to them under the new policy. Women would need to meet the same standards as men to get those jobs. Some positions may remain exceptions to the rule if a thorough analysis by the military finds that women cannot meet the requirements for those jobs.
General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that opening combat units to women will strengthen the military. President Barack Obama agrees.
"This milestone reflects . . . the indispensible role of women in today's military," Obama says. "Every American can be proud that our military will grow even stronger with our mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters playing a greater role in protecting this country we love."
Public opinion polls show that Americans generally agree with allowing women into combat units. Recent polls by CBS News and the Pew Research Center, for example, showed that two thirds (66 percent) of Americans support ending the ban.
Dempsey and Panetta said the new policy reflects the realities of female soldiers' changing roles over the past decade. More than 280,000 women have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and more than 150 have died.
Many of those women have served in combat unofficially. They've patrolled dangerous areas as military police, served as machine gunners atop military vehicles, searched Iraqi and Afghan women for weapons, and more.
New jobs will be opened gradually to women throughout the next few years. The entire process is expected to be complete by January 1, 2016.
"Everyone, men and women alike . . . is committed to doing the job," says Panetta. "They're fighting and they're dying together. And the time has come for our policies to recognize that reality."


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On your drive into work, have you ever noticed a cyclist obviously commuting and admired that person? Have you thought it would be cool to ride your bike to work, or home from the office? Perhaps it's crossed your mind that bike commuting not only helps the environment and saves gas money; but it could help you stay fit, healthy and burn a few extra calories.
Despite some worthy reasons to ride your bike to work, there never seems to be a good time to start. So why not start now? Lots of people commute on their bicycles, why not you?
Even if you commute only a handful of times, it's better than none at all. To help you get rolling, here are 13 tips for commuting on your bike:
1. Begin with an achievable distance.
If you live only a few miles from work, it is conceivable that you can commute both ways on the first day. If you live several miles from work, and the commute will take you some 45 to 60 minutes or more, consider hitching a ride with a co-worker to get to the office, then ride home. Make the distance doable for you; don't worry about what other people might be doing.
2. Start with an achievable frequency.
Sure it sounds good that you're turning over a new leaf and you have grand plans to commute to and from work every day, but is that goal achievable immediately? Begin by setting a goal to commute one to three times per week. After you can consistently achieve success, add more commuting segments or days.
3. Wear a helmet.
In the unlikely case of an accident, you want to protect your head and all those great ideas.
4. Wear clothing that can easily be seen by motorists.
If you are commuting in early morning or late evening hours, wear reflective gear and put a flashing tail light on your bike. For daylight commuting wear bright colors that can easily be seen by motorists.
5. Don't make a big deal out of special clothes and gear.
Depending on the distance of your commute, you might be able to commute in your work clothes. Some commutes are workouts and other commutes are more practical in nature.
When I was in the Italian city of Ferrara, I saw women riding bikes to work in business suits with a brief case strapped to the luggage rack. They were wearing low pumps and using platform pedals. Bike commuting appeared to be commonplace.
6. Consider cycling shorts.
If your commute is longer than 20 or 30 minutes, you will probably be more comfortable in cycling shorts. Cycling shorts eliminate that intersection of seams that meet right where you are putting your torso on the bike seat. Pressure and friction can make this area really uncomfortable when cycling longer distances. Cycling shorts (worn without underwear) can significantly improve your comfort.
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Is this how we actually meet our meat?
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Nowadays we all think that there is a supply deficiency of food stocks, but surprisingly, and according to the statistics there is not much of a decline in the buffer stocks. These stocks mostly consist of wheat, pulses, rice and other crops. Fortunately as the population of non-vegetarians has been increasing, the consigned amount of these crops is less.
This is a paradoxical situation because the number of animals slaughtered has gone beyond the barriers. If the same situation continues, it may lead to the extinction of some of the animals. Statistically, 7 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year, and 452 million hens are used for their eggs. 99% percent of these animals spend their lives in total confinement - from the moment they hatch until the day they are killed. 3,670,000 tonnes of beef were consumed in the U.S alone. Imagine other highly populated countries like China and India. Nowadays farmers prefer to do butchering as the income gained is more. This leads to solutions that can possibly alter this problem such as:
1) The encouragement of cloning of domestic animals. This increases the population of these animals.
