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Actor Michael Clarke Duncan Dies at Age 54
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, famous for his breakout role as John Coffey in the movie 'The Green Mile,' has died at the age of 54, according to the Associated Press.
The AP is quoting Duncan's fiancee, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, as the source on Clarke-Duncan's death.
Manigault-Stallworth performed CPR and saved Clarke-Duncan's life when he suffered a heart attack July 13. Clarke-Duncan was moved out of intensive care Aug. 6.
Clarke-Duncan's role as John Coffey in 'The Green Mile' launched him to stardom in Hollywood. His portrayal of an uneducated man on death row for the murder of two young girls garnered him Best Supporting Actor nominations by both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
Video: Michael Clarke-Duncan as John Coffey in 'The Green Mile'


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Every day I go to OTAs, I hope that I have absolutely nothing to note that Pro Football Talk would have any interest in at all.
The best things that happen at OTAs is just basic learning. Teaching players how to do things the way the Texans want, at the pace they want and acclimated to the heat.
But it is hard to do that without risking injury even when players are just wearing shorts. The New York Giants know that the hard way with the foot injury to Hakeem Nicks that happened just running a route.
Really, so far in OTAs, the biggest surprise to me is how much Trindon Holliday has stood out. He caught bombs on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday he jumped up high to grab two balls at their apex. I haven't been charting, but I'm guessing by Thursday, he's had the highest number of targets and catches of all the wide receivers. Or maybe I'm just noticing because it just was not expected. The numbers make it challenging for him to find a place on the squad, but he's making it hard on the team.
The non-surprise. How efficient Kevin Walter is. His best catch of the week was a nice bomb thrown by TJ Yates on Thursday.
HUGE problems? Nah.
As an aside, I have run across the following argument on the web/Twitters: "The Texans have a 'huge problem' at wide receiver. What if Andre Johnson doesn't play 16 games? Who do they have to replace him? The Texans should have drafted Rueben Randle instead of trading down because low round draft picks rarely succeed." (No, this is not a made up straw man argument. This is something that some people believe).
Some thoughts on that.
1. Nobody replaces Andre Johnson. Just as no one replaces Calvin Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, AJ Green, etc. Yes, AJs had injuries but he's also had years where he's played 16 games. I think I can deal with the "huge problem" of having Andre Johnson as a part of the wide receiver group. If that's the Texans hugest problem, I'm OK with that.
2. Ignores system. The Texans system is about exploiting matchups and creating so many targets on the field to put defenses off-balance. Andre Johnson actually gets an unusual number of targets despite double coverage because of his special skills. If you only targeted Andre Johnson when he was single covered, you would only throw the ball to him when the other team made a raging, TD-resulting mistake–single covered AJ doesn't happen much.
If Andre Johnson is not playing, that position on the field just turns into another target not The #1 Guy. The blah blahditty blah of Texans need a true #2 ignores the ideal that the Texans need a group of sure-handed targets who know their assignments and move the chains. Also, instead of thinking of just the wide receivers, it is better to think of receiving targets: TEs, RBs, FBs and WRs.
So yes, would the Texans like another dynamic player like Andre Johnson? Sure! Boy howdy, yes. Every day and Sunday. But that guy likely wasn't in this draft.
I think a lot of the #2 talk were fantasy football suckers who thought picking up Jacoby Jones or Kevin Walter in Andre Johnson's absence was a slick, smart guy move. But the problem with that is like picking up fantasy receivers with the Saints–they score a lot of points but their wide receiver point totals are all over the place because the move the targets around a lot.
Too many targets is a fantasy football problem, not a football issue.
3. Focusing on draft position and not fit, opportunity. You can find all sorts of stats about how rookie wide receivers rarely make a big impact immediately. This is true. Hard learning curve.
But I don't buy the idea that just because a wide receiver wasn't drafted not in the top two rounds, they can't succeed. The issue with draft round success is some chicken and eggs. Top round guys may have more talent. But they tend to also get more opportunities due to team's investment. And the NFL is all about opportunity.
I am not sure how much incrementally better of an NFL talent Rueben Randle is over Devier Posey or Keshawn Martin or Lestar Jean, for that matter. Or how much more talented he would be for what the Texans do, which is very system focused. Is the talent level so much better that it isn't worth what the Texans received in trading down?
There's a number of examples of lower round running back picks having success. The learning curve for running back is probably one of the lowest out of NFL positions, and the chance at opportunity is great because of the injuries, decline of starters.
For the wide receiver position, Victor Cruz is likely the best modern example of an undrafted wide receiver coming out of nowhere and succeeding in an explosive, established offense. He got his opportunity after injuries to more veteran players. Rod Smith is the old school example of wild success in basically the same scheme is this one. He got his opportunity due to a transition in coaching, working hard, and no clear incumbents.
To me, the issue isn't which round a guy was drafted in this year. The issue is more that the Texans may need to depend on unproven wide receivers, and until you see them play in a real game, you just don't know.
4. Risk/Uncertainty. About 90 years ago, the economist, Frank Knight talked about the distinction between risk and uncertainty. In his view, risk is something measurable but that uncertainty is something impossible to measure.
Though people might want to measure the risk of using rookie WRs from different rounds and say the project success failure is X, I think this is something that is more uncertain or in Knight's view, a risk that is not possible to calculate because of all the variables. Variables including: opportunity, scheme, fit, ability to learn, work ethic and perhaps just the size of a guy's heart.
Charley Casserly used to trade away lower round picks and had a trade percentage chart that suggested that most low round picks don't succeed, so trading them away wasn't a big deal. And I think, that defeatist, general point of view, especially when you have good schemes on both sides of the ball, is a mistake. That values can be found who fit your system better than maybe some other team's system. And that those values become more important in team building in a league with a hard salary cap.
In sum, I don't see this the same way as I saw the baby cornerbacks the Texans used 2010 who were depended upon to be instant starters and expose the entire side of the ball if they are struggling. That was a "huge problem."
This is uncertainty. Uncertainty contains components of both risk and reward. I'm okay with my uncertainty figuring in a dose of Andre Johnson.
Things of Note:
Here's various things I want to pass along:
Wade Phillips on Sports Talk 790's Big Show. Talks about nose tackle, Bradie James, Bryan Braman, various corners. Just good football talk.
Me Stuff:
Touchdown Club of Houston is hosting a luncheon with Gary Kubiak as the guest speaker. This is on Tuesday June 5th at noon held at the Reliant Center. Tickets are $45 and proceeds go to all the good work that the TD Club does for the community. I am going. If you are going, please say hi. Kubiak usually does some good speechifying at these sorts of events.
2012 Fantasy Football Team Preview: Houston Texans
I answered a fantasy football Q&A for Razzball Fantasy Sports. There are also moments of actual real football talk.
Houston Texans Podcast I know of two human beings on the planet who wish that I did podcasts on a regular basis. I do not. However, I'm always up for participating. This is a podcast I did with Andrea Hangst and Brian Sibila at F*Ball. It is likely the only football podcast to reference Heideigger and Peyton Manning's tendency towards witchcraft and general evil.
Blog Note:
Lately the proportion of spam I'm receiving here is way over the number of people commenting. Even though spammer "Shanti Lickliter" comments very nice things about my writing and blog as she is promoting videos describing women doing vulgar acts, I would prefer to have actual real commenters, even if they disagree with what I say. Are you guys reading and not commenting? Are you engaging in actual life activities that don't involve reading about guys running around in shorts? If I ask you questions, and you are not reading them, how the heck are you going to answer?
I'm telling you, this blog is so much better when y'all drive the conversation, or at a minimum, it makes the off-season feel shorter. If you don't have anything really to say about OTAs, let me just do a role call. Tell me what you are up to these days, and what is on your mind. Or if you want me to tell you OTA observations about specific things, I can. Much easier to answer questions than to write everything down in a post. Of course, there's the limitations of the guys just running around in shorts, but knowing that, there's still things to share….


