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Sure, and with China's well documented tendencies towards theft of intellectual property, no one should be surprised.
What we should be doing here in the US, though, is everything we can to discourage use of Chinese products. There's no need to give China all our wealth and in the process create a powerful competitor. Problem is, we're already there...now it's time for damage control. The one good thing about a weak dollar policy is it will help.
Good thing we have a big crop of American scientists and engineers to compete into the future! Oh, wait...
An economic embargo to force China to play nice in the ways that western governments deem nice will work
That's fine, and also irrelevant. The salient fact is not that I still have my IP, but that whatever profits I might make with said IP will be (possibly massively) diluted by a competitor who has no right to my idea/design/product.
The delta between what I would have made and what I did make is what was "stolen".
If you or other
The reason the Chinese own the United States has nothing to do 'theft of intellectual property'; it doesn't even have much to do with trade. It [msn.com] has to [state.gov] do with debt [wikipedia.org]. You keep borrowing, and the Chinese, who are thriftier than you are, keep lending. And they've now lent you so much that you have to borrow more even to pay the interest. Face it - the Third World War is already over, and the United States lost.
China owns you.
sounds like funny math to me
Company A from America contracts with Company C in China to build product I.
Company A orders 100,000 I's every month.
Company C builds 120,000 I's every month.
Company C ships 100,000 I's to company A.
Company C sells the other 20,000 I's domestically at a higher profit.
Happens all the time. That's how most IP/knockoffs in China come about. Same product line, same product, they just build a few extra (at their cost, their customers know what the BOM is, and can quickly figure out overcharges) and sell them locally for more profit.
The key to keeping IP "protected" in China is to partner with a strong Chinese manufacturer and give them financial incentives to police the market for you. It's what I do with my IP; I have two "blessed" factories in China authorized to build with it, and they get to maintain that "blessed" status as long as:
1. The products they build meet quality standards
2. The products they build meet typical BOM and profit margin costs
3. They monitor and police the Chinese market for me to watch for knock-offs
The carrot? They get a virtual "lock in" of clients. They get to charge a few percent more profit because my IP carries a premium.
The stick? They would lose the lock in, and either lose their "blessed" status or end up having two, three, or a dozen more factories so blessed and then lose their premium profit.
The key to China is pretty simple - make it worth their while to do the policing for you. It's all about the RMB, folks...
Restricting a component is a good approach, as long as you can guarantee restriction of that component. You know the back-channels of China, though! A cousin of the senior engineer happens to work at that component vendor and over dinner at the New Year's celebration a deal is struck...
Personally, I've found it better to control on deliveries to the destination market (usually the US and the EU), and incentivise the Chinese factory strong enough that they make the same amount of money AND don't have the headaches of extra production to just play ball from day one.
BTW, for those others reading this little piece of lint (that is what a small, sub-thread is, right?) the problem is bad in China, but about 5X worse in India, based upon my experiences (consumer electronics products).
Hey, here's a big bag of rubies. If you count them and tell me how many there are, then I'll give you three of them.
Ahem. If they police and monitor the Chinese market, how reliable is their information?
The key to keeping IP "protected" in China is to partner with a strong Chinese manufacturer and give them financial incentives to police the market for you. It's what I do with my IP; I have two "blessed" factories in China authorized to build with it, and they get to maintain that "blessed" status...
You've got no chance mate. Which do you think is most important to whom? Your need to get low costs and wages in China, or their desire to get their hands on your IP? Western companies like you queuing up to
Someone needs to explain how distribution channels can legally divert these phones away.
The real world, and particularly the world outside of North America, the British Isles, and Western Europe, is not very much concerned about what the laws say, but rather where to make a profit and how much. In many of those other parts of the world the only laws are the law of the gun and the law of money. How can they legally divert the phones away? They just do it and don't worry about the legality of the matter. What is Apple going to do? Move production away from China? Where else would they move it t
Gah, I hate that terminology. Making a business model around a certain fee structure, and then failing to get people to play along with your business model, is not a cost. It's just like those piracy reports where they say they LOST a billion dollars because people who were never going to buy the product ended up not buying the product. Apple may fail to meet projections. Apple may wish more people would fork money over to their exclusive business partners. Apple may have had their heart set on a shiney new building or parking lot or bonus for Steve, but not being able to meet those expectations isn't a loss or a cost. It's a failure.
say they LOST a billion dollars because people who were never going to buy the product ended up not buying the product
While they ARE usually very skewed, you know how these reports work, yes? Hint: they don't count the amount of pirated products, multiply it by the cost, and come up with a figure. A lot of people WOULD have bought the thing if they couldn't pirate it, and there ARE ways to -estimate- how many.
Again, not saying its not skewed...but saying "people involved in piracy would have never boug
saying "people involved in piracy would have never bought it anyway!!" is even MORE skewed.
However, you can often say with confidence that they would never have bought it at the full retail price, because if they would have bought it, then they would have bought it.
Granted, not in this case, but that's simple because the product isn't legally available anyway. And here we can definitely say that Apple haven't "lost" anything in the Chinese market, because the cost of their products in China is $0.
then they would have bought it
Not really. If you talk with a lot of "pirates" honestly (that is, not when they're in panic mode trying to justify themselves), what you'll hear (sometimes in nicer words) is "Anyone would be a retard to buy something they can get for free". The main difference, is when you see someone with 250 PS2 games. Well, obviously they wouldn't have bought that many...but its fairly safe to expect they would have been somewhere around the usual attach rate of the conso
Not really. If you talk with a lot of "pirates" honestly (that is, not when they're in panic mode trying to justify themselves), what you'll hear (sometimes in nicer words) is "Anyone would be a retard to buy something they can get for free". The main difference, is when you see someone with 250 PS2 games. Well, obviously they wouldn't have bought that many...but its fairly safe to expect they would have been somewhere around the usual attach rate of the console if they hadn't. Like I said. Someone who pirated 20 games wouldn't have bought 20 games. You need to compute the ratio and make estimations. "Hey, which DS games do you have?" "Oh, too many to count, I use an R4. Used to buy douzans of games, but then I discovered R4s!". Thats just an example of a recent conversation I had with someone...and the guy is single, no car, with an income in the 6 digits. And thats fairly common (though an extreme case).
It seems to me that you know a lot of dishonest people, period.
I live in an underdeveloped country. Minimum wage here is $200/month. What I can say to you is, about the people that buy "pirated" stuff here:
1. People that buy a PS2 here (yes, not a PS3) wouldn't buy the console if they had not access to pirate games. They could not affort the price console+games.
corollaries to 1: they wouldn't buy the non-pirated games, nor they would buy the console.
2. People I know that buy pirated movies, in general, pay
I've got a bad feeling about this.


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Extension > Garden > Yard and Garden > Fruit > Apple pest management in Minnesota home orchards
Pest management for the home apple orchard
- Introduction and pest management schedule
- Apple scab
- Fire blight
- Black rot of apple
- Cedar-apple rust
- Sooty blotch and flyspeck
Minnesotans who grow apples at home have to combat many insect pests and diseases to produce a good crop. Many apple growers reduce their use of pesticides, while still harvesting quality fruit, through a set of practices known as Integrated Pest Management (IPM). IPM includes a combination of pest management techniques including monitoring for pest problems, removing diseased or infested plant material from the area, and many other cultural control techniques. Pesticide sprays are used in IPM only when necessary, and gardeners may choose from conventional or organic spray options.
In order for IPM to be effective, home apple growers must be able to recognize the common pests of apples and the damage they cause. They need to coordinate their pest management actions with weather, tree growth stages, and pest life cycles. If pesticides are necessary, always use them exactly as labeled, per federal law.
An IPM approach assumes that good care is being taken of the apple trees. Consult the University of Minnesota Extension publication Apples in Minnesota home gardens for horticultural information. Good cultural practices—including site selection, variety and rootstock selection, proper planting, pruning, training, fruit thinning, irrigation, and harvest timing—all contribute to a satisfying harvest each year. In particular, well pruned trees allow for increased access to the tree canopy, making pest management tasks such as bagging fruit, monitoring diseases, placing traps, and applying pesticides easier and more successful.