2) Cultured meat also known as "Sch-meat." This meat is
made from extracting the stem cells which is later put into a
cell culture medium where the multiplication of the cells takes
place. The cells are coaxed to form collagen. Billions of these
cells merge to form tissue and eventually meat. This technique
can also be used to make leather. Therefore there is no harm to
that particular animal in which the cells are extracted.
So instead of being cruel by slaughtering these innocent animals,
the above methods can at-least bring out a new change of
consuming meat.


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There are at least four people over in Building 35 on the Microsoft campus who actually understand the reasoning behind the evolution of Report Designer. Each reinvention of Report Designer seems to cause stress to the compatibility between versions. I've laid out the particulars of each Report Designer, but that still doesn't help us understand why we can't do what we've been told to do when creating Reporting Services reports. Confused? Join the club.
- Report Designer in Visual Studio (VS) 2003 with the Reporting Services add-in tacked on with binary duct tape. This designer can only work with SQL Server Reporting Services 2000 (SSRS 2000) RDL reports. This version of Visual Studio doesn't support the ReportViewer control.
- Report Designer in VS 2005. This designer can't see or work with SSRS 2008, but it can import Reporting Services 2003 (SQL Server 2000) Reporting Services RDL reports and interface with SSRS 2005. It does support the first-generation ReportViewer control, which can cross-pollinate with SSRS 2005 RDL reports.
- Report Designer in VS 2008. This designer also can't see or work with SSRS 2008 nor can it even open Reporting Services 2005 projects. It still supports the first-generation ReportViewer control and can cross-pollinate with SSRS 2005 RDL reports.
- Report Designer in VS 2008 SP1. This designer does work with SSRS 2008 and even opens SSRS 2005 projects, which it converts to the VS 2008 format. It supports first-generation ReportViewer control projects and can cross-pollinate with SSRS 2005 RDL reports but not SSRS 2008 RDL reports.
- Report Designer Launched by the Reporting Services BI Tools. This new VS BI designer is specifically designed to work with SSRS 2008 and also SSRS 2005 projects, which it converts to the VS 2008 BI format. It doesn't support Windows Forms or ASP development at all, so the ReportViewer control isn't an issue here.
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Is it just me or does it seem odd that "Penn" would show up as a popular word but not State? You'd think with the combo of Penn making the list and the endless number of threads on State, it would show up. I guess it's just another sign of their unimportance.
Summer is upon is, and with it, a bit of a lull in our mgoblogging fervor - there are simply not as many sports to talk about. The great wait for the football season begins.
With this in mind, what better time to celebrate this very blog in some bizarre and uniquely mgobloggish way? Hence I present: MGoStats, a statistical look at this blog over the years since its inception.
It began on December 4th, 2004, with the following post at 6:30am by some guy named Brian:
An inauspicious beginning, to say the least, but thus mgoblog was born. In the years since, we have all come here for a multitude of reasons: to celebrate the highs, commiserate during the lows, but mostly for one single reason, which is to hear what one Brian Cook has to say about all matters Michigan Football (and occasionally other sports).
So I found myself wondering: how much has Brian said over the years? A couple of python scripts later, I had some answers. I wrote a trivial script to download the entire blog (old pages are available through links of the form
http://www.mgoblog.com/?page=X, where higher
X values link to older pages), and then a less trivial script to parse the downloaded content into a more manageable form. The python SGML parser is amazing, for those of you who care about such things.
What I found follows below. Note: there may be some errors, but I believe the results to be in the right ballpark.
Overall Results
Perhaps the single most amazing fact is that Brian himself has written something on the order of 3 million words (or typed about 17 million characters) over about 3600 articles. Wow! That's a lot of content, from his hands to our eyeballs.
|Words (Millions)
|Characters (Millions)
The table shows these sums, as well as the sums across all contributed articles (including ones from Tim, TomVH, formerlyanonymous, and anyone else who has made the front page). It might be interesting to see how these counts (number of articles, number of words, number of comments made by users) play out on a week-by-week basis. So interesting one could even make a ... chart? Chart. Or actually, Charts.
