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Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York is throwing his financial support behind Maine independent Senate candidate Angus King, who is battling a stronger-than-expected challenge from a Republican contender in a race that could help determine control of the Senate. Bloomberg is one of the major backers behind a $500,000 ad campaign that began running on the Maine airwaves on Friday, the group running the ads said. The ads extol King as an independent voice who could help break gridlock in Washington.
"As Maine goes, so goes the country. The country and Mainers are hungry for problem-solving, independent candidates running for important offices," said Daniel B. Winslow, senior counsel at the law firm Proskauer, who represents Americans Elect, which is running the ads.
King, who served as the independent governor of Maine between 1995 and 2003, was a heavy favorite when he entered the race to replace retiring Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, but his standing in opinion polls has slipped after an onslaught of ads from outside groups backing the GOP candidate, Charlie Summers.
It is widely believed that King would caucus with Democrats if elected, and he has the tacit support of many Democrats. The official Democratic nominee in the race, Cynthia Dill, is running a distant third in most polls.
Still, national Democrats have not explicitly endorsed King, and he lacks the kind of party apparatus that would ordinarily swing into action with ads and fund-raising on behalf of Democratic or Republican candidates in a tight race.
The outcome of the race could have major implications for control of the Senate, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 51 to 47; there are also two independents who caucus with Democrats. Snowe's retirement dented GOP hopes to win control of the chamber this year, since Maine typically leans Democratic in presidential elections and King was widely popular after his governorship.
Bloomberg, a billionaire who at various points in his career has been a Democrat, Republican, and independent, has been courted by politicians across the spectrum and has endorsed candidates in both parties. In the Senate contest in Massachusetts, he has supported Republican Scott Brown.
The ad campaign in Maine represents a new mission for Americans Elect, which formed initially to advance a third-party candidate in the presidential race. That effort fell apart in May, and the group has reconstituted itself to focus on electing independent candidates, said Winslow, a Republican member of the Massachusetts House from Norfolk who is serving as a lawyer for Americans Elect. In this cycle, King is the only candidate the group is supporting.
This year, Winslow said, the group has raised a total of $1.75 million to put into the Maine race — Bloomberg's contribution of $500,000, plus $500,000 from financier Peter Ackerman and $750,000 from Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor John Burbank.
Court reinstates early voting in final days in Ohio in win for Obama campaign
A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that Ohio counties can keep polls open for in-person early voting the three days before the election, delivering a win to the Obama campaign after months of legal wrangling over the battleground state's election rules.
The campaign had gone to court to challenge a state law that would have ended early voting the final weekend before the election for most voters, one of a slew of restrictions instituted by the GOP-dominated Ohio Legislature last year in what critics said was an effort to tamp down turnout by the minority voters who typically make greater use of early voting.
With the ruling, almost all of those restrictions have now been reversed, either by the courts or by the Legislature, which repealed many of the restrictions after opponents gathered enough signatures to put them to a referendum. The rules in place in Ohio will now be largely the same as those in 2008.
The appeals court ruled that the Ohio law, which allowed uniformed members of the military and Americans overseas to vote early on those days but not other Ohio voters, was unconstitutional because it privileged some voters over others.
"The hard work to protect Americans' right to vote has paid off," the Obama campaign's general counsel, Bob Bauer, said in a statement.
Ohio is considered among the most important states for both Obama and rival Mitt Romney. It was one of many states that tightened rules to restrict early voting or impose photo identification mandates after the 2008 election. Courts have overturned many of those rules, finding in some cases that photo ID requirements had a discriminatory impact on minority voters who are less likely to have the required documents.
Early voting began in Ohio on Tuesday.
Congressional Budget Office estimates 2012 budget deficit at $1.1 trillion
WASHINGTON — A new estimate puts the deficit for the just-completed 2012 budget year at $1.1 trillion, the fourth straight year of trillion-dollar deficits on President Obama's watch.
The result was a slight improvement from the 2011 deficit of $1.3 trillion.
The bleak figures from the Congressional Budget Office, while expected, add fodder for the heated presidential campaign, in which Obama's handling of the economy and the budget is a main topic. Friday's release came as the government announced that the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent last month, matching the rate when Obama took office.
The administration will release the official deficit numbers around mid-October, but they should line up closely with the budget office estimate, which showed that the government borrowed 31 cents for every dollar it spent.
The budget office estimate predicts a modest 3 percent increase over 2011 in both income tax and payroll tax receipts, reflecting the sluggish economic recovery.
Corporate income tax receipts are way up — almost 34 percent — but most of that is a result of tax rules governing write-offs of business equipment.
Spending fell across a broad array of categories, the budget office said, but not Social Security and Medicare.
Social Security payments rose by 6 percent, while Medicare grew by 3 percent, slightly less than in prior years.
EPA appeals court ruling on pollution from coal-fired plants
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency asked Friday for a full-court review of a decision by a three-judge panel that threw out a rule designed to cut pollution from coal-fired power plants.
The agency, in a filing in the US Court of Appeals in Washington, said the judges in the 2-1 ruling striking down its cross-state air pollution rule developed ''regulatory policy out of whole cloth'' in violation of their role of review.
The panel's decision dealt a blow to the Obama administration's efforts to curb harmful emissions with a regulation it said would provide ''dramatic'' health benefits for 240 million people.
The eight active judges on the Washington-based appeals court heard only one so-called en banc case last term, according to the court's docket.
On Aug. 21, two of the judges on the panel, Brett Kavanaugh and Thomas Griffith, ruled that the agency overstepped its legal authority and imposed standards that were too strict. The court sided with power companies and mining groups that challenged the measure, which caps emissions in more than two dozen states.


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I'm a huge fan of technology, and a huge fan of my 3T Ergonova bars. Let me start with that.
3T recently released their Integra LTD carbon stem, which features either an aero nose design, or an integrated Garmin mount, depending on how you'd like to mount it. $350 and a reported 140 grams.
Loving 3T, loving technology, loving my Garmin, and loving creative new products, you'd think that this would be a shoe-in for something I'd aspire towards.
So when JimmyORCA posted about his new Integra LTD Stem on RoadBikeReview, I was interested to take a peek. Here are his pictures, from that page:
I want to like it. Really, I do. But I just can't bring myself to. It's too bulbous…misshapen…dare I say–Ugly. Yes. It's ugly. From my purely subjective, aesthetic perspective, it's ugly. Now I'm all about function too…but I don't think I could bring myself to ride that stem. It is just too…bluh. Not my cup of tea.
I haven't seen one in person or weighed one…but looking at those pics, I'd be surprised if it actually comes in at the advertised weight. I may be wrong about that, but it looks a wee-bit more portly than 140 grams.
By comparison, I use the Bontrager Race XXX Lite stem that came on my Madone, and a K-Edge Garmin Mount to accomplish the tasks of serving as a stem and mounting a Garmin in a convenient, secure, aero position. If you're buying a stem and mount at MSRP, the Bontrager/K-Edge combo comes in more than 20% less expensive, at a weight that is within 10 grams. That combo looks like this:
Simple. Clean. Elegant even.
It's a novel idea, and I like the concept of the integrated Garmin mount. (I'd like it even more if there was a universal computer mounting standard base). But I just can't bring myself to get excited about the 3T Integra LTD Stem. Bluh.
Here are the mounting details for the Garmin mount, if you're still interested.

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Gladbrook-Reinbeck moved into the Class A rankings by The Associated Press on the strength of last week's 42-0 win over arch-rival Grundy Center, moving into the driver's seat in Class A District 4 in the process.
The Rebels head to Belle Plaine with a playoff berth secured for the fourth year in a row, buoyed by top-10 rankings in both offense and defense. G-R is eighth in Class A with a 34 point-per-game average, and ninth defensively at 12.14. Tailback Chase Clark leads the class with 1,353 rushing yards.