Pest management schedule
Depending on pest pressure in the planting, some sprays may not be necessary. Read about the specific pest to determine how to monitor for the pest, and to learn what level of pest infestation can be tolerated. The time interval between repeated sprays varies depending on the pesticide used. Refer to the pesticide label to determine when to reapply. If disease resistant apple varieties are planted, sprays for that disease can be skipped.
|Time of action
|Action or material
|Dormant season
(January – March)
|Prune out diseased branches, remove mummy fruits
|fire blight
black rot
|Check apple storage containers and buildings for cocoons and remove any that are discovered
|codling moth
|Silver tipa– 1/2" Green tipb
(late April – early May)
|copper formulations
**Only in trees with a history of fire blight infection***
|fire blight
|1/2" Green tipb
(late April – early May)
|captan or lime-sulfur
Begin spray program; continue spraying at intervals specified on fungicide label.
**Unnecessary in scab resistant or immune varieties*
|apple scab
|Tight clusterc
(early May)
|Hang delta trap with lure to determine if codling moth is present
|codling moth
|Warm, humid days during bloom
|Bacillus subtilis
**Only in trees with a history of fire blight infection***
|fire blight
|Monitor using paper plate in early morning for presence of plum curculio
|plum curculio
|Petal falld
|malathion or bifenthrin or esfenvalerate
***Only in trees with a history of plum curculio or codling moth***
|plum curculio
codling moth
|7-10 days after petal fall (May)
|malathion or bifenthrin or esfenvalerate
***Only in trees with a history of plum curculio or codling moth***
|plum curculio
codling moth
|After thinning fruit
(late June)
|Bag each fruit OR hang red sphere traps
|apple maggot
|End of primary scab season
(late June)
|Examine leaves for apple scab spots. If present on leaves, continue fungicide sprays into August.
|apple scab
|Drop of fruitlets
(late June)
|Remove all fallen fruit from planting weekly throughout the season
|plum curculio
codling moth
apple maggot
|Upon trapping 1-5 apple maggot flies
(July - August)
|carbaryl or esfenvalerate or bifenthrin or spinosad
(continue to monitor and spray when necessary)
|apple maggot
|After harvest and leaf drop
|Rake up and dispose of all fallen fruit and leaves
|apple scab
apple maggot
codling moth
a Silver tip—when buds are just beginning to swell
Reviewed 2011

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Quiet Cardinals are still an NL power
By Anthony Castrovince
That the Cardinals are good is a given. That they have been quiet this winter is not a surprise.
But in an improving National League Central, are the Cards, as currently constructed, good enough?
The Cardinals, despite their Wild Card status, were obviously good enough to advance deep into the postseason each of the last two years -- surviving in no fewer than four winner-take-all October environments (Game 5 of the 2011 NL Division Series against the Phillies, Game 7 of the '11 World Series against the Rangers and the NL Wild Card round against the Braves and Game 5 of the NLDS against the Nationals last year).
This is, ultimately, a credit to their depth, chemistry and experience.
Now, despite some notable subtractions from the 2011 World Series championship club over in the past 14 months -- a list that now includes newly signed Rangers DH Lance Berkman -- the Cardinals remain NL elite. And as Mike Matheny further matures into the managerial role, Adam Wainwright further distances himself from his 2011 Tommy John procedure and young guys like Joe Kelly, Trevor Rosenthal and Shelby Miller find their footing in a Major League setting, the possibility of the Cards remaining elite is a strong one.
But it wouldn't be the winter if we didn't read too much into the activity on the transaction wire, or lack thereof. And the Cards' quietness raises more questions than answers.
The quietness is largely borne out of the desire to keep the 2013 payroll somewhere in the vicinity of $115 million. Even with Berkman and Kyle Lohse off the books, the pending arbitration cases of David Freese and relievers Jason Motte, Mitchell Boggs, Ed Mujica and Marc Rzepczynski ensure the Cards will have some hefty payroll expenditures in the coming weeks. And so their only significant free-agent activity to date has involved the signings of bit players Randy Choate (lefty relief specialist) and Ty Wigginton (utility man).
General manager Jon Mozeliak is smart, well-respected and, overall, good at what he does. His ability to adequately fill the club's needs at each of the last two Trade Deadlines, as well as reeling in Carlos Beltran last winter as a satisfying production replacement when Albert Pujols bolted, proves as much. So Mozeliak deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to club construction.
The degree of difficulty in the NL Central, however, could increase in the coming year.
For one, Central clubs won't have the American League West-bound Astros to kick around. The Cards, specifically, went 11-4 against Houston last season. Suffice to say the 'Stros will be missed.
Then there's the outlook for the clubs remaining in the Central. It looks improved for the Reds, who ran away with the division last year with a nine-game lead on the Cards. They've added a legit leadoff man in Shin-Soo Choo, and they obviously hope to have a full season of Joey Votto. So you can make an argument that they'll be as strong as ever.
The outlook also looks improved for the Brewers, who have seemingly bettered their bullpen, addressing what was a sore spot in a frustrating first half in '12. The Brewers were one of the hottest teams in baseball for much of the second half, and their lineup is an elite run-producer.
Even the Cubs look better on paper. They've made some shrewd additions to their rotation in Scott Baker, Scott Feldman and Carlos Villanueva. And while I wouldn't go so far as to say they have the makings of a .500 club, they almost certainly stand to improve on last year's 61 wins.
And the Pirates ... well ... frankly, I don't see great improvements on the part of the Pirates, so let's leave them out of this.
The point is, the Cards' decision to basically stand pat has been a decision to embrace no shortage of concerned questions.
Start with the rotation, which has an immense amount of depth and potential and yet still manages to look slightly unsettled.
Chris Carpenter's unexpected return to the rotation late last season was a credit to his work ethic and mentality. But the way he unraveled in the NL Championship Series against the Giants was a reminder that he wasn't yet his old, sharp self. He'll obviously benefit from a full Spring Training this year, yet on some level you do have to wonder what a 38-year-old with his specific injury history can and will bring to the table.
Furthermore, how physically sound is Jaime Garcia's shoulder? Three doctors recommended surgery for Garcia after he lasted just two innings in an NLDS game last October, but the Cards ultimately opted for the rest-and-rehab route. Either way, shoulder injuries are known to be particularly problematic.
Injuries are an issue for every club, of course. And you have to love the Cards' overall starting depth, especially now that Rosenthal and Miller appear to be on the cusp of helping the big league rotation. The Cards could be assembling a terrific staff of young, power arms for the long-term future.
In the immediate, though, you figure they'll miss Lohse's innings-eating dependability, and this could be a substantial absence in 2013. I thought the Cards might make a play for Lohse, given his cool market and the fact that he wouldn't cost them the Draft pick compensation that has kept other clubs away. Just the other day, though, Lohse told KFNS-590 he hasn't talked to the Cards in months. C'est la vie.
The other primary point of concern for the Cardinals is the middle infield. At shortstop, Rafael Furcal is a fragile 35-year-old, and it's hard to know how much to read into Pete Kozma's sizzling September (or, for that matter, the rather quick return to Earth that followed). And at second base, with prospect Kolten Wong still waiting in the wings, it's either Matt Carpenter, who is learning the position, the light-hitting, defensive-minded Daniel Descalso.
You could see, then, where a little creativity could help the Cards a great deal. Count me among those who has advocated all winter a trade for the Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera, who could take over at either middle-infield position and add an impact bat from both sides. The Cards would seem to have the assemblage of arms in their farm system to sway the Tribe, should either side be so inclined.
On the whole, the Cards still have a lineup that produces at an AL-sized clip, and their bullpen looks legit after the late-season repair job last year. When the time comes for making predictions, it will be impossible to count the Cards out of the contention mix, even if they don't make another move this winter.
Yet, the relative lack of moves does not escape notice in what could be a more demanding division.


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Over a span of 45 years, Jim Boyd built a successful career in broadcast television, starting in the mail room at a public station in New York and eventually finding a home in front of the camera.
He traveled around the world to cover stories and met a producer who became his wife. He went on to become one of the first African-Americans to become a regular local news anchor in Boston, at WCVB-TV, where he was known for his personable, straightforward style.
But there was one goal that eluded him: earning a college degree.
That will change Sunday, when Boyd, 71, is set to don cap and gown and walk to the stage to receive his bachelor's degree in sociology from Tufts University.
For Boyd, who says he was kicked out of Long Island University in 1961 because of poor grades, it is the fulfillment of a dream deferred.
"That's an embarrassment, it's unfinished business, it represents a failure in my life," Boyd said in an interview earlier this week. "When I decided to retire from television, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to go back to school and get my degree."