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AAC M5: 02.05.14 EditionPosted by Will Tucker on February 5th, 2014
- UConn is poised to give Houston and Chicken Knowles a run for their money in the player nickname arms race, after Will "Turtle" Jackson gave coach Kevin Ollie a verbal commitment on Monday. The 6'4" Georgia point guard, ranked by Rivals.com as the #39 recruit in the class of 2015, reportedly picked the Huskies over Louisville, Memphis, Florida and Kansas, among others. Jackson credited UConn fans' enthusiastic support of both the men's and women's teams as an influence in his decision, as well as Ollie's style of play. His high school coach is also, by all indications, amazing, judging from his recollections of a pivotal fourth-quarter comeback: "I called a timeout and I just said, 'Turtle, you take over this game. You do whatever you want to do.' And do you know, that sucker scored 22 points in the last four minutes and 50 seconds? He didn't miss a shot." With four-star shooting guard Prince Ali already in the fold for 2015, UConn is the early favorite for the league's best-named backcourt.
- In case you weren't convinced of the top-heavy nature of the AAC in its inaugural year, RTC writer CD Bradley points out that the top half of the league is 25-2 against the bottom half. (It's now 26-2, following Memphis' pummeling of Rutgers last night). Five teams are very much in play for NCAA Tournament bids; the other five are nowhere near the bubble. The only real question at this point is whether SMU (17-3, 6-3 AAC) can avoid a fatal misstep over the course of its final nine games. The Mustangs are positioned well after handily defeating a very good Memphis team in Moody Coliseum last weekend, but have failed to record a quality road win this season. Their loss earlier in the week to USF demonstrated that back-to-back road trips to Rutgers and Temple aren't guaranteed wins, and losing to either could derail their auspicious NCAA projections.
- Rutgers has received letters from attorneys representing three additional players in connection with the Mike Rice scandal, The Star-Ledger reports. The documents, submitted on behalf of current Scarlet Knight Jerome Seagears and former players Dane Miller and Robert Lumpkins, were apparently filed in April, May and June 2013, but were only made public this week following a disclosure request. None of the three have filed suit as of now. Former teammate Derrick Randall also named the university in a lawsuit last December, which is now pending in federal court.
- Rick Pitino will have to interrupt the implementation of his new, guard-heavy starting lineup after 6'5" wing Wayne Blackshear suffered a concussion in practice. Briefing the media ahead of his team's game against Houston tonight, Pitino said that although Blackshear wouldn't be making the trip to Texas, he doesn't expect the junior to be out for terribly long. "I think Wayne's going to be fine, I don't think this is a serious concussion," Pitino said, adding that "we don't want him to travel because that takes a lot out of you." After that, the Cardinals, and Blackshear in particular, can look forward to a restorative eight-day hiatus before another road game at Temple. In the meantime, Pitino set about the task of motivating Stephan Van Treese to take advantage of his expanded playing time: "It's his time to evolve. We need some monster games from him where he grabs 12 or 13 rebounds […] He's a veteran basketball player who needs to step up, and he's capable of doing that."
- For SMU's Markus Kennedy, Saturday began with a career game against a ranked Memphis team, and only got better from there. His mother, Barbara Kennedy, was scheduled to depart for Kuwait on Monday morning on her third deployment as a U.S. Air Force sergeant, and Markus said they weren't expecting to see each other beforehand. "That was kind of rough on me," he admitted, oblivious to the fact that his school had secured a waiver from the NCAA to buy the sophomore a plane ticket back home to Philadelphia. Markus' mom was just as clueless, and his aunt got in on the surprise, organizing a game in which Barbara had to identify family members while wearing a blindfold. The result was pretty awesome:


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Perspective: The Right Time to Invest in Science
By Dean Joseph J. Helble
I suspect I am not alone in struggling to reconcile statements of support for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education from politicians across the ideological spectrum with diminishing federal support for scientific research, particularly in areas of the physical and biomedical sciences that are so important to engineering programs like Dartmouth's.
The automatic discretionary spending cuts embedded within the federal budget sequester are the latest example of eroding support for investments needed for our long-term economic health. Federal spending on non-defense discretionary R&D as a percentage of the federal budget has been falling for four decades, and the cuts associated with the sequester bring us back to the R&D spending levels of the late 1990s in constant dollar terms. At the same time, many nations have been posting double-digit annual increases in R&D investment, and the global R&D organization Battelle has forecast that Asia will soon surpass the Americas in R&D spending for the first time.
Locally, as many of our alumni know, federal investment in R&D has had an enormously positive impact on the Upper Valley. Over the past decade, one in four members of the Thayer School faculty has started a company based on his or her scientific work, which on a per capita basis is one of the highest levels (if not the highest level) for an engineering school anywhere in the nation. Most of these startups are in the Upper Valley and employ local residents in growing high-technology enterprises. Other companies—SustainX, now located in Seabrook, N.H., or Sproxil, located in Cambridge, Mass.—were cofounded or founded by students in our Ph.D. Innovation Program, a unique effort to help Ph.D. students learn the skills necessary to become technology entrepreneurs.
Over the past six years, we have hired 14 new tenure-track faculty members at the Thayer School, and three additional searches are currently underway. Of the 14 new professors, 11 either came to Thayer with a history of developing patented technologies or have already done so in their brief time in Hanover. Three members of this group have already commercialized their technologies. We are in the early stages of contemplating further growth of Dartmouth's engineering program that would bring even more entrepreneurial faculty members to Hanover. Without strong federal support, their ability to conduct the research, develop the technologies, and transfer those innovations into high-tech enterprises will be severely impeded.
Last year, the President and the recently disbanded Council on Jobs and Competitiveness set a national goal of producing 10,000 more engineers annually. They were right that we need more engineers. In fact, I believe we need at least 30,000 more engineers a year, given the challenges we face in energy, healthcare, the environment, communications, and infrastructure. Now, a time of slow economic growth, is exactly the time to invest. Cutting non-defense R&D disproportionately sends a very discouraging signal to students and young faculty at a time when the nation has just started to reverse a 30-year decline in the production of engineering talent. If we want a strong future, we need to keep funding the work—and education—of our scientists and engineers.
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National Religious Group Votes to Make Reproductive Justice A Priority for Action
Here is some religious liberty news that we reproductive justicers can celebrate: on Saturday, hundreds of Unitarian Universalist congregational delegates voted to make Reproductive Justice their next action and study issue.
Here is some religious liberty news that we reproductive justicers can celebrate: on Saturday, hundreds and hundreds of Unitarian Universalist congregational delegates held up their yellow voting cards to support Reproductive Justice as their next congregational action and study issue. Over the next four years, Unitarian Universalist congregations across the country will study, reflect, and act upon issues of reproductive justice.
Reproductive justice is central in my faith-life and was a pivotal reason I decided to become a minister. However, liberal religion has not prioritized reproductive justice, rights, or health for a long time. Though often forgotten, liberal religious congregations (particularly the church ladies organizing within them) were instrumental in the 2nd wave feminist movement's fight for accessible birth control and abortion. However, the religious left has not been much of a force for reproductive justice in many years — we have put the bulk of our energy into marriage equality for gays and lesbians.
The vote this weekend at the Unitarian Universalist general assembly may signal the beginning of a change for which so many of us have been working. Though Unitarian Universalists represent a small fraction of religious people in this country, we often serve as the harbinger of change for the broader, liberal religious community.
If the vote this weekend was indeed a harbinger of change, what do we want that change to look like? I hold a vision of a reproductive justice movement that is morally and spiritually grounded — indeed, all successful social change movements have been deeply connected to moral and spiritual traditions. What kind of collaborations and relationships could be forged between organizations that are "secular" and those that are "religious?" Heck, could we escape that tired binary of secular vs. religious, could we free ourselves from the "conceits of secularism" that limit our understanding of social change? How can we expand our social imaginary to envision richer and more holistic community relationships?
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Reproductive justice also holds a transformative and healing potential for liberal religionists. Predominantly White and professional in our demographics, we will need to challenge the cultural hubris of public health and law, challenge the assumptions that professionals know what is best — particularly for women in poverty and women of color. We will need to challenge deeply embedded habits of control and over-management. Second, religious liberals will need to grapple with the inadequacies of a "choice" framework. In a world where our connectedness and dependence on one other becomes more and more apparent, arguments based on privacy ("abortion is a private decision") rely on a dated logic of individualism that not only sabotages our ability for mutual support and collective action, but also cripples our spirits in isolation, alienation, and fear.
Perhaps some of us will be like those of us who organized to pass the Reproductive Justice congregational action and study issue: a diverse group of men and women, straight and queer, young and old. As a predominantly white group, we reflected on our identities and how we could best be in relationship to communities and organizations of color. Our efforts were collaborative and respectful. We worked to be mindful of those tricky dynamics of power and privilege as we planned our campaign. And, we had fun!
Despite the ongoing struggles we will continue face for reproductive justice, this weekend something special and significant happened: a group of religious folks voted to dedicate their energies to reproductive justice. In midst of the Catholic Bishops' "Fortnight of Freedom" efforts to limit women's access to contraception, let take some moments to celebrate the possibility that the religious currents may be a changing. Let us do what we can to support the change!