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Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
How do we know he's not Mel Torme?
"I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all out of bubble gum."
- - Rowdy Roddy Piper
"It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. I am not a big man"
- - Fletch
Tying this back to the original topic, the so called "virtual generation" is so much more technologically sophisticated than the rest of us that they find it implausible that Te'o could have fallen for a hoax like this. I've seen a ton of people point out how implausible it is that he'd maintain a long distance relationship without regular interaction on a service like Skype. I'd argue that younger folks have a much easier time sifting through much of the b.s. on the internet. They're more masters of the internet than victims of the internet.
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How do we know he's not Mel Torme?
According to the AP Te'o will give a limited confession that his imaginary girlfriend used imaginary PEDs before her imaginary death of imaginary cancer.
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"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
Sadly, this is still a better love story than Twilight.
Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
This will have an impact on his draft spot, but not nearly as great as his measurables during the next 3 months at combines/pro days.
Where this will impact him is at the endorsment table. As a well polished, decent looking 4the year star from Notre Dame with a potential 1st round draft grade, he was set to bring in a decent amount of coin in various endorsement deals. I've got to imagine those offers are drying up fairly quickly, who's going to want Teo pimping their product on to a national audience.
Honestly, is this really THAT big of a deal? So, he made up a girlfriend, WHOOP DE DOO! Is that really a reason to throw him down the gutter? Did he commit a cardinal sin? Was anyone really negatively affected by this, and if so, why? I can't believe people will think adversely of him just because of this, even if it comes out that he knew all along. There's nothing illegal that he's done. Odd, yes, but, not a huge deal.
"It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."
I'm not a man of many words. Read my posts, and you'll see what I mean.
Some people are Optimists (They see the glass 1/2 full).
Others are Pessimists (They see the glass 1/2 empty).
Me, I'm a Realist. 1/2 empty IS 1/2 full.
I doubt you'd find many willing to argue that its a cardinal sin (though many on this board would automatically say that anything cardinal is indeed a sin ), however its grabbing a ton of attention because its so bizarre. Star athlete making up a girlfriend, then saying that she died of lukiema and claiming it as motivation (or perhaps allowing others to cite it as motivation) to get thru a perfect season and a heisman trophy finalist.
I'm not sure that anything in sports equates to this. Sure Pete, Lance, and many others have lied, but their lies all were to avoid accusations and/or staying involved w/n their sport. There was no tangible benefit to this story other than the additional attention at gained for Teo.
"It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."
I'm not a man of many words. Read my posts, and you'll see what I mean.
Some people are Optimists (They see the glass 1/2 full).
Others are Pessimists (They see the glass 1/2 empty).
Me, I'm a Realist. 1/2 empty IS 1/2 full.
I don't think anybody thinks he should actually be thrown down a gutter but an imaginary gutter? Seems fitting (if telling a few jokes constitutes throwing him down a gutter).
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Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
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DANVILLE, Ky.—The Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team lost on the road Friday evening, falling to Centre, 64-50, in Danville, Ky.
The Panthers fall to 4-4 overall and 1-1 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play, while the Colonels advance to 7-1 overall and 3-0 in the league.
Junior Alex Adams led BSC with 17 points, shooting 7-of-10 from the field, followed by junior Caroline King with 14 points and a team-high six rebounds. Seniors Sam Davidson and Kristian Moody led with three assists each.
The Colonels out-rebounded BSC, 35-29, and out-shot them in every category. BSC was 19-of-48 (39.6 percent) from the field, 5-of-21 (23.8 percent) from three-point range, and 7-of-11 (63.6 percent) from the free throw line.
BSC stays on the road to face Sewanee on Sunday at noon in Sewanee, Tenn.


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First of all, mine has defectively screened eyes.
This is the promo image:
Here is the rest of my doll in her box:
After the debacle of Afternoon Suit, what made me think this Silkstone would be better? Now I don't even know if I will buy Gala Gown. She looks so gorgeous but apparently looks are very deceiving. Mattel is deceiving buyers by posting beautiful images of dolls no one actually gets. Of course they cover themselves by posting their disclaimer: "Production doll may vary from the photo shown above."


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Lakers dominate all the way
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- Portland Tribune - Sports
LOS ANGELES -- The Trail Blazers fell back to .500, and the Los Angeles Lakers moved up to .500 Friday night in a game that was just about a complete loss for Portland.
The Lakers evened the four-game season series at 1-1, never trailing in a 104-87 rout at the Staples Center.
Portland (14-14) returns home for a 7 p.m. Saturday game with Philadelphia (14-16) at the Rose Garden.
Notes and highlights from the L.A.-Portland game:
The Lakers exposed several of the Blazers' weaknesses, using their star-studded cast and center Dwight Howard's muscle.
L.A. outscored Portland 58-38 in the paint.
The Lakers shot 57.1 percent in the first half, leading by as many as 20 points after scoring almost at will inside early, and L.A. went into the break in front 62-48.
Portland managed 10 fast-break points but gave up 23 to a Laker team that was able to rest its starters in the second half.
Howard, in 29 1/2 minutes, had 21 points and 14 rebounds, a game high. He was 7 of 13 from both the field and the free-throw line.
Kobe Bryant failed to score 30 or more points for the first time in 11 games -- but that was because he came out after 31 minutes and after scoring 27 points.
Pau Gasol had 15 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three blocks.
Steve Nash had just 6 points but dished out 10 assists with only two turnovers.
Portland's starters totaled a mere 52 points. Some played limited minutes in the rout, and LaMarcus Aldridge left in the third quarter with a bruised chest. He is probable for the Philly game.
Blazers under-sized center J.J. Hickson met his match in Howard and failed to notch a double double for the first time in 10 games. Hickson had just two points, matching his season low, and was 0 for 7 from the field with eight rebounds in 18 minutes.
Nicolas Batum had 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists, but the other regular Portland starter, rookie point guard Damian Lillard, struggled as the Lakers made a defensive adjustment against him.
Los Angeles put 6-4 shooting guard Darius Morris on Lillard instead of Nash. Lillard was 4 of 17 from the floor and had 11 points, with four assists and three turnovers.
Blazers coach Terry Stotts, however, said Lillard simply was off, and was bothered some by the Lakers' size.
"Damian had a lot of shots that he could make," Stotts said. "They have good length when he drives in there. It's Gasol, [Jordan] Hill and Howard, and they're long, but I thought he had a lot of shots he could make and he didn't make them tonight."
Nash started defensively on 6-9 Victor Claver, who started at the 2 guard spot for Wesley Matthews (sore left hip), who is iffy for Philadelphia.
Claver made his only shot, a 3, but played only nine minutes.
The Lakers' largest lead, 93-66, came in the first minute of the fourth quarter.
The Blazers and Lakers are tied with Minnesota (13-13) for eighth place in the NBA Western Conference. Utah is next at 15-16.


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The Chicago Blackhawks and Vancouver Canucks know they will be playing hockey come postseason time, but there are still some things at stake in Monday night's showdown between the clubs at Rogers Arena.
The Blackhawks, on a current 11-game point streak (9-0-2), have already clinched the top seed in the Western Conference and sit five points ahead of the East-leading Pittsburgh Penguins in the race for the Presidents' Trophy. Chicago can claim the honor, which would be the club's first since 1990-91, with a victory over Vancouver and a regulation loss by the Penguins on Monday against the Ottawa Senators.
Meanwhile, the Canucks are sitting in first place in the Northwest Division with 57 points, six ahead of the idle Minnesota Wild with three games left to play for both clubs. That means Vancouver can claim its fifth straight division title with a point in tonight's game.
Chicago, which like Pittsburgh has four games left in the regular season, is coming off a rare loss following Saturday's 3-2 shootout setback to the Phoenix Coyotes. Patrick Kane scored in the tiebreaker for the Blackhawks, but Corey Crawford was beaten by both Mikkel Boedker and David Schlemko after stopping 29 shots through overtime.
Brent Seabrook scored both of Chicago's regulation goals, each on the power play, while Kane and Nick Leddy had a pair of assists in the Blackhawks' first loss in eight games.
"We've found ways to win in overtime and shootouts more often than not," said Seabrook. "When it comes down to the end we have the confidence that we can win games, but it just didn't go that way for us tonight."
Forward Patrick Sharp and defenseman Michal Rozsival both missed Saturday's loss with upper body injuries and are questionable for tonight after making the trip to Vancouver.
Chicago is playing three of its final four regular-season games on the road.
The Canucks, winners of the past two Presidents' Trophies, officially clinched a playoff spot with Saturday's 2-1 shootout triumph over the Detroit Red Wings. Maxim Lapierre had the lone shootout goal and Cory Schneider stopped all three skaters he faced.
Schneider made 33 saves through 65 minutes and Alexander Edler scored in regulation for the Canucks, who had lost three of four coming in but picked up their seventh straight win at home.
"We're just happy to get the win. It doesn't matter what the score is, we clinched a playoff spot. We're just happy with ourselves tonight," Lapierre said.
Already without defensemen Kevin Bieksa (lower body) and Chris Tanev (ankle) due to injury, blueliner Keith Ballard left Saturday's win in the third period with a minor injury and is day-to-day.
Winger Chris Higgins (knee) is also out for Vancouver, which will host Anaheim on Thursday before ending the regular season in Edmonton on Saturday.
The Canucks and Blackhawks have split two meetings this season, with each team picking up a home victory in a shootout. Vancouver has won four of the past six at home versus Chicago.