Boyd stepped down from WCVB, Boston's ABC affiliate, in 2008, and started his quest by taking two classes at UMass Boston that spring. He switched to Tufts after one semester when he learned about the college's Resumed Education for Adult Learning program, and has taken two courses per semester at the main campus in Medford and Somerville, along with some summer courses. There were opportunities to take courses online, but he elected to commute from his home in Needham to the campus for every class, immersing himself in the college experience.
"You need to do things a little differently; you need to process things a little differently to be a good student," Boyd said. "There was something very refreshing about going into a college classroom, to and sit and ponder and think and digest. I really got to explore some things."
Paul Joseph, Boyd's professor in a class on "War and Peace," said Boyd often lingered after class, continuing discussions about material with his much younger cohorts.
Boyd had a personal perspective on some of the course material, Joseph said, having traveled to Vietnam in the 1960s as a producer for WNET, a New York public TV station he worked for before coming to Boston.
"It was a real asset to have someone in the class who had lived through that," Joseph said. "And in the case of Vietnam, had actually been there himself."
The adult-learning program at Tufts is tailored to older students, but most in the program are in their late 20s or early 30s, Joseph said. Few return to school as late as Boyd did.
"He was remarkable — courageous is the word that comes to mind," Joseph said.
The hard work paid off: Boyd is graduating with a 3.31 grade point average, and a 3.5 grade point average in sociology courses, he said.
Going back to school was not easy for Boyd, who grew up in New York, the son of a letter carrier and a secretary. The reading material in some classes was voluminous and dense. He said he struggled with statistics, a requirement for his initial major, psychology. And writing college papers was a far cry from crafting punchy TV news bulletins.
But Boyd had plenty of help at home. His wife, Linda Polach, now a producer for "Greater Boston" with Emily Rooney on WGBH, is a former high school English teacher. His youngest daughter, Olivia, who graduated from Cornell University last year, also provided help and support.
"[Olivia] had to rip apart a couple of my essays, I couldn't recognize them she had so much stuff scratched over the pages," Boyd said with a laugh. "My wife was a little more patient, she had a bit of a teacher's touch."
Polach recalled the day Boyd told her he planned to return to college.
"One morning, he said, 'I am going to retire,' " she said. "And in the same sentence, he said, 'I know what I want to do.' "
Since then, she has been along for the ride.
"It's been really fascinating to see him immerse himself into something so different from what he did for a living, and enjoy something that, quite honestly, a lot of people take for granted," she said. "To see someone so intellectually engaged is wonderful. It's like somebody opened up a new world for him."
Susan Wornick, who co-anchored the WCVB midday newscast with Boyd for 20 years, said she was not surprised to find out he planned to go back to school and that he had reached his goal.
"I knew Jim to be an excellent role model," Wornick said. "What a lot of people don't know is that he spent a considerable amount of time with kids in Boston public schools. He was always one of the most amazing ambassadors. It made perfect sense that he would do exactly what he told the kids to do and better himself."
While he knew exactly what he would do upon retiring from television, the future is not as clear for Boyd.
He would like to stay in the classroom, possibly as a teacher or lecturer. Whatever he ends up doing, he said he hopes he can serve as an inspiration.
"I have been able to accomplish something I've been reaching for, striving for an entire lifetime," he said. "If there was anything I'd like to shout for the rooftops, it's, 'Folks, if I can do it you can do it.' "Jarret Bencks can be reached at email@example.com


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An Oklahoma teacher asked her fifth graders to each bring in a rock. One student brought in a stone that looked like a tooth. It turns out it was a tooth, according to the Muskogee Daily Phoenix. The tooth may up to 40 million years old.


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Why The TSA's Searches Are Unconstitutional
from the hello-4th-amendment dept
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled in 2007, that "a particular airport security screening search is constitutionally reasonable provided that it 'is no more extensive nor intensive than necessary, in the light of current technology, to detect the presence of weapons or explosives.' "Of course, as Rosen notes, the new searches do not pass that test by a long shot. He also points out that an analysis of the machines suggests that -- despite claims to the contrary by the TSA -- new research shows that last year's underwear bomber would not have been caught with these machines, which suggests that such machines are not "effective" under the above basic definition. Perhaps the Supreme Court will finally weigh in on this topic... though, by the time it reaches that level, the TSA will probably have moved on to even more ridiculous security theater practices.
In a 2006 opinion for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, then-Judge Samuel Alito stressed that screening procedures must be both "minimally intrusive" and "effective" - in other words, they must be "well-tailored to protect personal privacy," and they must deliver on their promise of discovering serious threats. Alito upheld the practices at an airport checkpoint where passengers were first screened with walk-through magnetometers and then, if they set off an alarm, with hand-held wands. He wrote that airport searches are reasonable if they escalate "in invasiveness only after a lower level of screening disclose[s] a reason to conduct a more probing search."


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For those of you who are familiar with the video game Pac-Man, and who isn't? Here's a musical version of the game with the ghosts singing about how they each want to eat him. Watch and see if he manages to escape before they do!
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke men's lacrosse player CJ Costabile, women's diver Jessica Lyden and women's fencer Becca Ward were named to the Capital One Academic All-America At-Large Team, CoSIDA announced on Thursday.CJ Costabile, a longstick midfielder for the Blue Devils, is the third Duke men's lacrosse player to earn the honor in program history.
The Capital One Academic All-America® Men's At-Large program includes the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling.
Costabile is one of three men's lacrosse players represented among the three teams and the only one from the ACC selected. He joins former Blue Devils Max Quinzani, a three-time selection, and Ed Douglas as recipients of the Academic All-America honor.
A four-time All-America choice, Costabile collected a bevy of honors in 2012. The New Fairfield, Conn., native was an All-America first team pick and was awarded the Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award as the nation's top midfielder. He was selected to the All-America third team in 2010 and 2011 and was an honorable mention choice in 2009.
Costabile, the 2012 ACC-Co Defensive Player of the Year and two-time All-ACC choice, has helped anchor Duke's faceoff game and defense throughout his career. He helped guide Duke to its sixth straight NCAA semifinal in 2012 with a career-high 15 ground balls and 14 faceoff victories in the 17-6 win over Colgate. Overall, Costabile led the ACC and ranked seventh nationally in ground balls with 7.2 per game and finished the season with 144 overall. His 376 career ground balls are the most in Duke history as he surpassed goaltender Joe Kirmser's 327 ground balls in the ACC semifinal win over Maryland.
A USILA Scholar All-American as well, Costabile picked up at least five ground balls in 17 of his 20 games in 2012 and has nine-plus pickups in six contests. He has had equal success at the X in 2012, winning at least 50 percent of his draws 11 times. He finished the 2012 campaign winning 143-of-272 (.526) draws. Defensively Costabile has been outstanding as well, ranking second on the team with 19 caused turnovers, including a season-best three in Duke's come-from-behind win over Marist.
Equally as dangerous on the offensive end, Costabile finished his career with an impressive 22 goals and 20 assists for 42 points, including the overtime game-winner in the 2010 NCAA Championship game.
Duke finished the season with a 15-5 overall record and advanced to the NCAA semifinals for the sixth consecutive season. The Blue Devils captured the ACC regular season and ACC Tournament crowns for the fourth time since 2007.
Jessica Lyden, who graduated in May with a degree in psychology, is the first member of the Duke Swimming & Diving program to garner Academic All-America First Team honors.
A native of Lexington, Ky., Lyden joins Katie Ness (Second Team, 2006) as the only other Duke swimmer or diver to earn Academic All-America recognition. Lyden was also selected to the Capital One Academic All-District III Women's At-Large Team in May and has been named to the All-ACC Academic Team twice in her career. She is a three-time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection and boasts a 3.95 GPA.
Lyden closed out her four years at Duke by capturing the 2012 ACC title in women's 3-meter springboard diving, earning the first All-ACC honors of her career. She also notched a ninth-place finish on the 3-meter board at this year's NCAA Zone B Diving Championships and won the same event at the 2011 Nike Cup Invitational. Lyden owns personal-best scores of 325.45 on the 1-meter board and 365.95 at the 3-meter height.
Becca Ward became the Duke fencing program's first Academic All-America first team selection on Thursday when she appeared on the Capital One Academic All-America Women's At-Large team.
Ward won the 2009, 2011 and 2012 NCAA Women's Saber Championships and also took second place in the 2010 NCAA final. A four-time All-America selection, she is the first Duke women's fencer to earn Academic All-America honors and the first Duke fencer to receive first team recognition. She graduated with a 3.52 grade point average as a public policy major.