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Emotions were plentiful in yesterday's come-from-behind win over the Braves.
Emotion # 1: comfort, a 3-0 lead for Cole after three innings.
Emotion # 2: shock, as the Braves scored 9 times in the top of the fourth.
Emotion # 3: euphoria, when Greg hit that three-run homer in the fifth to give us a 10-9 lead.
Emotion: 4: relief. After Cole departed, the bullpen blanked the Braves the rest of the way with Brad setting a club record with his 23rd consecutive save. Bill Wagner's 22 in a row is now off the Phillies books.
While dining at a restaurant with my wife last night, I overhead an obvious Phillies fan at a nearby table say, "The Phillies won today. Life is good."
Who Is Doc Miller?
Dobb's homer was his 20th pinch hit, tying a Phillies record that stood for 94 years. Doc Miller will soon be number two on the Phillies season pinch-hit list.
Anticipating a million inquiries as to who in the world is Doc Miller, here's the answer:
Roy Oscar (Doc) Miller was an outfielder with a five-year, big-league career (.295 for 1,171 games) in the National League: Chicago (1910), Boston (1910-12), Phillies (1912-1913) and Cincinnati (1914).
Miller, a left-handed hitter, established the Phillies club record with 20 pinch hits in 54 at-bats (.370) in 1913. He played only 12 games in right field that year and was 10-33 (.303) as a non-pinch hitter. In 69 games, he hit .345 with 6 doubles (all as a pinch hitter), no homers and 11 RBI.
His pinch hits by the month: April 1, May 2, June 5, July 8, August 2, September 2.
Born in Chatham, Ontario, Miller died in Jersey City, NJ, in 1938 at age 55.
His best season was 1912 with Boston. He led the league with 192 hits and was second to Honus Wagner, .333-.332, for the batting title.. The Phillies acquired him from Boston the next summer for OF John (Tight Pants) Titus. They sold him to Cincinnati following the 1913 season.
Miller also had seven pinch hits in 1912 for the Phillies and that tied the club record set in 1907 by Wilfred Osborn. Who in the world is Wilfred Osborn? Tune in tomorrow. You may lose sleep by having to wait a day but you will survive!
Beijing Bound
SS Jason Donald and C Lou Marson of the Reading Phillies leave for San Francisco tomorrow for two days of orientation as part of the USA Olympic Baseball Team. The Reading Phillies held some emotional post-game send-off ceremonies last night. The Olympics falg will fly at the Reading ballpark throughout the China games.
Phillies coach Roly de Armas is on the staff of the team that will be managed by Davey Johnson, a former Phillie (1977-78).
A week ago today, Donald and Marson played in the Futures Game at Yankee Stadium. The next day they were told confidentially that they had been selected to the USA Olympic Baseball Team. On Tuesday, they were in the Eastern League All-Star Game in Manchester, NH.
Speaking of emotions.
Alumni Batting Challenge
Two weeks from today, a Phillies Alumni Batting Challenge will take place at 1 p.m.
Three teams will compete: Ricky Jordan and Ricky Bottalico . . . Milt Thompson and Mitch Williams . . . Tyler Green and Ozzie Virgil.
It is also Ryan Howard Home Alternate Jersey Day for fans 14 and under, courtesy of Keystates Chrylser Jeep.
This Date
In Phillies history….
1950 RF Del Ennis doubles and homers, drives in seven runs in a 13-3 win at Wrigley Field.
1966 LHP Sandy Koufax strikes out 16 as Dodgers edge Phillies, 2-1, in 12 innings. Phillies starter Jim Bunning fans 12 in 11 innings.
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I'll toss one more emotion at ya; call it #5 – Pride: I was very proud of how this team bounced back last night after a devestating 4th inning and also what has been a no so great week. It's great to see they still have that fight in them!


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The first glimpse of what the 2010 edition of Real Salt Lake could look like came today at the club's training camp at the Francisco Grande Resort, where the reigning MLS Cup champs participated in its first intra-squad scrimmage of its 2010 preseason. In the scrimmage, which was contested in three 20-minute periods, goals by FW Pablo Campos and MF Collen Warner would lift the Yellow squad to a 2-1 victory over its Red counterpart, which received its lone goal from FW Fabían Espíndola.
The Red team had the session's first quality chance seven minutes in when Espíndola sprang FW Tino Nuñez into the area with a perfectly weighted through ball, but the third-year striker was forced wide by a hard-charging GK Tim Melia and hit the subsequent shot into the right side-netting. The scrimmage's first goal came from the Yellow side at the 15-minute mark, the play starting in the back with a clearance by DF Kris Banghart that was won at midfield by Warner. After finding newcomer FW Abe Thompson, the veteran striker played a lengthy give-and-go with Campos that resulted in the Brazilian getting behind the Red's backline and finishing from 12 yards out past GK Kyle Reynish, who flew off his line trying to force a quick attempt on goal.
The Reds came out in the second period and controlled the bulk of possession, but could not find the goal to pay off its work on the ball. Nuñez and Espíndola would come close though, the former's attempt in the 23rd minute whistling past goal, while the latter's left-footed screamer from 20 yards out four minutes later forced the best out of Reynish, who leapt and extended fully to his right to tip the Argentine's effort just over his crossbar. Dangerous moments were also created by the Reds at the end of the period, but MF Javier Morales couldn't shuffle his feet in time to connect with a corner kick that fell to his feet at the left post in the 38th minute, while MF Nelson Gonzalez's well-placed free kick to the top of the six was narrowly missed by DF Chris Schuler's diving header attempt.
The Reds would finally push through at the start of the third stanza, MF Ned Grabavoy's industrious work on the ball and ability to achieve the endline softening up the defense for a cross into the six that was easily finished by Espíndola on the doorstep, tying the scrimmage at 1-1. But five minutes from the end of the scrimmage the Yellows would jump back on top when a series of passes across the field to the right flank ended at the feet of Warner. The rookie midfielder touched the ball back to the left before uncorking a low shot that took a deflection off a defender's leg, which wrong-footed GK Sean Milligan and snuck just inside the far left post.
Real Salt Lake News & Notes
• Only two guest players took part in today's contest - GK Sean
Milligan, who tended the nets for Dartmouth last fall, and M/F Donny
Toia, a product of the RSL-Arizona Under-17 Program.
• The other goalkeeper that was a guest for the opening days of Real Salt Lake's spring training, Colombian Carlos Ortiz, made his final appearance at training yesterday and has departed the squad's Casa Grande camp.
• Real Salt Lake will train this afternoon and once more on Friday before beginning its exhibition schedule in earnest this Saturday, Feb. 20 against USSF Division 2 side - and 2011 MLS expansion team - Vancouver Whitecaps FC, the match kicking off at Francisco Grande at 4:00 p.m. MT. Real Salt Lake's full 2010 Preseason slate is listed below.
• Fans can receive updates from all of Utah side's preseason affairs as they occur via Real Salt Lake's official Facebook page and Twitter feed, while the team's official website, RealSaltLake.com, and blog, Behind the Shield (located at RSLtotheCore.com) will also provide comprehensive coverage of the Claret-and-Cobalt's preseason matches.
Real Salt Lake 2010 Preseason
RSL Intra-squad Scrimmage (60 minutes)
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Francisco Grande Resort - Casa Grande, Ariz.
Scoring Summary:
YELLOW - Pablo Campos (Abe Thompson) 15
RED - Fabian Espíndola (Ned Grabavoy) 41
YELLOW - Collen Warner (Andy Williams) 55
Yellow Line-up (4-4-2): GK-Tim Melia (Sean Milligan 20) (Melia 40); DF-Robbie Russell, DF-Kris Banghart (Jamison Olave 20), DF-David Horst (Banghart 40), DF-Raphael Cox; MF-Alex Nimo (Warner 40), MF-Collen Warner (Donny Toia 20), MF-Andy Williams, MF-Will Johnson; FW-Abe Thompson, FW-Pablo Campos
Red Line-up (4-4-2): GK-Kyle Reynish (Milligan 40); DF-Tony Beltran (Davis 40), DF-Rauwshan McKenzie (Nat Borchers 20), DF-Chris Schuler (McKenzie 40), DF-Justin Davis (Chris Wingert 20); MF-Ned Grabavoy, MF-Jean Alexandre, MF-Javier Morales, MF-Nelson González; FW-Tino Nuñez, FW-Fabían Espíndola
Real Salt Lake 2010 Preseason Schedule (subject to change)
Feb.13-27: Preseason Trip #1 to the Francisco Grande Resort in Casa Grande, Ariz.
Fri., Feb. 26 - RSL v. Colorado Rapids - Francisco Grande Resort - 4:00 p.m. MT
March 5-21: Preseason Trip #2 to Charleston, S.C.
7th Annual Carolina Challenge Cup - Blackbaud Stadium in Daniel Island/Charleston, S.C.
Sat., March 13 - RSL vs. D.C. United - 3:00 p.m. MT
Wed., March 17 - RSL vs. Charleston Battery - 3:00 p.m. MT
Sat., March 20 - RSL vs. Toronto FC - 3:00 p.m. MT
Sat., Mar. 27: Real Salt Lake 2010 MLS opener at San Jose Earthquakes (7:00 p.m. MT, live on Fox Soccer Channel)
Thur., Apr. 1: Real Salt Lake at Houston Dynamo (7:00 p.m. MT, live on ESPN2)
Sat., Apr. 10: Real Salt Lake 2010 Rio Tinto Stadium opener vs. Seattle Sounders FC (7:00 p.m. MT)