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Feb. 16, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Jenny Brine's power-play goal with 56 seconds left in overtime lifted No. 6 Harvard to a 4-3 win over Yale Friday night at the Bright Hockey Center. The Bulldogs had a 3-1 lead midway through the third period, but the Crimson scored twice in a span of 82 seconds to tie it up. Yale junior goaltender Shivon Zilis made 36 saves.
Harvard (20-6-2, 16-4-1 ECAC, t-2nd) dominated the first period to the tune of a 12-1 shot advantage, but Zilis kept her team in the game. She denied the country's leading scorer, Julie Chu, four minutes in by getting her right leg down on a shot that was set up by a nice give-and-go to Zilis' right.
Shortly after that the Bulldogs were whistled for their first penalty of the night, but Zilis turned aside a wrister by U.S. Olympian Caitlin Cahow. Another Harvard Olympian, Sarah Vaillancourt of Canada, tried a shot 13 minutes in that hit Zilis right in the chest, and she dove forward to cover up the rebound.
Right after another Yale penalty ended the Bulldogs had one of their few offensive chances of the period, but sophomore forward Crysti Howser sailed a wrist shot from the slot just high.
"I thought we played nervous in the first period," said Yale head coach Hilary Witt. "We got the puck, but we didn't do anything with it. In the second period we decided we could play our game."
The second got off to a better start for Yale (15-11-2, 10-9-2 ECAC, 6th), as freshman forward Mandi Schwartz fed the puck from behind the Crimson net to sophomore forward Danielle Kozlowski in the slot. Kozlowski got it to senior forward Kristin Savard, whose first shot was denied. But, with a Crimson defender all over her, Savard battled her way to the loose puck and lifted it in to give Yale a 1-0 lead at the 2:22 mark.
Zilis continued taking care of the other end of the ice, smothering a slap shot by Vaillancourt 30 seconds after the Yale goal and then sticking aside another attempt by Vaillancourt from low in the right circle right after that.
At 5:33 a Chu-Vaillancourt breakout ended up with a scrum in front of the Yale net and the red goal light momentarily going on, only to be waved off because the puck had not crossed the goal line. Six minutes after that the Crimson went on another power play, but Zilis stopped a Kati Vaughn slap shot and smothered a Vaillancourt wrister.
At the 15:21 mark the Bulldogs increased their lead. Schwartz worked the puck to sophomore defenseman Carry Resor at the blue line. Harvard goalie Christina Kessler made a kick save on Resor's slap shot, but Kozlowski was perfectly positioned in the slot to knock the rebound in for her fourth goal of the year and third in the last three games.
"When she gets the puck on her stick in the scoring area, she gets rid of it quickly," said Witt. "That's how you score goals."
The Crimson crept closer four minutes into the third when, with Zilis sprawled out after making a save and a pile of players jammed in the crease, Katie Johnston slipped the puck through.
Just two minutes later Harvard appeared to be set up to tie the game when a two-on-one developed and Jennifer Sifers fed a perfect pass to Laura Brady. But Zilis got her leg out to deny that attempt.
The Bulldogs took advantage of their second power play of the night when Howser and senior forward Sheila Zingler combined to knock the puck past Kessler at the 9:36 mark of the third, extending Yale's lead to 3-1. But a minute later Vaughn slid a perfect pass across the slot to a waiting Randi Griffin, who tipped it up and in past Zilis to get the Crimson within 3-2.
A minute after that the Crimson once again had a golden opportunity at a goal thwarted by Zilis' acrobatics. Vaillancourt came in on a breakaway and got Zilis down before trying to tuck the puck in. But Zilis somehow reached out and got just enough of the puck with her glove hand to keep it from crossing the goal-line, a truly remarkable stop that unfortunately also caused her to lose her stick. The Crimson maintained possession in the Yale zone and eventually worked it up top to Nora Sluzas for a slap shot along the ice that Zilis could not stop.
With the score tied at three the Bulldogs gutted out another penalty kill at the end of regulation. Chu got the overtime started with a nifty backhand pass to Sarah Wilson for a shot, but Zilis stopped that one. Two minutes in Zilis sticked aside a slap shot from Chu. Savard took the puck in at the other end of the ice and sent a shot on net that Kessler covered with Howser closing in for the rebound.
Zilis covered a long wrist shot from Laura Brady with 1:47 to play, but shortly after that the game turned on a penalty. Harvard's power play unit had been 0-for-5 to that point, but given a sixth chance on the man advantage the Crimson struck. Vaillancourt sent the puck to Chu for a slap shot that Brine deflected in to end the game.
"Shivon made some phenomenal saves, and she made the routine ones," Witt said. "It was a great game, but it was a tough game to lose."
Despite the loss the Bulldogs remain in sixth place with one regular season game left, and the Crimson remain in a tie for second. If the teams wind up in those spots after Saturday's games, Yale will return to Harvard for a best-of-three quarterfinal series next weekend because Harvard would lose the tiebreaker with St. Lawrence and be seeded third. Even if Yale falls into a tie for sixth with Clarkson, the Bulldogs would have the tiebreaker edge on the Golden Knights provided that Princeton maintains its hold on fourth place.
The Bulldogs visit No. 3 Dartmouth Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown University men's and women's track & field teams put together some impressive results over the weekend as the Bears competed at the IC4A/ECAC Championships at Princeton and the New Balance Boston Twilight meet at UMass-Lowell.
Senior Victoria Buhr (Cheboygan, Mich.), fresh off an Ivy League title in the discus last weekend, won the event for the second straight week at ECACs on Saturday as she topped a field of 31 throwers with a toss of 169-06.00. Buhr also added a ninth-place finish in the shot put on Sunday with a throw of 46-05.50.
"It was a successful weekend," said Tim Springfield, Director of Track & Field. "It was great to see Tori win a major competition heading into NCAAs. She's been so consistent all year, it set her up very well for the first round of the NCAAs."
Also on Saturday, freshman Ellie Gravitte (Ridgefield, Conn.) enjoyed a standout performance in the javelin as she broke the school record and placed third overall with a toss of 155-03.
"To have a freshman break a school record is tremendous," said Springfield. "That mark will get her into the NCAAs, and I'm glad she'll get that experience her first year."
Junior Heather Vermillion (Visalia, Calif.) was tenth overall in the hammer with a throw of 173-11.00.
At the IC4As, junior Jordan Mann (St. Louis, Mo.) paced the men's team with a seventh-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as he crossed the finish line in a time of 8:59.31, which marks the second-best time in program history.
"Jordan ran a strong race and it looks good that his time will get him into the first round of the NCAAs," added Springfield. "He's still new to the event, so I'm confident he can improve again in two weeks."
Junior Courtland Clavette (Asheville, N.C.) was fourth overall in the discus on Sunday with a toss of 178-08.00.
New Balance Twilight
At the New Balance Twilight Meet, junior Henry Tufnell (Cirencester, England) finished first in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 1:49.92, marking the fourth-fastest time in program history. Teammate Tyler Benster was runner-up in the same event with a time of 1:50.23.
"They ran well, but we were hoping for a few tenths of a second faster," said Springfield. "I'm not sure they were sufficiently recovered from a big weekend at Heps, but I'm proud of the way they ran. We'll find out on Tuesday if it was fast enough to get them into the NCAA first round."
The Bears return to action for the NCAA East Regionals on May 29-31 in Jacksonville, Fla.