A bronze medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Ward leaves Duke University as one of the most decorated student-athletes in school history. The Academic All-America first team selection is the latest in a number of accolades for the Portland, Ore., native, adding to a list that includes NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient, ACC Postgraduate Scholarship recipient, two CoSIDA Academic All-District III citations and the honor of Duke Female Student-Athlete of the Year.
Ward finished her four-year Duke career with a 272-7 (.975) record, setting the program record for career wins and wins in a season. During her four years in Durham, she took the Duke fencing program to new heights, leading the Blue Devils to a 10th-place NCAA finish in 2010, ninth place in 2011 and ninth place again in 2012 for the program's first top-10 finishes. Additionally, the Duke women's fencing team set school wins records during her final three years and cracked the USFCA Coaches Poll Top-10 this season.


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broken footstrap screws
Anyone else broken footstrap screws on an 07 Evo?
I've broken 2 off now - one in each hole. So now I can't attach a footstrap. Gotta try to get the broken screws out... Fun.
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Have a look here as a starter of how to remove broken or stripped screws from the footstrap's insert :
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When you get the screws out, then just go buy new ones. But i don't have any idea how to do that... Seems impossible to me... So when you put them out, please let us (or me) know how you did it...
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Hi Guest,
How did the foot strap screws break off?
Are they broken off flush with the deck of the board, or is the entire
broken screw down below the surface of the plastic insert?
What tool did you (or the shop where you bought the board) use to install the footstrap screws?
The Tiki Tool Screwdriver....?
A very high quality #3 Phillips Screwdriver.....?
A #3 Phillips bit in some sort of power screwdriver....?
Did you apply soap to the threads of the screw before installing them?
Did you use ALL the washers and the K9 anti-twist when the footstraps were installed?
Trying to determine if you simply broke the screws off (with torque), or perhaps didn't get the K9 lock plates under the footstrap and the oval toothed washer on top of the footstrap webbing.
If you didn't install the K9's or the oval washers, you may have driven the screws too deep and punched out the bottom of the inserts.
If so, best to take your board to a professional and have a couple of new inserts installed. This would eliminate the need to "dig out" the broken screws.
If there is any of the screw still sticking up beyond the top of the insert, a pair of vice grip type pliers is the best tool I know of to remove them.
Get as tight a grip as you can on the exposed portion of the of the broken screw and carefully unscrew the broken screw from the insert.
Since you have a SS screw stuck in a piece of plastic, I doubt you will have any success trying to "drill out" the broken screw, and with the PT threadform, you probably could not get all of the broken screw out.
Are you sure the screws that you used were the stock screws that came with your EVO.
There are alot of #6 x 27 mm screws used in footstraps, but there are also very similar screws that are 25 mm long that are used for the side fins on Go boards and the leash attachment on Starts and Rios.
Hope this helps,
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- For the first time in his career, Ricky Williams has a rushing and receiving touchdown in the same game. Fact is, he accomplished it in the same quarter, the second quarter.
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所有的一切,都是從加拿大魁北克市附近的小鎮 Baie-Saint-Paul 開始。在那裏,在 80 年代早期,有一隊充滿特色的樂隊在街頭流浪,踩高蹺,表演雜耍,跳舞,表演噴火和演奏音樂。他們是 Les Échassiers de Baie-Saint-Paul(Baie-Saint-Paul 街頭浪人),是一個由 Gilles Ste-Croix 建立的街頭表演團隊。這群年輕的表演者給小鎮的居民留下非常深刻的印象,包括後來成立太陽劇團並出任 CEO 的 Guy Laliberté。
Lighting Designer Yves Aucoin has racked up an unparalleled list of credits working with musicians and singers. He has worked with Celine Dion on all her shows since 1989.
He has also created the lighting for the singers Roch Voisine, Garou and Julio Iglesias, and worked as a lighting consultant for Elton John, Gloria Estefan and Le Rêve.
In musical theatre, Aucoin has worked his own magic on Grease, Romeo and Juliet, Elvis Story, La Cage aux Folles, and has also worked with the stage magic of Alain Choquette. He has lit the gala shows of the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal and designed André-Philippe Gagnon's lighting for his one-man shows in Las Vegas .
Aucoin has also worked extensively in television on broadcasts that include Garou – Portrait of a Singer, Cent Ans en Chantant, the ADISQ Awards Gala and the Governor General of Canada's Awards Annual Gala. Along the way, Aucoin has received many awards for his work, including the Félix (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy). Branching out into other entertainment arenas, Aucoin has lit skaters in Holiday on Ice and the musicians of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra when they played the Molson Centre in 2000.
LOVE is the first Cirque du Soleil production Aucoin has worked on. "The show is full of challenges," he says. "The biggest is the fact that it's in the round. A 360-degree stage means that one person's front light is another person's back light, and that all has to be worked out to the high, high standards Cirque has established with all its previous shows. But along with the challenges comes the opportunity for me to do my best work."
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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — The one-eyed terror leader Moktar Belmoktar, who is considered by many to be the most dangerous man in the Sahara, is now officially joining forces with a Mali-based jihadist group and vowing to support Islamists in Egypt, according to a statement posted Thursday.
The announcement of the alliance known as "the Mourabitounes" formalizes an emerging union between Belmoktar's followers and the group known as MUJAO, or Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa. Their statement was carried by the Nouakchott Information Agency, a Mauritanian site previously used by Belmoktar to convey messages.
The two groups said they had decided "to confront the Zionist campaign against Islam and Muslims" by uniting jihadists from the Nile to the Atlantic, spanning all of North Africa.
They vowed to "cooperate against the secular forces who reject all that is Islamist and who have forced the eviction of our Muslim brothers in Egypt."
Egypt's Mohammed Morsi, an Islamist who became the country's first freely elected president, was unseated in a July 3 coup.
Belmoktar, an Algerian believed to be in his 40s, is best known for masterminding the January attack on a natural gas plant in southeastern Algeria in retaliation for the French-led military intervention in Mali.
In the attack and in the subsequent rescue attempt, some three dozen foreigners were killed inside the complex. Belmoktar claimed responsibility within hours, immediately catapulting him into the ranks of international terrorists.
However, the Nouakchott Information Agency indicated that the new alliance would be headed by a non-Algerian, indicating that Belmoktar will not be at the helm. The unnamed leader is believed to be a veteran jihadist who had fought the Russians and later the Americans in Afghanistan.
Belmoktar broke away from al-Qaida's North Africa branch to form his own group after falling out with al-Qaida leaders. And MUJAO was created in September 2011 after members broke off from al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb in order to expand their activities into West Africa.
However, in their statement the militants said they drew their inspiration from al-Qaida and the Taliban, and acknowledged "the leaders of jihad" as al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.
Belmoktar and MUJAO have long been suspected of working together. The longtime spokesman for the Mali-based jihadist group is the uncle of Belmoktar's Malian wife.
Most recently Belmoktar and MUJAO claimed joint responsibility in May for attacks in Niger. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and wounding dozens of others.
Belmoktar claims he trained in Afghanistan in the 1990s, including in one of Osama Bin Laden's camps. It was there that he reportedly lost an eye, earning him the nickname "Laaouar," Arabic for "one-eyed." He has been declared dead on multiple occasions, including most recently in March, and each time, he re-emerged to strike again.
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Edmonton Oilers' Magnus Paajarvi (91), of Sweden, and Sam Gagner (89) celebrate Paajarvi's goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the third period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. Edmonton won 3-1. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
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Sam Gagner scored into an open net and assisted on the game-winner, and Ales Hemsky scored in the first period for Edmonton, which still has earned points in four of its last six.
R.J. Umberger scored his first of the season to tie it in the third for Columbus, which lost its third straight despite outshooting the Oilers 40-14 overall and 15-3 in the third period.
Dubnyk, tracking the puck well all game, particularly on Columbus' seven power plays, looked poised for his fifth career shutout until Umberger broke through. Umberger stepped around Hemsky and Gagner before scoring with a low shot from the slot at 9:43.
Edmonton didn't have a shot at that point of the period and Columbus continued to press. Four minutes later, Matt Calvert skimmed a shot off the right post and Foligno did the same not long after that on a man-advantage.
But moments later, on the same power play, the Oilers found some room heading the other way. Down the left wing, Gagner dished the puck to Paajarvi, who netted a high wrister for his first.
Gagner capped off the scoring with 13 seconds left as Edmonton scored twice on three three-period shots.