The first chart I present is the number of articles published per week over the entire existence of mgoblog.
From the chart, one can observe some interesting facts. First, from mgoblog we should expect about 14 articles per week on average over the course of a year. Second, that number is notably higher in the fall (no surprise), and lower in the spring. Finally, and perhaps most interestingly, one can see the growth of the mgoblog community in the orange bars, which represent articles written by somebody other than Brian; this content, which now represents a significant portion of mgoblog, picked up halfway through last year and has continued to get stronger. Brian's efforts at making the blog more than just himself are clearly having an impact.
The second chart just shows the number of words on a per week basis:
The graph reflects the same trends seen above, but in word counts. Even early on, Brian was producing above 10,000 words per week during football season, and last year during the same season, we were spoiled with over 30,000 words per week about the sport and team we love.
Finally, I show the number of comments per article:
The big effect in this graph is the lack of comments before the switch to the new blog infrastructure (e.g., the Haloscan era). The other effect is the growth of the community: the difference in the number of comments in Fall '08 and Fall '09 is likely a sign of the increased importance of this site as a place for the broad UM football community. Aside: the one early outlier which has a large number of comments (Fall '06) is just full of a bunch of comment spam: Unverified Voracity 99 Bonus Guest. Who knows why it's there, but Brian should probably remove those comments.
Longest Articles
I was also interested in what the longest articles were, but that should have been obvious: UFRs. Here are the ten longest articles (by number of letters in the article):
- 10. Upon Further Review: Defense vs Notre Dame (by Brian on September/16/2009, 48949 letters long)
- 9. Upon Further Review: Defense vs Iowa (by Brian on October/14/2009, 49477 letters long)
- 8. Upon Further Review: Defense vs Indiana (by Brian on September/30/2009, 49913 letters long)
- 7. Upon Further Review: Offense vs Iowa (by Brian on October/15/2009, 50279 letters long)
- 6. Upon Further Review: Offense vs Illinois (by Brian on November/5/2009, 50421 letters long)
- 5. Upon Further Review: Defense vs Purdue (by Brian on November/11/2009, 51002 letters long)
- 4. Upon Further Review: Offense vs Purdue (by Brian on November/12/2009, 51279 letters long)
- 3. Upon Further Review: Offense vs Notre Dame (by Brian on September/17/2009, 51572 letters long)
- 2. Upon Further Review: Offense vs Western Michigan (by Brian on September/10/2009, 51616 letters long)
- 1. Upon Further Review: Offense vs Indiana (by Brian on October/1/2009, 51721 letters long)
If you remove the UFRs from the list, these ten get the longest billing. A number of previews and various other summaries show up:
- 10. Michigan 2007, Part II: Defense (by Brian on August/31/2007, 28513 letters long)
- 9. Michigan State: Sometimes The Bar Eats You (by Brian on August/13/2007, 28636 letters long)
- 8. Purdue 2007: You're Killing Your Father, Larry (by Brian on August/23/2007, 29656 letters long)
- 7. Purdue 2008: Tiller On A Treadmill (by Brian on July/31/2008, 29964 letters long)
- 6. Illinois Preview: Redact This (by Brian on August/9/2007, 30014 letters long)
- 5. Michigan Preview 2005: A Tale Of Two Units, Part I (by Brian on August/30/2005, 30163 letters long)
- 4. Offense Unit By Unit, 2008 (by Brian on August/26/2008, 33989 letters long)
- 3. Michigan Preview Part I: Offense (by Brian on August/29/2006, 34844 letters long)
- 2. Penn State Preview: Stupefying (by Brian on July/20/2007, 35006 letters long)
- 1. Michigan 2007, Part I: Offense (by Brian on August/30/2007, 38809 letters long)
Most-Commented Upon Articles
I was also interested in the most commented-on articles. They were:
Nothing gets people rev'd up like the Offense's Units, or RAWK MUSIC, I guess.