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Magnolia and Southern Blue Gum trees fill the massive gardens and huge Live Oak Trees line the entry to the courtyard where we wait. The mansion reeks of American Gothic.
Spooky! I swear there are ghosts here. The grounds are so frightening! I'm not walking around out here alone, I swear!
Lyn, Sharon and Mary wait to welcome Beth to a wonderful Southern Ball which we have arranged for her. The massive ballroom is filled with guests who await Beth's arrival. The mansion is loaded with rooms filled with Queen Anne tables and chairs, sideboards, hutches and Red Damask wallpaper adorns the walls. Each room if filled with guests. Some of them ghosts of the past, it's hard to tell them from the real guests. How do they take corporal form like that?
There will be many more ghosts, and Beth mentioned a mysterious dagger, to tell you the truth I'm a little scared. There is a murderer amongst the guests, that would make anyone nervous. Who could it be? Would they murder someone tonight?!? Now I'm gettin' nervous.
Oliver took care of the food. His famous red velvet cake and its luscious cream cheese icing calls to me. He has prepared massive amounts of fried chicken, turnip greens, mustard greens, cornbread, fluffy buttermilk biscuits, roasted fresh ham to go along with the tables of deserts that include my favorites, buttermilk, pecan and sweet potato pies, I couldn't take the temptation and had to leave the area where the refreshments are when I saw the wonderful Southern foods. Yummy.
"Lyn, Sharon, I'm a bit worried about the knife Beth mentioned. Is someone after her with a knife? Or could they be after one of us? What the heck is going on? She actually mentioned there would be a murderer here tonight." Mary anxiously faces her friends and cohorts.
"Mary you worry too much, everything will be fine." Sharon always thinks positive. But Lyn she shares my worries.
"Oliver has hired a team of ghoul/human creatures that will be guarding the premises. Junior is in charge of security. His team of wolves are trained to pick out their natural enemy, the werewolf. Cuddles uses his magic to keep watch. By the way Mary. One look at a werewolf or a shifter of any kind and we'll run for the hills," she whispers.
"I know, I know." Mary shakes her head and looks toward the drive, where the arrival of a carriage and the clop of horses' hooves approach. "It's the threat of poison in the punch. The mention of wolfs bane that has me worried. Too late now here she is."
A shiny black carriage with matching black Friesians pulls to a halt in front of them. Out steps Beth, she is a vision in her green ball gown with it's daring decolletage.
Beth descends, just as Oliver shows up. He is out of breath and pushes the three of us out of his way as he drools watching Beth twirl her lovely dress and turn to him with a wink. He passes out cold.
"Thank goodness we got that out of the way." Sharon's laugh brings a chuckle to us all, he's done worse after all. After hugs and hellos we enter the mansion and huge double doors are open to a beautiful spectacle. Couples dance as the women show off their gowns. Several men try to crowd Beth, but we are able to pull her to a lovely curved arm fainting couch. All around the room candlelight flickers, even the daunting staircase is lit with candles, they add an errie mood to the elegant Gothic mansion.
Lyn speaks up reminding me to post a blurb and an excerpt of Beth's wonderful book Somewhere My Love. Oliver reads it with tears in his eyes.
'Star-crossed lovers have a rare chance to reclaim the love cruelly denied them in the past, but can they grasp this brief window in time before it is too late? Newly arrived at Foxleigh, the gracious old Wentworth home in Virginia, British born Julia Morrow is excited at the prospect of a summer working as a guide in the stately houseand herb garden. She quickly discovers the historic plantation holds far more. She becomes obsessed with the portrait of handsome Cole Wentworth, killed in a quarrelover the lovely English lady, Julia Maury, two hundred years ago. Then she meets his double, William, the only remaining Wentworth heir.
Somehow, Julia must persuade Will that their fates are entwined with those of Cole Wentworth and Julia Maury,and that the man who killed his ancestor has returned to enact the deadly cycle again, or she will lose him twice. The blade is about to fall.Star-crossed lovers, flashbacks to early 18th century Virginia, ghostly, murder mystery,light paranormal romance, Gothic flavors…SOMEWHERE MY LOVE.
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A cold finger laid its icy touch on Julia and ran down the length of her spine. "How
did it happen?"
"He's said to have been run through by the very man who made that mark on the door. A Mr. Cameron. Scottish fellow he was, back in…" Mrs. Hensley pursed her thin lips, blue eyes distant. "Ah, yes, 1806. Some fuss over a woman."
"How dreadful. What about Mr. Cameron?"
"The friend of a neighbor, I believe. He escaped and was never found. No justice was ever done in the matter."
Julia hesitated, then asked, "And the woman?"
"Heartbroken, poor thing. She returned to England. She was a guest of the Wentworth family and greatly enamored of Cole. All the young ladies were, but he had a particular fascination with this girl."
"Why was she so special?"
"Apart from her legendary beauty? She had an angelic quality about her. Or so the story goes."
An irrational jealousy twanged a jarring note in Julia. In the space of a few short minutes she'd fallen in love with the man in the portrait—typical of her impractical nature and unlikely to advance her nonexistent love life. And yet, she couldn't help plunging into this sweet madness.
She tore her eyes from the painting. "Do you recall the lady's name?"
Mrs. Hensley gave a little laugh. She tapped a finger to her furrowed forehead. "Isn't that odd? It was Julia something…hmmmm."
Was Mrs. Hensley teasing her? She had to know.
"I've got it. Julia Maury," the guide continued and arched graying brows. "You're from England, aren't you, Miss Morrow? Tread with care here, my girl. We don't want you stirring up any ghosts. Foxleigh has enough already."
"No," Julia said, reaching out to the dresser to steady herself. Without meaning to, she suspected she'd already stirred up some force beyond her understanding.'
"Wonderful excerpts Beth." Mary tries to speak above the din of the massive crowd. But it's useless. Finally Beth stands and offers a wave to the many avid readers and fans who are attending this ball. A loud cheer fills the room and the stamping of may feet literally shakes the floor.
"Beth Trissel! Beth Trissel!" Cheers all around are suddenly silenced and all eyes are glued to her. All those in the room wait for Beth to speak.


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HYP completes State Street beautification project
The Harrisburg Young Professionals completed a landscape renovation project Thursday of the State Street median between Front and Third streets.
The beautification effort included the installation of new plantings the length of the 6-foot-wide median. It features native, low-maintenance and aesthetically pleasing plantings, according to HYP, which help enhance the city's appearance and the vista from the west steps of the state Capitol to the Susquehanna River.
The organization raised $30,000 to revamp the median. Several local businesses and private citizens contributed to the cause.
"We were committed to seeing this project through in order to showcase the true beauty of our city," said HYP President Meron Yemane. "We're extremely pleased with the end result, but couldn't have done it without the generosity and support of our partners, private and public, and we sincerely thank them."
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Pella Police received another report of an attempted scam this week, this time targeting an elderly resident. According to the call report, the recipient of the phone call was informed by the scammer that their grandchild was being held hostage and would be released after money was sent to a specified address using a money order service.
Pella Police Officer Paul Haase says this is a common scam and is often referred to as the "Grandparent Scam," and says often the scammer requests confidentiality.
"They will request that you keep it just between you and them, and that they need you to send money to them, right away, by using a money order," says Haase. "[They] will ask you several times to not contact other family members, that they don't want this getting out to the rest of the family, and that's how this kind of scam is perpetrated."
Other variations of the scam include a person claiming to be a grandchild that is in some sort of legal trouble, often in a foreign country. Officer Haase urges residents to be leery of unknown people requesting money and to take the time to confirm with other family members if a grandchild is in trouble. He also asks people to report any suspicious calls to the Pella Police Department.