Jordan Eberle thought he gave the Oilers a two-goal cushion at 9:18 of the second period on an odd play that was ruled no-goal on the ice and upheld a video review. After rookie Nail Yakupov blocked Sergei Bobrovsky's clearing attempt behind the goal, the puck ramped off James Wisniewski's stick and over the net to Eberle, who batted it in.
Dubnyk was spectacular in the first period, making several pad saves before Hemsky capitalized on a giveaway by Wisniewski. Taylor Hall intercepted the breakout pass in the low slot. The puck caromed toward Bobrovsky, who swiped at it, but the puck bounced off Hall and Bobrovsky then came to Hemsky for an easy one-timer for his fifth at 13:58.
NOTES: Edmonton lost 2-1 Saturday in Detroit, while the Blue Jackets last played on Thursday, losing 4-3 in overtime to visiting Calgary. ... Wisniewski returned after missing two games with a concussion that he suffered crashing violently into the end boards. ... The Oilers head back to Alberta to start a five-game homestand. ... The Blue Jackets wrap up a season-high six-game (1-3-1) homestand against San Jose on Monday.


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They roared into town and had an excellent time enjoying the local food, music and hospitality. And, too soon, they were gone.
They roared into town and had an excellent time enjoying the local food, music and hospitality. And, too soon, they were gone.
They were the thousands of Harley-Davidson enthusiasts who were in the area for this year's Louisiana Harley Owners Group rally.
It wasn't the first time the huge event was held locally.
The group came to Houma-Thibodaux in 2007, and the members said they had such a good time then, they had to come back.
Back then, there were about 1,500 people in attendance.
This year, as many as 2,000 were expected — the result of some beautiful weather and all the other great things that our area offers all the time.
This might not be a run-of-the-mill convention or event.
It is probably louder than most.
But the people who were here seemed to have a wonderful time, and who can blame them?
"They're great people. They have a good time when they're here, and they bring a lot of economic impact to area businesses when they're here," said Sharon Alford, executive director of the Houma Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Part of the plan for this year's rally was to make that economic impact as large as possible.
James Champagne, who coordinated the rally, said this year's event tried to encourage the bikers to eat at local restaurants and visit other local businesses.
In 2007, Champagne said, the rally had catered food as part of its organized events. This time around, there was a concerted effort to get the folks out into the local communities.
We're sure it paid off.
The "Welcome HOG rally" signs were up all over our region, and many of the bikers made their way far afield from Houma.
Swamp rides took visitors on tours of the area's wetlands and onto roadways around Terrebonne and surrounding parishes.
And the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, with its huge parking lot, served well as the focal point to the rally.
All in all, it was a great weekend for anyone who wanted to climb on a motorcycle and hit the open roads. It was all that much better for the people who were here to celebrate the annual rally.
Let's hope the rally decides to visit again in the near future and that it's not another six years before these great visitors return to our region.
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Saturday, October 21, 2006
Saturday Pre-Game
* As many of you might know already, former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler fell ill yesterday and was taken to an Ann Arbor hospital's cardiac care unit where he is reported to be in good condition. Schembechler, who has a history of heart trouble, was about to tape Big Ten Ticket, a local TV show which previews Michigan and MSU football games. No word yet if the thought of talking about John L. Smith's team is what made him sick. (HT: MB & Howard21)
* While I bitch and moan about the lack of noise at The Big (Quiet) House, apparently there is too much noise at Auburn. The SEC sent a letter to school officials warning them for violating a league rule by blaring music between plays during last Saturday's game against Florida. The music violated the SEC's restriction on "institutionally-controlled computerized sound systems."
Hmmm, wonder if the Big 10 has such a rule and the person controlling Penn State's computerized growl has read it?
* This is how you know folks in Ohio live in a news vacuum: the theft of an Ohio State flag stolen from somebody's yard makes the newspaper. But Iraq? Never heard of it. (HT: DW)
* Sure their football team is in a tailspin but MSU has at least given its students something to cheer about this fall: East Lansing is relaxing the punishment for people who get drunk and wander into the wrong house. Unfortunately Spartan students, no changes were made to the city's couch burning laws. (HT: Glenn)
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I was down in Ohio and grabbed a Buckeye flag from my boys neighbors house...I am sacraficing it before the game on the 18th lol
- October 21, 2006 12:31 AM
What's the deal with arrington? Everyone and their dog has the inside story over at Mgoblog, but no one seems to know. Yost, Benny, you guys hear anything with your spy-cams in LC's office?
- October 21, 2006 12:59 AM
Arrington is being accused of hitting his girl.
- October 21, 2006 1:18 AM
Hey, Ohio is gonna elect (i really wish) a new Dem. Governor and Dem. US Senator, so their paying attention to what's going on in the world... hopefully. It was Blackwell that took it... I saw him wipe his ass with it and set it on fire.
- October 21, 2006 1:39 AM
LOL! That MSU picture is funny. She looks too happy.
- October 21, 2006 1:42 AM
Kinda new to this site. I'm a Bucks fan but I gotta admit its a great blog.
The remark about Ohioans living in a news vacuum is sad but mainly true, but you can't blame someone for making fun of a state for electing and re-electing George Bush, Gov. Taft, or Ken Blackwell.
As far a football goes, Fuck Michigan.
- October 21, 2006 4:06 AM
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As far a football goes, Fuck Michigan
Welcome to the site Anon. You will fit right in with the rest of the bucks here. Don't get so focused on this place that you forget to call your parole officer.
- October 21, 2006 11:47 AM
38 times was the tally for hearing this obnoxious noise at the Michigan - Penn State game in Happy Valley on October 14, 2006.
- October 23, 2006 1:42 AM
Bad link - let's try it again. 38 times was the tally for hearing this obnoxious noise at the Michigan - Penn State game in Happy Valley on October 14, 2006.
- October 23, 2006 1:46 AM


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Fruit set is underway and everything is looking great in the vineyard!
On our Carneros Estate vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot clusters generally set about 50 to 100 berries per cluster depending on the clone and how good the set is. In 2013 we have experienced a very nice set with some shatter (hens and chicks) in Chardonnay.
Shatter is when, usually for environmental reasons (rain, cold, too hot, too windy) the flower does not fertilize and it falls off the cluster which leads to fewer berries/cluster and less yield. Some varieties like Malbec for example are very prone to shatter. Hens and chicks isn't exactly the same thing, though weather can make it more prevalent. In hens and chicks some flowers set normal size berries (Hens) and some berries don't produce a seed and are very small (chicks). Our Old Wente Chardonnay is the most common example of this phenomenon.
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'95 Legacy AWD 5-sp manual transmission noise
Posted 16 August 2005 - 08:51 PM
Over the last year a "whirring" noise from the transmission has been gradually getting louder, and to me it sounds like a mainshaft bearing with excessive wear.
The noise occurs as soon as the clutch is engaged, even in neutral with the car stationary. The noise is worse in the lower gears and less noticeable in 5th, although that may be due to road noise.
Interestingly, the noise disappears completely during deceleration at all speeds, which makes me wonder if it is a thrust bearing.
I do my own mechanical work (and have for 40+ years) but for a second opinon I took this to a friend's mechanic who works on Subarus, and he also thought it was a mainshaft bearing issue.
Has anyone experienced this?
I have a Chilton's manual, but it has no transaxle details. Does the Haynes manual include it? If not I think I will download the FSM PDFs from techinfo.subaru.com.
Any other ideas? Does anyone have a good transmission to sell?
Posted 17 August 2005 - 08:51 AM
Posted 17 August 2005 - 10:01 AM
The noise occurs as soon as the clutch is engaged, even in neutral with the car stationary. The noise is worse in the lower gears and less noticeable in 5th, although that may be due to road noise.
It gets confusing with what people really mean by engaged. Do you mean the clutch disk is engaged to the flywheel (pedal up, driving down the road), or when you depress the clutch pedal?
Also, is there sloppiness in the shifter? I have a sloppy shifter and when it leans in certain directions is makes a whiring noise. Moving it to a more neutral like position stops the noise.
Posted 17 August 2005 - 12:16 PM
Do you mean you have the downloaded pages from the Subaru manual that would apply to the '95 Legacy? That would be very helpful. You may send me an email through the members list and I will send you my email address.
What I need are the specific illustrations, I've rebuilt quite a few transmissions when I was younger so I don't need much hand holding.
You said a "LITTLE" roughness. That's what I suspect, that just a little roughness can cause a lot of noise. And that tempts me to just live with it. But then there is the possibility that there IS enough "malalignment" to cause abnormal wear patterns on the gear faces, and that is a matter for concern.