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Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Florida
While in Florida, you might enjoy a visit to:
Sarasota, Florida: Sarasota Jungle Gardens: Bike-Riding Parrots
Parrots ride skateboards and unicycles at this timeless Florida attraction. Open since 1939.
Weeki Wachee, Florida: Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids
World-famous underwater mermaid show. Since 1947, finned beauties in a natural spring have entranced tourists -- not to mention fans of superior lung capacity.
Brooksville, Florida: Citrus Attraction at Boyett Groves
A zoo, a big gift shop, citrus processing plant, "dinosaur cave" -- this place has it all.
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- Structural and functional characterization of the triplet acyl carrier protein in the curacin cluster and its interaction partners (2011)
- According to the World Health Organization (WHO) bacterial resistance to antibiotic drug therapy is emerging as a major public health problem around the world. Infectious diseases seriously threaten the health and economy of all countries. Hence, the preservation of the effectiveness of antibiotics is a world wide priority. The key to preserving the power of antibiotics lies in maintaining their diversity. Many microorganisms are capable of producing these bioactive products, the so called antibiotics. Specifically in microorganisms, polyketide synthases (PKS) and non-ribosomal peptide synthases (NRPS) produce these natural bioactive compounds. Besides being used as antibiotics these non-ribosomal peptides and polyketides display an even broader spectrum of biological activities, e.g. as antivirals, immunosuppressants or in antitumor therapy. The wide functional spectrum of the peptides and ketides is due to their structural diversity. Mostly they are cyclic or branched cyclic compounds, containing non-proteinogenic amino acids, small heterocyclic rings and other unusual modifications such as epimerization, methylation, N‐formylation or heterocyclization. It is has been shown that these modifications are important for biological activity, but little is known about their biosynthetic origin. PKS and NRPS are multidomain protein assembly lines which function by sequentially elongating a growing polyketide or peptide chain by incorporating acyl units or amino acids, respectively. The growing product is attached via a thioester linkage to the 4'-phosphopantetheine (4'-Ppant) arm of a holo acyl carrier protein (ACP) in PKSs or holo peptidyl carrier protein (PCP) in NRPSs and is passed from one module to another along the chain of reaction centers. The modular arrangement makes PKS and NRPS systems an interesting target for protein engineering. More than 200 novel polyketide compounds have already been created by module swapping, gene deletion or other specific manipulations. Unfortunately, however, engineered PKS often fail to produce significant amounts of the desired products. Structural studies may faciliate yield improvement from engineered systems by providing a more complete understanding of the interface between the different domains. While some information about domain-domain interactions, involving the most common enzymatic modules, ketosynthase and acyltransferase, is starting to emerge, little is known about the interaction of ACP domains with other modifying enzymes such as methyltransferases, epimerases or halogenases. To further improve the understanding of domain-domain interactions this work focuses on the curacin A assembly line. Curacin A, which exhibits anti-mitotic activity, is from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula. This outstanding natural product contains a cyclopropane ring, a thiazoline ring, an internal cis double bond and a terminal alkene. The biosynthesis of curacin A is performed by a 2.2 Mega Dalton (MDa) hybrid PKS-NRPS cluster. A 10-enzyme assembly catalyzes the formation of the cyclopropane moiety as the first building block of the final product. Interestingly, for these enzymes the substrate is presented by an unusual cluster of three consecutive ACPs (ACPI,II,III). Little is known about the function of multiple ACPs which are supposed to increase the overall flux for enhanced production of secondary metabolites. The first task in this work was to elucidate the structural effect of the triplet ACP repetition by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The initial data show that the excised ACPI, ACPII or ACPIII proteins resulted in [15N, 1H]-TROSY spectra with strong chemical shift perturbations (CSPs), suggesting an effect on the structure. The triplet ACP domains display a high sequence identity (93- 100%) making structural investigation using usual NMR techniques due to high peak overlap impossible. To enable the investigation of the triplet ACP in its native composition we developed a powerful method, the three fragment ligation. Segmental labeling allows incorporating isotopes into one single domain in its multidomain context. As a result we could prepare the triplet ACP with only one domain isotopically labeled and therefore assign the full length protein. In this way our method paved the way to study the structural effects of the triplet ACP repetition. We could show unexpectedly, that, despite the fact that the triplet repeat of CurA ACPI,II,III has a synergistic effect in the biosynthesis of CurA, the domains are structurally independent. In the second part of this work, we studied the structure of the isolated ACPI domain. Our results show that the CurA ACPI undergoes no major conformational changes upon activation via phosphopantetheinylation and therefore contradicts the conformational switching model which has been proposed for PCPs. Further we report the NMR solution structures of holo-ACPI and 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-ACPI. Data obtained from filtered nuclear overhauser effect (NOE) experiments indicate that the substrate HMG is not sequestered but presented on the ACP surface. In the third part of this work we focussed on the protein-protein interactions of the isolated ACPI with its cognate interaction partners. We were especially interested in the interaction with the halogenase (Cur Hal), the first enzyme within the curacin A sub-cluster, acting on the initial hydroxyl-methyl-glutaryl (HMG) attached to ACPI. Primarily we studied the interaction using NMR titration and fluorescence anisotropy measurements. Surprisingly no complex between ACPI and Cur Hal could be detected. The combination of an activity assay using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectroscopy and mutational analysis revealed several amino acids of ACPI that strongly decrease the activity of CurA Hal. Mapping these mutations according to their effect on the Cur Hal activity onto the structure of HMG-ACPI displays that these amino acids surround the substrate and form a consecutive surface. These results suggest that this surface is important for Cur Hal recognition and selectivity. Our research presented herein is an excellent example for protein-protein interactions in PKS systems underlying a specific recognition process.
- Splicefinder : a fast and easy screening method for active protein trans-splicing positions (2013)
- Split intein enabled protein trans-splicing (PTS) is a powerful method for the ligation of two protein fragments, thereby paving the way for various protein modification or protein function control applications. PTS activity is strongly influenced by the amino acids directly flanking the splice junctions. However, to date no reliable prediction can be made whether or not a split intein is active in a particular foreign extein context. Here we describe SPLICEFINDER, a PCR-based method, allowing fast and easy screening for active split intein insertions in any target protein. Furthermore we demonstrate the applicability of SPLICEFINDER for segmental isotopic labeling as well as for the generation of multi-domain and enzymatically active proteins.