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One of the coolest games in any sport, anywhere.
Army v. Navy Game Thread
Go Navy! Beat Army! A Notre Dame administrator said something in the middle of ND's long winning streak over Navy that perfectly says what I think about Navy's streak over Army: I want them to win one and break the streak sometime, just not this year.
Looking forward to watching this one. Go USA!!! (Ricky Stanzi style)
PS. How is Gary Danielson going to contain himself without an SEC team to slobber over for 3 hours.
Could not agree with you more
Why has Navy been so much more sucessful these past few years? It would seem both academies would have pretty much the same institutional advantages and disadvatnages, yet Navy consistantly has an above average FBS team and Army consistently is 2-9. Are Paul Johnson and Ken Nimatololo (sp?) just that much better than whatever string of coaches Army has run through?
Better athletes. Also, once you graduate statistically Army officers face danger more often than a Navy officer so harder to sell West Point to parents.
Navy is more lenient on things like weight standards for linemen and is (supposedly) more lenient on football admissions.
I don't know how true the last one is, but the first one is very true--even according to Naval Academy grads.
Looks like all the Army players seem to be named "West Point". Navy players have actual last names
Once upon a time I read a quote from a Nike rep, something to the effect of "the service academies are the ultimate teams so we put something other than the names on the back to emphasize that." Which I thought was a little ironic since a servicemember in uniform always has a nametag.
I wish Michigan didn't have names on the back of the uniforms. I bet everyone would know a lot more players' uniform numbers, and I think it looks classier.
I think the players have earned the right to have their names on the uniform. The practice jerseys - and the replicas they sell - are nameless. A jersey with your name on it is the real deal. It's a nice extra bit of recognition.
Also, if I'm watching a game that doesn't involve my own team, nameless jerseys are really annoying. It'd be one thing to memorize our players' numbers, but I'm not going to do that for every team.
I love watching these games cause it's like watching football circa 1951 except in high-def:
1. No passing
2. No field goal kicking
3. Single wing offenses
All we need is for the head coach to like up a smoke on the sidelines and we've time-travelled.
Quiet. Delaney is lining up your post as a reason to invite Ga Tech to the B1G
Hopefully this will be a good game... Great rivalry!
Danielson already sounds like he doesn't want to be there.
ESS EEE CEE Superiority (c) reference by Danielson. It took him an entire 6:39 to bring it up. Drink!
the fact that Danielson even bothered to bring up the sec in this game is just sickening...Gary how about you just call the game and enjoy it like the rest of us.
I was lucky enough to go to the Army Navy game last year. If you are a college football fan You should see this game live at some point in your life.
although they've been lucky enough to recover three of them.
Barf. Quit fumbling the ball or up down go's for everyone
Dp smut smut smut
Danielson has Bama on the mind.
He could be announcing a hockey game and would find a way to bring up the SEC.
I mean submarines are pretty sweet so I don't want to be critical, but that graphic was...
TD Army!!
Far from a football expert and even less a triple option expert, but the Navy quarterback looks like he can throw quite well, it seems a waste to not at least incorporate that dimension a bit more.
But can the receivers catch the ball at least regularly? Won't do much good if the QB gets it there but all the WR can do is chop block.
Navy's fullback is a beast.
10-10 at the half. Army ends it with a FG.
Come on, guys...you're better than that.
Sweet kick, too. Good game so far, looking forward to the 2nd half.
I guess I should cheer for Navy to win considering my two brothers in the Navy...but man, I really want to see Army end a decade long losing streak. Hopefully they can pull it out today.
My brother-in-law is in the Navy also, so I kinda feel the same way you do. I think I want to see Army win because a certain team I cheer for was on a long losing streak of a rivalry recently.
I have family ties to the Navy, so I generally root for them in this game, but at this point it's hard not to root for the underdog.
"Even against the SEC." DRINK
$1000 per school, Red Lobster? I had never listened closely to that until now. Jesus, that is a garbage amount of money; that must be the cheapest national tv add time anyone can buy.
Gary Danielson is beside himself. How DARE two 12-0 teams make it to the BCS over an 11-1 team?
Yea he's terrible.
So is Army trying to break their own hearts? Geez, they're so close to putting this away, but they just can't do it.
Come on Army. Hang on here boys
Navy attacking through the air! Come on Army!
What a kick in the nuts for Army.
Clutch drive by the Middies.
This may be Army's only shot to beat Navy's QB...this kid is going to be a royal pain in their ass for the next 3 years.
Whelp. No wonder Army has wone like 2 games with these kind of critical breakdowns at key times. Maybe still time for a last minute game winning drive...
God Almighty, Danielson is more grating than normal. He loves hearing himself speak.
Shut up........pleeeeeeeze.
I can't stand how he says "unblocked" like it's "onblocked." Very grating.
Someone needs to invent a technology that allows you to mute a single announcer while keeping the sound on.
And I think this game has also confirmed that referees just don't throw any flags for early movement/illegal motion against the service acadamies
Are all the people in uniform in the stands active-duty personnel, or are they current students in the two academies?
Students for the most part. .
If you're referring to the large mass of gray on one side and the large mass of navy blue on the other, those are the cadets and middies. There might be active-duty types elsewhere.
send Cadets/Midshipmen to the game. The big blocks of uniforms you're seeing are current academy students (they wear different uniforms than standard Army or Navy/Marine Corps). Random people in the stands in uniform would presumably be regular active duty troops.
Thanks. I knew they're not wearing normal military uniforms, but I was wondering if some of them were simply graduates wearing their old uniforms for the occasion, or if they were all students.
No active-duty officer would be caught dead in his cadet/middie stuff. Against regs and highly unprofessional.
edit: a Navy officer could get away with it because the Navy uniforms are the same, just with different insignia. Can't say for sure but I think the gray Army coats are cadet-only.
Air Force and Naval Academies wear regulation uniforms for the most part. West Points are completely different from Active Duty Army. Echo the point about active duty officers not being caught dead in cadet gear, just would never happen.
Wow Army should have been throwing all game
Come on Army you can do this!!
Great game!
OMG Army...
This is excrutiating for Army fans. Soooo close to breaking the last few plays...
jeez feel bad for the army team.
Glad for the hometown Middies, but what a terrible way to lose.
That being said, 12 years in a row!
Oh man. I mean, go Navy, but that just sucks.
What a cryin shame. I was really pulling for the Black Knights.
And what's worse is we have to listen to Danielson pontificate. That guy could mess up a train wreck.
"I don't root for anybody" - GD
Oh that's funny.
What a shame. This game was headed for an incredible finish.
That's just a terrible way to end the game. Terrible, terrible terrible.
Damn! Someone needs to find the voodoo doll that Navy has been using and burn it. At some point Navy's luck has to run out.
Gotta feel for Steelman and it's going to be tough to beat Navy in the next few years with that young QB they have.
Damn.....I don't have any ties to either Army or Navy, but I wanted Army to win. A 10 year drought is too long for one of the greatest rivalries in football.
Army beat itself tonight. They had opportunities but just couldn't capitalize. Its unfortunate, but that's football.
Yea, they'd have been lining up for the winning kick had they not missed the one on their previous possession.
I don't have any ties either but I feel horrible for Army's QB.
This all being said, I'm dying to go to an Army-Navy game with my Dad one year. The tradition and pageantry of this game is unparalleled. Does anyone know from previous experience how easy it is to get tickets, or more importantly, how expensive it is?
Boy, I hope CBS doesn't go and try and find Steelman for an interview. It seems like the sort of dick thing a network would do.
Geeze they could have left the camera off the kid for a second at least.
wow the speaker at the linc is awful
3 years in a row we beat ourselves. Embarrassing.
CBS needs to stop showing Steelman every 10seconds. The dude is obviously taking it hard, stop showing it on national tv.
Dang... I wanted Army to break the streak. Truely a crappy way to lose the game. Really felt like Army had the momentum and were gonna score that last drive until they fumbled. Can't fumble the ball that much...
Heartache for Army ( I was rooting for them), but one can't deny that those who tuned in witnessed a classic CFB battle.
Next up, Bowl season!
11 in a row! Go Mids!


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Blow it up. That's right. Attach some dynamite to the base of the darn thing and launch it. We could make a big party out of it... People could gather to watch the event from a safe distance...I wonder what Cieslewicz thought about the Taliban blowing up the Bamiyan Buddhas?
"They drilled holes into the torsos of the two statues and then placed dynamite charges inside the holes to blow them up."Do you feel glee at the notion of blowing up a work of art that you find ugly? Should the people of a particular place have the power to destroy a work of art if they hate it? I supported moving one famous sculpture that was an arrogant and hated imposition on the people who had to live with it.
As for the particular hated sculpture Cieslewicz wants to blow up — I like it. I think it's smart and amusing — an obelisk that is "ruined" to the point where we can see that it is composed of footballs — set outside the football stadium.
It'd be one thing if it had been Pablo Picasso trying to force his vision on us. But who the heck is Donald Lipski? I doubt seriously that Madison will be embarrassed someday as the town that didn't appreciate Lipski.Why would you say "don't force it down their throats" about something that's obviously a phallic symbol? Why exactly does the obelisk upset you? Before exploding this thing, I urge you to submit to a Freudian session of deep (throat) thought. Throats... Lipski... are the lips key?
So, if the public hates it, don't force it down their throats.
Think, Madison, think. Why does this sculpture — "Nail's Tales" — bother you? Why does it make you think of explosions?
By the way, when Chicago's monumental Picasso sculpture was unveiled in 1967, Mayor Richard J. Daley said: "We dedicate this celebrated work this morning with the belief that what is strange to us today will be familiar tomorrow." Various politicians complained that the thing should be removed. Ald. John J. Hoellen wanted it replaced by a statue of "Mr. Cub . . . Ernie Banks."
In the philistine tradition of Alderman Hoellen, Cieslewicz recommends replacing the obelisk with a statue of Donna Shalala.
ADDED: I posted about Our Football Obelisk back in 2008... with my photograph of it:


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2000 RS stereo build questions
Started by ettev , Nov 08 2012 04:11 PM
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:11 PM
I've got a good head unit I'd like to install in my son's 2000 RS 2-door. Question: what are good speakers to replace the stock front & rear units? Sizes and makes please.
Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:30 PM
Probably just look at Crutchfield, it'll tell you what sizes fit where and I'm sure they'll have reviews of the speakers. I've always liked Boston Acoustics. Sometimes in the rear you can fit 6x9 with a little modification even if 6x9 isn't listed to actually fit.
Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:36 PM
The Crutchfield site is telling me they haven't researched this vehicle. Are all late 90 thru 2001 Impreza's the same regarding speakers? Are the sedan speakers different than the coupe?
Posted 08 November 2012 - 05:31 PM
The speakers are only 6", not 6.5". Amazon sells some kicker 2 ways that sound great, is about 85 bucks for all 4 shipped to your door.
Posted 08 November 2012 - 06:12 PM
The speakers are only 6", not 6.5". Amazon sells some kicker 2 ways that sound great, is about 85 bucks for all 4 shipped to your door.
Find me that Amazon link and I'm on it!
Posted 08 November 2012 - 06:41 PM
I have 6.5" sony xplods in my 95 coupe. The only trouble I ran into was mounting the speakers in the rear deck. Have a drill with a small bit handy to make your own pattern. When you pull the door speakers leave the spacers there as you should be able to reuse them with the new speakers.
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Study: New Evidence Supporting Genetic Basis For Homosexuality Discovered
Even more evidence diminishing arguments that sexual orientation is a choice has emerged courtesy of U.S. scientists. The findings, announced at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago on Thursday, come about after a study of 400 gay men. Upon testing the DNA of all participants, scientists found that genes on at least two chromosomes affected whether or not a man was gay.
A region of the X chromosome called Xq28 had some impact on men's sexual behaviour – though scientists have no idea which of the many genes in the region are involved, nor how many lie elsewhere in the genome.
Another stretch of DNA on chromosome 8 also played a role in male sexual orientation – though again the precise mechanism is unclear.
Researchers have speculated in the past that genes linked to homosexuality in men may have survived evolution because they happened to make women who carried them more fertile. This may be the case for genes in the Xq28 region, as the X chromosome is passed down to men exclusively from their mothers.
"The study shows that there are genes involved in male sexual orientation," said Northwestern University psychologist Michael Bailey, who announced the findings at the conference.
"Sexual orientation has nothing to do with choice," he continued. "We found evidence for two sets [of genes] that affect whether a man is gay or straight. But it is not completely determinative; there are certainly other environmental factors involved."
But before the American Family Association rushes out to research in utero gaydar tests, Bailey's colleague Alan Sanders advises caution.
"When people say there's a gay gene, it's an oversimplification," Sanders said. "There's more than one gene, and genetics is not the whole story. Whatever gene contributes to sexual orientation, you can think of it as much as contributing to heterosexuality as much as you can think of it contributing to homosexuality. It contributes to a variation in the trait."
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isn't that what the X0 OLPC sells for?
oh wait
Well, not actually Rule the world but sell a shed load
What color shed? [wikipedia.org]
Mac OS X ?
Most of the of the Atom based NetBooks run Leopard quite well. Not perfectly but well enough to be used as cheap MacBook Air alternative.
I know the answer is 'No', MacOS X is x86 only these days with the PPC line being almost obsolete.
In all honesty, it could be a fun project to try and hack iPhone OS or whatever they call it onto one of these.
To the best of my knowledge the iPhone and iPod Touch are ARM-based.
iPhone OS is OS X with Apple engineers rm -rf 'ed some parts, a lot of them. Eventually, they will merge to a single OS but it is a bit needless to spare time. Nokia on the other hand, compiled Symbian Foundation OS and have run it on a netbook. Is it interesting technologically? Yes... But still needless
I watch Apple cleaning up resources (languages), releasing single architecture OS (Snow Leopard) and there are some reports of massively shrink Mail.app etc. in OS betas. As they (and you) sure know there is ZERO performance enhancement of cleaning languages, removing architectures whatever windows switchers may think
I don't say they will put plain OS X to a phone, it will be still modified of course... At the core level though, Developers may s
I watch Apple cleaning up resources (languages), releasing single architecture OS (Snow Leopard) and there are some reports of massively shrink Mail.app etc. in OS betas. As they (and you) sure know there is ZERO performance enhancement of cleaning languages, removing architectures whatever windows switchers may think
Well, perhaps there are no direct performance improvements, but there are huge gains in support time, testing time, developer time, and disk space in trimming down the APIs and architectures supported. It makes a lot of sense and the only reason not to do it is that third party software houses hate it, because it means more work for them. For Apple it has a lot of upsides and only one downside (a bit of time spent deciding what to cut).
At the core level though, Developers may see something like "really stripped down OS X but still OS X", something they can use exact same core and just have to write different GUI.
Presumably you haven't looked in depth at the iPhone SDK, as this is exa
So the problem lies with Mac OS X not supporting as many architectures are Linux or Windows Mobile? Complain to Apple, not Slashdot about that.
Funny is people missing the fact that Apple themselves choose not to support the hardware, OS X code is massively portable, the sub-system sharing the same roots does run on Windows/Linux right now as GNUStep.
Apple could release a "OS X on mysterious x86 killer CPU" as early as next month and I wouldn't be surprised at all. Sadly, for political/financial reasons, it wouldn't happen but still, they can do it.
Hopefully people will just see this fact, I mean what OS X really is. It is not just Cocoa on FreeBSD
Don't get me wrong, I'm trilled that a Unix has gone mainstream, in no small part due to Apple. I just think, and history tends to agree with me, that Apple can't be prodded to support hardware that they didn't produce themselves. Nor do they create hardware until they are good and ready to come up with some sort of Apple angle to selling it.
I wondered around in XServe/OSX server sites and could download/run some of client apps and I felt sorry for the server line. It is the first "server" anyone can really manage, almost like a "toy" but a serious Unix server at core level.
Why wouldn't companies adopt it except Mac only ones? It is tied to hardware, even Mainframe users doesn't like such thing and they choose J2EE because of it.
Besides the client, it is the saddest part of OS X is the server variant. For one second, you think like "Well, let t
Being tied to hardware hasn't stopped Sun from selling servers. For a long time their Sparc-based systems were extremely popular. And most new solaris systems are still from Sun, but x86-64 based.
But OSX Server is no where near an enterprise experience compared to Solaris. And I think the services, software and the industry's perception has a lot to do with Apple not hitting it big in the server market.
The kernel for server and desktop is the same, and the main difference is it comes with a few extra applic
What architecture are you missing in this case ? The iPhone has the same CPU as the ARM-netbooks.
Ah yes the heresy of 'complaining' (he wasn't really) about Apple on slashdot. We can complain about M$ of SCO or IBM or Oracle or [fill in the blank]...but heaven FORBID anyone say anything negative about Apple.
I love my G1 and go over 5GB a month on T-Mobile's 3G plan. It works very well in most cities I visit. It makes me MUCH more productive and saves me a ton of time and even money (ShopSavvy actually saved me about $300 last month!).
I also have an Acer Aspire One netbook (paid $170 for it new by luck) and I love it, too. I rigged an AT&T 3G card into it, and it works just fine with XP. Monitor resolution is a bit off for some sites, but it handles everything great -- and I love the extended battery life.
An Android netbook? I'd buy one, only to try to get more developers to make apps I really need and can use. If Google can make Google Docs work on an Android netbook, I'd buy 8 (two for me, and 6 for the rest of my staff who can use them). I don't need much more than Google Apps right now (we use many apps daily). The downside of the G1 is the lack of Google Docs working properly (you can view, you can't edit).
I see no purpose to use XP/Mac very much. I hate Apple, but I was a huge Newton MessagePad fan, and I would consider a huge iPhone -- if I had a big enough screen and a stylus. Somehow, I doubt it will. I prefer my G1 touchscreen to my iPhone (unused now) screen. I also _need_ the built in keyboard.
I wonder if some netbooks will have the option to use a Bluetooth headset to make phone calls (via GSM or VoIP)?
If the display has the right capabilities, this could be a bargain: Laptop + mobile email + Skype VOIP + eBook reader.
It's high time someone put out a netbook with a really high resolution display with reflective mode, like the one on the original OLPC.
Put Android on one with a bundle for 3G, and this could be the poor man's iPhone/Macbook Air. Where the rich man would have the two devices (iPhone and Air) the frugal one would have one device intermediate in size between the two, but capable of covering (s
I wish they'd announce when the next gen HTC device is coming out in America. I've been looking forward to purchasing an Android phone through T-Mobile for a little while but hoped to wait for the next gen. Recently I've been thinking that QWERTY keyboard might be nice, especially with the option of a soft-keyboard supposedly coming out in May.
Does anybody know when Google Docs will get working on Android? Surely they're working on it...
I use the same Motorola bluetooth ear borg piece for Skype on my PowerBook as I do with my iPhone. Works fine. Now if Skype Mobile on my iPhone could use the headset I'd be ready to go.
I was looking at noise cancelling head phones for Skype and good wired set of headphones was $60. (Or the only ones not sold out at the store I was looking at) I had put off getting one of those borgish ear pieces, but if I was going to spend the money, why not spend $80, get a good Bluetooth one that I could use with bot
I wonder if some netbooks will have the option to use a Bluetooth headset to make phone calls (via GSM or VoIP)?
only the ones with usb sockets
certainly with linux netbooks there is a full bluetooth stack, ekiga is a voip application or there is skype as well (really not that great compared to a good voip app to be honest).
Technically theres no reason why you couldnt be using 3g or Hspda for voip except the mobile service providers make a lot more selling you voice calls and texts and will try to prevent you doing this.
with wifi and ethernet there is nothing stopping you at all.
It's really quite crazy that people a
certainly with linux netbooks there is a full bluetooth stack, ekiga is a voip application or there is skype as well (really not that great compared to a good voip app to be honest).
Skype on ARM?
whoops my mistake (forgot about arm), but there are skype versions on windows mobile (arm processor) and I'm pretty sure my other mobile isn't running windows mobile and has skype built in.
So yes there are arm versions of skype and linux versions of skype, on the nokia810 there is skype and linux, with maemo http://maemo.org/ [maemo.org] jaunty also seems to be running on the 810 to a reasonable extent, but not complete. Sound isn't working for example.
It seems likely that Skype will be made available once the platfor
It seems likely that Skype will be made available once the platform is widely available. For Skype the money is to be made by providing people with the service and they seem to be extremely willing to provide that service on any platform that can support it.
I am in the group of people paying to use Skype on my Intel Linux laptop, so I agree that Skype specifically will likely hurry to provide service to Android/ARM.
It is just an issue with flash, Skype, and other closed source applications that they
Tinfoil hat time!
Or can I upgrade to Magneto's hat? I heard it stops world dominating machines.
I came across this article at Windows for Devices earlier today: http://184.108.40.206/search?q=cache:PKmZMViNa2MJ:www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS9375883682.html+thinkpad+arm+netbook&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [220.127.116.11]
Lenovo? Considering a Thinkpad Netbook? I'm typing this on a Thinkpad X40 running Debian; 2.4 lbs of full size keys goodness. I won't consider another machine without its keyboard or Trackpoint. But I can only drool at the thought of am X series type Thinkpad with and ARM based CPU and
I love the trackpoint (AKA "clit"). One of the most practical inventions in computer input devices.
Also, I'm quite fond of clits, as well, to be honest.
... nor of a notebook.
What I would like to see is a laptop with whatever the most powerful ARM processor is, a power efficient discrete GPU (ala the iPhone/iTouch), a 120 gig OCZ vertex, a 10" OLED screen, and a built in 3G dongle, all running on the recently ported to ARM Ubuntu 9.04.