Keith, by engaged I mean clutch disk is connected to the flywheel and pressure plate; the transmission is engaged to the engine and the main shaft is spinning.
The noise does not relate to shifter, it makes no difference which way it leans.
Posted 17 August 2005 - 12:44 PM
Posted 19 August 2005 - 04:44 PM
I think I will just live with it for awhile, until the sound gets much worse. I just won't take it on long trips. Thanks for your input.
No, sorry; I have the ones specific to the '99 Forester -- don't know much similarity there is. FWIW, mine got gradually louder for several years, then got real loud, real fast (i.e., weeks). I guess its a crap shoot... -- George
Posted 19 August 2005 - 05:30 PM
This morning the scraping noise was occurring at pretty much every stop. On the way home this afternoon, I double clutched a couple of times and it stopped doing it while I was in stop and go traffic. After sitting awhile, I went out and started it up. At a standstill, depressing the clutch, whether in gear or not, the scrapy/grindy returned.
Posted 19 August 2005 - 05:57 PM
Posted 19 August 2005 - 06:00 PM
Sounds like a throw-out bearing to me, especially if it goes away when your foot is completely off the clutch pedal.
Is that something I need to take care of, like, TOMORROW!!!!??? Or can I hold out a bit? I'll likely take it to the dealer tomorrow just to have them do a look-see, but I was halfway planning to go ahead and do the clutch ASAP if it's necessary, although $$ is tight at the moment.
If it can hold off for a little while, that's be swell.
Posted 19 August 2005 - 06:22 PM
Is that something I need to take care of, like, TOMORROW!!!!???
Well, I once had a farm truck that ran for a year with a bad throw-out bearing. Just very annoying to listen to. IMO it's not an emergency.
Posted 24 August 2005 - 11:21 AM
Well, I once had a farm truck that ran for a year with a bad throw-out bearing. Just very annoying to listen to. IMO it's not an emergency.
Started making crazy noises last night. Wouldn't go into gear a time or two. Smelled clutch. Whiny. Decided to take it in this morning for a new clutch., just to be safe. Odd thing is, after that incident last night, it worked "fine" on the way home and it barely did anything bad on the way to the shop this morning. Oh well, better safe than sorry.
That clutch only has about 40K on it, but the last 15K or so were in stop and go Atlanta traffic. The 25K before that in very hilly East Tennessee. I suppose it's done its duty?
Posted 24 August 2005 - 11:52 AM
Posted 24 August 2005 - 08:48 PM
I have a 96 2.2L obw manual. I have the shop manual pdfs. Classicalbass, if you think you need any of the pdfs, shoot me a message. I'd like to solve this problem too.
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For Faith Hill's upcoming 2012 album Illusion, her first in five years, the Southern songstress will cover OneRepublic's "Come Home." The decision to put the final track from the band's 2007 album Dream Out Loud was merely circumstance, as her first choice of a Ryan Tedder penned track was already claimed.
While in studio with Tedder, Hill heard a recording which caught her ear, immediately falling in love with it. Unfortunately for Hill, the song was not performed by a demo singer, but an artist Tedder co-wrote the song with; Adele. He explained the story when OneRepublic visited Fresh 102.7 in New York.
"It hadn't come out yet," says Tedder of "Rumour Has It," the fourth single from Adele's 21. "Nobody knew what it was going to be or anything."
What it would be is a platinum-selling single for Adele that would also chart in 14 different countries. With "Rumour Has It" already spoken for, it was a surprise to Tedder the choice Hill would make.
"That was crazy. 'Come Home' came out of nowhere," says Tedder.
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The victory lifted bottom-of-the-table Dundee to just a point behind St Mirren as Barry Smith's side continued their recent run of fine form.
Benedictus scored in the first half and his effort was followed by second-half goals from Steven Milne and Kevin McBride which meant Leigh Griffiths' injury-time strike was nothing more than a consolation.
After 20 minutes Benedictus broke the deadlock in style with a spectacular strike from 20 yards.
Jim McAlister's corner was only half-cleared by defender Lewis Stevenson and defender Benedictus turned neatly to send an unstoppable effort from his weaker left foot into the top corner past the helpless Williams.
Then, on the stroke of half-time, Davidson was unmarked just yards from goal but headed wide from McAlister's inch-perfect cross and the chance to go 2-0 in front went begging.
But after 48 minutes Dundee increased their lead. Lockwood's inswinging free-kick was headed down by defender Declan Gallagher and Milne was on hand as he reacted first to prod the ball home from point-blank range.
And after 51 minutes they killed the contest by making it 3-0. Former Hibernian hitman Colin Nish was brought down by Alan Maybury as they both chased Gallagher's through-ball.
Midfielder McBride stepped up to send the penalty past Williams who had no chance, to send Dens Park wild with delight.
Dundee attacked the visitors' goal towards the end, looking for a fourth goal, and not even Griffiths' late 25-yard strike could spoil their day.


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When the Fatality Mode loads, the correct button sequence appears at the top of the screen giving players an opportunity to practice the move. Timing for Mortal Kombat's deadly strikes is key; however, the mode allows players to remove the clock from the equation to sear the combo into their minds at their own pace. The game is friendly in its execution. The only penalty for failing to land a Fatality is a brief reload, but that's only necessary if you were to accidentally strike an opponent; plugging in the wrong button combinations won't require a restart. Friendlier still are entire character move lists, including special moves, in the game's pause menu during matches. What really captured my attention was Mortal Kombat's Challenge Tower, a 300-level high series of tests and events that help unlock a surprise the MK dev team during my preview said would be "well worth a player's time." They also noted that, while they wouldn't reveal what that surprise was, the information will likely be revealed on the Internet within hours of the game's release. Vague rewards aside, the Challenge Tower offers a cornucopia of different tasks for the player to accomplish. The first few levels act as a tutorial for the game, showcasing basic moves like blocking. As players climb the tower, the challenges get more complex and rules for each level get more detailed. The Challenge Tower also brings classic Mortal Kombat modes into the fray: Test Your Sight, giving players the chance to follow an eyeball as it's shuffled under multiple hollowed out skulls; Test Your Might, testing players rapid button pressing and timing to destroy increasingly more difficult objects; Test Your Strike, where players must destroy a specific block in a stack; and (the brand new) Test Your Luck, which adds random modifiers to battles. In Test Your Luck, players might face off against headless opponents, battle in an upside-down arena, or combat without the use of their arms. This mode basically adds a pinch of crazy to the boiling pot of blood and guts, once again proving that filling a game with violence doesn't inherently make it mature. The Challenge Tower is a mixture of tutorials, interesting challenges, throw away filler missions, and completely odd concepts. If any level of the Tower becomes too complex (or asinine) players can use their collected "Koins" to bypass the level and move on to the next challenge. BOOM video 8325 The Tower also brings with it a classic passion from the Mortal Kombat series of old: a desire to unlock the game's secrets. Though it's not as intricate as the "Krypt" found in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, it's 300 missions that set to test a player's supreme Mortal Kombat prowess with promises of something extra special in the end. I just hope it's worth the effort, because fighting three manic Baraka's isn't my idea of a good time if the end reward is a pat on the back and a few stills of concept art. While the Challenge Tower and Fatality Mode focuses on the single-player experience (Read: the least important aspect of this genre), the modes do serve a multiplayer focus. They are essentially entry points for players to get comfortable with the game's style. Mortal Kombat is not a lightning fast fighter in the vein of a Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, so it's nice to see NetherRealm shine a light on the offline to get gamers comfortable with its very different and distinct style. Mortal Kombat is a game crafted from the nostalgic essence of our youth. Though it's insanely violent and over the top, it never dips into the world of the chaotic--even during the game's Tag Team arcade mode. The game is as plodding and manageable as you remember, with a striking modern visual flair and a weight behind every attack. So far, the new Mortal Kombat looks to be a love letter to the franchise filled with reminisince nods to its former glory... and signed in blood. Mortal Kombat launches on April 19 for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
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New Smyrna Beach wide receiver James Clark signed to play college football for Ohio State on Wednesday morning.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — James Clark knew he would be an Ohio State Buckeye long before he rose to his feet Wednesday in the packed auditorium at New Smyrna Beach High and told the rest of the world.
Ohio State knew, too, because, Clark said, he called Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer on Sunday and gave him a "silent commitment."
And Clark said Meyer's reaction was unforgettable.