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One of my favorite Web marketing tools is a business blog; it can help with search engine optimization, establishes you as an expert in your field, improves your communication, enhances PR and more.
However, you still need to be promoting your blog to drive traffic there and make it work for you. Here are # of ways you can market your blog:
- Write keyword-rich blog post titles. Google and other search engines will deliver quality traffic to your blog, but only if they think it's relevant. Front-load your blog post titles with appropriate keywords to improve your rankings.
- Promote your RSS feed. Put it "above the fold", explain what RSS is, or just send them to this helpful video: How to Subscribe to an RSS Feed.
- Include an RSS > Email option. Not everyone "gets" RSS, but everyone gets email newsletters. With little to no extra work, you can let people get your content in they way they want to.
- Get your post "dugg." You can submit your post to the social news site Digg, but it will carry more weight if you get a friend (or someone else) to do it for you. Consider forming a "bookmarking club" where you can help each other out.
- Submit your blog to blog directories. Here's an exhaustive list of blog directories, and here's a top 20 blog directory list.
- Tweet it, and retweet it. I'm a big fan of adding tweetmeme's tweet button to your blog posts and then manually tweeting it yourself to get the ball rolling (and so that the retweet button doesn't show "0" as a retweeted number. And, if you believe Guy Kawasaki, it's cool to do that a few times.
- Add your blog url to your signature file. Just like you include your Web site URL in your outbound emails, add your blog URL as well.
- Stumble it. Getting a post into StumbleUpon can deliver a lot of quality traffic; like Digg, it's best if someone else stumbles it for you.
- Ping it. After each new post, I visit Pingoat and ping all the news aggregators I can reach.
- Claim it in Technorati. Technorati is one of the biggest blog directories out there.
- Contribute to forums. Find your target audience's forums, and participate in a non-sales-y way. In your responses you can include your signature file with a link to your blog.
- Do some article marketing. Repackage some of your blog posts into short articles and submit them to article directories for links back to your blog. (For more on this, read Article Marketing for Search Engine Visibility.)
- Update your LinkedIn status. Let your LI network know about your recent blog post.
- Respond to commenters. If people are taking the time to comment on your blog, thank them publicly or privately to encourage more of the same behavior.
- Include it on your Twitter profile. Twitter gives you one outbound link; send tweeps to your blog where you can have a deeper conversation than 140 characters will allow.
- Pull your RSS feed into your Facebook page. You can have your blog automatically feed into your Facebook profile or fan page.
- Include your blog in the Web site section of your LinkedIn profile. Just don't leave the link as "My blog". Give it a keyword-rich link so people will be more likely to click on it.
- Get listed in AllTop. Just signup and submit your blog to the appropriate category.
- Link to it from your Web site. Just include a link.
- Link to it from your email newsletter. Each month I include 4 or 5 of my favorite blog posts in my email newsletter's Quick Link section. Cross-promotion is the key to successful marketing.
- Comment on other blogs. Although most blog comments include "no-follow" links, you can still draw people to your blog with insightful, pithy comments. Maximize your success by reading and contributing to the most influential blogs in your category.
- Make your blog Delicious. Getting individual posts and your entire blog bookmarked at Delicious can deliver quality traffic. Like Digg, consider a bookmarketing club approach.
- Leverage YouTube. Not only should you be embedding YouTube videos into your blog posts, you should be linking to your blog from your YouTube channel.
- Guest blog. Find bloggers in your niche and see if they're open to letting you guest blog. It helps them because they get free content; it helps you because you get visibility and inbound links.
- Update your Facebook status. If you don't tell all your Facebook friends that you've updated your blog, they may never speak to you again.
That's a good start, but I know there are plenty of other good ideas. What are you doing to promote your own blog?
Rich Brooks
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What a Treat! I just read a wonderful review of my Clarifying Serum on a product review site called Hot Ink. The reviewer has been using the serum for a year, and though she started with skin that was dryish in places, but also prone to oiliness, acne, and sensitivity, all of these issues have been resolved from using this serum as her primary moisturizer. I made a fresh batch just a week ago and can attest to how chock-full of goodness it is. I now infuse the oils with organic thyme (antiseptic), chamomile (anti-inflammatory), and calendula (healing) to further bolster the power of the oils. Yay! I love to hear success stories with what I believe to be a great product, and I really wanted to share this with all of you, my dear readers. (I know you likely thought I had dropped off the edge of the planet, but fear not, I haven't, and trust me: I am getting back on board with devotion to my blog. Lots of news to update you on! And I will! Soon.) For now, read this awesome review. 🙂
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- 'Whale Wars' TV captain Paul Watson resigns from anti-whaling activities
- A federal injunction forbids him and his group from approaching Japanese plaintiffs
- Watson gained fame by disrupting Japanese whalers on the open sea
"Whale Wars" TV conservationist Paul Watson quit his conservation society Tuesday because of a recent federal court injunction against him and his group's anti-whaling activities.
Last month, the Japanese research foundation Institute of Cetacean Research and the Japanese firm Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. secured a U.S. District Court injunction against Watson and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, according to the institute's website.
The injunction prohibits Watson and his group from coming within 500 yards of the plaintiffs on the open sea, according to a copy of the court document on the institute's website.
Watson has become renowned for his attempts to disrupt Japanese whalers on the open water through Animal Planet's "Whale Wars" TV show.
"As a United States citizen, I will respect and comply with the ruling of the United States 9th District Court and will not violate the temporary injunction granted to the Institute for Cetacean Research," Watson said in a statement Tuesday. "I will participate as an observer within the boundaries established by the 9th Circuit Court of the United States."
Watson resigned as president and executive director of the conservation society in the United States and as president of the society in Australia.
"For the 35 years since I founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, I have strived to act non-violently and within the boundaries of the law," Watson said.
"During Sea Shepherd's long history, we have never caused a single injury to any person," he said. "Although we have broken some bureaucratic regulations like Canada's so-called Seal Protection Act, we did so to challenge the validity of these regulations, which were in contradiction to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
"In all other respects, we have always operated within the boundaries of the law, both international and national," he said in a statement. "I myself have never been convicted of a felony crime."


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Mosquitoes. Ugh I can't stand them! I really think they see my children and I as yummy treats because we are always bit up like crazy! I have tried the sprays (they stink and are greasy), I have tried the repellant bracelets (either don't work or fall off and get lost) and I have tried the clip ons (they aren't terrible but for me still didn't work great). What else is there to try I am always thinking? FINALLY, I heard about Thermacell and their mosquito protection products. I was excited to review one of their Lanterns for my back lanai and I was hoping (more like praying) that it would work for my family.
The Thermacell Mosquito Repeller Bristol Lantern effectively repels mosquitoes, black flies, and other biting insects by creating a 15 x 15-foot zone of protection for bug-free comfort. Its ambient light and decorative design perfectly adorn your deck or patio. Ideal for use while you are gardening, observing outdoor sporting events, and hanging around the backyard, Thermacell Lanterns have been evaluated by the EPA for safety and effectiveness.
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This is definitely a great lantern to have handy when you are outside with your family. It has really worked for us, we have been outside every night with it for a week now and haven't had any bites at all. I highly recommend this!
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A Warsaw man has been arrested on a preliminary charge of murder in the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old he was allegedly babysitting after police found the toddler buried in a shallow grave in a backyard.
Police were called just before 10:30 p.m. Thursday to a home at #53 EMS C17 Lane on Big Chapman Lake northeast of Warsaw on a custody complaint. There, 29-year-old Christopher A. Grimmett told investigators he was babysitting his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter, young Adalin P. Stamper, earlier Thursday but the girl's maternal grandmother had picked up the child.
Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Chad Hill said deputies quickly debunked that claim, and began to "backtrack" Grimmett's path Thursday night.
It led officers to Grimmett's brother's home at 1835 Sue Ave. on Warsaw's west side, where Hill said he'd been earlier in the afternoon with Adalin. There, in the backyard of the home, sheriff's deputies found a shallow grave where Adalin's body was uncovered, Hill said.
The Kosciusko County Coroner was called to the scene. The cause of Adalin's death is still under investigation pending an autopsy, Hill said. Scene technicians with the Kosciusko County Major Crimes Task Force were also called out.
Hill told NewsChannel 15 that Grimmett, in an interview with investigators, admitting the killing the girl and led them to her body. Inside the home, investigators found evidence that corroborated that, Hill said. He did not indicate what that evidence was.
Grimmett is being held on a prosecutorial hold for murder in the Kosciusko County Jail.
Grimmett has prior convictions for resisting arrest, drugs and battery by bodily waste, court records show. He's also engaged in a custody battle for his own children, according to court records.


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Sandra Bullock's long Razzie mixup nightmare is finally coming to an end.
Not that she needed more drama in her life, but Bullock only found late in the game that she was handed the Razzie prototype on stage when she accepted the award last month. Most award winners receive a cheap knock-off.
The Razzies wanted their original back and took an unfortunate route in asking for it -- through the press.
"We will be returning the Razzie to them shortly," Bullock's rep to E!online.com. She added that she was never contacted by the Razzie people to talk about the mix-up, but rather called them herself after reading about it on the Internet.
Razzie founder John Wilson unfortunately told a British paper about the mixup and the resulting story made it sound like Bullock was shedding the award because of her well-known personal problems.
It was not the case. It's a sad end to a happy tale. Bullock won major celeb-points for having the grace to accept the Razzie in person for her terrible performance in "All About Steve." It was the same week she won an Oscar for "The Blindside."
But the Razzie will be swapped out and Bullock will have peace -- at least on this front.