Something that I can use as a "real" laptop, not one of those tiny 4" abominations with squeezed keyboard thats hard for anyone but children to type on. However I don't want it to be my workhorse machine. I can build a desktop for 1k with enough processing power to hack the matrix. I can build a laptop for 3k that would be roughly equal. I don't want that. I want something that will last 300+ hours asleep and get 24 hours of web browsing out in the middle of nowhere (assuming I have a cell signal). I want something I can keep a bunch of movies or tv seasons and my music library on, not something with an anemic SDHC card that I have to switch out everytime I want to watch something new. Something I can play simple games on for the duration of my 12 hour flight to wherever without having to plug myself in the whole time.
THAT i would LOVE to drop 1k++ on. Netbooks/notebooks now can have that in processing power but are not nearly there in power efficiency. Realize the ARM/power efficiency revolution is coming in relation to MID's, gimme some quality linux ARM ports, and enjoy watching me stumble over myself while I throw money at your products.
wait til a high-end tegra comes out then....
Good luck getting linux running on that nVidia hardware.
Their ultramobiles are small and powerful and expensive (with relatively long battery life).
Browsing the web on an ARM is a bit of slow going.
I look forward to the new ARM netbooks and their reviews. The low cost is really half the point though.
The Pandora [openpandora.org] has some of what you desire.
It's got a powerful Arm Cortex-A8 with an efficient GPU, faster than the iPhone one. No SSD, but it has dual-SDHC, giving you up to 64GB of space.
Only a 4.3 "anemic" LCD, but it is high resolution(fine for webpages) and high quality(it was selected because there was no OLED equivalent as far as resolution, power consumption, lifespan, etc.) An OLED would still be superior in direct sunlight, but I think they made a good choice. It's also has a touchscreen, though admi
has a processor running at phone speeds when on battery and desktop speeds when powered, has 2G of RAM and 32G of SSD, a touchscreen and some form of bastardized keyboard, and an industry standard, high speed docking interface as well as the ability to run X. With wifi/bluetooth/3G/4G of course.
That way I can carry around my phone and chuck my laptop and dock it with any laptop/desktop/thin client supporting the industry standard docking device.
Once docked, I can either use it as a network disk, use it's p
What you are missing is that Android is "linux-based", not linux and it's on a new chip; either of these mean apps have to be ported.
On the other hand, thanks to their population, the Chinese have more super-programmers than America has programmers. We should see the apps coming at a high rate of knots.
At that point you might as well wipe it and install Ubuntu. Which you can probably do fairly easily.
As far as I understand, purpose of a Netbook is having Windows or Linux with a huge set of software selection/support (thanks to x86) instead of a Smart device.
Nokia and ARM are doing some similar mistake too. When you have a netbook, you expect _complete_ set of selection/possibilities, same as a PC but you just gotta be sane when selecting your options.
I own a Nokia 9300 (current upgrade is E90) and it runs Symbian which runs perfectly for my needs. Why should I want Linux on it? Why wouldn't I have a x86
As far as I understand, purpose of a Netbook is having Windows or Linux with a huge set of software selection/support (thanks to x86) instead of a Smart device.
This really only applies to Windows. The huge selection of Linux software is open source. Opera is the odd one out, being closed source for Linux.
I'm running Linux on x86, x86-64, PPC and ARM, and thanks to open source I can run pretty much any software I want on any of these platforms. I'm running the same things on embedded appliances, desktops/laptops and supercomputers. Of course, some things are not practical on the embedded ones. But this just means I can choose the platform on actual technical merits like memory and CPU speed, rather than the availability of closed binaries.
As far as I understand, purpose of a Netbook is having Windows or Linux with a huge set of software selection/support (thanks to x86) instead of a Smart device.
Actually, that's exactly NOT the purpose of a netbook. A netbook (as its name implies) is suited for browsing the net and doing the occasional wordprocessing and perhaps even spreadsheet. Skype and some IM software, and a few games - but that's it for a netbook. Noone expects more from it. So, the Linux for ARM apps available are more than sufficient for the kind of use-case that a netbook is targeting.
By the way, the Nokia 9300 is a very nice smartphone! I'm a big fan of it - the later devices have, sadly
Yes but remember, Skype does code the very same client (or a bit stripped) for Netbook. They don't need to do anything except coding a light client, it is still x86/Windows or Linux/Qt , whatever they use.
You seem like knowing the Symbian scene. There is _still_ no official Symbian S60 client for Skype. Fring and some others became de-facto standard. Skype releasing this fast for iPhone also shows the Apple's excellence in developer relations and perhaps XCode's easiness. Still using Skype as example, I wil
Actually, that's exactly NOT the purpose of a netbook. A netbook (as its name implies) is suited for browsing the net and doing the occasional wordprocessing and perhaps even spreadsheet. Skype and some IM software, and a few games - but that's it for a netbook. Noone expects more from it.
Afaict there are two groups of people buying netbooks. Those who do just want a machine for the handfull of tasks you metion and those who want a cheap and ultraportable but still general-purpose machine.
Just because softw
Well, a Linux based netbook running on ARM would have 99% of the same applications as an x86 one, since open source apps can (and usually already have) be recompiled to run on any cpu linux can run on.
Let's throw the display out:
Beagle Board: Max power consumption @ 2W
http://www.h-online.com/news/TI-launches-the-open-source-Beagle-Board-for-Lb75--/111204 [h-online.com]
Atom with Chipset: TDP @ 11W
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverthorne_(CPU) [wikipedia.org]
Also, the number of cells just determines the voltage, not the capacity. Size matters. So I don't think comparing 2 cells to 3 cells means much. So no, it's not clear that the HP is using only 50% more power.
My n800 with an ARM at 400 mhz runs a full browser, plays mpeg4 (dsp) v
When an atom netbook is at max power consumption, it is playing a sophisticated game like Rise of Nations or a movie at higher than DVD quality. Your beagle board or N800 can't do that.
Heise online UK saw the Beagle Board demonstrated at the LUGRadio Live event, where it was demonstrated running 720P HD video and desktop effects, which were designed to show the power of the graphics processor and DSP, above and beyond the 600MHz ARM processor all integrated into the single chip OMAP35 embedded processor
A netbook is whatever marketing/journalists decide to call it any given week.
This "Android netbook" isn't one. It's a wifi-capable smartphone without the phone capability, i.e. a Mobile Internet Device.
MID Competitors: Nokia N810, Sony Mylo.
Slapping Android on it makes it new and shiny. Whatever!
What exactly is so exciting about a netbook running Android? What's the advantage compared to running a "real" Linux system on it, such as the ARM version of Debian?
<fanboy mode="Google">Dude, because it's from GOOGLE! ZOMG PONIES! SQEEEE!</fanboy>
Honestly, I can't see why I'd ever buy a netbook machine and have it crippled with some non-open OS.
Linux is consistently failing to grab much desktop market share, in spite of MS's numerous goof ups. Android seems to be yet another credible attempt to achieve that (big name backer, supposedly sleek interface, noob-friendly...), so anything "Android" is exciting.
While I won't dismiss this product offhand (the low weight and low power consumption are two very good features), I feel that US$250 is just a bit too much for this product, and will cause it's doom. The only people that I predict will go for it, are the same that bought its predecessor, and only a subset of that group, at that. That's way too few to guarantee the viability of this ARM-based notebook.
I just hope other potential manufacturers of ARM-based notebooks won't be discouraged by the upcoming debacl
As far as an OS is concerned, Android is deliberately crippled. Yes, even Google will kowtow to the mobile operators and cripple the OS. Not to mention, without modifications, you cannot run native code on the thing. You have to write them in Java.
That's somewhat tolerable for a mobile phone. But why the hell would I want a laptop that can only run Java and a few built-in apps? If you want to come out with an ARM netbook, that's fine. Just let me run C apps on it.
Could one just slap Debian ARM on this instead?
> Could one just slap Debian ARM on this instead?
Android is being hyped because Linux is for icky nerds while Android is full of Google VC Attractibg Goodness! Seriously, go look at Skytone's webpage and you will find a model 680 with Android and a model 600 with Linux with little other difference. Both models even have the swivel display.
Again, these are still vaporware at the moment and one or both versions could get axed before actual delivery begins. With luck though, by the end of the year all of
128MB RAM, 1GB solid state. 7" 800 x 480 533 MHz. How that qualifies as a netbook, I'm totally mystified...
"Internet appliance" springs to mind. Its closest competitor is Nokia's N810 Internet Tablet. The main difference is replacing Maemo with Android.
"The Alpha 680 will have a 7-inch LCD screen at 800 x 480 pixels, 128 MB of DDR2 RAM"
I would love to have an ARM-based netbook for my programming work (mostly Python/Django under emacs) with the added geek-bonus of being Windows-proof, but, while a 600x1024 screen is a bare minimum, the lower-end 480x800 is absolutely useless. It's just an oversized iPod with a keyboard and without Apple's aura.
Get me an ARM-based netbook with 768x1300+ screen (if using PixelQi's tech, better), 2 gigs of RAM plus a real har
I am not convinced that switching to a MIPS CPU would make that much difference. An entry level Atom CPU starts at $20 or $45 including chipset [2], so the price of an atom is smallish even in a comparison to the price of the $250 netbook. Depending on the atom in question, the atom may take up to 2.5 watts at 100% CPU usage, about as much as a single desktop DIMM of ram, much less than the 28W a 10" monitor could draw [3]. A low power atom would draw just 0.65 watt [2]. It seems that one you start looking
"you'll want to spend a few extra dollars and a couple of extra watts (up to 1W idle [1]) to get an Atom that has double [1] the performance of the fastest ARM11 based CPU."
I would go with another ARM11 core for a smaller power bugdet than an Atom. Going x86 would take away the fun of being Windows-proof. We need diverse computers with different characteristics. Evolution thrives on diversity. This boring x86-only world has gone on for too long.
There's a direct link on TFA pointing to a british distributor that sells that laptop like for 175 US$... ÂÂ??
http://shop.elonex.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=193 [elonex.com]
That's almost a toy-price...
"The Alpha 300 is a $99 net-top PC that is half the size of the 680 and meant to be connected to a television set. It also runs a MIPS processor, a low-cost, low-power chip similar to ARM. Wu envisions the Alpha 300 being used at home by users who would control the 300 with a TV remote control and use it to surf the Web during commercial breaks. "
Now if you included an option for a wireless keyboard you might have something.
They're talking 922 grams, "7-inch LCD screen at 800 x 480 pixels, 128 MB of DDR2 RAM (expandable to 256 MB, a 1 GB solid-state disk drive (expandable to 4 GB)" and a "2-cell battery will last between two and four hours" for $250.
I can at this moment get a Vostro A90 for $250, 1070 grams, with 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 screen, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB hard drive, a four-cell battery with the same 2-to-4-hour battery life, running a full Linux distro.
That's a lot of capability to lose for less than a third of a pound in we
and that he hopes to have Chinese manufacturing partners producing the $250 Alpha 680 within 3 months."
Cut rate design, cut-rate components, and no EDGE/EVDO/3G.
If I want a netbook, I'll opt for a E90 or one of the recent HTC qwerty phones to replace my 9500. The HTC one can do Android, the E90 does Series 60 quite well.
If I want a relatively slim and small "full-size" machine, I'll go for a Thinkpad of some sort. At least those havent gone cut-rate.
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Bondi Beach has been closed due to a red algal bloom.
It is understood that Clovelly beach has also been closed, but officials haven't confirmed the closure yet. A sign on Bondi Beach said the beach was closed due to "dangerous conditions".
Bruce Hopkins, the lifeguard co-ordinator for Waverley Council, said the beach was closed early this morning after the lifeguards arrived at 6am.
As the lifeguards prepared the beach for the public, they saw algal bloom "out the back" that began to drift towards the beach.
"We decided to close the beach and warn the public," said Mr Hopkins. He said the bloom was very obvious and has "a real fishy smell".
"If you can't see it, you can definitely smell it," he said.
Mr Hopkins said he had been working for 21 years as a lifeguard and during that time he'd seen all sorts of algae, including red and blue.
He said Sydney Water tested the water about 9am, and will determine whether the beach is safe for swimming.
While some algae has been spotted off the shore of neighbouring beaches at Tamarama and Bronte, Mr Hopkins said they were still open.
Nobody was swimming but webcams showed surfers at the north end of the beach.
A volunteer at the Surf Lifesaving club said the bloom was washing up on shoreline: "It's staining the sand as well."
Fairfax Media photographer Edwina Pickles said the bloom hadn't stopped some people from playing or swimming.
She spotted four swimmers and six surfers and a handful of children building a sandcastle near the water's edge.
"There are also a whole lot of tourists taking photos of the algae," she said.
Most of the bloom is on the sand and sea outside of the Bondi Pavilion. While the algae is staining the water, it isn't visible in the sand.