"He said, 'Hang on a minute, I need to give my wife the phone so I can do some backflips,' " Clark said.
Smiling wide, he added, "He's pretty athletic."
Clark said Florida offered him in January and was his longtime leader, but Meyer swooped in late and Clark said they bonded.
"I really felt like I could trust him," he said.
Clark's smile radiated for much of the ceremony, but there was a time when it faded. He wore a pin on his shirt — a photo of his mother, Ruby Clark, who passed away two years ago after battling breast cancer — and he struggled to talk about it.
"My cousin, Shannon, made it for me (Tuesday)," Clark said. "And I'm very grateful that she did because she realized what she means to me. She is always going to be there in my heart, and I just wish she could see this."
Clark became overwhelmed and stepped behind a curtain to compose himself. His grandfather, Jimmy Hives, was one of several family members — many of whom sported the same pin — looking on.
Clark, a 5-foot-11, 170-pounder, used his speed — he claims a 4.38, 40 time — to post 49 receptions for 1,112 yards and eight touchdowns. Hives said he was Clark's first football coach, and that talent was evident early. But what made Hives smile as much as thinking of his grandson's early playing days was talking about what else he achieved — a 3.98 GPA and four consecutive years on the honor roll.
"My daughter (Ruby Clark) was the perfect child," he said. "And I tell everybody that James is just like his mother.
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A Chicago woman was sentenced to two years of probation Monday for stealing more than $500 from the Naperville Exchange Club while volunteering at Ribfest.
Nadia Greenidge, 29, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft in exchange for having a more serious felony charge dismissed. DuPage County Judge Blanche Hill Fawell imposed the sentence.
Greenidge was arrested at Knoch Park in Naperville on June 30, the second day of the Exchange Club's 25th Annual Ribfest, which raises money to fight child abuse and domestic violence.
Prosecutors said she pocketed more than $500 by working with two accomplices who volunteered in other areas of the park and slipped her additional bills when she made a purchase and needed change.
"She admitted her involvement in the scheme," Assistant State's Attorney Mary Cronin said in court.
Authorities said only Greenidge had theft proceeds in her possession. The two accomplices cooperated with law enforcement and were not charged.
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The cult-favorite RPG Earthbound is coming to the Wii U Virtual Console by the end of this year, Nintendo announced at its Nintendo Direct presentation today. President Satoru Iwata said the company decided to bring the game to the shop after hearing from vocal fans.
Oddly enough, Earthbound was rated by the ESRB for Virtual Console way back in 2008. But as they say, better (very, very) late than never.


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Thirteen for zero!! Good morning, Allison. Uncle Mark can only spare time to answer one question this morning because he must do HIS homework for Mr. University:
No, be is not the only copular; its just far and away the most common. The trick here and I mean nothing in the least crude is to understand the word copular. It has the same root as copulate, meaning join together.
So, there exist intransitive verbs, such as cried in She cried, which take no object. There exist transitive verbs, such as eat in I ate an apple, which we may usefully define as necessarily transitive. (N.b.: there are exceptions to all these: She cried tears of blood, and He lives to eat; but lets leave those right out of it for the second.)
However, the copular verbs, the verbs in which you are interested (which, by the way, I have heard termed verbs of incomplete predication) have A DIFFERENT NATURE -- and a good way to initially indicate this to students is to say, She is . . . and to then make a Well, come on! sort of gesture with your hand. The point here is that you can never use the verb be without what I call something in the box. Imagine that the verb be is always followed by a box, a slot. You cant say, She is because it makes no sense because she must be SOMETHING. (God, I cant wait until someone invents italics for the Internet!!) THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE BOX. That is, the subject must be joined to . . . whatever is in the box, which is traditionally (but not by linguists) termed a complement. (Look up complement. It means that which completes. The crew of a ship, for example, is called the complement: no crew, ship no go nowhere.)
Is this beginning to make any sense? Now consider become, It has a different meaning, but the same nature: you must become SOMETHING.
Now, before we go on, I suggest you do the following: explain how feel a copular that you didnt list CAN ALSO FUNCTION AS A NORMAL TRANSITIVE. When you say, I felt the piece of cloth, you are using feel as a normal verb. However, when you say, I feel sick, you are using feel as a copular.
Hmmm . . . nearly finished now: I smelt the rose normal verb. It smells sour verb of incomplete predication. (A definition might be forming in your mind at this point: these are the only verbs THAT TAKE AN ADJECTIVE AS OBJECT but its not an object; its a complement that which completes.) Turn, I opine, is copular when you say, The milk turned sour in just an hour. (I have never seen it on this list, but it clearly belongs.) Seems Hes not really honest. He just SEEMS honest seems (ha ha) to be copular only,
P.s.: It might help you, in the big picture, to brush up on the verbs of sense: feel, hear, see et al.: I heard her fall and I saw her fall and I felt her fall. They are different, but . . .
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Monday, November 07, 2011
Sopurkh, Jap Preet and I made it to Rishi Kesh! After a very intense European tour it was a minor miracle. We had one powerful concert after the next with the incredible and devoted band... Ramesh Kannan on vocals and percussion, Thomas Barquee on piano and vocals, and Scott on sound. I am so grateful to each one of these guys for pouring their heart and soul into this tour.
Jap Preet, my daughter, had some allergies act up in our last concert city, Barcelona, to the degree that Sopurkh (my husband) and I were talking about having him take her back to the States while I went to India without them. By Guru's Grace we decided to keep our plans and met up with a new crew in India.... Todd Boston on guitar, Harimander Jot Singh on tabla, and Simrit Kaur our assistant who is a gift from Guru Ram Das. She has been taking care of all of the logistics of our journey in India, and also has been able to take care of Jap Preet with so much love and care, that I can't even believe how blessed we are.
Being here in Rishi Kesh has been incredible. The teaching tent for the 11.11.11 course is right next to the Ganga River. In moments of silence during the classes, one hears the swift and joyful flow of the river. It is a very deep experience to take in Her loving presence while practicing the sacred science of Kundalini yoga, chanting together, and meditating.
Gurmukh said something poignant this morning in her class.... "India brings out all of your neurosis for healing." I had a very powerful experience of that yesterday.
Sopurkh and I taught a class with the beautiful guitar accompaniment of Todd and the earthy balance of Harimander Jot's tabla playing. After the class I was completely blissed out. For sure I thought... the rest of this day is just going to be so relaxing. Little did I know what was to come.
After the class Simrit brought Jap Preet to us and we just hung out in the back of the tent, taking in the good vibes of the very inspirational class taught by Guru Singh. I was so grateful to be with Jap Preet. Her allergies have been coming up still in India and we have been struggling a bit with that still. I admit to feeling some guilt and fear about her allergies, and on a deeper level I have been feeling heavy in my heart about our choice to take such a young one traveling with us. I try to protect her from as much as I can, and keep our time together as focused as possible. In the midst of everything it is sometimes a struggle. As we sat in the back of the class it felt so relaxing, so special. Nobody seemed to notice. We kind of had this little family bliss moment. Then as if orchestrated by God a lady came back with a camera asking if she could take a picture of me. I so much just wanted to be with my daughter. I looked at her and with some emotion that I just couldn't keep in, said no. And then another lady came and asked the same thing too. This time with a little anger I said no. "I just want to be with my daughter", I thought to myself.
As the hours progressed it came time for Arti, a ceremony that the ashram does at the banks of the Ganga every night. I had been asked to go and sit with the rest of the presenters by Swami ji who takes care of the ashram. All of the the boys of the ashram who study with Swami ji were dressed in their orange robes and were assembled under an archway of the ashram that stood over a set of cascading marble steps that touch the waters. People began gathering. I was carrying Jap Preet as we walked towards the spot where I thought Swami ji would be sitting. One of the orange robed boys stopped us and pointed to another a sitting area, a kind of dock that rapped itself around in front of the Arti location. I explained to him that I had been asked to come and sit next to Swami ji... but he motioned in a very authoritative way that I should go with the course participants to sit on the dock. The combination of just teaching, being a little out of my body, and perhaps being in India made for a kind of inner feeling of surrender... alright let's go. So we went and sat down on the dock. It was so peaceful there. The coolness of the river felt so good after the warmth of the day. We watched as people gathered at the Arti site and did prayers into the fire. Jap Preet was so peaceful as the chanting began. I was completely savoring the moment with her feeling the rough travel days of our journey melting away. Then Simrit got a phone call from one of the administrators of the ashram. I was being asked to go and sit near Swami ji. I let out a big sigh and decided to take Jap Preet with me because I didn't want this precious moment with her to end. We all went. When we got close to where Swami ji would sit it was just packed with people. In an attempt to find a space to sit I tapped a lady on the shoulder who I knew from the kitchen here at the ashram and asked if we could sit next to her. She looked around where she was sitting and said no... that she didn't think there was a space for us. This wave of frustration passed through me as the place was filling up so fast, it didn't feel like there was any hope of us finding a place and I proceeded to turn around in a flury of frustration as our little group followed me. We went back to the dock. Back again I thought to myself. I just want to be with my daughter anyway. I don't need to be a part of a ceremony. The most important thing for me right now is to be with my daughter.