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All eyes are on Ohio as polls open in the battleground state.
Election sites opened their doors at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday after more than a month of early voting.
Polls stay open until 7:30 p.m., bringing an end to the intense presidential campaign for Ohio's 18 electoral votes.
Ohio's critical role in deciding the race between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney has been underscored by dozens of visits from the candidates and their surrogates, and a constant barrage of TV ads in recent weeks.
The race in Ohio is seen as too close to call.
Ohio also had one of most hotly-contested and expensive U.S. Senate campaigns, with Republican State Treasurer Josh Mandel trying to unseat first-term Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.


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A roster dominated by upperclassmen makes experience the buzzword around the University of Illinois Springfield baseball team. And then there�s all the buzz about the squad�s new field.
�Our lineup is mostly juniors and seniors, especially one through nine,� UIS senior first baseman/outfielder Adam Unes said. �I think that definitely gives us an advantage.�
The UIS roster features 19 upperclassmen. The 13 seniors will enjoy the opportunity of playing home games on campus for the first time since the program�s inception in 2011.
Since being hired over the summer, UIS coach Chris Ramirez has transformed the team�s practice diamond into a home field with the first contest set to take place March 15.
Opener Friday night
UIS was scheduled to open the season Sunday, but instead the Prairie Stars will kick it off Friday against Northwood University (Mich.) in Lexington, Ky.
�We�ve got some physically mature guys,� Ramirez said. �We�ve got a lot of players who have played over 100 college games, and having that experience is going to be a big advantage.
�Infield defense and offense are our strengths. We put together a good one through nine in the batting order. We�ve got a lot of strong hitters.�
Unes, junior second baseman and switch-hitter Luke Stewart and senior two-way player Jared Massengill are among the team�s top offensive threats along with senior shortstop Trevor Johnson. He led UIS in hitting in 2013 with a .321 batting average. Stewart hit .293 with 22 RBIs last season for Broward College in Florida.
�We�re excited to see what the lineup can do and maybe put some runs on the board,� Unes said. �Probably a first for this program is having a team that can maybe compete offensively like that.�
Arnett starts
On the mound, senior Barry Arnett saw a significant action for the 13-31-1 Stars last season. He put in the most time of any returning pitcher with 28 strikeouts in 42 2/3 innings for a 5.70 earned run average. Arnett will start tonight.
Other key pitchers are left-handed junior Drew Sabol, who is back from Tommy John surgery, and sophomore Dan Pacha, a transfer from Southeastern Community College in Iowa.
The Stars� pitching depth isn�t where he wants it, but Ramirez is �intrigued to see how the bullpen comes together�.
Arnett has high hopes for the pitchers.
�You can see a difference in the level of maturity,� he said. �Comparing it to different seasons, we are feeling a lot more confident. I know the pitching staff has a very good work ethic.�
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Alright guys, that's the basic skeleton of our HTML document, we'll be adding more to it. Now, there's some code that you must have in your head element. First you guys will need to see my directory structure to understand how I'm going to link documents:
Alright, I hope you guys understand that. Let's link our style sheet, shall we:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/main.css" />
We'll get to the contents of main.css later. Next, since tipsy uses the jQuery framework, we must link to that also. I'm going to use the CDN hosted version from Google. You may download it from jquery.com though. Here it is in the head element:

Now, unzip the tipsy archive. You also need to go into tipsy-0.1.7->src->javascripts and copy jquery.tipsy to your js directory. After that, we link to it in the head element:

Now, we're done with the head element, unless you want to add more. We can also get main.css done right now. I suggest you use a CSS reset for everything you do on the web, but for the simplicity of this tutorial, I'm just going to use the CSS provided by tipsy. You will need to copy everything from tipsy-0.1.7->src->stylesheets->tipsy.css to main.css. That's all the CSS you need to get tipsy to look correct.
Let's also copy the image from tipsy-0.1.7->src->images to our image directory.
Now we have all the files that we need. All we need to do is create the links that we want tipsy to be on and the JS to get those link to function with tipsy. Alright guys. Create a link in your body element like so:
We're using Tipsy!
The important parts of that href is the id and title, they're needed to make tipsy know where to put it's effect and what it should say in it. Alright, now we're going to add some Javascript to the body element as well to make it find the link. Do note that this should be above the link, I put it right after the opening body tag:

That's it guys. It should be working! Examples of sites that use tipsy are Twitter, Forrst, and even my site. Okay guys, let's play with a few Tipsy effects, shall we?
Our first effect will be making it fade in and out. It's going to be rather easy to do. What I did was create a link with the id of fade (We Fade!), and with some jQuery, we make it work. Now most of the jQuery is the same as the normal tipsy, but now you have to add a parameter. It looks like: $('#fade').tipsy({fade: true});. We're basically setting a fade parameter to true so that a link fades in and out. Try it out!
Now we're going to change what tipsy calls the gravity of the hover effects. I just call it the direction. Now this parameter can take many different values, I'll show you guys a few. I suggest looking at the docs to see them all. Alright, as I said we're going to change the gravity. By default it's north, since it pushes away from the north. What we're going to do is make it go south, east, and west. Now you're going to want to create several links and I'll use the directions as the id. Are you guys ready for my jQuery?!?! lol. Okay guys, here it is:
$('#south').tipsy({gravity: 's'}); $('#east').tipsy({gravity: 'e'}); $('#west').tipsy({gravity: 'w'});
Sweet, guys we've now done 2 effects. You can now wipe the sweat off your neck. Actually, no you can't XP, we're not done. There is still one more thing I want to show you guys. You guys don't know how to combine my above two effect examples yet, do you? I'm going to show you guys . Alright, I suggest creating a link mine is We Go South & Fade!. Okay guys are you ready for the jQuery? Lol I'm just kidding, I know you guys are for sure XP. Here is the jQuery: $('#south-fade').tipsy({gravity: 's', fade: true});. The purpose of me showing you guys this example was to really show you how to combine two effects and see them work together.
I'm also providing all the files as a zip file for those who want to see exactly how I did things incase they get confused.
tipsy tutorial.zip (3.93K)
Number of downloads: 7692
I hope you guys like this tutorial.
This post has been edited by EnvXOwner: 17 September 2011 - 05:18 AM