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That is right make it fun!! I am one for always punching my tag but some of the best hunts I have been on are those where that tag was still in my pocket. Good luck!
Well it's official, I drew the tag. So far I feel zero pressure, I plan to keep it that way. I have 3, possibly 4 weekends before season starts to scout. I need to get some hand loads ready and dialed in soon as well. This is going to be a FUN hunt!
That is right make it fun!! I am one for always punching my tag but some of the best hunts I have been on are those where that tag was still in my pocket. Good luck!
What a timely topic! I have been struggling with this perceived pressure after drawing a Moose tag that has taken me 14 years and if I get a Bull I will NEVER get to hunt one again in CO. So I have gone back and forth about whether to hire a guide or do it myself. Then take into account juggling already scheduled family commitments and making sure to have enough vacation time to make the hunt happen while juggling work, home and finding time to scout. Unfortunately it is more than just about the hunt. But I figure if I can make time to get the scouting done when the hunt rolls around the pressure will be a lot less. Plus the scouting has been fun thus far. Looking forward to the moment when the Bull hits the dirt. The problem is and has been that with the competition to draw some of these tags anymore a bit of the fun has gone out of the it due to the rarity of drawing. Also you need to put it in perspective as some have said. There are way worse problems to have.
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Congrats on your Moose tag wolfman! I hope you get a biggun'
I've Felt that same pressure TS. The First time was the year I drew a CO Antelope, Nevada Mule Deer, and a top notch late season Blacktail hunt all the same year, and all archery. I got SKUNKED that year. and you know what? The world didn't end.
I had so many close calls, almosts and maybes, that it was still a thrill. But I needed a year like that to give me perspective.
The next year I drew a OIL tule elk tag. By day 3 I was getting a little nutso after a number of close calls. It took a midday trip to town to the laundromat, and giving myself a good talking to while I sharpened and cleaned up my knife blade. I went out that evening a little more relaxed and ended up killing my bull.
Once you realize that you are the only one putting pressure on yourself, it gets easier to enjoy yourself. Then it becomes more likely that you will exceed your own expectations.
My Motto this year is "Improved performance through lowered expectations".
Well, the first scouting trip is behind me. One hot day in the high desert produced the sighting of one medium sized buck and alot of dry water holes. I have three weekends prior to season to find what I'm looking for, I eliminated alot of country already.


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So the news is out that AMD have committed to opening up specifications and providing some driver code to the open source community!!!
Alex Deucher and I have been working with AMD on this for about 3 months now and it's great to see it finally go public with their plans going forward. The initial code from Novell/SuSE will be appearing around XDS time, and AMD will also be attending.
Initially it will be a 2D modesetting driver, and hopefully a 3D driver will follow later. They are not stopping work on fglrx and will not be releasing any code from fglrx.
They will also be providing us with some access to engineering staff for information on older cards that we hadn't access to before, so we can properly support the current radeon driver (mainly BIOS parsing and workarounds..)
AMD, myself and Red Hat are also working through clearing me from my NDA issues so I can work on the r5xx cards.
So its all very positive and hopefully it we can all work together going forward to produce a top-notch open source driver...
If anyone has any questions on this feel free to post them here and I'll try and answer them if I can...


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