Word Usage
Finally, I was generally curious as to what words show up in the blog. Sounds like a case for a ... chart? Nope. But close, a wordle:
The word cloud here shows a list of the most popular words used in this blog, with some editing done by y.t. to remove words like "the" (actually the most popular word on the site) and so forth.
Anyhow, that's all for now. An amazing amount of content, built up over the years on the backs of UFRs and other regular features we all know and love. Thanks Brian for all the hard work - it is truly staggering to see the sheer verbiage that has powered the site over the years.
I believe this could be accounted for due to an odd obsession with the actor Sean Penn.
It's probably because some people will write Penn St. and others will write Penn State. So Penn is used more than St. and State.
That week to end 2009 with no comments. Seems strange to me. Sure, holidays and such. But there were also bowl games and stuff going on. I would have assumed at least a bit closer to average comment levels.
This is good stuff Coach. Always interesting to see info like this on the blog itself.
Perhaps, front-page worthy?
Brian averages 18 more words per post than everyone else. I must make my posts longer to suffice!
Short take: I find this diary amusing.
Long take: I started following this blog around when we were looking for a new coach and it hooked me, it was awesome then and that's why I got hooked, but I have to say that the move to Drupal, the addition of the board/diaries and the Mgomerger were all nothing short of brilliant. People who don't read as frequently as I do might not know that this is the most frequently visited college football blog there is, but it's a testament to Brian's foresight in those moves. There's more content now- some of it (including 99%, maybe 100% of my contributions), doesn't add much, but the Decimated Defense posts, Mathlete's analysis, Tom VH's recruiting posts, Pauls videos and Tim and FA's general all around coverage elevate this blog to more than what's possible with just one person's perspective, no matter how thoughtful and insightful that person might be. A big part of Brian's genius is in recognizing and tapping into that. When I have a real job and am making more than $9 an hour I'll show the full extent of my appreciation in monetary terms, but until then all I can say is Hail! This site is the embodiment of Leaders and Best.
Sidenote: Aarongoblue, by virtue of some glitch accounts for something like 300 of the comments on the Offense By Unit 2008 post. If somebody wants to count, that number should be revised.
Nice work. Does the most commented articles take into account the old days of haloscan? IIRC, the comments sections over there got pretty long during the coaching search. IMO, probably not worth remembering. Also, does your program count the number of cat pictures posted?
FA, you must have some sharp eyes because I looked for Penn on that wordle for a while before I found it. Shocked that state isn't on there.
Each comment by THE KNOWLEDGE counts as ten comments.
In that wordle, is that Rodriguez with a G or a Q?
didn't make the wordle.
To be serious for a moment, Brian's accomplishment thus far is quite impressive. I have been a reader much longer than a contributor -- and most of my (ahem) contributions don't amount to much (see subject line above). The volume and quality of content that Brian has produced and disseminated is a rare commodity on the web. Even more extraordinary is that the content is related to our favorite academic and athletic institution. This is a great web community and it keeps me close to the University.
I'm surprised "chart" didn't make the wordle.
Also, in re: "state," oftentimes it's abbreviated to "St." And oftentimes we use "Little Brother" instead.
At a time when there is very little going on, I found myself very interested in this post. It is great to see the growth via charts.
I don't know if this is just a mistake on my computer or just what but it is showing me that the #1 non-UFR article has a post that is repeated like 200 times. Anyone else see this???
I admit, though, I was disappointed that this only counted articles that were front-paged. Diaries and board posts weren't in it.
I'd be more interested in stats about that. Which posters respond the most, which get the most plusses per response, which have the most words/characters per post, and who uses the longest words (just divide the number of characters by words).
and raise you an antidisestablishmentarianism.
This is a really amusing post, it's cool to see how much this site has grown recently.
"Tremendous" is not being used enough
Tremendous work will be put in to fixing this tremendous problem.
How could Kittens not make the wordle??? Here's hoping that next year "muppets" once again rules the mgoblog wordle.