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Let's imagine, for a moment, the reaction of Joe Six-pack, or better yet, Homer Simpson, upon hearing that 3-D TV is coming soon: "Mmmm, Super Bowl!"
But many of us, upon second reflection, might respond with a question along the lines of, "Do we really need to see Snooki in 3-D?"
Following the runaway (or flyaway) success of James Cameron's "Avatar," details emerged this week of plans for 3-D televisions and programming.
ESPN revealed it will show World Cup and basketball games in 3-D this year. Discovery Communications is working with Sony and Imax on a 3-D channel to debut in 2011, The New York Times reported. The electronics industry is expected to announce this week in Las Vegas, a town predicated on overwhelming the senses to decrease judgment, that 3-D-capable sets soon will be churned out.
We don't profess to have many answers, but the quick-moving developments raise many questions: With LCD sets finally about the same price as comparable old-school TVs, will folks shell out big bucks for another new screen? Will viewers wear 3-D glasses at home? Is this all happening too soon after the digital TV switchover that traumatized grandmas and grandpas around the country?
Perhaps the biggest question: will "Avatar" help or hurt the 3-D TV cause?
The easy answer, with the movie quickly pulling in more than $1 billion worldwide, is that the hoopla surrounding "Avatar" will bring stampedes to the electronics stores. But there's a possibility the 3-D TV experience will pale in comparison to the movie, with its game-changing special effects and action sequences, projected onto a huge screen that seems almost to envelope the audience.
There also may be a limit to the shows for which 3-D is a draw. The idea of being in the middle of the action in a football game while landing on nothing harder than a sofa is tantalizing – as is watching nature and adventure shows, as well as news unfold around the world. But do we need 3-D views of the many one-dimensional characters occupying the worst of the sitcoms and reality shows?
If 3-D TV catches on, we may see an unprecedented overhaul of programming to make content fit form. "The Office" is great, but 3-D probably is not going to attract more viewers, as it likely would for "24." There's a danger of losing quality program that doesn't play well in more than two dimensions.
For the TV manufacturers and programmers, there's the threat the 3-D experiment will be a bust – one that couldn't come at a worse time. TV is losing audience to the Internet. The 3-D move could help distinguish the medium from the Web and create a demand for new sets. Or it could be a mere speed bump as more folks flock to PCs and the movies.
Meanwhile, most of us probably will get our initial peek at 3-D TV on the sets of the early adapters – the kind of folks who were the first on the block to get Betamaxes and later connected to the Internet at a time many assumed the World Wide Web was something spun by a really big spider.
The first Web browser, by the way, was created in 1990 – right around the time "The Simpsons" hit the air. Fox is following the show's landmark 450th episode this Sunday with a documentary called, "The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice."
Maybe by the time of the 21st anniversary, the 3-D part won't be a joke.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Saudi Arabia Sentences Web Editor to 600 Lashes, 7 Years in Jail for Being 'Too Liberal,' Insulting Islam
The editor of a social media website in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes after officials determined his blog website to be "too liberal" and guilty of insulting Islam.
A Jeddah Criminal Court in Saudi Arabia found Raif Badawi, editor of the social media website "Free Saudi Liberals," guilty of violating the country's anti-cybercrime law by insulting Islam through his website and television. Badawi was arrested in June 2012 for his involvement with the site, but it took the court a year to determine him guilty.
The purpose of the "Free Saudi Liberals" website was to discuss and question the role of religion in the conservative Middle Eastern country. Badawi was also reportedly accused of apostasy, which carries the death penalty, although a judge agreed to lift that charge earlier in July when Badawi swore to the court that he was a Muslim.
Human Rights Watch, which has been advocating for Badawi's release for the past year, said in a statement that the harsh sentence proves the Middle Eastern country is not accepting of other religions or free speech.
"This incredibly harsh sentence for a peaceful blogger makes a mockery of Saudi Arabia's claims that it supports reform and religious dialogue," Nadim Houry, the deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement posted on the HRW website.
"A man who wanted to discuss religion has already been locked up for a year and now faces 600 lashes and seven years in prison," Houry added.
The U.S. State Department has also spoken out against the sentencing, with spokeswoman Jen Psaki saying in a briefing on Tuesday that the U.S. believes "that when public speech is deemed offensive, be it via social media or any other means, the issue is best addressed through open dialogue and honest debate."
France also expressed its concern on the ruling, with the country's foreign ministry reiterating a commitment to "freedom of opinion and of expression" in a statement.
Badawi's sentence was reportedly read by the court on Monday; he will receive a written notification of his sentence by Aug. 6, and will have 30 days to appeal his verdict.
Although Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pushed for the reform of several of its strict Islamic-oriented laws, critics have argued that the country's conservative judiciary members have resisted implementing any changes.
In May, Saudi Arabian authorities sentenced one man to six years in prison and 300 lashes, and another man to two years in prison and 200 lashes for allegedly helping a woman convert to Christianity and escape the country.
In addition to persecution against religion, conservative Islamic clerics in the country have often denounced social media, with the head of the Saudi religious police force saying in May that Twitter was a path to hell back, although he later withdrew his comment.


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Real Time Clock (RTC) Module
We have 2 units in our Sydney Warehouse available for immediate dispatch.
This handy module keeps accurate time for years using a tiny coin-cell, and is very simple to connect to your Arduino project. A driver library allows your program to easily set or read the time and date. Perfect for clock projects, dataloggers or anything that needs to know the date and time.
- Set or read accurate time and dates from your Arduino.
- Keeps time without power using a CR1632 coin cell battery backup (supplied)
- 236 Bytes of addressable non-volatile memory, save serial numbers and important values.
- Add a Dot Matrix Display panel and one of our Arduino-compatible boards for a huge clock!
- Ideal for datalogging projects.
- Free software library and examples.
- RTC Module Quickstart Guide
- RTC Schematic & Reference (PDF)
- DS3232 Datasheet (PDF)
- Design files
- Check out Rhys Weatherley's DS3232 library and examples to see how to communicate with the RTC module: http://rweather.github.com/arduinolibs/index.html
- See also Tecsmith's driver library, which is more closely integrated with the official Time.h library: https://github.com/Tecsmith/DS3232RTC


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- 2 cups graham crackers crumbs
- 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/16 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 4 large egg yolks, room temperature
- Finely grated rind of 1 lime
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- Whipped cream (optional)
- Combine crumbs, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg in a bowl. Stir in melted butter. Press mixture into a 9-inch glass pie plate. (Crust will be thick.) Refrigerate 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Combine egg yolks and lime rind in a mixing bowl. Beat with a mixer on high speed 8 minutes. (The eggs should be pale yellow and fluffy.) Gradually add condensed milk and beat 7 minutes, or until fluffy. Reduce speed to low and slowly add lime juice, beating about 2 minutes. Pour filling into chilled pie shell.
- Bake about 12 minutes, until filling is set. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Refrigerate 3 hours before serving. Top with whipped cream, if using, before serving.
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Welcome, Dr. Dayrit
Lexington Medical Center is pleased to welcome Francis M. Dayrit, MD, FCCP, to the hospital's network of care. Dr. Dayrit has joined M. Christopher Marshall, MD, Mohamed S. Soliman, MD, Paul M. Kirschenfeld, MD, and Sarkis S. Derderian, DO, at Carolina Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice.
Carolina Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine provides comprehensive care for a full range of respiratory and breathing disorders including complete adult pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. Excessive sleepiness, insomnia, breathing and muscle complications and even depression can be diagnosed with sleep testing. Complete pulmonary function testing and chest radiography is performed in the office for our patients' convenience. The physicians are trained in bronchoscopic procedures, to include endobronchial ultrasonography, and these procedures are performed in Lexington Medical Center's Endoscopy Suite where specially trained personnel assist and care for our patients in the outpatient setting.
Lexington Sleep Solutions provides complete care for a full range of sleep disorders using a multidisciplinary approach. Excessive sleepiness, insomnia, breathing and muscle complications and even depression can be diagnosed with sleep testing. The physicians and technical staff are highly trained to treat sleep related disorders such as hypersomnia, insomnia, narcolepsy, periodic limb movement disorder, restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea and snoring.
"I am very excited to be a part of Lexington Medical Center and a network of superb physicians," said Dr. Dayrit.
Dr. Dayrit graduated with a bachelor's degree from Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines and earned a medical degree from the University of the Philippines in Manila. He completed critical care and pulmonary fellowships after finishing his internal medicine internship and residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.
For the past ten years, Dr. Dayrit has been in private practice performing the functions of pulmonologist, internist and critical care physician in Lancaster and Hartsville, South Carolina. He is an expert in pulmonary and critical care procedures, including those related to bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasonography, thoracentesis, pulmonary artery catheterization, central line placements, endotracheal intubation and arterial line placement. Dr. Dayrit was appointed as Medical Director of Critical Care Services at Springs Memorial Hospital in 2003 and served as Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit and Director of Cardiopulmonary Services at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center since 2006.


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NEW YORK -- Women who suffer from migraine headaches appear to be at much higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than women in the general population, according to research released in advance of the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting to be held in Toronto in April.
However, it remains unclear whether migraine is a risk factor for developing MS or if it is a condition that occurs at the same time as MS.
Moreover, in an email to Reuters Health, study investigator Dr. Ilya Kister emphasized that "over 99% of migraineurs will not develop MS, since MS is a rare disease, while migraines are quite common; about one in 5 women in the US will have a migraine over the course of a year."
The study involved over 116,000 women who were part of the Nurses' Health Study II (NHS-II). At enrollment in 1989, about 18,000 women in the NHS-II had been diagnosed with migraine. During 16 years of follow up, 375 women in the study developed MS, including 82 in the group with physician-diagnosed migraine at the outset.
The study found that women with physician-diagnosed migraine at the beginning of the study were 47 percent more likely to develop MS than women without a diagnosis of migraine.
There are a number of reasons why migraine might be more common in people with MS. "One explanation is that migraine can, in some cases, be viewed as a symptom of MS," said Kister who is with New York University School of Medicine. "Alternatively, higher frequency of migraine could be due to an intermediate variable, such as depression, as both migraine and MS are associated with higher rates of depression, or to an MS medication, (particularly interferons), which may have migraine as a side effect."
However, it's also possible that migraine is one of the factors that predispose a person to develop MS, the researcher added.
What causes MS is unknown, but research has revealed a number of possible genetic and environmental risk factors. "Our work suggests that migraine may be another risk factor for multiple sclerosis," Kister told Reuters Health.
The researcher would like to see closer study of the relationship between migraine and MS. One outstanding question is whether migraine affects the course of MS, Kister said.
In the meantime, because migraine is common in MS patients, often disabling, overlooked and yet potentially treatable, Kister suggests that doctors elicit a "headache history" from all MS patients.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Women who have migraines appear to be at higher risk for MS
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AC Milan midfielder Nigel de Jong is set to miss the rest of the season after rupturing his left Achilles during Sunday's 4-2 win over Torino.
The 28-year-old Holland international was stretchered off just 22 minutes into the Serie A match after falling awkwardly, with the club later confirming the seriousness of the injury.
"A bittersweet Sunday," club vice-president Adriano Galliani told the club's official website.
"De Jong's tendon has snapped and that means the season is over for him.
"It's a big loss for the team and takes the shine off the win."
De Jong was a summer signing from Manchester City and has made 15 appearances for the Rossoneri.