Swami ji arrived. He sang so beautifully, so sweetly. Then it happened again. The same temple boy who had turned us away a little earlier was there with one of the staff members of the course. You must come and sit with Swami ji I was being told. I just couldn't take it anymore.... I said it with all of my emotions this time... "I am here with my daughter, I can't come!" They left.
Swami ji arrived and sang so beautifully.
The Chardi Kalaa jatha played some of the most inspirational and soul stirring Kirtan I had every heard.
But I was still reeling from what had happened. Why can't I just be with my daughter and enjoy this Arti experience?
Finally the end of the ceremony came. By this time Jap Preet was asleep, totally peaceful. It was announced that each of the teachers of the 11.11.11 course would light a candle. I decided to leave Jap Preet with her Papji (and my husband) and made my way through the crowd again to go and light a candle next to Swami ji. Upon arriving he welcomed me in warmly. I was too late to light an unlit candle... but he motioned to have me light an already lit candle. To finish the ceremony Swami ji invited me to sit behind him. I found myself next to Gurmukh. She leaned over and asked with knowing eyes... "Are you ok?" I said to her "Yes." But as she turned away and I found my eyes falling on the rushing waters of the Ganga, a voice inside screamed... "No, I am not ok! I am in pain! Pain from deep within about my daughter's allergies, about the struggles of our travels, about something that has no words." The pain found itself out of me in a few tears that rolled down my cheek. I gave it to the river, I gave it to God.
The ceremony ended and we followed Swami ji back into a room where he talked with us for a few minutes about work that he is doing to help clean up the Ganga river. I felt this kind of lightness of being from him. It was very nice to be in his presence. He did not really talk to me. But as I got up to go he looked over to me and asked, "So, you are with your daughter now?" I said "yes" quickly. But as I walked out of the room it began to sink in. Yes, now I am with my daughter. She wasn't with me in my arms. But I am with her. As the fears of my heart emptied out, there was space for her.
I knew at that moment that it was all God's play, God finding ways through all of these people to open my heart and heal.
Please forgive me if I have shared too much. I only wish you to know that this kind of healing is possible for all of us.
With love, prayers and blessings from Rishi Kesh,
Snatam Kaur
In my soul i can deeply feel, that the soul of every childhood is lying in the hands of god.
I can feel this in my motherheart.
When my heart is praying for my child, i am one with the soul of childhood, also iam lying in the hands of god.
That is the love i am deeply feel in my own truth.There are no doubts.
Greetings from my soul,
Sukhmani Kaur
Thank you for sharing from the heart. Your voice is pure and your heart is pure and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being who you are.
Satnam, Keren
thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. Yes, I know how it is, if our children have a health problem. My husbend and Me, we have 3 children and I am gone through so much with them. One day God said to me in my prayer that I should trust.
I wish You and your family God's blessing and I am very grateful for your wonderful music and I like to remember your concert in paderborn. Thank you so much for everething you give to the world. From heart to heart. Anneliese Weber, Germany
thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. Yes, I know how it is, if our children have a health problem. My husbend and Me, we have 3 children and I am gone through so much with them. One day God said to me in my prayer that I should trust.
I wish You and your family God's blessing and I am very grateful for your wonderful music and I like to remember your concert in paderborn. Thank you so much for everything you give to the world. From heart to heart. Anneliese Weber, Germany
Sat Nam, Mary Martin
thank you very much fpor sharing your precious lession with us. I feel with you and are inspired by your faith. Honestly, I thought a person like you, who seems to be so blessed, centered and peaceful, would never have fear or doubts. Your post shows me, that each one of us faces more or less the same lessons and that it is upon our selves, to learn. Thank you very much for opening your heart not only to your daughter,, but also to us :-)
Love & Peace,
Stefanie, hoping the little guardian angle will guide you well
I'm from a town, so i have to travel to the city to study at university.
The thing is, that november is a bit complicated for me because i have to take a lot of exams and sometimes, I get angry with me because i cannot enjoy my family and friends from the town just because i'm stuying hard at the city.
Sometimes I cry a lot because i miss my family and friends, but "i cant" take exams in a easily way because of my ego.
"I MUST HAVE GREAT NOTES" i say to me, but... then i think: all right Lucia, you have great notes, you're studying hard but you cannot be happy for that because something is missing.
So I talked to "liv avtar kaur" (my spiritual name) through meditation and she answered me from the deepest of my heart: "go to visit your family, relax for a weekend, town isn't too far from here. Then come, take the exam".
Then i feel more calm.
Many student came to the city from places that are so far. They can't visit their families like I'm.
So i'm so grateful to God, because the town is near the city and I can go there whenever i wish to and spend time with the more important thing that I have in life: my family, and my friends.
I'm blessed with a beautiful life, I thank God for that.
Thank you for sharing with me your experiencie. I hope Jap Preet get better.
Have a nice and blessed time in India, enjoy your beautiful friends and family.
Lots of hugs from Argentina!
Blessings to you and your loved ones.
I am deeply grateful for your energy, light, voice and for sharing your thoughts and life experiences...
Sat nam
Susheel in Sweden
I am a father myself; just listen to your heart about your need for privacy and protection for your daughter; if her health really is a concern, make wise choices and be prepared to sacrifice some of your time as a public figure, to be with her privately as a mother. She is only young once! -- Blessings, Greg
Thank you for sharing, As you touch and up lift everyone soul through your devine music and teachings so shall WaheGuru up lift and guide you always. We just have to keep reminding ourselves to simply KEEP UP !!
God bless everyone :-)
Avtar Sidhu
This is the first time that I have read your blog, and i must say I can completely picturise the situation and your feelings.
May god give you strength to overcome all the hurdles of life.
Your group is doing a great job, spreading humility/ peace and world peace. Good bless!!:)
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COBE professor selected for fellowship in Finland
Seife Dendir, an associate professor of economics at Radford University, will further his research into parental human capital investment decisions as a visiting scholar this summer at the United Nations University's World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland.
Dendir won a fellowship from the WIDER to continue his study of parents in developing countries and their decisions about how to invest in their children, whether to send them to school versus work. Part of the decision-making process may be based on children's cognitive abilities, the professor noted.
There is considerable variation in children's school status in developing countries, Dendir said. Many children go to school full time with no work obligations inside or outside the home. Others combine school with work. A number of children are full-time workers, while others are idle, neither in school nor at work.
In his research, Dendir is trying to determine whether parents precondition their decisions to invest in a child based on the child's ability or intelligence in addition to standard variables such as the household's financial conditions.
"There's an age-old question in economics about the determinants of parental investment in children's human capital, where the focus has been on household-level determinants such as wealth or the parents' education," Dendir said. "Attention is now shifting to non-standard child-level characteristics, for example, how children's perceived ability influences parents' decisions on whether to send them to school or work as well as target or desired schooling outcomes. This is interesting because it suggests children from the same household may receive different levels of investment."
The College of Business and Economics professor's research this summer will be based on data collected from an ongoing 15-year survey of childhood poverty conducted by the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford in England.
Prahlad Kasturi, chair of COBE's Department of Economics, said, "The UNU-WIDER research fellowship awarded to Seife is a great honor not only to him but also to the Department of Economics and is one more hallmark of distinction recognizing the quality of research being done by professors in the College of Business and Economics at Radford. To the extent that human capital is accumulated through an investment in children's education during a time period when the decision lies largely with parents, Seife's research will shed light on the parental decision-making process in developing countries."
Dendir joined the Department of Economics in 2005. His teaching and research areas are in economic development, applied microeconomics and econometrics. His research has focused on risk-sharing networks in poor urban areas, child schooling and labor, household credit access and intra-household resource allocation issues in developing economies. The professor has published development economics research in various notable academic journals.
Learn more about Radford University at www.radford.edu.