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Professor Hao Xin's DARPA Contract to Advance Bomb Detection and Breast Cancer Screening
The kind of mayhem caused by homemade explosives, both domestically and overseas, likely will involve high-tech systems that can identify concealed bombs from a distance. With a recent $1.5 million U.S. Department of Defense award, University of Arizona researchers will adapt their breast cancer imaging research for detection of embedded explosives.
Electrical and computer engineering professor Hao Xin, principal investigator on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, award, says the same advanced technology he and his colleagues have been creating for early breast cancer detection is now being developed to rapidly detect explosives in opaque, or nontransparent, materials.
"We started our research in 2009 with no funding but kept working because we knew it would make a huge difference," said Xin, director of the UA Millimeter Wave Circuits and Antennas Laboratory. "Eventually we had some internal funding, and here we are today."
The types of materials often used to conceal explosive devices -- mud and meat, for example -- share a trait with breast tissue: high water content, which makes it difficult to identify objects or abnormalities using existing ultrasound or microwave imaging techniques. Ultrasound images show a clear shape, but the properties cannot be delineated. Microwave images have contrast, but shapes are not clear.
The new hybrid technology will combine the advantages of high-contrast microwave imaging with high-resolution ultrasound imaging to detect improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. The technology also mitigates the harmful radiation effects of traditional X-ray imaging and works without making contact with the material in which the explosive is concealed.
"We take advantage of both technologies and avoid the disadvantages to increase detection specificity," said Xin.
The 18-month renewable contract, titled Thermoacoustic Imaging and Spectroscopy Method for Explosive Detection at Standoff, sends microwaves into a target, which locally heats up distinct objects or tissues differently, then the quick thermal expansion generates an ultrasound image that is identified using a novel spectroscopic process.
Joining forces with Xin are his co-investigator, Russell Witte, assistant professor of radiology, biomedical engineering and optical sciences, and a member of the University of Arizona Cancer Center; Raytheon Company; the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST; and a handful of exemplary graduate students and graduate research assistants. One of those graduate students, Xiong Wang, recently was awarded the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society PhD award for work in this imaging area. Raytheon Company is lending its expertise in IEDs as well as contributing a critical piece of equipment, a portable microwave power amplifier.
"A large research university like the UA allows people across disciplines to collaborate with industry on projects like this that have the potential to save lives on many fronts," said Xin.
Like bomb detection, breast cancer detection has seen myriad advancements in recent years, with a number of competing technologies emerging, but none has overcome the challenges associated with identifying the specific properties of abnormal tissue.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and second only to lung cancer in leading causes of cancer death among women. With better screening and improved treatment, survival rates have improved steadily over the last 23 years, according to the National Institutes of Health. Nevertheless, the track record for breast cancer detection remains inadequate. Mammography, today's gold standard for breast cancer imaging, fails to detect breast cancer in as much as 25 percent of cases where it is later confirmed. And, breast cancer is indicated in about one in eight tissue biopsies following abnormal mammograms, according to various scholarly and medical sources.
"The new research and imaging technique will help us better identify abnormalities in tissue and could significantly reduce the need for diagnostic biopsies, increase the rates of early breast cancer detection, and improve treatment outcome," said Xin.


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Welcome to a new Scrapper's Delight Challenge.
This time it is my (Ria) turn to host it and I choose the theme of LOVE....
So this means that you can join in with everything that has the colours Red and Pink, The shapes of Hearts and everything else that screams LOVE ;)
but first we have to announce the winner of our last challenge...
and the lucky Winner is....
R Meyers with this gorgeouss card
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Saugatuck & Southport: Garelick & Herbs expanding on successful recipe
When he moved to Fairfield County from New York City two decades ago, Jason Garelick was caught by surprise by the lack of upscale markets offering prepared foods. While the food lover's native city offered plenty of gourmet store options, this area had less than a handful.
So he and his wife, Paula, who were in their early 20s, decided to open their first Garelick & Herbs store on the Post Road in Westport. Twenty-two years later, they now have additional locations in Greenwich and New Canaan.
And with the recent opening this week of a fourth store on Riverside Avenue in the Saugatuck section of town, the business has achieved an original goal,
"Originally, we were going to open in Saugatuck as our first store, but it didn't work out," Paula said.
"We always liked the (Saugatuck) area but the area is even better now," Jason added of the store in the new Saugatuck Center. "It's even more lively now."
Having a second store on the other side of town will allow customers who only visit every so often to come in more regularly, Paula said.
The store will also, in a sense, replace the original Westport store once they open a brand-new space just over the border the in Southport section of Fairfield. That location will replace the Post Road store in Westport.
"That to us was a dream -- building our own store, starting from scratch," Jason said.
The store will be roughly 1,100 square feet larger than their current Post Road space. Everything from their commissary to their bakery and offices will be moved into the new digs.
"I wanted to have everything under the same roof," Jason said.
But it was the proximity to their first store that appealed the most to the couple. "If someone comes here they will go there because it's one traffic light away," Paula said.
It will offer the opportunity for the couple to expand its retail side by offering more home goods and candles. Jason said one of his favorite things about the store is that the merchandise displays are always moving around the store.
"People wander around," he said.
The new location will also have an outdoor patio and a garden where they hope to grow some of their herbs and vegetables.
"We offer really wonderful freshly made foods for our clients to eat here," Paula said. "We have clients who come and eat our food on a daily basis."
The menu consists of many grains, vegetables, chicken and fish. The market also has kosher meals, gluten-free products and plenty of vegetarian options. "We don't have a lot of red meat," Paula said.
Everything but the bread is made fresh at the store. And each store has its own unique menu every day and caters to the customer base in town. All also have seating so people can eat their prepared meals there.
"All of our stores have seating, but yet it's not restaurant style," Jason said.
Some of the couple's favorite dishes are their shaved kale salad and their tuna with cranberry.
Their clients have varied tastes. Shea Curran, 11, said she is a fan of the fries shaped like smiley faces. She also favors the cucumber salad, her mother, Stacie Curran, added. Her brother, Dylan, prefers the sun-dried pesto pasta.
"They're my favorite for parties, fundraisers, Mother's Day," Stacie said. "I come here for dinner, lunch, coffee. I'm so excited they're building a new store."
The market is a big draw for working mothers, who find it convenient to stop in to buy a fresh meal for their families, Paula said. "We give them that feeling of home-cooked and they don't have to make it themselves," she said.
"The food is fresh and delicious," said Donna Stern of Southport, who said she gravitates toward the salads and breads. "I change it up."
The couple has also gone from doing occasional catering for small parties and events to owning their own venue called Mora Mora, a catering hall in South Norwalk. They are also the exclusive caterer at the Westport Inn.
"When we started out people wanted us to do catering for Jewish holidays, Christmas and other holidays," Jason said. "It just got bigger and bigger. In our first year we would never think we would do catering like we do now."
"We always hoped for it to be successful," Paula added. "We still work six days a week. We really put our hearts and souls into this."
The couple has also turned the business into a family affair, with their 15- and 16-year-old daughters pitching in once in a while.
"We are Garelick & Herbs," Jason added. "There really is no separation between us and the business."
And the couple has no plans to stop. "We do eventually want to be in Westchester," Paula said.
For more information, check www.garelickandherbs.com.